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U. S. From eight countries. Abcs david kerley starts us off from Dulles Airport with all those details. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning, robin. This ban went into effect just a couple of hours ago. Specific airlines, specific airports, told that Electronic Devices bigger than a phone like this will not be allowed in cabins on direct flights into the u. S. This morning u. S. Officials taking the extraordinary step of banning electronics bigger than cell phones from the cabins of jetliners flying in from 8 middle eastern countries, including several allies, each of saudi arabia, the gulf states, all in an attempt to prevent this, a laptop smugg onto a smol yee jetliner detonating after takeoff. The ban prevents laptops, tablets, cameras and dvd players. It does not include phones or medical devices. What theyre trying to do here is take an extra step to take anything that could be packed with explosives out of the cabin and prevent some sort of a device being manually detonated in the cabin. Reporter the news first revealed by Royal Jordanian airlines apologizing saying theyll be strictly prohibited. Others include, egyptair, etihad and emirates. Whats likely happened is that the u. S. Government has developed intelligence that a group or individual has developed some type of device they can get on an airplane using a laptop or some other electronic appliance. Reporter saudi arabia, another ally, its airline has told its passengers they will have to check devices bigger than a phone. The u. S. Has told these airports they have four days to comply with the order. Four days, david. For more lets bring in our chief Global Affairs correspondent, martha raddatz. First of all, martha, i want to ask about the reports that Homeland Security john kelly phoned lawmakers over the weekend to brief them on some of the issues that led to this ban. Is that correct . Reporter he did, robin. John kelly did call some lawmakers over the weekend to tell them about the new security threat. While it is not a specific threat, something triggered this urgent change and officials believe that some terrorist group is now capable of getting past Airport Security and carrying on a device that the current screening may not catch. This is also happening as many top arab officials are headed to washington to attend a meeting of the u. S. Led coalition against isis. Even though we do not know whether it is isis that is of the greatest concern with these new rules. Theres also the possibility that the recent raid in yemen where a navy s. E. A. L. Was killed yielded some valuable intelligence. Yemen of course is the home of an al qaeda bombmaker the u. S. Has long been after. Martha, we know that youre very familiar with these particular airports and people want to know why they were singled out and could others follow suit. Reporter these are for the most part major airports, robin, especially dubai, one of the worlds busiest airports. Theres already a strict screening there. One of the most thorough i have ever seen. They not only check you when you enter the gate area but every passenger on those u. S. Bound flights has an additional check of their carryon item by item, but clearly the u. S. No longer thinks that is enough and maybe more will follow. That is clear. All right, martha, thank you. We move on now to that historic testimony on capitol hill. Fbi director james comey rocking the white house with his rebuke of trumps wiretapping claims and revealing for the first time his investigation into the Trump Campaign and russia. Overnight the president did his best to ignore the bombshell at a rally in kentucky. Abcs cecilia vega was there. She joins us now from louisville. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter george, good morning to you. Thats right. No mention about any of this from the president overnight here during that Campaign Rally in louisville. You know, in the past he has been very vocal on this dismissing questions about russian ties to his campaign as fake news but fbi director james comey telling congress that this investigation is indeed very real. President trump on the campaign trail rallying supporters in kentucky overnight. This place is packed. Reporter a 40minute speech covering just about everything. We are going to drain the swamp, we are going to massively reduce your taxes. We are going to put our coal miners back to work. Reporter everything other than the story of the day, the fbis investigation into russia and his campaign and those wiretapping claims. Director comey reporter that extraordinary scene playing out on capitol hill, fbi director james comey testifying before congress wading right into the middle of the president s wiretapping allegations by flatly refuting them. I have no information that supports those tweets and we have looked carefully inside the fbi. The department of justice asked me to share with you that the answer is the same for the department of justice and all its components. So president obama could not unilaterally order a wiretap of anyone. No president could. Reporter thats not all. For the first time comey publicly acknowledging that the fbi is investigating ties between russia and the Trump Campaign. The fbi as part of our Counterintelligence Mission is investigating the russian governments efforts to interfere in the 2016 president ial election. And that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump Campaign and the russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russias efforts. Reporter that inquiry on going and classified. Comey would not say exactly who might be under investigation, but he did offer this explanation for russias interference. Putin hated secretary clinton so much, that the flip side of that coin was he had a clear preference for the person running against the person he hated so much. Reporter he said the russians made no attempt to cover their tracks. The only thing id add is they were unusually loud in their intervention. Its almost as if they didnt care that we knew what they were doing or what that they wanted us to see what they were doing. Reporter he offered this stark warning about what more could come. Theyll be back. Theyll be back in 2020. They may be back in 2018 and one of the lessons they may draw from this is that they were successful because they introduced chaos and division and discord and sowed doubt about the nature of this amazing country of ours and our democratic process. Reporter yeah, this was a truly extraordinary moment. Now, one other bombshell shot down during that testimony, the white houses suggestion that president obama had britains spy agency monitor the Trump Campaign during the election. Nsa director admiral Michael Rogers joining the chorus of those who called those claims utterly ridiculous and nonsense, robin. Cecilia, thank you. Our senior justice correspondent, pierre thomas, joins us now. Pierre, we just heard what cecilia said about yesterday. It was indeed extraordinary. Reporter robin, it really was. I was struck at how comey in refuting those tweets was speaking not only for the fbi but the entire Justice Department and pointed out neither the fbi or the Justice Department had any evidence to support trumps claims. In other words, to people who would know, the people who would have sought the wire tapping, said it did not happen. Comey and justice officials disagreeing with their boss, showing their independence, robin. Tell people what we learned more about the Trump Campaign and possible links with russian officials. Reporter the fbi and some prosecutors are clearly suspicious of the connections between Trump Associates and russian officials and while we dont know if anyone has done anything wrong and those ties could be innocent, director comey was adamant he would follow this investigation wherever it leads, but the republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said he hopes this investigation can be completed quickly because it has cast a big gray cloud over washington. Robin. Certainly has. All right, pierre. Lets talk to our chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl right now. Jonathan, we just heard it right there. Double whammy for the white house, blows to the white house credibility but the white house strategy trying to blow right by it. Reporter its really quite incredible, george. You have the top Law Enforcement officials in the country, the top intelligence officials in the country saying that what the president said is simply not correct, that there is no evidence whatsoever to support it. And by standing by it, the white house is actually doing further damage to its credibility. You have the White House Press secretary insulting our ally Great Britain and going through a series of statements to defend the indefensible by making statements that are at the best most charitably dubious. Jon, you really got into it with sean spicer yesterday, not only with the white house trying to deny any contacts in the past but now trying to distance themselves from those in the campaign who, indeed, had the contacts. Lets watch. And then obviously theres been discussion of Paul Manafort who played a very limited role for a very limited amount of time but beyond he was the chairman of the campaign. Jonathan, can you stop interrupting . Paul manafort didnt play a limited role. Somebody is asking a question. Its not your press briefing. Julie is asking a question. Please calm down. Julie. You were correct, of course, Paul Manafort was the chairman of the campaign before he left in the summer and it appears now everybody who had these contacts with russia whether it was mike flynn or carter page, its all being sort of set aside shunted aside by the white house. Reporter sean spicer also called mike flynn a volunteer for the campaign. George, as you know, he was the most highprofile National Security adviser on the Trump Campaign. Featured prime time speaker at the convention. And as for Paul Manafort, he was there for five months, george. As you well know, he was in charge of that campaign. The chairman, the ceo, the person who put together and ran the convention. Its really extraordinary to hear the White House Press secretary describe him as somebody with a very limited role. Some noise behind you right there. Jon karl, thanks very much. Lets turn now to the battle over healthcare. The president heading to capitol hill to twist the arms of House Republicans hoping to pass their plan later this week and our Congressional Correspondent mary bruce is on capitol hill. House Speaker Paul Ryan announcing changes in that bill overnight in a bid to get that vote. Reporter good morning, george. Republican leaders think theyre within reach. This morning theyre bringing in their closer, the president , to help seal this deal. Now, overnight Republican Leaders in the house released a series of changes that they are hoping will help win over those skeptical members of their own party. Now, the tweaks include giving states more flexibility to administer medicaid, boosting benefits for Older Americans and prohibiting taxpayer dollars for abortion coverage. In a statement the speaker says with these changes they are now one step closer to keeping their promise to the American People and ending the obamacare nightmare. Now, this morning we are seeing some members come around but the big question still remains, will these changes be enough to get this plan through . Okay, mary bruce, thanks very much. Another highstakes hearing under way on capitol hill for president Trumps Supreme Court nominee neal gorsuch who is bracing for tough questioning this morning. Abcs terry moran covers the Supreme Court and is there right now. Good morning, terry. Reporter good morning, robin. The hearings are just getting under way and so far its been smooth sailing for judge gorsuch. In fact, his nominee is one of the few bright spots in dark times for President Trump. Today back there democrats are vowing they will give judge gorsuch a good grilling on everything from President Trumps travel ban to what they say is this judges pro corporate bias. Judge gorsuch was both personal and powerful. Also paying tribute to his wife. I could not even attempt to do this without louise. I love you so much. But the pleasantries may be over. Today hell answer questions from democrats still fuming at gop obstruction of president obamas nominee. The block of chief judge merrick was never grounded in principle or precedent. Reporter and then there are trumps conservative campaign promises. President trump repeatedly promised that his judicial nominees would be prolife and, quote, automatically, end quote, overturn roe v. Wade. Reporter gorsuch didnt go there but he did hail his predecessor, staunch conservative justin Antonin Scalia who he described as a mentor. It was another recent loss that brought the Supreme Court nominee to tears. When we recently lost my uncle jack, a hero of mine and a lifelong episcopal priest he gave the benediction when i took an oath as a judge 11 years ago. I confess i was hoping he might offer a similar prayer soon. As it is, i know he is smiling. Reporter strong emotion there. And in general it was a good day for jufrj gorsuch but now comes the hard part out there and in fact there are some democratic activists who say this whole hearing should be postponed until the fbi and congress finish their investigation of potential links if any between president Trumps Campaign and russia. Robin. All right, terry, thank you. Michael. Were going to turn now to a massive eightalarm fire tearing through an Apartment Building in kansas and damaging more than a dozen homes. Those flames fueled by the dry conditions and alex perez is on the scene. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning, michael. Firefighters have been working through the night. At one point officials here saying the scene looked like a war zone. Now, take a look at some of the dramatic images overnight here. The blaze first igniting yesterday afternoon at this massive apartment complex that is still under construction here just outside of kansas city. Those flames quickly spreading nearby. At least 17 other homes catching fire and damaged. Firefighters from across the area called in to battle the scorcher. Authorities say summerlike hot, dry weather here combined with gusty winds helped this fire take off. Now, three firefighters were treated for minor injuries but the good news here this morning is that Officials Say this fire is mostly extinguished and under control. Michael. Glad no one got hurt. Good news. Now to amy with the mornings other top stories starting with a terrifying plane crash and thankfully everyone survived. Yes, they did. The video is incredible. A passenger jet burst into flames after crash landing and hitting a fire truck. Look at that. This happened in south sudan, 49 people were on board and as robin said they all made it out alive. The pilot is being credited with finding the only door that wasnt on fire and then helping everyone escape. Several passengers were injured but they are expected to be okay. Back here at home a suspected gang member is under arrest in the murder of two colorado teenagers. The bodies of 15yearold derek greer and 16yearold Natalie Partida were found on the side of a road. In addition to First Degree Murder Police say Gustavo Marquez faces kidnapping and robbery charges. In sports the commissioner of the nba is warning teams about resting star players during games. This comes after lebron james and steph curry sat out during prime time action. The commissioner says teams could be penalized if they dont notify the league. And its not just pasta and cannolis at the dinner table in italy. A new study ranks italy as the healthiest nation on earth thanks to the mediterranean diet. Its rich in vegetables and olive oil. An italian born today can expect to live into his or her 80s. The u. S. Was the 34th healthiest nation. I got to say, when i went to italy i was as unhealthy as it gets. Bread, pasta, wine. I was not doing the mediterranean diet. Mamma mia, no. All right. It didnt hurt you. Just a little bit. I know. Just a little extra running you had to do. All worked out in the end. Lets go to ginger now with several fires burning across the plains. Tulsa, oklahoma for example tied their record high at 92 degrees yesterday and you can see that smoke devil that kicked up, the video of it that we have right there. Well, that is from a fire on a reservation north of tulsa because that forms like a dust devil with the heat. A look at the Severe Threat today stretches from parts of northeast arkansas, this afternoon through this evening into north georgia. Good morning, im mike nicco. Waves of showers today and tomorrow with locally breezy conditions, small hail possible. Only thursday will be totally dry. 62 at the coast, 6467. Another round of showers rolls in tonight. A little bit cooler, 48 to about 53 degrees. My accuweather sevenday forecast driest thursdayayayayay coming up how this footage y is helping crack the case of tom bradys missing super bowl jersey. And new Surveillance Footage of that teacher accused of kidnapping his student. The clues inside that shopping cart. Kidnapping his student. The clues inside that shopping cart. Come. Explore a place where you can fly on the back of a banshee. Walk under floating mountains. And navigate a mystical river. Welcome to a world beyond belief. Pandora the world of avatar. Only at the Walt Disney World resort. Youre not going to make it. Bestselling brand . Do you think you can make it . Uhh. Make it. Every time. Nice going further to keep drivers moving freely. Thats ford. And thats how you become americas bestselling brand. It can seem like triggers pop up everywhere. Luckily theres powerful, 24hour, nondrowsy claritin. 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Yeah, a lot of the fog, a lot of the moisture still in the air. Some of it falling in a moderate shower. More moderate showers creating puddling from richmond all the way down to hayward. This will climb over the east bay hills and into the valleys. Behind that is where the cut off line is moving through the north bay right now. As we head towards lunch, well get a little bit of a break, well need the sun glasses. See a redevelopment of showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and overnight hours, tapering tomorrow to our only lets take a look at the roads. Weve got a lot of issues. We went from in the 20s and now were about to 62 problems. That gives you an idea of how busy its getting. We have a new the lots gottose area. We have heavy traffic everywhere on our busy routes. Westbound 92 across san mateo bridge letting up a little bit. It was a total down pour a couple minutes ago. Ad extra time to your commute today. Youre going to need it. 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Also right now, the department of Homeland Security issuing on emergency directive banning passengers from carrying Large Electronics on planes from eight Different Countries to the u. S. Fears that laptops, tablets, dvd players could be hiding explosives. They have to be checked. President trump is heading to capitol hill this morning trying to put his Health Care Bill over the top as he faces that fallout from fbi director james comeys bombshell testimony. He revealed that the fbi is investigating the Trump Campaign and shut down President Trumps wiretapping claims. You know what . Its time for that major football mystery that may finally be solved, everybody. Authorities say they found tom bradys missing super bowl jersey in mexico and abcs matt gutman is there with all the details. Good morning, matt. Reporter hey, good morning, michael. So what is that jersey doing here 1,000 miles away in mexico . Police say that a newspaper editor helped himself to a five finger discount to whats arguably the most valuable jersey in the world, but thats not the most surprising part. The real stunner is police say hes done this at least twice before at super bowls. Knob anybodys ever won more super bowls. Nobodys ever been better. Reporter moments after patriots great tom brady walked away with super bowl triumph Authorities Say new video shows a mildmannered mexican journalist walking away with his game jersey. I put it in my bag. I absolutely 100 put it in my bag. Did someone take my jersey . I put it in here. Let someone at the door check every one of these media people. Reporter this morning authorities in mexico and the u. S. Say the longtime editorinchief of parenthes prensa saying he strolled into the patriots locker room right behind coach belichick. 14 minutes later Authorities Saying them ortega walked out with a black plastic bag he didnt have before and allegedly with a jersey valued at half a million dollars. Want a cigar . Somebody stole my game jersey. You better look online. Its like taking, you know, a great chagall or picasso or something. Reporter brady launching his own investigation, and texas authorities not taking kindly to the alleged theft. You dont come to texas and embarrass us here on our home turf, right guys . Reporter espn reporting Houston Police investigating 20,000 credentialed visitors allowed into the stadium on super bowl sunday, scoured hours of surveillance tape and eventually landed on ortega as the suspect. They launched a march 12th raid saying they found not only bradys super bowl li jersey but his pilfered jersey from super bowl xlix and also in his stolen memorabilia collection denver bronco von millers mvp helmet from the super bowl in 2016. Mexican authorities releasing to abc news this picture of one of those famous jerseys. Its the grassstained jersey brady wore during super bowl xlix. We tried to find him at the newspaper where he used to work, called la prensa, but we learned he doesnt work here anymore. Thats because two days after all that memorabilia was confiscated he tendered his resignation citing Family Health problems. Miller telling us overnight theres so much going on after a super bowl win. It took me a year to realize that my helmet has been missing. Putting on jerseys, putting on tshirts and hats, so it can get pretty hectic after the super bowl. Reporter brady has released a statement thanking Law Enforcement, but he still doesnt have those precious jerseys yet. Their authenticity is still being confirmed. As for ortega, no charges so he is still a free man. Folks here who have spoken to him said that he was a football fanatic, paid his own way to the super bowls and was probably much more likely to keep that memorabilia than to try to sell it. Michael. All right, thank you, matt. Lets bring in dan abrams and fox sports jay glazer who covered the super bowl with me in houston. He also broke the story. Good morning to you, jay. Good morning to you, dan. Jay, my first question for you, you covered the super bowl and broke the story. Were you doing your own internal investigation . Yeah, i was doing an investigation. Ive been working on this for a couple of weeks, stra, and it is really amazing. If i came to you and tried to sell you this hollywood script, you would have laughed me out of the room. The last thing youd ever think it was a director from one of the biggest papers in mexico using his credential and just how this whole thing unfolded. I first broke the story yesterday at about 5 00 pacific time in kind of different waves. As the day went on i didnt know the von miller part until i broke the original part and probably about two hours after that. And then we have this video and once i confirmed who he was but you had to make sure without a doubt, and we skewed the video at first on fox and, you know, as the day unfolded and you started hearing more and more of these bizarre twists and turns, you know me, mike, i got to make sure im 100 right all the time no matter what, but youre dealing with fbi enforcement, Law Enforcement down in mexico. Youre dealing with nfl security, patriots security. They did so much work on this as well. There were so many different is to dot and ts to cross in order for me to make sure that it was 100 right. Its so crazy. But, jay, you mentioned you didnt know there was a second brady jersey. There was a von miller helmet. No one knew about this until they found the first jersey. What was he planning on doing with it . Its going to be interesting. Theyre bringing it back to give back to brady. I know they are authenticating them. Theyre doing everything from dna testing to make sure it was all right. They went down to mexico and were authenticating them down there. Now i know theyre bringing them back here to return them as well. From what i understand theres more than just those three. There are pictures of this guy with selfies at super bowls all the way back to when you played in your super bowl, stra. You sure you have your jersey . Im 100 sure because i was smart enough to have my friends take it out. I didnt leave it in my bag like brady did. I learned my lesson pretty early. Is there more video on the way . Weve seen a few clips. Is there more video on the way . Yeah, at fox we did the super bowl. We had so many cameras in so many different placing and then throughout the night weve been going back and looking at more of the video weve had as well, but again, ive been going through this for the last couple of weeks. For Something Like this dealing with Law Enforcement and dealing with fbi issues which it is because youre talking about stolen property at a very high value not only over state lines but International Lines as well. I had to make sure that i was beyond 100 right. Its still mind boggling. Jay brought up a very valuable jersey, and for you, by one estimate someone valued it at half a million dollars. You said not so fast. The value of the jersey is critical to this case. Absolutely critical and as a legal matter, a court may say, well, we dont know its worth half a million dollars. It costs 200 to make and maybe its worth 200. Why is that important . Thats the difference between a misdemeanor and a an enormous felony in texas. Thats the difference in arizona in the first case between the statute of limitations having expired on a misdemeanor and a possible felony where you could still charge him so determining the amount of the jersey is going to be a critical issue that will be fought over before any other Legal Proceedings move forward. You know, chagall and we heard picasso and all those other things. It will be interesting if he will be extradited as well. U. S. Has an extradition treaty with mexico. If its over 25 bucks, mexico is supposed to extradite, but theyre going to make arguments he could make against the extradition, ranging from this is so highprofile a case it never would have been pursued otherwise. Well see. The mexican judges and government not so happy with donald trump these days. All right, thank you, dan abrams. Jay glazer, thank you as well. A long way from over. Well keep our eye on this. Thank you, michael. 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Reporter authorities releasing this security video they say shows tad cummins days before the disappearance in a store where he appears to be picking up womens hair dye. Police say the teacher plotted Elizabeth Thomas abduction after he was suspended from the school accused of having an inappropriate relationship with the teen. A claim he denied. He declared himself a father figure to her, then she changes her social media status to that of wife. That adds up to a very scary picture. Please let us know youre all right and please come home to us. Reporter this morning a father begging for the return of his daughter. Shes 15 years old. You send your kids to school. You know, you trust theyre going to be all right there. Reporter School Officials confirming 50yearold tad cummins was Elizabeth Thomas Health Science teacher. Her father saying cummins dazzled his daughter with elaborate tales of being a millionaire, a former cia operative and secret missions. She had been taken up so much by him and he had told her all these lies and it was just so much more exciting than the world she came up with. Reporter elizabeth was last seen eight days ago when she was dropped off at a restaurant in tennessee. The only trace since . A cell phone ping in decatur, alabama the same tay day. Her family telling abc news the teen told her sibling to call police if she wasnt home by 6 00 p. M. The day she disappeared. Doesnt that say to you she doesnt want to be gone and leave . Reporter and her family telling me she was very social. Couldnt go a day without contact with certain friends and siblings. They have not heard from her in more than a week. The silence terrifies them. George. That is scary. Okay, eva, thanks very much. We wish the best for that family. Coming up, rebecca is going to show us how to cash in big on dropping prices at the Grocery Store. Were back in two minutes. True radiance comes from within. 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It showed up a couple of years ago and now making a comeback. These are overseas scam artists that use auto dialers to call peoples cell phones. They let it ring once or twice and theyre hoping youll be curious enough to call back and if you do, you end up with a Big International calling charge on your bill and sometimes when you call back, they keep you on hold and then youre stuck with an even bigger charge. And, steph, it can happen to anybody. We all get those missed calls. What should people look out for . Yeah, well, its tough because the area codes that they use and you can see them here, they really resemble u. S. Area codes but they are overseas and theyre often in the caribbean. So when you look at your phone bill youll see Something Like premium International Calling charge and its a lot like an old scam where they call and they say, you know, you won a prize and have to call back this number in order to win and its an overseas call but this time theyre calling, theyre letting it ring once and theyre preying on the fact that people are curious and they want to return that call. You might not recognize that number and youre thinking, oh, let me just hit that number back. If you do get caught what should you do, stephanie . Yeah, well, if youre scammed call your wireless carrier and ask them to remove the charge from your bill. Then you should file a complaint with the federal Communications Commission and the federal trade commission. You know, some of these carriers will have Call Blocking but really the thing to remember is to never return any unfamiliar dropped call. If its somebody that you know, a legitimate person who calls you and the call is dropped, dont worry, theyll call you back. I like that philosophy. Half the people are so mad at me for not calling back and i know the number. Thats the crazy thing. Thats a different story. Yeah, thats a different story. Stephanie, thank you. Your phone bill could go up if you call one of those numbers but your grocery bill could go down. Good news for shoppers everywhere. You may have noticed your bills shrinking and the retailers are fighting to keep customers in and Rebecca Jarvis is at Wegmans Grocery store in new jersey this morning. Good morning, rebecca. Rebecca, what type of items are showing the biggest price drops for consumers . Reporter youre seeing the biggest drops on the staples. Your meat, poultry, and here we found this greek yogurt, used to be 89 cents, this year its now 69 cents. But its all over the Grocery Store well be finding the deals this morning, michael. The bean, the legumes, black beans, these used to be 79 cents last year, now 65 cents for a can of beans and its not just the goods that you might use to make something. You can also have the premade goods. For example, this tomato basil sauce we found here used to be 1. 19 a jar, now a few months later it is 99 cents a jar. Were not complaining. Why is this happening now, though, rebecca . So, the reason this is happening now, robin, is that theres more competition from those Companies Like the amazons and walmarts of the world that have gotten into the grocery game and youre seeing these deals all over the place. We found eggs at costco. A year ago 18 eggs at costco would have run you 3. 61. Now that same container of eggs is 1. 79 and at safeway we found steaks, new york strip steaks for less than 5 a pound. This is all about competition. Everybody is trying to undercut everybody else on price and make that experience something that the shopper wants to come and enjoy. Are there any other shoppers there this morning but you . Im curious. So empty there. Believe it or not, well, we kind of we got some people out of the way for the shot but there are shoppers and believe it or not i would like to come shop at this time of the day. Its very easy access. Must have opened the doors for you. Great time to complete the list. Thats it. Rebecca, thanks as always. Coming up, what a night in the ballroom. Dancing is back and so are new mom and dad peta, maks, going head to head. How did they do . Well break it all down. Mom and dad peta, maks, going head to head. How did they do . Well break it all down. Well break it all down. The slopes like i used to. I even accept i have a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. But whatever trail i take, i go for my best. So if theres Something Better than warfarin, ill go for that too. Eliquis. 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All good morning, america. 24karat magic in the air [ cheers and applause ] and good morning, america. Happy tuesday to everyone. Welcome to our set. Welcome to sara haines. Thank you. And welcome back from austria. I was there for the Special Olympics world want games, and i had to tell you joy is the word when you were there, when youre around the athletes and the hills are alive for the sound of music and all the families and really spending time. Twin sisters from cleveland, ohio, big cavalier fans, sharita and shaye taylor, and sharita is there competing in figure skating and her sister there to cheer her on. They have defied great odds. And the opening ceremony, it was gorgeous for all the days leading up and it was pouring down rain, but it didnt matter. And jason mraz, his final song that he sang just really brought down the house with the lights and everything, so it was really wonderful to be there and its continuing because you can get all the highlights on espn. Well see more this morning. Im glad we got a chance to talk to you because you allowed us to see some of that. So thank you. Youre very welcome. Happy to do it. [ applause ] and something we just teased, dancing with the stars, if you didnt know, dancing with the stars is back, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] of course. And weve got former champ tony dovolani, hes here. Hes going to break down all the drama from last nights show. What drama . Drama . Drama, dancing with the stars, drama. Right. Nice debut. Well get to that but first amy with the morning rundown. Good morning to everyone. This the big story this morning, a new ban on Electronic Devices on some flights into the united states. That ban went into effect overnight and affects travelers from ten airports overseas. Abcs david kerley has all the details. David, good morning. Reporter good morning, amy. This order went into effect just a few hours ago. The u. S. Telling specific airports and airlines that devices bigger than a phone will not be allowed in the cabins of jetliners on direct flights to the u. S. This order affects eight countries, all in the middle east, many of these countries are allies. The gulf states, saudi arabia, egypt. Along with those eight countries there are ten airports and Nine Airlines that are being told, no laptops, no dvd players, no tablets allowed in the cabins. Those will have to be checked on direct flights in the u. S. A Senior Administration official telling abc news this was based on intelligence. Amy. David, thank you so much. And President Trump heads to capitol hill today to rally support for the republican plan to replace obamacare. Overnight House Republicans released a new version of the bill saying it will help Older Americans and will allow states to force medicaid recipients to work. The house is expected to vote thursday. The president discussed health care during a rally in kentucky but he did not bring up mondays testimony from fbi director james comey. Comey testified he has no information to support trumps claim that former president Obama Wiretapped trump tower. Supreme Court Nominee neal gorsuch is facing a second day of confirmation hearings and democrats expected to press him on everything from abortion to guns in a session that could last ten hours. And an investigation is under way in San Francisco where a woman died after drinking tea she bought at a local store. Lab tests determined it contained a plantbased toxin. She bought the tea at an herbal store in chinatown. Another became critically ill but recovered. Officials say that store is cooperating to trace the source. Also in northern california, police are searching for a woman who nearly ran over a mother and a toddler at this walmart parking lot. She then hit five other people, they say she was angry that walmart refused to let her return some batteries. And finally, the mystery behind one big bird has been solved. Take a look at this video of a chicken the size of a dog. Its racked up a million views. Many wondering including me if thats actually a man in a chicken costume because thats exactly what it looks like. But experts tell us it is a heritage breed brahma chicken often referred to as the king of all poultry. They can weigh 19 pounds which leads me to say that is one big mother clucker. [ cheers and applause ] whoo you got to give her credit. Amys got a 35second windup there and then cracks herself up. Notice how she said it so slowly to make sure i wouldnt have even tried it. She wanted to make sure she said it right. Shes still laughing about it. Shell go all day with this one. Brave one. How are you going to top that in pop news . Im not. Thanks for the teeup, amy. Time now for pop news. Last night was the big premiere of dancing with the stars. As michael said in case you havent heard. We all have our guesses on who will take home the mirror ball trophy and jimmy kimmel is no exception. Last night guillermo revealed the hosts official prediction. Take a look. I cant fill out an ncaa bracket for the life of me. I got the super bowl wrong. But when it comes to ballroom dancing and the bachelor, by the way, i am golden. So, the champion of dancing with the stars season 24 is rashad jennings. Rashad jennings. [ cheers and applause ] will bring home the mirrorball. Hes out there with that one. But it looks like theyre drawing it out of a bowl. So, i dont know if thats considered skills or not but kimmel goes on to say he has correctly predicted the winner 9 out of 18 times. And those arent bad odds. Not at all. Hes kind of a dark horse and after watching him yesterday, Football Players have generally done well and youre not biased at all. He was a giant but im not saying anything but he was really good yesterday. I was politely surprised. And the ladies agree, yes. [ applause ] does anyone i know robin is going you were sitting up last night. Yes, i was up last night watching dancing with the stars. Just like jimmy kimmel and im sure he watched the bachelor, as well. And, robin, this one is for you. Okay. So many country fans abuzz with excitement over this collaboration, tim mcgraw and faith hill, country superstars and longtime couple giving fans what they want, a joint album. They Just Announced it. It is their first album together. Theyve had three collaborations famously for this hit, lets make love. I think you can hear it but now an entire album together. Just look at them. You dont even have to say anything. Just look at them. No, and you want to believe could you ever work with your partners, though . You could. She gets on the table and dances around, ali. Thats not really work for me. No, because you just sit there. Hope to hold onto your job for one more day. What about you guys . Sure, absolutely. You could . Because they say times couples can either or not at all. I dont know if i could. What about you . I dont about at work. Michael. Just saying. Yes. I think i dont i probably dont respect max with i dont use as much patience with him as i do everyone else so he says if everyone saw how i treated him, so im working on it. I think it would be hard because that really challenges you at work. Youre revealing a lot. I feel like were at a counseling session. I was promised a couch. I was promised a couch. You guys, im not paying for this one. Finally its not easy being a baby. Sometimes you need to take a break from all that sleeping and hit up a spa. Baby spa perth in australia allows little ones to indulge in hydrotherapy and massage sessions and the directors say the benefits can improve sleep quality. Regardless of the benefits, just pretty cute but that inner tube doesnt look comfortable. Kind of cute but looks a little dangerous. I mean thats like a headlock of sorts. They look happy. They do look happy. I mean, at this point they dont do much. I can speak from experience but its cute, right . Looked dangerous as george said. Im with george. But you know what, that was a great job at pop news, sara. Youre always so good and so funny. Coming up, breaking down all the dancing drama. Who brought the unicorn to the ballroom . And we also have the story of a father and daughters transition. Their journey together and how they are inspiring each other. Come on back. A healing nights sleep. Acronyms are fun. Lol laugh out loud, btw by the way, and of course, wbyceiydbo well buy your car even if you dont buy ours hey, what if i wanted to sell my car . Wbyceiydbo wbyceiydbo . 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Theyve always had a special mother son bond but together they transitioned to father daughter. Learning from each other every step of the way. I always felt male. I just didnt realize what that was. Reporter eric mason says he struggled with gender identity his whole life. I didnt know why i was so sad. I didnt know why i was so ashamed of my body. Reporter but it wasnt until erics 15yearold daughter corey began her own transition five years ago that eric decided it was time to come out as transgendered. A lot of times there were people that just were pretty awful to her and she still kept her head high so it was amazing. I just saw this brave child facing the world and i finally said to myself, if she can do this, so can i. Reporter last year coreys transgender anthem went viral raising antibullying awareness, something she says shes experienced plenty of. Its been hard because i would get spit on, called names, shoved. It was hard because at one point i almost wanted to kill myself. Reporter sharing their incredible journey together with the world to help others who may be struggling. I think coreys transition brought about a lot of education, brought about a lot of us researching what it meant to be transgender. Reporter eric says his five kids still call him mom. I dont really think anythings changed other than maybe were closer because i think that we both understand what the other one is going through on a deeper level. Reporter erics spouse les maison says the transition left him with many questions. I got involved in a lot of support groups. I got you know, and i asked a lot of questions. Number one for me is does this make me gay . No. Does it change anything between my spouse and myself . No, it doesnt. It made it better. It made it more peaceful. Reporter but ultimately they say it strengthened their marriage. Its not about the shell that you walk around in. Its about the person that you are. Its about the person that i fell in love with ten plus years ago. Reporter les acceptance and support has shown eric another side to his husband. This is a different side of him that i didnt know existed. The acceptance and just the respect and the admiration just made me fall in love with him all over again. Reporter what a love story. Of course, eric and corey have both undergone years of counseling and a Mental Health assessment before starting hormones. Mom had a double mastectomy but all in line with the International Guidelines for gender reassignment. To see your child going through Something Like that and to give you the courage to do it yourself. To be inspired like that together. Ah. Thank you for sharing that with us, juju. We appreciate it. Coming up, americas olympic sweethearts going headtohead in the ballroom next. Got the highlights for you. Tohead in the ballroom next. Got the highlights for you. [ cheers and applause ] is right behind you. 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[ cheers and applause ] back here on Good Morning America, eve, are you ready to smile . Yeah. All right. Lets see this video and see what you think. How about some bouncing goats in northeastern, pennsylvania. That will make anybody smile no matter whats going on in your day. We love watching that. All right. Le good morning, im mike nicco. Waves of showers today and tomorrow with locally breezy conditions, small hail possible. Only thursday will be totally dry. 62 at the coast, 6467. Another round of showers rolls in tonight. A little bit cooler, 48 to about 53 degrees. My accuweather sevenday forecast driest thursday [ cheers and applause ] and now to last nights battle in the ballroom, and jesse palmer is here with all of the dancing details. What you got . Good morning, guys. And what a night it was, right . A milestone, 400th episode for the show full of incredible dancing. There were some surprises and, of course, a lot of big personalities. Reporter the 24th season kicked off big with a little sparkle of 24 karat magic. I think you got the magic to make it all the way. Reporter even a unicorn for erika jayne and a battle for ballroom glory between two of americas olympic sweethearts. Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan trading ice skates for dance shoes scoring high with her viennese waltz. Once youre a competitor, i think youre always a competitor. Reporter and simone biles, delivering a show stopping ta o tango, earning the top score of the night. At the bottom of the leaderboard, a battle of the 80s and 90s stars. Larger than life personality charo salsaing for the judges. I think i saw your cootchiecoo. Reporter and fighting back against the judges critiques. And coming in last place, comedian chris kattan known for his wacky dance moves. It was the perfect interpretation of a chachacha with a hangover. Reporter there was so much going on. But heres one of my highlights, guys. How about retired chicago cubs World Champion david ross sharing a bit of an emotional moment here with member of his team who had actually skyped in from spring Training Camp just to offer their own support. I think they were pretty surprised with how well he did and might have been surprised by the sequins chicago cubs outfit he was wearing, his uni. You know what, jesse, you know all about locker room ribbing. You were the bachelor. We ribbed you. We loved you at the same time the same as well. And now we bring in dancing with the stars season 15 allstar champ, tony dovolani. How are you doing . [ cheers and applause ] hi, michael. Im going to ask you straight up what was your favorite performance from last night . I loved rashad jennings. I thought he was great. I thought david ross knocked it out of the park. In fact, when the premiere came on, i was expecting the women to blow me out of the water. They all have such great dance backgrounds, pretty much all of them but then rashad jennings, david ross, man they surprised me too. Gave me a little bit more than i was expecting. We see a lot of 80s stars out there. What do you think about charos performance . I think she is by far the most entertaining. I think shes going to be one of the most entertaining people. Shes the wild card. She will talk back to the judges which i love. Probably one of the best moments weve had in quite a few seasons. Is there a stealth candidate dancer out there . Simone is great but i was expecting that but the one that actually surprised me the most, i honestly do believe that david ross will be like the dark horse in this because i really feel like hes got great potential. He showed up. I dont know what my expectation of a baseball player was but he actually showed up and held his posture and held his body and, in fact, if i show you this, when you think about it, look at his body contact with lindsay. I mean, absolutely amazing and then hes holding his head. His frame is to the left. Len will love this. Im still looking at the body contact with lindsay. All the other stuff you lost me on. And you have been doing this for a long time, man. Yes. So, what is your advice for these dancers . Honestly i think because lens going to be there from the beginning to the end they have to please len. Len is kind of the barometer as far as what the audience thinks because he is the older statesman so you believe everything he says and comes with an extensive background in dancing. So, if they listen to len theyre going to make it all the way. Were listening to you and trust you. Thank you. Well be right back. And the trumpets they go were listening to you and trust you. 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How about this lady emily and rob. They accomplished the impossible. Five days. From engagement to the wedding. Five days from the engagement to the wedding. Good for them. Because they decided over the course of the next year were not going to have time. Were going to have all these different obligations so were going to do it in five days. She came up had they known each other for a long time before that . Thats none of my business. Thats okay. You dont have to. Just trying to get the basics. But they in five days got at least 100 people to show up and how they were able to put it together is that she didnt forget but she just bypassed a lot of the details that people put so much into and weddings are expensive. What about we dont need the flowers. As far as the dress she found a nice lacy blouse top and bought that for 10 bucks and 10 buck. Instead of printing wedding invitations emailed. Eco, as well. You know, what is the one thing when people go to wedding, most of the people . Food. They come for the food. She didnt go through with a fancy menu but told the place what is your best meat and potatoes meal you serve that people enjoy the most, make that the meal. Wow. Like very quick efficient in five days youre slacking and really slacking. Im so slacking. Blue thats the best way to do it because [ applause ] you had flowers i think the thing is quickly becomes only about the wedding and guests rather than the marriage and the partnership. Thank you. She screened everything with does this achieve the goal of making people at my wedding loved or strengthen the prompts we made to each other. I bet you this couple will do fine. They put it in the New York Times so they got to do fine now. So thank you New York Times for that. Im going to a wedding on friday. Sharday miller. Who works with us. Shoutout to you sharday and michael. Nations. It was more than five days. It was more than five days but looking forward to theyll have flowers in yes, theyre going to have flowers. So hoping some meat and potatoes. The best in the house. We have a special guest. Right now lets you know her from Mission Impossible on a new mission with ryan reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal in life. Please welcome rebecca ferguson. [ cheers and applause ] how are you . Mwah. I love that. Hi. So good. Thank you. You scared me. How are you . Nii feel like were still in paris with all the kissing. Hello. Am i right here . Yes. Oh, george. I dont know about you guys. Youre welcome very much. I didnt know what to expect with this. It is neither did i. Neither did i. It would help if you knew what was going on. Its early for high heels, guys, in the morning. Okay, wait, wait, wait, im ready. There. Good chairs. Not bad. Irheard you had ryan here. We did. Human timing up here. And jake as well. Its been a lot of fun on set. It has. Ongoing. Never stopping. We just did a press tour and exhausted by humor. Thats a good thing to be exhausted from. Who is the prankster . I think its them together. You know, some people just spin off each other. It is nonstop. They said do you want to do interviews with them and i said, no, no, ill be by myself. We need time to promote the film. As well. This movie as robin said i didnt know what to expect. It is indefense. Really intense and the stunt, a lot of stunts, most of the time youre kind of floating through the set. Thats the majority of the movie. Oh, zero gravity throughout the thing and even when we walk off set were sitting there pivoting like this because you have to have it in your body. It was fun and it was hard. A lot of back work we did. Harness hanging to the point youre not afraid of height. Are we looking at it . Trying to make that look real. It did. It worked. Did that make you nauseous. A little bit dizzy sometimes but then also first thing that came to mind. Its a bit claustrophobic, height and would you like to see it . [ applause ] there it is. No. Its in between my fingers and its not letting go. Can i make a suggestion . Can i just go in there and get him and bring him back. Of course youre not because hes in quarantine. I can do this. I can do this. Oh. Oh. Oh. We were talking. [ applause ] youre giving away all the secrets over here. While the clip was playing were like weve seen it and theres so much we cant reveal so we were asking her a little thing about what i mean ill tell you later. Nothing you dont know already. Okay. I told you guys . Were also excited because youll return to Mission Impossible 6. Yes. [ cheers and applause ] im applauding myself. I know. Im so excited. Yes. What was it like when you first met tom cruise . Well, i was on a camel in the desert. How all her stories go. I was and the camel was called barbie, obviously. I was shooting something called the red tent for lifeline. A good movie. And it was fun and warm. Camels are quite scary. Theyre mean. Im put in weird situations and they smell. They go. And they spit. And they do that as well. They spit as well so i was on a camel. I hope no camels are at home watching. [ laughter ] we love camels in general. Yes, we do. Yeah. And someone said, by the way, tom cruise wants to meet you from Mission Impossible but we need you back in 24 hours and i think it was just wham, bam, thank you, maam and i was on that plane, i walked into this incredible building where i think they shot eyes wide shut if youve seen it. Yes. Just the set is quite intimidating. I walk in, okay, im going to get a coffee and chill and calm down a bit. Im still mentally on a camel and barbie. Barbie and i walked down the corridor and there he is, sunglasses, blue jumper, jeans, i still see it. I kind of see it now too. Now we know why he hired you. Exactly. Thank you for coming in. Youre a delight. It is in theaters on friday. Well be r back here on gma we have folks from florida and from arkansas. All the warm weather spots that will be even warmer. Look at the numbers. High pressure parked over the ocean. You can see that clockwise rotation and could see a record high in midland, texas, today. Guess what, stick around guys and get teen type windchills in th good morning, our most widespread showers and thunder threat now through 9 00. A little bit of a break at noon and more showers and thunderstorms possible this afternoon. Ev this weather brought to you by mercedesbenz, robin. All right, beginner. Now to a new look at millennials and the way they value work and relationships and the big life turns the tables on common misconceptions. I had a chance to sit down with ann shoket and had a candid conversation. Im not done. I still have goals. I just have to find a way to do it all. Reporter voices of Millennial Women. Carving their own path and living their version of the big life which author ann shoket says it game changing. So i joined one of anns Signature Pizza and rose dinner parties to dine and dish about ambition, career and relationships. I thought i know a lot of things about women. I want to continue the conversation with the women who grew up with me into the next phase of their life and then i started having these conversations. And they changed the way i think about young women and their possibility. This for me, this is my big life. This conversation. Lets bust myths. You hear about millennials. Youre entitled and dont want to put in the work. You want to be there already. How do you face that . For me it was a lot of bias towards my age when i first started the business but that gave me a lot of ammunition and a lot of drive. I was like im going to prove you wrong. I know i can do this. I will work harder than anybody. I do dr. To say i got that a lot because i left corporate and i joined as the first employee a startup and so a lot of people asked, oh, you just didnt want to climb the corporate ladder. You know, you couldnt stick it out. I was feeling personally just like my creativity was sapped so i wanted to go into an environment where i was really inspired. I hope that when i work hard i can prove myself. Theres this huge gulf of misunderstanding between generations between millennials and the againor baby boomers when they are their bosses. When they ask for freedom, they want to work later or work on the withes, their own hours, thats making us easier for us to have a work life conversation. How about, im going to say it, Work Life Balance, oh Work Life Balance. Work life balance is a sham. Its all work all the time all life all the time. I think the problem with the statement is the word balance is interpreted as 50 50. Things are equal and the work balance means Something Different to everybody. One point i want to make thats clear its not just Work Life Balance when you have kid, right . Your life is important at every age, however, certainly gets more complicated as stephanie knows when you have children. She said to me when we met, that her goal was to work smarter not harder. I get an extraordinary amount of fulfillment of being who i am professionally and having kids did not replace that but meant i had time in the day i had to go somewhere else as well and making it all fit. Is it true through your dinners and through your research that you discovered that sex has been replaced by the drive for success . Robin, i have tried at every dinner to get these women to talk about sex. Theyre not stressed bit. Theyre not concerned bit. It just happens. Those kind of sex and the city conversations have disappeared. I think im still having it. My group techs should not be seen by anybody. I mean sorry to anybody who is dating my friend group. Were setting our own standards and like expectations for what we want to do. Greater sense of confidence. Exactly. Were not analyzing sex in that way. But you are analyzing the path to success, right . You want to know you want to know how does she do it . What does it happen . How does it go . What is her secret . More so than talking about sex but when it comes to success you do want to analyze. Weve cracked the code on sex and know how to talk about it so we feed something else. Came to my table and arctic laid more clearly than ive ever heard anyone say about the challenge that you feel in finding a partner when youre an ambitious woman. I had said to ann at the time i just wished i could find a guy who cared about anything as much as i care about everything. So like with my work and with my personal life and with my family im surrounded by really passionate women all day long. The big question is how do you find a partner who honors your ambition, right . I found someone who had a lot of interest. Almost as many as me. I was looking actually for someone who i could talk to about my passions and then i could see that light in their eyes and they wanted to also share Something Back with me. The bottom line is, i look at each and every one of you and there is no way that you are not going to get everything you want in life. Cheers. Is there cheers. To the big life. To the big life. Amen. And the big life is out now. Coming up we are blending and sharing some great recipes. Its spring, and we cant wait to open our sheds and get working on our yards. Scotts and miraclegro are here to help. We make it easy to grow thick, healthy lawns, spectacular plants, and bountiful flowers. Because when spring starts right, the months that follow stay perfect. Load up your shed with scotts and miraclegro. Its time to get outside. Back now with Kiefer Sutherland and is the executive producer of designated survivor. He sat down with paula faris to talk about it. From unlikely president you are now the president of the united states. Reporter to that shocking moment that had audiences on edge. You are lucky to be alive. There is a traitor in the white house. Im not going to find him by just sitting here. Reporter Kiefer Sutherlands role as president kirkman on designated survivor finds him suddenly thrust into the presidency while balancing life as a nurturing husband and father. Im not going to die for this. Is dad scared . Dad is not scared of anything. Reporter a stark contrast to the political operative he played on 24. A change in character for a lot of your fans that know you as jack bauer, now youre president kirkman. In real life kiefer, who are you more like. Hopefully theres some similarities with both. Both of these characters were confronted with a circumstance that was almost unwinnable. And yet they engage. There is a commitment with both of them to serve. They just have very different skill sets. So what jack can do with a knife or gun, president kirkman can actually do with a pen or his oratory skills in we cannot live in fear. We will not live in fear. Im attract to any kind of character thats willing to sacrifice a great deal of themself to do the right thing and i think tom kirkman as president is trying to do that. That kind of who you are in real life. Would you consider yourself an altruist. It isnt like me to Say Something that grand but something we all aspire to be and i think that is the better side of human nature. Cant stay away reporter another side of kiefer that of a Country Music star writing and producing original songing and touring with his band. This isnt just a small part of your life but a very big part. My interest as an actor is to tell stories and the music i have written over the years has been kind of an extension of that so when i get breaks from designated survivor, i try and take as many opportunities as i can to just play shows, small bars, small theaters. We have a large audience but we also have a small set and wed love for you to perform on gma. One day i would love that. Thank you. Come on back. Cheers. [ cheers and applause ] you can see designated survivor tomorrow night at 10 00, 9 00 central right here on abc. Ginger. Oh, sara, were about to get goodness here with harley pasternak, representative for jamba juice and blending up healthy smoothies. You all have one, right . Well be drinking. Why blend . Why such a big deal to blend. First of all blending is everything. Life is better blended. When you have protein, fiber, healthy fat and feel fuller faster and longer and less like to make poor decisions when it comes to iteming. Time is not an excuse anymore to sit down eat a long meal and on top of that were all little kids and too hide vegetables is a great example. I partner with jamba. We do great smoothies called superblends. The first one called green up and go. Green up and go is what you have. Lets make it. I have a little bit of lemon juice here. I have a little bit of greek yogurt. All real ingredients. No supments youre having here. These are real foods. Ive got healthy fats in the form of pumpkin seeds and everything in here is green which is great. Even the apples. Green apple. Right. Seasonal in los angeles. All year long. Lots of green apples and cucumber. And i like to sweeten it instead with sugar or simple sugar just a few of natures greatest sweeteners, a little bit of grapes and spinach on top and blend it up. This is what comes out. This is what comes out, this is absolutely delicious. Really is very good. Cheers, by the way. A couple of our audience members are blending their own. By exercising. Isnt that amazing. A couple of different blends. Amazing. So on top of the green up and go, we also have a pb and jealous and we have apple in charge so like a Peanut Butter and jelly, green up and go, all superblends at jamba based on my body reset diet. Everyone in the audience is going home with a gift card to jamba juice and one of these babies, a tumbler. Go to jamba juice today and tomorrow. Mention gma to receive 3 off any blend. Were going to be right back. Thank you. Im cheers to both of of them. Gmas blending basics is brought to yo hey, bud. You need some help . No, im good. Come on, moe. I have to go. vo we always trusted our Subaru Impreza would be there for him someday. Ok. Thats it. vo we just didnt think someday would come so fast. See ya later, moe. vo introducing the allnew Subaru Impreza. The longestlasting vehicle in its class. More than a car, its a subaru. We got to work a little bit. Youre on probation, amy. Okay. Good morning, im Natasha Zouves from abc 7 mornings. Lets get over to meteorologist mike nicco for a quick look at our rainy forecast. Were starting to see a transition, the clouds are starting to iopen. We still have a chance of showers possibly until 10 00. And well see a redevelopment on a more scattered nature during the afternoon and evening. Our heaviest showers will come in tonight and strongest storms friday. We have a 20 minute b. A. R. T. Delay. Southbound 680 still crawling through walnut creek. A lot of areas starting to slowly improve. Were in the yellow all the way around for the drive times. Thank you. Its time for live with kelly and ill be back at 11 00 a. M. For the abc 7 midday news. Our reporting continues on our free abc 7 news app. Join us for a announcer its live with kelly. Today actor andrew garfield, and we get a visit from queen latifah. Plus, we follow along as Jerry Oconnell tries out for cirque du soleil. All next on live. [upbeat music] yeah, were all about a good life you wont believe until you see announcer now here are kelly ripa and Jerry Oconnell. [cheers and applause] yeah, were all about a good life good energy, come follow me oh, its gonna be a good night thats right thats right thats right my generation [cheers and applause] kelly thank you. Thanks, jer. Hi, hi jerry what is up . Yeah [cheers and applause] whoo