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head into the weekend for another summer weekend. we have a lot of noise including the reported tornado touching down in texas. at least four people killed. we'll have much more on that and the heat wave. we begin with the missing sub. oxygen set to run out for the five people on board. transportation correspondent gio benitez starts us off from halifax. good morning to you. >> reporter: george, good morning. we have reached that final critical hour for breathable air on board that missing sub. as far as we know right now, there is still no sign of them. overnight search and rescue crews dealing with treacherous weather, looking for that missing submersible. the efforts still under way even as the clock runs out. though 96 hours of breathable air expiring. the u.s. coast guard zeroing in on an area where canadian aircraft detected banging noises under water with sonar on both tuesday and wednesday morning. but the search turning up nothing so far.

still, the coast guard insisting they won't give up. >> this is a search and rescue mission 100%. >> reporter: the entire search area massive, twice the size of connecticut and 2 1/2 miles deep. a team of experts analyzing those noises to help determine the source and the location. >> the ocean is a very complex place. obviously, human sounds, nature sounds and it's very difficult to discern what the source of those noises are at times. >> reporter: even if the sub is found, if it's under water, there are no ships currently on the scene that could lift the 23,000 pound titan. overnight a french ship arriving with a deep sea robot called the victor 6,000 equipped with cameras and arms that could free the sub but cannot lift to it the surface. a navy deep salvage system is still on land in newfoundland, days from getting to the search zone. >> people need to realize finding them is the first step. they still have to raise them off the bottom. they still have to get them on

the ship and they still have to unbolt them. >> reporter: crews working around the clock to find those five people on board. billionaire hamish harding, a business man and his 19-year-old son suleman. a titanic researcher and diver and the ceo of ocean gate, stockton rush. one of the most critical issues the below freezing temperatures that far under water. >> assuming the life support system is still working, my biggest concern at this point would be hypothermia. your body will start shivering to generate heat and that will use up more oxygen. >> reporter: retired navy doctor dale moulet who studied these scenarios and effects on the body warns carbon dioxide builds up to deadly efforts. >> they'll get more and more drowsy, headaches. eventually, whether from hypothermia or carbon dioxide, they will go to sleep and that will be the last consciousness

that they have. >> reporter: this as ocean gate faces new questions about the safety of its titan submersible an experimental system not yet certified. at least one former employee expressed concern about the sub's carbon fiber exterior back in 2018 in court filings. alleging that tiny cracks could become bigger and bigger with more dives, essentially wear and tear because of pressure. the dispute was settled out of court. and at this point it is simply too late if they are still at the bottom of the ocean. the journey up, if they were to float up, is 2 1/2 hours long. they are still scouring the surface of the water hoping they are already floating. michael? >> we sure hope that is the case, gio. thank you very much for that. we're gonna turn to severe weather in the south. overnight, a reported tornado touched down in texas, killing at least four people. the heat wave scorches the state, faith abubey is in houston with the latest. good morning, faith.

>> reporter: good morning, michael. we are in front of a power substation this morning as texas braces for another day of extreme heat. some in the state also waking up to significant damage after those overnight storms. overnight a reported tornado devastating parts of matador, texas. at least four people dead, multiple injured and approximately 15 structures gone. this rv tipping over on top of two pickup trucks. the department of transportation reporting highways were impassable but the severe storms doing little to bring down the extremely high temperatures across the state. relief from the deadly heat wave still weeks away. >> 100, 105, yeah. it's hot. yeah. i have to work. doesn't matter. >> reporter: san angelo texas and del rio texas both yesterday breaking all time high temperature records.

the soaring temperatures combined with high humidity creating a dangerous combination. roads buckling under the record setting temperatures. as the extreme heat lingers, growing concern for the young and the elderly. >> when your body overheats it can adversely affect all of your internal organs. it can cause confusion and eventually death over time. >> reporter: u.s. postal service grieving one of their own. veteran mail carrier eugene gates jr. died in dallas tuesday while delivering mail. the heat index there reaching 116 degrees that day. and the u.s. postal service says it provides mandatory heat related training to all of its employees. they tell us they're deeply saddened by this loss. george? >> we all are. okay, faith, thank you very much. more from sam champion in for ginger. hey, sam. >> hey, george. there's so much more of this coming. but we're going to pick up that line of storms in texas, to a hail storm in colorado. this is people running out of a hail storm.

this is about quarter inch hail. what you're watching and listening to are people being hit, really pounded by this hail. they're waiting for a concert at red rock. red rock is a wide open space. there were warned storms, or it was warned for storms in the area, so people didn't have any place to go. 90 people treated at the scene. 7 people taken to the hospital. look at the flooding rains that followed. let's talk about the 11 tornados from colorado to matador, texas. this picture from accuweather showing more tornados developing. this is the problem with the storm zone. it just bobbles back off to the west today. same weather for the same places and the same people again today. but don't just look in the yellow area for damaging winds, large hail and possible tornados. because the heat is so expansive into texas and all the way through a good part of oklahoma, these strong storms can develop even in the green area. the areas we are not showing are worse. san angelo, 107. austin 107. those are heat index levels.

the rain that backed this up moves into the northeast today. that heat dome builds right back there for next week. all next week, we can have record setting temperatures well into new orleans every day next week. guys? >> boy, hoping for some relief in those areas soon. thank you very much, sam. now to breaking news about the american journalist who was arrested in russia on espionage charges in march, charges the u.s. say are a sham. this morning he was in a moscow courtroom. our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz is tracking the story. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, michael. this was the first time we have seen evan gershkovich in weeks. he was in a glass cage for his court hearing in a t-shirt and jeans looking understandably self-conscious when the cameras were allowed around him. a few minutes later, gershkovich was allowed to talk to his parents who were there in the courtroom briefly. he was animated and clearly so happy to see them. in a phone call before their

trip to moscow, gershkovich's mother told the journal i want to scream and say, give me back my son. but she vowed she would instead just smile, which is what she did this morning. that despite the fact that, as expected, gershkovich's appeal to be freed from detention until his trial was denied. it is unclear when his trial will be. juju? >> martha raddatz, thank you for that update. now to the explosion in paris that rocked a u.s. academy. dozens of people were injured as rescuers searched the rubble. tom soufi-burridge is at the scene in paris. good morning to you, tom. >> reporter: good morning, juju. for the first time we can see what remains of the building. you can see the blackened remains. those pillars. that was a historic building right in the heart of paris. people around here saying they were literally blown off their feet. devastation in the heart of

paris, with rescue teams still searching through the rubble after powerful explosions rocked the french capital wednesday evening blowing away a building housing a prestigious american fashion academy. one person still feared missing, more than 30 badly injured with 6 in critical condition, according to french officials. overnight, u.s. officials saying all american citizens accounted for and none injured. investigators at the scene looking at whether a gas leak was the cause. smoke billowing above the paris sky line, visible from miles away. the reese family from chicago just beginning their paris vacation in their rented apartment when they heard and felt the explosion nearby. >> the first thought that went through my mind was a bombing. felt the ground shake. things were falling, people were screaming. >> there were plumes of fire shooting up from the ground.

>> reporter: nine kent state university students were studying right near the blast. thankfully, the university saying they are all safe and sound. george? >> thank goodness for that. tom, thank you very much. now to samuel alito facing scrutiny over ethics over travel on a billionaire donor's jet. justice alito argued in a wall street journal piece that he did nothing wrong. terry moran has the story. >> reporter: good morning, george. it's decision time here at the supreme court. in the coming days the justices are expected to hand down major rulings on affirmative action, student debt relief, lgbt rights and more. once again today it's what justices are doing off the bench that's making headlines. at the supreme court this morning fresh controversy over wealthy supporters doing favors for a sitting justice, this time justice samuel alito. the nonprofit news outlet pro publica saying judge alito flew to alaska on the private jet of paul singer, a billionaire gop

mega donor for a luxury fishing trip that he didn't disclose. >> justice alito didn't pay anything. we've discovered this pattern of wealthy business men getting private access to supreme court justices. >> reporter: by law, all federal officials are required to publicly report most gifts but alito never did. when singer had business before the court, alito never recused himself. now in an unusual move, alito is defending himself in the press writing in a wall street journal op ed published before the pro publica report came out that the seat in the plane on paul singer's private jet would otherwise have been unoccupied and that the law is commonly interpreted to allow exceptions for accommodations and transportation for social events. and while alito acknowledges knowing singer, he writes they have never spoken about activities of his businesses or any case or issue before the court. >> he says, i can take the trip on the jet because this guy was a friend of mine.

but then he said, it's okay for me to vote on his case because i barely knew him. you can't have both those things. >> reporter: just weeks ago, it was revealed justice clarence thomas accepted luxury vacation and private school tuition from another gop donor with the court faces a crisis of confidence and its lowest approval ratings yet. but all nine justices have resisted independent oversight, recommitting to their own, unenforceable code of ethics. supreme court justices are appointed for life. they make more than $275,000 a year. all to guarantee their independence. in april, as this controversy grew, all nine justices signed a statement on ethics, practices and principles, trying to reassure the public. many members of congress in both parties want more. they want accountability and enforceable code of ethics. michael? >> yeah. thank you so much for that, terry. we're going to turn to the ftc lawsuit against amazon, claiming the retail giant tricked users into subscribing to its prime membership.

elizabeth schulze is in washington with more. good morning, elizabeth. >> reporter: good morning, michael. the federal trade commission here is escalating its fight with amazon. in this new lawsuit, the alleges amazon tricked people into paying for prime and made it excessively difficult to cancel those memberships. the ftc said certain buttons on amazon did not make clear you were enrolling in prime. signing up took one or two clicks. while canceling took users through a four page, six click, 15 option process nicknamed internally as the iliad in reference to a long journey with more than 200 million subscribers paying $139 per year, prime is a huge part of amazon's business, accounting for $25 billion in annual revenue. the service gives users access to free two-day shipping and streaming content. in a statement amazon called the claims false on the facts and the law saying it's clear and simple. just sign up for and cancel prime and vowed to fight this

case in court. it is just the latest class between federal regulators and amazon when it comes to privacy regulations. last month the company agreed to pay $30 million for privacy violations on its ring and echo devices. guys? >> elizabeth, thanks for that update. it's always confusing. this morning we have a lovely tribute to a true american hero. we want to update you on john lewis the late civil rights icon and former georgia congressman. he's going to be memorialized forever with a postage stamp. wednesday it was a rare moment of coming together in washington. members of both political parties gathering to celebrate the stamp's unveiling. lewis served on capitol hill until his death in 2020. he was known as the conscience of congress. he always warned us to get into good trouble. >> good trouble. he deserves that honor, without a doubt. coming up we have the latest on the utah mom accused of killing her husband then writing a children's book on grief. she's back in court as she now

sues his estate. scam u warning about the rise of artificial intelligence and kidnapping scams. we'll tell you how to protect yourself. plus the summer intern who is making head lines. why she said she's been commuting by plane. first sam. hey, sam. >> such a great story. we talked about the major heat dome. let's deal with that big stuck pattern that's been causing the rain on the east coast. up to 8 inches in ocala, florida. look at what's going on there with all the flooding. then lift that to the north. you can see how big the spiral is. six days on flooding alerts. we have an active flood warning near ocala in the west coast of florida. 3 to 4 inches of rain highlighted. that's incredible. we're lifting that rain into a good part of new jersey. new york, i think we're out of the heaviest rain for the day today. it will be fairly light. central new jersey can get anywhere from 2 to 3 inches. pop to the tropics because it's been fairly active. tropical storm bret. we have a tropical depression 4.

let's follow both of them. i do want to watch martinique. there's a hurricane watch there. the good news of what probably becomes cindy is it just dies sheer out in the atlantic. that's the weather around the nation. here's what you can expect this morning. drew: i am a drew tuma with your forecast. overcast skies, increasing sunshine the afternoon. the coast is cloudy today. temperatures below average for this time of year. it is breezy this afternoon.

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>> absolutely. we're going to talk also this morning about scam u. how ai is changing the game for scammers and their victims. the eye opening demo that had our whit johnson truly reeling this morning. going to turn to the utah mother accused of killing her husband then writing a children's book about grief. skate. kayna whitworth is here with more. >> bit of a bizarre twist. she is behind bars deemed a substantial threat to the community by the judge. new court documents sew kouri richens is seeking proceeds from their family home and her late husband's business. the case of the utah mother accused of murdering her husband then writing a children's book about grief is back in court

today. the hearing comes days after kouri richens filed a suit seeking millions from her late husband's estate. >> under the terms of the prenuptial agreement, kouri stood to gain certain assets if they were to divorce but she gained substantially more assets if he passed away while married. >> reporter: authorities say kouri murdered her husband eric by lacing his drink with a fatal dose of fentanyl back in march of 2022. prosecutors and the family spokes person says it was not her first attempt to poison him. >> is it your belief that kouri had been planning this for years? >> yes, absolutely. no doubt in my mind. >> reporter: prosecutors believe kouri was financially motivated, to kill the father of their three children, a charge she denies. >> being bad with money does not make you a murderer. >> reporter: eric's family said kouri was stealing from him and her questionable behavior is what motivated him to put one of his sisters in charge of his estate before he died. that includes the richens home and eric's share of his masonry business valued at $2 million which he owned prior to their marriage. >> do not allow kouri to hurt

eric's memory, our family and friends and community any more. we have been through enough. >> reporter: the couple's three sons in custody of a family friend, after kouri's book illustrated ways to help them cope with the loss of their father. >> my husband passed unexpectedly last year. it's march 4th was a one year anniversary for us. he was 39. it took us all by shock. >> kouri will learn the next steps this afternoon at a hearing. if convicted she faces 20 years in prison to the death penalty. legal analysts tell me to no surprise, the murder case will be the priority. the civil suit will be on the back burner. >> that makes sense. okay, thanks very much. now to scam u. we're taking a look at how thieves are using artificial intelligence to thinking a loved one is asking for a loan or is in danger. whit johnson is here with the story. you were pretty amazed by this,

whit. >> pretty incredible, george. we put this tech to the test. scammers are increasingly targeting their victims in what's called spear fishing using previously hacked information, social media and that key component, art official intelligence, to take your money. please send money. this is for real. >> reporter: that may sound like me, but it's not. it's a voice fake generated by artificial intelligence. with the rise of ai, victims across country tell us kidnapping scams are becoming more terrifying. >> i get a phone call. it's my daughter's voice. brie says, mom. she's crying and sobbing. i never doubted it was her. >> reporter: we asked pete nickoletti to explain how this rapidly involving tech is changing the game, for scammers and their victims. to start he shows us some of the basics of ai's capabilities using content pulled directly from my social media. you actually pulled some

photographs of me on a breaking news scene. >> here you are. this is mississippi, in front of a terrible tornado. but with artificial intelligence, you can just say, hey, i want to put whit in front of a canadian wild fires. this ai tool is so advanced that it adds a shadow. >> reporter: you found my head shot. wow. >> it's very realistic. >> reporter: the ai can create almost any scenario, as long as you have the basics to work with. next. we wanted to hear what the team at check point could do using ai with just a ten minute sample of my voice. take a listen. this is not a real call. >> i just went out to lunch with the crew and my credit card is not working. sending you a link to pay back the guy who covered me. >> this would come in as a voice message. the criminals can easily impersonate your phone number so it says whit's cell. >> reporter: what if they try to convince my family members that i have been kidnapped?

to be clear this is a fake example. listen. >> my love, it is me whit. please, listen carefully. i have been abducted and am being held in a basement tied up in the dark. please follow their instructions. do not notify the authorities. >> reporter: you look scared, whit. i am. that's very believable. these scammers now can have a conversation with you in real time. >> there's tools where you can actually type it in and use your voice. >> reporter: again, the audio you are about to hear is not real. >> please send the money. this is for real. they are asking me to say the date of life is june 14th. please send the money now. >> the ai can adjust the inflexion in my voice. >> absolutely we don't have any recordings of you under stress but i can change your voice to now where you're now stressed. >> reporter: nicoletti says all family members should adopt a safe word when trying to communicate with a loved one who supposedly has been kidnapped. ridge frankel a former fbi special agent said this kind of cyber crime is hard to stop.

he recommends recording any type of suspicious call and trying to reach your loved one directly. >> i would call law enforcement right away. if it is a real kidnapping you want law enforcement involved. if it's a scam, you want to know about it right away. >> reporter: check point tells us they've seen a 40% increase in ai based phishing scams compared to last year. experts recommend making your social media as private as possible. they say scammers are monitoring your activity so they know when you're traveling or your kids are out of town. they can use that information to use a plausible situation like a fake kidnapping. and they say they can do it in just minutes. >> that is absolutely scary. >> the idea that it can make you sound stressed. >> crazy. whit, it was brave of you to do this on national television. >> right, exactly. >> you did a good job while you were here. [ laughter ] >> the ai whit robot is next, george. [ laughter ] >> george said, you just ruined your job. thank you so much for that,

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>> we are back with a new lab approved chicken that was just approved to the u.s. could be headed to your plate. good morning. >> americans ate 75 billion pounds of red meat and chicken last year. but what if some was not raised on farms but instead in high tech facilities? scientists say that could be good for the environment, your health. soon it could be on menus and store shelves. this morning the usda has approved cell cultivated meat to be sold to the public for the first time. >> that's where it all starts. just a few cells. >> reporter: two cultivated meat producers getting the green light to begin commercially selling their chicken not raised on a farm but in a facility. it is grown using real animal cells set with nutrients. i got a tour of upside food s the nation's firsted and largest food cultivator. you're making chicken in there? >> yes. we take cells from a chicken or egg. takes two weeks to grow one

chicken, 1,000 chickens or 100,000 chickens. >> reporter: you are saying you can make more meat faster and cleaner than an average farmer? >> ultimately, yes. >> reporter: the company said cell cultivated meat could help feed the world's booming population using a fraction of land for animal farming and help reduce green house gas emissions. experts say more study is needed. i got to try this cell cultivated chicken at the facility in california. texture was a bit different, but it did taste like chicken. the company hopes to get it on restaurant menus the next few weeks and maybe on store shelves in the next five years. dozens of startup companies are getting in on the game. >> is it more like tofu? >> it was pretty close to chicken. maybe rubbery-er. you have to give it a try for yourself. a restaurant in california is gonna roll it out next month. >> would you guys try it? >> i think i would.

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>> we're back now with the summer intern who's been commuting by plane to her internship, saying it's cheaper than paying rent. women reeve has the latest. good morning, will. >> reporter: as juju and i worked our way through snarling traffic to get here, i thought of the young woman you're about to meet. she skips the traffic and keeps costs down by flying high. >> good morning. it is 3:45 a.m. we are getting ready to commute. >> reporter: sophia has gotten used to waking up early. >> you might be wondering, sophia, if you're working 9-5, why are you up at 3 a.m.? >> reporter: once a week she likes to take the long way to work. >> i decided that it would be better for me to commute by plane. >> reporter: that's right. the 21-year-old south carolina native boards a plane from her

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the lowest level in decades. kayna whitworth back with details. >> reporter: hey, george, good morning. this is a concern we've heard expressed by parents across the country, especially in the wake of the pandemic. now after testing 8,000 students across the u.s., educators have found a startling lack in proficiency and it's prompting action. a startling report revealing schools across the country aren't making the grade when it comes to certain subjects. according to a federal exam from the national assessment of educational progress, also known as the nation's report card, math and reading scores of 13-year-olds across the united states plummeted to the lowest level in decades. >> these additional data are telling us how badly the pandemic impacted the student learning of these teenagers. what was happening three years ago when they were only 10 and 11? that would be about 4th and 5th grade. those are really important

educational years for these students when they're learning how to apply the knowledge. >> reporter: the assessment administered in the fall of last year revealing math scores fell by nine points while reading scores dropped by four. the last time math scores were this low was in 1990. for reading, it was 2004. this year's scores declined for all students across the board. but in math, black, native american and low income students saw bigger declines. now that school is out for the summer, parents are faced with the struggle of keeping their kids' minds engaged. experts say the best method, particularly with reading, make it fun. >> try to get them involved in a series. same way like binge watching tv. get hooked. i would love it if kids did the same thing after they read a book series. >> reporter: california mom and teacher julie bremmer is following a similar strategy to make sure her boys stay on track with reading and math.

>> as long as i'm keeping it fun and new, they can stay engaged on their own. if we are excited about having a lemonade stand and how much money we need for ingredients and how many lemons it will take to squeeze. doing those more fun things. it doesn't seem to be like a school chore. >> reporter: hope is not lost. educators in mississippi where reading scores where nearly the lowest in the country and now they're ranked 21st. some call it the mississippi miracle. but it was a shift in teaching, renewing the phonics. a is for alligator, a, a, alligator. gotta make it fun. >> we want to see the dance for e actually. great tips for parents. thanks so much, kayna. i'm so excited to share some reporting i have been doing for months with our team. about four mothers and their search for their missing children.

the women are former members of fundamentalist church of jesus christ of latter day saints. flds. they say the religion and its leader are to blame for their children's disappearances. it was a wintry morning this past february when lorraine realized her three kids had vanished. >> at 5 a.m. i awoke to a cold house because the front door was wide open. and the kids were gone. it was horrifying. i immediately called the police. i said, my kids have disappeared. >> reporter: lorraine is one of four mothers whose children, as young as 12, have disappeared from remote towns dotting the rocky mountains. >> i haven't seen my kids since february 4 of 2023. >> my son has been missing since march of 2021. >> i haven't seen or heard from my son since october 29, 2022. >> i have not seen my daughter since january 1, 2023.

>> reporter: law enforcement says they are all run aways but these mothers are convinced it's not that simple and are sounding the alarm. >> who is to say they are safe? >> reporter: the women are united by a painful bond that goes beyond their missing children and ties directly back to their former religion. they were all members of the fundamentalist church of jesus christ of latter day saints, flds, known for polymagm. the mothers facing the blame at the foot of the church whose leader was convicted of pedophilia. >> guilty of child sex assault. >> reporter: all four mothers leaving that life behind. but now they believe they ran but they believe their kids ran back to the church they fought so hard to escape. you're convinced they're in hiding? >> i think they're being hidden. >> it's my belief all of the flds children are missing at the present time are all connected.

>> reporter: these mothers fear they're working against the clock because experts and former members say jeffs himself issued a series of frightening prophecies from prison, calling for his disciples to die so they can be resurrected in heaven. >> i think those recent revelations have everything to do with the disappearance of these children. >> reporter: experts believe jeffs is also calling for all children of former flds members to come back into the fold. do you feel like there's a sense of peril? >> yes. i do. >> i have no idea if he's alive. >> a year ago i knew of one child missing. now there's eight. >> abc news reached out to the flds church for comment and they did not respond. you can see more of this full report tonight detailing warren jeffs disturbing and potentially deadly prophecies and the urgent search for these missing children. this week's episode of impact by nightline streaming on hulu. new episodes drop every thursday.

>> what a distressing story. >> it is. the stakes are very high. >> we'll be watching that for sure tonight. let's get a check of the best local weather in the business. we drew: i am a drew tuma with your forecast. overcast skies, increasing sunshine the afternoon. the coast is cloudy today. temperatures below average for this time of year. it is breezy this afternoon. tonight, skies turn overcast. we could have pockets of drizzle and numbers fall into the 50's. accuweather sunday -- s morning fog to sunshine anan >> sam, you're bringing us pop news this morning. >> i begged lara to come in. i begged her to come in. let's see how this goes. we've got good news on a story that broke my heart. let's begin with bebe back on stage. there's good news.

she's feeling good just two days after getting hit in the face with a cell phone while performing. this incident happened at a sold out show right here in new york city. after she was hit, she was taken to the hospital where she reportedly received three stitches. if you saw this image the cut above her eye, it's disgusting to see this. the bruise on her face. a 27-year-old new jersey man was charged with assault. i don't even want to know the world where someone thinks this is okay. rexha shared a photo with a black eye letting her fans know she is okay and the tour must go on. guess what? it did. good for you bebe. so many folks in new york say you deserve so much more than this. i agree. she took the stage in philly before performing in the name of love. the 33-year-old grammy nominee told the crowd we're almost toward the end and no phone to the face, thank god. >> wow. wow. she can laugh about it. >> the fact that people have to think about that now. >> it shouldn't be a thing. all right. get ready for a hot pink summer. i'm going completely blonde any

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building a better bay area moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7 news. >> good morning everyone. i'm kumasi aaron from abc seven mornings. we're going to check in now with jobina and get a look at traffic high jobina. >> hi kumasi. thank you. good morning everybody. we'll begin here with a live look at the

richmond, san rafael bridge. if you're traveling westbound, your speeds will be under the limit until you make it to about the center of the bridge. that is really just one look at the heavy traffic that we're really seeing all throughout the east bay. but that's only if you're traveling in the commute direction. you can clearly tell here by that southbound traffic on 680. and we'll end here with a look at the drive times pretty much slow everywhere you look, koumassi. thanks jobina. >> meteorologist drew touma has your accuweather

>> welcome to a great start to our day and temperatures in the 50s and we'll stay here at least through 10 a.m. we're not seeing sunshine quite yet. you can see the exploratorium cameras foggy. so too is the tam cam. a live look outside our june gloom is back. those clouds are slow to retreat today, so we'll call it partly sunny, mid day into the afternoon. it is increasing sunshine away from the coast, but breezy and temperatures about five, 5 to 15 degrees below average for this time of the year. carmassi >> thank you, drew. we'll have another abc seven news update in about 30 minutes. you can always find the latest on our news app and at abc seven news.com. t >> welcome back >> announcer: welcome back to gma live from times square. >> welcome back. just like that, 25 years have passed since "sex and the city" premiered. went by fast, didn't it? now the hit show has spawned

another hit show which just started its second season. deborah roberts talked to the cast about the season and bringing those characters back. good morning, deb. >> good morning, michael. what a treat to spend the evening with this tight trie i don't have friends who have clearly bonded on screen and off. they've known each other for a couple decades while they created miranda, carrie and charlotte offering this unfiltered look into the complex lives of modern women. and just like that, in this rare get together, they're sharing their memories and what it's like to bring these unforgettable characters to life again. the fashion. >> hello, lover. >> reporter: the friendships. >> maybe we should be each other's soul mate. >> reporter: the unfiltered takes on finding love. >> he's just not that into me. >> reporter: with its premiere in 1998, sex and the city sparking a brash new look at modern single women. it's been 25 years since you stepped in those minolos.

>> i couldn't get near them originally. >> reporter: seriously? >> i spent $40,000 on shoes and i have no place to live? at the beginning of the show, we were mostly creating every character from either century 21 or consignment and thrift shop, blooming dales. our budget was very -- >> reporter: modest? >> yes. >> tender. >> hello, lovers. >> reporter: would you ever imagine there would be these iconic lines? hello, lover. for the shoes. can you believe these lines are still being recited by people today? >> i mean, it's wonderful. people know far many more of the lines than i know. those funny lines. they're very witty, but they capture the moment. right? he's just not that into you. broke up with on a post it. on a post it? >> yep. read it and weep, my friends. >> dating someone for 15 years. >> i have been dating since i was 15. i'm exhausted. where is he?

>> they're funny, but they're also real. >> they're real. >> reporter: just like that, the real ladies are back, this time as 50 somethings in season 2 of their new hbo hit. did you just feel like when you get together, it's like old times? >> it's easy. >> reporter: you've known each other a long time? >> lot of things have happened in our lives, do you know what i mean? we've had children, got married. all kinds of things have happened. >> milestones. created families. we've lost friends and people who felt like family and experienced kind of professional life changing experience sort of in real-time. >> it's all fun. >> carrie, party of three. >> nice! >> reporter: sex and the city was all about 30 something women finding themselves and vibrant live, vibrant sexual lives. then now and just like that it's about women who are older.

how important is that for you? >> when people were surprised. like, oh, you're coming back when you're older. like, ah. [ laughter ] why should we be hiding? why are our lives not interesting any more? that's insane. we have to change it. i'm lucky we are able to make this shift in our culture. it's cuckoo to lock everybody over 50 up. >> also story wise, it's simply no less rich. people, enormous important things happen in people's lives after 42. >> reporter: you talked about the change in culture now. lot of your characters reflect this change in culture. >> we love almost everything about our original series, but it was always very white. that's something that was never sat really well with any of us. so to be able to go back and change that.

let's keep what's good and let's widening it and improve it. >> reporter: there were a lot of big turns in the last season. your character has left new york city and has headed to california with her girlfriend. do they live happily ever after or is that too mundane for the show? >> i mean it's "sex and the city." nobody, except for maybe charlotte, does anybody live happily ever after? >> this year we're going to have some charlotte soul searching. >> reporter: charlotte may not be as predictable as we thought? >> charlotte surprises me. charlotte often surprises me. >> reporter: you teased us with the trailer. we saw aiden shaw at the end. tell us about john's return. >> it's a very happy return. he's comfortable and comforting and familiar. ten years have passed so there's maturity in their relationship. he has matured in ways that are right. he has developed mentally. it's just very easy. [ laughter ] >> ten years just -- >> reporter: so many people, so many fans on social media were

so excited to hear that samantha will make an appearance. >> it's the 25th anniversary of the show. felt like something nice and happy and a nod to this experience that all four of us shared. ♪ memories ♪ >> i miss james. >> excuse me? >> it's a cameo. it's very small. we don't want people to be disappointed. we don't want to oversell it. >> reporter: manage expectation. >> exactly. >> reporter: i read someplace where you said this season is about resilience, rebound and laughter. >> that's what it felt like. unique to carrie because of the loss. it just felt very happy this season. >> so many waiting for this new season especially because it has a richly diverse cast with some well known faces like nicole parker and chris jackson, among others. these women say it is a proud moment because the show feels more real than it did 25 years ago. the first two episodes of "and

just like that" streaming today. guys, i can smell the popcorn popping already. people are just dying for this one and ready. >> it is here for them to check it out. thanks so much for that, deb. great interview. we'll have much more from the cast of "and just like that." they'll be here live tomorrow. yeah. coming up our series the race to retire. father of two retired at just 47. he's sharing how he did it. yeah. he's sharing how he did it.

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>> and we're back now with day three of our series race to retire. what's the we're back with day 3 of our series race to retire. what's the path to financial freedom? this morning we're going to meet one dad who said he made money by flipping houses while still living in them. eva pilgrim has the story. >> this dad had one goal. that was financial freedom. so he worked his full time job and flipped houses on the side, putting in seriously long days so he could walk away from the grind and live life on his terms. carl jensen from colorado figured out how to retire at just 43 years old. >> it was nothing more than a math problem. pretty simple one at that. >> reporter: the father of two was already a saver but revved up storing his cash by using the fire method financial independence retire early.

then flipping houses while living in them. >> i had bought a house that needed a lot of work. i just bought it because it was the only thing i could afford. then i started doing all this other work on the house. fast forward two, three years later we were selling the thing for $100,000 of profit. so my wife and i looked at each other and said, let's do this again. >> reporter: he started cycling off profits to grow his money, while also working his day job as a software developer. >> we also invested in the stock market. when we flip these houses, we would put the profits into the next house. but if there was anything left over we would invest that in the stock market. i didn't know what an index fun is, which are the core of our investments now. >> reporter: the now 49-year-old said he worked between 60 and 80 hours a week for 20 years to achieve an early retirement. while his wife took on the role of caretaker. >> it really does take tradeoff. it does take compromising. maybe it means moving or paring down your expenses really aggressively. focus on one of those things and

make that your point of attention, your focus for the next 12, 18 months. then add to that. >> reporter: our expert also says it's important to think about what independence means to you in your life. instead of thinking about sitting on a beach for the rest of your day, think about work optionalty. choosing to work how you want and working to live the life you want over living for your career itself, juju. >> you were saying carl retired at 47. is there a time where it's either too late to retire early? >> our expert says it really comes down to your financial situation, your individual situation. how much you saved, the cost of your living expenses, how much you need to live, the life you want in retirement. carl said that it was a math problem for him. i think that is a really good point for us to think about. you need a assess our current situation and amp up your savings. is there passive income you could be making? as well as, are there any

expenses you cut out? you can always speak to an adviser before making those decisions. it's about choosing the life you want. >> still trying to wrap my head around too late to retire? [ laughter ] >> these three guys, never gonna retire. >> if you love what you do. >> i tried it. it just didn't take. [ laughter ] >> thank you, eva. this morning we are celebrating the anniversary of pflag. an organization dedicated to opening peoples minds and saving lives. steve osunsami has the story. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, george. the group pflag is celebrating their 50th anniversary this pride season. a group started by the power and love of a mother. for this anniversary we traveled to pennsylvania to meet a transgender daughter and a mother who loves and supports her.

>> welcome to episode 11 of project uncensored. >> reporter: mindy freeman loves her 16-year-old daughter lily like she does her other children and doesn't like to hear she's a fabulous parent. when she stood behind her youngest child and said yes to recording videos to fight book bans in public schools in their philadelphia suburbs, and when she kept joining her daughter to fight at the local school board. >> our family knows the truth because we are the truth. >> reporter: this mother won a special place in the hearts of every child and frankly every former child whose parents weren't as accepting. >> they said they would love me no matter what. we didn't have all the answers at the time. my spouse and i said, we love you. we gave her a hug and a kiss. we always say the least interesting thing about me is that i'm trans. >> reporter: it's the dream of anyone whose lived experience includes any letter in the lgbtq alphabet to have a parent who loves them and fights for them strongly.

lily freeman felt that back in the 4th grade. >> i am a student and a transgender female of jewish heritage here with my family who love and supports me. >> reporter: she and her parents are fighting for books because it was this book about a transgender 4th grader that helped them understand the journey that they now share. it's why mindy freeman is also a former grade school teacher, took her story and her daughter to washington. >> no book made my child become transgender. >> reporter: when did you join pflag? >> end of elementary school. what i loved about pflag, because i feel like it matched up with how we felt as a family. their mission is lead with love. i feel like i could cry thinking about that. >> reporter: it was another mother who was also a former grade school teacher who started pflag in the first place back in 1973. jean manford was way ahead of her time when she marched with

her gay son after he was beaten within an inch of his life in new york city. she and her husband are seen here in a 1974 interview explaining themselves. >> why support him to the point of marching with him? >> because i love my son and i want him to know how i feel. >> reporter: and to this day, grown folks still cry when these loving parents march through parades. and these affirming parents make a difference in a survey of nearly 34,000 young people, about 40% were less likely to attempt suicide. so today, mom is helping her daughter deliver donated books that have been banned to small libraries. >> hi. >> reporter: this mother says she'll keep leading with love. >> we hear you. we're listening to you. we love you. >> i should underline something this mother told us. she said when their daughter came out to them, they didn't want to tell her we love you no matter what. it's not like she did something wrong.

they encourage parents to say simply, i love you, and that we're listening and learning. we have an extended version of this story you can see by pointing your phone to your qr code at the bottom of your screen or going to good morning america.com after the show. george? >> what a great story. sam? >> all right, george. good stuff. it is officially summer. today is the official first full day of summer. we got to say good-bye to spring. pollen doesn't really go anywhere. it's still being felt across the country. this segment is sponsored by zyrtec. this video shows some tree pollen. it's from clayton, california. all the white specifics, the tree pollen blowing around from buckeye trees. while tree pollen does die down in the summer, we have to face grass pollen, which picks up about the same time. you can find the very high it's about to hit. you can find the very high pollen levels stretching from parts of the northwest all the way through the south into the

midwest. rainy weather on the east is giving us a break from tough pollen all the way down the coast of florida into new jersey. keep those tissues handy in case the sneezing season isn't over for you. it's all about what you're sensitive to. if you're sensitive to grass pollen, that will be your pick up time and tree pollen might not have bothered you at all. let's get a check of our local weather. drew: i am meteorologist drew tuma with your afternoon -- your accurately forecast. a cool and breezy afternoon. temperatures and 70's. brightening up over the >> all right. don't leave the house just yet. coming up, we're going to reveal the winners of the "people" magazine food awards for 2023. you want to see this. i'm gonna want to eat all of this. you're going want to see this. i'll want to eat all of this.

>> we're back >> we're back with the >> we're back with the best of the best new products in supermarkets from the snack aisle to the frozen section. people magazine has sent out an army of taste testers across the country and tried a bunch of them. we have the results. >> we have the results. announcing the winner are the 2023 food award editorial directors. they are here to show us all of the winners. let's start. >> great. thanks for having me here. this is one of our winners snack category for best potato chip. >> snacks. ready to turn? >> yes. >> these are the kettle brand sea salt and vinegar kettle chips air fried. here's the thing. these chips are fried in oil very very quickly which is what gives you that crunchy potato chip texture. then they're put into an air fryer to continue the cooking process. it keeps the crunchy delicious potato chip satisfaction, but you end up with 30% fat because they're not in oil. the take away is you can eat 30% more chips.

>> we agree with that. >> body fat index. try these. >> this is the winner of the pantry staple. >> wow. that looks really good. >> this is guiness mac and cheese which elevates the experience of eating a boxed mac and cheese. comes with cheddar cheese sauce but it's made with guiness beer. >> delicious flavor. [ laughter ] >> i love the little pasta. little pasta traps the cheese inside so it's super luxurious and creamy. >> when i read about this, you guys really loved this. >> it reheats really well, which is nice. >> i don't want to forget anything. let's move on. seafood. >> trader joe's. >> i love them. >> this shrimp lightly breaded. you can either bake it or fry it. ends up crispy. comes with this really great sweet and sour sauce.

>> aptly named shrimp boom >> let's get to the pizza. pizza is a big deal. >> frozen pizza. this is california pizza kitchen caramelized onion and bacon. it has a base of creamy brie cheese so it has a great foundation. >> i love brie. >> roasted garlic, melted mozzarella. [ laughter ] >> you didn't bake this one. >> i have three sons. mac and cheese and pizza is like every day. awesome. >> right? best steak? >> this is the plant based category. >> plant based? >> we've had plant based beef in the past. this comes so close to the texture of the chew and taste. that kind of fiber. it's amazing. you heat it up for five minutes. season it. >> can i? >> can i just grab a little bite? >> yeah. >> all of these are in "people" magazine's food issue. it's on newsstands now. did you like these? all of them? >> we loved all of them. these are a sampling of the winners. we have 66 winner.

please pick up the issue and try them all. >> thank you. we'll be back. stay with us. for likes or followers. their path isn't for the casually curious. and that's what makes it matter the most when they find it.

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building a better bay area moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc seven news. good morning, everyone. >> i'm kumasi aaron from abc seven mornings. here's jobina now with a look at traffic high jobina. hi kumasi thank you. >> good morning everybody. we are going to start with a disabled tractor trailer in oakland that's really slowing things down. if you're traveling southbound on 8-80 before fifth street, your speeds are around nine miles per hour and that

spot. but good news if you're traveling towards the bay bridge toll plaza, the backup is finally starting to go away. hey, drew. hey there, jobina. >> temperatures are still in the 50s. that's what we expect them to kind of hold here the next hour or two because we have a lot of cloud cover. finally, that marine layer is back, kind of feels like we're back to our regularly scheduled june forecast with that june gloom. this morning. so it'll break down for afternoon sunshine. just know that it is a breezy day and it's a lot cooler than yesterday. temperatures later today about 5 to 15 degrees below average for this time of the year koumassi. >> thank you, drew. now it's time for live with kelly and mark and we'll be back at 11 for midday live. we [audience cheering] deja vu: it's live with kelly and mark. today, from avatar: the way of water, zoe saldana. plus, actor randall park. and dr. who himself, ncuti gatwa. and steve patterson takes us kayaking on the hudson.