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somebody say get on the ground. >> heldgunpoint by police claiming he was a victim of racial profiling. >> i was just terrified. >> what was going through his mind and what he now tells his children only on "gma" this morning. ♪ get by with a little help from my friends ♪ and hand in hand, the massive turnout across the country, stars from los angeles to nashville to new york. >> when tough times hit, this is who we are. >> thousands of you jumping in donating more than $40 million and counting in less than 24 hours. >> do not give up hope. >> the incredible effort and how you can still help this morning. ♪ whoa stand by me ♪ i love that. we do say good morning, america. what an incredible night. so many people joining together to support those affected by hurricanes harvey and

they were right here in our little old studio and all across the country. >> amazing to see thousands of you at home opening up your hearts and your wallets to help those in need and guess what, the hand in hand telethon has raised more than $44 million so far. >> the money is still coming in and the need is still so great. we're reminded of that this morning as storm victims across florida and the southeast starting that long road to recovery. you know, gas is still in short supply across the state. traffic backed up. you see it there as residents try to get home, and many are finding scenes of devastation like these from the florida keys. >> the destruction is so widespread. officials haven't been able to assess the total damage. abc's victor oquendo is in islamorada, florida, with more. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, robin. i'm standing right in front of what's left of a three-story apartment complex leveled by hurricane irma. you can look right inside these units. once you get past the water you can see a bedroom on one side, there are the mattress, a living room, a couch. for thi

told to evacuate. this morning, devastation across the florida keys. >> i just -- i can't even believe it. >> reporter: as residents are allowed to stream back into the ruins for the first time just beginning to assess all the damage. >> i didn't expect it to be this bad. >> reporter: homes completely flattened while others ripped off their foundation. >> it was how you didn't know if you were going to make it or not. >> reporter: according to fema, irma damaged or destroyed 90% of all the homes in the keys. from above islands lined with beachfront condos now scarred with shredded rooftops. buildings reduced to rubble and mountains of debris where homes one stood. >> we'd spend time with my grandparents in this house. >> reporter: surveying the damage from the air you can see neighborhoods completely shredded. david muir on the ground as they went home to home assessing the damage searching for casualties and survivors. >> people were trying to shelter in place in their homes. it just was not

the type of weather that occurred here. >> reporter: the florida keys just 112 miles long, this morning officials only allowing people who evacuated into the first 33 miles. residents growing frustrated. >> i have water, i have food. i have dogs and i can't get to my house. >> reporter: it wasn't just the building destroyed. take a look at the driveway. it completely collapsed. very long few days here for everybody in the keys but we'd like to share this image with you, this rainbow that went above the florida keys on tuesday. george, it was a very welcome sight. >> nice little sign of hope. victor, thanks very much. there is a race to restore power across florida. more than 2 million customers back on the grid but millions still in the dark. some could stay there for weeks. our chief national correspondent tom llamas is in miami with a closer look at the massive effort to get power back. good morning, tom. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. you know, many people have described the effort to get the power back on as a military-like operation.

here. we're at the largest staging area in south florida for fp and l. workers tackling one of the toughest jobs in american history when it comes to power. as utility crews in the south worked feverishly to restore power this morning, nearly 4.9 million americans across 5 southern states are still in the dark with more than 4.3 million in florida alone. >> their army of restoration workers which now numbers 20,000 is hard at work. >> reporter: as temperatures rise with no air-conditioning for some, one hollywood hospital has scene a stag heing number suffering from heat exhaustion. >> we've seen patients with temperatures up to 105, 106 degree. >> no power, no internet, no tv, no bath. we just stuck it out and ate cold ravioli. cart kathy got her power back on

down tuesday but so many in her family don't have power. now they're all staying with her. >> 16, three aren't here right now. >> 16 people in a three-bedroom house. >> how many bathrooms? >> two. >> reporter: serious danger for those relying on generators. 20 people including children were taken to hospital for possible carbon monoxide poisoning. >> there was a generator running at that residence when they did call. they were instructed to turn it off. >> reporter: in orlando, a generator inside this home's garage poisoned and killed three members of a family. four others are still in the hospital in serious condition. >> the sad meter is 1 to 10. this is an 11. >> reporter: utility companies want to remind everyone to keep generators 20 feet from the home or the garage because that carbon monoxide can easily seem into windows and open door, robin. >> must remember that. okay, tom, thank you very much. we cannot forget that hurricane ir

devastation in the caribbean. residents there are desperate for food, water and shelter this morning. many tourists have been evacuated. however, some say they thought they'd be able to leave on a cruise ship, but then they were left stranded. abc's david wright has that side of the story. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this is the flight line for u.s. military planes headed out to help some of the hardest hit islands. they've been doing a lot of evacuations but the military aren't the only ones that are evacuating people. private companies are getting involved too. and one effort coordinated by the marriott hotel chain is facing some criticism. this is what hurricane irma left behind in much of the caribbean. the streets increasingly chaotic and dangerous. food and water supplies becoming scarce. and american tourists stranded in a tropical paradise lost. >> we don't have food or water or places to

we are stranded here. >> reporter: this video shows dozens of u.s. tourists marooned in the dark in st. thomas with all of their luggage after being turned away from the ship they hoped would take them to san juan to safety. >> we have nowhere to go. no resources. >> was there room on the boat? >> absolutely. we had a group probably 35 people that there was plenty of room for that were not allowed access to the boat. >> reporter: the tourists were told the boat would take the first 600 people, first come first serve. but after lugging their bags for miles from their hotels, they found out the 30,000-ton ferry was actually chartered by marriott. >> so possibly we have marriott not letting us onto this boat. >> reporter: anyone not a marriott guest, out of luck. >> they shut the lights off here in order to get us to go. >> reporter: marriott blames local officials insisting the marriott team on the ground was told they had no authorization to board additional passengers

even though the company says we very much wanted to assist these other travelers to puerto rico. now, thankfully the people that were stranded in st. thomas are now back safe and sound here in puerto rico or even headed back to the u.s. rescued in some cases by the coast guard, if not by marriott, meanwhile, the u.s. military continues to head out every day searching for stranded americans on some of those hardest hit islands. >> thank goodness for the military. a lot of chaos there. >> absolutely. absolutely and hurricane season has already been so active this year with harvey, irma and now jose in the atlantic. we're going to go to ginger zee who has more on what we can expect. good morning, ginger. >> good morning. come with me and look at this. this is kind of impressive. even though there's not much left the cloud cover and rain from texas up to michigan and even new york. but all eyes now point to jose out there just east of bermuda. it's looking a little unhealthy as we call it. it ran to a lot of dry

wind shear. things in the environment around it will improve slightly for a couple of days but this is the current track we've got. still stays out in the atlantic. the big impact, even the closer it gets westward would be high surf and rip currents anywhere with waves up to seven feet. that's along the jersey coast through the mid-atlantic. certainly north carolina's outer banks and down into south carolina. so we're going to have much more on this and the wildfires burning in the west now more than 8 million acres, michael. >> thank you, ginger. you said unhealthy. irma led to thousands of flight cancellations over the past week and a half and this morning most of florida's commercial airports are now open again but flights around the storm zone are just starting to get back on track and david kerley has that for us. >> actually we just lost david. we'll try to get that later. president trump is planning to go down to florida tomorrow to survey the damage caused

hurricane irma. he's also making a big push on tax reform holding a dinner at the white house with both republican and democratic senators and congress has sent a bill to president trump calling the violence last month at charlottesville a terror attack. let's get the latest from cecilia vega. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. so far not a lot of details from the white house about what this trip will look like but one difference in one respect we do foe about. when the president went to -- went to texas that first time you'll remember he went to the firehouse and waved that flag. he was criticized for not seeing the damage firsthand with his own eyes for not talking directly to victims. it looks like this trip, george, will be a little bit different. he and the first lady are expected to survey directly the damage to irma themselves. >> and there is so much damage. meantime, the president making that big push on tax reform, cecilia. he did have that meeting last night with a bipartisan group of senators but so far the president and leaders in the congress, republican leaders of

congress haven't come to an agreement on what they want to present. >> reporter: yeah, and what we're hearing from people both sides, in fact, who at this dinner at the white house last night is that the complaint universally is that the white house so far has been really short on details about the tax reform push. there were three senate democrats here at this dinner last night. i'm told by sources here at the white house, look, the goal for this dinner for this bipartisan get-together was to the to have everybody come to an agreement. it was really to get both sides in the room and just to start this conversation. it sounds like the president really tried to put the charm on. he took two senators on a tour of the residence after the dinner was over and got to see the lincoln bedroom and, george, there will be another bipartisan meeting back here at the white house today so the president really trying to push this one. >> a lot of travel from the president as well. the congress putting the president on the spot. that resolution they passed condemning the violence in charlottesville is a reaction to the president's last month where he talked about violence on both sides. the resolution does single out white supremacist groups. any reaction

house. >> reporter: so far no, in fact, the sources i talked to said they're not sure what the president will do. we know he'll have ten days to either veto or sign this. otherwise, it becomes law. the president today will be meeting with senator tim scott from south carolina. he's the only african-american senator on the hill and today among those topics, george, they will be talking about will be the president's response to charlottesville. charlottesville and race so it's bound to be a tough conversation. >> no reaction from the white house. pretty hard to imagine he'd veto that. >> reporter: i can't imagine but we don't know yet. to the russia investigation. president trump's former national security adviser michael flynn is still refusing to cooperate with congressional subpoenas to testify. now congressional committee is turning over new information to special counsel robert mueller about foreign contacts he did not disclose and brian ross is here with the story. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the new allegations today against general flynn involve what are being called mor

a dozen contacts overseas for a private business venture that abc news says flynn concealed from authorities that elijah cummins says has been turned over to special counsel robert mueller. general flynn spent the summer in newport, rhode island, seen in this photo proudly posted by his son as the general tried to stay out of the headlines. general flynn. >> yeah. >> brian ross from abc news. how are you? just wanted to ask -- >> no, i sure don't. >> everyone is asking what's going on in your case. >> i am having a great time. >> reporter: congress spent the summer gathering new information that democrats say reveals flynn committed criminal acts by omitting and concealing contacts and travel overseas which they say should have been disclosed for his security clearance. investigators used flynn's own words against him reviewing speeches and news interviews in which he boasted of his overseas contacts. >> i have spoken to friends in

in kuwait and qatar and uae. >> reporter: he didn't list any of those contacts on his disclosure form according to congressional investigators. >> subject to a five-year jail sentence. i think that's pretty serious. >> reporter: flynn is also under scrutiny for his alleged role in a bizarre proposal to kidnap this exiled turkish dissident from rural pennsylvania and send him back to turkey. former cia director james woolsey told abc news he was at a meeting in which flynn raised the prospect. >> they were seriously considering a kidnapping operation for gulen and i told them then that it was a bad idea, it was illegal. >> reporter: all at the same time that general flynn was serving as candidate donald trump's top national security adviser. >> that would be outrageous to talk about a kidnapping on american soil. >> reporter: when we tried to ask flynn about the allega

his family stepped in to protect him. >> but thanks so much. >> the allegations about -- are they bothering you from a distance? >> they bother me from a distance, thank you. >> reporter: flynn's lawyer says his client was not part of any plot, any discussions involving a kidnapping. in the end the importance of these allegations may be that prosecutors can use them as a hammer to cut a deal with flynn to get him to tell whatever he knows about the president and russia. >> all right. we know he's in their crosshairs. thanks very much. we move ton a major development in the freddie gray case. he's the baltimore man who suffered a broken neck in the back of a police van in 2015. his death sparked violent protests and riots but no officers convicted in the case and now the justice department has announced it will not bring federal charges against the six officers involved in the arrest. saying prosecutors did not produce enough evidence to prove the officers willfully violated his civil rights. five of the officers still face internal disciplinary hearings. we got good news, different gear

>> from your hometown. you'll be happy. your cleveland indians are one step closer to making baseball history. they just won their 20th game in a row. tying the streak held by the 2002 oakland a's who you might remember from the brad pitt movie "moneyball." if the indians win again today they'll tie the record set by the 1935 cubs but still have a way to go before they hit the all-time record for consecutive wins in 1916 by the new york giants. baseball team, though. and that team went 27 games without losing. interesting enough the new york giants in '27 won 12 games, had a tie and then won 14 after that so it was 26 consecutive games interrupted by a tie. >> it was a tie back then but don't have it now. >> now you just play until you fall out. >> that's true. let's get back to ginger. there are so many fires burning out west. >> 66 large wildfires. one of them in washington state, the

only 12% contained. images keep coming in but helps to have those to understand how weird the expanse is. look at this. some good news in montana. a winter storm watch. that is for up to six inches of snow. that's going to help fires. the cooler weather certainly will, as well as this trough moves in. - warmer & more humid the next few days - still watching jose today: mostly cloudy. warm and humid. showers/sprinkles, mainly before noon. highs: 8

tonight: clear, becoming cloudy after midnight with rain developing west of d.c. lows: 63-67 winds: s 5 mph thursday: morning rain. scattered pm thunderstorms. warm and humid. highs: 78-82 winds: ssw 5-10 mph so, one of our great prop guys just said, did you say snow. yes, i want to clarify, it's that time of year and i said snow. >> already? >> in montana. it's happening. >> it's coming. thank you, ginger. coming up that abc news exclusive nfl star michael bennett opening up for the first time about that incident with police seen in this tmz footage. he says he was handcuffed at gunpoint and a victim of racial profiling. that interview coming up. have you seen the new iphone yet? we'll tell you all about it. you'farewell, cookie betdough ice cream.e! what's that you're drinking?

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good morning, washington. i'm melanie hastings with a check of your top stories and breaking overnight. a large demonstration on the university of virginia campus protesting those white supremacist protests. a group carrying black lives matter signs covered the thomas jefferson son statue that sits in the rotunda with a black tarp. the sign on top of the black tarp read tjis a rapist and racist. the tarp has now been removed. city council in college park deciding just before midnight that non-citizens will be allowed to vote in the city election even if they are in this country illegally. the 4-3 vote followed hours of intense debate. ou

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still so great. florida facing massive cleanup now from that hurricane. keys hit the hardest, of course, fema just starting to assess the damage as residents finally come home. millions are still without power. and today president trump will meet with republican senator tim scott at the white house to discuss race issues in charlottesville. senator scott has been a critic of the president's response. but now to that abc news exclusive with seattle seahawks star michael bennett speaking out about the incident with las vegas police officers, seen here in a tmz video but he says it was a result of racial profiling. bennett says officers singled him out. pointed their guns at him and threatened to shoot him because he was a black man in the wrong place and time and sat down with "nightline's" byron pitts. >> feels like a movie because everything was happening so fast. people were like running, people were scared because nobody knew what was going on. >> reporter: mikaila michael describes the chaos and fear before he was confronted by police. he says word spread there were gunshots

cromwell casino and people took off running. no one saw a gun but everyone saw panic. >> we saw police and s.w.a.t. and everybody is on the ground crawling. what are you going to do so we started -- we started trying to get away. >> reporter: once outside bennett says he was accosted by two police officers. police says singled him out based on the color of his skin. >> all of a sudden i hear somebody say get on the ground like there's guns already drawn and then at that point i'm just thinking like is this real right now. >> reporter: this video obtained by tmz sports shows bennett on the ground with an officer cuffing him. >> i wasn't doing nothing, man. you asked me a question. >> reporter: he says he was terrified to make a move. >> when you're a suspect and guns are drawn, you don't know what to do. what did i do? that's why i'm asking can you please tell me what i do because i'm scared and i just want to go home. >> what did he say to you. >> i'll blow your [ bleep ]

off if you move. >> did i ever say -- >> he told me to shut the [ bleep ]. you think because you win the super bowl and do all this stuff in the community that you be treated as a human being but at that point, i wasn't seen as nothing. i was just seen as a suspect. >> the only body cam video that's been released briefly shows bennett on the ground. according to bennett police eventually googled him to confirm it was him. things changed and they realize you're michael bennett. >> i went from being just a black man to being a football player. >> reporter: the las vegas police department says bennett had been running and acting suspiciously. >> i see no evidence that race playsed any role. >> reporter: bennett's lawyer says they want the police to release all the tapes from the incident. >> unless something changes drastically that we don't know of, we're going to file a lawsuit. >> how do you explain it to your 10-year-old daughter. >> i mean it was an emotional thing to sit me and sit her down and explain about stereotypes and racial

what it means to be a black man in america and what it means for her to be a young black woman as she grows up in this country. >> reporter: his brother m martellus got emotional when talking to reporters after the incident. >> you just think what if, you know. i know he loves me very much and kind of hard to feel like he wasn't there so for me it was like, it was super hard because i know how much my brother loves me. >> reporter: bennett says the experience has changed him forever. >> every time i see my wife i try to kiss her like it's the first time we ever met. i try to hold my daughters like they were just born because i don't know and that situation right there made it a reality for me that it could happen at they moment. >> reporter: for "good morning america," byron pitts, abc news, seattle. >> you could just feel his emotion in that and his brother, as well. you can see much more of byron's interview tonight on "nightline" right here on abc. we'll move on and get the latest in the corruption trial of democratic senator bob

two women who were mistresses of menendez's friend took the stand and described how he helped them get visas and mary bruce has details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, george. well, at times this case sounds a lit more like an episode of "scandal," bribery charges, mistresses and alleged abuse of power and at the heart of it all a u.s. senator on trial for federal corruption. these women find themselves caught up in bribery charges against a sitting u.s. senator. federal prosecutors allege new jersey democrat bob menendez helped these women obtain visas to the u.s. as a political favor for their boyfriend, the senator's married friend and donor dr. salomon melgen. just one of the favors he did for the doctor in exchange for expensive hotel stay, flights on private jets and hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions. menendez arrived at federal court last week. to cheers. >> i started my public career

that's how i started. and i have always acted in accordance with the law and i believe when all of the facts are known, i will be vindicated. >> reporter: on the witness stand one of the women reportedly testified when her visa to the u.s. was initially denied her boyfriend, dr. melgen told her he was going to fix it by talking to the senator. e-mails were counted in the indictment reveal the senator later told one of his aides, call ambassador asa perform. if convicted menendez could face decades in prison. now his defense attorneys insist none of this was part of a bribe and they say he did not improper. they say the senator, it's customary for him to help out with visa applications. >> thanks very much. coming up that revolutionary new iphone. it's apple's most expensive ever but what do you get for that thousand dollars and how can you upgrade without breaking the bank? that's coming up next. we've seen almost everything so we know how to cover almost anything. even a swing set standoff.

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back now with all the buzz about the new iphone x it has facial recognition and wireless charging and rebecca jarvis, well, she got a look at it and joins us from cupertino, california. what did you find out about the new iphone? >> hey, michael, people came from all over the world here to apple's brand-new headquarters to see the unveiling of this new iphone x. i can tell you it is sleek, it is slippery when you hold it in your hands because it's glass

to analysts it is the most sophisticated phone on the market. it's apple's newest mobile marvel. >> it is the biggest leap forward since the original iphone. >> reporter: ceo tim cook unveiling the highly anticipated iphone x. the company's fanciest and most expensive model ever with a starting price of $1,000, what exactly do you get? a larger edge-to-edge screen, upgraded cameras optimized for selfies and augmented reality. that is the ability to superimpose images on what's in front of your phone. animojis, wireless charging and facial recognition technology that lets you unlock the phone by just looking at it. one thing absent from the new phone, as you see, no more home button. it's glass all around. $1,000 is a hefty price tag.

phone? >> consumers are addicted to their phones and paying an extra $5 per month to get the latest and greatest will be a no-brainer. >> reporter: post-presentation hundreds of techies testing out the new devices. how do you think it went? do you feel good? >> i feel wonderful. >> well, rebecca looking at that footage everyone will want one of these so how do you get the best deal on the phone? that's the big question for somebody like myself. >> reporter: absolutely, michael. the best thing you can do is talk to your wireless provider. ask them if they have any special upgrade programs and, in fact, now a number of wireless providers are offering money, cash towards that new phone if you make the switch, the one thing i would caution people to do, though is make sure that you look at all of the fees associated with that and whether or not the new calling plan and the new wireless plan is actually going to benefit you in the long run. >> yeah, got to read that fine print, rebecca. so what do we do with

how can we, you know, kind of make some money off the old phone? >> reporter: great question, robin. with that ole phone what you can do are two different things. the easiest thing you can do is go to a website like gazelle or y y y yousell. you can make more if you sell it yourself through a website like ebay or craigslist but you have to do all the heavy lifting and wait for the sale to happen in order to get paid. >> good to know. all right, you're just having a great time out there, rebecca. enjoy. thanks so much. >> thank you, robin. thanks, michael. >> been nice hanging out with the phone. may not be much longer. all right, everybody, coming up on our big board, we go behind the scenes of our hand in hand telethon that raised millions of dollars.

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oh, we are still happy and smiling from last night's hand in hand telethon. raised more than $44 million to help those affected by hurricanes harvey and irma. >> so many stars packed our times square studio to help and michael and i got to be right there with them lending a hand and linzie janis, you were here too. >> i was here too. incredible, 44 million. what an awesome, awesome number. you had dozens of hollywood superstars coming together across the country last night for this hand in hand telethon. it was such a moving event filled with stories from storm victim, musical tributes and so many of you from home calling in toon

♪ lend me your ears and i'll sing you a song ♪ ♪ and i'll try not to sing out of key ♪ >> reporter: it's the kind of star power you usually see at the oscars. from justin timberlake. >> millions of people are in need. >> reporter: to julia roberts and matthew mcconaughey. >> do not give up hope. >> reporter: dozens of celebrities joining forces in four different cities for the hand in hand telethon to raise money for the victims of hurricanes harvey and irma. many of them sharing heartbreaking stories from the storm zone. >> a boat filled with rescuers saw jordan's pink knapsack bobbing in the water. when they pulled her out, jordan was shivering, traumatized and missing her momma. >> we'll say a quick prayer. >> reporter: a prayer from justin bieber. >> we know you will guide us through the storms. >> reporter: leonardo dicaprio, george clooney and julianne moore working the phones. >> when you answer the phone tonight what are you going to

say thank you, thank you for calling. >> reporter: for jamie foxx hurricane harvey hit especially close to home. >> did you raise your hand right away for this. >> oh, i'm from texas, i'm from terrell, texas. a lot of, you know, people, friends of mine in houston. >> reporter: houston native beyonce gave this emotional plea urging people to donate. >> we come together in a collective effort to raise our voices, to help our communities, to lift our spirits and heal. >> reporter: some familiar friends also uniting for the cause. ♪ lean on me >> reporter: stevie wonder opened the show with a powerful message. >> anyone who believes that there is no such thing as global warming must be blind. ♪ so we got to get together >> reporter: more musical tributes from dave matthews, usher and blake shelton. ♪ stand by me stand by me >> reporter: and a moving rendition of

tori kelly and luis fonsi. ♪ hallelujah >> reporter: thousands of americans calling in to donate. proving hurricanes harvey and irma are no match for the open hearts and hands across the country. so $44 million and counting and it's not too late. you can still donate. guys early estimates of the damage from hurricanes harvey and irma, about $200 billion. which is not on par with the damage caused by katrina so every little bit counts. >> did you have a favorite moment last night? was there something that really resonated, moved you? >> i loved that performance by tori kelly and luis fonsi of "despacito." >> the musical performances were just, man, the way they celebritied the songs, seeing everybody and i'm telling you, guys, no ego, no diva, everybody was here, we also need to say the real stars of the night, people who donated. >> yes.

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good morning, washington. i'm melanie hastings. checking top stories, a scary wakeup over night in prince george's county. an s.u.v. losing control and crashing into a home in upper marlboro. you can see the vehicle went all the way through leaving behind a massive hole. this capped near largo road while five people were sleeping inside. no one was hurt. the driver was arrested at the scene. a gathering of hope will be held this evening in columbia, maryland for a missing teacher, laura wallen. the event will take place at 7:30 p.m. on the football field of the high school where she tout. she was last seen outside her home. she is four months pregnant. police handed out flyers last night hoping for clues.

reward for information that will help find her. you will need your rain gear this morning. here's sror ontica johnson. >> after a very cool september so far, finally our temperature is rising back into the lower 90s, for a couple of days in fact. you'll want to keep that small umbrella handy the first part of the day prior to 1:00 from passing showers. your weekend beautiful, 85 to 86 degrees with a humidity that will be lowering throughout. then the early part of next week looking dry now around 80 to 81, your first day of fall currently dry at 78. on the roads right now, we're looking at a slow ride trying to get to the capital belt way on our interstate. inside the belt way going to cost you an hour from springfield to the 14th street bridge. trying to travel on the southeast, southwest freeway, trash cleanup southbound on the ramp to the 11th street bridge tying us up and outside we've got a live look at

around the capital belt way trying to get from branch avenue to the wilson bridge on the interloop. back to you. >> thanks so much. you can get more news, traffic weather updates over on news channel 8. see you in a few minutes. now back to "good morning america." have a great day.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. the aftermath of hurricane irma. startling new images coming in of all the destruction. the florida keys devastated. so many homes devastate or destroyed. the president about to tour a ravaged florida. new this morning, olivia newton-john on her latest health battle. why she's re using medical marijuana to cope with all her pain. do you need a sleep coach? what's really waking you up night after night? our correspondent analyzing her every waking and sleeping moment to figure out what's keeping us all up and the coach that's showing her how to get a solid sleep. and one-on-one with yolanda hadid. the real housewife

about her excruciating battle with lyme. people didn't believe you. you're not sick. her most desperate moment. how she's dealing with the disease along with her supermodel daughter. all ahead as we say good morning, america. ♪ and good morning, america. we hope you're well this wednesday morning. welcome back. >> welcome back is right. george. as this week winds down we've got great ways to look fashionable and save money. the new clothing box craze where companies send you outfits right to your door and we'll go into our "gma" consumer lab to find out which one is really best for you in your warhead. >> extremely popular. more on that ahead. first let's head to the florida keys where 25% of all homes are destroyed. many others are badly damaged. some areas have been compared to a war zone. abc's victor oquendo is in islamorada for us this morning.

good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, robin. we are just starting our journey through the florida keys and have seen debris everywhere and this was our first stop. this used to be a three-story apartment collection leveled by hurricane irma. this is the power of the storm surge we're seeing here. this used to be the top floor. you can see right inside. imagine what it's like for these homeowners. for so many who live in the lower keys this will be the first time they see what's still standing and officials say they can't fully assess the scope of the damage because it is so widespread. we also want to point out one more thing here where i'm standing, this is what's left of this driveway now completely surrounded by water. this area collapsed. you can see a pipe right there. robin, the rebuilding process here in the keys, it is going to take a long time. >> it certainly will and as we said we're still continuing to assess the damage go tough situation down there. even more dire in the caribbean. as more americans are evacuated the shortage of food and water is creating a desperate scene. abc's david wright is in puerto rico, the staging

military flights. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, george. this is the staging area for the puerto rico air national guard. the hub of relief efforts to some of the hardest hit islands. already they have rescued thousands of american tourists who were stranded packing them into these giant c-130s packing them as tight as subway cars during rush hour. these are people who rode out the storm on these remote islands, only to find themselves marooned in a difficult situation. food and water growing scarce and in some cases chaos on the streets. we met one group who were stranded in st. thomas and they had been hopes that a cruise ship would come to the rescue. they were told by the coast guard that there was a ship coming into the port but when they showed up they were told it was chartered by marriott. marriott guests only and they were turned away. even though there was plenty of room on the boat. well, marriott says that they wanted to help these people, but they blame local officials saying that they we

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back on "gma," great to have you all here with us this wednesday morning and we need to give a shoutout to our crew. there was a telethon here last night, okay. it was all set up. they've been here, our fabulous crew, since yesterday morning and then all through the day and then this morning. [ applause ] come on. >> saw you working. next to andy cohen. >> and richard gere. i just kept singing "pretty woman." you didn't notice me. >> how about a little "pop news." >> yes, absolutely. let's get to it. good morning, everybody. we'll begin with former white house press secretary sean spicer. making his late night television debut tonight, he has decided to sit down with jimmy kimmel for his first interview since leaving his post at the white house.

nothing else, very entertaining. kimmel tweeted this picture of himself last week so he's wearing a navy hat. he's posing with spicer and writes if i promise to look at the camera this time, will you come to my show. the navy reserve member spicer wrote five minces later it's a deal and now we have a show. >> simple. >> yeah. i'm sure you guys all have enjoyed melissa mccarthy's spicer on "saturday night live." we're sure jimmy will asking sean how he feels about her emmy nominated performance when he hits the couch on jimmy kimmel live on abc 11:35 p.m. don't miss it. >> it'll make pop tomorrow. >> yeah. [ applause ] we'll wait and see what happens. issa rae, the easy breezy beautiful writer of "insecure"

announced her role on instagram sharing a photo getting made up and had a caption about being a teen and living through cover girl's ads and issa joins an a-list of many including queen latifah. >> it is a great show. >> she is so incredibly talented. so deserving. >> that smile lights up a room. easy breezy. finally, hurricane irma story that will make you believe. a nun whose mission is to help others was really able to come through when they pulled up to a street that was blocked with downed tree, yeah, she is holding a chainsaw. rather than wait for divine intervention she pulled out that chainsaw and she started cutting down those trees. how fabulous is this. a police officer from the

miami-dade department was driving by and he saw her. he had to whip out his phone and start shooting. he shared the video and instagram saying, sister margaret ann in action. she is the principal of a local high school in miami and told cnn, quote, there was a need, i had the means and i wanted to help out. >> yes, she did. [ applause ] >> the call of action. right to it. >> in the habit. that's "pop news," everybody. >> some principal. thank you. we move on to olivia newton-john opening up about an interview about her cancer battle revealing she had so much pain at some point she couldn't walk and sought relief with medical marijuana. abc's deborah roberts here with the story. good morning, deborah. >> reporter: good morning. so many people touched by her raw honesty this morning. since she was diagnosed with breast cancer back in 1992 olivia newton-john has publicly shared her struggles and her victories and now with the battle intensifying she's

living with this ravaging disease. ♪ better shape up >> reporter: she wroez to fame as the original sandra dee. solidifying her stardom as a singer with hits like "let's get physical" ♪ let's get physical >> reporter: but this morning the actress and singer making headlines for her candor about her second battle with cancer and how she's coping with the pain and keeping spirits up for herself and fellow survivors. opening up in a new interview with australia's "60 minutes" newton-john revealing the pain was so bad she couldn't even walk at times and that she treated it with marijuana grown by her husband john easterling telling the program, the pain level was really the hardest thing. i was trying to do shows and it was pretty agonizing. after surviving breast cancer with chemotherapy treatments and a partial mastectomy back in 1992 the 68-year-old singer took to facebook in may to reveal that her cancer had returned.

back pain turned out to be breast cancer that has metastasized. but after a course of radiation therapy, marijuana use and other natural wellness treatment, newton-john says she's finally on the mend. i can walk but i can't go long distances. but i'll get there because i couldn't walk at all a month or so ago. as i heal i'll be able to walk more. ever upbeat and positive, newton-john reflecting on her life in that "60 minutes" interview. i've had and am having an amazing life so i have no complaints. we all have something we need to go through this life and this has been my challenge. the pain may be slowing her body but certainly not her spirit. olivia just performed last friday at her namesake art center and is planning to give it all this weekend in a cancer walk with all that pain and told "60 minutes," i need to get through this. i have lots to do but, of course, it's scary, i'd be lying if i said it wasn't

felt that this was something i could get through. george. >> honest and strong right there. here with dr. jen ashton right now. you see her mix and match a lot of different treatments for this cancer. >> well, i mean first of all when you talk about metastatic cancer of any type, when you talk about metastatic breast cancer there are more people living with metastatic breast cancer today than ever before which is a good thing but it's not such a good thing. we wish that wasn't the case at all. and we had a better cure for the disease but when you talk about how you manage those symptoms, you heard her address it a little bit. it's really about the goal. you want to prevent further spread in some cases when that's not possible you do want to manage the symptoms and when you talk about cancer that's spread, those symptoms will be determined on what site of the body they spread to. when you talk about metastatic to the bone, that is excruciatingly painful. anyone who suffered a broken bonos that pain, imagine that times a million. >> and for her, this homegrown marijuana really made a difference. is that for everyone

>> that's what's is great. we have another public figure shedding light on something that needs a lot more attention. even though there have been studies out seven, ten years about the use of medical marijuana for treating chronic pain, we are still in our infancy so there are a lot more questions now than answers. it appears that one of the compounds, a cannabinoid targets a particular receptor in the body involved in pain and we need more research and need more research to know what strains of marijuana are best for certain pain, what dose, what root, do you inhale it, ingest it. if you want to use this like a drug, you have to really study it like a drug, no differently than something pharmaceutical. >> what's the most important thing for people to know about it. >> i think it has to be a combined approach. not just the patient, the circle, the care givers and you support them so they can support the patient. >> jen ashton, thanks very much. outside to ginger. >> out here we've got quite an eclectic crowd. aaron, emigrated and became a u.s. citizen.

that's right. they're from england and guess what, guys, there's only one way to make this better today and that is a guinea pig with a fidget spinner and sunglasses on. that's right. they do this in canada in case you ever want to visit canada. all right. that is you- warmer & more humi the next few days - still watching jose today: mostly cloudy. warm and humid. showers/sprinkles, mainly before noon. highs: 80-84 winds: e to s 5 mph tonight: clear, becoming cloudy after midnight with rain developing west of d.c. lows: 63-67 winds: s 5 mph thursday: morning rain. scattered pm thunderstorms. warm and humid. highs: 78-82 winds: ssw 5-10 mph thank you all.

"the real housewives of beverly hills" star yolanda hadid is on a mission opening up about her struggle with lyme disease, chronic lyme. it's her beautiful new book called "believe me" trying to raise awareness and i sat down with her recently and talked all about it. she really wanted people to understand what it is to have lyme. tell us how you're doing right now in i'm doing actually really great. i'm about i think 90%. i mean i still have some brain issues where like my scanner is on where sometimes i have a word time with word retrieval. >> people didn't believe you. they're like -- look at you. you're not sick. >> this is such an invisibility disability that didn't just happen to me, that happens to everybody that suffers from lyme including my own daughter who is on the cover of magazines, yet people don't know how much she really struggles behind the scene, you know. >> your son, as well. how severe is it for them. >> anwar is

he's been treated for two years and he's really good but bella still, it's something that she deals with every day of her life. you know, in so much pain and joint pain and brain fog, severe exhaustion and it's a nightmare. >> i don't remember what it's like to be normal. >> you wondered when you accepted to do the role on "housewives" like, hmm, why -- to give you a platform to be able to speak about this. >> the minute i got on the show i got sick, i never worked on that show with a normal brain. like i was always struggling and trying to just hold on and keep my job. >> you are just so incredibly open. to read you thought about taking your own life. >> you know, i think in that moment i was just so desperate in so much pain like sweating on the bathroom floor in some hotel in florida trying to please other people, i remember laying in the ocean and just going like, just take me, like i just

and in the same moment that i thought that, the picture of my kids came up and i'm going like, what are you thinking? i'm sure there's many people that get to a moment where you just throw your hands up and go, i tried everything. i cannot go one more minute. >> why do you think there's such a misunderstanding about lyme supply think there is a misunderstanding because there's no education. i think that people have judgment of things that they don't understand. the first case of lyme disease was diagnosed in 1975. we're now in 2017 and there's still no cure. the cdc says that chronic lyme doesn't exist. well, i'm here to tell you that it does exist. >> you're very honest. you had resources but didn't guarantee anything. >> it didn't guarantee anything. >> you want to make sure people don't who have such limited resources that they don't waste their money on something. >> yeah. we all deserve to get the same treatment and the same chances in life. feeling that you're, you know, more

people and can get certain treatments that others can't get, i mean, that was like -- that makes me emotional because that is the worst feeling of all of it. >> i've had the pleasure of meeting your daughters. they are the most down to earth, approachable, lovely young women. how have they helped you through this journey? >> there were nights gigi was in the car driving me to the hospital. the two kids holding me in the back. it's brought he closer, made us stronger and we're all out on the other side and just enjoying that closeness of our family. >> someone picking up your book, "believe me," what do you want them to walk away feeling and knowing? >> probably just hope. you know, hope and education. life isn't perfect. you know, we all struggle every day and that's just normal. you know, everybody has the same struggles but it's okay. it's life. >> yeah. >> i'm telling you, the way she writes about it and

it, the invisible disability and people -- she was getting hammered on social media. and kind of like in a brain fog with lyme and to have chronic lyme and then two of her children but she really wants to -- she kept using a phrase my momma said she's making her mess her message and it's a beautiful and powerful message and "believe me" is available right now. >> i'm glad she's getting it out there for a lot who suffers from it. who has trouble suffering from not sleeping? there are new ways to help get a better night sleep and the cdc says up to 70 million people, that means we're not alone, have sleep or wakefulness disorders. our becky worley, well, she's one of them getting great tips from a sleep coach. ♪ >> reporter: time, 2:45 a.m. location, oakland, california. >> good morning to you,

>> reporter: job, west coast correspondent for an east coast morning show. >> great tips as always, becky worley, we thank you. >> reporter: after my 5:00 a.m. live shots i'm usually back to bed. this shift work can lead to problems like insomnia. the worst is when it's my day off and i wake up at 3:00 a.m. anyways then it takes me a while to get back to sleep. joy. my short-term memory can get weird. wait. why did i come in here? i am a sleep mess. enter this sleep coach. >> we help you find those nooks and crannies of where the underlying issues may be and then help you get back on track with your sleep. >> reporter: mara has me log my sleep, caffeine intake and alcohol consumption and investigates my sleep space. okay, so i see the blackout shades. >> yeah. >> those are key. >> yeah, absolutely key. >> reporter: she makes suggestions like with my right before bed facebook habit. >> the amber light settle is like the night shift. you can put

it. what happens a lot of times is right before bed people are exposed to blue light and then they'll have a hard time falling asleep. >> reporter: she looks at my fellow. >> you want to visualize a line coming from the top of your scalp coming down your forehead down through your nose, lip, chin, neck, chest, all the way down to your belly button. >> reporter: when we talk about what wakes me up in the night, a surprising culprit is identified. >> a lot of types people don't think about, well, what noises can my pets or how can they make me up at night. she leaves three three practical steps to improve lie sleep. noise, wear earplugs when i can and at the least -- >> taking off the dog collar to eliminate the noise at night. >> eat earlier and cut alcohol. final finally, chill. the problem, emotions we haven't dealt with can bubble up at night. monkey brain. >> exactly. >> reporter: so to process feelings she advises multiple

deeply, do a gut check and feel your feelings before you go to bed. so a lot of the best ways to improve your sleep actually happen out of the bedroom. >> yes. it's not just, okay, what's happening in the bedroom or how much sleep did you get at night but what's happening the whole day. >> all right, good advice for all of us. >> a lot of good advice there. i could have told becky to the to go right to bed after a live shot. >> you got to power through, girl. >> we'll all be sleeping good tonight if we follow her advice. what does your dog really think about you? >> loves me.

good morning washington on melanie hastings with chalk check. after a late-night college park deceit council third decided that noncitizens will be allowed to vote in city elections even if they are in this country illegally purchased the fort to 3 vote came just before midnight and it followed hours of intense debate. to parents in levin county are

concerned that school bus routes are putting their kids at risk. the school board has gotten more than 1500 complaints about those roads since school started on august 24. problems range from shortage of drivers to consolidated but stops. schools working out the kinks and has declared about 900 complaints. it is meckling out there right now. here is veronica's or johnson. after a very cool september so far finally our temperatures rising back into the lower 80s. for a couple of days apart. we could see selecting sunshine. you want to keep out smaller brother andy first part of the day. prior to 1 o'clock passing chart. your beacon, beautiful 85 to 86 degrees. with unity that will be lowering throughout early part of next week looking at right now around 80 to 81 degrees. your first day of fall, currently dry at 78. veronica we have some heavy drive times right now getting to the beltway from prince william county on interstate 66. that is about an hour. we have major accident activity

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welcome back to "gma," everybody. great to have all of you with us and great to have you in the studio with us. mrs. and i have a question for everybody here. do you guys, everybody in the audience, when you have a question about something, anything, what is the first thing you do to get an answer? >> search for it. >> you google it, right? the name google has become a verb. if you just google it. that's what people say, you want to know who i am, just google me, girl. if you want to know -- >> very easy for you. >> hey, i have never used that, okay.

i have evnever used it -- >> you're saying that's the first time. >> you've said that before. >> he said that before. you have. >> let's get off me and -- >> no, no, no. >> usually if you do something, you search for things like how to draw, how to make money, google -- >> how to make money? >> george, people have done it. i have a list. number six, you can't see what's on the list. there's number six, how to make money. i say just go work. [ applause ] but the searches for how to are up 140% over the past decade because people literally go out and try to figure it out online. what have you guys done to how to search for lately? the last thing i think i did was how to tie a bow tie. >> did it work? >> those diagrams -- no, they don't work in diagrams?

>> too much folding and flipping. i just gave up and put on a regular tie. >> i did how to braid your own hair and i actually had to cut the piece of my hair out. i knotted it so badly. everything is back -- you know -- have you ever tried to braid your own hair? just don't. >> george and i haven't. i'll be honest with you. but i'm going to give 2017 top ten lists. i won't give all ten, how to make money was number six, that confused me too. number five is how to draw. >> well -- >> number four, how to lose weight. >> okay. >> number three, how to get pregnant. >> oh, boy. >> that is not true. >> that is not true. >> that's not true. [ applause ] >> and i tell you right now -- i could answer that but i'm trying to keep my job. >> yeah, about to say. >> number two -- you'll love

goes with number three, number two, how to kiss. >> oh, no. >> you are totally making all of this up. >> george, this is real. this is real. and the number one googled item of how to is very simple. how to tie a tie. >> oh. >> that makes sense. [ applause ] >> after number three -- >> how to make pancake, how to write a cover letter. how to make french toast is number nine then the one my dad always asked me like how to lose belly fat. >> your dad -- >> my dad always -- he's 80 years old and he's like, i want to be build like a wasp. how a wasp -- >> a -- >> at first -- >> i've never. >> he's 80 years old. did i say that? but that is it. those are the top things, george, and those are all real. >> okay. [ applause ] >> i can never top that. google me, baby. >> google me, baby. >>

>> google me, girl. so obviously september is here. a lot of parents, kids are off to college. the house can feel a little empty so there are some who have unique ways of coping with that empty nest syndrome. like this. so you -- here's a woman's bedroom. or a little girl's bedroom. not little girl. now at college. that's the before and then rosie then did this with the little girl's bedroom. she turned -- but it's not a guest room. that's actually a puppy palace. that's her dog. she made it her puppy's room and so this freshman at texas a&m writes on twitter i'm in college for not even a month and my mom rearranges my entire room just for my dog. i feel you, girl. so we wanted to ask would you change your kid's room after they left for college? would you find a more useful -- [ applause ]

>> there's a lot saying yes. >> i think i would not. i would want a shrine. come home soon. >> you wouldn't do it. >> if we redid our girls' rooms for our dogs who they don't particularly like -- that would be mutiny in the family. >> you hear parents saying, oh, an exercise room. >> exercise room is the number one choice for adults who when their kids go away, they're ready to get fit. >> they want to look like a wasp. [ laughter ] >> they want to look like a wasp. >> i'm changing -- personally i'm changing everything and i'm selling the house. i don't need a house for all these kids. they're gone. [ applause ] >> light candles. please come home. i know, it's very sad. all right. well, that's my topic. what do you guys have? >> well, talking about dogs. we're going to find out what it's like now to be a dog. that is a new book from dr.

university down in atlanta. dr. berns, thanks for joining us. what's it like to be a dog? >> well, the bottom line is it's very much like being a human but without the words to tell us what it's like to be a dog. >> ah. >> seriously? so and you're saying one of the things that actually got you into this, this whole idea of do the dogs really like us or do they want us for our food? >> yes, so what i've been doing for the past five years is i've been training dogs to go into an mri machine because they can't talk to us so i want i wanted to do see what they're thinking by actually looking at what's happening inside their head. and the first thing that we did was to see whether they liked us just for food or whether they actually had something like love for us and what we found was that the majority of the dogs like praise and just talking to them like, saying, hey, good girl, good boy as much if not more than food. >> realliy i'm so surprised. have you this

you really do believe that my dogs, it's me not the food? i'm so excited. [ laughter ] >> well, wait a minute. i don't know you or your dog so one of the interesting things is -- >> you might be different, i guess. >> it's definitely me. me. >> they're like people. >> dogs are like people. >> they're different so all the dogs are different. just like people. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> but, doctor, one thing, i talk to my dog and i'm like my little boy, and i look really silly doing it, do they understand when we talk to them because i think he and i have a great verbal relationship. [ laughter ] >> well, that's the million dollar question that we really want to know is what they understand and everything that we're finding shows that they understand some things. they're really good at linking

stay and fetch but they don't really seem to understand that words represent objects or names. and so my own dog, cali, for example, i'm not even sure that when i call her cali that she links that word with a sense of self. it could just be i better look at the person who made that. >> but the bottom line is you say dogs are like humans. they have feelings. they really do love us? please tell me yes. >> yes, absolutely. absolutely. >> i dent want to ned a therapy session. i'm going to read your book, doctor. >> thank you very much. "what it's like to be a dog." >> i love that. i love this idea. >> your dog loves you. >> don't you guys -- i know you don't have more than one dog but do you have different voices for your dog? do you actually do their voices. >> oh, look at george. >> oh. >> that's cooper. yeah. >> what does cooper sound like?

southern gentleman. he's a very polite southern gentleman. he's got a southern accent. daisy our dachshund. >> oh, boy. >> is just mean. >> she's like -- >> she's haughty and fancy. >> i think it's the breed. i had a dachshund. >> yeah, there she is. >> look at her. she's like get off my bed. that's so funny. >> nice sheets, george. >> daisy has nom nice sheets. >> i'm sorry. [ laughter ] >> i think this soups amazing. i can't wait to read it. i'm really -- >> sounds like you need to. so needy right now. >> i am. >> one of her dogs died this weekend -- >> i'm feeling particularly needy. >> and there's nobody who loves her for fur babies more than this woman right here. her rescues. >> so thank you, thank you to gregory berns and thank you for indulging me. [ applause ] >> yes. you guys, coming up how boxes are changing the way we shop.

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and welcome back to "good morning america." you know what, we love celebrating here. we're celebrating this morning with -- >> john walker. >> from shamrock, texas. 50 years old. so happy you're here. gave you a couple of clouds from irma and in cape may, new jersey, the cloud cover you see. it actually stretches not

from southern new jersey back all the way to texas, a lot of the, you know, intensity of that storm has died out but the rain will keep on moving through the north and east. you can see what's left of it with that low pressure system and some of the rain will get a little heavier as we go into thursday, early friday morning. so that is also for your birthday, john. - rain chances today & tomorrow - warmer & more humid the next few days - still watching jose today: mostly cloudy. warm and humid. showers/sprinkles, mainly before noon. highs: 80-84 winds: e to s 5 mph tonight: clear, becoming cloudy after midnight with rain developing west of d.c. lows: 63-67 winds: s 5 mph thursday: morning rain. scattered pm thunderstorms. wa >> that report brought to you by petsmart. lara, up to you. >> thank you so much, ginger, we're going to move to our frugal fashionista series. we love this one. and this morning we're breaking down the clothing box trend. if you've heard of this delivering a wardrobe designed just for you to your doorstep. there's a company called stitch fix leading the way with more

year. so more companies are jumping into the market and paula faris is here now with a closer look. >> good morning to you, lara. as you just said this is a multimillion dollar business with a huge convenience factor if you're like me, i break out in hives when i have to shop. these are delivered to your door. here's how it works, you give your size and preferences and for a fee the companies will do the rest but can they nail your style better than you can? take a look. >> it's a great piece and throw it on over anything. >> trunk club is among the growing number of companies expanding this kind of in person styling service for women on the internet. >> clothing box service is like this one takes the legwork out of shopping. customers fill out a questionnaire and for about $20 a stylist does your shopping for you. and at trunk club stylists let you preview their picks in an e-mail. >> i think they're very popular. >> evan clark of women's wear daily says the appeal of clothing boxes is more than just about convenience. >> with the

they're looking at their customer base as individuals and that's i think a very powerful kind of approach and it's new in fashion. >> reporter: but what about the services that send you their picks sight unseen. lauren chan fashion features editor at glamour and former plus size model, a size 16 which is average for women in the u.s. is skeptical. >> i think it's pretty hard to nail somebody's style based on a form. >> reporter: she agrees to help us check out clothing box services wantable, stitch fix and dia & co. when they arrived we transferred those into new boxes show she wouldn't know which clothes came from which company. >> i could do this. >> reporter: she liked most of what was in the first box but it was a totally different story in the dressing room. >> you're not even going to come out. >> i can't. i don't even know if i can walk in it. >> reporter: she had questions about this. >> i wonder if it will be too billowy. >> reporter: the third box. >> very prized and happy. >> reporter: inside each box

stylist meant to match her budget and style. lauren selected clothes that fell into the midrange of 50 to $100 apiece. there were keepers like this one. >> this outfit i like. the winning look so far. >> reporter: a few that didn't make the cut. >> so i didn't want to try this one on. >> reporter: but she did have a clear favorite liking four out of the five items in box b. who do you think box b is. three, two, one? >> oh. >> reporter: lauren liked stitch fix best overall. she liked two items from dia dia & co and one piece from wantable. wantable said they were excited she loved one of their items and said we welcome all feedback that allows us to pry an exceptional customer experience for customers who use our personal styling service. dia & co which specializes in sizes 14 and up said more than 75% of their stylists identify as plus size themselves and over

time, work with customers to build an incredible wardrobe. lauren picked stitch fix, say they use a combination of feedback from clients to understand what they want and think that sets them apart and, lara, these services learn a ton about the returns. they learning just as much about your style and most offer some sort of prepaid shipping label and also intersent advise it and wantable gives you 20% off if you keep all the items and others will give you about 25%. >> we were just asking some of the audience members. they said it's worth it because you if try it and don't like it, it's free shipping. >> you like to go to the store. i don't. i think i'll try it out. i am adverse to shopping or you could just do it for me. >> we'll talk about it. thank you, paula. guess who is here? russell westbrook, nba superstar. >> russell westbrook. don't go anywhere, yes.

it is fashion week here in new york. we've got one of if not the most fashionable athlete here. mr. russell westbrook. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. >> sporting the prints and the flannel. he is the reigning nba mvp. this year's "sports illustrated" fashion mvp. russell literally wrote the book on men's fashion called "style driver" and we are so happy to have you here to talk about your fashion and a little bit about your life. >> thanks for having me. >> you're the nba mvp just named this year's best male athlete at the espys. we're looking at some of your greatest moments on the court because you are incredible. embarrassing a lot of guy, man. amazing what you do on the court but you know, fashion is a -- >> i like the wink. >> fashion is a huge passion of yours. >> yeah. >> so how do sports and fashion intertwine. >> i mean it's very, very huge. i think now, you

myself and different sports love fashion. fashion is something that you get an opportunity to kind of express yourself on the court i'm running around and screaming and pounding my chest and doing all type of crazy stuff and in fashion i can walk and be swagged out and have fun. >> swag is the name of the game. talk to me about your term style drivers. like what's a style driver. >> that's for me like that set trends lead their field whether in music, art, fashion or whatever it is or maybe and, you know, whatever michael can be a style driver. he dresses up pretty nice if you guys can see. >> driving away. you have a very special personal icon. >> yeah. >> who is that. >> my style icon is my mom. my mom, she -- >> yes, yes, yes. >> i see it. >> she's always swagged out. she's -- she has always kept me up to par on fashion, on the style and to this day i can still call

me a yay or nay. >> you call your pom for fashion advice. >> yeah, why not. >> he's just endearing everybody. speaking of styles, any way you can help me like jazz up some of my look. >> yeah, i can help you out. let's do it. >> style drivers, let's go. >> let's do it. >> over there. >> where we at? okay. okay. >> what's options? >> so some of your philosophies, you take risk. >> yeah, why not. >> with michael who is so clean and classic what would you do to upante? first we got to give him a pocket square. give him a pocket square to go with his suit. >> which one do you suggest? >> no, i don't like that one. >> oh, boy. >> need a little more -- >> can we put more time on the clock? >> okay. give me that. >> i like that too. >> i like that. makes my tie pop. >> adding a layer. >> yeah, just a little polka dot. >> can we please see the hat. >> let's

>> you wear a hat. >> i wear hats. i wear hats. >> i wear hats. >> maybe some shades. >> a shade guy. give him some shades. >> you make your own shade, by the way. >> i do. i do, i do. >> all right. >> and then michael loves a man purse. so -- >> a nice little bag in will you walk the runway for us. >> thank you. thank you. >> michael strahan style by russell westbrook. [ applause ] there he is. everybody, style drivers is out right now. >> there you go. >> thank you, russell. thank you, michael. we will be right back. give them one more. come on. (vo) there's a freedom about asheville.

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>> good morning washington i melanie hastings with a check of your top stories and breaking overnight. a large demonstration on the university of virginia campus.a group of caring black lives matter assigned covered the thomas jefferson statue that sits in the school landmark rotunda with the blocked hartford sign on top of the corporate, dj is a racist and a rapist. the tarp has now been removed. rude awakening overnight in prince georges county when an suv slams right into a home in upper marlboro leaving behind a massive home. this happened near tendering driving on the road while 5 people were sleeping inside. one person was taken to the hospital. the driver was arrested. grabbed the morning hours here is veronica with your forecast. after a very cool september so far finally our temperatures rising back into the lower

or a couple of days in fact. the conceit selecting sunshine but you want to keep that small umbrella andy for the first part of the day. prior to 1 o'clock passing chart your weekend though, beautiful 85 to 86 degrees with humidity that will be lowering throughout the early part of next week looking dry now around 80 td one degrees. your posting of fall, currently dry at 78. major delays right now veronica on our roadways. 52 to 355 this morning were dealing with accidents in gaithersburg and put us up with pedestrians involved. we have a lot of rent as

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