making news in america this morning, breaking overnight isis getting the world's attention once again with a new hostage video. it appears to be the same executioner, this time demanding a huge ransom. also breaking overnight, a highway overpass crashing down a truck, the details just coming in about how it happened. close encounter. a paddle boarder gets close and personal with a pod of killer whales. and helping hand. a rollover crash, the driver in need of help and the football player who came to the rescue not long after winning a big game. and good morning to you all. we have several breaking stories but need to start with the new threat from isis.

>> overnight the militant group releasing a new video with the threat to kill two japanese hostages. the video appears to hoe the same english speaking masked militant as previous videos. in this he demands a 200$200 million ransom in the next 72 hours and speaks directly to the japanese prime minister who's now on a six-day visit to the middle east. >> one is thought to be a freelance journalist the other a japanese citizen who went to the syria to be trained with militants. woo ale stay on top of this story throughout the morning as those developments continue to come in. here at home we're following a breaking story out of cincinnati. a deadly bridge collapse onto a major interstate. >> crews have been combing through the debris of this collapsed bridge over i-75. at least one construction worker killed and the driver of this tractor trailer was injured when the bridge collapsed onto his truck. police say the bridge was undergoing demolition and appeared to be sagging when the tracker trailer apparently clipped it triggering the collapse. yet another breaking story overnight in new york where the fbi is investigating a bomb

threat that forced the evacuation of two plains at jfk. delta air lines says an anonymous caller reported a bomb on flight 468 last fight but that number 468 was connected to two flights, one arriving from san francisco, another departing to tel aviv. passengers on both planes were evacuated. >> someone came out of the cabin, ladies and gentlemen, there's been a bomb threat on the plane. we need to deplane. you can -- you can take nothing with you. which was a very kind of, you know pit in the stomach moment. >> well after nearly three-hour wait passengers were given the all-clear, the fbi says no bombs were found. let us turn to washington where president obama heads to capitol hill this evening to deliver his state of the union address. >> mr. obama is expected to focus on improving the economic outlook for the middle class. abc's susan saulny joins us now with the preview. susan. >> reporter: good morning, reena and t.j. this will be the president's

first state of the union with both houses of congress under republican control. >> the president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: an emboldened president obama is preparing to give his next to last taryn address before a joint session of congress tonight. and he's going into it with momentum and a message for the middle class. >> he's going to talk about how middle class economics brought us back from the brink and put us to a place where the economy is growing, jobs are growing and deficit is shifk rg3. >> reporter: gas prices plunging and unemployment down to 5.6% and 2.9 million jobs were added last year the best since 1999 and americans are noticing. just three months ago only 27% said the economy was excellent or good. now, according to the latest abc news/"washington post" poll that number is up to 41%. the highest level of the obama presidency. the white house released this video of the president preparing. >> now that we have fought our way through the crisis how do

we make sure that everybody in this country, how do we make sure they're sharing in this growing economy? >> reporter: among the president's ideas, tax cuts for the middle class, free community college education, child care tax credits, and new taxes on the wealthiest and fees on banks to pay for it. >> this could be a legacy state of the union where he realizes that he has two more years in the white house and what is the memory that he wants to leave people with? >> reporter: the president says he hopes to find common ground with the republican opposition but if he can't, he intends to act alone. reena, t.j. >> susan, thanks so much. george stephanopoulos will lead our coverage tonight as we cover the state of the union address and the republican response. you can join us live 9:00 eastern tonight. well tonight the president will likely mention the recent steps towards normalizing diplomatic relations with cuba. assistant secretary of state arrives in havana tomorrow to negotiate re-opening the u.s. embassy and yesterday a high-level congressional

delegation met with cuban officials but they did not see cuban president raul castro. one of the largest jury pools has been called for in the trial of accused movie theater shooter james holmes which starts in colorado. lawyers will select a jury from the list of 9,000 potential jurors could take until june to find 12 jurors and 12 alternates who are not biased by news coverage of that shooting. >> if you don't believe in the death penalty, you won't end up on this jury. the prosecution is looking for people that frankly, are outraged by this case but nevertheless say they can be fair and impart. >> defense attorneys will argue that holmes was mentally ill when he killed 12 people. now that pope francis has wrapped up his five-day visit to the philippines we're getting new details about his upcoming trip to the united states and know a catholic conference in philadelphia will be the main event in september. but the pope is also coming to

new york confirming plans to visit the united nations and he'll also canonize an american saint at the national shrine in washington, d.c. we turn to weather now. today's weather, quick-moving clipper system will bring snow into pittsburgh but aside from a spot of rain in the midwest conditions most everywhere else will be clear and dry. bad news it's january and it's going to feel like january for pretty much only the northern half of the country. 30s and 40s from the northeast across the upper plains but 50s, 60s and 70s for everyone south of the ohio river. get them while you can. super bowl tickets are a lot less expensive than last year and you can thank the patriots for that. also happening now investigators combing through debris after a fire guts a $9 million mansion. the search under way right now for people thought to be inside. plus highway havoc. hundreds of people on atvs and dirt bikes weaving through traffic. the bizarre stunt caught on camera.

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amazon will also seek to get movies to its website four to eight weeks after their theatrical release. many of the major carriers have added more flights to their schedules. why? super bowl, of course, american, delta, united, southwest are among those carriers adding flights to phoenix around the big game which will be played sunday february 1st. most of the flights are on routes connecting phoenix with seattle and boston. well, if you're heading to see that game, you need a ticket and there's some good news. it won't cost you as much as it did last year however, it's still going to cost you. the average seat was selling for just under $2900. that is 20% less than last year. they say it's probably because the seahawks were in the super bowl last year and the patriots have been to the super bowl a lot, 6 times in the past 14 years so people may have been there, done that kind of thing. never gets old, the super bowl. >> it doesn't. when we come back, heroic action off the field. a new england patriot pulls a woman to safety after he

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for a heart-stopping accident that played out yesterday on the new jersey turnpike. ooh. >> yeah, that's a heck of a vin vantage point there. can you imagine seeing that coming at you. it was a double tractor trailer getting out of control barely missed one man's car, jumped the median, crashing in the opposite side of that highway. the man who was taking this video, he spoke to abc news. >> realized that everything in front of me was completely blocked off, and there was absolutely no way to go to. >> now, everybody survived this accident. it's a reminder to all drivers that road looks wet, but there is a good chance it's a solid sheet of ice, slow down, be careful, folks. new details in a tragic fire near annapolis, maryland. a couple and their four grandchildren have apparently been killed in the fire which destroyed their waterfront mansion. their bodies not yet recovered. neighbors described the early morning fire. >> suddenly there were two

booms, well, you know, thuds really and flames shot up in the air and quite high. >> agents from the atf have been brought in to help because of the sheer size of the house. they say it's as large as a church or warehouse. neighbors referred to it as the castle. meantime, the hazard on the streets of miami wasn't ice but hundreds of riders on motorbikes and atvs triggering mass mayhem. the mob appeared to be organized and no police appeared to be anywhere as they drove on the wrong sides of the street. they ran red lights and performed stunts and eventually took over i-95 northbound. >> new england patriots defensive lineman vince wilfork is downplaying his role in an accident scene hours after he helped his team earn a role to the super bowl. he was driving home after the game with his wife when he came across an suv that had rolled on to its side. you're seeing it there. he reached into the vehicle helping troopers remove the woman behind the wheel. >> you know, you kind of reflect

on life a little bit. you know, here i am, won the most important game of our season, and, you know, right in front of your eyes, your life, somebody that's in danger, there's some things out there that's more important. >> wilfork went on to say he was just happy to help. the woman he helped was charged, though, with drunken driving. meantime, the patriots say they are cooperating with the nfl's so-called deflategate investigation. the league is looking into allegations that new england may have used deflated game balls in their 45-7 victory over the colts. patriots coach bill belichick denies anything was different with the balls his team used. quarterback tom brady called the whole thing ridiculous. >> it might be a little kind of sort of ridiculous. they won the game, 45-7. i mean, if you -- everybody would be doing this every week if it's going to get you a blowout win. >> is this one deflated? >> just a tad. they did this for us here. >> so you would be able to catch

it when they threw it to you live. >> i needed a little help. >> when our floor director said he would throw it to you, i said why not the lady in pink? a little discrimination there that the nfl might want to investigation. >> we want to go with discrimination. he was trying to do you a favor. want to try it now? want him to throw it to you? >> okay, go for it. >> reena. >> here we go. it's my moment. my big moment. touchdown! goal! >> you went with goal. that's soccer -- i love her so much. on his twitter page, patriots tight end rob gronkowski posted a picture of himself. he was spiking the football. that was his way of explaining why it was deflated. >> for the other sports highlights here are our guys at espn. this is the "sportscenter" desk in los angeles. it's monday going into tuesday, meaning this is the first of five nights that we're going to do this for you this week. >> first up on this version it's the cavaliers and bulls, urban meyer's team in ohio. tried to find some magic in the national championship game and did so and beat oregon.

>> thank you. that was necessary to throw in there. i mean, everything you can talk about right now, let me mention the urban meyer beat oregon. >> context. >> during the show you didn't even mention he was in the highlight. >> derrick rose missed there. lebron james, his team, ohio, a big buckeye fan, lebron james, he had 26 points in the game. smith had 20 points, cavaliers win it 108-94. >> let's go to houston, which is the same state as arlington where stan and i once went and lsu beat oregon. manufacture >> and also where ohio state beat oregon. >> oh, there you go. it never stops neither did james harden. his beard never stops. when i get done with this job why might be after tonight i am growing to grow a beard like him and rent out pace and live off that money. he lived off the pacers, 45 points. rockets, 110-98 and fear the beard, mvp, most valuable beard. >> and this just our first one of the week.

now, if you don't stick around and see the other four for the rest of the week you just -- >> by the end of the week i'll be this big. >> you're not doing life right if you miss it. >> okay fellows we'll see you this week. well, up next in "the pulse," the truth is still out there. declassified files about ufos released from the air force. >> and pay up. a dad handed an invoice. why? because his son missed a friend's birthday party. ♪ americans... 57% of us try to exercise regularly. 83% try to eat healthy. yet up to 90% of us fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. let's do more, together. add one a day. complete with key nutrients we may need. plus, for women, physical energy support with b vitamins. and for men, it helps support healthy blood pressure with vitamin d and magnesium. take one a day multivitamins.

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roswell landing, the air force spent years investigating more than 12,000 sightings, most of those incidents were quickly debunked but a few not fully explained. 130,000 searchable pages are now available online. you have nothing to say about this. >> well i'm going to check these out. i am very much into this stuff and curious. interesting reading? >> look forward to that nighttime reading. report back to us will you. tiger woods, one of the most recognizable faces in the world but his smile looks different these days. >> yes, there is tiger and apparently he did not get front teeth for christmas. and apparently got them knocked off in italy yes, he is missing a front tooth. he's wearing this kind of mask thing but eventually had to pull it down to reveal a gap where a tooth used to be. now, why is this the case? what happened tiger. his agent says the tooth was knocked out by a camera as a crush of photographers surged towards him at the awards

podium. >> he was there to surprise girlfriend lindsey vonn as she skied into history capturing her record 63rd world cup race. unfortunately, she had to share the spotlight with his missing tooth. >> he's that famous even his tooth is famous. >> yes. turn now to another sign of our changing times. >> the family of a 5-year-old boy in england had accept add i classmate's invitation to a birthday party at a ski resort. it was before christmas and the family had forgotten about a visit from grandma and grandpa. last week alex got a bill from his classmate's mother tucked into his school bag and a no no-show fee for $24. >> it was an invoice for a child no-show for the party and she wanted 50 pound 95 and it was a proper invoice with like full official details, even the bank details. >> even the bank details. >> the mother is now threatening to sue in small claims court. it gets better. legal experts say she doesn't have a legal leg to stand on. >> this is interesting, though.

what do you do? you rsvp and don't show and she had to put money down for the party. >> they get snarky with moms in the classroom. maybe there is a little bit of back history. >> there's more to it. ah. spoken like a true mom here. we turn to a record-setting performance at a drag race in florida. now, the neon green car you see there, 2015 dodge challenger hellcat, the black did a 2015 tesla electric car. looked like he jumped the gun. >> the tesla smokes the dodge with a record-setting 11.7 seconds in the quarter mile. top speed was 114 miles an hour. that makes it the fastest production electric car out there. >> to some folks who saw this online they're commenting saying the dodge would have won the race but whoever was behind the wheel did not do a good job. didn't get off the jump there. >> don't blame the driver. >> if there was a better driver there would have worked out

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good tuesday morning. it is 4:28. january 20. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas alongside crazy legs >> hair cut? >> no. >> styling differently? >> yes. >> you will ruin it for the rest of us gays when -- guys when you notice stuff like that. >> good morning, everyone, a look at live doppler hd showing fog is back. the thickest is around the bay proper would be in oakland with quarter-mile at petaluma and we have a mile right now in livermore and half a mile in

oakland. you can see we can barely see the embarcadero from the camera and on top of that it is sunny with upper 50's to mid-60's. >> i can see the different style because the fog was blocking the view. >> that is not it, no. now a look at the traffic. >> we start by looking at beautiful drive foggy conditions at the bay bridge toll plaza. we have a fog advisory for the bay bridge. the carquinez bridge and the richmond-san rafael and san mateo so give extra room between you and the other vehicles. you may have to use your own crazy legs to get around. >> my crazy legs cannot match your crazy legs. this morning a pair of south bay fishermen know the king tide can be with a high tide stranding them triggering a second water rescue in as many days. we have the details from san jose.

matt? >> the king tide was a royal pain for fishermen in the bay. this was the second boat to be stuck in the past 24 hours. two people were out there fishing and they became stuck after the king tide pushed out and called for help at 6:30 and to make it worst cell phone fell in the water and was history. coast guard helicopter found the missing boaters in fremont far away from the place they originally said they were. a boat picked them up at 10:30 last night. one of them spoke to us after being rescued. [ inaudible ] >> i was near the channel marker but if you miss it by a little bit you hit the mud. >> it goes out fast so enyou are stuck, it goes out, that is that. you wait until it comes back up. >> thises what the second rescue in 24 hours. boat boats were fishing an