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There are really no words to describe like how devastating. Maybe i should go. Unable to speak at her First Press Conference since that deadly car crash near her home in florida. Will she be able to go on at wimbledon . Fireworks inferno. Fourth of july festivities sparking a dangerous blaze in arizona. Flames shooting up as families celebrate the holiday. The dry and hot weather canceling fireworks displays as dozens of wildfires burn across the southwest. Hey, good morning and happy fourth, everybody. Yeah, all morning were going to be celebrating this Independence Day, all the way from washington you see those iconic monuments, to new york city with that live look at lady liberty and she is looking quite festive this morning. Also here in new york city, theyre getting ready for the macys fireworks display as people hit the beaches and wave the flags on this Independence Day. Are you going to do any of those three things, fire up the grill, wave the flags my wife and son are up at grandmas place so im going to watch whatever i want on television tonight, how about you . Ill be going to the fireworks, nine of us, and the kids will be melting down by the time they start so happy fourth, everybody. Its great to be here with you, dan. But first on, this Tuesday Morning breaking news, a july 4th provocation from north korea. They claim to have launched their first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile as we refer to as an icbm overnight, perhaps a major step toward their goal of being able to hit the United States with a Nuclear Weapon. Abcs James Longman is in london covering this developing story for us this morning. Good morning, james. Reporter good morning, paula. A stunning claim overnight, north korea saying it successfully tested its first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. The announcement came on state tv early this morning with the secretive regime releasing images it says are of the launch. Now, as usual its difficult to know for sure whats going on in that country but japan confirmed the missile through for about 40 minutes before landing in the ocean. If true, this would be the first time that north korea has tested a missile that experts fear could potentially reach alaska. North Korean Leader kim jongun and others were shown celebrating the successful launch and overnight President Trump was tweeting about the test. He asked, does this guy have anything better to do with his life . And james, this comes on the heels of the summit with south koreas new leader, but how is the u. S. Reacting this morning . Reporter paula, u. S. Officials tell us theyre analyzing the test. At this point they believe it was a more standard midrange missile. Tensions, of course, between the u. S. , its allies and north korea on the rise and the regime saying theyve carried out at least 11 missile tests so far this year. And just last month the death of 22yearold American College student otto warmbier, of course, he was there after 17 months in captivity and, remember, its not just about how far a missile can travel but whether the technology is there to support a nuclear warhead. Paula. Seems theyve been more bold and brazen in their actions. James, thanks for your reporting this morning. Dan. We are in treacherous times, James Longman, thank you. Lets bring in steve ganyard, a former state department official. Steve, good morning to you. Good morning, dan. So, whether or not this is an icbm, would you say this launch is nonetheless a genuine step toward north korea having the ability to hit us in the mainland u. S. With a Nuclear Weapon . I dont think we should be too worried about what we call it at this point, dan. This is the first time if the analysis is correct that were seeing a north korean weapon that can hit the United States, not the mainland, but alaska is very much part of the United States and this is a very worrying development. President trump has been trying for months to get china, north koreas most important ally, to intervene here. But in a phone call on sunday, just hours before this test, President Trump told the chinese leader that the u. S. Is now willing to go it alone on north korea so i guess my question for you is, what exactly does that mean . What are our options . Well, President Trumps really stating the obvious because china has left us on our own. Theres nobody will solve this except the United States and the problem is with this launch its no longer just a regional problem. This is a u. S. Problem because it can now reach the u. S. Territory soil, so right now the only thing the u. S. Has is economic sanctions, its the same thing that the past four u. S. President s have, the problem is its going to involve sanctioning chinese banks which is going to further exacerbate our very sour relationship with the chinese and so theres an interesting knockon effect. This Missile Launch will have will, in fact, ruin or make our relationship with the chinese much worse. No good options, steve ganyard, thank you very much for your analysis on this holiday weekend. Paula, over to you. The Trump Administration is getting ready for its first Independence Day celebration in the white house. The focus will be on honoring veterans and military families. Trump is also preparing for the g20 summit, he leaves tomorrow making a stop in poland on his way to the critical meeting with World Leaders and the president will have come facetoface with p he confront the russian leader over that countrys interference in the u. S. Election . Abcs david kerley is at the white house for us this morning with more on that. David, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, paula. We are not hearing from the president about that meeting coming later this week. He is tweeting this morning about the north korean Missile Launch but he is preparing for that big g20 summit in europe. This morning, ahead of his big meeting the president has been dialing for diplomacy, calling nearly ten World Leaders but it is his first facetoface with Vladimir Putin, the man accused of meddling in the u. S. Elections that will get the attention. Two men during the campaign who spoke glowingly of each other. Putin, he said donald trump is a genius. Reporter putin praising trump. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] reporter leading some democrats wondering if all these kind words led to cooperation during the president ial campaign. The election hacking, contacts between several trump confidants with russians and possible collusion, now the subject of congressional and a special counsel investigation. For several years mr. Trump stated he had met the russian leader. Tough guy, i met him once. Reporter but now says this will be their first facetoface. Ive never met him. You said 13, 14 and 15 you did have a relationship with him. No, look, what do you call a relationship . Im asking you. I have no relationship with putin. I dont think ive ever met him. I never met him. I dont think i ever met him. Reporter syria and ukraine two friction points and the russians want their two diplomatic compounds back, facilities shut down by president obama for the russian interference in the elections. The Trump White House wont say if the elections will be part of the discussion with putin. This is very important for us to make a statement that russia does not meddle, not just in our elections, here and the future, but in our allies. Reporter the russians are now telling us this morning the two men will be meeting on the 7th, friday, in hamburg, germany. We do not have an agenda, guys, as to exactly what they will be discussing during that pullaside meeting . David kerley at the white house, thank you. Lets bring in matthew dowd. Matt, good morning to you. Good morning. Happy fourth to you and paula. Thank you. Thank you. In this meeting does trump have any choice really but to broach the issue of election meddling . Well, you would think he would have no choice, but all the reporting and all of the things weve heard is that he is not going to bring it up. But its obvious the dominant issue in our u. S. Politics of how much they meddled in our elections, but i think donald trump is in sort of a precarious position because one of the only friends he has is Vladimir Putin in the International Community when he meets over in europe. And, matt, putin is expected to demand from President Trump that the u. S. Return those compounds that were seized by the Obama Administration back in december, and russian officials have warned that retaliatory measures have been drawn up if this doesnt happen. How do you see this all going down . Reporter well, i think this is such a crucial time as you all talked about related to north korea and everything going on how much president ial temperament matters in these times. And i dont really know how its going to go down. It almost sounds like donald trump will be involved in another real estate deal, but this time related to our diplomatic i mean the diplomatic compounds of the russians. I dont really know. I dont think donald trump because i say because one of the only people that he has a friend right now, a real friend is Vladimir Putin, so how much he pushes that is a real big question. Matthew dowd, we always appreciate your analysis and happy fourth to you, sir. Yeah, matt, you always have a friend in us, by the way, just in case you were wondering. I feel like its saturday lets do this every fourth of july. Happy weekend, everybody. Sorry to confuse all of you. Thanks, matt. Now we want to send things over to ginger and those dangerous wildfires threatening the southwest as well as the west. Good morning to you, ginger. Good morning, paula. 29 large wildfires burning. Mostly in the rockies and the southwest. This one from parker, arizona, brush fire, you can see over the Colorado River there that intense flame all set by fireworks at the blue water casino. Thats why officials are telling a lot of people please do not set off fireworks on this fourth of july. Sparks, nevada, for example, this fire shut down i80 for a time. Now its back open but my goodness conditions are not good. Fire watch and warning around reno. Excessive heat watch in phoenix. Heat advisories up to idaho. That ridge is building once again. Look at the numbers if phoenix, up to 116. What happened was they had a lot of moisture for the spring, a lot of foilage builds up then it dries out, paula and fires fuel. Thanks for that explanation. Ginger, youll be tracking that story all morning. We know so many are traveling this holiday weekend. 44. 2 million americans according to aaa but now the traffic app waze has narrowed down exactly when you do not want to be on the road today. It anticipates, everybody, the worst times for driving will be between 3 00 and 6 00 p. M. Based on data from last year. Traffic is likely to be the worst in urban areas holding fireworks displays tonight then waze says to expect a 3 increase in traffic after those shows as people make their way home. All useful information from one of my favorite apps. Best to be careful on the road if youre hitting the road today. We turn to what some are calling beachgate, new Jersey Governor Chris Christie under fire and unapologetic after these pictures hit social media. Thats christie and his family enjoying the beach even though he had just ordered state beaches to be closed as part of a Government Shutdown. Abcs Erielle Reshef is on the story. Erielle, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, dan. The threeday Government Shutdown in new jersey is now over after a latenight budget deal but governor Chris Christie is still facing a wave of backlash over his time at the beach. This morning, governor Chris Christie doubling down on his right to be here. On this deserted stretch of sand. The governor has a residence at island beach. Others dont. This is the way it goes. Run for governor then you can have the residence. Reporter a local newspaper on sunday afternoon snapping these pictures of the governor and his family on a beach he ordered closed to the public. One of 40 state parks shut down in the midst of a budget deadlock. Boy scouts forced to cancel their campouts, joggers turned away. Christie defending his holiday escape. I think ive proven over the last eight years that i have a choice to make between my family and political optics, ill pick my family. Reporter local beachgoers not amused. This banner flying over the jersey shore. Just hours after these were taken the governor at first implying he was hard at work to reopen the government. Governor, you look like you got some sun. I didnt get any sun today. Reporter and the Government Spokesperson saying christie, quote, did not get any sun because he had a baseball cap on. Christie also tweeting that despite the shutdown, 119 of new jerseys 130 miles of coastline are open. As his approval numbers stand at 15 , making him americas least popular governor. While social media had a field day with the now trending beachgate. Sparking memes of the lounging governor dropped in iconic scenes from the oval office to forrest gump. Governor christie says he was only at the beach for 40 minutes before getting back to work on the budget and this morning we know all of the beaches in new jersey are open just in time for the fourth of july holiday, paula. 40 minutes, not long but long enough to be photographed. And now to wimbledon and Venus Williams. The tennis superstar breaking down in tears at a press conference when she was asked about the fatal car crash shes being held responsible for and abcs Adrienne Bankert is here with the story for us. Good morning, adrienne. Good morning to you too. It was uncomfortable, venus started out composed. Grateful for her first round victory and her 20th wimbledon. But when questions turned to that june 9th crash after tears overtook her answer, the room fell silent and no one knew what to say. Venus williams overcome with emotion. After celebrating victory on the Wimbledon Court monday, the tennis star breaks down at a postmatch press conference when asked how shes coping following that deadly car accident last month. There really are no words to describe how devastating and yeah, i im completely speechless and its just yeah, i mean, im just reporter the seventime grand slam champion unable to continue. Visibly shaken, crying softly before leaving the stage. Its the first time williams has spoken publicly since the car accident that ultimately killed 78yearold Jerome Barson and severely injured his wife linda. The Police Report states that williams was at fault for violating the right of way of the barsons vehicle. The barson family have since filed a wrongful death suit accusing williams of driving carelessly and recklessly. The family also wants access to evidence as their attorney told george stephanopoulos. There are video cameras that were placed at guardhouses where ms. Williams lives and that the police have refused after multiple requests to turn those over to us. Reporter despite being found at fault, williams has not been ticketed or charged in the accident. And venus left crying as you saw there but later returned to the stage to answer a few more questions. Now, according to legal documents, obtained by abc news, the barsons daughter named in the lawsuit is seeking at least 15,000 in damages, no specifics on that total amount are not known at this time. Shell be able to compete through all of this. Well see you later in the show. Thanks for that. Absolutely. And joining us now is pat mcenroe. Thanks for joining us. Thank you, thanks for having me. Its obviously a tough situation for venus, no doubt about it. Yeah, you know, but venus has been at this a long time but the accident as you saw just really wrecked her in this press conference. How does she play through this . Well, its going to be difficult obviously, but Venus Williams if anything certainly as you mentioned has a lot of experience and oftentimes when players are going through difficult things off the court, this is certainly very difficult, and we all think about the poor gentleman and the family who lost his life in this accident. Thats number one and i think you can see from venus response that shes feeling that, as well, and a lot of times the players can use the court, practice as a refuge from things going on in their life. My guess is venus will try to do that. This is the tournament where shes had the most success in her storied career and interesting that her sister serena, of course, is not here because shes awaiting to give birth to her first child so shes not here, and before this incident happened, many of us thought, hey, this is venus chance to win a sixth wimbledon title. Obviously this puts a lot of that into question as how she can handle this moving forward. Yeah, so the fact that its wimbledon, thats going to bring her a little bit of comfort because shes won five times, but police say that venus is at fault. She hasnt been charged, we do want to note that. The family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her. Do you think it would be good for her to take a little time off maybe after this . I think that would probably be wise for her to do that. Obviously this is wimbledon. This is, as you said, this is the place where all tennis players want to be and i think being here in familiar surroundings will help her but certainly after this tournament you would think she might need a little break. All right, pat, thanks so much for your analysis. Everybody, you can see live coverage of wimbledon today on espn. Dan. Lets check the forecast yet again with ginger. Hey, ginger. Hey there, dan. The picture behind me shows tornado damage from jonesboro, arkansas, on monday. That is a piece of siding injected into the side of a house and coming through so we got the outside and the inside look there. That was an ef1 tornado that brought ran through. Lets get you to tuesday trivia now brought to you by walmart. Trivia brought to you by walmart. Happy independence happy Independence Day, becoming mostly sunny, not too hot today, clouds return this evening, some summer heat coming. Lets take a look at temperatures today. 60s along the coast in san francisco, low to mid70s around the bay and low to mid80s inland. Cloud cover tonight 52 to 57 put want a timetable on when the clouds will return this evening, go to facebook and ill have itt coming up, ill show you a tt potential for Tropical Storm development. You look so happy saying that. I know. Im sorry. Exciting meteorologically. She is a weather nerd. Beautiful weather nerd, thanks, ginger. 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Experts concerned that the successful distance launch could put the u. S. In danger at some point. The president , meanwhile, and the First Lady Melania Trump will celebrate july 4th by hosting a picnic for military families on the south lawn. And tonight theyll watch the firework prs the truman balconb. That visiting chinese graduate student abducted in broad daylight. The suspect making his First Court Appearance on monday after new details have emerged about how he spent his day just before the arrest. And abcs alex perez has the latest details. Reporter this is the photo Campus Police say shows Brendt Christensen, the man accused of kidnapping a 26yearold graduate student, appearing at a rally for his alleged victim. The photo taken by a cnn reporter just one day before his arrest shows the 28yearold wearing all black standing alone on the outskirts of the crowd. On monday, christensen did not enter a plea during his first appearance in court. Outside a crowd of hundreds demanding justice for yingying zhang. Hes been charged with kidnapping and if convicted, the penalty is up to life in prison. Reporter the fbi says christensen, a former teaching assistant who earlier this year earned a masters degree in physics, told them he offered zhang a ride as seen here in this Surveillance Video taken three weeks ago, the last time she was seen alive. But christensen says he let her out after she became panicked when he said he made a wrong turn. Everybody is stunned. Ive gotten many, many emails from graduate students and faculty expressing disbelief. Reporter investigators say christensen recently visited a sexual fetish website on his phone visiting a forum called abduction 101 containing subthreads called perfect abduction fantasy and planning a kidnapping. As long as everyone keeps an open mind and listens to the evidence and doesnt jump to any conclusions i think that will be for the best. Reporter for Good Morning America, alex perez, abc news, chicago. We want to thank alex for his reporting and we want to bring in callahan walsh, he is a child advocate at the National Center for missing exploited children. Welcome to you, callahan. Thanks for joining us. Thank you for having me. We want to go back to that photo we saw in that piece taken at a rally for the victim. In the upper righthand corner, that is believed to be Brendt Christensen just standing there, the suspect, who was arrested the next day. This is really disturbing that hes at this, but this sort of behavior doesnt surprise you, does it, callahan . No, it doesnt, and weve seen tough like this before. You see it with arsonists, as well. Theyll go back to the scene of the crime and watch the house burn down they lit on fire. His arrogance, hes reveling in his crime and its disgusting. And the suspects phone had records of a visit to a fantasy abduction forum according to investigators. How troubling is that to you . Its very troubling. He was obviously searching information trying to gain some experience on this stipe of crime and acted it out. You know, we protected by our First Amendment rights and freedom of speech and these websites exist, you know, they have policies that say it should be for consenting adults only, obviously this is not what he used the information for. The internet has changed our lives for the better in so many ways but there are still some dark places. Investigators say they have an audio recording which we havent heard of christensen, where hes talking about holding zhang against her will. Why would he be so bold as to say that . This speaks to his m. O. , shows up to the rally. Bragging about his crimes. Is arrogance is showing and, you know, hes a smart guy and he was a ph. D. Student and just got his masters. I think he was trying to thumb his nose at Law Enforcement but great work by the Investigative Team capturing that audio. Great job. And real quick, her body hasnt been found. Investigators are assuming shes dead. Shes been missing since june 9th. What do you think theyre basing that on . Im sure theres some sort of evidence or, you know, hearing his account of this of the situation probably has led them to believe that. But these stranger abductions are the most dangerous. Within the first three hours the likelihood of a safe recovery is severely diminished and, because shes been missing for over three weeks, that is another reason why Law Enforcement is likely to believe she is dead. Callahan, we thank you for your insight on this fourth of july. Thanks for joining us, dan. Well turn to florida now where a hot air balloon had to make an Emergency Landing in a pond filled with alligators and it all played out on camera. Here is abcs nick watt. Reporter this is the moment a hot air balloon full of passengers crash lands into a pond in orange county, florida. Folks, we are going to get a little bit wet. Reporter the pilot carrying 16 people including children forced to make an Emergency Landing monday because of wind. It was adrenaline, it was pumping. It was scary but i mean and now we are kind of making fun of it. Reporter the pilot trying to avoid power lines aiming for a field off the turnpike but, instead, going straight into a pond filled with alligators seen here just moments after the crash. Oh, my god. Reporter and while the passengers tried to keep it light and calm you pay extra for the water landing, guys. Reporter riders say it was far from funny. The basket overturning sending screaming and crying passengers into the water. One woman landing underneath the basket. It was serious. Just lucky that no one got hurt. Reporter the balloon operator saying in a statement were both relieved and sad for our passengers. Were relieved theyre okay but we know this has not been the fantastic experience we were looking for. Were committed to making things right with them. 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Now to a warning for all parents welcome back, everyone. Now to a warning for all parents out there about Smoke Detectors. They save thousands of lives every year but will they actually wake up your children . Abcs gio benitez is here with new information on our eyeopening experiment. Will we like what you have to say as parents . Youll be shocked, i think. Good morning, paula. Half of all house fires happen in the middle of the night when people are sleeping. Thats why its crucial kids know the family fire plan and wake up from those alarms. So, will they . Well, we decided to conduct an unscientific experiment to find out. Were inside a connecticut home with firefighter travis gulick. We wanted to see what will happen. Will smoke alarms wake up the children of the mcbride family, landon, 3 1 2 and noelle, 1 . It will really be interesting to see what happens. Our son usually can sleep through everything. Reporter the mcbrides have an action plan in place in case theres a fire and even included their 3 1 2yearold. Their son knows to be up and ready to go the moment that alarm goes off. So youve talked to your son about the smoke alarms. He knows the sound. We have our plan. We actually have a fire ladder in our bedroom. And our plan is to obviously get them and get the ladder and get out. Oh, wow. So what should every family be thinking about . When it comes to smoke alarms. Making sure your Smoke Detectors work. Put them in the bedrooms, have them outside the bedrooms and one on every level, especially near the stairwell, because the smoke rises, its going to go up the stairwell. Reporter so, we rigged up cameras in the kids rooms and we have a great view using their baby monitors. After they fall asleep our firefighter brings in a regular smoke alarm and set it off with a smoke device in the haul right outside the kids rooms with their doors open. Im nervous. [ smoke alarm going off ] hes not waking up. Shes not either. When you see that what do you think . I mean, thats not good. Because you know what, what makes me think is like would we hear it . Reporter next, we set off the familys much louder smoke alarm system. It is set up through their phone and alarms are found throughout the house in all the bedrooms, hallway and downstairs. Do you think theyll wake up . I do. Okay. Because theyre in their room. Reporter thats right, there are speakers in their rooms. We trigger them and wait. Emergency, emergency. Theres smoke. Reporter 20 seconds later he is still sleeping. Both of them. I truly thought they were going to wake up, like truly. I mean, im shocked. Like im shocked looking at this. Still asleep. That definitely i feel would have woken me up but i guess not when its a kid. I truly, truly thought they would have woken up. Reporter an unbelievable four minutes later the alarm still blaring and neither wakes up. As a mom and dad, what do you feel when you see this . You know, it just makes you think that you have not that you wouldnt react quick but its kind of like you really got to react the second you hear that because theyre not going to hear that. Reporter incredible. Research suggests more than 80 of children do not wake up from a standard issue alarm so if parents hear it go off they need to act fast and thats the biggest advice, have a plan in place. Dont expect your kids to wake up. Yeah, well, parents already dont sleep. Now well never go to sleep because we know our kids will never hear it. Why does my kid wake up in the middle of my favorite tv shows all the time but not during a fire alarm. Its called parenting. Look forward to you having children someday soon. Coming up on the big board, the skyrocketing salaries of nba superstars and still lebron james thinks theyre being underpaid. Well find out why coming up. Underpaid. Well find out why coming up. 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Although you would say that back then i think people thought they were crazy. Lebron does not have a point in the fact that hes the Vice President of the Nba Players Association and they agreed to this deal that this is the max contract that steph curry could earn so players are still getting 51 of the revenue. But they agreed to the fact that 201 million was basically the highest that steph could get for this deal. And you wonder what kind of damage this can do in the court of public opinion. You have millionaires complaining about how much money they can get. Do you think all this fuss over millions of dollars can do damage to the brand . Well, i mean, this is a little bit tough, 201 million. He doesnt make enough. Thats never a good thing if people remember Latrell Spreewell couldnt feed his family when he had millions of dollars. I would Say Something positive happened last night in that kevin durant of the warriors is taking 9 million less because he wants to win a championship. So you think, okay, lebron is saying the max out, you can get, more money, but durant is saying i just want to do it for the love of the game, which is what a fan likes to hear, unfortunately that now negates lebrons youre not getting enough, because he just took 9 million less than what he could get. Let me ask about the nfl. The bills wide Receiver Sammy Watkins is tweeting we got to get paid more. So some Football Players are a little jealous here. Dont they have an argument given the nfl is more valuable than the nba. Yes, so, the nfls revenues last year were about 14 billion, the nbas 8 billion. Again, the nfl players did a deal. Their deals not as good. They dont have guaranteed contracts. I think what sammy needs is a calculator. There are 53 players on an nfl roster. There are 15 on an nba roster. Yes, they are getting more money. You just have to divide it with more players. And they are also playing fewer games, 16 as opposed to 82 regular season. Darren, thank you. 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That is coming up next on gma. And you can join reggie, and a alexis and me weekday mornings from 4 30 to 7 00, and the weekday morning news show continues with Good Morning America. Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. And breaking overnight, north koreas stunning claim that it just test launched its first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. President trump already condemning the test. Deadly day on the roads. July 4th, one of the busiest days of the year when it comes to driving. What to know to keep your family safe this holiday. New this morning, rumer willis secret struggle, the star revealing she is six months sober. What seasons saying about her long journey to getting better. Aint no Mountain High enough the story we cant wait to smar share this july 4th. A very special we are gma this morning. One man who lost almost everything devoting his life to helping those less fortunate around him. Now an entire Community Coming together for an unbelievable thank you. And get ready to rock in the fourth. R5 here live in times square. Their fans lined up all night just for this moment as they all say all good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] there are so many young folks outside waiting for r5 to perform. Good morning, america. We want to say happy fourth of july. Dan and i thank you for joining us on this tuesday. We do. Were taking a look at lady liberty in new york city. Shell be bathed in the reflective glow of fireworks later tonight. So Many Americans across the country will be out seeing the show and after the fireworks, 40 million americans will be hitting the road for one of the biggest travel days of the year and linzie janis is already getting a head start out on the road with important safety tips. Thats coming up in just a bit. But first this mornings top story. North korea launching a missile overnight that might be powerful enough to reach u. S. Soil. Abcs James Longman is in london with the very latest for us this morning. Good morning, james. Reporter yeah, good morning, paula. A stunning claim overnight, north korea saying it successfully tested its first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. The announcement came on state tv early this morning. The secretive regime releasing images it says are of the launch. Now, as usual its very difficult to know for sure whats going on in that country but japan confirmed overnight that the missile flew for about 40 minutes before it landed in the ocean. If true, this would be the first time that north korea has tested a missile that experts fear could potentially reach alaska. Now, north Korean Leader kim jongun and other officials were shown celebrating the successful launch and overnight President Trump was tweeting about the test, asking, does this guy have anything better to do with his life . U. S. Officials tell us theyre analyzing the test. At this point they believe it was a more standard midrange missile but remember its not just about how far it can travel but whether the technology is there to support a nuclear warhead. Dan. Nonetheless, seems almost certainly to be a step in the wrong direction in terms of u. S. Security. Thank you very much, james. We turn to the battle for iraqs second largest city, mosul, on the verge of being retaken from isis. But the terror group is fighting to the bitter end and Abcs Ian Pannell is there. Reporter dan, this morning were looking at a battle thats entering its final stages. In fact, many feel this is the week that isis will be finally defeated in mosul. Dont forget the city has been the center of its power in iraq for the last three years and as the militants are pushed back so were seeing hundreds of people emerge from their own homes where theyve effectively been held captive and coming out with tales of abuse and deprivation. They havent had any food or water for a number of weeks now so all attention now switches to raqqah in syria just 250 miles away. There u. S. Backed forces have breached the walls of the old city this morning. In other words, this morning, dan, the battle looks good on all fronts. It does but still a lot to worry about with isis. A lot to worry about. Its so hard to see all those people starving. Now what you need to know before driving home on one of the biggest travel days of the year. Millions of americans are gearing up to hit the road after the fireworks and abcs linzie janis is live with more on how to stay safe on this fourth of july. Good morning to you, linzie. Reporter good morning, paula. As you can see the roads are clear right now. But it is set to be one of the busiest fourth of july weekends ever. The busiest recordbreaking weekend in terms of the number of people out on these roads and traffic is expected to peak after fireworks displays tonight. Its worth remembering the fourth of july is also the most dangerous day to be on the road. Your chances of being involved in a fatal accident increase by a third on this day. Drunk driving behind a lot a significant number of those crashes so the National Safety council reminding people use a designated driver, maybe a Ridesharing Service and a recommendation for parents, do not allow your teens to drive around other teens. Just one young passenger can increase a teen drivers fatal crash risk by 44 . So a good reminder to have fun but stay safe. Dan and paula. Yeah, great reminder to stay safe and great reminders and tips for parents as well. Advice you can dole out to your teens. Thanks, linzie. Confirming my instinct to stay on the couch as well tonight. All right. I dont think you really needed anybody to confirm that. No, you know me well. Coming up rumer willis revealing her secret struggle with addiction. The actress sharing an Important Message this morning. 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Talking about bearing it all, if you have little one, tell them to get cereal or play on the ipad because espn is getting ready to release its annual body issue. Somebody is excited. [ applause ] featuring athletes again taking it all off. This years lineup includes new england patriot and super bowl champ julian edelman. He actually hates his feet. I thought that was interesting because a lot of women hate their feet so nice to hear men also have those problems. Do you like yours, adrienne . I like them in shoes. Do you like your feet, ginger . I would say in general theyre fine. Theyre nothing special. I really didnt see the conversation going this way. Anyway do you like your feet . Anyway, world series champion chicago cubs second baseman javier baez, olympic sprinter and Breast Cancer survivor, novlene williamsmills, caroline wozniacki, tennis star, and Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott are in this issue. And it hits newsstands on july 7th. Has to be the moment they hear theyre in that they just start doing more lunges. That is that got me so interested in sports really quickly there. Well, something to think about. Finally in a video a lot of people are watching earning over 400,000 views on youtube. A little girl taking her first sip of coke. Dont do it, mom and dad. Watch it. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Eyes rolling back in the head. Ah. Cocacola coma. But wait for it. She likes it. Shes going back for more. Yes. Mikey likes it. Looks like shes found her new favorite drink. Though she was shuddering a bit in the beginning. I saw a meme on that one yesterday and it said when a friend mixes you a drink and youre like, whoa. She has a future in comedy. Her facial expressions are incredible. But takes a deep breath like, ooh, give me more, that sugar rush combined with the burn. And the head back. We can all relate not necessarily for cocacola but other things in life. For some things. Where are you going with that . Bittersweet. Nothing, nothing, dan. Lets talk about feet again. We took a turn with the feet and then the half naked bodies. Awry when adrienne wants us to get back to talking about feet. Lets get to the news. Turning now to our gma cover story, rumer willis stunning revelation. Weve been talking about this this morning. The former dancing champ and daughter of bruce willis and demi moore revealing her secret struggle with alcohol. Abcs diane macedo is here with all the details. Good morning, diane. Reporter good morning to you. Rumer Willis Instagram is blowing up after she posted shes six months sober. First time shes ever admitted to problems with addiction. While it was a secret journey it was a long one. Im on the road reporter 28yearold rumer willis is opening up with a candid message to the world. Instagraming this barefaced selfie revealing her secret struggle with addiction. Yesterday i celebrated six months of sobriety. Its not something i planned on but after the long journey of getting here i can honestly say i have never been more proud of myself in my entire life. Willis shared the news over the weekend with her 600,000 plus followers, writing, i will be the first one to say im not perfect and i mess up sometimes. And every once in a while i get it right. The oldest daughter of hollywood stars demi moore and bruce willis has become a star in her own right. Mastering the ballroom as dancing with the stars season 20 champ. Taking over broadway as roxie in chicago. Started with a bang reporter even taking on the role as a singing sensation. Mountains high and the valley low reporter and recovering drug addict on the hit show empire. Relax, im just saying hello. Reporter in real life, addiction runs through rumers blood. Her mom, dad and younger sister tallulah are all admitted recovering addicts. The good news is theres a supportive and empathetic family there that understands what shes going through. Reporter shes no stranger to challenges, also becoming vocal about her battles with online bullying. Unfortunately, i think its one of those things that were almost in a generation now where its become socially acceptable for that kind of behavior and what bothers me the most is seeing young women put each other down. Reporter now her remarkable candor comes with a simple message, be gentle with yourself. And she hasnt revealed any more details on this apparent addiction but she did express gratitude for the love and support and there has been a ton. That post already has roughly 18,000 likes and over 600 comments and, paula, many are from people saying that just that one post has inspired them to try to get sober as well. Very powerful. Seems like its resounding with so many this morning. Diane, thanks for that report and we are joined by dr. Jen ashton. Good morning to you. Good morning. So it just seems like theres vulnerability and healing in that vulnerability but is it a healthy part of the process to open yourself up so publicly . I mean i think to be clear, there is no one size fits all when you talk about recovery and sobriety and substance abuse, dependence and addiction. That really addicts in general have a problem with avoidance, denial, with embracing reality so anything that helps them be responsible to themselves for that reality, whether its group, like this very, very public or whether its private, you have to embrace reality for that to occur and i think what we need to realize here is that shes a public figure. You can imagine how incredibly difficult it is for all of the people in recovery struggling with addiction to go through this privately. It can be also difficult publicly either way. This is a condition that does not discriminate. Whether youre a celebrity or an average person, you have to face those demons and its incredibly hard. And as diane mentioned in the piece, there is a genetic component to this and kind of runs in the family. What do we know about that genetic component of addiction . Its important just like it is in a lot of medical conditions and people who have other relatives who have struggled with addiction, that increases their risk. But the flip side is also important to realize that if you have it in your family that doesnt mean its your destiny and your fate. It does mean you have to have awareness to try to take steps to lower that risk but Family History is always relevant. Family history and if youre struggling with this, reach out to others, open yourself up, be vulnerable, and get that accountability group. Use whatever resources you have. Dr. Ashton, thank you. Happy fourth. Lets send things back over to dan. Thank you, paula and jen. We will talk about the effectiveness of alternate day fasting. Does this trendy diet really help you lose weight long term . Abcs Mara Schiavocampo is here with a closer look. Mara, good morning. Reporter hey dan, good morning. On the surface, it sounds great. Diet every other day then eat pretty much whatever you want on nondiet days but does it actually work any better than good oldfashioned calorie cutting and is it something you can actually stick with . Its quickly become a top choice for weight loss. Now lets talk about the new diet craze. Watch what you eat two days a week and eat what you want the rest of the week. Reporter alternate day fasting, a hugely popular diet that many swear by. But now, new research is doubting its effectiveness. Does fasting one day and then eating pretty much whatever you want the next day really work . Simply not sustainable and its also confusing because it can put you at risk of actually overeating on the days when youre able to, quote unquote feast. Reporter on fasting days you eat about 25 of your normal caloric intake. For someone on a 1600 calorie diet, thats just 400 calories for the entire day. What does that look like . Three ounces of grilled chicken, five almonds, a small apple and half a cup of greek yogurt. For 34yearold alicia, it was a great jump start to weight loss. She lost 31 pounds in ten months from eating just 500 calories two days a week and alicia says for her it was easy to maintain. I love that i could still eat pretty much anything i wanted on the nonfasting days so, you know, it was a small price to pay for still getting to eat cookies and drink beer and like have burgers and bread. Reporter but a recent Study Compares those on an alternate day fasting diet with those who simply cut their calories every day. The result, both groups lost approximately the same amount of weight. So as long as you are reducing your food intake it really doesnt matter what the pattern of calorie restriction is. Youll lose weight. Reporter the study also found that the alternate day fasting group had a higher dropout rate. Some arguing its a tough diet to maintain long term. If i decided spontaneously to take a bike ride or to take a walk through the park or walk home, i would be really hungry and tempted to eat a lot more than what was allotted for that day. Reporter now the study also found that alternate day fasting didnt offer any added protection against Heart Disease compared to those who just cut their calories across the board. Now, the Biggest Issue is sticking with it. Thats one of the biggest challenges. Experts say alternate day fasting is best for those who only eat a few times a day. Its really hard for people who snake or graze a lot. Going long stretches without food will be tough. Sticking with it is the hardest part often of new habit formation. Consistency is key. If you stick with it, youll be okay. Good luck to me. Ginger, whats going on with you . I would pass out. I cant do that. I was just saying how hungry i was. We were all just talking about it. But you know what ill bring you your gma moment. It wouldnt be the fourth of july without our friends mowry and moon. Ah. They are the sweetest. We love seeing them all dressed up. You know what, it inspires me. Look at that. Just with the document in his mouth. Love it. A couple of the fourth of july cities, washington, d. C. , of course, today high 91. Before that storm comes through. And you will have sca happy Independence Day, and happy Independence Day, becoming mostly sunny, not too hot today, clouds return this evening, some summer heat coming. Lets take a look at temperatures today. 60s along the coast in san francisco, low to mid70s around the bay and low to mid80s inland. Cloud cover tonight 52 to 57 put want a timetable on when the clouds will return this evening, go to facebook and ill have itt twitter, and i will have it for you. [ cheers and applause ] were still talking about food, by the way. We are all talking about food and so hungry. Lets move to the 30th anniversary of one of the biggest blockbuster franchises of all time. Were talking Lethal Weapon, everybody. The stars of the classic buddy cop movie sat down with our chris conley to catch up since their last scenes together, and they are definitely not too old for this stuff. Reporter its a joyful reunion for the stars of Lethal Weapon. Mel gibson, danny glover, and rene russo. The first time theyve been together since shooting the final scenes of Lethal Weapon 4 the franchises last one. Why do you have such affection when you see each other after all this time . It was a time in our lives when something just sort of clicked. I think there was a lot of love between us. When i see them i just kind of get the same feeling which is, you know, its kind of like seeing a teenage sweetheart or something. That sort of thing. I think you can say whatever you want about the films, but i think the relationship got better and better over the period of time. Do you really want to jump . Reporter from the first films 1987 debut Lethal Weapon turbocharged its genre. There was gibsons off the wall and back at you lawman, riggs. I think were all a little crazy and im probably crazier than most and it was easy to access. Reporter he was paired with glovers heading toward retirement family man who got the best loved line in buddy cop movie history. Im too old for this. I cant get anywhere without somebody saying, just say it to me, just say, im getting too old for this, you know. Its the to be or not to be of this genre of movies. The scratch. It feels like grand canyon. Reporter in 1992s Lethal Weapon 3, she would come on board as a cop. Hers and mel comparing scars. Favorite scene ive ever done ever. Not just because youre this crazy good kisser which you are reporter director richard donor would encourage mels onset improv vacation. Like give me the best lines sometimes. You cant imagine how quick mel was. Crazy. Lets do it. I cant even remember dialogue now. In fact, i have the body of an 18yearold. I just cant remember where i buried it. Reporter its state of the era action sequences kept Lethal Weapon audiences on the edge of their seats, but sometimes found glover asleep in his. Im in the passenger seat, mels driving and we have to drive to the location. I cant remember a time when i did not go to sleep. Thats true, i remember. Donner would always say, wake glover up before we start shooting. Reporter their clear chemistry makes talk of a possible lethal 5 unavoidable. How much would you be interested in doing another one . You should see me walk to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Like that is not going to happen. How tempted are you sometimes . You play off the fact theyre not as limber as they used to be. You have to. And i think that would be fun. It would be a real comedy. Rip van weapon. I think they should do it. I will watch Lethal Weapon 5 if mel gibson brings back that mullet. Business in the front, party in the back. We all want to be heroes for the rest of our lives. I think it would be exciting. Lethal weapon 5 not too old for this stuff. Come on. Im feeling too old for this stuff and were all still hungry. We are honoring a real American Hero on this july 4th holiday. Thats coming up. On this july 4th holiday. Thats coming up. Good morning on this july fourth. Im reggie aqui. The city is going to be full of parades. Morgan hill, people began to put out parades since it began. And now, alameda will close the fairgrounds at a 8 00 p. M. To keep people from flooding the fairgrounds. So if you are going, get there early. Alexis, is anybody going to work . No. The bay bridge toll plaza, and no metering lights. They are not flipped on this morning, but maybe later today when the volume is going to fill in for all of the festivities. And the richmond and san rafael bridge just nine minute, and five for the dunbarton. And five people got up and they are watching us now. We have doubled the audience. And mike nicco is up next with to a look at the holiday forecast. Dennys new strawberries and cream pancakes are in the house. Your house. With new dennys online ordering, get whatever you want, whenever you want, now wherever you want. Order at dennys. Com discover card. Hooh, youre real . . You know im real at discover, were always here to talk. Good, cause i dont have time for machines. Some Companies Just dont appreciate the power of conversation you know, i like you i like you too at discover, we treat you like youd treat you. Get the it card and talk to a real person. And now to a accuweather forecast with mike nicco. The mid50s to 60s with this evening with a light breeze near the fog. A little fog near petaluna and south and east of that bay bridge, you should be clear. Reggie . Thank you, mike. Another update in about 30, and always more on the website at lways more on the website at on your feet again on your feet again yeah [ cheers and applause ] welcome back to gma. That was r5. They are too cool for school. Like the house band this morning, r5. [ cheers and applause ] coming up theyll perform their new single if. Ginger had a chance to interview them. Yes. Guys, we are so excited to hear your new song. [ applause ] we want to move first to an unsung American Hero. Remarkable story, one man lost everything, he devoted his life to helping the homeless and many others rise up. This morning we are celebrating the fourth of july by honoring him. Rob marciano traveled to Oklahoma City for this unforgettable surprise. Take a look. Reporter larry ross . Yes. Reporter rob marciano with Good Morning America. So good to see you. Walk with me. [ cheers and applause ] so we at gma got a beautiful letter some weeks ago describing the work that youve done here at city care. Thats why were here. Thats why everybody is here to celebrate that. So gma wanted to recognize you and we put a little tape together and we want you to have a look. For larry ross, life has been a lesson. After the oil boom busted in the mid 80s he and his family lost everything. All of oklahoma was suffering. We lost our business and lost our house. When you lose everything that youve depended on, you start doing some soul searching. Reporter even though larry was staying with friends sleeping on their couches he felt compelled to help those less fortunate than himself volunteering at a Church Breakfast for the homeless. He saw a need to feed these people. He fell in love with that population. Literally like they were his friends. Reporter that experience would become a life changer for larry. Amen. Reporter one morning while volunteering he had an epiphany, he would abandon the oil business permanently and dedicate himself full time to the citys homeless population. He founded city care. First he raised funds to build desperately needed transitional housing for people struggling to get back on their feet. It was a place like a little cradle in between those two harsh realities. Homelessness and the real world. Reporter next larry built permanent Affordable Housing for the formerly homeless. I own a boxing gym. I own a house, i own a car. I have a wonderful wife. I have a wonderful daughter, now im a productive member of society because of larry. Reporter and then he turned to children to prevent homelessness before it begins. Fix poverty and education to end homelessness. Reporter he created whiz kids, an afterschool Literacy Program for kids at risk like april and bianka tobias. Maybe we could have been part of that percent that dropped out of school. Reporter today city Care Services thousands of people on the brink of homelessness. But larry is not done yet. His final project before retirement, Affordable Housing for veterans, another group at risk for homeless innocence. The project called homes for heros. Even though maybe he doesnt remember me or remembers my face, i want him to know just that he changed my life and he created this want and need to help others and invest in other people. I just want him to know that he rebuilt me. I know for a fact that it saved my life. Ive got a wonderful life, you know. Thank you. I really appreciate it, larry. Thank you. Im speechless. Give it up. [ cheers and applause ] im going to put my sunglasses back on. Thats all right. Theres a lot of love here, no doubt about that. Not just homelessness but getting kids having trouble reading and helping them through that. How important is that . If a kid cant read, their chances for success are greatly diminished. I have the heart of a hero reporter we know whiz kids is going into the digital age. In order to do that you need digital equipment so our friends from samsung have something that they want to offer up. This is annie wu from samsung. Hi, larry. Pleasure to meet you. Samsung is donating 200 of these chromebook pluses. Did you hear that, everybody . Youre getting 200 chromebook pluses from samsung. [ cheers and applause ] bless you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Reporter we got a call from an anonymous donor who wanted to give you 50,000. [ applause ] 50,000. I met major ed, a purple heart recipient. 50,000 to go to your first home for heroes. We want to thank the anonymous donor that made this 50,000 donation and thank samsung for the 200 chromebook pluses and of course we want to thank everybody here at mark twain elementary school. Are you guys ready to show larry a little piece of your heart . Lets do it. One, two, three, go. Have a look, larry. Thats great. Is that not amazing . Thats amazing. How much love you feeling right now . A lot. We are gma [ cheers and applause ] if that doesnt touch your heart, he had so many of his own needs when he lost his house and job and his First Response was to help the needs of others. To see the response from the people he helped over the year, incredible. So amazing. Larry is an incredible man so well deserved acknowledgments for him and all the wonderful work that hes doing and thanks to rob for bringing that amazing story. Coming up, ginger. Hey. Youre putting on your dancing shoes. I have to. I got to go to talk to the tour. See if you remember the moves. The answer is no. Looks like yes is the answer. I have a lot of learning to do again. Yeah were all about a good time and we are back now, very done up for the fourth of july. Look at my new friend coral. Looking good for fourth. All right. My behind the scenes visit now with the dancing with the stars tour. I got to reunite with some of my favorite people on earth and favorite dance moves so lets see how the big return to the stage went. Announcer live from hollywood, this is dancing with the stars. Reporter actually live from the city near you, its the dancing with the stars tour. Season 24 mirror ball champions Rashad Jennings and emma slater hit the road visiting 43 cities along with some of your favorite pros and we got to go backstage right before their show at the Mayo Performing Arts Center in morristown, new jersey. Meet the people that voted for you week one and been rooting for you the entire time and to see them facetoface, give them hugs, perform in front of them is great. Worst part maybe not worse but the part youre about to do sleeping with about ten other people within a sixfoot radius. I snore. I would be so nervous. He has to have the bottom bunk because he is too tall and rolls out. Im going to be dancing and thought i should go for a big fall and then i thought, wait, i sort of did already. I beat you to it. And i saw it in slow motion. I was like, no. Positively the most epic moment ive had on stage. Fake ginger fall. No. That would be good for tv. Yeah, yeah. Three, two, one. All ginger falls. Reporter now its time to get a dance lesson for a little onstage cameo. One, two, three, four. Okay. Thats it. Cut reporter before the show starts, a visit to the dressing rooms. Are you enjoying your makeup . Yes, we are here trying to get ready for the show. Give the people what they came to see. Now its time to dance. Wont you say you love me all of the time stay just a little bit longer please let me dance, say you will [ applause ] they are pros for a reason. I was so sore after that but it felt good. We only rehearsed that three times. I was sweating my booty off. Dancing with the stars Summer Nights runs through august 19th and now weve got to move on. Everybody is here ready for the fourth of july and getting a head start on the fourth of july with some good old barbecue. Chickfila has created its first seasonal sandwich. The smokehouse barbecue bacon sandwich. That classic grilled chicken gives just the right amount of summertime sizzle. Their special sauce jack cheese, bacon, everybody by the way in our studio audience is going home with a chickfila gift card so that you can try one tonight. Good morning. Happy Independence Day. The clouds are going be back into the bay by 7 00 after clearing. Nothing extreme temperaturewise today. The forecast, warmer inland starting thursday. Ah, happy birthday. All right. Lets go ahead and head up to dan. Ginger, you have lost nothing in your moves. Congratulations. I joined on a completely different note by father james martin, the jesuit priest who calls for compassion for the Lgbt Community after the massacre at the pulse nightclub caught the attention recently appointed by pope francis as a consultant to the vatican and now written a new book, there it is, called building a bridge. And its about bridging the gap between the Catholic Church and the Lgbt Community. Father, thank you for being here. My pleasure. What provoked you to make this video and were you surprised by the response . The pulse massacre happened and in response very few catholic bishops really reached out to the Lgbt Community so i was a little disappointed in that. I made the video for facebook and as you say it got a lot of responses and i was surprised. I think people were waiting for a word of comfort from the Catholic Church and maybe thats what this did. Some we discussed this before. Some conservative catholics were not happy with it. What kind of pushback did you get from those corners . Well, unfortunately, a lot are against the whole topic of welcoming lgbt catholics and think its caving in which is ridiculous. All im calling for is respect, sensitivity and compassion which is part of the catechism. Where has pope francis been on this . Hes really been a leader. I think his five most famous words are who am i to judge and hes talked about and used the word gay which is the first time for any pope and really advocated a real compassionate approach and really trying to listen to people and accompany them and meet them where they are. You say this is a twoway street and members of the Gay Community also need to show respect to the church. But i think there are some for some people thats a bitter pill to swallow given the amount of pain and rejection that they feel theyve experienced in the church. Its a very bitter pill. Im very clear in the book the onus is on the church. The Institutional Church that is marginalized the Lgbt Community, not the other way around but i think both sides need to be respectful of one another. In your Book Building a bridge, you start with this psalm. You knit me together in my mothers womb. I praise you for i am fearfully and wonderfully made. Some of my colleagues at gma noticed theres some similarity here to lady gagas born this way. Are you a fan . Of lady gaga . Yeah, and i think she got it from the psalm, probably not the other way around. A little theology there. You like the message shes spreading . I do. Sort of shorthand i saw on a Bumper Sticker once is god doesnt make crap. We are fearfully and wonderfully made and all beloved children of god and thats one of the prime messages im trying to get across in this book to lgbt people. So what can and should the church be doing now . Listening to the experiences of lgbt catholics, ask them the question, whats your experience of god like while welcoming them and call for an end to the firings that have been going on and really making them comfortable in their own church. Are you confident this is going to happen . I am. Im hopeful and think theres a lot of signs of change, pope francis and more catholics come out and more know lgbt people and theyre more and more part of the parishes. Thank you very much. Congratulations on the Book Building a bridge. We appreciate it. Thank you. We will be right back with more gma. [brother] any last words . [boy] karma, danny. Karma [vo] progress is seizing the moment. Your summer moment awaits you, now that the summer of audi sales event is here. Audi will cover your first months lease payment on select models during the summer of audi sales event. The only bed smart enough to change sleep as we know it. 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All my days run together because its dope hope my nights last forever like the Rolling Stones all up in your time line double tapping i like like hoping that you dont mind mind that was 4 weeks old caught up in your eyes we have been talking online line i wont trade you no lies lies that youve heard before tell me if you could love me make me somebody if you could love me, do can you take on my feelings angels and demons if you could love me, do i could be be you catch a flight down to rio rode up on a beach vacay pay, no deniro, the perks of the peach all up in your vibes, vibes, you got something i like, like sweet like sugar and spice, spice cool like icicle well baby lets get hectic throwing all of your lettuce spend it all on your dressing freaking wonderful tell me if you could love me, make me somebody if you could love me, do can you take on my feelings, angels and demons if you could love me, do i could be with you i could and i would i could be with you i could be with you i could and i would i could be with you i could be with you yeah ooh now i know what you like damn we got a good life tell me if you could love me make me somebody if you could love me do can you take on my feelings, angels and demons if you could love me do i could be with you i could and i would baby i wanna know i could be with you i could be with you oh baby i could be with you [ cheers and applause ] there is a place where heroes hspiderman. Black widow. Captain america. And eddie . So, whats the plan . Breaking out the guardians, pal. Come celebrate the allnew guardians of the galaxymission breakout during the summer of heroes, only at disneyland resort. Hero up announcer how would you like us to come to you and throw a Summer Block Party for your friends and neighbors and wait for it. Performing live dierks bentley. Its the Biggest Block Party of the summer. Go now to goodmorningamerica. Com block party to find out how to enter. Lets get this party started. Announcer presented by kings hawaiian. Good morning america is brought to you by lowes. Lowes salutes our military community with the lowes military discount. [ cheers and applause ] okay, they are ross, rydel, rocky. Ellington. Ellington and riker. There we go. I know you have a big show in baltimore tonight. Thanks for r5 for celebrating the fourth of july with us. You guys have been great. Lets take another look at that heartwarming moment honking an American Hero. We leave you with this image and wish you a happy Independence Day, a happy birthday, america. See you back here tomorrow. Happy ipdz pence day, a happy birthday, america. See you back here tomorrow. Because with citrusy peel shine, i might as well be spraying orange juice on. Grape juice. Get serious, get a cleaner with bleach in it. Thats right. Ill get it. Clorox means clean. Good morning. It is fourth of july at 8 59. And oh, say, can we see the fireworks tonight, mike nicco . Where have you been hiding that one . I know. And i have ten seconds, so on the north bay, encroach iing in petaluna about 9 30, and richmond and san rafael bridge, fog there, but south of the san mateo bridge and east of that into the inland area of the eastland bay, you will be fine, and the temperatures warmer inla inland. Alexis . The volume is very light. And 14 minutes to the highway to the maze. You have the city to yourself if you are up. And of course announcer happy Independence Day. Youre invited to lives 4th of july party. Today, an allamerican host and author, andy cohen. And throughout the show, members of our studio audience will compete for cash and prizes in our 4th of july games. Plus, see who takes the plunge in a special Holiday Edition of dunking with the stars. All next on live. cause, baby youre a firework announcer now here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. Ryan hey [cheers and applause] uhoh. S and applause] kelly oh, my god, what ryan oh, no. Kelly hi hi, guys come on, let your colors burst make em go, oh, oh, oh