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Caught on camera. The incredible moment this man survives a Lightning Strike. Shoeby a bolt that blew his the exclusive this morning on gma. The duke and duchess stepping up their fight with the tabloids. Now accusing papers of hacking the princes phone and stealing his voice mail. Hanging in. The emotional new interview with jeopardy host alex trebek. Why he now says he regrets sharing his diagnosis. Now i got to cut loose and bend it like biles. The superstar gymnast soaring and scoring with these incredible moves, shocking the crowd with this doubledouble dismount, just one of two amazing moves now being named after her. Everybody cut footloose we have got to see that again from miss simone biles nailing not one, but two incredible moves. My gosh. At the world championships. I mean, its jawdropping to say the least. Ooh. Rightfully so both of these moves are now set to be named after her. Right. As they should be. Much more on that ahead. First we have a lot of news to get to. We sure do. We begin with that impeachment showdown. And that major new development, a second whistleblower has come forward. This person is claiming firsthand knowledge of the president s dealings with ukraine. Our senior Congressional Correspondent mary bruce is tracking the very latest there on capitol hill. Good morning, mary. Reporter robin, good morning. This new whistleblower could provide new leads in this investigation and this person claims to have firsthand knowledge of the president s behavior which undercuts one of trumps main arguments which is that the first whistleblower was not a direct witness and now this morning you can be sure members of congress are likely going to want to speak to this new whistleblower soon. This morning, democrats are applauding the news of a second whistleblower who claims to have direct knowledge of the president s interactions with ukraine. We are tremendously dependent on people of courage stepping forward. And this morning, more breaking news. Reporter abc news was first to report that an attorney who represents the first whistleblower is now representing a second whistleblower. A member of the Intelligence Community who claims to have firsthand information about the president s efforts to push ukraine to investigate his political rival, joe biden. The president had disparaged the first whistleblower for not having witnessed the call firsthand. The whistleblower never saw the conversation. He got his information, i guess, second or thirdhand. Reporter but the white house still insists there is nothing to see here saying in a statement, it doesnt matter how many people decide to call themselves whistleblowers about the same telephone call, a call the president already made public. Adding, it doesnt change the fact that he has done nothing wrong. But the president s allies are struggling to defend trumps Public Appeal for china to also investigate biden. We know theyre not. We know theyre not, george. Come on. Why cant you answer yes or no, do you think its appropriate . Because i dont think thats what he did. I dont think thats what he did. So but it was right there on camera. Reporter republican jim jordan dodging georges question more than a dozen times while most republicans have refused to condemn the president s behavior, a small growing number are taking him on. Vulnerable republican senator Susan Collins says trumps request for china to get involved was completely inappropriate. But she isnt weighing in on Trumps Communications with ukraine. I dont want to prejudge the evidence. Plus, not all the evidence is in yet. Reporter senator mitt romney has been the most outspoken republican calling the president s comments wrong and appalling. And this weekend trump fired back calling romney a pompous expletive who is so bad for republicans. Back home in their districts some members in tough reelection fights are getting an earful. Support of an impeachment inquiry and i wanted you to know from me i wanted you to know from me reporter democratic congresswoman Alyssa Slotkin who supports the impeachment inquiry getting mixed messages at home in michigan. Democrats subpoenaed the white house but senior white house officials tell us they will not cooperate unless the speaker first holds a full house vote authorizing this impeachment inquiry. The white house says without that they are deprived of certain rights like having a counsel present for some of these depositions but the speaker is adamant saying she is not required under the constitution to have a vote before proceeding with this investigation even though every other impeachment process has had this vote. Every president ial impeachment process has had one of these votes and the speaker is under more pressure. Reporter the speaker notably has not ruled this out. Notably says she could consider having this vote. Under the constitution she says she does not require her to do this. Okay, mary bruce, thanks very much. The house impeachment inquiry ramping up the next few days. Several state Department Officials involved in the phone call and negotiations with ukraine set to appear before the committees including the ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland who sent Text Messages to fellow diplomats about the campaign. He appears tomorrow. Friday the ambassador to ukraine who was fired, marie yovanovitch, she appears then and early next week, Rudy Giuliani and mike pence face deadlines to hand over documents requested by those committees. Lets get more now with our chief legal analyst, dan abrams. Lets talk first about the significance of this second whistleblower, and now there may be even more. Look, it depends how you view the first one. Last week we talked about this. I said i didnt think the first whistleblower was that important anymore. Now that the president is admitting in effect that he is putting pressure on ukraine, has been, et cetera, and youve got those Text Messages between the diplomats. Those two things together to me said you dont really need the first whistleblower. If thats true, then the second whistleblower doesnt matter that much. If however youre one of those people who said, wait a sec, i cant rely on the first whistleblower because its coming from secondhand information, then the second whistleblower should be very important to you. And these new whistleblowers could be giving information on other parts of the story like locking down the phone calls. Thats the critical question. If one of these whistleblowers can offer up any sort of evidence that the reason particular conversations were locked up was because they were embarrassing as opposed to national security, thats a violation of the law. So, its tough to prove that you did it for political reasons or because its embarrassing, but if youve got witnesses who can come forward and say that, that could be very important. The ambassador tomorrow, Gordon Sondland, key witness. What was he doing in these conversations . Hes the ambassador to the European Union. Why is he getting so involved in why is he getting so involved in the handson and whats happening in ukraine . Why is he the guy who is relaying the messages from Rudy Giuliani and from the white house with regard to what the plan should be in ukraine. And, remember, hes one of the people who is on these Text Messages talking about how to deal with the president of ukraine, how to what sounded like a deal to say, well, were going to hold off on meeting until the president gets what he wants. And a political appointee, milliondollar donor to trump, not a career professional. That part doesnt bother me as much. A lot of ambassadors end up being appointees. The question i have is why was he so involved here . Thanks dan. Amy . Now to that breaking news and the fight against isis. The white house withdrawing troops from a key part of syria as turkey plans an attack on u. S. Backed forces there. Martha raddatz has all the latest. Good morning, martha, and this could have a significant impact. Reporter good morning, amy. It sure could. This is a major shift with the potential for Major National security implications which some pentagon officials have tried to talk President Trump out of. These Syrian Kurdish forces have been americas strongest ally in taking back territory that isis had captured. These forces also are holding many of the 10,000 isis fighters that have been captured. Turkey sees these syria kurds as a terrorist insurgency and long urged the u. S. To stop its support of the group. So this morning President Trump is now giving the greenlight to turkey for a military operation that would clear these kurds out of Northern Syria and is ordering u. S. Forces to move away from the area where the military operation is being conducted. Last december, remember, President Trump called for all u. S. Forces to be removed from syria, but then reversed himself. This move this morning means 150 American Forces will pull back. Leavings the kurdish allies without american help. Some officials fear they will now seek help from russia or iran. And the bigger issue, the white house now saying turkey will be in charge of those captured isis fighters. Again, 10,000 of them in prisons that are already lightly guarded. You could easily see them start to escape, amy. And, martha, one of the other big concerns here is the fear that this could lead to an all out war between turkey and the kurds, yes . Reporter yeah, this could mean turkey could potentially slaughter those kurdish fighters and puts them in great jeopardy. They are far outnumbered by Turkish Forces but they know how to fight. So this could be an ongoing conflict. Amy . All right, Martha Raddatz, thank you for the last on that. Robin . Such a Major Development. Trouble brewing for the nba this morning, the general manager of the Houston Rockets upsetting china with his tweet supporting prodemocracy protesters in hong kong. Now chinese businesses are pulling support for the team. Paula faris is here with that story. Good morning, paula. Good morning, robin. The nba is incredibly popular in china. And a whole lot has to do with yao ming who played with the Houston Rockets. Ming is not happen and the Chinese Basketball Association which he now runs has ended its association with the team. Reporter this morning daryl morey, the general manager of the Houston Rockets, setting off a firestorm with this nowdeleted tweet, fight for freedom, stand with hong kong. That tweet referring to the massive protests against beijing and the former british colony. China, where the nba is the number one sports league, reacted swiftly putting intense pressure on the rockets. The Chinese Basketball Association run by former rocket yao ming announced it would suspend all cooperation with the houston team. Chinas consulate general also asking the rockets to clarify and immediately correct the mistake. The rockets quickly distancing themselves from moreys sentiment. The teams owner tweeting d. Morey does not speak for the Houston Rockets. Star player james harden even weighing in. We love china. We love playing there and we appreciate the support they gave us. Reporter the nba is big business in china with at least 25 Marketing Partnerships and more than 200 nbastyle stores. The owner of the Brooklyn Nets is also the cofounder of alibaba, chinas largest ecommerce platform, he weighed in saying moreys words will take a long time to repair. Overnight morey apologizing writing, i did not intend my tweet to cause any offense to rockets fans and friends of mine in china. I was merely voicing one thought, based on one interpretation, of one complicated event. I have had a lot of opportunity since that tweet to hear and consider other perspectives. And the nba putting out a statement this morning saying moreys comments have deeply offended our fans in china which is regrettable. But this all comes at a tricky time. Because the nba, they are in asia this week. You have four teams playing including the lakers and nets, so tricky. One tweet but a mountain of fallout. Thats true. Thanks, paula. Good morning to you guys. Good morning to you as well. Were now moving on to the manhunt under way for the person who gunned down a witness in the amber guyger trial. Joshua brown mysteriously killed just days after guyger was convicted and his emotional testimony about the night botham jean died. Linsey davis has the latest. Please state your name for the record. Joshua brown. Reporter he was a key witness for the prosecution in the trial of amber guyger and now joshua brown is dead. The 28yearold gunned down on friday shot to death just ten days after his testimony. The only thing we heard was one shot. Reporter brown had previously lived across the hall from botham jean who was the same age. He broke down on the witness stand testifying he had met his neighbor for the first time on the day he was killed. I heard him singing in the morning. Okay, you heard him singing. What kind of things did you hear him sing . Gospel music, drake. Reporter after guyger says she mistakenly entered jeans apartment, brown testified that he heard the pair interacting but never heard the officer give him any instructions contradicting her testimony. Do you recall ever hearing someone say, hey, put your hands up in a loud tone . No, no, maam. Reporter Dallas Police tell us that brown, an entrepreneur, was discovered friday night lying on the ground of a parking lot at his current residence with multiple gunshot wounds to his lower body. His family lawyer who also represents botham jeans family called him a reluctant witness which now raises new questions about just why he was killed. He was shot and left to die by someone who clearly had an ax to grind. Reporter police say multiple witnesses heard several gunshots and saw a silver fourdoor sedan speeding out of the parking lot. They say they currently dont have a motive or any suspects. There is now a 100,000 reward for information leading to browns killer. You know, we heard from brown the family attorney and hes saying he believes there is a connection between his testimony and his death. Police, though, remaining really tightlipped. The lawyer said there were implications. Theres not evidence to that, but there are implications. Right, a lot of speculation. Thats hisief. So chilling. Linsey, thanks. Overseas to a controversy involving the wife of a u. S. Diplomat who hit and killed a british teenager while driving in the wrong lane, then left the country and claimed diplomatic immunity. Ian pannell has the details. Reporter this mornin the parents of 19yearold harry dunn killed in a headon crash in august say their lives are shattered. Everyone loved him who knew him. Im just utterly broken inside and out. Reporter the accident taking place outside an American Air Force base when the suspect was allegedly driving on the wrong side of the road. Her car crashing into dunn who was riding his motorcycle. Police say the 42yearold suspect initially cooperated telling police she had no plans to leave the uk but when british officers were planning to make an arrest, the woman was gone. The suspect claiming diplomatic immunity. British authorities asked the u. S. To waive that. The American Embassy in london expressing their deepest sympathies and offering condolences to the family saying, cases like this are considered carefully but immunity is rarely waived. Harry dunns mother now making a direct plea to President Trump. Just to get him to put her on the plane, consider not just the politics side of it but the fact that theres actually a completely broken family. Reporter as you expect this case causing considerable anger here and the bereaved family saying if the woman doesnt come back voluntarily they will fly to washington to lobby President Trump directly to send her back to the uk to face justice. Guys . Ian, thank you. Thank you. Many people are watching that. Now to the wnba finals. The washington mystics beating the connecticut sun, 9481, to take the lead two games to one. Therwas speculation that the league mvp, elena delle donne, would be able to play after being injured in game two but you see that she was there. But it was really a total team effort to move them one win away from the firstever wnba title. You can watch game four on espn2 tuesday at 8 00 p. M. One victory away. I was was courtside. I havent been courtside for a wnba game in many years. Oh, my goodness, the level of play is just incredible. Its exceptional. Reliving my days with geno and holly. Like a kid in a candy store. Wonderful electric atmosphere. Sure seemed like it. Were following a lot of other stories including a new twist in the battle between the royals and tloids. Prince harry is now accusing papers of stealing voice mails including some he left Princess Diana when he was a child. The man struck by lightning while walking his dogs, the incredible moment that was caught on camera. Hes okay and the Good Samaritans who helped save him. Got to be careful. Ginger . Lightning scares me more than anything. I know they had it in oklahoma. Tulsa, eight inches of rain over the weekend, they had flooding and then arkansas, close to a foot in 24 hours. So you had the flash flooding. At least 21 water rescues in Benton County alone. Now the next storm, this one is diving out of the northwest. This ones going to include the coldest air of the season and up to a foot and a half of snow. Lets focus in on montana. Get a quick look at whats going to happen there. Come up over the top. Because weve got the streamlines and surface winds and where the front will be positioned between billings and great falls where the blue meets the orange. Then go ahead and share with you whats going to happen. The winter storm warnings, thats why you have up to 45mileperhour winds possible. When that front comes together that warm air rises, the cold air wedges right underneath so big Snowy Mountain is going to feel the brunt of it. Select cities brought to you by carmax. Oh, by the way, the saints won. [ cheers ] our world. 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Its burning in american canyon. The fire has destroy ed more thn 500 acres. It is 60 contained. Expecting a packed house in santa clara for the 49ers monday night game against the browns at levy stadium and now, a check on your morning commute. Hey, we now have a problem b with a fire as well. A sigalert has been issued. This is in the east bay westbound 580 at eden canyon. Started out as a big rig fire but now theres a brush fire and traffic is heavy out of dublin. Slowing the eastbound direction out of castro valley. A Traffic Alert has been issued so we dont e know when lanes will be reopened and the bay bridge toll plaza is zblncht good morning. Welcome to monday. Were in the mid to upper 50s. A few 60s like h h San Francisco. High clouds and sunshine this morning, but all sunshine this morning, 70s at the coast and 90ss inland. Nology to worry about weatherwise expect we have a spare the air. So try to limit your driving. The winds pick up and theyre very dry wednesday and thursday. In fact, we have a higher fire danger for those two days. After today, no more 90s on the forecast. After tomorrow, no more 80s until thursday and friday. Thats just inland, reggie. Thank you. Another uptadate in about 30 minutes. You can find us on the news app this is you shopping. And this is you maximizing at t. J. Maxx. You maximizing. You shopping, you maximizing. Get more of the brands you love and the quality you want, and save every time. Its not shopping, its maximizing. Start maximizing today maxx life at t. J. Maxx. You have fastacting power over pain, so the whole world looks different. The unbeatable strength and speed of advil liquigels. What pain . Wityour money almostes offered seems like its frozen. But not here. With capital one, you can open a new savings account in about 5 minutes and earn five times the national average. Open one from here. Or here in a capital one cafe. 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The democratic president ial candidate underwent a procedure to clear a blocked artery. He says he is going to be at the next democratic debate eight days from now. And take a look at this. Miraculous rescue in the bahamas. That dog buried beneath the rubble for three weeks after hurricane dorian. Rescuers used a drone with heatdetecting technology to locate the pup. Nice name now, miracle. Miracle will be up for adoption. Oh, goodness. Were wishing him the best. Now to the escalating battle between the royals and the tabloids. Prince harry and duchess meghan filing a second lawsuit. This time the prince accusing them of hacking his phone. Eva pilgrim is here with those details. Good morning, eva. Reporter good morning to you guys. This fight is only heating up. The tabloids not backing down. Now meghans dad speaking out defending his decision to share that private letter from his daughter. This morning, new details in the bitter battle between the duke and duchess of sussex and the british tabloids. Buckingham palace confirming to abc news that prince harry is suing the owners of the sun and the mirror for the illegal interception of voice mail messages. The lawsuits reported to include allegations the papers reporters and private investigators accessed his mother Princess Dianas voice mails including ones he left her when he was just a child. Neither the palace nor the papers are addressing the specific allegations. This Development Comes less than a week after harry and meghan announced they were taking legal action against the mail on sunday and its parent company, accusing them of being on a campaign to publish false and deliberately derogatory stories about the couple. Harry saying the behavior destroys people and destroys lives. I lost my mother and now i watch my wife falling victim to the same powerful forces. I think we were just hit so hard at the beginning with a lot of mistruths that i made the choice to not read anything, positive or negative. It just didnt make sense. Reporter in a blistering Statement Last week prince harry said that the final straw was when the mail on sunday published a private letter the duchess sent her estranged father after he missed their wedding accusing the paper of strategically omitting portions of the letter to purposely mislead readers but now meghans father, thomas, striking back telling the mail on sunday he only released that letter to protect his reputation after he says his daughters friends misrepresented its contents to people magazine. Thomas saying, i have to defend myself. I only released parts of the letter because other parts were so painful. The letter didnt seem loving to me. I found it hurtful. Harrys move courting controversy and criticism. Piers morgan, the former editor of the daily mirror and possible target in this lawsuit, sarcastically tweeting, lets give them the privacy they purport to crave and spare them the torment of having their myriad causes get huge beneficial publicity. The mail on sunday stands by its story and plans to defend its case. Curious to see if they all end up in court. Thanks. Thanks, eva. We turn to the man who survived a Lightning Strike out walking his dogs when a bolt suddenly struck. His dogs ran for their lives and Good Samaritans ran to save him. As you can see the whole episode was caught on camera. Will reeve has the story. Reporter good morning. Theres never a good place to get struck by lightning but alex coreas was right outside a veterinary hospital when one of those texassized thunderstorms came out of nowhere. He saw it coming but it was already too late. Now hes speaking to gma about that terrifying moment. This morning, the man struck by lightning in this heartstopping video is speaking out. 27yearold coreas captured on a security camera. This flash, the lightning bolt striking him. He falls stiff. His terrified dogs sprinting away. The doctors were just in shock that i made it and the way i got hit, the way it traveled through my body, they did say im lucky to be alive. Reporter coreas lying still on the pavement not brthing. His clothes charred. Good samaritans rushing in to help. Luckily he was right outside of a vets office. His shoes and his socks got blown off his feet. I started running through the hospital because someone was like we need help with cpr. Reporter rushed to the hospital in a neck brace he spent nearly four days in the hospital with burns and a bruised left eye, but a resilient spirit. Once i finally realized that i was in the helicopter and he told me i was struck by lightning i started, you know, getting scared and trying to figure out what happened and what the condition was for me and if i was going to make it. Reporter and a grateful perspective. Thanks to those people, theyre the reason im still here. Because if not, i probably wouldnt be here to tell the story. Reporter when he finally got home nobody was happier to see alex coreas than his three german shepherd, bystanders to near tragedy excited to get back to their daily walks with their owner. Once we got home and i reunited with my dogs, its like one of the best feelings in the world to see a dog, how loyal and how they can miss you. The family has set up a gofundme page to help with medical costs. As of this morning theyre nearly twothirds of the way to the goal. That page has pictures of the german shepherd, very cute. Coreas sister writing an update, the dogs were taken care of by the veterinary hospital and one got a free microchip. A bonus. Silver lining. Yes, exactly. All right, will, thank you. Now to the investigation thats under way into a possible Security Breach at Orlando International airport. Authorities say a woman made it onto a plane, get this, without an i. D. Or a boarding pass. How did this happen . David kerley has all the details. Good morning, david. Reporter we are getting some answers this morning, robin, about how these two Security Breaches happened. How did this woman get past a tsa security checkpoint like this and onto a plane without a real boarding pass . Now, i know the protocol of flight attendants. Reporter this is the woman caught on tape sneaking onto a delta flight apparently without a ticket. I have 15a. I have 15a. Reporter the chaos starting in orlando when Jenni Clemons finds the woman in her seat and that woman refuses to move. She said im not moving and she never broke her gaze from the back of the seat in front of her even when all the authorities were speaking to her. Reporter when asked for her boarding pass and identification, Authorities Say the woman couldnt provide either. I just threw it out as soon as i got on the plane. Well, im showing the picture i. D. Maam, thats not this is just as good. Reporter that woman was eventually escorted off the aircraft. The jet headed to the runway but was then brought back to the terminal with tsa emptying the jet and rescreening passengers and their bags. Tsa says it did screen the suspect wobut released nothing further about a boarding pass or i. D. Tsa does say its conducting a review of the incident. Whats scariest about this is that the person whose seat this woman was sitting in, if that person hadnt called attention to it and sat in another seat this woman would have gotten on that airplane, taken off and flown to the destination. How in 2019 can you have that big of a messup in a security standpoint . Reporter so we got answers a little while ago. Apparently the woman was able to sneak past the Security Officer who was checking i. D. S before you go into screening. She was screened and then she did the same thing at the gate. She was able to sneak past the gate agent and get on to that aircraft without a boarding pass. Its unclear at this point, guys, whether or not shes going to be charged with a crime. Yeah, my gosh. How she was okay, well, thank you, david, for giving us some answers to those questions. Coming up, the very personal new interview with beloved jeopardy host alex trebek. Hes been so outspoken about his diagnosis, but now he says he has second thoughts about doing that. Come on back. Thoughts about doing that. Come on back. mom is that for me . dad mhm. 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We are back now with that new interview with alex trebek speaking about his pancreatic cancer fight as he starts a new round of chemotherapy. The longtime jeopardy host crediting his family for their help but also, well, hes questioning his decision to go public with it. T. J. Holmes is back here with that. Robin, this line stood out to me from this new interview. He said i dont know if im Strong Enough to help alleviate somebody elses despair. Right . Weve been looking at him as this inspiration. People have been calling him and wanting him to help lift them up and he admits now thats tough to do to take on that responsibility when hes going through his own pain. Alex trebek candid as ever in a new interview talking about his challenges of being a father, husband and celebrity while facing cancer. I have become in many ways the spokesperson for pancreatic cancer. Its tough sometimes trying to be as optimistic as you can and i dont know if im Strong Enough or intelligent enough to help alleviate some of that despair. Reporter the 79yearold announced his cancer diagnosis earlier this year. Then doctors later described him as near remission. But when i sat down with trebek just last month he revealed how all of that changed. I lost about 12 pounds in a week. And my numbers went sky high. Much higher than they were when i was first diagnosed. So the doctors have decided that i have to undergo chemo again. Reporter despite the setback, frequent pain and at times what he calls overwhelming sadness, trebek hasnt missed a day of work. I can be sitting in my dressing room and i get up and im not able to move but all of a sudden when johnny says and now here is the host of jeopardy, alex trebek. Okay, lets go. Reporter now 36 seasons in, 8,000 episodes and counting. I will keep doing it as long as my skills do not diminish and they have started to diminish. Reporter his strength mainly comes from his wife jean. I think she gives it more to me and one of my concerns is the effect it has on her. Reporter he also worries about the toll this is all taking on their two children. They were upset when they first learned about it. But they look at me and they dont see too many changes in me. You know, so its not like, oh, god, hes deteriorating before our very eyes. Reporter trebek will tel you hes lived a full life but there are things left to do and see. It does bother me that i might pass on before i get to have a grandchild. Hint, hint. Always joking around but you all heard him his skills are starting to diminish. He says he can tell. He has a difficult time sometimes enunciating and slur words. The chemo has caused sores in his mouth. He said other people might not notice. Keen viewers will. When i can tell im not the alex trebek i should be, i will step away. Its going to be his call. It will be his call. Bless his heart. No one wants to be the face of any kind of illness and for people to reach out to him and you can understand they would because hes been so public but it takes so much out of you. Struggling with your own will to live, getting through the day just getting up and, you know, trying to be your old self. To get on that camera and smile, its tough. All those reflections are so thoughtful and intelligent. They are. Thanks, t. J. Coming up next, the doubledouble dismount and the champ who maybes it look so easy, its play of the day. With her closest friends. Sasha got dressed to crush her job interview. Alex got dressed to present a big idea hes been working on for months. And our stylists helped millions of other americans get dressed for millions of other personal moments big and small. At stitch fix we dont just see your size or style. We see you. 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Wait until you see who surprised sailor at rehearsal. Oh, my god. And it wasnt her mom as we say good morning, america. We do say good morning, america. Come on around here, justin. Great to have you with us on this monday morning and its going to be a great one. It certainly is. Were going to make your monday and this week were celebrating someone right here in times square. In fact, theyre actually in our audience. They dont know that theyre the make your monday so its going to be a big surprise and its all coming up. A lot of news to get to. Starting with that Major Development in the impeachment inquiry, a second whistleblower is now coming forward claimi firsthand knowledge of the president s actions. Want to go back to mary bruce with the latest on capitol hill. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, george. This new second whistleblower could provide new leads in this investigation giving lawmakers fresh insight which is why they are likely going to want to speak with this new key witness sometime soon. This morning, democrats are applauding the news of a second whistleblower who claims to have direct knowledge of the president s interactions with ukraine. We are tremendously dependent on people of courage stepping forward. And this morning, more breaking news. Reporter abc news was first to report that an attorney who represents the first whistleblower is now representing a second whistleblower. A member of the Intelligence Community who claims to have firsthand information about the president s efforts to push ukraine to investigate his political rival, joe biden. The president had disparaged the first whistleblower for not having witnessed the call firsthand. The whistleblower never saw the conversation, he got his information, i guess, second or thirdhand. Reporter but the white house still insists there is nothing to see here saying in a statement, it doesnt matter how many people decide to call themselves whistleblowers about the same telephone call, a call the president already made public. Adding, it doesnt change the fact that he has done nothing wrong. Now, while most republicans here on the hill have refused to condemn the president s behavior, we are seeing a small but growing number of republicans who are taking on trump. George. It is starting. Okay, mary, thery anks vch. George, that breaking news in the fight against isis, the white house pulling back troops in a key part of syria where turkey plans to attack u. S. Backed forces, so lets go back to our Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz with more on this. Good morning again, martha. Reporter good morning, robin. This is a stunning decision that the president made after a call with turkeys president and goes against the strong advice of top pentagon officials. These Syrian Kurdish forces have been americas strongest ally in the fight against isis, foot soldiers who helped take back isis territory. They are also guarding the some 10,000 isis fighters who have been captured. Turkey considers theurds terrorist insurgents and now moving in to clear them from Northern Syria and President Trump has given the go ahead leaving the kurds who fought fiercely for u. S. Interests on their own. Some 150 u. S. Forces that have been in that area helping the kurds will now pull back. Trump says turkey will now be responsible for these isis prisoners amid warnings about the possibility of an isis resurgence. Robin. We know how many. Tens of thousands in the prison. What kind of security are they going to have, martha . Reporter theyre very lightly guarded now but President Trump tweeting this morning, turkey, europe, syria, iran, iraq, rund ahe kurds will now have to figure the sit. 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[ applause ] sara haines here with pop news. I think Robin Roberts won the morning. She told me i look like scotch tape. Can you see it . You nailed it. Everyone was thinking it but you nailed it. We are going to start this morning with someone i find so inspirational and amazing. Tyler perry made history over the weekend with the opening of his new film studio in atlanta becoming the first africanamerican to own a studio outright without any other partners. [ applause ] yeah, there were so many alisters showing up to celebrate with tyler. Everyone from oprah and stedman to tiffany haddish, samuel l. Jackson, halle berry and m favorite, pi golerg. [ applause ] and so many more. Including beyonce who made a surprise appearance with jayz showing up in a glowing golden gown and we sat down with tyler to ask him what this groundbreaking moment meant to him. It means hope for so many people because i want people to walk through these gates, walk through these doors and go, man, if he did it, i can do it too so my hope is that somebody catches that wave of, i can do it too. If that happens, then all of this has been worth it. Tylers landmark studio is a 330acre campus with 11 sound stages and even a replica of the white house on sight and while tyler, of course, will be using the studios for his own productions hes opened the door to other projects to film there like walking dead and black panther. Wonderful. In and one of those eleven were named for Whoopi Goldberg and the thing i love most about tyler. He not only achieves excellence but everyone around him is brought up with him. He is amazing. He is amazing. He said instead of asking for a seat at the table, build your own table. Oh. I love that. He said that. He said that. I love him. [ applause ] also its monday. We are just a few hours away from a brandnew episode of dancing with the stars. [ cheers and applause ] but you dont have to wait until tonight to see your favorites take the stage. We got an exclusive clip with sailor brinkley when she gets a surprising visit during rehearsal. Hi. Oh, my gosh. Rumer, shes on the show with val and they won, so its nice to go to her for some advice. How do you guys know each other . We grew up together. We would go on Family Vacation together and we both grew up with parents in the spotlight so to come and support her today is so much fun. And tonights episode is the second elimination after ray lewis surprise departure due to injury. Dancing with the stars airs tonight at 8 00 tonight right here on abc. [ applause ] and i forgot her married name is sailor brinkleycook. Not married. Im getting that just in. Its her fathers name. Just kidding. Its a hyphenated thing. Modern family still going. [ laughter ] wait, wait, wait. We got one more that im not going to mess up, guys, and finally i call this a monday mood. Check out gingy the miniature dachshund doing his best to climb up a slide. Its literally an uphill battle but it turns out this was gingys first time experiencing a slide. So he wasnt aware youre supposed to go the other way. Wait for it. Guess what, finally got it [ cheers and applause ] yay. Tail wagging the whole time. Just like your pop news. I know, till the end climbing up my slide. I know dogs. We should always end with a dog. Thank you, sara, as always. Now to our gma cover story, singer sia revealing in an emotional tweet that she suffers from chronic pain due to a rare disorder that affects just one in 5,000 people worldwide. Now she is telling others going through it they are not alone. Kaylee hartung has that story for us. Baby i dont need dollar bills reporter shes the singer songwriter behind some of pops biggest hits. Sia, known for featuring a young standin in her music videos and wearing large wigs to hide her face, now revealing a Health Battle tweeting out, hey, im suffering with chronic pain, a neurological disease, ehlersdanlos and i just wanted to say to those of you suffering from pain, whether physical or emotional, i love you, keep going. Ehlersdanlos is a genetic syndrome that affects a persons skin, joints and blood vessel walls and most people with the disorder have overly flexible joints and fragile skin. Reporter the mysterious singer has been very open about Health Struggles in the past revealing shes in recovery from an alcohol and pain pill addiction and in 2010 saying she was diagnosed with graves disease which can cause fatigue, difficulty sleeping, irritability, weight loss and bulging eyes. Graves disease is an autoimmune disorder. Causes the overproduction of thyroid hormones. Reporter now sharing her latest Health Battle in hopes of offering support to others with that tweet thats been liked more than 150,000 times. Saying, pain is demoralizing and you are not alone. For good morning america, kaylee hartung, abc news, new york. And we thank kaylee for that. Dr. Jen ashton is going to join us now. Two conditions that sia is facing. Tell us about them, doctor. Well, again, robin, we heard a little about it in the piece. One of them, graves disease is an autoimmune condition that then produces an overactive thyroid so some symptoms of that could be things like weight loss, heat intolerance, sweating, insomnia, it does affect about 1 in 200 people and ehlersdanlos syndrome, again, this is connective tissue disorder that involves the skin, the joints, the bones, blood vessels, could be as rare as 1 in 5,000 to 1 in 20,000, but the important thing is it brings attention to two Health Conditions that affect a lot of people. Those people can feel very alone when theyre going through this and this really helps them kind of socially and emotionally. Because you can feel so isolated. When dealing with two conditions like this, what do you suggest, jen . You know, medically, robin. Thats really the story behind this story is that someone can have more than one diagnosis at a time and as a Health Care Professional the goal is to deal with each one separately and then holistically so, if you think of it like a diagram from High School Math that area where they overlap, thats the sweet spot in terms of your clinical therapy and, again, its about treating a whole person, not a body part and certainly not just a diagnosis. But it can be difficult to make a diagnosis when someone has more than one thing going on. I can imagine, so we hear so many people talking about chronic pain and having to deal with that. What are your suggestions . Yeah, you know, the good news today is that there are more options than ever. But living with chronic pain to any degree is really difficult. Its about finding what works for you but things like cognitive behavioral therapy, acupuncture, safe and effective medications or even hypnosis can really help a person. All right, jen, as always, appreciate your insight. Thanks so much. And now lets get over to george and amy. Thank you, robin. Now youre going to meet the expert called the marie kondo of relationships, in her book fair play eve rodsky offers up a new system for sharing the workload at home. And it starts with playing a simple game that divides up way cabuild a stronger ng the marriage. Were talking to the author in a moment. First take a look at fair play. Come on. Really . You got three lemons. Reporter its an argument all couples can relate to. How to share the responsibilities at home. I worked all day. Went to the market, i cleaned this entire condo, then ive been cooking for the last three hours. Come on, help set the table. Reporter now with her new book, fair play, eve rodsky has a soluti. Its as simple as shuffling a deck of cards and playing the hand thats been dealt to you. Fair plays method being cheered on from celebs from Busy Philipps to reese witherspoon. She says each person can feel empowered to ace their task from conception to planning and execution. No reminders, no nagging and no excuses. George is laughing. Were joined now by eve rodsky, author of fair play. Every woman at home is going, yeah, i say deal the cards out to the kids too. Thats my playbook. But tell me this because i think women, we have to take some responsibility here because we talk about gender equality and yet, we kind of feel like we need to be the ones who take on the majority of the household tanks, the childcare issues, even the vacation planning and maybe some of us even want to like the control part of it. Yeah, i think thats interesting. But i will say i didnt feel the need to have to do it all but i felt like i was expected to do it all. And this is what happened to me after my second son wabo, i got a text from my husband that had me sobbing on the side of the road and that text said, im surprised you didnt get blueberries. Oh. And you can picture the scene. I had a breast pump in my passenger seat, returns for my new baby in the backseat, i have a client contract on my lap with a pen between my legs trying to mark it up as im going between traffic stops to pick up my first son from his preschool program and i knew i was going to be late to pick up zack, my son, but i still had to pull over on the side of the road and i was sobbing thinking, what i was really thinking was if my marriage is going to end, it should be over something way more dramatic like an affair with a Football Player than blueberries. But i was thinking how did i become the default or the shefault for every household task. I think hes the one sobbing right now. [ laughter ] hes holding all the cards. Tell us about this idea of invisible work. Invisible work, as i went on a quest to figure out a solution for domestic rebalance, interviewing 500 people from all walks of life and experts in every area i found out theres a lot of names for what were talking about, second shift, emotional labor, but invisible work is my favorite name for it because theres a beacon of solution in there because how do you value what you dont see . Right. So if you can make the invisible visible, which i did with a fair play cards, then things start to change. Men have to do what youve been doing behind the scenes and suddenly notice it. You have this game called fair play so you have four rules to play. What are they . The rules are first is all time is created equal and that came from my finding that men and women in society view mens time as finite like diamonds and womens time as infinite like sand. Great stuff. A lot of good advice in the book. Fair play is in bookstores right now. Thank you for coming in. Lets go to ginger. Lets do a little gma moment and have a little fun. We go to mt. Kisco, new york. Thats jack. [ applause ] yep. That is 4yearold jack and he is a big fan of rob thomas and we are a big fan of you. Please go to my Facebook Page and go ahead and drop your gma moment so we can all have a wonderful time smiling and laughing altogether. You know what were going to do now, now were going to celebrate the life of a legend. Actress Diahann Carroll. She broke barriers as an africanamerican woman and this morning tributes are continuing to pour in for her and deb roberts, you are here with more. Oh, my gosh. As one hollywood actress said, this one hurts very deeply. Diahann carroll symbolized so much for so many of us. Remember julia . But particularly actresses of color who realized that she opened doors for them from the 50s to the 80s, she just swept into roles in ways that no other black actress had ever done before. I didnt thank you for your present. Reporter she was a powerful presence to behold in the 80s on television and long before that on the big screen. Carroll diahann johnson grew up taking dancing, singing and modeling lessons. By 18 she snagged a role in carmen jones. With a career spanning six decades on broadway and film she would impact generations. For many her most memorable achievement came in 1968 in her own Television Show julia. A first for a black woman who wasnt playing a maid. Carrolls talent and beauty were undeniable leading years late story that other groundbreaking role as Dominique Deveraux on dynasty on a primetime soap. Welcome, miss deveraux. Reporter but her biggest role as a mentor and trail blazer for black women in hollywood like halle berry who thanked carroll in her unforgettable oscar speech in 2002. This moment is for dorothy dandridge, lena horne, Diahann Carroll. Reporter in 2008 carroll visited good morning america. Humble about her many accomplishments. What you have achieved and are achieving, has it even exceeded what you thought was going to happen . Have to think back and remember as a young girl, that i never thought of anything in the direction of achieving or being a leader or being you do the work thaw want to do. Reporter the tributes have been pouring in on social media. Kerry washington writing, i love you with all my heart for eternity, i am because of you. And oprah tweeting, thanks for helping clear the path for me and so many others. One of the most moving tributes coming from old friend Billy Dee Williams whom she shared the screen with throughout the years. We met in high school, he said, and continued our friendship for many, many years. The memories and tears are flowing. An icon for so many. Indeed, she was. I was fortunate enough to meet Diahann Carroll on a couple of occasions and she was just as youd expect her to be, beautiful, elegant, gracious, robin. A memory that i will cherish forever. What a life well lived, huh . You remember that mailbox, no, the lunchbox. Julia lunchbox. Little girls everywhere waited for julia on television, remember . Such a talent, such grace and everything. To see the tributes are pouring in. A celebration. A celebration as it should be. You know, you always make our monday by being here. Were going to make somebodys monday in our audience. [ applause ] who is it going to be . [ applause ] youre going to find out when we come back. Good morning. It is fleet week in San Francisco and a free concert at pier 27 starts at 10 00 this morning. Festivities kicked off yesterday. Members of the us navy, marine, coast guard and their friends and family are visiting the city and the air shows start on friday. Heres a b look at traffic. Still seeing big delays on westbound 580. Traffic is heavy through dublin because of a big rig fire and grass fire. The two right lanes are blocked still causing about hour long delays many the westbound direction. 580 also heavy. Its been a rough spot. Jammed as well at keller because of an injury crash. Bay bridge toll plaza backed up. Good morning. I know its monday but if youre looking for easy weather for the commute, ive got it. Only issue, spare the air. We have strong winds around dry winds. That means the north bay and east bay under critical fire conditions. So fire weather watch, but cooler. Thanks. Have another news update in about 30 minutes. You can also find the latest news on the abby and our website. This is going to be the best day of my life [ cheers and applause ] welcome back to gma. A lot more coming up on the show, first time to make someones monday. This person is a military veteran who is always willing to help family and friends and now dedicates their time to volunteer work. Their picture is behind here. What is this, velvet . Drum roll, please. The picture is behind this. [ drum roll ] oh. [ cheers and applause ] thats you. Thats you. Come on up here. [ applause ] come on. Come on. [ cheers and applause ] thats you. Thats you. George and amy. [ cheers and applause ] oh my goodness. Come on. Come sit. Come on. [ cheers and applause ] have a seat. Oh, lord. Jackie. She got you. She got you. She really got me. Heres your microphone. You got one. Oh, my goodness. Can you just kind of tell us your emotions right at this very moment. Oh, oh, i am going to pass out. Its okay. You had no idea . No. She got tickets. I just okay. But it looked like even when you were looking at the picture of yourself you were still kind of not it was like, is that me . Really, i mean im not im usually a very talkative person. Im at a loss for words. Well, jackie, we want to tell everyone why carolyn nominated you. I dont know what to say. We want to show everyone at home why you deserve this recognition, take a look. Reporter shes lovingly known as sista with a personality that lights up a room she is a houston native whose spirit proving everything is bigger in texas. If youre with jackie, youre laughing, youre smiling and youre having a wonderful time. Reporter dedicating her life to Service First as a captain in the army. Now serving the Community Running her churchs food bank. One of the greatest volunteers this world has ever seen. Reporter and its no wonder that after 40 years her College Sorority sisters always look to her for support. Someone so deserving as jackie expects nothing but deserves everything. Reporter for the people that love her theres no one theyd rather celebrate their than friend jackie. I cannot wait to watch gma make jackies monday. From your sisters, we just want to say all we love you [ cheers and applause ] oh, my god. Jackie, i was going to ask how you feel. [ laughter ] i cant even talk. This is unbelievable. Carolyn. Jackie. No one deserves this more than you. [ applause ] ah. Thank you so much. [ applause ] ive been working hard. But i would only do it for you because youre so deserving. Thank you very much. You do so much for so many in our community, your family, help with our children. Shes like a second mom to my child and weve known her for over 40 years. We met at Southern University in baton rouge, louisiana. And jackie has been the glue that kept the group of friends together for those 40 years and we so appreciate you but so much that she does in the community. She runs a food bank. [ applause ] and she serves over 500 people a month in this food bank and she does it all as a volunteer. And because of all of that work you do for your community, we here at gma have a day planned for you here in new york city. You want to hear all about it . To make your monday we are sending you to bliss spa in new york. Where you are getting pampered for the day and carolyn is going with you. So the two of you get to enjoy a spa day and i hope you can feel all the appreciation. [ applause ] can i Say Something . Is there something you want to say to carolyn . Im just i know you love me but this is unbelievable. [ applause ] ah. Thank you so much. Id like to Say Something about my church. Im a member of the church in houston, texas, my pastor is dr. Max a. Miller jr. And his passion was to help those less fortunate than we are and he established a food bank. Its not just me. We have two leaders, myself er 20 dicated loyal d we have volunteers as a matter of fact. We will be distributing food on wednesday. My pastor pays for all of this out of his own pocket and we just enjoy it. Its hard work but we enjoy it. We do it every week and i thank you so much for this opportunity. [ applause ] oh, my goodness. Well whisk you away in a limo. Oh, my goodness. There is your limo. Oh. [ applause ] we should ive been with her all weekend and she never said a word. Its been hard. Trust me. Its been hard. If you know someone who deserves to have their monday made, message us. Well be right back. [ applause ] how you watch it does too. Tv just keeps Getting Better. This is xfinity x1. Featuring the Emmy Awardwinning voice remote. Streaming Services Without changing passwords and input. Live sports with realtime stats and scores. Access to the most 4k content. And your movies and shows to go. The best tv experience is the best tv value. Xfinity x1. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Xfinity. The future of awesome. [ applause ] we are back now with actor Chiwetel Ejiofor and recently heard him singing in the lion king. Now hes back on the big screen starring in the new maleficent mistress of evil movie with angelina jolie. Thank you for being with us. Thank you. Lets talk about that singing that we heard, star in the lion king. What was that moment like for you when you actually let your pipes out . It was amazing. It was so much fun. The whole thing, you know, its such a visual spectacle just to be part of it. That whole story, so i loved it. Your father was a pop singer in nigeria. So it runs in the family. Exactly. Did you grow up singing . A little bit. I mean, i always enjoyed it and i never thought that i would really, you know, take that to the next stage. But i did a couple musicals when i was a kid and i loved it. And, you know, and i loved it but that experience of doing be prepared was beautiful. With beyonce, just a few names you might have heard of. I bet you never imagined being a dark fairy either. Tt is true. That is Something Else i didnt see coming up. We have a clip so we can all see the dark fairy in maleficent. Lets take a look. Those children should be soaring over the trees and river, instead theyre raised in exile. I can protect them. How . By waging war against the humans . Ive been at war with them my whole life. Not all of them. There was one you raised as your own. Maybe we dont have to hide from the humans. Maybe we can exist without fear and war. [ applause ] now, youre suspended in midair during that scene. How did you do that . How did you pull that off . Well, ive done a little bit of wire work before but nothing quite as extreme as this. You know, i normally sort of go up and down but they had me on this sort of fork, quite high up in the air so all of that actually gave me the feeling of really sort of flying and trying to sort of act and fly at the same time. At the same time. Thats pretty remarkable and you also had these incredible cheek bones. What was that process like . The whole thing took about i actually miss those cheekbones to be honest with you but the whole process took like initially about five hours. Every day. Every day, yeah. And then, you know, we got it down to about three for everything, not just the cheekbones but the whole look, you know, which was but its an amazing the whole thing is an incredible beautiful to look at. And i know maleficent, her superpower is she can transform people into whatever she wants. If you could transform anyone into something, what would it be . Thats an interesting question. I dont know. I feel like, you know, for myself, you know, just the process of being an actor, just allows you access to so many different, you know, people and personalities and ways of looking at yourself and exploring self. I always find that sort of a wonderful transformative experience and a way to learn and empathize. You love transforming so much you do it for a living, i love that. Speaking of love its been 16 years since love actually came out. Can you believe it . [ applause ] yet, i look the same. How is this possible . No, but everyone here is like, oh, its staple viewing for the holiday season. Do you watch it every year . Im just curious or are you been there, done that i havent seen the film in its totality for awhile but its always been amazing to me that, you know, there is a period of time, you know, every year that it just becomes this huge and big thing and i love it. You know, generally its from around christmastime to valentines day, you know. I highly suggest you watch it in its totality again. Its viewing it means its christmastime in my house. So thank you very much for being here with us, chiwetel. We appreciate it. It was a pleasure. Maleficent mistress of evil in theaters october 18th. Ginger . Thanks, amy. To a kickoff of something special. Deals steals is Going Digital again this season so more deals are coming your way than ever. 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Reporter megan phelpsroper grew up on the picket lines of one of the most infamous and influential churches in america, Westboro Baptist church. Since she was a little girl she listened to the rhetoric that the church claimed as the word of god and others dubbed hate speech. Louder, ladies. Reporter they protested homosexuality, other religions and famously were present at the funerals of military soldiers. It was just this very simple understanding of, well, this is this dead soldier is a curse from god because of this nations sins. Stand there with your [ bleep ] sign. Reporter counterprotesters at times clashed with the church and picket lines turned into war zones. People would be driving by screaming and yelling and throwing things at us. You all will go to hell. And it definitely fed the sense of persecution. They raise their sons with the devil in hell. Reporter as the granddaughter of the founder fred phelps, megans entire thinking was shaped by the church. God hates the United States military. Reporter to understand how she would someday walk away from the powerful church takes going back to how it all started which she details in unfollow, a memoir of loving and leaving the Westboro Baptist church. What i understood was basically this idea that, you know, god requires obedience and these people that we were protesting that they werent being obedient to god and that we had to go and warn them. Reporter the messages on the picket lines later evolved to social media or what the Church Called virtual picketing. Twitter was like the picket line. The vast majority of people that i met there were angry and hostile. Reporter she says over time those hateful reactions went to compassionate as she made unexpected mindopening connections. She was really a true believer. Reporter david abatow living in jerusalem was introduced to megan online when she began to protest him on twitter. I simply sent out a message to my followers telling them to have an easy fast and she responded by saying shouldnt you be telling your followers to truly repent . And i decided to respond to her. What i wasnt prepared for was the kindness. Reporter as the two began to speak about their faiths and differences, megan realized there was actually more that united them than divided them. One of my first conversations on twitter was about a sign we held. He asked me about that picket sign and pointed out jesus said let he who is without sin cast first stone. For the first time i realized he was literally talking about the Death Penalty there. Reporter she would soon question the beliefs she always held firm and knew it was time to walk away from the church. Those conversations on twitter allowed me to develop a rapport with people that i never did on the picket line and when they started to dig into the nuances of westboros theology, they were able to find contradictions that i had been missing my whole life. Reporter now almost seven years later married and a mother she now vows to spread a message of love, tolerance and acceptance. Were all human beings and theres always something to be learned from other people. Megan married an attorney whom she met on twitter who challenged her beliefs and now has a young daughter turning 1 shortly but her story is being turned into a movie. One of the producers, reese witherspoon. Quite a story. Thanks for coming in. Sup. Wh whacha doing . Im watching food. Try my 3 cheddar bacon loaded curly fries. Get em delivered with doordash. Try my 3 cheddar bacon loaded curly fries. Blow a kiss, into the sun we need someone to lean on blow a kiss, into the sun all we need is somebody to lean on hey, shaq. Its a 30 second tour. No man its like. Now its 26. Welcome aboard. Ocean skyride. Mini golf. Relax relax relax you take this man to be your husband . I do. Married. No time for basketball. Pool. Carnival. Choose fun. Try my 3 steak and parm loaded curly fries. Get em delivered with doordash. We are back now with a search for disneys volunteer family of the year identifying incredible families making a difference. Will, are you going to tell us about that . Ill do just that. Disney and points of light, this nonprofit that promotes volunteerism have combed the nation to find extraordinary families who make the world a bitter place and narrowed it down to the top five and this morning youll meet the orlandos from San Francisco. Take this stuff into the closet. Reporter the orlando family of suburban San Francisco made it into our top five with their example of volunteerism going full circle. Anybody want carrots . Reporter after fostering and adopting seven siblings to keep them together, the couple got new clothing for their instant big family from this clothing closet for foster families. Most foster children in crisis and transition have nothing but the clothes on their back. Well, its always great to give back after youve received something. We have been given so much from this organization, its our turn to help and give back to other kids who are in need and so our kids really have identified the fact that were not to take anything for granted. So now they are doing something so that other kids can get something. What do you think . Is that a good one . Reporter paying it forward to other grateful families. We currently have nine kids from the ages of 11 to 9 months so this place is really important to us. Of course, it touches you. The kids come out separating and organizing and putting together. What a blessing. Theyre angels. They mean a lot to us. So nice. Youll meet the other four families all week. Each story, robin, just so inspiring and the winning family gets a trip to disney world, 10,000 donation toward their organization. So you want to keep watching because on friday, you will hear about the top family, the volunteer family of the year. Cannot wait for that. Thank you for sharing. Of course. Someone who knows something about volunteering is that woman right there. [ applause ] has it settled in . We finished the segment and she said, are we on tv . Im like, yeah, honey, you were on tv. It was jus you know when youre at ross and your new fall look just keeps Getting Better . Check this out thats yes for less. Score a headtotoe look youll love and save 20 to 60 percent off Department Store prices. At ross. Yes for less. Aaddiction. How juuline hooked kids and ignited an Public Health crisis. Other news outlets report juul took 12. 8 billion from big tobacco. 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Welcome to a sun filled monday thats going to be almost as warm as yesterday. No breeze out there but a spare the air if youre heading out this warm afternoon. If youre going game, 5 15 kickoff. 86 degrees dropping down to 70. Now the winds h bring ugh cooler weather, but it will get aggressive wednesday and thursday. We have fire weather watch both days. Hi, francis. A Traffic Alert for westbound 580 where were seeing hour long delays on the westbound 580 out of dublin. Traffic is backed up into livermore and slow in the eastbound direction. A major problem southbound 101. Possibly seven cars involved and rollover included. Thank you. Zblncht now its time for live with kelly and ryan. Well be back at announcer its live with kelly and ryan today, from the competition series the masked singer, jenny mccarthy. And star of the new film lucky day, nina dobrev. Plus, your comments and questions direct from the inbox. 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