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Future in the pool. And spectacular finish. The 2016 summer games come to a colorful close in rio. Americas breakout star simone biles carrying the stars and stripes as team usa racks up more gold medals. Claressa shields making history in the ring. Golden again now, joining us live. And the Mens Basketball Team a head above the rest closing out the games on top for team usa. Great to start the week in times square and what a finish to those olympics. There you see the fireworks, waterfalls as well at the closing ceremonies and 121 medals for team usa. Incredible, and then simone biles carrying the flag for america in maracana stadium. President obama saying he couldnt be prouder of team usa. Your determination and passion inspired so many of us. You carried that flag high and then simone replying, thank you, such a huge honor, go usa. What a treat she was to watch during the whole olympics. Well have more on the olympics coming up. Also the latest from ryan lochte, but we begin with those massive wildfires in washington forcing evacuations, scorching thousands of acres. Abcs Clayton Sandell is on the scene in spokane county. Good morning, clayton. Reporter good morning. You can see it behind me. Just hours ago all of this burning rubble behind me here was someones home and you can see just how little is left. But take a look over here. You dont see as many flames but when i use my heatsensing camera here, you can see just how red hot the ground here still is. All thanks to that monster wildfire that came with little warning. This morning, wildfires are raging just outside spokane, washington. Just massive fire going down. Reporter three outofcontrol blazes engulfing nearly 8,000 acres in less than 24 hours. At least a dozen homes and buildings burned to the ground. And forcing immediate evacuations. People need to leave now. Reporter overnight, one of those fires growing rapidly from 250 acres to 5,000 where hundreds of firefighters are battling the flames. Dropping fire retardant from the air. And on the ground, evacuating at least 100 people from their homes. Officials say a second fire was sparked by a downed power line. The home that once stood here now nothing but charred rubble and ash, neighbors say the homeowners were lucky to be out of town. Gone up in flames. Its a gutwrencher. It hurts. All gone with nothing to show. Reporter a third blaze visible from many front yards sunday afternoon, still showing no signs of slowing down. The good news, no reports of deaths or injuries. The bad news they still dont know how many homes look like this. George. Okay, clayton, thanks very lets get more on this from ginger. Its not just washington state, the whole west. Yeah, 25 large wildfires burning from california to nevada, up to montana, so its a large area, places like bakersfield, california, where that cedar fire is ongoing grew more than 9,000 acres over the weekend. 4 million acres burned so far this year and we have fire watches and warnings centered on the northern rockies, from montana down through parts of wyoming, that cold front will slip and thats the instigator that kicks up the winds and get a gust up to 40. Already dry, already hot and the fires just keep going. Coming up in a couple of minutes my hometown and parts of west michigan to ohio had a tornado over the weekend. Ill show you the pictures and where it moves next. Thanks, ginger. Now to the race for the white house and Donald Trumps campaign trying a new tactic, signaling a possible shift on immigration as the clinton camp releases a new attack ad this morning. Abcs tom llamas is here with the latest. Good morning, tom. Reporter amy, good morning to you. We are less than 80 days out before election day. 78 to be exact but who is counting . A new ad war is now under way what looks like a policy shift from the gop nominee. This morning, Donald Trumps new Campaign Manager, Kellyanne Conway, signaling trump may be backing off his proposed Deportation Force when it comes to undocumented immigrants. Youre going to have a Deportation Force and youre going to do it humanely. He will lay out the specifics of that plan that he would implement as president of the united states. Will that plan include a Deportation Force . To be determined. Reporter this as t hitting roadblocks when it comes to minority outreach, some calling this statement offensive. Youre living in poverty. Your schools are no good. You have no jobs. 58 of your youth is unemployed. What the hell do you have to lose . And at the end of four years, i guarantee you that i will get over 95 of the africanamerican reporter george asking conway about it. Many in the Africanamerican Community saw that as insulting because they say most africanamericans dont live in poverty and that mr. Trump was making those comments in communities that are more than 90 white. But those comments are for all americans and i live in a white community, im white. I was very moved by his comment, in other words, he is trying to tell americans that we can do better. Reporter trumps tough talk starting to come back to haunt him. This morning the Clinton Campaign out with a new ad. In times of crisis, america depends on steady leadership. Knock the crap out of him, would you, seriously. Clear thinking. I know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. And calm judgment. And you can tell them to go [ bleep ] themselves. Reporter the ad argues trump is too unstable when it comes to National Security issues. And as trump is now reshaping some of his message hes also so be watching clintons past debate performances from her senate and president ial campaigns and still getting advice from roger ailes and eventually, george, he will be holding mock debates with someone standing in as Hillary Clinton. Thats going to be interesting to see who that is. Okay, tom, thanks very much. Now, a new twist in that clinton email controversy. Colin powell is speaking out, jon karl joins us with more on that. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, george. When it comes to her email controversy, Hillary Clinton is often tried to use former secretary as essentially an alibi. Her basic argument, he did it too. Most recently, mrs. Clinton reportedly told the fbi that powell had actually advised her to use a private email. The details of powells advice is included in a new book who writes powell told her to use her own email as he had done except for classified communications, which he had sent and received via a state department computer. Powell thus confirmed a decision she had made months earlier to use it for most messages. Now over the weekend powell has pushed back telling people magazine, quote, her people have been trying to pin it on me. The truth is she was using it for a year before i sent her a memo telling her what i did. Its also important to point out, george, that what powell did is much different. He didnt set up his own personal server and powell was secretary of state before rules were put in place telling state Department Employees not to use personal em business. In other words, there really isnt much of a comparison and as you can see from what powell said over the weekend hes a little bit irritated by those trying to make a comparison. Any reaction yet from the clinton camp . Reporter no, i asked and no reaction to powells latest comments. Lets get more on it from matthew dowd. Maybe no reaction is the best reaction. The more clinton and her team talk about this the more trouble they get into. Absolutely. Candidates who seem invariably to step in it on their own and get in their own way during the course of the race. Hillary clintons biggest problem is trust and every time these things come up it compounds it. Meanwhile, youve seen over the last week with this new Leadership Team in place for donald trump some changes and expressed regret for the first time although didnt say exactly what it was for and the outreach to the Africanamerican Community and now some talk about maybe shifting his position on immigration which has been the central pillar of his campaign. I think ryan lote a better job of expressing regret than donald trump has. Donald trump did it once and ryan lochte now has done it four or five times. Especially on the Africanamerican Community its bit like a preacher who is supposed to be doing international missionary work but who stays at home and speaks to the already converted. He should be talking to the community that he wants to impact, part of this obviously is to demonstrate to the republicans that hes got his campaign together, but time will tell. This race, though, the balance again after the initial bump. If donald trump can start to bring down the numbers of those people who think hes unqualified or biased against minorities, which i assume is why hes speaking out about the Africanamerican Community, that could really close this race. Yeah, i think this race is meant to be close in the course of this. Now, we have to look at the target states in the course of this, but as the National Number changes, the target states change in the course of this. In what i think is, we have to focus on a debate. The debate will determine the winner or loser of this campaign. And the first one is supposed to be on september 26th. But when i talked to Kellyanne Conway yesterday she didnt commit to the schedule set out by the commission on president ial debates. They have to do this debate much more than hillary. Donald trump needs this debate. Hillary clinton doesnt need this debate. Donald trump has to have this debate to change the dynamic of this race. Even though he is still negotiating he has to accept what they put up. Yes, because he needs the race. When youre four or five points behind and its solid, the only way to change it is with a debate. Thanks very much. How prepared airports are for an actual emergency after that chaos erupted at jfk in new york last week over false reports of gunfire . Abcs david kerley is at Reagan National airport. Outside of washington, d. C. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning, amy. While these questions are being raised about jfk, the question is, are there broader implications . A u. S. Senator wants to know if all our airports are prepared for a mass shooting or terrorist attack. It was panic. Roger, were getting reports of gunshots. Reporter passengers running, they thought, for their lives. Put into action an active shooter plan at this time. Reporter the shocking pictures on the tarmac are not only flyers running but security personnel too. Someone started screaming and everybody just dropped their bags on the tarmac and started running. There were even tsa people running. Reporter one suggestion, that someone heard what turned out to be applause for the olympics a week ago at jfk and yelled, someone was shooting. It was a false alarm but it was the scene that alarms new york no one was leading them to safety. No one was telling them the right thing, in fact, it was reported that several tsa agents shouted out someone had a gun or theres terrorism. Reporter the worry, every airport is responsible for its own security, and schumer says that leads to a patchwork of law enforcement, local police, sheriff and contractors. Thats the reason the senator says it may not be just jfk but other american airports that can see panic like this if there is a real shooting. Now, schumer is asking for a federal investigation and he wants the department of Homeland Security to look at jfk and see if there are broader lessons that can apply to all of our airports. Amy. All right, david, thank you for that. We turn now to the zika virus and a new warning about where it could turn up next. Federal Health Officials say recent flooding in louisiana and texas is putting those states at higher risk for the spread of the disease. A record amount of standing water is thwarting mosquito mounted since the officials confirmed it spread is south florida from downtown miami to miami beach prompting a travel warning for pregnant women. Health officials warn it could be two years before the u. S. Stamps out zika for good. Well, new details overnight about the death of music icon prince. The Associated Press is reporting some of the pain pills taken from his estate after his death were mislabeled and actually contained fentanyl. That is the narcotic that killed him which is 50 times more powerful than heroin and an official close to the investigation says pill labeled as hydrocodone tested positive for fentanyl. Investigators are not sure how prince obtained those drugs. George. Okay, were going to move on now to rio and that spectacular closing ceremony for the summer olympics. We saw simone biles carry the flag for team usa right there. It capped a triumphant run, including a gold medal in mens basketball, and abcs matt gutman has been there from the all. Reporter absolutely, george. There was american medal triumph and the ryan lochte scandal and so far no zika but, last nights glittering spectacle had it all with flying acrobats and the ceremonial passing of the torch from the rio games to the japan games in tokyo in 2020 that was heavy on the nintendo themes. . One more chance to samba in rio. The closing ceremony celebrating the last day of the games with a taste of carnival. Five medals, four gold. Reporter simone biles leading the way for team usa, the fivetime medalist carrying the flag through a rainsoaked maracana stadium, even causing this athlete traffic jam as olympians lined up to snap selfies with her. A little bad weather couldnt stop the party. Brazil passing the torch to tokyo, the host of 2020 summer games. Team usa ending its 16day olympic run the same way it sunday night the Mens Basketball Team crushing serbia. For three. Reporter the allstar lineup led by Kevin Durants 30 points earning team usa its 121st and final medal of the game. As she says, bring it on. Reporter but they werent alone. American middleweight boxer Claressa Shields winning her second straight olympic gold medal. Golden again. Claressa shields. Reporter just as she promised me she would last week. What happens after the games assuming you win gold . Thought about it . Theres no assuming, but ill definitely win gold here after that. Reporter the 21yearold is now the only u. S. Boxer with two golds bringing the hardware she won in the 2012 games with her to the podium. Kyle snyder of the united states. Can he hang on just a little longer . Reporter in wrestling kyle gold for team usa, at 20 years old, hes now the youngest American Olympic wrestling champ. He will get a medal to go with that silver. Reporter in the mens marathon american runner galen rupp citing an adam sandler flick as inspiration for his bronze medal performance. I was watching happy gilmore the other day and he fights being a golfer. I fought being a marathoner. Reporter Meb Keflezighi slipping just a few steps away few impromptu pushups before finishing the race. In 33rd place. Okay, so, simone biles is 48. That flag she was carrying is 9 feet tall about twice her height and with wind swirling here at about 50 miles an hour yesterday, carrying that flag may have been the hardest thing shes had to do at the games so ill give her a perfect 10 for that. Also getting a perfect 10, japans Prime Minister who morphed into super mario during that closing ceremony that was probably one of the coolest things we saw. Guys. Three weeks straight. Yeah, come home. Amy, you were there in rio too, what was the highlight . Without a doubt watching simone biles just kill it on all of the events, i mean she really is perfection. Just watching her flawlessly smile through some of the most amazing athletic feats you could imagine and she knew she was going to bring home gold. She made it look easy, too. She did. Jesse palmer has the final medal count. Amy, it was a hard fought 16 days but in the end an impressive show for all the american athletes. Team usa topping the list in most gold medals as well as the overall count. So, heres the breakdown. The u. S. Getting 121 total medals, thats 46 gold, 37 silver and 38 bronze and actually breaks the u. S. overall medal record set back in the 2008 beijing olympics when they had 110 total medals but its also worth noting that most of the gold medals by the americans were won by women. Gymnastics superstar simone biles, she walked away with five golds, ditto for katie ledecky, who blew away the swimming competition early on, and for the men, no surprise here, Michael Phelps leaving with the most overall with six, five of those gold, guys. It was a memorable olympics for the u. S. , no doubt about it, amy and george. Thank you, jesse. Lets go back to ginger with that report from your home state. My home state, my hometown, one thing im always looking at. Radar over the weekend, this was happening right by my parents home so they were in the basement, i was calling everybody, and this is what it looked like. You can see the video, yeah, right there from wyoming, michigan, and heres a look from bradford, ohio, because there were several tornadoes across the great lakes and midwest from kentucky, also parts of indiana seeing tornadoes over the weekend, and that will get through and some of the coolest weather weve seen in more than a month and a half in some and coming up on gma, ryan lochte comes clean about his scandal in rio. The 12time olympic medalist may not be out of hot water yet. And miracle rescue. A toddler trapped under a capsized boat and rescuers trying to save her. How she managed to survive. Her parents opening up about the ordeal this morning, next, on Good Morning America. N takingl from natures bounty to support my heart. Im running, four times a week. Eating better, keeping healthy. 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Three massive blazes tearing through that state right now forcing hundreds of residents to flee and this morning, firefighters are battling 25 wildfires throughout the west. Ginger is following all of that this morning. Thats coming up. Also this morning, president obama back from vacation gearing up for a busy week preparing to visit louisiana tomorrow and hell meet with communities devastated by the deadly floods that destroyed more than 60,000 homes. And donald trump is striking a new tone on the campaign trail, signaling a possible shift on immigration as Hillary Clinton faces new fallout over her emails. Questions whether shes trying to pin the scandal on former secretary of state colin powell. And it is a gold medal morning here on gma. Claressa shields making history in the ring, becoming the First American olympian to win two she has an incredible story and journey. So, we cant wait for her to join us live in our next hour. Said she knew it would happen all along. But first, the latest from ryan lochte, in hot water over that robbery scandal apologizing for what he called overexaggeration and as the u. S. Olympic Committee Says further action will come for him and his teammates. Abcs linsey davis here with the story. Reporter the 32yearold says hes sorry for immature behavior and that hes learned his lesson but he still does not admit to lying. Again and again he called it, quote, overexaggerating, and when asked directly if he was robbed the 12time medalist said he doesnt know. If i told the entire story, none of this would have happened. Reporter disgraced u. S. Swimmer ryan lochte finally coming clean. I overexaggerated a story, and i shouldnt have. I was highly intoxicated and i didnt happen, none of this would have happened and people would not be all over the world tuning in on this story. Reporter the story that 12time olympic medalist initially told landed him in hot water with claims that he and three fellow team usa swimmers were returning to the Olympic Village after a night of partying when their taxi was pulled over and the athletes were robbed at gun by men flashing police badges. The guy pulled out his gun, he cocked it, put it to my forehead and said get down. Reporter lochte now admits that he was still intoxicated during that interview. I take full responsibility and its my fault. Reporter lochtes version of events began to unravel after authorities in brazil released Surveillance Video of him and the other swimmers at a gas station accusing the swimmer of vandalizing the restroom. Eventually two of the swimmers provided their version of that night. In a statement, gunnar bentz said, we foolishly relieved ourselves on the backside of the jack conger wrote, ryan lochte removed a poster from a nearby wall, which apparently alerted the gas station employees, leading to our being confronted by two Armed Security men. A witness told our matt gutman the athletes were trying to keep the authorities out of it. No police, no police, please, please, no police. They were saying no police. Yes. Reporter but lochte still refused to call his, quote, overexaggerating a flatout lie. I wasnt lying to a certain extent. A gun was pointed at us. We had to give them money. So, you can either call that a robbery, extortion or just say we had to pay the money for the damage of that poster. Reporter lochte got emotional when talking about his teammates on nbc news. I mean, i i let my team down and, you know, i wanted to be there like i dont want them were my teammates. Reporter the 32yearold star athletes future is in question now with endorsement deals worth a Million Dollars including sponsors like speedo. I am speedo fit. Reporter and polo ralph lauren. Ive done the training. Reporter and while the summer games are now over, the u. S. Olympic committee announced late sunday theyre not finished with the matter. We are going to have further action on this when we get back we all understand what happened at this point. Reporter there are actually several organizations that could sanction the swimmers. So far no word just yet on any disciplinary action. Ryan lochlochtes name have bee taken off the page. Hes not finished with swimming, he says. It just remains to be seen if the sport of swimming is finished with him. More on this from amy. Joining us now, espn we were just talking and this article pieces together the video and some of lochtes revised accounts and say they jibe and puts questions back on those security guards. Theres no doubt about that. In many ways this story exonerates lochte and implicates both the security guards who, according to this investigation, might have committed a crime themselves and it also lays some blame at the feet of the rio police whose accounts of what happened dont jibe as you said with the facts on the gr i think this might in some ways force a reconsideration of the judgment against ryan lochte in the court of Public Opinion. Right, because they said there was no vandalism to the bathroom. It didnt look like anything had been repaired and so it really does back up what lochte is saying now that he just exaggerated. And beyond that they spoke to an eyewitness, someone who saw the situation, excuse me, escalating, came in, when guns guards were offduty prison guards, so, you can understand in some ways how in ryan lochtes mind this felt like a robbery or at least extortion. Especially when youre under the influence of alcohol. Which he admits that he was and so were the others. The usoc says it might consider further action against lochte and his teammates. What do you think might happen . I wouldnt be surprised if the usoc, if u. S. Swimming come down pretty hard on ryan lochte. Were going to have to see, though, how Public Opinion is swayed by this story in usa today, if thats going to in some way alter their approach if theyre going to be more lenient than they might have been otherwise. But, remember, they suspended Michael Phelps for six months for a dui weaving in traffic drunk, you know, putting other people in harms way, how would you justify giving them more severe punishment for something that at least on the surface is do you think this impacts lochtes endorsements . Theres going to be an impact. Big companies will shy away from getting involved with any controversy like this. In the long run, if he finds a right way to rehabilitate himself in the publics mind, there might be even some ways for him to capitalize on this notoriety. I think there might be clever ways, but in the short term, people are going to say to themselves, people make those decisions we dont want to have anything to do wit but that could change. All right, a lot could change, jeremy schaap, thanks so much. We appreciate it. George. Coming up on our big board, outrage growing over a massive price hike for a lifesaving allergy medicine. Could the new costs of epipens leave your family at risk . And why a former navy s. E. A. L. Over writing a book about osama bin laden. And who will play spidermans mary jane. Our insiders join us live in two minutes. Spidermans mary jane. Will you be needing anything else . No. Not a thing. Beautyrest black. Clear for take off. See ya when youre living with diabetes. Steady is exciting. Oh this is living baby only glucerna has carbsteady, to help minimize blood sugar spikes. And try new glucerna hunger smart to help you feel full. Our team of insiders here live to talk about todays top stories. Dan abrams at the desk with us. Well get to you in just a minute. Lets begin with this huge price increase for epipens. Many families now saying they cant afford to pay for the lifesaving medication because the cost is so high. Rebecca jarvis tracking the story. Rebecca, this is an eyepopping increase. It is, george. 400 , that is the amount that the epipens have gone up in cost since 2008, and as a lot of families are getting ready to send their kids back to school they know the importance of those epipens to their kids when they hit the classroom. This is an outrage. You have mylan pharmaceuticals, the company that creates the epipen, that distributes the epipen, they say they are working tirelessly to get access out there to all the families who need them. They also say that nearly 80 of the commercially insured patients using the my epipen savings card received epipen the issue im hearing from a number of parents and doctors right now is that, if youre uninsured, or even if you are insured, you might not actually have access to that program. Rebecca, i mean, so many people calling this company vultures and what impact does it have on the companys bottom line . Thats right, amy. The person who called them vultures is martin shrekli, the poster child for bad behavior in that and youve seen the stock since this news came out about the 400 increase in prices, the stock took a hit, down 1 1 2 and now a number of senators have said theyll start investigating the prices. Thats never a good piece of news for a public company. All right, but maybe it might make a change for those families who are hoping for a more affordable option. Next, a former navy s. E. A. L. Has agreed to pay the government nearly 7 million. Matthew bissonnette reached the settlement with the department of justice over the bestselling book he wrote about the operation to kill osama bin laden. Dan abrams is here to talk about that so bissonnette agreed to forfeit the royalties and speaking fees he made from the book. What do you make of that well, look, this is a fight that no one wanted. This guy is a true american hero. Youre talking about purple heart, silver star, numerous bronze stars. He wasnt alleged to have disclosed classified information. What he was accused of was not allowing the government to vet his book and some of the slides for his speeches before he did it. Now, when you have access to Sensitive Information like that, thats one of the rules, right . You want to talk about this publicly, fine, but you have to get our authorization first. He didnt. And thats what this settlement relates to specifically the lack of vetting. And he says he was wrongly advised that he didnt have to get this preclearance so is that why he was singled out by the government . Yeah, weve seen a lot of books about this, et cetera, movies. The reason he was singled out was related to the vetting. Its not that the information was made public, its that he didnt get permission to release this particular information. The government takes this stuff very seriously as you can understand, the need to get potentially classified information approved first before they can release anything. Does this mean he cant make any money in the future talking about this . No, so, he had to pay back for the speeches he gave in 2013 because he used slides that hadnt been vetted. So now he can give speeches, he can talk about it. He just has to make sure everything is aboveboard, that the government knows what hes doing, knows basically what hes saying, that theyve approved the sorts of slides, the material that hed be using, et cetera, and then he can try to make some of that back. Thats a big number, right . Were talking about over 7 million. A costly lesson. Absolutely. Thats exactly the same thing he said too. Okay, thanks, dan. Were going to move on to a controversy brewing about who may play spidermans girlfriend in the new movie. One report has zendaya playing mary jane and we want to talk to Larry Hackett about that right now. Its created a little bit of a backlash on social media. Should be reserved for a white actress. You know, these franchises old and written many years ago when people of color didnt have starring roles and the fans of these things take it seriously. On the other hand, most of the fans tend to be young people who are much more open to the idea of nontraditional casting as they call it. You know, i want to point out that were talking about the casting of the girlfriend of a man who plays a spider in a movie so i think we can probably loosen up the reins here a little bit, but, you know, this is kind of a trial balloon on the part of the studio and i think theyre setting this up whether intentionally or not and getting some reaction. Most positive, some is always going to be negative in the internet world. So, you know, hopefully for zendaya she gets the role because shes certainly been bandied about now. Give my girls a reason to go. Shes fantastic. We all know hollywood has received recent and quite a bit of criticism for casting white actors, is this potentially the industry trying to right itself doing something right . That negative press before . I think the industry is sensitive. You have a case, you know, about a month ago with matt damon in that picture where he played a white guy saving people in the siege of the great wall of china. And you had a case of the casting of emma stone in aloha where she was supposed to play an asian person. So, theres been a lot of b backlash online about this. I think there is an effort to kind of change this around. I think, though, that this has to happen at the studio level and it has to happen at the casting level. Having these discussions at oscar time is really too late and needs to be now so in this case the zendaya conversation may be a good one and it may be the start of more broad changes throughout the industry. Larry, thanks so much. Want to thank dan and rebecca as well. Coming up next here in just two minutes, the race against time to save a toddler trapped under water. The harrowing 911 calls and how she managed to make it out alive. Im in the river, my boat crashed and i have a baby stranded in the water. 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Abcs gio benitez is here with more. Good morning, gio. Reporter amy, this is just an incredible story. The girl was nowhere to be found and when they finally found her, nobody could believe their eyes. Take a look at how she survived. We thought we were going to lose her. Reporter this morning, tammy and Brian Bossard say its a miracle their daughter kennedy yay. Reporter the 23monthold incredibly surviving after being trapped under the familys capsized boat in floridas indian river for nearly an hour. Im in the river. My boat crashed and i have a baby stranded in the water. Please god send someone now. Shes got a baby in the water. Yes, please hurry. Reporter the boat flipping after hitting power lines and tammy and brian escaping the waters safely with their 7monthold daughter but kennedy nowhere to be found. Only her heartwrenching cries we couldnt tell if she was in the boat or if she was trapped under the boat or if she was out in the river because we heard cries but it sounded like it was just coming from everywhere. Reporter First Responders rushing to the scene and after nearly 45 minutes, they begin to lose hope. We were just getting ready to leave and thats when we heard a very light cry. I put my ear up to the side of the boat and i was listening and could hear that she was right there. Reporter was floating in a life vest under the boat inside an air pocket. I mean its a miracle. Its a complete miracle that everything worked like it did because we shouldnt all be here today. Incredible. Little kennedy spent two nights in the intensive care unit. Police say that life jacket, that little life jacket, thats what really saved her life. Amazing she found that air pocket. Incredible. Its just incredible. When you hear that story there she was right under the boat. Wow. 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Desean mcdonald, known as d max deluxe to friends and fans was celebrating his birthday inside a strip club next door. He stepped out for a moment and his body was 1st found in the bushes of the knights inn. Police say they have very Sheriff Joe Arpaio might be showing how tough he is behind bars. Calling on John Leonardo to arrest the sheriff. Judge murray snow recommended charges against arpaio and top aides. The judge says he willfully and purposely ignored orders in a federal racial profiling race. We are sitting at 80 degrees. Its been a very comfortable morn it will get hot but not too hot. Temperatures will end up below the 30 year average of 104. And valley spots only making it into the upper 90s. 99 for a high in mesa. Deer valley youll hit 98 and top out at a hundred in laveen, ahwatukee and phoenix. By this afternoon, well see partly cloudy skies, and there is a 10 chance of storms especially after lunchtime and through the afternoon. Next few days getting hotter. Overall, mallory, not too bad and we have plenty of slow the worst is going to be on state route 51. Were at a 17 minute desert drive time, southbound from cactus to the mini stack, taking us through 32nd. A quick look from our adot good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. , and we have new details overnight about princes death. Pain pills with the wrong labels, 50 times more powerful than heroin. The latest from the investigation. . Well be safe and sound . Danger at the beach. I think weve all been there. You realize suddenly the water has gotten a lotig perfectly safe, the hidden dangers lurking in the shallows, how to protect yourself from being rushed to the e. R. . And dangerous woman. Shes the first u. S. Boxer to win two gold medals and youll never guess the lucky token she had in her pocket. Claressa shields joins us this morning as she says good morning, america. . Good morning, claressa. Good morning to her. That was great right there. Welcome to country week here on gma and theres chef bill durney and hell kick off our gma country playlist with country meats and sweets right there and a performance from nashvilles old dominion. Country meats and sweets. I like that. All right, and its not just a Country Music monday. But we also have have star power from jennifer lopez. Well tell you why she is holding a pie. Its all part of a celebration that had even usher starstruck taking a picture on stage with Lionel Richie all coming up. First news from tom llamas with the morning rundown. We begin with breaking details overnight about the new wildfires erupting in the west. Three fires are now raging out of control in Eastern Washington state. At least a dozen homes and buildings burning to the ground. Dozens of families forced to evacuate. One fire exploded from 250 acres reopening, a ruling on issue of bathroom by rank the genders students. It called for schools to allow transgender students to use bathroom consistent with their chosen gender identity. Theyre challenging the directive saying its unconstitutional. Now, donald trump may be poised to abandon one of his most controversial promis. Of undocumented immigrants out of the country but his new Campaign Manager is hinting he could change his mind on creating a controversial he wants to be firm. Holding a depate prep session over the weekend. Former secretary of state colin powell is clarifying a report that he advised Hillary Clinton he said that clinton was using her private email server for one year prior. Overseas, growing concern that isis is turning to children to carry out attacks. Turkeys president is blaming the terrorist attack for a suicide bombing of a wedding. The bomber believed to be as young as 12 years old and a shocking scene in iraq, police arresting this boy with explosives around his waist. They say he was minutes away from an attack. Back here at home a new twist in the prince death investigation. The Associated Press reports pain pills found in the singers home were mislabeled and actually contained the powerful narcotic fentanyl, which killed him. Investigators say the mislabeled pills could be a manufacturer error or could have been illegally manufactured. Now, federal Health Officials are warning that local transmission of the zika virus could spread to other gulf coast states beyond florida. Concerned about recent flooding in louisiana and texas because standing water could be a breeding ground for mosquitoes carrying the virus. President obama visits louisiana tomorrow to assess the damage. 3,200 people remain in shelters. 60,000 homes are damaged or destroyed. And finally, one boy with a big heart helping out those flood victims right there in louisiana. Instead of accepting gifts at his Birthday Party carson boutte spent his 9th birthday delivering pizzas to families devastated by last weeks flooding. His go sunshine to a few people but donations came pouring in and he ended up handing out more than 300 pizzas to total strangers, a little boy with a big heart. Really nice. Thats fantastic. Thank you, tom. Jesse, what do you got . We got pop news, george and its monday. Well kick it off with an amazing monday are you guys ready for this . Ill rail here on some alist names that youre not going to believe. Ready . Jennifer lopez, usher and lionel these are allstar teams, guys. Gwen stefani and blake shelter shelton, plus so many more were at the 2016 apollo in the hamptons benefit this past weekend. J. Lo was snapping this epic selfie video to capture all the alisters on instagram including this gwen stefani throwback. Take a look. . . Dont speak i know just what youre saying . And gwen wasnt the only one on the stage. For the grand finale the one and only Lionel Richie. You see the roots up there, chris rock up there, usher. If the guest list wasnt impressive enough, how about john mcenroe, don johnson, pharrell, christie brinkley, katie holmes, jack nicholson, they all made an appearance. The event was hosted by Ronald Perelman raising 5 million to benefit the historic harlem theater. Always gets them out. Do we know why j. Lo was holding a pie . She likes pie. Kids were handing out pizzas. That was my question, sorry. Really getting to the matter. What about j. Lo and the pie. All right, next up, all right, all right, all right, big news for Matthew Mcconaughey fans. Turns out the oscar winner has a youtube channel. Who knew. Apparently not too many people but then it was reddit to the rescue, 200 followers to more than 70,000 and counting, mcconaughey has only posted six videos nearly two years since he started the channel, but im pretty sure we could expect a few more video diaries now that actor has a much bigger audience. Good news for mcconaughey fans. I was actually 1 of the original 20. I already knew about that. Like that. And finally, the 2016 rio olympics ended last night with a big bang and the fastest man in the world, usain bolt, got a royal message on his birthday. Prince harry wishing the olympic Gold Medalist congratulations on his 30th birthday tweeting, now that youre officially the greatest, you might be ready for so back in 2012 Prince William harry visited jamaica and usain bolt let him win and it looks like prince harry is coming for one of those nine gold medals that usain won because hes the fastest human being in the world. I dont think usain bolt has much to worry about this time. You can see in the body language prince harry was like this and usain was like barely walking. Have fun with that. Enjoy. All right, want to see whats coming up on the gma morning menu . Yes. Danger at the beach. Why the Shallow Water may not be as safe as you think. The threat sending hundrs the e. R. 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There she is, Claressa Shields, she won big in rio and shell join us live in just a bit. Hello, claressa. But first, gma is on the lookout with a summer swimming alert. All of us know about the danrs heading to the e. R. Now because of surprise dangers in shall Shallow Water. Becky worley joins us from San Francisco with what to do when youre hit by unexpected waves. Good morning, becky. Good morning, george. Yeah, when we head to the beach we fear riptides, sharks but most injuries, including broken bones, concussions, even paralysis, happen just ten feet from the dry sand. A massive wall of water bearing the place where you feel safe in the shallows. Oh, my god. Reporter but sometimes that area can turn dangerous in seconds. I think weve all been there. You realize suddenly the water has gotten a lot bigger. In this delaware hospital alone, nearly 2,000 swimmers with injuries requiring emergency treatment in the last five years. The energy from a three or fourfoot wave is the same energy of getting hit by a small compact car moving at 20 or 30 miles an hour. Reporter josh bazle spent his childhood swimming at the beach until one day i was in waist high water with my back to the ocean when a wave picked me up and slammed me head first against the ocean floor. Reporter he is now a quadriplegic. So, im heading into the water here in malibu, california, a big swell hitting today. With me Los Angeles County lifeguard and water safety expert ken haskett. That hard sand. Its like wet cement. Reporter to stay safe, experts say swim in lifeguarded areas. Always check with the lifeguard. Theyll give you the safe area to swim. Reporter and think like a surfer, study the water before you get in. Look at the ocean. Have that situational awareness. Reporter waves come in sets. Get through the break zone during smaller waves. And if youre caught inside as a big one hits, dont brace yourself standing tall. It tightens you up and the wave will push you over and slam you into the sandy bottom. Reporter as counterintuitive as it, ken says if you see that wall of water, go down and grab sand. If you go under that, it dissipates. Relax. Grab a breath of air, and relax under the wave. Reporter but if you arent able to get beneath a wave and a big one tumbles you, these next instructions could save your life. Grab the back of your head, elbows are in front of you so if reporter whoo spin cycle. I spoke with water experts on the east coast too, and they say the majority of injuries they see happen are when people are getting out of the water. So time your exit to coincide with the smaller waves, get through the break zone as fast as you can and, george, you have to keep your head on a swivel watching behind you for those bigger waves. Yeah, ive never seen that about putting your hands behind your head either but when you and your producers were ou scare with riptides. We were treading water behind the break zone and realized we were 200 yards offshore. But this is proof that knowing what to do in the ocean makes it safer to be there. We swam parallel to the beach, 10, 20 yards and were out of the rip calmly making our way to the shore. Listen, i love the ocean. I want to help people have tools and awareness to stay safe in there. Her way into the history books. Gold medalist Claressa Shields joins us live fresh off her huge win in rio. . Go . . Go go big or go home . H off he win in rio. . Go . Ght a book. And while i was telling you about the book, i downloaded a song. Oh, and full disclosure, when we were just chatting about that song thing, someone arranged a date. Guilty. The point is, life is digital. So, carmax, created a site where you can reserve a car online. Come in when its convenient, your car will be waiting. Just another thing to make buying a car tweet that i just posted. Oh, that appears to be trending. Lol. Which you are you . 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[ school bell ringing] we were learning about how talented the ancient greeks were, or an athlete i could have even been an architect then i realized, i dont have to go back in time to do amazing things. I can start today. Yes i can. . Go go big or go home . Waiting for all morning, back now with the young woman making history at the olympics overcoming obstacles in and out of the ring. Claressa shields capturing gold again becoming the First American olympian to win two gold medals in boxing, and she is joining us now from rio with the big number two right there. Congratulations, claressa. I loved how you decided to celebrate there. Tell me what was going through your mind when you got that second gold medal. Well, when i won, i knew i had won, i knew i had won and did a great job, i had won unanimous and i was super excited. I dont know why i did a cartwheel but it just happened. You did a cartwheel, claressa, because you could and i fully applaud that. Now, you pulled out your gold medal from 2012 when you were on the podium. Tell me why. Well, you know, i knew i would be on the gold medal podium but like i said, when i i was 17, i didnt feel like i got a lot of recognition so i wanted to let people know and let it be a memory that i am a twotime olympic Gold Medalist and i won when i was 17, i won the olympics when i was 21. Like this is not a game. This is not a joke. I can really fight. I train hard and i got both my gold medals. It was a surprise for everyone. I even shocked myself when i pulled it out. I mean that smile, though, it was such a moment and all felt the pride that i know you were feeling in that moment and you had quite a journey getting to that podium for the second time. And youve talked about it. Talk about how your past has helped mold you into the twotime Gold Medalist that you are now. Well, you know what, after the first olympics, you know, just the fact that ive had so far was just the separation of me and my coach jason crutchfield, and with that he just taught me how to be stronger, like by myself and leading up to this i really had i had my teammates on the team. And we trained hard together and got mad together and it was just like coming here, we all had so much faith in each other to do like to do great things that we were okay with the results that we got but just like just the buildup to be here, i think i went without a coach for one year where i was just training myself, and 2014 is when i decided that i would go, the olympic games, and i had just won the World Championships and i did that training on my own so to get that 2016 medal and get all the support i had was great and im glad that i did it and, you know, maybe 2020, who knows. It worked out. It worked out really well. Oh, i mean we can only hope for 2020. That would be awesome, claressa. I know part of your mission is to inspire others, to help others. Tell me how youre going to do i have now, im just going to, you know, tell people my story and tell them how my story involved god helping me get to where i got and how me being faithful to god helped me be where i am and train hard and put my body through all that hard work and still be able to smile about it afterwards and not be bitter about it. And just to those kids who i know who are like me and who come from similar backgrounds, just to tell them they can make it. I want to where i go and i speak and we actually have places for the kids to come. Its not like an afterschool program. More of like a program to where they learn how to navigate their life out of school, you know what i mean. Oh, and you are the perfect role model for that, claressa. We can only hope for 2020 in tokyo with more of you. Thank you for joining us. Yeah, thank you guys for having me. All right, im just over here hanging with ayla from pennsylvania. And were just having a great morning. Ayla, i wanted to show you something. Look at this video from arizona, this is a dust storm that rolled through on there sunday. Thats a time lapse of it. One of our photographer at our affiliate abc 15 took that. Wow, look at that. Oh, my goodness, really interesting look at that. Old dominion day. Have you noticed were a Little Country and we did a forecast for a lot of folks in the band and how their lives are intertwined. Roanoke is important to em today, harrisonburg, virginia, at 80. Did you notice how much cooler it is out here . Isnt it fresh . This is one of the coolest mornings weve had in two weeks. I told you were getting a Little Country. George and amy, lets do this. Well get there, ginger. And coming up, noah galloway, famous from going from the battlefield to the ballroom. Now hes sharing how to live life with no excuses. And we are kicking off our Country Music playlist week with barbecue and a huge performance from old dominion live. Well be right back. . . Baby you know i cant wait . Good morning, the time is you will 27. Im crist 8 27. Im christopher sign. A fun day for kids at grand canyon university, but not a fun time for drivers. The backups on canyon freeway near camelback. Gcu has volunteers helping students move in as part of their annual luggage lug. They say it will take minutes per student to get the unloading down. But mallory, quite the mess out there. Once youre off the 17 its still very slow. Take a look, camelback, bethany home. Youre just going to have to grin and bear it through a lot of congestion there. The rest of the freeway is not doing terrible for this time in the morning. On the 10 is a little bit slow in the westbound direction because of a crash on our adot camera. This is i10 westbound at 83rd 83rd avenue. Theres a rollover off on the right side. It was blocking traffic, but it looks like things are slightly improving right now. We have a breaking news update. A federal judge has granted a nationwide injunction to temporarily block the Obama Administration policy on transgender bathrooms at public schools. 13 states are part of the lawsuit. The judge in texas says the Obama Administration did not follow proper procedures in changing the rules. All right. Time now for your most accurate forecast. We had a few showers or west near gila early this morning. Thats slowly fading away. Its been dry and quiet, though, in the valley and through the morning well stay dry. By this afternoon, theres a slight chance for storms. That storm chance going up after lunchtime. Our temperatures warming up a bit. Were still in the low 80s, very comfortable out there with mostly sunny skies. By this afternoon, our high just barely making it to 100 degrees. Below average High Temperatures. Again, partly cloudy skies this afternoon with that 10 chance lunchtime today, chris. Just about 8 30. We are back in 25 minutes with . How you like me now . . How you like me now . Welcome back to gma. Our wwe summer slam champions, finn balor and charlotte and they are joining us live after last nights fierce smackdown telling all and thats coming up. Were also kicking off our gma country playlist week. Look over at the grill. Chef bill durney is here along with old dominion and, boy, we got a lot of meat over there in just a little bit. First i am here with an american hero, noah galloway, you know him from season 20 of dancing with the stars. Well, the u. S. Army war hero has a new memoir called living with no excuses the remarkable rebirth of an american soldier. Journey from the battlefield to the ballroom. Did you like that graceful sitdown . I was afraid i would fall over. You are incredible and you talk about a real transformational moment for you, 9 11, the moment you decided you want to fight for your country. I was in college and seeing that, you know, the scenes that everyone in the world watched live on television, that was enough for me to drop out of school, join the military to be part of the fight. And you found a passion there but then in december of 2005 your humvee hit a roadside bomb and you lost your arm and your leg in that and your recovery was long and hard. You know, there were several things. Thats what i talk about in the book. You know, for a long time people assume it was one turning moment that got me back into living my life and, you know, being a better father and getting back into fitness, but there were several things. Thats what i share in the book and i go into great detail of my depression. You hit several low moments. Yes, i did. It wasnt just one turning moment. It was one attempt failed, coaster of emotions and i share that in great detail with this book. I love one of your quotes. In the book you say sh, i needed to quit concentrating on what i lost and focus on what i had left. How do you make that mental shift . It sounds great, but its really hard to do. It is. I mean, ive been asked how long did my recovery take and honestly it took about five years. Thats not just physical, thats the mental and emotional effects that it had on me and to recover from that. Incredibly you decided to speak up and share your story many people in your same situation and in similar ones. Tell me about like the courage it took to stand up and share something so personal. Well, i mean, at first it was just me trying to be a better father. Getting back into fitness and i started gaining this following as i was doing things then made mens health and went on dancing with the stars and it was incredible, the reaction i share the sides of my story that people dont know about, the down parts and i did it because when i was going through those struggles, i thought i was the only one. I was hiding it from everyone and im hoping that itll connect with somebody or someone that may know someone going through that and see those signs to help them. Dealing with loss, whatever it is. Exactly. You mentioned dancing with the stars. You were fantastic. I mean, had you ever danced before and what did you think when producers said, hey, ive got this proposition for you. You know, i didnt want to do it. They asked me if ive ever danced before. I said no, and i didnt want to do it. They convinced me to do it. I thought id l three weeks, and people were so supportive of me. I was not the best dancer on the show but i lasted the entire ten weeks, me and sharna, because of what Sharna Burgess was able to do with me, she was able to tell my story through dance and i give her all that credit. She was able to take someone, not just missing a arm or leg but no ability to dance and make it through that entire show. You came in third place. Congratulations. What was your biggest takeaway from that experience . From veterans, week five i danced to toby keiths american soldier and that dance, the reaction from everybody was incredible. And that kept me motivated week after week to just do the best i could and to push and improve each week. I know that continues to reach out to you. What are you hearing from them . How can we do better to improve the relationship between vets and the rest of us . Im hearing a lot of things from veterans and a lot that are when i was on the cover of mens on dancing with the stars, they were proud to see positive stories of veterans. Push those positive stories, not just mine but others. Veterans are successful and i dont like to hear the negativity that comes with veterans because even vietnam vets, successful ceos have fought in vietnam and went through struggles and got help, went to college and have been successful and those are the stories that need to be told. Well, it is certainly an honor to interview you and your story is one to be read. Noah, thank you so much. Galloways incredible story tonight on nightline at 12 35 a. M. Eastern right here on abc. Noah, thanks again. Thank you. George, over to you. It is an inspiring story. Were going to move on now to a brandnew series from tyler perry. Its called tyler perrys too close to home and takes us from deep south to the white house and Chris Connelly talks about it. Reporter a special place within tyler perrys los angeles residence, a tribute to decades of africanamerican pion entertainment. This room just represents all of the people who have literally paved the way so that i could be in this position and its my homage to them. Reporter the atlanta based perry remains a billion dollar phenomenon writing, directing and acting in plays, movies and tv series all under his name. You look like a big bottle of peptobismol. Im sitting here in the middle of this success while at the same time i have my hand and my feet Still Holding on to everything that ive had in the reporter his newest tyler perrys too close to home, tlcs first scripted series, an eightparter spanning washington, d. C. And a trailer park in the deep south. The attempted assassination of the president of the united states. I love the idea of just how fun and exciting it could be to have someone have this great life in the white house, living their dream and then have it all fall apart because of selfish greedy whatever reasons and find themselves back at home. Reporter among those, the besieged bonnie played by soap and broadway stage siren kelly sullivan. I relate too her a lot. Shes very strong. If bonnie was a friend of mine, i would not mess with her me either. Reporter thats social media superstar brock ohern who saw this man bun video. How to make a bun in 15 seconds or less. Reporter catapult him to 2. 1 million instagram followers, a skochool school . I played jack from jack and the beanstalk in high school. The show will feature his first screen kiss ever. It was a lot of fun to be honest. How far do you have to go back to get somebodys first stage kiss . My first stage kiss i think i was 17 so and it certainly was not anywhere as good as the kiss that i had with brock. Ive only been madea on stage. She aint getting kissed by no never going to happen. Reporter madea will return to the big screen in october boo a madea halloween while he admits fatherhood has changed his priorities. It changes so much of what i dream about. It used to be about business. Where is the next deal . Now its about him. Reporter for Good Morning America, Chris Connelly, abc news, los angeles. Thanks to chris for that. Tyler perrys too close to home premieres tonight on tlc. Now lets go outside to ginger. Thank you, george, so much to all my new friends. What a party weve got and a beautiful morning. Look at some of these numbers coming in this morning as far as how cool it is. We called it a taste or a touch of fall because its 59 in chicago. 58, bloomington, illinois and look at that high, it moves on over here. And you can feel it. Its almost i said almost cool. I dont know if i have to call it that. But 50 in far western new york too. That is the big picture. Of course, itll get warmer again. This Weather Report brought to you by carmax. And im not alone. Joining us now fresh off their performances in last nights wwe summer slam at the Barclays Center in brooklyn are the new first ever wwe universal king, and the new womens champion, charlotte. Thank you. Wow. So millions of people are watching. Barclays is nuts, its sold out. What does that feel like for you guys . Well, what a night last night. Barclays sold out crowd were electric start to finish. Obviously for me personally to be involved in one of the main events was a huge honor. What does it mean to be the universal champion . What does that mean to you . Ive been doing it a long time, 16 years all over the world. Europe, mexico, japan. Its very rare to get an opportunity to be the first. But last night i became the first ever wwe universal champion. People out here are pumped. Charlotte, what does it feel like . Theres so many other women. Youre at the pinnacle now. You know, im honored to be here, and i was here after wrestlemania, so it feels like yesterday but this title is a representation of all the hard work of all the women, so, yes, but this is everyone. We are so happy youre here. Youre going to give me some moves coming up. You can see both champions, finn balor and charlotte on wwe monday night raw tonight on usa. George. Thank you, ginger. Back now with our big youve been sending in pictures of your best dishes. Theres some of them right there. Were going to share some from hometown barbque of of brooklyns pit master bill durney. How does a guy from brooklyn get to do this . I know. Its a long way. I am from the south. Im from south brooklyn. Well, its travel. You know, we all love to travel and i was inspired by people all around the world cooking on wood and wood fire, and now im just inspired by, you know, the sites, the sounds, the smells of where i grew up, right here in new york city, brooklyn, new york. What a feast you brought us, ribs, pork, all kinds of fixings. We brought some pork shoulders that weve been smoking for about 16 hours last night. We have some texasstyle spare ribs, shout out to texas. Thats beef. Oh, yeah, shes are pork ribs. Pork . We got boos coming from the back. We got people from south and North Carolina back there. We got some spare ribs and then back rib to represent us billy, is there a secret to grilling ribs at home . Yeah, for sure. A lot think they cant get smoke on their backyard grills but actually they can. One of the tips wed like to give is just to get a bunch of aluminum foil and some wood chips and put them on your grill and let them slowly come up to temperature so theyll create a nice little smoke there. Two different sections of the grill . Yes, exactly, twozone cooking, so you want to have your coals on one side and the opposite for indirect cooking. We have some questions from your fans at home. Evan will be asking a question. Hi, this is evan here. I have a question about grilling. How do you get that smoky flavor on a gas grill . Right, so this is what we were just speaking of on the gas grill. Also i think the science we can debate the science but old wives tale, should you soak the the Science Behind it says wood combustion needs dehydration for the wood so why would we soak them before we put them on. Whats your favorite wood . We like white oak and we like finishing with cherry wood. Cherry wood is a soft, mild smoke whereas white oak is a hardwood that has a little more smoked flavor. Standing here well smell like it for the rest of the day. Im totally okay with that, by the way. We have another question from emily now. Chicken and pork usually take a long time on the grill. Can i partially cook the meat to shorten the time on the grill . Emily, its a really interesting question. We get a question a lot at the restaurant, can we hold like this . But there is a danger zone. Thats between 40 and 140 degrees so you never want to leave your meat partially cooked. You want to you can start it one way and finish it on the grill but it needs to be cooked through to temperature. One last question, here comes jen. Hi, my name is jen. And i keep my meat and poultry in the freezer before it goes bad. Thats an awesome question, jen. So what we like to say for a safe time is about six months. Hunters all around, you know, can do it for much longer periods of time, but frozen for your home cooked, six months in the freezer. If its nice and sealed, vacuum packed, itll be just as good coming out of the freezer. A lot of good tips, thanks for joining us, chef. Always a pleasure. Coming up, old dominion will perform live. . . To tell him that its over then bring it on over . . Stringing him along any longer girl its just wasting precious . Back now with old dominion helping kick off our gma country playlist week. They Just Announced a new fall tour. Here they are with song for album meat and candy. . . Right now we both know were Marina Del Rey . . Planes gonna fly away and youll be on it . . And by this time tomorrow ill be singing yesterday . . The sunshines gonna fade and we cant stop it . . So before we turn in i cant make you love me . . Lets be browneyed girl, sweet caroline, free fallin, small town saturday night . . Before we lose that loving feeling lets go dancing on the ceiling . . Keep on living that teenage grass is green . . Pretty soon ill be so lonesome i could cry but thats a song for another time . . Just for one more day what do you say baby be my pretty woman . . Because we know sunday mornings coming down and lets take a drive . . You and i down some old country road . . Talk about growing old in one of those pink houses . . Yeah we might be a candle in the wind but lets pretend were . . Browneyed girl, sweet caroline, free fallin, small town saturday night . . Before we lose that loving feeling lets go dancing on the ceiling . . Keep on living that teenage . Pretty soon youll be always on my mind but thats a song for another time . . . So before were singing i will always love you . . Lets sing browneyed girl, sweet caroline . . Free fallin, small town saturday night . . Before you lose that lo feeling lets go dancing on the ceiling . . Keep on living that teenage dream Paradise City where the grass is green . . Pretty soon ill be so lonesome i could cry . . But thats a song for another time . . Yeah thats a song for another time, browneyed girl, sweet caroline . Free fallin, small town saturday night thats a song for . . Browneyed girl . Good morning america is brought to you by target. Expect more, pay less. Old dominion giving us a nice start to our week. Thank you very much. Youre heading on a big tour. We are. Big time, man. Its our first headline tour. Feels good. Very good. Thanks for starting it here on gma. Great monday morning. Thanks for having us. Thanks for this monday treat. Thanks for watching. Have a great monday, everyone. . . Just for one more day what do good morning. We are working to learn more about a woman in Critical Condition after a double stabbing at a bus stop. Our studios at 44th st. And washington. Two when two women in two men weather bus stop when an argument broke out. One of the men stabbed the two women. Officers did find the suspect around the corner. We have a traffic alert. This is air 15 showing a head on crash, one world. We are hearing the injuries arent no one taken to the hospital. This is the westbound lane of camelback road. Watch out for congestion there. Looking at the freeways not too bad. About a 15 minute desert drive time on i10. That is traveling eastbound from the 101 to the 17. Loop 202 st. Anne is where you 10. The temperature is slowly climbing. Climbing to 85 at the top of the hour. Upper 80s at 10 am. By this afternoon the High Temperature only makes it to 100. Another day of below average. We have to watch for storms developing in the valley. Chances are low, but there is a chance of a few popup storms heading into this afternoon and early evening. Tomorrow a slight chance of storms and then drying out for coming up next, can you believe fall is around the corner . We are getting ready for delicious fall flavors. There she is. Coming up today believe it or not fall is fast approaching. We have jennifer making dishes like corn salsa. Life is beautiful at the cabaret. Heading to asu gammage and we have tickets to give away. Look at this cute little furball. Do you have one . Do you have trouble getting him to the vet . We will have cat care tips coming up