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be really exciting. >> so much better. >> zach killed super bowl coverage and i can only imagine how much fun he's going to highlight this weekend. yeah, run around those streets. >> we'll have better video from this year. it'll be nice and dry right back to the rain falling. yeah, that'll be okay to go out there. >> there are a lot of umbrellas last year. yeah. none of that. this year. watch this at seven. our streaming >> good morning america. historic moon shot where no human has been before. breaking overnight, touchdown, a successful historic lunar landing. >> it's found its new home. >> the round of applause at home and what it means for the future. doctors and families grapple with alabama's ivf ruling.
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>> this is an incredible grueling mental process. >> families futures put on hold after nearly half of all fertility clinics have paused ivf treatment. >> how does someone else dictate what i want for my family? >> the white house responding this morning. stakes in south carolina with one day to go. nikki haley has the final push in her home state where she's still far behind and where trump hasn't campaigned all week. at&t outage. service nationwide down for tens of thousands of customers including 911 service. what the wireless giant says happened. where is wendy williams? >> i have no idea where we are. this doesn't look like anything familiar. >> the former talk show host care team revealing wendy is suffering from aphasia and dementia. >> does it make sense to you that she has dementia? >> the latest on her condition and how it's similar to bruce willis.
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>> wonder in death valley turns kayaking in the hottest and driest place in the planet. the rare lake appearing after the record landfall. we're live on the scene. ♪ i wanna fly away ♪ >> up up and away. >> i haven't seen you forever. >> could this be the future of travel? >> looks easy. >> george jetson is live -- i mean rob marciano is live, ready to master the game of drone and take the first of its kind aircraft for a spin. >> outstanding. >> we're flying into friday. >> announcer: live in times square, this is good morning america. >> are you old enough to remember george jetson? >> of course. [ laughter ] good morning america. let's look at this drone. that's in texas taking off right there. >> great to be here at the desk. we're looking at the future of
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urban travel taking the headset to the office. rob marciano gonna fly one live, first time, coming up. >> cannot wait to see that. we are starting off with another out of this world achievement. overnight a lot of excitement over the first american moon landing in half a century. who else but our transportation correspondent gio benitez would be here to break down the historic return to the moon and future of the space race. gio, there's no one who knows more about air travel, space travel, than you. [ laughter ] take it away. >> thank you, my friend. this is a major milestone for space exploration. this spacecraft landed in an unexplored area of the moon, the south pole. if there's truly water there, as we think there is, this could set the stage for humanity to get to mars and beyond. >> prepare for landing. >> this morning the u.s. celebrating the historic landing where no human has been before. the south pole of the moon.
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>> we can confirm, without a doubt, our equipment is on the surface of the moon. >> odysseus, nicknamed the lander, built by houston based intuitive machines. >> congratulations. we'll see how much more we can get from them. >> applause in mission control as oti landed successfully on the moon last night. >> houston, odysseus has found its new home. >> roughly an hour before landing the team scrambling to fix a navigation sensor crucial to that touchdown, creating new software here on earth in those final moments and sending it to ody. >> we're not dead yet. >> ody has made history, becoming the first private spacecraft to land on the moon and the first american spacecraft to do so in more than 50 years. >> what an outstanding effort. i knew this was a nail biter but we are on the surface. >> the implications enormous. ody will study the south pole of the moon, which has water and ice, both critical if you're using the moon for a launching pad for the rest of the universe.
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>> the moon has 1/6 the gravity of earth and no atmosphere. it's a much easier place to launch deeper into the solar system. it really is the launching pad into human exploration out into deep space. >> and we are expecting images to come in. this landing was a real nail biter. turns out that odysseus lost its main navigation system. here in the 11th hour, scientists created a whole new software telling ody to use a system on board that had never been fully tested before. it worked and ody is right there on the moon, upright. >> they wrote a program right when they needed it? >> in two hours and sent it to space. it's just incredible that it actually worked. >> wow. gio and ody, thank you. [ laughter ] okay. we turn to new fallout after the alabama supreme court ruling, declaring that embryos are children. more clinics now pausing their ivf services, leaving patients and providers in limbo. elizabeth schulze is in
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birmingham, alabama, with more. good morning, elizabeth. >> reporter: good morning, rebecca. new ivf treatments are on hold at alabama's biggest hospital. families who are patients here tell us they haven't even heard from their providers about what happens next. there are so many questions and very few answers as that supreme court decision ripples across the state and country. this morning ivf treatments are on pause at nearly half of alabama's fertility clinics, as doctors and families grapple with that controversial state supreme court ruling. >> i want to be a mom. we want to build a family. i think that should be our choice. >> reporter: emily and her husband james stored their embryos at the university of alabama birmingham. it's the biggest of three providers that have now halted new ivf treatments. the process used by 238,000 americans every year to help get pregnant. >> this is an incredibly grueling, physical, mental and emotional process. >> reporter: the couple has
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spent more than $50,000 on treatments over two years and had hoped to schedule their first embryo transfer next month. >> i feel like that timeline is in jeopardy. we are on a definite pause. >> reporter: reasons for the pause? doctors fear they could now face wrongful death charges for discarding unused embryos. a typical part of the ivf process. >> some really, really hard phone calls to patients. >> reporter: alabama made it the first state to say frozen embryos are children. president biden saying the ruling is a direct result of the overturning of roe v. wade, arguing that laid the ground work for states to impose restrictions on women's reproductive rights. ivf patient tory beasley tell us she's dejected that the courts are deciding her family's future. >> how does someone else get to dictate what i say, what i want for my family? >> reporter: she was scheduled to have an embryo transfer march 4th.
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her doctor called late thursday to say the procedure was cancelled. >> they said be hopeful. >> reporter: are you hopeful today? >> still hopeful. that's all i have right now. >> reporter: many of the families we've been speaking with say they don't have the option financially and they don't want to leave home to do ivf in another state. they don't know if legally they could move their embryos to another state without facing liability. lawmakers did introduce legislation to protect ivf but it would still need to pass the republican legislature. rebecca? >> that ivf is such a significant undertaking as it is. your heart really goes out to those families caught in the middle. okay, elizabeth. thank you. george? race to the white house. south carolina holds its republican primary tomorrow. the state's former governor,
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nikki haley far behind donald trump, but vowing to stay in the race even if she gets beat in her home state. rachel scott is on the trail. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: good morning, george. donald trump is so confident, he hasn't even campaigned here all week. he's holding his very first event today. even with that, he is still on track to dominate here in south carolina, nikki haley's home state. this morning the final push here in south carolina, with the primary now just one day away. nikki haley casting herself as the underdog telling people she's the only republican who can beat joe biden in november. >> you want to see america normal, right? the only way we can do that is if we win a general election. the problem is donald trump can't win a general election. >> reporter: haley hasn't proved she can stop donald trump. some voters say it's time for her to rally behind him. >> she could do a lot for this country if she would back out and just get together with trump.
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>> reporter: haley lost iowa and new hampshire to the former president, and is trailing him by more than 30 points here in south carolina, a state that elected her as governor twice. >> this is the time south carolina can really step up and show the direction that we want our country to go in. >> it looks like she's gonna lose by 25 or 30 points. that's a lot. she was governor. but people don't like her too much. she's hurting the party. >> reporter: trump hasn't campaigned here all week. speaking to a christian conservative center overnight as his legal team files a series of motions, to dismiss charges of mishandling classified document. trump still facing four criminal indictments, 91 felony counts total. >> i consider it a great badge of honor. i really do. it's great. i gotta have something a little bit different up there. >> reporter: those legal issues have turned off some voters here in south carolina. why not donald trump? >> donald trump, every time he open his mouth, it's all about him. >> reporter: if donald trump is
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the nominee, are you voting for trump? in the general election? >> i will not vote. >> reporter: by any means? >> no. i will change my party before i voted for him. >> reporter: nikki haley finished third in iowa, a distant second in new hampshire. but she does do well with the types of voters that typically swing general election, independents and moderates. that could be a warning sign for donald trump even if he clinches the nomination. george. >> rachel scott, thanks. president biden is preparing to unveil new russian sanctions after the death of alexei navalny in prison. the president met with navalny's widow and mother yesterday. chief white house correspondent mary bruce has the story. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. with this barrage of new sanctions, the u.s. is going after putin's war machine and those linked to alexei navalny's imprisonment. president biden saying it will ensure that putin pays an even steeper price for his aggression. this morning the biden administration unleashing what it says are crushing new sanctions, punishing russia on
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the two-year anniversary of its invasion of ukraine, and one week after the death of opposition leader alexei navalny. >> we're going to be announcing sanctions against putin, who is responsible for his death. >> reporter: the u.s. imposing over 500 sanctions, the largest since the war began. targeting moscow, its war machine and those helping russia evade existing sanctions. so far sanctions have weakened russia's economy but not derailed it especially as vladamir putin draws closer to partners like china and iran. >> he and his tricksters have found a lot of ways to evade sanctions which is why when you see this package that we're going to launch, it is very heavily focused on evasion, on nodes and networks and countries that help evade willingly or otherwise. >> reporter: biden has forcefully condemned putin, recently calling him a crazy sob. an drawing a clear line in support of navalny meeting with
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the pro democracy's widow and daughter yesterday in california. biden praising his wife yulia's resolve to carry on navalny's work. >> she's going to continue to fight putin. we're not letting up. >> reporter: navalny's long time friend telling abc news that fight will live on. >> don't give up. we have to fight for our country, for democratic free peaceful russia. >> reporter: a week after his death, navalny's family is still fighting for his remains. his mother said russian officials took her to the morgue, but now claims they are trying to blackmail her, threatening to do something to his body if she doesn't agree to a secret private funeral. putin clearly well aware that a big public funeral for his best known critic would be a major event for protest. george? >> he is in total control. thanks. michael? now to the murder on a college campus. a young woman who went jogging at the university of georgia was
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found dead. classes are cancelled as police look for her killer. steve osunsami is in atlanta with the latest. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning, michael. classes at both the university of georgia and at the nursing school not that far away where this young woman attended are both cancelled while police continue their investigation. students at the university of georgia are shaken this morning after police found a woman's body in a wooded area on campus. they suspect foul play and say the killer is still free. >> at this time we do not have a suspect, but we are actively investigating the case. >> reporter: police say the victim was not a student at the school and was a nursing student at another school in town. just after noon thursday, a friend reported the person missing to campus police after she didn't return from a run near the university's intermural fields according to uga police. about 20 minutes later police found the young woman, whose name and age they haven't released.
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>> the individual was unconscious and not breathing and had visible injuries. ♪ >> reporter: students came together overnight. this is the first homicide on the uga campus in 20 years. >> it's just an eerie feeling on campus. it all feels surreal. >> it was very shocking, devastating to say the least. it's just very horrible and scary, honestly. >> reporter: police set up check points stopping vehicles and checking i.d.'s. in a statement the university cancelled all classes friday. they are recommending students travel in groups and be wear of your surounds. >> when you have a suspect that's on the loose, there's always a danger. >> reporter: police believe the victim was jogging alone, which they are discouraging young women to do at this time. authorities are telling people this morning that there is no immediate danger while at the same time telling people to be cautious. rebecca? >> that is good advice.
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you just hope that family and that community gets some answers, too. okay, steve. thank you. we turn now to the investigation into that major cell phone outage. at&t saying a software update gone wrong caused the nationwide problem. trevor ault is here with more. good morning, trevor. >> good morning, rebecca. for awhile there was concern this might have been a cyber attack. the fbi even launched an investigation. but at&t said this was self-inflicted, an error from an update that went bad. it is unclear how many of at&t 100 million customers lost service but this impacted tons of people from l.a. to chicago to dallas and far beyond it. the website down detector said it peaked 75,000 self-reported outages 10 a.m. thursday. that's just cases reported to the site though. to be clear this is not just an issue because some people couldn't call their buddies. lot of cases, this actually snarled some emergency services. some 911 calls would connect and disconnect. it left dispatchers having to figure out who called or why, or
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if they needed help. san francisco fire department said they should call 911 using a land line. that's not always possible. on the flip side, massachusetts state police said they were flooded with calls from people who were testing if 911 still worked. it did work, but then the dispatchers were tied up answering all those calls. it highlights how much we rely on those net works and what can go wrong if they disappear. guys? >> thank you, trevor. coming up the new health revelation about wendy williams. the news that she is suffering from the same illnesses as bruce willis. we're gonna tell you what we're learning about her condition. rob marciano is in lakelands, florida, where he will take off in a hexa. rob, who came up with a drone powered flying machine? >> reporter: you know, a 10-year-old boy and his dad were building a little drone. the son said, can't we build a drone big enough where people can fly? he said, let's try it. hexa was born. it does fly. i'm gonna take my first flight in a few minutes.
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wish me luck, guys. i'm excited. >> we cannot wait for this. first we're going to head to ginger. >> my little guy always wants to invent and everything i make is out of construction papers so i don't think we're flying it. we had another land slide. they're going to keep happening day, week, months after the heaviest way. this is santa paula, highway 150 closed indefinitely because of that. we have all that rain. lot of people are asking us, wait, is the drought over? remember this is a decades long mega drought. it's going to take more than one or two years of rain. there's a big difference. last year we had so much in the sierra nevada. it was an epic year. that water mostly stays in northern california. some goes to southern. but majority of the desert farming that has a majority of the megadrought is down here in arizona, in the imperial valley in california. they need snow, and big snow, in colorado, wyoming, utah. that could take six years. that's if we stop using it. then look at capacity of lake
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meade and lake powell. your local weather in 30 seconds. here we go in three, two. i'm abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma with your accuweather forecast. partly sunny skies today, but mild air is moving in a little bit warmer than yesterday. temperatures going into the 60s for daytime highs. partly cloudy skies overnight tonight we'll mainly have those overnight lows settling in the 40s. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. look at saturday. get out and enjoy sunny, warm 70 away from the coast. cloudy and cooler but still dry. on sunday. showers back here on monday. it's a level one. we're dry by tuesday
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at second and market streets, then ends at kearny street and columbus avenue. all festivals or festivities. i should say, begin at 5:15 p.m. and go until 8:00. now let's get straight to gloria with a look at traffic. good morning. >> right now we're following a sigalert in san rafael, and you can see from our camera here that there is a backup. this is a northbound 101 at san pedro road. there's a three car crash that's affecting three lanes. and then also on westbound 80 before treasure island. there's another crash there that's causing some big delays. it is blocking one lane right now, so we'll keep monitoring these for you throughout the morning. >> thanks, gloria. meteorologist drew tuma has a quick look at the bay a
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the video or umbrella just joined you tube's billion views. 15 years after this song was posted. this makes me feel old. we've got more details in pop news. also lot of headlines including historic landing on the south pole of the moon. it's the first private spacecraft to land on the moon and the first american spacecraft to do so in 50 years. on wall street after a blockbuster rally thursday, the dow jones sky rocketing 456 points to a new high surging to 39,000 for the first time ever. s&p and nasdaq also up. big tech riding a wave of optimism about artificial intelligence. toyota with a big recall, nearly 280,000 pickups and suv's. the warning is that the vehicles may creep forward when the engine is placed in neutral. the recall includes toyota tundra, lexus 600 made between 2022 and 2024. make sure you get those checked out. we've got a lot more ahead including rob marciano.
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he is getting ready to pilot the drone powered hexa aircraft. an abc news exclusive, and that is coming up, george. >> right now the latest on wendy williams. her care team revealed she's been diagnosed with aphasia and dementia. it comes just days before a documentary about her struggles. eva pilgrim with the story. >> good morning, george. there have been so many questions about wendy williams' condition. this morning some answers. >> let me tell you something. i don't know who i have become, but i like her. >> reporter: this morning the devastating health update for daytime talk show icon wendy williams. her care team revealing in a statement thursday that she's been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontal dementia. also known as ftd. her team saying she's receiving the care she needs and her needs are addressed. >> when i saw her, she didn't have to say one thing. i knew that every cylinder is
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not firing the way it should. >> reporter: aphasia affects a person's ability to communicate how they express and understand language. ftd is the most common form of dementia for people under the age of 60. >> it is not your average dementia. it affects behavior like decision making, personality, impulse control. it also affects communication skills. >> reporter: alex finny, wendy's niece and anchor for wplg, speaking exclusively to our deborah roberts about the 59-year-old possibly having dementia. >> does it make sense to you that she has dementia? >> what i will say is it does make sense that she definitely cog cognitively has something else. now months later, i don't hear that same wendy. >> i have no idea where we are. this doesn't look like anything familiar. >> i think she's losing memory. have you noticed that? >> reporter: these new details about wendy's health coming amid explosive headlines around the
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life docu series "where is wendy williams?" >> i miss my family. >> some people are gonna look at this and say, this is exploitation. she's being exploited. how could they do this? >> i will say this first and foremost. my aunt is the executive producer of this documentary. when i finally talked with her and said, aunt wendy, why do you want to do this, you know? your community, the health piece, all of that, has to be addressed. is now the right time? and she said, now is the perfect time because i want to take ownership of my story. >> my real name is wendy hunter. >> hunter. >> yep. and i'm divorced. >> reporter: the series taking an intimate look at her cognitive decline and recent struggles with sobriety.
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>> you think you're perfectly fine having as many drinks as you want? >> perfectly. >> okay. i'm just gonna put it downstairs to keep it cool. >> keep it there. >> okay. >> keep it there. >> reporter: wendy's mental state even being cited in a 2022 wells fargo petition to the new york supreme court. the judge appointing an outside guardian to manage her finances and her life. overnight tmz reporting that guardian allegedly filed suit against lifetime's parent company a&e networks under seal just two days before the documentary is released. >> here's wendy! >> reporter: and while the family doesn't know where she is physically, finny said she feels comforted being able to speak with her aunt again. >> i haven't seen her in a really long time but i finally am talking to her regularly. our conversations are beautiful. >> the goal sharing her story, raising awareness about these conditions. this is the same type of dementia bruce willis was diagnosed with. hopefully the two of them
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talking about this will bring this to the forefront in a lot of people's minds. >> it's tough. thank you very much, eva. coming up next, rob marciano is just moments from liftoff in the pilot seat of the hexa aircraft. he'll take off live when we come back. off live when we come back. ♪ ♪ awareness, because knowing that your chronic kidney disease in type 2 diabetes could progress to dialysis is important. b is for belief that there may be more you can do. just remember that k is for kidneys and kerendia. for adults living with ckd in type 2 diabetes, kerendia is proven to reduce the risk of kidney failure, which can lead to dialysis. kerendia is a once-daily tablet that treats ckd differently than type 2 diabetes medications to help slow the progression of kidney damage and reduce the risk of cardiovascular events, such as heart attacks. do not take kerendia if you have problems with your adrenal glands or take certain medications
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an exclusive. a first in the race for personal air transportation. any adult now has a chance to try this new craft that's like a giant drone. rob marciano is in lakeland, florida, where he's going to try the technology live in just a moment. hey, rob. >> hey, michael, yeah. helmet's on. things just got real. this is hexa. it's got 18 propellors powered by 18 individual motors. no oil, no fuel. it's electric vertical take off and landing. far fewer parts than a petrol powered engine. it's basically like a little drone, but a lot bigger. this flying machine may be a portal into the future of short range personal transportation. harnessing drone technology that's powerful enough to carry a person. looks easy. matt is the founder and ceo of
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lift aircraft and hexa is the first drone powered vehicle that anyone in the general public over 18 can train on and fly. there's no pilot license required to fly this particular class of aircraft. >> reporter: it lifts off with 18 propellors, each with its own battery. no jet fuel. this aircraft is among several companies in the race to make so called urban air mobility a reality. some manned, some autonomous, all hoping to make traveling across short distances faster, safer, greener and more affordable. heavy hitters like boeing, air bus, even the u.s. military, are investing in this technology. >> the cities are getting quite congested so it's only natural that we move to the third dimension. that provides a lot more room for vehicles, people and cargo to move around. >> reporter: the allure of urban flight has been a main stay in
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science fiction for decades. >> what was that? >> taxicab! >> reporter: who can forget doc and marty flying back to the future. jason said we're quite a ways from air taxis like that, but we're airborne in the right direction. >> long term, we envision you having an app requesting an aircraft which would then fly to where you are. land on the roof top, land in your drive way and then it can autonomously take you where you need to go. >> reporter: george jetson. you don't even have to fly it. >> yeah. exactly. >> reporter: that sounds pretty cool. for now thrill seekers like alisha hunt can get trained and get behind the stick for the ride of a life time. >> that a girl, alisha. how does it feel? >> incredible! i could do this forever! [ laughter ] >> reporter: on the ground, a flight crew monitoring her every move with override controls just in case something goes wrong. >> outstanding.
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>> reporter: what kinds of advice can you give me before my voyage? i'm excited. i am excited but i'd be lying if i didn't tell you i was nervous. all right. it's go time. all right. let's fire these engines up. >> all right. we're starting the motor for you right now. arming. prop will spin in one second. >> reporter: all right. chase is our chief pilot. he's an air force helicopter pilot retired, now works for lift. he's there. if there's an extreme emergency, he can take control. other than that, i'm going to have control of this thing throughout this entire two-minute flight. all right. >> it's ready. >> reporter: it's ready? okay. here we go. >> whenever you're ready, hit that top left button. >> reporter: taking off in three, two, one. whoa! oh! [ laughter ] you gotta be kidding me.
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20 feet, 29, 30. all right. so my right finger is going to control how i spin. i'm going to gently spin towards the camera and the beautiful rising sun here in lakeland, florida. what do you say we go for a ride? all right. throttling forward. here we go. all right. let's talk a little about safety. my dad, full disclosure, was a navy aviator, commercial airline pilot. he would cringe every time i would get on a helicopter for a news assignment. he said if that engine fails, you're done. well, this has got 18 engines and one thing about redundancy, i can lose six of these engines and still land this thing safely. how much training have i had? all of an hour.
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about 20 minutes of classroom time and little bit of time in it. we are basically in this fence play pen here. i can go all the way down to six feet. if i try to crash land it, it completely stops me. it stopped me. go all the way up to 30 feet and it stops me. >> okay, rob. you talked about landing. are you ready to stick the landing? you got it? >> reporter: oh boy. now you're putting the pressure on me. let me back this up. all right. here we go. i'm coming home. i see the landing pad in front of me. what a beautiful morning. there were some issues we were worried about with the wind. if we had winds up to 15 knots like later today, we wouldn't be able to fly. any kind of moisture, we wouldn't be able to fly. all right. we are over the landing pad. coming in for a landing. guess what?
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look, mom, no hands! it's completely automated. this is amazing. this is the future of personal air transportation. some day maybe it will be in your drive way. boom. throttling down. >> all right. [ applause ] yay! welcome back to earth. welcome back. >> reporter: that was amazing, guys. i gotta tell you. anybody can do this. you just have to be 18 years or older. you can do this $249. they're starting flights next week at the sun fun aerospace expo. michael, even rocket man like you, would have a blast driving this thing around. >> rob, i think you are more qualified than i to go to space. good job flying that. that was really something to see. >> kind of like the new road side bungee jump, but now you
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get to go up in this. >> great job, rob. we appreciate you, my friend, for being brave enough to do that for us on live television. coming up later, since we're talking about flying, how about reclining? is it okay to put your airline seat back? that debate going viral. next our play of the day on this friday morning. that debate going viral, and that debate going viral, and next we have our dupixent helps you du more with less asthma. and can help you breathe better in as little as two weeks. dupixent is an add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma that's not for sudden breathing problems. dupixent can cause allergic reactions that can be severe. get help right away if you have rash, chest pain, worsening shortness of breath, tingling or numbness in your limbs. tell your doctor about new or worsening joint aches and pain, or a parasitic infection. don't change or stop asthma medicines, including steroids, without talking to your doctor. ask your specialist about dupixent.
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the day. water sports appearing in the driest place on the planet. faith abubey is in death valley with the strange phenomenon on a boat. hey, faith. >> reporter: good morning to you, rebecca. this is an aquatic anomaly here in beautiful death valley. the hottest and driest place in north america. for the first time in 20 years the lake is filled with water. coming up how tourists are enjoying the action. >> coming up oscar nominee emily blunt when we come back. i'm so glad i can still come here. you see, i was diagnosed with obstructive hcm. and there were some days i was so short of breath. i thought i'd have to settle for never stepping foot on this trail again. i became great at making excuses. but i have people who count on me so i talked to my cardiologist. i said there must be more we can do for my symptoms. he told me about a medication called camzyos.
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mmm. >> we are looking forward to that. gonna start with top stories breaking at 8. first american moon landing in half century. let's bring back gio benitez. good morning, gio. >> reporter: good morning, george. this news coming in from a quarter million miles away. the odysseus lunar lander made it to the moon. you see the company right there. this is the first time a private spacecraft has landed on the moon. and the first time an american spacecraft has landed there in more than 50 years. it landed upright in the lunar south pole where no human has been before, already sending back data. the mission was not flawless. they lost the main navigation system hours before landing and had to create new software here on earth and send that software to ody there in space. thankfully, it worked. now what ody learns could help shape how we explore the rest of the universe. michael, back to you. >> when they make those trips to the moon, you're gonna be there, bud. i feel it. [ laughter ] sending you. you deserve to go.
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going now to the investigation into that major cell phone outage. at&t said a software update gone wrong caused the nationwide problem. let's go back to trevor ault with more. good morning again, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, michael. at&t says this was self-inflicted. this was an error from a network expansion that went bad. in fact, still unclear just how many of at&t's 100 million u.s. customers actually lost service. we know this impacted tons of people across the country, from l.a. to chicago to dallas and far beyond. in many instances it actually snarled emergency services. some of the 911 calls would connect and then disconnect. it left dispatchers figuring out who called, why they called and if they needed help. the san francisco fire department ended up telling callers if they had problems they should call 911 using a landline. for awhile there was concern this could have been a cyber attack. the fbi even launched an investigation that is thankfully not the case. still a chaotic fallout from the software error. rebecca. >> shows you how dependent we
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are. thank you. we turn to the rare lake thriving in the hottest place on earth, the body of water forming in death valley following several major rain storms. we're gonna go back to faith abubey live in the california desert. it is dark out there. she is on a boat for us. you really did a big one for us. good morning, faith. >> reporter: good morning to you, rebecca. this is, of course, a rare sight. usually this is just dry land covered in white salt. but for the first time in 19 years, a temporary lake has emerged, allowing visitors to take their kayaks out in the water and enjoy the view for miles and miles right here in death valley. this morning the desert oasis of death valley now an aquatic anomaly. tourists seen kayaking in the driest and hottest place in america. >> we actually saw a news article about the lake at the bottom of this valley. so we thought, let's just jump in the truck and go. >> reporter: families flocking to see water return once again
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to a spot where a once ancient lake stood. now back after the remnants of hurricane hillary brought a years worth of rain in a single day and a recent atmospheric river brought downpours. >> there's nothing to absorb the rain. when it rains the water goes downhill and ends up in the lowest place around, which is death valley. >> reporter: the area normally a dry sat flat. these nasa satellite images showing its transformation since summer. the temporary lake stretching about six miles long and three miles wide. hotels booked up as people try to catch a glimpse of the glassy waters before they disappear. >> we're running about 90% to 95% at this point with reservations coming in very rapidly. >> so the question here is how long will all of this last? park rangers tell me they're expecting the water to disappear by april. but if you're trying to get your
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kayak out, you have about maybe two weeks or so. they say the water is continually evaporating. it's about a foot deep. it's not going to stay deep much longer. if you're coming out here just remember, as rare as this is, there are no places to rent a kayak so it's byok, bring your own kayak. back to you guys. >> glad you knew that before you got all the way there, faith. thanks for doing this for us. okay. coming up in our gma morning menu, the flight fight over reclining in your seat on an airplane. social media is battling it out. is it bad form to lean back or no big deal? plus best supporting actress nominee emily blunt shares behind the scenes nuggets from "oppenheimer." >> how rihanna is reigning supreme. all right, sam, has details ahead in pop news. right now he is with lori bergamotto. hey, you two. >> you can always say ri-ri. lori has some spring break solutions this morning on the
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♪ ♪ we are back on gma with our cover story. the great airplane seat debate. >> uh-oh. >> yep. exactly. so many families are getting ready to jet off for spring break. one passenger's video sparking a heated conversation over whether
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you should recline. gio is back with more. good morning. >> i love how sam is sighing. >> i'm already struggling. [ laughter ] so are a lot of other people. people are getting more and more worked up about this. if you pay for a seat that reclines, should you recline? it's a pretty good question. but the answer is generating millions of comments online. take a look. ♪ oh no oh no oh no no no no no ♪ >> reporter: it's the question taking flight on social media and in headlines, to recline or not to recline on an airplane? >> surely, you can't be serious? >> the latest in recline gate? this recent flight fight generating millions of views on social media. >> i think you should be able to recline your seat. i told her, if you want to be comfy, get first class. >> she was flying from germany to miami and says when they hit cruising altitude, she decided to recline. >> i kept feeling my seat was
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being pushed forward. >> she even got the flight attendant to weigh in. >> i asked, am i allowed to recline? she was like, yes. i said the girl behind me is saying that i can't. she just kind of rolled her eyes. >> the incident sparking thousands of comments on the topic. do you have the right to recline? one person pro recline saying, if i paid for a seat that reclines, i'm going to recline. and if someone recline on me i make their flight a nightmare sparking questions as to proper etiquette 30,000 feet up. >> the passenger has the right to recline. it's a matter of courtesy. and whether they should or should not recline. >> if you don't want to lose that precious leg room. >> you might say, excuse me, your seat is right up against my knees. can you push your chair up just a little bit? >> michael and i are going to fully recline right now. sam is right behind us. how's your martini? you okay? >> dry. shaken and stirred.
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[ laughter ] >> how's the leg room? >> look. it is uncomfortable. but i don't blame it on you, i blame it on them for making this so tight. >> that's a good point. what we have here is about 32 inches. in recent years some airlines and different groups have made these tighter. they made them down to like 28 inches. that's something that's a little bit of a concern. obviously, that's what you got to think about. >> i have long legs. i can't -- we would have a problem. we'd also have a problem when we have six seats and all three of us are squeezed together like this. i don't get it. some of these carriers, gio, the ones that are known to have tight leg room, they've come up with a solution. >> there's a little bit of a solution. some airlines have said do you know what? we're going to do prerecline seats so they're automatically in the fixed position. some said, there's not going to be any reclining whatsoever. >> what about, okay, they must have move though.
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they don't stay -- >> they stay affixed. >> i thought you had to put your seat up to take off and land. these people were reclining. >> they're always up. you're asking too many questions. >> you've been telling us all these years i have to put the seat up. now they're going to prerecline it? >> take it up with the airlines. >> i don't know if that's a solution. >> lot of time for that segment. [ laughter ] >> george is fascinated by this. i love it. now over to ginger. no more wasting time. >> next time the seats come in i want to be in on it. let's go to mount washington where they are skiing, snow boarding. loving life up there. just a few inches from the latest storm. it has been mild winter for lot of folks. we're going to have a cool saturday. look at this. even chicago will feel like 19. 22 the feels like for tomorrow. that's in the afternoon. so we're going to have a chilly day. don't worry, it is brief. then we get way warmer like record warmer possible into next week. that's the big picture. let's get a check little closer to home. here we go in three, two. i'm
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abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma with your accuweather forecast. partly sunny skies today, but mild air is moving in a little bit warmer than yesterday. temperatures going into the 60s for daytime highs. partly cloudy skies overnight tonight we'll mainly have those overnight lows settling in the 40s. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. look at saturday. get out and enjoy sunny, warm 70 away from the coast. cloudy and cooler but still dry. on sunday. showers back here on monday. it's a level one. we're dry by tuesday >> it is that time. time for pop news with sam. >> it's friday. i'd like to apologize. pop newsers, make sure that foundation is waterproof. gary, hand me that umbrella. >> there we go. >> still waiting for rihanna. thank you very much. that was beautiful. the super star finally getting the billion views category on you tube. george, careful. i don't know. someone might lose an eye. there we go. thank you very much. the collaboration with jay-z was uploaded 15 years ago and has reached coveted status of
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billion views. umbrella was the song that earned rihanna her first ever grammy, winning for first rap song collaboration in 2008. which also was the year rihanna made her grammy stage debut performing "umbrella" which was the whole reason for the dance. stayed in that top spot for seven weeks. still one of ri-ri's biggest songs. >> i love that. >> how was that? let's do some murders in the building. let's do some sleuthing. by sleuthing i mean solving some crimes, not stalking your exes. there are only murders in this building but my neighbors are fabulous stars. our favorite crime solving trio from only murders in the building is adding to their cast of characters with a highly anticipated season 4 of the emmy nominated hit series. eva longoria is joining the crew with a reoccurring role in the upcoming season. she's not the only one. get this. molly shannon also joining steve martin, martin short, selina gomez along with the season long story line.
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meryl streep is still in the building, martin short's love interest in the show. that's not all. how about murders outside the building? we know this season 4 will focus on the murder of jane lynch's character. disney executives have said the three sleuths may be headed outside the arconia, traveling to l.a. to kick off the season. there is no word yet on when production will begin, but you can stream all three seasons of only murders in the building now. speaking of merly streep, please bore someone else with your questions. the screen actors guild award announcing the cast of the 2006 blockbuster hit "the devils wear prada" meryl streep, anne hathaway an emily blunt are all taking the stage to present an undisclosed award. 18 years after the movie hit theater, our favorite stars are coming back together live on stage. you'll remember back at the 2007 oscars, emily presented an award with meryl watching and, of
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course, silently judging from the audience. could we see them reprise -- thank you. who ever that was i giggled because there wasn't a lot there. their favorite characters tomorrow night when the sag awards stream. i, for one, will be watching. i'm exhausted. that's pop news. >> thank you, sam. >> george, really? thank you. >> emily blunt had her first oscar nomination this year for her role in "oppenheimer." chris connelly had a chance to speak with her. good morning, chris. >> reporter: good morning, george. final voting is now under way until tuesday. emily blunt very much in the oscar mix. long time audience favorite, she's nominated for supporting actress for playing oppenheimer's spouse kitty whose intellect is throttled by her marriage. her first oscar nomination ever comes for oppenheimer. emily blunt giving a note perfect performance as oppy's brilliant troubled wife kitty forced to endure the indignities of a midcentury marriage.
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>> going to waste there. >> what do you mean by that? >> i just think she was a woman who was meant for vast intellectual pursuits and i think had to contort herself to being a housewife. that brilliant brain went to waste in domesticity. she probably simmered away with frustration in los alamos. >> there's no kitchen. >> you're the first woman to be nominated as an actor in a christopher nolan form. >> is that true? >> it all happened when nolan invited blunt to his home for a pressure packed first read of his then top secret oppenheimer script. >> he's sort of lurking in the next room. i thought, i'm going to have to put together something very smart to say about this script. it was positive. he hands it to you. i read it in his library. it was the most heart stopping exhilarating script i think oppenheimer is maybe one of chris' most emotional movies. you don't get it.
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>> from the devil wears prada with meryl streep and anne hathaway. >> are you wearing the channel boots? >> i am. >> to the silence of a quiet place with her husband. blunt is no stranger to smart scripts. time on set with killian murphy meant getting use to nolan's use of imax cameras. which are loud. >> they're like two buckets scraping across the room. they're so loud. i think when you put the imax camera on killian's face and use his face as the landscape as you would normally a landscape, you can't rip your eyes away from him because you see every nuance. >> at nolan's direction, blunt's character would cause a few additional ripples in killian's famous face. christopher nolan gives you a direction. do you remember what the direction was? >> slap him. he'll be fine. he was fine.
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but i was gonna sort of fake hit him and chris said just hit him. so i did. >> how many times? >> several. but he was brave. he's a tough cookie. >> that slap didn't make the final film. she portrays a complex figure, an acting achievement very much worth celebrating. speaking of celebration, it happens to be her birthday today. happy birthday, emily blunt. cake at the sag awards. >> thank you, chris. you can watch the academy awards march 10th at 7:00 p.m. eastern on abc. let's go back to rebecca and sam. >> thank you, george. ♪ the right stuff ♪ >> we know what that music means. it is time for the right stuff. the busy spring break travel season is right around the corner so this week lori bergamotto is here with the top travel bags for when you're on the go. so good to see you, lori b. >> thank you. >> family welcomes you back for this segment. >> i just came back from a flight yesterday. you're going on a flight very
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soon. >> right after this. >> let's talk about travel bags. let's get into it. this is the internet's number one choice for the best checked luggage. it is chic, durable. it comes in -- >> really nice. >> it's bigger. >> i don't know about you. i'm a chronic overpacker, much to my husband's chagrin. this actually has on the side here, sam, it has a weight indicator. when it's clear, it's good to go, under 50 pounds. you won't be charged extra fees already so expensive to fly. if that lights up red -- >> you already know. >> you've overpacked. start figuring things out. so these are great. they are expensive, but they have a life time limited warranty so you can feel really good about paying one time and having it for good. >> all right. nimble carry on. tell us about your top pick. >> the is from amazon.
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amazon basics. our best carry on. this has 45,000 positive reviews. the 20 inch size. it has this exterior so everything will stay nice and secure. it has those four spinner wheels. 360 wheels are so important when you're trying to maneuver to catch your flight. those are great. who doesn't love a value? wal-mart does it so well. these are from travel house. you get this entire set for $89. that's all three pieces. feel how light it is. it comes in a 20 inch, 24 inch and 28 inch. this is a great starter set. great for the whole family. i travel with a family of five. it's nice to know, okay, you have a uniform color. the bigger kids are getting independence. this is a really great thing. not only is it durable and lightweight, you get the whole set under $100 and feel really good about it. >> this next pick for travel when you've got dresses, suits. >> exactly. good about that. >> can't beat that. >> when you got dresses, suits,
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work travel, a wedding. >> this is from half day travel. it's instagram famous. what is so good about this, it is half garment bag, and then it becomes a duffel bag. >> look at that, it rolls right up! >> wedding season, business trips, this fits one full suit or one dress plus 3-plus days' worth of anything else you want to pack. it's under hundred dollars. i w this has gone completely viral. when these things sell out, a 40,000 person wait list, it's incredible. so this is the luka duffel. and what we love about these. first of all, they have astronomically good reviews. sam and i were taking a peek earlier, and one of the things that all of the reviewers, as well as us that we love is this shoe compartment here. so it's built in. >> so your shoe, you don't need a shoe bag. right? >> exactly. it keeps everything
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separate. this is a great weekender. it's our best sleeve. yes. let's show that the trolley sleeve. so sam was like, you don't want to be that person in the airport. >> that's where your bag falls off and everyone's behind going. yes. so this will prevent that. it fits so many things. >> it's fantastic and it's great . you know, we're showing it. if you're going to the airport. but our producer caroline brought this to my attention. she's taking the train. it's a great weekender. really affordable and great quality, super colors too. great colors. yes, lori be thank you. >> let's go. let's go on a trip. all right guys, let's do that. but we'll finish the show first. next. he's been a chef since he was three years old. and now chef julian is teaching other kids about cooking and life. he's showing michael how to make cinnamon ribbon bread. don't go anywhere such a cute picture tonight. there was something horrible going on inside that house. >> 2020 is all new. could it be that stress from a home renovation was a motive for murder? >> do you really know what's going on with your neighbor next door? do you 2020 tonight on abc
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too bad. of course, traffic is a little lighter on this friday. reggie. thanks, gloria. >> we're going to check in with meteorologist drew tuma right after this. good morning, i'm cindi bigelow. >> i hope this morning you do something just for you. enjoy a warm cup of bigelow tea. so grab a mug and tea proudly. to people that drink bigelow tea is so important to my family because making that perfect cup, it's the reason we do what we do. hi guys. so what are you guys drinking? >> constant comment when i'm drinking bigelow tea. it's just a moment for me. it's just me time. >> that's what a cup of tea is. a moment for you. someone you love. oh, it tastes really great. >> yes, it was always bigelow tea. wow >> that's what my family hopes for. >> cheers. cheers >> overflowing with ideas and energy. that's the san francisco chronicle endorsing democrat katie porter for senate. over
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all other options. porter is easily the most impressive candidate known for her grilling of corporate executives with deep policy knowledge. katie porter's housing plan has bipartisan, friendly ideas to bring home building costs down, and the chronicle praises her ideas to end soft corruption in politics. let's shake up the senate with democrat katie porter. >> i'm katie porter and i approve this message. >> disney on ice presents frozen and encanto celebrate the power of love. if amelia playing this week at oakland arena, great seats are still available for tickets and show details, visit disney on ice.com and get your tickets today. hey bay area live with kelly marcus coming up, we'll chat with guy fieri about the brand new season of tournament of champions. >> that's at nine on abc seven. we love guy. >> he's a local man. here's a live look outside from santa cruz. you can see we do have a fair amount of cloud cover riding along a warm front this morning that will bring mild air
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this afternoon. even warmer temperatures tomorrow, 40s and 50s right now. today, partly sunny skies. pleasant. we'll get you into the 60s everywhere from the coast to the bay shoreline and inland. but look at saturday, 70 in our warmest spots. sunday is cooler, cloudier, but we're still dry to finish out the weekend. reggie looks good. >> drew. thank you. another abc seven news update in about 30 minutes. you can always catch us on our news app and abc seven news.com. >> welcome back to gma live from times square. >> welcome back, everybody. it is day 3 of our series generation rising. as we celebrate black history month, we are introducing you to young people already making a huge impact in their communities and beyond. this morning we are in the kitchen with 16-year-old chef julian, who is cooking up delicious food and life lessons for other kids.
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>> the recipe for success is two cups of dedication, one cup of creativity and just a pinch of cooking. >> that's the recipe he's been following for as long as he can remember. >> hi, i'm julian. >> his love for cooking began when he was just 3 years old when he grabbed his step stool and baked his own birthday cake. >> i just felt super happy and joyful and proud mostly because i did this all by myself. i felt really confident, independent. smells lemony. >> his new sense of independence sparking the idea to create his own kids focused cooking business when he was just 8 years old. >> this makes cooking easier for kids. >> offering online and in person cooking classes. >> hey, guys. welcome to the five ingredient challenge. >> and mail order cooking kits, all with the goal of uplifting his peers. >> i want to empower kids
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because i want to bring them that feeling that i got when i first starred cooking. i felt like i could do everything. i felt like the world was my playground. we're helping kids step up into the kitchen and into life. >> cooking has been the fabric for him to build independent, confidence and empowerment. >> we've seen that manifest. he was class president. he got to be mayor of the day. he's become a leader in other aspects. >> who's ready to cook? >> he's leading the way for future generations, offering classes to kids at the foundation of america. >> remember abc's, always be cooking. >> our goal is to nurture future african-american leaders by instilling in them leadership skills. julian plays a major part in showing that our children are leading the way as we rise. >> great job. >> julian's class has built my confidence. i have seen him be brave so i know i can, too. he's so young and accomplished so many great things. if he can do it, i can, too. >> julian is on a mission to
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make sure kids understand they can be leaders now. >> i want to change the world by uplifting kids around me and teaching them that they can be anything one step at a time. that's good. that's good. >> i am here now with the ceo of step stool chef. chef julian. [ applause ] yes! yeah! we are about to get to the abc's, always be cooking. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> really amazing what you're doing. you're going to show us how to make your signature cinnamon ribbon bread. this is one of the recipes the kids get a chance to cook with your kit. >> yes. >> show us how it's done, my friend. >> this is cinnamon ribbon bread. it's awesome breakfast, after school snack. it's called that because when you cut it open it has ribbon of cinnamon running through it. super simple, super easy. let's get started. >> super easy, super simple. that's for me then. how do we get that perfect mix? got to have that perfect mick of
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cinnamon and sugar. >> that's the first thing we do. cinnamon, sugar. gonna audit to the bowl and mix it until it's a nice light brown all around. >> i can do a little mixes. >> you'll be my sous chef. >> i heard cinnamon is one of your favorite ingredients. why is that? >> cinnamon is a versatile spice. you can have it in sweet treats like this. you can have it in savory dishes. it's just really great. >> what do we got next? >> we're going to put that to the side and make the batter. in a bowl we'll combine an egg, brown sugar. add in some vanilla. want to add in oil. >> i'm gonna do the sous and you do the cheffing, okay? >> all right. [ laughter ] then we're gonna add in melted butter. >> melted butter? okay. >> all the liquid ingredients. seems like it's congealed. that's a term i learned.
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that's a term i learned. >> there we go. all right. there we go. >> gonna mix that up. i'll hold the bowl for you. that will be the wet batter. >> smells good, too. >> i know, right? it's my favorite recipe. >> that's that. >> then dry ingredients. we've got flour, baking powder. we're going to combine that into the bowl, okay? >> there we go. baking powder. >> baking powder will make it rise. make it nice, light and fluffy. it's awesome. >> gonna give me a serious warm workout. >> that's true. that's true. >> once you have the batter, we're going to mix that up. this is what the batter should look like. >> okay. >> once we mix it all up, we're going to do the assembly process. these are already halfway full. just miniloaf pan. they come included in the kit. we have our own version of this. we're going to sprinkle in the cinnamon. that's what makes the ribbons.
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>> okay. oh, there we go. >> yep. then we're going to add in another layer of batter. >> all right. there you go. >> we have a spatula that really comes in handy. perfect for kids' hands. we're going to smooth it on top. >> how did you come up with this idea? >> honestly, we came up with it because i really wanted this afternoon snack to also function as a treat. i got interested in making bread. most breads require yeast to rise up and get fluffy. so we came up with this recipe as a perfect substitute that you can make at any given time. >> make at any given time. helping so many kids. this is fun. >> thank you. >> i can see why if you are a kid or even me as an adult, i'd be interested in cooking with you. >> yes. we're just dedicated to empowering kids. making recipes they can make start to finish with little to
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no help from an adult. >> i'm gonna tell you right now, the bread, it is delicious. it's sweet. do you know what is even sweeter? >> what? >> nestle. do you know why? they heard about what you're doing, your cooking classes, and how impactful your cooking classes are with so many young kids out there. that nestle, they wanted to help you out. >> wow. >> they want to donate $10,000! [ applause ] so you can keep on cooking. the step stool chef. what do you think about that? >> that's awesome. >> that's awesome. you can make a lot of cinnamon -- mm-hmm. we're both over here mm-hmm. thanks to nestle. chef julian, thank you, man. for what you're doing. 16 years old. i love seeing young people helping the community. there's your family as well. come on over here, family. come on over. [ applause ] there we go.
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everybody needs a good support system. julian has one right here. coming up the stars of show gun are here live. there they go. live. there
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>> the question is, what would you do if you saw this? >> we are back with the stars of shogun. the new limited series based on the best selling novel is already getting rave reviews, with "time" magazine calling it a genuine master piece.
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it is so nice to see both of you. good morning. >> good morning. >> it really is. it's just beautiful. stunningly gorgeous. for those who aren't familiar with the show's story, in a couple of words tell us about it. >> couple? [ laughter ] it's a human drama including political strategy, family drama and love story all in one. it's a story. we have a universal theme. so i hope people can understand and feel our emotions easily. >> yeah. 1600 japan when an english pirate washes up in japan. it's made during a time when there are rivals, so it's a power struggle. it's very interesting. >> a power struggle, a love story. >> there's so much action. this is one of the most beautiful pieces, i'm going to say film, even though it's a
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series. you look at everything, every detail. hiro, you were really involved. you were a producer. rotten tomatoes gives it a 100%, which doesn't happen very often. how did it feel to have had your hands on that and have it turn out this great? >> yeah. we tried to make this show authentic as much as possible. story from the novel. we have modelled in real history, but the story itself is a fictional entertainment. that's why we need to make authentic, to believe the story and character. >> as anna mentioned, it begins in 1600 japan just as civil war breaks out, and you make an agreement. we have a clip. let's take a look.
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>> wow. anna, you learned a lot of new skills for this role. >> i learned everything, from wearing a kimono, walking in it, standing, sitting down, standing up, doing horseback riding, using a sword, caligraphy. she's inspired. >> every one of those movements has a particular way and style of happening and functioning. hiro, you pay so much attention to this. i think when you were with tom cruise in the last samurai. you were very careful about how the kimono was wrapped. why are these details so important? >> yes. the costume and props,
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everything is very important part of our culture. so i wanted to make sure and then correctly introduce our culture to the world correctly. that was my dream. these few years, i felt some kind of limit to do something or say something just as an actor. so this time, first time ever, i have title of producer. it was so much fun. we had a great team from japan. we had a professional for each part. we did everything professional. plots, clothes, gestures. so we had a team. we had a great collaboration with the hollywood crew and japanese crew and kept working together. i hope we made a miracle. >> you did. it's gorgeous to see.
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>> it's incredible to hear you say you felt restrained and now you have this and it's you. it's your vision. it's so multilayered and so well done. hiro and anna, congratulations. i know people are gonna love this when they see it. the first two episodes of "shogun" premiere tuesday february 27th on fx and hulu. ginger, over to you. >> san francisco is just about an inch over average for this month. so nothing like southern california. couple inches for the year. nothing like last year. they had a dry sky which allowed the satellite to clear out and get this image of the sierra nevada and snow pack which has gone up significantly. this month alone started in the low 50%. now state wide average 86%. so these storms have helped a lot which then helps the reservoirs. we will see more of that. next week the next storms come in. that's the big picture. let's get a check closer to home.
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>> coming up, as ukraine enters its second year of war with russia, ukraine's foreign minister sits down with george. stay with us.
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>> we are back with the foreign minister of ukraine, dmytro kuleba. thank you for coming back. >> good to be back. >> we first spoke a year ago which was the first anniversary of the russian invasion. tomorrow the second anniversary. last year ukraine was on the move. it appeared you were making gains in the war. now it appears russia is making moves. what's the state of the war right now? >> well, the war of this scale and complexity goes in stages. now we are in control of alexi. we are in control of the black
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sea. we managed to push them back, restoring our trade corridor. we did suffer from losses on the ground but they have no strategic implications on the overall stability of the front lines. we're gaining more and more results in the air. of course, we will be able to push russia off the air when we receive the fighter jets f-16's which are on their way to ukraine, and more air defense systems to shoot down russian bombers and protect our citizens. it's more or less balance. every death, every loss is a tragedy. i think it would be an exaggeration to say we lost control of the situation. >> the latest usa package is stalled in congress. has been stalled week, even months. how critical is it if it doesn't pass? >> it is critical. i want to say here that we in ukraine are absolutely grateful to the people of the united states of america for all of the
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support that we, the people of ukraine, receive from them. we have no doubt that there are votes in congress to support the appropriation, the supplemental bill and provide ukraine with more assistance. if it doesn't come, ukraine will pay with human lives and losses of territory for the nonarrival of aid. this should not happen after all the effort that was made in ukraine, in europe and across the ocean to contain russia and make russia fall in ukraine. >> the support has been weakening in congress particularly amongst congressional republicans and allies of former president trump. we have senator vance saying this aid package is not going to fundamentally change the situation on the battlefield. how do you respond to that? >> let's get back two years ago. the people of america saw ukraine fighting the goliath with a sling. we are still the same people.
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we need stones. we need stones to defeat goliath. the stone can come from only two places, from europe and america. europe is carrying its part of the burden. they are doing this right. we cannot blame ukraine for not being able to win if our gunmen do not have enough artillery shells to destroy russian advances. we currently still do it, but a high cost of our soldiers. give us the stones and we will finish off the goliath. it's very simple. >> finish off seems hard. you mention the word winning. what does victory look like at this point? >> it's very simple. restoring control of our border. essentially, the people of america and the people of ukraine, they suffer from the same issue. our border has been invaded by russian soldiers and by illegal migrants and migrants that enter and drug traffickers in the united states.
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you should understand how we feel and what we are fighting for. for us, victory is just getting back what belongs to us and nothing more. >> former president trump led the charge in congress to defeat the aid package, or at least to stall it. what happens if he wins in november? >> well, we will have to respect the choice the people of america will make. we never meddled in anyone's elections and we have no intention to do so. we will be working with the president and with any president of the united states. my president, president zelenskyy, already made the point that he will be happy, if president trump comes to ukraine, if he is re-elected and sees everything with his own eyes. one thing is following the story from the outside. it's a completely different case when you see it from the inside. >> can you accept the negotiated settlement that consolidates some of russia's gains, say in crimia? >> would you give up part of a
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u.s. state to an invader? i don't think so. i think anyone who is suggesting territorial concessions to ukraine should think of what he or she would be able, or willing to give up to an invader if it was his or her territory. it's very simple. easy to judge from the outside. it's completely different when you are inside. >> thank you for coming in today. >> thank you. >> we'll be right back.
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temperatures. we're in the 40s and in the 50s for the most part, right now. today, partly sunny skies. the dry pattern continues a little bit warmer than yesterday. but those temperatures into the 60s liquid awaits us tomorrow. enjoy it. get outside. warm weather, cooler, cloudier but still dry on sunday. >> reggie, that looks really nice. thanks, drew. time now for live with kelly and mark. we're back on the air at 11 for midday live. have a great day. >> it's live with kelly and mark >> it's live with kelly and mark . today, film, television and broadway star aaron tveit. plus, guy fieri takes over the live kitchen and serves up his quesadilla pizza. also, your questions and comments on another edition of the inbox. all next on live. ["stop this flame" by celeste] [cheering, applause]

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