what did robin roberts ask tim cook? a question about >> well, we want to make an iphone for everyone. that has always been our objective. we have several iphones and they go down to lower. >> apple unveiled the most expensive iphone last week. the iphone 10s max has a price tag. cook defended it saying it replaced the camera and music and video players. >> the way most people pay for them is they do with a carrier and pay so much per month. if you look at even the phone priced over a thousand dollars most people pay about $30 a month for it. so it's about $1 a day. >> could the prices go >> i'm optimistic that the two countries will sort this out and life will go on. >> reporter: cook said apple has a tremendous responsibility to the u.s. and will be investing $350 billion over the next five years. matt keller, abc 7 news. >> all you need is that dollar a day and i too can have that new phone. i'm open to any donations. thank you. >>> new this morning facebook accused of bias and employment ads. the communications worke

what did gma's robin roberts ask him cook about.d that a group of people are being priced out? >> well, we want to make an iphone for everyone. that's always been our objective. we've got several iphones in the line. they go down to materially lower. >> apple unveiled the most advanced and most expensive iphone last week. the 10s max has a $1,099 phone. it effectively replaced your camera and music and video players. >> the way most people pay for these is do a deal with their carrier and pay so much per month. so if you look at even the phone priced over $1,000. most pay about $30 a month for it. it's about a $1 a day. >> could the prices go up higher with the looming trade war with chtration announced exemptions to the 10% tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese imports, including certain apple products. cook says the iphone is assembled in china but parts come from everywhere, including the united states. he's hopeful for a resolution. >> i'm optimistic because trade is it's not a zero sum game. you and i can trade something and

see why a lot of tails were wagging in the east bay today >> tomorrow robin roberts sits down for an exclusive with shan endougherty to talk about her endougherty to talk about her due year battle with i'm april kennedy and i'm an arborist with pg&e in the sierras. endougherty to talk about her due year battle with since the onset of the drought, more than 129 million trees have died in california. pg&e prunes and removes over a million trees every year to ensure that hazardous trees can't impact power lines. and since the onset of the drought we've doubled our efforts. i grew up in the forests out in this area and honestly it's heartbreaking to see all these trees dying. what guides me is ensuring that the public is going to be safer and that these forests can be sustained and enjoyed by the community in the future. ♪ ♪ ♪ i put a spell on you ♪ yeah, because you're mine ♪ with chase atms serena can now grab cash on the go, all with the tap of her phone. ♪ stop the things you do no card? no problem. life, lived serena's way. chase, make more of what's yours. (music throughout) the se

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and he told our friend robin roberts, this is really about dignity for the american worker. >> i hopen't pass is this idea that people are now thinking this rethinking about what it means to work, you know, the honor of the working person and the dignity of work. so, no one has to feel sorry for me, i'm doing fine. >> geoffrey owens, ladies and gentlemen. >> no, it's true. >> well said. >> reporter: tonight, the woman who took those photos says she now regrets it. and tyler perry, the famous actor and filmmaker. >> i have been sitting by the phone my friend. >> reporter: now says he has a big project coming. tweeting geoffrey, i'm about to start shooting, come with us. why it struck a chord for him. >> are you kidding me? i have such a tremendous respect for a man, number one, who is -- who has no pride about working. he's going to do what he has to do to support his family. >> reporter: but whether he's at trader joe's on on-set, respect tonight for that actor, sending a message that every american worker should be proud. hear hear. an important conversation this week. we thank you f

here is robin roberts. >> reporter: she's one of the biggest recording artists in history, heating upmmer anthem "made for now." ♪ made for now >> reporter: and after nearly four decades in the spotlight, janet jackson's revealing that beauty isn't just skin deep. she still finds it hard to look past her own physical insecurities, telling "in style" magazine, a lot of it has to do with experience, getting older, understanding, realizing there isn't just one thing that is considered beautiful. the 52-year-old who received the icon award at this year's billboard music awards says it was tough as a young artist in an industry that focuses so much on image. i remember growing up she recalls, and you had to be a certain size. you had to be thin to be an entertainer. that's just the business i'm in. i think it's changed thank god, people are more accepting of others. jackson said she didn't feel the album "all for you." i went to therapy, which is all about finding the thing you li about yourself. and she says she feels most beautiful when she's with her 1-year-old son whom she gave birth t

for those join us the role of robin roberts will be played by tom bergeron.ve you, man, beau and "dukes of hazzard." [ applause ] >> we know you have an incredible singing voice but how are your dancing skills? >> i do have an incredible singing voice. [ laughter ] but i'm working on it. i have a wonderful teacher, a wonderful teacher and i'm listening and watching and trying to do the best i can. but, you know, i do have a wonderful -- thank you about pie singing voice. >> it made my singing voice get deeper. >> bobby, you know a thing or two about country music. yeah, a couple things. we have one of your fans and friends we want to show you right now. >> what's up, bobby. dierks here in madison square garden tonight but i'm thinking about you and you being on "dancing with the stars" and just hoping you dominate this season. hoping that you don't have two left feet that i do. i'll be watching you and supporting you. cannot wait to see you on "dancing with the stars." good luck, buddy. [ cheers and applause ] >> well, first of all, that is one of pie dear fr

we're looking at -- yeah, that was a whoo-hoo from robin roberts.ll in minneapolis and this is their fourth wettest day on record in september. it's usually very dry. the water there going up over the wheel wells. never want to drive into that and you'll have similar situations set up in oklahoma and texas, looks like, this weekend as that really slow-moving low and the associated fronts take their time, even stall out by the end of the weekend, you could end up with more than half a foot of rain in some places. you sick of summer? because i know some other folks are. guess what, we're about to feel some fall. it will happen next week. this segment sponsored by capital one. local news and weather is coming up next. >>> "goodgood mor >>> "good morning america" is sponsored by cigna, together all the way. >>> good morning, i'm alexa smiths from abc 7 mornings. meteorologist mike nico has a look at the forecast. >> it is about 78 today with temperatures falling in the afternoon hours as the surge comes back to the peninsula coast. the rest of us, lots

"good morning america" this week and more than 2 million people watched amazing interview with robin robertsducer tyler perry. tmz reports owens has accepted a job offer from perry. this is going to ben appearance on the show "the haves and have nots" and he's going to have a recurring role and will be on ten episodes. >> such a great attitude during that. >> inspiring. >> it was. >> oakland getting ready for its pride parade and festival. >> it's all happening on sunday and this isideo las year's parade. sunday's kicks off at 11:00 a.m. at 14th and broadway where you will find the festival. it is free to watch the parade but $10 to get into the festival and there will be food, drinks and vendors and performers on four stages. >>> coming up (music throughout) >>> if you're just joining us here are seven things to know before you go. number one, a 50-mile stretch of i-5 north of redding could reopen today despite the fact that the delta fire continues to burn out of control. 22,000 acres have burned and there's still no containment. >>> number two, we have had a busy commute today. several cr

he turned to robin roberts on "good morning america" and had this to say about his job and the support he got unexpectedly, watch. >> there is no job that's better than another job. it may pay better or have better benefits, might look better on a resume and paper but actually it's not better. every job is worthwhile and valuable and, if we have kind of a rethinking about that because of what has happened to me, that would be great. but no one should feel sorry for me. >> the dignity of work. >> eyes said that on my convention speech. my mother told me that, i was waiting tables. she waited tables till she was 74. >> no honest job should be demeaned. this is the cruelty of social media and a happy ending to the story. tyler perry, someone who was himself made his own way and pulled himself by the bootstraps has offered jeffrey a job. >> i loved how he put it right back in their faces. it's a job, there is dignity in every job. you know what he's not doing, he's not sitting down and complaining, while it is me. life is so unfair. and there is a video game, parents, you know about it, ca

he spoke to "good morning america" and he did an amazing interview with robin roberts, more than 2 million people watched that on-line including producer tyler perry. tmz reports owens has accepted a job from perry. it's to appear on the show "the haves and the have nots." tmz says he will have a recurring role and appear on ten episodes. >>> the longest running show on broadway is in san francisco with a tech upgrade. abc 7 news was inside the theater as the stage crew checked the chandelier from "phantom of the opera." the light fixture has 30,000 crystals and can shoot firecrackers. there's so many pyrotechnics that a fire marshal is atry show.ntteer 30. >> those people on the screen are the actress playing the phantom and christine, the lead in the show. >> we heard his voice this morning and he has a rich voice. >> he has that baritone way over me. >> yeah. sounds good. yeah. >> he sounds great. >> i was jealous, very much so. hopefully you get a chance to see that. let's take a look at what's going on outside. no real fireworks here. we have a compressed marine layer from sutro tower

you can watch robin roberts' interview with tyler perry at 7:00 here on abc 7 news and "gma." >>> nextjor toyota recall this morning. the problem that could cause your car to catch fire. >> tech leaders head to capitol hill. the tough questions they'll face minutes from now. >> instagram's plans to get your on-line shopping dollars. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i put a spell on you ♪ yeah, because you're mine ♪ with chase atms serena can now grab cash on the go, all with the tap of her phone. ♪ stop the things you do no card? no problem. life, lived serena's way. chase, make more of what's yours. >>> good morning, east bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> now at 6:30, a plane crash near the palo alto airport. one person is killed and two others hurt. what we're learning. >> two major hearings right now on capitol hill. democrats ready for another fight over the supreme court nominee and the tech titans facing some tough questions. >> gordon becomes a tropical depression overnight but not before leaving damage in its wake. we are live on the gulf coast. >>> welcome to candyto

. >> thank you all for watching and happy birthday to our robin roberts. >> check out josh's album "britonser permanente. thrive. ♪ >>> good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> hi, there! good morning. i'm jessica casto from abc 7 mornings. it's thursday. let's start out with meteorologist mike nicco. how's it going? >> hey, jessica. hey, everybody. yeah, it's still going, um, well, touch and go up in the mountains. let's say that, and up in our hills. we have that red flag warning until 5:00. high fire danger. mid- to upper 70s in san francisco. 80s and 90s for the rest of us. it will cool slightly this weekend, of course, autumn starts. look, next week, it gets warm, even at the coast. alexis? >> okay, we have a lot of red on our traffic maps, as you would imagine at this point in the morning. new crash here on southbound 880 at the 238 connector. a couple of vehicles involved. at least one lane blocked and they are sending emergency crews to the escescene. a rough morning for the north judah line for muni. continuing the bus shuttles as they get n

i have robin roberts behind me and we're talking about sally field. does it get better than that? a beautiful morning to do a "gma" moment and make everybody smile and have a little giggle. this morning it comes to us from cleveland, ohio. and you got to love peaches. this time of year. >> what are you doing? hey, hey, hey. bud. mr. matteo. >> matteo. he is 2 years old and he said, i don't want just one. i'm eating every single one of these peaches. that's how i feel. i am with you. please send your facebook -- your "gma" moments to my >>> now to that health struggle for matthew perry. the "friends" star just sent out a tweet. three months in a hospital bed, check. as he recovers from serious surgery. our chief medical correspondent jen ashton here to talk about it. apparently recovering from a gastrointestinal perforation. explain what that is and why it's so serious. >> this is a really big deal. the medical term is perforated viscus. it could be from small intestine to large intestine. to be clear, this is a surgical emergency. there is the chance of widespread infection and it

we heard about your story, robin roberts especially heard about your story so we just had to come here: the lessons taught by miss kimber bermudez to her first grade students go beyond the classroom. >> so how many do i have altogether? let's count. >> i want them to know they're capable to do anything they want to do. i tell them constantly, you can read, you can do anything in the world. you guys are rock stars. >> reporter: miss bermudez would do anything for her students. but to read and to write they need books and supplies which are a costly expense for her students who come from mainly low income families. >> we might not have all the same resources but we fight for them. >> reporter: she advocates for her students' needs wherever she goes including most recently on a flight to florida. >> i was just talking to some strangers on a plane, not thinking anything of it. i started talking about my students and some of the unique situations that some of them have. >> reporter: sharing what happened next on facebook writing, the man behind me tapped my shoulder. i turned around. and he

joining us now is robert: -- robin bhar, socgen head of metals research.in the rally we are seeing. the bounce is unexpected perhaps but may be a classic case to sell the room by the facts. the micro fundamentals in our view are pretty strong as we enter the fourth quarter shortly which is traditionally a strong seasonal period for demand. if we look at those micro details, stocks are continuing to draw indicating how much metal is leaving the warehouses is on the rides -- is on the rise. despite all the fears about trade wars and slower growth, china still remains at elevated levels. some very strong micro factors. alix: which the market has been ignoring up until now. the year toover date, all of these industrial metals and the point you have to know is they are all down. copper and iron ore. which metal is most decoupled from its fundamentals? argue probably because of aluminum specific factors that could be supported, ongoing sanctions. i would point to lead used in batteries. that is relatively immune to the business cycle. if the battery fails, it ha

robert merrill from our culture desk is sat here while can robin sasha valves a very special talent whichhe is i am no actually a big fan of contemporary dance but i have seen a lot because my wife is. but i'm saying that because i am a fashion a fan of sasha violence she is just a step above the rest of them as far as i'm concerned and i'm not the only one because the company guesses performed all around the world with great success over the years and to different audiences of different cultures have also got to like her as well so let's have a look at our latest production anyway. exodus the current production by sasha valve's a journey that investigates the collective body of those who go out in order to immerse themselves in others and to escape from themselves the show performed at rowdy al system in berlin the home of sasha belts as company the choreographer will soon leave her post here to work at the state ballet. not everyone was pleased with the appointment of a contemporary dance choreographer as artistic director of the state ballet at first many of the classical dancers were

and robert merrill is coming together with us here to talk about it robin east meets west music composed there especially for the past yeah indeed every year actually the german youth orchestra get together with musicians from another country this year's national section they are getting together with india and other musicians as well in fact five german put cussedness from a group called splash went to india earlier this shit to learn from great caution is as they're about the style you know the the start of music then i think i think actually this whole campus project the great thing is the valuable side of it is the meeting together rehearsing together learning about each other's cultures without a doubt as you mentioned d.w. commissions a new piece every year this piece this year is composed by the austrian percussionist band hot shit bag and the indian virtual. flute which is basically like a flute but it made of bamboo very popular in india and he's rakish. and this is how the campus project got stasis. british five students of classical percussion in germany were sent by the beeth

start thanks very much to mr reliable robert leaven dusky he put the visits his head inside the tent minutes and were it not for some wasteful finishing from robin i think they could have been out of sight by half times as he wasn't really on fire now aside from nico coach the day before the evening really belonged to young were not so sanchez the i'm portuguese midfielder moved to by munich the season before last and it's never really worked out for him that he got himself on the scoresheet with instruments all throughout the game and he had a great night and it was a tough night for both were also such as and his coach and. now reigning champions real madrid also kicked off their title defense after home to roma what happened there and i think the real question on everybody's lips going into this real madrid game was whether or not they could make it four champions league in a row without christie on an elbow and on this evidence i think it be hard to argue that they don't have a shot this season so they actually got off to a good start and self isco put them in front of the delicious free kick on the stroke of half time and gareth bale the ma

deborah roberts heard from teens all across the country and joins us with that. good morning, deb. >> good morning, robinaugh is really a hot button issue amongst teens who are experiencing their own awakening about inappropriate behavior. so, we caught up with some 17-year-olds to see how they're processing this thorny situation. [ chanting ] >> reporter: for high schoolers growing up in the me too area the kavanaugh controversy is a hot topic. we caught up with some teens from four different states. >> there seems to be a direct divide between the perception of these allegations between young girls and young boys. >> reporter: 17-year-old brennan leach, a senior from pennsylvania, says series actions of teens should matter later in their adult lives. >> what happens right now at high school parties or with friends or in social settings should not be any less severe or taken any less seriously than what happens at the adult level. >> reporter: some boys like 17-year-old harrison lawson, a society in georgia, agree. >> i think once you're 17 or at least in high school there's a certain level of self-cont

robin brant in the philippines. we were going to try to go to howard johnson. listening to robertesperson today. a huge search and rescue operation is ongoing and people are trying to find these miners and their families. what happened was these families. what happened was these families took refuge inside a bunkhouse either side of a mountain when the winds and the rain whipped up when the winds and the rain whipped up the land slipped and obliterated the bunkhouse. environment secretary has ordered a complete shutdown of all mining activities in the area. the philippine president is travelling to the area to offer his condolences to the families of those who died in this terrible incident. thank you very much, howard. it was worth trying to get back to you to make sure the technical challenge worked. howard in the philippines for us and before that robert brant in mainland china. a new way of measuring poverty in the uk is being proposed to include the unavoidable costs that some people face. factors such as childcare or the impact of disability should be taken into account, acc

robin )in south san francisco -- detectives discovered an indoor marijuana farm with more than 10- thousand plants. police have arrested two men... 51-year-old chris cameron of san francisco... and 59-year- old robertummings of oakland. police say are the "primary cultivators". the operation was said to be running for about two years and was potentially capable of bringing in millions of dollars a year. agents from the san mateo county narcotics task force were called in to take over the investigation and, along with south san francisco...police officers, they dismantled the farm. (robin) coming up next on the kron 4 morning news ... a new study says... students are at risk as they are trying to get to school. which campuses in the east bay are classified as having very dangerous drivers. (robin)plus ... a california woman is accused of scamming thousands... after claiming to be a firefighter's wife. ( robin )a southern california woman is being accused of scamming people into making donations on behalf of her husband... fighting the dangerous wildfires across the state. but as our partners at inside edition explain... she never áhad a husband... and that is just the beginning of her fake story. a