>> and jon karl, you know, it strikes me that he certainly had this simple upbringing, and he carried that throughout his whole life as we were discussing, even in his post-presidency. you know, unlike so many others, jimmy carter didn't go on to give fancy speeches. he didn't join big boards. you know, being rich was never an ambition for him. he returned in many ways to this simple life from which he was raised. >> yeah. there's a model for ex-presidents that we've seen time and time again. and that is you leave the presidency, you can command hundreds of thousands, sometimes millions of dollars for a single speech. i joined corporate boards. you can have a quite lavish and high profile existence as a former president. we saw that before jimmy carter. we certainly have seen it after jimmy carter. but jimmy carter didn't really do any of that and moved back to

plains to that modest home on the on the carter family property. and instead of doing the things that could have been done to enrich himself, he did all the humanitarian work and visited all those. what did mary jordan, what did you say, 140 different countries. i mean, absolutely astounding to think about where he went and he went in with his humanitarian work for the carter center to some of the most remote and poorest places in the world, and had direct person to person human contact with some of the neediest people who his carter center was dedicated to helping. and, mary, i have to say, as we see the motorcade move on, when i was watching, we were watching it go through planes. and, you know, the mary jordan and the

population of plains is just being slightly over 500 people. there is a train depot in the town of plains, and that train depot, when jimmy carter was inaugurated as president in january of 1977, there was something that was called the peanuts special. the peanuts special, a train that took virtually all of the residents. virtually the entire town of plains, on a journey from deep in the heart of georgia to washington, dc, so that they could be there for jimmy carter's crowning achievement to see him inaugurated as the 39th president of the united states, jimmy carter. >> such a part of this community in really every single way and aspect of life. and mary jordan, we've been discussing, you know, how really the seeds of racial

justice were planted in him in his time and upbringing at the family farm. but in talking about his post-presidency to that determination to make sure that everyone was treated was treated fairly and equally, it's something that you hear in the stories of him as a young man. and obviously what was so central to his work post-presidency as well, determination. >> that's i mean, i'm so struck here by the unstoppability of this man. right? when you're with him, right. he loses. it's a wipeout. reagan just crushes him. he goes back here to his hometown, depressed. he said if it weren't for the fact that rosalynn was more depressed, it made me kind of help. and i said, i can do more. he kept saying i can do more. and racial justice was right up there. when he was in the white house, he appointed more black people to the federal bench than every president combined. and he kept

doing it. and he kept talking about women's rights. and i think why today there is like, they were ringing that bell. and i kept thinking, there's something about jimmy that rings. there's a resonance now. right. and i think it's his resilience. bad things happen to this man, you know? i mean, he was mocked as a president because of the hostage crisis and gas prices. and he just kept going, you know, even the secret service were lifting him into a pool, well, into his 90s. he was so determined to keep swimming, to keep going, that determination, that resilience, that grit. >> it really is amazing. the motorcade is now going to be making its way towards atlanta. i want to go to steve osunsami, who's there at the carter center. and steve, you cannot talk about the work that that jimmy carter did, that that resilience, that determination, without talking about the people who supported him. and that first and foremost is rosalynn carter. and what a remarkable love story the two of them had,

one truly for the ages. and, steve, you spent a lot of time with them. you actually conducted their last joint interview together. tell us a bit about what you observed of the two of them together. >> he often called her his secret weapon. she was absolutely his right hand, left brain. they were a true team, something that people would, would, would admire. for that. i want to come back to that a second. i want to touch on a couple of things that both john and mary pointed out in that interview, he that our final interview with them, which was their last together and their last television interview, they talked about their time returning from the white house to plains, the former president describes them as being depressed in that period of time, and they could have done what many other presidents and

former first ladies did. instead, they went back to try and save their farm. they were in a financial crisis. this wasn't a good period for them. you know, this, this it it was a difficult time for the family. and they rebuilt and they did it together in starting the carter center. this was a this was a project that the two of them did together. they worked together while they were in the white house. this was a former first lady who championed mental health issues, and he gave her the space and the, the room to operate in this way. it was really unheard of at that at that point. but theirs was absolutely a love story. and i and i'll and i'll share something that jason carter told me last week that he had talked with his grandfather in the last few weeks, and we know that rosalynn went first in 2023, and

there were a lot of us who, knowing how close they were, were concerned about him going soon after. and he said that when he talked to his grandfather, his grandfather told him, you know, it was time. i want to see rosalynn. i want to see my wife. >> i want to see rosalynn. what a remarkable thing. what a remarkable love story between the two of them. i want to go back to our terry moran. and terry, when you think about jimmy carter and his legacy, what will be at the top of your mind? >> well, his his presidency, but more his post-presidency, right. that amazing adventure that, as mary was saying, is just an inspiration. knocked down, defeated, humiliated. he got back up. he kept keeping on because and i think this is what we're celebrating about him today. he was so grounded that this this time, this farewell to plains, the first chapter in the long farewell to our 39th president is, is we recognize

how grounded he was in that community, in his faith tradition, in his family, in his marriage, and at a time when so many americans feel disconnected, they feel almost as if they're groping for meaning. there is a lesson there, too. he came home. you know, a lot of presidents don't. he did. and he found the meaning that inspired him to live that extraordinary post-presidency. >> thank you. terry. john, carl, your final thought on the lessons learned in this moment? >> well, we talk about his humility because it's right there before us. but it was really the drive and determination of jimmy carter. it was so audacious of him to decide to run for president in the first place. his mother famously asked him, president of what? and to go on to win that presidency and to come back the way he did. and also just one other thing. i was there when he was diagnosed with, with with cancer that had spread to his

brain. that was almost ten years ago, and it was seen as a real death sentence. i mean, after all, his three siblings had all died much younger from from cancer. there really wasn't any obvious treatment. they were trying an experimental treatment that might be able to keep him alive a little bit longer. and he went on to have another decade, a very full decade of life and beat cancer, beat one last mortal enemy. >> just a remarkable example of a life, a remarkable example for the post-presidency as well. john karl, our thanks to you. the motorcade is now heading to atlanta, a drive that will take four hours. it is going to purposefully go through back roads, slowing down in rural towns to allow mourners there to catch a glimpse. in atlanta, the motorcade will also pause at the state capital to honor president carter's service as georgia's governor and as a state senator. president carter's remains will then be brought to the carter center, where he will lie in

repose until tuesday, and the public will be able to pay their respects as well. our coverage continues on abc news live and abc news.com, and we'll have another update here on abc. during the nfl pregame show in the 3 p.m. eastern hour. i'm mary bruce in new york. have a good morning. (box thuds) (water boils) (packet tears) (tea bag clanks) (water pours) - listening 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! - hi! - hey! - 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. - it is. - a moment for you, someone you love. - aw! (customer sighs) - it tastes really great. - yes! it was always bigelow tea - wow! that's what my family hopes for.

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holiday shoppi iping has come t end. tiffany is here to break down how to approach debt recovery. good to have you. >> good to be here. >> for whatever reason, every year people keep spending more and more and more during the holidays. where do you actually begin to try to tackle that debt? >> you have to take stock of where you are now. look at your bank and credit card statements and take stock of that. you might want to get yourself a debt buddy. when i was drowning in debt, my debt buddy was my best friend linda. it's somebody to open the bills with you, give you some consolation. >> some accountability, like i'm doing it too. >> yeah. there's thousands of people who are going to be debt buddies

with each other starting january 6th, if anybody's interested. the third thing is you want to make sure you don't ignore the debt, because it only compounds and gets greater and gets scarier and becomes more and more expensive. >> how do you find the best strategy for you? >> my three strategies are related because of the weather that's coming up. there's the snowball method, the avalanche and the blizzard method. if you're going to do the snowball method, prioritize your spending by paying off the debt that has the smallest balance first. this is somebody who needs early success, right? the avalanche method is somebody who's more linear in their thinking, more logical. you're going to pay off the debt that has the highest interest rate first. if you're someone who has financial anxiety, the blizzard method means you focus on the debt that has the most anxiety

first. maybe you owe your mom or your sister money, you're like, oh, i'll just take care of this first. start with the snowball method, go to the blizzard method and finish off with the avalanche method. >> let's talk about balance transfer. >> you have to have decent credit. you already have a card with a high interest rate and you want to transfer it to a card with a lower interest rate. understand there might be a 3% balance transfer fee. understand when that promotional period ends, what is that new interest rate going to be. and you need to know if you will be charged with the full balance if you don't pay it off in time. >> tiffany, thank you so much. we really appreciate it. get the finances in order is very important for a lot of people. thanks again.

geo, over to you. time now for pop in the immortal words of carrie bradshaw. in new york they say you're always looking for a job, a boyfriend or an apartment. from personal experience sometimes it's all three at once. but if you're looking for some details about "and just like that," we've got those too. patti lupone is joining the "sex and the city" revival series for season 3 after her small screen star turn in "agatha all along." her role is being kept a secret for now, but the executive producer says she'll have a full character arc this season. she is joining sarah jessica parker, kristin davis and cynthia nixon along with rosie o'donnell and cheri oteri on board for season 3. a lot of funny ladies. >> janai: yeah, love that. a belated christmas present from apple to us. all weekend long apple tv plus is free to anybody with an apple i.d. so basically if you have an iphone or use apple music, you have free access to all of the

movies and shows that the streamer has to offer now through tomorrow night. so here's what i would watch after "gma," of course, seasons 1 and 2 of "shrinking" are available in full. >> whit: my wife loves that show. >> it's so great. this therapist begins telling his patients what he really thinks of their problems and what they should do. it stars jason segel and harrison ford. it's fantastic, or check out season 1 of "severance" that asks the question, what if your work self and home self had different minds and memories? it's so spooky. season 2 comes out on the 17th. if you haven't seen "ted lasso," you absolutely should treat yourself to that joy and unbridled enthusiasm. but speaking of joy and one of my favorite things to watch on television, you guys, today is a very special day. >> whit: hey! >> it's janai's birthday. >> janai: i'm excited. there's cake. thank you. thank you.

>> did everybody here what's happening? >> janai: what? >> whit: it's janai's birthday. >> janai: it's my birthday. that's it for "pop news"? we're going to cut the cake. >> this is the pop headline of the morning. this is what america is talking about. >> janai: oh, my gosh. >> whit: double tooling that. who is -- >> janai: oh, my. that's for gio. >> whit: it's part of his new year's diet. [ laughter ] >> gio: shade. >> janai: thank you so much, will. >> whit: gio's bulking up for the winter. >> gio: i can't wait to try it. >> do you have plans to celebrate? >> janai: oh, my gosh. my dad is in town. we're going to make peanut butter cookies with the kids today. it's going to be so much fun. in the first hour i -- look at my head right here on the screen. that's so funny. i'm also writing my memoir which i'm so excited to share because it's a dream come true and feels surreal. so i'm just celebrating life, you guys, and getting to do it with you guys and my husband and family, i'm so grateful.

so thank you. >> whit: it's going to be a good 2025. >> janai: it is. it is. >> whit: can you keep cutting the cake, though? >> janai: ready for your slice? yes, sir. yes, sir. >> gio: while she cuts the cake we go to somara for a little check of the weather. >> somara: eating cake and i'll deliver the weather as well. happy birthday, babe. so let's go ahead and take a look. oh, let's take a look at porter heights, texas. now, this devastation due to severe weather, tornadoes ran through this area and we're in for more severe weather today. take a look at louisiana. that line of robust storms moving to the east, this area in orange there enhanced risk for flash flooding, damaging winds and a few tornadoes. that's a look at the forecast. i want to show you one more thing, though. that enhanced risk could lead to strong tornadoes so be careful there even though there's just a few anticipated and also includes plays like lafayette into tupelo right on into little rock there. this storm system is actually connected to the winter storm

that is bringing a lot of the snow and the ice to the middle of the country. that's a look at your forecast. >> janai: now to tips to help you start strong in the kitchen. cookbook author jason goldstein, one of our favorites, has a new book called "101 kitchen secrets." he's joining us from his very own kitchen to share his very own tips and tricks to save you

time and money when cooking. jason, we are so happy to see you. happy new year, my friend. >> happy new year. >> janai: let's start with the tips to save time when you're cooking. the first is a great way to speed up cooking and cleanup too. a breading station hack? >> yes, this is a viral breading station hack. you'll use a sheet pan for this and you are going to make three sections for flour, egg and bread crumbs. then you just go through and you know how you use the plate to get all over the kitchen, but the best part about this is at the end, you just roll it up, throw it into the garbage and you have less mess and no dishes to clean up. >> gio: i mean, i'm just fascinated by your live camera. >> whit: your technical abilities, jason, so great. >> gio: you have another time-saving hack this time for breakfast. >> okay, so your breakfast hero is actually your muffin tin. that will make tons of eggs for you.

so the first thing you'll do is take a tablespoon of water and put it right into your muffin tin. then you're going to put your egg into your muffin tin just like that and you'll go at 350 for about 13 to 18 minutes and when it is done, drum roll, egg magic, you end up with these beautiful eggs. >> janai: wow. >> gio: that is brilliant. >> whit: i love that. >> gio: you can season them. do all kinds of things with them. >> whit: to the aerial camera right there. jason, save us those eggs. in the meantime, let's talk about limiting food waste and specifically, yeah, you got the potatoes and apples there. tell us about this. >> okay, the apple is now the potato's best friend. you know that when you have a potato and you forget about it and it has those spots on there and you can't eat it anymore. if you put the apple and potato together, the apple actually emits a gas called ethylene and

that keeps the potato healthy longer so you save money on your groceries. >> whit: you just put them together in a basket like that, just the proximity? >> yeah, just together in a basket like that and then put it in a corner in the dark part of your kitchen and stays for longer. >> janai: that is good to know. we put the apples in our fridge. thank you for that, jason. you've also got, i see in front of you, some storage tips that can help us save money. >> okay. this is my eat now basket. so groceries are expensive now so make sure you get all your money's worth. so anything that goes bad quickly like a chicken, i have shredded cheese, an open jar, just put it in the front of your refrigerator and just eat from here first. you'll save money on groceries and in the middle of the night if you get hungry for a snack you'll know where to find it. >> whit: i see the kimchi there. save me some of that. >> gio: i'm loving this. these secrets are really good.

a cleaning hack for our kitchen counter. >> okay, so this may look like a lint roller, but it's not. so if you're making a mess in the kitchen just like this, if you started to push with your hand or try to clean it up with a cloth, it gets all over the floor. just use a lint roller and it sticks to it and then you have an easy cleanup where it doesn't get on the floor, just don't use this for your sweaters. >> whit: remove the layer. >> janai: jason, you are always a joy whether in studio or at home producing your own live shot, thank you for always bringing it. >> whit: directing, shooting. amazing. >> janai: we love it. saving us time, money, everything. >> whit: i was thinking that rollout song. >> gio: roll out. >> janai: "101 kitchen secrets" comes out tuesday. go to goodmorningamerica.com to preorder it now. coming up, elijah m. cooper and the next chapter in "the goosebumps" franchise. stick around.

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sierra in the north bay. two large trees came down, a redwood and a fir that crashed on a car, even taking off a chunk of a house. take a look. the owner says there's damage to two of her bedrooms there in monte rio, right near guerneville. a p-g-and-e's power pole was also destroyed in this incident. thankfully, there were no injuries. to weather. now there are drier days ahead. let's check in with lisa. good morning. >> good morning. we have the clouds and fog here at sfo. temperatures are cool. 44 in oakland, 46 in san jose. we'll get into partly cloudy skies today, but look at the fog from our sutro tower camera. upper 30s, petaluma and novato with visibility reduced in the north bay. then it's mid and upper 50s today under partly sunny conditions. >> all right lisa, thank you. and thank you all for

i don't believe i ordered a wake-up call, mikey. >> let's talk. more pain, marshmallow boy. you call yourself a monster? scary feet, scary feet. the kids are awake. okay. kids asleep. i don't believe i ordered a wake-up call, mikey. >> let's talk. more pain, marshmallow boy. you call yourself a monster? scary feet, scary feet. the kids are awake. okay. kids asleep. >> whit: that's like gio's workout every morning. back on "gma" with a bit of sully's morning workout from "monsters inc." but kick starting your new year's exercise routine doesn't have to be scary. >> gio: unless you see us doing the work.

>> janai: exactly. so get ready. coming up, we will help you start with kettlebell moves that you can do at home, no gym membership required. we will all be doing them. >> whit: i'll be eating kettle corn while you're working with kettlebells. >> janai: that sounds better. save me some. >> gio: let's take a look at some of the top stories we're following now. cease-fire talks to end the war in gaza were set to resume friday. hamas announced them a day after israeli prime minister netanyahu authorized a delegation to engage in talks in qatar. u.s.-led talks have repeatedly stalled. >> whit: u.s. olympic runner fred kerley in court after being arrested in miami beach after a confrontation with police thursday. police body camera footage shows him arguing with a group of officers before a physical confrontation erupted. the 29-year-old sprinter was wrestled to the ground and then tasered. a police report says he tried to force his way onto an active police scene to get to his car when the altercation happened.

>> janai: and you can now be the one who knocks on the door to the iconic albuquerque home made famous by mr. walter white in "breaking bad." the four-bedroom, one-bath, 1,900-square-foot house is up for sale, oh, my gosh, with a $4 million price tag. >> gio: seriously? >> janai: zillow estimates the value of the home at just over 343,000. >> gio: that's quite the markup, 4 million. >> whit: but one bathroom. >> janai: that's what i'm saying. >> whit: might want an addition. let's turn now to the next chapter in a popular young adult franchise, "goosebumps: the vanishing," elijah m. cooper is part of the cast and is joining us now. good morning, elijah. welcome to you. >> happy birthday. >> janai: thank you, appreciate it. >> whit: there you go. earning points right out of the gate. let's talk go the show here. because obviously it's got the horror, the heart, but also nostalgia for all those "goosebumps" fans.

>> absolutely. yeah, i think that "goosebumps the vanishing" does a great job of telling the original "goosebumps" story, keeping all the original books in there. we have stay out of the basement, monster blood, the haunted car, so many different elements but i think we do this really great job of mixing that also with this idea of telling a story of being a teen and learning yourself and growing up and coming into who you are, so -- >> janai: speaking of knowing yourself, coming into you are, young man, can we just give you a moment. this whole suit, you told us you don't bring out the boots too often but you did. >> but we did. we did. >> janai: come on. boots. looks so good. you grew up a fan of the books, so is your mom. that's how we all knew "goosebumps," from the books originally. what was it like helping bring those to life? >> it was surreal for me. growing up in georgia, being a scholastic book fair kid and going to being in the series, that's insane to me. but i think it also speaks to the responsibility of what it means to, you know, carry on the legacy. and i was a bit nervous about how it was going to turn out,

and i hope audiences love it, but it's a really great story. >> gio: other kids will be watching your version. >> exactly, insane. >> gio: let's take a look at a clip right now. >> you do not want to work here, management sucks. >> i heard that. >> good. >> bye, glen. >> oh, hey, a bunch of us will be at the park tomorrow. y'all should definitely slide through. >> yeah, sounds good. >> i'll see you there. >> what? did he just eat an egg roll out of that delivery bag? what? he's not allowed to do that. >> gio: eating that egg roll. what's so fun about this, though, i can't imagine what was going through your mind because that was your very first day on set shooting. >> it was, that was. >> gio: what do you remember about that? >> oh, my goodness. it was a nerve-racking day because my character rides a scooter and so it was my first time ever being on the scooter and shooting and i had to get into this really, really tight spot and stop right in front of the camera so i was shaking like starting. but once i got in the groove, i was there and my castmates,

david schwimmer and sam mccarthy made the experience great. >> gio: was the egg roll good? >> it was. but let me tell you something, i was done with egg rolls. i did like 17 takes, i was like, all right, guys. >> whit: you have an excuse after that. let's talk about some of the actors you've been able to work with in some of your roles. master class. you mentioned david schwimmer playing alongside angela bassett in "911" who plays your mom. have you been able to get any tips from them along the way? what's the advice they're giving you? > speaking to david, it was just a joy working with him, first of all, he is such a grounded and amazing individual but second, i mean he is tv royalty, he's ross, right? >> whit: it's ross, right. >> really the great thing about him is he takes this collaborative approach to acting. it's not just his scene. it's our scene together, right? and so i really think that manifested well on screen and created an awesome dynamic. but also with angela bassett, right, being my tv mom, once again, royalty. >> whit: exactly.

>> but she really is just an incredible individual and one of the first things she told me when we got on set was like hold your own. we're here to do the same exact job and that really gave me the confidence to go in there and go toe-to-toe with her. >> janai: that must have been so empowering and at the same time you're doing all this and working with these tv icons, you're also attending morehouse. >> house. >> janai: go ahead, young man. how are you balancing all of that? >> i am part of the morehouse online program which allows me to take a hybrid approach to doing online school, balancing my career but also being on campus whenever i can. so i'm so grateful to morehouse for their collaboration and helping me with this journey. i'm kind of the first student to ever do this. >> whit: wow. >> janai: why did you want to do that because you're already working? you didn't have to then go to school. >> i know but it's always been a dream of mine. going to the house has always been a dream, being around, you know, like-minded young black men, it's a space that i feel is really important.

>> janai: yeah. >> and a space that's building me into a man. >> gio: you are so grounded. you really are. >> whit: making many people proud and congratulations on all the projects you have coming up. >> thank you very much. >> whit: thanks for coming on too. we appreciate it. all the way from the west coast, but that's not your hometown. >> georgia. >> whit: that's right. elijah, once again and remember, "goosebumps: the vanishing" premieres on disney+ and hulu on january 10th. >> janai: coming up after the break, from the tony award winning musical "the outsiders," gio sat down with the director and star of the show. stick around. when it comes to your health, put yourself in the driver's seat. as an older adult, you're at higher risk for severe flu and covid. in fact, people 65 and older who didn't get last season's vaccines were twice as likely to wind up in the hospital. but, you hold the key. be ready for the road ahead. by getting your updated flu and covid vaccines.

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enroll by january 31st. covered california. this way to health insurance. >> gio: back on "gma" we'll send it over to somara for another look at the weather. hey, my friend. >> somara: four inches of snow fell in cleveland, ohio, leading to treacherous driving conditions. more lake-effect snow specifically on the east side. i know how it gets in cleveland, ohio. you'll see a ton of snow on the east side. meanwhile out west, the rocky river, they're sitting by a pool. that snow impacting parts of upstate new york where they could see an additional one to two feet and the cold air moves in next week feeling like 30 degrees below zero, sunday morning for fargo. that's a look at the forecast

across the country. let's see what >> gio: now to broadway musical "the outsiders," it is the toast of broadway and i recently sat down with two of the stars, emma pittman and director danya taymor to talk about the show's four tony awards including best musical and best director and a grammy-nominated cast album. take a look at this. ♪ great expectations ♪ >> gio: it's such a good show. i mean, needless to say, right, all the tonys but also all the talk. everybody loves this so much and, danya, one thing that is so interesting, you said this unlocked the 14-year-old inside you. what do you mean? >> well, i think because the book was written about teenagers

by a teenager, s.e. hinton was 16 years old when she wrote it. it felt important to make it from the gaze of a teenager so it could be authentic, so it could be speaking to them in a real way, not pulling any punches and i think when we were all striving to make it we all tried to go back and remember what did it feel like to be experiencing some of these big things for the very first time. >> gio: that's such an interesting way to think back and look at it. and, emma, the og cast of the 1983 film, so you have here obviously you have ralph macchio, diane lane, but then you have matt dylan and matt dylan, you say, really was the most blown away by the show. >> yeah, matt dylan is also really close with the writer of the book, susie, they text all the time, write all the time and always in talks about the movie and the book and what it meant to them and you could tell the way it impacted him to see it in its new form. it's something that you can tell was a big part of his heart being in the movie and now seeing it come to life on the stage. i was genuinely so moved by how

moved he was. >> gio: i bet. not only is matt damon there but angelina jolie is also there on the same night watching with them. what was that like? >> angelina jolie has been an incredible producer of our show. she was there that night because she was kind of there throughout the whole process so she was in our rehearsals. >> gio: very involved. >> in our tech rehearsals and previews and really encouraged us and me in particular as the director to really have a bold vision to, you know, swing for the fences, and i think having somebody like her having her gaze on the piece and her belief in us and this kind of, like, edgier thing we were trying to make allowed us to really go there. >> gio: it really has. and you, i know, you were reading the book for a long time. what was your big takeaway when you were reading the book and seeing this production come to life on stage? >> oh, man, i remember reading the book when i was younger and having the chance to actually do a play version of this story when i was in the tenth grade.

>> really? # >> yes, and i got to play marcia who was carrie's best friend. it was like the first time i got to see cherry in a new light and i fell in love with the complicated character that she is living in privilege but also having such an immense amount of empathy so to have the chance to bring her to life on the stage and honor that little 14-year-old girl inside of me was -- is one of the greatest gifts of all. >> gio: i mean, that's manifesting right there. you did this role when you were younger. and you, this was your first musical you directed. you happened to win a tony for it, thank you very much. >> yes. >> gio: you said it changed your life. >> yes, i think musicals are one of the most powerful medium, theater in general is one of the most powerful mediums. you get a group of people who come from different backgrounds all in the same space to see something that's really happening live. this story is so archetypal, so powerful. the book has been popular for 50 years, and i think being in that theater and getting to be part of something that is

actually changing people in realtime as they watch it is extraordinary and makes me believe more than ever in the power of theater and in the power of this story actually to bring people together to encourage people to say, i love you to each other, to not judge one another. it's been an amazing experience and something that has changed my life and has made me believe more than ever in art. >> gio: and that's what's so transformative about art, right, is that you can get this life-changing moment and i know that when you're there -- i was in the audience and i remember thinking, oh, my gosh, this is such beautiful theater and such a beautiful story and we're just so glad that you're sharing it with us here as well on "gma." thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> gio: you've got a two-show day ahead. >> yeah. >> gio: and "the outsiders" is playing now at the jacobs theatre and we'll be right back. "t our heart attack was... scary! never want to go through that again. but we could... with heart disease, you never know. so we made changes. green juice. diet, exercise... ...statins helped.

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routine. this is jahkeen washington, the founder of the harlem kettlebell club, and he will show us a few simple moves that can make a big difference and be done from the comfort of your own home. that's what he says. we have our kettlebells there. you call them the swiss army knife of fitness. what do you mean by that? >> swiss army knife is effective, efficient, multipurpose, very useful, and the kettlebell in the same way, you can train a ton of different qualities. if i'm someone who wants to train for power, build strength and work mobility, work my cardiovascular. you can do all of those with one to three kettlebells. the other part, if you're someone -- >> look at these routines. >> maybe you don't want to go to a gym. you can train from home. you can go outside. it allows to you do your own thing. >> janai: that's intense. you guys do some serious -- okay. >> gio: that's what i call myself, the swiss army -- >> janai: oh. >> gio: let's start with the first one.

this is the kettlebell row. >> this is a back exercise so the way we do this, you get the bell right in between the feet and we just let it die on the floor right here. we will think about pulling the elbow past the back. get a nice pause at the top and controlling it back to the floor and go to the opposite side. >> janai: okay. >> what we're looking for is mid to upper back working your lats and you're training your core. so this is something that will be familiar to people whether using a kettlebell or a dumbbell. >> gio: you're really feeling that in the lats right there. the kettlebell dead lift. >> functionally we pick things up from the ground all the time so this will be useful. same setup. in between the feet and push your hips back and grab the top of the kettlebell and keep your body nice and long and just stand tall until you can squeeze your glutes at the top and control that bell right back down to where you got it and get three reps here. >> gio: so good. >> just one more time and

parking that bell and stand up and shake it out so we don't go too hard. >> janai: i'm feeling a little bit like a swiss army knife here. next the kettlebell squat. >> we have to do the clean to get it up. get the bell up to just about chin level or shoulder height. tucking the elbows in nice and tight and get your feet set where you feel comfortable and think about finding a chair, we squat every day. getting up from a chair or the bed, sit down, hold that bottom for a second. >> janai: oh, man. >> and stand up nice and tall, get right back down. one more time. >> janai: that's funny? >> one more here. and hold that top. all right. so that is all squat. functionally. >> gio: people don't realize you don't necessarily always need to do a back squat for something like this. >> mobility wise, some people have restrictions. kettlebell is an easy way to get people moving and going. you can have some fun with training. >> janai: you get sick of the back squats sometimes. [ laughter ] getting a full body workout in, that brings us to the kettlebell

press. >> functionally we talk about function. overhead press. putting something overhead. we all like to travel. you have to put the luggage away. in the house, put something in a cupboard. you might have to put something above you, get the bell right back to the shoulder height and press up, locking this out and controlling it back down to that shoulder height. >> janai: also be clear, i've got 17 pounds, jah has 35, gio has 25. so you don't -- >> warm-up. >> janai: so don't have to be super heavy. >> don't have to be super heavy. depending on the movement you're doing, your bells will change. if you have three bells in your home it will allow you to train everything efficiently and effectively and get stronger week to week and end up ordering more. >> janai: jah, we appreciate you. thanks for coming in and we'll be right back here on "gma." good stuff. thank you.

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>> good morning, i'm stephanie sierra. oakland is temporarily closing two fire stations as the city deals with a growing budget crisis. station 25, located on butters drive and 28 on grass valley road, are being shut down on monday. they will stay closed for six months. the closures will save the city $5 million this fiscal year. chief damon covington says the fire department looked at data analytics and picked these stations for temporary closures because they are not among the city's busiest. the santa cruz wharf is reopening today much sooner than people anticipated. there will be a celebration at 10:00 this morning to welcome visitors back. 20 businesses on the pier have been busy preparing. a portion of that wharf collapsed following strong waves last month, and today a high surf advisory continues. let's check in with elise. >> yes, chef. good morning to you. right on through the overnight hours. it's going to

be dangerous at the coast as we look at sfo. you can see the low cloud deck. plenty of clouds out there 50 in san jose. it's 48 in san francisco. and look at that. you can barely see salesforce out there in the distance. so waking up to the low clouds and low 40s. and then we'll get in some high clouds this afternoon. visibility certainly reduced from novato to santa rosa. it's better in the east bay. and we'll look for high temperatures to be coolest today out of the next seven days. in fact, with the high clouds, we are partly sunny only in the mid 50s. san mateo, palo alto, upper 50s down around san jose and the accuweather seven day forecast. a partly cloudy afternoon, milder tomorrow by about five degrees. more sun. and look at the trend. we'll get windy as we get into tuesday and offshore flow. boost the temperatures well into the 60s. >> all right lisa, thank you. and thank you all for

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