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News exclusive interview where no questions are offlimits. Desperate search for a missing worker after that Deadly Hard Rock Hotel collapse. Two people killed. More than two dozen injured. Now the search for answers. What went wrong at that construction site. Anger rising. Protests overnight aer is killed in her home by a Police Officer. Her family says while playing video games with her nephew. The shot fired through her window. The incident caught on body camera under investigation this morning. Recordbreaking biles. Simone biles is the greatest of all time. The most decorated gymnast in World Championship history, defying gravity one twist at a time. And the saints come marching in with another win. Did the pope help this time . Plus, the seahawks and this touchdown celebration driving the fans wild. Good morning, america. That wasnt excessive celebrating. I loved it. I dont knohow they have time to practice football. They had rehearsed that. You know where thats coming from. Well see more of that later, but these celebrations are well have more on that later, but well begin with chaos on the turkey syria border as turkey continues its attacks on the kurds in Northern Syria, and new reports of a mass escape by isis followers, and as the situation unravels, the u. S. Saying it will pull 1,000 troops out of the region. Lets go right to ian pannell in the region with the latest. Good morning, ian. Reporter take a look behind me. These are some of the graves of the thousands of men and women who fought against isis, and now their comrades out there on the front line say they feel they have been abandoned. This morning, chaos and bloodshed in syria as President Trump orders all remaining u. S. Forces to leave the north of the country. Roughly 1,000 troops gearing up to head to the border. This as a senior u. S. Official tells abc mass atrocities are being committed against the Kurdish People at the hands of turkishbacked militias. Some isis fighters in prison taking advantage of the mayhem reportedly escaping making u. S. Positions ever more vulnerable. Turkish forces hammering americas kurdish allies. Some exal qaeda leaving a trail of displacement, destruction and death. Abc news obtaining exclusive footage showing the battle from the turkish side. These troops fighting with one of the turkishsupported militias. In just a week hundreds reported dead. Around the world condemnation growing as the turkish militias execute people on the roadside. Among those slain, one leading kurdish political leader apparently dragged from her car and shot in the head. This is a war crime if verified. This video obtained by abc news appears to show the fury of the turkish attack on the border town. This is one of many hospitals throughout this area that are treating the wounded, mainly civilians who have been caught in the middle of this conflict not of their own choosing. Sara was among them, just 8 years old playing in the street when a turkish shell landed. Her 13yearold brother mohamed killed. The United Nations estimates at least 130,000 people have been displaced by the fighting and that number likely to grow. President trumps move to pull out troops condemned by members of his own party. Leaving an ally behind, abandoning people that we, frankly, told that we would be with is disheartening, depressing, frankly its weak. Reporter a few days ago kurdish commanders gave america an option either back us in our battle with turkey or well turn to someone else. And thats exactly what is happening now. American troops on the way out and syrian troops backed by russia rolling in this direction. Now, if they face off against turkey, then president erdogan will have a much bigger battle on his hands than he ever gambled for. Robin . Escalating. All right, ian, thank you. Amy. Secretary of defense mark esper making it official on sunday, the u. S. Plans to pull all 1,000 of its troops out of Northern Syria. Lets bring in chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz now, and martha, we just saw the situation on the ground already dire. What happens when these remaining u. S. Troops leave the area . Reporter amy, the ramifications are enormous. You could have fullon war there with thousands more isis fighters and their families escaping during the chaos and eventually reemerging and you are certain to have more of those horrific scenes that ian just showed us mass atrocities, executions. There are many special Operations Forces who see this as shameful to abandon the kurds who helped the u. S. Fight isis losing thousands of their soldiers in the process. Those kurdish allies now making a deal as ian said with the Syrian Regime which is an enemy of the u. S. And backed by russia. The leader of those forces writing today that if we have to choose between compromise and genocide, we will choose our people. This is a major shift and means the u. S. Is ceding any influence there to russia, iran and the assad regime. As for our own forces there, a u. S. Official says the president has given them 30 days to get out of Northern Syria, but their positions are becoming more and more vulnerable, and they are consolidating to get out as soon as possible. Its important to say it is not that they think u. S. Forces should be involved in endless wars, but rather the abrupt decision made by the president in that phone call with turkeys president which was the trigger for all of this. There are people at the pentagon and state department, amy, who are simply furious about this. And martha, you mentioned those escaped isis prisoners. Last night, we saw President Trump tweeting that the highvalue detainees have all been secured. Is that verifiable . Reporter well, the president said the u. Shas the worst of the isis prisoners, but that is not accurate. A u. S. Official says they were only able to transfer two of them to u. S. Military custody, but in that chaos, dozens more set to testify this week against the wishes of the white house. Turning now to mary bruce. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, t. J. With congress now back in session and this impeachment inquiry deepening lawmakers are set to hear this week from several key witnesses despite the Trump Administrations efforts to block them. Including u. S. Ambassador to the eu gordon sondland. Now, he is reportedly expected to testify that a text message he sent saying there was no quid pro quo between the president and ukraine was dictated by trump himself, that he does not know if the president was telling the truth or not. Now, trump and his allies, of course, have been defending the president s push for ukraine to investigate his political rivals by insisting that there is no quid pro quo. That the president was not withholding military aid as a condition for ukraine to investigate. Well, the ambassadors testimony here this week, t. J. , could poke a big hole in that argument. Lets turn to joe biden for a moment. A lot of people will say he was a little slow to call for the impeachment of the president but he certainly is ramping up his attacks on trump now and this happens as bidens son is making a big announcement. Reporter yeah, t. J. The president has been relentlessly attacking the former Vice President , and now it seems joe biden is trying to lay down some ethical markers. He announced over the weekend that if elected, no one in his family will do business with Foreign Companies or governments. And says they will not be sitting in on cabinet meetings, a not so subtle jab at President Trump and his children and all of this, though, of course, comes as the former Vice President s son hunter biden has announced he is stepping down from the board of a chinesebacked firm and his work in china and ukraine has been a top attack line for President Trump against joe biden even though there has been no evidence of wrongdoing by hunter biden, t. J. Mary bruce for us in washington, thank you so much. Speaking of hunter biden you recently spent time with him. Thats right, robin. I spent the entire saturday with hunter biden, the son of 2020 president ial candidate, and former vp, joe biden. We spoke there at his home in los angeles for an exclusive interview and no questions were offlimits. We talked as you might imagine in depth about his business dealings in ukraine, china and his reaction to President Trumps rally and tweets where we hear him chanting and writing, where is hunter, lock him up. It is an emotional and candid interview and you can see it starting tomorrow on gma. So much to talk to him about. Indeed. All right, amy, thank you. But now to the desperate effort to find a missing worker trapped under the rubble of that Hard Rock Hotel in new orleans. At least two people were killed. Dozens injured after a crane fell during construction. Victor oquendo has more in new orleans this morning. Good morning, victor. Reporter good morning, robin. This is a race against time. Were just a block away from the site of the collapse. You can see the top floors here just mangled. Right now the focus is on finding that missing construcon worker trapped inside. Oh, my god. Reporter this was the moment the new Hard Rock Hotel and a crane came crashing down in new orleans. Killing two people, injuring 30 more. There is reported to be a Building Collapse at the hard rock cafe. The incident right here looks like the top four floors are hanging down. Reporter people running for their lives as steel and concrete fell from the sky amid a growing cloud of dust and debris. All those guys running. Yeah. Oh, dear god. Reporter watch the people riding this trolley narrowly escaping. More than 100 construction workers on site at the time of the collapse saturday morning. One worker still unaccounted for. Search and rescue continues to remain our top priority at this time. Reporter this drone video shows the extensive destruction from above, several of the top floors of the structure reduced to rubble. Crews working round the clock sunday stabilizing the building before rescue teams could safely search for the missing worker. New orleans mayor vowing to determine the cause of this deadly collapse. After a search and rescue, it will then shift into a full investigation mode and we will be relentless in those efforts moving forward. Reporter the challenge for search and rescue teams has been the structures instability. They brought in all kinds of equipment to help like that big black crane right there. Theyve flown in engineers as well. They are still in rescue mode here. Amy. We certainly are thinking of all of them. Thank you, victor. Now to the outrage and the search for answers after a white Police Officer shot and killed a black woman in her own home through her bedroom window. Abcs marcus moore has the story. [ crowd chanting ] reporter overnight, protesters flooding the streets. No justice, no peace. Were tired of this. Reporter anger rising following the shooting death of 28yearold Atatiana Jefferson killed in her home by a ft. Worth Police Officer. Im calling about my neighbor. Reporter the incident sparked by a phone call made by a concerned neighbor. In the newly released audio, her neighbor tells police he noticed her door was open at 2 24 in the morning, and asked for a welfare check. I havent seen anybody moving around and its not normal for them to have both of t he doors open at this time of the night. Do you know if anyone is inside . Im not sure, both of the cars are there. Reporter the dispatcher sent officers to her home. This body cam video shows the moment the encounter turns deadly. The responding officer is not heard identifying himself as he approaches jeffersons bedroom window and begins shouting commands. Put your hands up. Show me your hands. Reporter within moments he fires one deadly shot through the window. It was less than a second. I had an expert slow it down. Its. 6 seconds between the command and the shot. There was no time for them to perceive a threat from the weapon, no time for her to respond. It was reckless deadly behavior. Reporter according to her family, she was playing video games with her nephew when that shot was fired. That neighbor who made that welfare call is speaking out. When i made that 911 emergency call, i didnt say it was a burglary, i didnt say it was fighting across the street. I didnt say anything that would make them think they needed to have a gun. All they needed to do was knock on the door and ring the doorbell. Reporter the case now igniting a public outcry. What the officer observed and why he did not announce police will be addressed as the investigation continues. Reporter and the officer who fired that shot is expected to speak with internal affairs some time today and family members say jefferson was a premed graduate from Xavier University in louisiana, and had returned home to take care of her sick mother. Beyond tragic. Beyond tragic. Marcus, thank you. Now to simone biles and any doubt that she is the greatest gymnast of all time was put to rest. Biles is now the winner of more medals at the World Championships than anyone ever. Adrienne bankert is here with that. Good morning, adrienne. Reporter yes, lets have some good news and talk about it. Simone biles now being called unbeatable by some. Shes known for her fierce focus, addictive energy, twists and flips that few others, if any, can pull off. With an unrivaled medal count, now many say shes the greatest of all time. She could barely catch her breath. Simone biles now the most decorated gymnast, male or female, in World Championship history standing just 48 tall, biles is a formidable giant in the world of sports. With her parents cheering her on, the superstar delivered this historymaking performance in germany on sunday, her mom overcome with emotion. Ah, in tears. Reporter the u. S. Superstar broke the previous record of 23 medals with this epic performance on the balance beam. Then she added another gold to her collection with this gravitydefying floor exercise routine bursting onto the mat with one of her signature moves, the biles 2. Here we go. Reporter three twists, two flips, its ranked among the most difficult in the sport. And she does it easy. Reporter in all, the 22yearold stormed her way to ve gold medals at these championships including her fifth all around title. Now the winningest gymnast of our generation is officially the best ever. Impressed with what ive been able to do especially after all these days of competition, just keep the dice rolling basically and its just its insane. It is insane and wonderful. Simone is now getting ready for the 2020 tokyo olympics. Which she will not be beaten there either. Its like saying tom brady in the super bowl. Okay, she won again. A lot like that. You know who won again . The saints. Look at that mile. Look at that smile. Reporter another victory. You walked right into that. Oh, yes, yes, yes, defeating jacksonville on sunday. But it turns they may have gotten some help this time. The pope, look at this tweet from pope francis. Hours before kickoff. Today we give thanks to the lord for our new saints and you notice that hashtag when you use saints. That logo. Did you put in a phone call . Divine intervention but the response to the popes tweet, priceless. Priceless. And it worked. Maybe unprecedented, too. It did. Prayers are answered, robin. All the time. We are following a lot of other stories this morning including the family of a young teen who was accidentally killed overseas by an american diplomats wife. The parents traveling to the u. S. And they are now demanding answers. Also this morning, the serial stowaway. A woman known for sneaking onto planes without tickets arrested again. Well talk about that but first to ginger. Ginger. Saints country about to get rain, robin. We have to watch for that. Along this week, this warm front will lift north so from louisiana through mississippi all the way over to South Carolina actually. Were going to end up with two to four inches, some of those red spots in arkansas, mississippi, South Carolina and georgia could end up with locally more than five inches. So lets go ahead and focus on mississippi. Just because tonight through early tomorrow i think it could potentially be a dangerous situation as some of this rain comes through. There are some alerts up for central mississippi including macomb, meridian, hattiesburg and jackson. Anywhere from interstate 20 south to 84. Thats where we could end up with 2 inches to 4 inches of rain. That doesnt sound like a lot. But when it falls quickly thats when it can become a problem so well watch this one again tonight through early tomorrow. Lets get to those select cities brought to you by carmax. Skiers and snowboarders, rejoicing this weekend because keystone opening. 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Shes opening up in an exclusive interview on gma on her newborn sons Health Battle, and she has a message for parents everywhere. That is coming up in our next hour. Shes all grown up, but she has something she needs to say now to everybody. Were looking forward to that. But first, the top headlines were following right now. We are looking at the latest on the crisis in syria. Turkey continues its attacks on the kurds as new reports of a mass escape by isis followers. Hundreds reportedly dead as the Trump Administration announcing plans to remove all remaining u. S. Troops from that region. And typhoon destruction, the storm making landfall south of tokyo. At least 33 dead. Many others missing and more than a thousand homes flooded. Also tennis phenom coco gauff did it, yall. Won her first wta singles title, the 15yearold winning the linz open in austria in three sets becoming the youngest wta winner in 15 years. Her parents were so proud of her, corey and candy. They were there and cocoas certainly amused by this. She received this gift, a bolt of wine. Shes 15, yall. Shes 15 years old. Shell have to maybe wait a few years. 16 is the drinking age this austria. My kids always look these things up for me . Yes. Welcome to teens. Only has to wait a year. I know, i know. The information that you share sometimes, amy, i got to tell you. Some Good Parenting over there. Good stuff, robach. You beat me to it. We are going to begin this half hour with the parents of the british teen killed in that crash with an american diplomats wife. Arriving in the u. S. Searching for answers. The parents opened a meeting with the woman facetoface. Eva pilgrim joins us now, and british officials saying her diplomatic immunity is no longer relevant . Reporter thats right, robin. Thats what theyre saying this morning, and the teens parents are here ithopg to get that woman to go back to the uk to answer questions. There is still the possibility she could end up answering those questions in a court of law. This morning, the parents of harry dunn, the english teen killed in a headon car crash with a u. S. Diplomats wife flying from the uk to the u. S. Demanding answers. On august 27th, 19yearold harry dunn was driving on his motorbike when he was hit by a car driving on the wrong side of the road. The driver of that vehicle, this woman, 42yearold anne sacoolas, the wife of a u. S. Diplomat. Dunn died instantly. Saypoliceacoolas initially cooperated, but days after the accident, she fled the country returning to the u. S. Claiming diplomatic immunity which protects diplomats and their family members from prosecution or lawsuits under the host nations laws. I cant believe shes living with herself doing this. How can you just be like that . Just get on a plane and go. How can she be allowed to . Reporter but now, seven weeks after the crash, the uk foreign secretary saying that immunity is no longer relevant because she has returned home. This weekend sacoolas breaking her silence saying in a statement from her attorneys that she is cooperating with police and wants to meet with the family to apologize in person. Anne is devastated by this tragic accident. No loss compares to the death of a child and anne extends her deepest sympathy to harry dunns family. Dunns family responding saying that while they are open to meet, the pain hasnt gone away. My opinion on miss sacoolas now wanting to come forward to say sorry, to be perfectly honest, yes, its a start with some closure for our family, but having said that as its nearly seven weeks now since we lost our boy, this doesnt cut it. Its not really quite enough. And the dunn family lawyer telling us overnight that while they are open to meeting with sacoolas, its not going to happen any time soon. Their main goal for this trip is to get her to return to the uk, robin. All right, eva, thank you. We will bring in our chief legal analyst, dan abrams. A lot of talk about diplomatic immunity. Explain what that means. It means that when you go to another country as a diplomat, so a u. S. Diplomat goes to england or france, theyre granted a type of immunity. It means that we want to be able to keep our people safe in another country even if theyre charged with a crime. Same thing applies by the way to those diplomats who are here in the united states. They are afforded immunity. It does create tension sometimes when people believe that a diplomat has done something really bad. Typically what happens in that kind of case is the country where the person is from can waive immunity and they can say, okay this, is serious, we get it. Were going to waive immunity. The u. S. Did not waive immunity in this case and so, while theyre talking about the fact that the immunity doesnt apply, its not entirely true because if she were charged in the uk and they said, okay, were going to charge you with manslaughter, wed like her extradited to the United Kingdom i dont think the u. S. Would agree. Nothing can be dong. Shes here. Unless the u. S. Agrees to send her back i think thats right. But the only thing that could happen now as eva points out is there could be a civil lawsuit. So she could either be sued by the family in england or potentially here, meaning sue her in england, she doesnt come to the trial, et cetera. But you could potentially sue her here as well. So the family does have civil options and keep in mind, we dont know shes going to be charged criminally. At this point theyre still investigating. You know, theres indications that, again, she was driving on the wrong side of the road. The british authorities could conclude that this was simply an accident, that theres no criminal liability, but still the potential for civil. Right, and the family can actually ask for that civil lawsuit at any point . Yeah, so the family can move forward and try to sue and the question is going to be where do they try and sue, typically, of course, something happens in england, you sue in england, but in a case like this because youre talking about an american citizen it is possible that could end up in an American Court and then there would be questions about what law applies, et cetera. A lot of people watching this. Thanks, dan. Were going to turn to the woman who has been called the serial stowaway arrested in chicago where she has a history of trying to sneak onto airplanes, no ticket, folks. Alex perez is at Ohare Airport with more. Alex, look, dont know if she meant to do anybody any harm but this is bringing up some very serious security concerns. Reporter yeah, thats right, t. J. , she has sort of become a familiar face around here, but this time when she tried to get through security, she didnt get very far. This morning, the infamous serial stowaway Marilyn Hartman once again behind bars arrested this weekend on one felony of criminal trespass. The latest in a string of more than 20 reported attempts by hartman of sneaking onto flights. Hartman, 67, was stopped at a checkpoint at Ohare Airport after being asked to provide security with a boarding pass or i. D. Defendant tells the tsa agent she did not need it and walks away. Reporter hartman is already on an 18month probation for a prior trespass conviction earlier this year after she sneaked past chicago airport security, boarded a plane and flew to london. Upon landing, british authorities arrested her and sent her back. Over some five years hartman has been arrested in san francisco, chicago, los angeles and phoenix. Hartman who has long struggled with Mental Health issues has spoken out about her serial stowaway status. Even smart people do stupid things. Reporter this incident coming on the heels of a similar breach last week in orlando. Authorities escorted this woman off a delta flight bound for atlanta after she boarded without a ticket or i. D. Experts point out soon it will be harder to sneak onto planes due to increased use of fingerprints, voice waves and dna as ways to identify passengers. They will know long before you get to the gate whether you are the right person on the right flight. Reporter and hartmans public defender says shes homeless, shes due back in court october 18th. T. J. Alex, thank you so much. Thats supposed to be impossible. We know how many times you have to show an i. D. And a ticket. Not impossible but harder. Coming up here on gma, that bombshell report in the death of l. A. Angels pitcher tyler skaggs. What was behind his lethal overdose . 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Reporter this morning, an espn investigation revealing the director of communications for the Los Angeles Angels, eric kay, told federal dea investigators that he not only provided oxycodone to pitcher tyler skaggs but abused it with him for years. The network also reports that kay claims two Team Officials were told about his drug use long before 27yearold skaggs died of an overdose, an allegation the Angels Organization vehemently denies. He told agents that he actually told a couple of Team Officials about skaggs opioid use, one of them back in 2017. The other just months before tyler skaggs died. Reporter but kays allegations dont stop there. He also reportedly gave dea agents the names of five other players he believed were using opiates while they were with the angels. Theres the issue of what the team knew and when they knew it. Theres also the issue of if there can be a link between those drugs and his actual overdose. Reporter venmo records released by the family of skaggs and obtained by espn, appear to show the thousands of dollars the pitcher paid kay since 2016 allegedly for drugs. Tyler skaggs taking the mound for the angels. Reporter skaggs died in a hotel room in july. The medical examiner finding fentanyl, oxycodone and alcohol in his system. Medics 41, truck respond medical emergency. Hi south lake town square, its a possible death investigation. Reporter but kay reportedly told dea agents that just hours before skaggs died skaggs texted him to visit his hotel room. Eric kay told dea agents that he purchased six for the two of them, and gave tyler his three. Reporter kay says he watched skaggs take the drugs, but didnt recognize one of the substances. He said to agents that he saw tyler skaggs snort all three lines. There was a third line that was pink and that he apparently told tyler skaggs he didnt recognize what it was and then tyler skaggs told him it came from somebody else. Reporter angels president john carpino, responding saying in part, we have neard h that any employee was providing illegal narcotics to any player, or that any player was seeking illegal narcotics. Kay is currently in outpatient treatment for Substance Abuse and has been placed on paid leave. Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Major League Baseball says they did not know about these allegations and that will now conduct its own investigation. So many people want these answers. All right, thank you, gio. All right, coming up here, stay with us, folks. We have our play of the day. Of the day. [truck horn blares] vo the subaru forester. Dog tested. Dog approved. Subaru establishes National Make a dogs day. Do something specr yoial fo dog. Thand find inspiration who win new places. Ct. Leading them to discover were woven together by the moments we share. Everything you need, all in one place. Expedia. Im craving something were missing. The ceramides in cerave. 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Looking at 39 in gilroy also in the upper 30s in santa cruz. Lots of 40s on the peninsula, east bay today. Sunny and mild afternoon, but a little cool with the sea breeze in the city. 70 in oakland with about v valejo. Eastbound on 80 through emoryville and berkeley, we have the accidents, two of them. One off to the right hand shoulder and one blocking the two left lanes near university. They were part of one in the same but apparently, a gentlemen with one of the cars on the right hand shoulder fleed the scene so now they have to get the van out of there. Very slow from the mcarthur maze. Coming up on gma, Danielle Fishel is opening up about her hes a bit more brave. Oh. Look. Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. Crisis in syria. Chaos and bloodshed as the Trump Administration announces plans to remove all remaining u. S. Troops from inside that country. Reports right now about mass atrocities against the kurds by the turkishbacked militias. Hundreds of isis prisoners escaping. Our report from the region this morning. New this morning, marijuana and miscarriage. The study revealing a woman is twice as likely to miscarry if her male partner smokes pot once a week or more. Even if she doesnt. Dr. Ashton here to break it down. The fortnite mystery. The massively Popular Video game suddenly goes dark leaving players staring at a black hole. Is the game gone for good . Also this morning, the boy meets world star Danielle Fishel faced with a new mothers worst nightmare. Her baby and his frightening weeks in intensive care, now sharing her story and his Health Battle for the first time. Meet the super saver, the 25yearold who saved 100,000 in just a few years. How she did it and what you can do and her number one tip that you can start this morning. Aint no Mountain High enough and buckle up, the cast of blackish is here live and theyre saying all good morning, america. [ applause ] aint no Mountain High enough playing my song. Yes. Aint no Mountain High enough, good morning, america, on this monday morning and we are so excited to have the cast of blackish to join us here in can you believe its already the fifth season of blackish . Its a good show. Its a great show. That will be fun and get a chance to give them cookies because its our ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie week. Who better to help us than mr. Chocolate himself, the chef, Jacques Torres. There he is, hes upstairs, hes handing out those cookies now, world famous im told, to our audience and show us how to make them at home just like he does. Doing that upstairs. We got to get through some stuff. Some work. It is Chocolate Chip Cookie week. I wanted to make sure everyone knew that. We have that story of that super saver, the 25yearold who managed to save over 100,000 in just two years. Shes going to tell us how she did it. I want to know how she made enough money to save 100,000 too. Well find out in just a bit. The headlines is that right now with the latest on the chaos at the turkey syria border as turkey continues its attacks on the kurds in Northern Syria and new reports of a mass escape by isis followers. Lets go back to ian pannell whos there in syria. Has the latest again. Good morning, ian. Reporter good morning, robin. We need to take a look at the scene behind me, because these are some of the young men and women who died fighting alongside u. S. Forces against isis. But now they feel abandoned. The kurdish commanders gave america a choice either come and help us in our battle with turkey or were going to turn to someone else and thats exactly what has happened in the last 24 hours. Theyve brokered a deal backed by russia with Syrian Regime troops and theyre starting to roll in this direction right now. Many of the fears about what would come to pass after that phone call between President Trump and president erdogan have pretty much happened. Weve seen isis prisoners escape and weve seen isis brides, hundreds of families also escape from a refugee camp. Weve seen militants backed by turkey, islamist militants carry out roadside assassinations and weve seen tens of thousands displaced and hundreds of people killed, and the kurds here not only say they feel abandoned, but they say they wont take amicas word ever again. Robin . All right, ian, thanks so much. All right, robin. Now to an alarming new study about marijuana and miscarriage finding a woman is twice as likely to miscarry if her male partner smokes pot once a week or more even if she does not p and jen, this is raising a lot of eyebrows so tell us about the study. This was a very interesting study that was done at a Boston University and they followed over 1,400 couples before they conceived, and then controlled for all other factors, and as you said, what they found is if the man smoked pot once or more a week, his the woman was twice as likely to suffer a miscarriage. Now the caveats, this study was done by association, not cause and effect. So it definitely needs more research. This is not pure review data, but this did win a prize at the largest reproductive medicine meeting in the world. So this is getting a lot of attention. And its something that couples should Pay Attention to who are trying to conceive and it focused on mens behavior, so what can couples do to improve their fertility. I think thats part of the reason why the study is getting so much attention because were used to putting all the focus, all the blame, all the stress on the woman, and the world of male fertility is really exploding so i think there are some basic recommendations that women can do that men can do, number one, no smoking. Thats bad for both the man and the woman, they want to minimize exposure to high temperatures, dont overdo alcohol. Thats important for General Health and exercising regularly and, again, 40 of couples infertility is due to male factors so it bears repeating, we need to focus on the men just as much as the women. More studies need to be done. For sure. Thank you, dr. Ashton. For sure. Coming up next, boy meets world Danielle Fishel opening about her sons rare disorder that left him fighting for his life. Also well introduce you to a hospital worker who truly sparks joy in the patients there and were going to make her monday. 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[ back in babys arms by patsy cline ] then, it appeared a beacon of hope. Im back in babys arms more glorious than a billion sunsets. We were found. Im back where i belong found by the hounds. Back in babys arms mom, whispering shh, shh, shhh. Thank you associate, whispering hey, youre all set. mom, shouting really . Bamwhat . dog whining noise. mom, whispering that was so easy. associate bamwhat . mom bamwhat . Thats not even a word. Oh, its me. Thank you, robin. Welcome back to gma. We have a great audience. I love it here on monday starting us off on the new week and tomorrow the wonderful Michelle Pfeiffer will be here live. Thats right. [ applause ] but until then we have the wonderful sara haines here with pop news. Yay. Thank you, amy. You never get to introduce me. I know. But we begin with another huge weekend for the joker. The movie topped the box office for the second week in a row and its a hit overseas as well making Joaquin Phoenixs highest grossing movie yet and now joker is getting the snl treatment. But they decided to explore the origin story of a different antihero, oscar the grouch. Take a look. Everyone calls you trash. And everyone treats you like trash. Why dont you just become trash . Did we need a dark take on oscar the grouch . No, says the new york times. Okay. [ applause ] i was super excited to see joker but that movie almost looks better but you havent seen not yet. Robin, we tried to drag you to it 2. Remember when we went because you guys are into the horror movies. Youll be soon because well get you one of these times. Oh. Will you join us please . Its dangerfree fear. Its amazing. All that peer pressure. You can sit between us. Please continue. Pop news. Moving right along, now to a story for all of you out there with teenagers, over the weekend you might have had some upset kids in your house after the entire fortnite universe disappeared into a black hole. No, it wasnt a glitch in the game, the servers were not down. This was a cleverly executed Season Finale orchestrated by the gamemakers. Now, heres what happened. During an end of season live event the entire game was destroyed. All that was left was a black hole. Now you cant start matches. You cant play the game. You cant do anything and that caused players to freak out. At the time of the event yesterday afternoon the top three u. S. Trends on twitter were all fortnite related. So what happens next . Season 11 is said to be coming out soon which means you have until about tuesday or thursday when your kid will come out of the fetal position shaking in the corner. You might want to take advantage of that time and talk to them because theyll be back on that game soon. We dont actually know when its confirmed but if anyone knows a child that plays fortnite oh. Its a real concern. Your girls probably its not allowed in my house. Talk about black holes like you just get sucked into this other world. Addictive. My friend has a teenager that plays it all the time. I cannot imagine how they function. If that game crashes, does anyone have kids out here that dealt with that . Ooh. But you know what, its brilliant promotion and kids are going to want it even more now because theyre waiting on it. Brilliant. Innocent days of atari, right . And finally, the nfl team that might be the most nsync with each other. Check out the Seattle Seahawks saying bye, bye, bye to the browns after they scored a touchdown during sundays matchup. We added music. Aint no lie, baby, bye bye bye [ applause ] you can see that theyre doing the signature move from the music video for nsyncs hit bye bye bye and the seahawks tweeting out, how do we do nsync and lance bass saying, nailed it. Can you imagine when their coach witnesses them practicing that . I could already hear, you guys were College Level athletes. Would your coach be like youre wasting time right now. These are so elaborate, these celebrations, and it was just a couple of years ago they were fining guys for their celebrations. This was not responsible years ago. This is becoming, like, a talent show. I like it. I can get on. More, please. Sara, thank you very much. All right. [ applause ] now to the gma cover story, boy meets world star Danielle Fishel opening up about her newborn sons first few weeks of life. The little boy born with a potentially fatal lung disorder. Kayna whitworth sat down with her for a gma exclusive. Kayna joins us now from los angeles. Good morning, kayna. Reporter hey, amy, good morning. So fishel told me she had a perfectly healthy pregnancy but then her water broke a month early, and an ultrasound revealed fluid in her sons lungs. What played out next was a threeweek ordeal in the nicu and birth story unlike anything she had ever imagined. Actress, producer and director, Danielle Fishel best known as topanga on the hit sitcom boy meets world. No matter how difficult life gets, the important thing is to live it with hope. Reporter now a new mom. The 38yearold and her husband welcoming their baby boy adler in june nearly a month early. It never occurred to me that because my water broke so early that Something Else could be going on. Reporter their tiny bundle of joy entered the world fighting for his life. Ultrasound tech came and he said, okay, its fluid in the lungs. Reporter adler diagnosed with a rare lung disorder, chylothorax, affecting less than 1 of babies with fluid building up in his lungs, it makes breathing extremely difficult and could be fatal. He would spend the next 11 days in the nicu. As a parent you feel kind of helpless. Reporter doctors hoping adlers lymphatic system would heal itself. He was on small doses of breast milk and specialized formula through a feeding tube. Every three hours, i would wake up and then do the feeding with him. Thats not how you imagined it. No, not at all. Reporter they thought they were taking their son home but an ultrasound revealed the fluid in his lungs had tripled. Adler rushed to the Childrens Hospital in an ambulance. It just felt like how, how is this possible . Reporter he remained in the hospital for another ten days. He wasnt able to have breast milk because they think that that was causing fluid buildup. Yes, i wanted to breastfeed so badly, and it was a very Emotional Experience to feel like this very natural thing that im supposed to be able to feed my baby is actually partially whats harming him. Reporter finally after three weeks, they took their baby boy home. The family of three quickly settling in. There wasnt anything that didnt feel like the most beautiful, most amazing, most special because even if it was, well, i havent slept at all, it was, but were home. Hes home. Reporter while they enjoyed those special moments at home, fishel says shes always thinking about other parents currently experiencing heartbreak in the nicu. We were one of the luckier families there. Youll never forget the faces of parents who are in that situation and are really, really struggling. What do you want to say to those families . First of all youre incredibly strong and you are doing an amazing job and my prayer and my hope for you is that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Reporter fishel found her light in adler. I will always be able to tell him youve already done hard things. You did one of the hardest things ever when you were first born and so no excuses. You can do hard things. So doctors told them that by his first birthday they believe chylothorax will be a thing of the past. Theyll check his lungs again in december, and danielle and her husband told me that they hope that by sharing their story, they can help just one family who might be going through this same thing and, amy, when adler was born they didnt think he would be breathing but danielle said he let out a scream that first scream and that sound will stay with her forever. A lot of moms can relate to that. Were so happy for her and, of course, spreading such Important Message for everyone to hear. You can read Danielle Fishels essay about mom guilt on our website, goodmorningamerica. Com. Robin, over to you. Now to the 25yearold super saver who managed to save over 100,000 and she did it in just a couple of years. Kaylee hartung is here with how she did it. She has some tips for us, does she . She does, robin. Weve all got the essential bills that we have to pay, but the young woman who youre about to meet will show us what can happen when you really prioritize your spending on Everything Else and make your money work for you. Tory dunlap set an ambitious goal for herself right out of college. Save 100,000 in three years. By the time she was 25. So i read an article about someone saving 100k at 25 and i was probably 21 or 22 when i read the article and i crunched the numbers, did some math and realized that that might be possible for me. Reporter dunlap hit her goal months before her selfimposed deadline. I really focused on prioritybased spending so figuring out what your priorities are in life, what really brings you joy. My friend says you can afford anything. You just cant afford everything. I focused on the things that brought me the most joy. Reporter she spends a lot of money dining out because she loves food but the expenses she was piling up on travel, coffee and clothes, those things werent as important to her, so she prioritized her favorites. A bigger key to her big savings, invest early. So i opened my roth i. R. A. When i was 21 years old. We hear about the pay gap a lot with women. And thats something that we should still of course, continue to talk about, but the things were not talking about is the investing gap, so women either wait to invest longer than men or dont invest at all, and compound interest. If you invest your money, it compounds over time and thats what grows your money. Reporter look for a 401 k match and pay down your high interest debt first. Most Student Loans are not high interest debt. But most credit cards are. Most credit cards are costing you at least 15 , some up to 30 . So thats really whats killing you as far as moving through your Financial Life and being able to conquer your money. Reporter and her number one tip, make your savings run on automatic. The easiest thing you can do even if its 20, 50 a month, automating your savings means that you dont have to think about it. Youre taking the hardest part of your Financial Life and youre doing it first. And tory says shes still setting goals. Next she wants to pay off her car, thats her last remaining piece of debt right now, robin, and i should explain tory through this time had three different full time jobs at different moments, was never making more than 80,000 in any of them, but says another key to her savings, she always had a side hustle and could make tens of thousands of dollars with some of those side hustles she worked at. And it was very helpful she paid for herself through college so she didnt have college debt. She helped her parents. Okay. Well, its working for her. It is. Hopefully for all of us. Thanks so much. Lets get now over to ginger. Ginger. [ applause ] thank you, robin. Its time for your gma moment. This one from cedar rapids, iowa. You know when youre really feeling the music and just cant help yourself. When my kids do that i put up the camera and they stop. Ah, we found a way to do that. Watch little ian. Back against the wall feeling these feelings i never felt before oh, yeah. As the video goes he gets more and more into it. Here he goes. His head goes really wild. There we go. Please do take a moment and drop your funny or fun video. Something that will make us all smile and laugh on a monday and until th [ applause ] all right, this morning we are kicking off gmas ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie week and it is chockfull of amazing recipes. I see what you did there, t. J. , and who better to kick it off than chef Jacques Torres whos here to make his world famous Chocolate Chip Cookie. Welcome. Thank you. [ applause ] and i say world famous because, i mean, this is kind of an american classic, youre french, obviously. Yes. So why did you decide to take on the Chocolate Chip Cookie . Because i love cookies. You know, they are great. They are good. They have chocolates and by the way dip them in wine not milk for the adult. You didnt think we were doing them well enough. You saw us dipping them in milk. The wrong way to go. What about cream and butter . So cream and butter, the butter is cold, let it go for five minutes. At room temperature, do it a little two minutes will be fine then i have here the butter and the sugar, you add the wet ingredients, you add the vanilla, then when everything is mixed you add the dry ingredients. Two different types of flour, why . Thats the secret. Thats the secret. Bread flour and cake flour. Why . Because all purpose flour is good for everything but not really for nothing. You need to make your own mix so by doing 50 50 you do a batch of cookies. You try them. Keep two in the freezer, the cookie dough. You chill the cookie dough . No. No, im sorry. Lets go back. So you mix 50 50, keep a little bit of dough. Next time do 40 50, and cook those cookies together and try the way you like and the way you like them is called adjusting the flour. Now, dont overmix. The flour has protein, and it can add elasticity to the cookies so dont overmix the dough. You dont want to overmix that gluten. The last thing is, chill the dough overnight so the dough going to mature and get more flavor. It has to be chilled . What if we dont . If you dont its okay, but its better chill it. Why . You want those cookies and you jump on them. Tell my kids, well tell my kids, well make them tomorrow now. A pinch of salt on them. Bring the flavor up and then, look, to me, of course, the most important going to be the chocolates. A lot of time you make cookies there is a big picture of cookies. Those chocolate chips didnt melt. So if they dont melt in the oven at 350 degrees, what do you think the chocolate is going to do in your stomach . Its not going to melt. Thats no good. Dont eat bad chocolate. Have good chocolate. It is going to melt into the cookies. These little ones . Those look amazing. These are way better. You know what, i mean you have im working. You have to eat. Thats the way we go here. Okay. You have where is my wine . [ laughter ] wait, so you actually i love this added thing after they come out of the oven, you actually dip them in melted chocolate. Im going to bake them. Have some in the oven behind me. When they are baked let me cool down, melt some chocolates again some good chocolate, the same chocolate that you put inside french chocolate. You know, it doesnt have to be french but, you know, good quality chocolate and then youre going to put a little chocolate on the back of them. You can lose a brush, a spatula, whatever you like. Let them cool down. Or another way to do it, take your cookies, bite your cookies, take your chocolate and eat it like that. Amazing. Its amazing. [ applause ] chef Jacques Torres. You can get this recipe by the way on our website, goodmorningamerica. Com. Weve got day two tomorrow. But its going to be tough to beat this one. Thank you. The cast of blackish is next. Next. The cast of blackish is next. One splashed this red paint on it and gra feety with the words kill all colinizers. Lets get a check on your morning commute. Good morning. Were going back to the freeway. Eastbound 80 at university. Earlier accident was blocking the two left lanes. Its cleared up to the right hand shoulder. Still slow past the scene. It is the reverse, but it is causing some looking views. Look at the bay bridge toll. Youd never notice it was monday morning. Like a ghost town out you know when youre at ross and your new fall look just keeps Getting Better . Check this out thats yes for less. 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Right now were excited about Something Else. We get to hang out with the incredible cast of abcs hit show blackish in times square this morning. [ applause ] weve got the crew, we got anthony anderson, laurence fishburne, Tracee Ellis Ross, miles brown, Marcus Scribner and marsai martin. Welcome to you all. [ applause ] now, its good to see you all and you all have been working for awhile. You all tell me, im going to ask you a question. Tell me the first person that comes to mind. Who is most likely to break character in a scene . Wow. Okay. These two. This one. I would say these two. Yeah. Those two. Is there this one because he never knows his lines. Who is the first person on set . Not me. Not me. Laurence. Definitely laurence. Laurence shows up on a tuesday if the call time is wednesday. Im guessing we might know the answer to this one, sorry, always last to be ready. Oh, thats not me. Thats not you. Oh finally anthony. It takes time to get in my man spanx, sorry. Thank you for that image. I appreciate that so much. Images of anthony in a hair and makeup trailer. Gloves on his hands, oh, yeah. Anthony is ive learned from you, Tracee Ellis Ross. I get my beauty regimen. Anthony and i take the same amount of time in hair and makeup. This is why this works. You continental make this stuff up. The chemistry is so real on screen and off. Talk about how it is working with one another. Most rewarding job ive ever had. Best cast ive ever worked with. Yes. [ applause ] yeah. It gets no better than what weve all been doing for the last six years. Yeah, thats all i can say about everybody here . One of the greatest things for us, i can say i think is watching these young people grow up in front of us and theyve become wonderful, wonderful they were wonderful kids to start with but now theyre young adults and theyve become really wonderful young adults and were very proud of them. [ applause ] now, to that point, marsai, youre 15 now. Im 15. Youll be getting a drivers license when youre 16. Yes. Now, how close you are, theres a promise of a no, a Birthday Gift of a car from this one . Is that real . Is that happening . No one thinks thats real. It is real but it wasnt supposed to be made public to the world. If that is the case i demand a car as well. It was our secret. It was a promise to me. If thats the case i would like a car too. [ laughter ] you get a car. You get a car. You get a car. You get a car. [ cheers and applause ] i knew that was coming. You knew that was coming. [ laughter ] last time you were here, i said to you, oh, you know, i used to love to watch girlfriends and i had no idea about the reunion it was a secret. What was that like getting back together. It was surreal in all honesty. It was like we were merging and most of my scenes were with the cast and not with anthony. Am i joan, am i but it was amazing. It was like no time had passed. The chemistry was still there. It was a great episode about feminism and the intersection of black feminism and white feminism and it was fantastic. But marsai, marcus and miles, were you familiar with girlfriends. You were born the year it premiered. Giving it context. You all were you familiar with yeah. Oh, yeah. I know. Oi remembeing into the audition and i was like, oh, anthony anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross from girlfriends so that was one of the driving factors. Ah, look at that. Yeah, yeah. Big ups. [ laughter ] for real. Lets show a clip for tomorrows episode. Your character, jack, now this, is really a stretch because you are a baller. I know. Some people know. Some people know but like i got to get it out there that this is not real life, yall. This is not this is not this is fiction. Okay. This is fiction. Youll understand when you see this clip right here. Everything started out great. But then it all fell apart. Ooh. Got to watch out there, little buddy. Oh. We cant act all that surprised he got cut. They have a monster Basketball Program and lets face it jack is, you know, hes small for his age. Jack is not small. I was his age when i was 9. Jack is 13. Damn, hes doomed. Hes doomed. [ laughter ] [ applause ] you can play ball ive been playing since i was 3 years old, yeah and its like, you know, its my favorite sport but oh, look, they actually got the picture. Ah. [ laughter ] so was it tough to play the role of being cut . I mean, i wouldnt say it was tough but it was just different because like i had to get into the mode of being sad that i got cut from the Basketball Team when normally thats not the case so like so like, you know its okay. Its okay. So like basketball is my favorite sport and been playing since forever. I can say im decent at the game. Hes pretty good. Im pretty good. [ applause ] that was probably proves probably some of your best acting. You had to act like you couldnt play basketball. Congratulations. Yeah, yeah. What other can we expect another cast reunion of some kind . Would you like to see one in particular . Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. I dont know. I would like to see the cast reunion of pee wees playhouse. Can you imagine. If that came on blackish. Oh, my god. You be the mail lady. Thats crazy. You all bring it each and every time and doing other projects as well. Cant wait to see you back on broadway. Laurence fishburne, thats going to be great. Thats going to be great. Thank you. [ applause ] and thank you all. Thank you, thank you. Thank you. Give your love to your mom. I will. Did she really take some of those emmys home. No, she tried to. They got a thing called emmy security. You can watch blackish tuesday nights 9 30 eastern right here on abc. Coming up, we are about to make someones monday. A amazing surprise for an amazing woman when we come back. You dont want to miss that. [ applause ] n amazing surprise amazing woman when we come back. You dont wa say what you want t say we are back and its time for our series make your monday. We love surprising hard working gma viewers who deserve a break. Youre right, amy. This morning were in pittsburgh at magee Womens Hospital to surprise Mary Ellen Kremer. She is the first person patient to interact with when they get to that hospital and truly goes above and beyond. Will reeve is there and hes about to make mary ellens monday so how is it going there, will . [ cheers and applause ] so far so good. We are just around the corner from mary ellen. Im here with some of her family. Youll meet them in a second. This is mary ellens sister patti. She is my accomplice. Are you ready to surprise your sister. Were ready. Lets do it. Lets walk around the corner. Mary ellen is like right here. Well meet her in a couple of seconds. Shes at this first window. Hi, are you mary ellen. I am. Im will reeve from good morning america. You are live on television right now, just so you know. No. We are going to make your monday. We have so many surprises in store. Do you mind coming out the door here . Are you kidding me. Come on out. Come join us. Please join us. Your sister is right here. Its going to be so great. Come and meet us. Come on over here. There she goes. Come on out. Come and say hello. Hi, youre on good morning america. How are you . Nice to see you and your sister is here as well. Oh, my goodness. P an earpiece on you . Oh, my gosh. Youll be ae to hear the show. Are you kidding me . We have heard all the Amazing Things you do for so many people. So many people love you but we want to show america why you deserve to have your monday made. Take a look. Oh, my gosh. With a laugh that lights up the room Mary Ellen Kremer is known for making everyone around her smile. You hear her laugh and its infectious. Its a feel good moment. And so many of our patients really need that. Reporter shes the friendly face at magee Womens Hospital in pittsburgh. How are you, sweetie . Reporter who makes you feel like family. Mary ellen is all heart. She is all heart and theres nothing in the world she loves better than comforting people. She was born to do it. Reporter and its her extra bit of love that makes an impact turning hospital wristbands into something special. She puts all kinds of stickers on them and just what she calls bedazzles them. I think she bedazzles their heart and theyve never for gotten her. Reporter her family is most excited for this make your monday surprise. Hes going to say, i cant believe you didnt tell me. Look, my hair. You knew you shouldnt have done that. [ applause ] how are you feeling . Im feeling really shocked. Im waiting for someone to tell me its a surprise. It is a surprise. Did you know . Did you have no idea at all. No idea at all. My goodness, im like im so humbled. Thank you so much, everybody. Look. Speaking of everybody, lets go see all these people. We have your family over here. Oh everyone here at the hospital who is here to cheer you on. [ applause ] oh. Congratulations. I love you so much. You guys, husband joe, brother and niece jillian and patti. Patti, how do you think it went . Did this go as you expected . Oh, yeah, pretty much. Pretty much. Ive been lying to you so much. [ laughter ] she told me she was going to take me to lunch today. Okay. So you are going to get to get off work today. Were giving you the day off. Oh, no. You got your shift covered. There is a car outside with all those balloons. Thats for you. Sir. Youre going to the Fairmont Hotel in pittsburgh and a spa day and family coming for dinner and overnight stay and the president of the hospital here has this lovely gift for you. A gift basket. Thank you. [ applause ] oh, thank you. Thank you so much. Look at all these people who love you. So many people who just know how amazing you are because of all you do to help make peoples day a little better so we wanted to ke your monday just a little better from all of us at gma. This is just overwhelming. I dont even know what to say but i love my job and my dad always told us love what you do. Love what you do and its not going to be work and this is exactly the way i feel every day. Its not like work to me. I love my patients so much and just love you all. Thank you so much. Theove yo and youre going to go enjoy your day. Wow. Youll get in the car and have the best day ever. Hope we made your monday. Oh, my god, you did. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] always brings tears to my eyes to see how genuinely surprised they are. And how humble they are. They always want to say thank you to others and we want to thank them and thats the only thing they can think of is showing gratitude. Even on the spot she brought it home, back to her dad. It was about her dad. That was cool. If you know someone who deserves to have their monday made message us on facebook or instagram at good morning america, we love surprising you. We do. All right, ginger. Oh, so sweet, we love that. I love a good surprise. One that was planned and that was that more humidity for the west coast so theyve actually had tfire andfire andfire andfie and now with riverdale superstar Camila Mendes proudly partnering with our sponsor secret and i know secret has a new deodorant out that has essential oils. It has essential oils which im like i heard youre a big essential oils fan. I have them on today. Oh, my god. Amazing. Avalanche. I have avalanche. I like that, i like rosemary, i like a lot of them. I loved partnering with them because you want to always do campaigns you feel like you resonate with. You know what i mean so you can actually genuinely be like the face of something or endorse it and ive always been a big essential oils fan so this lines up perfectly. So that grew you to the project. What else . Why else do this . I think like when they always been a user of secret but then i also wanted to do a little Like Research about the brand and i saw that like they donated 500,000 to the u. S. Womens soccer team to kind of like to bridge that pay gap, you know, i thought that was really cool and i think its cool when brands take responsibility and like take action on like important topics. I know there are not just one but many. Do you have a fave . Avalanche. Avalanche sticks with you. Lavender. Very much looking forward to see more from you and secret with essential oils is valuable now at target. Speaking of secret, by the way, everybody here in our audience is going home with one so you all get some. Thank you so much. Up next weve got the wnba champions, the washington mystics are right here. Gmas inspiring spring sponsored by secret. 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. We are back now. Newly crowned champions of the wnba, the washington mystics beat the connecticut sun in a dramatic fifth game to claim the title. First in franchise history. Joining us now league mvp Elena Delle Donne here and Kristi Toliver and mike thibault. First of all, congratulations. It was an exciting. I know you didnt want it to go five but exciting. Teammates in the front row and some of the Staff Members here as well. [ applause ] so i want to i want to take you back, the moment, the final buzzer goes off, you know youve won it. You started your career in chicago, you came to washington a couple of years ago for this very purpose to win. So what was that moment like when you knew it was differented. All my dreams came true. I dropped the ball i think a little too early and i just held her and we were hugging and crying. Its just hard to put that into words but dreams came true. They came for a lot of people. Yeah. [ applause ] all right. You know, toliver is my mothers maiden name so ive always felt a little kinship with you. That warms my heart. Not New Territory for you. You won a National Championship playing for maryland. Go, terps, then you won the wnba title with l. A. Now have you this title here. So what does this one mean to you . Ooh, everything, you know, we had a goal in mind when we got here late to the party and we just it just feels so validating to really accomplish your goal in such a short time. Ive won three different championships on three Different Levels but the cmon denominator has been my teammates. Thisser thiss they are just my best friends. I know, the way you played like that. All right, coach mike, my goodness. You are a record setter. No coach has won more games in the wnba than this man right here. Yes. [ applause ] im old. Doesnt mean youre old. What does this mean . Its funny. Ive been asked that so many times in the last week, its meant more to watch the smiles on their faces than anything else. When you start out as a coach you think of yourself as a teacher and you just want to see your students or whatever just get better on and off the court and i got spoiled when i first started in pro basketball. I won as an assistant in l. A. And i thought, this stuff is easy. Its not easy at all. Its hard. And to watch them buy into what we were trying to do as a group and they trust each other so much, its been its just watching the smiles on their face after the game was the best part. I have to say i had the honor of being courtside for game three. I know i was there as a guest of the sung but youre opposition and she was giving me sideeyes the whole time no, no, no, but, you, i remember whe you said to me thank you for showing support. That meant so much. During the game you looked over, saw me there and we want to support you. The league is going strong. Its only going to get stronger and stronger and congratulations to each and every one of you bringing home that title. Proud of you. Proud of you all. All right. Youre a part of us aaddiction. How juuline hooked kids and ignited an Public Health crisis. Other news outtst juul took 12. 8 billion from big tobacco. Markets ecigarettes with kid friendly flavors and uses nicotine to addict them. 5 million kids use ecigarettes. Juul is following big tobaccos playbook. And now, juul is pushing prop c to overturn eigarette protections. Vote no on juul. No on big tobacco. No on prop c. Hes a bit more brave. Oh. Look. They are the champions. Have a great day, everybody. Good morning. Heres lisa with the forecast. Good morning to you. We have some sun, but also still some fog from our east bay hills cmera and in the 40s on the peninsula. 52 downtown. Sun in the city but the sea breeze will keep you in the low to mid60s today. 42 in santa rosa. Napa has cleared out. 66, san matteo, upper 70s in livermore and about the same tomorrow. I guess some folks have today off because take a look a at the bay bridge toll plaza. No back up. Here at all. We have a tesla versus a big rig south 680 near Mission Street and fog in the north bay so be careful that. That gold represents limited visibility. All right. Time now for live with kelly and ryan. Well be back at 11 00 with midday live. Announcer its live with kelly and ryan. Today, from the film motherless brooklyn, edward norton. Mentalist derren brown gets into the head of kelly. And kicking off our live home week. All knocks on live. And now, here are kelly ripa and Ryan Seacrest [cheers and applause] ryan hey hey whats up . [cheers and applause]