good morning, america. breaking right now, winter whiteout. snow and ice emergency. big winter storm slamming the eastern half of the country. 20 states from kansas to new york on alert. more than 90 million americans in the crosshairs. highways turned into ice rinks. water ways frozen solid. and the coldest air yet on the way. happening now, massive fireball. a state of emergency declared after a train carrying more than 100 oil tankers derails, shooting fire 300 feet into the air, homes destroyed, one completely engulfed in flames, hundreds of people forced to evacuate and the blaze still burning this morning. blockbuster confession. interrogation tapes played in the american sniper trial. what chris kyle's killer told police after the murder and how it could derail his insanity defense.

nascar superstar kurt busch ordered to stay away from his ex, accused of assaulting the woman he claims is a trained assassin. he's known as the outlaw. will he be sidelined for the biggest race of the year? and good morning, america. it is another snowy and cold one for so much of the country. whole east coast, much of the southeast getting hit hard and take a look at this right now. live look at the charles river in boston. just about frozen over. >> we also have a look at washington. the capital. the federal government shut down this morning. our "gma" extreme weather team all over this latest blast of winter and ginger starting us off again this morning. good morning, ginger. >> right here in the snow globe that is times square. we have a couple of light and fluffy inches, so 2 to 4 around

new york city but it is slick this morning. the commute a wreck. let's go ahead and look at one of the cameras we have on the road. a road cam in queens and it's just going to be a slow go. we've already heard of several accidents and now you can see why. it's not just here in new york city but it is because of the snow and ice back to our west. look at some of the totals up there on the big screen, west virginia, more than 15 inches. there's an inch and a half of ice in western tennessee. lexington, kentucky, over 10 inches of snow. now this thing is right here at the coast and pulling away so we are almost done with this snowstorm. this afternoon boston could pick up a couple of bands but it shouldn't be too terribly much. either way, inch to 3 inches is not welcome. neither is this. temperature, 9 by friday morning in charlotte, 6 below, these are actual air temperatures and 2 below for philadelphia so even colder air coming behind this. not what folks in nashville want to hear. that's where matt gutman is with all the problems on the roads. matt.

>> good morning, ginger. the music city is silenced this morning. now, i spoke to a transportation official who called this a once in a generation ice event. now, how bad is it? check this out. places that looked glazed over with ice are covering things this morning. overnight roads turning to ice rinks tractor trailers jackknifing. this vehicle flipping over near the tennessee/alabama border. and overnight tennessee officials declaring a state of emergency citing rapidly deteriorating road conditions. in somerset county monday a school bus and a minivan crashing injuring both drivers and five students. in hampton, virginia, a news van by the side of the road camera rolling as this suv careens out of control. in nearby blacksburg, two children falling into this frozen pond. finding refuge on an island until rescuers could bring them back to shore. air travel not much better. extreme weather delaying over

5,000 flights. >> sitting on the tarmac here at reagan for a little over an hour. >> reporter: more than 2,000 others canceled altogether. >> now we are all waiting in line and waiting to rebook. >> reporter: the d.c. area got more than 6 inches of snow. the federal government shuttered today. even the national zoo closed. back in tennessee, we tested the roads ourselves. driving interstate 40 from memphis to nashville what is typically a three-hour drive took us six. this pickup was driving ahead of us when it spun off the road of our team checking in on the driver. are you okay? >> yeah. >> glad everyone is safe and no one got hurt. >> reporter: now, that man was with his wife. she was unhurt. both of them said they're fine and going to call aaa. we're going to see lot more accidents on roads here. transportation officials say that even if you're on the

? black top may look smooth sailing. it may have ice underneath it. >> okay, matt, we'll head up north where we're seeing some of the coldest weather in decades. nowhere hit harder than boston and rob marciano is there. good morning, rob. >> good morning, george. i'm near the charles river which is frozen with the exception of this marina which has bubblers to help protect the boats. parts of the harbor frozen. this unprecedented snow coupled with the cold causing all sorts of problem, not just here but across the northeast. this morning, the northeast waking up to yet another bone-chilling blast. >> it is ridiculously cold. >> reporter: subfreezing temperatures from philly to new england leaving millions frozen. waterways iced over too bringing this ferry to a complete standstill for 30 minutes. in palmer, massachusetts, this suv plunging into an icy river. its sole occupant surviving treated for minor injuries. alongside that cold, more snow. here in boston already nearly 8 feet deep and more snow on the way will likely shatter records.

>> this is the snowiest february in the history of boston. >> reporter: snow piles so high it's over the right field wall at fenway park. city officials announcing it will take 30 days until normal service resumes on boston's public transit and more snow prompting fears of more scenes like this. roofs collapsing underneath the weight of the white. how long have you been doing this? >> 20 years. >> reporter: have you ever seen a winter like this. >> never, never. >> reporter: one woman trapped after her garage caved in narrowly escaped unhurt. >> this loud bang an could feel the whole car move and i physically ducked thinking i could be squished here. >> you are looking at the beacon atop the old john hancock tower used as the '50s as a weather forecaster. steady rain, red ahead. flashing red snow instead. i think that thing has been flashing for a good month now. long history of using light towers to alert people of things to come. >> you would know.

you spent a lot of time there. all right, rob, thank you. to that major train derailment. dozens of cars carrying crude oil coming off the track igniting a massive fireball in west virginia. two towns there have been evacuated. and abc's david kerley has the latest. >> reporter: huge explosions sending fireballs hundreds of feet into the air. >> is that coming over here? >> reporter: crude oil burning into the night. >> need you to respond to a train on fire involving cars, train cars and a house east of adena on 61. >> reporter: one resident says it was the house of a local pastor hit and then engulfed in flames. >> i saw a man running from the house. he did get out and immediately the house just engulfed in flames. >> reporter: the csx train traveling from north dakota to the virginia coast was just passing through the small town of mt. carbon 30 miles southeast of charleston in the middle of a snowstorm when two dozen of the more than 100 tank cars jumped

the rails leading to those towering explosions. >> the scene of these fireballs over and over again going up in the sky so quite alarming but the noise was tremendous coming from these crude oil tankers. >> reporter: at least one fell into the river leaking crude. the local water intake shut down and residents of the small neighborhood about 200 of them evacuated to the high school. >> i would rather be here than have my wife exposed to that. >> reporter: with daylight it will be the environmental toll officials will assess cleaning up not only the railcars but the river too. one person was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. one of the reasons these accidents are on the rise there has been a more than 400% increase in the amount of oil on our rails and the government says those tank cars are not up to the job of carrying that crude safely. george. >> okay, david, thanks very much. we turn to that breaking setback for president obama's immigration policy. late last night a federal judge halted the executive actions

offering protection and work permits for up to 5 million undocumented immigrants. abc's jon karl at the white house where the president responded overnight. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning from a snowy white house, george. the president's executive actions which would give legal status to some 5 million undocumented immigrants were to begin to go into effect tomorrow. this judge's order stops that in its tracks but the white house wasted no time in saying it would appeal in a statement issued at 3:00 a.m., george, white house press secretary josh earnest said "the department of justice, legal scholars, immigration experts and the district court in washington have determined the president's actions are well within his legal authority. the district court's decision wrongly prevents these legal commonsense policies from taking effect and the department of justice will appeal." so, george, i have to say white house officials are confident they will win this appeal and they may be right on that. >> at the same time, jon, the president's actions facing opposition in congress, as well and the opposition to his

executive actions on immigration jeopardize the entire budget for homeland security. >> reporter: and that may be the more serious fight here, republicans are saying they do not want to fund the department of homeland security unless -- this executive order on immigration is undone. this is a major showdown. republicans themselves are divided on this and they come back from recess next week and only have five days to resolve it before the department's funding runs out. >> at the end of the month, thanks, jon, very much. to the war against isis and growing concern about the brutal terror group as it spreads to more countries. the latest evidence that horrific execution of christians in libya. abc's martha raddatz is just back from the region and, martha, you saw firsthand the reaction to their terror tactics. you spoke to people on the ground there. what do they tell you? >> reporter: well, the people on the ground there, really quite frightening. they basically said this is an eye for an eye battle. people in jordan were saying they would go in to fight with isis.

but we also had that wave of egyptian air strikes within hours of the mass beheadings of those civilians targeting isis training camps and compounds in libya. but there are no u.s. plans now to get involved with military action in libya even though just 500 miles from europe, the u.s. is concentrating on iraq and syria militarily but especially in syria, the u.s. plan will take years and years to show any results, if it ever does. i was up by the iraqi border with jordan. i saw tanks lined up trying to keep isis out. but the influence of isis is spreading beyond syria and iraq and the u.s. really, robin, is struggling to find a way to stop it. >> martha, you spoke to the people on the ground there who sympathize with isis? >> reporter: they really do. it is unbelievable. i was in a town in jordan. the men and boys were all telling me we just want to go in. we just want to do this. it was really stunning, robin, and really quite frightening. >> we're glad you're back safe

and sound, martha. thank you. now to amy who has the other top developing stories right now. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. we begin with new revelations about a u.s. spy program abroad. a russian cybersecurity firm is suggesting it's found evidence that the nsa has planted sophisticated spying software in computer hard drives in dozens of countries. it is said to be similar to the one that used a computer worm to disable part of iran's nuclear program and is reportedly allowing officials to eavesdrop on computers from russia to china to africa possibly targeting government institutions and even banks. the fragile cease-fire between russia and ukraine may be in further jeopardy. both sides have now missed a deadline to withdraw heavy weapons from the front line. each side apparently waiting for the other to make a move. ukrainian soldiers are reportedly trapped near a contested city. back here at home we are learning more about the apparent case of road rage that led to the killing of a mother of four in nevada.

the gunman still on the run and abc's kendis gibson spoke to the victim's son who described what happened just moments before his mother was shot in front of their home. >> reporter: this morning new details into the apparent case of road rage leading to the shooting death of 44-year-old tammy meyers. >> we're not used to waking up and not seeing our mom. >> reporter: matthew, one of tammy's four children, describing to me the moments before his mom was gunned down outside their home. your sister told him what. >> that someone is following my mom. come out fast now. let's go, hurry up. >> reporter: tammy meyers was driving home after giving her 15-year-old daughter a driving lesson in this school parking lot late at night. a one-minute drive from their home. her son says she was driving the speed limit, 25 miles an hour and that's when she got into an altercation with another vehicle. >> he didn't like how slow she was going and so he decided to just go right past her.

he hit her on the side. >> reporter: police now on a massive manhunt looking for a silver or gray sedan and the three men inside it. >> my mom, she was just an innocent lady. >> reporter: the family now offering up their mother's most prized possession, her 1965 el camino hoping that someone comes forward with more information. >> and the person gets arrested, we'll give you the keys. you come pick the car up. >> reporter: for "good morning america," kendis gibson, abc news, las vegas. >> our thanks to kendis for that. a bizarre scene in fresno when this kidnapping suspect tried to outrun police by jumping from roof to roof. police say it started when he broke into a house and threatened a homeowner. when he heard police sirens he escaped through the attic. he was finally tased by an officer and arrested. in hawaii a large wave slammed into a whale watching boat. you can see the boat in the heavy surf there. seconds later the impact threw five people including a pregnant woman overboard. you see them staying together in the water.

rescuers on jet skis were able to bring everyone back to shore safely. wow. finally many of us in the east are ready to surrender to winter. we can't take it anymore. neither can the folks who work for the ithaca, new york, visitors' bureau. look at their website. they've given up trying to convince people to vacation in ithaca striking out the name of their city and suggesting people should visit the florida keys instead. temperature in the keys, 70. temperatures in ithaca, zero. smart choice. >> funny. >> good idea. >> i give up. >> yeah. >> we can't convince you. >> come back to us this summer. >> yeah. >> thank you, amy. hey, robin. this sunday is nascar's super bowl, the daytona 500 but the big question will kurt busch behind the wheel after a judge issued a restraining order against him? abc's tom llamas has the story. >> the outlaw wins the battle at the martinsville.

>> reporter: this morning abc news learning that nascar superstar kurt busch is still eligible as of now to compete in the daytona 500 sunday despite a controversial setback off the track. a family court judge issuing a restraining order monday requiring him to stay away from his ex-girlfriend, patricia driscoll who is accused him of assault. >> this case is about domestic violence and, yes, the judge found evidence about it. >> reporter: busch who stands to pocket $1.5 million if he wins at daytona spoke with espn before the court's ruling seeming both confident and agitated. >> so you're completely confident you're going to be in a race car? >> yes. >> good. how has this -- >> tmz or espn. where are you going with this? >> reporter: the court order obtained by abc news states busch shall be evaluated for mental health problems related to anger control. and that he must stay 100 yards from driscoll except at nascar events where she often appears because of her work with a veterans group.

his attorney telling us, they plan to appeal. during the trial, busch alleged driscoll is out to ruin his career and that she told him she's a trained assassin. driscoll calling the allegations ludicrous. she still is pursuing criminal charges against busch. nascar telling us they'll continue to monitor the situation closely and fully recognize the serious nature of domestic violence. for "good morning america," tom llamas, abc news, new york. >> thanks to tom for that. it's mardi gras today. fat tuesday. we got some people in the studio with us. there they are over there. ginger, you have the forecast. >> yes, they're much warmer than the people on the street. exactly. you want to be here, believe me. 36 degrees this morning. so really not that beautiful for the mardi gras goers. temperatures going to get into the 50s. that same storm transferred on through there but now breezy with rain showers as you go through there, new orleans. so the mardi gras is done. now, the west.

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good morning, america. right now, snow and ice from kansas to new york turning roads into ice rinks. more bitter cold on the way. also right now, the accused killer's confession played in court in the american sniper trial. and the latest on the slenderman case. we're hearing for the first time from one of the girls charged with stabbing her best friend. we do say, good morning, america. a lot to get to on this frigid tuesday morning, fat tuesday. vacation week for a lot of people and gio benitez is in the social square with what you need to know about your hotel room. >> this one is a little interesting because i'm kind of breaking into hotel rooms, so we're going undercover for "gma" on the lookout. i promise you it's all to keep yourself safe. george. >> kind of breaking into hotel rooms. okay. >> not a big deal. >> we hope the emphasis is on the kinda.

this high drama in the american sniper murder trial. as the jury heard the confession of eddie routh, videotaped just hours after he gunned down chris kyle and chad littlefield it could undermine his insanity defense and abc's ryan owens has the latest. >> reporter: head down and hands cuffed, eddie routh appears to be napping at the start of this police interrogation video. later, the jury watches him look around the room. at one point trying to put on his glasses. not easy with his hands behind his back. of course, it's what he says to the texas ranger hours after shooting chris kyle and chad littlefield at this gun range that may matter most. you know what you did today is wrong, right? you understand that, asked the ranger. yes, sir, replies routh. the judge will not allow audio to be broadcast until after the verdict but on the tape, routh further acknowledges his guilt by apologizing to the victims' families. i'd tell them i'm so sorry for what i done. if i could have done it differently, i'd done it a whole lot differently.

the accused double murderer is incoherent through much of the hour plus long tape. but he does detail parts of the crime like who he shot first. chris kyle, the hero of the blockbuster "american sniper." >> i just want to get the bad guys. >> reporter: i knew if i didn't take out his soul he was coming to take mine, routh says. i'm tired of playing chess with my life. his attorney previewing that paranoia in his opening statement. >> what he said was that he had killed them before they could kill him. >> reporter: prosecutors also played a series of voice mails routh left on chris kyle's phone the week before the shootings. one included a bizarre rant about the weather. the defense argues the man in the voice mail and on this tape is sick and doesn't know what he's talking about. especially when he says, he knows what he did is wrong. for "good morning america," ryan owens, abc news, stephenville, texas. >> thanks for that.

dan abrams here right now. the standard for insanity is knowing the difference between right and wrong. he says he did. >> it sounds like they're asking the ultimate question but, remember, while this is not helpful to his defense at all, this idea of him coming forward repeatedly by the way asked that three or four times in the interview not helpful. with that said, if he is legally insane, he's not the guy to ask. right? i mean, as a legal and practical matter, if he doesn't understand right from wrong asking that guy isn't the right person to be asking about that. you have to look at the tape in its totality about 50 something minutes long. there are a number of periods in there where he seems sort of incoherent talking about head hunters and saving his soul. he's talking about needing to do it. insanity always really, really tough to win. but the defense hoping they focus on sort of the totality. >> when you look at the whole 56 whatever minutes anything else damaging in the tape. >> the more damaging part is not

the part about right or wrong but expressing remorse. by saying he's sorry about what he did, there is an appreciation that what he did was wrong and i think that's the more damaging part for the defense here than asking him to make a legal assessment about his mental state. >> insanity defenses are very tough to win, you've said but this a relatively close call. >> compared to most insanity defenses this one is a close call because there's clearly evidence that he's mentally ill. but there are also sort of indication after indication that are coming out with just inklings of understanding what he did was wrong. this is a tough legal standard to demonstrate you didn't understand what you did was wrong is tough for the defendant. he is in a tough legal spot but there is evidence here that no question he was mentally ill. the question is how mentally ill? >> dan abrams, thanks very much. >> all right, there, george. now to the slenderman case, those two young wisconsin girls charged with stabbing their best

friend to please the fictional character. the shocking interrogation tape played in court. the girls are revealing they feared for their life as the judge decides if that's enough evidence for a trial. abc's alex perez has that story. >> reporter: this morning, for the first time we hear directly from the two young girls accused of stabbing their friend, 19 times. >> she was my best friend since 4th grade. >> reporter: prosecutors playing a police interrogation tape filmed hours after the incident. in a court room monday. 13-year-old anissa weir saying morgan geyser said if they didn't kill their friend payton, slenderman would kill them. >> he targets children most, so i was really scared knowing that slenderman could easily kill my whole family in three seconds. >> reporter: but in another police interrogation, geyser points the finger at weir. >> anissa told me we had to.

>> why? >> because she said that he'd kill our families. >> reporter: prosecutors say last may weir and geyser lured payton into the woods before stabbing her both charged as adults with intentional first degree homicide. attorneys for both attempting to get them tried as juveniles. payton and her mother speaking exclusively to abc's david muir in september. >> do you think they should be charged as adults? >> for me it's about making sure payton feels safe, that she can move on with the rest of her life. >> she's now back in school. celebrating her 13th birthday friday. >> she's doing great in school. but she continues a long path, as well. there's much healing that needs to be done. >> reporter: court resumes today to determine if there's enough evidence to proceed to trial. for "good morning america," alex perez. abc news, chicago. time for the weather and ginger and i have friends in maine and like boston, they are getting hammered this winter.

>> that's the thing of we keep saying boston but don't want to forget about eastport, maine, almost 100 inches of snow. a couple even more than boston, for boston it's 5 1/2 above their average. boston now number seven on the list of totals for the season so marquette, sue st. marie still much more. lake-effect snow zones, caribou, almost 97 inches. a big deal for a lot of folks in new england, and, yes, more know to come, of course. we got about an inch with >> good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco with report heat is over. mainly cloudy at the coast and mid-to-upper 50s and mostly sunny around the bay and 60 to 67 and sunny inland. seven-day forecast is dry >> all that weather brought to you by microsoft surface and getting reports in people in north carolina stuck on the roads. some of them watching "gma" from their phone which is interesting

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watch as the hotel worker steals money from a guest's wallet while inside the guest room. then these pictures showing an alleged thief walking off with thousands of dollars in property and cash from a miami hotel room. making us wonder how safe is your stuff once you leave that room? this morning, "gma" on the lookout going undercover for a little experiment in new york hotels seeing if we can talk our way into a hotel room without a key card and without showing i.d. here's what we did. with hidden cameras in place i walk into this hotel for the first time to make sure i'm not breaking any laws my producer has already put my name on the room. but this housekeeper doesn't know that. in that room we've left designer sunglasses, a laptop and ipad of she's cleaning another room on the floor so it's up to me to get her to open my door. >> i think i left my key in the room, 1013 right over there. >> oh, you need a downstairs and

take another one. i cannot get for you. >> oh, okay. i got to go downstairs. okay. >> reporter: abc news security expert nikka sell reviewing the footage. >> she did what was right but sadly she's the exception, not the norm. >> reporter: time for another hotel. we spot the card outside the room while our hidden camera watches the housekeeper at work on the inside. the valuables are exposed so let's see if i can make them mine. hi, so sorry i forgot my tough in here. sure. thanks so much. watch again. the housekeeper signals that i can come in and in under 20 seconds i was out the door with more than a thousand dollars worth of stuff. >> we walked right out like that. nobody asked us for i.d. nobody asked us for a room card. >> remarkable. despite being aggressive and saying i'm in a hurry she should be trained to challenge you or to call to the front desk. >> reporter: the american hotel & lodging association saying hotels should continually evaluate and update existing security policies.

so how can you keep your valuables safe in a hotel? cassell says always use the room safe and if the room doesn't have one, ask to use the hotel safe. put locks on your suitcases. and turn on gps tracking for phones and computers. and, again, that biggest tip is to use the room safe to store your valuables and i got to say with as much as i stay in hotel rooms i never use that safe. >> you don't? >> i don't. won't happen again. now i will. >> because of people like you. >> hustling. >> it was great. i thought that was great. also asking the hotel for their safe is a great idea. >> that's right. that's right. thanks, gio. coming up on "good morning america," we have a dramatic rescue to show you. a woman pulled from a sinking car. how she was saved. plus, why the blockbuster "fifty shades of grey" is giving some drivers an eyeful. hmm. might be at the corner of "looking for a good deal" and "sheesh, i wish i'd looked some more."

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amy. >> that's right, michael. mardi gras is trending on twitter. revelers getting ready for the big fat tuesday party but here's something sure to be in your feed all day long, a new way californians are seeing "fifty shades of grey" from highway 50. rubbernecking as they pass the west sacramento 6 drive-in. take a look. drivers taking a peek through the trees can actually see the r-rated flick on sky high screens. it's not surprising it's tying up traffic but it's also whipping up controversy for this reason. the spongebob movie, "sponge out of water" is playing at the same drive-in so some of the comments, missy tweeting, really poor planning on someone's part. #closeyourkyeskids and posted on the facebook page, sandra said she had to tell her grandkids don't look out that window. it was an ordeal. our affiliate kxtv reached out for comment from the theater. no word yet. tell us what's on your feed. can't even imagine that double feature.

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dragons, their new video racking up more than 15 million views and counting and they're with us live performing as we say -- >> good morning, america. whoo! now, that's an entrance. imagine dragons here live making their big entrance this morning greeting their fans ready to rock out right here in times square. >> big new album coming out. we'll hear from them in a little bit. right now we got t.j. holmes. he is outside right now. look at him, immaculate in that tux. what's behind the curtain? >> i got a lot of questions to answer out here. among them why i'm in a tux on tuesday in times square in 3-degree windchill but, more importantly, what is behind this big red curtain, all those answers will come together and it could make our viewers, george, academy award winners themselves. >> okay. i'm looking forward to that from t.j.

thank you for that. >> the viewers do not want to miss this. t.j., come inside and warm up for a second. hey, guys, we have some great news for lady gaga looking forward to sharing with you why she could be unveiling her most outrageous outfit yet. we'll explain. >> that's saying a lot. and it's time to kick off our mardi gras celebration. >> let's do it. >> everybody. >> new orleans style. they call it down there, nah-orleans with a little help from mona's hot six, come on in and play a little. ♪ and to top it off we need to have one of robin's favorite treats. king cake, so dig in. you have the baby. the baby came with -- >> i got the baby. >> is that good luck? >> it means i provide the king cake next year. it keeps the tradition going. >> all right. yeah. whoo-hoo! ♪ >> thanks for the king cake, robin. >> you got it. do it, baby. >> oh. >> feels good. >> it does. >> yeah. mardi gras beginning right now and we'll get some news from amy. it's going to be a cold

mardi gras for so many of those celebrating in new orleans and we're going to talk about all of the snow and ice out there. it's impacting states from the south to the northeast this morning. tennessee, north carolina and virginia are the hardest hit. people stuck on the roads, some calling this the worst ice storm in a generation. thousands are without power and the snow has shut down federal offices in washington, d.c. today. at the airports, hundreds of flights are canceled or delayed. ginger has the forecast coming up shortly. also breaking overnight, the white house says it will appeal a federal judge's ruling that temporarily blocks the president's executive action on immigration. the president's order would protect millions of undocumented immigrants from being deported. the federal judge's ruling gives a coalition of 26 states time to pursue a lawsuit to permanently stop the president's order. and in west virginia about 200 people remain evacuated after a train carrying oil derailed. look at those images. it exploded into a massive

fireball and set one house on fire. at least one tanker fell into the river. officials are now evaluating the potential environmental impact of this crash. and in medical news a new study finds the best way to lose weight may be to follow one simple guideline. eat 30 grams of fiber each day. researchers found people who did that lost about as much weight as those who followed a strict diet recommended by the american heart association. foods high in fiber include corn, beans, whole wheat bread and most fruit. and there's new research about the hot flashes millions of middle-aged women are forced to endure. a new study on menopause found hormonal flashes and night sweats can last for up to 14 years in some women. researchers found black and hispanic women tend to experience symptoms for significantly longer than whites and asians. and new pictures of a dramatic rescue. a woman trapped inside her car after a crash sent her plunging into the water in new zealand. as the car filled with water, police rushed in, smashing the back window and pulled her out

just moments before her bmw sank. she is okay this morning. and finally we're calling this our play of the day. watch what happened during a wheelchair basketball tournament for veterans. in desperation, sergeant blake johnson throws up a half-court shot and, boom. it goes in and it won the game. it was only the second time sergeant johnson has ever played wheelchair basketball. i believe he's going to be doing that for a third time. >> what an arm. >> fantastic. >> yeah. >> so we're happy he won. >> great shot. we are. thank you for bringing that to us, amy. >> really great. "pop news" and weather coming up. not now. michael has the "morning menu." >> all right, robin. here's a look at what's ahead on the "gma morning menu" in the social square powered by samsung galaxy. in "pop news," big news for "game of thrones" fans. secrets revealed about the new season. plus, model katherine webb is fighting back against cyberbullies, how she is defending her body image and speaking up for all women. and becky worley is here putting one of the hottest

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thank you so much we love you. ♪ it's my party and i'll cry if i want to ♪ >> it's 8:10 and it is time for "pop news" and it was her party and today we are the ones crying. lesley gore, singer of the legendary song "it's my party and i'll cry if i want to" passed away at the age of 68 from lung cancer. lesley was just 16 years old when she recorded "it's my party." >> really? >> she did it on a saturday and then days later she heard it playing on the radio on her way to school. here was a little trivia i didn't realize. the reason she's crying is because judy walks in with johnny. well, now it's judy's turn to cry. ♪ it's judy's turn to cry ♪ ♪ it's judy's turn to cry ♪

>> it's judy's turn to cry because she got johnny back and songs like that will have us remembering the great lesley gore for a long time to come. this valentine's day, what put lady gaga on the edge of glory. the singer's longtime boyfriend actor taylor kinney popped the question on saturday. gaga posted this photo. >> that is quite a ring. >> that is quite a stunner. and she wrote, "he gave me his heart on valentine's day and i said yes," posted that on instagram. the celebrity couple have been dating since 2011. after collaborating on her video "for you and i," they met on the set of the video and love ensued so "you and i" was real. the big question, what will she wear as she walks down the aisle. gaga, don't disappoint us. >> oh, the shoes. the shoes she's going to wear. >> oh. >> yes. >> i can't wait to see. >> george and i can't wait either. >> i know. >> hang on.

>> she'll go elegant. >> yes, she will. finally, amy, this one is for you. "game of thrones" fans, beware. season five is going to be a bloodbath. >> really? like the other ones weren't? >> no, but apparently this time it's real. george r.r. martin revealing key information at the writers guild awards over the weekend told the press, "people are going to die who don't die in the books" adding that "everybody better be on their toes because the co-creator for hbo's shows are even bloodier than i am." the upcoming season expected to debut in april and even though that is springtime, it sure sounds a lot like winter is coming. >> be on their toes and hold on to their heads. that's what happens on that show. >> imagine if you're one of the characters that read the book, i'm safe. no, you're not. no job security. >> call their agent. >> so a look at a lot of good tv on. guys, that is this tuesday edition of "pop news." >> thank you. "heat index" coming up.

let's go to ginger. >> good morning. i came in and everybody starts to back away from me because i'm by the camera. where are you from? >> london, u.k. >> you want to see a frozen river? you can walk down to the hudson or take a look at this video, shall we? nice pictures although it doesn't remind us too much of how much cold is coming. even colder if you're here by the end of the week. we'll get back to single digits and near zero. look at that deep freeze. the numbers coming in. chicago going to 10 below. look at thursday morning. 6 below, friday morning, memphis, you're not getting away with it. 3. actual air temperature, not windchill. let's go to the southwest, 71, los angeles. that's the big picture. good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco with the bay area forecast. check out the cloud cover our pattern is going to be more like summer with slow sunshine and temperatures ten degrees cooler

tonight. we will have an extended period of dry weather. the coast is never rid of the clouds and 50s and low-to-mid 60s around the bay shore and upper 60s headed into the south bay. it will be mild with upper 40s to mid-50s and above-average temperatures through i think i found the cutest little faces in the crowd from san antonio. let's get back inside. >> okay, ginger. okay, thank you. time now for our "gma heat index." at the top this morning, katherine webb, the model and former miss alabama speaking out exclusively to abc news taking on critics who say she is too skinny in a bikini photo posted online. linzie janis has her story. >> miss alabama -- >> reporter: she captured the spotlight two years ago when college football announcer brett musburger spotted her in the stands cheering on her boyfriend quarterback a.j.mccarron.

>> you quarterbacks, you get all the good-looking women. that's a beautiful woman. >> reporter: but this morning 25-year-old katherine webb now married to mccarron is experiencing the ugly side of fame. the former miss alabama attracting hundreds of haters after posting this bikini clad photo to instagram. the caption, getting ready for swimsuit season. some calling her anorexic. another writing, "someone give her a sandwich." but webb who lovingly devoured a carl's jr. burger in this commercial -- >> whoa. >> reporter: -- snapping back on instagram writing "i eat just fine and to all you middle-aged women who like to leave mean comments on my page about my body, you can gladly skip my page and go somewhere else." and now webb speaking out exclusively on "gma" saying she didn't mean to offend or single anybody out and that she reacted out of hurt. >> i was really surprised at the response just of the amount of disgust and disapproval with the way that i looked. it's a very sensitive topic for me because i dealt with

self-esteem issues growing up. i was tall and thin and lanky. >> can you understand why people saw that photograph and thought she does look very thin? >> yeah, i will agree. i think i was maybe posing in a way that made it look like i was more thin than i really am. >> reporter: the 5'11" brunette beauty didn't reveal how much she weighs but she tells us she has a health issue that affects her weight. >> i suffer from a thyroid problem and that's been an issue too. my weight can fluctuate. >> reporter: her message to critics. >> to the bullies and to the people that want to say negative things think about what you're saying. can you imagine if someone said those things to you? >> reporter: for "good morning america," linzie janis, abc news, los angeles. >> you do have to keep that in mind what people are saying. >> yeah, yeah. >> really. but, no, because the way that she responded, middle-aged women. >> she'll be middle-aged someday.

>> we should all be lucky. >> she has a good point about bullying, though. our new series behind the beauty bar. superstars like taylor swift and zooey deschanel have made tights a major fashion statement. sales are through the roof, but do you have to pay top dollar to get top quality? hey, becky worley is here in tights, of course. she had to answer that burning question, huh, beck? >> i do and you know me, frugality before fashion. but with tights, if it's quality you're paying for, maybe the extra dough is worth the splurge. well, that sounds like an opportunity to investigate if ever i heard one. ♪ she's got legs ♪ >> reporter: okay, there's that but fast forward and tights, they're not just for little girls anymore and panty, hose, they're not just for your grandma. they're back. >> there was a generation that

wasn't, but panty hose in the last two years, we've been seeing a resurgence. >> reporter: ties can cost as much as $40, $50, even $65. puzzled by this price range, we went to some hosiery investigators. cool. textile scientists at good housekeeping tested 27 pair ranging in price from $6. to $45. >> we found if you spend a lot of money on tights it didn't mean you would get the tough tight out there. >> reporter: their top performers in four different categories cost between $6 and $28. i'm giving it all i've got. >> it passes your test. >> it does. >> reporter: and the staff here say all hosiery has gotten a lot tougher. >> there's been innovations with the fiber so the nylon and spandex have gotten better and innovations with the whole manufacturing process. >> reporter: but that's the lab. i'm heading out to stretch an expensive and lower priced pair of tights and possibly myself to the limit. here goes. first, rock climbing, anyone. our experts say color doesn't

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oh, man. >> twin tested. >> i know, i love my job. well, it was kind of interesting because as you can see, we have the toe poke through here on the inexpensive pair. so that definitely happened but the rest of the legs look great and then take a look at this picture which shows an extreme close-up of the two or three holes that we got on the expensive pair. yeah, it's not bad. bottom line, there's $34 difference between these two pairs of tights. me, i mean i'd put these things through the wringer. >> we saw that. >> i'd probably myself go with the inexpensive pair because all tights have gotten better. that's the bottom line. they've all gotten tougher. >> all right, becky. and i'm just told mine are $5. $5 right here. all right. always good to have you in the studio with us. next up in our "gma heat index," major drama on "the bachelor." we'll have more on that. front-runner to headed home early favorite britt making a dramatic exit monday night. >> can i talk to you for two

seconds? >> yeah. >> the 27-year-old waitress unable to recover after sunday night's tense group date. >> what would you say to that? >> the way you reacted and disrespected myself. >> i know. i'm sorry. >> and everyone around you. it's something i don't want for a life. >> that's why i wanted to apologize. i understand. >> bachelor chris soules also saying good-bye to 29-year-old singer carly. soules traveling to the hometowns of the remaining four women and discovering shocking secrets while visiting soft-spoken jade roper in nebraska. >> i was approached to pose for "playboy," and i did. >> at this point i'm a little shocked. soules assuring jade that it wasn't a deal breaker, but chose to say good-bye. >> you've been a gift to have you in my life. >> reporter: prince farming ending the episode questioning his decision. >> i could be making the biggest mistake in my entire life. >> joining us now is "the

bachelor's" jade roper. we welcome you to "good morning america." >> thank you. >> so, i want to ask were you surprised when you didn't get the rose? >> yeah. i was pretty surprised. i thought from my perspective that my hometown date went well and i was really sad. i didn't expect it. >> you did not see it coming at all? >> not really. >> wow. this show, is it at all like what we see from at home, what you guys are going through? are we missing a lot because -- >> there is so much that goes on. i mean, you can't put it all into like a two-hour episode, but i mean the majority of everything is covered, everything that you saw. >> the reason i ask is because chris said your "playboy" photos which you were honest about would not affect his decision. >> right. >> you really thought that you had a chance. you had a great date and then you didn't get chosen, so i thought, well, maybe there's something that we missed here.

>> yeah, you know. you know, we had that conversation, and i felt like he was being honest with me and when i didn't get the rose, he sat down with me and made it very clear that, you know, that wasn't the reason i went home. so i'd like to believe that. i don't feel like there was anything else that went on that would have changed it. >> and you were the only one who got to meet his parents. >> yeah, i did. >> and how was the connection there? >> i loved his parents. i got to briefly meet them at a football game. i thought they were very endearing and warm. i loved them. >> could you really see yourself life on the farm because chris has made it clear that's what he wants to do? >> yeah. you know, i grew up in nebraska and i grew up on a farm. and that's something i've always wanted to have for my children because it was very special in my childhood, so, yeah, when i chose to go on the show like i envisioned myself being there with him. >> yeah. yesterday we had megan bell on the show who also did not get a rose. she got stuck in new york because of the snow.

you two had the chance to watch last night's episode together. >> yes. >> what was that like? >> it was so nice. i found out she was in the same hotel so i went to her room and we ordered room service and it was just nice to have her there because there's not a lot of people that can relate to our experience. >> right. so who do you think from your perspective is going to get that final rose? >> honestly i got a lot of time in with whitney the last couple of weeks. we were roommates together and i grew really close to her. and i really think she's in it, you know, her heart is in it. i think she's there for the right reasons and would say whitney would be the right one for chris. >> you heard it here first. jade's money is on whitney. thanks for coming in. i hope you don't get stuck. >> i know. >> enjoy new york while you're here. >> thank you very much. >> nice to meet you. everybody, tune in to "the bachelor" next monday 8:00 eastern, 7:00 central right here on abc. coming up, imagine dragons performing live. ♪

. good morning. we have developing news out of the san francisco. the coast guard are searching for a missing 22-year-old fisherman. this is near sfo. his father and girlfriend were pulled from the waters. his dad did not survive. an update now, u.s. secretary of labor is in san francisco this morning hoping to settle a labor disbutte between west coast seaports and dock workers. the issue is pay. your morning commute is not turning out so well for a lot of folks. >> no and it's actually turning a little damp as well.

heading in the northbound direction along 101 you can see where the freeway is starting to merge and the brake lights starting to appear. in the southbound direction, not too bad. let's go to some other parts of the bay area. it is looking very gloomy in

. it looks like summer outside but the clouds are going to take

away our record setting temperatures. we'll be about five to ten degrees ♪ ♪ ♪ am i out of touch am i out of my place when i keep saying that i'm looking for an empty space ♪ ♪ oh, i'm wishing you're here but i'm wishing you're gone i can't have you and i'm only going to do you wrong ♪ ♪ oh, i'm going to mess this up oh this is just my luck ♪ ♪ over and over and over again ♪ grammy winners imagine dragons off their brand-new album "smoke + mirrors." it's available this morning and we'll have much more from them coming up. >> that's a great new song. >> it is.

>> looking forward to hearing more from them. but right now, we have an exclusive sneak peek from the hidden camera show "repeat after me" that comes from executive producer ellen degeneres and watch sarah hyland get in on the action with a funny french lesson. >> can you help me say my own name in french? >> can you help me say my own name in french? >> yes, i can. >> sara. >> sara. >> sara. >> saaragh. >> je. >> je. >> je. >> m'appelle. >> blah blah. >> sara. >> meow meow. >> meow meow. >> that is so -- >> i love that. >> wendi mclendon-covey is the host. we'll see her with her celebrity friends including ellen pompeii, taye diggs.

harry conick, jr. it is really funny. "repeat after me" premiering at 8:30 right here on abc. this is the kind of game i would want to play just out and about. >> i would not be the one that would want to say it. >> it is hysterical. hysterical. hey, before we move on, we love it when family is here. your girls are over there on your chair and that's your mom and dad? >> yeah. >> what, were they like 2 when they had you? >> they were teenagers. they were. >> i know. >> hi, girls. >> what a handsome couple. >> good-looking family. >> thank you. >> okay, so what are the movies that changed how we see ourselves and our times? tonight we have a special, "countdown to the oscars: 15 movies that changed american cinema" where we ask many of today's top stars and directors to reveal hollywood's most influential films of all time. here's a sneak peek. >> i loved it! >> reporter: everybody has their favorites, the movies you can't

live without. >> "to kill a mockingbird." >> i saw "splendor in the grass" on tv. >> "midnight cowboy" was one. "the graduate" was one. >> "lilies of the field," honey child. >> how about "the big lebowski." >> i'm the dude. >> reporter: movies change us. movies change them. >> i'm ready to come home. >> reporter: but which movies? [ playing the theme to "star wars" ] >> "star wars," love it. >> into there. >> it was the original stretch of the imagination. >> great characters. >> you'll be malfunctioning within a day, you scrap pile. >> do you have a plan for getting out? >> be afraid, sweetheart. >> it was an odd kind of experience. it was a seven-foot guy in a dog suit. >> what are you looking at? >> i had my doubts but i was really glad to have a job. >> reporter: "50 shades ,"the movie whipped up $81 million this past weekend dominating the competition and everything else. >> i exercise control in all things. >> must be really boring. >> but before "fifty shades of grey," there were 50 shades of mae.

>> well, it's not the men in your life that counts, it's the life in your men. >> reporter: mae west was the original sex kitten and every screen siren from scarlett to sofia, jennifer to angelina is in her -- >> i get better as i go along. >> reporter: the star of "i'm no angel." >> you better come up and see me. >> reporter: she was the original man-eater, but but a woman in charge of her own sex life wasn't okay in the 1930s. >> the production code is instituted in mid-1934 to censure films and to get mae west. >> reporter: even movie stars have a crush on this guy. >> i can't think of too many arcs who would make a living if it wasn't brando. >> hey, stella! >> reporter: he roared on to the screen in a tight t-shirt in "a streetcar named desire." nominee bradley cooper attended the actors studio just like brando. >> don't pick it up. drop it. >> reporter: and long before "american sniper," he showed up on the show "inside the actors studio."

>> i'm a second year actor my question is regarding "hurly-burly." >> reporter: for his method, this one-time sexiest man alive reportedly binged on 6,000 calories a day for "american sniper." "a streetcar named desire" was also the first film to win three out of four of its oscars for acting. >> the winner is vivien leigh in "a streetcar named desire." >> reporter: the only one who didn't win, marlon brando. got you, huh? you did not know that, did you? yes, and it's really fascinating to hear today's stars, how they talk about what influenced them, the films and there are certain films, 15, that really changed the way we look at cinema. some are obvious and some we're going to make you scratch your head and go, huh. >> it must have been fun picking them. >> oh, it was a hoot. we got great help from the academy, directors, the stars. oprah, she was so into it and telling us what she has on replay constantly at home. >> yeah, there are those movies

that you can just watch over and over again. "streetcar" is one of them to me. it's just so perfectly timed. >> come up and see me sometime. >> oh, wow. >> our special "countdown to the oscars: 15 movies that changed american cinema" airs tonight, tonight, tonight, 10:00, 9:00 central on abc. >> right here. >> it's on abc. ginger, final check of the weather. >> oh, robin. there's too much good tv. i'm always staying up too late. we got to listen to how this young lady says her name. say your name. >> valentina. >> i want my name to be that. i've decided it and i want you to always say it. it sounds so nice in scotland. let's go ahead and check the forecast. a little look at -- remember i was telling you someone was watching us in traffic. the road is closed. johnny is in a bus, not driving but he's able to watch "gma" so we thank you for that. in north georgia, that's the ice. more than a half inch of ice reported in some places from there through the carolinas. and then we had to check in on new orleans. did you all know it's still even chilly back there? today only going into the upper 40s. it'll feel even colder. it's going to be pretty raw there. that's a look west to east.

>> good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco with report heat is over. mainly cloudy at the coast and mid-to-upper 50s and mostly sunny around the bay and 60 to 67 and sunny inland. seven-day forecast is dry throug >> all right, all this weather brought to you by cottonelle. and what's your name? >> jackson. that's my second name. i'm going to be -- your name first. >> valentina. >> valentina jackson is my new name. lara. >> thank you, valentina, and now we turn to t.j. and his big reveal. he has something behind a big curtain. let's check that out. okay, he's been hinting at it all morning long. >> big red curtain. it's time to finally let these people letsee what we've got going on back here. while we pull this back, this is -- [ cheers and applause ] this is our "gma" game show on the go.

now, of course, we'd all love to be on the red carpet at the oscars of not everybody can be there so we'll bring it to you hitting the road in this thing immediately after the show today. might be coming to a town near you. people are going to be able to get on board this thing and test your own oscar knowledge. ♪ ♪ that's just fine ♪ the countdown to the oscars is on, and "gma" is bringing the red carpet to you. good morning, america. from our studio in times square to a street near you, it's the "gma" oscar road trip. we're heading to the hometowns of some of the biggest stars with our red carpet-worthy "gma" oscar movie mobile to test your oscar knowledge with trivia games and you get a prize. you get a prize. you get a prize. with the chance to win prizes any movie lover would want. did i mention popcorn? ♪ "gma's" epic oscar road trip starts right now. here we come, america.

okay i said we're going to hit the road. we're going to hit slick roads, snow going out here, but it's coming to you. the red carpet coming to you. brush up on your hollywood knowledge. there's good stuff you could win by playing our game. hitting the road, guys. >> i love it. looks like fun. >> getting our viewers involved and t.j. looking great out there. of course, all this is leading up to this sunday, oscar sunday, that is, coverage starts at 7:00 eastern right here on abc and right now, imagine dragons performing live a song off their brand-new album, so don't go anywhere. ♪ "gma's" countdown to oscar sunday is brought to you by jcpenney. when it fits, you feel it.

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[ cheers and applause ] ♪ we have all been waiting more than two years for a second album from the chart-topping grammy-winning band imagine dragons, and we are so happy to say the wait is over. "smoke + mirrors" is out this morning, and imagine dragons here to perform the lead single "i bet my life" for "gma's" winter concert series. take it away. ♪

♪ i know i took the path that you would never want for me ♪ ♪ i know i let you down didn't i so many sleepless nights you were waiting up on me ♪ ♪ i'm just a slave unto the night ♪ ♪ remember when i told you that's the last you'll see of me ♪ ♪ oh remember when i broke you down to tears ♪ ♪ i know i took the path that you would never want for me ♪ ♪ i gave you hell through all the years ♪ >> come on! ♪ so i bet my life i bet my life i bet my life on you ♪ ♪ i bet my life i bet my life i bet my life on you ♪ ♪ i've been around the world and

never in my wildest dreams would i come running home to you ♪ ♪ i've told a million lies but now i tell a single truth there's you in everything i do ♪ ♪ remember when i told you that's the last you'll see of me ♪ ♪ oh remember when i broke you down to tears ♪ ♪ i know i took the path that you would never want for me ♪ ♪ i gave you hell ♪ so i bet my life i bet my life i bet my life on you ♪ ♪ whoo whoo whoo ♪

♪ don't tell me that i'm wrong 'cause i've walked that road before ♪ ♪ i left you on your own and please believe them when they say that it's left for yesterday ♪ ♪ and the records that i've played please forgive me for all i've done ♪ ♪ so i bet my life i bet my life i bet my life on you ♪ >> come on! ♪ i bet my life i bet my life i bet my life on you ♪ >> come on! ♪ so i bet my i bet my i bet my ♪

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[ cheers and applause ] well, this crowd is loving the imagine dragons here this morning for our winter concert series. big day for them. the new album "smoke + mirrors" available starting this morning. dan, great to have you back. >> it's good to be back. >> so tell me you actually wrote a lot of this on the road. how does that work? >> you know, i'm not much of a party animal so at the end of the day i go back my hotel room and kind of just write my thoughts. >> after a show? >> yeah after a show and a neighbor would pound on the door at 2:00 a.m. in the hotel room

come on man, stop singing but, you know, you do what you got to do. >> you're inspired. you're about to hit the road again. big tour coming up. >> we're excited and just launched the north american tour. the tickets are up for sale as of today, 39 states in the u.s. and we're really excited about it. >> wow. not only 39 states on the ground, i can't believe this, you're actually going to do a concert 35,000 feet up. >> yes. on a plane yeah. we're going to jump on a plane with southwest and we're going to bring out some of our fans that were there from the beginning, seven years ago and fly to the small little clubs we started playing with them and we're going to do a show on the plane. i don't know how we're going to do that. over the p.a. >> a lot of competition to get on that plane, and everyone loves this next song "radioactive." >> thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ whoa, whoa, whoa whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ ♪ whoa, whoa, whoa whoa ♪

♪ whoa ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm waking up to ash and dust ♪ ♪ i wipe my brow but i sweat my rust ♪ ♪ i'm breathing in the chemicals ♪ ♪ i'm breaking in, shaping up then checking out ♪ ♪ on the prison bus this is it ♪ ♪ the apocalypse whoa ♪ ♪ i'm waking up i feel it in my bones ♪

♪ to make my systems blow ♪ ♪ welcome to the new age to the new age ♪ ♪ welcome to the new age to the new age ♪ ♪ whoa, whoa, whoa whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ ♪ i'm radioactive radioactive ♪ ♪ whoa, whoa, whoa whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ ♪ i'm radioactive radioactive ♪ ♪ i raise my flags don my clothes ♪ ♪ now it's a revolution i suppose ♪ ♪ we're painted red just to fit right in ♪ ♪ whoa ♪ ♪ i'm breaking in, shaping up then checking out ♪ ♪ on the prison bus this is it ♪ ♪ the apocalypse whoa ♪ ♪ i'm waking up i feel it in my bones ♪ ♪ to make my systems blow ♪ ♪ welcome to the new age to the new age ♪

♪ welcome to the new age to the new age ♪ ♪ whoa, whoa, whoa whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ ♪ i'm radioactive radioactive ♪ ♪ whoa, whoa, whoa whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ ♪ i'm radioactive radioactive ♪ ♪ all systems go the sun hasn't died ♪ ♪ deep in my bones straight from inside ♪ ♪ i'm waking up i feel it in my bones ♪ ♪ to make my systems blow ♪ ♪ welcome to the new age to the new age ♪ ♪ welcome to the new age to the new age ♪ ♪ whoa, whoa, whoa whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ ♪ i'm radioactive radioactive ♪ ♪ whoa, whoa, whoa whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ ♪ i'm radioactive radioactive ♪

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. good morning. i'm kristen sze. let's check out the forecast with mike nicco. >> thank you very much. good morning everybody. we're going to be about five to ten degrees cooler. those record high temperatures are going to be in our past. we'll still be a little warmer than average a lot of low to mid 60s. and only upper 50s at the coast. in fact, we'll have morning clouds tomorrow and to a lesser extent thursday. and then sunshine through oscar sunday. there's a little walterter accumulation on the lens of 360 camera. traffic there in the southbound direction not too bad, but we are dealing with a big delay, about 20 minutes on the daly

city line. >> thank you. now it's time for "live >> it's "live with kelly and michael." today from the series "stalker," dylan mcdermott. and angie harmon. and someone in our studio could win a stack of benjamins. all next on "live"! [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] >> now, here are kelly ripa and michael strahan! [applause] ♪