High schools across america streaming in hundreds of entries for our live concert event. With katy perry. Were down to five amazing picks. Wait until you see the stories behind them, as katy reveals the first finalist this morning. In moments, only on gma. Hey, gma. Are you ready to make the announcement . And happy monday, everyone. Robin off today. Great to have lara to my right. Sara haines to my left. Welcome to you. Boy, we have a lot to get to this morning. Two big exclusives this morning. House Speaker John Boehner sat down with me for the First Time Since the shutdown. Hes not budging an inch. Neither is the white house. Well see what he says about the bigger fight ahead, americas debt limit. That is shaking up markets. And a special first look at Diane Sawyers exclusive first interview with malala, the young pakistani 16yearold called the bravest girl in the world. How she became globally famous after the taliban shot her and why she cannot, will not be stopped. She is not bei
The hoff and the entire cast divulge the hidden clause in their contract that caused reallife drama on the beach. What they needed to do to stay in their swimsuits. And good morning, america. A whole lot to get to this wednesday morning, including big news from the white house. President obamas nomination of skwan january janet yellen for the fed. Thats coming later today. She will become the first female chief of any major central bank. One of the most important Economic Policy jobs in the world. Well talk to jon karl about that. See if the senate says. First woman to hold that kind of position. Lets get right to the Government Shutdown and its impact on the families of these american servicemen and women youre seeing. The ultimate sacrifice. The socalled death benefits cut off to families of those fallen soldiers. Abcs jim avila is in washington with much more on this. Good morning, jim. Reporter good morning, robin. Sick children that cant get into clinical trials. Capitol cops work
Lets talk about traffic and see whats happening out there. What we do have is a project through the caldicott. We have meetering lights that will be in a test mode. That will happen around 10 30 this morning in both directions. Watch out for that. That could slow things down in the west and eastbound directions along highway 24. As we take a look at mass transit, everything is running on time. B. A. R. T. , uni, ace train, cal train. Heres a picture of this, the Golden Gate Bridge out of saw so he let tow. Thank you. Leyla. Its 5 01. Developing news where police are investigating the suspicious death of a 7monthold baby. Amy is live on the scene of a childs home where investigators are inspecting right now, amy. Eric, two other officers have arrived here at the scene. We are here at the house where investigators are looking for evidence, but theyre still waiting for homicide inspectors to arrive. This is the home of the baby on monterey here at acadia in San Francisco. The police were
September 21st, more than two weeks ago. Family and friends have been desperately searching for her this whole time. Yesterday a hospital worker finds a body in an exterior stairwell on the fourth floor. If this body is lynne spaldingss, as i said repeatedly today there are a lot of questions San Francisco general will have to answer as to why that person was not found for 19 days. San francisco general not saying much right now. Only that the situation is distressing and that finding out what happened is top priority. To that end, police are investigating, talking with staff and combing through surveillance video. Also investigators have cordoned off the stairwell where the body was discovered calling it a crime scene. Live in the newsroom, abc 7 news. Thank you. This morning a Stanford University professor is one of three researchers whos won this years nobel prize in chemistry. This morning the Royal Swedish Academy of sciences honored the work of Michael Levitt along with scientist
The Government Shutdown is impacting american families. We learned 17 families of Service Members killed since the shutdown began have not received the customary 100,000 benefit they need to attend funeral costs. Families use the money to fly to dover and to greet those fallen heroes. The hardworking fishermen on the west coast are feeling the effects. The government is no longer issuing permits to harvest lucrative king crabs. 100 boats is sitting at the docks with a full crew waiting out the impact. We also learned members of congress can still workout in style. An exclusive house gym was supposed to be shutdown along with the government. But that gym, known as the members Wellness Center remains fully open, with flatscreen tvs, workout machines and a heated swimming pool, for lawmakers use and enjoyment. With the shutdown in its ninth day, is washington any closer to an agreement . Were going to get the latest right now from abcs Tahman Bradley in washington. Good morning, tahman. R