good morning, america. breaking news as we come on the air the students of marjory stoneman douglas return to school for the first time since the massacre and this morning the ceo of the nation's largest sporting goods retailer here live with a major announcement about guns in his stores first on "gma." security crackdown. jared kushner, the president's senior adviser and son-in-law stripped of his top secret security clearance. now new concerns. were foreign countries trying to manipulate him? is his job in jeopardy. deadly school bus crash. new video showing kids scrambling to escape after this bus flipped on its side. now the driver on trial. was he distracted by his phone? and carry on clash. a passenger going head-to-head with a united employee over this

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and support and they have inspired a major announcement from the largest sporting goods retailer. we'll have that in a moment. first victor oquendo is in parkland as students return. victor, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, paula. it has been exactly two weeks since the shooting. the memorials outside stoneman douglas high have gotten a huge amount of support. as students return the principal making clear it's not about the curriculum but the healing process today. just hours before classes resume here at marjory stoneman douglas high school students from other area schools are gathering to pay tribute and wish them well. >> a big message they're not alone. >> reporter: students will pass through this growing memorial on their way in to school and administers are opening the outpouring might quell some fears. the principal tweeted out our focus is on emotional readiness and comfort not curriculum. many may not be ready, they say.

>> i don't think anyone is physically or mentally prepared to walk into those red gates. >> reporter: senior julian decosti whose best friend was killed isn't sure he'll ever go back. not ready for it. >> no. like say i do go back to the school and like sometimes i go to the bathroom -- i would be scared to go to the bathroom and just stay in class all day. >> it is customary we observe a moment of silence. >> reporter: making it clear they never want to see a mass 14509ing in a high school classroom again the county commissioners urged federal and state lawmakers toward a commonsense gun control policy requesting federal funds to demolish the building where the shooting happened and creating a memorial. >> we will not be allowed to be defined by this tragedy but our response to it. >> reporter: governor rick scott vowing to crack down on school security. >> this state will never be the

same. >> reporter: it includes increased police presence at all public schools along with metal detectors, bulletproof class, steel doors and upgraded locks. i asked the superintendent how he feels about arming teachers. how do you feel about arming teachers in i am opposed to it. our teachers are here to teach. they have a very challenging job as it is. we don't need to give them another responsibility. i don't think the solution is introducing more guns in schools. >> reporter: the superintendent has been firmly against arming teachers since day one. this morning he is also confirming reports that the shooter tried to fire through a third story window which would have made fleeing students possible targets. >> thanks very much. want to go to our interview with ed stack. he's the chairman and ceo of dick's sporting good, the nation's largest sporting goods retailer and he released an open letter announcing dick's will no longer sell assault style rives

or no longer sell firearms to anyone under 21 or no longer sell high capacity magazines. a dramatic move. why are you taking it. >> thanks for having me today to talk about this and as we -- as we looked at what happened down in parkland and we were so disturbed and saddened by what happened, we felt we needed to do something and so we've decided not to sell these assault weapons any longer in any of our stores and the other things we talked about. >> yeah, and the shooter down in parkland actually bought a gun at a dick's store, not the assault weapon. >> right, he did and he bought a shotgun from us back in november. and it wasn't the gun nor was it the type of gun that he used in the shooting, but when that happened, we realized that the system -- and we did everything by the book. we did everything that the law required and still he was able to buy a gun. he was still able to buy a gun and when we looked at that, we

said the system that is are in place across the board just aren't effective enough to keep us from selling someone a gun like that. and so we decided we wouldn't sell assault-style rives. >> any regret you didn't take a move like this sooner. after newtown you had a temporary shutdown of it. >> we said we would temporarily take them out of the dick's sporting goods stores. they haven't been back but in 2013 we developed a chain field and stream, full on complete hunting and outdoor store and put them in those stores but based on what's happened and looking at those kids and parents, it moved us all unimaginably and to think about the loss and the grief that those kids and those parents had, we said we need to do something and we're taking these guns out of all of our stores permanently. >> though chance you'll reverse this. >> never. >> are you ready for the backlash? >> we are and we know this isn't going to make everyone happy but

when we take a look at what those kids and the parents and the heroes in the school, what they did and our view was if the kids can be brave enough to organize like this we can be brave enough to take them out of here. >> you want congress to act as well. >> we do and we hope they'll act and pull "together forevesometh. we don't want one side espousing their position and the other side espousing theirs and they never do anything. we hope congress will come together. it's a complex issue. it's about mental health reform and it's around background checks and we hope they come together with the intent of really finding a solution to this problem as opposed to just talking about it knowing that they're never going to do anything, just speak to their base. >> it's clear you believe right now you can support the second amendment, still do more to protect schools. >> yeah.

we are staunch supporters of it and oil a gun owner myself but decided based on what happened and with these guns we don't want to be a part of this story and we've eliminated these guns permanently. >> a big move, ed stack, thanks for sharing that with us. as the students return to marjory stoneman douglas high school this morning we're joined by leni steinhardt, a sophomore in chemistry class when the shooting happened and joining us with her father, neil. thank you both for joining us. leni, i have a question, how does it feel to be on campus getting ready for class? >> it's definitely weird. i definitely have a pit in my stomach knowing what happened here. i can't speak for the rest of my classmates but i'm definitely eager to hug my friends and thank the teachers who saved my life that day. >> yeah, i'm pretty sure every -- >> but it's hard -- >> no, go ahead. i'm sorry. >> well, it's haeartbreaking to

know 17 people won't get the chance to do that. >> i'm sure everybody is eager to see each other and give each other hugs to show support. leni, you were pulled to safety in the teacher's lounge by two librarians. have you had a chance to see them since then? >> at the memorial i ran into one of them and i made sure to give her the biggest hug i possibly could. i have yet to see on the other librarian and hoping i'll see her today. >> you like so many other students are at your school and around the country have been proactive. i know you wrote a letter to your congressman. what did you write in the letter? what were some questioned you asked? >> well, after this i just -- i was left with so many questions that my parents couldn't answer, my counselors couldn't answer, my teachers couldn't answer and i think reaching out to them firsthand was the only chance i really got to not feel helpless and i was just trying to make sure to tell them school

shouldn't be a war zone. you shouldn't associate like guns and bullets with a school. it should never be in the same sentence. i just made sure they knew that. >> well, i'm sure there are so many who are in agreement with you on that, leni. neil, i wanted to ask you, your son also goes to the school as well and lost a friend in this tragedy and how is he doing? >> he's taking it pretty hard, i think like most of the students are, you know, this is kind of above our pay grade on how to ham a tragedy such as this. >> it seems like there were so many warning sceigns that were missed. how are you feeling about sending your kids back to school this morning? >> well, i think, you know, clearly we can make schools safer and that's been shown, you know, today there's so many police here this is probably the safest block in florida but on a

go forward process we have to start to change the conversation. >> i'm sure you're there, many parent there is. kids are going to school all around the country. but how do you help your kids there at school today to get back into the groove of returning? >> well, i think part of it is communication and to talk about their feelings. everybody's feelings are valid and part of it is just to be there and support them. routine helps too. so it's been really disruptive for the past two weeks and i think turning the page a little bit and starting to move forward, you know, we're not going to get over this. everybody is transformed by this experience but going forward, this is the first step and we have to take it. >> and, neil, you also said this turned your home into a single issue household and we just saw the ceo of dick's, ed stack, he said no more assault rifles will be sold in dick's. they'll raise the age to 21. do you think this is a step in the right direction in terms of

being a single family household and the way you're thinking right now? >> i think it's fantastic and, you know, honestly, you know, i didn't do anything after columbine and didn't do anything after sandy hook and now that this has hit close to home, you know, like you said i'm a single issue voter. if we can't keep our kids safe then none of the other issues matter so i think the move by dick's is well -- it's a fantastic step and looking forward to more positive change in the future. >> and, leni, there are so many people from around the world sending their love and support to you and all the students there at your school and i wanted to know if you have a little message you would like to share with them. >> what recently happened to us isn't going to bring us down. we're going to fight until -- to make sure this is the last school shooting to happen. we're going to make sure it's the last one. >> well, leni and neil, want to thank you both so much for joining us this morning and we hope you have a great day at

school and we really do send our love and support to you and all the other students there at your school as well. thank you guys so much and have a great day. >> thank you. >> thank you. tough situation i'm pretty sure for these kids and parents go back to school and for the parents not to want to hover over them in so many questions that her parents couldn't answer and turned to the school's counselors but her dad said getting back into the routine is so important. the white house and new trouble for one of the president's inner circle, his son-in-law jared kushner has been stripped of his top secret security clearance amid questions about his foreign contacts and business dealings and new questions though whether he can hold on to his high-level role in the white house. cecilia vega has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. he might be the president's son-in-law but this morning jared kushner is facing uncertainty about just how long he might stay in this white house.

on capitol hill jared kushner racing past the cameras, no comment on those bombshell allegations. "the washington post" reporting that officials from multiple foreign countries have discussed ways to manipul taking advantage of his complex business arrangements, financial difficulties and lack of foreign policy experience. abc news has learned that in a highly unusual move, some of kushner's contacts with foreign officials were never disclosed to the national security council or officially reported at all. and discussions by foreign officials about their meetings with kushner made their way into national security adviser h.r. mcmaster's top secret daily intelligence briefings. >> my name is jared kushner. i am senior adviser to president donald j. trump. >> reporter: according to "the washington post" concerns about those contacts is one reason kushner has been unable to obtain a permanent security clearance. in a new blow his access to highly classified information cut off.

the white house stripping him of his temporary top secret security clearance as part of a crackdown by chief of staff john kelly. he had been working on a temporary security clearance since the inauguration. his application under fbi review for nearly 15 months. kushner updating it several times after failing to disclose multiple foreign contacts before he entered the administration. kushner's tanked with a vast portfolio including solving peace in the middle east. >> well, jared has done an outstanding job and treated unfairly. he is a high quality person. he works for nothing just so, you know, nobody ever reports that but he gets zero. >> reporter: but now questions not just about whether kushner can still do his job with a downgraded security clearance, but whether he stays on the job at all. >> he's a valued member of the team and he will continue to do the important work that he's been doing since he started in the administration. >> reporter: now multiple sores inside and outside of the white

house say this downgrade cuts off kushner's access to the daily presidential briefing, the top secret presidential daily briefing and will cut him out of very important conversations inside that oval office, george. we have also learned that chief of staff john kelly wants kushner out very much but every white house source i have spoken to says the president is not going to fire his son-in-law. >> a lot of in-fighting. meantime, cecilia, hope hicks up on capitol hill for eight hours before the house intelligence committee. pretty remarkable admission behind closed doors that she said that sometimes her job for president trump requires her to lie. >> reporter: yeah, "the new york times" is reporting that hope hicks told the congressional investigators she sometimes has to tell white lies on behalf of the president and say in that more than eight hours of testimony that she didn't answer very many key questions, namely about that trump tower meeting, george. >> okay, cecilia, thanks very much. let's bring in dan abrams for more on all this and start with jared kushner. you know, you saw this "the washington post" report, foreign officials discussing his

vulnerabilities among themselves. this could be an avenue that the special counsel robert mueller takes up. >> absolutely. they'll be looking into any of his efforts to raise money for his business from foreign sources. particularly during the transition period. why? because then in theory he could be beholden to one of these foreign nations. you also have the question of why didn't he disclose this on his security clearance at the outset? was it intentional or accidental? >> we have seen in reporting that mueller's team is asking questions about president trump's dealings in moscow. this is a red line, his businesses but explain why it could be relevant to mueller. >> because you have to understand the context of trump's relationship with russia. i mean, if you're investigating russian meddling in the election and possible relationships between trump, the campaign and the russians, you have to go back a little bit to understand what was the relationship to start with? were there financial ties there?

those are important questions. that doesn't mean they're implicating him. it just means you have to figure out is it important? >> real quickly no such thing as a white lie to investigators. >> well, it's a white lie but do you look fat in those pants but it's not a white lie when it comes to something material about anything related to the investigation. >> dan abrams, thanks very much. >> good morning, michael. this one is going right over floodedders. let's get a check of your local forecast in 30 seconds but right now it's time for your rainy cities brought to you by sensodyne.

>> hi everybody. storm tracker6 live double scan, we are dry this morning. taking a look outside, we've got some early sunshine but you can obviously see more clouds out there today than what we had yesterday which was essentially no clouds. a little bit cool. most of us in the upper 30's, some spots getting into the low 40's. this afternoon more clouds than yesterday. it will get a little bit cloudier in fact as the day goes on but it's still a mild day with a high of 58 and dry in case you got plans. then tomorrow rain arrives in the afternoon. gets heavy at times. rainy and windy on friday, an accuweather alert. he school bus crash. the driver on trial. was he distracted by his phone. counterfeit products sold on amazon and walmart when we come back on this wednesday morning. alice is living with metastatic breast cancer,

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westbound from bensalem to approaching norristown. hopping into new jersey, 42 is really heavy as well from the black horse pike to 295. tam. >> okay, thank you, karen. we'll take a short break and come back to your accuweather. >> ♪

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>> looking forward to that flower show this year. 39 degrees right now in philadelphia. and we have some sun mixing with clouds early so starting out fairly bright. just 33 in allentown. your seven-day from accuweather shows another mild day. we'll get up to 58 degrees but we are going to have more clouds than yesterday and then tomorrow rain arrives during the day and gets steady to heavy at times during the afternoon and night. a high of 54. and overnight into friday the winds pick up. it's still raining and we might even see a change to wet snow in the afternoon so i've got that accuweather alert up for friday. it does look like we're in the mid 40's for the weekend, though. >> thank you david. that's it for now. back to "gma."

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take action to counter it. as students return to marjory stoneman douglas high school for the first time since the shooting getting support from a big basketball star, dwyane wade of the miami heat said he's dedicating his season to shooting victim joaquin oliver. he was buried in wade's number 3 jersey. wade wrote joaquin's name on his shoe and then hit this game-winning shot. >> wade tweeted this is why we won't just shut up and dribble leading that that conversation. to that video showing moments of panic when a school bus crashed in tennessee killing six children in 2016. now that driver is on trial. linsey davis has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. the video of that fatal bus crash played out in court in chattanooga, tennessee, tuesday and it was so difficult to watch several of the victims' family members had to leave the courtroom to get back their composure. at issue whether he caused it in

part because of being on a cell phone. this school bus wrapped around the tree gripped the country. now this morning new video of what happened inside. elementary schoolstudents scrambling to escape out the front windshield. six children sitting in the middle died. >> the six that chose those unfortunate middle seats, they're crushed. >> reporter: the man who was driving the bus in that 2016 crash, 25-year-old johnthony walker, seen here running to the back. the bus trying to save lives. this morning, walker faces 34 charges including six counts of vehicular homicide. >> six kids all gone, all because johnthony walker wasn't going the speed limit and wouldn't get off his phone. >> reporter: prosecutors say walker was driving off route and traveling 50 miles per hour in a 30-mile-per-hour zone with 37 elementary students on board. they say cellular data shows

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we're back now with what could be the future of pizza delivery. this all happened on the roads in miami. ford is working with domino's testing out self-driving cars to make deliveries. gio benitez has the story. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, michael. good morning. listen, it's rush hour here in new york city and right now, of course, only human drivers flood these streets but that could change in just a few years. >> are you guys okay? >> that 30 minutes just went by so fast. >> reporter: domino's promises

piping hot pizza delivered in 30 minutes or less. >> i could take a trip around the block to give you time. >> nope. >> reporter: but it might not be loan before that delivery person is out of a job. ford announcing tuesday it's teaming up with domino's to test out self-driving pizza delivery cars in miami. here's how it works. some customers who order their pizza digitally are given a self-driving delivery option. if they select yes, they receive a series of text updates this will their pizza arrives outside their home in this state-of-the-art ford fusion. they enter a code into the tablet and they've got a pizza. >> you got it. >> reporter: for now ford is manning these autonomous car models with drivers to map out the city and perfect their technology. but the car giant telling abc news it hopes to have fully autonomous cars on the road by 2021. >> it certainly could be the technology has the potential to be amazing, to be life-saving. the question is, is it ready today? does it need to be on the roads immediately? >> reporter: experts say the

driverless technology is in demand so much and has come dough far. even the california dmv announced monday it will allow companies to test their self-driving cars on its roads without any backup safety driver behind that wheel starting in april. >> if something goes wrong at this stage in the development of self-driving vehicles, it could set back the technology and consumer acceptance of the technology decades. >> reporter: ford telling abc news, safety is the top priority. adding that the self-driving software goes through a rigorous process of testing on test tracks and in simulation to achieve an appropriate level of readiness. by the way, ford says its biggest challenge is going to be getting people out of the door off that couch and outside to get that pizza. michael. >> all right, thank you so much, gio. and you know what, that is literally why you order pizza in in new york city. i don't want to get off the couch. >> i don't want to get out of my pajamas. >> now i have to go downstairs

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>> you're telling me this bag, this purse here doesn't fit in here. this is what you're telling me. >> no, it doesn't fit. >> as they try to check in heading to newark with her mom's purse. >> this is mine. i already checked my bag. this is my mom's purse. >> reporter: the agent claiming the bag doesn't just slide in. >> we're sticking by the rules. >> you're telling me it doesn't fit in here. >> that fits. >> what are you talking about? this bag fits. >> with the employee about to leave -- >> the conversation is done. man, let's go. >> reporter: an apparent supervisor steps in. >> you can't force it down. >> i am not forcing it down. >> ultimately what's involved is training. training people not just to follow the rules absolutely but to train them to understand that their customer is the most important element here. >> reporter: this following a year of public relation troubles for the chicago-based airline. >> oh, my god.

>> reporter: after dr. david dao was forcely removed from a flight after refusing to give up his seat. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: in the battle over the bag the second agent allows the women to head to the gate with their bag. >> she can't check this. it's a personal bag. >> okay, so why wasn't that in there before? that's fine. >> reporter: so they got on the plane with the bag, united airlines said it reached out directly to the customer to learn from the incident and exactly what happened so they can better deal with these kind of situations. don't forget, make sure your bag fits. >> can't shove it in there. >> thank you so much, david. >> did you think it fit? >> i thought it did. >> it did but she had to push it in there. >> george, have you ever traveled with me? i've almost taken off the whole overhead rack trying to get a bag in there. >> i stuff it in there too. >> but it all worked out in the end. >> that awkward shove. >> exactly. coming up no limits. what happens when one family lets their kids use their

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between the blue route and the vine tam. >> a live view across the ben franklin bridge. beautiful but it is chilly out there david. >> yeah, starting out a little bit cool. we've got some high clouds filtering in too. for now the sun is breaking through. we're at 41 degrees in philadelphia. allentown is climbing north of the freezing mark at this point and this afternoon it is going to be mild. we'll all be in the 50's. 58 in philadelphia but cloudier than yesterday. and then tomorrow rain arrives during the day. gets steady to heavy at times during the afternoon and at night 54. overnight thursday into friday the winds also pick up so we've got an accuweather alert on friday for strong blustery winds, some additional rain that could change over to wet snow before the day is done and a not so pleasant high of 44 degrees. hey, tam, we're dry for the first weekend in a long time this weekend but it will be chilly with highs in the mid 40's. >> thank you david. fire destroyed a house in south jersey early this morning. crews arrived to find fierce flames on the 100 block of wyndmere drive in moorestown. the fire was so intense it burned the siding off of a house next door. there are no reports, though,

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the retirement. we'll have much more on that major milestone. >> so happy robin can be there with her. big, big day. but first before we get to that we're going to talk about the students at marjory stoneman douglas heading back to school this morning. an emotional first day of class exactly two weeks after the shooting. let's go back to victor oquendo in parkland, florida, with more. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, michael. stoneman douglas high school here in parkland is officially open. the students have made their way back onto campus and the first thing they'll notice the massive police presence. the union has called on all off-duty officers to come out and show their support making everyone feel safe. in the wake of the shooting that left 17 dead the ceo of dick's sporting goods saying they will no longer sell assault rifles in any of their schools. >> the shooter down in parkland actually bought a gun at a dick's store, not the assault weapon. >> we did everything the law required and still he was able to buy a gun.

he was still able to buy a gun. when we looked at that we said the systems that are in place across the board just aren't effective enough to keep us from selling a gun like that so decided we're not going to sell the assault type rifles any longer. >> reporter: the principal making it clear it's not about the curriculum for the students here. it is actually about the healing process. the incredible outpouring of support, we can tell you about this. the official go fund me page for the victims now totaling more than $2.5 million. michael. >> all right, thank you so much, victor. definitely about the students and the healing. you're right about that. have a great day. new trouble for the president's son-in-law. close adviser jared kushner. he is now getting stripped of his top secret security clearance and back to cecilia vega at the white house. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: good morning to you. the security clearance downgrade means that the president's son-in-law and senior adviser will no longer have access to some highly classified information here in the white house. this is all part of a crackdown

in the west wing on staffers with temporarily security clearances. this crackdown by chief of staff john kelly, kushner, of course, oversees a vast portfolio including bringing peace to the middle east. now, kushner's lawyer says that this downgrade is not going to impact his job but we know that kushner will no longer be able to see that top secret presidential daily briefing and that he'll be excluded from very important oval office conversations. also this morning, "the washington post" is reporting that multiple foreign governments have discussed ways to manipulate kushner by taking advantage of things like his financial difficulties and lack of foreign policy experience, sources are telling us that some of those contacts that kushner had with foreign official, george, were never actually disclosed to the national security council or even officially reported at all. that is a highly, highly unusual move. >> what's so train about it, startling detail, the national security adviser was reading intelligence reports about kushner in his daily brief. we haven't seen anything like that before. >> reporter: no, we haven't, george. this is catching a lot of people

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>> only 30 minutes to get red carpet ready. >> you've seen our makeovers. 30 minutes, here we go. i don't have 30 minutes, thought i'd try. should we place our bets on who will win the oscars. anybody have a big favorite? do you have a best movie you love that you think is going to sweep. >> i think "darkest hour" will win. >> that's a very safe bet, paula. according to a new survey by fandango. it will go to "the shape of water." over 7,000 moviegoers were polled and they also picked the director of that film, guillermo del toro as best director. lead actor prediction gary oldman. i think the odds on him are pretty -- >> he swept all of the awards. >> frances mcdormand. >> amazing.

>> "three billboards outside ebbing, missouri." you can see if these moviegoers got it right at the 90th annual oscars sunday 8:00 p.m. eastern, 5:00 p.m. pacific right here on abc. >> you'll be there? >> i will be there. >> did you pick your outfit? >> not yet. now you're putting pressure on me. >> everybody, tune in to see what michael is wearing. hey, so this billboard thing is taking off. we sold you yesterday that some philly fans took inspiration from the oscar nominated movie "three billboards outside ebbing, missouri," well, now sorensen williams' husband alexis ohanian is doing the same thing welcoming her back to tennis in dramatic fashion with not three but four huge billboards on the highway leading into indian wells, california, where sorensen will be competing next month. the four proclaim greatest momma

of all time. >> i love that. >> and then one final one. gmoat, greatest mama of all time. he said that he designed the billboards with some help from junior and sorensen loved them and replied on instagram lite l literally am crying this. is so sweet. i love you. we love you, sorensen. the tournament in indian wells is her next step in the 23-time grand slam winner's tennis comeback tour. it's her first tournament since january. we will be watching. >> this is officially a thing. philadelphia yesterday and lebron james. >> the billboard industry is loving it. >> did i hear you say 23-time -- >> yeah. >> what? unreal. >> yeah, she's amazing. so we'll be watching out and then also, do you guys love your dog enough to clone it? >> no. >> i know what you're going to say. >> do you? >> ask ali. >> i can't clone them all but barbra streisand does.

the recording and screen legend revealing in the new issue of "variety" she could not bear the thought of losing her pet samantha and had it replicated. here's the result, not one but two clone, miss scarlet and miss violet and miss fannie a distant cousin of samanthas. when she got them shedressed them in scarlet and violet and named the third on her character fanny brice. it could cost $50,000 to $100,000. >> cute dog. >> 20 clone your dogs and that, my friends, is "pop news." >> thanks. >> i don't know. >> i would feel weird bit. there are so many great dogs to rescue out there. just please rescue. that's all. >> thank you, great job at "pop news" as always, lara spencer. and now we're going to go to our "gma" cover story, the so-called royal fab four making

their first public appearance of the year as we learn new details about harry and meghan's wedding. eva pilgrim has the latest. >> reporter: the fab four making their first official royal outing a joint appearance at the royal foundation forum. >> catherine, harry and i are collided to delighted to be here. >> duchess indicate sharing her mission. >> all these underlying causes across so many different sectors and mental health just kept on coming up every time. >> reporter: and meghan markle saying women need to use their voice. >> women don't need to find a voice. they have a voice. they need to feel empowered to use it. >> reporter: prince harry acknowledging they have a lot going on. >> we're pretty tied up with planning a wedding at the moment. >> reporter: as we learn new details about the hottest wedding ticket of the year. invitations for the wing are out. mel b. calling them proper, but not divulging any other details

about the nuptials. well, except -- >> well, the spice girl, will they be performing at the reception? >> reporter: the spice girls' rep bursting the bubble saying there is no plan for the group to perform. prince harry in this throwback picture from 1997 looks pretty smitten on the gal group. >> the spice girls are good friends with prince william and prince harry from back in the day. >> reporter: speculation growing that meghan has made one of the biggest decisions for her big day. her wedding dress designer. could longtime friend and london designer rowland be on the short list? and prince harry just said he's extremely excited and proud that my soon-to-be wife will join him in trying to make a difference. girls around the world are going, ah. >> so exciting. thank you. >> thanks, eva. now to our experiment with screen time and kids and becky worley took a look at what happens when kids call shots.

>> reporter: in the hardy household angie and chad are trying to keep screen time under control. >> the pediatrician would ask how many hours of screen time are they getting and i was like, what's the right answer? >> reporter: no matter how hard they try to be the screentime police, there are always infractions. >> are you going to go from the xbox to your ipad and back? >> reporter: in a dream world kids would self-regulate and use screens in moderation. could that dream ever be a reality? we decided to find out. for 48 hours the family let their kids manage their own screen time. >> what other things might you do? all ipad. >>. examinebecomes. >> youtube on computer. >> no bedtime. no limits. night one, the kids indulge. >> it's an hour and a half past his bedtime. and he's been on screen for almost five hours straight. are you going to give yourself a limit? are you just going to go to bed when you get tired? >> tired. >> usually when i get up on

saturday mornings i'll see who is still sleeping. no one is in bed. >> guess how long i stayed up? >> how long did you stay up? >> 2:30. >> reporter: three hours later cooper still hasn't moved from the couch and his brother's basketball game he can't take his eyes off the screen. >> hey, coop, what are you doing? did you notice there is a basketball game going on. >> reporter: saturday night, the kids are glued to their devices. >> good night. have fun tonight. what are you guys going to do? >> ipads, what else? >> reporter: on sunday -- >> we're turing it off. >> the meltdowns begin. >> stop, stop, stop. >> stop it! >> cooper. ow. >> stop! >> ow. >> reporter: using tracking software and logs their parents kept a sally of their hours. they often used two screens at once which bumped their numbers up but still the results were eye opening. 6-year-old cooper racking up a total of 35 years. 9-year-old spencer had 46 total

hours. and the 11-year-old twins caitlyn with 29 hours and jackson with 16 hours. and while jackson used the least amount of screens -- >> when you finally get off it you suddenly think, i'm thirsty, i'm hungry. i need to go to the bathroom and things like that but you don't feel those while you're on screens. >> reporter: on sunday when the 48-hour experiment was up, if you could choose would you do it like that every weekend. >> yes. >> reporter: but the older kids understand the need for limits. >> i was doing it. it's addicting but it's not exactly fun. >> i had more fun sunday afternoon than i did the entire weekend. >> i am so grateful to this brave family and great kids who let us watch this screen time unlimited challenge unfold. boy, i learned a lot. >> boy. something you think we would know but stunning to see it. >> it is. >> kids need structure and

>> look at the kids behind me. you guys are behaving. nobody is on their phones and everybody is tuned into "gma." at home on your tablet or phone put it down it's time for your local forecast right now. >> all right, guys, nothing showing on storm tracker6 live double scan right now. as we take a look outside we do have sky6 showing some lingering sunshine across the region. it's starting to get into the 40's in a lot of spots. not much wind out there. those clouds will have a tendency to get thicker later today though. it still will be mild with a high of 58 and dry. tomorrow rain moves in during the day and in the afternoon it could be steady at times, 54. overnight more rain. stronger winds. and an accuweather alert for wind rain and maybe wet snow friday. sister sally-ann as sally-ann begins a new chapter stepping down if journalism after 40 years before sally-ann's big day robin sat down with her to talk about the

lessons she's learned and her adventures ahead. >> sally-ann roberts, channel 4, eyewitness news. >> those stories and lots more coming up tonight at 10:00. >> good morning, everyone and welcome to the 6:30 half hour. >> why is the time right now for you to start this new chapter. >> i can do nothing but start this new chapter. when it's time you just know it. >> how did you make this decision? >> i made it with a lot of prayer. i just asked god to make it clear to me. i went in and i spoke to the general manager and i told him that i wanted to leave my contract early and after we finished having our conversation i went across the treat to the book store and there was a lady there and that said sally-ann, it's time for you to retire of she said, wow, you're young and still have your youth, you got to enjoy life. i didn't say anything to her but other than saying, thank you but i was saying thank you, lord. for confirmation. >> what do you say to somebody who is struggling with the

decision to embark on the next chapter in their life? >> there are times when we wait on god and there are times when god waits on us. >> amen. >> so what i say to someone afraid, first of all, you need to pray over it. whatever your faith may be, pray. >> he'll close as many doors as he will open. >> oh, yes, speak it, sister. oh, preach, sister. yes, he'll close the doors you shouldn't go lew and open the doors you should and when you step out, realize that he is there in it in whatever you're afraid of. ordinary people throughout history have done extraordinary things because they didn't let fear stop them. don't let your fear keep you from your destiny. >> one of your favorite sayings, your power is on. >> uh-huh. >> your power is on. >> your power is on. i just believe that if we were just to take time to sit and listen we would find that power

to do what we need to do. he's not going to ask us to do something we're incapable of. >> my big sister is a virtually perfect match for me. >> i remember the morning when i announced that i had mds and you were there in the studio with me. some people will sign up to be a donor but when they get the call for whatever reason they decide not to. i remember what you said. >> i was born for this. i believe that all of us are on a mission when we come into this life. and my mission was to help you. >> help us. help us now to go through everything we need to. every step of the way. >> we need you. it's like, oh, back again. ♪ we need thee >> you love to sing. >> get me out of here. get me out of here. >> always a song in your heart. >> there's joy in singing. oh, let me see, the song i want to sing right now is --

>> i can't believe you have to sing right now. >> now you asked. i'm going to go there but you, you know, i just found a song actually that mom sang. ♪ and he knows yes he knows ♪ just how much we can bear >> and the song goes on to say -- ♪ we are heavenly father's children ♪ ♪ and we all know that he loves us one and all ♪ >> and you know what, that's the message i want to do in my remaining years on this earth, i just want to spread a message of love, of acceptance. dr. king said it best. you cannot fight hatred and we've got enough hatred in the world. only way to fight hatred is not with more hatred but with love and i want to -- whatever time i have left i want to work 24/7 for the one who has given us

everything that we have. mentor hiplet is something i will be out there trying to get more mentors for children like our mother had a mentor. i want to be of support to military members and their families because when i see a military family i think of the roberts family and i feel a kinship with them. we can't do everything, but we can do something. whatever it is you're called to do, do it in life. [ applause ] >> there it is right there up on the jumbotron. congratulations, sally-ann roberts. boy, there is a woman who does not know the meaning of the word retire. >> nope. >> that was so inspiring. >> so good. >> we'll be right back. >> congratulations, sally-ann. [ applause ]

>> ♪ >> good morning, it's 8:27 on this wednesday, february 28th. i'm tamala edwards. let's start out with a look at your traffic with karen rogers. good morning. >> good morning, tam. we noticed some slow speeds on the schuylkill again. looking outside live at montgomery drive check out that travel time a 42 minute ride from the blue route to the vine. we had an earlier disabled vehicle stuck in a lane. it has cleared. heavy from the blue route to the curve past city avenue to girard. on the schuylkill the big issue really has been on the pennsylvania turnpike. a multi-vehicle accident involving an overturned pickup truck. the right lane and both shoulders are blocked and look at the jam as i step aside you can see we're jammed from past bensalem to approaching norristown with speeds in the single digits. and in upper dublin montgomery county we had an accident here on 309 southbound here past susquehanna road. it has since cleared.

the delay is getting a little better on 309, tam. >> thank you, karen. now let's go over to dave murphy to take a look at that accuweather. good morning. >> good morning, tamala. right now we've got some sun with some high clouds filtering through. 41 degrees in philadelphia so temperatures are starting to improve. and this afternoon we're going for a high of 58 degrees. it will still be mild but we'll have more clouds in place today than what we had yesterday and then tomorrow a cloudy start with rain arriving especially during the afternoon. could be steady at times. 54 the high. then the rain and the wind begin to build overnight and on friday an accuweather alert for the combination of pockets of rain strong blustery winds maybe some coastal flooding and later in the day there could even be some mixing and a changeover to wet snow for a time. 44 degrees, too, so it will be cool and fairly uncomfortable on friday. then saturday we're dry but brisk and chilly, a high of 46 and 45 for a high on sunday, lots of sun but obviously still chilly there as well. tam. >> okay, thank you, david. coming up on "gma" the one, the only dolly parton. we'll see you back here in 30.

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life's bleachable moments need clorox bleach. welcome back, everybody. we have a very excited and great audience with us this morning and they should be because dolly parton is about to perform live. yes. but before she does that, we're going to check in with paula who is backstage in the makeup room with our three lucky audience members getting the ultimate red carpet treatment. mally, how is it going. >> it's interesting. we're going. it's a little frenzied and a little crazy but i think we'll make it. i'm not quite sure. he's sweating. >> mally, chuck, you really are sweating. she thinks you're going to make it. >> this is how much time we usually have with celebrities. >> 30 minutes.

>> sometimes even ten. >> if you had michael you'd have at least seven minutes. guys, back to you and i know you have the queen next to you. >> we do. [ applause ] >> dolly was showing us. the one and only dolly. >> hello, hello. >> all show we have to celebrate a major milestone with you. she is the most honored female country performer of all time. [ applause ] >> that's because i've been arou around. >> making great music. >> well, i've been loving it all these years. >> so as you might have heard it's oscar week. >> oh, yeah, i'm sure. >> we wanted to get your perspective. you've been there. >> nominated a few times. it's exciting to see the shows and it's exciting to get nominated. i'm sure it would be terrific to win as well. one day maybe i will. >> i bet you will. >> what do you think the --

what's the feeling in the nominees' heads as they head into the final days. >> there's a lot of nerves in your stomach and excitement and wishing, hoping, dreaming as the old song goes, but i'm sure they all hope to win but i'm sure they're like me if they don't great to still be nominated. nothing like winning but a wonderful compliment to know you've done something so good people would recognize you for it. >> are there any favorites out there you could be rooting for this year. >> no, i like them all and even if i did, i wouldn't say it. >> too classy. >> you know how i am, neutral. >> you've always been an icon to all of us and did you happen to catch adele? hopefully we have a picture. >> oh, yes. >> your signature look. >> i saw her, yeah. i thought it was me for a minute. and i really did because that's really how big i used to wear my hair. i of course aed where she got the outfit. >> did you? >> i went on and shouted back, you know.

i saw it. it was a nice compliment. i asked her where she got my hair and clothes. i thought she had been to my museum and took it out. >> and a big congratulations are in order. we talked about it earlier, imagination library. 100 millionth book. >> wow, that's a lot of books. i'm very proud of that. [ applause ] >> you help so many kids out there. what inspired you to even start this? >> well, this actually started many years ago when my dad was still alive. as you know i'm from a big family, country people and all the people in that area usually they don't get to go to school -- especially during my dad's time. my dad was from a big old family and didn't go to go to school so daddy couldn't read and write and always troubled him and bothered him so i wanted to do something special for him so i got the idea to start this program and let my dad help me with it and he got to live long enough to hear the kids call me the book lady. seeing it do good, so, yesterday when i was at the library of

congress, i donated the little book called "coat of many colors" that is going to be there forever and that's a story about my mom, a true story from my childhood, the coat of many colors where she made a coat and told me the story of joseph from the bible to make me proud of the ragged coat so yesterday when we put the book in the library of congress and that whole 100 millionth book i really felt like mom and daddy was just up there looking down thinking, you go, you know, and so i felt really proud that i could honor momma and daddy with that whole thing yesterday. but the imagination library is a wonderful thing. [ applause ] >> donating books to the library of congress. >> it felt good. when you're younger in the business you never know how you're going to turn out and what's going to happen in your life and what good you hope you leave behind. but when -- when things like that happen it makes you feel proud, it makes me feel proud of who i am, where i'm from and of my people and the fact that i am in a position to help people and

especially the kids, because i love kids and if kids can learn to read like my dad, you know, if he could have read, even if he couldn't afford to go to college or anything, you can find a book on anything you're interested in if you can read. so that's why it's so important to me because if you can teach children to read they can dream and if you dream you can be successful and if you're successful you have a good life ahead of you so hopefully this will all work. >> dolly, the book is so beautiful. such a beautiful story. and dolly wanted everybody in our audience to have a copy so you're all going home. >> yay. [ applause ] >> "coat of many colors." >> and the book, but the book was inspired by a song of the same name. >> yes. >> and can we hear a little bit of it. >> this old song has just lived on forever and it's really a kind of about anti-bullying. about acceptance and all that, so if y'all are ready. >> we're ready. >> okay.

>> oh, my mike. i get i need a mike. i'm miked here so i just thought i could sing through that. i guess they'll turn this one off and leave this one on. >> i meant these two. not these two. [ applause ] okay. okay. i got a lot of stuff to do with here. okay, so i'm ready now. >> okay. >> here we go. ♪ ♪ back through the years i go wondering once again ♪ ♪ back to the seasons of my youth ♪ ♪ and i recall a box of rags someone gave us and how my momma put the rags to use ♪ ♪ there were rags of many colors

but every piece was small ♪ ♪ i didn't have a coat and it was way down in the fall ♪ ♪ momma sewed the rags together sewing every piece with love ♪ ♪ she made my coat of many colors that i was so proud of ♪ ♪ while momma sewed she told a story from the bible she had read ♪ ♪ about a coat of many colors joseph wore and then she said ♪ ♪ i hope this coat will bring you good luck and happiness ♪ ♪ and i just couldn't wait to wear it and momma blessed it with a kiss ♪ ♪ my coat of many colors that my momma made for me ♪ ♪ was made only from rags but i wore it so proudly ♪ ♪ and although we had no money i

was rich as i could be ♪ ♪ in my coat of many colors my momma made for me ♪ ♪ and so with patches on my britches holes in both my shoes ♪ ♪ in my coat of many colors i hurried off to school ♪ ♪ just to find the others laughing and making fun of me ♪ ♪ in my coat of many colors momma made for me ♪ ♪ and oh i couldn't understand that 'cause i felt i was rich ♪ ♪ and i told them of the love my momma sewed in every stitch ♪ ♪ i even told them all that story that momma told me while she sewed ♪ ♪ and why my coat of many colors was worth their all their

clothes ♪ ♪ but they didn't understand it and i tried to make them see ♪ ♪ that one is only poor only if they choose to be ♪ ♪ oh it's true we had no money but i was rich as i could be ♪ ♪ in my coat of many colors momma made for me ♪ ♪ 'cause she made it just for me ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. thank you. >> ah. >> i was crying when i sang that. >> oh, man. >> it's a beautiful song. >> thank you. >> always thinking of momma but that song has meant so much to so many people because so many people have been made fun of and it's not good to make fun. i had a little album, children's album called "i believe in you" and one of the songs is about anti-bullying based on story like making fun ain't funny.

don't make fun of people but accept them for however you are. we are all god's children. >> incredible. you are an incredible person. dolly, we love you. thank you very much. >> does that mean you're running me off? >> no, don't go anywhere. >> you're not going anywhere. we'll be right back. [ applause ] >> oh, wow. you are so hot. >> social media kicks off with a curvy bride who wants to display on her wedding day. ♪ ♪ i can do more to lower my a1c. and i can do it with what's already within me. because my body can still make its own insulin.

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peek of the trailer for ralph breaks the internet. wreck-it-ralph two. >> what is the internet? >> holy cow. look at all this stuff. >> ♪ >> congratulations. you're a winner. >> really? >> number six will amaze you. >> that sounds interesting. >> ralph come on. >> holy cow, look at all that stuff. ralph breaks the internet, wreck-it-ralph two hits theaters nationwide. you want to see that. >> yes, that's a good answer. >> a look at your local forecast. >> all right, rob storm tracker6 live double scan we're dry. your exclusive accuweather 7-day we'll see clouds increasing today. we're moving from the 40's to a high of 58. then tomorrow rain arrives during the day. gets heavy at times especially at night. windy on friday. back up to you,

>> it is time for our series celeb your life. fitness edition. this morning, dwayne "the rock" johnson's nutritionist george farah is sharing his secrets of getting in shape. one of our viewers is brave enough to try them out. with rock hard abs. >> you're welcome. >> and bulging biceps. >> grab my hand. >> reporter: action star dwayne johnson has one of the buffest bods in hollywood and chronicles them -- >> i just wrapped an extremely challenging legworkout. >> reporter: george farah is his trainer and nutritionist. >> when you start making changes here and there, it's going to pay back big time. >> reporter: johnson trains relentlessly every day including an hour of cardio and 90 minutes pumping iron to stay fueled, he eats every three hours seven

times a day. each meal is a mix of carb, proteins and vegetables. so just how hard is it to get and maintain a bod like the rock's? >> hey. >> my man. >> what's going on? >> 35-year-old randy scott from morgantown, west virginia, volunteered to live like the rock for three weeks. >> keep your elbow forward. >> reporter: he got 9 full download from george. >> trying to just be the best me i can be. so i can live healthier lifestyle in general. >> reporter: for three weeks he chronicled workouts and mees. >> i'm about to get enough food to feed a small army. understand why they get personal chefs the hardest thing i have had to face now is finding the time in the day to eat. my new favorite thing is stoplights and stop signs because at each and every one of those i get to eat more. >> reporter: entering day ten scott was still committed. >> i have a day full of meetings

so want to hurry up and eat my morning fish and eggs and then run to the gym. >> reporter: how is scott feeling now after the three weeks? find out live. [ cheers and applause ] we're now joined by george and randy and let's take a look at what was accomplished over three weeks. 7,003 grams of protein consumed. 126 meals and 31.5 hours of cardio. wow. >> it was insane. >> wow. wow. and, george, looking at all this food and that seems like so much food to eat. what do you tell your clients about food? >> you know basically people as soon as you give them diet they're afraid because diet is from death. so i tell them it's living. let's live life. you know what i'm saying so what i do, i take them back when they were kids and when they eat whatever they want and never gain any weight so that's what we do. we keep a little carb in each meal with the protein to make it

a complete meal and that way you keep the furnace going. >> i like that. diet has the word dye in it. i will never die yet again. the rock eats seven meals. this is six. you had six a day. you had supplements. >> could you have squeezed in one more. >> yeah, like 2:00 in the morning, no. i mean this is plenty. this is plenty. >> this is plenty but we're going to look at the results. we have the before and after of you brave man who took this challenge on. there you are before and there you are after. you look lean. >> a little bit. a little bit. leaned out. >> you leaned out. what did you lose? >> ten pounds in three week. >> ten pounds in three weeks. you going to keep it up. >> absolutely, absolutely. >> nice. i'll work out with you and i'll let you be my nutritionist. man, get me in shape. >> anybody from the giant is okay with me. >> perfect, thank you.

[ applause ] i like what you're cooking like 9 rock, okay. everybody, thank you guys so much for being here. congratulations, man, you look great. coming up the big reveal in our ambush makeover. 30 minutes to get ready.

the oscars just four days away. earlier we surprised three audience members with ambush makeovers getting them red carpet ready in just 30 minutes. now they were outfitted by rent the runway and glammed out by celebrity hairstylist chuck and mally roncal. here's what the ladies looked like before. now the big reveal that we've all been waiting for all of 30 minutes. ladies, come on out. >> yes! drum roll. [ applause ] oh!

>> work it. oh, work it. >> my word. i cannot believe you did this in 30 minutes. 30 minutes. okay. your makeup looks gorgeous. what did you do? >> we wanted her to be very old hollywood. liquid liner. nude lip and evened out that skin tone. all about the glow. you need to have the glow so a little highlighter works wonder. >> you had no idea this was coming. how do you feel? >> nervous. when i saw my ticket i was like aaagh. >> do you feel great? >> yes. it was amazing. it really, really was. >> i can't believe you did that. chuck is still sweating over here. >> yes. >> so rhonda's hair transformation is unbelievable. what did you do. >> we just gave her pins at the crown to give her a regal look and she has great length in her braids so thought that would be great. >> i saw you working that red carpet. how do you feel?

>> oscar ready. >> oscar ready. >> extra ticket, rhonda wants it. finally michele, you are looking fierce. >> thank you. >> okay, chuck and mally, what's the one thing you don't want to leave behind? you want to take with you. >> a great mattifier for the skin. translucent powders are sometimes heavy so you want something nice and pretty and put it over and not look shiny. >> we need a little on chuck right now. >> the one thing you can't leave behind. >> hair spray. a little -- a small travel size. to rub your handsing to and smooth sides and lift hair and bounce curls. >> how do you feel. >> like a celebrity. >> yes. >> red carpet ready. a big thanks to rent the runway and mally and chuck and we'll be right back. you guys are owning

"good morning america" is brought to you by edward jones, because understanding what's important to you matters. all right, so before we go, katy perry is sharing these shelfies. it's a selfie with a book. it aims to donate a million books to kids in need. you guys can get in on the action. post your shelfie, if you will, with the #magicofstorytelling and disney will donate a book to

a child in need. please get involved. >> give it up for dolly's 100 million. hope you had a good time. >> a million books. thank you, dolly. >> ♪ >> good morning, it's 8:56 on this wednesday, february 28th. i'm tamala edwards. let's head over to karen rogers. she's starting on the vine. good morning. >> good morning. seeing a disabled vehicle here and a jam on the vine.

this is the eastbound vine approaching broad street jammed from the schuylkill to this point so watch for that one. in chester county, we're taking a live look at the 30 bypass. 322, that's your eastbound traffic headed towards exton. we had a disabled vehicle that just cleared but we're nonetheless jammed eastbound on the 30 bypass from 340 to approaching route 100. and this overturned truck in king of prussia causing problems near radnor chester road. watch for slow speeds right here. we're hearing someone's trapped in the wreckage of this so emergency workers coming to the scene right now. so watch for that accident. also brought down some wires. still problems on the turnpike westbound. we're jammed from bensalem to approaching norristown with this multi-vehicle accident, tam. >> thank you, karen. now we head outside to meteorologist, david murphy and enjoy the sun while you can. >> yeah, some sun still getting through the clouds but the clouds starting to get a bit thicker. temperature has jumped 5 degrees. up to 46 in philadelphia. with a southerly flow in play today yeah we'll increase the

clouds but we're still going to be mild with a high of 58. tomorrow rain arrives during the day. really gets a little steadier in the afternoon and at night, 54 degrees is the high. and overnight thursday into friday, a coastal low forms and really starts kicking up winds. i've got an accuweather alert on friday for the combination of gusty winds rain and maybe even a change to wet snow later in the day a high of 44. dry for the weekend but chilly tam. >> thank you david. coming up at noon the latest on a tense standoff in burlington county. a suspected gunman has taken his own life after shooting a woman in edgewater park. we'll have a live report with new details on how this barricade situation finally came to an end. but right now it's time for live with ryan and kelly. i'm tamala edwards. have a great wednesday. >> ♪

>> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, from the new film "i can only imagine," dennis quaid. and the shib sibs, bronze medal figure skaters maia and alex shibutani. and we continue the oscar countdown games. all next on "live!" ♪ [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] ♪ >> ryan: good morning! what's up? hi, guys.