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Golf at his home and spending time with one of his daughters, what the nfl hall of famer plans to do after nearly a decade behind bars. And dim the lights. Here we go. American idol is back. This morning get ready to say hello to Lionel Richie, crash our party with luke bryan and roar with katy perry, all three judges live together for the First Time Ever only on gma. And we do say good morning, america. We have breaking news in the investigation of the las vegas shooting. The killers girlfriend, Marilou Danley, returned to the u. S. Overnight. And brian ross has been reporting all through the night on the search for a motive. Investigators digging into what they called descent into madness as we have new images of the arsenal inside that hotel room and police recovered dozens of weapons from the scene. That new body cam footage released capturing the moments of chaos unfolding as officers respond to that frightening gunfire. So chilling. Well begin our coverage with that new video and the latest on the victims. Abcs world news tonight anchor david muir leads us off from las vegas. Good morning, david. Reporter robin, good morning again to you and you mentioned that dramatic body cam footage that shows rescue teams racing to respond here on the scene. Overnight we also learned about an Heroic Security guard who made his way to the floor but the suspect inside had cameras in the peephole of the door and saw him coming, shot him through the door. That guard was still able to tell everyone what floor he was on and where to find the suspect to get him. You guys, get down. Go that way. Get out of here. There are gunshots coming from over there. Go that way. Go that way. Reporter for the first time we are seeing the moment Las Vegas Police leapt into action as that hail of automatic fire erupted over the concert here. Body cameras rolling as officers take cover. Go that way. Go that way. Go that way. [ sirens ] hey, theyre shooting right at us, guys. Tay down. Stay down. Where is it at . North of the mandalay bay coming out of a window. Stay back. Reporter the brave men and women risking their lives to protect the fleeing crowds. Go, go, go, go. That way, that way. Reporter this morning more faces and names of those 58 lives lost in the massacre now revealed. Everybody involved in the incident from the decedents standpoint is accounted for and waiting to communicate that with their families. Reporter we know among the dead Rhonda Larocque here on a family vacation, her husband by her side. Her fatherinlaw taking her 6yearold daughter back to the hotel just one set before the gunshots erupted. He thought she was ducking but never got up. Ill never see my baby girl again. I loved her so much. Reporter and sonny melton at the concert with his wife heather, she says she could feel the moment he was shot in the back. And we fell to the ground and i was talking to him and he was still breathing at that time, but then he stopped. Reporter also emerging the stories of those First Responders and everyday people running not away but toward the gunfire. Fofrdz firefighter jesse gomez with his wife and family. She begged me not to go, probably one of the hardest decisions ive ever made, but she knew i had to go. Reporter and so many of those injured, more than 100 were brought here to the Desert Springs Medical Center. We visit sheldon mac at the concert for his 21st birthday. It happened so fast and so surreal. I see it in my mind and haunts me. You see it all playing out still. Yeah. Reporter mckenna perry, just 19. What happened to you . I got shot in the left arm and shot through my arm and into my abdomen. Reporter put in the back of a pickup truck to get her to the hospital. My boyfriend had started to help me like he kind of carried me a little bit of the way and then there was this couple that helped us and got us into his truck and then they drove us here. All the way to this hospital. Yeah, this is the closest one. She says she cant get that night out of her mind. I dont know like it still hasnt fully hit me. It is kind of starting to but not fully. Its hard to even think about. I just know that there is a lot of people that had it a lot worse. So its kind of just like hard to know that theres a lot of people dead from it too. Reporter and you know as we traveled from room to room in that hospital, we heard it from each of these young victims that they are more traumatized when they learned of the number of people who died, that they are the survivors in this mass shooting, robin. We hear of that so often when we respond to the scene of these shootings, its the guilt they carry afterwards, guilt that we wish they didnt have to feel but they feel it when they know that they were the survivors and others didnt get out. Survivors guilt. Were hearing some performers are canceling concerts out of respect for the victims and their families. Reporter yeah, jason aldean who was performing, of course, when this all began, he canceled three concerts out of respect for the victims and Jennifer Lopez said she is simply heartbroken and canceled concerts, as well, not surpri surprising but these performers say theyre taking a break from performing out of respect for so many families affected by this. Not surprising at all. Thank you. As we said the gunmans girlfriend, Marilou Danley was met by fbi agents when she landed in los angeles last night from the philippines and we have new images from her time in the philippines. You see them right there, of course, investigators want to know from her whether she had any warning about this at all. She is a person of interest in the case. Our chief investigative correspondent brian ross here with more. Good morning, george. She has quite a story to tell with a portrait emerging of a man descending into madness showing signs of mental illness, crazy eyes, losing weight, a decline in his physical appearance according to one person briefed on the new findings, jealous of his girlfriends ex. Her family saying he sent her away so she wouldnt get in the way of his plans. A major step forward in the investigation this morning. As the shooters girlfriend arrived in los angeles overnight on a flight from the philippines. Marilou danley was Stephen Paddocks girlfriend for at least three years with him up until just two weeks before the shooting. She had to know he had some kind of Mental Health issue, stress in his life and had to know that was going on. Reporter authorities now label her as central to the investigation after first dismissing the possibility she played any role. Currently shes a person of interest. Reporter especially after the discovery by police of so many weapons, so much ammunition and explosives at the home they shared in mesquite, nevada. How could she not know what was going on in her own house with these weapons . She had to know something at the very least question him as to where are these weapons coming from . Why do you have all these weapons . Reporter danleys sister spoke to australian tv station with their faces blurred and say she had no idea of paddocks plans. He sent her away so that he can plan what he is planning without interruptions. In that sense i thank him for sparing my sisters life but that wont be to compensate the 59 peoples lives. Even though shes going to the philippines until steve said, marilou, i found you a cheap ticket to the philippines. Reporter according to documents obtained by abc newsdanley traveled to her home country the philippines two weeks before the shooting on september 15th. Paddock actually visited her family in the philippines four years ago and one of them posted these photos on facebook. U. S. Officials also want to know from the girlfriend why paddock began to transfer tens of thousands of dollars to someone in the philippines prior to the shooting. Weve got a lot of question, i can tell you that. Reporter according to relatives danley apparently met paddock at this hotel casino in reno where she worked as a hostess to entertain high rollers like paddock. Employees at this bar in mesquite and former neighbors say the couple were regulars playing video poker and the slots as they downed beer and shots of tequila. They were professional gamblers and thats what they did for a living. Reporter now authorities hope the girlfriend can help solve the mystery with the fbi standing by to get her to las vegas later today. This morning her brother in the philippines told abc news she told her family she has a clean conscience. Shes still not a suspect. Authorities think she may know more about his state but not necessarily involved. Described only as a person of interest which is a different category. Okay, brian ross, thanks very much. We have new details on the gunman. Authorities recovering 47 firearms including that startling arsenal found in his hotel room. Abcs matt gutman is in las vegas with more on that side of the story. Good morning, matt. Reporter hey, good morning, robin. Still activity here, but that arsenal you mentioned is just part of a chillingly meticulous plan put together by Stephen Paddock which included weapons modified into machine gun, thousands of rounds of ammunition and something we havent seen before, surveillance cameras set up outside the room to monitor the approach of Law Enforcement. This morning a glimpse of the snipers nest where 64yearold Stephen Paddock stretched several minutes of shooting into what seemed an endless slaughter. We know now that he fired off and on for somewhere between nine and 11 minutes. We know that the suspect fired over a dozen or so volleys. Reporter these new images revealing a fraction of paddocks total arsenal. 47 firearms have been recovered. These firearms were recovered from three different locations. Reporter the armory inside that 32nd floor luxury suite included shotgun, pistols and assault rifles. That gray magazine clip you see, able to hold up to 100 bullets. Spent casings littering the floor and chillingly stacked like bricks in the corner at least a dozen more magazines. Experts tell abc news this image alone shows up to 1600 rounds. And this morning we learn it was a hotel Security Guard who may have stopped the slaughter. He was advancing towards the room when the suspect fired through the door at the Security Guard and struck him. He was able to provide Additional Information to the police on exactly which room we were looking at. Reporter police say paddock was able to shoot the guard through the door because he saw him coming. This video showing that room service cart and under a plate the shooter hiding a surveillance camera. Another set up inside the room. That wounded Security Guard providing crucial intelligence to s. W. A. T. Teams who about an hour later breached that door. Breach, breach, breach. Reporter they found paddocks body splayed next to his guns shuttering himself inside for three days andchecked in with ten bags. Walking right past this sign. He was perched high above the route 91 harvest festival. Waiting till shortly after this rendition of god save america to open fire. Overnight paddocks brothers family releasing this statement. There is just no way to express our shock, devastation and sorrow for all the victims and their families unimaginable loss. Now hotels on the strip increasing security. On monday lines stretching outside the wynn resort as guards screened luggage and scanned visitors with metal detectors and the gaming control more put Security Guards inside casinos for added security. And we are now learning that Stephen Paddock back in june was prescribed 50 pills of valium. Its an antianxiety si medication and probably certain that Law Enforcement is going to examine very closely his mental state leading up to this attack. Robin. So much more to come. Okay, matt, thank you. Absolutely, thank you, robin. Now to the latest on puerto rico, the governor announcing the death toll has now risen to 34 People Killed in the hurricane disaster. President trump and the first lady visited the island on tuesday to survey the damage and alex perez has more in san juan, good morning, alex. Reporter good morning, michael. Take a look behind me. Thats the Navy Hospital ship comfort with one of the biggest Trauma Centers in the United States and arrived as President Trump made his first trip to the island since the hurricane. With much of hurricane ravaged puerto rico still struggling to get back on its feet we cannot drink this water. Reporter President Trump on his first visit here since the storm tossing paper towels to hurricane victims. Sitting next to puerto ricos gho governor, the president made headlines comparing the death toll from the hurricane to the death toll of katrina. If you look at a real catastrophe like katrina and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died, what is your death count as of this moment . 17 . 16. 16 people certified. 16 people versus in the thousands, you can be very proud. Reporter and joking about the cost. I hate to tell you, puerto rico, but youre throwing a budget a little out of whack. Reporter in the room the mayor of san juan who the president slammed on twitter for saying Puerto Rico Needs more help than its getting. How are you . Sir. Nice to see you. Its all about saving lives. Its not about politics. Reporter later calling it public relations. Rather than commander in chief he sort of becomes communicator in chief. Reporter defending his administrations work. Weve done a fantastic job. This was a very tough one. I say we got an a plus in texas. Got an a plus in florida and may have done our best work here but it hasnt been appreciated. Reporter two weeks after the hurricane, 93 of the island remains without power. Flashlights. You dont need them anymore. You dont need them anymore. Reporter just some 15 miles from san juan, donated goods handed out door to door. Its the only help aram perez and her family say they have gotten. Its not like anything weve ever lived. The swaying were in right now with the water, the food and everything else, its crazy. Reporter and so altogether now some 13,000 troops and civilians on the ground here trying to get help to those who need it. George. Okay, alex, thanks very much. President trump going from puerto rico to las vegas today. Cecilia vega ahead of him on the scene in las vegas. Lets begin with puerto rico. Awkward jarring moments yesterday in puerto rico for the president but hes already touting them. Reporter he is, george. That moment of those him tossing those paper towels certainly didnt go over well with a number of people there on the island and back here stateside but, look, one of the big issues that he raised there is this issue of the 73 billion in debt that puerto rico owes saying that were going to have to wipe that out. The question is can they actually really do that . This is debt that is Municipal Bonds which is mostly governed by the territory or the state big question, can it happen . Hes touting himself with that tweet, take a look at it. A great day in puerto rico yesterday while some of the News Coverage is fake most showed great warmth and friendship. You heard the president say hes gotten an a plus for texas and florida but what theyve diane in puerto rico he says is not being appreciated yet. He will touch down in las vegas and will meet with First Responders and victims families as well. This happens as the debate about gun control started on capitol hill and democrats calling for new controls, republicans saying now its not the time. The president said that as well but also seems to have opened the door to considering some proposals in the near future. Reporter yeah, he says that well be talking about gun laws as time goes by but you said it, look, Even Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says now is not the time to politicize it. The white house does remind the president has been a strong supporter of the second amendment. Okay, cecilia vega, thanks very much. Yes, there are two tropical threats. The one near nicaragua could eventually impact parts of the gulf coast as we head into this weekend. Your local weather in 30 seconds. First though the rainy cities brought to you by my little pony rated pg. Good morning, everybody. Im meteorologist karen rogers. We are dry and weve got sunshine out there. Lets take a look. 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We spent some time at Desert Springs Medical Center where a surgeon by the name of peter karovella took us room to room and they described the scene when they got that emergency call. The doctors themselves arrived. There were so many people who needed help they didnt know their names, they didnt know who they were operating on, simply jumped in to help save lives. We got here, there was probably 50 or 60 people in the er. 50 or 60 people here already. Already before we got here. It sounds as though there were so many patients you didnt even have time you didnt know who they were. Had no idea. The er docs did a good job and triaged everyone and said this one is critical. This one needs this and this one needs that. Reporter four of the victims pronounced dead shortly after they arrived here. So many of the patients with multiple gunshot wounds and this surgeon tells me this time it was different. We saw different pieces of the machinery and artillery that were basically dispersed throughout the abdomen, chest. So it appeared as though this suspect wanted to inflict maximum damage. Clearly, clearly. Reporter you know, among the victims he helped save was a 19yearold girl who was thrown under the back of a pickup truck just to get to the er and 21yearold boy at the concert. A young man celebrating his 21st birthday and to be in that room when the surgeon walked back in and the parents were in these rooms with their children who had survived this concert and see that moment when the parents were able to thank the surgeon for helping to save their childs life is something i wont forget . Im sure you wont, david. Thank you so much and we know youll have much more on world news tonight. Thank you, david. Well turn now to o. J. Simpsons newfound freedom just days after being released brushing up on his golf game and what are his plans after serving nine years in prison . Abcs linsey davis joins us now from las vegas with more. Good morning, linsey. Reporter hey, good morning, michael. It was here at this Las Vegas Hotel where o. J. Simpson was accused of Armed Robbery, a decade ago. Now he is back in vegas, not all that far from the scene of the crime, this time not only hoping to stay out of trouble but out of the spotlight. This morning new pictures of o. J. Simpson enjoying his first days of freedom showing him lounging at a Las Vegas Home where he is staying temporarily after his release from prison. In one picture he is seen practicing his putting. In another hes on the phone and here he is poolside with his oldest daughter arnelle looking far more relaxed than he did in the hours after his release. Juice, how does it feel to be out . Juice. How in the darryl yall stalking me . Reporter surprised at a gas station already seemingly irritated by all the attention. Where are you guys headed . One, none of your business. Reporter his ride to freedom was made in his prison denims. Two im in the car for the last five hours so how do i know how it feels to be out . Reporter even after serving nine years for kidnapping and Armed Robbery the paparazzi still hot on his trail. Ive been in nowhere, usa for the last nine years doing nothing, nothing has changed in my life. What are you guys what do you expect . I mean theres nothing changed. Please, can i have a break here . All right. Thank you. Thank you. God bless. Take care, you guys. Reporter he hopes to move to florida where the attorney general says hes not welcome. I have never seen such lack of remorse in my entire career. Reporter for the time being his parole officer says hes not allowed to leave nevada without advanced approval and that he plans to stay at a home in the Las Vegas Area for the foreseeable future. But simpson hopes his stay here in las vegas is temporary. He has a lot of incentive to move to florida. Three of his children live there, michael. All right, thank you, linsey. Lets bring in dan abrams and, dan, we heard floridas attorney general say o. J. Is not welcome in florida. But could florida actually keep him from moving there. Probably not. I mean there is technically a sending state which should be nevada and there is the receiving state which is florida and there is a procedure that they have to go through, but the bottom line is there is an interstate compact. Meaningly effectively a federal requirement that says if there is a sentence more than 90 day, if he has family in a place like florida, if hes got a job in a place like florida, all these possible things which could require florida to take him and i think just the fact that residents or family in florida is going to mean that florida will have to take him despite the attorney generals lack of desire to have o. J. Simpson in florida. She expressed her lack of desire but also o. J. s lawyer was aggressive in attacking her. I mean, he cursed her out publicly. I dont know if thats particularly helpful claiming this is about race, about not wanting a black man in florida. I thinks that a little bit of a tough argument for his lawyer to win here. So i dont know that his lawyer is helping the cause but the reality is that i think as a matter of law, florida is going to have to take him so no matter what o. J. s lawyer says or doesnt say isnt going to make that much of a difference. Do you think hell be able to stay out of trouble. There are a lot of requirements. He has to not do drugs. Hes going to have to go in for possible alcohol testing. He is allowed to drink but not in excess. Who are you associating with you cant associate with known criminals so theres a whole list of requirements that o. J. Simpson is going to have to abide by and he is going to be one of the closely watched parolees in the history of america. Im sure youre right about that. 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It was a dangerous misunderstanding that could have been deadly. A movie scene about a robbery ending in real gunfire. Now were seeing it all through the lens of the officer who fired the shot. This is the moment a movie shoot turned into a reallife drama outside a totally different perspective caught on this indiana Police Officers body camera. Drop the gun now. Drop the gun. Reporter that fake robber mistakenly thought to be an actual suspect. Actor james duff backs out of the bar with a mask on, brandishing a toy gun. The officer answering with his real one. Drop the gun. Reporter that single shot whizzing by, the actor unharmed. Were doing a movie. Reporter eventually he ra e raises his arms, his back against the wall then gets down on the ground. I was scared. I seen my life flash in front of me. Reporter Crawfordsville Police say they were responding to a 911 call about a robbery in progress and never notified of the movie production. Lets just say this never happened. Okay. Reporter the film company sharing this footage exclusively with abc news of the scene that sparked that violent confrontation with police. You dont know its a movie scene, how are you supposed to react . I know if it was my situation i had a probably do the same thing he did. Drop the gun now. Drop the gun. Reporter after reviewing the video authorities decided not to file charges against anyone involved. Find fault between both people. You know, the producer of not notifying the police and the policeman of not giving me the chance to react without firing but emotionally, i just keep playing it over and over and over in my head on how lucky i am to still be alive. Lucky, indeed. The Movie Company responded to that harrowing ordeal by thanking police for their quick action on what they thought was a real robbery. Police say in the future they want to be notified of any Film Productions that have to do with a toy gun. A crazy story. Amazing no one was hurt. Weve seen it on the weekends. 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You know what, fees, more than one fee. What is that all about . They are now, michael and robin, at an alltime high and could cost you hundreds a year. The good news, though, you can totally avoid them if you know what to watch out for. If you feel like some atms are getting more than theyre giving. Theyre too high. I dont think there should be such a high fee. It shouldnt be more than 1. 50. Reporter its not just in your head. I have seen an increase in fees so i try to avoid it altogether. Reporter according to a new report from bankrate. Com out of network atm fees have never been higher. Up 55 in just the last decade. When you go outside the atm network, youre not usually facing one fee, oftentimes its two fees, its a fee from the atm owner as well as what your own bank charges you and together that can easily top 5. Reporter for example, using an out of network atm used to cost about 2 in 1998 but today its more than double to nearly 5. If youre hitting that same atm each week its almost 250 a year in extra fees. Overdraft fees also soaring. The average per incident now 33. 38. As people transition away from cash and get smarter about how they use their money and make fewer out of Network Transactions that is also a contributor to the steady increases we see each year. As he was saying we can get around these fees. That is the good news. There are a couple of ways to do it. First of all if you bank smaller, for example, with a Community Bank or a credit union, these usually belong to Larger Networks so if you go to an atm, doublecheck because it might actually be in network. You can check it through your banks website and use a debit card at a point of sale so if you need to get cash, for example, at the grocery store, use that debit card, take some cash out. Then finally plan ahead and budget. If you are living on a cash budget, you can actually save money so go to that bank, your bank that you know you can take out money from and budget ahead for the week. Join a bank that you keep taking out money from right by your house, join that bank. A lot are going cashless. What are other ways to pay for your transactions. A couple, venmo, google wallet, squarepay, all ways you can transfer money between accounts, for example, if i borrowed money from one of you i could transfer money back to you with one of these apps. Theyre very simple and straightforward. Id lend you money. Im not sure about michael. I got you. I appreciate that, robin. American idol about to take over. Lara is upstairs. Robin, all three judges right here in times square live with our first ever tv appearance. Lets bring them out, Lionel Richie, katy perry and luke bryan. [ cheers and applause ] whoo get over here. [ cheers and applause ] American Idol judges. We have more coming up with them in our next hour. 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Back here on good morning america, more than a foot of snow fell in parts of northern montana and it was heavy, wet snow. You can see branches falling down, the power lines were down. More than 20,000 people without power. Thats an early season hit for them. Now well watch the storm travel across the country and a flash flood sorry, flood watch for Oklahoma City back through lawton, oklahoma, all along the cold front associated with this low that will drop a significant amount of moisture in iowa, to combm is brought to you by aleve. All day strong, all day long. Good morning, im tamala edwards. 7 56 now on this wednesday october 4th. Lets go over to matt pelman. Hes got your action news traffic report. Good morning. Yeah, weve been having some issues this morning, tam, starting with the ben franklin bridge. Were getting reports of a crash here on the westbound side headed towards center city. Not seeing that now. Just seeing some westbound volume from the mid span into eighth and vine. We are seeing a crash on the schuylkill expressway here in king of prussia its the westbound side approaching 202 where the right lane is blocked. Police are on the scene so its extra heavy coming west of 476, the blue route. On the blue route itself, there was also an accident southbound just past broomall, route three. That just cleared. Lanes are opened but speeds like 12 miles an hour from villanova. Delaware still a five vehicle accident on the northbound side of highway one, speeds like 13 Miles Per Hour coming up from odessa. I would use 13 or even 301 as alternates through the first state. Tam. Okay, thank you, matt. Lets go outside take a live look. Gorgeous start here to your wednesday. Looking out over penns landing. Whats it going to be like out there today, karen. Its going to be bright and beautiful. Get out there and enjoy it. This is our last day of really wall to wall sunshine. Its nice and sunny today, a high of 78 degrees. Even a little warmer than yesterday. Tomorrow things change just a little bit. Summer returns. Were into the 80s tomorrow. Were going to see a bit more cloud cover though and its going start to feel humid as well. So today is the last day where its kind of sunny and dry and beautiful. Tomorrow starts to feel sticky and a bit more cloud cover. Friday partly sunny, 82. Saturday were 15 degrees above average, 84. Maybe a sprinkle friday, saturday and sunday. The real rain comes monday on columbus day, tam. Thank you, karen. A father is charged in the death of his own twoyearold child in bucks county. Investigators say Christopher Kuhn crashed his suv in tullytown yesterday while trying to flee from the police. His twoyearold son was thrown from the suv. The child died of his injuries. That is it for us for now. We send you back to gma. Well see you back here in 30. Sweet 4k tv, mr. Peterson. Thanks. Pretty psyched. Did you get fios too . 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Why shes still hopeful. Well break down what every woman should know right now. Teenage dream are you ready to dream big . The new judges for American Idol. Right after the top secret auditions Just Launched the search for a new megastar begin. A few nervous parents outside the room. Crew members because everybody wants this. The Golden Ticket. This is American Idol. Katy, luke, lionel right here on gma for the first time live. And theyre here to say all good morning, america [ cheers and applause ] good morning. How is everybody . And this is good morning america, a lot of anticipation this morning for the countdown to the first season of American Idol on abc. Auditions already started last night going so late they had to order takeout thats going late and auditions are ongoing. Thats julia mendelsohn, shes live at our audition kiosk in times square. Lets listen. Maybe i would touch you too no you dont judge me because if you did baby i would judge you too george, youre up next. There you go. But, you know, idea idol hopefuls have been swarming in for the auditions, and were lucky enough we have the judges here, katy perry, luke bryan and Lionel Richie, theyre all joining us for their first time together on tv. Going to get a little chemistry here. We have a lot to get to but news including the latest on the investigation into the las vegas shooter. His girlfriend just landed back in the u. S. Overnight. Our chief investigative correspondent brian ross is here with the details and investigators think she could know more than any other individual. Thats right. This is a Major Development in the case with Marilou Danley now in the u. S. After flying into los angeles overnight from the philippines. Shes told the fbi she will not talk without a lawyer present. As a portrait of her longtime boyfriend is emerging, a man descending into madness showing signs of mental illness, losing weight, a decline in his physical appearance, according to one person briefed on the new findings. Her family says paddock sent her to the philippines two weeks before the shooting so she wouldnt be in the way of his plans and her brother told abc news she told family members she has a clean conscience. Nothing to worry about, she says but she knows so much about him. Brian,thanks very much. George, were getting a first look at Police Body Camera video of the First Responders in las vegas hustling people to safety as the shots rang out. Lets go to our matt gutman who is there in las vegas for that part of the story. Good morning again, matt. Reporter hey, good morning, robin. Weve seen so many disturbing images out that concert venue but nothing quite like this. Police have hundreds of hours of body camera footage but released this clip and in it you see those officers crouched behind a wall and the chaos unsure of where that gunfire was coming from. You see them directing those civilians away from the gunfire to get them out of harms way. Then you see them crouching behind these police cruisers, anything to seek shelter from that fire and in one of these clips you see an officer getting shot. Now, all of this comes as were learning so much more about how meticulously Stephen Paddock had planned that attack in addition to those machine guns, the thousands of rounds of ammunition, we now have seen something we have never seen before. He had multiple surveillance cameras set up, one of them used to detect an oncoming Security Guard. Now he shot that Security Guard through the door but Law Enforcement is now crediting him with thwarting the attack saying shortly after that interaction, the shooting stopped and paddock eventually killed himself. Robin. Thank you. President trump travels to las vegas this morning. He is going to meet with first respo responders, with survivors and their families and cecilia vega is already there on the scene this morning. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter hi, george. Good morning to you again. The president and first lady will touch down in las vegas in a few hours and head to that hospital where many people are still recovering. Theyll also today meet with some First Responders. You know, the president has called this gunman demented and a very, very sick individual. As the debate over gun control wages on, the white house has tried to distance itself from the arguments but the president made headlines yesterday when he said well be talking about gun laws as time goes by. Democrats are pushing hard for changes and they are planning to protest on capitol hill today. But Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says now is not the time to politicize what happened here in las vegas as this investigation is still under way but before his trip here, it seems that President Trump is focused on something else, he is up and tweeting about the fake news calling the media out of control, george. Yeah, he is not happy with reviews this morning. Okay, cecilia, thanks very much. Nothing fake about 93 of puerto rico still being without power. Thats a fact. An alarming new report released from the cdc about cancer and weight. It found that overweight and obese people have an increased risk of 13 kinds of cancer with more than half of all cancers in women related to those weight issues. Now, with twothirds of all americans being overweight or obese researchers are concerned that those numbers could rise. And now heres a photo we need to see after these terrible few day, a picture taken by our producer brandon chase outside the Mandalay Bay Hotel in las vegas. This is a woman and her young son stopping to embrace a Police Officer in thanks because as brandon says just because. It is one of those moments that proves that there is a lot of love and appreciation in las vegas and that las vegas will recover. I remember one of the press conferences, someone of the officials said if you see somebody, if you see a Police Officer or a firefighter or any first responder, just give them a hug. Just give them a hug and say thanks for what they do every day. Coming up, Gabrielle Union revealing her struggle to have a baby. The actress opening up about ivf and what you can learn from her story. We go oneonone with Teresa Guidice. How shes keeping her family together while her husband is in prison and why she regrets starring on the hit show. Ooh. Lara, whats going on upstairs. Had did going on. [ applause ] we are so excited to count down to the premiere of American Idol on abc. Judge luke bryan is here. The other judges are here. A great audience. 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Welcome back. Imagine what goes on up here when were downstairs. Dont tell anybody. Okay. But do tell us about pop news. I sure will. [ applause ] good morning to you and good morning to you, time now for pop news and you know we loved Connie Britton in friday night lights, nashville. Happy to tell you she is back teaming up with ryan murphy if i who has had quite a role by the way on the people v. O. J. Simpson and feud on fx. Starring in 911 different from when she was in American Horror story. It will explore the highpressure world of police, paramedics. Angela bassett and peter krause will so dhar with her helmed by ryan murphy if i. Sounds pretty darned good. I spent a lot of time with her in nashville for the show. She so happy for her. You, by the way, were so fantastic in your acting on nashville. Rerecurring role. Recurring role for roberts. Also in pop news could be billionaire versus billionaire in the 2020 election. Dallas mavericks owner and shark tank star mark cuban is actively considering a run for president. On a podcast called viewpoint he is considering but not ready to commit. The owner of the mavericks, as i said, he says he is a Problem Solver but one he may not be able to solve. His wife. That may be his First Campaign stop and could be his last if she doesnt get on board. Right now hes putting the odds at only 10 . Cuban as you may know, he was very vocal and supported Hillary Clinton in the last election and also very vocal in his opposition of President Trump to be continued on that one. Did you hear about Michelle Obama his wife only 10 so hes not doing it. He is a very convincing guy. Every married man understands. The first time i wrote it i said behind every man is an even greater woman so i do agree he has a big hurdle to overcome. Then finally in pop news this morning, life is pretty darned good for current jeopardy Champ Austin Rogers with his mop of brown kurs and full beard, he is a hoot. The bartender from new york city is on a major winning streak thanks to is encycloperform edialike knowledge. He asked who is nelson mandela. Did you bet big . Yeah. 34,000 gives you 69,000 now and youre over a quarter million, and you play again. Yeah. He should be dancing. Did you see . He should be dancing. Six straight wins in a row and he keeps on going on jeopardy until he loses, to be continued tonight. That looks like a single man dance. Whos that . Not going to be single for long. It is time now for our cover story, struggling with infertility. In her new memoir Gabrielle Union reveals she has endured failed ivf cycles and several miscarriages. Reporter she plays a successful single tv journalist fighting her way to the top. Why are you so okay with me getting the credit for this. Reporter but off camera facing a different battle. In the latest issue of People Magazine shes revealing her personal struggle with infertility. The 44yearold admits over the years she suffered nine miscarriages and gone through eight cycles of ivf. None successful. For three years my body has been a prisoner of trying to get pregnant. Ive either been about to go into an ivf cycle, in the middle of an ivf cycle or coming out of an ivf strikele. Going through as many miscarriages and ivf treatments has put her body and mind through a lot of turmoil about you says shes not going to give up. Reporter the hollywood actress is half of one of the most glamorous cups on the planet. She and her husbanddwyane wade have been happily married since 2014. A loving stepmother to his kids says even though shes bursting with joy at her kids milestones she never wanted children until she met dwyane. I was afraid to be attached to it if it didnt work out. I was fulfilled with children. Wanting to have babies with dwyane was a natural desire built on that joy. She said shes fallen in love with motherhood and loves doing basketball games and helping with homework. Reporter despite her struggles she continues to remain hopeful. This child weigh want to have had been loved even as an idea. Each attempt at ivf is a loving action so remain here bursting with love and ready to do anything to meet the child we both have been wanting. Welcome to dr. Jessica shepherd. Shes 44. Whats the chances for someone that age. We come equipped from birth born with all the eggs well have throughout our lifetime so when we talk about pregnancy we talk about the chances of getting pregnant per month so when in your 20s, thats about a 25 chance of getting pregnant in a month. Now, when we get to our 30s that will decrease and drop to about 10 chance of getting pregnant per month. Then if you look over here to the 40s, that again is going to diminish and that is about a 5 chance of becoming pregnant in a month. So the odds tart to go down. Shes had several ivf attempts. So far it hasnt worked for her. What are the risks of that. So the risk of ivf, everyone goes to their doctor and goes through ivf for different reason, whether its a medical condition or whether theyre unable to conceive over multiple spontaneous chances of pregnancy so there are risks that come with ivf, obviously its a procedure, goes through a lot of different hormonal changes so some of those risks would be those ovaries are really working overtime and so sometimes those ovaries can be overstimulated and sometimes when you get all those hormones the injections and some of the pills you have to take your mood is really going to shift and see it go up, see it down. She eludes to some of that in her book as well going through that with dwyane obviously going through those mood changes and lastly, abdominal bloating and does the fact it hasnt worked seven or eight times mean it wont work the next time. Thats something that will be different for her whether she has a medical condition, what shes discussed with her doctor, but, again, you have to understand that every time the different chance and so she needs to talk to her doctor about the risks of going through that now eight types. You also have that emotional toll. Emotional toll. We dont take that into account and some of these women after they fail ivf can be depressed or angstious so 10 of women feel they have some type of major depression after failing. Real complication. Dr. Jessica shepherd, thanks very much. Absolutely. Gabrielle union will be here live with us in two weeks to talk more about her story. Yeah, here we are with a great crowd outside. In you can key from nicky from atlanta. There could be a tropical depression later today. It will form it will become nate. It is right near nicaragua. It will travel on the eastern side of honduras and and drop heavy rain here along the east coast. Lots to come in the way of hurricanes. Still in the season through november 30. Thats the big picture. Lets get a check closer to home. November 30th feels like a long way away to deal with that. Storm tracker6 live shows were dry. Lets take a look at your forecast. A beautiful shot over the Commodore Barry bridge as sky6 looks live this morning. Wall to wall sunshine today. It is nice, it is bright. 78 degrees for your high. Even a bit warmer than yesterday. Tomorrow summer really returns. Were into the 80s. 84 for your high. Bit more cloud cover. Friday only partly sunny skies and 82. Maybe a shower friday and saturday. Well be 15 degrees above average. Robin . American idol time. Thats right. Theres no other show like it. It is the Cultural Institution that revolutionized talent competition and we have the three amazing judges here. Well bring them out in just a minute but first were so excited to be kicking off idol here on abc and we want you to take a look at this. You remember a moment like this. For a moment like this that emotional moment Kelly Clarkson clinched her win as American Idols first megastar followed by carrie underwood. How do i get you alone chris daughtry. Dead or alive. And jennifer hudson. Now the show thats produced more megastars than any other ever is back, Ryan Seacrest watching the auditions backstage monday in new york. Everyone is so excited to be back for American Idol with lionel, katy and luke bryan having a good time. A few nerves outside the room. A few nervous parents outside the room, crew members because everybody wants this. That. The Golden Ticket. Isnt that right . All yes this is American Idol. Reporter the new judges all together for the first time at auditions, katy perry, luke bryan and Lionel Richie working late into the night to audition all the people swarming to be the next American Idol. Our cameras there as so many with big dreams lined up to process so top secret we cant even let you hear them sing. And its just the beginning, idol is back and who is going to get that Golden Ticket . [ applause ] i want a Golden Ticket. Do you want a Golden Ticket. I would love a Golden Ticket. It is time to bring out the brandnew judges. Hes once, twice, three times a superstar and will have idol fans dancing on the ceiling. Thought out love for mr. Lionel richie. What a feeling dancing on the ceiling [ applause ] oh what a feeling watch out. Watch out. Ah. Oh. Mwah. [ applause ] my god. Where are we going now . Well, you know were going to go now, bring out your partner right now. This twotime cma entertainer of the year can crash our party any time. Hes already crashed our audience, its luke bryan. [ cheers and applause ] i told you youd be in that. [ applause ] hi. I told him to watch you shake. What did i tell you. Luke is known to shake his booty. He gave it to us. He did not disappoint. I had to shake your shaking game. I cant keep up. You got that. She has gone gold. She has gone platinum. And now shes the first artist in history to go diamond. That is 10 million in sales and she did it three times. Give a roar for katy perry. [ cheers and applause ] stinging like a bee [ applause ] how are you . Great to see you. Ah. Hello, hello. [ cheers and applause ] lovely in lapis. Thank you, thank you. We got to say welcome. This is a super group. Must feel good to be together finally to have this kicking off. This is a dream team. This is i have to tell you something. Weve been to School Together for the last 40 years. Excuse me, i should say 20 years. Im 84. We only had one day together yesterday and were already just so locked in and i think theres such incredible Mutual Respect and everybody has their strengths and knows their different wheelhouses and i sit there on the table and im like, really lionel. You hung out with prince and michael and whitney. Tell us more. In the same night. I know. Crazy. So its so wonderful. Thats called back in the day. Back in the day. Well, you have had jussie wealth of experience in so many different areas. What are you bringing to the table. You know what it is, experience. I think from what we have most of all is, you know, what do we do with all of this knowledge at the other end of the career . We have to give it back. We share it. And i kept thinking do i write the book, do i do the documentary . No, i just become a judge right quick and every night when something i can see in an artist where hes struggling or shes struggling, the first thing ill say what, you know what, this reminds me of me and well start there and they bring to the table the same thing, their artis artist artistry. American idol is about plucking somebody from obscurity and make them the next superstar. What does it mean to you guys to know you could be discovering the next superstar . Its challenging and we think about that throughout our whole assessment of this human standing in front of us. I mean we care about their emotions theyre going to go through. We were judging do we think theyll be able to handle this ride. Because you all know. Because i think its nice to see the glitz and the glamour but theres a lot of hard work that goes behind it. I only had three hours of sleep. And that wasnt my choice. And she says that. We ran late last night, but we got three hours of sleep and were here and thats what some of these artists dont understand. You dont get to choose your sleep schedule sometimes, the business does. We got a lot more to talk to you about so coming up, much more with the three judges. [ applause ] good morning, im tamala edwards. 8 27 now on this wednesday october 4th. Lets go to matt pelman. Hes starting on 422. Good morning. Yeah, watch something slow going along 422 eastbound, tam, because we had a broken down vehicle that just got pushed off to the egypt road, the oaks off ramp so both eastbound lanes are reopened but you can see were in the red as we come east of royersford because of that earlier broken down vehicle. Not too far off in Upper Providence a crash along arcola road at cider mill road. An accident this morning along 295 southbound approaching route 73 here in mount laurel but now its all off to the Left Shoulder so the southbound delay here as you head down toward bellmawr is starting to thin out but we still dont have any relief coming out of atlantic city. Westbound side of the expressway remains blocked by the convention center. That was an Early Morning crash involving a dump truck that flipped over from the eastbound lanes into the westbound lanes and then caught fire. So, real mess. Stay on 30 or down or 40 albany avenue instead and in newark, were watching a crash along chapel street at kensington lane. Tam. Thank you, matt. Now lets go outside to karen rogers. Shes got the latest in accuweather. Good morning. , go, tam. And it is in fact a good morning or a great morning. Weve got temperatures in the 50s and while im enjoying sunshine here we have that fog as we forecast north and west of the city just. 3 of a mile in lancaster 1 mile visibility in reading because of fog out that way. Lets check your exclusive accuweather 7day. 78 for your high today. It is nice, it is sunny, even a little warmer than yesterday but tomorrow summer really returns. We not only bring up the temperature into the 80s, we have several days in the 80s but we also bring up the humidity. So youll have a bit more cloud cover, too. 84 on thursday. Friday partly sunny, 82. And saturday just a slight chance for a shower, tam. Okay, back now to gma. Im vern, the orange money retirement rabbit, from voya. Im the money you save for retirement. Whos he . Hes green money, for spending today. Makes it easy to tell you apart. That, and i am better looking. I heard that. When its time to get organized for retirement, its time to get voya. Welcome back to gma, everybody. You can see we have a big morning here in times square with the judges for American Idol. Come on, give it up one more time. [ applause ] youre feeling something else, just for a moment here that you also share, las vegas is not far from any of our minds and neither of yours and i know you have residency, katy at a recent concert you devoted some time to the victims and their memory and, of course, it was a Country Music festival where this happened, luke. Is there something you want to share about that . Well, go ahead, lionel. You know what it is, Live Performances to us, thats the heartbeat, because we get to meet the fans. We see the fans. I cannot tell you we look at the faces every night on stage. We live for that and, of course, they blow the kiss, they say every word to us and to think for a moment that were we are now getting to a stage now where Live Performances are in jeopardy because we have to the Worst Nightmare we ever have in life is Something Like that would happen but you always have in the back of your mind is, nah, that would never happen and when it finally happens, its terrifying. I worry so much about the fans in terms of we have to find that one place where we can feel like lets let it go. Lets relax and i happen to know, well, you know who was on stage so ill let you tell that story. Yeah, as entertainers, you look at your fans, youre not up there to do anything but connect with them. Theyre not i laid in the bed and when they showed the faces of the victims, there are fans. They embody america. Its not its Country Music festival but its america and its bigger than just its just bigger than it goes so far beyond. You know, you heard about it at the Ariana Grande concert. Yeah. And now here it is in front of us and i mean it was one of the most heartbreaking days of my life and for this country too and i talked to jason aldean very early that morning and hearing one of your best friends shaken up like that, knowing theyll never be able to unsee these things and i dont know, you get lumps and you get nauseated and katy and i and lionel talked about it. Theres got to be something we can do from the Mental Health issue to all of the issues that are causing these things and its heart i dont even know. I think its horrible. I think it continues to be horrible and i think that, you know, i think that everybody feels like their heart has just been ripped out of their chest and we just dont know when its going to happen again and i think were all trying to figure out the answers and im not saying i have the answers and i pray every day and my prayers and my thoughts but i think the one thing that we have to remember is that prayer without action is powerless. Thank you. And we have to have some action and we have to take an unfortunate good, hard look at what our roles and our boundaries are with gun reform, no one can saying take away your guns but we just dont necessarily need assault rifles, assault weapons, we need, i think, a good, hard look at gun reform and, you know, the hands that these guns are being placed in and i just think thats kind of one of the answers and we have to put our foot down more than just sending our condolences. Because honestly like i get really sick to my stomach just everyone seeing, you know, sending their condolences and then going back to selfieing, you know, and doing their regular stuff. Its like that is not enough. When is it going to be enough . And i mean i dont know the answers and i know its a touchy subject but i think we really have to take a good, hard look at it as as a society. As a society. Thank you. Thank you for your heartfelt words. You know what, well take a quick break and then well come back. Introducing clorox with cloromax. Cleans and now protects. Making your next cleanup easier. Uhoh. I think we have a winner. Easier cleanup is the beginning. What comes next is everything. Welcome back to gma and we are here with the judges of American Idol and, of course, they are taking over times square studio this morning. All right, so yall got a little taste of the first auditions, anything you want to share . Well, i mean i think there is still talent out there to be discovered. We live in the age of the internet, the Music Industry is constantly changing. Its in flux right now. I think there are still stars and diamonds in the rough and i think the Great American dream, we can revive that in a way and show people that if they have the talent, if they work really hard and if we can give them that lucky star and the combination of those three things maybe we can give them kind of like a little platform to just shine. I will say to you that i am amazed. It took me all of maybe till 30 years old to finally get enough confidence to go yeah, all right, im on stage. Oh, wow. Theyre 15yearolds. They are 15, 16yearolds coming out going, give me the mike. Give me the mike. And im going, wait a minute, wait a minute. Slow down. Attitude, ability. Presence. Presence and im sitting there going, who what is this . Its amazing the confidence this new generation has and i think whats really wonderful for us, we get to see it and if any way try to tweak it just a little bit. They dont need much but im telling you whats coming down the pipe is going to be quite exciting. Were excited to see it. You guys, you cross so many genre, pop, country and r b but also have done stuff thats crossed over as well. How does that help you as a judge . Yeah, were a big crossover package right here. That is for sure. Even yesterday in our first day was the diversity of the people coming in and the different types of music and you better know all forms of music to some degree when youre back there judging because youre going to look like youre going to look like you dont if you dont know it and just that was another to touch on what lionel said, i mean, you can see the Information Age showing up because these kids can go to their computer and learn how to play piano and they can go get vocal lessons online and it dark like we have a kid come out play guitar great and say would you do another one. Piano over there and hed do another one. Where was i when i was 15 and it wasnt there, you know. It was not there. Yeah. I was just learning how to tie my shoes. We have a super fan in our audience. Katy. Natalie. You have a question for katy. Hello, nice sparkly mike. Thank you, matching. Like i did it in on purpose. Im a huge katy kat and my question is if you had to audition for American Idol singing one of your own song, which one would it be . Good question. I wouldnt sing half of my songs because i theyre so high, i have to like squeeze my buttocks in to sing firework. This is the kind of language you will hear in the show. Buttock. Thats pretty good. This is pretty good. I would probably sing roar or Something Like that, i think. [ applause ] good choice. No one would complain about that. Nobody. Whats so great about this show, you know, not compared to but, you know, theres a lot of different shows like this, its about the contestants. We are secondary. We are just there to kind of support and we truly want to find someone that we can give a liftoff to and give a name because like you can name, you know, more than almost over five if not under ten really people that have careers and successes and like their lives have been changed and so in a way were here to really make dreams come true and hopefully find that American Idol. Well, i couldnt think of any three better people to have in the hands of these young people. [ applause ] and we are thrilled well get to know you a lot over these next few months. We know what, we got folks here sophia and harold who want to say hi to katie, right. Hi, katie. They want you out here. They love you. We want to talk about the weather. Its brisk, feeling like fall but not for long my friend. Sophia and harold look at those temperatures into the upper 70s. Thats today. Then by tomorrow, 81. Youll be in tshirts tomorrow, shorts one more day. Thats the big picture. Lets get a check now, hi, katie, a little closer to home. It is a little cool out there but it is warming up already. We have a high of 78 today. Heres your accuweather forecast. Nice and bright and sunny. More changes a little we bump it up into the 80s. Add a little more cloud cover and it starts to get more humid, too. Up, you guys, we have a oneonone with Teresa Guidice, why the real housewife of new jersey regrets starring on the hit show. All right. We just moved in about four months ago, but the living rooms pretty blank. Its really nice when clients come in and have done some of their own research. Working with a bassett designer was really easy. Just kind of ties in very well. We love it floor creaks i cant believe justwere doing this very well. thunder cracks ahh gus, youre not scared, are you . I dont like thunder this is getting creepy a wolf howls in the distance heeey. Whoa shriek did you say creepy . Fangtastic fortune. The new scratch off from the pennsylvania lottery. 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We are back now with how Teresa Guidice is standing strong. The real housewife of new jersey gets very candid in her new book about her marriage and whether the fame was really worth it and abcs linzie janis caught up with teresa and you have the story. She told us shes letting it all out including the anger that she feels towards her husband for getting them into legal trouble. She says serving 11 months in prison meant she lost valuable time with her mother who passed away shortly after she got out. She is mad and she is not holding back. What am i apologizing for. Reporter on screen Teresa Guidice is known for her lavish lifestyle and fiery temper. Now this real housewife of new jersey star is getting real in standing strong. Its been a year and a half since joe went to prison. How are you doing . You know, busy with my four daughters, i have my dad thats living with me now. My mom passed away so, you know, its been rough. Losing your mom was obviously a low point. Very low point. Going away like, you know, to prison was nothing like im just saying compared to losing my mom, like that i wish that would have never happened and after i lost my mom, like something snapped inside of me and then i got really angry. Who are you angry at . Oh, my husband. Initially you had not really blamed joe. You kind of blamed the system. Have you changed your mind on that . Both. You know, both, obviously, he wasnt on top of everything and he trusted the wrong people, and i dont feel like i should have gone away. But, listen, i took my punishment. I did what i had to do and i feel like they really didnt punish me. I feel like they punished my children. Reporter guidice spent almost a year in federal prison for multiple counts of fraud. Now joe is serving out a 41month sentence for the same crimes. Im going to try to become a better person. What happens when he gets home from prison. Were going to start living life again and see what happens and things definitely have to change. They cant go back to the way they were. And i want him to make sure hes on top of everything. Before you felt that divorce was not an option ever. Do you now feel that it might be someday . I cant predict the future. I mean, im going to wait for my husband to come home. Were going to go on with our lives. She says some days she feels overwhelmed but finds strength from her daughters. In the first book you wrote you said that your youngest daughters didnt know you were in prison. You told them that you were at work. What do they know now about what happened . Well, the three oldest know. And the baby says that shes like, mommy, people do say that daddy is in jail. And im like, honey, when you get older mommy and daddy will explain everything to you. How are the girls coping without him . You know, they miss him tremendously. I mean thats their dad. Do they see him regularly in prison. Oh, yeah, we see him all the time. Reporter while the show made the family famous she doesnt think the fame is worth it. Do you regret being part of it now. Because of the situation, yes. You regret being part of the housewives. Yeah, if i had to do it all over again i dont know i would have done it again just because you are singled out. You are made an example of. Youre not treated like everyone else and i think thats not fair. Reporter but with season eight premiering tonight, the drama will be out in full force. What is going on there. I cant give too much away. There was a big blowup. I guess when you get five women together stuff does happen. The drama does start happening. Guidice doesnt look very zen in those scenes but learned yoga in prison and became a certified yoga instructor. Who knew. Thank you very much, linz and standing strong out now and the premiere for season eight of the real housewives of new jersey tonight on bravo. Over to michael. Who knew is right. Who knew id be sitting here with a woman who made history in 2015 by becoming the first female to coach in the nfl. Dr. Jen welters inspiring book play big about breaking stereotypes and playing professional football against men and earning her ph. D. And dr. Welter, welcome. Welcome. [ applause ] you have had an absolutely incredible, incredible life. But i want to take you back to the big moment when you got the coaching job of the inside linebacker coach for the arizona cardinals. What was it like . Were the players skeptical. I have to give a lot of credit to the guys. They were so excited. They were actually like, you know, theyd come up and be like coach jen, i checked out your highlight reel. You were a beast off the edge. As lath lets thats kind of thats the greatest gift we can give is like all right, im going to invest and check you out. See what you can do. They knew a lot about me but they didnt know what it was going to be like interpersonally. Those are the trenches. Its something where we spend a lot of time together, got to get down and dirty and the last thing you want is for there to be that kind of first date awkward, right, where everybody is Walking Around on egg shells and nobody acts like themselves. Ive been there. Dont know if we can hold hands yet. We cant joke and so one of the things i wanted them to know is that it was going to be easy and well laugh a lot because some things are just different but i would do that and when youre the odd person out you can do that. Before you got the job one question coach aryans did have for you, can you read the guys eyes . What did he mean when he asked you that. Bruce goes back to his time as a bartender and being able to see people for what they are, what they need, whats different and so reading somebodys eyes realized that not all players react the same, you know, can you look at a guy and see, you know, what that coach might have gotten him a little bit and needs a pat on the back or the next guy, hey, you might need to get fired up and bruce loves the fact that i had my masters in sports psychology and ph. D. And i honestly think that that was ultimately what gave him the confidence to take that big step. You made history as well. Youre the first female to play in a mens pro football league. Indoor football league. As a running back. As a running back. As a running back. There have been kickers before and some other stuff. The physical demands of that, how were you able to thats like me hitting you every day. Yep. It was painful. Painful. I bounce well. Thats an amazing accomplishment. But while you were playing womens professional football, you also you went and got your masters, your ph. D. All that while you were playing. Yeah. What was the driving factor . What drove you so hard to do what youve done as far as getting your ph. D. And masters but also to excel in a sport thats dominated by men. You know, when i made my first Football Team it was the sport i had loved my whole life probably like you did when you saw it these are the heroes but didnt have the opportunity to play. When i made that first team, the promise i made is that i would step up to every challenge. No matter what it was. Now i had no idea what i was getting myself into when i made that promise. Right . But what i saw is because there wasnt really a place for women on the field that i could take that practical experience from playing and get my masters and my ph. D. So id have the theoretical knowledge to go with it so be kind of like a unique combination of somebody who could help players such as yourself because its a different world and a lot of people dont understand those unique pressures. I tell you right now you understand it. Youve done it. Youve proven youre original, one of a kind. Yes. And play big is in book stores nationwide. Make sure you go check it out. Dr. Jen welter. Well be right back. Well be right back. Every day, Technology Becomes much more personalized. Like this. And this. ai device welcome home, gary, how was your day. And like this. Introducing specifi, our digital investing platform thats built around you. Just answer a few questions, and specifi will provide a tailored investment portfolio. It continually manages it, so if the market changes, it adjusts accordingly. Ask us how specifi can help you reach your potential. Ask us how specifi can help you reach your potential. 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Walnut out of commission at this point in center city because of the fire again right by the walnut street theater. I would stay up on Market Street as maybe an alternate and you can see the people trying to head westbound on walnut forced to turn here onto eighth street because they cant get through headed toward ninth because of that Fire Department activity. On the maps were watching a crash in south philadelphia. Its packer at south broad and construction coming to 95 during the midday today, so starting in just a few minutes northbound at the girard point bridge. I would steer clear of that. Jammed with some speeds like 9 Miles Per Hour tam. Thank you, matt. Now lets head out to karen rogers with a look at your accuweather. Good morning. We have beautiful sunshine today, tam. Its a nice start to the day. Breeze is very light today as well but temperatures are going to be even warmer than yesterday. Lets take a look at that seven day. 78 degrees for your high. It is nice be and sunny, above average for this time of year. Summer returns tomorrow. Were into the 80s. 84 for your high and its going to feel more humid, too and then we keep that pattern with us. We add a bit more cloud cover, too so the today is the last of the wall to wall sunshine day. Friday partly sunny 82. Saturday were 15 degrees above average with clouds and sun. Friday and saturday maybe a sprinkle. The real rain comes monday, tam. Thank you, karen. A father is charged with the death of his twoyearold child in bucks county. Investigators say Christopher Kuhn crashed his suv in tullytown yesterday while trying to flee from police after a theft of the his twoyearold son was thrown from that suv and the child died from his injuries. Latest on the case coming up on action news at noon. Meet Steve Sweeney. Hes a doubledipping pension padder. Doubledipping pension padder he had two government jobs, two paychecks and padded his pension along the way. 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