>> t.j. holmes is there. >> reporter: the rams and patriots wednesday held their first practi they're not the only ones working on game plans. law enforcement from multiple agencies are executing a plan years in the making. >> protecting an event such as a super bowl is no easy task. >> reporter: u.s. customs and border protections gave us a look at their surveillance mission from a blackhawk helicopter. >> they are making sure no aircraft gets near to the stadium on game day. >> reporter: authorities tell us there are no specific threats to the super bowl, still federal, state and local agencies are on high alert, using dogs, drones, and over 10,000 cameras to secure the game. the department of homeland security alone is contributing 600 officers. >> we are bringing some of our x-ray scanning technology that we typically use at the border here to the venue to scan every

piece of merchandise, every truck and or car that goes into the venue this week to make sure that everything that goes in there is safe. >> tj holmes reporting from atlanta. obviously when it comes to the super bowl, it's a big security event and a big shout-out to all those involved to keep everyone safe. >> good game. it will be a lot of fun. we will see how the refs act. >> you have been on a thing about these refs. >> i know. it's because i gave new orleans -- saints fans so much crap last week, i'm on their side this week. >> you surely are. >> i'm with you. >> those refs. >> with ya. >> she's got a thing from them. they may need security from you. let me at them. authorities are warning anybody going to the super bowl to watch out for fake stuff and counterfeit tickets. >> fake stuff. they displayed some of the fake patriots and rams gear they have already taken off the streets of

atlanta and they showed examples of counterfeit tickets. they announced indictments against 13 people for trafficking in counterfeit tickets to the super bowl and other events. you've got to watch out. >> you know, i want the real stuff. you have to watch out -- >> the real frito pie. >> yeah, i don't want a counterfeit frito pie. that could do something to you. >> yeah. >> but this might make you feel good. this is a good super bowl week story. rondo is a patriots fan from new hampshire. she plays quarterback on her youth team. >> when the pats heard she had been bullied for playing football they invited her to tour their stadium with the patriots' owner, robert kraft, and the highlight was meeting her favorite player, julian edelman and getting two tickets to the super bowl. >> that's cool. >> why was she bullied for playing football? good for her. >> she's a tough one. >> yes. good for her. tips fro.arty

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super bowl you think football, but you think super bowl party. >> you do, and lucky for us we got the invite to a party hosted by someone who has performed in the super bowl. our own will ganss is here to tell us. >> joey fatone let me crash his party to talk in sync, snacks and the game itself. when it comes to the super bowl joey fatone is one of the all-time mvp's. ain't no lie, baby. ♪ bye, bye, bye >> joey performing in the iconic halftime show back in 2001 with 'n sync. >> it's crazy how many years have gone by. >> it was a long jacket with almost an american sweater. i don't know what the heck it was. >> how come you didn't wear that outfit that you wore then today? >> because i probably would not be able to fit into that outfit. maybe the jacket, but i don't know the jeans. >> reporter: oh, joey, you are tearing up my heart. anyway, with ma zoon 5 set to

take the stage this weekend, i asked joey what advice he had for adam levine and the guys. >> they are seasoned professionals. just have fun and enjoy. >> word on the street is you have a group chat going? >> we have a group chat going and we are talking about things going, and we have a merge deal so we are always in conversation just to make sure we are okaying things. all of us have to say yes. if one person says no now we don't do it. >> as far as the super bowl reunion for the boy band, not looking likely, at least for this year. >> jt is on tour, and lance is always doing something in california. >> but lucky for joey, will ganss is totally available for his super bowl party. but joey is throwing the flag on one super bowl party foul. >> people like to take it and go, yeah, that's good and they like to double dip which i am not a huge fan of, and i am not a big germaphobe, i have kids and i know they are grubby and

they do things and then try to double dip and that's not cool. >> you double dipped a chip. >> double dipped. what are you talking about? >> it's like putting your whole mouth in the dip. >> lucky for all the george costanza's out there, joey has part nered up with heluva good spinner. this is the beautiful thing about this thing, there's a big dipper and little dipper and just-right dipper. you put anything on here pretty much and you spin the spinner and put the chip underneath, and it has a fun saying like touchdown, and you are ready to go. >> score! >> reporter: see, it's impossible to double dip. my turn. >> an automatic first down. >> reporter: what? that is awesome. it's perfect. g. i feel like julia child or iled that.

>> if you want to be the mvp of your own super bowl party, joey is hooking that up, too. >> heluva good, of course you can get these at any store and if you tell us your double dip woes, heluva good is putting up good prices. maybe, we will see, maybe they will toss in one of these, right? trust me, this is going to be at my house right now. 100%. >> okay, you ready? >> no double-dipping. >> no double-dipping. hanging out with joey, that's pretty cool. look at that. >> whoa, whoa. >> is that the big dipper? >> that's the little. >> that's so cool. >> you spin it around and select the size you want. that's big. >> is that ranch? >> i like that it speaks to you. >> touchdown! >> yeah! go for it. >> is that mayonnaise? >> it's french onion. they have all the flavors.

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♪ anytime now for insomniac theater. previewing two movies opening at the box office this weekend. >> on this frigid february morning we can't think of a more appropriate film to start with than "arctic." this icelandic survival film pits man against the elements after a plane crash in the arctic, but will this man and his passenger make it out alive? >> don't worry, there will be tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow. don't worry. she's running out of time. i have to find help.

>> "arctic" is scoring a solid 86% on rotten tomatoes, but critics are mixed. one calls it a minimalist and disappointing story of survival in the wilderness, but peter writes it may be too austere and minimalist for anything for a jolt. >> interesting. "miss bala" is forced to battle a ruthless drug cartel to save her kidnapped friend in mexico. >> i'm eric. >> i just want to find my friend. >> you got to do a favor for me first. you mess around and i'll kill you both.

>> park the car real close to the curb. >> let's go. >> "miss bala" scoring a dismal 33% on rotten tomatoes with critics agreeing on one thing, the star, gina rodriguez, has a future as an action hero. one writes overall "miss bala" is a misfire but its leading lady is number one with a bullet and that's a beautiful sight to see. another critic compares it to an unseasoned and over cooked and tasteless dish. lord knows we don't need that to kick off february. >> no one wants that at all, especially during the month of february. that movie felt like it had a "fast & furious" feel to it. >> that's what the producer said. >> you are going to call me out on that? i just agree -- >> your unoriginal thought. >> julie knows what she is talking about, everybody.

>> true. kenneth is going to go and see it

this morning on "world news now," it's so cold, it's causing quakes. >> loud noises from what's known as frost quakes has been set off by this polar plunge. the extreme lows are not done yet. good news, warmer air is on the way. some areas will see a temperature change of 80 degrees. the interview with president trump calling the border talks a waste of time and complain about how much money this job has cost him. plus, intel chiefs are summoned to the oval office after he said they should go back to school. plus, is this a fraudulent fall. this man is charged for setting up a slip and fall. if you have no idea who is playing in the game this weekend, if you don't know a

goff from a gronk, if you want to sound smart, even when you have no idea what is going on, we are here for you. the special super bowl guide coming up on this friday, february 1st. announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." first day of february. >> happy february 1st. >> happy february 1st. happy black history month. >> oh! happy black history month to you as well. clap it. it's our month. >> everybody clap for kenneth and i. black friday every friday. we start with the extreme cold. it's slowly starting to lift, but leaving behind tragic results. >> at least 15 deaths are blamed on the extreme cold. that includes three in western new york. >> mother nature managed to paint astounding cold weather landscapes, including this frozen water fall in minnesota.

>> meantime, sub zero, freezing temperatures and bitter windchills made work more dangerous for firefighters in new jersey. whit johnson has more. >> reporter: the death toll rising as the deep freeze moves east. >> what's happening here? >> reporter: on interstate 81, north of syracuse, vehicle after vehicle, stranded after sliding off the road. whiteout conditions from lake-effect snow making travel impossible. we pulled over to wait it out. take a look in front of us. that's all you see. nothing but snowfalling at a rate of 2-3 inches per hour. across the northeast, fires breaking out from the sub zero windchills. in new jersey, a ten-alarm monster inferno at this paper mill. >> the wind is not helping. and the cold. it's causing the fire to spread rapidly. >> reporter: the factory encased in ice. no one was hurt, but at least 13 people have died since this polar invasion began.

police are investigating the death of an 18-year-old university of iowa student, gerald bells, a pre-med major discovered outside a campus building in negative 51 degree windchill. >> i want people to remember him as a compassionate person. >> reporter: across the midwest, the cold shattering records. the chicago river completely frozen over. alex perez was there. >> reporter: part of what makes it so dangerous is it is lingering. when it's all said and done, chicago will have been under this brutal cold for 80 hours. >> reporter: energy companies in minnesota and michigan urging customers to conserve natural gas. >> we are appealing to all michiganders to reduce your thermostat as much as you can. >> reporter: back in the north country, hardy people. did you know it was going to be this bad? >> no. definitely not. >> reporter: officials are urging people to stay indoors because of the treacherous

driving conditions and severe threat of frostbite. some parts of up state new york got 20 inches of snow, 30-mile-per-hour winds and it's not done yet. whit johnson, abc news, sandy creek, new york. >> our thanks to whit there. he said we are not quite done, yet, with the cold, the really cold conditions. >> yeah. take a look at the map. minneapolis is 15 below zero. colder in green bay. burlington, vermont, negative 19 degrees. boston, negative five, but it will feel like negative one here in new york. the warm up is coming. new york will climb nearly 50 degrees in the next few days. a slow clap here. minneapolis, chicago and minneapolis will be rising 45 degrees from the coldest point of the last few days. wow! >> i know it's winter, but every time you say negative, negative, i'm like, those temperatures, i can't believe them.

>> the thing i think about is i think of february as the coldest and it's just february 1st today. i have to move so you can see jack. all right. to politics now. president trump tells new york times talks with congress over a border wall are, quote, a waste of time. he plans to build it on his own when talks end in two weeks. >> he denied being in disagreement with his intelligence chief. this, after slamming the top officials of isis, iran and north korea earlier in the week. the president called them into the oval office and claims the media misquoted their televised testimony. jonathan karl has the details. >> reporter: the president blasted his intelligence team as naive and passive after they contradicted him in front of congress. he called them to the white house and they are on the same page. >> mr. president, did you talk

to your intelligent chiefs about the displeasure you had with their testimony? >> i did. they were totally misquoted and taken out of context. i suggest you call them. they said it was fake news. >> reporter: the quotes, played out on live television. the intelligence chiefs contradicting the president on several issues, on isis. >> we have won against isis. >> reporter: the director of national intelligence says isis remains a big threat. >> isis is intent on resurging and commands thousands of fighters in iraq and syria. >> reporter: on north korea, the president said kim jong-un is willing to give up his nuclear weapons. cia director, gina haspel says, not so. >> the r i committed toveloping missile that will pose a direct threat on the united states. >> reporter: on the president's claim with iran and nuclear

weapons -- >> we do not believe iran is currently undertaking activities to produce a nuclear device. >> reporter: those comments so infuriated the president, he tweeted perhaps intelligence should go back to school. as the president was saying, the intelligence chiefs say they were misquoted. he urged reporters to call them. we reached out to the cia and got a simple, no comment. we e-mailed and called the director of national intelligence and didn't get any response at all. jonathan karl, abc news, white house. >> thanks to jonathan there. the mystery calls made by donald trump jr. to two blocked numbers before and after the 2016 trump tower meeting with russians. president trump was not on the suspected and promoted as possible evidence the president brian france, a real estate developer in russia. they have known the president for decades. federal people said they made the biggest fentanyl bust ever.

they showed off the 255 pounds of the synthetic drug along with 400 pounds of methamphetamine at the border in arizona. the street value of the drugs is close to $5 million. it was found in the secret compartment of a truck bringing produce from mexico into arizona. cdc says fentanyl is the most most used drug in fay toll overdoses in the u.s. police wrapped up a crackdown of trafficking. 50 victims were rescued and some were forced into prostitution by traffickers or pimps. they are responsible for 340 arrests. despite the success, there's a lot more work to be done. nearly half of all americans have heart disease. a study from the american heart association says americans deal with cardiovascular disease. it's up from 92 million five years ago.

doctors cite new guidelines in measuring blood pressure as a factor driving the spike. l.a. rams quarterback, jared goff has been out of high school nearly six years. >> students in the bay area gave goff a super send off heading into sunday's super bowl. they raced on to the field and formed the words, go goff. they were encouraged to wear rams colors. >> so sweet. >> i'm sure they are rooting hard for him. >> yeah. hoping he comes back to visit or something. >> with a trophy. >> with a trophy. if they get it. if they have the refs on their side. coming up, can you guess how many pizza's americans will eat on sunday? the answer in "the mix." >> okay. loud booming noises heard across the midwest scaring some peop i middle of you missed it, watch janai get a massage with snakes. my mother hates this.

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a new jersey man is being charged with insurance fraud for allegedly staging a slip and fall. prosecutors say this surveillance footage shows 57-year-old alexander kalinsky appearing to dump ice on a floor of a company where he was a sub contractor. authorities say he -- kenneth stop it. he later filed insurance claims. i know. for injuries from a fall. >> i'm done. >> yeah. >> i mean, to put ice down and then lay down. >> he's like, oh -- >> yeah. it looked legit. >> no, it didn't. stop it. >> okay. we are learning new details this morning about the little girl pinned by two rhinos within seconds of slipping through the bars of a rhino exhibit. >> very serious here. her injuries are worse than first thought.

victor oquendo has the latest on her condition. >> reporter: for the first time we are seeing a florida toddler hours after she fell into a florida fish and wildlife revealing in a new report how serious the injuries were, a lace rated liver, bruced lung, injured kidney and numerous contusions to her abdomen, back and head. >> this is never going to happen again. >> we had a child fall off the african platform into the rhino exhibit. >> reporter: the girl taking part in an interactive exhibit when she fell through the eight-inch gap through the posts, and then the rhinos faced the child and pinned her with their snouts against the post. >> they ran the child out. >> reporter: the girl spending six days in the hospital, the entire encounter lasting seconds. in order to prevent something like this from happening again, the zoo is proposing a netting system that would make it impossible for someone to fall in. victor oquendo, abc news, miami

beach. >> considering a panel of netting that would be hung up to any guests prior to entering the area.trngo make changes to that. we have seen plenty of accidents and close calls on the roads this week because of the ice and snow. animals have had their moments, too. >> a driver in this on camera. a moose was trying to cross the highway when it slipped on ice and narrowly avoided the oncoming traffic. my goodness. safely got to the other side. >> good reflexes. >> now that is a moose on the loose, aye? >> are you saying aye because that was canada? >> aye? >> edmonton, canada? >> it sure was. the windy city residents reported hearing loud banging noises overnight as the mercury dropped. experts say the noise was caused by frost quakes. >> say what? >> they happen when water underground freezes quickly. as it expands, it causes

surrounding rock to crack and make a boom sound. >> face -- fascinating. some people thought their furnaces were exploding, so very scary but fascinating when you hear what it is. >> yes. that's the first time i have heard frost quakes. coming up, groundhogs versus meteorologists. can groundhogs like phil and chuck predict when spring is coming. our own ginger zee weighs in. first, how to sound smart at your super bowl party. will is here with his guide to the game, next on "world news now." your super bowl party. will gans is here next. olay whips. while not equal to cosmetic procedures, our b3 complex hydrates to smooth skin. injections? rejected. beautiful skin? accepted. olay.

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you are going to this weekend, will ganss covering your blind side. >> covering your blind side. i got two guys. i got two guys. i get it. you have not paid attention to the nfl all season and now you are invited to the super ball party and you don't want to be the one that shows up and eats 40 chicken wings and contributes nothing to the conversation. right? i have been there, i have done that. don't worry, i got you. and here's a guide to super bowl liii. that means 53. first up, the basics. sunday in atlanta is between the los angeles rams and the new england patriots, which people sometimes call the pats. rams, who are the blue and yellow team, and the patriots will be in white. in the past 17 years the pats have been to the super bowl eight times and have won five of those times. the rams only moved back to l.a. two years ago. the decade leading up to that they were the st. louis fans which translates to a lukewarm fan base in both cities. if you are going to a party of pats fans, you love tom brady,

he is the quarterback for the patriots. if he wins on sunday, he will have more super bowl rings than any player in nfl history. a supermodel and from the movie, "taxi." sorry, back to sports. the rams qb is jared goff. at age 24 is 17 years younger than tom brady. speaking of age differences, the pats head coach is bill belichick, he is 66 and been here nine times. the rams head coach is 33, the youngest head coach in the nfl. and if you don't know what to say during the game, point out that mcvey needs a guy to stay with him at all times to keep him from walking on to the field and keep him out of the ref's way. rob gronkowski is 87 on the pats. he plays tight end. his abs look like this. this is how he dances in public. people call him gronk. and somebody else to look out for, male cheerleaders at the super bowl.

quinton and napoleon cheering on the rams. if at any point during the game you are totally at a loss, just say, man can you believe these referees with a blown call at the nfc championship's on everybody's mind, people will surely agree with you, including the entire city of new orleans. >> crowd is going crazy as there's no flag on the sideline. >> you only have to fake it until halftime, then you can talk about adam levine and big boy until the game is over. touchdown, oh, that's a goal in football which is worth six points for some reason. >> for some reason. >> if those are not enough facts for you, no one ever gets mad at the party guest who shows up with a pizza. >> i can't think of a better person to get us ready for the super bowl than will ganss. >> so good. so good. go team. first male cheerleaders right here. >> that's right. >> a cheer off.

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time for the mix. we are still helping you out on this super bowl weekend. a little stat for you. i'm not sure i really believe it. there's a lot of stats i am about to tell you. americans eat more than a billion chicken wings on super bowl weekend. >> over the course of the weekend -- >> over the course of the weekend. that starts today. >> a majority of that in atlanta, because that's where the game is going to be. >> yeah. 12.5 million pizzas. >> 12.5 million pizzas. okay. >> roughly 325 million gallons of beer. >> wow! >> according to the stevens institute of technology. >> you are into it. >> that sounds like a lot. >> that is a lot of beer. what is that, like, a gallon per american? >> more than 300 million americans, roughly. >> that's a lot.

but it's probably how much beer is bought, and if you consider bars and big parties. i mean -- >> if you are going to go for it, just go for it. if you are going to have a good time, just have a good time. >> you tell them, jack. >> jack, thank you. a final stat, 1.38 billion chicken wings according to the chicken counsel. >> a bunch of pizza, beer and wangs. we have seen people throwing boiling water, and poof. >> we have. we have seen it a lot. >> this guy did it, but he got some of the boiling water right there. ouch. negative 15 degrees, a negative 40 degree windchill. still hot. ♪ politics and foreign wars ♪ all the weather and all the scores, that's the world news polka ♪ ♪ around the world and up your street ♪ ♪ "the skinny" is our treat ♪ that's the world news polka ♪ it's late at night, you're

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this morning on "world news now", weather whiplash. it's a bitterly cold morning for millions but a warm up is on the way and the whole country will feel it. also this morning, a shocking surveillance video of a prison hostage standoff, an inmate trying to escape and taking a librarian hostage with a hand made blade. how it all came to an end. new this half hour, groundhog versus ginger zee. predicting if there will be six more weeks of winter. >> the gloves are off and ginger is disputing this rodent. she is fired up. my bet is on ginger. >> of course. and you may know him as a suave, sexy, mostly shirtless bachelor, but colton underwood didn't always look like this. >> he didn't? >> see the pics ahead in the "skinny" on this friday,

february 1st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> happy friday, gang. we've made it to the end of another week. >> good morning. we made it. >> we did. >> i can't wait to see your pictures from back in the day. are you sharing those as well? >> no. and we've seen yours with the hair. anyway. we begin with another morning with single digit and sub zero temperatures before a warm up. thank goodness. here's a look at times square overnight where it feels like 4 degrees. >> windchills today will be in the negative teens along most of the great lakes as the northern half of the country deals with one more day of severe cold. you heard that? one more day. that's all we got to do, folks, one more day.abs iton has more . >> reporter: the subero temperatur a lake-effect snow, in this part of up state new york has been relentless.

the same polar blast that wreaked havoc in the midwest is now moving east. the death toll rising as the deep freeze moves east. on interstate 81 north of syracuse, vehicle after vehicle stranded after sliding off the road. whiteout conditions from lake-effect snow making travel impossible. at least 13 people have died since the polar invasion began. police are investigating the death of an 18-year-old university of iowa student, gerald bells. the pre-med major discovered outside a campus building in negative 51 degree windchill. across the midwest, the cold shattering records. the chicago river completely frozen over. officials are urging people to stay indoors because of the treacherous driving conditions and the severe threat of frostbite. some parts of up state new york got more than 20 inches of snow, 30-mile-per-hour winds and it's not done yet. i am whit johnson in new york. >> thanks to whit there. chicago's brutal cold made a

good samaritan decide to help out homeless people. >> they were in a camp in downtown chicago using portable propane tanks for heat and one tank exploded. nobody was hurt. fire crews confiscated their other tanks. 70 people are going to be moved to a salvation army warming center, and the good samaritan stepped in paying for hotel rooms for everyone. such a great story. amazing that somebody did that. >> incredible. a lot of people stepping up to help those outside during this brutally cold weather. guess what? >> what? >> i heard this is almost over. >> is it? thank goodness. thank goodness. we are going to get to the 50s next week. let's get to the forecast with melissa constanzer. melissa, good morning. >> if you are wanting the cold air to leave it does so. as we head through friday some of the arctic air gets a little reprieve but not before we get snow in certain locations. there could be a quick inch in places like philadelphia and d.c. could have a slow start to the morning drive because of

some of the snow. but then say hello to the warmth. saturday, sunday, monday here. we bring in the milder temperatures in the eastern two-thirds of the nation. for northeast on monday, some locations will be in the 50s. a big warm up and feeling like spring. but the action on sunday will be, of course, in atlanta. here we are watching for cloudy skies as the patriots take on the rams. a sprinkle possible in the morning. janai, kenneth? >> our thanks to melissa there. breaking overnight a teenage girl from tennessee missing for nearly three weeks is now safe. she was found last night in wisconsin. the girl's adoptive father has been arrested and charged with rape. the teen was last seen in her home on january 13th. her phone pinged in kentucky, but then few clues until hours ago. president trump appears to be giving up on reaching a deal with congress to get money for his long-promised southern border wall. the president told "the new york times" that border security talks are a waste of time and suggested that he plans to

declare a national emergency to free up money for the wall. with the deadline to avert another government shutdown two weeks away, th hurting the country. earlier pelosi made it clear she's not budging on his $5.7 billion demand. >> there's not going to be wall money in the legislation. >> she's just playing games. if there's no wall it doesn't work. we're building the wall right now. i'm not waiting for this committee. i told a lot of people i don't expect much coming out of the committee. >> pelosi said she's open to discussing adding new additional infrastructure and technology along the southern border after using several alternative terms such as fencing and steel slots. the president tweeted the wall is a wall, let's stop playing political games. a st. louis police officer who shot and killed a fellow officer playing russian roulette was on duty but home and had been drinking, according to

court documents. accusing the police department of obstructing. linsey davis has details. >> reporter: the st. louis police officer who fatally shot his colleague allegedly during a game now out on bail and ordered to turn over his guns. >> circumstances surrounding the shooting were much more reckless and dangerous than what i had originally understood. >> reporter: court documents allege he recklessly discharged a firearm resulting in the death of another officer and consumed alcoholic beverages while on duty. the police chief lashing out at the prosecutor who sent him this blistering letter, accusing police of obstructing evidence and questioning why they only took urine and breath tests but no blood tests. calling the accusations -- >> unwarranted, certainly untimely and absolutely irresponsible. >> reporter: police say caitlyn alex was off duty and playing a game similar to russian roulette with the officer who was on duty

at the time when he shot her in the chest. alex's parents are also questioning what happened. >> we need more answers. >> reporter: because the officer who allegedly fired the fatal shot was on duty at the time and was supposed to be out on patrol, but instead was at home, the department says effective immediately they are going to make several changes, including verifying officers' locations hourly. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> incredible details from linsey there. thank you, linsey. and police in augustine, florida, are investigating a shooting. the victim whose name has not been released had been conducting their own investigation into the 2010 death of 24-year-old michelle o'connell, the girlfriend of a local sheriff's deputy. her death was ruled a suicide but her family believes she was murdered. we now know what caused a housekeeper to get stuck in a manhattan town house elevator for three days. inspectors say the elevator's motor burned out and failed and

left the woman stranded. the emergency phone in the elevator was not working. violations could cost the billionaire owner up to $60,000, and the 53-year-old woman released a statement saying i am doing well and enjoy working for the stevens family and my feelings about what i do remain unchanged. a democratic group in iowa wants to hear from cardi b. she has been asked to attend a democratic reception while in des moines in may. her opposition to the president is well documented. so far her only reaction is a tweet asking, should i? should she? >> she should. >> cardi made a court appearance here in new york from her involvement in an alleged involvement in a strip club brawl. she had to sign documents that stop her from being in touch with people injured in the altercation. cardi's lawyer says cardi did not harm anybody.

what two very opposing stories. cardi, come to court. cardi come to this democratic event. back to the democratic event, we would cover it. >> we'll be there, cardi. >> yes. looking for a winner in the 35-day government shutdown? head to a beach in san francisco. >> that's where you will find dozens of elephant seals making themselves into, like, a parking lot. they took over this area on the beach, with no visitors or park rangers to make them leave, the seals set up shop. they have just been hanging out ever since. >> the po po isn't here. we are taking off. the park is working out a plan to let them stay. >> good. >> rangers say they might offer tours of the new colony. that could maybe help with some revenue. >> maybe. >> get people on the beach. >> i would go see the elephant seals if they play nice. >> we'll see.

coming up, a plane forced to land after being hit by lightning. plus, tomorrow is groundhog day. who should we trust with the winter forecast? a grouchy rodent or ginger zee >> ginger. >> ginger has strong feelings about this. we will hear from her, coming up. you are going to stick around for this one. how to go to every single beyonce concert for the rest of your life, for free. you are going to stick around for this one, i know you are, beehive. you are watching "world news now." u are watching "world news now." are

things got really heated in the stands during a miami heat game as the heat tried to beat the chicago bulls. a man got into a fight with two police officers that tried to remove him from the arena. you can see the man fell and police fell down several rows of seats and even tumbling on to other people. police say he was intoxicated and belligerent before they arrived. >> hope the officers were not injured in that. a jetblue fight leaving los angeles was in the air less than an hour when it was forced to turn back and make an emergency landing. >> the captain came on to the pa system and confirmed the plane had been struck by lightning.

>> the storms were rumbling through california at the time. the jet did land safely at l.a.x. carrying 153 people heading to new york. now to newly released surveillance footage of a dramatic prison standoff in arizona. >> an inmate serving a 97-year sentence trying to escape, taking a librarian hostage. >> that librarian fighting back and the intense takedown that followed. here is abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: timothy monk didn't come to this library for a book. officials say he wanted a hostage pulling a makeshift knife on the librarian. but the librarian fights back, hitting monk with a face full of pepper spray. >> keep him talking. >> reporter: officers sneak a phone in the room. >> set this phone on the ledge by the wall. it's recording. >> show you how bad i am. >> reporter: finally the pepper spray is too much. >> sick to your stomach? >> yeah. >> yeah? >> reporter: a distraction just long enough for an explosive takedown.

after 2 1/2 hours, the librarian is safe and monk back in chains. 19 arizona correction staffers were recognized for stopping monk, including a medal of valor for the librarian. monk is facing new charges for this december incident. before that, he was already in prison serving a sentence of 97 years. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> unbelievable video there thanks to clayton. a police chase in texas proves not all deer can move fast. >> yeah, the slow speed pursuit in corpus christi show officers chasing a suspect riding a john deere tractor. since most tractors max out at 25 miles per hour, it didn't take long to catch up to him. officers caught him after an hour. hands up there. when we come back, celine dion, the movie? >> and the bachelor's ten-year

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♪ and that's the way it is >> i love celine dion. >> that's the way it is. >> jack tried to get on to the door, he slipped and fell, realized if he tried to get on there with rose -- >> no, she's like, come back. come back. >> we'll continue this debate later. so from one powerhouse singer to music's reigning power couple. beyonce and jay-z sending the beehive into overdrive, sending one fan free tickets for life to all of b and jay's tours. what's the watch here? you have to pledge to go vegan, at least partially. >> at least partially. fans can go to beyonce's website and promise to eat plant-based breakfast or sign up for meatless mondays or go totally plant based all the time, then

enter to win tickets to one concert at every -- yeah, every beyonce or jay-z tour for the next 30 years. they're still going to be touring for 30 years? who run the world? vegans. >> i am like, vegan fried chicken. >> vegan fried chicken. vegan bacon. >> i'm going vegan, everybody. >> yeah. good luck. good luck to him. >> okay. okay. up next, we found photo evidence of what could be the world's most impressive glow of all time. >> you know the bachelor, colton underwood, a man who has spent plenty of time shirtless on national television, but he didn't always look like this. >> he didn't? >> no. >> colton posting this throwback photo on ig with a caption, it's crazy what a tailor and some confidence can do for a person. >> we couldn't take it. we couldn't take it. yikes. >> it took a lot more than a

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this valentine's day get what you want welcome back. tomorrow is the day we seem to lose all reason and trust a rodent with the forecast instead of professionals like ginger. >> ahead of groundhog day, we sent tom kelly to get to the bottom of all this. >> it's funny because we are making a joke, but some think it's real. >> i think it's real. >> it's not real, tom. >> if you are looking to a groundhog to predict the weather, go to punxsutawney, pennsylvania and see punxsutawney phil who has a lousy rating. >> six more weeks go. >> reporter: or, you can hop across the bridge to staten island and see staten island chuck, the new york city groundhog with a 78% accuracy for predicting spring.

78%. that is the high standard of excellency. that got me a college diploma. staten island chuck is a groundhog famous for biting mayor bloomberg. and for being dropped by current new york city mayor, bill de blasio. i'll be honest, i think staten island chuck is right 78% of the time and you are right 72% of the time. >> i would love to go head to head on a daily basis with the ground hog. >> i was supposed to do a interview with chuck this week, things have fallen apart. the zoo has stopped calling me back. and i am getting ghosted by a groundhog. i will try one more time to get into that zoo and get an interview with staten island chuck. is the groundhog alive? i have had ex-girlfriends call me back faster than staten island chuck. i came here and drove all the way to staten island to interview staten island chuck. unfortunately, i won't be able to meet the big guy because he's sleeping. shhh.

do you believe siri could do a better job? >> i absolutely believe siri could do a better job. >> what about my dad's knee? >> 100%. >> reporter: if a groundhog can't predict the weather, how about a bear? >> no. no animal can do this. i think, us humans, we love wish casting so we would love for the groundhog to tell us there's only six more weeks, or it's going to be here in four weeks. of course we love that. it's just wrong. >> i know the experts say that ground hogs can't predict whether or not spring is coming but i do know for sure that i can't take six more weeks of this. i hope to goodness that staten island chuck does not see his shadow on saturday. for abc news, i'm tom kelly. >> we all pray for that. >> yes, we do. >> we do. >> we will see what happens. don't miss our updates on facebook at wwnfans.com. >> more news. stay with us. >> announcer: this is abc's

making news in america this morning, temperature whiplash. after the deep freeze and record cold, it will soon feel like march, not february. a swing of nearly 80 degrees for parts of the country. the temperature time line ahead. historic drug bust. the largest in u.s. history. authorities at the border seizing millions of dollars worth of fentanyl, a drug 100 times stronger than morphine. how they found it inside a truck full of cucumbers. happening today, the trump administration unveiling a new plan to bring down the price of prescription drugs. how it could change medicare. a new health alert for parents. a warning about the amount of toothpaste your children are using. plus, maroon 5's adam levine