right. ♪ >> good morning america. for our viewers in the west, new details on the race to get americans out of war torn sudan. daring nighttime rescue. inside the mission to evacuate nearly 100 american diplomats and their families. the navy's elite seal team 6 made the 800-mile journey to get them out as the bloody power struggle rages on, with 16,000 americans still trapped. top security official john kirby joins us this morning. >> midair scare. the frightening moments caught on camera, when flames started shooting from the engine of an american airlines jet. >> more than 20 states on frost and freeze sending temperatures

plummeting and those along the mississippi river brace for historic flooding. new covid variant on the rise. one symptom to look out for, especially during allergy season. in texas nine teens shot during an after prom party, all expected to survive. what we're learning this morning. the 20-year-old woman killed after a large rock was hurled at her windshield while driving. one of five incidents in less than an hour on colorado roads. bed, bath and bankrupt. a major chain shuts its doors after more than 50 years. what it means for shoppers and all those coupons. terrifying moment caught on camera. watch as a skier free falls into a massive crevasse in the alps. how his friends saved him with pick ax and ropes. overnight dancing with the stars judge len goodman passed away. after a remarkable 31 seasons on the judges panel -- >> all you do is shake your butt.

>> contributes pouring in as ginger remembers len. gold? treasure seekers are racing to california for the new called gold rush. >> there's gold in them there hills. >> so can you strike it big? >> five four three two one! >> hollywood ending 15 years in the making. >> they have their story book ending! >> ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney's wrexham levelling up. >> face timing blake lively and their children right after the victory. >> announcer: live in times square, this is "good morning america." >> good morning as we start this week together. covid is back in the headlines. there's a new variant on the rise. we'll have what you need to know just ahead. >> first that dramatic rescue mission over the weekend. nearly 100 u.s. embassy

personnel were evacuated in sudan after u.s. military team that included seal team 6. >> about 16,000 u.s. citizens remain in the country as the violence escalates. in a moment we'll hear from john kirby, james longman starts us off. good morning, james. >> reporter: good morning, george. it was a daring mission, but u.s. special operations forces pulled it off. u.s. diplomats and their families are now safely out of sudan. the attention is now focused on other u.s. citizens still stranded in that country. communications are poor and there is no easy way out. this morning as countries around the world race to rescue their diplomats and citizens from sudan, new details of the dramatic night time mission in the country's capital. u.s. special operations forces including members from the seal team 6 rescuing american diplomats from the u.s. embassy. three helicopters made the 800-mile journey saturday night,

departing from a u.s. base in djibouti. they only stopped to refuel. once there, the team was on the ground for less than an hour as they evacuated nearly 100 trapped american embassy personnel and their families. >> i think this will be a model going forward to do these operations. >> reporter: a spokes person said president biden gave the green light for the mission friday night once it was deemed safe and feasible. the state department released this photo shows antony blinken monitoring as the evacuation was under way. the fighting in sudan broke out over a week ago between sudan's current leader and military general and his former deputy, who runs a paramilitariry known as the rapid support forces. it's been a bloody power struggle between the two sides. more than 420 people have been killed and nearly 4,000 injured. now, with the embassy closed, foreign nationals are being

advised to shelter in place. there are some 16,000 u.s. nationals still in the country. many are dual citizens. but some foreigners are trying to take matters into their own hands. some are trying to get to the border with egypt, others with the red sea. but the sudanese can't go anywhere. this is even more terrifying. george? >> okay, james. thanks. let's bring in john kirby. thank you for joining us again. we just heard james say 16,000 americans still in sudan. what do we know about their condition? are any further evacuation efforts planed? >> that number is an estimate. we're not -- we don't have great confidence in that number precisely. i would tell you most of those are dual nationals. these are people that grew up in sudan, work in sudan, families are in sudan and they want to stay in sudan. it is a number that's difficult to point to specifically. there are several dozen americans making their way to

sudan in a u.n. led convoy, a convoy over which the u.s. has got some intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets to ensure their safety. to watch over that convoy. we still have military forces, prepositioned in the region ready to respond if need be. but right now it's not very safe to try to run some larger evacuation either out of the nearby air base or even just like we did the other night because the fighting is so intense. the safest thing americans can do, those who decide to stay despite warnings to leave, it is a shelter in place and not to move around too much. >> the city so violent, so explosive. is there anything the u.s. can do to help bring down the tension? >> we are working very hard, george. in fact, every single day we these two military leader, we are trying to get them to abide

by the cease fire that they themselves say they want, and to return to some sort of civilian authority inside sudan. we're working hard with allies and partners to do the same. we're talking to the african union, the arab league. we're doing everything we can to get this fighting stopped. >> sudan is such an important country in africa. any concern that the war could spread? >> that is a concern. right now the fighting predominantly is in khartum. not even widespread throughout the country. there are some fights going on outside of khartoum. you're right this is a centrally located, very important, very large african country. we are concerned that other partner, other nations will be affected by this, not just in the region. that's why we're working so hard to get this violence stopped. >> john kirby, thanks for your time. >> thank you. >> michael? >> thank you, george. now to the american airlines flight. flames shooting out of an engine after an apparent bird strike.

days after flames were seen on the wing of another american airlines jet. transportation correspondent gio benitez is at la guardia with more. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, michael. good morning. these were terrifying moments for the passengers on board. now they're telling their stories right here on gma. while bird strikes are common, flames are not. over the weekend, a dramatic and frightening moment, this flight captured on camera. >> may day, we have a bird strike and engine failure. >> reporter: a possible bird strike sunday morning on an american airlines flight from columbus to phoenix. you could even see it from the ground. marnie was on board capturing it all on her phone. >> many people started crying and going into tears. we just didn't know if we were going to make it or not, frankly. it was terrifying. >> reporter: marnie, fearing the worst. >> i thought that would help

what happened to my family if they found my phone or whatever. >> reporter: the plane eventually making a safe emergency landing in columbus. >> bird strikes are not rare. they probably happen almost every day to some commercial airliner somewhere in the united states. what doesn't happen every day is that it causes the kind of damage that we saw on this aircraft where you see flames shooting out the back. >> reporter: just a few days earlier, flames shooting from the right wing of another american airlines plane captured by a passenger in a video that's now gone viral. this time from charlotte. >> everybody was panicking. we couldn't go anywhere either. that was the biggest scare. >> reporter: that plane rolling down the runway, getting ready for takeoff, but turning right back around before getting in the air. american airlines saying both incidents were due to mechanical issues. and we should tell you despite that incredible scare, no one was injured. thankfully, both planes were able to make it back to their gates successfully. lindsay? >> terrifying moments, gio. thank you.

now to communities who live ale mississippi river bracing for historic flooding. ginger zee is tracking it all. >> yes, the mississippi river, a 400 mile stretch, looking for flood warnings. already this morning, mcgregor, iowa, this is projected to be highest river level since 1965. we are talking about potentially making history here. other spots, the worse in the a couple decades. st. paul already seeing flooding. they're at major flood stage and will stay that way or rise more as we go to the week. look at some of the other numbers. this is all because we have some of the biggest snow totals ever in recorded history in the upper great lakes and western great lakes, northern midwest. people's basements that have been flooded here. lake st. croix. these are the tributaries that then reach the mississippi eventually. they were putting up the sandbags to keep it out. this is the area that has to be on the lookout. we are going to see the waters rise. flood warnings from mississippi,

davenport, just north of st. louis. george, this is something we'll be watching for days to come. >> ginger, thanks. now to texas where nine teens were shot at an after prom party. they are all expected to survive. rhiannon ally has the story. good morning. >> reporter: prom supposed to be a big night in a teen's life, but one quickly turned scary in the early morning hours sunday when someone started shooting. authorities say at least nine teens were shot at an after prom party outside jasper, texas. most of the victims were hospitalized but as you mentioned, thankfully none are considered life threatening. police are urgently on the hunt for a suspect and they are questioning people's interest, asking anyone with any information to come forward. the school district said as a result of this weekend's event there will be a much larger law enforcement presence this week to ensure student safety, as well as counselors on hand for anyone who needs their assistance. they're also trying to figure out a motive. why someone would turn a joyous night into a night of violence. michael? >> that's always the question. thank you very much.

now to a covid subvariant on the rise in the u.s. with a new symptom that could easily be mistaken for something less serious, especially during allergy season. erielle reshef joins us. >> you may not think of itchy eyes as a symptom of covid but that's what's happening with a new omicron subvariant. the world health organization has recently upgraded xb1.16 was upgraded to a variant of interest as it spreads in parts of the world like india. it doesn't have an official name. the trackers are calling it arc tourist. the cdc reporting it now accounts for an estimated 10% of new u.s. covid cases. that's up from about 6% the previous week. the good news is that it does not appear to cause more serious illness than other covid strains. as so many of us are suffering from allergies this time of year, doctors want people to be aware. there are anecdotal reports this subvariant can cause red, itchy eyes. a bit of context, this version

is emerging as overall covid numbers are heading in the right direction. weekly deaths are at their lowest points since the start of the pandemic. while just under 17% of americans have gotten their latest booster shot, nearly 70% are considered fully vaccinated. experts say all of the covid tests are effective in detecting this new subvariant. >> erielle, thank you very much. now to the latest on bed, bath and beyond filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy. rebecca jarvis is here to explain why and what that means for shoppers. good morning, rebecca. >> this is a company that's been hanging on by a thread for awhile. bed, bath and beyond warned in january bankruptcy could be coming after a dismal holiday season during the pandemic. they face inventory issues. they couldn't keep their shelves stocked. a botched plan to scale back on those famous coupons ultimately led to sales declining. okay. so here is what it's going to mean for customers.

360 bed, bath and beyond location and 120 bye bye baby locations, the sister store. they should stay open for now but they are expected to close by june 30th. then as for those returns and exchanges, anything you bought yesterday or before, that falls into the store's normal policies, but you have to bring it back or send it back by may 24th. and if you stock piled those coupons, wednesday is the last day to use them. if you have a gift card, loyalty certificate, you need to use it in the next two weeks. t sales. kestioscnts.. you aren't going to be able to bring it back. the store is still selling online. they say you'll still be able to fill orders for those in stock items before or after the bankruptcy announcement. michael, really important news for anyone who's just been married or just had a baby. >> really important news. that was a lot of information. thank you, rebecca. now the nba playoffs and the defending champ golden state

warriors tying their series with sacramento with a dramatic win. will reeve is on it. good morning, will. >> reporter: i'm on it like draymond green with lockdown defense. the playoffs are in full swing. 15 of the 16 teams still alive. some surprising story lines. favorites on the road. injured super stars giving underdogs a chance. trash talk. all making the nba playoffs this intoheba plas, t d tthe fils iw. >> goteporter: on suaynail chamgold s wand the sacramento kings. >> oh, no! >> reporter: steph curry with brain freeze, calling for a time-out the warriors didn't have, giving the warriors a free throw and possession cutting their lead down to one. >> got it! >> reporter: the game decided in the final seconds. >> that's it!

warriors survive! >> reporter: with 32 points from curry and the return of draymond green, golden state hanging on to win by one and even the series. off court tensions spilling on to the hard wood in the lakers/grizzlies series. dylan brooks calling lebron james old. saying he doesn't respect him. james and brooks appearing to have words before game 3. brooks ejected for hitting james below the belt. as the lakers upon their first sellout home playoff game in a decade to go up 2-1 on memphis. and there was near religious fervor at the mecca of basketball. the knicks winning both their games at madison square garden taking a 3-1 series lead over cleveland, much to the delight of the new york faithful. game 4 of the first round. anyway, 76ers are going to the second round. they might be without joel embiid. he suffered a knee injury. other injured stars include

kawhi leonard, whose clippers are on the brink of elimination. the milwaukee bucks play the heat tonight but they might be without giannis. then lakers against the grizzlies in the night cap. lakers trying to go up 3-1 in a bit of a surprise. >> lot of great games yesterday. i haven't seen new york reacting, been that excited in a long time. >> 7th avenue, madness. >> yes. >> i am so happy. knicks fans are such loyal folks. i just feel relieved. >> they've been through a lot. thank you, will. >> coming up the new gold rush. why some are heading to california to search for treasure. police in colorado on high alert after the 20-year-old was killed when a rock was thrown at her windshield. one of five incidents in less than an hour. we're remembering a long-time dancing with the stars judge and ballroom legend. len goodman passed away. lara will have the latest. first back to ginger with the latest on that flooding.

>> can't wait to honor len. i do have to talk about the snow. cold, late april snowfalling north of chicago. that video from northbrook, illinois. this morning it is cold. we have frost and freeze alerts that have poured in with that chilly air all the way down to huntsville, alabama. lot of places in that freeze warning. we've had that big bloom in most places. we were weeks ahead of time. now getting the cold. we're not breaking record, but we're below average by five, some places more degrees. looking at detroit, we're going to stay cool through the midweek in the 30s. urban heat island here. still new york, a little below average. your local weather in 30 seconds.

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police departments are trying to find out who is behind a dangerous rock throwing free targeting multiple victims and killing 20-year-old alexia bartell. >> she was friends with everybody and made everybody laugh. >> reporter: authorities say bartell's car veered off the road after a large rock was hurled at her windshield. >> the incident we are investigating is, in fact, a homicide. >> reporter: she had been on the phone with a friend driving home when the phone suddenly fell silent. that same friend used an app to locate bartell, who was dead in her car. the incident is one of five where rocks were thrown at car windows this past wednesday. officials putting out a map and timeline showing the incidents happening within 45 minutes. police searching for suspects. >> who ever this is, throwing large rocks at moving vehicles isn't fun. it literally took this young woman's life. itily identified a light colored

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gold. that comes out to about $1.3 billion. today people are coming right back here with hopes of history repeating itself. when it comes to the american west, the image of a gold prospector is as deeply engrained as the gold is in these california hills. from looney tunes bugs bunny. >> there's goal in them there hills. >> to the nfl 49ers who are named after the gold miners. but now 170 years since the famous 17th century gold rush the search is on again for the gold. >> we always wanted to try to find gold. we decided to stop by, see if we could find any. >> everybody who has come here to look for gold has found it. >> reporter: this man comes from a family of gold panners. >> this is the gold nugget my dad and i found.

>> reporter: they're preparing for a gold rush of its own. has this turned into a gold rush? >> 1800s there was hardly anybody here. the word got around. there were hundreds of thousands of people. >> reporter: this time mother nature is making gold easier for treasure seekers to find while facing drought in recent years california has seen extreme weather this season. record snow, heavy rain and rushing waters sweeping long deposited gold downstream. >> we justad tremendous winter here. when this melts, gold will be washed down into the creeks and rivers. >> reporter: the chances of this rush being as big as those in years past might be slim, but with the price of gold holding at thousands of dollars per ounce, there's always a chance that some prospector could strike it rich. >> we're going to get a lot of people here in the fall.

if you want to pan for gold, that's gonna be the time to do it. >> reporter: now, right now, you want to take part in the rush, you can get all the tools you'll need in town. if you're wondering, gold goes for about $2,000 an ounce. i think i'm gonna go take care of something real quick. back to you guys. >> i'm with you. i'd get my pick ax and head north. >> the new gold run. thanks very much. coming up national infertility week. dr. ashton is here with a reality check for parents. and next we remember dancing with the stars judge len goodman.

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so they can do more of what matters. benefits. payroll. compliance. trinet. people matter. back now to remember len goodman. the longtime "dancing with the stars "ed judge passed away just shy of his 79th birthday." lara has more on that. >> sad news, george. the world is remembering a legend. len goodman was a force on the dance floor and behind the judges table, known for his no nonsense style and enthusiastic delivery. he made his mark on the ballroom and beyond. >> ♪ >> all you do is shake your butt and get the women screaming! >> reporter: he was the straight talking british judge who waved his paddle on "dancing with the stars" for a remarkable 31 seasons. >> the one common was your foot work was bad.

>> reporter: len goodman making an indellable splash on the panel with his rye humor. >> i'm going to call you the midwife. you keep delivering week after week. >> reporter: providing experience and wisdom, alongside his wildly entertaining counter parts. >> i didn't want to salsa with him. >> reporter: but he also knew when to let his hair down at the judges table. >> here it comes! it's a ten! >> reporter: len ultimately retiring from the long running hit at the end of last season. >> this will be my last season judging on "dancing with the stars." >> reporter: his manager telling abc news len died on saturday evening surrounded by his family in a hospice. he had bone cancer. he kept his sense of humor throughout his illness and was a true gentle man. >> you did a wonderful, wonderful job. >> reporter: this morning tributes around the ballroom and beyond pouring in for the legendary dancer, who didn't even begin his dancing career until he was 19 years old.

but that didn't keep him from dominating the dance world with a career spanning six decades. >> muscles, len. >> should be able to keep your bloody arm up. >> reporter: len's fellow judge bruno posting, heart broken. my dear friend and partner for 19 years. the one and only ballroom legend, len goodman passed away. i will treasure the memory of our incredible adventure. >> it was a terrific happy go lucky dance. >> reporter: len goodman was 78, but to us, always a ten. when he announced his retirement last november len said, quote, i got the reputation for being the tough judge because what i see is what i say. and what we say is, len, you will be dearly missed. >> ginger, we all knew len but you knew him better than anyone. >> i had a dance with him. we were in the semifinals with my season. we got assigned a judge. the fear when you hear, len will be assigned to you.

he worked so closely with us. that's kind of the celebration at the end of the, we made it. len, reality that he brought to competition television, will be missed. a lot of this -- i don't want to say participation ribbon or score ribbon. you had to do it. you had to grow. and he made you grow. i appreciated it then. i appreciated it in all the seasons we won. the sparkle he had, even when delivering tough news. >> what an elegant man. >> he will be missed. all right. thank you. coming up, selma blair is sharing how she helped her friend christina applegate with her ms diagnosis. next a pitch perfect play of the day. gnosis and the pitch perfect play of the day. consumer cellular gives you all the same features that these big companies give you. what you get for the cost is remarkable. why would you pay more money?! - [announcer] why would you pay more when you can get unlimited talk & text

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also in the siera, we're going for a big roller coaster ride as far as temperatures go. it will start with that big ridge out in the west. numbers that could rival or tie records. lot of places like portland, oregon. sacramento. average this time of year mid to upper 70s. we're talking 20, 25 degrees above average. palm springs looking for a tying record potentially at 105. coming up here on gma, it is a celebration this month and making for the formerly conjoined texas twins who are back home. gma was there for their long awaited baby shower.

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>> celebration months in the making for the formerly conjoined texas twins. gma is there for their baby shower and the special reunion. >> plus we're burning up for a big announcement from the jonas brothers that you will not want to miss. it's only on gma. >> good morning america! >> all you need is faith, trust and a little pixie dust. getting her wings and making history as tinkerbell. and she's saying -- >> good morning america!nc: livi sqreisma. >> good morning. hope you're doing well thi >> this monday is literally one for the books. we have three power house authors here in times square. judy blume, emily henry and singer and social media star madison beer has a new memoir as well. that is all coming up. >> are you there god, it's me margret.

i grew up on judy blume. we'll also have the latest on bed, bath and beyond filing for bankruptcy. first a scare aboard an american airlines flight after an apparent bird strike. flames were seen on the wing of another airlines jet. gio benitez is at la guardia airport with the story. good morning, gio. >> reporter: good morning again. yeah, one of the passengers recording the video so her family could see what happened if something went terribly wrong. now she's speaking with us. over the weekend, a dramatic and frightening moment midnight captured on camera. >> mayday, mayday, we have a bird strike r engine failure. >> reporter: a possible bird strike sunday morning on an american airlines flight from columbus to phoenix. you could even see it from the ground. marni was on board capturing it on her phone. >> many people started crying and going into tears because we just didn't know if we were going to make it or not, frankly.

it was terrifying. >> reporter: the plane eventually making a emergency landing in columbus. >> bird strikes are not rare. what doesn't happen every day is that it causes the kind of damage we saw on this aircraft where you actually see flames shooting out the back. >> reporter: just a few days earlier, this. flames shooting from the right wing of another american airlines plane captured by a passenger in a video that has now gone viral, this time from charlotte to dallas. >> everyone was panicking but we couldn't go anywhere either. that was the biggest scare. >> reporter: that plane rolling down the runway, getting ready for takeoff, but turning right back around before getting in the air. american airlines saying both incidents were due to mechanical issues. and believe it or not, bird strikes happen just about every day in america. they just don't happen with flames. that's what makes that very, very rare. no one was injured on either flight, thankfully. michael. >> thankfully. great news there, gio.

thank you very much for that. weather whiplash. more than 20 states are on a frost and freeze alert this morning. ginger is tracking the latest. >> michael, it's not a big deal that you see snow in late april in chicago, but we have seen buds out so early. you've got the trees and the bloom and everything is out and the plants and anybody farming could be impacted here. that's why, with this chilly air you're going to see frost and freeze alerts from memphis, tennessee, back to fayetteville, arkansas and huntsville, nashville. those freeze alerts mean you could see a hard freeze. so much so that indianapolis is already at 30 this morning. numbers are going to say similar but tick upward. we're below average. not gonna set any records. even new york city staying three to four degrees below average for the rest of the week. little chill. >> a little. thank you, ginger. now to bed, bath and beyond. they've filed for bankruptcy. chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis has the latest. >> hey, george. whether you're recently married,

had a baby shower or you're stockpiling those coupons, chances are this will have an impact. let's break it down. 360 bed bath and beyond locations and 120 bye bye baby location, that's the sister store, should stay open for now. but they are expected to close by june. and there are reports some discount retailers like tj maxx and burlington coat factory are already moving in. take over some of the locations. also planet fitness may even be eyeing some of those locations. but, as for those returns and those exchanges, if you bought it yesterday or before, normal policies apply but the return window closes may 24th. if you have stock piled those coupons you have until wednesday to cash in. wednesday. if you have a gift card, gift certificate or loyalty certificate, you need to use it in the next two weeks. they are still selling online. pro tip, guys. go to the store. clear it out with your hands. that way you know it is yours. there's no returns. >> i really do have a glove box of those.

all right, rebecca. thank you. michael just received a very meaningful honor. he was inducted into the texas sports hall of fame celebratinga caer to beming ofame member.ael, memrs oyour fi sister, brothers. you called the catalyst to everything you've achieved. >> yeah. it was great to go back to texas. waco, actually. who ever gave that that old picture of me in that uniform. i have a problem with you now. it was great to have my mom there, my brothers. you give these speech, you talk about your parents and how much they meant, which is true. but my brothers meant so much to my journey. being able to have them there was special. >> congratulations to you and your whole family. >> thank you, george. >> coming up on our gma menu, national infertility awareness week. jen ashton is here with what you should know. >> selma blair sharing how she encouraged her friend christina

applegate to get tested for ms. >> long awaited baby shower for twin texas girls conjoined at birth. they're home safety after successful surgery. lara, you're with a special guest. >> i am, george. tierbe, in a nng herin she's gonna tell us about that and so much more coming up on "good morning america." don't go anywhere. ♪ i've always had trouble falling asleep and staying asleep— you know, insomnia. but then i found quviviq, an fda-approved medication for adults with insomnia. and i'm glad i found it. you wouldn't believe some of the things people suggested to help me sleep. nature sounds? ahh, no thanks. my friend's white-noise idea. nope.

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friend christina applegate into getting tested. >> it took decades for blair to learn she has multiple sclerosis. with that journey, helped her close friend christina applegate realize she, too, had the disease. now they're spreading the message raising awareness what to look for to catch ms symptoms early. actress selma blair getting candid about living with multiple sclerosis posing with her emotional support cane, the star revealing she had to suffer for more than 40 years before receiving her life altering diagnosis. >> whatever happened to my cool roommate? >> big facade. >> when her long time friend and christina applegate was showing symptoms, blair urged applegate to see a doctor. applegate recalling that moment saying, quote, i was sitting in selma's living room, our children playing. i told selma i had been having weird tingling in my feet. she said you must get tested for ms. even my doctor doubted it. but there it was. essence because of her, i'm

going to have a better quality of life. >> singling is one of the first symptoms patients report pretty frequently. it's one of those symptoms that can be a little more tricky and insidious because it doesn't seem so severe at first but of course as the disease progresses later on, other symptoms will come out of the woodwork. >> multiple sclerosis, oms, affects the central nervous system. it is three times more common in women than men. estimated to affect nearly 1 million americans. other symptoms can include vision problems, dizziness, numbness, weakness. >> we don't have a cure for ms. what we do have are therapies we call disease modifying therapies. these are medications that work with the immune system to reduce the frequency and severity of ms attacks. if you catch it earlier and you're starting on one of those medications earlier, potentially you would have a less severe disease course moving forward.

>> while applegate was diagnosed with ms in 2021, both actresses are now advocates for the ms community. blair says being visible is an important step in awareness saying, quote, if i can help remove stigma or overcuriosity in a crowd for someone else, then that's great. selma blair is not the only one front and center fighting the stigma. british vogue is featuring several other women on the cover with the caption reading daring, dynamic and disabled. >> good that people are talkin it's national infertility awareness week. something that can feel isolating and it's on the rise. our chief medical correspondent dr. jen ashton is here to answep >> jen, the numbers are stunning. we're talking about one in five americans, one in six worldwide, men and women alike who are impacted by infertility. what's contributing to these numbers? >> i think we have to frame this in the appropriate context. most adults go the majority of

their lives trying not to get pregnant. then when you try to get pregnant and find that it's not as easy as we might have thought, it can be incredibly anxiety producing. getting a diagnosis of infertility has, in some study, has been shown to create the same anxiety as a cancer diagnosis. in terms of the whys, there are many, many reasons. first of all, in the field of fertility, unexplained is the diagnosis approximately 30% of the time. that's either for men or women. male factor infertility, 40% or more of the time, problems with sperm. then there's anatomic issue, problems with the uterus like fibroids, hormonal issues are common. then poor ovarian preserve, prematurpoor ovarianvet an e prab, r one.

>> give us a reality check. how successful often is the ivf process? >> i think when you talk about it, there is this myth and misconception that it's a sure thing. think of it more like a seat belt in a car accident. it's not gonna guarantee something bad won't happen, but it's better than nothing. about 23% for all comers of ivf cycles result in a live birth. that's not that much. >> right. >> women under the age of 35 only have about a 50% chance of a live birth success. so again, it is not a guarantee by any means, but when you're talking about this segment of a population who is so desperate for a live birth, those numbers are better. >> i remember i was 35 when i was pregnant. i got ama stamped, advanced maternal age. you don't feel like you're that old. talk to us about cost. >> there are financial costs and psycho, emotional cost. and societial costs. when you talk about financially, this is still staggeringly expensive. cost of one cycle can range from

$15,000 to $20,000. some employer, some insurance companies now covering fertility services for women and starting to for men. then egg freezing, absolutely becoming more mainstream. the cost can be a little less, about $10,000 to harvest eggs. but that paradigm is shifting from one of treating infertility to being proactive about one's fertility. the cost is still a massive factor and it has to come way, way down. >> all right. jen ashton, thanks to you. tomorrow what you can do if it doesn't work out, and where to turn for help. we turn to ginger. >> thank you. i don't know if you missed this, but over the weekend there was an ef2 tornado in sullivan county, new york. piurof thaefthsurvey w done nean mile path.e severe weather arou. with the new storm, it is going to erupt tomorrow in texas. dallas ft. worth late afternoon,

early evening, waco, austin, san antonio all find themselves in the damaging winds isolated tornado threat with big hair. let's get a check now closer to >> our next guest has books that have sold 90 million copies to generations of movies. now "are you there god it's me margret" has been made into a movie for the first time. take a look at a clip. >> fine, fine. >> i'm fine. >> right there. right there.

>> there you go. >> see ya. >> independence is good, right? are you there, god? it's me margret. i'm a little nervous, actually, about being alone. can you just not let anything really horrible happen? that makes me feel a little better. [ laughter ] >> so glad judy blume, welcome. so great to have you here. >> thank you. >> are you there god it's me margret written more than 50 years >> written more than 50 years ago. you were always reluctant to make it into a movie. what made you say yes? >> you know, i got a wonderful letter. there are a lot of wonderful letters. this one came from kelly. at the end she said to me, by the way, i wrote and directed the movie "edge of seventeen." i'm like, wait, what? >> that's a great movie. >> what? that's a great movie. i saw that movie. this is the first time i have ever had, you know, someone ask me can we make the movie with

that kind of credential. and to top it off, she said my mentor is james l. brooks. he is with me the whole time. he would be with me. and can we come to meet you? i'm like, yes. i think by the end of that lunch, we all knew we were gonna do it. >> your verdict on the movie? >> i love it. i wouldn't be here. i wouldn't be putting myself through all this, although you're great fun, if i didn't love this movie. i may be one of the only authors who says, this movie is better than the book. >> wow. >> i mean it. in certain ways because you get to meet all the adult characters. >> great to hear. >> your book was so vivid. i remember it still today. it was very pivotal in so many of our lives. you decided to not only, you're judy blume, but producer on the movie. i love that you were very

particular in getting one scene right. we must. we must. we must increase our bust. >> i know better. >> you went all the way on that one. [ laughter ] >> if you are a young girl and you've read the book, it sticks with you. i get that you wanted to get it right. >> i was sitting next to one of the real producers, julianne. i was there on the set watching it on the monitor. suddenly the girls started, i must, i must, i must increase my bust. i'm like, wait, stop! you're doing it the wrong way. that's the way kelly did it when she was growing up. nobody told her the right way. everything stopped and i gave it a little demonstration. [ laughter ] >> i'm like this. and then of course i always say to kids when i demonstrate -- by the way, it doesn't work.

[ laughter ] it doesn't matter. by the time you're my age, it's even good. >> this book has been made popular through generations. why do you think there's such a connection? it's in part, you know, memory. some people just have a great memory for their own childhood. i had that. when i started to write, it never occurred to me to write anything except about kids. kids on the cusp, kids on the edge. i think that's part of the connection. >> it is so hard to believe your books are still being banned in so many places. >> oh, banning books. you know, i went through the '80s and we thought the '80s, that that might be as bad as it would get. we're america, right? we're supposed to have intellectual freedom.

and now it's back and it's worse. it's worse because it's coming from the government. it's coming from elected legislators. i happen to live in key west, which we deny, is in that state. the truth is, it is in florida. >> the background is just incredible. >> it's terrible we have to fight. but speak out, yell.the same time, a judy blume renaissance upon us. your movies -- your books are being made into movies and tv shows. there's even a documentary about you finally. what made you decide to open up your life at this time? >> well, there aren't that many shows coming out. [ laughter ] >> a documentary though, is happening, judy. the documentary is out there right now.

>> it's hard for me to talk about it because that's me on the screen. it's like, what? who is she really? but i think they did a very caring job. two things i like best about it are that they deal with letters from the kids over so many years, thousands and thousands. and they show you some of the kids who wrote to me who were kid, who are now grown-ups. >> so good of you. one of the other thing it shows, you didn't only reach them with your books, you reached out personally and changed their ways. >> not all of them. >> impossible to do all of them. >> but some of them, you know. >> speaking of the letter, you receive thousands of letters a month. >> yes. >> from your young readers. are they still writing you? if so, what are they writing about? >> the thing is this. it's very different when you pick up a pencil and you choose your writing paper and you put a stamp on it. you go out and put it in the

mailbox. that's a very different kind of letting go of what's inside you, than when you sit down at a computer or send an e-mail. most of the letters i get now come through e-mails. it's not that i don't appreciate them. i do. but it's not usually the same coming from deep inside the gut, the heart. >> agreed. >> thank you for coming in. >> thank you so much for having me. >> absolutely. "are you there god it's me margret" is this theaters friday. and a very special baby shower for the texas conjoined twins. that's next. ext. ♪ oined twins. that's next.

bill a better bay area moving forward finding solutions. this is abc. seven news. good morning . i'm reggie aqui from abc seven mornings and sue hall has a look at traffic. good morning, reggie. good morning, everyone we are, while we were busy for our time, and now we're going back to the slowing down period. we go back to the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights were just turned off. there's a look at your drive time from highway for the entire corridor all the way into san francisco about 55 minutes earlier problems up in fairfield still cyst with one lane still shut down. not all lanes like it was last time we checked in westbound 80 near airbase parkway and multi car accident still blocking one lane of traffic and your backup? ouch! it's beyond 505. reggie thank you so much

hey barry, live with kelly and marcus coming up. we'll chat with nicolai coster waldau plus sando from the diplomatic here. that's at nine on abc seven. happy monday to you, you can see the hazy conditions local louds out there for mount tam. it is 50 downtown, as well as half moon bay, 51 in san jose. and look at all of a sudden here from exploratorium camera, some rnoon. 53 by the delta

were in the sixties downtown midnight upper seventies. lisa thank you. we're going to see you again. in about 30 minutes. you can always find >> good morning america. we can't wait to celebrate the nfl draft in kansas city. see ya there! >> you heard it. the nfl draft is kick off this thursday. those guys, the jonas brother, huge giants fans. they got it right. they're going to be appearing during the first round. you can watch on espn and abc, two different broadcasts, bringing you all the action on stage and behind the scenes. it starts at 8 p.m. eastern on thursday. lara? >> we'll be watching. thank you very much, michael. we're gonna turn to a wonderful update on a story we've been following. the baby shower months in the making for the texas twins conjoined at birth. now home safely after a successful surgery.

eva pilgrim is back with their story. hey, eva? >> family and friends have been waiting to celebrate the miracle that is these two babies. now that they are finally home, their parents tell us they're busy. they have twin newborns at home. they are grateful. these are the tender moments this family has been waiting for for months. >> she's more feisty. >> she lays and watches. >> formerly conjoined texas twins now six months old settling into life at home after being separated. >> it was so hard. they are here now with family. it is good. >> the girls were born last october attached at the abdomen and sharing a liver. >> you have two babies. two separate beds. >> more than 50 medical professionals at cook children's

hospital worked together to separate the babies in january when they were just three months old. >> it was hard seeing them when they first came out of surgery. surgery until we could hold them. you couldn't do anything. >> they were on breathing machines, all the wires and stuff. it was a lot. they still have a lot of therapy. we're not quite done yet. >> say hi, grammy. hi, grammy. >> gma was there this weekend as the family celebrated with loved ones, a baby shower months in the making. >> i actually named them. i put the names on the board at the baby shower and they chose amy and jamie. >> the family joined by a special guest, one of the nurses who watched over the girls, reunited with the twins.

>> i'm so excited to see them, meet their family. i love them now. they're like part of my family. >> their little smiles. tti tt brought thheanth >> their parents tell us they're already starting to see their little personalities. they shared a lot in life, we're told the two are very different. michael? >> glad to see they are home, eva, celebrating with their family. thank you for that. we're going to turn now. our next guest graced our tv screens for years as the lovable zoey johnson on blackish and grownish. now she is getting her fairy wings as tinkerbell in "peter pan." welcome, welcome. one of our favorites to have around here. >> thank you for always inviting me back. >> are you kidding me? you played the first black tinkerbell ever depicted in "peter pan."

what does representing that mean to you? >> it's surreal and full circle. i started in print ads and commercials. some of the first things i did were disney ads. i would dress up in different characters. i was always the black version of a character because none of them looked like me. to be part of not only this movie, but a movement of so many fairy tales being retold to look like our world is exciting. those are the first stories we hear growing up. >> legacy of so many strong actors who played tinkerbell. how did they inspire you? >> i love playing a character that has so much history, both within stories and fairy tale, but also on screen. you have julia robert, the animated version. i think what was fun was developing a whole visual language for her. some influences that may be surprising are josephine baker. lot of her performances me and the director looked at. she's so expressive with saying her words. that was the challenge.

>> let's give everyone a look. i don't understand you. what are you saying? >> what she's saying is, i saved the day. >> you saved half of the day. >> i did a pretty good job of it. >> it's not like you are any help at all. >> i'm peter pan. i don't ever need help. >> magical fairy. you fly. >> we talk so often about how much representation matters. i think that's also so crucial when you look at dolls. you have not just one, but two barbie dolls. what was your first reaction when you first saw that? >> for some reason it didn't click that there would be a tinkerbell doll. i was so surprised. i thought people were sending fan art when my team sent it to me. i was like, that's cool. my favorite sentence i never thought i'd hear was, hey, yara, we used your last doll as a reference for this one. that is crazy.

>> yeah. >> i said forget my diploma. put that on my resume. i think that's something that's so cool. like you're saying, something that gets brought into the home. i love the fact that that's what made it real for me. everyone was getting it for their family members and cousins and their loved ones. because that lives on. yeah. i don't know if that process, what it would be like to see people with little tinkerbells. >> how did you get there with so much else going on? >> just being a deep nerd. it gave the rest of the world meaning. i love being able to study what i was doing in the world and go do it in the world. so, yeah. >> tinkerbell. >> you're on the current cover of the digital "people." you said this was the hard year of yes. year of the hard yes. what did that mean? what are you saying yes to next?

>> that's a good question. last year was my yeaofo. hter ] the converse of that was my hard yes which was, i'm grateful to be in a spot with so much abundance, but saying yes to things even though they weren't aligned with what was most fulfilling even though they were great opportunities. i'm trying to narrow down what is fulfilling as a 23-year-old. it ranged from the color yellow to anything involving music. i went to coachella and went straight to my ted talk because i just love music so much that i was like, it's worth the juggling of being absolutely nuts in the desert then going off. so, yeah. hopefully, a lot more travel ahead. and learning an instrument. >> which one? >> okay. so i'm really into the glockinspu. >> whoa. [ laughter ] >> from the chiming in tinkerbell. [ laughter ]

>> i spend so much time listening to chimes. i got a pretty one in my room. i will just be in there fascinated. >> we love watching you grow up on blackish and grownish. what have you learned from your characters? >> i have grown up with zoe. quite literally. i started when i was 13. we're 23 together. the biggest thing for me was knowing it's okay to mess up. i have learned a lot off screen. i think every revolution of mine happened on an ish set. zoe is a character that it's easy to be hard on her. she taught me to give myself space. i carry the idea that you mess up once and move on. i would be hard on myself where i'd be like, didn't i learn this already? didn't i go through this lesson? she's taught me to go with the flow. >> it never stops. i'm 50 and learning. it never stops. like i said earlier, you're one

of my favorites. we love having you here, yara. we're looking forward to so much more. you're just getting started. that's the great thing about this. disney's live action reimagining of peter pan and wendy begins streaming this friday exclusively on disney +. make sure you check it out. coming up, emily henry, the queen of beach reads, is here live with her new book. we'll be back with more gma. like going hiking, just to hike to the bathroom. reaching for the bar, just to reach for pads. waiting for the sunset, just to wait for the stall. discover gemtesa. a once-a-day pill proven to reduce all 3 key symptoms of oab: leakage episodes, urgency and frequency in adults. do not take if you have a known allergic reaction to gemtesa or its ingredients. tell your doctor right away if you are unable to empty your bladder

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>> next guest is a three time number one new york times best selling author who critics are calling the queen of beach reads. she has a new book coming out "happy place" just in time for your summer read. welcome emily henry. we're so happy to see you. >> i'm so happy to be here. >> do you feel like you're in your happy place? thurhiputting me into my happy place. >> i did sort of -- there you go. three years it's been since you published your first novel. and you're being called queen. that's amazing. >> it's surreal. i wrote these books genuinely to make myself happy. that is how it all started with beach read. i want to do something joyful. it's amazing to me them have this impact and be sort of what is bringing so many people joy in a very weird time. >> we were chatting during commercial break. how does it start? how does one become a novelist and so prolific so quickly?

you said it starts with the joy of reading. >> it does. i write for a lot of the same reasons that i read. that feeling of, i need to know what happens. or i'm escaping into this story, this setting, these characters' lives. it was sort of like even when i was 8 and i would finish reading a series i loved, i would want to create a world i could live in at that point. i want to keep going. >> let's talk about the latest, "happy place." what's the inspiration? tell us about it. >> it kind of came from two distinct places. first, i was watching a lot of those screwball movies from the '40s. you take a couple who split up and put them into a ridiculous situation that forces them to confront their past and history. i just love those movies so much. they're ridiculous, but they're fun, heartwarming. so i wanted to see what my take on that would be. i wanted to have this group of friends who mean so much to each other.

everybody sort of at a juncture in their lives, trying to figure out what comes next for me as a person, for me as a partner and for me in this friend group. >> is it hard to keep track of all those voices? >> yes. there's a lot of serial killer cork boarding going on for most writers, and especially for me. >> what is your happy place? >> my happy place, honestly usually more people. that's a big point of the book. when you think of the places that bring you so much joy, it's usually places you have a lot of history and important memories. it's so based on the people who bring you back to yourself and make you feel grounded, who make you feel like your truest self. they sort of compact all these past versions of you. >> birds of a feather. >> yeah, yeah. >> not only are you multitime new york times bestseller numero uno, but every one of your books has been picked up for feature films? >> yeah. >> come on.

>> i had too good of luck. i'm going to fall down a stairway later today probably. >> that's amazing. can you tell us about the status on any of them? >> yeah. i can't share too much. i can say that several drafts of the scripts and it's so funny, heart warming. >> are you like, i wrote that? >> it's so strange. i wrote it but then our writer is so talented, that she has all these new jokes that i didn't write. it's surreal. i would have written that joke, but i didn't. >> everybody wants to do this lightning round. i really mean we're running out of time. ready. dose of vitamin sea. beach or lake? >> lake. >> sunrise or sunset? >> set. >> me, too. plan ahead or wing it? >> wing it. >> lobster roll or crab cake. >> lobster roll. >> we are similar. ice cream or s'mores? >> ice cream. >> me, too. beach read or thriller?

>> beach read. >> okay. all right. i just want to tell everybody, emily just told me she's already working on her next book. so that's very good news. we'll update you on good morning america. let's enjoy this one. emily henry's latest novel "happy place" hits book shelves tomorrow. thank you for beg me rn. congratulati? >> hold on to a copy for me. also going to be a big night on the ice in the nhl playoffs. the devils trying to even the series with their hudson river rivals, the rangers at 7:00 p.m. eastern followed by the golden knights at 9:30 eastern. all the action tonight on espn. >> waking up to cool 40's by 9:00, we are in the 50's. a little patchy fog on the coast, high clouds moving inland.

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>> singer songwriter and social media star with 55 million follower, madison beer, justin bieber helped discover her at the age of 13. now she has a new memoir called "the half of it" about the ups and downs about her life in the spotlight. welcome to the show. good morning to you, madison. >> good morning to you, too. >> let's talk about the book. you really talk about some difficult experiences, including some contemplation of suicide, at least twice, and grappling with self-harm. why did you decide, i'm just gonna let it all out? >> mainly i felt really alone during a lot of these periods. there are so many people that i'll meet. i have an instagram that's private that i talk to my core fans on.

they will tell me how much thing likes that and open up about mental health stuff has helped them so i thought why not do it on a bigger scale and not keep it for a small amount of people. i just wanted to make someone out there feel less alone in their potential hard times. >> you also take questions from fans. here's one from sophie in new york. do you ever get overwhelmed with putting yourself out there? are there times when you could just put everything on pause? >> i picked that question because i think it's important to say yes and be honest about those things. i got signed really young. i was only 12 when i started this. i think growing up in the industry a bit, i was told to always put on a brave face and not let anyone know things get to you or you get tired or maybe want a break. as i have gotten slightly older, i want to be transparent with people. it's okay to take a break, okay to say no and make time for yourself. i know that might sound silly to some, but it's important and i want people to know that. >> and you talk about how, at least two times you considered

potentially suicide, getting into a detail about a moment you were standing high and contemplating maybe jumping. your brother saw you. your family was really upset about that. do you hear often with people struggling with similar difficulties? what do you say? >> i do. i think it's been this sort of amazing blessing that i have been given, obviously, in a sad way, but i have been able to connect with people in such a beautiful way and being able to look at someone and be like, i'm happy you're here, and they can say the same thing to me. it means everything. i just hope in opening up about this, i can maybe let someone know that it does get better. it always will get better. yeah. your dark and hard times are not forever. >> obviously very close to your family. what was their reaction to the memoir? >> i think they're proud. obviously, being with me through a lot of these difficult times, to now reflect on it and feel proud of the person i am, it's really rewarding.

i feel really great. i hope to be a role model to my younger brother. that's my main goal. i have always wanted to be someone that makes my family and my parents proud. i hope reading this, as hard as it probably is for a parent to read some of these things, i hope they can be proud that i am still here. >> a lot of your fans in particular are going to read this book and say from the outside you appear to have it all. what has gotten you through the most difficult dark times? >> so much. i mean, music is the biggest thing to me in the world. it got me through my parents divorce when i was only 6, 7 years old. always been the silver lining in my life. these people, these experiences, my fans, all of that, i have been able to connect with people on such a beautiful interpersonal way. it just means a lot. it's given me a whole purpose of life. >> we just have a few seconds left. can you give us a taste for your second album, what people can expect? >> it will hopefully be out this summer. >> thank you very much, madison.

if you or someone you know is struggling of thought of suicide, free help is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. call or text 988. the half of it hits bookstores nationwide tomorrow. we'll be right back.

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bill bette bay are moving forward finding solutions. this is abc seven news monday mornings here. i'm reggie aqui from abc seven mornings and sue hall is here with a look of traffic. good morning, reggie. we are headed back to fairfield, where we've had problems all morning. long better news. now all accidents cleared out of lanes. we had a total of three or four different accidents. through vacaville and fairfield , so you can see the backup is still pretty severe beyond 505. but it is recovering lisa. alright, soon. nice day out here we are looking at a few high clouds and there's a look at san francisco 50 here 56 in mountain view and from our exploratorium camera sixties at the coast today was midnight upper seventies inland, reggie. thank you time now for live with kelly and mark we see you again on the air at 11 from midday live. hope air at 11 from midday live. hope you have a great day.

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