good morning, america. a major terrorist attack on a university overseas breaking right now. militants storm the campu in a gun battle with the military.. dozens killed and wounded. the very latest as we come on the air. dononald trum landing the biggest endorsement of the campaign. >> are you ready to make america great again? [ cheers and applause ] >> sarah palin backing the billionaire for president firing up his supporters and delivering a blow to ted cruz as hillary clinton feels the burn. the stunning new poll showing her free-falling in new hampshire. millions americans bracing for a major snowstorm. the middle of the country hit right now. 14 states on art as snow and icy conditions make roads dangerous and the northeast in the crosshairs of a massive storm. could some major cities really get two feet? an abc news exclusive. the firestorm over the oscars owing this morning. those calls for a boycott as stars from lupita nyonong'o to

ca for host chris rock to take the protest onto the stage on live tv. director spike lee who is boycotting this year's show here live this morning only on "gma." good morning, america. robin on assignment this busy wednesday.y. weava lotot of news in politics. boy, sarah palin is back. there you see herer with donald trump in iowa last night. and thehere's this brand-new scare for hillary clinton with bernie sanders surging in new hampshire. but amy, whave to begin with breang news. >> there is terror attackk at a university in pakistan where dozens were killed and wounded. the taliban claiming responsibility for it an abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz starts us off with the latest. good morning to you, martha. >> reporter: good morning, amy. the aing thatters were armed with grenades, ak-47s and suicide vests taking aim once again at pakistan's youth.

terrorists massacred more than 130 children in an attack on a grad school near this same area. the attackers today took advantage of heavy fog cutng through barbed wire and then scalin the back wall of the university, they fired indiscriminately killing students in c classroom and dormitories. the pakistani military moved in quickly and sayay they have now secured the university. the leader of a pistani taliban splinter group has claimed responsibility. the same group believed to have carried out the previous attack at the grade school,amy. >> all right, martha, thank you for that update. just horrific. >> yeah, when they go after those schools. martha will be tracking that. >> we move to the race for the white house right now and big night for donald trump. picking up sarah palin's endorsen there's the former alka governor feisty as ever with the billionaire last night in iowa taking on the gop and media. >> heads are spinning.

are you ready to make america great again? >> abc's tom llamas is there on the campaign trail in norwalk, iowa. good morning, tom. >> reporter: george, good morning. trump and palin have another event this morning just behind me here in norwalk, iowa, and so many supporterss i spoke to last night say this made perfect sense, both palinnd trump are so much alike both tough and conservative, but overnight, abc news learnin that talk show host glenn beck was very popular with republicans will appear with ted cruz in iowa over the weekend, both candidates unleashing some serious conservative star power. >> we're going to give them hell. >> reporter: in io, donald trump showing if you mess with him now, get ready to take on the gop'ss momma grizzly. >> doggone right we're angry. >> reporter: sarah palin, the former alaska governor and one time republican vp nominee says she c chose trump because the others lack gut.

about hesese issues until he brought them up, in fact, they've been wearing this political correctness kind of like a suicide vest. reporter: trump unleashing palin after senator ted cruz said trumpmp has, quote, new york values, questioning his onservatism. >> funny but now what they're doin iswailing, well, trump and his trumpetersome, they're not conservative enough. oh,, my goodness gracious, what the heck would the establishment know about conservatism? >> reporter: back in february palin got some laughs on "snl" by joking she might run for president in 2016 with trump on her ticket. >> how much do you think lorne michaelsould pay me if i were to run in 2016. >> i don't think there's a number too big. >> what if i w to choose donald trump as my running mate. >> sarah, you're teasing us. that's not nice. >> reporter: it's a blow to cruz who used palin's help to win a

>> regardless of wt sarah decides to do in 2016 i will always remain a bibig, big fan of sarah palin. >> reporter: and so are many conservatives who love her plain, tough talk. >> no more pussy-footing around. are you ready for a commander in chief? you ready for a commander in chief who will let our warriors do theirirob and go kick isis' [ bleep ]. >>eporter: but it's bringing controversy. palin's 26-yr-old son tra arrested monday night in a domestic violence incident with his girlfriend. the police report stating he also threatened to kill himself withth anar-15 assault weapon. now, sarah palin did not comment about this incident but the "washington times" reports they did speak with palin's family attorney who says they appreciate the respect for the family's p privacy as track receives the help that he and many of our returning vets needs so much. george. >> and to switching gears, a real tragedy on the campaig

aa volunteer for dr. ben carson has dieds. three others injured in a car accident here in iowa. the van they wereraveling in hit a patch of ice and crashed. dr. carson speaking out last night. >> life is so fleeting and we have to make the mostf every bit of it that we can, but if every one of us could just think about how we can make somebody else's life better, what a fitting tribute that would be to braden. >> reporter: now, the carson campaign immediately suspending campaign activities to deal with this tragedy. our thoughts and prars with the carson campaign this morning. >> boy, they sure are. thanks very much. s you mentioned there's big news for democrats this morning. that stunning new poll showing bernie sanders with a nearly 30-point lead over hillary clinton in new hampshire. abc's cecilia vega is here with that story.

>> reporter: good morning to you. there is no way to d describe these new new hampshire numbers other than stunning. bernie sanders, that democraratic socialist senator from vermont now has nearly double the support over the candidate who many assumed wou glide right intohis nomination. should hillary clinton be nervous? >> yeah, i would be nervous. >> reporter: this morning bernie sanders enjoying a massive lead in new hampshire and already looking past the granite state, iowa. >> just kidding. >> reporter: and beyond. >> i think we have the momenentum and i think we stand aery good chance to win in both states. >> reporter: that new poll showing the vermont senator with his biggest new hampshire lead yet, 27 points over clinton. and another shocker, 91% of new hampshire democrats view sanders favorably. for clinton, 65%. the numbers e especiall damaging to clinton in a state where she has been on the offensive,

surrogates from bill and clsea to a long list of celebrities like "girls" star lena dunm and soccer star abby wambach. ben from ben & rry's. now llary clinton feeling the burn. >> i'm going to keep working as hard as i can to reach as many peoplef all ages. >> reporter: the race in new hampshire and iowa so dire, she ised a plea to donors with this concession, there's a real poibility we could lose those contests. a real reality check this morning and there were polls this time back in 2008 that showed barack obama with a big lead in new hampshire or hillary clinton. that was back then. we do, of course, know she ended up winning that state, guys, her campaign calling polls this morning, quote, meaningless. >> wait, just ben, not jerry. okay, all right, just checking. >> just the chunky, not the monkey, right. >> okay, thank you, cecilia. let's bring in matt dowd for more on this. the cnton campaign both says

and that they could reallyose iowa and new hampshire. now, 6060 is kind of an outlier there but therere are signs that bernie sanders has real momentum right now. >> ababsolutely george. we've seen it throughout all of the polls.s. i don't think right now bernie sanders has a 27-point lead but he does have a double digit lead in new hampshire. it's 12 days exactly, george, to the iowa caucuses and 12 m months till theext president is inaugurated. who would have guessed a year ago we would have said bernie sanders is going to win more primaries and caucuss in february than all t the establishment republicans combined and donald trump is likely to win more primaries and caucuses in february t than hillary clinton? the bigger story come up, we reported about donald trump. bernie sanrs is a hugepop populist story coming on. >> i was talking to mr. trump. he said deaths don't matter that much but h thinks sarah palin might matter. is he ght? >> i don't know who's happier,

"saturday night live" about thi endorsement. it's going to unfold in a dramatic fashion. i think it's actually one of the more powerful deathsendorsements than you can get. pore popular than any running among republicans and also three states, south carolina, new hampshire and iowa. she endorse in all those races in the primaries and we havewo senators a a governor in those places so she's a powerful figure inhis thing and adds to donald trump's momentum going in february? >> another piece of good news, the iowa governor did not endorse trump but rlly slammed ted cruz. >> he did an anti-endorsement which was basally i don care whoo you vote for, just don't vote foror ted cz in the course of this. all this is unfolding in a way none of us had any idea about. it may be that the republican race is wrapped up sooner than the democrat race and we have never said that a year ago. >> we sure would not haveve. matthe dowd, thanks very much.

talking about,he one-two punch of snowstorms. take a look at louisville, kentucky, snow fallin 14 states on alert and then there's that major storm taking aim at the northeast. rob, this could be one of the biggest storms ever to hit washington. >> it looks like it's going to blow up into a big storm. just a matter of where the position is when i it gets onshore in the atlantic ocean. where it is right now into the rocky mountains so looking at a lot of spin that's going to generate some decent energy as itit hs the gulf of mexico and severe s storms in louisiana on thursday and friday across parts of flori and cold air in place here and looking at a heavy snow event, i think, for the mid-atlantic. give you an idea of what our computer guidance is showing us, two feet or better for the european model in c., maybe ten inches in new york city. over a foot from our american model in new york and locally over two feet in d.c. only twice in recorded history has d.c. seen over 20 inches.

and talk re about the midwestst snowappening in about ten minute. >> keeping an eye onthose, rob, thanks very much. we turn now to the fight against isis here at home. the fbi is actively investigating a professor at kent state university f for connectitions to the terror group. he denie the allegation and pierre thomas is tracking the case. good morning. >> reporter: a controversy unfolding on kep state's campus. a professor there under fbi scrutiny raising questions about terrorism and free speech. this morning an associate professor att kent state university under investigation by the fbi for possibly supporting isis according to school officials. the story broken by the kent state newspaper after its editor says she was interviewed by the fbi as part of their investigation into julio pino. >> i h writtenen a couple of articles about professor pino a couple of semesters ago andhey wanted to see what we talked about and try to get more information on him. >> reporter: late tuesday the hool paper kentwired published this interview with the history

>> i have not broken the law. i don't advocate that anyone else break the law. i haven't been served any papers. >> reporter: he denies claims he's a supporter of the islamic state. >> everything that i've done is perfectly legal. i fulfill my duties a an amican citizen by speaking out on issues that some people find controversial. >> reporter: in october of 2011, the muslim concert made l local headlines aer shouting death to israel in a public lecture ve by ismail ka clid a former diplomatic visiting the campus. the university condemning his remarks at the time. overnight kent state releasing a statement to abc news saying the university is fully cooperating with an going investigation. and that the fbi has assured them there is no threat to the campus. unclear how this is going to turn out. again, pino has not been charged with anything but the case shows how intensely the fbi is taking the issue of terror right w. amy. >> all right, pierre thomas for us in washington, thank you.

freed in that prisoner want with raunch they aretilln germany and this morning we are seeing and hearing from two of them as ey celebrate theirir freedom. abc's brian ross is here with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it a good day for the released americans now recovering at the u.s. military hpital in lanndstuhl,germany, where officials say th are beginning the formal reintegrionrocess today. finally something to laugh about for "washington post" reporter jason rezaian. in the firstst video of h as a free man releasedovernight, he chuckles with his wife over a joke that poked fun at his iranian captors for claiming he was aspy. it was also a great day for another ofhe freed americans, 32-year-old amir hekmati, eager to tell the world iran did not break him. >> i feel alive for the first time. it's like beieing born again and i just really feel proud to be an american. >> reporter: hekmati said he and the three other released

iranians that they did not relax until theieirr swissair force plane cleared iranian airspace after a delay of some 12 hours. >> chaagne bottles were popped. >> reporter: hekma was held for more than four years at iran's notorious evin prison where his family says he was tortured. >> my ne is amir hekmati. >> reporter: and forced to make this false confessn video after which he was sentenced to death for being a cia spy. a former marine, hekmati said tuesday it was his regard for his fellow marines that kept him going, especially after some of them organized an online hunge strike to support him. >> i didn't want to let my fellow marines down, so i tried my best to, you know, keep my head up and withstand all the pressures that were put upon me, some of which were very inhumane and unjust. semper fi to all the marines out there. >> sempeper fi, the marine motto, always faithful. today there are new developments in the case of the american who was left behi, former fbi

thwhite house now says it has reason to believe he is no longer in iran, but they provided no other details about his whereaeabouts. the levinson family says it was surprised at the white house coent which the family sai has betrayed them by not making sure he too was brought home. amy and george. >> really adds to the mystery there. thanks very much. we'll move on to that wer crisis in michigan. the goverr apologized last night promised to clean up the lead contaminated water in flint as he faces new l lawsuitsnd calls to resign. abc's alex perez has the latest.t. >> reporter: overnight, governor rick snyder appealing to the people of flint, michigan. >> government failed you, federal, state and local leaders by breaking the trust you placed in us. i'm sorry most of all that i let you down. you deserve better. >> reporter: delivering his state of the state address, snyder trying to convince his critics he's doing everything he can t to resolve the water cris.

his speech inside -- angry protesters outside calling for him to resign. >> all: shut it down. >> reporter: attorneys filing a class action lawsuit against the governor ever as well as city and state officials. >> they were silent. they were staring at apublic health emergency and they sat onn it. >> reporter: a the mayor of flint is in washington, d.c. where she is meeting in a closed or meeting withresident obama to disss t situation here and also lobby for more ral help. amy, george. >> this one wentn forar too long. thanks very much. you have this incredie crime caught on mera. >> this is something that every mother can only imagine happening. it's truly a nightmare. the scare of a lifetime for a man in florida all caught on camera. she was filling up at the gas station when two armed men tried to steal her car. her children, her 1-year-old and her 7-year-old were in the backseat so you can imagigine her adrenaline just kicked in and ran around the car, grabs one of

threw him out of the driver's seat. he and the other suspectan away. they were arrested a short time later. and her children w were not injured. but you can just -- >> superhero power. >> of course. >> it just kicicks in at that moment. >> you can take my car, don't mess with my kids. >> exactly. >> goofor her. let's go to rob right now. th snow is already hitting the midwest. >> this is the first storm, george, coming through into the midsouth. winter storm warnings up south of louisville as the snow rolls in today. definitely a slick go for the rs there. nashvilllle getting into north georgia, could see 6, 7 or 8

carolina.to the south, we'll l haha our greatest accumulations, and that's where a winter weather advisory is in effect through this evening. the radar shows snow entering. we have temperatures in the teens and singngle digits. let'get a look at the planner where most of the snow will fall this morning and we'll have a high of 20. >> j just saw one heroro. we'll see another coming up on "gma," jamie foxx hero, he jumps in to save a man from a burning car and we'll have what he's ying about the rescue this morning. then director spike lee is leer here live spepeaking out about h his decision to boycott the oscars,

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looks like we'll pick up between a half inch and an inch of snow occuring thursday afternoon and lasting into very early friday morning. friday will be a touch cooler before 30s come back for the weekend. your forecast today calls for a high of 29 with mostly cloudy skies and a light breeze from the southeast. tonight's low is 17 with clouds. tomorrow's high is 27 with light snow arriving late.

welcome back to "gma." that man justin smith has a lot to celebrate this morning. he was found with no pulse, nearly frozen to death in subzero temperatures ande managed to survive. the amazing way doctors were able to saveis life coming up. it really is an incredible stor >> it certainly is. also right now, we have sarah palin, she's hitting the campaign trail with donald trump this morning. ter backing the gop front-runner for president last night this is the biggest endorsement yet of the campaign and opening argue manies in a trial out west, the justice department is suing two towns on the arizona/utah bordrder. it's about polygamy connected to the fundamentalist church of latter-day saints and the justice department says they're didiscriminang against nonbelievers. michael strahan in the house. >>here. . >> with the i inside story on jamie foxx's incredible rescue. >> yeah, you know, jamie foxx's

screen and now in real life. we'll find out what he did when he found someone in distress. we begin with thatscars backlash. george clooney joining thehe list of stars speaking out abo the lack of diversity and spike lee is here to weigh in after abc's linsey davis brings us the latest. >> reporter: this morning, pressure is mounting as more stars speak out against the lack of diversity in this year's oscar nominations including one of tinseltown's biggest names, george clooneyelling "variety" tuesday, i think that african-americans have a real fair point that the industry isn't representing them well enough. for theecond consecutive year, all 20 nominees in the actor category are whit resparking the #oscarssowhite. whoopi goldberg spoke out on tuesday. >> why is this a conversation that we only have once a ye? because every -- every year we get all fired up and then the rest of the year nobody says anything. reporte the tension has

look at this clip from the 1988 academy awards. >> every 20 years we g one so we ain't due for one until like 204. black people will not ride the caboose of society and we will not bring up the rear anymore. >> reporter: on mony academy president cheryl boone isaacs said she's artbroken and frustrated about the lack of inclusion in this year's nomitions. >> we all need to do now is actually take some action. >> reporter: oscar winne lupita nyong'o added her voice to the growg chorus saying it has me thinking about unconscious prejudice and what merits prestige in our culture. along with british actor idris elba who thought many desererved one for "beasts of no nation." >> talent is everywhere butut opportunityisn't. we haven't done enough to nurture our diverse tale. >> reporter: for "good morning america," linsey davis, abc news, new w york. >> sfooik joins us, an honorary oscar recipient, two time oscar nominee.

>> i'm going to a kni game. i sold my tickets but after i put my essay out my wife and decided we're not going so i bought my tickets back. february 28th at the world's most famous arena, madison square garden to see my beloved orange a and be hopefully beat the miami heat. going to the game. >> we know what you'll be doing. what should everybody else do? here's thething, i have never used the word boycott. all i said was my wife, my beautiful wife and i we're not coming. that's it and i gave the reason so i never used the word boycott. i neverer he said to anybody, it's like do you -- w we're not ming. not going. >> reverend al sharpton and others are saying- >> that's them. look, i love reverend al, you know, we stick up for brooklyn, but i'm not -- i'm not going. my wife is not going. everyone else can do what they want to do. >> chris rock is in a tough

>> so is cheryl boone isaacs. >> so is she. lease start with chris rock. ricky gervais. >> chris rocks a grown ass man. he can do what he wants to do ena support him either way. >> either way. >> either way. >> what would you do if you were him? >> i don't -- look, michael, the guy -- the guy that missed the field goal, would have lost a super bowl. there's no ifs. >> so you're just -- you're going to be neutral. >> i'll be at madison square garden. >> okay. let's talk about cheryl boone isaacs then. she says we need to make se real changes and saying she's going to take dramatic steps to change the -- >> in fact, when i received my honorary oscar at the governor's balance in november, she began that night saying this is her plan, so it's not going -- i

presto chango and the -- >> the numbers are amazing. 94% white, 7% -- >> here's the thing and i'd like to state this, the academy -- okay, my man michael strahan over there, he kws what i'm talking about. this whole academy thing is a misdirection play. >> okay, how. >> we're chasing the guy down the field. he doesn't even have the ball. the other guy is high-stepping in the end zone so this goes -- it goes further tha the academy awards and has to go backo the gatekeepers. >> studios. >> the people who have the light. have you seen "hamilton"? >> i have. >> got to be in the room. we're not in the room. we are not in the room. the executive, when they have these green light meetings quarterly where they look at the scripts and look atho is in it and decide what we're making, what we're not making. >> how do you changethat? >> we're going to need -- michael michael. my man -- >> what do you want me to do?

>> you know what i'm talking about. >> i got you. >> we need the rooney rule. >> okay. >> nfl, we need a rooney rule. some type of rule -- >> so quota. >> yes. if the nfl -- ifhe head coaching job opens up or same executive position you cannott hire aone to any of you minority candidates and that has increased the number of minority nfl and -- out. >> you have to. we can't go to that old tired -- we can't find any qualified caidates. that's bs. >> how about your own experienence? you make your movie do youeel like you've been snubbed like you haven't had a fair hearing? sgl>> what won best film 1989? >> i don't know actually.

>> what did you have in 1989? >> "do the right thing." that film is being taught in colleges, schools a over -- no one can watching "driving miss daisy no" so it also shows you that the work is what's important because that's the stuff that's going to stand for years, not an award. not whether you're grammy or a tony or whatnot. >>o even if you don't get the oscar t there is some success but still a he problem i the whole studio syststem. fromop to bottom. >> spike lee, thanks very much. you're going to be back in our next hour talking about your new michael jackson film. >> hee, hee, hee. [ laughter ] >> thank you. >> my man.

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x@a@a back now at 7:41 with actor jamie foxx's latest role, real-life hero. the oscar winner credited with saving a driver from a burning pickup truck that crashed right outside his c california home. abc's kayna whitworth has the

>> reporter: he saved countless lives on the big screen in movies like "white house down" and a remake of "annie". >> are you okay? u could have got runover. >> reporter: this morning in the case of life imitating art, jamie foxx is being hailed a real-life hero. the 48-year-old grammy winner was at his california home monday night when he heard a violent car crash outside. immediately jumping into action calling 911.1. >> heavy rescue, vehicle on fire. >> reporter: foxx rushing down the road to find 32-year-old brett kyle trapped inside his truck. >> when i get here the truck is over on its side and it's in fl. >> reporter: officers say the driver was headed westbound when he went off the road and hit this drainage ditch so hard that it caused the truck to flip. it eventually stopped on the passenger side right here and caught fire in jamie foxx's front yard. >> i said you got angels around you. you have angels around you. >> reporter: foxx and another

rtified emt finally able to cut kyle seat b belt freeing him from the fruk >> as we pulled him out, within five seconds later, the truck goes up. >> reporter: this morning the driver who's been arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol is in the hospital with broken bones and a punctured lung but is alive. >> it doeoesn't matter to me who it was or what they do for a living o whatever, just the idea that someone would do that isis so much more than i can fathom. so i just -- all tears of joy. >> reporter: for "good morning america," kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. >> so glad. the victim is ok. all that action movie training comes into play. good job, jamie. coming up, t.j.'s got an unbelievable survival story, as well. t.j.? >> yeah, lara, this man was dead. not just dead, frozen solid but a doctor said you're not dead until you're w warm and dead.

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but one doctor refused t give up and abc's t.j. holmes, y you're here, gracing us with your presence. tell us about this. >> alive and well. a macle he's alive and well. no heartbeat. no pulse, he's got no brain activity. not breathing. body is frozen solid. paramedics put the sheet over his body at the scene. a death investigation under way. so he's up and walking around back from the dead. why? because of doctor who decided to forgo logic and g go with hisis gut. this morning, 26-year-old justin smith is grateful to be alive afr nearlyreezing to death. >> i statarted shaking his head, no, no, you can't leave me. you can't leave me. >> reporter: last february don smith found his son unconscious in a snowbank. he'd been there overnight where temperatures had dipped to 4 degrees below zero. lifeless. >> reporter: the coroner and the state police were on scene doing essentially a death investigation. >> all signs lea us to believe that he's been dead for a

>> reporter: but dr. gerald coleman did not give up refusing to pronounce him dead. he a h his tea performed cpr for two hours as they slowly started warming his stiff, cold body then over the next few days doctors say h brain miraculously went to showi no activity to normal activity. >> we knew we needed a big, big miracle. >> reporter: using a special machine that pump warms and provides more oxygen to his blood his heart started beating on its own. >> iever even heardrd of anytng like this. it's amazing. it's something i've never heard enough. >> reporter: smith lost all his toes and both pinkie fingers but recovery. >> it's like i woke up interest a dream but it wasn't a dream, you know. >> lara, you asked what was he doing out in the first place. he was walking homomerom a party, a walk he's made a million times. thinks possibly he slipped, hit his head. his body was frozensolid.

the refrigerator, preserve it, you put it in thfreezer. that's the part they can't figure out. it seems as if his body was growsen solid so it was preserved eentialally when the body heated up, the body came back alive. literally is what happened. >> two hours of cpr. >> the doctor didn't give up. they said this could possibly change the had is tri -- moving forward. >> all those cryogenics people -- >> yeah. >> we can live forever. we'll be right back. >> wow. never thought about the coffee i wadrinking having acids. it never dawned on me that it could hurt your teeth. my dentist has told me your enamel is wearing away, and that sounded really sry to me, and i was like well can you fix it, can you paint it back on, and he explained that it was not something that grows back, it kind of a one-time shot and you have to re for it. he told me to use pronamel. it's gonna help protect the enamel in your teeth. it allows me to continue to drink my coffee and to eat healthier, and it was a real easy switch to make. morning ted! scott! ready to hit some balls? ooh!

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back for the weekend. your forecast today calls for a high of 29 with mostly cloudy skies and a light breeze from the low is 17 with clouds. tomorrow's high is 27 with light snow arriving late here's your 7 day matt: we have a pretty quiet pattern as we move toward the we'll have some light larger system that will primarily miss to up between a half snow occuring early friday rning. friday will be a touch cooler before 30s ce back for t weekend. your forecast today calls for a high of 29 with mostly cloudy skies and a light breeze from the southeast. tonight's low is 17 with clouds. tomorrow's high is 27 with light snow arriving late. hehere's youday forecast. matt: we have a pretty quiet pattern as we move toward the weekend. tomorrow, we'll have some light snow move through associciated wita larger system that will primarily miss to the southwest. it

good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. we have jamie-lynn sigler's bre battle. >> i was diagnosed with ms at 20 years old. it w was a shock. >> why she's revealing it now just days after her wedding and what women everyere should know about ms. dr. ashton here live. "off the wall." exclusive footage from michael jackson's persosonal vault never seen until now. director spike lee shing a spotlight on the king of pop's early years. >> what do, i don't want it lalabeled black or white. i want t labeled as music. >> the moments that michael first s spreadis wings a solo artist is jackson like you've never seen him before. can't stop me no a pararenting alert. a big headline about college admissions this morning. more than 50 top schools banding togethther to change the game for your kids. how you like me now all that and kym johnson

way to a better body as we say -- >> good morning, america. you're holding be she said shut up and dance with me >> good momorning, america. robin on assignment today. it's a big wednesday morning here on "gma." you just s saw our "dancing with the stars" pro kym johnson here to share her fitness secrets. >> you know what else she's showing us, orge, how to eat banana pancakes. we can have them and eat them. a fun way to dance oururselves into shape. saturday. i love them so much. weend. >> so good. >> they're really good. >> one little bite. one little bite and i'll wait because chewing and talking are never nice. also this morning a health warning for pregnant women and thos thinking about getting pregnant. multiple new cases of the danger dangerous vehicle k virus confirmed in the u.s. and dr.r. besser will join us to expin

spike lee is back with us. he'll come back and talk about an exclusive. i'm ready for spike. wel have an exclusive sneak peek at his new michael jackson documentary. it is called "off the wall." so much g great never before seen footage from jackson's personal vault. a great new film from spikike lee and as he put it, hee, he >> can't wait for that. have some banana pancakes and to amy with the rundown. >> a deadly attack on students at a university campus in fort west pakistan. gunmen storming that school near the city of peshawar. the bate with police lasting for urs. so far we know at least 20 people are dead including students, staff and a professor. a group with es to the talin has claimed responsibility. and in iraq isis has destroyed another historic site. satellite photos showing the oldest christi monastery in iraq reduced t rubble. it stood as a place of worship for 1400 years. well, sarah palin is hitting the campaign trail with donald trump today.

night where he is locked in a dead heat with senator ted cruz. palin slammed the republica establishment for attacking their own front-runner a and said with trump in the house, white house, there will be quote, no mo pussyfooting around. if trump is elected he says therwill be a role for palin in his administration if she wants it. a new poll finds hillary clinton's campaign taking some big hits. clinton is trailingernie sanders by 27 points in new hampshire. meanwhile, in washingto an inspector general now claims somef the e-mails on clinton's private server h an even higher classification than top secret. the clinton campaign insists those e e-mails we not classified when they were sent. and the governor of michigan is promising to release e-maiails today that could shed new light on the water crisis in flint. rick snyder is under fire for his handling of the crisis. he has now apologized and blames the government for failure to --

nation that left the city's water undrinkable pledgingore aid but residents are demanding he step down o some are saying he should be arrested. troubling news about the health of the world's oceans. by 2050 experts say the amount of plastic trash in the ocean will outweigh the fish. they estimate 165 million tons of plastic are now polluting the oceans and a man in california got quite a surpre when he caught this great white shark fishing off the pier in san clemente. the shark eventually broke free and swam away. experts say el nino's warmer waters are drawing sharks closer to shore. and finally, most of us, i'm going to go with jus about all of us love french frieses andost of us lock chocolate so mcdonald's is combining them selling chocolate covered fries. two types of chocolate sauces are available. dark and white. the sad news here right n now the

we'll see if they catch on. thisser they are this they're called the mcchoco potato. i'm in. >> a segue to a health alert for millions of pregnant women focused on t the dangerous z zika vis. two new cases confirmed and threin florida and rich besser with the latest. you warned it was dangerous and would get worse. >> it's spread by infected mosquitoes. pose people who get bit by one of these mosquitoes will have no illness or a mild illness but if you're pregnant it can cause severe brain damage in a baby. in brazil more thahan 34,000 babies so far -- 3,000. >> these cases in the u.s., not much of a danger of tm passing on the disease. it's not contagious in that way. >> that's right. they expect this will continue to spread throught the region so american travelers aret risk. and w do have the same mosquito here inhe united states in some of the southern states and i asked c cdc aut this.

the introductio of similar types of viruses is small little outbreaks so they think that is poible along our border area. >> the warning now is against travel to 13 countries and puerto rico. if s someone travels, pregnant woman travels to one of those countries what is the symptoms you should look for. >> again, most it's going to be mild but the symptoms, fever, joint pain, rash, pink eye. if you get those and you're pregnant within 14 days see your doctor. they can do testing and monitoring but unfortunately there is no treatment for this infection. >> so much concern about this because of the olympics in brazil. >> the idea of who should travel to the olympics, who can go to the caribbean for vacations, because while it's only in a couple of cocountries, the expectation is it will spread throughout that region. >> okay, rich, thanks very much. let's go over to michae rich will take questions all morning long on twitter. >>ll right, thank you, george. aook at wt's coming up on the "gma morning menu." "the sopopranos" sr jamie-lynn sigler now reveali she has ms.

conditio and in an exclusive sneak peek at the new michahael jackson documentary that is being done -- that was done by spike lee. never seen footage from that today. sneak peek like i said. plus, "dancing with the stars" star kym johnson is here with her diet and dancing secrets. all of tha is coming up on "gma" live in times square. we got to get in. we're freezing. we don't have on coats. "gma's morning menu" is brought to you by new centrum vitamints, a multivitamin you enjoy like a mint. 3, 2, 1 - smile! alright... big smile! smile! hey, honey! how'd it go? thanks, dad! there's my smile! the happy meal. with fresh, delicious, california grown cuties.

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more than a decade. jesse palmer is here with that story. jesse. >> thanks, lara. you know, jamie-lynn has been making this revelation for her family, her new husband and young son and opening up about her 15-year battle with this debilitating condition. >> it wasn't my fault. >> reporter: she's best known for her role playing tony soprano's daughter meadow. >> we're under a lot of pressure, okay. >> reporter: but during her time on "the sopranos" actress jamie-lynn sigler given a heartbreaking diagnosis that she kept secret for nearly 15 years. >> i was diagnosed with ms when i was 20 years old. it was a shock. >> reporter: this morning, sigle sigler revealing after she struggled with lymyme disease she was left with tingling in her legs d diagnos with multiple sclerosis just a year later. she confided in one of her famous co-workers. >> jamie-lynn sigler kept thiss secret for a long time. she would never telell people she

ultimately confide in james gandolfini because she trusted him. >> i didn't want to hold a cret where it feels like i have something to be ashamed of. it's part of who i am. it's not who i i am. >> reporter: also partt of her decision to speak out her 2-year-old son beau. >> she didn't want her son to think he had to keep the secret about her and asking why shehe might be tired and wanted to see if she could help people with this. >> reporter: sigler telling "people" her simms gradually getting worse saying she can't walk for a long period without resting. i cannot run. no superhero roles for me. but despite her disease, sigler doing h best to live life to the fullest. the 34-year-old recently celebrating her wedding to pro baseball player cutterr dykstra, the two married by lance bass over the weekend. >> she just married somebody who she's deeply in love with, has a beautiful son with and counting

>> she goes on to say she's finally got her medication under control and feeling better and happy with her new husband cutter and her son beau. >> thank you so much, jesse. i'm joined by dr. jen ashton. just want to askow hard do you think -- how brave is it for her to come out and had you helpful for other. >> we always think it's helpful when a celebebrity uses their illness or chronic condition to bring awareness and this is an example that the disease or the illness does not define the person. >> i love that. it doesn't define you. but it's still -- i as an actress might be like, ooh, i don't know. does this become a label, a badge. >> riright, and i think that she and so many people struggling with this or any other chronic condition have to face that, whether it's in a small circle or nationally coming public. but, you know, i think you ask how hard could it have been to hide it. fatigue is the most debilitating hallmark sign o or symymptom that affects women and men dealing

people, it can be physical or even psychological. >> so many of us are exhausted all the time espececially w with a job like this. we don't sleep well. are there other signs besides being extremely tired. there are. want you to look at this. there are a lot of vague symptoms but, remember, this is an immune condition that affects the centr nervous system. you can see anything occurring from blurred or visua problems, problems thinking, cognitive issues, lack of coordination with motor function, loss of balance or even numbness or tingling. w, certainly not all of these signs o orymptoms means someone as msome. the diagnosis is usually brain imaging like an mrism, a good history and physical exam and, again, it's a chronic issue that people have to live with for their lives. >> have there been advance, though. >> there is reason for hope. the mainstay of treatment i is medication to kind of suppress the immune system and then rehabilitation therapy for people having difficulty with motor function, just yesterd we heard exciting news on use of stem c cellso there's always reas for hope.

>> absolutely. >> a beautiful word for sure. dr. jen, i thank you so mumuch. got to gett over to michael. >> thank you, lara. we're back now to music and moves. we'vbeen waiting all morning to see this and spike lee came back with us and he's got an exclusive first look at his new documentary, michael jackson's journey from motown to "off the wall" and we'll talk to him in a moment. before that chrisonnelly has the details. this is thriller >> reporter: even before "thriller." those sensational dance skills. those special songs and that spectacular voice. power >> reporter: itt already made michaeael jackson pop's premier entertainer. nowirector spike lee is shining a spotlight on michael's early 20s in his documentaryry ichael jackson's journey fm motown to off the wawall." this 1981 performance from the jackson's tour just one example

like michael's impossibly soaring original demo of "don't stop till you get enough" recorded jackson fily compound in enci. don't stop till you get enough not. >> rorter: bringing viewers back 3 1/2 decades with him first spreading his solo wings ready for superstardom as a male. >> want it labeled music, not black or white. >> reporter: this music rocking, soulful and sophisticated. dance noor damite that sd 30 million copies worldwide and inflnced so many of today's biggest names from john legend to quest love. >> that's the first time we heard that iconic yell. that's his free at last, fre at last. >> reporter: artists sharing how michchael's talents helped them findheir own. >> i always use michael as first and foremost as a vocal inspiration and "off the wall" was definitely the one that made

i f found my falsetto because of "off the wall." "d"don't't sto till you get enough." >> reporter: michael's timeless music still brimming with youthful excitement of its me. chris connellyly, abc news, los angeles. >>ll right, we're here with the man who put that together, spike lee. welcome back. >> my man, strahan. up and down the elevator. >> but this documentary shows, you know, michael jackson's transformation into a rock star. >> journey. >> it's a journey so what drew you to this. >> we did one called "bad 25" which was about the "bad" album and god willing i get to do "thriller." the trilogy, three albums that he did with the great, great quincy joneses but w wanted to show because many people, which i found like you just said "off the wall" is your favorite. >> yeah. >> mine too but doing this, a lot of people, that's their favorite of the three "off the wall" is the one. >> a lot of people think

"off the wall" was where michael jackson was able to showcase who he could be as an artist. >> wee can'teave out quincy. those two tting together on the s of "the wi that's where they met starring diana roross. >> you have footage from when michael jackson performed "ben" ck in 1973. >> that was talking about the osrs, nominated for best song, the song about the rat. >> but, you know, in this documentary there's no controversy. this is all about music. now was that intentional on your partrt. >> that was very intentional. we just wanted to focus on what made michael onef the greatest entertainers of all time, the greatest singers, writers, dancers, so it was just about the music. that wasintentional. >> you were fortunate enough to go into the vault. you got all this footage we've never seen. to one as really seen outside of chael jason himself and a few other people. what do you think will surprise us as viewers. >> i don't think it might not be

great he was because you know people forget. >> yeah. >> people forget and people have to be reminded who michael was. >> yeah, and but i got to say he's somebody carried from generation to generation. >> yes. >> you have quest love, john legend, the weeknd, a hard guy -- >> doeoesn'tay notothing about nobody. >> how did you get them involved and why did you pick particular artists to c comment about michael jackson. >> we wanted to show the breadth and add pharrell and people who worked on theongs like interviewed stevie. he wrote that one -- phi favorite song "i can't help itit." nted to get a mixture of the people who worked -- the generatitions he influenced after that. >> michael's parents are a all throughout the documentary but only two of his siblings. and why is that come on, spike. give me something. >> the giantsetterr win some more games next year.

game instead of the oscars. >> no, i don't want -- you know, family issues but there's n need to go into that. >> but has michael'l's - has his children seen the documentary? >> we don't know if they saw the first one, "bad 25" so we gave it to the parents and they have to share it with them. their decision. >> they have to share. i hope t they want to see it because it's testament to the greatnes of their father. >> absolutely. and, you know, we wt back to "ben" and that was at the oscars and you say you're not going to the oscars. >> my wife and i wre not going to the oscars? but it's not necessaryily a boycott. >> well, i'm not trying to lead a movement. i me, i'm just -- you know, with last -- the other thing up here but the arc, every year there are 20 spots available for actors and at the last two years, the score is keeping the sports 40-0. what's the score -- the vikings you beat them by?

>> thiss 40-0. >> i'm not nominated for anything at the oscars. >> you act, though, man. i've been watching you. >> put me in a movie, spike. that's all you got to do. >> all right. >> then we -- >> is it all right with abc, though? is it allright, you guys. you say take him. >> you and i can have this conversation and you don't have to interview me when i'm at the desk. you're talking to george. how about that? congrats. it is "michael jackson' journey from motown to off the wall" which i'm so happy you did. >> premiering at sundance. >> hopefully you'll get a chahancee to do "thriller" as well. premieres at sundance and february 5th. part of the cd. there is a remasteredcd in the dvd bundle on the "off the wall" album due out february 26th. >> dvd and the remastered cd joint. >> you get it all of t the one and only spike lee now outside to rob. >> hey, michael,orking your back room deals on national tevision. we got giants fans a green bay fans. where do they play, in minnesota. thiss what they do in

wash their pants and put them outside and let them freeze and make for frozen pants cultures. that's called end bracing the cold. winter storm watches out for the next system that comes through tennessee, lexingtoton, kentucky in through west virginia. here it is, heavy moisture from the gulf of mexico. potentially a blockbuster snowstorto the south, we'll l haha our greatest accumulations, and that's where a winter weather advisory is in effect through this evening. the radar shows snow entering. we have temperatures in the teens and singngle digits. let'get a look at the planner where most of the snow will fall this morning and we'll have a high of 20. >> frorozen pants. you have your pants frozen wle

>> you didn't do it for fun. all right. back in to you. >> oh, hello. i wish they were giving us a warning. >> i was begging and you'll see whwhy soon. let's start though -- >> we know something you don't know. >> but you're about to find out. i don't think it's too gross. so we start with some new york news. it is a sure bet on broadway, funny lady bette mler is back confirming she will make a brassy return to the great white way playing the title character in the classic "hello dolly." a little dolly trivia for you. role was originally written for ethel merriman. >> one of your favorites. >> yes, i've been compared to her many times. my singing prowess but wou up going to the one and only carol channing. the original composer said bette is his dream dolly. the only way he would dot again was with our bette so say hello to bette when it opens spring of 2017.

>> i'm excited. up next, it's a new trend, not my fault. slitithering into a salon near you it'salled snake massage. >> is this the -- >> come on, wh. >> it is like a normal massage except it's so not normal intended to loosen muscles. >> that's supposed to be relaxing. >> are you kidding me. >> it's real, people. >> that would tighten every muscle in my body. >> there's no way. >> the idea of huma seusss in this case is ancient hiss-tory. >> oh. >> thank you very much. buzzfeed,, thank you because ththeir tes friends put their bods on the line so we didn't have to so what does a snake massage feel like? roll them. >> you know what, they kind of feel like thin long ice packs just moving across my body. >> i mean, doesn't tha sound relaxing, everybody?

>> what if they bite? or even worse, constrictors. >> i was thinking about the squeeze. >> yes, well, there you have it. >> deep tissue. >> i had a really cute thing to show you, can i do it really quick? th will make you erase. ready, roll the video. no more snak. look at this. >> i love you! >> i love you! >> one more time. >> i love you! >> i le you! >> thank you.

>> we forgot about the snakes.cruz in the polls in iowa, tuesday at the renewable fuel summit in altoona, branstad expressed why he feels cruz's interest don't align with iowans. he is the biggest opponent of renewable fuels and he actually introduced a bill in 2013 to mediately elimate the renewable fuel standard. he is heavily financed by big oil. so we think once iowans realize ththat fact ey might find other things attractive but i thi it would be very damaging to our state branstad went on to say the only polls that matter are the oneses on caucus night, which is less than two weeks out jessica let's check in with f the weather. matt: we have a pretty quiet pattern as we move toward the weekend. tomorrow, we'll have some light snow move through associated with a larger sysm that

looks like we'll pk up betweenen a half inch and an inch of snow occuring thursday afternoon and lasting into very early friday morning. friday wi be a touch cooler before 30s come back for the weekend. your forecast today calls for a high o29 with mostly cloudy skies and a light breeze from the southeast. tonight's low is 17 with clouds. tomorrow's high is 27 with lilight snow arrivg late. here's your 7 day

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we got a little preview of those banana pancakes. >> that's right. "dancing with the stars" pro kym johnson here sharing those banana pancakes and her fitness and diet secrets, as well. just a few m moment as way. >> did you give up the recipe for those to our websit >> it's alwayays on our website, yes. >> because ty're soogood. that's -- >> anything left? i missed out on that. >> they're coming back. >> but now to juju chang. we're talking about a big change that could be coming to college admissions. more than 50 well-known universities have endorsed a new report encraging schools to focus pore on community service, less on test score and juju is here with the details. >> it incdes the entire ivy league. elite universities. it's called turing the tide aimed at ratcheting down the pressure in the frenzied college application game. instead of massive resume paddin the educators are hoping to shift the emphasis aw from personal achievement and more towards a new kind of personal service. it's no secret college

a recent study showing teens even more stressed out than adults. this mornin a new r report leased by the harvard based group making caring common is trtrying to tackle the issue. the report endorsed by more than 50 colleges including the entire ivy league says the teens are taught to emphasize personal success rather t tn concern for others. >> achievement is clearly important but it what is to be balanced with concern for others and concern for the common good. we can't just reward those who achieve. >> reporter: changing the college application procs, they say, would send a strong message to young people. >> this is the first time in history that colleges have banded together across the countryy and said that ethical character is important. >> reporter: in fact, mit, one of the report's endorsers has already begun to make changes. younged your essay question to involve community as opposed to some sort of achievent highlight. >> that's right. we want to know how have you

made those around you better? because that's important. >> reporter: the report calling for reducing the number of ap classes and extracurricular activities, even making some s.a.t. scores optional. sherry's son chris is shooting for harvard. captain of the track and debate teams he volunteers oodles of hours and takes five ap classes. do you worry about the toll that the stress takes on kids? >> yeah, i do worry about it. he doesn't sleep. you see fatigue. you shouldn't see that on a teenager. i don't know if he knows how to have a good time. i'm hoping he knows what that means. >> i know. could you imagine making s.a.t.s or a.c.t.s optional? only a few college are considering it. >> should have done that 30 years ago. >> it signals h how revolutionary these changes a and they're really hoping to have an effect. >> kids who thinking about getting into college thehe think out it soo early they are under so much stress. >> p kid is a freshman and already talking about his high

i said, i forbid you to use that phrase. that too much. >> good change. thanks for bringing that to . overo amy. >> wl now to atory that first captured the nation's attention five years ago, the disappearance of 7-year-old kyron horman. his stepmom is speaking out for the first time and abc news is teaming up wit "people" magazine to bring the exclusive story from this issue of "people." it's been or five years sincece it made national headlines and the woman at the cter of the case speaks out for the very first time to "people" magazine. 7-year-old kyron horman goes missing in june of 2010 after his stepmom says she dropped him off at the school science fair. no one realizes he's missing until the end of the school day. >> he had not been at school that day. and had been unaccounted for for six hours and nobody called me and that's when theanic set in.

appearan baffled investigagators and in the end kyeron was never found. >> if i could do anything differently i'd have kept him home that day. that is something you go back again and again, what if.f. >> reporter: she didn't just lose her stepson she lost her life as she knew it. she failed several polygraph tests about the disappearance about kyron. her marrie ended and as part of divorce proceedings her husband accused her ofiring a hit man to kill him which she denies and fled the state of oregon to get away from harassment whileever official officially charged, the suspicions around her c continues to ts day. >> i never harmed my son. i never wanted to harm my husband. d there's just so much information that i not being told to the public. >> and joining me now "people" magazine righter elaine aradillas who gotot the exclusive interview with terri horman. part of that suspicion that

because she faile tho two lie director tests. did you discuss that and the impact itt had on her. >> she did. at the beginning she was cooperating, she went and took her lie detectorr test and they told her that she failed it. she went b back again a second time andhe didn't feel like it was being administered properly. she had not slept in da. she wasn't eating and she sa that she wasn't going to take it. >> and then terri ultimately went into seclusion. why is she stepping bac into the spotlight now? why is s s talking now?w? >> i think she has bee trying to restart her life over and over again. but they sort of keep tracking her down and exposing her and she wants to clear the suspicion around her. she wants to talk and so she's chosen now to sort of tell her side. >> in the past i mean we've heard from so many people in in case throughout the years notably kyron's biological

of hating kyron of not being a stepmom leading up to that fateful day. what was your sense about ththeir relationship? you' been speaking to her for several years now. >> i have and she has always been ver loving when talking about him. she talks about his favorite color. she talks about what he wants to be when he grows up and so i've never gotten the sense that she hated him. >> what does she think happened that day? she was the last person to see him alive. >> she says she wasn't. she says that there's someone else andhat she thinks that he was taken fm school. >> doster rihanna have any contact now with her daughter who is now 7 years o old or her ex-husband? >> she has not spoken with her daughterr her ex-husband now and there are no plans to but she is being reintegrated with a relationship with her daughter. >> all right, well, it is certainly a fascinating story. elaine aradillas, thanks for joiningus.

more exclusive video with terri horman and on friday terri will tell her story in "peopople" magazine and abc news exclusive. let's headut now outside rob for a look at the forecast. rob. >> hey, amy, it is chilly out here but we're excited about the cold. yeah, just kind of invigorates you. warm up, go too the southwest. the california sunshine willl get you at least in socal. rough surf for surfing today but waves will be subsiding somewhat. 71 in phoenix. rain across parts of the south and severe weather for tomorrow. heaviest across the west coast i think across the pacific northwest with most of that - - anddold across florida. 63 in orlrldodond temps in the 50s in south beach. tomorw, we'll have some light snow move through associated with a larger system that will primarily miss to the southwest. it looks like we'll pick up between a half inch and an inch of snow occuring thursday afternoon and lasting into very early friday morning. friday will be a touch

but warr than yesterday. this weathercasast is brought to you by mcdonald's. amy, back over to you. >> the home of the mcchoco potato. coming up, "daing with the stars" pro kym johnson here helping you dance and diett your

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but two mirror ball trophies and "shark tk" star robert herjavec. in herew book "the 5-6-7-8 diet" she's revealing her secrets and welco to the show. >> >> thanksor having me. >> wve heard about the traditional 5, 6, 7, 8. >> when it comes to dancing. >> you have it as a cue to your diet. >> 5, 6, 7, 8 is my cue to danance but it also means to get started and i think that's whether it's a diet or exercise, but it has some meaning inn my book, "the 5-6-7-8 diet" s number five, five sources o of protein in your diet. okay, it doesn't have to be main meals, i can be snacks like yogurt and nuts, five sources of protein. >> let me start early with m my protein. >> i got enough protein already. okay, so five is protein. >> number six is the colors of the rainbow. youhould havehat in your food. not skittles or anything like that. vegetables and fruits.

number seven is seven sources of anti-inflammatory foods. at's important to me. i'm a dancer, my joints, you know, are not so great. i'm getting older so that's really -- >> 21 is not old. i'm old. fofootball plar getting upup, i needed this. >> you need all of these so that's sources of an-inflammatory food and eight is to stay hydrated. eight glasses of water. >> eight glasses of water. very important. you don't drink a lot of water. >> you forget sometime. >> even when you're not thirsty you have to drink it. >> one thing i notice in your book tt i'm obsessed with,he flourless pancakes. >> i love them but i eat them and feel heavy but these are flourless and in theook we've got loads of flourless pancake recipe these are banana pancakes. >> yeah. >> do you want to try some? >> of course. you don't have to ask me twice. >> they're really tasty and they just -- the portions are much better,s well. they're tasty, huh? >> yeah, they're tasty.

over, nobody come over here and stl my pancakes. i'm finishing up these pancakes. >> so many other great recipes in the book, there's a stir fry which is quick and easy to do. there's also like a hamburger and fries. who doesn't love hamburger a frs. >> you could have a hamburger and fries. >> sweet potatoe so cut them up and bake it instead of fing and then i have a turkey burger and instead of the bun, i just have the lettuce and then this is like a dessert. a sweetomfort tea. >> sweet comfofort tea. >> so it's like -- >> it looks thick. >> it hascacao in it. when i'm watching tv i want to go for the bad things like the ice cream, yeah, so i sort of go for the teas and it is still satisfying but you don't have that guilt.t. >> you know, i'm -- i have too do that because i'm vy guilty with the ice cream and i have to ask you this. you've wonon two mirr ball

partners but seems t to be no partner has made a connection with you like robert herjavec from "shark tank." >> you know. >> how is that gog. >> what was so great we ended up meeting on didn't and bece really g great friends through that whole process and then it turned into something else which was amazing, so things are going really well. you know what, sometimes unexpected is the best thing. >> unexpected. who knew. you never know where you'll meet anyone. >> i didn't expect it. i can learn and do the right diet by learning how to dance with "the 5-6-7-8 diet." are tre dance moves you can teach me. >> you have to exercise as well. >> i'll show you. we have dances here. elizabeth and brittany are going to help us. we'll get into a psao doble and a cape like a matador, cross and there we go. yeah, attacking thebull. so this is likeunges a a then, yeah, well, now wean do a little cardio salsa. >> cardio salsa. >> forward and back. i see "dancing with thetarsrs

>> oh, yeah. >> whoo. andd back. you got to move the arms. >> now my favorite, this is called -- >> your favorite? >> i got to getthis. >> shake your booty and then we'll roll the arms. >> i feell like tina turner, lling, rolling. >> there you go, michael.l. >> you got the moveve >> that's veryiberating actually. >> yeah. >> well, kym, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> it is the "the 5-6-7-8 diet" -- t thank youladies. "the 5-6-7-8 diet" is available now. you can get the recipes for kym's dishes at goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! and just go pick up the book. >> yes.s. >> "5, 6, 7, 8."

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the award winning "mozart in the jungle." in it golden globe winner gael garcia berl is not the kind of guy w likes to follow the rules to say the least. check it out. >> hey, how is it going? >> hello, maestro. >> how are you doing? >> i'm good. this is the ladies om.. >> and? >> it's for ladies. >> one day it will be everybody's. one day. >> how much fun is it to play this role? >> it's incredibly fun because he's so impugn -- he can get away with anything and i like that about the characte >> and the last time i saw you, you had just accepted and walked backstage your golden glglobe award for this role. it was really nice to see you that night. you were glowing. so where is it? >> thank you. where is the globe? it's in my kid's ro. >> in your kid's room. >> where the toys are and stuff. i left it there. we were playing and i don't know, it's a very safafe p pce for em to have e it. >> yeah. >> yeah, because they won't playy with it. it's very heavy.

>> yeah, it's kind of marble so, okay, li, yeah. >> it's an interesting way to look at it. well, congratulations. it's well deserved. i understand obviously you play a maestro, a conductor and it's based ona rea person. >> it's loosely inspired gustavo, a famous conductctor a also we take from all the conducto from past life, you know, from i mean from early 20th century to this year -- i mean to now and i don't know, i take them and we make a strange melange there. >> sometething if you were doing a psychological profile, is there something about a conductor you cod describe whatt drives them? >> normally they're geniuses and as geniuses ty control everything that goes on in the world of this mathemacal conjunction of notes, music but

fafaced with real lifife, life is not as easily controlled, exactl so -- like you control your horn section. >> exactly. i think that's the main like obstacle that rodrigo finds himself. he has a very weird and very interesting approach to life but in music he flows completely. >> i keep watching the monitor. i love to watch you on the show. you are so convincing. >> thank you. >> do you have a clue what you're doing with the stick? >> sometimes i fl like but i think that's the point where exactlyy i have no idea. like but that's when -- i don't know, i fool myself perhapsps into thinking, oh, this is working, this is working and the musicians are really ce, they help a lot, as well. because we work with real musicians and they're very supportive and they laugh a lot. which i good because this is a comedy and thahat's what they should do. if this wasn't a comedy i would be in serious trouble. >> it's a comedy but seriously it is a comedyut it's unlike

it's very clever and very unique and it's on amazon. can there a freedom you get as an actor doing a show for a place like amazon versus more traditional? >> absolutely. and that is incredible because i never thought -- mean i didn't know what to expt because this kind of series that are done to show internet, i mean it's kind of like very new. it's still very new. u never kw what -- >> right. is it public access? what am i doing? we have complete creative freedom. i feel completely just loose in a way to try out and t experiment and i have to be -- i mean, i'm really grateful, we all are in the show, they let us do whatever it wants. >> it shows. it's nuts and all the right ways. it's great to meet you. the award very well deserved. >> thank you. >> it's been a true pleasure and want to tell you all if you haven'n't seenit, you must. season two, "mozart in the jungle," availab now on amazon

congratulations again. > this family is always making headlines and now tomorw "duck dynasty"'s robertson family has one big family annout. you can't misshis live tomorrow only on abc's "good morning erica." >> "good morning america" is brought to you by mercedes-benz, the best or r nothing. just dance >> we want to end with something superb.

of our "gma" family. mitch. you see him right there. been h here for 40 years. hes the hrt and soul of the writing department. >> yep. >> and, boboy, he is the kingf celebrity interviews of the knows more about myl streep, george clooney, every single. >> barbra streisand. if you have an interew with mitch he gives you an cyclopedia. we'll miss hisassion and heart. thank you for great work, mitch. >> you are completely covered.

havave a good day, everybody.saturdrday they'll be revealing the overnight towns for the 44th ride across iow the live announcement can be seen on their website, ragbrai-dot-com or tune in to abc9 for more ragbrai updates. jessica rae: workers at the tyson events center were working hard making preparations for the rawhide bull riding challenge the rodeo will be in town this saturday and sunday,

midwast battle the bulls. there's fun for everyone, including a pepetting zoo and a mutton-busting. tickets are avalailable at tyson events nter b office. jessicic let's check in with for the weather. matt: we have a pretty quiet pattern as we move toward the weekend. tomorrow, 'll have some light snow move through associated with a larger system that will primarily miss to the southwest. it looks like we'll pick up between a half ch and an inch of snow occuring thursday aftnoon and lasting into very early friday mornining. friday will before 30s come back f the weekend. your forecast today calls for a high of 29 with mostly cloudy skies and a light breeze from the soutast. tonight's low is 17 with clouds. . tomorrow high is 27 with light snow arriving late. here's your r 7 day forecast.

quiet pattern as we move toward the weekend. tomorrow, we'll have some light snow move through associated with a largerystem ththat will primarily miss to the southwest. it lookoks like we'll pick up between a half inch and an inch of snow occuring thursday afternoon and lasting into very early friday morning. friday will be aouch cooler before 30s come back for the weend. your forecast today calls for a high of 29 with mostly cloudy skies and a light breeze from the southeast. tonight's low is 17 with clouds. tomorrow's highs 27 w with ligh snow arriving late. here's your 7 day