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marrakesh. >> stephanie: rough waters. the east coast feeling the first effects of hurricane lee, expected to restrengthen before it turns north. monster waves as high as 90 feet possible at sea, and life-threatening rip currents close to shore, and in the southwest, dangerous triple-digit temperatures breaking records. we're tracking it all. >> whit: president biden now in vietnam after the g20 summit. what he hopes to accomplish in hanoi in talks with the communist nation's leaders. our correspondent traveling with the president. >> gio: the race for the white house hits iowa. former president trump flipping burgers at a frat and crossing paths with rival republicans at the iowa/iowa state football game including ron desantis, a distant number two in the most recent poll. >> stephanie: new sightings of that escaped murderer now on the run for 11 days. the new image of danelo cavalcante as pennsylvania

police say he has changed his appearance making him harder to find. >> gio: a convoy gunned down. at the u.s./mexico border, passengers including americans shot at and injured. rushed to the u.s. for treatment. what we know about the shooters. >> stephanie: autoworkers strike. the big car companies and the uaw far apart in their negotiations. what a strike could mean for your pocket and the forecast of pain at the pump. >> gio: new video of the desperate attempt to save an american researcher. >> he'll need a lot of help to get out of here. >> gio: the rescue now under way. the challenges ahead to come from 3,000 feet underground. ♪ i keep going ♪ ♪ i keep going ♪ aaron rodgers has been traded to the new york jets. >> whit: the nfl is now. mr. rodgers has moved to a new neighborhood. damar hamlin makes a heroic return to the field, and tom brady is back, not unretiring,

but in foxborough for a special patriots tribute. we have espn's inside take of the top teams and the possible sleepers as we kick off the first football sunday of the season. ♪ this is going to be the best day of my life ♪ ladies and gentlemen, your 2023 u.s. open women's singles champion, coco gauff. >> whit: grand slam victory. coco gauff's thrilling comeback win in the u.s. open finals to take the first grand slam title of her career. on the court where she watched the williams sisters win as a little girl, the 19-year-old making history on her road to victory, and she's saying -- >> good morning, america, and i just won the u.s. open. whoo! ♪ >> gio: oh, that smile. good morning, america. what a night, what a win there from coco gauff. so happy to have stephanie ramos

here at the desk with me. >> stephanie: great to be with you. good morning, everyone. >> gio: it's a good morning, indeed. whit johnson, you were there at the u.s. open where coco put her name in the history books when she won that women's singles championship. that was just incredible, whit. >> whit: right, gio, amazing, and it all happened right here. it was 19-year-old coco gauff's first victory at a grand slam event, overflowing emotion. that special moment when she searched out her father in the crowd and embraced him in front of the world. gauff later received a phone call from president biden congratulating her, inviting her to the white house. we'll have all the highlights, the history made here, and we'll also look ahead here to today's men's singles final, plus, my interview with tennis legend billie jean king 50 years after the open became the first grand slam to offer equal pay for men and women. that's all coming up. so much excitement from right here at arthur ashe stadium. for now, we'll send it back to you, gio. >> gio: oh, we are so looking forward to that. we'll check back in with you

very soon, but right now we are going to turn to morocco. here all eyes on that urgent rescue effort following the massive earthquake. thousands dead and injured. >> stephanie: abc news foreign correspondent tom soufi burridge is live on the scene of that disaster on the ground in marrakesh. good morning, tom. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, guys. the death toll from that powerful quake constantly rising. more than 2,000 people now known to have been killed. as you can see here in the medina or old city of marrakesh, there's damage, but in hard-to-reach rural areas near here, there is utter devastation with entire communities flattened, and this morning, we're in a vital phase of an urgent search and rescue operation. this morning, a desperate search now under way after the deadliest earthquake in morocco in more than 60 years. rescuers in remote, mountainous areas in a race against time, digging through the destruction for signs of life, working on top of now flattened concrete walls, searching for people

trapped beneath. many buildings here made from basic materials, standing little chance against powerful tremors. rocks littering mountain roads, hampering rescue efforts with morocco's military deployed to help. in some villages, they are already burying the dead. morocco beginning three days of national mourning. so far more than 2,000 people confirmed killed with a similar number injured according to moroccan officials. but amid such widespread devastation in hard to reach areas, the true number of missing and dead is still not clear. the epicenter of the 6.8-magnitude quake in the high atlas mountains, about 40 miles south of marrakesh. an ancient city packed full of tourists. one woman capturing that moment and the frightening force. >> i'm really scared. >> reporter: violently shaking a restaurant. people running out of buildings

with panic on the streets as the earth shook. then the aftermath with buildings destroyed and this mosque in marrakesh badly damaged. just outside the city, furniture and belongings covering the streets. buried underneath the destruction. morocco's king mohammed vi promising his officials will accelerate the rescue operation and evacuations, as well as addressing the supply of drinking water, food, tents, and blankets to affected areas. usaid saying it will send a small team of disaster experts to assess the situation and work with morocco to identify unmet humanitarian needs, and countless homes that are still standing across this region are now not safe. in marrakesh, we found people spending a second night out on the streets. guys, the extent of the human cost from friday night's earthquake is not yet clear. president biden saying this

weekend the u.s. is ready to provide any necessary assistance. we're hearing reports of entire families being killed. the priority for the authorities here right now is to get to the most isolated, affected areas near here up in the mountains where people could still be alive and trapped under the rubble. gio? >> gio: oh, that is just so tragic. tom soufi burridge there in morocco for us. tom, thank you. we turn now to hurricane lee maintaining its strength in the atlantic and likely to cause trouble on beaches all along the east coast this week with rip currents and rough surf possible. abc news meteorologist greg dutra from wls is on the beach there in far rockaway new york, with the forecast. good morning, greg. >> greg: good morning, whit, and check out this wild ride. from inside of a hurricane hunter, this going through lee, a c-130 going through and doing its reconnaissance runs, and what they have found is while lee has lost strength, it's still a really strong hurricane right now, and going to make its way off to the north.

so category 2 hurricane goes up to a category 3 and 4, and again, as it makes its way into cooler water and a little bit more wind shear, it does lose some strength, but i don't want you to think this won't be a strong storm. going up toward nova scotia, and it goes around the high-pressure system, and this is the big deal here, waves that are 15 to 25 feet close to the core as it makes its way to nova scotia, and along the jaliscos, 5 to 15, and that will create those dangerous rip currents starting today, a moderate risk there along the coast of florida and into georgia, and then all the way up through maine from bar harbor to miami. that is a big stretch of coastline, whit. >> whit: all right, greg. thanks so much. now back to the u.s. open, and the stunning finish. american coco gauff making history. the first teenager and youngest american to win the u.s. open in nearly a quarter century, taking home the title in a thrilling three-set match. >> ladies and gentlemen, your 2023 u.s. open women's singles

champion, coco gauff. >> reporter: making history at just 19 years old, american coco gauff is now the women's singles champion at the u.s. open. >> nice. >> reporter: gauff fighting hard for her first grand slam win against the incoming number one female player in the world, aryna sabalenka. >> sabalenka has had a very good start, and coco's just got to weather this storm a little bit. >> reporter: in the first set, gauff struggling with her forehand while sabalenka came out swinging, besting gauff, 6-2, but gauff came roaring back in the second set, crossing the court to slam down this backhand winner, but sabalenka wasn't going down easy. the belarusian keeping gauff on the move. >> oh, my goodness. perfectly played. >> reporter: still as the match progressed, gauff got better and better, winning the second set.

gauff seizing the momentum, taking a lead in the final set. >> coco for the championship and the title. >> reporter: in the end, gauff serving for the championship, and then that special moment, winning her first major title, gauff collapsing onto the court in tears. the crowd's cheers deafening. the youngest american to take the title since serena williams in 1999. gauff hiking up into the stands to hug her father and mother, overwhelmed with emotion. >> you did it! >> you believed in me from the beginning. i have been coming to this tournament. my dad took me to this tournament, sitting right there watching venus and serena compete, so it's really incredible to be on this stage. >> reporter: and here she is all those years ago, just 8 years old, dancing in the stands at the u.s. open.

we caught up with coco after the match where she thought back to what she'd tell that little girl. >> so ten years later, carrying this is crazy, and i think the biggest thing i would tell her is, keep dreaming, and keep believing because they're very possible, and they're very within reach, closer within reach than you believe. >> whit: and she's already becoming such an incredible ambassador for the sport. after the match, coco told us that she would celebrate overnight with her family by going to a sports bar, finally sitting down, and eating a burger. the sweet taste of victory, you could say. we'll have much more from the u.s. open coming up right here, and also you could see novak djokovic take on daniil medvedev in the men's singles final at 4:00 p.m. eastern on espn. for now, stephanie, back to you. >> stephanie: thanks so much, whit. what an incredible game. thank you. to president biden now arriving in vietnam overnight for talks there following the g20 summit in india. abc news senior white house correspondent selina wang is in hanoi with the president.

good morning, selina. >> reporter: good morning, stephanie. president joe biden's visit to vietnam is a big deal. the u.s. and vietnam are former wartime enemies that only established diplomatic relations in 1995, and now vietnam is elevating the united states to the highest diplomatic status that is only given to a small handful of countries. they're announcing new partnerships in education, technology, and business, and the driving force behind all of this, stephanie, is china. vietnam and china share a border, but they have a tense relationship because of longstanding territorial disputes in the south china sea, but the u.s. and vietnam relationship is also a delicate and tricky balance because vietnam has for years had close relationships with both china and russia, but this is a really important meeting because vietnam is also a one-party communist state, and this is a difficult relationship to build. president biden, however, has been criticized by human rights advocates for being willing to grow closer to a regime that is continuing to crack down on

dissent in civil society. during this trip to asia president biden has shown that he's willing to grow closer to autocratic leaders. when i pressed a senior white house official about whether biden is compromising on his ideals, he said that biden will be bringing up human rights during these meetings in vietnam, stephanie. >> stephanie: selina, thank you so much. looking forward to those details from those meetings. now to the race for the white house. all eyes are on iowa this weekend as the leading gop rivals make their case to voters in the hawkeye state. abc's senior congressional correspondent rachel scott is in des moines with the latest. rachel, good morning. >> reporter: hey, stephanie, good morning to you. well, the big iowa college football rivalry game the latest battleground in this republican primary. former president donald trump has visited this state far less than his rivals, but his commanding lead was on full display at that game. the former president bouncing from one tailgate to another, flipping burgers at a frat house, tossing out footballs and then being swarmed by supporters as he made his way into that game.

this is a race that has been dominated by donald trump and his legal troubles, but the former president did not want to talk much about any of that. i asked him if he's concerned that his former chief of staff, mark meadows, would flip against him after meadows lost that bid to move his case in georgia to federal court. trump brushing it all off telling me he is ahead by a very large margin, and, he is. four months to go until the iowa caucuses, and his rivals are still struggling to catch up to him. just a few feet away from trump was his next closest rival, florida governor ron desantis, he was making his own pitch to voters, telling us that he believes voters in this state want someone that can deliver on the issues and that isn't focused on all of the drama, but, again, four months till the iowa caucuses, trump's lead not only holding firm, but growing. >> stephanie: many voters just dismissing the indictments. thank you so much. tune into "this week" later on this morning. jonathan karl talks to secretary of state antony blinken about the g20 summit and the powerful earthquake in morocco.

plus, he'll speak with biden ally, senator chris coons, and new hampshire's republican governor, chris sununu, about the state of the 2024 presidential race. gio? >> gio: all right, stephanie. and now to that urgent manhunt for the escaped convicted killer in pennsylvania. the search area growing overnight. morgan norwood joins us now for more from phoenixville, pennsylvania. good morning to you, morgan. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, gio. danelo cavalcante managing to slip through that massive police presence over in longwood gardens. overnight, spotted here in phoenixville, pennsylvania, more than 25 miles away. officials also say that he has a new look. he's changed his appearance overnight. take a look at these new images from a ring camera in this area overnight showing him clean-shaven wearing a hoodie and those prison pants with a ball cap. police say somehow he managed to get ahold of a white vehicle. they're not sure of the model, which could further complicate the search, but making that dash for phoenixville just hours ago after surrounding longwood

gardens for ten days where he was spotted at least a dozen times. it's been more than a week since the 34-year-old convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend made that daring escape from the chester county prison by scaling up the prison yard walls, and, of course, with cavalcante on the move, officials continue to stress that he is extremely dangerous, urging residents in this area not to approach, instead to call the tip line or call 911. back to you. >> gio: all right, morgan. thank you. just incredible he's changed his appearance. all right. thank you. now to that looming strike against the big three automakers. 150,000 autoworkers prepared to walk off the job this week. maryalice parks has been speaking with some of them about why they're ready for that drastic step. >> reporter: the united autoworkers union and its 150,000 members still threatening to strike if the so-called big three car manufacturers do not meet demands for significant raises. >> it's not that we're looking to strike. it's just that we're looking for a fair contract. >> reporter: a mother of two, she hopes to buy a house. >> there's no house that would

fit me and my two children that is affordable right now with the wages that i make. >> reporter: the uaw is demanding help with inflation costs, guarantees for future union jobs, and a 40% raise increase for most workers over four years. it's the latest in a growing trend of unions flexing their muscle and demanding double-digit raises for workers. this last year, u.p.s., part-time workers, american, and delta airline workers, and west coast dockworkers have all demanded and secured raises over 30%. marcy pedraza, an electrician of almost 11 years, is a single mom. >> if the members' demands are met, it would make a huge impact on quality of life for all working families. >> reporter: friday stellantis offered over 14% raises telling employees, the offer, quote, protects the company's future ability to continue to compete globally in an industry that is rapidly transitioning to electric vehicles. in a recent statement after

making their latest public offer, general motors says their goal remains the same, to achieve an agreement without a disruption. both ford and stellantis have talked about the pressures of a changing industry. ford saying they're committed to looking for creative solutions to reach a deal. it's hard to gauge any potential economic impact right now. it would depend on whether the strike is against one or all three of these car manufacturers. the white house trying to stay optimistic. we are told the president is closely monitoring the situation. stephanie? >> stephanie: hopefully they can all come to an agreement this week. thank you so much, maryalice parks, in washington for us. now to that mass shooting just across the u.s./mexico border. seven people including at least one u.s. citizen rushed across the border checkpoint in roma, texas, for emergency treatment. jaclyn lee is in dallas. she has the latest. good morning, jaclyn. >> reporter: hey, stephanie, good morning. a handful of people are recovering after a very scary attack.

at least 20 people were traveling in a caravan in the early hours of saturday morning. it included u.s. citizens, lawful permanent u.s. residents and mexican citizens. they were traveling from the u.s. when they were attacked by armed civilians in miguel aleman in mexico. three people were injured by gunshots, and six people suffered panic attacks. those that were injured arrived in mexican ambulances at the port of entry in roma, texas, around 5:30 in the morning saturday. they were processed by customs and border protections officers. now, for context, the truck used in that attack is often used by cartels in the area in the surrounding cities and are dealing with a wave of violence as criminal organizations continue to operate. as it relates to this case, u.s. officials are deferring all questions to mexican authorities. gio? >> gio: all right, jaclyn. thank you so much there in texas.

and time now for the weather. let's go back to meteorologist greg dutra there on the beach. hey, greg. >> greg: gio, good morning. so nice to see your face early today. what wasn't so nice though was yesterday afternoon at yankee stadium. absolutely peppered by not only the brewers, unfortunately, but also by rain showers too. really heavy rain out there. some spots got 3 plus inches from the storms tracking along a stationary risk, and that brings back the risk of scattered flash flooding from the white mountains of new hampshire into

>> greg: hurricane lee also going to affect the east coast. that's why we're at the beach today. probably going to be a lot of red flags up on the beaches too. so, be careful. whit? >> whit: greg, thanks so much. we want to share some more of the excitement from the u.s. open last night. american teenager coco gauff throwing herself onto the court after winning her first grand slam title, and in the stands, her friends, family, and coaching team all reacting. former president barack obama and his wife, michelle, posting that they couldn't be prouder of gauff. fellow tennis stars tracy austin and serena williams who happen to be the only two other american teenagers to ever win the u.s. open also sent their congratulations. and stay with us here. we'll have more "gma," and we'll stadium right after this.e detect this: living with hiv, i learned that i can stay undetectable with fewer medicines. that's why i switched to dovato.

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night at the u.s. open right here in flushing meadows. coming up, i sit down with tennis legend billie jean king to talk about equal pay, and the future of u.s. tennis and what she told me about the importance of girl dads. a message i'll certainly never forget. that's all still ahead. back to you guys. >> gio: oh, i know you won't, whit. we cannot wait for that conversation. all right, and from here now, we are going to go back to tom soufi burridge live in that historic moroccan town of marrakesh with the latest on that devastating 6.8-magnitude earthquake there in morocco where more than 2,000 people have died, tom. >> reporter: good morning, gio. yeah, right now we're in a vital phase of a complicated search and rescue operation. there's damage here in marrakesh, as you can see, but in hard to reach mountainous areas near here, there's utter devastation. more than 2,000 people confirmed killed by that devastating earthquake with a similar number injured, but in reality, the true casualty total in isolated communities which were flattened

is still not clear. the moroccan military drafted in to help with morocco's king promising to accelerate relief efforts and address the supply of drinking water and food in badly affected areas. mountainous roads toward the quake's epicenter are littered with rocks. many buildings in those towns and villages made from basic materials, which stood little chance against powerful tremors. it was the most deadly earthquake to hit morocco in more than 60 years. we found people sleeping on the streets here in marrakesh for a second night too afraid to return to their homes. president biden saying this weekend the u.s. is ready to provide any necessary assistance. usaid saying a small team will travel here to help identify unmet humanitarian needs. stephanie? >> stephanie: just incredible devastation there. tom, thank you so much. this morning, a wakeup call for drivers. gas prices could soon be on the rise. many in the midwest are already feeling the pain. alexis christoforous joins us now with those details. good morning, alexis.

>> reporter: good morning, stephanie. don't get used to these stable gas prices. that's the message this morning. that's from oil experts. drivers have been enjoying slightly lower prices at the moment despite a recent uptick in the price of gasoline's main ingredient, crude oil. aaa says the national average for a gallon of regular is $3.82, about the same as a month ago, but 2 cents away from a year ago. we are a week away from switching to the cheaper blend of gas. experts warn that there are several factors that could send prices higher. drivers in the midwest are already feeling the pain. in minnesota gas shot up 40 cents a gallon overnight and the gas app gas buddy predicts prices could climb even higher. we're in the middle of hurricane season, which could threaten gulf coast oil infrastructure, and last week, the biden administration banned oil drilling on millions of acres in alaska. now, saudi arabia and russia also extended their oil production cuts until the end of

this year. that has the wall street firm goldman sachs forecasting oil will hit $107 a barrel next year. that would not only spell trouble for gas prices but it could mean a spike in home heating oil prices just in time for winter. gio? >> gio: yeah, we could all feel this whether we drive or not. alexis, thank you so much. turning now to the urgent rescue mission of an american explorer in turkey, doctors and emergency workers now working to slowly raise the critically ill man from an underground cave 3,000 feet down. marcus moore is live in turkey this morning. good morning to you, marcus. >> reporter: hey, gio, good morning. we've just learned a short time ago that the first leg of this rescue operation was a success. overnight they made it to a base camp at about the 2,200 feet mark, but, gio, they have a long way to go in this very delicate rescue. this morning, we are getting a glimpse of that first-time american caver, mark dickey, descended into this cave in turkey. dickey was part of an expedition

mapping the vast morca cave when he became suddenly ill, suffering gastrointestinal bleeding. the rescue operation under way as dickey has begun his ascent from 3,000 feet below the surface inside that turkish cave. turkish rescuers now using explosives to blast open passages of the cave to safely rescue dickey. officials saying he's being pulled up on a stretcher with a doctor and three to four others to assist every step of the way. >> by now they've encountered vertical pitches. >> reporter: dickey appearing to be in good spirits, sharing a laugh as he waits to be rescued. officials say they have split the cave extraction into seven sections based on depth with one rescue team responsible for each layer. on saturday, the initial operation began to move dickey about 1,000 feet. >> if you take their goal for today and take how far he is, it would be five days. i suspect it's going to take longer. >> reporter: dozens of special rescuers from across europe racing to help, providing dickey with life-saving care.

>> i'm not healed on the inside yet, so i'm going to need a lot of help to get out of here. >> reporter: you can see in that video how difficult the terrain is that they're dealing with right now, and it's going to take some time, as well as for those crews to widen the passages, and also there's a chance for rain in the coming days, and that could complicate this rescue that is still -- it has a long way to go. stephanie. >> stephanie: a delicate rescue indeed. thank you so much, marcus. let's check in with greg dutra who is on top of the weather for us and a lot to track. >> greg: yeah, there is a lot to track. beautiful day at the beach here, stephanie. good morning to you. good morning to everybody, but the heat is still on across the desert southwest. yesterday we were talking about phoenix hitting 110-plus again. well, they sure did it. another 110-plus degree day. that puts it at 54. that is the most days in the year there have been 110 degrees plus. and the latest, 114 degrees. so, they've spent a longer time being hot later in the year. it's almost a week longer than

the previous latest back in 2020. it's excessively hot across the desert southwest. another 109, 110, 111-degree day out in phoenix, and we have a tropical storm, jova, still >> greg: a very active tropical >> greg: a very active tropical situation on the w >> greg: a very active tropical situation on the west coast and on the east coast where we will deal with the rip currents from hurricane lee over the coming days. back to you, stephanie. >> stephanie: all right, greg. thank you so much. coming up on "good morning america," whit sits down with tennis legend billie jean king. >> gio: and next right here, are you ready for some football? the biggest story lines for the first nfl sunday of the season with espn's herm edwards.

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>> gio: and we are back now with a day so many have been waiting for, the first sunday of the nfl season. we're going to check in with

espn nfl analyst herm edwards in a moment here, but first, let's go to alex presha in columbus, ohio, where the bengals face the browns tonight. hey, alex. >> reporter: hey, gio. so i'm here at the pub. you can tell it is a bengals bar. it's 7:40 on a sunday. those folks are out here. you can tell that they are very, very excited that the nfl is back. we've got a big matchup here in the buckeye state between the cincinnati bengals and the cleveland browns. you can see who they're going for behind me, but bengals star quarterback joe burrow starts the season with 275 million reasons to smile, now the league's highest paid player. yesterday he finalized a historic five-year extension. 219 million of that guaranteed, by the way. and also for the first time since 1999, the nfl will begin a season without tom brady. the patriots planning to honor him during their opener, but the marquee matchup is in the meadowlands monday night. the new york jets now led by aaron rodgers taking the field

against the buffalo bills and their star quarterback josh allen. bills safety damar hamlin, who suffered that cardiac arrest and need to be resuscitated earlier on the field now cleared to play and expected to make his return. also, both teams remembering 9/11 that night, so it's going to be special. you can catch all that action on abc and espn, but, guys, look. coach deion sanders has his saying where he says, i ain't hard to find. well, gio, today, i ain't hard to find. i'll be watching as much nfl as possible with my friends here in ohio. it's going to be a lot of fun. >> gio: it will, alex. listen, early party. it's 5:00 somewhere, thank you so much. let's go ahead and go to nfl analyst herm edwards for the inside look of the new season. he joins us now from espn headquarters in bristol, connecticut. herm, thank you so much for joining us here. listen, there's a big game at metlife stadium on monday night football. the bills and the jets squaring off. the spotlight, though, is on two players, damar hamlin and aaron rodgers. so, tell us about hamlin getting

back on the field after that frightening health scare. >> well, i think everyone witnessed something that you don't want to witness in an athletic event, especially in a football game. i think america along with the buffalo bills were playing for hamlin. you can't say enough about the first responders, how they got to the scene, and obviously when he went back to play his first game, we all i think as americans and in football fans smiled. we were all smiling, the fact that he was back playing again. that was a good sight to see. >> gio: yeah, absolutely, and quarterback aaron rodgers has moved from green bay to wearing jets green. so, what do you make of the move? how will he do? >> well, i tell folks all the time, you know, when he decided to leave green bay, there was a couple of places that obviously he could have went. he chose the jets for a reason. outstanding defense, and has some really good players on offense. he brings two of his receivers

with him. you know, this was an offense last year that only scored 17 points a game. the defense only gave up 18. so do the math. aaron rodgers is going to throw at least two touchdowns every game. if you get a kicker that can kick two field win a lot of games. i think he likes this football team. he chose to come to new york to be in the spotlight, and guess what? we're going to watch it all unfold this year, and i think the jets will be fine. >> gio: we absolutely will watch it. all right, herm. thank you so much, and you can see the bills versus the jets tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on abc and on espn. and coming up here on "good morning america," whit's one-on-one with tennis legend billie jean king. stick around. you're watching "gma." ha-ha! it was me the whole time. -whoo-hoo! -[ laughs ]

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>> whit: back now on "gma" with the legendary billie jean king, and how 50 years ago her efforts helped lead the way to equal prize money for men and women tennis players at the u.s. open. i spoke with her about where that equity battle goes from here and the future of american tennis. considered one of the greatest tennis players of all-time, billie jean king changed the game both on and off the court. >> i think it's amazing this year to get together and talk about equality and figure out answers to equality. you know, we keep saying it, but how do we actually achieve it? and that's the hard part. in 1973, the u.s. open was the first one to have equal prize money for men and women, and it took us another 34 years to get the other three majors or grand

slams to also have equality. >> reporter: still, king says, the fight for equal pay is far from over. >> men and women receive equal pay at the grand slam tournaments, but not at other tennis events. >> that's true. >> there's a wta effort right now under way to try to fix some of that, so to speak, over the next ten years. >> yes. >> but some athletes say, look. this needs to happen faster. >> well, the challenge we have, we've gone from 4% to 5% of the media, and when we only get 5% of the media, we won't get the media rights the men do. that's why we don't have the real money to give to the tournaments. we need more and more belief in us, more and more time. >> reporter: but king continues to celebrate the growing diversity of the game and america's rising stars. >> tiafoe, you know, and shelton the other night and watching them, they love to perform. to be great, you've got to love being on center court. >> that was history in the making. the first time two black men have played each other in the quarterfinals of the u.s. open. >> it was awesome. >> why are moments like that so significant?

>> this is what we have been working for whatever. america is doing something right, and i hope whatever we're doing, we keep doing it. >> what makes coco gauff so special? >> great athlete. quick, strong, loves to perform. wants to be number one. you know when a player wants it like that, plus, she's so great on social justice. >> reporter: after coco's milestone win, gauff acknowledging billie jean king's contributions. >> thank you, billie, for fighting for this. >> i have two young daughters. what message do you have for young girls across this country? >> i want them to keep going and to really dream big and go for it and believe in themselves, but i will say one thing about fathers. if you talk to most girls who have been successful in sports, a lot of it is because of their dads. my dad believed in me as much as randy and my brother, and that's why it's so important, and i don't think men understand that you are first heroes in our lives. >> whit: message received.

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oakland. it is 61. in san jose. and a view from the airport, you can see the deck of low clouds. not too tall will be breaking out into sunshine within probably the next hour. there on the peninsula. 51 santa rosa, 55 by the delta. and we have fog from the north bay mile to a half mile visibility. napa, santa rosa. and today, a lot like yesterday, the sea breeze in the afternoon, 75 near average in oakland with near 90 inland low 70s downtown and the look ahead almost as nice tomorrow. >> thank you lisa and thank you all for joining us this week with george stephanopoulos is next.

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