pixar fest. at the disneyland resort for a limited time. starting april 26th. >> whit: good morning, america. eclipse excitement. just a day away from the big show in the sky. millions of americans staking out their spots. >> this is the spot, and everybody knows it. >> whit: the cities and towns bracing for huge crowds. the latest forecast for the best

viewing sites and the lucky few getting a bird's-eye view. >> i'm super excited for this flight. >> whit: plus, the famed photographer hitching a ride with david copperfield hoping to snap another magical shot of this rare celestial show. >> gio: six-month mark. since hamas attacked israel killing more than a thousand people, taking hundreds hostage. the protests in israel overnight and the toll on gaza, a deepening humanitarian crisis, plus, hopes for new cease-fire talks, and martha raddatz with a preview of her exclusive interview with world central kitchen founder, jose andres. >> janai: new overnight. president biden set to make a major announcement on student debt relief. what it could mean for millions of americans struggling to pay off their college loans. ♪ katie's young and she just don't care ♪ >> whit: celebrating country. our cmt awards preview, who's taking the stage tonight? ♪ she's in love ♪ >> whit: as country music honors its own, and with beyonce's new album a chart topper --

♪ this ain't texas ♪ >> whit: the big question, could she saddle up for the show? ♪ the last dance ♪ >> gio: and last dance. >> her three is good! >> gio: the ncaa women's basketball championship tipping off just hours from now. undefeated south carolina taking on iowa and caitlin clark. who's got the edge? plus, the victories on the men's side overnight setting up a final showdown. ♪ come on, baby ♪ ♪ dance, dance, dance ♪ ♪ come on, baby ♪ >> gio: starting off with the queen of disco. good morning, america. so good to see you. how about uconn, huh, hoping for that back-to-back national championship. >> janai: yes. i expected you more to talk about donna summer but, yeah, yeah to that too. >> gio: it's a busy sunday here and the news just in about powerball. someone waking up the newest

billionaire this morning. >> whit: yes. even if it wasn't you, still another way to get some cash, why walmart may be paying you money. we'll have details on that ahead. >> janai: and you can still keep winning, because tomorrow's total solar eclipse, humans have been tracking and predicting eclipses for thousands of years. it is a breathtaking and even overwhelming thing to see the sun just vanish in the middle of the day. somara theodore is in the path of totality at the indianapolis motor speedway where tens of thousands of people will gather tomorrow. tomorrow, somara, i can't even get my words straight. we're so excited about this. >> somara: oh, my goodness. janai, here in indianapolis, the energy is palpable. folks are already filling the streets, the hotels, the restaurants, all in hopes of seeing this total solar eclipse, and it's not just the city of indianapolis that will get a view of this celestial, beautiful, spectacular event, we're seeing a lot of cities gearing up. this morning, just one day to go, and millions of americans are on the move, hitting the

road, and the skies to get their view of the total solar eclipse. millions expected to travel. the economic boom for those states in the path of totality could reach billions. in the skies, the faa issuing a travel warning anticipating high volume of traffic. they expect over 44,000 flights alone. cathy green flying from atlanta to buffalo to catch the celestial event at niagara falls. >> this is the spot, and everybody knows it. this is the spot. if you really want to see it, this is where you go. >> reporter: in vermont, seven ski areas fall within the eclipse's path with hotels having to wait-list thousands. jay peak calling it their event the whiteout. >> we took our first reservations for the eclipse almost four years ago, so there's been a lot of interest for an awfully long period of time, and we have been sold out for a year. >> reporter: cities and towns along the route of totality are expecting huge crowds and traffic. in texas, 1 of the 13 states in totality, the department of

transportation warning about congestion and distracted driving. >> we don't want anybody to be parking on the shoulder. don't be wearing your glasses. >> reporter: in indianapolis, the governor calling a state of emergency in anticipation of the massive crowds. >> the biggest issue is going to be traffic. we think it will back up on the interstates. >> reporter: and here at the indianapolis motor speedway, nearly 50,000 expected to arrive. officials saying they're ready. >> please come prepared, and please come patient. >> somara: and, you know, one of the most critical components to the great viewing of a total solar eclipse is the weather. here in indianapolis, temperatures will actually be in the 70s around that time, and we're expecting some clearing, so that's good news, not the case, though, for our friends down in texas, so go ahead and let's start at the beginning of the path. it drives through mexico, and then we anticipate it to hit del rio, right? as it makes its way into dallas, that's when we start to see a lot more cloud coverage. we'll be keeping our fingers crossed for a break in the

clouds, but there's a threat for severe weather. we could see a few tornadoes in the afternoon. timing on those storms, they're popping up after about 3:00, 4:00 in the afternoon, so after the eclipse has actually taken place, we could see more cloud coverage, then this rides up through arkansas and into carbondale, indiana, and right into cleveland, this is the area where we start to see more clearing. conditions look more primed, and then passing through niagara falls, we may see a few decent clouds. whoever's in vermont, they will get a spectacular sighting. gio, i can't wait till you get here. >> gio: i know. hopping on a flight right after the show to see you there in indy. thank you, somara. see you soon. now we're going to turn to the ongoing aftershocks from friday's rare east coast earthquake. believe it or not, there have been more than two dozen of them. abc's reena roy is here with more. good morning, reena. >> so many people in the northeast were already unsettled when the earthquake hit, because as you said, this is not common here, and then came the aftershocks. there was at least one as recently as saturday morning, and that was just one of more than 30 since that quake on friday.

but, look, these are not uncommon. experts say they can happen for weeks, even months, or years following an earthquake. that 4.8 magnitude quake striking near whitehouse station, new jersey, in the morning friday for about 30 seconds near the epicenter, and it was felt as far south as washington, d.c., and up to maine. experts estimating about 42 million people might have felt it, and that magnitude is not really large enough to cause any major damage, thankfully, but, of course, as we know, large enough to be strongly felt, and that is true especially here in the east. just an interesting little tidbit of science here, experts say earthquake shaking actually travels through the earth's crust more efficiently here in the east than it does out west, whit. >> whit: yeah, we know that shaking was widespread up and down the east coast. thank you so much, reena. we appreciate it. we do move overseas now to israel as people there and in

gaza mark six months of devastating war and britt clennett is live in israel near the gaza border with more. britt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. yeah, i'm at the kibbutz of kfar aza. one of those scenes of devastating attacks six months ago. dozens of people were killed here, 18 of them were taken hostage. five of them still remain as outrage grows to bring them home and talks resume in egypt. this morning, massive crowds of angry protesters in tel aviv voicing their frustration that it's been half a year since 250 hostages were taken captive in gaza in a wave of horrific attacks that killed 1,200 people. about 130 of the hostages are believed to be in gaza. the idf saying more than 250 of its soldiers have been killed since the gaza invasion began. demonstrations coming as a new round of negotiations are under way today with cia director bill burns in egypt, a

hamas delegation arriving today. gadi moses is held in gaza. >> it's too much to wait six months for your loved ones for your family. it's tough. >> reporter: the israeli military say that more than 30 hostages are already dead. just yesterday the idf says it retrieved the body of 47-year-old elad katzir. this is a family friend of the katzirs and her father-in-law was also taken hostage from a kibbutz near oz on october 7th. >> i don't know what to do. i know when he was a young teenage. >> what is your message for biden? what do you want him to do? >> keep pushing. keep pushing. do it. do more. please. please, we ask you to help us. >> reporter: since the october 7th attack, an israeli military campaign in gaza to destroy hamas' capabilities has soared to over 33,000 dead according to the hamas-run health ministry. millions of palestinians have

been displaced, entire cities reduced to rubble, and a deepening humanitarian crisis has upended the gaza strip risking famine and starvation, and israel remains on high alert amid threats from iran that it will retaliate for a bombing of its consulate in syria. the u.s. warning that a significant attack could happen at any moment. janai. >> janai: we are watching for that potential. britt, thank you so much. and let's bring in abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz. martha, so great to have you with us this morning. six months of war, and there's been a major shift by president biden in terms of his rhetoric about the toll on civilians. what's at stake for biden, especially with the re-election? >> well, janai, as you've heard month after month, the biden administration has tried to get the israelis, benjamin netanyahu, to reduce those civilian casualties in gaza and to increase humanitarian aid, and he really pushed for it this week again and again and basically said to netanyahu, if

you don't do this, if you do not, if we do not see progress, it will have consequences. the president didn't outline what those consequences would be. he would not say. the white house would not say specifically whether it would involve military aid or weapons transfers to israel, but this is, as you said, a significant, a significant move for the white house, and, of course, president biden, as you said, does face re-election, and he is getting criticized by muslim communities, by progressive democrats over and over, and this is exactly the kind of thing they have been demanding, janai. >> janai: and, martha, the push for more aid certainly wasn't helped by the israeli strike last monday that killed seven aid workers with the world central kitchen. you have a great exclusive interview coming up on "this week" this morning with the organization's founder.

let's take a listen to that. >> this is not anymore about the seven men and women of world central kitchen that perished in this unfortunate event. this is happening for too long. it's been six months of targeting anything that moves. this doesn't seem a war against terror. this doesn't seem anymore about a war about defending israel. this really at this point seems it's a war against humanity itself. >> janai: a war against humanity itself. martha, jose andres not mincing words there. how are the aid workers' deaths going to affect israel over the long term? >> i think obviously they already have, and that's why president biden had that stern talk with netanyahu, but what the white house will do is watch and watch this carefully, and they want to see actual progress there, and they say they will mark that progress. we don't know whether there's a deadline. we don't know great details. we're going to talk to john

kirby as well today, but those deaths have clearly resonated throughout the world, janai. >> janai: absolutely, looking forward to that conversation. martha, thank you. tune in to "this week" later for more of martha's exclusive interview with world central kitchen founder jose andres and white house national security communications adviser john kirby responds, that is all coming up this morning on "this week." gio. >> gio: all right, janai, some important conversations there. and we're going to turn now to president biden's new attempt at a large-scale student loan forgiveness program and we're expecting an announcement tomorrow, and maryalice parks is at the white house with what we're hearing. good morning, maryalice. >> reporter: gio, good morning. this was a campaign promise, and last summer after the supreme court struck down president biden's first student loan forgiveness plan, the president vowed to keep working on it, and the white house has been busy. over the last several months they have rolled out several programs offering relief to people like public servants, for example, some low-income borrowers, but we are now learning that this week the president plans to announce another large-scale program that

could potentially impact millions of borrowers. we do not have many details yet, but we know that the department of education has been working on a new rule to potentially help people who have been holding debt for decades, those who might be able to show different kinds of financial hardship or perhaps those whose debt now because of interest has ballooned beyond what they originally took out. now, my sources tell me that the white house thinks that this more targeted approach where borrowers have to fall into specific categories to get relief should provide better legal footing if this is also challenged. now, the president plans to make this announcement in madison, wisconsin. whit, that is obviously a crucial battleground state ahead of november, whit. >> whit: sure is. we'll stand by for more details. maryalice, thank you. to the campaign trial now, and overnight donald trump raked in a record amount of money to add to his campaign war chest holding an exclusive fund-raiser at mar-a-lago. president biden and the democrats also building on their fund-raising efforts.

abc's jay o'brien has details. jay, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. overnight the trump campaign saying that that fund-raiser raked in an estimated $50 million at mar-a-lago. it was also only the second political appearance of this campaign for former first lady melania trump. this was the republican response to that massive democratic fund-raiser where president biden, former presidents obama and clinton brought in a smaller $26 million last week, but democrats still far outpacing republicans when it comes to the overall size of their campaign war chest, whit. >> whit: jay, we know that congress gets back from a two-week recess, and there's a lot to urgently get to. walk us through what's coming up here. >> reporter: whit, the house still hasn't taken up aid for ukraine, which cleared the senate months ago. the white house also signaling it's going to urgently press congress to appropriate funds for a new francis scott key bridge in baltimore, and the senate's work this week could be briefly delayed when they take up that constitutionally

required trial of the house gop impeachment of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. senators expected to either move to quickly dismiss those charges or to refer this trial to a committee, janai. >> janai: right, jay, thank you for that. now, to the class action lawsuit against walmart, the company agreeing to pay $45 million to settle that lawsuit. abc's alexis christoforous is here with what it could mean for some consumers and possibly some money back in their pockets, alexis, good morning. >> reporter: you got that right. good morning, janai. if you bought groceries at walmart in recent years, the retail giant may owe you up to 500 bucks. here's the deal, walmart is paying $45 million to settle a class action lawsuit claiming the retail giant overcharged customers for certain groceries bought in store from october 19th, 2018, to january 19th of this year, and the lawsuit accuses them of falsely inflating product weight, mislabeling some

products and overcharging for certain clearance items including meat, poultry, pork and seafood sold by weight, as well as for some bagged citrus fruit. walmart denies the allegations but agreed to the settlement telling abc news, we believe a settlement is in the best interest of both parties. now, if you believe you're eligible, and you have your receipts, you could be entitled to 2% of the total cost for each product up to $500. if you don't keep grocery receipts from five years ago, don't worry, you can still receive up to $25. you may also be able to retrieve receipts from walmart's website, and you can file a claim on the settlement administrator's website. that deadline to file, june 5th, gio. >> gio: everybody looking for those receipts. >> whit: yeah, right. [ laughter ] good luck on the receipt hunt. >> janai: yeah. >> gio: thank you, alexis. all right, time now for the weather. somara theodore is in indianapolis ahead of the eclipse. somara, we said that i'm going to be joining you there. please tell me it's looking good. >> somara: oh, it's looking good for us, gio. i got the hookup with mother nature, so don't worry.

[ laughter ] all right. where it wasn't looking so good was in kansas and nebraska yesterday. take a look at this video, out of belleville, kansas. this is nemaha central. you wonder why they call it the home of the thunder. look at that lightning. spectacular, illuminating show in the sky and we also saw very powerful wind with this storm. this is seneca, kansas. the dirt getting whipped around there. at least 40 wind reports came out yesterday because of those thunderstorms. as we head through today, the powerful winds will continue throughout colorado but will start to diminish by this afternoon which is good news, but that's leading to some red

>> somara: and that's your local forecast. back to you guys. >> whit: thanks so much. we'll chat in just a bit. to march madness now, reaching a furious peak this weekend. the women's title game happening later today while the men's final four battled it out overnight, and abc's will reeve joins us from cleveland with more on the tournament standings. will, good morning. [ laughter ] >> reporter: good morning, whit. from last night in phoenix and to here in cleveland today and all around the country, we are consumed by the madness. just down that hall through those doors, the south carolina and iowa teams are getting ready for their final shootaround. top secret stuff, because the anticipation for this afternoon's showdown has reached a crescendo. south carolina in pursuit of a perfect season, and it's caitlin clark's final game. >> clark does, her three is

good. >> reporter: this morning, just hours until tip-off of perhaps the most anticipated women's college basketball game ever. number one south carolina, undefeated, led by three-time coach of the year dawn staley looking to complete a perfect season and win their third national title and second in three years. >> i don't want to lose. i don't want our season to end in any way except the way i envisioned, and that's winning the national championship. >> reporter: standing in their way, the biggest star in college basketball and one of the boldest names in all of sports right now, caitlin clark. >> clark steps back, fires, you bet. >> reporter: the college all-time leading point scorer preparing for her final college game hoping to bring iowa their first championship in program history. >> yeah, i think our team's confidence is pretty good at this point in the year. obviously there's only one more game left to go. >> reporter: iowa's elite eight game against lsu was the most watched women's game ever for four days until 14.2 million

people tuned in to see clark and the hawkeyes in that thriller over uconn on friday. espn's highest rated basketball game in its history, and overnight in the men's final four, uconn and purdue set for a title game showdown tomorrow. >> spencer hits the rim. with the jam, he rocks the rim. >> reporter: the huskies surviving their toughest test yet from alabama as zach edey and the boilermakers turn cinderella n.c. state back into a pumpkin. >> jones, another from long range, bull's-eye. >> reporter: uconn now looking to win back-to-back titles for the first time since florida did it in 2006 and '07. that's going to be a great game tomorrow, but today all the focus is here in cleveland as the focus on the women's game has grown so very much with south carolina going for that perfect season, and caitlin clark's greatness being the story line of the season. we get to see her one final time. it all goes down today, 3:00

eastern on abc. it's going to be fantastic, guys. what a tournament we've had. >> whit: absolutely. it's a great tournament. will, and you've been fantastic. we appreciate it. we're looking forward to the game today. there's much more ahead on march madness here as espn's andraya carter joins us to break down all the games. >> janai: fantastic. so many people will be tuned in to that game. will, thank you again. still coming up on "gma," that massive powerball jackpot, a newly minted billionaire. where the winning ticket was sold. >> whit: also ahead, more on our countdown to the eclipse. the view from the air and the lucky few who will be chasing totality in the sky. >> gio: and we're going to look ahead to tonight's cmt awards and the big question, could beyonce make a surprise appearance as cowboy carter. we'll be right back. you're watching "gma." sometimes, the lows of bipolar depression feel darkest before dawn. with caplyta, there's a chance to let in the lyte™.

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an eclipse that will span from texas to maine, and "gma" is kicking off our coverage tomorrow morning along the path of totality. robin roberts will be live in cleveland for all the excitement. i'll be right there with her. gio in indy. we got the whole team out there. we'll have much more on the solar eclipse coming up in just a few minutes. >> janai: i know that's just video, but that's so cool. >> gio: it is going to be amazing. it really is going to be amazing. let's look at the other big stories we're following on this sunday morning. happening right now, two people were killed and seven others injured following a shooting at a martini bar in doral, florida, in the miami area. the armed suspect shot and killed the security guard and was then in turn killed by responding police. an officer and six bar patrons were injured in the gunfire. >> janai: also right now, we are celebrating the life of influential pastor and civil rights leader, the reverend cecil murray. he served as pastor of first african methodist episcopal church in los angeles for 27

years and was described as a calming presence during the city's 1992 riots. murray was known for uplifting the neighborhoods of south los angeles. his son said he died of natural causes. dr. cecil l. murray was 94. >> whit: and we have some breaking news this morning. there's one winning ticket for last night's $1.3 billion powerball jackpot. it was sold in oregon. the winner can choose annual payments or the lump sum estimated at $621 million the drawing was delayed for hours with the powerball saying that one of their jurisdictions needed extra time to complete the required pre-draw procedures, but they announced that winner. >> gio: the idea of waking up with over a billion dollars. >> whit: as janai would say, cha-ching. >> gio: cla cha-ching. >> janai: yes, indeed. >> gio: also cha-ching, solar eclipse. we are going to start this half hour here with the eclipse enthusiasts taking their watch parties to a whole new level more than 30,000 feet in the air, that's as nasa gears up to go even higher on a chase to help them learn more about the

skies. take a look at this. this morning, as millions prepare to watch the celestial event from the ground, some like james will be chasing it from the sky. >> i may be one of the few people that can see the eclipse above the clouds. i'm super excited for this flight. >> reporter: he snagged a ticket on one of two soldout delta flights set to fly along the path of totality tomorrow. >> midway through the flight, it's going to be timed where the pilots are going to do some sort of maneuver in the air so everybody on both the left side and the right side of the plane can have a glimpse of the eclipse. >> reporter: nasa will also be in on the action. two wb-57 jet planes will head above the clouds at an altitude of 50,000 feet chasing the eclipse shadow at 460 miles per hour feeding it back live. >> we have three experiments flying on the wb-57s during the solar eclipse. there's an experiment that i'm leading with an instrument called sami, a suite of four scientific cameras, looking at the sun's outer atmosphere, the solar corona. >> reporter: researchers looking

at the clues the corona could hold to determine what creates solar wind, which is according to nasa the stream of charged particles coming from the sun that can cause auroras but also potential threats to our satellites and astronauts. >> i took a photograph of the last great american eclipse in 2017. >> reporter: photographer john carmichael looking to match this iconic photo he took during the last eclipse when he traveled on a southwest plane. this time he'll be on a private jet with legendary illusionist and aviation enthusiast david copperfield. >> have i chosen my seat? i will be somewhere right here. >> reporter: hoping to capture another epic photo of this upcoming eclipse, this time aiming higher. >> i am planning on accomplishing something that can only be done with an aircraft that's high enough. we're going to be at, what, 49,000 feet, so -- >> i think 55. >> gio: 55,000 feet above the clouds trying to capture that moon shadow. for copperfield, it's his first eclipse.

>> the gift i have is that i'll get a chance to see this with the best photographer of moon stuff ever, which is amazing and be able to help him out a little bit too, so it's really great. >> gio: just amazing how high they're going to be up there, and i want to take a look at that john carmichael photo again from 2017. this has been called one of history's most amazing photos, so without a doubt he is feeling the pressure to outdo that. back then he took over 1,200 photos in two minutes to capture that perfect shot. >> janai: that shot is just unbelievable. gio, this is your first eclipse. >> gio: i know. >> janai: what are you most looking forward to? >> gio: i want to see how it hits my soul, right. because we hear that it's such a spiritual moment, right, that you see this, and we see the majesty of the universe at work and how it all comes together and the mystery of it, too. i'm looking forward to see how it hits my soul. >> janai: i know we are all -- it's so funny. we were talking about it on tv, but we're really all going to be texting afterwards to be like

how was it. did you cry? did you cry? what are you looking forward to? >> whit: well, obviously i get into the nerdy part of it all, the heightened period of solar activity, the dynamic corona and whatnot, but to gio's point, i'm also looking forward to that physical experience, because it's not just what you see up there in the sky, it is truly what you feel, the atmosphere all around you changes, the temperature drops, it gets dark. the birds stop chirping. you actually feel the chills going through your body, and for me i couldn't help but look up into the sky and you just marvel at this great big reminder that there are greater forces at play in the universe, and you wonder what is my tiny little role in all of this, and you get to share that experience with millions of people all across the country from different walks of life, and it's not just in the path of totality, but, janai, i know you'll be in florida. i would encourage everyone to go out there and witness the partial eclipse as well. it's not the same as totality but, still, you can share in this special moment. >> janai: my son is so excited.

we're going to have our glasses, and i'm sure it will be extra special down there at disney too but it's going to be so cool, and i can't wait to circle back afterwards. >> gio: the text chain crazy. coverage begins tomorrow morning on "gma" and then continues at 1:00 p.m. with the main event starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern anchored by david muir and linsey davis right here on abc and all of our streaming platforms. >> whit: gio is going to cry, though, i'm calling that right now. >> janai: seriously, so are you. >> whit: i might. >> janai: so we'll be looking for the tears from you. somara, gio will join you there. it will be so awesome. tell us about the weather. >> somara: oh, i'm so pumped. yeah, let's get one last look in case you missed this forecast earlier, i know everyone is looking at the screen saying, somara, i'm going to texas, give me some good news. what i can say about the state of texas is a lot of these storms look to be bubbling up just after the eclipse occurs or totality occurs should i say,

and as for the clouds, let's keep our fingers crossed, and maybe you'll get a break when it happens, but storms bubble up and things improve as you head farther up the path of totality. >> somara: all right, gio, i'll see you when you get here. >> gio: all right, let's go. let's go. >> whit: hope the plane's on time. thank you, somara. coming up on "good morning america," the performers who will be lighting up the stage at the cmt awards and the beyonce question. ♪ bad for my health ♪ the beyon question. ♪ bad for my health ♪ running can be such an individual sport. i thought, “why not share this experience?” i train with this chair every day. i've pushed rider-athletes in over seventy marathons. seeing their excitement, they're the ones that push me.

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>> it might be in the stars. the eclipse is really in honor of beyonce i think is what's going on. it's been a huge year for country music. in fact, country music topped 20 billion on demand u.s. audio streams in 2023, which is a nearly 24% year-over-year increase, and now with queen bey in the mix, that global country music dance party is more popular than ever. can all cowboys please report to the dance floor? ♪ ya, ya, ya, ya, ya ♪ >> reporter: beyonce capping off a milestone year for country music. ♪ this ain't texas ♪ >> reporter: topping the charts with "texas hold 'em" after last year's longest running number one running song on the hot 100 was also a country hit. ♪ baby, baby ♪ ♪ something's telling me this ain't over yet ♪ >> reporter: now tonight's cmt awards in austin, texas, celebrating a major year in country music. ♪ if you go down, i'm going down too ♪ >> reporter: kelsea ballerini

hosting and performing with brooks & dunn, and lainey wilson set to lead a tribute to the late toby keith. in addition, tonight's performers include the new class of country superstars like jelly roll. ♪ somebody, save me me from myself ♪ >> reporter: and longtime legends like keith urban and trisha yearwood. ♪ she's in love ♪ >> reporter: but beyonce is no stranger to making surprise appearances at award shows. >> time to strike a match and light up this juke joint. >> reporter: so, now, everybody wants to know, will cowboy carter herself light up tonight's cmt awards? >> this is what everybody in the country industry is talking about, and not just because it's a huge release from a superstar, but also folds in so much of the country music industry. >> reporter: kelsea ballerini speaking to stage right secrets. >> just to see so many artists come in and embrace it like we have is beautiful. >> so we reached out to beyonce's team, and they did not say she will be at tonight's cmt awards, but they didn't say she won't be there, you guys. >> whit: okay. >> i mean, listen, i love that you reached out to beyonce. come on, really?

>> it's me again. back in the dms. so brittney spencer is performing tonight, which means that's part of the "blackbird" collab that's on "cowboy carter," so people have their fingers crossed for that, and tiktok rumors may be that miley duet. >> janai: that would be insane. oh, man. looking forward to that. still coming up here on "good morning america," it's -- ♪ the last dance ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ i thought you guys would join in. for the ncaa women's championship, espn's andraya carter is here. hopefully she won't leave me hanging. [ laughter ] hopefully she won't leave me hanging. [ laughter ] shingles doesn't care. but shingrix protects. only shingrix is proven over 90% effective. shingrix is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults 50 years and older. shingrix does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients or to a previous dose. an increased risk of guillain-barré syndrome was observed after getting shingrix. fainting can also happen.

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south carolina has to do it as a team. they've got to throw different things at caitlin clark. now, for iowa, their main focus is going to be limiting kamilla cardoso on the inside. kamilla cardoso is 6'7" and has a ton of size and playing dominant, and they have to slow down kamilla and all of south carolina's size. one thing about south carolina, it's not just kamilla but they rotate post players in that are tall. they're athletic, and they have great skill, so for south carolina, can they slow down caitlin's scoring, and for iowa can they limit south carolina's bigs? those are just the main focuses. everything else falls under that. >> gio: oh, my gosh, so who do you think will be the x factors here in this game, anyone who impressed you on friday that could step up besides kamilla and caitlin? >> okay, so there are so many players i could name, but i'll just pick one from each team. hannah stuelke for iowa. she had a phenomenal game. she runs the floor hard, had 23 points. she has to play big, because i just mentioned south carolina's

size, so hannah stuelke for the hawkeyes and for south carolina, ashlyn watkins, she comes off the bench. she's an elite athlete. guys, she can dunk the basketball. we probably won't see it in the national championship game because it's a little too risky, but she had 20 rebounds against n.c. state. the energy that she can play with could be really tough for iowa to match. >> janai: all reasons why this game tonight is going to be so good. okay, andraya, let's turn to the men now. they play tomorrow. uconn versus purdue. what is the biggest story line for the men's tournament? >> you know, if i go treetops with this one, i think it's really special with this matchup. one, they're both number one overall seeds, but coming in from very different places. uconn is looking to repeat as national champions. purdue is looking for revenge. this is a purdue team that got knocked out of the tournament early. so, if you go uconn looking to repeat, they're extremely balanced top to bottom. they had five guys in double figures in their last game. to get to the national

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seven aid workers killed in gaza, and abortion and immigration take center stage in the 2024 race this morning on abc's the. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. good morning i'm stephanie sierra. >> one person was struck and killed by a caltrain in san carlos overnight. the san mateo county transit district says the person trespassed onto the tracks when the collision happened. they collided with one of the electric trains that was undergoing a test on the property. officials say it's too early to determine the cause of that collision. we'll stay posted on that right now. a stretch of highway one at capitola is closed because of construction. caltrans crews are demolishing the capital. a bridge overcrossing the portion of the highway which is a little more than a mile, is closed until seven. tonight, caltrans is telling people to take 101 to avoid this closure. all right. let's check on the forecast with lisa. good morning. >> hey, stephanie. good morning

to you. our exploratorium camera is so pretty out there this morning but barely manage the upper 50s yesterday, another day like that today with that sea breeze throughout the afternoon 47 downtown as well as oakland, san jose and san mateo. half moon bay 45 and look out looking at out from emeryville. still chilly in petaluma, 36 was just 40. in livermore and santa rosa, so a slow climb today into those upper 50s to low 60s with temperatures just a couple degrees milder. but the sea breeze kicks up throughout the afternoon. if you're headed to the giants game, they're making you dizzy with that graphic. about 20 to 25 mile an hour winds late in the day, low 60s on the peninsula. partly cloudy skies throughout the afternoon, so you notice a little green there. we could see an isolated shower, mainly in the upper elevations. the accuweather seven day forecast. great eclipse viewing tomorrow with a much warmer day and then for tuesday, wednesday and thursday adding 3 to 5 degrees each and every day for well below below. above average. middle of the week. stephanie. >> lisa, thank you. and thank

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