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>> tha america >> stay with us for "good we appreciate you beingere with reena and i this w good morning, america. to our viewers out west. flash flood watches and warnings from washington to california. more than a foot of rain expected in some places. winds more than 50 miles an hour. ginger is tracking the latest. breaking new denails the measles outbreak. five infants in chicago now diagnosed with the virus. how they caught it, a mystery. up to ten other babies at risk and in quarantine. anger swelling around the country aimed at parents who won't vaccinate. bikini backslash. "sports illustrated" under fire for their most popular issue of the year. did they finally go too low with a cover so racy we can't even show you all of it. how the magazine is defending
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their big splash. ♪ shake it off ♪ ♪ shake it off ♪ rock 'n' roll showdown. taylor, beyonce, iggy, all vying for music's biggest prize but will they have to shake it off? ♪ oh won't you stay with me ♪ will sam smith rock the music world and score a major upset with a grammy? stay with him. and good morning, america. award season is here. music on tap this sunday night with the grammys. >> can't wait for that. also, talk about award season we have a huge -- i mean humongous announcement concerning the oscars. you don't want to miss that. >> that's coming up. now let's go to ginger with more on the rain out west. >> not just the rain. the wind. gusting to 70 miles per hour. check out the radar here. just all over the west coast here from northern california up
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through coastal oregon. that's the morning hours and the next 24 hours. we have not only high wind warnings and adviseoryies from parts of california, through nevada, the northern rockies, a couple in washington state. those haveare for the sustained winds. 30 to 535 miles an hour fusing to 60 or 70. the north bay area i'm worried about. the 101, santa rosa. some of those places will have flooding in the next 24 hours. a surge of moisture that will bring all of the flooding toe penal that for all the way through your friday and early saturday morning. and then, we'll start to dry out. how much rain can you anticipate? look at this? near monterey, some four to six inches. a little bit less as you go farther south.
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crescent city in the 12-plus. rob snn. >> all right, ginger, thank you. to the latest in the transasia plane crash, at least 35 people killed, 8 still missing. authorities in taiwan revealing what took place in the final seconds before the plane went down. abc's david kerley has the latest for us and joins us. >> reporter: it's the black boxes and they are very telling with one engine down, the pilots apparently shut down the good engine. the final moments of the transasia flight, it's clear the turboprop just doesn't have enough power before clipping a bridge and crashing into taipei's river? why? trouble with one engine, but then a possible fatal mistake. >> it looks as if they may have shut down the wrong engine. >> we are collecting factual information. >> reporter: this morning, that blockbuster revelation from the
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blac of pene just five seconds after the atr-72 takes off the crew knows something is wrong. ten seconds in, an engine warning light, the right engine goes to idle. and more than 30 seconds into the flight, the pilots pull back the throttle on the left engine, the good one, and try to restart it. >> it's essentially a glider. >> reporter: that as more survivals come to light including the cab driver and the car hit by the wing. abc's hamish macdonald saw the aftermath. >> you can see where the wing smashed into it. the forensic investigator told us that if the car was any further forward or any lower to he wouly >> reporter: cab driver asseved. 15 people in thraft now, the t very prompt in releasing this information. but they're not drawing any ons the investigation continues but,
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we'll turn to a new measles scare in another major c five babies from a day care center in chicago contracted the disease. at least ten more may have been exposed. abc's chief health and medical eb >> good morning, george. these babies, they were too young to be vaccinated. and around the country, official this is morning are facing the challenge of convincing some parents that vaccination is more this morning, more measles this day care at a chicago bb hurtha fie have been diagnosed witthe 3 up to ten other infants are at risk and >> these are children that are probably not vaccinated because they are -- many of them are under the age necessary to receive their first vaccination. >> reporter: major medical groups like the cdc trying to convince parents that childhood vaccinations not only protect their children but everyone
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else's babies from the infectious diswell in the last decade rumors of a tie between autism and vaccines led parents in 19 states to legally opt out of vaccines for personal beliefs. those rumors now discredited. autism speaks, the country's pre-eminent science and advocacy group, saying thursday, vaccines do not cause autism. we urge that all children be fully vaccinated. take a look at mississippi. with no opt-out pro visions. the state has a 99% kindergarten vaccination rate. and has had no cases of measles since 1992. compare that to california where more than 17,000 parents refuse vaccinations last year alone. its vaccination rate just 92% with 99 measles cases since december. this california resident says he would rather her son have the measles than the vaccine. >> so far, he's been happy and healthy. i don't see any reason to inject unknown toxins into his system. that doesn't seem necessary to
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me. >> reporter: this measles vaccine has been used for decades and has been found to be safe and effective. and the wonderful thing about it, it protects not only the person receiving it. but also those like the babies in this day care who are too young to be vaccinated themselves. >> and leads to the question how could it get into the day care center? >> from a day care worker or an older sibling. when these workers come back they'll require that they're all fully vaccinated. >> and so many questions out there. you'll take them again oner.o > now to that deadly commuter train disaster outside new york city. moments before the including a 911r he and questions about how mother of three go hecks. abc's linsey dan th seen in hawthorne, new york, >> reporter: good morning, rob
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you see the sou passing through right now and investigators plan to bere sverrday one top priority determining the circumstances that caused elle brody to drive her on these railroad tracks. among other things, they plan on looking at her cell phone records at the time of the tracks. was she perhaps distracted? also the fact this was a newcar through debris and pieces of third rail inside the interior o train, new details are emerging about the actions leading up to the charred remains. >> report of an explosion on the trac. clues into the mystery of how ellen brody ended up driving her car on to the tracks. >> because the traffic was heavy, we were backed up. >> reporter: as the driver right behind ellen brody, rick hope, watched the whole horrifying ordeal. first he says the gate came down and he saw her get out of her car.
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he describes what happened next to gannett's lohud website. >> i gestured to her to come back. she turns, walks, gets back in the car. slight hesitation. and then moves forward, and that that instant, the train came. >> reporter: officials say there was an accident that night on a nearby highway which diverted traffic to this road with the railroad crossing but >> the lights at the crossi the flashing and a few secoas designed, the crossing arms activated. >> reporter: in an interview thursday with steven small, the train's engineer, he told investigators he saw the suv drive on to the tracks and activated the brake. and sounded the horn for four seconds. but it was too late. it could not stop in time. he was later credited with > the s and just, you know, in his mind, i wish i could have saved more. >> reporter: ellen brody, the
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mother of three, will be laid to thing. rob snn >> all right, linsey, thank you we'll go to amy with the other top stories that are thank you very much. i appreciate that. ornou ane we begin with questions about the security of turbotax, a program used by m o n. thisig te of minneso ace tax returns filed on turbot because of what officials cllppaud. they say some users logged into the site only to find a return had already been prepared in their name. similar cases have been reported in 19 other states. and china may be to blame for the massive data breach at anthem, the 's snd largest health insu investigators say the cyberattack which compromised the personal iorma to ln of chinese ha the breach is evidence ofe growing cybertaga
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experts say many of the companies are unprepared. president obama is preparing to ask congress to authorize military force against isis. new video showlane jordan bombg isning jordan has promised this is only the beginning of its campaign agains and breaking overnight, a possible truce in eastern ukraine. the government and pro-russian rebels have agreed to form a allo civso f1 o today european leadrs a moscow presenting a pe to president putin. and a bne in the sports world. debate is raging about an nba star's comm fem reelasts chris paul was slapped with a technical foul after questi a call made by lauren holtkamp, one of the league's two female ffi paul called her ruling terrible and ridiculous and said "this might not be for her." many critics this morning calling that remark sexist. and a nasty crash for bode
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miller just back from his hiatus. he crashed after hooking his arm o ooh. happened during a race in e samstnjuy but then he later tweeted this picture calling the surgery a success.- t finally, spe p, tt r it's a touching moment of human kindness that shows a teenager who just bought a necktie at ãon. a shopper snapped this picture as the teen was heading to first job interview at the chick-fil-a restaurant downo c other employees then gathered give himadv say during the interview, telling him how to give a strong hand shake. some were teary-eyed as they sent him off and so this morning we decided up of cil- i'm not kidding -- d and we're waiting. we'll find out next week. the application is in review so fingers crossed. >> you got me a littlof1 -
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great story. >> it was really sweet because he asked for a clip-on tie and they said they didn't have one. and then -- o thank y n notnto the nbc anchor has now apologized after veterans criticized him for falsely claiming he was on a helicopter in iraq that was hit by a rocket- rocket-propelled grenade. david wright is here with that - it's war story brian williams has told time and again in various forms. but soldiers that were there say that's not how they remember it, forcing williams to apologize. >> i made a mistake in recalling the events of 12 years ago. repobc "ly corrected a story he ran last friday night. >> i want to apologize. i said i was traveling in an aircraft that was hit by rpg fire. i was instead in a following aircraft.
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>> reporter: that st tribute to a soldier whose platoon williams claimed sav his lif stae iraq war when williams and his team were beddu.s. the news anchor took his old war buddy, now retired to a new york rangers game. >> ladies and gentlemen, during the iraq invasion u.s. arm command sergeant major tim turpak was responsible for th safety of brian williams and nbc news ter chinook helicopter was hit and crippled by enemy fire. >> reporter: a heartwarming reunion spoiled after nbc posted the story to its facebook page. sorry, dude, i don't remember you being on my aircraft, flight engineer lance reynolds wrote in the comments. i do remember you walking up about an hour after we landed to ask me what had happened? door gunner mike o'keeffe even called brian williams a liar. r cia w is back in kuwait city after a close call the >> reporter: in 2003 williams'
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initial reports were vague about whether his helicopter was hit. but his "dateline" version has this detail. >> on the ground we learned the chinook ahead of us was almost blown out of the sky. >> reporter: over the years, however, his story has changed. on alec baldwin's radio show. >> did you think you would die? >> briefly. sure. >: id an were hit by firno k >> rpg and ak-47. >> reporter: there are conflicting accounts by chopr pilots who claim to have flown williams and his crew that day. the controversy as been trending on twitter for two days. #brianwilliamsmisremembers. late night comedians are starting to weigh in, too. >> williams said the helicopter part was true butoin peroer f a >> reporter: nbc news has had no comment beyond williams' on-air apology for last friday's piece. on last night's broadcast no mention at all of the story.
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still, a lot of unanswered questions out there. and we should note that "stars and stripes magazine" broke this story picking up comments from the nbc facebook page. >> okay, david, thank you. now to a new mexico man who thought he won the jackpot and was told don't go spending it just yet. see, there was a misprint on the ticket and he was told, no, he didn't win. with more than $500,000 on the line he is fighting back. take aok a man and more than $500,000 he believes is his. >> he won. he matched the same 1, the number 1 on the top of this ticket. >> reporter: 65-year-old john wines, a retired heating and air-conditioning technician thought he hit the jackpot on his ruby 75 scratch-off ticket he bought last december. you can see it here. according to the rules, for every number 1 or 2 he is supposed to win the prize for the amount underneath.
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>> unfortunately, the new mexico lottery has decided they're not playing it because it's a misprint. >> reporter: but the lottery claims his jackpot is really a jack not. pointing this out. officials told wines that's an error on his ticket making his win invalid. >> we believe the statute is very clear that the game is about matchin he hed mber they need to pay. or basically, they're cheaters. >> reporter: but instead of trying his luck again at the lotnes ooki for luccourhe n mexico lottery for $500,625, that's the amount he believes the winning ticket is worth. and while new mexico state lottery officials told our affiliate on wednesday they can't comment on pending litigation, the lawsuit is not just about the fortune to be had. he says they also want to make sure this kind of misfortune ds't nyon yeah, so we say he's not
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w goe. >likehave > >> we certainly will. ginger, temperatures plunging all over the east coast. >> oh, my toes are already frozen. yes, it's cold. wind chill advisories from parts of wes virginia up to maine. that's becaus you get this cold yo exposed skin, it can become dangerous. especially in new england. buffalobelow. the feels like ifn chicago, 5. st. louis, feels like the 20s. if you're traveling to the east, it will be cold at least for one more day. 15 below the feels like in saranac lake. sunday night into monday, the snow moves through. the northern great lakes. eventually, just north of new york city is where we see some of the heaviest snow totals come in. a lot of totals bringing this farther north and west. new england, 10-plus inches.
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>> good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco with the bay area forecast. you can see it is breezy and we are waiting for the half rain to roll in. it will roll in this morning and hang around through evening. it will scattered to lighter showers tomorrow and the second round of heavy rain and thunder is possible on sunday. temperatures are very mild today, low-to-upper 60's and with the rain tapering to light showers we are still in the mid-to-upper 50's. the seven-day forecast shows it will finally be dry on mond >> now, amy, i did send you a gift. it's just it got there a little late. see, you were in phoenix and it's 83 today. >> you're going to do it,
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aren't you? >> happy birthday. >> somebody really sent her a gift. >> just tweeted my freshman year high school yearbook page. >> we'll have to share that. also coming up here on "gma," we have three members of the coast guard involved in a deadly shootout. the explosive incident under investigation this morning. and an abc news exclusive. the wife of a former deputy white house counsel tells her dramatic survival story for the first time. the brutal tale of the night her husband tried to kill her. >> "sports illustrated" is under fire for their most popular issue of the year. perhaps did they go too low? and the grammys biggest matchup. sam smith versus the leading ladies of rock 'n' roll.
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good morning, america. on this friday morning, right now a bitter cold blast sending much of the country into a deep chill. now the northeast bracing for another storm this weekend. also right now, a violent confrontation between members of the coast guard, the gunman taken into custody at gunpoint. the wife of a former deputy white house counsel speaking out on the night her husband tried to kill her. her dramatic story told for the first time in an abc news exclusive with amy. all right. good morning, america. big friday ahead including a big weekend ahead for music, the grammys sunday night. we have sam smith going head to head with beyonce and taylor swift. there he is right there.
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but look who else is here this morning, t.j. ♪ we can see t.j. we just can't hear him. >> you can't hear me? >> now we can. >> i was saying important stuff there. but we are going to talk about whether or not we'll give this crown to sam smith because he's got to take it from the queen bee first. i hope you can hear me later, george. >> okay, t.j., thanks very much. also here are deejay brooke taylor. a lot more coming up but right now to that rampage on cape cod where a member of the coast guard shot two fellow service members killing one of the women and then ambushed police in a wild shootout. abc's paula faris here with that story. good morning, paula. >> reporter: hello, george, curd ck t active duty members were invold shg. one that authorities claim was a calculated and cold-blooded
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ex the coast guard known for its heroic rescues at sea. but this morning, authorities say this coast guard member isn't a hero. he is a killer accused of attacking two women also active duty members of the coast guard before taking aim at police. >> need a rescue to 11 round house road for a possible gunshot wound. >> reporter: police say 31-year-old adrian loya drove from his coast guard base in virginia to bourne, massachusetts, and stayed at this hotel for several days before allegedly shooting the two women early thursday morning >> it wcrayo1 o-phe you certainl't that's a once-in-a-career type thing. >> reporter: according to police loya an i.t. specialist then set up an elaborate ambush on the cops, setting his car on fire and planting what appears to be bombed just outside the scene of the crime. they say he then lie in wa respondd.
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one officer was shot but thaully heavily armed with three rifles and a handgun, loya finally surrendered. >> the suspect did give up and we took him into custody. >> reporter: police discovering his two alleged victims, one of those women dead from a gunshot nd. the other, wounded but alive, was aflifted to a nearby hospital. loya's attorney not elaborating on the nature of his relationship with those women, only saying they knew one anotherto t. r recogng t acknowledging that, i wouldn't want to go any furtr th that at this time. >> reporter: loya now charged r at why theed. now, court docs have been sealed but police believe he may have attacked those women because of a previous disagreement. as for the women's identities neither has been released and the surviving female remains in the hospital this morning listed in stable condition.
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but everyone wondering what the motive was in this one. >> strange one. thanks very much. to amy. nowan ea just monthsa fo house lawyer of commerce was convicted and sentenced for the ad murder ofifan mother ofch she's lived in fear ever since but is now telling her stor fie. he was the washington power player, former white house counsel. she, a prominent attorney, a match of succalth but what wet n clos doors thatty shocked a community. >> she began screaming to me. >> my husband is trying to kill >> reporter: after 12 rocky years, mary margaret had just served divorce papers to her hibd, the former washington power player. you put the children to bed. your baby in her crib. and then you go into the master >> uh-huh. p>>'s h >> yes. >> and what happens?
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>> he came at me. he put his hands out and he put his hands around my neck. tackled me to the floor and started slamming my head into the floor while he was strangling me. he's punching me, ripping out my hair. i mean, i felt like i was being scalped. as he was throwing my head to the floor he said "i'm killing you." >> reporter: the former deputy cthe t t united states then begins clubbing his wife with a metal flashlight. >> and i thought, i'm dying. and then i was thinking, i've got to hold it together. i have to son ce gi i haelp by the grace of god or angels i just popped up and i ran to our daughters' room, and i said, to the car right now. daddy's trying to kill me. >> reporter: you got the baby. >> i got the baby. i held her like a football under my arm. >> reporter: the power of a mom trying to make sure her children
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are safe. living in hiding to this day mary margaret agreeing to come out of the shadows for this first interview. tell me why you want to share your story. >> i thin abuse gets to where i ended up with, most women in that situation never get to speak out because they're d but i felt it was just critical to speak out and to caution women in terms of getting involved with someone who shows abusive tendencies. >> reporter: because mary margaret told me there were warning science from the very beginning. and understandunderstandably, this is her passion. she wants to take something that was so horrific, so devastating and nearly fatal and save lives because women need to know th tot atht >> so powerul waid who are no e be of the abused. so much moreur i tonight, on "20/20," at 10:00, 9:00 central time. now to amy and the weather.
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tornado in florida. we have that, boca raton. strong thunderstorms moved through with this same cold front bringing all that cold air. so the temperature in boca raton this morning in the low 60s. that's chilly even for them but look how cool it is, atlanta, feels like 27. the windchill in wilmington, north carolina, is 16. montgomery feels like 20. and memphis feels like 24. that cold air has sunk south but only for so long. we'll see >> good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco, if it is not raining in your maybe yet it will. it will be heavy rain and breezy and low-to-upper 60's with see the 70s. by the time you wrap the weekend. >> all that weather brought to you by ashley furniture home stores. i'm giving you a delayed gift of
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some mild air. that's what it is. >> people who live south of us. all right, thank you. >> we're extended family. thank you, ginger. coming up, could drinking coffee prevent cancer? the new study with surprising findings on the medical benefits of your morning cup. it's the most revealing swimsuit cover ever. now the growing firestorm over whether "sports illustrated" finally went too far. come on back.
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we are back now at 7:42 with the revealing new cover of "sports illustrated," the swimsuit edition. and we wanted to add, or we needed to add, frankly, a rib on the what you're about to see there or not see there. the cover has always got a lot of bare skin but this has a lot of people asking how low can you go? abc's mara schiavocampo has our story. >> reporter: it's one of the most highly coveted covers in modeling. showcasing bikini clad bombshells from christie brinkley to kate upton to queen bey. now, "sports illustrated" handing the crown to 24-year-old hannah davis. surprising derek jeter's girlfriend on tuesday with the
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news -- >> oh, my god. >> reporter: but this morning the steamy cover of the february 9th issue is heating up more than just the internet. it's also adding fuel to the fiery debate over how sexy is too sexy for mainstream media. at issue, davis pulling her bikini bottoms so low we can only show you this edited version. now, some claiming the photo is too risque, even pornographic posting, this is "sports illustrated," not "playboy." and more than a little disturbing being in a checkout line with my kids seeing a cover of a grown woman yanking on her panties. others coming to the cover's defense comparing davis' photo to past poses. tyra banks, bar rafaeli, kate upton, all the same pose, get it, girl. >> "sports illustrated" has been pushing the envelope every year. and controversy sells magazines.
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surprisingly they actually have a fairly high female readership. >> reporter: "sports illustrated" is defending the pic telling abc news after 50 years of swimsuit, what everyone knows is that one person's risque is another's sexy. either way, this swimsuit cover is certainly making a splash. for "good morning america," mara shaf schiavocampo, abc news, new york. >> well, they got everybody talking abit, didn't they? mara, thank you. coming up on "good morning america" -- fifty shades of drama. the new backlash swelling up -- really? you guys wrote that? around the highly anticipated movie. >> they wrote it but you said it. great names in music about to go head to head for grammy gold. will sam smith steal the show from the ladies of rock 'n' roll. we'll find out this weekend. come on back, folks.
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names in music. t.j. holmes has more in the social square for us. t.j.? >> good morning, robin. yes, he had a huge year. now six grammy nominations, the same number as beyonce. that's a big deal to tie her. however, she has 17 grammys at the house. at last count he had zero. that could change on sunday. how many he gets depends on beating out not only beyonce but taylor swift. good luck, young fellow. ♪ oh won't you stay with me ♪ >> reporter: it's the english newcomer -- ♪ cause you're all i need ♪ >> reporter: -- belting it out for his first taste at grammy gold against the princesses of pop. ♪ i'm going to shake shake shake ♪ ♪ shake it off shake it off ♪ ♪ i-g-g-y i've been working -- >> reporter: 22-year-old sam smith unknown in this country just over a year ago is up for a possible six grammy awards this weekend against some pretty stiff competition.
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♪ i know i'm not the only one ♪ >> reporter: including a queen with 17 statues to her name. ♪ i run this ♪ >> reporter: so how will the 22-year-old fare against the more seasoned competition? well, first timer norah jones took home five awards in 2002 for "come away with me." while fellow brit adele snagged two grammys for her album "19" in 2008. yet for every mariah carey -- ♪ i had a vision of love ♪ >> reporter: and alicia keys. ♪ oh, oh ♪ >> reporter: whose rookie success resulted in grammy return year after year. there's a christopher cross -- ♪ sailing takes me away to where i've always ♪ >> reporter: and taste of honey. ♪ up on the floor because we gonna boogie oogie until you just can't boogie no more ♪ >> reporter: for whom the grammy gods didn't grant a golden welcome. >> wait, wait. >> now, listen to this. he says he beats beyonce for album of the year, he is going
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to give her the grammy. >> what? >> that's what he said. i call bull but that's what he said. >> i wonder what her response will be. >> exactly. i got 17. >> something tells me, if she wins, she's not going to do the same. i don't know. hey, coming up we take you behind the scenes of "scandal." raiding olivia pope's closet. come on back, folks.
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[ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] good morning. i'm eric thomas. that big storm moving into the bay area. mike. >> let's take a look at live doppler 7 hd. just on the eastern side of petaluma where 116's coming in there to 101. we have a pretty healthy cell. this is the first of many waves of moderate to heavy rain that's going to come across as we head
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♪ you make me feel ♪ good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. and get ready to get scandalized. robin raiding olivia pope's closet. stealing all the style secrets from her. right down to the white hat. >> what did you do? and 50 shades of drama. the movie so many are racing to buy tickets for. now under fire. the growing controversy right now around the racy thriller. ♪ bang bang ♪ and the hot new way to change your hairstyle in an instant. we're putting the beauty bar boom business to the test with a live transformation. the envelope please. we have a big oscar announcement right here first rolling out the red carpet revealing new details about hollywood's biggest night
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just moments away. ♪ she loves me ♪ all that and cody simpson here live, as we say -- >> good morning, america. we certainly do say good morning, america, on this friday morning. this is teen superstar cody simpson. remember him from "dancing with the stars." >> yeah. >> he's signing autographs right here. >> my girls are very excited. they love "surfboard." cannot wait for the new one coming up, as well. >> his new one is called "flower" and he'll be performing that. >> look who else is here, kevin o'leary from "shark tank." he's going to be back in "shark tank" court this morning. we've got a newly married couple right there in the tank. they're madly in love. but they get into big disagreements over how to spend and save their money. kevin will get into that. >> radio disney deejay brooke
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taylor is there getting us fired up for the weekend, tgif, everybody. i mean really. i mean that with total sincerity. tgif. >> what else are we hearing right now? ♪ sounds like we got a major oscars announcement coming. and -- >> oh, wow. well, hello. >> that's the man with the envelope. >> how are you? >> good. how are you? >> thank you very much. >> you can stay. see, what do we have here? oscars opening ceremony live from the red carpet. who is it going to be ho robin roberts, lara spencer and michaean. >> oh, wow! >> and you guys going e joined by jess cagle and joe zee. >> yeah. in,de a i'd like to thank -- no. it's a great honor, and we have a lot of fun doing it and we have some new things in store for this ar beat
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is that we're a out theremo we're all together and -- >> barely made it last year. got there just in t >> we remember that so it's an excitim ãit itin looto i congratulations. then, hey, you can de what -- well, some of thi be we want you to head to our "gma" facebook page. and tell us what you want to know about your faoiteo cf- all ioe before askqutig >> havih reo c h conl of course, the oscar opening ceremony airs live from the red carpet on sunday february 22nd beginning at 7:00 p.m. right here on abc. and right now we have to get to the ny. a wgin n new cases popping up in yet another city, a day care ner chicago says five babies have ith vir another ten infants are in quarantine. all of them too young to be vaccinated.
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some parents still refusing to immuniihilt on wall street the dow is on track for its best week since 2011. the labor department reporing that 257,000 jobs were created last month. that's 20,000 more than expected. the unemmento 5.7% as more americans began looking for work ag and we now have new det ane n indications this morning that pilot error could be to blame. the black boxes reveal the pilot reported somethio just five secoe ta five seconds later, the plane's right engine shut down. the pilots then decided to shut down the left engine before trying to restart it. the plane crashed moments later killing at least 35 people. in medical news another possible benefit of drinking a new study finds women who drink three cups or more each day are 18% less likely to develop uterine cancer than those who drink less than one
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cup. researchers are now looking into why. and in florida two police officers are being honored for rescung aom smashing the w and eventually raggmto safety. amazingly, he was teted for minor b and a jaw-dropping sale in the art world. someone paid nearly $300 million for this 1892 painting by paul gauguin. the new owner is reportedly from qatar. and finally, if you're dreading doing your taxes -- >> yep. >> -- just imagine being tom brady. "forbes" reports brady's super bowl win could set him back $63,000 come tax time. he has to pay income taxes on the $97,000 bonus he got for winning the game and then the pickup truck he won, he's giving it away. but he'll still be liable for both the income and gift taxes on that. almost two-thirds of the truck's
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$34,000 value, but malcolm butler, the guy who's getting ãandsure nle >> we're noppos bad about that, are we? >> right. did you see the tongue in my cheek? >> firmly implante les gon th >> first in "pop news," we have a "star wars"-themed wedding that just goes over the top. and it is now burning up the internet. we'll show picd tweet us with the hashtag gmasharktank. this is your man. this is the booming beauty bar business. hair extensions on the spot. we'll do a live reveal coming up. then i'll grab a coat an >> you're welcome. >> i got to get outside, because cody simpson is with us. hi, everybody. look it. we got him coming up on "gma," so don't go anywhere. [ cheers and app
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wam welcome back everyone. and lara, look at that crowd out there. >> a hearty crowd. >> they are. we have to go out there later. >> yes, join me, please. >> i'll shame you all into going out there with me a little bit later. >> i would like to point out on the program i was just outside with cody simpson, check. >> all right, young lady. give us "pop news." >> i will and i want to begin with this. huge fan of both of these artists i was excited and i know a lot were talking about katy perry and john mayer may have been back together. maybe the third time is a charm. not officially a "pop news" investigation but i do have pretty solid proof to confirm that they are, in fact, a couple.
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yes, that's right. it looks like john mayer interviewed the other night, left shark on -- he was filling in for ferguson and he got this big score, robin, i know everybody from our network was trying to get the big get. the left shark. but it was john mayer who got it. does it prove he may or may not have got an in? >> i don't. >> listen. >> could be. >> the song that they sing together on her new album, or sort of new, from last year, "who you love." they know who they love. i believe that we can now confirm and i did not have to break -- by the way, magnifying glass, not a monocle. when i'm doing a "pop news" investigation, it was a magnifying glass. we were corrected on twitter. so thank you, america. >> thank god for twitter, right. anyway, love is in the air. we think. >> just saying. >> i agree.
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i need like a smoking jacket and like ascot. whole other character. we'll get into that later. so, if you're in love, congratulations. ♪ and then, "star wars" music. episode 7 doesn't open till december. one couple couldn't wait to awaken the force. their wedding took inspiration from a galaxy far, far away. it included features like a bedazzled stormtrooper belt. and the flower girls wearing princess leia buns. and guests waving their light sabres in the air frantically i dare say and that is the father of the bride dressed as darth vader. i would imagine did have a moment when he said to his new son-in-law, son-in-law, i am your father. >> look at those ushers. >> isn't that amazing? >> i know. you chuckle now. you have two girls. you don't know what they'll have you doing when they walk down the aisle. >> the idea was hers.
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she's the "star wars." a lot of people might have thought -- it was her. she said, no, no, no. this is all me. don't blame him. i wanted the stormtroopers to walk me down the aisle. finally, guy, sometimes on friday you're just like this. e a s vi pretty kitty, just cannot be bothered. yeah, she's thirsty. she's thirsty. that's like us at 4:00 for a glass of wine. but she's not getting up. why would she? you know, i mean she's just had it. you know what, this guy can rel he's had itd it, too. this is chewbacca. >> a lot of animals today. >> a sloth who is all about dining and reclining. >> and he's a sloth. >> that sounds pretty darn good on this friday edition of "pop news." thank you, and good night. >> is that the first time we've seen a sloth in "pop news "? >> no and definitely not the
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last. >> "heat index" with ginger. >> how about this crowd? warming up. the windchill is just above zero. hey, amanda, it's your birthday. >> cle ohi >> from cleveland, ohio. she's been freezing out here with us the whelole morning. you know where it's colder? niagara falls and 15 but feels colder than that. snow sunday through tuesday. sunday night into monday. a little bit more. the heaviest snow looks to fall in i >> good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco with the bay area forecast. you can see it is breezy and we are waiting for the half rain to roll in. it will roll in this morning and hang around through evening. it will scattered to lighter showers tomorrow and the second round of heavy rain and thunder is possible on sunday. temperatures are very mild today, low-to-upper 60's and with the rain tapering to light showers we are still in the mid-to-upper 50's.
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the seven-day forecast shows it will finally be dry on monday >> okay, so watch this. where are you from? >> maryland, tcu, texas. >> texas. all right, they're from texas. >> texas. >> texas. >> texas. >> texas. >> all from texas, robin. tcu frogs they told me to say. >> looking good, thank you, ginger. just hanging out with deejay brooke taylor and the "heat index." in the social square. that major backlash days before "fifty shades of grey" hits theaters. some saying the movie sends the wrong message calling it degrading to women. here's abc's aditi roy. >> i'm lucky. >> i am. >> reporter: it's the best-selling romance series that's now poised to take the box office by storm. >> mr. grey will see you now. >> reporter: the "fifty shades
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of grey" series selling 100 million copies worldwide. and now, with just one week until its valentine's weekend release, the movie version of the erotic page-turner is already prompting a huge surge in advance ticket sales. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: but this morning a new controversy surround the racy thriller. the national center on sexual exploitation launching a campaign against the film called "fifty shades is abuse" saying it glamorizes violence against women. >> when you strip away the glitz, glamour, fancy suit, fancy soundtrack to the film this is really just a movie about domestic violence and abuse against women. >> reporter: that view gaining momentum on social media. another anti-"shades" campaign using the hashtag 50 dollars not fifty shades is calling for moviegoers to boycott the movie and donate the money they would spend to women's shelters.
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others arguing "fifty shades" encouraging women to explore their sexuality in a healthy way. >> the beauty to me of the book is getting women and couples talking about sex and exploring fantasies and i think that's a good thing. >> reporter: whether exciting or exploy tative, moviegoers will get to decide for themselves when the movie hits theaters next friday. for "good morning america," aditi roy, los angeles. >> pick it up right over here. >> i'll take it over here. time to "shark tank: your life." kevin o'leary is back, chief judge in our "shark tank" court and on the docket a newly married couples. and these newly weds are dealing with a brewing conflict over finances, not unusual at the start of a marriage. >> money is the thing that keeps marriages together and can force them apart. so important and people don't get it. most important thing every couple should do whether married
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or engaged or where they are in their life cycle make sure over a three-month period they're bringing in more than they spend. you'd be amazed how many couples don't ko tnswe and when they spend more than they're bringing in, it ends up on cred card debt. >> once you get into that spiral no way to get out. >> numbeasn divorce divorced >> let's bring them out here. our couple. let's learn more about what brought this couple here. meet natasha and j.p. smith. they're madly in love but are divide >> marriage is in partnership which - b >> a type of bs >> >> marris ns. >> reporter: their dispute hw to ha$8,0i ca >> i have five cit c >> reporter: j.p. wants to pay off all igh invest >> i'd like to pay off the debt >> reporter: natasha thinks it'qásuñ more i to and save money for a ray.
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>> i would much rather have, like, sort of a little nest egg versus paying everything off and being left with zero at the end of the day. >> reporter: what will judge kevin o'leary decide? >> kevin, you are a smart man. you know who theht pf1 o ion today's case, nha v j.p., how will they pay off $8,000 debt? kevin, take it away. >> well, each make your case. let's start with you, j.p. what do you think you should do? >> kevin, my wife loves the security blanket of a big savingn intere,the invest the rest. and let your money work for you. that's my philosophy. >> all right, natasha. make your case. >> i think kevin better safe than sorry. we bot havle i impotan i'm we both don't know how much is exactly coming in every single month. i want to put it in a savings account.
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nest egg. rainy day fund. that's wo havruli >> i'll youy you have to understand something about credit card debt. it's 19% to 21%. i can't make that in the market as an investor. the best investment you can make, a guarantee of 19% is pay that credit card debt off right now before anything else. that's what you've got. >> no way a savings account will even come close to matching what you're making. >> you're making less than 1% on a savings account. that's how you make a return of 19%. but on the other hand i have to say, natasha, you made a point, too. it's important to save, too. so what i'm going to rule is both of you take 10% of your income, and i know it varies. because you're both contractors so there's risk in that. every time you make a paycheck take 10% and put it in a savings account in your own name and -wtccun
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have? >> and they should also have one credit card each in their own names. and so that forces you as a cup toll make decisions together about how you spend. but you want to get out of debt right now force yourself to save 10% and that will be there for the rest of your life and in pyoamesha, keep your financi under your own name. and you create your own credit. the agencies look at you as independent people even though i tell you what keeps a marriage together. is a great financial pillar of stability. and that's what you're going to do if yofoowe. >> what do you think? >> listen, i'm both w >> yoe cn >> i like the auch. >> okay, so when i see you again in a year i want to see noet. ye >> you ot i hatu w f and >> good luck, guys. kevin, thank you.
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let's go over to lara. >> okay, george, thank you so much. and next in our "heat index," we have the latest beauty on-the-go trend. it's really taking off. this is a new business rolling out hair extensions that will make your hair look longer and mo ãjan iou >> reporter: from brows. to blowouts. even a little air-brushing. and now the latest venture in speedy styling? hair extensions. typically a trend dominated by celebrities like kim kardashian, megan fox and rihanna. rpzl, a new beauty bar is now offering services fit for a princess, delivering luscious long locks just like disney's rapunzel in an hour. its founders founding it after realizing there was a great demand with few solutions. >> i wanted to have fuller hair like i did in my 20s and found it was difficult to get. >> reporter: the bar offering three types of extensions. the quickest option, clip ins.
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>> they get clipped into your head like a barrette. >> reporter: but they'll cost you a pretty penny. about $250. they only last one day. but they are reusable. if you want your fast follicles to last a little longer, the salon suggests tape extensions. >> a double dose of gorgeousness. >> reporter: they run about $350 but last up to eight weeks. the third treatment, rpzl next. revolutionizing it by using ultrasound to apply the air instead of heat. the treatment costing a whopping $550 to $850. the mane makeover said to last three months or more. it's amazing. having worn my hair short since i was a kid, i decided it was time for a change. let's do it. >> tah-dah. >> wow. >> total time it took. >> i didn't even know that was you. >> me either. >> i thought it was a special correspondent. >> i feel like barbie.
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>> so how long? i saw you come in this morning. with your cute bob, right? >> with the bob i had forever. >> looks like you more than doubled your length. >> i have the clip-in kind so only took 20 minutes, together with a shampoo and a blow dry. i could do it literally on my lunch hour. the long ones are the really advanced hair extensions. who gets a lunch break anymore. i can also bring them back and reuse them. i can bring back this hair. it's real hair. and put them in for the price of a blow-dry. >> you look like a different person but you -- very pretty. very glamorous. >> normally so expensive. >> we can all look like celebrities now. >> looking good. coming up we have some great deals. stay with us, we'll be right back.
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caller: >> translator: >> announcer: >> referee: good morning. i'm kristen sze. let's go right to mike nicco. >> we just had a thunderstorm off the san francisco coast, moving right across the richmond district, right across the golden gate. and another one just south of sunset all the way down to pacifica. daly city, possibly brisbane and also downtown san francisco over the next half hour or so. this will continue marching to the east. notice there's more behind it. so these waves of showers are still coming in today. scattered lighter showers and breeze
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also if you're traveling along 101 through redwood city just be ♪ i know i'll never be the apple of your eye but i pick you a flower if you like ♪ ♪ oh i know i'll never be the stars up in your sky but i'll i'll pick you a flower ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> cody simpson lighting up times square. wow. just ahead. hey, got everybody outside. >> robin. mama robin made us all come outside. >> "last week tonight with john oliver." he'll be back again starting sunday night.
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we'll talk to him in a minute. >> so funny. radio deejay brooke taylor is with us spinning us into the weekend. and we want to note the nominees for the radio disney music awards will be announced on friday, february 27th. and the awards air april 26th on the disney channel. robin? >> they look so warm inside. >> happy our fans are here with us. >> thank you. i'm really excited for this segment. i had the chance to go where few women have gone before. into olivia pope's closet. i went behind the scenes of one of tv's -- i love how george runs away. he's fleeing right now. one of tv's most fashionable shows to learn scandalous style secrets. take a look. in the winter premier of "scandal" olivia pope gave new meaning to the term wonder bra.
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it was an unusual look for the normally glamorous gladiator on a show where the clothing takes on a character of its own. it takes a dedicated wardrobe team led by costume designer lyn paolo to pull it all together. how much input does the cast have with you? how much is it you and how much is the cast, collaboration? >> absolutely. it's the script first. we read the script and figure out what we're doing and then it's usually me and the actor in the room and then, you know, we brainstorm a little bit. what about this? at this point other than shonda, they know this person so much better than i could possibly know them. we just talk about it and come up with these ideas. >> reporter: olivia pope's wardrobe room is a fashion lover's dream come true. the shoes. >> the shoes. >> the shoes.
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oh, my. >> a whole gallery of shoes. >> what side are those shoes? >> i don't know. >> what size -- they look a little too small for me. >> they're yummy, aren't they? >> yummy is the word for them. >> do not repeat this anyone. >> i love the pajamas. i love her wine and popcorn look, that's how we refer to it. >> the wine and popcorn look. >> we love that. all this beautiful satin and the cashmere cardigans underneath which is just her at home lounging. i would love to lounge like this, wouldn't you? >> that would be nice. what is the story behind this? >> this was a gown that she wore to a white house event and it was when she was more conflicted so we went with the black and white. it's completely black lace in the back. and we do try to use color to express those moments of conflict. and when she's being olivia pope, the white knight, she's in
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white. when the world gets a little muddy she's in grays and navy blues. when she's in pink, that's romantic. >> five minutes. >> now clearly in peril we hope olivia gets to don her white knight armor soon. until then i'll keep an eye on it. >> season four and still talking about the white coat and the white hat which is here for your perusal. may i - may i -- >> you may. >> may i approach the hat? >> brilliant, isn't it? >> this is stunning. >> it's a little bit diana ross. >> that is a little diana ross. >> i lo it's really amazing. i to oh, there we go. >> a little to the side? >> yes, you've got it going on. it's handled. >> not quitting my day job any time soon. and be sure to tune in to "scandal" thursdays 9:00, 8:00 central on abc and lyn's
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suggestion was if there's something you like, buy multiples. you know, if your favorite blouse or something, then buy that you're comfortable in, buy multiples. >> i think that was your audition. i think you're on. >> really? zwri >> i do. i think it was good. >> hey, next thursday portia de rossi, she plays on "scandal." she'll be here live on "gma." so we're looking forward to having portia here with us. final check of the weather. >> let's get inside. are you guys okay? are you dealing? oh, my goods they are. they are. they are a hearty crowd out here. we have to check around the ion. fineaut even when it's cold. they say in wisconsin, we still lvet looking a little w >> good morning, i am
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meteorologist mike nicco, if it is not raining in your maybe yet it will. it will be heavy rain and breezy and low-to-upper 60's with scattered lend. just some highlights for you. milder before the snowen >> all that weather brought to by quaker. the p-town boogie. i'll learn. we'll learn right here. >> okay, ginger. i'm here with john oliver. what a breakthrough first season he had on hbo, making his mark with smart and surprising sketches like this one right here. a supreme court played by nine talking dogs. >> uh-huh. >> "last week tonight with john oliver" returns on sunday. where does that come from? who is sitting around the table saying i know how to cover the supreme court? dogs.
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>> i think first it's coming from what is objectively funny, dogs dressed up as humans. that's just a fact. >> whether they're playing poker >> exactly. exactly. though supreme court justices is even funnier than shooting pool. no, it was -- we just wanted to try to show ho ther wermeraere funnier than real animals, fake paws. we heard that they saw it. >> ruth bader ginsburg liked it. >> i heard ginsberg saw it and talia >> it's a start. i love the metric you have for the stories you're going to do, you're looking for either high degrees of difficulty or high degrees of stupidity. >> yeah. exactly. those are the two lanes we're in. we'll either do a main story sometimes compled a second or 35th to us. and if we end up doing serious we do the stupidest thing you've seen on television. that week.
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>> you say stupid but pe have been getting a lot out of it. what you've been doing on sundays is being called investigative comedy. >> they can call it that. i think it's just comedy. thh jokes we're telling are buil and sometimes we have to go truffling around for facts that are not immediately available, but, no, it's comedy. it's comedy. >> how does it work? you'e lome s cf13 what hapenshis >> i don't know if we'll -- i don't know if we'll look at that. normally, we like to wait. we're only on once a week so late to everything anyway so we've genertowa being even later. and we'll try to wait until the hubbub has died down and we'll look at it with more perspective. i don't think we'll look at brian williams this week. >> how about the "downton abbey," congressman who decorated his office like "down
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the nn -- downton abbey." >> that's too tantalizing. as a comedian, look, there's blood in the water. >> we might tune in for that. >> if you cut me till i bleed or put a congressman with a "downton abbey" office in front of me, i don't know what you expect me to do. yes, that is catnip to me. >> when you look at it, yoe think. >> i guess so, that's a pleasant in doin joke and smeo jus thinking, you he fa you never want an audience at a comedy show to say i thought all the way through that. that was quite a contemplation for the whole time. no, really it's a visceral way have objectively failed. >> you have had an amazing life on youtube. >> an amazing life on yout
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♪ i'm on top of the world ♪ ♪ i'm on top of the world ♪ it's been an incredible week. so enjoyed watching the incredible footage of that live active volcano in iceland. the whole thing captured live here ooe a" earlier this week thanks to drones and ginger, you were smack dab there for it all. >> what an adventure. let's go now behind the scenes of that unforgettable trek to the land of fire and ice.
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hovering just above that bubbling earth. oh, my gosh! you can see it! look at this. we're just getting inside that crater. witnessing the meeting of modern technology and mother nature. it was the ultimate adventure. drones have in a responsible way a huge future in science. now, broadcasting live from iceland, above a lava field, using drones is no easy feat. 380 feet over it. oh, my goodness. so how did we get up there? let's rewind a bit to the arrival of our intrepid "gma" crew, the journey began saturday when three engineers from london, one producer from new york, one drone operator from germany, and one from san francisco, all met up in akureyri, iceland. the team drove 2 1/2 hours to pick up 30 cases of equipment including a satellite dish and generators that had been shipped ahead of their arrival. sunday morning it was a six-hour
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drive to the bardarbunga volcano. our team set up 25 miles to the northeast near an eruption site called holuhruan. a laf have field 32 square miles in size, it's bigger than the island of manhattan. >> temperature is an issue. in the cold, mostly it's battery life and they don't last as long if they get cold. if you get too close, it becomes too hot. and the plastic could melt on these drones. the drones have just 12 minutes of battery life so while our team is hard at work in iceland, that arctic air is not just creeping but racing in, david. monday night after reporting on "world news" in new york my race to the airport began. an hour and 15-minute delay later my plane took off for the nearly six-hour flight to iceland where an hour car ride and nearly two-hour-long helicopter ride later i made it just an hour before you heard these words -- >> ginger and our "gma" extreme
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adventure team are there live as we say -- >> all: good morning, america. >> reporter: a good, unforgettable morning indeed. you can see even more of that behind-the-scenes action from my trip to iceland at our website, goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! >> what will you remember most? >> just the crew being like i can't believe it worked. i can't we're here and it happened and the proximity, how close we got to the lava. >> so incredible to see how much work went into making that all happen. >> that's the thing. i just dropped in. seriously. dropped in and they had been working for a week. >> just in the nick of time. >> just before it happened so big thanks to all of them. it was magic what happened. >> a lot of people wonderi ind around there, the concern fo >> there isothe allg we hadave government permits because th ea h fly
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welcome back to "good morning america." we've got singer/songwriter cody simpson with us. millions of fans, as you probably know around the world and this morning he is joining us for his very first televised live performance of his new single called "flower" off his upcoming album "free" and you were saying the album title is apt because it's how you feel. >> it's very reflective of where i am in my life right now. branching out as now an independent artist distributing my own music and being -- truly being the singer/songwriter i always been and always sort of wanted to carry. >> this song "flower," is it just because you love gardening?
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>> i love gardening. no, it was honestly just a vibe that was kind of freestyle on a voice with this catchy riff and it turned into something very beautiful, so -- >> and also quite beautiful is something that's happening airing tomorrow. i have to read this, the progressive skating and gymnastic spectacular and it's airing, um, tomorrow. and you're the musical guest tomorrow. for that. >> yeah. >> why is it progressive? oh, look, progressive is the sponsor. >> it's different. >> but different in style, right? >> it's cool. the colgate skating series and i'm actually playing while the skaters and the gymnasts are doing their routines, doing routines to my songs and i play them live. so it's a really cool mixture of -- >> nice combination. >> of art. athletics and music and i think they'll like it
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>> i thwillo. so you can watch thatrrowght best seat in the house, i dare say. here we go, everybody. cody will perform "flower." right here. >> whoo. ♪ ♪ ♪ oh baby ♪ ♪ i know i'll never be the apple of your eye but i'll pick you a flower if you like ♪ ♪ i know i'll never be the stars up in your sky but i'll pick you a flower if you like ♪ ♪ yeah she loves me she loves me not she says she loves me has she forgotten that she loves me ♪ ♪ love me one more time i know
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i'll never be the apple of your eye ♪ ♪ but i -- i'll pick you a flower if you like ♪ ♪ 'cause i meet you down by the end of the road where the sunset glows and the garden grows ♪ ♪ one pair of shoes with 20 holes in the toes ♪ ♪ and i would walk 20 miles just to get to those blue eyes ♪ ♪ if you would smile for me to my surprise i would stay for awhile to see what comes next ♪ ♪ or we could take off our clothes and have long conversations in french ♪ ♪ uh-huh oh baby ♪ ♪ i know i'll never be the apple of your eye but i'll pick you a flower if you like ♪ ♪ oh ♪ ♪ i know i'll never be the stars
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up in your sky but i -- i'll pick you a flower if you like ♪ ♪ and she loves me she loves me not she says she loves me has she forgotten that she loves me ♪ ♪ love me one more time i -- i know i'll never be the apple of your eye ♪ ♪ but i'll pick you a flower if you like ♪ ♪ and i said roses are red violets are blue ♪ ♪ but it's true i'll be too if i don't have you ♪ ♪ i'll chill up on the hill picking daffodils making wishes about your misses ♪ ♪ because i know i'll never be the apple of your eye but i'll pick you a flower ♪ yeah. [ cheers and applaus
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coming by for our "shark tank." friday. "shark tank" tonight 9:00, 8:00 on abc. >> i wonder if deejay brooke taylor can fire up some "happy birthday." because we're celebrating a special day for amy robach. celebrating her birthday go ah. thank you. >> you're always hungry, amy. don't play shy now. >> i am always hungry. that's true. and i love cherries. is that red velvet? my favorite. thank you. thank you, everyone. i appreciate it. all right. here we go. >> have a great weekend, everybody.
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. good morning. i'm kristen sze. if you're not getting rain, you will very soon. let's check in with mike nicco on the storm. >> i can show you that storm just rolled through san rafael heading towards san pablo. it's also in the southern parts of nevada. that's the biggest storm around until you get to fairfield and other towards sacramento. just some scattered lighter showers for the rest of us right now. look what's developing another wave of showers, heavy at times, with winds picking up. scattered lighter showers and breezes tomorrow with wind heavy rain and flooding and
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possible thunder. a repeat sunday. temperatures are going to >> it's "live with kelly and michael." today, host of late night, seth meyers. and from the new england patriots super bowl tight end rob gronkowski. plus put on your safety gear, the mythbusters are in the building. all next on "live"! [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] >> now, here are kelly ripa and michael strahan! [applause] ♪ kelly: hi.
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