good morning, america. breaking new details on the missing jumbo jet. even sub hunters scrambling to find any clues in the massive search zone off australia. and bob woodruff now on the malaysian coast, with eyewitnesses who say a large aircraft flew right over their fishing boat. new information just coming in. the mystery surrounding the death of designer to the stars, l'wren scott. her longtime partner, mick jagger stricken and shocked, canceling part of his tour. new details on whether intense pressures of the fashion world led to the tragedy. caught on camera. the baby in the bed. how one couple moving furniture happened to be in the right place at the right time as a 3-year-old toddler dangled out his third floor window, springing into action with a mattress. their last-minute save.

♪ "dancing with the stars" off to a sizzling start. derek and amy wowing the judges with a blockbuster cha-cha. olympians ruling the night from charlie's big lift to meryl's twists with maks as salsa and sparks fly. >> and good morning, america. lara off today. great to have amy here and, boy, the size of that massive search area looked even more daunting overnight. the area off the australian coast they're looking through is the size of france. and this is all up against a ticking clock, those batteries on the plane's black boxes running down, less than 20 days left right now. >> time is of the essence and there's a bit of an amazing piece of information we want to share with you this morning. 3 million people have actually joined the search from their own homes to find the plane.

one satellite company posting new images online every day. now being called the largest ground sourcing project of its kind. >> they need every bit of it. >> mm-hmm. we're going to get right to the latest on the search. the longest in modern aviation history. abc's david kerley is here with that. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, robin. what a mystery. let's talk about the search. the potential area. those two so-called corridors, which had been the last location of the 777, anywhere along there. we're talking about 2.25 million square nautical miles. and we've been told for several days that that's not where we should focus. but we should focus here, off the coast of australia. they've now provided us this map of the search area off australia. but even this is about the size of texas. the search covering a massive area is a bit of a race. already a third of the battery life of those black box pingers is gone. this morning, that highly sophisticated sub hunter from the united states, the p-8 has joined in the search efforts along the southern arc off the

western coast of australia. >> the search area in a little detail. >> reporter: this is where sources tell abc news is the focus. the australians have flown over parts of the ocean already. >> this search will be difficult. the sheer size of the search area poses a huge challenge. the search area is more than 600,000 square kilometers. >> reporter: u.s. and other countries are still looking in the waters to the north, as well. we flew along as a p-3 sub hunter scoured the waters of the bay of bengal looking for any sign of the aircraft. investigators say they cannot rule out decompression of the aircraft, but still believe this was a deliberate act. as abc news reported, at least 12 minutes before the last radio call, someone programmed that hard left turn off the route to beijing. it was two minutes after who was thought to be the co-pilot says "all right, good night" to air traffic controllers that the location transponder is shut off and then that dramatic turn. from beijing where families are waiting for news, the chinese

reported this morning that they have found no links to terrorism among their citizens on the jet. two-thirds of the 239 people on board were chinese. the most crucial part of the investigation remains finding any of the jetliner's debris hoping one piece could lead investigators to the plane's main components and those all-important black boxes. so to the two main points as we've been reporting at abc news for the past couple of days, somebody programmed that computer, we're told by a single source, a long time before that last radio call. and even the malaysians are saying this is the special focus of the search for this missing plane, george. >> but still such a wide zone. thanks very much. we turn to the startling eyewitness accounts from a tiny malaysian village. abc's bob woodruff traveled to kota bharu where fishermen reported a jumbo jet roaring extremely low and loud overhead. he joins us from there right now. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, george.

this is kota bharu in the northeast tip of malaysia. this is close to where the plane passed over in the middle of the night ten days ago. no witnesses reported so far on this story. but i got here, and i met two. on the night when flight 370 took off from kuala lumpur, assid ibraham and seven others set out on this boat to go tuna fishing, ten miles out to sea. when suddenly, he looked up, watching a jet flying low, louder and bigger than any plane he had ever seen if the sky. 5,000 feet. the fishermen's location off the coast of kota bharu falls in the path the plane could have taken after the infamous left turn, as it headed back over malaysia. did it dive lower to purposely avoid detection? known as terrain masking? was it 1:30 in the morning? we met one other fisherman on that boat. he says they were just east of thailand between malaysia and vietnam where they witnessed it, came home, heard the news about the disappearance, then reported it that morning here to the local police.

this town will always be connected to this mysterious flight. the fishermen say they saw it and the grandmother of co-pilot fariq abdul hamid lives here where fariq grew up. he even happened to walk by this kindergarten school where the kids were drawing these pictures praying for the people on malaysian flight 370 and hoping they will come back. back in the u.s., the brother of philip wood, the american passenger on board, is hoping the same. >> we're hoping for the best. we're hoping for a good outcome. we're hoping for a wonderful reunion. >> reporter: as for the local people here today not only the kids and, of course, the americans at home, they too said this is not, not a crash of the plane. this was actlly a hijacking. maybe it's just something coming out of their heart but they truly believe that is the case. george? >> okay, bob woodruff. thanks very much. let's go to our aviation consultant steve ganyard.

steve, first off, what do you make of these eyewitness reports from this small village? and the idea that the pilots might have been doing these kinds of evasive maneuvers known as terrain masking. >> george, it's highly unlikely for two reasons. these fishermen were listening to them saying they're between malaysia and vietnam so would have been on the original part of that path. terrain masking in a 777 is unheard of. you don't want to be flying low to the ground at night. you don't have night vision goggles or radar but most importantly eyewitnesses' remarks from a mishap are rarely helpful. people are not trained to know what they see. they want to see things, so we usually discount what we hear from eyewitnesses. >> what we are seeing is the focus on that search zone off the coast of australia, even extending all the way down close to antarctica. and the australians now taking charge of this search. >> yeah, this is extraordinary because the australians are

telling us look 1500 miles southwest of perth. on your way to antarctica at that point. the good news here is that we have the australians with the ntsb now in charge of this investigation. we've seen a lot of inconsistency out of the malaysian authorities all week. their statements haven't matched up. but now we have the real pros on the scene. and really, we go back, we are now at day one in this investigation because we have people who know how to do this but, george, 1500 miles south on the way to antarctica, i don't know how we're going to get an oceanographic ship out there even if we find wreckage. >> lots of criticism as you pointed out and the suggestion they deliberately engaged in disinformation? >> well, you know, that's a serious charge but at this point i wouldn't doubt it. they have been so inconsistent they have told us things we have known not to be true. something -- somebody needs to be held to account here.

because either they're terribly incapable of running an investigation, or they're hiding something. but it's one of the two. >> okay, stephen ganyard, thanks very much. okay, george, now the other big story. the escalating crisis in ukraine. after crimea voted to break away and join russia. a defiant president putin is ignoring sanctions from the united states and europe. jonathan karl is at the white house with the very latest on these tense standoffs. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, robin. russia is openly mocking the sanctions imposed by president obama. and this morning, vladimir putin is charging ahead towards a full-blown russian takeover of crim crimea. this morning, an heroic welcome for president vladimir putin. in defiance of the united states and the u.n., this morning russian president vladimir putin approved a plan to make crimea part of russia. the move comes just after president obama hit russia with a first round of sanctions and threatened more to come.

>> we're making it clear that there are consequences for their actions. if russia continues to interfere in ukraine, we stand ready to impose further sanctions. >> reporter: the sanctions freeze the assets of 11 individuals and bans them from doing business with americans. the sanctioned officials include two of president putin's top advisers and russia's deputy prime minister, who responded by mocking president obama on twitter. "i think the decree of the president of the united states was written by some joker," he tweeted. the u.s. sanctions don't hit putin himself, at least not yet. are sanctions on vladimir putin freezing vladimir putin's assets, is that something on the table that is actively under consideration? >> we have thoughts under way, we have an active effort under way to assess what further steps and what further sanctions we

can and could impose. >> reporter: this morning president putin is addressing the russian parliament making clear that he is not going to let anything the united states or europe does stop him from getting his way in ukraine. robin. >> tense times. all right, jonathan, thanks. the other top stories with josh. we begin with some surprising health news this morning. it turns out that all that evil saturated fat in burgers and butter and cheese that we have all been warned about may not be so bad for your heart after all. in fact, scientists at cambridge now say there's no evidence linking saturated fats to heart disease though they do admit more research is needed. they also say the takeaway here is to focus on moderation and eat a well-rounded diet. hear, hear. general motors has announced a new round of recalls as the company shifts into damage control mode. its new ceo is admitting something went, and i do quote, very wrong, end quote. rebecca jarvis is here to explain how this affects millions of drivers. rebecca, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, josh. good morning, this new recall as you say affects 1.5 million suvs, luxury cars, and

full-sized vans for model years 2008 to 2014 because of problems associated with air bags and brakes. those problems are not linked to any deaths at this point but the company is trying to prove its commitment to safety following its recall last month for faulty ignition switches blamed for 12 deaths. a recall that's the subject of a federal investigation now. in a new video message ceo mary barra says she's conducting an intense review of gm's internal practices. and the company is spending $300 million on repairs. but josh, despite all of this, despite all of it, money analysts on wall street think the company's reputation and its stock price will hold up over the longer term, josh. >> certainly something to keep an eye on. rebecca, thank you for that. meanwhile, a new prediction this morning about prices at the grocery store. they are expected to rise by an average of 3.5% this year because of the extreme drought in the west. that is the biggest price increase in three years. also, gas prices, they keep going up. they rose another 4 cents in the last week, actually topped $4 per gallon in parts of

california. and a violent scene to show you on the philadelphia subway. you're going to watch as a police officer says a man, claiming to have a gun, attacked him. you see this attack. threw the officer to the ground. riders getting off the train ran to help the officer subdue the suspect. police say the man was strung out on drugs. and a very close call here near san francisco. a man ran across the tracks as you see there barely escaping with his life. >> oh, my gosh. >> obviously, ignoring warnings. just, please, everybody watching this, do not ever attempt something like this in your neck of the woods. and finally, we've all done it once. ever been to a restaurant with that big fish tank and if you ever wondered what would happen if that big fish tank exploded? well, now you know. >> oh! >> this is orlando's downtown disney. t-rex cafe, the scene. workers now rushing to evacuate people while they also tried to

scoop up the fish. >> oh. >> oh, no. >> a lot of diners, though, refused to leave. whipping out their cell phones, shooting video. one witness says understandably so, it was chaos. but actually praised the staff for their quick response. how quick, you ask? in fact, no fish were harmed in the making of this video. >> oh, that's incredible. >> they saved them all. >> she looked calmer than i expected. >> really calm. i mean -- >> at least it wasn't a shark tank. >> could have been worse. >> thanks, josh. we turn now to a sad story. the shocking suicide of l'wren scott, the fashion designer for so many stars and longtime girlfriend of mick jagger found dead in her manhattan apartment yesterday morning. and abc's mara schiavocampo is on the scene right now. good morning, mara. >> reporter: george, good morning. that tragic discovery made here at scott's apartment on monday. this morning, so many trying to figure out why this happened. recent financial documents show scott's company was $6 million

in debt last year. and now rumors of a split with her longtime love, jagger. l'wren scott seemed to have it all. mick jagger's longtime girlfriend, a successful fashion designer, split her time between london, new york, and paris, ran a brand loved by celebrities from nicole kidman to the first lady, and recently launched a partnership with banana republic. >> i'm always looking at what's around me. i like to travel. i love art. >> reporter: monday morning scott's seeminy glamorous life came to a sudden end. police say the 49-year-old was found dead in her multimillion dollar new york city apartment by her assistant just after 10:00 a.m. scott reportedly texted her assistant an hour and a half earlier asking her to come by. officials say the 6'3" former model used a scarf to hang herself from a doorknob while kneeling. though she didn't leave a note officials say they do not suspect foul play.

>> l'wren was somebody who was really respected in the business because she was somebody living the dream. not trying to be something she wasn't. she was somebody. >> reporter: jagger and scott were together for 13 years, longer than either of jagger's previous two marriages. but "the new york post" reports scott told a longtime friend jagger had dumped her, something his reps deny. the rolling stones' front man got the news in australia where the stones are on tour just hours after tweeting this happy picture on a beach, which he later took down. a spokesperson said jagger is completely shocked and devastated by the news. so many others devastated, as well, an outpouring of sadness from celebrities like bianca jagger, anna wintour, and madonna. marc jacobs tweeting, "you'll forever be missed." the stones canceled an upcoming show in australia. the results of scott's autopsy will be released later today. george? >> okay, mara, thanks. it hit a lot of people hard. >> it surely did. we'll switch to amy. you have a remarkable rescue story. >> it is.

a lot of people are talking about it. the pictures are so dramatic. the story is actually hard to believe. a toddler who was going after a toy accidentally went out of the window of the family apartment. he was about to fall three stories. but take a look at what happened. a thankful twist of fate. the images are striking. a 3-year-old boy who had just fallen out of a third story window cradled by his emotional father on what would be the child's salvation -- a mattress. and what some are calling a very fortunate twist of fate. >> it feels like i watched a tv show like just happened to me. >> reporter: konrad lightner and his wife, jennifer, just happened to be moving their mattress out of their burbank, california, apartment building when they noticed a toddler apparently tangled in wires and

dangling precariously out of the window. that's when the box sprang into action. >> so we called 911 and conrad threw the box spring down to try to break his fall and stood there to catch him. >> reporter: incredibly, the wires gave way moments later, sending the boy plummeting on to that just placed mattress, which cradled his fall and left him completely unharmed. >> very surreal afterwards. just moving the rest of the day and every once in a while we'd look at each other and be, like, that happened. that was real. it was incredible. >> reporter: even more surreal, the lightners say they got stuck in an elevator earlier that day for 30 minutes. had that not happened, they say they wouldn't have been there to help save that little boy. we want to thank our station kabc for this remarkable story. i mean right place right time doesn't even begin to address how unbelievable that situation was. >> the chances that they would have a mattress. >> yeah. >> on the move. >> it's like a movie. >> i can't wait to see what happens with that boy. >> i know. he's meant to do something big in the world. >> i agree with you there, amy. let's get a check of the weather. some high winds out west. >> from that story to stunning video. look at this. it's the kind that makes you kind of go -- [ gasps ] the winds are blowing up to 66

miles per hour across that bridge. this is twin falls, idaho. they had wind speeds up to almost 80. that's in the magic valley. now, the wind moving to the east and so is the snow. and that's where we'll see minneapolis pick up some snow. the milder air on the front end, indianapolis and chicago in the 50s, st. louis at 65. i'll leave you the look at the snow totals to expect. but for now, we've got to get to that local forecast coming up in just 30 seconds. first the tuesday trivia brought to you by royal caribbean. good morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist

mike nicco. the bay area forecast, grab a coat this morning. it's much cooler. but this afternoon will be sunny, calmer and warmer than yesterday. spring starts thursday morning. and the cooling trend follows. for today, temperatures in the low to mid-60s along the coast. a little bit of fog this morning but that will dissipate. upper 60s around san francisco and richmond. mid-70s elsewhere. expect a lot of temperatures in the 40s tonight. it should be warmest thursday. >> anyone spring breaking in florida, we'll check on your forecast coming up in the next half hour. coming up on "gma," intense new testimony in the trial of oscar pistorius. documents reveal new details about his weapons training. another dramatic rescue. a man and his dog stranded at sea. the coast guard comes to the rescue all caught on camera. >> wow. and the former child star of "two and a half men" speaking out, calling himself a hypocrite after years as the highest paid child actor in television.

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>> lots of great rescues today. also ahead, angus t. jones. perhaps you remember him as the former child star on "two and a half men." he's speaking about why he says he was a paid hypocrite after years of making millions of dollars. and are you ready for the "pretty little liars," one of the hottest shows on tv. so many superfans and more every day. they were waiting outside actually early this morning and they're all waiting for one answer and it will be revealed this morning. >> ooh. will allie reveal all? right to the latest in the oscar pistorius trial right now. abc's matt gutman is at the courthouse in south africa. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, robin. over the past couple of hours we've obtained new documents that reveal so much more about oscar pistorius' weapon training. we know he was a proficient marksman. this is his target sheet. we know that he received assault and tactical training.

we also know he answered up to 150 examination questions about using his firearm. but this morning in court, the focus all on the police. this morning, the defense and prosecution battling in court. >> i can take you back on the line. >> reporter: once again it's oscar pistorius' defense team questioning the police work. in this case, the hundreds of police forensic photos. the judge rapping his team for badgering the officer who took these photos the night pistorius shot his model girlfriend reeva steenkamp in his bathroom. >> it cannot be put -- >> to start with, you cannot argue with this witness. >> reporter: just this morning, abc news obtained a trove of documents from a justice source including this target sheet showing pistorius' shooting prowess. all those shots so close to the bull's eye. the man who taught him to shoot on the stand, patrick rens. >> that's a smith & wesson 500 model. >> reporter: this is the receipt showing the small arsenal of guns rens sold him, including assault rifles, shotguns, and a

50-cal handgun. abc news obtained several of the actual copies of pistorius' firearms license exams. he aced them getting 96% of the answers right on one of them. and overnight we've learned that his assault rifle license was obtained in early 2013. this test he took in 2013, which could have only been weeks before the shooting. >> correct. >> reporter: andre pretorius largely designed this set of exams posing hypothetical questions that the blade runner got right. that's oscar pistorius' own handwriting delineating the guidelines for the use of lethal force. he writes -- "it's permissible if the attack is against you. it must be unlawful, must be against the person." you're saying that he basically broke every rule in this book. >> pretty much by his own answers given in court today, i think that that came as a big surprise to the general public because everything he put in there he got the answers correct. >> reporter: it may be one reason tensions remain high here broken briefly with what seemed a moment of reconciliation. pistorius' sister, aimee,

stopping to talk to reeva steenkamp's mother. the witness list is long. over 100 names long through 12 days of trial only gone through 14 of them. and that's just the prosecution's case. it gives you a sense of the scale of the complexity of the mystery in what really happened to reeva steenkamp that night and, robin, we're told this trial could go on for weeks, maybe even months. >> i know you're going to be there for us, matt. thank you. here more on this chief legal affairs anchor dan abrams. the impact of the firearms expert, what was it? >> absolutely crucial. it shows that pistorius knew better. he knew he's not allowed to shoot behind that door. even if -- even if he feared there was an intruder. that is really important because if the judge has questions, let's say the judge is saying, you know what, i do have doubt as to whether he thought that maybe there was an intruder, maybe i will buy that as a possibility here.

this sort of testimony seems to ensure that he gets a conviction on a lesser charge of culpable homicide. what does that mean? it means that at the very least it was reckless or negligent action on his part. it wasn't a reasonable action on his part and that's why this witness, i think, is so important in the context of the case. >> you bring up pree zuming that it was an intruder, it seems from the testimony he had thought that -- pistorius had thought that in the past. >> he even tweeted about it at one point saying i went into code red. turned out it was my dryer. now, you could argue that that's helpful to his defense and shows this is the way he thinks. he worries about this stuff all the time and the defense is going to say and in this case he was worried that it was someone in the bathroom. that doesn't change the reality and, again, coming back to the firearms expert that it still has to be reasonable. but that could be the difference between murder and a lesser charge of culpable homicide. >> the defense keeps bringing up inconsistencies they say about photographs. >> about where items of evidence were. so reminiscent of the o.j. si

simpson case. exactly the same sort of defense we saw which is police bungling, they didn't keep control of the evidence, et cetera. i don't think that's going to be quite as important as some of the other things we've been talking about. >> you think it's going to be a lengthy trial. >> absolutely. this is already taking far longer than expected and it's going to be amazing to see how long it takes oscar pistorius to take the stand if he takes the stand. >> thanks, dan. we turn to that dramatic rescue off the coast of texas. a man and his golden retriever with just three legs were clinging to a capsized boat in rough seas near the gulf of mexico when the coast guard raced in to help. abc's john muller has the story. >> reporter: wet, cold and stranded. you're watching the intense moments that the u.s. coast guard came to the aid of a man and his golden retriever, sitting on the hull of this small and violently bobbing boat. all after it capsized in bad weather in matagorda bay in the texas gulf coast. jerrold wynn is one of the members who responded. >> it was windy, choppy. just tried to get there as fast

as we could. >> reporter: the stranded boater, 23-year-old andy richard, an his dog, were on their way to help another disabled boat when the weather got worse. his boat flipped over while on the phone with a coworker. that buddy then called the coast guard. he clutched to his door amid four-foot wave and nearly 25-mile-an-hour winds while waiting for help to arrive. >> we get on scene and the dog was in pretty bad shape clinging to him and the boat as well. >> reporter: the coast guard threw him a life vest and pulled the boat in with a rope. and then the moment not caught on camera when the rescue boat got close enough, richard helped his dog to safety before jumping over himself. >> the dog only had three legs and it would have been pretty tough i think to stay above water. >> reporter: this morning we're told he and his dog are doing just find, a water weary duo glad to be back on dry land. and that other boat? waves pushed it and itssen passengers to shore. john muller, abc news, new york. >> so harrowing to see him clinging on to each other like

that. >> that wind. you've been talking about it. i know. it's out there. >> the wind and now talking about wind in miami during the entire morning commute. this is going to be a stormy start for many folks from ft. lauderdale to coral springs. you can see it's starting to get stormier but we're looking the wrong way but either way it is a muggy and messy one in south florida. 82. as soon as that clears out our headline and our attention this morning turns to north carolina and virginia where some freezing rain possible. a winter weather advisory for the next couple of hours there. and the great news i have to bring you, some warming and some drying from new orleans to jackson to nashville and those numbers, the warm numbers, starting to chug up from the west up to the east. look at new york city getting into the 50s. washington, d.c., whoo. >> showing off. showing off. >> 61 by thursday for you. there's a look at chicago too. even the 50s just feel tropical at this good morning. i'm mike nicco. check out the sunshine, warmer and calmer conditions today. low to mid-70s inland. low to mid-60s at the coast.

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we are back now at 7:43 with that dramatic transformation for angus t. jones, the former child star of "two and a half men" is opening up now about why he left the hit sitcom, saying his faith trumped stardom and a huge paycheck. abc's linzie janis has the story. ♪ men men men ♪ men manly men >> reporter: a hit show, millions of dollars and the hollywood status of highest paid child actor on tv. >> missy? what are you doing here? >> reporter: this morning, former "two and a half men" star angus t. jones is sporting a very new look and says he has no regrets about walking away. >> i was a paid hypocrite

because i wasn't okay with it, but i was still doing it. >> reporter: speaking out with a houston tv station, the now bearded 20-year-old says his life as a student at the university of colorado and as a devout christian is more enriching than his sitcom days when he was reportedly earning up to $300,000 an episode playing jake harper. >> it was making light of topics in our world that are really problems for a lot of people. >> reporter: jones left the show after famously slamming his job in this 2012 youtube video. >> i'm on "two and a half men." i don't want to be on it. >> reporter: he played the irreverent nephew of charlie sheen's character. but after becoming a seventh day adventist his work was at odds with his faith. >> a show running this many years and never do you have people speaking out against the show while it's still on the air. >> reporter: but the actor is also revealing that he feels badly for the way he left the wildly popular show and its

creator, chuck lorre, saying, i just totally insulted his baby. and to that degree, i'm apologetic. but otherwise, i don't regret what i said. >> welcome home, jake. >> that's not jake. >> reporter: and though the former "half" duo says he feels whole he says he may not be done with acting for good. for "good morning america," linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> a twist there at the end. >> probably will take different roles as he gets back to acting. coming up, the "dancing with the stars" couple everyone wants to know about, derek and amy. he says she's his most inspiring partner ever. and a "play of the day." look, we never thought we could top this fella. >> oh, thank you, josh. look at that. >> come on. count with me, america. oh. >> four. five, six! >> go nowhere. i also like strawberry, boysenberry, six.

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there they are now, the stars of the smash hit show "pretty little liars" snapping a group selfie in social square. the show is such a social hit. we want everyone at home to helps out with a little experiment here. >> that's right. we want you to get engaged right now. right now go to our "gma" twitter and facebook pages. we want you to retweet and like that shot right there. that's the one we see right there. and then, while you're there, we also want you to pose a question or two for the stars of "pretty little liars," that they can answer live all morning long. we'll put a hashtag up on your screen right now. be sure to use that right there. there it is. it's up there, the hashtag already trending on twitter right now. so we want you guys to keep it going. #pllongma. we're having fun here this morning as we say good morning, america. >> every time this show is on, it blows up twitter. always is trending. so very popular. >> and in times square.

i got to tell you, boy, they are out there in force. >> good thing this is spring break. >> right, right. also, big night as robin said, not your mom and dad's "dancing with the stars" anymore. here we were, derek and amy, i mean, they blew out of the gate and let's face it, there were a lot of great dancers last night. sherri shepherd and chelsie hightower are both standing by they'll be weighing in. we also want to hear from you. tell us which couple you think -- >> they're photo-bm iombing. >> photo-bombing. >> now, that's a photo. on the website, goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! we want to hear who did you like? >> and we're bringing you a love story in midair inspired by "notting hill." remember that famous line, "i'm just a girl standing in front of a boy asking had him to love her"? >> uh-huh. >> how social media helped her track down the guy she wanted to find after a chance encounter. >> come on, you could do that

with more feeling. >> why don't you do it, george? >> i was just telling amy before she came on, had ali was home monday afternoon watching it on tv and just e-mailed and said, i'm sitting here crying watch julia roberts in "notting hill." everybody loves that scene. >> i'm inspired to watch the movie again. >> yeah. >> and there's like a real-life -- >> yeah, a few thousand feet up in the air. >> all right. i'm in. first you got to bring some news. we begin with the search for missing malaysian airlines flight 370. right now more resources are heading to a search area. they are now looking at that southern corridor along that southern arc southwest of australia looking for wreckage. it is, however, a search area roughly the size of texas. while overnight chinese authorities say they've completed background checks on all of the chinese citizens aboard that flight, roughly two-thirds of the passengers, and they found no links to terrorism with any of them. meantime, fishermen from a small malays laslaysian villager

bob woodruff they saw a plane flying low. russian president vladimir putin is lashing out. he's signed a treaty allowing kree mia to join russia and he's accused the u.s. of holding a double standard when it comes to the a affairs of other countries. joe biden is in poland trying to reassure nato allies. here at home, fast food workers across the country are threatening to protest low wages today. demonstrations are planned in some 30 cities, part of an ongoing campaign to raise their pay to $15 an hour and allow them to unionize. and the man known as the king of infomercials, kevin trudeau, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for misleading consumers about his weight loss books. the judge called trudeau an unrepentant huckster and deceitful to the core. and a computer science student convicted of a so-called sextortion plot involving miss

teen usa and other women has now been sentenced to 18 months in prison. james jared abrahams said he hacked into their computers, took control of their webcams and then snapped photos of them undressing and then threatened to post those photos online. and finally, what do you think? is this art or a neighborhood nuisance? perhaps, "c," both. people in colorado furious after their neighbor did this, they hung two toilets and a sink on a tree. >> why? >> well, she said, robin, she wanted to express her creativity. she did not elaborate. >> what's that statement? >> she hopes the so-called art can be used as bird feeders. see -- >> oh, no. >> there may be more to this than meets the eye. turns out a recent prankster dumped a toilet in the yard. so it could be cold hard revenge. i've actually managed to confuse myself in this story. maybe it was "e," none of the above.

i don't, i don't -- maybe we go with "e." "e." >> all the time. >> it may never be solved. "pop news" coming up. let's get the weather from ginger. >> look at this crowd. i've got to say, you know, a lot of the young ladies are real close up to the windows. we have a good crowd right here. somebody from pennsylvania. a couple of folks -- what's your name again? >> susie. >> susie watches every day from gainesville, florida. >> i do. >> we wanted to say good morning to everybody. but we really wanted to start with the mild weather, and that would be in dallas. a good start to the day. wfaa, looking for a high today of 82. this new map, cut it out and show you the states that it will see that mild weather. so from albuquerque at 55 to 73, oklahoma city, st. louis at 65. nice day out there in the south and the midwest. then we get a look at what's happening in the pacific northwest, and that rain, well, it's coming back after midnight for seattle. some showers before then. 63 for a high in medford. that's a look at the big picture.

good morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. the bay area forecast, grab a coat this morning. it's much cooler. but this afternoon will be sunny, calmer and warmer than yesterday. spring starts thursday morning. and the cooling trend follows. for today, temperatures in the low to mid-60s along the coast. a little bit of fog this morning but that will dissipate. upper 60s around san francisco and richmond. mid-70s elsewhere. expect a lot of temperatures in the 40s tonight. it should be warmest thursday. >> so this one is a first for me. this is teresa. it's her birthday, so happy birthday, but she's also gluten free. >> thank you. >> i don't know, amy. back in to you. >> all right. well, happy birthday to her. thanks, ginger. now, here's a look at what's head on the "gma morning menu." inside the high-pressure world of celebrity fashion following the shocking death of designer to the stars, l'wren scott. and you'll never think of her as d.j. tanner again. "full house" star candace

cameron bure busts out moves on the ballroom like we've never seen before. and the stars of the hit show "pretty little liars" are here live, and they are taking your questions right now. that's all coming up live on "gma" right here in times square. ♪ oh oh take that money watch it burn ♪ ♪ the rhythm and the lessons i learned ♪

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and that's a big inflatable shark. not real. >> thanks for that. >> the dachshund doesn't know that. >> the dachshund is making sure that's never real. actually i'm told this is retrending. i think this may -- this is the first time. retrending. the internet has found something it likes so much in the re-release -- >> torturing the shark. >> really. >> retrending. >> trying to get that shark in. >> how about that? they are. they have to idea. >> amy? how about some "pop news"? we all know angelina jolie is a strong woman. yes, but she admits there's apparently one force she does not like to reckon with and that's a yoga mat. to play the villain in disney's upcoming "maleficent" jolie had to undergo special core training to hoist up a giant pair of wings. she said her workout instructor made her do yoga and, quote, i have no patience for yoga." neither do i. i have to say i have a hard time with yoga.

so i feel like i'm one with her on that one. >> if you don't have patience, it's a little difficult. i will say that. >> that is true. apparently everyone else at the table does. >> namaste. >> jolie say she's flying and that made her feel like the luckiest girl in the world. no more yoga for her. the earthquake that shook l.a. shook up a friend at abc. here's what jimmy kimmel had to say. >> scariest thing about an earthquake is that when it starts you have no idea how intense it's going to get or how long it's going to last. it's like when your mother tells you a story. [ laughter ] >> he says you never know how long it's going to last and how difficult it's going to get. all right, luckily kimmel was all right. he said the most damage he witnessed was a sunscreen bottle fell on the floor. >> the horror. hey, that's big news in l.a. >> i know, i know. all right, this is a story we've all been waiting for. you've got tweets. it's a modern-day love story. a woman developing a crush on her flight seat mate but she

forgot to grab his number, so she took to twitter asking american airlines for more info about the mystery man even referencing a line from "notting hill" tweeting, "i'm just a girl -- do i have to say this again? i'm just a girl. wait, wait, are you going to do it? okay. "i'm just a girl standing in front of the world asking an airline to help her." the airline couldn't disclose any private info. not good, all right. but gave her ideas to find her flight mate. her plea actually ended up with a happy ending. she eventually located the mystery man with the help of a friend, and she says she's grateful to flight 1073. >> kudos to her. you know what? she was determined. >> she knew what she wanted and she went for it and apparently it worked out. >> i was going to say -- is he interested? >> i guess apparently it's a love connection. it was made. >> oh. >> there's a follow-up there. >> i'm very happy that american airlines politely declined. >> yeah. >> win-win. >> everyone wins.

>> chicken dinner. all right, amy, thanks for that. we're going to change gears here because we're going to take another look inside the high pressure world of celebrity fashion after the tragic death of one of its brightest designers, l'wren scott, who rose from model to in-demand stylist to some of hollywood's hottest stars. and abc's deborah roberts is here with that. good morning, deb. >> reporter: good morning, robin. it is such a shocker because her chic creations are hanging in boutiques all over the world and this morning the big question, what went so terribly wrong for the 49-year-old designer? she was a towering phenom in the fashion world. >> l'wren scott. it fits and it's easy. >> l'wren scott and cartier. >> reporter: a former model turned designer who dressed a-listers like sarah jessica parker, sandra bullock, even michelle obama and was well-known for sophisticated style like the headmistress dress. >> it was a dress for a career woman, a commanding presence and women loved it. >> everybody in fashion knew l'wren.

she really was incredible. she was one of the chicest people i ever met. a style icon and i don't use that term loosely. >> reporter: her sudden death sending shock waves throughout hollywood and the fashion world. banana republic, which recently partnered with scott saying, it is "stunned and saddened." and "vogue's" anna wintour calling her "unbelievably again rouse, gracious, kind, and so much fun." >> i think her loss is just so huge, you know, when you have people like madonna and, you know, nicole kidman in mourning, that really says a lot. >> reporter: scott's death also putting a sobering spotlight on the high pressure of high fashion, a world so different from the one in which she grew up, adopted by mormon parents and raised in utah where she was known as luann. >> everyone loved her. they said she had these old world manners and charm. >> reporter: after years of modeling scott began dating mick jagger in 2001 and founded her high-end fashion label in 2006. but just last month, an embarrassing setback.

her show at london fashion week was canceled at the last minute reportedly due to production delays. and the fashion queen was reportedly nearly $6 million in debt. >> these pressures i guess mount on people and in this facade of elegance and having it all, there obviously was something behind the mask, something behind the smiling face. >> reporter: scott was obviously in the midst of building an empire having recently launched a makeup line, and, of course, though her name is now associated with tragedy, clearly l'wren scott left a mark on the fashion industry that won't soon be forgotten. >> no, it will not. >> yeah. really sad. >> people are really reaching out and letting them know what they felt. >> you never know, right. you never know. >> thanks, deb. we'll turn now, switching gears. it was a rather attention grabbing headline after all. how to diet like a man and lose more weight. apparently guys have an advantage when it comes to shedding the pounds, but it turns out women could, in fact,

george, learn from us. >> easy, easy. easy, tiger. you're outnumbered here. >> and we didn't even know it. abbie boudreau, tell us. >> reporter: it's a frustrating fact of life. when it comes to losing weight, it seems the scales are tipped in men's favor, which is why some health experts are now suggesting women man up when it comes to diet and exercise. registered dietitian lisa drayer says it's all about metabolism and muscle mass. >> basically men have more muscle mass compared to women and the more muscle you have, e faster your metabolism and the more calories you burn. >> reporter: as for diet, a recent health.com article suggests men typically try to lose weight by removing one unhealthy food from their daily regimen. while many women tend to overwhelm themselves by trying to eliminate entire food groups like all carbohydrates or sugars. and when it comes to working out, we asked celebrity trainer harley pasternak to weigh in.

>> some of the ways that a woman can work out like a man to lose weight is, first of all, lift challenging weights. don't be scared of using free weights. >> reporter: pasternak says another man move women should adopt is to work out in short bursts instead of endless hours on the elliptical or treadmill. >> to really significantly and aggressively and permanently change the body composition, you have to strength train. >> reporter: and maybe the best advice in this battle of the sexes, experts warn women to avoid emotional eating. >> women tend to have a harder time passing up a piece of cake or even foregoing a sweetened latte especially in response to stress. by eliminating these foods and beverages, women can lose a pound a week. >> reporter: so the next time you're having that bridget jones moment, you may want to put down that spoon and grab a dumbbell instead. for "good morning america," abbie boudreau, abc news, los angeles.

>> we just said we're going to binge on emotional eating after seeing that. >> simpling at that. don't eat, work out. >> strength train. strength train. >> i do like that. eliminate pizza instead of eliminating a whole -- >> one thing. >> i agree with that. >> because we're a -- we can barely handle one thing. that's it. try it. are you guys ready for "dancing with the stars"? >> yes. >> season 18 off to a sizzling start last night, and our friends and dancing vets, sherri shepherd and chelsie hightower, here to share their take. first we're going to take a look at the highlights. ♪ it was an electrifying return to the ballroom. ♪ the story of my life the stars bursting right into season 18. "real housewife" nene leakes got the party started with a vivacious cha-cha. ♪ and candace cameron bure wowed the crowd with her modern moves. ♪ burn burn burn ♪ looking for attention

>> reporter: fellow child star danica mckellar sealed her fox-trot with a kiss for bruno. ♪ lately i've been -- >> reporter: and paralympian amy purdy, the first contestant with two prosthetic legs was just plain inspiring. >> you're more than like a dancer contestant on our show. you are like a beacon of light in this world. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> reporter: but it was the olympians who ruled the night. gold medal ice dancer charlie white topping the leaderboard. all 9s for his contemporary dance. his partner on the ice, meryl davis, dazzling the judges with her cha-cha. ♪ we can do this all night but the force was not with billy dee williams. his cha-cha put him at the bottom of the pack with a score of 15 out of 30. >> we have to go with that. we have to go -- >> but we want to get to our "gma" flash poll first. we asked you which couple you thought dazzled on the dance

floor? guess who the winner was? candace cameron bure and mark ballas. 22% of the vote. sherri shepherd and -- >> there are a lot of votes split. >> wide open. >> you surprised me a little bit, sherri. that's why i want to start with you. you see the olympians out there, charlie and meryl. these guys are dancers. >> yes, but you know what, i loved actually after i watched billy dee williams, who i love, you know, struggle on the floor. to watch the dancers, i was excited. i was excited to watch the olympians. >> and they were something else. i mean, you expect that from them but it is different. >> they were contemporary. that's a big -- i love it. >> hey, chelsie, we're glad you're joining us, as well. >> thank you. >> so we have the top of the leaderboard. and talking a little bit about on the bottom, billy dee, but he is -- >> i don't know if billy dee is missing -- >> you say you weren't going to go there. >> i know. i'm going to go to hell with my

billy t ly dee williams jokes. >> he was sweet. >> he's not the best dancer. >> he looks like a very nice man. >> and billy dee just -- he had two hip replacements and i think he was missing a foot when he was dancing and he -- but he was good. >> but he's your friend. >> he's got swag. the malt liquor bull man. i love billy dee. >> oh, yeah. >> colt 45. >> i will say, though, he ran a tight ship up there in cloud city. >> that's lando calrissian. i mean they even had the little doozies dancing. >> you got that right. he was running that ship and he was dancing. >> you love billy dee. >> doesn't sound like you were surprised by billy dee, but who did surprise you? >> nene leakes. i love her. her personality is amazing. she used to be a stripper so she got a leg up on the competition. no, no. that's a good thing. you use everything that you got and if you stripped, you get on that floor. look at nene. that's a dollar bill right there.

go, nene leakes. you get down. and that's my girl. i love nene leakes. i was so happy. look at her. i was happy. look, she got bills all over the stairs. i am voting for her. i love nene. personality for days. >> she was my biggest surprise as well. she was -- you know, i didn't know what to expect from her. and she came out and was very rhythmic and technique-wise, she wasn't bad. >> didn't you think she looked flexible? >> before we leave, we've got to get to amy purdy. >> please, please. >> did you cry? i cried her entire tire. >> unbelievable. can we see her while we're talking about her with derek hou fwrks h? ♪ >> chelsie, what did you think? >> you know what, her hip action was so great. you know, and to see somebody in that situation do technique that's that good -- >> and the situation we're talking about, she's a paralympian and her legs, prosthetic legs at the knee.

>> don't you think she can take the mirrorball, because she tugs a lot of heart strings and she can dance. >> and she can dance. >> and she can dance. >> one of the highest scores. so she got the scores because she could dance. >> yes. >> and derek hough is the amazing choreographer who can bring out the best in anybody. >> we're running out of time. quickly who goes home first? >> it's either diana nyad or lando calrissian. >> i am going to have to say billy dee. >> billy dee. >> no. >> we loved having you guys here. watch "the view." and watch "dancing with the stars" mondays at 8:00 p.m. and the "pretty little liars" are here. there they are. we'll be talking to them live coming up. >> come on back.

good morning. a sigalert has been cleared in napa following a fatal head-on collision that happened over more than an hour ago. let's get the latest. >> yes, that's accident has been cleared in napa. it was at silverado trail. they had a detour in place. let's take a look at what happened. the video from sky 7 hd, cleared out of lanes. this was silverado trail in napa earlier this morning. >> sue, thanks a lot. we'll check out your weather forecast with meteorologist mike nicco in just a moment. right now, more about what's happening in san jose. police investigating that city's ninth homicide of the year. a man was found dead inside a home last night.

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"happy," but, again, it's about your show because the show really is yours, fun, surprising all those people who had no idea that we were lurking. >> exactly. >> it was great and you can see we asked you to start sharing your "happy" dances and we want you to keep them coming. >> we have a lot more coming and send us your favorite "happy" dance and share with instagram using the #gmahappydance. or goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! 15 seconds of your best "happy dance." >> it is a song we can't get enough of. >> no. >> you just cannot not move. and the stars of the hit show "pretty little liars" making themselves right at home. we're in here because that's where they are at our anchor desk. looking forward to talking to them about the show, a huge hit on social media. they took -- first of all, don't you think they look a little too comfortable in our seats? >> wait a minute. wait. >> it's like steve madden's, like who wore it better? >> yeah.

>> let's take a look at a selfie they took earlier. wanted to see how many retweets and facebook likes it could get. go to our twitter account and retweet it at our facebook page to share it. hope that you'll do that. >> also joining us this morning, our friend wolfgang puck is in the kitchen. he's going to show us -- there he is. he's in the social square actually. >> yeah, i'll cook for you. what's up [ laughter ] >> there you go. he said it best. >> yeah. >> okay. but right now we'll go back to "dancing with the stars" and it's not only been a showcase for celebrities, it's created some and the hough siblings taking their show on the road and talked to cam mathison about this next event. ♪ >> reporter: they are the sizzling siblings who have mastered the ballroom. with seven mirrorball trophies between them julianne and derek hough have danced their way into the hearts of millions. i met you 6 1/2 years ago, and in that time it's like you guys have grown up in front of america together.

you've done so many incredible things. >> we are so blessed and lucky that we had an amazing family. we went to all the lessons with all of our older sisters and so we went into ballroom. >> reporter: now the duo is using their many talents to join fors for one big announce. >> derek and i are going to be going on a live tour around the country and to canada. we start end of may and throughout the entire summer. >> we just love performing in front of a live audience, connecting with them one on one and we work so well together. >> reporter: the tour will have the dancing twosome back together on stage traveling to 40 cities nationwide. so you guys are both like a quadruple threat, dancing, acting, singing, instruments. can we expect all those things on tour? >> yeah, definitely, not just dancing but, you know, music and singing, and we really want it to be a full-on show, not just a dance show. >> we are calling our tour julianne hough and derek hough live on tour -- wait. derek and julianne hough.

>> on the same line. >> yeah. >> reporter: here's a sneak peek of a routine julianne and derek will feature in their show. ♪ >> we'll have the whole company of dancers on stage with us. >> if i'm available, i have some time the next couple of months. >> it's done. >> reporter: i won't be joining these two on tour but it's sure to be an event "dancing" fans won't want to miss. for "good morning america," cameron mathison, abc news, los angeles. >> they are one talented couple. now we're going to go back to ginger for a final check of the weather. hey, ginger. >> here we are, i feel like i'm right in the plains because kansas on my left side and then who's over here? where are you from? >> iowa. >> from iowa. they're on spring break enjoying as so many of us are out here. not a bad morning at all in new york city but we want to play a little game i used to play on the weekend. it's called name that cloud and that's where we're going to begin. see the twitter photos here. ed took this in northern alabama. it is called alphacumulus.

just to give you a little fun this morning on a tuesday morning and then we check it in palm springs, what a beautiful look. don't the palm trees look special? speaking of warmer weather, a milder east coast and south, look at indianapolis. topping out there, 64 as we kick off the weekend. charlotte will go to 70 by the time we go friday, and bosto good morning. i'm mike nicco. check out the sunshine, warmer and calmer conditions today. low to mid-70s inland. low to mid-60s at the coast. seven-day forecast, warming trend through thursday. slightly cooler this weekend. >> oh, that weather brought to you by nescafe clasico, and what i wanted to do, we all read the "peanuts" in the newspaper. something we've all done, but now you get to see snoopy and the gang in a different light. a sneak peek at the movie, that's right, "peanuts: the movie" coming out soon only for "gma" viewers. watch this. ♪ [ playing theme to "2001: a space odyssey" ]

>> huh? hey. snoopy. good grief. [ playing the theme to "peanuts" ] [ cheers and applause ] >> oh, i know i want to see it. 18,000 comic strips overall. what a legendary career. thank you all for being here again. let's get right back inside to george. >> that music brings you right back so fast. and coming up here, the stars of the hit show "pretty little liars." there they are. ♪

♪ i have been looking forward to this. talk about social superstars. the "pretty little liars" cast has taken over "gma" just like they took over twitter. their show is the most tweeted tv series show for two years running inspiring nearly 17 million tweets in 2013 alone. before we catch up with the cast, here is your 411 on "pll." did you like that? 411 on "pll" >> yeah. >> reporter: they may be pretty but aria, hanna, spencer and marin are wrapped in an ugly web of lies. deceit. >> i'm not the one hiding things. >> reporter: and murder. >> alison was buried alive. >> reporter: and now the twisted

tale of "pretty little liars" is the most talked about show on twitter. the season four winter debut generating 30,000 tweets per minute. at one point, 3 million total making it the most tweeted season premiere in tv history. viewers chiming in as these four heroines search for clues to their friend's death and hunt for "a," the alleged culprit tormenting them for years. >> and i know everything. "a." >> reporter: but did ali fake her death? >> did you miss me. >> reporter: and who was she hiding from. >> reporter: the person who went after ali could still be out there. >> reporter: tweeters, get ready for the biggest "pretty little liars" finale ever. that was funny, shay. you're like, da, da, da. we are so excite odd have lucy hale, ashley benson, troian bellisario, shay mitchell and sasha pieterse. they're with us this morning. good morning to you all. >> good morning. >> you're so incredibly talented and you've been good to us in the years coming on the show and sharing your stories with us.

how excited are you? you can tell by the people outside, they're excited about the season finale. are you ready to share with folks? >> oh, it's about time. >> i think we definitely are. >> yeah. >> yes. it's a big episode. >> we like a lot of secrets and answers, so i think we're all satisfied. i think the fans are especially going to be extremely happy. >> well, we're extremely happy because you gave us a little sneak peek so we're going to show a little bit of the season finale of "pretty little liars." here it is. >> i think your mom is the one who stole the key. >> you think she is? >> you don't seem surprised. >> it's complicated. >> complicated. that's a word to use here. i knew you weren't dead. i'm just going to come clean there. sasha. >> i'm glad. >> we are too. i heard that in the finale that you really got emotional. it was an emotional time for you.

>> i think we all did. >> yeah. >> but, yeah, i had a heck of a time doing that. but i'm excited for everyone to see it because i think everyone needs to see the emotional side of alison too. she's very vulnerable, she's been a victim. not mean all around. >> yeah. >> answers. >> are questions going to be answered really? >> there's going to be a lot of questions that are answered, but, you know, in the nature of our show that, you know -- >> it only raises more questions. >> it only raises more questions, so -- >> that's the beauty of it. >> yes. >> i have to say, your character's love interest, come on. >> i know. >> so is there a chance you're going to reconcile? >> you know what, we actually start filming the fifth season in like less than a week, and they sort of keep us in the dark, so i actually have no idea what's going to happen, which is really cool, exciting. i'm like right there along with the audience but anything is possible. we'll see. >> what has shocked you the most? i mean, we are shocked watching when you get the script and when

you're hearing about it, what is really jumping out at you and you dropped your jaw? >> everything in the finale, someone either dies or goes missing. i think -- i'm like really the only one that never reads the script so i only go through my parts really quickly and at the table read i'm like, oh, my gosh. >> ashley, that's a big moment. oh, that's the moment. >> i'm always very surprised. but, yeah, the season finales are always great. they have good cliffhangers and especially this episode we find out a lot about what happened to ali and all that stuff. >> and "a." troian, i heard you want your character to be a little darker. is that the phrase that you use that you want it to go -- >> i don't think i really need to want that anymore. i think the great thing that the writers have given me over the season is with all of the girls is that they don't just stereotype us, and i think especially as the resident type

a perfectionist on the show spencer has definitely had her huge series of flaws and breakdowns, and she's always had a fragility and a darkness to her. >> well, all of you have done that, and, shay, your character, just beautiful how it's all been presentedment >> thank you. >> and just helping a lot of kids. really helping a lot of kids dealing with their sexual identity. >> i think it's amazing. also, like i always say, the fact it's on abc family is so great because there are so many girls and boys watching it with their family so it's a bridge to the conversation but it'll be interesting. >> yes. >> interesting, you know, we have so many twitter followers. they sent us a bunch of questions, so we're going to do a little lightning round called pretty little answers so the first thing that comes up. who is the biggest social media butterfly? >> ashley. >> no. >> i think between you two. >> yeah. >> oh, really? >> maybe. i don't know. >> yeah, maybe both. >> oh, my gosh. >> i'm pretty good about it.

>> who spends the most time in hair and makeup. >> shay. >> and honesty. honesty. >> no, i don't. >> yeah, whatever. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> no, i agree with that. >> who is the biggest prankster on set? >> ashley. >> oh, i like when you're in unison like that. who has secretly kept a souvenir from the set? >> all of us. >> you guys are probably -- >> you took some things. >> you did too. >> her spencer for president -- >> oh. >> okay, and the final question, whose dressing room should be declared a disaster area? >> shay's. >> oh. >> i always -- mine is pretty clean. >> yeah. >> ah. >> mine is half painted. >> i always go in ashley's. that's why. >> you are a sheer delight, all of you, and thank you so much again, and we're very excited about tonight. the season finale of "pretty little liars" airs tonight at 8:00 eastern, 7:00 central on abc family, and just for our "gma" viewers, wait a minute, we have part one of the code word

that you're going to need in order to unlock exclusive spoilers about the summer season, part 1. the code is marlene. marlene. that's the first one. part 2 of the code will appear on screen near the end of tonight's episode, so be sure to watch. put the codes together and then head over to pllsneakpeek.com. it will unlock the spoilers. that's always a lot of fun. wolfgang puck is in the kitchen next. come on back. >> thank you. >> thank you.

♪ ooh-la-la we are joined by our good friend, wolfgang puck, who has written his first new cookbook in a decade. >> in a decade. the first one, and i made it so you'll get healthy food and exercise all mixed in one. >> and so it's appropriately titled "wolfgang puck makes it healthy." delicious recipes and easier exercises for a better life and i love that you have pictures of yourself exercising.

>> exactly. you know what, since i exercise i feel so much better and i have my trainer chad who comes to my house, we exercise in my living room. i don't have a gym, nothing. and obviously i love to eat so, but for me it's not, you know, food that is like diet food which has a bad reputation. >> it's good food with a healthy twist. >> and healthy, yeah. >> so we're making barbecued chicken. >> to make it healthy, you have to take off the skin because all the fat is right underneath the skin. >> okay, so you take the skin off. >> you take the skin off. you season it with a little salt, just like that, and then you can put it on your grill. a little pepper. >> a little olive oil. >> a little olive oil. exactly. >> healthy. >> so it doesn't stick to your grill and this is an indoor grill. it's easy to use, and then i'm going to start making this sauce right here. so you can use that, put it right on the grill here. >> salt and pepper and some olive oil. >> a little olive oil. >> then what do we have simmering over here? >> okay, and here, i have onion, bell peppers, fruits,

pineapples, whatever you love, and -- >> pineapples. i love it. >> and then you have a little bit of soy sauce, a little bit of vinegar, red wine vinegar. >> red wine vinegar. >> and a little bit of tomato paste. have to give it a little flavor. right out of a can is fine and ketchup. >> a lot of ketchup. >> we'll have a lot of sauce. >> i didn't think you could put ketchup in there. wow. >> no, no, you put kemp church and brown sugar, molasses and don't forget we have spices right here. >> okay. >> what do we have? >> cinnamon and coriander. >> cinnamon and coriander and then this is a little salt? >> a little salt. you don't need much salt. just a little bit, okay, then puree it or you cook it and then you puree so it mixes -- >> i can already smell it. and it's sizzling. look how it looks in the end. it's gorgeous. >> when this end of the table is silent, you've done something right. >> okay so now you grill them and then you brush them with the barbecue sauce. >> oh, fantastic. >> so it's really easy.

you can turn it over, caramelize it, and even the young girls in the back over there, they can do it. so healthy. >> want to let people know your book is in book stores today and it's available today. and you can get the recipes, we should mention. >> coming out today the first time, and we grill vegetables so when you cook at home, all of this -- >> always vegetables and always on goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! by the way, coming up, nate silver with the key to picking the perfect march madness brackets. i want to eat. >> the wings.

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come on in. it's the singular and brilliant mind of nate silver, who has returned. awesome, back with the abc news and espn family and here to help us with the all-important bracket that you should be filling out right now. but now that nate is back having launched the revamped fivethirtyeight.com website. welcome, welcome, welcome. you do have stories today. how statisticians can help find the missing plane. when living wage is minimum wage so there is literally something for everyone up there and advice for phil jackson. i love that. but let's get right to the brackets, shall we?

>> of course. >> i want to show you my final four. i was working this out with robin this morning. i was wavering, but can we see it. i went -- i think everybody -- everybody seems to agree with the michigan state -- >> you were stumped about florida, though. you were very -- >> florida, yeah. wichita state, i know that you -- and wisconsin. >> louisville is a tough team so we have florida, michigan state, louisville and arizona are the four, but it's a competitive year, the kind of year where use our data, look at other data but it's a tough year. >> very quickly, your data and the data of other guys, it seems like they got away from that. what is michigan state doing? as a four seed, i know -- what is louisville doing as a four seed? >> they're a defending national champion. they're very high in the human poll so it's a very weird decision by the committee and does no favor to wichita state, undefeated team now has a gauntlet just to get to the final four. >> nate, you will be joining me. i want you to join us goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo!

abcnews.com. 9:30 eastern. we are going to sit down and break down some brackets. all right? robin? >> where are we going? >> i think we're walking him back. nate, come here. have some barbecue and meet wolfgang puck. >> oh, wool. >> and wolfgang puck, "pretty little liars" and nate silver, why not. "gma" facebook page, google plus and twitter, meanwhile, wolfgang, thank you so much. "pretty little liars," thanks all of you. >> have a great day. >> have a great day. >> bye.

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