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winds over 80 miles per hour. america's east coast feels the effects. somara theodore tracking it all. >> gio: the rise in vocational schooling. >> you don't just have one route which is college. >> gio: high school graduates choosing to learn a trade and why alternative paths to education are gaining in popularity. >> mary: that's amore, the wedding trend sparking joy this season. plus, tips on handling tough situations. our expert has all the dos and don'ts for the season. ♪ ah, but you're clever, brilliant, a genius ♪ ♪ you are divine ♪ >> will: broadway on "gma." the star of the hilarious new musical, "once upon a mattress," ana gasteyer is here. the multi-talented actress, musician and comedian talks returning to the broadway stage. ♪ hot stuff ♪ >> gio: the chef who finds his customers from his fire escape taking orders off the street.

>> hey, with the dog, if i can cook you one meal, what would it be? >> gio: this morning he's cooking his viral dishes for us, and you, as we say good morning, america. ♪ >> gio: this is "gma," good morning, america. mary and will, so great to have you with us. are you hungry? >> mary: always. >> gio: always. >> will: especially for what chef joe is making. >> gio: that's right. we have a lot of food coming up later in the show. chef joe has more than 1.5 million followers online and here to make us something tasty. a few things. >> will: that is ahead. cannot wait. we're following vice president harris as she lays out her economic plan ahead of next week's democratic national convention. >> mary: first, hurricane ernesto battering bermuda overnight. the storm making landfall at the popular tourist destination early this morning. abc's morgan norwood is in bermuda with the latest. good morning, again, morgan.

>> reporter: hey, good morning to you, mary. yes, ernesto making landfall here in this tiny island of bermuda. a rare landfall at that category 1 storm that continues to churn off the coast. while it did weaken, we're still getting its impacts pretty heavily. heavy wind and heavy rain still coming down right now. and it will continue. the big threat flash flooding. large and destructive waves lashing bermuda's coast. marinas deserted. most cruise ships pulled out ahead of the storm and the airport at this hour is closed. even though it's churning hundreds of miles offshore, ernesto is bringing dangerous surf and deadly rip currents to the beaches up and down the east coast of the u.s. back here in bermuda more than 25,000 customers without power this morning. with the storm crawling over the island and hurricane force winds continuing, rescue crews can't put bucket trucks in the air to get the lights back on. will? >> will: all right, morgan. thank you for that. let's check on the impacts it will have on the east coast. somara, you've been watching it closely. what is the latest? >> somara: we're not taking a direct hit but there will be secondary impacts in terms of high risk for rip currents. category 1 hurricane right now.

we have hurricane ernesto moving over bermuda. what will happen next is the storm system continues to push out to sea passing newfoundland monday evening. as a cat one, continuing to decrease in intensity. here along the eastern seaboard we could see waves reach up to eight feet so if you're headed to the beach for summer vacation, be very mindful of that risk. gio? >> gio: got to be careful along the coast. somara, thank you. now to the race for the white house, both vice president harris and former president trump concentrating on pennsylvania this weekend. abc's jay o'brien is in chicago. that's the site of next week's democratic national convention. jay, good morning, again. >> reporter: good morning, gio. we are just days away from the curtain going up at the dnc in chicago. before that, the harris and trump campaigns are barnstorming that must-win battleground state of pennsylvania giving their dueling visions on a top issue for voters, the economy. this morning, both vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump

barnstorming the key battleground state of pennsylvania. harris and her new running mate, minnesota governor tim walz beginning a bus tour in pittsburgh tomorrow. >> hello, family and friends. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: fresh off the vice president laying out her economic plan and the first major policy speech of her just weeks-old campaign. >> compare my plan with what donald trump intends to do. he plans to give billionaires massive tax cuts year after year. i think if you want to know who someone cares about, look who they fight for. >> reporter: harris' ambitious agenda much of which has to be cleared by congress calling for a federal ban on price gouging of groceries, up to $25,000 in down payment assistance for first time home buyers. a tax credit of up to $6,000 for families with a newborn and capping the cost of insulin at $35 and other out of pocket prescription drug costs at $2,000.

meantime, donald trump holding his own rally in wilkes-barre, pennsylvania, today after spending the week slamming harris and the biden administration's handling of the economy. >> kamala harris is a radical california liberal who broke the economy. >> reporter: and drawing fire for these comments saying the presidential medal of freedom, the highest civilian honor is, quote, much better than the medal of honor awarded to war heros. >> that's the highest award you can get as a civilian. it's the equivalent of the congressional medal of honor but civilian version. it's actually much better because everyone gets the congressional medal of honor. that's soldiers. they're either in very bad shape because they've been hit so many times by bullets or they're dead. >> reporter: trump's running mate senator j.d. vance defending the former president. >> i don't think him complimenting and saying a nice word about a person who received the presidential medal of freedom is in any way denigrating those who received military honors. >> reporter: trump is planning another speech on the economy in pennsylvania on monday. it will be his attempt to

counter program the first night of the dnc in chicago when president biden is expected to take the stage behind me and speak. mary? >> mary: busy week ahead. thank you, jay. president biden says a gaza cease-fire and hostage agreement is closer than ever, but for all the optimism in washington, so far the reaction from israel and hamas has been that this is not a done deal. mediators from the u.s., qatar and egypt are hoping to finalize a deal as early as next week. u.s. secretary of state blinken is due to arrive in israel tomorrow to try to close out that cease-fire agreement. overnight president biden warning all the players in the region not to do anything that could undermine those negotiations at this critical time. >> will: here in the u.s. the cdc is warning of a multistate outbreak of salmonella linked to small turtles. so far 51 people have gotten sick including 23 hospitalizations. these include young children. the illnesses are linked to turtles less than four inches long. a federal law bans the sale and

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>> will: back now with our "gma" cover story and the rise of the tool belt generation. between 1980 and 2020, the cost of higher education increased nearly 170%, which has led more

students towards vocational schools to learn a trade and lionel is here with all the details. lionel, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, good morning. more and more high school grads are opting for vocational school and taking up carpentry and plumbing. this morning, one young woman is inspiring millions on tiktok with her viral videos taking us through her day as an electrician. >> welcome back. another day in the life of a commercial electrician. >> reporter: lexi is not your typical tiktok influencer. >> i'll show you what happens when a breaker doesn't do its job and doesn't trip. >> reporter: instead of makeup tutorials or luxury hauls, she showcases the life of an electrician to her 2.2 million followers. >> i went to college for premed and then covid happened. at this time i was, like, doing electrical work and that's kind of when i took over electrical full time. >> reporter: born into a family of electricians, she began posting videos of her work in 2022.

now she says she gets thousands of messages from viewers saying she made them consider a different career path. >> there are so many people that comment and say that they, like, started trades or started looking into trades because of my videos. >> reporter: her path is part of a larger trend with more young people turning to trades driven by competitive salaries and rising college costs. last year, enrollment in trade-focused community colleges rose 16% and the number of students studying construction trades rose 23%. this, as the number of students completing undergraduate degrees dropped. as for her, she's happy her career path is paving the way for the next generation. >> you don't just have one route which is college. you could go to a trade school. you could go to a tech school. you could join a union. you can join an apprenticeship as opposed to going to college and spending all this money when you're first getting out of an apprenticeship and stuff, you have no debt. you're just stacking money at

that point. >> reporter: lexi's tiktok page has 1.1 million followers and nearly 22 million likes and has she has several brand partnerships because of those brand videos, which of course is another source of income. >> gio: good for her. that's fantastic. lionel, thank you so much. time for "pop news." look who is popping. will ganss is here. >> look who's popping. i like that. best time of the morning, "pop news" time, everybody. we begin with a musical mash-up to the tune of pussycat doll's, one direction and backstreet boys. members of those bands joined together for a new show called "building the band." nicole scherzinger, liam payne, and kelly rowland serve as judges, and aj mclean will host the new netflix show. the show will have vocalists isolated in recording booths choosing bandmates without meeting face-to-face relying only on musical merit and chemistry. filming for netflix begins this

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and good morning. i'm zach fuentes. recent testing shows lead in the water at several oakland unified schools. the district's risk management team conducted the tests over the last few months, and teachers say frick united academy of language had lead levels three times higher than recommended. lausd says testing will be done at remaining schools. emergency repairs and maintenance have begun and will continue through the week. let's get a check of the weather now with meteorologist lisa argen. all right, zack, good morning to you. >> hi, everyone. starting out with the clouds here at sfo, but the marine layer getting disrupted with an incoming system that will bring much cooler air. 67 with the sun in

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back in 2023. >> will: a giant panda in hong kong has become the oldest known first-time panda mom. she's 19 years old. she's named ying ying and delivered a set of twins on her birthday eve. >> gio: how cute. >> will: in panda years she's 19 and would be considered 57 in human years. good for her. she's going to be tired. the cubs were conceived after years of unsuccessful attempts to have babies. >> gio: so cute. good for her. >> will: those are so small. >> gio: we could look at that all day long. now to broadway on "gma." our next guest, you know her, a woman of many talents from the stage to the screen, ana gasteyer has been entertaining us for decades and now returns to the broadway stage for "once upon a mattress." so good to see you. >> nice to see you too. >> gio: hello hello. >> broadway. >> will: broadway. >> gio: i'm such a fan. >> thank you. >> gio: we loved you in "snl" and now you're back on the

broadway stage. you said this was going to be a guaranteed joyride and that's why you joined the >> it's exactly why literally. "once upon a mattress" is based on "the princess and the pea," a fairy tale. it's mary rogers' score and richard rogers daughter who wrote "freaky friday" among many amazing attributes. it's based in vaudevillian shtick. nothing like deep or complicated about it. it's the mean, terrible queen who yells at everybody and i saw the cast list -- sutton foster, michael urie, daniel breaker, incredible people, and i immediately said yes. >> gio: playing evil is good. >> you got to play the bad guy especially opposite sutton foster. she's such a loving personality. playing mean against her is extra fun. [ laughter ] my daughter always wanted to play the bad guy when she was little when we play, like, cinderella or whatever.

she always wanted to be the evil stepmother. >> will: there you go. i ran into you in our makeup room. i was getting eye drops and you were getting ready to come out. what kind of preshow routine might you have backstage before you go out to project to the back of the house? >> you do project and i have one number this this. i've done other shows where i sang. i was elphaba and you're constantly warming up. this is more irritating people in their dressing rooms. my friend brooks ashmanskas plays the wizard. i do warm up my voice because i have to yell at everybody. yelling is just as hard as singing. >> will: maybe harder. >> i scream at my dog all day. i have an annoying barky terrier and have to shout quiet. i'm constantly screaming quiet. my actual highest praise as i was walking out of the theater i saw these little girls with obviously their first broadway

show with their "once upon a mattress" playbills and pedi cabs were going by and i yelled quiet. so that's the highest praise. you're welcome, mom. >> mary: another world that everyone knows you from so well is "snl." you were part of such an amazing cast. i'm curious, do you guys stay in touch? do you guys -- that must have been such an amazing bond. >> it's definitely, you know, for lack of a better term the mafia. you can't really get out of it and you can't leave the family. [ laughter ] even if you wanted to and we've stayed very close. i mean, there's such a shorthand among anyone who worked on "snl" and i'm close to the women in my era, and in general, there's a bond. if you see somebody from "saturday night live" on the street even if they're from a different cast, generation, there's an immediate -- because it's such a weird kind of mutant skill set. i mean, you guys work in news. i'm sure it feels the same way. it's fast. it's furious. it's unprepared. you have to kind of fly by the seat of your pants.

you usually are a writer/performer. a lot we share in common. i worked with a lot of my girlfriends still and wrote "a christmas cluster funk" with my dear friend rachel dratch. we have actually written a second one. so there's lots of collaboration and connection. especially amongst the girls, i would say. >> gio: your two kids must be really proud of mom having yet another moment. >> proud or humiliated? i mean, i think it depends on their day. i think they really love the broadway thing. i think there's something super interesting about it to them that they -- i call my son, we facetimed the other day and i'm dressed as the queen. i have about 15 minutes backstage during act 2 and had to make sure he took a snack to his basketball tryout and i'm dressed as this insane the . but i think, yeah, i think they're really proud. my daughter was 3 at my first preview was her third birthday, my first preview of "wicked." that was 18 years ago. so she's really kind of grown up

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>> mary: back on "gma" with this saturday's "gma" buzz pick. it's a novel called "the unraveling" and here's the author to tell us more about it. >> good morning, america. my name is melanie hamrick and my second book, "the unraveling" is out now. it's a steamy story that follows ballerina joslin can she fight her way back to the top? >> mary: a steamy story. thank you, melanie. "the unraveling" is available now. back to somara for another check of the weather. hey, somara. >> somara: we have to get everyone ready for the heat. it is going to be a scorcher. we have actual air temperatures in the west, 109 in phoenix, albuquerque under heat advisories but check out farther

east. temperatures could feel as hot as 115 in some spots, oklahoma city, shreveport, little rock. the heat ridge continues to build so triple-digit temperatures are possible in places like lubbock. we could see record high temperatures in coming days. stay cool, my friends. that's a look at the forecast across the country. let's see what >> gio: we've got our paddles. the latest trends in weddings and the answers to some of the biggest questions that come after will you marry me. wedding expert and host of "wedding dish," expert meyer is here. welcome. >> good to see you. hello. >> gio: what are the biggest trends you're seeing now for this year and next?

>> italian wedding vibes are number one. ideally if you can get married in italy, that's all the rage, but bringing italian vibes back to the states. think lambrusco tower or the big massive cakes, mille feuille, cakes, people are loving those. it's okay if you can't get to italy right now. it's the number one destination. some local italian cities are restricting tourism and blamed "white lotus" the tv show for the rise in tourism. so much now that other countries are literally playing the olympics trying to get "white lotus" to their location. >> gio: without a murder might be good. >> it would be great. you don't want murder at your wedding, 100%. if you can't afford italy, don't worry, spain and portugal are good options. >> mary: okay, guys, get your paddles ready. i'm going to pose a wedding etiquette question and then we will say if we do or don't agree and jove, you will tell us if we got it right or wrong. >> we perfect. >> mary: okay, here's the first

one. when you go to a destination wedding should you buy a gift? >> gio: i would say -- i would say i do. >> will: i would say it depends. >> gio: now we know who not to invite. >> will: i went to a wedding in switzerland. i didn't buy a gift but sent a bottle of wine to their hotel. >> mary: that's good. >> i would say i don't. >> gio: really? >> i know, i know, i know. only because my presence is gift enough. a destination wedding, you're flying and buying airplane tickets and getting a hotel, buys your outfits. it's multiple days. write a nice card, a bottle of wine is a good gesture. if you have the extra money who doesn't love a gift but you definitely don't need it. >> will: another question here, weddings are expensive as we know and sometimes people can't make things work. you can change your mind, everyone. you can change your mind about being in a wedding party after you say yes. >> gio: so i would say i do only because if you do it in enough time. >> mary: i feel like if you say you're going to be in the party,

you're in the party. >> you're a commiter. >> mary: i am. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. i'm with gio. i say i do. you're not failing. to be honest it's a big commitment financially, your gi. i say i do. you're not failing. to be honeperson that's getting married is crazy and you have to, like, plan seven parties and go on six flights and you're just do, be communic be open, be kind and you'll figure it out. >> gio: how about this one, you must invite everyone to your wedding who invited you to theirs? >> great question.ou so much. >> gio: are you inviting us? >> wou if we haven't texted in the last to come to the wedding. maybe we knew each other in go with your gut.. be kind and know you gio: congr

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we're re tens of millions online like his fire escape cooking. he's chef joe. he's taking orders right off the streets in new york city making some delicious dishes, will ganss. >>al, what would it be?parm. >> let's get it saucy in here. >> reporter: he's serving up made to order magic from his fire escape in new york city. racking up me than 20 million

spicy sizzling likes on tiktok. >> hey, excuse me, up here. if i can cook you one meal, what would it be? >>ouble cheeseburger. >> reporter: for joe for hungry ion of keeping that america," if i could cook you one meal, what would it d us soe would all like here and he appears to have delivered. thank you for being here, first off, joe. >> absolutely, a pleasure. few . we're going to start with the

pesto. how do you make it? elic the st here it costs an arm and a leg garlic, a little basil, lemon, olive oil. lift it up and one key tip is use a little ice cube to keep it cool inside so it doesn't oxidize and turn brown and you're left with a beautiful green pesto sauce. >> will: amazing. don't forget like a generous portion of -- i use pecorino but you can use whatever you want. >> you can use parmigiano-reggiano, half and half and you have a beautiful pesto. >> moving on to the chicken cutlets, what's your tip to bringing out the flavor in a

chicken cut let? >> flavor comes from the seasoning and it's all in the bread crumbs. i love to season my bread crumbs with garlic powder, onion powder, basil, oregano, salt and pepper, paprika, and parmesan and pops out the flavor and helps with the breading as well. >> amazing. >> another tip i have is also throw in a little butter. at the end of your pan fry toss in a little butter, baste it, get a nice golden brown and it will help with the crusting, as well. the last tip, nobody likes a >> will: no. >> no way, right. so throw on a little wire rack and it will help keep it nice and crispy. >> will: excuse me. i'm getting choked up. how amazing this all is. >> putting the sandwich together, what are your tips there? >> let's do it. first, let's get the pesto. absolutely gorgeous. >> will: put all that on there, man. >> we love pesto. we love pesto. get it on both sides. boom, boom. >> will: all right.

>> you know. and then we want to throw on our chicken cutlet. >> will: it can get messy. >> chicken mozzarella. everybody loves some mozzarella and get -- >> will: peppers? >> yeah, roasted red peppers. boom. >> yum. >> a little sun dried tomatoes. >> i'm going to take a bite of this. i don't want to run out of time. tell us about your second dish here. >> absolutely, so we got the butter chicken mac and cheese which my mom taught me how to make butter chicken, but wanted to elevate it to a new level. released this recipe a week before thanksgiving and went absolutely viral so thousands of people got the recipe, even more ate it so i'm excited and one of my signature dishes. >> incredible. it smells delicious. i'm excited and i know you guys are enjoying it over there too. >> gio: tastes so good. this is joe's first time on "gma." he's coming back. >> will: you can be our resident chef. joe vadakkedam, thank you so much. fire escape cooking, full mouth talking. we'll be right back.

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>> gio: oh, my god. oh, this is so good. joe, you brought your whole family. come on out here. you must be so proud. thank you so much for joining us, everybody. we'll back here tomorrow morning.

her idea of what san francisco's unhoused population looks like. new data from the city shows 51% suffer from psychiatric or emotional conditions. that is a significant increase from 2022 and 42% of san francisco's homeless population has some sort of chronic health problem that is up 20% from 2022. and the number of families is at over 400, nearly double from two years ago. happening today, you can enjoy a night out in richmond's night market. the san francisco neighborhood is hosting an evening of food, music and shopping. it's on clement street between 22nd and 25th avenues, happening between 4 and 8 p.m. there's even going to be a pet costume contest and free cartoons to watch at the four star theater, plus a dance party and face painting. lots going on. so let's check in with meteorologist lisa argen for the forecast. >> all right. we've got some big

changes for the weekend. in fact, as you look out live from emeryville, right now, you can see a little bit of that sun glint on the water and where the sun is shining and has been shining in san jose. look how mild. 69 degrees, 67 in oakland, partly cloudy skies. hayward is at 67 and we are looking at more clouds moving in across the bay as a deep area of low pressure gets set to swing on through to the north of us 66, in santa rosa, with 67 in concord. so a milder start. let's go through the next couple of hours. notice the line of showers, though by 11:00, right offshore. but as it continues to move to the east, kind of falls apart. could see a few light sprinkles along the coast and we'll get limited sun today. highs in our inland valleys near 80 today, but sunny there. zach. >> lisa. thank you. up next, new signs of west nile virus in an east bay county after a man died of the disease. just one month ago. abc seven news at 9 a.m. is next

and now, at nine, an apartment fire forces oakland residents out of their home. the questions they now have about who started the fire as they search for a place to stay, plus lead found in water while students return to school. parents now saying multiple east bay schools are affected and residents push back on a