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we have a lot to get to and we are covering a number of big stories coming out of washington this morning. president trump hosting his first meeting with china's president in mar-a-lago. north korea and trade both on the agenda. and the white house is talking tough on syria in the wake of that horrifying chemical attack. the vice president says all options are on the table. we will look at what those are in just a moment. and the battle is on over supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. democrats going all out to keep him from being confirmed. a vote is expected today. yeah, expected right around midday. we'll begin with president trump's summit with china's president at mar-a-lago. it kicks off later today and our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl will be there. the north korea nuclear threat front and center, and president trump called out the chinese for not doing enough on that front. >> reporter: north korea was clearly sending a message when they conducted that missile test this week and that message was heard loud and clear. the north korea threat is now at the top of the agenda for this meeting with china's president.

president trump is not only calling out the chinese for not doing enough to contain north korea, he has said that the united states is prepared to act alone if north korea -- if china doesn't deal with the threat,and that all options are on the table. now, george, trade, of course, is also front and center at this meeting. as you well remember, as a candidate, donald trump talked endlessly about the chinese, about their unfair trade practices. since becoming president though, he hasn't really done anything about it. so this is a big test. can he come away from this meeting with the chinese with anything tangible, any firm commitments on either trade or north korea. >> in his first phone call he had to back down from some previous statements he made about taiwan. >> reporter: absolutely. and also the big thing, he promised he was going to declare china a currency manipulator, a move that would have serious repercussions. that has not happened either. >> meantime, this is coming after something of a shake-up on the president's national security team. steve bannon, his political

adviser, now off the national security council. >> reporter: this is a big one, george. bannon's role on the national security council, the so-called principals committee, was highly controversial. he was abruptly removed from that. i am told that the new national security adviser, h.r. mcmaster, made this a condition of coming in and taking that job but there were clearly tensions between bannon and jared kushner, the president's son-in-law who has taken a much bigger role on national security, a clear demotion. even at the white house they're trying to minimize the implications. >> yeah, jared kushner's portfolio growing every single day. jon karl, thanks very much. president trump taking on the crisis in syria saying the chemical attack crossed many lines. here is what we know this morning. reports say at least 80 people were killed, making this the deadliest chemical attack there since 2013. the syrian civil war is now in its seventh year. russia has an estimated 4,000

troops in syria. america has about 900 troops training and assisting rebel forces to fight isis. let's go straight now to our chief foreign correspondent terry moran from london with more. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, amy. there's mounting evidence this morning and strong denials. about who committed this ray troscy. issuing a total denial that the syrian government perpetrated the chemical attack. instead he blamed rebels for stockpiling chemical weapons that he claims were released by a government air strike, but experts and doctors treating the victims say that's just not possible. president trump says tuesday's deadly chemical attack in syria has gone too far. >> that crosses many, many lines, beyond a red line. >> reporter: standing alongside a key u.s. ally in the middle east, king abdullah of jordan, the president declared he's got a new stance on the syrian civil war. >> it's already happened that my attitude toward syria and assad has changed very much. >> reporter: he's still placing

the blame squarely on the obama administration. >> the obama administration had a great opportunity to solve this crisis a long time ago when he set the red line in the sand. it is now my responsibility. >> reporter: the rocket explosions are now believed to have exposed hundreds of syrian civilians to a combination of chlorine gas and sarin. how the u.s. responds now is a critical test of the white house's relations with russia, syria's key backer. >> we cannot close our eyes to those pictures. we cannot close our minds of the responsibility to act. >> reporter: and high drama at the u.n. security council where u.s. ambassador nikki haley leveled harsh charges right at russia. >> russia cannot escape responsibility for this. >> reporter: but when he was asked whether he planned to take military action, draw his own red line, the president declined to say. >> terrible affront to humanity. i can tell you, terrible. >> will you take action against syria? >> you'll see. >> reporter: the real problem for president trump as it was

for obama, what can be done? punitive air strikes are one option but even limited steps like that can have unexpected consequences including potential russian casualties given how many russian boots are on the ground throughout syria right now. it's a real problem, george. >> okay, terry, thanks. we're going to dig into that now with our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz right here in new york. so, dramatic escalation in the rhetoric from the president and his u.n. ambassador in just the last 24 hours but as terry pointed out the options are difficult to work through. >> they're very difficult, george. i mean, first of all you have to decide what the goal is here. is it to punish assad? is it to prevent him from any more attacks, or is it to get rid of assad altogether? there are several options known by the acronym d.i.m.e. first of all, diplomatic, try to pressure russia to pressure syria, deliver a message to russia that things will start blowing up in syria unless you make movement. that is a high-risk move. that is the downside. next, intelligence. try to bring down assad by

spending -- sending in special operations troops, cia missions, secret missions there, again, very high risk of casualties for americans and others. "m," that's the military option with the big "m." that means send in cruise missiles and try to hit command and control centers, anything you can do but that could widen the conflict. you could really have a new enemy. lastly, economics, shut off banking for assad. shut off anything you can economically for assad but that could have backlash too. he could really feel pressure. >> the big question how prepared president trump really is to take any of these escalating actions. for the last year we've heard so often from the president how determined he is to stay out of this fight. >> exactly. his language is often so imprecise. yesterday when he said, you know, many lines have been crossed. i'm sure a lot of staff was thinking, okay, what are we going to do next? there are always plans, as you know, contingency plans, but they would really have to update the intelligence. but i expect some sort of action after what president trump said

yesterday. >> okay, martha raddatz, thanks very much. now to the supreme court showdown. democrats taking to the senate floor overnight trying to filibuster judge neil gorsuch's confirmation. the vote set for this morning. if he does not get enough republicans may use the so-called nuclear option to confirm him. our congressional correspondent mary bruce is on capitol hill with the latest on that. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning. well, neil gorsuch is headed for confirmation, but it's likely to come at a steep political price. senate republicans this morning are expected to go nuclear in order to get over that democratic opposition. they're going to use what's known as the nuclear option, changing the senate rules to confirm gorsuch by a simple majority vote. now, amy, this goes beyond the usual partisan politics up here. this shows that the two parties simply cannot work together and will ultimately fundamentally change the way congress does business. even reluctant republicans up here are warning of the fallout. senator john mccain saying that anyone who thinks this will ultimately be a good move for the senate is -- and i

quote -- an idiot, a stupid idiot. >> he does not mince his words at all. and there's another ongoing battle on capitol hill. that push to revive health care reform. initially we heard that the white house was hoping to take action this week. now it doesn't look so likely. >> reporter: don't hold your breath for any imminent vote before congress leaves town for the next two weeks. right now the fight over health care 2.0 is looking a lot like health care 1.0. the white house is eager for a win. they've been hoping to resuscitate and trying to resuscitate these talks but now the president is saying this is all part of continuing negotiations. now, those talks did continue last night. house speaker paul ryan up at the white house talking with the president and the vice president about their next steps but even the speaker says this is going to likely take a few months at least. amy. >> all right, mary, thank you. >> long time coming on that. we move on to new evidence-free allegation from president trump. he told "new york times" that he thinks president obama's national security adviser susan rice committed a crime with her handling of intelligence. but offered no explanation nor information to back up his claim. our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega has

that story. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: hey, george, good morning. this isn't the first time president trump has accused someone in the obama administration of committing a crime without having any evidence to back it up. first that wiretapping claim, now the president is pointing fingers directly at susan rice. just before president trump stepped onto the world stage, behind the scenes in the oval office, he was lobbying bold allegations against the obama administration. without offering any evidence, the president accusing former national security adviser susan rice of committing a crime after her admission that she asked for the identities of americans picked up by surveillance in a process known as unmasking. in an interview with "the new york times" the president calling it one of the big stories of our time. when asked if he thought rice committed a crime, he said, quote, do i think, yes, i think. vice president mike pence saying intelligence committees will get to the bottom of the allegation. >> i would say that the american

people have a right to know if there was surveillance of any private citizen in this country and the identity of those citizens was revealed. people have a right to know why. >> reporter: rice denies she did anything wrong. >> i leaked nothing to nobody and never have and never would. >> reporter: sources tell abc news trump campaign and transition officials were among the unmasked individuals caught up in surveillance during investigations into russian meddling in the election. a spokeswoman for rice says i'm not going to dignify the president's ludicrous charge with a comment. rice says she simply needed to know those names in order to understand the significance of the intelligence reports. she says she was just doing her job. >> we can't be passive consumers of this information and not -- and do our jobs effectively to protect the american people. >> reporter: so, again, unmasking in and of itself is not a crime. leaking unmasked names is but you heard susan rice there in our story adamantly denied that she leaked any of those names.

also in this "new york times" interview, george, the president once again called the russia story, quote, a total hoax. >> okay, cecilia, let's dig into this now with our chief legal analyst dan abrams and our political analyst matthew dowd and, dan, let's begin with the law here. it almost can't be stressed enough. unmasking, a term we learned in the last few days, is not a crime. >> not just that it's not a crime but pretty routine for someone in her position to make that sort of request. i want to be careful here with the legal analysis too because i could start telling you about what the legal standard would be, right, that a federal prosecutor would have to believe that he or she would be able to prove that her intent was political and that's a tough, tough thing to prove. the problem with even going down that road is that there is no evidence at all to suggest it was that as opposed to the routine. here's the issue, there are hundreds of requests that are made every day by people with her level of clearance that if done for the wrong reasons, if

done for political reasons, if done on behalf of a foreign agent could be possibly criminal. but let's not start talking about possibly criminal unless there's something, something to back that up. >> really important point. you know, the caution there, matthew dowd, is really important from dan, yet, you had the president of the united states making this charge. >> yeah, there's an old expression talk doesn't cook rice, right, so talk by donald trump is not going to put ambassador rice into trouble on this in the course of this. i think he's in a difficult situation. he's got all these other controversies, this smells like a diversion. this smells like i'm going to talk about something else. he's done this numerous times throughout the campaign and throughout his presidency when something else -- when a fire is burning in one place he tries to start a fire in another place. >> you know you saw, dan abrams, susan rice not even respond to this. and i almost wonder sometimes how we should all deal with it given the fact it's the president saying this, yet, making the claims without any evidence at all. >> right, well, look, is it

possible, right, that something like this could happen? you say could susan rice be political? of course, she could be political. but in order for the president to make that kind of comment, you would hope that there is some evidence to back it up. not speculation, not maybe, not could be, not possibly but, yes, there is something that i'm basing this on and now i'm going to tell you why. because if he's not going to tell us why, let's not talk about it until there are charges pending, until they're moving forward with a serious investigation, et cetera. it's just reckless. >> he faces a crucial part of his presidency with these meetings with the premier from china. he's got an issue in russia. he's got an issue in the middle east with syria and now got a huge issue he has to deal with in russia. i was thinking today starts the masters which i'm sure will be on television in mar-a-lago. he is about to face his own amen corner. three big issues, the 11th, 12th and 13th hole he'll face and deal with all three. >> all of them words and

credibility matter. matt dowd, dan abrams, thanks very much. michael. >> thank you, george. now we're going to turn to those dangerous storms hitting the south and moving east. take a look at the damage in georgia after a reported tornado tore through the state and abc's steve osunsami is on the scene in atlanta. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning, michael. it is amazing no one was hurt when you look at how long and how large this tree is, this is what's left of the root ball. it clearly fell in the right direction. the family who lives here on the other side of this tree has a car that stuck in the garage until the tree is removed. 15 million americans will be in the middle of it this morning as the storm continues to move east. families in parts of georgia were kept up overnight with heavy rains and strong winds that knocked down trees and blew out the power. it rained so hard roads quickly turned into rivers. this fire truck turned on its side in the rising water. the flooding didn't want to let

up. this was south carolina. there were water rescues this atlanta wednesday and just north of the city, lightning struck several homes and set them on fire. >> i've never seen them hit this close. >> reporter: on the other side of the state in small town georgia, people saw a tornado on the ground. >> big, big tornado. >> reporter: it tore up a farm and tossed a mobile home. another possible tornado is blamed for damaging dozens of homes in alabama and this morning, the cleanup continues in goodman, missouri, after an ef-2 tornado ripped through the city tuesday. on top of all this, there was a small earthquake here last night. 2.4 on the richter scale. michael. >> all right, thank you, steve. we'll turn now to that dramatic rescue in the colorado rockies. a hiker visiting from europe became trapped beneath a 1,500-pound boulder that fell down a hillside crushing her legs. rescue teams had to bring in heavy lifting equipment and it took them two hours before they were able to free her. then they had to carry her up

the steep rocky terrain to a helicopter, air lifted to a hospital, and this morning she is in critical condition. to put in perspective that boulder fell the equivalent of a three-story -- from a three-story building before it landed. >> it's incredible she survived that. thank goodness for all those rescuers braving that terrain. let's go now to ginger. you are tracking that severe weather. >> that same system that steve was showing you, more than 200 severe reports in the last 24 hours. watch it. you can see that counterclockwise rotating low and that strong cold front all the way down into florida and just moments ago, a tornado watch issued for parts of virginia and north carolina. so, if you're in virginia beach this morning, raleigh, winston, north carolina, or richmond you're waking up with the next potential couple of hours tornadic. just know that going ahead. as this system moves east, we will not only have the severe weather but a potential for flooding on the northern side of it. your local weather in 30 seconds.

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and we begin with more fallout on bill o'reilly and fox news. more than 50 companies have now pulled ads from the "the o'reilly factor" after those sexual harassment claims against the anchor but scored support from his old friend, president trump. abc's linsey davis here with the latest. good morning, linsey. >> reporter: industry sources believe prior to the latest allegations, the "the o'reilly factor" had more than 100 advertisers. as of this morning, they have now lost more than 50 and stock in the network's parent company is down 3%. but ratings for o'reilly's show are up 20% since last week. and this morning one longtime viewer is publicly defending him, the president himself. caution, you are about to enter the no-spin zone. >> reporter: this morning as the sexual harassment scandal surround bill o'reilly ricochets through fox news -- >> spin stops here. >> reporter: the conservative tv titan has one of the most powerful men in the world coming to his defense. >> joining us from his new york city headquarters is donald trump. >> reporter: president trump told "the new york times" on

wednesday, i think he's a person i know well. he is a good person, personally i think he shouldn't have settled. president trump was referring to that recent "new york times" report that o'reilly and the parent company of knox news paid $13 million in settlements no five different women over claims of inappropriate behavior by o'reilly including sexual harassment. the president went on to say that o'reilly should have let them play out in the legal system and doesn't think bill would do anything wrong. the top anchor says he's being targeted because he is prominent and controversial and fox's parent company points out no current or former fox news employee ever took advantage of the 21st century fox hotline to raise a concern about bill o'reilly. the president has reportedly been friends with o'reilly for decades and is a frequent guest on his show. last appearing on super bowl sunday. >> mr. president, thanks very much for taking the time. >> reporter: trump's loyalty to fox was also on display when roger ailes faced his own sexual harassment claims last year.

>> they're saying these horrible things about him, it's very sad because he's a very good person. >> reporter: it is a loyalty that appears to go both ways. >> you know, i'm automatically attracted to beautiful -- i just start kissing them. >> reporter: when this infamous "access hollywood" video was leaked -- >> and when you're a star, you can do anything. grab them by the [ bleep ]. do anything. >> i'm not going to play too much of it because it's crude guy talk. >> reporter: o'reilly gave candidate trump a prime time platform. >> well, first of all, locker room talk and most people have heard it before. >> reporter: trump apologized for the remarks but more than a dozen women then came forward accusing him of inappropriate sexual advances, accusations he has denied. overnight, congresswoman maxine waters didn't mince words about an alleged culture of sexual harassment at fox news. >> bill o'reilly needs to go to jail. >> reporter: after the president's support of o'reilly, rebecca diamond, a former host on fox news who reportedly

settled her sexual harassment claims against o'reilly tweeted directly to the president, i am saddened reading your comments. truly disappointed and vilified all over again. such comments telling women they won't be believed. >> let's bring in lisa bloom and matthew dowd is back. i imagine it caught your attention because you represented women who have made accusations against both bill o'reilly and president trump. >> well, that's true. and it's not surprising that mr. trump once again has chosen to stand with his crony friend rather than with the women of america. let's look closely at what he said. i don't think bill did anything wrong. he's not saying i don't think he did it. he's saying, i don't think sexual harassment is wrong. why would he think it's wrong? he's bragged about doing it himself. >> you know, he's also giving bill o'reilly through the newspaper legal advice saying he should have fought this out in the courts but these settlements were sort of ordained by

arbitration. >> well, i don't know if they were ordained by arbitration. i think that they were private settlements, but as somebody who does sexual harassment cases every day and has been doing them for 30 years i can tell you that when you pay millions of dollars, that is not a nuisance value settlement. that might be a $50,000 or $10,000 settlement. when you pay millions, it's because the women have tapes which a couple of them allegedly had or they have very strong evidence establishing guilt. >> and you have to wonder why the president would want to step into this right now. >> especially wearing teal, sexual assault awareness month, in the middle of that having this conversation is bizarre. it's tone deaf at best and after his comments from the boys on the bus comments that the president made years ago, it feels a lot like lance armstrong defending somebody against doping charges. i mean it's just -- the president is not the right person to step into this issue. >> lisa, where does this go next? as i said you were representing wendy walsh who made some

allegations against mr. o'reilly. where does this case go next? >> well, yesterday wendy and i phoned in to the fox news hot line her sexual harassment complaint. we made a video. i posted it on my twitter. anybody can look at it. so that it would be clear that we had done so. and so fox news' defense that nobody's ever called into our hot line is gone now. this is a serious complaint. it's now been lodged. we expect fox news to comply with their legal obligation to do a prompt, thorough investigation if they find for wendy to protect her against unlawful retaliation and to punish the perpetrator, mr. o'reilly. >> meantime, president trump back in the campaign when several women did come forward to make allegations against him he threatened to sue these women but no developments there, correct? >> well, i said at the time that was never going to happen and, of course, it never has happened. and in fact, my client jill harth, the first to come out with allegations against donald trump did sue him in the 1990s.

he immediately settled that case three weeks after she filed the case. so it was, you know, highly ironic when he said bill o'reilly shouldn't have settled a sexual harassment case when trump himself had done that. >> to me right now there's fox news and the parent company is in a huge conflict because they've lost advertisers, but bill o'reilly as of yet has not lost viewers as yet. still maintaining a dominant level of viewers. this is a huge problem for fox news. >> okay, matthew dowd, lisa bloom, thanks very much. all right, coming up in just two minutes the fbi investigating that missing college student last seen on surveillance tape a week ago. the messages her mom says she's now receiving. now receiving. predictable. the comfort in knowing where things are headed. because as we live longer... and markets continue to rise and fall... predictable is one thing you need in retirement to help protect what you've earned and ensure it lasts. introducing brighthouse financial.

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her call her aly and say she was last seen leaving a friend's house around 11:00 p.m. the night she went missing. when she didn't show up for her early morning shift at mcdonald's the next day, they knew something was wrong. authorities have located her car, cell phone and a set of footprints but no sign of the 20-year-old. the fbi now assisting in the investigation of missing college student alycia yeoman. the 20-year-old's pickup truck last seen on surveillance camera at 11:00 p.m. thursday night in yuba city, california. in the video it's not clear who is behind the wheel, but the truck can be seen racing down a count road, then it slows down as it reaches a levee several feet from a river. the driver puts on the blinker before going around a fence. this drone footage shows how deep the truck's tire tracks made in the mud. authorities located the vehicle the next day as well as footprints and her cell phone. but no driver. police and volunteers searching the wooded area between the levee and the river.

>> it makes me worried to go around by myself at night. she seemed like she had a good head on her shoulders. >> reporter: her mother reportedly received text messages stating her daughter had been kidnapped but was alive. the kidnappers sending a list of demands but police discovered the messages were sent from multiple ip addresses which have made it impossible to trace. the owners of this restaurant say yeoman had dinner here with a 37-year-old man the night she disappeared. police pouring through her phone records for any clues and also are saying they're using every method they have including helicopters and social media to locate her. >> we certainly hope aly's family gets some answers soon. michael. coming up on our big board, new fallout over that pepsi ad and the company's apology. we'll talk about that. we'll also talk about the young journalists getting a huge scoop. we're going to find out what they found out about their principal. we'll be back in two minutes. hat

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back now with our big board and we're very lucky to have rebecca jarvis at the table for our first story. and let's start with that new fallout over pepsi's ad featuring kendall jenner. the company apologizing and pulling the ad after backlash from critics calling it tone deaf. it captured jenner trying to lay low in paris and the star deleting tweets related to the ad and pepsi says they missed the mark and they also apologized this. is what they said. we apologize for putting kendall jenner in this position but now there's backlash over their apology. did they do more harm than good trying to right what everyone felt was a wrong? >> the backlash is about that apology to kendall adding her inside of the apology. it's so tough to get these corporate apologies right and you have people instant reaction online now. so here on twitter people are tweeting it's incredible that

pepsi apologized to kendall. she chose to be a part of that ad. pepsi needs to apologize to the protesters. another one saying she is not a child and could have said no to the ad. but you can file this one under you really can't please everyone because here we have another person tweeting, pepsi and kendall jenner have nothing to apologize for. bring it back. it's promoting peace. >> why do you think they apologized to kendall. >> because she's important to their potential opportunities in the future. she's a big celebrity and a big company like pepsi doesn't want to anger a big celebrity. maybe she even asked for it. i don't know for a fact. >> i got to say my daughter is a kendall fan and her initial instinct was she felt sorry for kendall so i -- >> there are people and i've talked to a lot of people about this, there are certainly a lot of people who feel sorry for kendall in all this. >> what about -- every company make mistakes. we all make mistakes. which ones have gotten the apologies right? >> the more authentic and real the apology, the better it plays which is tough to do in a corporate environment. airbnb, for example, somebody

went into an airbnb house a few years back, destroyed the home. the founder of airbnb came out and said how sorry he was and wrote an entire blog post about it and they changed their corporate apology -- corporate policy after the apology, that made a big difference and apple. remember when taylor swift said you're taking money away from artists, it's not fair. i'm not going to put my album on apple. within 24 hours of that note from taylor swift which albeit car as a lot of clout, within 24 hours they came out with an apology. it was just a tweet online from one of the top executives within apple and changed their policy. those got it right. the thing is, when you want to attract this millennial audience you have to be authentic, genuine and part of your mission. >> good message. >> good advice right there. rebecca jarvis, thanks. great story out of pittsburg, kansas, high school journalists who uncovered a story about their next principal broke the story for their paper

"the booster redux" after it was found she overstated her credentials and she resigned. we're joined by the students and their journalism advisers. congratulations, guys. what a scoop you had. some real hard, good work that you did and i want to start with maddie baden. you're an editor at the paper. tell us how you got into it in the first place. >> well, first off, i was supposed to do an introduction story to introduce her to the community. so i was in contact with her and i asked her if she could provide the information of where she got her ph.d. and masters degree and she would not give me that information so through the interview process, we were informed that she received her degrees from corllins university, so we searched corllins university to find more information about it and the first thing we found was a website and for the website it didn't work at all. we tried clicking on things and they would not take us anywhere. it would leave us on the same page and there's no physical

address or phone number to kind of see where it's at. and then also whenever you search it, it has a bunch of articles that say it's a degree mill, accreditation mill and a bunch of other factors that kind of state that it's a false university so that's kind of what sparked our interest to get the story going. >> really interesting. your article came out last friday. the principal resigned this tuesday and gina mathew, you're another editor. what was your reaction when she stepped aside? >> well, we knew that something had to happen and we expected a local reaction and the board was to make a statement on it and whether or not it was the example that we preferred, we knew that there was something that was going to happen and we were glad that we were able to impact change at the high school as young journalists. >> you certainly did do that. i want to bring in your journalism adviser emily smith. you had this twitter conversation with a "boston globe" reporter, todd wallack,

that was part of that "spotlight" team. which uncovered sexual abuse in the catholic church up in boston. he tweeted i bet you are proud. >> i think they've set the bar very high this time. >> yeah, it was incredible. >> and also i mean we reached out in fairness to amy robertson, the former principal and did not hear back. but she told "the kansas city star" there were no issues when she got her degree in 1994 and also in 2010 and she also said i have no comment in response to the questions posed by phs students regarding my credentials because their concerns are not based on facts. so what is your reaction, maddie, to that statement? >> we all knew we had so much support in our community, so the part that she said that she didn't -- couldn't -- that she did have it didn't really bother us because we knew we had so much support in our community and knew we did the research we

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. the president facing his first major foreign policy crisis after the toxic and deadly chemical attack in syria. >> that crosses many, many lines beyond a red line. >> the white house says all options on the table as trump heads to a crucial meeting with china's president in mar-a-lago. bombshell allegations. mel b. filing a restraining order against her husband. the former spice girl making explosive claims about her marriage, abuse and manipulation. reports it got so bad that simon cowell stepped in to help. good-bye, "duck dynasty." the family that soared to fame making calls talking quack over a final tv meal. what the boss hog reveals about their wild reality ride and why uncle si is saying bye to the dynasty and hitting the road.

and chris evans, octavia spencer, mckenna grace and zach woods are all here live and he's here to say -- >> good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ happy thursday to everyone here. welcome. a lot of smiles in the crowd. >> it's friday eve and you know what that means, we have our friend tory johnson here. >> and tory, she has our own "gma" family here. the kids of our own "gma" family. they'll get ready to walk the runway in our "deals & steals" segment showing off great "deals & steals" spring fashion starting at just $16. 16 bucks. >> and you have to stick around because we're gearing up for easter this weekend with the ultimate makeoff challenge.

it will be fun. so you see that large egg there. we're going to see who can build the best basket and have special eggs like you see there that are filled with diy slime. >> more slime, yes. >> everywhere. it is everywhere. so we have a lot to get to but first the morning rundown from paula faris. she's downstairs. >> good thursday morning. we begin with breaking news from washington. devin nunes the head of the house intelligence committee is stepping aside into russia's meddling in the presidential election. nunes insisted for days he would not recuse himself but today he blames several left wing groups for filing ethics accusations against him and said he wants to give the ethics committee time to investigate. that committee just confirmed that it is investigating how nunes handled classified information. nunes has been criticized for meeting with sources at the white house and sharing intelligence with president trump which raised conflict of

interest concerns. house speaker paul ryan speaking moments ago saying he still had his trust. >> chairman nunes wants to make sure this is not a distraction to a important investigation. so he wants to clear himself while this investigation continues on without any kinds of distractions. >> republican mike conway will head the investigation. supreme court nominee neil gorsuch is about to clear a final hurdle. he's facing a democratic filibuster today but republicans are set to rewrite the rules of the senate and pave the way for confirmation with a simple majority vote. now, senator john mccain, he is warning that they will regret the rule change. meantime, president trump is kicking off two days of crucial talks today holding his first face-to-face meeting with the president of china. he wants china to pressure north korea to curb its nuclear program. trade will also be on the agenda today months after president trump accused china of, quote, raping the united states. there are new questions this

morning about how the u.s. is going to respond to that chemical attack in syria. 86 people now confirmed dead. president trump says the attack crosses many lines. meantime, ambassador nikki haley warning that if the united nations doesn't act in syria, the u.s. may take its own action. the syrian government today denying involvement in this chemical attack but experts say the evidence shows otherwise. and drivers for the popular ride sharing services uber and lyft are facing new scrutiny. officials in massachusetts say 11% of people applying to become drivers failed a new background check, some of them because of serious crimes. now, uber and lyft say that's because state law blocks them from looking more than seven years into someone's past. >> amazon founder is sending tourists to space next year. he says his rocket company will send customers on a ride lasting

11 whole minutes to the edge of space to experience weightlessness. no word on how much it's going to cost. speaking of costs, how is this for sibling rivalry. these quadruplets from ohio are being called the fantastic four. that's because nigel, zach, aaron and nick wade have each been accepted to harvard and yale among other ivy league schools. they say, you guys, they're waiting for financial aid offers before they decide where to go. before we all do the math, yes, that's four times four years of potentially we're talking harvard, yale, ivy league schools. that's a lot of money. let's hope the financial aid offers start rolling in for mom and dad. >> yeah, they're going to need them. >> but what an honor. thank you, paula. >> thank you, paula. >> you can cheer paula. that's nice. [ applause ] >> a good entree to "pop news." >> good morning, everybody. great crowd here. good morning to you. when it comes to weddings apparently naked cakes are in. not iced. cupcakes are out.

dusty rose is the new baby pink and this is some great news. i have heard that right now puppies are the new bouquets. take a look. megan butler, you rock. her adorable wedding pictures each holding a puppy from a local shelter instead of flowers with the hope that the pictures would help them find homes faster. the couple also made donations to the shelter in honor of their wedding party rather than giving them little silly favors as tokens of appreciation. a fairy tale ending for everyone. the pictures, number one, were one of a kind fabulous and the photographer says it was the happiest wedding shoot she's ever done and number three, every one of those puppies has since been adopted. >> that's great. [ applause ] >> and then, of course, the puppies went and did their puppy thing and the party continued. isn't that a great idea. >> if ali would have known about that it would be part of our wedding. >> absolutely. >> it would be hard to take part in that wedding and not take it home. >> that's right.

i think that was probably the hope. >> more people will do it, how about that. >> yeah. >> awesome. >> that was a good one. >> right. you're going to like this one too then. so, apparently wine can do more than help you relax. it can also literally work out your brain. seriously, like a physical workout for your gray matter. a neuroscientist from yale suggests that drinking wine makes your brain work harder than it does when solving a math problem or playing a hard board game. he's got a new book out called "neuroenology." [ applause ] don't be shy. i want you to know something, i was working out like this very hard last night. >> so was i. >> you were doing the same workout, weren't you? >> yes, all day. >> feel smarter this morning. >> it should work hard. you're drunk. >> wait, i was thinking -- >> you told us last week that your body is working out when it's in the bath. >> that's what i want you to know. if you are taking a bath which

by the way is the equivalent of calorie burning to a half an hour walk and drinking wine now, i mean think about a full body workout. >> full body workout. [ cheers and applause ] yes, so dr. gordon, by the way, hello, dr. gordon. i love you. dr. gordon shepherd says smelling or tasting wine engages our entire brain like a workout. he says the brain has to work out to decipher the taste more than any other alcohol or any other drink for that matter because of all the different molecules but tiny sips are the key to a good wine workout. too big a sip will saturate your system. i don't know what he's talking about. >> you really investigated this. >> i did. i invested for years in that story. >> i'm all about the research on that one. >> agreed. >> the question is you two said you had a little wine workout. did you sip or saturate? >> i sipped. >> a little rose. >> all day. >> it feels like spring, yeah.

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spice revealing terrifying new allegations of abuse by her now estranged husband. >> melanie, please. >> reporter: melanie brown, a/k/a mel b. making the explosive claims in legal documents obtained by abc news accusing stephen belafonte and claiming he called the mother of three fat, ugly and old. the 41-year-old singer asking a judge for a restraining order against her husband of ten years, whom she says held himself out to be the son of the famous singer, harry belafonte, but in reality, is not related. brown says the physical abuse first began the morning after the 2007 finale of "dancing with the stars" and claiming her husband of less than a year choked and slammed her to the floor. and following the spice girls' iconic reunion at the 2012 olympic games, brown claims belafonte punched her requiring her to see a doctor.

those injuries seen here in this photo provided by brown's lawyers. reports now surfacing that brown's boss simon cowell became so concerned after "the x factor" judge appeared on stage with visible bruises in 2014 -- >> you made me cry a little bit. >> reporter: he arranged for brown to see divorce lawyers. also included in brown's declaration, accusations belafonte had an intimate relationship with the children's nanny lorraine gilles. something gilles denies to abc news. >> everybody wish my beautiful daughter a happy birthday. >> reporter: a judge granting brown's request for that temporary restraining order, this following her petition for divorce from belafonte filed last month in which she seeks sole custody of the couple's 5-year-old daughter. so, we contacted melanie brown overnight. her reps got back to us this morning saying they have no further comment at this time. as far as stephen belafonte, his lawyers released a statement to us saying he denies the allegations and that his biggest concern right now is the safety and well-being of his daughter and stepdaughters.

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>> we have your approval. we're good. all right. lulu dharma. these are striped canvas totes, great for guys or girls. they also have coordinating optional cosmetic cases. this is great for a weekend getaway, whatever you got to do. lulu's got you covered. normally $38 to $89. slashed by at least 50%. some more. $19 to $38 for the bag. >> very good. >> serefina bracelets. this is like that easy magnetic closure. you don't have to wear it but i just want you to agree that it's got an easy magnet. >> maybe i'd like to wear it. >> we can put two together for you and give you a multiwrap. this gives you a three-wrap look. beads, neons, neutrals, a big assortment. $48 but slashed by 58%, 20 bucks and i love the neon one. all right. so, you guys, come on out here. now is the fun part. now is the fun part. here we go. >> come on, kids. >> spring and easter means kids

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hey, good morning to you. i'm natasha zouves. meteorologist mike nicco tracking the ren moving in. >> hi, everybody. yeah, storm watch. even in april, we have a 2. moderate for this evening and overnight. drenching rains from moderate to heavy rain, even a chance of lightning and thupder and windy, possibly damaging winds 8:00 this evening to 5:00 tomorrow morning. pulling away and cordele yeah and fairfield on 80, broaden out the picture, more developing and there's yellows and oranges in it and some of that's going to make it to the ground. the best chance of seeing it is going to be well into the afternoon and evening hours when those showers become steadier, more widespread. the accuweather 7-day

all right. a look at local drive times for you. hercules still in the green right now. 31 minutes. westbound 4 you can see yellow. highway 4 to the maze, westbound 80 about 30 minutes and northbound 87 highway 85 to the san jose airport about 12 minutes right now.

all right. thank you so much for joining us. download the free abc7 news app we are the midshipmen of the united states merchant marine academy. >> all: good morning, america. [ applause ] ♪ welcome back to "gma" and a good morning to the midshipmen from the u.s. merchant marine academy off long island. and good morning to our wonderful audience. good morning, everybody. [ applause ] and we have a wonderful guest and you know him from "the office" and hbo's hit comedy "silicon valley," please welcome the very funny and hilarious zach woods. >> hi. mwah. good to see you. >> zach, good to see you. >> so nice to see you. >> good to see you, man.

>> good to see you too. [ applause ] >> welcome. >> hello. >> hey. >> i feel like i've got to look up to you. you're so tall. >> i have an apologetic slouch. shrinks me a couple of inches. >> this is the fourth season of "silicon valley." >> yeah. >> your character is a lovable, adorable jared. how much of that is you? >> you got to say all now. >> if it's lovable and adorable i'll take 100%. well, yard is sort of a little bit of a beta meat, maternal presence in the house which is hard for me because i'm such an alpha in real life. i'm constantly -- >> lifting weights. >> i heard who inspires your character. might not be what people think but gave us a hint when you said maternal. >> yeah, when i was trying to sort of figure out how the character would operate in the world of the show i used my mom as inspiration. he's -- jared is always looking out for people and putting other people first so that's similar to my mom.

>> such a nice mom. >> this show is so great. let's show everybody a clip. >> jared, what do you think about this? >> i think this is crazy. i left my job to come work with you, richard, and now you're leaving? >> look, these guys are going to need you. so, if you want to support me, you support them. think you can do that? >> i have a always been very adept at taking the shape of whatever shoe was pressed down upon me, so i can try to make it work. [ cheers and applause ] >> pressed down upon you. >> you made a great confession. you don't watch the show. >> that's true. i don't. i never watch the show because it's like hearing your voice on an answering machine, it's like, oh, god. >> i get it. you must have so much fun going on the set. a lot of improv going on. >> the creator of the show are so great about letting us play around. i mean 99% of the show is written but they let you experiment and once in a while

something will make it in. >> you took impofshg for a long time but also heard took some dancing lessons. have some sweet feet. >> i got real sweet feet. that's my nickname. sweet feet. yeah. >> we actually have seen your sweet feet in action. >> you have? >> on "the office". >> oh, yes. >> lady gaga dressing up. do you remember -- ♪ >> those are sweet feet. >> yeah. >> the only time i've truly felt like myself was in that. yeah, i took dancing lessons from this woman named jasmine albuquerque, a giant tall woman with pink dreadlocks who tried to teach me with ease somewhat unsuccessfully. >> you were great in that scene and we have a viewer question. big fan of "the office," let's take a look. >> hi, zach. i wanted to know what movie stars make you absolutely weak in the knees, please limit your answer to five movie stars. thank you. >> five? did she say five?

okay, rihanna, rihanna, rihanna, rihanna, rihanna. >> what is it aboutry han ma. >> i don't know. she just does it for me. amazing. so talented. so beautiful. rihanna if you're out there, please be mine. >> i'll be honest. >> just made a love connection. >> i hope so. >> i think rihanna does it for a lot of guys, i admit. you know what, season four of "silicon valley," it premieres april 23rd on hbo. thank you so much, zach. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> great guest. >> real great. and want to throw it over to jesse. what you got? >> guy, you know, every duck has its day and now "duck dynasty" is finally saying good-bye after 11 seasons so i got to sit down with the robertson family for their final exclusive interview visiting them at their home the night they watched their last episode together. ♪ it's dinner at the robertson

house in west monroe, louisiana, and that means three things. faith. >> in the name of jesus i pray amen. >> all: amen. >> reporter: family. >> everyone to the table. this way. >> reporter: and food. >> ooh. >> reporter: lots of food. >> you got to see this. dumplings. >> reporter: tonight is special. after dinner the family gathers around to watch the final episode of "duck dynasty." the show that made the robertson family households names and became the highest rated reality show in cable tv history. the idea for the show actually came from willie's wife. >> it was like your family could do this. like y'all are weird. y'all aren't normal. >> come on. >> reporter: i first met up with the boss hog himself, the ceo, willie, earlier that day for a personal tour of duck commander headquarters? we had a small store. then we built a way bigger store. what's up, guys. >> reporter: the "duck dynasty" brand has turned their out of the way town into a tourist destination.

>> all right. here's the world famous duck call room where little work shows up and have no idea where jesse went. i'm assuming he's in the bathroom. hey. >> the only way you can embarrass yourself is blowing the wrong end. [ duck calls ] >> reporter: early trump supporter willie opened the republican convention last summer. >> we need a president who will have our back. >> when i was behind him i don't think anyone was at the time. it was pretty early. >> including me. >> including her. >> i would be reading willie his tweets and, like, here's what he said tonight. it would just kill me. >> surprise. >> look here. >> look, if i'm against this, let's get the party going. >> reporter: the final episode centers around uncle si retiring. >> are we going to do this or not? >> reporter: not giving up show business but hitting the road with his band. can you give us a little

something? ♪ he looked down and said say a prayer for me ♪ >> reporter: and with si out of the picture -- >> all right, boy, he's gone for good this time. >> reporter: -- it does open up a spot in the duck call room. just saying. >> kay, kay, kay, kay. [ duck calls ] >> that wasn't it. that wasn't it. so, what's next for the robertsons? well, for all tourists out there that visit the factory they'll build a high-tech virtual duck hunt room complete with holograms of phil and willie. and coming up next we've got chris evans, octavia spencer and mckenna grace all

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welcome back to "good morning america." you know what, i need one of these. you guys didn't bring me one. your names? >> annabelle. >> lillian. >> annabelle and lillian. i'm going to get a matching coat. this is the way we do a rainy day. look at chicago. that is a path i used to run on right next to lake shore drive. big wind, big waves covering it up and then look at these wind alerts. so the wind alerts stretch behind this storm. anywhere from ohio to new jersey. right down into the deep south and as that low passes by, you think this is the beginning of the rain? oh, it's only the beginning. more rain, you guys. keep these raincoats handy especially if you're sticking

around as bill good morning. i'm tracking some light rain to showers along the coast in the north. random throughout the afternoon hours and then steadier and heavier tonight through tomorrow momomomomomomomomomomomomomomomo all that weather brought to you by state farm. 55 years from indianapolis, indiana. i'm going to stay here and get some secrets for you. for now we'll head back up to michael. >> all right, ginger. i'm here now with the incredible cast of the movie "gifted," chris evans, mckenna grace and octavia spencer. their new movie is being called a gift to family audiences and i had a chance to see it and it definitely is about a regular guy trying to raise his gifted niece aas a regular kid with the help of their compassionate and strong-willed neighbor. take a look. >> you know, there's something you could be overlooking. this could work out.

>> maybe. but if anybody takes that baby away, i'll smother you in your sleep. good morning. [ cheers and applause ] >> i love that, good morning, fred. and, mckenna, i'll start with you. fred was a cat. you had a lot of scenes about fred but i heard you're allergic to cats. how did you pull that off. >> i took a lot of allergy medicine. >> you have a such a great connection with this film and was that immediate between you two when you first met? how did you know she was the right one to play mary? >> all credit is due to mckenna. we auditioned a bunch of people but mckenna had that kind of perfect balance of -- she's a child obviously. she's got that wild unpredictable nature but also knew when it was time to be professional. you know, and sometimes one can infinger upon the other and she really found that balance. >> and you two, i heard you

bonded over the musical group presidents of the united states of america. >> that's right. >> yes. >> and you guys used to sing the song "peaches." >> yeah. >> and "back port". >> but we couldn't sing all -- there's some bad words in some songs. >> well, if there's some of something you can give us a little taste of -- >> y ay. >> you go. ♪ peaches for me millions of peaches peaches for free ♪ ♪ look out >> that is hilarious. >> but, you know, not to be outdone, octavia, you two have a nice little scene together where you're singing and dancing as well. we saw you dance in "hidden figures," are you writing this into your movies so he we can see your moves. >> i was waiting for my breakout role to just dance, dance, dance. we haven't done it yet but we're coming with something. >> something. >> can we get a little bit of

something today? >> no. >> give us a little of that right now, right, chris? mckenna, there were intense scenes in the movie. you have to -- a lot of crying. you get a chance to hit chris a little bit. how were you able to make yourself cry like that and were you really hitting him? >> maybe. [ laughter ] they made me. it was not my choice. i didn't want to hit him. >> she didn't want to at all. she was very upset. the day enough is challenging enough as it is with the emotion and it was last minute she realized she had to make physical contact. >> i guess that helped me cry. >> she did it like a pro. [ applause ] nailed it. for a man who's been smacked many times. >> you know what, it made it look like i did it only a little bit in the movie but we did it over and over and over. >> so the crying and the hitting came hand in hand. and did you have to say it's okay to hit me?

>> yeah, you got to let her know -- the whole environment on set on days like that on set is very catered to the fact an actor or actress has to get emotional and i mean she just slipped it in so seamlessly like a pro, came to set prepared. it's not easy. if you get to star in a scene with emotion that's one thing, but to build to it is tough and every take, she didn't miss a beat. >> she knocked it out of the park. i tell you that. [ applause ] and, octavia, this movie is about a gifted child and you were tested for the gifted program when you were a kid. >> i was tested for the gifted program. i failed. [ laughter ] but i was tested. but i'm also dyslexic which is a conundrum so people should know dyslexic kids, it's not that they can't learn but they learn differently. >> oh, wow. that's a great -- >> yeah. >> i was watching before we started. you all are laughing and joking and playinging to and all this stuff and then when this is over, when -- you guys are going to miss each other, it seems to

me from my viewing here. >> "gifted 2." >> that wouldn't be gifted enough. you can never be gifted enough. thank you, guys, the movie is great. i love watching. mckenna, you are so good. so talented and "gifted" hits theaters april 12th nationwide. make sure you check it out. it's a great family movie. coming up we have our easter makeoff challenge. at ikea, we believe that everything you need should be within reach. in an affordable dream kitchen that works as hard as you do. save up to 20% at the ikea kitchen event.

at ikea, we believe that everything you need should be within reach. in an affordable dream kitchen that works as hard as you do. save up to 20% at the ikea kitchen event. [ applause ] all right, everybody, back now with our "gma" ultimate make-off challenge and this morning taking on easter baskets. taking them to a whole new level, i like to think with the hottest trend for kids and that's slime and we have diy expert nicole farb here a sponsor -- partners with our sponsor michael's. so thank you, michael's and thanks for providing us with all

this great stuff, tears and they're inviting everyone to get creative at the make break event. stop by, receive your own slime. have fun mixing in and i just want to say we also have mckenna grace joining us getting in on the competition. you take this very seriously. >> i'm scared. >> have you done slime yet, mckenna? >> no. >> so i want to get it out there. we've done stories on the safety of slime. >> yeah. >> so, let's just take that head on. is it safe? because all of our kids love to play with it but we have seen stories where it's not. >> you know what, like everything there are safe ways to do it and not safe ways to do it. we have a safe recipe from elmer's glue. it doesn't include the powdered borax. it's in laundry detergent. i'm a mom. i don't let my kids touch it. it has baking soda, glue, a bunch of stuff we played with as kids in we have the recipe on our website. >> you do on our website. >> safe slime, everybody.

just set it. now let's play with it. >> wait, wait, wait. wait, wait, wait before we start i have a question. how are we supposed to do this? >> we're going to get into it. >> we're going to get into it. >> i have pro tip. >> so, how can we make our big eggs -- >> what are we supposed to do. >> we have a lot of ingredient, glitter, pom-pom, tiny dinosaurs. >> you have a tiny dino. >> lift your egg. >> adorable. >> you have a bunch of slime with that safe recipe. step one, take your mix and start mixing. what do you want to do? >> are we going to do that now? >> we got to wait. we got to wait. pound a crater in here and look at that stuff. tip three, y'all aren't afraid. get messy, right. you got to get messy. >> so, if we're in a make-off competition, how are we supposed to use our hands when they

are -- how will we be judged on this? >> who has the glitteriest slime. you have a lot of slime. >> we've got a spill in aisle four. >> oh. >> who gets the messiest. >> all right. so we're going to put 30 seconds on the clock and we're going to be judged on -- you want to just create the most fun slime for your kids. just go for it. >> motion fun, most color. >> should we kick it off. have sleeves up, michael. sleeves up. one, two, three, make. go, mckenna, get it. >> mix it, mix it, mix it. >> that is awesome. >> here you go. >> amy's got it. oh, look at amy's. oh. okay. here, here, here, get it, get it, get it. you need all of that. awesome. five, four, three, two, one. oh!

hands up, hands up. hands up. we'll do the slime poll. reveal your slime, do the slime poll. >> i have an issue. my card for you is part of my -- >> oh, amy, yours is so nice. >> ooh. >> look at mckenna's. >> can i just tell you my inspiration i was thinking was a monster so i gave it a lot of eyes. >> like a green monster. >> i got to tell you i give mckenna the amount of glitter she used is really outstanding. >> yeah. that's pretty -- >> like a monochromatic. very nice, mckenna. >> the purple goes well with your jacket. i think it's mckenna. >> yay! there you go. bravo. >> i have to agree. >> thank you. >> you can take your slime. >> my hands are too glittery. >> we'll take care of that. i do want to say thank you to michael's and michael's is inviting everyone to get creative at the make break event in stores again saturday 1:00 to

3:00. >> totally free. >> guess what, audience, you're going home with a slime gift bastion ket. it's your lucky day.

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good morning to you. i'm natasha zouves. let's get a quick look at the forecast with meteorologist mike nicco. >> hey, natasha. hi, everybody. storm watch, almost here. some of us dealing with light rain this morning and drenching rain tonight and overnight and potentially damaging winds from 8:00 tonight to 5:00 in the morning. the chance of lightning, thunder and small hail tomorrow. you can see more developing behind this system. here's a look at my accuweather 7-day forecast, tomorrow's a 2. scattered showers and thunderstorms. skart light showers saturday. >> sounds good. thank you. in terms of traffic, tracking the danville area right now. northbound 680, a three-car crash has cleared. a live look at 680 through walnut creek for you. traffic moving smoothly. all right. it is time now for "live with

kelly." we'll be back at 11:00. reporting continues now on the free >> announcer: it's "live with kelly!" today, the star of the new series "the son," pierce brosnan. and from the animated film "smurfs: the lost village," mandy patinkin. actor scott wolf returns for an hour of cohosting. all next on "live!" ♪ [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and scott wolf! [cheers and applause] ♪ >> kelly: hi! hi. [cheers and