>> good morning america for our viewers in the west. with just eight days to go, still no deal on the debt ceiling. dead locked. house speaker kevin mccarthy saying privately, quote, we're nowhere near a deal, as the country barrels toward a potentially catastrophic default. this morning what it all means for your finances. new details on a 19-year-old who drove a u-haul into a security barrier near the white house. the secret service saying he's a nazi sympathizer who wanted to kill the president. race for the white house. florida governor ron desantis set to kick off his presidential campaign in a twitter event with elon musk, and a new campaign stop for trump.

south carolina becoming the latest state to pass a near total abortion ban. now what the state senators who tried to block it, including three republicans, are saying this morning. netflix and a crackdown. password sharing in the past. what it means for your household, when you travel, and adding members. family feud contestant who joked that getting married was a mistake now on trial for killing his estranged wife. breaking down back pain. what a study reveals about the 600 million people suffering world wide and how it affects women differently than men. killer whale revenge? what's behind this group of orcas led by one named gladis attacking and sinking boats? ready, set, shop. we're gonna find the best memorial day weekend deals on appliances, outdoor gear and more, and how the new return policies could cost you. ♪ i will survive ♪ >> and staying alive.

the boston celtics holding off the heat, forcing a game 5 and hoping to make their way into the history books. plus a yankee fan who was out of left field. >> you're scared of a squirrel? >> the squirrel, this squirrel going nuts in the out field and stealing the show. >> announcer: live in times square, this is good morning america. >> he did survive seeing that squirrel. all right. the expression on those faces, priceless. >> very priceless. also this morning, ginger is tracking the massive typhoon slamming into american territory right now. guam is getting hit with high winds up to 140 miles an hour and 15 foot storm surges. we're going to have more on that ahead. still no deal on the debt ceiling. negotiations resuming this morning. we have team coverage from the white house and wall street starting out with terry moran outside of the white house.

good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, george. it's crunch time for these negotiations. the vibe here is bad. instead of signs that a negotiation is reaching some kind of conclusion in these critical final days, officials are blasting speaker of the house kevin mccarthy, accusing him of talking out of both sides of his mouth. sources telling reporters that while mccarthy claims in public he's willing to negotiate, behind the scenes they say he's rejecting any compromise on things like increasing revenues through closing tax loopholes for the wealthy or moderating gop demands for deep cuts in health care and education, meals on wheels, veterans programs. and other areas. sources think the problem is kevin mccarthy is beholden to the most extreme republican house members. those people aren't going to be voting for any deal any way. meanwhile officials are confirming president biden has agreed to a spending freeze through 2024 which could save about $1 trillion over the next

ten years. and clawing back billions in unspent covid funds. but all in all here, there is no deal in sight. michael? >> all right, terry. the big question is, can both sides actually agree on a deal? we're gonna find that out. our senior congressional correspondent rachel scott has the latest from capitol hill. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: hey, michael. good morning. leaders are not only under pressure to strike a deal but reach an agreement that could get the broad support of members in their own party. that's why these negotiations have become such a delicate balance for house speaker kevin mccarthy and president biden. republicans want stricter work requirements for some federal aid programs including food stamps. i talked to several progressives from the democratic party who say that's a nonstarter. they will not vote for that. republicans are drawing a hard line when it comes to deep spending cuts. bottom line, neither side will get everything it wants. time is running out. the house is scheduled to leave for recess tomorrow. members will be leaving washington.

negotiators say there's still significant gaps in the negotiations and discussions and speaker of the house kevin mccarthy has privately told his members they are nowhere near a deal, michael. >> all right. thank you very much, rachel. the debt ceiling showdown in washington has wall street on edge. trevor ault is there this morning for what this all means for your wallet. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, michael. so even with a week left, just the chaos from the negotiations is already causing what appears to be shakiness on wall street. yesterday the dow dropped fairly sharply, down 231 points. s&p and the nasdaq also dropped yesterday, too. it's starting to raise concerns. we could see a repeat of what we saw in 2011 when lawmakers did reach an agreement to raise the debt ceiling in time. even so afterwards the s&p downgraded the u.s. credit rating in part because of how those negotiations were handled. we want to remind everybody what's at stake if we were to default on our debt. on top of seeing the stock market potentially tumble, your

401k being impacted. it's possible mortgage rates could surge. we could be talking about possibly millions of jobs lost. most economists agree defaulting on our debt would be catastrophic for our country. even so, what we are seeing right now is just the fight to raise the debt limit. >> we are seeing that, trevor. we're going back to washington where we are learning more about the u-haul attack near the white house. the 19-year-old suspect is set to appear in federal court today. our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas is in washington with the latest. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: robin, good morning. overnight secret service agents searched the young man's home looking for answers. they want to know if he is mentally unstable or a true believing nazi. and if so, who, if anyone, radicalized him. this morning the secret service says this man, who allegedly rammed a u-haul truck into a barrier only blocks from the

white house is a nazi sympathizer who wanted to kill the president. newly released court documents claim the 19-year-old told investigators his goal was to get to the white house, seize power and be put in charge of the nation. when he was asked how he would seize power, he allegedly stated he would kill the president. if that's what i have to do. and would hurt anyone that would stand in my way. it was an extremely dangerous situation unfolding monday evening with a huge rental truck barrelling down the heart of the nation's capital, headed toward the white house. sources telling abc news that at 9:35 p.m., the truck sped down 17th street and took a hard turn on to 8th street, crashing into a barrier protecting lafayette square and the white house. pedestrians nearby running for their lives. the suspect then gets out of the 26 foot u-haul truck. police descending on the scene. streets are blocked off and a robot was brought in to search

for explosives and weapons. but none were found. >> i proceeded to run because i didn't know if someone was going to get out of the u-haul with a weapon. >> reporter: according to the secret service, the man pulled a flag with a swastika out of a backpack. he was arrested on the scene and taken into custody for questioning. he allegedly said he's been planning the attack for six months and told agents he purchased the flag online because nazis had a great history and he embraceded hitler as a strong leader. the suspect flew to dulles airport from st. louis on a one way ticket arriving 8 p.m. monday, less than two hours before the attack. he's due back in court as prosecutors try to keep him locked up, claiming he's dangerous and a flight risk. george? >> thanks. now to the latest on the race to the white house. florida governor ron desantis taking to twitter tonight for the official launch of his presidential campaign one day after south carolina senator tim scott launched his campaign. chief washington correspondent jon karl is tracking the growing gop field from miami.

good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. ron desantis has summoned big money contributors to his campaigns here to the four seasons in miami as he prepares to make that announcement official with elon musk tonight on twitter. plenty of money and name recognition, ron desantis is the most formidable opponent to the front runner, donald trump. he teased the announcement by a video tweeted by his wife. >> is it worth the fight? do i have the courage? >> reporter: desantis campaign said the official statement will come with an audio only discussion on twitter with elon musk. first campaign appearance not planned until next week. although desantis has already appeared like a candidate for sometime, making trips to iowa and new hampshire. >> thank you. >> wow. crowded, huh? >> reporter: trying the person to person campaigning he is not known for.

what's your name? >> how are you? >> i'm wonderful. >> reporter: he's also made a foreign trip where he awkwardly avoided questions about running for president. >> i'm not a candidate. we'll see if and when that changes. >> reporter: his challenge now is to try to find a way to beat trump without alienating trump supporters. his first campaign for governor, desantis ran as a clone of donald trump. >> then mr. trump said, you're fired. i love that part. >> reporter: he won that republican primary largely because he had trump's support. now trump is relentlessly attacking him, even with this, the very first trump campaign ad of 2024. >> isn't it time desantis remembers how he got to where he is? truth is there's only one person who can make america great again. >> reporter: and the trump team is mocking desantis for announcing his plans on twitter, saying, quote, announcing on twitter is perfect for ron desantis. this way he doesn't have to interact with people and the media can't ask him any questions. trump has already spent millions

of dollars on television ads attacking desantis. in fact, george, trump and his political organizations have spent more money attacking desantis than they spent in the entire 2022 midterm cycle supporting republican congressional candidates. as for desantis, he has privately said trump cannot win, cannot beat joe biden, but has said very little critical of him in public. george? >> jon karl, thanks. donald trump is facing more political challengers as his legal troubles mount. aaron katersky joins us now. the former president could be sitting in a courtroom right in the middle of the republican primaries. >> reporter: george, he called that very unfair that his criminal trial for falsifying business records is going to coincide with primary season. in fact, when he appeared here in court virtually, he looked really irritated when the judge set that trial date of march 25, 2024 forcing trump to juggle his campaign to recapture the white house with a criminal case that stems from a hush payment to stormy daniels.

trump said the case is election interference. but with a trial date now firm the judge reminded trump nothing can conflict with his appearance in court. no speech, no rally, no debate. trump is say himself, but the judge warned him not to share evidence otherwise he could be held in contempt. by the time he goes on trial here in manhattan, trump could be facing a range of criminal charges. investigations involving january 6, election interference in georgia and his handling of classified material are all nearing a conclusion, george, as soon as this summer. robin? >> thank you for your reporting. now we move to south carolina becoming the latest state to pass restrictions on abortions, banning the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy. eva pilgrim has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: south carolina is one of the last states in the southeast to restrict abortion access after roe v. wade was overturned.

getting this bill passed had a major hurdle. five female senators. overnight, south carolina adding itself to the list of states enacting near total abortion bans. it took three failed attempts, but in a special legislative session, the republican-led state senate passing a law that bans abortions after six weeks. that's before most women even know they're pregnant. the south carolina bill will require that pregnant women have two in-person doctors appointments before receiving an abortion. 15 states have already stopped nearly all abortions. south carolina's governor already saying he will sign this bill into law soon, making it 16 effectively creating an abortion access desert for women in the southeast. for weeks, an unlikely group of allies, the only five women in south carolina's 46-seat senate prevented an abortion ban from passing. they call themselves the sister senators. how many of you are democrats?

how many are republicans? how many are independents? pro life? >> we're all pro life. we're just not pro birth. >> forced birth. >> there you go. there's a difference. we all believe in life. we believe in life for the woman as well as a well life for the child. >> reporter: after three successful blocks last night the sister senators filibuster failed to stop the six week ban. they are not giving up and they hope they are encouraging other women to act. >> women are 51% of the south carolina population. only 14% of the general assembly and even less than that in the senate. but what i believe is women are going to show up at the ballot box. >> coming up on gma3, we will have more conversation with the sister senators. it's the first time they've sat down, all five of them together for an interview.

they are very different politically. it's an interesting sisterhood michael, it was a very interesting conversation. >> looking forward to the rest of it on gma3. >> thank you. >> we'll see you there. thank you, eva. now to supreme court justice john roberts making a rare public speech addressing the ethical controversy surrounding the court. >> i want to assure people that i am committed to making certain that we, as a court, adhere to the highest standards of conduct. we are continuing to look at things we can do to give practical effect to that commitment. >> our senior white house correspondent has more. >> reporter: good morning, michael. the chief justice does not speak publicly very often, especially about controversies involving the court. but last night at gala in washington, john roberts acknowledged growing public concern over the potential conflicts of interest involving the justices and their personal lives. this comes after that barrage of

allegations again justice clarence thomas and other justices. thomas has been accused of not properly disclosing financial ties with a gop mega donor. chief justice says he opposes new rules democrats want to put on the court but said he's confident the justices can come up with ways to police themselves, hold themselves accountable. no word on what that might be. nearly a year after the massive protests after the overturning of roe versus wade, roberts said the hardest decision he had to make was erecting fences and barricades in front of the court last year. robin? >> all right, thank you. now we have the nba playoffs. boston celtics staying alive with a win over the miami heat forcing a game 5 in the eastern conference finals. and you know will reeve was watching and has the highlights. >> i certainly was. highlights for the celtics. they were down nine points in the third quarter. their season was on the brink. then they went on an 18-0 run. we have a game 5 coming up.3-0 .

theyope to join an exclusive club to become the 14th team all time to come back from 3-1 down because boston kept their season alive last night in miami. they beat the heat by 17. thus avoiding a sweep, saying in large part to a much needed star performance from their star jason tatum. he had 33 points. the whole team shooting lights out from three point range. they made 18 threes. now the series shifts back to boston. game 5 is tomorrow night. can this year's celtics channel the 2004 red sox who famously came back from the yankees from 0-3 down. i don't know. we will be watching. >> what do you not know about sports? >> keep quizzing me. we'll find out. i don't know. [ laughter ] >> you got it, will. thanks for being here. coming up on gma the baby formula maker at the center of an ftc investigation for collusion.

>> also ahead the family feud contestant who said on air getting married was a mistake. he is now on trial for hi wife's murder. revenge of the killer ? what's behind the strange at first ginger has the latest on the massive typhoon hitting guam right now. hey, ginger. >> it's happening as we speak, michael. guam getting hit by a super typhoon, one of the strongest if it did make landfall, that they have seen in the satellite era. there have only been two cat 4 or highers before. here's the pictures in guam. 115 mile per hour wind. they are in a flash flood warning that could easily see 15 inches of rain. the waves 25 feet. the thing is slamming now and is going to move off as we go through the rest of the day. we've got severe weather to talk about. i'll get to that. your local weather in 30 seconds.

drew: a lot of cloud cover this morning been waving to sunshine this afternoon. temperatures below average, 60's, mid-70's. tonight, and even more ext marine layer. cloud cover, coastal drizzle, temperatures in the 40's and 50's. cooler weather by the end of the week. we rebounded nicely for the holiday weekend. expects any skies >> we will be right back.

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>> it is great to see him back out there. i know he's excited. going to turn to the murder trial of a former contest tent who joked on tv that getting married was a mistake. he's now charged in the killing of his estranged wife. demarco miller is here with that story. >> opening arguments are under way in the trial of tim bliefnick. police say he shot and killed his estranged wife in february and he was arrested in march and has pleaded not guilty. a family feud contestant who joked on national tv that getting married was a mistake now on trial accused of killing his estranged wife. >> what's the biggest mistake you made at your weding? >> honey, i love you, but said i do. [ laughter ] not my mistake! not my mistake. i love my wife. >> reporter: authorities say in february of this year, tim bliefnick killed his wife becky. >> searches. how to open a door with a crow bar. how to make a home made pistol silencer.

>> reporter: tuesday, he was in court for opening arguments in his case. >> the last letter to becky was, in fear, in pain, in peril. >> reporter: becky's father taking the stand tuesday telling jurors how he discovered her body. >> i ran up the stairs and then she supposedly was sick. i wented to the bedroom to see if she was laying down. didn't see anything in her bedroom. went into the attached bathroom, and that's when i found her body laying on the floor. she looked like she was dead. >> reporter: the mother of three boys shot 14 times after someone used a crow bar to enter the home where she was living. the couple was in the midst of a messy divorce. court documents showing her sister telling jurors that becky feared her husband. >> this is a text that becky sent to myself and my husband brett regarding fear for her

life. if something ever happens to me, please make sure the number one person of interest is tim. that is who would do something to me. >> reporter: the defense pouncing. >> you never sent this message to your mom or dad, correct? >> correct. >> and you did not report this message to law enforcement or anybody else for that matter? >> i did not. >> reporter: bliefnick's attorneys alleging a divorce is no reason to convict. >> no divorce is good but it's not murder. >> reporter: bliefnick has been charged with first degree murder and home invasion. his family saying with conviction and hope, they pray the trial can open the door to healing. guys? >> tough case for the family. thank you. we're going to turn now to the killer whales that appear to be targeting boats in europe, at tacking them and even managing to sink three. our foreign correspondent james longman tell us what scientists

think may be behind it. good morning, james. >> reporter: good morning, michael. we call them killer whales even though, for the most part, they are harmless. there have been a series of orca attacks on boats in european waters. they seem to be learning this aggressive behavior from one whale in particular and her name is gladis. this morning the destructive behavior of the one of the largest predators, orca whales. also known as killer whales. have scientists and sailors on high alert. >> they may be just playing with us. they won't damage the boat. >> reporter: that sound, a pod of whales running into a yacht. starting in 2020 increasing encounters has had scores of boats damaged, three sunk to the ocean floor. you're looking at the last

moment this luxury swiss sail boat saw the surface. just this month the vessel was battled by a pod of killer whales with the ship take on heavy water, the crew called for help and abandoned ship. marine scientists in spain studying the phenomena and now suggesting it could be a result of trauma, a kind of killer whale revenge for pain. pain suffered from a collision with a boat, or getting wounded by commercial fishing lines. >> every day we are thinking more and more in one of our hypothesis that one orca is the given and she only wanted to sink this boat. right now this behavior is startling. >> reporter: they named her gladis blanca and believe fellow whales have adopted her aggressive behavior. the endangered whales pose a serious danger to the waters.

like greg blackburn, navigating choppy waters just this month. he was forced to hold out for an hour as the whales tugged at his boat. >> you could feel the boat twisting. the power these creatures possess. it was incredible. >> reporter: take a look at this older orca and calf who take turns slamming the hull and charging the rudder. the boat limping back to court with a hull chain completely snapped. >> you can see an element of education going on. there's definitely teaching, which is quite unnerving itself to see the next generation now has learned. it's going to continue being a problem. >> reporter: sailors are monitoring whale activity before they set sail in order to avoid these encounters. that's not fool proof. maybe this is a lesson about humans and our impact on nature. >> could be. but they are smart. very smart. beautiful -- can we put his shot

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>> do you love me? >> i love you! >> reporter: and now looking to cut down on the more than 100 million households world wide previously estimated to share accounts. >> say it again! i dare you to say it again! >> reporter: in other words, it will now cost you to share your account with others if they don't live in your house. >> at some point this summer everybody's going to have to make a decision. do i want to ask the account holder to pay an additional $7.99 a month for me or do i want to finally step aside and get my own account? >> reporter: netflix allowing anyone on your account to transfer their profile to a new membership that they'll pay for. the company says after initial customer cancellations and reaction to the news, members and revenue both increased. >> this is just a tough day for consumers who love binge watching streaming content. they're going to have to increase their streaming budget in order to get that same entertainment fix. >> we reached out to netflix for more specifics on the crackdown, haven't heard back yet.

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>> we're back with the big memorial day sales. our consumer correspondent becky worley has the details. plus the real deal on returns, which we first saw in the wall street skwrour tphral. good morning, becky. >> robin, good morning. memorial falls in a transition time as we move into summer. sales are transitional now as retailers and shoppers alike deal with inflation fatigue. plus the issue of higher return rates that are pinching retailer profits. it's macy's memorial day sale. holiday weekends offer the opportunity to save on big ticket items. appliances like this washing machine at lowe's.

628 bucks, or $226 off its highest historical price this year. rei has their biggest day of the season including 20% off any average priced item. some discounts are being hampered by retailers struggling with returns. >> we've all been conditioned to buy as much as we want online knowing if it doesn't work out, we can just return it pretty liberally. that kind of coming to an end. >> reporter: return rates in 2022 were about 14% higher than in 2019. and that's eating into retail profits. the company also saying for every return of items worth $100, it costs retailers roughly $26.50. so that cost is being passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices. now stores instituting stricter return policies. zara, shoe carnival and h&m charging shoppers for returns by mail, but offer iffing free

returns in store, hoping customers will buy something else while they're there. amazon warning shoppers with items of higher return rates and one company offering a discount of 10% to 70% if shoppers opt to purchase an item without the option of a return. now, when it comes to these returns, rebecca jarvis told us target is going in the opposite direction. they're keeping their lenient return policy. that's a strategy to promote customer loyalty and get people in store to make returns and hopefully buy more items. nordstrom's with a historically generous return policy. it makes it even more important to know the return policy before you make a purchase. >> very important. i know that you will be back with another report in our next hour. we'll look for you then, becky. >> coming up next, our hump day play of the day.

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>> play of the day. one squirrel that was born to be wild at yankee stadium. will reeve is back with all of this action. >> michael, that yankee game last night was nuts. aaron judge hit a game tying home run in the bottom of the 9th inning. yankees won in extra innings. could this perhaps be a rally squirrel? check this guy out. scampering on the wall here in the 2nd inning. the faces on these fellows as he

runs by on the top of the wall fantastic. then he jumps off the wall. he's going to look like bo jackson, vintage bo jackson on that wall as he goes down. >> oh, no! >> he lands on his feet. yankees did, too. he won. >> where did your love of sports stem from? >> you, robin. i grew up watching you on espn. >> i gave him that softball and he knocked it right out of the park. we'll be right back.

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>> good morning america. it's 8 a.m. dead lock. with just eight days to go, still no deal on the debt ceiling. house speaker kevin mccarthy saying privately, quote, we're nowhere near a deal as the country barrels toward a near catastrophic default. this morning what it all means for your finances. >> new this morning the baby formula makers now at the center of an ftc investigation. what's behind it? uvalde one year later. abc news is in texas as we remember the 19 children and two teachers killed in the school shooting. this morning you'll meet one of the survivors. what he did that may have saved his life after he was shot. breaking down back pain.

what a new study reveals about the 600 million people suffering world wide. how it affects women versus men, and how to get relief from foot wear to exercise and treatment. dr. sutton is here. finding joy in walking. how one woman started losing to overcome grief. plus the mental and physical benefits. how you can get the most out of your walk. ♪ and we're swinging into the spider verse with hailee steinfeld live in times square. she's saying -- >> good morning america! >> announcer: live in times square, this is gma. >> we are certainly looking forward to hearing from hailee steinfeld. we're going to surprise another small business owner this morning. >> we want you to meet tim kellogg. he opened six soda bars during the pandemic.

tim survived a debilitating case of covid. now his shop is thriving. we have a big surprise for him coming up. >> we're going to begin with the debt ceiling dead lock. no deal right now. negotiations starting up again this morning. rachel scott has the latest from capitol hill. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. eight days to go, still no deal. in fact, kevin mccarthy privately told his members they are nowhere near reaching an agreement. republicans drawing a red line. they say they will not agree to raise the debt limit until the president agrees to deep spending cuts. the white house put an offer on the table that would have increased taxes on the wealthy and limited defense spending but republicans rejected that. republicans are pushing for stricter work requirements for some federal aid programs like food stamps, but several progressive democrats call that a nonstarter. bottom line here, time is running out. the house is scheduled to go on recess tomorrow. members will be leaving town. if congress does not act by june 1st the consequences here would be dire.

we're talking about troops going unpaid, social security payments being delayed and millions of jobs could be at risk, michael. >> a lot at stake there, rachel. thank you very much. now i'm going to turn to the alarming report of sex abuse in a catholic church in illinois finding 2,000 children were abused. alex perez is in chicago with all the details. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning. startling findings in this report which was the result of a five year investigation. now, in the nearly 700 page report, the illinois attorney general found that nearly 2,000 children were abused over the span of seven decades by 451 priests and lay religious brothers across the state of illinois. that's more than four times the 103 abusers the church publicly disclosed before the state began its investigation in 2018. the report also covering up a disturbing pattern where child sex abusers were transferred between parrishes but their

history of abuse was hidden from the catholic community and the public. the report names all of the abusers and the parrishes associated with them. archbishop of chicago apologized to survivors saying the church had made great progress. 330 of the abusers named in the report have since died and the statute of limitations has expired in many of the cases. even so, officials say this report is about providing public accountability and some healing for survivors. george, robin? >> that is so, so important, alex. thank you. >> now to the baby formula makers at the center of an ftc investigation. erielle reshef has that story. good morning. >> reporter: the federal trade commission is launching a major investigation into whether the largest formula makers colluded while bidding for lucrative state contracts for wic. according to documents posted on the agency's website. in order to provide formula to low income families, states

select an exclusive manufacturer in exchange for discounts. well, those contracts can be profitable and the ftc is also investigating whether the possible coordination affected sales outside of the wic program. abbott laboratories, one of the largest formula companies which sells simulac tells the wall street journal it is cooperating with the probe and nestle which provides gerber formula for the wic program confirming it received a request for information from the ftc. wreck it the maker of infamil and the third company that is often receiving wic contracts told the journey it cannot comment on specific investigations. so many people wondering, what does all of this mean for you? investigators will look at whether this alleged collusion may have impacted which formula was recommended and available to consumers through hospitals and stores and whether it affected the price. this is just one of several probes launched by federal agency following a closure of abbott labs manufacturing plant last year that contributed to

that massive nationwide formula shortage. so lot of parents paying attention to this. guys? >> rightfully so. thank you, erielle. coming up, new report about back pain. how to fix women versus men, and how to get relief. it is national walking month. we have the story of a woman who got moving to work through grief. you're gonna want to meet joy. >> plus we're outside in denver for our series up in your business. up in your business, as we say. ike has a big surprise for a small business owner, and lara, you have a special guest. hey. >> i sure do. hey, michael. hailee steinfeld is with us, swinging back into the new spider man across the spider verse movie. that's coming up. we're going to talk about that and more right here on "good morning america." ♪ moderate to severe eczema still disrupts my skin. despite treatment it disrupts my skin with itch. it disrupts my skin with rash.

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average of 10.5 lost workdays a year due to chronic low back pain. this is the equivalent of about 264 million workdays lost each year. the study highlights that women tend to have slightly more back pain than men, and the condition shows up more as you age. yeah, tell me about it. >> do you feel any pain about that? >> reporter: as health practitioners address this, the study highlighted the importance of physical therapy and educational intervention while calling out what it says is inappropriately high usage of imaging, prescribed bed rest, opioids, spinal injection and other invasive procedures of questionable efficacy, leaving those of us who suffer to find our own path out of the pain. as you saw in the piece, i have a lower lumbar issue. i used a physical therapy technique called the mackenzie method. while i still have triggers i have got it mostly under control. robin, physical therapy seems like small movements and that it couldn't work and it totally

works. >> i'm so glad you've gotten this under control there, becky. you've helped a lot of people with that. we're joined by dr. darien sutton to tell us more about what we can do about lower back pain. you're gonna help some people as well. you have some remedies here, starting with our foot wear. >> yeah. starting with foot wear. if you talk to a doctor of physical therapist, the first question will be, what are you wearing on your feet? when you're looking for shoes, you want to look for three things. support, cushion and stability. as we were saying before the break, if you're wearing high heels that's likely to make your back pain worse. you want to avoid heels grateder than 2 inches. if you have back pain. and flats. flip flops and ballet flats can make your back pain worse. >> people think if you're in a flat, fine. >> they love to switch out of their shoe into a flat. at first they feel comfortable but at the end of the day you have worse back pain than when you started. some examples of a good shoe. rule of thumb, if you cannot

bend it easily it's probably not -- it's probably got a good support. this has a thick sole. wide base. you're feeling more comfortable throughout the day. >> i only wear these heels when i'm upstairs. downstairs where they're covered, no. also some exercises we can do. >> this is really simple. just to remind us to stretch. each and every day we should be stretching. a simple stretch is something called the forward fold. you want to stand with your feet hip width apart. just bend at your waist. bend at your waist until your hands touch the floor. while you're doing that, tuck your chin. hold that pentagon -- pos for 30 seconds or a minute. >> you have items in the house you can use. >> this is an example why you don't need to buy dumbbells or equipment. you can use things around your house. you can recycle water jugs. you can fill water up progressively as you get stronger. >> ah. >> that's the key. you can use a rice bag. this is something you can throw over your shoulder doing lunges. you can even put it in a sock,

heat it up in the microwave and place it on your lower back when done. >> all right. how about that occupational hazard? we're at the office, behind the desk doing other things hunched over. >> hunched over is the problem. sitting at a desk appropriately is so important. when you have your desk. you want to make sure your computer screen is at eye level, head and neck are straight and shoulders are relacked. knees at the same level of your hips and feet are planted square on the ground. this is a way your body doesn't have to do work. >> it's so intentional. >> it has to be. >> now, you know there's medications people can take. when do folks know, dr. darien, i need to get some attention. >> red flags. when a patient needs to come into the emergency room. the ones i'm concerned about is back pain that's associated with numbness, weakness or tingling. or back pain lasting more than a month or if you have any bowel

or bladder problems. those are red flags where i have to see that patient immediately. >> thank you so much, dr. sutton. we appreciate it. michael? today marks one year since the shooting at robb elementary in uvalde, texas, that killed 19 children and two teachers. john quinones has covered this story from the beginning and joins us with one child's miraculous story. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, michael. you're about to meet a little boy who loves the color purple. he loves to draw. he loves video games. and he loves the boston red sox. from the outside, you could never imagine the horror this little boy went through exactly one year ago this morning. his name is noah. 11 years old. and he spent the past year navigating physical and emotional wounds that very few of us could ever imagine. his parents, oscar and jessica. how would you describe him the last year?

>> crazy, hectic, overwhelming. >> been a roller coaster emotionally. >> reporter: may 24, 2022, robb elementary. the morning starts off with an end of year award ceremony. a beaming noah takes this photograph with his parents before heading back to class with his friends. turned around and he waved. that was the last time we saw h. >> reporter: just a half hour later, the unthinkable. a gun man opens fire inside classrooms 111 and 112, killing and wounding students and teachers inside. like dozens of other parents, they spend hours desperately searching for their child. suddenly a phone call. the moment you get the phone call saying are you noah's parents, you must have --

>> our hearts sank. >> reporter: but noah is alive, in surgery, suffering from a gun shot wound to his back. >> just went straight to him, hugged him, kissed him on the forehead. i said, you're the bravest person i know. you're my hero. >> reporter: miraculously the bullet missed all of noah's vital organs, exiting just beneath his shoulder. what did he do after he was shot? >> he played dead. he just closed his eyes. he never moved. he could hear things going on, but he just said he was so scared and didn't want to open his eyes. >>ter: thamay well life. he'sadrerkable p recods he's back to playing video games, drawing in his room, shooting hoops in the back yard. he now attends the local catholic school in uvalde. the future looks promising for noah, but despite his physical

recovery, jessica and oscar worry about the wounds within their son, those wounds that you just cannot see. >> he's not very vocal right now. he keeps a lot of it in. that, at times, worries us because we don't know if he's thinking about it, what he's afraid of. >> he's my hero. he will be always. he suffered so much. >> reporter: a brave little boy just 11 years old, slowly navigating his future one little step at a time. today here in uvalde, memory of the 21 lives lost. butterflies will be released into the sky and then church bells will toll throughout the city at exactly 12:49, the moment the shooter was finally confronted inside robb elementary. tonight a public vigil.

michael? >> john, we'll be thinking about all those families and uvalde throughout the day. thank you so much for that. we know you also will have more on this throughout the day on abc news, and the "20/20" special "it happened here" is streaming on hulu. now we're going to ginger. >> we've had a bureau there since day one. a bureau. an abc news bureau there in uvalde. wow. >> they've done a fantastic job. >> they really have. >> ginger? >> only way to cover from here on out, really. just stay with those families. we are so glad that he is doing better. but we do have tough news out of texas. different part of texas from yesterday. this is north of houston. there's a thunderstorm that was warned in that little warning though you had winds enough that it knocked down a construction site. two people killed there, nine injured. when it was north of there in huntsville, texas, there was damage and two others injured. today we're going to have a large area that could see thunderstorms that do that type of damage anywhere in green, up

to arkansas. but really, san antonio is in it. heaviest look like southeastern colorado and parts of the texas panhandle. i also wanted to mention, we're watching that storm making its way up the southeast coast for memorial day weekend. it appears to stay mid-atlantic. let's get a check closer to drew: a lot of cloud cover this morning been waving to sunshine this afternoon. temperatures below average, 60's, mid-70's. tonight, and even more ext marine layer. cloud cover, coastal drizzle, temperatures in the 40's and 50's. cooler weather by the end of the week. we rebounded nicely for the holiday weekend. expects any skies >> and we're joined now by academy award nominee, star of the animated spider-man franchise, hailee steinfeld is with us. he is getting ready for spider

man across the spider verse. welcome back to good morning america. you look beautiful today. i love your smile, your energy. great to see you. >> you, too. thank you. >> this movie did so well. was it 2019, won an oscar. so what was it like coming back for this one? >> oh my god, incredible. i mean, to get the opportunity to come back and first of all work with the same unbelievable team of filmmakers, animators. we have some amazing new additions, actors as well. it's incredible to go deeper into gwen's world. audience gets to see more of her this time around which is exciting. >> it is animated. i think people would be interested to hear, it's not just going into a studio. >> no. >> it's pretty active. >> it is. where i may have thought that the first time around, this one is going to be easy. you get to go in your sweats.

you're in a booth. it is far more physical than most people think. we are swinging from buildings. in order to portray that, you can't exactly stand still. >> how do you do that? how do you get that sort of energy, that feel? >> sometimes you sort of are running around the room, getted yourself out of breath. you are illuminated. to the best of our ability, we try and portray the fact that we are doing this. >> it would be fun to see a video of you doing that. >> it would be fun. i hope it doesn't exist. it would be crazy. >> the footage we do have is the movie. let's look at the clip. >> in every other universe for spider-man. and in every other universe it doesn't end well. >> there's a first time for everything, right?

>> michael strahan gave it a thumbs up. he loves it. it's so beautiful, the animation. >> it's amazing. >> you eluded to it earlier. quite the cast. you got to do some scenes with izara. >> yes. so amazing. first time around i didn't get to be in the booth with anybody. i found out shamik moore, while we were doing press for the first movie, he was in with other actors all the time. i said, if we're going to do this, i get to work with them. there's nothing like being in person, establishing that banter in real time. >> plus two very cool girls. that's a video i would have liked to see. >> thanks. >> but i'm sure great friendships are born. you are acting in that way where it's just you two and your voices trying to bring something to life. >> absolutely. >> very cool. question for you about your younger self.

i know we eluded this to you. you were nominated for an oscar at just 14 years old. you continued to go on and make so many great things. i was complimenting dickenson. i just felt that show was so clever. you were such a standout in it. that's just the tip of the iceberg. you've done so many things. so what advice would you give that little girl who was sort of catapulted to the top at 14, looking back now? >> you know, i think i would maybe reiterate a piece of advice that i had been given since i was about 13, 14. to just have fun. not take anything too seriously. be present. it's so easy to get wrapped up in the minutae of life and the moment you're in. be present, have fun, smile. ask a lot of questions. be kind. >> yeah. good advice. great to remember. always great to see you.

>> you, too. thank you so much. >> please come back. >> i will. >> all happy to see you. everybody will want to see this, spider-man across the spider verse. hits theaters nationwide june 2nd. coming up surprise for a small business owner. you will not want to miss it. y to miss this. t. >> we are popping up somewhere in america surprising three small businesses to kick off their summer. where will we go? good morning america is up in your business. this week.

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temperatures this morning, they're in the 50s. >> and we talked about with all this cloud cover across the region neof hours. inland, we are starting to see a bit of sunshine, but the warming process is going to be slow this morning as they wipe off the camera at sfo this morning. you're getting it's not raining. i promise you. it's just wiping it off. oh, my gosh. we'll take a look at highs today. you'll find those clouds, the sunshine, temperatures in the 60s and 70s. reggie, we experience every human emotion during this abc

seven news cut in. >> we have another 1 in 30 minutes. who knows what will happen next. you can always check us >> announcer: welcome back to gma, live from times square. >> welcome back with your new series up in your business. is that how you say it? >> i love it. >> up in your business. that's right. with gma, we are high lighting small businesses across the country. this morning ike is out in colorado. good morning, ike. >> reporter: good morning, michael. i like that. we up in your business. i'm gonna keep running with that. we are right outside denver in littleton. right now i'm trying to hide behind sipp soda bar. a fantastic drive through run by an amazing couple tim and wendy. right now they have no idea they

are about to be surprised live on air on good morning america. so let's go have some fun. >> hello. >> good morning. how are you? good morning. i'm ike ejiochi. i know you thought you would be interviewed by the local denver station. >> yeah. >> but you are actually live on air right now with "good morning phrerbg." wave to the country. >> hi, america. >> we have a lot to chat about. come out here and join us. until then, let's look at their story. ♪ taking care of business every day ♪ >> reporter: sipp soda bar, a burst of flavor in the denver area creating gourmet sodas, attracting customers far and wide. >> i kid you not, people melt in their chair when they try it the first time. >> reporter: behind the magic, tim and wendy.pl first opening shop in the midst of the pandemic, forcing them to look for creative ways to keep their small business afloat.

>> welcome in. what are we drinking today? >> reporter: like this drive-thru. but less than a year later tim's health taking a turn for the worst. covid consuming his health, placing him on life support and leaving him with a debilitating lung condition. >> i did flatline three times. i died once on the ambulance on the way to the hospital and two more times at the hospital. i feel like i work harder now and i have more appreciation definitely for life. >> reporter: tim, rebounding despite lingering health complications, he and his wife then turning to tik tok to help boost business. their account reaching more than 200,000 followers and 1.4 million likes. >> one important lesson we've learned from each other is just not to give up. even our own finance and getting through, just being a cheerleader for one another. >> i can't count how many times i thought, we just can't keep going. we just have the drive to keep goinno'sn frt

>> reporter: tim, we know you have been through a lot. not only opening a business at the start of the pandemic but dealing with covid. you are still dealing with the effects now. how does it feel to know sipp soda bar is thriving. >> it feels good. it was a rough year last year. it feels good to see some success now after such a rough year. >> reporter: wendy, we know you have almost given up everything just to start this business. was there at any point you thought this wasn't going to work out? >> absolutely. there were a couple times where it was really close to shutting the doors. but we somehow pulled through and got some local support. it was just amazing. our customers have really been our biggest cheerleaders to keep us going. it's been incredible. >> reporter: that community support is everything, you know. >> for sure.

>> reporter: summer's coming. people are gonna want some sodas. how busy do you think this place is gonna get this summer stphr >> gonna be really busy. we're expecting a good amount of customers. as it gets warmer, we pick up some customers for sure. >> reporter: here at gma, we have been so moved by your story. we're not the only ones. our friends at 84 lumber, they support small businesses giving back to their communities. which is why they are presenting you with a check for $10,000. >> what? oh my god! >> reporter: this is all for you. >> thank you. >> reporter: how do you feel? >> that's amazing. >> wow! >> reporter: do you have anything to say? >> this is incredible. >> thank you so much. this is amazing, man. i can't tell you how appreciative we are. that's incredible. >> very very grateful. >> reporter: thanks for letting us get all up in your business. back to you guys. >> thanks for bringing that to us, ike. for tomorrow's series we are headed to chicago.

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you can join our group on facebook. just scan the qr code on your screen. day s such big benefits for your mental health. i met one woman who is a great example of that. taking it in stride is what's given joy hope during challenging times. >> you come to this beautiful park. you're in the fresh air and sunshine. >> after losing her husband in the height of the pandemic, joy used walking as a way to overcome grief, finding the group ever walk. >> she says she finally found the missing link, that this is helping her to heal. >> to their surprise -- why, hello, everyone! it was time for me to join in on their trek. i have heard so much about all of y'all. miss joy? >> where's joy? joy! >> how are you, honey?

what brings you out every saturday morning? >> walking is wonderful. it makes you feel good. it lifts your spirit. i met all these wonderful e out an starlkinssed away about a year bef you go through a grieving process. i'm trying to work through that. >> when you hear this, this is what you want? >> this is why. it's people. we talk, robin, you could walk alone. you look up. you feel gratitude. planet earth. but really at the heart of it, it's joy. >> at 80 years young, it's her first step in bringing joy back into her life. proud of you that you're out here. >> i feel like i am living my life the way i used to. >> it was wonderful meeting her.

big kudos to the diana nyad and bonnie stohl for creating what they have, with ever walk. there are groups all across the country doing that. to talk more about the mental and physical health benefits of walking we have dr. leah croll a neurologist at the lewis katz school of medicine at temple university, and dr. eric lopez, psychologist and director of the mexican institute. thank you so very, very much both of you for being here. we also should say may is mental health awareness month. how can walking help with your mood, doctor? >> walking is a practice that most of us do. if you walk for a few minutes you release hormones in your brain, endorphins. those endorphins are the feel good hormones. when you start walking you will start feeling more up, more energetic. also, walking helps with sleep. many of us are sleep deprived, so when we walk a lot we tend to sleep better.

even better, if you can walk mindfully. >> what do you mean by that? >> meaning paying attention to each and every step. often times we walk on auto pilot, meaning we are not aware of it. so when we are aware of it, we reap a whole set of other benefits. >> there are so many benefits that we're talking about. that is some of the mental aspects. physically, physically, what it does for us. >> you know, robin. walking is the best of both worlds. you get so many meaningful brain benefits and meaningful heart benefits. more and more we are understanding how important the relationship between cardiovascular health and neurological health is so that anything you do for your heart is going to pay dividend later on in life for your brain. we can see that heart/brain connection in action when we look at numbers like this, with walking. walking briskly for 150 minutes

per week is associated with a 21% reduced risk for heart disease, 20% reduced risk for stroke, 25% reduced risk for depression. this one really blows me away. walking for 10,000 steps each day is associated with cutting your disk for dementia in half. >> wow. when you see those numbers, those numbers are staggering, by walking, by walking we can do this. walking for us right now is my partner in crime over there, lara. how is it going? >> i am in like a meditaive state. there's something so relaxing about it. i want to ask you, doctor. you talk about this mindful walking. how am i demonstrating mindful walking? is it working? >> first of all, a good tip for mindful walking is to walk a little bit slower than usual. >> i don't think i could get slower than this. >> that's pretty slow. that's pretty good.

something i tell my students oftentimes if they want to practice mindful walking in daily life, they can go to the grocery store, take the cart and just push it really slowly. that's a very nice mindful walking exercise. when we're mindful of walking, we're also exercising our attention. so we have physical benefits but we also exercise our attention. most of the time we are on auto pilot. we are not present with what we're doing. so whenever you turn your attention to the present moment with mindfulness in walking, you get those benefits. >> i love your suggestion about the grocery store. if you're walking too slow outside people think maybe something's wrong with you. but if you're in the grocery store it can be like, i'm just strolling. that's a great suggestion. okay, dr. croll, we want lara to pick up the pace. what will that benefit? picking up the pace a bit? >> when we're taking a nice leisurely stroll, there's a lot we're getting from that, including the fact that it contributes to your overall

activity level. when we're talking about reaping those healthy heart and brain rewards, we want to walk at a nice brisk pace. it's because of this, that the cdc recommends we each get about 150 minutes of moderate intensity exercise, like brisk walking, each week. you can split those minutes up into any chunks you want. >> how do we know if we're getting that brisk pace that you talk about? >> this is a great question. i tell my patients you can gauge the pace. if you're walking briskly, you should be able to carry a conversation but if you try to sing a song you might get out of breath. >> do not look at me. i'm going brisk enough that i can't sing. [ laughter ] >> we have to be careful with that. i just want both of you, bottom line. if someone's watching right now, what is your message to them

about getting out and walking? >> walking is great for your health. no question about it. if you also exercise your attention, you will also develop well-being. there's a lot of research that shows that when you walk mindfully, you also develop well being. you develop more concentration, more clarity. there are even regions in the brain that change when you walk mindfully. >> oh my gosh. dr. croll. >> getting into a healthy walking team is one of the best things you can do for yourself. there's just so much in it for you in terms of healthy rewards. >> thank you both so very much. we want to thank the nearly 10,000 people who have already joined our walk with gma group on facebook. almost 10,000 people. you can still join. to scan the qr code on your screen. ginger, you get out and walk much? >> yes, i do. the dogs help a ton. i have got to get them out. getting out in nature. we do a lot of forest walking. it is going to be glorious for a walk on the boardwalk. not just this morning as we see

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author vanessa walters. janai norman spoke with her. >> good morning. fun to be here again. vanessa walters has a background in play righting that she used to bring to life this character and create a thrilling edge of your seat mystery as we uncover the truth of what happened to her. along the glittering coast of nigeria sits the city of secrets and where vanessa walters sets her new novel, the nigerwife, a twisting thriller about a young mother named nicole who disappears without a trace and the aunt who will stop at nothing to find her. you were a nigerwife yourself. >> yes. >> explain what a nigerwife is. >> a nigerwife is a n immigration term. it means wife of a nigerian man

living in nigeria. the nigerwife community has a motto. they are there to be a sisterhood to each other. the nigerwives are each other's family. >> reporter: i sat down with vanessa at a nigerian restaurant in the heart of times square to talk about her former home and the questions about the foreign city that inspired her novel. >> i think it current up on me, from a point of view of having some of those questions that nicole has. who am i now in this place? what do i do about that cultural loneliness and isolation? >> tell me more about lagos and why you chose that as a setting? because you have some of the wealthiest of the wealthy living among some soft poorest of the poor. >> it is a city of extremes. it is a city with a lot of tension because of those extremes. i think the nigerwife really revealed the city to be among other things, a power game for people.

>> it's a game nicole plays until her cards run out and the cracks in her seemingly picture perfect life are revealed. she goes missing and it is claudine, her aunt, that is steadfast in finding her. who or what is that character based on? >> i thought, in a city where they have this hierarchy social structure, who is the sort of unlikeliest person to sort of come into that scenario? and it was this crabby old british jamaican woman who doesn't care for any of that stuff. it was just so fun for me to see if she can solve this mystery of what's happened to nicole. >> on this side of the process, with the book being out now, what are you most proud of? >> i'm really proud of the fact that i wrote a novel from a really pure place. i didn't write this novel for it to be a best seller. i didn't think anyone would really buy it. for me, this story was so

specific. and i have been so pleasantly surprised at the reaction. >> television rights for the book have already been snagged up by hbo to be adapted into a limited series. something vanessa calls a dream. i asked her about a dream casting. she said at the top of her list is kerry washington. hope you're watching, kerry. you can read along at gma book club. >> casting direct in your future. >> thanks. anything i can do.

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building a better bay area. moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7 news. >> good morning. i'm reggie o'keefe from abc7 mornings and jobina has our look at traffic. >> thank you, reggie. good morning everybody. so we are going to get right to the south bay because we're following a crash right now in san jose that's causing a pretty large backup in the area on northbound 87 at west capitol express way. your speeds are around 22mph in that spot. but we'll wrap up with a better look here at the bay bridge toll plaza where traffic is letting up. pager jobina. >> we are still in the 50s this morning. we have a bit of sunshine inland, but most of us still dealing with gray, overcast skies. and these numbers will be slow to warm. this morning. outside here is sfo. right now you can see those gray skies up above. we'll keep that partly sunny sky right now in the 50 soquel's slow to clear means we're slow to warm as the morning goes on. 50s and 60s by lunchtime later on this afternoon, bright but below average in the 60s and 70s reggie thank you.