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Pence jonins us this morning. Those Deadly Wildfires in the west just keep growing. Hundreds of blazes burning out of control. Were live from the fire zone and the double tropical threat. Two possible hurricanes now on track for the south. Florida and texas already hit hard by the pandemic now bracing for the powerful storms. Arrested. President trumps former campaign chief and top adviser steve bannon charged with defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors to build a border wall. Bannon taken into custody on 150foot, 28 million luxury yacht. College covid crackdown. Health officials warn about parties driving the spread. At least 22 states reporting outbreaks on campuses. North carolina state blames offcampus parties for moving to online classes. Judgment day. Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband just hours away from learning their fate as a judge gets ready to hand down their sentences on zoom. Both about to face prison time, but for how long . And friendly competition. Okay, you want to play . Okay, lets play. Jennifer aniston versus Courteney Cox in an epic game of pool but which star is the ultimate shark . Hit me with your best shot fire away good morning, america. Happy friday to you all. Its a big it was a big night for joe biden last night. Definitely was and take a look at this. Its a real sign of the times. The end of an unconventional convention, the socially distant drivein celebration with fireworks after the former Vice President formally accepted his partys nomination for president. That speech more than three decades in the making. Biden put the covid crisis front and center in this election, laid out the stakes in sharp terms and promised to be a president for all americans. Mary bruce is in wilmington, delaware, with all the highlights. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, george. This was the most important speech of joe bidens political life. One he has waited decades to deliver. It was passionate and personal. The strongest remarks yet of his campaign. The new nominee pitching himself as the man who can meet this moment and help heal a nation saying he can restore hope in times of darkness. Joe biden overnight celebrating a moment more than 30 years in the making. Accepting the nomination with a passionate promise to unite the country. This is our moment, this is our mission. May history be able to say that the end of this chapter of american darkness began here tonight as love and hope and light join in the battle for the soul of the nation and this is a battle we will win and well do it together. I promise you. Reporter biden declaring he is the leader who can guide the country back into the light. The current president has cloaked american darkness for much too long. Too much anger, too much fear, too much division. Here and now i give you my word, if you entrust me with the presidency, i will draw on the best of us, not the worst. Ill be an ally of the light, not the darkness. Reporter speaking to the nation from a virtually empty room, biden was introduced by the family members who urged him to run including his four granddaughters and even his late son, beau. My father, my hero, joe biden. [ applause ] reporter in his address biden didnt mention Donald Trumps name once, but he was blunt in saying america cannot afford another four years of his presidency. If hes given four more years, hell be what hes been for the last four years. The president takes no responsibility, refuses to lead, blames others. Cozies up to dictators and fans the flames of hate and division. Hell wake up every day believing the job is all about him, never about you. Reporter instead, biden vowed to be a president for all americans. Ill work hard for those who didnt support me, as hard as i do for those who did vote for me. Reporter attacking trumps response to the pandemic biden said his first priority, get the virus under control. Our current president has failed in his most basic duty to the nation. Hes failed to protect us. Hes failed to protect america. And, my fellow americans, that is unforgivable. Reporter and in his moment of reconning, biden optimistic change is coming. History has thrust one more urgent task on us, will we be the generation that finally wipes out racism from our National Character . I believe were up to it. I believe were ready. Reporter as voters make their choice, biden making clear whats at stake. Character is on the ballot. Compassion is on the ballot. Decency, science, democracy, theyre all on the ballot. Who we are as a nation, what we stand for, most importantly who we want to be, thats all on the ballot. And the choice could not be more clear. Reporter now the president once again was tweeting throughout much of the night and just as joe biden was wrapping up his remarks, trump wrote, quote, in 47 years joe did none of the things of which he now speaks. He will never change, just words. George . The case hell be making at the Republican Convention next week and robin and david muir will sit down with joe biden and Kamala Harris on sunday at 8 00 p. M. Michael . Thank you, george. Now to the california wildfire emergency thats taken a deadly turn. At least six people have now been killed. The flames rapidly spreading scorching more than 560,000 acres across the entire state forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes. Clayton sandell is in napa county with the latest this morning. Good morning, clayton. Reporter hey, good morning to you, michael. One of the many wildfires here came roaring through napa county overnight. You can see this garage building here behind me destroyed. A van parked inside or what used to be a van. The good news is that the house down the hill here was saved, but not by professional firefighters. It was saved by civilians who are fighting to save their community. This morning, california is fighting a losing battle as destructive and deadly new fires ignite all over the state. We are still sitting at zero percent containment. Reporter around the clock crews are battling massive flames that have already destroyed at least 175 homes, threatening 50,000 more. This is huge. This is almost unprecedented. Reporter Authorities Say at least six people have died and two are missing. Across california, there are simply too many fires and not enough firefighters. Some of these fires were allowed to smolder because, frankly, we didnt have the resources to get out there and put eyes on them. Reporter private citizens are now taking matters into their own hands. In napa county we met residents who formed a renegade fire brigade bringing their own hoses and chainsaws. Desperately racing to save a neighbors home. This is a community. This isnt the first fire. So, yes, of course i know everybody pitches in. It doesnt matter whether its your property or not. Reporter it was too late to save the barn. These people are making a desperate effort to try and save these structures here. You can see that one is already completely engulfed. But with an assist from helicopters above they stopped the flames just a few feet from the front door. How many homes have you been able to save . Probably four for sure, four ranches. Reporter conditions getting worse for people in the fire zone with blackouts, a grueling heat wave and nearly unbreathable, unhealthy air. If im thinking about it too hard ill just start crying. Reporter officials are warning civilian not to form their own fire bribrigades. They say theyre putting their lives here in danger. Folks we met here say theyll be out here as long as it takes. George . Thanks very much. We turn now to the arrest of President Trumps former campaign chief and Top White House strategist steve bannon. Taken into custody from a 150foot yacht. Bannon is the sixth closest trump associate to be indicted joining paul manafort, rick gates, roger stone, Michael Cohen and former National Security adviser michael flynn. Jon karl has the story. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, george. Steve bannon is calling the charges against him a fiasco. He has pleaded not guilty but these are serious allegations against the president s former chief strategist accused of ripping off hundreds of thousands of people, most if not all of them almost certainly trump supporters. Overnight steve bannon appeared defiant as he emerged from a new york courthouse after pleading not guilty to charges of Money Laundering and fraud. Bannon was arrested while aboard this 28 million luxury yacht owned by an exiled chinese billionaire off the coast of connecticut. Bannon ran Donald Trumps president ial campaign in 2016 and went to the white house as his chief strategist. He and three others are accused of defrauding hundreds of thousands of people, allegedly profiting off a scheme to raise money to help build President Trumps promised wall on the mexican border. Build that wall. Build that wall. Reporter with a group called we the build wall, bannon and the others raised 25 million promising to build a section of the wall themselves and offering donors a brick with their names on it. Youre not going to last forever but your brick will. Reporter this is a fundraising video of the group from february 2019. Its really the heart of the trump movement. I think its one of the reasons if not the reason that Donald Trumps president of the United States. Reporter the group was who lost three limbs in iraq. An air force vet who lost three limbs in iraq. In fundraising pitches he insisted every penny raised would go to the wall. Everyone who donates right now, your money goes towards this wall, 100 of your money goes towards the wall. Its not going to line someones pocket. Im taking zero dollars as a salary. No compensation. Its going towards the wall. Reporter the indictment alleges kolfage used hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay for personal expenses including home renovation, payment towards a boit, a luxury suv, a golf cart, jewelry, cosmetic surgery, personal tax payments and credit card debt. The indictment alleges bannon himself used hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay for his own expenses. President trump called the charges very sad and downplayed his connections to bannon who he fired three years ago. I feel very badly. I havent been dealing with him for a long period of time. Reporter the president said he never liked the build the wall campaign. When i read about it, i didnt like it. I said this is for government, this isnt for private people and it sounded to me like showboating. Reporter but the president s son donald trump jr. Promoted the project at an event last year saying it is exactly the kind of thing the private sector should be doing. This is private enterprise at its finest doing it better, faster, cheaper than anything else. And what you guys are doing is pretty amazing. Reporter in a statement donald trump jr. Said that other than the speech he never supported the project and said if the allegations are true, quote, the group deserves to be held accountable. Bannon has been released on 5 million bail. His travel is restricted to the new york and d. C. Areas and, cecilia, he is also not allowed to travel on private jets or yachts. Okay, jon, thank you so much. Well stay in washington and the postmaster general is now set to testify later today on capitol hill. This Senate Hearing comes after trump ally louis dejoy implemented costcutting initiatives that many say led to service delays around the country. He since backtracked on those plans, but the accusations that mailin voting would be in jeopardy for the election remain. On monday dejoy will also testify before the House Oversight committee. Were going to turn to the latest on the coronavirus emergency with cases in the u. S. Nearing 5. 6 million. This as we see a covid19 crackdown at colleges around the country happening now as students are returning to campuses and ignoring those health warnings. Whit johnson joins us with more. Good morning, whit. Reporter cecilia, good morning to you. Here at New York University you can see the large testing tent behind me here. Thats because students are required to get a covid19 test before they can go back to class and theres a mandatory 14day quarantine for anyone whos coming here from hot spots, but what many colleges are learning across the country is that their safety plans only go so far if students dont listen. This morning, Health Officials sounding the alarm about wild College Parties driving the spread of coronavirus. This video sparking outrage and an investigation at syracuse university, a Large Group Gathering on the quad. The vice chancellor saying it may have done damage enough to shut down campus. I think maybe syracuse should take this as a sign to just just to stop the semester and allow people to do remote and online. Reporter nationwide at least 22 states reporting outbreaks on college campuses. N. C. State the latest to move to online instruction blaming offcampus parties for covid clusters. Purdue suspending 36 students for a Party Wednesday night and the university of kansas reporting 87 students tested positive linking a large majority of those cases to fraternities and sororities. Its irresponsible for us to return at the capacity that we are and under its current plan. Reporter at notre dame the Football Team canceling practice for a second day after five players tested positive. That school already switching to Remote Learning with more than 300 cases. Dr. Deborah birx of the Coronavirus Task force urging universities to beef up their testing capabilities to process thousands of samples in a single day. Each university not only has to do entrance testing, but what we really talked to every university about is being able to do surge testing. Reporter now, the chief adviser to the u. S. Vaccine effort, operation warp speed, says we should know if we have a safe and effective vaccine by the end of this year but he also predicts that vaccine likely wont be widely available to most americans until as late as june of 2021. Michael . All right, whit, thank you for that. Appreciate it. Now we turn to that double tropical threat. Two possible hurricanes now on track for the south and, of course, ginger is tracking the latest for us this morning. Good morning, ginger. Reporter michael, ive never seen this and weve not seen two hurricanes in the gulf of mexico since 1933. Were going to see this from the keys all the way to texas. South eastern bahamas, puerto rico involved there. Then it makes it way back into the gulf. Plenty of hot water for these two potential hurricanes. This one be on alert. Cecelia . Very rough out there. Thanks so much. We turn to the latest on Vladimir Putins common rival in a this morning, suspected of being poisoned. Ian pannell joins us with more on this, ian, there is now a push to get him out of russia for treatment . Reporter yeah, thats right, and russian doctors controversially claiming that he wasnt poisoned after all and, yes, theyre still refusing to let him fly to europe for treatment and this is against the wishes of his family, colleagues and his doctor. Were just hearing german doctors have been granted access to see him. The 44yearold as you know is russias highest profile opposition leader, vocal critic of the kremlin and Vladimir Putin and became ill on a flight to moscow. This video from the airport shows the activist before he boarded the plane. His spokesperson saying he was poisoned possibly in a cup of tea that he drank there. Now, on the plane can you hear a painful moaning in a video recorded by passengers. Others filmed as the plane makes a landing in siberia and navalny is put onto a stretcher and rushed to the hospital. Navalnys team claim that they were told the substance in his system was dangerous for anyone to be around him and they accuse the kremlin of blocking his evacuation from siberia in a deliberate attempt to cover up his poisoning. The russian government is accused of poisoning its critics in the past, of course, george . What a precarious situation, thanks very much. Were following judgment day for Lori Loughlin. Full house star and her husband hours away from sentencing. 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Cant get enough of those friends and, of course, this morning Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox are the stars of our play of the day. You dont want to miss it. Thats coming up later in the show. Fun flashback right there. Following a lot of headlines. Joe biden now the official democratic nominee for president. He laid out his vision last night, vowed to get the pandemic under control, attacked President Trumps response to it. Promised to be a president for all americans and the shift to the republicans. Well hear from Vice President mike pence in our next hour. Right now Deadly Wildfires scorching more than 560,000 acres. Tens of thousands have fleed their homes. The south is bracing for a double tropical threat. Two possible hurricanes now on track for florida and texas after those states have already been hit very hard by the pandemic. Hoping for the best for them. We are going to turn to judgment day for actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion mogul husband. The couple agreeing to plead guilty in that College Admissions cheating scandal. Now set to learn their sentencing fate in a few hours and Deborah Roberts has more on this including, deb, some new details in the case. Good morning. Reporter good morning, cecilia. Yeah, this is the day that Lori Loughlin and her husband fought for about a year to try to avoid. But in just a few hours like the more than two dozen other parents, wealthy parents, caught up in this scheme, theyre going to learn just how long theyll trade their comfortable lifestyle for prison. 17 months after her shellshocking arrest Lori Loughlin is about to face prison time. The question is, how long . The actress and husband Fashion Designer Mossimo Giannulli likely to spend months behind bars for their roles in the College Admissions scandal. Theyll face a judge during a zoom sentencing just hours from now. This after an aboutface in may when they accepted a plea deal they previously rejected. The two accused of paying 500,000 to consultant rick singer story get their daughters into usc, one of them youtube star olivia jade. Welcome back. Reporter in a memo filed monday federal prosecutors accused the couple of allowing their children to become complicit in crime and coaching their daughter olivia jade how to conceal the scheme from her high school counselor. Loughlin allegedly calling the counselor a weasel and her husband using an expletive calling him nosy. Experts say their daughters alleged involvement could lead to tougher punishment for her parents. The judges in varsity blues have had little patience for parents who involved their children. This has come back to hurt parents again and again when they come in and thats one reason why youre seeing varying sentences. Reporter neither daughter has been charged. Other parents have already served prison time including Felicity Huffman who served 11 days after pleading guilty. Loughlin, a firsttime offender, is likely to be sentenced to stay in a similar minimum security camp. Prison consultant Jennifer Meyers who went to jail herself prepares other firsttime offenders saying itll be a hard transition for the star. Prison is not a comfortable place to be. Its barren. Shell be going in and living beside women that she would never and has never been around before from different backgrounds, women that are unlike her. Reporter loughlin and her husband pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud among other charges, something similar to another parent who was recently sentenced to nine months despite his remorse. So far no personal words from this couple as they wait to hear what the judge will do. Cecelia . Yeah, thanks, deb. We bring that to dan abrams with more on this. Hey, dan, good morning to you. Lets start with what the prosecutors are recommending right now. Two months in jail for loughlin, five months for her husband. Based on what youve seen so far in this case, are they likely to get that much time . Yeah, i expect that theyll get exactly that amount of time. This is a little different than some of the other cases weve seen where the judge has had a range of possible sentences that could be meeted out so a range of three to six months, 6 to 12 months. Here its pretty definitive in the amount that the prosecutors have agreed to with the defendant so i think this judge will either have to accept this as is or reject it as is and i think its likely that the judge will accept it. Deb just mentioned this at the end her piece, that we didnt see any letters of support filed by the couple or any letters expressing regret. It seems like usually you often see that in cases like this. Does that strike you as odd . Its a little odd, but i think there are two reasons. First of all because theyre expecting a definitive sentence that theres not much discretion here for the judge and, secondly, ill bet that theyre worried that any of those letters would be used against them. Meaning if you go into this assuming letters arent going to make a difference, i think they were worried those letters would be taken out of context. People would use phrases from it and say, Lori Loughlin tries to get out of prison time by sending in a letter about what a nice person she is and so i think they did a cost benefit analysis here and determined its not going to make a difference. The judge is either going to have to accept or reject and these letters really could almost only hurt us in the court of public opinion. We know that the prison sentencing was delayed because of covid. Any sense of what they might be looking at in terms of the conditions once they do go in . Right, well, that becomes a bureau of prisons issue as opposed to something that the judge would specifically be able to deal with. And, of course, there are still questions about federal prisons around the country as to whether they are letting people out. But i would think in this case if there was any wiggle room, the bureau of prisons is going to lean towards making sure they serve time, the last thing that they want to be accused of is giving them some sort of benefit and i think that theyll certainly err on the side of caution if given a choice and certainly try and make them serve that time behind bars. Well find out in a few hours. Dan abrams, thank you very much. We turn to the nba playoffs. The big stars of the night, Giannis Antetokounmpo led the charge with a big game and Anthony Davis carried the lakers to a much needed win and will reeve has more on all the action on the court. I like that greek flare there, george. You know you had a good night when lebron james calls you a unicorn. They lessened the danger of having their bubbles burst by evening their series at one apiece and got an allaccess look at lebrons competitive fire along the way. Overnight, the competition heating up in the bubble. To lebron. Lbj, alleyoop. Reporter as two of the top teams rebound, the Milwaukee Bucks coming back in game two of the playoffs. Reigning mvp Giannis Antetokounmpo leading them to victory after their surprising loss in game one. Giannis with a long arm lefthanded throwdown. Reporter the lakers bouncing back too. Star Anthony Davis putting up more than 30 points in under 30 minutes. The lakers winning their game two against the portland trailblazers after their surprising loss in their game one. Keep going. Keep going. Reporter lebron james miked up for the game. Lets go reporter giving fans an inside glimpse at the superstar. Its our ball, aint it . Its our ball. Hey, its our ball. Reporter lebron not the only player making news on the sideline. Russell restbrook injured but not just sitting the game out. Hes been a coach, a teammate, a cheerleader, so active. Reporter coaching his Houston Rockets teammates from the bench. What type of impact did he have in your huddle . Better be enough. Russell is a leader. Hes our leader. So his communication and Voice Matters to us. Reporter as they secured their second playoff victory against the Oklahoma City thunder. From downtown. Reporter for the Lakers Lebrons ten points were the fewest hes ever scored in a win in his playoff career. Helps to have another allstar by your side like Anthony Davis. He had 31 points. More action today. The raptors start things off and the clippers looking to regain their series lead over dallas in the nightcap. Guys . Cannot wait for that. A lot of good basketball coming up this weekend. Thank you so much. 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Reporter hey, michael, good morning. On one hand have you a strict Face Covering policy and on the other you have a mother who says she cant force a 2yearold to wear a mask. Now this dilemma playing out right on video. What are you doing . Reporter cameras rolling wednesday as a mom is being told to get off a jetblue flight from orlando to newark because her 2yearold daughter would not wear a mask. Shes 2 years old. Its on your website. I was so taken aback. I said what did i do . Why . Reporter chaya bruck was traveling with her six kids when her youngest just wouldnt wear that mask. And she started crying she didnt want to wear one. They said she has to do it. It has to cover her nose and mouth. I said what am i supposed to do . Should i tie her hands and feet . How am i supposed to force her . Reporter other passengers joaning joining in to support her. I stuck up for her. Reporter this woman says when she did her family was also kicked off the flight. Jetblue says she and others became uncooperative and they were issued a full refund and escorted from the gate. Theyre trying to make it seem about my son because he was eating french fries boarding the plane and didnt have a mask on. Reporter jetblue says it sends customers this email before the flight that reads all travellers 2 years of age and older must wear a Face Covering and that the policy was updated two weeks ago. But bruck says the jetblue website said this on wednesday, children who are not able to maintain a Face Covering are exempt from the requirements. If you had to do it all over again, would you travel now during the pandemic after this experience . Absolutely not. It was extremely traumatizing for me and my family. Reporter and jetblue says that sorry. The mother says that a jetblue executive did call her to apologize. By the way, most Major Airlines do have similar policies in place and the cdc says that children 2 and up should be wearing a Face Covering. Michael . Its hard with a 2yearold. They call it terrible 2s for a reason. The navy s. E. A. L. Who says he killed osama bin laden, hes making headlines for a picture he posted. Reporter oh, he sure is. Lets show you that picture, michael. He posted it on twitter on a delta flight. You can see him right there and he was seen on that flight not wearing a mask. He says his wife later deleted the photo from his account. Now he says delta has banned him. Clearly the airlines are taking this very, very seriously. All right. Thank you, gio. You can delete the picture but you cannot delete the fact he didnt have a mask on on the plane. Coming up later we have the one, the only, the hilarious Ali Wentworth joining us live. Get ready, george. Get ready. I havent seen her in a week. Its good. Im glad shes coming on. I have a lot material. Trust me, youre in trouble. Our play of the day is next. Come on, you dont fight fair come on you dont fight fair managingaudreys on it. S . Eating right. 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Laying out his vision for the nation facing what he calls a perfect storm of crises vowing to get this pandemic under control and attacking President Trumps response to it as the focus now shifts to the republicans, Vice President pence joins us this morning. Also this morning, Deadly Wildfires in the west. Hundreds of blazes burning out of control. Crews battling the flames around the clock. The latest from the fire zone. Double tropical threat. Two possible hurricanes now on track for the south. One on a potential path to florida, the other to texas. Ginger with the timing and track. I got bills gmas study guide. As more than 4 Million Students start school virtually, we have budgetfriendly solutions. Great deals on laptops and tablets for under 200. Go big or go home and get ready for the pets of the week, meet calvin, samson and cleo. One terrific trio, one unforgettable bond as we say, good morning, america. Good morning, america. On this friday, were glad youre with us this morning and we cannot wait for you to meet our adorable pets of the week. Yeah, not one but two, maybe three, i think. It is a busy friday morning here, of course, after joe bidens big night. Take a look at how one new jersey family celebrated. Thats their homemade balloon drop. Theyre doing a good job. I will say it feels a little weird without the balloons this year. They were stationary behind joe biden. Didnt quite work in the same way. Well get the latest on the former Vice President s speech last night. He put the covid19 crisis front and center and laid out the stakes in stark terms and drew a sharp contrast with President Trump as he promised to be a president for all americans. Mary bruce is in wilmington, delaware with all the highlights. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, george. Well, this was a passionate and personal speech. The strongest remarks yet of bidens campaign. The new nominee pitching himself as the man who can meet this moment saying he can heal the nation. Joe biden overnight celebrating a moment more than 30 years in the making. Accepting the nomination with a passionate promise to unite the country. This is our moment. This is our mission. May history be able to say that the end of this chapter of american darkness began here tonight as love and hope and light join in the battle for the soul of the nation. And this is a battle we will win and well do it together. I promise you. Reporter biden declaring he is the leader who can guide the country back into the light. If you entrust me with the presidency, i will draw on the best of us, not the worst. I will be an ally of the light, not the darkness. Reporter speaking to the nation from a virtually empty room, biden was introduced by the family members who urged him to run, including his four granddaughters and even his late son, beau. My father, my hero, joe biden. [ applause ] reporter in his address biden didnt mention Donald Trumps name once, but he was blunt in saying america cannot afford another four years of his presidency. If hes given four more years, hell be what hes been for the last four years. The president takes no responsibility, refuses to lead, blames others, cozies up to dictators and fans the flames of hate and division. Reporter instead, biden vowed to be a president for all americans. Ill work hard for those who didnt support me, as hard for them as i did for those who did vote for me. Reporter and just as biden was wrapping up his remarks the president tweeting, quote, in 47 years joe did none of the things of which he now speaks. He will never change, just words. Michael, perhaps a preview of the message to come at next weeks Republican Convention. Im sure it is a preview for sure. Mary, thank you so much for that. 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Desperately racing to save a neighbors home. How many homes have you been able to save . Probably four for sure, four ranches. Reporter as the days drag on, things are getting worse. Grully heat waves, black out and nearly unbreathable, unhealthy air. George . Okay, thanks very much. Coming up, Vice President mike pence with the trump administrations response to joe bidens speech at the Democratic Convention. Also this morning, Angelina Jolie revealing who inspired her to be in the starstudded new movie, the one and only ivan. And get ready. Ali wentworth joins us live to talk about her new podcast and much, much more. Thats all coming up right here on gma. Gmas morning menu is sponsored by u. S. Bank. Let u. S. Bank turn your new inspiration into your next pursuit. , why . I see a new kitchen with a grill and ask, why not . I really need to start adding less to cart and more to savings. Sitting on this couch so long made me want to make some changes. Starting with this couch. 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Joe biden put the covid crisis at the center of his speech last night. He promised getting control of the virus will be his top priority, and said President Trump, quote, failed in his most basic duty to the nation, failed to protect us when the virus hit. Your response . I couldnt be more proud of the leadership President Trump has provided from the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. Remember, when President Trump took the unprecedented step of suspending all travel from china before we had a Single Person to person transmission of the coronavirus in this country, joe biden condemned it. He called it xenophobic and literally for months and months was critical of the president s response. And frankly, if we had done what joe biden wanted to do, the losses would have been much, much more. He said he supported that move. The president said many times he said he supported it months and months later. It was literally after probably everybody in the country recognized the difference that President Trumps leadership made. But, you know, its remarkable when you looked at that speech last night, literally everything that joe biden said that we should be doing on the coronavirus, President Trump has been doing from very early on. In early february we started a march toward a vaccine in record time and while joe biden said last night that there will be no miracle cure, we actually believe that its very likely before the end of this year that well have one or more vaccines for the American People and. In fact, were producing tens of millions of those vaccines right now. As soon as the fda determines one is safe and effective, were going to have literally millions of doses. One of the things the Vice President said is he said he wants mask mandates all over the country. The president did not support that. The president also said many times it would never get this bad. Back in april you said well largely have this epidemic behind us by memorial day, more than 75,000 americans have died since then. At a minimum havent you and the president underestimated the severity of this crisis and is there anything more you could have done . Well, look, i think its important for all of us to recognize, as i think most americans, do that weve all been learning all along the way. You know, on your network in late february and early march there was a minimizing of the threat of the coronavirus. We were listening to our scientists along the way. And, frankly, by memorial day, the massive increases in cases and losses in places like new york and new jersey and connecticut and elsewhere were largely behind us. And many of our best experts thought we might be going into a summer respite like a seasonal flu which abates in the summertime. We called on american industry to produce supplies and ventilators, to develop a vaccine, to reinvent testing. Where today weve done more than 70 million tests in this country. I truly do believe that the way youre seeing cases declining now, the way that we believe will continue to see losses decline in the days ahead, its a great tribute to the American People. Its a great tribute to our health care workers. But were going to stay focused on dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. But in the days between now and election day, well take the case of the american response to this pandemic to the American People. If thats all true, why is the sustained death rate in the United States so much higher than other developing countries especially the European Countries as joe biden has pointed out in his speech . We have 5 of the worlds population and about 25 of the worlds deaths. Well, george, look, the reality is that our mortality rate now with more than 5. 5 million cases identified is among the lowest in the world and were going to continue to work every day to provide the kind of medicines and treatments that reduce that. Im absolutely convinced in my heart of hearts that we will have lost hundreds of thousands of more americans but for the strong leadership of President Donald Trump and the cooperation of the American People. President trump said this week, the only way well lose the election is if the election is rigged. Is that what you believe . Look, were going to take a strong stand for ballot integrity. And, when you see democrat politicians and governors around the country advancing whats called universal mailin balloting, were going to fight efforts to compromise the integrity of this election with universal Even Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell said voting by mail is a, quote, nonexistent problem. Let me ask you the question again. Do you agree with the president when he says the only way youll lose this election is if the election is rigged . I dont think theres any question that if we have widespread voter fraud, which i think universal mailin voting invites i mean, i didnt see the majority leaders comment, but i want to agree that absentee balloting is not a problem in america. Look at nevada and other states around the country, george, theyre literally wanting to mail ballots out to every household in the state without the kind of accountability thats existed in our time honored absentee balloting system. By definition if joe biden wins, its not a Fair Election . Well, look, were going to make sure its a Fair Election. The American People are going to have a choice between a president whos rebuilt our military, revived our economy, appointed conservatives to our courts and stood strong with the men and women of Law Enforcement versus joe biden, the democratic party, overtaken by the radical left that want higher taxes, socialized medicine, open borders, abortion on demand and spoke not one word in their entire convention about the violence thats claiming lives in the streets of cities across this country. Were going to lay that choice out and i know the American People are going to choose four more years of President Donald Trump in the white house. We will be watching that Convention Next week. Mr. Vice president , thank you for your time this morning. Thank you, george. Prime time coverage here all next week and now to ginger. Reporter george, two hurricanes in the gulf of mexico at the same time. That is a real possibility going into early next week, so really monday is when youll start to see impacts but tuesday through thursday well be talking about what will likely be laura and marco, both that will drop significant rain. Some places could see upwards of close to a foot but impacts will be fine tuned as we get closer. Please Pay Attention this weekend. Lets go ahead and get a check now time for a friday edition of pop news with lara spencer and riva and cocoa. Reporter hey, guys. Good morning and happy friday. Were going to begin this morning with the band queen, and new music. Yep, 28 years after the death of the incredible freddie mercury, the band now with adam lambert as lead singer will release a new album called queen and adam live around the world. Brian may said it seems the perfect time for us to create a collection of handpicked live highlights from our queen shows over the last seven years with our brother adam lambert. The album will have highlights from the over 200 shows they have performed together since lambert joined the band in 2011. They have had to cancel almost 30 shows this year due to the pandemic. But you can get your fix when queen and adam live around the world comes out october 2nd. Really looking forward to that. Also popping this morning, little flashback friday. I remember when we all at gma were told we were switching to the iphone. George, i know you remember as well, how sad we were. We loved the feel of the blackberry. Well, good news for all of us dinosaurs. The blackberry is back. That famous keyboard is getting a new life thanks to texasbased company onward mobility who licensed the blackberry logo for a new smartphone. The company says it will run on 5g networks with an android operating system. The new phone hitting stores in the first half of 2021. I just love the sound and feel of that thing. So well see how that goes. And then finally, we want you to meet dorothy pollack. 103 years young. She had been struggling with isolation during the pandemic. We relate. So she moved out of her nursing home in michigan and back in with her grandson. Isnt she cute . Well, then a light bulb went off and she tells the Washington Post it was time to start living and time to start ticking things off of her bucket list. So her first stop was, of course, a tattoo parlor. Dorothy chose a frog because she says, well, she just likes them. There it is. The former bartender and drugstore salesclerk there it is then checked another dream off her list when she got her first ride on a harleydavidson the day that she left the tattoo parlor. Next up she says skydiving. Youre welcome. I found that in the Washington Post, george. Thats pop news. Happy friday, everybody. Well, dorothy has everybody smiling and laughing here. Going for it. Get that tattoo. Do what you need to do. Thank you so much, lara, for that. Now we have a very special guest with us this morning, georges wife, Ali Wentworth. The bestselling author and comedian giving us all the guidance we need in her brandnew podcast, go ask ali. Good morning to you. Welcome to the show. Of course, youre home. Your husband is home. Hes waving at you. Hi, honey. I got to say, you look a lot different than george does when hes doing this show from home. How is that . You mean because i dont have the abc news logo behind me. [ laughter ] youve got the beach. The waves are not moving in this. And you know what is behind the screen, georges laundry. I thought you were going to say daisy or cooper. No. Ive given them like huge lamb bones so theyll be quiet and we have two teenage girls asleep upstairs. A couple of toddlers in the house as well. So good luck getting through this next five minutes. Tell everybody how the podcast came about. It was kind of inspired in some ways by the pandemic and you have a great partner in Shonda Rhimes. Yes, i had been talking to Shonda Rhimes company about doing a podcast. And when i got covid and i was isolated up in my room for three weeks, i could hear our two teenage girls downstairs and i thought, you know, its hard enough to be a teenager right now in the world, imagine being a teenager in a pandemic. So i started thinking thats an interesting conversation to have with people, you know, how theyre dealing with fomo or anxiety or social media and so thats really what the first half of the podcast is. How to grow a teenager in a pandemic. Ali, i know george was home with you at the very beginning for awhile. And im assuming youll sit down for this podcast at some point. If not, at some point, call me. Well help you book him. Anything youve learned about george that you didnt know before since you guys were locked down together for so long . I didnt know that he works out to hamilton. Ah. Yeah, no, i caught him a few times with the kettlebells listening to the musical. And let me tell you something because im going to be super sweet and saccharin right now. George stephanopoulos stepped up in such a big way when i was sick. He was doing gma from where im sitting which is our tiny little dining room. We had two teenage girls he was feeding and raising. Monstrous incontinent dogs. He was doing it all by himself. I mean it was incredible. Now, i did say when i came down after three weeks, the house looked like a frat house during hazing. But george was you dont know what your partner is capable of unless youre in sort of a dire situation and he was every just the greatest partner. Wow, i should be away for a week more often. But, george none of us, ali, none of us are surprised by that, that george stepped up because he always steps up. I am. You are. So i have a question. You have the two teenage girls at home. You have george at home. Do you have any favorite memory from this time of kind of being locked down together . Well, first of all, i always say i have two girls and a boy. I guess my favorite moment was heres what happens during, you know, any kind of situation like this pandemic when people are forced to sort of live and love in small quarters. Granted, its been a horrific time in the world, but we tried to give our daughters a little levity and, you know, things we lost ahold of the reins at one point. So the girls got us involved in love island australia. Not georges usual kind of show and we got so invested in it that one night we had a love island australia dinner party and we all wore bathing suits and high heeled shoes. Do have you pictures . I have a photo of it that if i showed you, he would file for divorce. But its in a special little lockbox that when i write my tellall in my 100s itll be in it. That was such a weird, weird time. We would really cut dinner short three nights a week to make sure we got the latest episode. And by we, you mean you. A little pathetic. So, george, when does the next season start . You got me. Tell us more about your guests on the podcast. Okay. By the way, michael, our next series is below deck. Okay. So seeing a theme they are. The podcast is basically im talking to doctors and experts, i talk to harold popowitz who runs the Child Mind Institute about anxiety with teenagers right now. I talked to my friend Brooke Shields about the sexualization of girls on social media. You know, she was sexualized at a young age and played a prostitute at age 12 and shes very active on social media. Now, she has two teenage girls and i want to know how do you chart those waters . Whats okay . Whats not okay . And especially during a pandemic, you know, teenagers are getting more insular. Boys are gaming more. Girls are on social media more. You know, i worry about, do they lose empathy . Are they losing kind of a normal considered teenage life where theyre out and about and making friends . Honey, you gotten seconds. We have a hard out. We got to take it. I got to plug your podcast. Go ask ali. Ill take this all. Anywhere you get your podcast, well be right back. Ali wentworth, everybody. Ill take this all. Anywhere you get your podcast, well be right back. Ali wentworth, everybody. Good morning, everyone. Im kumasi aaron. The fire thats burni ining is causing more destruction overnight. This new video shows a home in flames on Wallace Creek road near mill creek road. Its burned 20,000 acres and power has been cut just outside hillsburg. Right now, the entire city is under an evacuation warning. Good morning, everyone. Heres a look at our visible picture where were looking at the fog and smoke and haze over the bay area. This is our east bay hills camera. Where you cant see much a at all. 63 in oakland. 59 in half moon bay. Fog and low clouds here at the golden gate so for the early part of day, we have the cooler air, the higher humidity, smoky conditions for the afternoon wih hazy skies. 60s coast to mid90s [upb i fell asleep tobut when i woke up. I put everything in perspective. boy hi, do you want to share my sandwich . vo good feeds our connections. Good feeds us all. Hormel Natural Choice lunch meats. And well have another update in about 30 minutes, but in the meantime, gma continues now. Thats right. Welcome back, everybody. Great to have you with us on this friday morning. It is a great friday and it is time for our gma study guide series with more than 4. 3 Million Students starting the school year virtually. Tech items are at the top of the backtoschool supply list, but as we all know, they can be very expensive. So joining us now with budgetfriendly solutions is stephanie humphrey, tech expert and author of dont let your digital footprint kick you in the butt. Hey, good morning, stephanie. I love the title of your book, by the way. We know some schools, they are able to provide students with tools that they need to learn remotely but some schools just cant and students have to buy their own laptop, all these tablets and everything else. So you have options that run for under 200. What do we have . Under 200, yes, good morning to both of you. First up we have the amazon fire hd8 tablet. This will be great for the little ones. Its only 89. 99, and the latest version has 30 more performance because of the new two gigahertz processor inside so a good option and then for the older kids, a chromebook is always a good choice. This is the chromebook from hp. It is super lightweight, and chromebooks are actually designed to live in the cloud basically, so theyre designed for working online, so uploading all of those assignment, doing that distance learning. Those are going to be perfect for that. This gets up to an eighthour battery life and in store at staples right now this is 199. 99. Under 200 bucks. Wow. You have alternatives to these types of electronics youre talking about right now. Yeah, yeah, so secondipity sources returns and overstock Electronic Devices and they have access to more than half of the top 30 Consumer Brands so youll get a highend device at a big discount, so right now theres lots of headphones and computers and laptops and things there and so its going to make that setting up your home school a little easier and a little easier on your budget and then notebooks for students is a great nonprofit that sells like new refurbished computers and laptops and they come with a free fouryear warranty and some free preloaded software. It applies to any student, so high school, college, trade or vocational schools as well, and they offer a lot of support to get you set up at home. So many families right now are just starting to get these setups if they havent done it already in place for when school starts. Youve also got lower cost gadget options on the list there. Yeah, lots of stuff you can get. The one thing you have to get is headphones because youre going to have a bunch of folks zooming all over the house and for the little ones especially you want to make sure they get good sound but hearing protection. So the ones have you in the studio are only 15. 99 at target right now. Give everybody a sense of privacy and allow them to concentrate with headphones on and then i love this actually. Its a digital timer but its that visual cue to let kids know when its time to take a break from so much screen time. You know, stand up and stretch, divert your eyes from the computer to avoid eye strain. So really easy to, you know, get going and not a whole lot of money, but not a get out of zoom free card either. So make sure they know that schools not done when they hear it. Then this final one is really, really cool. This is the rocket book fusion notebook. You can see it comes in a few different sizes. Use the special pen that comes with it. You fill it up for the day, and use the Smartphone App to upload the notes to your favorite cloud servers, google drive, you know, dropbox or whatever, and then you take the rag and wipe it down and fill it up the next day. You start over. So this one is 35 on the website, but youre saving a ton of money in the long run because youre not buying notebooks all year long and not buying new paper and, you know, they say writing things down helps you remember it better. All things we didnt have to worry about when we were in school. Were that old. Yes, we are. Stephanie, thanks for being our tech guru. We always appreciate it. For a full list of gadgets visit goodmorningamerica. Com. Michael. Thats right. Now well go to a heartfelt and starstudded new movie, the one and only ivan based on at the Award Winning book of the same title. Weve heard in some of the alist cast members like danny devito and Bryan Cranston earlier this week. How hearing from Angelina Jolie. Amy robach spoke with the oscar winner as well as the author of the book and movies director about the inspiring film. At the b i Shopping Center and its cash registers and shopping carts, there was a 400pound silverback gorilla named ivan. Reporter the story of ivan took the nation by storm in the early 90s kept in a Shopping Mall with a special talent for drawing. Oh, ivan. Bullseye. Look at that. Reporter eventually inspiring the hit Childrens Book the one and only ivan. A gorilla who draws . Reporter now a major Motion Picture heading exclusively to disney plus. Its a lonely haystack. Its a beetle. Reporter we sat down with the author, director and one of its stars, Angelina Jolie. So tell us what inspired you, angelina, to get involved with this movie. My daughter shiloh read the book and she loved it and she loved ivan and then i just inquired if it was if anybody was making it, what was happening with it. Reporter jolie playing the role of stella, an elephant mother who offers wisdom to her animal friends. Would you like to hear another story . Oh, yes, please. Reporter stella is a mom. Yeah. Shes really worried when she dies, she will not leave her child in a safe place, and she needs to find way to empower others to protect her child. Thats very different than playing an elephant in a kids movie. Humans did that . Uhhuh. I dont believe it. Not all humans are bad. They can surprise you. Its a very thoughtprovoking movie. What was it like watching your book be transformed into a movie and to see it play out on the big screen . To see it go from this little book to this absolutely beautiful movie with this gorgeous heart at the center of it has been just so breathtaking. It is the perfect movie at the perfect time. Were all in a form of quarantine right now and maybe what were watching in the animals is resonating in a way it wouldnt have. Two of the things i held in my heart throughout having read the book and throughout working on the movie, friendship is probably the most precious thing we all have and that as ivan says in the movie, kindness will always be there when you need it. Youre not terrifying. Reporter at the heart of the film a message to walk away with. There should be discussions in the home, what is best for animals and what is good and bad about a zoo situation and what is a sanctuary and all of these questions that they must ask. The one and only ivan is now streaming on disney plus. And coming up, everyone, our its more than just fast. It keeps all your devices running smoothly. 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Biden, harris, roberts, muir, sunday night at 8 00, 7 00 central an abc. Were back now were back now on Good Morning America on this friday. We cant get enough of our pet of the week series. Theres our incredible wall of winners and this morning, were celebrating one furry family, three adorable pets known as calvin and co. And have an amazing bond. Calvin, samson and cleo are one terrific trio, adventurers who love travel. You know, theyre very different from each other. They still love each other. They care for each other. They trust each other. Reporter their humans are lea and her husband eric. But he wasnt always a dog lover. I convinced him to get one dog and got calvin and he fell in love and two years later we got samson. Hes always been a cat person and then we got cleo who is 4 months old. Samson took to cleo immediately. Carter calvin is a certified therapy dog volunteering the aschools, hospitals and Nursing Homes while sam song is a Trained Service guard safeguarding lea who suffers from a medical condition. Samson has been trained to help with some of the medical episodes that i have, and so he helps prevent them. Reporter calvin and theyre known online, share pet Friendly Travel spots complete with furtastic snapshots. They make us laugh every day. We love to have our whole family together and enjoy like what the world has to offer. And we will be sending cleo, samson and calvin their medals and this is why riva will never be our pet of the week. Right now lets go to ginger. Yeah, but that gets an extra special touch by riva. Then its extra good. So congratulations to all three. So how about this . Are you all ready to try your luck at winning the ultimate dream vacation . 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Let me introduce you to the featherweight queen shes got hollywood eyes but you cant shoot what shes seen her momma was a dancer and thats all that she knew cause when you live in the desert, its what pretty girls do im throwing caution, whats it gonna be tonight the winds of change are blowing wild and free if i dont get out, out of this town i just might be the one who finally burns it down im throwing caution im throwing caution never had a diamond on the sole of her shoes just blacktop white trash straight out of the news doesnt like birthdays they remind her of why she can go straight from zero to the fourth of july im throwing caution, whats it gonna be tonight the winds of change are coming over me if i dont get out, out of this town i just might be the one who finally burns it down im throwing caution im throwing caution im throwing caution im throwing caution im throwing caution im throwing caution, yeah, im throwing caution cause its some kind of sin to live your whole life on a mightve been dearand with summer here,these energy bills are rising. 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Coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine gotta, gotta be down because i want it all it started out with a kiss how did it end up like this it was only a kiss it was only a kiss now im falling asleep and shes calling a cab while hes having a smoke and shes taking a drag and theyre going to bed and my stomach is sick and its all in my head but shes touching his chest now [ muted ] now let me go i just cant look, its killing me and its taking control jealousy turning saints into the sea, swimming through sick lullabies choking on your alibis but its just the price i pay destiny is calling me, open up my eager eyes, cause im mr. Brightside im coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine gotta, gotta be down because i want it all it started out with a kiss how did it end up like this it was only a kiss it was only a kiss now im falling asleep and shes calling a cab while hes having a smoke and shes taking a drag and theyre going to bed and my stomach is sick and its all in my head but shes touching his chest now [ muted ] now let me go i just cant look, its killing me, and its taking control jealousy turning saints into the sea, swimming through sick lullabies choking on your alibi but its just the price i pay destiny is calling me, open up my eager eyes cause im mr. Brightside i never, well i never i never i never gmas summer Concert Series is sponsored by caesars rewards. When youre ready, were here for you. vo i have the best job in the world. I get to remind people of their grandmothers conchitas. Give the little kids cookies. And celebrate birthdays with all our neighbors. 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Well be back at 11 00 announcer its live with kelly and ryan. Today, from blackish, tracee ellis ross, and josh duhamel tells us how to think like a dog, plus tips on how to host a guiltfree barbecue. And well catch up with carson kressley. All next on live. And now here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. Ryan and good friday it says friday morning, august 21st. Good to have you with us. How are you, kel . Kelly we did it. We did it. We made it. How are you . Ryan we made it. Im doing great. Thank you. You know, theres so much going on and so many complexities in everyones lives all the time, but there is just a little more pep in a step at the end of the week, on a friday. And so what isnow, just for a second, go with me on this. Kelly okay. Ryan what is the best part