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you're streaming ABC News live tonight digging out after the storm it's right in front of us big tornado holy smokes we're on the ground in Texas as residents sift through the rubble left behind by a deadly tornado as 50 million Americans remain under severe storm threat plus I feel like if I had the answer I would have the secret recipe people in the US I think are intrigued by the Scandinavian lifestyle but then I guess maybe my approach to social media is something that interests people here

as well we introduce you to a social media star Matilda jurf and explore why the Swedish designer is Making Waves and what that says about younger consumers devouring her Styles and strength of a woman is the strength that I found when I found the love for myself I sit down with the one and only Mary J Blige talk about her latest project and the icon's long-lasting Legacy in the music industry good evening I'm Phil lipoffin for Lindsey Davis tonight thank you so much for streaming with us we are

following those stories of course and much more including the Department of Justice report that blames the institutional problem of discrimination and policing in Minneapolis for allowing the 2020 murder of George Floyd to be possible plus the steps the Iowa Supreme Court just took on the state's abortion ban and just a few weeks after the largest streaming platform in the world cracked down on password sharing the gamble seems to be paying off we're going to take a look by the Numbers our corr

espondents are found out across the country covering those stories and more for us tonight but we are going to begin with the severe weather threat as we enter a holiday weekend more than 30 million Americans are bracing for yet another round of dangerous wind hail and possible tornadoes after more than a thousand storm reports from Colorado to Florida this week alone and there have been at least eight reported tornadoes in the past 24 hours more than 15 in the past two days the most powerful le

veled much of the North Texas town of Perryton tonight hundreds of homes as you see are gone and at least three people have died dozens more injured in South Texas and Louisiana life-threatening heat San Antonio Houston and New Orleans all expected to see temps hovering around 110 through Monday in Florida Crews race to rescue residents in Pensacola after 16 inches of rain Rob Marciano is standing by with the forecast but first Maria Villarreal leads us off from Texas tonight the town of Perryto

n Texas in Ruins after taking a direct hit from a powerful tornado it's right in front of us big tornado holy smokes Storm Chasers catching the moment it tore through the community of 8 000 in the Texas Panhandle the warnings issued just after 5 PM Thursday drone video showing trailer homes completely leveled others on fire officials estimate dozens of people injured you know those people go to church with those people and and so it really does uh affect you a lot among the dead Becky Randall sh

e leaves behind a husband two sons and four grandchildren the chief telling me more than 200 structures were leveled more than a dozen homes in this one neighborhood were completely destroyed in fact the one right here behind me eight people were inside when the tornado hit miraculously they all survived Julio Garcia Mercedes showing me where they hid this is the he said this is the Salvation for him and his family more than a thousand reports of severe weather from this powerful system that als

o dumped more than a foot of raid on the floor to Panhandle more than a hundred had to be rescued one person killed when a tree fell on their home Phil First Responders from all across Texas are descending on this small rural town to help with the cleanup but it is a daunting task knowing that is going to get very hot very soon in this area in fact we're gonna hit the 90s and stay there throughout next week Phil Maria thank you let's get now to ABC senior meteorologist Rob Marciano Rob part of t

he area we just saw is under threat again tomorrow right yeah it's a very active pattern uh Phil even here in the Northeast we had a tornado in New Jersey and Virginia today and still have a severe thunderstorm watch up for a couple hours in those areas there you see it in a fresh severe thunderstorm watch just posted now for parts of Mississippi and Southern Alabama including Pensacola that's till midnight and a leftover thunderstorm watch in parts of Colorado but you'll see here the enhanced r

isk is for almost the entire state of hard hit Oklahoma tomorrow for damaging winds maybe more tornadoes you see that line heading through Oklahoma and then the entire State of Florida is going to get it again tomorrow heavy rain and some maybe some damaging winds and then on Sunday Father's Day looking at Little Rock Memphis much of the Mid-South down through Jackson Mississippi and through Montgomery Alabama so a big chunk there will be under the gun for more in the way of damaging winds and a

brief tornado that's where they're very strong unusually strong subtropical jet stream is causing those storms south of that is where the heat is building and it will be bad tomorrow in Texas and Louisiana and excessive heat warnings are posted through Sunday 110 or better in San Antonio Austin all the way to New Orleans this is dangerous heat for Father's Day and dangerous storms for a big chunk of the U.S on Father's day as well Phil all right Rob thanks so much now to a scathing report on th

e Minneapolis Police Department a doj investigation found a pattern of unconstitutional Behavior including racial discrimination and excessive force especially against black and Native American people the justice department says these are systemic issues that made the death of George Floyd possible ABC's chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas with more [Music] murdered by a Minneapolis Police Officer a moment of Reckoning the justice department concluding George Floyd's murder was a symptom o

f a broader disease the patterns and practices we observed made what happened to George Floyd possible among the damning findings that Minneapolis Police use excessive force including unjustified lethal Force too often and that they unlawfully discriminated against black and Native American people MPD stopped black and Native American people nearly six times more often than white people in situations that did not result in arrest or citation the doj report was chock full of deeply disturbing exa

mples of brutality and racism for example after MPD officers stopped a car carrying four somali-american teens one officer told the teens quote do you remember what happened in Blackhawk Down When we killed a bunch of your Folk I'm proud of that we didn't finish the job over there if we had you guys wouldn't be over here right now Community leaders say they've been selling the alarm for years only to be ignored we remember the days where the police will take you down to the Mississippi River at

night and putting guns at you and beat you so I asked the Attorney General black people brown people this is deals with how they live their daily lives how you address that okay every person in the United States must be able to go about their daily lives without concern that they will be affected by unconstitutional policing and what we saw in in the report is heartbreaking Pierre joins us now from Minneapolis and Pierre after George Floyd was murdered the police department their promised change

what happened to those reforms well today everyone acknowledged changing this police department will take time after George Floyd City officials banned the use of chokeholds but doj's investigation found examples of Minneapolis Police still using the dangerous technique hundreds of police have quit and morale is at Rock Bottom the city is now working with doj on a consent decree that will mandate change Phil all right Pierre Thomas from Minneapolis Pierre thank you and now to the verdict in the

deadliest anti-semitic attack in U.S history a Pennsylvania truck driver convicted on all 63 counts 11 worshipers murdered seven others injured including five responding officers that same jury will now decide whether he should pay for those crimes with his own life Aaron kuturski reports it Remains the country's deadliest anti-semitic attack a gunman opening fire at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh killing 11 congregants and tonight Robert Bowers has been found guilty on all 63 counts incl

uding obstructing the free exercise of religion prosecutors said he turned a sacred house of worship into a hunting ground I am feeling a sense of relief that after four and a half years world has heard again about the horrific acts on October 27 2018 and the shooter is being held accountable for those awful acts the jury saw police body camera footage showing Rabbi Jeffrey Myers fleeing the building still wearing his prayer shawl from Sabbath morning Services he testified he helped some congreg

ants Escape before hiding in a bathroom and praying while on with 9-1-1 in a statement tonight Rabbi Meyers saying I am grateful to God for getting us to this day the victims were 54 to 97 shot and killed by a gunman armed with three handguns and this AR-15 you can see it laying among blood-spattered children's books bullets piercing this prayer book and shattering Windows prosecutors say Bowers posted anti-semitic rants online for months before the Rampage and quoted him saying all these Jews n

eed to die we look forward to a final just conclusion and a just punishment for the horrible horrendous Deeds Done four and a half years ago Aaron joins us now and Aaron this can only be described as a agonizing grueling year four years for this Pittsburgh Community what comes next now in this case it has been agonizing Phil and in some ways it's only going to get worse as the jury next focuses on whether Robert Bowers should serve a death sentence for these crimes the penalty phase gets underwa

y on June 26th and the focus is going to be on the lives the community lost and that's going to be extraordinarily painful and on the defense side the defense attorneys are going to try and raise questions about Robert Bauer's mental health as they try to spare his life but no matter how this turns out Phil we know that since the synagogue shooting in 2018 violence targeting faith-based communities in this country has only been getting worse Phil a sobering thought Aaron thank you so much the Io

wa Supreme Court has struck down the six-week abortion ban from going into effect the court was Split 3-3 Decision Friday on the case meaning abortion remains legal in the state of Iowa the 2018 Bill the Supreme Court was considering prevents abortions from being performed once cardiac activity can be detected which typically occurs around six weeks of pregnancy before many women even know they're pregnant a similar bill has been adopted into law in various States across the country in the year

since the Dobbs decision was handed down by the U.S Supreme Court troubling new details in the death of two Americans at a luxury resort in Mexico the hotel is on record denying that carbon monoxide or any other gas could be the cause but now paramedics who were called to the scene say they suddenly felt sick and immediately sought Medical Care themselves here's Gio Benitez tonight alarming new details in the case of those two American tourists found dead in their room at this luxury hotel in Me

xico First Responders telling ABC news that they fell ill after entering the room at the Rancho Pescadero hotel where the bodies of 28 year old Abby Lutz and 41 year old John heathco were found Tuesday night some paramedics had to be treated at a hospital we started to fail DC and we came out we we went out of the room as soon as possible authorities say they found Abby in the bed and John on the floor of the shower the water's still running Mexican authorities say they died from intoxication by

substance to be determined Abby's family telling ABC News she'd been unwell on the trip she was feeling sick and went to the hospital um stayed one night on IV and felt so much better Hyatt which is affiliated with the hotel saying in a statement we do not believe that the cause of death was related to any issues with the hotel's infrastructure or facilities including carbon monoxide or a gas of any kind and tonight an American living in that Mexican Town tells us the hotel recently underwent a

two-year renovation and just reopened last year Phil Geo thank you Pope Francis is out of the hospital today the pontiff spent nine days in the hospital after undergoing surgery for an abdominal hernia and scarring this is just the latest in a string of health challenges for the 86 year old Pope he's dealt with in the last few years the Copa 19 vaccines are on track for a big recipe change this fall advisors for the Food and Drug Administration says the next round of shots in the U.S should onl

y include protection against the newest variants that are now dominant worldwide vaccine makers say they could have updated vaccines available within months depending on the strain the FDA will make the final decision now to the investigation into mixed martial arts Superstar fighter Conor McGregor who is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a bathroom at an NBA Finals game tonight McGregor is denying those allegations Victor akendo reports tonight Conor McGregor the biggest star in mixed m

artial arts is fighting back against allegations he's sexually assaulted a woman at last week's NBA Finals game in Miami saying this is no more than a Shakedown a new video obtained by TMZ sports appears to show McGregor take the woman by the hand and lead her into the bathroom the door closes and security guards are seen standing outside the woman says she met McGregor in the Courtside Club seen in these videos provided by her lawyer she claims they were leaving the club when she was instead tr

apped in the bathroom with McGregor and a guard the UFC fighter allegedly forcing her into a sex act until she elbowed Mr McGregor and finally escaped when my client called me the succinct statement she made to me was Conor McGregor sexually assaulted me in the bathroom of the cathaya center McGregor is a father with a fourth child on the way but has a long history of legal trouble including a conviction for that Infamous attack on a bus carrying rival Fighters he's also faced three allegations

of sexual assault but has never been prosecuted Victor joins us now Victor McGregor's attorney saying anything else tonight attorneys for the fighter call the allegations false saying Mr McGregor will not be intimidated Miami police are investigating Phil all right Victor Kendo from Miami Victor thank you what was supposed to be a day of celebration in Denver ended with two people wounded in a shooting a police officer hit by a fire truck after chaos erupted at the parade celebrating the Nuggets

NBA title here's Mola lenghi chaos in Denver after multiple people were injured in separate incidents during the Denver Nuggets NBA championship parade is going to be code 10 for a seizure let me know if you can clear I needed if he wants to a Union Station nugget Stars Jamal Murray and Nicola jokic with his family riding a fire truck down the crowded Parade route but as that truck was turning officials say a police officer was hit trying to protect fans the fire truck began to roll up the back

of his left leg trapping him underneath the vehicle causing a very significant lower leg injury the officer rushed to the hospital where he's now in stable condition the day starting well with thousands of fans flocking to downtown Denver to celebrate the Nuggets first ever NBA title to see Nikola jokic the MVP come through here during the celebration multiple videos showing objects thrown at the truck one hitting jokic's wife in the face a little while later officers racing to another scene wh

ere two people were shot and wounded after a fight near the parade Michelle gioso just a few feet from the shooter separated from her daughter Brittany in the chaos I didn't know where she was at I didn't know she was safe and that's all I could think about police were already bracing for big crowds after 10 people were wounded in a shooting Monday night during downtown celebrations after the Nuggets clinched their title all right there is still much more to get to here on Prime coming up former

SNL star and actor Pete Davidson gets charged by police the car crash that led to his charges but next we introduce you to one of the fastest growing stars in the fashion industry and why her particular brand of recycled Styles is catching on with millions of followers worldwide we never retouch any bodies we never retouch photos we don't use filters I mean we don't even like retouch the clothes if a shirt is wrinkled like Let It Be wrinkled because that's what the shirt will look like when you

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e watching Saturdays on ABC News live what would you do hey I guess I just found out the what would you do marathon two to six Eastern every Saturday on ABC News live my favorite show welcome back fashion is ever evolving ever changing and always reaching new heights but for each season of new looks who's focusing on sustainability there is one influencer turned businesswoman who is trying to fill in that Gap our Megan Wright introduces us to Matilda jerf you know in fashion one day and the next

day you're out in it it's really true in the Heidi Klum era of Project Runway the supermodel host and celebrity judges held the ticket to fame for Fashion's next bold personality zany fashion gets noticed this year clown Couture debuting on the runway and the red carpet stars like Sam Smith wearing inflatable latex designers ever evolving taking their style as far as the imagination can go and breaking boundaries but many industry experts agree the one constant season to season is Fashion's was

te an inherent exclusivity you get invited to you know front row at Fashion Week in Paris Matilda jerf is the viral young international influencer calling for sustainability and simplicity I think that the Fashion World fashion industry needs to be more inclusive than it is today millions of her fans and followers agree she's the antidote to the fashion establishment I think for me it's important to always make sure that does this feel right for me am I doing this for myself or am I doing it for

the wrong reasons hi guys it's Nutella here in 2019 jerf launched her clothing brand Turf Avenue a capsule of pieces you'd find in her own closet I'm a small town girl at heart I'm a Swedish girl today that brand is worth 34 and a half million dollars jerf Avenue started in Stockholm and quickly expanded the USS our biggest Market it's an amazing team of six in New York for giraffe Avenue here in New York Matilda the 26 year old from Sweden is a Long Way From Home but to many in gen Z she's bec

ome a household name it's not what I thought I would ever have it's surreal [Music] for breakfast for some people what would make you come out and stand in line to see Matilda honestly I think she's a very influential person I've been following her Pages for quite a while now like she's such an inspiration we were here at like 8 A.M her loyal followers are waiting to get into an event for Matilda celebrating her collaboration with the jewelry brand the jury we've got a line of fans out there wha

t what does that feel like seeing people in real life after having you know connected with them through like social media it's so rewarding and then it looks like this Matilda is the it girl of tick tock Instagram and YouTube This Is So Exciting her relatability and quiet chicness might be what endears the young European to American audiences I talked to her for literally like two minutes she was the sweetest person ever I think I came across her like this is like Third Avenue first and then I w

as like that like fits into my like style drip Avenue style is minimalistic with billowy Basics like the Breezy shirt and Staples like the forever Blazer this is the first piece that I got from her it's like a set with a scarf fact that you can interchange things I think seeing that they can all go together and we're not just one statement but like a wardrobe that's what the scandi kind of fashion is about having a small wardrobe but having a really good wardrobe the trend of the capsule wardrob

e is the opposite of today's fast fashion that leads to millions of tons of apparel and Footwear incinerated or put in landfills each year Matilda can't figure out exactly why Young Americans are eating up her brand I feel like if I had the answer I would have the secret recipe people in the US I think are intrigued by the Scandinavian lifestyle but then I guess maybe my approach to social media is something that interests people here as well when her laid-back social media Persona first took of

f jerf was traveling the world modeling a lot of people thought I was from Australia because that's where I was traveling her popularity led to her major brand deals in the Swedish influencers Farrah fawcettesque hair has its own hashtag Matilda jerk hair with over 119 million views on Tick Tock obviously it's with the Dyson and her hair's popularity causing common sections to fill with people dying to buy the frequently sold out Dyson hair dryer that she revealed is her secret tool one fan writ

ing birthday present question mark But in a world of filters Matilda says authenticity is key I have always just tried to be really transparent with everything that I've gone through whether it's good or bad she has opened up about serious mental health struggles including an eating disorder and about her heartbreak after losing a pregnancy I'm hoping by sharing my difficulties with mental health and with my eating disorder and my anxiety I really hope that it does help someone on jerf Avenue's

clothing website Matilda says there's also no retouching whatsoever we never retouch any bodies we never retouch photos we don't use filters I mean we don't even like retouch the clothes if a shirt is wrinkled like Let It Be wrinkled because that's what the shirt will look like when you own it and representation matters for the product images we always have every single size represented so from extra extra small to triple extra large jervin her boyfriend are the faces of her company and together

they've landed on this year's Forbes Europe 30 under 30 list first I said no Erasmus it's mine and then eventually it took a year but then I gave him the title of CEO despite her success our ropes have been very popular and now we just got the new stuff they're delayed oh yeah the business keeps her on her toes I just try to share my life in the way that feels true to me and I think that I don't really give too much thought to it I just kind of do it as I go is she somebody that you think you w

ould be friends with in real life I hope so I know right our thanks to Megan Wright and there is still much more ahead to get you here on Prime my sit down with music icon Mary J Blige her life and her lasting impact on the music industry plus what NBA star John Morant did to get himself suspended again but next why Netflix is gambled to crack down on password sharing may just be paying off we're going to take a look by the numbers foreign [Music] more Americans turn here than any other newscast

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enna reveals a major surge in new subscribers so let's take a look at this by the Numbers Netflix cracked down on password sharing in 103 countries including major markets like the US Brazil UK and Mexico in the first four days of the U.S announcement Netflix had its four single largest days of new user acquisition the streaming service saw nearly 100 000 new signups on both May 26th and May 27th average daily signups reached 73 000 during that period that is a 102 percent increase from the prev

ious 60-day average and exceeds the spikes and sign ups during the initial covid-19 lockdowns cancellations also increased following the Crackdown but they were still outpace by sign ups the ratio of sign ups to cancellations is up more than 25 five percent compared to the previous 60-day period the company is charging 7.99 to add a new member to its already existing account and offering easy paths to transfer profiles of course that's all little Solace for the 11 500 writers striking for a wage

increase because they say the rise of streaming has eroded the compensation they could typically expect from reruns the strike has disrupted Netflix's production of stranger things and Cobra Kai as well as other shows there is still much more ahead here on Prime coming up the reason behind NBA superstar John morant's second suspension and the number of games he won't be playing plus how an encounter with a bear Turned deadly in Arizona but first look at our top trending stories on abcnews.com [

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hey I guess I just found out the what would you do marathon two to six Eastern every Saturday on ABC News live welcome back the lawsuit just filed by the family of Jalen Walker Pete Davidson charged by police after a Beverly Hills car crash and the bear encounter that turned deadly in Arizona these stories and More in tonight's Rundown [Music] begin to tell the true story of what happened here in Akron and with Jalen Walker the family of Jalen Walker the black man shot and killed by police in Ak

ron Ohio a year ago has filed a lawsuit against the city and eight officers involved in that shooting lawsuit claims the officers used excessive force with Walker and that a culture of violence and racism was fostered in the Akron Police Department Walker was shot and killed while running from police following an attempted traffic stop on June 27th last summer in April a grand jury declined to indict the officers on state criminal charges the city and mayor's office declined ABC news's request f

or comment on the lawsuit the police department did not immediately respond to a request for comment the suspect in the murder of two teen girls has allegedly made several confessions at a court hearing yesterday prosecutors claimed Richard Allen made admissions of guilt up to six times about his role in the deaths of best friends Abby Williams and Libby German in Delphi Indiana back in 2017. Allen's attorneys acknowledged the statements but say they're not reliable blaming them on Allen's menta

l state in jail the defense then asked for Allen to be moved to a different facility prosecutors allege the 50-year-old was caught on a chilling recording Olivia's phone moments before the girl's deaths the 13 and 14 year old's bodies were found near a hiking trail Allen was arrested five years later he was charged in October pleading not guilty the NBA is suspended Memphis Grizzly Star John Morant for 25 games without pay due to what the league described as conduct detrimental to the League thi

s suspension Sims from a May incident in which Morant was seen holding a gun as another person was live streaming their car ride this came just two months after Morant was suspended for eight games after he live streamed himself holding a gun in a Colorado strip club The League says the Grizzly Star will also be required to meet certain conditions before he returns to play actor and comedian Pete Davidson has been charged for crashing a car into a Beverly Hills Home on March 4th Los Angeles Dist

rict Attorney's office told ABC News Davidson was charged with one misdemeanor count of reckless driving DMZ reported that Davidson and his girlfriend Chase sway wonders were in the vehicle when he lost control driving down a residential street taking out a fire hydrant before colliding with the house no one injured Davidson's arraignment set for July 27th officials in Arizona say A man was killed in a bear attack the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office said the victim was sitting in a chair outside

his campsite when an adult male black bear attacked and dragged him 75 yards neighbors heard calls for help tried to scare the bear away before one ultimately shot and killed the bear this is clearly uh just a vicious attack on somebody who it was unprovoked is what it appears to me from from what I've seen [Music] days before for Juneteenth the city of Galveston Texas officially recognized as the original birthplace of the holiday an event in the city Friday led to the unveiling of a new welco

me sign that will greet visitors reading welcome to Galveston birthplace of Juneteenth Juneteenth honors the emancipation of enslaved African-American people in the U.S it was in the Confederate community of Galveston that the last enslaved African Americans were notified that they were freed on June 19 1865. the tragic death of Olympian Tori Bowie has prompted calls to raise awareness about black maternal Health one of Tori's Olympic teammates saying her death cannot be in vain many others echo

ing that call Eva Pilgrim with the story they did it one of the fastest women alive Olympian Allison Felix speaking out about her beloved teammate Tori Bowie who unexpectedly died in May while eight months pregnant at her home in Florida in an essay for Time Magazine Felix asking for a wake-up call highlighting the pregnancy complications she also faced that disproportionately impact black women saying like so many black women I was unaware of the risks I faced while pregnant my doctor didn't si

t me down and tell me these are things that you should look for in your pregnancy because you are at a greater risk to experience these complications according to Bowie's autopsy the three-time Olympic medalist died of complications during childbirth including respiratory distress and eclampsia our Janae Norman spoke with Bowie's teammate Tiana Madison who like Bowie and Felix also experienced complications in pregnancy ultimately giving birth to her son at just 26 weeks what was it like for you

just when that alone dawned on you that out of the four of us three have been here and was like oh my God all three of us have had this experience and one of us didn't make it the latest report from the CDC finding shockingly High rates of maternal mortality in the U.S a 40 spike in 2021 with black women three to four times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women in 2021 we lost over 1200 and people to maternal mortality and it turns out more than 80 percent of those

debts were preventable it is absolutely not our fault but it is our problem we need to put ourselves in position to save ourselves educate ourselves and advocate our thanks to Eva for that report we are also tracking several headlines around the world right now rescue operations are underway in a western state in India after a severe Cyclone ripped through houses uprooted trees toppled electrical lines leaving thousands without power more than 180 000 people were evacuated in India and Pakistan

in the last few days as authorities braced for that Cyclone The Disappearance of an Argentinian woman in the country's Northeast has prompted hundreds to take to the streets according to reports the victim's great aunt said the last time she saw her the young woman was getting into her partner's car to go to his parents house seven people seven people have been arrested in the case and slowly but surely rehabilitated sea turtles crawled back into the United Arab Emirates Arabian Gulf during an e

vent marking world sea turtle day to raise awareness about the risks of Extinction and they are also fitted with transmitters to allow the rescue center to track their Journey however these creatures are set to face many challenges at Sea like pollution Coastal developments and with beaches getting warmer due to climate change the gender of sea turtles is Shifting toward a higher number of females being born so Father's Day is just two days away and a hug of course is always nice plus one of tho

se homemade cards but some dads might want a little bit more so ABC's Rebecca Jarvis has the details on some of the best bargains out there right now they could come in handy for some last minute gift ideas Father's Day is almost here and Dick's Sporting Goods has gifts for every dad this Father's Day weekend retailers across the country are rolling out deep discounts for Dad and Beyond with consumers expected to spend a record shattering near 23 billion dollars when it comes to father's day ret

ailers go heavy on Tech deals um think headphones smart speakers even TVs Tech like this Samsung Galaxy Smartwatch nearly 50 off at Target these Powerbeats wireless headphones usually about 250 now 40 off at Amazon shopping for Father's Day is hard actually it's easy you never know what to get him just give me steak Omaha Steaks offering 50 off site-wide and Bass Pro Shops gift cards now 10 off the deals a chance to make dad's day without breaking the bank fashion and grooming are also some thin

gs you're going to find on sale for Father's Day take Macy's for example Shoppers can now save an additional 25 percent off on clothing using their special code The Art of Shaving offering a 30 off site-wide discount for Father's Day and if a little tee time is on the horizon the Nitro golf 13 piece set now 80 off at Walmart all great ideas our thanks to Rebecca Jarvis so fatherhood is a journey of Love guidance and devotion in his new book why fathers cry at night a memoir in love poems recipes

letters and remembrances New York Times best-selling author and Newberry winner Kwame Alexander shares a moving self-portrait of a a growing man navigating love learning from his parents exploring his own relationships and reflecting on his past to better understand his daughters and himself joining us now is call me Alexander so good to have you sir we do appreciate it and happy early Father's Day to you it's great to be here thank you so much right off the bat what inspired you to write your

Memoir as this blend of love poems recipes letters and remembrances you know I think of it sort of like parenting at any given time you're making dinner you're helping with homework you're answering the phone you're sort of juggling all these different things and as I've been wrestling with trying to understand my role as a father trying to be a good dad a better dad my role as a son trying to ask questions to my father that I've been so afraid to ask it just felt like the the right way to to ap

proach you know this sort of identity Journey that I'm on it's also a great way to read too because it's it's it's not a long story it's not the same thing page after page I find myself flipping through catching the the title of something and reading it um in part you write I am the father of two daughters I have walked in the joy of their golden feet and sometimes stumbled off the mountain of their precious Hearts which is really beautiful way to say it how important was it for you to share not

only the highlights of fatherhood but as we all know there are also some tough moments too and sometimes they go hand in hand together look parenting is the hardest thing I've ever done and I know looking back on my childhood I got so many questions I've been so judgmental on my own parents and I know that in a few years my daughter is going to be judgmental you know towards me they're gonna look at me and begin to try to unravel why didn't our dad do this how did he love you know when I think

about divorce and you know my my two the two the two women who I loved and who loved me I want to change the narrative for my kids so that when when they get older they can look back and say well it wasn't just about the thing that ended the marriage it was about some Joys some love some hope some dreams coming true that they built together so I kind of want to change the narrative for my daughter so they have a better understanding of how their father loved and how he loves hey you mentioned yo

ur own dad the Memoir delves into the ups and downs of your own relationship with your father what impact has that and it sounds like I'm sounding like a therapist here I'm sorry what impact has that had on uh on your relationship with your dad writing all of this look you're a son so I'm sure you get it it's it's it's a constant journey in trying to understand the woes and wonders of of of having a father and and and and dealing with that and the beautiful thing that I've learned from writing t

his book you know one of the things I complained about was I never heard my dad say I love you like I never heard him say it in all my years and I wrote about that I talked about that in interviews and one day I got a random text from my father who's learned how to use the iPad with with his emojis and everything and he randomly says my parents never said I loved you to me and he said I knew they loved me because when I was in the Air Force at Ellsworth Air Force Base 2500 miles away my mother w

rote me a letter every day my father never wrote me but I knew that he loved me because he was the one who went and bought the stamps and mailed the letters for her so we sort of learned how to parent from our from our parents and he learned how to parent from his father from his all the time now yeah I decided to extend a little bit of Grace because I want my kids to do that for me oh absolutely we all should be so lucky um I love your writing style this isn't really a question I just want to r

ead something that I have here that I thought was so beautiful and the way you did it it's it's from without you uh and you write um I don't know what you're writing about who you're writing about but you're right I am lost as in isolated unfinished broken off Shipwrecked on the shore of solitude ankle deep impossibility I have read the dictionary twice and I still and still there are no words to fill in the blank spaces what a beautiful way to say that and what a beautiful reading oh that was e

xcellent look in in September of 2017 my mother passed away um a few months later I started you know seeing the cracks in my marriage um and and just some familial uh challenges that were taking place at the same time that my career was sort of taking off and I just but I couldn't sleep and I didn't know what was going on and so I had to sort of take a step back and look at my personal life and what was going on and what I was missing and what I was longing for and I think that poem you know com

es out of that feeling yeah I just love when you say I have I I've read the dictionary and then there's that big space and you say twice um it's just very clever you're look you're a New York Times bestseller for a reason this this this book is great I'm wondering just lastly what what do you hope uh people take away from why Father's cry at night you know we live in this space of just this toxic um you know this crisis in masculinity and how important it is for for men in particular to be vulne

rable to share to be open I haven't been that person for so long and I realize it hasn't served me in my relationships here's what I believe vulnerability breeds authenticity authenticity creates a healthier relationship to ourselves to the people who love us and to the people we love and that's where I want to be and I hope that's something that readers can get can Glimpse from this this book yeah well I can't write that fast enough I'm gonna have to play it back that was really good um Kwame t

hank you so much this this this book is is fantastic it's really introspective in a way that yeah not a lot of people are white fathers cry at night a memoir and love poems recipes letters and remembrances is out now wherever books are sold thank you sir Happy Father's Day thank you her music is Iconic for decades Mary J Blige has poured her personal experiences right into her records now those Intimate Songs have inspired films real love and strength of A Woman Original Movies airing on Lifetim

e are giving us a deeper understanding of Mary J I sat down with the queen of Hip-Hop soul and the two stars of the movies she is executive producing to talk about bringing her lyrics to life get the love story about if I can't have you nobody will I Know What You Did sometimes being strong isn't forcing something to be right it's triumphant I call it a miracle because it seems like when you're in it and you're going through it it's like you're never gonna get out of it and when you find yoursel

f finding the love for yourself and getting it and finding that that's that's the answer to all the questions she needs no introduction from her hits like I'm going down to real love [Music] Mary J Blige the queen of Hip-Hop soul sharing the journey from the bottom up in her lyrics and in her new films I just couldn't believe it because the darkness that I felt on the My Life album and and even writing the song my life was dark for me but it was light in marriage for someone else and even writin

g real love was happiness and people getting through college and I'm coming out of the projects and going through hell and trying to survive and that's what it was for me so it's it's just weird it's weird but you have to accept what it is for everyone it what it is for you what it is for you what it is for me it is for me and see what I must give you some sense of Pride that an album or a song that you've written takes people through a dark time in their life too yeah it takes some a lot of peo

ple through it through Dark Times a lot of people are relative to it because it they've been going through hell as well but when I hear the stories that people got married you know to my life it's like yo you are you serious the my life album really did this for you because in my life album I was ready to slip my own wrist throat take pills whatever you know it took now all of that pain and darkness have influenced two original movies real love and strength of a woman inspired by two of her bigg

est hits usually you're telling a story and you've done videos but I'm wondering what was this like bringing a story a song that's been around for this amount of time to life in a film rather than a short video and it was it was a lot and a little emotional for me because they both represent real times in my life in real you know events you know not the actual event that's taking place in these in these films but from places that I've come from to where I've evolved from uh so what's new oh sinc

e 14 years ago everything strength of a woman is the strength that I found when I found the love for myself and so that and all the stuff is relative to Kendra and and her character and and how she's evolved and I'm sorry for you know getting on psycho and you and Connie um I'm sure she's great are you now this is my first leading role and to have the opportunity was definitely a blessing because it's something I've been working at for 10 years now it allowed me to show range from being young an

d vulnerable to you know being a woman and knowing yourself more but also going through the Journey of life you tackle some really heavy topics in this um you know there's the the sexual violence in the first one there's infidelity in the second one there's a little bit of addiction uh in in real love as well what was it like for you as an actress as an actor as a woman to film a scene like that it took a lot of preparation you know mentally physically and for me knowing that you know I'm in a p

osition to be a voice for people who were victims and still to this day haven't even been able to speak to anyone about it is what was very important to me when I hear stories like that in real life with people that I know like it it for sure like makes me really mad and angry to the point that I can't even articulate myself and it's just it's it Brute Force at that point you know so it was definitely um it was definitely like triggering you know because I've known people that have went through

that how Hands-On were you um just during the whole process all the way Hands-On from reading the scripts to picking picking these two out from you know me like my production company and I picking the directors the writer the writers the everybody when you watch them act these scenes out that are basically from your life from your songs what is it that you hope putting these two movies out there people who watch them will get from them first of all that love you know love and relationships matte

r real life people have real lives and real situations and real things going on and it's not just all you know romance it's people having to take other people and and take them as they are and if in a relationship you know and love them through whatever they're going through and you can watch Mary J blige's strength of a woman the second part this Saturday on Lifetime that's our show for tonight I'm Phil Lipoff ABC News live is here for you all night with the latest news context and Analysis you

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