reggie: i would grab you and say i told you not to apply for this. good morning, america, for our viewers in the west. the major deal to halt the banking crisis. overnight, lifeline. the federal reserve of central banks around the world taking new action to boost confidence in the global banking system after the swiss gotouymbattled credit suisse. plus, the new questions of collapse of silicon valley bank. breaking news. the chinese president in moscow, meeting with vladimir putin this morning. his first visit since the invasion of ukraine amid growing concerns about the deepening

ties between those two countries. on alert. law enforcement preparing for violence after former president trump claims he will be arrested tomorrow for allegedly directing a hush money payment to adult film star stormy daniels. what comes next in the investigation. super soaker. california in the crosshairs again. a new storm bringing drenching rain, damaging winds, and as much as 4 more feet of snow to the mountains as 12 states are on alert for a one-two punch. ginger is tracking it all. spring break state of emergency. miami beach imposing a curfew overnight after two deadly shootings in large and unruly crowds. we'll have the latest for you this morning. urgent search. the american mother of seven kidnapped from her home in mexico. her family's desperate plea. abc news exclusive. the parents of the college wrestler who died of heatstroke after they say he begged his coaches for water. >> they did it and didn't care. they didn't care.

>> speaking after reaching a $14 million settlement with the school, only on "gma" this morning. lucky to be alive. an emergency landing on a new york beach caught on camera. how the pilot and his passenger were able to walk away without injury. ♪ when i walk in the room ♪ and a sparkling weekend. taylor swift makes arizona shimmer as she kicks off her highly anticipated tour, returning to the stage with a three-hour performance that had everyone on their feet. plus, after a bracket-busting weekend of march madness, the sweet 16 is set for the men, including the surprising win for princeton atcoach and styer jo us thimorning.ood morning, amer. ♪ this is "good morning america." march madness in full swing.

major upsets for both the men and women. ole miss taking out the number one seed, stanford. >> amazing. these games -- yeah. my bracket has been busted. i thought it was busted early, but then everybody else keeps losing early with the upsets. when there's chaos, there's opportunity. >> that's true. >> there you have it. >> all right. also coming up, the chinese president arrives in moscow, set to meet with russian president vladimir putin. their first meeting since the invasion of ukraine. but first, we begin with moves to stabilize the global financial system. the federal reserve and regulators around the world taking action to prevent further fallout including engineering a major deal to take over banking giant credit suisse. our chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis is on wall street with the latest for us this morning. good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: good morning to you, michael, and there is a sense of real caution here on wall street with news of that deal and that coordinated action between central banks around the world in order to prevent a major banking meltdown.

this morning, swiss regulators stepping in hoping to restore confidence and add stability to the panic-stricken global banking system. overnight, banking giant ubs acquiring its embattled smaller rival credit suisse in a $3 billion deal negotiated by the swiss government. >> the bankruptcy of a global important bank would bring turmoil in switzerland and throughout the world. >> reporter: the credit suisse deal following a week of volatility and panic set off by the collapse of two major u.s. banks, silicon valley and signature bank. abc news has confirmed reporting by "the new york times" that the federal reserve was aware of risks to svb more than a year before its collapse, raising new questions about why the fed failed to act. according to "the new york times," in a 2021 review of the bank, the fed issued a warning to svb over its risk management systems, and subsequently issued several more, finding

significant weaknesses in how the bank was managing key risks. by 2022, the fed rated the bank deficient for governance and controls. the fed is now conducting a internal review into how it regulated and supervised svb. in the meantime, legendary investor warren buffett has reportedly held talks with biden administration officials about the banking crisis. if you'll recall, warren buffett, that legendary investor stepped in during the 2008 financial crisis. he bought shares in goldman sachs back then for $5 billion and made more than $3 billion on the investment. meantime this morning, we have news that new york community bank has agreed to purchase signature bank and then finally, robin, the federal reserve according to goldman sachs is very likely to pause its rate hikes at its meeting. that would mean less expensive credit for americans on their credit cards and new mortgages, robin. >> as you said, we'll find out later this week about that.

rebecca, thank you. and now to breaking news overseas, russian president vladimir putin is meeting in moscow with china's leader as putin faces an international arrest warrant for war crimes in ukraine. our chief foreign correspondent ian pannell is tracking the latest for us. good morning, ian. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, robin. you know, they say that a friend in need is a friend, indeed. well, vladimir putin is certainly in need. his war's going badly. he's been hit by sanctions, now charged with war crimes. enter president xi of china and the visit moscow hopes is going to be a huge boon to russia. this morning, a key state visit as president xi jinping of china lands in moscow. china casting this trip as one of friendship, cooperation, and peace, but for russia, isolated over its war in ukraine, it's a major show of support as both keep a wary eye on america and nato. >> russia's out of friends in the world, so it's going to be very important to putin that xi show some support by the time these talks are over.

>> reporter: xi's visit coming just days after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for putin for alleged war crimes including the abduction of thousands of ukrainian children to russia. over the weekend, a defiant putin made a surprise visit to the occupied ukrainian port city of mariupol. captured last year after a devastating campaign of death, destruction, and displacement, and on saturday, putin traveling to occupied crimea, trying to show it's business as usual despite the arrest warrant. >> putin's visit to the annexed ukrainian territories this weekend was to show xi jinping and to show the russian people that russia did, indeed, control significant amounts of what was ukraine. >> reporter: well, i think rather than just getting a warm, fuzzy glow from this relationship, putin's going to be looking for real weapons and ammunition, something america has explicitly warned against. robin? >> ian, let's go back to that international arrest warrant for putin. what does it really mean?

i mean, could he actually be arrested? >> reporter: yeah, in theory, yes, but i think in practice it seems unthinkable, at least for now. russia doesn't recognize the jurisdiction of the international criminal court, and he has made that perfectly clear, nor does china which has said this morning that a head of state should be immune, and nor does america even though president biden says the charge is justified, but i think putin is going to have to think twice before going to a country like here in britain that does recognize the court and could potentially extradite him. robin. >> all right, ian, thank you. whit? robin, now to former president donald trump claiming over the weekend that he will be arrested tomorrow on charges by the manhattan d.a., which is investigating his involvement in a hush money payment. chief washington correspondent jon karl is tracking this story. jon, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. the only person saying that donald trump will be arrested tomorrow is donald trump, and trump's own spokesperson says that they have not been notified of any pending arrest.

nevertheless, local and federal law enforcement are on alert this morning because trump has called on his supporters to go out and protest and, quote, take our nation back. donald trump is making another claim without any evidence, but this time the former president's words are sparking fears of violence. over the weekend, trump claimed he will be arrested tomorrow, indicted by manhattan district attorney alvin bragg, for charges related to hush money payments he made to porn star stormy daniels. abc news has not verified his claims, and trump hasn't said why he thinks he'll be arrested tomorrow. his own spokesman said they have received no notice from the d.a.'s office. trump has acknowledged paying daniels $130,000, a payment he allegedly concealed in the final days of the 2016 campaign, violating election laws and falsifying documents. trump originally denied any knowledge of the payments. >> did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels?

>> no. >> reporter: but his former lawyer, michael cohen, pleaded guilty to federal campaign finance violations in 2018, admitting to helping arrange the payment. cohen tells george he's absolutely prepared to testify against trump. >> all the information that is needed in order to create the indictment, to get a prosecution and a conviction, is in the hands of the district attorney. >> reporter: bragg's office has not commented, but the d.a. told staff in an email obtained by abc news, we do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office or threaten the rule of law in new york. already, republicans are rushing to his defense. >> another politically charged prosecution directed at the former president of the united states. >> reporter: house speaker kevin mccarthy is even vowing to investigate the manhattan d.a.'s office, although he is saying that people shouldn't go out to protest. >> i don't think people should protest this, no, and i think president trump, if you talk to him, he doesn't believe that either.

>> reporter: it's not clear what kevin mccarthy is talking about there. over the weekend, trump twice -- at least twice, called on his supporters to go out and protest what he is calling a political prosecution. trump is also demanding that his potential rivals for the republican nomination also denounce the manhattan district attorney. most have, but one who has said nothing about this, at least not yet, is ron desantis. michael? >> all right, jon, all of this is kind of confusing. we're going to bring in aaron katersky for more on all of this. good morning to you, aaron. the president said the arrest would come tuesday, but you're learning the investigation isn't even wrapped up yet. >> it's not, michael. in fact, the grand jury today is expected to hear from a new witness, bob costello, an attorney and longtime trump ally who used to represent michael cohen. in a letter to prosecutors obtained by abc news, trump's legal team asked for costello to

be allowed to testify, we're told, because they said that cohen once told costello that trump committed no crime. cohen told us he has been asked to be on standby for possible rebuttal testimony, michael. >> aaron, give us a reality check. what happens if an indictment does come down? what would that look like? >> it's going to be unprecedented, of course, but every white collar criminal defendant in new york is given the chance to surrender, come in, be photographed, be fingerprinted. of course, trump is unlike any other criminal defendant because his surrender would have to be coordinated with the u.s. secret service. so far we're told the d.a.'s office has given the agency no indication or notice that an indictment is coming, however, i'm told the courts and the police are starting to talk about security, especially, michael, because trump is >> all right, aaron katersky, talking about protests. >> all right, aaron katersky, thank you again. robin? we'll continue now, michael,

with yet another round of storms taking aim at california. the waterlogged city, snow-covered mountain towns are set to receive even more rain ad snow. ginger, you know, she's tracking that for us. good morning, ginger. >> good morning to you, robin. we have been sounding like a broken record. when you add it all up, look at this graphic. los angeles, is it the new seattle? well, that and more with their wet and wild winter. they have had more than 19 inches of rain since the first of the year. that's more than 10 inches above average. seattle is below average by about 5. but, wow, what a flip-flop, and we're going to see more of that. tomorrow morning, that first round, that's 7:00 a.m. pacific time, and then through the drive time in the evening, los angeles gets hit again. again, you're going to add up 2 to 5 inches of rain, and then higher elevations, above 6,000 or 7,000 feet, that is where the snow will add. what people will notice the most is the wind. gusts 60, 70 miles per hour. we could see power outages and anybody there in the brown and yellow could see high wind watches and warnings, and on top of that, you're going to see, not just the power lines, but

expected tree damage into the mountains. guys? >> i hope relief is on their way soon. thank you so much, ginger. we're going shift gears now to march madness, and the sweet 16 is set this morning. it was a weekend of upsets for both the men and women and our guy, will reeve, is here with the details. good morning, will. >> reporter: good morning, michael. everyone needs to catch their breath after that weekend, guys. it was a mad weekend of basketball. historic upsets, dramatic finishes, and, of course, brackets totally ruined. it was a wild weekend of college basketball. >> davis up ahead. >> reporter: this morning, the fairy tale ending for fairleigh dickinson. the 16 seed losing to florida atlantic university. >> and some boos from the fans. shouldn't do that. >> reporter: after their first-round stunner over purdue. >> fdu, do you believe it? for just the second time ever, a 16 beats a 1. >> they'll remember the whole everything. they'll remember each other. they'll remember the crowds.

we left the hotel today. there were bands playing and high-fiving the president who's been unbelievable supporters there. >> and a turnover. walker comes in, and scores. >> reporter: overnight, another upset. seven seeded michigan state ending second seed marquette's hopes. >> mr. march tom izzo takes michta bk the swe 16.>> ghrkansas over t seedan>>h. tried to m ar gets they get it. e advance. kansasfeatea two uswho rall points down against auburn.

>> the houston fans are chanting sweet 16, which is where they're heading to kansas city. >> reporter: and alabama. >> picks it off with his shoulders and puts it up and in. >> reporter: meanwhile, the 15 seed princeton tigers keep roaring, rolling over missouri after their shocking first-round win over second seed arizona. >> princeton in front. >> reporter: we spoke with princeton coach mitch henderson and tosan evbuomwan about their surprise run. >> we have terrific players. our guys are really locked in on the things that you need to do to be successful, and we're playing great basketball. playing the best all season right now, so i think if you have a savvy group that plays with grit, you can do anything in this tournament. >> it's very difficult to put into words, to be honest. i think we're going to leave that until after we're done playing, but we're just really enjoying it right now and staying focused. >> what a run for princeton. coach henderson told us the

magic of the moment hit us while we were playing the game. i can only imagine how the magic is hitting them now that they're into the sweet 16. they're just the third 15th seed to the sweet 16.is, to make it - it's only happened two times before. on the women's side, stanford, the women lst if you can believe that. >> wow, wow. >> they haven't done that since 2007. it's the first time that they've failed to advance since then, and the fifth time since 1994 that a one seed failed t lots of chaos in the women's bracket. you can catch more of the women's second round games tonight on espn. every game available on the app. >> yep. the women's sweet 16 will be set by tonight. i don't see anybody taking out south carolina right now. dawn staley. man. >> great games. >> they were just so -- somewhere charlie gibson, princeton grad, is very, very happy this morning. a 15 seed. >> yeah, they're incredible, and it's going to be chaos, and we've got some games in new york here too. very exciting stuff, guys. >> thanks as always, will. coming up, we have the urgent search for an american

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global banking system with the swiss government orchestrating a deal for banking giant ubs to buy embattled rival credit suisse. we're following that all morning long. and breaking news here, the chinese president lands in moscow. he's set to meet with vladimir putin marking his first visit since the invasion of ukraine. this comes amid growing concerns about the deepening ties between the two countries. and this morning, we're remembering the life of lance reddick, the actor best known for his roles in the john wick films and "the wire" passing away at age 60. his wife writing, quote, lance was taken from us far too soon. something we can all agree with. >> boy, so enormously talented. >> very, very talented. we turn now to team usa one win away from a second consecutive world baseball classic championship. the u.s. scored last night over and over again against cuba in miami with runs in each of the first six innings, winning the game, 14-2. >> wow.

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lopez was watering the plants in front of her house when witnesses saw someone pull up in a white van and kidnap her. >> there was an exchange of words where they heard her saying, i'm not going to leave with you or i'm not going to get in, in spanish. she was either pushed down or she crouched down, and two men that had their heads covered went and got her. there was a driver, and then one other person came out and helped these other two individuals. they covered her mouth. they put her into the van, and they drove away. >> reporter: soon after, a ransom call. maria's family telling us the kidnappers reached out to a member of her family. >> there was at some point communication with an individual where a large sum was requested. >> reporter: the family says they believe this was a targeted kidnapping. mexico is home to around 1.6 million americans.

the mother of seven was living in pueblo nuevo, a small town in the state of colima. the state department issuing a do not travel warning there due to crime and kidnapping. currently most of mexico is under some sort of warning. lopez is the fifth american kidnapped in mexico in weeks. four americans who traveled to mexico from south carolina earlier this month were kidnapped, seen here in this disturbing surveillance video, after what sources close to the investigation say the gunman wrongly believed the group of americans were rival human traffickers. two surviving, two were killed. >> we know mom, and we know that she's thinking of all of us. we can't lose hope. she's a fighter. she's very strong, and she's waiting for us. >> and mexican authorities say they didn't appeal to the public in the beginning because they did not want to hinder the investigation or generate a risk to lopez. mexican and u.s. authorities are now working together in hopes of

finding her. guys. >> hopefully they do, eva. thank you. we do turn now to our abc news exclusive with the parents of a college wrestler who died during practice. they're speaking out now this morning following a multimillion-dollar settlement with the school. trevor ault is here with that story. trevor, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. according to this lawsuit, grant brace and his wrestling team had to run extensive extra drills up what the team called punishment hill, and they claim on a hot day three years ago, the coaches repeatedly denied their son water to the point it killed him, and the red flags go back even further than that. this morning, a multimillion-dollar settlement for the family of university of the cumberlands wrestler, grant brace, nearly three years from what his autopsy declared a preventable death. >> they did it and they didn't care. they didn't care. >> reporter: the lawsuit by grant's family claims in august of 2020 grant begged his coaches for water during extra drills, and they repeatedly said no.

when grant couldn't run anymore, he was told if he stopped, he was off the team. >> he was holding onto a tree branch. he's telling him, i can't stand. i'm dizzy. i can't see. he lays down on the mat, and he continues to ask for water. i need water. somebody, please help me. >> reporter: this surveillance video shared by the family's attorney with abc news shows grant fighting and failing to open a locked door to the wrestling building. he was found about an hour later next to a drinking fountain that wasn't working. people trying in vain to perform cpr. >> he was on all fours, and he had dug his hands in the dirt and he had fistfuls of dirt. it's too late. >> it's so painful. >> reporter: the autopsy found grant died from heatstroke, caused by an increase in body temperature brought on by intense physical activity in hot weather. the family alleges there were many warning signs beforehand. >> grant's daily blog for mom

and dad, in case something bad were to happen to me. >> reporter: to the point grant had been recording these ominous, fearful voice memos going back to the previous seas coaches were borderline abusive. >> i sometimes wonder if i'm -- if this is what i'm made out to be, and what i should be doing in my life right now. some pretty rough stuff. >> reporter: grant's parents, kyle and jackie brace, speaking exclusively with abc's em nguyen. >> have y'all listened to any of these recordings? >> our daughter has. >> i have not. >> why not? >> too painful. >> reporter: grant's former teammate, alex myers, tells us what the coaches called tough love was at times absolutely horrible. >> nobody really had any water bottle at all left in their water bottles, and we weren't allowed to go back up to the room until the end of punishment hill.

>> reporter: the brace family edveity for wrongful death naming the two coaches who ran practice that day among . in a statement, the university says they're settling for more than $14 million, saying it made the decision to settle the case now in a manner it hoped will respect the brace family's tremendous loss. the university has also agreed to retrain coaches and athletes on how to spot and treat heat-related illness. >> the family was very clear from the outset that this case was not really about money. this case was about holding them accountable. >> reporter: and there is also still an active criminal investigation into grant's death. we did reach out to the coaches named in this lawsuit. we did not receive a response. guys? >> the anguish of those parents. wow, but they want to make sure this does not happen again. thanks so much. coming up, why school districts around the country are suing the big social media platforms. and next, a new york politician piloting his plane right here to an emergency landing, walking away to talk about it. i know you're going to have that for us, gio. wow. >> we will, robin. it's simply an incredible moment.

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>> listen, robin, this is nothing short of miraculous here, okay? we hear about these single-engine plane crashes all the time, but they rarely end this well, and now we're actually seeing it happen with someone on the beach recording it all. this morning, a heart-stopping close call. a single-engine plane makes a crash landing on this long island, new york beach. >> there's a single-engine plane on the beach. >> reporter: it turns out the pilot was new york assemblyman clyde vanel. surviving the crash and told the cbs local station there was engine failure and it lost power. >> of course, i was panicked. i didn't understand what was going on with the engine. the best place for me to land was a small area that had beach, that wasn't around people, that wasn't around stuff. >> reporter: a woman was on the beach with her dog taking a video of a seagull when they saw it happen. >> then, out of the corner of my

eye, it was happening so fast. i see the plane flying literally towards me. >> reporter: incredibly assemblyman vanel and one passenger were not injured. >> i ran up to them. we were all in shock. i was happy to see them alive in one piece, and i was, like -- it's like a silent movie, you know? >> reporter: experts looking at the video say he did everything by the book. apparently gliding his way to the beach after losing that engine. >> flying over the new york area, whether it's manhattan or even some of the lower areas of long island, it's a tremendous challenge to find a place to put an airplane down if you lost an engine. this was a very good choice to make. >> reporter: the assemblyman taking to social media with gratitude saying, the faa's training on emergency procedures works, and vanel says he had just gone up to practice some maneuvers over the water. that's how he was able to find that beach so quickly. the faa, of course, will investigate why that plane lost power, but it's just incredible. all he had was a small cut on the chin. >> that's it? >> that's it. >> he did a maneuver all right.

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interesting. i'm in. building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions. this is abc. seven news. good morning. i'm reggie aqui from abc seven mornings. here's josina with traffic. morning everyone. we're starting again with the same mateo bridge. they are in the process of clearing the stalled vehicle out of the way and the westbound direction, but you're still looking at about a 29 minute drive over the bridge towards the peninsula, also from highway forward to san francisco and our and nine minutes it's just been a really crowded ride in the east bay this morning will wrap up with our dry times. tracy to dublin 52 minutes. hey, lisa. i hate you being a good morning to you. we are cloudy here on top of the roof. it is pretty chilly out this morning only 36 degrees on top of mountain. upper forties san francisco to near 50. the cloud should thin out a bit. it is 46 in nevada oval. call it partly cloudy today with temperatures in the mid and upper fifties. no rain and we're going to save

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. overnight, lifeline. the federal reserve and central banks around the world taking new action to boost confidence in the global banking system after the swiss government orchestrated a deal for banking giant ubs to buy embattled rival, credit suisse. plus, the new questions about the collapse of silicon valley bank. spring break state of emergency. miami beach imposing a curfew overnight after two deadly shootings. we'll have the latest this morning. schools fighting social media. a growing number of districts around the country suing the major platforms, claiming they contribute to the deepening youth mental health crisis. and ies. schoo anoll celebrates

the actor's loved ones sharing emotional messages. >> i just think it's important that you see all sides of this. >> amid his dementia diagnosis last month. we'll have the latest this morning. ♪ "jurassic park" star sam neill revealing his stage 3 cancer diagnosis, how he's doing now, and why he says writing his memoir gave him a reason to live. ♪ lovely day, lovely day ♪ and it's a superstar morning in times square with matt damon, ben affleck, viola davis, mario lopez and menudo, and molly shannon all live in times square, and look who's saying -- >> good morning, america. ♪ lovely day ♪ she brings it. >> she brings it every time. molly shannon. good morning, america.

it is a very busy morning here in times square. so much star power with us this morning, but we have a lot to get to. >> we do. big guest list. surprised they actually let me in the building this morning. >> whitney who? we're looking forward to a lot of news to cover including buster murdaugh speaking out this morning. what he's saying about the death of stephen smith, that's ahead. and the efforts to stabilize the global financial system. that's where we're going to begin this half hour. the federal reserve and regulators around the world taking action to prevent further fallout. our chief business correspondent, rebecca jarvis, is back. she's there on wall street with the latest. good morning again, rebecca. >> reporter: hi, robin. nice to see you again, and to put all of this into perspective, credit suisse, which has now been taken over by ubs, one of the largest banks inside of europe, and now regulators around the world are stepping in in order to prevent a global panic in the banking system. overnight, banking giant ubs

acquiring its embattled smaller rival, credit suisse, in a $3 billion deal negotiated by the swiss government. >> the bankruptcy of credit suisse would have had a collateral damage, a huge collateral damage on the swiss financial market, also risk of contagion for other banks and tynd sety of two majou. banks, silicon valley and signature bank. abc news has confirmed reporting by "the new york times" that the federal reserve was aware of risks to svb a year before its collapse raising new questions about why the fed did not act. according to "the new york times," in a 2021 review of the bank, the fed issued a warning to svb over its risk management systems and subsequently issued several more, finding significant weaknesses in how it was managing key risks. by 2022, the fed rated the bank

deficient for governance and controls. the fed is now conducting an internal view into how it supervised and regulated svb. and as for signature bank which collapsed two weeks ago, now they have a new owner as of this morning. new york community bank, about 40 branches of signature bank will be rebranded as flag star. meantime, warren buffett, who famously stepped in at the height of the financial crisis to buy goldman sachs shares in 2008 has reportedly been in talks with the biden administration about the regional banking system. michael, he has always said, when everyone else is running for the exits, he likes to run into the front door. you've got to have an iron stomach and a lot of money to do that, michael. >> well, it seemed to have worked for him for a long time. rebecca, thank you so much for that. we turn to breaking news this morning. buster murdaugh releasing a

statement about the death of stephen smith. eva pilgrim is back with the details. good morning again, eva. >> good morning. buster murdaugh speaking out for the first time since his father's guilty verdict addressing the rumors circulating he was involved in the death of a classmate. he says, i have tried my best to ignore the vicious rumors about my involvement in stephen smith's tragic death that continue to be published in the media as i grieve over the brutal murders of my mother and brother. i love them so much and miss them terribly. i haven't spoken up until now because i want to live in private while i cope with their deaths and my father's incarceration. this has gone on far too long. these baseless rumors of my involvement with stephen and his death are false. i unequivocally deny any involvement in his death, and my heart goes out to the smith family. the death of stephen smith was reopened in 2021, following the murders of paul and maggie murdaugh, and smith's family has long disputed how he died. recently launching a gofundme site to pay for his body to be exhumed along with a private investigation into his death. however, no one in the murdaugh family was ever questioned in his death, and no charges were

filed. whit? >> so many twists and turns in those cases. all right, eva, thank you. now to the state of emergency in the spring break destination of miami beach. the city imposing a curfew following two deadly shootings over the weekend. victor oquendo is there in miami beach, and, victor, officials have really struggled with these large and unruly crowds. >> reporter: that's right. good morning, whit. it was a violent weekend here along ocean drive on miami beach, and now the city is saying, enough is enough. they're taking measures trying to keep everyone safe. those deadly shootings over the weekend creating chaos, sending visitors scrambling, prompting the city to take action, imposing that new curfew for the most popular areas of miami beach from midnight to 6:00 a.m., and these emergency measures are expected to go back into effect this thursday through sunday. sales of alcohol will also be restricted, and north of us in fort lauderdale, police say that a teenager from ohio in town for

a spring break was arrested for allegedly assaulting the drummer from def leppard outside of his hotel. rick allen telling abc news that he is now recovering in a safe space. guys. >> victor, thank you. coming up here on our "gma" morning menu, bruce willis celebrates his birthday with loved ones. their moving messages amid his dementia diagnosis. and the growing number of schools filing lawsuits against big social media companies. the changes they're calling for to help protect mental health. also this morning, "jurassic park" star sam neill, sharing his cancer diagnosis in his new memoir, how he's doing now. plus, ben affleck, matt damon, and molly shannon are all here. they are live on a star-studded morning on "gma." you guys stay right there because we will be right back. ♪ zyrteeeec...♪ works hard at hour one and twice as hard when you take it again the next day.

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more on that ahead and more on spring ahead. first though, we want to get to our "gma" cover story. bruce willis celebrating his birthday over the weekend with family, including his ex-wife demi moore, just a month after sharing his dementia diagnosis. eva pilgrim is back again with the details on that. eva, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. bruce willis celebrating his 68th birthday. his family marking the occasion, telling his fans they are grateful for the support. overnight, bruce willis seen on camera, smiling for the first time since announcing his dementia diagnosis last month. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ >> reporter: the 68-year-old "die hard" star appearing to be in good spirits celebrating his birthday over the weekend. surrounded by family and friends as he blew out his candle. his ex-wife demi moore sharing the video to social media with the caption, happy birthday, b.w. so glad we could celebrate you today. we love you and we love our family. thank you to everyone for the

love and warm wishes, we all feel them. the day bringing out a range of emotions for willis and his family. >> i have started the morning by crying. i just think it's important that you see all sides of this. >> reporter: his wife posting a heart-wrenching video on instagram opening up about her own struggles as her husband battles dementia. i always get this message or people always tell me, oh, you're so strong. i don't know how you do it. i'm not given a choice. >> reporter: the diagnosis taking a toll on her as well. >> sometimes in our lives, we have to put our big girl panties on and -- and get to it, and that's what i'm doing, but i do have times of sadness. >> reporter: ftd is a disease with no cure. it can manifest in the form of degraded speech and movement. last spring it was revealed he had aphasia, a language disorder which is a symptom of ftd. willis who has appeared in over 100 movies --

>> we'll get together, have a few laughs. >> reporter: -- proving he's still got star power. >> hip, hip, hooray! >> reporter: and emma going on to post a video for his birthday writing, i'll be loving him always saying, thank you for loving and caring for him too. michael? >> man, just warms your heart to see them all together there. thank you so much for that, eva. now we're going to go to a new lawsuit that schools across the country are filing against social media companies with districts suing the major platforms over the youth mental health crisis. erielle reshef has more. >> reporter: this morning, a growing number of school systems taking social media companies to court, claiming their platforms are deepening a mental health crisis among america's youth. >> this is a demand for these companies to do better with respect to this egregious misconduct, with respect to targeting kids. >> reporter: bucks county, pennsylvania, the latest district to join a nationwide lawsuit against tech titans facebook, tiktok, snapchat, instagram, and youtube, alleging

social media use is linked to increases in mental, emotional, developmental, and behavioral disorders. they include cyberbullying, eating disorders, cutting, depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, and suicide-related outcomes. >> i wouldn't be surprised that by the middle of the year or the end of the year that school districts all over the country are filing similar lawsuits. we may also see lawsuits being filed by the u.s. department of education and the department of justice. >> reporter: san mateo county, which includes more than 23 school districts in northern california, filing a 107-page complaint accusing the social media companies of creating addictive platforms, using advanced technology to target kids with harmful content asserting there is simply no historic analog to the crisis

the nation's youth are facing. >> it is a problem for the social media companies but it's also adults can play a role in helping kids use social media positively, but also mitigating the destructive use. >> reporter: tiktok says prioritize safety and well-being of teens with restricted features and parental controls. google, which owns youtube, telling abc news in part, we provide parents with the ability to set reminders, limit screen time, and block specific types of content on supervised devices, and snap, which owns snapchat says, they use human moderation to review user-generated content before it can reach a large audience and work closely with leading mental health organizations to provide in-app tools for snapchatters. in the past, social media companies have said that they have taken steps to safeguard children, but many of these districts want to see these companies change their algorithms and they're also seeking financial damages to provide greater education and mental health resources to students. guys? >> all right, thank you so much for that, erielle.

now we go over to ginger. ginger, love the flowers. >> michael, my bike with the basket is out, so you know spring has sprung. it is time, everybody. spring is finally here, and we are celebrating its arrival on our set. look at all the beautiful flowers here. they're putting us into a springtime state of mind, but you have to wait until 5:24. whit was saying, okay, happy spring. we said, actually, whit, it's not until later this afternoon. it's 5:24 eastern time, but do enjoy it because it's going to warm up, and it looks like this would be the spring outlook. so, noaa just released this last week. april, may, and june. it is gorgeous. i love doing this, with ben affleck, matt damon, and viola davis lisa: good monday morning. waking up to clouds. we look for partly cloudy conditions for this first day of spring. our atmospheric river arrives tomorrow with heavy rain for the morning commute. highs today from the mid and upper 50's with clouds thinning out. a cool afternoon. they leveled two system tomorrow.

the rain ends on wednesday. we have an overabundance of talent in our studio with us this morning. among them, these three actors have multiple oscars, tonys, an emmy and a grammy. now v iola davis, matt ben affleck -- >> i like giving credit for it but i'll sit here with those who have tonys and grammys. my grammy's coming any day now. >> it's amazing how you got the film done because i'm sure this happened a lot during the filming of "air," which is a story about michael jordan. see how it went right back to that? >> no problem. >> yes, and nike, and how they revolutionized the sneaker business. okay, egot, you just got the grammy. only 18 can say they are an egot with all four of those. >> i know. i'm telling you. little 6-year-old viola is just squealing, you know?

i keep thinking about, like, 6-year-old viola if i went back and said, let me tell you, something, viola. you're going to be married to a hunk of a man. you're going to win a grammy and a tony, it would have made her day. probably would have made her walk into school with a little bit more swagger. >> i bet. >> more swagger. already had swagger. a little more. >> we're squealing because to be honest with you, i've read the rundown, and they're going to be here all at once? all three? because this is some serious starpower. in the movie -- ben, you directed the movie. you play phil knight, the ceo of nike, the co-founder as well. it got a lengthy standing ovation this weekend at the south by southwest film festival. how does that feel for you that all your hard work, and people appreciated it the way they showed? >> it feels fun and rewarding. it's great. it's the greatest film festival. south by southwest is an amazing place, because you want to see

the movie and you want to have fun. i don't fool myself. you -- look, you played team sports, and you know the difference when you are surrounded by greatness, which is kind of what this movie is really an homage to michael and his family and what it means to be great, and in this case, it was as you can see by the two people sitting next to me and the rest of the cast, it just had a spectacular group of people who made it great. it wasn't, like, me pulling strings, you know? >> you've always surrounded yourself with greatness with that man right there. your friendship over the years has been tremendous, and this is a first, though. this movie is the first of your production company. >> yeah. >> together. why did it take you so long to get the company together? >> we probably needed another -- >> this is just the first real company in the sense of having investments rather than having that pass through company, sorry. >> no, it's all right. we had to do 30 years each making movies before people started to take us seriously. >> come on. >> but, yeah. it was -- this was a great movie to start with for us. you know, it's -- this is the

type of movie we grew up loving, and it's really based on the writing and the acting, and, you know, having viola davis in your movie is kind of like having michael jordan on your basketball team. >> nice. >> you know, as long as you don't do anything stupid, it's going to be pretty great. if you get out of the way. >> pass the ball. >> you play delores, michael jordan's mother, but he insisted that you play his mother. was that one of the reasons you said yes, and how did that work? did he call you and say, you need to play my mama? >> no, michael jordan did not call me. >> he told me. >> that makes for a great story, but in reality when you hear that, it freezes you because that's an enormous responsibility. >> mm-hmm. >> to play someone who's real, you know? someone that, you know, is tangible, and i'm, like, i can't mess it up, but i had to believe that there were some qualities in me that reminded him of his mother, which people love me as

mama. >> they do. that's true. >> there's something about me that says mama, except, you know, with my kid who's always rolling her eyes, but, yeah. it was very flattering. >> michael was, like, she's the best. >> a compliment. >> his reverence for his mother, and also i think kind of emblematic of who he is, and he was, like, if someone's going to be my mother, it's got to be the best actor in the world. >> the characters you all three play, you guys got it. youreally do. you playing sonny vaccaro -- i want to play a clip right now. the top executive. here's an encounter he had with jordan's mom. >> what should i ask you? >> ask me why i'm in wilmington, north carolina. >> why are you in wilmington, north carolina? >> because i believe in your son. i believe he's different, and i believe you might be the only

person on earth who knows it. that's why i'm in wilmington, north carolina. >> man, and now the world knows he's different, but ben, did you actually -- you decided not to actually show michael jordan in the movie, why is that? >> yeah. because i just didn't -- i just -- when you are that iconic, when you mean that much to people, when so much of who you are involves your image and what people bring to that, what you represent to them, i'm just not good enough, and i don't think anybody is good enough to create an environment where you can show someone and go, michael jordan. you just go, no, it's not, and then you've lost everything. what i loved about it is he exists in the movie kind of in the way he exists in the consciousness of the world as, like, nebulous and distant and in the ether and always talked about and obsessed about, but not seen, and then it turns out that the pivotal figure instrumental to this, michael

was a 22-year-old kid. there was somebody who was really making sure that he was protected and taken care of, and what i love about this movie, is you think about about michael jordan, and you find out it's about somebody else. >> i know, and that was brilliant. it was brilliant how he was right there on the outskirts, but you never quite saw him. but, you're right, we already know who michael jordan is. we got to know his mother a little bit better. you talked about this hunk you're married to who is actually in the movie as well. he's the dad. >> he was. >> was it fun acting together? >> we love working together. i always -- like i say all the time, we're the fun. exactly who we are in public is what we are in private. we are fun. we laugh all the time, and we had a great time. he's just, like, whenever his name is mentioned in the cast, he's, like, it's been a long time since someone mentioned me in a review. he's just thrilled. >> michael said, like, my dad had the best personality of anyone i knew, and julius is that guy.

everybody loves him, and he brings that energy to the set where he makes it fun and fabulous and they were both perfect. >> hopefully you're going to love this because we have skins customs. it's all about the shoe, and we have custom shoes for each of you in the 30 seconds that we have. we got air davis. we got air damon. we got air affleck because -- >> come on. >> it's got to be the shoes. >> got to be the shoes. >> oh, my goodness. >> got to be the shoes. >> it is not the shoes. >> is anyone over there a 14? >> sorry, 11. 11. sorry. >> thank you all for being here. >> thank you so much. >> brilliant. >> congratulations. >> everybody should give out shoes. you guys are the best. >> "air" hits theaters april 5th. keanu reeves on his new "john wick" movie when we come back. >> all right. that was fun. are a

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rosa 48 in livermore. so this first day of spring mid and upper fifties. partly cloudy. thank you, lisa. we'll have another abc seven news update in about 30 minutes. you ♪ with all my favorite colors ♪ back here on "gma" with "jurassic park" star sam neill revealing his health journey with stage 3 blood cancer in his new memoir, but telling his fans not to worry. stephanie ramos is here with more on all of this. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: hey, robin, good morning. doctors say we don't know a lot about what causes this type of lymphoma. it's likely a mix of genetic and environmental stimuli that can cause it, but after his diagnosis, sam neill is now reassuring fans he is alive and well. this morning, actor sam neill revealing that he is undergoing chemotherapy after being diagnosed with stage 3 blood cancer. >> you coming or what?

>> reporter: the "jurassic park" star opening up about his battle with cancer in an interview with "the guardian," telling the paper, i'm not afraid to die, but it would annoy me because i would really like another decade or two, and i've got my lovely little grandchildren. i want to see them get big. the cancer was discovered after he noticed swollen glands while promoting "jurassic world dominion" in los angeles. last march, within weeks, he was getting chemo, diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic t-cell lymphoma. >> it is a blood cancer. it often arises in lymph nodes but can spread throughout the body by spreading through the blood. >> reporter: the new zealand native says when the first chemo drug wasn't working, he started a new, very expensive chemo drug. despite unpleasant side effects, neill says his body is responding to this latest treatment and also says, i'm not off the hook, but there's no cancer in my body. >> at the time of diagnosis,

having stage 3 with this type of lymphoma still is a very curable situation in a good fraction of patients. >> neill also has a new book coming out this week titled, "did i ever tell you this?" it's a memoir he wrote as he was going through his grueling treatment. he said he never had any intention to write a book, but as he went on and kept writing, he realized it was giving him a reason to live. guys? >> i'm glad he's doing as well as he is. >> not off the hook, but encouraging news, that's for sure. thank you. now to keanu reeves. he's back as retired hitman john wick for the fourth movie in the hit action franchise and will reeve sat down with the star to talk about reprising the role and much more, will, good morning. >> reporter: hello again, whit. an argument could be made for keanu reeves as the greatest action franchise lead ever. he's got "the matrix" movies and now the fourth installment of the "john wick" franchise which sees reeves as an assassin, but that's just the character he's playing.

>> 42 regular, wasn't it? >> yeah. >> reporter: he's been in the middle of the action on the big screen for four decades from "point break" to "the matrix," to the "john wick" franchise, the first three of which grossing over $500 million worldwide. >> i'm thinking i'm back. >> reporter: now, keanu reeves is back in action again as world class assassin john wick in "john wick: chapter 4." >> the only way john wick will ever have freedom and peace is in death. >> yeah, not really. >> early reviews are in. glowing. >> yeah. >> some have called it one of the greatest action movies ever made. how does that land with you? >> wow. um, that's cool. that's kind. >> the action is epic in all four films. is it as fun as it looks?

>> yeah, yeah. >> how do you train for "john wick"? >> it starts with training before the training. so just trying to get a little fitness before you start doing the judo and jujitsu and then all of the weapons manipulations, and then working with the action teams, stunt choreographer. >> are there things that you used to be able to do as an action star that you now say, i just -- >> i shouldn't be doing that? >> i'm a little long in the tooth. >> like, oh, my back, my knees. >> yeah. >> i'm not quite there yet. "john wick: chapter 4" got me closer. i'm more experienced, so i'm more efficient. >> yes. >> and it is kind of funny, like, when i would -- when i was starting out, you would do, like, half an hour warm-up, you know. you would, like, stretch and warm up, and now it's, like, you get to the set and you're, like, all right. >> let's do it. >> reporter: reeves' action

movie bona fides and box office bankability extend beyond the franchises he's led. >> next year will be the 30-year anniversary of "speed." >> wow. >> how does that resonate with you? >> 30 years. >> are we getting another one? >> i don't know. i don't know. i don't know. that could be wacky. >> would you do it? >> jack, yeah. sandy. i don't know. 30 years? >> reporter: john wick is relentless and ruthless. >> i'm sorry. >> me too. >> reporter: but reeves' life does not imitate his art. >> it's fun. it's a character to be able to have that, you know, john wick kind of thing, but i don't take this home with me. maybe there's a little bit of, like, in case of emergency. >> when you need to find hope -- >> hope. >> -- where do you look?

>> hope is important. it's tricky though. yeah. where do i get it? i guess that's another, like, in case of emergency, break glass. grab your hope. >> right. >> and then hopefully with the other hand, you can get some tools to make it better. >> i sat down with reeves before the passing of his "john wick" co-star lance reddick. reeves telling abc news, quote, we are deeply saddened at the loss our beloved friend and colleague. he was the consummate professional and a joy to work with. our love and prayers are with his wife stephanie, his children and family. we dedicate the film to his loving memory and will miss him dearly. "john wick: chapter 4" is in theaters this friday. >> will reeve, thank you so much. coming up here, molly shannon live in the studio. stay with us. it's time to bring balance

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♪ we're back now. one of our favorites, actress and comedian molly shannon. she's here for her new film, "a good person." she plays a mom whose daughter is struggling with addiction and tragedy. she stars alongside florence pugh and morgan freeman. molly, it's always great to have you here on "gma," and, you know, we look at you and think about comedy and laughter.

you're no stranger to dramas as well. what made you want to take on this role? >> well, it was really zach braff who directed it. he's so amazing. it was to work with florence pugh, she's just the greatest actress. she's such a powerhouse, and i was just so excited, and then morgan freeman. i have a scene with morgan freeman. so it was -- it was really the combination of, you know, getting to play florence's mom, and then also having a scene with morgan. just a dream come true. >> got a chance to work with a lot of people you admire and respect. >> yes. oh, yes, yes, and florence is so young, but she's just -- commands a set like no one else. she's really funny and kind and thoughtful, and zach's a great director. the whole thing was just really fun. >> we're going to take a look at a clip. >> okay, great. >> we'll see it. "a good person." >> hey, mama. can you tell me where my pills are? >> which ones? we said we were going to wean

off of them, remember? >> did we? >> yes. >> because we are in pain, and we need more. >> they're not going to give you more, ally. >> they have to. >> no, they don't. >> i need them. >> listen to me. you're not in physical pain anymore. >> i mean, i read you guys have some very intense -- not just intense, but physical scenes together. >> yes. >> how was it filming something like that? >> well, it was -- we shot it fast, and there's a scene in the bathroom where she's going to get drugs, and i chase her up and try to stop her, and we have this very physical scene in the bathroom, and florence and i work the same way. we both like to really go for it, and i'm trying to pull the pills away from her, and it was really athletic, and she's really tough. she's very strong. so it was exciting, but she's just -- we're both very physical performers, i would say, so it was really fun to shoot. >> when the credits roll on "a good person," what do you want people to take away from this film because it's powerful. >> it's so powerful. i think it's that, you know, there are things in life that

can set you back and be so painful, but if you can get through that, there sometimes can be beauty in the loss, and you find new connections. so i think it's about embracing the mystery of life and that if we get through these challenges, we can hopefully get to a better place. >> i know your daughter is in school here in new york. she's going to a screening with you tonight. >> she is coming to a screening tonight. my daughter stella, and my son is a senior in los angeles. and, yeah, she's going to college here in new york, studying acting, and i'm so excited for her. it was so funny because a lot of my friends were so sad when their kids were going off to college, but i felt so lucky because i happened to be shooting a tv show here in new york right when she was starting college. i was kind of flying back and forth, so it wasn't so sad for me. igot to be here, but my daughter, stella said to me, she said, mommy, where are you going to stay when, you know, shooting? i said, i'm going to stay with you in your dorm and she was like, what?

there was one funny story where she one day was at school, and she called me because she lost her purse. and i was like, that's so funny, i'm actually right around the corner at sephora shopping. i'm, like, three minutes away, and i came and i helped her look and she said -- we couldn't find her purse, of course. but she said, wouldn't it be funny if you were the one who stole my purse so that i would have lost my keys so i would have to come back to the hotel? >> anything to spend time. >> exactly. >> with your daughter. are you surprised she's following in your footsteps? >> no. i think it's they want to be if the family business. they see you love your business and it's kind of like that. but i was going to say, it was great when she started school because she slept at my hotel all the time, and we ordered room service and watched "the kardashians," and had fun. back and forth between the dorm and my hotel. >> you're busy because a lot of people love your other show. "the other two." season three is coming in may. what can you tell us about that?

>> it's going to be fantastic created by chris kelly, it's brilliant. it's going to be a wild season three. and i think that it's -- this season is great. i cannot wait for people to see it. >> it's funny. you're great, as always, molly. we love having you here. >> thank you, michael. i love seeing you so much. you're just the best. >> thank you. thank you. congratulations. everybody at home, "a good person" is in theaters this friday. make sure you go check it out. molly shannon, everybody. ginger, over to you. what you got? >> thank you, michael. we're celebrating the start of spring this morning with our beautiful set, as you can see around me. this segment is sponsored by zyrtec. you know that spring is here with the arrival of pollen covering everything in sight. kim shared this photo writing, spring 2023 on her pollen-covered car, and then in augusta, georgia, look at all that pollen blanketing a swimming pool. oh, my goodness. pollen has come exceptionally early this season across the south, even breaking records. atlanta had its second highest pollen count for the month of february, and a few weeks ago,

the city hit the tree pollen count, extremely high range, which is the earliest they have ever done that since records began. you can see the tree pollen is a problem from charleston and myrtle beach, right through the gulf coast, new orleans, biloxi, and you're all feeling it. it's time to ride right into spring. let's get a check a little closer to home. lisa: good monday morning. a few areas of sprinkles. the clouds thinning out today. a cool date. by 11:00 low 50's but by the afternoon partly cloudy. upper 50's in our inland valleys and a rainy start to tuesday. ♪ >> announcer: "gma's" pollen report is sponsored by zyrtec, zeize the day. ator: how prepared is your family...

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new generation of menudo, the wildly popular boy band from decades ago is back, and we have alejandro, andres, ezra, gabriel, and nicolas all here with us, and one of the big names behind menudo, mario lopez. >> hey. >> back in the day, yes, we did a few segments of -- from a previous life. >> that's right. that's right. >> let me talk to you first. obviously menudo, this brings back big memories for you. you grew up on the group. what was it like to be a part of this reboot and this re-imagined menudo? >> well, like you said, i was a huge fan of menudo growing up. they were an iconic boy band who literally sold millions and millions of records all over the world, and seeing this group of young latinos was a beautiful thing, and it's been a few decades now. a couple decades, so i thought it would be a great time at this moment to reintroduce them now to a whole new generation, especially when latin music is hot in the mainstream.

we've got a great group of kids right here, and i'm excited. >> we, do. these guys, they were up early this morning, 3:00 a.m., they have been rehearsing. but you talked about how this new generation, what it means to you. why do you think this is the right moment right now to introduce the group once again? >> well, again, latin music being at its peak in the mainstream, and i think just when you have a young group of kids who represent the community so well, and again, get to transcend all these different cultures, i think it's a great time to showcase that. more important time than ever. >> absolutely, and we have been talking to the guys here. andres, you've got a microphone in your hand. >> yeah. >> what's it like to be part of this group and be performing in front of a national audience? >> you know, it's insane to think i went from acting to this. i didn't know i was going to be a performer. all of us -- i don't know if you guys were actors. i was an actor and i feel excited. so, yeah. that's how i'm feeling right now. >> nico wasn't even born when the band was performing before.

>> i was born exactly when they did it. >> well, there you go. now is your moment, guys. we're going to get to the music right here. once again, thanks to andres, the whole team. mario, we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> and right now we're going to go ahead and listen to the group. here is the song from menudo's debut single, "mi amore." guys, go ahead. take it away. ♪ ♪ mi amore, mi amore ♪ ♪ i'm leaving you, leaving you by yourself ♪ ♪ you've been my one and only ♪ ♪ make it through the rain ♪ ♪ and i cried and i cried too many nights ♪ ♪ i just can't take the pain ♪ ♪ and i tried and i tried to treat you right, constantly ♪

♪ mi amore, mi amore ♪ ♪ i don't love you anymore ♪ ♪ mi amore, mi amore ♪ ♪ walking right through the door ♪ ♪ mi amore, mi amore ♪ ♪ i'm leaving you alone ♪ ♪ leaving you all by yourself ♪ ♪ you want to talk to me you want to walk with me ♪ ♪ you want to rock with me ♪ ♪ thinking about it enough ♪ ♪ falling down from the top ♪ ♪ i never thought i would do it, i was acting crazy acting so shady ♪ ♪ i don't want to hear it, girl, so don't call me baby ♪ ♪ and i cried and i cried too many nights ♪ ♪ and i just can't take the pain ♪ ♪ and i tried and i tried to treat you right ♪ ♪ like constantly ♪ ♪ mi amore, mi amore ♪

♪ i don't love you anymore ♪ ♪ mi amore, mi amore ♪ ♪ i'm walking right through the door ♪ ♪ and i'm tired of your games and i'm picking up and going away ♪ ♪ mi amore, mi amore, i'm leaving you alone, leaving you all by yourself ♪ ♪ falling down from the top, i never thought i would do it ♪ ♪ you're talking crazy, acting so shady ♪ ♪ it's all you ever do ♪ ♪ mi amore, mi amore ♪ ♪ i don't love you anymore ♪ ♪ mi amore, mi amore ♪ ♪ i'm walking right through the door ♪ ♪ and i'm tired of the silly games and i'm picking up and going away ♪ ♪ mi amore, mi amore ♪

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building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions . this is abc. seven news. good morning, everyone. i'm kumasi. aaron from abc. seven mornings going to check in. now that you're being a for a look at traffic, hydro bina, marcie. thank you. good morning, everyone. we're going to begin in oakland with our 8 80 at the coliseum camera. if you were with us about 30 minutes ago, you saw that that northbound traffic was crawling due to a crash that crashes since cleared, so we're in good news there. babe. bridge toll plaza still backed up. the metering lights came on at 5 37. hey, lisa. hey their job in a good morning to you were on the roof here cloudy skies is chilly 48 downtown 50 in oakland and santa clara, and there's a look at the exploratorium camera. we will be looking at partly cloudy skies later on today, spring arrives at 2 24 mid and upper fifties tomorrow we have rain in the morning when'd in the afternoon

and a dry and cool. the latter