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The 23yearold hiker stranded in the wilderness with just her dog by her side. It was a huge mistake that ended up being seven days. Lost after taking a wrong turn on a trail, the incredible rescue. Now shes speaking out right here on gma. Yes, some good news on this busy thursday morning. What a great survival story. Oh, yeah, that hiker and her dog were lost for nearly a week in the montana wilderness with grizzlies nearby and thank goodness they both made it out safely. A lot of smiles for them this morning. Also a lot going on. Much more fallout over the president s decision to fire fbi director james comey. Reports this morning that the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein threatened to resign if it wasnt clarified that this was a motion by the president , and not him. President trumps Spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders is standing by to respond. A new headline in that bombshell. Former director james comey had asked for more money and resources to investigate russian meddling in the election just days before he was fired. Meanwhile, acting fbi director Andrew Mccabe will testify today before the Senate Intelligence committee, which comey had originally being scheduled to do. And abc news can report that President Trump is expected to sign another executive order today, this one forming a president ial commission on Election Integrity that will look into possible voter fraud. A lot of questions about the president s claims and right to the breaking new details on the firing of james comey. Chief White House Correspondent jon karl starts us off. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, george. This came close to escalating into an even bigger crisis. George, i am told that Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein was so upset with the white house for saying that the firing of comey was his idea that he was on the verge of resigning. The first words from former fbi director james comey after he was abruptly fired came in a letter to his staff and friends. Comey writing, im not going to spend time on the decision or the way it was executed. I hope you wont either. It is done. He goes on to say, in times of turbulence the American People should see the fbi as a rock of competence, honesty and independence. But Deputy Attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, in a memo to President Trump that was delivered to the white house tuesday afternoon says comey inflicted substantial damage to the fbis reputation and credibility. The white house initially said the memo was the reason trump chose to fire him. When he brought the recommendation to the president that the director of the fbi should be removed, President Trump provided the kind of strong and decisive leadership the American People have come to be accustomed from him. Reporter so, who ordered the review of comey to begin with . Press Secretary Sean Spicer pointed the finger at the Justice Department. So, the white house had no involvement in this decision in this decision to write this letter by the Deputy Attorney general . Thats correct. Reporter but abc news has learned it was trump himself who had soured on comey and set the firing process into motion. Early monday afternoon the president met with the attorney general and the Deputy Attorney general at the white house. Said to them he wanted to fire comey, asked for their opinion and told them to put it in writing. When did he make the decision . He made the decision for the final decision to move forward with it was yesterday, but i know that he has been contemplating it for a while. Was the reason for the firing what was written by the Deputy Attorney general . Is that why he did it . That was i think the final piece that moved the president to make that quick and Decisive Action yesterday. Reporter democrats say the firing of comey who was overseeing the russia investigation is an abuse of president ial power. The reality is his team is the subject of an investigation, none of us know where that investigation is going to lead and thats a very apparent conflict of interest for the president. Reporter in his letter to comey telling he was terminated trump made a point of raising the fbis russia probe. Writing, i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that im not under investigation. Associates of comey tell abc news they are highly skeptical that comey ever would have told the president that he was not under investigation. They say its possible that was the president s understanding, but that comey would never have cleared anybody while the investigation is still under way and that it would have been highly inappropriate of him to do so. Robin. Thank you. Comeys firing took much of the president s own party by surprise. Some republicans are backing his decision, but at least a dozen say it raises concerns. Our Congressional Correspondent mary bruce is on capitol hill with new reporting. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, robin. Well, the president s decision to fire the fbi director this morning is dividing even his own party. At least 12 Senate Republicans are voicing questions and concerns. Even the republican leading the senates russia investigation says it makes no sense. And now the republican chair of the House Oversight committee is asking the Justice Department to investigate the firing. Now, on the other side of the aisle, democrats are demanding a special prosecutor take over the russia investigation. Even some republicans i have talked with seem open to the idea, but robin, Republican Leaders arent budging. And a little bit more on that, because these calls from the democrats and there are some republicans as well, but having the special prosecutor step in perhaps. Reporter yeah, and this fight is brewing, robin. Some democrats say they will oppose the president s pick for the next fbi director unless that special prosecutor is appointed. Now, democrats can threaten. They can delay, but thats about it. Confirmation requires just a simple Senate Majority and the republicans have that. Robin. All right, mary, thank you. George. Thanks, robin. Here for President Trump this morning, his spokesperson, Sarah Huckabee sanders. Sarah, thanks for joining us this morning. Want to clarify some things. In the hours after mr. Comey was fired you, sean spicer, kellyanne conway, all said that the Deputy Attorney general wrote this memo on his own with no involvement from the president or the white house. That wasnt true, was it . Well, george, i think youre putting things a little out of context here. The information in the letter was something that he came to on his own. On monday, they were at the white house for other meetings. The president asked them about their opinions on comey. They told him. He asked for them to put it in writing, the conversation that they had had orally there at the white house on monday, asked them to put it in writing. They did that on tuesday. But it wasnt directed or those the words that were written werent at the direction necessarily of the president. Those were their own thoughts. Hold on. Those were the words. You said i was taking things out of context. I dont think i was at all. You made it sound like we werent being truthful. I want to make it clear. Well, i need to clear this up. Sean spicer said there was no involvement by the white house. It was all him. Mr. Rosenstein. You said absolutely this was something rosenstein did on his own. Kellyanne conway said, the firing had everything to do with rosenstein. And then the Vice President even said rosenstein came to work, sat down and made the recommendation. He brought the recommendation to the president. But as your own timeline now states, the president was inclined to fire mr. Comey after the hearings last week. He came to the white house on monday morning. He asked to see mr. Rosenstein and he directed him to write this memo, didnt he . He did not direct him to write the context of the memo. He asked him to put the comments that he had already made directly to the president in writing. Again, i think that youre trying to beat up the process, but the point here is that the findings in the letter, in the recommendation were original thoughts by mr. Rosenstein. But the important component of this is that the Deputy Attorney general along with many others felt like director comey was not the person that should be running the fbi at this point. But the president had already made that determination and is it true, in fact, as the Washington Post is reporting and jon karl said earlier that the Deputy Attorney general threatened to resign if the white house failed to make that point, that this was a decision that began with the president , not with mr. Rosenstein . Im not aware of his threatening to resign. Thats a question id have to refer you to the department of justice, but what i am clear on, yes, the president very much had been thinking about letting director comey go since november 9th. Why did he come to the office inclined to fire james comey . What was it about his testimony last week that upset the president . Was it the fact that mr. Comey said he was mildly nauseous at the thought he might have influenced the election . Look, i think it was again, i think this process started in november, probably actually going back even to july to october, just the constant part of director comey being the public face out on tv constantly the back and forth but wednesdays testimony certainly didnt help, and i think was the final piece that put the president in a place where he felt like director comey was no longer the person that should be leading the fbi. But back during the campaign the president was upset that james comey wasnt recommending that Hillary Clinton go to jail. Look, during the campaign that youre a candidate. Its very different than being the president of the united states. Particularly, i think one of the biggest things that we saw on wednesday was this the director of the fbi going around the chain of command, this was one of the first times that he directly came out and explicitly said that he had gone around the chain of command within the department of justice, thats basically taking a stick of dynamite and throwing it into the department of justice, something you simply cannot do and one of the things that was reflected in the Deputy Attorney generals letter that he put forth to the president on tuesday. It had been reported several times before and the difference of course now that james comey is leading the investigation into russia. I do want to get into that because the president s letter says i greatly appreciate you informing me, mr. Comey, on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation. Sources close to comey say thats not true, and it would likely violate Justice Department and fbi procedures. Are you sure that what the president wrote is true . I have heard that directly from him that information was relayed directly to him from director comey. What were those occasions and how did he provide that assurance . I wont get into the details of those conversations that the president had with the director. Youre confident mr. Comey provided those assurances even though sources close to him say its not true . I think getting it directly from the source is a lot better than sources closest to, so, yes, sir. Sarah huckabee sanders, thanks for joining us this morning. Thanks so much, george. Lets talk to republican strategist, cnbc contributor, sara fagen. Thanks for coming in this morning. You and i have both worked in white houses. How do you assess how the white house is handling the fallout here . They seem really taken back by the fact that republicans and democrats, especially democrats but some republicans are really questioning this decision. And so they were caught flatfooted. Theyre trying to adjust. Theyre putting people out, sarah just gave an interview with you where she, i think, made the case that donald trump had been thinking about this. Theyre starting to get the facts out. It would have been better for them to put all the facts out the day they made the decision in fact, she said that the final the straw there was the testimony last week, in fact, the day before they were saying it was the memo from mr. Rosenstein and i think thats one of the things that has so many people raising questions that, in fact, they want people to believe according to that memo the reason comey was fired was because he was too tough on Hillary Clinton. Yeah, thats not credible. Its not really credible to anyone and so the realities is the president does have the right to dismiss the fbi director. He made that decision. He should have laid it out. I think what he also should have done, though is if youre going to make a move like that, have a replacement in mind. Have somebody who is above reproach that you can install immediately in the job that can take away some of these questions about why you did it. You know, youre trying to put somebody in there whos just there to protect your side of this russia debate which is inappropriate. He was trying to solve a problem. Did he make it worse . Hes made it worse. And he actually is making it worse now as they dump kerosene on this every day when they dont get these facts and have different Staff Members saying different things. They have to figure out what theyre going to do at the fbi and have to get in unison and have to lay out a plan and now because of the way this was handled, they have to put somebody in there that is really untouchable by democrats or republicans. Theres not many people who fit that bill. Thanks, sara fagen, for coming in. Michael. Thank you, george. Now to that breaking news. A standoff in new jersey lasting more than 24 hours between officers and a suspect. Firing shots from this home killing at least one person and injuring three others. Abcs gio benitez is on the scene in trenton, new jersey, with the rest of the story. Good morning, gio. Reporter michael, good morning to you. Police are negotiating right now with the suspect. Were hearing the negotiator say things like, i want this to end peacefully, and we have not tried to hurt you. They just want him to come out with his hands up. For more than 24 hours police in new jersey engaged in a deadly standoff with a man barricaded in this home. Police say the suspect, tyleeb reese, opened fire on authorities who took cover behind cars in this residential neighborhood. Just after 6 00 a. M. Wednesday u. S. Marshals on the Fugitive Task force serving a warrant at the family home when he reportedly opened fire. As the officers were backing out of the house under fire, suspect continued to fire during which time an individual outside of the residence was struck by gunfire and is deceased. Reporter three officers injured. One bystander killed. I saw a dead body laying in the street. Ambulance come, cop got shot. Reporter Police Moving in surrounding the home and closing nearby streets. The reverse 911 call has gone out advising other residents to shelter in place until further notice. Reporter knocking down the doors of nearby homes in hopes of reaching the man. At one point, sending in a robot with a cell phone, an attempt to talk the 35yearold into surrendering. It just scares me. Reporter deploying tear gas. Authorities working through the night to reach reese now, thankfully the officers that have been injured suffered only minor injuries. Thats good news. But we should tell you people who know the suspect call him easy going so police call him a killer. Well keep watching this and hopefully nobody else gets hurt here, michael. All right, thank you, gio. Robin. All right, michael, now to a dropping story overnight in new orleans. Crews early this morning began removing the statue of confederate president Jefferson Davis, this after a judge rejected a final bid to save it. This is the second of four confederate monuments being removed. Protesters for and against the statue clashed throughout the night. But it has been brought down. Amy, you have the mornings other top stories starting with a travel issue here. Yeah, thats right. There could be soon another change for airline travelers. A ban on laptops could soon be expanded to all u. S. Bound flights from europe. Passengers traveling from ten muslimmajority countries are already prohibited from carrying laptops and tablets onto u. S. Flights because of concern that isis may try to hide a bomb in electronic devices. Well, today Homeland Security officials are expected to discuss the possible expansion of that ban with leaders from the airline industry. And some surprising news, considering incidents like these we have been seeing. A new report claims despite the recent brawls and confrontations, Airline Customer satisfaction has hit an alltime high according to a j. D. Power survey which credits lower airfares and fewer lost bags. The crackdown on antigovernment protesters in venezuela is escalating. At least 39 people have died in street battles. Hundreds of civilians who have been arrested are facing trial in military rather than civilian courts. And on wall street this morning, a staggering number. The owner of social media giant snapchat lost 2. 2 billion last quarter while facing increased competition from facebook. The companys stock plunging overnight. Finally, a rough night for two guys trying to steal a truck in oklahoma. Take a look at this Surveillance Video from a car dealership. It shows the men trying to unlock the transmission at the bottom, but you see what happens, the truck slips into neutral and starts rolling away. They try to shoot it, trying to stop it, you know, with a bb gun, eventually they took off. Still on the loose. The truck was recovered and is now being repaired, but i feel like that brings a new definition to a getaway car getting away from them. I was wondering how she was going to do it. You never cease to amaze. Had a rough night and the guy losing 2. 2 billion. It was a tough night for a lot of people. It was. Tough night weatherwise for a lot of people, too, ginger. Exactly. Ten reported tornadoes. This one from chattanooga, oklahoma, that suction and power from texas to illinois, which is the video youre seeing here from kirkwood there were tornadoes on the ground and fortunately no injuries. You can see the one in salem, iowa. Now the threat moves to the east. It is very elongated in large areas. Oklahoma city still in it, little rock, memphis, charleston, West Virginia and virginia and North Carolina. Not just tornado threat but hail and damaging wind. It goes through this afternoon and evening and thats the exact storm thats going to make it here for a very raw and cold and rainy mothers day weekend. Your local weather in 30 seconds. First though, the hot cities brought to you by bushs beans. Hello. Ill meteorologist mike nicco. Partily and sunny cold today. A few sprinkles possible across the north way. Windy and cooler than today. Brez si for mothers day. Heres a look at todays temperatures. Upper 50s along the coast into san francisco. Mid to upper 60s for the rest of us. Tonight cooler this morning. Under a partly cloudy sky. My accuweather 7day forecast all seven days coming up, a possible High School Attack thwarted just in time. What police discovered in a students backpack and the tip that came in from a chat room. And that remarkable rescue. 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The chance of rain tuesday and not a great chance because theres no storm impact scale. All right. Glad you reminded me about dog walking. My dog hates me. I havent been doing enough of them. An investigation into mystery fires in bmws that have been parked and turned off, thats next. Another abc7 news update in 30 minutes. Hope how far should pure Alpine Spring water have to travel from its source to the bottle . How about less than a mile and a half . Crystal geyser is the only major us spring water bottled at the mountain source. Imagine if the things you bought every day earned you miles to get to the places you really want to go. With the united mileageplus explorer card, youll get a free checked bag, 2 united club passes. Priority boarding. And 50,000 bonus miles. Everything you need for an unforgettable vacation. The united mileageplus explorer card. Imagine where it will take you. How fafrom its sourcelpine spring to the bottle . Travel how about less than a mile and a half . 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They crowded the beach actually to get a closer look and the beach isnt closed. No . But there are warning signs posted and i suggest you pay attention. Find another beach. Or a pool. Or a pool, there we go. When you hear that tune, oh. Shivers. That was a movie, wasnt it . Also right now the search is on for a new fbi director. At least four candidates are being considered by attorney general Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein as the fallout grows from President Trumps decision to fire james comey. The president is defending his choice but some democrats are calling it an abuse of power and at least a dozen republicans say they have concerns. More than 120 wildfires are blazing across the south. Fueled by record heat, extremely dry conditions, air tankers are dropping water on the flames trying to get them under control. Doing their best right there. Well turn to that plot at a North Carolina high school where police discovered a student planning an attack after getting a tip about something he posted online. When the police confronted the student, they found knives and a hit list in his book bag, and Abcs Steve Osunsami has the story. Good morning, steve. Reporter good morning. Because this student is under legal age police cant reveal his name or share too much about his condition but tell us this morning hes in a secure location and getting counseling. Students at his school cant believe they were in this kind of danger. This was the shocking discovery in the book bag of a student pulled out of class at a High School South of charlotte. Knives, a dismantled shotgun shell, firecrackers, gasoline and a hit list with the names of a dozen students planning to stab his classmates and sent extra security to the school who will stay as long as needed. The scary thing too nobody at this point knows why, why he picked out the students that he chose. Reporter authorities here say they were tipped off Tuesday Morning after phone calls from police in ontario, canada. A canadian girl in an internet chat room noticed the unidentified North Carolina teenager talking about his plans and reported him to her authorities. Within minutes, the phones were ringing in union county, North Carolina. Minutes later, the School Resource officer was on his way to pull this kid out of class. He had students that he wanted to harm, some of them were in that classroom. I mean who knows who was on that list that the person made. I mean, it could have been me. Could have been my closest friends. Reporter police say the student has not been charged at this point. The sheriff tells us this morning theyre now talking to students who were on that hit list to find out what went wrong, and most importantly, to see what signs were missed. Thanks, steve. Now to that incredible story, a young hiker and her dog are lucky to be alive after they were stranded six days in the montana wilderness and now she is revealing how they survived. Mara schiavocampo is here with more on the story. Good morning, mara. Reporter michael, good morning. She disappeared in a place known as Great Bear Wilderness and its called that for a reason because its full of bears. Her family and search teams feared the worst, but after almost a week finally the good news they had all been hoping for. This morning, a remarkable air rescue, a hiker in montana finally found after disappearing for almost a week. I cant believe that we were able to get out. Reporter 23yearold Madeline Connelly was visiting relatives in montana when she decided to head out for a hike with her dog mogi in Great Bear Wilderness near Glacier National park, but the experienced hiker and nature enthusiast took a wrong turn, suddenly lost in the wilderness with no food. Like the first night i realized that i was not in the right place but i thought if i kept going i would be on the same loop of a trail and i would just get out. Reporter when connelly didnt come home after two days officials launched a massive operation searching by land and air. Still, no sign of connelly. Just these grizzly bear tracks mixed with hers. Then wednesday the moment theyd all hoped for, connelly and her dog finally spotted. Rescuers airlifting her out after almost a week in the wild reuniting her with her family. It was just like a huge mistake that i ended up being like seven days in kind of treacherous weather conditions. Our community that we live in, the community here has carried us and i know that thats whats carried madeline too. Reporter a lot of people were praying for her. She is uninjured. She estimates she hiked about ten miles a day trying to find her way out. The dog is fine but he did not get airlifted out. He to walk back out. They did not airlift the dog out. He is the reason she got lost. She realized she didnt have water and went to find water at a creek and couldnt find her way back out. He admits she made a mistake. She loves the outdoors. But she made a wrong turn. We all make wrong turns. Happy ending. Thank you, mara. Coming up, that abc news investigation. Some bmws are mysteriously catching fire while they are turned off. Whats causing dozens of these cars to suddenly burst into flames . Turned off. Whats causing dozens of these cars to suddenly burst into flames . Hey where is the. Nevermind. The moment you realize, how could there possibly be this many blues . At lowes, we take the worry out of choosing the best paint because we guarantee youll love it or well replace it. All projects have a starting point. Start with lowes. Hurry in and get new lower prices on paint and primer now starting at only 17. 98 at the lowes paint away event. 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This is a story about a mystery with a dozen bmw owners and Fire Departments around the country trying to figure out how one of the most expensive cars on the road could catch fire hours, days after they had been parked and turned off. Reporter the owner of this bmw told us he still cant believe what happened to his car after he parked it. I had parked it for maybe, say, five minutes and it was completely turned off. Reporter but then over the next 9 15, as this home video shows a white wisp of smoke coming out of the front hood. Its on fire. Im so scared. Reporter would be followed by heavy smoke and flames enveloping the car as firefighters arrive. Wow. Reporter they struggle to put it out. In the end a total loss and a very big question for bmw from the owner. What if i was in the car while this happened, right . Let alone if it was parked in the garage at our house. My car is on fire. Reporter it is a question being asked by dozens of bmw owners around the country. I hadnt driven it all day and parked it at 10 00 at night. What kind of car is it . Reporter and Fire Departments too. Its a bmw. Reporter all involving bmws described as safely parked and turned off. Thats not supposed to happen. No, when a car is off and it catches fire youve obviously got a problem. Reporter but bmw says there is no problem, no defect. With its reputation for excellence on the line and almost 5 million bmws on the road the ultimate driving machine. Reporter the company says fires are rare but an investigation by abc news fire was coming out from under here going up the side of the car. Reporter and our abc own stations across the country. Had parked the car and woke up to a car on fire. Reporter discovered dozens of such mysterious fires over the last five years. The car is on fire its right next to the house. Reporter including this case in gloucester, massachusetts, earlier this year where a fire and a brandnew bmw quickly spread to the house. The Fire Department says the car had been parked and not moved for a full five hours. Does that surprise you . Very surprising. It was the first one i had heard of in 32 years on the job. Reporter outside washington, d. C. , the people who live here were lucky to get out after their parked 2008 bmw suv caught on fire in the garage. There was black smoke and snap, crackle pop coming out an a flame. You cannot do a thing except watch. Reporter and its not just north america. We found reports and internet videos of parked bmws catching fire around the world. From sweden. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] reporter china. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] reporter india and korea where the government is now investigating. Bmw refused to provide anyone to appear in our report. In a statement, the company told us that based on its investigation, we have not seen any pattern related to quality or component failure and it said the fires could be caused by poor maintenance, but the bottom line is the fires remain what we might call a burning mystery. A burning mystery, indeed. Thank you. You bet. Michael, theres a shark there next to you. I know. You know what, there are warning signs and i still couldnt stay away. Coming up on our big board, the drama about the royal family. Featuring princess dianas ghost, and wait until you see princess kate. And shark tanks Barbara Corcoran. Give me a hug. Shes a sweetheart and weighing in on a major new lawsuit against zillow, what it could mean for your home. There we go. Mwah. O. Mwah. This mothers day, every kiss does begin with kay. Where, for the first time ever, everything is 30 off. Like bolo bracelets for layering. Her soontobefavorite new earrings. 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A woman against the online site zillow. Zillow has a zestimate which estimates the cost of homes and shes saying this hurt her ability to sell her home. Whats that about . It makes good sense. Because what has happened with this particular woman in illinois, was she felt her home was worth 626,000, and the zestimate came in at 562,000. Thats a 64,000 difference. Her feeling is is that a typical buyer checks his estimate and thinks her home is worth less. Shes claiming her home was put in with a basket of other homes that have no bearing on the value of her home. Zillow responded to this and said, zestimate is a starting point to determine a homes value and isnt an official appraisal. The plaintiff can update her own zestimate by adding the Square Footage of her home so are these online tools accurate and exactly how do they work . Well, the zestimate you have to realize is just an estimate. Thats why they named it that way. Not intended to be an appraisal and the company has been very forthcoming in saying that all along. Heres what goes awry. A typical buyer goes in and doesnt realize that the fault factor in it is roughly 5 . It doesnt sound like a lot of inaccuracy, but one in ten homes are estimated at more than 20 less than theyre actually worse so if you were in that 1 in 20 homeowner thats a sizable difference and could be injurious to you. Should this be a starting point . Its a starting point and it is a starting point. Reliable . No. And its only a starting point. Heres the rub, every consumer out there knows about a zestimate and always check it and so the consumer is using it as though its an appraisal and thats the basis of the lawsuit. She is claiming they should be licensed as an appraisal firm. What do you recommend . To homeowners that want to get the best price . If you want to get the best price what you must know is the real value of the home and must be extremely accurate about what other homes are compared to your particular home, and not used just as an algorithm to arrive at that. Get either an agent who knows what theyre doing or pay for a real appraisal. Ive looked at those, my estimate. I love the name. Best Marketing Tool and makes them a fortune. Absolutely. A lot at stake. Thank you. Appreciate it. That backlash over the bbcs new royal drama king charles iii, the show which aired last night in the uk, imagine the royal family after the queen has died and charles has taken the throne. Abcs lama hasan joins us from Buckingham Palace with more on that. Good morning, lama. Reporter yeah, good morning to you, michael. So the bbc film is based on the Award Winning play. By the same name. So picture this. The queen is dead. The country is in transition with a feuding, dysfunctional royal family, and oh yeah. Princess dianas ghost appears in a couple of eerie scenes, and its ruffling quite a few feathers. Take a look. The queen is dead. Long live the king. Thats me. Reporter it is a brandnew royal drama igniting a firestorm. Your father rules today. Reporter king charles iii, a shocking 90minute fictional film imagining what life would be like for the house of windsor after the queen dies. This is perhaps the most unstable moment the royal family will face. Reporter showing charles becoming king. My life has been lingering for the throne. Reporter embarking on a constitutional crisis so extreme Kate Middleton is portrayed as a manipulative lady macbeth figure threatening to depose him. Perhaps i might relieve the harshness. Reporter princess dianas ghost appears telling charles he would make a good monarch. This whole life, i want more. Reporter harry wants to lead a lowkey life. Its not what i was born into. Reporter who is an antimonarchy commoner living in the projects and kate pushes william to take on his father. Become the man i know you are. I am not king. Reporter if that wasnt controversial enough, tensions running high and the future of the royal family reaching boiling point, camilla slaps william. Well, some of the most heated criticism focuses on the question that brings up prince harrys father, suggesting it was princess dianas former lover because of their likeness. In a recent interview james hewitt categorically denied those claims. Rosa mosque ton, one of princess dianas closest friends called the film salacious saying it was deliberately causing prince harry pain. Lama, we know a lot of people are in an uproar. We heard like you said, friends of the family. Has the royal family commented at all . Reporter yeah, michael, no comment from the Family Living in the palace behind me yet but thats hardly surprising. Given that they dont normally comment on things like this. But it does have one member of parliament up in arms who called this just a wrong perception of the royal family. He had some pretty harsh words to say about this film. Lets be honest. All of us including barbara were hanging on that clip. Are we going to get to see it here in the states . Reporter oh, absolutely, george. Yes, u. S. Viewers will get to see what the fuss is all about when it airs this sunday on pbs. All right. Good news, right. Finally. I want to sleep with charles. All right. On that note, barbara, thank you. Youre welcome. Appreciate it. Lama, thank you. Everybody, coming up, barbara, you blow me away, an Important Health alert. Could overthecounter painkillers be linked to heart attacks . And tory is back from her road trip with great deals steals for everybody. She has big savings and theyre all starting at just under 5. All starting at just under 5. N. You help ensure that children in the u. S. And around the world are safe, healthy and educated. 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The hail shredding trees in altus, oklahoma, bouncing off there and takes those leaves and takes them off. Never good in the spring when youre trying to get your blooms going. Now that same storm, in part, will wrap up along the coast, and i want to point out the timing here. Saturday, 8 30 in the morning. Really heavy rains falling from washington, d. C. , its not just heavy rain but what we put on here is streamlines that represent how tightly the ice sobars, or lines of equal pressure are packed and thats going to mean a lot of wind. Thats what it means for you. Not just rainy but windy and raw as we go into the weekend and will pull away as we go into monday. Thats a lot of rain to leave behind on mothers day. Not a great gift. This segment brought to you by tmobile. Your local news and weather next. Good morning. It is 7 56. Im reggie aqui from abc7 mornings. Meteorologist mike nicco is looking at your forecast. Gloomy this morning. Gray out there. Absolutely. Hi, everybody. The sprinkles we talked about and the showers showing up to the north on live doppler 7. Temperatures in the 50s. Dress for it to be cool this morning. Your commute planner, arrival defays at sfo of 54 minutes. Proads dry except for the north bay with the few sprinkles. Mass transit, cool weather. Call all seven days of the accuweather 7day forecast. This is the richmondsan rafael bridge. Before this point, heading towards westbound 80 and then trying to get to the maze, we have a disabled vehicle reported but we are looking okay through this stretch. A quick check of drive times. Average here continuing across the bay bridge. Reggie . Thank you. Coming up, the deals and steals. 53 off. Thats next. Another abc7 news update in about 30. Always on the news app and abc7news. Com. We wake up very good morning, america. 8 00 a. M. New details about the president s stunning decision to fire james comey. Sources tell abc news trump set it all in motion and the Deputy Attorney general threatened to resign. Overnight the farewell letter from the former fbi director and what President Trumps Spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders is telling gma this morning. Health alert. The latest on that possible link between common painkillers and increased heart attack risk. What to watch out for with the medicines in your medicine cabinet. From grandma to graduate. She has six grandchildren and headed back to school at the age of 62. Her inspiring story this morning as she is about to receive her diploma and rolling out the red carpet for our class of 2017. The big names with heartfelt messages just for our grads. Our live finale event moments away. And, robin, who dat. Thats right, the saints drew brees joining us live in times square. Nobody hes saying is going to beat those saints. And hes here to say good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] good morning. A lot of happy people here. Happy. I was telling michael i was going to come in and run in and surprise drew but i cant run in these heels and i thought, no, ill just splat. That was the closest ive ever gotten to sacking that guy. Hey, guys, were excited for our big finale for our class of 2017. We have shared so many stories, the young woman who is a veteran was here with her family. They went to a play last night and saw it and we have a grandmother who is not stopping. She is going on to in fact, shell be graduating in a few hours but will join us from chicago just ahead. Major surprises ahead, as well. [ applause ] something that really isnt a surprise, now, tory johnson is here with deals steals and what isnt is a surprise shell give us great deals to help you look and feel good and theyre starting at just 4. 50. Come on. She does it again. Then also, hey, mothers day is coming up this weekend and we have a great gift idea that you can make at home for your mom, something i am sure that she will cherish. Well get into that later on the show. A lot coming up. Great crowd with a lot of news to get to and amy with the morning rundown. Good morning. We have breaking news, new fallout from the firing of fbi director james comey. It comes as new questions emerge about the timing of President Trumps decision. So lets get right to our White House Correspondent jon karl. Jon, good morning. Reporter good morning, amy. This came close to escalating into an even bigger crisis yesterday. I am told the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein was so upset with the white house for saying that the firing of james comey was his idea that he was on the verge of resigning. Press Secretary Sean Spicer said late tuesday that rosenstein wrote his memo criticizing comey without any direction from the white house. And that the memo was the reason comey was fired, but that was not true. In fact, rosenstein wrote that memo because the president asked him to write it and the president had already told aides that he wanted to fire comey. The white house is now acknowledging that the president had been considering firing comey for some time and that he asked him to write the memo. Meanwhile, the search for an interim fbi director is on. I am told that one may be named as soon as the end of the week. Amy. All right, jon karl, we appreciate it. The white house has made conflicting statements about the chain of event, earlier here on gma, Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders tried to explain what prompted the president s decision to fire comey. What was it about his testimony last week that upset the president . Was it the fact that mr. Comey said he was mildly nauseous at the thought that he might have influenced the election . Again, i think this process started in november. Probably actually going back even to july to october. Just the constant part of director comey being the public face out on tv constantly the back and forth but wednesdays testimony certainly didnt help. Huckabee sanders acknowledged that Rod Rosenstein did not initiate the termination process but said his scathing comments about comey were his own words. In other news President Trump is expected to sign an executive order today creating a Bipartisan Commission to review alleged voter fraud which he claims was widespread in novembers election. The socalled commission on Election Integrity will be led by Vice President pence. A divisive symbol of the old south is no longer standing in new orleans. The statue of confederate president Jefferson Davis was removed this morning. Protesters gathered at the site. The situation was so tense the men removing it covered up their faces while reportedly wearing bulletproof vests. Well, nearly 100 former cheerleaders for the Oakland Raiders have reached a settlement in their legal battle to be paid. They accuse the team of failing to pay their minimum wage and failing to cover travel expenses so they will now receive a 1. 2 million payout. Finally a new take on the famous play cat on a hot tin roof how about a hot dog on a sloping roof. Hes such a hot dog. Look at him showing off, huckleberry the roof doesnt aptly named for his habit on jumping onto his owners roof. Hes become a social media star because of it. Dont worry, his owners have a sign saying hes never up there unless someone is at home watching him and have on the sign we appreciate your concern but please do not knock on our door. We know hes up there. How did he get up there . He just jumped up there from the backyard. Wow. Hes an athlete. Quite an athlete. Thank you. A few years ago we had a little dax named gilbert this big and lost him for three days at the beach and found him three days later on the roof of the town hall. We have no idea how he got up there. On the roof of the town hall. Yeah, we have no idea how he got up there. Gilbert the mystery dog. Wow. Thats funny. How about a little pop news, lara . Yes. [ applause ] good morning, everybody. Good morning. Good morning to you. Pop news time and Venus Williams in the news going from the tennis court to the small screen producing and appearing in a new unscripted series called deals in heels. Itll have five female entrepreneurs called up to the executive suite to pitch their ideas to venus and her partners. The one worthy will be mentored by williams and the team of stone cold businesswomen for one month with one company eventually getting an investment from the panel. Venus says she is thrilled to be working with three Ball Entertainment on the show. No word on when it will debut but we are sure it will be an ace. Great idea. Yep. Yes, absolutely. I love the mentoring idea. Also in pop news this morning, josh gad, one of our alltime favorite guests here on good morning america. How much fun was he that day . He really come back soon, please. But hes showing his versatility as an actor now after playing the hapless lefou in beauty and the beast, next up for him hell tackle truman capote. A film called party of the century about his legendary black and while ball held back in 1966 as the best party ever. It was a starstudded affair at the plaza honoring the Washington Post editor Katharine Graham including frank sinatra, gloria vanderbilt, andy warhol, anybody who was anybody was there. Filming of party of the century starts later this year, josh, we wish you the best. I can see that. I can see that. I bet you can see this too, close your eyes. This is in your future my friend. Who is ready for a poptail . Getting warm out, robin. A poptail, everybody. This is a real thing, excited to share this with you. A new York Based Company has concocted frosty tipsy tubes for adults only. They come in priced around 4 and 5 a piece depending on the poptail. 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We are back now with that report showing a link between common painkillers, many of us have in our medicine cabinet, and increased heart attack risked joined by dr. Jennifer ashton. So, what did this reveal . So this is the actual study right here, robin. Talking about the number one killer of men and women, Heart Disease and a class of medication known as nsaids or nonsteroidals taken by millions of people. It looked at all of the existing data on heart attack and people taking this class of medication and what they found was an associated increased risk of heart attack in people taking nonsteroidals. That risk was said to be highest in the first month of use and the risk seemed to be greater with increasing doses. Now here come the qualifiers. We say it all the time. This is important. This study was based on observation, it didnt explain a mechanism or cause or effect. There were other factors that could have also increased the risk of heart attack in those people which werent taken into account and it didnt give a precise number to that risk so it didnt say, robin, now you have a 5 in 10 risk of a heart attack. It said the risk was up so we need a lot more data. If youre at home and hear this, youre going to be very concerned if you have this in your cabinet. Of course, and i think the awareness here is key. We need to understand when you talk about overthecounter or Prescription Medication to treat things like fever, pain, injury, things like that, its not just nonsteroidals or ibuprofen, its acetaminophen or aspirin have their own individual risk profile and benefits. They can be safe and effective but its not one size fits all and thats the key message here. People need to individualize that risk and have the awareness that it could be increased. But also bringing in the awareness that the lifestyle that we have and such, got to keep that in mind. Thats the message that needs to be repeated. 80 of Heart Disease is preventable with certain modifiable risk factors. If you smoke, stop. We say know your numbers. Blood pressure, waist circumference, diabetes risk, be active every day and obviously limit alcohol. Its not going to completely remove the risk of death from heart attack but it can lower it and its in your control. All right, jen, thank you very much. Tory is here, some great beauty deals steals. Come on back. Come on back. Stasave on gifts for momls and get kohls cash for you pick out a diamond ring for just 79. 99 and get 10 kohls cash a cookware set and get 20 kohls cash or the Fitbit Charge 2 and youll get 30 kohls cash kohls. I have to tell you something. Dad, one second i was driving and then the next. They just didnt stop and then. Im really sorry. I wrecked the subaru. I wrecked it. Youre ok. 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Alexis smith is here with a quick look at the traffic conditions. Good morning. Were looking at a typical drive through the bay bridge toll plaza. Loosening on the lefthand side and jammed up through the middle. Nothing out of the ordinary there. A quick check of the drive times here, as well. Westbound to the maze. Thats pretty heavy. You are in the red at ten minutes. Southbound 880 fremont to san jose in the yellow at 26 minutes and 280 in the yellow coming in at 20 minutes. Appreciate the update. Thank you. Meteorologist mike nicco but it took a twist of fate to find a highend curler at such a head turning price. And thats the beauty of a store full of surprises. You never know what youre gonna find, but you know youre gonna love it. Hey, good morning. Im tracking light showers but you can see live doppler 7 way, way up to the north and keeping an eye on them. North bay could have one or two this afternoon. Temperatures right now mainly mid to upper 50s under a partly sunny sky f. Youre on the bay to, not as breezy. The roads, stray shower and Cool Temperatures for the mass transit commuters. Temperatures below average all seven days of the accuweather 7day forecast. Quite windy to breezy friday through mothers day. No rain on mothers day. Thank you for that, mike. Another update in about 30 minutes and always on the free abc7 news app. Join us for abc7 mornings weekdays 4 30 to 7 00. 24 karat magic in the air [ applause ] it is great to have you all with us on this friday eve. Friday eve. Thankful thursday. Weve been talking a lot about graduates but also its Teacher Appreciation week so all the graduates weve been talking about, you got to think of those teachers that put them in this position to get that diploma. [ applause ] and it is time for the Series Finale of gmas class of 2017. Celebration this morning, thrilled to share a story of one woman who did not let her age stop her from getting her bachelors degree. Take a look at her story. Hi, my name is elaine jonesscott. Im a class of 2017 graduate from Chicago State University and this is my story. Reporter its game night at grandmas house. Blocks, babies. Taco night yeah reporter and a tasty taco spread but elaine jonesscott isnt your typical 62yearold grandma. Shes also a graduating senior at Chicago State University, earning her bachelors degree in psychology and counseling. What do they mean by the psychotropic drugs . Ive always wanted my degree because i felt that having my degree meant that i could make my way in this world. Reporter at 18 years old elaine was young, rebellious and eager to leave her parents home so she dropped out of high school to marry her first love, larry scott and start a family. Once i got married then, of course, i had a husband that was pretty much taking care of myself and my family so i didnt need to work. Reporter the marriage ended after 18 years and elaine was on her own with four children to support. I had no education. I was unable to be employed because the jobs that i wanted, you needed an education for. Reporter but she had to focus on providing for her children so she took a job to make ends meet putting her education goals on hold but never losing sight of her dream. It was 15 years later that i left the company that i was with and decided that i wanted to go back to school. A lot of times people that are my age, 60 and 70 years old, are getting ready for retirement. Not so for me. Hey, sugar. How are you . Im fine. Reporter after four years on campus, elaine has become a surrogate grandmother to many. At 62 years old i am still viable. I realize that there is so much more that i can give. Reporter today elaine is a certified deaconess at her church and her work there pushed her to want to become a professional counselor. Ultimately i want to use my counseling skills to help young people. I hope to inspire people that their dreams can still be realized. [ applause ] wow elaine jonesscott is joining us now from chicago. Give her a big welcome here to good morning america, this grandma graduating, yes. [ applause ] yeah, thats right. You can do the dance. Yes, youre just hours away. In a few hours youll be walking across that stage. Your first ever commencement. Tell us about the emotions youre feeling right now. Good morning, robin. Oh, it is so wonderful just to be able to speak to you. But the emotions are just overwhelming right now. I am just excited and just elated to be standing here before you. I am overcome with emotions, im trying to just not have my makeup running down my face. But i know its just the power of one and i know that you know about the power of one. Amen. Just keeping your hands in gods Unchanging Hand and Going Forward with the plan he had for me, and i am just overcome at this moment. Just being on gma and speaking with you, and just having him to put me in a spot like this, to allow people to know that their dreams can still be realized. You know, i often say this gods delays are not his denials. And you are not going to be denied of your goal of walking across that stage. We saw how your grandchildren absolutely adore you. What is the message you think you send to them by graduating today . You know, i want them to realize that no matter what life throws at you, no matter how many scars you might have to encounter, i want them to realize that if you just go forth and just dont be a quitter. To realize that no matter you can always reinvent yourself, that you are always changing and becoming that chameleon that god wants you to be and that plan is always in effect and that no matter what, just dont quit. And just hold on to his hand. Just remember the power of one and just to just be led by that power. Thank you for sharing that message. Congratulations. [ applause ] congratulations. Thank you. Thank you so much. You have a good time and congratulate all the graduates there at Chicago State University. Yes, i will. You take care. Yes, yes, all right. It is inspiring to see her tackling her challenges and achieving her dreams at 62 years old. This is graduation season, guys. We often talk about this and thinking about is there anybody here in the audience thats graduating from high school or college, anybody in the audience . Can you stand up . [ cheers and applause ] can you stand wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. All yall . Wait. Everybody here, everybody here is graduating did you know that . Everybody here is about to be a graduate. Now, look underneath your chairs, theres a Little Something under there. Everybody look under your chairs because we got to get the party started. We have got your caps. Your caps and gowns. All right. So put those on. Were going to share some words of wisdom for you when we come back but we got quiana, quiana parks, the deejay, gma Graduation Party is just getting started. Well be right back. Put on those caps and gowns, ladies and gentlemen. Lets go. Lived in florida for 28 years so we were talking florida. Look at this sunset taken by our samantha. Shes down there in orlando, and hazy because of all that smoke though, right . And the red flag warnings are out. Its not just about a light wind. It is actually about the low humi hi there. Im abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. Cooler than average again today. Not as breezy as yesterday. Sprinkles possible in the north bay. Notice coast in the 50s. Rest of us mid tondndnd all right, robin. Lots going on out here. Well head up to you. A special morning. Were paying tribute to the class of 2017. Every Single Member of our studio audience either graduated from college or high school. They knew that they were graduating. They didnt know the people all around them but the entire audience so incredible. [ applause ] and we want to point out a couple right here in the front row. Hey, melissa. Hello. Melissa, you are about to get your bachelors degree from george mason university. When you were a freshman about you hadnt even started cool yet. You found out that you were pregnant with that adorable little boy right there. Lucas, but you kept going, just tell people how you kept moving forward. Definitely not easy. And theres so many costs already with getting an education and then on top of that the costs of raising a child but when times get rough, i just have to focus on why im doing what im doing and im really getting a degree so that i can have a financially stable future for myself and my son and my family. [ applause ] enjoying that tassel. Hes not going to let you have the cap. Hes enjoying that. Congratulations, melissa. A great example. [ applause ] thank you so much. So many. If you would allow us a little moment. Somebody from the gma family, daneska maloney. Where are you, daneska . All right. Daneska is an assistant here. She works tirelessly, does anything and everything for us at gma and she was going to school at night. We didnt even know that she was going to school at night and there she is. Getting up very early. Working fulltime all day and john jay college. [ cheers and applause ] criminal justice degree, so, so proud of you and we have some advice, you know, people have been coming by here at good morning america, some friends of gma and they wanted to wish you well as well. Here it is. My advice to College Graduates would be, find a way to get paid for what you already like to do. Stay sweet, stay smart and stay honest and god bless. Do more for others than anyone else does. Add more value and youll be totally successful in whatever you do. My advice to my fellow students would be, enjoy it. Have fun. Stay home. Dont leave your mother. You need her. Dont ask your mother for her advice. I asked my mom if i should start my new business and she said no, i was too young and it was too risky. She was wrong, it made me a millionaire. The more things you try, the better chance you have of finding something youre good or even better something youre great at. My best advice for graduates, keep your minds open to forks in the road. Sometimes you never know what kind of opportunities are going to arise or what kind of doors will open. My best piece of advice for graduates, go out and make a difference in the world. Congratulations, class of 2017. All congratulations, class of 2017. [ cheers and applause ] mine is a little like josh grobans. Make some room, a lot of room for luck in your life. Dont think you have to have everything planned out. Right now or today. You dont know whats going to happen. You dont know when the things look bad turn out to be great. Thats great advice. [ applause ] yeah. I guess my advice would be theres very little you can control and when you think you can control your life. You cant. The only thing you can control is your attitude. If youre going to get bumps in the road. Its not going to be easy but if you have the right attitude it all works out in the end. Attitude when you walk into the room is the only thing you can control. I have a niece getting ready to graduate and i see the panic in her eyes and i just want to say to all of you guys who are graduating college, dont be discouraged. Take a deep breath. I promise you you will find a job. It will happen. You might have to kiss a lot of frogs and go on a lot of interviews but all of those experiences will just get you the job thats right for you. [ applause ] and youre so right about the panic and the fear and fear just needs like the eye of a needle to get through and it just takes over everything. Remember when julie foudy, the great Soccer Player and wonderful person said about butterflies and she said we all have butterflies and the key to get the butterflies to fly in formation and to really be i mean just think about that. Thats a good thing to think about. Proximity is power. You can wish, hope and pray all you want but put yourself into position for great things to happen and you have by being here and getting your degree as you are. And to know that you have your own personal formula for success. Whatever you did to get to this moment, apply it to any challenge that youre going to face and when fear knocks, let faith answer the door. So, congratulations to each and every one of you. [ applause ] you know what, guys, we are going to have a graduation ceremony, and great music from quiana parks. You got to have a gift, right . You got to have gift, right . Oh, yeah, look at them, yeah well, and for our grandma in chicago and friends at samsung are giving each of you one of Samsungs Galaxy tablets. [ cheers and applause ] yes. Oh. [ applause ] everyone and we want to point out that samsung has a long history of supporting education including their contest where they challenge 6th through 12th graders to come up with solutions to problems in the community, and three of the winners are here with us this morning. The class of 2017. [ applause ] so thank you, thank you, danielle at samsung and everybody there. Can we kick up a little music, quiana. Lets get this party going a little bit. Yeah. Well be right back. You will remember me we are back with super bowl mvp and saints quarterback and my friend, very easy to call my friend on the same side right now, mr. Drew brees, man. Welcome. Not trying to hit me. And youre not trying to get away from me. Tired doing it all those years. Let me tell you this, man. Were heading into summer. Got all these kids out there, your kids are athletes as well out there in the hot summer heat and you have an important new mission. Tell us about it. Yeah, so im involved with a really Important Program called the heat factor. And its helping to raise awareness for the signs and symptoms of ehs which is exertional heatstroke so just remember the acronym, h. E. A. T. High temperatures, h. E, exercise or activity a, acting confused and t time to call 911. Kids out there, were trying educate people on the signs and symptoms of ehs so they can identify it in the event that Something Like that does happen. Heatfactor. Com we put a ton of great educational videos on how to identify it and seek help. If you are a parent and youre watching this now and you what should you look for . Yeah, so the signs and symptoms would be disoriented, acting confused, faintness, dizziness and immediately grab that child and get them help. We say time to call 911. Get a medical professional so they can get the help they need. This can be a serious injury. Third leading cause of sudden death for High School Students is ehs so we want to make sure we can avoid that. Keep our kids safe when theyre out playing in the heat. Your kids are playing in the heat. Yes. Undefeated. Undefeated flag football. Are you coaching . Yes, im one of the assistant coaches. You just cant stop, can you . The man wins everything he does. Coaching defense, believe it or not. I would like to see that. Check out a game. Thank you, man. I think its important. Glad youre shining light on this. Yes. Thank you. You know were going to now go over to lara who has Something Else for us, lara. Yeah, i need you over here. Michael strahan, we need you because it is gmas ultimate makeoff challenge, mothers day edition, of course, its this weekend joining us is nicole farb. She is a partner with our sponsor michaels inviting all you guys to make a frame for mom at the make break event in store this is saturday. 1 00 to 3 00. Stop by and purchase a wood frame and customize it which is what were going to do. What advice do you have for making a special mothers day frame . Were competing today, three tip, think of your mom. My mom took me to the beach and im going to add shells. Use your glitter, just tip, shake, shake, shake and then last, add dimension. Big tops. Just all of you. All right. Exactly, a little texture. Can we get 30 seconds on the clock. Well see who makes the most beautiful gift for mom. Michael, are you ready . Not really. Go, go, go. Stickers, stick, stick. There you go. Oh, boy. Yeah. I love you, mom. Thank you. I was going to go like this. Gorgeous. How much time do we have . 12 seconds. Amy. All eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. All right. Times up. Times up. Lets lift our frames. Lightly just like this. I got a problem. I cant lift mine. These are gorgeous. Even at our age they have to put it up in the house. I got to say for mine, i just i decided that mom was the focus. I didnt want to take away from her. Well said. I know. That was well said. I actually think, lara is the w. Look at that. The wisest woman i know so i went with the owl. Thank you, nicole. Thank you, michaels. When we come back, the finale of our class of 2017 celebration. I love you, mom. Busibusinessman 1 yea, yea, yea. You know what iml craving right now . Businessman 1 over speaker guacamole and bacon. Audio tech we got a craving go go go music crashing cravings in the crave van. Jacks gonna crash your crave jack hey guys, try my guacamole and bacon chicken sandwich with all white meat chicken, guacamole and pepperjack cheese. Businessman 1 thanks jack. Wait. Were on the 18th floor. How did you get here . Jack hard work. Jack vo you crave it, we serve it. Try my new guacamole and bacon chicken sandwich. 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Travel how about less than a mile and a half . Crystal geyser is the only major us spring water bottled at the mountain source. Good morning. Im jessica castro. Lets check in with meteorologist mike nicco for a quick look at the forecast. Thanks, jessica. Hi, everybody. Still watching some light showers to even sprinkles up north of us on live doppler 7. Theres a slight chance to move into the north bay and otherwise cool today and cooler than average the next seven days including mothers day. Alexis . We have a new problem in liver more. On westbound 580, delays unfortunately. This is newer crash and past state route 84. Looks like blocking at least one lane. Near backed up to altamot pass. Heres a live look at the san rafael bridge. Thank you. Time for live with kelly and ryan. Dont miss the abc7 midday news. The reporting continues on the news app and abc7news. Com. Join us weekdays announcer its live with kelly and ryan today, film, television, and oa