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Father. We just want you to come home. We miss you so much. His wife of 31 years talks about the secret note he left behind. And stuck in the sky. As a roller coaster comes to a screeching halt dozens of riders trapped 80 feet in the air. Stranded for hours on the jokers jinx ride. A dramatic rescue to bring them to safety went late into the night. We do say good morning, america, on this good friday and, whoo, some tense moments for those folks on the roller coaster. Im sure pretty tense. Good thing they werent upside down. A long time up there. We also have a lot of news overnight to share with you. The u. S. Dropping that massive bomb on isis strongholds. 36 terrorists killed in the explosion. One of the questions this morning, what will be the Ripple Effect around the world . Also, a dark warning from north korea as it gears up for that possible nuclear test. President trump saying the country is a problem that will be taken care of. And the president is now at maralago for the threeday easter weekend. We are going to begin with tough comments from north korea. A top official there says they will go to war if thats what the u. S. Wants. They are blaming President Trumps aggressive tweets for escalating tension and Martha Raddatz just arrived in seoul and, martha, the entire region on edge right now. Reporter thats right, george. North korea could test a Nuclear Weapon at any time. It will most likely be tomorrow where there are celebrations in north korea. This would be the sixth underground nuclear test for north korea. But this is very different. They have made huge advances in their Nuclear Program and in their Missile Program and what else is different here, a Trump Presidency. This would be the First Nuclear test under a Trump Presidency and he has already drawn a red line and the rhetoric is very hot, george. He has also put an Aircraft Carrier into the region. Some talk of a possible preemptive strike. Reporter he has taken nothing off the table. A preemptive strike is, of course, a possibility but i think very unlikely with a nuclear test. But whats to look for, any time they test another missile, i suppose that is a possibility. And, martha, this north Korean Nuclear threat has bedeviled every single president going back to bill clinton. Reporter it really has, george. There is not a lot different this time with the Trump Presidency other than the rhetoric and i think the danger here is some sort of miscalculation if the rhetoric gets too hot but President Trump like any other president before him would like to solve this diplomatically with chinas help. Okay, thanks to martha for that. She will be anchoring this week sunday morning from south korea. That major news out of afghanistan. The u. S. Hitting isis with the largest nonNuclear Weapon ever dropped and abcs terry moran is in london. Has the latest for us. Good morning, terry. Reporter good morning. Afghan witnesses beliliving in s miles away said they could feel the earth shake and its been seen around the world as a message about american firepower to other adversaries. This is the type of bomb the u. S. Used to strike at isis in eastern afghanistan. In this test video you can see its so huge its got to be dropped out of the hold of a c130 cargo plane tethered to a parachute before striking its target in a massive show of force. This was the right weapon against the right target. Reporter called a mother of all bombs but its nickname, moab, its the largest nonnuclear bomb the u. S. Has ever dropped in combat. The target a series of cave complexes in the achin district well suited to the rugged terrain and an air force spokesperson said one reason it was chosen was for maximizing the destruction of isis positions. We are so proud of our military and it was another successful event. Reporter President Donald Trump praised the operation. Turns out he didnt officially authorize the bomb itself. What i do is authorize my military. We have the greatest military in the world and theyve done a job as usual. So we have given them total authorization. And thats what theyre doing and, frankly, thats why theyve been so successful lately. Reporter it did not require president ial approval. Top military commanders received newly enhanced authority to fight isis in afghanistan during the Obama Administration including deciding what weapons to use. President trump was asked if the use of the mother of all bombs was meant to send a message to north korea. I dont know if this sends a message. It doesnt make any difference if it does or not. North korea is a problem. The problem will be taken care of. I will say this, i think china has really been working very hard. Reporter well, the use of this huge bomb along with the u. S. Missile trike in syria and deployment of the uss vinson are signs of a more muscular doctrine. That is what were seeing. Thanks very much. Lets talk about the moab more, the most powerful conventional bomb in the u. S. Force. It has a blast radius of one mile. Its Mushroom Cloud can be seen by 20 miles away. Each one costs 16 million and so far the u. S. Has made 20 of them. Lets talk about it with Steve Ganyard who served in the pentagon and marine corps as a fighter pilot. This was developed ten years ago. Why use it now . Its the first time theyve had the opportunity where they had isis fighters isolated from the battlefield so the rules of engagement have not changed under President Trump. The u. S. Military still goes to Great Lengths not to hurt civilians so this is the first time they had it isolated where the blast would not affect it goes across the surface. Here we have these fighters down in this deep valley, this is really rugged terrain so the blast was focused and pushed up into the caves to take out these fighters. If u. S. Fighters would have had to fight uphill and dig them out of the cave it would be dangerous so you could say they saved american lives. How do we find out the total impact here . The Afghan Government is saying it killed about 36 isis fighters. General nicholson in kabul a few minutes ago said the u. S. Has troops on the ground at the site right now so theyll go in and look for intelligence, theyll look for computer hard drives and things like that to see if they can figure out why and how theyve been operating in the area. They fear of blowback . As you said it saves american lives by taking out isis militants. The message we have to strike back now . It sends a message to isis but the real question as we watched as martha said we watch north korea here, was that heard on the other side of the world in pyongyang and will it make an impression on kim jongun . The answer . I think so. And finally here one of the things were seeing as terry said a more muscular approach from President Trump, he is giving military commanders on the ground a lot of leeway. He is. Well, the decisionmaking process has been devolved down so president obama controlled that tightly at high levels. What were see is Tactical Commanders can make decisions on the ground in iraq and afghanistan. Steve ganyard, thanks very much. President trump is back in florida and cecilia vega is in palm beach, florida, for us. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter good morning to you. The president is already here, in fact, his son don jr. Is here tweeting photos from his arrival on air force one yesterday. This is, of course, a Holiday Weekend for President Trump. He will be celebrating easter here at maralago. He, in fact, doesnt have anything on his schedule today as he moves forward through the Holiday Weekend. Doesnt appear he brought any of his senior staff with him on this trip as global tensions are flaring around the world we asked which military advisers would accompany the many president on the trip to keep him abreast and they would not give us any names but we do know, robin, the president will keep a close eye especially on that situation in north korea from here in maralago today. No doubt, all right, cecilia. Have a good weekend yourself, thank you. Michael. To the overnight fire at the Bellagio Hotel in las vegas. The blaze shutting down the strip, firefighters responding within minutes to fight the fire. Abcs Kayna Whitworth has the details. Good morning, kayna. Reporter hey, michael, good morning. It was a huge fire at one of the most iconic spots on the Las Vegas Strip. The roof of the baj hotel erupting in flames just after 10 30 last night. The famous vegas strip packed with people, watching the flames burning over the bellagio fountain for about 20 minutes. Over 75 firefighters rushing to the scene getting the fire under control. Nobody was hurt but its causing a headache for guests and las vegas tourists, the strip closing to traffic near the casino until that blaze is under control. Now, the Bellagio Hotel one of the largest in the world with nearly 4,000 rooms. And as of now, Hotel Operations are running normally and operators there tell us the fire happened above the retail shops and, robin, this morning the cause is still being investigated. All right. Okay, kayna, thank you. Now to new revelations about that incident on that United Airlines flight where a doctor was dragged off the plane sparking international routerage. His daughter and lawyer speaking out about the serious injuries he suffered. Abcs rebecca jarvis, you know shes been on the story from the very beginning and has more. Good morning. Good morning to you. Weve seen those passenger videos, talked exclusively to the united ceo and now for the first time were hearing dr. Dao a side of the story. His attorney saying dao is hoping recover quietly and never set foot on another airplane again. What happened to my dad should have never happened to any human being regardless of the circumstance. Reporter dr. David daos daughter alongside his lawyers for the first time speaking out about her fathers forcible removal from that now infamous united flight. We were horrified and shocked and sickened to learn what had happened to him and to see what had happened to him. Reporter in a press conference daos Attorney Says the doctor is out of the hospital and recovering in an n undisclosed location dealing with a broken nose, concussion, two knocked out teeth and Sinus Problems that may require surgery. Will there be a lawsuit . Yeah, probably. Reporter daos lawyer says he sees a potential lawsuit as a way to push back against what he calls a culture of corporate bullies pointing to this moment from our exclusive interview with uniteds ceo oscar munoz. Do you think hes at fault in any way . No, he cant be. He was a paying passenger sitting on our seat and our aircraft and no one should be treated that way, period. He was asked point blank did dr. Dao do anything wrong . You know what he did, he hesitated. He hesitated. And in front of chicago lawmakers uniteds Vice President of operations at ohare repeated the companys public apology. United also released a new statement restressing their commitment to making the situation right and making sure this never happens again, robin. All right, rebecca, thank you. Our chief legal analyst dan abrams is here now. We apparently saw that the lawyer was watching rebeccas interview with the ceo. Whats the strategy behind holding that press conference yesterday . Well, look, i think that they are drawing a line in the sand and theyre making it very clear that theyre going to sue. But, look, i think what hes also trying to do is make it sound like this isnt just about the doctor. This is about all of you. Im going to be fighting for all of you. And yet lets be clear, changes are going to be afoot with or without this lawsuit. Federal investigators are looking into this and the country is sharing that video on social media. This says nothing about the lawsuit and the merits of it. The bottom line is change is going to happen, not because of this lawsuit. Typically civil lawsuits can lead to change, right. Companies wont make changes. They wont do things and people say the only way to hold them accountable is with a lawsuit. In this case theyre going to be held accountable in the court of public opinion. Because of that video. Because of that video. Exactly. And as we keep saying it was the police, not United Airlines that dragged him off that plane. Thats right and thats going to be the legal question is was the force used reasonable or unreasonable . I dont think its any question its going to be viewed as unreasonable. The Police Officers have been put on administrative leave, et cetera. But when youre talking about this legally, the question is going to be damages, right . And thats why his injuries are so important. Thats why his attorney was focusing on how much he suffered here because when youre talking about money damages, how badly you were hurt matters. Its an ugly thing to talk about, right which is how much money is someone entitled to because their teeth were knocked out, et cetera. But those become the questions that juries have to grapple with every day when saying, how much should we award in a case like this . So, thats going to be the actions of the police but you can count on the fact that theyre going to want to lump united in with this as much as possible and hold them responsible. Quite a story. Dan, thank you. Going to move on to that threat against churches on Easter Sunday made by the fugitive Joseph Jakubowski who is on the run after sending an angry man fegs to to President Trump and robbing a gun show. Abcs Adrienne Bankert has details. Good morning, adrienne. Reporter good morning. The fbi still offering a 20,000 reward releasing an altered photo of Joseph Jakubowski without hair in the event he changed his appearance. Overnight investigators looking into his separate letter mailed by someone claiming to be Joseph Jakubowski, directed at unspecified churches in the milwaukee area, threatening unspecified violence this Easter Sunday. The manhunt in its tenth day sparked by jakubowski stealing 18 guns from this gun store before burning up his car. The number of weapons he took, we feel that he is posing a threat. Reporter and we have new details on that manifesto mailed to President Trump seen in the hands of that fugitive in video thats left janesville, wisconsin, on edge. Game time. Reporter milwaukee station wtmj obtaining 35 pages from jakubowskis handwritten letter calling the government a gang of terrorists, writing, we the people should be out for these sickminded people belonging to the system. We need to spill their blood adding i choose my death to be carried out by the hands of the president , not in secret either. On live tv. It appears that copies of it are surfacing around. We received one from a citizen that came forward and the original one did go to the white house. Reporter authorities speaking out as to whats inside those 161 pages. He speaks of his of the police being used to keep average citizens enslaved, religion as a whole is bad. Reporter and that now infamous manifestos antireligious rhetoric another with possible threat this morning has Police Working with local churches to come up with some type of safety plan for Easter Services this sunday. Yeah, a lot of concern about that this weekend. Thank you. Absolutely. Thank you, guys. Now to that to two dozen roller coaster rideers in maryland who got a longer ride than expected stuck for hours 0 feet in the air and david kerley is in Prince Georges County where it all happened. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning, michael. These thrill riders got a spring break scare yesterday when their roller coaster got stuck 100 feet in the air. Firefighters started the rescue with ladders and pulled Children First and then started bringing out the adults. It only lasts a minute 15 and four hours into the darkness to get all those people off the roller coaster and the Amusement Park here is telling abc news the jokers jinx did not complete its regular ride cycle causing it to stop at a safe location on the track adding that the ride will be closed for a thorough inspection before it reopens and, michael, were told that most of the folks last night were actually calm so firefighters took their time getting them out. This isnt the first time this ride has had problems. Reporter no, in fact, back in 2014 the same ride also got stuck at about 75 feet into the air. They were able to get everybody off safely that time as well, michael. Thank you, david kerley. I couldnt imagine. Lets go to six flags this weekend. Im good. But thanks just the same. To ginger though with the latest on the flooding and snow. We wish it wouldnt come this fast but its a great water year. The wettest water year on record there could be an isolated tornados, saturday, kansas gets into it, back to western oklahoma including woodward. Local weather next, Weekend Getaway brought to you by mazda. Reporter good morning, everyone on good friday, we have dry conditions on Storm Tracker 6 live double scan. As we take a look outside theres a mix of clouds and clear skies overhead right now. Youre getting partly sunny conditions to starting point out. Its a little bit chilly, most neighborhoods in the 40s not a lot of wind. 50 degrees in philadelphia. Most of you in the 40s at this point. The seven day from accuweather shows a high of 67 later on. Pleasant enough conditions with more sun in the afternoon. Good for the union tonight, 66 saturday, 85 sunday. Thats why im sitting up here. Youre welcome. Thank you, ginger zee. Coming up an abc news exclusive. The family of that teacher missing for a month with his 15yearold student, well, his family is pleading for him to come home. 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Welcome back to gma. Take a look at this brandnew video thats just come in that shows the explosion from that moab, the mother of all bombs that destroyed isis caves in afghanistan. You can see that giant blast going off in the mountains and the Afghan Government says that 36 isis fighters were killed in that bombing. Again, this is new video thats been coming in. Also right now, breaking overnight, new threats from north korea of a possible Nuclear Missile launch. This morning north koreas foreign minister says of the u. S. , quote, we will go to war if they choose. A brush fire in colorado burned 14 acres. The blast too fast moving to send firefighters into the area on foot. Authorities are calling the source of the blaze suspicious. We are going to begin this half hour with an abc news exclusive. The wife and daughters of the teacher accused of kidnapping a student, that family is is going public pleading for him to come home. Abcs eva pilgrim sat down with that family. Good morning, eva. Reporter good morning, robin. These two have been missing for a month. Investigators say they have no idea where they can be. This morning tad cummins family says they just want him to come home. We had everything we ever wanted and i really truly believe that he loved me. Reporter this morning the wife of the tennessee teacher on the run accused of kidnapping his 15yearold student is breaking his silence. I go from feeling so hurt i cant function to really mad. Its very selfish of him to have done this to us so im mad part of the time and then sometimes i have this peace that comes from god and i do love him, but i dont trust him anymore. Hes totally betrayed my. Reporter 50yearold tad cummins is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with 15yearold elizabeth thomas. The pair missing for more than a month last spotted by this walmart surveillance camera in Oklahoma City on march 15th. Two days after they disappeared from columbia, tennessee, almost 700 miles away. Kind of like a death because the tad i knew is gone. Reporter jill cummins reported her husband of more than 30 years missing after finding a note at home. Did you realize all of a sudden that he had been lying about everything. At that moment then i knew that it was all a lie. Reporter jill thought her husband was mentoring elizabeth. She and her husband even taking the teen to church. She would come to him with her problems about her past. I think its a question that a lot of people have. They see that you knew her, that you interacted with them then they say how did she not know something was up. I think a lot of people didnt know. He was friendly with everyone. I mean, a caring person. Reporter investigators say tad cummins planned his escape search and recove searching age of consent and how to marry a teen. The two are staying out of the public eye. Did you ever hear him talking about being off the grid or we used to watch tv shows together about that sort of thing. Did he even have camping gear . Not really. A little bit but he didnt take it with him. Reporter the car they were last seen in this silver think san suv. His wifes car he took. Why do you think he left . I think he left because he was so ashamed of what had happened. He couldnt face me or anyone and he didnt want to face the consequences and so he thought that was his only choice. Was just to leave. Reporter tad cummins didnt just leave behind his wife, he also left behind his two children. His daughter erica says she saw her dad the night before he disappeared. He looked in my eyes and went on like normal. Reporter his daughters with a message for their dad this morning. Theres one thing that he has reminded us for our entire life and thats romans 8 28 and that is god uses all things for the glory of those that love the lord and are called according to his purposes. And that means even this. No matter where you are, daddy, no matter what youve done we just want you to come home. We miss you so much. Were here for you no matter what anytime, anyplace, anywhere. Reporter while his wife has now filed for divorce she says she is hopeful he will come home. Do you still love him . Of course, i love him. I forgive him and i still love him but that doesnt mean i could ever trust him again because he betrayed my trust to a point that is totally broken. Reporter his family is hopeful that he will see their message and that both will return safely. They are hopeful that this will end peacefully, robin. We all do, all right, eva, thank you. We will bring in brad garrett. Hes joining us from washington. And its been more than a month now since the two have been since they disappeared. Should authorities change their search tactics if they havent done so already . The problem, robin, in highprofile cases is you are flooded with leads that are worthless. And i think they have like 1400 leads. Theyve maybe narrowed those down to 300 plus and so you start whittling away, but if you dont have a direction of flight and you dont have any hook, a hook like a telephone call, an email message, a text, instagram, you name it, that will pull investigators a particular direction, you know, geographically, youre a bit stuck. So, where do you go . You go to where tad has a history. Whether its in this country or someplace else and you look to see if possibly they have moved in that direction. You have one flight direction obviously to oklahoma, but thats now a month old so its really a big problem, i will tell you, in narrowing the search. That search, you said, yes, they were spotted at that walmart in oklahoma but other than that they have not been seen and there have not been hits on their credit card or bank withdrawal. How do you think theyve been able to stay off the grid. A number of ways. Did tad prelocate, food, shelter, et cetera. He took 4,000 or 5,000 with him. Thats not going to last very long. So, the sense is in my mind they have gotten to some location, whether that be to the west in the united states, could they have gotten into mexico or canada . Of course, they could have. There are remote places you can cross without going through customs and border protection. And at some point you need food. You need shelter, all these things involve other people and so that is the hope theyll be spotted somewhere, right . Robin, thats what catches fugitives. We all need those three things and our ability to reach out in this fugitive capacity is very limited because somebody is going to spot us, so, you know, eventually assuming this is not ended badly, im hoping thats not the case that theyll be found in were all hoping that it hasnt ended badly. Brad, thank you very much. Thank you, robin. Coming up, outrage is growing over one contestants outing of another on survivor. 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Reporter survivor contestant jeff varner outer zeke smith as transgender in front of the entire cast, cameras rolling. Why havent you told anyone youre transgender . Reporter the tribe reacting in outrage. What im showing is a deception. But thats personal. It has nothing to do with reporter the revelation came as varner, a 50yearold Real Estate Broker fought to stay on the aisle. Smith a 29yearold new york based asset manager first reacting in stunned silence. Then explaining why he chose not to share his gender identity with the group. Because i didnt want to be like the trans survivor player but zeke the survivor playing. Later telling the talk bt about his shock. There was this primal instinct that said run. But i knew i couldnt run because i came to survivor to confront great challenges. I think this is as painful and awkward a thing as has ever happened on survivor and reinforced centuries of prejudice against trans people by making it seem like being trans is inherently deceptive. Reporter cbs consulted with both saying we believe this episode has provided an unexpected but important dialogue about acceptance and treating transgender people with respect. After the episode aired, varner posted a lengthy apology on twitter writing, let me be clear, outing someone is assault. It can leave scars that haunt for a life 7 time. I am profoundly sorry. In the end varner was forced off the island. But not before offering smith a contrite hug. I knew that it was up to me whether or not that night devolved into yelling or chaos or we could all rise above and find something positive in it. Reporter while smith has forgiven varner he said is doesnt require friendship. He said its dangerous and unacceptable to out a transgender person. This wasnt about desession. He said this is about him living authentically which is the complete opposite. Glaad thought it was acceptable to air this. They work with them and made sure smith had an opportunity to speak his mind and went on the talk and wrote a piece for the hollywood reporter. Thats important. Over to michael. George, coming up on our big board, the saturday night live scandal. Did the show steal another comedians skit . Hmm. Plus, the teen girl whos kicking her way into history on the football field. Shes here live when we come back in two minutes. avo did you know two areas of your brain can make it hard to lose weight . Contrave is an fdaapproved weightloss medicine that may help adults who are overweight or struggle with obesity lose weight and keep it off. Contrave is believed to work on two areas of the brain your hunger center. woman im so hungry. avo to reduce hunger. And your reward system. woman ice cream. French fries. avo to help control cravings. 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The controversy centering around a sketch starring host louis c. K. That aired last weekend. Comedian tig notaro claiming snl potentially plagiarized her 015 short film. And, you know, she said shes extremely disappointed and you kind of the similarities, hmm. You scratch your head. Okay, you heard this already. Ill let the folks be the judge. You have seen it clearly here. So everybody, you tell me what you think. You think this is plagiarism. So, where is the birthday boy, little ernie, right . Its me. Come again. Im earnest, its my birthday. So, do you want should we wait for everyone else to show up . Nope, its just me. Whenever youre ready. Am i early . No. No one else is showing up . Huhuh. Okay. So you want me to just run it for you . Yeah. So, what do you think . Dont put me in the middle of this. It all centers around someone is bored at home and orders a clown. She put that out in 2015. He did it just this past weekend. She claims absolutely the similarities are too close and snl has been accused of this time and time again. They have in now, why this one is big because tig notaro is the most highprofile person to ever accuse them of stealing a joke. So, why i mean i agree, a lot of similarities in that but why does tig and others think its more than just a coincidence. First you look at it and she found out that somebody who worked on that skit for him actually somebody who was well aware. She knows knew about the production of her skit. Worked on both in yeah and the rest of the statement, i did find it expecting. I hesitated to even address any of this but i think it is only right to defend my work and my ideas. She might not have any recourse necessarily because its hard legally to prove plagiarism on this level because parallel thinking. Everybody is coming up with new material, great minds think alike but its not a good look with somebody this high profile accusing the behemoth of snl of stealing their work. One of the biggest comedians, louis c. K. In the middle of it as well. Thank you, t. J. That beard. Somebody had to see it. I left it alone. Plagiarizing my beard. All right, our next story, an 18yearold football star, well, shes kicking her way into the history books this week. Becca longo, High School Senior in arizona became the first female to earn a scholarship with a Top Tier College team, the field goal kicker signing a letter of intent with adams state university. There you can see it right there and shes joining us from her new college in colorado. Becca, we have to applaud you and say, well, well done, congratulations. And when you finally thank you. When you finally got the news you heard about this moment, how excited were you . I didnt believe that it was true. I just remember sitting there and coach todd saying i was the first girl to ever do that and anybody who watched the video can see my jaw like hit the floor. I was so blown away. And, you know, everyone is making a big deal out of it. You just want to get out there and play football and everybody is looking through the record books. This is a first and there have been walkons and other women to do it and similar capacities but never a full ride like this. When did you think this could be a possibility . When did it become you started playing late in high school, right . Yeah, i started playing my sophomore year and then i transferred schools so i had to sit out my junior year and i didnt get to play until my senior year so i only really played two seasons and i didnt really expect to play after high school until sort of the middle of my senior season which is like kind of late. But you have some medical setbacks as well. What made you keep going . It would have been easy to say im injured, this is a boys sport but you kept pushing for it. What made you do that . Yeah, well, the doctors told me that i couldnt play sports ever again and i just kind of like used that as motivation to prove them wrong. And i love both of my sports too much to just give up and spent too much time and money and effort to let it go. Whats your message for a little girl watching and going to her mommy going, shes playing football in college. Shes got a scholarship. What is your message for little girls who maybe want to play football or anything that they dont normally see someone like themselves doing . I just want them to go out and do whatever they love to do. If they want to play football, go out and play football. If they want to play hockey they can go out and play hockey. Just dont listen to all the negativity because youre going to get a lot of it and just go do what you love. A great message. And youre doing it. Thanks for getting up early. Yes. Congratulations again. Very happy for you, becca. Very happy for that beard, t. J. Thank you. Ill shave on monday, okay, robin. No, keep it. Thanks to everyone. Coming up, dashing rumors of a reunion ben affleck and Jennifer Garner are one step closer to making their split official. How the stars are trying to make their divorce applicable and they are doing just that. Hi, im frank. I take movantik for oic, opioidinduced constipation. Had a bad back injury, my doctor prescribed opioids which helped with the chronic pain, but backed me up bigtime. Tried prunes, laxatives, still constipated. Had to talk to my doctor. She said, how long you been holding this in . laughs that was my movantik moment. My doctor told me that movantik is specifically designed for oic and can help you go more often. Dont take movantik if you have a bowel blockage or a history of them. 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The horse came from Fairmont Park and landed on richmond street where it was blocking all lanes, they put it away in a trailer and traffic is moving better. We have a handful of accidents that popped up. One in new jersey on the turnpike southbound near 206. Inboard in bordentown, new jersey, watch for an accident there. The traffic is very light volume throughout the region. No delays, but a couple of does not one with injuries at lafayette hill, joshua road at flourtown road. Grab your jacket as you head outside, sky6 live hd looking at the Commodore Barry bridge. David murphy outside with the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Reporter jennette that sweep of clouds we were looking for is push into the region. Still rays of sunshine over the city. 52 degrees not much wind, but jacket weather to start out. This afternoon we expect sunshine to reemerge behind the Morning Cloud cover. 67 degrees for good friday. Cold heading out for a union game and dinner and a movie. Sun and clouds tomorrow, 66. A stray shower around. Sunday, warm, high of 85. We may see a thundershower, but probably not until late in the day or evening. A few a nice Easter Sunday, jennette. A 22yearold man was shot and killed outside a West Philadelphia neighborhood. A fight spilled out from the bar on to the street. The victim was shot in the back. It is not known if he was involved in the fight. Action news continues in a half hour. Im Jeanette Reyes, stay tuned for more Good Morning America. Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. Breaking overnight a new warning from north korea. They accuse President Trump of making trouble with his aggressive tweets. Trump calls it a problem country. As the north Korean Nuclear test looms this weekend, this comes after the u. S. Dropped a socalled mother of all bombs ten tons of explosives blasting isis caves, the Ripple Effect this morning. Also this morning, ben affleck and Jennifer Garner officially filing for divorce separated almost two years. What sources close to the stars are saying this morning. Celebrating 40 years of star wars, mark hamel talking to our cameras about carrie fisher. How he says she took command like nobody else and who he is calling the new Luke Skywalker. All that and josh groban here with one blockbuster surprise thats taking over all of times square like youve never seen before here. And hes here to say good morning, america [ cheers and applause ] good morning, america. On this good friday. That was quite a welcome from josh groban and from our audience here. Thats right and josh brought the cast of the hit broad way show the great comet and they have a spectacular, spectacular performance, something that we rarely see here on the stage. All right. Wow. I saw the rehearsal. Its like, wow, they take all they take over. Josh approves. Man, im going to get out of this and put on a fat suit and its going to be awesome. You do it all. Look at that nice young man in row one. Im a big fan. Speaking of suits, the easter bunny is here, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] what do you mean . For real. What do you mean . Yeah. Easter bunny is helping us have fun in the studio kicking off our easter weekend with an easter egg hunt. The kiddies there. Hopping. Giving all the kids all you kids out there, keep an eye out for shes sparkly eggs and doesnt matter if youre not in the studio, join us on the egg hunt on social media. Tweet us with the gmaegghunt. A lot coming up but first news from tom llamas . We begin with the rising tensions in the showdown with north korea. This morning the vice foreign minister of north korea accused President Trump of, quote, making trouble with his aggressive tweets and said the north is ready for war if thats what President Trump wants. This comes as north korea prepares for a possible Nuclear Weapons test as early as tomorrow. Abcs Martha Raddatz is tracking the developments from seoul, south korea. Martha, good morning. Reporter good morning, tom. North korea could test a Nuclear Weapon at any time. It will most likely come on saturday when their celebrations are in north korea. This would be the sixth underground nuclear test for north korea but the first of the Trump Presidency and the rhetoric has been very strong on both sides. We have seen that rhetoric before. President trump has not taken any military options off the table. Tom. Well be following this story closely. All right, martha, thank you. Sticking in military venlts the socalled mother of all bombs has reportedly killed at least 36 isis fighters in afghanistan. Video released this morning shows the most powerful nonnuclear bomb in the u. S. Arsenal with 22,000 bombs of explosives targeting a network of caves. Its the first time its been used. Each bomb costs 16 million. It was authorized and in place before President Trump took office. The Las Vegas Strip has reopened after a fire at the Bellagio Hotel. Flames broke out on the roof. Crews knocked down the fire in about 20 minutes. Investigators are trying to determine what caused it. In georgia, a Second Police officer has been fired for punching a suspect during a routine traffic stop. Even though the man had raised his hands, moments later with the syria in handcuffs another officer runs in and kicks him in the head. The officers are now under criminal investigation. Two secret Service Agents have been fired for allowing a man carrying mace to jump the fence at the white house last month and roam the grounds for 16 minutes approaching the entrance before he was finally caught. College students who travel for spring break are being warned about a mumps outbreak thats now the worst in more than two decades. Officials in texas are reporting multiple outbreaks including one on south padre island, a popular spring break destination, students are vulnerable because the virus spreads through close personal contact from coughing or sharing cups. Finally on this friday, the fastest way to get a crying baby down, maybe play some marvin gaye. Check this out. Ive been really trying baby trying to hold back this feeling for so long. You saw it right there. 1yearold breland stops everything to, of course, get it on but, guys, on a serious note the Surgeon General warning if you listen to too much marvin gaye you tend to have more babies so we want you to know that as well. [ applause ] we laugh but its true. Its true. Her first boyfriend will know what to do. Yes, indeed. But all that little move she had. Youre going to make us move too with pop news. Lets get it on [ applause ] friday morning, happy friday, tgif. Time for pop news and we begin with some movie news. Goldie hawn and amy schumer may look like naturals on screen as mother daughter in their upcoming jim snatched but they are revealing that goldie almost did not get the part. For the cover story Entertainment Weekly she says production did not want her on board in the beginning and schumer had to really fight for her, refused to take no for an answer. The casting ordeal was a teachable moment for amy who says no ego approach to acting and unconditional love on set showed amy more than she had ever expected. Yeah. And that movie looks hilarious. Cant imagine them not together. I cannot imagine this movie without the two of them. Ive seen the trailers. Im anticipating this one. That will be great. Absolutely. Also in pop news this morning, eddie murphy and arsenio hall coming to america again . I hope so. That movie was great. It was great. If you havent seen this movie, please find it. It is a classic. The original screenwriters have signed on to write a sequel to the 1988 classic. 88 . Which starred eddie as an african prince. And showcased samuel jackson, James Earl Jones among others. Still no word yet on whether or not eddie or arsenio or actor john landis will be back but eddie tweeted about this project, so theres some buzz. Theres some buzz. You need it. Come on. [ applause ] absolutely. Two movies were looking forward to. Finally its springtime. If youre feeling love in the air and want in on the action, some helpful advice from your friends at pop news. Scrap your current profile picture and let a stranger pick one for you. Its a new study that finds that strangers are much better than you are at picking pictures that will be perceived well by others. I think that makes sense, you guys. I think a surprise to everyone in the audience. Yeah, to me i think were often very hard on ourselves and we like one certain smile and were not looking at the full picture, no pun intended. Researchers in australia asked over 100 students to select photos of themselves that they thought would look great as a profile picture and asked strangers to do the same for them. Both choices were shown to a third group and rated the subjects on how attractive, trustworthy and confident that picture appeared of the person. Without fail the pictures people had selected for themself made a less favorable impression than those selected by strangers. Wow. Without across the board. Who is changing their profile pic . After the show. I was going to say we can do a pick each other profile party. Maybe thats why. I dont know if this happened to you but people said you look so much better than you do on tv. Oh, yeah, younger, taller. So, im ugly on tv. You dont flow how to take that every single morning. We all get that. It just happens. You look so much better. With a lot of enthusiasm. We had a lot of enthusiasm for this week of pop news. Thank you, lara. Of course. [ applause ] coming up ben affleck and Jennifer Garner officially file for divorce. How the stars are moving Forward Together with their children in mind. Plus, star wars celebrates 40 years, everybody. Were going to find out what mark hamel says about the future of Luke Skywalker. Gmas morning menu is brought to you by chickfila. That trop50 could taste so good and still have 50 fewer calories. Can i stop, jane . No. Trop50. Tastes so good you wont believe it has 50 fewer calories. We believe in food thats anaturally beautiful, fresh and nutritious. So there are no artificial colors, no artificial flavors, no artificial preservatives in any of the food we sell. We believe in real food. Whole foods market. Latest on ben affleck and Jennifer Garner. Almost two years after announcing their separation, the hollywood couple officially, theyve officially filed for divorce and linsey davis has more on how theyre moving forward and hamming all this. Good morning. Good morning to all of you. Despite many wishful story lines in recent months suggesting that ben and jen were getting back together that they had reconciled the headline today is that the divorce is still happening. It apeers what would have been a 12year marriage this yuen is it finally over. Their hollywood romance has officially come to an end. Jennifer garner and ben affleck have filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences two years after the couples split. Their divorce is completely amicable and the way they filed points to that. Didnt use an attorney and asking for the same thing. Reporter they met in 2001 on the set of pearl harbor and fell in love two years later while filming daredevil and married in the summer of 2005. Their ten years of marriage were turbulent at times with their jobs putting them miles apart. You cant go for too long without being together as a unit. You cant facetime is a must time for us. Reporter when affleck won best picture for argo in 2013 he publicly thanked his wife for pushing through. I want to thank you for working on our marriage for 10 christmases, its good. It is work but its the best kind of work and theres no one id rather work with. Reporter but in 2015 the couple announced their separation through this joint statement saying, we have made the difficult decision to divorce. We go forward with love and friendship for one another and a commitment to coparenting our children. Garner and affleck say theyre now putting their three kids first. They have focused on coparenting. Theyve traveled together. Theyve done Family Vacations together. Hes lived in the same house with them for the majority of the time. They even spent about a month together in europe on a family sort of vacation as he filmed justice league. Reporter the stars are both asking for joint custody. Many are wondering why now. Questioning why after two years of being separated that theyre officially calling it quits. Sources close to the stars say that this has been a plan all along and now is just their time. Both garner and affleck will represent themselves as they come to a financial settlement. This is amicable. Sounds like they were taking their time to make sure the kids are okay. Ages 5 to 11 and while so many people had hoped they would be able to work it out in the end its not to be so but the kids are the priority. Thanks so much. Coming up star wars celebrating 40 years of the epic saga. Harrison ford reveals how he got cast as solo and mark hamill remembers carrie fisher. If youve tried every pill on the shelf to treat your tough nasal allergies. Listen up. Unlike pills that dont treat congestion, clarispray covers 100 percent of your nasal allergy symptoms. Clarispray. From the makers of claritin. Moms know their kids need love, encouragement and milk. 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My favorite and our hyper bunny hopping across the screen with our easter egg harbor new jersey, close to 80 degrees, sunshine on sunday. You having fun . Our best looking audience member right hear, i want to point her out. Lets get a check closer to home him. Reporter were off to a cool and dry start. Storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you the dry part of the story. A few clouds, rays of sunshine, clouds in the morning, sunshine in the afternoon. Temperatures in the low 40s and 50s. Temperatures on in the 60s. Union play tonight. No problem no rain. Sun and clouds tomorrow, 665 stray shower. Looking at 85 on sunday, with a late day or evening thundershower. 40 years since the first star wars movie hit theaters. Fast. Time goes fast. It has become a global phenomenon and this week some of the millions of fans are celebrating the milestone and one of those is paula faris and shes in orlando. Good morning, paula. Reporter hey there. Michael, how are you doing . Were up bright and early here in orlando and i got to tell you if you want the star wars experience, look no further than here. Disneys hollywood studios, you can see the Star Wars Launch bay behind me but this weekend as you mentioned, michael, its all about the 40th anniversary of the franchise, the Star Wars Celebration and tens of thousands of tickets were sold and if they attended yesterday the fans that attended they got the surprise of a lifetime. For star wars nerds it doesnt get any better than this. Yeah. Good morning, america. May the force be with you. Can you do a chewy impression . [ chewy noises ] do you have a crush on bb8 . I think thats a yes. With surprise appearances from jedi royalty. George lucas. Ladies and gentlemen, bob hamell. Harrison ford. Reporter han solo even poking fun at his recent series of midair mishaps. In the end i asked him, i said, this is about spaceships flying, stuff like that i said do you know how to fly. Fly, yeah, land, no. This is a ship that made the run in 14 12. Reporter fans hoping for hinces about the last jedi sadly getting nothing. Classified really. Reporter but mark hamill preaching patience. Its not that long believe me. Itll be here before you know it. I know all about waiting. Reporter not forgotten the powerful memory of the late carrie fisher. I love you. I know. I loved in the original that carrie was the take charge person. You call this a plan. Give me that gun and made harrison and i look like churches. What the hell are you doing . Somebody has to save our skins. Reporte no one had ever challenged han solo before and luke was head over heels for the girl and took command like nobody else and now for the protagonist to be the woman. Shes the new Luke Skywalker and it was fun to see how empowering it was for girls and women then and to see the tradition continue, its wonderful. You can do anything. You dont have to be restrained by gender. With that so its time for a quick wardrobe change. Ill be right back. The force is with me. You know how to use one of those . Hes a wimp. I told you the girls always win. Now you guys, the stormtroopers have been sent in as you can see to intimidate me and make sure i dont give away any confidential information about the last jedi or the franchise. Bb8 will find a permanent home in the launch bay and this celebration, it goes through sunday. All right. Thank you, paula. She looked comfortable with that lightsaber. I think theyre afraid of her. Forget about she being afraid of them. Coming up when we come back, josh groban who is here live to perform with the cast of his broadway way the great comet so stay right there. Well be right back. Good morning im Jeanette Reyes, it is 8 27 friday april 14. Lets goat over to karen rogers with the action news traffic report. Its good overall, how is 295 looking . Reporter we have light volume, but a bunch of accidents. One in new jersey, 295 southbound at 561 as you head toward voorhees an accident involve a tractortrailer. A tow truck is on the scene and police scrs, as police cars,s well. Another accident on the new jersey turnpike southbound approaching 206 in Burlington County southbound thats off to the shoulder now. Hardly any volume at all on the schuylkill expressway. Not too many people go to work between the blue route and the vine light volume in either direction. A fire location 17th and Spring Garden. A lunch truck caught fire. They had to shut down 17th. Use 14th and 15th as the alternates. Lets go outside to david murphy he has the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. David cooler today. All we kneed is goats on the highway and we have the whole package. Cloudy sunny breaks every now and then, 52 in philadelphia. Many of the suburbs in the upper 40s. Well climb on good friday and more sunshine this afternoon high of 67 degrees. Cool for the union and anything else you want to do later tonight. Sun and clouds tomorrow, 66 degrees a stray shower. Easter sunday is looking very warm. 60 to 63 degrees at sunrise, 85 degrees then as we head into the afternoon, any rain holds off until evening on sunday, jennette. Thats it for action news, were back in a halfhour. Im Jeanette Reyes, stay tuned for more Good Morning America. Back here, good morning, america. What a wonderful audience that we have all week. Okay, the easter bunny is really making himself at home. Very much feeling at home. And you know who else always has a home here. Our good friend singing sensation turned broadway showstopper josh groban. [ cheers and applause ] wow. Hi. You put on some weight. Hey, baby. Hello. Hollow. I dont know who has more padding, me or the easter bunny. This is like one of those weird dreams you have, so i was at the desk at Good Morning America and im dressed as pierre from war and peace. It was nuts. The show is based on the book war and peace. Truth be told how many of us have read war and peace . You did . I read just through where the musical ends, its a i saw the miniseries which was wonderful. Its based on a 70page slif, brilliant composer dave malloy was reading it and found this section he thought would be turned so beautifully into a musical where theres this love triangle and pierre is having this fight with himself and the world and so, yeah, he was inspired by that one section. If it was pierre not josh talking on the show right now, how would you greet us . With a chug of champagne and a burp and a great pity for all of you and your vanities. Good to know your audience. Digging the beard. Loving that but im hearing not everyone, like your manager wanted to you clean up a little bit why . I feel these arent even predescription, by the way. I feel like ive always wanted to grow one but i never had an excuse to so, yeah, the fact that i needed to have kind of a tolstoyian russian beard keeps me warm. This has been a very cold winter and its nice. I can hide coins and snacks. Yeah. Look, im going im probably going to shave it off when the show is done but for the moment im enjoying going method with it. I like it. [ applause ] look, when you walked out i said you have on a fat suit. A little pudge here. Got some pudge here and some junk here. Yeah, do you in and the costuming in this show is unbelievable. I mean, every detail of our set, at the imperial as youll see, this is truly the most brilliant cast of musicians and articles that ive ever had the pleasure of working with and youll see their cost opportunities. One has this beautiful white coat. Its incredible. You cant help but fall into the world when you get ready. Speaking of falling the fat suit, winter coat, fur coat it helped you because you fell into the okay tra pit. Our stage for those that come to see it theres lot of stairs and lots of areas where you can hurt yourself in the way that our set designer designed this immessive 360degree world this there but theres lots of places you can strain your ankle and trip. I fell right into the pit during a drunken dance manuroment. You werent really drunk. No. Cleaning that up for people at home. I was just acting drunk. Yes. But in my acting of drunkenness i did, i fell into i fell right into the drum set but i didnt feel a thing. It was wonderful. A lot of big guests coming by. Yeah, and the thing is when youve got seats that are literally at your knees every night, you cant just you cant hide in the darkness of the theater so when theres a celebrity that you admire, its very nerveracking. One of my favorite people we had dr. Neal degrasse tyson. Im a big diabetes buff and i think hes just brilliance and our show is called Natasha Pierre the great comet of 1812 so why not have a brilliant astrophysicist out there and i got to sing the word parabola for him. I was there. You were hidden. Its easy. I was wondering does anyone ever fall into the audience because it is really cool how they set this up. Youre doing the play within the audience. Definitely. So fun for the audience to be a part of it. Sometimes they get really involved and sometimes theyre like why did i pay for this seat and it depends on the mood of each audience member how much we give them shakers for one song, sometimes they get a little overzealous and a little grab by but, again, i dont feel it so its fine and, you know, its a wonderful time and the thing is, you foe, eight shows a week because of that immessiveness you never know what our getting to get out. Youre so well known for your beautiful singing voice but when we go to the show youve changed it. Its a little rougher. It was a big challenge for me vocally to dive into the world of this character who is very fringy. Hes not angelic. He has moments of great bliss with his singing and purity with his singing but he appears rough around the edges and like i said he agos drunk and belligerent and a bull in a china shop so to find the balance where i could sing with gruffness and do it healthfully was an amazing challenge. Wonderful youre here and your cast is here. Hes youre going to experience it because when they come weve seen the rehearsal here in the studio. Youre going to feel like youre right there. You might get spit on a little bit. Thank you, josh. Thank you. You can see josh and the great comet until july 2nd and the shows album goes on presale today. Cant wait for that performance. [ applause ] coming up next my good friend Ernie Johnson from inside the nba revealing his unscripted story. Were talking basketball, family, overcoming obstacles and a whole lot more. Come on back for that. Building a house of gelatin. They could be solving the housing crisis . Could they . No. No. See it next right this minute. Back now on Good Morning America. Did you know what time it is, kiefer . No . Its time for the pollen report. Thats right, brought to you by claritin. I know, its exciting. Kiefer waits for it weve had such a nice stretch of spring, but everyone is feeling it, the allergies, the tree pollen is what gets me, that whats getting you. You saw the areas that are hit hardest. It will get worse, my friends. Lets get a check closer to home. Reporter tree pollen is high here not only today, but through next week. 67 is the high, more sun in the afternoon. 66 saturday, 85 sunday new thriller unforgettable. Lets take a clip. You should have never have brought her here. I made one mistake. And you took everything away from me. Stop. And gave it all to her right in front of me. There is some drama in there. Katherine heigl. Rosario dawson. Youre between the two ladies and have the onscreen daughter isabella. What was it like. I learned quickly to keep my mouth shut. I was terrified the whole time. Katherine heigl does crazy really good. Katherine is scary. You had kind of a fight. Yeah, i mean that character was something that she worked hard on. She had to wear it. Its a lot of preparation. Her posture, the way thee carried herself. I didnt like being around her till the end of the day when she kale out its uncomfortable scary. She does a wonderful job. She does. You guys get in some altercat n altercations which if you see the show i always call movies show. Its like im an old timer. You went from an all women cast to now going to all the dudes, Chris Hemsworth and michael pena. So dreamy. Actually i just want to be the first one to come out and officially say it, its all a lie. Hes not charming or good looking. Its a fake accent. Hes not perfect. Honestly its all camera trickery. You ride a horse better than him is what i heard. Geoff stults, thank you for being here. Everybody, unforgettable hits theaters april 21st. Robin, well head up to you. Good company there and i have Great Company here as well. My dear friend Ernie Johnson, he is a threetime sports emmy award winner. The host of the popular show tnts inside the nba but he is revealing in his new book unscripted the unpredictable moments that make life extraordinary. Will you please welcome my good friend. Thank you. Love you, love you. I brought you yet another copy. I read it on vacation and thought i would do the courtesy, read it cover to cover. You are such well phenomenal broadcaster. But an even better human being, father, husband. Im going to give you 0 minutes to quit talking like that. So tell people what motivated you to write this. I think it was actually what happened, robin, a couple of years ago, e 60 did a piece on our family and have a lot of lacey from adoption to special needs kids to the special relationship my dad and i had and a battle with cancer i went through at one point and took it to the next step and said its time to write a book. The one everybody has been saying when are you going to write that book and instead of waiting i did it now and my wife and i just hope that it that it would speak to people who were at that situation. Should we adopt . What if we have a special needs child . What do you do when the doctor says its cancer . And so really its not a sports book. You know, its not like heres what we do on our show. Thats kind of the background and the rest of it is real life and how weve navigated some pretty tough times and basically said, look, when the unscripted comes up, you embrace it, you dont run away from it. I love how you said layers and thats what life is. Just different layers as my mom said different seasons, you write so eloquently about everybody who has impacted your life. Your daddy. The voice of the atlanta brave, a great pitcher himself. The lessons that you learned from your father you wanted to share with people. Yeah, you know what, because robin and i worked together or worked at opposing stations in the well, in a different decade. A different decade, 1980s. In the 1980s we were both in the atlanta market at the time. But, yeah, my dad was a great broadcaster. He was he taught me everything about being a husband and a father and a man. And a professional. And he always just said be yourself and he said, dont think youre special because of the job you have. He said always take the high road. He said dont get in a fight with a skunk. It was always this kind of encouragement he gave me but you say the voice of the braves and really one of the stories that really happened skip carey said heres the voice of the braves, and he said, skip, if its okay were all the voice of the braves and it was that kind of humility and it wasnt like he lectured me. I just watched him and i think as parents these days i think we all have to remember that kids have superpowers. They see and hear everything. So theyre watching you all the time to see how you react in this situation, in that situation. You dont have to preach to them. Youre modeling it and so its been i wrote the book to honor my dad and youve done just that. Also a lot of people know you from that studio show with shaq and with kenny and chuck. And all that. How because they got big personalities. How do you keep them all in check. Stipes you dont. In yes, right. Sometimes its better to let them go and try to rein them back in and people say, hey, youre the traffic cop on that show and i say, no, im kind of like the rogue traffic cop because a really good traffic cop at an intersection doesnt want any fender benders. Me, i wave kenny into the intersection knowing shaq is it going to tbone him stow i would be on administrative leave hors doeuvre duty in nba finals nba playoffs tart tomorrow. In he predictions . Id be surprised if golden state doesnt win the whole thing. Ah. You heard it here first. Golden state going hard to beat that team four times. And its hard to beat the kind of guy you are. Here he is as busy as he is out promoting the book, has the playoffs and his wifes birthday yesterday and he took her out to dinner. Look. There we were last night. 35 years this summer. Ernie, well talk a lot more. I have the podcast. Everybodys got something and tell people about blackberry moments and so much more. Had to have you here on gma. Love you and thank you, bless you. I appreciate it. Unscripted is in stores everywhere. Coming up, stick around, josh groban is going to perform live. Its going to get crazy. [ applause ] gmas pollen report is brought to you by nondrowsy claritin and clarispray vanessa i got hurt and was given painkillers. By the time the drugs ran out, i was addicted. It happened so fast. I ended up on the streets, where the drugs are cheaper and easier to get. I was a full blown heroin addict, selling my soul to get high. When i realized i needed help i didnt know where to go. But i got help and you can too. Youre not alone. Help is within reach. This is governor chris christie. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. The dinosaurs extinction. Got you outnumbered. Dont listen to them. Not appropriate. Now im mashing these potatoes with my stick of butter. Why dont you sit over here. Something for everyone is awesome. Find your awesome with the Xfinity Stream app. More to stream to every screen. So happy to be back with josh groban and the entire cast of the broadway hit Natasha Pierre the great comet of 1812. Performing not one but two songs, prologue and pierre. Take it away, guys. Theres a war going on out there somewhere and andrey isnt here theres a war going on out there somewhere and andrey isnt here one, two, three. Gonna have to study up a little bit if you wanna keep with the plot and its a complicated russian novel everyones got nine different names so look it up in your Program Everything will be clear da da da da da da da da da Natasha Natasha is Young Natasha is young and andrey isnt here and this is all in your program you are at the opera chandeliers and caviar the war cant touch us here marya is plain marya is old school sonya is good natasha is young and andrey isnt here and what about pierre what about pierre what about pierre its dawned on me suddenly and for no obvious reason that i cant go on living as i am the zest of life has vanished only the skeleton remains unexpectedly vile i used to be better i used to be better i used to be better i used to be bitter i used to be better oh pierre our merry feasting crank our most dear most kind most smart and eccentric a warmhearted russian of the old school his purse is always empty cause its open to all oh, pierre, just one of a hundred sad old men living out their final days in moscow theres a ringing in my head theres a sickness in the world and everyone knows but pretends that they dont see oh ill sort it out later but later never comes and how many men before good russian men believing in goodness and truth entered that door with all their teeth and hair and left it toothless and bald you empty and stupid contented fellows satisfied with your place im different from you im different from you i still want to do something or do you struggle too i pity you i pity me i pity you i pity you i pity me i pity you chairm[ cheers and applause ] congressman macarthur promised to protect our health care. But when rightwing politicians tried to pass a disastrous Health Care Repeal bill that raises costs and cuts coverage, macarthur wouldnt oppose them. Macarthur wouldnt protect us from a bill that raises premiums and causes 24 million to lose their insurance. Wouldnt oppose a massive age tax on people over 50. But supported a 600 billion tax break for the wealthy. Tell Tom Macarthur stop trying to repeal our health care. I think wow is the word that pretty much 1u78s it un, josh, everyone, thank you, everyone. Have a wonderful easter. Thank you, guys. Have a great day. Good morning im Jeanette Reyes, 8 56 friday, april 14. Now, lets go to karen rogers with the action news traffic report. Youre taking us to new jersey. Reporter a day for light volume, but nasty accidents. We have an accident involving an overturned tractortrailer currently blocking a ramp in camden, new jersey, from 676 northbound the offramp from collins avenue blocked. Stick to 130 as the alternate. On the vine street expressway, traffic is looking great. A minute ago it was slow on the westbound vine. No volume out there today. Traffic is moving fine on i95, girard a spot you would normally be jammed, southbound traffic wide open heading toward center city. Weve got a problem on 17th street, still. Fire investigators are out here at Spring Garden shutting down 17th street after a truck caught fire out here. Watch for the lunch truck on fire. 18th and 16th will get you around the closure of 17th. Lets go outside to meteorologist david murphy with the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. David. Reporter jennette a lot of clouds around this morning with sunny breaks, the temperatures has climbed to 54 the suburbs in the 50s. This afternoon we expect sunshine, 67 degrees is the high. Not all that breezy. 66 tomorrow, stray shower, 85 on Easter Sunday it looks nice with a stray thundershower probably holding off until evening jennette. Coming up on action news at noon, two teens say they were randomly attacked by a group of girls leaving a carnival this week. Now Philadelphia Police are stepping up patrols for fears that the attackers will strike again. Well have a live update at noon. Live with kelly is next. Im Jeanette Reyes have a great friday. Announcer its live with kelly today, film, television and broadway actress cynthia nixon. And check out extreme safety tips for the pooch in your life. We wrap up the preview of the new york autoshow with a look at the hottest highperformance and luxury cars. And, dancing with the stars Carrie Ann Inaba is back at the cohost desk. All next on live [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and Carrie Ann Inaba [cheers and applause]