Out onto the field for jack is very emotional i did not think that we could experience what we experienced with jack. A lot of these milestones are basically a dream come true. [chanting] i prayed quite literally for this to happen in lieu of jack. We were all scared. We did not know really what the next step was. For this family, football gave them what the doctors never could. The courage to dream. The will to keep fighting. And a chance to do the unimaginable. If i had told you you are going to see your son play High School Football, what would you have thought back then . Bri and andy hoffman settled in atkinson, nebraska. So their three kids would know the joys of rural life. Jack, where you going to go . We go to play outside. Carefree fun. Operation ava . [laughs] [laughs] here we go. The great outdoors. Go to the barn. Her and as he told us seven years ago, andy hoffman had something he wanted his son jack to have too, a love for corn husker football. His First Birthday Party w
Weather. Here at home it is quiet. Here in philadelphia we have a Beautiful Day ahead. We are giving our friday a ten. It is friday. That always. With seasonal temperatures, low humidity and sunshine we are enjoying fabulous august weather. It has been a great summer so far. Bus stop buddy is down the shore. He will there been all weekend. In fact i think he want to be down there to meet jen fred. You should too. Never in ocean city at music pier. Cool, comfortable with temperatures in the 50s and 60s and we will check with her at 7 00 a. M. Bus stop buddy has Long Sleeve Shirt on because it is cool. He has a phillies hat on too because they have been winning so much. Look at that beautiful shot outside olde city studios with the pink and light purple. That is sunrising. 63 degrees out there very comfortable. We are seeing 50s in the suburban spots. Eightyfive is the High Temperature, sun a and nice, but tonight 66 degrees. Clear skies. Beautiful night. Great weekend. We will have that
Country at risk. R a federal government is now 10 days from hitting the debt ceiling. This democratsym intond raise the debt limit withoutxd unrelated conditions republicans said theyve had to seek. The white house signaled it will extend borrowing. Last nights earthquake under scores an impact of the federal governmentc shut down. thoun one aszv on duty tofa help identify location and magnitude. David louie is live ask x c rememberoes in the contract. R david . Well, dan, carolyn usgs says in the event of a major earthquake they will come back to work. However, for the time being it means their work is shifting to uc berkeley. The only vehicles in the license plates there. Was vop one to drive them. Offices remain closed. That mean there is no one monitoring size mow grafts. It shifted work to uc berkeley and caltech saying its a work shabl workable solution for now. If out longer who knows whether Computer Systems will continue to run. If systems for collecting data goes down, th
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
Notice. Good evening. Push to strike to get a deal is becoming more urgent by the hour two sides 3 day left before 60 day cooling off period and strike could begin. We have Team Coverage on this for you tonight beginning with 7 News Reporter heather. Atu president spokes for both union when he made this announcement at 5 00 p. M. We didnt want to strike. We do not want disruption of service. About and that is why we are not giving 72 hour notice at this time because we want to leave every opportunity open to try and get this deal done. We are keeping all options on the table. Bart and union are crunching the numbers making sure both sides agree on the latest proposal and mead 88 tor has asked all parties to stop talking about details publicly, there is a tid bit from bart that increase the wage offer for the First Time Since the last offer back in august which was 10 over 4 years. We had a 10 wage increase on the table over 4 years and we have increased that. And we have also provided