0:01

Live in Times Square. This is

0:03

Good Morning America. And we

0:08

are starting this Sunday right with that

0:10

song, Good Morning America. Happy Easter Sunday

0:12

to you. We'll read this here in

0:14

full with Just Back From Mexico. Yes,

0:16

I was on a top secret shoot

0:18

and I got a very public tan.

0:20

That's why we had to mention it

0:22

just in case you were wondering. There

0:24

is so much more ahead here on Easter at

0:27

the Vatican and Pope Francis' message to the world this

0:29

morning as he prays for peace. Yep,

0:32

that's coming up also ahead. Just hours from now, thousands of

0:35

California fast food workers are getting a

0:37

race to $20 an hour. So what

0:39

it will mean for them, for business

0:41

owners facing higher costs and what it could

0:44

mean possibly for the rest of the country

0:46

as well. But we begin with the latest

0:48

round of violent weather spreading out across the U.S. on

0:50

this busy holiday travel weekend.

0:52

Torrential rain and heavy snow out

0:55

west. Brittany Bell from our New York station.

0:57

W. A. B. C. Is in for tomorrow

0:59

today. Good morning, Brittany. Good morning. Just a messy and

1:02

dangerous weekend. I want to get right to

1:04

this video of heavy snow in the San

1:06

Bernardino County mountains and you can see cars

1:08

just struggling to drive even crashing. Thanks to

1:10

over a foot of snow that fell and

1:13

that threat for snow and heavy rain continues today

1:15

until wrapping up later this evening. We have multiple

1:18

winter weather alerts, even a flood watch and

1:20

a wind alert to a gust over 35

1:23

to 40 miles per hour today

1:25

also kicks off a multi day

1:27

severe weather event that starts in

1:29

Missouri, stretching towards portions of Ohio

1:32

that moves a bit farther to the south

1:34

and to the east on Monday and closer

1:36

to the mid Atlantic on Tuesday. More details

1:38

about the threats coming up. Janay will be

1:40

watching that for days to come. Brittany, thank

1:42

you now to the Easter celebrations with Pope

1:44

Francis calling for peace during

1:47

these turbulent times. ABC's Britt Clennet joins

1:49

us live from Jerusalem where there were

1:51

scaled down observances

1:53

there. Britt, good morning. Good

1:57

morning, Janay. Yeah, Christians here in Jerusalem marking what we're seeing.

1:59

What they describe as a solemn Easter

2:02

Sunday, the first since the Israel Hamas

2:04

war began six months ago. Just earlier,

2:06

Pope Francis attended mass at St. Peter's

2:08

Square and delivered his Easter message and

2:11

city to the world blessing, the Pope

2:13

pleading for peace, specifically making an appeal

2:15

to ensure that Gaza has access to

2:17

humanitarian aid and called for the release

2:20

of the hostages taken on October 7th.

2:23

He also called for an immediate ceasefire

2:25

in Gaza, the Pope said. His thoughts

2:27

go to the victims of other conflicts,

2:29

including the war between Ukraine and Russia,

2:32

saying there should be an exchange of

2:34

prisoners. This is the most important festivity

2:36

in the Christian calendar in which those

2:38

in the faith believe Jesus rose from

2:41

the dead. After the blessing, the Pope

2:43

stood and waved and smiled to the

2:45

huge crowd. The 87-year-old Pope took part

2:47

in a two-hour Easter vigil yesterday, reading

2:50

a homily and carrying out baptisms that,

2:52

despite concerns about his health after he

2:54

pulled out of an Easter procession on

2:56

Good Friday. Gio. And

2:58

we are all wishing him well. All right,

3:01

Britt, thank you so much. Now to the

3:03

Baltimore Bridge Disaster. As salvage crews begin the

3:05

dangerous work of removing the wreckage of the

3:08

Francis Scott Key Bridge from the bow of

3:10

the container ship that destroyed that structure, ABC's

3:12

Ika Jachi is live in Baltimore right now.

3:14

Good morning, Ike. Good

3:17

morning, Gio. Three cranes are working simultaneously

3:19

right now to remove pieces of that

3:21

bridge off the Dali and away from

3:24

the Patapsco River. It's the first in

3:26

a multi-step process of reopening the port

3:28

of Baltimore. This

3:31

morning, the recovery operations underway. The

3:33

first portions of the Francis Scott

3:35

Key Bridge are being lifted out

3:37

of the water. Maryland Governor Wes

3:39

Moore says the hull of the

3:41

cargo ship is damaged but intact,

3:43

allowing crane operations to begin. Take

3:45

a look. Highly trained demolition crews

3:48

cutting the top portion of the north

3:50

side of the collapsed bridge into smaller

3:52

sections for safe removal by crane. Crews

3:55

lifting those large pieces of mangled metal

3:57

slowly and carefully out of the Patapsco

3:59

River. marker, marking the first stage of

4:01

clearing access to the Port of Baltimore.

4:04

This will eventually allow us to open

4:06

up a temporary restricted channel that will

4:08

help us to get more vessels in

4:11

the water around the site of the

4:13

collapse. The scale of the operation is

4:15

massive. The riverbed lies 50 feet below

4:17

the surface of the water. To reopen

4:20

the port, cranes will need to lift

4:22

and clear pieces of metal, concrete and

4:24

sunken cargo containers, all while clearing the

4:26

sand on the bottom. The restricted channel

4:29

will allow barges, tugboats and other small

4:31

marine vessels to get around the wreckage.

4:33

Meanwhile, ABC News spoke to a man

4:35

who says he was one of the

4:38

last people to drive over the bridge

4:40

before collapsed. Larry DeSantis says

4:42

he's been driving over the Key Bridge every

4:44

day for 16 years. Early

4:46

Tuesday morning, he says he crossed the

4:48

bridge just a couple of minutes before

4:50

the collapse. It was an eerie feeling

4:53

because there was no vehicles at all.

4:56

Normally, even that time of

4:58

the morning, because it's right there at Amazon, you'll

5:00

see 20, 30 tractor-trailers coming and going. There was

5:02

nothing. Right

5:06

now, there's no timetable for when this portion

5:08

of the removal process will be finished.

5:10

Meanwhile, NTSB investigators say their report on the

5:12

hazardous material found in over 50 containers

5:15

will be released within weeks. Jeff?

5:18

Alright, I thank you so much. And let's stay

5:20

on this with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who is

5:22

live with us from Traverse City, Michigan. Mr. Secretary,

5:24

thank you so much for being here. I know

5:26

top of mind for you right now is reopening

5:28

the Port of Baltimore, one of the biggest ports

5:31

in the country. When do you think you can

5:33

do that? The

5:36

salvage operation, as you noted, is

5:38

getting into gear. A thousand-ton crane

5:40

is coming as well as a

5:42

600-ton crane that will assist. The

5:45

Army Corps of Engineers and the Navy are

5:47

working on it. They have not wanted to

5:49

speculate yet on a timeline because this operation

5:51

is so complex. It's not just that you

5:53

have to remove the wreckage. It's that you

5:55

have to do it in a way that

5:57

doesn't cause portions of the bridge that that

6:00

are there across the water to shift.

6:02

They've been under a lot of compression

6:05

and tension. They could behave almost like

6:07

a spring if they are not expertly

6:09

managed. You also, of course, still have

6:12

the ship there alongside the channel. Measures

6:14

are being taken to stop the stern

6:16

of the ship from swinging into the

6:18

channel. It's an incredibly complex operation. Complex

6:20

and dangerous, so you have to do

6:23

it safely. And this bridge, as you

6:25

know, took about five years to build

6:27

decades ago. Do you know how long

6:29

this might take to rebuild it? We

6:33

haven't received estimates of the timeline yet, but

6:35

this is another area where work

6:37

is already underway. We have released the

6:39

first $60 million in

6:41

federal funding to help Maryland

6:43

get the initial state. It

6:46

starts, of course, with the wreckage removal

6:48

demolition, but also the acquisition,

6:50

the procurement, and the preparations for the new

6:53

bridge. As you noted, the original one

6:55

took five years to put up, so this

6:57

is not going to happen overnight. But

6:59

the work is already underway to get that

7:01

new one up and running. I would say

7:03

the work we have in front of us

7:05

is, of course, to clear the port and

7:07

get it reopened and to get that bridge

7:09

back up and running. But for the bridge,

7:11

there are alternatives. Of course, there's nothing that

7:13

will be quite the same until it's back

7:16

up there, but there are tunnels currently in

7:18

use absorbing some of the surface traffic. The

7:20

same cannot be said for the port. Very

7:23

difficult for those port workers right

7:25

now who count on that work

7:27

every day. Other East Coast ports

7:29

are temporarily absorbing some of the

7:31

container traffic and the supply chains that

7:33

would normally go into Baltimore. But that port

7:36

of Baltimore is very specifically

7:38

designed for its uses, especially when it

7:40

comes to handling vehicles. There are even

7:42

facilities for finishing some of the vehicles

7:44

on the grounds of the port. So

7:47

as soon as it can safely be

7:49

reopened, that's, of course, going to be

7:51

a major priority that really affects our

7:53

entire national supply system. Mr. Secretary, you

7:55

and I have toured bridges together looking

7:57

at their integrity. I know this one had a... satisfactory

8:00

rating, but we also noticed that it

8:02

didn't have those big fenders around the piers

8:05

that we sometimes see. We don't know if that

8:07

would have stopped a ship this big, but are

8:09

you looking at other bridges right now because people

8:11

are concerned? Yes,

8:14

as you noted, there's debate right now

8:17

over whether those measures or any measures

8:19

could have prevented the collapse that we

8:21

saw after a direct impact from a

8:23

ship that weighed approximately 248 million pounds.

8:25

But I will

8:29

say that every generation we learn

8:31

more about how best to design

8:33

and protect bridges. We're actually doing

8:35

work right now to retrofit some

8:37

of America's bridges to make them

8:39

stronger through President Biden's infrastructure package.

8:41

So we are going to be

8:43

very interested to see the findings of

8:46

the NTSB's report. That's the investigation that

8:48

they have underway, both on anything that

8:50

could be less on on how to

8:52

prevent a ship from colliding

8:54

with any bridge as it did

8:56

and anything we need to know

8:58

about the design, the inspection, the

9:01

construction, the funding of bridges that we can

9:03

use for the future. All right,

9:06

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, thank you so

9:08

much for joining us and a happy Easter

9:10

to you, sir. Same

9:12

to you. Thank you. Thank you so

9:14

much. Will? All right, Gio, thanks. At

9:16

least two people have died in a

9:18

small plane crash in Truckee, California near

9:21

Lake Tahoe. Authorities say the single-engine aircraft

9:23

crashed Saturday evening while trying to land

9:25

at Truckee Tahoe Airport. The number of

9:27

people on board the plane has not

9:29

been confirmed. The NTSB and FAA will

9:31

be at the crash site today investigating

9:34

what went wrong. All

9:36

right, well now to the higher minimum wage going

9:38

into effect tomorrow for some fast food

9:40

workers in California and what it could

9:43

mean for franchise owners and customers.

9:45

ABC's Jacqueline Lee joins us live in

9:47

Los Angeles with the details about that.

9:49

Good morning, Jacqueline. Hey, Gina, good morning.

9:51

Advocates argue this is a step in

9:53

the right direction given just how expensive

9:55

it is to live in California, but

9:57

others argue this is bad for business.

10:00

and the increased cost will pass to

10:02

the consumer. This

10:04

morning, some fast food workers in California will

10:06

soon be making at least $20 an hour,

10:10

the highest minimum wage within the

10:12

restaurant industry, sent to begin Monday.

10:15

This is a start to improve

10:17

the wages and also improve

10:19

the working conditions in the

10:22

industry. This is a

10:24

$4 increase from the current minimum wage

10:26

in the Golden State, meaning some workers

10:28

will make 25% more on their paychecks.

10:31

Advocates say it's about time given the

10:33

extremely high cost of living and inflation.

10:36

More and more folks are unable to

10:38

raise bigger families or at least, you

10:40

know, put themselves in a position to

10:43

retire effectively. The new law impacts more

10:45

than half a million workers in California and

10:47

only affects fast food chains with at least

10:49

60 locations nationwide. Some small

10:51

business owners worry they won't be able

10:53

to compete with the wage increase. That's

10:56

going to impact us by an increase of $470,000 annually

10:58

across those 10 stores. It

11:02

means that we have to raise prices, which we don't want

11:04

to do. Two Pizza Hut

11:07

franchises in California reportedly laid off 1,200

11:10

in-house delivery drivers in preparation for

11:12

the new minimum wage hike. Carrie

11:14

Harper-Howie owns 21 McDonald's and

11:17

says she does not anticipate closing

11:19

any locations. The bottom line is

11:21

everyone is not going to be

11:23

able to afford even the

11:26

measured and carefully thought out price

11:29

changes that we are

11:31

going to be implementing as a

11:33

necessary part of us responding to

11:35

the increase. Starbuck

11:37

saying in a statement they plan to

11:39

offset the minimum wage increase by changing

11:41

their pricing as well as other efficiencies

11:44

in their stores. McDonald's saying they'll provide

11:46

price recommendations. Now this law goes into

11:48

effect tomorrow. There are some exceptions for

11:50

bakeries in those smaller fast food stores

11:53

that you find inside airports and grocery

11:55

stores. Gio. All right, Jacqueline. Thank you

11:57

so much for that. Now to a major data

11:59

breach. out one of the nation's

12:01

leading telecommunications companies, AT&T is saying

12:04

it affects more than 70 million

12:06

current and former account holders. ABC's

12:08

Alexis Christopharis is here with more. Alexis,

12:10

good morning. What a headline. Yeah, for

12:12

sure, Gio. Thanks. Over 70 million,

12:14

as you said, current and former

12:17

AT&T customers had their personal information

12:19

leaked onto the dark web. Now,

12:21

the sensitive data started showing up

12:23

online about two weeks ago. The

12:25

telecom giant says the stolen information

12:27

is from 2019 or

12:30

earlier and impacts 7.6 million current

12:32

customers and nearly 65 and a

12:34

half million former ones.

12:37

The comprised data may

12:39

include names, passcodes, social

12:41

security numbers, email and mailing

12:43

addresses, phone numbers and birth

12:45

dates. It does not appear

12:47

to include financial information or

12:49

a person's calling history. The

12:51

company says it has launched

12:53

a robust investigation supported by

12:55

internal and external cybersecurity experts.

12:57

Now, AT&T has already reset

12:59

the passcodes of affected current

13:01

users and it's calling and

13:03

emailing all of those impacted.

13:05

The company is also offering

13:07

free identity theft and credit

13:09

monitoring services. The data breaches

13:11

the latest black eye for AT&T.

13:14

Remember last month a software update

13:16

gone wrong triggered a nationwide cell

13:18

phone outage leaving millions of AT&T

13:21

customers without service for hours. Will?

13:23

If you're an AT&T customer, be on

13:26

the lookout for that outreach outreach. That

13:28

is a staggeringly large leak in scope

13:30

and scale. But we've turned overseas now

13:33

to the Royal Family, King Charles today

13:35

making his first major official public appearance

13:38

since beginning treatment for cancer and ABC's

13:40

Ines De La Cattara joins us live

13:42

from Windsor Castle. Ines, good morning

13:44

to you. Good

13:47

morning, Will and we just saw the

13:49

king and queen arriving at St. George's

13:51

Chapel in Windsor. The king smiling and

13:53

waving as he walked into the service.

13:55

This is the king's first significant public

13:58

appearance since announcing his cancer diagnosis. the

14:02

couple alongside other members of

14:04

the royal family are celebrating Easter here

14:06

at the chapel on the ground of

14:08

Windsor capital. Earlier this week the king

14:10

released a message to mark the occasion

14:12

but noticeably absent this morning is the

14:14

Wales family. They are spending time privately

14:16

together as a family after the princess

14:18

of Wales shocked the world with her

14:20

announcement she too is undergoing cancer

14:22

treatment. The princess asking for privacy as

14:24

she and her family come to terms

14:27

with the diagnosis. The king also undergoing treatment

14:29

for cancer. It's hopefully a good sign that

14:31

he is out today but we understand this

14:33

does not mark a return to his public

14:36

union just yet. Guys.

14:38

Thank you for that and we're

14:40

going to turn now to Brittany Bell from our

14:42

New York station WABC for a look at the

14:44

weather. And so our focus so

14:46

far has been on rain and snow out

14:49

west but now we're concerned about that severe

14:51

weather threat that's sliding farther to the east.

14:53

It's quiet right now looking outside of Earth

14:55

Cam in Cincinnati, Ohio pretty foggy too. Some

14:58

of that moisture that will help to feel

15:00

additional severe storms that will fire up late

15:02

this afternoon throughout this evening especially near Indianapolis.

15:04

You can see really intense rainfall and this

15:07

is where we have that severe weather threat

15:09

stretching from Kirkville all the way towards Indianapolis

15:11

damaging wind, large hail and isolated tornadoes are

15:13

possible. That threat is even higher tomorrow.

15:16

We're concerned about widespread severe weather

15:18

potentially an outbreak. We're talking about

15:20

large hail wind damage and scattered

15:22

tornadoes that tomatoes at highest across

15:24

Oklahoma stretching into Arkansas and portions

15:26

of Missouri. That's right. Continues to

15:28

move farther to the east on

15:30

Tuesday. We'll have more details about

15:32

that coming up. So a dry

15:34

Easter Sunday across the Northeast, but

15:36

tomorrow it starts a stretch of

15:38

wet and just messy weather. April

15:41

showers. I just hope it's good enough

15:44

for the eclipse. Yes. Yes

15:46

crossing my fingers. That is a perfect

15:48

transition. Thank you so much, Brittany. Thank

15:50

you so much. Geo because we are

15:53

counting down to the solar eclipse just

15:55

eight days away. A swath of the

15:57

country in the path of totality with

15:59

millions of people traveling for the big

16:01

event. But of course there are

16:04

precautions and ABC's Morgan Norwood is here with

16:06

what you need to know. Good morning to

16:08

you Morgan. Hey good morning to you Janaye

16:10

that's right next week solar eclipse will have

16:13

millions looking to the skies and as exciting

16:15

as this phenomenon will be there's growing safety

16:17

concerns here on the ground just like any

16:19

day staring directly into the sun is dangerous

16:22

so eye protection is key but not all

16:24

eclipse glasses are made equal and with just

16:26

days to go they may even be a

16:28

little hard to find. This

16:32

morning with just eight days to go

16:34

the eclipse excitement I'm very excited I

16:36

can't wait is setting in. Been super

16:38

interested in space and the stars since

16:40

I was a little kid. 31 million

16:44

people live directly inside the path of

16:46

totality and many more are expected to

16:48

travel to see the natural phenomenon for

16:50

themselves. Nasma's Nasir and his

16:53

family are traveling from Boston to Marble

16:55

Falls Texas to check it out. So

16:57

this year it'll be a much longer

16:59

totality and I'm just looking to experience

17:01

more food with my eyes. And

17:03

even if you're outside of the path

17:05

of totality you'll still be able to

17:08

see a partial eclipse you'll just need

17:10

the right gear and know your day-to-day

17:12

sunglasses just won't do. So sunglasses aren't

17:14

designed for looking at the sun they're

17:17

designed for protecting you from all the

17:19

light that's reflected on a sunny day.

17:21

You'll need these special eclipse glasses which

17:23

work by blocking out ultraviolet light from

17:26

the sun and nearly all visible light.

17:28

You can find them at most major retailers

17:30

and there's a chance your local library will

17:33

be handing them out too. If you're

17:35

able to score a pair just make

17:37

sure they're legit. The American Astronomical Society

17:40

is warning of counterfeit and fake eclipse

17:42

glasses. So what the American

17:44

Astronomical Society Solar Eclipse Fast Post has

17:46

been doing is actually

17:48

working with the testing labs making sure

17:51

that we see the test results so

17:53

that we have a list of manufacturers

17:55

and retailers. All right sky

17:58

watchers let's talk eclipse day so there are several apps

18:00

to make sure that you don't miss a thing.

18:02

You can enter in your zip code on NASA's

18:04

map online to find the exact timing of the

18:06

totality. 3.0 by the

18:09

AAS also has a similar feature. But guys,

18:11

I am so excited for this. Yeah, I

18:14

love that. Skywatcher. Yeah. I love

18:16

that. I call myself

18:18

on the, that's what I'm going to say on

18:20

Monday, the eighth skywalk. I watch you can see

18:23

it. Thank you so much, Morgan. You can see

18:25

the eclipse on Monday, April 8th with coverage starting

18:27

right here on GMA. Then you can follow it

18:29

live on Eclipse Across America beginning at

18:31

2 p.m. Eastern on ABC, ABC

18:33

News Live, National Geographic Channel, and

18:36

all of Disney's family of networks

18:38

and social platforms. It's going

18:40

to be one of the biggest events we've ever done.

18:42

Yeah. So we can't wait to share that with you.

18:44

It's going to be really cool. It's an eclipse

18:46

of networks. Oh, okay. All

18:48

across all your screen. This is why we keep

18:50

them around, ladies and gentlemen. I've been working, I've

18:53

been silent for like 30 seconds coming up with

18:55

something. That's what I got. Well, you nailed

18:57

it, kid. You nailed it. All

18:59

right. Still coming up here this

19:01

morning on Good Morning America. Lizzo's

19:03

mysterious message. What's the Grammy singer's

19:06

latest social media post could mean?

19:08

Hmm. A survival story of former

19:10

college quarterback finds himself adrift in the

19:12

Gulf of Mexico. It's incredible. And more

19:14

on March Madness as we look ahead

19:16

to the team still dancing with ESPN's

19:19

Andrea Carter joining us. So stay with

19:21

us. We'll be right back. Experience

19:27

Disney Thrills and Great Savings. What's

19:30

a Walt Disney World Thrill feel like? It feels

19:32

like soaring high above Pandora on a band sheet,

19:34

like meeting a favorite Disney character face to face

19:36

or like taking control of the Millennium Falcon with

19:38

your crew. Experience it all. The

19:41

entire amazing collection of thrills perfect for

19:43

families and friends to enjoy together. And

19:45

now take advantage of our Canada residents

19:47

ticket offer and save 20% on a

19:49

five-day or longer Walt Disney World theme

19:51

park ticket. Visit disneyworld.ca tickets to learn

19:53

more. Offer valid until May 9, 2024.

20:00

the first taste of rare bourbon. You finally got

20:02

your hands on. That's nice. At

20:04

caskers.com. We make this experience

20:06

easy. Caskers is a one-stop

20:08

spirit curator with an impressive selection of

20:11

exclusive sought-after rare and household names in

20:13

the realm of premium spirits and champagne.

20:16

Discover the top flavors of the year

20:18

now by going to caskers.com and using code

20:20

WELCOME10 for $10 off your first purchase. Get

20:22

$10 off your first purchase with code welcome

20:25

10 at caskers.com. Here

20:29

is Clark. Oh my goodness. What

20:31

a pass. There's

20:34

Caitlin Clark with one of her career

20:36

high 15 assists to go along with

20:38

29 points in Iowa's 89

20:41

to 68 win over Colorado in the

20:43

sweet 16 which set up a

20:45

rematch of last year's national

20:48

title game with Angel Reed and

20:50

LSU. ESPN basketball analyst Andrea Carter

20:52

will join us in this half

20:54

hour to break it down. Lots

20:56

of oohs and ahs to come

20:58

in that game tomorrow. You were so

21:00

excited when you heard him say that. Well because

21:02

that's really cool and Andrea is fantastic. She is

21:04

and we have a lot to talk about in

21:06

the women's and men's tournament. Awesome. Well we will

21:09

get to that but first let's take

21:11

a look at some of the other big

21:13

stories that we're following on this Sunday morning.

21:15

Happening right now we are remembering actor Chance

21:18

Perdomo who starred in the

21:20

chilling adventures of Sabrina and

21:22

Gen B. His

21:24

family saying the actor died after being

21:27

involved in a motorcycle accident. They didn't

21:29

say where and when that happened. He

21:31

was 27 years old. Yeah

21:34

just a heartbreaking story there. Also right

21:36

now ceasefire talks are set to resume

21:38

today between Hamas and Israel. The two

21:40

sides are set to meet with mediators

21:42

in Egypt to try and work out

21:44

a pause there to the nearly six

21:46

months of war on the Gaza Strip

21:48

there and the release of the remaining

21:51

hostages. Hamas is believed to be holding

21:53

about 100 hostages and the bodies of

21:55

about another 30 people who were killed.

21:57

And no one won last night's Powerball.

22:00

jackpot so monday night's drawing is now

22:02

estimated to be nine hundred

22:04

seventy five million dollars more than four

22:06

hundred seventy one million dollars if you

22:08

take the cash value and if you

22:10

had tickets for last night make sure

22:12

you check up there were four one

22:15

million dollar winners so some lucky okay let

22:17

me get home and check that out for

22:20

when it hits a billion that's

22:22

really well soon I have some

22:24

demands thank you very much and we started this half

22:26

hour with singer

22:30

Lizzo shocking her fans with

22:33

a cryptic online posting ending

22:35

with the words I quit ABC's

22:38

Will Gans is here with more to

22:40

help us decipher what all of this

22:42

could mean good morning Will good morning

22:45

Janae just last year Lizzo won the Grammy

22:47

for record of the year and a month

22:49

ago she was back on the Grammy stage

22:51

as a presenter and then on the

22:53

17th of this month she said she was

22:55

teasing some of the best music of her career

22:57

so why quit now

23:02

this morning Lizzo taking a

23:04

stand the

23:09

Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter making

23:11

a career out of her uplifting

23:13

anthems I decided to dedicate my

23:15

life to making positive music but

23:17

now fans are wondering if the Grammy

23:19

winner has gone silent for

23:25

good Lizzo posting an emotional

23:28

message on Instagram writing in part I'm

23:30

getting tired of putting up with getting dragged by

23:32

everyone in my life and on the internet I'm

23:34

starting to feel like the world doesn't want me

23:37

in it I didn't sign up for this I

23:39

quit she's always been critically acclaimed

23:42

beloved by her fans so

23:44

I think that it's such a huge moment

23:46

that she's saying that she's potentially stepping away

23:48

from the music industry it's definitely a

23:51

shift from the Lizzo that we first got to

23:53

know and that we've known for a few years

23:55

now it's unclear whether the 35 year old

23:57

is referring to quitting the entertainment industry social

23:59

media or public life entirely.

24:01

This statement coming two months after

24:03

the singer's attempt to dismiss a

24:05

sexual harassment lawsuit filed against her

24:08

by three of her former background

24:10

dancers was denied. Lizzo now facing

24:12

two lawsuits accusing her of creating a

24:14

hostile work environment detailing allegations

24:16

of inappropriate sexual behavior, assault

24:19

and harassment. Those dancers speaking

24:21

to our Janae Norman last year.

24:23

I voluntarily left on my own

24:25

accord because the treatment was just

24:27

so disgusting on everyone's part. It

24:30

was so blatant. Lizzo denying all

24:32

charges against her on Thursday performing at

24:34

a record breaking $26 million

24:36

fundraiser for President Biden's campaign

24:38

one day later posting that statement

24:41

on Instagram leaving some wondering whether Lizzo's

24:43

post is a direct result backlash against

24:45

her for performing at that high power

24:47

event. This is going after her personality

24:50

as a singer, her money,

24:52

her reputation, who she has

24:54

put herself out in the public eye for many years.

24:57

So to have that challenge and to have

24:59

to become accustomed to this new norm of

25:02

having a civil lawsuit over her head, that

25:04

stress can be daunting on an individual. We

25:08

reached out to Lizzo and her team for

25:10

clarification and haven't heard back but this morning

25:12

some big stars are vocalizing their support for

25:15

Lizzo on social media from Andy Cohen to

25:17

Paris Hilton to Lani Love who wrote, girl

25:19

don't let them win. Keep working you guys.

25:22

And to that point well I mean even

25:24

her accusers they said that they had been

25:26

big fans of her and they wanted to

25:29

see her continue but in their eyes they

25:31

wanted to take responsibility for what they believed

25:33

she's done. Well thank you so much for

25:35

that. We're gonna switch gears now and get

25:37

a check of the weather and Brittany Bell

25:39

from our station WABC is here with some

25:41

deer. Deer take over my yard Brittany. And

25:44

it's taking over that one too. They can

25:46

be a little messy but you know it's

25:48

just Easter I want to start out with

25:50

some cute videos so we do have deer

25:52

and then in the background the Easter bunny

25:54

as a light comes on most of them

25:56

scattered but then you have this alone deer

25:58

that is pretty interesting. and what's going on

26:01

in the background. So let's look at your

26:03

Easter city for your Easter forecast. Bunny Butte,

26:05

Oregon 49 and sunny Egg Harbor, NJ.

26:08

Nice 62 hot bottom Pennsylvania 51 and

26:10

Peep Lake, Maine 42 degrees. Not too

26:12

bad with a lot of sunshine

26:14

and dry conditions. It's not going to be

26:17

dry across the desert southwest. Mountain

26:19

snow continues, but not too bad across Oklahoma

26:21

City and Nashville high temperatures in the upper

26:23

70s and the lower 80s. Some

26:26

rain across portions of Virginia, but across the

26:28

Northeast. Dry with highs in the upper 50s and

26:30

the low 60s. So a

26:33

nice Easter forecast for Bunny Butte. But that's

26:35

funny. OK, so it was bunny Butte. OK,

26:37

because it looks like. Glad

26:44

we clarified that bunny Butte. Let's hop

26:46

on to what's coming next. Good

26:48

morning America, former college quarterback speaking out after

26:51

being swept out to sea in his

26:54

kayak in a drift for 12 hours. We'll be

26:57

right back. Hey, I'm Andy

26:59

Mitchell, a New York Times bestselling

27:01

author, and I'm Sabrina Kohlberg, a morning

27:03

television producer. We're moms of toddlers and best

27:06

friends of 20 years, and

27:08

we both love to talk about being parents.

27:10

Yes, but also pop culture. So

27:13

we're combining our two interests by talking to

27:15

celebrities, writers and fellow scholars of TV and

27:18

movies. Cinema

27:20

really about what we all can learn

27:22

from the fictional moms who love to watch. From

27:25

ABC Audio and Good Morning America, pop

27:28

culture moms and out now wherever

27:30

you listen to podcasts. The

27:33

Girlfriend is a free weekly e-newsletter

27:35

from AARP built on the belief that

27:38

girlfriend power is everything. It

27:41

offers stories for Gen X women related to sex,

27:44

health, beauty, travel and money. Whether

27:46

it's a shoulder to cry on or

27:48

help navigating the next phase of your life,

27:51

visit thegirlfriend.com to subscribe. You

27:56

can also join the Girlfriend Book Club, a

27:58

closed Facebook group that hosts. live author

28:00

interviews and free book giveaways. Again,

28:03

it's thegirlfriend.com because

28:05

everybody needs a girlfriend. And

28:09

welcome back to GMA. In the harrowing hours,

28:11

a kayaker spent adrift in the Gulf of

28:13

Mexico when strong winds pushed him far away

28:15

from the shore and he is now talking

28:17

about it all. ABC's Reena Roy is here

28:20

with that story. Good morning, Reena. Just

28:22

incredible. Oh, absolutely incredible. And this

28:24

is a story of survival, Gio, that could

28:26

have had a much different outcome, but that

28:29

kayaker was able to go home safe thanks

28:31

to those rescuers who spotted him out on

28:33

the water. This

28:36

morning, a dramatic rescue caught on camera

28:38

in the middle of the ocean. Kayaker

28:41

Chris Smelly is spotted by the U.S.

28:43

Coast Guard after being stranded at sea

28:45

for 12 hours with

28:47

no phone or life jacket. I

28:50

was just kind of in survival

28:52

mode. I threw my hands up and screamed.

28:54

The 37-year-old with one hand on a

28:57

fishing pole and the other waving for

28:59

help, unable to paddle back to land.

29:02

Rescue crews in the sky up above

29:04

gearing up before rappelling by rope from

29:07

a helicopter into the Gulf of Mexico

29:10

and swimming towards Smelly, who is about

29:12

two miles off the shore of Grayton

29:14

Beach, Florida. Not often that these

29:16

things turn out the way this one did.

29:19

Unfortunately, when someone goes out without a

29:21

life vest and

29:24

on a kayak, they might come off the kayak

29:26

and try to swim ashore, and then they don't

29:28

have anything to keep them afloat. Smelly,

29:30

an experienced kayaker and former quarterback

29:32

for the South Carolina Gamecocks, had

29:34

set out on his kayaking trip

29:36

Thursday morning, high winds making it

29:39

impossible for him to get to

29:41

safety. I was still moving backwards, so

29:43

the wind was just way too strong. His

29:46

family reporting him missing, prompting that

29:48

frantic search effort. I feel very

29:50

blessed. I felt covered in

29:52

prayer and loved and just thankful

29:54

to God that it turned out as a good outcome.

29:58

And Smelly says he goes out most days without a life vest. But

30:00

this time the weather conditions just caught him off

30:03

guard. Experts saying this is

30:05

a good reminder to do your research

30:07

and talk to locals before going into

30:09

anybody of water because clearly things can

30:11

be more dangerous than they look. That's

30:13

a good tip. Talk to local arena.

30:15

Thank you for that. So coming up

30:17

here on GMA, looking ahead to the

30:20

next round of March

30:22

Madness, ESPN Andrea Carter. She's

30:24

got a preview stick around. Welcome

30:30

back to GMA on this Easter Sunday where it may

30:33

be the last day of March, but

30:35

the Madness will not end and joining us from the

30:38

Bristol Connecticut headquarters of the worldwide leader in

30:40

sports is ESPN basketball analyst Andrea

30:42

Carter. She is here to break down everything happening

30:45

on the road to the final four. Andrea,

30:48

thank you for being here and let's dive right

30:50

in to the women's tournament

30:52

the marquee event. Everyone has been clamoring for

30:54

for a year. Now it's a rematch of

30:56

last year's LSU Iowa.

30:59

It's in the Elite Eight this

31:01

time and compelling storylines abound. How

31:03

would you describe the magnitude of this game? This

31:07

game could be the biggest game that

31:09

we've seen literally since the National Championship

31:11

last season and the biggest game that

31:13

we see in a long time. The

31:15

fact that it is a rematch of

31:18

the National Championship featuring two of

31:20

the biggest superstars. This game is

31:22

seen Caitlin Clark and Angel

31:24

Rees. They're not just basketball players. At

31:26

this point, they're celebrities. They have such

31:28

a huge following. People love them. People

31:30

love to hate them. People want to

31:32

see them succeed. People want to see

31:34

them fail. Either way, people want to

31:37

see these two players. But I'm telling you

31:39

it's their teammates that are going to have

31:41

to step up. Players like Slaget Johnson

31:43

who can put her team on her back.

31:45

She's electric. She has a lot of speed

31:47

for LSU. She's been a

31:50

leader. Caitlin Clark needs her teammates to

31:52

hit shots too. In their last game,

31:54

Caitlin Clark had 29 points but

31:56

she also had 15 assists. Her

31:59

ability to find her teammate. Just

32:01

look at this pass. Her vision, the

32:03

way she can get the ball up

32:05

the floor, the way she finds her

32:07

teammates, I'm telling you these two teams

32:09

going at it. They have different styles.

32:11

They have completely different coaches. It's games

32:13

like this that grow our women's game

32:15

and create fans for years to come.

32:17

Like this game is so big. I'm

32:19

so excited for it. So many things

32:21

are going to factor into which team

32:23

comes out on top. And at this

32:25

point, it's a coin flip because they're

32:28

evenly matched. But I'm telling you, they're

32:30

so different. Like it's just remarkable. Some

32:32

people have said the script is scripting.

32:34

Like if there was a script, there

32:36

isn't. But if there was,

32:38

we're not mad at it. Ah,

32:40

that is going to be a good game. And

32:42

Andrea, I love just hearing you talk about basketball.

32:45

You're so good at it. What other Elite eight

32:47

match ups should we be keeping an eye on?

32:50

Okay. So this was a difficult question

32:52

because there really are so many good

32:54

games and good teams. Like we're getting

32:56

incredible players, but I have to talk

32:58

about the reigning number one

33:00

team and the best team in

33:02

the country all season long in

33:04

the South Carolina Gamecocks. Like the

33:06

fact that South Carolina is undefeated

33:08

this season with an opportunity to

33:10

go back to the final four,

33:12

potentially win a national championship after

33:14

losing the winningest class in program

33:16

history. The players at South Carolina

33:18

lost last season. They were such

33:20

a dominant class and now South

33:22

Carolina and Don Staley come back

33:25

completely new starting lineup. They get

33:27

to Hina. Palpa who's a transfer.

33:29

They have freshmen that are dropping games

33:31

in 20 points. There's going 20

33:33

points. There's going 25 points. South Carolina,

33:36

being the number one team and being

33:38

the only undefeated team left, men's or

33:40

women's trying to win a national championship.

33:42

They're going against a tough, skilled,

33:45

executing Oregon state team. That game is going

33:47

to be fun to watch because South Carolina

33:49

wasn't a close one against Indiana. They found

33:51

a way to win, but also just to

33:53

throw another one out there, Juju

33:55

Watkins for USC and Paige

33:57

Becker's for Yukon Electric. Texas

34:00

and NC State are gonna play each other. Those are

34:02

two teams that were doubted early in the season Nobody

34:04

thought they would be in this position So we've got

34:06

good games across the board, but the number one team

34:09

the South Carolina Gamecocks. I have my eyes on them

34:12

All right, Andrea, we got about 30 seconds left, but we

34:14

want to go to the men real quick You can't face

34:16

his Alabama the final four next Saturday. So what do you

34:18

think? How do you see it playing out? Okay,

34:20

this one's gonna play out. You kind of stacked

34:22

top to bottom in their recent win. They had

34:25

52 points in the paint They're

34:27

dominant with their size Alabama

34:30

they got their win by hitting 16

34:33

threes they are lightning-quick on the offensive end.

34:36

They play really fast So you guys gonna

34:38

try and get the ball in the paint

34:40

Alabama is gonna try and knock down threes

34:42

and it's gonna be which style wins that

34:44

one should be fun to Andrea

34:46

it is such a pleasure to have you. I

34:48

mean your passion. It's a palpable. Thank you for

34:51

putting us. Yes We love having you of

34:53

course Thanks, we do

34:55

yes and you can watch the women's elite

34:57

matchups today starting at 1 Eastern right here

34:59

on ABC And we'll be right back here

35:01

on GMA Back

35:03

now with our play of the day and the sweet day in the

35:05

park 15,000 marshmallows

35:08

dropped from a helicopter at this site

35:10

in suburban Detroit To the delight of

35:12

all the kids watching on then it

35:14

was a mad scramble to gather the

35:17

marshmallows up like Easter eggs The

35:19

kids getting the chance to trade in

35:21

the sugar sack for something just a

35:24

sweet prizes including coloring books a

35:26

pass to a water Park lots of

35:28

exciting kids activities. I hope that do

35:31

you think they eat? Yeah,

35:33

I hope that's a hard I prayed that I was

35:36

adding I feel like I would just be Marshmallows

35:39

so quickly. Okay, we've got 15

35:41

seconds. Please weigh in on Twitter.

35:44

How do you say March Madness?

35:47

The NCAA turn went how do you

35:49

say I say tournament apparently I'm wrong,

35:51

but I'm not changing Is

35:59

there Anything more satisfying than finding something that

36:02

perfectly lines up with your taste and checks

36:04

all the boxes? Like getting

36:06

the perfect fit with a suit from Indochina. Their

36:09

suits are made to measure and totally

36:11

customizable with endless options. From

36:13

timeless classics to bold statements, you can

36:15

express your style exactly how you want.

36:18

Choose your own cut, fabric, lining,

36:21

buttons, lapels, and more to create the

36:23

suit of your dreams. All

36:25

at a surprisingly affordable price. They

36:28

also offer fully customizable blazers,

36:30

pants, outerwear, womenswear, and more.

36:33

Every Indochino piece is made to your exact

36:36

measurements, and they make getting measured easy. Simply

36:39

set up your measurement profile in less than 10

36:41

minutes. You can send your measurements

36:43

online from the comfort of your home or make an

36:45

appointment at one of our showrooms. Find

36:48

the perfect fit with Indochino. Go

36:50

to indochino.com and use code PODCAST to

36:52

get 10% off any purchase of $3.99

36:54

or more. That's

36:57

10% off with code PODCAST.