take a look at sweet bei bei and just settle into the adorable. bei bei oh bei. zoo goers going nuts over the debut of the 5-month-old giant panda cub. lining up the smithsonian zoo to catch the fluff ball in person. the shy baby bear spending most of his day snoozing away, but making a few public appearances with a little help from his handlers. bei bei was born back in august, whole lot cuter. bei bei is carrying on a family tradition, his older sister famous for the sneeze heard around the world, made her first appearance at the same zoo back in 2014. the smithsonian is one of four in the u.s. lucky enough to house the endangered bears. for those of us not likely enough to see bei bei in person, we still watch him on this panda cam 24 hours a day. you can watch bei bei. we have our ron claiborne cam. so, if you'd like to tune in and see what goes on with this cute and cuddly man named ron, you can tune in. >> can we adopt him? >> i love this sweater. i love this sweater. yes, that ice adorable. that's great. >> 24 hours a day, folks. >> my office is right next

bei. beloved bear over the weekend. he enjoyed a farewell ice cream cake. fedex even tweeted about the panda express. the special plane that will take bei bei home on a direct flight along with 70 pounds of bamboo. the agreement between the national zoo and china is all part of a conservation program that was going to happen. we all knew this. before bei bei was born designed to save the giant panda which is considered an endangered species. bei, bei, we love you. >> thank you, lara. >>> we're going to move on to our cover story. ariana grande was forced to cancel the latest stop on her tour after revealing she's dealing with an ongoing sinus infection for weeks, and it is getting worse. hey, stephanie. >> reporter: hey, george. the multiplatinum grammy award winning artist ariana grande has been sick for some time missing her show in london but she's keeping fans up to date on social media as she tries to recover from this. ♪ >> reporter: she's one of the most successful women in music to

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we are less than a week away from new music from queen bey. icon, it's new music and a different style with a who's who of collaborators. ♪ the beyhive is buzzing ready for beyonce's highly anticipated album "renaissance" dropping july 29th. her first in six years. >> beyonce's been working quietly over the last couple of years and i think we're going to really understand that once the album comes out. >> reporter: this week she posted a 16-song track list to social media teasing a mix of a credits from skrillex, drake, her husband jay-z and more. >> i mean, we have grace jones. who would have ever thought that wuld happen. and we have some african producers who she's worked with on "the lion king" sound track. so a little more of an afro beat flavor. something we've been missing. >> reporter: "renaissance" will introduce fans to a new era of house and dance oriented music including that hit lead single "break my soul." beyonce gifting fans friday with two new versions of the track. ♪ la, la, la, la, ♪ >> she wants to let us know she hears us

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queen bey is bringing her "renaissance" tour to new york city this weekend.economy and helping cities across the country come back after the pandemic. janai also helping to fuel the economy by going. >> whit: yes. i can't wait to see janai tomorrow morning. >> janai: i know. it's going to be rough. me and this baby bump are going to make it work. >> whit: all night at the beyonce show. all right. looking forward to that. we'll have more on that coming up. >>> first, though, let's get to some of the other big stories we're following on this saturday morning. happening right now, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken calling for the immediate release of the ousted president of niger, mohamed bazoum. the u.s. top diplomat warning his captors that hundreds of millions of dollars of assistance to the west african country are at risk. bazoum was recently toppled in a military coup. >>> also right now, the 25-year-old alabama nursing student who claimed she stopped to help a toddler on the side of the road, then saying she was kidnapped now facing criminal charges.

queen bey will be studied at harvard.um last summer, what it took to pull off and worth the risk. it sold 600,000 in the first three days, i'll say, uh-huh, yep. >> i'll take that course. can i take it online? >> i think she's a great case study. something to be learned there. you know how this is going to end? well. >>> britney spears, from singer to designer wants to dress royalty. showing the line, the intimate britney spears. she's obsessed with lingerie, and she plans on sending kate middleton herling ray line. she wants to make sure that the duchess, now lady in waiting has plenty of designs to choose from. oh, kate, she just did it again. >> the first thing you want to put on is -- >> i doubt she's thinkingling ray right now. and the. >>> apple doesn't fall far from the tree, nor does the apple souffle. >> come on. >> [ bleep ]. >> chef gordon ramsey is well-known for his off-color outburst on his shows, "hell's kitchen," and his daughter is getting her own cooking show. 12-year-old matilda has all the makings of a

we're starting with queen bey.selling music artists of all time, having 17 grammys under her belt. but she's officially made it by this latest achievement. queen bey will be studied at harvard business school. they will study her album last superstorm, the visual album. specifically what it took to pull off and was it worth the risk? it sold 600,000 in the first three days, i'll say, uh-huh, yep. save you a lot of money. >> i'll take that course. can i take it online? >> i think she's a great case study. something to be learned there. you know how this is going to end? well. >>> britney spears, from singer to designer with an eye on dressing royalty. the pop star in europe, showing off her lingerie line called the intimate britney spears. she's obsessed with lingerie, and wants to spread the love. and she plans on sending kate middleton her lingerie line. she wants to make sure that the duchess of cambridge, now a lady in waiting with baby number two on the way has plenty of designs to choose from. oh, kate, oops,

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counting down to queen bey. beyonce and her music. gone a little bit country and why she's shining the light on black country musicians who have come before her. i love that. >> wearing cowboy hat at the grammys. all makes sense. >> i'm all in. >> all makes sense. >> following a lot of headlines including new intelligence on a threat from space. sources have told abc news they believe russia has plans to position a new satellite in space. that would be a blatant of multinational agreements. not to earth, but the satellites circling around it vital to communication and military operations. right now hospitals are facing a shortage of drugs like cancer treatments. now congress wants to know if middle men are to blame. launching a probe into powerful companies that buy and sell most medications sold to hospitals. we'll have more on this in our next hour. >> play ball. baseball fans rejoicing because spring training is here. players are reporting to camps in florida and arizona this week. their regular season kicks off next month. opening

. ♪ anything come get it bey ♪ >> come get it, bey. ♪ come get it bey ♪ >> okay, that word bey has beenor baby. it's not. it's before anyone else and it's one of several words chosen for this year's list of words to be banished from the queen's english for misuse, overuse or uselessness. the list compiled by lake superior state university for 40 years running. also on the list the words swag, takeaway, and cra-car, which, by the way -- >> very upset about the cra-cra. >> cra-cra had its swan song as far as i'm concerned yesterday in "pop news." i talked about scientists are studying the effects of white wine on women so good-bye cra-cra. so long, swag. footdy hack and ginger you'll be happy to know the term "polar vortex" has also been banished to expression antarctica. >> before anyone else. >> yeah. >> i didn't even know -- i didn't either. >> before anyone else. >> and now it's banned. >> and now -- and they were saying that you'll probably forget that word before -- >> i never remembered it in the first place. >> that's "pop news," everyone. >> it is. now let's go to ginger. >> oh,

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in typical queen bey they could be hinting at a pregnancy leading us to believe are we getting aheadf our selves or is there a reason for her to be smiling from ear to ear? ♪ beyonce baby buzz. rumors swirling around music's first couple after jay-z allegedly changed the lyrics to a song in paris friday night on the last leg of their hugely successful on-the-run world tour. this video posted to instagram by blogger philip network claiming it shows that jay z altered the lyrics to the song "beach is better." ♪ >> listen again. many fans saying he changed the verse from "if the oven's on" to quote 'cause she's pregnant with another one." headlines from tmz to "people" magazine on the run with speculation that beyonce is expecting. >> they're not confirming that there's a pregnancy but all of the speculation and all of the buzz around that is only going to ramp up the publicity for this hbo special. >> abc news reached out to both camps and did not hear back. but the hip-hop icons are no stranger to highly publicized reveals. a houston radio station says this photo of jay z with his arm

. >> but queen bey steals the show. the "vmas" turn into the bmas. >>> and good morning, america. happy monday. only one person in the world can upstage beyoncÉ, there she is right there, blue ivy. with a little yeah, mommy, last night. what a way to end that show. just uncredible. >> such a sweet family moment. and miley cyrus engineered her own statement when she sent a young, homeless man to accept her video of the year award as she looked on with tears in her eyes. what a difference a year makes. >> very classy. >>> get right to the state of emergency in northern california after the biggest earthquake to hit the san francisco bay area in 20 years, measuring 6.0. reporter: good mornin>> the governor declared a state of emergency, and downtown napa hit the haes this building behind me, this was a law office and a wine bar. this morning, a pile of rubble with chunks just dangling precarously here. 3:20 a.m. sunday, the earthquak moment caught on surveillance video, shaking people out of bed, and rocking cars and build

queen bey is back. >> uh-huh. >> you know, if i fell, george, you wouldn't break my fall.t break my fall. >> oh, my goodness. we got new music from beyonce and it's the first official day of summer. had to say it slow. americans are though feeling the heat. ginger is going to have much more on the record-breaking and dangerous temperatures that are just ahead. >>> right now, the breaking news from the war in ukraine. reports of an american killed in the region as the kremlin speaks out about two other american fighters captured by russian forces. foreign correspondent james longman is on the scene in ukraine. good morning, james. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, george. this war is seen not just as an existential crisis for ukraine but for many around the world, it's a fight for democracy itself. that's why a small number of americans came here to join ukraine in its fight. but now we've had it confirmed, a second american has been killed here. this morning, news emerging of a second american killed fighting in ukraine. stephen zabielski was from florida and died in combat

>> i'm queen bey. >> and i am jay z. >> yes, you are. >> what's up, bey? you ready, bey?ising >> needs to drop it like it's hot. >> drop it, girl. >> my days -- >> that was good, that was good. >> oh, my knee. that was good. ♪ she rides with me but nobody ain't with me ♪ >> you do yours, i'll do mine. >> oh, yes, yes, yes. all right, thank you, miami. >> like a little twerking action would have been great. >> hope this girl from x men has what it takes. >> she can fright, but give us all a fright? >> hi, i'm mist teystique and i ready to dance. let's do this. ♪ >> oh. >> oh. >> okay. >> that'll work. ♪ you can cut you like a knife >> it's like flash dance with x men. yes. look at it. ♪ she's a maniac, maniac ♪ on the floor ♪ and she's -- >> i don't know about you, but that performance is going to haunt me. >> yeah. >> in my dreams. >> uh-oh. >> i think we need to keep looking, guys. >> from walking dead to dancing devil, are zombies that incredible? >> pick me. pick me. ♪ >> strahan. scary hands. ♪ ♪ it's close to midnight >> the undead shouldn't twirl. well, this one tri

queen bey calling in -- >> janai: ready, gio? ready? >> whit: i can't talk over beyonce.how during the ravens/texans football game on christmas day. the so-called beyonce bowl pulling in, listen to this, 24.3 million viewers shattering netflix's viewership records. coming up, will ganss takes a look at the year in music and the chart toppers that we loved in 2024. that was a moment. >> janai: it was a moment. >> gio: and my favorite reaction on social media was people saying, like, oh, my gosh, beyonce's in the air. in the air. >> janai: oh, and the water breaks she took before breaking it down. >> whit: and the denim truck. >> janai: i love it. we all loved it. 24 million of us. >>> let's take a look at some of the other big stories that we're following on this saturday morning. happening right now, the white house saying the number of u.s. telecom companies hacked by a massive chinese espionage campaign has now reached nine. officials saying that this has given beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of americans. the fbi saying most

but the night belonged to queen bey. by the close of the show, she earned her place in vma history taking home eight awards ending the night as the most decorated vma winner ever. >> i couldn't have done this god bless you guys. thank you. >> reporter: beyonce's eight vmas last night helping her surpass madonna who previously held the record with 20 awards. >> wow. incredible. >> i wonder if it's even exciting or just walks by and is like, thanks. >> thank you, sara. >>> let's go back to ginger with some floods there. >> we do. just -- by the way, i was thinking, i sound so much like rihanna in the bathroom, the shower when i sing in my head. like that's me but not at all, of course. she sounds so good. let's look just n cincinnati, ohio. more than 5 inches of rain fell so flash flooding abound. thankfully a lot has drained out by now and in minnesota we saw tornadoes and hail, pictures coming in from just east of fargo, the flood watch in west texas and parts of kansas as that rain fills in. you'll see some areas gettin

. ♪ this ain't texas, ain't no hold 'em ♪ >> reporter: this morning, queen bey adding another jewel to with her new country hit. ♪ >> reporter: becoming the first black woman ever to top country's billboard music charts. "texas hold 'em" holding that number one spot ahead of her highly anticipated album "act ii". >> she's the first black woman to debut at number one. that's history in itself. >> reporter: the bey hive buzzing in the music world, also putting the spotlight on other black female artists who are making their own way in the genre like tanner adell. ♪ >> reporter: and mickey guyton. >> country music also looks like this. >> reporter: writing, i'm grateful that beyonce has escalated this conversation and now so many amazing artists are getting the shine they deserve. >> beyonce isn't the only black artist tapping into that country genre. it's good this is a conversation. this is something that's going to open the doors for, like, new country artists that might be watching this. >> reporter: and it comes after this surprise grammys performance with luke combs and tracy chapma

queen bey marking the major milestone on instagram yesterday writing, i'm grateful this body of worko deeply with so many people. i'm so thankful for all the beautiful souls involved in making one of my favorite pieces of art. as i celebrate five years of "lemonade" i encourage everyone to continue healing, loving, forgiving and uplifting. i hope you find joy today. so this visual album, you will remember, it changed the game with tracks like "formation," "hold up" and "freedom." in their review, "spin" magazine praising the work as bey clearly swinging for the astronomical rafters and banging it out of the park, track after track. i couldn't have said it better myself. >>> of course, there was that grammys upset of epic proportions when "lemonade" was passed over for album of the year, but as the millions of likes on beyonce's instagram post prove the album has had a profound effect on fans. including some good lines like, becky with the good hair. i see chris connelly over here. he just did this. we all know it. guys, back to you. >> isn't that the album where she says i woke up li