happens, then i won't complain. >> this is a special edition of "abc7 mornings" starting now. breaking news. >> breaking news at 7:00 this morning and lights out and thousands of pg&e customers are waking up to discover they are in the dark and more outages are looming. >> pg&e are implementing these in phases. in the bay area, about 70,000 customers in the dark. and set two beginning at noon which could impact 141,000 more customers in the bay area and talking about primarily in the east bay and the south bay. welcome to the special edition of "abc7 mornings," and right now, there are school closures because of the power outages, and they are scrolling at the bottom of the screen, and you can find them at abc7news.com. and right now, we want to go to meteorologist mike nicco with the severe weather that is prompting the outages. >> and the worst is not here yet. good morning, kumasi and reggie. let me give you an update. the red flag warning, and the watches and the danger, who it is not for santa clara, and the bay shoreline and the coast, but everywhere else in red, it has begun except for the santa cruz mountains, when your high fire danger or the critical fire conditions develop around 5:00 this evening, you go through noon tomorrow, and you will have a much narrower window to worry about the fire than the rest of us who have about, let's see, a 36-hour event so about 30 more hours. and the winds will pick up above 30,000 feet, and that is where we are in trouble, the winds that are knocking down the trees and the powerlines could spark the fires and the winds that feed the oxygen into the fire, and then spread it into the embers and transplanting them down wind to create more fires. right now, manageable, and looking at the winds at 32 in mount diablo, and this is not unusual, but the humidity is lower in the north bay, and 32%, but everybody elses 30 to 39%. and when you step outside, you wonder what is the big deal, but later evening, you will see what the big deal is. >> and now, over to the south bay bridge, and there is a big deal there because there is trouble with the metering lights. delays on westbound 880, and the carpool lanes are slower than the regular lanes so that the bay bridge toll plaza, an extra long wait, and also an accident in the upper deck and one in the backup as well. a live shot of the golden gate bridge, and they have changed the lane configuration, but the lights are out in robin williams tunnel due to power outage and a new crash reported in the north bay southbound 101 at ignacio, and walnut creek is showing slowing where the kacaldecott tunnel is still open, but signs that it may be closed at noon. >> the north bay is bearing the brunt of the pg&e outages right now, and our reporter amy hollyfield is live there in sonoma county. >> and i have talked to pg&e, and they said they have about 32,000 out in napa, and marian is 9,800 people out, and then you are wondering how that adds up to the 160,000 people -- >> 86,000 people, was it? >> that what we were reported 186,000. >> yes, 186,000. oay. yes. and some of the counties are not in bay area, and solano counties are included and that the reason for the discrepancies. phase one has begun and phase two is east bay and south bay beginning at noon. >> and 140,000 people there expected to have the power turned off around noon. so it is really a waiting game for a lot of people in the south bay and the east bay, and laura anthony has been out where the power outages have been shutdown or impacted the traffic really. so what is going on there right now, laura? >> well,hello, kumasi. and you are correct, this is a mayor, major thoroughfare here, and this is highway 29 at the intersection of 221, and what is goingn here as you can see, the highway patrol has been standing out near the intersection and manually direct traffic to try to keep things flowing, and try to keep things safe. the power is out here, but the backup battery system is supposed to keep the traffic signals working. that did not happen. so the traffic signals have been off all morning, and this is quite a dangerous situation earlier, i'm told when the folks were blasting through, and the freeway speeds of the intersection, and now you have to highway patrol out here, and if we can show you across the intersection over to my left there, and the camera's left, you can see some electricians are over there, and they are trying to get the battery backup system working so that the traffic signals will start to work again or at least they can get the red flash iing lights. >> all right. it looks like we are having issues with laura. >> and just seeing how -- driving -- >> yes, some problem with the video, but it is remarkable the power outages of the people trying to get to work, but luckily there and looks like it is moving more smoothly with them in the roadway trying to keep it together. >> the problem is when the backup is not working, and the backup to the backup is the human being in the middle of the intersection. now that there is light, it is easier for the people to see that there is traffic coming up, and the intersection is not working. so please be careful out there this morning. we should note that we are waiting for a news conference to begin in a few minutes in the south bay as they get ready to be a part of this second round of planned shutoffs that pg&e promises will happen at noon. now we will go over to regina at the south bay -- no, we are going to news conference. >> we did not anticipate shutting off any power last night or early this morning, but they do plan on possibly cutting off the power at noon today. adverse weather is supposed to be at the strongest in the area around 5:00 p.m. today to tomorrow morning. it is imperative and important for the community to be prepared and make sure that you power all of your electronic devices and cell phones and flashlights and batteries, and battery-powered radios on hand, and fill up the gas tang. understand that the traffic signals will be out, and try to avoid driving whenever possible. also, make sure that you are staying in close contact with friends and family, so that in the event that you need help and assistance that you can get that support. we will have several community centers open in the day, and pg&e will have a community center opened at vie yant stadium open from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for the duration of the event. residents will have access to water stations and charging stations and air conditions. other residents arek a cess several city resource center. one at mayfare, one at camden, and one at southside community centers that. ly provide drinking water, and snacks and charging stations for electronic devices. these centers are going to be open from 8:00 a.m. today to 8:00 p.m. the city will continue to provide police and fire services. please call 911 only if you have an emergency. not to get information. the police will continue to monitor the situation and ensure that we have and maintain our public safety. the fire will be fully staff and have additional personnel to deploy in an passtation of the high fire dangers because of the winds and we will coordinate with our partners at cal fire. drinking water, and sewer systems and the wastewater treatment are expected to be unaffect at this time. garbage and recycling collection is expected to continue as usual. with some delays, due to the traffic signal outages. city facilities in unaffected areas will continue to operate as normal. for updates follows @city of san jose, and for the county @scc underscore oes. and for pg @pg follow them at twitter, facebook or next door, or you can visit www.san jose city.gov or pg&e pg&e.com/sf. >> i want to emphasize two point, one is around communication and preparedness. so while we have known that the power shutoffs could be a possibility, our city staff have been working to develop a vulnerability plan, and we have activated the plan. we have also activated our emergency operation center, and we are prepared to deal with what comes ahead. i think that the second thing to emphasize is communication. we will be communicating as much as possible with our residents and with the media, and this includes the daily press conferences. the issues with pg&e's website are well known. we are doing our best to replicate the information, and you can see a map behind me on our website that shows the areas that are projected to be impacted. as i said, we will be doing everything that we can to communicate with our residents and the media. you can also find information on our social media pages and our city website. next, i'm going to ask kip harkness, the city deputy manager to come up to provide more operational information. good morning. kip harkness, city manager, and as indicated due to the national weather forecast, pg&e has informed us that i will be shutting down the power starting at noon today in the areas affected by the potential wildfire threat. that is primarily the east side of san jose along the edge of the diablo range and well into the neighborhoods and south san jose along the santa cruz mountains, the almadin valley area. we will know more about the specific areas taken out of the power grid as the day goes on, but we expect the shutdowns to begin at noon and continue as long as the weather conditions exist. so as long as the high winds are there, the power is going to be out, and pg&e is not going to restore the conditions until the wind is down. at that point, kit tait can tako five days for the customers to be restored. we will be working to speed up the restoration, but it is within their hands. and so we have activated the emergency operations center, and i'm the director of that emergency operations center, and we will be able to monitor and scale as the event goes on. the key focus of our work today, and i think that the key ask from the community is really thinking about the most vulnerable. we have to be compassion in the action, and make sure that the seniors and those with medical devices are taken care of. and take the time as you have prepared yourself to reach tout the elderly neighbor across the street and next door to check in on her and make sure she needs assistance and if she needs assistance, hep to reach out to the medical personnel, and then if that is not available, then reach tout 9out to 911, but we some compassion reaction today from the community. we need the senior centers and the assistive living facilities and the skilled nursing facilities are well prepare and have our support if they need them. the additional piece, and we expect the normal city services garbage and recycling, and if you are in the affected area, it may take a while to get to the recycling and the garbage cart and no reason to call us, because we will make sure that will happen. if this event is larger, we will scale up the response as according to our plan. so that is all of the information that i have at this time. i'm happy to take any questions that you might have as well as the vice mayor and the city manager. >> ktvu, and can you give us the thoughts of that we are at this stuation and have to deal with it as it comes and nothing to do with it now, but what are the thoughts of pg&e having to do this? >> and the question is what are our thoughts of being in t situation, and having to do this as a result of the pg&e shutdown. it is frustrating on our part to not know what is going on for a large swath of the city and to have their power taken away, and we would like to see pg&e to mke the investments in the infrastructure they need to not have to do this with a wind or fire event. we empathize and sympathize with the customers and especially in terms the of traffic and medical devices. >> how would you describe the communication of the pg&e so far? >> the question is how i would describe the communication with pg&e and i would say it is much better. they are grappling with the state-wide scale of this event. the calls are increasing and more informative and the individual contacts have gotten better to responding to us. they are working out a lot, and we would still like more rapid access to data, and only recently they have made it easier for us to get access to the exact location and the data that we need. there is a lot to do to improve those, but we have been seeing that they are learnig as they go. >> can you repeat the numbers that the people should be calling as well as the web sites. >> right. so, if you have a medical emergency, it is 911. if there is a nonemergency crime, it is still 311 in our city. and then in terms of our website it is san jose ca.gov and a weather alert there on the home page to get the information for pg&e, it is >> and so many people trying to reach them, and the website went down, and if that continues to happen, what should the resident dos? >> they should assume they are going to be affected in the general area of the map, and if they are not able to find out in that specific area, they should be prepared for the power shutoff and respond to when it happens. the biggest thing we advise if you are likely to be in area, minimize the driving if you can, and we have learned that the almamark school district will be closed to impact families, and so minimize the travel as you take care of the kids and the families. >> and what schools will be closed? >> we have been in communication with the school districts, and almamark is the one that is going to be closed wednesday and thursday, an unified is going to tell us that they replanning to remain open, and each of them are the individual decisions of the school districts. >> this is supposed to start at midday, right. >> yes. >> and so what are we bracing for, if you can be more secific? >> this is to start at noon and a power outage or a blackout, and the main impacts are to the individual households and to the traffic signals system, and the biggest impact that we can expect is when people come back home starting in the afternoon and the evening and especially at night, and the big reminder is that you won't see a blinking red, and you will see nothing. that is a four-way stop, and where compassion is also going to be needed to treat your commute back home compassionately, and those are the biggest impacts that we expect to see. and the outage is going to continue through thursday and thursday night until they can begin the restoration activities. >> as far as the first responders in the city, how ready are we? >> they are extremely ready and fire and police as part of the response plan are well prepared. and the fire has additional apparatus, and coordinating any response within the community. with the size of our department, we often provide mutual aid, and so in addition to our residents we are ready to support the needs of others. >> and what about the staffing changes for not only the city, and the police and the fire department? >> the police and the fire have let their members know it is going on and available for call-in as needed. and the fire department has increased the apparatus available, and the number of personnel on alert. >> and what about people are worried about the possible looting and break-ins. >> we don't share the operational plans on the police, and they are with us and monitoring the situation, and they will scale up as needed. >> yesterday, you did not have anyone available for land control especially on busy areas like story road for example, and has that changed? >> yes, we will continue to have the intersections function as four-way stops to take over the traffic control requires six to eight people to do it well, and in california law when you have taken control, you own it. so given the indefinite nature of the response, we want the personnel response for the cr e crimes and other issues and not just control of the intersections. >> will you throw somebody out there if there is a need? >> yes, if needed, we can take control of it and manage it, but we are leaving them as four-way stops to have a greater amount of personnel to respond. >> in case people have just tuned in live now, can you emphasize what they can do as far as the safety precautions? >> yes, the biggest thing is to prepare yourself and your family and help the neighbors and that is meaning that your phones are completely charge and keeping the refrigerator closed in the vent and so you don't spoil the food if you can and having a battery lighting system and radio, and powered to some other information. food and water are of course great. water is going to continue the flow, and so you don't have to worry about that in this instance, and keeping a gas tank full if you can, because many of the gas stations, the pumps will not work if they do not have electricity. >> and what about the questions and the concerns do you feel that you have seen so far from the residents? number and the range of the concerns, and probably the same ones that you are hearing, and the main ones are the people with medical devices and vulnerable populations, and making sure that everybody is doing a good job to get the word out, and with the media and people are still learning about this. we are concerned about the traffic, and we will be deploying at the intersections signage to help people remember their quiz from when they were teenagers that it is a four-way stop, and the number of the key intersections affected will have visible signage to remind people it is a four-way stop, and the traffic and the minor medical issues and making people aware and especially the vulnerable populations are the key ones and filling up the gas tanks. >> and how many people in san jose will be affected? >> that is unknown until we have a sense of where the actual outages will happen. the maps provided by pg&e are rough and little bit larger than the areas fully affected. we estimate that as many as 200,000 people in san jose could be affected. one thing that is important is that pg&e talks in terms of the customer accounts which can be an entire apartment complex. and so, talking to city officials about what they expect to happen. and what they have said is that around noon they are expecting the power to be shutoff to the resident, and they expect it to be off until possibly thursday night at the latest, and this is an interesting piece of information as far as restoring the power, and he said it could take up to five days for some of the customers there to get the power back, and that is kind of some new information, because when we asked pg&e earlier, they said time, and to hear five days that is going to put this into perspective how massive this is. >> most of us are not ready for that and especially that we were not given a whole lot of time to prepare for this, and as you know, mike, a lot of the places around the bay area that have the supplies that we need have empty shelves this morning. >> yeah, you had to get out there quickly and get everything that you could, and hopefully the people shared if they saw people who came in late, and didn't have any. all right. this is what is going on. we have all of the ingredients that make up critical fire condition, and we turned it into the fire danger index, and this is the scale from the green for low, and then all of the way to extreme for red. so now, by noon, looking at the red around yountville and atlas, and that is extreme, and then it is spreading up to the lake mendocino and this up and down the eastern side of sonoma county, and into sonoma we have extreme fire conditions through midnight, and then 3:00 in the morning you can see the diablo range is going to peak at high. so as i spoke about yesterday, this is going to be the case of the most dangerous time is going to be while we are sleeping tonight, and even tomorrow at 4:00 when we are starting to unwind this event, we are still going to hang on to high conditions up in the north bay. that is the time line and also an area of my biggest concern, and now i want to talk to traffic and get over the frances, and tell us what is going on. >> all right. mike, we are seeing major delays through the napa area of the traffic lights being out and up to 20 minute delays for drivers trying to get to work. si it is jammed from highway 112 and jamison canyon and so you can just imagine the mess this afternoon and into tomorrow as well with more power outages planned. also, we got a tweet from caltrans that they expect to keep the caldecott tunnel open in the power outage, however, we are also seeing the signs that it may be closed at noon. so there a little bit of the conflict there. tom lantos tunnel is expected to be reopen and the lights are out in the robin williams tunnel due to the power outage, and that might surprise drivers as you make your way to the golden gate bridge, and here is 680 and walnutcreek, and that is the sign that says that caldecott may close at noon. so it is a fluid situation. and b.a.r.t. caltrain corridor is not expected to be impacted, and the smartrans and vtatrans as well. but with the power outes we will see delays for quite a few of the bus systems and mass transit systems as well. >> thank you, frances. so now, the north is bearing the brunt of the outages and holly is in sonoma. >> yes, what you seeing, amy? >> well, fortunately the sun is coming up, and that is better, because it was pitch black when we got here. and the power is still not on. and this is the reality of the bay area of intersections and the stoplights are out, and there is going to be some near misses. people have to slow down, and be cautious, and treat it as a four-way stop. be prepared, because it is going to take more time obviously, and the safeway here in sonoma is here without power and it is going to give you false hope, because you will see some lights and you will see a sign that is going to be closed and some power, and backup power, and looks like it is going to be able to save some food, but not open for business. a man who came here is questioning the need for having the power out right now when the weather is cool and no wind. >> this is a start of it, so we will see how many days it runs. so that is the problem. it is not fun, but it is better than fire. >> and the weather? >> there is no wind, so i am a little confused about that. and pg&e has a little problem with information, i think. >> reporter: he was out trying to find some coffee and this is tough in sonoma, because we have not found businesses fully open, and we saw one place with coffee, but it was cold coffee. so no power here in sonoma and the first responders are asking everyone to be careful especially at the intersections when the traffic lights are out. reporting live in sonoma, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. and that is obviously going to have an impact of the people trying to get to work this morning. >> laura anthony is live in napa with a look at the conditions there. laura? >> hello, kumasi, and reggie said that we are in the backup to the backup to the backup and that is what is happening here to the intersection of highway 29 and 221 and the backup to the backup to the backup is the highway patrol. these guys are out here doing the traffic control, because the backup system, the battery-powered backup system for the signal lights at this major intersection is not working. the power is out, and the batteries are supposed to run the backup which would be allowing a signals to run normally, but that is not working. and at the very least, dangerous situation. folks who are familiar with the intersection know that people go through here at the freeway speed, and that is what is happening this morning and the folks were not stopping like they should as if this were a four-way stop. and now i want to show you something out here and business as usual in the napa valley, and you can see the balloons are up, and that is because the wind is not, at least not yet. the balloons would not be up in the air, kumasi and reggie, i am certain if we had the wind gusts that were predicted by at least the pg&e meteorologists. so at this point, it is business as usual for the balloon companies up here and it is remaining to be seen how long they will stay up or the conditions stay like this, relatively calm. laura anthony, abc7 news. >> well, that is the picture to say it all. the intersection with the power outage, and the balloon in the air, because it is not windy. and we did ask pg&e, and they said it is dangerous enough that they had to shut off the power early. >> so you can see where the power outages are on the app, and abc7news.com, and we will be back at our next bachelor here. peter! [ cheers and applause ] >> welcome back to "gma" and that's the moment we learned who the new bachelor is going to be and it is pilot pete. he's facing what you would call a rough landing now. he was involved in a freak accident that landed him in the hospital needing stitches across his face. he's doing okay and we'll have the details coming up in our next hour. >> we will share that. but first top headlines we're following right now as the west faces an extreme fire danger. utility companies are taking an unprecedented step cutting power for hundreds of thousands of homes trying to prevent more deadly fires from sparking. also this morning that breaking news in the fight against isis. turkish troops are now getting into position to possibly invade syria attacking our allies after president trump pulled u.s. forces from that area. and take a looat these titanic teeth left behind after a great white bit down on a kayak off the california coast. thankfully it then swam away. good thing for the kayakers. experts say judging by the size of those two-inch teeth the massive predator was probably 19 feet long leaving you to say, we're going to need a bigger boat. yes. >> wow. we're going to switch gears now and go to the new allegations against matt lauer. "variety" reporting in an excerpt from ronan farrow's new book "catch and kill" which details an on the record accusation of rape against lauer from a producer who worked with him at the sochi olympics in 2014. eva pilgrim is here with the story. good morning, eva. >> reporter: good morning. that producer coming forward in the new book with detailed claims of how the alleged assault happened while she was traveling on assignment. ronan farrow's new book "catch and kill," which details his investigation into harvey weinstein, as well as his attempts to get his then-employer nbc news to broadcast the story. now, new allegations surfacing about former "today" anchor matt lauer who was fired from nbc in 2017 for alleged sexual misconduct. according to "variety," which obtained excerpts from the book, a former nbc news producer who worked with meredith vieira has come forward identifying herself in farrow's book and stating that lauer sexually assaulted her at the 2014 sochi olympics. according to the woman's account in "catch and kill," lauer joined her and vieira for drinks and she ended up going back to lauer's room twice. once, to retrieve her press credential and another bec he invited her back to the room, and once in the hotel room says lauer who was wearing a t-shirt and boxers, pushed her against the door and kissed her, then pushed her onto the bed. according to the "variety" excerpts from the book, she said she was in the midst of telling him no when he just did it. it hurt so bad. i remember thinking, is this normal? the woman telling farrow it was nonconsensual in the sense that i was too drunk to consent. it was nonconsensual in that i said multiple times that i didn't want to. back in new york city, according to the excerpts, the woman told farrow she went on to have further sexual encounters with lauer that were consensual. after the encounter, according to "catch and kill," she told colleagues and superiors at nbc but nothing happened until she went to meredith vieira and told her what happened. vieira urged her to go to nbc human resources with a lawyer. matt lauer responding to these allegations saying, this story is filled with false details to create the impression this was an abusive encounter, that's further from the truth. nbc released a statement about the excerpts from catch and kill, saying, his conduct was horrific and appalling. and the book also presents farrow's account of his investigation into harvey weinstein and his efforts to get that story on the air at nbc. eventually he had to take the story to a magazine to get it published. george. >> okay, thanks. ronan farrow will be here live friday morning for an exclusive interview. >> my goodness, all right. now to new vaping fears this morning. a 17-year-old from new york has become the youngest person to reportedly die from vaping. the death toll growing across the country. whit johnson is here with those details. good morning, whit. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. this teenager from the bronx had been hospitalized twice since september with vaping-related illnesses. his death marking the first in new york state before he was even old enough to buy e-cigarettes legally. this morning, new york state health officials are investigating the death of a 17-year-old boy in what could be the youngest fatality connected to vaping in the u.s. >> parents have to know, young people have to know, you are playing with your life when you play with this stuff. >> reporter: according to the cdc, more than 1,000 cases of severe lung illnesses have been reported across 48 states and now 23 deaths. health officials are looking into products containing thc, the psychoactive compound in marijuana as one possible factor but haven't linked any specific devices to the illnesses. following the recent death of a woman in fresno, california, officials released examples of cartoonlike vaping packaging that appears to be marketed towards kids. >> they're very much targeted to young people with the colors and the flavors and different options of, you know, them looking very sleek and, you know, not even being recognizable in terms of being a smoking device. >> reporter: initial symptoms including shortness of breath, coughing, chest pain, nausea, fever and vomiting. president trump and his administration have proposed a ban on flavored e-cigarettes that appeal to kids and today first lady melania trump will host a youth forum at the white house to hear from young people about this vaping issue. >> okay, whit, thanks very much. >> thank you, whit. now we're going to go to that incredible high-wire escape. an airplane crashed into ski lift wires left dangling upside down and will reeve has more on that remarkable rescue. good morning, will. >> reporter: good morning, michael. what an image this small plane dangling by a little more than a thread at a ski mountain in northern italy. rescuers calling it a miracle that the pilot and his passenger survived. this is the surreal aftermath of a plane crash in the italian alps. the small plane upside down tangled in the wires of a ski lift sunday. rescue workers rushing, shimmying across to the survivors. the 62-year-old pilot thrown from the cockpit sitting on the wing waiting for help. a rescuer trying to get to him while not shaking the wires. inside, a 55-year-old passenger. emergency personnel needing 90 precarious minutes to save them. >> you cannot see wires very well from an airplane in motion. no matter how big they are. >> reporter: italian officials calling it miraculous the two men survived, crediting the rescue workers for their inventiveness, tying ropes around the men to pull them to safety, grateful for those cables to keep the plane from plummeting to the ground. >> the way pilots avoid this sort of thing is knowing where the wires are and that means you study up ahead of time or you have specific knowledge of that airfield. >> reporter: both men shaken but 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[ applause ] >> reporter: williams is hardly the first to fall victim to a cell phone disruption. just last week, during an off-broadway show, one actor swiped a cell phone right out of the audience member's hand and tossed it. the crowd loved it and applauded. ♪ [ applause ] >> reporter: maroon 5 frontman adam levine voiced his displeasure as well. >> put your phone in your pocket. >> reporter: more signs like these are popping up as performers like madonna, amy schumer and more are fighting back to silence distractions before they happen. that's where these come in. an easy way audience members can stash their devices without being separated from them. locked pouches which can vibrate only able to be unlocked in designated phone use areas in the venues. >> you can't really document something and experience it at the same time. that's not really how it works. i think people know that and maybe this is a small way to help them see it. >> those pouches, they are using those things essentially. you keep your own phone sliding it in, and it locks. you can't unlock it unless you go outside and tap it on a little device. it is a pretty good -- >> at least you have -- people don't like to turn over their phones. at least they get to keep it. >> and you can still feel it vibrate and they're starting to use those in schools. kids can keep their phones and you can still keep them. >> for that too. >> yes. so there is something to this. >> just make sure you put it on silent even when you put it in the pouch. >> because, yes, that's another problem. it rings. now you can't even unlock it. >> you got to think about that, yeah. >> oh. >> it's not foolproof technology. >> it's a start. it's a start. as always, t.j., thank you. >> you got it. coming up, did you see this video, t.j.? 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"gma" health alert. the new warning from the cdc about pregnant women and the flu shot. almost half of u.s. newborns and new mothers at risk. dr. ashton here with what you need to know. raising screenagers. a first look at the new documentary about teens, screens and mental health. how your kids could be using technology to cope and what parents can do starting this morning. ♪ my momma said freak accident. pilot pete reportedly rushed to the hospital in the middle of filming. host chris harrison coming out overnight revealing the bachelor had to get stitches. how pete's doing now and what's the future of filming the rest of the season. all ahead as we say, good morning, america. ♪ to live my life alone ♪ for a love to call my own >> keep going. >> i don't know the lyrics. i was giving a snap. wonderful to have you with us on this wednesday morning. >> it sure is. we'll tell you about a different kind of youtube phenomenon. a 17-year-old sensation whose videos have been seen nearly 70 million times and wait till you see why. we'll hear what his mother is saying about it all. >> hmm. >> whoo. we have news to get to as well including that wildfire danger in the west. hundreds of thousands of people waking up to a blackout across california. the power was shut down to prevent more fires. ginger tracking it all. >> yeah, george, i think they're making a good choice here because today could end up being the worst offshore wind event in two years in northern california. the san francisco national weather service warning of that. they've already got the bryce berg fire. working hard to contain it and think it will run into the ferguson fire's burn scar and help them out. what won't is the high pressure system parked behind that big cold front that's moving to the east and what that means is high fire danger from colorado and arizona right through california. the offshore winds that come from the rotating clockwise high brings you extreme fire danger. this map is not one that you see very often, so any of the areas north of the bay area and north of los angeles, wednesday in the northern part, thursday is the big day tomorrow for southern california. gusts up to 70 miles per hour, guys. michael. 737 max.ing news about boeinging the planes that have been grounded since march following those two deadly crashes overseas. well, this morning american airlines announcing the jets will return to service early next year. david kerley joins us from reagan national airport with the latest. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, mooi michael. a significant step by american airlines saying it will start flying january 16th even though the government hasn't recertified the aircraft to fly again. how can the airline do it? aamerican airline says it expects approval from the faa on those two software fixes will come in sometime in december. in fact, sources are telling abc news there is a growing consensus that the faa will approve the max software fixes in the first two weeks of december. that gives you the 30 days that you get out to mid-january and american airlines' decision to fly again, of course, the max was grounded earlier this spring after a second crash was blamed on the misfiring of an anti-stall system which the pilots could not recover from. as far as american's announcement just moments ago, boeing says it is continuing to work on return to service by the end of this year. the faa says it is working on a process, not a time line or a deadline, but, robin, it sounds like this aircraft will be back in the air at least in the united states at least by mid-january. >> it does appear that way, thank you. now the wnba finals. we're going to a deciding game five. connecticut sun evened up the series. a clutch 90-8 w6 and roller coaster game against the mystics. the sun ran out to the huge first half lead and mystics came roaring back to turn it into a nail-biter. in the very last moment, the sun hung on to seal the deal. alyssa thomas was just shai of the first triple-double in finals history. she had 17 points, 11 boards, 11 assist and 8 rebounds and comes down to game five, winner take all. see it tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. on espn2. the first wnba title for either franchise. it's wonderful. >> sounds like your stats when you used to play. tripping-doubles. >> thank you, thank you. >> i looked them up. all right, coming up, everybody, pilot pete's close call. how the new bachelor ended up with stitches across his face anho he's doing now. a health alert for pregnant women about the flu shot. dr. ashton is here with that and what's going on upstair, lara? >> robin, clive owen is here today. he's going to tell us all about his new thriller with will smith. it's called "gemini man." plus, as you just heard, we have the greatest audience. 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[ applause ] and tomorrow, tory johnson is here with "deals & steals" on the big -- on the go big bargains to travel in style. we cannot wait for that. always good stuff from tory. now it's always good stuff for you too. "pop news." >> thank you, michael. thank you, robin and george and our great audience. oprah has done it again. a week after giving over a million dollars to the united negro college fund she is making a $13 million donation to morehouse college in atlanta. founded 160 years ago to educate african-american men. she made the announcement while visiting the school where they were celebrating her previous gift of $12 million she donated to them 30 years ago and posted this video of them giving her roses and that portrait of winfrey that will hang at the college and the president of the college said her original endowment three decades ago paid for nearly 600 young men's educations. guys, this is amazing. [ applause ] this additional $13 million makes her endowment total 25 million, the largest in the school's history. oprah writing, i can't wait to sigh what they do with their future. [ applause ] we can't either. >> amazing. and now to legendary rock band the eagles who they sing "take it easy" but do no such thing. after three sold out gigs where they performed "hotel california" in its entirety, well, it was such a hit they announced they are taking the show on the road. >> yeah, they are. >> yes, they are. [ applause ] don henley, joe walsh, timothy will be joined by glenn frey's son deacon and vince gill to round out the band for the hotel california north american tour and each show features a hotel california set where they play that album and followed by a set of their greatest hits. the band will be accompanied there you see by orchestra and a choir as they play shows in atlanta, new york, dallas, houston and san francisco before wrapping it all up at the hotel california, well, in l.a. in april. tickets go on sale next friday. i am there. >> yeah, that will be sold out. >> 43 years ago, "hotel california." it's so poignant. 43 years young. finally, guys, miley cyrus suffering a setback revealing she's in the hospital with tonsillitis. miley taking to instagram to ask her fans and friends to send good vibes as she recovers. it's no party in the usa but the singer is in good spirits posting some photos including one where she did a little redesign of her hospital gown. miley writing trying to heal as quick as i can to make it to gorilla pa mrooz have with ellen, portia and bruno mars. she's set to perform at that event created by ellen degeneres created for gorilla conservation. >> do we have time for one more? finally as we get closer to the holiday season the hallmark channel is taking it to the next level and announced they'll be hosting a three-day extravaganza they're calling christmas con. a convention. kind of like comic-con. this one promises to include elaborate christmas decor, ugly sweater contests. you ain't seen nothing till you seen ours. christmas marketplace and live musical performances and all your favorite hallmark movie stars, also there the guys from deck the hallmark podcast. we love when they come on "good morning america." [ applause ] they're so fun. i'm sure we'll have them on again soon. christmas con will be held at the expo center near edison, new jersey, november 8th. other sites to come. tickets are on sale now. great idea, hallmark. happy holidays. >> never too early. >> never too early for christmas. that's right. thank you very much, lara. plow to our "gma" cover story about pilot pete. the new bachelor involved in a freak accident on the golf course undergoing surgery getting stitches. eva pilgrim is hereith the details. good morning, again, eva. >> reporter: the stitches are on his face, pilot pete had a little mishap hitting his head getting into a golf cart but apparently all is good now and he's back on the hunt for a mrs. this morning, peter weber, the bachelor star on the mend after suffering a, quote, freak accident. host chris harrison stating that pilot pete got a cut on his head. he did get stitches but he's 100% okay and production is already back under way. adding he's still the dashing, handsome pilot we've all dreamed of. the former love interest of hannah making a lasting impression from the start. >> thank you. >> i'm just hopeful at the end of this journey you and i can fly away together. >> reporter: their love story reaching new heights with peter introducing her to his parent. >> i'm falling in love with hannah but it's a little bit scary. like i've never brought someone home that i felt so strongly for. >> reporter: but peter's journey with hannah eventually coming to a devastating end. >> this sucks right now and this hurts. >> reporter: the pilot now hoping to find his co-pilot in love. >> i'm very far from perfect and i am looking forward, you know, for this journey to start and to show the girls that, you're going to get the good, the bad and the ugly. >> they are already back to filming "the bachelor" so that means he's back on dates stitches and all. i'm sure these girls are taking care of him. he's fine. >> don't feel sorry for pilot pete. >> he'll recover. >> thank you, eva. we move to a look at a new documentary about teen, social media, anxiety and depression called "screenagers: the next chapter." becky worley sat down and is with us. >> reporter: it's a story that resonates for all parents. i know this will sound familiar to you as a parent i want to support my kids. i ask a million questions. they give one-word answers and when they finally talk, i somehow say the wrong thing and it's a huge argument. the maker of the documentary "screenagers" has made another movie to help us struggling parents find our way. screenagers, the 2016 documentary about kids and screens has been shown 9,000 times to more than 4 million people. >> it's an ongoing movement of what i see as the biggest challenge of parenting right now. >> all my friends have it. makes me feel a lot more connected and -- the world is my friend. >> reporter: the woman who made the movie thought she had her family well in order until her daughter tessa starting to struggle. dr. delaney ruston con called her daughter's depression and the alarming rise in teen anxiety. depression and suicide. in a new dork "screenagers next chapter." >> getting that diagnosis of like a doctor being, yes, you do have anxiety. that was validating for me. >> reporter: a major takeaway, kids who feele they can't talk to anyone, even their parents. >> i don't know. i try not to be emotional because i try to like be strong for her. >> i was amazed how many months into her depression. i assumed she was talking to a friend or someone and she said, no, i haven't told anyone. >> reporter: tessa tried expressing her feelings on social media. >> crickets was almost how it felt to me who tried so hard to say, look, i'm not perfect at all and they're like, oh, we love you. we're here for you. >> reporter: but that didn't cut it. >> to be on this journey learning from them -- >> reporter: at the film's premiere, parents say they see the issues with mental health and screens firsthand. >> like a normal part of being a middle schooler is to talk about panic attacks. >> their faces are always in front of that stuff and that's informing how they do themselves and what is normal around them. >> reporter: but there are solutions. you talk a lot about validation. what does that mean to you? >> i often just use the phrase that sounds really hard. and it works wonders. i can just see the aggravation, the sadness kind of melt from her. >> some of the things my parents said that really helped in the moments of hardship were, a, you're doing the best you can for where you're at and what tools you have. my mom especially would reiterate that i wouldn't be feeling this way if i had the choice. >> they need us to listen, to ask open questions, to validate their struggle and sometimes, george, they just need us to witness the messiness they're going through without offering solutions. >> all good advice. what else do you think parents can do? >> well, they said that you should praise teens with specifics just like when they were toddlers, catch them doing something good, don't give up on finding ways to limit screen time even if you think that ship has sailed and learn how to tolerate a teen's strong emotions. i think about this, i have to hold my center so my kids can learn to hold theirs. >> pretty good advice. >> often the hardest part right there. becky, thanks very much. robin. >> all great advice. now to that "gma" health alert about pregnant women and the flu shot. the cdc is sounding the alarm as flu season ramps up saying nearly half of u.s. newborns and new moms are at risk and it could lead to some serious complications so let's talk to dr. jen about that. what do we say? >> yesterday the cdc was out with their report and looked at almost the last decade of data about pregnant women and the influenza vaccine and the numbers were pretty surprising. they found of all flu-related hospitalizations, amongst women of childbearing age, 24% to 34% were in pregnant women and among pregnant women, they only got vaccinated about 53% of the time against influenza so this is not only an issue for them but a public health issue. >> there's always for some a concern about the vaccine itself. >> right. >> tell us more about that and the benefits. >> there is, robin. when you talk about this group of pregnant women, as an ob/gyn the first and most important thing you have to have a dialogue with this woman and hear their concerns. the flu vaccine is recommended for all pregnant women, it is safe and recommended to be given in all three trimesters. it is the best way for that woman to protect not just herself, but her unborn baby because that baby cannot get vaccinated for six months so she will be able to protect her baby by passing those antibodies while pregnant. >> what is a concern for the pregnant woman that has the flu? >> well, we say it in obstetrics. we have two lives at stake and the pregnant woman has a weakened immune system. it puts her at much higher risk for severe complications of influenza, not just for her or the baby. i have had a pregnant patient die of influenza. i take this very, very seriously and last night we reached out to acog and they gave us a statement. they're not playing around either. they said vaccination during pregnancy is safe, we have a lot of reassuring data to back it up so i want to emphasize pregnant wife should talk to their midwife or obstetrician. >> and data behind it. >> yes. >> all right. ginger. >> so let's do a "gma" moment. this one is actually really good if you don't like eating your vegetables. if you don't like eating your vegetables here's what you do. see. just when mom turns around you just throw them back there. she'll never know. nicole, thank you for sending us this grand idea from your beautiful son. different kind of youtube phenomenon and the rise of asmr boyfriend where they help women get a better night's sleep. a story we first saw in "the new york times." kaylee hartung is here to explain. please do. >> well, some of these video, i should warn you, might make you uncomfortable, you might even cringe but this 17-year-old is a youtube star. 500,000 subscribers turning to him for the comfort they crave to help them fall asleep. >> welcome back. i'm certainly glad that you could join me today. >> reporter: 17-year-old owen dennis riley looks like the perfect boyfriend. who says all the right things. >> is anything else bothering you? >> reporter: owen isn't anyone's boyfriend. he just plays one on youtube. >> anyways i'm glad if i was able to help you. >> reporter: his channel which has over 500,000 subscribers is dennisasmr, part of a growing trend of videos known as asmr boyfriend role play. owen is using the autonomous sensory meridian response, or asmr where certain audiovisuals can cause some people to experience a tingling, static-like sensation on the skin. they say the experience is relaxing or sleep inducing and then adding soothing words from a virtual partner like owen in this video called boyfriend sings you to sleep. ♪ i felt it from the first embrace ♪ ♪ i shared with you >> a lot of people find it difficult to get sleep sometimes and so my videos kind of work as a sound machine for the people that struggle with sleeping. >> reporter: the videos are made in this makeshift studio under owen's bunk bed with the blessing of his parents. >> we're always going through the comments looking to see becausit is scary for us. it is out there and who know what is in the world we live in, so i go through the comments and i'm looking but for the most part they seem to be a great community. we always want him to have integrity with what he does. >> reporter: but some experts warn this type of role playing can be problematic. >> there's no data to suggest that what he's doing is effective in any way and/or conducive to sleep. he does hit on the whispering. he does integrate brushes and other sounds throughout his videos but also has aot of distracting content that would potentially counterbalance, again, what we're going for with the asmr which is to soothe the senses, calm you down, not be exciteatroy or stimulating in any way. >> reporter: especially when the role play can be intense like this video called jealous boyfriend role play. >> he's perpetuating this message you need someone to take care of you in order to self-soothe and that's not accurate. in fact, it's very problematic especially if you're reaching i think a younger audience who maybe doesn't have realistic expectations for relationships or just happen to have had them. >> my videos aren't saying every relationship is perfect but i'm trying to take the positive elements and put it up there. >> i'll stay here until you sleep. >> dennis has never had a girlfriend. he says he draws his inspiration from his parents' happy marriage of 20 years. >> you warned us. >> i tried. >> thank you so much. >> i do so much better. [ applause ] good morning, north bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc7ornings." >> good morning. i'm kumasi aaron from "abc7 mornings." right now thousands of pg&e customers in the north bay don't have power and at noon, they will cut the power at the east bay and south bay as well. pg&e is saying that it is trying to prevent wildfires during dangerously dry conditions. frances with a look at the commute. >> we are getting reports of the 20-minute delays from the b.a.r.t. due to power outages due to the track, and not related to the pg&e. but related to, that the traffic lights are out in the napa area, and massive delays 20 minutes and more, and on highway 212 and 129. and the toll plaza has had trouble with the metering lights, but notice how the toll lanes are backed um mo ed up mo the cash lanes which are back ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ blow a kiss, into the sun ♪ we need someone to lean on ♪ blow a kiss, into the sun ♪ all we need is somebody to lean on ♪ ♪ ♪ now, your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> it feels like a typical autumn morning, but you can see the winds picking up in diablo and wind creeks, and that is what is going overspread us today with the high fire dangers in the north bay boming extreme into the evening and overnight hours. it is spreading throughout the north bay. ♪ it's a brand-new day >> all: hi, from atlanta, georgia. good morning, america. good morning, america. from beautiful alabama where today it's going to be a whopping 95 degrees. happy fall, y'all. [ applause ] welcome back to "good morning america" and we love getting to say that every single morning to you there and we love hearing it from you, as well so keep sending us your videos and you can see yourself up on the big screen in times square, which means, mom, i made it when you are up there, so just tweet us your video with the #mygma. >> we love those videos. and we have so much in the last half hour. i want to take a minute to share something with you. remember yassin's falafel house in knoxville, tennessee, was voted the nicest place in america by "gma" and "reader's digest" in 2018. you see i was there in knoxville with he and his staff and then the family came here and joined us in the studio. that was wonderful. well, we just learned that yassin's restaurant, it was vandalized earlier this week. a rock was thrown through the window. wait, wait, wait, his response on social media is what really struck us. he said, if you are hungry or need emergency money, just wait until we open because our food is fresh made in the mornings, and our register is empty when we are closed. we are more than happy to help when we are open. all we need is love and all we need is love and falafel. that was what he said. >> what a great message. >> perfect. [ applause ] >> why that is the nicest place in america. how he responded to that and he said he wants everybody to have a wonderful week. >> wow. what a response. >> that is. also this morning, a really exciting announcement. we're launching a brand-new monthly book club. it's called "cover to cover." we're going to be showcasing diverse and compelling authors telling both fiction and nonfiction stories. i, along with so many of us here on the staff, we love to read and we're looking for the perfect book to kick things off and there was one that really, really stood out to our staff. are you ready to see what our first book is going to be? our audience is going to help us out. "dominicana." "dominicana." "dominicana," highly anticipated. [ applause ] critics are calling it an essential read for our times. it's inspired by her own mother. cruz tells of the harrowing and poignant story of a 15-year-old girl. that was really good, y'all. that was really -- [ applause ] >> did you see -- it was great. all the smiling faces under -- all the smiling faces under the board. >> i know, but can we put it up one more time because they worked all the time during the commercial break. >> there you go. >> a 15-year-old emigrates to new york city from the dominican republic. she leaves her entire family behind in hopes of building a life for them here in the u.s. it's a story about strength, about sacrifice, finding your voice and the perfect noveto kick off our new series and to honor national hispanic heritage month. author angie cruz is going to be joining us in a few weeks but she has a special message for us in the meantime. >> hola, "gma." i'm so excited that my book "dominicana" was chosen as your "gma" book club book. this book is so important to me because it's inspired by my mother. i can't wait to meet you all and see what you think. [ speaking foreign language ] >> it's really great. [ applause ] you can read along with our instagram account,gma" cover to cover, and there's an excerpt up right now on goodmorningamerica.com. plus, y'all were so good, everybody here is going to go home with their own copy. [ cheers and applause ] >> well, this is exciting. we have our little sticker that will be shown on the book, "gma" cover to cover so look for it in your bookstores. >> start reading, everybody. [ applause ] thank you for that, robin. that is awesome. and our next guest is also awesome, he's a golden globe-winning actor, and he's battling not one, but two will smiths, and he's starring alongside him in "gemini man." please welcome clive owen. [ applause ] ♪ >> how are you doing? >> good to see you. >> thank you. right here? [ applause ] >> welcome. >> good morning. >> good morning. and before we start things off, we have to wish you a happy birthday. happy birthday. >> thank you, yeah. >> how did you celebrate? >> i was actually doing press for this movie in l.a. so i went out for dinner with friends, yeah. >> oh, nice. nice and simple. >> yep. >> and anything but simple is this movie, "gemini man." all right, i saw it the other day. i absotely loved it about a retired government assassin and his 23-year-old clone who knows his every move. >> yeah. >> so i'm just curious. if you had your 23-year-old clone look you in the face, what would you say? >> i would say, get ready, you're one lucky kid. >> i like it. i like that. [ applause ] >> so you're up agt not one but two will smiths. what was that like? >> it was pretty great actually. i think it's the first digitalized human that they've created. it's all will's performance so will did two parts. i mean the premise is he's this agent, doesn't understand why the guy coming after him is so good. he turns and there's young will. he's been cloned and it's a younger version of himself so you know, when will acted all the scenes of the young one with a big sort of digital camera rig on him, and then they would have a body double go through it, and the special effects guys would move in, and then afterwards, they did their work and created a 23-year-old version of will acting with himself. >> what was the most challenging part for you, though, with these two different characters? >> it wasn't really -- you know, at first when he comes in with all the big camera rig, you're like, this is unusual but to be honest with you, he is such a focused, generous, great actor, all of that stuff goes very, very quickly and you end up, you're just doing the scene together, all the gear sort of disappears and you just feel like you're two actors doing the scene. >> beautiful. let's see a bit of "gemini man." want to see a bit? here we go. >> you lied to him. >> we have a tail on him. he'll be contained. >> contained? henry brogan. he has the contact. he's going to pull on that thread until he's pointing a gun at our faces. i'll tie this off. make it look like a russian op. >> you'll do nothing. i'll tell my team that henry has gone rogue. i can handle this. >> no, you need gemini. >> i will not let you do hits on american soil. >> you don't have anyone that can take out henry brogan. i do. [ cheers and applause ] >> and you're the bad guy, corrupt scientist. it looks like it's fun to play a bad guy. >> yeah, but i never approach a character like he's a bad guy. i don't think bad guys wake up thinking they're bad guys. bad guys wake up thinking they're misunderstood and no one is quite getting what they're doing. >> who is your most misunderstood villain? >> i was a very big fan of when -- and i worked with him and knew him a bit, alan rickman when he did both very close together, the "dierd" but he also did -- where he played -- what was that -- where he canceled christmas? what was that movie? >> "love actually." >> no, no, no. >> george, he's a villain. there's no villain in "love actually." >> he was kind of a complicated guy in "love actually." >> he was pretty great at playing a bad guy. >> you're great at playing a bad guy. totally opposite of you in real life. such a good dude. but we really, really appreciate you being here. really enjoyed this movie. i think everybody out there will and the action hit me so fast, you know, that i really -- they should have warned me. my heart can't handle that anymore but i'm glad you came here, clive. thank you so much. and "gemini man," it hits theaters this friday, make sure you go check it out. we will be right back. 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[ applause ] we are back now with that search for the disney volunteer family of the year looking at incredible families doing so much for others. we've been enjoying this, will, so much. >> it's been so great, robin. it's been a real pleasure to bring these stories and so far this week we revealed two finalist families from the disney and points of life volunteer family of the year contest. this morning we're bringing it all together revealing the final three. take a look. >> reporter: the power, beauty and calming influence of horses has this columbus, ohio, finalist family galloping into our top five. >> the connection between person and horse, the silent connecti is what i think is the extra magic. >> reporter: darlene bell volunteers at dreams on horseback, a center for equine therapy, along with her children and grandchildren. >> she's phenomenal. >> reporter: helping children with special needs like young maddie here get life-changing therapy. >> awesome! >> when she first came she had a lot of problems with temper tantrums and focusing, following multiple commands at one time. her teachers have said she has tremendous self-control in school now that she didn't have before so her grades are better. her behavior in school is better. >> reporter: darlene and her family also donated this lift so war veterans who cannot walk can ride and also find a special inner peace. another finalist family from suburban atlanta also helping special needs families with children on the autism spectrum. their son luke diagnosed 16 years ago helping out at a 5k run just a drop in the bucket for this family. >> the entire family comes out. they are our number one volunteer family, and we think the world needs to know about them, and that heart of service this family has is off the charts. >> reporter: what struck us about their entry is the sheer number of people wanting to thank them for their help. >> they've helped us to see that these children are not disabled but differently abled. >> reporter: support and love like no other. >> for us, service just comes from an overflowing, grateful heart. we have loved every minute of it. >> we help other families by providing a supportive environment for them. through just playing with the kids with autism or their sibling, just loving on them and their families. we have been in that same place ourselves. >> reporter: giving back is in the dna of our last finalist family, the nepolas from outside miami, florida. they have made a huge impact with several charities and organizations. so many we lost count. >> they are truly remarkable and here's why. because everything they do justin, jackie, mia and ava, everything they do is with a pure agenda and pure heart and all they really want to do is make the world a better place. >> reporter: justin, a real estate attorney toils in president carter's habitat for humanity building homes for the needy. 16-year-old mia is an influencer on instagram where she recruits volunteers. the family altogether solicits help at a monthly fair paying it forward to find more good samaritans and summing it all up, the theme connecting all, 12-year-old ava on why they do what they do. >> even if it's a small thing, it could make their whole week or their whole day. it makes me feel good after because i know that i'm making an impact. >> all of these families are just amazing and now "gma" viewers get to pick the winning family. they'll get a trip to disney for international volunteer family day and a $10,000 donation to the organization of their choosing, so voting starts friday. goodmorningamerica.com is where you do it. all deserving. >> good luck to them all. they're all deserving. thank you. >> thank you. ginger. >> well, i think all of us know by this point it is cast from the past week on abc so we are reuniting cast members from some of our favorite tv shows and films all week long in primetime. here's a little sneak peek of the cast of "cheers" reuniting on "the goldbergs." >> i wanted to invite you here to apologize for murray's cheese stick witch-hunts. >> your cooking must be slipping if murray's been ordering out so much. >> oh, i'll say. your husband's at the drive-through so often they gave him his own lane. >> i like you. we should power walk. >> fun fact about walking, the animal with the fastest recorded walk, african bush elephant. >> i thought it was the last woman you tried to talk to. >> oh, no, she ran. >> you guys have some fun banter going on. >> it's been a while since we were all together. >> afternoon, everybody. >> beer, please. >> i'm sorry, we just ran out. >> i'll be at the bar down the street. >> i'm coming. >> they seemed fun. [ applause ] michael, please tell me what's on your show later this afternoon. >> hey, ginger, we got a great show today. country legend trace adkins is stopping by. >> and he's bringing along some real-life cowboys. >> yeah, they're going to show us how to rope. i got my eye on a target, okay? >> i'll stay out of your way. i'll make sure i do that. check us out at lunchtime. coming up next on "gma," we're going to tell you how to get a back to work outfit, but to do it on a budget. we'll be right back. 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[ applause ] good morning, bay area. >> let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc7 mornings." good morning, everyone. i'm cue mkumasi aaron from "abc mornings." here is our meteorologist mike nicco. >> you can see it is breezy in the central valley, and overall, a quiet morning, but it is going to change as you can see it is a high fire danger index in solano and napa counties. it is going to be extreme in the early afternoon and spreads across the rest of the north bay except for marin county. and so, remember, tonight, while we are sleeping, that is when the fire danger is going to be the highest. frances? >> b.a.r.t. is rorting a 20-minute delay related to powers on the track and not related to the p gshg&e power outages. delays through the napa area with the power outage and traffic lights out. treat it as a four-way stop. >> time now for "kelly and ryan." and you can join us weekday mornings from and out >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, from the new film "gemini man," clive owen. and a performance by conkarah featuring shaggy. plus recording artist josh groban joins kelly behind the desk. all next on "live." and now, here are kelly ripa and josh groban. 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