making news in america this morning, drama on capitol hill overnight as the federal government shuts down once again. >> i think the country is worth a debate. i want people to feel uncomfortable. >> senator rand paul refusing to agree on a spending plan as the deadline passes. the next step this morning as lawmakers are sent scrambling. new questions about the white house response to domestic abuse claims against former top aide rob porter. the timing, the vetting and now a new claim from porter's ex-wife. hear what she says he asked her to do. let the games begin. the winter olympics kick off with controversy. a dispute over the u.s. flag bearer. plus, a young u.s. figure skater struggles during his debut. the latest from pyeongchang. the biggest storm of the year slams chicago. several big cities are closing

schools and the concern for the commute. later, omarosa opens up explaining why america should be worried. and a shot of bad news. the city is getting the blame for a looming tequila shortage. just in time for friday as we do say good morning, everybody. we're going to start with the drama that's unfolding this morning in washington, the federal government shutting down once again. >> the midnight deadline came and went and the government ran out of money as senator rand paul refused to support a bill calling for billions of dollars in new deficit spending. >> but with a new day dawning in washington comes a new path to an agreement. abc's kenneth moton has the latest from d.c. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: busy morning here in washington, diane and kendis, yes. there was last-minute political maneuvering but congress was just too late to meet that midnight deadline. overnight high-wire drama on capitol hill. congress failed to fund the

government by midnight sparking the second shutdown in less than a month. the reason, rand paul's issue with the sweeping two-year budget deal that comes with a half trillion dollar price tag. >> this is exploding, this deficit is exploding and there really -- there isn't the alarm you should see. >> reporter: for hours paul held up a vote on the bipartisan agreement brokered by senate leaders. >> my friend and colleague from kentucky does not join the president in supporting the bill. and it's his right, of course, to vote against the bill, but i would argue that it's time to vote. >> reporter: just before 2:00 a.m. the sole opposition stepped aside making way for a vote and the senate passing the bill 71-28. >> with an amendment it's agreed to. >> reporter: moving to the house another fight against the huge increase in spending. >> you get some things you like. you give the other side things they like. >> the budget boosts defense in domestic spending, includes billions for infrastructure, opioid treatment and the children's health insurance program.

>> this spending bill is a debt junkie's dream. >> nobody wants a shutdown. >> reporter: an early morning debate. >> the motion is adopted. >> reporter: just after 5:00 a.m. house members took a vote approving to fund and reopen the government. after an early morning debate members voted after 5:00 a.m. approving to fund and reopen the government. house speaker paul ryan said congress will solve the problem and protect the dreamers who are at risk of deportation next month. after the vote in the senate mitch mcconnell laid the ground work to begin the immigration debate next week. diane and kendis. >> it's getting a little too familiar. and the white house is struggling to explain why a top aide was allowed to stay on the job despite domestic violence allegations. sources say senior officials knew about the allegations against rob porter for months. chief of staff john kelly initially defended the staff secretary after he resigned but last night kelly sent a memo to staffers saying the white house takes domestic violence very

seriously. porter's second wife tells cnn he asked her to release a statement about the allegations but she did not agree with the language. >> he was asking me to downplay it and he was asking me to emphasize more the relationship that he and i have now as opposed to what i experienced in our marriage. >> both of the ex-wives making allegations against porter say they told the fbi about his alleged abuse when they were interviewed during a background check for his white house security clearance. >> they were asking me to describe his character, asking me to describe anything that i thought might be problematic in his position. i was very candid and frank and detailed with them about my marriage. >> the white house says porter had been working on an interim security clearance while the background investigation continued over the past year. at least one democrat is now demanding an investigation into that security clearance process. the white house says they could have handled it better. now to the markets and more

stock jitters in asia overnight. all of the top asian markets lost ground. at one point china's main exchange fell 6% before recovering slightly. now today's sell-off comes a day after the dow lost more than a thousand points for the second time this week. the market has officially moved into correction territory with investors worried that the current pace of economic growth will drive interest rates higher. >> the real concern is that if we get good news, it suggests that actually maybe our economy might be overheating and maybe we'll get more inflation than we've had for a really long time and so the central bank will probably have to hike into that. so there are worries that we'll hike too much and we could push the economy into a recession. i don't buy that view but i think that's what a lot of investors are expecting. >> well, this is the first market correction in two years and keep in mind the dow is still about 19% higher over the last year. police in toronto have recovered the remains of at least six people allegedly killed by a suspected serial killer.

66-year-old landscaper bruce mcarthur allegedly hid the bodies in planters on properties owned by his clients and police say they expect to unearth even more bodies. so far mcarthur is charged with the murders of five men who disappeared near toronto's gay village. a motive still unclear. well, chicago is staring down what's being called the windy city's worst storm of the year. more than a foot of snow is expected. it's part of a system that stretches over 12 states in the northern half of the country. detroit is also expected to get hit hard. let's take a look at the forecast for this friday. good morning. we are looking at heavy snow moving through the north central plains here right into the great lakes. expect some major travel delays for this area as they pick up several inches of snow. just how much, that band really sets up over chicago through detroit here where we could pick up to 6 to 12 inches of snow. this could be the most snowfall that chicago has seen in one shot so far this season.

then the snow works into the northeast, interior new england but moisture from the south means a wet day along the i-95 corridor. i'm meteorologist melissa constanzer for accuweather. >> coming up, the former white house staffer who says she's been haunted by president trump's tweets and would never vote for him again. but first why a five-time olympian is refusing to march in today's opening ceremony at the olympics. the latest from south korea

the winter olympics are kicking off with a little bit of controversy in south korea today. there's a dispute among team usa. >> meanwhile, we already have some results from the competition. the 2018 winter games are under way in south korea.

the main concern for today's opening ceremony, the cold. temperatures in pyeongchang are in the low 20s making it one of the coldest starts to an olympics in modern history. organizers plan to hand out hats, blankets, even seat warmers. there's already controversy surrounding team usa. speed skater shani davis will not march in today's ceremony. the five-time olympian and gold medalist is fuming after luger erin hamlin was chosen to be the flag bearer. >> there are so many that are deserving of this that to be selected is pretty amazing. >> reporter: hamlin and davis tied in the voting but she won in a coin toss. davis later tweeted team usa dishonorably tossed a coin to decide its 2018 flag bearer. no problem, i can wait until 2022. #blackhistorymonth2018. kim jong-un's sister arrived with the north korean delegation overnight becoming the first member of her family to visit south korea since the korean war. she'll watch the opening

ceremonies at athletes from north and south korea will march behind a unification flag. vice president mike pence is in south korea where he met with defectors. >> my wife and i wanted the honor of meeting with men and women who fled the tyranny of north korea. >> reporter: also with the vice president fred warmbier. his son, otto, died under mysterious circumstances after he was released from a north korean jail. >> it's an honor to be here. >> reporter: politics aside, the athletes say they're ready. >> i came here for nothing less than gold. >> reporter: but the competition got off to a disappointing start even before today's opening ceremony. in men's team figure skating nathan chen of salt lake city struggled in his olympic debut falling during a triple axel. the 18-year-old who was one of the most hyped athletes heading into the game said he got ahead of himself and was a little too excited. fun fact about team usa, the athletes come from 31 states with california -- i was going

to say calirado. so california and colorado have the most. >> in terms of cities, park city, utah, has the most, 8 as you can see followed by steamboat springs, colorado with six and anchorage, alaska, and duluth, minnesota, have five. >> definitely the winter olympics. >> yes. coming up, the olympic star now accusing her coach of abuse. also ahead the feature being tested by facebook letting you show your disapproval. and tom brady's former backup strikes gold with the 49ers.

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no. never in a million years. she also said she's concerned about the nation's future. >> i'm accepting a political appointment. it was always about the country. like i was haunted by tweets every single day like what is he going to tweet next? >> should we be worried? oh. >> don't say that because we are worried but i need you to say, no, it's going to be okay. >> okay. >> no, it's not going to be okay. it's not. it's so bad. >> the dramatic music. a spokesman says the white house is not taking omarosa's comments seriously. he reminded reporters that she was fired three times on "the apprentice" and was fired again from the white house. and a woman in california accused of driving drunk and causing the crash that killed her sister and then live streaming it has now been sentenced to more than six years in prison.

last july 18-year-old obdulia sanchez livestreamed the moments before and after the crash on the internet even showing her ungesist's by. she says she kept streaming live on instagram in hopes that her followers would help pay for her sister's funeral. she apologized before her sentencing on thursday. and a former olympic swimming coach is denying allegations that he sexually abused a champion swimmer when she was 16. ariana kukors now 28 told authorities that sean hutchison also took thousands of sexually explicit photos of her prompting a search of his seattle apartment. kukors' attorney says usa swimming knew something was wrong but did nothing. they conducted an investigation in 2010 but found no misconductd the father who tried to attack former gymnastics doctor larry nassar in court for abusing his daughters, well, he is now donating the money people raised for his legal defense fund. an online fund-raiser collected more than $30,000. he says he will donate it to groups that help survivors of

sexual assault. in medical news for the first time, scientists have successfully grown human eggs in a lab to full maturity. it's a step that has previously only been taken in mice. researchers say it could be crucial in helping to develop new infertility treatments but they caution a lot more research is needed before lab grown human eggs can be safely fertilized. well, there is another change to tell you about at facebook. it's tested a so-called down vote button to flag comments. they say it is not a dislike button. it's exploring the feature to give feedback about comments on public posts that users find offensive or misleading. facebook executives have reportedly said in the past that a dislike button would cause too much negativity. tom brady's former backup quarterback jimmy garoppolo is striking gold with the san francisco 49ers. he signed a five-year contract with the team reportedly for more than $137 million. at more than $27 million a season, it's the largest salary

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♪ time for your friday "pulse" starting with an olympic breakfast order. actually it's lost in translation. >> yeah, a little bit. norway's olympic team thought they ordered 1500 eggs from a south korean supermarket to feed their athletes competing in the winter games. to their surprise a delivery truck showed up with 15,000 eggs. >> wow, turns out the norwegian chefs used google translate to place the order. something clearly got scrambled. luckily the store took back all the extra eggs. >> lots of protein there. all right. next two words striking fear in the hearts of party animals around the world, tequila shortage. ♪ tequila analysts in the liquor industry say it could happen. >> so they're blaming an increase in demand for tequila in major cities including new york, london and tokyo. that demand is straining the

supply of agave, the plant from which tequila is made. >> immature agave plants are now being used resulting in lower production which could cause a shortage and higher tequila prices. >> wow. >> the crisis. >> should we go to mexico and help them out? >> that might be -- it's an emergency. >> it is an emergency. >> send in fema. okay, so there's news about onions that won't bring you to tears. >> so today two grocery chains in cleveland will be selling tearless onions. they're called sunions. the national onion association says cross breeding has removed the compound that makes your eyes water. >> so sunions are grown in nevada and washington state. they're the results of 30 years of research. why not call them nonions. like no, not onions. >> no tears. nonions. we're on to something. we are shedding tears of joy today for national pizza day, everybody. >> more than 4 billion pizzas are consumed in america each year.

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good morning everyone.. it is friday. february 9th. >> everybody is sick. >> everyone is sick. but we're all here. >> we're not sick. >> no. >> thank you, reggie for passing out the hand sanitizer and the wines. >> i do what i can here. it's riley one of the only ways i'm useful. luckily, lisa argen is useful. she's never seven minutes away from the forecast. >> another beautiful day. it won't be as warm as yesterday. i said that yesterday. we did allow for two records. two records broken. today, even though numbers will be above normal, you can see live doppler 7 is clear. we're starting out with temperatures in the 40s and 50s. 50 in san mateo, as well as 51 in san jose. 41 in santa rosa. numbers coming down a little bit. but the bigger changes come for

the weekend and that's just a few minutes away. >> lisa, we start off with quite a few accidents especially for a friday. let's go to the south bay and kup cupertino. a rollover crash blocking a couple lanes. this could take a while to clear. there are injuries involved. the traffic is fairly light. new crash reported westbound 80 near the skyway. there's another accident westbound 24 at ak lan is. frances, thank you. on a related note, we're watching developing news. b.a.r.t. service should be back to normal. >> there's a fire at a substation near the coliseum station before 10:00 p.m. that caused major delays. as you can see, it happened just as the crowd was leaving oracle arena following the warriors game. that problem cleared up before 10:30 and minutes

were reports of smoke on the train as well as flames on the tracks between san leandro and bay fair stations which led to the bay fair station being closed. service started to return to normal. but not until after mid might. the other big story of the end of the very short government shutdown. the house passed a bipartisan budget deal about 2:30 this morning. the senate passed it just before 11:00 last night and the president will sign it this morning. we'll get details on what's in the deal in a live report from washington in just a minute. meanwhile, yesterday it was the titans of tech and today its the leaders of california. >> canadian prime minister justin trudeau wrapped up his visit in san francisco today by meeting with the governor. reporter amy hollyfield is live for us there. >> reporter: hi reggie. he'll be at the fairmont hotel first thing this morning. there will be fans out here to greet him if yesterday is any indication. he arrived here yesterday

morning and had several meetings with a variety of tech leaders, including sales force ceo mark benoff. the prime minister is here to strengthen u.s. and canadian relations and to encourage silicon valley to do more business in canada. he was greeted with a lot support from san franciscans trying to catch a glimpse. >> we're in the summer of love and gay rights. he resonates with creating a world with more diversity. people of san francisco love him. >> this morning, he'll meet with governor jerry brown and lieutenant governor gavin newsome. they plan to talk about trade and the climate. those meetings start here this morning at 8:15. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. it's now 4:30 f you're just waking up to us, hello. let's get an update on your weather and traffic. lisa, what say you? >> reggie,oo