lens a little bit better, but this is very cool. >> i wish i knew what was coming. i've always wanted to see that. me too. so neat. usually we tell our viewers. yeah. so clear. sorry. >> well, we failed you, but. >> but you see it? >> you see it now. thanks to that local photographer. >> i mean, that was way better than i could do. yeah. >> so you're welcome. >> great. we'll take it. abc seven at seven streams next on our news apps. otherwise, it's good morning america. we'll see you tomorrow morning starting at 5 a.m. >> michael: good morning america for our viewers in the west. mass evacuations under way as hurricane milton barrels towards florida. the race to escape the strongest storm in the gulf in nearly two decades. >> this is the storm of the

century. >> michael: dangerous storm surge expected to break records in tampa bay. gas stations running near empty, airports shutting down. ginger leads our team in the hurricane zone. >> george: vice president harris blasts former president trump for spreading disinformation about the federal disaster response to hurricane helene. this morning how the disaster could impact voting, and the state of the race with 28 days until the final votes. >> robin: rescued at nearly 20,000 feet after three nights stranded in the freezing cold. two climbers tell their survival stories after losing most of their gear in a freak accident. >> george: family members tell their story three decades after the menendez brothers murdered their parents detailing a dark family secret, as celebrities call for lyle and erik to be resentenced. >> robin: halloween scare. why chocolate prices are up and how you can save on sweets this year. >> george: the big overhaul

coming to the megamillions lottery. the price of a ticket going up, but what about your chances of winning? >> mrs. cissy houston everybody. >> michael: celebrating cissy houston, the grammy winner who sang with elvis and aretha. ♪ me and you again as one ♪ and helped turn her daughter whitney into the voice of a generation. ♪ in the middle of the night ♪ >> robin: a perfect night for kansas city sports fans. >> this ball is on its way! this ball is gone. >> robin: a royals victory in new york. and patrick mahomes and the chiefs now 5-0. >> worthy for the touchdown! >> robin: worthy scores and celebrates his best friend, his mom. we are ready for tuesday. >> we're having a good time! let's go, baby!

>> announcer: live in times square, this is "good morning america." >> robin: we do say good morning america. it was a big night there in kansas city for their fans. we gotta tell you about this. there are some sports teams that are really stepping up to help with hurricane relief. carolina panthers, you see them helping out in charlotte. >> george: whole region bracing for that new big hurricane. tampa in the cross hairs. let's look at tropicana field, home to the rays, housing all of those cots for first responders and the national guard. >> michael: mass evacuation is under way ahead of milton's arrival. look at the line of cars lining up to get out. that's pasco county, north of tampa. we have team coverage in the hurricane zone. ginger leads us off in tampa bay. good morning, ginger. >> ginger: morning, michael. in less than 48 hours we will have the second major hurricane making landfall along the gulf coast of florida. i'm in downtown tampa, the convention center. in lesser storms we have seen

that water come up and flood all of this flood. two weeks ago it flooded with hl. now we are preparing for the approach of what may be one of the strongest hurricanes on record in the atlantic basin. this morning the race to get out before explosively powerful hurricane milton comes in. milton still more than 500 miles southwest of tampa, now a category 4 hurricane with winds of 155 miles per hour. >> this is the storm of the century. >> ginger: mass evacuations ordered, prompting bumper to bumper traffic on highways out of town as the strongest hurricane in nearly two decades takes aim at the sunshine state. >> hundreds of thousand of cars. >> ginger: reann and her family roff four driving eight hours to leave florida, double the time it would normally take. >> it is bumper to bumper to the point where we were stand still not moving for an hour at a time. >> ginger: hurricane hunters flying into the storm to collect critical data. milton is expected to be knocked down by some wind sheer before making landfall late wednesday

into early thursday but the storm surge could still be unprecedented. tampa bay to sarasota to venice could see 10 to 15 feet of ocean water pushing onto land, prompting one of the largest evacuations in years. >> i'm going to go door to door myself and make the plea over the next 24 hours to get as many people as possible to leave. >> ginger: but those staying put are prepping for the worst. frantically filling sandbags, boarding up homes, stocking up. many shelves already empty. >> i have a 1-year-old as of tomorrow and my wife is expecting our second child so we just want to take necessary precautions. >> ginger: 5,000 national guard troops activated. tropicana field, where the tampa bay rays play, turned into a staging area for relief workers. helene left behind so much destruction less than two weeks ago. >> just a little scary to protect your house. it's not just your house, all the houses have debris piled up

as high as you can see. >> ginger: helene brought the tampa bay and its beaches record storm surge, as high as seven feet. this was tampa general hospital during helene. it was protected by an aqua fence. the water nearly to the top of the fence in that surge. but that's only half of the storm surge that's expected from milton. watching the storm yesterday was jaw dropping. it put on 95 miles per hour in less than 24 hours. only two other storms have done that. so e yes it's one of the strongest in the gulf in decades. you see that category fluctuate today and even before landfall. it doesn't matter. it's going to push so much water ahead of it, it doesn't matter what category it is. looks like it's going to make

landfall over the sarasota bay. tampa bay down to fort myers really concerned about the storm surge. daytona beach up to jacksonville will have impacts of on shore flow. 110 miles per hour. that will take out power. that's a long part of i-4. trees down, trees into homes. watch for that. then that surge. we're talking 10 to 15 feet which would be record breaking. would be like three of me. >> robin: thank you, ginger. we want to get more on the storm surge. whit johnson is also in tampa to show us what a 15 foot storm surge could mean for that city. good morning, whit. >> whit: hey, robin, good morning. you can see these streets are still lined with debris. this is left over from hurricane helene. so people here going through this all over again. that brought a record storm surge of up to eight feet in some places. milton expected to shatter that. people saying this community was completely flooded.

let's take a look from our drone camera. we have it level with the roof line. you can imagine what 10 to 15 feet storm surge could do. that's why we're seeing windows boarded up. that's why we are seeing officials calling this the storm of the century. the last time a major hurricane made landfall in the tampa area was 1921. regardless of where milton comes ashore, officials say you can expect unprecedented and catastrophic damage because it's not just the flooding, the storm surge, but also the hurricane force winds, a potentially dangerous combination. robin? >> robin: thank you, whit. because the lines for gas are long as people fill up before the storm hits. victor oquendo is at a gas station in sarasota. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, robin. it is hard to find but this gas station in sarasota, they still have some gas left. they are down to regular here. checked inside and they tell me they fully expect to run out

today and they aren't sure when the next shipment is coming. they also called monday a record day. you will definitely see the long lines at gas stations throughout florida. but right now officials say currently there is no fuel shortage and more is on the way. with so many people evacuating, we've seen the heavy traffic ourselves. in order to ease congestion, tolls have been temporarily suspended and the shoulders on i 75 have been opened up as well. if you're trying to fly out, that will not be an option for much longer. tampa's airport and bradenton, sarasota will be closing later this morning. orlando airport closing tomorrow. george? >> george: okay, victor. thanks. kamala harris is blasting donald trump for spreading disinformation about the hurricane relief. he repeated false claims about the fema response. with four weeks to go until the election day, mary bruce is tracking the campaigns. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. federal officials say these baseless claims are causing problems hurting communities in need and hampering the recovery forts. overnight donald trump was

spreading them again. this morning vice president harris slamming donald trump calling him irresponsible for spreading false claims and conspiracy theories about the federal disaster response. >> it's a lot of disinformation being pushed out there by the former president about what is available. >> reporter: harris calling out trump for repeatedly and falsely claiming that the federal government is sending fema relief money on migrants instead of storm survivors. >> it's extraordinarily irresponsible. it's about him. it's not about you. and the reality is that fema has so many resources that are available to folks who desperately need them. now resources are about helping people get back on their feet and rebuild and have places to go. you are entitled to these resources. people are entitled to these

resources. it is critically important that people apply for the help that is there. >> reporter: trump has repeatedly brought politics into disaster relief. overnight on fox news the former president again attacking the biden/harris administration and wrongly claiming hurricane victims can only access $750 each. fema said that's false and these conspiracy theories could keep aid from getting to the people who need it most. >> the biggest impact i would say is people who have been impacted are afraid to apply for assistance, assistance so they can get a hotel room. they can get reimbursed for some of the cost for damages to their home. >> reporter: harris overnight on "60 minutes" criticizing trump for backing out of the show's traditional preelection interview. >> if he is not going to give your viewers the ability to have a meaningful, thoughtful conversation question and answer with you, then watch his rallies.

you're gonna hear conversations that are about himself and all of his personal grievances. what you will not hear is anything about you, the listener. you will not hear about how he's gonna try to bring the country together. find common ground. and that is why i believe in my soul and heart the american people are ready to turn the page. >> reporter: now president biden is being continually updated on the storm and response effort. later this morning he will deliver remarks at the white house on the recovery effort for hurricane helene and preparations for hurricane milton, george. >> george: let's bring in rick klein with where things stand. good morning, rick. >> good morning, george. this race does not seem to budge. it's been a week since the vice presidential debate, most certainly the last debate of the cycle. we still see a narrow lead for

harris over donald trump. there were two new polls out this morning. one new york times, one from reuters. identical. 49/46 national lead. battleground states, similar portrait. harris with a narrow edge in the upper midwestern states and donald trump leading in several southern and one big western state. that includes a lead in north carolina where last week's storm damage was so severe. while election day is four weeks from today, voters in more than half of the states have cast their ballots. almost 2 million early votes recorded already so far. that's down pretty sharply from four years ago. about half million less votes than we saw at the same point in the election cycle four years ago. that was during covid. records of number of people were voting remotely. there's a larger share of republicans likely to be voting this time around. we don't know who they're voting for. that's a jump of ten points in likely republican votes across the six states that we have. it might be a sign of enthusiasm. could be that republicans are coming around on the idea of early voting, george.

>> george: you mentioned north carolina. the storm could have a big impact on the ability to vote there. >> that's right. if you look at the part of the state that was most impacted it's western north carolina. these are the election results from four years ago. this is the region we're talking about. it's mostly deep red territory. other than asheville, that little blue dot there. of all the states donald trump won in 2020, his margin in north carolina was the tightest. he needed that region to win. officials in 13 counties impacted to the storm are being allowed to make changes. people can start voting early in person a vehicle from tomorrow in north carolina. officials now saying they'll be able to start on time in all of the state's 100 counties. george? >> george: rick klein, thank you very much. this morning vice president harris will be on "the view" in her first live interview. that's 11 eastern on abc. robin? >> robin: all right, george. overseas now to the tension escalating in the middle east. let's go to matt gutman on the scene in tel aviv with new details on israel troops

possibly preparing for expanded operations in southern lebanon. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, robin. israeli military is expanding that incursion in southern lebanon, trying to control the 60 mile wide border it shares with lebanon and push hezbollah northward. hezbollah opened fire on israel exactly a year ago today joining hamas and that rocket fire displaced about 60,000 israelis. israeli government said this incursion is meant to get those people back to their homes but hezbollah still able to fire rockets. we saw this over haifa. israel's assault on lebanon, especially the southern beirut strong hold hezbollah has, has been withering. at this point lebanese government said 1.2 million people have been displaced. today their new leader taunting israel saying they are going to get bogged down in lebanon but did leave the door open for cease fire. that as israel continues to calibrate its response to that historic attack from last week.

last week they said it would be fast and severe. it's a week later. israeli officials are still calibraing their response but the response is still coming, michael. >> michael: matt, thank you so much for that. we're going to turn to the megamillions. the price to pay to play is going up. the pay is, too, of course. so are your odds of winning. trevor ault is here to break down what's different. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, michael. this will be happening in april. they are more than doubling the price from $2 up to $5. they're calling this new and improved for a few reasons. naturally if people put in more money, that means more money for the jack pots. megamillions said this will lead to more billion dollar winners. they are improving odds to win the jack pots as the jack pots are growing. megamillions has been around 22 years. this is only the second price increase they've had. six people have won billion dollar prizes so far. if you still find $5 is out of your price range, power ball

does not plan to raise their $2. guys? >> george: trevor, thanks. will reeve in the studio. when it comes to sport, kansas city is the place to be. >> it is. they call kansas city the heart of america. that's the official slogan. right now it might be a rebrand to heart of the sports world. what a time it is to be a kansas city fan. last night especially. the chiefs hosting "monday night football." patrick mahomes had himself a great game. travis kelce also had a great game. always want to impress your girlfriend when she visits your job. there's taylor. jason kelce also in town for his new job as an analyst and tail gate expert. there he is ripping through the tail gate. they line up for early for that parking lot. worthy scores a touchdown on this play to put the lead out of hand. sorry, robin. saints going down. >> robin: aw. >> he gave his mom the ball.

chiefs stay undefeated at 5-0. kansas city royals who count patrick mahomes as a minority owner and super fan tying up their division series with the yankees pulling out a win. they go back to kansas city. can they pull off the major upset? kansas known as the city of fountain, second in the world behind rome. >> michael: didn't know that. >> robin: that was for george, right? [ laughter ] >> wanted to make sure you were still listening. >> robin: thank you, as always. >> what are you laughing about? >> michael: kansas city, rome, trying to figure out which one i want to go to. >> if you want good sports, kansas city. >> michael: good. i don't know anything about rome sports. coming up, the rescue of two women stranded 19,000 feet up in the himalayas. they'll tell us how they survived three nights in the freezing cold. >> robin: all ahead remembering mother of whitney houston, cissy houston. >> george: hear from the family of the menendez brothers. what they believe happened inside their beverly hills home. first back to ginger. >> ginger: we can't be married

to a specific eye center right now because we're still 48 hours out. i want you to just pay attention to what happens here. with off shore flow, inundation within tampa can still be bad, especially for st. pete. with on shore weupbts that sarasota bay, siesta key, long boat key, we're worried about that. let's get your local weather in 30 seconds.

>> michael: we'll be right back. and we love kansas city. (school bus stops)

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whole defense was fabricated and it was done artfully, but it was fabricated. >> reporter: recently the menendez movement gaining momentum on social media. >> young people have taken the time to figure out what happened. and they understand it in ways that other people don't. >> reporter: push back. >> the only reason we are doing this special is because of the tik tok moment. why don't we just have a poll? >> celebrities like rosie o donnell also speaking out. she said she's optimistic about the possibility of the brothers release, saying she thinks it will happen sooner than later. the next hearing for the case is just before thanksgiving. guys? >> george: kayna, thanks. now a harrowing story of survivor. a woman and her partner were rescued from the him layians after three nights stuck on the mountain. >> these women have more than two decades of climbing

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i also used the sos function. within like five minutes my phone died. >> reporter: they hunkered down for a day and slowly tried to descend the mountain. >> we weren't drinking. we weren't eat. our bodies were becoming weaker. we'd spend the evenings really cold. >> reporter: helicopters unable to spot them. on saturday a french mountaineering team also attempting to climb found the stranded duo, helping them down the mountain. >> you see other climbers in trouble, you want to help them. we just feel really happy that they were there. >> reporter: the rescue operation taking 80 hours. the indian air force eventually picking them up sunday from a safer altitude and bringing them back to solid ground. >> every time we plan something like, this it feels like it's about the climb. then in the end it's always about the people that you're with. >> unbelievable that they survived. they say they have been working to inspire more women to take up climbing so they don't want

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>> robin: we are back on gma celebrating legendary gospel singer cissy houston. two time grammy winner, mother of whitney houston died at the age of 91. lara is back to take a look at her life and legacy. good morning. >> lara: sure am. good morning to you, robin. long before whitney became a music super star, her mother, cissy houston had a career of her own. performing with a group called the sweet inspirations, she recorded over 600 songs in multiple genres. >> mrs. cissy houston, everybody. >> lara: while she may have given birth to the woman known as the voice. ♪ and i will always love you ♪ >> lara: cissy houston's own talent, the cornerstone of what would become a family dynasty.

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>> lara: they sounded so beautiful together. cissy houston died in new jersey while in hospice care. she had been battling alzheimer's disease. overnight her niece dionne warwick released a statement saying i am so deeply saddened but knowing that she died peacefully and is in a much better place is a consolation and a comfort to me. >> robin: very talented family. >> lara: indeed. indeed. >> michael: thanks for bringing that to us. appreciate that. next the carolina panthers giving back to their community, helping after hurricane helene. we'll be right back. hurricane . we will be right back. but i've got lead in my foot and spirit in my fingers. [cheering] [car rev] ha, ha, what a hit! and if you don't have the right auto insurance coverage, the cost to cover that... might tank your season. ♪ so get allstate, save money on auto insurance

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rally together, for us to come together and support them any way we can. >> it's big. it's a problem. people weren't expecting it. you don't expect that kind of flooding that they probably have out there. everybody has to pitch in and do their part right now. >> reporter: and the carolina panthers have pledged to donate $3 million to these relief efforts. they've already surpassed that goal, donating more than $3.8 million. we're here at a distribution center in augusta, georgia. this area also hit hard by helene. you can see the cars coming through. supplies being put into these cars for the people. they are still recovering here. we're going to have much more on the efforts coming up, michael. >> michael: thank you very much, eva. >> robin: coming up more from eva with these heroes helping. we are southeast strong all morning long.

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hurricane zone. >> michael: this is kind of a big deal. amazon prime big deal days kick off. we've got more of the biggest bargaining out there, from the top retailers. >> robin: time to head back to school with abbott elementary. >> i have been waiting for this moment. >> robin: quinta brunson and tyler james williams are live in times square talking season 4, and an always sunny crossover. ♪ this is my house all the time ♪ >> robin: southeast strong. this morning we are live in georgia. >> when you see people's reaction, it's a humbling thing. >> robin: with good samaritans stepping up to help. >> i saw so many people without lights, without water, without food. i was like, at least i can feed. >> robin: plus country music super star eric church and luke combs join us live to talk about their hurricane relief concert for carolina, as they say --

>> good morning america. >> announcer: live in times square, this is gma. >> george: good morning america. we are southeast strong in georgia today. eva pilgrim, mike ejojchi there with some neighbors helping neighbors. >> michael: there's also a convoy of trucks pulling into augusta and the entire country has reached out to those impacted by hurricane helene since we kicked off our southeast strong hope after helene campaign $1.896 million has been raised. >> robin: oh my goodness. we can reveal texas grocery chain htb is donating $500,000 to six truckloads of supplies including food, water, diapers and other essentials to that region. >> george: we are also looking at the top stories. we are going to start with the new, more powerful hurricane.

mass evacuation under way ahead of hurricane milton. we want to go back to ginger in tampa. good morning, ginger. >> ginger: good morning, george. sandbags are out at the convention center. during helene they flooded this area. it's hard to imagine when this bay is 10 to 12 feet down there. the way they convert water, storm surge moves in this bay, there's a concern we could nearly double what we saw in helene. this morning the race to get out before explosively powerful hurricane milton comes in. milton, still more than 500 miles southwest of tampa, now a category 4 hurricane with winds of 155 miles per hour. >> this is the storm of the century. >> ginger: mass evacuations orders prompting bumper to bumper traffic out of town, as the strongest hurricane in the gulf of mexico in nearly two decades takes aim at the sunshine state. hurricane hunters flying into the storm to collect critical data. milton is expected to be knocked down by some wind sheer before

making landfall late wednesday into early thursday. tampa to sarasota to venice could see 10 to 15 feet of ocean water pushing onto land, prompting one of the largest evacuations in years. as of 8 a.m. we have brand new hurricane warnings that now go from jacksonville beach through daytona down to melbourne and of course back to tampa bay to fort myers. lakeland, brandon all have to watch for the wind out of this storm as it crosses the state. you will have on shore flow and some surge even happening for daytona or jacksonville. the path happens late wednesday night/early thursday. that's the time you do not want to be on the roads. you want to make sure you don't have trees around your home. trees kill people when they fall into houses especially when folks are sleeping. center part of the state. look at that 10 to 15 feet of surge here. remember, we just had record surge around tampa bay. that was five to seven. now 10 to 15. i don't want anyone to sneeze at what's happening south of venice. englewood down to fort myers could have six to ten feet of

surge which could rival records from ian. look at that. there's the wind speeds. all the way over, hurricane gusts to the space coast. we looked at one of the models. had a 94 mile an hour wind gust, guys, at cape canaveral. >> robin: we have to keep that in mind. you're right about that. we'll check back with ginger in a little bit. now the new report from wells fargo on the increase in candy prices that could be scary for your wallet as halloween approaches. elizabeth schulze is here to explain. why is it happening? what can we do about it? good morning, elizabeth. >> reporter: good morning, robin. americans are expected to shell out $3.5 billion on halloween candy. if it feels like you're spending more on that candy, here's why. three years ago you spent $10 to fill up a candy bowl. this is about how much you'd get. today that same $10 only gonna fill your bowl up 3/4 of the way. one reason we are seeing these prices go up is because of a shortage of cocoa beans. cocoa can only grow close to the equator. about 70% of the world's cocoa

beans are produced in west africa. in that region a change in weather patterns has made it harder for cocoa pods to grow. overall production expected to drop 14% last year. that is forcing companies to pay more to get the cocoa beans to make this chocolate. we did still find good deals. target 70 piece bag is $10 second bag 50% off so $15 for both. wal-mart offering 125 piece pack including kit kats for $15 right now. amazon has a five pound bag of candy that retails for $15. you are going to have to order it now for it to arrive on time. >> michael: i love chocolate, too. do you know what i'm gonna do? take the bowl she brought today. appreciate that. [ laughter ] we're gonna turn to the start of the nhl season. the puck officially drops this afternoon. will reeve is a happy man. he's back to tell us what you

need to watch. >> i love hockey more than you love chocolate. i love chocolate and hockey, too. here's the plan for the day, everyone. 4:30 p.m. eastern time turn your tv to espn. leave it there for the rest of the night. or if you're on the go this is all on espn +. so no excuses, you're watching opening night of the season. it's a triple header starting with the st. louis blews. then the florida panthers hosting boston bruins. those two teams have been hot under the collar the past couple years in some intense playoff matchups. panthers winning those, finally hoisting the cup in june. tonight they will raise a banner to commemorate their victory. then in the night cap tonight a curtain will rise on a new era in nhl history. debut of the utah hockey club. the franchise formerly known as the arizona coyotes. they moved to salt lake city and start at home against the chicago black hawks featuring one of the future faces of the league. he is must see tv.

all of this tv that you must see is on espn later today. the nhl on espn. oh happy day. >> robin: what is the over/under how many rangers games you want to see? >> i would love to attend all 41 home games. that's not feasible. >> george: it's up to us. >> it's if you can work my schedule around the rangers schedule. as long as i'm good for the playoffs. that's what we care about. we gotta win the cup. >> michael: that's true. >> more nhl as the season goes on. >> robin: no more coffee for you. you are cut off. >> the nhl is my caffeine. >> robin: thank you. thank you so much, will. coming up in our gma morning menu, country music stars luke combs and eric church join us live. they're gonna tell us about the big benefit concert for hurricane helene relief. >> ginger: lori bergamotto is here with some of the best bargains from amazon prime day and other october sales. >> michael: tom colicchio is here. he has a new book that's part memoir and part cookbook. he'll show us how to make dinner in 30 minutes. lara is with some special guests.

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good morning again, eva. >> reporter: good morning, robin. yeah, we're here in augusta, georgia, at this distribution center. you can see the cars are lined up right here. they are getting much needed supplies. many people have been without power. the need here is still so great. this morning community leaders answering the call for help in the southeast. pastor nelson driving from mississippi to georgia to cook and serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. >> when you see people's reaction, it's a humbling thing. we are already filling truckloads back in mississippi to make runs up into edge of tennessee and north carolina. >> reporter: in the town of nashville, darla and her employees providing meals out of her gift shop, southern landmark. >> we felt that there was a need, huge need. but we weren't a church and we weren't a nonprofit organization.

we have a very good southern land mark family. we branched out. we've donated 1,000 meals date. >> reporter: in hard hit augusta, ministries helping residents keep the lights on. >> first we started to deliver gas to people in need of generators. then it shifted to cutting trees off houses and tarping houses. >> reporter: nearby, latonya rainy opening up her restaurant to the community. >> i just saw so many people without lights, without water, without food. and i was like, at least i can feed them. >> reporter: organizations like caring for others distributing food and supplies across georgia and the southeast. ceo of caring for others joins us here this morning. there's so much going on. we see the u.p.s. guys in their brown shirts. the need is so great. you guys aren't going anywhere.

>> no, we are not. we are going to be here for the third phase of this project. first, second and third one is the most important one. that's the rebuilding. >> reporter: the rebuilding is gonna take time. >> it's gonna take sometime. >> reporter: one of the things here, you really focus on the children and the families. we have a little bit of an announcement. gerber saw the need here. they are sending a truck right now with ten pallets of baby food, $55,000 worth of baby food. how big a deal is this? >> thank you so much. there's so much need for children food and product. thank you so much. >> reporter: we've seen the little kids here. you can see the toys going by. that's not it. sysco is sending much needed supplies $20,000 of food and water. >> that's a blessing.

because the need is great. >> reporter: we talked to a man who lost his house. he lost a loved one. and he's out here making sure these people get what they need. >> you have to forget yourself and think of the needs of others who need a helping hand. that's why we are all here today. >> reporter: and we are really seeing that, guys. it is incredible to see this community coming together to help each other. >> robin: it really is, to see all the volunteers who are out there. the local communities and the companies that are really stepping up in a big way. we're going to have much from georgia ahead with ike. and then how you can help. you can find it on our website. you can learn more about some of the organizations that we are highlighting that are giving back and helping those in need in the southeast, michael? >> michael: looking forward to that, michael. thank you. country music is coming together to support their home towns in the after math of hurricane helene. country super stars luke comb and eric church just announced

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>> yeah. you know, i was obviously home watching the news the day after everything started coming out about the storm there. this is the first guy i called. i know how much our state means to him and to myself. i knew that he would be willing to do whatever it took to help out. had this crazy idea that to do a show bank of america. they were gracious enough to get us that date. donate the stadium to us. i think it's gonna be a really special night. >> michael: eric, you're taking it a step further. not only are you putting on this concert. you also released your first solo track in three year. you signed over all the rights and royalties to the song to north carolina. tell us about "darkest hour." >> "darkest hour" is a song. michael, sometimes you give a song its moment. sometimes a song takes its own

moment. i had this song that i had done in studio that, when i wrote the song, this scenario was not something i ever thought about. when the hurricane happened, the devastation happened, we were going to put out a project next year. i just thought the time was right. this song is the moment. we tried to take it a step farther. signing over the song to the people of north carolina and letting them have it is one thing. the monetary thing is real. but it's about shining a light on that community and making sure everybody focuses on not just now, this is not a month long rebuild there. it's gonna be a years long rebuild. the more light we can shine on that, the more awareness we can raise, i think the more good we can do over the long term to try to rebuild this community. >> michael: i love that message and what you just said right there. luke, the announcement tease more performers to come. can you tell us about anyone else who may be joining you on stage?

>> we got some good news coming, i think, later this week. i want to play that close to the chest and not give all our secrets away. i promise it will be a once in a life time kind of concert. i'm real excited and proud to be part of it. >> michael: if once in a life time concert has not you, but both of you together and anyone else is just a big bonus. i want to say thank you both for joining us on gma for making this announcement. we really appreciate all the work you're doing for carolina. concert for carolina takes place saturday, october 26th at the carolina panthers stadium. tickets go on sale thursday. let's go to ginger in florida. hey, ginger. >> ginger: we've got our eye on milton. it's been a tight and powerful storm like a buzz saw going across the atlantic. it is going to nearly double in size as it interacts with some northern areas. the tropical storm force gusts

from jacksonville to miami. look at the wind speeds in the core. could see 110 plus for venice. st. pete beach at 127. now this is one computer model. little across the center in the current track. brings orlando with upwards 60 to 70. cape canaveral gets over 90. let's get a check closer to >> lara: all right. time to kick off our deal drop

days. big savings from big retailers. our lifestyle contributor, lori bergamotto is here with the best bargains. they are all shoppable. there are so many retailers doing big deals now. what should we zero in on? >> obviously we know today starts amazon's october prime deals. it's not just amazon. there's all kohl's, wayfair. they have great deals. this is the time, lara -- i know nobody wants to hear it. holiday shopping. >> lara: i'm like the earliest holiday shopper. i'm all over this. >> well then you were made for this segment. >> lara: let's get started. you have a deal for us on a popular health tracker. thank you so much. >> bring it in. >> lara: our little thing. our conveyor belt. >> this is the oura ring. you may have seen this. it's a great way to track your activity, your fitness, your sleep, your stress level. >> lara: i just bought one of these.

>> did you? oh, lara spencer. the original price on this -- it doesn't go on sale often. it's $449. >> lara: yep. >> it is pricey. but today you can get it for 22% off. that's over $100 off. $349. >> lara: really good deal. really good product. good find. i wish i had. let's get another deal going here. >> air purifier. another thing to look for while you are on all of these different sites. looking for things like air purifiers, vacuums. printers. those are the things that will be on sale. this one we found at wal-mart the dr. j -- not that dr. j. somebody asked me that earlier. professional hepa air purifier. this is great. it will work in a 3,500 square foot room. really powerful. it's great for if you have pet dander, if you are a person allergic to a lot of things. >> lara: yeah.

it's a great product. >> it doesn't leave a huge footprint either. >> lara: it's pretty, too. >> nice, sleek. $179.99 is the original price. >> lara: this is insane. >> 61% off. $69.99. found that at wal-mart. you are going to love this. get in there and feel that. >> lara: bedding. >> yes, bedding. koolaburra from uggs. are you familiar? >> lara: i'm familiar with uggs. >> it is uggs like little sister brand. just as amazing. little less expensive, but you get that quality and that texture. this is faux of dollars $0.49 and you get the sham. oh, nice. yes. and now that we've got your bedding, we cannot forget about your pillow. and this is one that will give

you a great night's sleep. it really will. this is great for back sleepers and side sleepers, which most of us are. it's memory foam. we got this at wayfair who just extended their days, so make sure you check that out. okay, this original price is 99.99. 77% off. 2299. this pillow is 25 product for people that want to go find it. you want the cool sleeper on wayfair. cool sleeper on wayfair. okay. yes. memory foam. friend. yes. we'll hook you up. okay. this one i really want to get to. because another great thing is vacuums. you should be looking for this we found on amazon. i'm obsessed with mine. the irobot roomba i3. incredible. it is like a personal assistant. it will keep your house so clean if you have pets or kids. original price $420. 40% off $249. i want get to this one because we talked about holiday shopping. you guys, i have a three year old at home. this is the perfect gift for them. the toy box bundle incredible will keep them screen free, but also an

immersive audio experience. really fun. the original price on this $171 you get the box plus some of the characters 42% off $999 under 100. let's get one more in here. we can't forget about anybody who's doing a fix it person in our life, a handy person. you can go to our site and check out what that deal is. it is incredible. amazing deals to be had. thank you so much for the deals. >> kamala harris later this morning on the view the news making exclusive her first live interview and talk show appearance since becoming the democratic nominee for president, kamala harris live later this morning on abc's the view. >> doctor odyssey. new thursday on abc. >> now from abc, seven mornings. >> good morning. i'm amanda del castillo from abc. seven mornings. let's get a look at traffic with gloria. good morning. we have a commuter alert for you this morning. we do have a couple of delays when

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>> that's at nine on abc seven. >> good morning. a notable cooldown on the way. despite our heat advisory lingering in our inland valleys and hills of the east bay and south bay mid 90s. there the warmest spots we have fog right now in half moon bay and pacifica. it's a little bit hazy out there. moderate air quality. san francisco is 60. it's 59 with a breeze. half moon bay, you can see that flag blowing and the marine layer builds throughout the day. it is 59 in napa today. look for low 70s downtown. a big temperature change. much cooler today with upper 70s peninsula. >> all right. thanks, lisa. we will have another abc7 news update in about 30 minutes. andd alwaysways on our news app and ♪ ♪ >> announcer: welcome back to gma live from times square. >> george: we are so excited abbott elementary back for season 4. so happy to welcome back quinta brunson, tyler james williams to

tell us all about it. welcome back. [ applause ] glad to see you all. >> glad to be here. >> george: so what is exciting and new about season 4? >> one thing i'm excited about is having 22 episodes again. last year i was kind of excited about having a short amount but then i realized i like having 22. the show was built to have 22 episodes so we have more room to tell stories. we have holiday episodes again. we have episodes that are just plain fun. that's exciting to me. >> robin: all those different hats you wear. the excitement you still share after all this time. all right, my man. you look good on the red carpet. >> it was a moment. >> robin: we're having one right now. you are looking up going, this is season 4. this is season 4. >> yeah, yeah. it's finally hit me. feels like we just started yesterday. it's been like the most

beautiful blur of my life. i don't think i will be able to take it all in until we're done, unfortunately. it will be nice to go back and say, we did a thing. i think we made some tv. >> michael: seems like yesterday you were here to kick off this show. >> it does feel like that. one of the fun parts coming back to gma, it's a nice reset. this was one of my first stops when we started the show. coming back here year after year, it is something, how far we've come. my relationships with you guys. i get to see my friends again. >> michael: we are excited because we get an exclusive peek at the premiere. we found out there's a golf course being built near the school, abbott elementary. let's look. >> new people are moving to philly. just to play there. while tiger woods is a notable golfer the demographic of most golfers is mainly --

>> we're so excited to be here. >> we were recommended we go private from nearly every person and website we know. but we were like, hey, public all the way. >> great to have you. this is new. >> first time in all my years. [ laughter ] >> michael: tyler there are a lot of changes coming to abbott especially in the relationship between your characters. threw me off last year at the end of it. no, no. i was like, what? had to kiss at the end of last season. what can we look forward to this season? >> well, it definitely was the cliff hanger of last year. what i can say is that you will get an answer to what's happening with them pretty early on in the season this year. you won't have to go past the first episode to know where they stand one way or another. >> robin: ooh. [ laughter ] >> the boss is sitting right

next to me. >> michael: you said that and i'm like, how can you contain yourself? >> this is the first time they'll have to interact with their feelings. realize they are at school together. how it will affect not only them but the entire school as a whole. >> george: let's go watch episode 1 right now. [ laughter ] you have a great philly crossover. always exciting in philadelphia. tell us about that. >> i'm just so pumped. i met rob and we just got along so well. he's also a creator of his show. we just started talking. like, why don't we just do this one day. he actually sent a funny thing that happened online. he said this seems more like an abbott episode than a sunny episode, but i'd be down to it. it got us talking. it has been the most fantastic experience working with him. not only in the writer's room, but on set. we had a ball with them.

i think it's going to work better than people expect. the show will have two very different tones. >> robin: ya think? [ laughter ] >> yes. that's putting it lightly. but it works. i think it's because philadelphia. philadelphia is this richly diverse dirty horrible city sometimes. we can all share our dirt with each other. i think that's what you're gonna get in that episode. sorry, philly. there's probably a nicer way to say that. >> robin: you show great love to philly. you're good. you're good. >> yeah. >> robin: wild wild west. wild wild west. the line dance. the line dance. what? >> michael: hey. >> hey! >> hey! >> i was doing my hip hop in that scene. i did. >> robin: come on. that's classic. i cannot believe that's the first time we are seeing a line dance on the show.

>> nobody told you to go that hard. [ laughter ] >> i just got too into it. >> yeah, yeah. >> robin: you were familiar with the song. >> i knew the song. right? i'm a huge will smith fan. growing up, black guy in hollywood, he's like your north star. i didn't know there was a line dance. you had to tell me. >> i did. that line dance is specific to philly. it is a baltimore line dance that the wild wild west. it only existed in philly. now i hope it exists for the rest of the world. it will be confusing for people in baltimore. >> michael: got to keep it tight. protect the hips. [ laughter ] i know. >> george: thank you guys for coming in. >> thank you for having us. >> george: the premiere is on tomorrow right here on abc. coming up ali wong is here telling us all about her new special. iers tomorrow night hern a bcp are coming u

>> robin: back now on gma. so many communities across the southeast have been devastated by hurricane helene. our teams this morning are on the ground in georgia. ike ejochi joins us from nashville, georgia. it's a small town but a big sense of family. good morning to you, ike. >> reporter: good morning, robin. listen, when helene hit nashville, georgia, the people didn't miss a beat. they immediately started picking up the piece and each other this fire station became the make

shift meal center for all the first responders who were lending a healthy hand. joining me is the city manager here, and andrea davis, a volunteer at the fire department. thanks for joining me. this is a small town, only about a few thousand people, which makes the devastation so much more intense. what happened when helene hit here? >> yeah. growing up here, this is the largest disaster we have seen. it affected everybody in our community here. we had over 600 homes damaged and widespread power outages. we are still reeling from the effects of that. but, you know, we've come together as a community. i think the biggest take away, all the resources have come in. i always say we shine brightest when we come together. devastation was big, but our community is bigger. we had a really good response locally and nationally.

so we just want to thank everybody that's come in, from our linemen to crewmen to the teams that have been here. always say we shine brightest when we come together. that's what we have done here. we are nashville strong. >> reporter: first responders are super heroes. andrea, you started cooking for them since the onset of helene. how has this community come together to help one another? >> started with my husband, the fire chief. he wanted to prepare a hot meal for our first responders and our city and county workers during this time of devastation. so we just came together as a family. then we extended that gratitude to our linemen. we've been feeding anywhere between 150 to 300 workers a day. >> reporter: that's amazing. >> we appreciate the restaurants, churches, residents of nashville that helped support this call. >> reporter: we saw those u.p.s. workers in augusta with eva pilgrim for the organization caring for others.

u.p.s., they want to help out nashville, too, which is why they are giving this town $25,000 to help rebuild. >> that is awesome. >> reporter: wait wait wait. there is more. we know power is an issue here. those residents still don't have power throughout this town which is why our friends at jackery have decided to donate five solar powered generators, to get everybody back online. [ applause ] i got to ask you how will this impact? >> you have no idea how much this means to our community. we need it. we thank you so much. this will go a long long way to help us in our recovery efforts. we still have a long way. we will get there. we are a strong community. thank you so much. >> yes. we want to present you with a nashville strong shirt for coming and helping out and supporting us. >> reporter: thank you very

much, guys. nashville strong. [ applause ] back to you in new york. >> robin: that's a southern way. we are there to help and they want to give gifts. that's the spirit there. you can learn more about some of the organizations that are giving back and helping those in need in the southeast. you can go to our website for that information. now back to ginger there in florida. ging. >> ginger: so heartwarming. thank you all so much for doing that. let's talk about milton timing wise. landfall looks late wednesday into the early morning hours of thursday. the current track takes it really too close to comfort for st. pete, tampa, sarasota, bradenton, fort myers. the onshore flow, could jacksonville, daytona get some of that surge? they just put up the highest level of flash flooding, up to 18 inches possible, of rain possible tampa to orlando. that

>> lara: all right. we are back now with emmy and golden globe winner actress from "beef" ali wong. so much more than that. she's going back to her comedy roots, as well she should. she has a new special called ali wong single lady. she's joining us live to talk about it. i'm so happy to see you again. always fun having you here on gma. so glad you did get back to your comedy root. how did that feel for you? >> it was really good. i mean, it's so different because i -- with acting, people helping me, hair and makeup. and then withstandup, it's just me getting into, like, a track suit so i look like pauley walnut and i put on eyeliner and lip gloss, and that's it. all the material i write myself. >> lara: you write yourself.

you've directed it yourself? >> i have. >> lara: how was it directing you? >> very easy. you just set up the cameras and it's just two takes. >> lara: that's it? you don't give yourself another -- >> can't afford it. >> lara: i get it. i get it. when you're the ep, you draw the line. >> then i dress myself. it was different dressing myself for that special 'cause i'm not -- first two specials i was pregnant. then i just decided to go with this loose, flowy white gown. >> lara: i see that in the picture. i want to tell everybody it's ali wong, single lady. this is what you are calling your divorced mom era. what can we expect from this special? >> i think it's just a different perspective on aging. for women especially, aging can be so depressing. i went to the dermatologist recently and i had some skin tags removed from my neck. then he pointed out, he was like, oh, you have age spots that can be removed. about 12 on your face. you have these other things you

can remove. there were 42 things removed. >> lara: i didn't ask. >> and i didn't ask. certain point for women, aging, especially with all the targeting on instagram, it can feel like playing whack-a-mole. >> lara: literally? >> yes, exactly. for me, it's authentic of how i really feel. aging doesn't have to be depressing. it doesn't have to be removing and battling everything. it can be fun in this expansive opening of adventure. >> lara: yeah. let's see a clip of the new special. >> you want to be my boyfriend, just to start, you gotta be a divorced dad. yeah. you gotta be a divorced dad because i want a man that's been preyelled at. [ laughter ] turn key ready, do you know what i'm saying? [ laughter ] i want that cast iron skillet seasoned.

>> lara: i love it. it's true. >> yes. you are divorced. >> lara: i am divorced and now remarried. >> look how fabulous you look. you're thriving on "good morning america" talking to me. >> lara: you make me happy. you make a lot of people happy because you call it like it is. is this true? according to the research, you brought your ex-husband, kids and boyfriend with you on tour while you workshopped this material? >> yes. i brought definitely my kids and their father. we're very, very close. he is the tour manager. >> lara: wait. their father is the tour manager? you mean your ex-husband is the tour manager? >> yes. >> lara: just checking. >> so he was with us the whole time. it was amazing. bill would come out for certain dates. it was a really nice moment when we were in d.c. and i was performing at the kennedy center. we went to the smithsonian to see my dress from baby cobra,

which is at the smithsonian. it was so nice to have my kids, their father, who truly is my best friend, and bill there. >> lara: you're doing it all right, sister. >> it was a lovely moment. >> lara: i'm so glad. >> it's not without a lot of work. >> lara: always. >> this ammicable situation didn't just fall into my lap. >> lara: you can hear all about it and so much more. ali lets it all hang out in "single ladies." it's out now on netflix. we love it. please come back soon. >> thank you. >> lara: congrats on, on "beef" and all to come. coming up tom colicchio is here to talk about a special new cookbook, part memoir, part cookbook.

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>> lara: we're back now with top chef tom colicchio author of

"why i cook." so glad you decided to share that with us. these are easy recipes for dinner and all the recipes for 30 minutes or less. you can have them done. this was your first cookbook in 15 years. it got 60 recipes and it is a memoir. i was now the right time to do this. tell me about it. >> during the pandemic i was doing a lot of these zoom cooking classes. question kept coming up. at first i threw it out. threw some answer out there. i kept going back to my grandfather and the times that i spent with him either fishing. not so much cooking but meals that revolved around fishing and gardening. i kept going back to them. i worked on a book for 15 years. >> lara: finally found your inspiration. >> i did. >> lara: so glad you did. >> this is a recipe that my mother made. broccoli lots of garlic. we have the pasta cooking.

just audit to the broccoli. you want to get some of that water with it. >> lara: never ever ever ever throw away all your pasta water. i just learned that. >> broccoli is blanched off. garlic is blanched off. sauteed in a good amount of olive oil. use pecorino cheese. olive oil. good amount of cracked black pepper. >> lara: what's the difference between the two cheeses? >> pecorino is sharper. it's a sheep cheese. when i grew up we didn't have parmesan. we used pecorino. we start the segment with this going. this takes about half hour. we have four minutes. >> lara: when your family made it for you, they made it with cavatelli. >> doesn't matter. >> lara: god, it smells so good. >> i think i used cavatelli in another recipe and loved it.

>> lara: i also like this salad recipe. this is a really easy salad to put together. >> sure. these are radicchio. these are bitter. lot of people don't like that bitter flavor. i love it. i think it symbolizes fall. we have some fennel, which adds sweetness to the dish. we have walnuts for texture. >> lara: shallot? >> that goes in the vinaigrette. we have a vinaigrette that we made ahead of time. don't overdress your greens. >> lara: a little goes a long way. you can always add more. >> add the walnuts, pears. >> lara: and mangia, baby. you make everything look so easy. in this case it is actually really easy. >> don't fuss. >> lara: beautiful. i love the color in it. give the bitters a try. right? >> bitter is good.

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concord, keep that in mind. and looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza. a lot of traffic out there this morning, lisa. okay, gloria. that cooling ocean breeze is getting going despite not having any fog. >> we are cooler this morning. still a heat advisory inland, though, where temperatures will warm to the 90s. we're mainly in the 60s. some few, few low 70s out there. but notice that 57 in petaluma. so the breeze kicks up. the fog forms tonight and we've got a much cooler day from 73 downtown. hot spots inland at 95 in livermore. >> all right lisa, thank you. time now for live with kelly and mark. we'll be back at 11:00 f r midday live. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and mark!" today, award actor of "abbott