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Unite marching defiantly in the face of terror. A special edition of Good Morning America starts right now. We do say good morning, america. Thank you for joining us this wednesday morning. It is a tough one in new york city and around the country were learning so much more about that devastating terror attack. Lets take a live look at the scene this morning. That is the truck the driver used. A rental from home depot plowing into a crowd of bikers, hit a school bus just as parents were picking up children were school. The attacker and his wife and three kids most recently lived across the river in paterson, new jersey. Youre looking live at his home. The fbi conducting a raid overnight. Heres what we know at this hour. The attacker killed at least eight people, injured more than a dozen. Law enforcement officials tell abc news he left notes in the truck indicating he was inspired by isis and that trail of terror in southern manhattan lasting 17 blocks stopping near the 9 11 memorial. And overnight one World Trade Center was lit up in the colors of the american flag. A sign of defiance there. As weve said, this is the deadliest terror attack in new york city since 9 11. Our team covering every angle. Amy robach starts us off from the scene. Good morning, amy. Reporter george, this morning a stretch of more than 2 1 2 miles of streets remain closed here in Lower Manhattan. Police helicopters flying overhead, and down here at the scene, a large presence of local and federal authorities investigating. They were here throughout the night, and they will be here throughout the day as well, trying to put together the pieces of last nights deadly terror attack. New video this morning shows the moments immediately after 29yearold suspect Sayfullo Saipov transformed his home depot truck into a weapon designed to inflict mass casualties. I need an ambulance right here. Reporter his path of terror down new york citys west side highway ended here. The kid right there. Reporter after he crashed directly into this school bus carrying Children Home on halloween. We got multiple casualties. This is a mass casualty situation here. Reporter dozens of bikers and joggers enjoying the unseasonably warm day when a little after 3 00 p. M. The truck suddenly veered on to the pedestrian walkway. The white pickup truck, the front was completely smashed in and there was smoke coming out of it. Reporter it careened for ten blocks mowing down everything and everyone in its path. Sources say the suspect exited the truck shouting, allah akbar, brandishing whats been identified as a paint ball gun and pellet gun. I see two women and children. Theyre running. I hear one of the young girls saying hes got a gun, hes got a gun. Reporter this cell phone video shows the suspect frantically dodging between cabs evading police while his victims lay strewn on the ground. I seen a couple of bodies laying right there in the bike path and when i was looking seeing if theres anybody else i heard about nine or ten gunshots. Reporter police eventually shooting the suspect in the abdomen and taking him into custody. This was an act of terror. A particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians. Aimed at people going about their lives. Reporter neighborhood schools put on lockdown for hours as frantic parents race to find their children. I saw the man with the guns. He pointed the gun at me. Im sorry. I have to go get my child. Reporter overnight, in new yorks annual halloween parade authorities on heightened alert. Police adding extra officers, heavy weapons teams and sand trucks as protective blockers along the parade route. Its definitely been a memorable experience . Heck, yeah. You never think it would happen to you but it happens. Reporter new yorks governor urging people in this city to go back to their regular routines. We didnt want to let it stop us. Because we know in times like these too, it brings new yorkers closer together, and it doesnt stop making new york a safe place. Reporter you would never have known at the halloween parade there had been a terror attack a few hours earlier a few blocks away. The mood flooded the streets. The only way you could have seen anything was different from years prior was the incredibly huge police presence, and so i think its fair to say that being at that halloween parade was probably the safest place to be last night, george. Amy, you were there at the parade last night in new york. We have been braced for this for so long, but there hasnt been a attack like this since 9 11. Talk about the mood there. Reporter the mood at last nights halloween parade, i would describe as festive. People were there to have fun, and enjoy the night. We spoke to people who came from all around the world. There were new yorkers there, and people from all other countries and they all kind of said the same thing. They had heard what happened, but they never hesitated to come out and enjoy their night because they said they werent going to let terrorists take that away from them, and many people talked about the spirit exhibit resilience of new york, and they wanted to experience and be there for that, george. Amy robach, thanks very much. Over to robin. Joining us two people who saw that terrifying attack, Andrew Howell and babatunde ogunny, thank you both for joining us. How are you doing . I imagine youre still processing what you saw, andrew. Its pretty shocking. I mean, this is a place of recreation, a place of repose, you know, i work nearby. Use this bike path all the time and certainly not something you expect to see. No, and you go to college right down i go to the borough of Manhattan Community college which is right across the street. You were between classes. Yes. What did you see . So, we walked over to the pier. Like i said, its a recreational area. A lot of people walking to dogs, you know, just walk around the area, et cetera. And we had been sitting there and you just see a white truck at the light and its kind of revving its engine and thinking why is this person being so aggressive. Whats going on . He proceeds to jump the curb, hits two people. And then at that point, it was, like, did he lose control of the vehicle . Whats going on . Whats happening . And then later, maybe ten seconds after you hear gunshots so now its like its just commotion, everybody is running around. You heard gunshots and didnt know if it was coming from the driver or what was happening. Andrew, what did you see . I was walking along the path southward. I was sort of in my own world. It was a beautiful afternoon and just heard this very loud noise, just not a noise you expect to hear of this truck going by. Of course there are usually no vehicles there at all. Nothing going as rapidly as that one was probably 50, 60 miles an hour, fortunately for me it missed me. But impacted with a cyclist probably 20 feet in front of me and the cyclist was hit by hit the windshield and went over up in the air and landed on the ground. It just didnt make any sense to see Something Like that. The truck continued on south and thats when it impacted the school bus at chambers street. You saw that you saw the impact . I did. Did you see the driver at all . Yes, well, the car kind of spun over and was then facing east. I saw the driver get out of the car. That was a bit far away like a block and a half away from me and then fled on foot. About a minute later is when we heard the gunshots. What did you think was going on . What was happening . More so the main thing it was surreal. One of those situations you hear about things like this on the news and see it on tv, even movies, et cetera and its just like you dont ever think it can actually happen. So actually seeing it all unfold and happen in front of me was just kind of crazy. Yeah, you go to school here. You work here. Youre from jersey. You saw the nycstrong and piece from amy robach. People went out to the parade and there is this feeling of resilience and bonding, do you think . Sure, yeah, i mean, life in new york will go on. These are events that weve heard about around the world and the first time Something Like this has happened in new york. Its very shocking and disturbing but something we are going to wake up today and go on with our lives. Just speaking between the two of us and he mentioned he has to go to work today. I have to go back to school. Its just a regular day. The day after. Yeah, that says something that these things continue to happen and we dont want to become desensitized by what were seeing and feeling but also you dont want it to control your life going to school, going to work, doing what we need to do. Thank you so much for coming in and sharing your story. I hope you both do well. Im glad youre doing well. Thank you. Thank you. Michael. Thank you, robin. This morning were learning more about the victims, students on the bus and some were tourists visiting new york. Plus, were learning more about the hero officer who stopped the killer. Abcs gio benitez is outside Bellevue Hospital here in new york city where some of the victims were taken. Good morning, gio. Reporter michael, good morning to you. Five of the victims are here at this hospital. They are being treated right now. Eight of them are over at another hospital nearby. This attack happening in the blink of an eye. Among the dead five High School Friends from argentina visiting new york city to celebrate their 30th graduation from high school. The home depot truck plowing into them as they took a group bike ride. We need buses to vestry and chambers. Vestry and chambers. I got at least four on the ground here. Reporter more than a dozen injured and eight killed as First Responders rushed to the milelong crime scene in Lower Manhattan. I was able to see the bodies and three destroyed bicycles as well as all the police, firefighters, bomb squads, s. W. A. T. Team arriving on the scene. Oh, my god. Oh, my god. Reporter six died on the scene. Two at the hospital. One is a belgian national. This morning several victims are still clinging to life at two new york City Hospitals while this man, 28yearold nypd officer ryan nash, is being hailed as a hero. He put an end to the terrorists rampage by confronting him then shooting him in the stomach. I want to commend response from our nypd officer that was on post near the location who stopped the carnage moments after it began. Reporter nash, a sixyear veteran, was responding to a separate incident in the area when he rushed to the carnage. The long island resident commanded saipov to drop his weapons which turned out to be a pant ball and pellet gun. Nash shot him, keeping saipov alive so authorities could get more information from him. No doubt about it a hero right there. Now we know this morning that at least three of the victims are in Critical Condition right now but perhaps the only good news in this story is that at least five of them are in fair or good condition, george. And our thoughts are with all the families. Gio, thanks very much. New details also emerging about the attacker. 29 years old from uzbekistan moved to the u. S. In 2010. Lived most recently in new jersey. Early this morning the fbi escorted a group of women and children outside of his home, and our chief investigative correspondent, brian ross, is here with what we know. Brian, good morning. Good morning, george. The suspected attacker won a lottery to get a visa under a special program to come here. Once here authorities tell abc news he went down a road to jihad pledging allegiance to isis and carried out his attack on a country that opened its doors to him. Reporter overnight, the fbi searched the home of the suspect in paterson, new jersey, just across the river from new york. 29yearold Sayfullo Saipov, a native of uzbekistan, moved to paterson with his wife and three children after living in tampa and cincinnati. We never feared anything because he had a family too. He was there with his wife and children. The winner were young. He had a whole family as well. Reporter friends said at one point, he worked as a driver for uber in new jersey where neighbors there say he kept to himself. Neighbors say he wasnt friendly at all. Police believe he carried out the attack for isis. Isis has persuasive online tools. Particular to a person who is male and disgruntled. Reporter the terror group has been calling for its followers to carry out low tech attacks, using knives and vehicles. He grew up in tashkent where applied for an won his visa in 2010 under the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program for residents of countries that havent sent many immigrants to the u. S. Coincidentally it was an uzbek immigrant in stockholm who earlier this year, police said hijacked a truck and used it in an attack that killed five people. That is the scene right there. Well show it right there, the scene in new jersey right now. And, brian, we are learning the fbi is investigating that saipov had been on the radar of Law Enforcement, at least tangentially. He came under investigation as a possible accomplice of another suspect. But there was never enough proof to open a case on him and he wasnt under surveillance and this morning hes in a hospital. Hes expected to survive. Authorities are now drawing up federal terrorism charges against him. Okay, brian, thanks very much. George, President Trump calling the attacker sick and deranged and saying he ordered Homeland Security to step up the extreme vetting program. Were seeing more types of these attacks using vehicles as weapons, and our senior justice correspondent, pierre thomas, is in washington with more on that. Pierre, what are you hearing from Law Enforcement officials this morning about that . Reporter robin, good morning. Law enforcement is deeply concerned that these vehicle attacks especially those involving large trucks are becoming the preferred method of killing terrorists and wannabes. The evidence is mounting and its disturbing. Since 2014, there have been more than 17 vehicle attacks worldwide and 173 People Killed and more than 600 wounded. It only takes deadly intentions, a vehicle and set of keys and isis every day on social media is urging radicals and unhinged people to attack any way they can. We all recall the vehicle attacks in london, france and germany and its happened here too. Not just involving islamic radicals. There was the attack at ohio state last year by a man allegedly inspired by isis, but charlottesville where 19 were injured and a young woman was killed. We heard the president promising extreme vetting. What exactly does that mean . Reporter the white house is not commenting on the president s tweet so no one in the administration can tell us what the president is talking about. Its unclear whether the quote stepping up vetting would have made a difference in this case because the suspect has been here since 2010 and was likely radicalized recently. The bigger issue is why he wasnt on the radar before the attack, but its a tough job, robin. The fbi has more than 1,000 radicals under investigation or surveillance right now. Got to keep that in mind. Pierre, thank you. More from our contributors. Former new York Police Commissioner ray kelly right here, former fbi special agent brad garrett down in washington. Ray, let me begin with you. Youve been there. Take us behind the scenes and police headquarters. Top priority overnight. What are they doing right now . Theyre certainly assisting in the investigation. The investigation will be done by the joint Terrorism Task force which is an fbi entity that has about almost 200 fbi and nypd officers in that. The investigation will involve in all aspects, nypd and fbi agents. Theyre going to do a daylight crime scene search and thats what is keeping the area blocked off as far as traffic is concerned. They want to get all of the technicians they can on the scene to look at that crime scene in daylight to pick up any granular information they can about this individual or, you know, what his motivation was. Also beefing up security across the city. Exactly. Thats the other thing theyll be doing, will be increasing uniform presence at areas where people congregate. Okay, brad, this is fitting an all too familiar profile here. There is no question about it, george. I mean, this looks like a classic lone actor attack, so what you are going to do is youre obviously going to look at his phone, his family, his mosque, his job and social media to see if there are any connections. As brian pointed out, you know, he was involved in another investigation. What does that mean . Youll pull all this together to see who this guy is and did he plan this alone . Yeah, and the big question is were not saying he was inspired, but is it anything more than that . Was he directed . Ill guess that he probably was not because as you look at every one of these attacks that pierre mentioned, they were all lone wolves. Okay, brad garrett, ray kelly, thank you very much. Michael. Thank you, george. Well go to ginger with the weather and, ginger, its a little chilly in the east. Not just here in the east but it is feeling like november, hays, kansas had a little hit of halloween hit of snow. So did gaylord, michigan with looking like christmas with seven inches and frost and freeze warnings in place. Trenton, 38. Poughkeepsie at 30. It will go away, guys. Well warm right up. Dallas could see its warmest november on record at least in temperatures. In the 90s. Local weather in 30 seconds. First though, here are the sunny cities brought to you by target. Hi, there. Im abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. Welcome to november 1st. Our beginning of the rain season. Well have to wait till the weekend before question we get our first start. Seasonal highs and sunshine today, cool lows and more fog develops tonight. 61 along the coast, 64 to 67 San Francisco and the bay, and about 68 to 73 inland. Tonight, more fog out there, temperatures 44 to 52. Well have on and off rain starting thursday night through monday morning. Coming up, more on that. Deadly terror attack here in new york city. That is paterson, new jersey, the attackers home. Fbi on the scene. Also this morning, the tense standoff at a school in california. A parent taking a teacher hostage. Well take you inside the dramatic rescue overnight. C puppy barks you can do it duck. Hurry up duck you can do it duck. Iams. Helps keep your dog healthy at every stage. So you can always look forward to whats next. I like to collect beneficial bacteria. Fortunately for me, each cup of lifeway kefir contains billions of probiotic bacteria, along with vitamin d, calcium and protein. I used to keep this collection on the mantle. Wife offscreen honey until my family complained. Immediate and extended. Now i keep my collection. In my gut. Lifeway. Be a probiotic billionaire. When we love someone, we want to do right by them. But some things we cant control like snoring. 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Look at that, 39 in santa rosa. Theres a few 50s out there, but theyre the exception around places like hayward, fremont, san jose, and San Francisco. Mainly clear on the roads except for the north bay, fog through the morning commute. Cool to mild mass transit and on the ferry road, our last tranquil day. Clear the leaves from your drains and gutters, check the tires and wipers. A lot of rain coming. Well have another abc7 news update in about 30 minutes and always on our free abc7 news app. Oatscalled betaglucan. Fiber this fiber really doesnt like cholesterol. So, it shows it a thing or two. Which makes quaker oats a delicious part of a hearthealthy diet. High five, fiber welcome back to gma. That is a live look at the home of the driver in that deadly terror attack in new york city. Thats paterson, new jersey, the home. The fbi has been there overnight investigating and we saw bombsniffing dogs moments ago, also the fbi escorting women and children out. That is a hot scene right now. Absolutely, george. Heres a live look at the truck he used in that devastating attack that killed at least eight people and injured more than a dozen. So lets go right back to amy on the scene in Lower Manhattan with the latest on what were learning about the driver. Good morning, amy. Reporter hey, robin. Good morning to you. Just a few moments ago, i spoke with christiaan waganer. He lives just down the street and just in front of where the attack happened and happened to walk outside as that was all unfolding and despite all the chaos and all the fear that was happening around him, he was able he managed to take this photo of the suspect. Give me a sense of where you were when the terror attack happened. Right, so i started walking down the street here coming towards the bike path then i heard all this noise and i looked up and i saw a car coming straight at me with another car chasing it, like an Undercover Police car chasing it. So that was a flatbed truck was coming my way so i started moving out of the way because i could see the trajectory was going to go right down the bike path. So i started moving away. Then he hit some stuff on the way out which i guess later on those were human beings. He hit some people. He hit the school bus and he kind of went up in the air which turned him around, the school bus moved on. Then he landed right side up. And i looked at it and it wasnt catching on fire or anything. Steam was coming out. So i thought okay, you know, he is okay, so i took a picture just in case somebody needed to see what happened, and he had something in his hands and started raising his arms up and i saw the guns in his hand so i turned around and i called out, guns, you know, to the kids and the kids all looked also and started yelling guns. The kids were actually very, very cautious or cognitive of what was happening. They saw a man with a gun and they started screaming gun. They started yelling guns. But they started running down the street and so then i heard gunshots. You heard the Police Shooting him . Yes. So thats what i heard. You just moved here from california six weeks ago. Right, right. How are you feeling about new york now . Its not a pretty world but, you know, if we all watch out for each other, we can make it work. I think thats great. Thank you so much, christiaan. Youre welcome. Really appreciate it. Reporter now christiaan grew up in europe. He said even as a young child he learned to be aware of crowds, to run if you heard gunshots but he was struck by the fact that here in new york city he saw so many people literally frozen in fear, just staring at the scene, not running, not taking cover. Thats why he yelled guns and was happy some of those children did too, but he said, we need to start learning here in america, and teaching our children we have to be prepared for these types of attacks and we have to know what we should do, which is to leave the scene immediately, and take cover, robin. Good information there. Good advice there and to hear those kids, to live in a world where that is the case, but they did the right thing, all right, amy, thank you. Were here with our chief investigative correspondent, brian ross. A little more about the attacker. Never been under surveillance by the fbi or Law Enforcement, but he was on their radar. Thats right, george. He came up as an associate of somebody else who was a suspect in a counterterrorism investigation and they began to take a look at him. But there was never enough proof to open a case on him per se and as you say, he was not under surveillance. Not under surveillance. He is in the hospital. What do we know about his condition . Hes expected to recover. Out of surgery. This morning federal authorities are drawing up federal terrorism charges against him. Brian, thanks very much. Lets bring in our White House Correspondent, jon karl, as well and, jon, the president was briefed on this right as it happened yesterday afternoon. Started tweeting last night as we talked to pierre about that extreme vetting proposal and now hes out with a new tweet just moments ago, also about immigration. Reporter yes, he sure is. Hell hit this theme hard, the late et cetera tweet says, the terrorist came into our country on what is called the diversity visa lottery program, a Chuck Schumer beauty. I want merit based. And, in fact, the terrorist, the attacker here did come into the United States on that Diversity Program in 2010. That is a program that was passed, became part of the law in 1990 and, in fact, was supported by Chuck Schumer. The president also as you mentioned, was hitting the theme of extreme vetting overnight. That tweet said, i have just ordered Homeland Security to step up our extreme vetting program. Being politically correct is fine but not for this. Now, george, we have asked both the department of Homeland Security and the white house what exactly the president meant when he said that he has asked to step up the extreme vetting program and theres no indication of what exactly he meant by that. Not a lot of clarity there. Meantime, the white house still dealing with the fallout from those indictments from Robert Mueller on monday and also the plea agreement as well and the president seems to be caught in a bit of a tugofwar with his adviser, steve bannon, his former adviser, saying, take on mueller. His lawyer saying back off. Reporter yes, steve bannon using some rather colorful language and says he wants the president to take on mueller. Although not to fire him and also wants Congressional Republicans to move to end all congressional investigations on this. The quote from bannon to the Washington Post is, the republicans are like church mice, no support of the president , totally gutless, the hill needs to step up. But whats interesting here, george, is that nobody, not even steve bannon is saying that the president should fire mueller. Not right now. Jon karl, thanks very much. Lets bring brian ross back in as well. A little more now were getting on we know the driver rented that car, quite cheap car, from home depot. Thats right, right. In fact, were seeing live pictures of the parking lot of that store. His car is there. He drove there apparently and then rented the vehicle. The new york police have a program looking for people who rent vehicles who are suspicious but this did not trigger anything, and right now, they are looking at that car and the truck he used in the attack. They found notes he was indicating he was doing this on behalf of isis. We were just seeing that. We dont know whether they found anything inside the car. Not inside the car, but he clearly drove from his home in paterson, new jersey and rented the truck at the home depot there. Thanks very much. Much more on the attack in new york city coming up ahead ahead. And also coming up, a dramatic rescue in california to save a teacher who was held hostage in a school by a parent. Well be right back. Ead and also coming up a dramatic rescue in california to save a teacher who was held hostage in a school by a parent. Well be right back. Back now with that dramatic advil liquigels minis. Our first concentrated pill that rushes powerful relief. A small new size thats fast, cause its liquid. Woohoo youll ask, what pain . New advil liquigels minis. Ladies, we dont need all this to talk about lbl. I mean, who leaks a little when they laugh . 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Our Senior National correspondent, matt gutman, is on the scene with the story. Good morning, matt. Reporter good morning, michael. When you look at those images of those s. W. A. T. Team members escorting 7yearolds and 8yearolds out of this school, you get a sense of how terrifying it must have been here. An eyewitness told us that hostagetaker took an elderly teacher in a head lock, and took another teacher hostage. Other teachers tried to talk him down to no avail. Just after 11 00 a. M. Hundreds of students evacuated and s. W. A. T. Teams swarming on Castle View Elementary School near los angeles with reports of a hostage situation. Riverside 11 on scene staging on ransom. Reporter eyewitnesses say it began with a parent forcing his way through the school office. Immediately i felt very like this isnt good. Reporter he then allegedly grabbed first grade teacher Linda Montgomery hauling the 70yearold into a classroom. One of our first grade teachers. Had a disgruntled parent and just prayed for her. Reporter the school on lockdown. Terrified students evacuated single file waiting for hours at this nearby park. Anxious parents rushing to check on their children. Elizabeth reyes worried her first grade daughter was caught right in the middle. I grabbed her, and then as soon as we started going back up i knew i needed to get somewhere safe. Reporter amidst the chaos two men on the scene trying to get through to the suspect telling our station kabc that theyre related to the man. Hes not a bad guy, you know. Never been in trouble. Hes a good kid just having an emotional breakdown. Reporter but after hours of negotiations and police say, with the wellbeing of the teacher being unknown, the decision was made to move in. Everything is locked down. Everything is secured and our officers or detectives are going to go in there and investigate this to determine what happened. Reporter that standoff coming to an end with s. W. A. T. Teams shooting the suspect. Watch as you can see him being transported out of the school on a stretcher. Now that parent was taken to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead. That teacher who had been working at the school for 30 years was also hospitalized, but as a precaution, michael. And, matt, whats happening at the school and what are they doing to help the students get through this . Reporter michael, the school here is going to be closed for the rest of the week, but when the students do return, their teachers are not only going to have to help them deal with the trauma of that standoff, but also of the trauma of losing a fellow students parent. It is not going to be an easy recovery here. Michael. All right, thank you, matt. Yeah, scary situation for, you know, the children, the parents, everyone involved. Thats right. All right, michael. Coming up next, the dramatic game between the astros and dodgers. 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Holmes, oh, yeah, he got the ticket. Hes right there inside. He didnt want to wait till tonight. He got there early or he stayed there last night. Either way, t. J. Reporter yeah, you know me, robin. Which one do you think it is . Well, let me tell you this, i did not think that people could hold their breath this long, because i sat in this stadium full of 54,000 people, many of them waiting to exhale for a long time because for a long time it looked like the l. A. Dodgers might be done. But, hey, robin, this is l. A. So, of course, were about to get our hollywood ending. A game seven tonight. Series too good to end in six. Reporter the l. A. Dodgers hang on at home defeating the Houston Astros in a world series nailbiter. Before the players took the field a moment of silence for the lives lost in new york. We send our thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families. 12 from hill. Stepping up. Reporter game six was a battle from the mound. With all eyes focused on houstons starting pitcher justin verlander. The astros ace did his job striking out nine batters. Got him looking. Reporter but starting in the sixth inning the dodgers bats came alive. Hell score. Reporter doing just enough to force a game seven tonight in los angeles. Game seven will be a heavyweight fight between the two best teams in baseball, period. Reporter the Hometown Team has never played a game seven here at Dodger Stadium. Tonight could be the night they win it all or will the astros bring home their first ever title . Houston astros have not won in 55 years and the dodgers, the last championship, 1988. You have two very hungry, starved franchises for a world championship. Reporter you remember last year, robin, i covered the World Series Game six and seven. It was cleveland, of course, taking on chicago. Two teams that had long droughts as well. Cleveland, 60 plus years hadnt won a world series and, of course, the cubs 108year drought and now to see these two franchises, houston never one and l. A. Hasnt won one since 88, good to see some of these cities get their shot now. Could not agree more. There is a moment in particular from last nights game you want to talk about. Reporter yeah, you remember, everybody remembers that moment from the astros players, yuli gurriel made a racist gesture that got him suspended earlier in the world series, suspension wont be starting until next season. This was the first time he played in Dodger Stadium since that happened. The crowd booed him like crazy but the pitcher, rich hill for l. A. Stepped off the mound for a few moments to let the crowd have their moment and continue to boo him. He said i could have thrown a baseball at him and beaned him but that was my may of waking a silent gesture and letting the crowd speak to that moment. It was a really powerful moment here last night, just a small thing he did that was so powerful. Yeah, it was. So what do you think tonight . Who do you have . Reporter you know what, lets go to nine games. This thing has been so good i wish theyd stretch it out but its up in the air. Its up in the air. I agree with t. J. Its been so good you dont want it to end. That was a pretty elegant dodge. Thats our t. J. I learned from the best, george. Have a good time. Thank you. When we come back we are, of course, going to have the latest on the investigation into the attack here in new york city and new details about the attacker. Just ahead. Ave the latest on the investigation into the attack here in new york city and new details about the attacker. Just ahead. You know how you dont talk like this play the peter, bjorn and john song called young folks on spotify you talk like this hey google, play that hipster song with whistling. It gets that. Like only google can. 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Well have another abc7 news update in about 30 minutes and always on our free abc7 news app. Download it if you havent already. What if Home Security was different . What if it looked different . What if the measure of working, was that you never had to think about it. What if it was so easy to use, you actually used it. [alarm] you have 3 minutes to exit. What if it gave you time, and what you really need from Home Security. A sense of security. Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. We have the latest on the deadly terror attack in new york city since 9 11. Oh, my god. Oh, my god. The 29yearold attacker inspired by isis used this rented home depot Truck Driving through crowds of people, killing eight, just blocks from the World Trade Center and sl slamming into a school bus with children on board. More than a dozen injured. The hero Police Officer took him down as new york steps up security across the city. New this morning, the gma experiment with mothers and daughters, teenagers revealing how their lives online affect selfesteem and their anxiety. Their mothers listening behind a oneway mirror. What happened when they came facetoface, the moment that brought this mom to tears and revelations all parents can learn from this morning. Also this morning, what happened on Wendy Williams show. The frightening moment when she fainted live on air. What shes sayin happened. They are the sixth graders who started with an assignment, and ended with a rap video so many are sharing. Wait till you hear this math class singing their smart, theyre strong and now theyre live right here as we say good morning, america. How adorable. Cant wait for that coming up. We thank you for joining us on this this busy wednesday morning. Yes, we are following the very latest developments, the deadly terror attack here in new york city. The attack the worst here since 9 11 and it took place just a block from the site of the World Trade Center looking live at that scene this morning. That is the rental truck from home depot the attacker used. Deliberately drove onto a busy bike path right around 3 00 p. M. Killed eight people, injured more than a dozen. Police now say he was inspired by isis, shouting, allahu akbar at the scene. Amy robach is there on the scene now with the latest details. Good morning, amy. Reporter thats right, guys. Good morning. This morning local and federal Law Enforcement are out in full force investigating last nights deadly terror attack. A 2 1 2mile stretch of streets is closed and will remain closed at this hour. The western half of Lower Manhattan is basically an active crime scene. Oh, my god. Reporter new video showing those moments right after 29yearold suspect Sayfullo Saipov turned his rented home depot truck into a weapon. Weve got multiple casualties. This is a mass casualty situation here. Reporter using his truck to cut a path of terror right down new york citys west side highway just blocks from the site of the World Trade Center. I need an ambulance right here. Reporter crashing directly into a school bus carrying Children Home on halloween. Eight People Killed and over a dozen injured. Of the dead five from argentina here on vacation, one from belgium. Theres a kid right there. Reporter witnesses say the suspect exited the truck shouting allahu akbar with a paintball and pellet guns. This cell phone video showing him frantically running between cabs, evading police while his victims lay strewn on the ground. When i first looked to see whats going on, i seen the truck in the path. Then i heard gunshots. When i hear the gunshot, thats when i was like, oh, something really bad is happening over here. Reporter police eventually shooting the suspect in the abdomen and taking him into custody. This morning, several victims still clinging to life while officials calling this first responder, new york city Police Officer ryan nash, the hero who put an end to the terrorists rampage. Want to commend the response of our nypd officer on post near the location who stopped the carnage moments after it began. Reporter one of the eyewitnesses i spoke with, eugene, told me hell never forget the horrible aftermath of yesterdays attack, but hell also remember the resilience of new yorkers yesterday, seeing the halloween parade continue. Seeing trick or treaters out with their parents, trickortreating last night despite all that and says the terrorist may have ruined the lives of eight families but he did not take away the spirit and the strength of new york. Back to you. And, amy, youre down on the scene this morning, of course, theres still a Large Police Presence because theyre investigating. What is the rest of the neighborhood like . Reporter you know, its really interesting because were behind Police Barricades. You can see an active scream crime scene, the street shut down right here. But behind me, im seeing new york life as usual. Im seeing parents taking their kids to school. Im seeing people off to work. Its busy, its crowded. It looks like an average day on the other side of the Police Barricade so new yorkers are back to business this morning, george. Okay, amy robach, thanks very much. Even though thats happening we still keep in mind those families who lost a loved one and those injured and still in the hospital. Now to new details on the 29yearold attacker. The fbi is at his home searching with police dogs this morning. Our chief investigative correspondent brian ross is back with what we know. Good morning, robin. Since early this morning fbi agents and evidence technicians have been at the suspects home in paterson, new jersey. At one point they escorted a group of women and children away from the residence. 29yearold Sayfullo Saipov had a wife and three children. He came here from uzbekistan seven years ago after winning a lottery for an american visa under a special u. S. Program. Authorities say they discovered he left behind one note pledging allegiance to isis near the truck he used in the attack and we are also learning that saipov had been on the radar of authorities as an associate of a suspect in another counterterror investigation but never enough proof we are told, to open a case against him, and he was not under active surveillance at the time of tuesdays attack. This morning, he remains in custody at a new york hospital, expected to survive his wounds. Authorities tell abc news detectives tried to talk to him as he was taken away in the ambulance after being shot but he was unresponsive. They have since been able to talk to him briefly in the hospital but dont know what he said. It is very rare to survive because usually theyre killed. Exactly. They want to be killed. Exactly. He wanted to be killed. But didnt happen. Lets bring in the White House Correspondent now jon karl. Our chief White House Correspondent is there in washington this morning and, jon, as we were talking about earlier today the president up and tweeting. Very unusual, though, right now. Hes talking about immigration but also taking on senator charles schumer, the new york senator. This is the home of the attack. Reporter thats right. He is taking him on quite directly. Look at this. One of several tweets this morning. The terrorist came into our country through what is called the diversity visa program, a Chuck Schumer beauty. I want merit based. Now, george, it is true that the attacker here did come in through this program. Its a program that was passed in 1990. Chuck schumer was then a relatively Junior Member of the house of representatives and did vote yes but it was signed into law as part of a comprehensive immigration bill by republican president , george h. W. Bush, the elder bush. Then he had another tweet a few moments ago saying senator Chuck Schumer helping to import europes problems. Apparently retweeting something he saw on fox friends. Hes been watching fox friends a number of tweets actually include the hashtag, and he had the tweet overnight that set all this in motion saying i have just ordered Homeland Security to step up our already extreme vetting program. Being politically correct is fine but not for this. This prompted us to, of course, ask the white house what exactly he ordered the Homeland Security department to do. No answer from the white house and when we asked the Homeland Security spokesperson, we were referred back to the white house so dont know exactly what the president meant there. 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This morning Wendy Williams is okay and planning to return to her show today but her audience and the internet totally spooked after she collapsed onset as the cameras were rolling. This morning, Wendy Williams expected back on air after a reallife halloween scare. Fainting during her live talk show tuesday morning. Williams dressed as lady liberty seemed fine until almost the end of her show when she suddenly starts to slow down. Lets get started. Our first reporter slurring her words while introducing a costume contest. Stage managers rushing to her aid. The show quickly cutting to black. Six minutes later an alert williams still in costume was back on camera. That was not a stunt. Im overheated in my costume and i did pass out. But, you know what, im a champ. And im back. Reporter managing to finish the show and even crack a few jokes. Is that the end of the show . Was i passed out that long . Reporter but the terrifying moment of a panicked looking williams stumbling backwards blowing up online. Williams herself saying, everybody, relax, im doing fine, just need some water and electrolytes. With those hot lights she would sweat excessively. If she didnt drink a sports drink or drank just coffee or ice water, that could cause an imbalance. Reporter she emerged flashing a peace sign and a smile. As you saw there williams is taking all of this in stride. Just after the ordeal, a spokesperson told abc news williams would continue her schedule as planned and added that williams has never missed a day of work and looks forward to her 1,500th show in november. Shes expected to talk about all this on her show. Im sure she will. I hope shes okay. That was scary. Thank you, thank you. Now to our gma experiment taking a closer look at how social media affects teens. Abcs Deborah Roberts sat down with a group for a candid conversation and what they didnt know, their mothers were watching behind the glass, deb. That had to be something. Good morning. Reporter good morning, rock rock rocken robin. Its an eye opener if youre a parent or anyone involved in the life of a teen girl, experts say theyre suffering from depression and stress at higher numbers than ever. Toss in social media and coming of age as a young girl has never been harder. Every girl thinks they have to be better than the other girl. Theres a constant pressure i guess with everybody. Sometimes your stomach is fat. Wait, is it . Reporter teen girls offering surprising details about their struggles. We set up an experiment in new york and invited a few to come and sit and talk with us but unbeknownst to them, on the other side of this glass will sit their moms right here, listening and learning about their daughters. But in the adjoining room they only see a plain old mirror. How many would say stress is a big problem in your lives . Your hand went up big time. The talk quickly turns to their biggest challenge right now, social media. Research shows that nearly a third of teen girls are suffering from anxiety. We wondered if their lives online adds to that problem. How big of a part of your lives is social media . I love very big. Snapchat. My mom has my instagram password so shell see things before i do and be asking the questions. Reporter questions she says about who shes following online. All these girls are deeply plugged in. Instagram, facebook, snapchat. 71 of all teens use more than one social media site. A way of expressing themselves. Online they look happy. Yet these girls say theres a dark side. A lot of criticism towards me on social media but i choose not to Pay Attention to it. Cyberbullying translates into real life then you have people that are taunting you while youre right there. Reporter if somebody says i dont like the way you look. I think i look great so who cares what they say but then its like Somebody Just said that to me. Are you kidding me . I dont hate my body but i feel like theres room for improvement all the time. Reporter the honesty about their insecurities tough for one mom behind the mirror. A lot of my friends think im anorexic because im skinny and sometimes it can hurt, but you have to grow tough skin. Used to get bullied because i had a unibrow, wasnt the skinniest girl. Do you hide anything from your mom on social media . Why dont we just talk to your moms now bause your moms are here. You know. The girls stunned that their moms just heard how they navigate their lives with so much instant feedback. A problem that didnt exist years ago. What surprised you most about anything you heard from your daughter . Its so different, the struggles that the kids are going through now. I believe if parents engage their kids more they get more out of hem. Shes very emotional so she lets things get to her easily. One day she took a nap and i checked her phone. She gets this text message why dont you shave your arm you indian bleep and immediately i just the steam just came out of my ears. Reporter with parents so often in the dark, these moms getting a powerful lesson in the lives of teen girls. These girls are gorgeous and theyre smart and theyre full of anxiety. Ooh. What an eye opener, deb. Also joining us is parenting expert, dr. Logan levkoff. Thank you, thank you for wanting to have this discussion. I bet you had a conversation with the moms off camera after. What did they say . What surprised me is that these are moms who are really involved in their daughters lives and know them well. They were surprised at the intensity by which they were trying to juggle their lives, their usual teen lives with peer pressure and cyberlife which is a whole different thing where theyre being judged and criticized constantly. They were really surprised at how difficult that is. Were living there. Our girls are 15 and 12, and logan, ali does a good job of monitoring the social media. Is that the right thing to do . Absolutely. This is a generation of technological guinea pigs. We dont know longterm impacts but our kids are curating their personal brands 24 hours a day. Think how exhausting that is. Never a shutdown time. If we werent at school or socializ socialize,ing, we could go to our room, shut the door, cool off, get perspective. They dont have that anymore. Their down time is with their phone. Thats not down time. Thats very much on time. Its a generational gap as youre discussing and, you know, for moms they didnt have to go through this. How do they talk to their daughters about it . They try to keep them close and connected and said the most important thing and these were really, really impressive moms try to make sure they have a balance and know theyre involved in their lives. For some of them, church is important an a couple have gotten involved in pageants. Things other than the cyberworld to keep them connected to something real. Need advice here. What do you do if you find a secret account . The reality is we dont know everything our kids are doing online but we can have certain expectations and guidelines and responsibilities for them. Thats our job as parents. Were not just their friends or not just the Authority Figure but there to also be respected and to say, look, these are the consequences. If i find out then there is a reaction. Were not its not an idle threat. Because heres the thing. I might be annoying and you might be upset but theres probably relief in it too they can be forced to shut down. Give us advice on how we can build our daughters selfesteem. Talk about their character, how they contribute to the world. Their achievements and strengths. They are under the impression that phones represent freedom. But the truth is theres nothing more that feels like an intellectual or emotional prison. Everything they do they get defined by. Adolescence is about making mistakes. We should let them make them but we cant now. Find things they can do that are not just related to whether they look good. They are worried about how many likes theyre getting and some are involved in extracurricular things, of charity things, all kinds of things that like they can judge themselves by that have nothing to do with their looks and the things that they see online. Though they may not give this off, they want structure. They do, absolutely. They want to talk too. One of the girls said im a big 80s fan because people used to talk to each other. They are relieved with structure. They need it. Well talk to fathers and sons in the same kind of way. Very different thing that the boys are concerned about. Youll want to hear this one. Well have more resources from our good friend here on our website. So over now to ginger. Thank you so much, robin. It is time mnow for your gma moment. So a little bright spot in your day, we hope and that would come today from st. Louis, from the zoo. They play with pumpkins too. The internet can be a great thing when we share joyful images, the monkeys eating the seeds. We did that all week. Loved it. Hopefully you had a happy and safe halloween. Of course, we want to see yours, so please post your gma hi, there. Im abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. Welcome to november 1st. Our beginning of the rain season. Well have to wait till the weekend before question we get our first start. Seasonal highs and sunshine today, cool lows and more fog develops tonight. 61 along the coast, 64 to 67 San Francisco and the bay, and about 68 to 73 inland. Tonight, more fog out there, temperatures 44 to 52. Well have on and off rain starting thursday night through monday morning. All right. Thank you, ginger. You know, we wish that were glad youre here with us today. We wish you were here yesterday and weve got to give a lot of shoutouts. It was quite a production and there were so many people involved in our halloween show and making us look super. Woody, he spearheaded our costumes. Yeah. Yeah. Liz, marcello, alberto and so many more and our graphics department. [ applause ] that superhero look and our extraordinary director lily. [ applause ] thank you, lily, seth and meg or our greatlooking set. Which was awesome. That was really awesome. Ellen who wrote the show, look at that. And the producers jillian, feron, cleo, eric, monica and anastasia and booker and doug and sabrina, and jessica for all the great tape. You know, hair and makeup. I think that your boyfriend wants you to keep the red wig that you had on. [ cheers and applause ] i think rick sorry i looked this way. I couldnt make eye contact. 809. Im going to keep that. We got this great our glam fam. They had to make us up twice and ethan and alana for overseeing the entire production. What a morning. Thank you and also sal, billy dee, our crew, everyone. Mwah. Love you guys. Thank you. [ applause ] everyone. I think its great. You dont realize how many people are behind the scenes that make this happen. It takes a village. Every day they come in and have to work long hours and do an incredible job. I had a guest appearance by superman himself, everyone. You were awesome. I loved it yesterday. It was great. The dancers, man, they were good. The robbers. The whole concept. Love you guys. This is going to be the shortest pop news ever. With great reason. We love our crew. Two stories for today, starting with christina aguilera, who will show Whitney Houston the greatest love when she honors her at the music awards. She will perform a 25th anniversary tribute. Cannot believe its been 25 years since the bodyguard came out. Such a great movie. Refresh yourself if you havent seen it singing the songs from that soundtrack that launched her into super stardom. Aguile aguilera, quote, to be honoring her is a blessing. Im so grateful to celebrate the spirit of her songs and clive davis, everyone, the legendary super producer who discovered her will be with us later in the hour and well hear more about his connection with Whitney Houston and you can catch aguileras performance at the 2017 ama awards november 19th, 8 00 p. M. Right here on abc. Guys, im going to save the other two stories for tomorrow. Okay. And just say were looking forward to the amas, aguilera and clive davis being right here in moments. And looking forward to pop news tomorrow. Yeah, more. Well be right back. Your gma moment brought to you by the frame from samsung, the most beautiful tv youve never seen. Most beautiful tv youve never seen. And good morning. It is 8 27. Im reggie aqui from abc7 mornings. Well start with sue hall with a look at your traffic. Thanks, reggie. Ramp raf, a couple earlier problems, one in terra linda, just outside of our live shot here and one in central l san rafael. Those are cleared but guess what, the slow traffic remains, typically slow out of novato but this morning more so towards the Golden Gate Bridge, which is pretty clear. We have an accident coming into San Francisco, motorcycle down, two left lanes, northbound 101 before the candlestick exit. Temperatures have yet to bounce ouf their lows, 39 in santa rosa to about 52 in San Francisco. A little cooler this morning, foggy north at least through the morning commute. Cool to mild today and on the water its tranquil. November 1st, the rainy season begins but we have to wait until thursday night and through the weekend for rain, reggie. Well have another abc7 news update in about 30 minutes and always on our news app and abc7news. Com. All good morning, america. [ applause ] some greatlooking kids and say welcome back to Good Morning America. Weve got a great audience in here with us, as well. Thanks tore coming in. Appreciate it. We are going to meet those kids right now. So inspiring. Such a treat. Sixth graders from the milwaukee excellence school. Their viral rap right there, educational rap racked 500,000 views. Jada Pinkett Smith and former First Lady Michelle Obama love it. Terrance sims, Savannah Patterson and the sixth grade class from the milwaukee excellence school. [ applause ] mr. Sims, tell us how this rap came about. Well, its really exciting. I use hiphop in my class because thats the culture they represent so when i came to milwaukee excellence i really wanted my sixth graders to be really excited about learning so i took a popular song and kind of just rapped it to them for the first day and really loved it so the next couple of days when i was teaching math i would get notes like hey can you add these lyrics, sure so we kept adding lyrics and then momentum made it catapult into what it is today. They added their dance moves and ive seen this video. I have a question for savannah. Why do you think its so important for people to see this video and hear this song. I think its important for people to see this video because a lot of kids really listen to negative songs and probably know every lyric like every word so i wanted to see and everyone wanted to see how many would actually know the lyrics to our song and wanted to motivate the kids and let them know theyre not standing alone so thats why i like this song and i like how yeah, such a positive message. So you guys ready to rap it for us. Can we hear it. Yeah. Yeah. Whenever youre ready. Here we go. What you know about relating never quit i am never not trying i got a message and just a few years im talking md, ph. D. And i got appetite for education and you women, you get in here and be me a favor and repeat these lines. I am smart i am strong my life matters i am smart i am strong my life matters im a blessing im a queen im a king i can achieve anything im a blessing im a queen im a king i can achieve anything Michelle Obama taught me how to do it in 2028 when i graduate photos i love it. [ applause ] and mr. Sims, i have another question for you. What does it mean for you to see the reaction that youve gotten out of this . Yeah, i mean, its huge. To know that my students are being the voice of the youth right now and that theyre saying something positive and that they are using hiphop to do it and being seen nationwide is huge. My biggest thing is making sures kids are motivated and want to be educated. And for my kids to be that voice it means the world. Well, i just got to Say Something to you, mr. Sims. Thank you. Your passion, your creativity is making a huge difference in their lives. You inspired all of us today. I appreciate that. Thank you. [ applause ] i love the line, ladies dont think i didnt hear you call yourselves queens. I love that. I think thats brilliant and in the year 2018 from a college you will graduate. No ifs, and the or buts, a message we can all take away from that. That confidence. [ applause ] i want to share with our audience really quickly. Savannah and aryy, Michelle Obama wrote and i quote, young queens, please stay focused, stay motivated, never quit, im with you and couldnt be prouder. Knowing that, i mean, we know she watches the show. Do you want to let her know what you want to be when you grow up . Yeah. [ laughter ] okay, so i want to be a lawyer because i would like to help people a lot and i want to let meme know that theyre not like theyre alone and i want them to know that everyone is always there for you so thats why i want to be a lawyer to help people. All right. [ applause ] i want to be i want to be a singer because thank you, guys. I want to be a singer because i want people i want to say im good at it and i want beam to know to hear what i got to say and i want to say what i feel. Well, we cant wait to see all of you. Thanks a lot for bringing that today. Thank you, guys. That was awesome. Very, very inspiring and ill bring in our next guest. A good friend of mine. The only person in sports history to play in both the world series and the super bowl and even though he goes by primetime he woke up for us to be in the morning time, everybody. Please welcome deion sanders. How you doing . Im good, man. Im good. You know, were watching and watching the class, milwaukee excellence school. That was awesome. Watching them perform. You were a rapper yourself. Do you have advice glorify the kids and let them be blessed today. Do you have advice for them. Yes. Ha would be that . Staying true to themselves and rapping about what they know and not trying to pretend to not be something theyre not. I love that teacher. His spirit is infectious. You saw how they turned it on. Like, wow. Like that. Its hard, the movements, stay on track and all that stuff but you till do a little bit of rapping yourself. When youre in the barber shop. I have a good time. I can tell where youre going. I can tell where youre going. [ laughter ] i love you, man. You are know i love you, right . I know. But youre good. Youre good to me and so many people. Thank you. Every morning you send out an inspirational message by text. Im on that. I got my message this morning. You have so many people who rely on this like i do and who listen to your advice, but now youre also coaching your son in high school football. Does he listen to you . Yes, he does. He listens to me. Sometimes he has to understand im not dad. We walk down the sideline after the National Anthem and i come back, im not dad anymore. Im coach prime. You call yourself coach prime. No, they call me coach prime. Okay. I wonder who requested they call you coach prime. Im just saying. And i love it. I love it because education is prevalent and were trying to get these kids to and through college. He is a freshman. Hes a freshman starting on varsity and have an offer from oregon and hes balling. You know i would hit your son if i was on the field. Im sure you would and i would intercept your daughter. Yeah, you would. Not what youre thinking. Ill break up the pass of these young men trying to make passes at them. If any boy steps up to my daughter, be ready. I want to take you back. Youre the only player in the history to play in the world series and also in the super bowl. It is world series time. 25 years ago awesome world series. 25 years ago you had a chance to, what, to almost become the first person to play in a Major League Baseball and nfl game on the same day. Yes, it was nice. It was nice. I was young and able back then. I was going to say where did you get that energy. I grew up doing that. I grew up playing football, baseball and basketball. Playing all three sports and that was my life. Thats who i am pretty up and who i was at the time and just because you go to a professional level and some person who cant do what venture to do tell you cant thats no reason to stop. Yeah. One thing youre not going to stop doing, youre helping a lot of people and in the town of dallas, have five focuses on unemployment, education, trauma, all these things, what makes you want to give back . Were trying to break the cycle of poverty. Im sick and tired of it and were in a better place as a people and if we could just stand together, thats it, standtogether. Org well do so much and provoke change in each of our communities. Thats what its all about. Reaching out, helping one another, regardless of the ethnicity and social climate. Okay. I like that, man. Youre a good man. Im trying to. Youre not trying. Youre doing. You looking good. We need more people. Dont try to butter me up. The interview is over. Deion sanders, thanks for coming. Five focuses of five. Coming up, the real women competing for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover. Well see them when we come ba welcome back, its a good morning. The College Football playoff is come. Espn released their first a. M. Ings. Georgia, came in at number one. Alabama, number two. We have a couple of fans in here. Notre dame, number three. [ applause ]. And clemson number four. I heard tigers. You can see where everyone lands tuesday at 7 00 p. M. Eastern on espn. I learned a lot about College Football this morni good morning. Im meteorologist mike nicco. Were off to a cooler stat this morning with any fog over the north bay fading as we get towards 9 00. Temperatures 50s at the coast, mid to upper 60s at 4 00 for the rest p p i think most of the clemson fans are behind you, lara. No penn state . No penn state yet. I cant even discuss. All right. I have happy news now. The finalists from the Sports Illustrated swimsuit editions first ever open casting call, real women competing for the cover. Well talk to those women in a moment but first heres a look at how they were chosen. For decades fashion superstars have graced the pages of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue from Christie Brinkley to heidi klum, even beyonce but earlier they launched its first ever open casting call. I believe i have what it takes to be Sports Illustrated next months model. Inviting women of all sizes and shapes to strut their stuff for the chance to become a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model and appear on that coveted cover. Im a middle size model. I fall between the classic modeling size and plus size. Reporter over 5,000 women responded. Each of them showcasing their own unique personals and backgrounds. I would love to see more women who look like me in Sports Illustrated. Its just the latest example of an industrywide trend towards showcasing the beauty of everyday women. Beautiful. No matter what shape or size. [ applause ] im thrilled. Talking to Sports Illustrated swimsuit editor m. J. Day. We never met. Heard such great things about you and love this idea. How did you guys come up with it. We are looking for the next Christie Brinkley so we decided to put it out there to instagram and we got over 5,000 applicants who wanted to be a part of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue that represent all walks of life, all levels of experience and all different types of beauty which did what the swimsuit issue is about. Absolutely. So did you find your next Christie Brinkleyy do you guys want to meet the finalists. Klaus klaus. Iyonna, camille, tabria, olivia, haley and allie. Come on out. [ applause ] wow hi, girls. Congratulations to all of you. Im going to start with iyonna. You are currently a security officer. Yes. You have a red belt in tae kwon do. Why is it important for you to see more women like you in the pains of t. I. Because where i come from there is not a lot of big opportunities so i would love to inspire and motivate people to just go for their dreams. Look at that i love that picture of you. Thats fantastic. Wow. I just saw the peek of your swimsuit picture. Rocking it, girl. That looks great. Thank you. Camille, youre experienced a former new England Patriots cheerleader inspired you. You want to empower women. How will you use the platform should you get it. This is the first time i dipped my toes in the modeling industry i wasnt told i needed certain measurements, so refreshing to me, mj. She embodied me the way i am. That was the best news i could get and being amongst the imagines in the issue i only hope to inspire my teammate, strangers, womens of all, shapes, shapes and colors to love the skin youre in. Standing next to you, tabria, your goal is to land the cover. Winkwink. If you do land it, what would that mean . Well, landing the cover of any magazine would be amazing. But more importantly its just about expanding diversity within the fashion industry, because i want to continue to represent for the women who have been underrepresented. All right. There you go. I feel like im at miss america. Olivia you were crowned speaking of which, miss usa in 2015. How does that compare to that. This is such an amazing experience. This was always the ultimate dream. I was hoping miss usa would open doors, but luckily in that i learned how to use my voice and just take every opportunity to show people that if they are themselves they can go make mare dreams come true. I love it. Thank you. One at a time but want everybody to meet haley and haley is i mean, like a rocket scientist. Background in science, graduated zuma cum laude. Published Award Winning immunological research. I cant say it. You did it. I love you can be a scientist and be a swimsuit cover girl. What a combination. Yeah, absolutely and i would love to encourage young women in the sciences. This very underrepresented in the s. T. E. M. Field but my mother taught me theres nothing more pow powerful and beautiful woman but an intelligence woman. I dont have time to you but you get to take a walk and a strut. Work it, girl. Mj, take another close look. Come on over here and give me a hug since i cant talk to you. Sorry we ran out of time. This is a great idea. Looking forward to seeing more attainable beauty, real beauty, real women and you guys are a great example of that. Thank you and best of luck. [ applause ] when do we find out . February. February. Everybody. Theyll all be in the february 2018 issue when we head to belize and we shoot them for their story there. Everyone is a winner. Well be right back on good accused of obstructing justice to theat the fbinuclear war, and of violating the constitution by taking money from foreign governments and threatening to shut down news organizations that report the truth. If that isnt a case for impeaching and removing a dangerous president , then what has our government become . Im tom steyer, and like you, im a citizen who knows its up to us to do something. Its why im funding this effort to raise our voices together and demand that elected officials take a stand on impeachment. A Republican Congress once impeached a president for far less. Yet today people in congress and his own administration know that this president is a clear and present danger whos mentally unstable and armed with nuclear weapons. And they do nothing. Join us and tell your member of congress that they have a moral responsibility to stop doing whats political and start doing whats right. Our country depends on it. [ applause ] we are back now with a music legend. Super producer clive davis. Hes got a new documentary called out clive davis the soundtrack of our lives which debuted number one on itunes. Congratulations to that and welcome to mr. Davis. Thank you very much. How you doing . Youve worked with so many music legends, the list goes on and on but you signed janis joplin back in 1967 when you saw her at the monterey pop mefestival. I was there to enjoy my first festival. I had just become head of columbia records. I didnt know what awaited me and then in the afternoon big brother of the Holding Company with this riveting, you know, hypnotic janis joplin came on stage and if the word epiphany means anything it defines what happened to me. I had never signed an artist before and i knew it was going to be a revolution and i signed janis and big brother. Then you went on from there to sign another artist we may have heard about, Whitney Houston. Yes. [ applause ] the main thing about it is that you signed whitney and then two years later you put her on national tv on the merv griffin show. I put her on merv griffin two weeks later after i signed her before we recorded anything. Here she was just turning 19 and she was stunning beauty, stunning vocalist and i brought her on national television. I introduced her for the next generation if there will be ailina horn, new dionne warwick, it would be whitney. You were called the pan with the golden ear. Where do you think that ear comes from . You know, it turned out to be a natural gift. I never would have known i had it if i was not pressed into the record business, became president with no previous experience, so it was after signing joplin and santana, blood, sweat, chicago, earth wind and fire that learned to trust that i had a natural gift i never knew i would have had. Now you work with modern divas, alicia key, jennifer hudson. Yeah, we can sit here all day. What is it like to work with them as opposed to maybe working with a whitney or a janis joplin. Youre talking about great alltime singers. I signed alicia when she also was 18 years old. Selfcontained genius writer, stunning vocalist and, you know, we have had an incredible relationship. With jennifer, i didnt sign her right away. I could sign any American Idol contestant but it was her screen test for dreamgirls where she was brilliant as an actress and to this day she has that voice, you know, up there with the history of aretha and whitney. She has that voice, you have that ear and were lucky you do because you brought us so many lucky artists and its clive davis the soundtrack of our when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. Visit kp. Org to learn more. Kaiser permanente. Thrive. Including carpet and hardwood, tile, stone, even air ducts and window treatments. And your satisfaction is 100 guaranteed or your money back. 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Temperatures, 60s about everywhere until you get inland, some 70s there. My accuweather forecast, 1 on the storm impact scale. Earlier accidents in terp ra linda and central san rafael, two of them now cleared. So traffic is starting to unwind southbound 101. Its about a 30minute drive if novato and down into the Golden Gate Bridge area. And we have reports skyline boulevard closed between 92 and the valley, accident. Well be back at 11 00 a. M. For the abc7 midday news. Announcer its live with kelly and ryan today from the hit drama designated survivor and derek hough. Wild creditors from all over the world courtesy peter gros and now, here are kelly ripa and Ryan Seacrest [cheers and applause]