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morning america, good morning, america. and happening now -- deadly freeze. massive pileups as temperatures plunge into the single digits overnight. all that snow and rain turning highways into dangerous sheets of ice. >> it's a parking lot here. the deep freeze stopping trains on their tracks, passengers stranded for hours. and now another blast of snow is on the way. outbreak battle -- now more than 100 cases of measles across the country. a new alert learning parents to vaccinate their kids and the battle breaking out among 2016 presidential hopefuls. >> fighting for her life -- new details this morning on bobbi kristina brown. her family by her side right now. the police report describing a possible drowning. and we hear what her father, bobby brown, says about her struggle since her mother's death.
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♪ oh here we go ♪ and get ready for an unprecedented live television event. this volcano erupting right now. ginger and our "gma" team on site, about to give us all a live look inside one of nature's most explosive wonders with the help of this drone. it's dangerous. it's amazing. and you've never seen anything like it. ♪ and we do say, good morning, america. great to have amy and michael back from the super bowl. and we have quite an adventure ahead today. ginger has just arrived in iceland this morning. she's now at the "gma" base camp there. they're about to head for an active volcano. >> taking every precaution. take a look at these gas masks. they'll wear those just in case the wind shifts but even more impressive, look at this volcano. the drone is going to head right toward it this morning.
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we're sending the drone trait in and we'll have that live this morning. you see the smoke right above the volcano there. >> pictures you probably have never seen before but you'll see them this morning. it is cold there. it is cold here. we'll get to the icy weather. the arctic blast creating dangerous conditions for millions. a treacherous commute and abc's rob marciano in for ginger and good morning, rob. >> reporter: this storm moved out last night but behind it is some bitterly cold air. for those that got a slushy mix yesterday, well, this morning, much of that has flash frozen. overnight, that winter whiteout giving way to a deep freeze. icy roads making for dangerous driving causing wreck after wreck. in boston, this atv losing control smashing into a parked suv. at least seven people losing their lives in weather-related accidents. those accidents backing up traffic for miles. i've been stuck here for an hour at a standstill.
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apparently there are not one, not two but three tractor trailers that have jackknifed up there. it's a parking lot here. boston seeing its snowiest week on record. nearly three feet. >> we got the big blizzard and it sounds like there's more to come. >> reporter: the midwest hit hard too. chicago digging out from its fifth biggest winter storm. >> as you know, this has been a snowstorm for the record books and we're seeing a record response, as well. >> reporter: that record storm creating a traffic nightmare there. two semis jackknifed leading to a chain reaction pileup. luckily, there were no serious injuries. train travel not any easier. on new york's long island workers deliberately setting fire to the tracks to stop them from freezing over. but other commuters less lucky. a chicago-bound amtrak train stalling stuck for three hours. >> oh. >> reporter: in boston, 50 commuters stuck for over two hours after their train stalled thanks to a frozen third rail. flyers also left stranded. over 4,000 flights canceled monday.
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right now in new york temperature is 15 degrees, too cold for salt. so we are frozen. windchill in the big time numbers. big time cold. the big screen for your mass winter weather advisories, also the windchill advisories for the dangerous cold across upstate new york and pennsylvania. watching another storm, this one, an alberta clipper adding insult to injury, chicago will get 1 to 3 inches and moves toward the east coast. it remains active and keep you posted. winter doesn't want to end. >> every sunday night we get a storm. come on inside. the latest on that measles outbreak. new numbers from the cdc this morning. now reporting more than 100 cases and health experts are sounding the alarm making an urgent plea for parents to get their kids vaccinated. our dr. richard besser is one of them. he joins us now. good morning, rich. >> this outbreak is showing no signs of letting up. there are more cases this year than there were the entire year of 2012. this has a lot of doctors and parents very concerned.
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this morning, that telltale rash is spreading. the cdc now saying 102 individuals infected with measles across 14 states. officials in toronto now racing to investigate four cases discovered in just the last week. the american academy of pediatrics urging parents to vaccinate their children against the disease. if only for the sake of babies too young to get the shots. saying monday, it is heartbreaking to know that these vulnerable children may be at risk if parents refuse or delay getting their children vaccinated. a day-care center at this santa monica high school closing its doors monday after a 1-year-old tested positive for the virus. officials quarantining 14 infants from the center for 21 days. >> the department of public health will determine the exposure to either students on that campus, staff and other babies and toddlers in that program. >> reporter: the highly contagious disease even infecting politics. new jersey governor chris christie saying monday, parents need to have some measure of
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choice. his office later clarifying his remarks saying there is no question, kids should be vaccinated. senator rand paul arguing monday that vaccines should be a parent's choice. >> i'm not arguing vaccines. are a bad idea. i think they're a good thing but i think the parents should have input. >> reporter: hillary clinton tweeting overnight, the science is clear, the earth is round, the sky is blue and #vaccineswork. let's protect all our kids. #grandmothersknowbest. the cdc recommends that children get their first dose of measles vaccine when they're 12 to 15 months old. this provides great protection from measles and also helps protect other children who are either too young or unable to get vaccinated. >> thanks very much. i know you'll take questions again on twitter this morning. i'll get more on the politics from jon karl in washington. we saw in rich's piece this has become a bit of a minefield for some of these republican candidates. >> reporter: it sure has, george and the difference at least in tone among the top republicans is stark.
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on one hand you have people like wisconsin governor scott walker, former arkansas governor mike huckabee who say absolutely no question about it, everybody should be vaccinated. on the other hand as you heard dr. besser report, you have chris christie and rand paul just yesterday both talking about how parents should have a choice, although both say the measles vaccine is important. both talking about choice and rand paul went even further yesterday saying that he's heard of many cases where, quote, children wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines." as dr. besser will tell you there's no scientific evidence to back that up. >> no, but, you know, the thing is cutting politics and pockets of this anti vaccination sentiment on both the right and the left. >> reporter: that's right. in fact, barack obama when he was a candidate back in 2008 said that, you know, there was a lot of questions about the connect and said directly the science right now is inconclusive but we have to research it. that was obama back in 2008. although now what the president
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says is that he has no question, everybody should be vaccinated. there is no danger. the only danger is not getting vaccinated. >> he was very clear on that on sunday. jon karl, thanks very much. to amy with the other top stories. good morning, everyone. we begin with news affecting every driver in america. for the first time in four months gas prices are on the rise. one reason is because this is the time of year when oil refineries shut down some of their operations for maintenance. the average price is 2.06 a gallon, an increase of a couple of cents but some gas stations in california could raise prices by 20 to 30 cents in the coming weeks. experts predict an increase of 30 to 50 cents nationwide by may. >> rite standard and poors has agreed to pay $1.8 billion. accused of giving top ratings to risky investments and failing to warn investors the housing market was collapsing in 2006.
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and two headlines this morning affecting some big-name american retail brands. first radio shack is refusing to comment on a report that the company is preparing to shut down half its stores and sell the others to sprint. staples and office depot may be joining forces. "the wall street journal" says the two companies are in advanced merger talks. well, for the first time in five months we are seeing new pictures of fidel castro. they show the 88-year-old engaged in what appears to be a lively conversation with a university student. the release of the photos comes just days after rumors emerged about castro's poor health. and newly released video shows a wild shootout in this arizona jewelry store. a woman pulls a gun on the owner when he refuses to hand over the cash, she shoots him in the leg. he then throws money at her and starts firing back. both survived their injuries and the owner says he's forgiven her says everybody makes mistakes.
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a royal caribbean cruise ship returned to port in baltimore one day early after more than 200 passengers and crew members became sick apparently with that nasty norovirus. the cruise line says most passengers were treated on board. a passenger plane trying to land in england ran into serious resistance from the wind. you can see it here being engulfed by nasty gusts more than 50 miles an hour. yikes. shaking the plane like a toy. after a couple of tries the pilot did manage to land safely. >> wow. >> woo! and finally donations are pouring in this morning to help a detroit man who walks 21 miles to and from work every day. james robertson walks to his factory job five days a week even in the snow. he started making the daily trek when his car broke down ten years ago. buses don't cover his route. well, a college student inspired by his story started a gofundme page online to buy him a secondhand car and get this, he's now raised more than $130,000. what will that buy you?
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>> roll around in a bentley or porsche. >> he has a perfect attendance record, by the way. never missed a day of work. >> the true heart of the story. people coming to his aid like that. >> so incredible. >> two car dealerships offering him a car. he's definitely getting a car out of this. well deserved. >> never complained. he didn't ask for it. >> that's amazing. >> in great shape too. >> he was. all right, amy, thank you. to a crackdown on popular herbal supplements. an investigation by the new york state attorney general's office alleges some store brands sold by four major retailers have misleading labels after tests found quality control issues. abc's tom llamas is here with that. >> reporter: many of us take herbal supplements but before you pop the pill today, you'll want to watch this report. some of the biggest retail chains in the u.s. are allegedly selling supplements that are missing key ingredients and could put you at risk. americans spend billions every
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year on herbal supplements like ginseng, echinacea and st. john's wort. but buyers beware. a new york state investigation alleging some store brand supplements sold by walmart, walgreens, target and gnc are in its words bogus. nearly 80% of the state's test results found the store brand supplements tested did not contain what is listed on the label. >> a good number of cases there were no organic material in the product. in some cases there was sand. >> reporter: new york's attorney general sending these cease and desist letters to the four retailers demanding they pull the supplements from their shelves and provide additional information about the products tested. is that dangerous. >> it is dangerous if there's something in there you didn't expect and you're allergic to. >> reporter: the report says the store brands of ginkgo biloba and st. john's wort at all four stores did not test positive for either herb.
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walmart, walgreens and gnc's version of ginseng and echinacea failed the ingredient test. gnc says it stands by its products and the kinds of tests used may not be appropriate for these herbal products. walmart says it's reaching out to the suppliers and will take appropriate action. target telling us, it's committed to providing high quality and safe products. but walgreens saying it's in the process of removing these products as we review this matter further. new york's attorney general stands by the report saying nearly 400 tests were done. if you do want to take herbal supplements do research online and on the brand and make sure an independent third party has tested it. george. >> those are startling findings. thanks very much. we turn to the nfl rookie nicknamed johnny football. johnny manziel came into the league with all kinds of hype but after a rocky first season, notable for his partying more than playing he checked himself into rehab and matt gutman has the story. >> reporter: johnny manziel,
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known for shaking off tacklers and for shimmying for snickers. >> eat a snickers. >> why? >> because you're johnny football. >> reporter: the cleveland browns quarterback known as johnny football is also renowned for his dizzying pace of partying. >> really for manziel it was a battle between johnny football and johnny manziel, the quarterback and johnny football won out. >> reporter: the internet abuzz with pictures of the 22-year-old rookie rocking it over the years with a firecracker in his mouth. in that scooby-doo outfit, on that swan and with girl after girl on his own instagram site. now manziel in a treatment center voluntarily checking himself in for help with an unspecified issue. in a statement his advisor saying johnny knows there are areas in which he needs to improve in order to be a better family member, friend and teammate." >> a good first step to take ownership of the goals he has on field. >> reporter: those goals called into question when he overslept
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before the team's flight to their final game. >> i made a decision to go out on friday night and that was really that. you know. >> reporter: he was fined for missing medical treatment for an injury. trouble chased him like a pack of linebackers since college when he won the heisman trophy as a freshman sensation out of texas a&m but then came a half game suspension by the ncaa for signing jerseys amid never proven allegations that he accepted money in exchange. the browns this morning saying they fully support him. for "good morning america," matt gutman, abc news, miami. >> i know, mike, you hate to hear that. >> it's also good. a wake-up call. he realizes he has an issue and has to deal with it. i think he has a lot of potential to be a great player. >> good for him. >> wish him well. going to switch gears and talk about a bombshell new book about prince charles making headlines around the world this morning. it is called "the heart of a king" by catherine mayer and shines an unflattering light to the heir to the british throne.
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abc's lama hasan has the story. >> reporter: this morning an explosive new biography claiming to spill secrets about prince charles and his household is igniting a firestorm revealing on the eve of his wedding to princess diana charles almost backed out telling a friend i can't go through with it. i can't do it. >> it was the enormity of this step had also hit him. >> reporter: the book paints the prince of wales observing william and harry with intense paternal pride but also racked by a jealousy of his own sons. >> he looks at them with some rueful envy at the crowds that they draw. >> reporter: but mayer writes he's close to kate and delights in prince george. mayer suggests the future king is a thin-skinned insecure man whose activist style may be at odds with his role to remain neutral like the queen and any criticism sparks fits of royal rage.
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>> it is really hard to overstate how strange and isolating his existence is. i think because it's all he's ever known. >> reporter: charles has met his match finding an equal partner making him laugh and putting him at ease, the great love of his life camilla who calls his dearest wife. the woman who once was the public enemy has now become a loyal asset. and that age-old question, will camilla be queen? mayer says she most definitely will. this new book is making all of these surprise revelations and clarence house is going on the attack saying this biography is unofficial. george, robin. >> that's one answer. >> that is one. such fascination with the royals. >> oh, yeah. >> endless. >> endless. rob, you're inside. a lot warmer inside. you've been to boston and out so much. >> i'm here for ginger. she has cool stuff we'll be showing. you bet. a series of storms we have to
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talk about. out west, we've been kind of focused on the east because it's been so cold and record-breaking snowstorms but finally rain about to get into california. san francisco as we've been telling you has had zero precip in january. that's the driest on record. we'll hopefully change that as we go through the next couple of days. a series of storms in the pacific northwest, won't get to san francisco till thursday or friday. when it does an atmospheric river, locally over 6 inches of rain and will take every bit of it especially in parts of california. 71 in vegas. so milder air building across parts of the southwest. 64 degrees in reno and out to the east, still chilly. slick across parts of the northeast. 51 in atlanta. that's your national outlook.
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good tuesday morning. i am meteorologist mike nicco with the bay area forecast. check out the colorful high clouds with us this afternoon and so will near record warmth on this 23rd "spare the air" day. tomorrow is the last dry day to get ready for the heavy rain thursday through sunday. today, mid-60's and a last upper 60's to low 70's away from the coast. tomorrow is another mild one, mid-40's to low 50's with more fog than this morning. seven-day forecast shows rain in the north bay o all right, guys, look sharp. i know you were out late last night partying because it was groundhog day. >> whoo! >> let's get through the show, shall we? >> we don't have anything to celebrate.
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six more weeks of winter. >> you really know us, rob. still to come on "gma," we'll have the latest on bobbi kristina brown. whitney houston's daughter is said to be fighting for her life right now. also ahead the former "power rangers" actor arrested for allegedly murdering his roommate with a sword. he is in court this morning. the "selma" star opening up are r about his oscar snub and hollywood's diversity problem. his powerful words. this has never happened on live tv. a drone heading for that live volcano. ginger and the live exhibition team going to give us a look inside.
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good morning, america. right now, the deep freeze being blamed for deadly accidents and massive pileups turning roads into sheets of ice. also right now, bobbi kristina brown fighting for her life as a newly released police report describes a possible drowning. our live television event. ginger and the "gma" team are in one of the most remote areas on earth about to send a drone in the heart of an active volcano live. >> we do say, good morning, america. >> there's a camera on a drone right now. it is drone week here at "gma" and the reason that we're doing this ginger is -- there's going to be a drone just like that that will take us inside a volcano seeing pictures like we have never seen before. >> i love how he's going right over to ginger who joins us
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live. can we hire this drone? good morning from iceland, ginger. >> yeah isn't that amazing? look at this. this is a drone looking at me. the temperature here is zero but right behind me is the biggest lava flow in more than 200 years, the biggest eruption in iceland and we are going to take you inside with a drone. george. >> that is a spectacular shot. wow, that is amazing. >> ginger so glad that the drone landed here. i thought it would spray us with water or something. >> that's later. >> that is coming up later. right now we will turn to the latest on bobbi kristina fighting for her life after being found face down in her bathtub. abc's steve osunsami is outside the hospital in atlanta. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning, george. the hospital is saying very little about bobbi kristina brown's condition but we know she is still here and her family says she is fighting. >> 21-year-old female in the bathtub face down pd's en route.
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>> reporter: new this morning the police report from the morning bobbi kristina brown was found unresponsive in a bathtub at her town home in suburban atlanta. in it police describe what happened as a possible drowning. here's her husband nick gordon seen outside the hospital where she is being treated. he and a friend discovered her barely breathing and started cpr to save her. the family of her famous mother the late whitney houston is thanking fans for their prayers saying in a statement, bobbi kristina is fighting for her life and is surrounded by immediate family. as her father already stated we are asking you to honor our request for privacy during this difficult time. interview on lifetime in january her father singer bobby brown describes how much his daughter still suffers after the death of her mother in 2012. whitney houston was also found unresponsive and face down in a bathtub. >> some days are good. some days are bad but for the most part she remembers her mom in such a beautiful way that i
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wish everybody could just see, you know how she remembers her mom. >> reporter: she opened up about her mother in a 2014 interview with splash news. >> she was a royal, beautiful and out of this world phenomenal woman that will never ever be another whitney houston and i'm my mother's child. >> reporter: bobby admits he's had a difficult relationship with his daughter and court documents show last year one of her relatives took out a restraining order on nick gordon just after they married they sat down for this interview clearly in love. >> we're excited. you know we're starting a new life together. you know we're starting a new family. >> reporter: the family has clearly put aside differences and come together for this. police have yet to reveal if they found anything in that town home. robin. >> okay steve, good that the family is able to come together for bobbi kristina at this time. we wish her the absolute best and she's in our prayers and
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thoughts. now to the former star of the hit kids show "power rangers" in court this morning accused of stabbing his roommate to death with a sword. actor ricardo medina jr. called 911 himself after the fatal altercation. abc's kendis gibson has that story for us. ♪ power rangers ♪ >> reporter: best known as the sword-wielding power ranger. this morning actor ricardo medina is behind bars accused of using a sword in real life. police say to kill his roommate in their southern california home. >> but he couldn't help it. >> reporter: police say the 36-year-old actor got into an argument with his house mate joshua suter saturday. medina claims he and his girlfriend retreated to his bedroom. when he says suter forced his way in. that's when cops say medina picked up the sword fatally stabbing suter in the abdomen. it's medina who then called 911 from the scene. >> the vic was transported to the hospital. was pronounced dead at the hospital. >> welcome back.
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>> reporter: medina who starred in "power rankers:wild force" landed a big part in miami" and showed up in "power rangers samurai" tv series. >> i care only for the sword. you made me that way. >> i've known him for over a decade. he's a gentle love all type guy. >> reporter: this morning his fellow former power rangers are coming to his defense. >> i don't think he's capable of that. something really provoked it. >> reporter: the victim's sister says she can't imagine her brother provoking the attack. >> he's a soft kind of guy and i miss him and i'm sorry it had to happen so tragically. >> reporter: the actor now being held on $1 million bond. he faces a judge this morning. for "good morning america," kendis gibson, abc news, new york. >> thanks to kendis for that. now to amy in the social square with "the speed feed." >> taking a big bite out of the
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feed ever since the super bowl #leftshark. she did a freestyle version of the routine sparking a fascination gobbling twitter. tweets like this from joe jonas, imagined conversation between left shark and katy. did you forget your routine again, left shark. no. >> don't lie to me. "the real mvp. the big question is who is left shark. bryan gaw fessed up confirming the rumors are true. tell us what's in the waters of your feed. tweet us at #socialsquare. this may date me but it reminded me -- do you remember chevy chase's character, land shark. candygram. >> i love the shark. that was fun. >> land shark. >> let's get the weather from rob. >> no sharknados in the forecast by the way. temperatures are chilly across parts of the south. live picture from panama city
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temperature, 32. that looks nice but it sure feels cold. didn't tell you that when you bought the six-month time share. does get chilly. 32 in jacksonville. mostly for northern florida but the windchill is what is making it feel below 40 in orlando and 38 degrees, the windchill in tampa. watching moisture coming in off the gulf trying to get to austin. this is much-needed moisture. drier good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco with "spare the air" day. no wood burning. high clouds and sunshine. record high temperatures. tomorrow is the last dry day. rain moves in the north by on thursdayhe >> this weather report brought to you by expedia where you probably could book a shark fishing trip there. >> we're all talking about that. >> freestyle shark dance. >> like the macarena. >> doing his own thing.
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right? >> we were all laughing. >> it worked. >> still talking about it. >> that's true. >> good job. coming up here powerful words from the star of "selma" after getting nubbed for an oscar he says hollywood has a diversity problem. we get ready to soar into the future this morning counting down to our unprecedented live event in one of the most remote areas on earth. ginger is flying a drone right into the heart of a volcano. ♪ female vo: i actually have a whole lot of unused vacation days, but where am i gonna go? i just don't have the money to travel right now. i usually just go back home to see my parents so i can't exactly go globe-trotting. if i had friends to go with i'd go but i don't want to travel by myself. someday. male vo: there are no more excuses. find the hotel you want, and the flight you want, and we'll find the savings to get you there.
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we're back now at 7:42 with the star of the movie "selma" speaking out about his oscar snub. david oyelowo is slamming hollywood about this. abc's mara schiavocampo has the story. >> reporter: though it's been hailed by some as an oscar-worthy performance -- >> give us the vote. >> reporter: -- actor david oyelowo was not nominated for playing dr. martin luther king jr. in "selma." this morning, the actor is speaking out for the first time about what many are calling a notable snub. >> i say to people calm down it's fine. be angry, be angry. >> reporter: speaking at the
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santa barbara international film festival oyelowo said black actors aren't recognized enough for playing strong characters. >> telling god's word -- >> to me denzel washington should have won for playing malcolm x. >> i earned that money ten hours a day -- >> reporter: also citing sidney poitier not even nominated for "in the heat of the night." >> generally speaking we as black people have been celebrated more for when we are sub subservient. >> reporter: it's seen as some by a big problem in hollywood. this year all 20 lead and supporting actor nominees are white. >> something you can't kind of understand. >> i'm disappointed. >> reporter: only the second time that's happened in nearly 20 years. >> the entire brouhaha over
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"selma" has really opened a lot of people's eyes. i think there's now a more acute awareness of the fact that if there are going to be zero minority nominees in the major categories people are going to notice. >> reporter: noticed not just by those going to the movies -- >> it's okay tell them they're a bunch of -- uh -- >> reporter: but now by those making them. >> oyelowo says another part of the problem is it's just hard to get black films made and "selma" only got green lit after the success of "the butler" and 12 years a slave." a lot thought sidney poitier won for "in the heat of the night". >> if you haven't seen "selma" he does transform into dr. king. >> he was being light-hearted about it too. >> he was getting his point across but doing it in a light-hearted way. >> point well made and terrific terrific performance. thanks mara. coming up here on "good morning america," behind the scenes secrets from katy
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welcome back, everybody. now, we are counting down to our big live event flying a drone live into an erupting volcano. >> when you put it like that. >> yeah a little crazy, a big event. it's happening tuesday and we're just getting to that remote part of iceland and ginger is there this morning. hey, ginger looking good out there. looking warm. >> thank you, michael. all right. so we went from new york to reykjavik, iceland and hour and a half chopper ride to the center but behind me is that lava field called holuhraun from that. the volcano a majestic monument
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where fire meets ice lying underneath iceland's largest glacier it rises over 6,000 feet above sea level. covering 85 square miles. >> the volume of the lava is the largest we have seen in iceland for 230 years. >> reporter: access to the volcano strictly prohibited without government permits because its dangers can be life-threatening. another eruption could crack the crater's walls spewing out 2,000-degree lava. for our expedition a two-day trek with specialized vehicles taking us through some of the harshest and most beautiful terrain on earth. american heroes even trained here nearly 50 years ago for some of our most groundbreaking feat. >> the driver said this is where neil armstrong and people going to the moon train. vast white landscapes no sign of habitation or anything. >> reporter: driving past the lava you can feel the heat
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bearing down. our team setting up shop less than a mile away from the crater. >> the volcano is what makes this particular shoot totally different. it's sort of a chance of a lifetime to come see one of these and being able to get really really close using the drone has not been done before. >> reporter: so we've also got these gas meters and right now it reads zero. we are clear right now. the wind all pushing this way but you can see we've got our base camp set up. the countdown is on. do not go anywhere. we're about to go into a volcano. stay with us here on "gma." ♪ ready for your close-up? discover new visionnaire by lancôme. a 2nd generation serum with reinforced lr 2412 complex. in 4 weeks, wrinkles, pores and skin texture are visibly corrected. see beautiful skin in real-time. feeling more beautiful. that's what makes a woman remarkable. new visionnaire. exclusively by lancôme. receive your gift with any $35 lancôme purchase. only at macy's, your skincare destination.
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♪ i'm on the edge ♪ good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. and the oscar race is kicking into high gear. we're counting down with the exclusive one-on-ones with the nominees only this hour. >> it's just a big passion for me. >> what reese, felicity, eddie marion and michael all revealed only to us. and inside the biggest halftime show in history. we're going exclusively behind the scenes of katy perry's spectacular super bowl show and the stunning surprise return center stage by a superstar. ♪ put it down ♪ >> inside the missy elliott phenomenon. ♪ oh here we go ♪ and we're live from one of the most dangerous places on earth. about to fly a drone inside an actively erupting volcano. ginger and our "gma" extreme adventure team are there live as we say --
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>> good morning, america. whoo-hoo! yes! ♪ we're not only live from times square this morning, we are live from iceland. look at that volcano. you see the smoke coming up above it right there. our team is there on site. ginger leading it all and the drone is going to go right into the heart of that erupting volcano. we're just minutes away from that right here. >> it's our game of drones live event going on all week long. drone technology flying us into the future even i think going to help us out on the set. going to deliver some scripts to us. yesterday it was coffee. today scripts. there you go. got it, george? >> all right, all right. >> these guys know how to operate the drones. >> they do. >> they're really good. >> every time i see it coming i get worried. >> wow. >> actually earlier this morning they helped me. they helped the stage managers
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help me out, get to set in time. whoa. see the sign. >> this way. >> you're on in five. >> game of drones. >> a please with that, very polite. >> so ginger is as you heard leading our team this morning ready to fly that drone into an erupting dangerous volcano. you have never seen anything like this before. >> just minutes away. first we have to get news from amy. >> all right, george, good morning. an attack on soldiers in southern france. a man attacked three soldiers on patrol in front of a jewish community center. his motive unclear. france has been on high alert since the deadly attacks last month. back in this country. more snow is on the way for the midwest and the northeast already buried as temperatures plunge.
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the storm claiming now at least 16 lives. the measles outbreak. a day care center has been forced to shut down after a 1-year-old tested positive. politicians weighing in as well. senator rand paul saying it should be a parents' choice. chris christie saying parents need choice but backtracking on his comments and hillary clinton saying the science is clear vaccines work. a warning today about too much jogging. a new study found intense joggers died at about the same rate as couch potatoes. researchers say strenuous running can actually damage the heart over time. well, it looks like selfies are to blame for a plane crash near denver. investigators say a pilot and his passenger were snapping selfies when the cessna went down killing both of them. the pilot apparently became disoriented by the flash from their phones.
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and a guilty verdict this morning for a san diego man who created a website for so-called revenge porn. kevin bollaert's site allowed men to post nude photos of their ex-girlfriends and ex-wives and embarrassed victims would go to a second website to pay up to $350 to have those images removed. bollaert could now face 20 years in prison for identity theft and extortion. want to laugh? >> yes. all right, take a look at groundhog day in sun prairie, wisconsin. a few surprises. jimmy, the official groundhog was supposed to whisper his prediction to the mayor. watch what happens. he bit him. >> he went tyson. >> ow. >> he went tyson. >> his new nickname is jimmy "tyson" the groundhog. >> i like that, rob. by the way, there was another controversy besides just being bitten. the mayor said jimmy had predicted an early spring but then jimmy's handlers came back and said, no, he didn't, so --
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>> no, you didn't. >> i wonder if he had to get any shots after that. >> wow. >> props to the mayor that he doesn't throw the groundhog away. still holds on to him. >> there you go. let's go over to lara in the social square. >> i love jimmy so much but first here's what's coming up on our "gma morning menu." in "pop news," oprah and a big return to television. you'll never guess who she is pairing up with. oh, it is good. and then behind-the-scenes of the biggest halftime show ever. the secrets that made katy perry's spectacular show roar and missy elliott's epic return. and then our unprecedented live event flying a drone -- where is it -- i hear it. that's not a mosquito. a drone will fly into an actively erupting volcano and this color-coordinated drone will allegedly land in my hand before this tease ends. we're trying but i think we've run out of time on "gma." ♪ "gma's morning menu" is brought to you by nexium 24 hour. available without a prescription. ♪
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afterwards i felt so upset with myself. to learn more about b.e.d. go to bingeeatingdisorder.com and talk with your doctor. oh, we're about to get to that big live event flying a drone inside a volcano but first pop us now. >> all right. let's start popping, everybody. we begin with big oprah winfrey news. the host with the most is returning to tv with a new dramatic series, and she will act in it, as well as produce. winfrey reteaming with "selma" director ava duvernay for the new project, an adaptation of the novel "queen sugar" about a woman who leaves behind her upscale life in l.a. to run a louisiana sugar cane farm. filming set to begin later this year and the show will air on own. perhaps not surprising. the two have a lot to celebrate. right now "selma" up for best
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picture at this year's oscars. also in "pop news" this morning, neil patrick harris and david burtka giving us a glimpse inside their stunning renovated town house in uptown manhattan, harlem to be exact. the architect, jeffrey povero, says it's the perfect combination of the couple's personalities and it is done to the nines. david wanted the home to feel like an adventurer's club, if you will, and neil incorporated his love of magic memorabilia. he even has a secret room you enter through a hidden door. perhaps mph can catch a nap in that space there after he's done crushing it on the oscars on february 22nd. >> that's beautiful. >> yeah. >> you can see more of the burtka/harris collaboration in the issue of "architectural digest" on stands now. >> you're right. he's going to kill it at the oscars. >> he goes all in like he did at that town house. looking forward it a dinner party. >> you just invited yourself. >> i tried. >> need a date? >> done.
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>> as long as it's not that drone. >> yeah. and finally, hit it, control room. ♪ ah freak out ♪ >> come on. get a wide shot. give it to me, robin. >> she knows i love this. >> give it to me, robin. ♪ >> i like it. there's not a lot of movement. >> yeah. just a little shimmy. >> there's enough. >> i'll waterfall you. i'll waterfall you. >> no, george just swiveled to look at you better. he wasn't dancing. >> i saw this. wait. does this count as dancing? listen, we want you to leave your cares behind and get ready for some more good times because chic is about to release a brand-new album. i know we freaked out when we heard the news. founding band member nile rogers has, in fact, signed a record deal with warner brothers. the album expected to drop as they say this summer. this is chic's first new offering in more than 20 year, guys, but don't worry about rogers, he hasn't been freaking out about work. he's been very busy.
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i was so amazed. he's been producing bands like daft punk, duran duran, avicii and sam myth. >> he's been performing himself too. >> you remember that song "get lucky." >> yeah. that's him. >> that's him, yeah. >> george, how does that go? everybody, that's "pop news." >> summer. you said it's coming out in the summer. >> yes. i've invited myself to dinner so now i'd like to invite you, nile, to perform on "good morning america." >> yes. ♪ freak out ♪ >> all right. we got to go to weather. i just got rapped. >> we're out here too. we're dying for summer out here but stylish. toledo, ohio, it's cold out there. you had snow. >> we have lots of snow. my husband loves it. he doesn't mind going out every couple hours and shoveling another four or five inches. >> that's a good husband right there and you need some gloves, sir. >> i do. >> it is chilly across the northeast. let's go to the maps and show you how cold it is. the windchills right now are down into the single numbers. in some cases like boston it feels like 12 below zero. look at saranac lake. 33 below.
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9 degrees in philly. feels like 16 in d.c. certainly cold enough for snow. we have another alberta clipper coming through. a couple of inches of snow with this, but we'll watch it as it heads off the coast. that's a quick check on your national outlook. good tuesday morning. i am meteorologist mike nicco with the bay area forecast. check out the colorful high clouds with us this afternoon and so will near record warmth on this 23rd "spare the air" day. tomorrow is the last dry day to get ready for the heavy rain thursday through sunday. today, mid-60's and a last upper 60's to low 70's away from the coast. tomorrow is another mild one, mid-40's to low 50's with more fog than this morning. seven-day forecast shows rain in the north bay on >> it feels like 7 degrees, doesn't it? yes. but they look good. amy, back to you in the studio. >> all right, rob, thanks so much. first up in our "gma heat index." behind the scenes of the biggest super bowl halftime performance ever. yes, those dancing sharks with
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katy perry making a huge impression. look, we've got one right here with us. take a look at how they pulled it off. this is the shark. the stadium electric moments before the big show. they are dimming the lights here in the stadium getting ready for katy perry's halftime show. ♪ i kissed a girl ♪ >> reporter: and we had a front row seat to all the show-stopping surprises. ♪ i got a cute face ♪ >> reporter: one of them, singer/songwriter missy elliott's return to the main stage ten years after her last album. >> holla. come on, missy. do your thing. ♪ >> reporter: the 43-year-old recently overcoming graves' disease describing the effects of the autoimmune disorder on sirius radio in 2012. >> seeing my eyes changing, your hair fall out, your skin change, everything. for me that was traumatic. >> reporter: in november the five-time grammy winner re-emerging at the soul train awards. ♪ i'm like oh ♪
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♪ if you're a fly girl get your nails done ♪ >> reporter: but with a record-setting audience -- ♪ is it worth it let me work it ♪ >> reporter: -- there's no doubt that super bowl debut has now launched her comeback into overdrive. >> the reaction totally showed how excited they were to have her back. it was the pose watched super bowl halftime in history. ♪ you make me feel ♪ >> reporter: how does an epic show happen? super bowl halftime executive producer ricky kirchner took us behind the scenes. >> you know, the puppets, the trees, the sharks, all that just came from the crazy mind of katy perry so everything you saw here was original to the show. ♪ so you want to play -- >> reporter: another secret. he tells us the designs on the floor during her performance of "dark horse" were created using 88 projectors and her big entrance on the lion controlled by a group of ten puppeteers. but the most stressful moment, getting perry safely secured on
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that flying star for her big finale all in less than a minute. >> when we rehearsed this the first time and the platform was a little small that she was standing on and she didn't feel comfortable so figured out different harnesses, give her a big enough platform and she was a trouper. you know, after two or three times, she nailed it. ♪ 'cause baby you're a firework ♪ >> i have to say standing on the field when that was going on was so incredible because as the dancers came off the stage, they started dancing with missy elliott. it was really cool to see how into it everybody was and it was so incredible. i know in your television sets too, right? >> amazing. >> couldn't stop smiling. just had great energy to it. >> all of it but when missy elliott came out there, whoo! my twitter feed blew up. >> yeah. >> we also invited her. >> yes. open invitation to everyone. so glad you're back, amy. glad you had a good time. but the time is here. glad you're back for this. we are almost ready for our big live event all morning long. we've been telling you ginger will be taking us into the mouth
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of an erupting volcano live with the help of a drone and drones are in the headlines almost every day now, as you know. there's ginger there in iceland. she's going to take a closer look at the drone phenomenon. >> reporter: from ucla football fields to the cornfields of indiana, to real estate videos and even the university of minnesota, watch as a team of engineers moves this drone using brain waves. the coast guard experimenting with drones as an extra set of eyes. the national guard flying them over fires and natural disasters. >> my dad, i think he had a heart attack. >> reporter: they're even being tested as ambulances delivering life-saving medical supplies. >> these drones create an ultra fast response system capable of increasing the survival chance from 8% to 80%. >> reporter: the drone invasion has hit hollywood too. the faa recently granted permission to use drone cameras
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like this one used to shoot this "skyfall" scene in u.s. movie productions and just last month allowing espn to broadcast live with drones during the winter x games. forget the pizza boy or the mailman, companies like domino's and amazon are exploring delivery drones, but there are serious safety concerns. >> drones are sometimes the equivalent of flying lawn mowers. they can get into places and reach heights that traditional consumer technology really couldn't do. >> reporter: drones invading the privacy of a-listers. california lawmakers banning the use of paparazzi drones like this one captured by miley cyrus. the faa still figuring out how exactly to regulate drones and to keep those airspaces safe. >> technology has as a whole really outpaced the laws that govern it. and so drones are the next step of that technology. >> reporter: but here at upenn's drone research lab, engineers
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are pioneering a drone-filled future. >> drones are going to change our lives. they're going to change the way we live, change we work and change the way we enjoy. >> okay, everybody. it is time. but i can't do this alone. we need a drone and we need a drone operator. that would be eric cheng, he the director of aerial imaging at dji. eric, let's get this thing started because we have about a minute until that drone gets over the edge and into that lava field. in the meantime, my other friend, bjorn oddsson is with the icelandic civil protection. >> yes. >> you are going to help me kind of describe what's happening. we have the cameras on the drones. we'll get into that lava field. somewhere we're not allowed to go. >> no, basically not. >> i mean it's too dangerous for a human to get in there. >> yes, and all the way into the crater where you have temperature up to 2100 fahrenheit so it's very hot. >> 2100 degrees, and that lava field is the size of manhattan. >> yes, it's 85 kilometers but
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it has been pouring on to the area here and it's flowing 40 kilometer as way from the mother volcano underground and comes up here in this crater. >> that's what's amazing. while we're doing this i just want to show you, we're able to see through eric's cameras what the drones are seeing, so eric will stay quiet and focus because he's a responsible drone operator and he has a lot of experience in this. does it excite you that we're going to see parts of science and parts of the world that we've never been able to get this close to? >> it's very interesting technique that you can fly over there and looking into the crater without being there. so on the safe side as we can say. >> we're learning something all the time. you have cameras mounted all over. >> yes, definitely. >> and you've been studying iceland's volcanic eruptions. this is a place, you guys, that is always moving. >> it is moving. yeah, yeah, it's growing. iceland is growing then in the middle here where we have the active volcano, magma and lava coming up. >> eric, how are we doing? are we getting close? >> yeah, we're getting close.
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>> the moment is almost here. we're going to get up and over that lip. what are we seeing? can you describe to us, bjorn? >> the crater itself here that's in the middle of the lava and the lava field surrounds it and in the beginning it's a longer fissure with a wall of fire but since the last time we came here last time it's been growing and merging into one crater so there is like a bubbling pot with magma coming up through the ground and flows with the river. out to the fields. >> we have to stay this far away because the gases are toxic. >> yes, definitely. we are on the right side. you can see the weather is picking up and all the gas and toxic is going the other direction. >> bjorn, it's happening right here. oh, my gosh, you can see it. look at this. we're just getting inside that crater. >> so there it is cooking the lava and then the lava flows into the tubes and that feeds the whole area of lava. >> wow. >> so it grows with time. >> eric has that look and he can get even closer and we're able
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to get just the detail that you can see, so, again, over 2100 degrees inside there and it is bubbling and at times before this, it was erupting and you would see a wall of fire, but this is enough fire for me. i mean -- >> yeah, it was but in the beginning it's gas, it goes up and you have a wall of fire with several hundred meters of fire but it has slowed down with time but still is very active. >> you can see the walls here. you see the steam coming up. is that just heat? >> yeah, the steam is both gases and also water which is coming from the magma itself. >> wow. so, again, the video you guys are seeing is something that really no one has been able to do live here being able to get inside a volcanic eruption and even it's bubbling there and you can kind of see the river. did you just see that, the chunks of ash falling off the side and it's constantly changing. bjorn was telling me the sides of that crater have already in the last couple of months since august when this became very active, it started falling apart and changing shape. george.
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>> yeah, i just want to -- what can we learn from what the drones are picking up right here? >> so, george is asking what can we learn from what the drones are picking up. i mean, if we're able to get this close -- >> what is important is to monitor the area and see the change with time so if you take images from drones or other equipment, we can compare from time to time what's happening. >> and i know that aviation is a huge concern when it comes to these. we know in 2010 that was a big deal. >> that was a big deal then we'd eruption into the glacier and ash plume going into the atmosphere. in whole this is a lava eruption and no ash is emitted. >> right now. >> right now. >> but there's always a fear that there could be another ash eruption and you were saying flash flooding could be a problem. if this lava you're seeing here is underground starts melting all of the glacier. >> it does so the largest problem associated with that is because icelandic volcanoes are often capped by the glacier.
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like we see here, all behind is a glacier, the largest glacier in europe and if eruptions start, it melts the ice and produces a water that can flash -- >> can the drone get any closer, ginger? >> can go over roads. >> if it breaks through -- >> can we get any closer at all, eric? is there any way -- >> we can get a little closer. >> about how far up are we right now? >> we are at 120 meters so like like 380 feet, 400 feet. >> 380 feet over it. oh, my goodness. >> wow, but what you have to also say is this lava field is the middle of iceland. it's far away -- >> it is. it's far away from anyone so it's not affecting anyone right here but it has so many other implications. this is amazing. look at that river of lava. i mean, you can see just the detail in there and, again, what we can learn from this, not only in volcanic eruptions but also i think of this in the way of science, in the way of storms. we've used them in part in flooding when people need to see
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their homes in wildfires when they're not able to get into places, drones have in a responsible way a huge future in science and, eric, we were talking about the exponential growth of drones and this alone tells you -- i mean isn't this just a wild moment. >> yeah, it's changing every few months and we couldn't have done this just a few months ago. >> right. even images, you were saying, is so much more precise than we've been able to see before. oh, you guys, don't you love this? >> it's unbelievable. >> you can feel the heat. >> can you feel the heat where you are? i mean, what is the feeling because you're almost a mile to it. what's the feeling for you, ginger? >> you know, i have to tell you we're three-quarters of a mile away just for safety purposes and it's lots of cold air but when we flew right over it, it was hot. we will be right back with more.
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. authorities are searching for this man accused of sexual assaulting an 8-year-old girl. he's described as ala teen know man, 5'6" 150 pounds. >> right now your morning commute. >> we have this one motorcycle crash that has cleared in san mateo. it's the southbound side of 101 at 92. as we've got a brand new crash southbound of
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?e . still tracking some fog. the visibility could be dangerously low, about a quarter of a mile. some upper 40s to mid 50s. so very mild outside. that will lead to mid 60s to low
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70s. one to three inches around the bay and up to an inch and ♪ up in the air ♪ we just want to take another look at that ♪ up in the air ♪ now the drone, can it come back? >> oh my gosh. >> into the lava. >> i thought it was. boy, it's spectacular. >> rob made a good point, though that you have to be careful, right? >> the lava is sacred for many cultures so dive-bombing a drone might not be a good idea. >> you were in hawaii and learned that. >> they take that seriously so you have to respect that. >> our team does. look they're back. >> the drones are back. >> and not melted. >> takes a village to make history. we want to thank the
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made this possible. >> we want to let ginger know since you're out of town we got a drone here to give you a hand with otis. one of the things sky cam usa for our dog walking drone. look at that. >> hi otis. >> oh such a sweet boy. >> listen i'm so old, i just -- >> want the drone to walk me. i love ginger. i love otis. >> i love treats. thank you. >> thanks molly. >> otis. poor otis. he's like can you please take the drone off me? >> or give me some more treats. >> more treats is good. >> thank you. >> so cute. all right. that was great. thanks ginger so much. get home safe. now, though do want to turn to tennis champion best-selling author monica seles bravely coming forward to talk about a very private battle in her life called binge eating disorder. i sat down with her in an abc news exclusive and she opened up about her experience and how she's letting fellow sufferers
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know they're not alone. so many of tennis phenom monica seles' triumphs and tragedies took place on the court for all to see but one struggle was kept largely private until now. >> my eating was just uncontrollable. >> reporter: monica a paid spokesperson for scheyer pharmaceuticals is hoping to raise awareness for bipg eating disorder which affects 2.8 million americans. thank you for coming forward. it's nice to have a face that is not afraid to say, look this is real. it happens to many of us and i'm willing to step forward and to get some help. >> yeah for me it was an easy decision really to come forward about bipg eating disorder. i wanted to let people out there know who struggles from it they're not alone. >> so binge makes one think about bulimia but this is very different. would you share with us the difference? >> for sure. my permanent experience binge eating is eating huge and i mean huge quantities of food in a
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very short period of time so for me when i was in stressful situations i would start my binge eating. trigger food was pretzels potato chips and would do them alone because i was so ashamed here i was a tennis player so dedicated yet in this one area of binge eating i was out of control. >> reporter: then a turning point. monica was asked to be a bridesmaid at a friend's wedding. >> as an athlete you're sporting and wanted to be glamorous and here i had to go in for fittings because my weight would be nukt waiting because of my binge eating. so for me there came a point when i said there's more to life than this. i decided to talk to my health care provider and really come up with an individual plan that worked for me. this is one of the reasons i'm so passionate about it because i live with it and if you feel you are experiencing some of the symptoms go out there talk to your health care provider there's help out there. you don't have to suffer in
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silence like i did for so many years. >> you know i'm a big tennis fan so i'm having a little bit of a problem controlling myself. i want to ask you everything about tennessee nis including how to improve my backhand but i won't. your thoughts on serena's game. >> it's great to see her back healthy and happy and really wanting to win a match. she's a force to be reckoned with. >> right back at you, a force to be reckoned with. >> i hope i'm back march 10th in madison square garden. >> you're my doubles partners so you bet. >> you are the best. i'm happy to be here spreading this message with you. thank you for your courage and your tennis tips and it's wonderful to see you again, monica. >> thanks so much lara. a pleasure. >> great to see you. see you on the court. >> bye. >> she is a warrior on and often the court. last week the fda approved the use of the drug vivance. more commonly known for treating adhd to treat binge eating disorder. the first to treat this and this
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is a very serious thing. most of us think about binging and purging. this affects millions of americans and i'm so proud of monica for getting out. >> she looks great. >> when she was here taping that we were all so excited and she's so personable and just it's great to see -- >> in a very very good place. >> uh-huh. >> you guys are going out on the court. >> i'm always trying. >> what do you got, rob. >> we're not going to talk australia. but we'll talk about the west coast, close enough. we've been dealing with these winter storms and this cold air across the northeast. i don't want to say we've been ignoring california but it's been so dry not much to talk about. pacific deluge. a number of storms take aim. first the pacific northwest and then eventually we'll sink that down towards san francisco. that will happen thursday into friday and see significant rain upwards of 5 to 6 inches in the coastal mountains and beneficial rain across california even though we had a wet december
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january, zilch for many spots. 69 in san diego. it'll be 75 so warping up here and even phoenix now bouncing back after the wet and chilly super bowl week. congratulations to the pats. some rain across parts of southern texas. snow across parts of the northern plains and 69 in tampa. freeze warnings earlier for parts of florida, chilly down there. windchill as cross the northeast down good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco with "spare the air" day. no wood burning. high clouds and sunshine. record high temperatures. tomorrow is the last dry day. rain moves in the north by on thursday and >> that's a quick check on weather. inside for the oscars robin, what you got. >> you know all about this too well, my friend. we are counting down the oscar sunday and you know we're close when it's time for the annual oscars luncheon. abc's chris connelly was there and went one opponent one with
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the nominees as they get ready for hollywood's biggest night. >> reporter: alongside their peers glamorous and glittery. >> oscar nominee lunch so i thought i've got to get secrets on. a little bit of razzle-dazzle. >> reporter: enjoying oscar's recognition and a midday meal. >> in the sunshine in los angeles, i mean it doesn't get much better than that. >> when stars are born and when they die. >> reporter: eddie redmayne and felicity jones from "the theory of everything" savoring the academy awards luncheon. >> my life is going to go like that. the series of milestones. >> when i walked in it was probably the way a little kid feels when they go to disneyland the first time. you stand up and take this picture sort of like a high school graduation picture or something. >> pretty good high school class to be in. >> it's like a class reunion or something. >> julianne moore, she fought for me once for a job and i will never forget that so it's always
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lovely seeing her. >> reporter: it's also a good place to make new acquaintances. >> standing on the bleachers with clint eastwood and robert duvall and i mean you know it's surreal. honestly is hard to take in. >> reporter: hanging with steve carell and having a lot of laughs. oddly i've never met him. he's a really nice man. >> reporter: you want to be in a movie. you just settled it right now and we'll buy the tigs immediately. plus it gives nominees a chance to remember the work that got them there. marion cotillard imagining the back story of her two days one-night character who casks owe workers to give her back her job. >> you need to know her heart and her soul and where she comes from. i needed this to create her emotional basis. >> it's exciting to be here for a movie that was my -- feels like my baby like a movie that i bought the book and made into
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this film. >> reporter: reese witherspoon shepherds "wild" from the page to the multiplex. >> you can put yourself in a wave of beauty. >> i don't think i've ever had a response to a film like this one, people stop me and say this was my story. it changed the way i think about my own life. >> it's incredible to be a witness to reese's passion and to get to work alongside her. >> reporter: "selma" producer oprah winfrey recalling the film's white house hosted screening. >> it was a glory-filled moment because it really represented everything that we all wanted it to. >> reporter: and on this afternoon veteran performers like "whiplash's" jk simmons. >> double time. double it. ♪ >> faster. >> reporter: expressing gratitude at academy award acclaim coming now. is it good it came at this point in your life and not 20 years ago, 30 years ago? >> in my case it's exactly right that it came at this point in my
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life. i was not reddy for it -- i'm not sure i'm ready for it now but i definitely wasn't ready for it 10 20 30 years ago. >> i certainly never imagined i would be nominated for an academy award. i'm really grateful it has happened and i'm really really happy to happen at 46. >> reporter: i love it. i'm easing out a little bit. you know i got a few left. i definitely -- you know and whatever. >> all up to no better. >> chris connelly abc news, los angeles. >> i saw "the judge." it is good. thank you, chris connelly. a whole lot of tar power and we'll count you down to oscar sunday less than three weeks away all the action will be right here on abc sunday february 22nd. starting at 7 p.m. eastern time. coming up how katy perry pulled off those amazing costume changes during her super bowl spectacular. come on back. ♪ "good morning america's" "countdown to oscar sunday"
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>> yes, the sharks and the number of people watching katy perry's blowout super bowl show wasn't the only record set sunday night. she wore more outfits than anyone ever before. how did she pull it off? brandi hitt got the secrets from her fashion designer. ♪ you're going to hear me roar ♪ >> reporter: katy perry on fire during her super bowl halftime performance pulling off a record-setting four costume changes. >> both ambitious. >> reporter: with the help of friend and fashion designer jeremy scott who collaborated with the superstar singer for two months on each and every design. what is the secret to these quick costume changes. >> the hiding of the looks and trying to plan ow you could have something that could be under it not seen and i just tried to attribute whatever i needed to to make the best zipper function possible. ♪ >> reporter: that red hot opening dress made of detailed patent leather worth $15,000 to
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$20,000. perry taking it off in just 20 seconds backstage revealing her beach look underneath without missing a beat. >> we had to kind of play it like a russian doll the wooden dolls you have the nesting dolls where there's a look inside a look. i knew i had to create something having her california girl's look under it. he says he convinced perry to add this fourth costume at the last minute when missy elliott joined the performance layering on this hoodie. ♪ do you ever feel ♪ >> reporter: but the showstopper of the night her $15,000 silver star gown first seen in this sketch. >> a glamorous kind of red carpet bonanza moment. she wanted a leg moment. >> reporter: and a dress easy enough to slip on in just 45 seconds. ♪ so wrong ♪ >> reporter: he didn't just design perry's outfits but calmed her nerves.
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>> you were born for this. you were born for this day. you're going to own this. you were born for it. ♪ this is real ♪ >> reporter: as for those iconic costumes scott says they will never be worn again now being archived in perry's permanent collection. for "good morning america," brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. >> i love when he said she wanted a leg moment. >> yes. >> who doesn't? >> you can have a leg moment. >> we all want one. >> fantastic. >> she was. quite a show. i was looking at the shark. i'm not going to lie. >> you didn't see when -- >> i didn't. >> when he was doing his own hinge. >> i didn't. >> coming up we have actor randall park here live taking a droneie in the social square. there he is. he'll tell us about his hot new comedy "fresh off the boat."
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younger looking version of the man you love. yeah, that's better of the we just might help make it happen live right here on "gma" in just 60 minutes. >> yes. >> so go now to goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! and tell us why your man deserves the "gma" valentine's day makeover and we may be in touch. >> abc's "fresh off the boat" is the first network series in a generation to focus on an asian-american family you see randall park stars as the father chasing the american dream in florida. we'll talk to him after this sneak peek at tomorrow night's premiere. >> figured it out how the restaurant can attract bigger crowds. >> how? >> i need to hire a white host. instead of peopling coming in and seeing a chinese face and saying huh, i thought this was an old steak house and they say, hello, white friend i am comfortable. see. exactly. now welcoming. that's why no to your face and yes to the white face. >> and randall park joins us now. watched it with the whole family.
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four thumbs up. so great about it. very relatable because the family is distinctive, asian but all-american. >> yeah there's so many things about the family -- my family reels to just because we're asian but so many things about the family so specific to that family it makes them unique and hilarious and i think a lot of people identify with them. >> it's based on the life and the memoir of that bad boy chef eddie wong. >> yes. >> the young kid who plays him is fantastic. but outsider school and at home. >> yeah yeah yeah and that kid is amazing. his name is hudson yang. he is fairly new to acting and he just came in there, his audition and just won all of our hears and hopefully win america's hearts. >> so great. set in the early 1990s. he loves notorious big. >> so i did. i was big into rap music growing up. >> what chords did this trike
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for you? >> well there are a lot of -- when i first read the book, identified with so much of it and a lot are captured in the show. just feeling like an outsider growing up there's a scene in the pilot where he comes to school and he brings his lunch. >> chinese food. >> that his mom made for him and the same thing happened to me. you know i'd show up to school with a lunch that my mom packed and it was korean food in my family and i remember opening it up and all the kids just like -- >> running away. >> the kim chi got to them. you were supposed to come here when "the interview" first came out and everything exploded. such a powerful performance as kim jong-un. funny, as well. did you have any idea it would explode like this? >> not at all of the it was a complete surprise. i was blindsided yeah yeah it was -- i mean i knew it was a controversial -- >> you actually asked your
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parent korean if it was -- >> i did. when i first got offered the part i was excited about it. i thought it was a great role a great movie but i didn't quite know how my parents would feel you know and when i of course aed them they thought it was hilarious so i thought, okay i could go into this full force. i was excited. i had fun and then all hell broke loose. >> it sure did. people did get to see it in the end. a lot of people got to see it. >> yeah that's all i wanted. i just wanted people to see it -- at least have the choice to see it and thankfully that's what happened. >> fantastic. we love watching you in "veep" as well. "fresh off the boat" premieres tomorrow. two-episode premiere on abc
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. good morning. let's check out your forecast with meteorologist mike nicco. >> spare the air day. that's the first thing that i wanted to talk to you about. no burning of wood. after such a mild morning mid 60s in san francisco and low 70s elsewhere. all the rainfalls in the north bay thursday and then friday saturday and sunday the rest of us get it. up to five inches. >> in richmond we have an injury accident. it is westbound 80. we have at least one lane blocked and load of traffic. you're going to be on the brakes there. we also have one at camden
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avenue. at least one lane blocked. >> now >> it's "live with kelly and michael." today film television and broadway actress again close, and star "the americans," matthew rhys. and another edition of "inbox" all next on "live." [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [applause] michael: there we are. kelly: hello. hello.

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