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Joe biden takes aim at the chaos and confusion saying he trusts vaccines and scientists but not President Trump. What the cdc is saying this morning. Our top expert, dr. Ashish jha, joins us live. Police coverup . The newly released emails about daniel prudes deadly encounter with police appearing to show how officials worked behind the scenes to keep the public from seeing the video. Daniels brother speaking out exclusively this morning. Cruise ship crisis. Big trouble on the seas for one of the largest lines in the world. Ngfft ast 18 ships, canceling trips into the spring of 2021. Some hopeful travelers are still booking, hoping to set sail. The industry rocked by the pandemic after they were trapped on board for months. Will cruises ever make a comeback . Game on. The big ten reverses course announcing it will play this season. Powerhouse teams like penn state and michigan following strict covid protocols, plus how College Basketball is bouncing back and new study suggesting wearing eyeglasses can help protect you from the virus. Got her in the clouds and get ready for a once in a lifetime surprise. This girl is on fire gma and alicia keys teaming up to celebrate reallife heros who are putting it all on the line on the front lines, rolling up right now and they have no idea what is coming. Oh, oh, oh. Wait till you see how alicia makes their morning and yours live only on gma. This girl is on fire this girl is on fire and we certainly do say good morning, america. It is great to be with you on this thankful thursday and we are thankful for alicia keys and, amy, that big surprise thats coming up this morning. I know. Its so exciting, robin. In fact, we have a look at those hard working frontline workers getting ready for the surprise at our epic drivein concert but have no idea what that surprise is, so were excited when they finally see who is there to sing them into the weekend. It is going to be such a fun morning. We have a lot of news to get to, to begin, beginning with the aftermath of Hurricane Sally. Of course, you know it slammed into the gulf when it made landfall as a category 2 hurricane. Lets look at the flooding in alabama. And you also saw the powerful winds rip apart homes like this in florida right there. It tore off almost the entire second story. Robin . Hard to see that, george. More than 530,000 people in the region are still without power this morning. As you know, our team has been there in those hardhit areas e inng. He sly iheading but first rob joins us from pensacola, florida. Good morning, rob. Hey, good morning, robin. Now that the winds have subsided and the water receded, were starting to see the tremendous amount of damage across this area. Big trees down, utility poles down, power out everywhere still. Then we had that storm surge, five and a half feet. With winds on top of that and wavesmarina as a barrage of destructive area was brought in by Hurricane Sally. This morning, residents in Hurricane Sallys wake picking up the pieces. The mayor of orange beach, alabama, reporting one death due to the storm. Officials saying another person is missing. Sally made landfall as a category 2 hurricane leaving behind extensive damage. Winds clocking over 105 Miles Per Hour sweeping across the gulf coast. The house was shaking. The winds were high. It was whistling like i never heard anything before. Reporter in florida, nearly 600 searchandrescue missions have been conducted in three counties. In pensacola, a storm surge of more than 5 1 2 feet lifting this barge up and dumping it into a backyard. Several construction barges breaking loose. This one with heavy equipment and other Building Materials actually running aground here in pensacola and nearly being thrown up onto this sidewalk. One barge slamming into the pensacola bay bridge early wednesday morning, smashing away the roads surface. In gulf shores, alabama, this marina torn apart. Boats flipped over and strewn about. Powerful winds toppling over this Church Steeple. Drone footage capturing the back of this tenstory Apartment Building ripped to shreds leaving the insides exposed. Flooding streets looking like rivers. The dark waters concealing hidden dangers. Yall, look at that alligator. That is right outside the window. He is going into the neighbors driveway. Reporter this bridge washed out. The road split in half as water runs through it. Just surreal to see those big barges run aground, and this, boats completely sunk as Hurricane Sally came through. The county has put a curfew out from dusk to dawn because so many people are without power and theres no timeline as to when theres going to be restored as they start their long Recovery Process from Hurricane Sally here on the gulf coast. Amy . Yeah, so much devastation there, rob. Thank you. We head now to ginger who is tracking the very latest from hardhit mobile, alabama, and another big question for so many, where this storm is headed next. Good morning, ginger. Amy, i want to start you out with looking behind me because that is a Church Steeple knocked over by our 82 mileperhour winds we had here in mobile, alabama from sally. Incredible wind speeds on the frontside. You saw that surge, 5. 6 feet that rob was tal more than 30 inches of rain and were still dealing with the rain here this morning. There are flash flood warnings anywhere from atlanta up through athens. Theyre getting some of the heaviest stuff. Orange beach, alabama, we drove down there in ghufl shores to see the damage and it was incredible. Now were going to see again that heavy rain moving to the north and east, anywhere from raleigh to norfolk, even richmond find themselves in the flash flood watch. The timing is important because when youre going to get an inch we are hour of rainfall rates, if youre in raleigh, North Carolina, you get in tonight. By tomorrow morning along the i have 95 corridor thats going to be rough from raleigh down to charleston. Were going to be covering this. Sally will finally be leaving by the weekend. George . Going to take some time. Thanks very much. We go to the white house now where President Trump is at odds with the cdc calling the director confused. Abc news obtained an internal memo showing 5,900 deaths a jump of nearly 17 from the week before. Our senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega is tracking all the latest. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter hey, george. Good morning to you. This has been a pattern, the president publicly contradicting the scientists in his own administration, but this time, this example, this was really something. Here we are with nearly 200,000 americans dead in this pandemic and now people in this country are forced to choose whether to believe the president or the top health experts. Right there from the white house podium in the middle of a pandemic, the president of the United States flatly contradicting his own cdc director over exactly when americans will get a vaccine. The president insisting it could be as soon as next month. But the cdc director testified under oath on capitol hill the earliest most people would get it would be mid to late next year. Its just incorrect information, and i called him, and i think he got the message. Maybe confused. Maybe it was stated incorrectly. No, were ready to go immediately. He was clear i dont think he means that. I dont think when he said it, i believe he was confused. Im just telling you. Were ready to go as soon as the vaccine happens. Reporter dr. Robert redfield didnt seem confused just hours earlier. If youre asking me when will it be generally available to the American Public so we can begin to take advantage of the vaccine to get back to our regular life, i think were probably looking at third late second quarter, Third Quarter 2021. Reporter but from President Trump a ju mmistake. I think he misunderstood the question probably. I got the impression he didnt realize he said what he might have said. Reporter and overnight it got even more chaotic. A cdc spokesman issued a statement saying dr. Redfield did indeed misunderstand the question. But then, 40 minutes after that, the spokesman retracted that statement, and the dictions did not end there. In his testimony, redfield also called masks the most important Public Health tool we have. I might even go so far as to say that this face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against covid than when i take a covid vaccine. Reporter but when the president was pressed on that its not more effective by any means than a vaccine and i believe that if you ask him, he would probably say that he didnt understand the question. Reporter so we did ask and the cdc said in a statement masks are among the best defense we currently have against this virus. Joe biden zeroing in. We cant allow politics to interfere with the vaccine in any way. So let me be clear, i trust vaccines. I trust the scientists, but i dont trust donald trump. Reporter so heres where we stand. These are the facts right now multiple experts, top scientists saying its unlikely a vaccine will be ready before the election. In addition to the vaccine, trials are still happening. There are questions about whether it can be ready for widespread distribution. Yesterday on capitol hill dr. Redfield said that the scientific integrity of the cdc has not been compromised, but, george, this morning, you know this, there are serious questions about whether that is actually still the case. Huge questions, cecilia, thanks very much. Lets bring in dr. Ashish jha. Welcome back, dr. Jha. Thanks for joining us. Lets do the science first. Masks . Yeah, dr. Redfield is completely right about this. It is incredibly effective. Theres no question. People should be Wearing Masks when theyre outside their home. How about what is the expectation now on vaccines . We know these trials are all going on right now. We know some of the leaders think they may be able to announce some success by the end of the year but what about widespread distribution . Yeah, so i think thats exactly right. Were going to have them announced before the end of this year, i hope, and thats what were expecting and majority of americans will get their vaccine late spring to summer. Might be a month or two earlier but not much. Then we get into the question of what are we all supposed to take away when we see the president questioning the cdc director, the implication is there there is pressure on the cdc director. What impact will that have on whether people think a vaccine is safe and effective when it is distributed . Yeah, so, george, this is frustrating because the science here has been done really well so far. People have been working very, very hard to build a vaccine and we cant let politicians politicize this. I look at this as if you have a really serious medical diagnosis, do you want to listen to your doctor, or do you want to listen to your politician . To me its pretty clear you want to listen to the doctors and the Public Health experts and not let the politicians drive the timeline. Theres been such a pattern here. What does the cdc do in this situation . You know, its incredibly hard. I watched the cdcs output what theyre putting out, the report. Some of it is still excellent. You can see the great scientists of the cdc still at work, and then you can often see how it then gets muddled by the political process and what gets released is often gibberish, often not at all consistent with science so its a very difficult situation and weve got to let the cdc scientists speak and share their scientific expertise with us. Can Americans Still trust what theyre hearing from the cdc . You know, again, i think theres some great stuff coming out of the cdc but, again, weve seen more and more politicization of what comes out. Its a really difficult situation. Weve got to restore faith in the cdc and the scientific process. Dr. Jha, thanks for your time this morning. Thanks, george. Amy. Now to attorney general william barr under fire for claiming that the calls for a coronavirus lockdown are, quote, the greatest intrusion on Civil Liberties other than slavery, end quote, and for some of the remarks that hes made about the the leaders of the black lives Matter Movement. Pierre thomas join us with more on all of that. Good morning, pierre. Reporter amy, good morning. Last night the attorney general apparently decided to wade deep into the culture wars with those combative remarks. Appearing before a captive audience at an event hosted by hillsdale college, the attorney general invoked slavery to discuss concerns about the pandemic lockdowns. Putting a national lockdown, stayathome orders, is like house arrest. Its its you know, other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on Civil Liberties in american history. Reporter in his remarks, barr had a blunt message to prosecutors inside the Justice Department and critics who say his intervention in cases like roger stones, that of former National Security adviser Michael Flynn were designed to help the president. Hes in charge. What exactly am i interfering with . Under the law all prosecutorial power is invested in the attorney general. Barr also comparing his prosecutors to preschoolers. Letting the most junior members set the agenda might be a good preschool but its no way to run an agency. With racial strife still unfolding after the deaths of george floyd and others, barr showed utter disdain for the leaders of the black lives Matter Movement accusing them of playing politics with the deaths of black americans at the hands of police. Barr said those black lives matter leaders were using the dead as props. Barrs primary message to the protesters, law and order. Abc news confirming he raised the possibility of charging rioters with sedition inciting a rebellion against the government in connection with the unrest. This as a National Guardsman claims in congressional testimony that the military considered using a device on demonstrators that would make it feel as if their skin was on fire during that standoff at Lafayette Park in june. The National Guardsman is at odds with barr. Barr said the protests turned violent in Lafayette Park. The National Guardsman says the protest was peaceful. Amy . Pierre thomas, we appreciate it. Thank you so much. Robin, over to you. All right there, amy. Now to college football. After some of the nations powerhouse schools seasons were delayed by the pandemic, the big ten announcing it is coming back and taking some serious covid19 precautions. Whit johnson joins us now with more on that. Good morning, whit. Reporter robin, good morning to you. Were talking about some of the biggest names in college football. Wisconsin, michigan, ohio state, penn state university, all 14 universities that make up the big ten conference voted unanimously for this return to college football, but there will be strict protocols in place. Daily testing for every player and coach and basically anyone else who is on the field during practice or games. Students who test positive will have to wait at least 21 days before returning to the field but the plan to play is already being challenged. Overnight the city of madison, wisconsin, the Health Department there saying that 42 players and staff with the wisconsin Badger Football Team have tested positive for covid19. Still though the first games are scheduled for the weekend of october 23rd. Each team is slated to play eight games in eight weeks with that championship game on december 19th. Robin. And as you know, its not just football. Basketball is coming back as well. Reporter thats right, robin. Mark your calendars because the ncaa approved that division 1 mens and Womens Basketball will return on november 25th. Thats one day before thanksgiving. One top official with the ncaa saying that this was a grand compromise fe alth ansaty of alof the s robin. Have to keep that in mind, whit, thank you. George and amy. Okay, thanks, robin. Were following a lot of headlines this morning, including accusations of a coverup following daniel prudes deadly encounter with police in rochester. New emails appear to show officials were concerned over public backlh. New study suggesting that wearing eyeglasses along with a mask could help protect you against covid19. First, lets go back to ginger in alabama. Amy, i know you saw all of that surge video from the florida panhandle. We had something very different on the backside called antior negative surge. Thats a drone video of me walking in mobile bay. This is something im sure you remember, we saw in irma when we saw that in tampa bay. These things do happen. It did fill back in and we will end up seeing the bay look very normal today. Lets get to falllike cities sponsored by progressive insurance. Coming up, we have quite the treat. Yes, a big surprise event. Youre hearing her now with the one and only alicia keys and the best part, that surprise is for the incredible frontline workers who weve been honoring for these past six months. Well be right back. Ese past six months. Well be right back. Right back. F they ate it so much, dad opened one up in the shed. Whats in the uh turkey breast . Turkey breast. Interesting. Whats in the italian b. M. T. . Turkey breast. You come here everyday good food thats good for you. Well good for you. Now get a free footlong when you buy two, and order ahead for quick and easy pick up, because its footlong season this was the theater i came to quite often. The support weve had over the last few months has been amazing. Its not just a work environment. Everyone here is family. 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Yo, nctee and, oh, what a beautiful, gorgeous sight and morning. The drivein in brooklyn, new york, and all of those cars there, they are full of essential workers and michael is there where alicia keys is going to help us pull off a huge surprise. Good morning, michael. Good morning, robin. Youre right, i am out here in brooklyn with the one, the only, alicia keys who has joined me this morning and alicia is going to perform for all these essential workers out here. l seformlftitd album alicia so what does it feel like for you to be here in the backdrop of new york city . Youre here to perform for these incredible people who have done so much for the city. Nothing like it. This is the eve of the release of the alicia album and this is my city, new york city, and these are the people that brought it back to life and who are so resilient in such a difficult time. Im honored to sing for them today and to celebrate them. Well, we are honored that you joined thus morning to do that we cannot wait. Theyre excited. Im excited and now im going to go back to you in the studio. Ill throw back to amy. Hey, yeah, we cannot wait but in the meantime, we do have to get to our top headlines thrm lea devastating trail of destruction, catastrophic flooding leading to hundreds of rescues from those rising waters. We are tracking all the new threats this morning. Also right now, the wildfire catastrophe out west causing an environmental nightmare for millions who cannot escape the toxic smoke in portland with the most polluted air in the world. Authorities say no one should be outside without an n95 mask on. Take a look at this. A drone hovering over Wrigley Field delayed the cubs game with cleveland for about seven minutes pulling the players off the field. The drone you see there landed right in the middle of the outfield, but it took off again before the groundskeepers could grab it, george. Not cool. Thanks. We want to get to those allegations of a coverup over daniel prudes fatal Police Encounter in rochester, new york. Newly released emails say polic of it se bause they feared the publics response. T. J. Holmes has the latest. Reporter there is a section of the Police Report where a Police Officer is supposed to nil in the victim type. Daniel prude was initially identified simply as an individual. But someone came back and wrote on that Police Report, make him a suspect. That is just one of hundreds of documents we are now seeing that appeared to show a coordinated, deliberate effort to change the narrative and also keep the public from seeing another video that would shock the country. Are you daniel . Yes, sir. Reporter this video of daniel prudes deadly encounter with police sparked outrage and protests in rochester, new york. But police leaders, city and state officials, appeared to work behind the scenes for months to keep the public from seeing it. Thats according to newly released documents. Prudes brother joe speaking out exclusively to abc since those documents were released claims that from the start, the information being given to the family just wasnt adding up. It all came out, everything that i felt was the truth. Reporter prude died in march, but after George Floyds death in may, rochester about, quote, potentially violent blowback in the community to the video. A Deputy Rochester police chief writing in an email, we certainly do not want people to misinterpret the officers actions and conflate this incident with any recent killings of unarmed black men by Law Enforcement nationally. The documents also showing that officials appear to discuss different tactics for delaying the videos release to the public including inviting a lawyer for the prude family to watch the video in a private meeting provided he agrees to sign an agreement that he cannot scan, copy or otherwise attempt to reproduce the information. The documents that have now been released reveal an intentional and a detailed coverup. Reporter Rochester Police Union President Michael Mazzeo thinks the documents are all about assigning blame. I think that what were seeing here is politics first, agendas first, and not what we should be focusing on which is most important in this case to complete this investigation. Reporter it also shows police were concerned about flaming the narrative of the incident for the public a suggested change to a Police Report to call prude a suspect. Prude died in the hospital a week after this march 23rd incident captured on police body cam. Prudes family had initially called police to report he was having a mental emergency. The next step for me and with them i mlawyers do what they do best, bring forth justice for the family. Reporter now, the seven officers involved in the encounter have been suspended. The police chief was fired. The interim police chief, though, george, mark simmons, he was one of the people that the documents show was advocating for not releasing the video. Okay, t. J. , thanks very much. Lets bring in dan abrams for more on this. Dan, you hear coverup. You think trouble. Could there be any justifiable reason for keeping this body cam video secret . Well, look, from the Police Perspective theyre going to say they didnt want it misinterpreted and theyll say that they didnt want it out ever, but they didnt want it out now. It is never helpful when you are in the position of trying to defend why you were trying to prevent it from being released. The more important issue, though, is going to be whats on the video . What are they doing on the video . Thats going to be critical. I would say of all the interactions that t. J. Was just referring to, the most damaging one potentially is the red writing in there that says, make him a suspect. I think thats a bigger potential problem for the police than exchanges between them saying they dont want something to be misinterpreted because in the context of that, theyre denying any wrongdoing. How can you explain make him a suspect . I mean, look, well have to see. I dont know what theyll say about exactly why they said that should be the case. Maybe theyre going to say it was a mistake from the beginning that they viewed him as a suspect. There was a question about someone throwing a brick through a window. They were called to the scene. Who knows . That will be a question that has to be answered. In the meantime, theres an Ongoing Investigation with the new York Attorney general. Yeah, it is the attorney general who investigates this sort of crime. Since 2015 in new york state it is the attorney general, not the local district attorneys who investigate Something Like a police shooting. But these investigations tend to take time. If you look back at the investigations that the new York Attorney general has done, they often take over a year to complete and the attorney general has already been investigating this so the timeline has started. But we may not see a quick resolution here on the question of whether any criminal charges will be filed. Dan abrams, thanks very much. Amy. All right, george, turning now to a new study on reducing your coronavirus risk. It offers a surprisingly simple solution, wear eyeglasses. Researchers di protecting your eyes from contact could slow infection rates. Will reeve has the details for us. Good morning, will. Reporter good morning, amy. It might be that glasses serve as some kind of barrier from coughing or sneezing or talking, anything that would send particles into someones eyes or that glasses prevent people from rubbing their eyes as much. This study is preliminary and small, but it could have big we know masks help prevent the spread of covid. But could eyeglasses . A new study from chinese researchers looking at 276 patients hospitalized due to covid suggests just that. What was striking is that only 5. 8 of those who are in the hospital for covid wore eyeglasses, whereas we know 31 of the general population wears eyeglasses. Reporter the study indicates wearing eyeglasses might offer People Protection against covid19 infection. This adds to a growing body of evidence that transmission can happen in different ways and weve always been concerned about the ocular membrane. Reporter experts say covid can be transmitted through your nose, mouth or even eyes, all areas where the virus can attach to a particular receptor on the surface of the bodys cells. The mucus membrane serving as an entrance for the virus, which is why this summer dr. Anthony fauci told abc news dr. Jen ashton wearing eye goggles or some sort of eye ist a d idea. Protect all the mucosal surfaces. If you have goggles or an eye shield, you should use it. Its not universally recommended but if you really want to be complete, you should probably use it if you can. Reporter but many experts warn if you plan on wearing a face shield, a mask is still vital. The largest droplets, they will get stopped but the smaller droplets, they follow the air streams very well. So they can basically flow around the visor very easily. Reporter the cdc has not issued any formal recommendation on universal eye protection and like most studies on covid19, more research is necessary. Amy. All right, but useful information indeed, thank you so much, will. Coming up next we have cruises in crisis. One of the Worlds Largest cruise lines is canceling trips into spring of 2021 and selling off part of its fleet. Can carnival and other lines stage a comeback . Stage a comeback . I thought youd control every part of me. Overwhelm me. Define me. But i found a way to give myself more space. I met ocrevus, an infusion treatment thats twotimesayear. 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It is a question many are asking right now because cruise lines have lost billions of dollars over the past six months and now one major cruise line as you said is selling ships. This morning, new signs of trouble on the high seas. One of the largest cruise lines, carnival, selling off at least 18 cruise ships. Thats nearly 20 of the companys fleet. Its really a stunning amount of money thats going out the door. Were talking about a cash burn at Carnival Corp of more than 700 million a month in the last few months. Reporter the industrys money problems began in march when cruise lines were forced to stop sailing. The cdc still has a no sail order in effect through the end of september, but many expect that to be extended. Carnival sold 8 of those 18 ships telling us the ships being removed are our older, less Efficient Ships that would have been removed over time. Cruise ships can cost hundreds of millions to build. We dont know who these ships were sold to but Industry Experts say they usually go to ship scrappers or lesser known cruise lines. Carnival this morning also canceling multiple itineraries into the spring of 2021 but both carnival and Royal Caribbean say a slew of people are still booking cruises for next year. For Royal Caribbean more than half of those were booked within the past few months. People still are booking cruises and if we can get through this, the cruise industry can come back and probably even continue to grow. Reporter but some doctors arent convinced that will happen any time soon. Were too early to be able to rit no mfortable on cruise ships reporter still across europe several cruise lines are already back in action with less passengers and no buffets, including Costa Cruises which is owned by carnival. Now, some of those cruise lines in europe are testing passengers before boarding. Here in the u. S. , Royal Caribbean says that is very likely part of the plan when they restart operations. Robin. Most likely will be. All right, gio, thank you as always. Coming up we have our big surprise for some incredible frontline workers with a lot of help from the one and only alicia keys. Youre going to want to see this. Come on back. Shes walking on fire to want to see this. Come on back. Shes walking on fire ra 15 r and motorcycle policies . Thats great thats 15 on top of what geico could already save you. So what are you waiting for . John stamos to knit you a scarf . All finished, jean. Enjoy thank you. I give. The stitch work is impeccable. Its just a double fleck pattern with a reverse garter stitch. No big deal. Is your hair this soft . Softer. Geico. Save an extra 15 when you switch by october 7th. Theres my career, my cause, my choir. Im a work in progress. So much goes into who i am. Hiv medicine is one part of it. 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The horrific storm leaving a devastating trail of destruction, catastrophic flooding leading to hundreds of rescues from the rising waters. The powerful winds shearing the side off this Apartment Building and ripping through marinas. Were tracking the new threats this morning. Covid contradictions. President trump takes on his own cdc director. Were ready to go immediately. Directly contradicting him over when america will get a vac sign. Claiming redfield was confused hours after he testified before congress saying the American Public wont be administered a vaccine until the summer of 2021. What the cdc is saying this morning. Brain breakthrough. Could brain surgery be the secret to treating addiction . And one mans remarkable road to recovery. Hes the first to be involved in this hopeful Clinical Trial after his 18year addiction. Something big i feel it happening were taking the brandnew apple watch for an early test drive. It can keep track of your kids and help them stay focused in school. No one theres no one like alicia keys to make your morning. Oh, oh, oh were Just Moments Away from a once in a lifetime surprise honoring hardworking heroes fighting off the front lines like these nurses who always embrace the empire state of mind. Were teaming up with the 15time grammy award winner to give a giant gma thank you. The surprise you have to see live only on gma. And shes here to say good morning, america. That was very close to singing good morning, america there. We are counting down to our big live event with alicia keys, robin. Oh, cars have been streaming into the skyline drivein there in brooklyn all morning long. Michael, michael, michael. Youre with her getting ready. We cannot wait, michael strahan. You know what, you know what, robin, alicia and i stay ready so we dont have to get ready. Thats how we do it. I am here with the woman of the hour. Right down there we have an audience filled with essential workers. During the pandemic they really helped out new york city. They have no idea alicia is about to surprise them and sing live. I have a question, alicia. When was the last time you were at a drivein . You know, i really like driveins. Eyr sun me and swissz will take the kids to the drivein, and well get the truck and, like, lay in the back, and listen to the movie, watch it. Ill say like a year ago at this point because things have been a little different. Things have changed a little. Give me a different mic here. We used to go to the drivein with my father and used to sneak us in because he couldnt afford for six kids to go. I can tell on him now. Its all good. But they are so excited to see you. We are so excited. We cannot wait to see you. Same. Im going to throw it back to you, amy, in the studio but we got a lot of great show coming up. We are so excited and were excited about our seats right here in the studio too. We cannot wait to watch. Thank you. We do have a lot of news to get to starting with the devastating trail of destruction and catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Sally. More than 530,000 people in the region still without power this morning. Our team has been there in those hardhit areas since the very beginning. The ryfr pensacola, ano who has mehave wind. To you, again, amy. Others have water. Hurricane sally had both and with that surge and that wind it just tore apart this marina and sent people scrambling for higher ground. Check this out. 600 water rescues across the state of florida yesterday as the storm surge came in, 5 1 2 feet in pensacola and rain came down. Over two feet of rainfall falling as well. There you see just how ferocious that was and relentless and came in for 20 to 24 hours. The center is in through parts of alabama. The flooding rains are pushing up through north georgia in through South Carolina where we have flash flood warnings and flash flood watches that extend through North Carolina into virginia and there is a tornado threat with this, as a matter of fact, there is a Tornado Warning out for parts of South Carolina. There you see the flooding rain on the northeastern side of this getting up into eventually d. C. During the nighttime tonight and through parts of the northeast tomorrow so a lot getting a little taste of what sally has to offer, unfortunately. Rob, thanks so much. We turn to the white house where President Trump is at odds with the cdc calling the director confused about masks and when americans can expect the vaccine. The cdc standing its ground. Back to cecilia vega with the latest. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter good morning again, george. This is part of a pattern. The president publicly contradicting the science. This as sadly nearly 200,000 americans have died in this pandemic. Right there from the white house podium in the middle of a pandemic, the president of the United States flatly contradicting his own cdc director over exactly when americans will get a vaccine. The president insisting it could be as soon as next month. But the cdc director testified under oath on capitol hill the earliest most people would get it would be mid to late next year. I believe he was confused. Im just telling you. Were ready to go as soon as the vaccine happens. Reporter dr. Robert redfield didnt seem confused hours earlier. If youre asking when will it be generally available to the American Public so we can begin to take advantage of the vaccine to get back to our regular life, i think were probably looking at late second quarter, Third Quarter 2021. Reporter but from President Trump he just made a mistake. I think he misunderstood the question. Reporter overnight it got even more chaotic. A cdc spokesman issued a statement saying dr. Redfield did indeed misunderstand the question. Then 40 minutes after that, the spokesman retracted that statement. And the contradictions did not end there. Redfield in his testimony said that masks could guarantee even more protection than a vaccine itself. The president refuted that one as well and said that he believed redfield didnt understand that question so we asked the cdc and they maintain that masks are among the best defense we have in this making that point very clear. Cecilia, thank you. Coming up next a possible game changer in the fight against addiction. The brain surgery offering new hope to those suffering from opioid dependency. Also day two of our big deals steals event. Great bargains to help you get ready for fall. And we are so close now, you can actually hear the music but hear the live music, alicia keys dice of esntl erin an epic live drivein event call and its all coming up right here on gma. 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You know, seeing as you guys stuck me up on this roof, i think it might be having although i heard some people say, alicia so they might know. Do they know . I think they have an idea. They have an idea. Might have an inkling. I wondered how they didnt know because we promoted it all week long. Good job, gma. Regardless they are going to be excited about it. You know that and the thanks youre giving them for the work theyre doing, we cant thank you enough. Now it is time to go to lara spencer who is going to bring us some pop news, everybody. Whats up, lara . Hey, michael, hey, alicia, so excited for her. Well begin with former president barack obama this morning announcing he will be releasing his president ial memoir. Since there is a lot of ground to cover, it will come in not one, but two parts. The first volume is called a Promised Land. President obama tweeting there is no feeling like finishing a book and im proud of this one. In a Promised Land i try to provide an honest accounting of my presidency, the forces we grappled with as a nation and how to heal our division and make democracy work for everybody. Penguin random house says there will be an audio version of the books which will be read by president obama himself. A Promised Land will hit 17 this year. N tuesday, november and a very big night for Country Music last night. The academy of Country Music awards aired live from the grand ole opry and other than nashville it looked quite different than last year. The stars singing to empty seats, no fans, no applause, even for taylor swift. There she is returning to her Country Roots with an acoustic performance of her new song, betty. Heres a look. But if i just showed up at your party would you have me, would you want me would you tell me to go straight to hell or lead me to the garden in the garden would you trust me if i told you it was just a summer thing im only 17 i dont know anything but i know i miss you that was her first time on the amc acm stage in seven years. The singer saying she did her own hair, makeup and styling for the night. Another big performance came from Carrie Underwood who sang a medley from patsy cline to reba mcentire, dolly parton as well, keith urban did hosting duties for the acms with his biggest fan, wife, Nicole Kidman watching from home and as for the winners, old dominion got song of the year and group of the year and in a surprise ending, thomas rhett and Carrie Underwood both named entertainers of the year. A big, big night for Country Music. Finally a brandnew challenge for actress and home design lover and friend, lorraine bracco. The sopranos and goodfellas alum rediscovering her italian roots with a brandnew series, and i love this. Its called my big italian adventure and will feature herren separating a 200yearold home in sicily she bought, guys, for 1. 18 from the italian government. Weve done stories on those sales happening so they can fix up these dilapidated houses. We never knew that celebs were buying them. Heres the catch. No water, no electricity, no bathrooms. Sagging floors, crumbling walls and a dilapidated roof. What could go wrong . In the end hgtv is promising a stunning resurrection of a classic italian home. The new Series Premieres friday october 30th on hgtv and on that i send it back to you in the studio. Oh, thats going to be great. Lara, one quick question. Riva, is she in a timeout or something . Im going to show you if i can, im going to move the camera. There she is. Today shes riva the diva. Will not give me the time of day. [ laughter ] shes never far from your side. All right, lara. Good camera work there too. Youre getting good at home. Im getting there. Im getting there. Its not backwards. Yeah. I got you. Oh, yeah, the first time had it sideways. That seems like another lifetime ago. Okay, we turn to our gma cover story. A possible breakthrough in treating addiction, brain surgery. I know it may sound extreme, but it could be the future of how we combat the Opioid Epidemic which takes more than 100 american lives every day. Diane macedo has that important story for us. Good morning, diane. Reporter robin, good morning. So this proceed hour has been procedure has been around for decades, but its never been used like this. Doctors are using pacemakers in the brain to try to curb addiction. We got a chance to talk to their very first patient. This morning, a procedure used to treat disorders like parkinsons and epilepsy is creating hope for those who suffer from addiction. Patient jim hudson suffered from a tremor for 30 years, but undergoing deep brain stimulation, hes made a remarkable recovery. Now the procedure is being tested to help curb cravings and anxiety. The only thing you want to do is get high because thats all you know how to do. Reporter gerod has been addicted to opioids for over 18 years. Hes now the first u. S. Patient to have dbs treatment aimed at addiction. I tried every avenue of recovery that you could possibly find. Reporter desperate he turned to the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute at West Virginia university. When addiction gets so severe, it becomes a brain condition, and theres part of the brain that is driving you to have increased krcravings, and its a drive for you to seek drugs. Reporter since his repeated stints in rehab failed, this doctor admitted him. Similar to a heart pacemaker except the wires go into the brain. They are implanted causing tremors to stop the tremors of parkinsons or different start part of the brain to stop the seizures from epilepsy. In this case, we implant them in the brain in the part that deals with addiction. Reporter so far, proving promising. Hes now sober almost a year. I was as bad as they can get and if it can help me then it can help anybody. Reporter it is important to note this treatment is still in early trial stages and its only intended for people who tried other treatments but for gerod hes been addicted since getting shoulder surgery in high school. For him these results pretty remarkable, robin. Yeah, and very, very promising. Diane, thank you. Lets get back to amy now in the studio. Amy . All right, robin. Thanks. Time now for a first up close and personal look at the new yesterday we told you about groundbreaking new futures that largely focus on health. This morning, becky worley is one of the first people to get her hands on it and becky is joining us from San Francisco with what parents will want to know about this new technology. Good morning, becky. Reporter good morning, amy. Apple watches are communication dwois devices, music players, step counters and so much more, but now theyre also a way to keep track of your kids without handing them a smartphone. My 12yearold twins opted in for a little product testing with not big brother but big mother. This morning, the new apple watch is promising Breakthrough Health features like a blood oxygen sensor and integration with apples new streaming fitness service. But with its new family setup feature its now also a way to keep track of my kids without the need to give them their own smartphone. Apple let me do a test drive sending me three apple watches. The new apple watch 6 for me and two of the more affordable se models for my twins which retail for 329 with a cellular plan. For you and for you. Cool. Whoa. Their watches can be programmed to make calls and texts to a select set of contacts that i control. Hi. Did you get a new apple watch . Yeah. We both did. Reporter it tracks the kids activity and has a School Time Mode that helps kids stay focussed with do not disturb and restricted interaction though it does allow calls and texts for a oneminute window so kids and parents can communicate in an emergency. The real power comes in two features sending money to a kids watch. 5. More . And realtime tracking. There are two froyo shops in our town. I dont know which ones they will go to. Lost the visual but i have a got them on my phone. Theyre together. I really am big mother right now. They are at tuttifrutti yogurt shop. Reporter at the froyo shop, they pay with their watches. Thank you. Reporter i can even send extra money and call them or use the walkietalkie feature to tell them to buy me one. Original tart with m ms please. Okeydokey. Reporter a sweet treat for parents looking for a little peace of mind. In order to use these tracking llul pn you need an apple watce anone otr w featuris wk betrorid whats unique it doesnt talk about calories, its all about Movement Time and, amy, i know how much you love the exercise tracking features of your watch. Yes. This is a win win right . I wear mine all the time, but its great because the kids being able to set their own movement goals like we do is really cool. Not counting calories, but Movement Time and i know those rings closing the exercise and the move ring, you can have that share feature with friends and family to get us into competition, friendly competition to move more which is great for everyone. Thanks, becky. Pleasure. We head to ginger now in alabama. I wear my ring too. Nodog well the last coup of days. There is a reason for that. Weve been on sally here which is slls but right behind me you can see the Church Steeple from the 80 plusmileperhour wind gusts. Our drone is showing you that other way of seeing it. Just really hanging there precariously. Luckily it is all taped off. I also want to share with you there are Tornado Warnings with whats left of sally still. You can see them right there south and east of columbia, South Carolina. The heavy rain, though, is by far the most dangerous part of this as it moves through virginia by to happening hey, its deals steals time and its all about fashion ry johons with us right now with Innovative Products from small businesses. Tory, i want to jump right in because you outdid yourself starting with lulu dharma vegan handbags. Im going with a fall neutral. Good choice, five different rich colors to choose from. This is a brandnew silhouette from an oprah favorite. You cant go wrong. This looks stunning on everybody and has a great price because today its 58 off, 39 for your bag. Also, Daniela Swaebe fashion jewels. Im wearing the necklaces. I love how they kind of stack. 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The creek fire had burned nearly 229,000 acres in Fresno County and we want to remind you that today is abc 7s day of giving and its underway now. We have teamed up with the red cross and 15 abc stations to raise money for wildfire victims. You can make a donation at redcross. Org abc or call the number on your screen. So youre a small bor a big one. You were thriving, but then. Oh. Okay. Plan, pivot. How do you bounce back . You dont, you bounce forward, with serious and reliable internet. Powered by the largest gig Speed Network in america. But is it secure . Sure its secure. And even if the power goes down, your connection doesnt. So how do i do this . You dont do this. We do this, together. Bounce forward, with comcast business. A lot of moisture in the air in the form of mist, drizzle. The fog, low visibility that its creating. Its going to be around for another hour to hour and a half. Look what its doing to air eququality. It is green again and its going to likely stay Pretty Healthy as temperates gng to be coolest tomorrow. Warmer saturday. Thank you, mike. Well have another update in about 30 minutes, but youre the engine that makes all things go and youre always in disguise, my hero i see your light in the dark smile in my face when we all know its hard welcome back to gma. Those are the faces of just some of the essential workers who have been on the front lines of the pandemic and who are here in our audience at the skyline drivein in brooklyn. Make some news in brooklyn. We are beyond yetful for all they do and so excited here we are had you guys and with these two are two hard working folks. Both are nurses on the night shift in the bronx which was one of the hardest hitushere inew rk lets take a their story. As the covid19 pandemic raged across our country return to our heroes fighting on the front lines. In new york city, the onetime e epicenter of the pandemic at montefiore hospital, chi chi okoro and annie are just two of the faces. We take it one day at a time. Reporter for charles the fear of the unknown made a little easier by a gesture from his young daughter writing a letter to her father, you will always be my hero and i will continue to listen and learn from you. It felt so good. Im her hero and it was really touching. I look at my daughter and say ill do it. Reporter chi chi and charles still felt they were fighting a losing battle. Code blue. Reporter lots of medical emergencies. It was with covid. Covid was all over the hospital. You cant sit is a moment without hearing it. It was very rampant. Code blue. Reporter when you hear that we thought that we were losing the battle to covid. Reporter the hospital decided to create a new code, a happy code to announce a patients recovery from the virus marked by a special song played over the speakers. New york it gave us strength to keep coming to keep fighting. New york yes. Yes. Kept putting out the numbers and at the end of the day the happy calls are more. When you go home like that you go home very happy, at least you knew you achieved something. New york it gave me the hope that in new york you can make it. We can make it. St taken on a special ns yho meaning when you hear it outside of the hospital as well . For me, the song means so much to me. You know, both youth outside the hospital and in the hospital actually. It tells me who i am and also reminds me of new york city, a place i call home. [ cheers and applause ] also, it gives us courage that why can do it, you know. And last time i had it play over the supermarket and it touched me, i reflected on the time we were the epicenter. It touched my heart. Yeah. And the work that all of you do here, it touches all of our hearts. We just want you to guys and ladies and gentlemen to know that. We really appreciate you and chi chi and charles oakley, youoakl, so much respect for you and alicia keys has respect for you and everyone that is here today and shed like to do Something Special to say thank you for the good job that youve been doing. So, alicia, take it away. This is so good. This is for you. Youre my hero. Youre the engine that makes all things go and youre always in disguise, my hero i see your light in the dark smile in my face when we all know its hard theres no way to ever pay you back, bless your heart, know i love you for that honest and selfless i dont know if it helps it but good job, youre doing a good job, a good job youre doing a good job dont get too down the world needs you now know that you matter, matter, matter, yeah the mother, the father, the teachers that feed us, stran strangers from the bottom to the top heroes, this is for you, you make me feel it dont get too down the world needs you know now that you matter, matter yeah, yeah no, no, no dedicated to you and the beautiful the beautiful resilient city of new york. I got to play this for you. Ooh, new york, ooh, new york grew up in a town that is famous as a place of movie scenes noise is always loud, there are sirens all around and the streets are mean if i can make it here i can make it anywhere thats what they say seeing my face in lights or my name on marquees found down on broadway even if it aint all it seems, i got a pocketful of dreams, baby, im from new york concrete jungle where dreams are made of, theres nothing you cant do youre in new york one hand in the air for the big city street lights, big dreams all looking pretty no place in the world that can compare put your lighters in the air, everybody, say, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah in new york, concrete jungle where dreams are made of theres nothing you cant do now youre in new york these streets will make you feel brandnew, big lights will inspire you, hear it for New York New York new york for chi chi and charles and everybody here, we love you, new york. [ cheers and applause ]. 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New york concrete jungle where dreams are made up welcome back, everybody. Alicia keys is getting us in the empire state of mind. Did you guys enjoy it . Im here with the 15time grammy winner who just amazed our audience of essential workers and want to say thank you for being with us here this morning and talk about your new album. Have you coming out selftitled. Alicia. You made us for a minute, 2016 was the last album you put out. Is this album a reflection of your life right now . Absolutely. I just wrote a book called more myself and say thats a companion piece and takes up to today and the music from today on. Its definitely about all sides of us as people. I think we have to look at ourselves as, you know, i have so many sides to myself and we all do and ive been embracing that on this music, so youre going to love it. Its going to take you to many places and many reflexes. Cannot wait for that. Do your husband, switz beatz, and kids, do they have a favorite. Underdog and good job and a song ill sing from genesis 5 because he says, mommy, you had said the word hell. Hes interested in doing things hes not supposed to be doing. If mommy sings it, he can. You can say certain words on occasion but only with me. Like as long as you dont say it in front of any other parents or kid. Good luck with that. Okay. Its not working out, im noticing. And you Just Launched a new billion dollar fund and i mean with a b. Billion dollar fund to support the black community and black businesses. How did you come up with this. A lot of people are tnkwepe black america and know its a time we can see the great disparities and i think obviously the pandemic obviously made those disparities even more obvious as well as what were dealing with as a country with the drastic racism that were seeing, so this is something that i think that its really important for us to all be having conversations together and for corporations and industries and big businesses to also step up to the table for us to hold them accountable as people and artists and holding each other accountable to really step up and step in and so theres a lot of organizations and corporations that are ready to accept this invitation and have already accepted the invitation to empower us with black communities and black schools. Really, really powerful and the time is now. The time is now and youre making sure that everybody is on the program, so thank you so much for that. Youre going to sing your new single love looks better. Uhhuh. The lyrics seem to tell us all to just take a minute. Slow it down a little bit. Is that what the message is from the song. S infinitely, you c a see thae rognizeanhatst soteally my lte on you as opposed to all these other places and all these things were trying to accomplish. My love looks better right now. Right in the present. Right in the present. Love is always great in the present and you know what, alicia is not going anywhere. Now to a woman who turns hospitalized childrens birthdays into fantastic parties that b need them most. It celebrates her generosity in a very special way. For a child nothing is more exciting than your birthday but for ail gail, her 10th birthday would be spent in the hospital. I was diagnosed with the wn nonhodgkins lymphoma lymphoma. Then stephanie. Im the founder of the Confetti Foundation where we provide birthday parties for hospitalized children. She put together a sports themed party for the 13yearold. I was like, wait, this is all for me . Stephanie evening taking it a step further convincing the new England Patriots to put abigails name on their jumbotron. It was honestly the best birthday ive ever had. Reporter abigail is just 1 of 10,000 celebrations made possible by the Confetti Foundation with more than 100 theme, stephanies party in a box movement is bringing joy during a difficult time. When youre there, its very scary. Rmalcy to children andyre in t hospital. Due to the pandemic, with hospital visits limited, demand has tripled. Its a much Smaller Party for the families but much needed party. Reporter now our sponsor lays is sale greating stephanie along with 30 others by putting their smiles on millions of bags of potato chips. Up to 1 million in proceeds going to operation smile so others can smile along as well. A smile is kong stage and happiness is a great feeling. Thank you, stephanie, for bringing smiles. Coming up another song from alicia keys. Gmas rise and mile is sponsored by lays. Celebrate smiles with lays. We are back with grammy Award Winning artist and also the highest selling female artist of the decade, alicia keys who is here to sing another song for us, her new single love looks better from her new album alicia. Ladies and gentlemen, alicia keys. [ applause ] yeah weve been so busy, weve been running around going so fast that we forgot to be present right here, so this song reminds you that my love looks better on you. You feel me . All i, all i ever wanted was a dollar and a chance find, find what im made of, all right coming, coming from the bottom better learn how to dance find, find what youre made of, all right feel like my love is wasting every day, yeah get so damn tired of chasing every day, yeah and now its you im missing every day, yeah every day, yeah, every day so can we talk for a minute stop for a minute all i wanna do is you oh, can we touch for a second be us for a second dont matter what i give it to m lks betteou promise you, baby all i, all i ever wanted was a city and some keys run, run through the street now, all right and now its you im missing, every day, yeah every day, yeah, every day so can we talk for a minute stop for a minute all i wanna do is you oh, can we touch for a second be us for a second dont matter what i give it to my love looks better on you, promise you baby youre all i ever wanted youre all i ever wanted so can we talk for a minute just stop for a minute cause all i wanna do is you yeah promise you, baby my love looks better on you promise you, baby let me see you clap for love. Its the only thing we got. Its the only thing we need. My love looks better, so much better on you. Remember. [ cheers and applause ] if i could, baby id how can i, when you wont take it from me you can go your own way go your own way your wireless. Your rules. Only with xfinity mobile. We sand my heart fell. Oke i knew wed lose our home. And we did. Over 24,000 homes have been destroyed by wildfires in the past few years. Wildfire victims need help so im voting yes on 19. It limits property taxes on wildfire victims so families can move to a replacement home without a tax penalty. You never know what youll be faced with. Please, vote yes on 19. Announcer tomorrow, good morning americ concert a superman announcer tomorrow keith urban importants for you on gmas Concert Series sponsored by carmax. What a way to kick off a thursday morning, a big thank you to the one and only alicia keys and to all these essential workers for an incredible morning. We want to thank you guys for watching. Have a great day. Dearand with summer here,these energy bills are rising. Together, we can save energy and money. By taking steps to stay cool while using less. Keep safe and keep it golden. Good morning, everyone. Im kumasi aaron from rnings. Cal fire expects to have full uconn tanment on the lnu complex by october 1st. The fire, which is burning in the north bay, its 98 contained. Its the fourth largest in california history. Burning more than 363,000 acres. Good morning. Check out this streak of clean air. At least days without spare the air alerts starting today through at least sunday. There will be an increase in smoke this weekend. Those most sensitive keep an eye on it with our app. Heres a look at whats going on. Temperatures today near 70s in San Francisco. Mid80s inland m coolest tomorrow and above average terd. Ha, mike. Now its time r for live with kelly and ryan. Well be back at 11 00 for midday live and we hope youll join us then. In the meantime, you can find us on our a announcer its live with kelly and ryan us today, author and entrepreneur, bethenny frankel. And meat 101 taught by chef pat lafrieda as we continue our home cooking school. Plus, you will meet a household with a speedy pet. All next on live and now, here is kelly ripa [cheers and applause] kelly weights. Wait. No. Be seated. Please, please, i insist. The thunderous excitement is bewildering