who favorite shellen.s whole spelling thing is kind of a footnote to an impressive athletic resume. the 14 year-old from louisiana is a basketball star. holding three world records for ball handling skills. she's even appeared alongside steph curry in a commercial. >> around the world will see they can do anything and everything they put their minds to. she's only been spelling since she was 12. in preparation for the spelling bee, she says she tries to do about 13,000 words a day. which usually adds up to zemsev hours. but manages to find time for basketball and school. i guess. >> if she does win she'll be making history. the first ever black american winner of the spelling bee. which airs tonight. at 8:00 p.m. on espn 2. >> love >>> right now on "america this morning," tropical storm elsa slams georgia hitting a u.s. naval base. >> debris everywhere, trailers knocked over. >> the damage this morning from a reported tornado and where the storm is headed next. >>> breaking overnight, arrests in the assass

. >> go ahead, shellen. >> i'm totally overwhelmed. when i got the call this morning, i felt like i was hit by a train. you know, you deserved to get what he did because he did it. he's out on on a technicality, but that doesn't change the fact that he's a predator. all of us girls are still suffering, some more than others, but it's a travesty to justice to me. >> yeah. joanie says -- joan says she's moved beyond it. it's been tougher for you? >> it's been tougher for me. i go to counseling. i see psychiatrists. i've been seeing them for years. and it's hard for me every day. it's even hard even being married and being sleeping and i have nightmares of him to this very day. and it's hard on me. >> chelan, when you address the court, you directly addressed bill cosby from the stand. and you said, you remember, don't you, mr. cosby. do you think he still remembers? >> yes, i do. he looked directly at me. when i said my grandparents names, he looked directly at me and it came out as if they were saying it themselves. i knew he did and he