and shocker on center court. the moment an up-and-coming star takes down her idol, venus williams. now the all-american showdown coming to the finals. we do say good morning, america. as you can imagine it is a very busy friday morning. hurricane irma continues on the move, targeting the entire state of florida. it is being called a worst case scenario. take a look at the storm hitting turks and caicos overnight. >> so much destruction across the caribbean already and it's not the only hurricane in the atlantic basin. there are now three for the first time in seven years, irma, jose, and katia. we're taking you inside the hurricane talking to a hurricane hunter as he flies through the giant storm. incredible footage as you can see right there. >> here's what we know. this is the latest. irma is a powerful category 4 storm with winds up to 155 miles an hour. the storm is being blamed for 13 deaths so far. the eye of the storm is expected to move right over florida, more than a million people there are under those mandatory evacuation orders. >> so many being ordered to get out right now. "world news" anchor david muir and "gma's" amy robach in miami this morning. our entire team covering every angle across the storm zone. chief meteorologist ginger zee starts us off with the latest on the storm's track. good morning, ginger. >> you know a catastrophic is still the word they use for category 4 storms. i want to take you to the path everybody wants to see now in the southern bahamas but timing-wise, we're talking about sunday, 2:00 a.m., just before landfall, where places like marathon, and key largo, in the florida keys, up close to miami will start to feel the effects. 150-mile-per-hour winds with this storm as it makes almost a direct south to north landfall in this current track. let me take you through the next steps of the storm as it moves up, ft. lauderdale, west palm beach. you're on the right side. hefty storm surge possibilities, certainly very strong winds of 120 plus. 105 still as it's a category 2 over orlando and moves from that point north sunday night into monday morning. by tuesday, early morning, it's in georgia. it's close to atlanta. heavy rains falling with that and finally early wednesday it'll get picked up by another disturbance, closer to nashville. five to ten feet is our first including the keys from jupiter and that peninsula, robin, is so thin the winds are going to spread across much of it. i'll show you the winds in just moments, robin. >> all right there, ginger. we're going to go to miami, because as we all know, irma continues to move towards south florida. expecting to see dangerous winds by tomorrow there. and the storm expected to make landfall on sunday. "world news tonight" anchor david muir is leading our coverage on the ground all weekend and he's here with us this morning. good morning, david. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. as you heard ginger point out, south florida and all of miami now bracing for a category 4 hurricane. a direct hit, winds up to 150 miles per hour or more. and as ginger just pointed out, the real concern here is is storm surge. several feet up to ten feet high perhaps and one of the most troubling things about this hurricane is that right now some of the most populated areas of south florida and here in miami, it's expected it'll be on the wrong side, the most damaging side of this hurricane, so we are watching it very closely obviously and overnight 2:00 a.m. our phones all wept off here with official hurricane warnings now in place for miami and south florida. overnight, we're getting word of catastrophic damage in the turks and caikos. that was the concern there, too. being on the wrong side of the hurricane, churning. as we wait for more images there. new images from the u.s. military now involved in the caribbean. u.s. navy sailors helping the critically injured bringing them to st. croix and the u.s. virgin islands for treatment. pictures from st. martin. just devastation as far as the eye can see. that island could be hit again, unfortunately, by hurricane jose, which is next in the pipeline. hotels destroyed. an estimated 6,000 americans actually still stuck there. i talked to the prime minister of barbuda who said more than 90% of that island simply destroyed. hotels, buildings, again. and he told me the effort there today is to simply get everyone on that island off. to evacuate the entire island before jose hits again. for late details on turks and caicos and reports of calls from americans who were there back home to their families, let's turn to abc's james longman who is live from nassau. james, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, david. these tiny islands are dealing with one of the biggest hurricanes they've ever seen. and no matter what the preparations, this monster storm is causing huge damage. the latest to be swallowed by irma. jooefr night, turks and caicos devastated. a small island to nearly 35,000 people battered with rolling blackouts. shredded rooftops and flooded streets. >> we have seen nothing but the worst in the last hour and a half. >> reporter: 165-mile-per-hour winds ravaging this hotel. >> the thought of needing a life jacket is not the most comforting thing. >> reporter: tourists barricading doors, even hunkering down in bathrooms. >> made two bunkers. one in here and one in here. >> it's only getting worse. >> reporter: using anything to keep out of danger. colorado native kelsey priest broke down in tears after speaking to her family back home as irma loomed over the island. >> all of a sudden you're calling to say good-bye because you might not have a chance to. >> reporter: this morning, islands across the caribbean dealing with the aftermath of the now 600-mile-wide storm. look at the level of devastation in st. martin. homes leveled. these shipping containers tossed. boats slamming together like toys. in barbuda, which has been completely decimated by irma, volunteers evacuating stranded islanders by private yacht. we're here in the bahamas where we're expecting landfall some time tonight. we can feel the wind picking up here. and the thing is, these eye lants sit very, very close to the water. so the worry is that storm surge coming in. david? >> all right, you and the crew stay safe. we appreciate it. back here in florida this morning, we should point out all public schools in miami have been closed straight through monday at least. that's the word this morning and i got to tell you coming out to this live report for "gma" this morning, before the sun even came up, we passed several lines. all you could see were the taillights of cars lining the roads here, people lined up already this morning throughout south florida trying to get gasoline and as you know we've been reporting for a couple of days about the shortage of gas, some gas stations already running empty. >> we'll talk about that with the governor in a little bit, david. thank you. more than a million people are facing evacuations. mandatory evacuations in florida. there's a rush to get out overnight. you see those cots lined up in miami international airport. "gma's" amy robach leading our coverage in miami with more on that part of the story, good morning, amy. >> reporter: yeah, george, and today is the last day for residents of south florida to flee the path of hurricane irma. the interstates are overcrowded and you can see the lines here at miami international airport are extremely long. in fact, the last flight out of here this evening is around 7:00 and after that, all operations will be halted across airports throughout south florida. this morning, more than 1 million florida residents heeding this warning. >> we're running out of time. the opportunity to leave is now. we can't stress that any more. >> reporter: crowding the interstates. >> where are you going? >> we're going to jersey. >> reporter: the airports. >> no one manning the desks. pretty chaotic. >> reporter: getting out any way they can as irma sets its eye on the sunshine state. this family is rushing to evacuate this morning to a relative's home. >> sean lost his house 25 years ago with hurricane andrew. so this is -- knowing his experience is what's kind of freaked me out a little bit more about this whole experience. >> reporter: they're struggling to pack up their family of five including a baby, a toddler and grandma. >> there's been moments of fear. it comes in waves where if you stop working on being prepared that you start thinking about what might be coming. >> reporter: shelters around the state filling up quickly. >> i don't know where we'll go. >> reporter: this one at pompano beach high school, already full. residents taking to the beach to make their own sandbagses. are you staying put or are you evacuating? >> i'm evacuating but i need to let my place -- >> reporter: lines getting even longer for gas as many pumps running dry. this twitter user posting a picture of what he says is a man brandishing a gun at one of the gas lines. to replenish the gas supply, the florida highway pa patrol escorting fuel trucks down the freeway. and all 7,000 members of the national guard deployed and this u.s. navy loading up with supplies to provide assistance off the coast. >> a lot of stress. >> a lot of stress. >> very stressful. no one knew what was going on. >> reporter: cruise ships forced to abruptly reroute. royal caribbean offering an entire sip to employees and families who need it for an evacuation. even if you have an airline reservation to fly out of miami today, i just checked the departures board. thousands of people may be out of luck. there were already 24 delays and 30 cancellations, so officials here are telling people to prepare to find a local shelter here in the miami area to weather out the storm. robin? >> so if they can't leave by air i know they're also trying to leave by land. thank you. as you can imagine highways are jam packed. this morning across the state of florida. at least nine counties are issuing full or partial mandatory evacuations. gio benitez is leaving the florida keys now and has more on the race to get out. good morning, gio. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. we are evacuating live here on "gma" because we are joining more than ten -- tens of thousands of people who are evacuating right now or who have evacuated already. take a look at this front facing camera. i want to show you. these cars, these people have abandoned their cars because they don't want to get their cars flooded so just want to protect it and have it elevated. now i want to go ahead and show you this map. we are looking at these major highways. only two of them take you from south to north. we're talking about i-95 and the florida turnpike. when you're talking about more than a million people on the road, potentially asked to evacuate, that's a lot of people and a lot of traffic. i-75 will take you west so that's one other road that will take you up through the west side so we're only talking about three major roads for more than a million people. you could expect a lot of traffic, robin. >> gio, i hope you have a full tank. we've been talking about the shortage of gas. how about when people get stuck in traffic? it's taking longer and burring their tank of gas waiting. >> reporter: that's a real concern, robin. because about 40% of gas stations are already out of gas in south florida. i want you to take a look at this photographic here. because it takes about half a gallon to a gallon of gas per hour to sort of -- in idling to run out and when you're talking about a tank that has 15 ones you're talking about 20 hours of idling time. it may sound like a lot. it's really not if you're stuck in traffic. to get out of the state of florida it's about eight to ten hours. >> you take care, gio. thanks so much. >> our senior meteorologist rob marciano is near miami, where they're also evacuating. everyone has been told to do that down there. good morning to you, rob. >> reporter: good morning, michael. low-lying areas here and storage surge always is an issue and harvey, the wind can hurt you but the water can kill you. one of many marinas sewn into the landscape. we expect a ten-foot surge that will get it up and over the pier. that city hall is elevated. should be okay. in this direction is coconut grove. that's densely pop lated with about 20,000 people that live there. that should be getting some water into that area. one of many areas that will have to deal with water. >> and, rob, just how many -- how much of miami is expected to flood? >> michael, you know this city. it is penned up against the water. so i want to show you our inundation map. the red area shows where it will be, the water. miami beach, nearly all of it covered by water. similar to the intercoastal waterway. and parts of the city, key biscayne. maybe one to over three feet of water. 2.7 million people live in this county. 650,000 have been asked to evacuate. anxious times here for sure, michael, robin. >> all right, rob, thank you very much. joining us now from west palm beach is the governor of florida, rick scott. governor scott, thank you, again, for being with us this morning and could you update us on where preparations stand with irma making its way closer to florida? >> it is a massive storm. it can be devastating. you know, i'm a father. i'm a grandfather. i love my family. i hope every parent in this state and grandparent is thinking, how do i protect my family? if you're in an evacuation zone you have to get out. you can't wait. the roads will get worse when it gets out, i've canceled all the schools, k-12, state college and universities to open up more shelters. they're good evacuation sheltering areas. i just want everybody to listen to their local officials, understand this can be a devastating storm. it's way bigger than andrew. we saw the devastation of andrew. my job is to protect everybody. i want everybody in the state to be safe. >> it does appear, governor, that the people are listening to you and they're getting in their cars and they're having a difficult time still with the supply of gas. and i know that you have taken the extraordinary step of providing police escorts for fuel trucks. fuel tankers. >> we've done a variety of things, but we're providing law enforcement escorts to get the fuel from the fuel depots to the stations as fast as we can. i've asked the white house, epa, fema, to waive some rules so we can get more fuel into this state, which they've done. we're doing everything we can to get the fuel out. i know there's delays on some of the roads that has to be really frustrating for people. we're keeping everybody safe. you can track the roads yourself if you go to fl511.com and you can find out where gas is if you go to gasbuddy, their app. so we're not out everywhere so -- and we're still getting people -- we want people to evacua evacuate. and if you don't know, if you don't know how to get out, you can call the state -- there's a state emergency hotline, floridadisaster.org and we will figure out how to evacuate you if you can't. >> what about the shelters? i know you said you're opening more because we've heard some of them are filling up quickly within hours that they're at capacity. >> we're going to constantly open up shelters. make sure people have the opportunity to evacuate if you're in an evacuation zone and get to a shelter. can you go to floridadisaster.org/info to find out where there's a shelter close the to your house. you don't have to shelter out of the state. you can shelter closer to your house if you follow where the shelters are, they're there because they're safer places. >> many find it so comforting, governor, how proactive you and so many others have been. and i said the other day to you, i know you have to prepare for the worst. but we will continue to play for the best possible outcome. governor, thank you so much. we wish you all the best. >> thank you, thank you, robin. you can hear the concern in his voice. >> and he has been consistent and i think it's very helpful when he says he's a grandfather because we were hearing, we have a lot of young staffers here and they have grandparents in florida who say we're not leaving. we're not leavinging. so he's just trying to get the word out the them, as well. >> got to be done. now to the other natural disaster breaking this morning. a major earthquake off the pacific coast of mexico hit near the guatemalan border triggering a tsunami alert. extensive damage is being reported. at least 15 are dead, including two children. that number is expected to rise. the earthquake, a magnitude 8.1 was so powerful, it shook buildings in mexico city, 650 miles away, where people ran into the streets and parts of the city lost power. >> let's get back now to ginger with more on hurricane irma's winds. >> up here in the weather center we're all hands on deck because some of the numbers are starting to come in as far as what we can expect in the way of wind speeds. these are are the projected gusts. so we stopped it. sunday 5:30 a.m. key largo has a 127-mile-per-hour gust. miami beach, 81. naples, 63. take us into the afternoon here, max, as you advance this and you can see 125, miami beach. miami could see 15 hours of hurricane-force winds. naples goes to 110. okeechobee, 121. west palm, 112. these numbers are alarming. and it's not the only impact. storm surge and heavy rain, 10 to 20 inches. good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. more sunshine today, drier and a little bit warmer. quickly building heat this weekend. then we quickly shut it off with a chance of showers next week. here's a look at our temperatures. we'll start east bay, some 80s there. we'll get near 90 in santa rosa, pretty close in the south bay, mid-to-upper 70s around the bay, mid-to-upper 60s and pretty cloudy at the coast. clouds return tonight, 56 to 61, so pretty cool tomorrow morning. look how hot it gets coming up we'll take you right into hurricane irma with the brave hurricane hunters flying through and what they're discovering about this catastrophic storm. and the massive security breach that could be putting 143 million americans at risk. we'll have more on that coming up. up. ♪ come on mom! ♪ let's go! ♪ mom! slow down! for the ones who keep pushing. always unstoppable. ♪ ♪ it can seem like triggers pop up everywhere. luckily there's powerful, 24-hour, non-drowsy claritin. it provides relief of symptoms that can be triggered by over 200 different allergens. live claritin clear. and the golden retriever, thare very different.r, they eat digest and process energy differently. at royal canin® we developed over 200 precise forumlas, to transform every cat and dog into a magnificient animal. royal canin®. hey. what can you tell me about your new social security alerts? 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>> everybody has that question. how does this happen? some with me here. they start as a group of thunderstorms that move west off the west coast of africa. they're feeding off the warmth and moisture of the ocean and while those thunderstorms are forming, air rises to create more storms. you see it right behind me here. air is replaced constantly under the air rising and low pressure develops. so after this group of thunderstorms, sometimes becomes a tropical storm, they ride along the trade winds, moving west toward north america and rotate counterclockwise thanks to the effect of the earth rotating and storms keep growing as long as it has a few things. water of 79 degrees or higher, so certainly, we have that. ocean versus land because they don't like friction. high pressure above so we don't like the lack of vertical wind shear as we call it and the eye. a lot were saying why is the eye so important. the eye forms as air rotates up and out of the storm. some of it gets spit out. some sinks back in keeping the eye calm and relatively clear. now, immediately surrounding that violent eye is the eye wall. this is what you hear us talking about, the most intense winds at the surface come from that eye wall. and the most devastating part of a hurricane not just in the eye wall, but from the northeast quadrant we call it. i've highlighted it here. it will come up in red. the northeast quadrant is is most devastating because it just pairs the forward motion of the storm plus storm surge in relatively to the direction. so it's really depending on how that is moving, in this case, unfortunately, miami. george. >> and we're joined now by one of the hurricane hunters from the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, ian sears, flight director. tell us where you are right now. >> i am just north of the island of hispaniola. we're about to cross the island of hispaniola and what we're doing right now is dropping these instruments called a dropsonde. and what this is going to help us do is to help get information into the models that are going to help the models determine exactly where hurricane irma is going to go. it's been quite a bumpy ride over the last 30 minutes or so as we're flying on the east side of hurricane irma right now. >> and what have you learned so far? what makes this storm so powerful in some ways so unique? >> this is definitely a powerful storm and so there's a lot of warm water and favorable conditions for a hurricane to develop. and it's definitely very powerful storm and hopefully the information that we can provide to the national hurricane center will help prepare everybody in harm's way to get out of the way and make their final preparations before hurricane irma makes landfall somewhere in the united states. >> you have flown over many hurricanes in the past. how does this one compare? >> this one is definitely one to behold for sure. it's got its own challenges. it's a unique storm. being a category 5 for so many days. and it's definitely eye-opening for sure. >> eye-opening is one ford for it. but i imagine it must be frightening, as well. what is it like to fly over that hurricane? >> you know, we're flying through the middle of the night. we're staying away from our families. all these things are a big challenge and, you know, our home is in the path of hurricane irma, as well, so we're really just tryinging to make sure that everybody who is in the path of hurricane irma has the best information to prepare. >> well, thank you for the work you do. thank you for that information. stay safe. >> all right. thank you so much. >> that is just invaluable work right there. >> it is. cannot imagine, though, doing that but god bless them that they do. as hurricane irma approaches florida there are concerns about two nuclear plants in its path. so officials are shutting it down. and so some llamas is there in miami with more. good morning, tom. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. from those nuclear power plants to the substation just behind me, florida power & light, the energy company here says they've been planning for years for a hurricane just like irma, spending billions, but even they acknowledge there's a big unknown with this storm. as hurricane irma tears through the caribbean, making her way to florida, two major nuclear power plants on the florida coast are shutting down. >> this is a storm that we've not seen the likes of here on the eastern u.s. >> reporter: one plant north of west palm beach in st. lucie county and the other near homestead, south of miami. both positioned on the atlantic coast, potentially exposed to the strongest of irma's winds, up to 130 miles per hour when it makes landfall. but florida power & light which controls the two plants says they're ready for it. >> they are the most structurally sound facilities, i would argue, not just in the country, but in the world. >> reporter: they are protected by six feet of concrete and reinforced steel with three backup power sources to keep them cool and stable in the event of a shutdown. those precautions to avoid a disaster like the one that played out in fukushima in 2011, floodwaters causing three meltdowns and releasing radioactive material turning a 13-mile radius outside the plant into a ghost town. of greater concern, the grid itself which supplies power to an estimated 10 million people across nearly half the state of florida. >> we could be talking about not a restoration which typically takes hours or days to restore, we're talking about a possible rebuild of our entire electric system. >> reporter: and they've said they're planning on extended outages. part of the legacies of hurricanes like andrew and will ma were the power outages. in some cases three weeks. i was here for both. when you go weeks without power it creates a lot of problems in your house, your own family members can get very cranky, robin. >> gosh, yes, having grown up on the mississippi gulf coast, gone through a few of those without power. you got that right. thank you, tom. get all the latest developments on hurricane irma, download the abc news app and sign up for breaking news alerts. >> so many potential problems coming from the storm. coming up we have that massive data breach possibly putting 143 million americans at risk of having their social security numbers, addresses and identities stolen. we'll be right back. perfect. i wineverver wash my hair again now, i fuel it pantene is the first shampoo and conditioner system with active pro-v nutrient blends that fuel 100% stronger hair. because strong is beautiful. shop hundreds of epic deals! no coupons needed! bath towels and pillows three for $10 food network dinnerware just $49.99 and save on american tourister luggage. stock up save big and get kohl's cash. thursday through sunday only at kohl's. ♪ ladies and gentleman this is a robbery. what are you doing after this? ♪ back now with that massive security breach possibly putting 143 million americans at risk. hackers targeting credit monitoring company equifax and now the fbi is investigating. and rebecca jarvis is here with all the details. good morning, rebecca. >> good morning to you, michael. this is one of the largest data breaches in history. it happened at equifax, the company that tracks all your credit cards and mortgages to determine your credit score. half of all americans potentially exposed. their highly sensitive personal information now in the hands of hackers. this morning, 143 million consumers potentially hit in a massive data breach of credit monitoring company equifax. the hackers accessing highly sensitive information including social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, even some driver's license numbers as well as credit card numbers for approximately 209,000 americans. >> the problem is that the social security number is the skeleton key to our identities. and when that's stolen, we're in a position where we're going to have to be looking over our shoulders for the rest of our lives. >> reporter: equifax is one of three companies that tracks everything from your payments on credit cards, mortgage, student ant credit loans to utilities to determine your credit score. what equifax knows and reports about you decides whether you get a loan and how much you pay. but unlike previous data breaches, many may not even be aware they are customers of equifax since equifax gets its information from banks, credit card companies, and lepd ndersnr consumers themselves. the unauthorized access happening between mid-may and july of this year. equifax says it will mail consumers who have been affected, they're also set up a website, equifaxsecurity2017.com to help determine if you've been impacted. you can also sign up there for credit monitoring and identity theft protection. but, michael, you know, once this number gets out, it's out. and in the hands of a bad actor it's a real big problem. you're always looking over your shoulder and the most important thing is to act now. maybe sure as a consumer, you know what's happening with your information. >> so much damage can be done with all this information. >> so much. >> thank you, rebecca. robin, what do we have coming up on the big board? 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"good morning america" is brought to you by trivago.com. the hotel search, hotel trivago. brought to you by trivago.com. the hotel search, hotel trivago. hey, good morning. happy friday. i'm natasha zouves from "abc7 mornings." let's get over to meteorologist mike nicco for what we can expect. hey there, mike. >> hey, natasha. hi, everybody. we'll start with your activity planner. light breezes on the bay. the beaches, limited sunshine, but more as we go through the weekend and comfortable to warm outside today. we'll hang around the 60s at the coast and san francisco, 70s the bay and 80s inland, but look at the heat. spikes sunday only to reverse the course by tuesday with a chance of wet weather. alexis? okay, we've got a pretty big backup in the south bay. things are recovering on northbound 101 here, but boy, we've got some major delays, so just before ellis street, we had a multicar crash that was blocking two lanes. it's off on the shoulder now, but you're backed up down into san francisco, right around the san francisco jojose airport. bay bridge toll plaza thinning out on the left-hand side. jamming up in the middle. >> thank you. coming up, an nfl player reveals how a simple test changed his life. that's on "gma" and jessica alba is on "live with kelly & ryan." you're going to be hanging out in here. so if you need anything, text me. do you play? use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap to friends at more banks than ever before. you got next? chase. make more of what's yours. good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. breaking overnight. hurricane irma devastates the islands. thousands stranded, trying to evacuate. the u.s. military rescues critical patients. targeting the entire state of florida. being called a worst case scenario. david muir and amy robach on the ground as it targets the southeast. preparing for hurricane irma as we track the path of that monster storm, what everyone needs to know about dealing with a natural disaster. the steps to take to protect your home and family. sleep mystery. nine hours in bed but only getting 90 minutes of sleep. one of the biggest and baddest dudes in the nfl, his career and life at risk. ♪ do you believe in love it's the love story that's got so many women hooked on every twist and turn. will jamie and claire finally reunite? the stars of the hit show "outlander" here as we say good morning, america. >> you can never go wrong playing a little cher. especially that song. happy friday, everybody. 35 million americans in the path of hurricane irma. >> and we've got life-saving tips for you this morning to help you prepare to protect your home and your family. we'll tell you what you need to include in your emergency kits in case you need them. >> the latest breaking news on what's happening with irma right now. a hurricane warning has been issued for south florida. more evacuations are under way. it is now a category 4 storm. miami could take a direct hit. that's where our news anchor amy robach is leading "gma's" coverage of the storm. good morning, amy. >> reporter: good morning, george. and, you know, the clock is ticking for residents and tourists who want to fly out of south florida. all area airports will cease operations this evening and already this morning, we've seen dozens and dozens of cancellations piling up. so thousands of people are going to have to go with plan "b." either they'll have to hit the overcrowded highways to get out of florida or they may seek shelter here in local areas that have been set up for residents to try and avoid this storm that has already left a deadly path of destruction in the caribbean. overnight, hurricane irma laying waste to the island of turks and caicos, home to 35,000 people, witnessing rolling blackouts. shredded rooftops and flooded streets. >> we have seen nothing but the worst in the last hour an a half. >> reporter: tourists barricading doors hunkering down in bathrooms. >> all of a sudden you're calling to say good-bye in case you don't have a chance to. >> reporter: this morning in south florida, over 1 million florida residents heeding this warning. >> we're running out of time. the opportunity to leave is now. we can't stress that any more. >> reporter: crowding the interstate. >> where are you going? >> to jersey. >> reporter: the airports. >> no one manning the desks. pretty chaotic. >> reporter: getting out any way they can. the suda family is hoping to evacuate. to a relative's home. >> sean, 25 years ago lost his house with hurricane andrew, so this is -- knowing his experience, it's what freaked me out a little bit more about this whole experience. >> reporter: they're struggling to pack up their family of five including a baby, a toddler and grandma. residents taking to the beach to make their own sandbags. are you staying put, or are you evacuating? >> i'm evacuating but i need to help my place. >> reporter: searching for gas. florida highway patrol escorting fuel tankers down the interstate to refuel. a lot of stress. >> a lot of stress. very stressful. no one knew what was going on. >> reporter: cruise ships forced to abruptly reroute. royal caribbean offering an entire ship for evacuation. many of those cruise ship passengers forced to return early came here to miami international airport looking for a new flight and were then stranded overnight. we saw one mother using one of those smart carts for luggage as a makeshift stroller bed for her young daughters. if these people cannot find flights out today, this evening, they'll be bused by authoritie to local shelters. the few hotels that have decided to remain open here in the miami area are completely booked. george. >> oh, i'm sure they are. amy, thanks very much. we go to "world news tonight" anchor david muir he's leading abc's coverage on the ground. he'll be there for miami all weekend long. good morning. >> reporter: good morning again to you. those devastating images coming in from the caribbean are an ominous warning for the people in south florida and in miami. they're now bracing for a direct hit, a category 4 hurricane that's expected to slam ashore. sometime sunday morning, winds up to 150 miles per hour or more. bringing with it that dangerous storm surge. they are on alert. schools closed here this morning, warnings went out overnight on everyone's cell phones throughout miami. a hurricane warning officially in place and in addition to what amy told you about turks and caicos we have images coming in of the u.s. navy sailors helping the critically injured get to st. croix. they're being dropped off there this morning. and new pictures of st. martin this morning. and we'll continue to follow it. >> thanks so much. when you see that video, again and again, your heart just goes out. we'll turn to ginger who is in our weather center with new information on where irma is headed. hey, ginger. >> hey there, michael. the national hurricane center gist just put out 450 miles southeast of miami. that's the location of hurricane irma. i'll take you over here blasting past the southern bahamas today. not until sunday morning when we really see the potential for landfall in south florida. so that's when the florida keys, homestead, miami, up the coast to through ft. lauderdale, melbourne to orlando, that's monday 2:00 a.m., late sunday through monday as it travels right directly down the center of that peninsula of florida. getting to georgia monday night into tuesday morning close to atlanta you could see flooding rains and ending and getting absorbed close to nashville. the surge is one of our main concern, five to ten-foot storm surge possible. from the beaching there around nape lgs, south through the keys, up through miami and the ft. lauderdale beaches. and five to ten feet, that doesn't take into effect the tide so we'll have to watch high tide then the wind speed, 152 and move it north. the wind speeds even in orlando are very strong. we're going to detail all this coming up. >> thank you, ginger. so much to look out for. coming up, we have the life-threatening sleep condition that nearly cost an nfl player his career. but about22 million americans have it. the new study could the mediterranean diet and a certain type of water help control heartburn? 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[ cheers and applause ] i like that. i like that. now a new -- all right. this is a friday morning crowd if there ever was one. i got to tell you. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you for saying it's friday. i forgot. >> how could you? >> i don't know. long night. long night at the open. >> yeah. >> it's friday, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] i'm so happy. time for "pop news" and we'll begin with taylor swift who is teaming up with at&t for a brand-new commercial. i thought you might want to know about. for taylor now here she goes bumping into comedian andy samberg the in the commercial, and her fun to fierce. take a look. >> now she's walking down the hall. now she's bumped buy andy samberg. now she's like watch it. he's like, you watch it. now she's saying, whatever, andy sam-jerk. and now they're having a staredown. now they're having a thumb war and competing as caricatures. now they're having a fight sequence. >> the woman can act, too. at&t, good casting, guys. the clip also shows the grammy-winner in the studio, hanging out with her cat. doing "mission impossible" action and busy on this day and shared a behind the scenes look on instagram and referencing another scene in the commercial. she says, i'm willing to eat cookie dough for the sake of art and i would just like to say i'm willing to eat cookie dough for any reason. >> yes. >> no problem. also in "pop news" this morning, ryan murphy and sarah paulson partnering up yet again on another project. you know it will be great. they've worked on "the people v. o.j. simpson," "american crime story" and seven seasons of "american horror story." murphy gave her a part in the amazing miniseries, "feud" bette davis and joan crawford. this time it will be a netflix series about nurse rachett, who tortures jack nicholson's character in "one flew over the cuckoo's nest." it follows her descent into becoming a villain and marks the first time murphy has partnered with a streaming outlet like netflix. i feel i talk a lot about netflix buying really great programming. some interest there. "ratchet" starts production in 2018 after "american crime story" this one based on hurricane katrina. i think they like each other. >> i think so. >> good work. >> they work beautifully together. looking forward to that and two very nice people. then finally, netflix again. [ laughter ] hi, netflix. they have plans to debut a new music reality show with john legend, our friend, john, behind the scenes as a producer. this is a reality show called "rhythm and flow." and focuses on hip-hop and soul and recruiting new musicians. judges have net to be announced. this would be netflix's second big entree into reality shows. joining the likes of abc's "american idol." their first foray was called "the ultimate beast master" if you haven't heard of it. looking forward to john getting into another genre. [ applause ] another terrific series. >> happy friday, everybody. >> thank you, lara. >> happy friday to you. more now on hurricane irma. 35 million americans could be in its path as we've said and the red cross has some valuable tips on how people are protect their homes and their families. so we want to go back to amy in miami with more on that. amy? >> reporter: hey, george and, you know, the people behind me at miami international airport will hopefully get out of here before hurricane irma hits but there are plenty who have chosen to stay home and ride out the storm. for them and frankly anyone facing an impending natural disaster, there are important life-saving tips. despite all the warnings and the incredible danger south florida is facing, dr. robert malone hopes to ride out the storm in his miami home along with his mother, sister, and teenage nephew. the family saying they've seen it all before. >> we've braved many storms. >> we're inland and don't foresee that there will be any type of significant flooding. >> reporter: we sent roberto baltodano. of the american red cross, to check on how prepared the malones really are for hurricane irma. >> as for as windows, we recommend shutters. if you're unable to get shutters, get plywood. tape doesn't work. that is a myth. >> reporter: the red cross says family should have a kit ready to go. what you should have in case of any natural disaster. >> having that gallon of water per person per pet per day, making sure you have nonperishable food. a manual can opener. that's critical. >> reporter: but says you need to personalize it. >> understand what members in the family will be in the car and therefore you need to build that kit according to your needs. >> reporter: fema recommends having flash flights on hand, extra batteries. first aid kit, hand-crank radio, moist towelettes and charge your devices. and have backup batteries. >> clothing if you're planninging to evacuate to a shelter, bring bedding. >> reporter: if you find you have to evacuate in a hurry, remember to fill your tank with gas. know your route and have a meeting place in case your family gets separated. and speaking of gas, this morning at 4:00 in the morning as we were making our way to miami international airport we saw we had a half of tank so thought let's get gas. it took 45 minutes to fill up at 4:00 a.m. in miami. so it's a really important thing to remember and prepare for. also, some very simple things you can do. make sure you have a first aid kit in your house. you never know what could happen. if you've got this you're prepared and a headlamp can save you when the power goes out. there are just simple things you can do to make your life easier and, frankly, can save your life, george. >> our phones are such lifelines. what can people do to extend their cell phone service? >> that's right. because when the power is out, you can't charge your phone. so you need to preserve your battery. the first tip, you turn down your screen brightness. that saves a lot of battery time. and send text messages. don't make calls. calls eat a lot of battery. final tip is to make sure that you turn off push notifications. you don't think about it, but every time instagram or social media is sending you a push note face it's draining your battery. so if you do those three things, you can extend the life of your cell phone until the power goes back on. >> good advice. >> great advice. we turn to a major wake-up call to help save an nfl player's life and his career. he finally discovered he has sleep apnea, a disorder that affects millions of americans. and now working on treatment that helped him get back on the field and t.j. went one-on-one, not on the feel but one-on-one with him about sleep apnea. >> think about this. this guy was off the team, right, and now he's moved to being an nfl star. so, what, did he change his diet? his training? equipment? nope, he just needed sleep. for this guy and millions of other folks, sleep apnea is more than loud snoring and costs you a lot more than sleepless nights. ryan jensen is one of the biggest, baddest dudes in the nfl. >> jensen making his first career start. >> reporter: a a 6'4", 220-pound offensive lineman for the baltimore ravens but three years ago his future was in doubt after he was cut from the team. >> i lost weight and a bunch of strength and i wasn't playing -- i was getting beat a lot. >> reporter: around that time his parents noticed a change in his behavior. >> we went out to dinner. my dad called me a couple days later and goes, hey, what's up? i'm like, what do you mean. he said you're not acting like yourself. we got back from dinner and went to the hotel and your mom broke down crying. you weren't being my son. >> reporter: what did that do to you to hear you were that nasty to your mom? >> it broke me down. >> reporter: ryan didn't know what was happening to him, but his dad suspected. and suggested his son get tested for sleep apnea, a disorder in which a person frequently stops breathing during sleep. >> i'd go to bed at 9:00, 9:30. be asleep by 10:00. i would wake up and i'd feel like i got hit in the face with a sledge hammer still. >> what were the complaints from you your wife? >> she would smack me. wake up, you're not breathing and would do it because she was scared for me because i would stop breathing for an extended period of time. >> reporter: ryan took an at-home study and his doctors told him he was only getting about 90 minutes of sleep total. >> he was waking up about 15 times an hour. and imagine that happening every hour of your sleep every night. >> reporter: untreated sleep apnea can lead to heart attract, stroke, high blood pressure, obesity, and other health problems. an estimated 22 million americans suffer from it and the larger you are, the larger the risk, which makes nfl players more vulnerable. in a study published in "the new england journal of medicine." nearly one in seven players --. after ryan's diagnosis he started using a cpap machine for treatment. it forces air into his mouth to keep his airways open which means a mask over his nose and mouth every night. but no more waking up. a few nights changed everything. >> changed everything. >> reporter: after one month his weight went up, strength was back. he returned to the team. and now, this season, he's poised to be the starting center for the ravens. >> i think if i wouldn't have gotten diagnosed and caught it within time i wouldn't be in the nfl anymore. you know, saved my career. >> reporter: all right, i got show and tell today. guys. thank the sleep center for letting us borrow this. but he took this home test. all you have to do is put it on and go to sleep and it will measure your heart rate, breathing, the oxygen levels. this is necessary, folks, if you think you have possibly sleep apnea. we talk about this as loud snoring and not getting rest. this is absolutely life-threatening and talk about big guys but skinny folks can have it, as well. you know who else is susceptible. single folks because you're not sleeping next to someone who is telling you, your pattern is off. you're not breathing. as crazy as that sounds, if you are out there, if you're just -- >> why you're so tired. >> you're in bed ten hours a night and you wake up and feel like you have been hit by a mack truck and you need to get tested. >> and you need to get in a relationship. [ applause ] >> we all know that is better for your health. it is. it is. but really, folks, take it seriously. this is life-threatening. >> thank you so much, t.j. we go to ginger right now. more on the weather. >> yeah, michael, i promised you those max gusts that we may see. sunday, 127 key largo, 63 naples. 81, miami beach through the afternoon hours, miami beach goes up to 125. west palm, 112. okeechobee over 100 and even orlando and south georgia. monday, early morning, savannah, seeing 52-mile-an-hour gusts. another major hurricane, category 3 jose and barbuda still in that hurricane watch. this would happen tomorrow in really looks like it will skirt on the left side of it but any impact is not going to be great for that island. good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. more sunshine today, drier and a little bit warmer. quickly building heat this weekend. then we quickly shut it off with a chance of showers next week. here's a look at our temperatures. we'll start east bay, some 80s there. we'll get near 90 in santa rosa, pretty close in the south bay, mid-to-upper 70s around the bay, mid-to-upper 60s and pretty cloudy at the coast. clouds return tonight, 56 to 61, so pretty cool tomorrow morning. look how hot it gets and now to a "gma" health alert about controlling your heartburn. there is a new study from new york medical college that found combining the popular mediterranean diet with alkaline water may be as effective as acid reflux medicine. >> yep. >> dr. jen ashton is here with that. first of all, recap what the diet is. >> mediterranean diet is high in fish, grilled chicken, lots of fruits and vegetables, pretty much the way the stephanopoulos family eats in their home every night. and of course, heartburn is caused by acid that goes up into the esophagus, the class of medications, proton pump inhibitors used by millions and millions of americans, study was interesting. it put two groups head to head. those who were on these proton pump inhibitors suffering from heartbun symptoms and those just treated with a mediterranean diet and a specific type of water called alkaline water which is the opposite of acidic. it is alkaline. guess what they found? the group on the dietary changes actually did as well if not in some cases a little better than those on medications. we know while medications are effective they can come with a huge list of side effects, so interesting findings. needs more study. but significant. >> any time you can do away with some medication, it's a good sign. it's not good, acid -- >> so let's do some anatomy. this animation here. if you think about the acid that is normally in our stomach, it belongs in the stomach, not in the esophagus. there is a valve called the sphincter. it shoots that acid up in the esophagus. no bueno, it doesn't belong there. not only causes pain but irritation, inflammation, things like chronic cough, sinusitis and in some cases cancer. so this is something you want to try to avoid. >> will you show us the diet? >> back to high school chemistry class here. >> i love it. okay. >> we should -- children should not do this at home. i'm holding bleach. and of course, i'm wearing black. but what can go wrong? so if you envision this red water as the inflammation in your esophagus, okay, and you add some acid to this. >> stand back and then you think about this alkaline water. neutralizing acid what you can see the color disappears and the inflammation goes down. it's all acid based balance. the theory is that alkaline water inhibits an enzyme that increases acid production. >> 15 seconds. foods that will can also do this? >> fruit, veggie, foods you want to avoid, coffee, alcohol, chocolate, spicy stuff. >> we don't want to avoid candice bergen. she is coming up next. you saw what i did there. you saw what i did there. good morning. i'm jessica castro from "abc7 mornings." a construction project in san francisco is under way, and it's affecting a lot of people who use public transportation. muni crews are tearing up the ground around ninth avenue and irving street. this will affect the n-judah rail service, n-judah west of church and dubose will be substituted by bus shuttles this weekend and for the next four weekends. going to have a huge impact on commuters, right' lexus? >> yeah. it will be nice once it's done, but a headache in the meantime, for sure. we have plenty of slow spots this morning. northbound 101 looking okay in san jose at 880. past that, we have a pretty significant backup from an earlier crash. so, southbound 101 santa rosa to petaluma okay at 15. westbound 580 castro to valley to the maze in the yellow at 40, but northbound 101, 280 to 680 in the red at 31 minutes. >> thank you, alexis still some patchy, dense fog across the north bay. dress for temperatures in the low to mid-60s right now. just gets warmer through sunday. look how hot it gets away from the coast. cooler weather starts monday with a chance of wet weather. a better chance of getting wet and much cooler tuesday. jessica? >> okay, mike, thank you. we'll have another update in about 30 minutes, and remember, we're always on ♪ welcome back to "gma." we want to thank everybody for joining us on this friday morning. we really appreciate you guys being here and, you know, i got a big question for everybody here. and i need some audience participation as well. how many of you watch tv or movies when you work out? raise your hand. how can you really work out or watch a tv or movie? >> oh, my gosh. >> you know what, got a mike. i'm going to see. [ cheers and applause ] what show do you like? sing the theme song. whatever you want. ♪ >> okay. "living single." >> i didn't expect to run into destiny's child. >> good one. >> well, it's a good thing because there is this study out that says if you work out and you watch movies or tv it helps you burn more calories. >> i believe that. >> here's the question for you three, what type of movie burns the most calories when you are working out? >> i would say horror. >> action. >> comedy. >> horror. >> am i right? >> you're absolutely right. you're like, run away. >> yeah. [ applause ] >> what does she win? >> she wins -- you won that i'm going to tell you why. >> you got to explain that. >> all right, research from the university of westminster in london found 90 minutes of a heart pumping scary movie can burn an average of 113 calories. >> just watching the movie. >> yes. and the scarier -- the scarier the movie the more calories you burn and they have three movies that burned the most. number three "the exorcist." >> no chance, not watching that. >> i watched it as a kid and messed me up ever since. "jaws" is number two. >> oh. >> good call. >> that's why i don't swim in the ocean. >> we need a bigger boat. >> and the number one movie to burn calories if you're working out and want to watch a movie is "the shining." >> yes. >> going down the hall. >> red rum. red rum. >> i would imagine so. your heart is beating on the treadmill. i bet inadvertently you'd start running faster. >> it makes some sense but what possessed someone to study this. >> of all the studies we've covered you're really worried about this one. >> so many bigger fish to fry. >> i'm bouncing up and down too much. >> i like watching sports too. i -- >> if i'm an a stationary bike. >> or rowing machine. >> you can row and watch something? >> sure. [ laughter ] >> it's not that hard. >> i got to work out with george. i tell you that. >> thank you for bringing that to us. we'll work it out? >> thank you for participating. we appreciate it. we don't mind if you're on the treadmill now watching "good morning america" as you're working out. do that. don't switch to a movie. but speaking of movies there's a great one coming out. we're excited about our next guest coming to the table. she is an emmy, golden globe winning actress who starred in everything we fell in love with her, "murphy brown." "miss congeniality at ken "sweet home alabama" and now with reese witherspoon, "home again." the one, the only candice bergen. ♪ i'm on my way [ cheers and applause ] >> how are you? >> thank you. oh. >> i'm so happy to be here. thank you, george. george, a gentleman as always. >> as always, always, always. wonderful. we've been looking forward to see you. >> me too. i haven't been here for a long time. >> you have a home here. >> no, it was harder core. >> but you love an audience. >> soft core now. >> can never know what you're going to say. you know, it's friday. we'll do a little flashback photo. >> okay. good. >> 15 years ago "sweet home alabama" you and reese witherspoon and we have a picture we'll show from 15 years ago. it's coming. it's coming. it's coming. >> we're on the clock. >> or not. >> we're drawing it. >> all right. okay, we're having a problem. >> it will take us 15 years to get that picture up. >> there you go. [ applause ] so how was it working with reese again? >> i have such respect for reese witherspoon. she -- she comes with her "a" game all the time. she plays to win. she is kind. she is intelligent and she is becoming a real force as a producer in hollywood. >> yes, she is. >> i love her. she's wonderful and just -- and she has a work ethic that would make you guys look like slugs. i'm not kidding. >> she was here the other day and she has like 20 projects she's working on at the same time in and that's a slow week. >> but you also have some great throwback photos on your instagram. one of you meeting the beatles. there's one at dinner. dinner with andy warhol and salvador dali and you captured that one, help me. [ applause ] well, you captioned it help me. what was that dinner like? >> well, it was -- they were both so eccentric and i was sort in the middle and i was like, help me because i didn't -- i looked down and andy warhol had a tape recorder on his lap and holding a microphone so i was, like, salvador dali was striking poses with his gold-tipped cane, and so i was just sort of like, okay, when is this over? but they were -- they were great but it was a weird dinner. >> i bet. >> we get so excited here at the movies and you come on the screen. when you are involved in a movie everybody gets so excited like this one, "home again." and we want to play a little bit of a clip. you play and i watched it the other night and just loved it. >> isn't it a charming movie? >> charming movie. that's the right word. you play reese's character's mother who is also a former actress and you have charmed her three young houseguests. >> aren't they cute? >> we're filmmakers too just like your husband. >> everybody is, doll. we're in l.a. >> i can't believe you're here and you're you. this is surreal. >> you're a terrific actress. >> i did a small few parts here and there. >> but you were smoking hot in the yellow bikini. i was like whoa, hello. >> come on. alice, did you hear what he said? [ cheers and applause ] >> re-evaluate there. reese didn't look too thrilled there. we want another photo from the set. do we have it? >> i know you guys have a little -- >> what is going on there? >> oh, that's from my instagram. well, those are extras. they're -- >> extras? >> low animation extras. >> low budget film, right? >> well, when we were shooting a big scene in an auditorium and if you hire actual humanoids. it's more expensive so these are dummies they place in the seats with horrible wigs for the very back rows of the auditorium. so we packed the house. >> you know, movie secrets. [ applause ] >> you know, when people ask you about "murphy brown" -- >> are you kidding? >> that show, i did not miss an episode. eldon, you -- >> eldon. [ applause ] >> it was so great. i have to ask, if murphy brown was working today, who would be her big get? who would she want to eviscerate? >> well, i think the obvious person. [ applause ] is the dough boy in the white house but would be trump. you know. >> that was murphy speaking. >> yeah, exactly. i would actually -- diane english and i have talked about it. it's just so hard to not be doing the show when this is going on because while it's so appalling it's also such fodder and -- >> writes itself. >> yeah, well, hopefully. >> do you look back at "murphy brown" with the fondness we all do. >> i loved her. i loved playing her. i thought, oh. [ applause ] >> i wonder if murphy would ever be able to keep an assistant? >> no. i think that's the whole charm. >> still going through -- >> very high replacement fees. such a great character. always fun to play? >> and always fun to be with you. >> thank you, lara. >> "home again" is in theaters today. make sure you go out and see it. coming up, the "outlander" stars are here live so don't go anywhere. we're back live. ♪ you're going to be hanging out in here. so if you need anything, text me. do you play? use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap to friends at more banks than ever before. you got next? chase. make more of what's yours. back now on a friday morning here on "gma" and we have an announcement about the 2018 miss america competition. it'll be broadcast live from the historic boardwalk hall in atlantic city. "the bachelor's" chris harrison back to host the competition with espn's sage steele and both good morning. i'm meteorologist mike nicco. by 9:00, the drizzle and mist is over and the fog is starting to lift. it will be a brighter afternoon and a little bit warmer. now, it's going to be hottest sunday and then a chance of wet sunday and then a chance of wet this announcement brought to you by las vegas convention. let's get out to you, lara. [ cheers and applause ] >> well, i just ran down. i'm very excited to share with you the stars of "outlander." this is a romance spanning multiple continent, hundreds of years. sam heughan, caitriona balfe playing time traveling lovers. she is the 20th century nurse who falls in love with an 18th century scottish warrior. i'll catch my breath. you take a sneak peek. >> this is nothing but a diversion. they want to rattle our nerves. please stand back and force them to come to us across the board and then we will have them. >> time is now. >> aye. >> sir, give the command to charge while there is still a chance. [ cheers and applause ] >> sam, caitriona, many questions. this has got such a cult following based on all the books. i think there are eight books. >> yeah, there's eight and i think diana about to release a ninth. >> she's always writing to be honest. >> does that mean we can expect many more seasons. >> i hope so. >> we hope to be here in nine year's time. >> we hope so two. where we left you when season two ended you're sprayed by 00 years although in the last episode i don't want to give too much away even though season two is over looks like we'll be coming back together again. >> maybe. >> i think it's safe to say there may be a reunion in the future. >> can you give us an idea when we will see them together and which century it might be. >> i think it's not too much of a spoiler. it's definitely an 18th century reunion. yeah. >> and might be in a print shop somewhere. yeah, it happens. obviously, they do spend 20 years apart so the season does cover some of that time apart but there will be this grand reunion. >> i don't think we can let these two be separated for too long. >> the chemistry between the two. was it -- i know, no love at all. what is it like working on that scottish set in the 18th century time? how is that for you two? >> it's great. i think we both love coming to work. we love our job and scotland is so beautiful, i mean, the show has just been such a -- been such an amazing thing from day one. everything from the sets to the costume, our crew is amazing, our cast is awesome. >> everywhere we go we take scotland with us. >> i love that. >> flaunted this in times square. >> he has a little sporan of seeds. that he just throws around. >> you were a victoria secret model. >> many moons ago. >> here you are playing a nurse in 18th century, a surgeon in the 20th century and have a funny story. a lot of spray tan used to be in your life. >> oh, really? wow. >> well, you know, obviously i've got that great celtic white skin and when i did do the vs show they sent me for a spray tan and i came back and they were like, it's not dark enough. please go again. >> oh, no. >> you know, it was a time of all the brazilian girls and still definitely the whitest girl there. >> that's okay. >> irish cuisine. >> nowadays -- all we're trying to bring that back, natural unspray tanned. >> one quick audience question. everybody has questions. really quick right over here. your name. >> i'm liz. >> what do you have for sam and caitriona. >> if you could time travel and of advice, what would it be? e >> trust your instincts and don't be afraid. i think -- and many times in our lives we have an opportunity to make a big change and fear can maybe stop us. i say go for it. >> sounds very claire, doesn't it? very, very claire, very jamie. you guys are doing a fantastic job. keep it up. we love the show and so thrilled you came to see us. [ cheers and applause ] we're not going anywhere. we have more coming up with jamie and claire but "outlander" returns sunday on starz. don't go anywhere. a real-life love story just like real-life lone coming up. so happy to be back with the stars of the time traveling romance "outlander" from starz. their epic love story inspired us and our sponsor's stars to find a real-life couple that withstood the test of time and distance. first here's a look at their story. on the starz hit drama "outlander," claire, a combat nurse from 1945 is swept 200 years in the past and embarks on a romance with a scottish war yore named jamie proving time and space is no match for true love. >> promise me that we'll always find a way back to each other. >> i promise. >> reporter: ashley norman and andrew castelli's love story is just as enduring growing up in the small west virginia town. >> we literally have been on the same soccer field several times. >> playing one another. >> yeah. we just never met. >> reporter: that all changed one fateful summer during college. >> andrew an i met in 1999 in myrtle beach, south carolina. >> it was a summertime romance but went back to separate worlds. >> reporter: never forgetting their special bond keeping in touch the old-fashioned way. >> smartphones. certainly wasn't texting all the time. >> flash forward to 2015. >> scrolling through facebook and saw the most adorable puppy i had ever seen in my entire life and i, you know, thought to myself, oh, my god, i'm in trouble. >> reporter: andrew was working in miami at the time and got an offer to open a bar in new york city where ashley happened to be living. >> i would be a filthy liar if i said her being here didn't sweeten the pot. >> reporter: the couple didn't waste a minute and have been together for two years now, the modern love story a lifetime in the making. >> i think that there's definitely something in this for us to be together all those times. >> so excited to have them here to share more of their story. welcome to "good morning america." >> thank you. >> the star might be chaplain. tell us about his role in the love story. >> well, i have wanted a puppy for as long as i can remember and at a certain point, andrew started sending me text messages every now and again saying when are we going to get together? are we going to get married? i said as soon as you get me a puppy. several months after that started happening he rescued chaplain and i saw chaplain on instagram and i thought, oh, my goodness. >> he's your baby. on d'mr.e i>> >> yeah, it's a shared love. that's wonderful. so now i want to bring in you guys who know a thing or two about time and distance and love. so, what do you think about their story and about the idea that nothing can keep people apart? who are meant to be together. >> as a testament of true love, i think. it's a bit like jamie and claire. >> but can we maybe take chaplain next season? >> maybe claire needs a puppy. >> we do. really beautiful story. >> we want to give you guys a little something. we love you shared your story with us. and, of course, with sam and caitriona. actually want to give you the ultimate romantic night on the town in new york city. first up a horse drawn carriage ride around central park. >> oh, that's nice. >> i think chaplain can go. we'll ask permission. i'm not positive on that. >> then a dinner cruise around the city. very romantic and just time together to enjoy the fact that you have found each other and this love. how does that sound? >> that sounds great. thank you so much. >> wouldn't be complete without "outlander" gear and the season, i mean -- >> is that a bobble head. >> talk about bonding. if you want to fall in love all over again watch this together. >> i'm sure. >> i can't wait. >> thank you very much for coming for sharing your love story. i can't thank you guys enough. bring us many more seasons. at least eight books so we're expecting many, many more. excited for season three of "outlander," everybody. it returns to starz this sunday. caitriona, sam, come back soon and we'll be right back. ♪ "wow" means is tyou save 50% or more.ngs. there are three stages of "wow". denial. - is this price right? - acceptance. and boooyah! wait for it. boooyah has three "o's". ♪ grocery outlet bargain market ♪ announcer: this week, assorted flavors of power bars are just four for a dollar. hey, julia is our audience coordinator. her last day. she makes all this possible. thank you for all that you have done. 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