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What were learning about the new screen the camera and could you charge it without plugging it in . And miracle survival. This plane going in for a landing then clipping a tree and smashing into the ground. How the pilot walked away without an injury. And good morning, america. Welcome back this Tuesday Morning. Hurricane irma may be breaking up. Just a storm right now but the impact profound. Thats the keys right there. You see that drone footage of the florida keys. Probably hit hardest of anywhere in the United States. But then overnight georgia, alabama and South Carolina got the bankrupt of the storm. And in florida, well thousands are trying their best to get back home. The recovery as we know just getting started. And millions are still without power and take a look at this satellite image showing florida before the storm and then take a look at it after. Check that out right there. As you said at least 6. 7 million customers without power. The death toll climbing. At least 11 killed in the u. S. 37 in the caribbean. The cost of damage could climb as high as 92 billion. Across the southeast residents dealing with record storm surge, flooding and the aftermath. Abcs linsey davis starts us off in jacksonville florida. Good morning, linsey. Reporter good morning to you, robin. This is the st. Johns river which rose to historic levels yesterday. So high this one image will tell you the story. Take a look at where this boat ended up smashed against the side of the building. This morning, jacksonville is seeing the worst flooding in nearly a century. Ten inches of rainfall along with massive storm surge is leaving the city swamped. Thank you. Reporter more than 100 water rescues in this neighborhood along the st. Johns river. The National Guard is sending in deep water vehicles and boats to help with all the rescues. These neighborhoods where they cant necessarily get to theres a lot of residents strand stranded. Reporter they were told to evacuate wednesday but many didnt go. South carolina is taking a lashing too. Outside charleston waterspouts raged in from the churning seas as water gushed through the city. Some parts waist deep. Its impassable. Reporter streets filled with storm surge in less than 30 minutes leavingr trapped. In georgia, irma knocked onto houses and cars. This video captures the moment a huge tree falls and this suv slams right into it and irmas winds made for turbulent skies over myrtle beach. This allegiant gent flight attempting to land drifted sideways due to the winds from irma. The good just here in jacksonville power is being restored and the flooding is going down faster than expected. George. That is some good news. Thanks very much. Lets bring in ginger zee and, ginger, irma finally on its last legs. It feels good to say that weve been talking about this storm for more than 12 days and from wilmington back to memphis, whats left of it irma that is has been moving through and will have gusty certainly heavy 3 to 4 inches from northern the mississippi and parts of the carolinas but just in time weve got to talk about jose. You know you heard about that hurricane and now its kind of making a loop and way east of irma or whats left of irma. The bahamas is even west of jose but watch as it makes a little loop tries to come back toward the United States heres the good news. Almost everything takes it and keeps it out to sea. But it will still kick up rough surf. You can see rip currents anywhere from South Carolina and georgia coast up through north carolinas outer banks and even up into parts of new england. Robin. All right ginger one of the hardest areas we know of irma is the florida keys. The chain of islands at the southern tip of the state has one highway in and out. As residents return home this morning, theyre seeing such incredible damage. Our amy robach flew over the area and saw it firsthand. Good morning, amy. R good morning to you, robin. We have seen the power of wind and water over the past several days here in south florida. Behind me is another stunning example, boat piled upon boat here at a marina in miami and a scene we saw over and over again as we flew over the florida keys and that devastation will be witnessed firsthand by the residents of the florida keys as Monroe County officials reopen that one road that leads in and out of the keys this morning. As residents are making their way back to the keys for the first time this morning, these are the devastating images of irmas destruction. The once paradise beaches filled with debris. This is just northhere Hurricane Irma made landfall as category 4 hurricane and you can see what beaches ofthon. Ith seaweed and shboats. Point in the u. S. Battered by vicious waves. I saw it all firsthand as i flew over marathon key. This is the incredible. What happened to all the homes here in marathon. They are decimated. About 80 of keys residents are still without power. An entire lot where mobile hopes used to be completely hementty because they all got pushed. Smashed together. Incredible. So sad. Monday u. S. Senators bill nelson and marco rubio toured the damage with the National Guard bringing in suchneeded supplies. Key west took the biggest beating. I just hope everybody, you know survived. Its going to be a long road. Reporter areas like key largo and long key faring better than expected but tempers flaring monday. Residents told they werent allowed back in. Right now we dont know where to go. Reporter and just to give you an idea how extensive the damage is in the keys the department of defense has warned residents, those people who decided to stay behind not to evacuate the keys but they may now have to evacuate so that work crews can get in and clean up all the damage guys. So anxious times there. All right, aechl, thank you. To add to that frustration millions across florida are still without power and traffic is backing up as residents try to return home and our chief National Correspondent tom llamas was with some of those residents. Good morning to you, tom. Reporter michael, good morning to you. You know when those people come home some throughout florida are coming home to communities like this. Look at this 7eleven. Completely destroyed. Irma just mangled all that metal and this morning we have our drone in the air. You can see it overhead at this busy intersection. Another hazard with all the Power Outages no traffic lights in areas. People should be treating this intersection as a fourway stop but as you can see some clearly run through it. This morning, thousands of utility crews working around the clock to restore power. People could be out of power for weeks. Reporter Hurricane Irmas size and 140mileperhour winds downing power lines, uprooting trees and blowing transformers. Daylight showing a wake of destruction but at night, the full scope of the struggle. Its nighttime now and certain parts of florida it is very dark because theres no power. We saw some people hanging outside the front of their house so well talk to them now. No power. All right. Over 24 hours now. Reporter this couple took us inside their home. No power, no ac no running water. Wow, so this is pitch black. Its complete darkness and when i lose the flashlight thats what its like for a lot of people here in florida. The hardest part is not having airconditioning at this point. Reporter besides no power others are dealing with no running water. Michele wells showed us how theres nothing coming out of her faucet and how theyre getting by. We filled up the bathtub so well be good for a little bit. Reporter the other big hurdle getting home. The millions forced to evacuate now desperate to see if their home survived irma. Starting to clog roadways. This line of cars trying to gain entry to miami beach. Told by officials theyre not allowed back in yet. Confusion and frustration as residents are forced to turn back while emergency crews check the condition of roads and bridges, clearing up large debris. But some are able to make it back. Like carolyn anderson. We traveled with her as she returned to her home on ana marie island. There might be a few trees down and power lines but i think i have a house and im so grateful. So carolyn, one of the lucky ones there. As you can see with our drone overhead in the ft. Myers area not everyone that lucky. The 7eleven irma just chewed it up. This gas station, the pumps dont work and you cant go inside. Positive news for residents that live in miami beach, they are going to be allowed to return home today and this number still so staggering more than 6 million customers without power throughout florida. Guy, back to you. Staggering indeed. Thank you. Now an update on those stuck in the caribbean after Hurricane Irma. Nearly 2,000 americans have been evacuated. Most of them from st. Martin on military flights. Now, the law requires them to reimburse the government. But the state Department Says no american will be denied assistance. 4600 u. S. Service members are helping with relief efforts in the Virgin Islands and puerto rico. Cruise lines are also helping to evacuate stranded americans. Royal caribbean ships are delivering supply water, food and clothing. Robin, as you know President Trump and his team have been focusing on the federal response and dealing with friendly fire from former chief strategist steve bannon. In his first interview since leaving the white house he took on the president s decision to fire fbi director james comey and our senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega is in washington with the details. Good morning cecilia. Reporter george good morning to you. He is calling that the worst mistake in modern political history three weeks out of the job and he is already causing major headaches for his former colleagues here. Former white house chief strategist steve bannon is out and on the attack. 60 minutes asked if bannon would describe comeys firing as the biggest mistake in political history. That would probably be too bombastic to me but maybe modern political history. So the firing of james comey was the biggest mistake in modern political history. If youre saying that thats associated with me then ill leave it at that. Reporter and he also claims that firing comey led directly to special counsel Robert Muellers investigation. I dont think theres any doubt that if james comey had not been fired we would not have a special counsel, yes. Reporter and now the white house is on the defense against one of its own. Pretty clear what our position is. And certainly i think that that has been shown thatllowed that the president was right in firing director comey. Reporter controversial former aides First Television interview since leaving the white house and bannon also wages war against what he calls the republican establishment. The republican establishment is trying to nullify the 2016 election. Thats a brutal fact we have to face. Reporter well he appears to be keeping his promise to wage war on the washington establishment. The white house says that bannon and President Trump, george have only spoken once since he left the white house here. Meantime, cecilia, also new reports that at least some of the president s lawyers wanted jad kushner his soninlaw out of the white house during russia sdregs. Reporter yeah coming from the wall street journal. It says that basically kushner is the president closest to the president who had the most dealings with the russians during the campaign also that he didnt initially disclose any of those contacts george. As you know kushner has all were related to his work during the campaign and did nothing wrong. Hes not going anywhere at least just yet and the president trying to get to the Virgin Islands. Just coming out. He spoke to the governor of the u. S. Virgin islands on monday. Apparently they had this conversation about a possible visit. Its unclear how the president could pull this off given all of that damage down there. The president has also george said he wants to go to florida, no trip set for that either. Okay cecilia vega, thanks very much. Robin. George now the latest on the showdown with north korea its nuclem. The u. N. Security council imposed new sanctions on north korea on monday. U. N. Ambassador nikki haley said the sanctions will cut deep. We are not looking for war. The north korean regime has not yet passed the point of no return. If it agrees to stop its nuclear program, it can reclaim its reporter our chief Global Affairs correspth joins washington this morning. And, martha nothing has worked so far. Could these sanctions make a difference . Reporter well robin, anything is possible but despite nikki haleys warnings the sanctions are a watered down version of what the u. S. Wanted which was to block all oil exports to north korea instead there will now be a cap on oil exports. The u. S. Also wanted authorization for countries to inspect ships going in and out of north korea which might have weapons or fuel on board. The Trump Administration wanted language that allowed all necessary means to be used to inspect those ships which could mean the use of force, that approved by the counsel. It was largely china and russia that wanted that language out but the changes asd did end with a unanimous decision. We know comes as ea is expected to launch another icbm. Reporter korea thinks so and would be the third test of a missile potentially capable of reaching the u. S. Mainland. So hile it would be a very early indication of what kim jongun thinks of new sanctions, all show it will surely take a while for them to take effect robin. Thats right. All right, martha thank you. And now to apples big reveal. The new iphone is being unveiled today and sparking so much anticipation and spec Rebecca Jarvis is at apple headquarters in cupertino, california, with more. Good morning, rebecca. Reporter good morning, michael. There is so much excitement surrounding this reveal. Coming a decade after the very first iphone was unveiled its expected to be the fanciest and likely the most expensive iphone to date with the rumored price tag of 1,000. That would be double what the first iphone cost and more than a lot of laptops cost today. Take a look at these pictures. This picture coming from idrop news. They show this new iphone would be somewhere in size between the iphone 7 and iphone 7 plus and comes with likely a lot of new features for example, facial Recognition Technology where you can use liter own face to unlock your phone. The camera expected to be an improved camera maybe even a 3d camera. In addition to that augustmented reality, so if remember pokemon go was an augmented reality game. That type of technology could be built into this new phone. Also wireless charging. So you dont have to plug your phone in anymore in order to charge it andfinally, that home button, michael, were all so to get back to the home screen could be gone from this new phone. One addition here though, there might be multiple phones coming out today. There are a lot of rumors and speculation that that most expensive version, the 1,000 version will come with two other versions that will cost you a little bit less michael. Right when i get used to the button they take it away from me. The other big reveal is their Office Building which is right behind you. What are some of the highlights of their new Office Building . This is it. I have to tell you we drove up in the dark this morning and it looks a little bit like a ufo, people have said this before. I think actually it resembles maybe even a little ice skating rink in here. This building is the steve jobs theater. Thats where the big iphone reveal is going to be later this morning. In addition to that this is a 5 billion project overall. Its called apple park. This is the new headquarters for apple. They can house 12,000 employees, im told. They have this incredible Fitness Center and all these other bells and whistles for employees and this was the steve jobs, the cofounder of apple, his dream. This was his vision and wanted it to be the best Office Building in the world for people to come to work. Okay. Well they have a lot of cash from selling all those iphones. Exactly. Exactly. Okay george. Ith more on the rain from ohthat office. I bet their f i do want to talk irma. Charlestown South Carolina had 9. 92 feet of storm surge. That is their Third Largest storm surge. You can see the images there of the water just up and over not just the sidewalks and roads but into the buildings. So theyll be dealing with cleanup there than 20inches of raint pierce florida. Thats who came out with the most out of irma. Your local weather in 30conds. First though the tuesday trivia brought to you by walgreens. Hi every win, dave one dave murphy with an update a some irma related showers trying the push into baltimore but falling apart. Theres some sun but more cloud cover today than yesterday. Were cool but not quite as chilly most of us in the mid 50 low 60. More clouds around than yesterday. Tomorrow clouds and sun spotty showers at times from irma. A high of 79. Onfession after a houston mother vanished the day before Hurricane Harvey hit. The parents filing a major lawsuit against the boy scouts after their son died on a hike. They say it was too aggressive. Im phil mickels im a teacher. My Psoriatic Arthritis just like my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. And i was worried about joint damage. My doctor said joint pain from ra can be a sign of existing joint damage that could only get worse. He prescribed enbrel to help relieve pain an enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. 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Take a look as were at 63 degrees ina, very little wind across the region. 52 in allentown. Your sevenday from accuweather shows a warm high this afternoon of 81. More clouds than yesterday but some sunny breaks. Tomorrow c and there will be at times a spotty shower related to whats left of irma. And then thursday warm and more humid and it stays more humid through friday, saturday and probably sunday as well. Highs in the upper 70s up to about 80 on saturday. And some spotty showers possible as we head through that thursday through saturday period matt. Thanks, david. Watch a special telethon to help the victims of hurricanes harvey and irma tonight at 8 00 on 6abc. Countless patients. Countless ailments. Countless hours. And guess what . You can handle it all. Be a leader in your field with a bsn from strayer university. A Nursing Program created by and for nurses. Lets get it, nurses. If youre anything like me your todo list just keeps growing. laughs desperately it never stops. 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Right now were watching hurricane jose northeast of the turks and caicos and winds 75 miles an hour currently forecast to move between bermuda and the u. S. East coast but no direct threat to the u. S. At this point. It could impact high surf and rip currents on the east coast. We also showed you that incredible survival caught on tape. The pilot, check this out, going in for a landing smashed into a tree and smashed into the ground. Thankfully amazingly, able to walk away uninjured now being investigated. That happened outside of hartford. Well begin with that new twist in that murder case in houston. A mother of two vanishing just hours before Hurricane Harvey hit. Now her exhusband is under arrest. Abcs diane macedo is here with the new developments. Good morning diane. Robin, good morning. Steve mcdowell heads to court today charged with first degree murder. Not only do police say they found crystal mcdowells body but in a surprising turn they say her exhusband confessed. This morning, a startling confession which could solve the mystery of who killed texas realtor crystal mcdowell last seen in this security video leaving her boyfriends house just hours before Hurricane Harvey hit but despite the deadly storm authorities suspected foul play. Once we started the investigation, there were a number of family and friends that expressed concerns about the exhusband. Reporter now police say after questioning her exhusband for days Steve Mcdowell tearfully admitted to murdering the mother of his two children. Once i got that call i was in a state of shock. And denial. So just trying to deal with it the best way i can. Reporter crystal started dating Paul Hargrave just three weeks before her death. When she left his house the day she went missing she was heading to pick up her children at her exhusbands home. She did make it to and see her kids that particular day. Reporter three days later the 37yearolds black mercedes was found in this flooded parking lot and over a week later her body was found in a wooded area nearby. Steven mcdowell is now charged with first degree murder. But police havent yet revealed a possible motive. There had been some tension and stress and there have been some, you know potential disagreements. I had my suspicions from day one. I cant say that i was honestly that surprised given the arguments they had the week prior of her missing. Reporter the mcdowells shared custody of their children after finalizing their divorce in june but mcdowell was still living with her exhusband while her home was being remodeled. A lot of that was so she had access to the children. The children were primarily staying with steve. Reporter and this isnt the couples First Encounter with the cops. Police say crystal called them in march saying steve had threatened to hurt himself and their children but he returned the kids safely the next day so no charges were filed. George, of course he will face a charge in this case first degree murder. Not clear how hell plead. Well be watching. We turn to the grieving parents who are suing the boy scouts after their 15yearold son died from heatstroke during a tough hike in the texas heat. The parents say the hike was extremely aggressive and hold the scouts responsible and Clayton Sandell has the story. Reporter 15yearold reid comita had one final tank. This is my sons shirt. Reporter a mountain hike his parents say cost him his life. Its just that much more pain. Reporter in a wrongful death lawsuit reeds parents say back in june he signed up for an intro to backpacking course. It was supposed to begin with two days of training. He isnt an athlete. He wasnt he wasnt prepared to go on an advanced hike. Reporter but they say he was immediately sent on an extremely aggressive hike in temperatures that produced a heat index of 100 degrees. The boy scouts of america are responsible for my sons death. I mean its that simple. Reporter the suit says reed was with two other teens when he died but his parents say thats a violation of safety rules requiring two adult supervisors. You dont typically see a 15yearold boy falling dead from a hike. The question is whether this hike was too rigorous for reid whether the boy scouts knew what his physical condition was, whether they should have had him on this hike in the first place is one question the boy scouts will have to answer. Reporter in a statement to abc news the boy scouts say this remains a difficult time for our scouting community and we continue to keep the family in our thoughts and prayers. The health and safety of our youth members is of paramount importance. 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You might see an ad for them. You might see them on a used car lot and those cars can be ticking time bombs. Irmas florida flood didnt spare cars. This morning the owner of kelly blue book estimating that between 200 and 4,000 cars in florida may have been flooded and thats on top of harveys soaking of houston. These storms flooding somewhere between 500,000 and 1 million vehicles. As we said these cars can show up for sale in a matter of days. In fact even before the storms there was a 20 increase in flood cars back on the roads in just the past year according to carfax. Cars that could have hidden problems. Its like putting a computer into a bathtub. Its really impossible to tell when its goingo break those systems down but sooner or later the mechanical the electrical and Safety Systems could be compromised which puts you and your family in danger. Reporter some Vehicle Owners who may not be insured may try to hide whats happened to their cars. The folks at carfax showed us after Hurricane Sandy how in just five hours they could take this flood car and make it look presentable for sale. In fact after that storm, dealerships dealt with flood cars. In fact after that storm, dealerships dealt with flood cars. Youre not going to divulge that information to us because it will decrease the value of their vehicle. Reporter so what to do before buying a used car . Get a report on the vehicle and make sure you take it to the mechanic who can look for signs of trouble. Flooded cars can look great. They can run perfectly for the short term but the long term and probably sooner than later those cars are going to break down because theyre literally rotting from the inside out. Reporter in fact carfax estimates about half of the cars that end up getting flooded in a system like weve seen with harvey and irma may end up back in the market michael. That means up to 500,000 cars could be flooding the used car market. You have no idea about it. And you mentioned have the mechanic look at the car you might buy. You think thats essential . Reporter absolutely it is. We talk about getting the report but if somebody hasnt reported it its not going to show up on one of those reports and i dont know about you, michael, these electronics in here if they get flooded you cant see the water is in here and that theyre already corroding. A mechanic will take it apart to see if you have signs of it. Thank you, david. If the deal is too good to be true it probably is. Robin, what is the deal with the big board . Coming over here and join me. The movie it scaring up Record Box Office numbers. Why its seeing so much success and the psychology behind our fear of clowns. Boo oh. Dont. [ laughter ] when you have something you love you want to protect it. At legalzoom our network of attorneys can help you every step of the way. 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Hey, nick. Reporter good morning, michael. Listen this was a terrible summer for the movie industry. The box office was way down but theres a savior on the horizon. Its not a knight in shining armor or superhero in spandex but a terrifying clown. The biggest september Opening Weekend ever. The biggest horror movie Opening Weekend of all time. Well im pennywise. Reporter the stephen king adaptation about doubled its projected haul. Why . Maybe its because theres such a scary clown in it. Pennywise. I think why theyre scary is because theyre familiar. Theres this thing called the uncanny its this idea that things that look familiar but are just slightly off are offputting. Reporter the 1990s miniseries version of it did what jaws did for sharks fed our fear made worse by the likes of barts creepy clown bed. The dark knight. American horror story. That global rash of clown sightings last year. A bizarre psa. If you want to act like a clown we have no problem treating you like one. Reporter now this. Whats that . Reporter not everyone is loving it. The World Clown Association telling us remember that these are all fictional characters real clowns in no way compare to the horrific images created by special effect makeup artists for hollywood purposes. Pennywise underneath the scary makeup a nicelooking swedish actor, lovely on kimmel. I never really got into the idea of getting scared. Yeah me neither. I dont like it. You know why . Because it scares me. Reporter seeing the man behind the makeup doesnt make pennywise any less awful. Here, take it. Now, the movie covers only the first half of stephen kings book so expect to see a sequel. Script in the work released maybe 2019 but youll see pennywise again before then. Halloween, multiple times guarantee you. Nick you told us why clowns scare us but why are people continually flocking to the theater to see this movie if they know clowns scare us . Well listen i mean its very well acted. Theres not a lot of great competition in the Movie Theaters right now and theres an outcast appeal in the kid heroes. Theres always a lot of love for stephen king and unlike jimmy kimmel a lot love to be scared. People love horror. Its more than just a state of mind, you know being scared and that. Theres a Science Behind this right, nick . Yeah listen our heart rates go up. We breathe a little shallower and sweat a lot more. Theres also a roller coaster thrill of being scared but knowing nothing bad is really going to happen to you because youre in a Movie Theater eating popcorn. Theres also something called meta cognition so our brain tries to figure out why were scared and we really love that puzzle. I mean personally i am terrified of clowns. I dont like clowns. Im terrified of cow, as well and id love to figure out why. You guys any fears, michael, robin. A snake. Oh yeah. Snakes get me every time. How about snakes on a plane. You know what there are snakes on the plane samuel jackson. How about you. Im not scurred. I scared you before the piece. A friend produced this seth and david and seth wrote Abraham Lincoln Vampire Slayer as well. Theres going to be another it. I need to see this first . Well see it at halloween, dont you think, nick . Well see a lot of clowns at halloween. Im going to go as half cow, half pennywise. You drink milk. I guess thats the big question i have for you. Sorry, michael. I didnt catch that. Do you drink milk . Do i drink milk . Yes. Yes, i do just to spite them. Okay. I got you. As always nick thank you. Coming up Sinead Oconnors revealing a candid interview what shes saying about her private Health Battle and how she wants to help others. Plus should you sleep with your pets or put them in the doghouse . The new study revealing how they really affect your rest. I cant wait for this. Sloane stephens. Oh yeah. I had a chance to sit down with her and her mom. 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Outside live on the schuylkill expressway in south philadelphia right here eastbound traffic crawling along as you head towards the walt whitman bridge. Construction blocks a lane ahead through the traffic zone creating extra heavy backups on the schuylkill and also an accident 295 northbound past rancocas a tractortrailer off to the left side. And matt david and i just did a Facebook Live i off all my makeup so so you have to go to my Facebook Page to check it out. David are you done crying yet. I never started. 63 degrees right now. We got a fair amount of clouds around this morning but some sunny breaks. Take a look. 55 in allentown. Your exclusive accuweather 7day forecast going for a warm afternoon high of 81 but there will be more clouds around than there was yesterday. Tomorrow clouds and sun 79. And there will be a spotty at times from whats left over from irma. And then warm and more humid starting thursday, 78 degrees, spotty showers. 78 humid on friday, spotty shower. And probably still humid on saturday with a high of 80 and again, matt, a spotty weekend shower here and there. Thank you david. The engineer in that deadly amtrak derailment is due in court for a preliminary hearing today. Brand onbostian faces Involuntary Manslaughter charges. Eight people were kil more than 200 were injured. Bostians lawyers will seek to have the case dismissed. E at the he tlook for the results later today on the air and on 6abc. Com. [drumming] one time, in new orleans well, before it was even founded, a french teenager bienville, scared away a british warship with just a story. And Great Stories kept coming. [trumpet playing] some make you move to jazz, funk and bounce. Some of our stories arent quite as straightforward. Blocked by the saints [crowd roaring] while others prove that great things can happen. Even on a monday night. Cause for three hundred years, Great Stories have started the same way. One time, in new orleans. [crowd applause] good morning america. Its 8 00 a. M. Breaking overnight, irma drenches georgia and South Carolina, fears about record storm surge. Millions of people facing weeks without power. As so many try to return home the recovery just getting started. Think this morning, the singer behind this massive hit, Sinead Oconnor in a raw and revealing interview about her battle with Mental Illness, her heartbreaking words about her very personal fight. Are you barking up the wrong tree when it comes to your dog . Is it a bad idea to let rover in the bedroom and does it really lead to a ruff nights sleep . And straight from the u. S. Open court right to gma, Sloane Stephens on her big win. What she calls her best day ever and what her mom revealed about trying to stay calm during sloanes incredible victory. All ahead as we say good morning, america. Good morning, america. Welcome back with us this Tuesday Morning. Look at that smile on Sloane Stephens. Yes, she should have a big smile on her face. It was delightful to sit down with her and talk to her mother who is quite an athlete herself so well talk about that big win. Also going oneonone with Maria Sharapova this morning. She just returned to the court after that 15month suspension for doping so shes here to talk about all that and a lot more wrote it in her book as she drives into it. Tboz. The entire time she was on the road she was in and out of the hospital. New music out all coming up. She dont want no scrubs. Yeah she dont want no scrubs. Love that. Im tempted to make a transition but im not going to because were moving on to Hurricane Irma and the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. A lot of devastation in jacksonville and abcs linsey davis is there, a lot of flooding, linsey. Reporter yeah good morning to you george. This morning jacksonville is just now beginning the process of recovery after historic flooding. You, of course remember the movie a river runs through it, thats the scene through downtown a result of ten inches of rainfall coupled with massive storm surge. Many residents ignored warnings to evacuate and as a result there have been more than 100 water rescues in neighborhoods along the st. Johns river. The National Guard brought in deep water vehicles and boats to help with all those rescues. Georgia and South Carolina are also dealing with storm surge and extensive flooding in charleston and savannah. Well that could take several months to recover. George. Okay linsey davis in jacksonville, thanks very much. In south florida right now people are finally being allowed to return to their neighborhoods to see and check on their homes. Our news anchor amy robach is there in miami for us. Good morning, amy. Reporter good morning, robin. And people have been waiting in line since early this morning trying to get back into miami beach which is reopening for the First Time Since Hurricane Irma hit and the same thing is going on with the florida keys that one road that leads in and out of the florida keys is finally reopening to residents of the upper keys and we got an aerial view of the keys yesterday when we went up and saw a tour of the devastation. Homes were tossed off their foundation, some smashed into one another. Boats overturned and roads blocked with debris. Everything from appliances to roofs, most of the area remains without power at this time and 30,000 workers are on duty across the state to get that electricity running again. The National Guard bringing in much needed supplies and back here in miami, you can see this marina behind me. It was completely destroyed by irma. Boats up on the dock and, in fact, if you can see the dock itself its twisted straight up into that yacht. All of these other boats tossed into the trees. Even this hurricane boat not faring well in Hurricane Irma robin. All right amy, thank you. I have a lot of friends in key west and boy, theyre so anxious to get back home and see whats there. As we know actress kristen bell, shes been weathering the storm in orlando and first showed you her singing at a shelter helping to lift the spirits of others who were evacuated and last night, she called in to jimmy kimmel with a special guest named john whos one of hundreds evacuated during the storm. Bell calls john her side piece and theyve been singing and playing bingo, having fun,f the siook. You and john could do a duet. I saw you singing. Okay but i told him you were Johnny Carson because he didnt know who you were. Thats great. Whatever it takes for john to get involved. John is looking on the bright side because of the tough situation for everybody but he said it helps that hes surrounded by beautiful women. So it isnt so bad. 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At cvs pharmacy. Back here on gma. Great to have you with us on this Tuesday Morning and the reason that were staying down here our crew is hard at work getting the telethon set upstairs so well tell you more about that coming up but we got pop news. It doesnt matter where we are when lara is here its poppin. Prince charles makes history passing a royal milestone to become the longest serving prince of wales ever holding the post for just over 59 years, the record previously held by edward vii son of Queen Victoria who served 59 years, 45 days before becoming king in 1901. Both similar situations. The eldest sons of queens who werent and arent going anywhere. Victoria was the longest reigning queen with 63 year 7 month, 2 day, that of course until Queen Elizabeth set that record two years ago and keeps on going. Charles was dubbed prince of wales by his mother in 1969 when he was 20 years old. Hope he likes the title. I know really. Gotten good at the job. Absolutely. Congratulations to charles. Up next mike myers negotiating a starring role in the Freddie Mercury biopic. Malik will play Freddie Mercury, the queen frontman with myers starring alongside in an un undisclosed role that would likely be a dream come true for mike who often belled out Bohemian Rhapsody and other queen songs while in character in waynes world. Looking forward to that film. Then finally, guys, over the weekend it was the Creative Arts emmys and fifth time is a charm for miss Melissa Mccarthy who won for best outstandic comedy actress and the win is for one of her many appearances on saturday night live last seon. Of whispentright there in character spicy. Spicy. Ig chappelle recognized for outstandin a Comedy Series for his turn on snl as well an alexis liddell won in a series so many are talking about the handmaids tale on hulu and the other part of awards show the prime time emmys air sun will have all the winners for you on monday morning live from l. A. Hold my eyes open with toothpicks. Youll be there. What are you wearing . We go through this every time. Ill show you upstairs. Its tuesday. Its only tuesday. Only tuesday time is running out. I dont know robin. Moving on. We are going to move on and turn to that interview with Sinead Oconnor, candid interview. She sat down with dr. Phil to talk about her struggle with Mental Illness. What she wants for her family and what she wants her fans to know. Chris connelly has the story its been 7 hours and 15 days reporter prince wrote it but if ever a performer made a song total her own, it was 23yearold irish vocalist Sinead Oconnor in 1990s nothing compares 2 u. Nothing compares nothing compares to you reporter in the bright summer of the music video era, that teardrop moved millions. But theres reporter there would bemusic. Yet alongside her public acts of outspokenness would come reports of more personal challenges in r life. Then its like i dont know. Reporter in august this was Sinead Oconnor now 50 from a motel in new jersey. Im not still alive for me. If it was me id be gone. Reporter troubling video she put on facebook. Addressing her own desperation. And suddenly all of the people who are supposed to be loving you and taking care of you are treating you like [ bleep ]. Reporter now later today, oconnors first sitdown interview since that disturbing footage on dr. Phil. You tried to kill yourself eight times in one year. This interview was raw. It was candid. It was cathartic for her. Who are the people that wont take care of you, are you talking about your family. Yeah and i want to be careful because a lot of my family i dont blame them. Its not easy for families of mentally ill people. We can be difficult. I thought it would be better maybe my family if they saw how im feeling they would relate to it. She wants to destigmatize Mental Illness in society. Reporter mcgraw saying the show has been paying for her care at a facility in nashville. I think that what shes dealing with can be managed. I dont know that it can be cured but it can be managed. Reporter for good morning america, chris connelly, abc news, los angeles. Boy, shes had such tough problems but sees like shes trying to start a dialogue. She said her reason for doing this, theres such a stigma about Mental Illness. That means it doesnt get talked about. She is determined to change that and thank goodness shes getting the help she needs. Good for her. Thanks. Over to robin. Thank you both. Now to the new study about your dog. More than 43 million americans have pups a lot of opinions about whether your pet should be in the bedroom or on the bed when youre sleeping. This morning the mayo clinic has answered and dr. Jennifer ashton and mason is here. Shes got your lipstick. I see that. Hello there, mason. Tell bus this study. Interesting study they did and they looked at a small group of people one person with one dog, d and then put activity trackers on them like fitbits to measure sleep activity. They put a fit bark on the dogs to measure the dogs sleep activity and followed them over a sevenday period and the findings while they werent amazing they certainly werent bad. They found that humans sleep quality was not significantly disrupted if you have had a dog in the bedroom but if you had the dog in your bed, it was a little bit worse but, again, very interesting study. The first study of its kind to really look at sleep quality when dogs are in the room. So medically speaking, though, the pros and con. Itdespends on three big thing, the size of the dog, the size of the bed and the size of the p the dog and need to d it with and multiple dogs. Obviously if the human quality of sleep is disrupted that is a hard line in the sand in my opinion medically because our sleep is already not so great as a country. But i think if the dog provides comfort and actually you get a better nights sleep then thats good for definitely good for humans. What about masons quality of sleep. Listen if you talk to veterinarians about this they will say that most animals like to sleep in the bedroom. There is some controversy about whether or not evolutionaryily whether they want to sleep with your alpha. Whether youre really their alpha because theyre so domesticated. Common sense apply, caution can toy breeds. They can be crushed and roll the bed and be injured. So, just not unlike okay so whats the sleeping arrangement here. This is actua hes 2. Hes a morkie on instagram. You can follow him. And he was crate trained. I crate trained him from day he loved his e, no problem. Right after he turned 1 i put him on the bed one day and i noticed he curled up like a cinnamon roll and he looked so darned comfortable i thought, gosh, maybe hell sleep an extra hour if he sleeps on my bed and we never went back. Now,n, hes 10 pounds. He sleeps at my feet and i think we both sleep pretty well. Hes adorable. Its not one size fits all. You got to it was of the the person and the size so certain pets in this country slike toe with cats guy is in my bed and seat. G know. All right. Lets get usoutside i remember sleepis. Ends are from. M wisconsin. Milwaukeeould you bel outer cloud cover from irma actually reaching milwaukee this morning. Thats right. Thats why were here. O far North Atlanta these are the gusts they had, 60 Miles Per Hour gusts taking down trees shoving them into cars and vans. That didnt look so good and this track weve been talking about irma for 12 days or so and you can now see sit. We put the whole satellite o here to watch it pass through the caribbean up into florida and now eventually into georgia and almost alabama and you can see the very outside of it trying to make it north. Its just clouds, though. All right thats the big picture. Lets go ahead and get a check now a little closer to home. Some of those clouds are overtaking us. The only showers we have on the other side of baltimore theyre going to fall apart down there before they get here today. Tomorrow thats a different story. Right now cloud cover over philadelphia, some sun breaking through and its cool with temperatures in the 50s and 60s. This afternoon warm, 81 with more clouds than yesterday. Tomorrow clouds, some sunny breaks and a spotty shower at times from irma. 79 degrees the high there. And then it gets more humid starting thursday and probably stays stickier straight into the weekend. Maria sharapova who just had a big comeback at the u. S. Open after 15 months suspension for doping. But now shes addressing that and so much more in her new memoir unstoppable, but before we talk lets take a look at how she got here. She is the 62 tennis playing phenom. Once reigned number one in the world. What a story. What a champion. Reporter known as much for her famous grunt. As for her endorsements. Everyone and anyone can have it all. Reporter which have made her one of the wealthiest athletes in the world but in march 2016 her life took an unexpected turn. I made a huge mistake. Reporter barred for tennis for 15 months after testing positive for meldonium, a recently banned substance, sharapova maintains it was taken for medical reasons, not to enhance performance. With her suspension now over the former u. S. Open winner returned just last month to new york. Entering this years open as a wild card stunning the second ranked player in the world. Reaching the fourth round, her gritty performance winning over the crowd. You sometimes wonder why you put in all the work and this is exactly why. Maria sharapova is joining us now. Thank you. Thank you so much for being here. Thanks for having me. Well dive right into as you do in the book well talk about the suspension. Beginning of the book you talk bit. You call it a sloppy mistake. You say you didnt realize that meldonium was illegal at that time on the suspended list. How does that happen . Yeah its a question that ive you know was asking for quite some time but once you get past that you know its time to move on and, you know the u. S. Open was an incredible moment for me where i just i knew what i went through and knew all the ups and downs i faced in the last couple of years. Being away from the sport was really difficult. Ive done this since i was a young girl so to get that back that was that was my dream, that was my wish and i made that happen. When you get the call and they say youre suspended, when did you realize what went through your mind when you made that mistake and couldnt play tennis for awhile. I think there are a lot of things you can ask and talk about and people you can blame starting with yourself. But once you get through that phase, its about the longterm vision and, you know ive always seen myself ending the sport on my own terms and i knew that thats not the way that i would finish my career and that i would be back and so being back means a lot to me. Its as i said its something when you do it for a really long time its a huge passion of your, but it also gave me an opportunity to continue writing this book so you said that your biggest edge is your tough persona so how has that helped you deal with what youve gone through. Yeah well look everybodys life is quite unique and mine has been so. I mean i came into the United States as a 7yearold girl and as i speak about in the book its really a journey. Eighth a special experience that i shared with my father for the first couple of years without having much money facing a lot of roadblocks getting through those tough situations and really coming through and thats why, you know the book is called unstoppable. Its really a memoir about all those situations where you could have taken the wrong turns and let yourself down but you kept going. It was a mentality i carried with me so many life lessons i was able to learn along the way. And 7yearold girl with a father you came over to the u. S. With, your father 700. Yes. Just a dream for his daughter. Thats right. To make something of herself. Yes. Yes, and you think that its crazy and many people in the first couple of years thought and really believed that our story was make believe. That it didnt exist and no one really when we would show up at tennis academies no one really got our story. Theres like where is the mother. My mom couldnt get a visa for the first couple of years so theres a lot of unknowns a lot of uncertainties and, yeah. Coming back to the u. S. Open this year a lot of uncertainty about how you were going to be received by the fans at arthur ashe stadium. We have a little clip on how the reception was for you when you came out to the court. A great moment for you but what was that like . We see youre very emotional sfwli dont think i you can never expect how emotional you will be in those moments. Ive never been that emotional after a first round match. I knew when the draw came out that that would be a second primetime match. I was facing against an extremely tough opponent si money ma halep number two in the world and knew what it would mean for the both of us especially myself not being part of the u. S. Open for the last few years and that was just special. You made it to the fourth round. I did. So do you feel like youre back on track. Im getting there. Im building a good base. You realize there are a lot of things you miss when you dont play for that am of time. Before the suspension i was injured for quite a period of time so i havent played a lot of matches so to be able to compete at the u. S. Open play four matches, its a good starting block for me . Before your suspension in the book you said that you were planning for your retirement. But now thats changed a little bit. Really has. Really has. In what way . I think as i was in nye early 20s i just never really i didnt believe that my body could handle the physicality of the sport, the strain of getting up every single day six days a week and competing and training and having that dedication and motivation really to keep going. And the things that your body can do at 30 and a lot of things is nutrition, hydration, keeping yourself healthy. Those are all part of it. I feel like theres so many great new ways to train as well that are not as strenuous, its quality over quantity and it really prolongs someones career. And we saw a lot of young faces coming up now. Coco vandeweghe, Sloane Stephens, won the u. S. Open madison keys. How does it feel for you to see this next young crop of players . I love it. I think as when i was a young girl, you dont really realize there are generations and theres always going to be someone behind you taking your spot wanting your spot wanting to get there. I feel like im obviously toward the end of my career so to see someone like Sloane Stephens win the u. S. Open but also to see someone like Venus Williams do so well this year and be what top five in the world right now gives personally gives me so much motivation to keep going. You know what you are unstoppable and your book is out today. Really appreciate it maria. Well be right back, everybody. Hi, everyone, it is 8 27 on this tuesday september 12th. Im matt odonnell. Karen rogers joins us with a look at what is jamming things up out t hey matt. We have been scanning our hundreds of cameras. We found som here bridge westbound traffide to eighth vine so a little extra heavy comingning on tn franklin bridge. And heres a live look at south philadelphia. The schuylkill expressway at vare avenue. This is your eastbound traffic. Pretty jammed as you head towards the walt whitman bridge. Ahead construction blocks a lane so were past university to past broad street really jammed eastbound on the schuylkill expressway and westbound you sao see that 16 minute ride heavy from the walt whitman bridge to the vine. An accident blair mill road at whitmer road in horsham. Seeing lane restrictions so its slowing you down a little bit and a problem here thats been out here all day. Lansdale Montgomery County South Broad Street shut down near sumneytown p ae. N to valley forge road or church road to get around it matt. Thanks karen. Septemberlike accuweatherrecast right dave biutid matt. Take a were at 63 degrees, 55 in allentown. So cool. Some sun breaking through some clouds currently. And overall we are looking at more clouds than yesterday but still a pretty nice day. Warm with a high of 81. Tomorrow clouds and sun mix 79 is your high. And there is the chance of a shower popping up at times tomorrow. Not a washout but some passing showers from whats left of irma and then we enter a humid pattern starting thursday. Warm more humid a high of 78. A spotty shower cant be ruled out. Couple of showers on friday, humid, wa saturday with a high of 80. E ofweekend showers also possible. Okay, thanks, david. A popular local dj recounts how he endured the wrath of Hurricane Irma while vacationin in saint we have the story on 6abc. Com. We were looking for a m that would help us decide the best course of action. We have so many tools at our center. This is what attracted amy all the way from new york. These were people who were experts in their field. And for us that was the best choice. Learn more about our Breast Center at cancercenter. Com slash philadelphia. I feel again welcome back to gma, everybody. Happy to have you with us on this Tuesday Morning. And we hope youre going to join us tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern for hand in hand to benefit the Hurricane Relief to raise money for those affected by harvey and irma. Its live from new it our right upstairs where theyre hard at work to get it ready and wait till you see how this studio transforms. A lot of big names are set to appear. George clooney, beyonce, oprah, julia roberts, leonardo dicaprio, nicki minaj just to name a few and yeah. Robin roberts. Do not put me in that category. Well be a part of it from our studio in new york. Tune in on tv or stream it live on Facebook Youtube or twitter and, robin, im excited for you. You got a special interview. Im excited that were doing this and all the networks are banding together and all to be there so 8 00 tonight. 8 00 tonight. But you were speaking about this oneonone that i had with withtywith tionne watkins. Tboz and her struggle with sickle cell in her new book a sick life. I sat down with her to talk about her amazing career and how shes not letting her stop her one bit. Shes the t in americas highest selling girl group, tlc. Stand your ground reporter tionne tboz watkins raspy voice dominated in the 90s and rose to stardom with lisa left eye lopez and nd tackled Gang Violence and the aid epidemic waterfalls. How would you dibe the music of tlc. You talk about things everybody can relate but we just do it in a f you can dance to and its not like were preaching, but its like you get the message and were in this together. Reporter their unique combination of hiphop, r b and pop earned them four grammys and four platinum albums. And the winner is tlc. Reporter including the tell it like it is anthem no scrubs no i dont want no scr ant g from me. What is a scrub. Aom me because sitting o the pas hes in the answer side. Hey hey. Its like dude iot even your car. Reporter for ne the success andcoupleccolades wereag and tr new memoir a sick life, she opens up about her journey with stardom as she lived with an incurable disease, sickle a sick life means so many things. Tell us the meaning behind a sick life. The title means so much for its a strong a sick life because ive had it told i at 7 i would never live past be disabled and kids but ile son. Ease is an affects n as toured all o the worldus scheduleo into mode a she spent week sometimes months in the hospital this in and out of the hospital. Just talk about dealing with adisease. To describe it isnto our vital organs so if its your legs you cantwalk. Your arm, you cant even hold a pencil and write. Ough so much. A sick life shebout the tragedy that would change tlc forever. In atlanta tonight for lisa left eye lopes. Reporter it was shaken whenr third member lisa left eye lopes killed in a car accident in honduras. What was that moment like and how did it impact just everything in life for you . That was one of the hardestlife. Lisa died three, four days after the hospital so i was frail and 09 pounds which made me sick again. Im like whats going on . Like as soon as something was just all everything was just it was bad. Reporter after a 15year hiatus tboz and chili have adjusted to what is now the new normal for tlc. We keep her spirit through us and our music and you feel her presence on stage and nobody will fill that void. Shes up there rocking and were dancing with her. We go way back reporter and just released their fifth and final studio album. Sunday some things dont ever change reporter as for tionne shes starting a new chapter recording her first solo project. You got dreams what do you want to be the Lasting Legacy of tlc. I just want to be remembered for the things that we really did. Like the fun and good stuff, the lyrical content, making a difference and making people feel better. Ever ever know they certainly did all that and not knowing what she was going through to do that but i mean hit after hit after hit. I like the new song way back. Good one. Not done yet. Nope. A sick life is out today. The book youve got to read it and tionnes new song dreams is out too and shell be back in a week or so and singing here on gma. Fantastic. And ill have more of my interview with tboz tonight on nightline. All right, everybody, coming up its time to put the gloves on and start boxing. Why its the hottest new fitness craze out right now. Health, is having the freedom to do what you want to do with your life, every single day. So at aetna, we promise to keep finding new ways to join you so nothing gets in your way. Because no matter where it is youre going or whatever stage of life youre in. We believe that when it comes to health. You dont join us. We join you. Shes been dragged through the tabloids and battled a hidden disease. Now for the first time Yolanda Hadid speaks out for herself in her first interview. How she is doing now and whats it like being mom to two of the worlds hottest supermodels. Find out tomorrow on gma. We are back now hottest workout trend getting people into knockout shape. I know what you did there. I got you. All right. So this is a go to for celeb, models moms. Its spiking online and diane macedo is back with a closer look and put on the gloves to give it a try. Its not even just for fighters. The sport is blowing up as a great way for anyone to get in shape as you mentioned, model, moms even tiny news reporters. Its the fitness craze sweeping the nation. Makes you like super confident. Reporter the original high speed and hard core workout once considered a mans sport is fast catching on as the hottest way for women to get fighting fit. 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You want to fully extend and the power comes from the hip so youre also so, boom. Let me see. When you bring that up andcrospp you hands up i learned something yecross. And repetitive so you get a great cardio. Knock it off, you two. Its really fun and you really get into it. Thats the whole thing. I can see that. Diane. Maybe a little too into it. The big bag is filled with water . We were taking the class and great because you get a lot of feedback so when you hit the bag you can get a measure of how i need to check that class out. Get my confidence up. Well go over to ginger. No, im not fighting. We do have the newly crowned miss america 2018, everybody cara mund who made history sunday night becoming the first woman from north dakota to take home the crown since the pageant started in 1921. When he says your name i cant oes through your head. H, youd cyoan. Just how many people get to have their dream come tl television . It still feels like a dream. Do you wonder what happened to your face. Yes when he was in top five i said dont cry. Your mascara is going to run but i still made quite few faces. Youre a lot more than a beautiful woman. Youre a Brown University graduate going to notre dame law. Uhhuh. And then you have been working a lot with make a wish. Will that be your platform going forward. Yes my work me make a wish and our childrens miracle network. I get to make wishes come true and miracles happen. Everybody in this line is can i take a picture with miss america. Are you ready for this. I am. I want my picture too. Maybe it hasnt sunk in quite yet. Not at all. I saw you taking pictures with lincoln. Really focused with that make a wish is everything for you. Absolutely. It is a Service Organization and im so grateful i earned so much scholarship money to help push through my education going through law school. Everyone in north dakota and america is proud of you. Thanks for being here. Thanks for having me. The crown looks good on you. Thats the big picture here. Big moment for north dakota. Storm tracker6 live double scan we got some showers well on the other side of baltimore. Theyre going to fall apart today. Theyll be with us tomorrow. 81 is todays high, more clouds overhead than what we saw yesterday. And tomorrow spotty showers. Dont know how it gets better than that. Coming up, robin this is how it gets better. Robin will go oneonone with the new u. S. Open champion Sloane Stephens, everybody. All right. Stay with us. Gma is coming back in just a couple of moments. We sip, we peel, and we slide whoo nah. Like this. Grab a large or extra large freshly ground freshly brewed hot coffee for your chance to win. Get your celebration ready. Dunkin donuts. This is coffee. This is winning. New season. New kitchen. Were revealing it all. In one supersized surprise. What 24yearold Sloane Stephens oh my gosh she is the new u. S. Open champion. I had a chance to sit down with her about her big win and with her, her secret weapon her mom. Sybil smith. Congratulations. Thank you. Has it sunk in . I always wanted to win a slam like i always thought about it but i never pictured myself in that situation like winning the last point and like all of that the dramatic falling and all that stuff. I just i never saw it and then when it happened i was like, wait what do i do now . Do i cry . Roll on the ground . Im not sure. I was just like so shocked. But also that moment when you acknowledged your mother. When i was 11 years old my mom took me to a tennis academy. And you said how that coach who said you would maybe division 2, maybe and your mom said, no. Parents dont get enough credit. I think if you have a parent that can support you in the best way possible and especially a sport like i just wanted people to know that your kid could be me. Like if you just have an awesome parent. Parent thats what we do. We support. We love unconditionally. What was it like for you to see your daughter win . I watched every point and it was just exciting but i was so proud from the first point that she got out and fought. You know that made me feel good that she was on her way to her goal. No matter what happened she was there. She made it. How are you so calm sitting in the box . Oh maybe on the outside but, you know i do a lot of meditation so i think i breathe, i try to stay calm and stay in the moment. Were you counting down from a million . No. What do you mean . I play a match one time against someone and it was i was playing like a really good player and it was super tight. Third set also and i was like mom, you look so uncomfortable up there like what was wrong. Were you okay . And shes like, no, its fine. I was just counting down from a million. Its true. Who does that . You just have to find a way to stay calm and stay in the moment. A year ago you werent even at the u. S. Open. I know i missed the last one. You missed the last one, the beginning of the year you have the surgery and come back at wimbledon, you know didnt have the result that you wanted. No one wants to be injured. Yeah. But you made the best of that time and you seem to have come back renewed, relaxed. Yeah refreshed. Refreshed. Yes. How did you get here. I was line you know what eventually im going to beat somebody so its just a matter of time and then coming into the u. S. Open i was like wow, im playing really good like this is shocking because i had only this was my fifth turn back and then i did an interview with someone like four days before the final entheyre like in four days you could win the u. S. Open and i was like really . Me . Wow. Best day ever. Seriously. Did you see how many retweets i had . Oh my god. Mom, i made it. Seriously. This is what gets me. I mean you won the u. S. Open and youre like oh this is insane. So many people like all these people and im like oh, my god i love her, i love him. They know who i am. They know i exist. It was like the greatest thing ever and asked her to design my Wedding Dress and i was like of course. Are you engaged . No. I thought we had it right there. And absolute delight. She really loosened up with you but she seemed to be in shock after that match. She admits it. She didnt know how to react and everyone was talking i dont know when you saw the check, 3. 7 million and her reaction and wow, and she just had no idea and she said she would have been watching with her mom and she saw that the semifinalist wins 900,000 and shes, oh that would be a lot so in her mind shes thinking maybe id get 900 it didnt if you didnt know, ill take that check and hold it for you. That was great. That was great. The future but her mom is quite an athlete herself. Boston universitys first allamerican swimmer. Yes. A great role model. Look at them. They look like sisters. 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Com announcer shes been dragged through the tabloids and now for the first time Yolanda Hadid speaks out for herself in her first interview. How shes doing now and what is it like being mom to two of the worlds hottest supermodels. Find out on gma tomorrow. Hillary clinton, whats it been like for her to watch the presidency and whats she saying about bernie president obama and about what happened . Her first talk show appearance. The view abc tomorrow. Good morning america is brought to you by miss says. Macys. Wait for that. Oh. Oh. Big day on gma. Nba, mvp Russell Westbrook is here. She does that. That was quick. Oh. Oh boy. Have a great day. Namaste. Namaste. Tune in. Good morning, everyone, it is 8 56 on this tuesday september 12th. Karen rogers is here with a look at traffic. Matt, were starting in Plymouth Meeting right now looking at pretty heavy traffic. This is the blue route past the midcounty tolls. Southbound traffic is heavy from past midcounty tolls down to the schuylkill expressway. We had an earlier accident that cleared. I call it the south county tolls but you knew what i meant. Lets talk about this accident blair mill road at whitmer road. The accident in horsham blocking a lane. Looking at low speeds in that area. Were seeing lots of slow spots here. 95 traveling about 9 miles an hour here so i95 northbound past the walt whitman bridge a disabled vehicle on the shoulder creating heavy delays. Watch for slow speeds on the schuylkill and i95 matt. Will do. Thank you, karen. Dave murphy is outside with the accuweather forecast. David. Starting out pretty well. Weve got some sunshine getting through the high clouds matt. Were improving a little bit up to 65 in philadelphia. Upper 50s in allentown reading and lancaster. This afternoon a warm. 81 degrees is your high. More clouds than yesterday some sun and dry and then tomorrow clouds and sun, 79 and there will be at times a spotty shower coming through from the remnants of irmafter that it g humon thursday, friday and sunday as wl. Tern coming up. High is 78. 78 again friday. 80 on saturday. 79 sun and all of those days matt could feature another spotty shower. David thanks. Federal officials will beg planes to storm ravaged florida. Latest today on acthile trying to rescue his wife from a local house fire. Well have a full report on the live with kelly and 6abc kiersten dunts is a guest on the program. Im matt odonnell. Have a great youre danny . Im steve. Joseph, im steve. How are you . Nice to meet you sir. No different from everyone else. They just want a job. They want respect and they want dignity. Steve called fairly frantic. You know, he had a premature baby and i think he had just been given the diagnosis that she had down syndrome. Lauren brought out the best in me. She made me a different person. Laurens the spark that started the fire. The goal is keep places like this open so all people, regardless of disability have an opportunity for employment. Announcer its live with kelly and ryan today, from the new film woodshock, kirsten dunst. One of the stars of the series suits, gabriel macht. And the newly crowned miss america, cara mund. Check out the worlds beard and mustache championship winners. We continue our totes amaze [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and Ryan Seacrest [cheers and applause]