good morning, america. and breaking news, the nation's ninth largest city and the entire southeast completely paralyzed at this hour. thousands of spinouts and abandoned cars litter the frozen highways. drivers walking to shelters. sleeping in stores, students stuck overnight in their classrooms. our reporter, matt gutman, close up in the massive gridlock. >> this entire highway right now is a sheet of ice. call to action. the president vows to use his executive powers to attack the country's biggest problems. this morning, vice president biden joins us right here one-on-one. the bizarre encounter caught on camera. a u.s. congressman threatening a reporter in the capitol. the representative from new york face-to-face threatening to throw him off the balcony. >> i'll break you in half like a boy.

and the father who gave his teenage daughter her first skydive for her 16th birthday. that jump ending in disaster when she fell more than 3500 feet after her chute tangled. he speaks out this morning for the first time about her recovery. and we do say good morning, america, on this wednesday morning. and look who is there in our nation's capital, looking good, george. good morning to you. >> good morning, robin. of course, the state of the union address last night for the president. pretty tough sell for the president before an anxious country deeply divided congress but, boy, he brought all of them to their feet with that emotional tribute to an american hero right there, cory remsburg, army ranger. and we'll talk to vice president biden in a minute. >> the ovation went on and on. that was quite a moment, george. you were right about that.

one of many stories we have this morning so let's get right to it. that winter weather, dangerous ice, snowstorm now paralyzing an entire region of the country. ginger zee starts us off here in new york where the back half of that storm is still bringing snow to the east coast. good morning there, ginger. >> good morning. reaching all the way up here, a little light trace of snow but put 2.3 inches in atlanta, that's almost all that they get all year and you'll have major issues. let me snow you what's happening with the storm to give you an idea of how we'll see it pull away from the east coast, south carolina, north carolina still seeing it but here's the problem. even tonight into early tomorrow morning right along the georgia and florida state line, jacksonville still has a winter storm watch until tomorrow morning. so you could see some icing right along the coast and that's something we don't want to forget. drier and cooler behind but, boy, what chaos we've had in so many southern states including north carolina where we find our steve osunsami. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning,

ginger. governors across the south declaring states of emergencies. this is normally a busy thorough fair here in greenville, north carolina. covered in snow and ice. the cities don't have equipment to deal with it. the city of new orleans doesn't own a snowplow and this city only has three. this morning, the brutal cold, snow and ice are paralyzing the south. traffic in central alabama going nowhere. overnight the highways turned into parking lots. hundreds of abandoned vehicles still on the freeways this morning. >> it is not moving at all. it's at a complete standstill. >> reporter: these two women said it's a wrap. left their cars on the icy roads and walked back to their office. >> people are blocking the intersection and getting out of their cars and walking. >> reporter: it was so bad people were spending the night in grocery stores. in atlanta, sheer chaos, the roads were solid sheets of ice. cars flying right and left. and when night fell, brake lights as far as the eye can

see. >> there will be a lot sleeping in their cars tonight. >> reporter: the highways so congested it was nearly impossible for saul trucks to salt the problem and tow trucks couldn't get to the wrecked vehicles. >> this is absolutely positively ludicrous. >> reporter: these children from a day care van had to be escorted to safety by police. >> people are stranded. they're running out of gas. stores that are open for 24 hours, they're claiming they're out of food. people have nowhere to go. >> reporter: for anyone lucky enough to keep moving what was a 20-minute commute lasted in some cases for ten miserable hours and some people are still stuck. this school bus outside asheville, north carolina, flipped on its side. a teenager had to be hospitalized. >> real scary because the whole bus tipped over and i was sitting in the seat on the other side and just kind of flew to the other side. >> reporter: people aren't getting anywhere this morning. just sheets of ice underneath this snow. and at the airports the flights

are either cancelled or delays. more than 2,700 flights delayed this morning. robin. >> steve, thank you. bad where you are and elsewhere, as well, because abc's matt gutman is right in the center of the gridlock on i-85 which is now completely closed. he could only get a short distance outside the airport in atlanta. we have no communication with him. there's no satellite transmission right now. so he sent us this from his iphone. >> reporter: good morning, robin. from a frozen atlanta. this is what you see here. trucks backed up as far as the eye can see. the culprit for all of that, of course, is this ice. very thick. and incredibly slippery. you can see that lip right there. and what is happening here, cars are trying to move, trying to navigate down these highways that have turned into ice rinks and they end up crashing into each other. in many of the cases, people leave the karks abandon them and walk to wherever they're trying to get to on foot. the scene across the south

almost apocalyptic. roads so slick the driving so treacherous thousands of kids in alabama waking up where they started the day yesterday at school like the 75 kids at the inverness school, bunking up. in their classrooms. >> weather got so severe we closed the schools and promised parents that staff would be at our school until every child was picked up. >> reporter: staff members keeping kids entertained with video games and raiding the cafeteria for food. it was the same story for 20 students at this middle school. >> we started thinking about how we were going to feed them. our lunch room manager happened to be one of the staff managers stuck here. single handedly she put together a great hot meal for them. and we took care of them. rolled out the mats and have been showing them the movies. >> reporter: so hundreds of miles of highway have basically turned into this, giant ice skating rinks. commutes treacherous. this woman had been in her car since 1:30 p.m. yesterday. >> you've been in the traffic jam since 1:30 yesterday.

>> p.m. yesterday. >> reporter: cars creaking forward at the pace of three miles a day. how far have you gone in eight hours? >> a mile. >> reporter: where are you going to? >> actually i'm trying to turn around and go back to the airport. >> it was an incredible ordeal to drive in this kind of stuff and to make it home safe. that was just a miracle to me. >> reporter: those who thought they left for home early were too late including an expectant mother and her husband who never made it to the hospital. their baby girl was born right here on interstate 285. >> i could see that the baby's head like it was crowning so i went back to my car to get my first aid kit and some gloves and when i got back up to the car, the head had popped out. >> reporter: robin, i've been here most of the night with the people in these trucks and cars. what they say, they don't want to play bumper cars anymore. they don't want to crash around. they want the city to come down and lay some salt. we haven't seen many city vehicles or rescue vehicles,

that's because they also can't move around this city right now. robin? >> you're right about that matt. it's an on going story. right now back to washington and george. george? >> thank you, robin. first covering the state of the union last night, pretty defined address last night from president obama. and he promised a year of action even if congress doesn't go along. the big question, how much action can he actually deliver on his own? abc's jon karl was in the chamber for every moment including that dramatic finale. jon? >> incredible. on substance this was a relatively modest call for action. none of the sweeping proposals that we saw from the president in previous years, but that finale, that was the real emotional highlight as the president paid tribute to a genuine american hero. president obama brought the entire chamber to its feet with the heartbreaking and inspirational story of army ranger, cory remsburg, who was gravely injured more than four years ago on his 10th war zone deployment. >> his comrades found him in a

canal face down, under weather, shrapnel in his brain. my recovery has not been easy, he says. nothing in life that's worth anything is easy. cory is here tonight and like the army he loves, like the america he serves, sergeant first class cory remsburg never gives up, and he does not quit. [ cheers and applause ] cory. >> reporter: earlier the president extended an olive branch to republicans paying tribute to the life story of speaker of the house, john boehner, as an example of the american dream. >> here in america our success should depend not on accident of birth but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams. that's how a son of a bar keeper is speaker of the house. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: but the president promised to work around republican opposition saying he would raise the minimum wage for workers on new federal contracts

and tried to shame republicans into raising it for everybody else, as well. >> so join the rest of the country. say yes. give america a raise. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: he also pressed republicans on equal pay for women. >> this year let's all come together, congress, the white house, businesses from wall street to main street to give every woman the opportunity she deserves. >> reporter: the republican response came from representative cathy mcmorris rodgers, the highest ranking republican woman in the house. >> the real gap we face today is one of opportunity inequality. and with this administration's policies that gap has become far too wide. >> reporter: the president is hitting the road this morning taking his state of the union message beyond washington. the first stop will be in maryland at a costco, a company which has voluntarily raised the minimum wage it pays its employees. george? >> thank you, jon. we saw that emotional moment with cory remsburg.

and the president also roused the crowd with a shotout to the son of the bar keeper and rose spo speaker of the house which brought this online vine response from speaker boehner. >> i appreciate what the president said, but i'm with the americans who are asking, where are the jobs? >> to the man sitting right next to him, vice president joe biden. good morning, mr. vice president. what's the answer to speaker boehner? where are the jobs? >> the jobs are in -- jobs and good jobs and middle class jobs are in matching skills to the real increase we have in high-tech manufacturing in this country, getting out there, beginning to rebuild the infrastructure of this country which has to be built to the 21st century. matching educational skills to the need of the new economy and that's what the president talked about last night. he talked about everything from early education to using community college to retrain people for the high-tech jobs of the future and there are plenty of jobs out there and there's a

mismatch now in terms of skills and the jobs that are available. >> you mentioned the mismatch between skills and jobs. there may be a mismatch because what needs to be done and what the president can do with these executive orders. they're relatively limited. can he even say how many workers will get a raise because of the president's executive order on the minimum wage? >> well, there will be thousands, tens of thousands will get it but, look, here's the point, i was asked earlier by a press person about why are we doing this alone? we're not doing it alone. we want the congress to come along. there's a number of avenues. there's local ways to do this, states have already done this. the -- here's what the president can't do. the president can't sit there and say that someone working 40 hours a week should live in poverty when the people cleaning the offices and pressing the uniforms of our military, when those people are getting only $7 an hour. so he has to act where he can. my prediction to you is it's

going to set an example. >> so the question is can you guarantee that any of those bipartisan initiatives the president wants will actually pass this year? >> hey, george, i served in the senate for 36 years. even when we all got along well i couldn't guarantee anything. what i can guarantee you is that the congress has become increasingly aware that the public by over 81% of them think that they're not doing their job and they're getting it and so one of the things the president does, and you know this as well as anybody, is go out and make the case to the american people why things have to be done. it does have the effect of seeping down through the political strata here and i, for example, boehner -- the speaker and i were sitting there talking before the state of the union. and he thinks we're going to be able to move on immigration. well, this time last year everybody said, no, there's no possibility. not going to happen but the congress will never do it. the president went and said, i need your help, in the meantime, he moved to do everything he

could to alleviate the trauma brought about by the fact that the congress is not acting, but we expect the congress to act. >> bob gates, former secretary of defense had a pretty harsh assessment of you in his recent memoir. and said you were wrong on every major foreign policy issue over the past four decades. i know you haven't responded publicly yet. what's your response now? >> well, look, i choose -- there's only a couple mentions of me, one, i'm a man of great integrity. i choose to focus on that piece, all kidding aside. bob is a guy of great integrity. i like bob. we just have agreed on every foreign major policy since vietnam. >> finally, you know this question is coming for the next three years or so, we're seeing former secretary of state hillary clinton revving up her campaign right now. allies organizing in iowa even though she hasn't formally decided. a lot of democrats assuming you won't run for president if she does. are they right? >> i haven't made a decision what i'm going to do. i haven't decided to run or not run. if i run it won't be who is in the field. it'll be whether or not i honestly believe i have a chance

to be able to really move this country in a direction that is different than those who are running and that i can get that done. and i'll make that decision later but now is not the time to talk about that. now is time to talk about the opportunity we have this year. >> we'll let you get back to your job. thanks for joining us this morning. >> thanks an awful lot, george. that bizarre physical threat made by congressman michael grimm to a reporter on camera right after the president's speech. abc's jeff zeleny has the story. >> you're not man enough. i'll break you in half like a boy. >> reporter: yes, you heard it right. that's new york republican congressman, michael grimm, on the defense for this exchange with the local new york television reporter. after the state of the union. >> and just finally before we let you go, since we have you here, we haven't had a chance to talk about some of -- >> i'm not speaking about anything off topic. this is only about the president state of the union. thank you. > all right, so congressman michael grimm does not want to

talk about some of the allegations concerning his campaign finances. we wanted to get him on camera on that, but he as you saw refused to talk about that. back to you. >> reporter: watch what happens next. >> why? >> let me be clear to you. if you ever do that to me again i'll throw you off the [ bleep ] balcony. >> i wanted to ask you -- >> if you ever do that to me again -- >> why? why, it's a valid question. >> no, no, you're not man enough. you're not man enough. i'll break you in half like a boy. >> reporter: so what brought this on? congressman grimm a retired marine and former fbi agent is under investigation by the fbi himself on suspicion of accepting illegal campaign contributions, a topic the reporter broached. >> since he was right in front of me i decided to ask that question. and when i did, he said no off topic questions and walked away.

>> but he did more than walk away. listen here as he threatens to throw him off this balcony behind him. >> if you ever do that to me again i'll throw you off this [ bleep ] balcony. >> reporter: the congressman is not backing down and calling the question a cheap shot and saying i'm not the first congressman to ever tell a reporter off. but, george, usually it's not on camera. >> not like that. that tape is going to live for a long time, okay, jeff, thank you very much. back up to robin in new york. >> quite a moment. all right there, george. thank you very much. now josh has the other top stories. quick look, we'll begin with a new alert about credit card fraud. and how you can protect yourself. the better business bureau says scammers are now testing stolen credit card numbers by charging small amounts at first. many recent victims were, in fact, billed $9.84. scammers apparently believing most will overlook such a small amount on an itemized bill but it could then be the start of a recurring monthly charge so be sure to look at your bills. meantime, banks say they've spent some $153 million thus far

replacing credit cards following that recent security breach at target. one industry group wants target to start paying part of that bill. some new details about that cheating scandal involving the officers in charge of u.s. nuclear missiles. the scandal has now almost doubled in size. more than 60 officers now stand accused of cheating on a proficiency exam or simply turning a blind eye to the cheating as it happened. a camera rolling as the coast guard chased this boat carrying four suspected drug dealers and nearly $40 million in cocaine in the caribbean. they refused to stop so the coast guard fired shots to disable their engine. it was all recovered. finally, one day after being labeled a rock star on the cover of "rolling stone" pope francis has earned yet another new title, action hero. take a look at this. graffiti appearing on a wall near st. peter's. a street artist depicting the pope as a white caped crusader holding a satchel.

that's the word "valores" written across it. it means values in spanish. and i tell you what, he gets cooler by the day. >> that he does. >> he is raising the bar awfully high. if one man would, i guess it's pope francis. >> that's it. so you're back inside, ginger. >> i am. >> those are some big numbers for down south. >> huge totals. we'll talk so much more about the storm. snowing from florida to massachusetts but we've got to get to your local weather because that's coming up in 30 seconds. first you have the snowiest cities.

. good morning. i'm mike nicco. bay area forecast, moist this morning, mist and drizzle from fog will be around for the better part of today. random at that. light rain is coming in tonight and lingering scattered showers through friday morning. then a slight chance of some wet weather super bowl sunday. today we'll be in the low to mid-60s. starting out mid to upper 50s. most of the rainfall tonight for the and 50s >> and even though you're not snowing anymore in some places in the south, birmingham waking up at 12. memphis, 13. those are actual air temperatures this morning. >> haven't seen that in a while. thank you. coming up on "gma," the father who gave his daughter that skydiving jump for her 16th birthday speaks out. we're actually up in the fighter jets that will be protecting the super bowl this sunday. also ahead, the woman who is about to say "i quit" in front of millions this sunday.

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good morning. a funeral will be held this morning for the b.a.r.t. police office killed in the line of duty. last night family, friends and officers from across the nation packed the church to pay their respects to sergeant tom smith.

he was accidentally shot and killed by michael mays during a probation search in dublin. officer mays will attend today's funeral with his family. sergeant smith's family is open to the public and beginning at 10:00. your morning commute right now. >> as we take you right over to hayward, we do have a crash in the clearing stages northbound, you can see the orange, that is indicating fog. and as we take you back over to the peninsula, woodside, skyway boulevard has reopened at chatman road, so you can access the skyline. quick look at the is an may ma day owe bridwe san mateo bridge. very f

good morning. tracking fog, mist and drizzle morning. thickest around half moon bay. the 7 day forecast, rain falls from 10:00 tonight in the north

some feel have been stuck for 18, 20 hours on these roads. some people like this woman, just got stuck a few seconds ago. she is now trying to maneuver off of this ramp. but everything here is frozen solid. and this ice, so thick and so slippery is impossible to maneuver around. i'll show you with my feet. and you can't even tell it's there. >> that is our reporter, matt gutman. didn't make it far from the atlanta airport. you see the new pictures coming in overnight. just a mess on i-85 and other interstates and highways all down south. just snarled. and just waking up. thousands sleeping in their cars. at least 7,000 students stranded

and sleeping in schools overnight. >> it's like time stopped. >> it's like a graveyard of cars. >> oh, goodness. thinking about all them this morning. >> oh my goodness, it's not equipped for that, don't have the equipment because they're not used to having that kind of cold weather and that kind of snow. and the ice is what's so bad. george? where are you, george? >> down here in d.c., i'm a little bit north of all that craziness as you say, robin, they're not used to it. we're getting ready for the super bowl, life pictures of met life stadium where the super bowl is going to be played sunday. pierre thomas went up in the f-16 fighter jets that are ramping up security right now trying to protect that big game at all costs. it is a high security threat and and we'll have those pictures from pierre in just a little bit. >> yes, he is standing by. we know you're traveling back. >> not in an f-16. >> oh. >> next year. >> pierre can hook you up next time. >> george, if you can, you'll be back here for 10b.

>> safe travels. a lot to get to, as well. the woman perhaps you've seen this is going to say i quit and she's going to do it live in front of millions of us this sunday. yes, she is going to pink slip herself during the super bowl. it is fair to say that will be a talker. >> it'll be a first. >> burning the bridge, for sure. no going back there. hey, so excited. rihanna is also with us live in times square and i love it, the men are "full house" together again, it should be a life lively reunion i dare say. >> they'll heat things up, that's for sure. >> we'll begin this half hour with the latest on that 16-year-old girl who survived a 3500-foot fall after something happened to her parachute. what really happened, and when did the parachute malfunction, all very much in dispute right now. her father is speaking out and abc's ryan owens has the latest. >> reporter: moments after these pictures were snapped, that smiling young woman who just turned 16 experienced sheer

terror. >> i just had a first-time jumper get hurt out here. >> reporter: she fell from the sky more than half a mile. 3500 feet. >> is she okay? >> no, she's not. she's on the ground moaning. >> reporter: she is makenzie wethington who this morning has a shattered spine, ribs and pelvis. her doctors say her injuries look like she was hit by a car going 50 miles an hour. >> when i first saw her in the emergency department, i would have predicted she was not going to survive all this. >> reporter: her father says it can only be described by one word, miracle. >> makenzie jumped out of a plane but she fell in god's hands. >> reporter: joe wethington made the same jump before his daughter saturday. it was his gift to her for her 16th birthday. the family drove three hours to oklahoma because back home in texas, you have to be 18 to skydive. despite her age, her father says makenzie didn't do anything wrong. >> we went to the class, which was inadequate.

the equipment is inadequate. >> reporter: not so fast says the owner of pegasus air sports in chickasha, oklahoma. >> i'm sorry that the girl got hurt. i don't feel that there was anything largely wrong with our equipment. >> reporter: and he claims makenzie for some reason did not follow the instructions he was giving her during the jump. swainson believes her jump suffered what's called a toggle fire. almost as soon as the tether yanked her parachute opened. he says part of the chute's harness became tangled causing the teen to first lose control of the descent before ultimately spiraling toward earth. >> the problem she possibly had in my view was a relatively minor problem, would have been easily correctable. >> had to do it all over, i would have not done it. >> reporter: priority number one for makenzie's family is get the teenager better. priority number two, to figure out exactly what happened and

the family is considering legal action. robin. >> we are glad that she is doing better. we'll bring in abc news chief legal affairs anchor dan abrams and about the family, the possibility of pursuing a lawsuit. >> just because there's an accident, it doesn't mean you can win a lawsuit. you have to show what's called negligence meaning that they didn't use reasonable care, remember, the family here signed a very onerous release saying that death could result and i promise to the to sue in connection with this, et cetera. but just signing a release that says i promise not to sue doesn't mean you can't sue. if you can show that they didn't use reasonable care, that there was some inherent problem that they should have been able to fix, then you can still have the potential of a successful lawsuit. >> the owner of the parachute company is saying -- >> already suggesting that it was her fault. saying that she didn't follow the trainings. so you already see the seeds of what could be a defense. these are the kinds of cases, though, that they want to settle

and make go away. >> everyone wants to make it go away. it's a miracle that this 16-year-old is still alive. >> absolutely. >> and that's the paramount thing. >> dan, thank you. >> remarkable story, robin. we'll turn to the unprecedented safety measures in place for super bowl xlviii this sunday. abc's pierre thomas got exclusive access for the plans protecting the space high over metlife stadium. good morning to you, pierre. >> good morning. the security will be extraordinary with an army of law enforcement and military now fully deployed. we spent time with the most lethal team guarding them, fighter jet pilots. from the moment the canopy closes over this f-16 fighter jet, it's clear that lieutenant colonel steve ziomek is deadly serious. with that, i'm on a training mission with the national guard. down the runway from 0 to 400 miles an hour in only 16 seconds. in this live training exercise, our squadron of three f-16s are told to intercept a cessna that's headed toward the super bowl. in only three to four minutes,

the pilots can see the potential threat. they draw this for a closer look at the plane and its pilot. the plane's not responding so we try a series of maneuvers to convince the cessna to change directions. we fly by wagging our wings, the international symbol for cease and desist and follow us. then we fly past the plane trying to force it to change directions. if that doesn't work, the command could be given to shoot down the plane with missiles. lieutenant colonel, are you prepared to pull the trigger to shoot down a plane that's not doing what it's supposed to do and any other threat? >> we're ready to respond to whatever they hand us. i'm there to protect the people that's on the ground. that's my job and that's what i'm prepared to do. >> reporter: the new jersey air national guard is one of many layers protecting the super bowl and surround events. border patrol helicopters, state police protecting the waters, fbi and nypd with specialized units ranging from s.w.a.t. teams to bomb squads to teams detecting weapons of mass destruction. it's all about stopping any threat no matter the cost.

his wife is a pilot for a commercial airliner. they even discussed him having to shoot her out of the air. she understands that i would have to do your job? yes. and now it's my job to protect everyone else on the ground if i'm so ordered to do so. >> reporter: sources tell us there is no specific threat. what they're most concerned about homegrown radicals. >> and they are ready. have you ever done that before? >> the scariest thing i've ever done. >> tell you what, it's interesting, ever since the super bowl following the 2001 season played in new orleans it's something you think about every time you go in to a super bowl stadium. >> like i said, these guys are deadly serious. >> such a large environment like that, i'm in, i'm going. i'm going. i got my tickets. >> bring it. >> bring it. yes. another check of the weather with ginger. ginger? >> and the huge headline out west, we've been talking about the drought for the last year and in northern california, not a drought buster but we're going to get into some rain, maybe a tenth or a quarter of an inch in san francisco but more in the mountains especially once you

get east so that's great news. even for some ski reports who sbrn waiting and waiting for anything. and then the cold this morning, that is in the southeast. is going to eventually break. 62, atlanta, 70, new orleans. that's by sunday so the end of the weekend is when you start to see at and above average and we've got to check in on that east rutherford forecast because by sunday we go to what is average in new jersey, that would be around 40. kickoff scattered showers responsible across the north bay. temperatures mainly in the low to >> this weather report has been brought to you by kay jeweler's and i've got to say when you guys go to the game, it could have been worse. >> oh, yeah. i know. but settle in because we're going to -- a new segment we launched on monday. it's called -- >> the morning mega meme.

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someone is living the dream. >> reporter: remember that lady who recorded an "i quit" video for her boss at 4:30 a.m. in the office. ♪ i ain't talking about a -- ♪ gone >> reporter: it got 17 million views online. this will be a bit like that. how did go daddy find their brave quitter? >> we just kind of went through our customer profile to find folks we thought were about to take that step. >> let's talk about the dreams and the people who choose to pursue them like [ muted ] is a real person with a real dream of starting her very own business, and she's got a message for her boss in front of 100 million people. >> reporter: they wouldn't tell me anything about who she is, not even a hint. i guess i'll have to watch on sunday, and i guess that's the point. for "good morning america," nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >> and we wish the mystery lady good luck. coming up, victoria beckham opening up in a very rare interview. and the "play of the day," jimmy kimmel going back in time.

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good mor ♪ good morning, america. ♪ my umbrella ella ella it's 8:00 a.m. and the good girl gone bad, rihanna, live here in times square answering your burning questions. ♪ it's not about the money and the original spice girl turned designing woman. >> i was trying to do something that no one had really done before. >> unprecedented access inside victoria beckham's world this morning. ♪ everywhere you look >> and reunion years in the making, the men of "full house" back together days before their big super bowl appearance only right here as we say -- >> good morning, america. >> good morning, america. >> good morning, bro. [ cheers and applause ]

>> whoo! >> love it. we have the manning brothers and the men of "full house." you see them. >> life is good. >> taking selfies, life is good, lara. they're making their way towards the studio right now. the three of them already hanging out last night. they were posting pictures on instagram, but here they are right now live john, bob and dave. >> take a look who else we have here? >> whoa. nice! >> two-time super bowl champion, eli manning. >> whoo! >> touchdown! touchdown. >> eli, it's great to have you. of course, we saw your big brother peyton getting ready for looking for a second championship himself so you guys can be two apiece at the dinner table. >> that's right. i'll be rooting for him hard. >> fair is fair. >> sticking around, eli, to give his thoughts on the game and a cause near and dear to his heart. we'll talk to you in just a little bit. >> thanks for being such a good sport. you guys in the commercial break taking pictures with them, selfies with them and everything. leave the guy alone. he's off the clock. thanks, eli.

>> so excited to have those guys and eli, welcome, everybody. we'll also talk about the diet experiment that has a lot of people talking, twin brothers trying two very different ways to eat. one stopped eating sugar altogether. the other quit fat, and the results are really surprising. and we're going to talk about those coming up, robin. >> okay. and we have stars in the studio. did we mention that rihanna is here. appears here life. the superstar is talking about her new passion project how she's raising money to help millions of people all around the world, and we cannot wait to hear about that and, of course, talk to her about her new music that she has coming out. first i'll steal ginger's thunder to a degree. we're going to take a look at the state of emergency now across the south. new video this morning, take a look. traffic nightmare. that only begins to describe what you're seeing here and all caused by the massive ice storm that has beset the region. thousands of people from alabama to georgia spent up to 12 hours in traffic, but really so many of them ran out of gas and

abandoned their cars. as you also see this, 7,000 children, at least, had to sleep at their schools overnight. road conditions so bad buses couldn't make it home. one woman had to give birth on the highway as she was unable to reach the hospital. meantime, the storm has had deadly consequences, as well. four people in mississippi were killed in a fire that was blamed on a faulty space heater. ginger's forecast coming up in just a bit. and president obama, meanwhile, taking his message on the road today after promising a year of action in his state of the union address last night. the president promised to bypass republican opposition in raising the minimum wage for workers on new federal contracts, and he's launching a new kind of starter retirement account for workers without 401(k)s. now, republicans say the president's policies will hurt, not help, job creation. and a new york congressman is under fire after being caught on tape threatening to throw a local reporter off a balcony on capitol hill saying, and i quote, i'll break you in half,

end quote. congressman michael grimm refused to answer questions about a campaign finance investigation. you see the confrontation there. and on wall street the dow finally broke its big losing streak tuesday but there is still more uncertainty in the day ahead. the federal reserve is announcing today whether it will scale back its economic stimulus plan. and a big headline for millions of americans taking pain relievers, the government says that aleve and its generic version may be safer for your heart than other anti-inflammatory drugs because of its key ingredient, naproxen. fda regulators are pushing to relabel the drug to emphasize its benefits. and a giant of the hollywood film industry has lost his battle with prostate cancer. tom sherak served as president of the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences and campaigned tirelessly for the charities that he loved. tom sherak was 68 years old.

and finally, a singular view of a very delicate operation on a cruise ship as workers, take a look, literally cut this ship in half so they could make it longer. you can just see them, it's like a leaf of a table. >> it's just like it. >> 99-foot section right there into the middle. its docked in germany. a new paint job. it's going to be once again ready to sail the high seas. >> oh, boy. i don't know. >> for all those willing to go on that maiden voyage, we wish you well. let us know how it goes. >> how do they say it, bon voyage. >> yes. >> just don't break that bottle of champagne maybe against the new section of that hull. i'm sure it's going to work out. what could possibly go wrong? >> nothing, nothing, nothing and we're going to have "pop news" coming up but let's get outside to ginger zee and did they vote for you to go outside, ginger? >> yes, they did. they voted me outside. have to show off the lovely ladies on each end with their go broncos and go seahawks so we have a little sandwich, a super bowl sandwich we'll call it right here on super bowl

boulevard which we'll show you a whole lot more of later, but first we wanted to start in atlantic city because, yes, it snowed there too. now pulling away and some of the clouds will thin out but it will certainly stay cold at least for today. look at the winds on the front end of that high pressure system that will cause them to rotate clock wise and you'll get the northerlily wind. it will feel colder. the high temperature for today that you're seeing for each city and more clipper systems that will roll across the midwest bringing light to moderate snow. that's through friday so the end of the week. i want to leave you a look across the nation, even out west some of those places in utah getting a little snow that they need. . good morning. i'm mike nicco. bay area forecast, moist this morning, mist and drizzle from fog will be around for the better part of today. random at that. light rain is coming in tonight and lingering scattered showers through friday morning. then a slight chance of some wet

weather super bowl sunday. today we'll be in the low to mid-60s. starting out mid to upper 50s. >> we are full of super bowl >> we are full of super bowl fever out here again. i'm going to show you the boulevard coming up but, lara, for now the "morning menu." >> thank you, ginger. here's a look at what's coming up on our "morning menu." first, it's oprah's birthday so how will she celebrate? we'll let you know. and then the twins who tried two totally different diets and what you can learn from their experiment. and the men of "full house" reunited, hanging out last night posting this picture. so many excited fans here and we are thrilled to have them all coming up live on "good morning america" here in times square. oh, eli manning, riri in the house. ♪ everywhere you look everywhere the heart the hearts the hand to hold on to ♪ ♪ everywhere you look everywhere there's a space ♪ "gma's morning menu" is

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>> of course, pharrell, if you'll recall, morning after his hat went viral. his ode to the royal canadian mounted police, i want to say at the grammys, well, this video was posted by his employees on their instagram feed and captioned with we had to do this, boss, congratulations to you and your hat on all the grammy wins so that's awesome. >> well deserved. very good. >> got lucky, indeed. that was great. it was a great moment. "pop news," everybody. good morning. good morning to you all and happy birthday to the one and only oprah winfrey. today is her 60th birthday and you know you recall we talked about her helping the first lady celebrate her big 5-0 earlier this month. now it's oprah's turn and in the past she's held star-studded parties. this year, though, a little more mellow. maybe healthy. kicked off birthday week with a class at soul cycle with pals

and now the "chicago tribune" reports "o" will celebrate her real birthday today at home. >> she had such a big celebration for her 50th. maybe this time she just wants to -- >> she's still recovering. >> she looks great. >> it's a time of reflection. happy birthday. also in "pop news," get ready to shout at the devil for the very last time. motley crue will soon be no more. >> i refuse to accept this. >> my earpiece just fell out. please hold one moment. okay. i'm back. they are performing on jimmy kimmel last fight but after more than three decades together selling more than 80 million albums, i did not realize how prolific they were. the legendary rock group just announced they are calling it quits. but, i know this probably won't come as a surprise, but before they go, one last tour. what do you know? but this is cool. alice cooper will be joining them and that tour kicks off in michigan. >> but you see how gnarly that ginger got. >> you've been there, you know. >> and the tour kicks off in

michigan, ginger. >> there we go. i'm going to fly home and get some motley crue in. ♪ girls, girls, girls . thank you. finally in "pop news" at the cincinnati zoo a special occasion because gladys the baby gorilla raised by humans after being rejected by humans celebrates her first birthday. >> quietly at home. >> a delicious gorilla cake, and like most 1-year-olds, gorilla cake, thank you for asking, is pureed sweet potatoes covered with fruit and raisins, thanks so much for asking. she dove in face first and a big deal, guys, because gladys' parents had to -- they're humans. they had to walk and talk like gorillas so she had a shot of learning to behave like the rest of her species or else she would not make it so this is very important day for her. this endangered species. >> awesome. happy birthday to gladys, as well. >> thank you, lara. >> you're awesome.

now to the twin brothers who tried two different diets, one cutting back on sugar, the other on fat. the results, well, that may surprise you. we'll talk to our dr. richard besser, first the twins' story. it's the tale of identical twin brothers, alexander and chris van tulleken, on a quest to lose weight. one giving up sugar, the other, fat, the goal to find out which is worse for you. both doctors, alexander could not eat carbohydrates. and chris was allowed only a little bit of fat. in an experiment, the 35-year-old self-proclaimed gluttons were allowed to eat as much as they wanted and exercise the same amount for one month. the results, both lost weight but were miserable in the process. what they discovered is the real reason for weight gain isn't because of fat or sugar alone, it's because of the combination in processed foods. their recommendation is to try and avoid these processed foods

and stick to natural foods. don't get rid of fats and sugars entirely because then you lose all the flavor. what's the fun in all that? joining us now our chief health and medical editor, dr. richard besser. so what do you make of this experiment? >> well, i think it's great they did it. here you have identical twins making changes and questions that a lot have. is it fat or sugar? i agree with their conclusion. you know, they said you can't give up one of these entirely. they both did that and they felt absolutely lousy. our bodies need this nutrition. so you have to moderate. you can't go all in. the diet industry loves for us to try this. you try one and fail and go on to the next. >> it just seems -- i mean, you used the word. moderation. it seems like we always go back. we swing one way, we swing the other, turns out moderation is really the key. >> it is. they talk about sugar as being all evil but not all sugar is the same. so instead of thinking about just, you know, simple sugar, go for complex sugars, if you go for whole grains, your body treats that differently and leaves you feeling full longer.

don't get these big ups and downs and like fat, not all fat is bad. healthy fats like olive oil so give up the butter, go for the oil and you'll feel better than if you gave up a whole food group. >> the end of january, about 50% of the folks already said i'm going to do this, this is my year. new year's resolution. seems a fitting time to talk about how do they get back on the bandwagon? >> people beating themselves up because they were trying to do the right thing and the problem is, often you try to do too much and you put on weight over a long period of time and want to try to take it off over a long period of time. there's three things you need to do, eat less, eat differently and use your body more so eating less, you want to keep a food diary and see what's your big problem, if you go for a smaller plate you'll eat less. put away some of the food at the beginning of your restaurant meal, that will make you eat less. and eating differently. go for real food. shop the perimeter, eat the fresh foods and vegetables. you'll feel better that way.

>> and then exercise. >> how much? >> how much exercise? any. exactly. people were doing nothing. do something. you know, and there's another thing where people try to do too much. i'll run a marathon. no, get up and walk around the block and build slowly. then you won't give up on it. you'll feel successful. >> you mentioned that as you put it on over a long period of time. don't rush yourself. >> a plan where you are losing a pound or two a week is fantastic. so don't give up. >> made that resolution, get back on it. >> thanks, rich. >> moderation the key. >> what do you know? >> wonderful. >> slow and steady. we'll turn now to victoria beckham. is this possible? as you've never seen her before. >> she's pretty private. >> a sneak peek behind the scenes at her life as a designer. abc's lama hasan has more on how the former pop star is spicing up the world of fashion. ♪ >> reporter: fashion icon, celebrity pop star, high-end designer, athlete's wife and

mother of four. you can say victoria beckham has it all. now in this sneak peek of her new documentary for skype called "five years: the victoria beckham fashion story," the fiercely private fashionista is opening up about her passion for fashion. >> and i was that kid who used to watch my mom get ready and just think, wow, you look amazing. i always dreamed of designing a collection. it's always my passion. >> reporter: breaking boundaries. >> i was a spice girl, married to a footballer. i was trying to do something that no one had really done before. >> reporter: and sharing how she manages time with her family while on the road. >> most evenings i'm curled up in front of skype and travel a lot. my team travels a lot, but i wouldn't have it any other way. >> reporter: a scene on a rare behind-the-scenes films inside of her empire. >> i've always been a hard worker. you know, even when i was at school with the kids. >> reporter: arguably the most poshly dressed member of the

spice girls beckham continues to spice up her life. >> victoria beckham went from having a bubble gum pop image from the spice girls to being married to a very rich athlete to then wanting to be a fully fledged designer. >> reporter: and her husband david beckham the once world renowned soccer player has joined the fashion business and graced the world with his beloved h&m ads. ♪ don't stop >> reporter: victoria known as a perfectionist has mastered her fashion lines, victoria beckham and victoria bringing in sales of over $40 million annually and on january 30th, you will have vip access to her life unfiltered. ♪ >> oh, robin, robin, time to turn around. >> what? >> i'm wearing a victoria beckham dress. victoria, thank you. >> well, she loves that but also wanted to show you that zipper. one of the many details. >> i wanted to show the back. >> her dresses are exquisite.

very, very expensive. >> minnie pearl, i still have the tag on it. love it. no, it's great. >> thanks for the loaner. hey, we move on now to a bromance that seems to never end for the men of "full house." it's been 19 years and the guys are now back together reuniting in a sizzling hot super bowl ad. we'll show it to you and hear -- >> look at them. >> right here. being ridiculous having a great time on the set. here though first our favorite "full house" moments. ♪ everywhere you look everywhere you go there's a heart there's a heart ♪ >> reporter: they were an unlikely trio who made us say tgif every week on the hit "full house." >> spin her. >> spin her. >> spin her? >> spin her. >> this is great. ga, ga, ga. >> whoa. >> play it with me, dad. ♪ >> reporter: the show starred bob saget as talk show host danny tanner, a young widower with three growing daughters.

>> i'd like to get them to bed before "good morning america." >> reporter: he enlisted the help of his brother, jesse played by john stamos. >> have mercy. >> reporter: and his best friend from college joey gladstone played by comedian dave coulier. >> come on now, cut it out. >> reporter: their non-stop laugh out loud moments turned it into one of the most popular sitcoms of the '90s. ♪ ♪ can't cut this generation baby ♪ >> what did you lugs get busted for? >> scalping. >> tickets. >> no. >> reporter: and nearly two decades after going off the air, the tanner family continues to fill our house with laughter through syndication. >> aaagh! >> all right, here they are, live in person and very unpredictable, i dare say. john stamos, bob saget and dave coulier. welcome all of you. >> i don't know what you're

saying right now. >> the fact that you're making a paper airplane. >> how did you know? >> can we get started by looking at the ad? >> wait a second. the network debut of this ad, correct? >> yes. >> premieres on television. thank you, guys for showing it first. here it is. >> sell, sell. >> you have something on your -- right here. oh. >> oops. i did it again. >> uh-huh. >> mm-mm. >> oh. >> take off your pants, greek boy. >> you heard the man. >> take those pants off. >> that's going to stain. >> dannon oikos greek pleasure. >> don't leave me alone with them. >> she wasn't good for us anyway. >> that's ridiculous. >> eight years they've been trying to take my pants off. you know. >> congratulations. >> to be honest, you have velcro pants so it's not difficult. >> you're very dedicated to those underpants too, aren't you? >> what were they?

what was that? >> pull your pants down. >> he's actually wearing the underwear. >> watch this. >> there you go. >> pull your pants down. >> oh, oh, okay. undies. my oikos undies. >> wow. >> underpants. >> what i love, bob, you didn't even flinch. >> no, i don't move. >> you didn't even move anymore for 19 years. >> dave is wearing pull-ups right now. >> and a onesie. >> so we're clear, fcc, that was unplanned. i believe there was a precedent-setting case, unplanned. we didn't know. >> they were lovely. you can order them online i'm sure. >> on the set were you ad-libbing a lot. >> that's clean and family friendly what you just saw. >> okay. >> yeah, we had a blast. it was two days of a lot of fun. >> speaking of blasts. >> lots of -- what are you saying? >> i don't know. >> dave makes sound effects. he can do this with his hand. it's not good for breakfast. >> it's a talent. >> do one -- >> no need. >> all good.

chl. >> do one quick one. >> no. no need. >> i've been in the commercial three year, very proud of dannon. i've been good to me. let's have a self-deprecating vibe about it. they've always been so great about that and i said, how about bringing my brothers on for the super bowl and they said, yeah and came up with this sort of -- the thing i like about this commercial. it was like "full house." an adult can watch it with their kids. i mean we're on our third generation of "full house" fans. every four years there's a new "full house" fan born. >> yeah. i'm 3 years old. so that's how long it's been on. >> the last episode, 19 years ago. >> yes. >> 19 years ago. so it's like you all -- like time has stopped when you're back together again. >> yeah. >> it is then we look and see our own children, my children were with us last night and it makes us go, wow, we're older. >> yeah. >> and my friends, they are my brothers. they would never even think of going near my children. >> how often do you guys get a chance to get together? >> too much. >> much too often. >> we're all -- >> these two visited me at my house last week.

we sat in my backyard by the little fire pit and we joked around. >> and he wore the onesie from the commercial. >> i did wear the onesie. i like -- i love that onesie. that thing is so comfortable. >> any pictures perhaps of that? >> mental. i can't get rid of them. >> yeah. >> looks like one of santa's helpers that should have been let go. >> you look very pretty in this lighting. >> thank you. >> you do. >> let's stay here all day. >> want to ask twitter questions. >> yeah. >> yeah, john, andrea b. wants to know from the show, which catchphrase do you remember most? >> ooh. >> well, you know, garry marshall from "happy days" said come up with a catchphrase so i said have mercy from "pretty woman" by roy orbison. >> that's good. >> deal. >> i didn't do it for you. i never -- have and i said mercy but -- >> it was taken. >> so what you're saying is cut it out. >> that was a good one. >> that's pretty much -- >> bob, did you have catchphrases.

>> i used other catchphrases, the olsen twins would say oh nuts. so i thought that would apply to my humormore, but i was never allowed to stay it. >> what you talking about willis. >> no, different -- >> that was a different show. >> bob, your comedy, obviously this was family-friendly stuff. it was sort of -- it was a revelation to many that you work a little bluer than you did on the show. >> i found funny and tried to keep the audience that didn't want to hear it away from me. >> he has a new album and just got nominated for a grammy. >> like your music too. beach boys. >> thank you very much. >> "my man is a loser" is -- >> that's the name of his movie, though. >> stop it. rihanna, everybody, coming up. more with "full house," as well. we'll be right back. that was great. you had to do it. it.

officers from across the bay area and the nation will be attending the funeral for the b.a.r.t. police officer killed in the line of duty. last night they paid their respects to sergeant tom smith. he was accidentally shot and killed by fellow officer michael mays during a probation search in dublin. officer mays will be attending the funeral with his family. sergeant smith's funeral is open to the public. it begins at 10:00 this morning at the neighborhood church in caster valley. we'll see how your commute is moving along. >> in santa rosa, an overturned

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rain tonight while we're sleeping. accuweather 7 day forecast, l ♪ i'll be all you need and more ♪ all right, we are back now, 8:30. good morning, america. there she is, rihanna. robin will be talking to her in just a moment, but right now outside in times square, oh, there she is. twitter mirror getting some action. check that out, everybody. out here in times square, the one, the only, eli manning is here with us. >> good morning. >> talking about his brother playing, of course, in the big game this sunday over the river, but, you know, you're still up 2-1 on him. >> as of now, yes, definitely. >> i want to ask about your friend. rampage. >> this is rampage.

>> to explain, eli is a paid spokesman for purina pro dog food and you have a fun event coming up today. >> we do. this afternoon purina pro plan is putting on a manning versus dog challenge and to show what kind of athletes these dogs are and have a great new sports line that has some nutritional supplement bars for those active dogs to help them get the most out of their activities. >> nice. >> curious choice this city was to host a super bowl. the weather looked a little bad there but now we're looking like it's okay. super bowl boulevard here in times square all the way down to herald square opening today. these days though for the players like, what are the final days like? >> it's kind of exciting for the players. media day is over. all the hoopla. you're back to practice, back to work. it's really like a normal week. you'll be game planning, practice. only difference obviously you go home to a hotel. you're there all week. kind of away from your family which is tough but i think finally the hoopla is over and now you can concentrate on playing football. >> i wanted to ask you too, live your brother playing in the

it's not like the weather is always great there. have you talked to him about it? >> i have. i talked to him a little about it. i looked at the forecast. it says only 7-mile-an-hour wind, which is very mild, especially for this time of year and so it shouldn't be a problem on sunday. so i said if it picks up, i'll give you a few tips, but it's not as bad as the old stadium but i think he'll be in good shape. >> i mean that is your home turf. >> is it. >> how is his head? he's ready? >> i saw him last night. he's great. he came over for dinner last night. i think he's trying to keep his normal schedule. so a tuesday for him, he'd probably be home with his family so obviously to come over and kind of see my kids and he met one of his nieces for the first time last night so he had a good dinner but he's great. in good spirits and ready to go play. >> are we going to hear "omaha"? >> i'm sure omaha will come up. >> a few thousand times. >> yeah. >> i know your parents are here coming in. are you going to be at the game? >> i will, i will. i'll be at the game. >> is it going to be kind of odd sitting up there watching your --

>> i've actually never watched a game in metlife stadium in -- where we play football. i've played many games, but it'll be my first time in the stands and watching a game, so it will be a little different but i'll be rooting hard for my big brother. >> it's going to be so good. >> so good. >> can we play this thing already? can we play this thing? all right. hey, congratulations, again. a challenge a little later today, manning versus dog and for now we're going to go inside robin and riri. >> it is sizzling inside. how is this for a list of superlatives. best-selling digital artist, most liked person on facebook, first artist to surpass 4 billion -- that's with a "b" views on youtube and the first ever recipient of the ama icon award, and now rihanna is taking on a new philanthropic role as the viva glam spokesperson. >> good morning.

good morning, america. >> you have the rihanna navy. they're here. they were standing outside, 2:00 in the morning. >> freezing cold. >> it's so cold in new york today. >> you always heat it up. congratulations on the latest grammy win. >> thank you so much. >> that's quite an honor. >> thank you so much. i was so shocked really. i was at home, and one of my friends hit me and said, you just won a grammy and i was like, what. i went on the internet and i just saw "unapologetic." it was quite an emotional moment surprisingly, but i was in shock. i'm excited. it's still -- it was a good feeling to still be that excited, you know, at this point into my career. >> that says a lot about you and your character and why you do the things that you do like this latest project. >> thank you. >> i mean because you've work with mac before but this is a new role that will help a lot of people. >> thank you. yes, i'm now extending my role

with mac from creative partner to philanthropic partner with the viva glam campaign. it's an iconic campaign that's been around or a few years with th them. buying the lipstick really is the most important part of this because 100% of the cost, i mean every penny you spend on the lipstick or the lip glass goes to the mac aids fund. >> and it's already raised $325 million since it started. and i know that you want to add. >> yes. >> add to that. >> our goal is to raise $40 million with the viva glam rihanna campaign, and the mac aids fund will be donating $2 million, a $2 million grant to u.n. aids. >> that's real money. >> u.n. aids, a global organization that focuses on youth prevention of hiv and aids

because it's the youth, they're a little more naive to the reality of the disease and how big it really is, how much of an epidemic it is amongst young people specifically. hiv and aids has been around for as long as i've been alive, and now more than half of the new infections are people 24 years old and under, so it's really scary. it's around. >> and these are young people who look up to you, and they listen to you, to your music and all. how do you think that you can get them to listen when perhaps others have not been able to reach them? >> well, the thing about mac as a brand that i really love and embrace, they don't judge, they're not here to say, be perfect. they want you to have fun and as well as, you know, myself, i

want you to have fun. i love having fun, but you have to be responsible. you have to be safe, protect yourself, you know, you have to look out for yourself because nobody else can do that for you. >> yeah. >> it's real. it's a real disease, and if we can just protect ourselves and be more responsible about it, i think that's important for young people. >> and they're going to hear that, and it's a real disease, and it's real simple to help by just purchasing this. you're wearing that right now. >> yes, i am. >> what is the lip glass? >> the lip glass is the -- it looks like a lip gloss, but it's really thick, so it sits right on top of the lipstick and has a really good shimmer. it's not -- it doesn't run. >> ah. so that is something that people can get right now and to make a real, real difference, and there's so many people who have

reached out in rihanna navy. i want to get a couple of them. they love you, and they said, you're 25 years old and they ask, how can it be you're called an icon? you've been in the industry for barely ten years. what does that feel like to be referred to -- it was beautiful when you were on stage with your mom as she presented that to you. >> thank you. thank you so much. it is a very surreal feeling. it's almost like i can't touch it. it was -- that's it. ah. my mom, she's so cute. it was one of those moments where i felt like i was dreaming. it didn't feel real. it still doesn't feel real because i feel like i have so much more to do. i feel like, i mean, icon, that's such a big title. it's such a big thing to say it,

or to even be said about myself, so now the pressure is on. i have to live up to that, and i have to keep making my fans proud. >> no, they are proud of you and love the new music with shakira, the duet. >> thank you. >> so are you going to have other new music coming out? people want to know. >> music is what i love to do, so you will never -- you never have to worry about me not doing that. i love making it. >> you hear that, rihanna navy, you hear that, so new music. they can always count on that. >> of course. of course. >> but in the meantime, this is something that's very dear to your heart, viva glam. >> yes. thank you so much. >> thank you very much, rihanna. >> always my pleasure. >> we have to have you come back and sing. so mac viva glam rihanna lipstick and lip glass are available now, so great to have you here. let's go out to ginger with another look at the weather forecast. and look at this. you see this, riri? >> wow. >> this is super bowl boulevard getting ready for the big game on sunday. >> yeah, it is.

yeah, got to tell you, hey, rihanna, robin, i like getting that toss from them. we are right here on super bowl boulevard and inside this case will be the vince lombardi trophy. that happens afternoon today. the public can come see it. i want you to come with me because i've got some friends, columbia students, who want to be journalists so they're getting their face time. don't mind the sirens. we'll do a little power walk. very manhattan. but this is an exciting week in new york city and, of course, in new jersey because everybody coming together. we've got huge things popping up along the boulevard including that sign right there, just above it tonight, we will see the rockettes, we will see the mayor, the governor. look both ways, guys. yep, we can cross. everybody will come right here and above this sign, huge l.e.d. lights will come out and super bowl xlviii will be revealed, all the festivities kicked off. we've got to get to the forecast. good job, guys. good walking. whew, we're all winded. look at that forecast. a winter storm warning still in atlanta. of course, snow is done.

still icy. brownsville, texas, now with some freezing scattered showers responsible across the north bay. temperatures mainly in the low to upper >> all that weather brought to you by mazda. here they are, the students helping me out and walking down the street. my security, robin. >> looking good, ginger. get on inside here because rihanna is over there with the men of "full house." they weren't going anywhere with rihanna around. look at that. >> much more on their classic show, their favorite member. come on back. ♪ everywhere you look

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♪ everywhere you look >> look at the "gma" twitter mirror, the men of "full house" vamping it up, having a special bonding moment together here on the set. it's been quite a morning on "good morning america," but really it all comes down to this, guys. are you ready? we call this "full house" fumble. we're putting all three of the men to the test to see how much you all remember about the ins and outs of "full house." and if you think you know the answer, you have the buzzer. >> i remember the check stubs. that's about it. >> the check stubs. >> i haven't seen the show --

>> which i think are still hearty. okay, so everybody's buzzer is working. ginger will be keeping score. the girls in gray as we call ourselves. >> ooh, okay. >> the "gma" girls in gray. >> are these "fifty shades of grey"? >> no, two shades of gray. >> got it. >> rihanna. >> and we begin. question number one, when jesse and joey were radio hosts what was their show called? >> "rush hour renegades." >> rihanna. >> one for dave. >> that's why i hold my -- >> very nice try, john stamos. what was michelle's favorite bedtime song that -- >> i love rihanna. >> "teddy bear." "teddy bear." >> i don't know. >> led zeppelin. >> "my generation." no, is dave coulier right? >> "teddy bear." >> it's "teddy bear." >> two for dave. >> coulier. >> watch "fallon" tonight if you want to see "teddy bear." >> okay. how could you tell young mary-kate and ashley apart? >> their eyes were different. >> sharpie marks on the side of the face. >> they were numbered.

they were numbered. >> i guess. i don't remember. >> what is the real answer, dave coulier? >> their eyes were different. [ buzzer ] >> i still can't tell. >> it's a freckle. >> ah. >> i'm sorry. >> they really do look different. that's the truth. >> it's nice that they considered writing on their phrases. >> does this bring a cow to the set? >> sometimes. >> which girl once moved into the bathroom? >> rihanna. >> dave coulier. >> bob saget gets it. >> okay, go. >> what was the -- stephanie did, by the way. what was unique about danny tanner's fan letter to annette funicello? >> he used to like -- >> he admitted he was a woman. [ buzzer ] >> i don't remember that. >> you trumped me again. >> 30 seconds on the clock. >> what's the truth? i don't remember. >> thank you all for really focusing here. what is the name of danny's beloved car, and who totaled it? >> oh, bullet and my daughter drove it through the window in the kitchen. >> bullet is correct. >> oh, we're tied. >> saget is on the board. >> i can't believe i remembered anything. >> what is uncle jesse's real name?

>> rihanna. >> no, i know his real name. >> jesse cochran. >> john stamos. >> jesse cochran. >> what is it? >> jaime -- >> hermes. >> hermes? >> nobody gets a point. >> and finally what song did danny want to sing at d.j.'s school? >> "my girl." >> "my generation." >> "my generation." stamos on the board. there you go. >> yay! >> there you go. >> well, it was -- it wasn't, you know, a very huge competition. >> i came out of the gate early. >> congratulations to bob saget, everybody, the winner of "full house." >> we tied. >> we love you guys. check out their super bowl commercial, movies, performances. and we'll be right back. sarah hyland is here from "modern family." ♪

♪ this is going to be the best day of my life ♪ ah. here, here. "vampire academy," electrifying new movie set in a hidden

boarding school for vampires. they'll do anything to protect themselves. gain control based on the best-selling series of the same name. before we talk to one of its stars, let's take a look. >> lissa. >> oh, my god. >> who would do something like this? i mean why? go to the wall and talk to me. >> what? yeah, okay. it's fresh and -- >> can you tell me if it's royal? >> don't be absurd. >> said the girl licking the wall. >> there you go. there's a lot more of that coming. one of the stars now, sarah hyland i believe the one licking said wall. of course, hailey dunn if i on "modern family." good to see you. let's set it up, 17-year-old girls, rose, lissa, vampire, they've been on the run and now they're returning. >> yes. >> st. vladimir's academy, the vampire academy. >> yes. >> so now that it's set up, what

are we going to be seeing here? >> you're going to be seeing a lot of stuff. clearly there's danger ensuing at vampire or st. vladimir's, vampire academy that rose likes to call it. but, yeah, it's a story about two girls, who are best friends who are basically fighting the force of evil, and there's explosions and sexy stuff and clearly weird wall licking from yours truly. >> it's fair to say. all right. you play natalie, a daughter of the academy's elder. your character, tell us about her. >> natalie is very different from haley dunphy. if you've ever seen the show, you're going to be very surprised. i look very different. they put like fake pimples and glasses and just like the grossest wardrobe that i love because i got to go to set and didn't care at all what i looked about. at all what i looked about. at all what i looked like, so it was so much fun, but she's very geeky and her best friend is a

gossip because she doesn't really have any friends. >> you were shooting this in london, your first trip overseas. what did you think of the land over the pond? >> over the pond -- i loved it. it was so beautiful. i just love history, so even just walking down a random street i'm like, this is probably where people died fighting. i was just like -- i'm very strange and nerdy like that. >> it's hard -- i mean, you got this on hiatus, and you're working that hard really when you shut down on "modern family," this is up and now you're back. how -- how good is it to return to that set, by the way? >> it's honestly like a vacation to me, like hiatus is the summer hiatus is like when i buckle down and like work and really try and like do stuff and then "modern family" is just -- it's so, so much fun. not that "vampire academy" wasn't fun, but it's just "modern family" is so breezy, and everyone loves each other, and it's just so easy and because we've gotten so in the

runs of it all so it's -- but i loved doing "vampire academy" over the summer. >> i would argue it all beats working for a living, some would say. >> yes. >> she is one of the stars of "vampire academy" in theaters february 17th. sarah, thanks. congrats. >> thank you. >> we'll be right back. ♪ the best day of my life

this just in. >> time to reveal. two dishes are going head to head in the "gma" ultimate game day grub contest. on monday taco ring was up against cornbread cheesy chilly cups and advance the taco ring. >> i agree. >> then on tuesday pepper poppers winning over buffalo chicken egg rolls. >> pepper poppers and the final lineup. >> log on, goodmorningamerica.com and vote for your favorite and we'll have a winner.

announcer: it's "live! with kelly & michael." today, new york giants wide receiver victor cruz. and from the series,mily" and family" and the movie, "vampire academy," sarah hyland. plus, a performance from singer, songwriter james blunt. all next on "live." now, here are kelly ripa and michael strahan! [cheers and applause] ♪ kelly: thank you.