Sunday, May 24, 2026

and we do say good morning America good to be back after a little vacation. Welcome back. Thank you. Thank you. That's right. It was very, very nice. Reanne and Ali is here with us. We're happy about that as well. We do have a lot of news to get to the year this morning, including the holiday weekend washout for much of the eastern half of the US. We're going to take a look at that memorial day forecast and what to expect if you're traveling. Yes, and we're also following the urgent situation unfolding in Southern California. Officials fearing a spill or explosion of toxic chemicals used to make plastics. 50,000 residents still under evacuation orders were live near the factory with the latest. We also have the developing news overnight in the war with Iran. President Trump says an agreement with Iran has been largely negotiated. But we are going to begin here with the gunfire overnight outside the White House while President Trump was inside the executive mansion. Let's get the very latest now from ABC's senior White House correspondent Selena Wang who heard those shots fired. Selena, we all saw your video very, very scary. Glad you're safe. Good morning to you. Thanks, Gio. Good morning to you too. Yeah, it was a really scary night. I mean, I was getting ready to go live for world news tonight right here from this exact camera position. When I heard the shots ring out, we immediately ducked for cover the team in eye that we heard yelling from secret service for us to immediately evacuate to the press briefing room. We sprinted over there where we were locked down for more than 30 minutes. The president was at the White House while the shooting incident was unfolding. I told that the president has been briefed on the incident and he's doing fine overnight. Gunshots fired near the White House multiple rounds ringing out. Law enforcement swarming to the scene barricading off the surrounding area. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. We're small for shooting. It's 17 feet and 10 to many. How many are you like last? The secret service telling ABC news, a man approached a security checkpoint just outside the White House, took a gun out of a bag and fired shots at officers. I was there preparing to go live when I heard dozens of shots fired. It's close only for the two sides to remain far apart. The shots ringing out shortly after 6 p.m. My crew and I quickly ducking for cover. We have to evacuate shooting. We sprinted over to the press briefing room along with the rest of the reporters at the White House North lawn officers firing back, killing the individual. Secret service personnel were not injured, but a bystander was struck by gunfire. Officials say the suspect has a history of incidents involving the White House. He encountered law enforcement in June, 2025 for blocking a point of entry at the White House. He was detained and involuntarily committed for a mental evaluation. One month later, he was arrested after he attempted to enter a White House checkpoint, telling officers he was Jesus Christ and that he wanted to get arrested. Court records showing a judge ordered he stay away from White House grounds. Trump was at the White House working in the Oval Office with his aides at the time of the shooting. - And early this morning, President Trump praised law enforcement in the Secret Service for their quick action at the scene. It was just weeks ago when we ducked and covered at the White House Correspondence Dinner as we heard gunshots ringing out. - Geo. - Yeah, you were there for both of those and those videos truly show how terrifying this was. Selena Wang, thank you for your reporting. We are gonna turn now to Southern California where a toxic tank is on the path to spill or explode. Authorities are urgently trying to stop that tank from causing a disaster because it's filled with a toxic chemical and ABC's Jacqueline Lee joins us right there from Cypress, California in Orange County. Jacqueline, good morning. Geo good morning. Authorities are monitoring these tanks around the clock, deploying drones to check for temperature spikes and working with experts to try to prevent catastrophe. - This morning, a race against time in Southern California as a large, pressurized tank filled with a toxic chemical is at risk of imminent failure. - This is as real as it gets. It's the worst case scenario I've ever faced in my career. - The governor declaring a state of emergency, a tank located at a manufacturing plant called GKN Aerospace started leaking due to a broken valve. The tank is estimated to contain 7,000 gallons of methyl methecrylate, a highly volatile substance used in the production of plastic. - Feeling it could pose problems, it can irritate the respiratory tract and repeat exposure can lead to organ or neurological damage. - The plant is located 35 miles from Los Angeles. At least 50,000 residents were forced to evacuate. - Police officers came into our area telling everyone to leave and so yeah, we all went and it was kind of stressful 'cause like where are we gonna go? - This is the command center and the key players here decided the evacuation zone needs to be roughly 10 square miles due to concerns of toxic fumes or a dangerous fireball. - Fire and hazmat teams working around the clock to cool the tank on Saturday, putting their lives on the line to neutralize the chemical inside, all in an attempt to prevent an explosion. Authorities warning of another likely scenario, the tank could spill. - If we burn down a bunch of buildings and a bunch of homes, that's a disaster. But if we allow this to make it to the ocean and make it an ecological disaster, we don't want that as well. - So it's essentially one or the other? - It could be both. - Officials say they are preparing for the tank's imminent failure and urging residents to take this seriously. - Our goal is not to just save our communities, it's also to save our environment. - And as for a timeline as to when this tank could fail, authorities say they have no idea. There is simply no precedent for this, but they are working to try to find a solution. - Brandon. - What a scary situation, Jacqueline Lee, thank you for that. Now to a possible breakthrough in the war against Iran, President Trump saying the US and Tehran have a deal that's been largely negotiated. ABC's Outs for Shay is in Washington with the latest on this. Good morning, Alex. - Good morning, Rian. And yet President Trump says the deal to end the war will be announced soon. But here's the thing. He's packed a lot of caveats with this announcement. Trump says the deal has largely been negotiated, but it's not done. It still needs sign off from all the parties involved. - Overnight, President Trump confidently declaring a peace deal with Iran will be announced shortly. Trump saying the agreement has been largely negotiated and remains subject to finalization by all parties. The President vows the deal will open the street of hormones. Trump made the announcement after a call with Gulf leaders and officials from Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, and a separate call with Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu. There's been some progress done, some progress made. - Iran's foreign ministry saying the two sides are in the final stages of drafting a framework that would give 30 to 60 days to hash out a broader agreement. - They want to settle so badly. We have the greatest military. - What's unclear is if this agreement includes a deal on uranium enrichment, missiles, or nuclear dust. It's been two months since Trump vowed to obliterate Iran's power plants within 48 hours. If Iran didn't fully open the street of hormones, the street is still closed and the cost is hitting home with gas prices sore. But Trump insists that pain will be short-lived. - By the way, the oil prices are going to tumble as soon as I finish up with Iran. - But it's not just gas at the pump, food, and airfare also surging because of the war, some Americans forced to pull back plans for the big travel weekend. - I know a lot of individuals who are suffering tremendously under increases in pricing for food, for gas, for everything. - Well, and overnight, some big concerns over Iran deal from Israel. A source familiar with the situation tells ABC News that there is serious concern and disappointment because Israel says it signals to Iran they can use the street of hormones as a weapon. Netanyahu is scheduled to hold a security meeting with his defense officials later today. - Now, so many different dynamics in all of this. Alex, thanks so much. Let's bring in ABC News, Chief Washington correspondent, Jonathan Carl. We'll be hosting this week later this morning. John, good morning to you. Great to see you. So President Trump says a deal with Iran has been largely negotiated, still no official response from Tehran. But what are your sources telling you about how close a deal could be and what's actually included? - Well, it's not the first time that the president has said we're close to a deal. He said it over and over again and it hasn't come to fruition. But this does seem to be a genuine inflection point. My sources in the region say that a deal is very close. The only question is whether or not the Iranians sign on. The president did a call with our allies in the region and yesterday and they were largely encouraging him to approach this deal to make this offer to the Iranians. Here's what it is, though, with it is not an end to all the conflict in terms of how to approach the nuclear program. It opens the straight of her moves. The Iranians stop blocking the straight. The US lifts the naval blockade and then it leaves a period of time. I'm told 30 to 60 days to negotiate those issues that still have not been worked out about Iran's nuclear program. - Yeah, so still some critical discussions and phases ahead. John, I do want to turn to the proposed $1.8 billion fund for President Trump's political allies. It's very controversial running into serious opposition, including from Senate Republicans. So what happens next with this? Look, this was open revolt on Capitol Hill, particularly in the Senate. You had a meeting that Senator Ted Cruz described as one of the most contentious meetings that he had seen in all his time in Congress where Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche went up to defend this fund in a private meeting with Senate Republicans. And according to Cruz, the senators, the Republicans, many of them were actually yelling, screaming at the Acting Attorney General, saying This was entirely inappropriate. What's next? Well, they've-- gone on recess, Congress needs to pass this border security bill that Republicans can do solely on Republican votes. But that is now in doubt because there will be amendments offered to eviscerate this fund. And if those come up for a vote, you will see a lot of Republicans support it. So President Trump still calls it a top priority for him. But there is massive opposition among Republicans on Capitol Hill. OK, we'll see how it all plays out. John Carl, you'll have a busy show coming up later on this week. John interviews representatives Tom Swazzy and Brian Fitzpatrick about their bipartisan bill to stop the DOJ's anti-weaponization fund. Geo. OK, we have breaking news overnight in the war in Ukraine. Russia confirming it used an extremely powerful hypersonic missile and its latest attack on Kiev and ABC's Lama Hassan is following this story now from London. Lama, good morning. Yeah, that's right. Geo, good morning to you. Just hours after the US Embassy issued the urgent security alert warning of a potential massive air attack, Russia launching one of the heaviest overnight attacks from the air, sea, and land using hundreds of missiles and drones, including the powerful hypersonic, erratic ballistic missile, which is capable of carrying nuclear warheads. Russian President Vladimir Putin claims this type of missile is impossible to intercept. Kiev's mayor Vitaly Klitschko saying the capital came under heavy attack and at least four people were killed in more than 100 others injured across the country. That number is expected to rise. And this comes after Putin was threatening to retaliate after accusing Ukraine of carrying out a deadly attack on a student dormitory in an occupied part of Eastern Ukraine killing 21 people. Ukraine denies hitting civilian infrastructure. Remember, it was just over a week ago, Russia launched the largest sustained drone and missile attack. Once the war began, hitting energy, water, and transport infrastructure, as well as residential buildings. Putin had suggested the conflict was coming to an end. After last night's attack, Russia's war is far from over. Rihanna? Far from over. Lama Hassan, thank you for that. We're going to turn now to the tragic death of NASCAR champion Kyle Busch. His family revealing he died from severe pneumonia that then progressed into sepsis. Busch died on Thursday at the age of 41 days before he was scheduled to race in today's Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte. And to help us understand sepsis and how this could have happened, ABC News Medical correspondent Dr. Daryne Sutton joins us now. Dr. Sutton, thanks for being here. Let's talk about this because this was shocking. This is a seemingly healthy athlete, really. An incredibly difficult story. How did this progress so quickly? Well, pneumonia is one of the most common conditions that we diagnose in the emergency room. Every year, nearly one and a half million people are diagnosed with this. And Rihanna, this is the most common reason patients are admitted to the hospital. To understand this, you have to understand that during pneumonia, the lungs can fill with fluid. That can interrupt the exchange of oxygen leading to shortness of breath. And there are times where that infection can spread to the rest of the body and cause an overwhelming response. And we define that as sepsis, and while there are certain groups that are high at risk, older adults, those with a history of conditions like heart disease or diabetes, this can also happen, although uncommon, to healthy people and manage certain difficult cases such as this one. I mean, 41 years old. And for us, I'm looking at that and saying, my gosh, basically, our age, what are the signs and the symptoms to look for? Well, pneumonia infections can be caused by a variety of things. Some viral infections, for example, the flu, certain types of bacterial infections like walking pneumonia or even bungle infections. Now, coughing is the most common symptom regardless of the cause. But if you notice some symptoms that are, for example, chest pain tightness, coughing up blood, confusion or worsening shortness of breath where you can't maintain sentences, those are signs that your pneumonia is progressing to an emergency and you need to seek out help. And you talked about pneumonia, but this advanced to sepsis. Yes. So what specifically makes sepsis so dangerous? This is a common question by patients and family members. So sepsis is during a win in infection, which can be due to anything with risk in infections, urine infections, or even pneumonia, spreads to the body and causes an overwhelming response. Nearly two million people are diagnosed with sepsis every year. And more than 300,000 people die. The key here is understanding when an infection rapidly progresses. For example, during what you think is initially a urine infection, suddenly you have a fever in a fast heart rate or a skin infection and suddenly it's spreading fast or pneumonia and suddenly you can't speak full sentences. Those are signs that your infection is progressing beyond where it started and that is when you need to get out help or get help as soon as possible. That's so scary. So scary, so sad. All right, Darian, something. Thank you so much. All right, we're going to turn out to the holiday weekend travel situation in spite of the weather in the East experts are expecting a record-setting weekend. Meteorologist Daniel Breezy from our National Station WKRN is standing by with the forecast. But let's go ahead and start with APC's Andrew Dimbert who is here to talk the travel. Good morning, Andrew. It's busy. Good morning, Gio. Millions of Americans are heading home this Memorial Day weekend. Roads and airports, of course, expected to be packed. AAA says a record-breaking 45 million people are traveling at least 50 miles from home for the holiday, with nearly 40 million driving to their destinations. And airports across the country, TSA, expects to screen more than 18 million passengers through Wednesday. So far, only scattered delays and cancellations have been reported, but travelers are being urged to check their flight status before heading to the airport, especially with much of the country now in the crosshairs of some nasty weather. And for drivers, the holiday getaway is costing more this year. The national average for a gallon of gas is now $4.50. The highest Memorial Day gas prices since 2022. Meanwhile, traffic analytics firm Inrix says that the heaviest congestion for the return trip is expected Monday afternoon, especially in major metro areas like New York, Boston, Denver, and Los Angeles. If you're hitting the road, experts say your best bet is to leave early in the morning to avoid the worst of the holiday gridlock, Rianan. Always good advice to leave early. Thank you so much, Andrew. Let's bring in meteorologist Danielle Breezy and Danielle. I feel like all hope is lost for us here in New York City, otherwise. It's not looking good. Look in the rest of the country's better. Not looking good in a lot of spots, actually, Rianan. I want to show you this. This is Alvin Texas, just south and east of Houston. You can see the creek flooded. Look at that house getting very close to that. That area today is under a flood watch. And you can see also wet weather along the deep south. Some strong storms possible in the panhandle of Florida. And the northeast, unfortunately, stays soggy and cooler. It will be warm and dry though out in the west. Now as we turn our attention to Memorial Day, the showers move out of the northeast by midday. Afternoon, it's salvageable. Not so much down to the south where we're going to be seeing a lot of wet weather in the Pacific Northwest starts to see rain. Now for your traveling home on Tuesday, it is actually not looking bad weather wise. Most of us actually starting to dry out and turn warmer in the northeast. That's a look of what's happening around the country. Okay, so make sure you have the jacket on, the umbrella today in New York City across the northeast. But hey, tomorrow, maybe some sunshine by afternoon. I'm trying hard here. Maybe. Maybe. Maybe. It's just a little beam of sunlight. There you go. There's a chance. All right, now to the NBA playoffs, a key Eastern conference final matchup overnight between the NICS and the Cavaliers, ABC's Ike Jatchee on no sleep is in this morning. The NICS are rolling. No, good morning with the NICS are rolling and they are suddenly one win away from partying like it's 1999 overnight and Cleveland. The NICS taking game three from the Cavaliers and putting themselves on this doorstep of their first NBA finals in 27 years. And an overseas and opening and finishes action overnight in Cleveland. The NICS walking into rocket, mortgage arena and walking out one win away from the NBA finals. The NICS are now one win away taking a commanding three games to none lead in the Eastern conference finals. And this one, the NICS never trade. Jalen Brunson once again playing lead guard, lead score and let's be honest part time New York City mayor. Finishing with the game high 30 points. O'Kale Bridges adding 22, OG and Anobi putting up 21 and then off to the bench. Landry Shamit catching fire from deep, hitting four threes, including a fourth quarter burst that helps slam the door. And yes, the stars were out to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey, court side in Cleveland. By the end of the night, the NICS were the ones putting on the show. The win puts New York just one victory away from its first NBA finals appearance since 1999. And just to put that in perspective. The last time the NICS were in the finals, Tony soprano had just walked into Dr. Melthe's office. The NICS believe top the musical charts. And Brandy Chastain is delivering one of the most iconic celebrations in sports history. Now the NICS are trying to make some history of their own. Game four is Monday night in Cleveland with New York looking for the sweep and a ticket back to the NBA finals. So the NICS are one win away and New York fans are already reaching levels of confidence that should probably come with a warning label. Game four Monday night right on ESPN. You sure you want a party like it's 1999? You remember who won in 1999? The Spurs. Wow. That was a good one. And on that note, still a head, we're going to look ahead to tonight's NBA Western Conference Final. Game four between the Thunder and the Spurs, ESPN's Sham Shiraniah joins us to break it all down. You're watching GMA on the Sunday. It was a good year though. 99. Great year. That's a Bob A.N.T. Welcome back to GMA. That's Shakita performing Died Eye, the official anthem for the World Cup, the music video for the song Just Drop, Nigerian Afrobeat star Bernaboy, join Shakita on the tune. Died Eye is Italian slang meeting. Come on. Let's go. The world is ready for the World Cup, which kicks off on June 11. The first U.S. match is on Friday, June 12th, versus Ponding World Cup. Yes, that's right. I'm hoping to be there. We'll see. That's the plan as of now. Yeah. All right, let's get a look at some of the other big stories that we're following on this Sunday morning. The World Health Organization reporting that there are nearly 750 suspected Ebola cases, including 177 deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The U.S. officials widening screening of travelers who have been in affected countries in Africa within the last three weeks. And hand screening will be done at Hartfield Jackson Airport in Atlanta and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston in addition to Dulles outside Washington. The mother of friend, Star Matthew Perry, making an emotional victim impact statement before the sentencing of his longtime assistant Kenneth Iwomasa, saying, "We trusted a man without a conscience and my son paid the price." Perry died in 2023 of a ketamine overdose. Iwomasa has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute ketamine and is due to be sentenced on Wednesday. Meanwhile defending women's champ Coco Gough, headlining the list of American competitors at the French Open in Paris. 37 U.S. players will complete. The most since 1995, the lineup includes Ben Shelton, Taylor Fritz, Jessica Pagula, and Amanda Anasmova. And Baby Yoda's having a good time at the movies. Star Wars, the Mandalorian and Grogu projected to take the top spot nearly $100 million this holiday weekend. So excited to see that. This is the way. This is the way. As they say. So, okay, we are going to move on now to basketball. We're very excited about the playoffs here. Teams battling it out for victory in the NBA conference finals. We're looking to make it to the championship, joining us now as ESPN's senior NBA insider, Shoms Torania. Shoms, good morning to you. It's always great to have you. So overnight, what a game we saw. The next taking this commanding lead, three games to none over the Cavaliers. What's the secret sauce working for the next right now? Guys, this has been a build up to this for several years. Leon Rose, the next president, went out and brought in Jalen Brunson in the quality of the town. That's at the foundation for the team we're seeing now. But then two critical moves that deplete the mix of their assets, but brought in the players that we're seeing now be the touch points and the key points to what this run is about. Being on the custom make to the NBA final. That's OGN and OB in a trade with the Raptors, then the Kale Bridges in a trade with the net. And so now the next are the 10th team in NBA history to win 10 straight playoff games. And they've got the highest margin of victory in those 10 games in NBA history. They've been building the playoffs. And so this has been a build up to this. And when the next fire Tom Thibodeau as head coach, last playoff run after they got to these from conference finals, James Dolen, the Nick's owner said our goal is to make it to the NBA finals. Well, there are one win away and everything has been a build up to that. And getting Mike Brown seems to be the clincher for that. They've really set the scene. And the Nick's, as you mentioned, they appear pretty much set to make their first NBA finals since 1999 up 3 and 0. This is bad news for CAHBS fans because no team has ever made it back from that kind of deficit in a series. So is there any way in your opinion that the CAHBS can prevent a sweep? Well, Donovan Mitchell said last night that when you lose game one in the fashion that they did, up 20 plus points in the purest order of about seven plus minutes left. And they blew that game. That set the tone for the remainder of the series and the game to you lose in New York. And then obviously game three was a blowout. They had changed as the win gave one and game two. That's going to haunt the CAHBS throughout this series throughout the summer. Could serve as motivation for them, but like you said, no team in NBA history has come back from a 3-0 series deficit. There's no signs that the CAHBS are going to be the first one. Well, a lot of New Yorkers are happy about that, huh? That's for sure, Shams. All right, so if they do sweep, they will get some rest as they await the winner of the Thunder Spurs matchup. So what has OKC done to get back out in front? When you watch game two and game three, you see Shade Gills, I was in or the league MVP, the back-to-back league MVP, set the tone. He's shown why he's the MVP of the NBA because the whole offense has predicated around him and 26 points and 12 assists in game three on the road. And they had the most bench points in a playoff game in NBA history. 76 points off the bench. You see a team in San Antonio that's got a ton of depth. They've just run into a team with potentially even more depth in them. You think about Jared McCain, Jaylin Williams, AJ Mitchell, all these players that are coming in. And now this Oklahoma City Thunder team will be without AJ Mitchell, they'll be without J.D. up, Jaylin Williams in the lineup. So Victor Rumb and Yama, he didn't have the dominant game and game two and game three that he had in game one. So I would expect a different burst room. He admitted he needs to make his teammates better. So look for a big game potentially from Wembee in game four. All right. We don't have much time left, but want to put you on the spot here who is likely to play in the NBA finals. Well, listen, I don't make predictions, guys, but the next year you do have a G.M. Two in for the NBA finals. And then when you look to the West, Oklahoma City right now has the edge. They've got home court advantage about that. That gives them a lot of confidence that they can get two more wins, make it to the NBA finals. You think about anyone that comes out of the West, they're going to be the favorite, the heavy favorite. The battle to Titans, you know, a lot of people when I talk in the NBA, they say the NBA finals are actually happening right now in the Western Conference, but the Nicks are going to have a lot to say about that coming out. Okay. We'll be watching. Sean, thank you so much. Of course, all that basketball playing out over the course of the weekend here. If you're staring at a soggy Memorial Day weekend, it might be the perfect excuse to go shopping. And Morgan Norwood is back with round two of the biggest sales. Hey, Morgan. Never need an excuse to go shopping, G.O. And coming up Memorial Day sales are in full swing, but experts say timing is everything. You've got the latest on the items you should buy today, the deals to wait for until tomorrow. And one surprising discount that's literally for the birds. Stay with us. Welcome back to GMA. It is definitely not going to be a beach day this Memorial Day weekend for millions of people. So it might be time to hit the stores instead. Why not? It's best to do that. Great. Our resident super shopper Morgan Norwood is here with some great deals. She has tracked down some Morgan. If you are planning to do some shopping, it turns out when you buy, maybe just as important as what you buy. That is so true. I'm still stuck on residence shopper. I will take that title. New data from Adobe suggests that Sunday's today is expected to be one of the best days for things like furniture, appliances, and bedding. While tomorrow could be the sweet spot for a peril home and garden re-enit. Let's start with furniture and bedding. What's caught your eye? Tell us about the deals. Yeah, so if you've been eyeing a patio upgrade, this may be your weekend. Over at Wayfair, check out this chair. It's marked down from $269 to under $95. That is 65% off. Looks pretty good, right? An overhead macy's, this two-piece wicker patio set drops from more than $430 to about $175. Inside the house, let's take you there. Wayfair has bedding deals up to 50% off, including this comfort set down 24%. Macy's is taking up to 65% off some home items, including this cotton blanket that's down from $180 to just 63. I knew you were good at this, but those are some deep discounts there. You mentioned home and garden with good sales on Monday. What are you seeing as good buys right now? Yes, I got you. Monday looks like the best day for people with a green thumb or at least aspirations of one I try. I can never get a plan to live to live. But Target has his raised garden bed marked out about 44%. It's 145 bucks now. And for the bird lovers out there, this might just be the most fun deal of the bunch. Walmart is selling a smart bird bath with a camera that can identify the birds using AI. It's more than $100 off this weekend. It's now 116. So whether you're buying a new patio chair, garden bed, or apparently starting a side hustle as a bird influencer, this may be the way we can do it, guys. Birding with AI, I like it. By the way, I got this for one of our deals. I got this for a friend. It is her favorite. Really? Okay. There you go. Thank you, Morgan. All right, coming up on Good Morning America, searching for the song of the summer, the tunes in the running to be the hit of the season. All right, that's crazy in love, the song of the summer from Beyonce back in 2003. First of all, I can't believe I was 23 years ago. And now we'll go into searching for that hit on our summer soundtracks this year. The song we're going to be playing on repeat all season long. All right, well, what you got? B-Y-O-S, baby. Bring your own sunshine. Yes. The song of the summer. You've got to capture the essence of this time of the year, think schools out by Alice Cooper. You've got to infuse the sounds and the spirit of the year it releases in, think 1965's Dancing in the Street by Martha and the Vandela. It's a tricky balance, but when it hits, it hits. Summer, 1979 was so good, it was Bad Girls by Donna Summer. Bad girl. And 85 Phil Collins hit number one. In the summer of 1999, Ricky Martin captured the end of the millennium musical vibe. It's really about just like bottling the most positive parts of that year and trying to like put it into the sharpest pop song. And I think like for me, the best one is Freso Sabrina Carpenter is just like summer in a nutshell. 2020 for his espresso success. Last. to your left music fan scratching their heads for an official song of the summer. Was it Alex Warren's ordinary? Things were so much more simple in 2009 when the song of the summer was undeniable. This year the people want to know, with more than 200,000 searches for is this the song of the summer on TikTok? Well artists need to give us some summer bangers. Right now, Ella Langley is sitting at number one with Choosing Textes. But Olivia Rodrigo's brand new track is picking up steam. And Noah Consley to single is also in the mix. And I think going into this year with the way that music seems to be going in a rocky dark direction, it's going to be tough to find the song of the summer again. But at the same time, I think that we could end up getting something that's a lot stronger than last year. There are more contenders this year. And we did see a few of those contenders there in the piece, but I thought it could be fun for us to throw our own predictions into the ring. My 2026 song of the summer is East Side Girls by Muna. So Muna is this incredible pop band and the song and the video both just happened to that nostalgia of like the 80s. Doesn't just look like it would be on MTV back in the day. So I think that that sort of is emblematic of where we're at in the year. That's my pick, Reannan. Okay, so I picked E85 by Don Talibar. I love this song, but Will Whit said it's too old. He said it in the song as well. It's good. It's a great song. But I think maybe I'm changing it to Die Die. I should. Oh. I'm a woman in addition to you, Baby Doll, Dominic Fike. Let me tell you something. I just heard this a few weeks ago and I got to tell you every time that refrain hits, I'm in. It's so good. I can see with the technical however. Some might say chorus. You might go full Catholic mass or a frame. Sure. Wow. And Whit, I'm going Bruno Mars. I just might. Bruno Mars, you can't go wrong. Dancing. It always brings the summer vibes. He really does. In fact, I might just like get that suit just wherever I'm also. Are you still about the refrain? I need a definition on that one. Right back. Okay, NHL postseason is heating up as the Colorado avalanche try to come back against the golden nights out of Vegas. You can see it tonight at Easter on ESPN. Will is dressed for the event. Right. He's got his hockey outfit on. Thanks for bringing that shirt. Vegas. Jenny, I'm great to see you. Great to see you. And you brought the bling with the, with the bling. It's a nail. It's a bling. Thanks for starting your day with us. And, Brianna, thank you.