Chilling confession. The secret recording, a young man accused of killing his childhood friend and the moment that tape is played in court. Hot air balloon hero. The pilot trying to make an Emergency Landing and the landscaper who leaps into action. Thank you, next and Ariana Grande saying thank you, next, to the grammys, now calling the shows producer a liar, as she drops a smash hit album overnight, already topping charts. Well, good morning, america. And thank you for watching. Thats right. Happy friday, everybody. Its a good friday here with cecilia in the studio with us. Its good to be here with you guys. It is a busy friday morning. It sure is. Well begin with that bombshell from jeff bezos of amazon. The worlds richest man is taking on the publisher of the National Enquirer, accusing the media giant, a longtime friend of President Trumps, of trying to blackmail him with compromising photos. He counterattacked in public and linsey davis starts us off with the details. Reporter a
service. coming up next, the original series first ladies. looking at the shell obama. after that, the state dinner with the french president. after that, the cochairs on the election in administration. you come into this house and there is so much to do. so much coming at you that there is no time to think or reflect. hi, everyone. we are here digging up soil because we are going to plant a garden. i will not be satisfied until every single veteran and military spouse who wants a job has one. at the end of the day, my most important title is still mom-in-chief. in 2008, barack obama was elected as our 44th president and he and first lady michelle obama went into the history books as the first african-american first couple. one year into a second obama term, the first lady continues her focus on childhood obesity, support for military families, and access to education. good evening and welcome. tonight is the final installment in our year-long series, first ladies: i
first i thought that was interesting was the internet feed idea. we put a camera on rising waters on the river and everyone in the community tunes in to see what is happening so they can see it or we use this all the time for weather. people are constantly checking today, right, when the storm is coming in tonight and the simple idea that people could with simple technology check to see what is happening with voting lines in their precincts. would you be turning a camera on the people or just giving reports? i think what we had envisioned is that the administrators would be continuously assessing wait times and posting reports that citizens could consult if they sort of plan out, when it would be most relevant for them and efficient for them to vote. and as you pointed out, this is fairly straightforward. it is one of the ways in which we believe we have to be continuously thinking about the introduction of technology to support the voting process. put election administra
able to pose as the queen, get information on the phone about kate s health. want to see how her she is sleeping at the moment and she has had an uneventful night. mohamed morsi under siege after 100,000 protests in the streets. l.a. s mayor has announced an end to an eight-day strike at the largest port complex. best man s friend is learning a new trick. how to drive a car. get off the road. three, two, one. god bless us, every one. nine weeks, officially over. snooki wants to give baby advice to kate middleton. her number one advice, find out advice to kate middleton. her number one advice, find out who the father is. captioning funded by cbs e to cbs welcome to cbs this morning. headline out of washington, a lot of talk. not a lot of action. not surprisingly, the white house and congress remain far from any deal to prevent automatic tax hikes and spending cuts. with just 27 days to go, republicans are not talking with the obama administration and
giving up toys for love. how the song you re hearing helped make her dream come true with our cameras rolling. and what a happy friday it is here at gma. good morning, america. big day here today because we are celebrating robin s first birthday. [ applause ] now, we just explain a little bit. one year today one year ago today, robin had her bone marrow transplant. you re a bouncing baby girl today, robin. any day, she s going to walk. it s going to be great. and anybody who celebrates this, realizes, it s not just today, it s about the future as well. it s a very, very, very special day. and a celebration for sally-ann, your sister. thank you for saying that. i ve always been big for my age. no. really. it s a very special day full of gratitude. we ll celebrate later in the morning. we have news to get to, first. josh has all of the top stories, starting with the sloot ths overnight in chicago. late night in chicago. we re going to go there. a latest ac