that movie theater shooting speaking out overnight. >> i've never told so many people, my family and friends that i've loved them as i have in the past five days. >> the woman credited with saving so many lives revealing what happened inside that theater for the first time. how she found the strength to get out alive. and good morning, america. let's get right to that huge break in the search for missing malaysian flight 370. one of the biggest mysteries in aviation history vanished without a trace more than 500 days ago. now the first clues, a brand-new one coming in just moments ago. reports this suitcase was found near the wing fragment that washed ashore. >> flight 370 disappeared over the night sky back in march of last year. the search has covered more than 46,000 square miles. this is the last known location of the plane and the 239 people on board it. abc's bob woodruff has been covering the story from the very beginning and he joins us now. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, amy. from here in beijing, you know, this has been big news here today. 153 of the passengers were chinese. families have been living with this tragedy for more than 16 months, perhaps this mystery is starting to unravel. it's about six feet long covered in barnacles and other marine life, a broken bit of wreckage that may hold answers to the mystery of what happened to flight mh370. it was found on a beach in the french island of reunion in the indian ocean more than 3500 miles from where australia continues to lead the search for clues. and an farther from the last confirmed position of the plane near malaysia. >> it could have covered that distance in the 16 months since the aircraft presumably went into the water. >> reporter: aviation experts believe the part of the plane ahere tere appears to be a flap. none have crashed in this part of the world. it took off with 239 aboard from kuala lumpur but disappeared from radar screens less than an hour later. the last communication was when the boeing 777 flew over the south china sea, the final words from the cockpit, good night, malaysian 370. a number on the wreckage is expected to help investigators in the identification process. this number most likely not a serial or registration number but officials believe it could be a maintenance number. back here in beijing even if this turns out to be a wing part from flight 370, many relatives just wouldn't believe it. this man told me that any announcement by malaysia airlines would be a company conspiracy to cover everything up. this woman lost her five family members including her sister and grandson. if it's proven to be true -- she says no matter what the offs say about the wing it will be a lie. they've been doing the same thing since last year, she says. they just keep changing their explanation. of course, not everyone believes in conspiracy here in china. others do believe their friends or family members did not survive. they are just waiting for the facts to be confirmed so that they can finally get some closure. george. >> okay, bob, thanks. more on this from stephen ganyard. what more could we know? we've seen few 777s that have gone done and have bb670. what does that tell us? >> i think we're seeing some positive reports this morning, george, that suggest that this is a piece of a 777 and i tri that given the paint and all the other extenuating circumstances i think that we can probably say that this will be and will turn out to be a piece of malaysia 370. >> so what does that tell us about where the plane went down? >> unfortunately not much. remember this piece has been out at sea adrift for 16 months and if you look at the currents in the indian ocean they really run in a counterclockwise formation, counter circular formation so it's taken that 16 months for these pieces to drift from where we think the airplane hit the water all the way back over to the other side of the inter-kwan ocean so it's drifted for so long, there's probably no evidence on the piece itself that will help us figure out why the airplane went down or where it sits at the bottom now. >> so does it change the search area at all? >> no, i don't think it will. it's drifted so far away and done forensics and analysis pointing at that part of the indian ocean off the australian coast still remains the valid place where they're looking. george, i've met with these investigators three times over the past six months in canberra. they today remain absolutely convinced that they will find the wreckage of mh370 on the bottom of the indian ocean. >> after we get the first clue, okay, steve, thanks very much. now to that cincinnati police officer charged with murder for shooting a driver during a traffic stop, yet another case where the officer is white, the victim is black and the body cam video shows how quickly it escalated out of control. abc's tom llamas is in cincinnati with more. good morning, tom. >> reporter: amy, good morning to you. the family of the victim praising god that body cam video exists, but the attorney for the police officer telling me his client is being crucified and that he only learned of the indictment on live television. this morning, university of natty police officer ray tensing set to face a judge indicted for killing 43-year-old sam dubose during this traffic stop last week. >> this is without question a murder. >> hey, how's it going? >> reporter: it's july 19th, 6:29 p.m. watch on tensing's body cam as he approaches the vehicle in the driver seat is dubose pulled over for a missing license plate. >> do you have your license on you? >> uh, yeah. >> what's that bottle on the floor there? >> reporter: dubose hands over what looks like a bottle of gin but fails to produce his license. >> i'm asking you a direct question. do you have a license on you? >> reporter: that's when tensing reaches for the car door. >> i didn't do anything. >> go ahead and take your seat belt off, stop, stop. >> reporter: you can hear the gunshot. dubose's car starts rolling out of control. tensing racing after it until it crashes. the engine still revving. >> we need a medic now. >> reporter: moments later on police radio this is how tensing describes what happened. >> i almost got run over by the car. he took off on me. i discharged one round. struck the man in the head. >> reporter: the officer later claiming in a police report he was being dragged by the vehicle and had to fire his weapon. prosecutors say tensing never should have pulled the trigger. >> this is the most assnine act i've seen a police officer make. >> reporter: a second video taken from the body cam of another officer shows tensing on the ground. do you think your client was dragged by that car? >> you can tell from the second video that he was, in fact, how he ended up on the ground in the middle of the street. >> reporter: he says his 25-year-old client cried when learning of the indictment. >> he just hand -- face in his hands, dropped to the table and just astonished. couldn't believe it. >> reporter: dubose's mother had this message for the officer who took her son's life. >> may god have mercy on your soul. >> reporter: now, tensing's attorney believes dubose may have been trying to get away because of his extensive criminal record, arrested more than 50 times. i asked the dubose family about this and they say he has never run from the law and he's had multiple opportunities. george. >> okay, tom, thanks very much. we learn so much from these body cams. we turn to a new wildfire erupting in the west overnight. hundreds of people forced to flee their homes. thousands of acres scorched. abc's neal karlinsky is in lake county with the latest. >> reporter: george, good morning of the you can see the latest fire chewing up the hillside here. firefighters on the road working it. this exploded out of nowhere yesterday. already up to 3,000 acres. officials say several structures have been destroyed, but fortunately no homes. overnight california mountains erupting with wildfires. >> about 25 -- >> reporter: in butte county they're trying to hold this back from more homes. this 85-year-old woman unable to walk had to slide down her driveway to escape the fire. >> i'm here. i'm alive. >> reporter: 500 acres burning so far and just 10% contained. here in lake county, mandatory evacuations after this massive fire spread for 150 to more than 3,000 acres in just six hours. >> you don't realize what it feels like to be displaced until you are. >> reporter: you can see from the air, fires surround these mountain homes. in just minutes flames engulfing this house. air tankers dropping retardant trying to contain the blaze. in oakhurst, fires spreading and exploding in the night sky. that fire at 30% containment now over 2,000 acres burning since saturday. officials announced yesterday the fire was started by a juvenile male. the winds have died down somewhat this morning. that will help firefighters, but it's going to be another broiling hot day out here. triple-digit temperatures again. just what they don't need. >> makes it so tough. the race for president now, your voice, your vote, and a new poll this morning shows donald trump till at the top of the gop field, one week before the first big debate. let's break it down with jon karl. another strong showing for trump. some signs of trouble too. >> reporter: donald trump once again here on top with a commanding lead. the poll conducted by quinnipiac university has trump with 20% of the vote followed by scott walker and jeb bush with the rest of the field barely registering at all but in a hypothetical matchup against hillary clinton, trump does quite poorly. jeb bush, scott walker, both would be virtually tied against hillary clinton. donald trump gets trounced by more than -- by double digits and one key category here that explains that. trump leads among those who say there is no way they would vote for him one-third of republicans say no way they would vote for donald trump. >> and, jon, this -- next week is the debate. only the top ten will be in the first debate so this could help shuffle the bottom of that lineup, as well. >> reporter: yeah, there's probably as much attention at the bottom spaces on this poll and right now you have a battle for tenth with four governors, chris christie, rick perry, bobby jindal and john kasich are all right between 8% and 12% in the poll. >> thanks very much. now to the latest in the deflategate scandal. the nfl players union filing a lawsuit in federal court on tom brady's behalf asking a judge to overturn the superstar's suspension. this as the patriots owner blasts the league's decision to deny his appeal. abc's ryan smith is at gillette stadium with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: amy, good morning to you. tom brady's team firing their first courtroom shot with that lawsuit and as brady looks to the courtroom his team and especially his owner are standing firmly in his corner. overnight, the nfl players association with tom brady's blessing filing a lawsuit in federal court to fight his four-game ban for deflategate. arguing the arbitration award makes unfounded provocative and mystifying attacks on brady's integrity. and as brady's agent tells abc news, his client is innocent. >> he didn't do anything wrong. if nothing occurred during the afc championship game, it doesn't make sense he should be serving any discipline. >> reporter: new england patriots owner robert kaeft blasting the nfl and longtime friend commissioner roger goodell over their call to uphold the suspension. >> the decision handed down by the league yesterday is unfathomable to me. >> reporter: the super bowl winning owner fuming. the patriots accepting a penalty of $1 million and draft picks despite being exonerated in the scandal. >> i was willing to accept the harshest penalty in the history of the nfl for an alleged ball violation because i believed it would help exonerate tom. >> reporter: goodell's decision to uphold the suspension praised by owners like the dallas cowboys jerry jones. >> we've got a commissioner that is outstanding. he has to make hard calls. >> reporter: but condemned by brady. maintaining in this facebook post "i did nothing wrong and no one in the patriots organization did either." and head coach bill belichick while delivering his trademark vague answers on the scandal. coach, have you spoken at all to tom brady since the decision? >> i talk to the team every day. >> reporter: have you spoken to tom brady? >> i talk to the team every day. >> reporter: hoping the team can look past deflategate and focus on defending their title. in that filing brady's lawyers calling his nfl appeal hearing a kangaroo court proceeding saying it lacked fundamentally fair procedures. brady is getting ready for the season practicing, participating in training camp even eligible to play in preseason games but unless he wins in the courtroom he'll be sidelined for the first four games that count. >> thanks. we turn to that hero teacher from last week's movie theater shooting speaking at a church service very emotional as she described those horrifying moments and how she saved her friend's life. reena ninan has the story. >> reporter: overnight one of the hero teachers of last week's movie theater shooting in lafayette, louisiana, speaking out. >> we instantly got down on the ground and that's when i felt a bullet go through the side of my leg and into the other side -- out the other side of my leg. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: teacher meaux taking that bullet in the leg to protect her friend, fellow teacher ali martin. >> just praying for my best friend. >> reporter: martin shot in the leg able to pull the fire alarm helping evacuate the theater. meaux now recounting to her local church how she made it out alive. >> i really thought he was going to shoot me in the back of the head and i crawled on the ground, so i prayed and i didn't know if i could walk. but as i was wrapped up in the corner i was able to stand and run toward the front exit. >> reporter: meaux and martin two of the nine injured by john houser on that evening. jillian and mayci breaux both killed. the community still shaken but healing nearly 3,000 attending the service overnight. >> so many people are looking at the evil that was in that theater that night but i saw just so many instances of god's presence and he protected and spared my life and that just tells me he's not finished with me yet. >> reporter: for "good morning america," reena ninan, abc news, new york. >> powerful stuff. >> see that gratitude right there. to dan harris for today's other top stories. you have a mystery off the california coast. >> good morning, everybody. a massive oil slick appeared off the coast near santa barbara. the oily sheen stretches for more than three miles. so far the source is a mystery but experts do thought believe it's linked to that pipeline break in may that spilled thousands of gallons of crude oil. new worries this morning about next summer's olympic games in rio. the associated press reporting that olympians will be swilling and boating in filthy waters contaminated with so much sewage and bacteria that athletes could get violently ill. brazilian officials insist that the water will be safe. today a jury in colorado will begin deliberations on whether to impose the death penalty on the movie theater shooter james holmes. his mother broke down on the stand wednesday saying her son never harmed anyone until that night. she blamed her son's schizophrenia. police in houston want to know how this cobra slither into the a high-rise. they coaxed it into a bag using a broom. one man was so scared he crawled out of his neighbor's window then scaled the wall to avoid that cobra. as we all remember tom hanks famously said there's though crying in baseball. last night an exception. mets shortstop wilmer flores started tearing up when he heard rumors he was being traded. turns out those rumors were untrue. the mets manager told reporters that baseball players are not robots. they have emotions like the rest of us. michael strahan say that's not true of football players, just for the record. 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[ chanting ] >> reporter: this morning, the lion hunter doesn't dare show his face at his minnesota dental practice. they surrounded it posting signed on the doors branding him a coward and a killer. dr. walter palmer e-mailed his patients saying he deeply regrets killing the lion writing "i don't often talk about hunting with my patients because it can be a divisive and emotionally charged topic." in zimbabwe the two men he paid handsomely to father till state the hunt now face poaching charges that carry a possible ten years behind bars. the authorities say they want to question palmer too. the u.s. fish & wildlife service says it's ready to help noting the agency is deeply concerned about the case. oxford university researchers have spent years tracking cecil and his pride. they too are concerned. >> as a human being, i was enchanted by cecil, his magaz e magnificen magnificence, his beauty. we are trying to study the factor that endanger these animals. >> reporter: among their biggest threats trophy hunters who kill about 600 lions a year in africa. more than two-thirds of those trophies come back to america imported by wealthy hunters like walter palmer. until now the u.s. government has resisted efforts to list african lie yoons as a threatened species. if they did so, american hunters could still kill african lions overseas but they would not be allowed to bring their trophies home. of course, walter palmer had to leave his trophy in zimbabwe when he fled the country. it's now exhibit a in the criminal case there. >> david, any word yet if he will have to return to zimbabwe and face any charges? 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"gma investigates" has shown you how people think they've deleted the info on their phone, only to be completely wrong especially thanks to digital clouds, automatically storing all of that info right in cyberspace. out of 100 phones we looked at with a company elysium. >> 31 had what i considered to be disturbing personal information. >> reporter: real information a real crook can do something with. >> we found social security numbers, bank account number, passwords. >> reporter: 2,838 photos extracted so what can you do to protect your information if you decide to sell or dump your phone? we went to the experts at cnet. >> the chose common mistake is asupering setting the reset button will reset all the data. >> reporter: for an iphone log out of all of your accounts. then go to your settings menu. >> the instinct hit reset all settings, right? that is actually the wrong thing to do. you should actually hit the second option here, erase all content and settings and that'll effectively wipe the phone. >> reporter: as for an android encrypt it under the security menu before hitting factory data reset all under setting. >> even though you erase the data you want to encrypt it so if it manages to get recovered it won't be easily accessible. >> reporter: text messages, are they ever completely gone? it depends. two major phone companies tell us they keep records of text messages which for some include date, time and phone number and one attorney who dealt with this telling "gma" phone carriers typically only preserve the content of text messages for three to five days. >> if someone destroys his cell phone and the cell phone carrier's records are subpoenaed, all the records will show is that a text was sent from one phone to another. >> reporter: now the experts at cnet telling us if privacy is important to you, apps like snapchat are encrypting their messages making them much more difficult to read and hack but the number one tip, have a really strong password on that phone. not 1234 like yours michael. >> you gave it away. got to change it now in they can have my phone. pictures move cats and babies, texts from my wife saying go to the store. it's not that big of a deal. >> famous last words. >> exactly. >> i'm tempting fate. >> yes, you are. next on "gma," this image trending all over the world this morning. now the incredible comeback story that's behind it and you won't believe who inspired him. hi! what happened to your hair? i got it. walgreens has all you need to keep it all under control. from a little touch-up... come on, guys! to finding that perfect finishing touch... to making memories at the touch of a button. all without missing a beat. walgreens. at the corner of happy and healthy. does all greek yogurt have to be thick? does it all have to be the same? not with new light and fluffy yoplait greek 100 whips! let's whip up the rules of greek! that i can use at any type of hotel with no blackout dates. which is why most of this legal copy is just instructions on how to win a free trip! instructions actually written in this legal copy. use your dvr to read them. this is the pre-recorded voice of captain obvious. i am not a ventriloquist. what if getting ready was this easy? now teeth-whitening is, with the colgate optic white toothbrush plus whitening pen just brush, whiten, and go! no waiting. no rinsing. it deeply whitens for whiter teeth in 2 days. optic white toothbrush plus whitening pen. brush. whiten. go. the goodness that goes into making a power kale chicken caesar salad is rivaled only, by the goodness felt while eating one. panera. food as it should be. ♪ this is my fight it is time now for "speed feed" and michael has a special one this morning. >> very, very special story and got to tell you the story behind this quote seen on twitter, facebook and instagram. 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>> i wish i knew that years ago. we'll tell you how it works and experts say it could be the perfect method for almost everybody. >> makes a lot of sense. we'll get to that in a little bit. to dan harris with the morning rundown. the big story this morning, a major lead in the mystery of flight 370. possible debris from the malaysia airlines passenger jet that vanished nearly a year and a half ago with 239 people on board. that debris washed ashore from the indian ocean on to a tiny french island near madagascar. aviation experts believe it is a wing flap unique to the boeing 777. the same model as the plane that went missing and local newspaper reports this battered suitcase was found in the same area of the debris but it has not yet been linked to flight 370. a former police officer in cincinnati charged with murder for shooting an unarmed black man is set to appear in court today. officer ray tensing's body cam shows how the traffic stop spiraled out of control after sam dubose was pulled over for not having a license plate. seconds after exchanging words, tensing fires a shot into the car, the car crashes and dubose is dead. tensing says he feared for his life at the time. also this morning, the search for those two missing boys in the waters off florida for nearly a week is growing more desperate. the coast guard is searching as far south as south carolina trying to find any sign of 14-year-old perry cohen and austin stefanos. for the first time we are hearing from cohen's father who still has hope, he says. >> i believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that he's out there and he's alive. if anybody could survive this it's my son. >> just being strong. we're coming for you. we miss you so much. i love you. >> we hope he is right this morning. there have been no new clues since the boys' boat was found overturned on sunday. a nightmare for parents in houston after their baby was left behind in a locked day-care center. the frantic couple forced to break in and now we're hearing from the owner of that day-care center. here's abc's mara schiavocampo. >> i'm sorry. i'm sorry as i can be. >> reporter: this morning day care owner joanne davis apologizing for a mishap that left a 10-month-old locked up alone in her day care. watch as the child's father shatters a glass window breaking in to rescue his baby. mom catching it all on camera. >> he comes and there's my baby just left, nobody is here, no car, no nothing. >> reporter: sharonda ross ad t admits she was late picking up her son jordan but was stunned when she arrived at the closed day care where her child was crying inside. >> it's never happened to us. i'm apologetic. i thank god he was okay. >> reporter: for now jordan's parents say they are too angry to accept the explanation. >> i just want her to know if she could put herself in our shoes in that moment feel like your life is over. at this point i don't know what i could say. >> reporter: the harris county sheriff's office now investigating the incident but no criminal charges have been filed. and the employee that left the baby, joanne's day care says they will not be firing her. >> it was our mistake. i'm not saying it's not. the main thing is the baby is okay. >> reporter: for "good morning america," mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. so scary. finally a much, much lighter story involving kids. this is going viral this morning. a collection of letters sent from summer camp by children to their parents. this one says "i'll have to write another letter. no joke, i'm forced to write to you guys. okay, bye." how about this one. 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>> oh, really. >> yes. >> why are you asking me. >> "the life-changing magic of tidying up," just cleaning up a little bit. you can get your life in order by decluttering your home and she's known as the beyonce of organizer, one of "time's" top 100 influential people. dubbed japan's queen of clean marie kondo is behind a new force gaininging momentum worldwide to declutter your house and life for good. in her "the new york times" best-seller, "the life-changing magic of tidying up," kondo gives a step-by-step con marry internet mod in think of thises is a celebration. it's a one-time life event. you're examining things on the principle of joy. does it bring me joy? if not, goes out. >> reporter: a philosophy that "new york" magazine's design ed story thinks will transform us. >> she's very much about having a relationship in a very direct way with objects and coming to terms with the things that you actually need. kurt busch kondo's method is easy. start with your clothing. move on to books, papers and finally the hardest area to tackle, the miscellaneous items like phone chargers and keys. >> you do not go room by room. you go category by category. everything has its own space and its own life. >> reporter: depending on the size of your house the process can take around six months to complete. and a single person following the method can easily discard or donate 0 to 30 45-lighter bags of stuff. for a family of three closer to 70 bags. >> you will not end up doing major tidying again. >> reporter: goodman who had a consultation with kondo in her home is slowly implementing the process. >> i'm very conscious of whether i really need something and i'm minimalizing. i'm buying less. >> reporter: and says it's already fundamentally changed who she is as a person. >> it's a huge relief almost, the things that are left are the things i love. i definitely feel lighter. >> here with me now style director at "good housekeeping" magazine, lori bergamotto bergamot telling you this is my bible in the middle of it right now. i love it because it gives you permission. you can remove the guilt. if it gives you joy you can keep it. >> exactly. it's life-changing, right? it really is. >> it begins with the clothing. >> so the difference here, the konmari method tells you to do, you just can't stand and say i'll get rid of that. you physically need to touch it so, amy, we'll get started so the first step is you throw everything on the floor. we'll start here. and now, amy, what i'm going to do is a, amy, please touch this and decide to keep or toss. does it spark joy? >> no, no joy. >> no joy. >> joy? >> nope. >> okay. >> all right. so you kind of get the idea. what about this one? >> i've been doing this all day yesterday by the way. we'll keep that one. >> you wind up -- people are instagraming and tweeting they are getting rid of 30 and 40 bags of stuff. >> i'm among those ranks. how you store your clothes the ones you decided to keep is key. paula is folding. >> i love to fold. once you get your fears in order your whole life is in order. >> so paula is going to show us how to fold. so socks. >> i'll do a shirt. >> you can't lay flimsy material on top of flimsy material. you're not respecting the piece. make it nice and taut, rectangular. >> and you can see everything you have this way. >> vertical storage is key. no more of laying things on top of each other. >> i like it. >> want to scan each piece as soon as you open and fit more. i got rid of my dresser and fit everything i had nye closet now. >> no more -- >> you can roll then or fold them then you know how they get baggy at the top, they don't anymore. >> i love it. >> clothing is one thing, the harder thing is getting rid of the miscellaneous and sentimental. >> you have to build up your backbone to decide does this spark joy. when you take out photos, you wind up reducing them by 30% and keeping five photos per each special event. >> that's a really good way to look at it. >> tough. >> we have the cloud too. we have the cloud. >> yes, start scanning things and putting them right in the cloud. i'm with you. >> all right, lori, i'm rolling up my sleeves again this afternoon. george. >> ali says you're not sparking joys when she turns to me is what i'm worried about. anyone who hates time working out, it gets you in shape minutes a day. we learned about it in "the new york times" and our abbie boudreau gave it a try. >> all out. >> reporter: it's called the 10-20-30 workout. interval training by the second. >> deep eight seconds. >> reporter: a recent study in denmark at the university of copenhagen says not hours but just minutes at the gym can add up to real results. so how does it work exactly? it's more than just a minute long workout. >> it's 30 seconds of slow exercise low intensitile toed by 20 seconds of moderate intensity followed by ten seconds of super high intensity, that's one minute and immediate repeat that 30-20-10. five times, two minute break. five times again, actually 12 minutes of working out. >> shouldn't it be the opposite, 30-20-10? >> it sounds better. >> it's catchy. >> it's catchy. >> three, two, everyone is done. >> reporter: harley pasternak is a celebrity trainer and author of the new weight loss book called "5 pounds." believes the workout can be effective for almost everyone. >> the study says this is for everybody. i would say be careful. any time you do something exhaustive, or 100% intensity, there's always a risk. >> reporter: if you're pregnant like me, harley says a modified version -- >> you're going to jog. >> reporter: is good. my workout partner sydney and i give it a shot attempted the recommended 12 minutes. >> coming up on your 20-second speed walk. >> perfect. all out. jog it out. walk with authority. pump your arm, kicking up your speed from three miles an hour to four miles an hour. >> you can definitely feel your heart rate pick up. >> yes. >> reporter: for "good morning america," abbie boudreau, abc news, los angeles. >> that's smart stuff right there. >> it is. >> out to ginger. >> hey, george, it is a soupy morning out here. that's what i'm calling it at least. my friends here from cyprus, dewpoint is 71, feels like 8 #. excessive heat warning in philadelphia. you just saw the heat index, well above 100, wilmington, delaware you have these types of heat warnings. you can feel it, storms are coming this afternoon. that's the big picture let's get a check closer to home. >> reporter: thanks allot ginger, we're looking at storms in the afternoon ascertain evening. we have clouds at the shore, sun will struggle at times. the big story, the humidity is around and fairly warm. 90 is the high. heat index values going up to mid 90s and 100 in urban centers. drenching thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. tomorrow less humid. "pop news." it's a little different "pop news." >> look at this. >> wow. >> you know what, we bow down to you and we bow down to the cast of the hit netflix comedy "unbreakable kimmy schmitt" because they are flawless. channeling his inner beyonce and you think it's just him rocking out the queen bey but a partition reveals some irreplaceable backup singers. ♪ >> look at that. >> tina and jane. titus can't keep a straight face they're so good. did i mention all three of these very funny arcs are all nominated for emmys. >> wow. >> rightfully so. that show is amazing. i love it. >> big fan of the show? >> yes. >> he steals a lot of the show. he's really funny. >> you guys noticed all on a private jet. >> yes, i did. >> #jetlife. >> amy -- >> yeah. >> they were borrowing michael's jet. >> no, they wouldn't. have been sitting in coach with me if that were the case. if you got the eye of the tiger this morning we've got just the thing to help you channel your inner italian stallion. how about slipping on the gloves sylvester stallone wore in the "rocky" movie. he's auctioning off hundreds of props from his 40-year acting career. you can get his glove, the robe, even his boxing trunks and stallone, he's also going to auction off one of my things, the jacket he wore in "rambo." first blood, dan. a portion of all the proceeds will be donated to military charities which is really a good thing, amazing. even though he aais parting wit these he's going to come back as rocky in the movie "creed". >> i can't believe he's almost 70. >> and training michael b. jordan who plays apollo creed's son. >> cut me, mick. >> he was in "friday night lights." great actor. >> new "fantastic four" movie. big news from our friends at i heart media. they are announcing a lineup for their two-day music festival in las vegas and it is a big, big, big lineup. the power players are sam smith, kanye west, the who, david guy yet that, blake shelton, you like him? duran duran and janet jackson just to name a few. a little bit -- something for everybody. >> have this image of jesse palmer beating up the beat. >> i've got glow sticks in my pocket. whatever. >> way too much. >> you may want to keep those in your pockets. >> sorry. >> keep whatever is in your pocket in your pocket. how about that? hozier is going to also be there and they'll perform this friday at our central park for -- in central park for our "gma" summer concert series which is a who's who of the music biz all come together at the mgm grand in las vegas on september 18th and 19th. when you're not here we know you got your glow stick -- >> and my whistle. glow sticks and whistle. >> the more we keep this going, the -- considers. >> can we wrap up "pop". >> the more you dig. that's it. that's all i've got. >> wipe those images away. "deals & steals" is coming up. all for $20 or less and our surf n' turf lifeguard teens ready to shut up and dance. who will come out on top we'll find out. >> good morning a crash in northeast philadelphia left three young people dead and one critically injured. police say it was from drag racing. it happened on sandmeyer lane off red lion road. all the people in the car crashed was split in half. let's go over to matt pellman with a look at the blue route. >> reporter: we're expecting the storms later on, nice dry conditions for the thursday morning ride a little bit of traffic along the blue route, northbound side by the route 1 media bypass. northeast extension, watch out for extra traffic today because it is nascar race weekend in the poconos and campgrounds open around noontime. normal delays on i-95 southbound by the betsy ross bridge. and slowing on i-95 near cottman. and crash by the royal bank and one hung ton pike at byberry road. and watch out for a broken down vehicle on the ramp from 55 northbound to deptford center road. >> let's head outside to david murphy, i bet it's sweaty out there. >> reporter: warm and humid for one more day. 80 degrees in philadelphia. 81 in wildwood. everybody else climbing through the 70s quickly. this afternoon we're going for a high of 90. not as hot as yesterday, but humid, there's a heat warning because the feeling there could heat index values up around 95 to perhaps, 100. we're looking at strong gusty thunderstorms this afternoon into this evening, tam. >> thank you so much. we're back in a half-hour, coming up on "g.m.a.," tory johnson has steals and deals. but the stainmaster petprotect carpet and cushion system helps prevent pet stains, reduce pet odor and easily release pet hair. so get petprotect and let your pets be pets. ♪ bound to get together bound to get together ♪ welcome back to "gma." you know that so many thousands of you voted for your favorite surf n' turf lifeguard teams and now the final three moment as way from facing off. >> can't wait for that. they're battle it out taking on our water themed obstacle course. >> whoa. >> live in times square. >> there they are warming up in the waves right now. there's a lot at stake, guys. the winning team will take home $10,000 for their community. >> i think they all brought their "a" game. >> i hope so. can't wait to get out there. >> they better. >> you heard it from jesse. >> that's right. >> that was a warning. >> get called out. we are now going to have a big reveal. this is an exciting new app that could be the future of texting from yahoo called livetext that allows you to see the other person's reaction when you send them a message. abc's becky worley checked it out. >> you've got video chat like skype or facetime. >> that's perfect. >> reporter: then you've got texting. omg. but now something different that combines the two. it's called livetext and from our partners at yahoo! i'm livetexting with my producer in new york and right now we're typing away, we can see each other's video. but here's the catch, there's no talking, no audio at all. >> the video is silent just for show and tell or seeing reactions to your texts. by offering this free service, yahoo!'s playing catch-up in a space that yahoo! instant messenger along with aim used to dominate. now what'sapp is used to send 30 billion messages and snapchat senses 2 billion on its service but as i first try out livetext i have to ask why silent? >> what we found was if we removed that audio that actually people were connecting as though they were texting but receiving the expressiveness of the person they were communicating with. >> reporter: imagine the app being used in public place, trains, planes, meetings. maybe even a boring class. >> we definitely find that our early adopters are closer to the millennials and some of the teens in the severance that those tend to be the folks who are the early communicators and frequent communicators. >> reporter: it does take some getting used to but i can imagine occasions where livetexts could be a lot of fun. for "good morning america," becky worley, abc news, oakland, california. >> all right, how about this n nonmillennial try to have fun with livetext much we have the president and ceo of yahoo! marissa mayer connected via livetext. she's just sent me a message. i'll try not to talk and text so i'll respond to her here. let's see. oh, i'm turing this way. all right. sorry for the awkward silence but i'm -- all is great. see, i put shades on because it's sunny and hot here. and then marisa will write back. she's typing and i see her smiling. i'm supposed to smile because sometimes you can look serious when you're trying to text then you have an awkward face. i was told to smile while i'm texting which is something i'll learn how to do and, see, she's smiling. she knows she's got it down. she's typing and waiting. i don't know. we'll see. let's see here. still waiting for the response. i think we get how it's going here. all is great, george. all is great. you can get livetext in apps at any -- >> a train new school making a big splash. it teaches you to be a mermaid and sara haines took the plunge. >> reporter: it's dreamy under the sea. ♪ under the sea >> reporter: and now the life of a little mermaid is becoming a reality here in new york city. this world of swimming class is taught by estonian swimming champ merlay. >> we move on because mermaids have different skills. >> reporter: what are some of the mermaid skills i'll learn today. >> mermaid kiss. mermaid kicking, navigating, mermaid swimming. >> reporter: students learn all the basic techniques of swimming while embracing their inner mermaid or merman. i'm like a new mermaid and named myself summer. it's my mermaid name. any tips for me in my first mermaid class? >> if you don't know how, believe and you will. >> reporter: sage advice and with that it's time to put on my tail which isn't as easy as it looks, seriously. one, two, three. and then get warmed up with some classic mermaid kicks. >> holy gosh, this is a good workout. next, how about a kiss like a mermaid. which is blowing kisses with bubbles. ah. and it's not only what's happening above water, the mermaid moves flow underwater too. what is the best part of your job? >> to be around people who are scared of water and seeing them becoming a water lover. >> reporter: this class making a splash and making all my mermaid dreams come true. for "good morning america," sara haines, abc news under the sea. >> she gets the fun kwleft stories. jake gyllenhaal gets pretty beat up in the ring as boxing champ billy hope in "southpaw" but his toughest opponent could be his little girl laila played by oona laurence and they recently stopped by together. take a look. >> do not hit a lot, dad. >> you should see the other guy. >> no, she should not. she needs to go to bed and so do you. come on. party is over. come on. >> why can't i go see the fight? >> mom takes it's too violent. >> i see stuff like that on tv all the time. >> i do. >> i watch "the walking dead" with gloria. >> we are thrilled to have jake and oona with us this morning. oona, i'm a huge fan of "walking dead." have you seen an actual episode? >> i watched like the first few episodes but honestly i'm kind of a wimp so i stopped watching. >> very scary and very gory but i have to say when you said that i was like, ooh, i like this little girl. oona, were you at all intimidated meeting jake gyllenhaal? >> i was. i was. i was like a little. >> a little. >> a little. it was very -- it was very cool meeting him. it was a little nerve-racking because he's like so experienced and like -- no, really. he's so experienced and knows so much. >> that's old. >> but, yeah, it was really, really awesome. >> it was beautiful to watch the both of you because it was so real and so raw. what did you draw on for your inspiration? >> it's hard not to love her, you know. and it's -- it's hard for me not to love any child really. having to fight for her is not really very hard. >> what was the toughest scene each of you shot? >> there's a scene where i tell her that i can't -- i can't be there for her in a certain moment and her response, her reaction to me was really hard. i see it now because he's an angry character and there's a moment i think where you realize what you pass on, you know, and he passed on anger to her and she expresses it in a similar way that he does and it's this really powerful scene, amazing work by her. >> you also in the movie had a great mom. rachel mcadams and i hear you were a little starstruck as my daughters would have been too because you're a big fan of "mean girls." >> yeah, yeah, i was a really big fan of "mean girls," and, yeah, it was really amazing to meet like all these famous actors and actresses. >> you're among them now. what do you hope people, jake, take away from the film at the end? what is the message? >> i think that, you know, family is everything. people you love are everything and that you fight for the things that you love. >> "southpaw" is in theaters now. let's head out to ginger now and i hear you've got something new for us this morning. >> yes, new and we hope that you will be a part of it. so many of you are curious about the weather. i get all kinds of questions every day in the street on we've decided to create a brand new segment called ask me. here's the question from 9-year-old kiley brown. hi ginger brown i'm kiley brown i want to ask you what kind are those clouds. >> reporter: what you're seeing there is the cumulus clouds. there was a front southwest of you over chicago and you have convection on there and all those clouds come ahead of the unstable air. altocumulus is the answer. submit your weather questions asked "g.m.a." and do it on facebook if you can. grown ups, i want to hear your questions, that's the big picture, altocumulus that's the answer. let's get a check closer to home. >> reporter: all right, ginger, we have nothing going on locally. there's rain in central pennsylvania. hot and humid, and this afternoon and evening gusty thunderstorms are possible. ahea. 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the "gma" lifeguard showdown starts right now. ♪ shut up and dance with me >> they're the heroes of beach and pool and so excited. >> one member of each team starts off the relay, austin is team yellow. gulf shores is team red and milwaukee is team blue. jess jesse, what are they up against? today is our surf day, water themed relay race. here's how it will work. team members will be positioned all throughout our studio. they'll have to suit up in an inner tube and make their way to social square. you see through those tires there. their teammates will take over by grabbing a listle from a pinata and then head outside with a water bucket. now once they get out here the final team member will get doused in the water before diving into our surf machine you see right there looking for the coveted plastic lobster and the first two teams to find that lobster get up on the podiums will be our two winners and they're going to be moving on to tomorrow's obstacle. >> one team eliminated. >> is everybody ready? [ cheers and applause ] let's count them down. three, two, one. go! and there you see them there off those lifeguard chairs picking up those inner tube, really hard to do. >> yellow is off to a quick start. yellow is passing it off -- you see pinatas breaking grabbing the whistles and have flippers on, as well and here comes the hard part. >> starting to rain out here. >> you're right. footing will be -- oh, we have a spill by the red team but a great job getting up quickly dousing their teammates then into the surf machine -- wow look at the red team and in the whole there's a fall. you got to get on the podium and that's it. officially tan on the podium, wow, goes right down to the wire. the red team and the blue team fighting through. >> congratulations. you're very wet right now but very happy. >> i'm amazed how fast you found that lobster. >> it is very slippery. you truly took one for the team. congratulations. we have medals for you and your team. >> thank you. >> and we have a parting gift for yellow. do we have this to take back home. thank you so much. >> oh, yeah. >> you all really went in full. >> tell you what, wasn't easy. through the conditions you talked about but a tremendous job. a big thanks to bulls and boards for that awesome obstacle course and surf machine, as well. >> can't wait to see the final two teams face off tomorrow. stay tuned. hopefully it won't be raining. we'll be right back. iran keeps their nuclear facilities. military sites can go uninspected. restrictions end after 10 years. then iran could build a nuclear weapon in two months. iran has violated 20 international agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. whoa, this is a lunchbox, rrrrr...a natural beauty.. you're making me melt. shall we? mini babybel is 100% natural cheese and a whole lot of fun. mini babybel. snack a little bigger! o. lady, who wants a makeover so to die for? it's fit for a hollywood star. come on now. who doesn't? look, you have a party, a wedding, a reunion and you want to look just fab, well, we want to give you the full "gma" glam squad treatment so go now to goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! to find out how to enter "gma's" hot mess express makeover. ♪ "good morning america" is brought to you by famous footwear. famous for brand name shoes are to the whole family. ♪ shut up and dance with me thanks for watching. tomorrow our big party in the park with hozier. >> let's hope it's not raining tomorrow. i don't think it will be. a lot of people out there. have a great thursday, everyone. bye-bye, guys. >> good morning, congressman chaka fattah has been indicted on federal racketeering charges for misappropriating hundreds of thousands of dollars of federal and charitable campaign funds. he said he will fight the charge. good morning, 8:57, let's go over to matt pellman. >> reporter: we have delays on 422 eastbound past oaks. westbound we expect construction starting in a few minutes. watch out for westbound delays during the midday. crux going on swamp road in bucks county, all lanes blocked today and tomorrow. they are working on fixing the water main break from a couple of days ago on the northbound boulevard at cottman. normal delays on the schuylkill expressway and i-95. >> let's head outside to meteorologist david murphy, another hot one today, david. absolutely, tam, feeling very warm and humid on the terrace. a little worse now that the sun is breaking through the clouds. 82 in philadelphia. this afternoon we'll hit a high of 90. the humidity is so high we could get heat index values between 95 and 100. this afternoon another issue is an afternoon thunderstorm that could barrel through east ward toward the shore. we could have drenching downpours. >> my yard could use it. police are releasing details of a deadly accident that killed three people overnight while drag racing, police are looking for a second car that might be involved. "live" with kelly and michael is next. i'm tamala edwards. have a great thursday! oh my gosh, it's the guy from last night. what?! can i jump on your wi-fi? yeah, you can try it. hey! i had a really good time last night. yeah, me too. the only thing is that... the only thing is what? what's the only thing? oh my gosh he's married. he's a kleptomaniac. he's a pyromaniac. he's a total maniac. hey! hey! go back to your wife you sociopath! leave slow internet behind. the 100% fiber optics network is here. get out of the past. get fios. now $79.99 a month. go online or call now. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >> it's "live with kelly & michael." today, abc news world news tonight anchor david muir. and an artist from upstate new york gets a new look as we continue our picture-perfect makeover week. plus, performing her new hit "thunder," leona lewis. all next on "live." [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] [applause]

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