good morning, america. breaking overnight, president trump's taxes leaked. two pages from his 2005 return revealing big earnings and millions in taxes. now out in public after he vowed to keep them under wraps. >> i'm not releasing the tax returns because as you know they're under audit. >> the white house calls the leak illegal. the big question this morning, who is behind it? the big digout. the northeast now cleaning up from that massive storm dumping more than three feet of snow in new york. dangerous winds whipping up waves, sending trees crashing into homes. this tractor trailer jackknifing on a bridge. a snowplow flipping over and it left cars buried in pennsylvania. now, the new warnings as the deep freeze spreads all the way to florida. ben affleck's personal confession. the superstar revealing he secretly sought treatment for alcohol addiction.

his estranged wife jennifer garner supporting him through it all. now, affleck, in his own words, sharing an inspiring message for his kids, his co-parent, jen and anyone afraid to seek help. and prince william caught on camera showing off his dance moves at a nightclub in this footage released by tmz hanging out with a model on a getaway with friends skipping out on a family affair. some are asking is he shirking his royal responsibilities? good morning, america. busy thursday right here and for millions across the northeast, a lot of digging this morning. >> yeah, they're be busy dig out. not as bad as some feared in new york city but plenty of places got a lot of snow? scranton, these cars that are buried there. that's a lot of digging to get out. and in staten island two ponies escaping when the barn door was

blown open by the wind and we can happily report they were safely put back in the barn, they're back home nice and warm. >> out for a little run. we'll have much more on the storm and deep freeze but begin with that revelation overnight. a portion of president trump's 2005 tax returns now made public. the documents showing how much he made, how much he lost and how much he paid in income taxes that year. our chief white house correspondent jon karl has all those details for us. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this is not his full tax return but a two page summary of his 2005 return. and it shows for that year at least he paid millions of dollars in taxes. overnight, that trump tax revelation. the first two pages of his 2005 filing leaked showing an income of nearly $153 million. the president ended up paying $38 million in taxes, that adds up to an effective tax rate of just over 25%.

trump paid less than what was the top income tax rate of 35% that year by declaring $103 million in losses greatly reducing his total tax bill. for more than a year, donald trump is refusing to release his taxes even telling george last spring that it's none of his business. >> what is your tax rate? >> it's none of your business. you'll see it when i release but i fight very hard to pay as little tax as possible. >> reporter: the two-page tax summary obtained by david cay johnston who received it in the mail and announced it with much hype on "the rachel maddow show" and he has no idea who sent it to him but doesn't rule out the possibility it was donald trump himself. >> let me point out it's entirely possible that donald sent this to me. donald trump has over the years leaked all sorts of things. >> reporter: although trump's effective tax rate in 2005 was significantly lower than the top income tax bracket, trump's rate of 25% is actually much higher

than what mitt romney paid the year before he ran for president, just 14%. this is the second time a two-page summary of trump's taxes has been sent anonymously to a reporter. in october, the first two pages of trump's 1995 return was sent to "the new york times" and that return, however, trump paid no taxes at all because he was able to declare a whopping $916 million loss that included three failed casinos among other business ventures. the white house confirmed the accuracy of these leaked pages from the president's tax return but blasted the reporter saying it is totally illegal to steal and publish tax returns. it's important to point out, that this is just the two page summary of his returns and leaves a lot of questions unanswered including the specifics of where his income came from and his financial ties. george.

>> thanks, jon. joined now by the man at the center of the storm, david cay johnston. congratulations, you broke it on d.c. report.org and covered his taxes four years and open the mail, find these pages from 2005. but do you really think he could have leaked them to you. >> donald has a long history of leaking things about himself. sometimes -- >> he doesn't like you, though. >> no and i think it's in the realm of possibility. >> no evidence. >> no. no, it's a possibility. or someone at his direction but the venom and anger and falsehoods in the white house statement suggest that, no, he's probably not the source of this. >> there is on that page two of the document that it says client copy. >> yes. >> who does that tell you? >> that tells me this is somebody who either worked at the accounting firm or had connections to it or this copy was turned over to someone in a regulatory proceeding in litigation in a financial statement and why not the whole return?

well, somebody wanted to photocopy something they won't take a thousand pages to the photocopier. >> the envelope had the return address of trump tower. any return address on your envelope? >> no, and that's the one i suspect donald did leak those last summer or last fall -- >> didn't make him look good. >> in donald's mind it would. he is an unusual character as to what he thinks makes him look good. >> there was a lot of speculation that he could have avoided paying any federal income taxes for up to 18 years. this clearly shows that he paid millions in taxes, also made a lot of money. >> it does, it shows he was very successful and it also implies that he had an average income of $81.5 million in the previous ten years because he bought though tax shelter. when he didn't pay back over $900 million in loans to the banks, the banks wrote that off. he bought a tax shelter that let him deduct the same amount. >> big question now, you just got two pages from 2005. what doesn't this show? >> well, it doesn't tell us who

trump is beholden to. i mean we know for example that he owes money to deutsche bank which is deeply involved in money laundering for the russians. he owes money to the communist bank in china, the bank of china which is also the largest tenant in trump tower. a u.s. president in hock to a bank in china and don't know who he's getting his revenue from or who his partners are or who he's done business with in foreign countries and that could have major national security implications. >> we do now know this audit excuse that the president said is no real reason not to release. >> nonsense. >> and now we've seen 1995 and 2005. these 2005 returns certainly not scandalous in any way from what we know of what was released so what is it he trying to hide? you've covered him for a long time. >> i don't think he wants us to know all the people he's done business with both those he's beholden to and those he receives income from.

there is something very important, george. one of the key elements of donald trump's tax plan is getting rid of the alternative minimum tax. you and i and everybody else prosperous is on the alternative minimum tax. if that hadn't existed, donald trump would have paid a tax rate on his $153 million lower than the average paid by the poorest half of americans. >> so, you're saying based on this 2005 tax return donald trump proposal now would give a big benefit to donald trump. >> an enormous benefit to him and if you put that across a lot of people, it would have also caused serious problems for us in doing all of the things government needs to do. >> i think this will spring more leaks? >> i hope so. >> david cay johnston, thanks very much. >> now the president has weighed in on twitter and says does anybody really believe that a reporter who nobody ever heard of went to his mailbox and found my tax returns @nbcnews. he's been covering him for a

long time. >> let's talk about the legal implications. the white house is saying this is against the law. is that the case? >> probably not. there is a specific law on the books that makes it a felony to release without authorization tax returns or tax related return information, but that's typically viewed as applying to irs agents or the government. furthermore there's specifically a supreme court case out that addressed the question of the media getting information illegally obtained. can they publish it and the answer according to the supreme court was yes. i mean, if the media can't report on the president's tax returns then what does the first amendment mean? so, i think that there's almost no question that rachel maddow, msnbc, david cay johnston are all on sound ground. >> in recent years all the presidents have made their tax returns public. they brought them forth. but when you look at the documents that we have -- that have been released, there's nothing illegal.

it doesn't seem within those returns -- >> absolutely. this is actually a good return for donald trump. i mean, the only thing controversial as you just heard there this idea of the alternative minimum tax meaning if donald trump supports the idea of getting rid of the alternative minimum tax it shows you how little tax someone like him would have had to pay. because that was the biggest chunk of tax he paid in 2005. you get rid of that alternative minimum tax and he's paying almost nothing in taxes, so, as a matter of policy, that is the biggest danger in this sort of information becoming public, but, again, i don't expect that the trump administration will do anything about it i don't think they'll take legal action. they didn't take legal action against politico and "new york times" for more damaging information. and i don't think they want the precedent to be set against them. >> dan abrams, thank you. we move on to the battle over health care. president trump pushing hard as opposition continues to mount from republicans in the house

and senate and some of the president's closest conservative allies, as well after that cbo report shows it could lead 24 more million uninsured in a decade. cecilia vega has the latest. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. the white house says the president is proud of this plan and that he still stands by it buts you said the opposition is growing louder. one republican senator says there is cause for alarm. the pushback against the plan to repeal and replace obamacare -- [ chanting ] >> reporter: landing right at the steps of paul ryan's wisconsin office and this morning, pushback from across the speaker's own political party too. conservative republicans in the house and senate saying the plan doesn't deliver on the party's promise to dismantle obamacare. moderate members worry about that report card on the plan that says millions could lose coverage. overnight the architect of that plan coming to its defense. >> sure, there are people who have concerns or criticisms but

that's what happens when you get consensus. we have an obligation to keep our promises, to pass the reforms that we told people we would pass if we got this opportunity. >> reporter: going on offense the white house -- >> what the congressional budget office is good at is estimating income and expenses in various federal programs. what i think they're less effective at is really evaluating what happens in the marketplace. >> reporter: the reality for many americans could be harsh. a 64-year-old with a $26,000 salary could see a huge spike in their premiums, from $1700 a year under obamacare to nearly $15,000 under the gop plan. a nearly $13,000 a year increase. as for president trump's promise. >> everybody is being taken care of. >> but now. >> can you stand here today and say that the president will keep his promise for insurance for everybody?

>> i think the president's goal is to provide insurance -- to make it available to everybody, yes, that's what he intends to do. >> reporter: and today the president hits the road. he is heading to detroit and then to nashville where he is expected to make a pitch on his health care plan. he will also, george, be laying a wreath at the tomb of andrew jackson. >> okay, cecilia, i on another front one of the president's closest allies, congressman steve king under fire for that tweet he had the other day where he was really appealing to white nationalists saying we scant restore our civilization with somebody else's babies. the white house asked to respond to that. >> a total head scratcher of a tweet drawing a lot of criticism. at first the white house didn't respond to questions about that tweet yesterday, though, sean spicer did try to put distance between the president and king as you said. they are allies but yesterday spicer said the president believes that he is a president for all americans, this is not a point of view that he shares, george. >> okay, cecilia vega, thanks very much. michael. >> all right, george, we're going to turn to that major cleanup from that nor'easter that shut down cities along the

east coast and rob marciano is in barrett township, pennsylvania, with more on that. good morning, rob. i got to say that blue is a good color on you, my friend. >> thanks, it pops against the white snow. no doubt. they are buried here in northeast pennsylvania. one of six states that got at least 20 inches of snow and it's drifting so difficult to measure right here. that says about 15 inches. look at this car. it's completely gone. get into some snowdrifts and almost lose this yardstick. this system had everything. it had wind, waves and a lot of sleet and snow, it was a beast of a storm. from pennsylvania to maine, millions digging out this morning. after the march blizzard dropped as much as 41 inches of snow in upstate new york. coastal communities in massachusetts and maine dealing with up to a foot of snow and wind gusts up to 80 miles per hour. causing waves to come crashing over the breakwater. check out this tractor trailer spinning out in boston.

barely missing cars. somehow managing to stay upright as it crosses all over traffic lanes. snowfall reaching two feet in parts of northeast pennsylvania. these cars in scranton completely submerged. 60,000 without power in massachusetts alone. this power line causing concern after it ignited. major highways in connecticut shut down. watch as this car fishtails left and right as it tries to make its way on the road. in new york, drivers not faring any easier. this snowplow overwhelmed and overturned. public works crews working late into the night to shovel and salt to get commuters back to work this morning. >> the lot will be clean and everyone will be able to park today. >> reporter: state officials still concerned. >> we are still clearing the roads, many of them are filled with sleet and slush. yeah, there's still snow coverage so clearing them will be tough especially with this wind today blowing and drifting

more snow and windchill which right now is near zero in the middle of march. it's brutal. michael. >> thank you, robin. still dangerous. now to a breaking deadline. the justice department is set to reveal who they think stole millions of users' personal information and pierre thomas has more. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. the u.s. government is about to reveal who it thinks is behind some of the biggest private security breaches in history. sources tell abc news the government is going to accuse at least four people, a canadian and at least three russians of stealing the personal information of hundreds of millions of yahoo! users. those sources say some of the hackers are suspected of having ties to the russian government, robin. >> all right, pierre, thank you very much. amy is back. she has the morning's other stories starting with a fire on an airliner. it is a new warning though for passengers this morning after a pair of headphones exploded and caught fire on a flight. some of these images are tough to look at. this is the unnamed passenger who was wearing them on a recent flight to australia.

she threw the headphones on the floor as they sparked. australian authorities said today it's likely the batteries caught fire. that passenger has thankfully recovered. the navy is vowing to clean up a growing bribery scandal that promise follows the arrest of nine officers including a retired admiral. they're accused of giving a war classified information in exchange for lavish perks including prostitutes. two texas lawmakers have become the media version of the odd couple. republican w ichlwil hurd and beto o'rourke and will hurd carpooled from texas to washington because their flights were canceled by the blizzard so they decided to road trip it and guess what, we're learning a lot about them thanks to facebook live. >> i've lost will. i don't know where he went. he may have gone into this ihop. i think will's got kind of a small bladder. >> we'll pay for this. can we do it in two different bags. >> high maintenance customer. >> they're hoping to make it to d.c. in time for a house vote tonight but i love what they said.

they say on a road trip you can have uncomfortable conversations but eventually find cooperation on those thousand miles they have together? a long drive. >> yeah. >> it was faster than the flight though apparently. >> for two days i've been trying to get out. hopefully i'll make it out today. >> fingers crossed. good to have you back. >> thank you. >> i got to come back early. >> did you have to show those pictures of turks and caicos. >> did you see my pictures from yesterday with two feet of snow upstate. quite the opposite but it was fun. >> ginger, you know, it wasn't as bad here as we thought but that's not the case everywhere. >> it's not. i have to say even with 7.6 inches in the city you saw all the cars covered. still a sloppy mess. i think the roads are terrible. even if you get seven inches, ten in the bronx, 40 in parts of new york. you're waking up with a lot of slush and it's going to stay. look at the freeze warnings that go all the way to jacksonville and gainesville. as we get into the next couple of mornings single digits.

good morning, i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. cooler today with low clouds giving way to high clouds, a stray light shower possible in the north bay after 7:00 this evening and a wet pattern for all of us begins this weekend. temperatures still until the 70s. to want's going to be pretty cloudy with temperatures in the low to mid 50s. here's my accuweather 7 day forecast. warming trend for thursday and trid, a little

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good morning east bay, let's get up and get going. good morning to you, 7:23. let's start with a look at our traffic. >> good morning. not good news here for westbound highway 4. we now have a situation here. for the crash, we are watching for over an hour and 30 minutes now. this is just before chicago highway. we still have the left lane block. the crash is gone, but there's an oil spill, and they are waiting for traffic or for dot to arrive to clean it up. we got an 11 mile backup, and definitely avoid that if you can. the other significant problem now is motorcycle crash north on 101 at peninsula avenue. the actual motorcycle down was pushed off to the right shoulder, but the right lane is blocked and backed up fou

check out the cloud deck and sun this morning. mother nature putting on a show. i hate to cover it. into talk about temperatures, though, that are about 8-12 degrees cooler than they were yesterday. back in the 60s and lower 70s. radar returns, most evaporating before lhitting the ground unti 7:00 tonight. then a spotty shower. until then, clouds evaporate into haze and high clouds increase. a better chance of wet weather beginning sunday, monday, and tuesday. it's a one on the storm impact scale. >> thanks, mike. how safe are smoke detectors? will they wake up the kids if there's an emergency in the house? that's next on "gma" and another update in 30 minutes and always

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does every guy have to go through all this just to find out your name. >> i asked for your number. >> welcome back to "gma." that's ben affleck and jennifer garner in the 2003 movie "daredevil." the two falling in love on that set. affleck is revealing he just went to rehab but thanking jen for her support as a co-parent. amy, you'll have much more on that. >> we're all rooting for him. taking a step in the right direction. the white house is fighting back over a portion of the president's tax return being leaked calling it illegal and james comey is expected to respond to the senator's call about answers about the trump campaign and russia.

airports are back up and running this morning after that major nor'easter caused more than 6,000 cancellations on tuesday. officials are warning there could still be delays and cancellations. >> not you, robin. you'll be fine. >> it's for a great cause trying to get to austria for the special olympic world winter games. >> you are going to make it. >> okay. we have faith. >> we feel it. ben affleck now. more on that revelation. it was a personal facebook post he says he completed treatment for alcohol addiction. you have the details. >> that's right, george. ben says he wants to be a source of strength for others who may need help and hopes his treatment will help him be the best father possible. >> there are only bad options. it's about finding the best one. >> reporter: overnight a revealing announcement from ben affleck. the 44-year-old two-time academy award winner announcing he has sought treatment for addiction writing on facebook, i have completed treatment for alcohol addiction. something i've dealt with in the past and will continue to confront.

i want to live life to the fullest and be the best father i can be. affleck has three children with estranged wife jennifer garner. the couple fell in love while filming 2003's "daredevil." >> i have to go. >> stay with me. >> reporter: affleck says he's hoping to be a source of inspiration for his family. i want my kids to know there is no shame in getting help when you need it and to be a source of strength for anyone who needs help but is afraid to the take the first step. he attended a rehab facility in 2001 to get straight after, quote, being 29, partying too much and not having a lot of boundaries, says he now credits garner for her part on his current road to recovery. i'm lucky to have the love of my family and friends including my co-parent, jen, who has supported me and cared for our kids as i've done the work i set out to do. affleck who just weeks ago presented at the oscars with longtime friend and creative partner matt damon separated from garner in 2015 after ten

years of marriage in the public eye. >> i want to thank you for working on our marriage for, you know, ten christmases, it's good, it is work but it's the best kind of work and there's no one i'd rather work with. >> reporter: telling robin last year the couple is focusing on putting their children first. >> she works very hard and she's great with the kids and, you know, like i say we put them first and take one step at a time and do our best. >> a source close to him says he physically went to rehab, not an outpatient program and this hasn't noticeably slowed his acting career starring in "batman: the justice league." that's opening in november. >> real example of ben taking control of the story. >> 2001 when i was at "people" magazine we did a cover story about it and there have been stories about him whether gambling or drinking or

whatever, so it has tormented him and runs in the family. his father was an alcoholic and something he struggles with and i think this kind of puts -- clarifies perhaps some of the actions that have gone on lately. he would be the director of the new "batman" movie and decided not to do that. i don't want to speculate about his family but have put their divorce on hold. this is obviously going to lead to speculation maybe his getting treatment is a condition of some kind of reconciliation or some other kind of work within the family but i think what he said in that piece about taking care of the kids and working for them first -- >> that's been their message all through the separation. >> it has been. they have three kids under 10. this is what they've focused on. >> this doesn't seem to be hurting his career at all. >> no, he's widely loved in the community and for whatever he's been struggling with he's been a guy who has had incredible ups and downs and won a best picture oscar for "argo." this is somebody who is respected and known in hollywood and performs and until he can't perform he's going to be taken in and allowed to work. >> significant that he was actually saying he actually went

to full time to a rehab facility. >> i'm not sure if it's that significant. i haven't heard of situations where they don't go. he's taking this seriously. when he was 29 he just found fame and partying like a young guy. now a father of three and his life, takes it more seriously so it would make sense he wouldn't phone it in but take part physically. >> larry, thanks. coming up that troubling new report on smoke detectors and your children. our eye-opening experiment is next. >> emergency. emergency.

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now to a warning for all parents without smoke detectors. they save thousands of lives every year but will they actually wake up your children? abc's gio benitez is in boston. he has an eye-opening experiment for us. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, robin, good morning to you. listen, firefighters at the boston fire department are worried about this issue and you should be too, because it turns out that half of all house fires

happen in the middle of the night when everyone is asleep, so it's critical that children wake up when they hear that smoke alarm. but will they? we put them to the test. we're inside a connecticut home with firefighter travis golick and wanted to see what would happen. will smoke alarms wake up the children, landon, 3 1/2 and noelle, 1. >> it will be interesting to see what happens because our son can usually sleep through everything. >> reporter: the mcbrides have an action plan in place and included their 3 1/2-year-old and their son knows to be up and ready to go the moment that alarm goes off. >> so, you've talked to your son about the smoke alarms. >> he knows the sound. we have our plan and actually have a fire ladder in our bedroom. and our plan is to obviously get them and get the ladder and get out. >> oh, wow. what should every family be thinking about? >> making sure your smoke detectors work. the code is to put them in the bedrooms, have them outside the bedrooms and one on every level especially near the stairwell

because the smoke rises. it's going to go up the stairwell. >> reporter: we rigged up cameras in the kids' room and have a great view using their monitors. after they fall asleep, our firefighter brings in a regular smoke alarm and set it off with a smoke device in the hall right outside the kids' rooms with their doors open. >> i'm nervous. [ smoke alarm going off] >> he's not waking up. >> she's not either. >> reporter: when you see that what do you think? >> that's not good. because you know what, what makes me think is like would we hear it? >> reporter: next we set off the family's much louder smoke alarm system set off through their phones and found in all the bedroom, hallway and downstairs. think they'll wake up? >> i do. >> because they're in their room. >> reporter: that's right. there are speakers in their rooms. we trigger them and wait. >> emergency, emergency. there's smoke. >> reporter: 20 seconds later. >> he is still sleeping.

>> both of them. >> i truly thought they were going to wake up. like truly -- >> i mean, i'm shocked. right? >> like -- >> i'm shocked looking at this. still asleep. that definitely -- i feel -- would have woken me up. i guess not when it's a kid. >> i truly thought they would have woken up. >> reporter: an unbelievable four minutes later the alarm still blaring and neither wakes up. >> as a mom and dad, what do you feel when you see this? >> you know, it just makes you think that you have -- not that you wouldn't react quick but it's kind of like you really got to react the second you hear that because they're not going to hear it. >> reporter: and incredibly a new study says 80% of all kids ages 2 to 14 don't wake up when they hear that smoke alarm so really it's up to parents to have a plan ready and to really act as quickly as possible. >> yes, especially with young children like that.

you're going to have to go and get them when you hear the alarm like that. but for older kids who are expected to be able to get out on their own, is there something in the pipeline, another type of alarm that they perhaps will hear better? >> reporter: well, you know, you heard that voice on the alarm. they're saying, emergency, emergency, fire. well, now a company is looking at this. researchers are looking at this to say, will it work better if they use the parents' voices so that might be interesting? >> could be. all right, gio, thank you very much. and hopefully when people changed their clocks this past weekend they changed the batteries in smoke alarms. thank you, gio. michael. >> all right, thank you, robin. coming up on our big board, prince william in hot water. the future king caught partying in this footage from tmz. the man was raising the roof. and the family behind this viral video are now revealing what was really going on behind the scenes. we're going to come back in two minutes and talk about that. for millions of baby boomers there's a serious virus out there that's been almost forgotten.

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we are back now with our big board and let's start, why don't we, with prince william in hot water. we want you to take a look at this. the future king seen dancing at a nightclub in this video released by tmz also spotted on the slopes with an australian model and hitting him hard for skipping a royal event to go on that ski trip and lama hasan from london joins us. we see the prince clearly enjoying himself. the dancing. i mean, you can kind of see he's rusty at it but he's been given a hard time for this. tell us why. >> yeah, good morning to you, amy. this is igniting a firestorm here. the british tabloids are having a field day calling prince william a part-time prince and saying he's not pulling his weight as a member of the royal family. two schools of thought. on vacation with his mates. he has had a busy schedule so far this year. so what if he goes with his friends skiing?

well, when you miss what is being described as a major church service in the royal calendar and all the members of the royal family are there and you're m.i.s., it's not sitting well with the papers especially when you see those images of him having a good time, high-fiving an australian model. you saw the video there obtained by tmz hitting the dance floor getting his groove on, it just doesn't play well here and, of course, the question, where was kate? where was his wife? one paper saying, gosh, she must be really understanding to allow her husband to go off gallivanting like that. >> he was dancing by himself. >> yeah, he was. he was. we did reach out to kensington palace and say this is something they don't normally comment on. >> everyone in this newsroom is intoxicated watching him dance. i just can't stop. one of the best things i've seen in a long time. >> you can learn something, michael. >> but a lot of critics have complained about prince william's work ethic in the past.

does this reinforce what they've been saying about him? >> yeah, absolutely. he has been criticized. people believe that he's just not pulling his weight. he's not doing enough as a member of the royal family. he has hit back at those critics. last year in an interview prince william saying he does take his royal duties very seriously. it's about finding your own way at the right time and in fairness he's not even a full time royal yet. don't forget. he is still an air ambulance pilot. kensington palace saying he's leaving that job in the autumn moving with his family to london to take a bigger royal role and that's when he should be judged. >> lama, thank you. we're not judging by the way. >> i think the man has moves. i'm glad he shows them and everybody here, a lot of smiles on our faces this morning so, lama, thank you and now we're going to go to the story behind that internet sensation. a professor interrupted by his kids who crashed his live interview with the bbc last

week, now he's revealing what really happened behind the scenes and nick watt joins us now. good morning to you, nick. and, nick, regardless -- what do you think about the press conference? how do you think this father did under a little stress there. >> reporter: i think he did pretty well. listen, this guy is clearly freaking out. he's been hunkered down for five days before as we like to say breaking his silence. you know, five days later, 100 million views later and we're still talking about this. it should have been a mildly boring interview about south korean politics, but online we've had countless forensic analyses of how this guy reacted when his daughter first then his son, then his mortified wife burst into the room live. he has, you know -- he's breaking silence so professor robert kelly, take it away. >> my guess is that this is the sort of thing that a lot of working parents can relate to. your children sort of interrupt you in the middle some kind of project.

i think it would end any television appearances. people would see this and assume it was wildly unprofessional. yes, i was wearing pants. someone at lunch recognized me today at the hotel and asked if i was wearing pants. strangers ask me if i was wearing pants. i think the reason why this became -- why this went viral is because my real life sort of punched through the fake cover i had created for television, right. there i am in my suit delivering my talking points or whatever and then suddenly reality bursts in. >> i think the real issue for him it was that initial swipe, it was the swipe and the stoney face that got him the attention. he's mortified and that's why it's funny. listen, we all know stuff happens on live tv. you guys remember those two kids adopted from china recently. they were doing like handstands live on our show and everyone laughed and that's really the only way to play it. of course, now that i'm acting

like an expert something terrible will happen to me and i'll handle it terribly unlike those ladies who did very well. i'm waiting to mess up. >> i mean, i think also that little girl, the way she walked in like this. nick, has anything like that ever happened to you with your kids? >> no, i can blame my wife for one thing. once my wife ironed my shirt before i came on your show and during my live the producer was shouting in my ear what's happened to your shirt? it's a disgrace, it's terrible. i managed to get it going. the up shot was my wife has never ironed my shirt again. i iron my shirts. >> ah. >> i'm waiting to mess up. i feel sorry for this guy. i think he handled it well. i feel for him. i feel for him. >> well, we all -- it can happen to anyone. and my favorite part is wife came through the door after the kids like kramer from "seinfeld." she was totally lost and trying to figure it out. >> she shut the door at the very end. he thought it was his fault for

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welcome back to "gma." go ahead and look at this because this is what an almost 80-mile-per-hour wind gust looks like. this is north adams, massachusetts, just south of the vermont state line so the northwest corner fighting through it with all that snow from the storm and still fighting through wind gusts from the north carolina coast, cape hatteras at 32, atlantic city, 37.

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good morning, south bay. get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. hope you're doing well. it's 7:56, and we have a look at the forecast that most of you will like. >> yeah. it's not as sunny nor as warm, but there's enough to grab the suc sunglass sunglasses. temperatures in the mid to upper 60s, low 70s. sprinkles possible after 7:00 p.m. today. >> okay. finally have good news for westbound highway 4, although we have a long way to recover, but that alert cancelled, left lane back open just before 242, that long term blocking situation. check that out, that backup averaged 5-10 miles per hour. >> thank you. coming up, an emotional interview with espn writer, royce young, and his wife, going full-term with their unborn baby

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. breaking overnight, president trump's taxes leaked. two pages from his 2005 return made public revealing millions in income, millions in losses and millions in taxes. the white house now blasting the leak calling it totally illegal. mischa barton fighting to prevent the release of a private tape. it was recorded without her consent, and it is reportedly being sold to the highest bidder. is she the victim of an ex? the incredible and emotional story that has touched so many. the espn reporter with a facebook post shared around the world about his wife, their baby and the most difficult decision they've ever made to help save dozens of other lives. ♪ and be our guest. two big names, one big morning. josh gad here live just days before "beauty and the beast"

and our friend regina king right here, and she's saying. >> good morning, america. [ applause ] >> that is a nice good morning right there. easing into wednesday, yeah. good morning to all of you. welcome. [ applause ] fantastic. >> and we're excited. you're really going to be excited because josh gad is here. the "frozen" star taking on the big new role of "beauty and the beast." and wait till you hear what his kids think about it and wait till you hear what lefou -- what did you say? >> i pity lefou. >> we're talking about pitying lefou and his big behind-the-scenes bromance. luke evans who played gaston. >> a great guy. all right, so we cannot wait to talk to him. always a great guest. so much going on in this hour. >> a lot going on. starting with the news. amy has the morning rundown.

>> all right, and the big story this morning, guys, the sudden release of one of president trump's tax returns. it is from 2005, and it shows the president paid $38 million in taxes on income of nearly $153 million. the president has until now kept his tax details private. that information was sent anonymously to a reporter who says the president may have leaked it. here is what he told george earlier. >> donald has a long history of leaking things. i think it's in the realm of possibility that he -- >> so no evidence. >> no. >> president trump tweeting about the story this morning calling it all fake news. breaking news from syria. a terror attack killed dozens in the main justice building in damascus followed by a deadly blast inside a restaurant. no claim of responsibility in either attack. today marks the sixth anniversaricy of the start of the country's civil war.

and a blast of bitter cold air is the new weather concern for the eastern u.s. with freeze warnings stretching all the way to florida. millions are digging out from as much as three feet of snow. many schools are closed or delayed for a second day and at the airports today, more than a thousand flights canceled. the texas state senate has tentatively approved a controversial bathroom bill that requires people to use restrooms matching the gender on their birth certificates. the bill faces an uncertain future. major corporations are against it as is the nfl. >> and a mcdonald's worker in florida jumps through the window to save a customer in the drive through. he signaled fist responders eating inside. they revived the woman and she is now okay. good for him finally sometimes, you know what, it's just easier to be lazy like this seal caught hitching a ride on a ship heading home to melbourne, australia. the brown fur seal was apparently, ah, too tired to swim. and who can blame him or her? the accommodations very

suitable, spacious with plenty of room for flippers. >> ah. >> she's one smart seal. >> yes. >> thanks, amy. >> oh, how we missed you, amy with those lines. thanks so much. and heat us up with a little "pop news" there, lara. >> you got it, robin. good morning, everybody. the time for "pop news" as robin said and we begin with this. students at the london school of economics got their first look at professor jolie on monday. that's right. angelina jolie delivered her first lecture at the center for women, peace and security where she'll be teaching as an unpaid visiting professor and a nine-month-long masters course starting in september. she said she was nervous before the class telling the evening standard" she had butterfly, but those nerves didn't stop her from giving a compelling lecture focusing on women's rights and took time out to answer questions on the presentation and, of course, posed for a few pictures. >> wow. >> that's a big deal.

so passionate about her work and still mom. >> she's committed. >> yep, absolutely. you can do lots of stuff in nine months, michael. next up -- you know what i meant? >> make a baby, we got it. >> a professor. so it's a tradition for the star of movies to give out gifts when the production wraps and when that star is oprah winfrey, you know it's going to be one of her favorite things. >> you get a car. >> thank you, my friend. >> and you get a car. >> well, when the shooting ended on "a wrinkle in time" starring reese witherspoon and mindy kaling, it was, you get a juicer. you get a juicer. every member of the movie crew got this $400 juicero juicer, and oprah says she hasn't been this excited to give a present since that great car giveaway and took to instagram to share a moment from that special time. >> every morning when your juice

comes out, think of "wrinkle in time." [ cheers and applause ] >> and the wrinkles will go away, all that healthy juice. she wrote on instagram she loved this experience. all of them did. remember, we had pictures of them drinking wine. it looked like the greatest time and she said it's the wrapped gift that keeps on giving to your health and happiness. she is so generous. >> i know, and she looks fantastic. >> it's if is the juicero, sigh me up. >> i'll have what she's having. they say eyes are the window to the soul but what about your knees? what do they see inside your jeans? and who knew they needed to? apparently top shop did. check out the clear knee mom jean, everybody. this is what i'm getting all you. you get clear new jeans. no. i'm kidding. these -- this new trend that i felt i needed to share with you is offered on nordstrom's website. do not adjust your tv. it's not 1988.

these are for sale now and they are selling out. for $95 you get, and i quote, plastic panels that bare your knees for a futuristic feel tapered and crop high-waisted jeans. i mean, that -- if that doesn't sound like sexy, i don't know what does. one reviewer says the trend solves the conundrum of maintaining the knee tan. >> i didn't know that was a conundrum. >> something just looks wrong about that. i don't know what it is. >> did you hear that? george just asked if i made that whole thing up. no, that is on the nordstrom's website for $95, top shop makes them. they are selling out. >> okay. >> beware of a trend near you, people. >> thank you for that. >> does anybody here have a pair? >> well, fonzie, raise your hand. that's "pop news," guys. >> thank you, lara. >> thank you, lara. [ applause ] and coming up, actress mischa barton's battle over a private tape. we're going to see if she is the victim of an ex.

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we are back now with mischa barton's battle. the actress trying to prevent the release of a private tape her attorney says was recorded without her consent. we'll talk to barton's attorney in a moment but first abc's mara schiavocampo has the story. >> reporter: she burst onto the scene more than ten years ago as the star of the hit teen drama "the o.c." >> aaagh! >> reporter: now mischa barton facing some much darker moments. this morning the actress revealing she may be the latest celebrity victim of revenge porn. in a statement her attorney saying it has been reported that

naked or sexually explicit images of ms. barton are being shopped around. >> a number of porn sites that the video is allegedly being shopped to, and the price tag reported is up around $500,000. >> reporter: revenge porn where nude or sexually explicit material is released without someone's consent has hit hollywood many times. scarlett johansson and jennifer lawrence among those targeted. barton's attorney says the actress believes she was recorded without her consent by someone she was seeing at the time. it's been a rough year for barton. in january the 31-year-old was caught on camera behaving erratically. >> oh, my god. it's over. >> reporter: this tmz video showing the actress ranting while hanging over the fence of her west hollywood apartment building wearing nothing but a dress shirt. barton later saying she had been slipped the date rape drug ghb while celebrating her birthday telling "people" magazine, i voluntarily went to get professional help.

weeks later crashing her u-haul into an apartment building while moving. >> what are we going to even do about this? >> reporter: as seen in this tmz video. now barton is fighting back against whoever may have the footage warning, we will find you, and we will come after you. for "good morning america," mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. >> mischa barton's attorney lisa bloom is joining us now and, lisa, thank you for joining us and i guess the first question, how is mischa doing right now? >> mischa is brave. mischa has decided that it's time to stand up for her rights and i always think when a woman does that, it's a very healthy and empowering move. >> and, lisa, when did mischa become aware of the tapes? was it before or after this situation of these reports? >> she's been aware for some time via rumors that perhaps somebody was out there shopping these tapes. but she wasn't sure until a couple of days ago when there have been reports that there are

actual porn sites that are considering buying these thing. >> now you say tape was recorded without her consent. so, are you saying that they were recorded secretly? >> that's right. mischa contends that she was not aware. she did not consent and she did not even have knowledge that they were being recorded. >> and you've turned this -- you call this revenge porn and do you believe it's an ex-boyfriend or somebody who is trying to get revenge on her? >> yes, mischa believes that there's a man that she was seeing some time ago who did these surreptitious recordings and is doing it for financial gain or to get back at her. >> california does have a law against something like this. against revenge porn, so do you think the law applies in this case? >> the law absolutely applies and we have a message for anyone who is trafficking in these images of mischa barton. we will come after you. we will bring you to justice under the strong california law on both the criminal and the civil side. this is a form of sexual abuse

and we will not stand for it. >> but even with that being said even with the law, you're still concerned that may not be enough to keep this out of circulation. >> well, we can't be sure that people are going to comply with the law, and we wanted to send out a strong message to anyone who is considering purchasing or posting these images that she does not consent and that we will come after you. and if they do, they can be sure that they will be -- that we will come after them and they will hear from us. >> you just said a little bit earlier you consider this a form of sexual assault. we see a lot of this latest with the marines nude photo scandal going on now, but can you talk about the impact it has on victims? there is another side to this. >> there is a huge impact on victims. that's why i say this is a form of intimate partner violence. and that's why california, a number of states have passed laws against it. this is very serious. women have committed suicide over images like this being posted. we have the right to control our bodies. we have the right to control images of our bodies and anybody

who violates those laws can and should be prosecuted. i'm very proud to be in california that has a strong law against this. >> well, you know what, lisa, thank you very much for your time. we appreciate you, lisa bloom. >> thank you. and coming up, that story of incredible bravery. how an espn writer and his wife are helping save lives. m worriee enough fresh water for everybody my interest is to find a cure for cancer because my mom had it and we shared some inspiration woah! oh, woah! the cracks are probably where the water is seeing stuff like this i think, i wanna be able to help do that it makes me feel like unstoppable then we gave them the bad news odds are you won't solve these only 6.7% of women graduate wit that makes no sense to me. like why, why would that be...?

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visit your local dealer. welcome back to "good morning america." i want to make this your "gma" moment every day. so, your "gma" moment this morning goes to binghamton, new york, where they had their most ever one-day recorded snowfall. that was 31.2 inches. this is what delia from binghamton did with it. >> hi, my name is delia. i'm okay. >> the "i'm okay," i love that. so sweet. that's what you do when you get 31 inches of snow, all right. so sweet. good morning, i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. cooler today with low clouds giving way to high clouds, a stray light shower possible in the north bay after 7:00 this evening and a wet pattern for all of us begins this weekend. temperatures still until the 70s.

to want's going to be pretty cloudy with temperatures in the low to mid 50s. here's my accuweather 7 day forecast. warming trend for thursday and trid, a little we have been looking forward to sharing this with you. it's an incredible story of bravery. this came to us through our partners, our friends at espn after a facebook post that you may have seen. it was shared all around the world about a couple's marriage and a very difficult choice when it came to their precious baby girl. espn writer royce young and his wife revealing their heartbreaking decision to try and save lives through organ donations, and you had a chance to sit down with this couple. >> yeah, and they said they are trying to figure out -- they had to figure out short-term pain versus long-term regret. for them their short-term pain is going through a pregnancy and knowing they're going to go to the hospital for delivery but go home without a baby. the long-term regret is possibly missing out on a chance to save countless lives through organ donation.

>> keri and royce must do the unthinkable. get ready for the birth and death of their baby girl. >> you can make plans and you can prepare yourself but like once we kiss her and say good-bye, she's gone i mean, like that's -- it is final. >> reporter: in december they walked into their 19-week ultrasound excited to learn whether they were having a boy or girl, a brother or sister for their two-year-old son harrison. >> she just literally opened the door and said, i'm really sorry to have to tell you this but your baby doesn't have a brain. >> your thoughts immediately went to what after you got the news? >> the first 48 hours were very dark and very heavy and very testing, i guess, in a way. >> you know, in my mind the moment i found out that she was terminal she was already dead and that was hard for me to like kind of come to that understanding. she doesn't have a brain so is she even a person? >> reporter: their baby suffers from a condition known as anencephaly. it affects 1 in 100,000 babies

born. >> that's the part of the body that we all need to survive. >> reporter: their daughter is growing, developing, kicking but without that significant portion of the brain she won't survive long after delivery. ultimately they decided to carry to full term to donate her organs. >> there was a freedom to that and that's when we started to feel happiness. for as long as she lives, 24 hour, 48 hours, we're her mommy and daddy. and we got to do our job. >> did you consider terminating the pregnancy? >> absolutely. >> you can be the most pro-life person in the world but until you sit there and you hear those words and you look at your future going forward, that's when you got to face the reality and make your own decision. >> what are doctors telling you all? what are they telling you for how long you will get to be a mommy and daddy, how much time possibly? >> i mean, it could be anywhere from 5 minutes to 36 hours. we have no idea. >> reporter: her life will potentially save dozens which made naming their girl fairly easily. >> eva means giver of life. >> there is another family out there hoping their baby will get

a kidney knowing full well that that means that somebody else is going to have to go through heartbreak. they're praying for a miracle themselves. eva can be that miracle and she's going to do more in her 24 hours than maybe we'll ever do in our lives and to be able to remember our daughter in that way is pretty powerful. >> they are just a couple of months away from delivery. they have the date picked out. they're going to do it in may, go in, have a c-section and have very close friends and family there, but as soon as that baby is born, a clock is ticking, and they don't know how much time is on it. it could literally be five minutes only that they get that little girl. >> i've read his post over and over again as many of us did and he was in new orleans for the nba all-star game and said a friend of ours here on this program, little jarrius who is waiting for a liver transplant, that in part he was thinking that's the reason why he wanted to write this. >> because jarrius, as we know, we had him on, he was wearing a t-shirt that said "it takes lives to save lives," and the

point there being that somebody has to go through heartache in order for somebody else to have their miracle. their child has to die in order for another child to live, and he said that really, really resonated with him, and he just sat there and wanted to write this about his wife. he said she discovered her superpower. she's a superhero and watching her go through this, can you imagine a woman, you feel the kicks and you're going through the whole pregnancy but don't get the baby at the end. >> i was looking at a lot of faces here in the studio as we were watching this piece and just they're -- they're an amazing couple. >> incredible. >> thank you for sharing that with us. all right. thank you, t.j. we'll have much more of "good morning america" in just a moment. so come on back.

good morning, north bay, lets get up and get going. good morning to you. this is abc 7 mornings. let's look at traffic. >> good morning, and, yeah, told you 30 minutes ago we were all clear, westbound highway 4, but, boy, we still have significant backups. fine westbound 580, still an hour in concord. an hour and 45 minutes, we'll take that improvement. southbound 101 to san francisco, you're looking okay. foggy, but in the yellow at 22

now your accuweather forecast. >> the big story, our step backwards thanks to the cloud cover and sea breeze. 8-12 degrees cooler, but nice, low 70s for most of us. here's a look at today, mid-50s at 9:00, 50s at the coast, low to hid-60s at the coast at noon, and thicker clouds, and after 7:00, there's a chance of a stray shower in the north bay, patchy drizzle through tomorrow morning, and increasing sun and warmer through friday. >> mike, thank you. another abc 7 news update in 30 minutes, and always on the free

abc7 news app, and you can join us for ♪s for wonderful crowd. my new friend from louisiana said what, three train, two plane, a bus. three trains. but she's here. >> thank you. >> she's here. appreciate that. [ applause ] well, it was worth getting here because the man who brought olaf to life in "frozen" is lefou in the new "beauty and the beast." please welcome josh gad. [ cheers and applause ] >> how are you? >> great to see you. >> good to see you. >> oh. mwah.

>> good to see you, man. >> how are you doing? >> great. >> i assume this is mine. or should i sit on someone's lap. >> be our guest. be our guest. >> why are these chairs so -- i want to sit at one of the school desks. >> is this your first time with the audience. >> i have not been to your new starbucks. this is amazing. [ applause ] can i get an ice latte, please. extra foam. >> this is incredible. i love -- the last time i was here there was no audience. just a lot of angry anchors. >> we still have that. >> you still have that. i can tell. everybody is in a bad mood this morning. >> no. >> cannot wait to talk "beauty and the beast" but also it's one great thing you got to make yourself a hero. >> yeah. >> for your daughters by working in this movie. >> my daughters, i have a lot of cool dad points with them right now, i think. >> olaf and -- >> it wore off. that lasted about a year.

that gave me a good year of like daddy is olaf and by like year two, they're like we get it. >> they're only 3 and 6. >> yeah, they're only 3 and 6 but they're over it. those are my girls. harry potter. yes. >> the new harry potter. >> oh totally. like, really, dad? can't do "fantastic beasts." we got to settle for like, oh, "beauty and the beast." been there, done that. >> so obviously seems like they have a lot of personality like you. do they have the acting bug. >> they do have the acting bug. oh, man, do -- my little one is a performer. i mean, she's crazy. she's always like dressing up and saying the craziest things i've ever heard in my life in i wonder where she gets it. >> i know. she said do you still go to school and her nanny is like i did 18 years of school but maybe you'll do 18 years of school too or if you're like your uncle

you'll gilt a doctorate. >> i'll get a doctorate. >> do you want to. >> no, no, that will hurt too much. >> she's absolutely right. >> yeah. i think because she had just gone to get shots the day before. it's like she put -- i love the idea that to get a doctorate you just have to get like tetanus shots over and over again. >> and no stickers. >> no. [ applause ] >> i guess the kids say the darnedest things and i found this book and it's called "i did my homework in my head" where this teacher documented all the crazy things that the students said to her and here are a few of the examples speaking of your daughter not wanting to get a doctorate. if i don't want to go somewhere i just throw up. [ laughter ] >> by the way, i'm going to use that. i'm going to actually use that. i'm so sorry. i don't what to go -- oh.

>> okay, we don't want you either. >> here's one, i can't wait to be a dad so i can pick all the restaurants. >> use that. >> you think -- but -- >> here's sign language is cursive, right? that's how kids thing. that's just a good book. i'm giving this to you so you can have some excuses. >> i have a feeling a grown man wrote this. i'm almost positive. >> a hunch. >> i'm almost positive like a random guy. i'm going to fool the world. i'm going to fool michael. >> i'm easily fooled. >> for me now? >> you can add your daughter's quotes to it. >> speak of your daughter we have her in action. i think she was steving you about being a fairy or something like that. >> oh, show me. >> fairies live in the ground under the -- >> under the car. >> under the tree. >> no, under the car. >> fairies live under the car?

>> yeah. >> isn't that dangerous? >> yes, it's dangerous. >> super dangerous. she is the fun -- i mean like i get her wound up because i'll start telling her these imaginative stories and then i'll see where she runs with it and she -- it's amazing to watch kids' imagination because i remember being a kid and i remember like being so imaginative and for us it's so important not to show them too much tv although they love "good morning america." but -- [ applause ] they watch you guys and wolf blitzer nonstop. but, you know, i read to them a lot and we do a lot of things that encourage that imagination and you see like it's amazing. it sparks and now more than ever i feel like kids need that. >> yeah. you mentioned yourself as a

child. we found out your nickname was skippy. >> oh, yes. do you know why nickname was skippy? this is the most random thing ever. my fifth grade teacher mrs mrs. tobias, fourth grade teacher told me that i reminded her of this skippy peanut butter which is the single most offensive thing ever. that is, by the way, all that is is a nice way for a teacher to not be fired buy calling her student fat. >> i knew you were going there. >> i mean, isn't that -- >> yes. >> it's not right. >> it's kind of nice. >> one step down from being like, hey, bacon roll. little bacon roll. too many syllables. skippy. [ laughter ] >> hasn't affected you. >> not at all. >> bothered you. >> no, look at me now. i look crazy in movies.

>> but we're going to get in trouble if we don't talk about the movie. >> "beauty and the beast." >> "beauty and the beast." you go way back with "beauty and the beast." >> i go way back. i was 10 years old when i first saw -- how many remember seeing "beauty and the beast" for the first time? amazing. it was an amazing experience and the memory that i have that stays with me is the audience applauding at the end of these howard ashman/alan menken songs and now to be able to sing one of those iconic songs in this movie and i've seen it now with an audience three times and the audience applauding after those numbers, it's so exciting. do you guys want a little taste? >> yeah. >> are you going to sing? >> yes. ready, ready. ♪ no one fights like gaston does his likes like gaston in a wrestling match nobody --

>> you're going to have to see the rest of the movie to see me reach that note. >> that was the most beautiful girl in the village. >> that makes her the best. >> but she's so well read. so athletically inclined. >> i know. belle can be as argumentative as she is beautiful. >> who needs her when you've got us. >> that man, the best. you guys had -- >> yes. >> he's the best and talk about a voice, that guy is -- got one of the best voices i've ever heard. incredible. he is amazing in every way. very nice man. >> got that writing on your hand. [ applause ] >> you've known each other for years. you guys have known each other for years. >> we met doing "beauty and the beast" but what i didn't realize like much my secret with book of mormon and spelling bee, luke

got his start in the west end. he did "avenue q." >> i saw that so many times. >> yeah, so he gets to the set and he's from the "the hobbit" and he can sing. and i'm like, what's wrong with me? like why am i nothing more than a reminder of peanut butter? [ laughter ] >> your girls have seen it by now? they have. >> does lefou rate hirer then olaf. >> i asked i was so excited looking for a big head. i was like, whose your favorite character, girls. they're like, belle. belle. daddy. belle's horse. villager number 4. [ laughter ] so sad. oh, does villager number 4 pay your bills?

does villager number 4 send you to private school no, papa peanut butter does. >> oh, my gosh. >> you've been in so many disney movies and definitely more to come. if you could play any disney character, anyone, who would it be? >> the genie in aladdin. yeah. >> that's a good one. >> i hope they're listening. >> genie in aladdin. >> i love you guys had it prepped. >> wait. what if i had been like the fox from "fox and the hound." would you have been ready? producers, go. i thought so. >> laughing in the control room right now. >> wait. it's only on vhs. >> you are the best, thank you for coming on. >> thank you. >> thank you guys so much. >> josh gad, everybody, come on now. "beauty and the beast." [ cheers and applause ] you don't want to miss it this

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welcome back to "good morning america." i brought amy out here. not just because i wanted her to freeze with me at 21 degrees. all you guys are so tough, by the way, 11 is the windchill but you got a lot of snow. >> oh, yes, we were up in the hudson valley and we definitely got over 24 inches, maybe 30. yeah, i got video of my cute dog. this is only about noon.

only had about a foot at that point. we doubled that snow total but he was buried and loving it. >> he looks like a dolphin. >> he did that all day. he was shaking and he didn't want to go back in. >> i love it. many, many cute dog >> this weather brought to you by parodontax. let's go back inside. >> i'm talking to my friend regina king. come on. [ applause ] >> back-to-back emmys, back-to-back emmys for playing two very different characters on the hit abc drama "american crime." she is back for a third season

playing a social worker trying to help victims of human trafficking. take a look. >> how much did you get a turn, shay? $50, $30? and then taking that money back to billy because he said so? and where was he? was he anywhere around? you tell me that that felt right to you and i'll leave you alone. [ applause ] >> you are able to spark such conversations with the story lines but you play different characters every season. how challenging is that? >> actually it's like an actor's dream because it's like doing a movie. you know, we get to play a character or either like a theater rep group, you know, you play a character and then you let it go and then you wait to see what the next thing is going to be.

it's an actor's dream. >> i will imagine so. tell us more about this season. >> the season is tackling a lot of topics that are at the forefront of the news and in our country right now. >> part of the national conversation. >> yeah, modern delay slavery, immigrants, undocumented immigrants. i play social worker who is actually works with children who are victims of sex trafficking. and these things are chronic problems, but we seem to always have our finger on the pulse and our show comes out at a time when the conversation is really, really out there. you know. and i don't know. i just feel really lucky to be able to be part of something that's helping to make conversations go between people who have differences because when you have conversations with those that are alike, it's just

kind of talking in a circle. >> when you're talking and my mom, i always remember her say we have more in common than not and you don't know until -- >> you start talking to someone who seems to be giersch. >> but you find common ground. back-to-back emmys playing this in this -- [ applause ] i mean, back-to-back emmys. [ applause ] oh, i forgot to tell you that's your cousin from alabama. >> cousin from alabama. >> oh, my gosh. she looks like it too. right here. >> i saw her in the background. does your mom -- >> my mom does and told me i can keep the second one this year and then she could take it back because she needs her book ends. >> and you may be winning more. you are so incredibly busy. very important part of the abc family. with your production company and your sister as the e.p. and in town because you're working on a netflix series. tell us about it. >> "seven seconds." i tend to gravitate to these

projects that like pull, tug on your heartstrings and "seven seconds" is another one that will tug on your heartstrings. >> you need to do another "jerry maguire." that's 21 years ago. >> can you believe it? >> 21 years ago. >> man. and since that time they've been showing you the money. >> oh, won't hurt for them to show me more? >> keeping it real and thanks for braving the elms. >> whoo wee. i don't know how you do this. >> oh, my gosh. >> congratulations on all that and hang out with your cousin from alabama. [ applause ] >> you can see a new episode of "american crime" sunday night 10:00, 9:00 central right here on abc. look at you posing. coming up, how to

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♪ 24 karat magic in the year >> who were we talking about. >> josh gad. >> he made our day. i hope it made your day as well. appreciate you for watching.

good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. hey, good morning to you. this is abc 7 mornings. meteorologist has a look at the forecast, mike? >> 50 to 57 degrees right now, all is quiet, a stray shower after 7:00 in the north bay. clouds took the temperatures down to the mid-60s, low to mid 70s in the east and south bays. drizzle tomorrow morning, increasing sun, warmer friday, and we've got a 1 on the storm impact scale sunday, monday, and tuesday. >> thank you. thinning out in the bay bridge toll plaza. one side opening up, of course, the middle is definitely jammed, and we are in recovery mode on highway 4, still in the red here coming in at 49 minutes. >> thank you. time now for "live with

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