>> whit: good morning, america. deadly storms. at least seven people now reported killed after powerful winds and a tornado leave a trail of destruction in the houston area. still picking up the pieces from windows blown out and winds over

100 miles per hour. now, new tornadoes overnight as the south braces for more. the severe weather threat this morning. >> gio: diddy's disturbing video. the hotel surveillance video exclusively obtained by cnn of music mogul sean "diddy" combs amid several assault allegations. reportedly showing combs attacking his then girlfriend, singer cassie ventura. the response from her attorney. >> janai: from golf shot to mug shot, star golfer scottie scheffler explaining what happened after his arrest while heading to the pga championship. >> i was shaking, you know, almost, i would say, in shock and in fear. >> janai: the moment he was taken away in cuffs. >> he's going to jail, and there ain't nothing you can do about it. >> janai: did it affect his performance on the course? >> whit: new arrest in paradise. a fifth american speaking out overnight now facing charges for allegedly having rounds of ammunition in a suitcase. >> i couldn't believe they was in there. >> whit: where her case stands now.

♪ stayin' alive ♪ >> gio: and staying alive. >> turner goes inside. the slam. >> gio: the pacers ramping up the pressure defeating the knicks and pushing the series to a game seven. all the highlights as six players score in the double digits, and the thunder look to even up their series against the mavericks. >> janai: good morning, america. things heating up in the nba and nhl. >> whit: oh, yeah. >> gio: stayin' alive. >> whit: sports janai was sending us all the stats in the text messages. >> janai: we were just happy to sing along to "stayin' alive." that's all gio and i are here for. thank you for joining us this morning. overnight police officers making arrests at the university of pennsylvania during pro-palestinian protests and word of a plan to occupy one of the school's buildings. also unrest overnight at the university of chicago. >> gio: we will also have the latest on supreme court justice samuel alito after that image

obtained by "the new york times" of an upside flag flying outside his home three years ago just after the january 6th riot at the u.s. capitol. the inverted flag, a symbol adopted by some 2020 election deniers. >> whit: but we begin with that deadly weather in the south. at least seven people now reported killed and catastrophic storms in texas. president biden approving a disaster declaration for the state overnight, and just outside of pittsburgh, a confirmed tornado knocked down trees and power lines. somara theodore is here with the latest as these storms move east today. good morning, somara. >> somara: good morning, whit. we have video of that tornado in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, an ef-1 tornado, maximum winds 105 miles per hour hit the highland park neighborhood, as well as causing damage to the pittsburgh zoo, and this is the 23rd consecutive day we've had at least one tornado reported or confirmed. they have a flood warning in pittsburgh this morning. you know who else has the threat for flooding, down along the gulf coast from new orleans to

mobile into tallahassee, we could see flooding, not only flooding, but flash flooding, and these warnings and watches will expire eastward as the day goes on. as we move east, our threat for severe weather starts to grow. damaging wind, flash flooding, and tornadoes possible in the area in the zone in yellow from destin to savannah. that's a look at the forecast, janai, back to you. >> janai: it's been weeks we've started off our weekends tracking those storms or some kind of severe weather event. somara, thank you. now to the new video obtained exclusively by cnn that appears to show music mogul diddy assaulting his then girlfriend singer, cassie, in a los angeles hotel in 2016. the incident appears to support allegations outlined in a lawsuit against diddy last year. abc's melissa adan is here now with the details, and a warning for those at home, melissa, because these images are extremely disturbing to see. >> yes, janai. so rapper sean "diddy" combs with accusations of sexual assault and sex trafficking,

all of which he denies, and this shows a domestic violence altercation, and, yes, we want to warn you, this video shows domestic violence, and it is difficult to watch. this morning a look at the disturbing hotel surveillance video exclusively obtained by cnn of music mogul sean "diddy" combs amid several assault allegations. the video from march 2016 reportedly shows combs attacking his then girlfriend, singer cassie ventura, throwing her to the ground near an elevator in a los angeles hotel, then seen kicking her twice and trying to drag her away. ventura's attorney responding to the video stating, the gut-wrenching video has only further confirmed the disturbing and predatory behavior of mr. combs. words cannot express the courage and fortitude that ms. ventura has shown in coming forward to bring this to light. the incident appears to support very much tur ra's claims long denied by combs from a now settled lawsuit filed last november stating around march 2016 at the intercontinental hotel in century city, los

angeles, mr. combs became extremely intoxicated and punched ms. ventura in the face giving her a black eye. the lawsuit was settled outside of court for an undisclosed amount with no admission of wrongdoing. ventura's husband posting a letter on instagram he says he wrote a while back condemning domestic violence writing in the caption, i want my kids and every kid to live in a world that is safe for women and girls, protects them, and treats them as equals. this comes months after federal authorities raided combs' l.a. and miami homes seizing his electronics. sources tell abc news, the rapper is at the center of an ongoing investigation into human trafficking. combs' attorney calling the raids a witch hunt adding, mr. combs is innocent and will continue to fight every single day to clear his name. now, abc news did reach out to combs for a comment and have not heard back. meantime, the national domestic violence hotline is available

24/7 for anyone who needs help. the hotline currently experiencing long wait times and call volume, but anyone who needs help is encouraged to call. that number, 1-800-799-safe, gio. >> gio: incredibly disturbing video. all right, melissa, thank you so much. now to the world's top golfer and what he's saying about his arrest outside the pga championship in kentucky and what happened afterwards. trevor ault has details on this. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, gio. so, this was shocking, not just because scottie scheffler is the best golfer in the world, but also because he is notoriously mild-mannered. in this four-hour stretch friday in which he was arrested, charged with felony assault of a police officer, and then released from jail and brought back to the course to play was one of the most bizarre moments in sports we have seen in quite some time. >> guys. >> reporter: this morning the world's top ranked golfer, scottie scheffler, facing a felony charge. his stunning arrest caught on camera outside the pga

championship in louisville, kentucky. >> right now he's going to jail. >> okay. >> okay, he's going to jail, and there ain't nothing you can do about it. >> reporter: it happened early friday morning outside valhalla golf course. police on the scene after a man working at the event was struck and killed by a shuttle bus. scheffler's attorney says a police officer told him to drive around a line of cars waiting to enter. and espn reporter jeff darlington says sheffler drove slowly onto the median. >> the police arrived on the driver's side door. the car then proceeded, and then you basically saw the police officer kind of -- >> did he fall over? >> we saw him sort of disappear behind the car. >> reporter: the police report says scheffler refused to stop accelerating forward and dragging that officer, who suffered pain, swelling, and abrasions to his left wrist and knee. darlington then filming the moment scheffler was taken off in handcuffs. the golfer photographed in this mug shot wearing an orange jumpsuit now facing multiple

charges including second-degree assault of a police officer, but released early enough to get a ride back to the course and make his tee time the same morning. >> take some distance off. >> reporter: after the round, scheffler said he couldn't reveal specifics of the incident but said he never meant to disobey any officer's orders. >> my body was -- i was shaking, you know, almost, i would say, in shock and in fear. it was just a huge misunderstanding this morning that will get resolved fairly quickly. >> reporter: now, the county attorney says they're still obtaining information in this case. they're going to review it and scheffler did not just come out and play yesterday. he played really well, shot a 66 and moved up the leaderboard. it's actually possible he could win the tournament sunday then face his arraignment on tuesday. whit? >> whit: that would be something. trevor ault, thank you. this morning supreme court justice samuel alito is under fire. "the new york times" obtaining this photo of an american flag flying upside down reportedly at alito's home in the days just

after the january 6th riot. abc's white house correspondent maryalice parks joins us now from washington with more. maryalice, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, whit, good morning. the central question here is whether justice alito or someone from his family was trying to show solidarity with those who wanted to subvert the 2020 election results or even with those who stormed the capitol on january 6th. now, according to "the new york times," the american flag flew upside down for days at the alito house right before president biden's inauguration. flags, of course, are never supposed to be flown upside down unless to signal great distress, but former president trump supporters had adopted it as a symbol. some even carrying it as they stormed the capitol. now, justice alito has not replied to our request, but blamed his wife in a comment to "the times" and has downplayed the incident. still the leading democrat on the senate judiciary committee dick durbin is calling for alito to recuse himself from all january 6th-related cases. the court is expected to rule on two cases related to the attack on the capitol in the next few

weeks, including one about whether trump has immunity for his actions. now, since the news broke, several legal scholars have been questioning whether alito showed bias here and damaged his credibility. of course, even the perception of a conflict of interest could be problematic and undermine faith in the courts. janai? >> janai: and that is one of the concerns, maryalice. thank you. overnight pro-palestinian protests on university campuses heating up around the country. philadelphia police officers swarming the university of pennsylvania, taking several demonstrators away in handcuffs. members of the penn gaza solidarity saying they were planning to occupy one of the school's buildings and protesters at the university of chicago surrounding that school's institute of politics buildings. a line of students standing with their arms interlocked standing and barricading the back of the building. abc news contributor heidi heitkamp was actually doing a zoom interview with abc newslive when some protesters entered her

office. she said that she could hear them saying that she needed to leave and realized they were trying to occupy the institute of politics. she thankfully was not harmed, and heitkamp is safe. gio. >> gio: all right, janai. now to the american woman arrested in the turks and caicos, a few rounds of ammunition were found in her luggage now telling her story as she is detained in the country. morgan norwood is following this, and this seems to be happening more and more. >> reporter: sharitta grier is the fifth american arrested for ammunition in their luggage all within recent months and since released, but she is still stuck on the island. this morning she says she is in shock and had no idea those bullets were in her bag. this morning, a florida mom speaking out for the first time after she was jailed on the islands of turks and caicos accused of bringing bullets in her luggage. sharitta grier talking with abc affiliate wftv. >> they searched the bag and said they found two rounds in

the bottom of my duffel bag carry-on. >> reporter: grier was on her way home from a mother's day trip with her daughter last weekend when officials say they found two rounds of ammunition at the bottom of her suitcase. >> i didn't know what was going to happen, because i couldn't believe they was in there. >> reporter: grier is the fifth american in recent months to be arrested under a strict new amendment to a law already on the books in turks and caicos that calls for up to 12 years in prison for anyone found in possession of illegal guns and ammunition. bryan hagerich and ryan watson arrested and charged under that same law this year and they're still on the island awaiting sentencing and say they spoke to sharitta at the police station this week. >> we were completely shocked. part of our goal for all of this was to not have somebody else have to go through the situation that we've gone through, and, unfortunately, here we are again talking about this yet again with now a fifth american. >> reporter: and grier was released on a $15,000 bond and can't leave the island until her

case is complete. she also must report to the police station every week. her next court date is set for july, but, whit, the u.s. state department continues to remind americans to check their luggage before heading to turks. >> whit: the fact this keeps happening, just incredible. all right. morgan, thank you. the man convicted of attacking former house speaker nancy pelosi's husband has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. david depape was convicted of assault and attempted kidnapping of a federal official in november. body camera video showing him hitting paul pelosi with a hammer just as police arrived at the home. pelosi suffered a fractured skull and other injuries. >> janai: all right, whit, turning overseas to the israel-hamas war now. as the israeli military says it has recovered the bodies of three hostages. all of them, israel says, were killed during the october 7th hamas attack. abc's marcus moore joins us live from tel aviv with the latest. good morning to you, marcus. >> reporter: janai, good morning. we are at hostage square here in tel aviv. this place that pays homage to

the hostages still in captivity and those who lost their lives. and as you can imagine, for their family each and every day, there's a roller coaster of emotions, and now comes news of a grim recovery. this morning, we are learning more about those three israeli hostages now confirmed dead by the israeli defense force. israel announcing it recovered the bodies of 23-year-old shani louk, 28-year-old amit bouskila, and 57-year-old itshak gelernter who were reportedly found in a tunnel after being taken hostage by hamas gunmen on october 7th. israeli defense forces saying all three were killed by hamas while they were trying to run from a music festival that hamas gunmen raided in southern israel, and their bodies were taken back to gaza. in a statement, the remaining hostage families putting pressure on israel for urgent action to, quote, swiftly bring back all our brothers and sisters from their cruel captivity, both living and deceased. >> not all of them, we don't believe all of them are alive.

we don't know exactly what the breakdown is. >> reporter: the white house swiftly waving off concerns that this latest release of deceased hostages could impact cease-fire talks. >> it's difficult to see how this grim news today is going to have a major effect on the hostage deal negotiations. >> reporter: israeli prime minister netanyahu calling the news, quote, heartbreaking and saying, we will return all our hostages, both the living and the dead. netanyahu also visiting troops near rafah earlier this week for the first time since the start of the war as the idf doubles down on its operations there. this as the first shipments of desperately needed humanitarian aid rolls into gaza from the newly built u.s. floating pier, and this morning israeli officials say there are 129 hostages still in captivity, and officials say that 37 of them are presumed dead. at the same time, the biden administration says that at least five americans, whit, are among those hostages still in

captivity. >> whit: all right, marcus moore for us, thank you. we are staying overseas now and the war in ukraine. russian troops moving on with their assault on the kharkiv region and the new message from vladimir putin on russia's next moves. abc's foreign correspondent james longman is live for us in ukraine with the latest. james, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, whit. it was another night of air sirens and the distant thud of air defenses as kharkiv defended itself from missile and drone attacks. this incursion by russia started a week ago, but now vladimir putin is saying he doesn't want to occupy kharkiv. speaking in china, he said he only wants to create a buffer zone to stop ukraine from attacking russian territory. he's always framed this invasion as a defensive one, that russia is the victim, and this was very much a message to his own people and perhaps to china helping, of course, to pay for his war effort. he also used the word "today," so he may not want to occupy kharkiv right now, but as ever

his plans might change, and i spoke to president zelenskyy this week. he said the situation was incredibly serious. some 8,000 people have had to flee their homes in the northern kharkiv region already, and they're dealing with massive weapon and ammunition shortages, but a bigger issue for ukraine is manpower, and that is why this week they passed a new law which requires criminals to sign up for the war effort. guys? >> gio: all right, james. thank you so much for your reporting. and back here at home a huge defeat for the united auto workers, which is trying to expand its membership in the south. thousands of mercedes-benz workers in alabama voted against joining the union. this comes now a month after the uaw won an organizing drive of more than 4,000 volkswagen workers in tennessee. the union's president saying the vote isn't a failure, but it's a bump in the road. >> janai: all right. well, it is time now for the weather and, you guys, we have been talking about this. it seems like so many of the last weekends we start with a storm that leads off the show.

somara, you've been covering it, and it's another unsettled weekend. >> somara: it is. unfortunately, for the south they're dealing with the threat of severe weather. here in the northeast, maybe not strong storms, but it's been really gloomy. this is an earth cam shot of new york city. we're off to a decent start. those peaks of sunshine capitalize on it, trust me, because look what's coming, unsettled for days this weekend. this is this afternoon. temperatures in d.c., low 60s, boston, mid-50s, lots of clouds. that's what that gray shading is you're seeing, the clouds. blue denoting rain showers moving through, and sunday we're a bit drier, but the cloud coverage still sticking around. and i mean over the last six months, we're seeing 150% of normal when it comes to this in parts of the northea

>> somara: and that's a look at your local forecast. the good news, guys, is here in the northeast, we're in for sunshine and warmer air in the week ahead. >> gio: good news. hope it stretches into the rest of the country. somara, thank you. to the nba playoffs now, and the pacers tying things up with a game six win over the knicks. abc's ike ejiochi is here with the highlights and a look ahead to tonight's thunder/mavericks matchup. good morning, ike. >> good morning. good morning. knicks fans are going to have to wait just a little longer for this one. it was a good game last night, but, hey, it's the playoffs, right. the pacers pushing the series to a game seven last night. indiana defeating the knicks, 116-103 maintaining their perfect postseason record. now, the game was close until the second quarter when the pacers began to pull away. pascal siakam leading the way

for indiana with 25 points. the pacers sharing the ball last night with six players reaching double figures. jalen brunson finishing with 31 points but hitting a tough stretch. at one point going 0 for 11. deuce mcbride, a fan favorite, going 8 for 12 and notching 20 points in the starting effort. the team hoping he can carry that over to game seven sunday night in new york right here on abc. now, meanwhile, the playoff action continues tonight, the oklahoma city thunder down 3-2 traveling to dallas to take on the mavericks in a must-win game to keep their playoff hopes alive. two mvp finalists, shai gilgeous-alexander and luka doncic, hoping to take their respective teams to the western conference final where they'll take on the winner of the minnesota timberwolves and denner nuggets. now, anthony edwards helping hand the nuggets their worst loss in a playoffs game, now facing nikola jokic one more

time to take the timberwolves to the conference series for the second time in franchise history. >> janai: that nuggets loss was a tough one. >> it was bad. >> gio: another winner, though, that suit. >> whit: ron burgundy, stay classy. looking good, as always. >> gio: we are covering a lot more here on "gma" this saturday. human trafficking allegations against controversial internet personalities, andrew and tristan tate. >> janai: and what a new study says about keeping the weight off when it comes to one of the most popular weight loss medications. stick around. you're watching "gma" this saturday morning. (speaker 1) oh! (speaker 2) blue buffalo, huh? (speaker 1) yeah. purina one... (speaker 2) yeah. (speaker 1) i used to feed purina one, but then i read the ingredients. (speaker 2) oh, yeah? (speaker 1) yeah, it's right there. (speaker 2) chicken, rice flour, corn gluten meal, whole grain corn, chicken byproduct meal. what's in blue? (speaker 1) deboned chicken, chicken meal, brown rice, barley, oatmeal. (speaker 2) yeah, but those ingredients cost a lot more. (speaker 1) blue is only about 50 cents more a day. that's not too much for my chester.

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always live. abc seven news starts right now. >> good morning, i'm stephanie sierra today san francisco mayor london breed is kicking off her reelection campaign at the fillmore. breed is expected to share more about her vision for another term as mayor. special guests will also appear, including the former giants announcer renel brooks-moon. breed is running against supervisors aaron peskin, asher safai, along with daniel lurie and former interim mayor mark farrell. all right, that may, gray continues today. let's check in with lisa. >> all right, stephanie, good morning to you at the coast. we won't see any clearing mount tam. lots of low clouds right now. everyone is in the 50s. we'll get into breezy winds and sunny skies. already beginning to see some sun in the south

bay. stephanie. >> thanks, lisa, and thank you all for joining us. the news continues

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>> i am. >> gio: whoo. welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. some megastar power bringing the broadway hit "wicked" to the big screen. coming up, will ganss will look at what it takes for a musical to make it at the box office, and can "wicked" win over audiences? i might even say, can it defy gravity? >> janai: i wish you could have seen the look we just gave each other because gio sent the trailer to our group chat. it made him cry. >> whit: he cried. the trailer. >> gio: okay, but it's one of my favorite broadway shows, one of my favorite novels. it is a really powerful story. >> janai: and looks like it will be fantastic. we would have cried too. >> whit: you're a tearful, emotional guy, and that's what we love about you. >> janai: now we take a look at some of the other big stories we're following. happening right now, deadly storms with seven tornadoes, reports across four states just on friday alone. at least seven people are now reported killed after powerful winds reaching over 100 miles per hour, and a tornado left a

trail of destruction in the houston area. president biden approving a disaster declaration for the state of texas overnight. >> whit: also right now, some encouraging news for the economy. the dow closing above 40,000 for the first time in its 139-year history. the record coming after new numbers were released this week showing inflation easing. >> gio: and it was a great week for the las vegas aces. the wnba players not only received their championship rings and got to hang their second title banner, but each player on the team's roster was also gifted 100,000 bucks. the las vegas convention and visitors authority sponsoring the gift saying it just wants each member to keep playing and representing the city. now, you can watch the wnba doubleheader this afternoon. caitlin clark and the indiana fever face the liberty at 1:00 p.m. eastern followed by the sparks taking on the aces at 3:00 p.m. right here on abc. >> whit: and you know what you can do after that? >> janai: you can stick around for "world news tonight" with whit johnson. >> whit: there you go, that's right.

no need to change the channel. >> janai: "oh baby!" is on earlier. >> whit: that's right. all right. we do want to start this half hour with a closer look at the top political headlines and joining us from washington are white house correspondent maryalice parks and abc news contributor, asma khalid. good morning to both of you. it's great to have you. so, maryalice, let's start with you there, because both president biden and donald trump back on the campaign trail and trump returning to minnesota. this is a state that hasn't gone for a republican nominee for president since richard nixon. we were checking the almanac on that one, so what needs to happen for this state to turn red? >> reporter: yeah, whit, the former president was there in minnesota overnight. he claimed that the state is in play, and he has a shot of winning there. but, look, a lot would need to go wrong for biden for trump to win that state. this is a blue state with a democratic governor and democrats control both chambers in the state house. in 2020, despite what trump says, biden actually won big

there. 2016 trump did get within fighting distance of hillary clinton. he only lost to her by about 44,000 votes. that year there were a number of votes, about 7%, that went to independent and third-party candidates. so, i do think that if, for example, rfk jr. or another sort of a leading independent candidate were to get on the ballot there, that could potentially make a difference. and in 2020 when biden did so well, he did so by really running up the score in the cities, in minneapolis and st. paul. there is, of course, two ways to win an election. you can get your base to come out, or you can also flip those swing voters. he really got his base out in 2020, and i think that republicans are looking at some of the divisions in the democratic party right now, especially over the war in gaza, and they're wondering if they can take advantage of that, and they're wondering if biden can get the same numbers out in minnesota this year, so we'll see. >> janai: asma, i want to bring you in. concerning president biden, who has stops in atlanta and detroit this weekend, really leaning in

on black voters. when you talk about black voters, it is, i mean, so wide, even from atlanta to detroit. two very different cities. how is his support among black voters, and what are the challenges he's facing? >> yeah, i mean, the president certainly does seem to have some weaknesses that we see in the polls when we talk about black voters, particularly young black voters, and if you look at a state like georgia, biden won the state of georgia in 2020 by the slimmest of slim margins. it was just around a little less than 12,000 votes, and what he did in that state was really stitch together a multiracial coalition. i was just in georgia. i got back a little bit ago, and what i was doing was talking to organizers, black organizers, young youth organizers, and they tell me that they are worried, and they're not really worried that huge numbers of voters will decide to vote for donald trump this fall. what they're worried about is that some folks will stay home, and it's not necessarily about the war in gaza, though that's certainly a hot button issue on college campuses, it's also about things like many young

voters told me that they are dissatisfied, that the president has not put forth comprehensive changes and reforms around voting rights and the criminal justice reform, and the biden campaign knows it's a big priority and why we're seeing him at morehouse and speaking at the naacp event in michigan on sunday. >> gio: asma, this week we found out about two debates happening. one of them will be held right here on abc. who has more to prove here? >> oh, gosh, who has more to prove? i think both men have a lot to prove. a lot of voters are very concerned. we hear this time and again about both biden and trump's age and competence in this regard. i think what i hear from the biden campaign, though, is that they believe that voters are not paying attention and have not tuned in, that this november will be a contrast and a choice between donald trump and joe biden. they are hoping that a one-on-one debate between these two men will really crystallize that contrast in voters' minds. and the other thing i'll say is

that this is not going to be a traditional debate where there is a live audience, and the biden folks think that is potentially to their advantage and eliminates the idea of a spectacle where folks can either cheer or jeer, and they believe will allow people to really tune in on the issues, but we'll see, because thus far a lot of folks are not yet paying attention. >> whit: we'll see if everybody follows those rules, as well. maryalice, let's turn back now overseas and the war in the middle east, because the u.s. completing that new pier to help deliver aid to gaza. how could this impact the relationship between the u.s. and israel? >> reporter: this is a massive project, $320 million, a huge logistical undertaking. a thousand u.s. troops deployed to try to make this work, but still real questions about whether it is actually a sensible solution. aid groups we talked to say there is just absolutely no substitution for those land crossings, that that is how most aid would still be able to get into gaza, and just a few miles away, we know that israel seized control of that rafah border

crossing with egypt. they have stopped it. they have shut it down, absolutely closed it. they've let no aid in. so, again, really big questions about how much pull the u.s. has here. they've been demanding israel open that land crossing, open that land border, but israel has not done that, and the aid groups i talked to this week just really feeling absolutely desperate. they have starving children and they are talking about children being on the brink of famine. no medicine getting in and no people getting out of that land crossing regardless of what happens with this pier, guys. >> gio: maryalice parks and asma khalid, thanks for joining us. fascinating conversation. thank you so much. and time now for the weather. somara theodore is back, and you're still following strong storms. >> somara: it's all that planet earth is giving us right now. so many active storms in the south. take a look. so, we have flooding is as a primary concern in new orleans, mobile, but also the threat for damaging winds, maybe even a few tornadoes possible from the florida panhandle right into savannah. now, these storms are actually riding this boundary. we have this heat dome that has built. we're seeing major heat down in central america in the gulf of

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part of an investigation for abc's "impact x nightline" on hulu. patrick, good morning to you. he's facing two, three legal cases in two different countries, and he is extremely influential. >> reporter: good morning, janai. yeah, we actually spent more than a year looking into andrew tate, a man who is likely very familiar to the parents of teenage boys. he's presented himself as a masculine role model, but as you say, he is now facing legal cases in two countries on allegations of abusing women. andrew tate, known as the king of toxic masculinity. >> i will state right now that i am absolutely sexist, and i'm absolutely a misogynistist. >> reporter: the former kick boxer turned male influencer has built up a huge following online, mostly among young men. but in real life tate is now facing three legal cases in two countries, all on allegations of abusing women. for 18 months tate and his younger brother, tristan, have been awaiting trial here in romania where they've lived for

years. the brothers charged with human trafficking forming an organized criminal group and andrew with rape. the tates vehemently denying the charges that they sexually exploited seven women. >> are you ready for this to go on for a long time? i mean, it's -- >> i'm built for war. it's fine. >> reporter: the tates are also facing similar allegations from years earlier in britain before andrew was famous. evie is one of four british women now pursuing allegations in a civil case of sexual against tate, which he denies. abc is not giving evie's real name over concerns she could face retribution from tate's fans. >> so he -- we were having sex, and he strangled me until i passed out. >> did he say anything to you? >> yeah, so he -- he sort of kept saying things like, i own you. you're mine, kind of like possessive things. he was quite aggressive and kept on holding me against the wall by my neck. >> reporter: evie didn't go to

the police at the time, but she did tell others about various parts of the alleged incident, who later confirmed those conversations. british police investigated the other three women's allegations, but after four years, prosecutors declined to prosecute citing insufficient evidence. the women allege the case was mishandled. tate's spokesperson said he vehemently denies these accusations and does not condone violence of any kind towards women. he is saddened that a few opportunistic women who he's allegedly spent time with nearly a decade ago have decided to take advantage of his current situation. the tates also now facing another new criminal case in the uk on allegations also of human trafficking and rape, allegations they deny. the tates deny those charges as well, but the brothers are also facing allegations that they were selling a course online that anti-trafficking experts allege was teaching methods that resemble sex trafficking techniques. the tates also deny that. we look into this in our hulu special, a lot really to dig

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musical of all time and certainly the most cosmopolitan, and the trailer is still trending on youtube this morning, but will all the hype translate to seeing green at the box office? has there ever been a movie trailer quite this popular? ♪ i know about popular ♪ >> reporter: fans and even some cast members of the broadway blockbuster reacting in realtime to the "wicked" trailer. >> she's so diabolical. >> just makes me want to cry. i'm just going to be crying for the next six months. >> reporter: the studio spending a whole lot of green to make this movie, to the tune of an estimated 145 million bucks. scary, yeah, when you consider the other movie musicals that coughed up a $100 million hairball not so long ago. ♪ curious cats ♪ >> movie musicals always come in with their backs against the wall. it's one of two genres that come in with predisposition bias against it, because people go, i

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>> gio: all right, coming >> gio: all right, coming up on "gma" in our second hour talking travel for memorial day. stick around. travel for memorial day. stick around.

good morning, i'm stephanie sierra. happening right now. if you're heading to wine country this weekend, you may want to plan to allow some extra time. eastbound highway 37 from sears point in sonoma county to highway 29 in vallejo is closed for repaving work. the detour you can see on the map is outlined in green. it is scheduled to reopen at 5:00 monday morning. this is the last scheduled closure of that highway. today, the bay area is celebrating the new golden state valkyries with a block party. the event will begin at 2:00 at thrive city, right outside chase center. the valkyries haven't even played a game yet, but their sales are taking off, surpassing 10,000 deposits on season tickets already. and there was a big jump this week

after the team revealed its name and logo. the team makes its wnba debut in 2025. pretty cute purple sweatshirts. lisa >> oh yeah. so fun. and in fact, big news for the weather over the weekend is the warm up that will get underway for the second half of the weekend in time for a brighter beat of breakers. right now it's cloudy, not only in san francisco, 54. the airport is sunny, though 56 in oakland and redwood city, there's a look at the airport, so brightening up from oakland down through mountain view and san jose. it is 58 by the delta with some breezy winds. here's a look at how the fog gets swept away from the coast tomorrow. today though, it will be cloudy at the shoreline. and for your sunday that begins the warm up with less of a marine influence and that sea breeze right along the coast and not as robust. so 75 today in concord. look for upper 70s near average in our inland valleys and we'll be looking at that warm up lasting through tuesday. stephanie >> lisa, thank you. and thank you all for joining us. gma is next.

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>> whit: good morning, america. it's our second hour. deadly storms. at least seven people now reported killed after powerful winds and a tornado leave a trail of destruction in the houston area. still picking up the pieces from windows ow