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Analysis Summary

20% Minimal Influence
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“Standard broadcast news employs intense visuals of destruction and human impact to engage attention on serious topics, but this transparently matches the content without hidden agendas.”

Ask yourself: “If I turn the sound off, does this argument still hold up?”

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Primary technique

Intensity amplification

Inflating the importance, drama, or shock value of information using superlatives, alarming framing, and emotional language. Once your alarm system activates, you stop evaluating proportionality.

Cultivation theory (Gerbner, 1969); availability heuristic (Tversky & Kahneman, 1973)

Human Detected
98%

Signals

The transcript displays clear human characteristics including spontaneous banter, personal anecdotes about sleep, and complex live field reporting. The production is a standard legacy media broadcast with natural vocal inflections and professional journalistic structure.

Natural Conversational Flow Hosts engage in unscripted banter about Daylight Saving Time, feeling 'groggy', and 'eyes still blinking'.
Live Reporting Dynamics James Longman provides specific, real-time updates from Iraq with natural speech pauses and location-specific context.
Institutional Source Verified ABC News channel with high-production value broadcast standards and established journalists.

Worth Noting

Positive elements

  • Offers on-the-ground reporting from correspondents in Iraq, Jerusalem, and the White House providing specific details on strike locations, casualty figures, and policy statements not easily found elsewhere.

Influence Dimensions

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About this analysis

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Analyzed March 29, 2026 at 03:29 UTC Model x-ai/grok-4.1-fast Prompt Pack bouncer_influence_analyzer 2026-03-28a App Version 0.1.0
Transcript

>> GOOD MORNING. AMERICA. NEW TARGETS, MASSIVE EXPLOSIONS. LIGHTING UP THE TEHRAN SKY FOLLOWING THE LATEST WAVE OF U.S. ISRAELI STRIKES AND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S THREATS THAT IRAN WOULD BE HIT VERY HARD. COUNTRY LAUNCHING NEW RETALIATORY STRIKES AS THE WAR'S SECOND MAJOR FRONT EXPANDS. ISRAEL TARGETING HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON, THE COST OF WAR HITTING HOME WITH THE DIGNIFIED TRANSFER OF SIX AMERICAN SOLDIERS >> DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION COMMUNITIES IN THE MIDWEST TORN APART BY MORE THAN A DOZEN REPORTED TORNADOES AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE KILLED IN THIS VIOLENT STORM SYSTEM. HOMES AND BUILDINGS SHREDDED, AND THE FORECAST FOR MORE SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK AHEAD. >> NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT A HOMELAND SECURITY AGENT OPENING FIRE ON A DRIVER KILLING RUBEN RAY MARTINEZ IN TEXAS A YEAR AGO DOES THE NEWLY RELEASED VIDEO CONTRADICT CLAIMS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT >> SURGING PRICES FOR OIL AND GAS, HOW MUCH THEY'VE SKYROCKETED IN JUST THE LAST WEEK, AND HOW THE AIRLINES COULD PASS ON THEIR SOARING COSTS WITH MORE THAN JUST PRICE HIKES. COULD YOUR SPRING BREAK VACATION COST YOU MORE? >> WHAT'S YOUR NAME? >> BEAVER WATCH LIST WHAT TO SEE IF YOU'RE HEADING TO THE THEATER THIS WEEKEND. >> WE CALL >> IT HOPPERS. >> OR WANT TO GET READY FOR THE OSCAR? >> I'LL BE SEEING YOU VERY SOON. >> PLUS, BINGE WORTHY SMALL SCREEN SUGGESTIONS. >> THAT'S ON FIRE. THE U.S. OFF TO A STRONG START IN THE BASEBALL CLASSIC AND HOOP DREAMS OVERNIGHT, THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE TEAM SCORING VICTORY IN THE SEC SEMIFINAL GAMES. NOW READY TO BATTLE IT OUT IN TODAY'S CHAMPIONSHIP. >> LIVE FROM ABC NEWS HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK CITY. IT'S SUNDAY. GOOD MORNING AMERICA. >> GOOD MORNING AMERICA. WHIT IS OFF THIS MORNING. SO YOU'VE GOT GEO AND I, AND THIS IS THE MORNING THAT MOST OF THE NATION WAKES UP TO DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BY SETTING OUR CLOCKS AHEAD AN HOUR. SO CHANCES ARE YOU COULD BE FEELING A BIT GROGGY THIS MORNING. WE CERTAINLY WERE WHEN WE CAME IN. >> YEAH >> THE EYES ARE STILL BLINKING. YEAH, WE'RE MAKING OUR WAY THROUGH THIS MORNING >> BUT THE SUN SETTING LATER IN THE DAY, SO IT'S WORTH IT. >> THAT'S RIGHT. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO HERE THIS MORNING, STARTING WITH THE SECURITY SCARE AT THE NEW YORK CITY MAYOR'S RESIDENCE, THE FBI'S JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE IS NOW INVESTIGATING SUSPICIOUS DEVICES THROWN DURING A PROTEST AS POSSIBLE ACTS OF TERRORISM AND IN THE MIDWEST. NEW IMAGES REVEAL THE DEVASTATING PATH OF DESTRUCTION LEFT BY MORE THAN A DOZEN REPORTED TORNADOES. AND THERE'S MORE DANGEROUS WEATHER ON THE WAY HERE. >> YES, WE'RE GOING TO GET TO ALL OF THAT. BUT WE DO BEGIN WITH THE ESCALATING U.S. AND ISRAELI WAR WITH IRAN. THOSE MASSIVE FIRES BURNING ACROSS TEHRAN FROM STRIKES ON ORAL OIL RESERVOIRS ARE STILL RAGING THIS MORNING. LOOK AT THOSE IMAGES LIGHTING UP THE SKYLINE FOR MILES. AND IN KUWAIT A GOVERNMENT OFFICE BUILDING WAS HIT IN A DRONE ATTACK. EVEN AFTER IRAN TOLD ITS NEIGHBORS IT WOULD HALT FURTHER FIGHTING UNLESS ANOTHER NATION ATTACKED IRAN FIRST. ABC NEWS CHIEF INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT JAMES LONGMAN IS IN IRAQ TO START OUR TEAM COVERAGE THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING. JAMES. >> YEAH. GOOD MORNING. WE HAD A PRETTY ACTIVE NIGHT LAST NIGHT. THERE WERE TEN DRONES FIRED HERE ON ERBIL ALONE BY IRAN'S PROXIES IN THIS REGION. TWO OF THEM MANAGED TO BREACH AIR DEFENSES ANOTHER CITY NOT FAR FROM HERE. SOLEIMANI DOES NOT HAVE ANY AIR DEFENSES THAT WAS ALSO HIT. AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED ACROSS THIS REGION IN LEBANON. ISRAEL IS ADVANCING INTO THE SOUTH. GULF COUNTRIES ARE STILL GETTING SERIOUSLY HIT IN EVERY DIRECTION. THIS WAR IS EXPANDING. >> TEHRAN ABLAZE OVERNIGHT IN A NEW WAVE OF U.S. ISRAELI BOMBARDMENTS NOW HITTING ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE, ISRAEL SAYS IT LAUNCHED STRIKES ON MULTIPLE OIL REFINERIES. THIS INFERNO, SEEN FROM MILES AWAY AT ONE FUEL DEPOT MASSIVE PLUMES OF SMOKE BILLOWING THROUGH THE NIGHT SKY. ANOTHER MAJOR REFINERY WAS HIT ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY, CAUSING THIS HUGE FIREBALL TO ERUPT. ISRAEL SAYS THE STRIKES ARE AIMED AT DISMANTLING IRAN'S MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE, ALTHOUGH THESE STRIKES WILL HAVE A MAJOR COST TO CIVILIANS TO IRAN, LAUNCHING A NEW WAVE OF ATTACKS IN RETALIATION. SIRENS SINGING OUT IN TEL AVIV AS DEFENSE MISSILE SYSTEMS INTERCEPTED THEIR MISSILES. AND JUST HOURS AFTER IRAN'S PRESIDENT APOLOGIZED TO ITS NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES, PROMISING TO STOP ANY FURTHER FIGHTING UNLESS A NATION ATTACKS IRAN FIRST STRIKES RAIN DOWN IN SEVERAL GULF COUNTRIES. DRONES AND MISSILES HIT THIS HIGH RISE IN KUWAIT, AND VIDEO CIRCULATING ON X CAPTURED THE MOMENT AN IRANIAN DRONE STRUCK THE WORLD'S BUSIEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN DUBAI. OPERATIONS THERE, SUSPENDED TEMPORARILY AS THIS WAR EXPANDS. BY THE DAY, THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS AT LEAST 28,000 AMERICANS HAVE SAFELY RETURNED TO THE U.S. OVER AT THE IRAQI BORDER WITH IRAN THROUGHOUT THE PAST WEEK TENSIONS HAVE BEEN MOUNTING AMID REPORTS THAT THE U.s HAS BEEN WORKING WITH KURDISH FORCES IN THE REGION FOR A GROUND INCURSION INTO IRAN. >> THE PESHMERGA HAVE HAD CLOSE TIES WITH THE. >> UNITED STATES FOR YEARS. THEY'VE BEEN A RECIPIENT OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT FOR A LONG. >> TIME TOO. BUT NOW THEY'RE WORRIED AT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE UNITED STATES HELPING TO FUND AN ARM ANOTHER KURDISH GROUP IN THIS REGION, TO LAUNCH AN ATTACK ON IRAN THAT WILL DISTURB THE PEACE. BUT OVERNIGHT, TRUMP, SPEAKING ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, SAYS HE'S RULED OUT WORKING WITH THE KURDS. >> I JUST THINK. >> IT'S THE WAR IS COMPLICATED ENOUGH WITHOUT HAVING GETTING THE KURDS INVOLVED >> BUT IRANIAN PROXIES ARE TAKING THE THREAT SERIOUSLY. MULTIPLE DRONES WERE FIRED OVERNIGHT AT THE KURDISTAN REGION OF NORTHERN IRAQ, AND THE WAR'S SECOND MAJOR FRONT HAS EXPANDED TO AS ISRAEL WAGES WAR ON THE IRANIAN BACKED PROXY GROUP HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON STRIKES POUNDING THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF BEIRUT OVERNIGHT. THE IDF IS NOW FORCING YET MORE PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES HERE AMONG THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS FORCED TO LEAVE THIS YOUNG FAMILY FLEEING WITH ONLY MOMENTS NOTICE. TALKING TO OUR MATT RIVERS, THE MAN SAYS THEY LEFT THEIR HOME WITH ONLY THE CLOTHES ON THEIR BACKS HE SAYS HIS CHILDREN ARE NOW TERRIFIED OF THE NOISE OF FIGHTER JETS. THERE'S NO SIGN OF AN END TO THOSE SOUNDS ANYTIME SOON. WELL, IRANIAN DRONES AND MISSILES ARE DOING SOME SERIOUS DAMAGE TO U.S. BASES. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF IMPORTANT MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND RADARS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED OR DAMAGED AT BASES FROM QATAR TO JORDAN TO KUWAIT. THE U.S. AND ISRAEL, OF COURSE, ARE TRYING TO TAKE OUT IRAN'S ABILITY TO RETALIATE. BUT A WEEK IN TEHRAN IS STILL EXACTING SOME BIG COSTS. >> GEO REALLY POWERFUL TO SEE THOSE CHILDREN THERE. JAMES, OUR THANKS TO YOU AND MATT RIVERS THANK YOU SO MUCH NOW TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S WARNING THAT SENDING U.S. GROUND TROOPS TO IRAN IS POSSIBLE HIS COMMENTS FOLLOWING HIS ATTENDANCE AT THE DIGNIFIED TRANSFER OF THE FIRST U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS WHO WERE KILLED IN THE WAR AND ABC NEWS SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG HAS MORE ON THIS. SELENA, GOOD MORNING. >> AND GOOD MORNING TO YOU, GIO. YES, THE PRESIDENT IS HONORING THE SIX AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THIS WAR WITH IRAN. AND THERE'S NO END IN SIGHT TO THIS. THE PRESIDENT IS VOWING TO ESCALATE THIS WAR, SAYING IT WILL LAST FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES. OVERNIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP, PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE SIX AMERICAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN THE OPENING HOURS OF THE WAR WITH IRAN ATTENDING THE DIGNIFIED TRANSFER AT DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, WITNESSING THEIR BODIES RETURN ALONG WITH THE FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN THE SIX AMERICANS WERE KILLED WHEN A DRONE HIT THE FACILITY WHERE THEY WERE WORKING IN KUWAIT AMONG THEM MOTHERS, FATHERS HUSBANDS AND BROTHERS. THE PRESIDENT, HONORING THEIR SACRIFICE WHILE ALSO WARNING AMERICANS OF MORE U.S. CASUALTIES >> THEY'RE GREAT HEROES IN OUR COUNTRY, AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. AS ALWAYS, WHEN IT COMES TO WAR, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT TO A MINIMUM. >> THIS MORNING, THE NYPD ALSO MOURNING THE LOSS OF OFFICER SAWFLY DAVIS, WHO THEY SAY DIED FROM A MEDICAL EPISODE WHILE DEPLOYED IN KUWAIT IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION EPIC FURY GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL. REMEMBERING HIM AS A DEVOTED HUSBAND AND FATHER. TRUMP ALSO VOWING IRAN WILL BE HIT VERY HARD, SAYING THE U.S. HAS IDENTIFIED NEW TARGETS FOR COMPLETE DESTRUCTION AND CERTAIN DEATH AS WAR RAGES ON. THE PRESIDENT SAYING GROUND TROOPS COULD BE SENT INTO IRAN FOR VERY GOOD REASON. >> IF WE EVER >> DID THAT, THEY WOULD BE SO DECIMATED THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FIGHT AT THE GROUND LEVEL. >> AND THE PRESIDENT, RESPONDING TO THAT STRIKE ON AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT IRAN SAYS KILLED MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WAR, SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS IT'S POSSIBLE AMERICAN FORCES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACK, AS THEY WERE CONDUCTING OTHER STRIKES IN THE AREA. BUT THE PRESIDENT PUSHING >> BACK? NO, IN MY OPINION, BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN, THAT WAS DONE BY IRAN., >> AND THE PRESIDENT WILL BE SPEAKING HERE IN DORAL, FLORIDA, TO HOUSE REPUBLICANS TOMORROW. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S MOST LOYAL ALLIES, BUT EVEN SOME OF THEM HAVE QUESTIONED THE PRESIDENT GOING TO WAR WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL. AND SOME OF THEM ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT HOW LONG ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO LAST FOR. >> AND ESPECIALLY WITH SO MANY CIVILIANS AND CHILDREN CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS. SALENA. THANK YOU NOW LET'S BRING IN ABC'S CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS ANCHOR, MARTHA RADDATZ, WHO'S IN JERUSALEM THIS MORNING. MARTHA, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND THERE IN ISRAEL. GIVE US A SENSE OF HOW MUCH THIS REGION HAS BEEN UPENDED BY THIS WAR IS IT NOW ENTERS ITS NINTH DAY WITH REALLY NO SIGNS OF LETTING UP ON EITHER SIDE. >> NO SIGNS OF LETTING UP AT ALL JANET. CERTAINLY A HUGE SECTION OF MISSILE LAUNCHERS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED IN IRAN. THE NUCLEAR FACILITIES, THEY SAY HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AT THIS AT THIS POINT, AS MUCH AS THEY CAN BE. BUT THOSE FLIGHTS, THOSE FIGHTER JETS ARE GOING IN THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY. MISSILES ARE STILL BEING LAUNCHED TOWARDS IRAN AND THEY CERTAINLY ARE BEING LAUNCHED IN THIS DIRECTION. YOU HAVE PEOPLE GOING INTO THE SHELTERS MULTIPLE TIMES EVERY NIGHT AND MISSILES. A FEW OF THOSE MISSILES HAVE, AS WE KNOW, GOTTEN THROUGH THE AIR DEFENSES HERE IN ISRAEL THEY HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF AMERICANS OUT OF THE REGION. NOW ABOUT 27,000 PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE REGION STUCK, HAD NO IDEA THIS WAR WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN. BUT THERE REALLY ARE NO SIGNS THAT THIS IS STOPPING ANYTIME SOON. >> YEAH, IT'S REALLY TERRIFYING, MARTHA AND PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TALKED ABOUT THIS IDEA OF REGIME CHANGE OTHER ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS, THEY SEEM TO HAVE A MORE LIMITED VIEW OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS WAR WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE SPEAKING HERE WITH THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N., MIKE WALTZ, LATER THIS MORNING. SO HOW IS THE ADMINISTRATION EXPLAINING WHAT COMES NEXT? HOW COULD THIS END? >> THEY TALK ABOUT THE PRESIDENT CHOOSING THE NEXT SUPREME LEADER. BUT THIS MORNING, ISRAEL IS SAYING THEY WILL KILL ANYBODY WHO IS CHOSEN, WHO THEY DO NOT WANT. AND LOOKING FOR A SUPREME LEADER THEY DO WANT OR PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS IS GOING TO BE A VERY VERY TALL ORDER. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE IRGC. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RELIGIOUS FIGURES. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID IT'S OKAY IF IT'S A RELIGIOUS FIGURE, BUT I THINK THERE IS A DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHAT THE ISRAELIS WANT WHAT THE U.S. WANTS AND HOW THEY SEE REGIME CHANGE, WHICH WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT AT THIS POINT DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE SUPREME LEADER IS DEAD. AND THOSE 40 SENIOR LEADERS, WE JUST REALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WOULD COME NEXT AND WHAT THEY WILL DO IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT >> YEAH, THAT IS THE CENTRAL QUESTION HERE. ALL RIGHT, MARTHA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND TUNE IN TO THIS WEEK LATER, MARTHA ANCHORS A SPECIAL EDITION OF THIS WEEK FROM JERUSALEM. AND AS WE MENTIONED, SHE'S GOING TO BE JOINED BY U.s AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N MIKE WALTZ, ALONG WITH FORMER JOINT CHIEFS CHAIRMAN ADMIRAL MIKE MULLEN AND FORMER ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. MICHAEL OREN >> ALL RIGHT. BACK HERE AT HOME NOW TO THE LINE OF SEVERE STORMS THAT KILLED AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE TORNADOES BATTERED SEVERAL STATES CAUSING A STRETCH OF DAMAGE FROM THE MIDWEST DOWN TO THE SOUTH. ABC'S MORGAN NORWOOD JOINS US WITH MORE OF THOSE DETAILS. GOOD MORNING MORGAN. GOOD MORNING TO YOU JUST SO DEVASTATING THAT DEADLY STORM SYSTEM SPAWNING SEVERAL TORNADOES, INCLUDING A RARE TWISTER THAT SLICED ACROSS A FROZEN LAKE. AND AMONG THOSE KILLED, A 12-YEAR-OLD. BUT THIS MORNING, SEVERAL HARD-HIT COMMUNITIES ARE UNDER DISASTER DECLARATIONS AS THEY BEGIN THAT LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY. THIS MORNING, WE'RE SEEING THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE FROM THAT POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM THAT SPAWNED DEADLY TORNADOES THAT KILLED EIGHT PEOPLE ACROSS MICHIGAN AND OKLAHOMA. AT LEAST 13 TORNADOES REPORTED ACROSS THE STORM ZONE. THIS DRONE VIDEO SHOWING THE MASSIVE DEBRIS >> FIELD. LOOK. >> THERE IS A TORNADO. >> AFTER THIS TWISTER IN UNION LAKE, MICHIGAN, NEAR KALAMAZOO, SLICED THROUGH SEVERAL HOMES. >> IT GOES A HOUSE. >> KILLING FOUR PEOPLE AND INJURING AT LEAST A DOZEN MORE NEIGHBORHOODS LEFT LITTERED WITH DEBRIS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THAT STORM WAS ESPECIALLY UNUSUAL, FORMING AS IT CROSSED SEVERAL FROZEN LAKES TWO PEOPLE ALSO KILLED THURSDAY AFTER A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN BEGGS, OKLAHOMA. >> OH MG. >> IN THREE RIVERS MICHIGAN, A RARE AND POWERFUL EF THREE TORNADO WITH WINDS OF AT LEAST 130 MILES PER HOUR, SHREDDING HOMES AND BUILDINGS. RESIDENTS BANDING TOGETHER TO HELP CLEAN UP. BRANDON VANHOOSER AND HIS FAMILY WERE SHOPPING INSIDE THIS HOME IMPROVEMENT STORE WHEN A TWISTER RIPPED THE ROOF OFF. >> I COULD SEE THE ROOF FLY LIKE YOU KNOW, JUST COMPLETELY LEAVE THE BUILDING. AND IT WASN'T UNTIL WE GOT OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE RACKING. ONCE IT SOUNDED LIKE IT HAD PASSED BY THAT I SEEN THAT IT ACTUALLY COLLAPSED. THE WHOLE BUILDING IN THE WALL FROM THE OUTSIDE >> VANHOOSER MAKING IT OUTSIDE ONLY TO FIND PIECES OF THAT ROOF CRASHED INTO HIS CAR. >> IT WASN'T UNTIL WE MADE IT OUTSIDE THAT I REALIZED HOW SEVERE IT COULD HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN. THE SHRAPNEL THAT FLEW EVERYWHERE. >> AND THANKFULLY, AS YOU SAW THAT FAMILY MAKING IT OUT OKAY. BUT WHILE THIS DEADLY SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS WINDING TO A CLOSE THIS WEEKEND, THERE'S A NEW ROUND OF STORMS NOW ON THE MOVE TO START THE WEEK GIO. >> ALL RIGHT. AND WE WILL WATCH THAT MORGAN THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW TO THE NEW BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE OF THE MOMENTS LEADING UP TO THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A U.s CITIZEN BY A HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS AGENT APPEARING TO CAST DOUBT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S ACCOUNT OF IT. AND ABC'S CHRISTIANE CORDERO IS IN D.C WITH MORE ON THIS CHRISTIANE GOOD MORNING GIO. >> GOOD MORNING. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE SEEING VIDEO LEADING UP TO THAT FATAL SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED ONE YEAR AGO. AND A WARNING SOME OF THESE IMAGES MAY BE DIFFICULT TO WATCH. >> HEY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING? >> THIS MORNING, NEW SCRUTINY ON THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S EXPLANATION FOR SHOOTING AND KILLING AN AMERICAN CITIZEN IN SOUTH TEXAS LAST MARCH, NEWLY RELEASED BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE SHOWS THE MOMENTS THAT LED UP TO THE DEATH OF 23-YEAR 23-YEAR-OLD RUBEN RAY MARTINEZ IT STARTED WITH THIS VEHICLE CRASH CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. HOMELAND SECURITY WAS HELPING LAW ENFORCEMENT REDIRECT TRAFFIC ON SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, AN AREA POPULAR AMONG SPRING BREAKERS. BODY CAMERA VIDEO SHOWS MARTINEZ DRIVING UP TO THE CRASH SCENE AND SPEAKING WITH AN OFFICER. THE CLIP HAS NO AUDIO, BUT ANOTHER OFFICER'S CAMERA CAPTURES PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, ALLEGING MARTINEZ HAS AN OPEN CONTAINER. IN THE VIDEO, YOU CAN HEAR OFFICERS SAY BOTH PULL OVER AND KEEP GOING >> OKAY HEY, KEEP GOING KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING. >> MULTIPLE CAMERAS THEN SHOW MARTINEZ DRIVING OFF TOWARDS THE INTERSECTION >> STOP HIM, STOP HIM STOP HIM! >> MOMENTS LATER, THE AGENT IDENTIFIED AS JACK STEVENS, FIRES HIS GUN THREE TIMES INTO MARTINEZ'S VEHICLE. HOMELAND SECURITY SAYS MARTINEZ HIT ANOTHER AGENT WITH HIS CAR. HE IS SEEN BEING PULLED FROM HIS VEHICLE, THROWN TO THE GROUND BY AN ICE AGENT, AND HANDCUFFED BEFORE FIRST RESPONDERS TREAT HIM. HOURS LATER, HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL. A TOXICOLOGY REPORT SHOWS MARTINEZ HAD THC IN HIS SYSTEM AND A BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT OF 0.12 ABOVE THE LEGAL LIMIT. A GRAND JURY RULED THE SHOOTING WAS JUSTIFIED. ACTING ICE DIRECTOR TODD LYONS TELLS ABC NEWS THE DEPARTMENT, QUOTE, STANDS BY THE GRAND JURY'S UNANIMOUS DECISION, BUT HIS FAMILY IS DEVASTATED AND WANTS ACCOUNTABILITY AND POINT TO THE BRAKE LIGHTS THAT APPEAR TO BE ON. WHEN HE WAS SHOT. >> I LOOK AT THE VIDEO AND I THINK, WAIT A SECOND, YOU KNOW HE'S NOT HE'S NOT ACCELERATING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. HE'S HE'S NOT A THREAT TO ANYONE. I DON'T SEE ANY OFFICER IN FRONT OF THE CAR AS THEY CLAIM OCCURRED. >> NOW, THE RELEASE OF THIS BODY CAMERA VIDEO COMES AS THE DEPARTMENT FACES TURMOIL AMID DEMANDS FOR GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY THAT HAS SO FAR LED TO A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP AND A LAPSE IN FUNDING. JANET. >> ALL RIGHT, A TOUGH STORY THERE, CHRISTIANE. THANK YOU NEW THIS MORNING, NEW YORK CITY POLICE SAY SIX PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED DURING A PROTEST AND A COUNTER PROTEST NEAR THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF NEW YORK CITY'S MAYOR. POLICE SAY TWO SUSPICIOUS DEVICES WERE FOUND. JARS FILLED WITH NUTS, BOLTS AND SCREWS AND A HOBBY FUSE THEY SAY ONE PROTEST OF ABOUT TWENTY PEOPLE WAS ORGANIZED BY FAR RIGHT ANTI-IMMIGRANT FIGURE JAKE LANG. ABOUT 125 PEOPLE WERE PART OF THE COUNTER PROTEST. THE FBI'S NEW YORK'S JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE SAYS IT IS SUSPICIOUS DEVICES AS AN ACT OF TERRORISM. OVERNIGHT AT THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC. THE U.S. TAKING ON THE UK ABC'S ANDREW DYMBURT HAS ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS. GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING GUYS UNITED STATES OFF TO A STRONG START AT THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC. POWERING PAST GREAT BRITAIN IN HOUSTON. THE UK STUNNING THE CROWD EARLY AFTER NATE EATON LAUNCHES A FIRST PITCH HOME RUN TO PUT THE UK ON TOP IN THE FIRST INNING, THE HEAVY UNDERDOGS FROM ACROSS THE POND EVEN FLASHING SOME DEFENSE WITH OUTFIELDER TRACE THOMPSON MAKING A LEAPING GRAB AT THE WALL TO ROB A POTENTIAL AMERICAN HOME RUN. STILL, THE STAR STUDDED U.S. LINEUP QUICKLY BREAKING THE GAME OPEN IN THE FIFTH INNING KYLE SCHWARBER CRUSHING A TWO RUN HOMER TO FLIP THE GAME FOR GOOD. IT WOULD SPARK A FIVE RUN RALLY FROM THERE. YOU KNOW, THE AMERICAN BATS JUST KEPT ROLLING, GUNNER HENDERSON GOING FOUR FOR FIVE WITH TWO RIBBIES, WHILE STARS LIKE AARON JUDGE AND ALEX BREGMAN HELPING CEMENT THE LEAD AND ON THE MOUND TWO TIME REIGNING AMERICAN CY YOUNG WINNER TARIK SKUBAL STRIKING OUT FIVE IN THREE INNINGS TO START THE NIGHT BEFORE THE BULLPEN TOOK OVER. WHEN IT WAS OVER, THE UNITED STATES HAD SCORED NINE UNANSWERED RUNS CRUISING TO A 9-1 VICTORY. THE WIN MOVES TEAM USA TO 2-0 IN POOL PLAY UP NEXT FOR THE AMERICANS MEXICO ON MONDAY WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC ALSO MEANS THE SUMMER, RIGHT? >> YEAH, IT SURE DOES THAT'S RIGHT. >> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO >> ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT ANDREW, THANK YOU SO MUCH. STILL AHEAD HERE ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA. YOUR NEXT TRIP. IT COULD COST MORE. HOW TURMOIL IN IRAN COULD SOON RAISE AIRLINE FUEL PRICES. >> PLUS A MEDAL AT MILE 18 THE L.A. MARATHON'S HEAT RELIEF SHORTCUT IS DIVIDING RUNNERS. I'LL KEEP MY OPINION TO MYSELF. IS IT SMART SAFETY OR BENDING THE RULES? >> PLEASE DON'T KEEP IT TO YOURSELF. AND THE SEC TITLE IS ON THE LINE SOUTH CAROLINA'S POWERHOUSE LADY GAMECOCKS FACE TEXAS IN A SHOWDOWN WITH MAJOR TOURNAMENT STAKES. ESPN'S OGWUMIKE IS HERE FOR THE BACHELORETTE PARTY? >> WHAT ABOUT LIKE A PRINCESS THEME? VERSACE MEETS THE GOLD RUSH. I'M THINKING. >> TANNED GENTLEMEN THAT SWALLOW FIRE AND WEAR SARONGS. FEMALE FIGHT CLUB WE. >> GREASE UP. >> SURPRISE, BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF HER I DON'T. HATE IT. >> VEGAS IT IS. I HAD A DREAM LAST. >> NIGHT. >> WE WENT DOWN. >> YOU WERE AN >> WELCOME BACK TO GMA. THE COMEDY CLASSIC BRIDESMAIDS. TURNS 15 THIS YEAR. AND THERE ARE HINTS OF A CAST REUNION TO MARK THE OCCASION AT THE OSCARS NEXT SUNDAY. RIGHT. WILL GANSS JOINS US LATER. IN THE HOUR WITH MORE. ON THIS POSSIBLE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. >> THAT IS GOING TO BE WILD. >> THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME. >> ALL RIGHT, TUNE INTO THE OSCARS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER STORIES WE'RE FOLLOWING HERE ON THIS SUNDAY MORNING. AN EXPLOSION REPORTED AT THE U.s EMBASSY IN OSLO OVERNIGHT POLICE IN NORWAY SAY THE BLAST CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPERTY, BUT NO ONE WAS HURT. WITNESSES SAY THEY SAW SMOKE RISING FROM THE BUILDING. AN INVESTIGATION NOW UNDERWAY TO PINPOINT THE CAUSE OF THAT BLAST. >> THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER IN CHICAGO WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON JUNETEENTH, THE OBAMA FOUNDATION ANNOUNCED. THE GRAND OPENING IS SLATED FOR JUNE 19th WITH A SERIES OF COMMUNITY EVENTS. THE CENTER WILL INCLUDE A MUSEUM, PLAYGROUND AND A LIBRARY BRANCH. >> AND JENNY HAS SOME THOUGHTS ON THIS. THE LOS ANGELES MARATHON IS TODAY, AND RUNNERS DO NOT HAVE TO COMPLETE THE ENTIRE RACE TO GET A MEDAL. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE EIGHTIES IN L.A. ORGANIZERS SAY THEY DO NOT WANT PARTICIPANTS TO PUSH THEMSELVES TOO HARD IN THE HEAT. JENNY DOES AND DUE TO THE WARM WEATHER, RUNNERS ONLY NEED TO CLEAR 18 MILES INSTEAD OF 26.2 TO COLLECT A FINISHER MEDAL. >> TO BE FAIR, I HAVE NOT RUN A MARATHON IN EIGHTY DEGREE HEAT, BUT LIKE YOU SHOULD HAVE TO DO TWENTY-SIX POINT TWO FOR THE MEDAL BUT I DIGRESS. >> ALL RIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT, WE DO START THIS HOUR WITH THE HOW THE WAR, THE ESCALATING WAR WITH IRAN IS HITTING AMERICANS RIGHT HERE AT HOME OIL PRICES ARE SOARING THIS MORNING, CONTINUING A SHARP CLIMB THAT BEGAN AFTER THE U.s AND ISRAEL LAUNCHED MAJOR STRIKES ON IRAN LAST WEEK. THOSE ATTACKS TRIGGERED WIDESPREAD DISRUPTIONS ACROSS KEY MIDDLE EAST SHIPPING ROUTES AND DAMAGED CRITICAL OIL AND GAS FACILITIES CUTTING INTO SUPPLIES FROM SOME OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST PRODUCERS. >> AND THAT MEANS MANY OF YOU ARE ALREADY SEEING HIGHER PRICES AT THE PUMP SO WHAT CAN WE EXPECT IN THE DAYS AHEAD? AND AS FAMILIES GET READY FOR SPRING BREAK, AIRFARE IS ANOTHER BIG CONCERN. SO WE'VE GOT TEAM COVERAGE ON THIS THIS MORNING WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH JACQUELINE LEE IN CALIFORNIA. YOU'RE TRACKING THE LATEST ON GAS PRICES. JACQUELINE GOOD MORNING. >> HEY GUYS. GOOD MORNING. >> YEAH DRIVERS ARE GOING BY THESE GAS STATIONS LOOKING AT THE PRICES AND SAYING THIS IS RIDICULOUS. THIS GAS STATION SELLING A GALLON OF GAS FOR $5.49. NOW WE ARE SEEING GAS PRICES SURGE DUE TO THE ESCALATING WAR IN IRAN. THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR A GALLON OF GAS, $3.45, ACCORDING TO GASBUDDY, SOARING FORTY EIGHT CENTS FROM JUST A WEEK AGO AND HITTING THE HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE SEPTEMBER 2024. CRUDE OIL PRICES SURGING MORE THAN 35 PERCENT SINCE LAST WEEK THIS IS THE BIGGEST WEEKLY INCREASE ON RECORD. ALL OF THIS HAPPENING BECAUSE OF STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS AT A VIRTUAL STANDSTILL. MILLIONS OF BARRELS OF OIL NOT GETTING OUT, ACCORDING TO GASBUDDY, DIESEL JUMPED 22 CENTS IN A DAY ON FRIDAY. THAT IS THE BIGGEST SINGLE DAY INCREASE ON RECORD AND THE REASON WHY THIS IS A BIG DEAL IS BECAUSE IF IT COSTS COMPANIES MORE MONEY TO TRANSPORT GOODS, THAT COST GETS PASSED ON TO THE CONSUMER. >> GIO YEAH IT SURE DOES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH JACQUELINE. LET'S TURN NOW TO ABC'S FAITH ABUBEY IN ATLANTA. FOR MORE ON THOSE AIRFARES AND HOW THEY COULD BE IMPACTED. FAITH GOOD MORNING. >> YEAH GOOD MORNING TO YOU GIO. AIRLINES ARE NAVIGATING A RECORD SURGE IN SPRING BREAK TRAVEL OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS. AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS HIGH TRAVEL DEMAND A STARK WARNING FROM THE UNITED AIRLINES CEO SCOTT KIRBY, TELLING CNBC THAT THE WAR IN IRAN IS SPARKING AN OIL CRISIS THAT COULD ACTUALLY PUSH AIRLINES TO RAISE THEIR TICKET PRICES, AND THE IMPACT TO PASSENGERS WILL QUOTE, PROBABLY START QUICK. NOW, JET FUEL PRICES ARE ALREADY SURGING IN JUST ONE WEEK OF THIS WAR, THE AVERAGE PRICE JUMPED FROM $2.50 TO $3.95 A GALLON. THE INDUSTRY HASN'T SEEN A PRICE HIKE THIS DRAMATIC IN YEARS. AIRLINES COULD START BUILDING THESE ADDITIONAL COSTS INTO YOUR TICKET PRICES. THE FUEL SURCHARGE ON THOSE TICKETS OR EVEN RAISE FEES ON THINGS LIKE YOUR CHECKED LUGGAGE, FOR EXAMPLE. AND SO THAT COULD REALLY START ADDING UP AND AFFECTING YOUR SUMMER TRAVEL WHICH IS WHY EXPERTS SAY BOOK YOUR SUMMER PLANE TICKETS RIGHT NOW BEFORE THOSE PRICES START RISING. BUT IF YOU HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY, YOU CAN WAIT. THE EXPECTATION HERE IS THAT ONCE THE OIL TANKERS START MOVING THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, THAT PRICES WILL START GOING BACK IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION >> OR, AT LEAST >> THEY'LL START STABLIZING HERE ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA, THE KNICKS AND THE LAKERS GO HEAD TO HEAD TONIGHT IN A COAST TO COAST SHOWDOWN. ESPN'S CHINEY OGWUMIKE IS HERE WITH WHAT THIS MATCHUP MEANS FOR THE PLAYOFF RACE. PLUS THE REST OF THE NBA >> OKAY. WELCOME BACK. THE STAGE IS SET FOR THE WOMEN'S SEC CHAMPIONSHIP. IT'S SOUTH CAROLINA VERSUS TEXAS. BOTH TEAMS HAVE PUT UP A FIGHT ALL SEASON. NOW THEY'RE EYEING THE CONFERENCE HERE. VICTORY JOINING US WITH MORE ON THIS SEC SHOWDOWN ESPN BASKETBALL ANALYST KENNY OGWUMIKE. JENNY GOOD MORNING. IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU >> GOOD MORNING MY FRIENDS. >> HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING. >> OH WE'RE DOING PRETTY >> GOOD A LOT BETTER NOW THAT YOU'RE JOINING US HEY, IT'S A BIG DAY FOR THESE TEAMS. LET'S TALK ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA. WHAT'S THAT? MOMENTUM AND OFFENSE LOOKING LIKE WHEN THEY SHOW UP TODAY? >> WELL SINCE IT'S MORNING, LET'S TALK ABOUT DAWN, DAWN STALEY AND THE GAMECOCKS. SEVEN STRAIGHT SEC CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE GAMES FOR THE GAMECOCKS. AND THIS YEAR THEY'RE LED BY A SUPER SENIOR IN RAVEN JOHNSON. YOU GUYS YOU WOULD FALL IN LOVE WITH HOW SHE PLAYS THE GAME. SHE ACTUALLY JUST HAD A CAREER HIGH 22 POINTS VERSUS LSU AND SHE HAS AN AMAZING RUNNING MATE AS WELL IN JOYCE EDWARDS WHO LEADS HER TEAM IN SCORING AT 20 POINTS PER GAME. NOW SHE IS A SOPHOMORE. THIS TEAM IS WELL COACHED, THEIR OFFENSE IS WELL BALANCED AND ALSO THEY'VE GONE THROUGH IT WE'RE HERE IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA AND IT FEELS LIKE A HOME GAME. THE CROWD IS ROCKING AND HAS THEIR TEAM'S BACK, SO DAWN STALEY HAS TO DO WHAT SHE DOES SHOW UP. THERE'S A MOTTO LOOK GOOD, FEEL GOOD, PLAY GOOD. AND IT RUBS OFF ON HER TEAM. AND RIGHT NOW, HER TEAM IS TRULY THE ONE TO BEAT IN THIS TOURNAMENT. >> NOW LET'S TALK TEXAS BECAUSE TEXAS HAS A CHANCE TO WIN IT ALL. SO WHAT DOES THEIR PERFORMANCE FROM LAST NIGHT TELL US GOING INTO THIS MATCHUP? >> YOU GUYS KNOW WHERE I'M FROM. I HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR TEXAS FOR THE LONGHORNS, PARTICULARLY FOR MATTIE BOOKER BECAUSE DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS THAT'S WHERE SHE ARRIVES. MATTIE BOOKER IS A MASTER OF THE MID-RANGE. SHE ACTUALLY LEADS D1 IN MID-RANGE MAKES AND SHE JUST HAD A CAREER HIGH 31. YOU KNOW, IN THIS LAST PREVIOUS SEMIFINAL GAME VERSUS OLE MISS. BUT SHE'S NOT ALONE. ALSO IN THE HEART OF TEXAS IS THE POINT GUARD RORI HARMON. SHE LEADS THEIR ORGANIZATION, THEIR FRANCHISE IN TOTAL ASSISTS AND ALSO TOTAL STEALS. SHE IS A DOG OUT THERE SO IN THIS MATCHUP YOU HAVE POINT GUARDS THAT HONESTLY KNOW HOW TO LEAD THE WAY. I MENTIONED RAVEN JOHNSON FOR SOUTH CAROLINA. NOW FOR TEXAS IT'S RORY HARMAN. THEIR DEFENSE IN TEXAS IS THEIR EDGE. THIS ONE WILL BE A BRAWL FOR IT ALL >> I LOVE YOUR PASSION NOT JUST FOR TEXAS BUT FOR THIS WHOLE SPORT. IT'S JUST AMAZING I LOVE THAT ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S SWITCH TO THE NBA TWO BIG GAMES THIS AFTERNOON THE CELTICS VERSUS THE CAVS AND YOU GOT THE KNICKS VERSUS THE LAKERS SO WHAT'S THE HIGH PRIORITY FOR THESE TEAMS. >> ALL RIGHT I'M GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN THIS MORNING. JUST LIKE MAYBE YOUR FAVORITE THROWBACK GROUP BOTH OF THESE TEAMS I'M TALKING ABOUT CELTICS. CAVS HAVE NEW ADDITIONS. THEY HAVE NEW ADDITIONS. LET'S START. WITH WITH THE BOSTON CELTICS JAYSON TATUM IS BACK AND HIS DEBUT WAS JUST PERFECTLY IMPERFECT. HE HAD 15 POINTS ABOUT SEVEN REBOUNDS FIVE OR SO ASSISTS. HE WAS GREAT. NOW HE DID GET HUNG ON THE RIM A LITTLE BIT. BUT THAT WAS SO HUMAN. AND THAT'S WHY WE LOVE HIM AND WE LOVE THIS GAME BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S AT STAKE. NOW ON THE OTHER SIDE YOU THINK ABOUT THE CAVALIERS. THEIR NEW ADDITION IS JAMES HARDEN WHEN HE PLAYS SO FAR IN A CLEVELAND CAVALIERS UNIFORM UNIFORM. THEY ARE 8-1. AND HE MAKES THEIR BIGS BETTER. GUYS LIKE EVAN MOBLEY, GUYS LIKE JARRETT ALLEN. HAVE GONE FROM SHOOTING AROUND SIXTY PERCENT FROM THE FLOOR. TO SEVENTY PLUS PERCENT FROM THE FLOOR, JUST PLAYING ALONGSIDE JAMES HARDEN, WHO LEADS THE NBA IN ISOLATION BECAUSE HE CAN MANIPULATE DEFENSE. SO THAT IS A REALLY GREAT MATCHUP BASED OFF OF THE NEW ADDITIONS THAT ARE TRYING TO HELP THEM WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP COME THE NEXT MONTH OR SO >> OH, YOU'RE ALWAYS SO MUCH FUN TODAY WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. HAVE A GOOD TIME OUT THERE AND YOU AT HOME CAN CATCH THE CELTICS AND CAVS TODAY AT 1:00 P.M. EASTERN RIGHT HERE ON ABC, FOLLOWED BY THE KNICKS AND THE LAKERS AT THREE. AND YOU CAN WATCH COLLEGE GAMEDAY AT NOON ON DISNEY PLUS. >> NOW ON GMA WITH THE LATEST EDITION OF BINGE THIS. I WASN'T SURE WHAT WAS GOING TO COME IT DID. WELL GANZ HAS GOT YOU COVERED HERE. THE BIG AND SMALL SCREEN ENTERTAINMENT. ALL RIGHT, SO FIRST OFF, THE WEEKEND'S BIGGEST NEW RELEASES. >> I GOT YOU HERE. ALL RIGHT? AUDIENCES ARE ALL HOPPED UP ON DISNEY PIXAR MAGIC THIS WEEKEND THANKS TO HOPPERS. IT'S ABOUT A COLLEGE STUDENT WHO USES SOME EXPERIMENTAL TECHNOLOGY TO TRANSFER HER CONSCIOUSNESS INTO A ROBOTIC BEAVER SO THAT SHE CAN TEAM UP WITH REAL BEAVERS TO SAVE THEIR HABITAT. IT IS HILARIOUS AND HEARTWARMING, AND IT IS IN MOVIE THEATERS RIGHT NOW ALSO THIS WEEKEND, HARRY STYLES RETURNS TO THE CONCERT STAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER THREE YEARS. THE GRAMMY WINNER'S NEW ALBUM, KISS ALL THE TIME DISCO, OCCASIONALLY DROPPED ON FRIDAY, AND TO CELEBRATE, HARRY HAS FILMED HIS VERY FIRST TIME PLAYING THE ALBUM FOR A CROWD HARRY STYLES ONE NIGHT IN MANCHESTER STREAMS ON NETFLIX TODAY AT 3:00 P.M. EASTERN. WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS IS NOT EVERYBODY CAN BE PAYING $700 TO SEE HIM WHEN HE GOES ON TOUR, BUT YOU CAN WATCH HIM FROM YOUR COUCH THIS AFTERNOON. >> SO SMART. AND YOUR DAUGHTER LOVED HOPPER. >> THEY MY KIDS LOVED IT. AND WHEN I SHE WAS LIKE A LITTLE GIRL TURNED TO HER GIRL TURNS INTO AN ANIMAL AND I WAS LIKE A BEAVER. HOW DID YOU KNOW? WELL HONEY. AND WE ARE EXACTLY ONE WEEK OUT FROM OSCARS SUNDAY. SO WHAT MOVIES SHOULD WE BRUSH UP ON? >> ALL RIGHT, THE TWO MOVIES I THINK WE'LL BE HEARING MOST WHEN AWARDS ARE HANDED OUT AT THE OSCARS ARE SINNERS AND ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. THE FORMER IS RYAN COOGLER'S VAMPIRE THRILLER STARRING MICHAEL B JORDAN, WHO RECENTLY BECAME A FRONT RUNNER FOR BEST ACTOR AFTER HIS WIN AT THE ACTOR AWARDS. YOU CAN WATCH SINNERS ON PRIME AND ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER STARS LEO DICAPRIO, TEYANA TAYLOR AND SEAN PENN, AND IS AN ACTION PACKED DRAMA THAT COULD PICK UP SEVERAL AWARDS NEXT WEEK STREAMING ON HBO MAX. AND NOT THAT ANYONE EVER NEEDS A REASON TO REWATCH BRIDESMAIDS, BUT THE COMEDY CLASSIC IS TURNING FIFTEEN THIS YEAR, AND THERE ARE RUMORS THAT KRISTEN WIIG, MAYA RUDOLPH, AND MELISSA MCCARTHY WILL REUNITE AT THIS YEAR'S OSCARS. TO CELEBRATE ROSE BYRNE, WHO'S NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTRESS FOR IF I HAD LEGS, I'D KICK YOU AT THE OSCARS THIS YEAR. YOU CAN STREAM BRIDESMAIDS PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE THESE DAYS, BUT MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE READY TO PARTY WITH THE BEST. >> THAT'S RIGHT THE ACADEMY ACADEMY PRODUCERS PLEASE MAKE THAT HAPPEN PLEASE. ALL RIGHT, WHAT ABOUT THE SMALL SCREEN? >> GLAD YOU ASKED. BILL LAWRENCE IS THE BRAINS BEHIND SOME OF THE BEST COMEDIES ON TV, FROM TED LASSO TO SCRUBS, WHICH THE REVIVAL IS NOW STREAMING ON DISNEY PLUS, AND NEW EPISODES ARE DROPPING ON ABC. BUT HE'S GOT A BRAND NEW SHOW PREMIERING ON HBO MAX TONIGHT. IT'S CALLED ROOSTER, AND STEVE CARELL IS BACK IN HIS CRINGEY COMEDY GLORY, PLAYING AN AUTHOR WHO COMES TO A COLLEGE CAMPUS TO HELP HIS DAUGHTER, WHO'S A PROFESSOR THERE, GET HER LIFE BACK TOGETHER AFTER A BREAKUP. SOMETHING VERY CRAZY HAPPENS AT THE END OF EPISODE ONE, WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT WILL SET THE TONE FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON THAT'S TONIGHT ON HBO MAX. OR IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING MORE DRAMATIC OUR GUY, STERLING K BROWN. YES, BACK FOR SEASON TWO OF PARADISE ON HULU SHAILENE WOODLEY IS JOINING THE CAST THIS SEASON, AND IF YOU THOUGHT SEASON ONE WAS EXPLOSIVE BUCKLE UP. THE FIRST FOUR EPISODES OF PARADISE ARE OUT NOW ON HULU AND HULU ON DISNEY+, WITH NEW EPISODES OUT EACH MONDAY. >> I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THE END OF EPISODE FOUR. >> I WAS ALREADY. >> YES, IT'S SO GOOD. IT'S SO GOOD. >> ALL RIGHT. YES. FINALLY I HAVE TO MENTION LOVE STORY JOHN F KENNEDY JR. AND CAROLYN BESSETTE, THE DRAMATIZED VERSION OF ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING AMERICAN LOVE STORIES. GRIPPING, AND HAS LAUNCHED A 90s FASHION RESURGENCE. NEW EPISODES DROP EVERY WEEK ON FX AND HULU. I WATCH IT ON DISNEY PLUS. THE SHOW IS SO GOOD >> GUYS, ALL OF OUR BRAIN CELLS DID PRETTY WELL EVEN WITH LESS SLEEP YEAH, RIGHT. >> BUT NOW WE CAN NAP YEAH. >> THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH US. >> YOU CAN GET MORE WEEKEND NEWS COVERAGE OVER ON ABC NEWS LIVE >> HAVE A GREAT DAY

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