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smith spoke with my colleague t.j. holmes last year. >> i always had this sense of being a coward because i watched my father beat up my mother, and i didn't do anything, you know. and for a 9-year-old, that's like -- it's hard to break that programing. >> i've heard people who themselves come from traumatized and abusive backgrounds who say this was triggering, that this man stood up and not only apologized but chris rock, but then stood up and seemed to conflate love with violence. >> in pursuing his vision of love through violence, will smith didn't just hit chris rock. he also triggered an entire group of people who were forced to grow up in those households. he struck a nerve with people in ways i don't think he can fully anticipate. i want to be very clear about it. i understand where will smith is coming from. his wife was attacked for no reason, verbally. i completely understand why will smith did it i just wish he would have made a different choice. i don't demonize will smith. i wish will had done something differen

packer, who lead the show's first all black production team that night, speaking exclusively to t.j. holmes, saying the lapd came to his office and spoke to rock. >> they were saying, you know, this is battery, was a word they used in that moment. they said we will go get him. we are prepared. we're prepared to get him right now. you can press charges, we can arrest him. you have -- they were laying out the options. and as they were talking, chris was -- he was being very dismissive of those options. he was like, no, no, no, i'm fine. and even to the point where i said, rock, let them finish. the lapd officers finished laying out what his options were and they said, you know, would you like us to take any action? and he said no. he said no. >> reporter: packer telling abc news he did not speak to will smith directly at all the night of the oscars. in boston last night, rock addressing the incident publicly for the first time before a soldout audience. fans giving him a standing ovation. >> how was your weekend? >> reporter: in video shot from the upper balcony, the comedian telling the crow

we begin this morning with "gma3" co-anchors amy robach and t.j. holmes up for the half marathon. ia. t.j. said it was public shaming, peer pressure and pride that convinced him to pound the pavement. for her part amy has a number of marathons under her belt. we wish them good luck this morning. you've run with amy. >> i have and i've seen t.j. running. they're both faster than i am. they're going to kill it. >> t.j. said for months he wasn't doing a marathon. he finally gave in. >> it's a half marathon. >> still not doing a marathon. >> a man of his word. i was texting amy. she has the play list set. they're going to kill it. >>> now that she officially -- ♪ got her driver's license ♪ -- last week. >> olivia rodrigo can now -- >> oh, my. >> i know. it was a little pitchy, sorry. her new documentary follows the singing sensation. take a look. >> i wanted to tell people what was going on in the back of my head in a way that was proud and not ashamed. there's nothing that connects people more than music. >> "driving home to you" premiers on friday on disney plus. she's nominated for

. >> two guys i'm glad i'm not with john daly and t.j. holmes.owing my phone up. >> reporter: arkansas advanced to the elite 8 for the second year in a row. last time that happened, 1990. well before these current players were even born. >> we believed. nobody else did. we read everything. i'm telling you, we put it up on our screen every single meal. thank you to everybody that said we had no chance. >> the call of the hogs can be heard all the way to san francisco. >> reporter: okay. of course another slate of games today. st. peter's will continue today. the cinderella story. see if they can continue their run. and, lara, i love you. we're here to cover the oscars. of course. she asked me if it's whoo pigs. >> or wee pig. >> whoo pigs. >> there it is. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> that's exciting. this is so exciting. we are where it's all about to happen, and i had a huge day yesterday. i sat down with two of the women who will be hosting the oscars, regina hall and wanda sykes. they gave us all the scoop to their final days of prepara

that was t.j. holmes earlier this morning surprising a young film student at her hotel. e amazing surprises for her. t.j., take it away. >> strahan, why do you put it that way? i actually don't like doing that. you all keep sending me out knocking on people's doors at 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 in the morning. this time i didn't have to knock on her door. kimberly is standing here with me now. she's had this blindfold on for quite some time. kimberly, are you ready? >> yeah. >> first of all, you are live on "good morning america." right now. >> oh, wow. there's a lot of people. >> there's a lot of people. you don't know these people, but you do know these people. mom, dad, brother, sister. [ applause ] >> yes, they're all here. you know your best friend's here as well. they're here. i know. they're all here to celebrate you and we -- they know your story. these people know you and love you. the rest of the country is about to get to know you and love you as well. you're an aspiring filmmaker. we want everybody to take a look at kimberly's story. for kimberly film making is an oppor

. >> reporter: he escaed on a train to poland and sat down with our t.j. holmeshis crying moments, emotional, you know, i can't control it. i cried on the way from the airport. >> reporter: the couple is now focusing on raising money for ukrainian refugees. peta says tomorrow afternoon she will be selling clothes, shoes and bags and all the proceeds will go to maks' contacts on the ground in ukraine. >> he's looking for other ways to help now. thank you so much. robin? >> we know so many americans are helping people in ukraine the best way they can. millions of dollars have been raised. including by people using airbnb. trevor ault has that story for us. >> difficult situations can good morning, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, robin. as you know, difficult situations can bring out the best in people, even half a world away. thousands of americans have found a way to get money to ukrainian families who need it. they're booking a stay right now in a war zone. dallas couple chris and amy just booked an airbnb, five of them all near kyiv, ukraine, and places they

t.j. holmes has the latest for us. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning to you all.demy adopted a new code of conduct for its members after the harvey weinstein scandal in 2017, among other things it said members should respect human dignity and to behave in such a way that they don't use their power or influence in such a way that violates decency. well, you could argue that millions saw a blatant violation of that code on sundo about it. the academy board of governors is preparing to take what it calls appropriate action in response to this shocking moment on the oscars stage. >> oh, wow. >> reporter: in a new letter obtained by abc news overnight, top academy officials say they are upset and outraged over will smith's on stage assault of chris rock but they warned this must follow an official process that will take a few weeks. the board of governors reportedly called its annual post-oscars meeting with added urgency due to the fallout. the group of hollywood power players including "view" co-host whoopi goldberg now meeting later today. >> there are consequences,

t.j. holmes is back from l.a. with the latest. good morning, t.j. >> good morning, robin.incident happened it's all anybody wanted to talk about. folks you run into the elevator, the hotel lobby, at the airport, this is all people were talking about, this particular incident. now, remember, when will smith accepted his award, he apologized to the academy, he apologized to his fellow nominees but not to chris rock, until now. in a lengthy statement he posted on instagram that starts by saying, violence in all its forms is poisonous and destructive. will smith has apologized to chris rock after he struck the comedian in the face on live television during the oscars. >> oh, wow. wow. will smith just smacked the [ bleep ] out of me. >> reporter: the actor posted to instagram, my behavior at last night's academy awards was unacceptable and inexcusable. i would like to publicly apologize to you, chris. i was out of line and i was wrong. i'm embarrassed. my actions were not indicative of the man i want to be. the slap followed this joke rock made about smith's wife jada pinkett s

t.j. holmes has all the highlights. who is your number one?the tampa bay buccaneers. >> oh. >> because clearly that was the team everybody was talking about yesterday. i say that somewhat jokingly. but a little bizarre. as soon as we got the brackets, the hosts for the basketball stuff had to switch and start talking about football because of brady, but still we got to the brackets. they're out. we start with the men's side here. my number one seeds, the overall number one, you got gonzaga, yes, the bulldogs have done this again. they were in the national championship game last year. they got beat by baylor. baylor also a number one seed. arizona number one seed, kansas as well on the men's side. guys, everybody gets into this, and millions of folks don't even watch college basketball will fill out brackets. more money is bet on march madness than the super bowl. this is a big deal and this tournament is back, 68 teams ready to go. >> you have a lot of chances with the brackets. super bowl, you got one shot. >> how about the women? >> the wome

spring training camp set to open sunday and abc's t.j. holmesgoing to join us with more good >> yes. what a friday we got here, guys. we got strahan back. we got baseball back. we can only hope that like strahan baseball is going to be worth the wait they're putting us through. now, let's take a look. this has been a contentious round of negotiations. been going on for months but the past week the two sides have been going at it in florida but got a deal done. what's in that deal? throw the graphic up. so players got an increase in minimum salary up to 700,000 from 575. pretty big. expanding the playoffs to 12 teams from 10 and draft lottery to discourage a lot of tanking, also they're going to be advertising on uniforms. a lot of other blah, blah, blah but what fans want to know when is the season going to start? april the 7th moved back about a week. it was supposed to be march 31st. april 7th so baseball will be fashionably late shall we say so everything is starting now. free agents starting to get back into the game. players will show up an

and also living up to his name, t.j. holmesing it down. >> i want to speak to those whose brackets are busted. so, everybody. look, you're looking at this thing all wrong. don't be mad because your bracket is trash. you should celebrate this wonderful sporting event -- >> got to be some st. peter's fan with a bracket that's working. >> probably not. but st. peter's, celebrate this tiny jesuit school with 3,000 students that sits across the hudson from manhattan. they took down a basketball powerhouse. celebrate that because cinderella came to party. >> the jumper, no good. you can feel the madness. st. peter's pulls off the upset. >> reporter: march madness is under way and cinderella is already in the building. >> peacocks are giant killers. >> reporter: 15th seed st. peter's stunned powerhouse and two seed kentucky and the whole basketball world with an incredible overtime win. >> your guys worked so hard. this is what you dream about. that's what we did. >> reporter: the peacocks powered past eight-time champion kentucky for

t.j. holmes here with that story. >> good morning.is rock was wiping away tears just moments after he got on stage because he got two minutes of a rousing standing ovation from a very supportive crowd, all waiting to hear what he had to say about sunday. he didn't say much because he says he's not quite ready to yet. comedian chris rock back on stage in front of a soldout crowd overnight in boston. >> how was your weekend? >> reporter: in this audio obtained by "variety," rock for the first time publicly addresses that slap by will smith at the oscars. >> i don't have a bunch of [ bleep ] about what happened. i'm still kind of processing what happened. so at some point i'll talk about that [ bleep ]. >> reporter: this as the academy reveals smith was asked to leave the awards ceremony after the assault but refused. >> will smith just smacked the [ bleep ] out of me. >> reporter: the academy has now started disciplinary proceedings saying in a statement, things unfolded in a way we could not have anticipated and we also recognize we co

maks speaking to t.j. holmesfelt. >> i'm dying inside because this is still like, you know, very emotional stuff for me. there's kids everywhere. babies everywhere. it's negative temperature. >> is there any guilt you even feel for getting out? >> yeah, i feel guilty. i feel guilty. i feel bad. i feel shame. i feel upset. >> reporter: he was determined to go back and help. >> we're creating communal spaces. >> reporter: now setting up housing for refugees. >> so basically this is like your version of a dorm house. the owners of this house particularly are also going to help out with anything to do with kindergarten, school. >> reporter: he and his family are organizing shipments of supplies to poland and ukraine calling their efforts baranova 27 after his childhood home in odesa. why are you going back now that you were able to get out? >> it's just survival on that train to warsaw and when i came back home and finally saw peta and we had that emotional moment. that's when i realized i got to go back. i want oppo

t.j. holmesast conversation, phone call? >> he was just on his way home or back to his hotel and just was telling me what a wonderful show he had and how it was so amazing. >> reporter: monday's court ruling means that lingering questions about saget's death will likely go unanswered publicly. >> in this circumstance the prosecutor, district attorney has decided that this did not need to be investigated any further. while tragic, i do believe that is the best outcome to protect his family and their privacy interests. >> on behalf of the saget family their lawyer went on to say in that statement that all the prayers and well wishes continuously extended to the family are beyond appreciated. we certainly extend ours, guys. >> yes, we do. >> thank you, will. >>> coming up, while we didn't think we could love dolly parton any more, but wait until you hear what she just did when we come back. i started screening for colon cancer because of my late husband jay. i wish he could have seen our daughter el

i'm t.j. holmes. >> how are you?i, i'm pei lin, i'm 17 years old a senior at leon -- >> all right. >> -- high school attending new york university for the fall. >> you recognize some of the folks here, these are some of your fellow competitors, i guess, but all of you are eligible for the scholarship so i think you all can hear me. you all give me a wave. i got 25 students total here. i brought you in here because you all are eligible for the scholarships for some money. however, i am the one that gets to tell you that you're all winners of the scholarship. every single one of you, yes, so i get to reveal that. i see some of you reacting there. that's okay so congrats, pei lin, on that. give me your reaction. >> that's so amazing. thank you so much. >> now we got to figure out how much you're getting in scholarship from big future. let me get my cards out here and let's do the big reveal, so show everybody what you're getting, $400. everybody is -- whoa, whoa, whoa. my props guys messing with me here. that's not the

the "20/20" event, "the dropout: rise and con of elizabeth holmes" airs tonight at 9:00 on abc and the next day on hulu. thank you, rebecca. t.j is live in dauphin island. good morning, gio. >> reporter: t.j., good morning to you. this island we're on is home to just 1,200 people. there's not a single traffic light on this island. take a look. it is truly a hidden gem. we're talking about gorgeous beaches. we're talking about incredible seafood. it's just one of the many things alabama has to offer. from majestic caves to the birthplace of mardi gras in mobile, and white water rafting, "rise & shine" in alabama. from the gulf shores to the chat hoo chee river, "rise & shine" from alabama. it's a state full of history. a portion of the civil rights trail running through it, including the rosa parks museum, honoring the brave woman who refused to give up her seat. and the edmund pettus bring where john lewis joined the history-making march in 1965. and john lewis has a presence here on the shelves of birmingham's alabama booksmith, which sells only signed copies of books from the likes of lewis, betty white, and this one that is