janai, what you got over there. >> janai: all right.gotten, is mother's day. if you're in a pinch for breakfast we have got you covered. okay, so yumna jawd from feel good foodie, love that, is here with some easy dishes to make brunch. what are we starting with? this looks delicious. >> thank you. the first one we're starting with is a french toast casserole. really cool about this, you can make the batter in a blender. throw it all together in a blender, pour it over and leave it overnight and pop it in the coffin the next morning. it takes 10, 15 minutes. >> janai: super easy. >> pistachios you can sprinkle on top of it and some dates. that makes a mediterranean flair. a little special. >> janai: i want to dig in, but i got to be able to talk. it makes it look so good. >> janai: it does. >> a little pistachios, makes it look so good. >> janai: it does. it looks fantastic. so easy to prepare it the night before. >> totally. >> janai: easy sunday morning. next -- baked pesto eggs? >> this is a two-ingredient recipe, and like a lot of m

>> janai: getting hot.ff fever, hot, hot, hot. >> gio: janai loves the nuggets. >> janai: chicken nuggets. >> whit: that too. we'll have much more on that coming up. >>> also ahead, the next major witness in donald trump's criminal trial in new york is expected. his own former lawyer, michael cohen, due to take the stand next week. we'll look ahead to that as we wrap up the week's testimony. >> gio: didn't your mom tell you not to procrastinate? look at where you are, scrambling for a mother's day gift. don't you worry. we have lots of last-minute deals and ideas for you coming up right here. >> janai: thankfully they are in front of a television joining us this saturday morning, but first, an unusual phenomenon for much of the country this weekend. millions of americans getting a glimpse of the northern lights, even in the country's south with a beautiful show in the sky. it may cause power and communications outages. abc's phil lipof explains why. good morning, phil. >> reporter: good morning, janai. guys

of course, janai, first.t racked up 200,000 likes for these. so what it's supposed to look like is that right there. so you've got the pot at the bottom with chocolate mousse inside, that's your dirt and then a crumble on top. and the flowers are supposed to be strawberries carved to look like roses. what mine ended up looking like -- >> whit: yours don't look like that, will. >> this was my second biggest fail of the day. so it was really tough. i had to ditch the flowers entirely but the cookie part ends up tasting delicious. a sugar cookie you bake in a muffin tin, so this one i'm going to say it won't but it's not a total fail. >> gio: we say it will because it tastes really good. thank you, will. appreciate it. >>> we'll be right back -- first, we'll check in with somara in oklahoma city for another check of the weather. hey, somara. >> somara: let's do it. good morning. i know a lot of us are gathering with our friends and family this memorial day holiday. let's not forget we're honoring those who have

janai's >> janai: i love that song. >> whit: "mad max: furiosa."ust premiered at cannes and got more than a six-minute standing ovation and our maggie rulli got to sit down with all the stars. big ones. >> gio: cannes or cannes. >>> the best and brightest awards for products that make life easier at home. don't miss that. >> janai: tsa expecting the highest travel season ever. so will the airlines be ready? what to expect this summer. don't miss that. >> whit: and the disturbing surveillance video exclusively obtained by cnn that appears to show sean "diddy" combs attacking his then girlfriend. we'll get to that. >>> first we get to the storms in the south. at least seven people reported killed and back to somara theodore who is here with the latest. these storms on the move headed east now. somara, good morning. >> somara: that's right, whit. right now we are seeing lightning and heavy rain batter parts of new orleans and the florida coastline. this is pensacola earth cam. you can see with the radar looping we have showers making their way through

janai?will be welcome news for so many drivers. >>> now to the big space mission due to launch tomorrow. boeing hoping its first crewed mission of its new and long-delayed starliner capsule will help revive its battered reputation. abc's faith abubey joins us live from atlanta's fern bank science center. and faith, good morning, what is that behind you? >> reporter: good morning to you, janai. behind me is the original apollo 6 command module which launched balk in 1968. fast forward 56 years later, it's a new frontier. the countdown is on as boeing tries to launch its first crewed mission to the international space station. this long-delayed flight which was supposed to launch humans in 2020 under nasa's commercial crew program, finally ready to go. boeing's starliner spacecraft when first tested had a computer problem that put it in the wrong orbit and now years later, it's finally ready to launch humans into space. nasa has two of its most experienced astronauts on monday's test flight, p

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>> janai: good mor >>> janai: good morning, america. new evacuation orders. israel sends tens of thousands of people in gaza on the move as it prepares to expand its miliary operation to root out hamas. protests against the war spreading to the popular eurovision song contest as the israeli contestant speaks out. >>whit: mega maga rally. tens of thousands of donald trump supporters attend a massive rally in new jersey as he looks to take back the white house while his former attorney michael cohen prepares to testify against his old boss. >>gio: corruption charges. new jersey senator bob menendez's trial scheduled to begin monday, accused of taking bribes including cash and gold bars in exchange for political favors. will he look to blame his wife? >>janai: bait and switch? federal regulators digging into those often confusing credit card rewards and travel programs. this as the summer travel season takes off. what to know before you sign up. >>whit: taking the lead. the teams breaking their tie in the nba playoffs. the celtics winning on the road against the

janai? >> janai: thanks for the reporting. and make sure to turn into "this week."artha raddatz speaks with maryland democratic senator chris van hollen. about the 2024 race and the upcoming presidential debates. plus, the latest on the uproar around supreme court justice samuel alito and ukraine's fighting. that is all coming up this morning on "this week." >>> we're going to go to l.a. now, where the district attorney's office is responding to the disturbing hotel video showing sean "diddy" combs attacking his then-girlfriend cassie ventura in 2016. they are saying they cannot prosecute the music mogul because they say it's outside the statute of limitations. in the video ventura is being shown being thrown to the hotel and then being kicked twice while being dragged away. her attorney saying the video supports ventura's claims of assault that have long been denied by combs from a now settled lawsuit. combs has not commented on the video, whit. >> whit: gio, now a fatal boat collision that took the life of a 15-year-old girl in florida. the surveillance video now

janai? >> janai: and that is one of the concerns, maryalice.nk you. >>> overnight pro-palestinian protests on university campuses heating up around the country. philadelphia police officers swarming the university of pennsylvania, taking several demonstrators away in handcuffs. members of the penn gaza solidarity saying they were planning to occupy one of the school's buildings and protesters at the university of chicago surrounding that school's institute of politics buildings. a line of students standing with their arms interlocked standing and barricading the back of the building. abc news contributor heidi heitkamp was actually doing a zoom interview with abc newslive when some protesters entered her office. she said that she could hear them saying that she needed to leave and realized they were trying to occupy the institute of politics. she thankfully was not harmed, and heitkamp is safe. gio. >> gio: all right, janai. now to the american woman arrested in the turks and caicos, a few rounds of ammunition were found in her luggage now tell

janai? >> janai: tom, thank you for that.turn here back at home to the nearly 100 severe weather reports from texas to nebraska and 16 tornado reports. ginger is tracking it all. good morning. you told us this was going to happen. >> ginger: unfortunately it's been day after day of these threats. they keep verifying. 16 reported. one in turkey, texas, in the panhandle. these were a bit more rural so we didn't see as much damage from them. the land spout there also in ft. austin texas. you can see that up to the sky. they form differently, but can also do some damage even though they're, most of the time weaker. here's what you need to know this morning. flash flood alerts around waco. you've got shreveport, alexandria. this is 2 to 5 inches. we'll see more storms today. wichita falls down to nearly san angelo. y'all, we had such a remarkable april when it comes to tornados. second most on record since the records started in 1950. but may is the month to watch. see that graphic and you say may sticks out. >> george: we know yo

janai? >> janai: a lot to continue watching there, aaron. thank you. the travel nightmare for millions in the northeast this morning after a fiery crash shut down a key part of i 95 in both directions. the governor of connecticut declaring a state of emergency. you can see how traffic is backing up there this morning. erielle reshef is on the scene in connecticut. erielle, drivers will be feeling this for quite sometime. >> reporter: they sure will, janai. take a look. you can see the traffic is already at a crawl as they divert it to side streets. here you can see the highway completely shut down here as crews worked overnight to start to tear down that charred bridge. firefighters say that wall of fire was so powerful yesterday it took three hours to put it out. this morning a state of emergency and widespread ripple effects up the east coast after that raging bridge inferno. a key portion of i 95 outside new york city expected to be shut down in both directions, at least until monday, in the after math of a harrowing crash involving a semi carrying

we will go back to shelly and janai.in literally thinking god for all of this. it is hard to not cry along with them. they have been telling her don't do that. we have all the family and friends here to celebrate mom mm and assistant fire chief shelly carter. shelly, listen, dispatch has another surprise. it it! >> attentional members from a special surprise for assistant chief carter. [cheers and applause] >> oh, my god! [cheers and applause] space [cheers and applause] what? [laughter] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ and it just give up now ♪ ♪ came to far from where i started from ♪ ♪ oh ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ nobody told me the road would be easy ♪ ♪ and i don't believe he has brought me this far ♪ ♪ to leave me ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> hi, shelly, oh, my god! >> okay. [cheers and applause] >> hey, y'all! >> guys, we have the grammy award-winning gospel there gospel duo, erica and tina, why did you want to be here to celebrate miss shelly carter? we wanted to be a part because she is an amazing mom, an amazing woman who has affected all of these peopl

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we are in contact with our journalist colleague umm janai qaimi in tabriz. mr. qaimi, hello to the viewers from. greetings to you , dear colleagues and viewers of khabar network, this is tabriz martyrs' square, a place that has many memories of the burial of the martyrs of the 8 years of holy defense, and today, martyrs of service with a rare presence. the people of east azarbaijan province and the city of tabriz are being held . tabriz martyrs' square will once again record in its book of honors the enthusiastic presence of people who came here from all over the province to pay their respects to their servicemen. martyr's foreign affairs is the martyr's governor and the representative of the legal guardian in this, and the friday imam of tabriz, who attained the high rank of martyrdom. in addition, one of the flight crew is from east azarbaijan province, as the famous saying and in the popular language, bacha anja. even though the ceremony was supposed to start at 9:30, an hour ago, when i arrived here with my colleagues, i saw that people came to celebrate the

>> janai: good mor >>> janai: good morning, america. new evacuation orders. of people in gaza on the move as it prepares to expand its miliary operation to root out hamas.

janai norman is tracking what to expect. good morning, janai. >> reporter: michael, good morning. just mentioned orlando. hertz said that's one of the cities with the highest demand for rental cars because so many people will be hitting the road. so buckle up. this is expected to be one of the busiest memorial day rushes ever on the road according to aaa. an estimated, staggering 38.5 million people are expected to travel by car. the highest ever since tracking began back in 2000. that's up about 2% from 2019, up 4% from last year. that means traffic and congestion in many areas. planning ahead can help. the folks who analyze traffic data, they say if you leave thursday or friday, you gotta get going early to avoid that morning rush, or wait until the evening. when you're returning home on sunday or monday, they say that you'll want to time your travel to avoid the evening commute. the worst time to be on the road, according to aaa, will be from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. those days. they say drive times could take up to 90% longer than usual. you want to make sure you have a full tan

and as dw shalumi yada of reports from the capital of meal, now do janai. that is proving difficult. the state is known as the economic powerhouse of india, but remains relatively unresponsive to bodies in do nationalist message joshua con. the beef hub off to a nice city in the southern. see just tell me law, do you think this could land me in jail? in some parts of india, at least those that are leg by the building b, j. b parties. this is being housed me and i to move that is considered sacred by the majority committed deal came to this is a huge issue within the beads. if you've seen them adult and policies in north india, but children sold, these doesn't divide. in fact, in places like this, you can do muslim. everyone comes here to eat. nobody has any restrictions on eating. this money comes in is a hindus and comes to regularly with his son to enjoy a b snack. he says, politics cannot influence people's food choices in this house. and that he put, solve the word for button, and that tells me what not to eat or the other one said he would need to deci

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first janai norman with details. good morning, janai. >> robin, good morning to you.o. so for some context, cassie was a young up and comer when she met diddy. last november her lawsuit alleging sexual and physical violence and abuse. his lawyer accusing cassie of blackmail called the allegations baseless and lies. diddy himself said he didn't, quote, do any of the awful things alleged. after the release of this new video, now that's changed. >> i'm truly sorry. >> reporter: this morning music mogul sean diddy combs is apologizing after the release of disturbing video appearing to show him physically attacking his then girlfriend cassie at a los angeles hotel back in 2016. >> i hit rock bottom. i make no excuses. my behavior on that video is inexcusable. i take full responsibility for my actions in that video. >> reporter: in the footage exclusively obtained by cnn, the rapper and producer is seen with just a towel on running after cassandra throwing her to the ground, kicking her twice before dragging her down to the hallway. the incident matching one of the allegati

janai norman has that story. good morning to you, janai. >> oh, good morning. you know as soon as they said baby, i said, oh, yes. this little baby, little nya. when she was born she weighed as much as a can of soup. she was just 22 weeks. her eyes still fused shut. her lungs weren't fully developed. her skin was still nearly translucent. wait until you see how she's doing now. this morning two parents near chicago waking up for the first time with their miracle baby at home. >> everyone's ready to sell bray this little one for sure. >> reporter: little nyla brook heywood was released from the hospital, where she was born nearly six months ago. she was delivered at just 22 weeks after her mother was diagnosed with preeclampsya. she is known as a micropreemie because she weighed just over one pound at birth. with only a 10% chance of survival, the odds were stacked against her. doctors went into the delivery room prepared for the worst. >> she cried at birth. little whimper, but it was a cry. she came out fighting right off the bat. >> reporter: nyla nation, as

download our abc seven bay area >> janai: good morning, america. campaign trail. and donald trump wooing supporters. biden appealing to black voters in atlanta. protests threatening to overshadow his appearance as graduation speaker. whilp

joining us now is law professor paul butler and janai nelson. paul, first to you.out an alternative map, it's difficult for plaintiffs to defeat our presumption the legislature, in reference to south carolina republicans, acted in good faith. what does this mean for redistricting? for justice alito to say that they should not -- they should presume they acted in good faith after the history of racial gerrymandering and discrimination against black people in the south? >> yeah. this is south carolina where republicans control six out of seven of the congressional districts. there's one district that is led by an african american congressman clyburn. nancy mace won this district in 2020 by just 1%. the republican lawmakers in south carolina wanted to make it a safer district for republicans. the way they did that, according to three federal judges who heard evidence, was they bleached the african americans out of the district. they moved them to congressman clyburn's district. that's what the supreme court was considering. three federal judges -- >> south carolinian

. >> janai: good morning, america. breaking their banks.houston at major flood stage. water rising higher than hurricane harvey in some spots. flash flooding swamping homes and roads. the emergency rescues with even more rain on the way. plus, the new weather threat for tornado alley.

janai norman joins us now from new york to tell us what's coming up at seven on good morning america.> good saturday morning to you. record breaking holiday travel from the roads to the sky. tsa expecting more than 18 million travelers. many now bracing for potential flight delays as strong storms move across the country. but many beaches will be packed this memorial day weekend. what officials are warning about sharks and potential rip currents, as they urge us all to stay alert at the beach. and how about holiday deals? we've got big discounts from school supplies and laptops to barbecues and clothes. we'll tell you the smartest way to shop this holiday weekend. how about that? travel. beaches, deals. it's all here. coming up on gma. we'll see you then. >> well speaking of those deals, if you have shopping plans this holiday weekend, it's a big deal. is here to help. ryan field and danny beckstrom are rounding up the best abc exclusive of memorial day sales are. >> it's that time again. welcome to our favorite segment. it's a big deal. >> this week we've rounded up the best memorial

here's abc news reporter janai norman. >> in this morning's gma first look, we're getting insight into aggressive killer whale attacks like this one. >> yeah. >> oh, my god, that have been caught on tape over the past couple of years. there have been nearly 700 encounters in the waters around portugal, france and morocco, resulting in the sinking of at least seven vessels, puzzling scientists. what's happening here, which is ramming rudders, it's not fading away. and that's our concern. research done by more than a dozen orca experts have narrowed down the attacks to iberian killer whales, most of them males who seem to be mimicking each other. >> we lost both rudders and coming up at 7 a.m. >> what scientists say is causing these attacks with your gma first look, i'm jane norman, abc news, new york. >> yes. that was a man attempting to body slam an orca in the waters near auckland, new zealand. this video was shared on instagram back in february. the 50 year old can be heard shouting, i touched it and then asking others if they got it on video. he then stays in the water and tries to

janai norman is here. got to answer for us? good morning. >> yes, guys, good morning.t asked the whales and got their answer. no. [ laughter ] we have seen videos of aggressive orcas attacking boats without explanation. now experts have narrowed down the attacks to iberian killer whales, most males between 5 and 18 who they seem to be, experts say, mimicking each other. there's a so called aggressive killer whales, ramming into hundreds of boats with thuds like this. >> yeah. >> please go away. >> reporter: even ripping off pieces of them. >> we lost both rudders. >> reporter: yeah, that's a rudder, torn clear off a boat's hull. now after years of mystery, scientists believe they may know what's behind the behavior, claiming in a new report the apex predators might actually just be playful teenagers. >> when we examined the evidence, we concluded that there's really no reason to think that this is an attack, this is part of a normal social behavior of the orca. >> reporter: according to research done by more than a dozen orca experts, the iberian killer whales simply e

provided during that suspension that would have normally required prior authorization it may have been janai? >> no. we will not. >> you will not? >> sorry, we will reimburse. we will not deny. >> in other words, with retroactive prior authorization reviews having completely waived medicare advantage claims? >> we have wait for that period. i think we have realized some of the questions you have answer today do provide information that is so important moving forward, but the utilization has been suspended needs to be carefully review because prior authorization with the medicare advantage or an employer contract has impact, it delays care, it delays the ability for patients to seek that out. i think we could ask you to also follow up and carefully review how that prior authorization, how that has affected patient outcomes. i think that is something you from your perch at united, should be able to provide for us. >> mr. congressman, i would be happy to do that review. let me go further and say we are certainly willing to work with yourself and others on ideas on how we can further improve ens