good morning, america. breaking overnight,. >> oh, my god. >> concert terror attack. a suicide bomber detonating an explosive device at an ariana grande show in england packed with her young fans. >> it was just loads of chaos. >> killing at least 22 and injuring dozens including children. >> the explosion creating mass chaos, fans fleeing in mass horror racing for the exits. >> everyone started screaming and running in every direction. >> apparently desperately searching for their children. president trump responds this morning. >> so many young, beautiful, innocent people murdered by evil losers. >> new york and other cities around the world on high alert. the incredible stories of heroism and kindness emerging. how people have been jumping in

to help complete strangers after what authorities call an attack on the most vulnerable. our team live on the scene and a special edition of "good morning america" starts now. good morning, america. let's get right to that breaking news. you are looking live at the manchester arena in england where a suicide bomber set off an explosion in an ariana grande concert. >> the concert had just ended when the explosion happened. 20,000 people were there in the arena. so many of them were children in just look at those pictures, young women, young boys, many of them probably going to the first concert of their lives. here's what we know right now. at least 22 people killed. more than 50 injures and police say another attacker died at the scene. they believe they know who it was and no name released and second arrested. around 400 police officers deployed overnight with the investigation. >> ariana grande spoke out overnight tweeting, broken from the bottom of my heart, i am so, so sorry. i don't have words.

>> it happened right at the end of the concert. amy flew to manchester overnight. she's standing by and our team of reporters is tracking every angle starting with our chief attorney correspondent terry moran on the scene in manchester. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, george. manchester is a proud and usually bustling city. this morning it is eerily quiet in shock and grieving for what happened just about a block down there at the manchester arena. as you say, this morning manchester police announcing that they have arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with that bombing, this after police confirming last night that they believe one of the dead was the attacker himself as the hunt goes on for who perpetrated this carnage, terror and tragedy. 10:33 p.m. legal time a blast erupted at the manchester arena after pop star ariana grande had closed a sold out concert before 20,000 of her fans. ♪

>> like everyone was getting up to leave and all of a sudden there was a big bang. >> oh, my god. >> i thought it was gunshots and my life just flashed before my eyes. by the time we got to the top, there was smoke everywhere. there was blood on the floor and you know what it was made out to be. >> reporter: as the explosion rocked the arena confusion and pandemonium, people climbing over seats desperate to get out. >> smoke is coming out. everyone started toen paic. >> people started streaming out and next thing is a big flash. and then a whoosh of air and then a smell in the air. >> everybody is pushing, everybody is shoving, the shoes being lost, phones being dropped in we ran straight out the doors all the way down to the hotel and all i could hear was screaming, people crying. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: while a p.a. announcer tried to calm the panicked crowd. >> just take your time and keep exiting the building.

there is no problems here. >> reporter: outside mayhem as emergency personnel rushed to recover the 22 dead and help the 59 injured. many concertgoers, mostly teenagers, young girls and their parents covered in blood and shrapnel. >> pull it out quickly. >> reporter: they were urgently trying to identify the dead man and see if he acted alone or as part of the network. the grief in this city today is palpable. you can feel it because of the nature of this attack on children, teenagers, their parents at a concert just closing at that moment when athe tack came and no question that this will scar those people that did survive. robin. >> all right, terry, thank you very much. joining us now jessica and ellie, they were both at the concert last night and we are so sorry for what happened last night and thankful you're both doing okay. jessica, how are you doing this morning? >> i haven't slept.

i've been on and off to be fair and i mean they've just released the first name of the victim of one of the victims and i'm pretty sure that i recognize her from a previous show, so i'm just -- i should feel numb because i cried so much over the past 12 hours it's just been horrendous. >> we can only imagine. i mean, what you must be processing right now and, ellie, how are you this morning, ellie? >> i'm okay. i'm just in shock. i was just really, really scared. >> jessica, can you tell us what you heard, what you saw last night? >> ariana had just left the stage and it was the end of the show and as everybody was leaving they were leaving to walk up towards the stairs which

take you to the entry of the arena and to leave and everything seemed to be fine and then there was just this loud, sickening bang and it made the floor shake, it was so like impactful and everybody around me just screamed and we just all ran and just didn't know what to do. we thought a bomb had gone off or something. >> elle, when did you first know something was wrong? >> when i stood up to leave i was going towards where the sound came from and i heard the massive bang and then everyone as fast ran away and we were all screaming and crying and i just wanted to get out. >> did you see people helping others? i know that there was somebody from ariana's group that was on the stage that was trying to tell people to stay as calm as they could. >> yeah, and somebody from her

crew came out and was just telling everybody to remain calm and to just take the time as they were leaving. >> people were just doing the best they could under those types of circumstances. you know, many people are wondering, you know, such a big crowd, 20,000 there at that arena. was there security? did your bags have to be checked before you entered last night, elle? >> yes, only briefly like i thought it would be more like more security like the only like glimpse into my bag. there was no body search or anything. >> you experienced the same thing, jessica? >> i was really surprised actually because i actually saw bruno mars there like a couple of weeks ago. they had really like intensive searches on everybody like they were getting full-on searches all over the body and when like i was obviously lining up to meet her they did exactly the

same to me just checked inside the bag and i was really shocked to be honest. >> and lastly, girls, anything that you want to say to people, this morning, i hope that you feel the prayers and the well wishes from everybody around the world and such a tragedy and for you so young, anyone to experience something like that, is there something, jessica, you want to say? >> i just want to say thank you to everybody that's messaged us and has asked if we're okay and we're just so lucky we're alive and the scariest experience of my life and just my thoughts are with the families who lost people last night. >> our thoughts and prayers, jessica and elle. you're such brave girls. thank you very much. 34r50es take care. >> thank you. >> all righty.

>> and you see why people say it was an attack on the most vulnerable. to target these young people. >> yeah, you just see the horror in their faces and that explosion set off a moment of panic inside the arena yet people running for the exits. this morning some of the children and parents still searching for each other using social media to try to find their loved ones and amy is in manchester with their stories. good morning, amy. >> reporter: that's right, george. good morning to you. and it really is a heartbreaking scene in manchester where hundreds of families have been scouring hotels, hospitals, even police stations, they're all hoping for any sign of their missing loved ones. this morning, a heartbreaking scene as hundreds of parents search for their children. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: after an explosive device tore through the arena. charlotte campbell fearful because she has not heard from her 15-year-old daughter since the concert. >> please, somebody must have

seen her at some point. >> reporter: children as young as 8 still unaccounted for as authorities try to frantically reunite families at least 50 teenagers taken to a nearby hotel. >> so there was a lot of screaming and a lot of parents trying to keep their families together. >> reporter: this young girl seen here wrapped in a blanket escorted to safety by a police officer. >> there were lots of children there without parents. there was no one to calm them down so everyone was just screaming and crying and pushing. >> many taking to social media posting pictures of the missing asking for help. for some the social media pleas are working. this tweet indicating all of these people have been found, let's keep going. and another tweet, one mother saying this morning she is relieved to have her daughter back home. in the middle of all of this fear and chaos there has been a big encouraging sign of people coming together. the #roomformanchester is one of the top friends from overnight

because thousands of people here in manchester have offered accommodations, their homes, their beds, their couches to the many who were stranded here in the city when the trains all shut down and others, taxi driver, people who just offered their cars to give people rides to their homes or hotels, it really has been a beautiful moment in the middle of such chaos, george. >> thank you. we are joined by joseph harries at the concert last night. thank you for joining us. just take us back to that moment. what did you see? what did you hear when that blast went off? >> it just panic and hysteria to be honest, george. people were screaming, people were running. to be honest, peoply just trying to get out of the arena as far as they could. >> you were inside the arena? >> i was. i was directly in front of the stage at the heart of the arena as you would. i had exactly the same distance to get out of any of the doors.

>> did you have any idea what happened? >> i -- when it happened i had no idea. i thought perhaps there was a malfunction in some of the technical things because obviously there was lighting and lasers and everything throughout the show, however, once people started screaming and running back into the arena, i gathered sort of a prospect as what happened. >> people were running back into the arena. you were trying to get out. what did you do next? >> well, i had my best friend with me. i grabbed hold of her wrist and told her to never let go of me in that moment. we just ran and jumped over chairs, railings to try to get out of these doors. we had to force open some doors that wouldn't open and because people were trying to get to the entire capacity of the 21,000-person arena was trying to get out of one exit which had been allocated by the security themselves, which was with a load of preteen boys and girls,

it was a recipe for disaster from the beginning? >> how long did it take you to get out and what did you see when you got out of the arena? >> it felt like an eternity to be honest. it couldn't have been more than two, three minutes until from in our seats to outside of the arena itself, however, it felt forever. we tried our hardest to get past because obviously in that moment you obviously can serve people around you however you're your main priority. as long as you're safe and you're fine in that minute it's good with you and when you find what you're looking for at the end and when you find out like i did myself about the injuries and the fatalities, it really dawns on you. >> so you didn't see any of the injuries or fatalities when you left the building. >> not personally i didn't. however, my friend did who was

also in the concert that evening. he lives here in manchester and he was there with one of his friends and he had told me he had seen some -- a girl covered in blood and she had bandages around her neck by paramedics outside. he said it was traumatic and horrendous experience for him. >> when did you know you were safe? >> the minute i got back to my hotel. until then even walking out, walking out the arena surrounded by people, you get into this sort of instinct feeling where you're not safe until you are sort of enclosed in your own personal environment. >> we're glad you're okay. joseph, thanks for joining us this morning. >> thank you very much. >> he was so clear-headed in such a disorienting time and learning the name of one of those killed. regina calendar from renshaw college in england. you see her there with ariana grande. >> so much reaction as can you imagine including from the president.

we saw president trump reacting this morning to the attack while traveling in israel and our chief white house correspondent jon karl is with him there. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, robin. just a short while ago the president spoke over the phone with british prime minister theresa may offering his condolences and support for the british people. he called this a horrible morning of death for innocent young people and he made his remarks condemning the attack while he was standing next to palestinian leader mahmoud abbas. in doing so he offered a new label for terrorists and for whoever was responsible for this attack, losers. >> we stand in absolute solidarity with the people of the united kingdom. so many young, beautiful, innocent people living and enjoying their lives murdered by evil losers in life. i won't call them monsters,

because they would like that term. they would think that's a great name. i will call them from now on lo losers because that's what they are. they're losers. >> reporter: the president's choice of words was quite deliberate. as you can see he seemed to be reading and it's striking how different this was from the way we have seen donald trump respond to previous major terrorist attacks. there was no reference to radical islamic terrorism, no talk of profiling. he did issue a call for unity in fighting terrorism and what he said until the wicked ideology is forever obliterated, very tough words, robin, but unlike what we've seen from him previously, there was no rush to judgment and no suggestion whatsoever that islam was responsible, robin. >> jon, thank you very much. we've seen the effects of what happened in manchester in times

square. >> security being stepped up here and across the country. to our senior justice correspondent pierre thomas with the latest. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: george, good morning. today homeland security officials say americans can expect to see increased security in and around public places and events as officials take additional precautions. new yorkers, governors last night put out a statement directing state law enforcement officials to step up security patrols at high-profile locations around new york including airport, bridges, tums and mass transit systems. this was a cold-blooded and calculated attempt and officials i spoke to said the careful choice of a target speaks to direct involvement by i.c.e. or a senior al qaeda leaders but authorities warn it's early and can't say for certain until a full investigation of a suicide bomber and get a sense of the explosive device use sfwld apartly targeting young children and families, thanks very much, pierre. social media helped reunite some with loved ones. take a look at this post. a girl searching, her name

heather who is wearing a yellow hoodie and within a few hours a stranger tweeted back saying heather was safe and sound and they took her in to charge her cell phone and this was just one of the reunions made possible by twitter and the news about heather is getting more than 150,000 retweets and just one of the great uses of social media. >> we heard amy talking about that as well earlier in her report. ginger is on her way back from the bahamas. rob is here with a check on the weather. rob. >> hey, good morning, robin and everybody. damage done across northern florida ye >> heavy rain another two to 4 inches potential flooding there. that's the latest check on weather. your local news and weather is next but first your tuesday trivia brought to you by carmax

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are just a dollar at mcdonald's. ♪ that was the scene at the ariana grande concert just moments before the explosion which shattered that arena right there. concert is always filled with kids, young people. you see the panic. 22 killed. dozens injured. >> so many reached out to help after last night's attacks. opening their doors for parents and children offering people places to stay. using the ha#roomformanchester. like this person offered a sofa, floor, blankets and tea. >> anything any can do. this morning some parents are searching for their children and learning new details about the attack. let's go back to amy who is there in manchester with the latest, amy.

>> reporter: police in manchester are now confirming that a 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the attack here last night. his role in the bombing is not yet clear but authorities say the attacker, an apparently suicide bomber set off an improvised explosive device at the end of the ariana grande concert killing 22 people and injuring 59 others. childrens are among the dead and frantic parents spent the night trying to locate their children who were attending the concert. there has been no claim of responsibility for this attack yet which is the deadliest in the uk since 2005. this morning, president trump calling the british prime minister to offer his condolences and earlier he called those responsible for such an attack on innocent young people, quote, evil losers. we spoke to many people who were here last night who described the terrifying moments amid the chaos and the confusion. >> well, the lights had come on and assumed concert is over so let's go and all of a sudden we

were like leaving to go down the steps and then we heard the explosion. >> and then everyone started panicking saying there is a bomb and did think about it. it was a massive bomb and louder than a firework and we did feel a shake when we were about to leave the arena and didn't know what to do because obviously people all were crying and just looked at ocho other like what do we do, do we go out, do we stay here? we went out the doors and saw smoke everywhere and looked to my right and there was a decomposed body, all i could see was flesh like they had blown themselves up. >> we started crying. we didn't know what the hell was happening. >> it all happened really fast as well and there was another bang but we weren't sure what it was. it wasn't as loud and started freaking out and -- >> shoving each other like trying to get out. there were thousands of children. >> that's the experience, such a young age seeing all those dead

bodies and it was horrible. >> british prime minister theresa may say authorities believe they have attaidentifiee attacker. mi5 say they are revealed by the disgusting terrorist attack and say their hears go out to the families and victims of that attack. >> that is rare. >> we'll get more now on the investigation from our chief investigative correspondent brian ross and, brian, these soft targets, we've seen it time and time again, our greatest vulnerability. >> exactly, george. good morning. at this point no claims of responsibility. but isis supporters online are calling it a reason to celebrate and once again an attack aimed at western culture, an attack on a so-called soft target packed with people just out for a good time. >> it was less than a year ago on a crowded saturday night at the nightclub in orlando, florida, when an isis inspired gunman easily got past limited security and opened fire.

49 people died in the worst mass shooting in u.s. history. in paris, isis orchestrated the attack on a soccer stadium. and the bataclan concert hall where a popular rock band was performing and more than 130 people killed, a perfect target for the terrorists. >> these are targets that represent western civilization which they see as lascivious, which they see as counter to their very strict version of islam. >> reporter: both isis and al qaeda have been posting calls for their followers to attack large gatherings any way they can. just two months ago there was the attack with a driver mowing down pedestrians on the sidewalk of the parliament bridge in london. and earlier the truck attack in nice, france on bastille day. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: this morning officials in great britain say the manchester attack was a

suicide bomb with more planning and sophistication. >> it could be that there are people who helped this bombmaker make the bomb. that's also possible that an individual could be self-activated by going on the internet and learning how to make the bomb all by himself. >> reporter: among those calling for attacks like those in manchester is the son of osama bin laden who is now 28. he is emerging as his father's successor recently telling followers to attack those who transgress what he calls our pure religion including jews, americans and those in nato states like great britain, george. >> o. thank you, brian. more from our chief global affairs anchor martha raddatz, counterterrorism expert matt olsen. one of the most chilling things, the apparent targeting of young girls and their families. >> reporter: you know, we don't know whether it was to target the concert of an american performer but you know we say the word terrorism so often, you can forget the meaning.

it is to make you terrified, vulnerable. to affect your daily living and second-guess what you do, where you go and have heard people in manchester and the uk say it will not affect how they live but truly there is nothing more terrifying than thinking your children might be harmed, especially if you were not there with them, so this bomber took terrorism to a new low level to strike directly at the heart of the uk, george. >> and, matt, from what we know about this right now from what we know about the target and know about this backpack bomb what does it tell you about the background of the attack. >> everything you see so far does point to some type of islamist terrorist attack. this is the hallmark of groups like isis and al qaeda. suicide bombers, soft targets, as was reported this is not unlike what we saw in paris at the bataclan theater and again this takes place against the backdrop of calls by isis and al

qaeda for carrying out attacks like this in places like the uk as well as here in the united states. >> what you don't have yet is a claim of responsibility, matt. what does that tell you? >> often there's no claim of responsibility for some period of time. what we might have here as we've seen in the past is an individual or perhaps group of individuals who were inspired by the message of isis or al qaeda as opposed to directed by those groups and in what you see is that some period of time after the attack those groups then claim those individuals as their soldiers or their followers and that may well be what we have in this case. >> the people in manchester determined to go back to daily life but also likely to inflame anti-islamic sentiment across europe and britain. >> manchester itself is a very mul multicultural city with a large muslim population sore head scarves attack little attention and manchester did not vote in favor of brexit, but an attack

like this as you said is much bigger than manchester itself and will likely create backlash depending on the details of this attack. >> we saw that statement from mi5 and know u.s. intelligence agencies have quite a close relationship with british officials. >> yeah, that said the relationship is as close as any we have with any other country. you can be sure that overnight u.s. officials, analysts were in their offices working with their counterparts in the uk starting with the identity of this individual which the authorities do know and then working out to see did he act alone? how was he radicalized? who supported him? where did he get the money and training to build a bomb like this so the investigation is just under way but working closely between the united states and uk for sure. >> matt olsen and martha raddatz, thanks. we'll continue to bring everybody the latest on the attack. coming up, on "gma," as president trump wraps up his trip in the middle east there are major new questions back here at home for him about his

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back now on "gma" with new questions about president trump and russia. new reports that the president pressured intelligence officials to dispute the testimony of the fbi director. our senior justice correspondent pierre thomas is back with that. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: george, good morning. the white house refused to confirm or deny the story but there is a pattern of president trump leaning on officials to discredit the russian investigation making his firing of fbi director james comey look far more sinister to some. this morning, "the washington post" reporting that president trump allegedly tried to get mike rogers the head of the nsa and dan coats, the director of national intelligence both to push back against the notion there was collusion between his campaign and the russians. both men according to "the post" rejected requests believing they were inappropriate. >> it is improper and it adds

additional mounting powerful evidence of a cover-up and obstruction of justice. >> reporter: "the post" claims trump's pressure came shortly after fbi director james comey announced that the fbi was investigating such ties. this as former national security adviser michael flynn refuses to cooperate in the senate intelligence committee investigation pressing for immunity and assurances against unfair prosecution. the move making some senators more suspicious. >> you would think they would want to clear things up. you would think someone would want to give us the facts unless you're hiding something. >> reporter: the threat of being held in contempt a real possibility. >> we're going to keep all the options on the table. >> reporter: flynn under increasing pressure with elijah cummings accusing him of lying about working on behalf of foreign sources. the russia investigation continues to make headlines even as president trump is overseas. >> let's talk about it with dan abrams. you got a pattern here and if you put all the stories the last couple of weeks together, a

series of calls ending in james comey's firing talking about the investigation. now these calls after the comey testimony to intelligence officials, it seems like the president is stepping over a line. >> well, look, that's a political question, right, the question of stepping over the line. the legal question is going to be when you look at these events assuming that they're true, assuming this pressure how does that fit into the picture with regard to james comey and the fbi investigation. and i think that anyone looking at this and looking at influence, looking at what the president did, what -- did the president obstruct justice will have to look at how did he deal with other officials as it relates to this investigation? but, again, when you're looking at this legally you have to come back to how did it impact the decision to fire james comey? and that decision's impact on the investigation. >> and one of the telling things you'll see a paper trail, notes of the white house meetings and oval office meetings and these phone calls, as well. let's talk about general flynn,

a democrat saying he believes general flynn lied when he was applying to are a security clearance, other allegations that he didn't register. he could be in real legal jeopardy. >> no question. this is now an additional possible crime for flynn. because now we're talking about the possibility of lying to federal investigators. and now you can understand why he's saying, look, i'm invoking -- i want to invoke my fifth amendment right against self-incrimination and not testify in front of congress. it's become a big issue and congress saying we want to hear from you. he's saying, look, i'm in serious legal jeopardy. i don't want to testify. i don't have to testify. the most interesting legal question about what flynn should or shouldn't do must or must not do at this point is going to be does he have to turn over documents? i don't think there's any question he can say i'm not going to testify because i could incriminate myself but the issue of documents is a much closer call. as a legal matter you can only say i won't turn over these

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back now with more on the bombing at the ariana grande concert. the queen has just released a statement saying, quote, the whole nation has been shocked by the death and injury in manchester last night of so many people, adults and children who had just been enjoying a concert. i know i speak for everyone in expressing my deepest sympathy to all affected by this dreadful

event and especially to the family and friends of those who died or were injured and also thanked all the members of emergency services who have helped and also members from the music community. they're sharing their messages, as well. a lot have reached out. nicki minaj tweeted out, my heart hurts for my sister, ariana and every family affected by this tragic event in the uk. innocent lives lost, i'm sorry to hear this. cher chimed in saying my prayers go out to people of manchester. had special times there from youth and beyond and the #prayformanchester been trending with over a million tweets in the social media community also helping reunite loved ones. facebook launching its safety check feature and there were 12 million total tweets about manchester throughout the night. so many of those tweets were about reunions and reuniting everyone missing. >> amy, i know you said you've seen some acts of kindness there in manchester since you've been there.

>> it's true. i mean, any time you have an unfortunate act of terror, you see these communities and manchester especially respond with acts of kindness and we've seen strangers helping strangers. there were thousands of people stranded here when that concert -- when that bomb went off. the tapes shut down, mass transportation shut down and so people had no figure out what to do, where to sleep as they were searching frantically for their loved ones. you saw the people of manchester come together, reach out offer those free taxi rides, free hotel rooms, you can stay on my couch. you can come into my home and they treated each other like family, complete strangers and so that continues today. it's a beautiful spring day here and despite the horrific scene, just a few miles from me right now there is a lot of beauty in this community still this morning, guys. >> good to hear that, amy. it's kind of like when you go on social media after something like this. people are just reaching out. you just -- you can feel this

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>> ♪ >> breaking news here at 7:56. chopper6 is live over a school bus crash in southwest philadelphia. it appears that the sedan there smashed into the bus' side. authorities tell us a child and the bus driver were both injured. matt pelman continues our coverage. >> yeah, matt its one of two school bus accidents we're watching this morning. this one in southwest philadelphia is at the busy intersection of island and lindbergh by the burger king and the pep boys. you can see the sedan into the side of the bus. emergency crews are on the scene and so the intersection is blocked off. 70 and and bartram avenues would be alternates around island and lindbergh serious accident with emergency crews on the scene. our second school bus accident was on the vine street expressway. good news is it's not here anymore but chopper6 was overhead while it was still out here in the westbound lanes by broad street and police received reports that the driver of the school bus actually tried to flee the scene unsuccessfully because

the bus was still there. everything was off to the side. now it's clear but still jammed on the westbound vine coming away from 95. and coming back out here in gloucester county crash on 295 southbound at repaupo. single digit speeds matt. >> gloomy start our tuesday. meteorologist karen rogers in for david. >> matt we'll be keeping the clouds throughout the day and rain. fog has developed. it's tannish reading but everywhere also it's improved. mostly cloudy skies watching for the rain. if you're south and east of the city you'll be watching for rain to move in late today into tonight. better temperature-wise than yesterday. tomorrow is really the pick of the week. partly sunny, we get a high of 77 degrees looking pretty good. on thursday clouds with the chance for showers or thunderstorms. thursday is particularly wet and that holds the temperature barely out of the 60's. 70 degrees for your high. friday partly sunny and breezy. we hit a high of 75. the holiday weekend saturday

partly sunny and warmer, it's the better of the days, 80 degrees for your high on saturday, matt. >> thank you, karen. jury selection continues in pittsburgh for the bill cosby sexual assault trying in montgomery county. "action news" is following that story. >> ♪

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. and breaking overnight, concert terror attack. a suicide bomber detonates an explosive device at an ariana grande show in the uk. thousands of fans fleeing for their lives. 22 killed. children among the dead. dozens morer injured. now the search for the economying and so many jumping into help. authorities calling this an attack on the most vulnerable. the president responds. >> so many young, beautiful, innocent people murdered by evil losers. >> as the u.s. goes on high alert. security stepped up in new york and cities across america at this hour. also this morning, health alert. the new headline about the link between alcohol and breast cancer. could even one drink a day raise your risk?

♪ and it's a "wonder woman" takeover. >> you'll soon find out. >> gal gadot, chris pine, robin wright and connie nielsen all here live. good morning, america. a lot of news this tuesday morning. of course, we are covering that deadly terror attack at an ariana grande concert in england. isis claimed spoptsz and put/a statement saying one of the soldiers of the caliphate managed to place explosives among a gathering of crusaders. their word for christians. >> 22 people have been killed. more than 50 others injured. the glass happened at the end of the concert when many were leaving the arena. >> and police believe this is the work of a suicide bomber and sadly so many of the victims were young fans of the pop star and ariana herself saying overnight she's, quote, broken and so, so sorry. >> amy flew through the night to be on the scene in manchester. she's there this morning.

good morning, amy. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, george. this is britain's deadliest terror attack in 17 years and police have not identified yet the suicide bomber but isis as you mentioned has claimed responsibility. authorities made an arrest just a few hours ago and authorities are now combing through the arena for more evidence this morning as hundreds of parents still frantically try and find their missing children. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: what should have been a joyous night for 20,000 music fans ended in terror. ♪ >> reporter: at 10:30 local time ariana grande just finished her concert when an explosion rocked manchester arena. the crowd made up of mostly teenagers and their parents desperately clambered towards the exits. >> everyone was getting up to leave and all of a sudden there was a big bang outoutside mayhem as emergency person rushed in to

help, 22 dead, 59 injured. blood and shrapnel covering hundreds. >> there was a decomposed body to my right. all i could see was flesh like as if they had blown themselves up and -- >> blown apart? >> yeah. >> reporter: police confirming a suicide bomber died after detonating an improvised explosive device and they're working to identify the bomber. parents still desperately searching for their missing loved ones. >> please, please somebody must have seen her at some point, just let me know you've seen her. >> reporter: and this morning authorities identifying the first victim of last night's attack, we know she was a college student, her name, georgina callander. she was just 18 years old. so many difficult moments and days ahead for authorities there on the scene, guys. >> just the beginning, okay, thanks very much. tom llamas with today's other top stories. we start with a very big story out of the white house. new accusations that president trump tried to discredit the fbi's investigation into russian

meddling in the election. abc news has confirmed president trump asked nsa director mike rogers to publicly push back against the fbi's investigation. rogers refused the request deeming it inappropriate and "the washington post" reports that the president also asked his director of national intelligence, dan coats, to do the same, coats also refused. the white house says it will not confirm or deny the claims based on illegal leaks. lawmakers say former national security adviser michael flynn could be held in contempt of congress after pleading the fifth. despite a congressional subpoena flynn is refusing to turn over documents to the senate panel investigating his ties to russia. a top house democrat says he has evidence showing flynn may have lied to investigators reviewing his security clearance. and president trump is heading to rome after wrapping up his visit to israel. he visited the national holocaust memorial today where he placed a wreath and praised the inc. endurance of the jewish people after meeting earlier with palestinian leader mahmoud

abbas. president trump said palestinians are ready to reach for peace. overnight the pentagon confirmed a u.s. ground raid in yemen. officials say seven al qaeda militants were killed. al qaeda affiliate in yemen claimed responsibility in the past for the "charlie hebdo" attack in paris and underwear bomb plot in 2009. this morning nasa is conducting a space walk to make repairs outside the international space station. astronaut peggy whitson is one of two astronauts replacing an external computer that controls the solar panels. these are live pictures from space right now and other systems to that space station. and finally a rite of passage at the u.s. naval academy. freshmen racing to climb the 21-foot herndon monument which was greased with, get this, 200 pounds of lard. this year they had hundreds of thousands of viewers on facebook live. their mission as always was to replace the freshman hat at the top of the monument with a midshipman's hat and reached it 2 hours and 21 minutes.

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we are back now with that important new health report revealing that just one alcoholic drink a day can increase your risk for breast cancer but also saying there are ways to reduce it and dr. jennifer ashton is here. we were talking in the break about this. a lot of people are going to talk about it. tell us about the study. >> this was basically an analysis of past studies looking at breast cancer and associated risk factors and when it comes to alcohol, not good news for summer cocktail season and found that alcohol is a convincing risk factor for pre and postmenopausal breast cancer. now, let's do a deeper dive and how much. the number is seven or more

alcoholic beverages a week. if you ask a woman do you have one drink a day they might say absolutely not. just on the weekends but it's very easy to consume seven on the weekends and also wine seemed to be a bigger risk factor than beer or hard alcohol. when you are look at a serving of wine it's considered five ounces. it looks real small so drinking more you're getting more than seven drinks. >> oh, my goodness. but there are ways, they're saying, you can lower the risk. >> absolutely. and that's also the silver lining here. when you look at exercise. any is beneficial. more is better when you look at vigorous exercise, it drops the risk of premenopausal breast cancer by 17%. of postmenopausal by 10%. vigorous being something like running where you're breathing hard and sweating. moderate exercise, that's good too, walking, gardening lowers the risk by 13% and emphasize any exercise is beneficial, so don't feel like if you're not doing it every day it's not helping because it is. >> just something, just move,

move, move. what does that say about breast cancer and possible prevention. >> what i think is the most important message. there are some factors under our control and some factors not under our control. it's estimated one in three cases of breast cancer can be prevented by modifying certain behaviors. that's great, right? that's things like exercise, avoiding excessive alcohol, keeping your weight in a healthy range, eating, you know, a lot of fruits and vegetables and breast-feeding if possible. here's the big but, you and i feel the same way, does not mean if you get breast cancer you did something wrong. >> but you hear this and it sounds like that's what's being said. >> that's right and that's what women and men who get breast cancer need to remember is that some of these factors are not under our control and saying breast cancer is like saying weather. are you talking about a nor'easter, heat storm, rainstorm. there are genetic and environmental causes and behavioral causes so at the end of the day control the controllables, don't worry about the things you can't control.

you can't pick your parents so if you have a strong family history nothing you can do but understand that everything is taken in moderation. if you're going to say give up the alcohol completely, then you have to consider brain health, heart health, other things and medicine is not in a vacuum. >> have that discussion. we're behind the scenes with the "dancing with the stars" finalists before tonight's big finale. come on back. i miss you babe. i wish you were here. i miss home. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ tango! for the guy who finds a way. always unstoppable.

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welcome back, everybody. we want to welcome our audience as well. we have had, of course, quite a tough morning after this bombing in manchester, overnight but, lara, you're coming out with "pop news." >> a lot going on. good morning to you, guys and good morning to you. you know, great ideas that can come from anywhere including twitter. this photo posted on the social media platform of music superstarry happen that and lupita nyong'o sitting in the front row of a fashion show inspired a new film. yeah, a picture inspired a movie. according to "entertainment weekly" netflix secured the rights from ava due verney and

the project gained traction after fans went crazy over that shot of the two beautiful stars and began an impromptu campaign to get them to star in a buddy heist flick. that picture made meme think they look so cool. >> sunglasses. >> it's a whole lot. there's a lot going on. the original twitter users whoage maed the concept will be credited and included in the film in some form because of the great idea. the project still in early stages and will begin production in 2018. >> very creative. >> great idea. >> but it makes me wonder, it makes me wonder if someone took a picture of us four what kind of movie would they write for us? >> don't choke on your coffee. >> i love that. but, you know, you're a great producer. great to know that good ideas can come from anywhere. wanted to their that. also in "pop news," george clooney, get ready. life is about to change in a major way. for the confirmed bachelor, the clooney twins are on their way,

wife amal's due date may be much earlier than expected. her original due date was thought to be around the first week of june. it's being reported she is ready to give birth any day now. the married couple, yeah, excited for that. the married couple has been keeping a low profile in recent months working on creating a beautiful home in the english countryside for their new expanded family so looking forward to that great news. and then finally, we all know the golden girls still have a huge and passionate fan base. >> oh, yeah. >> see, 25 years after the show went off the air, well, now in between binging on repeats, you can roll the dice on the new golden girls edition of the board game clue. no colonel mustard here, no. in this game you'll need to find out if it was blanche or one of her diva friends who ate the last piece of cheesecake. it's true.

dorothy, blanche, rose, sofia, miles and stan, the metal game pieces represent pieces of evidence like a can of hair spray, a lipstick. clue the golden girls edition hits stores next month. de'andre -- >> what do you mean de'andre? i want one. >> i mean blanche all day long. that's "pop news," everybody. >> thank you very much. lara. >> hey robin. happy birthday to greg. look at these cuties taking over times square. in the form of super heroes. celebrating the upcoming release of the new movie, how else with snapchat filters. check out the crowns and then the flowers. they've got the wristband magic lasso. i don't see the invisible -- i guess because it's invisible. that's chloe, rosie. we've had spiderman much it's about time we had a wonder

woman movie, right? you better believe it. you'll meet the entire cast in a little bit but first a check on your local weather. >> wonder woman is my favorite. i'm excited. storm tracker6 live double scan showing, yes, that's more rain that's pulling in from the south its not going to hit us until later on today or tonight. we look outside and almost a hint of some sunshine to breakthroughs. we have an awful lot of clouds. keeping the clouds through the day. mostly cloudy watching for some late rain especially south and east of the city. 73 for your high. tomorrow partly sunny, nice, a high of 77. only 70 on thursday with showers and thunderstorms. inal head-to-head for part one last night and afterwards for the first time ever, we got a chance to go behind the scenes of their last rehearsal and t.j. holmes was there and joining us from l.a. what's up, t.j.? >> good morning, kind sir from l.a. good to be talking to you guys.

now, of course, last night, what a night. there was some beauty. some poignant mopes and fun as well but we're down to these three finalists. let me tell you while you were sleeping what they were doing was rehearsing given new music just last night and were learning a new dance up to midnight that you'll see tonight, football player, baseball player and a pop star and these are three people the judges say they never would have put in the finals when the season started. ♪ >> reporter: dancers burning up the ballroom before the final decision. >> okay! >> reporter: rashad and emma brought the judges to their feet as the finalists performed their longawaited freestyles. david and lindsay knocked it out of the park with their hip-hop-inspired dance while norman that and val showed us what they needed with their heartfelt duet. >> just breathtaking. ♪ this is that ice cold -- >> rashad and emma's "uptown

funk" that catapulted them to the top of the leaderboard but the glory of freestyle glow -- >> it feels good. yeah. it feels good. >> reporter: quickly faded after the show. >> we've got a dance to learn. >> yes, we do. >> reporter: the finalists find out their next dance and music with less than 24 hours to go. you know what you're doing for the finale yet. >> no. >> i'm going to look beautiful. >> i'm going to look beautiful too. >> they call it a 24-hour fusion dance. >> not 24 hours. >> this is officially our final dance together. ♪ >> i'm seriously the most emotional person in the world. >> that's love right there. look at that relationship that's developed. he's tying your shoes. what did you have to work with? it was a good starting point. >> it was hard. i went back to the drawing board. we met and i was like, okay. plan b. >> plan b?

>> reporter: but when this season started how many of you all would have put these three in the top five when the season started? >> not me. >> it was wide open. anyone can win and one can lose. >> and it's going to be a spectacular show. >> reporter: all right, you saw it was funny, val was tying his partner's shoe but rashad got flowers for his dance partner last night. these folks have spent the past three months together, very tight and tonight is like graduation and will have to say good-bye to each other. big night, some special guests. o onerepublic politic is going to perform and they'll head over to you guys as soon as the finale is over. >> this is where all the hard work pays off. then they'll be here after the show the next day so don't miss the second part of the finale 8:30 p.m. eastern time. party at my house, guys, on abc and tomorrow morning all the finalists will be here for our

"dancing with the stars" after-party and you don't want to miss that as well and coming up, something else you don't want to miss, the new "wonder woman," gal gadot. she is here live.

>> ♪ >> hi, everyone. 8:27 on this tuesday may 23rd. i'm matt o'donnell. matt pelman is here with an update on one of our school bus crashes. >> we've had two this morning, matt. the more serious of the two is here in southwest philadelphia island and lindbergh is the intersection where it appears the sedan t-boned the school bus. two people were injured. emergency crews still on scene. you want to stay far away. 70 and bartrum could be alternates. as a result of this, septa's 36 trolley is not running. on the buses between island and elmwood and the eastwood loop. the other school bus crash on the vine street expressway westbound at broad. that's gone now. 95 southbound still plenty busy from academy into girard and in the mix at the betsy

ross bridge there was a crash that's completely off to the side. here on 95 in bucks county, right lane is blocked northbound approaching 413 in the work zone of course. this is a broken down tractor-trailer. so, in bucks heading northbound use route one the super highway and not 95. matt. >> meteorologist karen rogers joins us. she's in for david with accuweather. >> it's a little cool under the clouds and 64 degrees the temperature. here's your forecast. keeping the clouds today. just a few sunny breaks. overall it's a mostly cloudy day, a high of 73 degrees. temperature-wise better than yesterday. we're once again tracking rain pulling in from the south. if you're especially south and east of the city keep a close eye on that especially for late today and tonight. tomorrow partly sunny skies, it's a nice one, though, 77 in the afternoon. thursday we're back with showers and a chance for a few thunderstorms, lots of clouds and a high just of 70. friday partly sunny, breezy, 75 with a shower or two so we're staying kind of unsettled, ma matt.

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♪ all right, welcome back to "gma" and we've got a great audience with us this morning here in times square. we're so glad you guys joined us this morning. and i need a little bit of audience participation here. how many people think that men and women have trouble communicating? [ cheers and applause ] >> i love that. >> fonsi, you work here. your vote doupts couldn't. we all know that but there could be a secret weapon on your cell phone. emojis. emojis. >> this is a terrifying story. >> i know. >> this actually is about a book called "the emoji code," now in this they say men are likely to understand the tone of a text if

you add an emoji to it. >> okay. >> definitely true. >> it is true. >> yes. >> i'm going to give you an example, george. say that you and i we finish work and george and i want to hang out so george techs his wife and says i'm going out with my friends and she's, fine, do whatever you want. that's cool, right? i would say -- >> no, that's not cool unless you get the little smiley face emoji afterwards. >> what if you get the eye roll. >> what happens if you get this emoji? this means no, it's the mean face emoji. that means no. we can get that. like this one here if you get that, of course, danger, danger, avert. go home. yes. [ laughter ] you like that? but they were saying men actually -- we need two forms of communication to get it. >> we need to draw you pictures? >> you need to draw us pictures.

>> if i got fine cover you want. i'm in big trouble. >> you don't need a picture. >> no. >> this is the thing i personally would think if i got fine do whatever you want that would mean i have to go home. a lot of guys know it but try to ignore it. >> you said fine. >> here's another thing, though, they say people who don't use emojis you're challenged because it's a digital world right now and they say not using an emoji is like not changing the tone of your voice when you have a conversation. >> that's a lot of pressure. that's a lot. >> so i can guarantee you right now you guys are getting a lot of smiley faces from me from now on. there we go. [ applause ] >> so using emojis makes us better people, better communicators. >> better communicators. >> can't use the english language anymore. >> no. >> thank you for that in that's what i got. spread the word to everybody. >> that is amazing. >> just doing your job. >> smiley face.

>> what's your favorite? >> my favorite emoji, i love the thumb's up. >> you give me that a lot. >> and clap. >> i like the two big eyes. >> the scary eyes. >> i'm confused. some i don't know what they mean. >> i'll tell you later. all right. moving on, do we have any "dirty dancing" fans in the house? the classic movie --s if [ applause ] oh, that means yes. you like it. so, the classic is getting a reboot right here on abc. brand-new cast, stepping into those iconic roles taking on that lift made so famous by patrick swayze and jennifer grey. our abbie boudreau went behind the scenes. >> reporter: "dirty dancing," the cult classic that rocked the big screen 30 years ago. ♪ and now a reimaging of the iconic film. a three-hour tv movie event.

we caught up with the star-studded cast on location in north carolina. taking on the coveted role of baby, abigail breslin. >> so you had to learn to dance for this movie. the most iconic. >> for dancing, yeah. >> no pressure? for a nondancer it's kind of terrifying. >> have you ever thought what would jennifer say. >> i watched it so much i'll never be able to do it like jennifer but gave up on trying to re-create it because i'll never do it justice if i do that. >> reporter: playing baby's mom debra messing adding a more modern twist to the movie taking place during the summer of 1963. what makes it so different? >> it's the movie you love. the music that you love. it's the iconic lines that everyone can repeat. >> i car i ared a watermelon. >> it's more. it's richer, more music and i think it has, you know, this new undercurrent of feminism and you'll see private scenes between husband and wife.

>> you haven't touched me in almost a year. >> i would feel like there's some pressure. this is some iconic movie -- is there a little pressure. >> of course, there's pressure. are you kidding? >> reporter: and dancing into the role of johnny, originally played by the late patrick swayze colt best known for dancing backup for pink. >> is it intimidating at all to be johnny. >> to an extent. i try not to look at it like that he was so remarkable. so classic. >> you won't say the line. >> nobody puts baby in the corner. >> i won't say the line. >> why not? he won't say the line. >> i'm so sorry. >> you can only do it one time. >> it loses something outside of it and i want everybody to hear it for the first time right there in the moment. >> rounding out the cast big sister lisa, played by "modern family's" sarah hyland. >> the hula dance in a different way. >> bruce greenwood as dr. hausman and katie segal as

vivian the vixen. >> the cougaral before we called them that, yes. >> what do you think patrick would think about all this. >> i think he would be thrilled. i think he'd have a cameo. i was wondering if you could give me a dance lesson. >> yeah. >> get all patrick swayze. >> for "good morning america," abbie boudreau, having the time of my life in hendersonville, north carolina. >> well done. "dirty dancing" a special three-hour musical event airs tomorrow night 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on abc. >> and, yes, and coming up, everybody, wonder woman herself gal gadot is here live. there she is. >> rachael: it's the bottom of the jar party!

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>> wonder woman. check them out. striking a pose back now on "gma" with wonder woman herself or rather a lego wonder woman. a life sized super hero courtesy of lego made of 22,000 lego bricks that took over 317 hours to design and build. what do you think of lego wonder woman? >> it's cool. >> it's coolly i agree pretty cool. strike your wonder woman pose once again. i love it. wonder woman herself gal gadot is coming in just a bit but first a check on your local weather. >> storm tracker6 double scan showing that rain trying to pull up from the south. let's check your forecast.

mostly cloudy today, late rain especially south and east of the city, 73 for your high. it's better tomorrow with 77. invisible jet, yes, girls. i love it. they're so cute. robin, michael, back inside to you. >> and we have the most wonderful guests here this morning. the most powerful woman in the superhero world. please give it up for wonder woman herself, gal gadot. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. thank you. thank you so much, you guys. >> i know. >> thank you. >> you can't do that. >> i'm so high right now from being on the show i can do it but -- >> you hurt your back. >> i did. i threw my back out. just i guess a sharp bad movement. the excitement and everything just got me in the back. but it's all good. >> i know but didn't stop you from coming here. >> the high from the audience and love you're getting makes you feel better.

>> yes. [ cheers and applause ] >> all right, so metropolis has superman, the world has wonder woman. i tell you, yes, we do. you're the first wonder woman ever on film so what's been going through your mind because this is a big, big, big movie. >> this is really exciting. it's crazy to think this character had been around for about -- over 75 years and this is the first time we see her on the big screen and get to actually establish her original story so it was very exciting -- it was an honor for me to do this part. i'm all about, you know, strong female figures. and i love wonder woman. [ applause ] >> a lot of female figure, robin and i have both seen the movie. we're so excited when you came out here. here's a nice little clip of "wonder woman." check it out. >> oh. >> yep. that's not going to work. please put the sword down. diana. >> let me try it by myself.

>> after you, sir. >> why don't i meet you back at the office and meanwhile, i'll take this for safekeeping. >> oh, no, i don't think so. >> you have to put it down. >> it doesn't go with the outfit. [ applause ] >> oh, that's what i enjoy too, the subtle humor of it all. it was worth the wait and it was worth for you to be there and i could not believe you were thinking about leaving acting before you got cast for this. >> right, right. >> why? >> i never dreamt on being an actress. it kind of happened to me and one thing led to the other and i fell in love with the profession but there's so much rejection. >> the almost. >> the almost. i had so many almosts and if you're going to get -- you're about to get this part and your life will change and i don't and another and another and told my husband, i don't know. i'm not sure how long like i can

take it for like we have to come to los angeles, from tel aviv and then on the same trip we were in los angeles and zack snyder wanted me to audition for a role that i didn't even know about, turned to be wonder woman and the are he is history. >> lucky for us. >> yes. [ applause ] >> i got to say, you really are wonder woman because you go reshoots for this when you were five months pregnant. >> i know. it's like the entire family had joint effort. >> what's tougher. being wonder woman pregnant or being in the israeli army which you were. >> i would have to say being a pregnant wonder woman. the entire time and it was -- ah, here is my oldest one stw that's your oldest daughter on set hanging out with you and chris pine and technically. you have a 2-month-old. >> yes. >> and your youngest was in the movie too because you did the reshoots. >> exactly.

all of us together. awe the family are in it. [ applause ] that's the way we do it. we cast everyone. >> your little girl seeing all the strength. >> it's amazing. it's really, really magical and i think that, you know, once my daughter told me that she doesn't like the beauty sleep, the prince comes and kisses her and he's the hero. why is this story about sleeping beauty. but, you know, i think that it's so important that girls and boys have a strong, you know, female figure to look up to. we always had superman and batman which is awesome but also very important for all of us to have like this amazing character. yeah, it's -- >> for how you play her on the screen -- >> thank you so much. [ applause ] >> "wonder woman," everybody, hits theaters on june 2nd. but we're not done, coming up the "wonder woman" cast, all of them. they're here live.

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shield! [ applause ] >> that is awesome. >> how fantastic is that. that is so cool. and an exclusive look at the new "wonder woman" and back with the stars more than 75 years in the making. what took so long? i have no idea but everybody, give it up for "wonder woman"'s gal gadot, chris pine, connie nielsen, robin wright and director patty jenkins. there we go. first off let me start off by saying, great job by everybody. well done by everybody and,

chris, one thing for you, you had to get in shape for this movie. one scene you're all -- i'm not going to say. >> so long. >> but you prepped for so long. >> i think patty has a fetish for large baggy clothing. >> it looks great. >> so you were like getting ripped for months and months. >> for months i did three movies back-to-back and prepping for this one scene because this was the scene that patty pitched me. she's like so you get out of the hot tub and -- she pitched it as a funny line. >> but you put on ten pounds of clothes. how do you feel about that. >> not bad, man. really like -- harsh my mellow. >> i want to ask, robin, what was it like being around this estrogen, amazing women. >> empowering. really empowering and we were strong. we didn't just feel strong. we were strong. >> yeah, you worked really hard. >> all of us. we trained every day.

horseback riding, martial arts training, weight lifting and 2,000 to 3,000 calories a day. >> wait. that's a lot. that's good. >> that looks like kind of fun. >> i tell you what, it paid off. everybody looks incredible. connie, you play the queen of the amazons and i was telling gal earlier i never seen such a powerful group of women. it was amazing to watch on film. how was it on set to have them around. >> there was this one moment where i'm standing in the tent and gal is on one side and anne wolf the eight-time world champion of boxing teaching my little son how to box and i'm thinking, my son is going to grow up thinking that strong, amazing women are the best thing there is. >> yeah. [ applause ] >> patty, labor of love, this film, correct. >> what? >> getting this done. >> so great. i mean, listen, there's the me that made the movie that is --

hopes everyone likes it but then there's the me that, you know, was a wonder woman fan and i can't wait to see it myself in that way. >> we did a screening. our cast, our kids, what do you hope that women and little girls -- and little boys and everybody take away from this film? >> i'm a huge believer in the story of like becoming a hire row and the myth of superhero movies and always have believed it in. the idea of like getting to share something with kids of the world and adults of the world of all kinds, the story of someone who wants to be a hero and takes a journey to becoming a real hero and what that is is like something i think beautiful so i hope they have a great time and i hope they love it and laugh but also hope they feel inspired to be a hero in their own life and learn love and thoughtfulness as well as strength. >> i love that. that's great. i love that. >> that's wonder woman. >> something i wish i personally had -- in my life was that lasso

of truth. we want to play a game. don't give me that look. it's called the lasso of truth lightning round. we're going to ask you some questions. you have to tell us the truth. >> there's really a lasso that -- hopefully do we have a graphic of a lasso. there was a word on the treat that we're going to actually wrap you or maybe i'm just making it up. imagine that you're being wrapped. okay. anyway, go ahead. >> you're up. you're up first. >> okay, lasso of truth, patty, you're in it right now. who broke character and laughed the most on set, go, lasso of truth? easy. >> yeah, but this is -- by the way this is not fair because she's paired -- it's because she's paired with the funniest guy of all time in -- who would -- who would tee her up and then just drop and suddenly go into the scene and look at her like, ah. you broke it. >> she did that to him too. >> that's very true. >> the giggler. >> the giggler. >> chris, you're up. lasso of truth.

here we go. what's your biggest quirk? >> oh, i have a flip phone. >> what? >> yeah. >> they still exist? >> yeah, man. it's a whole -- the flip is a whole world you got to get into. >> why? >> because i -- you know, i'll tell you what. here we go. i recently got a record player and flip phone and i kind of like the simplifying down -- i just like -- i like the n noncomplicated -- i don't want to be connected so much. i just like the -- >> did you -- >> decrease in anxiety. >> i was literally asking him a few days ago, what is this? [ laughter ] >> you had the flip phone. he can't call anybody. >> no. >> there's no receiving. >> i don't know if you remember like t-9. you had to do that t-9 thing. >> no. >> wow. >> i just at some point, all right. yeah. you know. >> connie, i have one question for you in the lasso of truth.

is it true you can say good morning in seven different languages. >> that is the truth. yes. >> really. >> speak seven languages. >> let's hear them. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> and so on. >> and so on. >> i'll take that. >> we want to thank you all for being here. the movie is fantastic. really great job and everybody, "wonder woman" hits theaters june 2nd. make sure you check it out. we'll be right back. [ cheers and applause ] >> you

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matt and it's because of this disabled vehicle here in the northbound lanes of 295 over top route 30 the white horse pike. as you can see the dv is taking out the left lane. looks like it shouldn't be there a whole lot longer. for now northbound traffic is locked up at this point on the white horse pike. on 30 on the ramp from 73 no you northbound to get to the white horse pike a overturned vehicle. the crash by the betsy ross bridge is gone. we had a school bus accident this morning and chopper6 was high over southwest philadelphia. island and lindbergh is the intersection where the cleanup is still going on. septa's 36 trolley also still shuttle busing as a result of this nasty crash. matt. >> matt, we're dealing with some clouds this morning. let's turn to meteorologist karen rogers in for david. >> that's right, matt its rather gloomy. we'll have a few sunny breaks. it's mostly cloudy today and we're watching for rain to

develop late as well especially if you're south and east of the city. 73 degrees here for your high today. tomorrow is going to be better partly sunny skies especially in the afternoon. 77 for your high. on thursday we're right back at it clouds with still showers and thunderstorms and a high of only 70. 75 on friday with a chance for a shower. saturday looks dry and warmer, 80 for the holiday weekend, matt. >> thank you, karen. closing arguments set to begin today in the murder trial of david creato. the camden county father is charged with killing his three-year-old son brendan in 2015. an update on "action news at noon. "live with"live with kelly and s next on 6abc. i'm matt o'donnell. have a great tuesday. >> ♪

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