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The fight of his life, attacked during a dip in a lake. I felt its jaw. I felt its teeth. How he managed to fight the sharktoothed beast off and the souvenirs to prove it. And good morning. Were going to get to the news in just a moment, but first this is a huge day for us here at gma. Paula faris officially joining us as the weekend coanchor. Having been your friend and colleague for three years now, im extremely pleased youre here. I know sara haines feels the same way. Even ron claiborne. Im very excited. Okay. Faris and harris. 15 seconds into the know. We knew that would happen. Im so thrilled to work alongside what i believe to be the best tv team in all of the world, not just in front of the camera but for all those people working diligently behind the camera and so grateful for this opportunity. This is going to be a fun ride. Were happy to have you. Coming up, a get to know you session with paula looking back at her career in news, her three years of do we have to . Yes, at abc news. We have footage of my play date with paulas three children. I was hazed. By her three kids. You were wearing a suit. I happened to have been coming from the office. Im going to send you the dry cleaning bills. But first, partner, want to kick us off. I sure will. Thank you so much. We start with that breaking news. U. S. Warplanes bombing militant targets in iraq. Dramatic new video showing those massive explosions aimed at trying to stop the violence from isis from advancing on a city where there are rough ly 150 americans, and abcs jon karl has the latest on the mission from the white house where the president is getting ready to leave for summer vacation. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, paula. Welcome to weekend gma. Its great to see you there. The president leaves later this morning for a Family Vacation on Marthas Vineyard, but this will not be your typical Family Vacation. He is leaving with senior members of his National Security Team Including National Security adviser susan rice and will be closely monitoring u. S. Military operations over iraq. Breaking overnight, the pentagon released new video of the latest air strike in iraq. Bombs can be seen as they drop from the sky exploding on a target in northern iraq. American forces have carried out several bombings missions with f18 fighter jets and drones hitting terrorist armaments and a convoy moving towards erbil where 150 some american diplomats and military advisers are posted. Along with the bombs, a humanitarian mission is under way. Military dropping food and water for thousands of members of a religious minority trapped by isis on a mountain and threatened with death. Were in some sense committed to their protection by having gone there and provided humanitarian aid. Reporter one key concern, this dam in the city of mosul located some 200 miles northwest of baghdad. The state Department Confirms it is now under the control of the terrorist group known as isis. Not only does it supply electricity for much of iraq, if isis were to open the floodgates, the water could flood all the way down to baghdad including the u. S. Embassy. Theyre controlling dams and rivers and roadways. These are all ingredients to a sustained presence for isis. Reporter as president obama leaves washington to begin his vacation, he is promising this operation will not be the start of a larger mission, ruling out any ground troops. As commander in chief i will not allow the United States to be dragged into fighting another war in iraq. Reporter in an interview with the new york times, president obama reiterated that this will be a limited mission telling the times that it will be up to the iraqis to defeat isis. The cavalry is not coming to the rescue, he said. The United States has no interest in being the iraqi air force. Paula. Ill take it from here. Lets bring in abc news military consultant Steve Ganyard in washington this morning. Steve, good morning. From a military perspective, what exactly are we trying to achieve here, and is it likely to work . Good morning, dan. I think it will work. Thats the short answer here. What were trying to did is prevent erbil from falling from kurdistan from falling, prevent baghdad from falling and so going in with some very limited air power, stopping the advance, being able to hit artillery pieces, convoys, things like that that will stop the isis advance. I think american air power can be very effective to at least stabilize the situation. And how likely how long is this operation likely to last . Well, its up to the president. You know, i think itll be just a couple of days before we can stop isis and theyll know that they no longer can command the roads and move as freely, so i think its going to be up to the president. The president authorized just the static position or does he authorize strikes that would allow the Iraqi Military to begin to push back towards mosul and to begin to retake those areas that isis is controlling now . So many questions as this story continues to develop. Colonel Steve Ganyard, thank you. Paula, over to you. Thanks, dan. Out west the brutal wildfire season is intensifying this morning. More homes burning with others being threatened at the mercy of the whim of the wind. Firefighters waging battles on all fronts to try to contain the flames, and abcs brandi hitt is tracking this new story overnight. Good morning, brandi. Reporter good morning, paula. There are several wildfires burning out of control this morning. Families say the flames moving so quickly they barely had any time to escape. This is the dramatic scene in oregon as firefighters battle a wildfire that has consumed more than 3300 acres and destroyed cecelia pincocks home. I lost everything. It feels unreal. Reporter crews have contained a third of the fire, but 150 residents were forced to evacuate, and more than 700 homes are in danger of going up in flames. Meanwhile, firefighters in Washington State are battling a blaze that has already burned 400 acres. Crews keeping a close eye on the flames as shifting winds could send them towards homes. Another fire in northeast washington has forced 40 homes to be evacuated. Wildfires have charred more than 480 square miles across the state of washington this season, and in idaho, three firefighters were hurt while battling this fire along the snake river. The 76squaremile blaze is threatening hundreds of homes there. Its been such an explosive fire season already. Many of the large wildfires have been starked by lightning but some have also started accidentally. It takes just one spark in these dry conditions for a massive fire to take off. Dan . So dangerous there, brandi, thank you. Now to hawaii which is paradise underwater right now. Hit hard by a rare Tropical Storm, part one, in fact, of a doublebarreled extreme weather threat. The state has not been in a situation like this for decades, and abcs Clayton Sandell is in hilo, hawaii, with the very latest. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Iselle is now gone, but there is still plenty of cleanup to be done, and now everyone is nervously watching for julio, now just about 600 miles offshore. This morning, crews are breaking down debris after the first Tropical Storm in 20 years brought large waves and heavy winds to hawaiis big island threatening the area with landslides as residents dig out of the damage. Anybody here . Reporter iselles fury helped destroy this structure. Powerful gusts leveled hundreds of giant trees that took power lines down with them. Crews are scrambling to get the lights back on. It was scary. It was scary. You dont really experience winds like that here in hawaii. Reporter tractors are helping clear the path from people cut off from the outside world. Drivers stranded on roads and tourist destinations turned into boarded ghost towns. Everything is okay, you know, except for no power, no water. Reporter the big island was soaked with rain. Some areas drenched with over a foot. This is Rainbow Falls near hilo on thursday, and this is what it looks like now. This rainbow on maui, a sign the worst had passed, but stormweary residents and tourists have a message for the approaching hurricane julio. Stay that way. Keep going that way. Reporter and for now that storm is expected to barely miss. And theres one other potential danger here, state officials are warning people to stay out of the storm runoff because wild dead animals can be washed downstream into the ocean, and that can attract sharks. Paula. Wow. Thank you very much, Clayton Sandell, and tracking all this developing weather meteorologist julie durda of our abc miami station wplg. Good morning, julie. Paula, now the big concern is hurricane julio spinning just east of the Hawaiian Islands, just east of the big island this morning. You can see it wrapping around the center of circulation. Plenty of rain bands, the big concern for our friends across the Hawaiian Islands that will provide for rough surf. It keeps the circulation of julio just to the north of the Hawaiian Islands which is good news but does slow down as we go into tomorrow. Big concern for our friends in that area as we just had to deal with iselle is bad news for them. All more on the Severe Weather across the east coming up. Thank you very much, julie. Lets turn it over to ron with developing news. Hey there. Good morning to you. Welcome to our merry little band. I love our merry little band. So far so good. Good morning, everyone. Good morning, dan. We start in orlando, florida, where there was a tense standoff between an armed murder suspect and deputies in town. They tried to arrest a man who had barricaded himself inside a house. More than 20 homes in the upscale neighborhood had to be evacuated while s. W. A. T. Teams swarmed the neighborhood. It ended with the man being taken into custody. This happened late friday night. And an odd legal twist in the death of james brady, Ronald Reagans press secretary who died earlier this week. A medical examiner has determined that bradys death at the age of 73 was a homicide. The cause, the gunshot wound to the head that he suffered in the 1981 attempted assassination of president reagan. Brady had been partially paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair since that shooting. S it unclear if the shooter, John Hinckley jr. , will face new charges. He was fish ily found not guilty by reason of insanity. And a frightening scene at a philadelphia public swimming pool. Three children were shocked with electricity. This happened friday afternoon. Officials are still trying to determine the origin of the electrical current. They say an equipment malfunction could be to blame. The injured children are said to be recovering at a hospital. And this one from miami beach, florida, where a small boat just off the coast encountered some rough water and waves and began taking on water. Two people on board that craft were rescued just as the craft sank. They got off so fast they left behind all their belongings scattered across the sea. The good news, no one was injured. And not a good start for tiger woods. He missed the cut at golfs pga championship on friday after finishing 6 over par and 15 strokes behind second round leader rory mcilroy. Its only the fourth time he has not made the cut in a major championship as a pro. Tiger was clearly playing with back pain, which forced him out of the tournament, a tournament, another one just last week. Finally, a great story. A 10yearold girl being hailed as a hero or heroine for saving a 4yearold boy from drowning. Colette crooks, thats her name, and she was at the beach at plum island, massachusetts, when she saw what she originally thought looked like a ball in the water. She dove in to investigate as kids do and she realized it was a little boy unconscious in the ocean, so she sprung into action pulling the little guy to safety. I knew something was wrong right away because he wasnt breathing and he was underwater and his eyes were open, so i picked him up, and i called help. The young boy, he is said to be doing fine. Colette says anyone would have done the same thing. Im not so sure about that. And certainly not any 10yearold. Yes. Quick thinking from a 10yearold. Really smart. Good for him too. Thanks, ron. And now to a strange and really startling new warning about tick bites. Doctors are seeing a surge in reactions from tick bites. Some are suffering violent reactions after eating burgers or steaks and some ending up in the er. So lets turn to dr. Jennifer ashton. Good morning to you. Good morning. This sounds so sorry this is not a medical term weird but whats the medical explanation for this . Although its not a technical term, we dont know. Is this really a culinary nightmare or a medical mystery. Or maybe a little bit of both. What happens is youll get bitten by the tick. The tick then incites an immune reaction to a sugar molecule that actually is contained in meat. Right . Theres sugar in meat, and then when you eat meat down the road, and were talking about pork, lamb or beef, not poultry or chicken, luckily, your body sees that sugar molecule, triggers a massive allergic response, and in some cases it can be very, very serious. So this is a shortcut to ruining every barbecue you have this summer. Pretty much. And is it a temporary allergy or does it last photographer . In some cases it can be permanent. The people who suffered this allergy are not taking any chances. Weve heard so much about dear ticks. Thats different from the dear tick associated with lyme disease. This is the lone star tick. Its much larger than a deer tick. Originally it was only located in the south but if you look at a map, its now pretty much half the country. So, south all the way up to maine. So, again, get those pets treated and remember to protect yourself against ticks. Okay, so if you start developing symptoms, first of all, what are the symptoms you should look for and what do you do . Three to six hours after eating meat, hives, swelling, redness. You want to seek medical attention and speak to an allergist and get a diagnosis. That is a clinical term, weird, apparently. We appreciate it. Thank you. Absolutely. Paula, back over to you. And could be devastating for all of us carnivore, as well. Absolutely. From the bizarre to the brave. The courageous kid who is a big battler and lucky to be alive after taking on an alligator who went after him in a florida lake. Abcs linzie janis here with this story. Good morning, linzie. Im not sure brave is a Strong Enough term to describe this little boy. Not only did he fight off an alligator with his bare hands, in the aftermath of the attack, he was calm and collected. He battled it out with an alligator and won. I just immediately hit it, and it let go a little, so i reporter now amazing us with his tale of victory from his hospital bid. First i thought someone was just playing with me, and i didnt know what happened. I reached down to go grab it, and i felt its jaw, i felt its teeth. Reporter the 9footlong, 400pound creature forcing him to literally fight tooth and claw. I immediately hit him a couple times, and it was slipping, and thats why i got to scratch it. Reporter escaping with as many as 30 teeth marks all over his body. Hey, whats this, and i pulled out a tooth and showed it to me and i said, oh, well, i want to put it on a necklace so then i could tell all my friends. Reporter while on a bike ride with friends, 9yearold james barney decided to cool off, taking a dip in an area offlimits to swimmers. A popular Stomping Ground for gators. Theres a big alligator. He was crawling up the shore screaming and crying. Reporter james barney sr. Still shaken by his sons terrifying idea. I thought i lost him yesterday. It doesnt take much. Reporter wildlife Officials Say more than 1. 3 million alligators roam florida waters. This morning the reptile that pounced on james still on the loose, and while officials are on the lookout, young james has one important piece of advice. Dont go swimming in that lake. Oh. So, were told the trap epers nearly caught the gator friday morning, but it got away. In the meantime, they closed that park. First time theyve had an attack like that in that area, st. Cloud near orlando, florida, but he should be able to go home in a couple of days. Just incredible. You heard his friends actually, one of his young friends call 911, also pretty calm. Incredible the way they dealt with it. Like it was story time. This show is filled with brave kids. Now to an entire metro area engaged in what appears to be a mass display of forgiveness. These are pictures coming in from the homecoming celebration for lebron james returning to akron, ohio. When james announced a few years ago he was taking his talents to south beach to play for the miami heat, people in ohio literally burned this guys manufacture jersey, but now james is returning to the cleveland cavaliers, and abcs Gloria Riviera is on the story in akron. Gloria, good morning. Reporter good morning, dan. Well, it may be quiet now, but let me tell you, i think a lot of people in akron are recovering this morning after the Massive Party thrown at this stadium last night. Fans lined up for hours to make sure they got a seat inside, and let me tell you, i asked them, how long did it take you to forgive lebron when you heard he was coming back, and they said right away. [ cheers and applause ] reporter overnight delirium at the Welcome Back Party celebrating lebron james return home to the cleveland cavaliers. Im going to do what makes my city and my state happy, and thats why i came back. I love you. Im back. Reporter for nearly 30,000 hometown fans, words many thought theyd never hear. Wow reporter four years ago james ditched ohio to play for the miami heat. He won two nba championships there, but here they burned his jersey. I called him a traitor. Go, lebron. Reporter all is forgiven . Oh, yeah. Reporter off the court james return has a significance impact on younger fans. Through his foundation, he supports education in ohio. These kids like i will continue to say are the future. Reporter already his return is estimated to bring in an additional 500 million to a local community, and on the court my number one goal is to win a championship here, and i think it would be the greatest achievement in my life. Im looking forward to the challenge. Reporter the Power Forward says hes ready to get to work. I swear i missed yall. Reporter the city welcoming his full family back home. I smell a championship. Reporter you smell a championship. I smell it. Reporter the future looks bright. Gone, a villain, back a hero. Well, it was raucous, it was downright fun, but it was already really something to see these kids, 11, 12, 13, you know, they remember when he left. They were heartbroken then. Now they get a Second Chance to grow up with lebron james as their hometown hero. They are so proud and that was really something to see. Dan, paula. Its amazing to see how quickly they forgive. And a littleknown fact about paula faris, she covered him when she was a High School Player and she was an anchor in ohio. Akron, st. Vincent and st. Mary when i was shooting and producing. Look the same. Thats not part of the contract. You are our own inhouse lebron james. Not really. No, i am not. I am not. Lets check the forecast now with julie durda, who comes from our miami station, and i guess theyre probably less forgiving about lebron down there. Hey, we got two championships from him, no problem, right, south floridians. I know youre agreeing with me. Lets talk about wild weather that occurred over the last 24 hours across the southeast. We saw some very heavy rain, gusty winds, wild weather to lightning strikes, as well. Take a look at this video across atlanta, georgia. Not only did we have downed trees, but also again a lightning show across the southeast. Seven people were shocked by lightning. Wind damage was a huge concern as you just saw from that video and today heavy rain and gusty winds will be a possibility. Most of the Severe Weather will stretch up towards the central plains, but the southeast, its all about the rain. Wish we could hold on to that rain and send it to the northwest. The Pacific Northwest desperately needs the rain. Theyre not going to be seeing it and dealing with dry, very hot conditions and, again,. Reporter good morning, everyone, im meteorologist chris sowers with this accuweather update. No problems on Storm Tracker 6 live as we get you outside and show you the view theres no problems whatever is. We have mostly sunny skies, just a few high, thin clouds and low humidity levels. 85 degrees thats the forecasted high, its nice and comfortable. 86 tomorrow, 84 monday, youll notice an increase in humidity, that gives way to showers and thunderstorms tuesday into wednesday morning. Paula, take it away. Thank you so much. Julie. Coming up on gma, we have a mystery at sea. Did a champion power boat racer missing after a crash on the water actually fake his own death . Why authorities suspect that he is now running. From the law. A strange case. Plus, becoming forrest gump. Check this out. This is tom hanks screen test for the role. Now, surfacing 20 years after the fact. The big changes he made once he finally got the part. This will be great to see. Paula faris, this is your life. Well see how our new anchor goes from there to here in total high fashion unlike dan harris. What . You were in a suit, dan. Welcome to the corner of and getting major kudos. Just look at you. Youre being healthy, even in little ways. Thats worth celebrating. Thats why walgreens created the First Program that gives you rewards points just for healthy behavior. So stick with it. Youve got a lot of people cheering you on. Download the app and start getting rewarded today. At the corner of happy and healthy. 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Im eva pilgrim coming up next on action news saturday morning at 9 00 a. M. New at 9 00 a. M. , a plan is shot in the street. Police say he is the victim of a driveby. Well have more on that story in just a moment. First, though, lets get a check of our weather with meteorologist chris sowers. Reporter eva, its beautiful out there, low humidity levels, lots of sunshine. Comfortable temperatures. Tomorrow, 86 degrees, slightly more humid, monday, youll notice the humidity, and afternoon thunderstorms by tuesday. Otherwise its a beautiful accuweather forecast. Thats it for us for now, we send you back to good morning america. Well be back in a halfhour. So were going to listen to some songs on the way, dan. And get you indoctrinated. This is the mirror singing in the shower this is my jam. Oh, my god. Thats embarrassing. Thats video from a little ride i took the other day in a minivan chauffeured by this one, abcs paula faris, and today paula officially takes over as the gma weekend coanchor. Dan was so impressed. Her family as part of this story. Usually when you bring on somebody new to the show, they get hazed a little bit. Somehow weve turned that around and i got hazed by your three children. I always say i like to deflect. Did i deflect . Yes, in a big way. I should apologize. Your children are beautiful and hilarious. All part of a story were doing to welcome you to our family. And thats coming up in just a little bit. But were going to start in this half hour on a very, very different note. This is a mystery involving a boat racing champion who appeared initially to have met his end in a terrible accident out on the water. But did he really . There are suspicions that Andrew Biddle now faked his own death. Authorities questioning whether his spectacular crash was nothing but an elaborate scheme to throw them off track. Abcs Michelle Franzen has more on this investigation. Reporter this morning, a nationwide manhunt for champion boater Andrew Biddle missing since a boating accident in midjuly. Police believe biddle may have faked his own death to avoid criminal charges. On july 20th police say the father of two was with another racer, justin bell, riding in a pontoon boat near longport, new jersey, when they hit a buoy and plowed into a jetty. Bell survived, but that night a massive search called off just a day later. Tom murphy witnessed the accident. It just seems like the most ridiculous thing to pull off. Reporter in a statement to abc news, officials now reveal biddle is considered a wanted person, and they believe that mr. Biddle stained an incident to avoid prosecution. Its not illegal to fake your death. The problem is once you do it, you almost inevitably end up committing other crimes. By not showing up for court, not paying your taxes, fraud, et cetera. Reporter according to prosecutors, biddle and his business and racing partner tracy blumenstein have been indicted on multiple counts of theft by deception and fraud. When someone is facing criminal charges and he disappears, the authorities are going to be suspicious. Reporter Court Documents obtained by abc news allege biddle accepted a 20,000 down payment for a boat that he never supplied to the customer. Neither blumenstein nor biddles attorneys would comment on the investigations when we asked, but biddle, who has a stellar reputation on the water, may be in a world of trouble on land, thats if he is still alive. For good morning america, Michelle Franzen, abc news, new york. Our thanks to michelle. Now lets get an update on the mornings top stories. 33 minutes into the show, what do you think . So far so good . I feel at home. Yes, youre at home. Great. Good morning to you and dan harris and sara over there, good morning to you, and good morning, everyone. In the news the u. S. Is taking military action in iraq. New video released overnight shows the first u. S. Air strikes unleashed on sunni militants in northern iraq. Theyre aiming to stop the violent Islamic Group isis from advancing on erbil, the capital of the kurdish region, where there are 150 americans. President obama meanwhile, leaving for a Family Vacation on Marthas Vineyard later this morning, but hes said to be meeting with top Security Officials monitor the events in iraq. And yet another recall by general motors, this time affecting 310,000 vehicles. It is for 2002 to 2004 saturn view suvs. Gm says the key can be removed when ignitions are not in the off position. That could be a problem. That problem, in fact, is linked to two crashes and one injury. The company, gm, has issued a record 60 recalls just this year covering nearly 29 million vehicles. And finally in madison, wisconsin, this huge blaze in an apartment building. Luckily, the apartments are under construction and currently not occupied. No word on what caused that fire. And finally for real, finally, no, this is not a circus act. It is a well, trust me its video of a camel and a pony going for a nighttime stroll. See, there they are. The pair, its cool whip, the name of the camel and joe the pony, they managed to escape from a family farm in sylvania township, ohio, on friday. Police corralled this unusual couple and safely returned them to the farm. Sounds like the beginning of a joke, a camel and a horse walk into a bar. Not walking too fast, though. No. They were easy to catch. Cool whip and joe. Very excited about lebron james returning to cleveland also. Hollywood is already optioning their script their story for a script. Lets check with julie durda. Good morning. We are waking up to a beautiful shot in dallas. Good morning to you in dallas. You are seeing nothing but sunny skies. Its a great start to what will be a hot day, so enjoy this morning because, my friends, temperatures are going to soar. We are expecting highs today to be well into the triple digits. Thats the actual air temperature. Once you factor in the relative humidity to the air temperature, feels like temperatures well into the triple digits, not just for dallas, but also in austin, houston, corpus christi, as well. We do have heat advisories in parts of texas. And as you can see well go up to the northeast. Summer bliss not feeling like summer at all in the northeast. Its absolutely gorgeous feeling more like fall instead of summer with temperatures in the mid80s in philadelphia. For the weekend in boston, picture perfect to be outdoors. Temperatures in the upper 70s. Washington, d. C. , were looking at the 80s, as well new york. Chicago, a little bit of a change as showers and storms move in. Temperatures in the. Im meteorologist chris sowers with this accuweather update. We have a gorgeous weekend on tap. Lots of sunshine and comfortable humidity levels. 85 today, 86 sunday. This Weather Report is brought to you by macys. Dan, paula. Thank you, julie. Coming up here on gma, growing up paula faris. Not that again. Were welcoming the new eest member of the gma weekend team. Shes at the bottom of the screen with a bowl cut. The story of how this talented woman ending up sitting at this desk next to me and ron and sara. I cannot wait for that one. Also ahead the unauthorized saved by the bell story, a sneak peek at the movie that will school you in what happened behindthescenes on the hit tv show all in pop news. Show all in pop news. Vocce vanduccos when your favorite food starts a fight fight back fast with tums. Relief that neutralizes acid on contact. And goes to work in seconds. 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Its chocolate and fruit flavors like youve never experienced before. Discover brookside. As we said, this is a huge day if youre at gma. Were at the dawning of the paula faris era. Youre making me blush. Her First Official day. Its impossible to make her blush. Youll learn that. Her First Official day of the coanchor. Shes no stranger and filled in many times but happy to have you. Im really, really thrilled to be here. I said it earlier in the show, but you guys are hands down the best team on tv and im so thrilled to be here. Thank you. And as Everybody Knows were really happy to have here, as weve said, and got a chance recently in preparation for this day to learn a lot about paula from her early days in the midwest in new york and recently played chauffeur to me and her children in her minivan. Take a look at the story of paula. You may know paula faris as the woman bringing real money to American Families on abcs world news. Save more than 2600. 160. 137. 1,000 over the next year. Hi, guys. Reporter or having a blast in rio covering the world cup for us. All go, usa schm reporter but before any of that, the youngest of four from jackson, michigan, grew up a true midwestern girl. Her life built on faith and family and a childhood filled with playing softball and a brief stint as a cheerleader. In college at Cedarville University in ohio, paula first fell in love with broadcasting behind the cameras. At her first tv gig in dayton, ohio, she made the jump to sports anchor, which led to ten years of bringing viewers in ohio and then chicago the latest athletic trends. Its called a dorphin. Its a lot more fun in youre in your swimsuit. Reporter and even showing off a pretty mean slap shot. But it is here in a home just outside of new york city where i got to meet the real paula faris. This is the extent of my green thumb. Reporter devoted mother of three, charming good morning, america. Reporter energetic. Come on, lets go. Reporter and adorable children. Hi. Hi. Board games, backyard soccer and bottle washing are all clearly pretty new to me. Oh, you just splashed me. Reporter but as we take a quick trip in the minivan. You guys. Reporter i quickly learned talent runs in the family. Singing in the shower. Reporter then along with the great interviews, moneysaving tips and incredible stories, we are extremely pleased to welcome paula faris to our gma family. Oh, my word. Your kids are so cute. One word of advice, though, dont ever let them near your ears. Ever theyll pull them right off. How are they feeling . Yes. Does that run in the family. I feel the need to apologize. By the way, i was shocked. I did not know dan is so good with kids. I found out he used to be a Camp Counselor himself. He used to be a child himself. Not long ago. He and sara have something in common. Youve both been in my minivan. I watched finding nemo. I downloaded that song afterwards. Youre deflecting again. We want to talk about you. A couple of things i want to tell you about paula faris. A wicked sense of humor. An incredible work ethic. She shows up every morning on the set with a full notebook full of notes on the morning stories. You cant read any of it. But i believe its in egyptian hieroglyphics. Its because im so sleep deprived, i have to write everything down and because im also adhd. Coming up here on gma, well give you a little paula faris quiz. Some littleknown facts about paula, and its, of course, time for pop news with the one and only sara haines who has this incredible videotape of tomorrow hanks auditioning for forrest gump. I dont know if ill ever live that down. Pe for a big fla. High score you get to put your name on the wall of fame [ beeping ] whoa game over. Aww, youre no fun. [ jay ] enjoy bushs baked beans. Still made from our secret family recipe. Our diet Ocean Spray Cranberry juice drink is made with real cranberries and has just five little calories. 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Speak up. Lovely. Lovely. Dans favorite part of the show. Yes, it is. And first up, tom hanks audition tape for forrest gump surfaced on youtube and going crazy viral right now. Of course, we all remember forrest gump like this. Isnt he beautiful . Hes the most beautiful thing ive ever seen. But he started out sounding a little bit different. Isnt he beautiful . Hes the most beautiful thing ive ever seen. Now, the most noticeable thing for fans is that he did use a southern accent. I feel like he hasnt found his forrest voice yet, but so cool seeing those early videos. Yes. I wonder what steps there were between that videotape and the film. Did he come up with that voice . I bet he did. Typically had to make a choice and wasnt quite forrest, although jenny was definitely jenny. Another trip down memory lane. A sneak peek of its saved by the bell movie which shows what life might have been like for the young actors working on the show in the 90s. Elizabeth berkeley told us weekly the whole experience was innocent, but this new video doesnt show it that way, in fact, in lifetimes version theres more drama off screen than there is on. What dan does before the show. Thats right. That was ron. Just at a different angle. Now, a special pop news pop quiz for paulas first day. I managed to get the inside scoop from the person who knows paula best, her mom. And we got a picture here. Theres carol right there. Oh. Hey. And everyone can jump in with their answers, so were going to start right now. Question one can i play too . Yes. Were interested to see if you remember this stuff, according to paulas mom as a child what did paula want to be when she grew up, a, a journalist, b, a supermodel or c, an astronaut . Ill go with astronaut. Astronaut. Its funny. You guys know her well. Because she said carol said she didnt want to be anything too common. She wanted to be a jet fighter or an astronaut. Very cool. I love that. Everything i know about paula. But you have to be good in science, and im terrible. But i really would have loved to see you top gun style. And question two, paulas favorite subject at school, was it a, math, b, p. E. , c, drama . Im going with drama. C, absolutely. Why would you say that . I have no idea. But she said that her mom she was excellent at playing the clarinet and narrating plays. Thats right. And well be right back. I want more. No, no. Finally here. Long way from the sandlot. First game in the majors . You dont know aarp. Because this family is enjoying a crosscountry baseball stadium trip they planned online at aarp travel. Its where your journey begins with inspiration, planning, booking, and hot travel tips from real pros. If you dont think seize the trip when you think aarp, then you dont know aarp. Find more surprising possibilities and get to know us at aarp. Org possibilities. Its this new paint. Nothing stays on the wall. Not any of these things. 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M. , a map is shot in the street, police say else the victim of a driveby. An ac casino is facing several lawsuits from people who say they were roughed by security staff. We have the video. We have the sevenday forecast and an e dont disguise bad odors. Continuously neutralize them with glad with febreze. Good morning, it is saturday august 9, im eva pilgrim heres what were following for you right now on action news. Happened to the summer swelter . Cool air let people turn off the airconditioning overnight. New at 9 00 a. M. , a fire in southwest philadelphia is called suspicious, what happened moments before the fire coming up. And the eagles lose their preseason opener, the birds fans have something to talk about, though, well share those comments, but first the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, at least were winning in the weather department. Reporter it is the 9th of . August. Reporter august, right, august. Wait until you see the numbers around the delaware valley. 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