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the very latest on this unprecedented move. >> gio: also this morning, "gma" is on the road to the oscars going one-on-one with best supporting actress nominee monica barbaro. >> i fell on the floor and just -- i couldn't believe it. >> rachel: tiktok teaching this black history month. meet the content creator celebrating and educating. >> but let me ask you this, how much do you really know about her? ♪ birds of a feather ♪ >> whit: and the new project that has "a" listers saying ahola. why dwayne johnson and leo dicaprio with emily blunt are headed to hawaii as we say good morning, america. ♪ birds of a feather ♪ >> gio: aloha, a-listers. love seeing that. good morning, america. great to see you. that's a lot of star power and more details on that new movie coming up in "pop news." janai is off but rachel scott is here with us. >> rachel: good to be here this

morning. we have so much news to get to this morning, including what parents need to know about keeping their kids healthy during this latest measles outbreak. >> whit: more on that just ahead. but we start this hour with president donald trump firing america's highest ranking military officer. abc's senior white house correspondent selina wang is in washington following all of the breaking details. selina, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, whit. this is an unprecedented purge in military leadership. the president is firing the country's highest ranking military officer and other senior leaders. it is sending shock waves through the pentagon. now, the president hasn't exactly said why he's firing them, but he has made it clear that he wants to get rid of anyone in the military who supports diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. overnight, president trump firing the nation's top military leadership in an unprecedented purge. trump ousting general charles "cq" brown as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff removing the four-star fighter pilot as america's top military leader

and firing multiple other senior leaders including lisa franchetti. brown was nominated by trump in his first term which made him the first black chief of staff for the air force but has come under fire as trump aims to rid the military of leaders who support diversity and equity and defense secretary pete hegseth once called brown a dei hire. >> first of all you got to fire the chairman of the joint chiefs. >> reporter: brown telling martha raddatz last year he wants to be judged by his abilities. >> you know, i want to be judged based on my own accomplishments, based on my merits and given an opportunity. that's all i've asked for throughout growing up and through my air force career and hopefully i'm sitting in this chair as the chairman of the joint chiefs, not because i'm african american but because i'm a quality officer. >> reporter: trump nominating as his replacement dan caine, a retired three-star retired air

force general who never served in a four-star position as the pentagon prepares to lay off 5,400 civilian workers starting next week in the first wave of firings that could total tens of thousands of workers as the pentagon aims to cut 5% to 8% of its civilian workforce. while trump insists the cuts are making the government more efficient, angry americans across the country from georgia to kansas are pushing back. >> we are all frickin' pissed off about this. you're going to hear it and feel it. >> reporter: in a district near atlanta republican congressman rich mccormick feeling the heat. >> the people would like to know what you, congressman and your fellow congressmen are going to do to rein the me the white house. [ cheers ] >> reporter: these mass layoffs are putting the federal government in turmoil at the same time that the pentagon is dealing with this leadership shakeup at the top and also starting to lose the significant part of its workforce. now, the trump administration insists that these mass layoffs are not going to impact military readiness, but some pentagon

workers tell us that it could impact the readiness of troops since the civilian workforce supports them both at home and around the world. guys? >> gio: selina wang, thank you for your reporting. we turn to the breaking news overnight as hamas frees more israeli hostages. this comes a day after an attempted terror attack near tel aviv and the correct body of another hostage was finally returned home. abc's ines de la cuetara is back with us now with the very latest. good morning again, ines. >> reporter: good morning, gio. yeah, those six hostages have been handed over to the red cross. five of them back in israel already. this morning hamas releasing six living israeli hostages from gaza who were kidnapped on october 7th and held by the terror group for more than a decade. eliya cohen, omer shem tov, tal shoham, omer wenkert, hisham al sayed, and avera mengistu, all of them escorted by masked hamas gunmen and israel releasing hundreds of palestinian

prisoners as phase one of the cease-fire deal nears its end. negotiations for phase two expected to begin in the coming days. the fragile deal almost breaking down on thursday after hamas failed to release the body of shiri bibas handing over the body of a gazan woman instead. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu vowing revenge. hamas quickly releasing another body overnight, israeli forensics confirming the remains are shiri's. the remains of the two bibas boys released earlier this week. the idf saying forensics show 4-year-old ariel and 8-month-old kfir were deliberately killed by hamas. hamas blames israeli air strikes. earlier this week, four bombs planted in buses in central israel, no one was injured. but the attack coming in apparent response to the idf's ongoing operations in the west bank. and negotiations to begin phase two are set to begin next week. if they are successful we could see the release of all the remaining hostages, a new governing body in gaza and the full withdrawal of all idf troops from gaza.

rachel? >> rachel: ines, reporting on these sensitive negotiations. thank you. we turn now to accused killer luigi mangione making his first court appearance since he was arraigned. a raucous crowd of supporters cheering him on, focusing on what they call a broken health care system. his attorneys telling a judge there are serious search and seizure issues with the evidence police say they collected from mangione who is accused of gunning down unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. >> whit: if you drive a tesla, you want to hear about this. tesla is recalling more than 376,000 vehicles because of a possible power steering issue. the recall comes a year after the national highway traffic safety administration launched an investigation into the issue after some tesla owners reported problems. more than 50 vehicles were allegedly towed due to the issue. thankfully no injuries have been reported. and coming up on "gma" and our "morning menu," that historic texas measles outbreak and dozens of cases and what parents need to know.

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♪ >> whit: we are back with our "gma" cover story. that measles outbreak in west texas growing to 90 cases and now 9 cases in neighboring new mexico, as well. here to break down what parents need to know is abc medical correspondent dr. darien sutton. dr. darien, always great to see you. >> good morning. >> whit: break down the numbers and what it tells us about the current outbreak. >> to understand this, whit, we're talking about the most contagious infection that

currently exists and in texas this is the biggest outbreak they've seen in close to 30 years. one reason why, we've seen a steady decline in the rate of vinnie hin hin i can't kof i can't regular routine vaccinations. the goal of vaccination or herd immunity is get at least 95% of people in the community to get vaccinated against measles to protect against outbreaks but since the pandemic we've seen a steady decline and have pocket communities significantly undervaccinated, particularly gains county in texas which is where we're seeing this current outbreak. >> whit: you have other viruses and chicken pox, other skin conditions. so how do you know if it's the measles symptoms that you're starting to see, and how long does it take for these symptoms to develop? >> i treated measles during the outbreak here in new york city in 2019. the way it looks, often it can present one to three weeks after exposure to measles and starts out with a cough, a high fever, sometimes exceeding 104 degrees fahrenheit and this rash that can develop about three days after that fever starting at the head and goes down to the body. what's so important there are

also complications, for example, pneumonia, encephalitis or inflammation of the brain or spinal cord and even something called immune amnesia where it can decrease your ability to remember your protections against other infections that can make us more susceptible. >> whit: how do we protect ourself? >> vaccinated. the mmr vaccination is up to 97% effective so the average risk to the vaccinated individual is relatively low, which is good but we need to make sure we get those numbers up so if you're not up to date on your vaccine, get vaccinated and boosters are generally not recommended but if you're concerned, you can talk to your doctor about getting tested for a titre. those vaccinated before 1969 you can certainly have that conversation but, again, overall the risk is relatively low if you are vaccinated. >> whit: interesting, all right, dr. sutton, we always appreciate it. thank you so much. >> of course. >> whit: let's get another check of the weather and head to meteorologist brittany bell from our new york station wabc.

brittany, good morning. >> brittany: good morning. so it is still cold, but it's getting warmer. nebraska, it's up to 10 but that's an improvement from a record low of thursday and friday morning of 17 degrees below zero so across the lower 48, looking at temperatures in the teens, 20s and 30s, kansas city, 11, jackson, mississippi, 36. raleigh, 21. but those numbers are 5 to 10 to 15 degrees warmer compared to this time yesterday even that 25 to 30 degrees difference and this thawing trend will continue over the next several days. look at that

>> gio: so the teleprompter says hot off the presses it's "pop news." will ganss is here. i thought it was related to something. >> whit: will is hot off the press. >> it's related to me. referring to me. >> whit: yes. >> i don't know why that's so hard to believe, everyone. everyone, give me one of these because we are going to hawaii this morning. give me one of these. >> whit: my in-laws in hawaii would be very embarrassed if they saw me doing this. >> we do begin by saying aloha to an epic group of hollywood "a" listers gearing up for crime drama set, oh, yeah, in hawaii. martin scorsese is set to direct it starring dwayne "the rock" johnson, leonardo dicaprio and emily blunt. it's said to center on a mob boss vying for control of the hawaiian islands in the '60s and '70s. no word yet on when filming will

start but i do volunteer to run scripts for them when production begins. >> gio: at the very least, we'll send you to do the interview. >> you heard it first here, people. that's right. all right, next to the oscar's most iconic actress. i don't mean meryl streep or katherine hepburn. i'm talking about paloma diamond. she is the fictional creation of julian sewell who racked up 3 million followers. in the tiktok world she is a 20-time oscar nominee, but she has never won. here she is at the ceremony in 2023. >> paloma diamond. "the remedy." >> i can't fix this. that's what i'm talking about. do you think i want the kids to go through this? i don't. [ applause ] >> okay, so paloma may be fictional but she developed a very real world following named to tiktok's discover list and fellow creators have been analyzing her career on tiktok. there are entire reddit threads

devoted to her awards campaign and she sat down with me for her first american broadcast interview. here's a sneak peek. >> i have to imagine so many people, you know, come up to you being that you are an icon and a legend in your own right. do you ever get tired of it? >> never. i saw someone at the grocery store just before, you know, she was in her 80s and she held my hand. very close to me and she said, i just want you to win before i go. it was epic. [ laughter ] >> so emotional, you guys. you can catch our full sit-down later this week on abc newslive. fun fact, i had to fight diane sawyer for that interview. >> whit: of course. >> gio: almost like fantasy football for the oscars. >> that's exactly what it's like, yes. if you're watching from home like i am, i found the perfect way to level up your popcorn game. please welcome to the stage the blockbuster cookie featuring movie theater popcorn, brown butter and chocolate.

take one you guys. >> whit: i was wondering what smelled so good. >> gio: yes, the smell. >> all in the cookie. these are the creations of new york-based baker daniel concern knell, no pun intended on the last name said they were inspired by his childhood going to the movies with a family friend. you can buy kettle corn to save yourself a couple steps from adding sugar and popcorn or order from his website. celebrate like a celeb come oscar sunday. >> gio: really good. what do you think? >> oh, my god. >> rachel: i mean. >> so good. >> gio: will, thank you so much. rachel, i'm sorry you have to move and not eat your cookie. >> rachel: can't enjoy the rest of the cookie because we got something even better than cookies. we got tory johnson here with "deals & steals." hey, tory. >> hi. >> rachel: nice to see you. >> do people know we're related because your grandma calls me. >> rachel: big fan of tory johnson. >> she calls me baby girl so if

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now from abc seven mornings. >> good morning, i'm zach fuentes. san francisco unified school district is going to vote tuesday on moving forward with layoffs. this could lead to hundreds of jobs being eliminated. the proposal would send out preliminary notices to certified and classified positions. preliminary notices would be determined by march 15th. the district does have the ability to rescind notices, but then final notices would go out by may 15th. all right. let's get a quick check of the conditions outside with meteorologist lisa argen. >> hey zach good morning to you. a beautiful start to the weekend with sunny skies here. the golden gate bridge temperatures

are responding in the upper 40s. we were in the 30s in our inland valleys. and from our sutro tower camera, upper 30s petaluma with mid and upper 60s for most. >> lisa, thank you and thanks to you for joining us. the news continues right now

>> gio: welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. we're going to start this half hour with some of the top headlines we're following right now. new images from a smashed

airlines jet that had just taken off from rio day gentlemen any ro that had to turn back after it was struck by birds. you can see the hole in the plane from the incident. thankfully no one was injured but the flight was ultimately canceled. >> whit: a listeria outbreak is linked to supplemental shakes that were distributed to long-term care facilities. there have been at least 11 deaths and more than two dozen illnesses. the outbreak includes cases dating back to 2018 but remains ongoing. 20 cases have been reported within the last two years. the fda is investigating. >> rachel: a basketball blow-out as the new york knicks lose to the cleveland cavaliers friday night. that now drops the knicks to 0-6 this season against the league's top three teams -- the cavs, the thunder and the celtics. >> whit: oh, knicks fans. all right. we are now on the road to the oscars with just eight days to go before hollywood's biggest

night and i sat down with best supporting actress nominee monica barbaro who plays joan baez in the bob dylan biopic, "a complete unknown." take a look. >> dagger three, up and ready. >> reporter: she soared to new heights in "top gun: maverick" and now has earned her first oscar nomination for her role in "a complete unknown." ♪ i'm going back to new orleans ♪ >> my phone starts lighting up, and it's just all caps, congratulations. i like fell on the floor and just, i couldn't believe it. >> it's emotional. overwhelmed? >> yeah, and so excited. i really was -- i think i was like laughing hysterically. >> reporter: she had the daunting task of portraying folk singer joan baez alongside timothee chalamet as bob dylan. ♪ the answer my friend is

blowing in the wind ♪ >> joan baez, an singer. how worried about how the fans might see you and how joan herself might interpret your performance? >> i was terrified. i wanted to do her justice and i also wanted to perfect her sound and make it as close as i possibly could to being her so she was accurately represented. >> you posted on instagram you finally got to meet joan baez in person. what was that like? >> it was amazing. i was lucky to see her on stage before i was in person with her, so by the time we were sort of backstage, i had, like, kind of calmed down a bit and we just -- we gave each other a big hug. >> whit: prior to landing the role barbaro had never been a singer or guitar player and had just months to learn. >> i really didn't have a knack for guitar and so i just was, like, morning, noon, and night. i spoke with joan. she said i'd fall asleep with my guitar and then i would like wake up in the morning and keep

playing and i was, like, i've done that too. like i did the same thing throughout making this movie. ♪ if her hair hangs long ♪ ♪ that's the way i remember her best ♪ >> i do want to ask you about your connection with timothee chalamet. i understand the two of you didn't meet in person until later in the process. it was a music rehearsal, right? >> yeah. >> dou you think that waiting t meet him until you were farther along in your musical development actually helped with the chemistry in some way? >> i do think it helped with the chemistry to wait to meet each other because it was more similar to how joan and bob met, our job was to show up as these two individuals who are very different from who we are as people and also who had a very specific relationship at a

specific moment in time. and so we did everything we could to preserve that and live performances were really live and real and in the moment and kind of shocking in all the ways that they would have been at the time. ♪ i'm not the one you want, babe ♪ ♪ i'm not the one you need ♪ >> gio: what a fantastic conversation. you were saying that she didn't even know how to sing. >> whit: she didn't know how to sing. she didn't know how to play guitar and the guitar style is very difficult finger picking folk music style. and she learned all of it in a matter of months. >> gio: incredible. >> whit: i learned a couple other things about her. she wanted to be an actress since 12 years old. it was "the nutcracker" that ignited the fire. and she's from my hometown, by the way. yes, we went to rival high schools. yes, absolutely. so, shoutout to the bay area and monica barbaro, congratulations. she's definitely a potential favorite to win an oscar this year. before the big show, also want to mention that i'll be hosting the "on the red carpet" at the

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♪ >> rachel: back here on "gma" celebrating black history month and the content creators using social media to honor the past. morgan norwood has that story. >> how did the black panther become the symbol of black power? i'm so glad you asked. >> do you know you have a black woman to thank for the heating system inside your home? >> reporter: these creators are teaching black history on their own terms, one post at a time. >> don't play with me. what's her name? but let me ask you this, how much do you really know about her? >> reporter: author taylor cassidy is behind "fast black history" dishing out inspirational lessons to her 2.2 million followers.

>> fame name a history that changed history. >> i had a following and said what is a way i can teach people black history the way i learned it and fell in love with it, which is full of joy and resilience and perseverance. >> reporter: as african american studies courses are being purged from curriculums across the country, with currently three states opting to restrict the teaching of ap level subject in high school -- >> hey, y'all, i'm dr. sid. i heard you were looking for electives to take. >> reporter: black professional educators are joining the trend and taking their classrooms to social media. >> so much of african american history is tied into american history and so to not include african american history is really to include a large portion of this united states. >> reporter: dr. leah barlow is a professor at north carolina and t and accidentally sparked the now viral hillman talk university movement. >> hello, everyone, and welcome to introduction to african american studies for the spring semester.

>> reporter: the name inspired by the sitcom "a different world" featuring the fictional hbcu hillman university. >> we mean business around here at hillman. >> why do you think people took to this so quickly? >> i think what it represents is agency, autonomy and ownership, right, and so i think in many ways sometimes we think that we in order to do something need permission and i think that this is, no, we don't, right? we can teach, we can educate. we can activate in ways that move beyond policy. >> reporter: classes cover a wide range of topics from liberal arts to s.t.e.m. >> i discussed mercury poisoning from skin bleaching creams. if you missed that class, please comment to catch up. >> reporter: students across the platform are more than happy to take advantage. >> there were literally over 700 people in that live. it's continuing to, like, hit me how incredible of an opportunity and a privilege it is to be able to learn like this. >> rachel: yeah, the power of social media. very cool. our thanks to morgan norwood for that report.

now sending it back over to brittany bell for a check of the weather. hey, brittany. >> brittany: let's talk about snow. check out this video shot near altmar, new york. this lake-effect snow, it is taller than the cars. can you imagine waking up to that and having to drive to work? it's no surprise after watching that video that there's a bull's-eye of lake-effect snow in upstate new york, more of the same, more snow piling up. the snow on the ground currently around the intermountain west and the rockies, one of the reasons that flood threat is high over the next few days. that's what's happening across the country. here's what's go >> brittany: and now to something enchanting, a new line of disney princess fragrances from our parent company now available at bath and body works. brittney levine has a nose for

products like this and a great name, by the way. welcome. now, tell us about these products that feature six disney princesses. >> well, this collection just launched. we're so excited about it, and it really features all of our favorite beloved disney princesses. we have ariel, belle, moana and princess jasmine and each set embodies the unique characteristics that define their personalities. so very, very special. >> rachel: this is for all generations for 30-something-year-olds and 13-year-olds. >> that's what we love about it because my nieces who are princess obsessed are going to go nuts for this. and we all have that disney spirit in our hears and i personally have been using bath & body works since i was a teenager so the fact that this is a combination of both things is perfect. >> rachel: we have to start with the original, the first disney princess, cinderella. tell us about this scent. >> of course. so with cinderella, she is known for her kindness, her servitude to her stepsisters but whether in the garden or in the castle

so this particular set combines that gardenia flower and even ch enchanted musk, she has that sapphire amber blue notes in there and each scent has a body wash, a lotion, your fragrance mist there and also lip glosses, candles, it's beautiful so that's cinderella. >> rachel: all of the above. take it to the water, ariel and moana. >> of course. with moana, she's really known for giving back to her roots and so proud of where she comes from, so with that beautiful tropical island paradise comes those lush green palms, coconut water, even the flower breeze notes in the plumeria, that was that flower she was seen wearing throughout the whole movie. there are those combos, and with ariel, what i love about it -- >> brittany: take a whiff. >> a little mist. i love it because i have it on my body too. that aquatic setting and beachy

feel giving back to her home, right but the beach in there and those choral waters, so it's very tropical too but has that beach effect and we love it. >> brittany: thank you so much. thank you, brittany. so all of these products are flying off the shelves so scan the qr code on your screen and order online or visit a bath & body works store. you can head to @shopgma on instagram for a chance to win all of these products. whit? >> whit: coming up on "gma," managing your emotions so they don't manage you and we will find out how right after this. here you leave today and enter a world of galaxies a world of speed a world of ahhhhhhhhh a world of other worlds

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dinner is served! hoohoo! ♪ >> gio: and we are back now on "gma" with dr. ethan kross, author of the best-seller "shift: and the science-based tools we can use to manage

emotions so they don't manage us." >> good morning. >> gio: great to see you. you know how much i love your book "chatter," another best-seller. now you have another one. let's talk about my favorite topic, grandmas. you talk about your bubby, your grandma being the inspiration for this. >> my grandmother was like a second mom to me and watched me every day after school and had an amazing back story. early 1940s living in poland, nazis invade. witnesses her whole family basically be slaughtered. >> gio: wow. >> narrowly escape, comes here, has this amazing life and all i want to know growing up is how did you do it? why did you do this? and i'd ask her those questions, and she would always deflect. you know, don't ask those questions, go back to riding your bike. except for one day a year she'd have a remembrance day ceremony and let it out and dosing like the pain and that was just really interesting to me. >> gio: wow, that resilience and strength.

>> yeah. where does that come from? what is this all about? so she told me not to think about emotions and that's a good way of getting a kid to do the exact opposite, and that's what i ended up doing with the rest of my life. >> whit: we've all been talking about the subtitle here, managing your emotions so they don't manage you. well, wait a minute. how do we do that? >> yes. >> whit: tell us what you mean by that. >> well, we can't always control the emotions that are triggered if you've ever brushed up against someone who smells bad, you have an emotional response. >> whit: sure. >> smells great, opposite. we can't control the emotions triggered but once the emotion starts, that's our playground. that's where we can get in to turn the volume up or down, lengthen or shorten how long it lasts or even switch, shift from one emotion to the next. that's what the subtitle is about. >> rachel: managing these emotions, you say you have three emotion regulations tools inside

of you. what exactly are those? >> there's three types of internal shifters. i'll go real fast is, one is sensation. anyone here like to listen to music? >> gio: all the time. >> why do you do it? >> rachel: makes you feel good. >> feel. i've been listening to music my whole life, 10 years old, got my first tape, 1990. oh. >> whit: vanilla ice. [ laughter ] >> not far. mc hammer, "you can't touch this". >> whit: classic. >> we listen to music because we like the way it makes us feel. when people are struggling, anxious, angry, depressed, how many avail themselves this powerful shifter? only between 10 and 30%. all senses are powerful shifters for momentary moment. attention, attention is where we shine our spotlight. it's not good to chronically avoid things, but sometimes when you're in the midst of it, getting a little break and coming back so temporarily avoiding and then reshifting back, that can be useful, so you've got some exciting things you're talking about right now. >> rachel: yeah, planning a wedding. >> i imagine that's a little

stressful at times. does getting some time away and then coming back allow you to maybe deal with difficult circumstances a little bit better. >> rachel: yeah, my fiance should step in and plan the rest. [ laughter ] >> that's people shifters. that's part two of the segment. >> whit: oh, perfect. dance lessons. >> that's the advancing. final thing is perspective. you probably change the way you think to change the way you feel. in the words of one of my best friends, easier said than done. not always easy to do, but it can be if you know the science-based tools. so two things you could do, shift your perspective by mental time travel. i'm feeling really stressed out about this big event, this wedding. how am i going to feel about this next month, next year, five years from now? what you're going through is temporary. it feels real big. i guarantee you, 100%, it will fade. and go back in time. >> gio: go back in time. >> go back in time. >> gio: we can get the rest in the book right now because there's so much information

right now. so thank you, ethan and "shift" is available right now. we'll be right back here on "gma."

>> whit: don't forget abc newslive is streaming all weekend long. get the latest headlines throughout the day. >> gio: i'll be there. i'll be there. join us on abc newslive. thank you, rachel. thank you, brittany. great to have you here, and we'll be right back tomorrow. see you tomorrow, folks. >> rachel: bye.

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