how the iphone can be bent. >> interesting. >> still need to but why not. >> back with good morning, america. major winter storm warning. 170 million americans on alert as two storms collide bringing snow, ice and heavy rain from arizona to new jersey. airlines brace for delays and cancellations. ginger here with the track and timing. breaking overnight, seaworld scare. >> engine 20 is at the scene. people stuck on the gondola. >> 16 people including an infant trapped high above the water. on the gondola ride for hours. >> a fall from that distance could be catastrophic. >> temperatures dropping below 50 degrees. the daring rescue overnight. breaking news as we come on the air, bernie sanders announcing he's running for president again. now taking a second shot at the

white house. also breaking overnight, border showdown. 16 states have now filed a lawsuit to stop president trump's emergency declaration to build a border wall. a new twist in the jussie smollett case. a source telling abc these two brothers told police jussie staged the attack because he was upset over the reaction to this threatening letter. ♪ baby love ♪ my baby love and duchess meghan hits manhattan. the mother-to-be's surprise trip to new york city for a baby shower fit for royalty. good morning, america. hope you're well this tuesday morning. we're welcoming meghan to manhattan. >> yes, we are. >> welcome to manhattan and welcome to the weather, too. there are 170 million people who are bracing for those winter storms. >> and they are set to combine

and bring snow, heavy rain and ice from the south to the northeast. ginger, of course, is tracking it all for us. good among, ginger. >> hey, good morning. i hope she's not trying to fly out tomorrow afternoon and evening, because that's when it's going to get here. let's start in colorado springs where you see just a couple of inches around 3 inches that caused accidents and the slowdowns on the roads there. there are two low pressure systems that will work together here to cause all of these warnings. philadelphia in a winter storm watch. we've got washington, d.c., in a winter storm warning. plenty of flood watches to talk about. the two lows kind of coming together to bring snow, up to a half foot in minneapolis, snow and ice right there, washington, d.c., it starts tomorrow morning and then here by tomorrow afternoon and evening. and then we'll change it to ice. and then eventually rain like we've done with so many storms but not before it leaves 4 to 6 inches of snow, especially north and west of washington, d.c., and up to a half foot of rain from birmingham up to jackson, tennessee, guys. >> all right, ginger, we're going to have warm and sunny thoughts. how about that? now to that breaking news overnight, a high-stakes rescue

at seaworld where 16 people were trapped on the gondola ride dangling above the water for hours as winds topped 50 miles an hour and temperatures dropped below 50 degrees. abc's will carr has the latest. >> reporter: overnight, a terrifying ride for passengers at seaworld. fire crews spent four hours rescuing 16 passengers after they got stuck on the bayside skyride located on mission bay in the resort. the ride got stuck around 7:30 monday night. >> this one is going to be at seaworld. >> reporter: the guests stranded on five gondolas ranged from infant to adult, including one man who is partially paralyzed. >> my left side doesn't work too well, especially in the cold, so i don't know how they'll deal with me. >> reporter: san diego fire and rescue worked throughout the night using a series of rope systems to harness each passenger down. >> the ones in the middle will scale over to those cars in the middle and lower them the same way they would against the towers. >> reporter: they had to be slow and methodical and room for error is very slim. lifeguards were on boats underneath the rescue teams. >> a fall from that distance can

be catastrophic. >> engine 20, we have information a lifeguard also has a boat en route. >> the lifeguard has a boat en route. >> reporter: the last person rescued shortly after 11:00 p.m. there were no injuries reported. in a statement, seaworld says, due to an unusual gust of significant wind, the operations of the bayside skyride stopped. fire crews say that gust of wind tripped a circuit breaker and that caused the ride to stop working. and from that height, they say, the results could have been fatal. so this morning, everybody is thankful that nobody was hurt. george? >> okay, will, thank you so much. now to that breaking political news. bernie sanders announcing he's running for president again. his challenge of hillary clinton fell short in 2016. and the field for the democratic nomination much more crowded this time around. our senior national correspondent terry moran has the latest. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning,

george. yes, it's official. bernie is back and the last time bernie sanders ran for president, when he announced hardly anybody noticed. and then he ignited that astonishing grassroots movement that made him the most unlikely political rock star, and changed the democratic party, shifting it decisively leftward. but now the question is, at 77 years old, can bernie bottle that lightning again? this morning, senator bernie sanders is making it official. >> together you and i and our 2016 campaign began the political revolution. now, it is time to complete that revolution and implement the vision that we fought for. >> reporter: sanders sent this message to his massive list of supporters letting them know he's getting back in the ring. his improbable run in 2016 gives him an edge in name recognition for 2020. he started that race as a little-known independent senator from vermont. >> i know that if i do this, i start off as a significant underdog. >> reporter: but his progressive platform, universal medicare for all health care.

free tuition at state colleges and universities, a trillion dollars in infrastructure spending caught fire, as thousands flocked to his rallies, hoping to feel the bern. >> welcome to the political revolution. >> reporter: sanders struggled to win african-american voters in states like south carolina and he ultimately conceited to hillary clinton at the democratic national convention. >> i move that hillary clinton be selected as the nominee of the democratic party for president of the united states. >> reporter: but in a crowded 2020 field, early polls show bernie sanders near the top of the contenders. now, bernie sanders begins this campaign dealing with an issue from the last one, sanders has now twice apologized to women staff members who say they were harassed or mistreated during the last campaign. that's bound to come up again. but the real question for bernie sanders, george, of course, is, having ignited this progressive movement in the democratic party, can he now take advantage of it, take it all the way and win? >> yeah, because so many other

candidates also have his ideas right now, terry, thanks very much. also breaking overnight, as president trump returned to the white house from florida, 16 states filed a lawsuit challenging his declaration of a national emergency to build his border wall. they're calling the move unconstitutional. our chief white house correspondent jon karl tracking all the latest on that. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. this is the first and potentially most significant challenge to the president with his plan to build the wall by declaring a national emergency. the basic argument here is that the president is violently the constitution, which gives the power to spend money to congress, not to the president. and while the president does have vast powers under the national emergencies act of 1976, the argument here is that there's not really an emergency and we heard from the attorney general of california who is spearheading this lawsuit that he intends to use the president's own words on this. if you remember, george, when the president announced the national emergency he said, quote, i didn't need to do this.

at that press conference the president also made it clear he expected to get a legal challenge to this. he even expects to lose in the lower courts. but the white house does believe they have a good chance of prevailing when this goes all the way up to the supreme court. >> right, but this is one of several challenges he will face. the president was in florida yesterday taking on the socialist regime in venezuela, he also had this to say. >> and to those who would try to impose socialism on the united states, we again deliver a very simple message, america will never be a socialist country. >> and, jon, the president has been hitting that theme hard since the state of the union. >> reporter: he has. the argument that he will use over and over again as we get into the 2020 campaign is that the democrats are essentially socialists that want to do to this country what was done to places like venezuela. he has one thing going for him. you have candidates like bernie sanders who explicitly says he

is a socialist, the democratic socialist. and that the white house believes the president's legal team believe they have a real opportunity here in the fact that democrats seem to be moving so far to the left. >> jon karl, thanks very much. robin? now to more changes at the justice department. days after william barr was sworn in as the new attorney general, abc news has learned deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, who had been overseeing the russia investigation, is expected to leave his post mid-march. our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas has those details for us. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning. as you said that's right, rosenstein is now telling colleagues that he plans to depart by mid-march. the source says that attorney general william barr would like to nominate to replace rosenstein to be jeff rosen, who currently serves as deputy secretary at the transportation department. rosenstein's departure comes as the former fbi director andrew

mccabe has made a number of allegations against him including secretly recording the president. as part of the russian probe into interference. sources tell us rosenstein's departure has nothing to do with mccabe. michael? >> thank you, pierre. we're going to go now to the latest on the battle against isis. a young american woman is speaking out after leaving the university of alabama, birmingham, and secretly joining isis in syria years ago. now she says she was brainwashed and is begging to be allowed back home. abc's james longman is in syria with the story. good morning, james. >> reporter: good morning, michael. as u.s.-led coalition forces are just days away from clearing isis territory in syria, a young american mother who was once part of the terror group is speaking out. she regrets fleeing her home four years ago and admits what she did was a big mistake. this morning, desperate pleas from a 24-year-old american mother who left alabama to marry an isis fighter. >> i don't know. i thought i was doing things correctly for the sake of god,

and when i came here and i saw everything with my own eyes, i realized i had made a big mistake. and i know i've ruined my future and my son's future and i deeply deeply regret it. >> reporter: hoda mothana seen in exclusive photos claims she was lured and brainwashed by isis four years ago when she was just 19. believed to be the only american inside the camp, mothana is begging for a second chance hoping to return to her family in the u.s. telling "the guardian" she fears for her safety. >> i've been planning, literally planning to get out for months. i got caught twice by isis and i was so scared i broke my phone. >> reporter: in an exclusive letter obtained by abc news, mothana writes when i left for syria i was a naive, angry and arrogant young woman. i stopped listening to my family and those who care about me. and that was a big must talk. the terrible effects of war changed me. seeing bloodshed up close changed me. motherhood changed me. she was married three times

twice to isis fighters and she previously helped spread isis propaganda calling for attacks on americans. in 2017, mothana's father spoke to abc news in shadow. >> i never thought in my life that would happen to us, to me, to my family but it happened to my family. it could happen to any other family. >> reporter: because mothana is american she can expect to be repatriated to face justice. president trump wants u.s. allies to follow his lead but many countries don't want to bring their nationals home, 1500 foreign isis women and their children are in mothana's camp and that number is growing. george. >> james longman, thanks very much. there are new developments overnight in the political chaos rocking virginia. one of the women who accused lieutenant governor justin fairfax of sexual assault is now telling her story in a "washington post" op-ed. meredith watson writes she is willing to testify in public under oath. and she's calling on fairfax, who has denied her allegation, to do the same. abc's linsey davis has the story. >> reporter: good morning. the scrutiny at the virginia statehouse is intensifying this

morning with this new op-ed. meredith watson says, as a result of her allegations against the lieutenant governor, her life has been probed and picked over, but she still wants a public hearing. this morning, new fallout in the sexual misconduct allegations leveled at virginia lieutenant governor justin fairfax. in an op-ed to "the washington post, meredith watson, who claims fairfax sexually assaulted her while they were classmates at duke nearly two decades ago, is now demanding a public hearing and accusing the virginia general assembly of inaction writing in one week they moved on. watson first disclosed the allegations publicly on february 8th claiming a sexual attack by fairfax that was premeditated and aggressive. nearly two weeks later, watson claims little action has been taken writing, this is what women who come forward know to expect and fear, adding, my privacy has already been violated. yet, i am still willing to testify publicly under oath. the editorial calls into question the treatment of female

accusers versus that of men in positions of political power. watson writes, if we as a society continue to allow women who report rape to be abused, disparaged and tormented a second time, then shame on us all. watson writes that she came forward in order to support vanessa tyson who came forward to accuse fairfax of assaulting her in 2004. the lieutenant governor has vehemently denied both claims against him. >> i have nothing to hide and there was no inappropriate contact whatsoever. >> reporter: democratic party leaders have repeatedly called for fairfax to resign. she also says that vanessa tyson, the other accuser, has also offered to testify publicly under oath. watson says while she has turned down offers from politicians and media, she says the virginia general assembly refuses to take the simple and responsible step of holding a public hearing. >> it's hard to see how they'll be able to hold the line on that one. >> it seems inevitable at some point.

>> linsey davis, thank you very much. and something that we're just learning. reports that fashion powerhouse karl lagerfeld, the creative genius behind chanel for the past three decades has passed away at 85 years old. lagerfeld had his signature look. he also created some of the most famous designs in the world. margot robbie wore chanel to last year's oscars. and "vogue" editor anna wintour wore his design to the most recent met ball. he helped turn chanel into one of the most profitable brands in the world. michael. >> a very talented man. and now to a dramatic roadside rescue. bystanders pulled a woman out of her burning car after an allegedly impaired driver plowed into her. t.j. holmes is here now with more. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, and the question is what would you do? i think we agree most of us would want to help someone out if we see them in trouble. but we don't normally have to put our own lives on the line in doing so. these four good samaritans ran towards fire without hesitation. and that lack of hesitation may have saved a woman's life.

it's an incredible scene. a group of total strangers rushing to save a woman's life. >> the woman was literally moments away from being completely engulfed in flames in that car. >> reporter: byron lives across the street from where an accident happened that resulted in a woman's car going up in flames. >> there was screaming. i couldn't hear all that. it was tunnel vision. just run over to the car and try to help them to get this lady out. >> reporter: byron, along with three other good samaritans, rushed to help the woman whose car was quickly being overwhelmed by fire. >> it was chaotic. fire was everywhere, huge balls of fire. >> reporter: they eventually pulled the woman from the burning car. she only had minor injuries. and one of her rescuers was also hurt. >> they put their lives on the line, one of those good samaritans was injured. he did receive facial burns. >> take nothing for granted and everything could end in a short moment. >> to pick up on what he said. she was sitting at a red light

at 6:450 in the morning, heading to work and they believe a drunk driver just ran into the back of her and resulted in that. so we have a lot of stories here, daily, that we could ask, what is wrong with people? this is one that shows you what's right with people. there's humanity and good. they ran toward it, didn't hesitate. >> appreciate you sharing that with us, t.j. how about this spectacular sight in the sky, a super snow moon. t.j. is rapt watching this. it is called super, t.j., because the moon is at its closest to earth right now. and it's full. and february's full moon is known as the snow moon because many associated the month with heavy snowfall. astronomers say the moon won't be this big of bright again until 2026. >> we have a lot of moons. a supermoon. i didn't know we had a snow moon. >> i knew you were just -- >> okay, i learned something here this morning. >> ginger, is the snow coming? >> you know what, not only is it coming we have it right here in

pictures from just outside las vegas which they had snow in vegas too. a trace of it. this is 1 to 2 inches on interstate 15. so they're believing in the snow moon, that's for sure. and the cold. you don't see a lot of blue like this on the map from california to utah, all the way through arizona. they're actually freeze warnings and hard freeze warnings for tucson so keeping an eye on that. flagstaff can get feet of snow. wednesday into thursday. i'm "abc7 news" metrologist

mike nicco. check out all that sunshine. we're off to a freezing cold start but we'll warm up into the 50s, a little bit below average. two weak storms coming down from alaska will bring us a wintery mix. today 53 to 57. tonight mid-30s to mid-40s. you can see some scattered showers there and you've had a ton of snow. you're getting another half foot. i say go big or go home. that's what they're doing in the twin cities. they went really big. look at the perspective from the stop sign. how giant that snowman is. >> how did they do it? >> i don't know but i love it. >> thank you, ginger. coming up here. the jussie smollett case, the two brothers involved are now telling police about a possible motive. and a hiker saved from quicksand. we have the dramatic rescue here on "gma." matic rescue here on "gma."

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following now as well. bernie sanders has announced he's running for president again taking a second shot at the democratic nomination. he ran against hillary clinton in 2016. this time he joins the field of 12 democratic candidates who have thrown their names into the ring. more to come. and 170 million are in the path of winter weather as two storms collide bringing snow and heavy rain and ice, from the south to the northeast. and take a look at this. a crazy close call at a columbus blue jackets game last night. >> ooh. oh, then he reacts. >> he never saw that puck coming. >> wow, wow. >> he said it's part of the job. he said that. >> that was less than an inch. >> that is scary. >> hoping he's okay right there. wow. >> he is. he is. >> much safer here at the desk. but now to what could be a major development in the jussie smollett case. police are telling abc news a potential motive is emerging if smollett did indeed stage that attack. eva pilgrim is in chicago with those new details. good morning, eva. >> reporter: michael, a lot of questions this morning. chicago police now saying they urgently want to speak with jussie smollett again.

this morning, a law enforcement source telling abc news that the brothers questioned for roles in the alleged attack on "empire" star jussie smollett told authorities he staged it all, upset over a threatening letter sent to "empire's" chicago studio on january 22nd, saying it did not receive enough attention. detectives are actively investigating the allegation but have not confirmed it to be true. smollett telling us last week about that letter that included racist and homophobic threats. >> on the letter it had a stick figure hanging from a tree with a gun pointing towards it with the words that said smollett, jussie, you will die, black [ bleep ]. there was no address but the return address said in big red you know, like, caps, maga. did i make that up, too? >> reporter: police confirming the men who have since been questioned and released, have a relationship with smollett. one even appeared as an extra on "empire." >> if there's any justice, we'll have that conversation. >> reporter: authorities tell us

the brothers claim they were paid by the actor to orchestrate and stage the racist homophobic assault smollett reported last month. now, the two brothers are speaking out for the first time telling chicago's wbbm, we are not racist. we are not homophobic and we are not anti-trump. we were born and raised in chicago and are american citizens. smollett's defense attorney telling abc news jussie smollett is angered and devastated by recent reports that the perpetrators are individuals he is familiar with. he has now been further victimized by claims attributed to these alleged perpetrators that jussie played a role in his own attack. nothing is further from the truth and anyone claiming otherwise is lying. chicago police say they are hopeful that smollett will come in in the next few days to speak to them. his team telling us this morning that they are in communication with authorities. guys? >> they very much want to talk

to him. >> and the investigation is intensifying. >> eva, thank you. also this morning, the accused killer of kelsey berreth, her fiance, patrick frazee is due back in court this morning, as new allegations emerge as a possible motive for the murder. kayna whitworth has more. >> reporter: robin, good morning. in just a few hours, patrick frazee will be in this courthouse right behind me for his preliminary hearing. this, as the parents of kelsey berreth have filed a wrongful death suit against frazee saying they think that he killed their daughter because he wanted full custody on their child. this morning, prosecutors will try to prove they have enough evidence to move forward in the murder trial against patrick frazee. the colorado man accused of murdering his fiance kelsey berreth. frazee has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and three counts of solicitation involving her death, despite the fact that authorities still haven't found her body.

this as a possible motive coming to light. berreth's parents claiming in a newly filed wrongful death lawsuit that frazee wanted full custody of the couple's 1-year-old daughter, kaylee. and that kelsey would not agree. allegedly only agreeing to 50/50 custody. in those court documents, obtained by abc news, berreth's mother says frazee told her that he and kelsey broke up on or about thanksgiving day in 2018, the day berreth was last seen in public shopping at this supermarket. berreth's cell phone pinged three days after she went missing from colorado, 700 miles away in idaho. earlier this month, frazee's friend idaho nurse krystal lee kenney pleaded guilty to helping dispose of berreth's cell phone. kenney is cooperating with investigators and has to testify against frazee as part of her plea deal with prosecutors. >> -- the victim's cell phone

with an intent to impair the phone ability availability in the investigation. >> reporter: frazee was arrested and still hasn't entered a plea. it's a preliminary hearing but we expect to learn a loft details from this investigation from testimony that could last up to three hours. >> thank you. the story of a sixth grader facing charges after refusing to say the pledge of allegiance in class. his mother speaking out. janai norman here with the story. good morning, janai. >> reporter: police are trying to set the record straight and they say that student was arrested for disrupting the classroom, not refusing to say the pledge, but that's what started the whole incident that ended with an 11-year-old in handcuffs. >> classmates. >> reporter: this morning, the mother of a young boy is speaking out after her 11-year-old was charged with a misdemeanor for refusing to stand for the pledge of allegiance. according to charging documents, the sixth grader at a middle school just east of tampa,

florida, wouldn't stand, telling a substitute teacher, he thinks the flag of this country is racist. the substitute then confronted the boy. that exchange outraging the boy's mother, dhakira talbot. >> she told my son to go back to his homeland. he was confused. he was like, what do you mean, africa? she said, yeah. >> reporter: after that, the confrontation continued with the substitute calling the school's student resource officer to the classroom. the boy initially refused to leave. the sro claims the child was crying, saying, i'm going to beat that teacher. and i'm going to get all of you fired. the boy's mother denies those claims. >> and he was being treated like he was the one that did something wrong when he's the victim. >> reporter: ultimately, the 11-year-old was charged with misdemeanors including resisting an officer without violence. the school district reportedly says students are not required to stand for the pledge but the substitute didn't know about that policy. the district is now looking into

how teachers are trained and won't allow that substitute to teach at the school again. >> the sub will never teach again but look at the impact that it's had on my son. >> reporter: and the school district says it respects students' right to freedom of expression. and that the substitute won't be teaching in any of the district's schools again. school officials say it was the officer who decided to arrest that student and that no school officials requested that they press charges. >> should have never escalated to that point. >> absolutely. yeah. >> thanks. coming up, the hiker trapped in quicksand and a dramatic rescue.

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back now with the dramatic rescue of a hiker trapped in quicksand at utah's zion national park. finally airlifted to safety after his girlfriend hiked for hours to get help. gio benitez is here with their story. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, george, good morning. temperatures on the trail were frigid reaching the low teens. and they had no cell phone reception. it was an area so difficult to get to it took hours to even find him and get him out. now this morning, both are alive and thanking their rescuers. >> i didn't know if i would ever see her again either. >> reporter: this morning, a dramatic rescue caught on camera. >> he's on the move. >> reporter: this is a snowy zion national park in utah and way down there, that little moving speck is a 34-year-old hiker trapped in quicksand with snowstorms looming overhead. this is a closer look at the spot where it happened. you can see the hole. ryan osmun and his girlfriend

jessika mcneill were so deep in the park, they had no cell reception. but after failed attempts to free him, jessika traveled three hours for help, leaving ryan with his leg ensnared in the sand. >> it was the hardest thing i've had to do, scariest thing. i didn't even know if i would be able to do that hike by myself. there was a couple of times i thought i might as well just turn back and we could just, you know, be together for the last moments. >> reporter: jessika eventually getting the utah department of public safety to send their chopper. >> yeah, probably. >> reporter: it would take hours to find ryan, hours to free him, and hours to help him recover in this tent, before finally getting him out safely. >> the water was so cold i thought for sure i would lose my leg because it was -- there was no way she was going to be able to get there fast enough to have people come get me out. >> reporter: quicksand is a soupy mixture of water and sand that is formed when water is trapped in sand and can't

escape. if you fall in, the more you struggle, the faster you'll sink. so that 34-year-old is lucky he got out alive. >> when he walked up, he said i will be honest with you, you should be dead or unconscious right now. the rescue crew that saved me, there's not enough i could put into words of how grateful i am for them. >> reporter: i bet. both ryan and jessika were treated for hypothermia and rescuers also had to treat ryan's leg. that's one reason they stayed in that tent at the park for awhile. thank goodness they are okay. >> scary situation. >> unbelievable. >> thank you so much, gio. and coming up, duchess meghan's secret trip here in new york city this morning. ♪ oh no. are you okay, mike? yeah, had a pretty big fender bender here. don't worry, state farm's got you covered. [helium voice] ahhh, that's great to hear...robyn? what's going on? are you sure you're okay? yeah, yeah, i think so. ahhhh... ahhhhhh... we're gonna get you a tow truck, mike.

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we are back now with all the details about duchess meghan's secret trip to new york city. the soon-to-be mother is in here in manhattan this morning, getting ready for a royal baby shower. abc's adrienne bankert is here with all the details. >> i'm really excited about this. all the royal watchers are thrilled. i mean, listen to this. the american duchess is in new york with a special visit and we've got all the details on her time with her besties in one of her favorite cities. watch. this morning, abc news has learned that her royal highness, the duchess of sussex is back on american soil. duchess meghan making a surprise trip to new york city landing in the big apple for a five-day tour with her closest friends

just weeks ahead of the royal birth. these exclusive photos seen in the dailymail.com are the first images of the duchess in new york. meghan traded her glamorous gown for a more low key look wearing a dark overcoat and gray newsboy cap. due to give birth in about two months, abc news has learned that she flew from london to new york on friday for a girls' trip, packed with relaxation time, shopping, and delicious food. this visit, the first time she's been in manhattan since tying the knot with harry in may. >> the perfect chance for her to get away, rest, relax ahead of the birth of baby sussex. >> reporter: meghan's break comes on the heels of a whirlwind tour of public events and public fallouts with her family members. on this side of the pond she's enjoying the privacy of her posh five-star hotel and hitting up some of her favorite spots including the famous laduree in

soho, macaroons with jessica mulroney, who is helping organize a very private baby shower for 15 guests scheduled for later today before she heads back home to harry. >> today's baby shower is a reunion of sorts for meghan that include best pal jessica mulroney, actress and close pal abigail spencer has flown in. and priyanka chopra is supposed to be flying in especially for this from london's fashion week. it'll be a celebration with her closest friends. >> reporter: and meghan and harry will board a plane one more time before their baby's birth this spring. they'll head to morocco for an official visit and royal sources tell us the duchess is scheduled back in london tomorrow so, after the shower today it may be the last time, guys, that she has a girls' trip like this before she becomes a mum. >> a mum? >> mum. >> a mum. >> she's able to spend time with her besties like this. >> she's very intentional. she has been intentional and we have seen that with her blog before she became a royal. you got to make time for the people you care about. >> that's true. >> wait until jessica mulroney is back on this show.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. major winter storm warning. 170 million americans on alert. two storms on a collision course right now bringing snow, ice and heavy rain. 28 states from new jersey to arizona on alert. ginger here with the track and timing. breaking this morning, bernie sanders announces he's running for president again taking a second shot at the white house. the alarming new report about screens and children under 2. time spent using them more than doubles. what parents should know this morning and how to keep your kids entertained without the ipad. road to oscar.

dazzling at a deal. you don't need to break the bank to have a showstopping moment on the red carpet. lara reveals four dresses, each $100 or less. which one will she wear on the red carpet this sunday? ♪ hot stuff baby tonight samin to the rescue. the salt, fat, acid, heat star surprising a "gma" viewer at home. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: to help her transform her lamb chops, show her how to cook just right with garlic. all the answers with samin this morning. ♪ i don't care bachelor blow-out. we teamed up with colton to surprise this huge viewing party. >> watching the show right now. >> reporter: but what we didn't tell ginger -- >> nick, jason, tanner here and we are about to go to the biggest bachelor viewing party surprise ever. >> ever. >> the moment nick leapt the fence. the meltdown in the middle of the party. now look who is saying --

>> good morning, america. ♪ i'm in the milky way >> good morning, america. hope you're well this tuesday morning. >> well, yeah, ginger, she is well. >> she's doing just fine. >> take a look at this photo. this is from last night's bachelor surprise. ginger wasn't expecting all those bachelors to show up and her son adrian, i don't think he was happy they did at all. >> what are all these bachelors doing here? that's the right reaction. >> ginger is going to explain it all. news to get to. we start with the dangerous weather, 28 states on alert for snow, ice, flooding. ginger, already seeing a lot of pileups out west. >> you see this behind me and say that's not las vegas. yes, it is. just outside on interstate 15. it was one to two inches of snow that made those roads nearly impossible to get through. plenty of backups. colorado springs, it was only three inches and you get all those slideoff, the crashes. go to massachusetts and doesn't take a lot. boston officially 3.6 inches so

somewhere between 2 and 4 and you've got there a plow versus a pickup truck, three people were injured. so what eve's learned is it doesn't take a ton but you'll get that small amount of ice and snow again with this next system so let me bring you all of the warnings from minneapolis there that could get close to half foot to washington, d.c. expecting somewhere especially north and west between 4 and 6 inches. timingwise talking about tonight through tomorrow for minneapolis, wisconsin, look at this. washington, d.c., that's tomorrow morning. it starts tomorrow morning if you're driving on i-95 from there to philadelphia through the day wednesday, that's not going to be pretty. ice behind it then rain as we love to do this winter and a whole flood threat from northern mississippi to alabama right around birmingham to jackson, tennessee, so keeping an eye on all three parts of the system. >> a lot is coming. >> can you just give us a little taste of what it was like last night at your house. >> so much fun. i was genuinely surprised and poor adrian, it was a lot to have all those guys together and that was why -- nick, you know, is still like an actual

bachelor, the rest of them are all, you know, with somebody and with kids so he needed practice. we were giving him some practice. >> i know you'll have much more in our next half hour. >> yes, you'll see it all. >> i'm sure adrian is just fine right now. we move to the political news. bernie sanders announcing he's running for president again. let's go back to our senior national correspondent terry moran with the latest. good morning, terry good morning good morning, george. will america feel the bern? he's betting that this time at 77 years old his no frills, no nonsense, no apologies proudly all the way to the white house.m this morning, senator bernie sanders is making it official. >> together you and i and our 2016 campaign began the political revolution. now it is time to complete that revolution and implement the vision that we fought for. >> reporter: sanders sent this message to his massive list of

supporters letting them know he's getting back in the ring. his improbable run in 2016 gives him an edge in name recognition for 2020. [ chanting ] he started that race as a little known independent senator from vermont. >> i know if i do this i start as a significant underdog. >> reporter: but his progressive platform, free tuition at state colleges and universities, a trillion dollars in infrastructure spending caught fire as thousands flocked to his rallies hoping to feel the bern. >> welcome to the political revolution. >> reporter: sanders struggled to win african-american voters in states like south carolina and he ultimately conceded to hillary clinton at the democratic national convention. in 2016 bernie sanders changed the democratic party. he made democratic socialism cooling for millions of voters but this time around they've got a lot more choice, other candidates have co-opted his agenda. but, you know, there's one thing we learned about bernie sanders in 2016, don't count him out.

>> he has that huge list of supporters but this is up a different challenge from last time around. >> reporter: it really is. the party has changed because of him but now that vote is splintered. there are a lot of candidates who are adopting medicare for all and college tuition for all. so he is going to have to differentiate himself and there is unavoidably the question of age, he looks great but 77, that's getting on. >> coming up, country music star miranda lambert's whirlwind romance and the personal reason she connected so easily with her nypd husband. >> he is an officer and a gentleman. >> oh, yeah. plus, the new study about young children and screen time. dr. ashton is here. lara, what do you have upstairs? >> i'm with samin nosrat. [ applause ] yes! her show is incredible. salt, fat, acid, heat on netflix. samin is turning up the heat with advice we can all use in the kitchen and we have a wonderful audience. [ applause ]

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we welcome you back to "gma." were you asking for some girl scout -- >> did you bring cookies? >> no, no? >> i'm buying. i'm just wondering if you had some on you. >> wonderful to have you and everybody with us. >>. [ applause ] >> yes, it is. >> on the road to the oscars. this morning you'll get to weigh in on lara's look. >> i'm leaving it up to you guys. >> really? >> i really am. >> tomorrow we'll show you how to get red carpet ready in real

life. >> yeah, because mine is not -- >> what was that? explain. >> keep it real with "pop news." >> there's a lot going on. good morning to you. we'll begin with sad news for the world of fashion. karl lagerfeld has passed away. he misses his runway show for the first time since he joined chanel in 1983 and the force behind chloe and fendi. his career began so many years ago born if germany. we think in 1933. lagerfeld became a global icon and was known as the master of reinvention. his signature look unmistakable. there you see it, dark glass, i a high collared white shirt, sleek ponytail. you know he dressed some of the most famous women in the world including anna wintour. he also dressed keira knightley who was a big fan and margot robbie at the oscars just last year.

lagerfeld said about his work, i design like i breathe, you don't ask to breathe. it just happens. >> wow. >> karl lagerfeld was we think 85 years old. not sure because he sometimes would maybe change. [ laughter ] >> it's his prerogative. what a talent. >> what a talent in the world of fashion. a character in our, you know -- >> what did he say about sweat pans? if you were wearing sweatpants you weren't trying or giving up. >> sounds like him. no idea. i do want to switch gears, robin, to a big announcement. this song is a clue. yep, queen will rock the oscar stage this year. [ applause ] the academy made this big announcement in a tweet using the band's onlyics to say is this the real life, is this just fantasy? we welcome queen and dadam

lambert to this year's oscars. [ applause ] we love you, adam. he's been singing with the original queen members, guitarist brian may and drummer roger taylor on tour for a few years and now he'll channel freddie mercury to honor the film "bohemian rhapsody." and that's not the only announcement we have for you. the beloved bette midler will also perform at this year's oscars. [ applause ] she'll sing the nominated song from "mary poppins" called "the place where lost things go." everyone be sure to catch the 91st academy awards this sunday, 8:00 p.m. eastern here on abc to see what real people wear. [ applause ] >> touche. it's really coming together. >> it is. we just feed to know who is hosting. >> we do know. no one. >> yes, it's going to be so interesting. got to tune in for that. music news, the jonas brothers are coming back. us weekly reporting after six years of separation, the

talented siblings will work together again, this time under the name simply jonas, i guess they've grown up. >> yeah. >> the sun newspaper in england reporting that new music is being planned although the former teen heartthrobs have yet to comment on their reunion. there they are, the jo bros exploding on the scene and released four studio albums in that time and also had a concert movie, i remember covering that, kids were going crazy for them. they took a break in 2013. here we are in 2019 looking forward to seeing jonas back together again. [ applause ] and one -- this is just one final image to get your day going right. check out little baylor right here. ♪ she's dancing to beyonce's "crazy love." holding a corn dog. >> not going to let go of that

corn dog. >> but she is working even the fan. hope you guy all have a terrific tuesday. that's "pop news." [ applause ] >> that was fun. we move on to our cover story. miranda lambert's love story. hitting close to home right here in times square. erielle reshef has the details. hey, erielle. >> reporter: good morning, she is the country superstar divorced from blake shelton and made huge headlines, now she is newly married to a new york city police officer meeting her man right here at "gma" sparking a romance. it's built on a special bond. it was a whirlwind romance and speedy walk down the aisle for country superstar miranda lambert and her beau of three months, brendan mcloughlin. >> he brings back normally to her life. >> reporter: she posted she's pics. i met the love of my life and we got hitched.

high matter is full. the two reportedly tying a knot back in january but their newly announced thupt walls not a shock to those closest to them. the happy couple easily connected over mcloughlin's career as a new york city cop. >> her dad was a longtime detective and her mother as well worked as a private investigator so she is used to having kind of that police force in the family. ♪ >> reporter: the pair first crossing paths in november right here on the set of "gma." ♪ lambert performing with her band pistol annies. mcloughlin on patrol. the entertainer now gushing about her groom. thank you, brendan mcloughlin for loving me for me. #theone. we have gotten word that officer mcloughlin will be back here to work at "gma." of course, we look forward to con gre congratulating him in person. >> we wish them the best.

we still can't get over it. and brendan is such a wonderful, wonderful guy and from a good family, a lot of them are police officers so, all right. yeah. [ applause ] yeah. okay. now that "gma" parenting alert. an alarming new study found screen time among children 2 years old and younger, it's doubled since the late 1990s. our chief medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton is here. i know, so break this down. >> this was an interesting study done by patient survey, parent survey and looked at kids under the age of 2, 1997 and found 1 plus hour a day, these are toddlers, remember. then in 2014, over 3 hours a day. this was just published now and the point here to be clear, pediatricians recommend zero screen time for children 18 months and younger so this is a big increase. >> does it do something to our brains or something? ? it does. you're talking about anatomy and

physiology. it changes the structure and function of the brain. we know that because of testing being done and has been done. what we don't know is how meaningful is that? we don't know whether it's all negative or partially positive. we don't know what the changes will result in five, ten, 20 years down the road and we don't know if all screen time is equal. e-readers, educational devices, very different than, you know, something that's just for a game but logistically any parent, any caregiver if you have a child in your life you know that that is like a drug, once you hand a child a screen, they calm down and unfortunately it's just an easy thing we've all been there. >> notice how once you hand them. it's not like -- >> sometimes they grab it. >> but at that young you're putting it in their hands. if you're concerned what 0 should you do. >> we have toys here and need to remember the old-fashioned things are still important. they simulate role play, imagination, fine motor skills with art and again not all learning has to be educational. it should still be fun.

i think the other tips for parents are we need to monitor this time so you can't just hand them a device or sit them in front of the tv set and lose all track of time. i think we do need to make an effort to make that screen time interactive. remember these old-fashioned toys and games because they do have value and i say don't replace the face because toddlers, babies, children, they need to engage people. they need to need facial expression and need to see stoeshl interaction. that is as important as everything else in their life. >> i remember a couple of years ago seeing video and there was a young toddler with a magazine who was trying to -- >> i saw that, exactly. >> thinking it was an ipad. it was a magazine. >> my son is in college. he is a computer science major. i swear he could have launched the space shuttle when he was 3 years old. they're facile with technology. it's a good thing. we just need to make it moderate. not all or none. >> what was the matter with winnie the pooh? fonsi? i mean, gosh.

just whisked it off the table like that. [ laughter ] okay. ginger. bring back pooh. yeah, there's pooh. [ applause ] >> let's do your "gma" moment. give pooh a little break. how about we look for hank, the dog? in the house, been an hour, they can't find him and, what. hank, how did you get up there? they don't know but they got him down and everybody is okay. just thought that was so funny. that is from new era, michigan. thanks for accepting your "gma" i'm "abc7 news" metrologist mike nicco. check out all that sunshine. we're off to a freezing cold start but we'll warm up into the 50s, a little bit below average. two weak storms coming down from alaska will bring us a wintery mix. today 53 to 57.

tonight mid-30s to mid-40s. you can see some scattered showers there and all right, welcome back to "gma." so who wants to help me pick out my dress for the oscars? [ applause ] >> count me in. >> there's always two big questions surround the academy awards. who will win and what will everyone wear and since i will be backstage with the winners i'll also need a great gown. i did find some options that look pretty good. did not cost a lot. >> okay. >> all the money that i spent goes to a great cause and the oscar goes to -- >> fabulous. ♪ >> reporter: it is one of the biggest nights in fashion. but you don't need to break the bank to have a showstopping red carpet moment. >> there are a lot of good ways to get that look for less. there are online rentals, do rent the runway, department store shopping and also you can go to vintage shop, consignment

shops and find things at a fraction of the cost. >> reporter: i struck gold at the housing works fashion for action sale where designers donate dresses and sell them at discount prices benefiting charity. everything you're buy something donated by top designers. everything you give is going to a great cause. i took home four new gowns at $100 apiece. now to narrow down my oscar contenders. >> that's wow. >> i turned to a panel of "gma" staffers. our social media guru leslie, from the glam squad, mari lyn and producer extraordinaire brad who explains his qualifications. >> because i'm judgy and i'm gay so that's -- those are the boxes we need to be checking and thank good i'm here. >> dress number one. judges, have at me. >> i know lara loves a belt. >> this dress cost me $100. i would like to say it still had its tags on it. a new dress donated by black halo. >> i love it but it's like you said, it's safe.

i know you. i want to see you pop. i want to see you wow. >> dress number two, very different. >> i feel like i'm wearing a juicy couture sweat suit. >> your body is snatched. it is snatched and, oh. how low can you go? ? that's about it. artificial hip. >> getting a '90s vibe. >> done. try no more. >> it's taking the number one spot on my power rankings. >> i agree. >> you look rich. >> you look rich. >> you look like a million bucks. >> i paid $100 for this dress. >> can you shop for me? >> it goes to show you don't have to spend a lot of money. let me do the test. here we go. i can't go too low. >> that's what i'm saying. >> i didn't know it was doing that. >> whoa. >> it's red. it feels oscary. i cannot lift my arms so do not look for any dance moves. >> we know -- >> i can do this. i can do this. i can also do -- >> do the floss. >> i can floss. >> i love this one.

>> oh, my god. >> my new favorite. >> i like it a lot. [ cheers and applause ] >> so thank you to our "gma" panel. very judgy. i thank you, everybody. what did you think, robin? choice number -- there you go, 1, 2, 3 or 4. right there. thank you to housing works, by the way. >> you like 3. >> i like 3. >> i defay to you. >> 3. >> 3. >> well, i think what we'll do -- the judges have weighed in. robin has weighed in, our audience, now it's up to you guys at home. i'm letting you do it. go to our website, goodmorningamerica.com and vote for your favorite dress. the best news is, i paid for them and every dime went to a great cause so thank you to housing works. and i guess you'll find out sunday which one makes the cut at the oscars. >> come on, vote. >> come on. [ cheers and applause ] >> colton and his famous bachelor friends are all here live on "gma."

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good morning. i'm reggie aqui from "abc7 mornings." one person has died after a house fire in san mateo. sky7 flew over the scene on humboldt street less than an hour ago. the fire started around 4:30 this morning. at least six people are displaced and the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >> have a little bit of a good update on the peninsula, 101, we had a sig alert for about the last 45 minutes or so. just got the all clear a couple moments ago from chp. sig alert canceled.

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. >> still 28, danville, 32 in liver moore. we're still in the 40s in vacaville. commute planner, less frost this morning to scrape. everything else is great. with light breezes, total

sunshine, still a little bit below average. our next chance of rain tomorrow. >> another update in about 30 minutes and you can always find ♪ tell me all your problems welcome back to "gma." and great audience we have this morning and we love having chef samin nosrat here on monday so we brought her back this morning and she's the best-selling author of the book "salt, fat, acid, heat: mastering the elements of good cooking." she says getting those four ingredients right will help make you a master chef and samin will join us live in a moment but before she does, she's coming to the rescue once again for a mom who needs an extra hand. check it out. ♪ california mom sofia says her

garlic rosemary lamb chops never turn out quite right. >> it was a little rarer than i'd have liked on the inside but i still had that burnt garlic on the outside and doesn't have a crust that i would have normally gotten at a restaurant. >> reporter: her potatoes are not browning in the oven. >> i'd like to have the crunchy outside with the really well done inside. >> reporter: little does sofia know chef samin nosrat can see just where she's missing the salt, fat, acid and heat. >> this is not too tricky to fix. i have to crank up the heat with her. >> reporter: chef samin to the rescue. >> oh, my gosh. oh, my goodness. that is incredible. oh, my gosh. >> nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. that is incredible. to my house. >> reporter: and now straight to the kitchen. >> i have all the and the for you. >> i knew you would, samin. make my dish better.

>> all the answers lie with two of the basic elms of cooking, fat d heat, unpack all the little treats we brought. i see you have this pan here. you're not going to get that perfect like very crust that you want. the best pan for that crust is this. this pan can get so much hotter than that can. also your temperature for your potatoes is wrong. so let's crank it up. you're the 350. let's go to 425. we want it hot and fast to get that beautiful brown outside. >> reporter: that bitter burnt garlic taste. samin says it's a common conundrum. >> a lot burn garlic and don't know the acrid taste of the food is something that doesn't have to be there so i'm grateful to you. you shared your problems with the world. >> that's right. it's known to everybody in america now. >> reporter: the solution, take off the garlic before cooking. >> in order to control the temperature that you're cooking your meat to it's important to

start with meat that's at room temperature. are these cold? >> they are cold. >> i happen to have some room temperature presalted lamb chops. >> oh, that's fantastic. >> i feel like mary poppins. >> after an hour of marinating, those chops will sizzle in the pan. >> it's important for your pan to be hot before you add any fat and then we're just going to lay these in and you want to hear that sizzle. >> a perfect plate but the real taste is in the test. >> it's perfect. >> mm-mm. >> i love lamb chops. it's like a cartoon. it's like mm-mm. >> oh, samin, that is amazing. >> awesome. >> it was amazing. samin, thank you so much. [ applause ] >> and samin is back to help us out. this is one of my favorite things to watch that piece because you got so much joy out of showing up at the house and

helping her out. we talked about salt and acid. today, the other two, fat and we're going to talk about heat. >> yep. >> and we're -- yes, so let's start with fat and we have butter and olive oil so tell me what we got. >> so one of the most important things that fat offers us is it really has two incredible things that it does. it affects flavor and texture so choosing which fat you're going to cook with or use is going to affect both of those things. so even just if we taste the two br breads, they'll taste totally different. let's take a bite and talk about how they taste different. >> all right. mm-mm. it's good. >> i like the mm-mm. we're the only ones eating it. why you mm-mm'ing? let's try the butter. >> olive oil is fruity and the butter is creamy and rich. >> yes. if you think of it, olive oil --

you guys. ol life oil is the taste of italian food and butter french food. when you want to make it taste italian, olive oil, french, butter. >> i did not know that. [ applause ] now we talk about heat. heat is one of the other four ingredients. how do you know when the pan is hot enough and all these -- if one of the biggest mick mulvaney -- mistakes. you have to put it into a hot pan. the way i like to test it is just to do -- try it with me. >> i usually put my fingers -- >> do not do that. you want to do this and you want to hear that sizzle. >> oh. >> you want to hear sizzle. >> that's when you know it's hot. >> totally. so you know we saw you making the potatoes in the piece. you'll show us how to make the perfect -- >> exactly. a lot of times people jam all of their roast vegetables into a small pan and that doesn't allow

for browning because when everything is all crammed together it's just going to steam and get mushy. do you want me to force you to eat a mushy potato? >> no, you don't have to. i'll do it myself. >> that's mushy. >> it's mushy and not brown and crisp. if you take this and just spread it out into a bigger pan with a shallower edge, the room will allow all that steam to escape and then they'll get brown and crisp and then we'll get these delicious guy. >> that's brown and crisp. >> mm-mm. >> yeah. [ applause ] i notice how our audience, they didn't go mm-mm to the mushy. theic loo the crisp. >> they got good taste. >> i learned so much over the last two days with you. they're very simple. i love that. thank you so much. >> thank you so much for having me. >> "salt, fat, acid, heat: mastering the elements of good cooking is out now. pick it up and make your food

flavorful. you can catch and watch "salt fat acid heat" -- i got it all, "salt fat acid heat" on netflix. yes, yes. we got it right. [ applause ] coming up, the bachelor colton and some of our other favorite bachelors are here live after a big surprise. so we'll be right back.

i had so much doubt in me. my current supervisor reached out on linkedin. we set up a phone interview and from there i was hired. linkedin was the matchmaker. working in communications services, i can be a voice for those who want to push past their limits. i'm in it to connect people.

we're back now. the bachelor, quite a season. full of surprises, last night was the biggest one for us and for ginger yet and i know you hosted a watch party with some of our bachelor favorites. >> yes, they showed up. it has been such a season already. we didn't even need all this but i'm not complaining. so i had to throw this ultimate bachelor watch party and while we were doing that, colton surprised everybody but then the producers surprised me with some more guests. >> oh, that's fun. >> to colton. finding love. we had an epic party for my bachelor fan friends who are obsessed with the show. >> i am a huge bachelor fan. i love watching all the girls. i love all the drama and i love that it's all about love. >> i love the bachelor. >> point at who you like and say their name on the count of three, one, two, three. >> cassie. >> and while the bachelor watch party was getting started my guests had no idea the main attraction was on his way.

>> it's colton. i'm on my way to crash a viewing party. i can't wait to meet the fans and watch this episode with them so stay tuned. >> reporter: and completely hidden from me he wasn't the only bachelor about to crash my party. >> nick, jason, tanner here and we're about to go to the biggest bachelor viewing party ever. >> while we stat down -- are you ready to watch "the bachelor"? [ cheers ] >> watching the show right now. >> reporter: these guys were sneaking around the house. >> the fans are inside. they don't know we're coming we're about to head in. >> like this, colton. let's do it, here we go. >> i don't think i'm going to do that this week so let's just use the gate. coming with roses. here we go. >> reporter: while all eyes were on the tv -- >> hey, guys.

will you guys accept these roses? >> oh. >> no way. >> oh, my god. >> hi. >> hi. >> reporter: then the surprises just kept coming. >> colton is already in there but they do not know we are here. let's go do this. >> he's do it. >> we heard there's a party here. >> oh, my god. >> look. >> and let me tell you, last night was amazing for everybody there. >> i had no idea. i mean i knew colton but the other ones, every bachelor is here. even miles is thrilled. but his brother not so much a bachelor fan. >> the true story behind adrian crying he said right when you guys left he started to calm down. he said why did you get so upset. he said because they were all so tall and the lady say that's why we were not upset.

>> as you guys can see colton is with us. hi, colton. [ applause ] >> thank you guys for having me. >> how was that walking -- you're in the bushes walking into a house filled with unsuspecting women. >> it was a little intimidating but i knew i had backup and reinforcements coming shortly. >> how do you think it will be for you, life post "bachelor." relief, are you prepared. >> i can't wait for it to be over. as much as i'm grateful and as fun as it's been, i've been back-to-back-to-back on three shows so it's like i can't wait to have the ending and to sort of -- >> be able to tell us. >> to be a little more normal. >> a bit of normalcy. i can imagine you're in that place right now. last night the place you were in is where you're figuring out if people are there for the right reasons. it comes up every season. it is a thing but how do you keep yourself positive in thinking this is going to work? >> i don't always stay positive. it's hard because you get thrown sort of in this time warp

because we filmed it four months ago but then it brings up emotions when you watch it back because it is so real. it's tough. it really is. >> next week is the hometown dates. i mean that's always a really great show for us. how was it for you and what were you thinking going into that? >> well, so i almost had like the same feeling come into your house. you're walking into -- it's different because the families normally for me go on the ride with you in your relationships and they're -- they don't know who i am. i'm a stranger walking into these hopes so it's a little intimidating. you'll see how it plays out, but, yeah. >> i imagine. >> there's so many questions. >> i know. >> you've been very good about not giving us information. welcome nick, jason and tanner, come on out, guys. [ applause ] hi. >> come, please. sit.

>> nice to see you again, hi, nick. >> so good to have all of you. i said earlier this is great because we have -- we have a little bit of all bachelor -- you guys have to sit on one couch. >> come on over. slide over a little bit. >> we have a little bit of everything. we have jason calls himself grandpa bachelor because of not just his age -- not just his age, nick is the same age but you were around at the beginning. tanner has worked from paradise and got another baby on the way in august and nick has been on so many seasons that we just use him as wisdom, right? so it's great to have everybody together. i think as he goes into hometowns i'll start with nick. what does he do? you've done a lot of hometowns. >> hometowns is tough. i mean, kind of what colton is saying it's personal so you're bringing in people who didn't necessarily sign up for it and families are nervous and excited. you don't know what to expect and if it didn't feel real before that moment, it really feels real because it's -- you're talking about the future, you're talking maybe asking for

permission. it was for me it was very much the hardest week of filming. i don't know how colton felt but it was -- you just want to be very respectful of all the families and it can be tough because it's a lot of emotion at that point. >> jason, how is molly? >> she's awesome and speaking of that -- [ applause ] >> oh, boy. >> we all know the key to everything is happy wife, happy life so she wanted me to ask you a question from molly. hopefully she's watching. in our house there is a lot of white wine that's drank but none by me. she wants to know why you drink so much white wine. >> so i don't stain my teeth. >> is that it. >> that is hilarious. >> it's refreshing. if i'm going to drink alcohol it might as well be refreshing. >> i made that mistake on tv. drink a bunch of red wine and wasn't good. >> jason, any advice for colton, you and molly seem to be making it work. married for quite a bit. >> it's almost nine years. [ applause ] >> congratulations. >> yeah. >> next week.

>> i think we just focused on each other. as soon as we were done with all this red and flowers and all that stuff we took a step back, moved to seattle and just did our thing and i think if you guys do that, you guys will be great. >> you guys -- >> we're listening. investigators over here. >> you have to assume. what are we here for? >> right. but the season is so -- there's a lot -- do you guys feel like he actually has his hands full more than any of you have seen in the past? >> it's definitely been eventful. >> i enjoyed watching it. >> good tv. >> getting more and more every single season. there's more and more the bachelor has to deal with. >> speaking of something about having another baby, we wanted to bring out a gift. yeah. >> first onesie. >> which one will it be then? >> we actually went to the doctor last week and we have a sealed envelope in our house that will have the results but we haven't opened it yet. we'll do a big gender reveal

thing but i already have a little girl so i'll hold out for th this. this is not an announcement. i don't know yet. >> thanks for the clarification. hold it up, it could go viral. thank you all for being with us. we all wish colton the best on his journey. >> we do. we have a little bit more coming up with you but first i'm a meteorologist so we figured we'd go real deep and again in investigation. there's cities that are named after you. did you know this? here are the forecast for them, for colton, california, sunshine today. nick is from kentucky, not from there. he's from wisconsin but and then we've got i missed the other tanner, end father and jason, north carolina. >> that good morning. i'm "abc7 news" metrologist mike nicco. we'll be frost-free by 9:00 on our way to low to mid-50s

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stump overfenc fences. >> i asked if he was being a bit dramatic. >> it was will deserved. it was how i was feeling in the moment? it wasn't like an animal chasing you? >> no. >> it was actually -- >> if that animal is love. >> love. >> let's do this the you three don't know so how about you just all at once tell us who you think he's going to pick. go. go on instinct. >> i heard gia comes back. >> no. >> i was team demi so maybe cassie now. >> molly and i love cassie. >> cassie or hannah maybe. >> ladies all know about cassie. >> poker face. you're so good. i'm staring. >> deep into his soul. >> all right. well, i guess we'll all wait and see. watch a new episode of "the bachelor" monday, 8:00, 7:00 central right here on abc. we thank you guys. >> thank you all. >> spending time with us. >> thank you. the onesie. >> we'll be right back.

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. good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc7 mornings." good morning. i'm reggie aqui from "abc7 mornings." mike nicco has a chilly forecast. >> it's still colder than amplg out there but at least it's dry. still a chill, exercising, light breezes. there's the temperature today. 53 to about 57. and we'll be in the mid to upper 50s. we should be in the low to mid-60s. alaska sending us some weak systems with a wintery mix. it will be very light, wednesday, saturday and sunday. >> a lot of red on our traffic maps at this point. we do have a new collision on northbound 880. that's right at dakota road there. it sounds like two lanes are blocked. we're in the yellow pretty much

all the way around. >> thank you. time for more "live with kelly and ryan" and we'll see you again at 11:00 a.m. for "midday live." you can always find us on >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, from "how to train your dragon: hidden world," america ferrera. and the big winner of the daytona 500, denny hamlin. and a performance from. lukas graham. plus, to members of our studio audience will compete in "live"'s oscar countdown games. all next on "live!" and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] ♪