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>> ♪♪ >> absolute disastrous mess. never seen anything like this in my life. >> the stunned chilling description of the scene by mayor michael nutter in the wake of last night's deadly amtrak disaster. >> it is 7:00 a.m. on this wednesday and this is a live view of the aftermath from chopper 6hd. rail cars are flipped over, others torn apart and just about everyone pointing in a different direction. right now we know at least five people are dead. dozens more are injured. the ntsb will arrive at the scene today to begin its investigation into the deadly amtrak train derailment. we have team coverage coming up. >> all right, well, looks like it's sunny conditions building now over the crash scene and we are going to continue to
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see the sun today for the rescue workers though we're looking at blustery winds building through the rest of the day and i'll have more on that possible effect on the recovery and investigative efforts in port richmond coming up. karen. >> the train derailment causing a big impact on your morning commute. i'm going to have the very latest on the roads and the rails coming up. >> and right now when you go to the scene hundreds of fire and police officials are swarming that area of the amtrak derailment right now and then they're going to be joined by federal officials later this morning. all getting going trying to answer the question what happened here around 9:30 last night there here's what we know so far. at least five people are dead. 65 passengers were taken to numerous hospitals in philadelphia. six of the patients are in critical condition. >> now the train involved is train 188. it was headed from washington d.c. up to new york city and then it derailed in the port richmond section of philadelphia. again around 9:30 last night. six cars and the engine off the tracks, just as cue out
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there and a lot of questions about how this all happened and why. >> we'll be following this story on the air and online on 6abc.com throughout the morning. i'm matt o'donnell, along with tamala edwards. we sends you to "gma." injured they were using vans to gethem to nearby hospitals and we heard from the passengers who were using the lights on their iphone, their smartphones to find their way out of the darkness. overnight, the frantic search for passengers. you can see the flashlights as search and rescue teams surround the cars that came off the trtrack. incredible scenes of destruction along america's busiest rail line. >> the train tilted over and rolled. >> reporter: 9:28 eastern, the first emergency call. the new york city bound amtrak train starting in washington, d.c. taking off at 7:10 p.m. 238 passengers 5 crew members on board derailing in the port richmond section of philadelphia. >> one train looks like it's completely in pieces. >> reporter: almost immediately
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the images of the wounded, bloodied but able to walk away from the crash. some crawling through emergency window others climbing through the roof of the strange. from above you can see the scope of the wreckage the train reduced to twisted metal, shattered glass, its engine detached three cars on its side one flipped over seven cars in all off the track. >> i heard like a big bang. >> reporter: this morning from inside the train, images capturing the chaos and the fear. passengers trying to escape describing the luggage that had been flies over their heads before those cars came to a screeching halt. >> keep crawling okay. >> crawl forward, sir. >> shut down the entire northeast corridor. we have a major event here. we have people on the tracks and a couple cars overturned. >> reporter: first responders rushing to the scene pulling out passengers who were still trapped in the overturned cars. >> it happened in seconds. >> reporter: more than 100 passengers sent to area hospitals, so many they were using vans and buses to drive the injured to the hospital.
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first responders still searching this morning still unable to say whether everyone is accounted for. former congressman patrick murphy who was on the train capturing these image, passengers pulling themselves up from the floor. >> human nature kicks in. there were people that were -- they didn't care about anybody else. they were getting off the train, stepping over people. the guy next to me was unconscious and i got him up. he was believe it or not okay. >> reporter: overnight the mayor of philadelphia on the scene describing the horror unlike anything he's ever seen. >> it is an absolute disastrous mess. >> reporter: the recovery effort pushing forward as federal investigators now arrive on the scene to determine what caused this deadly crash. authorities here on the scene now telling us the death toll now up to six and, again, they have not accounted for everyone on this train and keep in mind it's unlike a plane. you don't have an assigned seat just a ticket you go on and sit where you want so difficult to make sure everyone has been accounted for.
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if you don't stow your luggage, you put it above you and that's why passengers are describing the luggage flying through midair. one woman telling me she could feel passengers bumping up into her until the train came to a halt and flipping on its side. much more from the scene in a couple of moments. george, back to you. >> thanks david. we're joined by two of the survivor, beth daves and paul chung. thank you both for joining us. beth, i can see you're a little banged up there. i hope you're feeling okay. tell us what happened. >> so i mean it was -- i take this trip between philly and new york pretty often. i mean at first it was just a regular ride. i was on the phone. i hung out with my friend. about that time it felt like we were just taking a wide turn to the right. and then like it kind of -- it just had started to like roll over and it was just dark and you could just -- there were just bodies and seats and everything kind of falling around me and i mean it was kind
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of that slow motion moment. i was in the third car and it actually tipped to the side so the only way to get up was actually up through the side which is the roof and then the car started to fill up with smoke so i mean i remember someone saying very calmly you know, we need to get out of this car so we climbed up to the ladder. we had to slide off the side of the -- at the car which is like a good eight feet. >> paul let me ask you. it seemed to happen in slow motion. you first felt the shakes and then everything went haywire. >> yeah i was at the back of the train and, again, similar to beth's story i was playing around with my phone, you know streaming netflix and suddenly you know the car as if someone had slammed the brake and suddenly everything start shaking really hard and the whole train went dark then i saw some passenger also escaping from the window. >> beth this must have been the more horrifying thing you've ever been through but also seemed like people kept their heads about them. >> you just want to hug the
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other survivors next to you to help people and connect with others to think about the logistics of i don't have a wallet or a shoe right now. >> a lot of the passengers were very brave, you know they came out very collected. >> yeah. >> you know while in shock, everything happened really orderly. it wasn't a massive chaos. >> we're glad you're both okay right now. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> oh i can't believe it. >> we saw them hugging right there. paul and beth weren't traveling together but did used to work together at the associated press. glad they're okay. >> have a hug like that. musician yameen allworld joined us a short time ago. please tell us how you're doing this morning. >> yes, i had some minor injuries to my leg actually. >> and can you tell us yameen what happened. what did you see?
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what did you feel? what did you hear? >> it just felt like our car was leaving the ground. i started floating in the air and i just felt my body lifting up and going forward over seats and start toppling. >> and when did help arrive and how did you get out? >> we could see fairly well. i turned the light on on my cell phone so we could see better and checked on other people. there was a lady stuck in between a chair so we helped her out. you know i was close to the front of the car so we just walked towards the door and i had just held the light up so people could see and get out. >> you were posting videos and we heard in your videos yameen you helping people and just doing anything that you could. many people would like to think they would act the same way in a situation like that. was it just an instinct that kicked in with you? >> yes. i didn't have to think twice about it. it was just you know i was
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there, i was an able body and so i was just trying to do what i could to help people. >> i know that you emcee for quest love and he sent out a nice tweet about you overnight. he said thank god that you are here to literally see another year. today is your birthday. >> yes, yes. today is my birthday yes. >> and i know that you're feeling very very grateful this morning, aren't you? >> yes, i'm so grateful yes. >> yameen thank you. i know you and others and ourselves included are thinking of those who were not as fortunate but thank you so much. >> yes. >> thank you. you take care. >> thank you, thanks for having me. god bless everyo captioning here. captioning ready
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ters in philadelphia so it was here that some of the most critical cases came. 54 patients trnted to this one hospital alone. many of them just minor cuts and scrapes but eight critical cases and one person died here overnight. level 3 mass casualty incident which means basically that there were too many casualties for any one hospital to handle. in this case 150 plus robin. that's more than half the train. >> it is. all right, david, thank you. we go back to the scene now. david muir is there with david kerley who covers transportation for us. david. >> reporter: and, robin as you know we learned six dead from this five here at the scene. one later at the hospital and you and i were talking that many of these injuries are severe chest injuries. the next logical question how fast was that train going? federal investigators on the scene.
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>> they're coming. speed is one of the factors. you and i were able to get around and see one of these mangled cars and even though they are damaged severely the investigators will learn a lot about what happened to this train. >> one train looks like it's completely in pieces. >> reporter: the train derailed and broke apart on a corner with a reported speed limit of 55 miles an hour. the pictures tell the story. the engine and all seven cars jumped the tracks. >> we have train cars that are completely overturned on their side ripped apart and the engine completely separated from the rest of the train. >> reporter: the engine and two cars landing upright. three on their side one nearly on its roof. this electric locomotive is high tech. just a year old and can reach up to 125 miles per hour. investigators will look at that engine, the cars the track. a report two years ago said rails for amtrak trains are in desperate need of repair and
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investigators will look at the curve the train was negotiating. this is where the train was captioning readyell has been destroyed and overturned completely. >> reporter: despite all this destruction crash investigators will find clues in the mess to tell us why amtrak train 188 jumped the rails as it was leaving philadelphia. >> and you talk to the people who live here in philadelphia and can't believe this happened right here in their backyard but they'll also remind you there was another train accident right here more than 70 years ago. >> more than 70 years ago, different circumstances we shui think. it jumped and nearly 80 people were killed. it seems to be a coincidence it happened in the same play. ntsb on their way right now. >> you'll be with me for "world news tonight." until then back to george in more from deborah hersman. the former chair of the ntsb. now president of the national safety council. deborah, tell us what this go to
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team, the ntsb go to team will do right now. >> the daylight is really helpful for them. they'll be securing the scene, gathering any perishable evidence and doing documentation. key to the team will be grabbing those recorders right away. they've got event recorders and also video recorders on many trains and so they'll be looking at those very closely. >> what can they learn from those black boxes? >> so the black boxes will tell them things like speed, throttle position, braking, but also there are often inward and outward facing video cameras that will tell them a lot of information about the track conditions and the environmental conditions and they will be looking at every train that came through earlier to see if they had any trouble reports coming through that same section of track. >> as david said there have been some concern, there has been some concern about these tracks needing a lot of repairs. >> you know i will tell you our
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infrastructure when it comes to transportation is critical. whether it's highways or rails or our airports we have to invest in our infrastructure to make sure that it's in good repair and that it's going to last us. >> how about the possibility of human error? what's it going to take to rule that in or out? >> well they'll be looking very closely at the human, the machine and the environment and so those recorders will tell them about >> captioning readys gem alone in the cab operating -- they'll want to talk to that person as soon as possible. >> okay deborah hersman, thanks very much. the fbi also on the scene this morning, homeland security involved as well. let's go to pierre thomas for more on that. any indication pierre of foul play? >> reporter: not so far, george. transportation investigators are the lead but the fbi has sent agents to the scene and stands ready to assist as needed. sorts say there's no evidence of foul play and looks like an accident but admit it's too
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early to know what happened. given the scale of the derailment and loss of life authorities want to knowoning ready captioning ready captioning readyasics of what caused this terrible incident. george. >> so much more work to be done. pierre, thanks very much. now today's other top stories starting with the u.s. military helicopter missing in nepal. >> that's right and the search is now expanding for that missing marine corps helicopter last seen conducting an aid mission in nepal just hours after another massive earthquake killed dozens of people in that country. six marines were on board the helicopter which was one of three that were deployed to nepal after the earthquake. american and nepalese military are in the air and on the ground this morning but searches have been unable to locate the helicopter's emergency beacon. breaking story from north korea overnight. the country's top defense official has reportedly been executed because he fell asleep
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>> 7:26. an update to our breaking news story. as you heard on "good morning america" the death toll is now at six people. dozen of others were injured when several cars flipped off the tracks in the port richmond section of the city last night. the train was traveling from washington, d.c. to new york city and crashed just as it
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hit a curve at frankford junction. investigators from the ntsb are headed to the scene. karen rogers has the latest in traffic. karen. >> if you're trying to take mass transit we need to go over what's running and not running. no amtrak service right now on the northeast corridor between philadelphia and new york city. all service canceled. running on a modified schedule. trains running between d.c. and philadelphia, new york city and bon to the. you can take new jersey transit if you can get to trenton, they're honoring your amtrak tickets up to new york and atlantic city rail line also affected with this. trenton line not running. it may not be running rest of the week. they're adding exat a cars in west trenton. you can take that. which of the nut hill west expect delays. big delays on 422. we had an accident that at weren't point blocking all lanes eastbound at 23. those delays are starting to diminish but still extra heavy here 422 from royersford to approaching 23 matt. >> thank you karen. now let's turn to accuweather and meteorologist dave murphy. david. >> matt no weather related issues at the crash site this
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morning in port richmond or anywhere else. take a look as temperatures are cool this morning 61 degrees but fairly comfortable. a little breezy. just the 50 in the northern suburbs. this afternoon we're going to go for high of 69, lots of sunshine cooler than yesterday and the only issue in today's weather really is that strong blustery wind. we'll see gusts up to 35 miles per hour. matt there's also an enhanced risk of brush fires starting and spread dag. >> thank you david. more information pictures and video from the scene all posted on 6abc.com.
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good morning america. right now, details still coming in from that major amtrak derailment in philadelphia overnight. all seven cars including the engine come off the track while rounding a curve killing at least six people injuring more than 150. there were 243 people on that train. service between philadelphia and new york shut down. it is the busiest corridor in america. federal investigators on the scene to figure out what went wrong. also right now the search is on for that missing u.s. military helicopter that disappeared with six marines on board while delivering aid to earthquake victims in nepal. and tom brady expected to file a formal appeal of his deflategate suspension at any moment. >> could happen at any time right now. we do say good morning, america. on this wednesday morning and there's a lot going on including we're going to take you inside an incredible hidden world this morning.
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deep inside the jungle a place no one had ever explored just a decade ago. live drone cameras there this morning. ginger ready to take us on this amazing journey. more people -- you said this yesterday, george more people have been to space than here? >> yeah unbelievable and ginger has been trekking for days, as you know what she's going to bring us is absolutely worth it. >> she shared with us she hadn't showered in five days. >> six now. >> sheing looks great. >> you got that right. we begin with the latest on deflategate. tom brady expected to formally appeal his suspension very soon as we said and the man behind that bombshell investigation is firing back this morning responding to claims from brady's agent that the investigation was not truly independent. abc's ryan smith is in boston with all the details on all this. good morning, ryan. >> reporter: good morning, robin. in the face of scathing criticism from tom brady's agent nfl's lead investigator on
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deflategate is really firing back slamming claims that he was somehow influenced by the nfl in calling suggestions that the league wanted to go after one of hit most popular players a ridiculous allegation. this morning tom brady's agent telling abc news to expect an appeal from his client any minute. the patriots quarterback planning on fighting back after his four-game no pay suspension. >> end zone touchdown. >> reporter: ted wells, the man behind the 243-page investigation into deflategate striking back at brady's agent done yee denying the agent's claims that the investigation was biased and saying yee and brady were not fully cooperative. >> he refused to let us review the phones. i said you keep the phone. you the agent, mr. yee, you can look at the phone. you give me documents that are responsive to this investigation and i will take your word that you have given me what's
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responsive and they still refused. >> reporter: wells says the patriots even asked him to be thorough in his investigation because they believed the league had a personal vendetta against them rejecting claims that he was annot acting independent of the league. >> i think it's wrong to criticize my independence just because you disagree with my findings. >> reporter: this morning, die-hard pat fans are outraged for the million dollar team against their team. what do you think. >> it's egregious. >> reporter: but some former footballers speaking out siding with the nfl. >> make him suffer a little bit more. it's all about this i'm perfect. i'm never wrong. >> a rule is a rule and it's up to the nfl to uphold the standards and integrity of the national football league. >> reporter: it didn't take long for others to jump on the bashing bandwagon putting up billboards with tom shady around
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new jersey. but here in boston an altogether different campaign. no brady, no banner is the hashtag asking to postpone the raising of the super bowl banner until tom brady returns. >> ooh, still a lot of support in boston. thanks. a strange case of three lawyers of rying to get a rival attorney busted for dui in the middle of a big trial and mara schiavocampo is here with the story. good morning, mara. >> reporter: good morning. those three lawyers are now in serious legal trouble themselves for allegedly using their attractive paralegal to get an opposing attorney drunk all to get him thrown offer the case. >> i'd like to check your eyes. >> reporter: a dui arrest caught on cam ralph the driver a prominent tampa lawyer in the middle of a high-profile case but investigators say he was set up. his rival attorneys allegedly using this woman to set a honey trap. >> were you arrested for dui? >> yes. >> were you taken to jail?
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yes. >> reporter: now this morning thee these three could lose their licenses. in january 2013 phil campbell meets melissa personius a paralegal at that rival law firm at a tampa restaurant. according to vesters she allegedly became overly friendly socializing and drinking with campbell and lied about where she worked. all the while exchanging dozens of text messages and phone calls with her bosses. one of those bosses allegedly tipping off a police officer who waited to pull campbell over busting him for dui. campbell was behind the wheel of the paralegal's car which he says he was only driving because she was too drunk. >> i did not want at least on my watch, my responsibility to have her drive the car. >> reporter: charges were later dropped but the florida bar association is going after the rival lawyers. >> based upon advice of counsel i invoke my fifth amendment right.
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>> reporter: two of the three refusing to answer and the third admitting while he didn't give the order to set campbell up he didn't do anything to stop it. >> that's a mistake i made that evening. >> reporter: as for the woman at the center of the so-called honey trap. >> i invoke my right to the fifth amendment. >> reporter: legal experts say the possibility of disbarment could be the least of their worries. >> the federal government and fbi are involved in this heavily and i'm fairly certain we will see a criminal indictment at some point in the future. >> reporter: now, the police officer who arrested campbell has since been fired. that paralegal melissa personius is still working for the law firm but not in their tampa offices. >> thank you very much. back to rob for the first time yesterday since may 2 no reports of tornados but there was technically a water spout. it's on the galveston island,
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bermuda beach a sight to to behold. and this sight in colorado. one rainbow. and a tornado that did no department of justice in eastern colorado. here's the local forecast. >> reporter: thanks, rob double scan showing we're dry 60. 69 degrees is the high, sunny and windy and cooler than yesterday. nice, thursday and friday. >> new auburn wisconsin. this is the third best northern lights he's ever seen. >> psychedelic. >> wonder what our double rainbow guy would think of the northern lights. >> psychedelic stuff. >> that's it. thank you, rob. coming up target trouble. this mom claiming the super store stole her best-soing
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back now at 7:42 with a frightening home invasion caught on cameras. burglars armed with knives going room to room while three members of the family including a baby hide out in a bedroom. abc's t.j. holmes is here with more. good morning, t.j. >> good morning, lara. that video you're showing of a break-in that didn't require much breaking in. a back door left unlocked. they walked right in. now, the first thing they did was arm themselves and before they attempted to steal anything they went after the two women and baby inside. horror captured on home surveillance video. this morning police looking for these two men wielding knives invading this california home trying to break down this door with a crying 1-year-old on the other side.
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>> all i'm getting so far is two men entered the residence with knives. >> reporter: the men braisezenly breaking in in broad daylight. looking for a all clear walking right through the patio door like they own the place. they headed to the kitchen disconnecting the land line phone to prevent calls from going out and grab knives. >> they grabbed a knew and already to kill or hit or hurt someone. >> reporter: but they weren't alone much watch as they hear noises above them. bowling upstairs running into the master bedroom first finding it empty but then one realizes there are people locked in the back bedroom. watching his 1-year-old. daughter of the intruders rushes to knock it down but can't do it alone requiring help from his counterpart. singh's sister-in-law acting as a barricade trying to hold the door shut. the suspects only able to kick a hole through the door before fleeing the scene in fear. >> he made a big hole and then
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tried to hurt my sister-in-law with the knife. >> reporter: the women locking themselves in a bathroom calling 911. >> they're very very scared. especially when they were holding 1-year-old child in their hand and, you know anything could have gone wrong. >> reporter: this isn't the first time burglars have targeted singh's home. he's hoping releasing these videos will help police find the attackers. >> i don't know what to do. you know you don't feel safe in your own house. >> yeah the reason they have it on video is because they installed those cameras after the last break-in. they didn't stop the guys from getting inside but hope they'll stop them in the future letting folks know hey, keep an eye out for these guys and lock your doors. >> thanks. coming up, a ballroom shocker. derek hough and nastia in a surprise elimination just before the if ifinale flying all night long to be with us live this morning.
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i'm lynne abraham. when i became philadelphia's da, child victims had to face a judge ...a jury...the public... and testify eye to eye with their attackers. it wasn't right. so i got a constitutional amendment passed allowing children to testify remotely. i'm running for mayor for the same reason -- our children should come first. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i disagree. we have to improve education for all of our children. let's head over to amy in
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the social square with "the speed feed." amy >> that's right. trending this morning a quarterback with a win of a different kind. former super bowl mvp aaron rodgers outscoring an astronaut and a multimillionaire on "celebrity jeopardy" on tuesday night. rodgers known for his strong arm on the feel strong-arming "shark tank's" kevin o'leary and astronaut park kelly. the categories ranging from alexander the great to springseen lyrics. take a look. >> bruce springsteen, oh, brother, are you going to leave me wasting away on the streets of this city. kevin. >> what is new jersey? >> oh, no. >> aaron. >> what is philadelphia. >> that's the city, yes. >> oh yes. and then rodgers headed into final jeopardy with a comfortable lead over o'leary and kelly, the final jeopardy category business they were shown a picture with this clue. these two american businessmen are seen in early 20th century photos and all three contestants got it wrong. rodgers said ernst & young.
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the correct response harley and davidson. rodgers scored $50,000 for charity. the money going to midwest athletes against childhood cancer. a noble cause but rodgers may have lost the fashion face-off. one sports blog noting that his look was reminiscent of another mr. rogers. >> oh. >> didn't he -- he was really had the mr. rogers sweater. no word if he was wearing loafers. >> makes you smart i'll wear the sweater. >> it worked. >> a winner. >> those studios are chilly. >> exactly. >> you would have gotten it. >> you heard me. >> yeah. >> we'll be right back. >> oh no no no. >> next contestant. how about ginger? >> yeah, ginger. >> ginger, we're going to check in with her real soon. she is somewhere in this big, beautiful world. that's a live shot right now. she's somewhere there and we're going to hear from her coming up in our next hour. >> look at that down there. incredible pictures.
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>> 7:56 now the death toll of the amtrak train derailment is now at 6. several people were injured when the cars flipped off the track also in port richmond. it crashed as it hit a curve at frankford junction. ntsb is heading to the scene. karen rogers has the latest in traffic. at this point, matt, there's no telling how long the service will be canceled between philadelphia and new york city. they are running modified schedules between washington d.c. and new york city and boston. if you get to trenton, you can use your amtrak ticket on the
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new jersey trenton. septa trenton line is not running today may not be running the rest of the week. they have had e they have added to the west trenton line or hop on the market frankford el and take that into the city instead. chestnut hill west is running but we've seen delays. avoid frankford avenue even though traffic is getting by. >> let's turn to david murphy. >> reporter: matt, lots of sun and windy 62 degrees. a lot of us sitting on or near the 60-degree mark. this afternoon sunny windy and cooler, windy gusts as high as 35 miles per hour. home of lfully that won't hinder any of the work going on at the
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good morning, america. 8 a.m. and new details coming in on that deadly amtrak track on the busiest line in america. brand-new pictures streaming in. investigators combing through the wreckage. "world news" anchor david muir leads our coverage. also this morning, did target rip off this mom? >> this is the version i found in target and this is mine. >> how did something so similar to the popular design she sells out of her garage end up on sale at target? >> nastia and derek. >> he's a five-time champ on "dancing." now derek hough is out in a surprise elimination. he and his partner nastia flying all night. they're here live. and are you ready for this. ♪ i'm on top of 9 world ♪ >> inside the largest totally hidden world on our planet. >> oh my god.
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>> bare remembered for centuries beneath a jungle. it's a discovery you do not want to miss. and you can only see it in our epic live drone event and just take a look at this. >> good morning, america. coming up i'm going to take you inside here, one of the most amazing places on our planet. ♪ oh look at those perfect 10th out there and look at those perfect 10th right there. derek and nastia surprising elimination, though. just before the finals on "dancing with the stars." sad to see them go but excited to have them here live with us this morning and we'll talk to them ahead. >> and counting down to that big, big live event days in the payinging. there is the scene right now. the entire hidden world buried beneath a jungle out there, ginger is here. basically like a hollowed out mountain underground.
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millions of years in the making. coming up in a little bit. ginger is going to bring it all to us and it is worth the wait. it's going to be so amazing to see. >> this is a big-time live reveal. >> yeah. >> you said days -- centuries in the making. >> yeah. >> less than 18 minute as way. now the morning rundown from amy. >> good morning and right to the breaking details about that deadly amtrak disaster on the nation's busiest rail line. all seven train cars crashing off the tracks in philadelphia. the death toll now stands at six. at least eight people are in critical condition. 150 sent to the hospital. the train derailed north of philadelphia's 30th street station as the train was heading to new york city. "world news tonight" anchor david muir is leegd our coverage from the crash site and joins us now. david, good morning. >> reporter: amy, always great to see you. you can see behind me the emergency vehicles right now and in a sign of how grim the keen is we know the corpsoner is now on the scene. the death toll up to six and take a look at the daytime
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areals. when daylight arrived here this morning, the scope of this disaster could be seen from above. we know seven of those train cars derailing. three of them on their sides. the engine nothing but a piece of twisted metal at this point. and as you know the walking wounded last night in the dark the people who will found their way off of the train in the darkness many of them using the flashlights on their phones to find their way out and so many describing as it began to derail the luggage flying in the air. others say they could feel the passengers bumping into them as they tumbled to the ground and when it all came to a halt so many of them climbing out emergency windows and finding a way to get through the roof of those railcars to get out, amy. an incredible scene and, again, six dead this morning and now revealing that many of the people who died died from severe chest injuries the question for federal investigators who are here on the scene this morning is how fast was this train going and whether or not a curve in the tracks we've heard that from several passengers they felt the train begin to turn whether or not that was a factor as well amy.
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>> david, speaking to how horrifying those tragic moments must have been i know you've been speaking with passengers one of whom said while it was happening they didn't think anyone would survive. >> there was one in particular and said in that moment she said you know this really could be the end and when the train did finally come to a halt she said she climbed up on top of a seat and crawled through the top of that railcar. she said so many passengers helping one another to get out and you saw those dazed images once they got outside. so many sort of covered in blood and there were so many injured they used vans to get hem to hospitals. it is quite remarkable that so many were actually able to survive the wreckage that we're now seeing in daylight this morning. >> and david muir i know you will continue to cover the latest aftermath and see you on with the world news tonight." we'll follow developments from philadelphia all day. also happening now the search for six missing marines and their helicopter in nepal. that helicopter is one of three
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deployed after the devastating earthquake. it was lost while delivering food and supplies to a remote area. searchers have failed to locate that helicopter's emergency beacon. and a health alert now. a possible new weapon in the fight against cancer. a new study suggests an mri could one despres duct a woman's chance of developing breast cancer. researchers found that among high risk women who had an mri, those with a particular feature in the scan those with bright background breast tissue were nine times more likely to develop breast cancer over the next couple of years. but they stress this was a small study and more research is needed. well the big number this morning, $158 million, that is how much verizon and sprint will pay to settle accusations they tacked on unauthorized fees on to monthly bills most will be refunded to customers. you're so vain. maybe carly simon was talking about men in general. a new study finds the average
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guy looks at himself in the mirror 23 times per day compared to just 16 times per day for women. i love this though the real shocker, one in ten guys admit looking into the mirror more than 30 times per day and i found while women will look quickly to check for themselves men will linger admiring their arms and other feature, george, rob. >> i'll raise an objection. they did not come to our house for the study. >> all day long, please, help. >> i don't think they have the 12-year-old girls nailed right exactly. "pop news" and weather coming up. let's go to lara in the social square. >> thank you, george and here's what's coming up on our "gma morning menu." ginger taking us where no live tv cameras have ever gone before. it is an incredible live drone discovery just ahead. and then jennifer lopez has a new gig. jenny about to call a new block home.
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we'll explain. i'm very happy about this. the queen is in the house. my friend queen latifah about to become an empress and she'll explain that right? >> uh-huh. >> we'll head outside. derek and nastia say it ain't so. they were sent home last night but they flew all night to be with us right here on "gma." ♪ ♪ ♪music continues♪ [announcer] everyone works hard for a reason. working together,we can help you prepare financially for when two becomes three. wells fargo. together we'll go far. how does it feel to lose the first 10 pounds on weight watchers?
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morning. a shocking elimination on "dancing with the stars." nastia and derek sent home. our chat with them in a moment. first a look at all the drama in the ballroom. >> after a heartfelt surprise proposal -- >> will you marry me? >> heck yes. >> reporter: -- encouraging parents and meaningful reflections. >> i have found the confidence i never thought was ever possible. >> reporter: a shocker in the ballroom last night. all coming down to two front-runners. >> nastia and derek. >> reporter: but even after receiving all perfect marks monday golden girl nastia liukin was sent home. >> i definitely wanted to make it to the finale. >> reporter: facing her fair share of hurdles. >> it seems like you're frustrated. >> that's not something that i'm going to talk about. >> reporter: both personal. >> seeing that package was just really upsetting. i just wanted to scream out that's not me. >> reporter: and on the dance floor. in week seven partner derek
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hough five-time mirrorball champ sidelined by injury. >> i can't dance. >> reporter: fans hoping for a full-on return sometime soon after derek danced a slow waltz on monday night. >> that was the most special dance i think i've ever seen. >> reporter: but in the end the gymnast couldn't quite clinch the gold. >> i just want to say thank you to everybody for giving me such an amazing experience. toets ♪ >> ah, so beautiful. nastia and derek, come on out here. come on out here. [ cheers and applause ] oh. >> hi. >> how are you both? good to see you, derek. >> we're back. >> feels like yesterday we were here. >> i know. >> feels like forever and yesterday all at the same time. >> you know congratulations on getting as far as you did. you had the perfect score on monday. week in and week out you were at least in the top three so were you as surprised as everybody else. >> you know not really. i feel like on monday night first of all being able to dance
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with derek one last time really meant so much to me and that dance was kind of the perfect way to go out. it was such a special moment. not only to share with derek but with len and be able to tell his story of his career so it really was a special dance and, yeah, i mean i definitely didn't want to leave but it was a good night. >> felt like a little send-off but it was very special. >> your sister said she was an emotional wreck? that show in general, everybody was so fantastic. you know i think, you know noah was sensational. a moment where he closed his fist and i was like that's it. in the moment i knew he was going to the finals and he deserves to be there. just been a fantastic season and ironic just an interesting one too because, you know having her dance with two different partners and, you know and handling that so flawless a eneffortlessly. >> you playing with so many pain. how do you feel right now. >> i feel good. i'm healing extremely fast which
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is good because i tart rehearsals for tour tonight back in l.a. so -- >> you're going back to l.a. tonight. >> yeah. so it's -- i'm doing good. but she's -- it was great to be able to dance with her one last time and with len too. >> do you think all the travel back and forth you were doing the residency in new york and radio city did that play a part in your opinion in sort of keeping it as tight as it could be? >> i don't know. you know funny, this morning we flew back here and we haven't been flying back and forth because of my injury but we missed that. that kind of back and forth. >> chaotic. >> were you doing moves by text. >> videoing and a routine where we had two rooms. she was going from one room to the other in her yief and kind of represented her experience on the show because she was going back and forth with partners each week. >> i love how you jumped when you do the back story pieces you're a good partner but the
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remaining three, who do you all think? who is going to take home the mirrorball trophy. >> so hard to say. i mean every single couple has a different strength and that's what's so cool to see. riker has been like amazing from day one but i think his moment was the pirates moment that he had. he like was in character the entire day and then rumer and val have been incredible showing that emotion and chemistry and noah has just been such an inspiration to all of us and any time we -- i know any time i want to complain about anything it's like you have no excuse. no reason to complain. >> it's been a fantastic season watching. >> a great attitude. congratulations. >> we haven't seen the last of either one of you. >> no you haven't. i'll see you guys shortly. >> i know. >> always, always. >> get a chair for you you're on so much. we love you, derek. >> good job. >> "dancing with the stars" finale starts next monday at 8:00 eastern, 7:00 central right here on abc.
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are we doing "pop news" right here right now? get ready. in flesh, derek. >> okay. excited. good morning, everybody. let's start with this lady jenny ready to call a new block home. jennifer lopez announcing she is moving to vegas to start her residency this coming january, planet hollywood lopez over the moon about the opportunity saying she's been preparing for this moment her entire life. also giving us a sneak peek at what to expect in the show. she is saying look for a mix of hip-hop, latin, pop and, of course incredible costumes and a lot of good dancing. and should she need to borrow a cup of sugar she's got some pretty cool neighbors in the hood. mariah carey and britney spears also in the midst of their own vegas residencies right now. tickets for j. lo go on sale this saturday. >> yeah. >> i think derek is on a flight again. always wanted to go. >> he wasn't kidding. >> he's got to go. >> he'll be in residency there
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in no time. also in "pop news," they say experience is the best teacher. you won't get more experienced teachers than these. how about learning acting from dustin hoffman or writing from james patterson. a new company called master class backed by robert downey jr. allows online students to learn from simply the best 90 hours gets you between 2 and 5 hours of instruction from the world's greatest. another one of the masters teaching i was excited to hear serena williams giving in-depth tennis lessons using videos. you'll know where to find me if i go missing two to five hours. terrific idea. i'm very serious. i'm going to take serena's master class. if it helps my backhand it's worth more than $90. finally, everybody, emily carlton may be one stomach flu away from reaching her ideal weight and one away from "the
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devil wears prada" musical. they are working hard to bring it to the stage. both actresses already have musicals under their belts so just throwing that out there as possible casting options. however, let's just hope the production team doesn't move at a glacial pace and you know how that thinks me. as her character would say -- >> that's all. >> and that is "pop news." >> i knew you were going to use that. i knew it. >> let's go to rob. >> hey, guy, out here. great crew from all over the country including from conyers, georgia, where i know a few rain is going to move in this is going to california where they need it. let's go farther west or east, depending on where you're flying. we'll go to girp in just a segd,
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but first here's the local forecast. >> reporter: rob, around here we're stuck in the 60s, at least we're dry and sunshine up over the horizon earlier cloud cover eroding at this point. breezy and temperatures in the 60s. the exclusive accuweather forecast shows a much cooler high of 69 after yesterday's 88. it will be windy and bluster. sunny and nice, 74. 76 another nice one on friday. back to "g.m.a."! ost magnificent hidden world. we went right up to the brink yesterday. today ginger will take us inside. she's been trekking for days and we are so excited to get inside with ginger right now. where exactly are you, ginger? sgl>> oh george i am way down here from the perspective you
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can see me about 4 feet below the top of one of the world's largest caverns inside a mountain inside a jungle in central vietnam and this i have to be honest with you, has been one of or the, i would say, most difficult, dangerous and gritiest assignments i have ever been a part of. let me explain. it may look like a white sand beach where we're standing. staying in these tents and cooking over fires. this again, is very remote. we are not close to any civilization but we've got a lot of folks around us a great team that has come together because we had to find the hidden world that was only a third of a mile from here and there was only found a couple of decades ago. but really was not discovered and explored until 2009. so this is brand-new to our world. the subterranean surreal life that has been revealed and now you get to be a part of it including the awesome images you'll see from our friends at d
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dji drones. a clause to froebic crevice. >> you have to crawl to get into the biggest cave in the world. >> okay. this is small. >> then it opens up. >> i don't want to miss this part. and drops down and down and down. i can't see beyond the narrow beam of my headlamp but i am keenly aware those ropes are here because a fall would be disastrous. sorry. this place does not look real. at the bottom i feel like i've landed on another planet. a subterranean rushing river. now i find myself in mother nature's sculpture garden filled with prehistoric bowelers and stalagmites built up from calcium deposited from dripping water. this is a stalagmite. >> we're inside a stalagmite where the water is worn away all the bottom. >> reporter: after a grueling hour an illuminating light, a
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thousand feet overhead. spectacular. every turn there's something else. this colossal sky light where the chamber ceiling collapsed is called a doe line breathing light into this underground world, a lush green oasis, the camp's white beaches lit up below. >> it looks like avatar in here. doesn't feel real. >> reporter: this is that hidden world we've been chasing. mountain river cave the planet's largest and visited by fewer explorers than outer pace. just look at this. it is unbelievable. i'm standing on a could last sal stalagmite. the jewel in the crown of this cave. the moment that took my breath away and it's also the moment i realized we're not even halfway there yet. we press on and suddenly i'm in a jungle under a second monster skylight. not atop of a mountain but inside it. way inside it. more than 800 feet below the
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surface. >> you don't normally get trees and youngles in caves. >> reporter: youngle plants and animals from above adapting to this unique subterranean netherworld. >> we've come across monkeys sticks thrown at me by monkeys. >> in here. >> throwing sticks. >> what a view from those camera. this mammoth crater big enough to park two 747s inside and tall enough to fit an 80-story skyscraper. the cave's flowing river, the creator of this alien world carving its way through a limestone mountain for 2 million years forming the largest underground chamber on earth. more than 1.3 billion cubic feet of subterranean awesomeness. that's more than 15,000 olympic-size swimming pools. appropriate since five months out of the year this underground marvel is underwater. >> it goes 80 meters tall and 100 meters wide and flowing very very fast. no way you can get anywhere near
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this area. >> reporter: danger is everywhere here. alongside breathtaking beauty like a fantasy world come to life. the punishing journey worth every ounce of sweat. what gives me goose bumps are the still unexplored passages that branch off our route tunneling deeper. >> good morning, america. welcome. the majesty of this place will take you on such an emotional journey. i feel superior because i climbed this. i'm part of history but i feel inferior because it's something this grandiose was just found imagine what else is out there. ♪ beauty in the world ♪ >> this adventure is only for the elite. and their emphasis is on conservation and sustainability. as roughs it's been it was totally worth it now that you can see those images. >> we sure can looking down on you now. i know you have the drone there. can you send it up the wall and
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give us a sense of how deep under underyou are right now so we get a sense of the scale? >> yeah at this point we are almost 400 feet under ground but this is one of the more shallow places. there are places within that mountain river cave that are 1,000 feet below or more and they haven't even explored all of that. that's the crazy part. >> wow, that is just incredible. >> the technical crew to be able to pull this off too. kudos. >> well done. we'll have a lot more from ginger coming up. >> great job. "dancing with the stars" on "gma" is brought to you by autotrader. find your car your way at autotrader.
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>> this is brand new surveillance video of the deadly amtrak train derailment that came into "action news" from a nearby building in port richmond. showing the train going by quickly, a flash of light and the the crash. the death toll is at 6. dozens of others are injured. there is rachel jacobs who was on the amtrak 188 train and the swaght more dprawt has not been seen since. family and friends have checked all the hospitals in the area no luck. >> reporter: no service running on amtrak. we're not sure how long this will last, this is the northeast
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corridor between philadelphia and new york city. you can take new jersey transit they are honoring the amtrak tickets between trenton an new york city, trenton city rail line affected. west trenton added extra cars to deal with that. we have an accident that's affecting traffic in bucks county route 1 northbound approaching bridge street in the process of clearing out. they were blocking all lanes it's creating a jam-up. >> accuweather with meteorologist david murphy. >> reporter: matt, lots of sunshine we're in the low 60s, across the region. 62 in millville. cooler than yesterday, 69 is the high windy but fair amount of sun all the way. tomorrow, sunny and nice, 74 less wind. 76 on friday, saturday, sunny breaks 82 and scattered showers and pop you were thunderstorms. >> mayor nutter tells "action news" ntsb is on the scene of
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♪ there is beauty in the world so much beauty ♪ >> look at that unbelievably breathtaking sight. the hidden world. we showed you just moments ago. ginger revealed it and live in the middle of it right now. we'll go back to her in just a second. >> looking forward to that and queen latifah is here. she's going to open up about her new major role. it's called "bessie," bessie smith and jam on, queen. 0 years in the making this film. >> looking forward to that. ginger revealing that remarkable hidden world. she did it moments ago live unveiling it with drone cameras deep in the jungle so ginger we want to head back out to you. how are you doing? we know you're an adventurer but you got to be sore from all that hiking. >> i couldn't have known what i
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was getting into here but i'm so grateful i had an awesome team around me the abc team that got us out of here. i don't even understand how the engineering work but they do. dji, romeo durscher and ferdinand wolf awesome pilots obviously giving us those images and our adventure tour group so concerned about sustainability it's really inspiring. >> i know you're concerned about that. also concerned when you left here, you knew you weren't going to be shower for a few days but is everything working out? >> i'm okay right now. but it is not good. i'm going to need to get home soon. we have a couple of ponds, one that's cold. one that's lukewarm and we can wash ourselves in there. it's been rough. >> so worth it. ginger i i understand that there are fossils down there over 400 million years old. what else can you tell us has
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been discovered down there? >> you know they bring scientists down here only a few so far and said as they bring them down they find something new every time an expert gets down here. already seven new species of new animals and know there's new plants to be found including those fossils. really exciting science-wise. >> we said yesterday there's no map of the trek so how do scientists know where to go? >> well that's the thing. we've got two english explorers that were the first explorers. they're the ones we went with and only ones that really have the right idea to go through this thing. that's just one path. remember, there are little caverns that go off the main cave. the largest cave in the world, you got this, could take another couple of decades before we fully understand what's in there. >> tell us more about the crew.
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you were telling us earlier but there are people -- i want to call them locals but there's nothing local around there but the people you have helping you out. >> yeah this is the best part. so, you know even the guy behind the camera chris, he has had to do the trek too so he couldn't carry and lug his huge 0-pound camera around so he had help from local villagers that have now turned to the sustainable tourism to make money. it's really really inspiring because -- and the vietnam government loves it because they say, you know this is great for all these people who are just trying to live off the land. now this is a whole new industry they'll be able to get into. 60 people have been carrying all our stuff. it's so heavy. >> they're so protective of it because there is so much to be learned from it and there is as we've said, nothing in the world like it. what a treat. >> what a great job. >> get home safe ginger. tell everybody thank you for -- we feel like we're there with
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you. wonderful how you did this and everyone had a warm bath is waiting for you, my friend. >> thank you so much. i'll be home showered soon. >> all right. safe travels. now we're going to change gears to that mom who says her fashion line has become a target if you will of one of the biggest brands around saying one of the nation's top retailers copied her homemade design without giving her credit. neal karlinsky has more. >> reporter: talk about david versus goliath. >> this is the version i found in target and this is mine. >> reporter: melissa lay says the future of her homegrown t-shirt business which she runs out of her oregon garage is being threatened by one of the nation's leading retailers. >> this is bigger than a simple you know mrajplagiarism. >> the shirt that turned this mom entrepreneur in a fighter is this blank tank top designed by
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hand and sold online for a year. which is why she was stunned when friends started sending her photos of this what she calls a rip-off, reproduced she claims and sold at target. here it is at this target store. just like hers except it's about half the price. 12.99 here. >> i put so much -- i mean all knife heighters. i screened print till my body aches and that same design being mass produced and someone else making money off of your products, i'm still in shock. >> reporter: after her story picked up steam on social media, target took notice sending melissa this note saying they are taking this matter seriously and have begun an investigation. melissa says she can't afford a big legal battle. she just wants credit and for target to stop selling the shirt. for "good morning america," neal karlinsky, abc news seattle. >> thanks to neal for that. a provocative parenting
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dilemma. first grade daughter wants to shave her head. do you let her? i know what my answer would be. it's a tough decision for one mom. paula faris here with the story. hey, paula. >> provocative parenting, indeed. we'll get your answer. she's only in kindergarten after seeing her dad shave his head well she asked to shave her, as well. mom initially said yes but, you know she was hoping her daughter would forget. she didn't forget. she kept asking and, well, take a look. >> daddy is shaving my hair today. >> reporter: it's the haircut making headlines. this ohio 6-year-old begging her parents to allow her to shave her head. her mother had a huge decision to shave or not to shave. >> she wanted to be like daddy. during the haircut when i asked her she said it was so no one would have to brush her hair anymore. >> reporter: the mom writing about it in her blog. this wasn't a hard decision or even a big deal to her. i really really really wanted to talk her out of it.
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i wanted to fawn over how beautiful her hair is. but she says the decision was clear cut. >> she didn't forget about it. still wanted it. really excited. >> reporter: then it was finally time for the big buzz. her father chopping her hair from a bob to a long show hawk and then the perfect buzz cut. >> when it was finally over she was smiling. >> reporter: while her decision got some backlash online. >> a lot were hesitant to give a child that young the freedom to shave off hair head. >> reporter: most support her decision as long as the child understands the risks. >> before you give in to something like this you have to make sure the child is ready are to it. ready for looking different. >> reporter: this mother of three says as long as her daughter's happy with her new 'do, so sh she. >> i think she's just the bravest little girl. she just is like me and with a big smile. >> and mom says that she told her little girl to base for a little whit of backlash.
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people maybe even call her a boy but she responded that's okay mom. i'll just tell them i'm a girl. now, we did ask our viewers. would you allow your 6-year-old to shave her head if she asked for permission robin you said survey says 17% said yes and 8 % of you said no way. ever. i don't know how i'd feel. i think if you think the child is truly ready for the ramifications that they can handle it. >> 6 years old? >> but she did very -- old soul. >> this mom knows her daughter. >> you have to know your kid. every kid is different. >> everyone is. >> absolutely. thanks paula. >> think about all those fights you'd alleviate. you don't have to comb through the hair every night. >> that's a whole other story. >> let's go to rob. >> hey, george hey, eddie in smithtown, happy anniversary. texas flash flood watches remain throughout the day today heavy
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rain continues and chilly temperatures across the northeast frost and freeze advisory, that's a check of the national outlook here's what's happening locally. >> reporter: here we're cooler, sunshine, we move from a current temperature of 69 to sunny and windy and cooler than yesterday 7 # tomorrow. there. she's right over there, queen latifah. getting awe set ready to go. >> i love when the camera guy turns around real fast. i was just making the comment. hugh jackman will come up sharing a major announcement opening up about his real life health scare. also what's next for wolverine. >> queen latifah here. lots of buzz about her big, new role "bessie," she'll tell us all about it.
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every child in every kind of school. jim kenney is the one we trust to be a mayor for all our kids. jim kenney. he's committed to providing pre-k in philadelphia and he'll work with communities and parents to turn around poor-performing schools. i trust jim kenney. jim kenney. jim kenney. jim kenney. he'll be a mayor for all of philadelphia.
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opening up about his very real health care and what he's doing to help protect millions of children. also what he's revealing about the future of one of his most famous roles. he is going one-on-one with our david muir. >> hugh jackman in the bravery of his role wolverine singing in les mis. hosting the oscars. but the actor now bravely showing something else the images of him at the doctor's office the skin cancer diagnosis after a childhood outside. you were outdoors all the time. >> it was all outdoors. i just remember it was that old school be home when it's dark be home for dinner. you know mom or dad yelling out from the -- dinnertime. >> when i look back at my childhood i never remember putting on sunscreen. >> never. >> reporter: filming "x-men" they noticed a speck of blood on his nose. >> you thought you cut yourself. >> which is not unusual and i casually mentioned this to my
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wife who was like get it checked. >> reporter: there are three times, his the most common basal cell carcinoma that. i took a photo, bang with the thing and said don't be like me wear sunscreen. >> reporter: in a texas factory he's helping to make affordable children's sunscreen made in america, pure sun defense using cartoon characters anything to capture young eyes but it's own children looking out for him. >> they see the band dade. >> of course. always saying dad, sit in the shade. >> reporter: as they watch over their dad his fans keeping close watch too millions saw that image he posted from his kitchen wondering what does it mean revealing to us he'll hang up those wolverine claws after one more final movie. >> you're much better off finishing when your gut says to you this is the right time and you feel you're on that rather than on that. came home and said deb, one more and the moment i said that i knew it was right. >> reporter: embracing his other role as a dad. looking out for millions. >> here we are putting the
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would you look who's here. doing this. actress queen latifah. hey. not only does she star -- she's also an executive producer of the new hbo movie "bessie." all about legendary blues singer bessie smith's rise from obscurity to international fame in this clip oh. the empress of blue that's what she's known as confronts her mentor model rainy played by monique. >> you're busted because they was yelling for me. >> you better turn your damper
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down. >> i ain't scared of you. >> i ain't never asked you to be. all i asked you for was respect. respect for yourself respect for -- >> respect all this extra money i'm bringing in. >> oh let me get you. because i see you ain't learned your lesson yet. >> throwing some serious shade. >> let me get you, gal. >> it's great to have you, queen. you auditioned for this 20 some years ago and it's a passion project for you. you thought this story really needed to be told. why. >> i think hbo even has a video of the audition the original audition on the hbo website but it's a passion project for me because this is the role of a lifetime and when it came to me originally i was young and i had just really started acting. this would have been the biggest movie of my career to date. but what a character and what a life she lived and, you know she did such amazing things for music, for women, for
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african-americans, for crossing barriers and color lines and really just lived her life as such a bold unapologetic way that this was a great role to play just was so many places to go. >> and to see it you know you and monique both just jump off the screen and the entire cast and you describe bessie very well. i mean she lived her life out loud. she had affairs with men, she had affairs with women. she was a hard drinker. she really just -- ahead of her time in many ways. i love how you said you had to take off your seat belt to play this role. >> i definitely had to because for me in order to really go there, i couldn't think about anything else. i couldn't think about, you know coming off a two weeks before that being queen latifah the talk show host or being queen latifah the partner of flavor unit entertainment or being my mom's daughter -- i
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couldn't think about anything else and i couldn't have any fear in playing this character because she really deserves for someone to play her with that kind of fearlessness and i had to. taking a seat belt off wasn't just about fighting scenes. >> there were some -- there was a rough and tumble. >> oh there's a bunch of rough and tumble ones but there's a lot of vulnerability that has to be shown. there's a lot of heartbreak that has to be played and a lot of singing that has to be done and so you have to let go. i had to let go in order to really immerse myself in her world. >> we know how you paved a way for many to come behind you, other rappers and bessie did the same thing and people don't know her as well. but she really set the stage and really allowed the singer aretha franklin others come behind her. >> if you hear -- if you like mick jagger, if you like janis joplin, if you like billie holiday, then you like bessie smith. but that's what you don't know because she was alive 100 years
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ago so maybe you're not familiar with her music but i'm hoping people will check her out and find out who she is because she has such a huge influence all the music that you still hear today and to me that's just unbelievable. she's such a powerhouse voice and i only wish there was more footage of her and audio recordings done on today's equipment like had she sang into a microphone like we have you would they have hear another singer on this planet who soups as amazing and powerful as bessie in that's something coming from you and i am sure she would be so proud of you and all that you have going on with your production company you alluded to. you have a film out. >> yes, "brotherly love" is out right now and many more to come shooting "catch-22" in latch out in a few months. so many projects we're coming up the line with. we have a show coming up with my stylist tim snell who everybody knows from the show on b.e.t. called "curb appeal." so excited about that. we have five shows on in the
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fall under it so we're excited about the work we're putting in and what we'll deliver. >> are we going to hear any music. >> music is coming. i'm working on the music and i can't even really talk about it yet sobecause it's so exciting and top secret. i got to put it out. i do that in my sleep. >> you have a home here. we'll roll out the red carpet who, me. when now? >> i love hearing you sing bessie songs. >> i enjoyed it. i really did. i've never gotten to sing songs like that so it was fun and now i'm like taking some of her style and taking some of the blues and incorporating it into my style of music for today he audience. >> wonderful. all the best to you. >> robin, thank you. such a pleasure to always speak to you. >> always always. and "bessie" premieres saturday. >> may 16th. >> hbo. >> hbo. >> 8:00 p.m. >> more from ginger and her incredible hidden world just
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"good morning america" is brought to you by royal caribbean. the only way to caribbean is with royal caribbean. >> there is so much beauty in the world and we saw it this morning. so ginger is going to say good-bye for us one more time. ginger. >> and i had the honor of speaking with the deputy prime minister of vietnam right here in this cave. check it out. >> how has the discovery of son doong impacted nearby villages?
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>> people used to rely on hunting for a living but now many of them are in the business of tourism, and they can earn a better income. they also realize that they need to protect it to conserve it. >> is there anything that you would like americans to know about vietnam? >> today vietnam is peaceful safe and i have to say a very beautiful country with a friendly people and a vibrant economy and vietnam is one of the coolest places to live. >> i agree. ♪ all the beauty in the world ♪ g this just in "action news" has learned investigators are looking at speed as a possible cause of the amtrak train
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derailment. this video shows the 188 train before it crashed in port richmond. all you see is a flash and several cars derailed. 6 are dead, ten in critical condition. a former bucks county congressman is among those who survived. >> everyone on the left-hand side of the train flew to the other side. i tried to hold on to the people as quick always i could, i want head first into the other side. rachel jacobs was on the train that crashed they still do not know where she is. >> reporter: no idea when service will resume between philadelphia and new york city running on a modified schedule between washington, d.c. and philadelphia and new york city and boston. you can take new jersey transit if you get to trenton. they are honoring tickets up to new york city. if you're planning to drive watch for problems with that, trenton line, septa saying no service and no idea when it will
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resume, possibly until later in the week. this is the accident scene in bucks county, scutter falls bridge if you're trying to drive to trenton you're jammed here. >> we have dry and windy conditions at the crash sight. 64 in philadelphia. 69 in allentown. 6 # -- 63 in sea isle. wind conditions gusts up to 35 miles per hour. thursday and friday look great saturday a chance of scattered showers or thunderstorm. >> "action news" will be back on the air at noon with complete coverage of the derailment go to 6abc.com. jane fonda is a guest on "live" with kelly and michael that's next. i'm matt o'donnell. have a great wednesday! # #
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