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Dangerous predators in the sea. Well gmas super shark week kicks off this morning. It is absolutely spectacular. Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend. I think sam is taking issue with your well were glad you made it back from the bahamas in one piece, sam. Glad to have you. We have a lot to get to. Well get right to the Terror Threat that has americans around the globe on high alert today. Those 19 embassies closed right now. You see them here. Well, the u. S. Has now announced it will extend the mass closures of these embassies for at least another week. Security also raised here in the u. S. At airports and train stations all across the country. Abcs Martha Raddatz is tracking the latest and joins us this morning from washington. Good morning. Reporter intelligence officials are tracking this threat full time this morning. While the u. S. Is closing even more embassies and some may stay closed even beyond this week. U. S. Officials are focusing particularly on yemen this morning. Believing al qaeda operatives are already in place there and possibly other countries as well, just waiting for the opportunity to strike. Intelligence Committee Member Dutch Ruppersberger told me on this week, this is dead serious. Those operatives are in place because we received information that highlevel people from al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula are talking about a major attack. Reporter communications from the al qaeda affiliate in yemen intercepted by the u. S. Revealed chilling details of a terror plot al qaeda believes is going to be big and strategically significant. I had a briefing with the vice president. It is scary. It could be a series of combined attacks so we have to be ready for everything. Reporter especially troubling, according to one senior u. S. Official, surgically implanted devices, bombs in terrorists bodies, a technique developed in yemen. These are guys who have developed the techniques to defeat our detection methods. Which is why u. S. Officials remain vigilant here at home as well, because of the potential threat to airplanes, trains wherever large groups could gather. Is the threat to blow up an embassy, a consulate or Something Else . That part of it is unspecified but the intent seems clear. Reporter and the intent is to what . The intent is to attack western not just u. S. Interests. Reporter that is the reason they are closing embassies. They just arent sure what the target is. They have also learned lessons from the tragedy in benghazi, robin. They certainly have. Martha, we heard when you just said there, of course, the concern overseas but you also said officials remaining vigilant here closer to home, concern here . Reporter well, they are concerned about the u. S. Because this Al Qaeda Group in yemen has focused on the homeland here in remember the socalled underwear bomber who tried to bring down a plane, and officials fear they want to try again. All right, martha, thank you. Martha raddatz in washington. All right, robin. We turn to judgment day for some of baseballs biggest stars. The yankees Alex Rodriguez headlines a list of players expected to be suspended today for using performanceenhancing drugs, and rodriguez is vowing to not go down without a fight. Abcs paula faris has been following the story for us. Paula, good morning. Already, the headlines not kind to rodriguez. This is going to dominate the news cycle which is exactly what the league wants to happen. Now, Alex Rodriguez along with a dozen others expected to be suspended under the leagues drug policy in just a few hours, but most likely even that will not stop rodriguez from starting in tonights game against the Chicago White sox. Even as he faces the very real possibility hell be suspended, Alex Rodriguez says he still is on his way to the windy city this morning. Yeah, im flying to chicago. Reporter hes tentatively slated to start at third base for the yankees tonight but not even his team is sure what will happen. My hope is i get him in the lineup tomorrow but i mean i wouldnt say 100 . Reporter the suspension expected to be handed down today will reportedly last through 2014. Sources tell espn the league has evidence rodriguez doped then lied about it. A violation of baseballs drug policy. Major League Baseball has the goods on these guys and arod is in big trouble. Reporter even if he is punished, the star with a contract still valued at still more than 100 million could stay in the lineup indefinitely. Under the leagues agreement with the players union, if arod files an appeal, he can keep playing until that appeal is heard. Tonights game could be the first time the threetime mvp has taken the field with the yankees since october of last year. And after several hip surgeries, the 38yearold slugger eager to prove he can still play. Number 600. I feel like i can help us win. I can help us be a better team. Reporter because this is an ongoing investigation, rodriguez says he hasnt been able to share his latest chapter. Ill have that platform and when the time is right ill tell my full story. Reporter but some think his ending has already been written. His legacy is shot. It doesnt matter what he comes back and does. Essentially hes been tagged as someone who is a doper, not all of his career. Now a yankees official tells me they expect him to appeal any suspension which means his case will be heard and determined by an arbitrator. It could take over a month to settle. Hes still owed over 100 million on his contract which runs through 2017, but bottom line, josh, as long as hes playing he gets paid. Again, we do expect him in that lineup. Yes, we do. Thank you for that. It is going to be a wild scene. Indeed, it is. Now to that terrifying scene at one of the nations most famous tourist destinations. One man is in custody this morning after he plowed his car into the boardwalk at venice beach killing a young woman. Abcs brandi hitt joins us there from venice beach with the latest. Good morning, brandi. Reporter good morning, robin. Witnesses say the driver intentionally pulled out onto this stretch of the boardwalk with speeds of up to 50 miles per hour, and this morning, a memorial continues to grow for the young bride whose life was cut short. Captured by surveillance cameras this Morning Police are searching for the motive of 38yearold Nathan Campbell who they say hit the accelerator of this dodge avenger. Video captured by a venice beach restaurant shows the suspect parking his car and walking off only to return then taking off down the boardwalk, plowing into a crowd of people. Everybody get out of the way he was looking for blood. That guy intentionally wanted to kill people. I mean it was just like traumatizing to see. Reporter this man snatched a child out of danger just seconds before the car plowed into nearly a dozen bystanders. There was a girl latched on to the hood of the car just trying to stay alive. Reporter campbell ditched the car a few miles away then turned himself in, according to police, who are holding him on 1 million bail. Theyre not releasing his mug shot and are waiting to see whether alcohol or drugs were involved. He will be tested and the charge was murder. Reporter a newlywed from italy was killed. 32yearold Alice Gruppioni was married two weeks ago according to an italian newspaper. The couple toured the southwest. Her husband christian posted these facebook photos describing their last moments in venice beach, he told the newspaper we were happy Holding Hands then everything changed. When i got there she was speaking a little, i mean, but then after that like the next thing you know she just stopped talking. Reporter there are flowers in the boardwalk in her memory. This Morning Police are calling the suspect a transient and local leaders say they want to install more barriers along the boardwalk to prevent another tragedy from happening again. Robin. Brandi, thank you very much. All of us have been watching those pictures and knowing about the young bride, its hard. Hard. Lets turn to Abcs Amy Robach with the other top stories. Good morning. We begin with breaking news. A u. S. Military helicopter has crashed on the island of okinawa, japan, inside a marine camp on the island there. Smoke was seen rising from the wreckage. Japanese media report three of the four members survived but the other is missing. The u. S. Military has yet to confirm that. Well, back in this country developing news from louisiana. A train carrying hazardous chemicals has derailed 60 miles west of baton rouge, forcing the evacuation of more than 100 homes. One railcar was leaking sodium hydroxide which can be fatal if inhaled. A major highway is closed as crews now assess that damage. And also overnight relief for 400,000 commuters who ride Public Transportation in San Francisco. The governor intervened at the last minute to prevent the citys second transit strike of the summer. A special panel will now investigate the ongoing contract dispute. Three hours and 15 minutes. That is how long each side will have for closing arguments today in the trial of whitey bulger. The alleged boston mob boss is charged in connection with 19 murders. Despite the time allowance the judge is asking both sides to consider whether jurors can actually Pay Attention for that long. A wild scene caught on camera near cincinnati. An outofcontrol car crashing into this gas station, flipping over on top of a bus stop. Watch as the driver climbs out the passenger window. He tries to hail a taxi before fleeing the scene. Hes still on the run. And a legend from the glory days of football has passed away. Art donovans tackling propelled the colts to two championships best remembered for his hilarious stories on late night tv, once quipping the only weight he ever lifted was a beer can. Art donovan was 89. Tiger woods snagged his 79th pga tour win this weekend but someone else stole the show. This little guy forced a halt in the action at the 13th hole. One of the announcers even describing the squirrel you see there as being possessed by the devil. I think he was probably just being a squirrel. Youre in my territory. Yeah, i mean, you know. On the day tiger was up 7. It was a lucky squirrel. I was going to say honestly they said he was possessed. He was just running across the field. Does it take that little to create excitement . Thanks, amy. Well turn to the power plant implosion that sent shrapnel flying into a crowd of spectators. It left one man with a partially amputated leg. Several others injured. Abcs john muller has the story. Reporter the implosion begins routinely enough with crowds gathering and counting down. Five, four, three, two reporter but as the explosive charges begin firing, shrapnel begins flying. Listen as it slams into this fence. Oh, my god. Reporter from this angle you can see what appear to be large chunks of metal rocketing out from the power plant. Hundreds of people are gathered to watch in a socalled safe zone 1,000 feet away from the buildings saturday morning in bakersfield, california, when things went wrong. Unbelievable. Oh, my god. Reporter one man was hit so badly his leg had to be amputated. Four others, including fred garten, were also hurt. It felt like a piece of metal hit me like getting hit with a baseball bat right below the knee. Reporter in recent years building demolitions, implosions and explosions have become something of a spectator sport. There it goes. Oh. Reporter yet accidents like this one are relatively uncommon. This morning, pacific gas and electric company, which owns the plant, is investigating. It says it now believes the safety zone may not have been large enough. In a statement the company said it is working closely with, quote, all investigating agencies and thirdparty contractors to identify what caused this to end like this. Now, the man who lost part of his leg continues a serious battle in the hospital. One thing investigators will focus on, how did experts come up with 1,000 feet as the distance considered safe . For now police have no plans to file any criminal charges. Robin. All right, there, john, thank you. Now to that highstakes dispute for dexter fans and so Many Television viewers. Millions of cable customers left in the dark unable to watch their favorite shows. The question many are asking this morning, is their Cable Company next . Abcs Rebecca Jarvis has the story. Its amazing. Reporter theres none of this or this or this. This could get difficult. Reporter instead if youre one of the millions of Time Warner Cable customers in cities like los angeles, new york and dallas, this morning youre waking without cbs, showtime and dozens of other channels owned by the cbs corporation. Channels now replaced by a warning that cbs has demanded an outrageous increase for programming requiring time warner to remove their stations from your lineup. I cant believe it. Were trapped. Its okay. Do what you got to do. Reporter at issue a bitter battle over the fees time warner pays cbs to run its programming. Cbs is paid from 75 cents to a dollar per subscriber in new york and wants 2. Reporter but after four days without a resolution consumers are now sounding off on social media on sites like facebook. Time warner cable should be on dexters kill table. And get a life, cbs. Its you that wants to raise rates for poor hardworking people. It isnt the first time Cable Companies have blocked channels from their lineups. Last year directv blacked out mtv and nickelodeon for nine days over a fee dispute. So why should you be tuning in to this multibillion dollar battle even if youre not a Time Warner Cable subscriber . Consumers should be aware that this could happen to any channel in any market now. I dont know. Nothing about this doesnt make any sense. You can say that again. Reporter analysts say both sides losing their cable subscribers might decide to cut the cord and watch tv on the internet but fans of chapels blacked out might find other networks they like better. How long could it last . Anywhere from ten days to six weeks because that is the start of football season, robin. I knew you were going to know this one. Oh, yes, its going to be settled before football. I couldnt watch tiger. I was here in new york and couldnt watch tiger. You missed the darned squirrel. You should have seen this squirrel. Glad amy robach brought that to us. Theyll have it worked out by week one. This jeopardy mishap. Its stirring up an awful lot of protest. A middle schooler got a final jeopardy question right but spelled it wrong. The judges ruled against him and abcs Bianna Golodryga our gma weekend anchor is here with this. The show i dvrd, this was a tough one to swallow. This wasnt blacked out like the other shows on cbs. It aired last wednesday but social media is still buzzing with outrage. Jeopardy fans are calling foul with the judges ruling while 12yearold thomas hurleys father thinks alex trebek was smug. The civil war. Reporter it was a tiny spelling error that put thousands of dollars in jeopardy lets go to thomas hurley. Reporter 12yearold thomas hurley, from newtown, connecticut, was competing in a special kids edition when he was asked about a famous document signed by president lincoln. What is the emancipation well, because he misspelled it badly, emanciptation, you put a p in there, proclamation, thats unfortunate. The judges are ruling against you. Reporter but fans took issue with toughtalking trebek calling his ruling, quote, rude and inappropriate. And this morning, hurley tells the newstimes of danbury, its just upsetting to have lost that way. Renee durette can relate. She lost at wheel of fortune after dropping the g from this puzzle. Seven swans a swimmin. Being a kid, its just that much more hes just like, oh, man, you just feel so bad for him. Reporter and some wonder about a daily double standard. Just last year contestant david guard spelled Hannibal Lecter incorrectly and producers let it slide because it was phonetically correct but in this kiddie case producers tell abc news, if jeopardy were to give credit for an incorrect response however minor the show would effectively penalize the other players. Still just seems so wrong. We reached out to thomas hurleys family for comment and declined to make an official statement saying theyve moved on. He is on vacation with grandma. We have clearly not moved on. Josh hasnt moved on. Its not a spelling contest. The poor kid got it right. We should note he would have come in a distant second if he got this right. And theyve made that correction before. Sam, lots of weather to get to including hail, monstrous at times. If youve ever driven through a situation like this, let me show you what it looks like. Inches of rain and inches of hail piled up like softballsize hail creates rivers of hail running through the streets near ft. Collins, windsor, colorado. Seven reported tornadoes in some of those storms, as well. Likely some will pop up in those areas today. Where the heavy rain falls, back in the middle of the country. Wichita getting pounded with almost a foot of rain in the last 24, 36 hours so sioux falls, chicago, a heavy hit of rain. Springfield, 2 to 3 inches of rain. There will be definite flooding. Have you noticed the cool air . Weve got to talk about this from the great lakes into new england in the next half hour. Good monday morning. Im abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. You can see the clouds are out there once again. That means slow sunshine and even cooler weather today. Tonight, its going to be overcast drizzle and mist for tomorrow mornings commute and aboveaverage temperatures all the way through at least friday. Today our warmest weather in our inland and east bay neighborhoods low to mid80s. Everybody else in the 60s to 70s and upper 50s to near 60 along the coast. For all that weather brought to you by big lots. When we come back well talk about a cool august for some people. Its beautiful out there. A little falllike. Well take it. Coming up on gma, the reallife homeland mystery. What really happened to the man who was able to reveal how pacemakers could be hacked. Leah remini about to tell all inside the church of scientology. And Ashton Kutcher looks like steve jobs. Apparently he does in a brandnew film. Well talk about it. Au natural. 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Enroll now. Weve got a frame waiting for you. Good morning. Im eric thomas. Braking news at the foot of the bay bridge where there are major delays following a big rig fire. It burned on the west end of 5th street in San Francisco. It shut down two westbound lanes. The fire is out, but the traffic delays continue. You can take b. A. R. T. To avoid this mess. Details on that in a moment. First lets check in with leyla gulen for the rest of the commute. A live look at that same picture, so the flames have been calm. Theyre out. Right now two lanes blocked off. Save is reporting the sigalert will be around for two hours. I estimate that to be much longer because we have this big rig that they need to tow out of the way and clean the mess up. Two lanes get by and were seeing big puddles of water because of the firefight and the maze is looking like a mess so avoid it at all costs. Eric . Over your shoulder looked like they were still spraying water on that truck. B. A. R. T. Trains are running this morning. Governor brown has ordered a sevenday inquiry into the dispute meaning trains will run for at least a week. B. A. R. T. And the unions remain at odds over new contract. Well show you this twit picture from the millennium tower. Thats how much smoke was coming out of that fire earlier. Current conditions, all of us in the 50s except for Mountain View and san jose. 60 right now pap little drizzle for the next hour just when you thought it was safe to go back to times square. Sharkpocalypse with robin, george, josh, sam and lara. This time its really personal. This time its always personal. When is it not . Oh, nice, lara. Da, da, da. It is a sharkpocalypse as we enjoy Discovery Channels shark week. Shark week people wanted to dive in the bahamas so there we went and it was warm and beautiful and the sharks were feeding and im wearing like 20 pounds. You sink straight to the bottom. That field. You feel like a shark popsicle. Amazing. One of the coolest things weve ever done. Glad you made it back safe, jo sam. Thanks, josh. Inside a bizarre death of the man who was about to reveal how to hack pacemakers. And king of queens star leah remini about to spill all about leaving the church of scientology. Why she says shes about to reveal everything thats taboo to talk about. All right. Guess what, we have hollywood hunks heating up times square. Ashton kutcher, Liam Hemsworth, Jason Sudeikis, they are all here live and its coming up momentarily. As i just said on twitter we have sam and josh. We have hunks all the time. Ah. Im sorry. Ah. You shouldnt have. Put the money over there. Right to the mysterious death of the computer hacker who warned implanted medical devices like pacemakers are vulnerable to fatal hack attacks. Linsey davis is here with more. Reporter something youd see only in a suspense thriller. Hackers able to tinker with peoples pacemakers sending a fatal electric shock to the lifesaving devices and just to be clear, there are no indications that barney jack, the man who discovered this had a pacemaker but some find his death mysterious. His pacemaker can be wirelessly accessed with that number. Reporter the shocking blot twist on the hit show homeland. Im killing you. Reporter that scene got many wondering is it actually possible to hack implantable medical devices, specifically pacemakers. According to this man, the answer is yes. Professional hacker barnaby jack was set to reveal the secrets of just how it can be done this past weekend until he mysteriously turned up dead. Just days before the 35yearold was to speak on hacking humans at a major las vegas Hacking Convention he was able to remotely exploit them and this talk was really dedicated to how the manufacturers could improve the security of the devices. Reporter his girlfriend discovered his body in his San Francisco home on july 25th. Now the Coroners Office is trying to determine just how jack died. This morning, questions, even conspiracy theories are swirling all around the untimely death of the socalled ethical hacker who once wowed audiences with his demonstration of atm hacking. Jack dedicated his career to using his skills to expose vulnerabilities hackers can attack helping manufacturers develop tighter safety measures. He wanted to know how could that stuff down there fail and especially how could it fail if there were some not nice people out there trying to make it crash. Reporter as for jacks warning, the fda says there is no calls for alarm for the nearly 3 million americans who have pacemakers saying it is not aware of any patient injuries or deaths associated with these incidents. Nor do we have any indication that any specific devices or systems in clinical use have been purposely targeted at this time. If you go to the dark side of this, it could unleash the ability, people to commit murder in effect to speed up pacemakers. Shut them down. Reporter meanwhile, some are now left wondering whether he could have been purposely targeted over his lifes work. Advomed tells abc news no patient has ever been harmed as a result of either inadvertent or intentional cybersecurity measures. Police say there is no evidence of foul play and his sister releasing a statement overnight saying there has been overwhelming support from around the world for her brother. Were thinking of him. Still could be conspiracy theorists. Hope to get to the bottom of it. This bizarre murderforhire plot, a 22yearold student back in court today accused of asking two of her former boyfriends to take out two of her other exes. Abcs Clayton Sandell has the story. Reporter this morning, barbara wu will be back in court as the District Attorney lays out a sordid case against the 22yearold College Student whos majoring in Political Science but now stands accused of engaging in murder for hire. Wu was an honor student in high school. A badminton player accepted to the university of california riverside. But prosecutors say after a boyfriend broke up with her by email she engineered a revenge plot to kill him. His identity hidden, he testified against her last week. Tried to attack me with a knife. Reporter they broke up and wu started dating dennis lin. Thats when she allegedly asked had him to help retall yalt against exboyfriend number one allegedly sending threatening message and worse. She asked me to kidnap him and then to somehow kill him and then dispose of the body. Reporter lin secretly went to police. They asked had him to wear a wire. Thanks to that recording, wu was busted charged with solicitation to commit murder and stalking. She has pleaded not guilty. Then in yet another twist, when news of wus arrest broke a third man came forward. He told police when he dated wu several years ago, she allegedly asked him to kill another exboyfriend. Shes been charged in that case too. Pleading not guilty. Its a preposterous tale. Reporter wus Attorney Says dennis fabricated it to remove his own academic trouble at the university. Were looking forward to the day we can have a jury listen to this evidence and have her vindicated. Reporter if wus case goes to trial and shes convicted she could spend 13 years in prison. For Good Morning America, Clayton Sandell, abc news, denver. All right. Thank you for that, clayton. Well turn now again to sam with a look at the weather. I see that pesky jet stream. Yeah, which by the time a lot walk out from the great lakes to new england and even the midatlantic youre thinking, is this august 4th or the end of september . Because these numbers are really cool and this is a shot from chicago. Wls, by the way, the only people i trust with any information in chicago, period. If youre not watching them in chicago, unplug the tv. Its just not worth having a tv running. Here youve got that area of High Pressure and that pesky jet stream as josh was mentioning kind of going up and down finding cooler temperatures wherever that yet is so detroit, youre 75 today. You do come up a little, 86 by wednesday. Boston, come up a touch as well. New york city below normal all week. Only 81 by the time we get to wednesday. There are some signs and some were saying this would be several weeks below normal and may not last that long. Where the heat is, Oklahoma City, a lot of heat warnings and advisories and texas, dallas good morning. Im abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. Looks like weve lost summer once again, temperatures well below average from 50s along the coast to possibly 80s in our inland east bay neighborhoods atlanta, youre 90 today. Some like this but i say to them, let me have my august and you can have your september. Stay in a lane. Thank you, sam. Coming up leah remini about to tell all about why she left the church of scientology. Why she says shes about to dish on everything theres taboo to talk about. Our sharktacular shark week kicks off with a frenzy. Sam drawing the short straw, will he make it out alive. Look out, sam. Look out, sam. Its a shark. Elp i can get. Thats why i like nutella. Mom, whats the capital of West Virginia . Charleston. Nutella is a delicious hazelnut spread my whole family loves. Mom, have you seen my backpack . Nutella goes great on wholewheat toast or wholegrain waffles. And its great taste comes from a unique combination of simple ingredients like hazelnuts, skim milk and a hint of cocoa. Yeah, bye. 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Reporter leah remini made headlines when she quit the church of scientology. Now a new tellall memoir these reportedly writing could make even more news. Us weekly says the actress told them it will include my experiences everything that is taboo to talk about. Joining the church at age 7, briefly served as a member of the elite religious order known at sea org and moved amongst scientologys famous members. This book is huge. I think every publisher will be interested in bidding for it. I think that this would be one of the most sought off celebrity memoirs of the last few years. Reporter not since the oscar winning screenwriter paul hag get had the church had to face such a prominent member quitting and becoming openly critical. Haggis praised remini writing the stakes for her were so much higher than for me. Her decision to leave was so much braver. In a statement to abc news, the Church Called haggis a stat suss obsessed screenwriter who is exploiting his tenuous connection with scientology to grab headlines. Her sister, a former scientologist says leahs relationship with the church began to sour in 2006 at the wedding of tom cruz and katie holmes where leah asked David Miscavige where his wife wife. His wife hasnt been seen publicly in many years. In a radio interview her sister said she was rebuked for asking. She was totally shocked. She did not at all expect that type of response and then it just kind of escalated from there. Reporter the church has publicly denied the story about remini confronting miscavige. They say mrs. Miscavige continues her work in the church as she always as. As for leah reminis upcoming book, the chump has no comment, for Good Morning America, dan harris, abc news, new york. Its a book many would be eager to read. Well see what happens. 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Talk to your doctor. Cymbalta can help. Good morning. Im kristen sze. On the upper deck of the bay bridge, a major delay continues after a fire. This is near the 5th street exit in San Francisco. Look at those flames. The fire shut down two westbound lanes and is now out, but that traffic backup continues. You can take b. A. R. T. To avoid the delays in this big mess. An order from Governor Brown has halted a strike for at least seven days. Lets check in with leyla gulen for the commute. As we take a look, you can see the flames have been put out but lanes are still blocked. Two lanes to get you by. The traffic is solid right now out of the maze and into berkeley. Looks like a nasty drive. Avoid it at all costs. Heres mike nicco. Big story, temperatures below average from 62 in San Francisco to possibly 84 the warm spot in livermore. Heres your accuweather you make me want to say oh oh oh gma is getting hot, hollywood hot. Oh my god sizzling actors in the summers biggest blockbusters. Ashton kutcher, Liam Hemsworth, Jason Sudeikis, all burning up times square right now and only on Good Morning America. Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh yes, amy robach, i said getting hot. I thought you said getting hot. Lots of movie stars running around the studio. One of them with us right now, Ashton Kutcher. [ applause ] were burning up times square right now. Right now. He plays steve jobs in the new biopic. I just was telling him i just finished it on vacation. Stunning and bright. I look so forward to your turn in that film. Thank you. It looks to be tremendous. Its very authentic. Very real. We have ashton with us. We have Jason Sudeikis here with us. We have Liam Hemsworth here with us. Oh, youre dropping names. Stop it. Theres liam over there. Everywhere you look. And hes standing right next to some killers of the deep. The sharks, they are everywhere. Look at that. Josh, its not weve made shark week even more dangerous by bringing it to times square. Did you sign the release for the sharks . Ashton . I didnt. Im not good with fish. I dont do well with fish. Im a little more of a beach guy myself. You watched sharknado . You saw it. I saw like 15 minutes. Then i went, click. Were going to take you below the water diving with some sharks this morning in honor of shark week and were going to be doing cool stuff all week long. Also ahead, we have some reaction now on the latest from fathertobe simon cowell. A sneak peek of the showstopping finale also of the bachelorette. And theres one more thing. I know we talked about this before the weekend started. A special fundraiser on saturday night in napa valley and to pay tribute to our dear friend Robin Roberts, the 15th annual v wine celebration. Im told do not miss an invite to this but this was a celebration and an auction to raise money for the v foundation, melissa etheridge, a friend of the program, performed. She, of course, a nineyear cancer survivor, and in honor of robin and her remarkable courage and beating back mds, they united to donate, wait for it, more than 1. 2 million. Wow. Amazing. The whole festival was great. Melissa was there. The whole festival raised 9 million, but 1. 2 was dedicated to mds Research Going to two great grants and just thank you all. Thank you, thank you, thank you thank you for what they continue to do. And 100 of the money when you donate to the v foundation, 100 of what you donate goes to research, not to overhead, not to salaries. Again, it was the it was the courage award you received there. We saw Jimmy Valvano there. It all sprung from that. Next time well send you all to napa valley. I think people were all liquored up. Thats what you need. Robin will be pulling double duty. Stick around after this program for a little more robin but now lets turn to amy robach for the days top stories. Good morning, everyone. We get right to that disturbing terrorist threat. Nearly two dozen u. S. Embassies and consulates are closed at this hour. Most of them in the middle east and many will stay closed all week. It is in response to what lawmakers call the most serious chatter by terrorists since 9 11, much of it traced to al qaeda in yemen. A warning about a major attack. Officials are especially worried about surgically implanted explosives that may be undetectable. Well, major League Baseball is expected to suspend its highest paid star, Alex Rodriguez, today in connection with the leagues latest drug scandal. That suspension will reportedly last through next season, but sources say arod will be able to play while he appeals. And the man accused of intentionally driving a car into this crowded boardwalk in venice beach, california, this weekend is now being held on 1 million bail. A tourist on her honeymoon was killed. 11 others injured. Police have not released a motive at this point. Well, an inspiring public appearance in cleveland. The youngest of three women who survived a decade in captivity inside Ariel Castros house of horrors showed up at clevelands annual puerto rican parade. Gina dejesus smiled and waved to the crowd. The event was dedicated to missing people and their families. We want to clarify something we said about a congressional hearing that aired last thursday about Energy Drinks and children. We said the American Medical Association had come out in support of a ban on selling the drinks to minors when, in fact, the ama supports a ban on the marketing of Energy Drinks to those under 18. And finally, loving your spouse is one thing, spending an entire weekend handcuffed to them is quite another, but, yep, i just said that. Its exactly how comedian mark malkoff and his wife christine spent their weekend. They did the dishes. They brushed their teeth. They vacuumed. They did the laundry together. I mean, and apparently they did other things together, which i dont even really want to know about. All right. It was all apparently to test the strength of their marriage or in my humble opinion to get a youtube video. Anyway, they admit that they are eager for some alone time together. 48 hours handcuffed. Marriage, some say is the virtual handcuff. Im just saying the ball and chain. Would you do it . Would you do it . Would you do it . Never, never. Not a chance. No way. Not a chance. I think ruben would kill me. We do want to mention, robin has not suddenly morphed into sam champion. Shes going to be hosting live with kelly and michael this morning, so you want to stick around after Good Morning America as she makes her way uptown and turn to bianna back with the news that tops yeah, and i wore a special dress for sam. Diving material suit. All right. Here we go. Well, age is just a number when youre blessed with true beauty. Jennifer aniston looks stunning without a drop of makeup at the age of 44. No one is saying thats old but she is 44 in a photo posted by her longtime hairstylist chris mcmillan. Its always about the hair. The pair has worked together for 20 years. Mcmillan created the famous rachel cut on friends and recently teamed up for anistons hair care line, living proof. This week, aniston will show off her entire beautiful body. She stars as a stripper in were the millers which debuts august 7th. Anistons costar, Jason Sudeikis, is here live this morning and she will join us on gma on wednesday. Terrific. Hair and all. She looks fantastic, i know. Okay, moving on, katy perry also looks fantastic. Shes setting fire to her signature blue wig in a promo for the upcoming from her third album prism. She released this teaser trending big all weekend announcing the first new single from her much anticipated album will be called roar. And we dont have to wait too long to hear it. It will drop next monday. I cant wait for this to come out. I love shes amazing. Shes terrific. Fantastic. And energetic and whatever she does is going to be fun. My daughters will be singing it for the next two weeks. All will be. Something else thats fun, dancing with the stars. And for all you dancing with the stars fans, your wait is almost over. The new cast for the Upcoming Season will be announced september 4th right here on gma. Is maks back . Well, listen, wait. Abcs president announced the shows format is being honed. Now youll get the judges and the audiences votes on the same night building to an incredible climax every show responding to rumors that fan favorite, maks chmerkovskiy may return this season. Lee says maks is part of the family, so maybe hell be back. Wow. If anyone can say the name right, its you. And its not maks, its maksim chmerkovskiy. I love when you do that. Maks chmerkovskiy. The whole thing. Thats just amazing. All right. How about a little weather. Center stage. Do we have a live shot of the shark tank, by the way, thats right here so we can show you all right, first of all, hang on. There you go. There you go. Dont wake the sleeping killers of the deep, ladies and gentlemen, because theyre right here in our studios. Yeah, look at that. What is that . Thats a bamboo shark. Theyre tiny but they still feed. Lets get to our live shot. Oh, pictures from earlier this morning of dallas. Youve got a threeday heat wave going into the deep south. This is the place where the heat has been concentrated. It continues that way. Look at Oklahoma City there. Heat watches and warnings and advisories out in oklahoma, also for parts of texas all the way to new orleans the heat is on this morning. San francisco, the cool, drizzly spot that is so unique to the west coast but even Southern California has a little bit of coastal fog today. The heat is on. The heat is on. The heat is do you want to sing . No, were not allowed to. All right. Thats the weather around the nation. Look at the killer. Shhh, dont wake t good monday morning. Im abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. You can see the clouds are out there once again. That means slow sunshine and even cooler weather today. Tonight, its going to be overcast drizzle and mist for tomorrow mornings commute and aboveaverage temperatures all the way through at least friday. Today our warmest weather in our inland and east bay neighborhoods low to mid80s. Everybody else in the 60s to 70s and upper 50s to near 60 along the coast. For tonight, you can see tweet us if its kenny loggins. Because we kind of think it is. Yeah. By the way, the sharks that i was with were bigger than the ones we have in the studio. Yeah, i bet. Right. Huge. You can borrow my dress when you go back. All right, well, coming up, a look at whats ahead on the gma morning menu. The latest reaction from fathertobe simon cowell. And high heels for little girls. 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Find out why more than two million members count on angies list. Angies list reviews you can trust. I love you, angie. Sorry, honey. Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh its hot out there. They are waiting for ashton and jason and liam and the heat index. A lot of stories coming right now. We have the latest on simon cowell and the latest on ellen hosting the oscars and ravensymones revelation. It was over the weekend. Here to discuss it all kate coyne, the assistant managing editor of people magazine. Kate, good to see you. Good to see you. I want to start with simon cowell, a story now out that says he says he had broken up with lauren silverman, the woman with whom he has purportedly fathered a child. Where do we stand . Theres a lot im not sure how you break up with somebody who is already married to someone else, but what hes trying to do here is make it clear he is not going to be having any sort of romantic relationship with lauren. Her mother said she really hopes they get married. She should get used to disappointment. Because theyre not getting married. Hes feeling very confused. I think hes very conflicted. On the one hand weve had sources tell us he is livid about feeling trapped and tricked into this situation. Yet on other hand hes actually. This is something he had feared would maybe never happen for him and he is looking forward to it. You have to feel for her 7yearold son too stuck in the middle of this. If nothing else. We also want to get ellen now, encore performance. She will be hosting the oscars next year, big gig back in 2007. Was this a response there she is. She did it all literally. Is this a response to Seth Macfarlanes performance . I think a lot of people are going to see it that way. Certainly the timing. This is very early to be announcing the host. It seems to be something of a response by the producers who produced last year with Seth Macfarlane saying, calm down, all your fears about misogyny and this sort of boarish behavior of Seth Macfarlane, you wont have to worry about it this year. All will be well. Ellen is back. Yes. Shes going to keep by the way, natural host. She puts people at ease. She can come up with those funny lines very quickly. She can talk to anybody. And shes not controversial which is what they needed this year. I do want to get to actress ravensymone who played little olivia on the cosby show when she was younger and said for the first time shes gay. I can finally get married. Yay, government. So proud of you. Known for her privacy. But no longer. This is really part of a greater trend of the way celebrities are coming out now. Not so much the time message, yep, im gay. This is more of really an afterthought because this isnt all they want to talk about. Its, by the way, just thought id mention this is a fact of my life. Its not who i am in every facet, but its just something you might i think its exactly. You just penned it exactly the way a lot of us feel about it. This is something part of us. We have so many other things to talk about, by the way, we are also in love just like you, were getting married just like you. Sam, my favorite thing you did was announce that you were getting married and that was it. So, again, reminding me off the bat about the two of you. Kate coyne. Thank you so much. Thank you. All right, well, its a hot new trend. You know, a lot of girls, you have a daughter. You have two daughters and a lot of girls are wearing high heels and wedges, so we wanted to see is this too much . Are they too young to be wearing heels . I went out to new york to check it out. Yes. Reporter celebrities parade the red carpet in high heels. Pop stars dance in pumps, and women even work out in stilettos but little girls . Thanks to pintsize celebrities like suri cruise, high heels and wedges are being sported by girls as young as 3. Girls, they love shoes. Reporter rusty katz manages childrens shoes at lesters, a chain of Department Stores in new york. He says he cant keep shoes for little girls in stock. We caught up with him as he showed sara berman and her 8yearold daughter talia with falls hottest trend, steve madden wedges. She picked the highest heel. Reporter within minutes she declared her love for the shoes. They make me feel tall. Reporter others arent so thrilled. On mommy message, girls they lament the growing number of high heels out there. Roughly half of steve madden kids Spring Summer collection has an elevated sole and making waves at gap and target stores nationwide. It concerns many that say it sexualizes little girls. The fact that word sexy should never apply to children. Reporter podiatrists think they pose health dangers. It could affect their balance, tendon development and mechanics. You make it look so easy. Reporter but talia shows me high heels for her at least dont seem to pose a problem in walking or jumping. Mom sara says while she wishes she could stave off talias high heel cravings for a few more years, she believes heels for girls today are just a sign of the times. As long as its just a treat to be able to put on on a special occasion. Its not as if theyre wearing them every day. Oh, yes. We have lots of young daughters here, 5, 7, 10, 13, and theyre all begging for these. Theyre marketed everywhere. Nope, nope, nope. Look, i think this is the sexualization of young girls and the problem is when an 8yearold starts looking like a 13yearold, theyre going to get attention from 13yearolds and in my house we have a simple agreement, my daughter and i. She promises not to dress like an adult, and i promise not to dress like a teenager. I love that. I love that. I love that real medical concerns, as well. Their balance is not mature. Their muscular system is not mature. Theyre more prone to fractures and sprains. I mean, its not easy to walk on these things. Why would you want to start at 8. Exactly. Believe me, theres enough time for that as were all looking at our heels right now. Childhood goes too quickly anyway. Just so were clear, sarina, not for happening for years and years. Or do what my daughter does and get a pair of hockey statesment dr. Jennifer ashton, thank you so much. We want to head over to robin. Next on the gma heat index, Ashton Kutcher. Hes starring in the new moved jobs out later this month channeling apple ceo and cofounder steve jobs in a performance one critic called killer shrewd. Lets take a look. Do you know why people buy an apple . Why do you buy an apple not the competitor . Because its got bravado. Its social status. You know what, its even more than that. Its social currency. Weve raised the bar. If we want to stay there, we got to risk everything. Great artists, dylan, picasso, newton, they risk failure, and if we want to be great, we got to risk it too. And we are delighted to have ashton here with us. I watched it over the weekend. Wow, its inspiring. It really is. Well, steve jobs is inspiring. You know, hes a guy who came from Humble Beginnings and had a big dream and understood focus and hard work and made dreams come true. Yeah, physically like even looking at you now as i watched the movie, even producers said they were struck how you look so much like a younger steve jobs. But they said it goes beyond that. There was an emotional connection that you had to this and the script. Why . You know, i it was funny. You know, a lot of people talk about they remember where they were when kennedy died, and i remember where i was when steve jobs passed away. You know, i think he was like the Leonardo Da Vinci of our day, and i remember going home that night, and i was working on my Apple Computer and i had my iphone there. What i realized was that all of these relationships i have in my life are connected and pulled together by glue that he laid down with the products that he built, and he took something that was so complicated, you know, when he first entered into the computing game, it was something that was just for geeks and for people that were engineers and actually understood how these things worked, and he made something so complicated so simple that my 7yearold nephew can facetime me on his ipad, and my 80yearold grandma is addicted to candy crunch, you know, playing video games, so how about that . And i think that thats kind of the magic of what this guy did. He took processes and things that other people built that were really complicated and made it so simple that we can all connect to it. You obviously have a lot of respect for steve jobs, and you said when you were approached about this, that the word i hear over and over again you were intimidated. Why . Yeah, i was just terrified. First of all, i had never played a role like this before, and i felt like playing somebody who actually lived and somebody who was like near and dear to the hearts of so many people, i wanted to honor him and who he was and how he was, and i really admire him, and i work a lot, invest in a lot of like early stage Startup Technology companies, so i have a lot of friends that were either coworkers of his or worked for him or were friends of his, and they loved him, and i didnt want to let them down. The first one to reach a million on twitter, ladies and gentlemen. We shouldnt forget that a few years ago, but youve always had your hand in those kind of things, being a entrepreneur and also being very philanthropic. You had a chance to meet steve jobs shortly before he passed, and you didnt see him. Tell us about that. Yeah, i i there was a feature on the iphone on the keyboard that i wanted, and it was like a shortcut feature so i could press like two letters and get a whole sentence to write out and a friend of mine was working at apple. And i mentioned this idea to them, and it ended up in the product, and there was a Developers Conference that apple does every year, and i got invited to come to it and meet steve, and i had to work that day, and, you know, its funny, like you have those experiences, and i dont think i appreciated who he was and what his contribution was at that time, and i probably would have tried to take the day off and had a second chance. Hindsight. My real hope is is that theyll see the movie and realize that steve jobs wasnt always steve jobs and he built the largest, you know, most Successful Company in the world and that they can look at life and instead of just having to live in the life that they see. They can build the life that other people could live in. Thats how you feel when you watch the movie. Ashton, thank you very much. Thank you. All the best to you going forward. Ashton kutcher, ladies and gentlemen. We got a big audience right here. Give it up. Jobs opens nationwide on august 16th. Coming up, Liam Hemsworth is here live and a sneak peek at tonights finale of the bachelorette. Good morning. Im kristen sze. On the upper deck of the bay bridge, there are major delays following a bigrig fire. This is how the fire looked shortly after 6 00 on the span with the flames bursting out. It shut down two westbound lanes and heres a picture for you from a viewer as we try to get that up. I should let you know the fire is out, but traffic is moving slowly. So how are things going right now . Lets check in with leyla gulen. Weve been seeing pretty dramatic pictures taken from folks that have been driving by. The entire cab and the back of the trailer just completely eaten through by these flames. Right now, as we e look at the bay bridge, you can see two lanes get by but still an active scene making that commute to the 5th street turnoff. We also had an earlier crash involving a motorcycle at treasure island. That has cleared. You can see where the traffic is still stacked up out of the maze, an hour to get to from berkeley into San Francisco. Kristen . Leyla, thank you so much. Gray skies. You can avoid the bay bridge mess by taking b. A. R. T. A strike has been averted for at least this week thanks to a lastminute move by Governor Brown. Hes ordered a sevenday inquiry into the dispute. B. A. R. T. And its two biggest unions remain at odds over a new contract. Lets just when you thought it was safe to go back to times square, sharkpocalypse is here. With robin, george, josh, sam and lara. Shark this time its really personal. [ cheers and applause ] good morning to you, america. The forecast calls for a sharkpocalypse today and apparently two very rare sharks, as the sharks are making their way out to us right now. Whoa. Look out, guys. Look out. Here they come. Wow, this is incredible. This is highly produced. Wow. Difficult to achieve, josh, by the way. Very rare, sam. Incredibly rare. Look out. [ cheers and applause ] whoa you may think times square is land locked but, oh, no, these are the dangerous inflatable sharks. You may have heard of great whites. You may have heard of reef sharks. Amazing. These are the very, very dangerous incredible sharks. Bring them out. Bring them out. Bring them out. We dont want to show you the string. Through the magic of we want the terror to continue. Robin is on her way uptown, by the way. She is going to be on this morning with kelly and michael live taking kellys place, im assuming. Yes. On the show today. Yes. Guess what, though, here in the house we have Jason Sudeikis. He is apparently signing autographs. Yes. And Liam Hemsworth is here, as well. Theyre obviously in the hottest movie of the summer, paranoia and were the millers. Cant wait. Cant wait to talk to liam Jason Sudeikis, i want you to google Jason Sudeikis and ted lasso, its brilliant. A fun morning. This morning i am really, really excited to bring you this story because sometimes we get a chance to do cool things in this business and the folks with Discovery Channel shark week actually took us down into the wears in the bahamas. Wait, where . Huh. In the bahamas. Right. Could we done it in the cold waters of the cape . Yes. But they chose the bahamas and we saw some of the most incredible creature, fascinating, feeding, sometimes a little ferocious. No. Honestly a little frightening and wonderful. And wonderful. Take a look. Reporter sharks are one of the most 2350ered predators on the planet. And for the past decade experts say sharking thats on humans have risen to an alltime high. So what would make anyone descend into the depths to swim with the oceans most efficient killers. There is a shark. Reporter well, you get some courage with a team of experts from the Discovery Channels shock pocalypse. Aaagh. Reporter the crew of the show sharkpocalypse travels the world. Shark to the right. Reporter in search of these giant eating machines like great whites in south africa. Oh [ bleep ]. Reporter i met up with them in the bahamas to get an up close and personal look at these predators. Dont act like food. Dont look like food. Dont smell like food. Dont be food. Reporter with that good advice we head out to the atlantic off the coast of nassau for my First Experience eye to eye with a shark. Thats a shark. Yeah, definitely. Reporter our both was soon surrounded by Caribbean Reef Sharks all hungry looking for a meal. I still cant even count how many there are. Theres more than a dozen. Okay. Reporter and thats what you want for a shark dive for our first dive, the crew recommended a chain metal shark suit. Its a divers only protection against these pretty tofrs. Got that feeling of safety and with this special mask i can talk freely. So youre on the dive. Ready . Shark on your right. Look down. Shark on your right. Wow. To see them up close, its unbelievable. I got to keep turning around and turning around because theyre in all directions and you dont want to miss a minute. Reporter the experience was incredible and these sharks are not the ruthless killers i expected. So beautiful and thats a theory this team is testing to see if another species could be to blame for the increased number of shark attacks. Are humans to blame . Could the decimation of sharks be creating a sharkpocalypse with sharks getting closer to land . Reporter there were 80 cases of unprovoked shark attacks on humans last year. Thats according to the International Shark attack file. And 78 attacks the year before. Numbers that have been on the rise for over a century. That one is a big one. There are many breeds of sharks and not all are the mindless killing machines many think they are. Some of them are incredibly beautiful creatures to be respected and even protected. It is absolutely spectacular. What do you think of your first shark dive . I think it wont be my last. That was kind of beautiful. Once you do it once youre addicted. Youre going to be back. [ cheers and applause ] lets be honest, sam im just glad you made it home. Ah. We were worried. Honestly its a little frightening because they gave you the look when they go bye. With the reef shark theyre not going for you. Theyre going for food so they may check you out. Chances are theyll leave you alone. A great white, to check you out they basically shred you to find out what you are. Theyre like i dont know if i want to eat you or not. They shred you. Good thing there were no great whites. Look how many shashlgs there were. Thats scary. And by the way Discovery Channel shark week all week long. I want to thank them for making it happen. They did everything. Put their crew in. Yeah, woo this is a newer version of the suit i wore. This is a newer version. All welded, hand done like chain male suits. Its beautiful. Now heres what they tell me about this thing, first of all weighs like 20 pounds so when you go in the water you go straight down to the bottom. Youre like bobbing on the bottom. But if its a great white theyll take the arm and the suit with them, but if its a little shark theyll bite, they wont be able to get through and chances are youre going to be just fine but, again, i want to thank all the Discovery Channel. I want a cage. The sharks you dove with theyll slap you highfive. Oh, josh, they werent two feet long. Thank you, sam. Im impressed even though josh is making fun of me for being impressed. Lets move on. What a season its been on the bachelorette. The Season Finale tonight. Can desiree pull herself together and which lucky man will she choose . We have an exclusive sneak peek. Take a look. Im sad brooks isnt here. He actually chose to go home on his own yesterday and it was a surprise and, you know, we are at this point and it goes to show, though that some love is unpredictable and it is a twoway street. Im sorry. [ cheers and applause ] you can see the finale of the bachelorette tonight at 8 00, 7 00 central followed by the rose event. Sam . Can we get a closeup of this . Can someone just look at that . Oh, okay. That is i know. I dont even want to disturb them. Its like hey, hey. Oh, my gosh. All right. Lets get to the boards. We have one or two things going on that we want to share. Other than the most the cutest dogs in the world. Well show you a picture of california, by the way, you send the pictures in, and also erie, pennsylvania, a shoutout to both of those communities in those towns for your weather pictures today. Heres where the stronger storms are. At a risk in the red zone in goodland, kansas all the way to rapid city, south dakota and wheres the heat . Well, its mostly in the south and its certainly not around the great lakes or even into the northeast where these temperatures are cooler than normal and may stay that way all week long. Not cooler than normal, from texas all the way to atlanta. Good morning. Im abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. Looks like weve lost summer once again, temperatures well below average from 50s along the coast to possibly 80s in our inland east bay neighborhoods and thats it. [ cheers and applause ] i want to say thank you to the folks that made the neptunic suit that allowed me to stay alive with all those vicious sharks. Heres a live shot of Liam Hemsworth. Liam hemsworth right here in times square. Go nowhere. Great to have Liam Hemsworth with us this morning to tell us about a starring role in the thriller paranoia. Here with our first look. Leave it here, mr. Goddard. Thanks. Well, what do you think . Its powerful. Yeah, it is. Consider it a loaner for saving i couldnt. Yeah, you could. And away we go. Liam. You share the screen with a couple of legends in this one. We saw him, Harrison Ford and gary oldham. Harrison looking almost unrecognizable with the choice of hair. This role fascinate because there you are caught in between these two worlds. What was it about adam cassidy that excited you . A lot can relate. Hes a young guy trying to climb the ladder in the big corporate world and this film gives a big insight into corporate espionage. Its a role you didnt necessarily understand but when you got the role you did some research and it kind of blew you away to find out exactly how big a problem it is. Yeah, finding out its actually a huge issue. I think i assumed it was more, you know, made in the movies, but i researched a bunch of different corporate espionage cases and, you know, big Car Companies losing billions of dollars every year to corporate espionage, yeah. Harrison and gary, i assume its a great experience to work with the two. What was it like. Yeah, it was a little scary at first. You know, just taking on Something Like this where its mostly on my characters shoulders and then knowing that harrison and gary were going to be a part of it was a little intimidating but theyre such good guys and, you know, some of the most well prepared actors ive ever worked with and, you know, as a young actor it makes you prepare more and make sure that youre on it, as well. Something i like. You make these great choices with these ensemble films. One of them, of course, the one everybody knows, pack ten deep, the hunger games, the next installment. How was it to see jennifer postoscar . How was it . Shes great. I mean, you wouldnt you wouldnt even know. I mean she nothing has gone to her head over the last two years and, you know, when i first met her and worked with her, she was full of life and brings such a great energy to the set and, you know, when youre shooting a tough thing like the hunger games, it can be a little dark at times and shes go the such a great energy about her and is still that way. Getting to work on the third installment, september. Thats when you are you excited to kind of get involved there . Yeah, the third book is a lot more for him. Francis lawrence did the last one and is doing the rest of them. Such a great director. A great guy to work with. Interesting person and i think hes doing a great job on it for sure. Quickly, i was looking. Another great ensemble joyce. John malkovich, oliver platt. I read you enjoyed this as much. One of my favorite projects. Its probably one of the darkest ones ive done and i just had so much fun on it. The director was great. John malkovich was great, billy bob is great. Michael slol berg and teresa palmer. A small cast but everyone was really excited about the project. Great young actor. Thanks a lot, liam. Always great to see you. Paranoia in theaters august 16th. Coming up here, no falloff, Jason Sudeikis talking about his new one with Jennifer Aniston. We had some happy people out there this times square because guess who is inside, Jason Sudeikis, he made saturday night the funniest night of the week for a decade on snl and now he is bringing the laughs to the big screen starring with Jennifer Aniston in were the millers. They are looking like a million bucks at the big premiere. I think we have photos of them. Look at that. Great to welcome back Jason Sudeikis. Thanks for being with us. Thank you for having me again. Again and again. No, we hoff to have you. I have to say this is anything but your typical family road trip comedy. I would agree. I would agree. Yeah. We actually have a clip to maybe make it more apparent for those excited. Along the way you become a family. Theres sweetness to the silliness. You actually are grilling a young man that your fake daughter played by emma roberts has just met so lets take a look. Hey, those are cool at that times, man. Oh, for real, thank you, bro. What is this one . Oh, this yeah. This my creedo, no regrets. How about that . You have no regrets. Dad. Like not even a single letter. No way. Not me. Dad. I love them. I think hes great. Okay. I think hes a real winner. Casey, i wouldnt use protection. And you know what, it wasnt always easy typing a clip to put on morning television. No, yeah, that movie it would have to be the credits maybe. Your parents were at the premiere. How did they react . Theyve dealt with me a lot. Its nice that i now get paid as opposed to just like detensions for the crass things i say and i get angry a lot and she thinks im doing an impression of my dad. What does your dad think. He doesnt. We have no mirrors in our house. How fun was it making that movie . I laughed out loud. I was crying. Oh, good, good, yeah, it was a lot of fun and the best part, i feel like the movie is like a highlight reel of the time that we had making it and the cast is great. So many good people in there that, yeah, its a lot of fun. Comes at you from a lot of different angles thats a good way to put it. We mentioned snl. You are leaving the show. Its been your home for ten years. Has it sunk in you wont be doing it again. No, it wont until they do a saturday until don pardo skips my name in the opening credits and i imagine ill bring the same emotional time since the first time he said it. You have a wedding coming up allegedly in spring. Yes. How are the plans coming. Pretty well. Pretty well. You know, we just know we want to do it. Yeah. Well, thats thats the most important thing. After the choices. And speaking of food at the premiere there, you chose to wear a tshirt that says oklahoma joes barbecue. Youre apparently a big fan of the barbecue. In kansas city where a couple barbecue places in the movie. Youve missed your kansas city barbecue living in new york city. It looks like the folks at oklahoma joes barbecue decided to bring some barbecue to you in new york city. 9 00 a. M. Barbecue. 9 00 a. M. Barbecue. Look at that. Just enough for you. Really from oklahoma joes. It really is from oklahomas joes. Well feast after this. I want to give you something to chew on before this. A quick lightning round. What is the most guy thing about you . I have a lot i have a lot of hair on my chest. Good to know. If you were invisible for one hour what would you do . I would probably, you know, i dont know, like get in an elevator and pass gas all day. Wow. All right. My wildest dream is blank . My wildest dream is blank . Morning television. Boy, then my wildest dream is the life that im living. Thats good. I wish i could start answering these questions quicker. I wish i could stop. Being so slow. Wish i stopped biting my nails. I wish i had more. I wish i had more access to Crystal Clear water, saltwater. Really. All right. Whats your weirdest quirk. My weirdest quirk . Oh, i dont know. I guess probably i have no idea. I wouldnt say its weird. No one would actually and i think we should dig into the barbecue right now. Im having a little bit of it, yeah. There should be some tough in the back for you. Were the millers, by the way, opens nationwide this wednesday. I want to see you eat some of this, jason. All of it. Well have a contest. So good. Thank you to Jason Sudeikis only because we got barbecue, man. Morning barbecue. Liam hemsworth, thank you. Ashton kutcher, thank you. Well see you tomorrow. Good morning. Im kristen sze. Breaking news on the upper deck of the bay bridge where major delays continue following a big rig fire. This is how the fire looked from video sent in. This fire shut down two winnipeg bound lanes near the fifth street exit in San Francisco. You can email video to us as well. Any new updates and time lines from leyla gulen. We have an update and it looks like the two lanes will be open at noon today. Right now you can see traffic is still moving through. Lets go outside live and take a look at this picture. This is at the maze, backed up out of berkeley. Mike . Thank you very much, leyla. They said two hours and you thought it would be longer and you were right. San francisco 62, everybody else in the 60s and 70s. Well be in the 80s in the east bay valleys but they are the exception. Your accuweather sevenday forecast, expect drizzle and 50s announcer its live with kelly and michael. Today, from the new thriller paranoia, Liam Hemsworth. Were the com the comedy we the millers, jay crawford. And Robin Roberts joins michael at the cohost desk. All next on live. [captioning made possible by isneyabc domestic television] announcer now here are Michael Strahan and Robin Roberts [cheers and applause]