Videos, poured in from all over the country when superstar katy perry asked high schools to roar. And now, the birthday girl is at the winning school, ready for our blockbuster concert. Its all live, only on gma. Roar happy friday, everyone. And, boy, are they having a happy friday in lakewood, colorado, Lakewood High School. They are going crazy this morning. Winning video in our nationwide event. So many Great Stories came in from all across the country. And look at that crowd there. They are the winners. She is there today. And you know who else is there. Our sam champion, smackdab in the middle of 2,000 screaming kids for the big event. Happy friday there, sam. Happy friday, robin. I have never been this awake with this many people awake. The golden bus is here, which means katys here. It was just about a month ago, that the front range cities not far from here had devastating flooding. This is a welcome bunch of Good Morning America energy in this area, robin. So much for school l
And Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning. Happy friday, everybody. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im carson daly along side al roker and Natalie Morales. Matt is on assignment. Welcome to today, or as carson calls it, escape from the orange room. Good to have you here. Im a loyalist. I sat with my friends in the orange room. We tried to add orange accents so you feel at home. I appreciate that. Our top story, the frightening accident at the North Carolina state fair. Chris is in raleigh this morning with the story. Chris, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning to you. Authorities here on this investigation are saying they have few details stressing that its too early to say why, a vortex, a brandnew ride here at the North Carolina state fair, just as people were getting off the ride, suddenly jolted back to a start. It sounded like a bunch of stuff hitting medal. Reporter scary moments for riders on the vortex in North Carolina. Police sa
reporter: from the very first question do you recognize this man sitting right here? yes. who is he? that s my father. reporter: rachel macneill turns emotional, confused and combative. is this a question? okay. reporter: barely able to look at her father accused of murdering michele macneill, his wife. martin macneill appeared shaken by his daughter s words. how close would you describe your relationship with your dad growing up? very close. why would you say that? growing up my father was my best friend. reporter: rachel macneill testified on the day her mother died her father seemed obsessed with having an autopsy performed on her mother. he specifically said to me that he was concerned that there would be a police investigation, that he didn t want anyone to think that he murdered my mother. reporter: also on the day her mother died she testified her
blood is not something i like to see. no, not my mother s blood. reporter: an emotional rachel macneill took the stand giving damaging testimony. do you recognize this man sitting right here? yes. who is he? is he s my father. in front of a courtroom, she recounted the call she received the day her mother died. it was my father s voice. he said, wachle, quick get to the hospital. it s your mother. quick. i said, what s happening? is everything okay? and he just said, rachel, come home. reporter: froms say all the drama was a reduce.