. good morning, america. bracing for a hurricane. tropical storm harvey gaining strength now taking aim at texas. millions preparing for life-threatening floods and nearly two feet of rain as emergency crews practice helicopter rescues. the governor's new warning this morning. another shift in tone for president trump now calling for healing. >> we are defined by our shared humanitarian. >> just hours after that divisive campaign rally. is he sparking a rift within his own party? breaking overnight, jackpot, one single ticket claiming that massive powerball prize. more than $750 million on

line. the search to find the luckiest person in america. how you could still be a millionaire. dozens of million dollar winning tickets still out there. ♪ i'm on the edge >> and gone. >> and the dodgers' dream of a perfect game going, going, gone. nine innings of no hits destroyed by this walkoff home run. >> and gone. >> could this cover have been their jinx? and good morning, america. there is a lot of news to get to this morning. we want to get right to that hurricane watch. it's happening on the gulf coast. take a look at this image from nasa. that is tropical storm harvey from space. it's massive. >> and it is gaining strength right now. evacuations under way in some parts of texas preparing for the worst stocking up on supplies. we want to go right to ginger tracking the storm. good morning. >> they are right to prepare for the worst. this will be a heavy rain event and flooding that

life and property. we could lose both this weekend. let me take you to tropical storm harvey that formed overnight or redeveloped and you can see it's about 300 miles south and east of brownsville, max sustained winds right now, 45 miles per hour, moving north at 10 miles per hour. there are hurricane watches, tropical storm warnings and a hurricane warning for a large area but this flood watch extends to san antonio for up to 20 inches of rain. we have to get to the track in a couple of moments. but first our matt gutman standing in water in corpus christi. matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, ginger. right, water is the major story now. check this out. the water here off corpus christi is like a bathtub. 87 degrees which is great if you want to go swimming, very bad for a storm. it's basically turbo charging harvey and all morning long our phones have been buzzing with hurricane warnings, texas is very much on its toes this morning. this morning, texas declaring

state of disaster with city as long a 600-mile stretch of the gulf of mexico bracing for catastrophic rainfall. >> we need people to be aware. >> reporter: harvey churning toward the texas gulf coast upgraded to a tropical storm overnight. major cities including houston and san antonio forecast for a deluge of over a foot of rain from this storm, plus potentially devastating storm surge. >> we're going to have coastal flooding. >> all of our bayous and creeks would be potentially a problem. >> reporter: residents there emptying chefs. many stores selling out of basics including water. >> some of the essentials. >> water and food and batteries. >> just getting ready for it. >> reporter: city offs and emergency responders preparing for the worst this morning. local law enforcement practicing for potential helicopter rescues. college campuses under mandatory evacuations and drivers warned to avoid the roads as main thoroughfares are shut down.

now, 12,000 students could potentially be locked out of the local university here. there's sandbagging operations all over town and their concern is as far away as new orleans, 550 miles away that the pumps there won't be able to handle that massive deluge, ginger. >> matt, thank you. so much to talk about here. we have to go to the track and the timing. i know that's important to everyone so as it gets going the next 24 hours we should sky this become a category 1 hurricane and makes landfall sometime early saturday morning, just south of corpus christi in this latest track. then it sits around and that's going to be the problem. it does not move much and that's where you'll end up getting significant rainfall. some of the warnings have up to 25 inches locally. a wide swath of 8 to 15 inches and you can see it goes all the way as matt was saying up through louisiana. storm surge, two to seven feet. huge waves that we will talk about in just a bit and, guys, this is going to be a b

surge but because of that rain, much like tropical storm alison. look at these images from 2001. this was only in quotes a tropical storm but if we remember, there were $5 billion in damage, more than 20 people dead. 30,000 homes in houston lost because of the rain, george. >> boy, a rough weekend coming for the gulf. okay, thanks very much. we turn now to the big powerball winner. one ticket holding the key to that more than $750 million jackpot. it is the largest prize ever won by a single ticket and it was purchased at the handy variety store in watertown, massachusetts, and that is where we find abc's gio benitez. he is there with the store's owner who i'm sure is very happy this morning, gio. >> reporter: very happy, amy. good morning. i'm actually joined by that store co-owner. tell me, congratulations because here you are. >> thank you. >> you've owned this store for

>> tell me has this ever happened. >> never a big one. >> you just must be so excited. >> very happy, yeah. >> her store now gets $50,000. >> yep. >> because of this. but i want you to go ahead and take a look at your numbers because you might have some of these winning numbers and you might end up with a prize. the winning ticket at this store hit all of those winning number, 6, 7, 16, 23, 26 and that powerball 4. that lucky winner could get the $758 million jackpot over 29 years or a lump sum payout of 480 million. now, the drawing came after a last-minute rush for tickets across the country. at the height of the rush sales in massachusetts were $10,000 per minute and over in texas, we're talking about more than 60,000 per minute and you know what, it turns out this is the fourth time that massachusetts has sold a winning powerball ticket. so a lot of lucky people here, amy. >> that's true and you mentioned you should hook

because there are a lot of millionaires waking up this morning and they might not even know it yet, correct? >> reporter: that's right and you got to look at that ticket. even scan it at the store to make sure that you don't have one, but there are six $2 million prizes right now and there are $341 million prizes right now. so i'm going to go look at that ticket because i don't think i looked at it close enough. >> i'm texting my husband right now, gio. thank you. george. >> good luck to both of you. the latest from president trump back at the white house after a western tour marked by striking shifts in tone. first that fiery attack on the media and fellow republicans in phoenix then a call for unity and healing in reno. our chief white house correspondent jon karl has the story. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. it was a defiant two-day trip out west where the president aimed some of his harshest attacks at fellow republicans. as the president returned to the white house overnight, he ignored questions on whether he plans to

on his trip out west, the president did a political version of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde. after tuesday's 75-minute diatribe against his critics. >> i always hear about the elite. i went to better schools than they did. i was a better student than they were. i live in a bigger, more beautiful apartment and i love in the white house too which is really great. >> reporter: on wednesday, he talked of love and unity. >> it is time to heal the wounds that divide us and to seek a new unity based on the common values that unite us. >> reporter: the two speeches just hours apart were shockingly different in tone. >> we are defined by our shared humanity, by our citizenship in this magnificent nation. >> i really think they don't like our country. i really believe that. >> and by the love that fills our hearts. >> i hit them with neo-nazi. i hit them with everything. >> reporter: in arizona the es

state's two republican senators. prompting the speaker of the house to issue a plea for republican unity instead. >> i think the president feels that's a strategy that works for him. i would just say i think it's important we all stay unified. >> reporter: in arizona the president also threatened a government shutdown if congress does not fund his border wall, something that is not sitting well with fellow republicans, paul ryan said, nobody wants a shutdown and mitch mcconnell put out a statement saying he has a good relationship with the president saying we are working together to develop tax reform and infrastructure legislation to grow the economy and create jobs to prevent a government default and fund the government so we can advance our priorities in the short and long terms but, george, you'll notice in that statement, no mention of the border wall and i am told that mcconnell and the president have not spoken in more than two weeks and their last conversation was a tense phone call where the president was essentially shouting

investigation. >> tense times in that showdown looming fast. we saw yesterday hillary clinton speaking out, an excerpt of her book coming out in september where she talks about that moment in the debate with donald trump where he was looming behind her. let's listen. >> well, what would you do? do you stay calm, keep smiling and carry on as if he weren't repeatedly invading your space? or look him in the eye and say loudly and clearly, back up, you creep. get away from me. i know you love to intimidate women but you can't intimidate me. so back up. >> she might wish now she had said that but this book is going to be coming out in september when all these other big issues are hitting. >> reporter: it shows she will not hold back and, george, the president hasn't held back. he sometimes attacks hillary clinton so harshly and so regularly that it seems like the campaign was never over. never

>> thanks very much. let's bring in matt dowd for more on all this. matt, yesterday you talked about jekyll and hyde, president trump, and one of the things we're seeing, the public, at least, in the most recent poll, the quinnipiac poll showed by 62-31%, 2-1 margin the public believes that president trump is a divider, not a uniter. >> george, i think this is a huge problem on two fronts, first for the president politically. the american public does not see him at all in any way as a moral leader that can unite the problem. a problem for him but for the country you and i talked before the inauguration and i said to you, i thought we were at as great a divide in our country as we were entering the civil war and if we're in that situation today and don't have a president the american public trusts, then we have a huge problem getting to the common good and if we can't get to the common good then our democracy becomes very problematic. >> even less likely to get to the common good to come to unity if in september we have a

default on our debt. >> well, yeah, that goes straight to donald trump's vulnerability which was he was a businessman. he's going to make government work. he's going to bring people together and do all the things and make it like a business and if we go at a situation and the government is shut down because of threats from the president, it even makes it harder to move forward. >> okay, matt dowd, thanks very much. new developments into the investigation into what caused u.s. officials to fall ill in cuba. we are now learning more about what may have led to hearing and memory loss and whether it involved a sonic attack. abc's victor oquendo is in miami with all of those details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, amy. some of those officials were medically evacuated right here to miami for immediate treatment. this happened months ago but the investigation is still very much ongoing. this morning, troubling new information about those american officials working in havana, cuba, who suddenly fell ill. >> yes, there is a pattern taking place here.

is something going on. >> reporter: but the u.s. government doesn't know exactly what happened or who was behind it and now several government agencies including the fbi are on the ground in havana to find out what why at least ten american staff members and their families started experiences strange and severe physical symptoms in late 2016 including hearing loss and according to our miami station wplg memory loss, loss of balance and vision issues. sources telling abc they appeared to have been targeted by a sonic device that produced inaudible and audible booms, impossible to hear with the human ear much like a dog whistle. >> tony, are you there? >> reporter: it sounds like something out of a hollywood movie, not even iron man was a match for this sonic device but in real life they can cause permanent damage. >> if this is a type of weapon, the type of device that could be used in other places, i think there's real reason for the state department to be

countries where we have tense relations. >> reporter: while the investigation deepens those officials that returned home are being treated and closely monitored by doctors. >> those incidents have caused a variety of physical symptoms. not everyone has experienced the same type of symptoms. >> reporter: cuba denying any involvement but in response the u.s. expelled two cuban diplomats from washington, d.c. according to the state department, there are american staff mes who chose to stay and continue working in havana and for them medical professionals were brought in for an evaluation. amy. >> all right, victor, thank you. we appreciate it. now to a protest on the doorstep of the national football league, more than 1,000 supporters of quarterback colin kaepernick rallied outside league headquarters on wednesday. they claim kaepernick who remains unsigned this year has been blacklisted for taking a stand against police brutality kneeling during the national anthem. his supporters

league pass a rule that would protect players from any retaliatory actions resulting from personal protests. but critics say it's kaepernick's performance on the field that's to blame for his lack of a job this season, not his protest. george. >> thank you. there are new questions about how beach towns are protecting their shores after images like this, sharks hunting fish near the hamptons and there's been a recent surge in sightings at cape cod with one politician recommending dramatic action. abc's eva pilgrim is here with the story. >> reporter: it's not that anyone wants to see in the water with them at the beach, that fin sticking out. fatal shark attacks are rare but recent great white shark encounters have some wanting to take drastic measures to keep people safe. this morning, a controversial proposal in massachusetts to protect packed end of summer beaches from sharks prompted in part by two close encounters just this week. monday just feet from swimmers on this cape cod beach a great white shark was caught

attacking a seal. listen as the beachgoers panic. screaming running out of the water. >> i heard a lot of screaming and yelling. >> then yesterday another shark. >> there's my board. there's the teeth. >> reporter: taking a bite out of this paddleboard at a beach a few miles away. the man unharmed by the shark. >> it actually launched him in the air and got right back up on his board and paddled to the shore. >> reporter: both beaches briefly closed but for some the encounters too close for comfort coming after a summer filmed with terrifying images of beachgoers getting uncomfortably close to the endangered predators. in may dozens of great whites surround a paddleboarder in california. >> paddleboarding next to approximately 15 great white sharks. >> reporter: in cape cod a county official saying it is only a matter of time before someone's child is killed and

strategy to mitigate the threat. his plan, to toss baited drum lines near beach destinations using hooks to catch and kill them. the backlash, fierce. experts saying the idea is ill-considered, incriminate and will not influence beach safety. now, what freaks us out, scientists say sharks being in the area is a sign of a healthy ecosystem. they're there to feed, not on us but on the seals and in both of those cases in massachusetts there were seals in the water nearby. >> that explains it. thanks very much. >> thank you, eva. there is the saying i think we've all heard it there is no crying in baseball but do not tell that to fans in los angeles this morning. dodgers pitcher rich hill was throwing a perfect game into the ninth inning last night until an error dashed his hopes, still, he had his shot to earn that no-hitter as the game entered the tenth inning but hill threw one bad pitch, oh, and the pirates' josh hamilton launched

the dodgers the game. hill later played down the drama simply saying looking forward to tomorrow and said just keep working, keep getting it done and moving forward. >> good for him but nine-inning no-hitter and loses. back to ginger with more on the tropical storm. >> tropical storm harvey, we said major impact will be heavy rain and flooding but watch this. we know in a tropical storm or hurricane as it will become water piles up in front of it. look from south padre island up to galveston, storm surge and up to 14-foot waves.

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and we have a winner. you are looking live at the handy variety store in massachusetts that sold the lucky powerball ticket worth more than $750 million. it is the largest jackpot won by a single ticket ever and guess what, there were other winners out there. at least 40 other tickets won at least a million dollars each so, everybody, check your tickets. >> a lot of happy people this morning. also right now the south is on hurricane watch as tropical storm harvey gains strength closing in on the texas coastline. the texas governor preemptively declared a state of disaster and people are bracing for the storm stocking up on supplies, some evacuating. president trump is back at the white house this morning after those speeches out west showed a striking shift in t

his own party in phoenix then calling for unity in nevada as the threat of a government shutdown looms. we begin with new developments in the talk show murder gripping the nation more than 20 years ago, remember the man who killed an acquaintance after an incident on "the jenny jones show." now he is out of prison and linsey davis has more. >> reporter: good morning. people in the live studio audience howled with laughter at the time. a secret gay crush revealed on "the jenny jones show" but it was short-lived. three days later it ended in murder and on tuesday the man who pulled the trigger walked out of jail a free man. >> you're john. >> reporter: 22 years after murdering a male friend who appeared on a daytime talk show claiming to have a crush on him jonathan schmitz is a free man this morning. >> which of these would you choose to reveal your secret crush on someone? >> reporter: one of the most famous television scandals of all time, the 1995 episode of

explosive it never aired. >> a, would you write that person a letter, b, would you tell the person in private in case he rejects you or, c, would you tell that person that you're gay and you hope he is on national television? >> reporter: one of the guest, scott amedure announced on the show he had romantic feelings for his friend jonathan schmitz. >> well, guess what, it's scott that has the crush on you. >> you lied to me. >> did you have any idea he liked you this much? >> no, no. i did not. >> can you tell us what your status is? are you involved with anybody. >> no, but i'm definitely a heterosexual. >> reporter: three days later schmitz shot amedure in cold blood after a night of drinking telling police he was embarrassed by what happened on the show. now 20 years later schmitz has been released from jail. a parole board on tuesday let him out early for good behavior. >> did he get what he deserved? i don't know. should hee

does he need more help? i don't know but he's not the only person that i blame for my brother's death. >> reporter: amedure's brother is speaking out saying he believes the show's producers were as much to blame for his brother's death as schmitz. >> the man told the producers that he wouldn't want to appear on the show if his admirer were a man. >> reporter: in 1999, in a very public trial against the show in which jones herself took the stand for several days. >> it's not my intent to embarrass anyone on the show. >> reporter: a jury awarded amedure's family $25 million. that ruling was later reversed. >> if my brother knew that schmitz felt the way he did before this happened, he wouldn't have gone on the show. i'm sure of it. >> reporter: schmitz was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in jail. so some are now shocked he's free. chief among them the vic's brother who told reporters that he's not sure that splits learned what he should have while he was in prison and he says he hopes that good

decision. >> all right. well, linsey, thanks so much for that. thanks. we want to turn to that high school under investigation after a video appeared to show cheerleaders being forced into splits. the coach and principal placed on leave and adrienne bankert is here with the story. >> it's video that is so upsetting it makes you cringe or sick to your stomach. this young woman writhing in pain as her cheer coach and teammates hold her down. again, we want to warn families this is hard to watch. cheerleading can be the epitome of grace in motion but as the difficulty of maneuvers increase catastrophic injuries caused by the sport multiply. >> oh, man. >> reporter: sdekd only to football with almost 40,000 cheerleaders rushed to the emergency room each year. this morning five employees of the denver public school system suspended after this disturbing video came to light. >> stop. art ally wakefield watt at cheerleading camp when

pinned down by coaches and teammates forced to do elevated splits. she can be heard saying please stop nine times in the 24-second video. >> he was pushing down on the back of my right leg. he was pushing like with his other knee on my back. it was tearing my ligament and my muscle at the same time. >> reporter: one of the men suspended cheerleading coach ozell williams seen in this video he is somewhat of a local celebrity known for his tumbling skills at local pro sporting events. several other cheerleaders from the same school have also said they were forced into situations like ally's. >> this is a grown man pushing my 13-year-old girl so hard against her will. >> reporter: this isn't the first time a cheer coach has gone too far. in tennessee as a cheerleader was tumbling across the court a respected coach was fired for appearing to trip the competitor m midtumble. although the coach denied the

there is no question about the health concerns associated with the sport. >> it's been over a year and i still have headaches, you know, 60, 70% of the indicate. >> reporter: katelyn was forced to quit after suffering five concussions. >> ally wakefield does not want to be one of those casualties. >> i shouldn't have been to afraid of high school cheerleading. >> reporter: again, we don't have any comment from the coaches or the staff. the principal, the vice principal who were put on leave in defense of these actions but apparently there have been complaints filed by other parents over the last few months. five employees placed on the leave and the superintendent saying as the father of two teenage girls the video is extremely distressing and not in line with the values of the school district. george, amy. >> hard to understand how that could happen. >> adrienne, thank you. coming up next here on "gma," the new warning for parents, a possible hidden danger in the very popular apps your child is probably using that could be putting them at risk. a father speaking out about what happened to his 7-year-old

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back with a new alert on popular apps that could put your children in danger. a father warning parents after he discovered his 7-year-old was receiving very disturbing messages. abc's mara schiavocampo is here with more on this. good morning, mara. >> reporter: good morning. we all try to be vigilant about what her children are doing but a lot of parents have no idea that there are messaging features in apps that a

musical.ly potentially allowing strangers to contact your child directly. this morning, a father speaking out after his 7-year-old daughter told him she was getting disturbing messages while playing on his phone. >> we never thought in a million years that we would receive anything other than family fun. the account was just at the default settings. we weren't aware of any public or private settings. >> reporter: brad says mad san was using musical.ly creating music videos to some of their favorite songs when someone allegedly posing as a child began contacting her through the messaging function of the app asking her to send photos of herself without a t-shirt on calling it a secret between us only. >> she had came to us and let us know that there was some -- someone averaging her to remove clothing for pictures and she knew it wasn't right.

facebook as a warning to other parents and filed a contemplate with the local police department. >> it could be another young child on the end of this conversation or it could be an adult. if they believe it is another kid they would share home information, person ago information about themselves. >> reporter: musical.ly just one of many recreational apps featuring a messaging option. a mom in louisiana says she believes her 8-year-old son was contacted by a sexual predator while using roblox and reported it to police. now, roblox released this video. >> keeping our community safe is our top priority. >> reporter: some of the protections include in-game chat filtering restricting a greater words of words and phrases and parental controls that enables parents to shut off chat capabilities all together. musical.ly outlines theirs on their website advising parents to use the private account setting and enable the only friends option for direct contacts. >> my message to parents would be toay

i'm glad it didn't go further. we would be having a different conversation right now. >> reporter: now, musical.ly also notes their app is for kids 13 and older and, again, you can change the privacy settings to limit who can contact you but, amy, the issue is a lot of parents don't realize there is a messaging feature so it's not the thing they're looking out for. >> information is power. joining us from seattle is callahan walsh, he is a child advocate with the national center for missing & exploited children. thanks for being here. this literally happened in my family a few years ago. my kids were on a cooking app and were talking to each other. someone posing as someone who was there for an anti-bullying campaign started messaging them. i saw them and they were inappropriate. this can happen in almost any app for children, correct? >> that's right. you know, a lot of these apps are changing their features and some of those features are including this peer-to-peer communication where as you said strangers can talk to your

the best way we tell parents is know the technology. and the best way to do that is to get on these apps with your kids, figure out how the features work and make sure it's right for your child. >> it's a shocking thing when you see all of a sudden your child messaging someone and don't have a phone like who are you talking to. there are parental controls. talk about how those work. >> well, we definitely recommend for parents to use the parental controls and many of these platforms do have them. they don't want this exploitation to happen on their networks, you know, the internet has changed life for the better and so many different ways but it's also created new ways to exploit children and those parental controls are there for parents to be able to make sure their kids are staying staph on these apps. >> callahan, obviously kids are downloading new apps every day so you might not have a chance to go in for those parental controls when they're downloading these. what do you say to your children? what's the conversation that needs to happen? >> well, there's plenty of tips we give to

setting of ground rues and sticking to them. also having ongoing conversations with your kids about safety. you want to empower them to make safe and smart decisions on their own and also look for teachable moments. something concerning pops up use that to empower your children. teach them how to stay safe. the national center for missing & exploited children has great education programs, netsmarts, in fact, a great way to teach kids to be safe online. >> and parents have to teach themselves first, callahan, thanks. we appreciate it. >> thank you. sounds like you had one of those. >> we did, indeed. got something out of it. coming up, could we be heading toward the end of high school football. the new safety concerns and why some high schools are dropping their programs altogether.

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kids just aren't signing up and it has to do with demographics and something with money and also all of these concussion stories. >> there are big regional differences. >> you go up to a place like michigan where they've lost almost 60 teams have been cut there over the past five years, places like missouri, as well but then you look at places like arkansas and oklahoma and florida where they have added 150 teams over the past five years between those three states so we talk about demographics and some places like the school in new jersey, 60% of the school asian and indian-american. their family doesn't know the culture. take a place like arkansas where every newborn has a swaddle blanket and plush toy with a razorback on it. >> fabric of the south. >> it makes a difference. >> all right, thanks so much. coming up, scout wars. the new feud brewing, are boy scouts trying to recruit girls. should the organizations remain separate? new questions this morning.

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♪ good morning, washington, i'm melanie hastings with a check on your top stories. you overnight, a white nationalist accused of pepper spraying protesters during the charlottesville rallies turned himself. in. christopher cantwell turned himself in. he was among the dozens marching, carrying torches before someone drove a car into the crowd. a big shakeup for short high school in montgomery county. part of the completed ap test needed to get college credits

the school system so they sent the full tests, but when they receive an, many multiplechoice sections are missing. but they have a solution. they will give me a chance to retake the section or give them a protracted score. cool and comfortable, here is molly with the forecast. mostly sunny skies, temperatures topping out in the low 80s. not only that, but we are feeling less humid which will stick with us right through the weekend. if you're heading out to the nationals game, looking picture-perfect. we will stay dry, temperatures back into the 60s. here's a look at your weekend forecast, nothing but dry skies, daytime highs in the mid to upper 70s. and we will now take a look at the toll road, the interlude of the beltway where we had an earlier accident that has been cleared away. very slow northbound on 495 in

springfield. here we are, south of the incident, north of springfield before you get to the road. this slower than usual pace is all the way up to the toll road, though everything is now open. elsewhere on the beltway, we take you to college park, which is still very slow.

good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. hurricane watch. tropical storm harvey picking up strength in the gulf of mexico taking aim at texas with life-threatening flooding and storm surges. people bracing for the worst. schools evacuating shelves, and we're tracking the path. the new warnings just ahead. jackpot. the winning $758 million powerball ticket sold. the largest prize ever won by a single ticket. how you could still be a millionaire. dozens of million dollar winning tickets still out there. taylor swift is back with a big reveal. addressing the bad blood with a new "reputation" announcing her highly anticipated new album plus the exclusive announcement

spark fans' wildest dreams. scout wars. are the boy scouts trying to steal girls from the girl scouts? now the girl scouts are fighting back trying to keep all girls together. are same-sex groups a valued tradition or are they holding kids back? ♪ and the countdown to "dancing with the stars" is on. we are revealing the pros this morning and which pro is announcing a return to the ballroom right here in times square as we say good morning, america. ♪ and good morning, america. happy thursday. august is winding down which means we're gearing up for a new season of "dancing with the stars" and take a look at this. this is going to be the mystery pro making a comeback. that is definitely him. he's here live this morning. >> a big reveal but in the mean time gwyneth paltrow's company under fire. the new claim that the company is beingec

woo he'll have much more on that in just a bit. first the top story in our morning rundown. emergency preparations under way in texas. tropical storm harvey is expected to strengthen into a hurricane and ginger is tracking it all. >> george, we just got brand-new information from the national hurricane center, an update on tropical storm harvey. now 60-mile-per-hour max sustained winds moving north-northwest at ten miles per hour less than 00 miles south and east of brownsville, texas. tomorrow will start the impact. you see the warnings, victoria, corpus christi, bay city, texas, houston in a tropical storm warning. look how far inland they go including san antonio's warning of 20 inches of rain. some of these will not only stick inland but will stay for days on end. that's the issue with this. starts tomorrow and looks like it hits early saturday morning and then you see it not only stay but some of the models have it coming back toward that hot water. up to 25 inches of rain, not a wide swath there but 25

12 to 20. green, 6 to 12 and don't forget you also have storm surge. 2 to 7 feet. a lot of that, that small sliver of land. san padre -- south padre island intense weekend ahead. also lots of excitement in massachusetts where the one winning ticket for the massive $758 million powerball jackpot was sold. gio benitez is there, good morning, gio. >> reporter: well, george, good morning. we have quite the plot twist here because it turns out that the winning ticket was not sold here in watertown. it turns out it was sold in massachusetts and that was at pride station and store so the winner is still out there in western massachusetts right now. now, you really need to take a look at these numbers and take a close look. let's put them up on the screen. the winning ticket at this tore in there hit all the winning number, 6, 7, 16, 23, 26 and powerball 4. you have to see if you have some of the

are six $2 million winners right now, 34 $1 million winners but that lucky winner will get $750 million over 29 years or a lump sum payout of $480.5 million, so hopefully someone is out there with other lesser prizes but, boy, that big prize in massachusetts right now. >> thanks very much. amy with the rest of the rundown. the white house appearing to be moving forward with president trump's proposed ban on transgender people in the military. "the wall street journal" reports a memo calls for the ban to be implemented within six months and defense secretary james mattis will get the final say on the so-called deployability of the thousands of transgender people currently serving to determine whether they should be removed from service. army commanders at ft. benning, georgia, have suspended several drill somethings accused of assaulting female trainees. investigator

trainee when they uncovered several more allegations. in europe, dutch police have taken two men into custody after a terror threat against an american band's concert. california-based allah-las was set to perform in rotterdam. it was canceled. police received a specific tip from spanish police about a threat. one of the men taken into custody was driving a van containing gas canisters. but police now say the van posed no threat. the investigation continues. and a frightening scene in the swiss alps. this massive rockslide forced dozens of people in a town near the italian border to evacuate. the boulders damaged several buildings. eight people remain unaccounted for this morning. actress gwyneth paltrow's company was accused of using deceptive claims. truth in advertising says paltrow's website made unsubstantiated health claims in response goop says it is dedicated to call and wants to work with

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>> good morning. we begin with this. will ferrell has plans to embark on a brand-new adventure producing and starring in "the 100-year-old man who climbed ow the window and disappeared." that is a long title based on a book. he plays allan karlson, a man who does that, climbs out of the window of his nursing home on his 100th birthday and goes on an adventure. the senior has flashbacks of his life interacting with folks like winston churchill and harry s. truman. if this all sounds a little crazy, we agree but the swedish version of this movie earned two academy award nominations and was one of sweden's highest grossings movies of all i'm. >> and will ferrell is fantastic. >> so i'm really looking forward to that and the title just made me laugh. yeah. also in "pop news" t

rod stewart and the pop group dnce joining forces to ask that famous question, do you think i'm sexy? listen up ♪ and you think i'm sexy come on tell me so ♪ >> isn't it good? >> the new reimaged version of the 1978 classic is set for release this friday. we're also going to get the chance to see rod and dnce in action performing it sunday, the 27th at the mtv vma awards. the original was part of the legendary rocker's album "blonds have more fun" spent four weeks at the top of the charts and dnce must be feeling sexy. they wrote what a pleasure to work with the iconic legend. agreed. looking forward to that as well. all good news today, george. now a little something for you and i. and you maybe.

you know this summer has been like the summer of creative rose consumption. we have told you guys about companies making rose ice pops, of course, froze is everywhere and now one company is delivering summer water as we call it here with a nostalgic spin thanks to electric rose who brings us portable pouchs that look a whole like capri suns for grown-ups. so excited. the pouches are available in packs of six. i won't say it the other way around and, yes, they come with little straws and you can feel really good about drinking your rose from the pouch. the socially conscious brand plans to share proceeds with the charity water to wines.org, an organization that provides clean water to people in need. at the moment electric rose pouches are still only available in limited release but you can, trust me, you can find them

>> drinking for a cause. i found my calling. >> perfect way to end. thank you so much. now to our "gma" cover story, that feud that's brewing between the girl scouts and the boy scouts. the girl scouts' president writing a letter accusing the boy scouts of covertly trying to recruit girls to boost their declining membership and abc's adrienne bankert is back with more on that story. good morning, adrienne. >> yes, amy, a lot talking about this. good morning. both the boy and girl scouts have lost a third of their membership since the early 2000s and with increased power for inclusivity there's a debate over how they might need to change. this morning, a battle of the sexes and the scouts and whether the boy scouts of america should be recruiting girls. do you think it should be coed? >> not exactly. i feel like girls just sometimes want to be like only girls instead

organization tells abc news based on numerous reyess from families woo i've been exploring the benefits of bringing scouting to every member of the family, boys and girls. partly it says to accommodate busy schedules. >> we talked to a lot of families who would love to drop their kids off at one activity and not shoot one here and one there. >> reporter: the recruiting efforts outraging the girls scouts usa writing in a letter to boy scout officials it is unsetting that bsa would seek to upend a paradigm that's served both boys and girls so well through the years by moving forward with a plan that would result in fundamentally undercutting girl scouts. >> i think it's fine. i mean like you should probably change the name. >> reporter: 16-year-old sydney ireland hopes they change soon. she's been fighting for years to be an official boy scout as an honorary member of her brother's troop. over 3 million people have watched her passionate appeal on facebook. >> i think that girls sho

either program. >> reporter: meanwhile, parents have a lot to think about. >> there's a sense of comfort if you see your kid off to camp and it's all boys and girls you don't have to worry about a lot of other factors when they're preteen. >> a lot of other factors indeed and boy scouts said no decisions have been made to become coed and both stand by the benefit of single gender programs. >> we have here with us the author of "enough as she is" an educator at an all girls school in new york city so there are people that think why not have scouts of america. why do we have to delineate boys and girls? where do you stand on the importance of having some sort of single sex organization? >> yeah, i think as an educator we see all the time the importance of girls being with girls and i think my colleagues in boys schools would say the same thing. not so much that they're different but get messages from society about how to act and

vice versa those messages get louder and often really toxic messages that prevent kids from being themselves. >> what about boys? the benefits of them just being boys and not having girls in the group. >> yeah, i mean i think what happens boys are under pressure from society to be tough and repress feelings and when glirs show up they want to perform a bit more. girls get that message don't rock the boat and don't speak up. when you talk to girls they might say i might not speak up when a boy is around so we need to preserve those spaces for kids that are quiet away from those messages. >> some who say women have been fighting for generations to be let into groups that have been exclusively for men or for boys and some girls who want to break that gender barrier by being a part of the boy scouts in this case, so is there an argument on that level that boy scouts could or should be coed? >> honestly if girls want to be part of boy scouts i think they should be given that option. i don't think this story is about that. i don't think girs are saying i want to be like the boys or even with the boys. i think the

some of the programs boys get and boy scouts might be thinking about the programs they're giving to all their boys. ultimately this is about are the boy scouts and girl scouts speaking to every kid. >> it is also fair to note we're not seeing boys try to get into the girl scouts because boys are okay to be tomboys but it's not reseriesed. >> we don't give them permission to do steer tippial things and i guarantee you there are some who would love that and should be on the look kwut for that. >> rachel simmons. thanks so much. we move on to taylor swift's big announcement. her new album "reputation" about to drop and swift sent fans into a frenzy with a post, the first single is out tonight. chris connelly here with the details. >> reporter: good morning, george. only one entertainer could get the eclipse off social media. a new album coming in 2 1/2 month, new single tonight and fans ablaze with anticipation and interest thanks to the announcement of a savvy

to get people to take notice ♪ we are never ever ever getting back together ♪ >> reporter: oh, yes, they are. that long-running romance, taylor swift and her public rekindled and ready to many go again ♪ red clips classic >> reporter: the pop unicorn announcing on social media she's got a new single dropping tonight from her next album entitled "reputation" that will be out november 10th. had you heard about that already? of course, you have. when it comes to the art of the drop, taylor swift is its da vinci able to bring the internet to its knees. the only artist ever with three records that sold 1 million copies in the first week of their releases. thrilling her fans as she did with this times square performance. ♪ new york >> reporter: her new song and

winner wiping her instagram and twitter slates clean posting three brief videos of a snake-like creature all setting off a prairie fire of intrigue and speculation. >> taylor swift does things big and the rollout for this album is certainly no exception. it's a very skillful and deliberate plan. >> reporter: others have hyped their drops, last year kanye west's fashion show at madison square garden. ♪ >> reporter: helped out his "life of pablo kwlt and beyonce's video "lemonade" whetted the beyhive's appetite. now it's her turn with a song sure to spurn and the vmas on sunday, taylor swift's moment is again right now ♪ and i'll write your name >> well, what it means speaks for isself. numbers speak loudly, 450 million streams in a single week

shakespeare wrote reputation, reputation, reputation. >> that's what he meant. >> wow. >> chris, thank you. that is not all. we have one more big announcement. tomorrow on "gma," an exclusive sneak peek at terrorist's brand-new video for the new single tomorrow on "gma." over to ginger. >> wow, that is going to be big. hey, good morning, ryan. he's so cute. we have some big news this morning for "star wars" fans. in anticipation of force friday 2, disney and lucas film have announced a global augmented reality treasure hunt via the "star wars" app called find the force. download the "star wars" app then go to participating retail store, look for the find the force logo and then scan that logo to unlock characters from the new movie. it all starts friday, september 1st but for a sneak peek of a new character from "the last jedi" load the app today. any "star wars" fans out

open up the windows! morning lows will also be comfortable in the 50s to low 60s. th addedldtuesday and wednesd. shower gnificant heat and point, there humidity in our near fute afternoon clouds. very g: 79-83e. night:partlyoostlyloudy. other comfy night. lows: 55-63 winds: n 5 mph rtly cloudy. pleasant.ghs: 78-81 at a refreshing ange for lateus are in for delightful weather through the upcoming weekend. around 80 degrees. out we'll start off sunny with erhead tonigoviding us with more morrow will, ain, be. seasonably cool with temperatures will stick around e weekend. our average high is 86, but we'll stay in the 70s through midweek next week. give the ac a br >> back now with our series "cracking the code," are trends healthy. maya feller is here to break it down. we will rank you to help us out. all right. so we're going to start out with acai bowls. here they are. so the audience, we want to now,

as much -- wait. let me say this statement. some acai bowls have as much sugar as four doughnuts. true or false? let's see what we say here. i think we have kind of a mixed bag so the answer is -- >> true. >> you thought you were being so smart ordering that acai bowl. what is the story? >> so acai berries themselves alone are fantastic full of antioxidants and can be wonderful. >> it's all the other stuff is there when we get into the whole bowl mixture it can be a significant amount of sugar and so that's what we want to encourage people to look out for all of that sugar. >> okay, so you heard it hear first and almond milk has become so popular as a dairy alternative. coffee shops. true or false and you at home, everybody, almond milk can contain as much calcium at dairy milk, true or false? and the answer is. more trues, i would say. you think it is true and the answer is -- >> it is true. it's absolutely

>> so with almond milk our main concern is all the additives, added sugars, salts and fats in some of the conventional ones so were thinking about some of the stabilizers, those can cause some adverse health outcomes so tell people steer clear, go for the unsweetened versions. >> those adverse health -- >> yes. >> i did not know that. >> some g.i. distress, a little inflammation. >> okay. good to know. good to know but the calcium is in fact there. here's one i was curious about. activated charcoal. doesn't sound very appealing. lots of people love it. we're seeing a lot of this in everything from supments as we have here, juices, lattes so, audience, true or false, consuming charcoal -- >> i know, i know. >> consuming charcoal on a daily basis aids digestion, true or false? we have a lot of false. i would say more pause. >> absolutely false. >> iis

it does not aid -- >> it does not so activated charcoal was originally used in a hospital setting for people who ingested toxins. what it does binds the intestine and helps so that those toxins are not absorbed. what our concern is if you're having it on a day-to-day basis it might just do that with prescription medications as well as vitamins and minerals. >> not going to absorb into your system. >> just the way it was used when it was first use sfwld in hospitals. >> how should people use had. >> what we recommend people kind of steer clear of it. we don't know -- >> altogether. >> altogether? we don't know what the outcomes are going to be. >> three important facts. thanks, maya. thank you, audience. wait for it, everybody. coming up on "good morning america," "dancing with the stars," the big pro reveal. who is coming back to the ballroom? look at him. isn't he cute?

>> good morning, washington, i'm melanie hastings, a breaking update on the lucky power ball ticket. massachusetts state lottery officials corrected the location of where it was sold. the $758 million ticket was sold in western massachusetts not watertown. the winning numbers still the same. 6, 7, 16, 23, 26 and the power ball was 4. don't throw out your ticket just yet. you can win for having some of the numbers and two people won a million, one in virginia and another in maryland. >> right now more than 80,000 students are headed back to

school districts in our area and the country. this year i loan the county is adding 3,000 new students and 300 new teachers and staff. and they are opening a new school in ashburn. >> and the weather at the bus stop is comfortable. here's molly cochran. >> mostly sunny skies and temperatures topping out in the low 80s. not only that we are feeling a little less humid and that will stick with us through the upcoming weekend. if you are headed out to the national game tomorrow night looking picture perfect. we will talk bright sunshine for the start of the game and stay dry toward the end of the game temperatures falling back to the 60s. here's a look at the weekend, daytime highs in the mid to upper 70s. >> and we are looking at the beltway right now. the inner loop northbound of springfield. delays off and on past the scene of the earlier accident and

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and welcome back to "gma." it's thursday morning. >> we are counting down to season 25, 25 of "dancing with the stars," just a few weeks away now and we are revealing the pros this morning. >> starting with lara in front of that mirror ball. >> yes, very small mirror ball. we'll give you a few clues. this former pro is a two-time mirror ball champion. he took two seasons off to get married. oh, and he starred on broadway. any ideas. don't say it. don't say it. the moment we've been waiting for, three, two, one, turn that ball.

mark ballas is back, everybody. mwah. come on over. ginger. how are you? >> how are you? [ cheers and applause ] right here? >> good to see you. >> ginger, get over here. you guys danced together. >> hey. hi. it's great to see you if how are you? >> so good, thank you. >> welcome back. >> thanks, man. how are you? >> so happy when i read you were coming back. >> thank you, guys, appreciate it. >> coming back with that wedding ring. >> i know. i know. it's set in stone. >> and to one of the greatest girls in the whole wide world so congratulations. >> it's been an amazing year. >> broadway as well. >> yep, yep, we got married in november last year and at the same time i was flaying frankie in "jersey boys" and finished january 15th and did touring and -- >> you couldn'tta

you're coming back. >> yeah, you know what -- [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. yeah, after a year off you kind of see it with a new light and i missed being creative and miss my friends and, you know, the timing was write. >> did you miss the nuttiness? >> no. i just miss the creative -- i miss the fans. i miss -- that's my favorite part of it so looking forward to being creative and doing what i do best and it's going to be fun. >> they miss you, mark and i have to say you mentioned frank si valley and alexander. you were busy with that. i know you have to be in great shape to do dancing. believe me i know and lately your instagrams have been about working out. >> yeah, i started a new workout program. i have this trainer back in l.a., adam, who has been getting me in shape doing a lot of conditioning training, kind of switching it up. i used to do a lot of weights. when i was here doing "injure question

laps a day for breathing exercises but now we're doing a lot of the medicine balls and the weights and he had me dragging 100 pounds around the block the other day. >> because you will be dragging 100 pounds. [ laughter ] more or less. >> yes. >> so as you now now today is throwback thursday, your lucky day so we'll go back to the beginning and dug out of the vault your audition tape. >> okay. >> let's take a look. >> let's do it. >> my dancing is -- i'm the rebel. i'm one of the rebels on the floor. i break the rules. i bend the rules but i do it so it's -- so you don't take offense. you find me cheeky and you think, oh, he's cute breaking the rules. >> cheeky. >> oh. >> what are you, like 16? >> i was probably about -- i think i was 19 or 20. >> you were the rebel. >> back then in my abercrombie shirt. >> so you're such a rebel and like to break

like you to break a rule and tell us who your partner is. >> ah. i can't do that. >> no. >> not that much of a rebel. >> i do know, yes. that would be -- a big reason why i'm here, i think. it's going to be an awesome partnership and that's all i can say. >> and you joked before that you'd like to have your wife as your partner on the show. >> i would. >> you did quite the number at your wedding. any way she would come out on the ballroom floor. >> never say never. she's a singer/songwriter first and for the wedding we were going to stand there and swayback and forth and like a week before she's like let's do something and did this tango and she crushed it. like there's a photo of all of our friends like -- it was pretty amazing to watch. >> she sauls says she can't dance. >> that's the photo. look at everyone's face. her hand is also in a really questionable place. >> you're married. >> yeah. allur

shock. she's amazing. >> team ballas will be so excited to have you back. two fans are more excited than anyone. we have a message. >> go ahead. >> welcome back. yay. hope you haven't forgotten how to dance now that you're a big broadway star. we love you and i look forward to seeing you on the dance floor. >> ah. [ applause ] >> oh, mark, so good to have you back on the show. i love your vivid imagination and all that fire down below. >> oh, my. >> i hope you're not rusty now that you're a broadway star. >> bruno loves to take his clothes off. >> he does. >> take it all off. >> you're going to be competing against this season -- are you ready? so we have reigning mirror ball champ emma slater is back. >> yay. >> and lindsay

we have keo motsepe. val chmerkovskiy is back in the ballroom. >> hey. >> peta murgatroyd and maks, artem chigvintsev, we have sharna burgess and witney carson and stepg up to be a pro for the first time, alan burstein. we're so psyched to have you back. >> it's going to be fun. >> we're looking forward to seeing you again. two more "dancing with the stars" pros will join us live.

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back now with another pro revealed gearing up for a really exciting season 25. hard to believe and we are -- >> we've seen all the pros but now we have two of them. maks is here, maks chmerkovskiy and the new pro alan joining us from messenger. so, alan, you're smiling and relaxed. you've filled in before how how does it feel to be an official pro. >> it feels amazing to finally get my shot. so exceeded.

>> you know, last season i got a fill-in with heather for maks so it's nice to have maks by my side. helped me walk through my first interview. >> maks is not walking through anything. i gave him advice already. i was like, look, just, you know, do not listen to your inner voice. try to not first say and then think maybe it's the right thing to do and just follow through with that. just maybe cut yourself short and be like, maybe i said something wrong. >> everyone else not to take maks' advice. >> sounds like maks should take maks' advice. >> no, i got to say i'm really proud of alan. it's been, you know, for you, i don't know, technically but a longer journey than most of us the jump from the troupe on to the show. i'm very proud of him and has done a phenomenal job

season standing in with me for heather and heather was not an easy partner to jump in with so i was very proud of him. this is a very well deserved job. >> thank you, maks. >> are you ready to compete against peta? >> that's for you? >> who, me? nobody is competing against anybody. don't instigate, george. let's focus on alan. let's focus on alan. i have a lot of stuff to deal with, so, please, would you just chill and this is going to be a beautiful show and everybody is going to be friends. >> it sounds like there may have been some conversations about how this is all going to work. >> no. no, trust me. no. >> not have a conversation here about it. >> we're excited. we are. we are -- yeah, we had an incredible summer since last season ended we got back into sort of like, you know enjoying ch

there's something fascinating that makes you not want to leave the house and how much "dancing with the stars" last season helped both of us, you know, peta, you know, physically and myself as well and us as a sort of family to kind of, you know, it really helped us out and i think coming back this season we're coming back with the same sort of approach. we just want to have fun. we just want to be a sort of family doing stuff together, you know, shai now recognizes certain things and dances to some commercials that just stop him in his tracks and he just starts to wiggle so i want him to do this when he watches mommy and daddy on tv. >> it's not surprising. it's in his dna. listen, we're so psyched. can't wait to see you on the floor and we welcome you both back to the show. >> congratulations, alan. [ cheers and applause ] great job, guys. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> see you in a couple of weeks.

>> love both of them so much. so happy we get them. you know what, you are taking a look at that '80s classic "time after time." that's right. one of cyndi lauper's greatest hits and guess what, we are so excited to have grammy, emmy and tony award winner cyndi lauper right here. >> hello. >> live in times square. >> cyndi, the reaction when you came out was so great, i love watching people react to you. your music has resonated forever, forever changing my life and now with account kinky boots" you wrote the music there -- >> it's going strong. it's in six countries and when it opens in germany it'll be seven. so it's pretty wild. i had such a great time doing that with everybody and i'm going to start working on another one "working girl." >> "working girl" is next. >> any secrets or tips? how is it going. >> i didn't start yet. >> and, you know, but i'm here today because i partnered up with novartis to bring

to psoriasis. i'm 1 of the 7.5 million people with it and i just can't stress enough to not sit in the dark, not sit alone when you're sick, you feel isolated and powerless but information is power so go to cmetoknow.com and you'll hear my story and other people's stories, what everyone continually says is don't give up, seek the treatment that's right for you but seek the treatment. it's not just a rash. it's an inflammatory thing. >> it's bigger than that. >> and, you know, i was covered from head to toe with it and you know started with my head. ooh, you know, but -- and i felt badly and i didn't give up. i had every kind of crazy treatment and what works for one person isn't going to work for another so write your list out, go to the doctor.

psoriasis day. >> we have to actually get somewhere else but i'm so glad. >> we have to go. okay.highs: 79-83 winds: n 5 mph tonight: partly to mostly cloudy. another comfy night. lows: 55-63 winds: n 5 mph friday: partly cloudy. pleasant. highs: 78-81 winds: n 5 mph what a refreshing change for late august! we are in for delightful weather through the upcoming weekend. highs today will to >> amy, i'm going to stick here with cyndi and head up to you. >> all right. ginger, thanks so much. now to "gma's" getaway guide. helping you plan that final summer trip without breaking the bank. we have jacqui gifford, the travel director of "travel + leisure" and she's here to share some great secrets and the first one is that everyone wants to know which day is the best day to plan your trip or to book your trip. >> do you have any guesses? >> i think it's either tuesday or wednesday. i feel like i heard both. >> it is tuesday, you're right. >> it'

>> so airlines start to look at the week ahead and see what fares aren't selling so well and that's when they start to discount so that's when you can get a great deal if get a great deal. also if you decide which days to fly in and out on so what days are those? >> yeah, so let's start. the worst days to fly are fridays and supplements, no surprise. that's when everybody wants to fly. looking for the cheapest fare think about saturday then we've got tuesday. >> okay. >> and wednesday. and the other thing to keep in mind the earliest flights and latest flights will be the cheapest fares out there. again, the least popular types but you'll get a great price. >> about the money you can use those tips. those all make good sense and we have a question here and the audience. rebecca who wants to ask you something. >> hi. my husband and i, we have a lot of miles for the end of summer. should we use cash or miles to book our trip? >> that's a great question. a lot of people like to hold on to their miles. >> you want to s

use them if you have them and airlines say they'll release rewards and keep in mind there could be blackout dates over big holidays. >> we have two weeks left in summer by the way so people want to know where can they go? where are the best deals to be had? >> you want to think outside the box, right. so places that are really popular, beach destinations have probably been sold out so think about big cities, places that have a lot of hotels, it might be their low season so miami, great city. charleston, another one of my favorites. >> amazing city, yes. >> also new york. i mean a lot of people don't think of new york but the reality is it's really popular in the fall. summer you might be able to get a great deal and last up las vegas. >> vegas is good any time of the year, right? >> another one of my favorites. >> any tips on affordable places to stay? >> well, you know what, there is a great app called hotel tonight and it's all about last-minute

it's for cities worldwide and of course all these cities right here. >> hotel tonight is easy to remember. gi jacqui gifford, thanks so much. the former nfl star turned movie star here live in times square.

it's time for "good morning america's" drive-in and we have a very special guest joining us. we want to bring him in now. there you go. big welcome to former nfl star now star of a new film called "crown heights," nnamdi asomugha, everybody. >> great to see you. >> coming in style. >> i know. you guys got this for me. >> it's not a parting gift. >> i appreciate it. thank you. >> thank you very much for being here. i want to tell everybody about the film called "crown heights." won the audience award at sundance. >> yeah. >> very powerful movie that tells the true story of colin warner wrongly accused of a crime. he spent 21 years in jail. you play

spent all that have time working so hard to get him out. >> yeah. >> let's take a look. >> why you keep wasting your time on me? >> that's not just about you. it's bigger than that. it could be me in here. >> there's a little sneak peek of "crown heights" and i know, nnamdi, you said this hit close to home, this role. >> yeah, it did for me when i was a kid i was arrested twice, both times for things i didn't do so i felt like playing him i could have a voice for the issue and i'm doing that now. >> karl king is the best friend who fights so hard for his friend wrongly accused put in jail but it wasn't -- you didn't want to play karl. you wanted to play the lead. >> i wanted to play the lead. it was the meaty role. >> you got to go for it? but our director matt said i know you're a football playe

not happening then i asked if i could play karl and like a month later he let me audition so -- >> this whole acting thing is pretty -- a remarkable story, if you will. if you dream it, you can have it. this guy, 11 seasons in the nfl, all pro player. doing a nike commercial and essentially you get discovered. >> yeah, the nike commercial. finished doing it. went back to my trailer and the director said i think you're really gifted, you should look into this when you finish playing and i'm like, okay and three months later i get a call from my agent saying that director wants to put you in his tv show and he said the tv show is "friday night lights". >> oh, that little thing. >> the director peter berg, one of those moments that pushed me into it. >> you got to believe in faith in those moments. >> yeah. >> you're a football player with a really great career. how do you think the nfl has prepared you for life in hollywood as both a producer and an actor? >> it's proposed me in a lot of ways. i think just the preparation that it takes to be good at anything.

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i'm melanie hastings with the top stories and we will get an update in a bizarre death investigation in ocean city. a texas woman suffocateed in july after falling in a hole and being covered by sand. police say they've finished their investigation and ready to release their findings at a 9:00 a.m. news conference. >> and state inspectors had their hands full making sure the rides were assembled properly and tested. the safety of rides is on many people's minds after a teenager was killed in an accident at the ohio state fair. the maryland state fair will have the same type of ride that failed in ohio but it is a newer version. >> a cooler weather pattern as we head toward the end of the week. here's molly cochran. >> for today mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the 80s. we are feeling a little less humid and that will stick with us through the upcoming weekend. if you are heading out

looking picture perfect. bright sunshine for the start of the game and stay dry toward the end of the game. temperatures falling back into the 60s. nothing but dry skies and the daytime highs in the mid to upper 70s. >> and we will take a look now at beltway. as you head from i-95 and college park along to georgia avenue and silver spring area, slow right now. an accident was here at new hampshire avenue, all cleared away. >> off and on volume delays to the 14th street bridge but everything is open. on the way to the wilson bridge near st. barnabas road you will find off and on delays on the wilson bridge. once you are on the alexandria side we are in good

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