good morning, america. breaking news, the deadliest terror attack in new york city since 9/11. >> we got multiple casualties. this is a mass casualty situation here. >> a 29-year-old inspired by isis used this rented truck plowing into crowds on a popular bike path killing eight and slamming into a school bus with children. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. . >> more than a dozen injured. the terrifying moments as the suspect runs through the streets just blocks from the site of the world trade center before this hero officer takes him down. >> we were just told to run. >> schoolchildren witnessing the attacks gathered up by their panicked parents. >> thousand this morning new clues about the attackers. the note and phone discovered inside that truck and the fbi raiding his home overnight as new york steps up security across the city and new yorkers

unite marching defiantly in the face of terror. a special edition of "good morning america" starts right now. we do say good morning, america. thank you for joining us this wednesday morning. it is a tough one in new york city and around the country learning so much more about that devastating terror attack. >> a live look at the scene this morning. that is the truck the driver used. a rental from home depot plowing into a crowd of bikers, hit a school bus just as parents were picking up children were school. >> the attacker and his wife and three kids most recently lived across the river in paterson, new jersey, the fbi conducting a raid overnight. >> here's what we know at this hour. the attacker killed at least eight people, injured more than a dozen. law enforcement officials tell abc news he left notes in the truck indicating he was inspired by isil and that trail of terror

in southern manhattan lasting 17 blocks stopping near the 9/11 memorial. >> and overnight one world trade center was lit up in the colors of the american flag. >> a sign of defiance as we've said. this is the deadliest terror attack in new york city since 9/11. our team covering every angle. amy robach starts us off from the scene. good morning, amy. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. this morning a stretch of 2 1/2 miles of streets remain closed here in lower manhattan. you can hear the police helicopters flying above us and there is a large number of federal and local authorities investigating the scene here. they've been doing it throughout the night and will continue to do it throughout the day as they try to put together the pieces of last night's deadly terror attack. new video this morning shows the moments immediately after 29-year-old suspect sayfullo saipov transferred his truck into a weapon designed to inflict mass casualties. >> i need an ambulance right here. >> reporter: his path of terror down new york city's west side

highway ended here. >> the kid right there. >> reporter: after he crashed direct lie into this school bus carrying children home on halloween. >> we got multiple casualties. this is a mass casualty situation. >> reporter: dozens of bikers and joggers enjoying the unseasonably warm day when a little after 3:00 p.m. the truck veered onto the pedestrian walkway. >> the white pickup truck, the front was completely smashed in and there were service smoke coming out of it. >> reporter: it careened for ten blocks mowing down everything and everyone in its path. sources say the suspect exited the truck shouting allahu akbar, brandishing what's been identified as a paint ball gun and pellet gun. >> i hear one of the young girls say he's got a gun. >> reporter: this cell phone video shows the suspect frantically dodging between cabs evading police while his victims lay strewn on the ground. >> i seen a couple of bodies laying right there in the bike path and when i was looking seeing if there's anybody else i heard about nine or ten

gunshots. >> reporter: police eventually shooting the suspect in the abdomen and taking him into custody. >> this was an act of terror. a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians, aged at people going about their lives. >> reporter: neighborhood schools put on lockdown for hours as parents raced to find their children. >> i saw the man with the guns. he pointed the gun at me. i'm sorry. i have to go get my child. ♪ >> reporter: overnight in new york's annual halloween parade authorities on heightened alert. police adding extra officers, heavy weapons teams and sand trucks as protective blockers along the route. >> it's a memorable experience? >> heck yeah. you never think it would happen to you but it happens. >> reporter: new york's governor urging people in this city to go back to their regular routines. >> we didn't want to let it stop us. we know in times like these too it brings new yorkers closer together and doesn't stop from

new york being a safe place. >> reporter: and at last night's new york city's halloween parade you would never have known there was a terror attack a few hours earlier a few blocks away by the mood and the size of the crowd. 2 million people flooded the streets of new york city. your only clue perhaps last night's parade was any different than the ones from previous years was the enormous amount of police presence. much more so than in earlier years and, in fact, i think it's safe to say last night the safest place to be on halloween perhaps was that parade. >> you were there at the parade last night. you know, in new york we've been braced for this for so long but hasn't been an attack like this since 9/11. talk about the mood there. >> it was festive, george. and we saw people and talked to people who were new yorkers, people who had come from all over the world and all said they didn't even hesitate. once they heard the news to come to last night's parade and in fact wanted to be a part of what new york does so best come

together in moments like this and it was a feeling of celebration not one of sadness and of see sill jens, people weren't going to let the terrorists stop them from doing what they wanted to do that evening. >> okay, amy robach, thanks very much. over to robin. >> joining us two people who saw that terrifying attack, andrew howell and babatunde ogunny, thank you both for joining us. how are you doing? i imagine you're still processing what you saw, andrew. >> it's pretty shocking. i mean, this is a place of recreation, a place of repose, you know, i work nearby. use this bike path all the time and certainly not something you expect to see. >> no, and you go to college right down -- >> i go to the community college which is right across the street. >> you were between classes. >> yes. >> what did you see? >> so, we walked over to the pier. like i said it's a recreational area. a lot of people walk dog, you know, just walk around the area, et cetera and we had been sitting there and you just see a white truck at the light and it's kind of revving its engine

and thinking why is this person being so aggressive. he jumps the curb and hit two people and at that point did he lose control of the vehicle? what's going on? what's happening and then later maybe ten seconds after you hear gunshots so now it's like it's just commotion, everybody is running around. >> you heard gunshots and didn't know if it was coming from the driver or what was happening. >> andrew, what did you see? >> i was walking along the path southward. it was a beautiful afternoon and just heard this very loud noise, just not a news you expect to hear of this truck going by. usually no vehicles there at all. nothing going as rapidly as that one was probably 50, 60 miles an hour, fortunately for me it missed me. but impacted with a cyclist probably 20 feet in front of me and the cyclist was hit by -- hit the windshield and went over up in the air and landed on the ground. it just didn't make any sense to see something like that.

the truck continued on south and that's when it impacted the school bus at chamber street. >> you saw that you saw the impact. >> i did. >> did you see the driver at all. >> yes, well, the car kind of spun over and was then facing east i saw the driver get out of the car. that was a bit far away like a block and a half away from me and then fled on foot. about a minute later is when we heard the gunshots. >> what did you think was going on? what was happening? >> more so the main thing it was surreal. one of those situations you hear about things like this on the news and see it on tv, even movie, et cetera and it's just like you don't ever think it can actually happen so actually seeing it all unfold and happen in front of me was just kind of crazy. >> yeah, you go to school here. you work here. you're from jersey. you saw the #nycstrong and piece from amy and people went out to the parade and there is this feeling of resilience and bonding, do you think?

>> sure, yeah, i mean, life in new york will go on. these are events that we've heard about around the world and the first time something like this has happened in new york. it's very shocking and disturbing but something we are going to wake up today and go on with our lives. >> just speaking between the two of us and he mentioned he has to go to work today. i have to go back to school. it's just a regular day. the day after. >> yeah, that says something that these things continue to happen and we don't want to become desensitized by what we're seeing and feeling but also you don't want it to control your life going to school, going to work, doing what we need to do. thank you so much for coming in and sharing your story. i hope you both do well. i'm glad you're doing well. >> thank you. >> michael. >> thank you, robin. this morning we're learning more about the victims, students on the bus and some were tourists visiting new york. plus, we're learning more about the hero officer who stopped the

killer. gio benitez is outside bellevue hospital here in new york city where some of the victims were taken. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey there, michael. good morning to you. five of the victims are here at this hospital. they're being treated right now, eight of them are at another hospital nearby. this is attack happening in the blink of an eye. among the dead five high school friends from argentina visiting new york city to celebrate their 30th graduation from high school. the home depot truck plowing into them as they took a group bike ride. >> we need buses to vestry and chambers. i got at least four on the ground here. >> reporter: more than a dozen injured and eight killed as first responders rushed to the mile-long crime keen in lower manhattan. >> i was able to see the bodies and three destroyed bicycles as well as all the police, firefighters, bomb squads, s.w.a.t. team arriving on the scene. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> reporter: six died on the scene. two at the hospital. one is a belgian national. this morning several victims are still clinging to life at two

new york city hospitals while this man, 28-year-old nypd officer ryan nash is being hailed as a hero. he put an end to the terrorist's rampage by con fronting him then shooting him in the stomach. >> i want to commend response from our nypd officer on post near the location who stopped the carnage moments after it began. >> reporter: nash a six-year veteran was responding to a separate incident in the area when he rushed to the carnage. the long island resident commanded saipov to drop his weapons which turned out to be a paint ball and paint gun. nash shot him keeping him alive so authorities could get more information from him. no doubt about it a hero right there. now we know this morning that at least three of the victims are in critical condition right now but perhaps the only good news in this story is that at least five of the victims are in fair or good condition. george. >> our thoughts are with all the families. thanks very much. new details also emerging about the attacker, 9 years old from uzbekistan moved to the u.s. in 2010, lived most

recently in new jersey. early this morning the fbi escorted a group of women and outside his home and our chief investigative correspondent brian ross is here with what we know. >> the attacker won a lottery to get a visa under a special program to come here. once here authorities tell abc news he went down a road to jihad pledging allegiance to isis and carried out his attack on a country that opened its doors to him. overnight the fbi searched the home of the suspect in paterson, new jersey, just across the river from new york. 29-year-old sayfullo saipov, a native of uzbekistan moved to paterson with his wife and three children after living in tampa and cincinnati. friends said at one point he worked as a driver for uber in new jersey where neighbors there say he kept to himself. >> he wasn't friendly at all. it's like he didn't want anyone to approach him or say hello. he was stand offish. >> reporter: police believe they

found his vehicle in the parking lot of a home depot where he rented the truck and officials say he left notes behind in the truck indicating he carried out the attack for isis. >> isis has tremendously persuasive online videos and recruitment tools. persuasive to a particular kind of person, to a person who is jem generally male and disgruntled. >> reporter: they've been asking them to carry out attacks. he grew up in tashkent where applied for an won his visa in 2010 under the diversity immigrant visa program for residents of countries that haven't sentiment immigrants to the u.s. coincidentally it was an uzbek immigrant in stockholm who police say hijacked a truck and used it in an attack that killed five people. >> that is the scene right there. we'll show it right there, the scene in new jersey right now.

and, brian, we are learning the fbi is investigating that saipov he had been on the radar of law enforcement at least tangentially. >> he came under investigation as a possible accomplice of another suspect. but there was never enough proof to open a case on him and he wasn't under surveillance and this morning in a hospital. he's expected to survive and authorities are now drawing up federal terrorism charges against him. >> okay, brian,thanks very much. george, president trump calling the attacker sick and deranged and saying he ordered homeland security to step up the extreme vetting program. we're seeing more types of these attacks using vehicles as weapons and our senior just first correspondent pierre thomas is in washington with more. what are you hearing from law enforcement officials about that? >> reporter: robin, good morning. law enforcement is deeply concerned that these vehicle attacks especially those involving large trucks are becoming the preferred method of killing terrorists and wanna-bes. the evidence is mounting and it's disturbing.

since 2014 there's been more than 17 vehicle attacks worldwide and 173 people killed and more than 600 wounded. it only takes deadly intentions, a vehicle and set of keys and isis every day on social media is urging radicals and unhinged to attack any way they can. we recall those in london, france and germany and it's happened here too. not just involving islamic radicals. there was the attack at ohio state by a man allegedly insp e inspired by isis but charlottesville where 19 were injured and a young woman was killed. >> the president promised extreme vetting. what does that mean. >> reporter: the white house isn't comment so no one in the administration can tell us what he's talking about. it's unclear whether the quote stepping up vetting would have made a difference in this case because the suspect has been here since 2010 and was likely radicalized recently. the bigger issue is why he wasn't on the radar before the attack, but it's a tough job,

robin. the fbi has more than 1,000 radicals under investigation or surveillance right now. >> got to keep that in mind. >> more from our contributors. ray kelly right here, former fbi special agent brad garrett down in washington. ray, let me begin with you. you've been there. take us behind the scenes and police headquarters. top priority overnight. what are they doing right now? >> they're certainly assisting in the investigation. the investigation will be done by the joint terrorism task force which is an fbi entity that has about almost 200 fbi officers in t the investigation will involve nypd and fbi agents. they're going to do a daylight crime scene search and that's what is keeping the area blocked off as far as traffic is concerned and want to get all of the technicians they can on the scene to look at that crime scene in daylight to pick up any granular information they can about this individual or, you know, what his motivation was. >> also beefing up security

across the city. >> exactly. the other thing increasing uniform presence at areas where people congregate. >> okay, brad, this is fitting in all too familiar profile here. >> no question about it, george. i mean thissing looks like a classic lone actor attack. so what you're going to do is you're obviously going to look at his phone, his family, his mosque, his job. and social media to see if there are any connections and as brian pointed out, you know, he was involved in another investigation. what does that mean? you'll pull all this together to see who this guy is and did he plan this alone? >> yeah, and the big question is was there anything more than inspired. was he directed. >> i'll guess that he probably was not because as you look at every one of these attacks that pierre mentioned, they were all lone wolfs. >> okay, brad garrett, ray kelly, thank you very much. michael. >> thank you, george. we'll go to ginger with the weather and, ginger, it's a

little chilly in the east. >> not just here in the east but it is feeling like

>> clouds are sweeping in from the west. we expect overall to wind up mostly cloudy. starting out chilly with some suburbs in the 30's. philadelphia the low 40's. and this afternoon clouds with some sun occasionally filtering through. 60 is the high. a slight chance of a light sprinkle or a shower in northern areas like the lehigh valley and poconos today. a lot milder tomorrow, 74. 75 friday. e the dramatic rescue overnight.

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toys"r"us. today we play. >> ♪ >> good morning, i'm matt o'donnell. it's 7:23 on this wednesday november 1st. let's turn to karen rogers for a look at track. good morning, karen. >> good morning, matt. a new accident in bucks county. police emergency crews. we had an ambulance on the scene with this. we see a tow truck as we watch live. they're trying to pull one of the cars off on the side of the road and onto the tow truck. this is right on i-95 north of street road. it's blocking the left lane. traffic's really jammed approach, pass street road on night. 95 northbound in bucks county. an accident that's new in new jersey in burlington county involving an overturned vehicle right on 130 northbound near woodlane road. it's blocking the two left lanes. you want to stick to beverly road or j.f.k. way as your alternate instead. late running construction. usually this wraps up at 7 o'clock.

it is going on until 9 o'clock today in northern delaware. 495 northbound matt speeds of about 11, 19 miles an hour. >> not bad. thank you, karen. dave murphy is next. >> ♪

>> all right, everybody off to a chilly start. take a look. 44 degrees in philadelphia but some suburbs have dipped into the 30's. starting into the upper 30's now. 37 allentown and reading, 38 in trenton. we'll wind up mostly cloudy today with some sun occasionally filtering through. a high of 60 with light winds and a chance of a sprinkle this afternoon and this evening in particular in northern areas like the lehigh valley. a lot milder tomorrow, 74 for a high and 75 on friday. matt. >> thanks, david. the philadelphia police commissioner reacts to the terror attacks in new york city.

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high five, fiber! welcome back to "gma." that is a live look at the home of the driver in that deadly terror attack in new york city. that's paterson, new jersey, the home. the fbi has been there overnight investigating and we saw bomb-sniffing dogs moments ago, also escorting women and children out that is a hot scene right now. >> absolutely, george. here's a live look at the truck he used in that devastating attack that killed at least eight people and injured more than a dozen. >> so let's go right back to amy on the scene in lower manhattan with the latest on what we're learning about the driver. good morning, amy. >> reporter: hey, robin. good morning to you. just a few moments ago i spoke with christiaan waganer. he lives just down the street and just in front of where the attack happened and happened to walk outside as that was all unfolding and despite all the chaos and all the fear that was

happening around him he was able, he managed to take this photo of the suspect. give me a sense of where you were when the terror attack happened. >> right, so i started walking down the street here coming towards the bike path then i heard all this noise and i looked up and i saw a car coming straight at me with another car chasing it like an undercover police car chasing it so that was a flatbed truck was coming my way so i started moving out of the way because i could see the trajectory was going to go right down the bike path then he hit some stuff on the way out which i guess later on those were human beings. >> he hit some people. >> he hit the school bus and he kind of went up in the air which turned him around, the school bus moved on then he landed right side up. and i looked at it and it wasn't catching on fire or anything. steam was coming out. so i just took a picture just in

case someone needed to see what happened. he had something in his hands and started raising his arms up and i saw the guns in his hand so i turned around and i called out, guns, you know, to the kid and the kids all looked also and started yelling guns. the kids were actually very, very cautious or cognitive of what was happening. >> they saw a man with a gun and started screaming gun. >> they started yelling guns. but they started running down the street and so then i heard gunshots. >> you heard the police shooting. >> so that's what i heard. >> you just moved here from california six weeks ago. >> right, right. >> how are you feeling about new york now? >> it's not a pretty world but, you know, if we all watch out for each other, we can make it work. >> i think that's great. thank you so much, christiaan. >> you're welcome. >> really appreciate it. >> now, christiaan grew up in europe. he said even as a young child he learned to be aware of crowds, to run if you heard gunshots but he was struck by the fact that here in new york city he saw so

many people literally frozen in fear, just staring at the scene, not running, not taking cover. that's why he yelled guns and was happy some of those kids did too. he said we need to start learning in america and teaching our children that we have to be prepared for these types of attacks and we have to know what we should do which is to leave the scene immediately and take cover, robin. >> good information there. good advice there and to hear those kids, to live in a world where that is the case, but they did the right thing, all right, amy, thank you. >> we're here with our chief investigative correspondent, brian ross. a little more about the attacker. never under surveillance by the fbi or law enforcement but he was on their radar. >> that's right, george. he came up as an associate of somebody else who was a suspect in a counterterrorism investigation and began to take a look at him. never enough proof to open a case on him, per se and he was not under surveillance. >> not under surveillance. he is in the hospital. what do we know about his condition. >> he's expected to recover. out of surgery. this morning federal authorities are drawing up federal terrorism

charges against him. >> thanks very much. let's bring in jon karl as well and, jon, the president was briefed on this right as it happened yesterday afternoon started tweeting last night as we talked to pierre about that extreme vetting proposal and now he's out with a new tweet just moments ago, also about immigration. >> reporter: yes, he sure is. he'll hit this theme hard, the latest says the terrorist came into our country. what is called the diversity visa lottery program. a chuck schumer beauty. i want merit based. and, in fact, the terrorist, the attacker here did come into the united states on that diversity program in 2010. that is a program that was passed, became part of the law in 1990 and, in fact, was supported by chuck schumer. the president also as you mentioned was hitting the theme of extreme vetting overnight. that tweet said i have just ordered homeland security to step up our extreme vetting program. being politically correct is fine but not for this.

now, george, we have asked both the department of homeland security and the white house what exactly the president meant when he said that he has asked to step up the extreme vetting program and there's no indication of what exactly he meant by that. >> not a lot of clarity there. meantime, the white house still dealing with the fallout from those indictments from robert mueller on monday and also the plea agreement as well and the president seems to be caught this a bit of a tug-of-war with his adviser steve bannon saying take on mueller. his lawyer saying back off. >> reporter: yes, steve bannon using some rather colorful language and says he wants the president to take on mueller. although not to fire him and also wants congressional republicans to move to end all congressional investigations on this. the quote from bannon to "the washington post" is the republicans are like church mice, no support of the president, totally gutless, the hill needs to step up. but what's interesting here, george is that nobody, not even steve bannon is saying that the president should fire mueller.

>> not right now. jon karl, thanks very much. let's bring brian ross back in as well. a little more now we're getting on -- we know the driver rented that car quite cheap car from home depot. >> in fact we're seeing live pictures of the parking lot of that store. his car is there. he drove there apparently and then rented the vehicle. the new york police have a program looking for people who rent vehicles who are suspicious but this did not trigger anything and right now they're looking at that car in the truck that he used in the attack, they found notes indicating he was doing this on behalf of isis. >> we were just seeing that. we don't know create whether they found anything inside the car. >> not inside the car but clearly drove from his home in paterson and rented the truck there. >> thanks very much. much more on the attack in new york city coming up ahead and also coming up a dramatic rescue in california to save a teacher who was held hostage in a school by a parent. we'll be right back.

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back now with that dramatic hostage crisis near los angeles. a parent stormed into a school and held a teacher hostage for hours. matt gutman is on the scene with the story. good morning, matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, michael. you see those images of s.w.a.t. team members escorting out those 7 and 8-year-olds you get a sense of how terrifying it must have been here. an eyewitness telling us that parent took a teacher in a headlock, beat another teacher,

hostage negotiators tried to talk him down but to no avail. just after 11:00 a.m. hundreds of students evacuated and s.w.a.t. teams swarming on castleview elementary school near los angeles with reports of a hostage situation. >> riverside 11 on scene staging on ransom. >> reporter: eyewitnesses say it began when a parent forcing his way through the school office. >> immediately i felt very -- like this isn't good. >> reporter: he then allegedly grabbed first grade teacher linda montgomery hauling the 70-year-old in a classroom. >> one of our first grade teachers. had a disgruntled parent and just prayed for her. >> reporter: the school on lockdown terrified students evacuated single file waiting for hours at this nearby park. anxious parents rushing to check on their children. elizabeth reyes worried her daughter was caught in the middle. >> i grabbed her and then we

started going back up -- i knew i needed to get somewhere safe. >> reporter: amidst the chaos two men on the scene trying to get through to the suspect telling our station kabc that they're related to the man. >> he's not a bad guy, you know. never been in trouble. he's a good kid just having an emotional breakdown. >> reporter: after hours of negotiations and with the well-being of the teacher unknown the decision was made to move in. >> everything is locked down. everything is secured and our officers or detectives are going to go in there and investigate this to determine what happened. >> reporter: that standoff coming to an end with s.w.a.t. teams shooting the suspect. watch as you can see him being transported out of the school on a stretcher. now he was taken to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead. that teacher who had also worked here for 30 years, she was also taken to the hospital but we're told that she was unharmed. guys. >> and, matt, what's happening at the school and what are they doing to help the students get through this?

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but, hey, robin, this is l.a. so, of course, we're about to get our hollywood ending. a game seven tonight. >> series too good to end in six. >> reporter: the l.a. dodgers hang on at home defeating the houston astros in a world series nail-biter. before the players took the field a moment of silence for the lives lost in new york. >> we send our thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families. >> 1-2. >> reporter: game six was a battle from the mound. with all eyes focused on houston's starting pitcher verlander ver. the astros' ace did his job striking out nine batters. >> got him looking. >> reporter: but starting in the sixth inning the dodgers' bats came alive. >> he'll score. >> reporter: doing just enough to force a game seven tonight in los angeles. >> game seven will be a heavyweight fight between the two best teams in baseball, period. >> reporter: the hometown team has never played a game seven

here at dodger stadium. tonight could be the night they win it all or will the astros bring home their first ever title? >> houston astros have not won in 55 years and the dodgers, the last championship, 1988. you have two very hungry, starved franchises for a world championship. >> reporter: you remember last year, robin, i covered the world series game six and seven. it was cleveland, of course, taking on chicago. two teams that had long droughts as well. cleveland, 60 plus years hadn't won a world series and, of course, the cubs 108-year drought and now to see these two franchise, houston never one and l.a. hasn't won one since '88, good to see some of these cities get their shot now. >> could not agree more. there is a moment in particular from last night's game you want to talk about. >> reporter: yeah, you remember, everybody remembers that moment from the astros players, yuli gurriel made a racist geez tur that got him suspended earlier in the world series, suspension won't be until starting until

next season. this was the first time he played in dodger stadium since that happened. the crowd booed him like crazy but the pitcher, rich hill for l.a. stepped off the mound for a few moments to let the crowd have their moment and continue to boo him. he said i could have thrown a baseball at him and beaned him but that was my may of waking a silent gesture and letting the crowd speak to that moment. it was a really powerful moment here last night, just a small thing he did that was so powerful. >> what do you think tonight? who do you have? >> reporter: you know what, let's go to nine games. this thing has been so good i wish they'd stretch it out but it's up in the air. it's up in the air. >> i agree with t.j. it's been so good. you don't want it to end. >> pretty elegant dodge. >> that's our t.j. have fun tonight, t.j. have a good time. thank you. when we come back we are, of course, going to have the latest on the investigation into the attack here in new york city and

new details about the attacker. just ahead.

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fainted live on air. what she's saying now really happened. ♪ the sixth graders would started an assignment and ended with a rap video so many are sharing. wait till you hear this math class singing their smart, they're strong and now they're live right here as we say good morning, america. >> how adorable. we thank you for joining us on this basis wednesday morning. yes, we are following the very latest developments, the deadly terror attack here in new york city. the attack the worst here since 9/11 and it took place just a block from the site of the world trade center looking live at that scene this morning. >> that is the rental truck from home depot the attacker used. deliberately drove onto a busy bike path around:00 p.m. and killed eight people, injured more than a dozen and police say he was inspired by isis, shouted allahu akbar at the scene.

amy robach is there on the scene now with the latest details. good morning, amy. >> reporter: that's right, guys. good morning. this morning local and federal law enforcement are out in full force investigating last night's deadly terror attack. i 2 1/2-mile stretch of streets is closed and will remain closed. at this hour the western half of lower manhattan is basically an active crime scene. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: new video showing those moments right after 29-year-old suspect sayfullo saipov turned his rented home depot truck into a weapon. >> we've got multiple casualties. >> reporter: using his truck to cut a path of terror right down new york city's west side highway just blocks from the site of the world trade center. >> i need an ambulance right here. >> reporter: crashing directly into a school bus carrying children home on halloween. eight people killed and over a dozen injured. of the dead five from argentina here on vacation, one from

belgium. >> there's a kid right there. >> reporter: witnesses say the suspect exited the truck shouting allahu akbar with a paintball and pellet guns. this cell phone showing him running between cabs evading police while his victims lay strewn on the ground. >> when i first looked to see what's going on, i seen the truck in the path. then i heard gunshots. when i hear the gunshot, that's when i was like, oh, something is bad happening here. >> reporter: police eventually shooting the suspect in the abdomen and taking him into custody. this morning, several victims still clinging to life while officials calling this first responder, new york city police officer ryan nash, the hero who put an end to the terrorist's rampage. >> want to commend the response of our nypd officer on post near the location who stopped the carnage moments after it began. >> reporter: one of the eyewitnesses i spoke with, eugene, told me he'll never forget the horrible aftermath of yesterday's attack but also remember the resilience of new

yorkers yesterday seeing the halloween parade continue, seeing trick or treaters out with their parents, trick-or-treating last night despite all that and says the terrorist may have ruined the lives of eight families but he did not take away the spirit and the strength of new york. back to you. >> and, amy, you're down on the scene this morning, of course, there's still a large police presence because they're investigating. what is the rest of the neighborhood like? >> reporter: you know, it's really interesting because we're behind police barricades. you can see an active scream scene and streets shut down. i am seeing new york life as usual. i'm seeing parents taking their kids to school. i'm seeing people off to work. it's busy, it's crowded. it looks like an average day on the other side of the police barricade so new yorkers are back to business this morning, george. >> okay, amy robach, thanks very much. >> even though that's happening we still keep in mind those families who lost a loved one and those injured and still in the hospital. now to new details on the 29-year-old athat's correct.

the fbi is at his home searching with police dogs. our chief investigative correspondent brian ross is back with what we know. >> good morning, robin. since early this morning fbi agents and evidence technicians have been at the suspect's home in paterson, new jersey. at one point they escorted a group of women and children away from the residence. 29-year-old sayfullo saipov had a wife and three children. he came here from uzbekistan seven years ago after winning a lottery for an american visa under a special u.s. program. authorities say they discovered he left behind one note pledging allegiance to isis near the truck he used in the attack and we are also learning that saipov had been on the radar of authorities as an associate of a suspect in another counterterror investigation but never noof proof to open a case against him we are told and not under active surveillance at the time of tuesday's attack. this morning he remains in custody at a new york hospital expected to survive his wounds. authorities tell abc news detectives tried to talk to him as he was taken away in the

ambulance after being shot but he was unresponsive. they have since been able to talk to him briefly in the hospital but don't know what he said. >> it is very rare to survive because usually they're killed. >> exactly. >> they want to be killed. >> exactly. >> he wanted to be killed. >> but didn't happen. >> let's bring in the white house correspondent now jon karl. our chief white house correspondent is there in washington this morning and, jon, as we were talking about earlier today the president up and tweeting. very unusual, though, right now. he's talking about immigration but also taking on senator charles schumer, the new york senator, this is the home of the attack. >> reporter: taking him on quite directly. one of several, the terrorist came into our country through what is called the diversity visa lottery program. a chuck schumer beauty. i want merit based. now, george, it is true that the attacker here did come in through this program. it's a program that was passed in 1990, chuck schumer was then a relatively junior member of

the house of representatives and did vote yes but it was signed into law as part of a comprehensive immigration bill by republican president george h.w. bush, the elder bush. >> then he had another tweet a few moments ago saying senator chuck schumer helping to import europe's problems. something he saw on "fox & friends." >> he's been watching "fox & friends" a number of tweets involve the hashtag and had the tweet that set this all in motion saying i have just ordered homeland security to step up our already extreme vetting program. being politically correct is fine but not for this. this promised us to, of course, ask the white house what exactly he ordered the homeland security department to do. no answer from the white house and when we asked the homeland security spokesamerican we were referred back to the white house so don't know exactly what the president meptsdz there. >> okay, jon karl, thanks very much. this is quite a contrast from the las vegas shooting when the white house said it was too early to talk about guns but the

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great to have a live audience with us -- it is november 1st. already here. >> we're going to begin with our "gma" cover story. that health scare for wendy williams, the talk show host fainted on live tv during her episode yesterday. erielle reshef is here with the latest on her condition. good morning, erielle. scary situation. >> reporter: definitely scary. this morning wendy williams is okay and planning to return to her show today but her audience and the internet totally spooked after she collapsed on set as the cameras were rolling. this morning, wendy williams expected back on air after a real-life halloween scare. fainting during her live talk show tuesday morning. williams dressed as lady liberty seemed fine to almost the end of her show when she suddenly started to slow down. >> let's get started. our first -- >> reporter: slurring her words while introducing a costume contest.

stage managers rushing to her aide. the show quickly cutting to black. six minutes later an alert williams still in costume was back on camera. >> that was not a stunt. i'm overheated in my costume and i did pass out. but, you know what, i'm a champ. and i'm back. >> reporter: managing to finish the show and even crack a few jokes. >> is that the end of the show? was i passed out that long? >> reporter: but the terrifying moment of a panicked looking williams stumbling backwards blowing up online. williams herself saying, everybody, relax, i'm doing fine, just need some water and electrolytes. >> with those hot lights she would sweat excessively, if she didn't drink a sports drink or drank just coffee or ice water that could cause an imbalance. >> reporter: she emerged flashing a peace sign and a smile. as you saw there williams is taking all of this in stride.

just after the ordeem a spokesperson told abc news williams would continue her schedule as planned and added that williams has never missed a day of work and looks forward to her 1500th show in november. she's expected to talk about all this on her show. >> i'm sure she will. >> i hope she's okay. >> that was scary. >> thank you, thank you. now to our "gma" experiment taking a closer look at how social media afaxes teens. abc's deborah roberts sat down with a group for a candid conversation and what they didn't know, their mothers were watching behind the glass, deb. that had to be something. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's an eye opener if you're a parent or anyone involved in the life of a teen girl, experts say they're suffering from depression and stress at higher numbers than ever. toss in social media and coming of age has never been harder. >> every girl thinks they have to be better than the other girl. >> there's a constant pressure i guess with everybody.

>> sometimes your stomach is fat. wait, is it? >> reporter: teen girls offering details about their struggles. we set up an experiment in new york and invited a few to come and sit and talk with us but unbeknownst to them, on the other side of this glass will sit their moms right here, listening and learning about their daughters. >> reporter: but in the adjoining room they only see a plain old mirror. how many would say stress is a big problem in your lives? your hand went up big time. >> reporter: the talk quickly turns to their biggest challenge right now. social media. research shows that nearly a third of teen girls are suffering from anxiety. we wondered if their lives on many line adds to that problem. how big of a part of your lives is social media? >> i love -- >> very big. >> snapchat. >> my mom has my instagram password so she'll see things before i do and be asking the

questions. >> reporter: questions she says about who she's following online. all these girls are deeply plugged in. instagram, facebook, snapchat. 71% of all teens use more than one social media site. a way of expressing themselves. online they look happy. yet these girls say there's a dark side. >> a lot of criticism towards me on social media but i choose not to pay attention to it. >> cyberbullying translateing into real life then you have people that are taunting you while you're right there. >> reporter: if somebody says i don't like the way you look. >> i think i look great so who cares what they say but then it's like somebody just said that to me. are you kidding me. >> i don't hate my body but i feel like there's room for improvement all the time. >> reporter: the honesty about their insecurities tough for one mom behind the mirror. >> a lot of my friends think i'm anorexic because i'm skinny and stipes it can hurt but got to grow tough skin. >> used to get bullied because i had a unibrow, wasn't the

skinniest girl in do you hide anything from your mom on social media? why don't we just talk to your moms now because your moms are here. you know. the girls stunned that their moms just heard how they navigate their lives with so much instant feedback. a problem that didn't exist years ago. >> what surprised you most about anything you heard from your daughter? >> it's so different, the struggles that the kids are going through now. >> i believe if parents engage their kids more they get more out of hem. >> she's very emotional so she lets things get to her easily. >> one day she took a nap and checked her phone. she gets this text message why don't you shave your arm you indian bleep and immediately i just -- the steam just came out of my ears. >> reporter: with parents so often in the dark, these moms getting a powerful lesson in the lives of teen girls. >> these girls are gorgeous and they're smart and they're full of anxiety.

>> ooh. what an eye opener, deb. also joining us is parenting expert, dr. logan levkoff. thank you, thank you for wanting to have this discussion. i bet you had a conversation with the moms off camera after. what did they say? >> what surprised me is that these are moms who are really involved in their daughters' lives and know them well. they were surprised at the intensity by which they were trying to juggle their live, their usual teen lives with peer pressure and cyberlife which is a whole different thing where they're being judged and criticized. they were really surprised at how difficult that is. >> we're living there. our girls are 15 and 12, and logan, ali does a good job of monitoring the social media. is that a good thing to do. >> absolutely. this is a generation of technological guinea pigs. we don't know long-term impacts but our kids are cure rating their personal brands 24 hours a day. think how exhausting that is.

never a shutdown time. if we weren't at school or socializing coco shut the door, cool off, get perspective. they don't have that anymore. >> their down time is with their phone. that's not down time. >> that's very much on time. >> it's a generational gap as you're discussing and, you know, for moms they didn't have to go through this. how do they talk to their daughters. >> they try to keep them close and connected and said the most important thing and these were really, really impressive moms try to make sure they have a balance and know they're involved in their lives. for some of hem church is important an a couple have gotten involved in pageants. things other than the cyberworld to keep them connected to something real. >> need advice here. what do you do if you find a secret account. >> the reality we don't know everything our kids are doing online but we can have certain expectations and guidelines and responsibilities for them. that's our job as parents. we're not just their friends or not just the authority figure but there to also be respected and to say, look, these are the consequences. if i find out then there is a

reaction. we're not -- it's not an idle threat. i might be annoying and you might be upset but there's probably relief in it too they can be forced to 14u9 down. >> give us advice on how we can build our daughter's self-esteem. >> talk about their character, how they contribute to the world. their achievements and strengths, they're under the impression that phones represent freedom. but the truth is there's nothing more that feels like an intellectual or emotional prison. everything they do they get defined by. adolescence is about making mistakes. we should let them make them but we can't now. >> find things they can do that are not just related to whether they look good. they are worried about how many likes they're getting and some are involved in extracurricular things, of charity things, all kinds of things that like they can judge themselves by that have nothing to do with their looks and the things that they see online. >> though they may not give this off, they want structure. >> they do, absolutely. >> they want to talk too.

one of the girls said i'm a big '80s fan because people used to talk to each other. >> they are relieved with structure. >> they need it. >> we'll talk to fathers and sons in the same kind of way. >> very different thing that the boys are concerned about. you'll want to hear this one. >> we'll have more resources >> thank you so much robin. it is time now for your "gma" moment. a little bright spot in your day we hope and that would come today from saint louis. from a zoo in saint louis. they play with pumpkins, too. the internet can be a great thing when we share joyful images like there. we did that all week. loved it. hopefully you had a happy and safe halloweenly we want to see yours so please post your "gma" moment, something that makes you laugh or laugh out loud would be even better and for now we'll get a check closer to home. >> i've been to that zoo in saint louis ginger. it's pretty cool. we're dry. heading outside on sky6 we got clouds building in, a little bit of sunshine over by the

horizon and it's chilly, too, with some suburbs just digging out of the upper 30's. everybody else in the low to mid 40's. 60 is your high today, clouds mixing with sun but it is going to tend to be a fairly cloudy day. could be a sprinkle in allentown. a lot milder tomorrow though, 74 and 75 on friday. thank you, ginger. you know, we wish that -- we're glad you're here with us today. we wish you were here yesterday and we've got to give a lot of shoutouts. it was quite a production and there were so many people involved in our halloween show and making us look super. woody, he spearheaded our costumes. >> yeah. >> yeah. liz, marcello, alberto an so many more and our graphics department. [ applause ] that superhero look and our

extraordinary director lily. [ applause ] thank you, lily, seth and meg or our great-looking set. >> which was awesome? that was really awesome. >> ellen who wrote the show, look at that. and the producers jillian, feron, cleo, eric, monica and an stash that and booker and doug for all the great tape. you know, hair and makeup. i think that your boyfriend wants you to keep the red wig that you had on. [ cheers and applause ] i think rick -- sorry -- >> i looked this way. i couldn't make eye contact. >> 809. >> i'm going to keep that. >> we got this great -- our glam fam. they had to make us up twice and ethan and alana for overseeing the entire production. thank you and also sal, billy dee, our crew, everyone.

>> mwah. love you guys. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> everyone. >> i think it's great. you don't realize how many behind the scenes -- >> it takes a villages. >> every day they come in and have to work long hours and do an incredible job. >> i had a guest appearance by superman himself, everyone. you were awesome. i loved it yesterday. it was great. >> the dancers, man, they were good. the robbers. >> the whole concept. love you guys. this is going to be the shortest "pop news" ever. with great reason. we love our crew. starting with christina aguilera who will show whitney houston the greatest love when she honors her at the music awards. she will perform a 25th anniversary tribute. cannot believe it's been 25 years since "the bodyguard" came out. refresh yourself if you haven't seen it singing the songs from that soundtrack that launched her into super stardom. aguilera saying to be honoring

her is a blessing. i'm so grateful to celebrate the spirit of her songs and clive davis, everyone, the legendary super producer who discovered her will be with us later in the hour and we'll hear more about his connection with whitney houston and you can catch aguilera's performance at the 2017 ama awards november 19th, 8:00 p.m. right here on abc. guy, i'm going to save the other two stories for tomorrow. >> okay. >> and just say we're looking forward to the amas, aguilera and clive davis being right here in moments. >> and looking forward to "pop news" tomorrow. >> yeah, more. >> we'll be right back. your "gma" moment brought to you by the frame from samsung, the most beautiful tv you've never seen.

>> ♪ >> hello everyone. 8:27 on this wednesday november 1st. i'm matt o'donnell and karen rogers has a look at traffic. good morning karen. >> matt we're starting in northern delaware its a mess out here. construction usually wraps up at 7:00 a.m. today they're staying there out there blocking two lanes on i-495 northbound until 10 o'clock this morning. traveling about 7 miles an hour. you might take i-95 as an alternate but now there's an accident on i-95 northbound approaching mlk boulevard and chopper6 and the action cam were out on the scene of a terrible accident in newark delaware. it's an accident involving a pedestrian. you can see that the windshield there crashed in. this all happened on salem church road. it is shut down at chapman road. watch for crews on the scene. stick to 273, an accident involving a pedestrian there in newark delaware. also in burlington county we've got an accident here that's creating big problems

involving an overturned vehicle. 130 northbound still blocked right now at woodlane road. we've got police and emergency workers there so avoid the area matt. >> thank you, karen. dave murphy has the accuweather forecast. david. >> clouding up a little bit here over the terrace right now matt. take a look at temperatures. we're still chilly. still at 39 degrees in allentown and reading and just 44 in philadelphia. this afternoon mostly cloudy skies and a high of 60 degrees. could be a sprinkle up in the lehigh valley berks county, maybe the poconos this afternoon and this evening. a lot milder tomorrow, though, clouds giving way to some sun, 74 is your high. and a warm afternoon on friday with a high of 75. could be a friday night shower. and a cold front gets out of here and it's chillier for the weekend. saturday sun and clouds, 62, a spotty sprinkle or shower. and cloudy with spotty drizzle and maybe a little shower on sunday, too. i have 65. neither saturday nor sunday look like a washout though matt. >> thanks, david. a car struck a trick-or-treater in cape may county new jersey yesterday evening. the story on 6abc.com. >> ♪

why are south jerseyans turning against steve sweeney? it's because sweeney's been exposed as a double dipping pension padder. caught spending campaign money on lavish dinners and fine cigars for his pals. investigated for being a lobbyist and a senator at the same time. sweeney voted to raise taxes 145 times while our economy continues to struggle. south jersey is a mess, and it's time to take out the trash.

on november 7th, make a change. dump sweeney. >> all: good morning, america. [ applause ] some great-looking kids and say welcome back to "good morning america." we've got a great audience in here with us, as well. thanks tore coming in. appreciate it. we are going to meet those kids right now. so inspiring. such a treat. sixth graders from the milwaukee excellence school. their viral rap right there, educational rap racked 500,000 views. jada pinkett smith and former first lady michelle obama love it. terrance sims, savannah patterson and the sixth grade class from the milwaukee excellence school. [ applause ] mr. sims, tell us how this rap

came about. >> well, it's really exciting. i use hip-hop in my class because that's the culture they represent so when i came to milwaukee excellence i really wanted my sixth graders to be really excited about learning so i took a popular song and kind of just rapped it to them for the first day and really loved it so the next couple of days when i was teaching math i would get notes like hey can you add these lyrics, sure so we kept adding lyrics and then momentum made it catapult into what it is today. >> they added their dance moves and i've seen this video. i have a question for savannah. why do you think it's so important for people to see this video and hear this song. >> i think it's important for people to see this video because a lot of kids really listen to negative songs and probably know every lyric like every word so i wanted to see and everyone wanted to see how many would actually know the lyrics to our song and wanted to motivate the

kids and let them know they're not standing alone so that's why i like this song and i like how -- >> yeah, such a positive message. so you guys ready to rap it for us. can we hear it. >> yeah. yeah. >> whenever you're ready. >> here we go. ♪ what you know about relating never quit i am never not trying i got a message and just a few years i'm talking md, ph.d. and i got appetite for education ♪ ♪ and you women, you get in here and be me a favor and repeat these lines. ♪ i am smart i am strong my life matters ♪ ♪ i am smart i am strong my life matters ♪ ♪ i'm a blessing i'm a queen i'm a king ♪ ♪ i can achieve anything

♪ i'm a blessing i'm a queen i'm a king ♪ ♪ i can achieve anything ♪ michelle obama taught me how to do it ♪ ♪ in 2028 when i graduate photos ♪ >> i love it. [ applause ] >> and mr. sims, i have another question for you. what does it mean for you to see the reaction that you've gotten out of this? >> yeah, i mean, it's huge. to know that my students are being the voice of the youth right now and that they're saying something positive and that they are using hip-hop to do it and being seen nationwide is huge. my biggest thing is making sures kids are motivated and want to be educated. and for my kids to be that voice it means the world. >> well, i just got to say something to you, mr. sims. thank you. your passion, your creativity is making a huge difference in their lives. you inspired all of us today. >> i appreciate that. thank you. [ applause ] >> i love the line, ladies don't think i didn't hear you call

yourselves queens. i love that. i think that's brilliant and in the year 2018 from a college you will graduate. no ifs, and the or buts, a message we can all take away from that. that confidence. [ applause ] i want to share with our audience really quickly. savannah and aryy, michelle obama wrote and i quote, young queens, please stay focused, stay motivated, never quit, i'm with you and couldn't be prouder. knowing that, i mean, we know she watches the show. do you want to let her know what you want to be when you grow up? >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> okay, so i want to be a lawyer because i would like to help people a lot and i want to let meme know that they're not like -- they're alone and i want them to know that everyone is always there for you so that's why i want to be a lawyer to

help people. >> all right. [ applause ] >> i want to be -- i want to be a singer because -- >> thank you, guys. >> i want to be a singer because i want people -- i want to say -- i'm good at it and i want beam to know to hear what i got to say and i want to say what i feel. >> well, we can't wait to see all of you. thanks a lot for bringing that today. >> thank you, guys. that was awesome. very, very inspiring and i'll bring in our next guest. a good friend of mine. the only person in sports history to play in both the world series and the super bowl and even though he goes by primetime he woke up for us to be in the morning time, everybody. please welcome deion sanders. >> how you doing? >> i'm good, man. i'm good. you know, we're watching and watching the class, milwaukee excellence school. >> that was awesome. >> watching them perform. you were a rapper yourself. do you have advice -- >> glorify the kids and let them

be blessed today. >> do you have advice for them. >> yes. >> ha would be that? >> staying true to themselves and rapping about what they know and not trying to pretend to not be something they're not. i love that teacher. his spirit is infectious. you saw how they turned it on. like, wow. like that. >> it's hard, the movements, stay on track and all that stuff but you till do a little bit of rapping yourself. when you're in the barber shop. >> i have a good time. i can tell where you're going. i can tell where you're going. [ laughter ] i love you, man. you are know i love you, right? >> i know. but you're good. you're good to me and so many people. >> thank you. >> every morning you send out an inspirational message by text. i'm on that. i got my message this morning. you have so many people who rely on this like i do and who listen to your advice, but now you're also coaching your son in high school football. does he listen to you? >> yes, he does. he listens to me.

sometimes he has to understand i'm not dad. we walk down the sideline after the national anthem and i come back, i'm not dad anymore. i'm coach prime. >> you call yourself coach prime. >> no, they call me coach prime. >> okay. >> i wonder who requested they call you coach prime. i'm just saying. >> and i love it. i love it because education is prevalent and we're trying to get these kids to and through college. >> he is a freshman. >> he's a freshman starting on varsity and have an offer from oregon and he's balling. >> you know i would hit your son if i was on the field. >> i'm sure you would and i would intercept your daughter. >> yeah, you would. >> not what you're thinking. i'll break up the pass of these young men trying to make passes at them. >> if any boy steps up to my daughter, be ready. i want to take you back. you're the only player in the history to play in the world series and also in the super bowl. it is world series time.

25 years ago -- >> awesome world series. >> 25 years ago you had a chance to, what, to almost become the first person to play in a major league baseball and nfl game on the same day. >> yes, it was nice. it was nice. i was young and able back then. >> i was going to say where did you get that energy. >> i grew up doing that. i grew up playing football, baseball and basketball. playing all three sports and that was my life. that's who i am pretty up and who i was at the time and just because you go to a professional level and some person who can't do what venture to do tell you can't that's no reason to stop. >> yeah. >> one thing you're not going to stop doing, you're helping a lot of people and in the town of dallas, have five focuses on unemployment, education, trauma, all these things, what makes you want to give back? >> we're trying to break the cycle of poverty. i'm sick and tired of it and we're in a better place as a people and if we could just stand together, that's it,

standtogether.org we'll do so much and provoke change in each of our communities. that's what it's all about. reaching out, helping one another, regardless of the ethnicity and social climate. >> okay. i like that, man. you're a good man. >> i'm trying to. >> you're not trying. you're doing. >> you looking good. >> we need more people. don't try to butter me up. the interview is over. >> deion sanders, thanks for coming. five focuses of five. coming up, the real women competing for the "sports illustrated" swimsuit cover. we'll see them when we come back. >> we'll get our party on all hour long. >> and kick it off with a football feat. and then a super model like.

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>> welcome back to "good morning america." the college football playoff is coming. that's right. last night espn released their first rankings of the season. georgia came in at number one, alabama number two. we have a couple of fans in here. notre dame number three. [cheers and applause] and clementon number four. clemson. you can see where everyone lands on next week's rankings tuesday at 7:00 p.m. eastern or espn. i learned a lot about college football this morning preparing for this. let's get a check now a little closer to home. >> all right, ginger, we are dry this morning but chilly with some suburbs still trying to climb out of the upper 30's. this afternoon, 60 degrees is your high. clouds, maybe some sun but a lot of cloud cover out there and a sprinkle or shower up north in the lehigh valley possible. milder tomorrow, 74. can't even.

all right. i have happy news now. the finalists from the "sports illustrated" swimsuit edition's first ever open casting call, real women competing for the cover. we'll talk to those women in a moment but first here's a look at how they were chosen. for decades fashion superstars have graced the pages of the "sports illustrated" swimsuit issue from christie brinkley to heidi klum, even beyonce but earlier they launched its first ever open casting call. >> i believe i have what it takes to be "sports illustrated" next month's model. >> inviting women of all sizes and shapes to strut their stuff for the chance to become a "sports illustrated" swimsuit model and appear on that coveted cover. >> i'm a middle size model. i fall between the classic modeling size and plus size. >> reporter: over 5,000 women responded. each of them showcasing their own unique personals and backgrounds. >> i would love to see more

women who look like me in "sports illustrated." >> it's just the latest example of an industrywide trend towards showcasing the beauty of everyday women. >> beautiful. no matter what shape or size. [ applause ] >> i'm thrilled. talking to "sports illustrated" swimsuit editor m.j. day. we never met. heard such great things about you and love this idea. how did you guys come up with it. >> we are looking for the next christie brinkley so we decided to put it out there to instagram and we got over 5,000 applicants who wanted to be a part of the "sports illustrated" swimsuit issue that represent all walks of life, all levels of experience and all different types of beauty which did what the swimsuit issue is about. >> absolutely. >> so did you find your next christie brinkleyy do you guys want to meet the finalists. klaus klaus. iyonna, camille, tabria, olivia, haley and allie. come on out. [ applause ]

wow! hi, girls. congratulations to all of you. i'm going to start with iyonna. you are currently a security officer. >> yes. >> you have a red belt in tae kwon do. why is it important for you to see more women like you in the pains of "t.i." >> because where i come from there is not a lot of big opportunities so i would love to inspire and motivate people to just go for their dreams. >> look at that i love that picture of you. that's fantastic. wow. i just saw the peek of your swimsuit picture. rocking it, girl. that looks great. >> thank you. >> camille, you're experienced a former new england patriots cheerleader inspired you. you want to empower women. how will you use the platform should you get it. >> this is the first time i dipped my toes in the modeling industry i wasn't told i needed certain measurements, so refreshing to me, mj. she embodied me the way i am. that was the best news i could

get and being amongst the imagines in the issue i only hope to inspire my teammate, strangers, womens of all, shapes, shapes and colors to love the skin you're in. >> standing next to you, tabria, your goal is to land the cover. wink-wink. if you do land it, what would that mean? >> well, landing the cover of any magazine would be amazing. but more importantly it's just about expanding diversity within the fashion industry, because i want to continue to represent for the women who have been underrepresented. >> all right. there you go. >> i feel like i'm at miss america. olivia you were crowned -- speaking of which, miss usa in 2015. how does that compare to that. >> this is such an amazing experience. this was always the ultimate dream. i was hoping miss usa would open doors, but luckily in that i learned how to use my voice and just take every opportunity to show people that if they are themselves they can go make mare dreams come true. >> i love it. thank you.

>> one at a time but want everybody to meet haley and haley is -- i mean, like a rocket scientist. background in science, graduated zuma cum laude. published award winning immunological research. i can't say it. you did it. i love you can be a scientist and be a swimsuit cover girl. what a combination. >> yeah, absolutely and i would love to encourage young women in the sciences. this very underrepresented in the s.t.e.m. field but my mother taught me there's nothing more pow powerful and beautiful woman but an intelligence woman. >> i don't have time to you but you get to take a walk and a strut. work it, girl. mj, take another close look. come on over here and give me a hug since i can't talk to you. sorry we ran out of time. this is a great idea. looking forward to seeing more attainable beauty, real beauty, real women and you guys are a great example of that. thank you and best of luck. [ applause ]

when do we find out? >> february. >> february. everybody. >> they'll all be in the february 2018 issue when we head to belize and we shoot them for their story there. >> everyone is a winner. we'll be right back on "good morning america." cong nobody delivers more for south jersey than steve sweeney.

he stood up to north jersey special interests to increase funding for our schools. he stopped christie's commuter tax, saving south jersey residents over 200 million dollars. and he led the charge to pass paid family leave. aarp applauded sweeney for freezing property taxes for seniors and cutting prices on prescription drugs. "i got to take my hat off to him. he's a man of his word." steve sweeney. because there's more work to do to get south jersey's fair share.

[ applause ] we are back now with a music legend. super producer clive davis. he's got a new documentary called out "clive davis: the soundtrack of our lives" which debuted number one on itunes. congratulations to that and welcome to mr. davis. >> thank you very much. >> how you doing? you've worked with so many music legends, the list goes on and on but you signed janis joplin back in 1967 when you saw her at the monterey pop mefestival. >> i was there to enjoy my first festival. i had just become head of

columbia records. i didn't know what awaited me and then in the afternoon big brother of the holding company with this riveting, you know, hypnotic janis joplin came on stage and if the word epiphany means anything it defines what happened to me. i had never signed an artist before and i knew it was going to be a revolution and i signed janis and big brother. >> then you went on from there to sign another artist we may have heard about, whitney houston. >> yes. [ applause ] >> the main thing about it is that you signed whitney and then two years later you put her on national tv on "the merv griffin show." >> i put her on merv griffin two weeks later after i signed her before we recorded anything. here she was just turning 19 and she was stunning beauty, stunning vocalist and i brought her on national television. i introduced her for the next

generation if there will be ailina horn, new dionne warwick, it would be whitney. >> you were called the pan with the golden ear. where do you think that ear comes from? >> you know, it turned out to be a natural gift. i never would have known i had it if i was not pressed into the record business, became president with no previous experience, so it was after signing joplin and santana, blood, sweat, chicago, earth wind and fire that learned to trust that i had a natural gift i never knew i would have had. >> now you work with modern divas, alicia key, jennifer hudson. yeah, we can sit here all day. what is it like to work with them as opposed to maybe working with a whitney or a janis joplin. >> you're talking about great all-time singers. i signed alicia when she also was 18 years old. self-contained genius writer,

stunning vocalist and, you know, we have had an incredible relationship. with jennifer, i didn't sign her right away. i could sign any american idol contestant but it was her screen test for "dreamgirls" where she was brilliant as an actress and to this day she has that voice, you know, up there with the history of aretha and whitney. >> she has that voice, you have that ear and we're lucky you do because you brought us so many lucky artists and it's "clive davis: the soundtrack of our lives" on it

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"good morning america" is brought to you by cigna. together all the way. [ applause ] >> boy, this was a very busy wednesday. >> yeah. >> have a good day, everyone. >> have a good day. >> ♪ >> good morning, it's 8:56 on this wednesday november 1st. things are still jammed on the roads. let's get an update from karen rogers. >> we have a problem matt. it involves an accident with a

trolley and a school bus. no kids on the bus but i want you to take a look at this video. this is breaking news out of southwest philadelphia. chopper6 on the scene and we see that school bus and an accident involving that trolley there and you can see no children on the bus but this is the route 11 trolley which is now shuttle busing between 49th and 58th. this accident scene happened at 57th and woodland. watch for this. trolleys diverted onto chester. chopper6 on the scene there. we also want to take a look at another problem we've had. we had some nasty accidents. this one involving an overturned vehicle route 130 northbound near woodlane road here in burlington county. we still have trouble here. we've got northbound blocked, southbound a lane is blocked as well so that's creating delays, matt. >> thank you, karen. outside we go to meteorologist, david murphy. david. >> clouds continuing to get thicker across the region. we are finally out of the 30's in allentown and reading.

41 there. 47 in philadelphia. and this afternoon chilly, 60 degrees, mainly cloudy skies, maybe some sun breaking through every now and then but generally speaking pretty cloudy and there's the chance of a spotty light sprinkle or shower in the lehigh valley and poconos this afternoon. a lot milder tomorrow though. some sun coming back a high of 74. friday another warm afternoon with a high of 75 and then a front comes through friday night with a shower and after that we're in the low to mid 60's on saturday and sunday with a passing sprinkle or shower. not a washout this weekend though matt. >> that's good. thank you david. "live with kelly and ryan" is next here on 6abc. derek hough is a guest. i'm matt o'donnell. have a great wednesday. >> ♪

he's a husband, father, veteran... but most of all, he's a fighter. chris brown has never been afraid to take on the big fights. that's why he stood up to republicans and democrats alike to fight the north jersey casinos and the takeover of atlantic city. chris brown is fighting to protect jobs in our region... a true champion for the working men and women of atlantic county. on november 7th, let's keep him fighting for us. chris brown for state senate, he's on our side.

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