travis' staggering personal growth. >> michael: starting a new week with the soap opra superstar, susan luccisaying ... "good morning america"! live from times square! it's monday, good morning america! >> george: good good, breaking new, and we will get right to it. good morning america >> the grammy winning singer of "killing me softly with his song and other major hits", died, surrounded by family, announced in 2022, she has alc disease. she received a grammy for record of the year, 1973, matched both achievements with "killing me softly", the first artist to win back-to-back grammies for best records. for her admirers she was more than a musical source, she sang at the funeral of jackie >> robin: , the first black player in can major league baseball. and, free to be me, you and me. roberta flack was 88 years old, guys. >> george: we start with the elon musk ultimatum, demanding the federal employs justify their jobs, some say they will not comply. even though they risk losing their jobs. >> good morning, this is sparking one fusion and uncertainty, elon musk told the workers to reply with

it is almost like a susan lucci thing.n in the history of her profession. record of the year and album of the year alluded her. years ago, for the year of lemonade, adele spent all over time on stage and then later at the press conference profusely apologizing to beyonci for beating her. >> beyonci also won best country album for cowboy carter. can we talk about the surprise there and the challenges she faces being accepted into the country community? >> i have seen a lot of upset country fans. i'm not sure why. there are guardrails that people want to put on the genre. and beyonci is very much going passed those guardrails. i think people have to remember that it's not the cma's. just the country community voting on the grammys. i think a lot of people in nashville cast their votes for beyonci. and post malone does not get the plaque beyonci gets. and she made a great album is the argument. >> and we talked about the la wildfires and how did the grammys keep it front and center? >> i think they struck the right tone. they

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his new name, also susan lucci live in times square. having way too much fun with michael.lly starting to get some soap opera feels on gma this morning. >> there was a slap of some sort. >> oh, there was a slap last time. this time it gets better. >> oh really? they're upping the ante. okay, well, i mean she is the queen, so i get it. i can't wait to see that. i mean, you know. yeah, she's she's been at the game for a long time. ginger, we'll see you at 7:00. >> she knows her stuff. >> she sure does. thank you. thank you. the time is now. 620. almost 624. new at six. san francisco based zen decks is laying off over 50 people at its downtown headquarters. the customer service software provider notified the state of the layoffs this past week. they take effect in april. according to the chronicle, zendesk has about 5000 employees worldwide. those layoffs come at a time when a lot of tech companies have been slimming down their workforces. workday crews okta and salesforce are some of the companies that announced layoffs this month. new developments in the case surrounding sea

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susan lucci, the legend, soap opera queen. she smacked me. something only erika cane can do.now i'm all in. [ laughter ] >> george: i'm running the other way. >> michael: she does what a lot of people want to do around here every morning. >> sam: i thought it was so real. i was like, what is happening? [ laughter ] >> michael: monday we're gonna have more. >> george: that is coming up monday. right now our gma cover story. texting with a scammer. our investigation into unsolicited text messages offering work, secret service and queens district attorney uncover one of these schemes targeting new yorkers. elizabeth schulze back with scam u. good morning, elizabeth. >> hey, george. so chances are you've been on the receiving end of a text asking you to apply for a part time or remote job to earn some quick cash. we decided to see what happens when you reply and it helped reveal how this is an innovative scam costing americans tens of millions of dollars every year. this morning we engage with alleged scammers, responding to those texts you no doubt received that read like this.