good morning, america. breaking now, going from bad to worse, another major winter storm set to wallop the entire eastern half of the u.s. in the next 24 hours. more than a foot of snow and dangerous ice from philadelphia to boston. heavy snow across the midwest right now. new details still coming in on the death of philip seymour hoffman. police piecing together his final days. this haunting picture of him at sundance two weeks ago and his stunning admission at the film festival revealed this morning. road to recovery. the 16-year-old girl who just walked across a room for the first time after that shocking skydive accident, plummeting 3500 feet after her parachute didn't fully open. we'll hear from her parents this morning. ♪ freeze frame, freeze frame cracking the code. seattle seahawks star richard

sherman saying his team figured out the broncos' secret hand signals as the super bowl started. how peyton manning's hand wave could be the secret to the record-making blowout. good morning, america. the whole gang is here and we're not going to let mother nature stop us or you from having a terrific tuesday. >> well. >> well. oh, come on, guys. be with the team. so much of the northeast, of course, is digging out right now and look at this picture. this is metlife stadium where the super bowl was played on sunday. >> what a difference a day makes. >> i'm telling you. they really dodged something there. >> what a difference a day might have made. >> might have been a different game. so many bracing for that new and much bigger storm on the way. another one on top of that as well. the new storm stretching from the middle of the country to the east coast where more heavy snow and ice is expected right now.

ginger, start us off. >> and that's the thing. everybody is saying to me this morning, wait, another one? yes, another one in the northeast that comes tonight through tomorrow but look at this. more than two dozen states from colorado and texas all the way to maine in some sort of winter weather advisory or warning. remember, warning means imminent. it is happening or it's about to happen. and that's why we've got this active pattern all along the jet stream. we're looking for 6 to 12 inches in the pink area. just north of new york city but i think it will be right on the edge and we'll be talking about ice, too. but look, all the way back through indianapolis and kansas city all in that pink, wow. this is a wallop for so many people. and the ice from arkansas up through southern illinois even ohio. we have so much to talk about. we've got to get to clayton sandell who is there in kansas city for one of the biggest yet this season. >> reporter: hey, good morning, ginger. the flakes starting to come down now. i have my snow shovel. we're about to get walloped.

up to 10 inches of snow here. skrools are closed. the major is telling people to stay home. this could be thee biggest snowstorm here in 20 years. it's the snow that just won't slow. government offices, courts and schools closed throughout connecticut. delaware, maryland, new jersey, ohio, pennsylvania, and west virginia. scattered power outages reported throughout the region. at least two deaths and one serious injury blamed on the storm. the northeast this morning shaking off that slopfest of wet and heavy downfall. >> it's getting ugly. >> reporter: in yonkers, new york, this suv slid 150 feet into the snowy woods, injuring the driver and taking two tow trucks to pull the vehicle out. >> one just doesn't do it. >> reporter: close by, a commuter bus slammed into the front of this deli. miraculously, nobody was injured.

on long island, that same snow immobilizing this mail truck. the midwest already feeling the force of the next winter wallop. brad sauter from our oklahoma city affiliate koco doing all he can to get this pickup truck moving. >> i got no traction right here, y'all. >> reporter: soon, it was trucks pushing trucks. in northwest arkansas, vehicles flung into ditches and rammed into trees. now, kansas city watched what happened in the snow and ice catastrophe last week in atlanta. officials say that will not happen here. they're bringing in almost 250 snowplows working round the clock, hopefully, they'll keep this city running. ginger? >> thank you so much, clayton. it's nice and cold there. so they'll be all in the snow event but the ice is going to move all the way into pittsburgh, even philadelphia, new york city, that's going to come after some snow. it's going to be a really messy mix. again, the timing is what we want to focus in on. today it's happening in the plains. it moves here by 2:00 a.m. i stop it. going to new york city, gets going in the overnight hours into early tomorrow you'll see

us and finally out of our hair by 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. but boston going to get a lot of this. there's no one that misses out, robin. >> no, unfortunately not. all right, ginger, thank you. now to wall street. it's cold there, as well. stocks sank on monday. the worst day in more than seven months, the dow plummeted more than 300 points or 2%. abc's rebecca jarvis is here with the latest on what's behind the plunge and what it means for your wallet. and hopefully, a little better new this is morning? >> yes, the good news is, stocks opened hire. it's been a volatile morning so far. stocks playing with the thereat line all morning long on some better than expected housing news. last year was the best housing market since 2005 before the bubble burst. stocks have struggled so far this year. that's because of iraq than expected news on jobs. manufacturing also looking iraq. and investors are afraid that this cold weather that we've

been experiencing. it drove so many businesses to a halt. so many school closures. could that have a spill-over effect. >> they're not going to the stores but also people are concerned about the retirement funds. >> of course, this is having an impact there, too, robin. we started out the year, the typical american family's 401(k) down 5.8% this year. started out around $100,000 at the beginning of the year. now, it has lost $6,000 in light of this. but you have to look at the big picture. last year was strong, this year is starting out weak. it averages out. you're actually up. >> i know, just be patient. be patient. >> yes. >> all right, rebecca, thank you. >> thank you, guys. to the olympics with opening ceremonies three days away, the head of the olympic committee is confident the games will be safe. but russian officials still scrambling to finish all the facilities in sochi. abc's matt gutman is there with the latest. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, george, from high up in the caucasus mountains, one of the several resorts you see up here at the olympics. you see buildings. you see construction workers.

but behind me, you don't see many tourists. we could call this breakneck construction here, the other preolympic event. you could call it the preolympic sprint event. last-minute construction. this morning thousands of workers across this olympic area are frantically finishing roads. placing cobblestones, slapping the finishing touches on these ghost towns. most of the 25,000 olympic rooms are ready, getting to them is a different matter. these road workers told us they're building a road to get to olympic hotels. with orders to finish at breakneck speed. they started building this about half an hour ago and they've already got this part done. he thinks they'll have about three-quarters of a mile done within two hours. president vladimir putin's so-called ring of steel is sealed tight. troops here line the roads. and are even posted unseen above the alpine resorts. in fact, sochi's security is so thick it's estimated there are

24 cops or troops for every athlete. it's one reason some of the athletes seem unconcerned. >> honestly i think we wouldn't be over here if there was that big of an issue. you know, we feel safe. >> reporter: shaun white says that wrist is probably not going to affect him. he is going to race. and additional incentive for all the folks working behind me here. president putin is coming to town. and that means they've got to finish up. george? >> that is for sure. >> yeah, but you can see the athletes getting very excited. as we get very close. now to the new clues and evidence emerging about philip seymour hoffman's death and what he said in his final days. police say he died in a house full of heroin. dozens of packets of the drug found in his apartment. his family and friends now being questioned. and abc's ryan smith is here with the latest on all this. good morning, ryan. >> reporter: good morning, robin. you know, the details of philip seymour hoffman's recent life paint a picture of a man in conflict. but new information revealed this morning may place

investigators one step closer to finding out what really happened in the hours before his death. this morning, police trying to piece together philip seymour hoffman's final days. >> don't make me out to be the evil brother as putting away our father against your will. >> reporter: abc news has learned there were roughly 70 baggies of heroin in his apartment when he was found dead. five of them used. police discovered used syringes and numerous prescription drugs including anxiety medication and muscle relaxers. right now, police are looking for the person who sold him those massive quantities of drugs, scouring his cell phone for clues. "the wall street journal" reports that hoffman's estranged girlfriend saw him and spoke to him the day before he died and that he appeared high. hoffman's death striking a chord around the country. even the white house weighing in. >> it's hard to imagine if you are a fan of incredibly powerful acting that you weren't a fan of philip seymour hoffman who was just a remarkable talent. >> reporter: former co-star and

friend cate blanchett visited his grieving family monday. meanwhile, tabloids report he was in the throes of a raging heroin addiction. magazine publisher john arundel met hoffman at the sundance film festival just weeks ago. >> after i asked him who he was and what he did, he said i'm a heroin addict. and i looked at him and took off his hat and said, oh, you're philip seymour hoffman. >> reporter: seen here in one of the last photos taken of him in tin type at the film festival. and this one taken in an atlanta area bar last week, authorities continue to investigate the case hoping to learn more about the death of an acting legend. and broadway finding a way to honor hoffman three-time tony award nominee. on wednesday night at 7:45 eastern time, the lights on the broadway marquees will be dimmed in his honor. meanwhile, an autopsy report could come out as early as today. robin. >> thanks so much. i remember seeing him in "death of a salesman." on broadway.

>> so powerful. >> and true west, too. he lit up that stage. >> have some other news for us. >> we do. and we're going to begin with the manhunt for that convicted killer who escaped from a michigan prison by sneaking through two fences. he has finally been captured after a violent 24 hours on the run. alex perez tells us how he was caught and how he pulled off the escape in the first place. >> reporter: this morning, convicted killer michael david elliot is back behind bars captured by deputies in la porte, indiana, pulling him over because the car he was driving matched the description of the stolen vehicle. >> the speeds that he had, i knew he wasn't going to make the turn. so he ended up going into a snowbank. >> reporter: elliot escaped from the prison in ionia, michigan, sunday night. investigators say a vehicle with an armed officer came as close as 20 feet to the prisoner but didn't notice him. >> it appears he took a uniform from a prisoner who was working in the kitchen and so that white uniform that he was wearing

allowed him to blend in with snow on the ground. >> reporter: he was convicted of killing four people in 1993 and was serving a life sentence. police say after his escape he carjacked and abducted the woman driving this jeep and drove to indiana, stopping for gas where he was captured on surveillance cameras. she asked to use a bathroom and calmly made this call to 911 from behind the locked door. >> i'm being held -- i'm hostage to an escaped convict from the ionia correctional facility. >> reporter: elliot took off, leaving the woman in the bathroom. with elliot now back in custody investigators working to figure out what can be done to stop this from happening again. for "good morning america," alex perez, abc news, chicago. >> alex, thank you. a small plane crashed in nashville killing the four people on board. all believed to be from the same family. the pilot, though, did make a last-second maneuver to avoid crashing into a crowded ymca building that was just 20 feet away from the crash site.

and federal regulators are pushing a new plan to reduce crashes on the road. by the end of the year 2016, they want to require new cars to talk to one another, using wireless technology that warns drivers before a collision. experts say it could prevent as much as 80% of accidents. a new warning about sugar. we already knew it was bad for us but a study out this morning finds that even a small amount of extra sugar per day, for example, a can of sweetened soda with lunch, can increase your risk of developing a fatal heart problem. researchers found that people who got 25% or more of their daily calorie intake from sugar were three times more likely to die of heart problems than those who stayed below the recommended level. finally, with so many snowstorms hitting this winter millions of parents, us, all too familiar with that standard often monotone school closing message over the phone. so a principal in kentucky

decided to spice it up a bit. ♪ school is canceled school is canceled school is canceled school is canceled because it's cold ♪ ♪ so everybody grab a snuggie and watch tv ♪ >> thank you. thank you. >> coolest principal ever. >> thank you, on behalf of american parents, thank you. the principal along with the drama teacher you see there want to show kids how to be creative, make us laugh. a-pluses all around. >> i like the drama teacher with the air guitar. >> for all the kids "bohemian rhapsody" by queen. make a note of it. >> the kids had to ask their parents what the songs were. >> kids aren't obsessed with the closings. i got an e-mail from harper, we have school today, right? yes. you have school today. >> nice try, though, kid. now to the latest on the traffic scandal involving chris christie. his top aide fired for her role in bridgegate is refusing to cooperate with investigators, taking the fifth. as christie faces questions for the first time in weeks on a radio call-in show. abc's reena ninan has the story.

>> reporter: if you thought he was down for the count -- >> i've been very clear about this. before these lanes were closed, i knew nothing about it. >> reporter: -- chris christie came back swinging. >> i didn't plan it. i didn't authorize it. i didn't approve it. i knew nothing about it. >> reporter: his first interview since a former transportation official and former ally david wildstein alleged christie lied and evidence exists christie knew about the september four-day george washington bridge lane closures while it was going on. and this was christie's response. >> did i have any knowledge of it beforehand? and the answer is still the same. it's unequivocally no. >> reporter: but admitted he's still in the dark about some parts. >> i still don't know whether there was a traffic study that morphed into -- >> you still don't know at this point whether there was a traffic study? >> what i'm saying, eric, did it start as a traffic study that morphed into political shenanigans? or did it start as political shenanigans that became a

traffic study? >> reporter: cornered with the news breaking overnight his former deputy chief of staff bridget kelly is taking the fifth, refusing to turn over subpoenaed documents. >> when she didn't tell me the truth, and i fired her. i would hope they would share any information they had that would let me get to the bottom of it. but on the other hand, they have constitutional rights like everybody else. >> reporter: just what toll has this had on his family? >> my wife and my kids, they know me and they know there's nothing to be worried about. because i told them the same thing that i just told all the people who are listening tonight, is that i had nothing to do with this. >> and now new jersey lawmakers and the u.s. justice department are investigating. both have subpoenaed christie's office for documents which christie says they'll provide. send it back to you, guys. >> it's coming. >> and christie's home state was in the spotlight on sunday, lara. >> indeed, really interesting story, robin, super bowl was the most watched event in tv

history with over 110 million viewers playing witness as the seahawks crushed the broncos. well now, some of the winning players are revealing how they did it. they say they cracked manning's secret code. >> inside -- >> reporter: it was a super bowl smackdown. >> touchdown, seattle! >> reporter: that surprised the nation. >> dominant performance. >> reporter: broncos quarterback peyton manning noticeably upset as the seahawks dominated play after play, even snapping at a reporter after the game. >> it's not embarrassing at all. the word embarrassing is an insulting word to tell you the truth. >> reporter: so how did seattle pull off its near shutout of denver in sunday's game? >> going on all cylinders. it looked pretty good. >> reporter: cornerback richard sherman revealing his team cracked the manning code allowing them to anticipate his plays. >> touchdown, seattle! >> the fact that these guys were able to pick out some routes of the opposing players was a tremendous feat. >> reporter: in an interview just after the game with the website the monday morning quarterback, sherman reportedly told the writer that he and two

other teammates figured out some of manning's supposed to be indecipherable hand gestures in the first half, saying quote, we're not just three all-pro players. we're three all-pro minds. adding, if peyton had thrown in some double moves, if he had gone out of character, we could have been exposed. manning is usually notorious for baffling opponents with codes like his now-famous omaha. >> omaha, omaha, omaha. >> reporter: but this morning neither the seahawks nor the broncos are commenting on sherman's claims. some say, though, the footage speaks for itself. you know, wondering if maybe he should have stuck with the old playbook? in the afc title game, he called omaha 31 times. in this game only called it twice. maybe he overadjusted. who knows? >> seahawks defense was really, really good. that's about as good a defensive performance as you will ever see in a super bowl. period. >> could they have cracked the code?

>> i don't think so necessarily, no. >> they cracked something. >> something was working for them. that's for doggone sure. hey, ginger, we've been talking about the northeast. but down south, some issues as well. >> if you don't get the snow you get the heavy rain. i want to show you this. you should see some of the hand signals that go on. between all of us, by the way. the stuff i get is amazing. flood watches and some warnings in parts of the carolinas, virginia, west virginia and kentucky and really quickly, the polar air in the pacific northwest. a wind chill advisory for spokane, subzero for the next four mornings. that's the big picture.

>> so, no school today, george's kids. but we'll have to look tomorrow. i'll have more coming up. >> thank you, ginger. coming up on "gma," the new stand your ground trial in florida. all began with loud music. why the shooter says he fled the scene. also, the 16-year-old girl who just walked across a room for the first time after her shocking skydiving accident. we'll hear from her parents this morning.

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16-year-old girl who just walked across the room for the first time after that shocking skydiving accident in late january. remember she fell 3500 feet through the air. her parachute not opening properly. we'll hear from her parents, her very grateful parents this morning. i can't believe that. >> she looks good. you know all of this winter weather has parents kind of freaking out. kids have cabin fever and, well, it led to this picture snapped by a mom called a rock bottom parenting moment. why the photo has moms confessing, hey, we're not all perfect. >> and neither are dads. i'm just like neither are dads. we're not perfect either. also, matt damon here live. and it's fair to say as he comes to discuss his new movie "monuments men" he has quite a surprise in store for us. this morning -- >> a la -- okay. we'll just leave it at that. >> a lot coming up. we do begin with the murder case in florida that began with a fight over loud music. michael dunn is claiming self-defense. in the shooting death of an unarmed teenager. he may seek protection under florida's stand your ground law.

abc's steve osunsami has the story. >> reporter: this morning his attorneys seat a jury for his murder trial, 47-year-old software developer michael dunn is pleading not guilty, saying what happened outside this florida gas station is a clear case of self-defense. >> 911. >> may i please have the ambulance? somebody's been shot. >> reporter: they say it started over loud music coming interest this red suv. dunn and his girlfriend had left his son's wedding in november 2012 and was in the car outside asking four black teenagers in the durango to turn it down. >> i said, hey, would you guys mind turning that down. and they shut it off. >> reporter: in this interrogation video he explained that they then turned it back up. when he complained they started yelling from inside the vehicle. that's when dunn says he saw something point at him from the suv. >> either a barrel or a stick but, sir, there -- they're like we're going to kill you. >> reporter: dunn says he

grabbed a 9 millimeter from his glove box, fired four shots, and then walked outside his car and fired more bullets as the suv backed away. high school senior jordan davis, just 17 and in the backseat, was killed. his three teenage friends survived. >> i'm at a loss to justify what i did. on that second volley. other than saying i thought they were going to be shooting back. >> reporter: police found no weapons in the suv. davis' mother heartbroken. >> like vigilantism. it's not just about jordan. a lot of other people have died behind these laws. >> reporter: the lead prosecutor is the same state attorney who failed to convict george zimmerman who also argued self-defense in the shooting death of another black 17-year-old, trayvon martin. steve osunsami, abc news. >> let's talk about it with dan

abrams. we just saw the picture of trayvon martin there. a young black man is dead right now. stand your ground is being talked about. are the cases really similar? >> look, apart from the fact that they were both unarmed, they're not that similar. and the key difference is that in the george zimmerman case, in my view, the most important piece of evidence was the fact that he had injuries on the back of his head. why was that so important? because that forced the prosecutors to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he didn't actually fear great bodily injury. didn't reasonably believe he could have great bodily injury or death inflicted upon him. here there is no evidence of injury. there is no gun. it's that combination that is going to make this a much, much harder defense than george zimmerman. >> so does that mean that michael dunn cannot succeed understand your ground? >> no, and, look, the key is really going to be self-defense. he did not seek a stand your ground hearing. remember, one of the most controversial parts of it is it lets you try and avoid a trial. it allows you to go to a judge and say, i shouldn't be tried at

all. there wasn't a stand your ground hearing here so it's stand your ground/self-defense, the most important question will be was he reasonable in his belief that he was trying to prevent death or great bodily injury. >> he says he saw something but there wasn't a gun there. >> the authorities would say there's inconsistent statements in what he said so this -- i think that this is a much harder defense than was the case of george zimmerman. >> dan abrams, thanks very much. >> such a tragic loss of life. now to the latest on that 16-year-old who fell 3500 feet through the air when her parachute did not open properly. she's now making major strides in her recovery and her parents are speaking out. a smile lit up 16-year-old makenzie wethington's face as she took the first steps since her january 25th parachuting accident. many thought she would never walk again. but the resilient teen did just that on monday. makenzie fell 3500 feet after her parachute didn't fully deploy on a solo jump in

oklahoma. the skydiving trip was a sweet 16 birthday present from her father. the fall left her with broken vertebrae, fractured hips, and bleeding in her brain. >> the doctor said they didn't expect her to even come out of that at all. you know, and now she's walking all the way across the room. >> reporter: she'll undergo through hours of rehab a day. she remembers jumping out of the plane but nothing of the fall. >> my concern is that she's still live today and there's a reason for it. and my daughter is still here and i get to see her every day. as far as the parachute opening or not this is my last concern. i don't care if she ever remembers. >> doctors say her prognosis is good. her biggest challenges will be the pain and patience.

to see that big smile on her face. she's getting great care there at baylor. let's get a check of the weather. and boy, kansas city? what's going on? >> about to get slammed. parts of oklahoma and all of kansas will start seeing snow. our friends at kake took this in salina, kansas. that was from this morning. heavy already at times. you have to be careful on the roadways. a lot of schools closing down. let me time this out for you, it's already happening in the plains but chicago gets into it later today into tonight. and remember, it goes into northern ohio, parts of pennsylvania, western new york, new jersey. that's overnight. that's 2:00 a.m. where we stopped it there and by 2:00 p.m. tomorrow, so with us all day tomorrow in the northeast, new hampshire, vermont, maine, massachusetts, still seeing snow and it changes over to that freezing rain and sleet for parts of connecticut. rhode island. and then you see all of western new york still covered in snow tomorrow afternoon. i'll leave you the look at the cold behind because, of course, we get some more polar air behind something like this.

good morning. i'm mike nicco. increasing clouds. partly sunny with temperatures about the same as yesterday. mid to upper 50s for the rest of us. tomorrow evening >> all that weather brought to you by edward jones. i feel like when we see these types of temperatures, nashville in the 20s, chicago, any other winter, zero, oh, my goodness. but now, that's balmy. not so bad. >> really. >> commonplace now. that's it. all right, ginger, thank you very much. coming up, plug your ear, josh. cracking the code. "jeopardy" the current champ's secret strategy to winning big. he speaks out. the new research revealing romantic comedies could help revive your relationship. the science behind laughing about love. ♪ [ cellphone rings ] hello?

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back now at 7:42 with a story of the reigning "jeopardy" champ attracting attention with his highly unorthodox strategy that has a lot of people buzzing including our josh. has he cracked the code to winning? here he is. what's his name again? >> arthur chu. >> arthur chu and linsey davis has the story. >> reporter: good morning, lara. he has four "jeopardy" victories under his belt. but it's his unpredictable

predictability that has people talking. chu says he's trying to improve his odds of winning which is after all the name of the game. the clue, he's "jeopardy's" latest champion quickly earning a reputation for his unorthodox methods. the answer, who is arthur chu? >> arthur has command of the board. >> reporter: this 30-year-old from ohio is single-handedly turning america's favorite quiz show into a mind game. >> i can't even do the math. >> reporter: his unorthodox technique is not only racking up winnings -- >> 3,395. >> reporter: -- it's causing an online uproar. with diehard jeopardy fans. chu says his four-day winnings last week totaling almost $103,000 was achieved in part by employing a tactic known as the forest bounce. chu doesn't play one category at a time from top to bottom. >> you go from one category to a completely different category, it takes a little time for people's mental gears to catch up.

and if you're the one who knows what's coming next because you're picking it and you're leaving your opponents bemind a little bit, it gives you that edge. >> missing links, a thousand. >> flower blank lifting. >> reporter: he also hunts for the daily double. typically found in the bottom two rows. >> getting nautical, 2,000. >> answer, daily double, the other one. >> reporter: on wednesday's game, chu got all three -- >> sports, 1,000. >> daily double. >> reporter: while he's nowhere near ken jennings who won 74 straight games, chu is on a roll. >> i do hope after my 15 minutes of fame are up to get some opportunities for my other interests. >> reporter: as for those "jeopardy" purists complaining about the pacing and predictability of his style of play, that's something chu might call -- >> arthur. >> what is white noise? >> yes. >> reporter: the forest bounce was named after former "jeopardy" champion chuck forest. it was his unpredictable style of play that he first implemented. this week, "jeopardy" is doing

battle of the decades week with their champions from the '80s. so arthur is back in three weeks when he defends his role and strategy as returning champion. he just has to make sure his opponents don't tart using his strategy. >> right, i agree. i think there's something to it. thank you so much, lins. i know, we have to wait and see. >> bouncing around category to category. that's fine. but you got -- when you get a daily double that's high -- closer to the top, it's going to be an easier question. it still reflects the dollar value. >> if they could only see the passion -- >> you just have to know it. be smart. and talk to me in 70 more. >> i feel a sweeps special coming on. coming up, everybody, this picture was snapped by a mom who called it her rock bottom parenting moment. it's got moms and dads confessing, hey, they're not perfect. and "play of the day." one dad's secret to the perfect ponytail. freeze it, freeze that, la, la, la.

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good morning. i'm kristen sze. pittsburgh police are investigating a shooting that left a man and a woman injured. it happened last night on heatherwood drive in limewood place. the woman is said to have life-threatening injuries. let's check on your forecast with meteorologist mike nicco. mike? >> good morning, everybody. low to mid-50s along the coast. mid to upper 50s elsewhere. rain rolls in tomorrow afternoon through thursday's morning commute. another chance this weekend. leyla? >> traffic's very slows to recover after a few againsts on

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♪ oh oh good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. two of hollywood's hottest stars here live and exclusively. >> oh, boy. >> we're saying good morning to matt damon. what! and kevin hart here to make you laugh. and could laughing about love help save your marriage? >> are you okay? >> the new research revealing watching romantic comedies could rev your relationship. ♪ get your back off the wall all that plus the hottest girl band on the planet, little mix to mix up your morning as we say -- >> all: good morning, america. whoo! >> good morning, america. and there's kevin hart, regina hall.

they're signing autographs, they've got a great new movie that's coming out. kevin, he is just -- he's a riot. >> and he's in like 12 movies. >> i know. >> and they're all funny, so doing the selfie and all that down the red carpet. they're coming in. come inside here because look who we have, matt damon. now, wait a minute. george, we haven't seen george in a few minutes. >> no, we haven't. where might he be? >> i have -- i have no idea where george is. i have no -- i mean, i might have tied him up. >> this is shades of memory, you know, flashback when you were on jimmy kimmel and -- >> any chance i get to sit in a host's chair, i jump at it. >> what you did do jimmy there. >> ah. >> you took over. >> that's good. >> certainly you didn't do that with george. >> no, i wouldn't do that. >> matt, so desperate. >> i didn't bother gagging him. it's too early in the morning. >> george was so looking forward

to being bound, as well. >> acting is in his career. i can tell that. look at that rocking, matt. come on. >> george, in peril. we'll get to that. so happy to have matt here and also later in the show we'll talk about "the monuments men" and i know you'll be back on jimmy kimmel on thursday for more antics with the whole gang from the movie, right? >> yeah, you know, jimmy's having us on, which is interesting. i've never been on the show before. you know, i've been backstage waiting for about ten years now. but he says that i'm going to get on the show. i think george clooney brokered a deal. >> it's good to be george. >> also ahead, take a look at this picture. parents, rock bottom moments. we all have them. one mother posted this. it's, you know, like day 12 of snowmageddon. sometimes there's nothing you can do. at least the baby is being fed, however. >> like how the toddler is feeding the baby.

>> perfection the goal, unattainable. >> i call that great parenting. you've trained them well. >> they look very happy. >> and they are multitaskers to be sure. >> but it has gotten a lot of people talking about where you draw the line with screens and kind of giving up. we'll get to that. also we have our exclusive interview with the stars of "the real housewives of new jersey." i know you watch this all the time, matt. >> yes. >> teresa and joe. i mean, it's just a saga. >> i'm looking forward to talking to them, yes. >> you will. but that's all coming up but we're really looking forward to talking to you about your movie. it is great. we all saw that. so let's get some news headlines with josh. >> all right, robin. your money and big losses. on wall street the typical 401(k) has now lost $6,000 thus far on the year. those losses made worse by monday's 300-point drop in the dow. that, the worst drop since last june. this morning investors are reacting to more corporate earnings reports and manufacturing data. and one big worry on wall street, the toll this harsh winter is now taking on the economy affecting everything from home sales to consumer spending.

weather-related flight delays, meanwhile, cost americans billions of dollars. winter heating bills are expected to double for millions of homeowners, and just this morning the second of three major snowstorms expected to hit this week barreling across the country from kansas city here to the northeast. ginger's dismal forecast in just a moment. and a new scandal in the military. the subject of a hearing on capitol hill today. 1200 people are under investigation accused of collecting nearly $30 million in bonuses for recruits they fraudulently referred. army national guard recruiters, colonels, even generals were allegedly involved in the scam. and a four-time convicted killer who escaped in michigan from prison on monday has been recaptured in indiana after a very violent 24 hours on the run. michael david elliot used a prison kitchen uniform to blend in with the snow while he broke through two fences. and today the fda is launching a $150 million ad

campaign targeting young smokers. the ads will graphically focus on concerns about appearance with one showing a teenage girl doing this, peeling the skin off her face to trade it for a cigarette. in another ad a young man pulls a tooth with pliers to exchange it for a cigarette. okay. but the ads will be running nationwide for at least a year and it does speak to the real dangers of the habit. finally, what does a guy who likes to carve sand sculptures on the beach and who has a lot of time during the depths of winter do? thankfully this. a giant frozen dinner in the snow. >> a swanson tv dinner. >> i love swanson tv dinners. >> we love them. your favorites were -- >> they have -- >> oh, the chicken. >> fried chicken. >> fried chicken. >> all right. >> fried chicken. >> i guess i was partial to salisbury steak. >> i liked that one too. >> a close second. >> that was a 30x30 foot tray.

that was amazing. >> that was really beautiful. >> that made me happy. >> yeah. >> very creative. >> get out there, america. show us what you can do. >> and you were able to wiggle free some kind of way. >> yeah, boy, that was really hard. let's go to ginger with the weather. >> we have an international crowd out here in times square this morning. where are y'all from? >> england. >> from england and someone back here from -- >> mexico. >> mexico. so we've got a little bit of everything. let's get straight to the forecast because here in new york city, we had 8 inches of snow in central park. that was yesterday and, no, you're not seeing things. we do have more snow to come. i'll show you how much. this happens tonight through early tomorrow for the northeast so it is not just new york city but the heaviest snow will be happening north and west of there into parts of new england, boston, you're going to get some of the heavier snow totals.

>> who doesn't love a happy accent? can you say "gma" for me? >> good morning, america. >> love it. lara. >> beautiful. thank you, ginger. and here's a look at what's coming up on our "gma morning menu." first in "pop news," hooray for hollywood. "vanity fair's" sizzling dozen reseals it the plus, our interview with teresa and joe and serious star power in the house. matt damon, kevin hart, little mix, all here live on "good morning america" in times square. ♪

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do-wopping through pitbu pitbull & ke$ha's hit. >> really good. >> hundreds of thousands of hits later. that's strong. >> pretty good. >> lara, that's great. i'm teeing it up for them. >> you are teeing it up. we go from music to hollywood. good morning to you and to you, everyone. we begin "pop news" with this. just a few weeks before the oscars, feast your eyes on the standouts of the 2013 year in film, hollywood veteran julia roberts front and center on the cover of "vanity fair's" hollywood issue thanks to her nominated performance in "august: osage county" and lounging alongside her pal, george clooney, chiwetel ejiofor who was so powerful in "12 years a slave" and edris alba and lupita nyong'o among the 12 chosen stars shot by annie leibovitz hitting newsstands next week. >> very difficult to narrate. you did it perfectly. >> thank you, george. do we have that on tape? okay. thank you. just checking. >> he just doesn't want to get tied up again.

really nice. cameron diaz so busy these days. in addition to co-starring in the new "annie" remake and writing a new book she's unveiling her first shoe collection created under her supervision for the company pour la victoire. don't make me say it. you know i'm fluent. as its new creative director diaz intends to pare down and refine the brand beginning with this collection that features neutral colors, luxe suede and leather. she loves the challenge saying "i'm not a person who does anything halfway." and we do know that. i thought they were quite beautiful. >> you like shoes. >> i would get right into those. >> get right in there. >> suede, hello. >> finally, in "pop news" -- >> way left out. >> you won't be left out of this, josh. >> yeah. >> you may remember our friend cody, the screaming dog. >> oh, yes. >> cody! >> there's cody. [ dog noises ]

>> robin's favorite. >> it's not real. it's not real. >> well, tell me that this isn't. he's got a little competition from alice, the french bulldog. [ dog noises ] that one is like -- >> that's real. >> pulled it off so well. >> that is real, george. >> okay. >> so alice wants to get on it badly and making no bones about it. we have a second video that shows she does quiet down when she achieves success. and that, everybody -- josh, why do you have paper over your face like that? you seem downright disturbed. >> i can't -- who thinks -- who here thinks that that's real? >> yes. >> oh, absolutely. >> i think so. >> really. can we get them in here? what does it take to book a bulldog. mark robertson, book me a bulldog, won't you?

>> mark is like, i'm over here talking to matt. leave me alone. leave me alone. >> well, more on that coming up. >> it's amazing. >> it's a "gma" exclusive. >> we'll get to the bottom of it. >> thank you, lara. >> you're welcome george. we're going to turn now to a picture burning up the mommy blog. see it from a mom fighting the cabin fever that comes with kids cooped up in the house on all these snow days. they look perfectly well behaved but there's a big story behind this. abc's claire shipman has it. >> reporter: mothers with their picture perfect pinterest pages blanket the internet, but it's this not-so-perfect moment that's going viral. a busy new york mom posting this photo, two of her kids distracted on their ipads, one of them feeding their baby sister. her message, it's okay to have a doing whatever it takes moment. >> for you -- >> reporter: rachel stafford, a working mother of two can relate. in her new book, "hands free momma," she writes about her breakthrough moment when she realized she had to let go of being perfect. >> i knew i was missing the most

important parts of my life and i knew i was going to have so many regrets if i did not change. >> hi, how are you? >> reporter: so she did. she stopped saying yes to every volunteer project to obsessively looking at her phone and she spent less time working on her computer. she even burned her once highly valued "to do" list. >> my social calendar is not what it used to be, but i can go to bed at night feeling peace about how i spent my time with my family that i will remember when i'm 80 years old and that gives me peace knowing i'm investing in what is important. >> reporter: and now other busy mothers are taking stafford's challenge. >> you know, i want to slow down and not try to cross all these things off of my list, and i just want to enjoy whatever is going on in the moment with my kids. >> reporter: the idea, it's okay to be a little less superwoman and supermom if it gets you a little more of this. for "good morning america," claire shipman, abc news, washington.

>> so let's talk about this with our friend erica souter from thestir.com, and i guess this shows how much pressure moms must feel to be supermoms. i look at that picture and say, okay, not that big a deal but she feels compelled to say, hey, i know i'm not being perfect here. >> the thing to remember is that what kids need is no different than it was 30 years ago but the age we're parenting in is different. there's no such thing as private parenting. you see everything that your friend is doing. they see everything you're doing so you feel this pressure to be this perfect mom with the perfect pictures on facebook and pinterest but the truth of the matter is, there is no such thing as a supermom because beyond those pictures, you have tantrums, get into arguments with your house, you have a messy house and that's the reality we're hiding. >> so working moms and stay-at-home moms, same pressure? i know i have my thoughts. >> they both have pressure but

it's different. everyone thinks if you stay at home, it's easy because you have more time. at home with your kids but the fact is they're surrounded by their kids all the time so they don't get a break. working moms feel they're not getting enough time with their kids so they feel guilty and feel there's this pressure to be perfect when they are with them. >> my bow loved mother gave me two pieces of advice. one, she said, honey, you can have it all but not all at the same time and, two, no is a complete sentence and there's a mom who wrote a book about that, about no being the complete sentence. >> moms have to learn to take time for themselves. for me in my building we have a group of moms. we all have kids around the same age. last night i called crystal. crystal, can i come down and bring lex because he's driving me nuts and i need a play date. they played and we had a glass of wine and we talked and chatted. moms need a support group, to be real with and that's a saving grace for us. >> yeah. >> dads too. >> dads too. >> yes. >> two great ones right here. thanks, erika. >> thank you very much. we appreciate all that. and now an unexpected way that may save marriages, i

believe, from breaking up and it's so easy. it sounds too good to be true. abc's nick watt is here with the details on that. nick, where are you? >> there he is. >> reporter: good morning, guys. well i'll start with the bad news, which is that nearly 25% of marriages will end within the first three years, but don't despate because there is this rather fun potential solution on the horizon and you can eat popcorn while you're doing it. ♪ jenna lee and adam herb are demonstrating what could be a revolution in couples therapy, watching a movie then talking. >> it's just nice to not only to spend the time together but then to also talk about it a little bit. it's not a conversation that we would normally just sit around and have unless we were kind of directed into it. >> reporter: in a bona fide scientific study in rochester, new york, 174 newlywed couples were told to watch five romantic movies. among them, "love story." >> love means never having to say you're sorry.

>> reporter: among this group of movie watchers, the divorce rate fell from 24% to just 11%. >> it does seem simple, but at the same time it's brilliant. >> yes, yes, yes! >> reporter: so hang on, could meg ryan save my marriage? >> oh, god. >> movies like "when harry met sally" or "sleepless in seattle," those movies don't work as well because those couples only end up together at the end of the movie so you don't really see them getting through day-to-day life as a couple. >> how many kids do you have? >> reporter: among the approved movies, "yours, mine and ours," a modern tale of blending steps into one family, and "indecent proposal." >> suppose i were to offer you $1 million for one night with your wife. >> we never anticipated that just from watching five movies, having five discussions focused

on your relationship that we would be able to cut the divorce rate in half. >> reporter: a lot of couples might balk at therapy but watching a movie, why not. now, the problem in my house is that i'm usually in the kitchen watching "where eagles dare" for the 150th time and my wife is in the kitchen watching some uplifting jennifer aniston movie and i'm guessing that's bad for my marriage. >> "indecent proposal"? >> that's a strange one. i mean, this is supposed to be movies about everyday life in a relationship. when does that happen every day? whose marriage is that? >> a good movie, though. >> it's a great one. >> yeah. >> i will go "where eagles dare." i'm with you. >> keep it simple. >> yes. >> thank you so much. all right. now one real housewife and her husband facing a messy legal battle for alleged fraud and tax evasion, and in an abc news exclusive, they're talking for the first time since being charged. amy robach is here with the story. good morning, amy. >> yeah, good morning, guys, and there are courtroom battles for sure looming for "real housewives of new jersey" star

teresa giudice and her husband joe. i spoke with them about the troubles they say have only brought them closer together. >> i'm a jersey girl. no one can knock me down. >> reporter: she's the bravo beauty who isn't afraid of a fight. >> stupid [ bleep ]. >> reporter: is the teresa sitting here the same teresa we see on tv? >> i'm very easy-going, i'm very low key. >> reporter: you don't normally flip over tables? >> i did that, what, first season. >> reporter: now new jersey housewife teresa giudice is preparing for another battle away from tv and straight into a courtroom. according to court documents obtained by abc news, the guidices are facing a 41-count indictment. allegedly the couple engaged in mail and wire fraud, bank fraud and bankruptcy fraud from 2001 to 2011. what did you know about any of that? >> i would love to answer all your questions, and one day i will, but, you know, out of

the respect of the process, i'm going to let, you know, the legal matters play out in court. >> reporter: the documents also allege that joe failed to submit tax returns for 2004 through 2008. in total, according to federal authorities, the guidices allegedly obtained more than $5 million in bank loans due to fraudulent and falsified paperwork. >> i can't just be upset and crawl up in a ball and just go in a room and lock the door. i can't. i'm a mom. i have four daughters. >> reporter: but when the door is shut and they are in bed, do you get to do that? >> yes, and i do do that. i mean, i would be lying to say that's not happening. >> reporter: the guidices have pleaded not guilty and at the request of their lawyers have asked for separate trials. if granted, documents say joe will testify to teresa's noninvolvement in the alleged criminal activity. what have you specifically told your kids about what mommy and daddy are going through? >> my three little ones, they really don't know what's going

on. my oldest does know something is going on but, you know, we say mommy and daddy have a legal team that's handling it. >> reporter: if convicted each is facing up to 30 years in prison and joe who was born in italy and is not a u.s. citizen could be deported. you say you got to be strong for the wife and kids. how do you do that with so much uncertainty? >> you have to. you know, you really have to. you have to be strong-minded number one. if you're weak, you're not going to make it. >> reporter: the couple is juggling a hectic schedule filming season 6 of "housewives" with three new cast members joining the show. she's also keeping busy with her business endeavors including five cookbooks and her fabulicious line special identifying in everything from italian food to hair products. what do you think when you see all that teresa's done? >> i'm proud of her. >> reporter: through all the fame comes the scrutiny, the couple dogged by persistent tabloid rumors of joe's infidelity, which he denies. somebody takes a picture and then there's a story. >> i'm a cheater. >> no rumor is ever going to come between us and, you know, if anything, through all this, it's made us stronger, and we're

grateful for that. >> you know, it was interesting because the guidices can't talk about their legal woes while they're filming season six and yet think about the ups and downs of that and the threat of prison and they have to completely ignore it on season 6 so we'll see how it plays out in the courtroom but we won't see how it plays out on television. >> that's why they call it reality. >> exactly. >> relate tv. >> right, exactly. reality. >> all right, unreal. you can see more of amy's interview on "nightline," amy, great job. coming up, matt damon is live on "good morning america." don't go anywhere. >> there he is right there. ♪

i'm kristen sze. a napa woman and her boyfriend suspected of killing her daughter are set to make their first court appearance today. 3-year-old kayleigh slusher was found dead in her mom's napa apartment. there were also signs of sexual abuse. sara krueger and ryan warner were arrested sunday in el cerrito. kayleigh's body will likely be released to her father's parents. her father is currently serving time at san quentin prison. >> we have a trouble spot near san francisco right at paul avenue. it's involving a motorcycle and another vehicle. we have at least one lane

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shore. big story today. you can see the cloud cover. we'll get a few breaks of ♪ mama told me not that waste my life she said spread your wings my little butterfly ♪ ♪ don't let what they say keep you up at night and if they give you shhh then they can walk on by ♪ ♪ my feet feet can't touch the ground and i can't hear a sound ♪ little mix singing their breakout hit "wings" about to kick off a huge tour. cannot wait to hear more from them on "good morning america" and what a half hour we have ahead today. let's get all the star power, matt damon, kevin hart, regina hall. they're showing up on our "gma" twitter mirror. >> wonder why all that laughing -- especially when kevin is involved.

they've all got big new movies coming out. kevin, regina in another. we'll hear about them both. >> near and dear to ginger. >> whoa. >> it is so fun in the studio. you do thought want to miss that. also, we're kicking off our epic wedding showdown. we were flooded with submissions, thousands of you entered. only four, though, four couples that is will battle it out right here on "gma." gladiator style starting tomorrow morning. just kidding about that. they'll compete to win a wedding that will be held in times square with john legend as their wedding singer and you get to help pick the winner so voting starts at noon today. head to our website, goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! to learn more about the final four. let's go now though to robin. >> all right, lara. world war i ended nearly 70 years ago but one battle is still being fought, you may not

know this, to find and return thousands of pieces of stolen art and return them to their rightful owners. the men and women originally recruited for the battle are the subject of "the monuments men," a film opening friday directed and starring george clooney and the man right here, matt damon. you have been a great sport all day long here in the studio with us. we appreciate that. >> well, thank you. i'm away from like my four crazy kids for a few minutes so i'll do anything. i'll serve coffee. whatever you immediate. >> you can be hired. i do want to talk to you about "the monuments men." i watched it. i was just -- i learned so much. but, of course, all of us like you are so saddened by the passing, the death of philip seymour hoffman and you had a chance to work with him in the talented mr. ripley. he had a way of just disappearing in roles. he was an actor's actor. >> he was one of the best actors to ever live without a doubt. without a doubt and he was an even better person. he was a beautiful, beautiful person. >> and i know that all of us are

continuing to think about him and his family. >> it's horrible. it's just horrible. >> and the fact that you are able to -- this is what's so great about film. you can transport us. you can make us forget our worries for a time and in "the monuments men," i was so glad that you admitted too that you weren't familiar with the history of them. tell people why it's such an important story. >> yeah, well, because what these guys did, they were kind of over the hill in soldiering terms and they were curators and art historians that basically formed this unit to go protect these cultural objects, these monuments and actually ended up going after all the stolen art that the nazis had looted from the european museums and from jewish collectors and these guys basically felt that art was worth their lives and some of them died doing this actually. but that art was really the center of our culture and what

we really are and that's what this war was about. it was about -- that's exactly what we were fighting for and so it's a beautiful message and beautiful thing they did. >> the cast, they're not just unsung heroes, unlikely heroes. they were -- the last people that you would expect to see over there. >> yeah, they were -- i think the oldest monuments men was in his late 60s and they had family, careers, very successful people in the art world who left all of that in order to contribute to, you know, their country in this really wonderful way. no, it's really -- it's sad actually, subsequently, you know, ten years ago when we went into baghdad we didn't have these guys and it was a real tragedy actually >> that's a good point. i want to give everybody a little bit of a taste here. your character is meeting cate blanchett's character who is -- who is parisian and she works in an art gallery there and you

think you know french. your character thinks you know french a little bit better than she lets on. take a look. "the monuments men." [ speaking french" ] >> would you stop speaking in french or whatever language you're speaking. >> well, if it weren't for us, you'd be speaking german. >> no, if it wasn't for you i might be dead. but i would still be speaking french. >> oh, the cast was just as you said off the charts. >> yeah, it was a really great great group. george clooney wrote this and with grant heslov with his partner, they wrote it, produced it together. george directed it and starred in it. i mean, it was really -- it was

one of the easiest jobs i've ever taken in the sense that i -- there was no question i was going to do it from the second it was offered to me to work with him and just at the level he's working at right now and then this group, it's bill murray and john goodman and these guys that i just watched for years and really admired and obviously had a chance to work with cate again, you know, it had been 16 years since we worked together. >> an important story but you were able to slip in humor there. it was -- you're just teaching us as we're sitting there watching. it's unbelievable that it has been made into a film. >> i agree. i was -- and i was amazed i didn't know the story. it's a really incredible story that's suited perfectly for a movie. i was kind of embarrassed, you know, i had that -- >> yeah. >> because i feel like i've read a lot about world war ii but never came across these guys. >> george directing. we hear you'll make your directing debut. >> someday if i can take time away from all these kids, you know. yeah, it's really a logistical issue for me, i like to be home

so -- >> at home now is l.a. you left new york, you left this weather for the west coast. >> it's hard -- yeah, look, we're still adjusting to it. i mean i tried to, you know, i tried to make the most of l.a. so i went and got a mountain bike and started mountain biking and immediately broke my collarbone so i've been like laid up. but we miss new york. new york is going to be here. we'll be back someday, i know. >> so the kids have adjusted to -- >> they're doing great. they're doing great. you know, and obviously on days -- people complain about this weather but i grew up in this weather and i actually like it. >> you can stay. you can have it. you can have it let me tell you because you get to leave. that's why you like it so much. hey, "the monuments men," thank you, thank you and george and the whole cast for bringing this to the attention of so many. it's very important. it's a great film. >> thank you. >> all the best to you going forward and "monuments men" opens nationwide on friday. we'll get a final check of this weather that matt, at least matt likes it. are you outside, ginger?

>> i'm outside. i know, i can't believe it. matt damon. look at that sweetheart with the puppy hat and new friends we're all making weather friends. everybody has questions. she's going home tonight to western new york and we've got to talk about what is happening. little rock, arkansas, is where the big problems are at least one of the places, that would be freezing rain that caused that accident and much more of that to come in parts of the plains and midwest today. look at the freezing rain and ice accumulations, not just in southeastern oklahoma but all the way into the northeast, d.c., now has and the nation's capital for tomorrow a freezing rain advisory. there are snow and winter warnings all north of that so that's what good morning. i'm mike nicco. increasing clouds. partly sunny with temperatures about the same as yesterday. mid to upper 50s for the rest of us. tomorrow evening

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romantic comedy "about last night" is a reimaging of the hit '80s film near and dear to my heart opens just in time for valentine's day, the incredibly funny kevin hart and regina hall tar in this film. we'll chat with both of you in just a moment. first i want to share with you a little sneak peek. take a look. >> what happened? >> he broke up with me. >> get out of here. see, my parents are coming to town -- >> i'm like i want to meet them. he's like no way and he's like why not. he says because you're not jewish. >> you're jewish. >> "a," i'm not and "b" you never met my parents. i dropped the jew bomb. she can't say anything about it. if she does she's racist. >> joined by kevin hart and regina hall. welcome both of you to "good morning america." >> thank you. >> yeah. >> i was talking to will packer, your producer, just moments ago and he says not so much based on the '80s cult classic that stars

rob lowe and demi moore but more on the david mamet play in chicago. what's the difference there? >> well, you know, we went a little raunchy. this is daytime tv so i don't want to get too raunchy in here but we pushed the envelope with this one. we wanted to show relationships in a real way and real perspective. >> fun. >> it's very, very sexy. first of all, i'm in it so -- >> we apologize. we apologize. >> it's high. we're through the roof with the sexy level in this one but we wanted to modernize it. show relationships in today and do a movie where people cannot only relate to but watch and enjoy and say, wow, you know what, that actually is cups. couples ago like this or like that. >> what a couple, too. you play joan and your character, boy, she does not hold back. there doesn't seem to be any internal edit button. >> no, she's a crazy person. >> no, no, you know what, i watched kevin and how can i translate this as a female?

that's how i came up with joan. she's passionate. i hike to think of her as someone in the moment. you know who is emotional in the moment. >> kev, you're filling in the -- you're walking the footsteps of the great jim belushi. his character bernie, what was that like for you. >> well, you know, first of all, what i did to bernie was make him great, okay. you know, i got to play a character that is so different for me. this is the first time i'm actually an adult in a movie. you know, i'm a grown man. i have emotion, i have levels and i take my shirt off in this, so you're going to be happy. >> well, thank you. i permanently -- >> in about 26 minutes 17 seconds. 26 minutes, 17 seconds four abs are showing so you're welcome, america. >> he's working on those last two to get a six-pack. these ones right here. >> totally -- >> six-pack is what i want. >> we made up a little game for you. are you down? you want to play. >> i'm always down for games in so here we go.

this is a valentine's days dos and don'ts when the movie comes out. first one, couples massage, regina, do or don't. >> i do. i like couples massages. >> it depends if your lady has a bumpy back or not. if she does, don't. don't. >> kevin, proposing on instagram like p. diddy says he did not. just put up a picture of an engagement ring. >> i say do. i post everything. >> i say don't. i say it's your private moment. >> no, it's not. >> you should keep it. >> america needs to know. america needs to know. >> this is because he wants to do it. >> i'm not proposing to you. i don't want to -- >> yes, do you. >> no, i don't. we're not together. >> what is this? >> that's jewelry. >> i'm sorry. >> you can see why this movie might work. there's no chemistry at all here. all right, a couple more. breaking up the day before valentine's day -- >> do. >> what? >> do break up the day before. get back together the day after. that means you got a free day, to gift, no dinners, no nothing, you get to chill, watch sports. >> nothing says romance more

than that. >> yes. >> last name is hart. >> i know. which brings us to this, thank you so much. everybody, hearts all around because "about last night" hits theaters this valentine's day. >> make sure you go see it, people. it's a good movie. it's a good movie. >> enyou're only in 900 movies. >> and my shirt is off. >> four-packs all around. coming up, everybody on "good morning america," the red hot girl group, little mix performing live. don't go anywhere. ♪

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so, jade, tell us what to expect on the new album. >> oh, well, it's a lot more r&b and focus on harmonies and the be beats. we just want everyone to listen to it. >> you're going to be going all across the country with demi low separate to. >> yes, we are so excited. who is coming to watch us? [ cheers and applause ] >> oh, my gosh. pumped. >> should be a lot of fun and you guys were here this summer, it was a great concert. but since then some pretty big news. you got engaged. >> i did. >> how did it go? >> very nice. >> no dates yet. >> no, no dates yet. not yet. we're very busy but we'll get there soon. >> are you ready to sing. >> yes. >> all right. we're going to hear the song "move ♪ from "salute." here they are, little mix. ♪ hey baby tell me your name i

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good morning. i'm kristen sze. more wet weather is actually expected this week, so let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco. mike? >> maybe a sprinkle today. they're going to cap our temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. except for the coast, upper 50s. even in the south bay, low 40s for the rest of us. now let's take a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast, the rain rolls in through thursday morning. then we'll have another chance this weekend. leyla? >> a crash in santa rosa is tying up a lane southbound on 101. it's causing a bit of delay, but as we continue into san francisco, this crash involving

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