. >> he is 23 years old, ben platt start in pitch perfect, book of mormon, and reviews. here is deborah roberts. >> reporter: an anthem for any one who ever felt alone. you will be found. the powerful message of the musical, "dear evan hanson" the heartwrenching show, about teen anxiety, suicide and pressures of social media. the show is a phenomenon. nominated for nine tonys including best actor for platt many remember as misfit turned singing sensation from the film pitch perfect. ♪ now everybody knows i've got magic ♪ ♪ two friends on a perfect day >> reporter: on stage he gives an emotionally charged transformation into a teen crippled with anxiety. that leaves the audience in tears. >> end of the day it is about people trying to figure out how to connect with society right now that is, superficially people are connecting in a million ways, i think making it harder to find the ones that are meaningful and can validate you as a human being and define you as a human being. >> reporter: hard to believe the powerful musical consists of only eight actors. rachel bay jones

ben platt. >> i'm ready for that. >> toy toy toy toy toy.piece since we started 3 1/2 years ago. we're trying to hold on to the ride and understand what's going on before it passes us by. so exciting. >> reporter: whatever happens on sunday night -- ♪ you will be found >> reporter: no doubt platt, jones, and the rest of the cast already feel like winners. what's your biggest hope for people as they leave this theet? >> hopefully people not being so hard on themselves and knowing in your darkest moments, when you find yourself in the pit where you can't say that you're happy with the person you see in the mirror, that you know that you're the farthest thing from alone in that. ♪ if you only look around you will be found ♪ >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm deborah roberts in new york. >>> up next, is he the sexiest dad alive? george and amal clooney welcoming twins. their adorable baby names. you love them together, but you've never had 'em quite like this. at red lobster's lobster & shrimp summerfest, the lobster and shrimp you love are teami

. ♪ >> the actor who plays the lead, ben platt, has struck a cord. >> it's about people trying to figureonnect with one another in a society, superficially people are connecting in a million different ways, that's making it harder to find the ones who are meaningful. >> reporter: last night, evan hansen won, actor ben platt. >> thank you. >> reporter: and then there was someone else. >> bette midler. >> hello dolly. >> this has been one of the greatest professional >> reporter: and when her thank you's kept coming. >> shut that crap up. >> reporter: as only bette could too, as she thanked the women who came before. >> the brilliant, brilliant carol channing who made my life, the extraordinary pearl bailey and all the hundreds of women that came after me who lit the way. i thank you from the bottom of my heart, thank you all. >> what a night. >>> and i hope to see you right back here tomorrow. good night. . >>> we know that we have the best team in the league. we know that we're going to take this. >> the countdown is on and fans are excited about what could be the end of the nba finals t

#youwillbefound >> reporter: ben platt hears such stories every night. >> when i get the opportunityans after the show or hear from them online or via letters they feel really comfortable divulging really personal things and opening up about their own struggles. >> reporter: really, to you? >> certainly, with anxiety and with self-harm and with inability to connect and all sorts of things. and that's an incredibly beautiful thing, and i want nothing more than for the show to encourage that and to be able to receive things like that. >> reporter: it's no spoiler alert to say that the show does end on an upbeat note. this is about finding your way through pain. >> just as a writer, just philosophically, i want to leave the audience feeling some kind of hope and some kind of-- i'm not interested in grim and i'm not interested in torture, watching things that just make you feel awful. because we have enough of that in the world. and evan, i think, ultimately in the story what was so exciting was finding that the story really was not about a suicide but more about a character saving his o

last night at the tony awards the actor right there, ben platt took home best actor in a musical andt from the show itself. the musical focuses on a high school senior played by platt who has a social anxiety disorder and is faced with drama after the death of a classmate. now, kevin spacey also hosted the show which aired on cbs. his opening number spoofed many of this year's shows. space did impressions of johnny carson bill clinton i think you saw corey hawkins in the crowd and also kevin kline took home best actor in a play while bette midler took home best actress in a musical. here's the d.c. connection. ben platt by the way, that's him in our studios in may of 2015, the show dear evan hanson which is the hottest show on broadway right now got its start at the arena stage here in d.c. >> that's great. >> and it played there from july to august of 2015 before going to new york and then now it's obviously this huge hit. i know we're october before it goes to broadway. it's just kind of cool to know that a show this big -- i mean, i wouldn't put it on hamilton level but it's becom

. >> but it was hanson stole the night taking the tony for best musical, ben platt won for leading actor in a musical and rachael bay jones took the tony for featured actress in a musical. hanson also won for best score, best book, best or chest station. and tonight on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 also the big win heres have ties to our area. >>> well, still ahead on "eyewitness news" at noon, president trump wedding crasher. >> new jersey couple has an experience they'll likely never forget. meisha? >> well, there will comma time for all every us, simply need a break. quick moment to relax and de-stress. where do we go whether we need that time? in today's love it, show you very different kind of place, popping up all over the country. >> upcoming weekends never get here soon enough. but i have to tell you at this point anyway not looking as though it will be as spectacular as this past weekends. better chance for some showers or thunderstorms, not ton of sunshine, but at least looking ahead to more seasonable conditions when it comes to temperatures. we're coming right back with the rest

ben platt took home the prize for best actor in a musical. kevin kline won best factor a play.his year's tony for best play went to oslo. first time host kevin spacey is receiving praise for his performance. >> you know i heard it was bette midler's first tony win. >> really? >> which was amazing, right. >> that's shocking. i would thought she would like a chest full of tony awards. >> i know. >> i know. okay, talking about this for the first time nearly 20 years the stanley cup is going back to the same city. pittsburgh penguins getting the job done winning back to back stanley cup championships. >> i like to tell you i'm happy about it but i'm at bridgestone arena. predators were hoping to force a game seven and the predators thought they got the game's first game but the refs lost sight of the puck and blew the play dead. the scoreless battle continued until there were only 95 seconds left. penguins patrick horn request puts in the rebound and on the penguins added an empty netter after that. final score two-zip and the four games to two. there's your empty netter right ther

going ben platt. oslo took home the top honor in the play category.te midler added to her extensive award winning tony for best actress in a musical, "hello dolly revival." her speech went longer than they would have preferred but the divine miss m did not play off. >> i just want to say. i just want to say. shut that crap off. >> oh, and they did. the music stopped and midler's speech finished with a salute to the original dolly, carol channing. >>> well, coming up on the "morning news" now, trouble behind the wheel. the ceo of ride-hailing uber may be on the way out. this is the "cbs morning news." the way out. this is the "cbs morning news." range of motion and shows improved joint comfort in seven days. which means you're in big trouble, son. you will bow to my exquisite short game. cower at my majestic drives. i will make you question everything, son. so don't worry about dad's joints. worry about your dignity. love, dad. 80% smaller, just as effective. osteo bi-flex ease. made to move. so i use excedrin.ments from my life. it starts to relieve m

thank you to the cast of my wildest dream, ben, peter tweeted it best, i think ben platt is superman.nk you. thank you also to our stellar designers, our brilliant music team led by alex, our family at atlantic r0rds, the most supporting producing partners, the shoe bertd, arena stage, second stage, thank you to our fans from martha, julie in california, kaho in japan, you have been seen and heard and found, you matter. wheny, my partners, my friends, my rock. much love to my devoted parent for indulging my need to see a chorus line 28 times. rustle, danny, and charlie are you are most beloved prowks, eric, no award could top to being married to you, i love you. at it's core our musical is about wanting to be belong. it is an honor to be filled with a season filled with such fantastic work. congratulations one and all, and good night. ( cheers and applause ) >> thank you so much. how was that show! (cheers and applause) welcome patti lupone who is with me. >> hi, everybody. >> as we say good night we'd like toin viet the tony winners up here on stage in celebration and we'll leave you

owning the night. >>> what a night at the tony's with bette midler and also ben platt.t he had to say was so incredibly touching. he said for any young people watching at home, don't waste any time trying to be like anybody else because the things that make you strange are the things that make you powerful. >> he had a powerful performance as well. >> won six tonys last night. >> hard to get a ticket now. >> big night for everybody at the tony's. a big week for the president because his family is finally moving with him into the white house. >> they moved in last night. the president facing a new lawsuit. we'll get more on that ahead but first that scorching heat wave. record highs from the midwest to east coast and rob marciano is outside the studio. rob, we are feeling it. >> just a week ago we were in the 50s so a rude awakening. for many this is day two, three and maybe four of 98 plus degree heat. check it out from denver all the way to chicago, st. louis and, yes, the northeast, new england records in burlington and caribou over 90 degrees yesterday and more recor

. >>> actor ben platt's facial expression at the tony awards last night priceless.kevin spacey called out the actor during a skit and th reaction. it's becoming a popular gif on the internet. >>> some lucky soul is now a millionaire after the weekend's powerball drawing. one ticket sold at a liquor store in california is the winner of the 448 million-dollar jackpot. it's the tenth larges jackpot in u.s. history o the winner has one year to claim the prize and the liquor store gets a million dollar bonus for selling the ticket. the winning numbers in case you were in california in last night's drawing were 20, 26, 32, 38 and 58. the powerball was three. >> maureen is a little upset because she did not win, doesn't live in california. >> i wasn't planning -- >> have a bunch of family in california. called them and not one. >> are they close to this morning because i love you all so much. all right, holly thanks. >>> coming up police search for more than two dozen stolen guns from a store in maryland. >> and a deck at a northwest restaurant buckles with dozens standing

thank you to the cast of my wildest dream, ben, peter tweeted it best, i think ben platt is superman.nk you. thank you also to our stellar designers, our brilliant music team led by alex, our family at atlantic r0rds, the most the shoe bertd, arena stage, second stage, thank you to our fans from martha, julie in california, kaho in japan, you have been seen and heard and found, you matter. wheny, my partners, my friends, my rock. much love to my devoted parent for indulging my need to see a chorus line 28 times. rustle, danny, and charlie are you are most beloved prowks, eric, no award could top to being married to you, i love you. at it's core our musical is about wanting to be belong. it is an honor to be filled with a season filled with such fantastic work. congratulations one and all, and good night. ( cheers and applause ) how was that show! (cheers and applause) welcome patti lupone who is with me. >> hi, everybody. >> as we say good night we'd like toin viet the tony winners up here on stage in celebration and we'll leave you with a song that's all about the theater that

the story about young outsiders took on several tony's ben platt took home an award and kevin spaceyank the american theater wing and all the tony voters many of whom i dated. >>> wonder woman continues to wow audiences at the box office. >> i can't do this. ♪. >> what i do is not up to you. >> the film brought in 157 million dollars in sales for the second week at the row and it has made more than 200 million dollars. the mummy reboot at two with an estimated 32 million in box office reseats. less than -- receips. >>> coming up reaction pouring in as the 9th circuit court up holds their ban of trump's travel ban. >>> and the game tonight with the warriors going for the second championship in just three years and taking a check at stocks. the dow is down 49 points and nasdaq in the red down 36 points. >>> have to run home and get my taco party ready before the big game. >> you didn't tell me about that. >> well you will be celebrating a big win today and thank you for joining us here at noon see you tomorrow morning and we are always here for you. go war yos. -- warriors who are thes

. >> dear evan hanson took tony for best musical, actor ben platt won for leading actor in the musicaln's parents went the two university of pennsylvania they funded construction of the platt students performing house and it is a hollywood and broadway producer. he and his wife were in the audience cheering on their son >> dad, you are my hero. you have to be a decent human being to be a decent artist, i love you for it. >> reporter: it won for best score. one of the song writers is ben g passsick who grew up in ardmore montgomery county and went to friend central school. evan hand is some based on the death of the students, passing new at the school. by the way, he also won a oscar for score of the hit film, la la land. >> the american theater wing tony award goes to... oslo. >> winner for best play, oslo was developed at playpen conference in philadelphia in 2015. and one of the nominees for best play has ties to reading, berks county. sweat is about this displaced steel workers grab link with their future. lynn notich talked to and researched with talking to residents. lots of phila

ben platt took best actor. bette midler to leave the stage. >> i just want to say -- i just want to say -- shut that crap up! i just want to say -- i just want to say -- >> and the orchestra did eventually stop and she got to finish her speech saying "hello dolly" never went away and encouraged everybody to go see the revivalal of the >> she was giving us full midler yesterday. >>> looking at better weather out there. in fact, boy, yesterday we had all the clouds and rain showers, and snow is still going on in the sierra nevada. live doppler 7 looking at the clouds, low clouds from the peninsula to the south bay and 10:00 the winter weather advisory ends here. still snow anywhere from interstate 80 to highway 50, about an inch is still possible with slick roadways. mount tam is cleared out and looking at a nice start to your roadway. the clouds are lifting in the next couple of hours. and numbers are in the mid and upper 40s in the north bay. 54 in concord. we are looking at a lot of sunshine today, slightly wa

mike announcing bette midler for president, evan hanson snagged six, including best musical and for ben platt, kevin klein and lori metcalf won best actress and actor with "oslo" best new play. >> all of the actors we love. >> going to theater requires having a life so i haven't seen theater in about ten years but i love the fact that it's there. >> i hear evan hansen is great. we'll go to a matinee. >>> president trump slamming james comey after his testimony, so we have trump supporter and former governor john sununu back by popular demand. >>> also, celebrating champions for swing, cnn anchors talking about causes near and dear to their hearts. alisyn camerota reveals her favorite coming up. burn. "burn." is that what the kids are saying now? i'm so bored, i'm dead. you can always compare rates on progressive.com. oh, that's nice, dear. but could you compare camping trips? because this one would win. all i want to do is enjoy nature and peace and quiet! it's not about winning. it's about helping people find a great rate even if it's not with progressive. -ugh. insurance. -when i said "peac

alison: i got to tell you, that performance by ben platt was stunning.going to the show. alison: i would love to. he is a talented guy. we deserving. let's talk about the weather. it's hot and humid. but i guess the good thing is a mini heatwave. right? doug: only three today is day two. tomorrow is the last day. just as intense. looking outside from a rooftop view. hazy sunshine. along route 50. no rain chances. hazy and humid. 92 in the city. high of 25. tie the -- high of 95. we tied but didn't break the record. it's 91 in leesburg and frederick. baltimore. 9 the in joint base andrews -- 92 on the joint base andrews. in eastbound, 93. there is plenty of heat and humidity. we tied the record set in 2002 at reagan national. missed it by six at dulles and missed it by two at b.w.i. tomorrow's record high for washington is 96 set in 1954. well before my time. i don't think we will hit that. we could get close. temperatures will drop but they will hold in the 80's. with the muggy conditions it's tomorrow we wake up to the temperatures in the upper 60's to

. >> to the big winners -- >> best musical featuring best actor, ben platt for pitch perfect, pitch perfectting caught on camera, shrinking into his seat. >> bette midler took home her first tony for lead actress in the musical for "hello dolly." >> i have so many people to thank. >> the tony voters, many of whom i have actually dated. shut that crap off. i just want to say -- i just want to say -- i just want to say -- i just want to say -- that -- that, revival is an interesting word. it means >> bette midler got lots of laughs. nobody was playing her off the stage. >> they shouldn't. trouble for bachelor in paradise. filming of the fourth season of mexico suddenly halted. warner brothers produces show the for abc released a statement saying "we have become aware of allegations of misconduct on the set of bachelor in paradise in mexico." >> production is suspended an investigation under way. >> so apparently the cast was actually flown to houston earlier without any explanation as to what was going on. one of the cast members tweeting this photo. not normally allowed to have their phone.

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. >> ben platt won a tony for lead act in a musical. played his mother won for best actress and their show "dear evan hansen" was the big winner of the night. >> when you started the project and it was so small, did you see it getting as big as it had become? >> certainly i had no idea but certainly it's a phenomenon. >> but tony night may have belonged to bette midler. she took home her first competitive tony after winning her broadway debut. >> i have and all the tony voter, many of whom i have actually dated. >> not even the band could play her off the stage. >> shut that crap off. i just want to say -- >> hamilton wasn't completely out of the building. lynn well miranda handed out the award for boast musical and two won for new shows. that's good. hamilton is still feeling a presence on broadway. >> kevin spacey's impressions were dead on. >> i thought it was a great side of him to see. you see him a little playful. he is great at the impressions. i thought the special guests were great too. >> really good broadcast. >> is "hamilton

also there's ben platforming at the show focuses on high school senior played by platt who has socialath of a classmate. kevin spacey hosted the show which aired on cbs and opening number spoofed many of the year's shows. spacy did impressions of bill clinton as well johnny carson you saw corey hawkins there just now. kevin klein took home best actor award in a play and also bet midler took home best actress in a musical. here's the dc connection. dear evan hanson is become the new hamilton. it's not as big as obviously yet. but it's becoming the hot ticket on broadway. it premiered here in d.c. in july of 2015. as like a test run at the arenaa york. that's ben platt in our studio promoting dear evan hanson back in may of 2015. >> cool. >> very very cool. it got its start here a lost things are happening. mean girls will be coming here in october before it goes to broadway. so i think it's cool that d.c. got the front on that. >> we're good test. >> we were the beginning. >> good day d.c. and fox5 news morning gets them first. up and coming. >> yup. >> right? >> and he was also in pit

. >> reporter: ben platt took home the prize for best actor musical. >> when i was sick-year-old i wasrella since then just madly in love with musical theater. >> kevin klein won for best actor in a play. >> my director, my -- everybody. >> reporter: meantime this year's tony for best play want to osl over about the accords the 1990s. jane metzler, fox news. >>> i wonder if there was -- i'll be interested to see what the viewer ship for the tone night awards were. i'm a huge theater. i didn't know a lot of those shows. they didn't have seem to have the buzz last year we had hamilton and everybody was watching. i don't know. >> hamilton was one of those those shows don't you think? it sort of transcended. >> yeah. >> 92 theater and pop culture. >> the new hamilton. >> they're saying this -- >> evan we don't remember the name. >> evan ross. >> that's man of ross. >> okay. [ laughter ] >> okay. >>> congratulations. >>> wouldn't woman wins again black panther gets it's first trailer and comic book fans mourn the og batman for sure. we've got check what else is making hollywood headlines ne

this is the platt bridge, a disabled vehicle is blocking the right lane. that just happened, here's a look at the bennklin bridge. it feels awful out there, it looks like it from this shot, as well. no problems between the tolls and 8th and vine dave. >> reporter: high humidity this morning as you just mechanicsed. mentioned, if you're doing your run early, hydrate. 82 by noon, 87 by 3:00 p.m. that's the high. down to the low 80s by 7:00 p.m. one word to the wise if you're getting out there and get exercising done, do it in the next hour or two, because there's showers and drenching thunderstorms on the way from the west. if you're flying out of town today we have all green aircraft and there is no sign of rain anywhere in our big travel destinations and we're going to have some from philadelphia international later this morning. jennette. >> this morning's "healthcheck" new jersey lawmakers approved a bill for a second time to raise the smoking age to 21. governor chris christie vetoed a measure like this last year. the current law is 19 careers of age. if the law is signed -- 19 years of age. if th

platt bridge eastbound, busy, gaper delay as well. birdseye view of the vine at 95, see what you are working with coming off the ben franklin bridge ridg good. overall anywhere we look around here actually looking real nice. looking pretty quiet as we approach the 6:00 hour. and heads up if you are going to think about the taking the tallet being talcony palmyra bridge, it will be open around 6:00 a.m. it will be open longer than normal because two ships crossing here. pack your patience, maybe pacca larger coffee, overall, looking good here, though, just going to have to wait for that to open around 6:00. again that will be open little longer. accident here, abington township meeting house road, if this is your neck of the woods, not slowing you down, might get little bit of tail light passing on by f this is your neighborhood, tack on couple of minute extra just for some of your neighbors tapping the brakes. 495 southbound onramp edgemore road closed between seven a.m. and 7:00 p.m. in delaware. nor come in a little bit from the traffic department. jim, back over to you. >> thanks, meisha a history buffs looking forward to seeing th

all morning long ben franklin bridge basically anywhere we're just suggest to go pack those sunglasses. we might have sun up, slow downs, take a look at that sunshine, that is crazy, plattlights moving in the north bound direction toward airport. no delays or cancellations at the airport but make sure to check with your car year even before you head out the door traveling by flight today. 422 at route 23 traveling in the eastbound direction, we will start to slow down, a little bit on 422 where it gets busy and if you saw that bridge kind of spinning at lower end of your camera shot that is this construction, 422 eastbound off ramp to route 23 , between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. 422 between route 23 and trooper right lane the compromised between 9:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. rahel, back over to you. >>> today is the 11th annual alex scott: a stand for hope tell-a-thon. alex scott was eight years old when she died from cancer but she dedicated to help her life raising money for a cure. we are jim her family and friend in continuing her legacy, jim donovan is kicking off our coverage today live in the great hall, hi there, jim. >> that is right, rahel. look phones are ringing al