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Discovered on his phone. Blackface backlash. Justin trudeau now in hot water over this photo showing him in dark makeup. The canadian Prime Minister now admits it was, quote, racist. His apology this morning. Abc news exclusive. Former bachelor chris soules oneonone for the first time on television opening up about the night he was involved in that deadly accident. All i remember is waking up and just saying, i need help. Thats all i knew. Something bad had happened and i needed help. The questions about alcohol and why he says he left the scene. Were you drinking that night . What he wants the world to know only on gma this morning. And lucky to be alive. The couple who survived this terrifying hot air balloon crash, dragged through the nevada desert now telling their story. What they remembered to do that saved their lives. The exclusive right here on gma. Live in times square, good morning, america. Live for 20 years straight right here in times square. Its hard to believe. Really hard to believe, 20 years. So many, so many great moments. You know who was here that very first day, of course, diane and charlie, Serena Williams. Really . Fresh off her first u. S. Open title. Whoo. A lot has happened since then. You know, lets take a look at what times square looked like ago. Ide these windows 20 years well take a live look at times square right now. A little bit brighter. A little bit more pink going on out there. Still looking good, though. There we are, hey, america. Thats true. Thats true. Well have much more of our celebration ahead. But were going to begin with that flash flooding emergency down south and in the southeast. Texas facing relentless rain right now, really dangerous conditions. People being told to shelter in place. Seek Higher Ground and Clayton Sandell starts us off from hard hit texas with the latest. Good morning, clayton. Reporter and good morning, robin. We have reached the town of winnie but most of the town is cut off of the sheriff here tells me they have seen rain overnight. Six inches per hour. These floodwaters are rising and rising fast. This morning, the remnants of Tropical Storm imelda drowning the small town of winnie east of houston. The local sheriff telling us even during Hurricane Harvey two years ago it wasnt as bad as this. It is absolutely horrible. We have homes and businesses and the hospital that never got water during harvey that now have water. Were evacuating the patients from the hospital. Reporter the storm also triggering a tornado overnight 20 miles east of houston in baytown. Whoa, dude. Theres a tornado literally next to me. Reporter Ashley Mendoza capturing this video of her Close Encounter while driving home. I just looked over, and thats when i saw it and i was like, oh, my gosh. Reporter the tornado leaving behind a trail of damage, trees snapped like sticks, structures torn apart. It lasted about three minutes, boom, went outside. Reporter the insides of this house now on the lawn. Neighbors starting to clean up glad to be alive. Everything is destroyed but everyone is alive. Reporter up to a half a foot of rain swallowing the roads in houston. More than 15 inches in freeport. Cars stalling in impassable streets. Neighbors pitching in to free those in stranded waters. The Weather Service tells us the rain is going to continue and the danger of flash flooding will continue throughout the day. This is a very dangerous situation here, robin. Everybody take care there, clayton, thank you. Lets go to ginger now for the latest on the timing and the track of this dangerous storm, ginger. This is such a great lesson that it doesnt take a hurricane to make something that looks much like a hurricane can look and in a different town than where harvey hit, winnie is the town that were talking about this morning in that flash flood emergency, and there are many others. Conroe all the way back to aunt. You do not want to drive in if you live in the red right now. The roads will be impassable. Feeder bands are strong. Theyre not moving very quickly at all and will, however, move to the north and more rain by tomorrow. We could see upwards of ten inches on top of what weve already in the last 36 hours. That could be dangerous. Thanks. We move on now to the breaking new report about a whistleblower who reported a troubling promise President Trump may have made to a foreign leader. The Washington Post broke the story about the complaint which is being blocked from congress. Our chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas here with what we know right now. Good morning, pierre. Reporter george, good morning. A potential constitutional showdown is escalating with the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee demanding to know more about a Trump Administration whistleblower and reporting from the Washington Post that the paper claims points to the president. This morning, the Washington Post reporting that the genesis of a whistleblowers complaint allegedly involves the president promising something to a foreign leader that left the Trump Administration official unnerved and deeply concerned. The post citing two unnamed former Administration Officials claims that the whistleblower was so alarmed he took his concerns to the Inspector General of the office of director of National Intelligence. All of this stems from a complaint that a member of the u. Intelligence Community Filed with the Inspector General on august 12th. If you look at the weeks leading up to that complaint, President Trump had spoken to or had conversations with about five foreign leaders. Most notably among them was vladimir putin. Reporter abc news has not confirmed the post reporting, but we have obtained a series of letters between the office of National Intelligence and congress which confirms the Inspector General deemed the whistleblowers complaint, quote, of urgent concern, one that might require notification of congress. But those letters show the director of National Intelligence after consulting with the Justice Department disagreed that the matter was urgent and concluded his agency was under no obligation to forward the matter to congress. This has left house intelligence chairman adam schiff outraged demanding answers and suggesting a coverup. It is the president of the United States who was at the center of this significant showdown between congress and u. S. Intelligence community. Reporter in a letter obtained by abc news schiff tells joseph maguire, the acting director of National Intelligence that he can only conclude, quote, that the serious misconduct at issue involves the president of the United States or senior white house or Administration Officials. Schiff goes on to say he has grave concerns that the administration is engaged in, quote, an unlawful effort to protect the president , george. And, pierre, the Washington Post is also reporting that the acting director of National Intelligence is uncomfortable to be caught in the middle between the Intelligence Committee and the Justice Department who is blocking this right now. Meantime, this is moving very quickly. The Inspector General is actually going to appear before the Intelligence Committee this morning. Reporter he will. We dont know what he will be allowed to say or what he will say. But i can tell you this, its escalating, george, with schiff also promising a subpoena if he cant get answers. Pierre thomas, thanks very much. Michael . Now to those disturbing new allegations about that Airline Maintenance worker accused of sabotaging a passenger plane in miami. The fbi discovering possible ties to isis. Victor oquendo is there at Miami International airport with the latest. Good morning, victor. Reporter good morning, michael. A pilot here at Miami International noticed something was wrong with the plane just before taking off and aborted that flight bound for the bahamas. That mechanic has admitted to tampering with the plane, but insists he wasnt trying to harm anyone. This morning, that American Airlines mechanic accused of sabotaging a passenger jet full of people is being held without bond after the fbi says it made a startling discovery. Authorities say when they searched abdul alanis cell phone they found isis videos depicting graphic murders and they also say an American Airlines employee told them that alani traveled to iraq to visit a brotr in isis. The accusation that he may have done something to put the airplane in jeopardy breaks that bond of trust with the flying public. Reporter his family refusing to talk about the allegations outside court wednesday. Alani seen here in courtroom sketches was arrested two weeks ago after Surveillance Footage allegedly shows him slipping under a 737 commercial plane and disabling a navigation sensor. The flight crew got a warning as they were close to rolling onto the runway and headed back to the gate. According to authorities, alani admitted to sabotaging the plane which was carrying 150 passengers, but saying he did not want to hurt anyone, only to get overtime pay by creating a maintenance problem. The fbi launching a fullscale investigation taking special interest because of the sensitive nature of alanis job. Because of who he was as the mechanic, he had access to any part of that airplane. Reporter Authorities Say alani downloaded and shared a message asking allah to take action against nonbelievers. If convicted of tampering with the plane he faces up to 20 years in prison. George . Victor, thanks very much. Were going to get the latest now on those escalating tensions with iran. Secretary of state mike pompeo declared that the massive attack on Saudi Oil Facilities was an act of war by iran. President trump is now ordering more sanctions on that state as the Iranian Foreign minister says it declared that military retaliation will spark an allout war. Cecilia vega tracking it all from washington. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter good morning. President trump is saying other options like a military strike are on the table and thats what prompted that statement just now from irans foreign minister in this threat of an allout war. This morning, President Trump is promising new sanctions on iran while also sending mixed messages about possible military action. Theres plenty of time to do some dastardly things. Its very easy to start, and well see what happens. Reporter in the wake of that attack on Key Oil Fields in saudi arabia, the president said military strikes are on the table. There are many options and theres the ultimate option and there are options that are a lot less than that. Reporter but then, later at the border as he toured his wall, he wavered. There may be a very powerful one and maybe it wont be necessary, well see. Reporter but his secretary of state mike pompeo landing in saudi arabia to meet with the crown prince minced no words calling the attack an act of war. Blessed that there were no americans killed in this attack but any time you have an act of war of this nature, theres always risk that that could happen. Reporter iran adamantly denying any involvement and warning that u. S. Retaliation would be met with a rapid and crushing response. The Iranianbacked Houthi rebels in yemen have claimed responsibility but the saudi military release what it claims is new evidence, charred remnants of drones and a Cruise Missile and this Surveillance Video showing the missiles coming from the direction of iran. And the president has faced criticism even from his own ally Lindsey Graham who says that the president s tough talk is just that, talk. Graham says that the white house needs to act swiftly and decisively on iran, george. And as this was all happening the president did name his Fourth National security adviser, a lawyer whos done some hostage negotiations for the state department. Reporter yeah, Robert Obrien is taking the job just after john bolton was fired last week, and it comes in a crucial time in Foreign Policy here given these tensions with iran. The trade war with china. He traveled with the president to california yesterday. The president lavished praise on him saying they have Good Chemistry and a great relationship. That matters here for this president. Thanks very much. Robin . George, now to that new trouble for canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. A picture of him wearing dark makeup dressed as aladdin at a party in 2001. Trudeau himself calling it racist and apologizing. Terry moran has more on all this. Good morning, terry. Reporter good morning, robin. Well, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is a proud progressive. Hes emphasized inclusiveness and tolerance as the Prime Minister of canada, but now hes just the latest politician caught up in an episode from years ago where he darkened his skin for fun, blackface, and hes in a tight election. The controversy erupted overnight forcing Justin Trudeau to speak out and try to explain taking questions on board his campaign plane. In 2001 when i was a teacher i was in vancouver. I attended an end of the year gala where the theme was arabian nights and i dressed up in aladdin costume and put makeup on. I shouldnt have done that. I should have known better but i didnt and im really sorry. Reporter it was Time Magazine that uncovered the 18yearold photo from a yearbook at west Point Gray Academy in vancouver where trudeau was teaching when he was 29 years old. I take responsibility for my decision to do that. I shouldnt have done it. I should have known better. It was something that i didnt think was racist at the time but now i recognize it was something racist to do. Reporter conservative Party Leader Andrew scheer, trudeaus political opponent in next months election pounced saying, the photo shows a complete lack of judgment and integrity, and someone who is not fit to govern. It got worse answering a question last night. Trudeau admitted to wearing blackface while in high school while performing a jamaican folk song. But said he has fought against intolerance all his life. Canadian global news reporting that its him. I have worked all my life to create opportunities for people, to fight against racism and intolerance and i can just stand here and say that i made a mistake when i was younger and i wish i hadnt. Its hard to say how all this will impact next months canadian election, but trudeau is already struggling in the polls and battling scandal on another front, and now this, robin. All right. Thanks so much, y. Michael . Now, robin, we go to the urgent search under way for a missing 5yearold girl who authorities believe was lured into a van at a new jersey playground. Whit johnson is on the scene in bridgeton, new jersey. Good morning, whit. Reporter michael, good morning to you. Police still have a lot of questions about what happened here but they are painting a terrifying picture and raising the possibility that a little girl may have been taken from a park by a stranger. This morning, the search for 5yearold Dulce Maria Alavez growing more desperate seen in these surveillance images nearly three days ago getting ice cream at a Convenience Store before mysteriously vanishing from a new jersey playground. Her family just feet away. Authorities issuing an amber alert, 50 officers from multiple agencies including the fbi scouring this heavily wooded park with k9s, helicopters, even divers combing the bottom of a pond but turning up nothing. She was last seen at Bridgeton City Park monday around 5 00 p. M. Police say she was playing with her 3yearold brother near the swings when a man described as having a thin build, no facial hair and acne may have lured her away possibly to a red van and then taking off. Her mother was in her car only 30 yards away with another child when her daughter disappeared. They either had partial view of the children or blocked view of the children. Police say they are sifting through a variety of public and private surveillance images. They have also posted that amber alert on digital billboards throughout the area hoping someone will come forward with a critical clue. Guys. We certainly do hope that, whit, thank you. Were going to turn to a really special moment on the baseball field last night. Take a look at this. Red sox legend hall of famer that is Carl Yastrzemski returning to fenway park throwing out the ceremonial first pitch and you know what, right into the glove of his grandson. Wow. Yes. Baseball runs in their blood. Mike is an outfielder for the giants and it doesnt get any sweeter than this tuesday night. Mike hit a home run marking 36 years since his grandfather hit a home run in boston. The crowd gave the younger yaz a standing ovation. They didnt throw the ball back into the stadium. No, not this time. Youre right about that, michael. Great story. Were following a lot of other stories this morning including michaels interview with former bachelor chris soules speaking out about that deadly hitandrun accident. He tells michael where he left the scene. Thats coming up, but first lets go back to ginger. Hurricane humberto skipped the u. S. But this is bermuda. Had 115mileperhour winds and it did not even make landfall there. It was just close enough to snap that palm tree. Thats actually very difficult to do. They are made for Tropical Storms and hurricanes. But watch this, the storm is now moving off to the north and east and they dropped all the warnings for bermuda so its done there and it will weaken and go to the north, not before leaving serious surf and rip currents from maine right through new england down to florida. If you had plans to go to the beach, this is not the beach to get in the water. Youll have impacts from that. Its so active out there. We have jerry now a Tropical Storm. 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Residents in winnie, texas, have been told to shelter in place and a hospital has been forced to evacuate. Rescues under way right now. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is apologizing after a photo surfaced of him in dark makeup dressed as aladdin back in 2001 when he was a teacher. Trudeau is now calling it racist saying he should not have done it. And new developments in that gm strike as nearly 50,000 uaw workers are protesting for the fourth day in a row. The company is now cutting off their health care coverage. Workers will be moved to a union paid insurance plan. All right, now were going to go to our gma exclusive. Its my oneonone with former bachelor chris soules. Hes the star the star opening up in his First Television interview about the fatal car crash he was involved in nearly 2 1 2 years ago. I had a chance to speak with him about the incident, his arrest, why he left the scene and how hes facing the painful aftermath. We first met chris soules as the charming farmer on season ten of the bachelorette. My name is chris. Chris, nice to meet you. Reporter the next year soules taking over as the bachelor, even bringing his Love Interest to visit his familys rural iowa farm. Love is a lot like farming. You plant a seed. You hope it grows. Reporter but just two years after giving out that final rose and competing on dancing with the stars, chris was making different headlines. Arrested for leaving the scene of a car crash that resulted in a death of 66yearold army veteran kenneth mosher. Tell me, what did you do that day . That evening was just as normal as it always is. I went was on my way to pick up one of our hired hands. I was down a rural road, country road in the dark and the next thing i know im basically coming to inside of one of our pickups. Reporter soules had crashed into a tractor being driven by the local farmer. A husband, father of two and grandfather of three. All i remember is waking up and just saying, i need help. Thats all i knew. Something bad had happened and i needed help. Reporter according to court documents, mosher was traveling down the dark country road, quote, without any lights on. After the crash, chris said he escaped out of one of his windows when he heard a mans voice, a witness to the accident yelling in the distance. I just heard a voice saying, call 911. I worked my way over to the voice in the ditch and came upon a man that was obviously seriously injured. Is he breathing, sir . I cant tell. It doesnt appear to be. I began administering cpr, doing chest compressions. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. Check to see if hes breathing. You did everything in your power, you felt, in trying to resuscitate him. Right. And after the paramedics arrived theyre working on mr. Mosher in the ditch. At one point you made a critical decision to leave. So why did you leave the scene at that point . I dont know that i was thinking clearly. I notified the authorities of what had happened. The paramedics were there and i just know i was scared and i wanted to be in a safer place, and i just went home. Reporter hours later, police arriving at chris home, informing him mr. Mosher had died, and arrested him for leaving the scene of an accident. Did it ever cross your mind to go back . When i left i called my parents and they both said call an attorney. For a lot of people when Something Like this happens and you leave the scene and theres a fatality and then you call an attorney before you talk to someone theyll look and go, well, there must be something hesiding. No, i had nothing to hide. Honestly. Reporter chris says hes sorry for the terrible loss the mosher family has endured, but that his world too was turned upside down when media reports surfaced that he had been drinking and left the scene without trying to help mosher. According to the police report, there were alcoholic beverages or containers in your vehicle. Were you drinking that night . No, i was not drinking that night. The fact is the truck is not mine. Its not even in my name. We employ over 15 people and those cans could have been anybodys. There were fouwitness that swore under oath that they saw no evidence of me appearing to be intoxicated or under the influence of any sort of drug or alcohol. Reporter just last month chris pled guilty to reduced misdemeanor charge, leaving the scene of a personal injury accident. He was sentenced to two years probation. But theyre also going to be people say when an accident happened, someone was killed, he got probation. Its not fair. He should serve more time. So what do you have to say to them . The fact is i was never charged withng the accident. I was charged with leaving the scene of a serious injury accident. A man did die and thats it was a tragedy. My sentence is living with this for the rest of my life. Reporter soules telling us he hopes to speak to the mosher family and heal together. What do you think you would say to them . I mean, i wish i could have done more. I wish i could have saved his life. I wish i wouldnt have been on that road and i just i hope you know i did everything i could. You know, and sitting there talking to him knowing all the stories we have heard about the drinking and the leaving the scene, but actually understand having the witnesses there corroborating that no alcohol was involved, but its still tough living in a Small Community in iowa. Everyone knows everyone, so this is a devastating loss for the entire community. As he says what a burden to live with. You asked him all the right question, you did. Thank you. Now to new Surveillance Video showing what happened in the moments before that delta pilot was arrested and charged with attempting to fly a plane under the influence in late july. New Surveillance Video showing what he did just before boarding the plane that made Airport Security officials very suspicious. David kerley is at reagan national. Has those details. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning, robin. While this is a story about a pilot getting into the cockpit, its also a story about security personnel and surveillance cameras and how quickly they can track somebody in an airport. This morning, watch as this delta pilot accused of being intoxicated makes it through initial security as hes getting ready to fly from minneapolis to san diego. But when Gabriel Schroder gets close to his gate a random secondary check is set up as he sees whats happening, police say his demeanor changes. When asked to put his bag on the table, he tells police, im not ready. He turns and walks away. Suspicious, officers ask that the pilot be tracked through the airport, and these surveillance cameras show the 37yearold finding an escalator, heading down a floor to a mens bathroom in late july. Hes in that bathroom for only 30 seconds where police say they later found a bottle of vodka stuffed in one of the trash cans. Schroder then heads back to the checkpoint telling an officer, he had to go back to the pilots lounge to get his ipad. Schroder passes and gets on the jetliner into the first officers seat. But Police Officers board and ask the pilot to leave the cockpit. For a pilot, he looked a little disheveled like he had the white snapped but it was dire need of an ironing. You know, it was kind of a schleppy look. Reporter Authorities Say when they tested his blood alcohol level 2 1 2 hours later it was under the limit but Authorities Say when he was in the cockpit he was likely over the limit for pilots. The 37yearold pilot initially denied discarding the vodka and said he had three drinks and a beer the night before. Actually this says very good things about Airport Security personnel going beyond just checking boxes and maintaining high levels of awareness. Reporter he faces two charges. Some pilots do jail time like these two united pilots busted in scotland. Others did you put 270 passengers at risk . No comment. Reporter like this jetblue pilot gave up his pilots license and never went to trial. That delta pilot who was arrested back in july is due in court in november. How often does this happen . According to statistics the latest statistics, its about once every month in the u. S. That a pilot is arrested. Guys. Once too much. All right. Thank you, david. Coming up, our exclusive with the couple that survived a hot air balloon crash. What they remembered to do that saved their lives. R lives. 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Their story is irn credible. They came here from kentucky to las vegas hoping to enjoy their vacation. Never imagining they would spend most of it in the hospital. It was terrifying. It was horrific. It was by far the scariest experience of my life without a doubt. Reporter tom and Shawna Stenton were floating above the desert on a scenic sunrise flight, outside las vegas, but they would soon be fighting for their lives after the hot air balloon they were riding in plummeted out of the sky. It felt like a car crash, like a headon collision. It just hit, bang, we just hit. It just was us on the ground. Reporter the initial impact ejecting the pilot and four other passengers out of the basket. Once the dust cleared thats when we started lifting off again and we realized we were like, where is everybody . You just knew that all of a sudden the pilot is not in the basket and thats when you take the ropes. How did you know what to do . I just remember him saying there was a red rope and it opens up the canopy at the top of the balloon and that lets air out or the hot air out and you have like 15 seconds from when you pull that till it starts to actually drop. Reporter the balloon finally crashing, dragging along the desert sand for nearly a half mile. First shawna then tom thrown to the ground unable to see anything through the dust. When he stood up and started shouting my name after we were out of the balloon i remember thinking if there was ever a doubt in my life, he loved me. I know for sure. Reporter shawnas leg broken. Her lung punctured and collapsing. Both of them trapped in the middle of nowhere for nearly two hours before help arrived. Their location so remote authorities could only get there with atvs. We started driving and were like, how much more do we got . Yeah. We still have three miles. At least three miles. It seemed like 300 miles. Reporter of the nine people on board, seven were taken to the hospital. One person was airlifted. I see fear in your eyes. Its awful to think about it. Its hard to i was just glad we were ale and together. Reporter both the faa and ntsb are investigating. The Balloon Company has not returned our phone calls and as for tom and shawna, they are headed today. They told me really the hardest part about all this is the fact that theyve been away from their 12yearold son this whole time. Oh, thinking of their son. Thats tough. Thank you so much. Yes. And coming up, everybody, we have a very special Throwback Thursday play of the day. Oh, yeah. Dreams made of theres nothing you cant do you cant do do take a moment. To unwrap, and unwind. With lindor. A milk chocolate shell with a smooth, melting center. Crafted by the lindt master chocolatiers whenever. Wherever. Lindor, only from lindt. Thats the total. You sure you beeped everything . I beeped it all. Did you beep this one . 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From back in the day, one of our fave moments as we look back at 20 unforgettable years of gma broadcasting. From the crossroads of the world, take a look at this. Alicia keys. These streets will make you feel brandnew when she sang empire state of mind right there in the middle of all that big apple traffic, this was in 2011. New york i love that. Oh, yeah. Oh, this is 2007. We shut down 44th. We surprised her. We had her High School Teacher that surprised her on stage and when they hugged, her bracelet got caught in the sweater so it was like, oh, dont go anywhere. Heres a moment. Shes hugging me. Big hug. Get to keep the bracelet. Thats what that means. Diane and i came to the rescue. Were not choking alicia keys. That was not one of the moments but she has been a good friend. So many people who have stopped by here and coming up well have much more of our 20year celebration of gma. Times square, our first moments here. Everyone will relive their first moment. 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From a few 80s in the north bay and the south bay and most of us in the 70s and even San Francisco is 71. If you want warm sunshine at the beaches, it is coming. And we are looking at the san mateo bridge with another accident and this is barely visible at th bottom of the screen and right after the toll plaza, and it is looking like it is cleared off to the lefthand shoulder there and the traffic once you are past that is not bad at all, but you are back past the tolls. And now a new accident here in dublin pleasanton and 580 near s san ramon is blocking the highway. And now, another update in 30 minutes and if youre living with a condition, Kaiser Permanentes integrated care team will help you get through life without missing a beat. Kaiser permanente. Thrive. Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. Lifethreatening storms. More than two feet of rain drenching texas. The sheriff calling it worse than Hurricane Harvey in one town. Ginger tracking the latest. Airplane sabotage. Disturbing allegations about an American Airlines mechanic accused of tampering with a plane full of passengers moments before taking off for miami. The fbi discovered possible ties to isis. The latest this morning. New this morning, flu season alert. Why experts are now predicting this season could be a bad one and what you should know about protecting yourself when it comes to washing your hands. Dr. Ashton is here to break it down. On the mend, Cameron Mathison back home after surgery. The latest on his health battle. What doctors are saying now and camerons new message this morning. New york celebrating 20 years of gma in times square on this ultimate Throwback Thursday from our first days on gma to so many milestones along the way. From our team behind the scenes to our ever growing gma family. 20 best deals steals, a blockbuster musical mashup that takes you back to our very first day in times square. Look at these cheerleaders from new rochelle who were here that first month back here 20 years later and theyre saying all good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] theres nothing you cant do were taking the brakes off now. We are going to celebrate big time. We love you. We love our audience. Getting in the spirit of our 20year celebration at gma in times square. And during the first week in this studio that cheer team from New Rochelle High School in new york, they were here and here they are again 20 years later. They still got it. Still got it. They still got it. They still got it. A lot of our hairstyles over the last 20 years. First we have to get to some news this morning starting with that flash flood emergency in the southeast. Some big downpours bringing dangerous conditions to parts of texas and ginger, of course, is tracking that and some other tropical threats this morning. Hey, ginger. George, youll remember this is whats left of imelda which was briefly a Tropical Storm but has just been a tropical depression sitting. Now we have 33 plus inches reported in hampshire, texas, 25 of that so more than two feet in 12 hours. Thats why you get pictures like this. Out of winnie, texas, there have been evacuations, more than 250 water rescues. Its state 10 between win any and beaumont has been closed. That is an interstate. Can you imagine the reality of getting out to that. If you do not have to drive this morning, there are other threats in texas like tornadoes in some of these feeder bands so come over here. Most of the action is happening in conroe north of houston. Theyve reported more than five inches in the last hour. Over to beaumont. Flash flood emergency over to the Louisiana State line. Ill put on the radar. You can see why, michael. Rainfall rates happening still at this hour. The next 12 hours the worst of it but even tomorrow at 1 00 p. M. , more rain in southeast texas. Michael . Our thoughts with everybody there in texas, ginger. We turn to the latest on those new allegations about that Airline Maintenance worker accused of sabotaging a passenger plane in miami. The fbi discovering possible ties to isis. Well go back to Victor Oquendo who is at Miami International airport. Good morning, again, victor. Reporter good morning, michael. A pilot noticed the issue before takeoff and aborted the flight. This morning that mechanic accused of sabotaging that packed passenger jet carrying 150 people is being held without bond. Authorities say when they searched abdul alanis cell phone after he was arrested, they found isis videos depicting graphic murders. They also say another American Airlines employee told them alani traveled to iraq to visit a brother who was in isis. Alani seen in courtroom sketches was arrested after footage shows him allegedly slipping under a 737 commercial plane and disabling a navigation sensor. According to authorities, alani admitted to sabotaging the plane but said he did not want to hurt anyone. He was just trying to create a maintenance problem to get overtime pay. If convicted of tampering with that plane he faces up to 20 years in prison. Robin. Okay, victor, thank you. Now a big announcement you will hear first on gma this morning, something thats near and dear to many of us. Espn and Special Olympics have expanded their relationship. This morning theyre announcing an eightyear extension of espns role as official broadcaster for Special Olympics. Now, this includes the world games, world winter games and usa games. I have had the privilege of honoring these incredible events over the years, watching firsthand as these amazing athletes from all around the world inspire us, Special Olympics represents all that is great about sports and humanity. Absolutely. So keeping that teamwork going. Love that. Coming up, why Health Experts are warning this flu season could be bad. Dr. Ashton is here with what you can do right now to prepare. And Cameron Mathison sharing the latest on his health battle. And lara is upstairs. Hey, lara. Michael, are you guys all ready to party like its 1999 . [ cheers and applause ] here at gma we made times square our home. Great audience here. Great audience outside. Our 20th anniversary celebration will be on when we come back. Dont go anywhere. [ cheers and applause ] a place with one of the highest life expectancies in the country. And you see so many people Walking Around here in their 100s. So how do you stay financially well for all those extra years . Well, you have to start planning as early as possible. We all need to plan for 18 years or more of retirement. I dont have a whole lot saved up. But im working on it now. Plan now for Retirement Income that lasts. Thats financial wellness. Talk to a Financial Advisor or get Income Solutions at prudential. 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You always think you have more time than you do. And you really dont. announcer you can quit. For free help, call 1800quitnow. Feels so good better than my birthday feels so good higher than a jet plane feels so good swish up on that fadeaway feels so good one quick trip for one great day. Target run and done. Party like its 1999 party like its 1999 [ applause ] i was dreaming when i wrote this welcome back to gma. Welcome to our 20th anniversary celebration, 20 years here in times square. Welcome to all of you. Thank you for sharing this celebration with us. We have a lot coming up in this hour including incredible musical mashup performance up in a little bit. [ cheers and applause ] now time for pop news. Thank you. Today we decided well pop open the time capsule if you will to the year that we moved right here into times square studio. First up the sounds of 1999. Britney spears was in the news. The up and coming pop star announcing her baby one more time tour stopping by mtv across the street to talk about it. When asked about the future of her career and the coming music she said she wanted to stick to her tried and true formula of making danceable pop hits. Well, we think it worked out pretty well for you. Also 99 the Backstreet Boys received their millennium album. Big fans. That quickly became the bestselling album making the Popular Group larger than life, if you will and 1999 was smooth for rob thomas and santana. Remember this one. Oh. Such a good song. Their collaboration called smooth spending the last ten weeks of 1999 in the billboard top 100, but the biggest song of 1999, hit it, guys. Feel something inside me say i really dont think youre Strong Enough no, do you believe in love do you believe in love. Thats right, girl. Cher. The timeless cher making us all believe in life after love. So that was you exploded when that song came on. Shoulder pop. Immediately. I love when you turn back time. Turn back time. Thank you for that. Another throwback this morning. How about the sexiest man alive back in 1999. He was both an officer and a gentleman, mr. Richard gere, everybody. [ applause ] and what a year it was for him. Gere starring in one of our alltime favorites runaway bride alongside Julia Roberts and speaking of movies, Whoopi Goldberg hosted the Academy Awards that year, and who can forget Gwyneth Paltrow in that iconic ralph lauren gown receiving an award for shakespeare in love that won the oscar that year for best picture. In the grammys it was celine dions my heart will go on. That won record of the year and the 51st primetime emmy awards it was the sopranos with the most nominations in its very first season. [ applause ] that was the first season in 1999. I got chills. That was so good. Changed television. I feel like that was the linchpin in television. They knew even then it would become one of the best tv series of all time. And then finally throw this in. A quickie because such a coincidence, 1999 the year gma started broadcasting in times square studio with charlie and diane at the helm. It was also the year i was brought over. [ applause ] i was brought over a gma reporter. My very first assignment in the fall of 1999, covering of all things, pokemon, the big craze, how kids were skipping school, tough assignment to see the very first pokemon movie, the minute it came out, robin, take a look. Ooh. Wabcs lara spencer who will join us from time to time decided to bust a few. A few . They were all over the place, and, you know, the thing is today is a legal school holiday, so theaters like this one will be filled. There are seven showings here. They are expected to be packed but, of course, there were those who couldnt wait. You know that little yellow guy called pikachu, sounds like, achoo, a lot of that going on around here yesterday in new york city. Thumbs up. [ applause ] you look like a baby. The voice, the voice. I sounded like i was helium balloon, right . Ah. Oh, yes. The hair, the voice, and pokemon standing the test of time as is our wonderful home right here in times square and, everyone, that is pop news. [ applause ] now we all have our 20year moment coming up so well see what thats like. Our gma cover story, encouraging update from Cameron Mathison, of course, last week he revealed he had been diagnosed with Kidney Cancer. Now much better news, amy with the details. Good morning and thank goodness. He says his Kidney Cancer surgery went very well and theyre optimistic abois future and that tumor is now gone. Reporter this morning, tv host and actor Cameron Mathison opening up after his surgery for Kidney Cancer. Now recovering at home and sharing some positive news about his prognosis. In a statement to abc news, the 50yearold telling us, quote, we got the pathology report back yesterday and its very good news. Its the least aggressive form of Kidney Cancer with a very low rate of reoccurring. Adding doctors were able to remove the tumor on his kidney completely and hes been left with 80 of his right kidney intact. Good morning, america. Come on down. Reporter mathison also taking to social media to thank wellwishers saying, feeling loved and supported by my family and friends, including each and every one of tyou. Ive been very overwhelmed and so grateful for all of the supportive comments and prayers. It was just over a week ago that mathison opened up about his diagnosis to abcs Kayna Whitworth revealing that doctors believed the tumor had been growing on his kidney for the last ten years. This has been in me minimum, minimum ten years. Likely longer. I dont drink. I eat incredibly healthy. I eat a very low sugar, low carbohydrate diet typically. The things that likely in our best guess have helped it from spreading and growing even quicker. Reporter today the father of two still his upbeat self sharing this image showing the outpouring of support from well will have wishers including cards, flowers and even kidney beans that have been sent his way. And cameron promises to keep all of his fans updated on his recovery. We wish him well. So glad hes doing so well. It is your turn. Your first day here in times square, not that long ago. Only seven years ago. Heres amys first story. What a story. Neimanmarcus is a luxury retailer known for its extravagant and sometimes outrageous fantasy gifts in its catalogs and stores. I have to tell you, i think i was able to pull off feeling calm, cool and collected but i was so nervous when i saw that, my heart was going, boom, boom, boom. You remember being nervous . I was so nervous on my first day because i wanted to impress you, george. You did. [ applause ] lets go over to robin. All right, you two. Now a gma health alert about the flu. Some experts are predicting a severe flu season is on the way. Dr. Jen ashton is here. Who happened to join us. You know her first day . Her first day, january 2, 2012. Do you remember. There we are, robin, yep, look at that helmet of hair. Seems like just yesterday. Oh, my goodness. But the flu season. I dont know how it was in 2012. How will it be this year. I dont know either. You cant predict it. Its so difficult to predict. We only know in hindsight. We have some clues though. We look to the southern hemisphere, and what has gone on there. They tend to be ahead of us and they had a tough season. The predominantly circulating strain was the h3n2. People may remember from last year, it causes particularly severe symptoms. The good news is that type of strain is included in this years vaccine but we wont know how it hits us until it does if unfortunately so. And the new Research Showing this may not be as effective. We dont know yet but very interesting study done out of japan. They compared the use of alcohol based hand sanitizers to regular soap and water, hand hygiene in terms of its efficacy to kill the influenza virus and found the germs on the hand have to be dried for the alcohol based hand sanitizers to work at maximum efficacy. We have to remember flu is transmitted via droplets and hand sanitizers i mean and contact. If its the only thing you have still use it but good old hot water and soap, vigorous rubbing is still the best. How about the flu vaccine this year . Sometimes it varies from year to year. Its not a great vaccine. Last year was 30 . 30 is better than zero. Think of this as a seat belt. It wont guarantee that you wont get the flu, but it can reduce the symptoms and lower your risk of complications so well be on it. As always. Thank you, jen, very much. Now, ginger, what about your first day here . 2011. So not too, it was eight years, just before jen. About a year before that. Day after thanksgiving, of course, thats when i first came in and there is me giving a little forecast for the midwest which i was really happy about and i remember i watched the clip earlier and said the word yummy so i dont know. I said it was a yummy forecast so it was, it was a warm day after thanksgiving. I guess that works but its been a beautiful eight years, so happy to still be here today and so happy to be with all of you so lets go ahead and get a now to a special deals steals. We are celebrating 20 years of gma in times square with 20 incredible deals. Should we start right here with nest. One of our favorites. Gorgeous. You cant but its gorgeous. So good. This is one of absolutely Fan Favorites this is the nest collection. Weve got for home, candles, diffusers online, perfume, roller ball, body creams, so many different fragrances, everyone around here is grabbing it. Gorgeous. Normally 27 to 24. Today it is slashed at least in half, it starts at 8. 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The department of transportation and epa have announced a national new fuel standard. The Trump Administration has revoked the right for california to set the stricter standards and california of course vowing to fight it. Good morning. Sue hall in the abc7 traffic center. The metering lights are on and if you have cash or the car poole that is the easiest way to get through the backup. We have an accident in oakland and this one is westbound 580 blocking two lanes of traffic near golf links, and 880 is not a good alternate, because westbound 580 and westbound 880 northbound are jammed. All right. Thank now, your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. We are starting to see the 60s showing up in palo alto and everything is fine for the golden gate ridge and the commute weatherwise. The highs are starting to creep into 80s in the inland neighborhoods, but we wont stop there, because 90s coming tomorrow, and 80s around the bay and 70s on the coast. We will have another update in 30 minutes, but you can always find news on our announcer this is a special edition of Good Morning America celebrating 20 years in times square. I was dreaming like i wrote this welcome to gma on this special occasion because we are celebrating 20 years of gma right here in times square. [ cheers and applause ] yes. So special when were all on the couch together like this. We have loved letting you into our times square home and we are so grateful that youe invited us into your homes and into your lives. This is a very special place for all of us and id like want to be a tour guide a little bit. Yes, please. A little trip down memory lane. We are in our new home, times square. Reporter even on that very first day, september 13th, 1999 Serena Williams joins us along with abcs robin roberts. Its so good to have you here. Reporter with diane and tennis great williamsy my side times square studios felt like home. Its great to have you with us on this monday, may 9th, 2005 as robin joins us here at the anchor desk. Reporter it took on new meaning in 2005. We call this home base. Every morning three words. Good morning, america. Reporter welcoming a new day for you, our viewers. My gma family. Front and center in the crossroads of the world. One of our alltime faves alicia keys. Where anything is possible. New york these streets will make you feel brandnew big lights will inspire you reporter along the way this is my glam fam. Our team behind the scenes. We spend more time than with our blood families. Reporter became family too. Two, one. Tell people why you have the headsets you and angie and eddie, fonsi. Were all stage managers. What does that entail. Na entails counting backwards from five to one. [ laughter ] reporter together weve shared heartbreak. Our beloved former stage manager angie passed away on saturday. You often hear us say that, oh, were a family. Were a family. We are. Reporter in happier times we celebrated love. Toasted new bundles of joy. They met and fell in love at gma. Look at that. Karlett gisele, the new baby girl doing great. We call ourselves thelma and louise. When i needed it most. I have Breast Cancer as my family knows and my family at home knows. Sometimes treatment for cancer can lead to other serious medical issues and thats what im facing right now. Reporter our beloved crew stood beside me as i maneuvered all of lifes curveballs. You have the amazing Roberts Family to get you through this and you have the viewers and all of the fans. But you have a third family, theyre all around you, we are team robin as is everyone. Reporter even while i was home recovering, i was there in spirit. Good morning, everyone. Hello to robin at home. Reporter so eager to get back to the love. I have been waiting 174 days to say this, good morning, america. Reporter the laughter. I couldnt resist. Oh, the dancing. History, robin. Dance break. Okay. Come on, diane. You look very good. Come on, up. You practiced. Reporter and the fun. 3, 2, 1, recline. Ah. Reporter that have made my mornings so unbelievably good. Were going to have a fun morning. All these years. It is a privilege to say good morning to america. Good morning, america. Good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] i remember Charlie Gibson saying this is the best name for a show. To say good morning to america and lift everybody up. Look at the little babies. Well get to that. They said bring the kids in. This is it . Okay. Weve seen the three of your first days, were going george, you remember yours . First day at gma or first day here in times square. In the studio. Honestly i didnt but they showed it to me. [ laughter ] look at you. Wow. How much lets hear your voice. Theres no question hes excited about getting into the campaign. Its not clear yet whether he can get the reform party nomination. Its not a lockdown. What he is afraid of is Jesse Ventura what do you think. How about that hair . The day you thought a reality as show person running for president was a strange thing. [ laughter ] okay, you started part time for a little bit then you just jumped into the water with us. Uhhuh. Okay. [ cheers and applause ] i dont know if i dont know what happened here but im like george. I did not remember this i said i came in that long ago . But i think this was before i even came on part time. This was just me coming to the studio when you were out just to kind of, you know, show some love. Your impression . My impression it was amazing and i was surprised that people were outside this early in the morning. I was like, what is wrong . You could watch this at home, people. [ laughter ] but it was absolutely fantastic. Im so happy to be here now and to be a part of the family and i wish we had something no, i dont really wish we had something 20 years ago to show me but its so great to see the history here because it makes you realize how lucky you are to be here. We must have a picture of michael from 20 years ago. Nope. Not at all. Plee. We have so many new members of our gma family and some of our producers have brought them in this morning including ginger has her kids here as well but sarah messer just welcomed the newest member of our gma family tuesday a baby girl named sloane and she is already watching gma. Take another shot. Come on, henry. Take another shot of everybody there. Come on. Yay. Look at all the babies. [ applau ] ah. Theres mia. I guess weve had all our babies in those 20 years too. These little two munchkins over here. Miles and adrian and they are as much a part of the family and its so nice to be able to be here and bring our babies to work with us. Actually im saying that as hes calling for his nanny evy. [ laughter ] so no mommy guilt whatsoever. Who is babysitting after the show . Oh, laughing. Well be right back, everybody. Well be right back. [ applause ] so sue me if i go too fast [ cheers and applause ] i just wanna go back back here on gma and before we came to times square gma broadcast from a tiny station near lincoln station and had a beautiful wooden american flag. It came downtown to the studio, muhammad ali, his wife hung it with diane and charlie. That was during our first week and on our 20th anniversary here in times square, it is time to bring it back. Im here with the head of the props department, gary minor, thank you, gary, very much. Youve been here since day one in the studio and this man head of electric, ed ford. Had a hairline then. They were both here on the first day and theyre going to hang it up, but first can we get a drum roll from members of the soul tigers marching band. Hit it, hit it, hit it. [ drum roll ] yes oh. [ applause ] whoo. Good job. And the crowd goes mild. The crowd goes mild. Also were going to invite folks, were going to invite guests, were going to invite family members to take a selfie in front, we did it. Take a selfie right in front. We did that this morning. Got it right here and we signed it and everything so this is a tradition were going to start. Great to take a selfie here then well place it, where, gary. On the wall. The selfie wall. On the selfie wall. Right here. The first one. Gary and ed, first one. Well done. [ applause ] well done. So, look, tradition will continue. This man, come here, matthew. This is garys son, okay. We said gary has been here at the times square studio since day one. Three years old, matthew was. Now hes 23. And he works here as well. I do. [ laughter ] gary. This is going to be a great tradition. Thank you all this. Is what its all about. This is why were glad to show the folks behind the scenes as well. Thanks. Our family. Ginger. I love that. That means in 20 years you got to start working here, okay . Does that sound good . Hes 3 right now. We wanted to share with all of you that monday something is happening. Weve got a little peek at it. Look at this picture. You know what that means. Adrian, what does it mean . Fall. Fall officially begins astronomically at least monday at lara, lets get some deals. Something is happening deals steals, 20 years of celebration here. Wait a minute. Lets see a little throwback if you will. Torys first time on gma. 15 years ago. 2004. Look at you, lady. Look at me. Okay. Im glad to be talking about deals now. Lets talk about deals. This was my favorite commercial break memory ever at Good Morning America when i met george clooney. I used to have this as a phone saver and the ladies at my manicure place would say is that your husband and id say, sure, sure. You can put your favorite memories on a pillow or socks. The socks are adorable. 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The best, normally 30, today 15. Great flavors online. Thank you to all these companies and tory, 15 amazing years of deals steals. Our audience upstairs, you guys are getting 11 of these products. Enjoy every one of them, guys. You deserve it. We love you, audience. Coming up an incredible live musical mashup you do not want to miss. Good morning america coming right back. We are back now with a huge Broadway Mashup to cap off our celebration of 20 years here in times square. A first of its kind tv performance, great to have the lion king, aladdin and frozen all here so you all take it away. Hey. Its the circle of life moving through us all its the leap of faith through faith and love till we find our place on the path unwinding in the circle of the circle of life [ cheers and applause ] a thousand tales master look because up your sleeve you got a brand of magic that never fails you got some power in your corner now some heavy ammunition in your camp you got some punch, pizazz and how see all you got to do is rub that lamp and ill say mister aladdin sir what will your pleasure be let me take your order, jot it down you aint never had a friend never had a friend aint never had a friend, aint never, never, had a friend like me never had a friend like me yeah [ applause ] theres so much ive longed to say then say it all beginning with today its like a dream i thought could never be elsa, youre free. Let it go let it go show us what you can do let it go let it go the magic wand is you because here we stand in the light of day let the sun shine on i take this walk and up above goodbye to dark and fear lets fill this world with light and love and tears all around my family at last we are never going back the past is in the past let it go let it go and well rise like the dawn let it go let it go here we stand in the light of day let it go cooper did you eat all of your treats . Help i need somebody help not just anybody help you know i need someone they took 12. 8 billion from big tobacco. Juul marketed mango, mint, and menthol flavors, addicting kids to nicotine. Five million kids now using ecigarettes. The fda said juul ignored the law with Misleading Health claims. Now juul is pushing prop c, to overturn San Franciscos ecigarette protections. Say no to juul, no to big tobacco, no to prop c. And out of respect, we will let you make the first offer. Thirty minutes. Thirty minutes . 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We have light humidity and comfortable temperatures for all of the outdoor activities. As warm as it gets is 82 in antioch, and cool at 65 in half moon bay. It is going to be warm especially saturday and tuesday and wednesday of next week. No relieft ta bay bridge toll plaza. The meter lights are on and you are backed up from the overcrossings into the macarthur maze. We have an accident in oakland at 580 and near dutton and the chp has moved that location with two lanes blocked there westbound headed into oakland. And thank you. Time for kelly and ryan live and we will be ryan its live with kelly and ryan from the hit drama, empire, taraji p. Henson, and the star of young sheldon, iain armitage. And get ready for more of lives bread club. All next on live and now, here are kelly ripa and Ryan Seacrest [cheers and applause] ryan good morning. Hi. Hi. How are you . Cagood morning. Good morning. [cheers and pl