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System. System. Sparking a fire, dozens of trucks putting out the flames. The investigation into what caused the nearair disaster. Furious lawsuit, the daughter of paul walker suing porsche blaming the company for the fire wreck that killinged her father calling the sports car a death trap. Why she believes he could have survived. And power play. The new way to hit the Powerball Jackpot without leaving your couch. Are you just 2, a dream and a swipe away from that 300 million Golden Ticket . And saying goodbye to all those bills. We do say good morning, america. On this tuesday morning. You know what they say, theres an app for that even for this and well discuss that ahead. That one could be dangerous. Big jackpot tomorrow night. We begin with this onetwo weather punch. Were already seeing dangerous floods and overnight this Tropical Storm forming. Two separate entities that were watching. You can see the Tropical Storm way out in the atlantic here. Then its the tropical moisture thats been affecting florida and you could see some of the video, what its done, close to a foot from navarre to guessdestin and that tropical moisture will transport to the north. Flood watches from asheville to rockland, maine. Notice how those watches are more inland. There is a reason. The cold front will meet that to 4 inches right through the appalachians, interior new england, some of the heavier rain and the timing mostly tomorrow morning so thats going to be the rough part. Then we watch joaquin and heres whey want to do. Joaquin, very uncertain after 48 hours so the next 48 hours we know its meandering westsouthwest and should turn north. This part we are watching but it is something well have to look for by sunday into monday, this is so far out i dont want to get too, too excited. You can definitely worry about tomorrow morning. We will, ginger, thank you. To that Emergency Landing overnight, a flight from new york to ireland forced to turn around minutes after taking off, problems with the landing gear sparking a fire in the brakes. Abcs david kerley is at Reagan National airport with the latest. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning, robin. It was an important system on the 757 that started leaking and pilots knew that landing was not going to be normal. Soon after its sunset takeoff from jfk to ireland, the aer lingus crew knew something was wrong, a leak, that meant the pilots didnt have full control over the wing flaps and landing doors so the return to jfk with 115 on board would be hot, faster than normal. When they touched down, trouble. Rescue 1, sir, we have a confirmed fire. It just looked like a scifi movie. Both of your main gears are smoking at this time. Reporter the waiting fire trucks immediately doused the brakes and helped passengers onto buses. He said this was something they practice every six months in a simulator but this was the first time that he had ever done this in real in a real situation. Reporter and that pilot is getting a lot of praise from those passengers. They thought it was a little bumpy landing but thought he did a great job. The faa is investigating why that hydraulic system on a 757 started leaking. I bet they are. Thanks very much. Now to that tense showdown between president obama and russian president Vladimir Putin. They faced off at the United Nations over how to best fight isis and jon karl with more. Terrorism on the agenda again this morning. Yes, the president is con seening a meeting but this meeting comes after a series of setbacks not jaws in syria and iraq but now in afghanistan too where u. S. Backed forces are reeling from one of the biggest setbacks since the start of the afghan war. Overnight u. S. Forces struck back after the taliban scored one of their biggest victories yet, capturing a major afghan city, the provincial capital of konduz, the setback in afghanistan comes as World Leaders are convening at the u. N. , a session dominated by the crisis in syria. The crisis there bringing president obama and Vladimir Putin together for their first formal meeting in two years. After an icy stare and awkward privately for 90 minutes. Tension especially high because putin who likes to play tough guy and literally flex his muscles back home is making a move in syria sending military support for syrian dictator Bashar Al Assad who obama says must go. When a dictator slaughters tens of thousands of his own people, that is not just a matter of one nations internal affairs. It breeds human suffering onnen aorder of magnitude that affects us all. Reporter when it was putins turn he answered by saying assad is doing more to fight isis than the United States in syria. We should acknowledge, putin said, no one but president assads armed forces and Kurdish Militia are truly fighting terrorists in syria. The president said he is willing to work with any nation including russia and even iran to solve the conflict in syria and defeat isis, both russia and iran oppose isis but they also support assad who is responsible for more of the bloodshed in syria than even isis. And speaking of iran in the wake of that nuclear deal, some history yesterday. Yes, there was a handshake, the Iranian Press is reporting, between president obama and irans foreign minister, this would be the first handshake between the top diplomat in iran and a president of the United States since our embassy was taken hostage in 1979. A long time coming. Okay, jon, thanks very much. George, staying with politics, the race for president now. Your voice, your vote. Donald trump unveiling his tax plan and escalating his war of words with senator marco rubio. Abcs tom llamas is following the campaigns and joins us this morning. Reporter good morning. Donald trump says wall street big wigs are going to hate parts of this plan. But when you take a close look, everyone gets a break somehow. The economy is what i do well. Reporter and donald trump believes he can recharge the economy by cutting tacks and making sure more than half of taxpayers dont pay income tax. For people making up to 25,000 or couples making up to 50,000 to pay no income tax at all and across the board Corporate Tax rate of 15 and eliminating deductions and loopholes available to the very rich. In other words, its going to cost me a fortune. Reporter but antitax conservatives like the plan because everyone gets a tax cut, even billionaires because theyll pay a lower rate. Even though they wont be getting certain deductions which arent fair for them to be getting theyll end up doing better. Reporter later trump switching from finances to faith meeting with pastors and rabbis across the country some pouring out of trump tower wearing campaign caps after meeting and praying with the republican frontrunner. Trump even bringing some to his flock. He wasnt trying to pander to us in order to gain our support. He was speaking to us as one of us. He held the bible up. I believe that hes a christian and im sold on it. Reporter still not sold on rubio describing it this way. Im not interested in the back and forth to be a member or a part of his freak show. Reporter i asked trump about this. Senator rubio described your campaign as a freak show. You take a lot of pride in your campaign. Look, look, senator rubio is a lightweight. We are understand that he wont be able to do this, he wouldnt know a trade deal from any other deal. Reporter now on the democratic side an interesting turn as we approach the first democratic debate cnn will allow Vice President joe biden up to the day of the debate to announce his candidacy if he wants to participate, guys, the clock is ticking and everybody is watching and waiting. They want that excitement. Didnt he say at one point hed make his mind up by the summer. Thats passed and now now hes got till the debate. Stretching out the time line. Big news from mars. Nasa discovers that water has been flowing on the surface calling the news tremendously exciting. The best evidence ever of possible life on the red planet. Abcs gio benitez here with the story. Good morning, gio. Send astronauts to mars. Reporter thats right an that could be just years away. This is huge news because for the first time it suggests if there ever was life on mars theoretically life could still be there right now. This morning, what is next after we learn this. Liquid water has been found on mars. Reporter yes, see those streaks of dark color, that, scientists say, is surface water, a salty briny water that could or may support life. Scientists wanted to know more. It tells us that mars is a really interesting earthlike place. Water is one of the things that, of course, is a necessary condition for life as we know it. Reporter these researchers are already working on the next mission to mars set to launch in five years. The new rover. It will dig and drill to help answer the questions of whether mars has or can support life. Water on mars means any future human flight would not have to carry all its water, oxygen or rocket fuel. Break down water into those useful elms. Another step on the voyage to mars, scott kellys oneyear mission on the space station is teaching us about the longterm effects of space on humans. Lets get in there and get this started so im ready to go. Reporter as are groups like hawaiis high seas Practice Mission to mars on earth isolating themselves in a dome for a whole year hoping that practice makes perfect when the opportunity finally presents itself. All aimed at getting us to the red planet which this morning we know has water. And that is why now scientists at nasa say they may send a spacecraft to those regions in the 2020s. Clearly they are very, very excited about this Major Development on mars, robin. They certainly are, gio, thanks. Gio sounds excited about it too. I know. Ai am. Our correspondent on mars. Joyce mitchell, sentenced to the maximum seven year force helping those two convicted killers escape. Mitchell broke down in court apologizing for her role in the escape and abcs linzie janis was right there in plattsburgh, new york. Reporter good morning. Mitchell is still here at the Clinton County jail but not for long. Shes been turned over to her former employer, the department of corrections and is waiting to find out where shes going to serve that sentence. Please allow me to start by saying how sorry reporter Joyce Mitchell sobbing and asking for forgiveness as shes sentenced to up to seven years behind bars. I realize i need to be responsible for my actions, but i am hoping you will have mercy. Reporter even though the former prison seamstress agreed to the punishment as part of a plea deal she begged for leniency. I would wear an ankle brace let for the rest of my life if i could just go home to my family. Reporter Lyle Mitchell in court visibly shaken too. Mrs. Mitchell claiming she helped richard matt and david sweat escape because she feared if she didnt, theyd kill her husband. But the judge setting her straight. While you express remorse for the harm you caused the community, you also stated that you believed the negotiated sentence is too harsh. I can assure you, you have nothing to complain about. Reporter mitchell pleaded guilty to providing matt and sweat with tools including hacksaw blades smuggled inside hamburger meat. The District Attorney asking the judge to make mitchell pay up to 120,000 in restitution to the state. The cost, he said, of repairing the holes cut by the inmates in their cell walls. So the judge is going to rule on that restitution request in november but no word on what kind of prison mitchell will be conditions will be anything like the maximum security prison she helped matt and sweat break out of. Robin, she could be out of prison in just two years. For a lot of people here that is not enough. Im sure and it was quite a scene in the courtroom yesterday. All right. Thank you. Now amy with the other top stories this morning. Good morning, amy. Good morning, robin and we begin with the daredevil who became fame use during his appearances on mtv was killed in a skydiving accident. Erik roner died after he hit a tree while trying to land for the Opening Ceremony of a golf event in california. Roner was part of the hit show nye tree circus. He leaves behind a wife and two children. And new details this morning about volkswagens plan to address the emissions scandal affecting 11 million vehicles. Reuters says the companys new ceo has said customers will be notified in the next couple of days. Regulators have given volkswagen until october 7th to come up with a fix. Massive recall triggered by faulty air bags may soon get even bigger. Seven more Companies Including volkswagen and mercedes are now being asked to about the models of takata inflateers in their cars. They can explode and throw out sh rap they will and were blamed for eight deaths. Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert is looking to make a deal. He is in negotiations to plead guilty to breaking federal banking laws. That deal would prevent an embarrassing public trial. Reports say the former High School Wrestling coach was going to pay millions to a former opportunity to conceal sexual misconduct. A wild highshe had pursuit near oklahoma city, a car hitting more than 10 miles an hour driving off the edge of this highway. Look at that. Flipping over eventually and crashing. The driver then tried to run but he did not get far. Police say it all started when they tried to ticket her for going 100 in a 45. And a narrow escape on a manhattan sidewalk. A 40ton drilling rig toppled over ter a construction site. This part crashing on a police van. You can see one woman there running to avoid being hit by it. Thankfully, amazingly no one was injured. The Washington Nationals have suspended Jonathan Papelbon for four games after this, he started a dugout brawl with teammate bryce harper. Whoo, he also accepted a suspension for a separate incident ending his season. And finally long overdue installment of the dumb criminal file. Note to criminals there are cameras everywhere. Watch this guy take a huge drill off the wall. He has no intention of paying for it so why not stick it where the sun dont shine. Down his pants. He tries to cover it up with his shirt and it works initially much he makes it out of the store without anyone noticing except there are cameras everywhere. Thus were watching it so when the store checked its Surveillance Video Police Posted a video online and he was arrested the next day. While. Worth the wait. It looks so natural. There is a joke there. I am trying to go past that. Camera isnt the only problem there. Thank you. Brandnew way to buy powerball tickets just in time for tomorrows huge jackpot. That story in 30 seconds. No more trips to the gas station or corner store to buy a jackpot ticket. Kayna whitworth here to explain. Dollar and a dream and a phone. Thats all you need to buy a ticket in the new york lottery. Theres a new app that launched monday timing really couldnt be better. The Powerball Jackpot over 300 million and counting. Why not get in on the action if you can do it from our couch. Good luck to you. Reporter say goodbye to least powerball mania lines and hello to jackpocket. Jackpocket is the first app that lets you buy official state lottery tickets here in new york. Reporter pizzas, dates and now the potential to be a millionaire. All available with a swipe and a tap on your phone. The mobile app launching in new york monday dispatches an employee to purchase your ticket once you placed your order then they scan it, send you a virtual copy and secure the original. All the physical tickets that are bought that when theres a jackpot going off are locked up in a safe at an undisclosed location. Reporter if you hit big they send the Winning Ticket to you teaming up with retailers who agreed to split their 6 commission on jackpocket. Jackpocket is not associated with the new york state lottery and acts more as a currier service claiming its the most secure way to play the lottery. For the First Time Ever you have an actual digital receipt with your name, your number that it was bought through our organization. Without a doubt its the safest way someone can buy a ticket. Reporter the app reporting they sold over 15,000 in tickets the first day. The lucky testers in their focus Group Already raking in over 50,000 in winnings. Golden news just in time for the 301 million powerball drawing wednesday. So if a Company Plans to expand nationwide and i have the app all fired up here and you guys gave me some of your lucky numbers so well enter them. Its really easy. We have the numbers here, 17 you see right there, you push it on the app, 22, 18, 9, 23, i will so were all in so, george and robin who just paid for that . If we win, i promise to email you and let you all know. On tape now. Much more ahead. The 16yearold daughter of fast and furious star paul walker filing a major lawsuit. Come on back. Youve gotta make better choices, jane farewell, cookie dough ice cream. Whats that youre drinking . Its trop50. Its fine. It tastes delicious and has 50 less calories. With this taste . No way. Give me fifty squats. But. It cant taste this good. Read the label. And have 50 less calories . Exactly, now you drop. And give me the 50. Trop50. Woman my mom and i have the same hands. Same eyes. Same laugh. And since shes had moderate alzheimers disease, ive discovered we have the same fighting spirit, too. Thats why i asked her doctor about new onceaday namzaric. Vo new namzaric is approved for moderate to severe alzheimers disease in patients who are currently taking, and can continue to take certain doses of both namenda and donepezil. 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Other serious side effects may occur, including slow heartbeat and fainting; increased stomach acid, which may raise the chance of ulcers and bleeding; nausea and vomiting; difficulty passing urine, seizures, and worsening of lung problems. The most common side effects associated with namzaric are headache, diarrhea, dizziness, loss of appetite, and bruising. Woman mom and i share a lot of moments. And were making the most of each one. Vo ask your doctor if new namzaric is right for your loved one. This season at chicos, statement jackets are all about whats new whats now whats bold whats wow this season at chicos, its all about you. Express your personal style with new statement jackets for fall the holidays bring many challenges to the feet. By day, they must stay warm. But by night, beautiful, smoother and ready to impress the other party animals. Dr. Scholls dreamwalk express pedi so north dakota to minnesota waking up with a frost advisory or a freeze watch or warning. By tomorrow morning it moves into wisconsin and michigan but in iowa, brr, she said, its good morning. Tuesday, september 29th. Im lori stokes. Latest headlines, police in the bronx are investigating the tragic death of a newborn girl thrown from an apartment window after her birth. The superintendents wife at the building in University Heights found the child on the ground after she had fallen seven stories. The mother is now in a hospital under police guard. Police questioned the father but then released them. In a few hours, friends and family will say their final goodbyes to a private yankee legend. Yog gee berras funeral takes place at 10 00 in montclair, new jersey. He died at the age of 90. He was a navy veteran. Flags around the state of new jersey are being flown at half staff today in his honor. The search is on for a station in calverton, suffolk county. Police say the thief hit the gas station on edmonds road then got away with cash. State police used search dogs and helicopters. Take a look at these bbq trophies best cracked pepper sauce. Most ribs eaten while calf roping. Yep, greatness deserves recognition. You got any trophies, cowboy . Whoomp there it is uh, yeah. Well, uh, well theres this one. Best insurance mobile app . Yeah, two years in a row. Well ill be. Does that thing just follow you around . Like a little puppy the awardwinning geico app. Walking around new york today, it may comfort you to know there are many geniuses in our midst, at least nine. They are among the winners for the Macarthur Foundation grant known as the genius grant. Each winner receives 625,000 over the next five years and there are no strings attached. The new york windows include the star and creator of broadways hamilton. Lets get a check on the morning commute with heather. Good morning, lori. On the harlem river drive on the northbound side. That ramp to the George Washington bridge is closed until further notice. They are doing emergency construction there. 30 minutes coming inbound at the walked. The lincoln is an hour. The holland is a 25 minute delay. Queens midtown tunnel inbound a stall in the tube. Then if you are coming over here on to the garden state parkway northbound side near exit 148 another accident being cleared away. I have to show you a webcam and show you the delay going to the George Washington bridge. This is the route 4 approach. You are bumper to bumper near jones road. This is going to take you all the way into the George Washington bridge. Our street cleaning rules are suspended. Metered rules are in effect. Ken, lori . All right, thank you, heather. Lets check in with bill and the accuweather forecast. We have cloudy skies, a lot of humidity. A temperature of 72 degrees. Its warm and humid. It will be that kind of day today where we have a temperature getting up to 78 to 81 degrees this afternoon. Rain gets heavy this evening and tonight. And tonight. We could have flooding rains overnight tonight, for the morning commute tomorrow, tapering to showers tomorrow afternoon. Cooler air behind that with a chance of rain and rain for the weekend. Lori . Bill, thank you. That will do it for us. Coming up on good morning america, the brave woman that survived an alligator attack speaks out. Morning america. Royal caribbeans wow sale is back. Buy one get one half off. Plus free upgrades and up to 200 onboard spending money. It all ends september 30th, so call 1800royalcaribbean or your travel agent today. I like that. All right. Million dollar quarter mile. All right then. You only live once. Lets do it. Thats the late Actor Paul Walker in fast and furious. Very popular series, as you know, that helped make him a superstar as we say good morning, america. Hes back in the headlines this morning. His daughter filing that wrongful death lawsuit against porsche. And well have a lot more on that ahead. Here are some other stories were following. Two storms about to hit the northeast. Torrential downpours in south and Tropical Storm joaquin heads towards the coast age president obama meets with cuban leader raul castro at the u. N. This morning. This is his first time at the annual meeting. Also this morning, a Facebook Crash sending the internet into a panic. Jesse is here in our social square with more. Yeah, thats right, guys. The internet giving a big thumbs down. When facebook mysteriously went down monday, what happened . Thats coming up in our speed feed just ahead. That is coming up. We begin with the daughter of late Actor Paul Walker filing a wrongful death lawsuit against porsche and blames them for the fast and furiouss star death claiming it didnt have key features. David wright with more. Reporter fast and furious is all about speed and danger. This fatal crash made it all too real. Paul walkers daughter said he didnt just die in the crash, he suffered and shes blaming porsche. He was the blondhaired, blueeyed adonis known for never being too fast or too furious. In 2013, 40yearold paul walkers life came to an end in this fiery car crash. We have confirmed two doas. Reporter now his 16yearold daughter is suing porsche claiming that the german automaker took several safety shortcuts which resulted in her the passenger seat for more than a minute as his car erupted into flames. Paul walker and his daughter were extremely close. This death was particularly tough on his daughter meadow. Its been a while since ive been behind the wheel. Reporter the lawsuit also alleges that the seat belt snap snapped walkerary torso back with thousands of pounds of force thereby breaking his ribs and pelvis trapping the actor in his seat. Investigators determined that speed killed the 40yearold actor, riding in the passenger seat as his friend, roger lost control while driving between 80 and 93 miles per hour. But the lawsuit disputes that claiming that the car wasnt going more than 71 miles an hour when it careened into a power pole and that walker might have survived the crash if it werent for alleged defects with the Porsche Carrera gt. The suit alleges that carrera gt had a history of instability and control issue, ones the suit contends porsche was aware of. Meadow walkers attorney tells abc news overnight the bottom line is that the Porsche Carrera is a dangerous car ant doesnt belong on the street. Attorney mark geragos is representing Rogers Family in a similar lawsuit filed last year against porsche. This was not rogers fault. This was porsches fault and put a ticking time bomb on the road and the bomb exploded. Today officials with porsche say they cant comment on the specifics but are sad whenever any porsche anyone in a porsche is hurt and the company insisted that authorities determined two years ago that this tragic crash resulted from reckless driving and excessive speed, basically too fast and too furious, robin. Okay, david, thank you. To a florida woman who survived an encounter with an alligator that bit off her arm speaking out about her terrifying ordeal and abcs linsey davis is here with that story. Good morning. Good morning. Through the whole ordeal rachel lillien that you will never lost consciousness and first thought her arm was broken then thought the alligator would let it go but later watched that alligator swim away with her arm. Theres a lady that just got attacked by an alligator. Reporter this morning the survivor of an alligator encounter details the horrifying attack. I didnt realize it was a gator until i touched its head. It was a big reptile on my arm, clamped and not letting go. Reporter Rachel Lilienthal was swimming in waist deep water this august when the alligator clamped down on her arm. Once i realized that my arm was in the gators mouth, it wasnt letting go, i said a quick prayer. It rolled me around and at that point i realized, okay, youre not getting out of this and i kneed to call for help. Reporter nearby couples in canoes coming to her rescue. One of them beating the gator with a paddle. I kept trying to go at it while it was on her abdomen and she tried to grab on the kayak with her right arm but there was no arm there. Reporter the gator taking her arm and part of her bathing suit seen in this photo by another boater shredded and dangling from the gators teeth. Is she in the water. Shes still in the water. Were trying to get her into the canoe. Reporter rachel calls that brave couple who stepped in her heroes credited with saving her life. I am so eternally grateful to both christa and casey. They were so brave. They didnt consider their own safety. They just saw someone in need and they rushed toassist. Reporter rachel says its really hard not to see some kind of divine intervention in a moment like this. She says she finds peace in being grateful and that this will not keep her from swimming. She says its good the alligator actually attacked her because former life much guard. Thinking of others. Right. Her resilience is amazing. Coming up a High School Football stars unexpected death raising new concerns about risks on the feel. Dr. Besser is here with more on ha. Thats right, robin. Its not just concussions. There are other hidden dangers your kids could be facing. What you need to know coming up next. My best friend plays ooh. You make me live, whatever this world. At petsmart, we know that pet adoption changes lives. 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The death of that High School Quarterback in new jersey is putting a new spotlight on internal organ injuries, something few parents know about. Abcs dr. Richard besser is here now with the story. Good morning, rich. Good morning, lahr r you know, parents who are worried about the dangers of concussions and spinal injuries in High School Football have a new worry this morning, the autopsy of this Young High School player from new jersey moves the focus to another risk so unusual, that few knew it was possible. And parents of 1. 1 million High School Football players are wondering could this happen to my child . Its a rare risk on the football field. A hard hit, not just stopping the play but stopping a life, because of an injury to an internal organ. Star quarterback evan murray took at least two hard body blows in a Football Game this past weekend but walked off, even gave a thumbs up but an autopsy report reveals the 17yearold died of an abdominal hemorrhage caused by a lacerated spleen. The spleen helps filter blood and is usually protected by the rib cage but if the spleen is enlarged usually by an infection, it can drop below the protective bone making it more vulnerable to impact. The internal organs, your lungs, your heart, your spleen, your abdominal content, everything is potentially exposed when youre participating in sport. Reporter a severe blow can start internal bleeding and by the time doctors realized the spleen is ruptured it can be too late. It was for evan. There was no way to know he was playing with an enlarged spleen and, of course, no way to eliminate risk in Contact Sports. You cant imagine or project every single scenario, but its safe to say that the occurrences of significant traumatic injuries to the internal organs are relatively rare. In evans case we dont know what caused his enlarged spleen. The most frequent cause of an enlarged spleen in teens is a common infection, infectious mononucleosis or mono and recommends teens who have mono avoid all Contact Sports until theyre fully recovered to avoid the risk of rupturing the spleen. All right, rich. Thank you. You have more on a story you brought us last week. Thats right. Last week gma reported on ways to protect the privacy of your Health Information when youre online. Our report included mention of webmd. We want to clarify that weaponmd does not sell or provide identifiable personal Health Information of its web use attorneys advertisers or any third parties. Abc regrets that the report left any false impression on this point. Thank you. 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Most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance, flonase controls six. See the world in a whole new light. [ laughter ] well, people are learning to live without facebook. The site going down briefly, really, guys, for the third time in a month leaving users looking for Something Else to do. Neal karlinsky has that in our speed feed. Reporter it was the crash heard round the internet. Not the stock market, though, that was a downer. No, facebook, the lifeblood of our short Attention Span selfie obsessed culture actually went down for a time and even though it didnt last long people seemed desperate to be heard venting on that other channel, twitter by the thousands. Blood moon last night, facebook down today, it really is the end of days. Just spent some time with my family while facebook down. They seem to be nice people. And, of course, the ever helpful, hey, facebook, have you tried turning it off and on again . Companies like facebook has systems, protocols, you know, checklists in place to make sure that things dont go wrong but its still possible that things can slip through the cracks. Reporter what could society possibly miss in a few minutes without facebook . Plenty. Every 60 seconds 293,000 statuses are updated. 136,000 photos uploaded. And an estimated 300 million new photos every single day by facebooks massive 968 million active daily users. And this was the third outage in a month, unprecedented. Facebook issued a status update of its own through good oldfashioned email. We apologize to those who have been inconvenienced. Of course, its all back to normal now. The outage didnt last long and no one was hurt. Facebook needs things to Work Together and if you have one thing slightly off, that could lead to a big outage. Reporter but still, did you know lauren got married . Max had a birthday. Oh, and they found water on mars. For good morning america, neal karlinsky, abc news, san jose, california. 968 million people. We sure no one was hurt . Exactly. Good job with that, neal. As we saw, jesse, social media had a field day with this. The world was coming to an end last night obviously and facebook down has been trending all morning and ironically trending on facebook and there have been some great ones on twitter. Heres how George Costanza passed the time when he couldnt surf the site. You have to stay home. You cant leave the house and then theres this meme about what so many people faced when facebook went down during office hour, people actually had to work at their jobs. They had to earn their own paycheck. The horror. Where is the humanity, people . And then, of course, after office hours this tweet says that in mine months there gonna be so many facebook down babies. How long was it down for . It was minutes. Like a few minutes. I have to admit i did. I refreshed my feed like five times. I did. 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Berras funeral takes place at 10 00 this morning in montclair, new jersey. The hall of famer died last tuesday at the age of 90. He was a threetime American League mvp, ten time World Champion and navy veteran. Flags around new jersey are being flown at half staff in his honor. Legionnaires is back and its in the bronx again. The Health Department discovered a cluster of 7 new cases in morris park. Three patients live in the neighborhood. The other four have connections to the area. Cooling towers in morris park have been tested to find the source of the disease. The results are expected to be in by the end of the week. Lets get a check on the morning commute with heather orourke. We have an accident on the Staten Island press traveling on to the eastbound side into the verrazano bridge, you will find that delay because of the accident that is being cleared at this point. Harlem river drive northbound the ramp to the George Washington bridge remains closed until further notice. That is because of emergency construction. George Washington Bridge on lower level disabled tractor trailer has been cleared away. 45 minutes inbound. Lincoln 60. Holland 30. Street cleaning rules are suspended. Metered are in effect. Lori. Heather, thank you. Your accuweather forecast with bill evans. We have breaks of sun. Its warm. Its quite humid. We will look at just that. A warm day, 73 will be the 8 00 temperature. Our normal High Temperature this time of the year is 70. So, we are looking at 78 to 81 with showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. The rain will be heavy tonight. We will have flooding rains overnight tonight and wednesday mornings commute. Be on the lookout for that. The rain could be heavy causing flooding. We have a shot at rain thursday and friday and cooler, lori . Thank you, bill. That will do it for us. Coming up on good morning america, you are working out but you are still not losing weight. Good morning america will tell you why. We are the largest and most Diverse School district in america yet we are one one point one Million Students one thousand eight hundred schools sharing one common goal. Help all kids succeed. Were new York City Public School teachers. Taking learning to the next level. And parents and the community are on board all coming together. As one. To celebrate the passion and promise of our public schools. Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. Hayden panettieres surprising revelation. Opening up for the first time about her experience with postpartum depression. Her message for other mothers. Dancing star kim zolciak speaking out about her Serious Health battle. Its the scariest thing ive ever been through. Dramatic details about the frightening ordeal that forced her off dancing with the stars. And new overnight, the hazard in your home thats right in front of you. The danger zone in your living room. New warnings about those big tvs. Now i am invincible and better. Our dear amy shares her fight and her recovery. Trust me, it will get better. Her beautiful new book and message of hope this morning as we say good morning, america. I want to see you good morning, america. Good morning, Cindy Crawford looking stunning this morning. She has a brandnew book out, as well along with amy all about her life and career. Cant wait to hear more about that. And we will. Also this morning we are busting inging fit myths. Is she working out as hard as she thinks she is . If you arent working out hard enough youre not burning enough calories to lose weight. We have a simple test because we know there are people who watch us every morning on the tread p treadmill, on the bike, in the gym. You can watch while youre on the treadmill. Want to go to amy. Congratulations, now bring us the morning rundown. Thank you, everybody. Our big story this morning, the president of planned parenthood appearing before Congress Today to answer questions about those highly controversial undercover videos. In remarks prepared for her appearance Cecile Richards says shes proud her organization is providing fetal tissue to researchers and the secret videos have raised questions about that practice calling the activists fraudulent and unethical. Well now to those high stakes talks at the United Nations. Both sides are describing the first meeting between president obama and russian president Vladimir Putin as constructive. The two exchanged awkward formalities then delivered dueling speeches before speaking privately for 90 minutes, they remain, however, at odds over syria and isis. Meanwhile, president obama shook hands with irans foreign minister at the u. N. This is the first facetoface contact and handshake between a u. S. President and irans top diplomat since 1979. In the race for president , donald trump is defending his new tax plan. It includes no income taxes for people making up to 25,000 and an across the board Corporate Tax rate of 15 . Trumps rivals, senator marco rubio calling the Trump Campaign a freak show. Now to a sobering case of art imitating life. A Young Hollywood star revealing she has something in common with her on screen character, a struggle with postpartum depression. Abcs Kayna Whitworth is back with that story this morning. Reporter postpartum depression, its a problem many new mothers face. No, i dont have that postpartum whatever you call it. Reporter and for actress Hayden Panettiere her tv role suddenly reflect the her real life. You want me to bond with the baby then give her to me. She went through that which was something that i can very much relate to. Reporter on mondays live with kelly and michael she revealed she too has struggled with postpartum depression. You dont realize what broad of a spectrum you can experience that on. Reporter opening up for the first time about her experience since giving birth in december of 2014. Its really painful and its really scary. Reporter each year about 600,000 moms in the u. S. Are diagnosed with a form of depression. Theres a lot of people out there who think its not real. Reporter but she says her struggle gave her new strength, wisdom she hopes to impart on other moms. Women need a lot of support. We do something women are amazing we do something that no no man can do on this planet. I mean, you grow a human being in our bodies. Reporter for good morning america, Kayna Whitworth, abc news, new york. Our thanks to kayna for that. And a warning to parents now about a growing danger in the home. Those big screen tvs that can fall on small children. A new study finds, wow, an increasing number of children are suffering severe head and neck injuries because of toppling tvs, nearly 400,000 injuries have now been reported. And finally, the socalled male eating monkey has been caught in florida. He got loose and ran wild chewing on the mail and then washing it down with a bottled water while resting on the curb ready to go again. Zeek monkeyed around on a street sign, climbed on a police car and ripped out molding in that police car but peacefully surrendered when his owner finally came home. Police on the scene said, a direct quote, a case of a monkey being a monkey. As long as he was trained only to eat the bills. A monkey ate my bill. I cant pay it. Thank you, amy. A lot more ahead. So many of us depend on our phones but are they keeping us from connecting with the important people in our lives . Dr. Besser with some great advice. 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Take this youtube parody, viewed over 13 million times revealing dinnertime forever changed. Dad. Sorry. Must have been a little distracted. Before we had our phones conversation was the way in which we satisfied our need for stimulation and now we have so many other ways to be stimulated that weve sort of forgotten what conversation offers. Reporter in a recent the New York Times article and in her book reclaiming conversation, the power of talk in a digital age, mit professor Sherry Turkle says hur dependence on technology has dialed down human contact. Facetoface conversation, conversation where you make eye contact, conversation where you are giving your full attention to someone else lays the groundwork for empathy. Reporter but 78 of people say using their phones in a Group Setting is a way to share, not to disengage. A lot of types ill bring up a picture of my family for my friends who havent met my family or ill bring up something i saw on instagram that i thought was really funny. A lot of types it just ends up adding to the conversation rather than taking away from it. Reporter yet professor turkle says being constantly plugged in ultimately makes it harder for people to think for themselves. We think were doing ourselves a favor by sort of always being able to distract ourselves, but actually were working against our best interests. For knowing who you are and really developing our own identity. And rich joins us right now. I was struck not only does it make it harder to think for ourself but prevent kids from developing empathy. Surveys are done and finding College Students are 40 less empathetic now than they were decades ago. Before there was this connection and thats elie worrisome when you think of what kind of a world are we making if people dont have empathy. What role are parents playing in this . I think an important role. You know, when were with our kids how often are there but were not fully with them. I think about types ive taken my son to citi field to a baseball game and in between pitches or innings im checking my device. Were not just there in the moment. Letting that silence go and letting things develop. In those silences that you can learn so much but we have become not comfortable with just downtime, with just letting it develop. So what should we do about this . Exercises that people can try and theyre there are. So the first one is try going for a walk with somebody, okay, with no Electronic Device on you. Keep it home. Keep it home. If its on your person youll be thinking about it, feeling the vibration. Thats one thing even if its in your pocket, its there. It changes the inaction youre thinking theres a break here, is it okay, can i reach for that device. Im not really in this moment enjoying it with that person. Try ten minutes and see how you feel. The second activity is at home create a sacred space and i think a great place is the dinner table. No phones at the dinner table. No phones out, no phones again not on their person. My son occasionally has it in his pocket and can hear that. It means youre not fully in that moment. Try some solitude and i do this on the weekend, i go for a long bike ride with no electronics but see what it feels like to just be alone with yourself with your thoughts being in the moment, being aware, looking at whats around you and these are skills that will take time but i bet many people will be uncomfortable when they first try it but over time its those silences that are important and build that ability to communicate. You would think it shouldnt be that hard but that is good advice right there. And in a gma flash poll we asked could you go techfree for way day. 8 83 said yes, 17 said no. Remember when i showed 9 picture when the pope was here and there was this great picture of all these people with their phones out like this. One older woman didnt have her device and she was just looking at the pope and such contentment just taking it in and it was so startling to see the difference this woman without a device and everybody else hosss trying to not even seeing the pope life is passing them by. It was really good, rich. Really good. Next up on our gma heat index, the latest on kim zolciak. Back on dancing after last weeks men destroy folk but not in the ballroom and learning her fate on the show and rachel smith has our story. This is a very unusual circumstance. Reporter a tense evening in the ballroom. All eyes on Kim Zolciakbiermann waiting to see if she would return to the dance floor. I had a blood clot which caused a ministry stroke, t. I. A. And ended up being in the hospital for three days so i have not had time to even think about dancing. Its the scariest thing ive ever been through. Reporter partner Tony Dovolani standing by her through the whole frightening ordeal. Im extremely worried because a stroke is nothing to mess around with. I dont want to risk her life over a dance. Reporter and then devastation on the dance floor. The rules state in the instance of illness or other healthrelated matters affecting a participants ability to participate in the game, they must withdraw. Reporter the reality star appearing during the broadcast remotely via skype from atlanta. I feel really great. I dont know if you know but i rehearsed on saturday and then my doctor told me yesterday that its just too soon to fly so im really sad. Reporter tony till performing their dance. I just wish her well and the family comes first, health comes first. Just remember that. Reporter kim still fighting to remain in the competition hosting this Instagram Video showing her rehearsing with tony. I can dance. I just cant fly and if i lived in vegas or even lived 12 hours i would be there tonight just no way i could have made it to l. A. By right now. Reporter for good morning america, rachel smith, abc news, los angeles. And we do have a statement from kim. She says i want to thank everyone for their love and support over the past few days. Im now home with my family resting and taking care of my health. I cant express enough how much i love dancing and this whole experience and i hope this will not be the end of dancing. Im sure it wont and glad shes all right. The show must go on. Thats right and it will. Dont miss dancing with the stars next monday at 8 00, 7 00 central right here on abc, robin. All right. Time now for our special series fit myth where we debunk some popular bits of fitness fiction. This morning we tackle a challenge that a lot of people face. Are you really working out as hard as you think you are. Abcs Mara Schiavocampo is here with that. Hey there, mara. Hey, robin. Good morning. The answer is really important because if you think youre burring more calories than you are you could be unintentionally overeating derailing your weight loss goal even when you think youre doing everything right. Drenched in sweat, feeling the burn, your workouts may make you feel like rocky. But experts say what seems like heavyweight training may actually be a lightweight workout burning far fewer calories than you think. Studies showing men and women tend to overestimate the number of calories they burned when exercising. One study finding by up to four times. So why are people overestimating how much theyre burning . Well, its hard to tell. I think if you go out and run or take a spin class or something and youre tired and sweating you really have no context to know exactly how many calories that was and so you just think, well, i must have burned a lot. Reporter to find out just how hard it is to accurately gauge your burn we went to new Yorks Hospital for special surgery. This is a metabolic cart and what this does it will measure how much oxygen and Carbon Dioxide is in your exhaled air and that will tell us how many calories youre burning. Reporter i ran at a comfortable pace for ten minutes. How many calories would you say that was. I would guess about 200. After crunching numbers. 90 calories. To it. Reporter next up brianna bikes for ten minutes. She thought she would burn 110 calories but only burned 97. Off by 13 . Gibson does a series of high intensity intervals. How many calories do you think you burned . The actual number of calories burned . 72. Experts say this overestimating can potentially lead to overeating revealing the hidden reason weight loss can be so tough. It takes a long time to burn a lot of calories in a very short time to eat those same amount of calories. You may go for a run and burn 500 calories. You could really eat that in probably 30 seconds. 500 calories in 30 seconds. Experts say one sign you need to dial it back a notch when your form starts to suffer and that could lead to injuries. Pay attention when that happen. How can the average person figure out if theyre reaching their full potential . Very scientific measure called the talk test. When youre working out you should be able to carry on a conversation. At a higher intensity it will be much harder. We have andia here running at a moderate intensity. How are you feeling. Feeling i could tell you all about my breakfast. Clearly shes not struggling so were going to pump this up. Lets pump her speed up and check in with her a little bit later. Why is it sometimes, mara, we feel like we cant go any more but we have something left in reserve. Its all about the mental game, right. Its a lot of it is pushing through discomfort because we dont like being uncomfortable so we scale it back. There are a few ways you can combat this. One is to challenge yourself. If you remind yourself that the heart is where the growth is thats motivation to keep pushing through it. Another one, switch up your workouts. If youre bored youre not really going to push yourself and you might want to consider like some kind of heart rate monitor or fitbit so you know exactly whether or not youre hitting those target number gls all of those are good suggestions, i usually ride the bike and just started getting back on the treadmill just because your body becomes accustomed to what you do and need to switch it up. When you do it for short periods of time when you do intervals you can pump hard for short periods of time. Speaking of intervals, andia has been sprinting for about 45 seconds. How are you feeling now. A little bit tougher to talk. Cant tell us about breakfast now. What did you have im going to have an enchilada. This is unfair because shes a pro at this. It means she can work harder, right . Right. How accurate are when they have the calorie count, how accurate is that . This is kind of a broad measure so its not for every person so, for example, yesterday when we were measureing precisely the machines were telling us something different. You cant really go by the machine. Any time you want to start a workout regime check with your physician first. How are you doing, andia. There you go . High intensity. We broke her. We broke her. Lets go outside to ginger. Good morning to you. What a crowd we have on a i was just being convinced we have to go to wyoming, okay. Were going to do that soon. Lara to pop for now. Thank you, ginger. We begin with a story with a lot of perks. Today is National Coffee day today. A holiday we love a latte at gma. A little extra time so that was two already. Just keeping track. It is your lucky day if youre looking for a free cup of joe. Wow. Or a mug. A giant mug. Quite a large mug youve got there. A lot of caffeine. 11 countrywide businesses will help you get through the daily grind including wawa, dunkin donuts, krispy kreme is even offering free doughnuts too in addition to as if we needed an excuse. You guys can find out where to get your free coffee near you on our website, goodmorningamerica. Com on yahoo and by the way, yesterday interesting was National Drink Beer day, so is it a coincidence that National Coffee day follows National Drink Beer day, perhaps it is grounds for a future pop news investigation. Ah. Nice. And a pop news investigation callout so my team is already hard at work drinking beers and coffee at the same time. National vodka day, you need a National Coffee day i have no idea, ginger. I would like to find out. You have to wait a while. Yes, i do. Hey, also in pop news this morning, if you want to live the fab life, tyra banks has put her 1926 Spanish Colonial style home on the market in Beverly Hills. It might be americas next top mansion, 6,000 square feet of gorgeousness boasting stunning living room, a spacious master bedroom. Four fountains, four so if you have an affinity for fountains and 7. 5 million burring a hole in your pocket, this Beverly Hills spot is just for you. That closet looked pretty nice i got to say. Years of fabulous clothes i guess shes new york based now because of the fablife. And finally in pop news, take a look at this black lab who hasnt realized that the dog days of summer are over. Who says you cant teach an old dog new tricks. Ah. That dirty dog. Hes a smart dog. Smiling. Smart, cute and a good way to end pop news on this tuesday National Coffee day, everybody. Happy National Coffee day. Something otis would do. He wont be sprayed. He doesnt like baths. Stick around. Amys going to be opening up about her health battle. Let the words tt2watv `84 a`na tt2watv `84 bm`n j tt4watv `84 dzlq l tt4watv `84 enlq t , tt4watv `84 gzl m t good morning. 8 27 on this tuesday, september 29th. Im lori stokes. Latest headlines, police in the bronx are investigating the tragic death of a newborn girl thrown from an apartment window after her birth. The superintendents wife at the building found the child on the ground after she had fallen seven stories. The mother is in the hospital under police guard. Police are questioning the father and then they released him. In less than two hours, friends and family will say a private goodbye to yankee legend yog gee berra. The funeral takes place at 10 00 this morning. The be loved three time American League and mvp and ten time World Champion was a navy veteran. The search is on for a masked man who robbed a gas station in calverton, suffolk county. Police say the thief hit the exxon gas station on edwards road about midnight. They got away with cash. There were a number of gas station armed robberies in recent weeks carried caring about the things that make each of our clients unique. Thats what makes Riverspring Health unique. Lets get a check on the morning commute with heather. We will go over to our maps and talk about what is happening as you travel on to the west side highway on to the southbound side right near 96th street you have police activity. The right lane is closed down. Delays by 120s. Then you have a delay here as you go to the harlem river drive northbound the ramp to the George Washington bridge is closed until further notice. That is because of emergency construction. 35 minutes inbound George Washington bridge. 40 lincoln. Holland 25. Street cleaning rules suspended. Metered are in effect. Lori . Heather, thank you. And your accuweather forecast with bill evans. This morning we are looking at high humidities, warmer than normal temperatures. 73 degrees. Sun and clouds. We are looking at this afternoon getting to 80, 81 before rain builds in this evening and tonight. It will be heavy creating flooding overnight and for the morning commute tomorrow. We have about 2 to 3 inches of rain this evening and tonight from the cold which will make it cooler on friday with rain and drizzle. Rain for the weekend. It will be be careful traveling later on today. Bill, thank you. Letter 8 29. Back in a welcome back to gma. Look whos here in times square this morning, Cindy Crawford doing some autographs. She has a brandnew book out all about her life and career and the lessons shes learned along the way. That is coming up but another big book right now, lets go inside to robin and amy. Please do, george. A very big day for our gma family. Amys new memoir, better is out today. In it she chronicles all of the experiences both good and bad, doesnt sugar coat anything that ended up preparing her for the biggest fight of her life and not only made her a we like to use the word thriver but shes a Breast Cancer thriver and all around better person and sharing her story this morning. How are you about this, amy . I know you know that neither one of us like being the story but its an Important Message i know we both care so deeply about to share. Ive never been a big believer in fate but the events that led to my cancer diagnosis all felt very fated, all the dates forever etched in my mind. Looking back, my journey began this day, september 25th, 2013. It was a goodbye. It was. Just moments before i sat down with ma remonville the former wife of the amish schoolhouse shooter i received what would be a lifechanging phone call. I asked her if she would do a live mammogram for Breast Cancer awareness month. She was not interested at all. Its true, my reaction was visceral, no way, no how. She called me and said they want me to do a mammogram live on tv and i said, i dont think thats a good idea. It seems exploitive. You have no connection with cancer. It didnt seem awe then tick. Reporter the truth is i feared it would look like i was trying to grab the limelight until my dear friend Robin Roberts said the words i needed to hear, 80 of women who have Breast Cancer have no family history. That statistic sent a wave from my head to my toes so i said yes. Amy is wrapping up her first mammogram here in the mammovan. Reporter just a few days later another call. Doctors wanted to do more tests. I had a gut feeling that it was not going to turn out well. Reporter it was october 30th, 2013. After many painful tests, they needed a sonogram. The image was undeniable. My mind went back to the previous con grams i had had, tiny beautiful miracles growing inside me, my daughters. But this was no miracle. This was a nightmare. I will remember that phone call for the rest of my life. I said, amy and she said, mom, thats all she said was mom and then she paused and then she said, they found a tumor and its malignant. Youre there to protect, you know, your kids and all of a sudden you dont have that control anymore. Its gone. Reporter there was no escaping my new unreality, i had cancer. But breaking that news to your children is something no mother wants to go through. I know how much those girls mean to her. They are her life. But i also see theyre just as strong as she is. Reporter graduations, weddings and grandchildren, all flashed in front of me. My heart ached at the thought of missing those big moments and all the little ones in between. All i remembered was literally shes like, guy, get comfortable, we all sat on the couch and then she told us and we all just started bawling. Reporter when i thought about this disease threatening the wonderful life i had built with my family it made me mad. It made me want to fight back. Amy never says no and this is the first time in her life amy said no. She said no to cancer. Youre not going to get the best of me. Reporter i wanted to be as aggressive with my cancer as possible. I have decided to have a bilateral mastectomy. I remember feeling just the fragility of where we were and how quickly we had gotten there. Reporter as the nurses helped me up onto the operating table i became paralyzed with fear. I woke up to yet another crushing blow. The cancer had spread to my sentinel lymph node but the prognosis was also chemotherapy. Eight rounds over six months. By round two, i began to lose my hair. Im going to cut my hair very short. I have never done this before. Reporter as i was transforming on the outside and the inside a constant fear of death wouldnt leave me. I cant imagine this World Without her in it because for me, shes she is strength. Amy is like this deeprooted tree thats not going anywhere so a part of me cant imagine life ever taking that. Reporter april 24th marked my final day of keep though. This is my final treatment. The next five to ten years are critical. There is a 16 chance of cancer occurrence for me. Now ive tried to bring the focus back to the beauty of life rather than the fear of death. I hope i have that strength in me when i grow up. Reporter today my mission is simple, to raise awareness for Early Detection, if my story helps save live, helps women feel not so alone then ive won, weve won. That is the singular hope with my memoir better. The title from a poem by my 12yearold daughter ava. She will be strong, stronger than ever. Shes a fighter just like her daughter. It has to get worse before it gets better and trust me it will get better. Hmm, amy, amy, amy. Ive read every page and the way it started with avas poem and she was a little reluctant to share it. She had written it and i didnt know. She saw okay. A beautiful piece by natasha. I want to thank her for it. I didnt know she talked to all my friends and didnt know my daughter put on red lipstick before she did that interview but she she had seen my pain and so she didnt know how to deal with all the emotions she was feeling so she put it on paper and she gave the poem to sara haines and said read this and sara said your mom needs to read this. This will help her so much and so she ran up to me, gave it to me and said dont read it in front of me and ran back but what a powerful message that was. Its a beautiful, beautiful way to start the book. And i know that you get this asked this all the time and we get to see you and were blessed like that. How are you . Physically, emotionally, how are you right now. Physically i feel great. I feel like my old self again but mentally im not my old self again and thats a good thing actually. Anyone whos dealt with cancer or any sort of lifethreatening illness learns immediately the fragility of life. The myth of security is exposed. None of us are secure and none of us are guaranteed tomorrow. And so when i get those dark thoughts and we all get them from time to time, i see grandparents with their grandchildren and i start thinking bad thoughts and instead of just crumbling at that moment i tell myself, all you need is what you have right now. And thats all we get to know we have and so its just that extra reminder when i feel that fear to live, to live well. And you do that and, you know, i love how youve entitled it better but you make all of us better around you and i know your family is here in the studio, as well and you really share a lot. Its not only talking about this is no more than a chapter in your life story. Its true. And youve had other challenges, as well and how did it all prepare you for this moment . I mean, my family has actually, you know, had a few other scary situations. My parents were struck by lightning. I went through a divorce and divorce is really tough so when some of the challenges i faced as a child an my gym coach was arrested for molesting my teammates and everyone has moments like this in their life when you start to think about how you survived it and gotten better because of it. Its all preparation for the next thing you have to face because you learn through all of these experiences that were stronger than we think. We can get through things and you learn that kindness and gratitude are the way you get past anything and so its those small acts of kindness that you showed me, big acts of kindness, but strangers, my family, those were the moments where i thought, okay, cancer sucks and id get it back in a second but i got to see the beauty of other people and accepting help and accepting love, its a hard thing for a lot of people to do but when you finally do it it was really hard for me. Especially you, amy. I felt i always feel like, oh, no, i dont need you to cook my peel for me but when people gesture and i felt so blessed by it and its a reminder for all of us to give. Its just a smile sometimes or a hug or a quick note, it means the world when youre going through something tough. We all have something to give and you learned the lesson. The tragedy is not what has happened. Its if you dont take the time to learn why. Yes. And be of service to others. Yes. Which that is your battle cry. Well, its twofold. You feel the same way. This is a about sharing with people so they wont feel alone. Cancer is so isolating, interestingly, you feel like, oh, so many people have it yet you feel like youre the only one going through it and so afraid. I wanted to call you that first day because i needed to hear somebody who not only survived it got to the other side but thriving after it so im hoping that the book gives women who are going through that or who have been through it that very thing and also just the huge message that we were trying to put out there in the first place, Early Detection saves lives. Yeah, im looking at our dear angie, our stage manager whos facing this battle right now. Who was with me in that mammovan that day two years ago and we are with you. You are our sister. Thank you. She comes to work every day. Angie is always here. Shes never missed a day and shes smiling every step of the way. We love you. We love you, angie. Thank you, amy. Thats whats happening. [ applause ] and thats what youre doing. Youre sharing and i hear its going to be a heck of a book party tonight, the family is in town. Yes. I hate im going to miss it with my sister for a Health Conference in new orleans. You are made always with me. Take lots of pictures. Youre always with me. Bless you. Better available right now and for more from amy on what shes learned go to our website, goodmorningamerica. Com on yahoo this is my favorite interview in a long, long time. Thank you. Lets go back outside to ginger. Proud of we got some razorbacks out here too. Robin, lets get in. If you own stock in tissues this morning youre making a lot of money. Coming up, Cindy Crawford from one strong lady in amy to another were now joined by legendary supermodel entrepreneur, mom extraordinaire, friend to the everybody. She just wrote a new book called becoming and reflects on the life lessons shes learned throughout her remarkable career. I loved it. Thank you. Its really beautiful. Its a look at your career through the lens of lenses of all the photographers starting with that photographer who really took you under his wing in chicago. Yes. I loved your unflinching telling of sort of, you know, making it and then being shunned by him. I really thought it was fascinating. That was one of the harder stories to tell because i actually now at this point in my life am friendly with victor again and i had so much respect for him and he taught me so much but there was a time when i was moving to new york where he felt like i was leaving him by leaving chicago and he was the person i worked with every day and he was like, if you do that im not ever going to work with you again and it was just one of those crossroads in life that you have to decide and its hard to leave a mentor but sometimes you have to do it anyway and thats the thing about the book, my life which was being a model but i tried to only include lessons that, you know theyre universal lessons. What made you decide to write it now. I never wanted to write a book but i finally because i didnt want to do an autobiography only or a gigantic Coffee Table Book that collects dust. This is a great way to celebrate Iconic Images but also the lessons to celebrate turning 50 which is happening in february. Yeah, youre very honest about that and by the way you cant lie these days. We love you. Exactly. I mean, it is just a number. Do you really feel that way . You certainly have nothing to hide. Well, i mean its hard. I dont like those big numbers but then all of a sudden the day cops and goes and you go, wait, im the same person but doing the book and celebrating where ive been helped me, i think, not dread it quite so much. Yeah. You also talk about your daughter, kaia, who is launching her own modeling career and theres an iconic moment we just saw. Want to talk to you about that next. Look at your daughter. She is just your minime. What advice did you give her. My main thing, look, you have time. Youre 14 years old and just enjoy being, you know, 14. But also when she does have little opportunities she still will listen to my advice. Your kids stop listening to you but knows im an expert in this one thing. I think the advice i share with her be professional, be on time. You know, be willing to risk like models go on set and you want to work. Its collaborative, its being part of the team. More than a thousand cover shoots over the course of your career. A think i stopped counting at a certain point but i certainly have had my share of covers. And how did you decide which should go i mean obviously the moment that we all i remember because it was like an anthem for my generation, the George Michael video freedom 90. You were one of the that team of supermodel extraordinaires and was it that video that made that happen or was it the versace show afterwards. It went British Vogue where we were all on it, George Michael wanted that exact group of women for his video because he didnt want to be in it so we did the video then versace played that show while the group of us walked out at the end of the runway and that was definitely like that was my biggest supermodel moment. You felt it. You felt like, wow, whats going on here. I felt it. Women everywhere were like, yes. Skipping down the runway to freedom. The book is great. A celebration of your life. I want to say quickly i love this. I want to honor and acknowledge the girl i once was while embracing the woman i am today and that says it all. A beautiful book and congratulations on everything. Thank you. Great to see you. Great to see you too. Becoming is the name of the book available in Stores Nationwide today and coming up, motherho [panting] meet one today. If you dont tell them would will a new Online Sex Education series from jessica biel and the global nonprofit womancare global that uses humor to help educate girls and jessica recently stopped by. Its almost like the pills should have a sound like a greeting card like every time you open it it goes wah, wah. Oh, my god. You literally just guzzle them. Were so happy to have jessica and saundra pelletier, the ceo of womencare global. Thank you both for being with us. Thank you. Its interesting because right off the bat were laughing, theres humaner in this campaign. I mean thats elie how we want to speak about this issue and share this issue with everyone because we want to take it out of the shadows. We dont want womens Reproductive Health issues to be hidden under stigma or taboos anymore and how best to reach all demographics. Can we please laugh about this crazy stuff that happens to us. Incredible way to look at it. You recently became a mom. Your son silas is five months old. What didnt you know about your own body when you were heading into that chapter. Everything. I obviously understood how it needed to happen to tart to have a baby. That, but the specifics of, well, what does my body need to go through . I knew nothing. The lack of knowledge dated all the way back to middle school. All the way. I mean, i remember my health class in middle School Literally was the girls were separated, the boys were separated. And i think it was heres a tampon. Good luck kind of thing and you just walk away from that experience feeling kind of shameful and you feel kind of weird and like it was kind of gross and there were reallife consequences. Half of all pregnancies here in the United States are unplanned but when you hear stories like jessica and our own personal stories of growing up and now my daughter is going through it, as well, what can we do about it. Theres a lot of good information but want to bring it together. We know young women and men are getting information sometimes in the wrong places. Right. I can only imagine justin hearing the phone conversations as youre so into all of this campaign and educating women. What does he think about it. Well, he he supports everything that i do and thats i think why hes a wdonderful partner and we should just be able to talk and laugh and learn together. I told my daughter theres nothing you arent experiencing that every woman in the world has experienced, so its about this community and not feeling alone. Exactly. Having a discussion. Thank you both, such an important topic. Thank you. Im bobby flay and new york is my home. Theres no place like it in the world. Come fall, i like to get a taste of everything the state has to offer. Like this famous winery nestled in the hudson valley. Or the awardwinning vineyards of long island. This cooperstown brewery belongs in every beer lovers hall of fame. 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We will have some of those heavy this evening and tonight. Around 81 by 3 00. Tonight the rain will be heavy. The rain will be heavy overnight and into wednesday mornings commute. We can have a couple of inches of rain and showers and cooler weather thursday and friday. We will keep an eye on the lori . Thank you, bill. That will do it that sound. Like nails on a chalkboard. But listen to this family talking thats a different kind of sound. The sound of the weekend. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. This moment is perfect in every way just like my kid gooey. Flaky. Happy. Toaster strudel. Now with more icing. Royal caribbeans wow sale is back. Buy one get one half off. Plus free upgrades and up to 200 onboard spending money. It all ends september 30th, so call 1800royalcaribbean its live with kelly michael. Today, from the new film, the walk, joseph gordonlevitt. Plus, supermodel and author Cindy Crawford. And we show you how to eat clean and stay lean. All next on live. 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