but ginger. >> ginger is right now. she will join the ranks.nger? >> oh, robin. they're not the easiest group to go in with. and i've been dreaming of this idea for years. but it is a whole other deal to dive in with the sharks. >> meet the sharks. mark cuban, entrepreneur, media mogul and owner of the dallas mavericks. barbara corcoran, real estate mogul. kevin o'leary, venture capitalist and software mogul. lori greiner, entrepreneur, queen of qvc and author of "invent it, sell it, bank it." daymond john, founder and ceo of fubu, fashion and branding mogul. next into the tank, meteorologist ginger zee, with an innovative idea to stay warm. >> facing tornadoes and riding out storms is my passion. and my day job leaves me in every condition imaginable. but the one thing i just can't get used to is being cold. nothing keeps me warm. believe me. i've tried. everything. i use a lot of these. little hot pockets. you've seen them before. i line my jackets with them. and i use them all over. they keep me warm. but it doesn't help on my fingers and my

what did you say, little ginger? >> i said, mommy, look at the camera. >> just like ginger.speaking of, you want to do us a favor. will you throw -- will you say, let's go to ginger for a last look at the weather? >> let's go to ginger for a last look at the weather. >> thank you, savanna grace. thank you for that toss. the smoke behind me. a little bit of the glow. there's some thick brush right there. and beyond it is cal state san marcos. that campus was evacuated. the commencement, so far, has been canceled. pay attention to their website. let's talk about the forecast. that would be the other side of the country and the other side of the story. a lot of rain. and in some places, this could be five-plus inches. we have flood watches in effect. some warnings out already. flash flood warnings will come out throughout the day. i want to leave you with a look across the nation. you have the pocket of extreme storms. extreme here for the next 36 >>> good morning. not as hot today. it was the biggest pullback in temperatures along the coast and san francisco. 74 to 80. 84 to 9

ginger in baltimore.ut first, abc's gio benitez is outside the jail in pensacola, florida, where there was a deadly explosion overnight. good morning, gio. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. this is that jail right here. we're told that this building was actually flooded over the past couple days in the major storms we saw here. some two feet of rain just in the past couple of days hitting this area. now, i want to show you some video from overnight, showing those emergency crews. the gas explosion happened at the jail's central booking facility just before midnight. now, the explosion actually caused part of the building to collapse. more than 600 inmates and officers were inside at the time. now, we're also told 100 to 150 people were injured, including some officers. two inmates now, two inmates, are confirmed dead. and we're told that all of the other inmates who were there injured, and officer, they're all at the hospital. everyone is accounted for right now. investigators inside that building

let's go back to ginger who is in moore, oklahoma. ginger? >> well, yeah, robin. fortunately, we're all good here in moore, oklahoma, as far as storms today. but i wanted to tell you about the storms that are on tap for parts of the plains and the great lakes also. chicago is in the crosshairs today, along that warm front. all over to parts of indiana and also ohio. but look at that little pocket back just north and east of denver. strong winds, large hail, a few tornadoes even possible. and look at the southwest. major cooldown. remember last week we're talking 100s. now snow in the mountains. 68 for a high in san diego. that's the big picture. we'll be in the upper 40s to mid-50s tonight with less cloud cover and that leads to that warming trend tomorrow. check out the temperatures in the a >> coming up, i'll show you how the strength of an ef-5 tornado is different from some others. for now, back to robin and david. >> okay. ginger, thank you very much. >>> also coming up, the star of the hit tv show, "the shield" booked for murder this morning in custody for t

and ginger zee in southern california.er. >> and schas much as we have be talking about the draught here. but we have to get to the extreme rainfall that's happening. raleigh, north carolina, 3 to 5 inches of rain. big-time flash flooding. and as that moves north, the damage around durham, north carolina, from an ef-0 tornado. flood watches in eight states this morning. from the northeast up into parts of new england. 2 to 4 inches, the purple area, 1 to 2 inches. sometimes fast and >>> good morning. i'm mike nicco. the heat wave is over. still be a little warm inland, 82 to 87, but 73 to 81 around the bay, 64 to 71 and breezy in the coast and san francisco. those low clouds give way to afternoon high clouds and temperatures cooling a >> all that weather, brought to you by panera bread. robin. >> thank you, ginger. >>> coming up here, pop star robin thicke's public plan to win back his estranged wife. >>> plus parents versus kids. the shocking new book that says kids are bullying mom and dad. >>> we are celebrating barbara

now, is the mini-me a pinch of ginger? yeah. a little ginger. inside to george. >> thank you, guys. you all may know matt bomer as the charismatic conman in "white color" or in "magic mike." he takes a new turn in "the normal heart," who plays a "new york times" reporter who falls in love with an aids activist. >> shutting up is my problem. >> why do you write all of that? >> i'll bet you gobble it up every day. >> i know ten people who have died. when i came to you, it was only one. >> i'm sorry. >> and matt bomer joins us now. welcome to "gma." incredible performance you gave right there. and this was something -- this was a role you've been drawn to for a long time. you read "the normal heart" as a teenager. >> yeah. i read the play for the first time when i was 14 and living in suburban texas. it just blew my mind. i had no idea that this was going on. and no one around me was talking about it. it completely changed my world view. and getting to be a part of it 20 years later is just, like, the opportunity of a lifetime. >> that's one of the

>> candied ginger puree... >> no, i like ginger. >> with a ginger dice. >> i can launch this chocolatean vanilla, and black sesame honestly, no bull[bleep], before the end of the year. >> cheers. >> good ice cream, cheers. >> keyport creamery is well on its way to becoming a household name. michael has been working really hard to push the mochi and the new solo product line. >> $1. >> the response has been fantastic. we're looking into retail space in new york city. you're a block away from times square, and the traffic up and down here is tremendous. mr. green tea continues to grow its restaurant clientele. >> i have our new coconut gelato. >> both: mmm. >> the equipment is on its way over from italy, and once it's installed, we'll have one of the most state-of-the-art ice cream manufacturers on the entire east coast. the building will be able to produce 1,600 gallons of ice cream a day. it'll have over 18,000 square feet of cubic freezer space to store all the product. the mayor of keyport has given us the city's stamp of approval to build out the warehouse. >> all right! >> yeah. >>

and ginger is tracking both stories.ood morning, ginger. >> so many people in north dakota last night at sunset walking out and seeing this. yes, that is a tornado, but it was not just north dakota. the severe weather in the last 24 hours has gone from maine to florida back to texas. but the most impressive pictures coming out of north dakota and that tornado. >> oh, my jesus. we got nowhere to go. >> terror right outside their door. two reported tornadoes ripping across western north dakota. a 12-year-old boy holding this camera as a funnel rapidly becomes a tornado. one twister hitting a work site outside waterford city, injuring nine, one critically, leaving fields of debris. and in texas -- >> that's moving this way. >> reporter: -- 12 reported tornadoes and at least 1 dustnado. and in colorado, an urgent search resuming for three men following a colossal mudslide, the size of nearly 4,000 football fields. >> everybody on this mountain is praying for a miracle. >> reporter: forced by heavy rains, it happened near col

and ginger is in atlantic city this morning. good morning, ginger. >> hey, good morning. you saw cecilia there. talking about how that fire is getting under control. i have to bring you the latest. we have two days of this heat, especially in california. and that is not going to help firefighters. los angeles could go to 100 today. we've seen records broken or tied, throughout san diego. did it again yesterday, tying. 94 for a high today. still going to be windy. and another headline, the severe weather. you see the area in orange, from jackson, mississippi, up to pittsburgh, pennsylvania, damaging wind and hail, the primary threat. >>> i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. today, record highs across the board and it's a spare-the-air day. coastal cooling tomorrow, the rest of us the heat will break friday. temperatures today mid to upper 80s along the coast, low to mid-90s throughout the bay, 100s in the east bay and south bay. tonight we're in the 50s and low 60s, almost as stuffy as this morning. accuweather seven-day forecast, 20 to 30 d >> more from ginger in atlan

ginger? >> robin, we have beautiful faces from north carolina.fans. whoa. see this? yeah, hugh. he's got you. got you right here. let's get to the forecast. i do have a couple photos to show you first. i know we have very little time. but eight inches of snow fell in parts of montana. thanks for sending us that. and check out flanagan, illinois. you can see the beautiful sunset. that warmth is going to move to the north and east. in the 80s for philadelphia by the end of the weekend, at least. >>> good morning. it's going to turn out to be a great day with some scattered light showers. 68 to 72 inland, 65 to 72 around the bay. low to mid-60s coast and san francisco. drying and a little breezy tomorrow, warmer than average for >> i love this part. you can see all of the people taking photos. all that weather brought to you by party city. robin? >> i'm doing the tease. >>> it's a mad house. coming up, jon hamm. jon hamm is here, live. it's a mad house. it's a mad house. come on back. at kaiser permanente we've reduced serious heart attacks ♪ by 62%

second round of the playoffs, too. >>> hey, ginger. >> the thunder.derstorms waking up folks in oklahoma, but in ann arbor, michigan. this camera from wxyz, our affiliate in southeastern michigan. rain showers and thunderstorms. but the warmer area is south. by tomorrow, you'll get into the warmer air in ohio, indiana and michigan. the northeast, we're staying on the cool side. and certainly cooler back out to the pacific northwest. in the 30s and 40s. >>> good morning. i'm mike nicco. we have some low clouds this morning but we'll have high clouds and sunshine, temperatures pretty close to average this afternoon, from 59 at the coast to about 77 inland. chance of some scattered light showers tomorrow, then warmer than average through the weekend. >> all right. this weather report all brought to you by claritin. and we want to say happy may. it's pollen time. as if you're not achooing all over the place. levels are high across the country this week. and tree pollen is kicking into high gear across the country. very concentrated, tree pollen, in utah.

ginger has the latest.> yes, as a general risk of storms as this cold front slips south from florida to michigan. texas is where we focus. this morning it's already happening. just south and east of san antonio. some severe thunderstorm warnings. check that out, could see large hail, even an isolated tornado or some damaging winds in that orange. we had it in the northeast at least in new england, but today it's mostly just warm. 15 degrees above average. the local forecast coming up in just 30 seconds. first the select cities brought to you by smucker's. >> good morning, i am abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco with the microclimate forecast. on this memorial day we have tons of sunshine warmer-than-average weather away from the coast. cold front is going to bring us cooler temperatures tomorrow but it is dry. no clouds. well have more clouds and more cooling this weekend. 60's loan the coast, to 70 in san francisco and 80's inland and the east bay valley, we have 90's there. seven-day forecast after the 50

ginger has made her way to central park. ginger? >> you have to see the servicemen and women.. give me five, folks. all the way down. such an exciting morning here. lady antebellum coming up. i want to get to the forecast. we have warmer weather headed your way for the holiday weekend, especially if you're in chicago, detroit, new york city. [ cheers ] going to 80 degrees. d.c., in the mid-80s by the next workweek. not the workweek. it will be monday. >> good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco with the forecast. the clouds will pull back and we will have a summer spread today and through the holiday week with the greatest warming taking place away from the coast and milder everywhere next week. today, we will have home 60's along the coast into san francisco and low-to-mid 70's through most of the bay and upper 70's and mid-80's inland. the seven-day forecast shows the heat peaks on saturday and sunday but >> this crowd. happy birthday by the way, sara. amy, let's get in to you. >> we can't wait to get out there, ginger. >>> now, here's a look at what's ahead. in "pop news

mark, it is so good to see you. >> ginger, what's up?cardio, constant core. constantly jumping. you have your fists up and your arms are engaged. and using your obliques to add that hip-hop bounce and throw your punches. they have a classic move, where it's punch, punch, punch, punch. take it low, low, low. hop up. there's the constant cardio we're after. >> and always in a squat. i love that. let's keep doing it while i do weather. get straight to the forecast. i hope i can do it. joining them there. we're going to warm up as we head into the weekend, after we've cooled down with the cold front. chicago, look at the numbers. getting up to 81 by the time we reach the weekend. detroit going to 80 as we kick off on friday. and i'll leave you with a look across the nation. there's the full outlook. sunny skies in the southwest. some of the hottest weather, heading to parts of arizona and southern california. we're sliding. >> good when morning, bright today and breezy along the bay shore and 62 to 67 coast and san francisco and 68 to 80 aro

>> all right, ginger.mccarthy has a new movie coming out. it's called "cammy." here she is with her husband and co-star, with an exclusive sneak peek of what's coming up. >> hi, good morning, america. >> good morning, america. >> come here. it's kind of early. we want to show you something. >> got to get real close to hear it. >> and to be heard. >> it's not painful. even at all. >> not even a little bit. we're going to show you a sneak peek to our new movie. >> it's going to be pretty fun. >> i'm not sure why we're whispering. >> we started. and it just starts to pick up. >> freeze. nobody move. shoot. >> she was super bossy. >> give me the pies. give me the good pies. no screwing around. >> that's your finger. >> you knocked over a copper jet? >> you want pies? >> yes, please. >> i feel like we're getting somewhere. and under different circumstances, we would probably be good pals. like a hot tub. >> i have one in my apartment complex. >> fingers crossed, we meet up again. ♪ >> grandma, i don't know wher

. >>> ginger has the forecast. she's in moore, oklahoma, this morning. to you. >> a sunny start here in moore,

we'll check in now with ginger. more severe weather in the forecast. >> right, here's your warning for today. it's a large area, too. we're talking from cleveland along that warm front back through parts of wisconsin all the way down again through arkansas, missouri, even as far south as san antonio. so we're all in that orange area. it's this afternoon and evening when you're going to be looking for the strong winds, large hail, even a few tornados possible. and then we have to talk about what happens behind it and that would be some much colder air. >> yeah. and i also want to talk about those fires in the panhandle of texas. >> right, and just northeast of amarillo. they had 700 people evacuated. 100 homes destroyed in a place called fritch. you're seeing the video there. fortunately this morning, the colder air, that higher humidity has taken over and we're seeing the fires start to subside. great news but comes along with snow in denver this morning. i have a lot of headlines coming up in your nation's weather.

today at the white house president obama told ginger zee of abc news the u.s. is now taking action. >> we have already sent in a team to nigeria, they have accepted our help. a combination of military, law enforcement and other agencies who are going in trying to identify where in fact these girls might be and to provide them help. >> reporter: the failure of thigh year are led to protest around the world including this gathering. in washington there was a moment of silence on capitol hill and growing anger at the nigerian government. >> as more time goes by, i think the less likely it is they will be rescued. >> reporter: about 50 of the girls have escaped including these four avoiding the fate that may await the others. we thought they were soldiers this young girl said and they asked us to board the vehicle and my friends and i jump from the vehicle and ran back home because we realized they didn't look innocent. the remaining girls, hundreds of them are in the hands of boko haram and its leaders. he intends to sell them. >> younger women carry the price pre

ginger zee on it all. good morning, ginger. >> good morning to everybody.he atmosphere got all aggressive again, especially in pockets of minnesota, down to even texas. around dallas. more than 70 severe storm reports, including seven reported tornadoes, which we're going to bring you close to, right now. >> got a large tornado on the ground. >> reporter: this menacing tornado in minnesota, along with six others, reported from missouri to colorado, tearing through the plains. >> just missed a big barn and house and everything. no more than a couple hundred yards. >> reporter: severe storms, mowing down power lines and roofs, as far as texas. >> it was bad. i mean, people were worried. people were running to the back. >> reporter: up to five inches of rain falling very quickly, just outside dallas. forcing an emotional rescue. crews pulling five boys out of a swollen and raging creek. >> back up. back up for us. >> they were moving so fast. at that curve there, holding on to a branch or something. >> reporter: in lakeville, minnesota, shoppers scrambling, as

hail peppering the streets. >> ginger is going to be tracking this. what do we expect this evening into tomorrow? >> we have a thunderstorm watch for much of the northeast. i wanted to show you the pockets of storms still possible tonight. back in the west, denver down into parts of texas. right there in parts of tennessee. it really has been the northeast and midatlantic we seen all the pictures. tomorrow if you aren't leaving tonight, south carolina and north carolina could see the damaging winds and hail. even a brief tornado and back in parts of new mexico and texas. >> and do we have a picture yet? >> i wanted to start with when people are traveling. the beginning of the weekend. it's not only going to be the severe weather, but you're going to look for thunderstorms and heavy rain in parts of the plains. that could stop you. if you're flying, it gets drier and drier as it gets through the weekend for the midatlantic and northeast. great news there. >> thank you, ginger. >>> of course, the other breaking headline. the wildfires raging this evenin

ginger is tracking it all. >> good morning, guys.terday was plenty busy but this morning, it's happening now in parts of nashville, around kentucky, excuse me. and in the mid-atlantic and the northeast. it's been a stormy one. severe thunderstorm mornings earlier this morning. there will be slow pockets we'll be watching. in parts of texas and new mexico. that's why i said nashville earlier. and throughout the northeast, from new york state, down to virginia. we'll have to be on alert for hail, damaging winds and, again, isolated tornadoes. denver, you get another shot. that's where we find this morning, our clayton sandal. the streets yesterday morning, covered in hail, in denver. >> reporter: good morning, ginger. that's right. and here at denver international, we were right in the bull's eye. the nation's fifth-busiest airport, temporarily shut down by that powerful hailstorm. half a dozen planes here damaged so badly, they couldn't even fly. an outbreak of severe weather. from large hail, tornadoes and c flash flooding. pummeling

let's go outside to ginger. very special arrival. >> robin, i can hardly hear you because of the excitement here on the street, as the "dancing with the stars" finalists come our way. it's so hyped. look at that. we have a police escort. all of the couples showing up. times square erupting. in a "dancing with the stars" "gma" after-party. they're almost here. wow. the screams are deafening. many for derek hough and amy purdy. but for the champions, maks and meryl, showing up. candace is here. they're all here. james maslow, looking good. all right. hey, guys. hey, guys. we're going to get so much more, as they get off the float, coming through times square. and get down through this crowd and into the studio. my friend, derek hough. amy purdy. all right. we're going to come on. we'll get them in a couple minutes. let's get to the weather forecast so you can get an idea of what is happening here. it really is so exciting. but let's talk about -- >>> good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco. starting off with p

ginger gets slimed. >> we can make it happen. >> ginger -- that's going to happen now. >> we have to kickstarter campaign to bring back the iconic "reading rainbow." amy, you know all about that, don't you? crossing the $1 million mark just 11 hours after it launched on wednesday. levar burton put it up. already over $1 million. here's the memorable theme song. check it out. you can sing along if you like. ♪ butterfly in the sky i can go twice as high ♪ ♪ take a look it's in a book ♪ ♪ a "reading rainbow" i can go anywhere ♪ >> i love it. i love it. i love it. >> i have no memory of that. >> you don't? >> no. >> now, they're just rubbing it in, robin. >> exactly. >> you guys remember it, right? >> i love that show. >> no. >> next week, we're going to play that song again. and george will do the nae nae to it. but levar burton promising the money would go towards funding new web episodes and special shows for classrooms. he's going to make the "reading rainbow" available to kids everywhere. that is great news. >> it made you want to read. and that was what was so great about the show.

ginger., cinco de mayo. and the part has started. they will need a lot of water in dallas. a hot sunrise from wfaa there. the sun is going to warm us up. look at the numbers, and the summer-like heat across the south. phoenix, 99 today. midland, and we have a young lady from midland, 100 is what you're missing, houston, 84, and new orleans. and moving to the north and east. instant summer. in detroit, 81, she's here from >>> good monday morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco with your bay area microclimate forecast. going to be a brisk one today with increasing sunshine but the breezes will keep our temperatures bee low average. today the coldest day this week. our best chance of showers stay to the east, sprinkle slower breezes and a slow warming about wednesday. today will be in the upper 50s to near 60 along the coast, the rest of us in the mid to upper 60s. tonight we'll fall back into the 40s and 50s under a mostly cloudy sky. accuweat >> aye-yie-yie. good cinco de mayo. >> yes,

abc ginger zee tracking it all. >> look at that, dude. look at that! >> reporter: that is an unbelievable view of a tornado curling through the red dirt of north dakota. >> oh my gosh! that is coming down. look at it swirling. >> reporter: moments earlier, dan yorganson saw it forming. >> it's about to go right over us. >> i could see a funnel cloud coming down. this is not good. >> dude, we have got nowhere to go. >> reporter: dan and his colleagues running for cover. a questionable choice. in their pickup truck. >> i kept expecting to see a cow flying by like in the movies. >> reporter: they started driving. the twister cutting off their escape route. debris flying past their window. let's look again. you see the debris flies by. we'll slow it down. spotlight it for you. that huge chunk of debris. when i have been storm chasing, we have seen large debris like that fly miles outside of the tornado. >> sitting there! >> reporter: the camera catching that dark red dirt circulating beneath and the bright white reflection of the condensation above. >> the

ginger zee has the forecast for the entire weekend. but first, the storms already hitting hard. >> reporter: coast-to-coast, storms. heading into the holiday weekend. hail in south carolina. colorado hit by flooding again yesterday. the third severe weather day in a row. the bus, getting stuck in the mud, blocking the road until a tow truck pulls it out. we're learning more about the storms from last night. strong winds snapping trees. and the national weather service surveying today, confirming that the tornado near albany new yord was an ef-3. winds as high as xd140 miles pe hour. and in delaware, this mobile home was ripped off its foundation.xd >> it was spinning like a football. >> reporter: out west, visibility near zero. at the site of this crash, this road sign, an ominous warning. >> just incredible pictures coming in. the carolinas, are they in the clear? >> not yet. and in the west, there are also thunderstorm warnings in parts of new mexico. and this weekends it's going to be very rainy and2os stormy in parts of texas. over

so does ginger. final check of the weather. >> that was too much fun. so nice to have the roses, isn't it? let's get started with the twitter photos. we want to check a couple different places throughout the nation where you're from. just a few mammatus clouds and around chicago this morning, that's what it looks like, david always sends me the best picture, the color just brilliant. a look at the next couple of day, warmer, oh, so much warmer, chicago, 69 into the 80s, tuesday and wednesday. >>> good morning opinion i'm mike nicco. we'll see increasing sunshine but a stout sea breeze keeps us cooler than average. 63 to 70 around the bay, only upper 50s to low 60s at the coast. a slight chance of a thunderstorm today through wednesday. >> all weather brought to you by mercedes-benz. the garden, i have to get behind it and squeeze between. kind of fun to watch the whole process. all right, amy. inside to you. >> all right, beginner, thanks so much. we are joined by nfl player turned film and tv star now an author, terry crews. you might know him as the s

we are using ginger lacour that comes from brooklyn.n a little bit of cider and lemon juice and honey. it is easy and refreshing. >> what would you like to see more of in your business? >> i would like to see more young adults coming into the career, into the bar as a career. it's wonderful to see hungry and ambitious people. i think it is a great place to be in. >> i want to thank you for sharing your story. bartender at dead rabbit and president of the new york bartenders guild. coming up, priced at nearly 94 million shares, 19 million -- $19 a share. thanks for "taking stock" and i'm pimm fox. good night. ♪

look at him go. >> i don't want to steal thunder from ginger.tiful morning for a concert. look at the picture from wabc, our local new york affiliate. a perfect morning for this. >> beautiful. >>> and we have harley pasternak working out with members of the audience. getting them going there. here to give us his favorite tips an how to slim down for this beautiful weather. >> a lot going on at the park right now. 50 already on the stage. that's coming up. >>> we have to get news first from dan. >> good morning, everybody. we're going to get to the scandal at the veterans affairs today. soed secretary shinseki meeting with president obama. talking about the delays, and speaking to a veterans group, he wrongly believed the problems were ice late and too trusting of v.a. workers. but well over 100 members of congress are calling for him to resign. >>> former microsoft ceo steve ballmer agreed to buy the l.a. clippers for $2 billion. he says he loves basketball and honored to have his name submitted here. the nba has to approve the deal. the contrac

i used rhubarb today, cherry, and ginger. and the best thing to do is to put them into a mason jar.dd whatever flavor you want, whether it be herbs or fruit or spice. keep it in a dark lace and -- place and turn it not vigorously, but thoroughly three times a day. before you go to work, when you get home from work, and before you go to bed. >> for how long? >> about two to five days and then you are done. and then you can make a punch. >> what is that one called? >> i call it the afternoon barbecue punch. it is an all-american based on. all of being redeemed. we are using local cherries that we have infused into our american harvest vodka. thate using ginger lacour comes from brooklyn. cideren a little bit of and lemon juice and hunting. honey.easy -- and funn it is easy and refreshing. >> would you like to see more -- what would you like to see more of in your business? >> i would like to see more young adults coming into the career, into the bar as a career. it's wonderful to see hungry and ambitious people. i think it is a great place to be in. >> i want to thank you for sharing

and then we have a cranberry ginger.ll only be available after the variety pack, on its own and bottles. others, they will only be available in that variety pack. >> how many cases are we talking about? what is the scale of something like leinenkugel? >> just say it's big. i would say that we have seen this grow now at least on shandies double digits every year since 2007 when we first introduced it. as of last year, we begun to scale nationally, and we found out that our entire distribution network was really excited because they are seeing explosive growth behind leinenkugel summer shandy. you be honest with you, i think we are just at the tip of where we can take this, so i think we could possibly expand in the next few years. >> you will be paddling this for a while. >> jake leinenkugel, president of leinenkugel brewing company, and also c.j. leinenkugel of miller coors tenth & blake. coming up, we will tell you about a 1992 bordeaux. you can buy a double magnum if you have the money. ♪ >> this is "taking stock" on b

so we make a spicy ginger that's kind of like a ginger beer.e make a citrus, like a home made lemonade, and we make a tea which is really brewed tea. then every customer chooses their mix-in. we use different real fruit puress -- purees. we don't have anything with the name electric in it. >> you've got the truck, right? but you're also in stores. >> so our business changed pretty dramatically. we started as a truck. we thought that that was going to be a really interesting way for us to test the idea, to maybe do stand-alone retail stores. like little stores where we just sold slushies. customers kept coming to our truck and bringing booze and they would spike their own slush and that happened for quite a while. >> now you're available in retail locations across the states. we have to leave it there. co-founder of the kelvin natural slush company. ♪ >> this is "taking stock" on bloomberg. i'm pimm fox. there is a battle going on for your feet. the two biggest companies in the sports wear industry are fighting to own the soccer market. business

abc's meteorologist ginger zee has details of some of the other weather problems we will be seeing. >rnado in new york just northwest of albany, only hours ago. >> numerous homes destroyed. >> reporter: several damaged home at least one destroyed power lines down and trees snapped. >> we never had a storm like that right in this area. >> reporter: severe storms rocketing across the northeast. the streets of reading, pennsylvania, filling with hail. golf ball-sized hail from wilmington, delaware to pennsylvania. >> all hail just broke loose. >> smashing through the skylight at the berkshire mall. the storm shutting down train service between washington, d.c. and baltimore. the bay bridge in maryland temporarily shut down. >> here it comes, bro. >> reporter: and in denver, tornado warnings. hail peppering streets and the severe threat, unfortunately, stays in pockets with us today. let's look at it. for south carolina and north carolina on this friday, we kick off the holiday weekend with the potential for hail, damaging wind and brief tornado and another pocket in new mexico and texas.

. >> board member ginger littleton is on her way to the side door exit. but she can't bring herself to leave. >> at that moment, i felt very strongly that in a few seconds he was going to begin shooting, and i had the option of leaving and feeling guilty that i left them to their death, or trying to do something. >> littleton tries to knock the gun out of the man's hand with the only weapon she has. her purse. >> she fails and is left at the gunman's mercy. but he lets her go. >> this man had some scruples and so he spared me and said, you stupid and called me a name which probably at that point i deserved at least the stupid part. >> with littleton out of the way, the gunman now confronts the remaining board members. >> i'm going to die today. >> can we talk for a minute? >> i've already been in prison. >> the gunman, 56-year-old clay duke had served four years for threatening his ex-wife with two guns. the issue now, his current wife who taught at a local elementary school was not offered a full-time position. >> you see, our benefits have run out. >> p

ginger explains.orter: tube of fire erup erupting out of the wildfire in california again today. sometimes called a firenado. guy who fight them call it a fire whirl. >> when a group of firefighters come up and there is a fire whirl you attack it differently. >> you can't really attack tha that. it's kind of, it has an entity of its own. >>reporter: some only last a few seconds. others 10 to 15 minutes. >> some of them may only be 4 or 5, 6 feet tall. others can be hundreds of feet tall. >>reporter: so how does one of the fire whirl get going? in wildfire the atmosphere is hot and dry but the temperature within that fire can be thousands of degrees. that difference in heat mixes and can start rotating. fire whirl forms when strong winds then come together with intense heat rising very quickly. the fire could even break off and starting other fivrments lift ember into the air and then that can be caught by the wind or cast out away from the existing fire line. the. >>reporter: firenado. ginger reportin

ginger zee with what's coming next. >>> a close call. two jets coming just 400 feet apart.he control tower and their urgent warning. alarms sounding, how could this happen again? >>> passing the ball. donald sterling is suddenly done tonight. handing the team to his wife, and her surprising plan now. >>> and this close call, what it is about tonight that has

i don't know where ginger is, are you here? yeah, there you go. here's the thing about ginger. she started work at la quinta inns and suites as a manager at the front desk in savannah, georgia. she married a guy named curtis he received orders for his third deployment. he leaves, she moves to irving, texas, good choice. [laughter] la quinta helped her. when they couldn't find her a management job, they put her on the front desk near her home but what was important is they paid her as if she was a manager. she worked hard she earned promotions, then the army moved curtis again, this time to san antonio. she's now general manager at la quinta inn and suites in san antonio, texas. in short, by showing flexibility and care for our military vets and their spouses, la quinta has retained a loyal and experienced manager and showed great patriotism for america. we thank la quinta, and we're glad you're here, ginger. [applause] some veterans are ready -- are ready to enter the work force immediately, some need to update their skills. especially younger veterans who entered the military

here is abc's chief meteorologist, ginger zee. >> look at that, dude!r: that is what it looks and feels like to be far too close to a tornado. >> oh, my gosh! >> reporter: moments earlier, dan jorgenson saw it forming. >> it is about to go right over us. >> i could see a funnel cloud coming down. and i went, "oh, this is not good." >> tornado warning. >> yeah! >> reporter: warnings blaring, dan and his colleague make a questionable choice. >> dude, where do we go? we have got nowhere to go! >> they run for cover in their pickup truck. >> we were getting hit by a good amount of debris. we were getting pelted by really big-sized chunks of wood. kept expecting to see a cow flying by like in the movies. >> i don't want to be sitting here. holy [ bleep ]. >> they start driving. the twister cutting off their only escape route. debris flying past their windows. >> just sitting over there. >> sitting over an rv park. the camera catching the dark red earth circulating and the condensation above. >> look an out of body experience. the way to describe it "terrifyi

and everybody knows her as mary ann or ginger and everybody there despite whether 22 or 52 or 72 knewe ability to reach back. there's nothing that isn't available to us now. i was on an airplane, i walked on to an airplane and a guy on his phone was watching "breaking bad." it's not really how they intended for people to watch it. he went, oh, my god, look it look it. >> i would love that you walking by while watching. it's how so many of us are watching awesome quality television. there is so much good material out there and we can watch it on our down-time when we're on the move which is really helpful and how i got to research all your roles as well. >>> in just a moment we will talk about not only a little bit about what makes this fella tick and the whole "godzilla" thing. you almost turned down "godzill "godzilla"? >> i did. >> why was that? it's blockbuster. >> i can tell you after the break. >> he's made for television. >> i can read the news. >> we'll be right back. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 searching for trade ideas that spark your curiosity tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 can take you in m

we'll have a report from ginger zee.by the u.n., the vatican is finally revealing how it dealt with thousands of priests accused of sexually abusing children. 848 priests have been defrocked and nearly 2600 others received lesser penalties. >>> and a frightening scene in missouri. a cross between a wildfire and a tornado. this is called a firenado. luckily there were no reports of anyone getting hurt. >>> a florida woman has given birth to triplets at the age of 47. she did it without any fertility drugs. she already has two grown children. her doctor said it was nothing short of a miracle. those are some of our top stories on this wednesday, may 7. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >> good wednesday morning. it is hump day finally. but this is a special hump day for you. >> why? >> because at home, there is a special little someone. >> it's my daughter's birthday. she turns 11 today. >> happy birthday to you, alexa. very cool. let's get started. we begin this half ho

do you have any frozen ginger ale.? do you have any eggnog? laughter ] of course not it's may. [ laughter ] hey did you guys see the barbara walters interview with donald sterling's girlfriend? it was juicy man -- it was definitely worth watching. v. stiviano. is donald sterling's girlfriend. anyways, well being the provisional that she is, barbara did everything that she could to make v. stiviano feel more comfortable. take a look. >> i became someone who protected him. someone who took care of him. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: can't hear you barbara. i love to show the rest of the interview. but this girl is a little -- different. take a look at what she said. >> can you tell me what your relationship with donald sterling is? >> i'm mr. sterling's right hand -- arm -- man. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: right hand, hand arm man face, arm, leg foot. [ laughter ] army an army's man and where everyone has a hand in being a a man. [ laughter ] and that's not all she is this to this guy. she's other things. >> i'm his confidant, his best friend, his silly rabb

today at the white house, president obama told ginger zee of abc news the u.s.joining the hunt. >> we have already sent in a team to nigeria. they have accepted our help, a combination of military, law enforcement, and other agencies who are going in trying to identify where in fact these girls might be and to provide them help. >> reporter: the young girls have been brought to this school in northeast nigeria to take their final exams in safety. young women, age 15 to 18. who then came face to face with the very terror group they tried to flee whose name means western education is a sin. three weeks later, the government of nigeria says it still has no idea where the missing girls or their kidnappers are. >> the more time goes by, i think, the less likely it is that they will be rescued. the failure of nigeria to find the high school-aged girls led to protests around the world today. including this gathering in front of the united nations in new york. >> let us pray. >> reporter: in washington there was a moment of silence on capitol hill. and growing anger at

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our ginger zee covered much of it at the white house.asking about global warming if this is it now, and what everyone should do. >> they're going to talk about one phone call that could help people get out of debt. >> how about this? a real money team going to show you what you can do with your credit card bill. one call, what you say, what you do and we saved one family a thousand dollars over the next year. be sure to watch tonight. >> we will. thank you. >> world news is coming up right after this newscast here at 5:30 >> mother's day is sunday. there is a good chance you probably considered getting mom some flowers. >> so consumer reports partnered with michael finney for answers >> two thirds of us will fly flowers experts say americans spend 2 million on mother's day flowers. but are those as beautiful as those pictured on the web site? consumer reports decided to find out. mother's day arrives once per year, often with flowers but when you order online, all have you to go by is a photo. so consumer reports decided to check out wha

what ever happened to ginger ale? i don't know, dad. ( gunshot ) damn! signal 10-24. female down.: oh, my god. oh, geez! he ran in there. catch the bastard. what does he look like? white guy with a gym bag. stay here. officer pursuing suspect into parking garage.

would follow until he baked, fried, glazed and drizzled them with sour cream icing, pistachios and ginger, and mexican chocolate and sold them for two-25-each. he calls them "wonuts." "it's just a waffle with a hole in it. oh, it's so much more. it's a flavor explosion in your mouth. it's amazing." this isn't some accident. hernandez graduated from culinary school and managed a high-end chicago restaurant for nine years before opening "the waffle cafe." but the combination of a new dish at a new restaurant opened just two weeks ago and a blogger, who posted mouth-watering photos created more foodie-craze, pastry sensation buzz than hernandez ever imagined. " it's taken on a life of its own. tv interviews, my mother flew to ny because the program "the chew." "ii think it's every business owners' dream. it's what you call, 'world of mouth on steroids.'" hernandez measures the boost in business the buzz has brought this way--before after baking two dozen a day, there'd be one or two leftovers. now, 600 a day aren't enough. he's had to limit purchases from six down to four per customer. a lot

is important here because these politicians don't know about experiences like -- they're even more ginger when it comes to stuff. that's why you see democrats handling this thing the way they are. they gave obama a lot of latitude when it game to benghazi, other scandals. this is different because of the nature of what we're talking about. >> different because now you have a growing list of democrats. they're being asked about this in the campaign. they're standing next to the american legion and next to the vfw guy. charlie crist, alison grimes, michelle nunn, they're at the top of list of democrats that say, does the white house listen to that or does it say, as it often says, you call to the white house and they say you don't get this, the media is hyperventilating. democrats in congress, they're panicking. >> no. the answer is absolutely not. i spent last week in kentucky covering mitch mcconnell's race. this story penetrates everywhere. the va is a sprawling bureaucracy. it's not just hospitals. it's outpatient facilities, retirement homes. there are families involved. it's not just