back to warn present-day fred savage that when he's old, he'll be a meth addict." [downtempo news music] - well, if you don't like the new way our show is run, then you're all very welcome to leave. - i'll never leave. - how did you get back in here? scram! - okay. [upbeat news broadcast music] ♪ - you need to take a firmer hand with your staff. - gram, morale is already low. worse than when we had our staff retreat at that sewage plant. - well, i suppose you told them morale would be even lower if they lost their jobs? no? oh. [clicking tongue] - could you please not make that sound? - i'll make whatever sound i please. [clicking tongue] [dramatic quirky music] ♪ - hey, chuck. what you doing? - oh, gram says i need to start tweeting. i remember when news was just a man and a camera, reporting in the sunset. now it's just an emoji of a man and a camera and a sunset. hey, is that anything? should i tweet that? - absolutely not. chuck, i need your advice about katie. ever since she got fired, it seems like she's lost her mojo. - lost her mojo, huh? listen, there's a

there's speculation of top contenders of former "wonder years" star, fred savage, and sources told variety ripa will not be any of her freak guest hosts. you can catch the show at 9:00 right here on abc7. >>> a 7-year-old boy in woodland outside of sacramento got a second chance at a birthday party. dozens of people came out to wish him a happy birthday. the surprise party was a do over of his birthday where nobody showed up to celebrate. it ruined a day he had waited for for months. >> i got super excited. i was, like, why did i even have a birthday if nobody came? >> that is so sad. so the day after the party his add posted about what happened on facebook, and the community came through with gifts and cards and the surprise birthday party. >> a happy ending. that's good. >>> parents and kids don't always agree on everything, but this app is called the homey app. it allows parents to assign chores and pay allowances electronically. the app encourages kids to save, and removing the temptation to spend the cash right away, and the homey app is free and there's an upgraded version for $3.99.

. >> so some of the top contenders include jerry o'connell, anderson cooper, andy cohen and fred savageno kendis gibson? >> no kendis gibson. curious to see what will be next to the question mark. >>> in new zealand there is a new police mascot giving folks all the warm and fuzzies. >> constable elliott, the constable is as you can see a guinea pig but has an a he is apparently the pet of one of the media team members. they decided this would be a good way to get the message out to tell drivers to be careful and the message was children are small and unpredictable. >> ah. >> just like this guinea pig. >> they give the guinea pig to go first on the road. >> i don't think that's the way -- >> to test out drivers' speed. >> i don't think it's supposed to work that way. >>up with good morning washington. today is the first day of may! and the work week starting with a weather alert day-- as thunderstorms head this way this evening. stormwatch 7 meteorologist eileen whelan will break it all down in her forecast in just a moment. but first here are some of the morning's other top stories. cle

. >> so some of the top contenders include jerry o'connell, andy cohen, anderson cooper and fred savageo kendis gibson? >> no kendis gibson. curious to see what will be next to that question mark. >>> in new zealand there is a new police mascot giving folks all the warm and fuzzies. >> take a look at constable elliott. the constable is, as you can see, a guinea pig but he has an adorable little uniform. elliott is apparently the pet of one of the department's media team members. they decided this would be a good way to get the message out to tell drivers to be careful and the message was children are small and unpredictable. >> ah. >> just like this guinea pig. >> so they give the guinea pig up there to go first on the road. >> i don't think that's the way -- >> to test out drivers' speed. >> i don't think it's supposed to work that way. >> no. >> well, look at the little car. >> there you go. >> he looked both ways before he crossed. >> well more news after this. crossed. >> well more news after this. this guy's...is guy? been through a lot. dogs bring out the good in us. pedigree brin

>> uh, it's keegan-michael key, myself, fred savage, jae sue park, nat faxson, and annie parise. >> sethcan't wait to see that. yes, it's really good. and it's always such a pleasure to see you. >> so good to see you. >> seth: congrats on your show and everything. and safe travels. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. i know, it's gonna be an adventure. >> seth: cobie smulders, everybody. present laughter is playing with the st. james theater. we'll be right back with chris meloni. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [laughs] ♪ you have a side that is retired ♪ ♪ playing tag and gettin' tired. ♪ ♪ you have a side that saves for their tuition. ♪ ♪ but right now it looks like bedtime is the mission. ♪ ♪ a side that owns your own store. ♪ ♪ looks like you need to expand some more. ♪ ♪ that's why there's nationwide. ♪ ♪ they help protect and grow your many sides. ♪ ♪ nationwide is on your side. it's an italianankie, hero from subway. got there? that's a lotta meat on that sandwich! a real lot. you did good, frankie. introducing the subway italian hero. it's stacked with our better italian flavor, f

all right twitter dude says chuck fierce looks like fred savage came back to warn present day fred savagea meth addict. th announced the orange room. there it is. the yellow digital suite. this is when i used to walk from the desk into the orange room. let's see what they did. this is the same exact, right into the dark and into the brightness of it. look at it. they nailed it. we want to give a shotout to everybody at "great news" for the great work. it's a funny show. >> imitation is the highest form of flattery. >> that's right. we're back after this. advil liqui - gels work so fast you'll ask what bad back? what pulled hammy? advil liqui - gels make pain a distant memory nothing works faster stronger or longer what pain? advil. fromto the wobbling yogis.kers to the stationary race winners, we all need lean protein. and it comes in a jimmy dean's delights breakfast sandwich. stacked with 17 grams of protein. lean into a great day. shine on. coppertone versus the sun. [ children laughing ] coppertone protection is