we got national waffle day, the terrific mother/daughter team of mama laverne and donna richardson.amous. >> chicken and waffles. >> chicken and waffles. >>> take a look at this. holding one of their engagement photos, this couple, they look like they're at a beautiful italian villa but they're at an olive garden in tennessee but, you know, the pictures they posted online making the rounds. people are doing a double take and they're live with us this morning. we have a big surprise for them and, whit, we heard you were a member of the olive garden family. >> yeah. bona festa, i was a waiter at the olive garden back in the day. i was all over the endless soup and bread sticks. when you're here, you're family, guys. [ laughter ] >>> before we get to that, we're going to start with news, because we have a lot of it to cover. starting with president biden expected to make an announcement later today about his plan to forgive student loans for millions of americans. our chief white house correspondent cecilia vega is back with the details. good morning, again, cecilia. >> reporter: hey,

brand formerly as narrow as the waists of its dolls now representing women like model and actress laverne see her barbie get made at mattel headquarters. >> i'm so cheesy. >> now kids get to dream with a laverne cox barbie, the first transgender barbie. that is a beautiful space of dreaming and possibility. >> reporter: for azusa sakamoto barbie represented the possibility of a new life. inspiring the japanese-born content creator to move to the u.s. over 20 years ago. >> i'm azusa barbie. >> i would say i've never seen anyone who is really committed to barbie more than i do. because i literally moved country, i moved to the u.s. because i wanted to be closer to barbie. >> that's why you moved to the u.s. >> yes. >> wow. >> reporter: since then she's converted her studio apartment to a real-life barbie dreamhouse. with barbie brand dolls, cookware, and even a miniature azusa. >> oh, my god. you are not kidding. this is like a barbie superhome. >> come in. >> thank you. >> even the ac is barbie. >> yeah. spray painted. >> tell me a little bit about your love for barbie. why barbie? how did

here is laverne white bear reading her poem. here here is a dakota sun who bears a white man's face. and there there are their men women and children. from where did you come? escaping. were you? did you steal respect and honor to? even our children cast in stone. you stole their stories and made them your own. porcelain beauties high children beneath falls of wool sucking their lips to hasten their will is that fear upon your face? did you not covet this sacred place? the land where children of the stars live the place where time began. she she is their mother in a macaw. they respect and honor her none other. who do you fear the savages? oh, yes, it's true. remain afraid i say for ignorance requires. no skill. as you scurry along the trail making your prayers without fail. ask yourself this who should you fear in the lakes beautiful mirror? and do they look like you? i personally find the shift from who do you fear to who should you fear? i'm quite thought-provoking. the third vignette is a group of objects that continues this

montaÑas de san gabriel: >> en el último reporte autoridades aseguran que de peligro para la ciudad de laverneemos llegar. >> vamos sobre formación. el departamento de seguridad nacional de un paso para;; dicen; fortalecer y asegurar que daca permandaca, y es que el amparo migratorio está en la cuerda floja. >> el gobierno de joe biden dijo que hace lo posible para mantener vivo a daca, ccomo la reciente modificación que convierte al programa en una regla. >> se escuchan reacciones en torno a la reacción del gobierno en torno a daca. >> aunque el departamento de seguridad nacional apuntó a fortalecer el amparo migratorio esta semana poniendo daca bajo proceso administrativos alguna vez beneficiarios no estaban satisfechos. >> desafortunadamente no expande el número de personas que califican para el programa, tampoco no reabrir aplicaciones ppara las personas que han estado esperando yy que sí que calificaron. >> hablar de la nueva regla del gobierno que codifica daca como una política administrativa con el objetivo de eliminar las fallas qque cometió el gobierno de barack obama ccuando escribe

laverne buchanan, $2.8 million. one of those three names, just three names in common, they are all republicans, and they all got ppp loans and they were all forgiven. all my! did we have a segment on that? did c-span do a segment on that? on the republicans with their ppp loans? host: we have 20 seconds on that. so, you support move yesterday? caller: oh, very much so. i am mostly calling in because i am really, really sick of thinking the set up today this morning, the people and citizens are constantly being put in battle with each other. i am tired of it. i'm tired of the way this program is run. you constantly are doing the dirty work of the gop. i know you get calls all the time about how you haven't got the phone lines, you never switch the number and all this stuff. gosh darn it, it is so frustrating because he could've run this so much different this morning and had it be with a positive reach out, but you don't do that. you never do that. host: we are just asking people their reaction to it. how would you r

city cop pulled in to laverne park.e he didn't know. >> but you knew. >> yeah. yeah. i knew, but i still let the denial take over. i wanted to go back in time. i didn't want -- i didn't want to go home. i didn't want to hear the final news. i didn't want to hear it. >> i remember the exact moment. i broke down. after being told that, i don't remember anything after that. i just remember that specific moment in time. that's the saddest moment that i've ever gone through and that i can imagine going through. >> it was pretty much just like losing -- like literally losing a piece of yourself. i know that people say that, but that is really how it feels. and i guess i just -- like the fight that i had with her, i just wish, of course, that it had never happened. >> but you realize that you have no guilt in this, right? i mean, arguments happen. >> no, i know. um, but usually you get a chance to say you're sorry. >> 15-year-old leah freeman vanished off the streets of coquille five weeks ago. her death is being treated as a

literally came up the stairs having watched on facebook or youtube somewhere an interview with janet or laverne cox or another really incredible, brilliant and bold, brave black trans woman, being unknowingly, unconsciously eviscerated by some well-meaning journalist and this being so patient and kind andat loving ad gracious, just sharing i'm just going to say why that's not the best question to ask giving them more grace, everyone deserves grace of course but more than i would think they deserve. [laughter] and i had a lightbulb gotr offen my head and is it think we have to tell this story and he was like why would we do that? [laughter] what happened when people do that. i explained and watched an interview and it only gets better, and the gets fair for myself as a white binary trans person living in portland, oregon who has every privilege aand when could ever hope for s a trans person. i think this one famous hollywood couple has a trans kid, maybe that person is more privileged than me but other than that, i amha surrounded ani said i don't gets right to put all of that work on them it wa

literally came up the stairs having watched on facebook or youtube somewherehen interview with janet or laverne, or some other really incredible, brilliant, bold, brave black trans woman being unknowingly, unconsciously eviscerated by some well-meaning journalist. and being so patient, kind, loving, gracious, just sharing well, i'm just going to point out to you why that question is not the best question to ask for giving them far more grace than everyone deserves grace of g course. but more that i would think they deserved as a outsider who is also transgender but had a lightbulb go off on a watch this and set i we have to tell our story. and biff was like why would we ever do that? look what happens to people who do that. and i just explained i watch this interview and i do not think it is fair. i do not think it is fair for myself as a white binary trans person living in portland, oregon who has every privilege that anyone could ever hope for as a trans person. i think this one famous hollywood couple that has a bill melugin okay maybe that trans person is more than me but other than that i

having watched on, you know, facebook or youtube somewhere an interview with you know, with janet or laverne cox or some other incredible, or brilliant, bold, brave, black trans woman being unknowingly, unconsciously eviscerated by some well-meaning journalist, and it being so patient and kind and loving and gracious. you know, just sharing, well, i'm just going to point out to you why that question isn't the best to ask, giving them, i think, far more grace than-- everyone deserves grace of course, but more than i would think they deserve, and i just had a light bulb go off in my head and this was up here and i walked up the stairs and i said i think we have to tell our story. and biff was like why would we ever do that? look what happens? look what happens when people do that? and i just explained i watched this interview and i don't think that -- i don't think it's fair. i don't think it's fair for myself as a white binary trans person living in portland, oregon who has every privilege that has everything that could ever hope for i think there's a hollywood couple who has a trans kid mayb

remember when we were kids, the crossovers they would do like "happy days" and "laverne and shirley,"e crimes and the district attorneys, who prosecute defenders, these are their stories. >> look at you was that a fraternity thing in college.hehole can. >>> next up "curb your enthusiasm" fans of the laugh out loud series are feeling pretty good this morning yesterday the network announcing that larry david's improvised show is returning for season 12. it's a long time for larry david who has been playing larry david on screen for 22 years in a statement, here's what the comedian had to say, it's a long one, playing the role of larry david has been the greatest honor of my life in researching this multifaceted multitalented man, i discovered there's more to him than i could have ever imagined he speaks six languages, brines his own pickles and spearheads a national movement to install a bidet in every home. i have been told from numerous sources that he is the most generous i'm so excited to once again transform into this force of nature i only pray that i can do him justice. >> wow >>

overdrive watching the stars of some of the best classics from the '70s, "the love boat," "happy days," "laverne ♪ it is you and me and abc ♪ >> do you see him yet? there's fonzie. wow, fonzie looked good. there he is. look closely. a young tom hanks. >> ah. >> he was starring on "bosom buddies." he took to instagram to confirm, yeah, i'm in it. the hair is natural. tom was 24 years young at the time. the other story how they got all of the stars in the same place and to do that choreography. you can watch the full abc network promo for the 1980 prime time schedule on youtube. it is worth the watch. >> i say they should do it again. bring everybody back together. >> yeah, we'll see. >> okay. >> come on. >>> coming up, a tale of two best friends and "gma's" dog days of summer special adoption event. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. kumasi: good morning, everyone. i'm kumasi with abc seven mornings. checking in now with jobina. jobina: we start with the cement suffers a --the richmond san rafael bridge. as you approach the bridge, this is a live

pax laverne. three days after that, though he tested positive again, 7 10 is the time let's get a check of the roadways are springing south castaneda for look at what the conditions are right now, sal, i and dave right now it does look alright. it is getting a little bit more crowded, but this is all within the scope of normalcy for a monday here in the bay area if you are driving on the east shore freeway at 28 minute drive from the cartoonist bridge to the macarthur may said, pretty moderate commuter, i'd say a bridge does have about a 10 minute. wait on the span, and it gets better as you are at the toll plaza gets better once you get onto the span 80 in oakland, and so does 5 80. they're both looking pretty good. and the mid big crossing san mateo bridge looks good. we haven't talked a lot about that silicon valley commute because, thankfully, there's not a lot to talk about. traffic is still kind of easing in to this monday at 7 10, let's go back to the desk fighting against catalytic convert