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Most inspirational athletes from team usa soccer to michael sam with the nights highest honor for his courage off the field. For breaking barriers and superstar drake had everyone laughing. Whats going on . This is drake. Good morning, america. That was drake, baby. And good morning, america. What a great night for sports. Robin up early in l. A. And, robin, it looks like you had a lot of fun last night. Yes, always scary to be on the big screen when youve had no sleep. Up all night on that big monitor like that. Thank you very much for that. It was a great night and you know what, the athletes have so much fun because they never get to spend time like that. Athletes from all various different sports coming together like that. The entertainment world. You said it, lara, drake was so funny. He killed it last night so, yes, it was a lot of fun but it was emotional as well so ill have a lot more to share coming up. Were really looking forward to that. And you looked beautiful, ms. Roberts. Always does. Cannot wait for that. First that massive flooding in colorado. Rushing water. You see it right here overrunning an entire town in an instant. Abcs Clayton Sandell is in Colorado Springs with the latest. Good morning, clayton. Reporter good morning, george. Behind me here this would normally be an insignificant creek, but this morning, you can see, it is a raging river, even taking out this tree here. Raging floodwaters, flash floods came barreling through here when 4 inches of rain fell in just 6 hours. Overnight water rushed into the streets of manitou, Colorado Springs, colorado. Sirens warned people to race to higher ground. The town sits downhill from where a huge wildfire scorched the earth bare, with no trees or vegetation to hold the soil in place, mud, water and rocks came barreling straight down. Eight, nine, feet deep. Reporter Police Called for evacuations, including nearly 200 boy scouts whose camp was flooded out. Roads were shut down. Some giving way. Rain falling so hard and so fast, this motorcyclist was knocked over. Colorado springs got hit too. Flood channels filled to capacity. Restaurants that used to have a nice view of the creek found themselves in the creek. Overnight, rain turned to pounding hail. Strong enough to bust car windows. Lost my back window. Reporter the good news is that those evacuees have been told they can go home but there is another chance for more rain today. Lara . All right, clayton and from flooding to wildfires raging out west, the extreme heat and dry conditions are fueling them and right now hundreds of homes have been evacuated and more are being threatened. Ginger is here tracking it all and got the very latest. Right . Absolutely. So many people look out west to the sky and seeing this. This is from Washington State but there are 27 large wildfires from texas up to oregon and, of course, just east of seattle and thats where this video is from, just stunning pictures coming in, not the type of thing you want to look up and see but some 860 homes in that area alone evacuated. We have 1200 acres, uncontained as that one keeps burning and i have unfortunate news. Red flag warnings are in place for that same area in the cascades all the way over there into parts of eastern Washington State and down into oregon. That means some of the wind gusts along the ridges could get up to 25, maybe 40 Miles Per Hour so well update you on the dry and gusty condition, a little cooler coming but also the flooding happening. In texas and oklahoma this morning. My nations weather. A lot going on. Okay, ginger, thanks. Well turn now to terrifying moments in california. Three bank robbers take hostages, lead police on a wild chase. When it was over three people dead including one of the hostages. Abcs david wright is in los angeles with the latest. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning, george. An incredible scene and this morning stockton, california, is still reeling from it. Almost every squad car in town chasing this group of bank robbers, extra rounds of ammo taped to their bodies and using hostages as human shields, this was truly the wild west. [ sirens ] in stockton, california, a bank heist straight out of the movies that led to this deadly chase. Through city streets and neighborhoods at speeds of up to 100 miles an hour. Went flying through the intersection. We jumped back on to the sidewalk. Reporter it started wednesday at this bank of the west branch. Authorities say three robbers made off with money and three female hostages. Misty holsings cousin said misty was one of them and her daughter watched in horror as the robbers dragged her mother away. She was just going to pull out money. She left her kid in the car. Her daughter had to text her husband saying, hey, they took mom. Reporter police say the suspect stole a Bank Employees suv and fired ak47type assault weapons at police cars in hot pursuit. The hostages there in the car with them. At least 14 other cars struck with stray bullets. The actions of the dangerous criminals today was beyond reckless and chaotic. No words can describe it. Reporter police say during the chase two of the hostages were tossed out of the getaway car. One of them shot and injured. This cell phone video shows one of the hostages on the road. Her leg was all tore up and bleeding. Reporter after more than an hours chase it all ended in a bloody shootout heard on this cell phone video. In the end a weapon on the ground, the suv, riddled with bullet holes, all three alleged bank robbers shot, two of them killed. That third hostage was also killed. Police say the hostage who was killed, that mother, misty was used as a human shield and eyewitnesses said it looked like a war. Continuous gunfire for five straight minutes. The other two hostages have been hospitalized. No word on their condition but they must be very shaken, george. That is just shocking stuff, okay, thanks very much. So brazen. We turn now to the latest on the crisis in the middle east. Both sides accepted a temporary humanitarian ceasefire early this morning. But two hours later, rockets were launched into israel. Abcs Alex Marquardt is in gaza city right now with the very latest. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning, lara. That brief truce requested by the United Nations is now very much over. Moments after the fivehour time limit expired rockets were once again launched at israel. The two are in negotiations for a more permanent ceasefire but israeli and hamas officials discuss no deal has been stuck, while people here try to resume their normal routine. All of this comes a day after one of the worst episodes yet, four Young Palestinian boys killed right near here hit by israeli air strikes, as they played on the beach. They were targeting hamas terrorist operatives and called the boys deaths a terrible outcome. Israel is ready to stop the air strikes when hamas stops firing rockets but ha most wont do that unless a list of demans met. Lara, george. We turn to president obama slapping new sanctions on russia for the crisis in ukraine. Some of the most punishing measures yet and this morning Vladimir Putin is saying hell strike back just as hard. Abcs chief white house correspondent, jonathan karl, has the latest. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, george. These are sanctions designed to inflict some real economic pain on russia. They hit two of the largest Russian Energy company, two of the largest russian banks and it comes just as russia has amassed some 12,000 troops on the border with ukraine and the white house is worried that there could be further problems in that country. The russians are saying putin himself saying this is actually going to hurt the u. S. Economy. Exxon mobil has deals with one of these Big Energy Companies and the kremlin has denounced these sanctions as, quote, a primitive attempt to take vengeance for the fact that events in ukraine are not going according to the washington script. Hes taking a broadside against president obamas foreign policy. Going to switch gears now to politics. New jersey governor, chris christie, putting his toe back in the president ial waters heading to iowa after that traffic scandal. No official announcement, but hes got a full schedule. Reporter its a long way from the George Washington bridge. Officially this is simply an effort to help Iowa Governor Terry Branson in his reelection but sure looks like hes testing the waters for a president ial run, and guess what . Hes going to New Hampshire later this month. July 31st. Hes got decent poll numbness iowa as well. Jon, thanks very much. Now to the ongoing Immigration Crisis on our southern border, thousands of unaccompanied children making their way here from central america. Many of them not getting adequate medical screening and that is raising some Serious Health concerns. Abcs jim avila has the story. Reporter this morning, the flood of immigrant children streaming across the southern u. S. Border is so overwhelming federal agencies admit they cannot medically screen all of them properly. According to a government memo reviewed exclusively by abc news some children are leaving Border Patrol Processing Centers with high fevers, flulike symptoms and other contagious diseases. The memo says the director of Refugee Health at hhs has identified a breakdown in the medical screening processes at the Border Patrol facility in nogales, arizona. Some children flown from that facility to a navy base in ventura county, california, were sick. Fevers and coughing. Others had chicken pox and coxsackie virus. Three of the children so sick, hospitalized in the icu, two of them suffering from pneumonia. Its very concerning that children who had pneumonia, who appeared ill, were allowed on a plane, rivering their health and the other refugee children. The lack of screening according to government sources may jeopardize the health of workers and other children at the facilities. In fact, abc news has confirmed that just a week after the unscreened kids arrived there appeared to be a pneumonia and influenza outbreak spreading through the ventura facility. In texas abc news learned of one confirmed case and two probable cases of the h1n1 influenza strain, commonly known as swine flu, linked to the unaccompanied children. Its important to note none of these diseases have spread into the communities around the facilities and sources tell abc news the government is now adding a fittotravel screening for the children. They must pass it before being put on a plane and sent to facilities away from the border. Lara and george . All right, jim, thank you. Now to amy with the rest of the mornings top stories. Lara, good morning. We begin with new worries about growing instability in afghanistan. This morning the taliban launched a daring attack on the main airport in kabul firing guns and grenade, the second airport attack in two weeks. The afghan equivalent of the secret service came under attack today highlighting major security concerns as u. S. Troops withdraw from that country. And in washington, a Major Development in the irs targeting scandal. The agency is accused of targeting conservative groups. Now there is word the Justice Department will investigate the disappearance of emails the Agency Claims were lost when a computer crashed. The emails were to and from lois lerner, a key former irs official who has refused to testify. General motors says it will hire an outside law firm to investigate how its own lawyers handled the ignition defect blamed for 13 deaths. Today gms top lawyer is appearing before a Senate Committee and lawmakers want to know how the company kept the problem quiet. Major layoffs at microsoft. The company said it will cut up to 18,000 jobs in the next year. The new ceo promised more efficiency. And police say it is a miracle the driver of this honda survived, crashing into an 18wheeler in tennessee. Look at those pictures. The impact literally sliced his car in half but he slid down in his seat and was able to duck just before the crash. Wow. He walked away with only minor injuries. Incredible. And a growing mystery overseas. Scientists are being sent to siberia to figure out what caused this massive hole to open. Its 260 feet wide. Authorities ruled out a meteor for now. Melted ice or a natural gas explosion are the leading theories. And finally, many of us know this more than others, keeping a straight face on live tv is not always easy. Especially when you swallow a fly. Well, thats what happened to a reporter in england. You have to watch his reaction. Certainly if we look at, you know, the changing complexion of this cabinet compared to the last one, the one yesterday what we can see is that do you want to take a pause . Do you want to take a pause. Youve been talking nonstop. No, i swallowed a fly. Thats all right. I mean just swallowed a fly. He kept going. True pro there. I dont know. I mean he just went for it. Makes swallowing a fly elegant he was actually quite dignified. Perfect line. Keep calm and carry on. Thats what he did outside 10 downing street. That is great. Back to robin up early in l. A. After last nights espys. It is always the most glamorous event in sports last night no exception. Last night, the night hasnt ended for many here. We are here live in the lobby of the jw marriott, just a stones throw from the nokia theater where the espys were held last night and the afterparty wrapped up, not kidding, just moments ago right here as always, there was so much to celebrate. Its the sports world most glamourous night. Dr. J. , this man right here. Reporter the espys celebrating this years top athletes. Good to see you. Good to see you, too. I love all of you until you start losing then youre dead to me, okay. Okay . Reporter rap star drake taking center stage as host. His personality contagious even when poking fun. Danica, you dont always come in first place we know, but somehow in nascar, youre the only face we know. Reporter all goodspirited. It was all love. You know, i just wanted to touch on things in sports that i hadnt really heard people make jokes about before. Reporter the mens Usa Soccer Team clenching an early win for best moment. Clint dempsey scores we all feel that soccer is going to make it. Its just a matter of time. Reporter but strength off the field recognized too. The st. Louis rams select michael sam, defensive end 2014, arthur ashe courage award, michael sam. Late great arthur ashe wasnt just courageous, he was brill brilliant, too. In fact, he once put all the wisdom in the world in three short sentences. Im sorry. Start where you are. Use what you have and do what you can. Those were words to live by whether youre black or white, young or old, straight or gay. I was very emotional, very. Reporter and my dear friend, espns own stuart scott, honored with the jimmy v. Perseverance award recognizing his courageous battle with cancer. To receive this, what does it mean to you in your heart . I cant claim this as like this is mine. This symbolizes a group effort from a lot of people who happen to care about me who kept me upright for the last seven years. Reporter and capping off a night of winners, the biggest of them all, this years best team. Seattle seahawks. To win the first ever super bowl in our franchise is truly special. Reporter allstar night with the champions we all love to cheer on. And there was much to cheer about and there were so many special moments. I was here for my friend stuart scott. He has been so amazing and courageous and it was also very special to get on that stage and to announce for the first time that two great cancer organizations are joining forces, stand up to cancer is investing 4 million with the v. Foundation for Cancer Research and that was a moment that i will not forget and i had a chance to just really just experience for the first time just being there seeing all these people from different walks of life and it was fun, it was emotional and im going to have a chance later this morning to spend some time with michael sam. His comments and what he said on the stage last night really resonated with many people and ill be sharing my interview with him a bit later. We really want to see that. Boy, stuart scott, such a powerful spirit. We have to move on to weather. Boy, that rain is coming south, huh, ginger . And this morning, even near dallas, were having big flash flooding problems. Parts of i35 closed. North and west of dallas, about an hour, they had more than 10 inches of rain overnight. And the next couple of days similar from there in parts of texas to southeastern oklahoma, arkansas, even mississippi. So be watching for that and the potential for severe storms. And coming up on gma, the call girl accused of killing a top google executive now in court. Why shes claiming the whole thing is an accident. Also coming up, the mysterious disappearance of an experienced diver in the bahamas. The baffling clues just found from his swim with sharks. And abc news exclusive, Cory Monteiths mother speaking out one year after the glee stars tragic death. Her message to all parents this morning. 93 million selfies a day. This man says he started the whole thing. Now, drench lips with glossy wet color. New revlon colorstay moisture stain™ weightless, creamy lipstain saturates lips. With brilliant shine and vivid color hydrates lips with vitamin e aloe. New revlon colorstay moisture stain™ this is love for your lips. Revlon [cheering]ight. Last week we hosted. This week the kids invited us to their place. We got this delicious kfc meal and 2 extra sides for free. For free sorry i was late. I had a little trouble with the rope ladder. He fell twice. 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Niiice bank from almost anywhere with the citi mobile app. With aluminum foil foil never settle for less that kind of wrap is just the best to keep your sandwich nice and fresh stick it in your cooler weird al is at it again burning up the internet with his version of lordes royals her big hit and his foil. He has eight in eight days we showed jack black the other day. I remember eat it from way back then. Eat it eat it i like that hes coming back. Go. Prolific, he is. Also coming up on Good Morning America, an expert divers bizarre disappearance. Hes gone missing off the coast of the bahamas and the puzzling clues this morning from his swim with sharks. And an abc news exclusive, Cory Monteiths mother speaking out one year after the glee stars tragic death. How she is honoring her son and the message she has for all parents. And youre looking at the man who claims he invented the selfie. You know, we snap 93 million of these every day. I did one moments ago. How he says he came up with the idea in the first place. Hes got a good claim. Well get to that. First the case of the google executive found dead on his yacht. Expensive escort has been charged with giving him an overdose of heroin and security cameras showing him stepping over him and sipping a glass of wine on her way out. Cecilia vega has the story. Reporter we are learning more about her side of the story. Tichelmans lawyer says she had no intention of harming that executive. Police are telling a different story and want to know if theres more victims out there. She is the alleged highpriced call girl accused of killing a google top executive. This morning Alix Tichelman is behind bars saying the whole thing was an accident. I dont believe this was an intentional crime. This case is about two adults engaged in mutual consensual drug usage. Reporter Forrest Hayes was found dead last november. Police say Surveillance Footage from an onboard camera shows tichelman helping the father of five inject himself before he collapses. They say he can be seen stepping over his body and finishing her glass of wine. She did nothing to show concern, any care. Reporter now investigators are poring over her internet accounts and the 200 prostitution clients she allegedly boasted about searching for more potential victims. Is there somebody out there who had a neardeath experience or managed to survive this. Reporter police wonder if 53yearold dean realpelt did not escape. My boyfriend overdosed. . Just released 911 tapes she said dean has just collapsed but she repeatedly hangs up on operators. Is he awake . He is no, not really. Is he breathing . Yeah, hes breathing, like hes not i dont think hes going to die. He scared me. Reporter Atlanta Police had ruled his death accidental unlike hayes death back in california where tichelman is now being held on 1. 5 million bail. And tichelmans postings online will be key for police. Now, they say they tracked her down by pretending to be a client and her goal was to spend a lavish weekend with a wealthy man and say she charged more than 1,000 per customer. George, shes now facing charges that include manslaughter, possession and prostitution. Cecilia, thanks very much. Lets bring in dan abrams. Its not a slam dunk case. Shes charged with voluntary manslaughter. Typically that is heat of passion or a fight. To prove voluntary manslaughter in this case theyll have to still demonstrate that she had the intent to create serious injury. The defense says, look, we were doing drugs together. I didnt have any intent to do anything wrong here. So i think that this is a play by prosecutors to try to get her to plead to Involuntary Manslaughter meaning to say, look, well cut a deal because it seems like based on what we know right now, it seeps much more like a possible Involuntary Manslaughter case. As a result the sentence would be lower. How about the overdose of the former boyfriend . Will prosecutors bring that into the case . They have to figure out if it was an overdose or something else. If it was just an overdose, they may not be able to and probably wont be able to. If they can somehow demonstrate that in that case, she was responsible in some sort of criminal way, then they might be able to introduce that. Finally that security video they say they have of her being very callous, just ignoring the body. So powerful in front of a jury. Bring that video in front of a jury and say, look what shes doing. She didnt care yet when you think about the actual charge here, the question is, is it really legally relevant . Its going to come in but i dont know it should be that important legally what she did after the fact. Theyre not suggesting she murdered him. Theyre not saying she wanted to him to die and then she callously walked out. Even prosecutors at this point are saying, she may not have intended to kill him and i think thats why the after the fact behavior shouldnt be that important. Dan abrams, thanks very much. Now to we turn to the disappearance of an experienced scuba diver when he vanished in the sharkinfested waters of the bahamas. The coast guard has now called off the search and local police are declaring him dead. Abcs matt gutman has the story. Reporter this morning, four days after texas cairo track ter john petty dove down to a world dominated by sharks and never surfaced his family getting gutwrenching news. We confirmed with the bohemian Police Department they did recover some scuba items. With the evidence recovered, they determined that it was a shark attack. Reporter the 63yearold also an amateur underwater photographer mysteriously disappeared while shark diving in the bahamas sunday but after scouring 4600 miles of sea, the coast guard suspending its search for petty wednesday without announcing a cause of death. This was just to be one more adventure to go along with his many others. He had such an adventurous spirit and nothing, nothing slowed him down. Reporter all that was found abc news learned was the photographers beloved camera, his mask and diving vest all of them shredded by sharks. Petty had been with the same outfit that took my team shark diving twice in the past year. One, two, three. Reporter introducing us into a world ruled by 16foot tiger sharks. Every dive preceded by a twohour safety briefing. Make sure its on there good. Pull on it a couple times. Reporter underwater that swirling shark, the sharks mostly ignoring us but curious about that white camera pole and had they got too close a guide putting his own body between us. The Charter Company telling abc news overnight it believes petty was likely not killed from a shark attack, but may have died from a drowning first and awaits a full investigation. For Good Morning America, matt gutman, abc news, miami. Very sad. All right. Now we want to turn to the weather and ginger zee. Ginger. And were starting with a big weather wow. Check this out from a helicopter you can see a waterspout over the gulf of mexico very close to near freeport, texas. The southeast along the cold front whats going to happen. Unsettled weather and storms there. New orleans clearing and 86. 81, memphis. And ill leave you with a look at that refreshing air mass that has settled in not only throughout parts of the midatlantic and great lakes lew also the northeast and new england. Drier too. 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Reporter he snapped everyone from Morgan Freeman to fabio. What did you do with these all these years . Its in a pile. Reporter now hes gone public and some are questioning his selfie invention claim. One credits Susan Sarandon and geena davis in thelma and louise. Not everyone was as willing as a Young Neil Patrick Harris but hes only had one selfie refusal in 30 year, loretta swit from m. A. S. H. I guess she thought if i was that close she wouldnt look good. Reporter even the first lady henry husband succumbed. Reagan said, gosh, ive never had my picture taken like that before. Never had a selfie, wow. Im on to something there. Reporter he was. These days, president s even snap selfies themselves. For Good Morning America, nick watt, abc news, los angeles. Well, whether it was first or not, thats an incredible collection. Amazing. And all with a cannon sureshot which just cant be easy to do. 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Royal were heading over to the social square with the latest on the music sensation thats gone viral on this Throwback Thursday talking about weird al. Weird al yankovic is back more popular than ever dominating facebook, twitter all these past few days and ryan smith has all the latest. What is he up to now . Oh, he is on a viral spree, lara. Weird al, his hits from his newest album all parodies of popular songs, the latest is foil a spoof on lordes royals. With aluminum foil foil never settle for less that kind of wrap is just the best to your sandwich nice and fresh stick it in your cooler love that, right. More than 2 million clicks in 24 hours and its just one of the eight hes releasing this week. Theres a bunch. Doesnt that sound good . How about this called tacky. What do you think . That was earlier this week and then theres word crimes. Word crimes. Robin thicke. Love that. I got to tell you the viral parodies have been weird als thing for more than 30 years. 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The 9ers host their first exhibition game on august 17th. Forecast. It should be 79 degrees in santa clara. Lower 70s around the bay, upper 70s to lower 80s inland. Overnight lows in the upper 50s to lower 60s and my 7 day forecast, it starts to warm up over the weekend. Traffic, weve got this problem westbound of highway 92. Your drive right at the toll plaza, an accident. Were down to 36 mile per hour and 18 as you get closer to the plaza. Thank you very much. The news continues n good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. And could the vitamin you take every morning be harming your health . The new study revealing the danger that could be lurking in your medicine cabinet. An abc news exclusive, a year after the passing of Cory Monteith, his mom is speaking out about her struggle. Her message for all parents this morning. This is the moment tonight is the night. And you cant hold this back. Macklemore revealing his softer side. The mystery lady behind the best decision he says hes made in a long time. If you close your eyes all that and great deals from gilt you dont want to miss. All good morning, america. And look where ginger is this morning. Shes on the u. S. Coast guard cutter the eagle. Beautiful morning. Beautiful ship thanks to our wabc chopper, great shot there and well get back to them in a just a little bit. Just a gorgeous day out there and right here the inspiring story of a couple who cut their body weight in half. They did it together. Talk about teamwork. They lost nearly 300 pounds combined, so how did they do it and what finally motivated them to get in shape . Their amazing transformation is just ahead. You wont believe what they look like now. I know. I can see them in the studio. They look fantastic. Cant wait for you to see them as well. And then also were going to talk about a hot topic among parents. One moms decision to go on vacation for ten days without her daughter. Why she says parents should not feel guilty about going away. She seems happy there. Me time. Me time. As long as there is a babysitter. Exactly. Involved. Thats okay. And we do want to hear from you. Do you think its okay for parents to take a little me time as ame says, a vacation without their young kids. Go to our website, goodmorningamerica. Com on yahoo and let us know your feelings. This might be a close one. Well see. Thats coming up. News first from amy. Good morning, everyone. We begin with a state of emergency in the Pacific Northwest as more than two dozen major wildfires rage across that region. Nearly 900 homes are being evacuated in Central Washington where it is so smoky, authorities cannot even tell how big the fire is, and, unfortunately, more hot, windy weather is expected today. Its a different scenario across southern colorado. Slammed by 4 inches of rain in just six hours, raging floodwaters overtaking a restaurant and washing out roads and just this morning reports of nearly a foot of rain falling in north texas. We have more on gingers forecast coming up. Also breaking overnight, the fivehour humanitarian ceasefire between israel and the palestinians was interrupted this morning when mortars were fired from gaza. Talks for a more permanent ceasefire are under way at this hour. Meantime, israels military has promised to investigate the killing of four boys playing on a beach in gaza. Also overnight new security concerns in afghanistan after yet another Taliban Attack on the airport in kabul. Afghan forces stopped that attack without any civilian casualties. Cars and homes are riddled with bullets this morning after a wild bank robbery and police chase in stockton, california. Speeds reaching 100 Miles Per Hour as those suspects fired ak47s out of a stolen suv. One woman who was taken hostage was killed along with two of the three robbers. In north carolina, a pair of museum thieves have been caught on camera. Take a look at this surveillance video. It shows a man and a woman stealing the replica of a small dinosaur from an exhibit at the museum of natural sciences. Its hard to see, but police say the stolen dinosaur model is worth about 10,000 making this theft a felony. And a woman stripped of her miss delaware title last month for being too old is now suing the Miss America Organization for 3 million. Amanda longacre says she repeatedly provided her birth certificate and drivers license to pageant officials and they allowed her to compete even though she turns 25 in october. And finally, talk about Throwback Thursday. Lets see if you all can recognize this actor. Who do you think that is . The rock. Its the rock. Oh, its the rock. Thats right. You guys are too good and it was on prompter. Just saying. He sent this picture from the 90s with the caption fanny pack and lean. However, its fair to say he does not mention the hair, turtleneck or chain hes wearing circa 1980 or so. Im glad you showed it but the fanny pack its new. Its coming back. Allegedly. Allegedly. Its back. The fanny pack is back . Yes, indeed. Were getting you one for your birthday. Well, thank you very much. Itll be regifted. We turn now to a brandnew study of a vitamin in many medicine cabinets that could be dangerous. Niacin also known as vitamin b3 is a popular treatment for people trying to control cholesterol but this Study Suggests the side effects could outweigh the benefits. Dr. Jen ashton here to explain. This is bad news for niacin. Yes, george. Heres the actual study. Some cardiologists are calling this a landmark study. What they did is looked at a group of patients already with cardiovascular disease and they put some of them on a combination drug, niacin or vitamin b3 with an antiflushing drug and compared them to placebo and what they found was that while nyeson improved their number, it raised their good cholesterol, it did not prevent end events like heart attack and stroke and check out these side effects. They were significant. The patients on this high dose, 2,000 milligrams of niacin had gastrointestinal issue, diabetes, infections, bleeding. Merck funded this study. It was not good news. These are definitely side effects. You couldnt have a gastro side effect weve known for awhile niacin can do this but how much and to what extent wasnt delineated before this study. People think its a vitamin. It must be safe to take. Is there a dosage thats safe . The recommended daily allowance is between 14 and 16 milligrams. These patients were on 2,000 milligrams but think of it like this, yes, its a vitamin, yes, it can be available over the counter, yes, its natural, quote unquote, but there are always risks and in medicine we have to weigh the risks versus the benefits and the premise of medicine, do no harm. I have to ask, would you tell patients to take it . In this dosage, absolutely not. Way too risky. Okay. Thanks, jen. Pop news is coming up and weather too. First, lara, you got the morning menu. I do, indeed. Coming up in pop first, who is the smartest celebrity of all on twitter . The numbers have been crunched and well have an answer for you. Also, the inspiring couple who lost nearly 300 pounds together. They are a team in every sense of the word and theyre going to tell us how they did it and how they can inspire you. And then an abc news exclusive, Cory Monteiths mom is now speaking out. Its the first time she has with a message of hope for all parents. 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Your best beautiful. I will always be brilliant, never dull. New Olay Regenerist luminous facial oil. With 9 lightweight oils that seal in moisture for luminous skin day or night. The perfect accessory to your luminous collection. Olay. Your best beautiful. Welcome back, everybody. Time for pop news and ryan smith here with that. Good morning. So lets start with macklemore. We know hes kind of a big deal but turns out his cat karo has star power of her own. He introduced her to the world when he brought her back home in may and now she has her own Instagram Page with over 90,000 followers. Can you believe that . Some of the priceless snapshots like this one right here and then youve got, of course, where she borrows pops gold and then with the rapper himself. She has some wide eyes. Cute as can be. Shes a rescue, im assuming . I dont know the answer to that but she likes gold. All right, we have a rule you should know. I should know better than anybody. No followup questions allowed. People find out. Im going to assume its a rescue. Exactly. Ill go with that, thank you. Because im an advocate for rescues. Sorry. Go on. Its not about me. Its about you. Okay, lets talk thank you, lara. You make me feel good inside. Leonardo dicaprio has been announced as the smartest celebrity on twitter following an investigation by time magazine. A very detailed deep investigation. Time tested the stars twitter smarts with a reading comprehension test known as the simple measure of gobbledygook, it actually is a real term that measures smog and measures how many threesyllable words are used by stars and he comes in at number one because he tweets the word conservation a lot. He came in at an eighth grade level. Jimmy kimmel made the top three and ludacris. I know youre wondering, how did we score . I heard you just say that, right . In your minds so let me tell you how you scored. No need. George, youre first, seventh grade level, congratulations. Seventh grade. How about that. Lara, you tied seventh grade level. How about that. Amy, ginger, robin, all at a sixth grade level. Thats okay. Can i just say, this is a stupid test. Why . Why . Hey, george, let me say i agree with you because im on a fifth grade level. I just used right there, and everybody understood what i was saying. I tweet to express, not to impress. I love that. I love that. Im very proud of you. But this will be the only test i ever take in my life that i tied with george, so cant we say its important . Yes, yes. Its important . And as i tweeted this morning, supercalifragislistic expialidocious. And very important announcement this morning think of his score. Fifth grade. Fifth grade. All right. Oh, by the way, were giving you time to plan for a very important day. Take a look at this. Tomorrow, friday is slothgiving, the celebration of the slowest animal on the planet and to get us in the mood, buzzfeed put together a not so scientific video of things you may not know about sloths. Oh, were scared of touching the ground. Something most people dont know about me, im really good at parkour. We can actually move really fast. Were just waiting for the right xunt. Thats the key to being laid back. Slothsgiving is happening, its a thing. They sleep 20 hours a day. How about that . So good. Heat index coming up. First lets go back to ginger. She is on that amazing u. S. Coast guard cutter, the eagle. Hey, ginger. Oh, here we are. The famous ship. Im sailing this morning. You can see from above there what she looks like. A beautiful shot behind me too where you can see the statue of liberty. You know, its not only gorgeous through the morning, but through the weekend. This ship known so well for training cadets, 150 at a time will be here friday and saturday for people to tour by the intrepid. The weather with you this weekend, as well. Some of the numbers coming up will be drier, comfortable, less humid, so were talking places like new york city, boston, that air mass is going to settle in and feel, oh, so good. Thats the big picture. So much more coming up from right here on the eagle. George. Looks great out there. Ginger, thanks very much. Were going to kick off our heat index with an issue that always stirs up strong emotions with parents with young kids. We were just talking about it a minute allege. Should you go on vacation without them . One mommy blogger generating lots of buzz saying she felt no guilt after leaving her 3yearold behind for a 10day vacation, and abcs linsey davis has the story. Reporter many mothers struggle with the daunting need to be in several places at once like miranda in sex and the city. Feeling guilty had become a part of mirandas daily routine. Reporter miranda came up with this creative solution for inner peace. But 37yearold mom kerry westby is taking a different approach saving in a Huffington Post blog sometimes in order to maintain inner peace, moms need to get away. Its crucial for our children to see motherhood is an addition to ones life and not a subtraction. Reporter westby went all the way to paris and italy for ten days, maia stayed at home with her partner. When a mom says i need some me time the reaction is very much like who are you to take off . This is your role. This is your job. Its very important that moms take personal time so they can it gives them more energy. It makes them feel recharged. Reporter westby admits getting over the mommy guilt was daunting at first, but she believes its important to show children that personal time is part of creating a balanced life. Selflove is the most important lesson we can teach our kids. We have this sense of obligation to be with them 24 7. As a mom its really important that you strike a balance between your needs and your childrens needs. Reporter westby knows not everyone has the luxury of a tenday trip. She suggests that something as small as taking a bus ride around town or a trip to the movies alone or even just taking a night off and letting your partner take the reins, whatever it takes to help put the me back in mommy. For Good Morning America, linsey davis, abc news, new york. All right, lins. And then next up in our heat index. Finding the determination to shed those unwanted pounds. We asked you to tell us how much weight you lost and got so many inspiring tweets, people losing 25 up to 150 pounds. Were about to meet a remarkable couple that did it as a team and, boy, did they succeed. Heres their story. In the spring of 2012 jessica and Robert Foster were a couple struggling with obesity. Food was my comfort, and when i was feeling down or blue or angry, anything, you know, id just i ate. I kind of, you know, played the fat guy part, and that was kind of what i saw as being my identity. Reporter finally fed up, they decided to change their lives together. Jess took up zumba and encouraged rob to start running and this time they refused to give up and changed their diets and eventually became vegan. Every time we dropped a pants size or a shirt size it did nothing but boost what was a battered selfesteem from all those years before. Reporter their goal, to be healthy role models for their four young daughters. I wanted to show these girls you can do anything you put your mind to, and dont let anybody ever tell them that they cant because look at us. You know, its me. I did it. Reporter now, two years later they are transformed losing 280 pounds together. They did it all right. So are you ready to meet this wonderful couple . Come on out, robert and jessica. [ cheers and applause ] oh. You look great. Awesome. Fantastic. So lets start with jessica. Heres jessica two years ago. This mother of four weighed 287 pounds and she worried about the threat of diabetes. She went on to lose 120 pounds and, boy, do you look amazing. Yeah. All right. So now, robert, he weighed 327 pounds. He didnt have any energy. Couldnt play with his kids. He said enoughs enough and he lost 160 pounds. Hes running marathons. You guys look great. Come on over. [ applause ] thats fantastic. It is a pleasure to meet you. Nice meeting you. So inspirational to so many people who want 0 do it but just dont know where to start. What advice do you have . You know, i think the couple biggest things that i could say is, you know, you got to start off with the right goals, you know, so many people out there meaning dont set them too high. Yeah. Dont set them too high and dont make them short term. You know, so many people set goal, i want to lose x number of pounds. Once you get to the point where you lost that weight where do you go from there . You dont have to get an expensive gym membership. You had a very do it yourself approach and used your coffee table to do pushups and filled these milk jugs for weights instead of barbells. We didnt buy gym memberships, all at home, kind of ad lib cross fit in our home and that was kind of later down the line. We started off with very, very fun type of activities, though, because Getting Started is tough. And if you start with something thats fun that you can incorporate other people into, friends and family, it makes it really easy, and you get that high from doing, you know, physical activity and that exhaustion, and you just crave more at that point. Easy and fun. Thats right. And you inspire each other. Fantastic. Love it. You look amazing. A couple, a great team and hopefully our viewers are really getting inspired. We share our thank you. Thank you so much for being with us. George, over to you. They look fantastic. We turn to that emotional interview with the mother of glee star Cory Monteith who died last year of an overdose. In this abc news exclusive she has a heartfelt message for parents dealing with drug abuse and she spoke with bianna golodryga. Just a small town girl reporter its been one year since Cory Monteith, who shot to fame on the hit series glee, lost a lifelong battle with drugs and alcohol at the age of 31. Now corys mom, ann mcgregor, is speaking out for the first time about the son she called baby bear. How are you feeling right now . Only the last few days im beginning to accept it. The loss is horrendous. Until three days ago, i couldnt look at a picture of cory, so theres been progress. Can you talk about that night one year ago . No. When you found out . No. I know its late and lea, do you keep in touch with lea. I do. She texts me and emails me. Shes hurting too. I mean i see the sadness. I see the pain. Reporter she last saw cory two days before his death and said he was planning to sign a lease on a new place in vancouver. So he wanted to give hollywood up. He didnt want that life anymore, do you think . I think he was easing himself out of it. Reporter corys mom shared these neverbeforeseen videos of cory as a child. Here at 8 years old in a school play and here a smiling boy giving his dog a bath. Cory had that mischievous side to him all the time. Looking forward. To something else. Stimulation. When did he start to get into trouble . Cory was 15. He did a code blue, and i think that was the turning point. He had a lot of emotional things. He was trying to figure out a lot of it was he really wanted a relationship with his father. I think when a child gets invalidated they keep reaching even higher. They want to find out why. I remember after corys first o. D. , the drive we took and all i did was stare into his eyes and hug him and look at him because i had this feeling i really want to know him because im not going to have him my entire life. That was way back then. And what is your advice to mothers out there of other stars who are facing similar problems . I dont think we have power to change the choices theyre making. I think with the kind of connection cory and i had, if we couldnt prevent that situation, i dont have the answer. What could i say to them . Live every moment. Grab the second. Do you blame hollywood at all . I dont think blame is a good thing to do, no, he could that was his choice. Just the same she does everything you have to get some satisfaction when you saw how much talent your son had. Pretty amazing. And he was a star. Im still in awe. I always will be. And i asked her how she felt the show dealt with his death. She said she hasnt been able to watch it since. In fact, she cant even look at corys photos, so this was a cathartic moment for her to finally talk about her son and Little Things she said, we know him as this tall, strapping man he was a preemie born at just 4 pounds and the doctor said if he survives, hell keep on growing. A lot of pain and wisdom. And big message for parents. Coming up, Neil Patrick Harris, hes going to be here live. Tomorrow, hold on tight for the dance party of the summer in the park with zedd igniting the morning with the smash hit my clarity its Good Morning Americas summer Concert Series presented by dreamwalk by dr. Scholls. Good morning, im kristen sze. Were following developing news in stockton where police are trying to learn more about a Deadly Bank Robbery and shooting. Some streets remain closed as detectives look for evidence. A Bank Customer being held hostage and two suspected robbers died after a violent chase yesterday. Police have identified 19yearold hiemy ramos as the surviving suspect. Hes been booked on several charges including murder and robbery. Leyla has your forecast. We have an outbound delay at the church station due to mechanical problems. We take a look at the drive across the golden gate, we have an accident there and were starting to see slowdowns. Another accident an caesar chavez. That has folks laying on heat shields are compromised. We have multiple failures. Whats that alarm . Fuel cell two is down. Im going to have to guide her in manually. This is very exciting. But im at my stop. Come again . Im watching this on the train. Its so hard to leave. Good luck with everything. Watch tv virtually anywhere with the uverse tv app. With at t, the uverse revolves around you. Live doppler satellite. We are starting to see the fog peeling back wbut we still have the cloud layer. Our high today, a little cooler in some places than yesterday. 75 in palo alto, 79 in san jose. Upper 80s inland a out in times square this morning, lets see who is inside right now. Neil patrick harris. There he is in the social square. We caught him right there. What cant that man do . He has so much going on. New movie coming out raising a family. Cant wait to talk to him about that. Ginger taking to the high seas. We have a look at her at the helm of the u. S. Coast guard cutter the eagle looking at 21,000 feet of sail, five miles of rigging and its all under gingers direction right now. Any time i see her in i know theres some kind of adventure happening. Shes fearless. Then the bestselling author who says were all related. Hes on a mission to organize the worlds biggest Family Reunion and explain what that means to all of us and all of you. Okay, but first summer is in full swing if you havent noticed and time to upgrade your warm weather staples everything from sunglasses to sandals. Edit editorial director of gilt online. Maybe i was on it yet. Share the secrets and how to get them for a whole lot less. Thanks for having me. So our first look is alex. 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Lets head back out to ginger now. She is on the u. S. Coast guard cutter the eagle for a final check of the weather. Take it away. Hello, everybody. Good morning, everybody. Here i am on the top. I just learned what this is called. Climbed up after the last time you saw me on the u. S. Coast guards eagle where weve got five miles of active rigging. This ship so impressive and if youre in new york city you can see it both tomorrow and saturday. So well be talking a lot more about what happens on the boat but lets get to the weather forecast. Severe weather possible in the heart of texas there so just north and west and including dallas. You could see damaging wind, hail, even an isolated tornado. Always hearing many reports about Severe Weather there. I also want to give you a look from west to east across the nation but for now im going to sit right here in the beautiful sunshine. Oh, new york is looking good slightly less humid. A little cooler. Our highs for today going to be in the 70s for much of the bay to the upper 70s for the inland. And all that weather is brought to you by target. George. This is you got to get out here and see the ship. It is so magnificent. You look great up there, ginger. What a great site in the harbor. We turn to one mans quest to show how were one big family. Bestselling author a. J. Jacobs is creating the biggest family tree. Sara haines has the story. Reporter what if i was related to Channing Tatum or Kate Middleton or denzel. Could it be . Is it possible as i look around im related to everyone here . Not possible, its true. Absolutely reporter meet a. J. Whose goal is to throw the worlds biggest Family Reunion right here in new york and says even he and i are related. A mere 31 steps away. Yep, a. J. Is my fourth great uncles great daughters nephew. You got it . Youre connected through the ziegenthuse. My grandmothers maiden name. You have to come to the global Family Reunion. 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Although malaysias airlines will not confirm that their jet has, in fact, crashed. Simply saying at this time that they lost contact with mh17. That would be flight 17. Of course a lot of people are immediately going to say this is Malaysian Airlines remembering that they just had that catastrophe with their other plane that disappeared that was 131 days ago. Since mh370 was lost in midair. So many passengers on that flight as well. This particular flight that were watching this morning has 280 passengers, its believed. 15 crew members. Again youre looking at pictures right there, that plume of smoke on the horizon. Thats from ukraine not far from the russian border where there has been so much attention about troops assembling in greater numbers on that border. The president talking about the escalating conflict in the last 24 hours. Malaysian airlines saying they lost contact with that flight. I want to bring in our correspondent watching this with me at this hour. This is an extremely troubling headline particularly for an airline that has been in the news in the last couple of months. Everyone will focus on that and how that happened if this plane has crashed, how that happened particularly on the volatile border that you spoke about there and whether it is possible that somehow that plane has been brought down. All of that has been looked at whether or not it is even possible to bring a plane down there on the border with some sort of missile and what that range would be if that is possible. But right now we are just waiting word from Malaysian Airlines whether they believe that plane crashed or whether it has simply gone missing. Martha, stick with us as were on with live breaking coverage of a missing Malaysian Airlines flight. They lost contact with it. Weve been showing you the pictures coming in. A lot of speculation those plumes of smoke are the boeing 777 after crashing in ukraine. I want to bring in our correspondent in moscow who has more at this hour. What are you hearing . Yeah. Hi, david. Right now this plane had to have gone down right around the heart of where all that fighting has been going on in eastern ukraine. The military has been fighting the prorussian separatists over the last few weeks. The ukrainians accused of russians of firing into their territory and downing a military plane. All of this will complicate a rescue effort between the ukrainian authorities and those prorussian separatists. As you know there are going to be a lot of questions about whether or not the flight was, in fact, brought down. Were using extreme caution in exploring that possibility. But as you know, the president here in this country in the last 24 hours talking about includesing the sanctions on russia given the number of troops that have continued to grow there on the Ukrainian Border. And youre well aware of the tensions growing at the border. Tell us more about reports that a military plane has been shot down in the last 24 to 48 hours. Right. And this isnt the first one. There have been reports of this over the past couple weeks. Theres b been a couple planes that they were accused of shooting down. It is not confirmed at this time that appear to show rockets being fired into ukraine. This is one of the reasons that the Obama Administration had posed those sanctions yesterday. Theyve been accusing the russians of arming those prorussian separatists in eastern ukraine. Its far too early to say whether or not that is in fact what happened here. It will be a possible element of this investigation clearly in its early stages. I want to bring in our aviation expert john nance who has been listening to this as well. From an aviation standpoint, when you read this tweet saying they have lost contact with mh17 and then see pictures like this, whats going through your mind . Well, that something very terrible happened regardless of whether it was brought down by some other force or whether it was something internal. This is an incredibly reliable airplane. The 777 has been involved in many things lately but thats only because theres a lot of them out there. This appears to have been traveling at 370 Miles Per Hour as it got over the hills of ukraine. Theres no indication of a decline in altitude that would see or that would enable us to say it was a slow descent. Usually when a plane is on the ground with smoke like that, weve got something catastrophic occurred. It could be conceivably something that is internal to the airplane, but more than likely this is something unprecedented. And i have to say the difference this time, were seeing within a short amount of time, the plume of smoke there on the horizon and it was an image like this one that the world was waiting to see after the last flight. 131 days ago, i mentioned, it was the other malaysian flight flight 370 that was lost. And no trace of that plane. No, no trace of that plane. Of course we still have the speculation of whether or not that aircraft of mh370 was hijacked or there was a mechanical cause. I dont think theres much evidence that would lead us to the mechanical side of the thing and of course authorities investigating that have pretty much said that they are pretty certain that it was a hijacking in one sort or another. And this particular case, we have an airplane that came out of the sky and its too early to know what circumstance was or whether it was a slow descent or it came apart in flight for some reason. When you talk about the type of jet, this is a boeing 777 in both of these cases . Thats correct. A 777 which is really one of the best planes flying over the planet. Its record has been superlative. Its been in operation now i guess close to 20 years. And the rate of dispatch reliability as they call it is just superlative. Its one of the best planes thats been launched. Weve had a few crashes in the last several years, but several of those had nothing to do with the airplane itself. It had other factors. That is john nance with us live. For those viewers just joining us, you are watching abc news breaking coverage of whats believed to be a plane crash on the Ukrainian Border with russia in ukraine. At this hour its believed to be a boeing 777 that was en route from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. A Malaysian Airlines flight. Of course there are going to be a lot of people who immediately remember it was malaysian flight 370 that was lost about 130 days ago now. 131, to be exact. Again, this airline dealing with a that plume of smoke is early video from ukraine at this hour. And as you heard our Global Affairs correspondent report a short time ago, one of the early theories and of course it is very early and we use extreme caution discussing this is talking about the military buildup on that border. Military planes there have been military planes reported that have been brought down on the border. So one of the questions as this disaster is breaking around the world would be whether or not it had anything to do with the fact this just came down. I want to bring in our chief investigative correspondent brian ross who has been covering the story of malaysian flight 370. There was so much attention in that case on the cockpit and whether or not there was any foul play that led to that. In this case here, we have an international dispute on the border that will come into play. Absolutely. The difference is here theyll be able to find the black box. They know where the plane is. And the black box will tell a lot as to what happened as mr. John nance is pointing out, whether it gradually lost altitude and went down or whether it went down due to a catastrophic event. That black box will be an important piece of evidence. And as you know when we cover plane crashes, as horrible as they are, this is the image that almost comes immediately. Thats what we didnt have when the plane crashed before. There were theories of where it went down and changing location from day to day. In this case were seeing the smoke almost immediately. You can see the people gathered there just stunned by the plume of smoke off there in the distance. And so as you mentioned, brian, theyll be able to get to the scene fairly quickly. And even though were being careful about any possibility that this could be related to the military buildup really on both sides, on the ukrainian side and russian side, but it will be a theory quickly pursued. That and the fact that two Malaysian Air 777s have gone down somehow. So those are both coincidental pieces of information. But investigators will look at in terms of what actually happened here, is there a connection with what happened to the earlier flight or is this related to whats going on in that troubled region. They lost contact with that flight at about 30,000 feet. As you pointed out, lost contact. Thats the careful wording we received from Malaysian Airlines. Ill read their tweet. It was Malaysia Airlines has lost contact with mh17 from amsterdam. And they simply add more details to follow. I want to take our viewers at home to an image of the actual plane. This is believed to be the actual plane. It is a boeing 777. It was en route from amsterdam and kuala lumpur. Its a 777. It was the same kind of aircraft that went missing 131 days ago obviously under very different circumstances. Its an aircraft used heavily by this particular airline and as you know the boeing name known around the world. And in fact, the 777 known around the world. And john nance, i want to bring you back in. Because you talked about the flying record of this particular jet. It has a Pretty Healthy record. It does, indeed. From the very beginning. As a matter of fact, up until last year the only accident had been a situation in london heathrow when they tried to push the throttle up the last portion of a landing and they wouldnt come up because of ice and fuel. Thats been the only problem up until the asiana crash in San Francisco which was related to the pilots training and not to the jet itself. And then of course the disappearance of 370 which is widely believed to be a hijacking and nothing wrong with the airplane. Although thats not definitive at this point. Nobody got hurt with a 777 unscheduled Emergency Landing at midway the other day, we dont have the full story on that. Some indications from the passengers lead us to believe that maybe it was more serious than has been stated in terms of progressive loss of equipment from maybe a smoldering fire or an overheat in the electronics department. Those are the only earmarks that go with the 777 to say theres anything that might be a threat to the aircraft. And thats literally nothing. Theres been absolutely nothing shown to be generic. Stunning images of the smoke there off in the distance. John nance, our aviation expert. Stick with us with our live coverage. We are now just hearing from boeing airplanes. They tweeted a moment ago from their verified account. Obviously we are very careful in breaking news situations to to off of twitter, but this is a verified account and boeing confirmed that we are aware of reports on mh17. Were gathering more information. So boeing acknowledging that something catastrophic has happened. And youre looking there at the map. Of course we have reported so much here on world news and across abc news on that building conflict on the Ukrainian Border with russia. It was 24 hours ago we heard from president obama about increasing sanctions on russia to try to destabilize, to take down the building effort at the border and the tensions we have witnessed. Both the images and the rhetoric we have witness edwitnessed. I want to bring in our chief correspondent monitoring from the washington bureau. Martha, i cannot remember a case in which we were talking about a passenger plane possibly and again this is very early, but a passenger plane possibly being involved in what could be the result of the military buildup there on the border. I certainly cant remember either. I can certainly remember cases when planes were accidentally shot down. The u. S. Shot down an iranian airliner, i believe, was in 1988. Mistakenly. And there was a buildup around there. And when that happened, i believe. But its certainly something you dont think about. We all fly over that area. I just recently did it myself at altitude. One of the things theyre going to look at here, and john nance can probably speak to this, is what altitude the plane was. Whether it was 10,000 to 15,000 feet, whether it was 33,000 feet. Because then they can really look at the possibilities of what might have brought this plane down. And i think thats going to be something they look at very, very quickly. Martha, you were just telling me in recent days that when you fly into situations like this and, in fact, some of your reporting from the middle east as of late, that your flight is often rerouted. I have seen this myself. Youve got to wonder with this being explored, the potential possibility this plane might have been brought down even accidentally, that there are going to be questions asked about how it was allowed to fly over a border with such intense military buildup. I think thats a good question. It probably goes back to what you said. Its something they hadnt really thought about or did not think was a possibility and may not have happened. But when i just recently flew into israel, because of the rocket fire, because of the long range missiles being fired, we took a very unusual route. Ive flown into that area quite frequently, but we went way north, came back ck around, and stayed away from any potential rocketfire. But they have not had random rocketfire on that border of ukraine and russia. Certainly not involved passenger jets. If youre at altitude, 30,000 feet, theres a limited range that could actually hit a jet like that. And as you point out, there was no rocketfire that precipitated this. So there was no warning signs that this possibly could have happened. As you know, i want to bring our viewers up to date at this hour tuning in just before noon in the east coast. This was a plane that was believed to have taken off at 6 14 a. M. Eastern time. The flight had left over five hours ago and youre now looking at pictures coming in from ukraine at this hour. The smoke billowing off in the distance. Its believed the jet went down there in ukraine. Take a look at the route map weve been able to put together just now. And you can see the border there with ukraine and russia. Thats with the military buildup. The yellow line there is the route map. Thats where the plane is believed to have gone. And then youre seeing the smoke from people who have recorded this perhaps with their smartphone devices. I want to bring you up to speed again on what we believe this is. You are looking at the smoke from whats believed to be a boeing 777. It was a Malaysian Airlines flight that went missing. They said that they had lost contact with mh17 from amsterdam. The last known position was over Ukrainian Air space. They lost contact over that jet over ukraine. And boeing also confirming at this hour that they had heard one of their jets is now missing and that theyre investigating this too. Of course with the pictures already coming in from the ground, its believed there was, in fact, a crash. And the major question now is what led to that crash. Our entire team is assembling here. My partner will join us with coverage here shortly. And of course well be back on with breaking news and beech. Good morning, im kristen sze. Weve been following breaking news. Russian television now saying a malaysian passenger jet was shot down near the Ukraine Russian border. Malaysian airlines only saying it has lost contact with the jetliner. It was headed from amsterdam to kuala lumpur with 290 people on board. You can follow us on twitter for late breaking details on this story. Quick check on weather and traffic. The 7 day forecast is showing a little cooler today with the warmup coming this weekend and High Pressure building through wednesday. As far as our traffic is concerned, we do have an accident southbound along 80, its a threecar crash and its looking busy there. The northbound you are looking at clear conditions. Farther to the north drive time traffic 41 minutes. 41 minutes along 101 to northbound to the san jose airport. Thank you so much. Abc news will continue to cover this breaking news story. Its live with kelly and michael. Today from thet new comedy sex tape, cameron diaz. And star of the series royal pains, mark feuerstein. All next on live. [captioning made possible by disneyabc domestic television] now, here are kelly ripa and Michael Strahan [applause] kelly thank you