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Development secretary sparks a firestorm with this comment about slaves calling them immigrants. There were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships worked even longer, even harder for less. The uproar overnight. What carson now says he really means. And searching for Richard Simmons. The sweatin to the oldies fitness star keep that energy up. Missing from the public for more than a thousand days. Now his former friend on a Mission Behind the most popular podcast in america trying to find out what happened to the workout guru. What simmons people are saying this morning. Good morning, america. We have a lot of news to get to. Lets take a live look at the capitol. A big fight is brewing there over republican plans to repeal and replace obamacare. Those first plans were introduced overnight. Just down the street those protests break out at the white house overnight over President Trumps new travel ban. Well have much more on that just ahead. First we want to get to tornadoes in the midwest. Dozens reported in the heartland overnight, 13 million now in the path of Severe Weather. So, lets get right to ginger tracking it all. 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 indiana and thats where we find that severe thunderstorm watch. You could still see severe winds blowing through, even large hail and watching that cold front, alabama, makes night that slight risk, louisiana and much of mississippi the next couple of hours and all 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 77mileperhour winds ripped this roof off. Vehicles pelted by baseballsize hail and 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. Looking pretty black there for awhile. We have a couple of big trees down. We have some debris from someones 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, alec, thank you. Thinking of all those affected. 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 doesnt change, coverage still cannot be denied based on preexisting conditions and young adults can stay on their parents plan until theyre 26. Let me make clear a couple of things were going to make sure. Were not pulling the august out from under people. Reporter even some republicans are voicing concerns. Four key gop senators balking at it to limit medicaid funding warning it does not protect people in the expansion. For others the plan doesnt go far enough. Rand paul tweeting it sure looks like obamacare lite. The white house welcomed the plan but didnt 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 wont come until the Budget Office releases its findings on the impacts of this new legislation. George. Lets talk to 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 ryans taff and this is the White House Bill although if you looked at it sean spicer put out a statement, it wasnt exactly a fullthroated endorsement, 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 dont have reservations see if he has to follow through. 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 in first of all, if you add those up by my count you have at least eight senators who have serious reservations and can only afford to lose two of them. I would say the biggest threat is probably the conservatives. Theyre the ones that have dug in. Rand paul called it obamacare lite and ted cruz is digging in. Donald trump is having dinner at the white house with ted and heidi cruz. Starts the lobbying right there. As mary pointed out the congressional Budget Office hasnt said how many will lose coverage under this, how much it will cost. Thats key because the president said several times he wants everybody to be covered. Yes, so this assessment will come out next week. Well learn that price tag. We will learn how many people will be covered compared to how many people are now covered under obamacare. Theres 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 before that comes out. Absolutely. Jon karl, thanks very much. George, white house announcing their new travel ban and President Trump signing a revi revised one. And cecilia vega has 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 not taking questions and the white house 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 remove 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 doesnt mean the first one was blundered. Is the fact youre rescinding the first one an admission it didnt go as well as it could have. What were saying we wont wait for the year plus labyrinth process of the legal system to vindicate on the meters this executive order. Why wait when the countrys 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 nations security was at risk but this new order doesnt 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. Lets 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, grandson, 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 adepressing the taff there so he gets on facebook and this did what he said. Quote, the slave narrative and immigrant narrative are two entirely different experiences. The two experiences should never be intertwined. Im trying to clarify. Cecilia, thank you very much. 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. Dan abrams, i dont know if you want to comment or move on to the travel ban. Lets move on. To the basics, number one the old travel ban completely over now. Thats 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, theyve addressed many of the concerns that were raised by the courts. The fact that its now clear it it wont apply to green card holders, wont agree to people with a valid visa. Doesnt give preference to christians. Some reasoning offered to why they picked these six countries. That stuff really matters as a legal matter. And so i think that theyve probably overcome most of the thats the question. The white house seems to think right now this is bulletproof legally. I wouldnt say bulletproof but its 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 theres 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 surrogates old statements this court when challenging this. Theyll still say this is a muslim ban. They could have added countries like north korea, lets 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 didnt do. 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. He last ee normlous autonomy and will probably pass constitutional muster. Two separate questions legal from policy. Okay, dan abrams, thanks very much. George and dan, also new fallout over President Trumps 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 trumps claims. Our senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas has more and 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 Trumps claims about wiretapping his campaign. Its unclear whether comey will get what he wants. On the one hand the Justice Department does not like to comment about anything in regards to an investigation. But comey believes trumps tweet gives the impression the fbi did not improper. With sessions recused its up to an acting Deputy Attorney general. Ed by obama to sort this out and 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. 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 antiMissile System in south korea. Our chief Global Affairs anchor Martha Raddatz with the latest. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, george. The rhetoric this morning is extremely heated on all sides. Kim jongun, norths leader seemed possley 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 koreas 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. China has opposed 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, chinas concern has always been that the radars on the f. A. D. System will be used to monitor chinese airspace despite u. S. Assurances. 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 an and avalanche just last month in the a same area killed four people. Thankfully all skiers are accounted for. They have cleared the way for the removal of three confederate monuments. They 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 are looking into this motocross stunt. That biker jumped over four lanes of travel on a busy freeway. No one injured and they have traced it to a social media media account owned by a motocross enthusiast. No problem for chance the rapper to donate big. He won the grammy for best new arti artist and is donating 1 million and its a call of action for others to give for afterschool programs and Michelle Obama said, you are an example of the power of Arts Education and that Million Dollar isnt 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 dale in ellie is a big fan and happy with that Million Dollars too. To ginger. Lets talk about that. Coal to warm to cold to warm. Look at this as the Cherry Blossoms inms in washington, d. D after the freeze not looking so healthy. Now were warming up again but just in time to have freezing numbers places west of boston this morning might see slick roads and a big change for the weekend. Well talk about that. Hi, everyone, dave murphy with an update from accuweather. We have another batch of rain coming from the west some of it pretty steady out to the west and starting to get the roads wet in and around philadelphia. Trenton before too much longer. Stepping outside cloudy skies, rain beginning to move in. Light for now. Heavier a little bit later on. Temperatures are milder than yesterday, in the 40s in most spots and this afternoon were going to go for a mild high of 63 degrees in your sevenday. And it looks like well probably dry out in the afternoon as well. Still mild tomorrow. T enough. So cool. Yeah, it is. So great. Coming up on gma well try to pull back the curtain on President Trumps 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. I talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment with breo. Oncedaily breo prevents asthma symptoms. 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I was disappointed because now i have nothing to talk about but dave murphy reminded thats good for everybody out there, your lanes are opened and moving better but overall youre heavy on the schuylkill eastbound from gulph mills past conshohocken. Westbound with no accidents but nonetheless a heavier delay a32 minute ride from the vine to the blue route. Starting to drive through the rain right now. Fire police on hand directing traffic plumstead bucks county. New on 413 durham road near curly hill road. Live on the vine street expressway jamming up westbound as you head towards center city and you can see not terribly wet right here on the vine. No overnight construction scheduled this week on the vine either, matt. Okay, thank you, karen. Storm tracker6 and dave murphy next. vo love. I got it. I gotcha baby. vo its being there when youre needed most. Love is knowing. Hes the one. vo . It was meant to be. And love always keeps you safe. 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And this afternoon we expect drying, maybe some peeks of sun and a mild high of 63. 63 tomorrow and 61 on thursday before we chill down, matt. Thank you david. How to get tickets to attend the nfl draft in philadelphia next month on my twitter feed. We have a link. roosevelt i always thought that cigarette smoking just messed up your lungs. I never thought that at only 45 it would give me a heart attack. My tip is; do your heart a favor, and quit now. announcer you can quit. For free help, call 1800quitnow. The Top Notch Team of stain experts has performed over ten thousand stain evaluations to prove persil delivers a premium clean. Weve made a new stain with wasabi and goji berries. Make that ten thousand and one. Persil proclean. Its my party and ill cry if i want to welcome back to gma. Richard Simmons Sweatin to the oldies. Its been a long time since hes been seen in public and right now the top podcast started by had is former friend trying to figure out where Richard Simmons is. A thousand days since hes been seen in public. I hope hes okay. Also right now 13 million americans are bracing for Severe Weather after at least 29 reported tornadoes tore through the midwest overnight. Now people from kentucky to texas are on alert for wind and storms. A live look at our capitol where the battle is already under way over the republicans new Health Care Bill. Democratic leaders say it will burn working families while the Trump Administration calls it an important step toward restoring Health Care Choices and affordability back to the american people. The president is up and tweeting about that. Some other things as well. Well take a closer look at those stunning tweets from the president accusing president obama of tapping his phones during the campaign but offering no evidence to back it up. It raises Big Questions about where President Trump is getting his information from and our chief National Correspondent tom llamas is here with the story. Reporter good morning to you. We know that a story in breitbart about those alleged wiretaps was circulating in the west wing before the president sent out that tweet and it follows a pattern we found where the president sees something on an opinion show or alternative news site then puts it out to the country as gospel. President trump doesnt drink or smoke but there may be one thing hes addicted to, tv news. I watch cnn, its so much anger and hatred and just the hatred. Reporter the commander in chiefs viewing habits seemingly more and more consequential. That stunning tweet on saturday terrible, just found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower just before the victory. The tweet coming after this fox news report on friday. Are you concerned on the flip side that the Obama Administration may have been surveilling members of the Trump Campaign. Reporter a similar report on the altright news site breitbart summarizing mark levins thursday program. How many of trumps people were eavesdropped on . Reporter just last month the president describing what sounded like a terror attack in sweden. You look at whats 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. That 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 its so often based on punditry, peoples opinion, not on fact. Reporter but some in congress see an opportunity. I know youre watch so looking forward to meeting with you. Reporter the white house ended up calling representy eli jaj Cummings Office and telling viewers he bought ad time to reach the president directly. Weve created a series of commercials in an attempt to bring him up to speed on some information he may lack. The cowboy for 25 years and two things i know. I dont like pain when i cath and the nuclear try ad consists of land based missile, submarine launched missiles and aerial bombers in you know the story behind those commercials. On a serious note some are buying time hoping President Trump sees the ad and hears their message. Another example, 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. Thanks very much. Joined by a close friend of President Trump, Christopher Ruddy of news max media and we know he reads that 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 didnt ask him, but he was very confident and i would say very angry about the revelations he as angry as youve ever seen him. Yeah, sometimes people say he was in a rage, no, he wasnt in a rage. He just had a demeanor. He is a friendly, outgoing guy. 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 thats an incredibly explosive charge to charge say that your predecessor wiretapped your phones without any evidence, has now been denied and the fbi director at least telling the Justice Department it didnt happen. I want to see that in public. As angry as you saw, as angry as the 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 youve been around washington a long time so you know theyve been parsing their words on a lot of these. First it wasnt president obama didnt order the surveillance. Thats what President Trump is charging. Hes charging that president obama i saw the president at dinner saturday night. He said to me i said theres a lot coming out and he said the evidence when this is looked into will come out. The truth will come out and i will be proven right. What will happen if hes proven wrong . Im hour if he is wrong and its not true hell make an apology. You think hell apologize. Well, he has before. I do think that doesnt apologize for much. I do think the threshold is very low. Ive talked to a lot of Trump Campaign people and i think theres almost 100 consensus among the leadership there that it one point or another their campaign was surveilled. If that is true, that is a really serious egregious thing. But if its not true making the charge is serious and egregious. There is a lot of other serious things, lets go back over this. This is a president who has been under siege since the day he arrived. He had youve been in the white house two secret private conversations with heads of state. Within hours obama leaked those to the Washington Post to embarrass the president. You cant get more secretive a document than a private conversation with the president ahead of i dont thats a crime. Why is to one in the press talking about that. We did talk about that but as you know, every president gets enraged by leaks. My question is is this pressure getting to donald trump . Youve spent a lot of time with him. I think hes really adjusting to the job. This is the first man in history that was not a politician or a general so he doesnt know the political world as much but what ive 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 hes going to run for president. He is president. He is a quick learner and he will adjust. 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 its an adjustment period. I want to talk about. Newt gingrich also close to the president said hes deeply frustrated as well and newt says the president wont survive unless he profoundly rethinks what theyre doing and how theyre doing it. Do you agree. The president is constantly thinking of ways of adjusting. Again, ive had a lot of interactions with his companies. They are not in chaos. They run really great. He always picks great people. Hes always on top of everything happening. If he hears negative feedback about something going on in a company that he owns, hes like white on rice to fix it. Its just taking time. Its new. Everybody that he wanted to have fresh people come into that that werent washington insiders so theyre on a learning curve. No one denies his team is an aplus team in that cabinet. Hes brought in heavyweight people. We have to end it there. Chris, thank you. Back to robin. Coming up, where is Richard Simmons . His former friend and the podcast on a mission to find out. Come on back. When you have allergies, it can seem like triggers pop up everywhere. Luckily theres powerful, 24hour, nondrowsy claritin. It provides relief of symptoms that can be triggered by over 200 different allergens. Live claritin clear. Im proud to make dog chow in vodavenport, iowa. An. Dog chows been a part of my familys life for over 40 years. My grandfather made it and now im making it. As a microbiologist i ensure that dog chow leads with high quality ingredients. Back with the mystery surrounding Richard Simmons. He has been missing from the public for more than a thousand days. And now the most popular podcast in america is on a mission to find out whats going on. Abcs nick watt is in l. A. With more on this. Good morning, nick. Reporter good morning, robin. Well, its three years and counting, Richard Simmons has been holed up in his West Hollywood home. Many friends says hes cut all contact. A lot of questions and fans saying they need some answers. He sweated to the oldies for decades. Short shorts and that smile. Omnipresent National Treasure simmons would often greet tour buses near his home. Nothing but trouble. Reporter that his shuttered studio in beverly hills. No priority list, 12 bucks a class. Everyone was welcome. Now 1100 days since simmons was last seen in public. The frenzy over what happened is heating up thanks to the nations number one itunes podcast, missing Richard Simmons. The latest episode this man, a former friend and masseuse alleges simmons longtime housekeeper wont let him out of the house. Richard, look at me and say you gotta go. Really. Is she controlling your life now and he said yes. Reporter simmons rep denies it saying the tar decided to step back from the spotlight and live a more private life. But he is sticking to his storytelling me something similar. What do they want from him . His money. What else. The house alone is worth 10 million. Reporter dan who hosts missing Richard Simmons said the purpose of the podcast is 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 dont have to work anymore. This is my passion and this is my mission. You cant fake this. This isnt a witchhunt. I just wish him well but i havent talked to anybody who thinks Richard Simmons is fine. Reporter simmons pr agent of 27 years tell us we didnt 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, hes 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 its going to end with an interview with him. Okay. Coming up coming up on our big board new revelations about what led to bill paxtons death. We are back in just two minutes. This is not a screensaver. This is the destruction of a cancer cell by the bodys own immune system, thanks to medicine that didnt exist until now. And today can save your life. We be way too fly,e team bout to take flight i dont know what youve 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 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. Thats right. He had a stroke 11 days after having had heart surgery and had it for two reasons. He had an aortic aneurysm, enlargement of the artery that comes out to your body and had surgery to replace a defective aortic valve so our hearts are pumps and they allow the blood to flow one direction not the other. He did 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 had only two of those. Over time those thicken and dont allow flood flow to flow properly and as you get older you have to have that replaced. The most common heart defect people are born with. About 1 have it. If someone in your family has it then you should screen other family members. How do you defect if you have it and what do you do if you do . Most are fine during childhood and early dullhood. Later your doctor may hear a heart murmur. Unusual sound or may get to the point where youre getting 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 dont 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 abduljabbar, Magic Johnson, caught in the middle of a family power struggle threatening to tear it apart. Bruce bowen, knew he would have a bow tie, this is about the three siblings, jerry buss children. A terrible situation right now, robin, whereas because its family its 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 thats why she went out and got Magic Johnson, a laker ledge egend, to come in a handle the responsibilities of basketball pragues. How does this filter through to the players when theres 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 theres 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 . 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 25year contract. Understand that he wouldnt 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 theyre getting back to that. But if they wouldnt have done that, if she wouldnt 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 thats 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. Hes the original dream teamer. Alltime 50 greatest players and hes a guy that understands what it takes to win championships. His basketball i. Q. Is off the chars. 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 he did it. Behind the scenes of last nights explosive bachelor. The women are telling all, so is nick and a live look at Mara Schiavocampo. Could the chamber shes in, what do you think about this, dr. Besser, could it revolutionize your weight loss. 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You can see that 37 minute ride from the vine to the blue route and eastbound a 27 minute ride in the other direction. Slow speeds on the schuylkill expressway and real everywhere also. The rain has moved through the area. A handful of accidents. One new on the boulevard southbound in the outer drive. Stick to the inner drive. Lincoln drive northbound at rittenhouse and a fire in camden still causing problems on sixth street matt. Okay, thank you, karen. Taking a live look at a gloomy Delaware River with some rain around that so lets turn to meteorologist, david murphy. David. Lots of clouds and we do have rain falling right now in philadelphia, matt. Storm tracker6 live double scan shows you that its fairly light rain highlighted in lighter shades of green across the center of the region but a band of heavier rain is just about ready to pop into western Chester County. Looks like its going to be wet for a portion of the morning and then drying out this afternoon. Up to 47 degrees, though. We are off to a mild start and later accuweather says we will hit a mild high of 63. Again, some breaks in the clouds possible later this afternoon. Most of your rain in the morning. Early showers tomorrow morning but most of the day is sunny and windy. Still mild in the 60s matt. Thank you david. New Castle County Police are investigating a third attempt at a kidnapping and robbery outside of a delaware apartment complex. It happened outside the bluffs apartments in newark last night. Police believe the same man is also behind two earlier and very similar attacks in recent weeks in northern delaware. Hundreds of teens gather in center city and create a mob scene leaving a Police Officer injured and leading to 25 arrests. The story on 6abc. Com. Hey, hows it going . Um. Who are you . Im val. The orange money retirement squirrel from voya. I represent the money you save for the future. See . Were putting away acorns to show the importance of being organized. 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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. 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 cant crack the door. I cant do anything. Im 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 . Started with a whisper new overnight behind the scenes of the most explosive women tell all yet. All the women nick turned away 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 theyre saying good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] all right. Good morning, everyone. Happy tuesday. Good to see lara and jesse back. Yes, looking dapper as always. Uhhuh. You know where Mara Schiavocampo is right now . Locked in a room somewhere. That tiny room. Metabolic chamber atst sinai st. Lukes 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. Well see what shes 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 shes in there sleeping, walking, doing yoga. Mini vacation. All right. Were looking forward to learning what shes learning. Also i dont 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 youre watching for so many antic, well, yep, she did it again last night, 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 well 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. 29 tornadoes tore the central u. S. Leaving a widespread path of destruction from kansas to illinois and packed wind gusts 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, at the airport. Likely tornadoes or severe wins and thats what were waking up along the cold front from Southern Indiana to the severe potential in parts of mississippi, louisiana and as you can see there, right there in southeast arkansas. Almost to memphis, so thats 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 wind. Weve seen tens of thousands of acres burned. People 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 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 theyre 26 and coverage cannot be denied for preexisting conditions. Some conservatives are not on board with this plan and its not clear how much it will cost. President trumps new travel ban 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 found dead after going tore a jog last summer and her family established a foundation in her name. The goal, to promote a world where women can live boldly and fearlessly, a 5k race held in vanessas name in june. A new study is strengthening the link between autism and genetics. A new analysis found 18 genes associated with the disorder. Doctors say those genes are involved in brain cell communications. The study adds to the evidence autism is a condition caused by genetics. According to some as many as 1 in 45 children are diagnosed with autism. Finally a cafe in napa, california, is offer something you probably never knew youd even wanted. Coffee infused with wine. Molinari cafe describes it as a full bodied coffee. Professional tasters described the concoction as full bodied. Suggestive of small dark fruit like blueberries 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. Well 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. Cant believe this dynamic duo set to star in an upcoming drama about the Washington Post role in unveiling the pentagon papers back in 1971 called the post and talk about a trifecta. Steven spielberg will direct. Wow. Yeah. Very exciting. Its about two reallife newspaper staffers who challenged the federal government over their right to publish the pentagon papers. Detailing the countrys military actions and political plans back in vietnam. Hanks set to play executive editor ben bradlee but streep steps into the part of katharine graham. Oh, wow. I named kate after her. This is the first time streep and hanks have ever worked together. No way. Yes, way. What an allstar cast that is. Absolutely 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. Doughnuts. What. Why do this to us. This is the health report. It may be about to change. The Parent Company of Dunkin Donuts and baskinrobbins is committed to go au naturel if you will. Th they plan to remove artificial colors from its 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 yeah, baby. We have come to love from jesse and michael. Theyre looking to keep the doughnuts delightful and have naturally sourced products. See there. Yeah. Itll taste the same. Absolutely. Did you ever get one of those gmen boxes. Go thats how you keep that girlish figure. Finally, everybody, nothing like a road trip, right . Turning up the volume, jamming out to classics and let me tell you in this car there is no doubt who the real queen is. I come through we are the champions my friend the drive from alabama to florida got a whole lot more entertaining. Annie and lola have excellent taste in music. Pop news for you. 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There was name calling. There were tears and even a surprising twist. Overnight fireworks at an explosive women tell all turned away by bachelor nick now confronting him. A role reversal for the former bad boy. I am nervous. You do look very nervous. Famous for his tough question, nick now himself in the hot seat. I expected a little bit more empathy from you because you went through it so many times. Reporter but it was this moment thats getting all the attention. The seasons most controversial contestant, corinne, reigniting her big feud with taylor. I was hoping to move forward with was just some kind of empathy or acknowledgement of the pain and impact that the things youve said about me on National Television has impacted me. You didnt want to offer that. What about when you decided so early in the game to Say Something about me to nick. Reporter storming off the set. Only to return. I dont know about you but i need a glass of champagne. Reporter then this twist all those women you thought couldnt stand corinne going on the attack against taylor. You walked around the house with your nose in the air. Sometimes you did. Reporter corinne telling our cameras. The haters, im so sorry you are so offended by me doing me. You know, i cant make everybody happy. I wish i could but i cant and im not going to address you guys anymore. To the lovers. I love you too. Reporter and nick telling us back many stage what hes been going through. When youre on the other side youre only focused on one relationship and that can be challenging navigating through that but theres nothing quite like being the bachelor both in positive ways and very challenging ways. [ cheers and applause ] 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, he cried too much. Oh, nick. He touched a little on 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 people bad. Wah. You dont seem very sympathetic. Where did that come from. He says it all worked out the way it was supposed to. We dont know who its going to be. Or if its going to be someone at all. This cute moment where he gushed about rachel, the new bachelorette. He couldnt speak more highly of her. It was kind of nice to see him speaking so highly and having a nice rapport with someone he did send home. Its not all about the animosity. Perfect feet to end it on. Thank you. Dont miss the big bachelor finale monday. Well 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. Theres a lot to know about it. 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We have rain steadier out in the western suburbs and this is pushing toward the east. As we take a look outside we have cloudy skies overhead and of course wet roads so take it slow. Temperatures in the 40s in most spots. Your seven day a63 and later on mostly cloudy but drying in the afternoon and price some sunny breaks. Tomorrow mostly sunny and windy 63 and then 61, sunny and breezy thursday. Cooling down on friday with a rain or snow shower possible. R shoulder, johnny. I told him i want to do a profile. Thats why its time to go inside the Metabolic Chamber. Mara schiavocampo has been in one here in new york city for nearly 24 hours to learn more about the best way to eat and antioxidants and well hear from her in a moment. She has to stay in there until 9 00 but lets take a look at her experience so far. Reporter its the locked room unlocking limitless information about how our bodies work. The Metabolic Chamber at mount sinai st. Lukes hospital in new york can tell you how your body is burning calories and when. More accurate than a heart rate monitor an Activity Tracker or piece of gym equipment. People want to know exactly how much calorie i burn. Reporter theres just one thing. Its a 24hour metabolic test which means a full day inside this sealed chamber. Im ready. Yeah. Lets do it. See you in 23 hours and 15 minutes. And 15 minute, yes, okay. Good luck. Bye. Chambers like this have been around for decades but exclusively used by scientists now being made to the public for the first time in the United States for a fee of 1500. With the aim of giving everyday people information about how to manage their weight and exercise plans. I tested it out 24 hours in this 9x11 room equipped with a small desk, treadmill and mini fridge just feet from the toilet. I cant crack the door. I cant do anything. Im stuck in here for the next day. Ive been here now more than 20 hours. Good morning. No direct contact with any people. Necessities passed through a vacuum sealed window. My dinner. Mandatory exercise. And sleeping on a few ton with cameras shooting every second. This is how i can get a little bit of privacy. Heres how it works. The room measures oxygen consumption and Carbon Dioxide production calculating how many calories youre burning during all of your activities including sleeping and exercising. Even telling you how many calories you burn after a workout. And whether youre burning carbohydrates or fat to figure out the ideal fit formula for your body. Well, you know, the hardest part of all this i was bored and a little bit lonely but you come in knowing that youre going to be here for awhile. Kind of like going on a long flight so i was prepared and had books afternoon wifi and was able to stay connected. The hardest part after the boredom and loneliness was all the exercise. I had to do three workouts so my body could be measured to see how it responds to that so im exhausted, guys. Looking good. She cant hear me but she is going to get those results and shes going to share that with us in the coming week. Dori arad is the director of the metabolic clinic. Tell us more about the chamber. Thank you for having me. The Metabolic Chamber is the size of a small studio apartment in new york city and measures your metabolic profile for 24 hour, how much energy you burn when you sleep, talk, eat. What do you do with this. People are obsessed about 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, theres some people some critics have say, you know what, eating well and getting your rest and doing the things youve been taught to do is better than Something Like this. How do you respond. They havent used the chamber. But, you know, how much energy, how many exercise you need to do. How much diet. How many calories 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. Anybody can do this . Anybody can. How much . So, its not a cheap test. Shocking. Not cheap. Okay. People use calculation, they use devices, people are walking all over and get a estimation. The chamber is exact science and its a little pricey. Okay. Well, well be revealing maras results later this month because it takes some time to get all the detat together. Yeah. Well see if shes going to make some changes. 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. [ applause ] hello everyone. 8 27 on this tuesday march seven. Im Matt Odonnell. Lets see how the roads are shaping isnt that what do you know matt we found a jam on the schuylkill. We didnt need to look hard. This is the schuylkill expressway and this is past passyunk avenue. Thats your westbound traffic headed towards south street. Pretty heavy at this point, jammed from passyunk to south street and then again from approaching the boulevard to gladwyne. You see that 17 minute ride westbound. Eastbound is heavier from the blue route to the curve and then again from city avenue to girard. We have this accident on lincoln drive northbound at rittenhouse street so watch for crews on the scene there. And in ridley township Delaware County we have an accident here on 291 industrial highway right at stuart avenue. Thats a new one now so look for that to cause problems. As well as this issue in conshohocken. Downed wires. This is Fourth Avenue in conshohocken thats right near forest street so watch for crews on the scene there. Theres an accident thats still out here on durham roadblocking it in both directions. Police on hand directing traffic at the scene. Stick to easton road, 611 as your alternate and yes, those roads are getting damp and its causing problems, matt. And that a you karen. David is standing outside in the rain. Lets see how hes doing right now. Good morning, david. Glad im got the umbrella. Storm tracker6 live showing light rain coming through most of the region in lighter shades of green. Western Chester County darker shades of green and by reading steadier rain highlighted in yellow all this passing through during the morning rush into about mid morning. 47 is the current temperature. Milder than yesterday and this afternoon accuweather says the rain will dry up and well wind up mostly cloudy with sunny breaks and a high of 63 mild. Tomorrow mostly sunny and windy still mild, 63 and still on the low in the low 60s thursday matt before we start to cool down friday. Thanks, david. Details on the Republican House bill that would repeal and replace the Affordable Care act on 6abc. Com. [ applause ] welcome back to gma. Great audience on this tuesday morning. Jesse, youll kick things off. Well 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 whats 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. Were lucky. There are a lot of people that apparently dont 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 arent afraid to tell me theres 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. Thats what friends do. Not even friends. If you see someone and youre talking to them. I think people i think people sometimes are embarrassed and they think theyll be listen, guess what, guys blanket statement, lets all be comfortable with it and make a new if i have pizza on my face or food in my teeth thats not the look im going for. Jesse, jesse, you actually have both. Perfect. I want strangers do to it. If im walking down the street i need someone to walk up and say, hey, mr. Palmer, a bird pooped 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. Lets 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 . Its been going really well. Ive gotten to do all kinds of insane stuff and its been fantastic. I got chip and dale and master mickey mouse with us and weve been running amok. Didnt you surprise some people . Didnt 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. Dont do that in there. It was a whole thing but its 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 ill take you kids there and, you know, you grow up and hope things happen and things didnt work out the way she wanted to but when i got into a good position, i took her. Oh. And she didnt know that she was going so were in the car for like two hours because l. A. X. To anaheim is a little bit of a drive. Shes like, where are we going . Youll 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 doesnt matter who took who. Were 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 its like im with the family. Thats beautiful. Oh, gosh. Thats beautiful. [ applause ] and theres so many families that share a similar story like that. Hey, tell us were this new land, the pandorathe 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 its based on the film avatar and James Cameron and i went through and i have to tell you youve never seen anything like this. It is the most ex2r0erd thing ive ever seen and the Disney Imagineers coupled with James Camerons brain have created a visceral pandora. You can touch things. Can you see things, its extraordinary. Youll see it later on. Its 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. Thats a nice cake here. Well i dont know if its 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 doesnt make it to all of the women, you know, theyre always watching their weight anyway. Me, i dont care. So ill 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 disneys new pandorathe world of avatar right here on gma and tune in all week long for the view. You see how theyre 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 theyre 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 brandnew look at beauty and the beast, the film. The allstar cast sat down with nightlines juju chang for an exclusive look. Heres 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 everyones 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 cant believe im 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] lets talk about your character. Was it fun to be able to play someone that vain and yeah, i couldnt go far enough. Theres a thee at tri cat about gaston and he is ridiculous and a complete buffoon. You are the wildest, most gorgeous thing ive ever seen. Nobody deserves you. Reporter theres 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 didnt have to sing. Yeah, i dont sing and i dont sing in the movie so its 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. Its what you cant express otherwise. By gaston so gaston is a villain or is he misunderstood . No, hes a villain. Kill the beast. What big themes jump out at you. Love conquers all. Look at what is inside the person, not whats outside. Will you join me for dinner. Theres 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 its so hopeful and its so full of joy. And theres lots of dancing. And theres 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. Beauty and the beast hits theaters next friday. And coming up, you know her from dance moms and she has music videos, Maddie Ziegler here live. Stay with us. Were wrapping up our 24 days of dinner challenge tahdah i can handle that. Rachael with a spring pasta cookalong. You could make this in minutes any night of the week. I love it. Rachael next rachael z1we5z zi0z y1we5y yi0y back now on gma a look at a great new show people icons and tonights subject is celebrity love story. Yes. Lara, you get a sneak peek. A sneak peek, indeed. I got to sit down with gloria and Emilio Estefan and hear about their 41year love story. Heres a little snippet. 1975 you, gloria, ran into emilio while he was playing a cord yon at a wedding. You must have thought i need to have this man. Now, what i noticed right away was the charisma, the angel we call it in spanish, you could tell that he was just reveling in what he was doing, that he was loving it. Talking about me. Im talking about you. Oh, thats good. So much chemistry and you can see more of their beautiful story and other famous cups tonight at 10 00 p. M. Eastern right here on abc. That accordion. Yeah. Nothing does it sounds kind of cool. We got rain this morning folks. Be careful on the roads. Some of it is steady and that heavier band moving towards physical. Temperatures in the 40s. This afternoon we dry out, maybe get a little sun and its milder with a63. Windy and mild tomorrow. Of your favorite musicians who also have great chemistry, by the way, lets let Florida Georgia Line give you details. 1234r hey, good morning, america. Its your boys Florida Georgia Line with exciting news. Were headlining our first ever stadium tour, yall. Well see you all in shows at boston, chicago and minneapolis. Its going down and were bringing our boy chris lane, our boys nelly and the backstreet boys. Were giving everybody tickets in the audience this morning so come party with your boys, baby. Did you hear that . All of you get tickets. Thats right. Free tickets for everybody. Thats a good one. Everybody happy with that. Itll be a huge show, jesse. Im so excited. Here with dance phenom Maddie Ziegler. Made a name for herself on the hit series dance moms then became sias go to dancer for songs like chandelier then has a new book the maddie diaries. Youve 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, youre 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 on sia 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 weve 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. Its auntie sia just wanting to wish you a happy book release day. Congratulations, youre my very special friend. I love you so much. I just adore you. And your goofy sense of humor. Youre my wumbling wimble. Honestly, i have to ask what a wumbling wimble. I dont know. Shell 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 wouldnt say im like an amazing rapper but to myself or if im in the shower in the car i think im 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 ill just feature in one of his songs. Yeah, absolutely. Career trajectory and now drake knows that. Thats phenomenal. This book is incredibly inspirational and you say your own personal philosophy is why not. So explain that to us. I think its 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 thats 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 its more of what you want to be. Your story is so inspirational. Youll 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. Dont go away. Hey. With simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, withdrawal, transfer, or payment each month to waive the monthly fee. And theres no minimum balance. Youre alright with simply right checking from santander bank. Are you feeling alright, baby . We are back with one of the fiercest hosts on tv, rupauls drag race is about to kick of its new season on vh1 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 theyre nice we feed them but we just gave them tickets to a concert. Oh, really . Lets talk about you. Yes, lets do. Congratulations. Wait, lara, dont 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 its a lot of fun but at its core its 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 dont. No, but, exactly. But im not going to. Im going to do my own thing and thats 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 cant 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. Its all in the contestants, the hair, makeup, clothing. Now taking it to a whole new level, you have gotten lady gaga to get involved. Shes 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. Shes always touring. Were doing things so shes on the show opener which is on vh1 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, theres 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 shes a sweet loving when you see her in person you realize, oh, my good, youre just a child. Shes so young. So are you. Well, darling. Flattery will get you everything. Thanks, dr. Dizmor. Tell me a little lastly vh1, new network. I was there 20 years ago on a talk show the rupaul show was on 20 years ago coming back to momma, im 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. Lets hang out. 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Yeah, starting to see some accidents pop up now that the rain is moving through the area and police just pulled up on the scene with this accident a second ago here. This is the vine street expressway eastbound at broad street. You see that accident blocking a lane and really creating a jam eastbound is jammed on the vine from the schuylkill to broad street. Those delays also spilling back onto the schuylkill itself and westbound youve got a gaper delay, too, so youre really jammed in both directions on the vine. Look how heavy we are now on the ben franklin bridge. The vine is jammed, spilling back onto the ben franklin bridge jammed even a approaching the tolls. Real slow going into the city. As you look out on this gloomy day and getting even wetter. Some of that rain starting to hit new jersey now. This is 42 getting damp northbound traffic is heavy from clements bridg clements bro 295. Where an accident is on the shoulder. Another accident in voorhees 545 at brayden wood drive. Matt. Outside we go to meteorologist, david murphy. David. Matt were off to a wet start. Take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan. Some light rain pushing through most of the region and just to the west of philadelphia a line of steadier rain highlighted in darker shades of green. Looks like thats going to be with us off and on for a good portion of the morning. We will see some drying though later this morning and this afternoon. 47 currently in philadelphia, milder than yesterday and this afternoon again we dry out, we maybe see some sunny breaks went get mild with a high of 63. 63 again tomorrow, mostly sunny and windy matt. Thank you david. Another attempted abduction is under investigation in new castle county, delaware. A man forced a woman at gunpoint into her own apartment and Police Believe hes the same man behind two similar attacks last month. Were following the manhunt on action news at noon. Live with kelly is next on 6abc. Christian slater returns to cohome. Tom hiddleston is a guest. Im Matt Odonnell have a great tuesday and stay dry. Im vern, the orange money retirement rabbit, from voya. Im the money you save for retirement. Whos he . Hes green money, for spending today. Makes it easy to tell you apart. That, and i am better looking. I heard that. When its time to get organized for retirement, its time to get voya. Announcer its live with kelly today, from the action adventure film kong skull island, tom hiddleston. And the star of the sense of an ending, michelle dockery. Plus, Christian Slater is back as kellys cohost for the day. All next on live [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and Christian Slater [cheers and applause] kelly thank you