good morning, america. breaking overnight, that standoff in oregon turns deadly. a shoot-out erupts between the fbi and anti-govnment protesters. one of the leaders of the group killed. his supporters say t rancher wasurdered with his hands in the air. our team on the scene right now. he's out, donald trump now saying he won't show up to thursday's debate taking on fox and megyn kelly. >> this is a ligheight. this is not a reporter. this to me is just a lightweight. megyn n kelly suldn't be in the debate. >> ted cruz challenging him to a personal show down. >> i would like to invite donald righght now to engage in a one-onon-one debate with me any time between now and the iowa caucuses. >> the trump campaign speaking out to "gma" thihis mornin that dangerous zika virus is spreading. an emergency meeting in the white house, president obama in the situation room. the nber of cases growing in the u.s. at least 20 thousand reported as

worried travelers. an abc news exclusive. >> i have lost my nd. >> the young doctor caught on camera vlently confronting an uber driver speaking out for the first time, now suspended from the hospital facinghreats online. what she really wants people to know about that night. she's joing us live only on "gma".." and good mornin america. busy wednesday morning. robin on assign many. great to have lara back. michael is here. amy, everybody is here. never a dull moment, donald trump. > no. >> he's pulled out of tomorrow's dete and see him unleashing on men kelly. did it again last night taking the feud to a brand-new level and h campaign manager will join us with the latest in a moment. >> a lot t talk about. irst to t breaking news

the weeks' long standoff betwe government protesters and law enforcement turning deadly. the leader a several members of the group now under arrest. abc's neal karlinskyas the late in burns, oregon, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a dramatic and sudden turn of events here out here overnight with no arning. as a result all of the grp's leadship has been taken into custody with the except of one armed rancher killed by law enforcement here overnight. this morning, a shootut betwnhe armed occupiers of the federal wiwilife refuge in rural oregon and police including the fbi has left one occupier dead and another wounded. group leader ammon bundy a his brher were arresd in the shoot-out and could be seen handcuffed face down on the road. the armed militia seized control of this national wildfe refuge in early january and they have occupied it ever since. group's spokesman lavoy finicum

during a traffic stop outside the compound. he spopo with george earlier this month. >> we have no intent of pointing a g at anybody. we must be cleaear, who's pointing guns at me and ammon, they have. who said we will shoot you, we never have. they have. >> reporter: ran supporters claim he was murdered in cold ood. his daughter is saying the father of 11 had his hands in the air when he was shot. >> they just unloaded on him and just shot him like a whole bunch of times and they killed him. >> reporter: as a local hospital in the nearar town of burns went on lockdown while treating one suspect, authoties said at least eight were arrested including an online blogger who supported the group. >> women and children need to geget out ohere right now. >> reporter: and john ritzheimemer famous about his online postings. >> nobody here will fire the first shot.

day and had been mostly peaceful but townspeople and oregon's governor had expressed frustration, the oupation had long. the biguestion no is what happens out at the wildfe refuge. there are still people holed up in there but police have roadblocks. also a concern that lavoy finicum will be made a mart. there was a lot of anger over enforcement. very angry. area. a dicey situation we'll continue to monitor. george and am >> all right, neal carlin city, thank you. that surprise move from donald trump. five days from the iowa caucuses he's shaking up the race again. this time by pulling out of tomorrow's final debate before the first votes. we're going to talk to his campaign manager in just a moment. first abc's tom llamas has all the latestrom des moines, good morning, tom. >> reporter: george, good morning to you.

playing by his own rules,rump broke that news during a 30-minute news conference that was incredible to watch. he was absolutely livid. he went after fox news, megyn kelly, roger ailes and ted cruz vong to take them all on he's out. donald trump ss he willot participate in thursday's republican debate hosted by fox news. >> i won't be doing the debate. i'm going to have somethihinge in iowa. we'll do something where we raise money for the veterans and the wounded warriors. we'll do something simultaneously with the debate. >> reporter: trump furious at fox news, on tuesday he posted this message to social media, attacking megyn kelly, one of the debate moderators. >> megyn kelly's really biased against me. she knows that. i know at. everybody knows that. do you really thinkhe can be fair at a debate? >> reporter: fox news responding with a press rease mocking trump reading in part "we learned from a secret back channel that the ayatollah and

donald trump unfairly" and "trump has his own secret plan to replace the cabinet with his twitter followers." >> they can't toyith me like they toy with everybody else. so let them have their debate and letet's see how they do with the ratings. >> reporter: as for megyn kelly -- this >> this is a lightweight. megyn kelly shouldn't be in the debate. >> reporter: the fox news anchorr saying overnight her question to trump is the first debate about his treatment of women w fair game. >> i maintain it was a tough but fair question and we agreed to disagree. reporter: i asked trump if his rivals will now use this to their advantage. do you think by skipping the debate they'll attack your temperament. >> no, i think my temperament is great. i built areat corporation. i built a great company but i think when fox sends o out their little like written by a child about putin, et cetera, et cetera, then i say let the have their debate. reporter: but overnight senator ted cruz insinuating

the debate stage with the other candidates then i would like to invite donald right now to engage in a one-on-one debate with me any time between now and the iowa caucuses. >> repter: now trump has a new fight brewing over his religion. jeb bush questioning if trump is even a chrisistian at all. >> you don't think he's a christian. >> no, i don't know what he is.. >> reporter: and this morning ted cruz hammering that attack about donald trump skipping the dete. he's actually launched a website called duckingdonald.com where attacks had imfor missing the debate. as for foxews they released a statement overnight that reads in part "we can't give in to terrorizations towards any other of employees." >> let's talk to his campaign manager. you heard it right there, cory. mr. trump is still welcome at the debate.

>> well, george, it's great -- thanks for having me on. the short answer, i don't think so. look, here's where we are, megyn kelly iss totally obsessed with mr. trump. she's done multipl shows on why he shouldn't be even involved in the race on television. she's completely obsessed with him. it's impossible to have a fair and honest debate. >> you know -- > hold on, donald trump is the best debater on that stage. he's participated in six debates. he's won every single one by every poll. he's n afraid to debate anybody. he does more television and radio interviews than all other candidates combined and answered your questions including yours multle times. the issue is one of fairness. >> let me press you on that, corey. >> mocking a front-runner, that's not appropriate to have someone like that on the debate stage. >> that's a separate issue from megyn kelly because, you know you say t that megyn kelellyppears to be obsessed with donald trump. right now it appears that he seems to be obsessed with her. jut put o a tweet sayining i

because that would not be politically correct. instead i will only call her a lightweight reporter. why not go up on the stage and take the question. >> look, he's notot afraid to take the ququestion. been on six debate stages and won every single one and every poll said that and answers every question from every reporter including yours. he's happy to sit dunn and do interviews and answer the questionshat the american people want to hear about. what fox wants to do is they want to have 24 million people tune inn to watch donald trump so that their anchors can have the story about them. this is what happened in the first fox debate. no one was talking about the answers that the candidates gave, they were all talking about the moderator's questions, the exact same thing that happened with cnbc and the rnc removed them from future debates -- >> if that's what you're worried about how about ted cruz's challenge, a one-on-on debate with donald trp before the iowa caucuses? >> look, ted cruz, if he's the

down to a two-person race donald him. ted cruz talked about how gait his campaign is and has the greatest ground game in the history of iowa. what we see is his position on ethanol has flipped andnd flopped and governor bransome has said he should n be electcted in the state of iowa, a remarkable feat for a sitting governor. we see that number of people have come out and basically said mr. trump is the best person in this race for the state of iowa and moving forwardncluding -- >> corey -- >> including jerry falwell jr. it's up to the people of iowa to decide who ultimately on monday will be the caucus wiwinner but can tell you donald trump is in the state of iowa competing every dhar for votes. >> corey, y're a political pro. aren't you worried about that possibility of an empty podium at tomorrow night's debate? >> look, you know what it is, when donald trump goes tomorrow night into des moines, iowa and we start raising money for veterans and wounded warriors have multiples of millions of dollars raised for them and the

they want to support that and fox goes back and say they should have had 24 million watching their debate instead of 1 million it's a disservice to the american people. you and ioth know the only reasonon their ratings are as high as they were on the first debate is because donald trump was on the stage. highest rated cable television show in the history of tv and that's because donald trump was on the stage. people who bought advertising time thinking donald trump willould be on the stage will be very disappointed when nobody decides to watch it becau politicians are all talk, no action. >> corey lewin do you skilewandowski. >> our latest poll showing bernie sanderseading in iowa. >> reporter: bernie sanders is

nationally and w while theace is really close here in iowa, sanders clearly has momentum. closing in on hillary clinton in iowa,ernie sanders confidently took a detour to neighboring minnesota. >> what a turnout. >> reporr: overnight 15,000 people turned out in st. paul after 6,000 flocked to see bernie sanders in duluth. >> as we're seeing here today that has the energy that has the thusiasm, that has the momentum to take us all the way to t the white house. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: today sanders visits the white house for a private meeting with president obama who just this week rejected comparisons between his historic 2008 campaign and what sanderss doing now. >> our children's future is shaped both by the values of their parents and the policies of their nation. >> reporter: in a new tv ad clinton's campaign touts her

told a crowd of 500 supporters stands in contrast to berninie sanders. >> that i'm not jusust shouting slan, i'm not just engaging in rhetoric. i've thought t this through. i have a plan. >> repter: and when a supporter in iowa suggested inton should appoint obama to the supreme court she seemed genuinely intrigued. >> nobody has ever suggested that to me. wow. i love that. wow. >> reporter: there is more good news for bernie sanders in iowaa this morning. check out this new poll from quinnipiac university of iowa democrats, it puts bernie sanders with 49%, hillary clinton with 45%, going into this last week, another poll, george, showing bernie sanders pulling ahead in iowa. >> does have some momentum there. we'll bring in matth dowd, as well. got to t talk more about donald trump and t that big decision. let me begin with you, you just hear corey and says donald

does this hurt him or help him. >> we've gone from uncharted territy to the middle of the ocean in the dark with no compass. i have no idea what this is going to do. i think it all turns on whether the voters in iowa think that it's a sign of strength that he's not doing it or aign of weakness and we don't know right now what the perception will be and thahat's wre i think it ll turn whether it's an asset or liability over the in ex-five day. >> what has worked for donald trump upntil now he always appears to be strong and always to be unafraid to say whatever is on his mind. you've been reporting. his opponents saying he's afraid of taking tough questions. >> oh, and this is ann incrediy high risk move, george, at a really bizarre time. everything seemed to be breaking donald trump's way. he was moving ahead, his l largest margin nationallyly, moving ahead in iowa and then he does this facing that ris that you asked corey about o havaving an empty podium at center stage, already his opponentsts are saying thihis is a sign that donald trump is just

high risk. >> so going back to your ananysis, matthew, is this seen as strength or weakness, what's your gutn where that goes? >> i think in the short term reaction i think his voters, donald trump's voters will see it as a sign of strength. i think that's what the immediate reaction will be. it puts lid on his capacity to grow because others see it as a sign of weakness but for the short term up to iowa ihink they'll see its a sign of strength. >> thanks very much. a clarification from yesterday's interview with donald trump. i incorrectly identified a republican strategist in one of my questions, it was henry bar barber, not haley barbour. i apologize. a 23-year-old american citizen behind bars accused of planni a massacre at masonic mple in milwaukee pierre thas has the latest. good morning, pierre. >>eporter: good morning, amy.

scale bigger than san bernardino arging a terror suspect out to spar a religious war allegedly. samymy mohamed hamzeh is in jail this morning accused olotting a killing spree targeting this milwaukee masonic tempmple. >> scary to say the least. you never k know what's going to happen or where. >> reporter: e alleged plot laid out in chilling specificity, the p plan to lock the doors o the teme and systemicallyxecute 30 people. using machine guns, equipd with silencers. accordin to the fbi, hamzeh sought to launch it with two other radicals touring it last week after practicing at a local firing range. agents say the 23-year-old american citizen was caught on survllance tape describing in tail his cold-blooded mission. annihilate everyone, when we go into a room, we will be killing everyone. if this hit is executed, it will be known all over the wod. such operations will increase in

the people will be scared. our abc news affiate wsin learned hamzeh was recently fired from hi kickboxing gym where he worked as a trainer for just three weeks. let go after he was allegedly aggrsive what c clientsand disparaging to america. >> that shot up a huge red flag and he was all out about how terrible the government we have yet he lives in america. >> reporter: but i it was all a sting. the two other radicals were undercover working with the fbi. the investigation launched in september of last year after the fbi learned of hamzeh's alleged radical thinking from an informant. the fbi says hamzeh wanted to attack two defend islam. he was arrested this week after allegedlyuying mhine guns and placing the in his car. amy, george. >> all right, pierre thomas with the latest from wawashingt, thank yo okay, outside to rob. boy that snow came fasast and is leaving fast too. >> we lostalf of the snowpack just in t last three days. i want to show you a comparison

it looked like during the blizzard on saturday, just almost a gho town. people walking through times square with no traffic and snow covered streets here around the 42nd street area and today obviously a whole different ball game with even just the snowbanks down to about ankle level. the wmth is going to init. temperatures well above freezin but then a cold front comes through tonight, refreezing

at least for a couple of days.sunshine this afternoowith temperatures hanging in the mid to upper 20s. we've got a wawarming trd that will carry through the remainder of the week as we get temps back into the upper 30s and even 40s by friday. today's high is 30 with am cl they are shedding layers out here, amy and george. come out and enjoy ateast for now before it gets colder. >> coming up on "gma" that abc news exclusive, the docto caught on camera attacking an uber driver, she join us live sharg her side of the story for the first time. then new concerns about the dangerous zika virus spreading. more cases reporte here in the u.s., dr. besser joins usith what all travelers and pregnant women need to know. and big news about oprah

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news update for you lukas: 10 years after two iowa men were murdered ..... iowa d-c-i and wapalow county officials say they've solved the case. police have arrested 28-year old christover yenger of ottumwa and 27 year old zachary dye of council bluffs. investigators say the two men intentionally started a house fire killing two men in march of 20-06 21 year old nathan messer and 22 year old seth anderson were killed in the fire suffering of smoke inhilation. authorities say information leaked weeks ago led to to the reopening of the case. "" just goes to show when people think they get away with murder, we're always there and look at things" the two are now facing two felony murder charges for starting the deadly fire. lukas let's check in with for the weather. matt:cloud cover gradually breaking down today. we'll

sunshine this afternoon with temperatures hanging in the mid to upper 20s. we've got a warming trend that will carry through the remainder of the week as we get temps back into the upper 30s and even 40s by friday. today's high is 30 with am clouds and pm sun. the low tonight is 11 under mostly clear skies. tomorrow we'll get to a high near 40 with sun. here's the 7 day forecast. matt:cloud cover gradually breaking down today. we'll look for peeks of sunshine this afternoon with temperatures hanging in the mid to upper 20s. we've got a warming trend that will carry through the remainder of the temps back into the upper 30s and even 40s by friday. today's high is 30 with am clouds and pm sun. the low tonight is 11 under mostly clear skies. tomorrow

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an uber driver making a lot of headlinesnd getting millions of views online. now she is joining us telling her side of the story in ann abc news exclusive that is just moments away. also right now, dond trump making a lot of newss again about tomorrow's gop debate even before it happens, says he's not going to do it and he's been challenged by ted cruz to a one-on-one debate this morning. his campaign manager said he would gladly debate cruz if it came down to two-man race. new booking photos ofhe anti-government protesters emerging after that deadly shooting overnight and one protester killed. another wounded in the shoot-out. so many people this morning are remembering actor abe vigoda, honoring his legacy and michael is g going to have more on that coming up in a bit. >> he was one of the first viral stars before most of us knew what going viral was and played a role in "the godfather." >> "barnie miller" too. looking forward to thafrjts we begin with that young doctor at

driver. anjali r ramkissoo is here to talk about what happened for the first t time since that video went viral viewed more than 5 million times and we'll get to that after this from abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: it's the video that spread l like wildfire. >> i have lost my mind. >> reporter: anjali ramkissoon is a fourth year neurology resident at one of miami's most tress press teens hospitals buthe was bellirent last week. >> i'm a five foot girl that weighs 100 pounds. i'm getting really belligerent. >> reporter: caught on camera wi anber driver. it happened in the heart of downtown miamami. >> call 911 please. >> reporter: ramkissoon thinks this is her driver. it isn't. he's waiting to pic up someone else.. but still she demands he drive her after things gethysical and she's pushed to the ground, she gets into the car and does this.

away online via letter writing this person should not be practicing medicine. another saying, i wouldn't go anywhere near the facility for medical care if she continues to work there. an another saying, she shoul be arrested and charged with assasault. but the driver speaking to local statio wtvj is not pressing charges. >> she was erratic. she was like screaming, cursing, you know, calling me names. >> reporter: ramkissoon now on administrave leave from the hospital wle it conducts an internal investigagaon and uber has suspended her. for "good morning america," gio benitez, abc news, newyork. >> dr. anjali ramkissoon joins us now. welcome to "gma." thanks foror coming on this morning. that video is so hard for all of us to watch. i can't imagine what it's like foryou. when you look at it what do you see? >> i see a person that i not me,, that's -- i'm ashamed. i still can't watch the entire video.

happing at this point, i can't. >> so what was happening? >> i was really -- a lot had happened that day actually. the events leading up to that point, my father had been placed in the hospital and just minutes prior to that altercation with the uber driver, my boyfriend and i of twoears had just broken up so he went home, i was there by mylf. >> you guys have been drinking. >> yes, and i knew that i had had a few drinks so i decided -- actually i had driven to that place that night. t i did not want to drive my ca home so i left my car there and that was why i was trying toto get the uber to g home. >> everything you id sounds pretty bad but you know it's no excuse, rit? >> there is aolutely n excuse for my action i am ashamed. i am so sorry. i have hurt so many people with this. my family, my friends, my job. the u uber driver,o one deserves

is -- that's not me. >> did you apologize to him. >> i did. so we actually settled while we were out there -- i paid for the damages and i apologized to him and he accepted my apology and i'm so thankful that he did not press charges, that he did not have me arrested. i'm grateful. >> has anything like e is happened before? you did seem to snap there. >> i did. i was extremely stressed out that day. it was probably one of the worst days of my life and i was caught at my lowest moment and nothing like this has ever happened. it was completely out of character. anyone that knows me, they see that video and they say that's not you and it really just -- it's not me. >> any part of yourself see yourself doing this and get a handle on it and say, wait,'ve lost control here? >> you knonow what, hindsight is 20/20. every time i look back at it i say could have, should have,

was just so angry, i wasn't really thinking and if i could take it back, i would. career. >> i have. >> as a doctor. noww suspended. >> yes. >> you saw some of the comments in gio's piece saying this person shod not be a doctor. what do you say to them? >> i had a bad night. i made a huge mistake. the biggest mistake of my life anand that person is not me and, yes, i'm on administrative leaveve from my jobob right now, but at the same time, this i not just affected my career it's also affected my family, it's affected my personal life. i get it. i did something extreremely horrible and i'm extremely sorry for it. t i'v've also been receiving horrible messages on cyberspace, the cyberbullying, my family was targeted. eir address was leaked. i received messages telling me i should kill myself. that i should have been raped

i don't -- i think it's ridiculous and i am here to own up to what i did. i'm taking responsibility for it and i'm asking for forgiveness. >> how do you make it good and get your job back? >> i think the best thing at this points to just take responsibility for what i've done.. i did it. and i'm ashamed of what i did. and this would never happen again and i think at the same time i should als speak out that, you know, to send a message out to people and the blic to be carul and use my story as a message as a lesson to be careful what you don public because the things that we do can be taped and we can have to suffer severe ramifications for these things. >> and i know it's not easy to speak out like this. thanks for joining us thi morning. >> thank you so much. >> coming up, the latest on the dangerous dzhokhar secret. new cases reported in the u.s. and dr. richa besserr is going

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ware back now with the latest on the mosquito-borne zika virus. the number ofases here the u.s.s. growing. so far, 20ases in 9 9 statess and another 19 in puerto rico and now a number of airlines including americannd jetblue are oered worried travelers waivers and refundss for trips they booked to the affected areas. linsey davis has all the latest. >> reporter: growing ccern about the spread of the dangerous zika virus. president obama even conveng a meeting on the issue tuesday emphasizing the need t to develop a vaccine to fight the virus. the fear is aossible link between the rus and abnormal brain development ineveloping babies, microcephaly that can cause them to be born with abnonormally small hes. >> it's a lilong problem. >> reporter: this on top of a travel advisory for pregnant womeno avoid these 24 areas where the diseaseas been detected including el salvador

to not have babies until 2018. only one inive who are infected become ill with symptoms like fever, rash,oint pain ored eyes the cdc is exploringng the possible link between zikika a and guillan barre that can cause reversible paralylysis. in brazil the health minister says they're sending 2020,000 troops to battle the mosquo blamed for spreading the virus. meanwhile, at me, dr. jennifer wu in new york city h has bee geing many calls from worried patients about traveling. >> we're getting calls every day, unfortunately, any patients with symptoms we are having them tested. >> reporter: others takin action into their own hands. samantha buck 14eeks pregnant and canceling their babymoon to the caribbean. >> it'sbsolutely not worth the risk to us to put the baby in harm's way. >> for "good morning america," linsey davis,bc news, new york.

richard besser. dr. besser, people are canceling vacations to the caribbean, to south america, what areas are we talkinin about specifically? >> well, here's the ing, there's 24 different places that they foundhe virus so far but the mosquito is in every country in the western hemisphere art from canada and chile so i understand people saying i d't wawant to wait unthey've detected it there. i may cancel now. >> is mexico okay? what aisles in the caribbean. >> the whole region is a possibility. >> all right, let's take a look at the map. we now have 20 confirmed cases here in the united states. mostly in the southern states >> that's right. >> we're obviousus innot in mosquito season. what's the level of concern it could spread. >>his is the distribution of the mosquito we know that transmits this. a limited number of states. but let's look at this other map. this i a map showing another mosquito that we think can do it. this summer when mosquitoes are very active we need to be very

>> hundreds of thousands of people are traveling to brazil is summer for the olympicscs. we already have a pandemic on our hands. what could happen? >> the big concern with global evts people come in and the fear is theyey'll go home with re than souvenirs this is alread a pandemic spreading rapidly. the olympics could spread it further. >> it impacts not just pregnant women but everybody whoho contracts the virus? they can spread it to others. >> dr. besser, we appreciate it. thank you. of course, you will be taking questions throughout the morning. you can tweet him @drrichardbesser or go too "gma's" facebook pageend see the latest travel guidelines regarding the virus on goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! he's known forlaying one

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good morning, america it's 8:00 a.m. oprah dropping 26 pounds and eating bread every step of f the way. >> i don't deny myself bread. >> she says weight watchers has changed her life for good and we talk to dr. ashton live. alsohis morning, pamela ananderson speaking out about her health battle with hepatitis c and her 12-week medical miraclele cure. >> i'm just really grateful i feel like i got 20 years back of my life super saver secrets. put a thousand dollars in your pocket rig now. the apps you can put to work to ke money in your closet. how all your junk can add up to co, hard cash this morning. go go big or go home going broke to stay buff. >> it' an investment in myself. >> the people addicted to working out andnd willing to payay

why so many are dropping cash to lift those weights even when they can't afford it. all that and from working out to eating cake it's national chocolate cake day as weay -- >> good morning, america. and there is rocco dispirito. lara just summed up the magic of "gma." we work out so we can eat chocolate cake. that's what we'll be dng here this morning. got a lot of chocolate cake. >> oh, yeah. rocco is joining us along with three "gma" viewers. so many sent in recipes across the country. we picked three of the best chocolate cakes with a twist and then we haverocco's cake,s well so we have a big tasteoff. >> a lot going on. >> i love this job. oh, yeah. file that one under havin your cake and eating it too.

speaking out about her weight watchers weighttoss and how she enjoyed not cake but bread the entire ti. we've got her secret coming up. >> i can't wait to see that. also this morning, another star is making headlines, "modern family's" sofia vergara is caught in a legal battle with beauty companies and we'll tell you why she is suing them for millions. >> a lot on the line. now to amy with the morning rundown. >> good morning, guys. >> e big story, that macious standoff in oregon turning deadly overnight. members of the armed group occucuing a federal wildlife refuge on their way to a community meeting when a shoot-out erupted during a traffic stop. lavoy finicum whoad been acting as the group'sspspesman was shot and killed. eight others arrested including the leader ammon bundy. n fireworks on the campaign trail with donald trump sang he will boycott tomorrow night's fox news debate. trump is furious with fox and moderator megyn kelly calling them biassed. this morning he tweeted i refus

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harassment suit. a los angeles jury hit him withh nearly $7.5 million inamages to his former legal adviser. however, the eccentric guru testified he is nearly bankrupt now. finally a photographer is getting a lot of buzz for something he. kevin usually gets a million dollars for someone us like malala yousafzai or even yoko ono but the latest photo is of a potato. anrganic potato but stillll just a getable.e. here's t t bigheadline. this photo sold for more than $1 million andhat makes it if i might say a sweet potato. >> oh. you did it again. well done. >> it is a good-looking potato. a million dollars. i don't know. >> you just said it's a good-looking potato. >> it is.

>> it's a spud. >> we'reoing to move on. we have new details about the drug ha may have saved pamela anderson's life. she made headlines by revealing she's free of hepatititis after more than a decade learnrning more about the treatmenthat cured her. jim avila has the story. >> reporter:or pamela anderson who saved lives on tvs it seemed like a real death sentence. >> they told me that i would die in ten years. reporter: diagnosed with hepatitis c. >> i just think looking back that i maybe was a littlee mor reckss than i would have been. i think i is kind of a hangigi over your head. >> reporter: but then three months ago the incurable suddenly cured in a 12-week medical miracle. >> 12 weeks and gone. yes. >> reporter: anderson had taken the new drug sovaldi and is back promoting vegan shoes a a new cooking shoes and had good health insurance covering the near six-figure pricetag.

is why i'm staking outhis man. fred upton, congressman from michigan who over the las five years has blocked every bill proposed in congress to change the law that prevents micare from negotiating the price of prescrtion drugs. >> the government isn't getting the best prices for their drugs because the government can't negotiate. >> reporter: why a are you against that? >> we'll talk later. >> reporter: we've tri to talk for two months. he says $300,000 in donations he received from dru companies in 2014 has notothingo do with it and he's working on a bill of his own to fix the problem. >> look to the right. >> reporter: but for nownly the wealthy and well insured often have access to expensive miracle cures. >> i was really fortunate. >>eporter: for "good morningng america," jim avila, abc news, detroit. >> thanks to jim avila for that. now to michael with the ayron monroe. >> thank you, george. here's a look at what's comg up on t the "gma morning menu." oprah revealing you can have

the secret behind the star's big weight lossnd there are hundreds of dollars that could be hiding i i your home. the apps that will h hp you cash in big on your old stuf plus, my favorite day of the year, it's natational cholate cake day. yes. and we're celebrating with chef rocco dispirito and we have a big tasteoff of three "gma" viewers' cakes coming up live on "gma" here in times square. >> what's up? >> i don't want to shake y your hand. i want to eat cake. "gma's morning menu" is brought to you by new centrum vitamints, a multivitamin you eneny like a mint. crawfish shorts i like your style hooked it just a little bit (window breaks, car alarm unds) don't open that cellar door

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millions and making millions for oprah winfrey, two diffent like takes o the word bread. i was just thinking that. weight watchers pitch woman and big company investor revealing she lost a whopping 26 pounds on the dieie sending stocks soaring and the way sheid it while eating bread eve day which she talks about in commercials is making dieters cheer and abbie boudre has her diet details. >> my favavorite breakst because i love bread. >> reporter: and her love for bread not slowing down h diet. oprah now announcing her 26-pound weight loss while never favorite thing. >> i don't denyyself bread. i have bread every day. reporter: no denying oprah's longtime struggle with her slim. >> it is amazing to me that i can't lift it but i used to carry it around every day. >> reporter: now turning to weight watchers and its calorie counting point system to finally

and she says it's working. tweeting this week to her 30 million followers, eat bread, lose weight. what? #comejoinme. but eating bread every single day? >> thehe grainiest, nuttyiesteed break. >> reporter: maya fellers says it's possible to lose weight while eating bread with you warns not to get carried away. >> don't be afraid of rbohydrates. just know what you're eating. when you pay attention to portion size you can continue t to lose weight. >> reporter: she says read the label, anything with the word whole grain or whole wheheat is best for weight loss. the queen of talk now hoping her new weight loss message will inspire others. >> not now, when? feel that way and i know millions of other people feel that way. >> reporter: for "good morning america," abbie boudreau, abc news, los angeles. >> a lot of people talking about this so we're joined by abc news senior medical contributor dr.

what do you think, 26 pound, eating bread every day. how did oprah do it. >> when did bread become like crack? i mean, it's not -- >> for some people it is a beloved treat. >> let's go back to t the basics here. first of all,l, to lose weight, you nd what we call a negative energy balance and data has shown you need to cut between 500 to 750 calories per y, thisoes back to in versu out. >> simple math. >> what you consume as long as you're under that caloric deficit, of coursese, there can be bread there so to me t this is not shocking. >> okay, so it's not shocking bu how do our viewers take this information and use it in their own lives. >> well, listen, i mean younow i'm gettiti a masters in nutrition so i haviterally analyzed the data. >> when you're not birthing babies. >> so i've analyzed basically ref single diet and i will tell

restricts portions and ruces calories will work dramatically in the short term. the key is that two years most diets fail. so it's about moderation and finding what works for you and it's about keeping that ofof in general healthwise the mediterranean diet is probably the most well rounded. kind of the goldtandard but anything can work. >> you and dr. b. always say that. so all breads are not created equal. > right, listen, if you want to eat bread in moderation, you want t try to go for something that's a whole grain sprouted bread, when you flip ththat over and look at the ingredient, that's what you shouldook for. white bread doesn't come this way in nature so i would say no but you want to enjoy what you eat and a french baguette toasted, maybe dipped in m mning coffee. >> real? oh, you just lost me. >> you lost me with the coffee. >> smothered in butter, garlicc bread. so mucuch w can cheer. >> cheers.

jen will take your questions throughout the mornrning, tweet he @drjashton or post them on "gma's" facebook page. i couldn't resist. >> we're kind of up s set because we don't have bread. >> we did have our cake. >> yes, we did and now from one star to another who's making headlines.s. "modern family's" sofia v vgara is taking a major legal action to protect her image follow filing a $15 million lawsuit against a beauty brand for using one of her selfies to promote their product. abc's deborahoberts is here with the latest. good morning, deborah. >> good morning. instagram addis, beware, like so many celebrities, many of them -- like so many of us celebrities often take to social media to express themselves to highlight a restaurant, an outftfit or a place they like but given sofia vergara's experience higherg stars may want to think twice about that post before pressing share. with her s smoeldd determining beauty. >> moving in slow motion

business savvy, sofia vergara is one of hollywood's most powerful women. this morning the actress is taking steps to protect that reputation with a multimillion dollar lawsuit filed against venus concept and a number of its alleged affililiates s claims have been cashing in on her image proting their beauty product without her permission endorsement. >> you t talk to me. >> reporter: accordingo the statutut it started in 2014 with this instagram selfie of vergara getting a venus legacy massage. a treatment she claims she ultimately did not le finding it was a waste of t time and money. she would not use it again and certainly would not endorse it. >> n we're very vrieling her super skin secret. >> reporter: but it made its way into this "extra" segment and alleges that photos appeared on venus' facebook page. the lavoro laser andhe spa.

pr person's dream. but it'sn intlectual propertynightmare. >> there's nothing like -- >> reporter: had she agreed to the promotion she argues it would have cost the company big bucks. the lawsuit says she pockets somewhere around $15 million for an endorsement. her lawsuit accuses the companie of diminishing her brand and p pfiting throughgh improper and inapproroiate use of her image. we contacted the companies involved in the lawsuit and they declined comment. vergara's lawyers though insist in the lawsuit that this all could have been prevented. they ask the companies they say to stop the ads multiple times but they never did so, of course, guy, now the big question is will this go before a jury or will there be a settlement. >> a big threat outthere. >> it is. >> $15 millionn endorsements. >> she pockets a lot so she has a lot at riri. be carefef a about thosehares.

we move on to day three of our supersaver takeover. we got rebecca jararvis here. she's back with se surprising ways tocore big on your old stuff. i c't believe this, a thousand dollars hiding your closet. >>t's hiding in there, george. the idea here thi morning, minimum effort, maximum b benefit an showing you how to turn that old closet full of electronics, games, clothe, whatetever you got in there you're no longe using into cold, hard cash. throwing away money might have worked f leo's character in he wolf of wall street." >> fun coupons. >> reporter: but f for t t rest of us making aew era dollars sounds a lot more enticing. >> hot potato. >> reporter: enter alexa von tobel. show mom eliza danielson how t to spot a thousand bucks right inside her closet. first up, turn your old clothes into cash. alexa gives us her secret on how to get the most from tradesy.

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hanging in the mid to upper 20s. we've got a wawarming trd that will carry through the remainder of the week as we get temps back into the upper 30s and even 40s by friday. today's high is 30 with am >> all right. for the record one of the four times is also in vegas. you got to do it once in vegas. back t you inside. >> rob, get in here it's "pop news" time and we begin withh a little football news. if you have any interest o o the resources to go to super bowl 5-0 you may want to secure your tickets quickly. before panthers owner jerry richardson pounces on a lot of them. turns out richardson has announced he is footing the bill for every single parent employee to go to the game in santa clara. even the interns are invited. >> wow.

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the screenplay is currently being written and the team has revealed this itallment wl mirror his changing world for fighter pilots including advanced d drone technologygy >> "top gun 2." sounds good. >> it't's goi to be great. rry bruckheimer was so enthusiastic about this screenplay, he says, quote, it's brilliant.t. >> oh. >> so many great quotes in the first movie. >> you did say it's still being written, didn't you? >> yes. so it has time to become brilliant. finally have you ever dreamed of sleeping in a cheese factory in south dakota? raise your hand. >> yes. >> don't en00 think about it. it's againsthe law. a new info graphic we spotted on "the daily mail" put together the 50 contactiest laws from 50 states and while iwould be a crime i i we didn't share our favorites. for example, in georgia's he state of ohio, it is illegal, george,o get a fish drunk.

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mylesj. middle school and charles j j hudson school >> got to love c crisis pine on jimmy kimmel havg fun with the snow. what a voice, as well. he's here live. we'll talk to him. >> i watched the movie he's in. it's ununbelievab. i'm like still nervous. really exciting. yeah, nice voice, chris. >> all right, you know what's also exciting, the fact that it's national chocolate cake day. >> i live moved on to my second. >> i need a nap after - >> taste testers trying out cakes and decididing which ones takes the cake coming up in our great taste-off. while eatat let's head oveve to michael. >> this is od >> that cake, sounds great but right now, a lot of people also focused on fitness and it can be pricey. gym membership class, workout clothes, all that stuff adds up and some are breaking the bank

abc's reena ninan has the latest on the trend. >> hey, goomorning to. >> good morning. >> you're a fitness buff. you know, those membershiping cost a small fortune spending hundre and hundreds each month but many say what t ty get out of it, well are that's priceless. spinning, crossfit, trampolining, acroyogand so much more spending an average of $8 a year in 2014, a jump of $108 from 2012. but is it realllly worth ing broke to get buff? >> up or your head. >> reporter: emily voorhees couldn't imagine her life without working out spending $250 a month at her favorite studio, the bar method. >> the energy that it brings too me, that m mes me step out int th world with a little bit of a spring in my step. >> even if it puts a whole in my wallet. >> reporter: while she isis temparily umployed she puts exercise on the top of h her priority list.

cable. i don't go out to eat as much. those things reel hi add up. >> they do. >> i can shower ere. it's wonderful unity. >> saving on ter. >> saving on water. saving on shampoo. >> reporter:nd then there's jeremy lindseyy who has a gym membererip and loves to frequent barry's boot camp paying almost $500 a mon to get in shape. >> when i spend myy money o fitns it helps w with my goals and helps me look fitter and makes me feel better. >> reporter: jeremy says the feeling he gets of a good workout ispriceless. happier now than ever. >> i was quiet and it broke me out of my shell. >> reporter: so why are so many people dropping the cash and lifting the weightsts. >> if thehe get great results and have a good experience and have a sense of community they will pay for it. >> reporter: while the save gzings there, their muscles are stroer than ever. emily sai this is a lot

where she could be drinking her money away. >> i understand that but after all the chocolate cake we had here i think i need to go to the gym. >> you're in perfect s shape but tell men in america you do pilalas. >> i do pi lat yost, yo. i got to start again with yoga and work out fi, six days a week. >> it is worth it. >> your heaealth is worth every penny you can end. now over to you, george and choking on the ke. >> michael, here with a.j. natter -- natalie portman. no she's traded in her ballet shoes for a gun belt in "jane got a gun." take a look. >> where? >> oh. oh. >> where is my ild? you counting because i still got a pair of bullets and a question

>> and natalie portman joins us. you look so sweet now. >> you know, don't cross me. >> tell us about jane hammond. >> well, jane i a woman who has gone o out west, trekked out w wt so hardenedy that situation obviously and putn a situation where shehe has to sort of stand up and defend her home and it's very american. >> you really wanted this movie tohappen. you're a producer as welll as string. it's a different kind of western. tell us what drew you to it. >> i loveded the idea of a love story in the wild west because love seems like that kind of lawless atmosphere. and this story of ts woman having to sort of face her deepest fears in this really challengnging environment was very parallel to sort of the experien of makingilms. >> i'll bet. kind of brings out her ferocity, as well. great cast, joel edgerton. .

>> your "star wars" co-star ewan mcgregor. >> and joel was also in "star wars" so the three of us had -- >> i had forgottenthat. >> he had a small role but important role in the second and third the trilogy that i w was part of so we -- it wawasiceee all hadhat sort of familiarity to sta off with. >> so what's it like to have "star wars" back? you're in the prequels. have you seen "the rce awakens." >> i haven't been ae to see it yet but i've heard it's amazing and so nice it's sort of this continuing part of everyone's cultural shared cultural knowledge. >> yeah, i love showing it to my little girls because of course theyidn't grow up with the first ones. you know, you're really branching out in so many ways. i love some of the projects you'rere working on playiying iconinic women, jackie o., also ruth bader ginsburg. >> well she's i think a hero to so many of us. that we haven't started yet, hopefully we'll start soon but

right now which has been really, rely amazing. she's a fascinating -- >> what is it like when youall up a supreme court justice. >> it's extremely inspiring and intimidating because she's such an incredible woman and she has donene so much in such an environment that is certainly t -- was not encouraging to women when she was comoming through the ranks as a lawyer and then as a professor and then as a civil rights andwomen's rights activist. it's pretty amazing t see what she was able to accomplish without ever getting angry about the situation. >> just kept plowing through. and you're living in paris right now. does i feel like homeme? >> i think the u.s. will alwayay feel like homome to me, but it'ss an incredible experience too get to live in paris. it's obvbviously a dream city for so many americans, i think, especially we hold paris as a dream place in our minds. >> it is.

welcome back to "gma." "jane got a gun" opens this friday. now back outside to rob. >> all right, george, an eclectic group out here. this youngan from -- where again? >> georgia, augusta. >> augusta, georgia. there's a golf course down ththere. can you get me on any do you have coections. >> no, but i can say that i've been to panama. >> how about kits. can you get me on the iand of kits? >> sure. >> souounds gre right now. across the great lakes, wee got some snow falling across upstate new york and fronts and troughs coming through. the great lakes including michigan will get some needed lake-effect snow and rain coming into the pacific northwest

florida. >> this weather report brought to you by nationwide insurance. she's seaming because they got marrie a fifth time in the last 20minutes. amy, back over to you. >> thank you. look, i am with breakout star lillyy james winning over the big and small screens in "cinderella" and "downton abbey" and now " "pride anprejudice and zombies." the army of the undead. jane austen, and zombies, two of my favorite things. did this immediately pop out at you and think do you want to do it. >> no, was a bit coconfused. i love jane austen, i'm english and it's like a birthright. i read it and loved it and somehow works and does quite wondful things to the story and to the love story. >> yes, you pla elizabeth bennettt but you've got some serious martial arts skis s in this movie because you're

what was the training like for that. >> it was really intense. all the girls are the ones that e fighting we're the heroes saving the men so we wanted to really kick - >> i s in therailer that the man who plays your father says my daughters areret trainedor the kitchen. they're traineded to ll. they're trained to fight. it's quite an interesting twist there. >> yes. >> also i heard that you are returning to "downton abbey" for the big finale. >> i am. yes. i am. >> youe just going to say, yep, i am. >> i can't really say anything elseo i just sortf smile and say, yes, i am. >> what has life been like for you? this has been aremendous year. you were fantastic in "cinderella." "downton abbey," what's next. >> at the moment i'm in "war and peace." >> just amall little project. >> epic tale which i le so much. i was filming in r rsia and i've been spending my time justll over the world making amazing projects. i'll been so happy. >> we have been so happy watching you just shine brightly on the small and big screens.

us. lily james and "pride and prejudice and zombies." if you're interested, i know i am, opens nationwide on february 5th. you're going to stick around, right? >> join us for the chocolate

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around for se chocolate cake. whynot. this is the great chocolate cake taste-off at the tasting table sampling creations from three of our viewers. we hehef and best-selling author rocco dispirito here to help. yay, rocco. >> yay. >> jesse i our cake rrpondent. take it away, jesse. >> probably the best job i've ever had o on suc a greatat day and we've got to get right into it. right down the line and start tastin these delicious cakes, firstly i here with gina from silver lake, michigan. >> go, michigan. >> decadent chocolate cakeith a pretzel crustnd peaeanut tter frosting. mm-mm. what is your secret? >> all right, so my secret is th sweet a salty factor so it's the pretzel crust along with a peanut butter frosting makes for the best cake. > you getcrunch, ass we. rocco, what do y think? >> it's a perfect storm. pretzels, peanut butter, chocolate. what else?

sprinkles and you've got it all. >> gina, a fantastic job. next up we have samtha from middletown, delawa. i love the na, high carb low fat vegan chocolate cake. delicious and healthy. what is it? what is your secret? >>ight f, ght. >> my secret is using an applesauce and a vegetable puree and that eliminates the fat, u the nutritional value a it also makes it superer moist. >> you feel betteter eating this cake. >>exactly. >> it looks beautiful and, rocco, this sounds like something right down your alley.y. what do you hi. >> vegan then no eggs, less cholesterol and high carb means you can carb load with the cake. great without the guilt of eating cholesterol and i'm sure it tastes good. i've had a lot of vegan cakes. let's see. it looks delicious. >> make suree you get the icing. >> it's reall good. >> icing so good. >> like a mounds bar thing going on.

finally sherry from morgantown, west virginia. >> gallon of brandy. >> this is maybe -- best name of a cake. flourless chocolate cake with halnut ganache and fancy chocolate curls. indeed. >> so walk us through this delicious -- >> it's made with no flour. gluten free, high quality chocolate and infuse hazelnutly your into my ganache. >> wow, rocco. >> the minute you say ganache you've -- you had me at ganache. >> i'm with you. >> getti rid of the flour means getting rid of the gluten and lots of unnecesry calories and tastes go. >> brandy or no brandy. >> delicious. >> there you go. >> now you guys have all given -- >> it really is brandy. >> it actually is. i got to get through the segment standing up here. we've got all off our tasters at the tasting table. you guys will now liberate.

>> you're not -- >> do we vote? >> tell us very, very soon. while you deliberate give us quick hint. your best key to making a delicious chocate cake. >> for me delicious chocolate cake has to have a lot of chocolat and compliment fry flavor. i combine almonds with chocolate. the perfect pairing and i think it's here somewhwhere. >> who takes the cake? >> have you -- absolutely. >> we cannot -- >> oh, rocco. >> you don't have a unanimous decision. >> all right. tell me -- >> well, that's her favorite but -- we all -- >> we all -- >> there's no way -- >> everybody is going to win. you are know what, everybody gets to share the trophy. >> you got a winner. >> you have to pick. >> all right. >> we do not agree. >> s so i think it's going to be be -- yes, it is, the

>> you're taking home the trophy. congrats. a copy of rocco's autographed cookbook "the negative calorie diet" available out now. t these delicious recipes online goodmorningamerica.com on

and take it away. >> i'm sure for you, as well. hi, everybody. back with chris pine starring in the new disney action ththriller, "the finest hos" as captain bernie weber the real-life hero who tk on a vicious nor'easter back in the '50s and one of the most daring rescues in coast guard history. take a look. >> the engine died. >> i got it. i go the it.

boys. >> so, i want to hear all about playing bernie becau this movie was very -- very intense. >> yeah. >> to watch. i can only imagine what it was like playing the real-life character. >> well, i mean there's certainly room fororomplaining when y you're speing 12ours a day and getting wer thrown on you and wind machines and fake snow and you're in a sardine can of a freezing spot in quincy, massachusetts, where they built us this tank on which to perform. but what happened that day this true story that happened in 36-foot boat. >> yeah, tiny little boat in in the 70-foot waves with n no compass in a broken windshield. zero visible, 70-foot wave, rain, sleeee snow, fririd mperatures. they saved 32 men off four-story tanker that split in half on to a boat that was only supposeded

all back inside. only suffered one fatality. so the facts of that night, what those men went through is so tremdous, so profound tha any kind of bs actorly complaining i could have done on the day was quickly silenced. >> is that what drew you to the role, the fact that ts waso hard to believe that it was tru andd that this guy was s sh a stoic earnest real hero yeah, i mean, i was -- what appealed to me exactlyly rht was this mple, beautiful, unbelievable facts of the evening and also that our film is something that i don't think you see a lot of nowaday, it reminded me of like a '50s studio picture. no we wear our heart on our sleeve, no irony, no self-referencing or self-awareness. >> no wink-wink at all. > it is wt it is. it is about good, regular joes doing good things. they're scared but they try to do tir best.

with a beautiful woman named miriam played by holliday grainger. >> these fantastic, by the way. >> and they -- he wants to g get home to his lady so he can go home and get married and make some babieies and have a wonderful life. i love the simplicity of a tale told well. >> which iove as a a perfect chotomy to an upcoming project you haha. yoaren the new "wonder woman" film. >> it couldn't get any more differt. you play the love interest. >> i do. i do. i play wonder woman's man and i'm having a gat time, patty jenkins is directing it. we got chuck producing who has done wonderful things. wonder woman is beyond being a stunning woman physically as incredly smart and ihink brgs to the role a great amount of love and compassion, a real kind of childlike wonder that this character n needs and i think fans wall fall in le with.

big wonder woman fan as a child. i always wondered would i want the invisible plane or cuffs, we will find out how great it is. >> tricks up our sleeves. >> chris pine, always great to see you, "the finest hours" is fine. it is fantastic and it hits theaters on friday.

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i'm really glad national chocololate e cake onl comes one day a year. we love you, rocco. >> rocco, thanks a lot. that was great. >> ah. >> thanks for sharing your recipes, everyone. have a great day. >> byeye >> he a good day. lukas: students hit the vong booth yesterday at schools across e state, exercising their right to vote...... before they can even legally register the secrcrary of state's youth strarapoll gave youngsters the oppopopounity to learn abobo the voting process. and th incuded hureds of students at sioux city's sunnyside elementatary. the mock straw poll ftured real blots and voting machines. the g-o-p side ben caon picked up the most votes... hillary clinton took democratic honors. organizers say today's event fers unique learning experience for students and

it's been interesting. you know, some of them come with opinions like, 'well my parents sainot to do this or to do that,' and it's just great conversations that they have at home teache say the students were eager to learn about the candidates. state wide, over 250 schools across 80 counties participated in the poll. with bernie sanders and donald trump comi out on top as iowa's kid's choice for esident. lukas let's check in with for the weather. matt: cloud cover gradually breaking down today. we'll ok for peeks of sunshine this afternoon with temperatures hanging in the mid t t upper 20s. we've got a warming trend thatat will cay through the remainder of the week as we get temps back into the upper 30s and even 40s by friday. today's high is 30 with am clouds and pm sun. the low tonight is 11

ar 40 with sun. here's the 7 day forecast. clcld cover gradually brking down today. 'll look f peeks of sunshine this afternoon with tempatures hanging in the mid to uppeper 20s. we've got a warmrming en that will carry through the remainder of the week as we get temps back into the upper 30s and even 40s by friday. today's high is 30 with am clouds and pm sun. the low tonight is 11 under mostly clear we'll get to aigh here's the 7 day