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The university and the hazing allegations that sparked it all. The 12 million lawsuit. Robert de niro sued by his former assistant accused of harassment and gender discrimination. The voice mail now released. How dare you. You are about to be fired. You are [ bleep ] history. What the hollywood legend is saying this morning. Abc news exclusive. The brother of botham jean whose hug with the woman who killed his brother stunned the courtroom now live on gma in his first interview and also exclusive, what two of the jurors are revealing to abc. How they decided on that and a chip off the old block. Braves legend Chipper Jones and the play in the stands that has fans begging for a comeback. Chipper jones still got it. He sure does. Good morning, america. Great to have you all with us on this friday morning and a busy friday morning it is. We have a lot of news to get to. We certainly do. First, of course, that impeachment showdown with new developments coming in at a breakneck pace. President trump seeming to dare the house to impeach him by openly calling now on china to investigate the bidens. Democrats and legal experts both calling it a brand new impeachable offense. Brazen, in your face move. And late last night on capitol hill the release of Text Messages from u. S. Diplomats discussing how to get ukraine to do the president s bidding on investigation. This all unfolding as another key witness set to testify today. Our senior Congressional Correspondent mary bruce starts us off on capitol hill. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, george. The first eyewitness to testify in this impeachment inquiry has handed over explosive Text Messages. They reveal detailed conversations and show that there was an understanding that the ukrainians would not get a meeting with President Trump unless they agreed with trumps demand to investigate his rivals. Overnight new Text Messages revealed showing Senior State Department officials using a potential summit between President Trump and the ukrainian leader as leverage to get ukraine to investigate trumps political rivals. The former envoy to ukraine, kurt volker writing to an aide to ukrainian president zelensky, good lunch, thanks, heard from white house, assuming president z convinces trump he will investigate, quote, get to the bottom of what happened in 2016, we will nail down date for visit to washington. An apparent reference to trumps request that ukraine investigate a debunked theory that ukraine, not russia, meddled in the 2016 election. That message sent just hours before the phone call between trump and the ukrainian leader that sparked this impeachment inquiry. But two weeks later with no action taken, the u. S. Ambassador to the eu, gordon sonland, implies ukraine must announce an investigation before they agree on a date to meet writing, i think the president really wants the deliverable. The Text Messages appear to show the u. S. Officials even drafted a statement for the ukrainians to announce their investigation into political processes of the United States with a specific link to joe bidens son. That statement is never read, though. Then in Early September messages seem to show the state Department Officials debating whether trump was withholding nearly 400 million in military aid to pressure ukraine for trumps own political benefit. The top american diplomat in ukraine, bill taylor, writing, i think its crazy to withhold Security Assistance for help with a political campaign. Sondland responds, i believe you are inspect about President Trumps intentions. The president has been crystal clear, no quid pro quos of any kind. But sondland who contributed over 1 million to Trumps Inaugural Committee before being nominated to the job adds, i suggest we stop the back and forth by text. Democrats say this is evidence trump abused his power. Well, its deeply concerning. Reporter but republicans are demanding the full transcript of the text be released saying the messages have been taken ouftt context. Ambassador volker has said nothing that nothing that coincides with what the democrats are saying with their whole impeachment narrative. Reporter now, george, just moments ago another breaking twist in all of this. Ukraines prosecutor general who was hand picked by ukraines president has Just Announced that he is reopening old investigations into the oil and gas company linked to bidens son. Now, it is unclear if they plan to look at biden at all and previously they have said theres no evidence that bidens son did anything wrong but, george, the timing of all this is pretty remarkable. Sure is. The ukrainian president told President Trump that he was 100 my guy. Meantime, big new hearing on capitol hill this morning as well. The Inspector General who reviewed that whistleblower complaint. Reporter yeah, george, lawmakers are going to press him on how and why he was able to determine that the whistleblowers complaint was, quote, credible and of urgent concern and will likely want it know who he spoke with inside the Trump Administration in order to draw that conclusion. George . Another big day on capitol hill. Mary bruce, thank you very much. Cecelia . Those Text Messages coming in the wake of that stunning moment at the white house. President trump publicly calling another Foreign Government to investigate his political rival, joe biden. This time china. And heres why this is so remarkable, federal law clearly says it is illegal to solicit, accept or receive anything of value from a Foreign National in connection with an election. Our chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl has this part of the story. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, cecilia. President trump is so insistent that he did nothing wrong, that he did it again, calling on yet another foreign country to investigate a political rival committing yet another likely impeachable act but this time doing it before the cameras. This time you didnt need a secret transcript of a private phone call. The president did it out in the open for the world to see. China should start an investigation into the bidens because what happened to china is just about as bad as what happened with with ukraine. Reporter he even suggested he might directly ask the president of china for help. Have you asked president xi to investigate at all . I havent but something we can start thinking about. Reporter it comes ahead of trade talks with the chinese scheduled in washington for next week. I have a lot of options on china, but if they dont do what we want we have tremendous, tremendous power. Reporter the president s words this time are especially remarkable because he is suggesting a Foreign Government investigate his political rival at the very moment he is facing impeachment proceedings for doing just that. Asking ukraine to investigate the bidens. Its an echo from this infamous moment from the 2016 campaign. Russia, if youre listening, i hope youre able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. Reporter back then trump aides insisted he was joking. They arent saying that now. Democrats say the president s latest comments may amount to another impeachable offense. Its wrong for the president of the United States to seek help from a foreign power in a president ial election. Thats not okay. I think his actions today create another article of impeachment. Reporter and republicans arent exactly running out to defend him on this one. I dont want to comment on something i havent seen. Would you ever ask china to look into somebody running against you for your congressional seat . Youre asking a hypothetical that i would rather not get into. I dont know if i would ever be in that situation. Reporter and if there were any doubt that the call to investigate biden were part of a political strategy, consider this, the Trump Campaign plans nearly 1 million worth of commercials to air this weekend attacking biden over his son hunters dealings in ukraine and, george, those ads will air in all of the key democratic early primary states including new hampshire, South Carolina and iowa. Even though they contain charges that a ifae. Jon karl, thanks very much. Lets bring in our chief legal analyst dan abrams here. Its hard to wrap your arms around all this but cecilia said in the intro, clearly illegal to solicit any foreign help in an election. Beyond the illegality its kind of a classic impeachable offense, one contemplated by the framers. Were not just talking about requesting some sort of aid from a country. Were talking about china. This comes on the heels of the president congratulating china on the 70s anniversary of communism, and this is a country where youre in the middle of trade talks, right . The allegation in ukraine is, held up funds in exchange for promises about investigation of biden. Now theyre involved in trade talks with china and, again, it makes you have to ask the question, is it connected in some way, shape or form to any of the negotiations . But when you take a step back and you say, the president of the United States is requesting china and ukraine to investigate the former Vice President of the United States, right, put aside the politics for a moment. The former Vice President of the United States, right . Hes asking china and ukraine to investigate him, not based on something where the president is saying heres the evidence we have. Hes saying, please find me the evidence, please help please help me find something here that i can potentially use because the problem right now and lets it back to the bidens for a second. There is no evidence of joe biden engaging in wrongdoing in ukraine or in china. You can talk about whether hunter biden should have been on the board or shouldnt have been on the board, et cetera. Thats a separate question from do they have evidence against joe biden. And a separate question from is it on its face an abuse of power to invite foreign interference in our election. Of course. Look, this is what they seem to be saying wasnt true about the whistleblower at first. Now the president is effectively confirming what the whistleblower said. You dont even need the whistleblower once you have these texts and this statement, youve got what the whistleblower was alleging. Dan abrams, thanks very much. Michael . All right, george, thank you. Now the latest on senator Bernie Sanders. Were hearing from his wife this morning as the president ial candidate recovers from a heart procedure in the hospital. Our senior washington correspondent terry moran has the details. Good morning, terry. Reporter good morning, michael. Bernie sanders is on the mend in las vegas after that heart surgery earlier this week. Doctors inserting two stents to unblock an artery but already to go. Reporter hes doing great. Its exciting but hes going to be out of here tomorrow or the next day. Reporter this morning Bernie Sanders wife, jane sanders is speaking out about the president ial hopefuls health. I mean, he looks more energetic than he has been. Reporter standing in front of the las vegas hospital where sanders is being treated for a blocked artery she says hes doing better but wouldnt comment on whether the 78yearold senator suffered a heart attack. A blockage in one artery and put in two stents. Its a very common procedure. Reporter sanders was taken to a hospital on tuesday night after a closed Door Campaign event in las vegas. He was complaining of chest pains. You can see him here at the event asking for assistance from an aide. Ari, can you do me a favor . Get me a chair. Its been a long day. Reporter but now sanders wife says hes on the mend and hell be back to his intense schedule sooner rather than later. As for his campaign a potential posz positive sign, hes resuming a push in iowa canceled the day he was hospitalized. We need a fighter. Reporter so now the question for voters is, can Bernie Sanders do this job . Hes determined that he can. He has a loyal base of support. Hell need more than that. He plans on attending that october 15th debate and as he says, hes a fighter. Cecelia . Okay, terry, thanks so much. Now to that historic record heat in the south. A flash flooding threat and ginger tracking the latest. Good morning to you. Good morning, cecilia. Raleigh, north carolina, hit 100 degrees yesterday. You say, well, thats raleigh, they do that. No. That is the latest theyve ever hit 100 degrees. The last record was september 10th, so almost a month later. They are starting to feel the front but all that heat is squeezed from columbus, georgia, to columbia will feel above 100. Not only is that highpressure system responsible for the heat, but its ushering in gulf moisture and a flood threat to the state of new mexico. The sacramento mountains, theyre all going to play a part so moisture coming in at the middle levels or lower in the atmosphere. It rolls up and we get closer into the mountains, just south and east of albuquerque and you can see what happens. The moisture rises on the topography and you can enhance those thunderstorms. So you could see this morning up to 3 inches of rain, even albuquerque has a small stream, you know, advisory in effect so that will all end then well get more rain this weekend, george. Oh, boy. Thanks very much. Now to that major campus crackdown. Ohio university suspending all fraternities after multiple hazing allegations and a death threat at one of the frats. Eva pilgrim has details. Reporter this morning Ohio University suspending all fraternities in a sweeping ban on creek activity. The university citing a growing concern after it received seven allegations of hazing this year. Two fraternities have already been given cease and desist letters. The university saying the others will receive their soon. There are 15 fraternities on campus. The schools decision coming just 11 months after the death of freshman colin wiant pledging at sigma pie. Is he responsive . He was and then hes kind of like laid back started passing out. Reporter in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by his family they say he was allegedly subjected to extensive hazing including being beaten with a belt, being pelted with eggs, forced to drink a gallon of alcohol in 60 minute, being deprived of sleep and forced to take drugs that included cocaine, adderall, xanax and nitrous oxide. Last spring sigma pie was expelled from the university for hazing. The university saying it hopes the suspension gives students a chance to pause to reflect and give the school and chapters a chance to come up with a plan for the future. They dont want it to keep happening going forward. Thank you, eva. Now to those alarming new numbers in the vaping crisis. The cdc reported more than a thousand injuries linked to vaping in nearly every state in the country and 19 confirmed deaths. Linsey davis is here with more on this. Good morning, linsey. Reporter good morning. We are now at 1,080 probable cases of lung injury across the country related to vaping and its believed that number will continue to rise. Yesterday delaware announced its first vapingrelated death but doctors all over the country are surround the alarm. New numbers from the cdc this morning show an explosive rise in vapingrelated illness. Officials say there have been more than 1,000 probable cases of lung injury across the country in the last few months and 19 deaths in 16 States Associated with the use of vaping products. I think its very hard to predict without a better understanding of what may be causing the problem. Reporter this comes as a new study claims lung injuries and those who suffer vapingrelated illness resemble the same type of damage as those exposed to chemicals. It could be compared to the type of injury seen in an industrial accident. Reporter some Health Officials caution this report is just preliminary and that no single product or substance has been connected with these illnesses. Still, the number of young people with disturbing symptoms is growing. 22yearold Gregory Rodriguez was hospitalized for 12 days, three of those days in a medically induced coma. Thats when i realized that the vaping wasnt has harmless as i thought. People should be on the lookout for these cases when they come in the er whether symptoms of stomach flu or breathing symptoms we should ask every patient about their vaping history. While we are seeing state after state place bans on flavored ecigarettes the industry is fighting back. This week a new york Court Temporarily blocked that states proposed ban on flavored products. A victory for the industry even if its just temporary. Dangerous every day. Increases all the time. Thank you. Were following a lot of other stories this morning. Coming up, michaels exclusive interview with botham jeans brother after that powerful moment in court. You see it there. He hugged the officer who killed his brother and well talk to some of the jurors. What theyre saying about how they decided on the controversial tenyear sentence. First lets go back to ginger. You guys know, is that heat coming for us . Huhuh, no, michael, in fact the storm that did this in south dakota brought some first snow to minnesota. That is what is going to give you frost advisories from hart ford, connecticut up to big rapid, michigan. Your local weather coming up in 30 second, first, though, the weekend getaways sponsored by carmax. Did you know that its Chipper Jones<\/a> and the play in the stands that has fans begging for a comeback. Chipper jones still got it. He sure does. Good morning, america. Great to have you all with us on this friday morning and a busy friday morning it is. We have a lot of news to get to. We certainly do. First, of course, that impeachment showdown with new developments coming in at a breakneck pace. President trump seeming to dare the house to impeach him by openly calling now on china to investigate the bidens. Democrats and legal experts both calling it a brand new impeachable offense. Brazen, in your face move. And late last night on capitol hill the release of Text Messages<\/a> from u. S. Diplomats discussing how to get ukraine to do the president s bidding on investigation. This all unfolding as another key witness set to testify today. Our senior Congressional Correspondent<\/a> mary bruce starts us off on capitol hill. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, george. The first eyewitness to testify in this impeachment inquiry has handed over explosive Text Messages<\/a>. They reveal detailed conversations and show that there was an understanding that the ukrainians would not get a meeting with President Trump<\/a> unless they agreed with trumps demand to investigate his rivals. Overnight new Text Messages<\/a> revealed showing Senior State Department<\/a> officials using a potential summit between President Trump<\/a> and the ukrainian leader as leverage to get ukraine to investigate trumps political rivals. The former envoy to ukraine, kurt volker writing to an aide to ukrainian president zelensky, good lunch, thanks, heard from white house, assuming president z convinces trump he will investigate, quote, get to the bottom of what happened in 2016, we will nail down date for visit to washington. An apparent reference to trumps request that ukraine investigate a debunked theory that ukraine, not russia, meddled in the 2016 election. That message sent just hours before the phone call between trump and the ukrainian leader that sparked this impeachment inquiry. But two weeks later with no action taken, the u. S. Ambassador to the eu, gordon sonland, implies ukraine must announce an investigation before they agree on a date to meet writing, i think the president really wants the deliverable. The Text Messages<\/a> appear to show the u. S. Officials even drafted a statement for the ukrainians to announce their investigation into political processes of the United States<\/a> with a specific link to joe bidens son. That statement is never read, though. Then in Early September<\/a> messages seem to show the state Department Officials<\/a> debating whether trump was withholding nearly 400 million in military aid to pressure ukraine for trumps own political benefit. The top american diplomat in ukraine, bill taylor, writing, i think its crazy to withhold Security Assistance<\/a> for help with a political campaign. Sondland responds, i believe you are inspect about President Trump<\/a>s intentions. The president has been crystal clear, no quid pro quos of any kind. But sondland who contributed over 1 million to Trumps Inaugural Committee<\/a> before being nominated to the job adds, i suggest we stop the back and forth by text. Democrats say this is evidence trump abused his power. Well, its deeply concerning. Reporter but republicans are demanding the full transcript of the text be released saying the messages have been taken ouftt context. Ambassador volker has said nothing that nothing that coincides with what the democrats are saying with their whole impeachment narrative. Reporter now, george, just moments ago another breaking twist in all of this. Ukraines prosecutor general who was hand picked by ukraines president has Just Announced<\/a> that he is reopening old investigations into the oil and gas company linked to bidens son. Now, it is unclear if they plan to look at biden at all and previously they have said theres no evidence that bidens son did anything wrong but, george, the timing of all this is pretty remarkable. Sure is. The ukrainian president told President Trump<\/a> that he was 100 my guy. Meantime, big new hearing on capitol hill this morning as well. The Inspector General<\/a> who reviewed that whistleblower complaint. Reporter yeah, george, lawmakers are going to press him on how and why he was able to determine that the whistleblowers complaint was, quote, credible and of urgent concern and will likely want it know who he spoke with inside the Trump Administration<\/a> in order to draw that conclusion. George . Another big day on capitol hill. Mary bruce, thank you very much. Cecelia . Those Text Messages<\/a> coming in the wake of that stunning moment at the white house. President trump publicly calling another Foreign Government<\/a> to investigate his political rival, joe biden. This time china. And heres why this is so remarkable, federal law clearly says it is illegal to solicit, accept or receive anything of value from a Foreign National<\/a> in connection with an election. Our chief White House Correspondent<\/a> Jonathan Karl<\/a> has this part of the story. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, cecilia. President trump is so insistent that he did nothing wrong, that he did it again, calling on yet another foreign country to investigate a political rival committing yet another likely impeachable act but this time doing it before the cameras. This time you didnt need a secret transcript of a private phone call. The president did it out in the open for the world to see. China should start an investigation into the bidens because what happened to china is just about as bad as what happened with with ukraine. Reporter he even suggested he might directly ask the president of china for help. Have you asked president xi to investigate at all . I havent but something we can start thinking about. Reporter it comes ahead of trade talks with the chinese scheduled in washington for next week. I have a lot of options on china, but if they dont do what we want we have tremendous, tremendous power. Reporter the president s words this time are especially remarkable because he is suggesting a Foreign Government<\/a> investigate his political rival at the very moment he is facing impeachment proceedings for doing just that. Asking ukraine to investigate the bidens. Its an echo from this infamous moment from the 2016 campaign. Russia, if youre listening, i hope youre able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. Reporter back then trump aides insisted he was joking. They arent saying that now. Democrats say the president s latest comments may amount to another impeachable offense. Its wrong for the president of the United States<\/a> to seek help from a foreign power in a president ial election. Thats not okay. I think his actions today create another article of impeachment. Reporter and republicans arent exactly running out to defend him on this one. I dont want to comment on something i havent seen. Would you ever ask china to look into somebody running against you for your congressional seat . Youre asking a hypothetical that i would rather not get into. I dont know if i would ever be in that situation. Reporter and if there were any doubt that the call to investigate biden were part of a political strategy, consider this, the Trump Campaign<\/a> plans nearly 1 million worth of commercials to air this weekend attacking biden over his son hunters dealings in ukraine and, george, those ads will air in all of the key democratic early primary states including new hampshire, South Carolina<\/a> and iowa. Even though they contain charges that a ifae. Jon karl, thanks very much. Lets bring in our chief legal analyst dan abrams here. Its hard to wrap your arms around all this but cecilia said in the intro, clearly illegal to solicit any foreign help in an election. Beyond the illegality its kind of a classic impeachable offense, one contemplated by the framers. Were not just talking about requesting some sort of aid from a country. Were talking about china. This comes on the heels of the president congratulating china on the 70s anniversary of communism, and this is a country where youre in the middle of trade talks, right . The allegation in ukraine is, held up funds in exchange for promises about investigation of biden. Now theyre involved in trade talks with china and, again, it makes you have to ask the question, is it connected in some way, shape or form to any of the negotiations . But when you take a step back and you say, the president of the United States<\/a> is requesting china and ukraine to investigate the former Vice President<\/a> of the United States<\/a>, right, put aside the politics for a moment. The former Vice President<\/a> of the United States<\/a>, right . Hes asking china and ukraine to investigate him, not based on something where the president is saying heres the evidence we have. Hes saying, please find me the evidence, please help please help me find something here that i can potentially use because the problem right now and lets it back to the bidens for a second. There is no evidence of joe biden engaging in wrongdoing in ukraine or in china. You can talk about whether hunter biden should have been on the board or shouldnt have been on the board, et cetera. Thats a separate question from do they have evidence against joe biden. And a separate question from is it on its face an abuse of power to invite foreign interference in our election. Of course. Look, this is what they seem to be saying wasnt true about the whistleblower at first. Now the president is effectively confirming what the whistleblower said. You dont even need the whistleblower once you have these texts and this statement, youve got what the whistleblower was alleging. Dan abrams, thanks very much. Michael . All right, george, thank you. Now the latest on senator Bernie Sanders<\/a>. Were hearing from his wife this morning as the president ial candidate recovers from a heart procedure in the hospital. Our senior washington correspondent terry moran has the details. Good morning, terry. Reporter good morning, michael. Bernie sanders is on the mend in las vegas after that heart surgery earlier this week. Doctors inserting two stents to unblock an artery but already to go. Reporter hes doing great. Its exciting but hes going to be out of here tomorrow or the next day. Reporter this morning Bernie Sanders<\/a> wife, jane sanders is speaking out about the president ial hopefuls health. I mean, he looks more energetic than he has been. Reporter standing in front of the las vegas hospital where sanders is being treated for a blocked artery she says hes doing better but wouldnt comment on whether the 78yearold senator suffered a heart attack. A blockage in one artery and put in two stents. Its a very common procedure. Reporter sanders was taken to a hospital on tuesday night after a closed Door Campaign<\/a> event in las vegas. He was complaining of chest pains. You can see him here at the event asking for assistance from an aide. Ari, can you do me a favor . Get me a chair. Its been a long day. Reporter but now sanders wife says hes on the mend and hell be back to his intense schedule sooner rather than later. As for his campaign a potential posz positive sign, hes resuming a push in iowa canceled the day he was hospitalized. We need a fighter. Reporter so now the question for voters is, can Bernie Sanders<\/a> do this job . Hes determined that he can. He has a loyal base of support. Hell need more than that. He plans on attending that october 15th debate and as he says, hes a fighter. Cecelia . Okay, terry, thanks so much. Now to that historic record heat in the south. A flash flooding threat and ginger tracking the latest. Good morning to you. Good morning, cecilia. Raleigh, north carolina, hit 100 degrees yesterday. You say, well, thats raleigh, they do that. No. That is the latest theyve ever hit 100 degrees. The last record was september 10th, so almost a month later. They are starting to feel the front but all that heat is squeezed from columbus, georgia, to columbia will feel above 100. Not only is that highpressure system responsible for the heat, but its ushering in gulf moisture and a flood threat to the state of new mexico. The sacramento mountains, theyre all going to play a part so moisture coming in at the middle levels or lower in the atmosphere. It rolls up and we get closer into the mountains, just south and east of albuquerque and you can see what happens. The moisture rises on the topography and you can enhance those thunderstorms. So you could see this morning up to 3 inches of rain, even albuquerque has a small stream, you know, advisory in effect so that will all end then well get more rain this weekend, george. Oh, boy. Thanks very much. Now to that major campus crackdown. Ohio university suspending all fraternities after multiple hazing allegations and a death threat at one of the frats. Eva pilgrim has details. Reporter this morning Ohio University<\/a> suspending all fraternities in a sweeping ban on creek activity. The university citing a growing concern after it received seven allegations of hazing this year. Two fraternities have already been given cease and desist letters. The university saying the others will receive their soon. There are 15 fraternities on campus. The schools decision coming just 11 months after the death of freshman colin wiant pledging at sigma pie. Is he responsive . He was and then hes kind of like laid back started passing out. Reporter in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by his family they say he was allegedly subjected to extensive hazing including being beaten with a belt, being pelted with eggs, forced to drink a gallon of alcohol in 60 minute, being deprived of sleep and forced to take drugs that included cocaine, adderall, xanax and nitrous oxide. Last spring sigma pie was expelled from the university for hazing. The university saying it hopes the suspension gives students a chance to pause to reflect and give the school and chapters a chance to come up with a plan for the future. They dont want it to keep happening going forward. Thank you, eva. Now to those alarming new numbers in the vaping crisis. The cdc reported more than a thousand injuries linked to vaping in nearly every state in the country and 19 confirmed deaths. Linsey davis is here with more on this. Good morning, linsey. Reporter good morning. We are now at 1,080 probable cases of lung injury across the country related to vaping and its believed that number will continue to rise. Yesterday delaware announced its first vapingrelated death but doctors all over the country are surround the alarm. New numbers from the cdc this morning show an explosive rise in vapingrelated illness. Officials say there have been more than 1,000 probable cases of lung injury across the country in the last few months and 19 deaths in 16 States Associated<\/a> with the use of vaping products. I think its very hard to predict without a better understanding of what may be causing the problem. Reporter this comes as a new study claims lung injuries and those who suffer vapingrelated illness resemble the same type of damage as those exposed to chemicals. It could be compared to the type of injury seen in an industrial accident. Reporter some Health Officials<\/a> caution this report is just preliminary and that no single product or substance has been connected with these illnesses. Still, the number of young people with disturbing symptoms is growing. 22yearold Gregory Rodriguez<\/a> was hospitalized for 12 days, three of those days in a medically induced coma. Thats when i realized that the vaping wasnt has harmless as i thought. People should be on the lookout for these cases when they come in the er whether symptoms of stomach flu or breathing symptoms we should ask every patient about their vaping history. While we are seeing state after state place bans on flavored ecigarettes the industry is fighting back. This week a new york Court Temporarily<\/a> blocked that states proposed ban on flavored products. A victory for the industry even if its just temporary. Dangerous every day. Increases all the time. Thank you. Were following a lot of other stories this morning. Coming up, michaels exclusive interview with botham jeans brother after that powerful moment in court. You see it there. He hugged the officer who killed his brother and well talk to some of the jurors. What theyre saying about how they decided on the controversial tenyear sentence. First lets go back to ginger. You guys know, is that heat coming for us . Huhuh, no, michael, in fact the storm that did this in south dakota brought some first snow to minnesota. That is what is going to give you frost advisories from hart ford, connecticut up to big rapid, michigan. Your local weather coming up in 30 second, first, though, the weekend getaways sponsored by carmax. Did you know that its National Taco<\/a> day . Well, i have news for you, wyatt wants to tell you something else. Taco tuesday. He loves taco tuesday but you get to celebrate today too. No teeth required for him. Today, too. No teeth for him. With moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, are you okay . Even when i was there, i never knew when my symptoms would keep us apart. So i talked to my doctor about humira. I learned humira can help get, and keep uc under control when other medications havent worked well enough. And it helps people achieve control that lasts. So you can experience few or no symptoms. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. 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Great job. They lost 76. That is a great catch. Well begin with that abc news exclusive. The brother of the man who was killed when a Dallas Police<\/a> officer walked into the wrong apartment. We will hear from brandt jean in a few moments but first marcus moore joins us from dallas. Marcus, good morning to you. You spoke with two of the jurors who convicted amber guyger of murdering her neighbor. Reporter yes, cecilia, these two jurors gave us a glimpse of what it was like inside the jury room as they made this difficult decision. They told me there were sleepless nights and a lot of tears. I think that was one of the hardest things ive ever had to do. Reporter two of the jurors who found former Dallas Police<\/a> officer amber guyger guilty of murdering botham jean are speaking out. Theres no way we could ever know what he would want, but i think we all had to make a decision that we could live with and that our conscience could be sound with. Reporter the diverse jury made up of eight women and four men all of varying ethnicities sentenced amber guyger to ten years behind bars. These jurors telling us the decision was not an easy one. There was a lot of crying. A lot of crying. When we were told to decide between five and life that was like we didnt have words. Reporter prosecutors were asking for 28 years. They were. You all landed at 10. After hearing about how his family talked about him, he seemed like just the light in their lives and he was kind and giving . Caring and forgiving and i said, i told everyone i was like, im really having a hard time with this because we all agree that it was a mistake and i dont think i dont think bo would want to take harsh vengeance. I think he would want to forgive her and i didnt feel like i had any right to speak for him and he isnt there to talk for himself. But listening to how people talked about him i felt like he would forgive her. They asked for 28 years. Ill be honest and true and i was like, i cant give her 28 years. I know a lot of people are not happy about the ten years but i felt like, you know, for this case was not like any other case. You cant compare this case to any of those other officers killing unarmed black men. Those officers that killed unarmed black men, when they got out, they went back to living their lives. Amber guyger, ever since she killed that man, she has not been the same. She showed remorse and that shes going to have to deal with that for the rest of her life. Can i give her a hug, please . Please . Reporter it was this moment of grace and forgiveness to guyger from jeans brother brant that has the jurors convinced that they made the right decision. We found out this morning about what his brother did and it kind of helped us feel like we ended up with the right decision. One thing that botham can teach us all, we should all love each other instead of hate each other and i honestly think that if botham would have just got shot and not killed, i think he would have forgiven amber guyger. Reporter and there was such a strong reaction to what bos brother did on the stand. In fact, jeans sister released a moving statement online saying in part, what brandt did, i truly admire. I pray every day to get to the point of forgiveness and he is already there. Michael . Thank you so much, marcus. Now botham jeans brother brandt joins us along with his attorney lee merritt from dallas. Thanks for joining us. Brandt, were sorry for the loss your family had to endure. Want to start with that moment. You were on the stand. Youre talking about the impact of your brothers death. His killer is right across from you and you wanted to give her a hug. What made you make that decision to ask for a hug . I knew that i just told her that i forgave her and with usual instances the words only they dont they mean something but i felt like that wasnt enough. And that was just my gesture, my decision of saying, my decision to make, my decision of letting her know that i truly forgive her and that was just my way. No one elses way. It was my decision. It was my way of letting her know that she is truly forgiven. We dont know if she may commit suicide in the future. We dont know whats going to happen. I just felt like i had to get that point across to her. And you said that your brother was a kind and compassionate man. So what do you think he would have thought of that moment . I honestly think he was for it. Nothing else. And when you two were embracing it looked as if you were speaking quietly to each other. Can you tell us what was said . Kind words. I cant say. And we can respect that and so many theres some people who are not ready to forgive her. So what can you say to those who are not ready to forgive amber guyger . Just like each and everyone has steps to get towards actual forgiving. I probably went through those faster. Some people went through it faster than me. If you are trying to forgive her, understand that she is a human being. She still deserves love. She made a mistake that she probably truly regrets. So if you want to forgive her, just understand that god forgave you and i know that every time i ask god for forgiveness, he forgives me. Who am i to not forgive . I waited one year to hear im sorry and im grateful for that and its thats why i forgive her. And what do you hope others learn from that moment in court . You know, a lot everyone has been talking about this moment in court. I think theres something there for everyone to take from it and what do you hope that people learn from that moment . This is what you have to do to set yourself free. You know, i didnt really plan on living the rest of my life hating this woman. I know that theres something called peace of mind and thats the type of stuff you need to do to have peace of mind. That is why i wake up happy in the morning. That is why i want to live happy later on in my life. And i want to bring in your family attorney, lee. Lee, you represent the family and were there some mixed emotions about the hug . Yeah, there are and, you know, theres mixed emotions within the family itself. As brandt explained it to me this morning it really hit home this morning. He wanted not only to forgive her in words but he wanted her to believe him. So just saying it, she may not be convinced so he asked to give a physical display of that forgiveness so that she would be free and so that he could authentically be free. Everyone in that family is hurting desperately because they loved botham and they wont be able to get past that hurt if they cant forgive their killer his killer. They believe that. I believe that and so it was an important first step and i mean it was im exceptionally proud of him. He taught me something in that moment. Lee, does the family feel that justice was served in this case . We believe in the legal system. We believe in the domain of the jurors. We hoped we agreed with the District Attorney<\/a> it should have been on the upper end of the spectrum, that the sentence should have been closer to 28 years than 10 years. That would be closer to justice but that is a whole separate conversation from the spiritual release of forgiveness. I want to thank you both for joining us in the midst of a tough time. Brandt, we know youre following in your brothers foot steps and going to his alma mater, harding university. Want to wish you and your family well, young man, and, lee, thank you so much. Thank you so much. And what an incredible lesson in forgiveness and as he said, im at this point. 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De niros former assistant is fighting back after de niros company filed a 6 million lawsuit against her in august alleging she stole money and bingewatched episodes of friends while she was on the clock. You talking to me . Reporter hes been one of hollywoods most acclaimed actors for decades. Never rat an your friends and always keep your mouth shut. Reporter back in theaters this weekend in joker. Theres Something Special<\/a> about you, arthur. I can tell. Reporter but this morning he is at the center of another controversy embroil in a contentious battle of he said she said with his former assistant, in a lawsuit filed thursday, de niros former assistant, graham chase robinson accuses the Award Winning<\/a> actor of harassment and gender discrimination claiming that over the course of the 11 years she worked for him de niro communicated in a hostile, abusive and intimidating manner often while he was intoxicated in which he denigrated. 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Drew, we are headed to the san jose where there is a motorcycle crash at alum rock, and traffic is slow approaching alum rock, but it is heavy there with northbound headed into the san jose. Bay toll plaza has another accident and that is three at the toll plaza and backed up well past the maze. There was also an accident on the san mateo bridge in the westbound direction. Kumasi continues with gma, and we will have another weather update in 30 minutes, but you can find the latest news i dont care where youre from, were all just people. We want people to feel like they spent time with family. We want to create a place for more than just ourselves. We create the things that we want to exist in the world. My doors are always open. Your business is up and running, but is it going beyond fast . Comcast business gives you high speed internet. 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Thank you for joining us on this friday, october 4th. Happens to be National Taco<\/a> day if you havent heard. Hoal thsy inion. O the countdown is officially on. Look at this. Our own taco throwdown is coming up. We have three chefs cooking up tacos three very different ways. Theyre going to show you how to do it at home. Thats going to be a lot of fun. We have a lot of news this morning. Were going to begin with the battle over impeachment. President trump is courting new charges publicly calling on china to investigate joe biden as we now see Text Messages<\/a> revealing u. S. Diplomats pushed to have ukraine investigate biden and his son. Senior Congressional Correspondent<\/a> mary bruce is on capitol hill with the latest. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, george. These new Text Messages<\/a> reveal detailed conversations and appeared to show u. S. Officials using a meeting with the president as leverage to get the ukrainians to investigate trumps rivals. Overnight new Text Messages<\/a> revealing Senior State Department<\/a> officials used a potential meeting with the president to pressure ukraine to investigate trumps political rivals. The former envoy to ukraine, kurt volker, writing to an aide to president zelensky assuming president z convinces trump he will investigate, quote, get to the bottom of what happened in 2016, we will nail down date for visit to washington, an apparent reference to trumps request to investigate, that ukraine, not russia meddled in the 2016 investigation. Later as the white house was withholding millions of military aid, the top diplomat in ukraine write, i think its crazy to withhold Security Assistance<\/a> for help with a political campaign. The u. S. Ambassador to the eu replying, i believe you are incorrect about President Trump<\/a>s intentions. The president has been crystal clear, no quid pro quos of any kind. But then he adds, i suggest we stop the back and forth by text. Trump this morning, defiant and again urging a foreign country to investigate his rival. This time its china. China should start an investigation into the bidens because what happened to china is just about as bad as what happened with with ukraine. Reporter the president clearly thinks there is nothing wrong with asking a foreign country for this kind of help but he is potentially committing another impeachable act and this time, george, it was not a private phone call. It was out in the open with the cameras rolling. On camera, okay, mary bruce, michael . We move to a gma health alert with the flu season now here, the first adult death has been reported. Dr. Jennifer ashton is here, has the details on how you and your family can prepare. Yep. Good morning. Good morning, michael. So heres what we know about this death. This occurred in a 90yearold woman in new mexico. It was the first of five flu cases reported in the state and it is a reminder that complications of the flu can be fatal, especially in the elderly, the very young and those with weakened immune systems but also with previously healthy people, as well. What else do we know . Theres a lot of controversy about timing. People are confused. The cd recommends that people get their flu shot by the end of october. It does take two weeks to get full protection or maximum protection rather from the vaccine. But there is some theory maybe the immunity tends to wane by the end of the season but if you get it now you will be protected by the peak and its better to get it than not get it at all, so really less about when than if. Early in the season, make sure you get your flu shot. I will give you yours if you would like. Oh, yes. Can we sign up . Yes, please. Youre welcome. We got a good one, the latest deathdefying walk by nik wallenda, walking 150 in the air in tampa, walking with his mom. 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I tell you right now you can tell everybody is excited because it is National Taco<\/a> day, everybody, and we are having tacos for breakfast. You can do that on a friday. Have tacos whenever you want. And weve got three chefs here getting ready for the ultimate taco take down and they have great recipes you can try at home. But before we get to that its time for pop news with sara haines. Hey, sara. What makes it a breakfast taco . The fact were eating it in the morning . Yes. How many foods does that constitute as that in the morning . So many. We begin with justin bieber, hes had a busy week. On monday he got married to Hailey Baldwin<\/a> for a second time and today dropping new music. 10,000 hours a collaboration with dan shay, take a listen. I spent 10,000 hours and 10,000 more oh if thats what it takes he makes good music. Yeah. George just endorsed it so were good. [ applause ] it seems like the biebs was inspired by his nuptials. Describing the song as wedding music. This is justins first country collaboration. Maybe there will be more where that came from. For now 10,000 hours, the first single off dan shays next album. Just in case you were wondering about 10,000 hours, 416 1 2 days. Okay. So if you were to think about someone nonstop for that many hours, which is a lot so i feel like most people would treat love more like a gym workout. So thats 27 years if you just do an hour a day. 27 years. Dont say i never taught you anything. And now to a pop music exclusive. Listen up, hunger game fans, we have your very first look at the highly anticipated new book in the bestselling series. Feast your eyes on this called the ballad of songbirds and snakes. Its a prequel from author Suzanne Collins<\/a> that will visit panam 64 years before the events of the hunger games. It hits bookshelves around the world on may 19th of next year. Doesnt it sound like a game of thrones episode . Yeah. [ applause ] yeah. Did you guys read the hunger games . The first one. I saw the movie. Youre cheating and youre rhodes scholar. I said no, i didnt read it. I watched the movie gu le couch surfing to a ol seniwho vehioned a friend some wheels and a paramotor. Thheuge onack. Legal but they seem to be using it anyway and didnt stop them from taking a little couch cruise. Where do you go when you can take your sofa for a spin . Mcdonalds, of course. They went through the drivethrough. That contraption clocks in at 32 miles per hour. The guys said that they may have gotten even been able to go faster but the tires kept blowing out. A good video out of it. Im curious about the friendship. When you hang out with your friends is that what you think about . Mcdonalds . No. George, you seem hungry right now. No, i meant have you ever constructed anything . No. No. I have lazy friends. [ laughter ] my friends arent that smart. Thank you, guys. Thank you, sara. Well shift gears now to our gma cover story this morning. A 20 20 exclusive. Idtity yfter he biological mother. Amy is back. You sat down with this woman. This is an incredible story in yeah, this is the first time that shes been willing to talk about this incredibly traumatic event. Now, nearly 20 years after Heather Tiffany<\/a> robinson learned her actual real identity, she is finally ready to break her silence and share her story. Reporter it was a disappearance that baffled investigators. A mother and child who vanished without a trace 15 years ago. Reporter in 1985, 19yearold lisa stacy and her 4monthold daughter tiffany vanishing. The body of lisa stacy has never been found. Reporter after 15 years a break in the case, baby tiffany is found. Tiffany stacy was purportedly adopted by a midwestern family in january of 1985 where she remains today. Reporter the young girl now known as heather adopted into a loving family, but how she ended up there, shocking. Heathers adoption was arranged by uncle john, serial killer John Robinson<\/a>, convicted of killing eight women including her mother lisa stacy. Now, for the first time ever, heather is telling her story. No one knows exactly what happened obviously in that motel room but its highly likely that you were right there in that room when john murdered your mother. If not murdered at least taken from her. No one seems to know the details of what actually happened. I probably witnessed her murder. I still remember that picture. Yeah. On the day he brought you there with your folks and youre bouncing on his knee. Uhhuh. You know, every time i look at that picture, im thinking what is he thinking . Was it an hour before he killed your mom . Four hours before . The day before . And there he is grinning like a cheshire cat for that picture. Yep. Reporter heathers adoptive parents were unaware john killed heathers mother. What were your first memories of uncle john . I dont remember the younger years. I just remember the feelings. He always gave me this really weird offputting feeling in the pit of my stomach. Its like walking down a dark alley in the middle of the night while you know someone is behind you approaching you closer and closer. Reporter heather now devoted to finding her mothers remains and finally laying her to rest. I will never stop trying to find her. Reporter John Robinson<\/a> was convicted and sentenced to the death penalty. He is still behind bars where he will live out the rest of his life there but heather wants so desperately to talk to him and wants to know what happened to her mother and where she is. So chilling. Okay, amy. You can see sole survivor the two hour 20 20 event tonight at 9 00 p. M. Eastern right here on abc. That will be something. We move to debtfree america. Americans owe a staggering 1. 48 trillion in student loan debt. That burden has sparked a debate for solutions and Rebecca Jarvis<\/a> is here with the story of one couple who managed to pay off their sixfigure debt in under three year. Hey, rebecca. Huge amount of debt, george. There are a lot of different ways to get out of it but some could save you money while others might work better for your morale and psychology and heres how one family paid down 120,000 in debt in 2 1 2 yearss with college debt, quinton and marshel ross wanted to pay it off. It was a huge burden. We wanted to make sure it wasnt attached to our lives forever. Reporter so they did something most only dream of, they managed to pay down their combined debt of 120,000 in just 2 1 2 years. But how . The two biggest things we did was to cut back the wasteful spending. So the going out to eat, the buying unnecessary grocery, the buying hypothetical outfits, the shoes i may wear one day and we were intentional about having to put a shortterm sacrifice on time. The couple earns about 150,000 from their jobs. To tackle the debt, they adopted the snow ball method where they paid off theebt first. They were careful with their finances. The first check of the month would go toward necessities like mortgage, food and utilities. D. Right down to every cent spent on groceries. Marchelle only paid two to four days out instead of two weeks worth of groceries. Reporter to help them along quinton put in extra time at work. Sometimes up to 75 hours a week and when the final debt was paid off. When we made the last payment its a feeling, you cant describe. When we got that last knockout punch it was it was just like the ali moment where you felt like you were the champion over that situation. And they definitely earned that feeling, congratulations to them. The snowball method by the way often works best psychologically because you pay down the smallest debts first. It feels like a win but its important to remember that you also need to make minimum payments on larger debts too, so that you dont incur additional fees. Theres apps that can help people. To figure out what the right method is for you there is the debt payoff planner and the debt tracker and both of these apps allow you to create a stepbystep plan for paying off your debt. The plan includes the exact amount that you need to pay on every debt each month to help you stay on schedule, plus theyre going to show you when youll be completely debtfree, what you owe, how much interest that youll pay and over how many payments and, george, whats important here that People Choose<\/a> the plan thats right for them and their family. They can go through it. Rebecca, thanks very much. Over to ginger. Oh, i cannot tell you the tacos smell so good. I dont know how to concentrate on my gma moment, but i will. Its less than a month to halloween. Do you have your costume in order . Angus does. Yes, yes, that is in slomo so you get an even more cute effect. Thank you from asheville, north carolina, for sharing that with us. Its time. Whether its dumbo or whatever. My son has been wearing his spiderman costume since we bought it last weekend. Oh, boy. I cant believe im going to say this but now were getting jiggy with the gemini man. Na na na na na exactly. He stars in an action film about an aging hitman who faces off against a younger clone of himself. Adrienne bankert had a chance to sit down with will and the director ang lee in budapest. It was so much fun. I got to tell you, lee, one of the most revered directors of all time and, again, will smith, theres nobody like him. Funny, action hero, multiplatinum grammy winner. For the man whos done it all he did something very new, playing two leading roles. They chose me because theres never been anybody like me. Reporter a dramatic double take. Will smith stars in gemini man as not one but two assassins. Director ang lee combines cuttingedge cgi technology with the power of 4k 3d. Of all the people in the world to come after me, why would he send you . Reporter we traveled to budapest, hungary where some of the most intense combat scenes in the movie were filmed. Now, the last time you were here i think somebody was trying to kill you, will. People have tried to kill me before. Im okay with it. Reporter i met smith and lee here, a backdrop in the movie and one of the most wellknown bath houses in europe. Did you try this when you were in budapest . No, hungarian thermal water. To budapest. The hot threw me off. Its more like budapestian tea. Its like what do you call that . Sulfur. Very pungent. Uhhuh. Do you feel younger . I feel no. We need some of that 3d technology. I just put on four years. Reporter smith shot every scene twice, images of the superstar in his 20s were used to create his powerful clone. Special effects aside, the 51yearold looks like he may the forever fresh prince still exciting fans and the world. How i became prince of a town called bel air is get jiggy with it your favorite . I think thatll last forever. Im a summertime girl. Ah. I thought we would have a gift for to you relax. Well get a chair massage right now because you have earned it. Ah. You have earned it. Got to let yourself be free, ang. Vocalize it. Aaagh reporter lee who has defied reality in other movies says he was nervous about directing this project. Its something else. Quite scary and especially a younger me that people feel like they saw, they know. My dream people say im in that movie. I believe in it. I go along with it. Its not only a storytelling but its an experience. They are both some of the nicest guys i have ever met. You know. You know. Well, the european premiere was held on will smiths 51st birthday. So we got to sing him happy birthday and be part of the concert. He had a hydrog huge concert in budapest at st. Stevens basilica. Gemini man is in theaters october 11th. Were you getting jiggy wit it . I was. Well throw it over to ginger. Come on, ginger. Were still jiggy with it. Its also, by the way, frozen fan fest. Thats why im here with elsa and anna visiting from arendelle. Well, frozen 2 premieres november 22nd but the new batch of toys and books go on sale today. Thats right. It includes the singing elsa and anna dolls, also, by the way, not just frozen. It is triple force friday so Princess Leia<\/a> and a sith trooper with us. We have the latest toys and collectibles inspired by star wars including these screen safers. I know my boys will want these. The new star wars toys on sale now before the movie comes out december 20th. Its not just that, its also 82 days until christmas everyone. Im forecasting a white christmas. Because here comes the snow. Yes. 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