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Elizabeth thomas, that young girl kidnapped by a High School Teacher taken across the country, reveals what her life is like now. Plus the new images overnight. Puppy scam alert. The new consumer warning about an international scheme. Websites offering dogs that dont actually exist swindling people out of thousands of dollars. The top breeds people search for that may put you at risk. Good morning, america. We hope you are well this wednesday morning. We all know theres a lot of heartache and hardship in puerto rico right now. Thats right, george, but we have got a big announcement. Marc anthony standing by. Hear how he and other stars are helping. Stepping up. Marc anthony joining us live. Thats in our next half hour. We want to get to breaking news. Both the taliban and isis taking responsibility for launching a rocket. Lets go right to our chief Global Affairs correspondent, martha raddatz, for the latest. Martha, what are you hearing . Reporter good morning, robin. This is secretary mattis first trip to afghanistan since the u. S. Announced it would be sending more than 3,000 additional troops there. Th this sent a clear message to mattis from the taliban which claimed they were targeting his aircraft. Isis is also claiming responsibility and released a video they claim shows the attack on the airport. The u. S. Military official says 40 rounds of munitions hit the airport. The majority of those were rocketpropelled grenades. At the time of the attack secretary mattis was at the president ial palace. He said an attack on an International Airport anywhere in the world is a criminal act by terrorists. There were no casualties. The three attackers have been killed, but the u. S. Has lost 11 Service Members this year with these additional troops the u. S. Will have more than 14,000 troops there. More than we had at the end of 2003, and far more than were in the initial invasion nearly 16 years ago, robin. Thank you, martha. Americas longest war. Well get the latest on the crisis in puerto rico. President trump says hell visit the island next week. After briefing in the white house situation room he said fema is doing a great job. Nearly all of puerto rico still without power. More than a million without Safe Drinking Water a week after the storm hit. Abcs eva pilgrim is on the scene in san juan. Good morning, eva. Reporter george, it has been a week since this hurricane hit. You can see this neighborhood still underwater. Families here fighting to survive. Trying to find the basic things we take for granted like food and water. This morning, conditions on the island growing more dire by the hour. People desperate for water and other basic supplies. Temperatures dangerously high. Inside this sweltering highrise retirement home in san juan, we met sergio ortiz who has been without power for two days. Its been hell. Reporter this is the only way in or out, these stairs. Sergio lives on the 14th floor. I had a double bypass surgery not too long ago. It takes all my energy. Reporter Elizabeth Vasquez is caring for her two elderly parents. Water already hard to find. Her parents taken to the hospital once for dehydration. If i wasnt here, i wouldnt know anything. I have cancer myself. Reporter her 80yearold father struggling. In pain, desperate for medication. Theres nobody that can give him his medicine . He doesnt look well. No one. Reporter this morning, 95 of the island is still without power. San juans mayor telling me red tape is holding up relief efforts. President trump, please whatever you need to do. Let fema do their job. Reporter senator marco rubio who visited on monday says the federal government needs to be more aggressive in their efforts of the disaster. The reality is over 3 million american citizens potentially in the grips of a significant growing humanitarian crisis. I hope we dont see katrina like images. Reporter yesterday the president was asked if puerto rico was getting the help it needed. Puerto rico is very important to me. Puerto rico, the people, are fantastic people. I grew up in new york. I know many people from puerto rico. Reporter the president highlighting the praise hes received. Its the most difficult job because its an island in the middle of the ocean. Its out in the ocean. You cant just drive trucks there from other states and the governor said we are doing a great job. Reporter according to u. S. Officials, federal aid has been pouring in. The u. S. Supplying 4 million meals, 1. 5 million gallons of water to the island, and 16 ships with 10 more on the way, carrying generators, food and water. The governor telling me hes called back the drivers to supplies, but those drivers most of them puerto rican, have been dealing with cleaning up their own homes in the aftermath of the storm, george. The entire island. E eva, thanks. As you said robin marc anthony is joining us live with a major announcement on how he and so many others are ramping up the relief effort. Looking forward to what he has to say. Now to the high stakes defeat in alabama overnight. The candidate backed by trump losing to the candidate backed by steve bannon. Breitbart featuring this home page. Tom llamas is in birmingham, alabama with more. Good morning, tom. Reporter robin, good morning. The bannon political machine clearly taking a victory lap this morning, and they should. They helped an ultra conservative candidate win last night and roy moore is on track to becoming the next u. S. Senator from alabama. Overnight, alabama republicans sending a shock wave to the gop and the white house. Selecting former alabama chief justice, roy moore, over senator Luther Strange who was backed by the president. Dont let anybody in the press think because he supported my opponent that i do not support him. Reporter moore who rode to the polls on his horse,sundance, and flashed a gun on stage in support of the second amendment, has a constellation of antiestablishment stars behind him including sarah palin, chuck norris and the president s former chief strategist steve bannon. The question was called in the state of alabama today. The people are the money, and alabama answered today. The people. Reporter a staunch conservative, moore thinks america has lost its basic source of morality. He was twice removed from the bench for not following orders. Including not removing a Ten Commandments monument and refusing to issue marriage licenses for same sex couples. He also said homosexual conduct should be illegal. I never prayed to win this campaign. I have only prayed that gods will be done. Reporter strange backed by mainstream republicans like senator Mitch Mcconnell and the president himself, but it wasnt enough. The political winds in the country right now are hard to navigate. Reporter and even trump may have seen this coming. While praising strange on stage ahead of primary day, he also said the endorsement could be a mistake. By the way, both good men. Both good men. You know what i told luther i have to say this if his opponent wins im going to be here campaigning like hell for him. Reporter so now roy moore, who won last night, will take on the democrat, doug jones, on december 12th. The last time a democrat won a senate seat here in alabama, that was 1992. Senator richard shelby, two years later, george, of course, you will remember, became a republican and has held that seat ever since. Deep red state right now. Thank you. Lets bring in jon karl and john avalon. Let me begin jon karl with you. The president tweeting he likes roy moore. This is a double blow on the single day he loses that primary, also loses the battle over health care. The president s also deleted several tweets where he was underlining his endorsement of Luther Strange. Youre exactly right, george. A Double Barrel loss, and one thing in common with both of the big defeats for President Trump on the Health Care Bill and in the primary. In both cases, he was following the lead of Republican Senate leader, Mitch Mcconnell. He was going with the republican establishment. I think the lesson the president is going to take thats not going to happen anymore. I look for him to be further alienated and divided from that republican establishment on capital hill. Thats the lesson the president is going to take. John avalon youre liking to see more primary challenges to entrenched republicans. Thats exactly right, and roy moore was a character twiet ce removed by the supreme court. He was seen as extremely i conservative on every issue. This is going to cause more of a fissure. We saw bob corker decline to run for reelection. This is a sign of things to come. The point jon makes that trump got convinced aside with mcconnell and the republican establishment, he is going to go with his base. Alabama is a long shot for democrats to win this race in december. But you can imagine that they will use roy moore in other races across the country. Absolutely because he this is not someone who is natural fit for the body. He has been a provocateur, someone who has been a culture warrior. The democrats are putting forward a former federal prosecute. He has an interesting record and helped reignite the birmingham bombings. Still a major road up him and the democrats are going to be running against roy moore nationally. Meanwhile the president hoping to unify the Republican Party by moving on to tax cuts. Major speech in indiana. This is a tough road as well. Its a very tough road ahead. Hes going to once again have to work with the republican leadership. But george, i think even on taxes, you will see a different approach from the president. Youre already seeing indications of this. The president in a meeting at the white house yesterday made it clear he does not want to see tax cuts for the very wealthy. In fact, he pointed to two of his top aides who helped craft this plan, Steven Mnuchin and gary cohen, to very wealthy advisers and said they will not be getting a tax cut with this plan. Thats what he is saying, but jim avlon, when you look at the details, will the wealthy be getting a tax cut . The Corporate Tax will be dropped dramatically. Is it raised a little bit. Do they try to offset it. If its going to be a tight between the senate plan and president thats going to be fascinating. To see the president fighting taxes being cut for the wealthy because thats court of the plan that they have done in the past. Thank you very much. George, now to that historic decision in saudi arabia. Women finally being allowed to take the wheel. Its been the only country to ban women drivers. That will change next summer. Thanks to a decision by the saudi king. President trump calls it a positive step towards womens right. Saudi critics say it will corrupt society. Supporters noted the change of pace, and the activist who led the protest said the rain begins with a single drop. This has been a long battle. It certainly has. Absolutely. Well go to the scandal solving college basketball. Ten men including four assistant coaches arrested on corruption charges. Abcs linsey davis is here with the story, and it seems like they were playing a game off the court. Reporter youre exactly right. Good morning, michael. This fbi investigation might be right out of a movie. Wiretaps, informants, all leading to allegations of durty recruiting tactics and the biggest scandal to rock the amateur sports arena in history. A massive corruption scheme uncovering the dark side of hoop dreams. Managers and Financial Advisers circling blue chip prospects like coyotes. Reporter at least ten people, four assistant coaches at some of the countrys elite division divisions among them, now facing fraud and corruption charges. Coaches at some of the top programs soliciting and accepting cash bribes. Reporter the fbi says its twoyear investigation revealed College Coaches taking cash bribes, up to 100,000 in exchange for steering nbabound athletes to Financial Advisers and sports agents. According to one of the complaints they were secretly recorded saying if we take care of everybody we control everything. You can make millions off one kid. One of the schools being investigated, powerhouse louisville. Nick pitino is on ncaa probation for a scandal involving escorts. The school released a statement saying any violations will not be tolerated and it will cooperate with the investigation. Adidas also caught up in the scandal. The global head of Sports Marketing for basketball for the company, james gatto, accused of bribing families of High School Recruits to get them to commit to colleges where adidas is a sponsor. Hes seen here talking about molding the next generation of nba players. Its building relationships with the younger generation. And also to show them what it takes to get to this level. Reporter experts say this is only the tip of the iceberg. Beneath that march madness e veneer is this dark underbelly of college basketball. Where do these schools draw the line . Reporter the ncaa president issued a statement calling out the accused asf bounds. Saying the bribery allegations suggest an extraordinary and despicable breach of trust. Goes without saying. This is just the start im sure. A lot more to go. All right, guys. Now to the big news from twitter. The social media site doubling down testing a plan to double the length of tweets from 140 to 280 characters. Abcs Rebecca Jarvis is here with those details. Good morning, rebecca. Reporter hey, robin. Good morning. This is a small change but a big move according to twitter founder some responding to the new 280 limit with just two characters on twitter, n a and o, no. Blowing up the twitter overnight, news from the company. Announcing theyre test driving a new character limit doubling the number from 140 to 280. The move met with a strong and spontaneous reaction fit for twitter. Some are excited. Others say its about time. But mostly dread. One person writing, 280 characters is basically all the seven harry potter books. Another tweeting a picture of a lengthy novel, war and peace. The comment story with 280 characters. This wrestling meme popping up overnight me reading my new timeline. Others saying it all with emojis. But perhaps best of all, twitter user, darth, sharing this picture how about 140 characters but unlimited dogs. Its just my suggestion if twitter is suggesting new things today. Lots of suggestions. Who gets those extra letters . Just a small fraction of users get to give it a try for now, michael. Why was it only 140 to begin with . Twitter had its start as a texting thing. It was before apps and there were only 160 characters available, and assumed your user name would be the additional 20 characters. You have to be creative with 140. Like haikus. Thank you so much. Well go to rob marciano with the latest on maria. Good morning, michael. Heres maria. Its ticking up 150 miles off cape hatteras. Tropical storm surf out there. Big surf all the way to maine. Its going out to sea eventually. This Weather Forecast brought to you my little pony. Rated pg. Here are your hot cities. Im abc 7 news meteorologist drew tuma. A red flag warning in effect until 5 00 for the north bay hills and the east bay hills. Gusty winds and low humidity means fires can easily start and easily spread under those conditions. It is going to be a warm to hot day no matter where you are from the coast to the bay and inland. 88 the high in San Francisco. 90 in oakland. About 92 in san jose. 91 that high in antioch. 90 san rafael. Spare the air day is also in effect. Coming up, the new interview with that teen kidnapped by her teacher. Why she said she doesnt regret the month on the road. And stepping up to help in puerto rico. Marc anthonys major announcement heard first right here on gma. Stepping up the help in puerto rico. Mark anthonys major announcement here on gma. Hd 4 how do you like it more, more, more how do you like it how do you like it how do you like it more, more, more whfight back fastts, with tums smoothies. It starts dissolvinge. And neutzelis it starts dissolvinge. St tum tum tum tum smoothies only from tums thats the new rockstar. All jeans on sale, up to fifty percent off. 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Accuweather sevenday forecast, widespread relief will hit us, natasha, on friday to round out the week. A lot of people looking to that. Thank you, drew. Marc anthony is live with a big announcement about Hurricane Relief for puerto rico next on gma. Another update in about 30 minutes. Hey grandpa. Hey, kid. Really good to see you. You too. You tell grandma you were going fishing again . Maybe. vo the best things in life keep going. Thats why i got a subaru, too. Introducing the allnew crosstrek. Love is out there. Find it in a subaru crosstrek. Hi leaving a career to follow a calling takes courage. A personalized Financial Strategy can give you confidence to take the next step. Hi guys aw yeah see how access to j. P. Morgan investment expertise can help you. Chase. Make more of whats yours. Chase. [ stirring music a woman vanished last night. We just found the body. [ distorted voice ] mister policeman, when you read this, it will be too late. This killer is completely insane. 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Youre looking at the devastation in puerto rico. More than 3 million american citizens are there. So many cut off from loved ones struggling to find water and food. But now, some people are stepping up in a big way. And one of those persons is marc anthony. Hes standing by live. He has a major announcement for gma. A lot of people coming together to help. Also right now, maria is a Tropical Storm moving north. Bringing wind and rain to the carolina coast this morning. Rough surf and dangerous rip currents are expected from the carolinas all the way to maine. And President Trump has announced hell visit puerto rico on tuesday to see the devastation from maria firsthand. Later today hes going to unveil his tax reform plan. Well begin this half hour though, with that new interview with Elizabeth Thomas. Her kidnapping made national headlines. Shes breaking her silence revealing what her life is like these days. Linzie janis is here with that. Good morning, linzie. Reporter good morning, robin. This local owner of a restaurant said Elizabeth Thomas walked in, and gave him a brief interview without hesitation. It has been six months since thomas was kidnapped by her former teacher. This is the first time we have heard from her. This morning, the 15yearold Tennessee High School student whose kidnapping captivated a nation, seen publicly, and speaking out for the first time. Elizabeth thomas telling the ed it editor of if columbia dai daily herald, she wants to talk. Im a human being. I can answer things fairly. It was march 13th when thomas disappeared with 50yearold science teacher, tad cummins. He planned this for sometime. Before disappearing with elizabeth. Reporter the pair seen soon after on surveillance cameras in an Oklahoma City walmart, their hair colors dramatically changed. Reports surfacing that cummins had researched online, age of conditi consent and how the marry a teen. Cummins wife of 31 years filing for divorce. He totally betrayed me. Reporter her family never losing hope. Please, please come home. Please come home to us. Reporter after 39 days on the run, the pair ending up at a remote cabin in california. 2,000 miles away with no electricity and no running water. After briefly spending time in a commune. He had not been feeding her. She said they were eating flowers and things. Reporter prosecutors say cummins swapped license plates, disabled his cars gps, used backup roads and only cash to evade authorities. Hes currently facing federal and state charges. Now thomas opening up about her kidnapping. Sharing that she spent the first 78 days after returning in therapy. Saying her outfit of pajamas is what i wear most of the time and that theres been a lot of rumors about me i would like to clear up. But declining to talk about her former teachers pending case. When asked if she had regrets about leaving town with her High School Teacher, she said, i dont regret it. Nor do i say it was the right thing to do. It was an experience ill live with the rest of my life. Its good and its bad. Its there. Elizabeth says shes now living with her brother spends her time babysitting and studying at home. She hopes to become a medical examiner some day. As for tad cummins, hes in jail awaiting trial on charges of kidnapping. He has pleaded not guilty. Linzie, thats something. Thanks very much. Coming up, the humanitarian crisis grows in puerto rico. Family members searching for loved ones. Plus marc anthony joining us live with that major announcement. Thats only right here on gma. From only real ingredients. We blocked some of those people on social media. Then, we did it. Go us. Whstuff happens. Old shut down cold symptoms fast with maximum strength alka seltzer plus liquid gels. Its ok that everybody ignores me when i drive. Its fine, cause i get a safe driving bonus check every six months im accidentfree. And i dont share it with mom. Right, mom . Right. 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Marc anthony standing by. He is live with a major announcement on the relief effort. First, a look at those trying to find their families. I have not heard from my grandmother since hurricane maria. I would give anything i could to hear my dads voice. Just to know that hes okay. Thats all. I just want to hear him. Reporter the wait is agonizing. It would mean the world to me to hear my sons voice. Were just really hoping to hear back from them as soon as we can. Reporter families across the country cut off from loved ones in puerto rico after the utter devastation of hurricane maria. Iris from orlando hasnt spoken to her mother in eight days. Mom, we love and miss you. And we hope youre safe. Reporter annas 76yearold father has alzheimers. To find myself helpless and unable to help him when he needs me its just heartbreaking. I dont know what else to do. Reporter his nursing home on the southeast coast, one of the hardest hit areas. Even a wellconnected superstar like ricky martin is helpless. I havent been able to talk to my brother yet. We have no idea where he is at. Reporter but help is on the way. Mark cuban lending his plane to player and puerto rican native j. J. Barea down with supplies. And pitbull is sending his plane to transport Cancer Patients to the u. S. So they can continue their treatment. And for all of you, if you are looking for loved ones, the red cross has a website where you can register and see if someone you love has registered. Were joined by marc anthony. Hes joining us from miami. Youre doing a lot to try to help. Tell us about your efforts. Well, Jennifer Lopez and i got together early on and formed a coalition of artists called [ speaking spanish ] and the list is amazing. Im surprised at the level of support across the board. Its an International List of artists and between us, we have 1. 3 billion followers. We have announcements coming up later this week. But the coalition, i think, speaks volumes as to the support that is actually out there. The need for help. And thats what i wanted to ask you about. I know you have been in touch with friends, loved ones, officials on the island. What are they telling you about the need . I spoke to the governor and i spoke to members in the government, and basically what they want to get out, and what we, as an organization, are going to go through with, is help is on the way. There are a lot of families stateside that are desperate to find out how their loved ones are doing. Myself, ricky, jennifer. All of us. None of us have seen anything like this, and so, you know, desperate times calls for desperate measures. So in the days to come, we have some major announcements. We are on our way. Help is on the way. Youre not alone. And youll be hearing from us very, very, very soon. And its going to be okay. Marc, we know your efforts are going to make a difference. Thank you for joining us. They will try to build this up over the next week, and of course, he has family down in puerto rico as well. All right. Thank you, george. Up next on our big board, puppy buyers beware. The new warning about online scams. How to tell if an ad is fake before you lose a lot of money. Thats coming up next. Thats coming up next. Before you lose a lot of money. Thats coming up next. Wers a1c, and now reduces cardiovascular risk. Victoza® lowers my a1c and blood sugar better than the leading branded pill. avo and for people with type 2 diabetes treating cardiovascular disease, victoza® is now approved to lower the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death. And while it isnt for weight loss, victoza® may help you lose some weight. avo victoza® is not for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. 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Its one thing to rip off peoples money. But how bad is it to prey on people at this time . Theyre trying to add a new member to the family. You see the picture online and fall in love with this cute dog. Its a dog that does not exist and not coming home, but your money is already gone. Reporter puppies like yorkies and french bulldogs some of the most popular breeds to adopt. But go online searching to buy one . The Better Business bureau says beware. They are also the most popular lurers for scammers. I dont think its possible to do a Search Online for a pet or a puppy particularly, without running across one of these fraudulent sites. Reporter thats what Danny Shelton says happened to him, when his beloved dog died. He paid 700 to buy a dog online. I got an email from a shipping company that said youre required to pay 1,500 additional. When i looked at the shipping company was the same guy i bought the puppies from, i knew then i was scammed. Reporter the Better Business bureau believes that 80 of sponsored links and search results for pets may lead to fraudulent sites. Theyre warning anyone searching for a puppy online is likely to encounter this fraud. According to the consumer watchdogs group report, the scammers insist on email and text correspondence and refuse requests to meet in person to see the animal before paying. I dont think you can avoid the scam online. The only way to be sure is see the puppy in person. Reporter all right. They think this is really widespread at this point. Tens of thousands of victims out there. And you know who they say most likely victims are . Young folk. Who do everything online. I dont need to see the dog. I see the picture right here. And everybody, it seems so natural to do things online, and they fall victim. The dog is you want to get a feel for the animal and see it in person. They fall in love with the picture. Some tips, and to your point, the other thing why the scam works is because the price sometimes of these dogs are so low that its so enticing. If its too low if it seems to good to be true, it probably is. Another thing to look out for, seems common sense. You gotta see the dog. Dont want do this if its not in person, and another thing, dont wire money. They often ask for wire transfers. Dont wire money. As soon as you do that, thats cash. Youre not getting it back. Do it on a credit card. You have a chance at least of catching the charge. If this happened to you, do you have any recourse . Youre probably not getting your money back. They want you to at least report it so day can at least try to collect these things and see where theyre coming from and shut them down. Once you do a wire transfer, to get the money back is almost impockssible. Oh, wow. Get your rescue on. Go to the shelters. So many pets wanting to find a good home. The Humane Society will put you in touch with a good breeder, a reputable breeder if you want to. People dont realize, at shelters, you can get fullbred dogs. Breeds, you know. The Humane Society is begging you to come see them. They can direct in the right spot. Again, another thing, those pictures. Do an internet search for that picture. If that same picture is on a bunch of sites, thats a stock photo and that dog doesnt exist. Dating online. Dogs online. Come on, people. Get out and see somebody, an animal in person. Animal in person. Or a woman, or man, or whatever in person. Im just trying to say north Shore Animal League is a good place to go. Yes, it is. Coming up thank you, t. J. More than 20 million teens use instagram. Now a brandnew feature is helping you protect against cyberbullies. And how to activate it on your kids accounts. And guys, say it aint so say it aint so chip and Joanna Gaines stepping away from their show, fixer upper. What theyre saying about it ahead. 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Make more of whats yours. Good morning to you. Im Natasha Zouves from abc7 mornings. Abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma is here with a check on the forecast. Its mild right now, 50s and 60s your current readings, hour by hour forecast, futuretracker temperatures by noon, 1 00, widespread 70s and 80s. A warm day today, also high fire dang sore take note. Accuweather sevenday forecast shows you relief finally comes widespread on friday. We still have a major Traffic Alert in berkeley eastbound 80 at the university off ramp. A semi flipped over. That landed on the shoulder. However, the two right lanes still blocked by emergency crews. Chp saying it will take at least two hours to get this cleaned up. Long backup eastbound wael wealth into the maze, westbound onlooker delay. Expect pretty lengthy delays as you come down from highway 4. A warning for parents, make sure your kids are safe from cyber bullies. Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. Breaking this morning was the secretary of the defense targeted . Both isis and the taliban are claiming responsibility for launching a rocket aimed at secretary mattis as he visits afghanistan for the first time after thousands more troops are ordered overseas. Devastation in puerto rico. More than one Million People still without power and no Safe Drinking Water right now. The mayor of san juan saying theyre gasping for air and pleading for help as President Trump announces plans to visit. Also new overnight, fixer upper shocker. One of the most popular shows on tv suddenly at an end. Chip and joanna gains stepping away from their series. What they are revealing on camera about their decision. And shes a lady. Peta and nick light up the dance floor. Inspired by the first date with wife, vanessa, who was dancing with matt. Out of the blue debby gibson leaving the ballroom. Joining us live this morning as we say good morning, america. Good morning, america. Welcome back this wednesday morning. A lot going on here in times square, including that American Idol audition kiosk. Lets listen. Aint no sunshine when hes gone this house just aint no home any time he goes away thats danny peace. 26, lives outside of philly. Who knows . Pretty good. I like the name. Sounds like a star. I like that. Weve got a Big Parenting alert. More than 20 million teens use instagram. Now they are getting a great new tool to help protect them from cyberbullies and well tell you how to activate it just ahead. Good for them. First, the top story in our rundown, the growing crisis in puerto rico. Eva pilgrim on the ground there in san juan where the struggle for necessities is growing more desperate. Good morning, eva. Reporter people growing more and more desperate for basic things. Check out this line for gas. These cars stretch on for blocks. This line hours long. People need this fuel not just for cars but to Power Generators for the refrigerators in their homes. This gas station isnt even open. Were not sure theyre going to get gas today. They are hopeful, but not certain. This is a fight to survive. We have spoken to families that are having a hard time finding those basic things, food and water. Theyre literally baking in the hot sun. Theyre searching for those necessities. Federal aid has been pouring in. A lot of families havent seen that help. The governor telling me getting supplies to these people is a problem. He has called the drivers back to work, but a lot of those drivers are Puerto Ricans who are dealing with their own homes and families in the aftermath of this storm, george. Thanks so much. Moving to breaking news from afghanistan. Attack on the airport where secretary mattis landend overnight. Taliban and isis claiming responsibility. Were going to martha raddatz. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, george. This was a barrage of fire carried out by multiple attackers. 40 rounds of munitions. Majority rocket propelled grenades. The taliban claiming responsibility saying the target was defense secretary mattis plane which had landed at the airport just hours before. Isis also took credit for the attack. They claimed this was video of the attack on the airport. This is secretary mattis first trip to afghanistan since the u. S. Announced it would be adding 3,000 american troops. To the 11,000 already there. At the time of the attack, secretary mattis was at the president ial palace in kabul, but he said that an attack on an International Airport anywhere in the world is a criminal act by terrorists. Fortunately there were no casualties, and the three attackers have been killed. A stark reminder this war, which enters its 17th year next month, is not over and security remains a major concern. George . And as you pointed out, more troops will be going there. Thanks, martha. Michael . Now to President Trump heading to indianapolis to announce his long awaited tax plan expected to affect every american. This coming after the president suffers a major defeat in alabama where the candidate he supported did not win. Abcs chief white house correspondent, jon karl, is joining us again from the white house. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, michael. This was a blow out defeat for the president in alabama. Now it seems hes trying to erase the memory of his support for the losing candidate, Luther Strange. Hes deleted tweets supporting strange and offered his hearty congratulations to the controversial judge, roy moore. The president is going to indiana, turning the page, talking about his new tax plan. Heres what we learned. It slashes the rate on corporations from 35 to 20 . It doubles the standard deductions for families and individuals, expands child tax credits. It repeals the estate tax. Michael, the president is insisting both publicly and privately that this will not cut taxes on the highest earners on the wealthiest in the america, but the middle class. Looking at the details it sure looks like as it stands now this is a big tax cut for the wealthiest americans. Thank you, jon. Were sure everybody will be waiting for that announcement to break it down. First details. Details. Now to jimmy kimmel whose crusade for health care began after the birth of his son billy. He needed lifesaving open heart surgery shortly after he was born. On his show tonight, jimmy celebrated the defeat of the Graham Cassidy Health Care Bill. Here it is. This isnt about sides. Its about people who are sick. To all the senators and representatives who stopped this bill, thank you for being reasonable. Know were paying attention now and youll be hearing from us again. Jimmy so passionate about this. Night after night after night he talked about it. Called out the president , the gop bill all about it, and praised those who voted against it. He really knew his stuff. A lot of people got their information from jimmy kimmel. I think it was part of the, you know, an important factor in this effort that stopped the repeal. Thats part of it. If you have an argument, which he legitimately did, do your homework, and he did. It doesnt matter where you get the information as long as its the right information. Coming up the fixer upper shocker chip and joanna gains saying theyre ending the show. The real reason why. I love that show. A parenting alert the easy step to help your kids avoid cyberbullying on instagram. And lara, you have a full house upstairs. I do. We have a great audience and great guests. Get ready, michael. And the gang. Sofia vergara is here, and our friends from the chew. Theyve got some great recipes. Well have that and our fabulous audience. Audience. 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Saving us money. Did she just do a costume change . She is, like, the cher of bargains. This is what you have to look forward to in pop news with lara spencer. [ cheers and applause ] i love that dress. Thank you very much. Shades of green. Shades of pop news. Here we go. Well start with a quote. Speak softly and carry a big stick. Roosevelt. Thats correct, george. One of the quotes attributed to president roosevelt whos getting brought to life on the big screen. Leonardo dicaprio is set to star and produce, reuniting with his favorite director. From wealthy new yorker, to cowboy, to president. One thing leo shares with the 26th president , a passion for conservation and protecting the environment. Theyre also developing two other movies. These guys are busy. The devil in the white city based on the best selling book in which leo will play a serial killer, and also killers of the flower moon, which covers the birth of the fbi. No word for the start date for the roosevelt project. If you have ever head a biography on him, he is one of the coolest, most interesting guys. I cant wait to see that. Those two got a lot of work to do. You take it when you can get it. Some transformation. Absolutely. Leo as teddy. Well keep you updated. Also in pop news, forgforge forget game of thrones. Its more like the game of love. Kit harrington and rose leslie reportedly engaged after a secret romance. It started on the set five years ago. Buzz about a budding relationship began in 2012 as their characters became an item on screen. The couple confirmed their real life romance in april of 2016, making a red carpet debut in london. Harrington opened up to vogue about his feelings for leslie. He said if youre already attracted to someone and then they play your Love Interest in the show it becomes pretty easy to fall in love. We guess it does. The two share a home in england together and they are thrilled about getting married. Were thrilled to share the news with you. Congratulations. [ cheers and applause ] finally, it was nacho every day at the baseball park. Take a look. The chicago cubs shortstop, addison russell, diving into the stands that has him coming up with something other than the ball. Listen up. Hes got a handful of nachos is what he has. When andrews full plate of loaded nachos took a nose dive [ cheers and applause ] the cubs addison makes sure the fan didnt leave with a chip on his shoulder. He comes out on the field with a fresh plate of nachos for andrew who was there to root for the cardinals. The cubs sharing the video tweeting, new rule for the ballpark. If a player brings you nachos, they automatically become your new favorite player, but alas, the cubs still nacho day. The cards go home with the win. 87. [ cheers and applause ] 200 pound ball player coming at him. Dont lose the nachos. He wasnt happy when they flipped over. He was like whats up . He was going for a beautiful catch. Not my nachos. Thats all i got for you guys. Thank you, lara. [ cheers and applause ] now our gma cover story one of the most popular shows on tv have you heard about this . Coming to an end. Chip and Joanna Gaines, hosts of hgtvs fixer upper. It shocked fans that theyre closing the door. Paula faris, who is a big fix you a er upper fan, has the information. Do tell. What we need in our life robin more ship lap. Its because of chip and Joanna Gaines. Theyre saying it was a tough decision. Theyre encouraging fans not to read a lot into it. This is just a chance for them to catch their breath. Reporter they are the king and queen of home renovations. Chip and Joanna Gaines, building a multimillion empire including a new target line, paint collection and magazine all on the foundation of their wildly successful hgtv show fixer upper. Are yawl ready to see your fixer upper . Reporter but the couple who made ship lap, and demo day. Its demo day. Reporter part of the american vocabulary, announcing tuesday that season five will be their last. We felt like season five was going to be our final for this chapter. Reporter chip and joanna posting this video and message on their blog tuesday, explaining their decision. I think the idea we get to step back and get kind of fresh vision, get some rest, but also hunker down with our kiddos is something were excited about. Fans are shocked to hear the news. They say its a time for them to take a breath. And to evaluate where their life is at. Reporter the duo quick to shoot down rumors their marriage is on the rocks and that joanna is leaving the show to launch a skin care line, writing, our family is healthy, and our marriage that has honestly never been stronger. This has nothing to do with a fraudulent skin care line or anything else you will inevitably read. They insisted this is about their family. Their four kids. They never wanted the kids to grow up in the spotlight. They want to give thim them as much of a normal childhood as they can. Reporter hgtv telling abc news weve been on an incredible journey for five years. Like all of their fans, we want only the best for them, and we know they will always have a home at hgtv. Chip and jo assuring their fans this wont be the last time youll see him. We believe in our hearts well see you again right around the corner. Stay tuned. Stay tuned. Chip tells People Magazine this is bitter sweet. They shed many tears. When the tears dry up theyre giddy. They promise a great season five which begins in november. Cant wait. I mean, we just its a good feeling to be so loved and already missed. Yes, and they are doing it on their terms. They said tv was never the end all be all for their family. Im still going to miss them. Michael. Thanks. Its not their turn. We want them. I miss them already. Now to the parenting alert about how to protect your kids from cyberbullying. More than 20 million teens use instagram. Now a big change on instagram to put a change to abusive comments. Our tech expert, becky worley, is here to tell us aboll about. Good morning. Instagram is so popular. Im on instagram. Im not a teen obviously. But, you know, 76 of american teens, starting at age 17, use instagram. 25 of them said they have experienced bullying on their phone or on their computer. Tell us how this works. Instagram needs to stay the happy place on the internet. All bunnies and unicorns to make it different from facebook and twitter. They have got to stem the abuse. Theyre rolling out technology to do that. Theyre using artificial intelligence, algorithms, to try to guess with a comment is abusive. Next Technology Looking at key word filters that block out specific words that are tied to abuse. Now a new feature that allows you to block entire groups of people not just individuals. Nice. So walk us through the process. Go to your profile and see by edit profile theres this settings wheel. Click on that and then youre going to scroll down. A lot of people dont know this is here. I had no idea. You have to have an updated app. Update your app first. I needed to commention that. Then go to comments. In comments, what you want to do here, see this enable keyword filters, you want to turn that on. They will have their own words they will associate, but if you have specific words you want to add in. You can do that. Maybe that are bothering your kid. Next go up to allow comments from. This is only from people who have public profiles. I recommend kids have private profiles. Now you choose who can comment. Just your followers or people you follow. That way you can monitor and limit whoever can follow you. It seems like instagram has been on the forefront of putting the stake in the ground saying, were going to protect kids. They have to do it. Its not just internet safety. They say its about kindness. They have got to keep the flaming words to a minimum. Instagram has its own issues. Parents need to be aware kids get caught up in what i call the look at my perfect ins insta life, and you have to let your kids know. Instagram is not irl. Instagram is not real life. Lots of parenting there. I can tell you that. Dont you go anywhere for later on. I need you to help me put that on my phone. Thank you, becky. You can see how to activate those settings on our website. Outside to rob. Hey, michael. What a crowd out here. I got my friend michael who took the bus from las vegas to do what today . Well, today im here at the Good Morning America show to wish my mother a happy birthday and im here in new york. Im here to surprise you. I talk the bus all the way from vegas. I have been on the greyhound for three days, and im finally here. Happy birthday, mom. Its warm in vegas. Its warm here too. Were cooling off. That is a quick check of whats happening weather wise and im abc 7 news meteorologist drew tuma. A red flag warning in effect until 5 00 for the north bay hills and the east bay hills. Gusty winds and low humidity means fires can easily start and easily spread under those conditions. It is going to be a warm to hot day no matter where you are from the coast to the bay and inland. 88 the high in San Francisco. 90 in oakland. About 92 in san jose. 91 that high in antioch. 90 san rafael. Spare the air day is also in effect. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] dancing with the stars last night was latin night and despite her best dance yet the last night for debby gipson. She joins us from l. A. Along with alan bersten. Still smiling debby. And you have reason to smile. So very proud of you. Youve said you got your life back through dance and this man next to you helped. Tell us more about what you meant by that. Ive been through some Health Challenges the past few years and i wasnt Getting Better in my house laying on the couch and going to practitioners, and i said, i need to get the inspiration and the joy back in my life, and as brief as the journey was on the show, it was profound and its now a spring board for the rest of my life for whats next, and i have reacquainted with my body and my strength again, and it has been a blast. This guys amazing. What a great attitude. Allan, this was your first season as a pro. Yes. What was it like to get out there . It was incredible. I had the best partner. We had such a good time together. Yes, we did. It felt good to leave on a high note. I felt like we killed our tango last night and no better way to go out. I have to compliment you, deb. Len said your tango was your best dance. That had to feel good to hear. I know you didnt want to go, but thats a really nice way to end it. It felt great. Its bittersweet obviously. We were progressing. It didnt make perfect sense to us. Not a lot of things in life do. You keep smiling, keep dancing an move on. It felt great to go out on a high note. And with our best scores. Debby, this is michael. Everyone who does this show said they take it forward in their lives. Are you going to use these moves when you go back on tour . Thats a good idea. Well have to do a latin remake of shake your love. What do you think . I think thats a great idea. I couldnt have taught deb dance. Alan, did you deb teach you any karaoke tips . She taught me a little bit. My voice is a little deep. Were good on the louis armstrong. We did some vocal warm ups. I need you on my turf a little bit. Its great to see you guys laughing. You can see the new episode of dancing with the stars monday at 8 00 eastern right here on abc. Sofia vergara next. On abc. Sofia vergara next. Good morning. Its 8 27. Im reggie aqui from abc7 news. New details involving a knife attack at sfo on a San Francisco police officer. This happened inside terminal one yesterday afternoon. Police say the officer is now out of the hospital. He is recovering from injuries to his hands, neck, face, and leg, and the suspect, doris johnston, was booked in the san mateo jail. Investigators say the officer was responding to a report of a man acting suspiciously when the officer got attacked. A look at your traffic in morning. Alexis . Not great at this point. Major delays on the fremont line that only nates at the coliseum. Theyre trying to get a large off the tracks, major capital corridor delays and the sigalert at the off ramp near the university. A flipped semi on the shoulder. Theyre expecting this to be here until at least 9 30. Because everyone likes easy. Sure do. Because everyone is on the go. Because we all like to save energy, but sometimes we slip up. Reaching up. Ssssh because sometimes we want it cool at night, then toasty in the mornings. Introducing the easy to use, energy saving, adjustable from everywhere, easy on the wallet and the eyes, nest thermostat e. E is for everyone. A mild start to our day. Good morning. 50s and 60s right now. The accuweather sevenday forecast shows you are warming up today, cooling off by friday. Reggie . We have been warned. And the trumpets they go [ cheers and applause ] welcome back to gma, everybody. As you can see and as you can hear, we have a great audience in here. [ cheers and applause ] among the great audience theyre on a cam venture. New friends of mine from lake charles, louisiana. Hey, now. Youre on tv. Great to have you here. Thank you guys for joining us. Theres certain words you guys find funny . Poop. Certain words. He said poop. [ laughter ] see, proves my point right there. I think what makes it funnier is coming out of your mouth. Believe it or not, there was an entire study done by researcher in the uk on what the funniest words in the english language are. And it turns out it varies between men and women. Of course, it does. It also varies between young and old. To be honest we cant say all the words on television. Some of them i can say. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The number one word drum roll please you guys are good. [ cheers and applause ] youre good. The word is booty. Thats pretty funny. I like that. How about does the word nitwit make you laugh . Waddle . Tinkle . And beebop. Be rksbop . My team is all the bathroomrelated words. They found for the men in the audience men find dirty words funnier. Whoo whoo, there we go. And women prefer humor words that sound driven and innocent, like the words giggle. Not for you. And it turns out all the younger people, they find that the word goaterk rks is funny. Goatee . Youre not that young. Stop laughing. Older people think the word caddy is funny. Caddie. Like golf caddie. Like caddy shack . I think they got to go back on this study. Yeah, theyre going to spend more money on this. George had it with poop. Any words that make you laugh . Im still giddy over george saying poop. You . I have many that well discuss later. Noun that we can share. The word pickle is funny. You put me in a pickle. Especially when you do that, too. When you say pickle, you gotta move like that. Thats all i got people. Thank you for that. Great audience participation. And then way you led them in a drum roll. That was not rehearsed. Thats how good they are. We need a drum roll for this. We have a very special guest coming to the table. The ultimate tv mom and one of our favorite funny ladies. Please welcome, the one, the only sofia vergara. This is gonna be a life youre all about a good time [ cheers and applause ] hi. Hello. Love it. You look beautiful. Thank you. Good morning. Hola hola hola thank you so much. Bye bye. Hello, hello. Good morning. I feel like im going to read the news or something. This is your first time in our new studio. Yes. This is very elegant. Up and close with the people. Yeah. I cannot believe season nine. I know. [ cheers and applause ] season nine. Starts today. Today. Tonight. So what keeps the laughing going . Every season gets funnier and funnier. Theres such love there. I know, we are so lucky. Every time we go to a table read, were like, this is the one thats going to be soso. Were always laughing. Its such a pleasure to be working on that set. We have the season premiere tonight. And we all went to lake tahoe. The whole family. I love when you take these trips. Australia, hawaii and now lake tahoe. A little closer to home. Yes. It was amazing. Every corner of that place is like a photograph. Im trying to convince them to go to columbia. A lot of good storylines there. I know. I think like things to do over there and show. I think its going to take more seasons. Season ten. Maybe when were done done. Theyll finally when you go on the location shoots do you find time to have fun . Or sit more work . Yes. We do have time to have fun. We try to. For example, that we can end that we were there, there was a big fight in vegas. We were all like watching it. Then julie loves like bicycling and hiking. And she always has time for that. I did some shopping. [ laughter ] even in tahoe. Always. We like hanging together. We dont get to do that in l. A. We all work usually and go home. But when were trapped in a hotel or in a town, in a city, it makes us all, like, be together and its a lot of fun. It seems like that, too, at the emmys. Ive seen you guys there for many years. Thankfully. You guys seem like you have a really good time. Make the most of it. Is there one in the group thats the party animal . Me. I bring the flasks. I bring them everywhere. I give them to my manager. Were like drinking for tequila. You cant stay forever doing nothing. Its not like we get crazy drunk. We just get happy. Are you all ready for a sneak peek . [ cheers and applause ] i dont trust lakes. Where i come from this is where we dump drugs and dead bodies. You know what, im going to give you a little boat tour and show you this like in all of its glory. You need to keep an open mind. Fine. Lets ride around the liquid graveyard. [ cheers and applause ] it was so hard to keep a straight face with eric dressed like that. He looked like a geisha and a nun. Its confusing. It was like really crazy. Ed couldnt stop laughing. Ed oneill was ruining all the takes. I bet. I cant wait to watch that. You keep busy with that. And youre also quite the businesswoman. We have your i dont know how the say this, we have your underwear. You have it . I came to show you my underwear. The proceeds going to a great cause. Oh, my god, im so excited about this project. Ive been invited. I had the opportunity to be part of a lot of businesses and have a lot of endorsements. I was looking for Something Like this. Its very special. I wasnt looking to sell underwear, but i found this columbian woman who had this idea of she had this underwear that was amazing. So the first thing i said is, i want to meet, and i want to see your underwear. I want to see what it is that youre talking about. It was amazing. Its special. It has a Different Technology for all sizes. We have for every woman from not just mall, medium, large, we have from extra small to 4x. We wanted to include everyone. [ cheers and applause ] so the great thing is that we wanted what really made me want to do this is it wasnt really selling underwear. Every sale we make 10 going to a woman thats going to be able to open her own business. [ cheers and applause ] thats right. Were going to microfinance businesses all over the world so women can have their own money. That was important to me when i was young as a single mother i wanted my own money and independence. We want to give them that. We want them to keep making money. And they want that, too. They want to do that. Yeah, of course. So thats amazing. We have did it for columbia now. Its my country and my partners country. The second round of loans is going to the United States because of the month weve had here. The hurricanes and everything. Yeah, we want to empower those women here. Im very happy. [ cheers and applause ] youre a great example. Being a single mother. Working and hustling. We love having you here. Its great. Im in a position right now where i can do things like that, not only for me because i was always like, i want to have money. I want to be able to send manolo to college, and bring my mom from columbia. Money was always important to me. Now that i have it i can also help other people, other women. Thats what its about. Thats what its about. [ cheers and applause ] sofia, thank you so much. The new season of modern family premiers at 9 00 here on abc. If you dont watch, youre missing out. Sofia vergara everybody. Coming up jussie smollett. Hes here live. Oh, you brought butch. Yeah butch growls at man hes looking at me right now, isnt he . Yup. butch barks at man butch is like an old soul that just hates my guts. laughs vo you can never have too many faithful companions. Introducing the allnew crosstrek. Love is out there. Find it in a subaru crosstrek. Hi leaving a career to follow a calling takes courage. A personalized Financial Strategy can give you confidence to take the next step. Hi guys aw yeah see how access to j. P. Morgan investment expertise can help you. Chase. Make more of whats yours. We are all excited for American Idol to return next year to abc. We spent months searching for our next American Idol. Even brought in the audition kiosk here to gma. You push a button, sing for 60 seconds, and that audition is going right to the judges. Here with me is Ryan Mcconnell youre going to sing edge of glory. Yes. Lady gaga. Give it up for Ryan Mcconnell. Five, four, three, two, one. Take it away. There aint a reason you should be alone tonight yeah baby tonight yeah baby i got a reason you and me should be alone tonight im abc meteorologist tim with your forecast. Fires can easily start and spread today. Highs today, warm no matter where you live, 92 in san jose. Hanging on a moment with you were coming to it right now. Sounding great. This audition brought to you by liberty mutual. You want to be a contestant get to one of these and theyll send it to the judges. And you could possibly be our next American Idol. Im on the edge with you how good is that . Could be the next one. Nice work. Ryan mcconnell. Robin, back up to you. All right. [ cheers and applause ] all right. Hey. I could get used to this. Jussie smollett back with us. He was here last week with us helping us celebrate. He has a sneak peek of the new season of the hit show empire. Lets take a look here. Im seeing someone. Have i met him . What makes you think its a him . Im sorry. Its not . No, its a him, dad. Its fine. Show some love for jussie. Show some love for jussie here. [ cheers and applause ] whats up . How you doing . You said we cant miss the first eight minutes tonight. You cant. Im surprised its been held off and kept secret. No one has really seen the episode yet. You cant tell us. I can whisper. I was gonna tell robin and then she was like i dont want to spoil it. I know. I know. I want to know but i dont want to know. Youll find out tonight at 8 00, 7 00 central. [ cheers and applause ] i do know that you directed one of the episodes. I am. I havent done it yet. In january i direct episode 14. Of this season. What made you want to do that . I know, wow, right . I always wanted to. I directed my video and sent that as my reel. And they said, okay, fine, you can do it. So here i go. What is it about this series that has everybody buzzing . I was even cookie one year for halloween. You were. Yes. Thats amazing. You dont have to show the picture. Im going to google it. What is it . I think its about family. I know its a show about music but its family. And your family. You got a family cookbook coming out . Family table coming out. Mothers day, 2018. All my siblings like to cook it up. Mamas from new orleans. What about the debut album . Top of the year. Top of the year. Ill come back and do a little concert. It will be a good time. [ applause ] was there anything about singing on empire that inspired this . For your this album was always supposed to come. Then it got slowed because of the success of empire. Which was such a huge blessing. Nice problem to have. Huh . Great problem to have. Now im able to do it. It was always coming. It was just about when. Now we can do it. All right. Thank you. I love you. Thank you for last week. It was such a special moment. Always. So proud of you. Season eight season eight. Season four. But its on at 8 00. Empire tonight. Coming up, well, before it was even founded, a french teenager, bienville, scared away a british warship with just a story. And Great Stories kept coming. [trumpet playing] some make you move to jazz, funk and bounce. Some of our stories arent quite as straightforward. Blocked by the saints [crowd roaring] while others prove that great things can happen. Even on a monday night. Cause for three hundred years, Great Stories have started the same way. One time, in new orleans. [crowd applause] [ cheers and applause ] back now with the hosts of the chew taking over the studio with some fallinspired recipes from the new book the chew quick and easy. I want you guys to guess how long these meals take. Wait for it. Graphic says, not one longer than 20 minutes. That is my kind of meal, people. Please welcome clinton kelly, carla hall, and michael symon. You have a soup. So easy. Its carrot ginger soup. You can make this in 15 minutes. Have homemade soup. So delicious. Ginger, cumin and red pepper flakes. Pour in Chicken Stock and coconut milk. Let it cook until the carrots are soft. Put it in a blender and youve got the most delicious soup in the whole fall and maybe winter. Right up your alley. Its good. Youll like this. This is one of the recipes in the book. Carla, you have one. Well see your soup and raise you a risotto. Yes. Our risotto. This only takes about ten minutes. It has onions. Cauliflower. And little bit of cream. I have one finished. Finish it with parmesan. Pine nuts and lemon zest. Less than 20 minutes. Less than 20 minutes. So delicious for people who dont want carbs. Right . Makes you want to smack your mama. Smack somebodys mama. Michael, what do you have . Michael times two. You know were about to throw it down, robin. We have a hearty meal. So when you cuddle up next to the fireplace. Were going to cuddle. Not me and you. We can watch our football teams play. Its a turkey cutlet with gravy. We take turkey and ham. Pound it out. You pound. Ill pound. Let it out. Then we dust it in a little bit of flour. It goes right into pan with butter. You get it golden brown on both sides. Deglaze it with stock. Fancy cooking word. Hit it with a little bit of thyme and butter. Take your time, baby. Take your time. Dont rush perfection. We gotta move quick. This starts to melt. Get this with the butter, sage and ham. I like to finish it with a crunchy apple salad. A granny smith apple salad. Dont be shy with the sauce. Extra sauce. There you go. [ applause ] you gotta try the soup, too. The soup was outrageous. Congrats on season seven. Thank you. Thank you at home. This book is so great. Its the chew quick and easy 20 minute recipes. You can find it. You can find all of the recipes on our website as well. You can see these guys on the chew weekdays 1 00 p. M. Eastern. Congratulations on angelines thank you very much. At the borgata in atlantic city. A little bit of italian food. A little italian. Thank you for the cue. Well be right back. Good morning america is brought to you by folgers. The best part of waking up is folgers in your cup. Thats right. Our big twoday deals steals event kicks off tomorrow. Hope youll be there. [ cheers and applause ] thank you guys. Thank you guys. Good morning. Its 8 59. Im reggie aqui from abc7 mornings. Meteorologist drew tuma with the forecast. Mild in spots. San mateo already at 77, 71 in hayward, off to a warm to hot day. Fire danger running high, a redflag warning in effect for the east bay and north bay hills because fire can easily start and spread under these conditions. Accuweather sevenday forecast, warm to hot today, then widespread relief arrives on friday. Just got some good news for b. A. R. T. Riders, still a major delay on the fremont line, but they finally got the dog on the tracks near the coliseum. Not so good news here, eastbound 80 in berkeley at the university exit, still have the two right lanes down. New estimated time of this clearing is about noon. Long delays in both directions. Reggie . Time for live with kelly and ryan. Announcer its live with kelly and ryan today, from the drama designated survivor, kiefer sutherland. And star of the new series seal team, david boreanaz. Plus, the cohosts attacked the inflatable bungee run as we continue our lives pumped up week. All next on live [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and Ryan Seacrest [cheers and applause] ryan good morning