good morning, america. and breaking overnight, a historic plaque church burned to the ground. dozens of firefighters battling the flames. the seventh church fire since that deadly shooting in charleston. federal investigators on the scene this morning. was it arson or did lightning spark this blaze? new overnight, bridge breach. this man climbs a restricted area of the brooklyn bridge snaps a selfie raising major security questions with the whole country on high alert ahead of the july 4th holiday. shocking split. one of hollywood's favorite couples calling it quits, ben affleck and jennifer garner announcing they are divorcing after ten years of marriage. >> that's it the usa going to the final. >> and one win from glory. team usa's stunning victory overnight head-to-head in a fierce battle. the underdogs knock off the top ranked team in the world.

>> shoot, scores. >> all the big goal huge saves, close calls on their way to the world cup final, the heroes open up live this morning. ♪ ♪ i gave the dice a roll ♪ we say good morning, america. we certainly do believe. what a game. another shutout, one win away from the world cup title. >> just saw carli lloyd put in that penske kick and assist on the other goal and what a defense for team usa. haven't given up a goal in five games. >> defense hasn't been the problem. offensively they're starting to jell at the right time. it's not how you start but how you finish. >> breaking news overnight. mt. zion ame church in south n flame, the latest in a series of prominent black churches to burn. the big question now is why and abc's steve osunsami is on the

scene in greelyville, south carolina good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning. we drove through the night to get here and when we arrived you could still smell the fumes, investigators are in the building searching for clues, the fire department is here. they're taking a good look at the roof to see what happened. this morning, federal investigators are here in rural south carolina trying to determine if what burned this historic black church was an act of man or an act of god. by 8:30 last night the mt. zion ame church in greelyville was already in flames and giant clouds of smoke were filling the sky. the flames shooting from the roof were so intense they needed 50 firefighters to fight them. it took more than two hours to quiet the fire no one was injured. authorities haven't said what started the flames but they're not ruling out lightning from thunderstorms that started rolling through around 6:00 last night. but why are black churches burning? this is now the seventh to go down in fire since the deadly shooting at charleston's emanuel

ame church two weeks ago, about 60 miles away. >> the baptist church on briar creek road right before central is on fire. >> reporter: the fbi is now investigating fires at black churches dear to black families across five southern s including this one in north carolina that burned last week. >> just seeing the flames just up in the air, that had me terrified. >> reporter: charlotte authorities say that fire was no accident. saying this is clearly arson. for mt. zion many believe history is repeating itself having burned to the ground earlier. president clinton helped them celebrate after they rebuilt a year later and condemned the attacks. >> i will do everything i can to prosecute those responsible for the rash of church burnings. >> reporter: the families here have to rebuild again as black churches across the country worry that they may be under attack. more federal agents are arriving this morning. leaders from the ame church

nationwide are meeting in new orleans today and are expected to address the church burnings. george. >> we can only pray it was not arson. >> that's right. you were there in charleston. you covered the fire. >> my first year reporting in 1995 and clinton coming in '96 but this is a community that has been through so much already and there was a series of church fires back then and the kkk incited two young teenagers to burn them to the ground and got life in prison but so much healing taking place and now to see this happen again is eerie. >> it's not certain right now. ginger there were thunderstorms in the area at that time. >> absolutely. we took the radar and just broke it down. you can see greelyville right here on the map. this is at 6:00 p.m. lastnight. so all of that lightning is west of them and from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. there are hundreds if not thousands of lightning strikes so could have been lightning. we're watching that storm from 7:00 to 8:00 move on out and i think it was reported just after 8:30 is what steve was saying

so potential and we will keep an eye on that. all the data here and more than 275 storm reports from california all the way up here to the northeast. this morning, severe storms rocking millions of us from coast to coast. winds up to 75 miles per hour with flooding rain rocketing through the northeast. ominous clouds swirling over pennsylvania. folks spotting funnel clouds from west chester to bath. the storms downing trees and ripping the roof off this house. in florida, a waterspout sending debris flying. sheets of rain drenching the nation's capital. lightning illuminating the night sky. earlier tuesday, pounding hail in north dakota. flash flooding stranding drivers from louisiana to texas. and near dallas lightning setting this house on fire. >> definitely sounded like an explosion because everybody in the neighborhood heard it.

>> reporter: even on the west coast lightning sparking this fire in san diego and closing beaches near los angeles. this as much of california and many out west endure extreme heat. the severe weather threat today centers itself from kansas city to birmingham. damaging winds and certainly hail. remember the lightning is always in there and even flash flooding in that region. then the heat advisories we could see record highs from redding to medford. fire danger is very high you guys, all the way up into the pacific northwest. so we're watching all of these headlines this morning. >> a lot of hundreds up there. thanks. we turn to the latest batch of hillary clinton e-mails. nearly 2,000 from her time as secretary of state released overnight revealing new details about the daily life of a top diplomat flashes of personality too and jim avila has the story. >> reporter: good morning. think about it what would our e-mails reveal about us and hillary clinton's case no bombshells in this batch of nearly 2,000 released overnight. instead an inside peek at the life of the secretary of state,

flashes of ego, a tinge of car sam and, of course lots of kissing up from colleagues. the newly released e-mails, a small portion of 55,000 pages, with more e-mails released every 30 days ordered by a judge until three days before the iowa caucus, guaranteeing a slow drip of revelations dogging her primary campaign. >> i have said repeatedly i want those e-mails out. nobody has a bigger interest in getting them released than i do. >> reporter: many of the e-mails mundane, the business of running a vast government agency from scheduling meetings to lists of phone calls with foreign dignitaries, clinton even writing seemingly saarrcastic in one "you know how much i love making calls." but some reveal a bit of personality. in one clinton fighting with her fax machine "i thought it was supposed to be off the hook to work." in another she seems unaware of a cabinet meeting and worried. i heard on the radio there is a

cabinet meeting. can i go? there is a redacted e-mail titled own the hamptons requesting iced tea and one loving a chinese carpet. former president jimmy carter urging no agreement on a hostage release. and controversial longtime confidant sidney blumenthal barred by the white house from working for her at the state department advising her on numerous foreign policy issues. the white house apparently knew mrs. clinton had a special e-mail high ranking staff from rahm emanuel to political director david axelrod couldn't find the e-mail in the government directory and had to ask her assistant to provide it. george. >> okay jim, thanks very much. >> okay george. now new details on the fallout from that prison break in upstate new york. 12 prison executives and workers have been placed on leave including the superintendent. as we learn more from david sweat about how he and richard matt broke out of the prison and

how close they came to being captured. abc's linzie linziejinzlinzie janis in malone. >> reporter: it came as david sweat revealed that he and richard matt planned it for months and came close to being captured earlier in the manhunt. state investigators trying to figure out how richard matt and david sweat got away with their brazen escape. sweat speaking to police from his hospital bed revealing he and matt were cutting holes in their cells and exploring the prison tunnels for six months. >> during that time period he was out in the catwalk area down in the lower level walking around in the tunnel system of the facility. >> reporter: the two inmates even conducting a dry run the night before they broke out making it all the way to that manhole about a block from the prison. also this morning, sweat revealing how he and matt managed to elude an army of over a thousand law enforcement

officials searching those dense woods. by using a transistor radio to track news reports on the man manhunt but telling police there were a couple of close calls. >> sweat talks about at least one occasion where the law enforcement officers were in very close proximity to him being up in a tree stand. >> reporter: and another when a group of hunters came dangerously close. >> he talks about three people coming to a camp sweat and matt were in very close proximity to these three people and they remained under cover. didn't have any contact. >> reporter: sweat also telling authorities he never engaged in a sexual relationship with prison employee joyce mitchell. saying he had little involvement with her in the months leading up to the escape. now, sweat was shot once in each shoulder. he's expected to spend at least a few more days in the hospital before being transported to another maximum security prison where he will likely spend 23

hours a day in his cell. george. >> taking no chances, okay thanks. we turn to pretty shocking new video raising questions about safety in the sky. two airline pilots fired for inviting a model into the cockpit to take selfies and video and guide the plane's throttle. abc's aviation correspondent david kerley has the story. good morning, david. >> reporter: george this one is disturbing. the pilots fired. the model banned from the airline for five years. she was in the cockpit during the critical points of flight. the question this morning, could this happen in the u.s.? what you're about to see for any traveler around the world could be described as frightening. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> reporter: that is an actress model in the cockpit of a commuter jetliner as it taxis to the runway in argentina. watch as the pilots ask her if she wants to help increase the speed. she puts her hand on the throttle as the pilots put on the power for takeoff. even a squeal from the model as they become airborne. and if that wasn't enough,

selfies with the pilots with their backs to the controls. >> she should have never been in the cockpit in the first place. stupid to be taking selfies. you know you don't want your taxi driver texting while you're driving. so you don't want your pilot to take selfies while you're airborne. >> reporter: even the landing videotaped as she lets out a sound as pilots approach the runway. the next day, the pilots fired from the argentinean airline, the model banned for five years from that airline. the faa here in the u.s. has strict rules about all of this. >> the level of professionalism in u.s. pilots is so far beyond this it's highly unlikely something like this would happen in the u.s. >> reporter: now the airline wants to take this a step further. they are suggesting that both pilots and also the model be prosecuted for endangering flight safety. george. >> that makes sense, okay david, thanks very much. to amy with today's other top stories. another major attack isis taking -- claiming credit.

>> we are just getting word isis fighters have claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on army checkpoints in egypt that have left as many as 60 egyptian soldiers killed. the attacks come just days after attacks in tunisia and kuwait last week. government officials now say the man who opened fire at that hotel in tunisia was trained in libya. also breaking overnight stunning new images from that military plane crash in indonesia. at least 141 people are now confirmed dead. the transport plane was authorized to carry troops and their families but investigators are looking into whether paying customers were illegally on board. and back here at home security questions are being raised after a man was able to climb the brooklyn bridge and take this selfie from an area off-limits to the public of the he managed to do it even though the city is on high alert ahead of the july 4th weekend, the nypd insists there was no security threat but follows a string of recent incidents including when artists replaced the flags with white flags last

year. big announcement from president obama unveiling the agreement for the u.s. and cuba to re-open their embassies for the first time in more than 50 years. they're expected to be up and running at the end of the month including the u.s. embassy in its old building in havana. a frightening scene caught on camera. a man was speaking with a reporter about flooding in china when that levee wall gave way. they scrambled to safety in time and remarkably no one was injured. finally iphone users who asked their phone to solve a math problem for them are getting a surprising and personal answer. apple's digital aassistant siri is displaying her sassy side. listen to the answer when you ask her what is zero divided by zero. >> imagine that you have zero cookies and you split them even evenly among zero friends, how many cookies doesn't each get. c, it doesn't make sense and cookie monster is sad there are no cookies and you are sad that

you have no friends. >> wow. >> i think siri needs a friend. >> siri. >> and a cookie too. >> attitude adjustment. ouch. >> maybe just a weekend off. >> yes. >> something. >> wrong side of the bed when asking siri that question. you know another big story, i'm so excited, u.s. women's soccer team is now one win away from glory after that incredible win last night taking down top ranked germany. abc's paula faris was there for all of the action and good morning, paula. how are you? >> reporter: good morning, michael. what a game. you know team usa didn't want to wait another four years to seize the moment. they capitalized on that pro-american crowd in that stadium which i got to tell you was deafening at times and here they are finally playing their best soccer. a clash of two world cup titans. leading to an unexpected win. >> that's it the usa is going to the final.

>> reporter: thundering chants of usa ard around the stadium. >> all: usa, usa. >> reporter: as team usa defeats germany in the women's world cup semifinals with the road to victory, a vicious one. >> two players are down. >> reporter: this frightening moment when two players butt heads just one of many close calls in this highly physical game. >> medical personnel came out and did all the right tests and i feel fine. >> reporter: morgan brien playing on will continue to be evaluated for concussion-like symptoms. the u.s. going into tuesday's game ranked number two. not expected to beat out top seed germany. >> the players executed. that's the key. >> reporter: it was a scoreless first half thanks to two of the most renowned goalies in the world. but in the second half one player stepping up to change the tide of the game with this incredible penalty kick. >> walks up shoots scores. team captain carli lloyd puts one on the board for team usa.

>> shot goal. >> reporter: the u.s. following it up with another dynamite goal by kelley o'hara to take the game 2-0 writing their ticket to the finals. >> thank god we're going to vancouver. >> it was great, but we want more and want to make it to that final and that top podium. >> reporter: all right, so what's next for the ladies? they are headed to vancouver for sunday's championship game. it is there they will play the winner of tonight's england/japan match and, michael, everybody is talking about a possible rematch, japan/usa from four years ago. these ladies would love to avenge that loss. >> i'm sure they would. i got chills watching that. one more game to go. you're over there. >> i'm just -- >> their scoreless streak is now 513 minutes. 513 minutes, as you know defense wins champions. >> always. i'm not just saying that. i kind of mean it too. >> so the final -- i know what i'm doing sunday. going to be right there watching that. okay ginger that is an

incredible picture behind you. >> this is from panama city beach, florida. tens of thousands this morning you can see the picture, we can take it full. that's right, right on the beach there and anywhere from talladega to maryland this morning, we have folks without power, quick look at the ohio hail we've got to get to rainy cities brought to you by petsmart. jacqui: good morning, washington. a much, day to look forward to. high temperatures near 90 degrees, not quite zero.

we will keep an eye on the southern zone totoday. low around 70. tomorrow a decent chance for showers and thunderstorms most likely laton friy, looking acti >> so hail does this look familiar from this morning? >> oh yes. >>ple in the studio were telling me that's what they were trying to drive through. the thing about storms like this you just wait five ten minutes and usually that heavy rain is gone. so a little tip. >> good advice there. thank you, ginger. much more ahead this morning. one of hollywood's favorite couples calling it quits. what ben and jen are saying about ending their ten-year marriage. an abc news exclusive. this shark attack survivor speaking out after suffering multiple shark bites, how he saved his son and himself just in time. as you get ready to hit the road this holiday weekend, massive toll fees. one man saying he got a bill for

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melanie: we want to get an update on the weather right now. here is jacqui jeras. jacqui: we still have a small risk of getting a shower mainly south of town, otherwise mainly looking for a sunshine and clouds and a cool front. we will see some disturbances tracking along that for the next couple of days keep the weather patterns kind of active. high temperatures reaching the

upper 80's to near the 90 degree mark as we head into tomorrow, better chances for showers and storms near friday, small chances over the holiday weekend with highs in the 80's. angela: we have got remnants from last night's storm to deal with on foxhall road. for folks who travel on foxhall road, we are block at cathedral avenue northwest. a live look at new hampshire avenue and piney branch road those cars are turning around. piney branch road to shut down in both directions for a fallen tree. fallen trees are problems around most of the region as you travel near the george washington parke way, all of your westbound lanes are blocked with a fallen tree there as well. act to you, melanie. melanie: that was quite a night. people across the area dealing with all of the damage that swept through. i guess station in bleak, the entire canopy collapsed. right before it happened the owner turned off the gas pump

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good morning, america. right now federal investigators are searching for clues in the fire at that historic mt. zion ame church in south carolina. the seventh church to experience a fire in the past few weeks. also right now, new security measures up at the white house. sharp metal spikes now placed around the fence to stop jumpers like that man who made it all the way inside. and the father who had an encounter with a shark in north carolina, well that father is speaking out. an abc news exclusive. how he saved himself and his son and one clue, it was an upper cut. he just -- >> yes. >> tough guy. >> you always hear about that. >> we have another tough lady we'll talk about. misty copeland. she news made history becoming the first black female princess in the american ballet theatre ever. it has been an uphill fight for her all the way. almost called it quits but she's made it.

great inspiring story. a lot more on ha. >> she hopes all little girls can see their dreams through her so we're looking forward to talking about that. we begin this half hour with that -- we're so sorry to hear about this. superstar celebrity split, ben affleck and jennifer garner announcing they are divorcing after ten years of marriage. abc's chris connelly has their story. >> reporter: the statement released jointly tuesday by ben affleck and jennifer garner ending many months of gossipy speculation fueled most recently by images of a moving van outside their home. after much thought and careful consideration, we have the difficult decision to divorce. we go forward with love and friendship for one another and a commitment to co-parenting our children whose privacy we ask to be respected during this difficult time. they would meet in 2001 on the set of "pearl harbor" falling in love two years later while shooting the film "daredevil." >> remember me. >> reporter: and marry in the

early summer of 2005. ten years ago this past monday. the they immediately became one of hollywood's favorite cups and would welcome three children and each seemed to delight in spoofing other's perceptions of their relationship. as in this handsome man club skit from the jimmy kimmel show. >> ben, that's enough. it's getting weird. >> reporter: the end of 2012 saw abc's barb ra walters draw affleck out about their marriage. >> i married a really wonderful woman who is a great mother. >> she gave up a good part of her career. does she ever resent it or resent you? >> she has given up a lot of opportunities in her career for our kids. i don't flatter myself to think that it's for me. but it's because of me in effect. >> reporter: upon winning the best picture oscar for "argo" a bearded affleck would pay tribute to his spouse in his acceptance speech ever so candid about their relationship.

>> i want to thank you for working on our marriage for ten christmases. it's good. it is work but it's the best kind of work and there's no one i'd rather work with. >> reporter: weeks later while hosting "snl" affleck would send up those remarks about marriage being work with the help of his wife. >> our marriage is the work of love. >> yeah. >> what would you have called it in a speech. >> a gift. i wouldnk you to my wife, our marriage is a gift. [ laughter ] >> reporter: and during a "gma" interview last year garner spoke about how she tries to hold her family together amid work and forced separations. >> i mean you can't go for too long without being together as a unit. you can't facetime is a must time for us. >> reporter: and a made for tv romance perhaps only hollywood could star. >> does every guy have to go through this to find out your name? >> reporter: chris connelly, abc news, new york.

>> i wish them all the best. i really do. >> a little more on that later. but now we turn to an abc news exclusive. that north carolina father attacked by a shark over the weekend, he's speaking out mr. how he fought the shark off punching it several times to protect his 8-year-oldon and matt gutman has the story. good morning, matt. >> reporter: i don't think we've ever heard a story quite like this one. patrick thornton nearly 50 years old attacked by a shark so he decides to go into hand to fin combat with it and when he thinks it's threatening his 8-year-old he goes in for a second round. that is all of the shark attacks piling up on north carolina beaches. >> all of a sudden i saw a fin. >> reporter: this morning 47-year-old patrick thornton describing the moment his beach vacation turned into a fight for his life. >> a wave came over and splashed on top of us and i turned my body so my back was to the waves and then i felt a tug at my foot. >> reporter: thornton speaking

exclusive exclusively was with his young son, niece and nephew coming face to fin with a shark while swimming in the shallow waters of avon beach on north carolina's ouber banks. >> it took a pretty big chunk out of my right leg so i started punching the shark and then it grabbed my back must have bit me in the back. >> reporter: somehow he managed to get the shark off him. his niece and nephew made it to shore but his son jack stayed in the water paralyzed with fear. >> i ran over and grabbed jack and as i was bringing him to the shore, the shark came and bit me again in the back and this time he bit me really really hard. >> reporter: so he pumped the shark again. >> kind of punched down and i think i had two hands right where i hit off of it. >> reporter: finally it swam off. >> we have a 47-year-old male patient that has multiple puncture wounds. >> reporter: once on shore thornton was rushed to the er.

suffering wounds to his right leg and deep punctures to his back. according to experts, if a shark attacks, use whatever you can to fight back. as i recently learned testing the shark infested waters off the bahamas. >> the best thing for me right now is fending them off with my feet. all you can do is fight and let them know i'm not going down easy. >> reporter: now, experts respect exactly sure what's causing all of those attacks along north carolina beaches. it could be all of that heat which is drawing fish and, therefore, sharks closer to shore. could be that people are fishing off of piers and jetties like that baiting the sharks but experts say there is a way you can protect yourself. just move down the beach away from piers like this. that way you don't have to go fish to fin with a shark. george, robin. >> path of least resistance. >> that's true. >> makes sense. to ginger right now. boy, you got storm, heat, all across the country. >> everybody is dealing with something and there's a reason for it. i wanted to answer this.

we've got excessive heat warnings in the sacramento valley and chicago only into the 60s. one of their cloudiest and wettest junes on record. i the jet stream's fault. this upper level ridge of high pressure keeping all the heat and dry weather out there. all the storms very active along that jet stream right through places like alabama, even some of the damaging wins causing power outages jacqui: good d morning, washington. after last night's storms expect partly cloudy skies, warm andumid, , severe 90 >> all that weather brought to you by volkswagen. this is one of the coolest videos we've seen. fog rolling over like a waterfall in iceland. isn't that neat? >> beautiful. >> it's very beautiful and not hurting anyone and sometimes i get to share weather like that too. >> yes. >> we appreciate it.

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we are back now at 7:42 with a battle over fines and fees for some drivers after failing to pay for their tolls from those highway express lanes, one maryland man claiming he got a bill for more than $10,000. well, now he's suing to recover some of that money. abc's ryan smith is on the road with the story. good morning to you, ryan. >> reporter: good morning, lara. highway express lanes are supposed to make things easier. with e-zpass no more annoying digging for coins but some virginia drivers who forgot to fill up their accounts lost more than chump change filing a class action lawsuit to recover thousands in penalties.

highway express lanes providing faster travel for millions with drivers relying on e-zpass to breeze through tolls but this morning, some of those toll lanes coming under fire. tranceurban, a company that operates those on two major highways in virginia facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly hitting some drivers' wallets with massive fees for unpaid tolls. >> thiss is highway robbery. >> reporter: kevin stanfield's wife sois one of the plaintiffs. it was linked to her lost credit card which they canceled but when they didn't notify e-zpass with the new credit card information and kept using the express lane the fees piled up. >> i did try to contact tranceurban and say, look let's be reasonable about this. >> reporter: he says he disputed the fees and claims the company then deemed him a repeat offender slapping him with more penalties, his fees ballooning to over $11,000.

>> my reaction was just pure astoundishment total disbelief. >> reporter: trance urban says they not only warn drivers of unpaid tolls but have programs capping fees at $2200. >> what we're looking at today, how to educate folks. >> reporter: tranceurban saying they gave stanfield the opportunity to reduce his administrative fees several times. stanfield eventually settling for $2200. nearly 75 times what he owed in tolls. now he's suing to get that money back. >> i made an honest mistake and it ended up costing me $2200. it's crazy. >> reporter: so how do you avoid huge penalties when you go through those express lanes by accident or if your e-zpass is acting up? tranceurban says they can contact them within the first five days and pay the toll price plus a fee of less than $2. lara. >> all right, ryan so you got to be really careful. >> $2 a lot better than $2200.

>> i will say. >> ryan, we like it. >> yeah. >> different. >> so much younger. all right, coming up everybody, on "good morning america," misty copeland making history in the american ballet theatre theatre. why she says though she almost called it quits. >> we're glad that she did not. that's coming ahead and standing desks are taking over offices right now but do they really work? dr. besser here live with the latest. amy. >> i feel better already. headache? motrin helps you be

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was 13 and to be a principal dancer is reaching those heights. >> reporter: one of six kids raised by a single mother copeland calls herself an unlikely ballerina. the 32-year-old didn't even begin dancing until she was 13. old for ballet and was often told she was a bad fit as she shared in this online ad for underarmour. >> you have the wrong body for ballet. >> reporter: now viewed more than 8 million times. >> you don't have the right feet achilles tendon turnout, torso length and bust. >> reporter: but that didn't stop her from becoming one of the most famous dancers in the country. appearing on the cover of "time" magazine writing two books, amassing more than half a million instagram followers and irving a sport as parl endorsement deal with underarmour. what would it have meant to see someone in your position when you were just starting?

>> i had moments of doubting myself and wanting to quit because i didn't know that there would be a future for an african-american woman to make it to this level. it's not me up here and i'm constantly saying that. it's everyone that came before me that got me to this expectation and all the little girls that can see themselves through me it's giving them a brighter future. >> the chill factor. >> ah. >> we'll be right back, everybody. food should be good. strawberries should sing. lettuce should be dirty. dressing, clean. debates should be healthy. hatchets buried. tables should be full. and good food should be good for you. we're not saying these are the rules we should all live by. but it's a good place to start. panera. food as it should be. hurry into lowe's and find big summer savings for this 4th of july, like 4 bags of sta-green garden soil for only $10. plus get 20% off neverkink hoses.

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melanie: we want to get an update on the weather right now. here's jacqui jeras. jacqui: looking better and brighter for today, we still have a very small risk of getting a shower mainly south of town, otherwise looking for a mix of clouds and sun as cold fronts see disturbances tracking along for the next couple of days to keep the weather pattern kind of active. today is still warm and muggy, near the 90 degree mark. heading into tomorrow a be chance for showers and thunderstorms late into your friday. highs in the 80's. angela: a live look at the capital beltway, we have got inner loop delays. traveling on columbia road we have wires and trees down across the roadway near the little

river turnpike he prepared to turn around. 395 northbound delays southbound crash on the service road as you head to 110 and we are still shut down for travel in both directions on piney branch road. that is one of t of fallen trees. for folks traveling west down, spout run parkway your lanes are blocked just asked the george washington parkway with a fallen tree there as well. melanie: thank you. top stories now, did the secret service begin installing a new removable anticrime feature on top of the white house fence? sharp metal spikes will be in place until a long-term solution is incremented. an increase in the minimum wage kicks in today in d.c.. employees working at least 50% of the time have the right to

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♪ wake me up ♪ good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. and we have the latest on ben and jen. hollywood's golden couple revealing they've ended their ten-year marriage. what they're saying about moving forward. bigger home versus one more baby. the startling confession from a stay-at-home mom sparking a hot debate. why she chose her dream home over another child. ♪ right stuff ♪ and we believe and they did win. >> shoots, scores. >> team usa shutting down germany in one of the most intense world cup games yet. abby wambach carli lloyd kelley o'hara join us live just ahead. ♪ never been in love ♪ are you ready for the rock? one on one one with dwayne johnson this morning and wait till you hear what he really wants to be called. >> adam sandler good looking cupcake. that one? >> as we say -- >> good morning, america.

♪ what a nice crowd out there in times square this morning. look what's happening right here. we call it our cool it down countdown. nick watt inside a water ball. >> oh yes. >> check it out. >> wow. >> that's what it looks like for nick right now. >> i'm getting dizzy. >> hamster. >> nick hamster. >> this is all practice. he says he's getting ready for the big race. >> he'll wear himself out. >> but he's taking one for the team isn't he? i love -- we're working up a deejay this moing. new edition. how about this tune right here -- ♪ i feel like a woman ♪ >> shania twain, that was the encore song at a blockbuster concert last night, had the pleasure of being there in the garden. she brought it down. and it is -- well she's canadian so she knows it's happy

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in tunisia and kuwait. back here at home fire has ripped through another black church in the south. mt. zion ame in south carolina is the seventh african-american church to go up in flames since the charleston church massacre. investigators are not ruling lightning as the possible cause of last night's fire. mt. zion rebuilt after being torched 20 years ago by the ku klux klan. severe storms rolling coast to coast overnight. wins up to 75 miles per hour took down a gas station canopy near washington, d.c. and near dallas lightning sparked a house fire. one witness said it sounded like an explosion. meanwhile in central washington state a new wildfire has forced dozens of people to evacuate. that fire already destroying five buildings and nearby crews say that massive wildfire that destroyed 24 homes is now about half contained. well designer donna karan made a major decision about her future. she's stepping down as head of the brand that made her one of the richest self-made women in

the country. abc's reena ninan has details. >> reporter: donna karan, a pioneer in american fashion. >> i've always been a huge fan of donna karan. >> reporter: the designer darling of a-list celebs. >> i love the comfort of what she makes. >> reporter: announcing yesterday she will be stepping down as chief designer of her namesake label after 30 years at the helm. donna karan, new york is a part of me, past present and future. it has been an honor to speak woman to woman about seven easy pieces that forever changed the way women dressed. production on the donna karan collection will be temporarily halted but dkny will still be available to fans. she debuted her first collection in 1985 presenting women with what she called a modern system of dressing claiming all a woman really needs is seven easy pieces. >> she brought to fashion an entirely different way of thinking about how women should dress. and it was incredibly impactful. >> reporter: once dubbed the queen of seventh avenue.

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later but speculation has surrounded the couple for months and now confirmation. affleck and garner joining the ranks of many hollywood couples have nixed their nuptials. just last year after multiple marriage renewals seal and heidi klum called it quits. they've been married for seven years and after 14 years of marriage, david arquette and courteney cox untied the knot. >> being a hollywood star is a lot of pressure for anyone let alone someone that's in a relationship with someone else that's a hollywood star. >> reporter: affleck and garner announcing their divorce just one day after their ten-year anniversary. so what's so ten use about that tenth year of marriage? >> the timing of the announcement could be a sign that there was something in the premarital agreement or it could just simply be the fact that they were waiting until exactly after the ten-year mark because that might give jennifer an advantage in negotiating a settlement regarding her spousal support. >> reporter: like gwyneth paltrow who consciously uncoupled after 11 years of marriage with chris martin

affleck and garner are also putting up a united front saying they plan to co-parent their three children releasing this statement "we go forward with love and friendship for one another and a commitment to co-parenting our children". >> co-parenting and being there for their three children is what's most important to ben and jen right now. and even though they're divorcing they currently planning living at the pacific palisades home together for the time being. >> reporter: the couple starting on what may be their most challenging roles yet. for "good morning america," linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> like you say we wish them the best? we certainly do. we move on in the "heat index" to that mother who says she made a huge sacrifice by choosing to buy a luxury home instead of having a third child and tried to explain it in a blog post and that has sparked a pretty fierce backlash. rebecca jarvis has her story. >> reporter: just like a scene straight out of the movie "knocked up." >> we're going to have another baby. >> reporter: it's a conversation parents around the world can relate to.

whether or not to have another child. but this morning, this stay-at-home mom of two is coming under fire for sharing her story.in an article for elle decor titled "i made a huge sacrifice to buy my dream home" sarah scott chooses a fully loaded luxury home instead of having a third child. certain sacrifices had to be made for this dream to come true for us the first being that we can only afford to have two children. scott then writes about she and her husband's change of heart wanting another child after buying that dream home. my uterus literally aches despite the fact that logic suggests we can't afford it right now. scott writes about additional financial sacrifices that third child would entail that she'd have to return to teaching and our annual vacation would disappear because we would need to sell the timeshare to make up the difference. the backlash has been fierce

with one person ou really have no idea how 99% of this country lives, do you? and another telling her, get over your perfectly scripted life. >> having it all is a relative concept to the outside world, this woman appears to have it all but she doesn't feel that way. acceptance of all types of families is the only way that we'll end the parenting wars. >> rebecca joins us now along with ericaka souter our parenting expert. ericka here are a couple more. one woman, valley said no one as shallow as this author should two children. two is probably too many. denise said it's so disguging in so many ways. boy is it truck a nerve. >> it has but most parents weigh the pros and con, the problem with this essay it shows the writer is operating in a bubble of wealth. not acknowledging most people in this country, these aren't even problems. most people in the world these aren't even problems so it also sets up a new aspect of the

mommy world, the overprivileged mom versus the not so privileged mom and it really alienates her. >> it sure seemed like that. let's get some baseline financial facts down here. what are the costs of an additional child. >> clearly a huge decision a huge responsibility. it goes well beyond the finances but on the financial side of thing, george, right now if you have a child for those first 18 years of life that child will cost you $245,000. now, the interesting thing is once you start having additional children, the cost per child goes down once you have two children the cost per child goes down 25%, when you have three children the cost per child goes down 22% because you can share. there's hand-me-downs involved. the cost of housing is less child care and for many families you can buy in bulk so ends up costing a little less. >> that's just one of many factors to consider ericka such a personal decision but a lot struggle with the emotional back and forth as well. >> there's some important things to consider. number one, put your complaints

in perspective. if you're trying to decide whether to buy a summer home but your neighbors or friends can't afford their mortgage you know hold back on your complaints a little bit. you might also want to try to find people who can relate to your particular struggle. not everyone in your social circle will be able to. find those people who won't be annoyed with those complaints and lastly the most important thing, you're not alone much there are 85 million moms in the united states alone. someone does share your struggle so never feel you're totally alone in your complaints. >> don't necessarily write about it. >> don't write about it, right. >> thank you, guy, both. let's go back to robin. also burning up the "heat index" this morning, standing desks. there's now a growing movement to make them a mainstay in offices all across the country. seas have increased fivefold dr. besser. >> incredible. >> in the reason years and we're taking an in-depth look at whether they work several of our interns are wonderful, hard-working and have been giving them a try all morning long and, okay we want to hear your experience paula, tell us how was it. >> well robin, we're feeling

very tire out here. we have amanda who says she can't wait to sit on a chair. we have rachel who is feeling okay for now but soon she says she will get very tired and honestly i just can't wait to sit back do it's getting really tiring. >> i know you're going to be taking my job one day. that's a little too good as an intern. that was very very good but thank you for that information, as well. dr. besser he'll be taking your questions throughout the morning. we have questions for you. tell us about the benefits. >> yeah so we know that sitting all day is bad for our health. increased risk for weight gain for diabetes for heart disease so the question is instead of sitting all day you stand does it give you improvements and there's some small studies that show some degree of benefit so the first one is you're going to be burring more calories because you're using muscles in your legs. you'll have less fatigue, more energy during the day because you're moving around and you're going to get less tired then they find if you go from sitting to standing sitting to standing there's less boredom so three benefits right there. >> as you said there's some

health benefits but what about the downside? >> well there are some downsides. we know from people who work all day on their feet from cashier, people on assembly lines you can have increased foot pain increased joint pain just from standing all day. you can have swelling of your feet and you also get a risk for varicose veins, let me show you how that works. your heart is pumping blood throughout your body okay and then your veins bring that blood back to your heart. but as they do that there's little valves that keep the blood from flowing backwards. if you're standing all day, those valves can break and can cause swelling in those -- and pooling of the blood and varicose veins in your leg. a risk. >> i always wondered how that broke down like that. very graphic like that. so give us dos and don'ts. >> first thedoepts if you're pregnant you probably don't want to do this if you have orthopedic or circulation problems you don't want to do it. >> it feels good. you feel more energetic so those

are the don'ts. >> for the dos, if you do this you want to make sure you set up properly and so that involves making your that the desk is at the right height. this is electric. you can raise and lower it. yeah. it's magical. okay and here you want to make sure that your arms can be at around 90 degrees. that your monitor, you're looking down at about 20 degrees so that's really good. we probably couldn't be at the same desk as amy could be. >> amy is going to come over here because it started a cottage industry. other -- >> that's right. products -- using this -- >> i'll take my shes off. oh wow. this is a wonderful thing called the level by fluid stance and can help build your core. i think i would end uppen 0 the floor if i used one. >> she's so athletic. >> it can build your core while working at your desk. >> we love to know from our viewers who have been using it. tell us on twitter and facebook. >> and amy, she had the pedicure so she got this. hey, ginger -- >> my goodness. i love my standing desk. i got to say that and i love this.

we've got friends from arkansas 27 years of marriage here from birmingham alabama and we have storms that just moved through st. louis. that's where we begin this morning. st. louis earth cam. the clouds till in place there and in a flash flood watch, cape girardeau included and the rainfall goes 3 to 4 inches in the yellow zone. jacqui: good morning, washington. a much, day to look forward to. high tememperatures near 90 degrs, not quite zero. we will keep an eye on the southern zone today. lowround 70. tomorrow a decent chance for showers and thunderstorms momost likely late onon friday, looking acti still with isolated ances overhe holiday weekend >> oh what a crowd out here today. we love it from new mexico and tucson arizona, a very happy morning to you. all right, lara let's get some "pop." >> all right, ginger get over

here time for "pop news" and first up tv game shows for 800 please. this popular host has some super fresh hip-hop skills. the answer who is "jeopardy's" alex trebek in in the theme to this '90s sitcom i pulled up to the house about 7 or 8 and i yelled to the cabbie yo holmes smell you later. >> that would be alec trebek proving he can rap with the best of them. >> i smell an album. >> catching his vocal chords for a wild rendition of "the fresh prince of bel-air" theme song. we think that will smith would probably approve. he sounded like -- who did he sound like? >> i don'tentsn't know. >> breathy. >> like clint eastwood. >> classic rap album. >> he should do the rest of it. >> yeah do the rest of it. do about ten other songs and have a hit. >> i think you should produce it. >> platinum baby.

yeah. >> alex trebek sings, ice, ice, baby. all right. next in "pop news," this all-american crow is celebrating the fourth of july a little early. take a look at this photo. this creigh clearly comes from the land of the free the free ride that is ace home of the brave. cruising in landing on the back of a bald eagle who was probably searching for a midflight snack and an amateur photographer managed to capture these moments in washington. he said he took a short break before realizing he should probably get off and fly in a different direction. >> isn't that pretty? okay then also in the news today, everybody has a friend with a big mouth. but no one is quite like this guy. mr. dchlt ochltmaximouth is a science teacher from india who holes 48 individual world records for putting lots of various objects in his mouth. he has put five golf balls. he has also managed to get 100

marbles. >> oh. >> 14 test tubes. and you saw that 208 chopsticks. his latest chomper challenge, 1,001 straws and he says the key to his success is breathing exercises and massaging his facial muscles for up to ten minutes to make his cheeks quote, rubber-like. and his big dream, break all mouth-stuffing records as soon as possible. >> he could keep them. >> i just look there are so many comments but they're not going to be said right here today. how do you even figure out you have that skill? >> what? >> how do you figure out you have that skill? why would you want to figure out you have that skill? >> let's sneak that one through. >> you know i'm so glad that you're talking because this last

one is for you, my friend. >> you said we have a friend with a big mouth. >> he was trying to run out the clock. >> he would. >> no. i don't know what's coming. >> you don't have a big mouth and you definitely don't have big undies because -- >> oh. >> we've always known there's something special, something magical i dare say about michael and movie audiences feel the same way. a new survey on fandango the movie ticket destination found that strahan is the single most sought after newcomer in "magic mike xxl," 1,000 people polled and all seem to agree about mike's arc augustus who unlike the roman emperor doesn't wear a toga. in fact he doesn't wear much at all. augustus wears a tiny thong and puts gusto into his performance. the poll shows 86% will see "magic mike" when it opens today as part of a gno. girls night out and more than half say they want to see it in a theater that serves alcohol.

>> i wish we were serving alcohol right now when you did that piece, i could use some. >> very nice. >> you must be so ready for this film to come out. >> i'm ready for us to get out of "pop news." come on lara. >> team usa is coming up. >> i'm telling you. tt2w r6,](@eo f#

update on the weather right now. here's jacqui jeras. jacqui: a fairly nice summer day to look forward. warm and muggy today. storm chances very low. hats stray shower south and west of town, the rest of us drive to the metro. partly cloudy skies high temperatures in the mid to upper 80's, near 90 in a few spots on the beltway. showers and thunderstorms back tomorrow, friday looks like a cloudy injury day with lesser chances over the holiday weekend. angela: we are starting with a live look at 495 on the george washington parkway 14th creek bridge. we have reopened the lanes on the spout run part a, we are making some progress on the road, capital beltway moving nicely through prince george's county, inner loop delays past rants -- press -- past branch avenue. we are jamming up pretty badly on the inbound super and parkway

between silver hill road and's and road. we are still shut down on piney branch road in silver spring. of directions between carroll avenue and new hampshire avenue with a fallen tree, the interstate doing good in terms of accidents with volume delays on 66 traveling east bound. back to you, melanie. melanie: thousands in our area are still without power after the storm passed through last night and did a lot of damage. at a gas station in buoy the entire canopy collapsed. right before it happened the owner turned off the gas comes and hid under the counter. marilyn governor larry hogan says he is feeling really wrong after undergoing chemotherapy. he posted on facebook as he was starting his fourth day of 24 hour treatment. he says that he expects to leave the hot tonight.

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there he is our intrepid nick watt in the water ball right there trying to make it across that pool. he's got a little race going on this morning. one of our many great ideas to cool down as it heats up outside. >> he's trying one of those challenges, attempting to keep his balance inside a water ball. it would be really fun if we wednesday head to head. i wish i was in there. >> speaking of head to head he's going to race against two other competitor not you. >> i volunteer. >> oh really. >> all right. let's go inside to robin who is in the social square. >> she has a future i'm telling you. first we're going to talk about team usa. what a thrilling win over germany last night. we're so happy to be joined live by three of the team's stars as they prepare for the final match. please welcome carli lloyd, kelley o'hara and abby wambach. are you feeling the love here in

times square? please tell me that the team you realize how excited we are for you, right? abby? >> we're tired but, yes. >> super pumped. >> we know everybody is behind us, yeah. >> well, well the stadium, you would felt it was a home match last night but i want to ask how is meghan doing? i know she took a nasty hit on the head so how is she doing, carli? >> she's great. yeah i mean she was -- i was right there when it happened. while she was on the ground they took full care of her. they examined her. examined her at halftime after the game and she's great which is good news. >> wow. that is good news. >> speaking of great, my friend you have been great, three goals in three games. when you realized that the match in part thanks to kelpley, what were the last moments like carli? >> you know it was just -- it

was great. overall it was a fantastic team performance, so proud of kelley for her goal at the end of that. i think throughout this tournament our defense has been stellar, hope has been awesome. collectively players on the bench, it's been great and it was a satisfying feeling winning the game but also, you know we know we have one more and didn't come here to get second place. we want to win it. >> yes you do. kelley that had to be -- you're a relative newbie, for you to score a goal like that and to secure the win, that's something you're going to remember for a long time isn't it? >> absolutely. i was just excited to be able to get on the pitch and help out my team and i'm just so proud of everyone who's out there and fought and just the collective effort last night. >> and, abby., come on now. i'm telling you, you're an inspiration and how you've gotten the team fired up especially in the game before

and making sure that everybody was focused as you have been and you have said you're one of the most decorated athletes ever to play this sport and you would give it a world cup title. isn't that what you said? >> this is it. yeah i mean this is it. you know obviously my role is a lot different than it has been in past world cups. that's why i think it's so huge that players like kelle yechlt and carli are tipping up. kelley hasn't been playing that much since china and it's important to note it's taken the entire team 23 players and two goal keepers that will probably never see the pitch, they annoy the heck out of us throughout our practice training sessions because they are just -- they're that good and that's why our team our whole team is in the finals and hopefully we just have one more game left >> that's the beauty of it. it is a total, total team effort and we have seen that game in and game out and so from times

square here give a big cheer to the girls. we are here for you and, abby i haven't forgotten my promise to you you, win that gold medal and what you will get as a team back here at "good morning america." >> we're coming back. >> i know you are. so we'll be watching on sunday. all the best to you and, hey, thanks, give our best to the team. everybody. >> thanks, robin. >> thanks for getting up and being with us. we believe, baby. we believe. [ cheers and applause ] we believe. now to amy. >> robin we believe too. we cannot wait for sunday but in the meantime, while we're waiting let's check in with duane the rock johnson who is on one heck of a roll. he already has two big screen hits under his belt this summer now taking on tv starring in the -- and producing the new hbories "ballers." abc's sara haines talked to him about what it took to get to where he is now. >> reporter: he's hollywood's hottest heavyweight starring in some of this year's biggest blockbusters.

from "san andreas" -- >> are you hurt. >> reporter: to "furious 7" dwayne johnson is rocking the silver screen. but before we talk about his newest project i have an important question. what do i call you? i've heard the rock d.j. dwyane, mr. johnson, uncle handsome. >> damn good-looking cupcake. >> i like it. >> generally everyone i meet hey, rock. >> reporter: rock is now producing and starring in hbo's "ballers." >> i'm youranager and will put your money to work. >> reporter: playing a retired nfl star trying to reinvent himself as a super suave financial guru for current players. what drew you to spencer. >> it is such a wish fulfillment role for me because i literally the life that spencer strasse strassemore is the life i wanted. i wanted to be a pro football player. >> this guy looks great. >> he looks amazing. a lot of these guys who are professional athletes if

they're ballin', they're ballin'. when we meet spencer yes, he's had this incredible career in the nfl but literally has less than $200 in the bank. therein lies that great, i think, juxtaposition like a lot of these guys have, i was one of them where you don't have any money but you look like a million dollars. >> reporter: johnson played football at the university of miami, never making it to the nfl. but signing instead with the calgary stampeders in the canadian football league. >> it was a defining time for me because it was making 300 bucks a week canadian living on like spaghettios. >> reporter: he was cut after two months. hitting rock bottom johnson decided to bill his body and join the wwe. you were arguably one of the most successful wrestlers ever. you now are nailing all these roles and not many people transition at all let alone rise to the top in both. what are your explanation for how you did that. >> always remembering the work

that it tas, so just because you're successful at something doesn't mean that your fan also follow you, doesn't mean that the fan also go to the box office go see your movies watch your tv show you got to put in the work so i was very fortunate. >> reporter: and now it's time for the rock lightning round. go to karaoke song. >> "just the way you are" and "kissing a fool". >> last time you felt really happy. >> oh when i looked in the mirror. >> gosh if i looked like you i would too. >> how cheesy is that. >> three words to best describe you. >> loyal, committed, handsome as all hell. >> i was going to say damn sexy. un unrealized dream. >> becoming a pro football player. >> proudest accomplishment. >> becoming a daddy. >> what would you tell your teenage self? >> it's going to be okay. keep working hard. it's going to be okay. >> reporter: for "good morning america," sara haines abc news boston. >> when i looked in the mirror that was a quote to remember. "ballers" airs sundays at 10:00 p.m. on hbo.

you can go to goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! to see dwayne johnson sharing his workout routine and nutrition secret as well. and, ginger, let's talk about weather. >> heat, amy. let's get all hot beyond the rock huh. let's go to the bay bridge in san francisco, part of the bay area is in a heat advisory today. there's so many pockets of heat advisories even extreme heat warnings and you can see the numbers, they are going down a little but salt lake city, you're still up around 100 asstart the holiday weekend and redding, 109 even as we end the week. jacqui: good morning, wawashington. after last nit's storms expect partly cldykies, , warm andumid, severe 90 >> all that weather brought to you by nexgard. so glad we looked in the mirror today. >> let's cool it down. next we're doing just that as we

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and nick watt has been gearing up for it all morning moving about inside an enormous water ball at sahara stands oasis water park in west berlin new jersey. nick how is it going inside there? >> hey, lara it's getting hot in here and i'm a hamster in a ball but i'm about to roll on water. you climb into this thing through a zipper. they pump it full of air and ready to roll. lifeguards in the pool. i'm told mine, if he wants to give me helping push that's totally fine. we're ready to roll chrissy, brian, ready, let's do this. let's do this. [ whistle blows ] [ cheers and applause ]

>> he's going to do it. go! whoa! [ cheers and applause ] the man walks on water in every way. >> he was working hard. >> look at that. i just saw -- ooh. welcome to the gun show. is it hard nick? >> reporter: guys, that was awesome. going forward, baby crawling is the way. you lose your balance, fantastic. >> how do you steer that thing? how do you steer it? nick? >> reporter: yeah. i can't hear anything in here. i'm in my own world in here. >> let the man out of the ball. >> please. >> come on. >> he won. >> let the man out of the ball. let the man out of the ball.

let the man out of the ball. >> congratulations, nick. you made us proud. you made us proud. >> our living hamster. we love him so much that we have to show you in slo-mo. there it is nick taking it to the finish line for us on "good morning america." and so much more coming up. we have terminator and "game of thrones" star emilia clarke here opening up about all on "good morning america.

friday -- and all we want to talk about is mika live in a red hot "gma" summer concert event. it's a party in the park with mika on "gma" summer concert series. presented by coppertone sunscreen. that is coming up friday but you know that our next guest is the mother of dragons on "game of thrones" and now emilia clarke is taking on another blockbuster franchise and joins

arnold schwarzenegger in "terminator genisys," jesse palmer here. you met up with her to talk about it. >> i sure did. if you can believe it emilia clarke plays a woman just as fierce in "terminator" as she is in "game of thrones" taking on the iconic character of sarah connor. take a look. >> come with me if you want to live. down, soldier. >> i'm a huge "terminator" fan and this is a legendary film series and you get to say, we just heard it one of the most/ iconic live come with me if you want to live. arnold schwarzenegger says it in the second movie and now it's your turn. >> i know. it's good. >> what was it like to get to

say that line. >> it was pretty amazing. like a lot of pressure i think surrounding that particular line so we did a couple of takes to make sure yeah yeah yeah. >> i wanted to ask but that. it's not like it's hard to memorize but obviously it's very impact impactful. did you knock it out of the park. >> by the fact that we did it so many time probably not the first time and then me trying to make it funny was not appropriate either as i found out like take 12 seriously, just do it well. >> at least you got it by take 12. >> exactly. >> so like "terminator" sarah connor, your character, you're operating some heavy weaponry. >> yes. >> figuratively and literally. >> yes. >> 70-pound grenade launcher. talk to me about that. >> that was heavy. that was so heavy and i remember when i first fired it because they're like i got to fire the real guns first of all which was scary as anything. >> wow. >> and then yeah then doing the blanks so you could hear it for like a whole state or something. it was ridiculous but i just wanted to like be better than

the boys. >> no doubt bit. i wanted to ask about "game of thrones" and season finale. >> yeah. >> everybody was shocked at jon snow's death. when you were reading the script what was your reaction when you found out he was going to be murdered. >> like -- obviously i read all the scripts and i always get a little emotional but that one you burst foo tear stuck it in the freezer. called them and said what the hell, you can't do this yeah went out for a drink and said you got to tell me the truth. what is happening. no matter how many beers that boy drunk yep, dude i'm dead. >> really? >> yeah. >> as an actor does it ever then make you wonder to yourself -- >> am i safe? >> am i next? >> yes, definitely. again, i keep asking. oh, just have to wait and see. that's funny but seriously am i going to die so who knows. >> you had so much success, congratulations on all of your success. so many good things. >> how much. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> emilia said training for the

movie was so intense, getting into tough physical shape and learning how to fire that gun, 70-pound grenade launcher. had a military adviser to help her out. you need to check out "terminator genisys." it opens nationwide today. she's so sweet but does an unbelievable role. i saw the movie. she knocks sarah connor that role right out of the park. unbelievable talent and if you love the "terminator" franchise, you got to go check this out. >> all right. >> jest pi thanks very much. > coming up, a lot more coming up on

"good morning america" is brought to you by subway start your day with an egg white and cheese topped with guacamole. >> guacamole. hey, you may have heard, "magic mike xxl" -- steaming up theaters nationwide today but the men aren't the only ones turning heads on the big screen. amber heard playing channing tatum's leading lady and we sat down with her in the social square. >> "magic mike xxl" may be full of a whole lot of steamy stripteasing delicious dancing and many muscular men so it takes one of hollywood's toughest bomb bombshells to keep channing tatum on his toes. amber plays an elusive photographer in the highly anticipated film and she and mike keep crossing paths like it's magic. take a look. >> i met a photographer in miami at this party i was working at.

took a look at my photos and offered me a job right there on the spot as his assistant. >> that's cool. did he offer a place for you to stay 'well, that happened to be his house when his wife was away. >> wait. were you there. >> i want to throw this out there. this might be god's way of giving you a second chance at myrtle beach. >> i'll think about it. >> okay from that shot i'd like to say you are beautiful but much more. was it fun to be a little grungy character. >> yeah it was nice to work with people that didn't want to do the typical girl -- i mean obviously they're not afraid of breaking some rules or turning some norms on hair heads. >> you mentioned in your "elle" magazine character you wanted to find a good female character to play. what attracted to you this role. >> zoe is an example of a woman not reduced to these unrealistic expectations of beauty. she's enigmatic but nuanced and real. nice to see a female character

be liberated from the shackles of having to be just the pretty girlfriend. >> you mentioned her and channing tatum's character don't have a typical courtship of sorts. >> they're both on separate paths and the pacific northwests keep crossing. you kind of expect the payoff to be something we've seen before but it's not. >> i want to do a lightning round called heard's word. >> okay. >> favorite dance song. >> jay z's "can i get a -- >> funniest co-star? >> ever? >> ever. >> i don't know. i mean i have a soft spot for michael trahan. >> would win between michael and channing tatum. >> i have a soft spot for michael. >> you and channing. >> i wish i could say me. >> if you could sum up "magic mike xxl" with a hashtag, what would it say. >> best girls night ever. >> thank you so much, amber. >> and thank you, sara. we have a soft spot for michael, as well. "magic mike xxl" in theaters today. >> our magic moment of the morning. nick watt in the water ball

race. there he is right there. a little slow motion. bring it home the trophy. >> on this great canada day. [ cheers and applause ] melanie: we want to get an update on the weather right now. here's jacqui jeras. jacqui: a fairly nice day to look forward to. warm and muggy, storm chances very low. perhaps a stray shower south and west of town, the rest of us try to the metro. high temperatures reaching the mid-to upper 80's, near 90 in a few spots.

showers and thunderstorms back in the forecast tomorrow, off and on today making for a dreary day with less chances over the holiday weekend. angela: once you get to braddock road we have a collision that takes your right lane eastbound as you approach 495. we are also still shut down on columbia road near little river turnpike downed trees and wires. be prepared for additional delays. volume delays from pentagon city to the 14th street ridge, we ours of dealing with closures in takoma park. piney branch road, closed between carroll avenue and new hampshire avenue due to a block tree. we are still shut down on foxhall road due to the fallen power cable at cathedral avenue. traveling south round the crash reported at 370, delays as you approach this her. melanie: -- the spur. melanie: we will learn more

today about security plans for this year's fourth of july celebration in the nation's capital. park police have scheduled a news conference to help the public plan for activities on independent they. meanwhile, park police may be a little worn out after cleaning up that storm damage on the national mall. strong winds tipped over port of potty's overnight. it even knocked down a big tent set up for the fourth of july celebration. more news, traffic, and the weather on "good morning washington

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