serena with us live this morning. ♪ applause, applause, applause and lady gaga taking over times square for an unprecedented live concert event. he little ston sisters gathering to get a look at her. why she says she's not in kansas anymore. a big surprise ahead. you have never seen gaga like this. only on "gma." and what a way to begin the week. her beloved little monsters. lady gaga's devoted fans, excited for her live performance just ahead. she sent out this instagram shot overnight of her sleeping with her special shoes. created just for this morning. much excitement throughout the day. >> a lot of news to get to, as well. starting with the president's hard sell on syria. all in now to convince a skeptical congress and a war-weary public that a strike is necessary. but a brand-new poll out this morning shows what a battle that will be. nearly 6 in 10 americans oppose an attack. jon karl has the latest from the white house. that opposition despite the fact that 80% of americans believe assad gassed his own people. >> reporter: that gives you an indication, george, just how difficult it is for the president to convince congress they should vote for a military strike even as assad is out there once again denying that he used chemical weapons. as the president makes the case for using military force, syria's president is firing back. >> this war is against the interest of the united states. >> why? >> the war supports al qaeda. >> will the attacks be based in the middle east if there's an air strike? >> suspect anything. secretary of state john kerry shot back. >> so the evidence is powerful. and the question for all of us is, what are we going to do about it? >> reporter: the president is trying to make the hard sell to congress and the american people. late last night, a surprise visit to a dinner republican senators were having with the vice president. later today, he'll sit down for six national television interviews, hoping to convince the nearly 6 in 10 america whose oppose air strikes that it is in america's interest to respond to syria's use to chemical weapons. tomorrow, he will head to capitol hill, and later that night, he'll deliver a nationally televised primetime address. >> good evening. >> reporter: even hillary clinton is joining in the effort. she'll show her support in a previously scheduled speech at the white house today. >> congress, most americans oppose missile strikes in syria. >> reporter: the president's usual supporters are expressing doubts. the live ral group, /* moveon.org is running tv ads to convince the president not to go ahead with the strikes. absolutely none, george. the abc news vote count in the house is worse. we now count 231 members of the house saying they'll vote no or likely to vote no. that's more than enough to defeat this resolution. in the senate, it's much more closely divided. most senators still undecided. george, as you know, the first test vote will come in the senate on wednesday. >> and diane will be speaking to president obama tonight on "world news." let's get to the morning news from josh. >> we'll again with the deadly nfl sunday on the first season. witnesses say a man appeared to be intoxicated when he fell to the sidewalk below. meantime in indianapolis, two people there were hurt after the colts' game when a railing gave way, but we can tell you they are both okay. and there was this, bleachers collapsing at a university of maryland soccer game. thankfully no injuries reported here either. meanwhile, inspectors in connecticut are trying to determine why a popular carnival ride malfunctioned yesterday, slamming to a halt. many of the riders were thrown into each other in midair. the ride, a rotating swing called the zoomer was packed with children when witnesses say it jolted to a stop. >> i heard this crash of all this metal and all the seats clicking together. i looked to my left and i saw the swing ride had collapsed. >> reporter: as the ride lost power, it stopped turning. the riders on board kept moving. colliding into each other. >> people running in to try to get kids out. two kids on the floor. >> reporter: connecticut state police say 18 people were injured. almostal of them children. >> we won't allow our kids go on the rides again. 13 people taken to the hospital. only one admitted for treatment. the company that provided the ride blamed a mechanical malfunction. and said it would cooperate with an investigation. the company says state officials had just inspected that ride last friday. a wildfire near san francisco in the east bay of the zpraens area. it's forced people in 75 homes to flee. the fire around mt. diablo state park is only 10% contained at this hour. a battle over the future of the internet gets started today. oral arguments get under way as verizon challenges the fcc's push to keep internet pipelines open to everyone equally. some internet service providers want corporations to pay for faster access. an unwelcome visitor to a san diego block party. it is actually exactly as it appears, a panda-shaped hot air balloon making an emergency landing, and as you can see, narrowly missing homes in the process. we may have seen the last flight of this panda-shaped hot air balloon. and finally, the folks in milton, west virginia, are apparently in very good hands. take a look at this. firefighters rushed to this house. there was a fire there. they were shocked to see they were not the first responders on the scene. both batman and captain america had come to the rescue, saving that young little guy. the two men were in costume for an event at a nearby american legion post mentoring a group of children. they saw. they respond. they were heroes. literal and figurative. >> imagine the sighs of those kids when they showed up? >> no, i can't. parents have a lot of 'splaining to do. now we move on. to a chilling confession that has gone viral. powerful words from a young man admitting in an online video that he killed a man while driving drunk. he's expected to be charged this week. this morning, the victim's family is reacting. linsey davis has that story for us. >> reporter: initially, the man's face is blurred. his voice distorted. >> i ended up going the wrong way down a highway and struck a car and killed a man. >> reporter: then he reveals himself. >> my name is matthew cordle. on june 22, 2013, i hit and killed vincent canzani. >> reporter: in the 3 1/2 minute video, cordle explains what happened after a night of drinking with friends in ohio and pledges to take responsibility for the death of canzani. a 61-year-old photographer and navy vet. later today, he's expected to be charged with aggravated vehicular homicide. he confessed through the website called because i said i would.com. his video, which ends with him asking viewers not to drink and drive, has gotten more than 1 million views. >> he has an insurmountable amount of guilt. he doesn't want to cause other families the harm that he's done. >> reporter: the family of canzani is torn. his two estranged daughters say they believe cordal only recorded the message for publicity. canzani's ex-wife disagrees. >> if he wanted a lesser sentence, he could have lied. which many, many people do. he didn't choose to. he chose to tell the truth. >> reporter: meantime, his attorney says he hopes his message leads to change. >> he wants the spotlight to be on the issues about drinking and driving. >> i'm begging you. please don't drink and drive. >> reporter: just to be clear, cordle was already under investigation for the crash before he came forward. he's expected to be charged later today with aggravated vehicular homicide. a sentence that carries up to eight years in prison. regardless what you feel his motivation was, he does have a very good message to people to not drink and drive. now to the royal mistake at buckingham palace. anxiety high after an intruder got going through security. that created an uncomfortable moment for prince andrew. he was confronted by police and demanded his i.d. while out for an evening stroll. abc's bianna golodryga has all of the details. >> reporter: scotland yard is not commenting on what is now being called a security blunder of royal proportions. two armed police stopping prince andrew in the queen's garden. british tabloids report that officers ordered a livid duke of york to put hands up and get to the ground. >> you have to put a question mark over the security. the bliss will certainly be red-faced about it. >> reporter: in an apology to the queen's son, police say no weapons were drawn and no force was used. over the weekend, prince andrew said he accepted the apology. despite his good humor, it's not a laughing matter. >> they demand an explanation. and demands someone to say how could this happen in 2013? >> reporter: just days earlier, an intruder was stopped inside buckingham palace after scaling a 12-foot barbed wire wall. before being stopped, he kicked the door in where the area near where the queen's priceless coronation jewels are currently on display. the breach is especially troubling because the palace is supposed to have multiple layers of security. >> and they are there to ensure that both outer and inner cordons are enforced and reacted to. >> reporter: many are wondering if those defenses, at what is supposed to be one of the most secure buildings in the world, are really as secure as they should be. now, one note, this was the most serious palace breach in more than 30 years. in 1982, a man and climbed a drainpipe near the queen's bedroom. that may have been more serious. i think, more embarrassing. >> i can't believe the first one is possible. thank you, bianna. to medical news now. a study released overnight that finds women who do not get mammograms make up a significant portion of breast cancer deaths. this includes younger women who follow the current government guide lines which do not recommend routine testing before the age of 50. dr. richard besser is here with much more. let's dive into the study. what does it say? >> this fuels the controversy. the study out of harvard looked at women who died from breast cancer in the 1990s and died from breast cancer. 609 of those women. 71% had never had a screening mammogram. half of them were under 50. if those women had been screened earlier, it would have been detected earlier. and lives would have been saved. >> 2009, a group came out and said, wait until the age of 50. a big uproar about that. this is so confusing. to a lot of people, rich. >> i spoke to the woman that led that panel. she said, this is not going to change anything. the question is, if you had screened those women younger, would it have saved their lives? young women tend to have more aggressive breast cancer. would the early screening have changed the outcome for them? how many women do you have to screen to save one life? >> what is the downside to screening early? >> well, the concern is early, early screening, you're going to detect a lot of tumors that would have caused no problem. put women through the treatment and biopsies they didn't need. the feeling is it's a personal decision that should be covered by insurance. >> what is your recommendation? >> if you're under 50, check your family history, check and make sure it's covered and decide which way you want to go. >> i was 46 when i was diagnosed with an aggressive form. glad i didn't wait until i was 50. all right, rich. thank you. >> us, too. thank you, robin. pope francis doing so much to show he's a simple man of the people from carrying his own bags to paying his own bills. now he's taken to picking up the phone and calling people out of the blue. dan harris has the story. >> reporter: they're calling him the cold call pope. francis' dialing habit apparently started after he got his new job last spring. he personally called to cancel his newspaper subscription in his home down in argentina. he called the cobbler to say someone else would pick up his shoes. the latest, to anna romano, a 35-year-old who wrote the pope a desperate letter. saying she was pregnant and learned her boyfriend was married with children. i recognized his voice right away, she said in an interview with an italian tv station. he said i was strong and brave to keep my baby. this is one of a dozen spontaneous calls he's made. including to a woman who said she feared retaliation after reporting being raped by a policeman, to a man angry with god after his brother had been worried. and another young man worried about finding a job after he graduated. >> compassion is suffering with somebody else. the pope picking up the phone, that's his way of saying let me be there with you. >> reporter: the chattiness appears to be part of a larger effort to be a different kind of pope. he took a selfie. with visiting tourists. he doesn't live in the palace. instead, a simple room. as for the pregnant anna, when she said she fears no priest would baptize an illegitimate baby, the pope reportedly said, you know, there's always me. >> you never know who is calling. >> reporter: for "good morning america," dan harris, abc news, new york. >> all right, dan. what a night at the u.s. open. here is the winning moment on the court for serena williams. >> and serena continues her reign here in new york. >> yes, serena, defending her crown. a hard-fought match against victoria azarenka. winning in three sets. her fifth championship overall at the u.s. open. pure jubilation as you can see. 17th grand slam title. can we please welcome, the proper welcome for u.s. open champion serena williams, live here in the studio. >> thank you, thank you. it feels -- >> wow. >> 2:45. >> it was a long match. right? >> it real li was. >> yeah, yeah. i felt so good. i wasn't really feeling tired or anything. i was just, like, take it one point at a time. you can still do this. >> i don't know how you had the energy. >> i don't either. honestly, i was so happy because i had so many opportunities to win it before, and i may have gotten a little nervous, and, you know, that's the worst thing as an athlete that you can do is lose a match when you have such a massive, massive lead. and i just -- i was so happy to pull that through. i had a massive lead. i lost it. >> that was cool of you to admit that, that it could have been nerves. people thought that. you were up two breaks in the second set. >> yeah, i was up two breaks. >> serving for the match twice. >> twice. i know. >> how do you gather yourself again after that? >> well, honestly, i thought, you have to calm down, you can do it. you've been through things before. you can get through this. i thought, okay, just stay relaxed. just do your best. and there i was, again, holding up the trophy. and jumping up in the air. honestly, i was just really, really, really happy. >> you have the trophy here with you. the first time you won it, you were 17. in a few weeks, you're going to be celebrating your 32nd birthday. 17 grand slam titles. the ovation you got before the match. >> yeah, it was really amazing. i did, i was walking out there on arthur ashe stadium, just hearing the crowd, and hearing the cheers. everyone there in new york was just so really amp'd. just -- i really felt like home. being an american and -- as a tennis player, we travel all around the world. to play a grand slam in your home country. the love i felt in new york was, every year, i tell you, every year gets better. that's why i keep coming back. >> we're not going to let you go. i know you have a busy morning. just to stop by with the trophy. congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> one shy of chrissie and martina. >> one shy, but still far way. obviously i'm thinking about it. it's so close, but yet so far away. >> so happy for you and your entire family. >> thank you. let's get to the weather and sam in smyrna beach, florida, with the latest on the record heat. sam? >> good morning, robin. looking beautiful you are with serena in the studio today. we're live in new smyrna beach. right here in beautiful florida on the coastline. let's talk about the heat. almost 65 record high temperatures give or take one or two over the weekend. north platte, 98. topeka, 104. well, that heat continues today. des moines, near 100 degrees. if you do that, your latest 100 on record. even chicago is headed towards some of the latest in the season temperatures. there's some cool temperatures in the northeast. more about that as we get more time throughout the morning. cooler air's going to arrive the next couple of nights and temperatures during the day will get back to average wednesday. that's when the sea breeze will make it all the way inland. not today though. mid to upper 90s in the east bay valleys. wouldn't be surprised to see triple digits. oakland, 78. 88 in santa rosa. mid >> and we're live this morning on the beaches of new smyrna beach in florida. we'll have weather all morning long from right here. let's go back to the studio in times square. coming up on "gma," the shocking murder mystery. did two 16-year-old girls band together to take out their best friend? 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>> it's an awful story. starting with the fact that you've got two friends accused of stabbing, literally, taking her out somewhere. picking her up in the car, going out somewhere and stabbing her. >> couldn't be more premeditated. >> no. one pleading guilty of second-degree murder. not first-degree murder. this is where age comes into play. is it adult versus juvenile? in the state of west virginia, when you're talking about murder anyone over the age of 14 is supposed to automatically get transferred to adult court. the leniency is to come with the sentence. prosecutors are going the recommend 20 years. >> isn't that light? >> considering the crime, yeah. i think that's because of the age, likely the fact that she's pleading guilty, as well. it will be interesting to see what happens with the second one. she was adjudicated so far in juvenile court. that's now been transferred to adult court. the question now is going to be does she plead guilty? does she go to trial and have her friend testify against her? you have heard the parents say again and again that the last thing they want to do is revisit every detail of their daughter -- you can imagine this, right? the last thing they want is to have to relive this. i think the parents would appreciate some sort of plea here. we'll see if that happens. >> thank you, dan. now to the stunning alligator hunt in mississippi. the annual event coming to an end today. and another record was set this weekend. this massive gator tips the scales at 741.5 pounds. abc's gio benitez went into the waters of the mississippi with some of the now former record-holders. >> reporter: it looks like something out of "jurassic park." this 723-pound, 13-foot alligator, was caught in the swamps of mississippi by an every day family. led by one tough mom. a paralegal by day. alligator hunter by night. >> the alligator queen. >> reporter: they wrangled this massive beast during mississippi's ten-day alligator hunt. 920 people chosen to catch two gators each. the state says to help control the population. gators were once endangered. now, biologist ricky flint, the hunt coordinator, says there are too many. for many people here, alligators are problems on their property? >> absolutely. goldfish ponds. swimming pools. highways. under the deck of a house. >> reporter: and this weekend, in the dead of night, i headed out with the family on their reptile-wrangling rig. some people wondering, why do you do this? >> we eat the meat. i don't see it any different than the prepackaged meat in the grocery store. >> come on up, buddy, come on up. >> reporter: within minutes, they spot the first gator. but they decide to let this one go. the next one wouldn't come so easily. for the next three hours, we saw the gators. they would disappear as soon as they saw us. just going slow because you don't want to spook them. finally, they find what they've been looking for. >> i hear him now. he's mad. >> reporter: it's not your average family outing. >> i'm going to say 5'1". >> reporter: but even on the bayou, motherly instincts take over. >> let's get hand sanitizer out. >> reporter: such a mom thing to say. for "good morning america," gio benitez, abc news, the mississippi delta. >> good people there in mississippi. you can tune into "nightline" tonight for more. time for the weather. it's a great start to the week when you get sam champion in a wet suit on the beach there in florida. good morning, sam. >> i -- i don't know if it's good for anyone else. it's a great start to sam's week, i can tell you that. good morning, everybody. we're live in new smyrna beach, florida. we're going to talk about weather all morning long from this location. we're shooting season three for "sea rescue" later on. let's get to the boards. we have one or two things going on this morning. wear' going to talk to the start of one of the latest starts to the hurricane season ever. look at humberto. the hurricane center thinks it will be a hurricane. not a threat to the u.s. right now. we'll continue to watch anything that happens in the tropics right now. how about the rain in the west? kingman, arizona. 18 days in a row with heavy rain. the big flooding in san bernardino yesterday. we continue to watch rain in the west although good morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist mike. here's a look at your forecast. it's going to be above average everywhere except in the coast and san francisco with mid to upper 60s and a few lingering clouds. your accuweather seven-d >> happy monday, everybody, from the beaches right here on the atlantic. all that weather was brought to you by weight watchers online. robin, george, josh, and lara? >> hey, sam, we're looking forward to another award-winning season of "sea rescue." all right, sam. thank you. you didn't have to say the name. it's right there on the chest. thank you, sam. coming up, a remarkable medical marvel. a tv anchor, leon harris, who died twice, fought his way back to life. what he says pulled him back from the brink. and a fashion fight over diversity. why two major supermodels are saying the industry must change right now. it's not gonna happen. and when the pounds still come off... we'll be like, "whoa!" one night we'll even eat a cupcake like it's our job. just not the entire cake. that's part of the weight watchers plan. we're gonna feel happy... healthy... and good. weight watchers. join for free. because we understand. because we've been there. because it works. hurry, join by september 14th and you'll get a free month. i gotta have that bag. italian leather? 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[ chanting gma ] >> did you just see that? >> did that just happen? wow. all right. there you go, "gma" u. >> i know you wish you were here with the cheerleads, lady gaga, all of it, all of it. will you be jamming there on the beach? >> he's speechless. >> we are right now. we've been hearing it all morning long. >> anything else, sam? >> i know. >> let's turn to one of the youngest miss america's ever. speaking out this morning, her surprising battle with depression. >> all right. just so we're clear. we have "gma" u week. which was awesome. sam's in florida, also awesome. lady gaga performing today, also tremendous. two major supermodels, naomi campbell and iman saying the runway must change right now. >> i have to take a second of anchor's privilege. it's elliott's 11th birthday. happy birthday. have a great day. great first day of school. >> happy birthday to her. we begin with the crisis in syria. president bashar al assad saying the u.s. should expect, quote, everything. claims he used a saran gas attack a lie. intelligence gathered is compelling. john kerry saying he would be confident taking it into any courtroom. meanwhile, president obama is working to gain congressional support for the military strikes in syria. he'll be addressing the nation in prime time. the conflict in the middle east is to blame for a raise in gas prices. now averaging near already $4 a gallon in parts of the midwest. overnight, a thai airways flight landed over night by skiding off the runway. workers, as you can see here, later plaqued out the logo on the plane to protect the airline's image. researchers say that mammograms before the age of 50 could dramatically reduce breast cancer deaths. a harvard study of more than 600 women who died of the disease found that 70% of them never had mammograms before being diagnosed. more than half were under 50. women should consider their family history before getting screened early. a new painting by vincent van gogh. it was painted in 1888. it's been in a private family's collection. lit now be displayed in amsterdam. finally, man has been rescued after spending four months lost in the mountains of south america. he was biking across the andes and lost his way in the snow. he survived on raisins and sugar that he found. he's dehydrated, pounds lighter, and in remarkably good health. >> never gave up. >> found way. found a way. thank you, josh. how about "pop news" to start the week. >> i would love to, robin. a fresh young face catching the eye of editors of fashion week. harper captivating "vogue's" editor in cheer, anna wintour. victoria has been documented harper's week on twin tter. she's a fashion week vet. we caught her last year substituting her stuff at the ripe old age of 1. >> adorable. >> and victoria's line is gorgeous. football season is here. if you're trying to lose weight, consider the team you root for. a new study if the journal psychological science, the monday after a person's team lost sunday night before, they consume more high-cali foods. people whose teams won took in 9% less saturated fat and 5% less calories. >> are they eating and drinking to forget? >> they are. we in new york are doing that. finally, this one is weird. get ready. dogs bark, cows moo, what about the fox? what does the fox say? it's in norway's gangnam style. two guys think they have the answer. take a look. ♪ what does the fox say ♪ what's the fox say caw, caw, caw. ♪ what's the fox say >> keep rolling the video. you don't have to listen to it, but you have to see the pictures. this is worth going online and checking out. this might be the viral jam of the summer. it has already more than 10 million people dancing and reaching for their animal kots tombed. what does the fox say? apparently it's cha-cha-cha-chow. and if it meets a horse, will it communicate by morse? so manyquestions unanswered. >> let the booking wars begin. let's get to sam in new smyrna beach, florida. >> answering the musical question, ladies and gentlemen, in "pop news," what does the fox say? i think it was cha-cha -- good. the reason we're out here is we're shooting season three of "sea rescue." you'll see stories like this one. this dolphin this is rainbow the dolphin, had fishing wire wrapped all around it. they managed to get the dolphin free. one of the first, first episodes starting on october 5th. here's the weather maps. they say that there's a good amount of cooler air right here in central florida. it's not all over the southeast. this front really broke apart. it didn't go all the way through. atlanta, sweltering. how cool it was to start the morning. new york city back to 90 by wednesday. enjoy today. boston, the same thing for you, cooler air's going to arrive the next couple of nights and temperatures during the day will get back to average wednesday. that's when the sea breeze will make it all the way inland. not today though. mid to upper 90s in the east bay valleys. wouldn't be surprised to see triple digits. oakland, 78. 88 in >> want to thank the lovely people for walking by and saying hi this morning. lara, i knew when you started with this is a weird one, and it was "pop news" it would be extraordinary. >> the fox says cha-cha-cha chow. >> thank you. one of the youngest miss americas ever talking about her battle with depression. and why supermodel icons are demanding changes in the fashion industry. and lady gaga is with us live. taking over times square. she's performing. and you have never seen her like this. do not miss it. it's coming up on "gma." ♪ ♪ ♪ i've got something for you too. 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[ cheers and applause ] >> the dulcet tones of the kingsman. that's from columbia, george's alma mater. serenading us for "gma" u week. we're going to get to that in a few moments. looking forward to that. first, though, the heat index. a former miss america revealing her battle with depression in the rear that she wore the grown. >> reporter: at 17 years old, teresa was the youngest miss america in more than 70 years. two years later, the pianist and singer is speaking out about the pressure that drove her to contemplate suicide. >> people tearing me down and ripping me so shreds every day. some said i'm too pretty, others, too ugly. >> reporter: a year of public criticism and nonstop engage ms pushed her into a deep depression. >> i was hiking the national monument. growing up, it was my favorite place. this time, it was different. i was falling apart. and, um, very strongly contemplating jumping off the top. >> th >> reporter: that's when this smalltown girl said she hit rock bottom. >> i'm a perfectionist. i was putting pressure on myself. >> reporter: at 19, she's taking medication and starting her sophomore year at patrick henry college. a small, conservative christian school outside of washington, d.c. even there, she's received criticism for competing in a swim suit. there was facebook comments at the people didn't believe it was congruent with christianity. >> reporter: her willingness to speak out will make a difference. >> she's doing a terrific job role modelling the fact that it's socially and emotionally okay to suffer from depression. is there it's not something to be embarrassed about. you can get through it. and to never give up. >> reporter: for "good morning america," linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> i had the pleasure of meeting that young lady. she was so inspirational. thrilled to see she's doing so . >> and of yyou've gone from judo co-host. next up on the heat index, new york fashion week. top models say it's falling back on old habits when it comes to casting supermodels. naomi campbell and iman are calling for more diversity on the runway. >> reporter: if a runway show features white models or only one black model? i man and nae yoemmy are take the unprecedented step of naming names who they say are defining beauty and fashion as virtually all white. she's one of the biggest names on the cat walk. supermodel nay chroomi campbell glittered. dvf, the exception to what they're charging is racism on the runway. >> i don't like it. i said, where are the others? i'm very outspoken. >> reporter: naomi, iman, and beth are taking the talk online. they are basing it on what they saw in last season's fall show. they're naming names. calvin klein, donna karan, and armani for using one or no models of color in the fall shows. calling it a racist act. it reads like a who's who list of designers. >> it's shocking. >> reporter: what do you think in this day and age? >> your body and your beauty, it doesn't matter what color you are. you should have the opportunity to do the job. >> reporter: they hope diversity is going to be fashionable. >> this is not the business of shaming. we go back again to chair fie it. nobody is calling these designers racist. the act itself is racism. >> reporter: iman, also known as mr. david bowie may be a mig power player. she's outranged that this is happening. >> there's a time that silence is not acceptable. if the conversation cannot be had publicly in our industry, then there is something wrong with the industry. >> reporter: the council of fashion designers of america says it sent e-mails to the designers saying the most powerful one is one of diversity. >> people have very specific artistic notions of how they want their creations to be presented. >> they hide behind ans a t s a. it's arrogance and racism. >> why us? who else? who is going to do it? somebody has to do it. and change does not happen easy. >> you should know "gma" reached out to the designers on the list. none were able to respond. naomi praised dvf and others for their efforts. tom ford does all the casting himself. >> they were unvarnished. >> and real. and mad. >> thank you, juju. time for the new series. it's a special one. it's "gma" -- give me a u. >> g-m-a-u. >> we're going back to cloolleg. i would love to. we're having a national pep rally. institu students rise up. each of us putting ourselves in the hot seat. george, yours is warm today. >> such a long time ago, i with barely remember. columbia university. right here in new york. 1978. jimmy carter was president. disco was king. and i was leaving bucolic suburban cleveland for the glamorous streets of manhattan. it was scary but thrilling. that's what was great about it. for four years, columbia university was my home. it's changed so much since then. so much is like i remember. the library, my favorite pizza joint. i can't believe it's still there. great, great pizza. the hungarian pastry shop. "animal house" was the hot summer movie when i started school. >> nothing? >> not exactly my style. i did pledge a frat my first few weeks. perhaps because i had seen "animal house" that summer. but when it was my life, i said, you know what, this one isn't for me. i spent most of my time here in butler library. i had come from a public school in cleveland. i was still a little bit intimidated. i wanted to keep up. as for music, i had a record player with vinyl disks, classics like bruce springsteen, billy joel, and reo speed wagon. ♪ and i'm gonna keep on lovin' you ♪ >> why not? it's an anthem. but reo speedwagon was on knot on the play list. yes, it's true, i slipped into the disco, studio 54. ♪ we are family > >> can you believe that? >> i can't. i probably used up all my dancing energy. i was on the wrestling team. i was a tackling dummy for the rest of the team. i did my best. i went out there. after i broke my nose for the third time, i switched gears. soccer was my other sport in high school. columbia's team was really good. here's the team today. so i participated by moving here, to the press box. doing play by play for our radio station, wkcr. hello, everybody, i'm barry waldman along with george stephanopoulos. >> it was a lot of fun. i never would have thought then. i just did it for fun, that i would end up with a big part of my career in broadcasting. ♪ on rock eternal >> any time i walk through that courtyard, it brings me back. the first faint whiff of fall in the air. that is where i would love to be. when i look back at my life, going to columbia is right up there. i know i would have a completely different life had i not chosen to go in that very, very different direction. ♪ stand columbia alma mater through the storms of time above ♪ >> so different. >> that's really great. that was really great. >> what is this? >> v and t pizza. and hungarian pastry shop pastry. >> i was there at the turn of the century. v and t going strong after all these years. it got him ready for the job behind the mike. our producer, maybe a sniff of it. they worked hard. if you want to hear it, george's days as a soccer announcer. take a listen. >> i turn the mike over to george stephanopoulos. >> thanks, barry. i hope i can keep my teeth from chattering here in the cold. rain coming from the left to the ball. a nice kick looking for steve upfield. goes out into touch in blackbird territory. a throw-in for the blackbirds. >> that's you! wow! >> shehe's calling soccer on th radio. that is not easy. that was terrific. >> now i can't wait for you guys. >> we can. >> i guess that's my cue to let you know. tomorrow is my day. and here's a clue i'm diving back in to penn state. so -- tune in. that will be tomorrow, everybody. >> that was great, george. >> thank you. good morning. i'm kristen sze. more evacuations have been ordered for residents in the area near clayton after a fire at mt. diablo doubled in size overnight. as of this morning the fire burned 1,500 acres and 10% contained. this is how it looked from sky 7hd just a little more than an hour ago. fire officials say they expect it to be a few days before they can contain the blaze. a red cross shelter is set up at the clayton library for people who have been evacuated. the few are there this morning. about 30 horses and several goats and other animals were also evacuated to the contra costa county fairgrounds. and the equestrian center of walnut creek. certainly been a road impact. let's check in with leyla gulen. definitely. been a busy morning just in general. we had this sig alert. southbound side we had two lanes taken away, it has cleared. look at the backup. bumper-to-bumper back ups causing heavy back ups. 12 miles per hour your top speed. also affecting 780 as you make the approach to the all right. welcome back. check out the temperatures. most off our morning lows, near 70 in antioch. san francisco one of the cool spots. here's a look at what's going to happen today, temperatures going to run mainly in the 80s around the ♪ ♪ applause applause applause i live for the applause ♪ oh, we are ready. as is the crowd. waiting all night long, for th one, the only, lady gaga. apparently as we have never seen her before. the monsters out in force this morning. seconds away, they get what they want. >> we have been waiting all morning for this. lady gaga debuted the video for applause a few week ago. now she's here to persform in or studios. put your hands together as we walk the yellow brick road for lady gaga. ♪ ♪ somewhere over the rainbow ♪ way up high, there's a that i've heard of once in a lullaby ♪ ♪ somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue ♪ ♪ and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true ♪ >> so, dorothy, we love to hear you sing. >> well, i live for your applause. shall we make our way to oz? >> let's go. ♪ i stand here waiting for you to bang the gong ♪ ♪ to crash the critic saying is it right or is it wrong? ♪ ♪ if only fame had an i.v. baby could i bear being away from you ♪ ♪ i found the vein put it in here ♪ ♪ i live for the applause applause, applause ♪ ♪ i live for the applause live for the applause ♪ ♪ live for the way that you cheer and scream for me ♪ ♪ the applause, applause applause ♪ ♪ give me that thing that i love i'll turn the lights on ♪ ♪ put your hands up make 'em touch touch, make it real loud ♪ ♪ give me that thing that i love i'll turn the lights on ♪ ♪ put your hands up make 'em touch touch, make it real loud ♪ ♪ a-p-p-l-a-u-s-e make it real loud ♪ ♪ a-p-p-l-a-u-s-e put your hands up make 'em touch, touch ♪ ♪ a-p-p-l-a-u-s-e make it real loud ♪ ♪ a-p-p-l-a-u-s-e put your hands up make 'em touch, touch ♪ ♪ i've overheard your theory nostalgia's for geeks ♪ ♪ i guess, sir, if you say so some of us just like to read ♪ ♪ one second i'm a koons then suddenly the koons is me ♪ ♪ pop culture was an art now art's a pop culture in me ♪ ♪ i live for the applause applause, applause ♪ ♪ i live for the applause live for the applause ♪ ♪ live for the way that you cheer and scream for me ♪ ♪ the applause applause, applause ♪ come on! ♪ give me that thing that i love i'll turn the lights on ♪ ♪ put your hands up make 'em touch, touch make it real loud ♪ ♪ give me that thing that i love i'll turn the lights on ♪ ♪ put your hands up make 'em touch, touch make it real loud ♪ ♪ a-p-p-l-a-u-s-e make it real loud ♪ ♪ a-p-p-l-a-u-s-e put your hands up make 'em touch, touch ♪ ♪ a-p-p-l-a-u-s-e make it real loud ♪ ♪ a-p-p-l-a-u-s-e put your hands up make 'em touch, touch ♪ ♪ ooh, ooh, touch, touch ooh-ooh ooh-ooh touch, touch now ♪ ♪ ooh ooh ooh hoo ooh ooh ooh hoo ♪ ♪ ooh ooh ooh hoo ooh ooh ♪ ♪ i live for the applause applause, applause ♪ ♪ i live for the applause live for the applause ♪ ♪ live for the way that you cheer and scream for me ♪ ♪ the applause applause, applause ♪ ♪ give me that thing that i love i'll turn the lights on ♪ ♪ put your hands up make 'em touch, touch make it real loud ♪ ♪ give me that thing that i love i'll turn the lights on ♪ ♪ put your hands up make 'em touch, touch make it real loud ♪ ♪ a-p-p-l-a-u-s-e make it real loud ♪ ♪ a-p-p-l-a-u-s-e put your hands up ♪ make it real loud ♪ ♪ a-p-p-l-a-u-s-e make it real loud ♪ ♪ a-p-p-l-a-u-s-e put your hands up make 'em touch, touch ♪ ♪ a-r-t-p-o-p [ cheers and applause ] >> how are you? one more time for lady gaga. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> we cant wait. we'll talk to you in a moment. sam, you're panting there in smyrna beach. we'll come back to talk to lady gaga. >> i'm so happy to be here. there's no place like "good morning america." >> sam? >> that's fantastic, robin. the only thing better than being there live was watching it from the beach. one or two things going on this morning. we want to start with powerful showe showers. oh, by the way, your twitter pictures have come in. the media wants to talk about this at the shark bite capital of the world. the locals say shark nip. i guess that's an important distinction to make. fargo to minneapolis, likely to be the toughest storms on the board today. i think lightning will go anywhere along that cold front line. where you're not getting a cold front today, we didn't get one through florida. the early morning cool temperatures warm back up near 90. atlanta, near 90 again. dallas ft. worth, near 96. denver, cooler today. there's rain your way good morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist mike. here's a look at your forecast. it's going to be above average everywhere except in the coast and san francisco with mid to upper 60s and a few lingering clou >> all that water was brought to you pi the capital one venn occur card. the only thing odd this morning was me dancing. not sure the rest of the beach could hear lady gaga. in my head i heard it. >> they couldn't hear it the here in times square? i have always wanted to do this. walking the yellow brick road. we'll have more from lady gaga it's halloween time and disneyland is ours! going down! boo! with haunted mansion holiday... space mountain ghost galaxy, and wicked fun in both parks, the disneyland resort just got spookier! visit disneyland.com/halloween trick or treat. ♪ give me the thing that i love i turn the lights on ♪ ♪ put them together make 'em touch ♪ how much did we enjoy the gaga of oz, lady gaga, moments ago, performing her new hit single "applause" right here. she transformed the studios in to oz. applause, is available now. the full album, art pop, is released november 11th. can we chat for a little bit? >> of course. >> i love your little monsters. >> they look so cute. >> they were a part of the performance. we were excited when you were here a couple of weeks ago. what was it like to perform the song? >> i love performing. i prefer this. i do. i love being on stage. i -- you know, i love "good morning america" so much. i just wanted the fans to be part of the performance. because they don't usually get to do that. so they're poppies. >> yes. >> i hope you don't all fall asleep. remember poppies? >> oh, no, no. no chance of that with this atmosphere. we're so philadelphia you'glad from your surgery. a year and a half of the new z music. you must be happy to be here. >> it's been five years since i came out with just dance. i can't believe my life and i can't believe that i get to tour the world and write my own music and, have my own artistic freedom and i have that because my fans really believe in me and they support me. and i appreciate that. [ cheers and applause ] >> in that freedom brings so much joy to so many. what made you decide to bring dorothy to life? in such an inventive way? >> it's an explanation in a way for my entire career so far. even with the "gma" performance and the transformations happening today, it's like my way of saying all of these outfits and wigs that i have been changing in over the years, this is my way of assimilating and surviving. this is my way of getting to oz. my way of getting to oz, to have all my dreams come true. whatever we had to do to get past the evil monkeys from the west and get past in the wicket witch, dorothy was able to transform in order to survive. by transforming into glinda and at the end back into the wizard, who was just dorothy herself, me. >> you express yourself so well and you help us understand. this is something this is personal. is it true you tried to get -- that in eighth grade, you were up for the part of dorothy and you didn't get it? >> well, it was kind of communist at my school. if you were in the eighth grade, you could only get a munchkin part. ninth grade, a little better part. all the seniors had the big roles. i was fine. i was one of the lollipop girls. >> so look at you now, baby. >> i haven't strayed too far, i guess. >> your folks said you performed eight songs off the album in london. a lot of artists are secretive. you're putting it out there before it happens in just a few weeks. in november. i want to ask you, and the fans want to know, "art pop" so different than "born this way." can you explain? >> every person in their lives goes through so many tint things. i was going through hard time in "born this way." i was insecure. i became a star quickly. i didn't have time to put my feet in the ground and have a sense of myself through it all. because it's like a machine. you just keep going. there's tvs and pictures, and lovely fan everywhere that i wanted to hug and sign autographs for. there was a lot of me putting things on to hide the sadness. the record reflected that. i'm feel something positive and healed in a lot of ways. i feel overjoyed and pull of love. i'm obsessed with making things colorful and happy. i think it's because i'm in a happy place. when i'm in a happy place, the music is. my fans, i have to thank them for that. because no matter what i go through and no matter how i evol evolve, they always stand by me. they appreciate my point of view. and, that's what "art pop" is about. i want them to appreciate their points of view. and when they're harnessing their talents, i want you to know that they're important. and just because you want to be an artist and maybe not a doctor or a nurse or teacher, it doesn't mean that it's less than that. it doesn't mean that you still can't survive. in fact in the economy that we live in, it's actually wonderful to have a niche business that has specialized things to offer. it's much more lucrative in the future. please. express your talents. show who you are. >> mama has spoken. she has spoken. [ cheers and applause ] you have been so good to us and so good to your audience. just your authenticity. we're so happy for you. thank you for bringing that light to us here on "gma." >> thank you. and thank you for letting me be myself. >> lady gaga. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] when we built the cadillac ats from the ground up to be the world's best sport sedan... ♪ ...people noticed. ♪ the cadillac ats -- 2013 north american car of the year. lease this cadillac ats 99 per month with premium care maintenance included. we run errands. we run to the grocery store. in fact, the average american drives fewer than 29 miles a day. the 100% electric nissan leaf goes two-and-a-half times that on a single charge. it's a car. it just doesn't take gas. [ farrar ] so think about where you go in a day. do you really need gas to get there? 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[ pop ] [ horn honks ] kevin! toaster strudel, yah? ♪ warm, flaky, gooey toaster strudel. good morning. i'm kristen sze. the mt. diablo fire near clayton doubled in size overnight and now burned over 1,500 acres and only 10% contained. the winds playing a role. let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco. mike. >> yeah. they've picked up since the overnight hours coming outd of the northwest gusting at 25. they also wrap around it and kind of swirl on the backside. that's why we're seeing such movement in the fire right now. winds are going to gust to 25 all day. temperature near 90. humidity will stay low for the firefighters. accuweather seven-day forecast, hot again today. leyla. we have a five-car crash just pulled over to the shoulder in san jose northbound along 101 as you come up to the 280/680 split. going to take you more than one hour to head from highway 85 right up to the announcer: it's "live with kelly and michael." today journalist and talk show host katie couric. u.s. open champion serena williams. host of supermarket superstar stacy kiebler. plus, another member of our studio audience can win a bunch of benjamins as we continue our anniversary games. all next on "live." 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