Mind and what he now tells his children only on gma this morning. Get by with a little help from my friends and hand in hand, the massive turnout across the country, stars from los angeles to nashville to new york. When tough times hit, this is who we are. Thousands of you jumping in donating more than 40 million and counting in less than 24 hours. Do not give up hope. The incredible effort and how you can still help this morning. Whoa stand by me darling darling i love that. We do say good morning, america. What an incredible night. So many people joining together to support those affected by hurricanes harvey and irma. They were right here in our little old studio and all across the country. It was amazing to see thousands of you at home opening up your hearts and your wallets to help those in need and guess what, the hand in hand telethon has raised more than 44 million so far. The money is still coming in and the need is still so great. Were reminded of that this morning as storm v
Morning before cloud bubble up in the afternoon another round of those hit and miss but locally intense showers and perhaps a thunderstorm, that will take you right through your thursday night and into friday morning, although you can see friday looks like a transition day, showers are more few and far between as we start to send irma out to sea, in longer irma but remnants of that system. Only 73 degrees in philadelphia but it is steamy. Coming up we will talk bin crease in dew points, how long humidity sticks around and what to expect for the weekend for now, back over to you. In the news tonight criminal investigation is underway following the death of eight people, at a nursing home without air conditioning in hollywood, florida. Crewness florida continued to make progress in restoring power but nearly 4 million homes and businesses are still without power, in the sunshine state. Water services is slowly being restored to the upper florida keys but key west area and lower keys are
Never knows. So this is a special Public Program on hurricanes irma and jose and the Massive International response thats already under way. Weve all seen the pictures of the tremendous damage thats been done on antigua and barb a barbuda, st. Martin, the british and u. S. Virgin islands, cuba, florida and elsewhere and we shouldnt forget hurricane harvey. Disasters like these hurricanes always present an opportunity to refocus our efforts to see where we are doing well and where efforts need to be il proved. Emergency response systems have been tested like never before in the u. S. And in the countries of the caribbean. We have organized the program today to bring greater attention to the impact of the hurricanes and to the critical local and international response. This is the latest in a series of panels presentations and publications weve been doing on the caribbean. Two months ago, we published a report discussing the most important aspects of u. S. Relations with the caribbean. W
Morning. School shooting rampage. We have one hit in the back, one in the arm. One student killed. Three others wounded as a heavily armed shooter opens fire on his classmates. The hero custodian who stepped in to stop him, and were the warning signs ignored . Breaking news, selena gomez just revealing her secret health battle. The superstar singer posting this photo, saying she had a kidney replacement. Her message for her celebrity friend who gave her what she calls the ultimate gift. We do say good morning, america. And a great way to wake up this thursday morning, selena gomez posting that photo opening up about the kidney transplant she had this summer. And shes thanking her friend who was her donor and also thanking the team of doctors who helped her and much more on that coming up ahead. What a great story. Theyre doing so well. A lot of people are talking about President Trumps dinner with Democratic Leaders in the white house last night. Did they make a deal or not . You read
Thee coast. New jersey is now within the National Hurricane certaintys forecast cone, and jose could send win, storm surge by next tuesday. So war, dangerous part of the storm is the northeast quadrant. Reporter Cape May County emergency manager marty says it ties soon to make any real decision bus latest movement have officials closely monitoring track and thinking about how to respond to potential impacts. We are looking at minor to moderate coastal flooding right now. If the storm tracks in or makes land fall we could be looking at major coastal flooding. Reporter most immediate danger is rip currents, all week Hurricane Irma and jose have been sending larger than usual waves to the new jersey shore that make it hard to stand in one place, and easier to get swept away in deadly rip currents. I would not swim right now. I want to show you how we know these are tropical waves. These are long, period swells coming from a storm far away. We know because they are really long waves. Regul