hot just thinking about it. >> last year beyonce and kendrick lamar kicked off the show. now you're the host. you're going to give us a thing about who could possibly open up? >> that's hot. ♪ >> am i going to do that? any surprise guests? >> it wouldn't be a surprise -- >> exactly. >> nobody is watching. >> i can't tell you who gonna be on there but i tell you what, you better tune in. i'm going to be hosting and it's going to be a ball. i'm about to show all of my booty. >> costume changes. >> i am not doing the diana ross. my feet too big for that. i'm going to have -- i'm going to have, you know when i do my monologue i'll have my mon progress then come out in something nice and tay in hosts change like eight times. >> i hate changing clothes. my stylist tell you if i could come out in a t-shirt and jeeps. >> you could. >> but he would kill me. he would literally with his bare hands choke the life out of me. >> this is your first time hosting an awards show. >> yes. >> are you nervous? >> yes. i am very nervous. >> why? >> because i'm just -- i want to make sure i d

first former president barack obama might have spilled the beans on the sex of beyonce and jay z's twins. they are expecting very, very soon and in a video honoring the rap artist for the songwriters' hall of fame, the former president hints that beyonce and jay z are thinking pink. >> jay and i are also fools for our daughters although he's going to have me beat once those two twins show up and let's face it. we both have wives who are significantly more popular than we are. >> it's unclear whether the power couple will actually have two baby girls but did say girls and we're sure fans would love to see 5-year-old blue ivy carter with sisters. do you think he spilled the beans? >> yes. >> absolutely. >> i think it's very political av >>> michael phelps may be a 23-time olympic gold medalist but how does he match up against a shark. he will race a great white as part of shark week july 23rd. no one has attempted this before. very few details. is he going to be in a cage. is he not? they cruise around 25 miles per hour at their peak. but he has been clocked in at 6 miles per hour and real

also in "pop news" this morning, a big week for jay z with the rumored birth of his twins with wife beyonce. perhaps a new chapter called for a new spelling of his name. he has declared that from now on he would like to be joan as jay, dash, z but spelled jay, dash z. no lo this comes with the announcement he will release a new album called "444" on june 30th and sounds really cool. visual recording featuring mahershala ali, danny glover and lupita nyong'o so that is -- >> quite a lineup. >> from capital j dash z." he's having quite a lot going on. >> please refer to her robin, all capital letters. >> thank you, michael. >> i always have. >> capital r, we got one more, this is exciting. >> look at this. >> what you're looking at is an exclusive at "good morning america." barbie's guy ken, mattel announcing a new diverse line featuring three different body types including broad, slim and original. there are seven different skin tones. i know, it sounds like take-out food. there are seven different skin towns to choose from and nine different hairstyles and even -- >> a man bun. >> one has a

. ♪ >> reporter: yother big reminis kendrick lamar, bruno mars and beyonce. new edition is gathering up for a national tour but told me the one place they really want to moral next is "good morning america." >> oh! all right. [ applause ] >> get those moves ready. >> mara, medley hits from them, from bobby and the guys. >> yeah, right now they're performing their greatest hits so that's what they're doing all around the country. that's what we want to see. >> mara, great job. >>> coming up, sarah jessica parker revealing her best book of the summer. morning washington" update. >> good morning, washington. i'm melanie hastings with a chek of your top stories. it has now been three and a half hours since that massive wreck shut down the inner loop of the beltway. we just got an update from polie about 30 minutes ago that this was not one but two wrecks near van dorn street. first there was a two vehicle crash and then a second crash involving a pedestrian being struck. that pedestrian did not survive. at least one other person was transported to fairfax hospita

great job here and good mo "pop forbes released its list of highest paid end takeners and beyonce is up there number two making $105 million last year alone. j.k. rowling number three, $95 million but the number one spot might be hard to get. >> don't make us guess. >> how about sean p. diddy combs. i'll tell you what, the endurance of his career, he was on the cover of the very first list two decades ago and there he is back in the top spottering $130 million last year alone. >> that reunion tour. >> his "bad boy family reunion" tour and deal with the vodka company. >> i don't know anything about it. i know nothing. >> this vodka you speak of and sold half his clothing line sean john for $70 million. congratulations to our friend p. diddy. [ applause ] p. money. new name. >> how much are you going to sell your clothing line for? hey. >> that let's move on. >>> in "pop news" this morning, for years people have speculated if oprah winfrey would run for the highest office in the land and give our country a real aha moment, well, finally she's making it crystal clear, in a new interview

you know when we go to schools and talk to kids and they ask questions like ever interview beyonce, jay-z, those questions. this 11-year-old said when you were my age, when you were 11 years old in baltimore, where did you go? where did you hide when the world hurt too much? >> wow. >> she was in foster care being sexually abused. i thought we as adults ask those questions. do as well so i wanted to offer a place where young people could see other young people who have been faced by challenges and who answer those questions for themselves. >> did you find there was a quality they all shared in common. >> two things. they're all remarkably optimistic. not in a naive kind of way but purposeful and chose to be. the other thing, they're tough. these are kids, alley fight, you want them on your side. >> we're on your side. i don't know if you know this man's incredible story. he was a stutterer all his life up until he was in -- how old. >> i'm still a stutterer. i've learned to manage it. yeah, yeah. >> you're managing it real well. didn't learn to read until you were 13 years old. >> yes. >>

. >> beyonce. it would be perfect. >> i'll say rupaul. >> wow. >> turns it out yet again. >> scarlett. >> you're going to go with rupaul. >> i'll go with tony bennett. i'd love to just go out to dinner with him. >> scarlett, you are obviously running for office in the movie. who would your running mate be? >> i guess -- i don't know. i don't know. i guess -- i would say probably ilana maybe. >> wow, wow. >> we get a lot done. >> when you got bread and vegemite you got yourself a meal. >> was the toughest part about being australian faking to like vegemite? >> it is an acquired taste. >> how do you describe what it tastes like? >> i believe that it tastes like how a crab trap smells. like -- you pull up a crab trap from a canal. you let it sit on the dock for about five hours. again, people love seafood. and so do i. and it is -- it's not bad. it has its merits. >> hey, babe. >> hi, how is it going? >> this movie is about pulling back the curtain for both men and women. rely showing you what each se

. ♪ >> reporter: now, other big winners of the night, kendrick lamar, bruno mars and beyonce. now, as for new edition, they say they're gearing up for a national tour but told me the one place they really want to moral next is "good morning america." >> oh! all right. [ applause ] >> get those moves ready. >> mara, medley hits from them, perhaps, from bobby and the guys. >> yeah, right now they're performing their greatest hits so that's what they're doing all around the country. that's what we want to see. >> mara, thank you. great job out there. >>> coming up, sarah jessica parker revealing her best book of the summer. stay with us. >>> good morning. i'm jessica castro from abc7 mornings. minutes ago, the united states supreme court said it will allow parts of president trump's travel ban to go forward. that means the administration can enforce the travel ban on citizens from six mostly muslim countries. several lower courts have ruled the ban unconstitutional. the court will hear arguments on the case in october. >>> all right. taking a look at the roads this morning, we ha

. ♪ >> reporter: yother big reminis kendrick lamar, bruno mars and beyonce. new edition is gathering up for a national tour but told me the one place they really want to moral next is "good morning america." >> oh! all right. [ applause ] >> get those moves ready. >> mara, medley hits from them, from bobby and the guys. >> yeah, right now they're performing their greatest hits so that's what they're doing all around the country. that's what we want to see. >> mara, great job. >>> coming up, sarah jessica parker revealing her best book of the summer. >> good morning it is 8:27 a.m., monday, june 26. i'm tamala edwards. let's head over to karen rogers starting with 42. >> reporter: yeah a lot of people coming back from the shore after a beautiful day. we have heavy traffic on 42. northbound traffic a 21 minute jam from the ac expressway to 295. if you're using new jersey transit, atlantic city rail service is suspended in both directions. they are dealing with an issue from absecon, new jersey. you can use buses instead. but the ac rail line suspended. lansdale