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00:00:00Good morning, America. For our viewers in the West, after more than 590 days, what we know about the last living American hostage in Gaza, plus the trade deal with China.
00:00:08Breaking overnight, Israeli-American Yidan Alexander expected to be released from Hamas captivity.
00:00:13His community gathering to watch here at home, what we know about his condition, his family, and what the White House is saying.
00:00:20Also breaking overnight, trade deal with China. The details this morning after a marathon weekend of negotiations.
00:00:27Air travel troubles, the transportation secretary's warning after more issues at Newark and an equipment outage in Atlanta, as AAA predicts a record-setting Memorial Day.
00:00:40The president preparing to accept a $400 million gift from the government of Qatar, a luxury jumbo jet known as a Flying Palace, to serve as Air Force One then for his personal use.
00:00:50The serious ethical, legal, and national security concerns this morning.
00:00:53Pope Leo on the world stage.
00:00:58They say when they clap at the beginning, it doesn't matter much. If you're still awake at the end.
00:01:05The new Pope meeting with journalists this morning, including our James Longman.
00:01:09Now, which major decisions Leo is set to make?
00:01:13Opening statements set to begin this morning in the Sean Diddy Combs trial.
00:01:18While the judge delayed finalizing the jury.
00:01:21Taylor Swift subpoenaed. In the Baldoni Lively, it ends with us feud. How her team is responding.
00:01:29Blockbuster weight loss study. Researchers finding one type of popular medication may help people shed more weight than another.
00:01:36The New York-Boston showdown gearing up for Game 4.
00:01:42While the Thunder fight back.
00:01:47And the Pacers pull out all the tricks as we jump into Monday.
00:01:54Live from Times Square, it's Monday. Good morning, America.
00:01:58It is Monday, and Will Reeve is going to have all that exciting NBA action for us coming up.
00:02:03Yes, he will. And we have a lot of news to get to this morning, including flood watches, fire danger, and widespread record heat.
00:02:10Ginger is standing by tracking it all for us.
00:02:12We'll begin with breaking news.
00:02:14Expectation that the last American hostage held by Hamas is about to be released.
00:02:18The crowd has gathered in his hometown in Tenafly, New Jersey.
00:02:21President Trump announced last night that Adon Alexander is coming home to his family.
00:02:24Chief Foreign Correspondent Ian Pannell tracking it all. Good morning, Ian.
00:02:28Yeah, good morning, George. That's right.
00:02:30Overnight, President Trump making that announcement that this American-Israeli hostage is going to be released from captivity.
00:02:36Hamas saying that the release will happen today, and there's a lot of expectation it could come in the following few hours.
00:02:42Alexander has been held for more than 580 days.
00:02:45He's believed to be the last living American hostage.
00:02:48Alexander, as you say, is from New Jersey.
00:02:50He moved to Israel to serve in the military after he graduated high school.
00:02:54Hamas kidnapping him, though, from his military post during its October the 7th attack.
00:02:59His mother also believed to be flying to Israel right now.
00:03:03This deal, though, has been brokered through direct talks between the Trump administration and Hamas,
00:03:08but notably has not involved Israel.
00:03:10And I think, in some senses, it's a blow to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu,
00:03:14whose plans for a wider-scale war now appear to be thrown into doubt.
00:03:18And it also increases pressure on him to bring the remaining 57 Israeli hostages home.
00:03:24The Trump team, though, seeing this as a goodwill gesture and a potential opening to jumpstart talks on the ceasefire to end the Gaza war.
00:03:31And, of course, it comes as the president embarks on an important three-day tour of the region.
00:03:37Michael?
00:03:37Yeah, very important indeed there, Ian.
00:03:38Thank you so much for that.
00:03:40We're going to turn now to the latest on the president's trade war.
00:03:43And news breaking overnight that China and the U.S. have reached a short-term agreement.
00:03:47Our senior political correspondent, Rachel Scott, is tracking the latest on this trade deal.
00:03:51Good morning, Rachel.
00:03:52Michael, good morning to you.
00:03:54And this is a breakthrough in talks between the world's two largest economies.
00:03:58But it's also a dramatic retreat from President Trump's 145 percent tariffs that he imposed on Chinese imports.
00:04:05After all of the tough talk and hard lines, both sides agreeing to dramatically roll back their tariffs, at least for now.
00:04:11This morning, the Trump administration, emerging from a marathon weekend of negotiations, announcing the U.S. has reached a trade deal with China to significantly lower most tariffs for 90 days.
00:04:23We have reached an agreement on a 90-day pause and substantially moved down the tariff levels.
00:04:39The U.S. agreed to roll back its steep 145 percent tariff on Chinese imports to 30 percent, and China agreeing to lower its tax on American goods from 125 percent to 10 percent.
00:04:52For weeks, the president has been defiant about keeping his tariffs in place, even as markets tumbled and retailers warned their shelves could go empty.
00:05:01I know what the hell I'm doing.
00:05:03I know what I'm doing.
00:05:04And you know what I'm doing, too.
00:05:05China took a hard line, too, insisting no matter how long the trade war lasts, we'll never yield.
00:05:11But just as both sides touched down in Geneva, Switzerland for those high-stakes talks, the president, with a change in tone, suggesting he would be willing to drop his tariffs even lower to 80 percent.
00:05:22The deal the U.S. reached is much lower than that.
00:05:25We concluded that we have shared interest.
00:05:29The consensus from both delegations this weekend is neither side wants a decoupling.
00:05:37On Wall Street, stock futures surging as the U.S. and China return back to the negotiating table in hopes of reaching a long-term deal.
00:05:44So investors are rejoicing this morning, but the full economic impact of this on-and-off again trade war still remains very unclear at this point.
00:05:53That question will be answered likely in 90 days as these two sides continue their negotiations, Michael.
00:05:59Yeah, still a lot of that is still unclear, Rachel.
00:06:01But, Rachel, the president posting on social media that he will sign an executive order aimed at lowering prescription drug costs.
00:06:07Yes, Michael, the president says he will be signing that executive order in just a few hours before he heads off on this foreign trip.
00:06:15It is aimed at lowering the price of prescription drugs.
00:06:17The goal here is to force pharmaceutical companies to charge the U.S. the lowest price that they charge other companies.
00:06:23Now, if implemented, this would likely have the largest impact on drugs covered by Medicare and that are administered in a doctor's office.
00:06:31But the White House not releasing any other details this morning and implementing this could be very complicated, Michael.
00:06:36All right, Rachel Scott, thank you so much.
00:06:38Robin?
00:06:38Okay, Michael, we're going to bring in our chief economics correspondent, Rebecca Jarvis, with the potential impact of this trade deal.
00:06:44Good morning.
00:06:45Yes, good morning, Robin.
00:06:46Nice to see all of you.
00:06:47And markets today are poised to surge higher on news of the cooling trade tensions between the U.S. and China.
00:06:53Take a look back at the last year so far.
00:06:55It has been a very volatile ride since President Trump first introduced his tariffs.
00:07:01Stocks peaked back in February, as you can see.
00:07:04We're not quite back to those record levels, however.
00:07:07So remember, we've heard now from many major U.S. companies, they've all warned that tariffs make it difficult to predict the future.
00:07:14It makes it difficult to even conduct business because of the uncertainty that they place on the future of both consumers and the U.S. economy.
00:07:22And we've heard from very big companies about this.
00:07:24Apple, Amazon, General Motors, Ford, McDonald's, United, Delta Airlines.
00:07:29There's dozens of companies who've warned about it.
00:07:32And then we've also heard from small businesses, farmers, who have talked about how much these hurt their businesses this morning.
00:07:39You have that pause in effect, which does have the ripple effect to improve the market.
00:07:44But there still is a great deal of uncertainty out there.
00:07:47And you've often said the market does not like uncertainty.
00:07:50The market wants clarity on this, and so do all these business leaders who are trying to figure out what they're doing in the future.
00:07:56I'll be watching it closely.
00:07:57Hey, Rebecca, thanks very much.
00:07:58We're going to turn to the controversy now over President Trump preparing to accept a luxury jumbo jet from the government of Qatar.
00:08:04The plan is for it to serve as Air Force One, then for Trump's personal use.
00:08:08It's raising serious legal and national security questions.
00:08:11Chief Washington Correspondent John Carl broke the story.
00:08:13He joins us now.
00:08:14Good morning, John.
00:08:14Good morning, George.
00:08:16This is a move that is already raising serious ethical, legal, and national security questions.
00:08:21But the Trump administration is poised to accept that luxury jumbo jet, which has a value estimated at $400 million, as a gift from the government of Qatar.
00:08:32Sources familiar with the proposal say that the aircraft would be used by President Trump as a new Air Force One
00:08:39and then transferred to the Trump Presidential Library Foundation shortly before he leaves office.
00:08:45It would likely be the most valuable gift ever given to the U.S. government from a foreign power.
00:08:51Multiple sources familiar with the proposal say this is the airplane, a 13-year-old Boeing 747-8, known as a flying palace.
00:09:01It was toured by Trump himself back in February.
00:09:04The aircraft is larger and significantly more luxurious than the current Air Force One, an older version of the 747 that has been in operation since 1990.
00:09:14The Qatari plane has two fully furnished floors, complete with flush carpet, leather couches, and two bedrooms.
00:09:22The plane's current value is estimated at $400 million, but it will need millions more worth of modifications to meet the Air Force requirements to operate as the presidential aircraft.
00:09:34It raises many, many eyebrows to have this sort of deal at all, to be accepting Air Force One from a foreign government.
00:09:42Under the terms of the proposed gift, sources tell ABC the plane would be transferred to the Trump Presidential Library Foundation no later than January 1st, 2029.
00:09:54That's shortly before Trump leaves office.
00:09:57The Constitution prohibits anyone holding federal office from accepting a personal gift from a foreign head of state.
00:10:04But sources say Attorney General Pam Bondi has concluded that this gift is, quote, legally permissible because the plane is not being given to an individual, but rather to the U.S. Air Force and then to Donald Trump's foundation.
00:10:19Democrats are calling the proposed gift illegal and are demanding an investigation.
00:10:23I don't know who needs to hear this, Senator Bernie Sanders posted on X, but no, Donald Trump cannot accept a $400 million flying palace from the royal family of Qatar.
00:10:36Not only is this farcically corrupt, it is blatantly unconstitutional.
00:10:40In response to the outcry, Trump confirmed he plans to accept the airplane, calling it, quote, a gift free of charge of a 747 aircraft to replace the 40-year-old Air Force One temporarily in a very public and transparent transaction.
00:10:59In addition to the obvious ethical concerns, there are significant national security concerns about this, about using a plane given by a foreign government as Air Force One.
00:11:09Qatar is considered an American ally, but it is also an ally of Iran and China and even Hamas.
00:11:15The massive plane would need to be thoroughly vetted for listening devices and tracking devices that can be incredibly small and hidden just about anywhere on that massive aircraft.
00:11:27George.
00:11:27So, John, among all the questions you raise, above everything else, this is not going to be free of charge.
00:11:32It's going to cost millions, if not tens of millions of dollars to retrofit it for it to serve as Air Force One.
00:11:38And, of course, American taxpayers are going to pay that.
00:11:41Yeah, absolutely, George.
00:11:42It will have to be retrofitted to serve the Air Force requirements.
00:11:47And, George, also in this agreement, the transfer costs of going to the library will be paid for by the United States government.
00:11:56Which means the taxpayers.
00:11:58Yes, the taxpayers.
00:11:59Yes.
00:12:00John Carl, thanks very much.
00:12:01And by the time it's done, it will probably be time for him to be out of office.
00:12:05Okay.
00:12:05Thank you, George.
00:12:06We're going to turn now to the warning from America's Transportation Secretary that flights could be disrupted across the country due to equipment problems at the nation's airports.
00:12:14This comes after equipment issues at Newark Airport, including radar screens going dark on Friday.
00:12:20Our transportation correspondent, Gio Benitez, is at Newark with the latest.
00:12:24Good morning, Gio.
00:12:25Hey, Michael.
00:12:25Good morning.
00:12:26Yeah, it's been a mess here at Newark.
00:12:27Just since Friday, we've seen about 400 cancellations, nearly 1,000 delays.
00:12:33And now this morning, we're learning of yet another issue.
00:12:36This morning, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy with a warning as Newark International Airport faced more problems following a fourth equipment failure or issue in the last two weeks.
00:12:46What you see in Newark is going to happen in other places across the country.
00:12:50It has to be fixed.
00:12:51I'm concerned about the whole airspace.
00:12:53Sunday morning's 45-minute ground stop was initially thought to be due to an outage, but the FAA clarified it was an audio popping issue with regional controllers triggering a backup system.
00:13:04This is the second incident in just over 48 hours at Newark.
00:13:09Overnight Friday, radar screens going black for a minute and a half.
00:13:13That is 1989.
00:13:14I hand you off here.
00:13:15Our scopes just went black again.
00:13:17If you care about this, contact your airline and try to get some pressure for them to fix this stuff.
00:13:22I try not to think about it because that's a really scary thought.
00:13:26The fallout starting April 28th when an outage at Newark Liberty caused the air traffic control computer screens to go dark for 60 to 90 seconds, the controllers unable to talk to the pilots in the sky.
00:13:38Problems also hitting Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport.
00:13:41Hundreds of flights delayed Sunday as the airport dealt with a runway equipment issue.
00:13:46It absolutely is safe at Newark and in the entire country.
00:13:49And the reason is when these kind of outages happen, we train for them.
00:13:53We have backup procedures.
00:13:54Industry leaders say the recent reduction in flights has helped prevent more delays and cancellations, and they say they're confident things will start to improve quickly.
00:14:04The fact that people are putting their heads together to find solutions to problems while the bigger solution of fixing the ATC infrastructure is being implemented, we applaud them for doing that.
00:14:16And on Wednesday, the airlines will meet with the FAA to try to sort this all out.
00:14:20And they have reason to, because AAA is now projecting about 45 million travelers domestically for Memorial Day weekend.
00:14:27That's about a million more than last year.
00:14:30So, Robin, if that happens, it will set a record.
00:14:33Absolutely.
00:14:34All right, GR, thanks to you as always.
00:14:36Now to Pope Leo on the world stage, meeting with thousands of journalists from around the world this morning,
00:14:41including our chief international correspondent, James Longman, who joins us from Vatican City.
00:14:47That had to be a moment for you, James.
00:14:49Good morning.
00:14:50It was extraordinary, Robin.
00:14:53My grandmother would have been very proud.
00:14:54Yes, the Pope met with journalists assembled here from all around the world.
00:14:59He spoke initially in Italian, but he did crack a joke in English.
00:15:03Take a listen.
00:15:04Thank you for this wonderful reception.
00:15:09They say when they clap at the beginning, it doesn't matter much.
00:15:14If you're still awake at the end and you still want to applaud, thank you very much.
00:15:19Thank you very much.
00:15:49He has a little rosary which has been blessed by the Pope, so that is something my grandmother would be very, very proud of if she were still around.
00:15:56Look, he is very unassuming in real life.
00:15:59He's very softly spoken, but there is something about that white cassock that just gives a person an aura.
00:16:04He has star power, and we saw that star power just yesterday during the Sunday blessing.
00:16:10He spoke to 100,000 people who are all assembled here in St. Peter's Square.
00:16:14He spoke about the importance of a ceasefire in Ukraine and in Gaza and on the war in Ukraine.
00:16:21We do understand that he has now spoken to President Zelensky about peace in Ukraine, so we're getting an idea about the kind of Pope he wants to be.
00:16:29Guys.
00:16:30Yeah, we are getting that idea.
00:16:31James, thank you so very much.
00:16:33You spoke with his brother.
00:16:34I spoke with his brother on Friday.
00:16:35It was a really, really fun interview.
00:16:37So if the Pope is listening, you can join us at a time.
00:16:41Open invitation.
00:16:42Not just the brother.
00:16:43But we've got the NBA playoffs right now.
00:16:45Pivotal game for tonight.
00:16:48Nick Celtics in the Garden.
00:16:50Sure is.
00:16:50Good morning, Robin.
00:16:51Good morning, everyone.
00:16:52We're about halfway to the NBA Finals here.
00:16:54We've got some surprises so far.
00:16:56Cleveland, number one seed in the East.
00:16:57They're down 3-1.
00:16:59The Thunder are in a bit of a fight with the Nuggets, and that's in the other series.
00:17:04What we're really going to get to right now, the Knicks.
00:17:05They are up 2-1 against the defending champion Boston Celtics, and they have a chance to go up 3-1 in this series tonight in the Garden.
00:17:15New York City.
00:17:16That's what we're all looking forward to.
00:17:17The last game, not so great.
00:17:19The first two games, carbon copies of each other.
00:17:2020-point comebacks.
00:17:22Last second, wins for the Knicks.
00:17:23Last game three Saturday, less classic.
00:17:26Garden crowd was buzzing, and then the ball tipped, and that was kind of it.
00:17:29That was kind of a wrap.
00:17:30Well, the only thing buzzing.
00:17:31Yeah, that was kind of a wrap.
00:17:32But this game is huge tonight because the team that goes up 3-1 ends up having a 95.6% chance to win.
00:17:41They win, George, they win 96% of the time, man, so we've got to have them win.
00:17:45And then if it's 2-2.
00:17:4695.6.
00:17:47And then 75% if the Celtics win.
00:17:50So, I don't know.
00:17:51Did all the math for you.
00:17:52They've got to tip the ball tonight.
00:17:54This is all exhausting.
00:17:55Yeah.
00:17:56I'm tired before the game starts.
00:17:58It's exciting for New York.
00:18:00I know.
00:18:01George was so nervous.
00:18:02Okay, coming up, Eric Katurzy staying by at the Manhattan Courthouse with a Sean D.D. Combs trial about to begin.
00:18:08Plus, Taylor Swift's team responding to being subpoenaed by Justin Baldoni in his legal battle with Blake Lively.
00:18:14And new at 730, could you qualify for a payout from the series settlement?
00:18:22Please stay.
00:18:27I want you, I need you, oh God.
00:18:30Don't take this beautiful thing that I've got.
00:18:36Back to you, man.
00:18:38Fans are flipping out over that guy.
00:18:40Benson Boone.
00:18:41Ticket sales for Boone's American Heart Tour went on sale of the weekend.
00:18:44He said that all dates sold out within nine seconds.
00:18:47He's good.
00:18:48Nine seconds.
00:18:49He's really good.
00:18:50He's great.
00:18:50That is something.
00:18:51First new at 730, Ukrainian President Zaleski says he'll be waiting for Vladimir Putin in Turkey after Russia suggested the two countries hold direct peace talks there on Thursday.
00:19:00President Trump urged Ukraine to meet with Russia, even though Moscow effectively rejected an unconditional 30-day ceasefire proposal by Ukraine and its European allies.
00:19:08Also, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said there were fatalities after a multi-vehicle crash on I-75 near the Tennessee-Georgia border that happened on Sunday.
00:19:17Six passenger vehicles and a tractor trailer were involved in the crash.
00:19:20Also, a new rule goes into effect this morning aimed at stamping out so-called junk fees under this new FTC rule and unfair and deceptive fees.
00:19:29The government is saying no surprise fees when you check out.
00:19:33The rule applies to live event tickets and short-term lodging, hotels, and vacation rentals.
00:19:38Good to know what you're paying for, right?
00:19:40And Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a class-action lawsuit by users who say their private conversations were recorded by Apple devices after they unintentionally activated the voice assistant, Siri.
00:19:53Anyone who's owned an Apple device since 2014 could be eligible to receive a payout capped at $20 per device.
00:20:01A court hearing to officially approve the settlement is scheduled for August 1st.
00:20:07$20 is better than nothing, Robin.
00:20:08That's right, Pastor. I'll take your $20 if you don't want it.
00:20:10Yeah, there you go.
00:20:12We're going to turn down opening statements expected this morning at Sean Diddy Combs' sex trafficking trial.
00:20:17Chief investigative correspondent Erica Tersey tracking the case. Good morning, Aaron.
00:20:21Good morning to you, George. A lot of celebrities roll with an entourage.
00:20:24Federal prosecutors say Sean Combs and the people around him operated as a criminal enterprise with a goal of coercing women into sex.
00:20:33And we're about to hear how they'll make the case.
00:20:35This morning, opening statements in the racketeering and sex trafficking trial of Sean Combs.
00:20:41If you use my approach, you can dock both.
00:20:43The Bad Boy Records founder and music mogul is accused of forcing women into drug-fueled sex marathons.
00:20:48Combs has pleaded not guilty to the charges and says the sex was consensual.
00:20:52But for 20 years, prosecutors say he trafficked women and exerted his will by controlling their careers, leveraging financial support, and using intimidation and violence.
00:21:02Combs has seen kicking and dragging then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in 2016 hotel security footage obtained by CNN.
00:21:09Prosecutors plan to introduce as many as five different versions of the video, and Cassie is expected to be among the first witnesses.
00:21:17Combs giving Ventura this shout-out while accepting his 2022 BET Lifetime Achievement Award.
00:21:22I gotta give a special thank you to the people that was really, like, there for me.
00:21:26Cassie, for holding me down in the dark times.
00:21:29Love.
00:21:30The defense concedes violence was part of their relationship, but argues it's not coercing her to do anything.
00:21:37Prosecutors say Cassie and at least two other women were forced into elaborate and produced sex performances with male prostitutes called freak-offs that Combs recorded as blackmail.
00:21:46Some of the potential jurors said the subject matter was too much, and the judge feared others would back out if they had the weekend to think about it.
00:21:54So the lawyers will finalize the 12 jurors and six alternates this morning.
00:21:58What you could see is that some jurors, having thought about it over the weekend, will come in and say, you know what, judge, I thought I could do this, I really can't do this, and I want out.
00:22:08But it's a lot better that they do that today, before they're sworn as jurors, than take on something that they're really not prepared to handle.
00:22:14Combs has said he's a little nervous. If convicted, he faces decades in prison.
00:22:19His former attorney, Mark Garrago, spoke in support of Combs on his Two Angry Men podcast, days after the judge admonished him for disparaging the all-female team of prosecutors.
00:22:29I have frequently talked with Sean. I consider Sean a friend, and just because he's facing a very, very serious charges, I'm not going to abandon Sean.
00:22:44The public line to get into court actually stretches down the block and around the corner, guys.
00:22:49One guy near the front of the line offered to scalp his seat for $350.
00:22:54Once the jury is instructed and sworn, opening statements will begin in the most anticipated trial of the year.
00:23:01Guys?
00:23:02Wow, $350 for a seat there. Okay, Aaron, thanks very much.
00:23:05You can see the latest in the trial every day at 530 Eastern on Burden of Proust.
00:23:09That's on ABC News Live. Michael?
00:23:10All right, George, now to the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni legal battle.
00:23:14Baldoni is now subpoenaed Taylor Swift.
00:23:17Eva Pilgrim is here tracking the story. Good morning, Eva.
00:23:19Good morning, Michael.
00:23:20Baldoni's lawyer said it was a move he'd make, and now he's officially filed the paperwork.
00:23:24We are told this is a document subpoena, meaning he isn't asking Taylor Swift to sit down for a deposition.
00:23:29Instead, he wants to see any relevant texts and such between the superstar and Blake Lively.
00:23:35This morning, Grammy Award-winning singer Taylor Swift's team firing back after the singer was subpoenaed in the ongoing legal battle between It Ends With Us co-stars, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.
00:23:52This is a big moment.
00:23:53It sure is. Thank you so much for your, sir, best business.
00:23:58A spokesperson calling the subpoena issued by Baldoni's attorney tabloid clickbait, adding,
00:24:04Taylor Swift never set foot on the set of this movie.
00:24:08She was not involved in the casting or creative decisions.
00:24:11She did not score the film.
00:24:12She never saw an edit or made any notes on the film.
00:24:16Taylor's connection to this film?
00:24:18Permitting the use of one song, My Tears Ricochet.
00:24:26Swift, known to be a longtime friend of Blake Lively's, seemingly alluded to in Baldoni's defamation countersuit filed in January.
00:24:34He claims she was at Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds' penthouse during a meeting over script changes.
00:24:40Baldoni alleging he felt obliged to text Lively to say he had liked her pages and hadn't needed Reynolds and her mega-celebrity friend to pressure him.
00:24:49A spokesperson for Lively telling ABC News,
00:24:52Mr. Baldoni and team continue to turn a case of sexual harassment and retaliation into entertainment for tabloids
00:24:58to subpoenaing Taylor Swift, a woman who has given a voice to millions the world over.
00:25:04This is a very serious legal matter, not Barnum & Bailey Circus.
00:25:08Taylor Swift's deposition or the evidence that she could provide has the same weight as everyone else.
00:25:14This information only seems to go to a very small aspect of the case that Justin Baldoni is trying to show
00:25:20that Blake Lively sicked her high-profile friends on her to try to move the needle in this script of the movie.
00:25:27The star-studded legal battle garnering mass public attention.
00:25:31Baldoni's attorney telling People magazine,
00:25:34Since Ms. Lively is open to testifying, let's make it count.
00:25:38Hold the deposition at MSG, sell tickets or stream it and donate every dollar to organizations helping victims of domestic abuse.
00:25:47Now, a source telling ABC News that Taylor doesn't have much to offer on the whole dispute,
00:25:52saying to us that she arrived at Lively's home as Baldoni was leaving after that now infamous meeting
00:25:58and she didn't hear or see anything, we'll have to see where this goes next.
00:26:03Yeah, this is never-ending.
00:26:05It keeps going.
00:26:06Yeah, it does.
00:26:07All right, Eva, our thanks to you.
00:26:08The results of a new study on popular GLP-1 weight loss medications.
00:26:13Researchers finding that one medication may be superior when it comes to taking off the pounds.
00:26:18Our chief medical correspondent, Dr. Taryn Narula, is here with more on this, so let's break down this study.
00:26:23Yes, well, we know that one in eight Americans are on GLPs,
00:26:26and one of the most common questions I get asked and a lot of doctors get asked is,
00:26:29which one should I take, Zeph-bound or Wegovi?
00:26:32So here we have the first real head-to-head trial of these two drugs published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
00:26:38Basically, researchers took about 751 adults who were either obese or overweight with a risk factor.
00:26:43They gave them essentially either the highest dose or what the highest dose they could tolerate of Zeph-bound or Wegovi,
00:26:49and they did this for 72 weeks.
00:26:50And then they found that essentially the patients who were on Zeph-bound lost about 50 pounds.
00:26:56That was compared to about 33 pounds for the patients on Wegovi.
00:27:00So you did see a difference there.
00:27:01In addition, the patients on Zeph-bound dropped their waist circumference about 7 inches.
00:27:05That was compared to about 5 inches for those on Wegovi.
00:27:08When you looked at the numbers that dropped their weight by about a quarter,
00:27:11again, it was about 32 percent for Zeph-bound and definitely almost half, like 16 percent, for those on Wegovi.
00:27:18So definitely this points in the direction that there's more weight loss with Zeph-bound.
00:27:22When you looked at the side effects, also similar, again, those gastrointestinal side effects,
00:27:26maybe a little bit less with Zeph-bound in this study than with Wegovi.
00:27:30In general, though, both of these drugs lowered things like blood pressure, sugar, and cholesterol.
00:27:35And, you know, this study was really in a very obese population.
00:27:39BMI was about 39, body mass index.
00:27:41So we don't know how this would apply to individuals who are less obese or overweight,
00:27:46but definitely shows a difference there.
00:27:48One other interesting thing, actually, men lost about 6 percent less weight than women did on both of these drugs.
00:27:55For once.
00:27:56For once.
00:27:56No, no, no.
00:27:57Because usually a weight loss normally, that's not the case.
00:28:03So, okay, as you said, so many are on these medications.
00:28:07What if you're on one and it's just not working for you?
00:28:09What do you recommend?
00:28:10I mean, I hear this a lot.
00:28:11You know, people will say, I'm trying it.
00:28:12It's not working.
00:28:13What should I do?
00:28:13You know, we always say that you should start low and go slow.
00:28:16You want to give it time to see, A, are you going to develop side effects?
00:28:19And B, maybe you will lose weight.
00:28:20You just need a little bit more time.
00:28:22But if you do not feel comfortable on one, it's worth talking to your doctor about switching to the other.
00:28:27Really, in a lot of cases, this is dictated by insurance coverage and costs and accessibility.
00:28:31But we now know, we've talked about this, both of these drugs, if you go to the drug company directly,
00:28:36you can get them for essentially the same price, about $500 per month now.
00:28:40So start low and go slow.
00:28:42And go slow, yes.
00:28:42Got to keep that in mind.
00:28:43Yes, yes, yes.
00:28:44Patience is key.
00:28:45All right, doc.
00:28:46Thank you, as always.
00:28:47Now, with our play of the day, just in time for graduation season,
00:28:50Lara, you have the sweetest story.
00:28:53Yes, I do, Michael.
00:28:54Good morning to you all.
00:28:55So Jim Clements is the president of Clemson University.
00:28:58And this weekend, he had the thrill of presenting his own daughter, Grace, with her degree.
00:29:03But it didn't go exactly as planned.
00:29:05Take a look.
00:29:06Precious.
00:29:20Grace literally bowling dad over with her enthusiasm.
00:29:24Jim calls his daughter amazing, Grace.
00:29:26And with good reason.
00:29:27Grace received her Clemson Life degree.
00:29:29That's for students with intellectual disabilities.
00:29:32She manages Clemson's softball team.
00:29:35And this fall, she'll start the university's two-year hospitality certificate program.
00:29:42After that moment went viral online, President Clements took to Instagram and he wrote,
00:29:46Clemson Life teaches independence, job skills, and apparently how to sack a university president.
00:29:52Hashtag dad down.
00:29:54He also told reporters outside the ceremony that he wouldn't change a thing.
00:29:58It was pure joy and that it was just put a smile on our faces.
00:30:03That is love.
00:30:04And that's a great program.
00:30:05Yeah.
00:30:05A great program to have.
00:30:06Yeah.
00:30:07Congrats to Clemson.
00:30:08Congrats to Grace.
00:30:09Thank you, Lara.
00:30:10Coming up, stars from the secret lives of Mormon wives are live in Times Square to tell us all about the new season.
00:30:18So come on back.
00:30:24Good morning, America.
00:30:26It's 8 a.m. Floods, fires, and widespread record heat, where you could see a major heat risk.
00:30:33Plus, more than 16 million under flood watch across five states.
00:30:38And fire danger for 9 million.
00:30:40And the red flag warning for nearly one entire state.
00:30:44Ginger is tracking it all.
00:30:45The concern about potential foodborne illnesses in bagged romaine lettuce.
00:30:51A recent report getting a lot of attention among parents.
00:30:55How you can help keep your food safe.
00:30:57Bindi Irwin's health scare.
00:31:00After she was rushed to the hospital over the weekend, missing the Steve Irwin Gala.
00:31:04What her brother Robert is saying this morning about her recovery.
00:31:10And Mom Talk is back.
00:31:13If you thought season one of the secret lives of Mormon wives was wild, just wait.
00:31:17It's going to get messy, for sure.
00:31:19Stars Layla and Jessie are here live as we say, good morning, America.
00:31:27Live from Times Square, it's Monday.
00:31:30Good morning, America.
00:31:31And we are hot to go.
00:31:33Good morning, America.
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00:31:42Oh, Gary.
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00:31:47First, look at the top stories breaking at eight.
00:31:49We start with the widespread record heat.
00:31:51Ginger track in.
00:31:52Good morning, Ginger.
00:31:52Hey, good morning, George.
00:31:53One hiker died.
00:31:54Several others had to be rescued in Arizona.
00:31:56They were hiking in 100 degree heat.
00:31:58This is a great time of year to remind everyone heat kills.
00:32:01And we have to be serious about this, especially when it comes early.
00:32:04Like International Falls, Minnesota, they had their hottest May temperature on record.
00:32:09It was 96 degrees, and it's not stopping today in the Northern Plains.
00:32:13You've got a lot of numbers circled, and that means you could break a daily record.
00:32:17So anywhere from Duluth back to Valentine, Nebraska, and Scotts Bluff up to, say, Rapid City and Bismarck,
00:32:22we're looking for easily mid to upper 90s.
00:32:25So this is when, if you don't have air conditioning or you've got prolonged exposure without enough hydration,
00:32:29it becomes a major threat, especially in the area we have highlighted there.
00:32:33Relative humidity is low as 15 percent at a gust, 30 to 45 miles per hour,
00:32:37and the fire danger is high, especially from Minneapolis back up to Fargo, Duluth,
00:32:42Rhinelander, and down into Nebraska again.
00:32:44It doesn't stop there, though.
00:32:46Robin, we could see all-time hottest May temperatures in Texas this week.
00:32:50Lots of daily records from Houston, San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas could have their first 100 of the season.
00:32:55Robin.
00:32:55A lot of triple digits there on the board.
00:32:57Okay, Ginger, thank you.
00:32:58Now, the report in the Atlantic,
00:33:00raising concerns about potential food-borne illnesses and bagged romaine lettuce
00:33:04to getting a lot of attention online among parents.
00:33:07Our medical correspondent, Dr. Darian Sutton, is here with more.
00:33:10Good morning, Dr. Sutton.
00:33:11Good morning.
00:33:12Tell us about some of the concerns.
00:33:14Well, these are some of the concerns that my patients talk to me about in the emergency room
00:33:19when I'm diagnosing food-borne illnesses or gastroenteritis.
00:33:22Most of their worry, like many Americans, rounds around the unprocessed meat or undercooked meat
00:33:28or unfortunately even things like dairy products or eggs.
00:33:33But what is important to understand, which is revealed in this article, a painful truth,
00:33:37is that nearly half of food-borne illnesses are associated with the vegetables that we eat.
00:33:41When many people are recounting their risk factors, they don't often recall what vegetables they ate,
00:33:46and that's what's important to understand here.
00:33:47The second point in here is that given funding cuts to the FDA as well as staffing cuts,
00:33:51which regulates nearly 80% of our food supply,
00:33:54there is a reasonable concern that there is an increased risk of miscontamination.
00:33:58Now, that being said, that risk is mostly theoretical.
00:34:01We have not seen clear, conclusive evidence that the food that we eat
00:34:05is associated with an increased risk of illness.
00:34:07That's remained relatively stable.
00:34:09But there are some simple steps we all can take at home that significantly reduce that risk,
00:34:14and that just revolves around making sure that we clean the produce that we eat.
00:34:18That includes the vegetables, the potatoes.
00:34:20That includes making sure that you peel the onions and clean them properly,
00:34:23and even storing lettuce.
00:34:25And now, again, that risk has not borne out into the research,
00:34:28but if you just take those simple steps at home, you can reduce that risk tremendously.
00:34:32And you mentioned the ER, working in the ER.
00:34:34You've seen people come in who've eaten bad lettuce,
00:34:36so what should people be on the lookout for?
00:34:38Yeah, number one, the most common symptoms I see in the emergency room are the nausea,
00:34:42the vomiting, the diarrhea, but the red flags of when you need to go to the ER.
00:34:46Because, Michael, most of these illnesses can be resolved at home in the comfort of your own home
00:34:50with basic things like drinking water, staying hydrated.
00:34:52But if you notice your symptoms are staying there for more than two to three days,
00:34:56if you notice you have an associated fever or even bleeding,
00:34:58or if you're high risk, those who are pregnant, those who are over the age of 65,
00:35:02or young children, that's when you need to see a doctor and get evaluated.
00:35:06And it's interesting, you said 50% from vegetables.
00:35:08You generally don't think that.
00:35:09Yeah, nearly 50%.
00:35:11Really important to understand that risk.
00:35:12All right, Dr. Sutton, thank you.
00:35:14Appreciate you, as always.
00:35:15Coming up, our GMA morning menu, the groundbreaking heart surgery
00:35:18that has changed a young boy's life.
00:35:21Dr. Nerula is back with his story and how it could be a game changer for so many kids.
00:35:26And the latest on Bindi Irwin's health after she was rushed to the hospital over the weekend.
00:35:31Plus, the second season of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is about to premiere.
00:35:35Lara?
00:35:36Yeah, so I'm with Layla Taylor and Jesse Nodikara.
00:35:39They're the stars of the hot reality show.
00:35:42In fact, fans are so excited that we had to get this guy, 9-1-1 star, Oliver Stark, here, just in case.
00:35:50We'll talk to both of them, all of them, coming up on GMA.
00:35:54Beautiful Monday morning here.
00:36:09We're back now with our GMA cover story.
00:36:11For the first time ever, a child with a mechanical heart valve has received a living donor valve.
00:36:17Chief Medical Correspondent, Dr. Tara Nerula, a cardiologist, is back with that story for us.
00:36:22Good morning again, Dr. Nerula.
00:36:23Good morning, Robin.
00:36:24That's correct.
00:36:25Preston is a young boy who has been living with a mechanical heart valve since just under 2 years old.
00:36:30Now 11 years old, Preston just received a first-of-its-kind donor heart valve.
00:36:35It was the first time this type of surgery has been done to replace a mechanical valve with a human donor valve.
00:36:41Preston says it is a new chance for a normal life and a breakthrough that holds promise for other children as well.
00:36:47At just 20 months old, doctors discovered Preston Porter had a heart defect when he was hospitalized with a virus.
00:36:55He underwent emergent surgery to replace his mitral valve with a mechanical one.
00:37:01As you can imagine, it was pretty terrifying.
00:37:04Preston, now 11, has been on blood-thinning medications for 10 years.
00:37:08The medicines prevent blood clots on the valve but also increase the risk of bleeding.
00:37:12This meant weekly blood tests, limited sports, and food restrictions.
00:37:17He's a very active kid.
00:37:19Over the years, he's missed out on a lot.
00:37:22The other big problem?
00:37:24He would need multiple future operations to change the valve size as he grew.
00:37:29In January, his family learned he was outgrowing the valve.
00:37:32But instead of replacing it with another mechanical or bioprosthetic valve,
00:37:36doctors suggested a partial heart transplant.
00:37:39Doctors would take a valve from a human donor heart to replace Preston's old valve.
00:37:45Only 20 to 30 partial heart transplants have been done in the U.S.
00:37:49My initial reaction was, no, this is too new, there's no data.
00:37:54It just seemed different.
00:37:56Having a donor valve meant Preston could ditch the medications that prevented him from being active.
00:38:01When we first told him that this was an option, he said, so this means I could be a normal kid.
00:38:10With Preston giving the final go-ahead, doctors at Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C.,
00:38:15performed his life-altering surgery on April 27th.
00:38:18It's living, so it can grow with him.
00:38:22It's barely a bit more than 60 pounds.
00:38:24So it can grow double his weight, and that should grow with him.
00:38:28It's a natural tissue.
00:38:30It can heal itself.
00:38:32While Preston will be on a low dose of anti-rejection medications, he can now be an active kid.
00:38:38With hopes for a longer life and fewer complications, how does Preston feel about it all?
00:38:43It feels great knowing that I can have a normal life.
00:38:47It also feels really cool knowing I can also help people in the future.
00:38:51For Preston, this surgery is already life-changing, and while he is looking forward to playing flag football,
00:38:57he also knows as a medical pioneer his experience could open the door for other children facing similar challenges.
00:39:03It could.
00:39:04Yeah, and how big of a breakthrough is this, and how will it change how we treat kids with heart valve defects?
00:39:09It's a pretty big deal when it comes to cardiac surgery for kids.
00:39:12For a lot of kids who are born with congenital heart disease or develop some infection of a valve,
00:39:15the standard of care has been what you heard, which is either a mechanical valve that requires blood thinners
00:39:20or a bioprosthetic valve, which came from a cadaver or from a pig or a cow.
00:39:24The problem is those valves degenerate over time, so you need replacements.
00:39:28They require those medications.
00:39:29They can develop infections.
00:39:31So this really being a living valve will grow with him and really obviate the need for him to have future surgeries.
00:39:36The other really interesting thing is that this has opened the door to increasing the donor pool.
00:39:41So they've actually been able to do something called domino transplant surgery.
00:39:45So essentially what happens is, let's say I'm a child who needs a heart transplant,
00:39:49and there are about 500 pediatric heart transplants per year.
00:39:51But that child who needs a heart transplant has healthy valves.
00:39:54So that child will get a new heart, but then donate his or her valves to another child who needed a valve,
00:40:00and maybe even a third child.
00:40:01So now one heart, one donor heart, has essentially saved two or three children's lives.
00:40:06So it's really incredible what they've been able to do.
00:40:10You know, obviously with these valves, you're going to need some immunosuppressant medication,
00:40:13so that does increase the risk of infection or cancers down the road, but really a big deal.
00:40:18And his prognosis is good through adulthood.
00:40:20Yes, hopefully so.
00:40:21God willing, yes.
00:40:22Incredible.
00:40:23That's incredible.
00:40:23That's really incredible.
00:40:24Thank you, Doc.
00:40:25My goodness.
00:40:25Bot news time.
00:40:26Yeah, let's do it.
00:40:28Good morning, everybody.
00:40:28We're going to begin with a tribute fitting for a legend.
00:40:31Television Academy Hall of Famer and Emmy-winning journalist Barbara Walters is getting the documentary treatment.
00:40:37The doc, called Barbara Walters' Tell Me Everything, is set to examine her pivotal role in the history of journalism
00:40:43and her groundbreaking career as a female broadcaster over the course of her five-decade career.
00:40:49Walters, in her own words, reflects on the high price of fame and the legacy she hoped to inspire.
00:40:55The movie will make its world premiere, the Tribeca Film Festival, here in New York City on June 12th,
00:41:00and it's available for all of us to stream on June 23rd on Hulu.
00:41:04I'm really looking forward to it.
00:41:06How blessed were we to be able to work with her as long as we did.
00:41:09What a pioneer.
00:41:10What a pioneer.
00:41:11An amazing woman.
00:41:12You all should check out her story.
00:41:14She is groundbreaking.
00:41:15Yeah.
00:41:15Was, I should say.
00:41:17God bless.
00:41:18All right.
00:41:18Tom Cruise at it again.
00:41:20Spotted on the roof of the British Film Institute on Sunday, doing his own stunt work there.
00:41:27Tom, come on.
00:41:29Look at him.
00:41:30He's promoting his upcoming Mission Impossible film, and today he receives the highest honor
00:41:34from the Film Institute, the BFI Fellowship Award.
00:41:38Ahead of the ceremony, he spoke to the BFI Sight and Sound magazine about his decades-long career.
00:41:43He says that Eyes Wide Shut was one of his favorite projects because it was a true collaboration
00:41:49with director Stanley Kubrick.
00:41:51He also called his co-star and ex-wife Nicole Kidman a great actress.
00:41:55He talked about his friend and co-star the late Val Kilmer, saying he was an incredible
00:42:00artist who Tom felt lucky to get to work alongside.
00:42:04The last and final installment of the Mission Impossible franchise.
00:42:08Right.
00:42:09Right.
00:42:09Comes out in just a few weeks on May 23rd, and then Tom says he'd like to do a musical.
00:42:15Wow.
00:42:15All right.
00:42:16That is a change-up.
00:42:18Yep.
00:42:18I love that change-up.
00:42:19I can see that.
00:42:20I can see that.
00:42:20And then he's on Broadway.
00:42:21Did I top dancing to it?
00:42:23He can do it all.
00:42:24He can do it all.
00:42:25Also this morning, it was a very special Mother's Day for Giselle Bunchen.
00:42:29The supermodel posted the first photos of her youngest son, who she welcomed with her partner,
00:42:34Joaquin Valente, in February.
00:42:36Giselle taking to Instagram, writing that she's been quiet on social media lately because
00:42:41she's embracing the beauty in the lessons that come with being present.
00:42:45She went on to say that being a mother has been her, quote, greatest gift, and it fills
00:42:50me with gratitude every single day.
00:42:52No word on the little guy's name yet.
00:42:55We're waiting.
00:42:56Also this morning, a health scare for the daughter of Steve Irwin.
00:43:01Over the weekend, the Irwin family touched down in Las Vegas to attend a fundraiser gala
00:43:05for the late Crocodile Hunters Foundation, but Bindi had to miss the event after being
00:43:10rushed to the hospital with a ruptured appendix.
00:43:13Bindi's younger brother, Robert, telling People Magazine that she had surgery.
00:43:18She's going to be just fine.
00:43:19Their mom also missed the event to be with Bindi, so Robert took the lead at the event.
00:43:23It raises money for animal conservation, and it remembers his dad's extraordinary legacy.
00:43:28Robert will need to get used to being in the spotlight.
00:43:31He has just joined the cast of Dancing with the Stars, following in his big sister's footsteps.
00:43:37Good luck to him.
00:43:39That's quite a family.
00:43:40Quite a family.
00:43:41They're great.
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00:43:44I've been training for the 5K.
00:43:46I'm training for the GMA 5K.
00:43:48You're going to be great, Robert.
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00:47:17I know, I know.
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00:47:56Take a, get a, get a, take your foot out there.
00:47:59Feels like there's a hundred Michael Strahans in there.
00:48:02Just little tiny ones.
00:48:03Just doing his thing.
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00:48:45Oliver Stark when we come back.
00:48:51Welcome back to GMA, live from Times Square.
00:48:55We are already having a nice chat with Oliver Stark.
00:48:57He plays Firefighter Buck on 9-1-1.
00:48:59Season finale coming up Thursday.
00:49:01He's here to tell us all about it.
00:49:03Welcome.
00:49:03Welcome to New York.
00:49:04Yeah, thank you for having me.
00:49:05I'm excited.
00:49:05So you guys really threw the fans for a loop a couple weeks ago.
00:49:08Peter Krause's character, how'd that go down?
00:49:12In a very sad way.
00:49:15You know, we, the rest of the cast, we received the call about two weeks before actually shooting it.
00:49:21So there wasn't too much say goodbye time.
00:49:24Yeah.
00:49:25I received the call and honestly, I went silent when I got it.
00:49:28And Tim Minear, who is our showrunner, he said, you still there?
00:49:32And I said, yeah, I just, I don't know what to say.
00:49:34It was shocking and stunning.
00:49:36And it's sad.
00:49:37Like, you know, we've had eight years of building a really close-knit family and we've lost our kind of patriarchal figure.
00:49:44And speaking of close-knit family, Jennifer loves you.
00:49:47It plays your sister.
00:49:48Yeah.
00:49:48And what was it like instant connection when you first met?
00:49:51One hundred percent.
00:49:52We actually met here in New York some six, seven years ago now.
00:49:57And pretty much immediately she was making fun of me, like my sister would.
00:50:02So the kind of family bond was inbuilt.
00:50:06And she's so great.
00:50:07Like, she's so goofy.
00:50:09She doesn't take herself at all seriously.
00:50:11And so it's really easy to have that kind of sibling dynamic together.
00:50:14She really is something special.
00:50:15Yeah, right.
00:50:16As are you.
00:50:17So I understand that you actually considered in real life being a firefighter.
00:50:22Yeah.
00:50:23So before the show came to me, I was living in L.A.
00:50:27and I was not working and needing to work.
00:50:32And I lived opposite a fire station in Hollywood.
00:50:36And so it wasn't something that I had grown up thinking about doing.
00:50:39But it was just in my universe because I'd hear the sirens all the time.
00:50:44I'd walk out the front door and there it was.
00:50:45And I thought, hey, maybe I could do that.
00:50:48This is better.
00:50:50I like this more.
00:50:51This is like a nice blend of the two.
00:50:53But so, yeah, this came at the right time.
00:50:55Did you pursue it at all?
00:50:56No, I didn't.
00:50:57I just, it was in the world.
00:50:59And it had the time come when it was like, right, I really need to find a new career.
00:51:04That probably would have been the next step.
00:51:06But this came in.
00:51:07It's so interesting that you ended up playing.
00:51:10It's funny how the team works that way.
00:51:13Maybe you could have become a photographer because it sounds like you are pretty good
00:51:17with one of those old film cameras.
00:51:19Yeah.
00:51:20And you've gotten really into creating art when you're not acting.
00:51:24Yeah.
00:51:25So we've been doing the show a long time, you know, eight years now.
00:51:29So I was looking for ways to feel creative again.
00:51:33I love taking photographs.
00:51:35And we do such specific things on this show that it felt nice to-
00:51:38Your photos, we're looking at them now.
00:51:39They're beautiful.
00:51:39Memorialized them.
00:51:41So, yes, I've been creating this coffee table book that I'll give to the cast and crew at
00:51:46the end of the season.
00:51:48It's just a nice way to look back and go, hey, we had some really great times.
00:51:52What's your camera of choice?
00:51:53So I've been shooting on a Pentax 6-7, which is an old medium format camera.
00:51:57As you see, I shoot in black and white film.
00:51:59Yeah.
00:52:00I send them off actually here to a lab in Brooklyn to get it developed.
00:52:03And they come back to me.
00:52:04And, yeah, I've been putting together this book all season.
00:52:06That's going to be a really nice gift.
00:52:07Very thoughtful.
00:52:09That's pretty great.
00:52:09All right.
00:52:10So I have one other question.
00:52:11And that is that you tell us about this longstanding joke that you have with the props department.
00:52:16It has something to do with your uniform.
00:52:18Yeah, so we come out of these emergencies and we have fire techs on the show.
00:52:23You know, everything is.
00:52:25They want to be close to real life.
00:52:27Close being the operative word.
00:52:28No, you know, it's still entertainment.
00:52:30And so my thing coming out is that I never want to wear my helmet.
00:52:34You would definitely still have your helmet on.
00:52:36Yeah, but what if instead I had like helmet hair and I look cool and like I've been doing stuff.
00:52:42Well, where's your helmet though?
00:52:43I lost it in the fire and we like to joke that the entire L.A.F.D. budget is just spent replacing my helmet.
00:52:50So they gifted me a helmet.
00:52:52So I have one at home, not on the show, but I have one at my house to wear just in case catastrophe strikes.
00:53:00There you go.
00:53:01Yeah.
00:53:02Firefighting.
00:53:02But it doesn't look like that's going to be necessary.
00:53:03There you go.
00:53:04Yeah.
00:53:04If the time does come, I'll go to an L.A.F.D. place.
00:53:08I've already got the helmet.
00:53:09Sign me up.
00:53:10Let me in.
00:53:10Yeah.
00:53:11There we go.
00:53:11Thank you for coming in.
00:53:12She's very nice to meet you.
00:53:13She's Thursday at 8 Eastern on ABC, streams the next day on Hulu.
00:53:17We are prepping for our GMA 5K and Chef Dan Churchill is here, also a personal trainer
00:53:21with a degree in exercise science, author of the cookbook, Eat Like a Legend.
00:53:26And he's got a food plan to get you ready to run.
00:53:28We are so happy to see you.
00:53:29Thanks, Jo.
00:53:31A lot of people have questions about this.
00:53:33Now, you're coming back in our third hour to give us like recipes and how we can prep for those meals.
00:53:37But let's talk about getting carbs in the night before because that is important.
00:53:41Yes, it is.
00:53:41Don't be afraid of them.
00:53:42Don't be afraid of them.
00:53:43It's a good time to actually take advantage of them.
00:53:45You know, with a 5K, you're not looking to do too much of like an actual top load, but you want to keep it simple.
00:53:50Keep to 40 to 45% of the total intake.
00:53:53So just in less than half a plate to focus on simple carbohydrates.
00:53:56Okay.
00:53:57So run us down the line.
00:53:58Yeah, so we've got like fish tacos with a white tortilla, not like corn because white flour has got much more simple carbs in it.
00:54:04Okay.
00:54:05We've got a nice little Mexican bowl here again with a base of rice and some little kids on the side.
00:54:09Brown rice, white rice does matter.
00:54:10You know, it does matter depending on if you want it more readily available.
00:54:13The night before, you can do brown.
00:54:14If you're going to have something beforehand and you want to do rice, you could do white because it's much more quickly absorbed.
00:54:19And then you've got some ramen here as well.
00:54:21So more of the plant-based option here with a nice bit of carbohydrates from the noodles themselves.
00:54:26Do you have a preference right now?
00:54:27Right now, I would dive right into that first.
00:54:29Yeah, nice.
00:54:30But I like them all.
00:54:30These are all my jams.
00:54:31Yeah, nice.
00:54:32Pretty good sorted.
00:54:33But yeah, essentially, it's like the idea is keep it simple.
00:54:35Don't worry about having too much, you know, carbohydrates in general, but just aim for 40 to 45% of your plate to really contain that carbohydrate source.
00:54:43Everybody loves a good carb night.
00:54:44Thank you so much.
00:54:45All right.
00:54:45So Dan's going to be back in our third hour with recipes to get you ready to run.
00:54:49Our GMA 5K and you can get all of them on GoodMorningAmerica.com.
00:54:53Thank you again.
00:54:54All right.
00:54:54Right now, a sneak peek at the new season of the hit reality series, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, which promises even more mom talk drama.
00:55:03Take a look.
00:55:06I think she burnt her bridges and now she sees how well mom talk is doing.
00:55:09And now she's just coming on back in at a convenient time, isn't she?
00:55:13But we can't let people in who just want clout.
00:55:15Anyone that comes in at this point is clout chasing.
00:55:17That just is what it is.
00:55:19Are you guys going to go?
00:55:21I don't really want to.
00:55:23Mikila's like, am I forced to go?
00:55:25So right now, two of the stars, Jessie Naatikara and Layla Taylor, are joining us.
00:55:30Welcome, girls.
00:55:31Hi.
00:55:31Thank you for being here.
00:55:33So, you guys, the show stemmed from the viral hashtag mom talk.
00:55:38And this was all about just sort of sharing your everyday lives as Mormon wives.
00:55:44Why do you think it has just taken off and become so influential even?
00:55:47Well, I think the buzzword Mormon really gets attention for sure.
00:55:50People are interested in the Mormon culture, the Utah culture.
00:55:53And also, it's like a bunch of moms who are just getting together.
00:55:56And I think everyone can relate to having a fun friendship group that goes through ups
00:56:00and downs, which we do.
00:56:01Yeah.
00:56:02Lots.
00:56:02You're definitely very open.
00:56:04You show what's really going on, which I feel like authenticity always wins.
00:56:09So, without giving too much away, what's the main drama that we can expect going on this
00:56:14season?
00:56:16Honestly, there's so much.
00:56:17I wish I could put it into one word, but lots of friendship trials for sure.
00:56:22Friendship trials.
00:56:23There's some allegations that go around end of season.
00:56:27Allegations of...
00:56:30Oh, you'll have to wait.
00:56:31Allegations, lies, tears, emotions.
00:56:34There's so much.
00:56:34But I would say relationship dynamics is a huge thing.
00:56:37Yeah.
00:56:37Okay.
00:56:37All right.
00:56:38Well, that was quite a tease.
00:56:40So, there was a crossover episode with Vanderpump Villa.
00:56:43And Lisa Vanderpump, one of our friends, said that you guys were the wildest of all the
00:56:49guests that they had.
00:56:50Embarrassed.
00:56:51Of course.
00:56:52Didn't see that coming.
00:56:54Mormon still had to have fun.
00:56:55Of course.
00:56:56Of course.
00:56:56Of course.
00:56:57I know that you do.
00:56:58I just...
00:56:59The wildest of all of her guests.
00:57:01Yeah.
00:57:01And we were all pretty...
00:57:03I mean, we and Jess had maybe A drinks, but the majority of the girls were sober.
00:57:06Yeah.
00:57:06So, the fact that we were the craziest is...
00:57:09Shocking.
00:57:10Shocking.
00:57:10But we were so excited.
00:57:11Why do you think she said that?
00:57:13I think we definitely, like, mingled with the staff and got to know them really well.
00:57:17And we were just there for a good time.
00:57:19Yeah.
00:57:19So, I think that...
00:57:20I don't know.
00:57:20They were drawn to us.
00:57:21What can we say?
00:57:22Yeah.
00:57:22What can we say?
00:57:23Well, it was good TV.
00:57:24She was raving.
00:57:25Thanks.
00:57:26You guys drink a lot of the dirty sodas.
00:57:29Yes.
00:57:30So, we want you to give us a little education.
00:57:33They're very popular, I know, with you guys.
00:57:35They're catching on in other parts of the country.
00:57:37Can you describe for our viewers what a dirty soda is?
00:57:42So, dirty means that you're adding, like, coconut cream or vanilla cream and syrups, and
00:57:47it's making it kind of like a dressed-up soda.
00:57:49And it's so funny because it's normal to us.
00:57:51Yes.
00:57:51And when it started catching on and people thought it was so crazy, we were like, I think
00:57:55the name is very catchy.
00:57:56Yeah.
00:57:56For sure.
00:57:57Sounds naughty.
00:57:58Exactly.
00:57:59So, we, come on over.
00:58:01Okay.
00:58:01Let's make it up.
00:58:01We decided to do a little dirty soda demo.
00:58:04If you guys will.
00:58:05We thought right at home.
00:58:06I know.
00:58:06Well, you guys told us what you wanted.
00:58:09Okay.
00:58:09So, tell us a little bit about your dirty soda of choice.
00:58:13Okay.
00:58:13So, mine is Dr. Pepper.
00:58:15That's the base that I prefer.
00:58:16And then I like to add vanilla syrup and then coconut cream.
00:58:19Dr. Pepper is already kind of vanilla.
00:58:21So, this is just, you're taking it.
00:58:23Yes.
00:58:23Yeah, making it even better.
00:58:24And then creamer.
00:58:25Yes.
00:58:26So, do you want me to make it?
00:58:27Like, show you?
00:58:27Okay.
00:58:28So, it's all about having the right proportions.
00:58:30Uh-huh.
00:58:30So, usually a squirt or two of that.
00:58:32Okay.
00:58:32And then you really want it to look like an iced coffee, to be honest.
00:58:35So, we're going to add a little bit of cream.
00:58:37Oh, my gosh.
00:58:38Mix it up.
00:58:38Are you just flying after one of these?
00:58:40Oh, my gosh.
00:58:41The sugar content?
00:58:42And this is us at 8.30 a.m. every morning.
00:58:45Normally, like two a day, too.
00:58:46How'd you?
00:58:47Now, you.
00:58:47Oh, that's good.
00:58:48Is it good?
00:58:49You nailed it?
00:58:49I nailed it.
00:58:50Um, you go with the Mountain Dew.
00:58:52Mine's Mountain Dew.
00:58:53Wow.
00:58:54And then I add strawberry puree.
00:58:56Oh, my goodness.
00:58:57Which is so yummy.
00:58:59And then mango puree.
00:59:01Just even more sugar.
00:59:03It does actually sound appealing in a very shaboo-y way.
00:59:08And then I copy Jess, too, and I do coconut cream as well.
00:59:11So, coconut creamer, like for our coffee.
00:59:14Like you add into coffee.
00:59:16Yeah.
00:59:16All right.
00:59:16And then it's just a good fruit.
00:59:17Cheers.
00:59:18Yeah, cheers.
00:59:19You got to get yours.
00:59:19Cheers, girls.
00:59:21Congratulations.
00:59:21Hey, all 10 episodes of Season 2 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives are available to stream
00:59:31this Thursday on Hulu.
00:59:34Check it out.
00:59:34You heard it here first.
00:59:35I mean, what did you say?
00:59:36There are secrets.
00:59:38There are trials.
00:59:38There are tears.
00:59:40Everything.
00:59:41Oh, my.
00:59:41It's chaotic.
00:59:42Everything.
00:59:42All right.
00:59:43Let's go.
00:59:43It's going to be good.
00:59:44Thank you for being with us.
00:59:45Cheers, ladies.
00:59:46Nice to meet you.
00:59:47You, too.
00:59:48Coming up, New York Times bestselling author Tia Williams is with us with her daughter,
00:59:52Carolina, to talk about our GMA Book Club Young Adult Pick for May.
00:59:58It's good.
01:00:07We're back now with New York Times bestselling author Tia Williams.
01:00:10Her new book, Audrey and Bass are just friends, is our GMA Book Club Young Adult Pick for May.
01:00:16She joins us now with her daughter, Carolina Cabezos.
01:00:19Welcome to you both.
01:00:21Hi.
01:00:21I love this mother-daughter combo that we have here.
01:00:25And now, you know, Tia, this book, it's a spinoff of your fan favorite character from
01:00:29the best-selling novel, Seven Days in June.
01:00:31Did you ever realize that this character would be so popular?
01:00:35No.
01:00:36It's like, you know, you write these books, you write these characters, and then you give
01:00:39them over to the public, and you just never really know how they're going to be received.
01:00:43But people loved Audrey.
01:00:45Yeah.
01:00:45And, Carolina, I want to ask you, how much help did you give your mom on this book?
01:00:49Take all the credit you want.
01:00:51You go ahead.
01:00:52I think I gave a lot of help.
01:00:54I was basically the muse for Audrey.
01:00:57She was.
01:00:59And I gave her advice about what teenagers say now and how teenagers my age act nowadays.
01:01:07Yeah.
01:01:07So, a lot of the character was inspired by Carolina.
01:01:11Absolutely.
01:01:12Absolutely.
01:01:12And I want to make sure I sounded authentic, you know, because I'm a Gen X person writing
01:01:16about a 16-year-old.
01:01:18So, I would run, you know, plot lines by her, slang, you know.
01:01:23So, I would get the tea from her and her girlfriends about what was happening in high school.
01:01:28Yeah.
01:01:28And did you enjoy that conversation with your mom?
01:01:31Yeah.
01:01:31And, I mean, probably brought you a little closer, I would imagine.
01:01:34Yeah, definitely.
01:01:35It definitely did.
01:01:36Is there some things you didn't share?
01:01:38I think I shared all of it because I don't do anything, like, bad.
01:01:42So, there's nothing bad to say about it.
01:01:45And now, being made into a series, your seven days in June being made into a series, who
01:01:52would be your dream cast to play Eva and Audrey?
01:01:57Well, for Eva, I definitely, I love Tiana Parrish.
01:02:00Oh, yeah.
01:02:01She's so good.
01:02:02Uh-huh.
01:02:03And who do you think for Audrey?
01:02:04For Audrey, I think Marci Martin.
01:02:08Marci, oh.
01:02:09I think she'd be a really good Audrey.
01:02:11Good friend of the show, Marci.
01:02:13She'd be great.
01:02:14And, Carolina, do you have rules for your mom?
01:02:16Like, you can't say this, you can't do that.
01:02:19Or, do you have any rules for you to collaborate with her?
01:02:22Um, not really.
01:02:25She kind of just, like, I let her use a lot of...
01:02:28She let me.
01:02:29I let her use a lot of my slang and, like, things I do.
01:02:33Like, some things I do are things that Audrey and Bash do in the book and, like, were very
01:02:38similar in character.
01:02:40But she was very particular about not using out-of-date slang.
01:02:45Oh, it's got to be up-to-date.
01:02:46See, I wouldn't be able to...
01:02:47Yeah, I'm out-of-date, personally.
01:02:50Same.
01:02:50Is this the first book that Carolina is able to read that you've written?
01:02:55Oh, absolutely.
01:02:55The rest of my books she cannot read until she's 35.
01:02:5835?
01:02:59Yeah.
01:03:00Absolutely not.
01:03:01No, no, no, no, no.
01:03:03You say you don't do anything bad.
01:03:04Have you tried to sneak a peek at some of your mom's others?
01:03:06Yes.
01:03:06Okay, there we go.
01:03:07I've looked at them many times.
01:03:09No.
01:03:10I'm sweating.
01:03:12Don't sweat.
01:03:13You should be happy, because we're happy that you both here are here.
01:03:16And congratulations.
01:03:18And I love this collaboration.
01:03:20You should do it more often.
01:03:22Make sure your mom gives you all the credit, you know, writing about your life and all that.
01:03:26Audrey and Bash are just friends.
01:03:29It is available everywhere right now.
01:03:31Make sure you check it out.
01:03:33On the way we go, a big congratulations to our lighting director, Josh Wendhausen, his wife, Jill.
01:03:39The new addition to the family, Benjamin Peter Wendhausen, was born just in time for Mother's Day.
01:03:46Oh, what a great picture that is.
01:03:48Congratulations to them.
01:03:49Thank you all for watching.
01:03:50Have a great day.
01:03:51Bye.
01:03:52See you.
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