good morning, america. this morning, breaking news, the disappearance of flight 370. air traffic control loses contact with a malaysia airlines jetliner carrying 239 people to beijing. the massive search and rescue operation under way right now as the families of the victims react with horror and anger. how did this giant plane simply vanish? what drove her? [ sirens ] new details about the pregnant woman accused of driving herself and her three young kids into the atlantic ocean. now charged with attempted murder and child abuse. the chilling stories her terrified kids have told investigators. freak accident, tv reporter miles o'brien opening up about losing much of his arm.

>> it's not something i would wish on anybody. >> what's getting him through this excruciating experience. and is he next? prince harry takes his girlfriend of two years where they've never gone before. why royal watchers think it could mean a wedding in their future. hey, good morning. we are covering a mystery and a massive search this morning. overnight this anguished scene as family members learned that malaysia airlines flight 370 simply vanished with 239 people on board while flying from kuala lumpur, which is in malaysia, to beijing. >> such devastating news, and take a look at this. reporters in china swarming a news conference held by airline officials. now, here's what we know at this hour. the flight went off the radar in the south china sea near

vietnam, and right now there's an air and sea search and rescue mission for that boeing 777, which never sent out a distress signal, which indicates that whatever happened happened quickly. >> yes, and this is going to be a complicated search and rescue mission. on board passengers from 14 different countries. there were three americans on board including an infant, and we're going to begin our coverage with abc's bob woodruff who is at the airport in beijing. bob, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. this is terminal 3 of the beijing airport where that plane was supposed to land early this morning. sadly, of course, it did not. now, that information from the airlines has been creeping out very, very slowly, and that has been very, very frustrating to the families. in kuala lumpur, malaysian airlines' ceo spoke solemnly to the press. >> confirmed that the flight 370 lost contact with air traffic control at 2:40 a.m. this morning. >> reporter: the plane was due to fly from malaysia's capital,

kuala lumpur, to beijing, china. it went off the radar somewhere off the southern tip of vietnam. 227 passengers from 14 different countries and 12 crew members were on board the boeing 777. among them, three americans. two of them, children. here at this beijing hotel room today, family members gathered in tears. "i don't want to live. what is the point of me being alive" says this mother whose 40-year-old son was on board the plane. airlines, this woman said they were only given water and bread in the room. by the time the company's officials came out to talk, hundreds of reporters had poured in crushing into each other just to get close. at one point i could barely move. out of control here. i just can't even believe this. the search is now happening off the coast of vietnam covering more than 4,000 square miles. >> we have requested assistance first on information or

whereabouts of where it may be and, secondly, if there is a need for search and rescue, which we cannot cope. >> reporter: well, now the night has fallen here in asia, and for the search and rescue teams, that, of course, is making it harder and harder for them to operate off the coast of vietnam. bianna. >> so heartbreaking to see those families waiting to get news. we are learning who was behind the controls, the pilot zaharie ahmad shah. he joined the company 33 years ago and has over 18,000 flying hours. they're finding an oil slick, not good news. abc's david kerley is live in washington with the latest. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. it's the vietnamese government that found two oil solicit off their coast as this investigation begins into how exactly this plane just disappeared. the safety record of the boeing 777 is one of the best in aviation. the missing aircraft is a 200 model, 11 years old. the veteran 53-year-old pilot has been with malaysia air for 31 years.

boeing is already assembling an investigative team and in a statement said "we are closely monitoring reports on malaysia flight mh370. our thoughts are with everyone on board." this is a wide-bodied jetliner that can fly for hours on just one of its two engines. it was reportedly at altitude above 30,000 feet when it just disappeared. so where is the jet possible wreckage? did it suffer catastrophic failure, or did the pilots miss important clues about its performance? if the 777 went down in the ocean, answers to those questions will be more difficult to answer. finding the black boxes with all that vital information becomes much more difficult. the last big jetliner to disappear like this was an air france flight, which went down in 2009. it was years before the black boxes were found and the mystery of that flight was solved. a combination then of equipment failure and the pilots failing to see the problem. >> to have the airplane come out of the sky intact very much like the air france flight a couple

of years ago and over the mid-atlantic indicates a loss of flight control capability of one sort or another and a deep stall on the airplane. >> reporter: this morning, there are some conflicting time lines that we're hearing coming out of malaysia on the last communication with the jetliner when it disappeared from radar. some questions that really do have to be answered. it is likely that u.s. investigators at some point from the ntsb will join their asian counterparts in trying to unravel the mystery of malaysian flight 370. back to you guys. >> thanks, david. >> let's get more on this from abc news aviation consultant colonel stephen ganyard. colonel, thanks for joining us this morning. walk us how something this could happen. obviously we don't yet know, but there is a range of potential causes. what is in that range? >> there is, dan. any mishap usually has some key elements that are common to all mishaps. they'll be looking at things like weather, did weather play a factor as it did in the air france mishap off brazil that david was just talking about? was their pilot error?

was there some kind of a catastrophic failure, or was there some kind of combination of all of those? in this case, also because it's so unusual for an airplane to just disappear like this, it's almost inexplicable, so they'll probably broaden their range of investigation to look at terrorism. >> you know, you use the word rare. most crashes happen on takeoff or landing. so for a plane to disappear in midair, just give us a sense, how rare is that? >> this is so rare, it is absolutely baffling, and it's baffling that we don't have any better answers this long after the mishap actually occurred, so answered. there's very, very little direct evidence, very few facts to go on. so everything we're doing now is speculation. >> so we can't get the answers really until we find the wreckage assuming there is wreckage and assuming the plane crashed. when you don't have a mayday signal, how hard is it to find a plane in the open water?

>> it's going to be very difficult, and one of the reasons it's going to be very difficult was the same reason the air france off brazil crash was difficult, because it sounds like this aircraft was out of radar coverage. radars only go out about 200 miles, and in this part of the world, their coverage is very spotty, and so they probably were just reporting at different positions along their planned flight route, and they weren't even in radar contact, so all we know is the altitude and the air speed and the heading that they should have been on at the last point that they were talking to air traffic controllers. other than that, we have no idea where they are. that said, it's fairly shallow water. it's not deep atlantic water. it's fairly shallow south china seawater, and so i think we do have a good chance of hearing those pingers, those underwater pingers that the black boxes have that will allow us to go out and find the wreckage somewhere between vietnam and malaysia. >> colonel stephen ganyard, we really appreciate your expertise on this breaking story. thank you. >> bianna.

>> that's alarming to hear him use the word terrorism potentially as a cause for this. of course, our thoughts and prayers are with the family members. we're still waiting to hear news. we're going to switch gears and to the turn to the pregnant woman who allegedly tried to kill herself and her three young of this that they were all in into the atlantic ocean. she's now facing attempted murder charges and abc's gio benitez is outside the courthouse in daytona beach, florida, where the suspect will go before a judge later today. good morning, gio. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. the mother says she was just driving too close to the water and that the waves pulled her in, but as you're about to see, her children are telling a very different, horrific tale. [ sirens ] this morning, new details coming from the terrified children in that minivan. police now say their own mother intended to kill them, plunging the van into the ocean raising the windows, locking the doors. eyewitnesses capturing the screams from her 10-year-old son

after he fought with his mom and lowered the windows himself. >> he was saying help. >> reporter: 32-year-old ebony wilkerson, who is also pregnant, is now behind bars charged with three counts of attempted murder and child abuse. >> you're supposed to protect your children at all costs. you're not supposed to be trying to kill your children. >> reporter: her children, just 10, 9 and 3 telling police, "mom tried to kill us" and "mom was going to drive us in the ocean to die." her only words, they said, were that they should close their eyes and go to sleep and that she was taking them to a safer place. good samaritans watching the drama unfold rushed to the rescue pulling the kids and mom out before the van was enveloped by water. >> i'll never get the picture out of my head of that little boy with his outstretched arms saying "please help me, our mom is trying to kill her." >> reporter: when police spoke with wilkerson, they say she seemed confused jumping from one religious topic to other another.

her kids called her crazy and a lunatic. >> it could be a combination of depression, some other mental health issue, and so all of that just may have been too much for her. she will rationalize they're better off dead than alive. >> reporter: wilkerson has not yet entered any plea, and back here at the county jail, that mother is being held without bond. she's going to face a judge for the first time later today. dan and bianna. >> just such a disturbing story on so many levels. of course, those children are lucky to be alive. gio, our thanks to you. let's get the other top stories this morning now from ron claiborne. ron, good morning. >> hey there, dan and bianna, sara, it was disturbingly quiet here last sunday without you. >> he missed you so much. >> i was missed. >> you were missed. >> good morning, everyone. we begin with the escalating tensions in ukraine. three dozen pro-russian soldiers stormed into a ukrainian military base in crimea. that was late friday crashing a military vehicle through the front gate. the soldiers urged ukrainian

troops to swear allegiance to russia and surrender their weapons before finally taking off hours later without a shot being fired. this comes just days before crimeans, a vast majority of them ethnic russians, vote on whether to stay with the ukraine or break away and join the russian federation, and meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin seen here at the opening of the paralympics in sochi. he is ignoring threats of sanctions from the west. and here in the u.s., a florida man had to be hospitalized after apparently eating meat tainted with a hallucinogenic drug lsd. investigators say the family, the entire family, the man, his pregnant girlfriend and his two young daughters, age 6 and 7, felt the effects after eating bottom round steak purchased from a local walmart. the supermarket giant says that all of their meat comes prepackaged from the distributor. the family who ate the meat is back home now in good

condition, and it appears to be an isolated incident. and a trip to seaworld in california may never be quite the same. a state lawmaker introduced a bill that would ban seaworld from using killer whales in its san diego shows. the proposed law says orcas are too big and too intelligent to be confined in small tanks for their entire lives. seaworld has yet to comment on the proposed measure. and these health products may look like the real thing, but the usda says they are fake and could even pose a health risk. federal and state officials say they've taken down a massive beauty supply operation operating out of long island, new york. authorities say they needed four tractor trailers to haul off more than $2 million worth of these fake goods, allegedly fake goods. the knockoffs were sold in three states. two brothers are under arrest in connection with that. and finally, this $250,000, one-of-a-kind 1992 dodge viper is about to meet its maker literally. the supercharged car is 1 of 93 that chrysler is demolishing. the vipers were donated by chrysler to automotive trade schools -- that was about ten

years ago -- but the automaker says the equipment on them is too outdated. instructors, though, say the viper was a great recruiting tool to get students into their automotive programs, and for so many reason they don't believe that donated chrysler minivans will have quite the same appeal to potential students. i can't imagine why not. i don't get it. >> remember those automated opening doors, i mean, that is a sexy -- >> that is technology. at its best. i feel really old. i remember the vipers. >> you are really old. >> i am. >> i'm even older. >> and you're even older. you're even older than i am. >> yeah, by two years. >> two years, yeah. >> getting real on the "gma" set. thank you, ron. all right. we're going to turn back overseas where it's been a wild week of explosive testimony in the high-profile murder trial of olympic star oscar pistorius. the court hearing tales of reckless gun play, police confrontations and infidelities. abc's hamish macdonald has the story from pretoria. hamish. >> reporter: bianna, yes, it absolutely could. there is still so much more testimony to come. we haven't heard any of the

forensics yet, any of the phone records, not to mention the fact that at some point oscar pistorius himself will be taking the stand. >> do you understand the charge that has been read? >> reporter: south africa is calling it the trial of the century. it's been a week dominated by hours of testimony aimed at portraying oscar pistorius as violent and reckless with guns. he's accused of murdering his model girlfriend reeva steenkamp. >> it was like right on top of each other, bang, bang, bang. he said, i shot her. i thought she was a burglar, and i shot her. >> reporter: neighbors sobbed giving detailed accounts of the night he killed his girlfriend. >> terrifying screams. >> reporter: leaving pistorius himself in tears. >> the gunshots, it was blood curdling. you just know that woman's life was really threatened. >> reporter: emotions ran high with his ex-girlfriend, samantha taylor, describing the blade runner as aggressive and unfaithful. >> he cheated on me with reeva steenkamp.

>> reporter: she recalled an incident when pistorius fired his gun out of a car's sunroof after being pulled over for speeding. >> he shouted at the policeman because he said that he was not allowed to touch his gun. >> reporter: his friend and professional boxer, kevin lerena, told the court about the night pistorius asked him to cover for him after firing a gun in public. >> a shot went out in a restaurant, and then there was just complete silence. i was in shock. >> reporter: the world famous olympic athlete denies all the charges. >> not guilty, my lady. >> reporter: his attorneys, who argue pistorius believed he was shooting an intruder, also spent much of the week questioning whether neighbors really heard a woman screaming. they say pistorius would have sounded like a woman when he screamed that night. this whole trial seems to rest on the sequence of events in the early hours of valentine's day last year. neighbors say they heard a woman screaming followed by gunshots, but could it have been gunshots

followed by the screams of a man who realized he just made a tragic mistake. dan? >> hamish, thank you. we will, of course, continue to cover this trial right here on abc. now though to the veteran tv reporter who became news himself after a freak accident while out covering a story. it's miles o'brien. he is opening up now about the injury that cost him part of his arm and the silver lining that he's now finding. abc's linzie janis is here with more. linzie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dan and bianna. this is incredible. it happened just three weeks ago, but miles o'brien already back on pbs sharing his story about what was a bruise became an emergency that could have killed him. award-winning journalist miles o'brien is speaking out for the first time since a freak accident cost him his left arm. >> it's not something i would wish on anybody. >> reporter: he had just finished filming a story on japan's infamous fukushima nuclear plant and was on his next assignment in the philippines tweeting this photo

of himself getting a haircut in manila. just days later, a case carrying heavy camera equipment fell on his arm. it hurt, but o'brien didn't even consider medical attention until days later telling pbs "newshour" host julie woodruff about the moment he realized he was in trouble. >> it began as a bruise, and it just got a lot worse after about a day or so, and the pain got worse. >> reporter: he says doctors knew immediately what they were dealing with. acute compartment syndrome. >> i had literally had to wiki it with my phone because i had never heard of compartment syndrome. muscles and veins don't expand. and if there's some sort of inflammation or something that causes swelling inside there, the pressure builds and there's no place for the blood to go. >> reporter: when an emergency operation went bad, doctors say the only option was partial amputation. >> they told me going in though that if things don't go well, you might lose your arm. >> reporter: o'brien describing

the excruciating aftermath. >> it's interesting. the pain when you lose a limb is in what's absent. i feel my hand in a way more acutely than i did whenever i had it. it's clenched up like in a vise and at times it can be painful. >> reporter: and what got him through. >> i love what winston churchill said. "if you're going through hell, just keep going." >> reporter: well, now o'brien is trying to figure out out how to do the other things that he loves. dan and bianna, when he was in rehab, he asked how am i going to fly a plane again or ride a bike? he's a pilot. they said, don't worry, we have attachments for all of that and part of the reason is because sadly all the soldiers coming back from the war. technology has moved a lot. >> he is a great reporter, and we wish him the best, and we hope he continues. >> very brave. i can't believe that just happened three weeks ago. >> really brave. he has a great attitude about it. >> thanks, linzie. appreciate it. there are new details this morning about a man who dropped a $20 down a drain and wound up trapped underground for two days. we're now hearing the 911 calls from the teens who were shocked

to discover a voice coming out of a manhole and are now being called heroes themselves. abc's michelle franzen has the details. >> reporter: this morning, we are hearing from the oklahoma teen to discover a man trapped in a manhole. jonathan gatliss says the cries for help came out of nowhere just as he and some friends were walking home in lawton. >> the joke -- we were supposed to be meeting up with a friend at the courts, the basketball courts, and so we weren't quite there. i thought it was just them yelling at me. >> reporter: turns out the yelling was coming from beneath this manhole in the middle of the street. >> and then he said, "i'm down here in the sewer, i'm down here." we put our flashlights down there and saw him. we were just like flipping out. he was like, "call 911." >> reporter: gatliss made the call. >> 911, what's the address of the emergency? >> i'm at 6th street and arlington, and there's a man down this manhole, and he's stuck. >> he's stuck? >> he's stuck under it, yes. >> reporter: stuck, police say, after the unidentified man went

on the chase for a $20 bill that slipped down into the storm drain. >> we see a gentleman down in the bottom of it, and it seemed like he had been down there a few days. >> reporter: stranded in a narrow pipe, and officers say disoriented after getting lost in the maze of underground drains. >> okay. is he hurt at all, or is he just stuck and can't get out? >> let me ask him. >> okay. >> are you hurt? he's fine. he's just stuck. >> reporter: okay, and eventually pulled to safety. >> police and ambulance and firefighters, they responded great, and they got the guy. they helped him right away. >> we were just like screaming like, wow, did we just like really save him? >> reporter: his lucky day except for the money. that elusive $20 bill is still nowhere to be found. for abc news, michelle franzen, new york. >> i can't believe he didn't get his money. >> i think he would be the first to say the $20 wasn't worth it. >> 911 tapes stranger than fiction. awesome. we welcome julie durda from time for the weather.

we welcome julie durda from our miami affiliate wplg. >> can i tell you, i have good news and bad news. good morning, america. we're going to start with the bad just as you can see the picture behind me. we had a major winter storm moving through the south. you can see this picture outside of greensburg, north carolina. i also want to show you the video that we captured. we saw a lot of snow. we saw ice. we saw some very strong storms moving through the area yesterday. now, there is good news as you heard me mention. even though you can see those pictures, it doesn't look like i'm going to be bringing you good news, we are seeing temperatures rebounding with temperatures in the upper 50s. not just for greensboro, north carolina. the south is dealing with the warm-up. warming temperatures not only for the south but across the whole middle, southern half and even northern half of the nation with temperatures reboundin

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>> reporter: good morning, dan, bianna. dawn daluise spent decades building up a successful skin care business in hollywood keeping her celebrity clients beautiful with electric muscle stimulation. this morning, the 55-year-old is in jail on a million dollar bond. she's best known for helping hollywood stars glow, but this morning, a very different picture of skin care specialist dawn daluise who wept at her first court appearance friday. daluise is facing a felony charge for allegedly trying to hire a former nfl player as a hit man according to documents obtained by abc news. detectives say she wanted him to take out a rival spa owner. >> it's scary. it's definitely scary. >> reporter: gabriel sawyer rest opened his skin care shop several months ago right next door to daluise's business.

he didn't think it would be a problem. not like this. >> hairdressers work next to each other all the time. i didn't think it would be a big deal. >> reporter: but he says his business was booming and daluise was giving him the cold shoulder. it's not the way she's described by clients in online reviews who call her an absolute sweetheart with a warm and fun personality. her business featured over the years in "vogue," "in style" and "ladies home journal" and her website lists celebrity clients including sarah michelle geller, freddie prinz jr. and alicia silverstone. >> getting and retaining the right celebrity clients can be very important. >> reporter: in hollywood the intense pressure to stay in the limelight is not just on the famous, but even for hollywood, these allegations are extreme. >> i absolutely believe there's more to this story than meets the eye. what we've heard now wouldn't even make a passable movie plot. >> reporter: a drama that will continue to unfold. police say the investigation is not over yet. daluise is facing up to nine years in prison. so far she is the only person arrested in this case, but police have put out a call to the public asking them to call

in any tips that could lead to another arrest. we expect to learn more at the next court hearing on march 19th. dan, bianna. >> such a bizarre story. bazi, thank you. well, now, let's get an update of the morning's other top stories from ron. >> good morning, everyone. in the news we begin with breaking news on that missing malaysia airliner boeing 777. the plane disappeared apparently in the south china sea near vietnam. 239 people are on board that flight. the plane, three of them are americans on that flight. the plane was headed from beijing -- to beijing after take off from malaysia's capital, kuala lumpur. search teams across southeast asia are scouring the waters using planes and ships in an effort to find that missing airliner. a crush of reporters, meanwhile, swarming a press conference held by the airline in china. malaysia airlines' ceo says there was no distres call from the cockpit, which he believes suggests whatever happened on board that flight happened very, very quickly. billionaire media mogul ted turner is in a south american hospital this morning.

turner was visiting argentina where he owns several ranches and became ill. no details yet on the ailment afflicting ted turner. and finally, forget about skis. all you need for this is some cardboard, tape and a little bit of imagination to get down the slopes in pennsylvania's pocono mountains. everything from trains, as you see there, an entire "wizard of oz" cardboard creation came speeding down the mountains. this is the annual cardboard classic. yeah. >> never heard of that. >> unfortunately, some of those rides crumbled in the snow. and that is something -- i don't know what. that's a garbage truck, yeah. annual affair. >> everybody needs a hobby. >> very creative. >> everybody needs a hobby. >> thanks, ron. appreciate it. time now for the weather and we welcome back our meteorologist julie durda from our abc affiliate in miami, wplg, channel 10. julie, good morning once again. >> well, thank you so much, dan, bianna. it's great to be back on this saturday morning.

we are tracking some systems from coast to coast and we'll go to denver where we are going to show you some video of heavy snow that occurred causing an avalanche closing roads throughout portions of parts of denver just outside of denver dealing with over a foot of snow and more snow expected throughout the evening, and today they're finally going to see a little break from the snow as the system continues to push towards the south. that could bring some rain over portions of southern texas. temperatures starting to rebound, though. you can see the 60s as we go into usa. 68 degrees in houston. still dealing with the chill over north texas. i want to show you the good news across the united states. first we'll start with the southwest. warm weather continues, unfortunately, southwest, though, dealing with a drought. they haven't seen rain since last week, and, unfortunately, no significant rainfall is in sight so they are still in a drought but from coast to coast we go. more rain across the pacific northwest. temperatures rebounding across the south and up to the northeast. new york city will be seeing a temperature

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for the very first time. >> it's been a long time. two years for this relationship and it's got royal watch eers wondering could things be getting serious? abc's lama hasan has more on the couple who until now have retained a very low profile. oh, please tell me there's another wedding we can cover, lama. >> reporter: wait, not so fast. but let me tell you, this is a first. prince harry and cressida canoodling openly in public and there's photographic evidence of it all. and just to give you an idea of what a big deal this is, i'd like to draw your attention to the front page of the british tabloid newspaper, "the sun." it sums it all up and says "harry and kissie." for the first time ever, harry the heartthrob and socialite cressida bonas show us some pda action. snuggling up close to one another at a public function. >> he knew he was going to be photographed that day, and he quite openly gave cressida a big hug and a big kiss in front of

absolutely everyone, in front of enormous amounts of photographers, and he was really happy, it seems, for people to see that they are together and that they are an item. >> reporter: so what does this mean? are things really heating up for the love birds? >> is there going to be an engagement announcement? and, of course, i think this is definitely a kind of new phase, a new level, if you like, of the relationship and the relationship as the public would see it now. however, i think we still need to be a little bit cautious. >> royal highness prince harry. >> reporter: the smooch happened when the couple were at a global youth empowerment day where harry also managed to showcase his humorous side after receiving a rock star's welcome by a rowdy crowd of schoolkids, that is expecting harry styles, i apologize and, no, i'm not going to sing. >> reporter: the prince has been

stepping up his charity work recently. just a few days ago he announced the warrior games would be coming to london, but that was sans girlfriend cressida, though. so maybe this will be the new norm for this royal couple. ooh-la-la. so the fact that they have now sealed their relationship with a kiss for the whole world to see does have royal watchers believing that cressida could actually be the one, so, guys, yes, i think it is safe to say that the royal engagement watch is on. dan and bianna, back to you. >> i'm going to book my tickets right now. lama, thank you. >> nobody more excited than bianna golodryga. i guarantee you. all right, coming up on "good morning america," the ultimate double date. the lucky couple who got to chill out with the obamas at the white house. couple who got to chill out with the obamas at the white house. got to chill out with the obamas at the white house.

bianna golodryga.

♪ all right. time for "pop news." ron is already haunting sara. >> i'm trying to distract her. >> i've got some plants in this "pop news" for you. get excited, guys. first up a very viral photo of the president and first lady first up a very viral photo of the president and first lady double dating with a surprising couple, lena dunham and her boyfriend jack antonoff. jack posted the cute snap to instagram with the caption "real sick double date." now, it turns out the photo was actually taken back in july when jack's band performed at the white house. but how cool. >> that is actually cool. >> i would like to think they rocked that outfit. >> yeah. >> shorts -- >> dan owns those shorts. that happens. >> never on television. and speaking of "happy," which we keep talking about that song and singing along, we cannot get enough of pharrell williams and now we have another reason to clap along. the singer is teaming up with the u.n. for the international day of happiness on march 20th. pharrell is asking fans to show their support by filming

themselves dancing and singing, which happens automatically when you lear the song to his number one hit "happy" and posting it online with #happyday. >> i just want to be that kid. >> he has ridiculous moves. >> yes, he does. >> post it to his website, 24hoursofhappiness.com and a little tip, working in a mountain hat of any color makes you ahead of the game. and if you can find one that pharrell has not already worn on the red carpet, then that's extra points for you. >> that song makes you smile. >> and makes you sing along because we keep doing it every time we go to commercial. >> march 20th, which is the first official day of spring. >> only a meteorologist would say that. >> thanks. speaking of happy, this one is for you, dan. if you haven't smiled yet today, stay right where you are. don't move. it's about to happen. watch as this little wiener dog takes on an inflatable shark. now, the shark just won't go where he wants him to, and eventually i think it all boils down to the old adage, it's not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the

dog. eventually all you hear is squeaking through this video, by the way, as he slowly pulls that shark all the way into his kennel. >> nice, nice. >> that is an epic move by that dog. >> all the way, all the way, all the way. take that, sharkey. >> wait. speaking of epic, sara, explain what's in front of us right now. >> this burger is a little bit ridiculous. how much would you pay for a pretty decent burger, 5 bucks, 10. how about $250? >> whoa. >> you're buying, i'm eating. >> nope, that's funny you mention that, ron, but that's what they're charging for the indulgence burger. now, let me give you a little breakdown. >> indulgence burger. >> caviar, right. >> there's a lot of things here. chef knox combines kobe beef, foie gras, truffles, caviar to make the signature burger, no cheese which dan has pointed out and means it could be improved a little, but ron has offered -- with beer and bun? >> sure. >> beer and bun. beer and bun. but ron has offered to pay for this round, so you're eating his paycheck right now.

>> this is so good. >> oh, my gosh. >> thousands of dollars worth of burgers on the set right now. >> this is an expensive burger. >> this will be an expensive doggie bag. >> i shouldn't be wearing white today. >> really good. >> how is it? >> it's really good. >> because i just don't have it in me to let it drip down my chin. >> you speak for the rest of the broadcast. >> i will be eating both of these. >> sara, thank you very much. we appreciate it. i know what i'll be doing during this commercial break. we will be right back with ron's verdict on the burger after a quick break. >> thank you, ron. >> thumbs up. >> big bucks claiborne. n. >> thumbs up. >> claiborne. that i thought were really healthy for me can do damage to the enamel on my teeth. i am a healthy girl, i love salads, i love fruits, and it's not something i want to give up. my dentist recommended that i use pronamel twice a day as my daily toothpaste. pronamel will help protect the enamel from future erosion. it's just so great because all of those foods that i enjoyed so much,

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>> i wish. >> so i learned. >> i brought the condiments, credit, please. >> you get all the credit for bringing that. i'm pulling a de blasio here. i'm eating with a fork. >> would you like some mustard with that? >> thanks, you guys. see you tomorrow morning.

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a very good saturday morning to you all. it's 8:00 a.m. i'm katie marrzullo. here's meteorologist lisa argen. well into the 50s here downtown, also on the coast, and in san jose live doppler 7-hd this morning, we have a few clouds around half moon bay, but from mt. tam looks a little bit hazy. 50 in san jose with 44 in rapid city, los gatos, 47. we will be looking at a nice afternoon today with temperatures ranging from the mid-60s around the bay to near 70. high clouds favor the north bay. the coast low to mid-60s. we'll see low