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good morning, ginger. >> good morning, george. so many frightening images like this. huge hailstones in kansas and this morning the severe weather is not done with us. thunderstorms waking everyone up from parts of indiana, south through arkansas and that's where we find that severe thunderstorm watch. you could still see severe winds blowing through, even large hail so we're watching that cold front as it goes through the day. alabama, makes night that slight risk, louisiana and much of mississippi as we're watching the next couple of hours really. all of these severe storm reports now more than 370, several tornadoes reported including one in missouri where we find our alex perez this morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, ginger. that storm rolled through here very quickly. many are now just getting a look at the damage. those powerful winds snapped this tree and even ripped the roof right off of this home. overnight, severe weather threatening 22 million across the heartland. >> some of those are big. >> reporter: 29 reported tornadoes striking down from kansas to illinois. just outside of kansas city, missouri, homes destroyed and this airport leveled. watch the moment the nearly 70 miles per hour winds ripped this roof off. vehicles pelted by baseball-size hail, the conditions so treacherous drivers forced to pull over. now more than 100,000 residents left in the dark but before the storm rolled in, the winds were already packing a punch, semis overturned from wyoming to kansas. in minnesota, wind gusts and the rare early season tornado toppled trees taking down power lines. >> it was looking pretty black there for a while. we have a couple of big trees down. we have some debris from someone's shed in our garden. >> reporter: and officials say at least 12 people were treated for minor injuries, but luckily, no one was killed. robin. >> all right, alex, thank you. thinking of all those who are affected by those storms. now to the new health care bill. republicans are unveiling their plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act that could affect 20 million people. our congressional correspondent mary bruce has more and joins us from capitol hill this morning. good morning, mary. >> reporter: robin, good morning. republicans have been waiting years for this very moment. upending obamacare finally in their sights but before this new legislation was even released members of their own party were threatening to hit the brakes. this morning that central republican pledge -- >> tonight i am also calling on this congress to repeal and replace obamacare. >> we will help americans crying out for relief from obamacare. >> obamacare has failed and obamacare must go. >> reporter: finally revealed. house republicans outlining their plan to overhaul obamacare. their legislation phases out obamacare subsidies in favor of tax credits to help americans buy insurance. ends penalties over time for americans without insurance and gradually ends the expansion of medicaid which has provided coverage to more than 10 million americans in 31 states. the republican plan would freeze that expansion starting in three years. >> what we want to do is restore power to the states, put medicaid on a budget. >> reporter: the plan also cuts funds for planned parenthood. the white house has proposed preserving federal funding for the group but only if they stop providing abortions. what doesn't change, coverage still cannot be denied based on pre-existing conditions and young adults can stay on their parents' plan until they're 26. >> let me make clear a couple of things we're going to make sure. we're not pulling the rug out from under people. >> reporter: even some republicans are voicing concerns. four key gop senators balking at the plan to limit medicaid funding, warning it does not protect people in the expansion. for others the plan doesn't go far enough. g.o.p. senator rand paul tweeting that it sure looks like obamacare light. the white house welcomed the plan but didn't take sides saying it marks an important step towards restoring health care choices and affordability back to the american people. now, this morning, big questions still remain. how much will this new plan cost and how many americans will gain or lose coverage? those answers won't come until the budget office releases its findings on the impacts of this new legislation. george. >> okay, mary, thanks. let's atalk to our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl who is right here with us this morning. the president talked about introducing his own health care bill but this is it now. >> this is it. the president's staff worked with paul ryan's staff and this is the white house bill although if you looked at it sean spicer put out a statement, it wasn't exactly a full-throated endorsement of this plan. he called it a good first step. but, look, the only way this passes is full blown support by the president and active involvement in getting those who don't have reservations -- >> we have to see if he follows h ugrot. ion three threats mary pointed out. planned parenthood, the cut in planned parenthood funding on the one hand, the failure to expand medicaid or the limits on medicaid and then for those conservatives who say that this is basically obamacare lite which one do you think is the most serious right now? >> first of all, george, if you add those up, by my count you have at least eight senators who have serious reservations with this plan. they can only afford to lose two of them. i would say the biggest threat is probably the conservatives. they're the ones that have dug in. rand paul called it obamacare lite and ted cruz is digging in. but check this out. donald trump is having dinner at the white house tomorrow night with ted and heidi cruz. >> starts the lobbying right there. as mary pointed out the congressional budget office hasn't said how many will lose coverage under this, how much it will cost. that's key because the president said several times he wants everybody to be covered. >> yes, so this assessment will come out next week. we'll learn that price tag. we will learn how many people will be covered compared to how many people are now covered under obamacare. there's no question that there is going to be a significantly smaller number and also a pretty steep price tag. >> the house is hoping to move quickly, at least in committees this week, before that scoring comes out. >> absolutely. >> jon karl, thanks very much. george, white house announcing their new travel ban and president trump signing a revised version of that executive order on monday to replace the one blocked by the courts. abc's cecilia vega is at the white house with more on that and what it does and does not include. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: good morning. critics like the aclu are already promising to fight this new one even with all these changes. they are still calling this a de facto muslim ban but the white house says it is confident this one will stand up to any legal challenges. that revised travel ban overnight met with protests outside the white house. [ chanting "no hate, no fear, refugees are welcome here" ] >> reporter: it happened without fanfare. the president not even in the room. three of his top cabinet members doing the talking. >> to our allies and partners around the world please understand this order is part of our ongoing efforts to eliminate vulnerabilities that radical islamist terrorists can and will exploit for destructive ends. >> reporter: and not taking questions. the white house instead releasing this photo of the president signing the new executive order in the oval office. the revision coming after a series of delays, but now the administration addressing many of the red flags raised by the courts and critics including removing iraq from the list of banned majority muslim countries. >> iraq is an important ally in the fight to defeat isis. >> reporter: other changes, there is no longer an indefinite ban on refugees from syria and no protections for religious minorities like christians. the white house now rescinding the original order stalled in the courts but counselor to the president, kellyanne conway, says that doesn't mean the first one was blundered. >> is the fact you're rescinding the first one an admission it didn't go as well as it could have? >> what we're saying we won't wait for the year plus labyrinth process of the legal system to vindicate on the merits of this particular executive order. why wait when the country's safety is at hand is the calculation. >> reporter: now, one other big difference with this new travel ban, the president said the first one had to be implemented immediately because the nation's security was at risk but this new order doesn't take effect for ten days. the white house says that is to give agencies the time to implement this, robin. that comes after that botched rollout of the first one. >> yes, it does. and cecilia, let's talk about dr. ben carson and what he said when addressing hud employees yesterday. he made this reference to slavery and immigration. >> there were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships, worked even longer, even harder for less but they too had a dream. that one day their sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, great grandsons, great granddaughters might pursue prosperity and happiness in this land. >> come on. outrageous. such backlash to that and dr. carson responded today. >> reporter: he did, robin. this, of course, comes in his new role as hud secretary. this was his first time addressing the staff there, so he gets on facebook and this is what he said. quote, the slave narrative and immigrant narrative are two entirely different experiences. the two experiences should never be intertwined. trying to clarify, robin, but maybe not doing much. >> all right, cecilia, thank you very much. >> it's mind boggling. >> it is. you know, when i heard this about yesterday i was like, let me go on and see for myself. when you see him addressing these employees for the first time, he made quite an impression. >> the idea that slaves were brought here to pursue a dream. >> outrageous. >> let's bring in dan abrams right now. i don't know if you want to comment on that or move on to the travel ban. let's move on. to the basics, number one the old travel ban completely over now. >> that's right. effectively moot and a new one in place and the people who hated the first travel ban are going to hate this one too. but as a legal matter, they've addressed many of the concerns that were raised by the courts. the fact that it's now clear it won't apply to green card holders, won't agree to people with a valid visa. doesn't give preference to christians. there's some reasoning offered for why they picked these six countries. that stuff really matters as a legal matter. and so i think that they've probably overcome most of the legal hurdles. >> that's the question. the white house seems to think right now this is bulletproof legally. >> i wouldn'say bulletproof but it's certainly a lot better and i think they have a very good chance of it passing constitutional muster but there will be challenges. >> and the opponents still believe the president's original call for a muslim ban during the campaign colors this whole effort. >> right, and there's going to be an interesting legal question about now with this new order, can they use the president's old statements about what the intent of this was or his surrogate's old statements against him in court when challenging this. they'll still say this is a muslim ban. they could have added countries like north korea, let's say, which is not a majority muslim. and then you really would have eliminated, i think, as a legal matter, the argument that this is just a muslim ban. they didn't do that. and so now they are going to face this question again in court, is this a muslim ban but i said it previously when it first passed. the president has enormous autonomy on this issue and i think that it probably will pass constitutional muster. two separate questions legal from policy. >> okay, dan abrams, thanks very much. >> george and dan, also new fallout over president trump's wiretapping accusations on twitter. the white house says trump has likely not spoken with fbi director james comey who asked the justice department to knock down trump's claims. our senior justice correspondent pierre thunderstorms -- thunderstorms is in washington with more. pierre, has the fbi director received any word from the justice department? >> reporter: good morning, robin. i was on the phone through the night with sources and as of rp then the justice department did not tell comey whether they would honor his request to refute president trump's claims about wiretapping his campaign. it's unclear whether comey will get what he wants. here's the dilemma. on the one hand the justice department does not like to comment about anything in regards to an investigation. but comey believes trump's tweet gives the impression the fbi did not improper. with a.g. sessions recused, it's now up to career justice attorneys and an acting deputy attorney general appointed by obama to sort this out. comey is trying to follow the chain of command and is trying to be patient. publicly contradicting the president could poison the relationship with the white house, high stakes, robin. >> indeed. all right, pierre, thank you. >> a big confirmation hearing for the deputy attorney general and questions could come up there as well. we're going to move on now to new breaking details about that north korea missile launch. north korea was practicing to hit u.s. military bases in japan and comes as the u.s. begins to deploy an anti-missile system in south korea. our chief global affairs anchor martha raddatz in washington with the latest. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, george. the rhetoric this morning is extremely heated on all sides. kim jong-un, north's leader seemed positively gleeful about his latest tests with state media saying he was feasting his eyes on the trails of ballistic rockets and now saying the four launches were practiced for hitting u.s. bases in the region and threatening a nuclear strike if the u.s. or south korea fires on north korea, that is largely bluster at this point, but the threat from north korea grows every day. and this morning, the u.s. is deploying an advanced defensive missile system called f.a.d. to take out enemy missiles, this as the white house is warning of dire consequences for north korea's provocative and threatening actions, george. >> martha, the u.s. wants china to help control that north korean nuclear program but china not happy about the missile system. >> not happy at all. china has always firmly opposed the u.s. deploying that f.a.d. missile system and this morning is saying they will take necessary measures to safeguard their security interests and that the u.s. and china will bear the consequences. china's concern has always been that the radars on the f.a.d. system will be used to monitor chinese airspace despite u.s. assurances. >> martha raddatz, thanks very much. >> amy has the other top stories. an avalanche in europe. >> very tense moments at the famed ski resort in france. a massive rescue operation was launched to search for any skiers buried by the wall of snow. helicopters could not be used because of low visibility and an avalanche just last month in the same area killed four people. we have just learned, thankfully, all the skiers are accounted for. in new orleans the court has cleared the way of three confederate monuments. the statues of general robert e. lee will be put in storage. in mississippi an appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments in the fight over the confederate emblem on the state flag. police in los angeles are looking into this motocross stunt. that biker jumped over four lanes of travel on a busy freeway. no one was injured. investigators have traced it to a social media media account owned by a motocross enthusiast. a big donation to city schools is no problem for chance the rapper. he won the grammy for best new artist and is donating $1 million and it's a call of action for others to give for after school enrichment programs. and proud chicago native michelle obama even tweeted her thanks, saying, you are an example of the power of arts education. and that $1 million isn't just it. for every $100,000 raised his charity will give another $10,000 so hopefully it will inspire other. >> what a great, young man. >> we profiled him for game changers and spent a lot of time with him on tour. he is the real deal. >> happy with that $1 million. let's go to ginger. let's talk about that cold to warm to cold to warm. look at this as the cherry blossoms in washington, d.c. and after the freeze not looking so healthy. now we're warming up again but just in time to have freezing numbers. places west of boston this morning might see some slick roads and a big change for the weekend. we'll talk about that. i had the opportunity to do school talks in chicago. that money is going to be so well used. i can't emphasize that enough. so cool. >> yeah, it is. >> so great. coming up on "gma" we'll try to pull back the curtain on president trump's latest twitter firestorm. a longtime friend who spent time with him this weekend will be here on "gma." the fitness icon missing for more than a thousand days and a podcast searching for richard simmons. more than a thousand days and a podcast searching for richard simmons. i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment with breo. once-daily breo prevents asthma symptoms. breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a long-term asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. breo won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. breo is specifically designed to open up airways to improve breathing for a full 24 hours. breo contains a type of medicine that increases 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>> reporter: a similar report on the alt-right news site breitbart, summarizing conservative talk show host mark levin's thursday program. >> how many of trump's people were eavesdropped on? >> reporter: just last month the president describing what sounded like a terror attack in sweden. >> you look at what's happening last night in sweden, sweden. who would believe this? sweden. >> reporter: but nothing happened the prior night in sweden. what did happen the night before, the president saw a story on fox news about violence and muslim immigrants in sweden. >> the government has gone out of its way to try to cover up some of these problems. >> that is grotesque. >> reporter: during the campaign the president even admitting he gained some of his military knowledge from news programs. >> well, i watch the shows. i really see a lot of great -- you know, when you watch your show and all of the other shows and you have the generals -- >> the danger in a president using television coverage to assess national and international events is it's so often based on punditry, people's opinion, not on fact. >> reporter: but some in congress see an opportunity. >> i know you're watching so i'm looking forward to meeting with you. >> reporter: the white house reportedly ended up calling representative elijah cummings' office. comedian john oliver telling viewers he bought ad time to reach the president directly. >> we've created a series of commercials in an attempt to bring him up to speed on some information he may lack. >> i've been a cowboy for 25 years and two things i know. i don't like pain when i cath and the nuclear triad consists of land-based missiles, submarine-launched missiles and aerial bombers. >> you know the story behind those commercials. on a serious note some are buying ad time on morning cable news shows in hopes the president sees the ad and hears their message. george, just another example this morning, the president sent out a tweet early this morning. it turns out came from a story on fox news last night about prisoners being released from guantanamo bay. george. >> tom llamas, thanks very much. i'm joined by a close friend of president trump, christopher ruddy, the ceo of news max media. we know he reads news max media as well. you spent time with the president this weekend. you spoke to him after the tweets came out saturday. did he tell you where he got his information from? >> no, and i didn't ask him, but he was very confident and i would say very angry about the revelations he had made. >> you said as angry as you've ever seen him. >> yeah, sometimes people say he was in a rage, no, he wasn't in a rage. he just had a demeanor. donald trump is a friendly, gregarious, outgoing guy. you know him on a personal level. the donald trump people see on rallies is not the donald trump when people meet him, and certainly he loves being at the golf course and down in florida. so he was angry and he was upset. he said, look, i was targeted by this guy, president obama, and they surveilled me and this is watergate. this is mccarthyism. >> as you know that's an incredibly explosive charge to charge -- say that your predecessor wiretapped your phones without any evidence, has now been denied. we see the fbi director is at least telling the justice department that didn't happen. i want to see that in public. as angry as you saw, as angry as you saw the president over the weekend, do you think if james comey comes out and publicly says the president is just wrong the president will fire him? >> well, if you look at these denials -- and you've been around washington a long time so you know they've been parsing their words on a lot of these denials. first it was that president obama didn't order the surveillance and that's pretty much been the line. >> that's what president trump is charging. he's charging that president obama and that's different from a court ordered wire tap. >> i saw the president at dinner saturday night. he said to me -- i said there's a lot of denials coming out, and he said the evidence, when this is looked into it, it's going to come out, the truth will come out and i will be proven right. >> what will happen if he's wrong? >> i'm sure if he's wrong and it's not true he'll make an apology. >> you think he'll apologize? >> well, he has before. i do think that -- >> doesn't apologize for much. >> i do think the threshold is very low. i've talked to a lot of trump campaign people and i think there's almost 100% consensus among the leadership there that at one point or another their campaign was surveilled. if that is true, that is a really serious egregious thing. >> but if it's not true making the charge is serious and egregious. >> but there's a lot of other serious things, george. let's go back over this. this is a president who has been under siege since the day he arrived. he had -- you've been in the white house -- two secret private conversations with heads of state. within hours, obama holdovers leaked those transcripts to the "washington post" to embarrass the president. you can't get more secretive a document than a private conversation with the president and head of state. >> i don't -- >> that's a crime. why is no one in the press talking about that? >> we did talk about that. >> very little. >> as you know, every president gets enraged by leaks. you're close to president clinton as well. >> yes. >> he would scream about leaks all the time. i guess my question is, is this pressure getting to donald trump? you've spent a lot of time with him. >> i think he's really adjusting to the job. this is the first man in history that was not a politician or a general so he doesn't know the political world as much but what i've seen in his career when he went -- was 30 and came into manhattan and started building the biggest buildings. 50, goes into television and has a hit show for 14 years. two years ago he decides he's going to run for president. he is president. he is a very quick learner and he will adjust. we're only just 30 days into this and i do think the messaging -- the joint session speech was incredible. i saw the president in the oval office last week. he said people are telling me the best speech i ever gave and i think that will be more the level and the tone of this administration going forward but it's an adjustment period. >> i want to talk about that adjustment. newt gingrich also close to the president said he's deeply frustrated as well and newt says the president won't survive unless he profoundly rethinks what they're doing and how they're doing it. do you agree with that? >> the president is constantly thinking of ways of adjusting. again, i've had a lot of interactions with his companies. they are not in chaos. they run really great. he always picks great people. he's always on top of everything happening. if he hears negative feedback about something going on in a company that he owns, he's like white on rice to fix it. it's just taking time. it's new. everybody that -- he wanted to have fresh people come into that that weren't washington insiders so they're on a learning curve. no one denies his team is an a-plus team in that cabinet. he's brought in some really heavyweight people. >> we have to end it there. chris ruddy, thanks for coming in. let's go back to robin. coming up in just two minutes, where is richard simmons? his former friend and the podcast on a mission to find out. come on back. d the podcast on a mission to find out. come on back. it can seem like triggers pop up everywhere. luckily there's powerful, 24-hour, non-drowsy claritin. it provides relief of symptoms that can be triggered by over 200 different allergens. live claritin clear. i'm proud to make dog chow in (vodavenport, iowa.an. dog chow's been a part of my family's life for over 40 years. my grandfather made it and now i'm making it. as a micro-biologist i ensure that dog chow leads with high quality ingredients. look at all that dinner for 4 and before you say but denny's, those 2 strips of bacon, 2 eggs and 2 fluffy pancakes are clearly breakfast. we say: at 4 dollars does it really matter? 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is she controlling your life now and he said yes. >> reporter: simmons' rep denies the allegations, saying the star simply decided to step back from the spotlight and live a more private life. but mauro is sticking to his storytelling me something similar. what do they want from him? his money? >> absolutely. what else? the house alone is worth $10 million. >> reporter: dan taberski, who hosts "missing richard simmons" said the purpose of the podcast is to make sure the deal-a-meal founder is okay. >> the podcast is just a process of just trying to figure out why he would do this. >> reporter: simmons made millions over the course of 40 years, saved lives in the process. >> i don't have to work anymore. this is my passion and this is my mission. you can't fake this. >> this isn't a witch-hunt. i just wish him well, but i haven't talked to anybody who thinks richard simmons is fine. >> reporter: simmons' pr agent of 27 years told us we didn't cooperate nor collaborate with this podcast. these unfounded attempts to diminish the legacy of this true american treasure are simply shameful. now, simmons himself has said that he had knee surgery but, remember, he's been gone three years now and many podcast listeners hoping the series will end with an interview with simmons. robin, that has not happened yet. >> the person running the podcast is hoping that it's going to end with an interview with him. >> okay. coming up -- coming up on our big board new revelations about what led to bill paxton's death. we are back in just two minutes. we are back in just two minutes. we are back in just two minutes. this is not a screensaver. this is the destruction of a cancer cell by the body's own immune system, thanks to medicine that didn't exist until now. and today can save your life. ♪ ♪ ♪♪ we be way too fly,e team bout to take flight ♪ ♪ i don't know what you've been told ♪ ♪ it takes two just like hot and cold ♪ ♪ it takes two to make a thing go right ♪ ♪ it takes two to make it outta sight ♪ ♪ ♪ give extra. get extra. we are back with our big we are back with our big board. dr. richard besser right here at the table for our first story which is these new details about the sudden death of bill paxton. newly released death certificate and it shows he had a stroke following heart surgery. >> that's right. he had a stroke 11 days after having had heart surgery and he had heart surgery for two reasons. he had an aortic aneurysm, enlargement of the big artery that comes off your heart and out to your body. the other is that he had surgery to replace the defective aortic valve. so our hearts are pumps and they allow the blood to flow one direction, not the other. he had a condition called bicuspid aortic valve. let me show you what it looks like. in a normal heart it has three leaflets. three little things there that are fine that keep that valve in place. for him he had something called bicuspid valve so he had only two of those. over time those thicken and don't allow the blood to flow properly, and as you get older you have to have that replaced. it's the most common heart defect people are born with. about 1% of people have it. if someone in your family has it then you should screen other family members. >> how do you detect if you have it and what do you do if you do? >> well, most people are fine during childhood and early adulthood. later your doctor may hear a heart murmur, an unusual sound. you may get to the point where you're starting to get short of breath or having trouble with exercise. if you have those symptoms it can be any number of things but you should definitely get it checked out. normally people have this all the time and don't have problems. >> pretty routine. >> it is, unfortunately, he had a horrible outcome. >> we learned about that as we were heading down to the red carpet at the oscars and his fellow actors, he is so beloved, so beloved. all right, thanks a lot. now to the battle over one of the most famous franchises in nba history, sports history really, the lakers, home to legends like kobe bryant, kareem abdul-jabbar, magic johnson, the list goes on and on, now caught in the middle of a family power struggle that is threatening to tear the team apart. espn's dapper bruce bowen with the bow tie is with us now. this is about the three siblings, jerry buss' children. tell us what's going on here, bruce. >> what you have is a terrible situation right now, robin. because it's family, it's creating more drama. you have a situation where jenny buss had to remove her brother jim buss from basketball operations. the lakers have only won 65 games and lost 181 within the past three seasons so you understand whenever things like that happen, change needs to happen and that's why she went out and got magic johnson, a laker legend, to come in and handle the responsibilities of basketball operations. >> how does this filter through to the players when there's turmoil in the front office like this? >> well, in this situation, it shows the players that now accountability is coming to the forefront and you need that accountability. in l.a. where there's so many distractions not all players are built like kobe bryant or magic johnson and not all players have that focus to say i need to work on my game as compared to hanging out with the stars of l.a. >> so, how do you see this coming to an end, bruce? where do we go from here? >> well, you know, the thing is this, jenny went ahead and blocked their attempt at trying to get her off the board of lakers so when you have that situation, dr. jerry buss had a vision. he had a vision back in '84 of signing magic johnson to a 25-year contract. understand that he wouldn't play all those years but he could be in the front office and they could utilize his basketball i.q. as far as allowing the lakers to continue to be that storied organization. now they're getting back to that. but if they wouldn't have done that, if she wouldn't have blocked it someone else could have come in and fired magic johnson and then what would we be talking about as far as the lakers are concerned. >> is magic going to turn it around? is he the man that's going to work his magic? >> magic is going to work his magic. that beautiful smile of his, he just has that aura about him. at the same time he is a competitor. he's the original dream teamer. he's an all-time 50 greatest players, and he's a guy that understands what it takes to win championships. his basketball i.q. is off the charts. >> it certainly is. as is yours, our friend. thank you so much, bruce. just pull on the bow tie a little for us. just pull on that. we have behind the scenes -- there you go. he did it. behind the scenes of last night's explosive "bachelor." the women are telling all, so is nick. and a live look at mara schiavocampo. could the chamber she's in -- what do you think about this, dr. besser? could it revolutionize your weight loss? >> we'll have to see. >> yep. do you think about this, dr. besser, could it revolutionize your weight loss? >> we'll have to see. >> yep. we'll have to see. >> yep. ♪ [one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do] ♪ nobody likes a dog with bad breath. that's why there's oravet dental hygiene chews. oravet's dual action approach cleans teeth and gets to the underlying cause of bad breath by blocking bacteria to help prevent plaque and tartar. for a cleaner mouth everyone can love. ask your vet about oravet chews. serious oral care made simple you have cancer? 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"good morning america" is brought to you by pronamel toothpaste. protect your enamel against the effects of everyday acids. enamel against the effects of everyday acids. it is 7:56. good morning. so mike, let us know what's going on with the weather. >> it's cooling this morning, from about 39 in san ramon to 46 in san francisco. it will be a little bit warmer this afternoon, even with the increase in clouds, abo. 60-64 for the rest of us. how about 70s, wednesday, thursday and friday. cooler but dry all seven days. >> we're starting to have a few more incidents, and definitely a lot more heavy traffic. looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza. starting to thin out a little bit with the exception of the middle lanes. if you're heading southbound on 880, there is a vehicle fire. definitely expect delays. >> coming up taking a look at medical technology that could change the way we eat and help us lose weight. that's next on gma. another abc 7 news update in 30 good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. 29 tornadoes reported through the center of the country. winds gusting up to almost 90 miles an hour. 13 million people in the storm zone as the severe weather moves east. ♪ living on a prayer new this morning, would you lock yourself in this sealed room for 24 hours if it meant you could change the way you lose weight? >> i can't crack the door. i can't do anything. i'm stuck in here for the next day. >> the very personalized way to measure and count your calories and mara schiavocampo has been inside all night. does it hold the key to the most individualized weight loss possible? ♪ it started with a whisper new overnight behind the scenes of the most explosive women tell all yet. all the women bachelor nick turned away showing up in person to confront him in person and the surprising plot for the most controversial contestant. what the other women said in person to corinne and how she answered only to our cameras. ♪ time to get the chains out all that and rupaul racing into times square along with dance phenom maddie ziegler and they're saying -- >> good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] all right. good morning, everyone. happy tuesday. good to see lara and jesse is back. some suit. >> yes, looking dapper as always. >> uh-huh. you know where mara schiavocampo is right now? >> locked in a room somewhere. >> little tiny room right now, a metabolic chamber at mt. sinai st. luke's hospital in that small room -- hey, mara. 23 hours and counting. the sealed space is used to study how our bodies work in different conditions. we'll see what she's learning about burning calories, how to eat and find the perfect fit formula. i talked to her about this last week. she was so excited about it. >> looks like she's in there sleeping, walking and doing yoga. >> a little vacation. >> mini vacation. all right. we're looking forward to learning what she's learning. also i don't know if you saw this last night, so dramatic on "the bachelor," oh, my. the women sure did tell all. corinne infamous this season if you're watching for so many antics, well, yep, she did it again last night, she stormed off the set. wait till you hear what she then only told us behind the scenes. >> stormed off the set? >> yeah. more to come, george. more to come. >> and now we're going to get the morning rundown from amy. >> all right, good morning, guys. the big story this morning is all that severe weather tearing across the heartland. at least 29 reported tornadoes tore through the central u.s. overnight leaving a widespread path of destruction from kansas to illinois. that system packed wind gusts of up to 90 miles an hour as much as a category 1 hurricane but it is not over yet. and ginger is here to show us what is next. good morning, ginger. >> hey, good morning, amy. we are seeing frightening images like this from johnson county, kansas. the airport there torn apart by what is likely tornadoes or severe wins and that's what we're waking up to along that cold front anywhere from southern indiana, lightning and thunderstorms, to the severe potential in parts of mississippi, louisiana and as you can see there, right there in southeast arkansas. almost to memphis, so that's the severe region. it will stretch all the way into ohio and west virginia as that front pushes east but there is a whole other threat meaning the fires and the wind. we've seen tens of thousands of acres burned. people have been evacuated from their homes and we have more red flag warnings in place today, amy. >> all right, thanks for that warning, ginger. a bitter fight getting under way on capitol hill now that republicans have unveiled their long awaited plan to put an end to obamacare. that bill promises to use tax credits to help americans pay for coverage and penalties for those without insurance and roll back the expansion of medicaid. people can still remain on their parents' health plan until they're 26 and coverage cannot be denied for pre-existing conditions. some conservatives are not on board with this plan and it's not clear how much it will cost. president trump's new travel ban is facing immediate opposition with protesters rallying outside the white house. the president signed the revised executive order hoping to avoid the legal challenges that derailed the original one. it will temporarily block citizens from six predominantly muslim countries but not iraq. well, police in massachusetts hope they are closer to finding the killer of google executive vanessa marcotte. she was found dead after going for a jog last summer and now her family has established a foundation in her game. the goal, to promote a world where women can live boldly and fearlessly. a 5k race held in vanessa's name in june. well, a new study is strengthening the link between autism and genetics. a new analysis has found 18 genes associated with the disorder. doctors say those genes are all involved in brain cell communications. the study adds to the evidence that autism is a condition caused by genetics. according to some studies, as many as 1 in 45 children are diagnosed with autism. finally a cafe in napa, california, is offering something you probably never knew you even wanted, coffee infused with wine. molinari cafe describes it as a full bodied coffee. it absorbs the wine's nose and history. professional tasters described the concoction as full bodied suggestive of small dark fruit like blueberries. it's available online for 40 bucks a pound but, alas, they are currently sold out, however it does raise questions, lara, like how do you drink it, hot or cold? do you put any additives in it and, most importantly, is it something we can drink at work? >> how do you drink it? as fast as you can. >> i like you, lara. >> thank you, amy. we're going to get right to "pop news" now. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. big news in the movie world. meryl streep and tom hanks are joining forces. can't believe this dynamic duo set to star in an upcoming drama about "the washington post's" role in unveiling the pentagon papers back in 1971. it's called "the post" and talk about a trifecta, steven spielberg will direct. >> wow. >> yeah. >> very exciting. it's about two real-life newspaper staffers who challenged the federal government over their right to publish the pentagon papers detailing the country's military actions and political plans back in vietnam. hanks set to play executive editor ben bradlee while streep steps into the part of katharine graham. >> oh, wow. >> i named kate after katharine graham. >> did you really. >> yes. this is the first time streep and hanks have ever worked together. >> no way. really? >> yes, way. >> what an all-star cast that is. >> that's going to be unbelievable. that is a movie trifecta. look for that coming up in theaters near you. and then so many of us are familiar with that bright rainbow of colors enticing your eyes and taste buds when you walk into a dunkin' donuts. >> lara. >> doughnuts. >> why are you doing this to us? why? >> this is the health report. it may be about to change. the parent company of dunkin' donuts and baskin-robbins is committed to going au naturel, if you will, duncan brands announcing it plans to remove artificial coloring from its dunkin' donuts and baskin-robbins products by the end of 2018. [ applause ] i have mixed feelings about this. it might not mean the end for those beautiful pink strawberry doughnuts and here in new york the royal blue iced giant -- >> g-men, baby. >> that we have come to love from jesse and michael. the company says they're looking to keep the doughnuts delightful and have naturally sourced products. >> see there. >> yeah. >> it'll taste the same. they're going to taste the same. >> absolutely. >> did you ever get one of those g-men -- >> boxes. boxes. >> that's how you keep that girlish figure. [ laughter ] and finally, everybody, nothing like a road trip, right? turning up the volume, jamming out to some classics and let me tell you, in this car there is no doubt who the real queen is. ♪ but i'll come through ♪ an own and on and on ♪ we are the champions my friend ♪ >> the drive from alabama to florida just got a whole lot more entertaining. that is annie and lola and lola has excellent taste in music. that's "pop news" for you. >> that was wonderful. thank you for that, lara. coming up, mara is the first reporter to try out that metabolic chamber -- she wants out. she wants out. cameras are rolling. what she's learning about burning calories and losing weight. hang on, mara. we're going to get you in just a moment. hang on. of course, we have that "bachelor" exclusive. the women and nick are telling tall and taking us behind the scenes. 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[ cheers and applause ] >> and there are still two women left in the competition. nick told us backstage he thinks it all worked out the way it was supposed to but he also did mention one regret from this season. he says he cried too much. >> ah, nick. >> he also touched on this -- he became infamous for his question to bachelorette andi when he was the contestant, now having been in the hot seat himself, he now says he wishes he could take it back. >> does he? >> he would have done it differently and feels bad his question made her feel bad. >> wah. >> you don't seem very sympathetic. >> where did that come from? where did that come from? >> he says it all worked out the way it was supposed to. >> we don't know who it's going to be. >> or if it's going to be someone at all. >> this cute moment where he gushed about rachel, who is going to be the new bachelorette. he couldn't speak more highly of her. he can't wait to see her in action, and it was kind of nice to see him speaking so highly and having a nice rapport with someone he did send home. it's not all about the animosity. >> perfect note to end it on. thank you. don't miss the big bachelor finale, it's monday. we'll find out who nick picks, if he picks and then they will all be here live on "gma" on tuesday. coming up, mara is still trying to get out of that chamber. there's a lot to know about it. exercise, diet, how many calories you are really burning. we'll get into it coming up on "gma." 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>> people are obsessed with how much energy they burn when they do a workout in the gym or follow a specific diet. this is an exact science and gives you exactly how much energy you burn and therefore how much energy you need to eat. >> well, you know, there's some people -- some critics have said, you know what, eating well and getting your rest and doing the things you've been taught to do is better than something like this. how do you respond? >> they haven't used the chamber. but, you know, how much energy, how much exercise do you need to do? how much diet. how many calories do you need to eat. people usually overestimate how much energy they burn and underestimate how much energy they take in so this chamber can provide you for 24 hours exactly how much energy you burn. >> and anybody can do this? >> anybody can. >> how much? >> so, it's not a cheap test. >> oh, shocking. not cheap. okay. >> people use calculations, they use devices, people are walking all over and they get a estimation. the chamber is exact science and it's a little pricey. >> okay. well, we'll be revealing mara's results later this month because it takes some time to get all the data together. >> yeah. >> we'll see if she's going to make some changes. all right. thank you very much. coming up, whoopi goldberg joins us live from walt disney world, and we have the cast of "beauty and the beast" telling all. so come on back to "gma." 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(vo) introducing the all-new subaru impreza. the longest-lasting vehicle in its class. more than a car, it's a subaru. hi there, everybody but fairfield in the 40s now. here a little bit behind, 38. you'll catch up. 49 in san mateo and oakland. look at the broken deck of clouds, the clouds will be increasing today as the warm air rushes in. most of us in the mid 50s and near 60 by 4:00. check out the temperatures the next couple of days. 70s this weekend but dry through monday. >> we'll have another abc 7 news update in 30 minutes and always on our free abc 7 news app. join ♪oin [ applause ] welcome back to "gma." great audience on this tuesday morning. jesse, you'll kick things off. >> we'll start with an oral and dental hygiene. i have a question for you guys -- great way to start. george, do you eat breakfast in the morning, you come here to studio. before you get ready to go on camera what's the last thing you check for -- >> of course. >> see if you had food in your teeth. >> we have a lot of help around here. >> good point. we're lucky. there are a lot of people that apparently don't tell their friends when they have food in their teeth. >> no in it happened to katy perry this past weekend. she was on the red carpet at an awards show. here she is and looks phenomenal. gorgeous. she then posted this photo on instagram though and i want to you check it out. it looks like there might be food in her teeth and she writes, currently taking applications for real friends who aren't afraid to tell me there's quinoa in my teeth. so my question to you guys, would you tell your friends? >> oh, my gosh. >> lipstick thing in george always goes -- when i get lipstick on my teeth. that's what friends do. >> not even friends. if you see someone and you're talking to them. >> i think people -- i think people sometimes are embarrassed and they think they'll be -- listen, guess what, guys -- >> blanket statement, let's all be comfortable with it and make a new -- >> if i have pizza on my face or food in my teeth that's not the look i'm going for. >> jesse, jesse, you actually have both. >> perfect. >> i want strangers do to it. if i'm walking down the street i need someone to walk up and say, hey, mr. palmer, a bird on you. >> this has really taken a turn. >> a lot of passion there. >> absolutely. you know, katy perry needs more help. >> yes. >> katy perry. >> we think you need a little help too right now. >> you look great. >> thank you. >> to your point we have a lot of help here. we do have a lot of people backstage. >> we have a lot of friends in walt disney world. let's head there and our friends at the "the view" are there all week long. whoopi goldberg. whoopi goldberg. hello, whoopi. [ applause ] i know you got some friends there with you. we saw you yesterday with the gang. how are things going so far? >> it's been going really well. i've gotten to do all kinds of insane stuff and it's been fantastic. i got chip and dale and master mickey mouse with us and we've been running amok. >> didn't you surprise some people? didn't i see you surprise some people earlier, some surprised guests. >> you know, i -- yeah, i did. i just ran up to people and while they were photographing each other and i photobombed them. just to see what would happen and it was kind of great, you know, it was kind of great but then they had to rein me in because i was making trouble everywhere. i was popping up in bad places. you know. the girls going in -- no, come out of the bathroom. don't do that in there. it was a whole thing but it's been amazing. >> you popped up in a lot of good places as well. disney classics like "toy story," "lion king." why is this so special to you in connection with your mom. >> you know, for me disney means family and because when i was little, on another network, they used to be "the wonderful world of disney" and so my mother used to say to my brother and i, you know, one day i'll take you kids there and, you know, you grow up and hope things happen and things didn't work out the way she wanted to but when i got into a good position, i took her. >> oh. >> and she didn't know that she was going so we're in the car for like two hours because l.a.x. to anaheim is a little bit of a drive. she's like, where are we going? you'll see and we got out and she missed the sign. so she said why -- whose cars are these in the parking lot? i said, did you miss the sign? i said, look. she looked up and saw disney -- and burst into tears and she said, i always thought i would take you kids and my brother and i says doesn't matter who took who. we're here so it means -- it makes me closer to them. i miss them so much as you know. >> i know. >> that this is any time i come here it's like i'm with the family. >> that's beautiful. >> oh, gosh. >> that's beautiful. [ applause ] and there's so many families that share a similar story like that. hey, tell us were this new land, the pandora-the world of avatar. >> oh, my gosh. you are not going to believe what you see when you go in there. pandora is extraordinary, as you know it's based on the film "avatar" and james cameron and i went through and i have to tell you you've never seen anything like this. it is the most ex-2r0erd thing i've ever seen and the disney imagineers coupled with james cameron's brain have created a visceral pandora. you can touch things. can you see things, it's extraordinary. you'll see it later on. it's amazing. >> oh, it looks that way. and, you know what, we are going to celebrate you guys, 20 years "the view," 20 years. [ cheers and applause ] the 20th anniversary. >> ah. >> oh, nice. >> so a little cake to celebrate. >> that's a nice cake here. well -- >> i don't know if it's big enough to feed everybody. >> well, everybody might not get it but i know we got it. because we can show it, you know, we can show but if it doesn't make it to all of the women, you know, they're always watching their weight anyway. me, i don't care. so i'll be very happy. thank you, guys. >> thank you. always keeping it real, whoopi goldberg. bless your heart. thank you. have a great time. [ applause ] thanks for being with us. that was really cool that she got up to be with us. thursday, we have a sneak peek at disney's new pandora-the world of avatar right here on "gma" and tune in all week long for "the view." you see how they're taking over walt disney world in florida. this morning the show welcomes sherri shepherd. and "hot topic" but i think they have to temper them down because they're in disney world. mild topics. >> i like it. still get it going. >> 11:00 a.m. eastern on abc. >> great. speaking of disney, just to continue the trend we have a brand-new look at "beauty and the beast," the film. the all-star cast sat down with "nightline's" juju chang for an exclusive look. here's it is. >> you guys are ridiculous. the talent and the wattage coming at me right now is just off the charts. >> the emma wattage. >> right there, exactly. jazz hands. did you feel the pressure to try to live up to everyone's childhood fantasies on screen. >> i felt pressure to live up to my own. ♪ there goes the baker with his tray ♪ >> reporter: this was the sou soundtrack of your early childhood. >> i can't believe i'm living it out. >> a good feminist. one of the only fairy tales with a decent heroine that gets to do things. >> she rescues everybody. >> right. [ all talking at once] >> let's talk about your character. was it fun to be able to play someone that vain and -- >> yeah, i couldn't go far enough. there's a thee at tri cat about gaston and he is ridiculous and a complete buffoon. >> you are the wildest, most gorgeous thing i've ever seen. nobody deserves you. >> reporter: there's that one look in the preview where you say come into the light and you come in and make a facial expression and it feels real. >> well, it was. >> come into the light. >> it was my real face making that expression to emma. >> you said you only want to do it if you didn't have to sing. >> yeah, i don't sing and i don't sing in the movie so it's great for everyone. >> he sings one line. >> everyone benefits and i get to keep my career. >> nobody has to flee from the theater. >> how do you get the mix between the singing and acting. >> singing is just an extension of a feeling. it's what you can't express otherwise. ♪ by gaston >> so gaston is a villain or is he misunderstood? >> no, he's a villain. >> kill the beast. >> what big themes jump out at you. >> love conquers all. look at what is 'inside the person, not what's outside. >> will you join me for dinner. >> there's a tremendous amount of nostalgia around it. >> the film contains so many important and special messages but i think its strength is in its like unapologetic romance and it's so hopeful and it's so full of joy. >> and there's lots of dancing. >> and there's lots of dancing. >> we all dance. we awe dance. >> reporter: for "good morning america," juju chang, abc news, london. [ applause ] >> yeah. >> right here. >> so many of us. 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[ applause ] this weather report brought to you by motorola and now i have some big news from some of your favorite musicians who also have great chemistry, by the way, let's let florida georgia line give you details. 1234r hey, good morning, america. it's your boys florida georgia line with exciting news. we're headlining our first ever stadium tour, y'all. we'll see you all in shows at boston, chicago and minneapolis. >> it's going down and we're bringing our boy chris lane, our boys nelly and the backstreet boys. we're giving everybody tickets in the audience this morning so come party with your boys, baby. >> did you hear that? all of you get tickets. that's right. free tickets for everybody. that's a good one. everybody happy with that. it'll be a huge show, jesse. >> i'm so excited. here with dance phenom maddie ziegler. made a name for herself on the hit series "dance moms" then became sia's go to dancer for songs like "chandelier" then has a new book "the maddie diaries." you've had so much success and so many cool experiences that you get to share with all of us here in your new book and want to start there. because the big moment in the book, you're 11. and sia hand selects you to dance in "chandelier" seen by 1.5 billion with a "b." billion people. how did that music video impact your life? >> i mean, it changed it. for sure. i was known a little bit from "dance moms" but "chandelier" took it to a whole new level where celebrities were tweeting me and known for more than just being on a reality tv show which was so cool and feel like i was looked at more serious as an actress too. >> you obviously left a big impact o because she said later she never wanted to do anything without you which did a nice k34ri789. >> we kind of stuck together. we just kind of had this connection the first time we met and then ever since then we've been like best friends. >> you can at the timally see that and i have a surprise for you. want to check this out, watch. >> oh, hello, maddie, my pumpkin pie. it's auntie sia just wanting to wish you a happy book release day. congratulations, you're my very special friend. i love you so much. i just adore you. and your goofy sense of humor. you're my wumbling wimble. >> honestly, i have to ask what a wumbling wimble. >> i don't know. she'll call me her pumpkin pie. >> a character out of a dr. seuss novel and the boy walked in the room and there stood in front of him a wumbling wimb wlchlt e. one of the things you talk about what you love to do, rapping and you love drake. >> i do love drake and rihanna and all of them. i wouldn't say i'm like an amazing rapper but to myself or if i'm in the shower in the car i think i'm great. >> yeah, well, the good news is because you already have a dance background, if you want to just combine that with some rap music or some, you know, freestyling you could probably be in a drake video. >> maybe. maybe i'll just feature in one of his songs. >> yeah, absolutely. career trajectory and now drake knows that. that's phenomenal. this book is incredibly inspirational and you say your own personal philosophy is why not. so explain that to us. >> i think it's very important to just say why not try something new. why not go out of your comfort zone or express yourself in your own way and not worry about what other people are thinking of you and i feel like that's important now because i feel like teens are trying to fit in and i go through the struggle too. everyone on social media is like trying to fit in what what other girls think they should look like but it's more of what you want to be. >> your story is so inspirational. you'll impact so many people. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> for being here and "the maddie diaries" going to be out today. coming up rupaul here live. don't go away. >> hey. we are back with one of the fiercest hosts on tv, rupaul's "drag race" is about to kick of its new season on vh-1 and the emin i award winning rupaul is here himself. come on out. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> hi, lara. lovely. wonderful. all these people seated here. would you like to see a dessert menu? do you feed them? >> we do feed them. some days. only if they're nice we feed them but we just gave them tickets to a concert. >> oh, really? >> let's talk about you. >> yes, let's do. >> congratulations. >> wait, lara, don't you mean condragulations. >> of course. >> i knew that. i knew. >> talk to me a little about your show and what you believe and i know you guys will agree, what sets your show apart. >> well, our show -- it's a lot of fun but at its core it's about the tenacity of the human spirit. you know, these kids against all odds have said, you know what, society, i know you want me to fit into this box. >> i don't. >> no, but, exactly. but i'm not going to. i'm going to do my own thing and that's really a great message for everyone, not only if you just want to do drag but if you have a dream and people said you can't do that, our show is an instruction book for anyone out there who watches. >> and really groundbreaking. >> it is. >> and accepting drag as an art form. it's all in the contestants, the hair, makeup, clothing. now taking it to a whole new level, you have gotten lady gaga to get involved. >> she's on our first show which is brilliant. opening episode. she tweeted me several years ago but it took this long to get the schedules together. she's always touring. we're doing things so she's on the show opener which is on vh-1 on march 24th and it is so much fun. everybody will love it. >> can you give us a little hint on how gaga she dose. >> this is the thing, she started right here in new york city in clubs just like myself and started around drag queens and the downtown culture so she felt right at home. in fact, there's a clip of her on the first episode where she is -- >> looking at a little bit of it. >> full drag. she is in full drag. >> oh, yes. that outfit is incredible. >> incredible. so and she's a sweet loving -- when you see her in person you realize, oh, my good, you're just a child. she's so young. >> so are you. >> well, darling. >> flattery will get you everything. >> thanks, dr. dizmor. >> tell me a little lastly vh-1, new network. >> i was there 20 years ago on a talk show "the rupaul show" was on 20 years ago coming back to -- momma, i'm coming home. >> will it feel a little different? >> you know, i just love that in this culture in the political culture right now the fact that we get to show people that love is strong. we are americans and we do not -- we believe in open hearts and love. we believe in love. we believe in acceptance and this show is so important, more now than ever. >> i mean, who is watching? [ cheers and applause ] >> yeah. >> your energy, it is always great to see you. let's hang out. season 9, everybody, "rupaul's drag race" march 24th vh 1. . there you go. we'll be right back. >> thank romance, crazy cool, crazy in love. if you love people's greatest love story, you're going to just love this. >> impossible glamour. >> they seem to be having so much fun. >> people icons, celebrity love stories tonight at 10:00, 9:00 central on abc. ♪ "good morning america" is brought to you by geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >> five seconds, go. >> we have five second, one, two, three, four, five. now. a sig alert for the hayward area, four to five vehicles involved. 880 past a street. we have tow trucks on the way. it's time for live with kelly and i'll be back at 11:00 a.m. for the abc 7 midday news. hope you join me then. our reporting continues on our free abc 7 news app. join the whole team every

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