first race they've done through city streets. so the grand prix will be on a circuit which incorporates the city's famous strip. you can watch the race saturday night at 10:00 on our sister network, esp n. very cool. it's really cool. the grandstands were set up when i was there last weekend and i can imagine it's going to be amazing . >> any other life watching it? f1 is getting super popular now. >> i know. i don't know really. think about it. yeah >> the whole scoring system. >> you do. >> it's cars going fast, right? that's all you need. >> there's a there's a crazy scoring system. >> good morning america. an anti-war protest in washington turning violent. breaking overnight, demonstrators demanding a cease

fire in gaza, protesting the war outside the democratic national committee, coming face to face with capital police. several lawmakers evacuated. six officers injured. israeli forces inside a hospital in gaza overnight releasing video they say shows evidence of hamas activity, as a deal is progressing to release dozens of hospitals. biden's summit with china's leader xi. the president touted progress. taking steps to improve military communication and slow the spread of fentanyl. top national security official john kirby joins us live. the suspected long island serial killer in court. his estranged wife there for the first time followed by a camera crew. bahamas ferry tragedy. the investigation after an american tourist died. we hear from one of the boat's passengers. cabin pressure. the big question with the skies about to get crowded.

to recline or not to recline? and an faa report calling for urgent action to address aviation safety after a series of close calls. seeing red. this morning, thousands of starbucks workers heading to the picket line for a red cup rebellion on one of the company's biggest days of the year. tik tok to the rescue. how a college student's post saved her life, leading to a kidney transplant and a friend forever. ♪ >> and into "world of frozen." we're rolling into thursday. >> woo! >> with a spectacular first look from disney. >> let it go! >> maggie rulli is there. here we go! >> announcer: live in times square, this is good morning america. >> no, we're not gonna let it go! we are not. can you believe it's been ten years? >> i remember taking the girls on

thanksgiving day ten years ago to see the first frozen. don't you love seeing maggie rulli there? so much fun. >> i remember those day, too, george. also ahead this morning we have the latest on the flash flooding in florida and the extreme rainfall. some schools are closed due to substantial flooding. >> we are going to begin with the protest at the democratic national committee in washington that forced the evacuation of several lawmakers in washington last night. you can see it right there. capitol police say about 150 people were violently protesting calling for a cease fire in the israel hamas war. senior congressional correspondent rachel scott was there. she's at the dnc now with the latest. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: george, good morning. those protesters demanding a cease fire blocked the entrance of this building overnight clashing with police. nearby capitol officers were put on lockdown, members of congress had to be evacuated and several officers were injured. overnight violent clashes in the nation's capital. 150 demonstrators demanding a cease fire in gaza. >> cease fire now!

>> reporter: protesting outside the democratic party's head quarters in washington. coming face to face with capital police. several lawmakers were inside the building as the protests erupted, quickly evacuated to safety. police cutting off access to nearby offices on capitol hill. house buildings on lockdown as police got those members of congress who were inside of the dnc out. congressman brad sherman was meeting with democrats inside the building when police suddenly rushed in. >> a dozen or so well armed police officers came charging in and they whisked us off to the u.s. capitol. >> reporter: sherman is a staunch supporter of israel. he has rejected the calls for a cease fire. >> why were we retreating? we were in the right. this was our building. we were holding our conference. >> reporter: outside police pushing back the crowd of protesters. officials say six officers were injured ranging from minor cuts to being pepper sprayed and punched. >> all we want to say is our

demand is that president biden and congress demand a cease fire now. so we came out here to tell them. we did not expect the hostility we got. >> reporter: and one group behind last night's demonstration said 90 protesters were injured. of course, this came one day after that major peaceful protest on the national mall in support of israel. robin? >> thanks so much. no to the israeli raid on the hospital complex in gaza. israel claiming troops have found weapons at the site as officials say they may be nearing a deal with hamas to free hostages. matt gutman is in israel with more for us. good morning, matt. >> reporter: robin, good morning. this is a massive procession behind me that's been marching from tel aviv to jerusalem. you see the families of the hostages. you can see how many thousands of people are behind us here. the deal is for about 50 israeli

and foreign hostages, women and children in exchange for a three day cease fire and palestinians, women and minors released from israeli jails. but sources are telling us it looks increasingly unlikely despite a massive effort from the white house this morning. this morning as the approximately 239 hostages taken into gaza by hamas begin their 41st day in captivity, president biden saying he's been deeply involved in negotiations to set them free. >> you're on our mind every single day, five, six times a day i'm working on how i can be helpful in getting the hostages released. >> reporter: multiple officials in the u.s. and israel tell abc news a deal brokered by the u.s. and qatar is progressing to free at least 50 hostages, women, children and the elderly. in exchange, israel would agree to a multi-day cease fire and to release jailed palestinians. >> follow me as we go in and we will see the center. this is the mri center. >> reporter: overnight the israeli military releasing this video they say shows evidence of

hamas activity at the hospital's mri building. >> ak-47s are not supposed to be in an mri room. them being there is clear evidence that hamas is using it. >> but does that justify laying siege to a hospital where there are hundreds of patients who are already in dire circumstances? >> we're fighting hamas. we know this is another stronghold by hamas and we're going after them wherever they are. >> reporter: hamas calling the allegations a blatant lie. abc news could not independently verify either of those claims but the white house said u.s. intelligence supports israel's assertions that hamas uses hospitals as command posts. and this morning the israeli military said it's still inside gaza's largest hospital. the raid began early wednesday. overnight we spoke to a doctor inside the hospital. he said he could hear the tanks and bull dozers at the hospital's southern gate. >> we continue to hear gunshots and bombing becoming louder and louder. we can hear the sound of the tanks.

>> reporter: outside, mourners wailing. that doctor saying more than half of the icu patient, 43 out of 63, have died after oxygen supplies ran out. >> bring them home now. >> reporter: back in israel, the families of those taken on a five day march. >> they need to make a deal. they need to do whatever they can. bring them back. how can you put a price on a 3-year-old girl's life? there's no price. >> reporter: and just a short time ago there was a shooting attack outside jerusalem. and there's been cross border fire in lebanon between israel and the iranian backed proxy hezbollah. there's increasing concern about two new fronts opening up, one in the west bank, the other in lebanon. michael? >> all right, matt. thank you for being there for us. we're going to turn to the rising tensions in the region. u.s. officials say a navy destroyer traveling in the red sea shot down a drone they say was fired from yemen and headed towards the ship.

our chief global affairs anchor martha raddatz is in washington with more. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, michael. that's right. a drone fired right towards that u.s. navy destroyer and the crew took no chances, shooting it out of the sky. we now have two aircraft carrier strike groups in the region to act as a deterrent, but these threats from iranian backed groups keep on coming. in late october the pentagon says the hutti militants in yemen launched four cruise missiles and 15 drones over the red sea in the direction of israel. the u.s. has shot all of those down. just last week the pentagon says the huttis shot down a u.s. reaper drone, one of america's most sophisticated and expensive drones. all of this raising tensions in the region and fears of a wider war which nobody wants. robin? >> martha, thank you. now to president biden, meeting with china's president in a high

stakes summit near san francisco. they covered a wide range of issues, from taiwan to trade to fentanyl. our chief white house correspondent mary bruce is traveling with the president. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, robin. well, after their marathon meeting, president biden this morning is touting what he calls important progress, arguing their face to face diplomacy was a significant step to making sure their competition doesn't turn into conflict. after four hours of talks, president biden and chinese leader xi taking strides to stablize this critical relationship. >> i believe they're some of the constructive and productive discussions we've had. >> reporter: with the two countries clashing over a host issues, biden and xi agreeing to solve future problems by picking up the phone, saying they are opening up military to military communications, hoping to defuse encounters like this one, chinese pilots buzzing a u.s. bomber in international air space. then there was that chinese spy

balloon, shot down over the u.s. at the time, the pentagon calls to beijing went unanswered. >> that's how accidents happen, misunderstandings. >> reporter: the leaders also taking steps to curb the spread of fentanyl. >> it's going to save lives. >> reporter: it was their first talk in over a year. the two leaders putting aside their mounting tension for smiles and handshakes, all carefully core coreographed to project a friendly image. inside the room, selina wang asking xi in mandarin whether he trusts biden. no response. when asked the same, does he trust president xi, biden telling reporters? >> trust is verified, the old saying goes. >> reporter: now, moments later president biden was asked if he thinks president xi is a dictator. biden was blunt. saying, yes, he is. that he is the leader of a communist country. that is not sitting too well with the chinese who are calling that comment extremely wrong and

irresponsible. george? >> mary bruce, thanks. let's bring in top white house security council john, thanks for joining us. any concern that comment from the president is going to undue any progress you made? >> no, no concern at all. i mean, we had a really good set of discussions yesterday, george, on a lot of topic, including really two big deliverables. one coming out of the meeting knowing that the military to military communications will restart at various level, not just at the top, but commander level and below. number two, getting that agreement to have the chinese crack down on law enforcement and export of these chemical ingredients that make fentanyl. a huge huge achievement. there's a lot more work to do. >> it seems like you didn't make progress on key military tensions between the u.s. and china. >> well, i mean, we weren't going to solve all of the military tension between their army and ours here in one four-hour meeting. but i will say, to get the military to military communications back up and running, it can have a very significant effect going forward.

right now with all the tensions, the close intercepts in the air and on the sea, we don't have a way to reach out and talk to them and to try to take down the level of misunderstanding. i mean, that's where, when you get miscalculations and pilots in the air and sailors at sea who don't understand one another, don't understand what they're doing, you could very easily get somebody hurt get an airplane knocked out of the sky. now we'll have a chance to pick up the phone, talk to them about what we're doing, what they're doing and deconflict any tensions. >> any progress on the israeli hostages? >> there's still work going on. literally by the hour, george. the president talked about this yesterday. we've got folks on the ground. we've been talking to them. our negotiators are talking to their negotiators and we're working on this really, really hard. i don't have an announcement to make today, but as the president said yesterday, we're hopeful that we can actually get a good result here. >> you said the united states had intelligence that hamas was keeping some kind of military capability beneath that al shifa

hospital. so was the israeli raid on the hospital justified? >> well, they're going in on the ground here. they're not bombing it. they're going after the hamas leadership that is there. this presents a real dilemma for them. hamas is using that hospital as a command center and a way to store weapons, even house their fighters. israel has to do something about that threat. but they also have an added burden of protecting the civilians, medical staff, the doctors and the patients that are at that hospital. they are trying hard to strike that balance. >> finally, elon musk is one of the leaders who met with president xi yesterday in california. he also seemed to put out a tweet that agreed with those who said jews were pushing hatred against white people sort of an anti-semitic tweet. he retweeted that. are you concerned about what he did? are you concerned about the rise of antisemitism and what it means for national security?

>> absolutely, george. antisemitism is on the rise around the world, here in the united states. last year alone saw a record number of anti-semitic acts. some of the acts are turning violent. the jewish community has a right to feel the anxiousness and the fear that they do feel. i had a chance to talk to a young college student in new york city just a week or so ago. the description of the things he told me he had to do just to get to class without running into somebody who might hurt him was absolutely mine blowing to me. that that can still happen in this country. it's affecting our national security interests as well, no question about it. >> elon musk part of that? >> i'm sorry. >> is elon musk part of that? >> we certainly abhor comments that are anti-semitic and don't associate ourselves with comments he might have made last night. that's unacceptable. we shouldn't sit by and let

those kind of comments and let those kinds of potential threats just go by us unchallenged. that's why we've got an anti-semitic strategy here. the president put one in place, first one ever for the united states. that's why we're going to continue to work with local and state authorities across the country in the wake of the october 7th attacks to make sure we can identify any potential threats to the jewish community as well as disrupt those attacks. it's also the same for islama phobia. we are embarking on a new we are now starting and strategy. we know many in the muslim community and arab community here in the united states also feel threatened, also feel afraid. there's no place for that in this country. when you have leaders like mr. musk or anybody else out there furthering these tropes and stoking these fire, again, that's reprehensible and unacceptable as well. >> john kirby, thank you very much. michael? >> all right. thank you, george. now to the air travel warning with thanksgiving a week away, nearly 4.7 million people expected to fly over the holiday. the faa is sounding the alarm on a shortage of air traffic controllers.

transportation correspondent gio benitez has more for us. good morning, gio. >> hey, michael, good morning. this new report said the faa needs to take urgent action saying staffing shortages threaten aviation safety. we remember those close calls this year. that one right there, the fedex flight cleared to land in austin coming within 100 feet of a southwest plane taking off. now, the report says low staff levels at air traffic control are partly to blame. now, the report found historically high levels of overtime among air traffic controllers, quote, leading to absenteeism and fatigue. despite more planes in the sky, there are about 1,000 fewer air traffic controllers than there were ten years ago. so this is a big deal. these shortages, they are not expected to affect thanksgiving travel. but if there's bad weather, that's when things could get messy and we could see issues there. guys? >> thank you very much, gio. that's why i'll be staying home in thanksgiving. coming up the long island serial killer suspect appearing in court.

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>> back on gma with cabin pressure. with the busiest travel season just days away, tensions are rising over will to recline or not to recline. our transportation correspondent gio is back with that. how is the leg room there? >> here at gio air, we are always thinking about the customer, robin. listen, these few inches i'm reclining, they have served passionate debate over etiquette. we checked in with passengers on both sides of the issue and aisle to see where you stand. this morning passengers feeling the cabin pressure to recline or not recline. >> can anyone recline their seat on the airplane?

walk me through your thought process. no shade. i'm just generally curious like why. >> tik tok after tik tok captures the predicament. >> it's totally okay to recline your seat. that's what it's there for. >> but the battle over the reclining seat can sometimes become intense, even physical. in this video that lit up social media, one man is seen pushing a woman's reclined seat in front of him. it goes on and on. the recline debate is alive and well just days ahead of busiest travel season ever. this person says reclining seats should be banned. ♪ oh no, oh no, oh no no ♪ >> reporter: and this one looks stressed about doing it. ♪ so we sought out some opinions. aaron said if he pays for a reclining seat, he's going to use it. >> i don't believe i should not be comfortable in the seat i paid for because i might infringe on your knee space.

you certainly have the right to recline yourself if you're worried about leg space, you can book yourself an exit row. >> but raleigh mayor said we all need to think about others. >> it isn't courteous. it really impedes on the person's comfort behind you and it's a self-centered thing to do. makes it all about you. >> sara nelson, who heads up the largest flight attendants union, doesn't recline herself but she offers this. >> if you really want to do it, at least check behind you. make sure you won't be spilling someone's coffee on them or running their computer into their niece. >> as planes get more and more packed, it's an argument that isn't going away anytime soon. >> the reason this subject is so hot is because both sides have a really solid argument, i think. >> suck it up and sit up. it's the right thing to do. >> i like that. >> we know where she stands. so i loved sara nelson's advice there to look behind you before you recline. it could really ruin someone's day.

so, robin, welcome aboard. >> gio air, my goodness. [ laughter ] freaking out right now. is there a particularly bad time during the flight to recline your seat? >> well, right here with this tray. if the food is coming out, right? look how much space you lose once you do something like that. you only already have a little bit of space. personally, if i'm on a very small plane, i'm not going to recline. i'm not even going to think about it. it's such little space there. and if it's a short flight, i might consider not doing it. >> just a courtesy, give someone a heads up that you're doing that. there is a tile where you should expect -- [ laughter ] gio air is not really good. >> hey! >> is there a time on the flight that you should expect people are going to recline? >> people want to sleep. people are going to be wanting to recline. that's when you should expect the people in front of you will recline their seats. >> where's my mimosa? >> coming right up.

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i made a poster that said breaking news, you're getting a kidney. >> to know that savannah, who only knew me from the internet, was so willing to give up part of herself, it was incredibly humbling. it definitely does not feel like something life changing had happened even though it has. i think there's a certain beauty to that. >> indeed. savannah starts nursing school in january, while katie finishes senior year and works as a reporter for the local radio station. she said she is so thankful to be alive, thanks to tik tok, everyone. >> there are good people in the world. >> oh yeah. >> we'll be back. alive. >> robin: there are good people in the world. we will be back!

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the headquarters of the dnc late last night. members of congress who were inside for a reception were suddenly evacuated out of the building. there were several office buildings put on lockdown. officials say that six officers were also hurt, treated for injuries from minor cuts to pepper spray and punched. one group behind the demonstration says that 90 protesters were also injured. this is the latest in just a string of demonstrations. >> thanks. with conflict in the middle east, tensions are also high on the internet. elon musk is taking heat for posting anti-semitic comments on x, his platform. >> reporter: good morning. on his social media network x called an anti-semitic conspiracy theory that jews promote hatred against white, the actual truth. musk posted agreement with the false claim that you wish the jewish communities have been pushing the exact kind of dialectal hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them. musk has been criticized before

for trafficking and anti-semitic tropes and conspiracy theories and some influential figures have left x to protest the proliferation of unfiltered hate speech on the platform. now in later posts overnight musk appeared to back track from his earlier remark saying jewish genocide is unacceptable to any reasonable person and hatred of white people does not extend to all jewish communities. but then took aim at the anti-defamation league which said promotes anti-white racism. we reached out to a representative for musk who did not immediately respond, but white house national security spokesman told george, john kirby told george, somebody like musk, the world's richest person behind tesla and x, it is somebody like that stoking anti-semitism is reprehensible. >> he was very strong about saying that. thank you. we're going to turn to amazon, pulling seven brands of eye drops from its site after a warning from the fda.

erielle reshef is here with that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the fda saying amazon violated federal regulators by selling the drops which were not recognized as safe or effective. the drops claim to help with a variety of eye issues. experts say eye drops can pose a greater risk to the user because they're placed directly into your eyes, bypassing some of the body's natural defenses. amazon telling us in a statement, safety is a top priority at amazon and we require all products offered in our store to comply with applicable laws and regulations. the products in question have been investigated and are in the process of being removed. this comes after the recall of more than 20 other eye drops from different store shelves after voluntary recalls over safety concerns. michael? >> thank you. to a gma exclusive from the better business bureau about gift card scams as we head into the holiday shopping season. rebecca jarvis is back to tell us about the report and why online shoppers are most vulnerable. good morning, rebecca. >> nice to see you again,

michael. this is, unfortunately, peak fraud season. with everyone shopping, preparing for the holidays and, according to the better business bureau, consumers should be on high alert for these scams, which are up 50% from last year. it especially impacts online shoppers. so once you hand over that 15 digit code and pin on your gift card, that money is gone, without a trace, in a matter of seconds. in most instances, scammers will ask people to buy gift cards and then send them the bar code and pin on the back. they can impersonate online retailers, sometimes scammers will even ask you for a popular brand of gift card, michael. >> all right, rebecca. what are some of the red flags? what does someone do if they think they're being scammed? >> reporter: the red flags are businesses or governmental agencies requesting gift cards for payment. cold calls about overdue tax payments. paying for services with items unrelated to gift cards. there is some good news now. retailers have been taking steps to combat this. in some cases they've been able to return stolen money from

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welcome back. time for our gma cover story. touching tributes to matthew perry from his "friends" co-stars. lisa kudrow, david schwimmer and jennifer aniston. lara has the details. >> i do, george. good morning. so yesterday we heard tributes from two of perry's dearest friends matt leblanc and courtney cox. now we are hearing from the remaining three who shared texts personal photos and heart felt memories of their friend, gone too soon. >> i just want to say that i love you. >> jennifer aniston taking to instagram to remember the friend she simply calls matty writing, oh, boy, this one has cut deep.

having to say good-bye to our matty has been an insane wave of emotions that i have never experienced before. he made us all laugh and laugh hard. in the last couple of weeks i had been pouring over our texts to one another, laughing and crying, then laughing again. i'll keep them forever an ever. i found' one text that he sent me out of nowhere one day. it says it all. that text accompanied by a picture perry sent to jennifer where he wrote, making you laugh just made my day. it made my day. her reply, the first of thousands of times adding a happy, laughing and heart emogi. aniston ending her tribute, rest little brother, you always made my day. david schwimmer posting this photo ask of the two of them writing this photo is from one of my favorite moments with you. now it makes me smile an grieve at the same time. i imagine you up there somewhere in the same white suit hands in your pocket, looking around.

could there be any more clouds? ♪ my endless love ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ my endless love ♪ [ laughter ] >> and lisa kudrow for perry always raised for her intellect and humor sharing this shot of the two of them as they attended the nbc up fronts thanking him for his open heart and showing up at work when he wasn't well. lastly writing thank you for the best ten years a person gets to have. thank you for trusting me. thank you for all i learned about grace and love through knowing you. and finishing with, thank you for the time i got to have with you, matthew. kudrow also thanked perry for his open heart and the six way relationship that required compromise and a lot of talking, as she put it. when you think of the cast, how they have handled everything that life has thrown at them as a united front is remarkable. testament to their friendship and the show that first put them on the map, guys.

>> the tributes so heart felt. >> and tough. beautiful. >> thank you for sharing that. going to turn to a woman fighting for her life after her mother lost hers in the sandy hook massacre 11 years ago. erica lafferty, the daughter of the elementary school's then principal is battling cancer. linsey davis is here with her story. good morning, linsey. >> good morning. for the last 11 years, she has been fighting gun violence. now she's battling a rare cancer. to make matters worse her insurance doesn't cover treatment and she doesn't have enough money to pay for it next month. >> i think about how much was stolen when she was taken from us. >> reporter: in the 2012 sandy hook massacre, principal dawn hocksprung is credited for sacrificing her life for her children. >> the principal of the school was running toward the shooter in order to protect her students. >> reporter: and today her own

child erica lafferty, is fighting to save her own life. diagnosed with cancer in the brain that's spread to her gi tract, the 38-year-old said she can no longer afford her life saving treatment, chemo that could cost as much as $45,000 a month. have the doctors said what would happen if you aren't able to continue affording this medication? >> they asked me if i wanted to have that conversation and i told them no. >> reporter: you don't want to know? >> no. >> reporter: the reality of her situation is a far cry from the $111.4 million she won last year in judgments against alex jones, part of a $1.4 billion payout to sandy hook families for promoting lies about the massacre. none of the families have received a single penny. >> the legal system takes time. that's time that erica,

unfortunately, doesn't have. >> reporter: erica's attorney is now asking permission to seek a loan against the alex jones judgment. >> there are companies that make loans to people who have not yet been able to recover their verdicts. so it's not an ideal scenario, but it is one that she's exploring. >> my mom was killed at 47. she was young and fierce and funny and determined. i don't think there should be two lives cut so short. i'm not done yet. >> we reached out to an attorney for alex jones. he said the bankruptcy case remains active. there's no about to pick and choose among the creditors. the plaintiffs should press their claims through counsel and not the press. as for erica, she's been able to raise more than $165,000 on a go fund me for her medical bills but that money has just about run out. >> hopefully hearing this will help her. linsey, thank you. now let's go to samara who is in for ginger. >> i was told it doesn't rain in south florida.

southern california. au contrare. they are expecting more rain. this is the setup. we're pulling in tropical moisture. we're as far south as south of hawaii. th's hitting the west keft. they got hit yesterday. today you got a break. then tomorrow we have more rain moving in. about 1 to 2 inches possible. winds gusting as high as 50 miles per hour with this. in some of the high r elevations we could see snow. we could see 3 to 6 inches. that's a look at the weather across the country. let's see what's going on closer to hom

>> pop news time. >> yes, george. good morning to you all. we're going to begin with some award show news. overnight we learned our friend jimmy kimmell will be back to host the 96th annual academy awards. so happy to hear that. the late night talk show first took on hosting duties in 2017. she did it again in 2018 before taking a little hiatus. he did come back for this year. kimmell joked in a statement saying, i always dreamed of hosting the oscars exactly four times. he will be joined by molly mcneery, who executive produced. the 96th annual oscars will be health at the dolby theater on march 10th right here on abc. i'm excited for that. he does a great job. also this morning comedian, actor, kevin hart set to be honored with comedy's highest honor.

the kennedy center's mark twain prize for american humor. he has risen to super stardom with comedy standup specials and with blockbuster hits like jumanji, ride along. his films have grossed over $4 billion. the mark twain prize honors individuals who have may an impact on american society in ways similar to what mark twain did. past recipients includery char pryor, tina fey, bob newhart. hart celebrating what he calls the surreal announcement stating, comedy's my outlet for social commentary and observations on life. i'm grateful for the kennedy center for recognizing my voice and impact on culture. the kennedy center ceremony will take place next march. march a big month. very excited. congratulations to kevin. steve carrell out of the office and heading to broadway. carrell made us laugh for seven seasons playing the blundering regional manager michael scott. he also impressed us with his

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talk to chp only two days ago and they told us they were bringing in 1000 and more than one 1000 supplemental officers in the event of something happening. that's why they are here. >> lena, i'll let you catch your breath for just a quick second. i'll let you catch your breath. i'll let you catch your breath for just a second and talk for a moment. so you can have a minute to gather yourself, because i know that's not an easy hike up there where you are, just to go along with what lena was saying there about the additional chp officers. i know reggie and drew, you don't really have the opportunity to see, but i did coming in or really going home yesterday that the chp was about every few feet actually already stationed on the bridge where the closure was with those orange cones. so it will be interesting to see as this has gone and it looks like there's a tow truck going by right now with what we can only assume is one of the vehicles that was blocking traffic.

>> and we should mention for our viewers who are just joining us on broadcast, we are watching as protesters have shut down the westbound lanes on the bay bridge. and this has been going on now for we're getting close to an hour. lots of police presence, protesters say they have dozens of people on this bridge. they are calling for a cease fire and end to us military aid in israel. so obviously, this is being done in junction or this is being done because of the apec conference and all of the world leaders, including president biden, who are here and may be watching as well in this investigation, continues as to exactly how this all unfold did on the bridge. >> reggie, i will be curious to know if the chp vehicles were already stationed at the closure lane when and if they were, how quickly did this happen to where they weren't able to stop the protesters from blocking traffic entirely or maybe they weren't there yet. so those are questions that we will need to have answered as the morning continues and into tomorrow as

well. but this is going to have a very serious impact on the commute for people that are coming from the west bound direction. so that's oakland, berkeley and albany, etcetera. anyone traveling westbound into san francisco and our colleague lena howland is on the bridge right now. go >> hey jobina, if you guys can still hear us. we're giving you a live look so we're having a little trouble with lena signal, but we'll continue this on our abc right now on the upper deck of the bridge, we are kind of walking in behind some chp officers. ♪ let it go let it go ♪ >> announcer: welcome back to gma, live from times square. >> and we welcome you back to gma. the opening ceremony just wrapped up for disney's brand

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which just shut down westbound lanes on the bay bridge and made the eastbound lanes pretty difficult as well as there is a lot of police activity on this bridge. there are protesters who are calling for ceasefire and an end to us military aid in israel

. you can see these live pictures on the left side of your screen of the die in that is being held by some of these protesters. lena howland is on the bridge right now. that's how we're getting these pictures. you can see the massive police force there. and lena, how many folks would you say have already been detained on the bridge. >> i would say between possibly 6 to 8 so far, it appeared like they had their hands kind of tied behind their backs with zip ties and they were just kind of standing or sitting on the ground together yelling, asking for a cease fire. and then once we got a little bit closer to this protest, what you were seeing right now is we are seeing several people lying down on in the middle of the bay bridge on the upper deck, some of them have white shirts over them and everyone here is kind

of surrounded by by an entire circle of chp officers that all have their tactical gear on and ready to go in the event that this escalates. >> do you see anyone actively trying to get more vehicles off of the road or are those vehicles now all gone? we have local and national media. >> it's hard to tell right now. >> we do know that they towed a few cars out of here, but it looks like they have not towed all of them yet out. and if anything, they're kind of blocked by these people that are lying on the ground cover by these white sheets. so it could be an issue of chp officers not being able to physically get over here to those other cars while they're being blocked by protesters. that part is not totally clear. and we're not totally clear of how many other

cars still need to be towed and who is just here simply stuck in the traffic. >> if you're just joining us, we are going to bring you up to speed on what's happening right now. around 745 this morning, there were initial reports of protesters on the bay bridge blocking all westbound traffic. and what you're seeing here on the left hand side of the screen are live images from protesters on the bay bridge calling for a ceasefire. and staging what they call a dying, which is what you're seeing behind this woman with her hands up that white sheet over a person. there are several people laying around on the ground with those white sheets that have placards on them that say 11,000 dead and reference to the lives lost in the conflict that is happening right now between hamas and israel. we have seen protests happen throughout the week. they really picked up yesterday and now they have transitioned to this larger scale. one, the group that's holding it says they are roughly 200 people

there. they call themselves a multiracial group of bay area residents that are doing this demonstration right now and are wanting. president biden and vice president kamala harris to outwardly call for a cease fire. they are also standing in solidarity with the president of indonesia who called for a cease fire during aipac. this is all because we have these world leaders here in san francisco for aipac. and the biggest note for anyone that has not left your home today and you need to travel into san francisco is that you can see this live picture off to the right hand side of the screen showing that all westbound traffic is stopped on the bay bridge and in the eastbound direction. we are looking at speeds well under the limit. so it is best to avoid the bridge entirely. >> some of the vehicles have been towed off of the bridge that were involved in this protest, but there are still some remaining. and as far as the people go, there are several that appear to be detained, but

there are still many more who are standing and blocking traffic from moving. and of course, now there's a huge police presence as well. but it's unclear exactly how this is going to end. go ahead, lina. yeah. hey, can hear us, i have a live interview and we are about to talk to nadia, and she is a member of the palestinian youth movement. >> now, nadia, tell me a little bit about what brings you out here today and what is your message to the community or the world watching? we are out here demanding a cease fire now, biden, harris and blinken are all in san francisco this week for the apec conference, and they are the ones in power they can stop this genocide by calling for a cease fire. >> the majority 8-80 of the american people actually agree with the cease fire. recent

polls show 66% are in support of a cease fire. that's 80% of democratic voters and 55% of republicans. we are out here demanding what the american people have been demanding for the past 40 days. a cease fire now and tell me about how this was orchestrated and why close the bridge entirely? lee there was a march, november 4th in washington, d.c, where over 500,000 people descended on the capitol. and the demands were very clear. they were fire. now lift the siege on gaza and end us support and aid to israel. here in san francisco, we knew that biden and harris and blinken were coming and we know that biden has the power again to end this cease fire by stopping aid to israel or by demanding a cease fire. and so we here in the bay area

not permitted back here. >> she's not she's refusing to leave. okay. thank you for your time, nadia. >> i appreciate it so much. i appreciate it. thank you. >> lina, can you tell us what happened? there was that the police that stopped the interview? >> our interviews that was police that just stopped our interview. they said we're not allowed to talk to any of these folks behind uh. there police line. to kind of go back to her place. and we were told to stop the interview. >> what's the general sense that you get up there, lina? are police wanting to let these people continue their demonstration? are they working to detain people quickly? i would imagine they're trying to clear this up quickly, but it doesn't feel that way from the images we're seeing. okay. >> you know, we are seeing more officers arrive by the minute and we're also kind of being

pushed back away from the scene. the gentleman and you're you're listening to chp officers kind of push us back from the scene, which could mean that things are about to escalate a little bit. we're seeing more chp officers pull in from the other side of the bridge coming in with their helmets on and with more tactical gear. and our photographer, steve, is being backed up as well. they're continuing to push us back, which means this could be escalating and they they could be trying to clear this out quickly. but it's really hard to say what is exactly happening when we're being moved further and further back. it's to illustrate the images that you're seeing on the screen right now on the left hand side is the western span of the bay bridge. >> that's the last part of the bridge before you descend into san francisco. and that upper deck is where you should see westbound traffic moving. it is

completely empty because as you've been watching from lena's reporting, there are protesters blocking all lanes of traffic. there are off to the right hand side is the backup. and now that it's what, 843, we are officially at just about an hour of this demonstration underway. so people have been sitting in traffic for this entire time because once you're on the bridge and really once you're in the maze, you can't turn around. there's no option for that. so this is disruptive to people, not necessarily dangerous in terms of bridge safety. >> can we just stop for one second? sure. what is being said over this announcement. if you fail to comply? >> reggie, if you can hear me, they these are chp officers that just said we are declaring this an unlawful demonstration. an let's listen in on what he's saying now, because cameras reason, those were made initially resist arrest,

reasonable force blocking. >> yes, that's 409. >> come on. remaining president and unlawful assembly and remain in the area which was just described regardless of the professional basis, it will comply. >> violation of section 409, the following dispersal routes are available. >> so again, what you are hearing is chp officers speaking on their loudspeakers, asking folks to clear out of here and saying there could be arrests, there could be injuries. they're asking folks to clear out of here. but it appears as though nobody is really moving just yet except for chp officers who appear to be moving in a little bit closer. so we're waiting to see what's happening.

this is. what we're seeing, this image off to the left stopped is because the signal is a little tricky on top of the bay bridge. >> but lena is there live. and all of this is happening as we speak. there we go. >> know that this is. hour before they decided to make this move to announce to the crowd that they are taking their banner down right now, chp officers are rolling up their banners. >> okay. officers are walking in right now. you can see them coming in in these tan uniforms as and

helmets, zip ties, gas masks they definitely detained that person that was in the view of our camera. >> and we apologize for the frozen video. again signal is tricky. so we're just going to work with lena when she comes back. we'll keep going and continue to follow this. so just a reminder for people that are trying to get somewhere this morning, especially if you're trying to get into san francisco , bart running as normal service, right now. extended trains as well. caltrain, if you're coming from really the peninsula, there's no reason that you would need to take the bay bridge unless you use that as a transfer point. so that would still be bart as well. the ferry is going to be a good option for you. the richmond-san rafael bridge is not recommended due to an ongoing sig alert

there for westbound commuters. eastbound is fine there at the richmond, san rafael bridge. and then everything is moving perfectly fine at the san mateo bridge. and also, if you're just wondering what's happening at the golden gate bridge, there is no activity there that is blocking traffic back. >> i'm hoping we can get this signal back because this seems like this is it. yes >> things are definitely escalating. as reggie pointed out, just a couple of moments ago, it does appear that police waited an hour. we saw this first start to unfold around 745. it's now a little after 845. and things have changed. we're seeing much more people detained, much more vehicles being removed from the area and towed. it seems like they had to wait also for the tow trucks to get onto the bridge. drew raised a good point that there's always at least 1 or 2 tow trucks stationed at the bay bridge toll plaza for any sort of incident that occurs because it makes such a huge backup there. but they obviously had several vehicles. so it calls for much more than that. >> it does make you wonder what this was all about to close one

lane in each direction. if this could be so easily thwarted. >> right. i mean, our colleagues definitely raised that point that if you drove, especially later in the afternoon yesterday on the bay bridge, whether that was in the eastbound or westbound direction, there was a chp vehicle. let's say every 500ft in that closed down lane in both directions where you saw those orange cones. so my question is, was this a coordinated effort to where the protesters all crossed the bridge at the same time around the toll plaza so that they could end up in that position together? because to me, it seems as though the chp would have been able to quickly intercept maybe not stop, but intercept what was going on. >> but apparently not. >> clearly not. yeah, that did not work. >> that's maybe something for the planning stages for the next big summit. yes. in the city. >> and this is, of course, all in response to aipac has opening in san francisco this week. and actually the woman that lina was

interviewing was from the same group that i read a statement from earlier. so i will just bring you all back to that. the group is called the palestinian youth movement. yes. okay. do we have we have caltrans on the line with us right now. hi, can you hear us? >> yes, i can hear you fine. can you hear me? hi bart. >> thank you so much. so what can you tell us about what happened here this morning? can you just walk us through the initial reports? >> well, yeah, what a connected world we live in, right? so here in the bay area, we have apec because we're an internationally significant city and region and we've got these two icons, the golden gate bridge and the bay bridge, which people can tend to use as communications devices like you're seeing this morning. so that's why caltrans and the chp and several local entities in the city of san francisco have been planning for months for this. and that's why, as you were saying, just a few minutes ago, we did have lanes closed on

the upper deck and the lower deck of the bay bridge, as well as the bike and pedestrian path, except for those folks that live on on treasure island. so a lot of coordination goes into planning for something like this . and i'll just say it, the california highway patrol and the san francisco police department, some of the best in the world in law enforcement. you're going to see that. you're seeing that right now. so it's not easy to remove a display like this in a very safe and respectful manner. and that is what you're seeing. the chp do right now. now my name is bart and i represent the state of california with caltrans. and so what caltrans is doing is working in coordination with chp, is on the scene. they're taking care of things and according to their process, we have tow trucks on the scene that are going to be aiding in the process and maintenance staff that's going to be available. so that we can get the roadway back open as soon as possible. for us here in cal, you just for one second. >> go ahead. get back with you

in just a moment. we have our signal back from the bridge or i thought we did. lina can you hear me okay? sorry, bart. i thought that we were going to be able to talk to our reporter who was on the bridge where it appears as if they're making a number of arrests right now. and. and that is what you're seeing on the left side of your screen, chp and police officers from other agencies as testing a number of the folks who have been protesting for more than an hour now on the bay bridge. barton is on the line with us from caltrans. and bart, we were speaking about how there are chp officers positioned throughout the bridge because there's a lane in each direction closed down for apec, but they weren't able to stop this. >> well, no, they weren't able to stop this because as as someone was mentioning earlier, it was a coordinated effort. and look, we're we're a democracy and we have to show that. so we have to keep the bridge open so that people can cross and then

we have to be prepared to respond to situations like this. it is in some some ways a peaceful protest, but it has ramifications. we need to get the bridge back open because the congestion that develops in the bay area, when we lose a major artery like this, has a ripple. effect and can affect emergency services in the cities that are close to the bay bridge. so that's that's why we have to get it cleared in a safe manner as efficiently and quickly as possible. >> bart, we're watching people being placed under arrest right now or at least being handcuffed at and also seeing your caltrans folks, they're backing up some what looks like additional tow trucks and people with zip ties also being pulled away from the scene. so what's the plan now? because reggie and i did notice this demonstration started around 745 this morning. we didn't start seeing a lot of action in terms of police movement. now we saw presence, but police movement didn't start until about an hour later. so was the idea to give these

demonstrators an hour and then move in. what what happens now? >> well, look, i don't want to speak as to police procedure, but basically we what we have in place is a monitoring system for the entire region. and so when we see things like this starting to develop, we put together a plan for the most effective way to safely remove the folks from the bridge. that takes a moment to coordinate when you see something as big as this that a chain of automobiles think about around 50 individuals. i don't know what the final report was, so that has to be effectively coordinated that that gives them a little bit of time. but when we go out there like you're seeing right now, we want to be very efficient and very safe in the way that things are being done. and that's what you're seeing. >> bart, before we leave you, is there anything else you want to make sure the people know this morning, especially for folks trying to travel westbound? >> yes. so the most important message caltrans can give is, is be safe on the roadways. so obviously, congestion is going to be a factor. and that's one

of the things that we've been reporting out ahead of apec is be prepared for potential impacts like this one. we also have a storm coming in. so this is the time that you use public transit is the best way to get around the bay area and use 511.org to kind of know before you go or caltrans quick map be safe with caltrans. >> thank you so much lina howland can you hear us on the bridge right now? >> what's happening? >> hey, reggie, i can hear you. can you hear me? yes what are you seeing? reggie? do you have us? i can hear you. okay. we are seeing several people being arrested. these were these were protesters and they are being arrested. chp officers are puttin detained at this moment. we are also seeing the process of more tow trucks being brought in, presumably to take away and tow some of the cars that belonged

to the protesters that are near the front of the line that we are pointed out right here. we just heard from a protester that was detained. she was yelling at our camera, calling for a cease fire and chp officers took her away. they did not want her talking to the press as also a chp or actually a san francisco sheriff's office bus being bused in right now. and that could be where they are putting the people that they're detaining. we're still waiting to see what's going to happen to these folks. but it does look like they have made several several arrests so far. we also saw chp officers, kind of bunch up their banners right in front of where our cameras are and kind of bunched them up, threw them on

the ground, and then that's when they started detaining some of these protesters out here. we keep kind of being pushed back from the scene. so this is kind of our closest perspective of that. chp officers are allowing us to have we're trying to respect their space, but also so accurately report this and tell you what's going on here. we're on the upper deck of the bridge. it's not clear how many people have been detained so far. it looks like one person is kind of refused to stand right in front of us as she's being detained by chp officers. another tow truck is being pulled in right here to my right hand side. that's the loud beeping that you hear coming in. and again, i just want to hammer home the point of what an incredibly huge police response we are seeing here on the upper deck of the bridge. chp told us two days ago they were bringing in more than 1000 of their officers and many of them are here on this bridge

this morning. you're taking a look at somebody else that has been detained. she's being taken away by chp officers hours, although it's not clear exactly where they're being held. i can tell you if we take a look right behind our camera, there are two there are now two busses from the san francisco sheriff's office directly behind this setup or where this demonstration was. and that may be where they are putting the people that they're trying to detain from this scene as and we're seeing kind of like this long line of people that have been detained as well. we're hearing them chant free palestine right now. and that's kind of our view of what's happening on the ground at this moment. obviously, things are developing very quickly. things are changing very quickly. we're trying to stay out of the way, but also give you a better look of what's happening.

>> and i did see one of the officers pick up what appeared to be bolt cutters and also a saw because some of these protesters were connected by chain. it appeared. >> and it appears like they are actively about to tow one more car. that's what we're standing right next to. that's why this is so noisy. this is presumably a car that belonged to one of the people that was protesting here on the bay bridge and may potentially be detained. again, chp is just trying to clear this out so that people can get to work here in san francisco or get to the apec event, get to their business, because people have been trapped in this traffic for a very long time. keep in mind, this has been going on for more than an hour now, so you can only imagine

what a headache this has caused for bay area drivers this morning. get. >> okay. yeah, we're not we're not getting up we're not our first rodeo. i know i know. i appreciate it. yeah but we're good here, right? >> we're not going up. >> no, you're fine. okay okay. i know you're an amazing number of officers out there right now, and understandably so, given the impact of this. >> oh, my gosh. this is going to be felt for the whole day. this woman was doing. >> she's celebrating something back there. but. you know, this protest wanted to have impact. it did. >> sure did. it really did. >> everyone, if you're just joining us right now, we are following breaking news on the bay bridge. we have all westbound lanes blocked due to protesters on the bridge. this started around 745 this morning with