good morning, america. the survivors of that florida school massacre prepare to confront lawmakers as students stage a lie-in right outside the white house. >> shame on you. >> what our new poll reveals about america and guns and president trump's response. disturbing new allegations. a former friend of the accused school shooter now telling her story. saying nikolas cruz stalked her, tried to sell knives at school. her interview. >> even before they announced he was the shooter we all knew it was nik. >> only on "gma." winter weather warning. 30 million coast to coast bracing for snow, heavy rain and ice. whiteout conditions causing hundreds of accidents and restaurants and playgrounds now under water in the midwest. a woman caught on camera upset about sitting next to a baby on a plane, is now facing

backlash. why the mom who filmed it is now coming to that woman's defense. and family affair. the so-called shib sibs taking home a medal, but another american pair facing a devastating fall. plus, the new fallout over doping. and good morning, america. we hope you are well this tuesday morning. it will be another emotional day in florida. the teens there heading to their state capitol. >> this as family and friends gather to remember the victims of the massacre. >> they will not be forgotten. also yesterday the shooter, nikolas cruz, appeared in court. abc's adrienne bankert is parkland with more on this and the students' mission going forward. good morning, adrienne. >> reporter: good morning to you too, robin. it is another day of funerals and another day of fighting for gun reform.

the student-led movement never again has moved well beyond florida, but their next step is to meet with those state lawmakers. this is not a field trip. >> this is a student movement. >> reporter: students from marjory stoneman douglas high prepare to meet lawmakers in tallahassee. >> we are focusing on gun rights and mental health. there aren't a lot of bills focusing on mental health and we hope to change that. >> reporter: the bus ride to the capitol is to advocate for their slain classmates. >> it's definitely going to be hard because helena sat next to me in my psych class. >> reporter: and insist on gun reform giving some of them a powerful diversion from the pain. >> going to tallahassee, trying to do something about it. i feel like that's helping a lot getting our minds offer it. >> i'm committed to making sure that no child is going to be scared to go into a classroom. that's what they'll achieve. >> reporter: as loved ones said final good-bye to two of the

victims, rallies were held all over in the u.s., remembrance of the 17 who were murdered. grassroots protests in downtown los angeles. >> all: shame on you. >> reporter: each representing a life lost and in plantation, florida, students marched outside their campus. a day of remembrance. the florida pta held a statewide vigil in four cities. while still grieving, administrators get ready to re-open the campus and the principal recording this robocall. >> a huge part of the healing process involves bringing our eagle family back together. we will begin by inviting all students and parents to a voluntary campus orientation event on sunday. >> reporter: and teachers will return to their work schedules this weekend, but it won't be until next wednesday when the students resume their normal class schedules. undoubtedly, it will be a new

normal. >> all right, adrienne, thank you. want to bring in our washington team chief justice correspondent pierre thomas and jon karl. evidence that russian bots stirred up division in the same way they did during the 2016 election. >> this follows a pattern. the russians have been very active since the election every time there's been a recent controversy where there's been the nfl taking a knee issue which involved president trump, major issues of race, immigration and gun violence, they've tried to intensify the debate. last week the nation's top intelligence officials reminded that the russians are still meddling and that they're coming into the 2018 midterms. this is an ongoing and not a surprise that they would try to take advantage of that horrific tragedy in florida. in this case, there are reports of twitter accounts suspected of ties to russians pushing videos and articles, exacerbating feelings on each side of the gun debate. it is to inflame passions. and sow discord. it's what the justice department calls an information warfare and an assault on our very democracy.

>> exploiting divisions that are already there. jon, those divisions evident in our new poll with "the washington post" and shows americans united on being unhappy with washington and 77% saying congress not doing enough and 62% saying president trump not doing enough. >> reporter: and there's a real interesting number in this poll about who they see is to blame or what's to blame for the shootings. first of all, regarding the parkland shooting specifically, 58% of those surveyed said that it could have been prevented with stricter gun control but look at this, george, 77%, much more say it could have been prevented with better mental health monitoring, and then when we asked the question about mass shootings generally, this is very interesting, 57% said that mental health, inadequate monitoring of mental health was more to blame, and 28% say inadequate gun control and, george, as for the big proposal that you hear so many talking about, an assault weapons ban, the country is evenly divided on that, almost exactly evenly divided between those opposing

a ban and favoring a ban. >> we are seeing president trump open to more background checks, new legislation on background checks? >> reporter: yeah, he has -- his press secretary suggested he's in favor of something to strengthen the background checks system. there is a bipartisan proposal on that. it's also something that is -- that the nra favors so not exactly a new gun control measure. >> on another front, his on-again, off-again relationship with mitt romney now a u.s. senate candidate in utah back on? >> reporter: it is back on. he is announcing he is running for senate and the president made it clear following that announcement he is endorsing and supporting romney. thinks he'd be a good addition to the senate and romney appreciates that endorsement but as you remember, romney, during the campaign said this about donald trump. "donald trump is a phony, a fraud, his promises are as worthless as a degree in trump university." apparently those are now words that, well, water under the bridge.

>> one final thing, the president focusing more on the school and gun violence for the rest of the week. >> reporter: he is, including tomorrow, we are told the president will hold a listening session with students and teachers, high school students and high schoolteachers. no details from the white house as to exactly who will be here, but it will be a listening session at the white house with the president. >> okay, jon karl, thanks very much. michael. we bring in chief legal analyst dan abrams and, dan, we're seeing images of these teens going to face lawmakers about gun control and nikolas cruz bought seven guns all legally, all legally, so give us a reality check of what gun control measures could make a difference. >> you have to look at it in two way, the possible laws that target people and then the possible laws that target the weapons themselves. when you talk about the people, you're talking about enhanced background checks and it seems that some form of either making sure that the current laws are better enforced or enhanced background checks could have a decent chance of getting passed. the assault weapon legislation gets trickier. now, remember,

we used to have in 1994 to 2004 we had an assault weapon ban. the problem is, how do you define an assault weapon? meaning, you can change one little thing on a gun, a pistol grip and suddenly, you turned an illegal assault weapon into a legal weapon so this is tricky, tricky stuff that gets down into the details and is incredibly divisive. >> and i'm sure that is the case. we turn to the court case for nikolas cruz. his defense attorney said, you know what, if you take the death penalty off the table, we'll plead guilty, is that a possibility? >> it is a possibility. i think the first thing prosecutors are going to want to do here is talk to the families of the victims. they don't have to. it's not up to the victims to decide. but in a case like this it is the first thing you want to do and say, look, if we can spare you having to go into court and having to testify, is it worth us taking the death penalty off the table? they're going to survey, i think, all the victims in this

case first to figure out how do they feel about it before making a decision. they don't have to agree to something like this. they can move forward and decide we're still going to prosecute. we're still going to win the case and we're still going to pursue the death penalty. >> but ultimately the prosecutor's decision. >> it is, absolutely. >> and on "gma" yesterday i spoke with kimberly and james snead who took nikolas cruz in for three months before that happened and asked him what -- asked them what he was like at home when he was there with them. >> nothing like they portray on television or in the media. >> yeah, everybody seems to know we didn't know. >> we didn't know. >> we had rules and he followed every rule to the tee and he was very polite. he didn't -- he seemed normal. >> and you hear them say there he seemed normal. i asked that morning, was there anything out of the usual? no. does that help the prosecution? >> it could if he pursues an insanity defense. part of the defense is he didn't understand right from wrong and hear the parents saying, yeah, he understood right from wrong. >> the parents say they didn't know anything -- not the parents

but the family but there are a lot of other warning signs out there. one of the other ideas being talked about and i haven't heard a lot about it in the past is the idea someone who sees a friend or family member exhibiting danger signs can seek a restraining order now against that person. >> yeah, that's right and the closer the relationship, the easier it is to pass legislation that makes sense. meaning, we can't sort of pass laws across the board that say anyone who sees something risky or something suspicious is legally required, now, you can say, if you have a very personal relationship, it's a parent/child or something egregious, et cetera, that's a different issue, but, again, it gets tricky in terms of defining when do you cross that line? >> okay. dan, thank you very much. >> absolutely, oh, yeah. >> it's tricky, difficult, but, come on. we got to move forward. >> i got to say, these students are sticking to it. >> they would say even if you do something, that's right, no matter how big it is, that that's important. >> even the age limit. why does a 19-year-old need an assault weapon? >> can't buy a beer in florida but can buy an assault weapon. >> all right, thank you,

gentlemen. we're going to shift our focus now to that extreme weather across the country, 30 states coast to coast slammed with snow, flooding, ice, and now more dangerous weather is on the way. rob, you're going to track that for us. >> good morning. this is a huge all-encompassing system, energy driving down across the northwest. moisture streaming up from the southwest. into the great lakes. look at all these advisories. we have winter weather advisory prs the northwest and floofd watches, even wind advisories across the entire country. it is a mess this morning. hazardous weather from coast to coast slamming 30 states. hail pummeling beverly hills. snow blanketing the midwest. this car swerving lanes barely avoiding collision in south dakota. slick roads causing this pileup in salt lake city, shutting down interstate 80. whiteout conditions causing more than 100 accidents and counting.

major flooding in the ohio river valley. restaurants and playgrounds under water in kentucky. the ohio river threatening to reach up to 55 feet by wednesday. that's 30 feet above normal. a state of emergency declared. >> just got to make sure you move the vehicles out of here. sometimes it comes up really quick and then your car is under water. >> reporter: more rain on the way from texas all the way up into canada. and some of that rain is freezing. we've had ice across parts of green bay, wisconsin. people scraping away there this morning. freezing rain and sleet with thunder and lightning across kansas city and more rain for chicago and detroit, and this is going to be 48-hour system so heavy rain here with more flooding anticipated. more on that plus the warm air later in the program. >> warm air. yes. we'll take it. >> sounds good. and now we're going to go to a new scandal rocking the olympics. a third athlete is facing doping accusations. our senior national

correspondent matt gutman is in south korea with the latest. good morning, to you, matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, michael. and this doping incident might have had a direct impact on american athletes. a male slovenian hockey player failed a drug test on the very same day that his team beat the americans 3-2. now, that athlete has been suspended from the games. he's been kicked out of pyeongchang and the drug that he's accused of having used is an asthma medication. now, a japanese speed skater has also been ejected from the games after failing a drug test and olympic officials here tell us that they have instituted what is arguably the most strict anti-doping regimen in history. every single athlete at these games is tested and then anyone who wins a medal is tested yet again and that is what happened in the case that has rocked the curling world. that is the case of a russian male curler in the mixed doubles team who has failed two drug tests and he accused of having

doped and he's been kicked out, ejected, and now the russians risk losing their bronze medal which they wong in that mixed curls doubles. >> matt, i don't want to minimize curling, but why are you doping in curling? >> we did research. it's much more strenuous than you would think. the vigorous brushing and when you deliver the stone down that ice you have to have absolute precision so stamina actually does matter and it might be worth noting that this russian athlete who failed those two drug tests has said his drink was spiked. he said that one of his teammates actually sabotaged him and now the russian olympic committee says it's investigating because it has found no evidence that he systemically or intentionally took any drugs. michael. >> all right. >> when i was covering the games in torino, i did curling. it is very vigorous. it is. i wouldn't dope for it.

i'm agreeing with what he said. it looks harder than it actually is. >> i get it, but come on. now, flexibility, you need to take some yoga. i don't know about the doping. and team usa seeing success overnight. those famous siblings claiming bronze in the ice dance and freestyle skater britta sigourney soaring onto the podium in the women's halfpipe. amy has all the excitement, hey there, amy. >> there was a lot of excitement, guys. what a day here in pyeongchang for team usa. britta sigourney not only making her olympic debut at these games, but also earning the bronze. the shibutani siblings winning their second medal here after an emotional and history-making performance. maia and alex shibutani electrified the crowd here, becoming the first brother/sister duo in u.s. history to medal in olympic ice

dancing. >> and again finding that emotional breakthrough in the free dance. >> reporter: taking home the bronze their second medal in these games. former u.s. gold medal winner meryl davis tweeted out this clip of maia and alex playing together as children adding hugs then, hugs now. it wasn't such a happy ending for another pair of american ice dancers, madison chock and evan bates. >> oh, no. >> and that is a disaster. >> reporter: whose skates became entangled causing a brutal fall on the ice. >> i don't even know how you carry on with the rest of the program. >> reporter: the distraught couple finished in ninth place. up on the mountain, happier news for team usa after this gravity-defying bronze-winning outing by brit that sigourney. >> here comes the 9. gets it. >> reporter: the 28-year-old overcame eight surgeries to fly into third place in the women's freestyle halfpipe, giving her

her first olympic medal. >> super cleanly executed for the american. >> reporter: her teammate defending gold medalist maddie bowman unable to complete her final trick in each run of the fines. >> does she have it? ooh. >> reporter: the american head slamming her head hard enough to crack her helmet after her tough fall able to get up and leave on her own. >> lost the stick. he scores. >> reporter: another chance at glory for the american men's hockey team. they defeated slovakia, 5-1, to earn a place in the quarterfinals. the u.s. hasn't won gold since the miracle on ice in 1980. >> do you believe in miracles? yes! >> so, the big question is -- will they be able to win? the u.s. men's hockey team faces off against the czech republic in the quarterfinals, that happens tonight.

let's take a look at the medal count, team usa in fifth overall with a total of 12 medals. five of them gold, and norway, still in the top spot with 29 medals, 11 good. 11 gold. germany close behind with a total of 10 gold medals. michael. guys, back to you. >> thank you, amy. britta sigourney, eight surgeries and back out competing wins a bronze. congratulations to her. let's go back to rob, bring a day of spring to new york. >> i heard you cheering earlier for the spring weather. with that this time of year you get fog. new york city, philadelphia. travel delays but temperatures will be approaching records today and tomorrow. i don't know about you but i'm feeling like pancakes this morning.

good morning. i'm meteorologist mike nicco from abc 7 mornings. mostly sunny. chance of a shower. the clouds lingering almost as cold as this morning. chances of wintry mix, a couple coming at you. 49 half moon bay, 50 to 56 degrees. cold inland and mid 30s to low 40s. we have a chance tomorrow and coming up here, the schoolmate who said she was stalked by shooter nikolas cruz telling her story now and says she and her friends reported it to the school multiple times.

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following, 30 million coast to coast are facing weather alerts bracing for snow, heavy rain and ice, whiteout conditions out west have already caused hundreds of accidents. and the teen survivors of that florida school shooting are heading to tallahassee today to meet with lawmakers there about gun control. this, as our new abc news/"washington post" poll shows the majority of americans say neither the president nor congress are doing enough. we begin with disturbing new allegations from a former friend of nikolas cruz. ariana lopez said he stalked her, brought knives to school and was reported to officials multiple times. victor oquendo has more from parkland. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, george. yet another person who says they sounded the alarm about nikolas cruz. the student we spoke with said that he would threaten them through texts and through social media, but when they first met, she says that there was actually nothing out of the ordinary. ariana lopez says her one-time friendship with former classmate nikolas cruz started out as any normal teenage friendship does. >> he would tell me about his mom and his brother. >> reporter: but she says she

soon saw traits she describes as disturbing emerge. >> he used to sell knives out of his lunchbox which i thought was insane. you can't have knives. this is a school. he's like, hey, guys, want some knives. >> reporter: as for those posts. >> he would sympathize with syrian terrorists and people who oppose him should be killed and posted pictures of 15 or more firearms just on his bed. like this was normal. like you could even see a hamper in the background. that's how ordinary this was to him. he talked about killing our parents, our friends, boyfriends and girlfriends. >> reporter: lopez says cruz would follow her after school. she says she and her friends reported their concerns to school officials multiple times between 2016 and 2017. broward county schools has not yet responded to abc news. when asked about her claims, abc news has learned that douglas high school disciplined cruz 25 times but he remained on campus. lopez telling abc the reason behind this fight seen in had video allegedly showing cruz in

a white shirt, first obtained by abc affiliate wplg, was over a girl cruz briefly dated. >> he would hit her. he would threaten her. he would threaten her family and her friends for talking to other guys. >> reporter: overnight, a newly released investigator's report filed just days after that 2016 fight, noted cruz behavior changes due to a recent breakup. the investigator saying cruz talked about wanting to purchase a gun and feeling depressed. >> does he know where the shooter is? >> we don't know. but we're entering the building. >> reporter: we asked lopez about that day last week when 17 of her classmates and teachers were killed in a barrage of bullets. she sought refuge, hiding in a closet. >> i was thinking about why he could have done this because nik was an avid hunter, i thought about it from a hunter's perspective. the freshman building is very difficult to get out of, and when you think about it from the way that a hunter might have which was the way nik thought

about, a lot of things that was an easy target. >> reporter: she says she felt little shock when she learned the identity of the shooter. >> i knew it. we all did. everybody who knew him, we knew it. he was the only person that could even before they announce that he was the shooter we all knew it was nik. he was the only person we could think of that would do something like this because it was obvious that he had the power to do this. >> reporter: now lopez says that she and her friends no longer have to be afraid of cruz because he's in jail and she also hopes authorities will learn something from the awful shooting here to prevent something like this from happening again. >> one thing we're seeing, florida governor rick scott going hard at the fbi. >> reporter: governor scott has called on the fbi director to resign and he now wants all the details about that second tip that they didn't follow up on to be released saying that these families deserve answers. george. >> they sure do. victor oquendo in parkland, thanks. george, now to former nfl player rae carruth breaking his silence speaking out from behind bars, apologizing for his role in the 1999 murder of his

then-pregnant girlfriend. abc's gio benitez is here with more and, gio, rae also says he wants to be part of their son's life when he released. >> he does. carruth will be released in just months and he wants custody of the son who was almost killed that carruth planned. the shooting that killed the boy's mother. >> touchdown, rae carruth. >> reporter: he was a star on the football field, playing for the carolina panthers but that all changed in 1999 when rae carruth was arrested in connection with the murder of his pregnant girlfriend. police say he hired someone to shoot cherica adams and spent the past 17 years behind bars. his unborn son survived the shooting delivered prematurely with cerebral palsy. scheduled to be released this fall, carruth is now speaking out from behind bars taking responsibility for the crime and expressing desire to help take care of his son. the young man was raised by his grandmother, carruth spoke with wbtv by phone. >> i'm apologizing for the loss of her daughter. i'm apologizing for the

impairment of my son. i feel responsible for everything that happened and i just want her to know that truly i am sorry for everything. >> reporter: in a letter sent from prison, he praises the grandmother for taking care of the son while also accusing her of lying about him in interviews something she denies. but he blames himself writing, if i could change anything, i'd change the whole situation. his mother would still be here and i wouldn't be where i'm at. i want the incident to never have happened at all. the grandmother speaking to abc station wsoc says it's the first time she's heard an apology from him and wants her grandson to have a relationship with his father. >> i am not trying to mislead anybody to think that rae is going to come and pick chancellor up for the summers and take him out to california and come over and get him every week and be daddy, that's not what i mean about relationship. i do want chancellor to meet him. >> reporter: and carruth is expected to walk out of prison in october.

the grandmother says he lost his parental rights the moment he was found guilty and we should say the grandmother and grandson, they now go around to schools and they talk about domestic violence and they're doing a good thing. >> i saw that in the video right there in they've turned this whole mess into something positive. >> as best you can. >> as best they could. thank you, gio. coming up next, we have the mom who posted this viral video of an angry passenger yelling about her baby. now she has a message for that woman and it may surprise you what she said. we'll be right back.

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we are back now with the surprising message from the mom who shot this viral video. this video shows a woman apparently upset about sitting next to her toddler on a plane. abc's linsey davis is here. and linsey, the mom who posted this video is now coming to that woman's defense. >> yes, that's right. good morning to you. the mom would posted the video of the disgruntled passenger says she didn't mean for the video to go viral and wants the passenger to know she is sorry it's come to this. she says she doesn't want her to lose her job but she says she posted the video for young moms to see that people can't talk to them like this. >> i'm not sitting near a crying baby. >> he's not gonna cry the whole time. >> reporter: it's the viral video viewed more than 2 million times. marissa rundell traveling with her 2-year-old son pulled out her phone to record this woman susan perez complaining about her seat assignment and giving the flight attendant a hard time.

>> i want your name. >> tabitha. >> thank you, tabitha. you may not have a job tomorrow. >> i want this lady off the plane. >> no, i can't. >> i can't. tabitha. i have to -- i apologize, please. >> reporter: perez is seen apologizing but she was eventually escorted off the plane. delta told abc news we ask that customers embrace civility and respect one another while flying delta. this customer's behavior toward a fellow customer was not in keeping with those standards. by the time the flight took off, rundell had posted the video on facebook. the reaction swift, and perez's employer launched an investigation and placed her on leave until further notice. >> i'm actually stunned that it has came that far. >> reporter: but this morning perez has an unlikely defender, the very mom who took the video. rundell told abc news she had no idea her profile was public and that so many people would see her post. >> i started recording mainly because i just kind of thought

it was comical at how she was acting. >> reporter: she's now hoping that the woman won't lose her job. >> i don't think she really deserved that, honestly. people keep telling me don't feel bad. don't feel bad, she deserved it. but honestly i don't think she did. >> we reached out to the disgruntled passenger for comment but did not hear back. this is just one more lesson about the power of social media and something going viral. you can't control it. >> you can't take it back. >> traveling with kids is one of the most stressful things you could ever, ever do. >> i know. i know. >> exactly. >> and, linsey, the woman accused -- she's being accused of trying to use new york governor andrew cuomo's name to get out of it. >> she kept repeating i work for the governor and her photo and name removed from the new york state council of the arts page and a spokesman says state employees must be held to the highest standard, both professionally and personally.

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t.j. holmes is here. she says she was doing her best. >> that's all you can expect for this song, right. give the lady credit. she tried something and it didn't work so let's first, lilly, roll that beautiful anthem footage. ♪ gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ♪ >> okay, that's where she -- >> it was bold. >> it was a bold choice. >> yes, it was. she tried to jazz it up but some of those jazzy moments are the parts people are talking about. one saying i've seen the national anthem hundreds of times but never in the key of "happy birthday, mr. president." someone else wrote in, not sure

what fergie was going for on that but if it was my friend's drunk mom she nailed it. ears normally bleed uncontrollably -- >> why you blaming that on me. >> everybody seems to be criticizing her, fergie, just give the lady a break. >> you know what, she says she did her best and then at the end when she said let's play some basketball. she thought she nailed it. what is she saying about it now? >> she did rehearse it just like this. she didn't do this on the fly. the rehearsal video was out and she rehearsed it but said i've always been honored and proud to important the national anthem and last night i wanted to try something special for the nba. i'm a risk taker artistically, but clearly this rendition didn't strike the intended tone but i tried my best. [ applause ] >> fergie, we love you. >> and she's in good company. >> well, all right. people have tried before and i give you exhibit a, r. kelly in 2005. ♪ oh say does that star-spangled banner ♪

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. the fight over gun control hits washington. students stage a lie-in right outside the white house, saying never again. >> shame on you. >> president trump's response this morning in the wake of that florida massacre. where will the survivors go from here? opening up about anxiety. top model and reality star kendall jenner revealing her struggle with a disorder affecting millions. >> like my anxiety is crazy. and that's kind of it. >> why women are twice as likely as men to suffer from it. how to know if you should seek professional help. a "gma" health alert. the little-known cause of heart attacks. that can strike women under 50. dr. ashton answering the important questions and a revolutionary new way, the symptoms often misdiagnosed and warning signs you should be looking for. and meet miles. ginger and her adorable newborn joining us live for the first

time as we say, good morning, america. ♪ i love you ♪ i feel it coming ♪ i feel it coming ♪ i feel it coming >> ah, i mean, come on. how adorable that family is. we can't wait to check in with ginger in just a little bit. great to have you with us on this tuesday morning. >> and if there ever was a picture of the morning, it's this picture right here. take a look. wait till you hear the story behind this photo. it's coming up in "pop news." >> is that a bride? >> get a closer look there, george. >> could be, yeah. >> oh, boy. >> nice smile there. >> mm-hmm. we'll begin with the fallout from that school shooting in florida. the teens who survive heading to the state capitol calling for action on gun control and protests in washington, as well. we want to go back to adrienne bankert in parkland. hey, adrienne. >> reporter: good morning to you, george. we're still in front of this growing memorial here in parkland. it's about 100 students and some parents who are going to be making the trek by bus to

tallahassee to meet with state lawmakers to discuss existing gun laws and how they can be changed. with a focus on mental health and a focus on restricting high-capacity rifles like the one used in parkland that killed so many of their classmates. now, in speaking with them at a prep meeting last night, they tell me that this has given them a call and a cause in the midst of great grieving. their parents telling me that they're so proud of them. in light of all they have been through. the word is this never again movement is adds momentum not just in florida, but in other groups all across the country, including here in florida, in plantation, students marching outside their high school. and we also know, as you mentioned, that d.c. movement, where youth laid down in front of the white house in silent protest. and in los angeles, there was a grassroots movement that marched through the streets of downtown. now, one of the reasons why this group never again is going to be meeting so late in the day, they're leaving around 1:00 this afternoon by bus, because so many of them would

like to attend the funeral of another one of their classmates just 16 years old. and that happens this morning. george? >> such a devastating time, okay, adrienne, thanks very much. >> a determined young group. we're going to turn now to the olympics and two more medals for team usa overnight. it was a family affair on the ice. the shib sibs taking home a bronze medal. and an american also winning a bronze in the women's halfpipe. hey again, amy. >> hey, robin. yes, maia and alex shibutani dazzling the crowd here in pyeongchang, becoming the first to medal in olympic ice dancing and took the bronze. their second medal in these game. but it wasn't such a happy ending for another pair of american ice dancers. madison chock and evan bates, whose skates became entangled in their performance. look at that. what a brutal fall on the ice. the pair finishing in ninth place. and then up on the mountain, a gravity-defying turn on the halfpipe for team usa skier

britta sigourney. she earned herself a bronze medal in the women's freestyle halfpipe. the 28-year-old making it to the medal podium. this is incredible, overcoming eight surgeries leading up to the games to get there. and then it was do or die for the u.s. men's ice hockey team. if they did not win last night, their olympic dreams would have been over. but they defeated slovakia 5-1 and earned a place in the quarterfinals where they will face off against the czech republic. that happens tonight. and the big question here, robin, will this team be able to re-create 1980's miracle on ice? we're going to have to wait and see. but wouldn't that be something? >> that would be something else. still can remember that so well. all right, amy, thank you. and speaking of the olympics, robin, look at what we found. there you are. >> is that my curling? >> that was your curling. >> this is what you've been doing for the last hour?

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all right. welcome back to "gma." this -- you know, this great audience, they're making tom kelly work. you are sweating through that t-shirt. [ applause ] this audience is working him. >> i'm glad that's television. >> not smell-o-vision. and it's great to have lara

spencer back for "pop news." >> yeah, thank you. [ cheers and applause ] good morning to you all, and to you. so we're going to begin with the man behind the wildly popular movie, "get out." writer, producer, director jordan peele. this morning he's revealing his next project. it's another film. he's currently writing it and plans to direct it later this year saying, quote, playing around with a thriller/horror/action genre is my favorite. that is my sweet spot. he told students at loyola marymount, his secret in writing this next movie is, hey, i'm just trying to entertain myself again. that's a great plan. >> worked the first time. >> absolutely. and you know what? he has entertained far more than just himself. his breakout film "get out" nominated for best picture, best original screenplay and best actor. congratulations to him. [ applause ] talented man. >> yep. so this was interesting, i thought, a hotel chain is now offering a discount for guests who check their cell phones at the door. wyndham hotels offering a 5%

discount if you agree to participate in their reconnected program, at select hotels. hopefully, you'll spend more time with your family and less on social media. you can actually bring your phone with you, but, if you're game for the program, you're given a lockbox to put the phone in. it has a timer and will unlock when your stay is over so what do you think? >> let's ask the audience. >> you like the idea? >> i'll pay them to take my kids' phones. >> i would actually pay more if they took my kids' phones. >> that's not fair so the kids' phone but not your phone. >> correct. >> they can have mine, too. >> no, that would be great. that is a true reconnected program. would you do it or feel too -- you would do it? >> right here. >> yeah. >> he's like, yeah, i don't have a phone yet but i'll do it. >> minor detail. we appreciate the enthusiasm. also in the news this morning, penn state, my alma mater. students there have completed

their 41st annual dance marathon. i like to talk about this every year because you know what, giving back is so critical. this is 46 hours of straight dancing, you are not allowed to even sit down. there are the penn state football players getting involved for a very good cause. those tired feet brought in $10.2 million for childhood cancer research. >> no ten minutes an hour off, or anything like that? >> no, not at all. it is brutal. we all do it. so far thon has raised more than $140 million since it starred making it the largest student-run philanthropy in the country. very proud. we are, baby, we are. >> we are, we are. >> penn state. >> we are. >> thank you, rob. and a bride in rhode island experienced the ups and downs of marriage before the reception even started. melissa rodger was riding up to the 18th floor of the biltmore hotel in providence in an elevator, guys, waiting to go to the reception when her elevator got stuck. she says she didn't panic at first, thinking it would take a minute.

but soon, it became quite clear she would be spending the cocktail hour just wishing of a chardonnay, waiting for firefighters to pry open the door and carefully lower her on to the floor. talk about making an entrance, though. rodger was a great sport. she says she's got a great memory. what? apparently, one of the bridesmaids went up and whispered to the groom, we have a situation. the groom was on it and called firefighters. it took quite a while and consider throwing her honeymoon clothes up into the elevator so she could change to shimmy down. she didn't have to do that. all's well that ends well. i know, i know. you've never needed a cocktail more. and she missed the cocktail hour. >> they got her out safely. >> yes. >> yes, thank you, lara spencer, another great job on "pop news" as always. and now we're going to go to our "gma" cover story about

kendall jenner opening up about her battle with anxiety and how she copes on "keeping up with the kardashians." diane macedo is here and this is a struggle she's faced for some years now. >> this is something she says she's dealt with for her entire life. but she said there were a few things that happened last year that made matters worse. now she's addressing it head-on. supermodel kendall jenner is opening up about her struggle with a condition that affects millions. >> i like feel distant and out of it all the time and my anxiety is just crazy. >> reporter: the reality star says she's always struggled with anxiety and hypochondria. >> i think since i was a kid i've always been a hypochondriac. >> reporter: she says the past year has been especially hard. >> starting with kim's robbery then i got robbed, then i have my stalkers. that's why i don't tweet or instagram because i just -- that gives me anxiety, too. >> reporter: so the 22-year-old has decided it's time to address the issue, and talk about her struggle with her family. >> i think now that i sit here and i can verbally say that, i think that will help me with the steps to take the time and really address it. >> reporter: jenner is not alone.

according to the anxiety and depression association of america, women are twice as likely to experience anxiety as men, and more and more young stars are opening up about the issue. emma stone, bella hadid and ableout their struggles, with gomez saying recently, anxiety is, quote, not something i feel i'll every overcome. as for jenner she's working on treating her anxiety with meditation and acupuncture. >> anxiety is all mental. i try to maintain it but sometimes it's out of your control. but, i think i'm very blessed to be in the situation i'm in and every year that i do fashion months it gets a little bit easier. >> now that said, it's the middle of fashion month and jenner just posted a snowboarding video with the caption, time off. so it looks like she's take a break. the kardashians get a lot of blowback for not being relatable but a lot are listening and saying, that's me. >> thank you so much, diane. and dr. stephanie dowd, a clinical psychologist

at the child mine institute, is here with us. you see kendall talking about it and some of the other young stars talking about anxiety. how does it help others who suffer from anxiety to have these young stars talk about it? >> it helps a lot. it's important to know that anxiety disorders are real, common, and treatable. it affects 40 million adults in the u.s. alone. and i haven't evaluated kendall jenner. but i really respect her for talking openly about it because hopefully this will allow people to really finally destigmatize having mental illness and encourage people to get help. >> and what's the difference between day-to-day anxiety and an anxiety disorder? and at what point, should you seek treatment? >> so, anxiety is normal. we all live with it. we all live with worry. anxiety can be very healthy and adaptive -- it's what motivates us to get that bill paid on time. but when anxiety becomes a disorder is when it becomes excessive and interfering in our lives. so you want to seek help from a licensed mental health counselor. when it becomes excessive and interferes.

meaning, it interferes in your health. it interferes with work and relationships. and the longer you wait to get help, the worse it could get. >> we saw in the piece women suffer two types as much as men from anxiety but men suffer from it as well. >> absolutely. everyone suffers from anxiety. they can suffer from an anxiety disorder. it's important to know that, you know, men, women, children, older adults are all at risk potentially. and it's important that we talk about it openly. >> social media. >> yes. >> how does that play into anxiety? >> it plays a role. you know, social media provides highlight reels. showing only the best moments of a person's life while hiding normal daily struggles, so people can feel self-doubt. they can feel pressure. when they look at other people's images of their beauty, success, and happiness. so it's important to know that. and check in with yourself. if you're realizing maybe your self-esteem or your mood is dependent on what you see on social media, maybe you want to limit it. >> yeah, peel back a little from it.

>> yes, yes. >> dr. dowd, thank you so much. >> absolutely. >> now over to you, rob. all right, michael, listen. everybody loves a snow day, right? i mean it makes you feel like a kid again. check out this picture. yesterday was a holiday and probably they had a day off school any way. but this area doesn't get a whole lot of snow so a good reason to celebrate and dive into it. crawl in it and do some snow angels and, of course, the obligatory snowball fight. hey, take it easy, kid. someone's going to get hurt. hey, sunny, come here. this is my dog. it's love your pet day. [ applause ] good morning. i'm meteorologist mike nicco from abc 7 mornings. mostly sunny. chance of a shower. the clouds lingering almost as cold as this morning. chances of wintry mix, a couple coming at you. 49 half moon bay, 50 to 56 degrees. cold inland and mid 30s to low 40s.

we have a chance tomorrow and >> sunny, i wish i had known about that. i would have brought little man lucas to play with sunny today. but we have an important health alert about a little-known cause of heart attacks that's called s.c.a.d. the symptoms are often misdiagnosed as anxiety but it is responsible for nearly half of all heart attacks in women under the age of 50. so dr. jen is going to break it all down with some brand-new revolutionary technology. i spoke with her the other day. and i'll share that conversation in a moment. but first, two women who experienced s.c.a.d. >> i live every day as if it were my last because that could have been my last. >> they say life can change in a minute. it did. >> reporter: for morin and trisha, it started like any ordinary day. it ended with a shocking and unexpected event. a heart attack.

two years ago, then-35-year-old morin, gave birth to a daughter. a baby sister for her two little boys. >> we were very excited. she was healthy and i felt great. >> reporter: the weeks following were stressful, and while her blood pressure was mildly elevated, her doctor saw her and sent her home with medication. it was a week later, five weeks after delivery, when things went horribly wrong. >> i felt like pressure, possibly gas, acid reflux. i wasn't sure what it was. the baby was having a hard time nursing. one of my arms went numb. i started getting nauseous. cold sweats. >> reporter: she called her husband. >> something is wrong. and i think i need help. >> reporter: trisha sullivan says she has never been much of an athlete. >> i thought, well, i can ride a bike. so i made it my personal goal to really get into bike riding to stay healthy. >> reporter: so the first grade teacher decided to do a bike ride for a cause.

>> i was bound and determined to do this 100 miles. >> reporter: after training extensively, she was ready. but early on in the ride, something wasn't right. >> i just kept dropping back. i couldn't keep up. i was short of breath. but we all chalked it up to nerves. >> reporter: she rode only 57 of the 100 miles that day. three days later, experiencing sore arms and heartburn. and that night in bed, her world went fuzzy. >> and that's when i screamed to my husband. and as i did that, i fell. i passed out and i heard like a loud crash and i realized i had hit my head on the nightstand. >> reporter: what both experienced was a little known type of heart attack called spontaneous coronary artery dissection, or s.c.a.d. >> i really didn't understand what that was until the doctors came in and explained it to me. >> i had never heard of it. what is this? >> and dr. jen ashton joins us now. these two women, they reached

out to you last year. >> they wanted to share their story, robin, because most people have heard of heart attacks. but it's the ones caused by a blockage of the artery. this is something different. it's called s.c.a.d. it's more common in women. the different cause, same end result. this can kill heart muscle and can be fatal. >> not a lot of people know about this. >> they don't which is why i'm so glad we're talking about it. >> and to explain how s.c.a.d. occurs, we're going to do something we have never done before on "gma." we're going to take a step into 3d, we're going to use augmented reality. so let me introduce you to the newest member of the "gma" family. would you please welcome gemma. >> robin, she's my new patient. >> my gosh. first of all, we have to tell people how gemma the name. gma. if you kind of sound it out, okay. >> i missed that but. >> we thought it was -- we want -- she's going to help us

understand the difference between heart attacks caused by coronary artery disease and heart attacks caused by s.c.a.d. >> let's start with the traditional type of heart attack, robin. if you look inside her heart, of course, we know there are blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood to supply the heart muscle. with a traditional type of heart attack, a plaque forms. you can see it in this animation, it's yellow. it can rupture or break off over time. when it does that red blood cells attach to it and it can clog off that artery, killing the muscle downstream which you can see there in gemma's beating heart as black. s.c.a.d. is something different. when you go inside gemma's heart, the key words are artery dissection. there are three layers to the wall of this blood vessel. they tear away from each other trapping blood in between those layers. you get the same end result, that blood vessel gets clogged off, kills the heart muscle downstream, again, it's black there. and it can be fatal. >> so what are the signs we should be looking for here? >> well, your job is not to

distinguish, is this a heart attack caused by s.c.a.d. or plaque? if you look at gemma. you have to look at the symptoms. they can be lightheadedness, sweating, pain radiating in the neck back or jaw, shortness of breath, chest pain, fatigue or pain radiating down one or both arms. if you feel these symptoms, you need to call 911 and get to an emergency room immediately. >> anything you can do to prevent it. >> we don't know what causes s.c.a.d. totally, so therefore you can't really talk about prevention. we know it's more common in women. there may be a hormonal aspect to it, because it can surround pregnancy, as we heard in the taped piece. and then, there's a thinking that some people who have s.c.a.d., male or female, have a problem with the integrity of the walls of their blood vessels. either way the key is recognizing symptoms and getting prompt treatment because that can be life-saving. >> oh, boy and this is -- this is revolutionary for us. >> it's amazing, right. gemma. >> gemma. so thank you, jen and thank you, gemma. thank you so much.

and we're going to look forward to using her and -- we're not going to use you but using her to help. >> she'll be helping us. >> helping us to explain different things. >> exactly. it's great. >> we appreciate that so we'll spend time with gemma in the future. we'll be back.

good morning north bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> good morning it is 8:27 i'm reggie aqui happening today, the men charged in the ghost house fire back in facing voluntary manslaughter charges. killing 36 people. they essentially operated as manager of the property and the case can go to trial. >> the city from marine county, ear earlieren accident south of the tunnel. and golden gate bridge, the lines of orange and red sensors. it is tough this morning.

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with a glass of wine in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard rocky mountaineer. canada's rocky mountains await. call your travel agent or rocky mountaineer for special offers now. now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> here are the six coldest cities left in the bay area. and they are still well below freezing, petaluma and 37 in lafayette. 27 in half moon bay. keep everything protected in the next half hour and the freezing temperatures will be out of here. check out the chances of the rain and a little bit of snow. >> thank you mike.

another update in about 30 minutes and always on the news welcome back to "gma" and as always, we have a wonderful audience with us here on this tuesday morning. [ cheers and applause ] we got a lot of kids with us. i love that. today we're celebrating a big milestone this morning. five years ago today, robin, you ended your medical leave. you returned here to "gma." >> yep. >> and what did you say when you came back? >> i said, and i quote, i've been waiting 174 days to say this, good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] >> the most exuberant good morning, america, ever. >> amber was here with me and my sister was here with me. after that amount of time you wonder if you are going to be

able to come back and so anybody that's on their medical leave right now, keep believing. keep moving, keep breathing and the best part is, i had to be reminded. alex this morning, my producer, in my dressing room said you know what happened five years ago today, and i said what, and she had to remind me. so it's very much in my rearview mirror but appreciative of my doctors, the viewers who didn't forget about me after all that time. >> could never forget about you. [ applause ] >> a symbol of this too shall pass. whatever anybody is going through right now, just believe this too shall pass. >> you're a living example of it. >> there are lots out there. someone else we'll welcome back soon. >> oh, yes. >> ginger, but now she is home with the latest addition to her family, baby miles. adrian and ben are there as well. and baby miles is there. >> can you say hi? >> you guys are wide awake for 8:00 with a little baby at home. >> oh, yeah, we're wide awake a lot. >> seems pretty chill right now.

>> oh, he is -- he is even more than adrian is. he is so chill. he is a baby that hangs out, looks around. he's very alert. very cool. and big brother has been helping so much. he was just trying to hold him and help. there's miles. and adrian, you love your baby brother, right? >> say, yes. >> he's not sure right this second. >> i'll tell you this morning we've been playing a video of adrian serenading miles. one of the best things you could ever see. we know he loves him. >> yes, you bet. ♪ >> give brother a kiss. give brother a kiss. >> i want to ask ben, how are you doing there, ben, now with number two in the house? >> i am pointless.

i am an ankle rubber and a chef. i make a lot of pasta and i rub a lot of backs and ankles. that's it. >> that is a very important job. >> hey, ginger, hey, ginger, you know, you were very open to everybody about having a second baby and how your emotions would be so can you share that with us? >> it was just as everybody said, the minute he came out, i was crazy about him. now i'm just as crazy. adrian hit his head. this is real life. >> oh. >> oh. >> it's a real day down there. >> ginger, you and i share something. we're both outnumbered in our own homes. i'm surrounded by girls. you're surrounded by guys. >> yes, and i think it will -- the more the toots make everybody laugh, i realize this is going to be my life.

>> we coordinated -- we coordinated t-shirts, i don't know if you noticed this, adrian has the biggie, biggie, and we have smalls. >> ah. representing. >> well done. >> well, you know what, ben, one of my favorite things is to look at you and ginger's instagram page so we can't wait to see how miles is going to add to that because you are a lot of fun to watch and a great family and we are so happy for you guys. >> we are. >> miss you very much. >> we can't wait. >> thank you. >> we are so excited. >> miss you guys and i'll be back sooner than you want me, i'm sure. >> we can't wait to exploit those kids. >> just like adrian. >> good luck, you guys. [ applause ] >> say bye-bye. >> adrian.

>> love you, ad. >> he's coming back. >> oh, boy. >> that's the anxiety of a kid when you put your children on tv and they start that, the anxiety is crazy. we're so happy for them. i have a question for everybody here. if you could intern at another job for a day, what would you do? >> ooh. >> pilot. >> be a pilot. >> you would be a pilot? >> yes. >> wow, that's a good one. >> how about you? >> i'd do interior design. >> interior design. i'd like to be a movie director. >> really? you're full of surprises, man. >> what about you? >> i don't know. i just hope to have a job somewhere. give me a job anywhere. well, it may be off-season for the nfl but a few of the pros, they are still hard at work participating in the nfl players association externship program. >> that's cool. >> with fanatics and some of the interns have joined us live now from florida. we have josh dobbs, jordan howard, brandon chubb and brian brown. how are you guys doing?

yeah, they're busy working over there. and, josh, i have a question for you, man. you have a degree in aerospace engineering. everybody's going, wow. smart guys play sports, too. you're used to a busy schedule. what is it like interning during the off-season? learning a lot over there? >> oh, learning a ton. i also did a business minor in school so it's been cool being part of a company in the sports marketing world to learn how to grow a company. i also see as a player how a company like fanatics markets players like ourselves. it's been a great learning opportunity. we're learning a ton and working hard as you can see. >> yeah. great that you are taking advantage of it. jordan, jordan, da bears, da bears. >> yeah, what's up? >> what's up? so who is tougher, the bears coaches or those fanatic mentors?

>> that's a toss-up. i'll go with my coaches because they put a lot of pressure on me. the mentors are not going to put any type of pressure on me. they just want me to have fun and learn about the business. [ applause ] >> josh, you're keeping at it there. what are you working on right now? >> don't tell anyone in pittsburgh, but right now we're actually working on eagles plaques but earlier, michael, we have a surprise for you. we are actually working on this helmet. >> nice. >> you know, it's tough to sell right now but -- hey. >> the market is a little low. [ applause ] >> all right, i'll make sure you have my address, you can send that to me. >> yeah, i'll try. i'll try if i don't sell it first. i might take it home with me. >> jordan, is it give to work with any particular merchandise just because of you personal feelings on the field? >> no, well, i mean if it's the packers but i haven't come across the packers.

so, we're all good over here right now. >> popular merchandise. >> i've got to say, guys, this is all part of the nfl players association. they partnered with 20 companies. there are 41 players who are out there doing this and, josh, one quick question, why is it important for you and other players to participate in these type of programs? >> yeah, i think it's crucial because as many of us want to, we all want to play football forever but, as you know, you got to hang up the cleats sometime. so the great thing about companies like fanatics they give us opportunities to learn about real business and as we're also pursuing our careers on the football field so we're able to also prepare ourselves for life off the field and set ourselves up for future job opportunities. >> wonderful. that's great. [ applause ] >> hey, good luck to you guys. and we'll be looking out for you on the feel and i'll be expecting that helmet pretty soon. thank you, guys.

and aerospace engineering. i'm glad all guys are taking advantage of that. coming up, amy goes one-on-one with the history-making figure skater nathan chen. hear what he's saying about his future. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ (vo) you can pass down a subaru forester. but you get to keep the memories. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. (avo) get 0% apr financing on all new 2018 subaru forester models. now through february 28th.

back now, we have 16-year-old divya amirtharaj, from beaverton, oregon, who beat out hundreds to win the "thor: ragnarok" superpower of s.t.e.m.

check this out, she got to walk the red carpet at the premiere of "thor: ragnarok" meeting the stars and now she's here on "gma" with us. you've gone hollywood on us and you've developed this app at 16 which helps visually impaired people read things on a cereal box. why did you decide to do it? >> right, so i'm interning at portland state university, and i was actually tanked with making an app for parents of visually impaired children to play a game to learn how to use braille and there is no braille anywhere so i thought cut out the middleman and make an app to help people directly connect with their world. >> let's get a little demo. you have a box of cornflakes. how does it work? >> i just open the app. and you would go to a menu screen, where you can change the language between seven different languages and here i just hold it over the -- >> ingredients.

milled corn, contains 2% or less if that's incredible. >> i mean, it's instantaneous. unbelievable. that's going to help millions of people. congratulations and on winning the grand prize as well. i got to ask a standard question, what do you want to be when you grow up? >> i want to go into cybersecurity, so computer science. >> thank goodness we have brilliant mines like hers. the future is bright and the red carpet is cool too. you are a rock star. you can thank her once more because everybody here is going home with a special digital version of "thor: ragnarok." you got it. dvd on the way out the door. good morning i'm meteorologist mike nicco. te thawing begins at 9:00. well below average, low to mid 50s. my >> i don't know about you, michael, but i feel awfully dumb. >> well, rob, i'm in the club with you. 16, i was learning how to tie my

shoes then but more now. we'll go to the winter games and two athletes bringing home medals for team usa and amy had a chance to sit down with the olympic stars and let's go back to her in south korea. good morning, amy. >> good morning again, michael. big day for me. i was so excited. i got to talk to two athletes who made their olympic dreams become a reality. skier and now silver medalist nick goepper and figure skater nathan chen who did more than just medal, he made history. >> will he add another? >> this is number six. >> yes! >> nathan chen setting an olympic record landing six quadruple jumps in the long program. did you know you would go for six and did you feel confident you were going to land them? >> after the short program and i was so low in the rankings, i had nothing to lose and i was, you know, figuring that that was the best time to attempt something like that. >> reporter: at just 18 chen helping lead team usa to bronze in the team event.

>> tell me what that was like to come to your first olympics and get hardware right away. >> it felt great to be able to do that and truly just because of the efforts of my team. >> you're only 18. >> yeah. >> what's the future look like for nathan chen? >> definitely do still have a long career ahead of me. 2022 is not that far away. just four years away. >> reporter: for now, taking in the success of pyeongchang. >> it's kind of hard to ignore the cereal box behind your head. >> i remember going down the cereal aisle and looking at idol, olympians and incredible to think i'm one of them. >> goepper's last chance, one, two, three. wow! >> reporter: and an incredible run in slopestyle for american skier nick goepper, upgrading his bronze in sochi for silver in this year's games. last week you had a bronze. now look at you with silver. >> i know, i know. you know, i think it's a little bit heavier than the bronze. i'm just trying to add to my collection. i want every color. >> so what are you going to do to celebrate when you get home? do you have any plans?

>> i've just been spending a lot of time with my family. that's all the celebration i need and, of course, we've been commuting at the family home here in pyeongchang. >> reporter: he had a hard run overcoming depression and substance abuse before completing a treatment program in 2016. now, the 2018 games a moment of redemption for goepper. tell me how it felt when you got to the bottom. >> oh, my gosh, it was such a relief. emotions running so high. i just threw my hands up in excitement. >> now, i asked nathan chen what his favorite olympic moment was. it was sweet. he said it was being up on that medal podium after winning bronze with his teammates knowing that they together had created that moment and accomplished it. and as for nick, well, he said he is not going home. he is going to stick around pyeongchang to cheer on the rest of team usa so it's a real community here, michael, and it's beautiful to witness. >> i agree and it's beautiful to hear these guys talk about all the work they put in and the results at the end of it all. thank you for bringing that to

us, all the way from south korea. we'll see you. you're not coming back home either and you're staying to keep us informed. >> that's true. >> thank you so much. coming up, we have the ten-day belly slimdown. can it help get you in shape before spring break? [ cheers and applause ] suck it in.

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we're back now. kellyann petrucci's "10-day belly slimdown." we know her from her popular bone broth diet and revealing secrets to help you lose weight quickly in a week and always good to have you here with us. there are a lot of factors that go into when you want to try to lose weight. you're saying time is one factor. >> yeah, it really is. the latest research showing us that, if you condense your food into a time period of about seven hours, you'll burn more fat. less insulin. [ applause ]

it's a big deal. >> so you're going to display that for us right now. you're going to begin right here. >> yeah, so this is our broth burning phase. this is the first phase. what you want to do is from the time you get up in the morning until about noon you're going to have lovely delicious bone broth. >> i've had that. >> and i'll tell you why this works. it's about 35 to 40 calories. lots of nutrition in there. so your body gets everything it needs so it's not craving a lot. not a lot of cravings and crashes, and we also know that warm liquids, warm liquids keep us fuller longer. >> yes, and you can make this at home for yourself too. >> easy. >> make it in batches. >> number two. >> okay, second phase, you're going to love this. this tastes delicious. this is our slimming shake and i love this shake because it's got all of the nutrition in there and the name of the game here is fiber. lots of fiber. >> and cinnamon on top. >> cinnamon studies show is good for you. >> you're very confident.

>> i know you're going to like this. this is a good one. you can't not love it. >> i do like it. >> i'll tell you a tip. put a bunch of vegetables in the freezer. i have them here all the time and i love blueberries, a little bit of blueberry. but fiber, healthy fat, fiber keep you fuller longer. >> now we're on to phase three. >> so phase three, our broth loading phase. and what we know is the souping really works. and so you take some of the broth that we had, you can again stockpile this and put it in the freezer for up to six months, it's easy to make, inexpensive. this is our tuscan chicken and this is our delicious, delicious soup. everything you need is in here. again, you're not going to need anything. >> because at this phase i think you're starting to get pretty hungry. >> you're starting to get pretty hungry, you'd think. that's the trick of nutrition, when you give your body all the nutrition it needs, it's like anything else in life you're not always looking around for other things. your body is completely satisfied and that's what this does. again, the warm liquids, fiber,

everything is in there so your body is completely full all the time. bring a thermos to work, easy to carry around, easy to do. >> what time is it now? >> this is your last meal of the day. this is -- >> this looks really good. this is a perfect plate. >> we call this our perfect plate. >> why? >> it's our last meal of the day, it's got something in there. macronutrients. what is that? any time you want to build a plate how do you do it and stay really full for a long period of time, is you have to have protein, your fat, your carbohydrates in there. when you do, you get what you need again and, again, fiber is in there. protein. healthy protein, all the vegetables and you know what, you can't do without taste and flavor. i've done this for 24 years. it's got to taste good and this does. >> it does. >> any last-minute tips. suggestions? >> so, just remember, on this program, you're never hungry.

broth is always on the table. any time you're hungry, sip on the broth. >> thank you very much. the 10-day -- >> 10-day. >> "the 10-day belly slimdown" is out now. you get these recipes on our website as well. ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. ♪ upbeat music travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing, with a glass of wine in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard rocky mountaineer. canada's rocky mountains await. call your travel agent or rocky mountaineer for special offers now.

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good morning bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> good morning it's 8:59 i'm reggie aqui. meteorologist mike nicco -- >> it was earlier this morning. it is cold out there. we are off the morning lows. 30s and 40s out there. 29. highs 50 to 54, 49 in half moon bay. and 54 in san jose. possibility of hail and snow wednesday and thursday, rain saturday and monday, sue. >> we had earlier problems on b.a.r.t. due to equipment problems and a medical early morning >> we are going to see you at 11:00 for the midday news.

every weekday >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, host of "fear factor," ludacris. and star of the series "unreal," constance zimmer. plus, the winner of the daytona daytona 500, austin dillon! all next on "live!" ♪ [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] ♪ >> ryan: good morning. what's up? high max, how are you?