good morning, america. developing now, double trouble in the pacific. two hurricanes back-to-back on a path for hawaii. the big island on storm watch right now. schools closing. residents stocking up. the heavy rain expected to spark major mudslides. times square madness. you can hear those double-decker buses collide. brand-new video just after the massive crash shows that traffic light slamming down. more than a dozen injured. we learn overnight one of the drivers arrested charged with driving while impaired. was he on drugs behind the wheel? trapped at the door. dramatic video. the man stuck between the train and platform. his leg lodged in a two-inch gap and you won't believe what happens neck. how passengers literally lift the chain. the human chain to the rescue. fast and furious.

the brand-new images showing this great white shark attacking a drone deep underwater that vicious force on display like scientists have never seen before. what we're learning right now from this jaw-dropping video. and good morning, america. and welcome back to michael strahan. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you, thank you. >> we're not going to embarrass you anymore. >> yes. >> one word, it was such a moving ceremony on saturday when you got inducted. >> it was amazing. i mean i thought i had done a lot of things but nothing like that. most amazing moment in my life and now the gap is bronze, baby. it's never going anywhere. it's out there to stay. >> i understand that smile continued into the wee hours of the night. >> yes, and i'm still recovering from it and this was two, three days ago so it was a great

weekend. >> we'll take it easy on you. a lot to get to starting with those two pacific hurricane, hawaii bracing for powerful winds and rain tomorrow. ginger tracking both of those now. >> yes, we have hurricane iselle and hurricane julio. iselle is much more of an issue because it is stronger, more of a direct hit. you see that there. it will downgrade to a tropical storm by the time it gets there running into colder wear and also some drier air. but look at the timing. it's thursday night into friday. so 24 hours that we'll be watching this throughout the islands, the easternmost islands are on tropical storm watch. you can see rain somewhere between 5 and 10 inches. mudslides absolutely possible. i think that's why they closed schools and other things, as well and wind speeds could reach up to 65. we'll cover much more on this later. amy. >> now to that news that's breaking overnight about the bus crash here in times square

rightout side our "gma" studio. one of the drivers arrested and charged with driving while impaired. abc's reena is here with the very latest. good morning, reena. >> reporter: good morning. the dent happened here at the crossroads of the world, not very far from our "gma" studios and, in fact, the accident so intense that people here thought it was a bomb. we're learning new details including that this may have been drugs possibly of volunteered. listen to the moment of impact as two double-decker tour buses collide in the middle of a packed times square sending terrified tourists running for their lives. this morning we're learning the driver of that red bus is under arrest charged with driving while impaired. police have not ruled out drugs. watch as that traffic light comes crashing down nearly on top of this person. the crowd scattering all captured by earthcam cameras. >> i heard an explosion and i ran the opposite direction. i thought it was a bomb.

>> reporter: it happened at 3:2 1 where theatersgoers line up to buy tickets. debris flying everywhere injuring five including a child in a stroller. >> then everybody was like lying down on the ground injured, people screaming. >> reporter: when it was over, 15 people hurt in all. 14 of them pedestrians. >> i closed my eyes and my knees buckled up and everything because i thought everybody across there was gone. >> reporter: some carried away on stretchers. >> thank god nobody was really badly hurt. >> reporter: the two drivers and tour guide only people on the bus. the driver from irvington, new jersey and people will look at surveillance video. this investigation far from over, amy. >> reena, what a frightening keen there yesterday. >> it sure was. real scary. the latest on that two-star general in afghanistan. harold greene served 34 years in the army before he was killed yesterday by an afghan soldier

and an insider attacked several other american soldiers. abc's martha raddatz brings out the latest from washington. good morning, martha. >> reporter: it is a very rare occurrence to lose a general, the military prides itself on protecting its leaders, so this morning, the loss of this two-scar general, major general harold grooep is especially paful. at general greene's home in falls church, virginia, an american flag hanging outside, two stars visible in the window and an army spokesperson passing on thoughts from the family. >> he really believed in what he was doing over there and was really powder to serve. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a routine visit to an afghan military academy tuesday, general greene will to observe progress made by the afghan troops. at the meeting, the gunman, one of thousands of afghan security forces trained by the u.s., firing an automatic weapon killing the general and wounding 15 others including eight

americans. within seconds, american soldiers fire back killing the gunman. general greene had just been sent to afghanistan in january to become deputy commander of training. >> there's a mission for the army and it goes beyond afghanistan and we have to be prepared to that. >> reporter: general greene is now the most senior u.s. officer killed by hostile action since the pentagon attack on 9/11. >> the loss of this individual will be very, very difficult on the force as a whole. >> reporter: general greene received his two-tar promotion in august 2012. his wife, retired colonel, daughter and son, also an active duty soldier right by his side. the general was also a scholar holding a ph.d. and three masters degree, george. >> what a big loss. okay, martha. on another military matter, bowe bergdahl, the american p.o.w. released back in may now facing this investigation set to begin today into whether or not he first deserted several years

ago but even if they find that he did desert he's unlikely to face additional punishment, right? >> he is unlikely to. his lawyer said i don't think any ream person would want to send someone who's already been held captive for five years by the taliban to jail. you're looking at these latest pictures during his talk with his lawyer and that investigation starts today but it could take some time, george. >> okay, martha, thanks very much. george, new details about the second american aid worker being treated for ebola. nancy writebol arrived home too weak to walk into the hospital alone and we're hearing from the pilot who flew her back. abc's steve osunsami is at emory university hospital in atlanta with the very latest. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning, amy. the hospital here isn't giving us any official update on either patient but we are getting this important detail from her aid organization. that nancy writebol is eating and speaking.

this morning, just hours after nancy writebol was wheeled into atlanta's emory university hospital isolation unit by a medical team wearing white hazmat suits, the pielth who througher in 5,000 miles from liberia is speaking out exclusively to abc news for the first time. >> if i had this to do over again i would again be one of the first to volunteer. >> on the flight she was kept in a portable and disposable bed. >> it provides maximum comfort for the patient permitting the rest of the crew to perform their duties in safety and comfort, as well. >> reporter: abc news obtained this exclusive video shot from inside the cockpit of the plane that brought one of the two sick americans home. it's not clear which flight but in the short clip you can see the containment pod, medical equipment and a health care worker in a protective suit looking after a patient. this morning, her sons are at her side, her husband on his way from liberia. her doctors hopeful she will beat ebola. >> when nancy was put on the

airplane at 1:00 a.m. monrovia time they took her to the plane on a stretcher, however, she did stand up and with assistance got on the airplane which was great news. >> reporter: some dtors say there's a chance she's alive today because of an experimental drug. her colleague dr. kent brantly also received the drug. the biotech firm behind it says they used tobacco plants to produce a cocktail of proteins they believe fights the disease. despite the risks at least 50 american experts are planning travel to west africa to help sick patients in the coming weeks. >> if you have the training and you can help, how can you not? >> reporter: the missionaries here say there is one positive note to all the attention focused on the two patients hospitalized here. they say more americans and more people around the world know more about ebola and the outbreak in africa before they did now than before. >> some good news there. we appreciate it.

steve osunsami. head to "gma weekend" anchor dan harris with the other top stories. >> good morning, everybody. we'll start with a shocking security breach. a cybersecurity firm reporting that a russian gang has stolen more than a billion user names and password, the biggest theft of its kind ever and stole the data from 420,000 websites. apparently very little of the information is being sold to other online crook, instead it's being used to send spam e-mails. to that video, a man getting stuck between the train and platform just as it was about to pull out of the station. it happened in australia but what happened next was truly, truly remarkable. it's just before 9:00 in the morning, the crowd anxious to get to work files onto this train. but look closely. one guy's left foot slips between the train and the platform with the train about to take off, the last man on the platform yells for help. the train is stopped but the

guy's leg is still stuck. that gap just two inches wide. >> the train just didn't -- and then someone yelled out saying a guy's leg was caught in the door. >> reporter: they tell people inside the train to jump to the other side of the car hoping to sway it away from the platform but it doesn't work. soon they realize there's only one solution, pure elbow grease. they line up alongside the train and push it with all their might man and woman young and old more than 50 people giving it their all and there it is, rescue accomplished. [ applause ] >> well done. thank you. >> i got out. >> okay, so it was a good result, everyone put in together and got him out. >> reporter: the rescued man walk as way, in fact, he catches the next train. perhaps showing up late to work but with a pretty good story to tell. as michael reminded me 24rs's a reason they put those signs up that say "watch the gap." the initial train was only delayed by 15 minutes. people near salt lake city

are hoping their hopes do not end up like this one breaking apart in a landslide triggered by drenching rains. three other homes were also evacuated overnight. an explosion lighting up the night sky over the new york city suburbs. flames shooting 30 feet in the air as a house blue apart. they're investigating a possible gas leak right before that blast. in politics, a denote for the tea party. senator pat roberts of kansas successfully fending off a primary challenger, milton wolfe. wolfe, by the way, happens to be president obama's second cousin. mcdonald's is trying to put the fast back in fast food as part of a test program. the company is now promising customers in south florida a free lunch if their drive-through order is not ready within 60 seconds. right now the average drive-through order takes just over 3 minutes. something deeply, deeply weird. it involves this farmer from kansas seen here playing the song "royals" by lorde on his

trombone of the you can see the cows tart coming in. all the way in. it happens slowly over time as you'll see and what's interesting to me the farmer seems utterly unfazed -- sorry, that was a bad pun. he seemed utterly unfazed by the fact he is seriously outnumbered by cattle. take a listen here. ♪ >> he's got them entranced. >> they're more organized when you go to a concert. >> it's like a response between the trombone and mooing. his name is derek klingonberg and makes thee agriculture-themed comedy videos including a cow twerking clip which shockingly does not have as many views as the trombone one does. >> you'll have that tomorrow. >> they were moo-ved. >> oh. >> you said utterly. >> i have to compliment you on

that newscast. you did that entire newscast while fonzie was chasing a butterfly. big moth. >> years of training, george. years of training. >> we're going to move on to another crack in the glass ceiling. first full time female coach in the nba. becky hammon has been hired by the san antonio spurs and mara schiavocampo has the story. >> reporter: she's the woman joining the nba's boys club. this morning the san antonio spurs announcing it hired becky hammon, the first full time female accident coach in the league's history. >> i'm just incredibly grateful, obviously, to the spurs organization. >> reporter: hammon, a 16-year veteran of the wnba first played for the new york liberty before becoming the star of the san antonio silver stars named one of the top 15 wnba players of all time in 2011. >> to have somebody be able to cross that barrier is really, really big deal for the future

of women as coaches. >> reporter: the 56" powerhouse in some cases almost a foot and a half shorter than players like tim duncan became a naturalized russian citizen in 2008 suiting up for the russian team in beijing and london. >> even sitting here today to have the playing experience i have as a professional basketball player, women went before me to pave that trail. >> reporter: after announcing her retirement in july, spurs head coach gregg popovich invited her to team practices and to attend coaches meetings before offering her the job. this landmark decision comes just after the los angeles clippers hired former professional women's player natalie naksas to be an assistant coach for the summer league. >> it's never been about the woman thing but, hey, she has a great basketball mind and we'd love to have her. >> reporter: speaking of other women, lisa boyer joined the

cleveland cavaliers as a volunteer intersquiassistant co. she will hang it up as a player officially retiring at the end of the season. >> great story. now to some remarkable images we've never seen before. even the experts are amazed. a shark attacking a camera underwater teaching us something new about these powerful creatures. abc's gio benitez has the story. >> reporter: this is the jaw-dropping moment when a great white shark attacks a remote-controlled underwater camera. watch again as the shark comes fast and furious at the camera biting into it at a force of approximately two tons per square inch all filmed with a high-tech shark camera, part of an upcoming special "jaws strikes back" airing next week on the discovery channel's shark week. >> oh, my god. >> this is some pretty intense

damage right here. that's tough paint. >> reporter: scientists greg scomo has studied them for 30 years and never saw anything like this before. >> we don't know why the drone is so attractive to the shark in terms of whether it's predatory behavior or some level of territo territoriality it's exhibiting. all our observations of them attacking nick occur at or near the surface and here we have observations occurring at 300 feet deep. never ever been seen before. >> reporter: it seems like it's the summer of sharks. on saturday a shark bit this young boy while he was swimming at a florida beach. >> just bit me and pulled me under the water. >> reporter: in manhattan beach, california, fourth of july weekend a great white attacked steve roble while on a morning swim all caught on camera. >> made a real fast sharp left

turn and lunged right at my chest. >> reporter: now with these high-tech drone cameras going to deeper levels, scientists say we are getting a brand-new look at shark life. unbelievable. and you can watch more starting this sunday when e discovery channel kicks off shark week. the episode "jaws strikes back" airs on monday. >> jaws will ruin it for me. i don't like going in the ocean because i saw "jaws" when i was maybe too young. >> you got to get over that. >> it got me too. >> also an episode where hall-of-famers go for a swim. >> yeah, hall-of-famers go for a swim, but one doesn't come back. that would be me. >> we got to move on to ginger. a lot of flooding in the northeast. yes, we'll talk a whole lot more about that. albany getting 2 to 3 inches an hour. straight to your local forecast in 30 seconds. first the rainy cities brought to you by kohl's.

>> good morning. e are going to see wet weather headed our way this afternoon and right now a little hazy with 71 degrees and the fog is north andhe city around frederick hagerstown so use caution in those areas. improve withinto the hour. scattered showers and mainly in ms afternoon and highs in the upper 80's to around 90 degrees.

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>> happy hump day. wednesday morning. we want to start with the morning commute over to jack wtop traffic center. >> it has not been a great in the northeast h

street closed from benning road to 14th. bladensburg, maryland avenue and florida are jammed. very heavy and slow. hearing from ddot they hope to one lane open westbound soon. 66 eastbound roosevelt bridge closure, no access to constitution avenue. use independence. top side of the beltway always slows from 95 to georgia but along the way. kind of a nice sounding forecast. continues. >> a few hiccups but a ransition day between the heat and humidity and we will round it out with showers. night and theyst have cleared out but a new wave will push in. see that in with respect maryland. most of us will hold off until afternoon. 71 and warm and muggy. in gaithersburg.

we have patchy fog that will improve. and 40% chance of getting wet with a high in the up are 80's. >> we want to get more information on the crash in mentioned..c. jack a car hit a truck at 14 and h the car was ompletely destroyed and driver pronounc pronounced dead at a hospital. police are trying to find out exactly what happened. we will have another news update at

look at this surveillance video. >> wow. >> the country's biggest closet being ransacked. the criminal got away with nearly a million dollars of stuff and the former texas woman who owned it was giving us a tour a couple weeks ago. several thousand square feet. >> and several million dollars worth of merchandise. >> maybe where the thief got the idea. >> we'll see what happened there. good morning, america. the pastor turned banker arrested after faking his own death and then going on the run. well, he is speaking out this morning and revealing how he pulled it off for so long. plus, we cannot get enough of this little guy. his name is noah. he stole the show during this news report and apparently he's going to join us live in the not too distant future. >> there he is waving. >> he's really shy. we had to really talk him into

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boyfriend, nicholas gray swiped purses from a coach outlet store last year lifting more than $2500 in wallets. rodriguez charged with grand theft and second degree burglary has not yet entered a plea. gray, has not yet been charged. but he is behind bars on unrelated arson and other charges. in court documents prosecutors say surveillance video show rodriguez picking up and shaking a wallet at gray and then he took the wallets off the tan and placed them in his bag while police say rodriguez claimed she did not know about the alleged thefts prosecutors say a series of text messages prove otherwise. they say gray sent her notes like "so easy, i got $100 purses and "the i got eight $350 cashmere sweaters plus skirts. i got rent and rodriguez allegedly texted to gray, awesome, i love when a plan comes together. >> the text messages could be

absolutely crucial if the defense here is i had no idea that any of this was happening. >> reportehappening. >> reporter: she resigned tuesday. in a statement rodriguez told abc news "i am now focusing on life decisions as i move forward with the support of family, friends, viewers and the community." out on bail, this one-time journalist known for reporting the headlines is now making them. for "good morning america," cecilia vega, abc news, los angeles. >> those text messages will get you every time. now to the incredible story of a georgia pastor who faked his own death after getting caught embezzling millions from his clients of the he is speaking out for the first time about how he did it and his life on the run. and abc's linsey davis is here with this. this one is a doozy. >> sounds like it's right out of a movie. good morning to you, amy. it's all on tape. 2 1/2 hours of audiotapes from an interview he did with a

freelance reporter from "esquire." that writer gave abc the audio recordings where he claims aubrey lee price is telling the truth about what happened after the husband and father of four appeared to have jumped to his own death off of a ferry. this is the last time we saw aubrey lee price, the preacher turned financial adviser who faked his own death leaving behind the customers whose millions of dollars he had stolen. >> he is a liar. >> reporter: in june of 2012 after sending suicide notes to his family and friends, aubrey lee price boarded a ferry in key west and simply disappeared. he was arrested 18 months later in georgia after a routine traffic stop. now, a freelance reporter for "atlanta" magazine and esquire.com says price is revealing for the first time what he did in those 18 months. >> first month and a half it was just trying to survive and trying to think can i get my mind back. i had no desire to on the earth. >> reporter: bethea made his way

to south america to work for a friend of a friend. a cocaine trafficker. >> i didn't know he had the operation so when i walked back in this room it's obvious there's 30, 40 workers. they're stuffing little bags full of white powder. >> felt like if he could make money this way, that money could eventually be used to pay back some of the people he defrauded. >> reporter: bethea says price told him back in the states he learned to make fake i.d.s using as many as six false names. >> i was a fugitive. i wasn't going to tell anybody my name. >> how was the reward? >> it was only $20,000. >> he would veer from this sort of woe is me, you know, desperation and sadness to the sort of attempts at humor. >> reporter: bethea says price told him there was relief when the law finally caught up with him. >> i remember saying, lord, where are you and i looked up and there were blue lights mind me. thanks, lord. that's where you are.

>> overnight from his jail cell he gave a written statement to abc news which says "recent articles about i charles bethea have been malicious and mean-spirited and took stories out of context. my main concern as it has always been helping former clients achieve full restitution. before the sirens said he was saying god, where are you and then that happened so -- >> going to south america with a cocaine dealer is helping them. >> that's the story. that's the story. >> okay. let's get some weather from ginger. >> how about we talk about the flooding we missed out on in albany. it had 2 to 3 inches at times and water rescue there coming from homes and cars and today we'll be drier so throughout the northeast ahead of the front you may see some storm, strong at times. just a couple isolated showers. buffalo, 76, burlington, 77 and low to mid-80s in new york city.

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we are back now at 7:41 with the new surveillance video that shows a texas socialite's lavish three-story closet being robbed. nearly a million dollars in bags, jewelry and more all stolen. well, police are now reviewing that video and searching for the suspect and abc's ryan smith is here with that story. good morning, ryan. >> reporter: her three-story 3,000-square-foot closet with scores of luxury items ransacked

by robbers revealing empty display cases but critical video may give police the key to find out who cleaned out her closet. this newly released surveillance video showing the robbery of the largest closet in america. theresa romer. >> to watch someone on film take everything out of your house that means so much to you, this is wrong. >> reporter: watch as the intruder enters the 3,000-square-foot closet as if on a shopping spree heading directly for the designer handbags. at one point climbing the shelves to get the priciest items on top before leaving with what place say is nearly $1 million of merchandise including three hermes birkin travel bags at $60,000 each, ten rolex watches and ten to 12

chanel/cartier watches. >> lots of sentimental value. >> welcome to my closet. >> she gave us a tour of other three-story megacloset a few weeks ago. >> this is probably one of my most interesting gifts i've gotten in my life. indian ceremonial pieces. >> reporter: now gone. >> we'll have to find out when we get the suspect's information whether it was from the television shows from the week is what tipped off the individuals that committed the crime. >> reporter: investigators say they used a glass cutter to put holes in this bathroom window at the back of their home while romer and her husband were having dinner at the neighborhood country club. >> you need a pass to get into the location or you have to climb over a wall. >> no footage of him anywhere around the house. >> and now romer regretting not locking the door to her treasured collection. >> going to stay in the neighborhood so i was like, oh, i'm not going to lock the closet door. there's no reason. i'm just going two blocks away. >> so police thinking the burglar was a professional and he left little trace behind.

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step up now to the open mike. >> all right. everybody, this morning on open mike a very special guest, the kid news anchor. he's going viral. 5-year-old noah ritter from potstown, pennsylvania, was asked by a reporter about an amusement ride he had just taken at the county fair. let me show you his tape. >> it was great and apparently i've never been on live television before. but apparently sometimes i don't watch the -- i don't watch the news because i'm a kid and apparently every time -- apparently grandpa just gives me a remote i have to watch the powerball. >> powerball. >> powerball. >> well, we got him live, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] >> there he is. >> hello, noah. how are you, my friend? how are you doing, noah?

>> good. >> well, how did it feel to see yourself on tv for the first time? >> it was great. it is so -- it is so great because i've really never had any people like me. friends were -- are you kidding me? >> so now you're a celebrity. how does it feel to be a celebrity since you're a celebrity now? >> well, it is good. it is great. >> it is great. >> and i nknow you're -- i know you're a part of the giants but i used to like the giants but my grandfather brainwashed me into liking the steelers. >> you tell your grandfather he is absolutely wrong for that. i will not forgive him but you know what, you haven't brainw h brainwashed us. you charmed yourself into our hearts because we think you're

awesome. >> sometimes i -- >> you love dinosaurs. >> brainwashed me to like die sawyers but i brainwashed myself to like dinosaurs. >> so what do you want to be when you grow up? >> never laughing. >> he can hear you guys laughing. >> told you i'm going to be a paleontologist. he studies and -- wow. >> he studies sign daughters. he studies lots and lots of different types of dinosaurs. >> and now i also -- i heard you love to swim. is that true? >> yes. i'm a very good swimmer. >> do you think if i came out there that you could be beat me? >> yeah, i'm a great swimmer. a water race is great. >> you know what -- >> i hear you laughing. >> you're a great talker too, noah.

>> i think you could be a tv news reporter, noah. would you consider that as a profession when you grow up? >> no, i'm being a paleontologist. >> don't talk him out of being a paleontologist. amy. >> you know, noah, tick to your guns. i think you would be great at anything you do, my friend. everybody that is my friend, noah, he's awesome. now, coming up our big "gma" live event. we just saw pat get into the time machine. now the clock is ticking. our dream team is at work. we'll see how he can lose 10 years in 60 minutes.

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7:56 on once morning. we will go to jack taylor to see ow the wednesday morning commute is shaping up. >> it has been a heck of a morning. corridor on h t street between benning road and 13th the accident investigation continues. florida, bladensburg and aryland avenue trying to take the bailout. germantown heavy traffic from father hurley .oulevard to 118 fplt

66 eastbound across the bridge summit closures no access to constitution avenue or e-street nce expressway. back the forecast? will be ke it beautiful? >> we have to get through this afternoon, wet weather headed lingering patchy fog but that is improving significantly. degrees so warm and muggy. miles.ity up to five hagerstown is a quarter mile. so watch out there. partly sunny this afternoon with scattered showers and thunderstorms. 80's. in the upper partly cloudy expected overnight best days of he the week in the low to mid 80's. the fire marshal is find it find out who tried to set in ral cars on fire germantown. it was around midnight near a condo complex.

there was minimal damage to the cars. news channel tion 8 will have an in-depth look. update at e another 8:27. now back it

good morning america, wednesday and photo frenzy. new mom olivia wilde stirring up a lot of buzz over breast-feeding posing for a snap shot with her 5-month-old son. why she says to portrait of mommyhood is complete without it. and the doctor will now see you online. the new app letting you check in for a checkup from your house. how you can see a doctor in the middle of the night from your own home. and victoria beckham is throwing open the doors to her own closet like she's never done before and putting hundreds of posh items up for auction right now. we have a first look. ♪ go here we go is the king of the court on a diet? lebron james reveals he's slimming down. how he's doing it and why. what you can learn from lebron's new look as we say -- >> good morning, america.

♪ >> good morning, ella. breakout singing sensation making her american television debut right here this morning on "good morning america." all her fans out there in times square right now. and we cannot wait to hear her smash hit single "ghost" in just a little bit. >> all coming up. also coming up we have about 30 minutes to go in our big "gma" event. here is pat before step nothing our time machine. the 60-year-old army vet says it is time for a major makeover and we cannot wait to see -- >> equal opportunity. >> that's a mission for gretta monahan and our dream team. they've been working hard at it. there's our makeup artist mally r roncal. >> the ponytail gone. >> the big rebuild is up ahead.

>> you had a ponytail. >> you're falling for that. i had an afro. >> he just threw it up there and you bit hard. >> there's a lot of things i didn't know about you. >> i own a bridge in brooklyn. want to buy it? >> do you have some beachfront property in oklahoma? >> yes, i do. >> i'm buying. a lot coming up. first news from "gma weekend" anchor dan harris. >> i want to hear more lies from michael. all right. i'll do the news. we'll begin with the story breaking overnight. this is a wild one. a shooting at a walmart in ohio. police say a man was waving a gun possibly a rifle at this store outside dayton. the man refused to back down when they opened fire, the suspect 122 years old and later died, we're told. and we also learned that a woman in the store died as well possibly of a heart attack. another developing story this morning, this from the west coast, an alarming airport security lapse.

a woman was able to board a plane in san jose without a ticket and fly to l.a. where she was then arrested. the airport in san jose is also where a teenager sneaked into a wheel well and flew to hawaii back in april. the suspect this time is believed to suffer from mental illness. a bus driver is under arrest this morning after this terrifying crash right here in times square right outside our studio. two double decker buses colli colliding packed with tourists. the driver was charged with driving while impaired possibly by drugs. hundreds watched in horror as the bus sideswiped another bus and knocked a light pole to the ground. the body of u.s. two-star general harold greene is being prepared to be flown back to this country for a final time. he was killed by an afghan soldier at a military academy in afghanistan. he is the most senior american officer killed in action since the september 11th attacks. he had arrived after being promoted. his death is seen as a serious, serious blow to the already

fragile trust between american and afghan forces. this morning, peace talks are starting in cairo between israel and hamas. the three-day cease-fire in gaza is holding and part of today's talks will focus on rebuilding gaza which has suffered an estimated $6 billion in damage during the war. and back in this country a gunman wearing a mask from the movie account scream" has been caught on camera terrorizing dollar stores near atlanta forcing customers to cower in fear. he's already targeted a dozen businesses and police say he's now getting pore aggressive and opening fire, in fact, during one of the robberies. in another one he's seen stealing cash out of the hands of an off-duty deputy. the true adrenaline junkies. the largest urban zip line. apparently by the way -- >> whoa. >> some of these people after hopping off the zip line rather than taking it all the way to the end they just hop off and let the parachute take them -- >> oh, my gosh. >> can you imagine for amy

robach who said she doesn't even get in the ocean. >> oh, my gosh. >> in the distant fear there may be a shark. would she ever do this. >> it could happen. >> odds are close to zero. by the way this is in panama city so don't go there. >> i'm surprised that's allowed. >> i'm telling you, watching that video i felt my stomach go woop. did you? >> so gullible and a little bit of a scaredy cat. >> thanks, dan in they time. >> that was kind of a mean newscast. >> no, no, no, i meant it with affection. >> you only tease the ones you love, right? >> that's exactly right. i'm going to pay for this later. lebron james, you know he's king of the court. it turns also he's on top of his game when it comes to losing weight. now revealing the secret to how he slimmed down since the end of the season and abc's nick watt has the story. >> reporter: he's won two nba championships, four mvp award,

two olympic golds and now a weight loss champ? judging by those model poses he's posting on instagram. >> lebron james has lost more than 10 pounds since the end of the nba season since june. >> reporter: before, after. his publicist confirmed to abc news his secret. he's been on a low carb diet. he looks like he did in high school. the gangly team in more than a game but he's 29 now. >> he's 29 years old which is post prime for an athlete of lebron james' caliber and seen other athletes do this. kobe bryant underwent a diet and lifestyle change that helped him prolong his career and saw some of the best years of kobe's career. >> reporter: been a busy year. he's coming home to cleveland. >> the king returns, baby. >> reporter: he's choosing an hd-tv show and made an appearance in a judd apatow

comedy. let's hope he doesn't get carried away with an exercise video or a low-carb cookbook. for abc news, nick watt, los angeles. past his prime at 29. "pop news" and weather coming up. we have the "morning menu." >> what's ahead on the "morning menu" in "pop news," johnny depp is rocking out and this is no role. what has him collaborating with music's biggest names. plus the new images of new mom olivia wilde generating buzz. it's her stance on breast-feeding and our big "gma" live event turning back the clock on this retired army guy. all coming up live on "gma" in times square and we have emma. [ cheers and applause ] "gma's morning menu" is brought to you by nexium. new nexium 24 hour, now available without a prescription. ♪ i found a happy place ♪ it's written on my face

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the pig that kept on giving to the family. all right, hey. let's get to some "pop news" and get away from betsy. you're going to make me cry. we all know johnny depp has proven he can play any role. master of the seas, jack sparrow, chopping things up with edward scissorhands or chocolate with willy wonka. no amateur on the guitar. he stepped in when elvis costello was unable to attend a recording ses fsession for a ne album. he was stopping by to visit but t-bone burnett. i love that name, t-bone. i'm changing my soon had him filling in for costello. the album is set for release. >> t-bone burnett. elvis costello, johnny depp -- >> he played with aerosmith, who else did he play with? johnny has been black-eyed peas.

willie nelson. >> he's experienced. >> johnny can do it all. a serious case of double trouble. i have twins. i know what this is about. the bedtime edition of double trouble. this is going crazy viral. a norway mom capturing the drama as she tries to get her adorable twin boys in bed in different rooms. good luck. >> she says she was attempting a new bedtime routine but as you can see it didn't quite pan out over 3 million views on youtube right now. easy to see why people can't get enough of it. she's had enough of the kis but people can't get enough of this video. >> sorry, michael, i just have to interrupt. i'm being told we have some breaking top news this morning. we just in this new video of you twerking with the actress helen mirren. this is from yesterday on "live with kelly and michael." here it is. >> i guess part of the headline is that michael is double jointed in his gluteus maximus.

just moments before the twerking mirren had this to say. listen. >> if you do that and you know that somewhere down the line you're going to be sitting here watching it. that's the problem. >> man-to-man, michael, you should have learned a lesson. >> i'm sitting here watching it. as i said yesterday about twerking, it looks so wrong but it fees so right. >> we're going to have to take your word for it. >> george, you're next. ah, yes. >> yes, i am. next century. "heat index." "heat index" coming up let's go to ginger for some weather. >> i don't even know if it looks so rotten. i thought it looks great. so good morning, everybody. you came out to be -- you said to me something fun. tell me. >> you're my husband's hall pass. >> i'm your husband's -- i'm so flattered. how is everybody else?

good. she said she was going to make a sign but was too embarrassed. from rochester. my favorite new lady. we want to begin with atlantic city. yesterday just a few more pops of waves because of bertha but remember that thing way out to sea. not an issue to land. out west a few shall ares. cooler in seattle, 77. reno at 0, and thunderstorms rocking with that monsoon moisture adding to it. the he >> become out without the umbrella you want it for this afternoon and evening. meantime with the dry start 73 degrees on the muggy side. showers or afternoon and embedded thunderstorms. highs in the upper 80's to near 90. tonight evening storms giving way to partly cloudy skies. low to mid 60's. tomorrow a picture perfect day partly cloudy with temperatures to mid 80's. another one of them friday.

>> a lot of folks from western and northern new york who want to say good morning to all those names right there. i'll be inside in a couple of minutes. but let's say good morning, george and amy. >> i don't want to leave glinger yet. she introduced hall pass -- >> my face went -- objection, my gosh? we'll talk about that later. the "heat index" right now, say it ain't so. bake sales may be on the way out in schools all over the country. you know, they've always been such a fun staple but new federal regulations that put limits on the amount of sugar and calories that can be sold on school grounds so many bake sales are likely to be banned. >> come on. >> yeah, i can feel the backlash already. >> they're for a good cause. i remember those and i've made them for my daughters. it was just a fun moment. you raise money for -- >> let me take the other side. it's a little tricky and i know i'll get a lot of hate mail. i'm not saying we need to get

rid of bake sale but sugar and obesity. >> one day you have a bake sale. if it's a daily, daily -- >> i'm going to lose this argument. >> you are but there is some flexibility in the regulations. can you have a few bake sales in the states just putting a limit on them. >> boo. all right. >> i got a cupcake for you later. i love baked goods. i just want you to know, be on the record before you send anything. >> i have a sunday night binge with my wife. carry on. coming up next in "heat index" you'll want to weigh in on this. new mom olivia wilde looking beautiful on "glamour" magazine but it's a photo inside that's getting a lot of attention. wilde pictured breast-feeding her son. no portrait of her is complete without her son and that, quote, breast-feeding is the most natural thing. we hopes the shot captures a mul multifaceted woman who can be ma term, sexy and professional.

>> a beautiful portrait. >> unbelievably stunning picture. is olivia wilde's photo empowering or too revealing? 66% said it is empowering. 34% say it is too revealing. >> does it depend -- she looks great. does that weigh -- is that part of how people feel? >> it might. i think that's a good point but she looks date and great thing to say breast-feed something a natural thing. i don't know that i've done it in a diner but you know what, go for it, olivia. >> if i look like that i would hope so. one university president getting lots of buzz stepping up to the plate taking a major pay cut so the lowest paid employees could get a raise. raymond would make 350 grand as interim president of kentucky state university but slashing it by 90 grand making it possible for minimum wage workers at the school to learn $10.25 an hour instead of $7.25 which is the lowest wage allowed by federal law. pretty cool and maybe that means

he won't be interim president. who knows, this may be so popular. >> an incredible gesture, think it's so incredible. >> perhaps a trend setter. maybe it can happen in other plays. >> real movement to raise this minimum wage up to a living wage. >> love it. next up in the "heat index," house calls are making a comeback with a high-tech twist. it could take weeks or even longer to get an appointment. a new app is bringing the doctor into your home. abc's rebecca jarvis has the details. >> could you show me how hard lilly got hit. >> a head bounce. >> how are you feeling? >> fine. >> so is lilly. >> reporter: like in this episode of "modern family" doctors' visits respect that pleasant but now the doctor is in 24/7 and you don't even have to leave home. thanks to a new service called healthtapprime. can you have a 30-minute video consultation with the doctor any time over your mobile device.

using your smartphone's camera you can ask 1 of the 62,000 doctors to diagnose an illness and write you a prescription. even in the middle of the night. it was a life saver for work-at-home dad tristan o'brien. >> my son and daughter had the flu last week so were able to use it in the middle of the night. >> you don't necessarily have to be sick to use the app. you can use it for prescriptions, diet plans, even medication reminders. what have you specifically treated through the application? >> very commonly we get questions and consults about exercise, nutrition, weight loss, so basically staying heal healthy. >> reporter: but there is a price. healthtap doesn't take insurance. they charge $99 a month and $10 extra per family member for their prime service. there are similar services like doctor on demand and md live which are cheaper but only if you limit your calls to a few

times a year. in as parents using health tap prime gives us peace of mind knowing we can contact the doctor 24/7. >> reporter: rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. joining us with his chief is chief health and medical editor dr. richard besser. maybe we will be calling you in the middle of night. >> i think people from abc little still call me in the middle of the night. a lot of doctors' offices are keying in and making more phone access and e-mail access. it is very convenient to reach someone at any time is a wonderful thing. there are a lot of problems that can be handled over the phone and for people in rural places where there respect a lot of doctors around it gives that kind of access. >> you can see a lot of upsides but what about the connection you have with your own doctor? >> that's a point i always like to make. you want to develop a relationship with somebody, knows your real problems. when you call into this service they don't have all your medical records, whatever you entered

into that website. if you have complex medical problems that worries me a little bit and they can't examine you except what you show with your phone. even with a rash i like to touch the rash. how that rash feels gives me a lot of clues -- >> are there insurance issues with this? >> it costs about $100 a month and insurance doesn't cover it so it's a fair amount of upon for that kind of access. >> my strategy was i married a doctor. what do you think? >> i think that's perfect. >> it's worked out well for me because going in i was a hypochondriac. made a lot of accepts on a lot of different leffs. >> a wonderful approach but for people -- >> i love to see rich try to take that question seriously. that is fantastic. >> but for those who cannot marry a doctor here's what i recommend. you know, when you're looking for a doctor, look for an office that's going to meet your needs that has phone service at night. has weekend hours, evening hours. that's the way to go. >> dr. richard besser, thanks for being a good sport. what would you do?

would you video conference with a doctor? tweet us @gma or # socialsquare. how can you own part of a posh wardrobe for a good cause. victoria beckham is selling some of her most iconic looks to benefit a special charity and paula faris has the details. >> reporter: from spice girl to fashion mogul and superstar mom. whatever victoria beckham does, she looks good doing it. and now thanks to the outnet.com, you can have the chance to go shopping inside posh's closet. >> a lot of these pieces have been made specially for me by the designers. >> reporter: you can spice up your style with these dresses by an tone joan barradi and alexander mcqueen, worn out and partied down in roberto cavalli like beckham did once the

exclusive sale opens its doors, you'll have five days to get your hands on over 600 items. this is really a way for your average american girl who is obsessed with her or obsessed with her husband to really buy in that celebrity culture by owning something that she's auctioning. >> reporter: all of the proceeds will go to mothers to mothers, a foundation dedicated to fighting hiv and aids in africa. >> as a woman, we have a responsibility to really help and support others to do what we can do to help. ♪ if you want to be my lover >> reporter: beckham has come a long way since her wanna be days. known for her spot on fashion sense, the 40-year-old mother of four opened up about her rise to style icon status and her skype documentary, five years, the victoria beckham fashion story. >> i was that kid that used to watch my mom get ready. >> i always dreamed of designing a collection. it was always my passion. >> reporter: now her fashion

with be our obsession and all for a good cause. for "good morning america," paula faris, abc news, new york. >> creative way to do some good there. good for her. coming up here, big reveal from our time machine makeover. there he is right there, the first man to go in our time machine. i cannot wait to see what he looks like coming up. ♪

>> good morning. it is 8:27. first things first we will check the wednesday morning commute at the wtop lor traffic center. we have been talking about morning and we will go to h street along benning road. moving as we pulled the camera up, cones lifted but you will find florida remains closed after street.road toward 14th traffic is moving again on the h street corridor. randolph near ty veirs mill with an crash a tow truck. but you will have police direction. bridge er on roosevelt no access to constitution ave e

avenue. on independence or e-street expressway. how about the forecast? bit of wet weather headed who this afternoon so grab the umbrella before you out. you don't need it now but you will want it later. degrees in d.c. 6 in ma instance and 6 -- manassas and 64 in winchester. sunny this afternoon with et weather tonight and evening showers possible. we will have partly cloudy skies overnight. tomorrow one of the best days of week, partly cloudy and less humid. low to mid 80's. final day of the u.s. africa leader summit in downtown d.c. president obama and dozens of african leaders plan it discuss issues, business investments and terrorism. closures remain in

effect. we will see you back at 8:56.

♪ still burning i keep going to the river to pray 'cause i need something that can wash all the pain ♪ ♪ and at most i'm sleeping all these demons away ♪ ♪ but your ghost the ghost of you it keeps me awake ♪ ♪ i had to go through hell to prove i'm not insane had to meet the devil just to know his name ♪ >> the american television debut of ella. ♪ >> singing her smash hit "ghost." cannot wait to hear more from her this morning right here on "good morning america." >> but first, everyone, it's what we've all been waiting for. our big reveal of the day, our "gma" live event gretta monahan and our dream team have been hard o work making over pat.

let's see how he turned out. michael, take it away. >> thanks, guys. this is the moment. that was pat entering the "gma" time machine. we said he'd lose 10 years in 60 minutes and our "gma" dream team went one step further, style guru gretta monahan. ted gibson and mally promised to take him from santa claus to james bond. let's find out if they did it but first sara haines with that story. ♪ >> reporter: it's been a smoking hot summer. >> open that door. >> whoo! [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: from 33-year-old cassie's dazzling transformation. >> look at me. >> reporter: to 39-year-old amy's sparkling new style. >> oh, my god. this is a dream come true for me. i don't know what to say. this is amazing. ♪ >> reporter: now it's time to make a little hit tri with pat roll land.

our first ever male makeover. >> i look at myself and i'm like, you know, this is an old man here. i need to do something to kind of match how my heart feels inside to the way i look on the outside. >> reporter: the tennessee army vet hasn't cut his hair in over a decade and says he wants help creating a sleeker younger look. >> being in the military, you always had to be clean shaven. once i got out of the army i thought, you know, it's time to let it go and i did. i let everything go. i stopped shaving my mustache and let it grow down and starting letting my hair go. >> reporter: when he's out pat says people often tear at him. >> i don't know if it's because i'm scary-looking or old look or what. >> reporter: here to help pat, makeup artist to the stars mally roncal, ted gibson and greta

hahnemann. >> i can't wait to lose 10 years. >> reporter: for "good morning america," sara haines, abc news, new york. >> once last look at pat before he entered the time machine. now the new improved pat, gretta, open the door. >> oh. >> whoa! [ cheers and applause ] >> pat. how are you feeling, first of all? >> oh, this is unbelievable. i just can't even imagine what i look like. >> you haven't even seen yourself. >> no, i haven't. >> why don't you turn around and take a look in the mirror. oh. wow. wow. i love it. i love it. [ applause ] >> thanks. it looks great. >> you look incredible. now, gretta, this he say clothes make the man. >> i think so. >> so what did you do to pat? >> what we did, we upgraded his frame. the first thing you want to do so young up your look.

the second thing, a lean suit. what makes it leaner we snuck a little man spanx in there. i think everybody should join the movement including men? are they comfortably. >> yes, they are. they're tight but comfortable. >> but you look good. it works. >> thank you. >> it works for you. >> i can't believe it. it just is unbelievable looking. totally be different in an hour. >> hey, the dream team works fast. you should see what they do to me in 30 minutes. machlt ally, what were you able to do. >> here's the deal, first of all we talk about those brows. any kind of landscaping we could do on it. no comment, all right. mr. michael, thank you but it's all about cleaning up those brows and tray hairs, pluck them, cut them, get rid of them. men are not above makeup. you don't want to look shiny. >> no. >> thank you very much. >> are you trying to give out my secret i'm wearing a little

makeup. >> you don't want to use the powder so i have something called the face defender which is clear and mattifies the skin and looks gorgeous. >> what did you do, ted? >> look how incredible he looks. you didn't say anything about the hair. >> it looks amazing. >> you know why, i think men should not have gray hair. it ages you -- we took ten years off. we shaved him and shaved him -- guys, if you have ear hair, that's a dead giveaway. you got to shave that hair. >> that happens? >> he had it on both sides growing out like a bush. >> real kids in town. >> aif gray hair ages you, i'm coming to see you after a show. >> a good guy glam moment. >> enjoy your look. you are the first man to ever step into our time machine. thank you for that. you're a real trail blazer. we want

there's absolutely some liberty takens but you will not be at all disappointed. there's a lot of excitement but you're scared of weather in general. it taught you a lot. >> i grew up in honolulu and you've been talking about today. we've gotten hit by a few hurricanes and gave me a healthy respect for the fact that we are not in charge of the planet. we live here at mother nature's disdecision. >> this movie so much about the weather part but also it has heart and has a story. tell us about that. >> i don't think any special effects movie doesn't matter too much without the people to whom the special effects are especially affecting. i may a mom separated by her daughter in the storm. richard armitage is separated from his son and two parents are desperately trying to get mac to their kids and find safety. >> it mirrors a lot but people seeing this are going to be blown away. would you say so? >> blown away, absolutely. thank you. >> absolutely. so "imuntc.

>> luke bryan's taking over central park. >> it's going to definitely be a good morning. >> it's going to be a great morning. >> only on -- >> "good morning america." >> presented by claritin allergy brands. >> big morning in central park in friday. happy wednesday crowd in times square this morning. talking about now when you dine out you may chi you're choosing what you want to eat from the menu but restaurants have figured out a way to get you to order what they want. an insider is revealing details. comb becky worry hley has the detai >> reporter: there's dining out. remember, the restaurant like any good business is out to maximize profits and it can start with the menu. meet greg rap. >> i teach restauranteurs how to put it together so it's easy to make a choice. >> reporter: in other words, he's a mastermind of maximizing profits through menu engineering. and today he's giving us the inside scoop. first tip, pay attention finally menu quiz number three.

which is the reasonably priced item, lobster and seafood platter for $70 or filet of sole for $35. that lobster is the decoy. >> the decoy item makes the other items look more reasonable. bottom line, when you see grandma's cajun red beans and rice for twenty-seven ninety-five placed under the lobster thermidor listing, grandma might be a menu engineer. for "good morning america," becky worley, oakland, california. >> interesting insights. coming up here, ella will perform live. there she is in the social square. ♪ awake ♪

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