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Room and a new poll shows his competition gaining ground. And wrong turn. Take a look at this. A small plane zipping through a busy intersection stunning commuters. What sent it flying through the danger zone. And we do say good morning, america. The Nations Capital buzzing again this morning. Pope francis exciting so many people, hundreds of thousands coming out to see him and, george, youre in the center of it all again this morning. Right here in the capital and all of us here at the capitol just treated to the most gorgeous sunrise over the library of congress and Supreme Court. Thousands gathering already. 50,000 tickets given out to see the pope today. They are on the south lawn of the capitol. The pope will come out with the speaker and greet them after he makes history. Becoming the first pope ever to address a joint meeting of congress and, robin, hell be speaking as a head of state, the head of state of the holy see. As you know, george, there have already been so many memorable moments. There will be more today but yesterday, the pope inside the white house also met the first dogs, sunny and bo. He signed the guest book here kissing a baby on the parade route and what so many people are talking about when that 5yearold girl broke through the barriers, was blessed by the pope and delivered that letter, george. Boy, she may be the most famous 5yearold in the world right now, robin. Well have full Team Coverage of everything happening today from the time the pope comes to the capitol all the way to his appearance at st. Patricks cathedral tonight. Abcs terry moran who has been traveling with the pope starts us off right now. Terry. Reporter good morning, george. What a day it was covering the pope around washington, d. C. , something was happening, you could tell it in the faces of the people in his face on his first trip to the United States, it seems hes really forging a special relationship with the American People as his spokesman told us last night, the pope is happy. Sheer joy in the streets of washington. And pope francis was nearly mobbed as he entered of the basilica of the National Shrine of the immaculate conception. 25,000 people there to hear the pope celebrate mass and canonize california missionary junipero serra. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] reporter lets keep moving forward, he proclaimed. That is certainly what francis did all day. There he was on the streets of washington in his open popemobile greeting massive crowds and blessing children, including 5yearold sophie cruz, daughter of undocumented immigrants, she tried to reach francis, was blocked by security and then the pope called her over. Papal hug and sophie gave him a letter. She wants help to keep her parents from being deported. It says, my friends and i love each other. No matter the color of our skin. At the white house, earlier, francis pulled up in that little fiat, joined president obama in a grand ceremony and pushed for action on Climate Change declaring that the earth itself cries out to heaven. Reporter then a meeting in the oval office and an introduction to the obama dogs and everywhere he went the simple man in white made the same request. I will. Reporter then in the evening one final surprise, pope francis visited the Little Sisters of the poor who are fighting obamacares contraception mandate in the Supreme Court, a powerful gesture of his support for their fight. And a final note, sophie cruz that 5yearold girl will be here at the capitol today. Shes been invited to hear the pope speak. She will be here at the capitol behind the pope today will be the Vice President , catholic, also the speaker of the house john boehner, a catholic, interesting though, three of the six catholic members of the Supreme Court will not be there. Its very striking and those three are the most conservative, justices scalia, alito and thomas have all decided not to come. They didnt say why but its Pretty Amazing really. It is but Justice Roberts and kennedy will be and Justice Ginsburg will be there. I know youll be there for all of it, as well, terry, thanks. To cecilia vega now. 50,000 people as we said expected on the south side of the capitol. Youre right in the middle of it. Reporter oh, george, 50,000 of me and my closest friends hanging out. Good morning to you. Take a look at this. Theyre out there. Theyre ready to go. That balcony right there is where the pope will come out. I can tell you if yesterday was any indication this crowd is going to go nuts. Many have been hanging out all morning long, all night long actually just to see the pope. This is the ticket. You got to have one of these to get in here. You had to get it from a congressional representative. As you said, 50,000 people came from all over the country. They got their blankets out, you know theyre hanging out. Tminus three hours or so until they finally lay eyes on the pope, george. Ill take it from here, cecilia, thank you. Security for the visit is unprecedented. Were going to take a live look at st. Patricks cathedral right here in new york city. Ready for the popes next stop later today. He arrives this evening. The secret service is heading up the massive operation to keep him safe and abcs Pierre Thomas has exclusive access inside one of their command centers for us this morning. Good morning, pierre. Reporter good morning, robin. Were at a secure location outside of washington, so sensitive were not allowed to tell you where we are. The men and women here behind me at the Multiagency Communications Center led by the secret service are waging an allout effort to keep the pope safe. Holy holy reporter as the pope makes his way through washington today his every move is closely watched from this secret facility. More than 30 agencies on 24 7 alert at this nerve center controlling an army of police and federal agents securing the pontiff. Attractive potential target he is for terrorists or others who want to do us harm. Reporter the secret service overseeing layers of security much of it not seen. Tactical teams and snipers on standby. Undercover officers milling through the crowds. Additional surveillance cameras deployed throughout the city as the pope makes his way to congress and later this afternoon pope francis depart force new york where the security challenges get even more complicated with the u. N. General assembly convening and a mass at Madison Square garden. The preparations have been extraordinary. Were ready to keep everyone who comes here safe and ready to keep the pope safe. Reporter for now agents in this secret location are hunting for any hint of a credible threat. So far, none, but we have ways to go, george. Well, thank goodness its okay so far. Pierre, thanks very much. Im joined by our colleague. Matthew dowd. In new york the vatican spokesman greg burke. Thanks for joining us. The pope is happy. George, definitely the pope is happy. A little tired coming back from cuba. Cuba was three days and quite hot but he looked a little tired in the morning but definitely happy. And he does seem to be energized by the crowds and, matthew, so fascinating to watch what the pope said and did yesterday and the strategy behind it. Well, he comes here as weve talked about in a very polarized environment where theres divisions in the country, divisions in the church, divisions in congress and divisions on the Supreme Court. I think hes going to have to continue to emulate the moves another argentinean superstar lionel messi and how he gets through this. Great analogy. One area that caused controversy when the pope was speaking to his bishops he encouraged them and said they showed courage on the issue of sexual abuse but some of the victims groups said this was a slap in the face. Any reaction to that . I think, george, we have weigh seen that often. Theres not enough anybody who has been abused, theres not enough that the pope or the church can do or can say so i think thats a natural reaction. The pope, however, used very strong words and above all hes been using strong action. Hes the first one to remove bishops and i think thats what you have to look at. You have to look at the record there. And what do you expect to hear from the pope today and what is he trying to accomplish with the speech to the congress . I think pick up on something matt said which is interesting. The culture of encounter in these polarized times, a couple themes the pope has which he keeps going back, the culture encounter, with your neighbors, with countries, trying to understand people who think differently from yourself and trying to get it together. Mother is the throwaway cull you are too. The pope says a society thats worth the way it treats the most vulnerable and that goes from the unborn to the elderly to those without work to immigrants. That is the throwaway culture. He keeps going back to that and different ramifications and i think youll see. Matthew, its going to be such a fascinating feeling in that hall today. Youve got as i said the speaker of the house, Vice President , members of the Supreme Court, president ial candidates, as well, so interesting to see what the ripple effects from the popes speech are. I think the greatest thing youll see is sitting behind him will be the speaker who is a devout catholic and joe biden who is a devout catholic who share faith but not politics and how the pope will thread the needle facing the divisions. Watch who is smiling and nodding when. Thanks. Well cover it all all day long right here on abc. For now lets go back to robin. Than you, greg, for joining us in the studio. The race for president now. Your voice, your vote and donald trump is back on the attack this morning. Going after his rivals and fox news. As new polls this morning show Trump Holding his lead even at some of his rivals gaining ground. Abcs tom llamas is following the campaign. Good morning. Good morning to you. Lets take a look at one of these new polls out. Quinnipiac university taken after the second debate and here are the top five. You see donald trump still far ahead but his lead has shrunk because both fiorina and carson are gaining ground and bush and rubio seeing minor gains, as well. At the top of the polls but fighting for respect, donald trump back on offense. The press is very dishonest. Reporter boycotting fox news after the Cable Network canceled his up coming interview on the oreilly factor. Polls came out the other day. They were outstanding, fox didnt put them up. I didnt feel i was being treated fairly. Reporter trump claiming bias treatment but fox has had enough pulling the interview after trump ridiculed its political coverage and its anchor megyn kelly yet again calling her a lightweight on twitter tuesday. Trump also on a tear with his rivals describing jeb bush and senator marco rubio as frenemies. They hate each other but they cant say it. Reporter with Hillary Clinton shes become shrill. Reporter and slamming Carly Fiorina who is rising in the gop polls. Shes fighting to raise money and her Business Career was a disaster. Reporter fiorina who took him on in the debate taking him on out on the trail. Leadership is not about your title, your position, the size of your office, the size of your airplane, the size of your helicopter or the size of your ego. Leadership is about service. Reporter also on wednesday, a rare scene for trump, the republican frontrunner speaking to a half filled room. The campaign claiming it was just a speaking engagement, not like trumps event late their night that attracted more than 2,000 people. Now, theres also a bloomberg and fox news poll out trump still on top but carson, rubio and fiorina all making gains, robin, the headline here really is that trumps lead is not shrinking but others are definitely gaining ground. Robin. A way of looking at it. Thank you. Powerful storms in the heartland causing flooding, closing schools and ginger, more rain is in the forecast. Yes, raining this morning, really in parts of east of omaha and thats where were looking. Council bluff, iowa, up to 8 inches already falling. Look at these pictures and know why schools and roads are closed all throughout your wednesday. What well see today is that rainfall moving through, not as heavy but still a Flash Flood Watch in effect all the way up through almost sioux falls and dries out slightly as it goes into southern minnesota and Northern Iowa and also watching another low pressure system bringing some rain to coastal north and South Carolina even parts of georgia, thats going to move in. You could see 4 plus inches and you know whats blogging it from getting up here, the popes High Pressure system. We put a little halo over the high, robin. Always can count on you, ginger. Thank you very much. Amy has the mornings other top stories starting with a major disaster, unfortunately, overseas. A tragedy at one of the holiest events of the year for muslims called the hajj. The annual muslims pill garageage to saudi arabia. More than 300 have been killed in a stampede near that holy city. All religious muslims are obligated to make the pilgrimage once in their lives. Before the hajj began more than 100 people died in a crane collapse at a mosque. Well, this morning volkswagens stock is starting to bounce back now that the ceo has stepped down. But more resignations are expected in the wake of the emissions cheating scandal. Dealers are now stuck with inventory they cannot sell. Well, president obama has reportedly decided to meet with russian president Vladimir Putin to discuss the growing crisis in syria. This comes as russia considers launching air strikes now against isis. Meanwhile, european leaders are giving an extra 1 billion in aid to help syrian refugeeses who continue to pour into greece and other european nations. A potential danger for planes flying into the San Francisco bay area. Some pilots say they are being blinded by the lights at the 49ers new stadium near san joses airport. At least six have reportedly filed complaints. Check out this small plane zooming through a busy intersection in Southern California during rush hour. Engine trouble forced that student pilot and instructor to make an emergency landing. They managed to stay clear of all those cars. Incredible. And speaking of incredible, a powerful moment that brought tears to my eyes this morning. Take a look at a University Professor in nashville teaching while holding a child. But, see, thats not his son. Thats his students little boy. Single mom amanda osbon had to swallow her pride and bring her son to class because she couldnt find a babysitter and because she treats school like a job she didnt want to miss a day. During class xavier held his hands up to be picked up. Instead of being upset by the disruption, the teacher swept him up and kept teaching without skipping a beat. Mom was moved to tears. Her classmates hugged her in support and professor bunkowske says osbon is a 4. 0 student and nothing should stand in the way of getting an education. Thats great. And said were all in this together. I love that. Brought tears to my eyes too. I was like, thats just we need more of that in the world. We do. Thanks for sharing, amy. A massive blast destroying homes in a maryland neighborhood. That story for you in just 30 seconds. At least five homes destroyed are badly damaged by that home explosion in maryland. Two injured in the blast. Abcs david kerley has the story. Callers saying houses are on fire. Reporter a suspected gas explosion tearing through this maryland neighborhood sparking a threealarm blaze. Be advised you have a fully involved house fire with collapse. Reporter just after 7 00 at tight as the smell of natural gas, a leak, was being investigated. That pg e guy said to get your guests out of the house and the house next door exploded. Reporter one town home leveled, set ablaze. There is an entire section completely gone. All on fire. Reporter debris and broken glass sent flying. Window frames are all bent upstairs. The things knocked off the shelves in the house. Reporter five homes smoldering. Residents describing their neighborhood as a war zone. Well, its very dramatic as you can see. I was one of the most dramatic things ive ever seen. Reporter arriving on the scene fire and ems crews find two people injured, a resident and a gas worker on the scene at the time of the blast. Their injuries minor. At this time we believe that everyone is accounted for. Reporter were so thank if ullr to know nobody was seriously injured. Were very fortunate nobody was home in the house. Reporter this morning investigators will start digging through the debris to pinpoint the exact cause of that suspected gas leak. As residents wait for the allclear to return home. So this morning firefighters are worried that house could fall down. This is the one thats completely lost and as you can see, the blast affected other homes, as well. The investigation really starting now with light coming. Robin. All right, david, thank you. More ahead this morning. A new twist in that Sexual Assault case involving a stanley cup winner, was evidence tampered with . The mysterious bag left outside the accusers mothers door. The new technology that may protect your credit cards from fraud. Well have more on that coming up. And once again george has gone to d. C. Thats the latest. Right here in the capitol, robin. The pope will be here in just a couple of hours. 50,000 people on hand. Well have complete live coverage. T and directv are now which means you can watch movies while youre on the move. Sitcoms, while you sit on those. And even fargo, in fargo binge, while you lose weight and enjoy a good cliffhanger while you hang from a. Why am i yelling . 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Above average from the Aleutian Islands all the way through the lower 48. Above average, much above it, remember, this doesnt mean it will be super hot but warmer than that average number. Good morning, a group of nearly four dozen pilgrims left sewell, Gloucester County heading to washington. They received tickets to the joint meeting of congress at the u. S. Capitol going on at 10 00 a. M. This morning. Good morning, im Tamala Edwards. Right now, 7 24, thursday, lets head over to karen rogers starting on the schuylkill expressway. Reporter good morning, i used to be a parishner there in Gloucester County. Looking live on the schuylkill expressway weve got an accident involving a septa bus, the car was tboned blocking the right lane and the left lane for a while. The schuylkill expressway is heavy westbound at passyunk to south street on the schuylkill expressway. Off to the side right now, but was blocking a couple of lanes and causing problems right there. In hatfield, Montgomery County we have an accident at broad and Hidden Meadow drive. Looking live at the parkway the vine street expressway. The parkway remains closed into early next week. We have a portion of kelly drive closing in its entirety starting tomorrow. Lots of closures continue in preparation for the papal visit. Traffic is moving on the commodor barry bridge, its back down taconypalmyra, bridge its back down after the ship went through, well be back after this and have the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Patients with bone cancer deserve a specialist too. The advantages of being treated at Cancer Treatment centers of america is that we have all the specialists under one roof to take care of every aspect of that patients cancer care. We want our patients to survive their cancer but we also want them to maintain independence and quality of life is so important. Welcome back youre taking a live look here, beautiful scene here, the sun rising over camden. Lets go over to david murphy we would love more days like this while the pope is here. Reporter its going to be different for the weekend, but were off to a nice start. 58 degrees in philadelphia. A little bit cool, but the winds not that strong. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast another warm one, high of 82. Tomorrow, partly sunny, 77. For the papal visit cloudy, sunny breaks, breezy on saturday, high of 75. Much of the morning in the 0s. Sunday more clouds breezy, 73 is the high. Theres a chance of showers on sunday, only 30 chance, but its going to be a close shave. Thats it for action news, well send you back to g. M. A. And see you back here in 30. nn we welcome you brack to gma. Looking at the capitol. Tens of thousands gathering there to witness history. Pope francis becoming the first pope ever to address a joint meeting of congress and i know, george, youre looking forward to being there for the big event. No question about that, robin. A lot of people right there on the south lawn of the capitol getting ready for the pope. Hell be here just in a couple of hours. 50,000 tickets given out for this event and the pope will come out and address them from that balcony right there after he speaks to the congress after he becomes the first pope ever to address the United States Congress Speaking to the American People through their representatives and there is a lot of anticipation here for what the pope will say and what he will do when he encounters those crowds. And we will have special live coverage. Youll be anchoring that of the popes address later. Back on gma other big headlines. That important guest in washington, chinas president visits the white house tonight. Meeting with president obama ahead of tomorrows state dinner. One topic likely to be discussed, the american businesswoman in custody in china for six months charged with spying. An update on those Texas High School Football Players who tackled a referee. They have been assigned to a Different School for 75 days as part of their punishment. One of their coaches has reportedly confessed to ordering them to attack the ref for his alleged racial comments as we do say good morning, america. Thankful its thursday. Friday eve. One more alarm clock. Michael, youre here with the buzz. Talking about the new popemobile, the fiat 500l. We have it here and well check it out ourselves but well have to hurry because it needs to get back to him by 9 00. Can you fit in that . Well find out if i can fit. Im a little curious myself. You will find out later this morning on gma but now in this half hour, a strange twist in the case of the hockey superstar accused of Sexual Assault. The lawyer for the woman accusing Chicago Blackhawks player patrick kane is speaking out suggesting the evidence may have been tampered with. Abcs ryan smith has more on the case. Good morning, ryan. Reporter good morning to you, robin. While patrick kane prepares for a hockey season less than two weeks away his accusers attorney dropping a bombshell about potentially crucial evidence to this case. This morning, the investigation into Sexual Assault claims made against Chicago Blackhawks star patrick kane taking a bizarre turn. The rape kit evidence bag was anonymously delivered to the home of my clients mother. Reporter the attorney of kanes accuser saying she discovered this torn empty evidence bag tuesday afternoon, wedged into her door suggesting the kit had been tampered with. But they dont know who left it or why. We know this because the bag has a label on it. It contains my clients identity. Reporter the Police Commissioner investigating the case quick to refute those claims saying they have the kit and that all evidence related to this case remains in its original packaging. The nhl superfars attorney firing back saying authorities told both sides that the kit reveals none of kanes dna was found below her waist. We know a technician already reviewed the evidence and we know he already said that the results are as follows and then indicated kane wasnt there. Reporter the 26yearold threetime stanley cup winner who has not been charged with a crime professed his innocence last week. I am confident that once all of the facts are brought to light i will be absolved of having done nothing wrong. Reporter but the alleged victims Attorney Says tampering could scuttle the stars prosecution and demanding answers. He wants an independent investigation. The Police Department colleaguing the evidence saying that if there is one theyll cooperate and that their handling of the evidence is u a unassailab unassailable. How the bag got to the accusers moms doorstep remains a miss interest i. For more lets turn to dan abrams and you just scratch your head and go, whats going is i if there was going to be any case. The notion that a piece of evidence so crucial in a case like this ends up on the accusers mothers doorstep is so crazy but theres also the possibility the authorities are right and that its not actually the rape kit and that its just a hoax so its a huge question as to is it or isnt it . Its so key in the case, which they have already said as we heard in ryans report that the the evidence is and is not. This is the accusers lawyer. Usually its the accuser and the prosecution working hand in hand. Here you have the accusers lawyer sort of calling out the authorities and saying, we want an investigation. That makes it sound like the accusers lawyer doesnt think theres going to be a prosecution. Because if there is, this whole incident, the press conference, the finding of it, the investigation isnt helpful to any potential case. He hasnt been charged. Absolutely. And you think now with this the possibility of it is it certainly makes the possibility of it lower that hes going to get charged. Theyve been investigating now for over a month. But, you know, this sort of development and listening to the accusers lawyer makes you think at least he doesnt think that charges are likely. Thankfully theyre having a thorough investigation. Now theyll have to investigate this incident, as well. Thank you, dan. Thanks, robin. To you to the latest on those freeway shootings in phoenix that terrorized drivers for weeks. The suspect in at least four of those incidents has now been charged and this morning were hearing the 911 calls from some of the victims. Abcs Kayna Whitworth has our story. I think my window just got shot. Reporter this morning chilling 911 calls from terrified drivers after they were shot at driving down phoenix freeways. Are you hurt . Im not. I just got glass all over my hair, my back, my body. Reporter some had been hit, others describing a gunman wearing a bulletproof vest riding a motorcycle. He had over 15 magazines fully loaded all around his body. He had a 9 millimeter on his hip. Reporter this Morning Police are still investigating the shootings which struck 11 cars over a span of two weeks and now, the department of Public Safety is saying they believe the first shooting actually happened two days earlier than originally thought. Targeting a car on its way to the airport. Police forensically linking a bullet from that car to 21yearold Leslie Allen Merritt jr. Who Police Believe is responsible for at least four of the shootings. Merritt admits he owns the gun used in the shootings but claims it had been in the pawnshop for months. I havent even had access to a weapon. Reporter but overnight that pawnshop owner saying he gave police video showing that merritt had pawned and retrieved the gun several times this summer turning it in for the last time just hours after one of the shootings. This morning, merritt remains behind bars charged with 16 felony counts including driveby shooting and aggravated assault. Hes pleaded not guilty. For good morning america, Kayna Whitworth, abc news, los angeles. And our thanks to kayna. Coming up, big changes coming for the way you use your credit cards. Abcs gio benitez going to show us how it work, gio. Reporter yeah, this chip is about to change everything, in fact, it could stop thieves from stealing your money. Well show you how it works in just a few minutes right here on gma. Stick around. I sure had a lot on my mind when i got out of the hospital after a dvt blood clot. What about my family . My lil buddy . And what if this happened again . 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Abcs gio benitez as we said at an atm to show us how it all works. Good morning, gio. Reporter robin, good morning to you. Starting next week you may not have to swipe these cars anymore. Youll use this little chip to pay. Take a look. Its the new technology that aims to stop thieves cold. And in just a few days this hightech chip in your credit cards could lead to a lot less fraud. Heres the problem right now. Watch as this fast food attendant swipes a customers card once and then a second time using a small device. Watch again. From the register to the skimmer. It looks like this. Small enough to fit in a thiefs pocket and could even be installed at gas station pumps. Police say this criminal couple was caught on camera desperately searching for their skimming device. The possible solution, that chip. The Electronic Transactions Association tells us it cant be duplicated by criminals like magnetic strips creating unique codes for every single purchase. No more swiping, you put your card in and keep it there till the code is captured. When you have a chip card and but to a chip card reader youre no longer using the Magnetic Stripe but inserting it and a onetime code is passed to the machine and used to authorize the transaction so your credit card information is no longer shared. Reporter now starting october 1st the trade Association Says if businesses dont have technology in place to read that chip, they will be entirely liable for any fraud. But many of us dont even have a chip on our cards yet so what do you do . If consumers dont receive their cards by october 1st, merchants cannot refuse your payment. Its your banks responsibility to send you and issue a new card. Reporter but the chip alone wont make your card entirely safe. Thieves can still copy credit card numbers and use those stolen numbers online. And, remember, you are never liable for any fraud. Now were here at an atm. Normally you would take it and stick it in and slide out but in this case because this has a chip, this is telling me atense, a chip was detected please insert the card and do not remove it so you just put it in, it locks in there and thats how you get your money, robin. Good to know. Have you seen that on your cards . Yeah. Just used it yesterday. Thanks, gio. Coming up, the big statement pope francis is making with that little bitty car. Hey, thats our studio. Come on back. The whole day to sell to the their old cart aside and buy a new one. Oops. Nanas got the kids til 9. But its only 2. Guess youll just have to see a movie. Then get some dinner. What a pity. Terry bradshaw . What a surprise you know what else is a surprise . Shingles. And how it can hit you out of nowhere. I know. I had it. Cmon lets sit down and talk about it. And did you know that one in three people will get shingles . all no. 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Now pope francis is known for his simple ways, so it should be of no surprise to anybody that he picked a modestly priced about 20,000 fiat l to tool around the capitol in. You got to love his style. We decided to check it out ourselves. Get a fiat 500l and see how it fits us so the car as you see, i feel protected. I usually have secret service but this is my secret service. Theyre called michaels angels. Now, the pope is 59. Im 65. Lets see how were doing back here. I feel good. How are you feeling . Not as good now. Closer. There we go. Oh. Youre pregnant. Come on back. Come on back. You need more room than i do. I can see why he picked this car. Theres a lot of room in here. A great statement to see him doing ha. Yeah, really did. Can we go on a road trip . I was going to say. Be a new yorker, robin. Thats how you know youre in new york. Even honking in the studio. Is this car economical . Its very economic cal. Very good on gas, starts at about 20,000 and you see it fits five of us comfortably. Including one large man. Including one large man. 5 1 2. 5 1 2. Thats right and the great thing is i dont think we have to go back to work so robin is taking us give a little pope wave out the window like that. When we come back at the top of the hour, how much free time should your kids really get . Come on back. Great improve this tip from lowes. All it takes is a little tape to put up the perfectly even shelf. Measure the distance between the holes, place it on the wall, in go the screws and there you go. How to save energy wow, insulating the house made our heating bill really small. How small . Tiny now get 20 off select roll insulation at lowes. Withof my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. Ordinary objects often seemed. Intimidating. Doing something simple. Meant enduring a lot of pain. If ra is changing your view of everyday things orencia may help. 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The latest choice for frequent heartburn. Get complete protection. Nexium level protection. Who knows, one of these kids just might be the one. To clean the oceans, to start a movement, or lead a country. It may not be obvious yet, but one of these kids is going to change the world. We just need to make sure she has what she needs. Welcome to windows 10. The future starts now for all of us. We put that halo on the High Pressure system but this is what it actually mines on the ground in d. C. The pope will have 81 degree, mix of sun and clouds. Lots of sunshine arriving in new york city. Tomorrow looking really great too so kick off the weekend with a few more clouds in philadelphia. Maybe even a good morning, more security procedures go into effect in preparation for pope francis arrival this weekend. That includes the perimeter around the parkway and the septa stations. We have details at 6abc. Com. Good morning, im Tamala Edwards. 7 56 thursday, karen, youre talking about things people should know because of the popes coming visit. Reporter the Benjamin Franklin parkway is closed, weve been seeing extra congestion along the side streets. This is a look at the Benjamin Franklin parkway over the vine street expressway. Right now portions of kelly drive closed between fairmont avenue and the parkway. Kelly drive will close entirely and that starts tomorrow and lasts through the weekend, as well. Weve seen extra congestion on the schuylkill expressway. We have an accident on the schuylkill expressway approaching south street involving the septa bus. We had a delay and thats gone, too. Hatfield, an accident at broad street and Hidden Meadow drive. 130 northbound at haynesville road blocking the left lane, expect slowing. Lets go over to sky6 live hd the skies above Atlantic City its a gorgeous thursday, lets go over to david murphy with the latest in accuweather. Reporter its a cool and comfortable start, lots of sunshine, high clouds, 61 degrees in philadelphia. Many of the suburbs in the 50s, winds are light. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, as we get set for the pope as arrival this weekend, a nice one today, warm, 82 degrees. We have a lot of out of town visitors and once again you have a great day to enjoy the city partly sunny, friday, 77. Saturday, mostly cloudy skies, sunny breaks, breezy high of 75. During a portion of the day, cool. Saturday, breezy, 73. Theres a chance of rain although probably less than half a chance were hoping that rain stays to the south. Tam. reminder, all things pope at 6abc. Com. We send you back now to g. M. A. Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. Pope francis right here in the u. S. Tens of thousands waiting to hear him speak to congress at this hour as he is set to make history this morning. Wake me up Surprising New research revealing why so many women arent eager to climb the corporate ladder. Is this the real reason women arent getting promoted at work . And were going above and beyond this thursday morning. We reveal this magical moment on the beach. Then we went all the way to space. Good morning, commander kelly. Now only here were surprising one very deserving teacher with the moment shell never forget. Hundreds of her students are in on it and you are too. Only on gma. The places the things that i did bang bang Kerry Washington is with us live and shes turning the tables on robin. Anything could happen as we say all good morning, america [ cheers and applause ] come on. How cool is that . Very. Wonderful audience members smelling out gma part of our above and beyond for a saying thank you, the big reveal coming up. I cant wait to see that. Also this morning, are your kids spending too much time in front of tablets and phones . Our own dr. Besser is here with the latest on how that is affecting your children. But first, lets see, one, two, three george, thats right. George is there. We knew you were somewhere there, george. Right here in the u. S. Capitol, robin. The pope is going to be here in a couple of hours get giving that historic speech, the first pope ever to do that and look at the scene here. 50,000 tickets given up on the west lawn. But i dont know if he has pull but we have another perfect day. Spectacular morning here in washington, d. C. And after the pope speaks hes going to come out and greet all those people on the lawn. One of them on the lawn is going to be that little girl who made such a splash yesterday, sophie cruz breaking through barricades running up to the pope with a special message. She will be on the lawn waiting for the pope, as well. When we see the shot, can you show us again, all those people that are there, look at that, everybody. Beautiful. Wow. And he is going to go out and greet them. Lets turn to amy with the morning rundown. Good morning, everyone. The big story a deadly stampede at one of islams holiest events. Now more than 450 people have been killed today. Near mecca, saudi arabia, during the annual muslim pilgrimage to that holy city. More than 700 others injured. Todays tragedy is the deadliest since the stampede 25 years ago. And there is new concern now about the refugee crisis overwhelming europe. More than 10,000 refugees and migrants from the middle east have entered hungary in just the last 24 hour, the highest oneday total so far. Europe is spending another 1 billion on aid. And Donald Trumps rivals are gaining ground. The newest polls showing hes still in the lead but dr. Ben carson is closing that gap cutting trumps lead in half. Carly fiorina has also made significant gains. Meanwhile, trump is boycotting fox news claiming the network treats him unfairly. But fox says it was first to cancel a trump interview accusing him of unleashing personal attacks when Media Coverage does not go his way. A gas leak may be to blame for an explosion that ripped through this street in suburban baltimore setting a row of town houses on fire. One home was leveled, four others destroyed or damaged. Two people were injured. And the third person has now died in that salmonella outbreak linked to tainted cucumbers. Cases reported in 3 states with more than 500 getting sick. The cdc says the cucumbers distributed by a San Diego Company may have been shipped to more states than originally thought. Finally, netflix says it knows best. It figured out when most of us get hooked on our favorite shows and you may be surprised just when that happens. Apparently watching the first episode, the pilot of any series is never enough to get anyone hooked. Netflix says that on average viewers are not reeled in until somewhere between episodes 4 and 6 and the research dates all the way back to the 1990s. Apparently friends did not really have any impact until episode four. I can believe that. Yeah. Think about how many types you said im going to keep watching because i heard its good and it doesnt have me yet. I was that way with homeland. The first season. I heard so much about it. Ah then all of a sudden, boom. Im on a show now, episode three and i stopped much maybe i need to give it one more shot. Hang in there. Hang in there, michael. We got a lot more coming up this thursday morning. Brandnew study revealing the real reason women may not be getting ahead at work. And were going above and beyond for a teacher who does that every day for her students. We have a big surprise about to be revealed only on gma. I i did it all hey america, still not sure whether to stay or go on that business trip . 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A study that may explain why more women dont hold top jobs at companies. They may not want to . What . Women are making huge strides in the workforce and yet the gender gap in Corporate America remains wide. At fortune 500 Companies Women account for less than 5 of ceos, and less than 15 of executive officers. And while a potential Glass Ceiling is often given to blame, a new study out of the Harvard Business school found that women when given the chance may not be so eager to climb the corporate ladder. According to the study while women believe that getting promoted was well within their reach, compared to men, women viewed highlevel positions as less desirable and anticipated more negative outcomes. The study also found that men tend to be more motivated by power while women have a higher number of life goals. Meaning that women dont see work as the end all be all. While its exciting to make more money and move up the career ladder if that means that you have to miss day care pickup and miss family dinner every night its probably not worth it. I think a lot of people are going to be talking about this and joining us now gmas workplace contributor tory johnson and editor of mom. Me ericka suoutor. Some of the issues have been bias and discrimination and now possibly saying this. A lot of this i think is potentially selfimpose eselfi. If you google the term is having it all overrated there are 16 million results that come up and there are countless posts from women not men who say, yes, yes, having it all is overrated and theyre redefining how we think of having it all and its often about a happier, healthier simple lifestyle that does not include the pursuit of the Corner Office and i think theres a couple reasons, you know, when you think about workplace unhappiness, poll after poll shows us that workplace unhappen amazing did very high and so women say, really, is that the kind of stress and conflict i want to get into managing that situation . We look at millennials and againexamineers who watch their boomer parents and they say, really is that the sort of path that i want to pursue or is there perhaps Something Different that defines having it all . What is this parenthood penalty . Thats what i dont understand. Right, its actually very real and happens to a lot of mops. They told me had they go to work theyre viewed as not as dedicated or committed and wont work as hard and quiet hostility happens when they have to jet off to pick up a sick kid or stay at home. Why is your life so much more important because you have kids . So theyre dealing with a lot and it also comes from when another woman at the office may have taken a very short Maternity Leave then youre wondering am i expected to take a short Maternity Leave too . Theres that pressure. The flip side of this too because there are still women out there who do want to achieve the Corner Office. If thats your goal you should absolutely do it and sort of all this other stuff and you want to make sure it in an organization that values women. Are there women on the board . Are women promoted in that organization . Find an internal champion and this is very different from a mentor who is just someone for advice, a champion is someone who has clout and is going to use that clout to help advance you and your seniority within that company and i think thats really important to for women to pursue. The empowering part is its your choice. Thats right. Ericka, youre a woman and struggling with what to do. Are there questions to ask yo yourse yourself . Yes, three, number one, is this meaningful work . You dont have to be saving the world but do you get something out of it or contributing to an environment does it feed your soul, number two, if i lost this job tomorrow would i regrate the time i spent away from my family . For a lot of women thats a great question, number three, am i comfortable playing the mommy card . When youre a mom you will have to leave sometimes to tend to your children. You want to be in a place conducive to that. Great conversations, thank you, both. Time now for a special twopart series looking at the amount of time we spend on phones, computers and tablets, a new poll revealing nearly half of all moms and dads think their kids spend too much time in front of screens. Agreed. Abcs dr. Richard besser set out to find the impact it has on our kids. Reporter screen, parents cant live with them. Time. Reporter and kids cant live without them. Can i have the iphone . Stop, stop. Reporter we heard the downsides of excessive screen time and how they alter childrens sleep, School Performance and ee aggressive behavior. Among kids 8 and older one study found between 1999 and 2009 screen time increased by an hour to more than seven hours a day but in kids younger than 8 its the wild west. There just arent any studies yet. Its a cautionary tale. We have have to think about is there a downside to this because we dont know it yet. Reporter torah klein runs the barnhard center and she invited us to watch a group of preschoolers to see the difference between kids playing with regular toys and ipads. This is teacher tory. Reporter when we bring the kids in the room the two boys garrett and milo beeline for the ipads while the girls choose toys. The thing that surprised me the most was that more children werent attracted to the screens. Girls as they get older tend to be more involved in that imaginary play. Reporter while theres no research to show boys favor technology more than girls at this age, look what happens when we try to distract milo from the ipad. Milo, what are you playing . Theres no response, right . They get glued. They really get glued to technology. But the girls never fully tune out their environment talking, interacting, connecting. Are all the people up there . You put them all in there . Yes. Shes not missing whats going on in the rest of her environment. Reporter but the boys cant even hear the teacher calling their name. They were incredibly focused. Is that a good thing or a bad thing . Thats not bad if its a part of their day, if its not all day. But some children would be on a screen all day if given a choice. Reporter next we take away all the ipads but one. Garrett dominates it. Milo has trouble transitioning and wanders around for two minutes. When the last ipad is taken away, the boys join the girls in being more social. Verbal, and creative. Even though they were really engaged and focused, they could create, they could see what other children were doing. They were reacting to each other. They were reacting to each other. They were watching each other. Just such an important part of early childhood. And here with me now is dr. Richard besser. It was shocking to see the gender issues with this. Yeah, you know, i could have watched these 1kids all day. As a parent and pediatrician, what you learn from play is fascinating. What really struck me was that only those kids would were really playing with toys seemed to be having fun. Everyone was engaged. You know, they were focused on what they were doing but the girl, they were talking to each other. They were smiling. They were laughing. Oh, it was fun. Its what you think of as fun. What do kids learn in free play that they dont learn with electronicsy. You learn life skills. So you learn to use your imagination and curiosity. No rules when you have those toys. They learn how to engage in negotiation and compromise. How do you get someone to join your world . How do you lead . How do you follow and learn social cues looking at faces. Did i make somebody unhappy. Did i give them pleasure . Those things you need to use in life and if your face did down looking at electronics you dont learn any of ha. Focused on our kids but robin pointed this out, kettle black, kettle black. Us adults are doing the same thing. And our kids are learn hag. My kids do it to me all the time, dad, dad, dad, im on my device and it goes both ways. There are some electronics and some apps good for your kids. Well get into that. Lots of tips on what to use and how to control the time. All right. In the meantime, dr. Besser will be taking all of your questions on twitter this morning and im sure people have a lot of them. Robin, over to you. Busting me like that. Good going. Way to go. Over to michael. The new season of shark tank starts tomorrow and we have some great deals steals from the show. That was great. All right, thanks, guys. And tory johnson is here with deals steals and shark tank, the perfect combination for big bargains, up to 50 off items featured on the hit show so are you ready . Okay. What do we have. Frlori greiner invested had this company. It seats one adult or opens there you go. Perfect. The bed its he doesnt come with it. I dont come with it . Its comfortable. I thought i was an accessory. Wed sell a lot. 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Plus, one bonus deal also and you can see the premiere of shark tank tomorrow night at 9 00, 8 00 central, lets go outside to ginger. Michael, save me a rack of ribs too. Lets go ahead and start in the phoenix is about average, but youll be heating up as we go toward the end of the weekend. The hot weather coming in. Youll hit the century mark in vegas and phoenix and palm springs. Reporter warm on the east coast, ginger, right now, dry, as we look outside we have plenty of sunshine across philadelphia. Temperatures are starting to bump up in the low 60s in areas. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast is warm again, 82 degrees, similar to yesterday, lots of sun. 77 partly sunny on friday. Port papal weekend saturday mostly cloudy sunny breaks, 75 is the high, sunday more clouds, breezy, 73 and theres a slight chance of showers. For pop. Pop news and it is the fashion faceoff we never saw coming. H m revealing these two. David beckham and kevin hart or as i call them beckhart now taking twinning to the extreme. All in the name of research. Listen. Say that again. He wants to play you in i beckham the movie. He wants to play me . Are you serious . Yeah, he wants to get into the role, get into the character. Research is what theyre calling it. Schwarzenegger and devito move over. We can expect more of beckhart teasing multiple outfits on social media including those two perfectly court naded. An unlikely hilarious duo. I like the ring of that, beckhart. I thought long and hard about that. Thank you. A little science news in pop news. At this years ig nobel prize ceremony an absurd celebration of science that makes you laugh and think, two winners took one for the team in a big way. To determine which insects have the most painful stings and the places on your body you definitely dont want to get stung. Both subjected themselves to hundreds of stings. Here are the findings. The boldfaced hornet sting comparable to getting your hand mashed in a revolving door. The Yellow Jacket sting described as hot and smoky sort of like a cigar being put out on your tongue. The worst is the bullet ant whose sting is described as having a three we welcome you brack to nu upper lip. Oh. They found that out the hard way. Number two, your no industrial. Number three, a place below your belt that i cannot describe on camera. Uhhuh. Uhhuh. We get the picture. Wow. Theres just nothing to say. Wow. But they they did it. In the name of science so thank you, scientists, for sharing. As you said we know what to protect. So brave. Okay. And then finally i thought that i would switch it up. You know, from bee stings to this guy, the weekend is around the corner. Why not treat yourself to a little massage. A little light reading, and perhaps a massage. Oh. Sweet. Take it in, everybody. Just look and laugh and love on this beautiful friday eve and that you finished strong. Concerned about the bee sting and now its all coming around. Hey, Kerry Washington is here live and tgit, scandal is back whoo good morning, sky6 live hd taking a live look here at Independence Mall where preps continue around the clock. This is the location pope francis will give a speech own immigration and religious freedom saturday afternoon. 40,000 people have tickets to the historic outdoor event. 8 27 thursday, im Tamala Edwards lets go over to karen rogers to look at the schuylkill expressway. Good morning. Reporter good morning, i think people are getting nervous about the traffic. Schuylkill expressway looking good. We have no problems on the schuylkill expressway at girard. Eastbound traffic heading toward center city. Traffic is not add bad as normally. No problems on the schuylkill expressway. We have a problem here, though, a new accident lower merion montgomery avenue at anderson. Stick to lancaster avenue as the alternate. Madonna concert at the wells fargo center. Dont forget the Benjamin Franklin parkway remains closed. 40foot road a new accident in the area. Dont think they will be asking her to stick around to sing at the festival of families. Reporter if you take the names they kind of make sense, anyway we are cool and comfortable, lots of sun in philadelphia. 61 degrees in the city itself and some of the suburbs in the 50s, the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, its another warm one similar to yesterday. Lots of sun, 82 degrees. Tomorrow partly sunny, 77. 75 saturday, mainly cloudy skies, breezy and cloudy and breezy on sunday, 73. Were hoping to stay dry. Theres a 30 chance of rain on sunday. Tam . Well send it back to g. M. A. And see you back here in 30. child crying this is a pos, not a ppo. A ppo . Its a pos. I want a pos or i have a pos . You have a pos. So you want me to have a ppo . You have a pos, not a ppo that means. I want a ppo . child crying you have a pos, its like a hmo. It means you a referral from a pcp. A pcp . A primary care physician. A pos means i need a pcp . child crying a referral. child crying find a doctor in your network before you book. With zocdoc. Welcome back to gma. Take a look at these kids. Theyre all getting ready to go above and beyond for a remarkable art teacher taking on bullying and inspiring her students at the same time, so much in store for her. That is just ahead but first robin is inside with a very scandalous guest. Thats right, we all know tgit is back. Already trending on twitter. Come on, because the posters for tonights season five premiere says it all. Ooh, look at that. Uhhuh. Olivia and fitz final together at last. Kerry washington is here to tell us all about it but again she cops bearing gifts with a sneak peek. Take a look. Okay. See you on the flip side. Working together. An international incident. Lets. Oh. Goodbye, mister. Just to hear you say last chance. Wow. Would you give it up for k. Dub. It happens every time i come here. Its because i stalk you and dress accordingly. Its the other way around. At last thats right. Olivia and fitz together. We saw on the balcony at the end of last season. Uhhuh and people keep asking about that one commercial where its just us rolling around in the bed and i said, you know at the end of last season, he said what do we do now and olivia said, whatever we want so i guess whatever they want is a lot of rolling around in bed. We did see that. You were even surprised with the season, that it wasnt quite i know you cant tell us too much but whats funny, i think like with any other relationship, in television we tend to think when two people come together thats the end, but in life when two people come together thats the beginning and so it turns out the same is true on scandal. More chapters to be written. Whole other story. It was lovely seeing you and others on the cover of essence magazine. Shonda land. Her cover was beautiful. Viola davis, all the cast, it was really fun. All around this wonderful woman, shonda. I know. Who has created so much. What do we not know about her . What dont you know about shonda . Shonda is shonda loves fashion. She loves fashion. And she has got a great sense of humor. And you know what, shes a truly generous heart. When i think about all of us getting together for that huge portrait of all three casts all of us in a room together we all got to be there in our gowns and tuxedos and hair and makeup because shonda had an idea and put it on the page and all of the brilliant writers that she works with. Yeah, ive been there on set and have seen everyone in action and its true, when she walks out there on set, everybody is like the president is there. We should have theme music for her when she walks in the room like the president. You look beautiful at the emmys. Thank you. It was so touching to see how you were moved when viola davis, her acceptance speech. What was going flew your mind . It was such a tremendous thing. It was a great night for thursday nights on abc because regina king won for american cripple crime then viola for how to get away with murder and it was just a wonderful night to be a woman and a woman of color working in this golden age of television. It was so special and so special of viola davis to be so inclusive in her speech and give all of us shoutouts and to really talk about progress, you know, because i know for me, like you know were going into our fifth season but when i first started when we first started in our first season all anybody wanted to talk about was that there hasnt been a black woman as a lead in a network show in 40 years and now everywhere you turn there are black women on every network championing shows and so, you know, if you let us in the room, we can get the job done. You just need to let us in the room. Like viola said give us an opportunity. Thats right. Before we turn the tables im trying to take up time so we dont have to do this. No, no, no. This is very important to you and told you ill be there tonight. I want to talk about the purple purse campaign. Thank you, yes, the Allstate Purple Purse Foundation has this Amazing Initiative where for the second year in a row i have designed a bag and its a purple purse because purple is the color for Domestic Violence awareness and a purse is the center of a womans financial domain. Its where your car key, house key, wallet, cell phone, everything lives in your purse so a purple purse is to help raise awareness around financial abuse, the number one reason women stay in abusive relationships and why they go back when they leave is because they dont have a sense of Financial Freedom and so this is really about empowering women to take control of their livelihood and finances and lives. People dont talk about that. Okay, i did leave a little time tore this but that was very important to get that in. Thank you. Just give it a crank. I have two questions. The first one is from your staff here. Uhoh. If it were up to you to come up with a role for yourself on scandal, what would it be and answer well because shonda might be watching. You got pull there. I know some people. I think i know why theyre asking this. They saw me at halloween, i was as olivia pope. I want to be your evil twin sister. I love it. I love it. Yes, yes. The only problem is youre way too nice. Youre way too nice. I could try though, the evil twin sister that nobody knows about. Lets do it. Its handled. Shonda, are you watching . Okay. That was a good reading. Its my job. Number two, a fan question posted on gmas facebook. You have such beauty inside and out. I agree. What one thing did your mother and father do to make you who you are today . Oh, thats so sweet. To be kind. Parents talk about the three rs, mine were all about the three ds, about being disciplined, about determination and da lord so those are the three ds. I love that. I love that. Thats great. Well, thank you for that. I mean that could have been a lot worse and i can do another. No, thats okay. Like our serious okay. I am coming tonight for the thank you so much. For the unveiling of the purple purse. And a headsup for wearing purple. I am too so there you go. Our usual trend. Always wonderful to have k. Dub here. Watch the season premiere of scandal tonight, tonight, we got to get back in time from the reception on 9 00 here on abc. Outside to ginger. I checked my dvr three types to make sure scandal is on there. Good morning, everybody. Seated and find out why very beautiful testers that will reveal themselves into a beautiful and perfect forecast for the pope, 80 washington, d. C. Thats the big picture, lets get a check closer to home. Reporter were hoping that low Pressure Center stays to the south this weekend. For now, no issues, as we look at the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast moving from the low 60s to high of 82 under the sun partly sun, 77 on friday. Washington. Dont take a single shot. Please. Coming up, the audience getting ready to go above and beyond for one very deserving teacher. I know where my bread is buttered. I did it all it is time to go above and beyond and you are looking now at a gma viewers helping us out this morning. Its just a preview of whats about do not get old, people. Do not get old. Were going to honor another one whos gone above and beyond. That was fantastic. Bring that closer for robin. Found a fantastic teacher. Wish we could honor them all but this one has gone above and beyond with her campaign about bullying called just be but its my honor to introduce everyone to a woman that the students call miss pickle. In the fifth grade i met my wife and i felt like i had to tell somebody this story. To know heather is to love her. The students adore her. They call her miss pickle because they cant pronounce piccoli right. Why do my students call me miss pickle . Each month she holes fundraisers where the students partake. The kids realized its not always about themselves but about helping others. Just when you think youre done with one charity or fundraiser she comes up with something else. Oh weve got so much going for you were going through fertility treatments for two years and it takes a lot of time, which took away from her and her passion to be with these kids. Unfortunately unable to have children at this moment. No one deserving more, i think, to be a mother than her. But shes a mother to those kids in a way. In fifth grade i got bullied by a few kids. I would have art with miss piccoli. She made everything better. She made me feel good about myself. Good about my art and the bullies disappeared in my life. She told everyone especially me during this time just be myself. Now i am invisible heather did a commemorative art project called just be. Shes just a just be person, loving and caring and giving back. Now i am invincible heather wholeheartedly deserves this honor of above and beyond. Its been a very inspirational thing to be around this woman for 30 plus years. Now i am invincible all right, you see why we love her, robin, so you all sent me down to Virginia Beach and let the conspiracy begin. And we conspired with 700 students, all of them at her school, her friends, her husband and also john quigley, our aerial artist to find a way to honor her and knocked on her during the middle of a school day to give her the surprise of her life. Here we go. Hey there. Heather. Hey, hey, guy, how are you doing . Hey. Im t. J. Holmes for good morning america. How are you doing . Good. Good. We are here, everybody thinks because were here to do a backtoschool special. Were actually here because of you. And solely because of you. This guy brought you to our attention. Come on in here. Oh. Say hello to your wife. Hi. I know youre wondering what in the world is going on right now. Good morning america is here because you go above and beyond and we want to honor you. How old are you guys . 9. Hoping you take that jump youre going to be epic i need you all to you know where youre supposed to be. Youre going this way. Good morning, america. All right. Come on out. Come on. We got the whole school out here. I guess you know these folks. Hi. I have to get the kids to sit still. Shes here, everybody. These finally here. What do you think about all this . Im in shock. You dont know what to think. I dont know what to think. Our colleagues laid out for you. Youre the art teacher. We thought what better way to honor you with art but to really explain it and show it to you how they witnessed to honor you have to take a birdseye view and do it now. I want you to look at this monitor. I i did it all i love it. I love it. Its so awesome. I i did it all oh. There were some words that go in here as well. And were going to cue phase two. Now. So many many place, the things that i did. That is awe committee . We are going to finish the artwork by dotting the i. You are the i. Yay. We were told you have been trying to get some funds raised for your class, a 3d printer. We heard about this and what we did was get the folks the maker bot to donate a 3d printer for your class. That is for your class. Yay. This is great. Thank you. Thank you. That was so incredible. This is very, very fun to see my artwork come to life with people. And, of course, our thanks to mak makerbot for the printer and for the tshirts. Here she is, now, tell them we brought the whole crew out here. Tell me your reaction. She said im shaking. I am too. Watching that. You are a crier. I saw tears. That has to be a wonderful feeling. Teachers are so unselfish. You dont expect anything in return but it has to mean so much to you. Totally not expected and still feels very surreal. Im so sorry. Were not dong with the surprises, okay. Your students, we asked this emto just give us a drawing, give us something about miss pickle and put it together in a nice little collage. Look at it up top. Its going all of times square can see that right now. The best teacher ever. Youre the best. You got so much love do you recognize that guy. I do. Thats brad paisley. Youre a fan, am i right . I am. Now, we told mr. Paisley about your story. He was intrigued and he wanted to meet you personally so what he did was sent us six tickets to his concert thats sunday. Do you know where hes playing sunday . In Virginia Beach. Your hometown. Those tickets are yours. Youll get to go backstage and meet him. You get six tickets, six so thats one, two, three, four, five, six. Were good to go. Good to go. What do you think now. I cant wait. Thank you. Thank you. This is an honor. Thank you. Thanks for going above and beyond and thank you all here too. [ cheers and applause ] yay. I love that sign right there. All the best, have fun. Have you ever seen him in concert . Oh, yeah. But you havent met him yet. I have not met him personally. That will all change. This has been fun. The ultimate homework helper. Any parent thats tried to help their kids with homework these days knows its not so easy. Abcs becky worley got schooled in how parents can find support online. Math, its straightforward. To subtract you borrow the 1. In addition you stack and carry. Thats how you learn it, right . But parents trying to help their kids with homework these days are realizing maybe not. Counting up is subtraction and number lines are addition . Apparently theres some new ways to learn math. I dont think education is ever very just stay the same way for years and years but theres been a lot of changes with the standards, with states figuring out which standards theyre going to ask for. Reporter so parents struggling to stay involved are looking for ways to catch up. Enter the internet. 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Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Someone who has gone above and beyond for all of us here at gma is this woman right here, sunny mullen. Longtime assistant of eight years. She was in the audience about eight years had a sign, hey, i helped out in your hometown after Hurricane Katrina and now i need a job and its been wonderful, sunny. Shes moving on. Shes moving on. Little birdie. I know. Thank you, guy, for everything, seriously. Thank you. Thank you. Good morning, more security procedures go into effect today in preparation for pope francis arrival this weekend that includes the perimeter around the parkway and septa stations. For full details go to 6abc. Com. 8 56 now thursday, im Tamala Edwards. Lets head over to karen rogers last look at traffic shes got 422. Reporter we were seeing an accident on 422 westbound. We have penndot on the scene approaching trooper road. Traffic is moving better, but heavy from oaks to trooper. We had an accident on 40foot road that cleared just a minute ago. We have an accident in whitpain township cathcart road is closed. Benjamin franklin parkway is closed. A portion of kelly drive is closed it will close in its entirety tomorrow. Lets go outside to david murphy we wont be able to get you in from outside. Reporter plenty of sunshine, a nice comfortable start, tam, thats for sure. 67 degrees, a few spots ticking into the 60s. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast shows a high of 82. Similar to yesterday. 77 partly sunny on friday. For the papal visit this weekend mostly cloudy saturday, 75 degrees, some sunny breaks, breezy. Of and 7 on sunday, more clouds and tam, sunday theres a slight chance of rain, but were hoping for dry conditions. Coming up on action news at noon were getting word of a deadly stabbing in center city. Well have full details at 6abc. Com. Well take you to washington, d. C. As the pope heads to the capitol for his historic speech to congress. Live with kelly and michael is next. Im Tamala Edwards have a great thursday he has no idea whats coming. My taste so huge, yet so unexpected. Im like a boxer in a ring. A small boxer. You dont expect much. Uppercut leaving taste buds. Deliciously dizzy look his tongue is knocked out oh mom steps into the ring bring it, girlfriend rich, creamy, 100 natural cheese. Mini babybel. Snack a little bigger. And we still have no limits on Carbon Pollution which can lead to more asthma attacks in children but senator toomey has voted repeatedly to let polluters keep releasing unlimited Carbon Pollution into the air. And took more than one Million Dollars from the polluters. Tell senator toomey to vote for the clean power plan, because unlimited pollution shouldnt be a right. But playing outside should be. Its live with kelly michael. Today, star of the hit series scandal, Kerry Washington. Plus, anchor and bestselling author, bill oreilly. All next on live. 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