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beer brought traffic to a crawl on a highway outside of los angeles a semi carrying hundreds of cans of beer flipped over in west covina. the crash also sparked a small fire. the driver is okay. days after his explosive and emotional interview, r. kelly is facing a new allegation of sexual abuse. >> it comes after the allegations of nonpayment of child their own parents. here is steve osunsami. >> reporter: there's more trouble for the self described piper of r & b. investigators in detroit say they are look into a new allegation of sexual misconduct, this time with a 13-year-old in 2001. r. kelly's people were hoping to get him out of jail by paying

off nearly $162,000 he owes in back child support, but the check is late. >> how can i pay child support? how? if my ex-wife is destroying my name and i can't work. >> your ex-wife says you abused her, robert? >> reporter: in his interview with cbs news, kelly went after his ex-wife. >> i'm not disrespecting her by saying she's not telling the truth. i'm just being honest. somebody sent something on my phone and they said that i hogtied her. i don't know how to hog tie people. why would i hog-tie her -- >> reporter: kelly was asked about the 21-year-old and 23-year-old whose parents say the young women cut them off for a life with the singer. >> i love them. it's almost -- it's like they're my girlfriends, it's like we have a relationship. >> reporter: now we are hearing from the two young wen. ourentsd scam. >> reporter: in the explosive lifetime documentary that

attracted the attention, clairy's parents believe he first had sex with their daughter when she was 17. >> they had sex in florida the first time they met. >> both women say their parents are lying and trying to extort money from their famous boyfriend. >> that's a lie. i was not having sex with him at 17. >> reporter: in a statement the parents of both young women said none of that is true. in fact, the parents of azriel clairy said they never asked r. kelly for a cent and their daughter is the victim of years of mental abuse and manipulation by the singer. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> our thanks to steve there. coming up, the so-called hot sauce survivor, and the one thing he says he did right that likely saved his life. you are watching "world news now." d the one thing he says he did right that likely saved his life. you are watching "world news now." try new clean freak!

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update to a story we told you about, this oregon man that was stuck in a snowstorm five days and survived only on packets of taco sauce. >> this morning he's opening up about his ordeal with abc's tj holmes. >> the little nuggets of genius -- >> that fire sauce in the little red packets is getting credit for helping sustain a man's spirits in his most dire moment. >> sauce on the driver's side door. little pacts of fire sauce. >> reporter: jeremy realized he and his pup were in trouble when they became engorged in feet of snow. they found themselves trapped by a cave of snow and ice. >> the snow being that deep is going to be exhausting. >> reporter: another incoming blizzard forced them back to the vehicle and found themselves trapped by a cave of snow and ice. >> i had a little dog food. she did all right.

i didn't have anything. the only thing i did right was staying with the car once i realized i couldn't make it out. >> he's just starving. >> reporter: the fire packet made up of water, tomato puree, and also maltodextrin gave him a welcomed rush. >> whether or not it's any nutritional value or not, at least in your mind it's something. >> reporter: four days after he first set out, someone on a snowmobile stumbled upon them and called emergency rescue, who discovered the duo exhausted, but happy to be alive. >> i was in the middle of the woods for a reason. i was completely unrepaired. there were a lot of mistakes there. >> hopefully he will have food when he goes out again like that and maybe you'll have a pineapple -- you know what is crazy about this story? we have been reporting on it all week. i don't know that we reported he had dog food in the car. >> the dog survived. you know what he did with that fire sauce. he put it --

>> he put it on the dog food. right? he had to. >> that's what we are speculating. >> god, you and that pineapple. you and that pineapple.

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>> looks good, but "triple frontier" is only getting a 68% on rotten tomatoes. as mindless escapism, but its attempt to sell itself as something other than that is a redeposition. it's not good art, but it's not cracker jack entertainment, either. marvel studio, owned by our parent company, disney, is releasing its first ever women-led and female co-directed project. larson stars as captain marvel. after a 1995 version of earth is caught in the center of a galactic conflict between two alien worlds. >> would you like to know what you really are? >> i think i had a life here. what aren't you telling me?

>> you've come a long way, but you're not as strong as you think. >> the war is just the beginning. >> i'm not going to fight your war. i'm going to end it. >> what a way to kick off international women's day.out. >> you see why it's an event. "captain marvel" is scoring an 82% certified fresh on rotten tomatoes. david writes, at full strength, captain marvel is a goddess, emitting her own light. ao scott calls it pretty good fun. >> yeah. i like those reviews. i can't wait for this movie and to see it because it's going to be an event, as we said. i will say that it coming out on international women's day, it feels right. >> uh-huh. we're here for it. >> yes. good stuff.

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this morning on "world news now," a shocking sentence for pal manafort. >> president trump's former campaign chairman could have gotten up to 25 years behind bars, but, instead, he got four. new reaction ahead. there's an end to an hours long stand off. a sheriff killed in the line of duty serving a warrant. the suspect is now in custody and a department left in mourning. extreme avalanche threat on the west. people are at the mercy of mountains of snow. closing down major interstates. see what emergency crews are doing to reduce the risk. time to spring forward. that's right. daylight saving weekend is here and most of us will lose an hour of sleep. we are here to make it better. the tips and tricks to get the much needed zs. it's friday, march 8th.

announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> i love spring forward. >> i do. we'll have more light. >> the best part. so bittersweet. monday morning is going to hit us like a mack truck. >> this is where all the grammar nazis talk about there's no apostrophe or is there an apostrophe. >> daylights is that? >> we'll figure it out. >> we have a lot to get to. >> president trump's former campaign chairman escaping a hefty prison sentence. >> a judge gave him less than four years in prison, much less than special counsel robert mueller hoped for. manafort, who is about to turn 70 could face more time behind bars when he is sentenced next week in another case.

pierre thomas has more. >> reporter: the president's former campaign chairman, paul ofecades in prison, sentenced to four years. he begged the judge for compassion, adding to say i have been humiliated and ashamed would be a gross understatement. he faced 19-24 years behind bars. the judge called the guidelines excessive saying the convictions of the host of crimes including bank and tax fraud. manafort lived an otherwise blameless life. he called the political strategist a generous person. still, the judge said he was surprised manafort did not express regret. >> paul manafort has done an amazing job. he's here someplace. where is paul? paul manafort. >> reporter: he ran the president's campaign during a crucial period in 2016 faced the most prison time of anyone charged by special counsel,

robert mueller. trying to play both sides, then keep up communication with the president's legal team. he kept on lying.thspd out and the cooperation deal, which could have been a reduced sentence was off. manafort was not charged with anything related to collusion with the russians. mueller's team said in 2016, manafort shared campaign polling data with a russian associate with ties to russian intelligence. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> thanks to pierre. michael cohen is accused of lying to congress, again, when he told lawmakers he never asked for a presidential pardon. >> cohen's attorney said his legal team looked into the possibility of a pardon back when he had a joint agreement with the president. it was correct because he never asked for a pardon himself. meanwhile, cohen is suing the

trump organization for nearly $4 million for breach of contract saying the company broke the promise to pay its legal bills. the president will visit eastern alabama to get a look at the devastation from the tornado. a federal disaster team is on the ground in lee county. volunteers are still clearing debris from the ef-4 tornado that left 23 people dead. funeral services began yesterday. meanwhile, more severe weather is expected in the area this weekend. a man accused of shooting a sheriff's deputy and wounding a woman at an illinois hotel is in custody. floyd brown is suspected of opening fire at that hotel when a fugitive task force tried to serve an arrest warrant. he jumped out of a third floor window, fled 170 miles and crashed the vehicle along the highway and barricaded himself inside. hours later, authorities used flash grenades to stun him before taking him into custody. the sheriff deputy was killed in the hotel gunfire. he's a 13-year veteran who leaves behind a wife and two

children. a procession of police vehicles escorted his body from the hospital to the coroner's office last night. the suspect is charged with first degree murder. an accused murderer on the fbi's ten most wanted list is in custody after years on the run. police in maryland arrested lamont stephenson who stabbed his girlfriend and her cat to death in washington on wednesday. he was a fugitive from new jersey in 2014, charges with eerily similar situation. now to colorado where they received so much snow this winter officials are warning about the threat of severe avalanches. there's more heavy snow expected in the rockies today. >> avalanche is expected until mid-morning. kayna whitworth has more. >> reporter: that winter storm bringing dangerous avalanches to the colorado rockies. late reports of vehicles trapped

on 91. avalanches trapped a tow truck in veil pass, rupturing a gas line in copper mountain and shutting down part of i-70. >> i have been doing my business 30 years. i have never seen it like this. >> reporter: crews deliberately triggering avalanches to reduce risk. >> reporter: the colorado avalanche information center says we are seeing historic activity. >> reporter: extreme or high danger in 9 of 10 areas. it includes aspen, veil and breckenridge. authorities fearing more scenes like this one sunday. a wall of snow crashing on vehicles, including the goldman families. >> i don't see how you see it as anything other than miraculous that we survived the way we did. >> reporter: officials in colorado declaring historic avalanche conditions and warning people to stay away from prone areas. meanwhile, here in california, we have so much snow that some ski resorts will be able to stay open through july. kayna whitworth.

>> wow. till july? wow! skiing on the fourth of july. >> no kidding, then open again a few months later. it could be a rough weekend tonight because another major storm that is taking shape over the center of the country. before that, residents in southern utah are dealing with localized flooding. the water in some areas running right across roads. >> farther west, hail made it into one residence in the city of sonora, california. outside, there was way too much water and a lot of it ended up in people's homes. checking the forecast map, the mountain snow in the rockies keeps the avalanche threat high. the snow makes it to the northern plains and rainshowers from the upper midwest to texas, all the way to washington, d.c. alex trebek offered heart felt thoughts about his life. >> the long time "jeopardy" host is shifight agnst ncreatic ce, i'm

pretty satisfied with my life. >> he wishes he met his wife much earlier to have a longer life together. they have been married 29 years. >> that says a lot. he wants more time with his wife. it was 158 years ago this week that a man named lincoln was inaugurated as president of the united states. >> tuesday, another lincoln will take office in vermont. meet lincoln the goat, elected honorary mayor. lincoln beat out 15 other candidates, including a gerbil named chris tall. >> they don't have a human mayor. they thought this would be a great way to raise money for a local playground. >> that is fun. >> i was thinking about the other candidates. if the goat won, they must have been very baaad.

>> also, i'm thinking another country, if they are seeing headlines, u.s. elects a goat mayor. >> we are going to move on. yesterday, we showed you another accomplished goat. this one in the field of athletics successfully riding a horse. goats working hard to make sure they make news as often as possible. >> we love goats -- >> i'm sure people in other countries have a lot to say. >> that's our greatest of all time news there. >> yeah. coming up, the school bus driver hailed as a hero this morning. how she leapt into action to save a second grader who couldn't breathe. later this half hour, a reminder, daylight saving, no "s", no apostrophe. daylight saving time begins this weekend. we are checking out new gadgets to ease the loss of the one hour sleep for daylight saving time. you are watching "world news now." sleep for daylight saving time. you are watching "world news now." starts this weekend. you are watching "world news now." n program.

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come to your tv and check out this video from a south african highway. that is a man spotted surfing on a back of a truck in a wheelchair. reports say it happened at 50 miles per hour. the person who shot the video says it happened on a road with an incline, so the man may have needed some help. you can see how dangerous that is, obviously. some twitter users think they saw the same man doing the same thing the day before. if that's how he gets around and is safe, by all means. a teenage girl is being called a hero after she helped rescue a man bound and kidnapped inside a car trunk for some 12 hours. >> kayla rose was walking her dog when she heard screams coming from the trunk of a car parked in a suburban new jersey neighborhood. the victim said two men grabbed him and forced him to take out cash at several atms before tossing him in the trunk of the car. >> i heard knocking and

scratching on the trunk of the car. i backed up because i was scared. then i heard it again. i said, hello. he said hello, can anybody help me? >> she quickly went to her neighbors across the street and called police. authorities managed to open the car and pull out the young victim. he was said to be between 18 and 20 years old. police continue to look for the alleged armed men. >> the victim says he was kidnapped, carjacked around 7:30 wednesday night. kayla was walking her dog around 7:00 a.m. thursday morning before school when she inadvertently becomes this hero, helping a guy in the back of a trunk. can you imagine? >> i love that her dog was named milk shake. we should mention that because milkshake was part of this. we are hearing from a school bus driver who became a hero as she saved the life of a choking child. >> the frightening moments

happened outside st. louis. 8-year-old allen couldn't breathe because something was stuck in his throat. the driver raced back to help. allen's older brother, who was next to him, was terrified. >> and, like, trying to make noise. i asked him, are you choking? then he just gave me a nod. i yelled for the bus driver to come over and help him. >> i don't see myself as a hero. i just reacted and think about my children, my grandchildren. this is somebody's child. i just jumped up and did it. did it. >> the boy's mother is thankful she knew what to do. mitchell called her the hero of the day. >> i love this story because big brother helped. also, because if you saw allen there, while his brother was speaking, he was looking at him like, dude, are you talking

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this morning on "world news now," president trump's former campaign chairman sentenced to 47 months behind bars, but is there a chance the president will pardon him? developing overseas, isis fighters, militants appear to be giving up in a new video. the top commander says this isn't the end of a battle against isis. new this half hour, terrifying video of mother nature's fury. >> floodwaters and debris slam into a popular tourist site in california, forcing the site to close for weeks. put the tickets down and put my money away and did something with my phone and walked away. >> call him an accidental millionaire because he bought a $273 million lottery ticket but left it behind. how did he get it back?

what he plans to do with all that money? that's ahead on this friday, march 8th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." it's friday, and for that lucky winner, you know what he's singing today? >> what? ♪ thank god it's friday night and i just got paid ♪ ♪ money, money, money, money >> i think you were off key and i would have recognized the song faster and -- >> we're starting off with shade on this friday. >> yes, we are. that man is a lucky, lucky man. >> he is. >> you know who is not lucky? >> who? >> paul manafort. >> that's what we begin with this half hour. paul manafort sentenced to nearly four years in prison. >> the judge handed down a lighter sentence than expected, he said manafort has lived an otherwise blameless life. manafort said he was humiliated and ashamed but stopped short of offering an explicit apology. stephanie ramos has details.

gi asint p'sig chairman, paul manafort, arriving at his sentencing hearing in a wheelchair, a federal judge sentencing manafort to 47 months in prison, just shy of four years for crimes related to tax and bank fraud. this is the first of two of his sentencing hearings. the next one is scheduled in d.c. next week for other crimes. manafort was convicted last year of hiding from the irs millions of dollars he earned from his work advising ukrainian politicians. the 69-year-old investigated by special counsel robert mueller as part of the russia probe, and mueller's team advocating for a lengthy prison term, about 25 years. manafort was not charged with anything related to possible collusion with the russians, but mueller's team recently said in 2016 manafort shared campaign polling data with a russian associate with ties to russian intelligence, and president

trump has kept his distance. >> paul manafort worked for me for a very short period of time. >> reporter: manafort has already spent nine months incarcerated. in court he got a chance to speak directly to the judge, begging for leniency saying, my life, personally and professionally is in shambles, sitting in solitary confinement i've had much time to reflect, this is an ordeal i am responsible for. i ask for your compassion. after the sentencing hearing, manafort's attorney said, since day one, there is no evidence mr. manafort was involved in any collusion with russia. stephanie ramos, abc news, washington. >> as stephanie mentioned, manafort has another sentencing hearing next week for other crimes. >> the president has not ruled out a pardon for manafort. not about that possibility. chairman adam schiff stated, after an already lenient sentence, repeat no collusion was no accident.

it was a deliberate appeal for a pardon. the house has approved a resolution to condemn anti-semitism and other forms of bigotry in response to the freshman representative ilhan omar. >> omar came under fire for suggesting israel supporters were pushing lawmakers to take a pledge of allegiance to a foreign country, a statement viewed as nonsi pelosi said she didn't think omar meant any harm. >> i don't think the congresswoman perhaps appreciates the full weight of how it was heard by other people, and i don't think it was intended in a anti-semitic way, but the fact is, if that's how it was interpreted, we have to remove all doubt. >> the resolution does not name omar. this time, several democratic presidential candidates have expressed support for her, including bernie sanders, pointing out there's a

difference between criticism and anti-semitism. omar tweeted a joint statement with two other lawmakers saying our nation is having a difficult conversation but this is great progress. it is the first time congress has voted on a resolution condemning anti-muslim bigotry. and an american general says isis still represents a serious generational problem, and that's a claim that runs counter to president trump's assertions that isis has been defeated. abc's ian panel reports. >> reporter: hundreds of desperate and defeated isis fighters stumbling to surrender. many of their families now huddled in make-shift camps, dirty and hungry, but many still defiant. with the level of u.s. troops in syria set to drop from 3,000 to 400, a new warning from the head

of the u.s. central command. >> what we are seeing now is not the surrender of isis as an organization, but a calculated decision to preserve the safety of their families and preservation of their capabilities in going underground and remote areas and waiting for the right time to resurge. >> reporter: we've been covering the fight in syria for years. you've got local forces backed by the united states -- fight to isis, and one fight stretched across large swaths of syria and iraq is left just one village, just one square mile. even if victory against isis is declared, u.s. commanders are warning there could be as many as 20,000 fighters still left just across the border in iraq the seeds of extremism will continue to grow unless the u.s. and others come up with a plan. ian panel, abc news, london. back here at home, new england patriot's owner, robert

kraft is being ordered to appear in a florida court at the end of this month. he is facing two misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution. prosecutors say there's video of the multi-billionaire engaging in sex acts and paying for them. kraft has pleaded not guilty and is scheduled to appear in court on march 28th. a man released from jail last month for breaking into taylor swift's townhouse is back in custody for the same crime. he used a ladder to climb to a second floor patio and smashed a window to get into the pop star's home. that triggered a security alarm alerting police. he served six months for breaking into swift's home last april. police found him sleeping in her bed after using her shower. > todaay fort home in either an iconic american figure. >> barbie is celebrating her 60th birthday. when it first hit the market in 1959, barbie was a one style

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a popular tourist attraction near palm springs, california. valentine's day way was and the tram has been closed ever since. they expect it to reopen on april 1st. in northern california the fate of a duck had social media on edge. >> that's because the bird was sucked into this whirlpool in a napa county reservoir. officials say it's 70 feet wide and a few hundred feet deep, but a technician insists the duck survived. the water pressure sent it shooting out the other end. incredible there. >> there was a happy reunion along the gulf coast. and then a man whose kayak flipped over had a chance to thank the 911 operator and crews that saved his life. he called 911 worrying about hypothermia in the choppy 56

degree water. >> i'm getting really tired -- >> i know you are tired and you are doing a good job. >> i had thoughts of me just drifting out there and nobody ever finding me again. >> can you imagine? he was found while drifting in the water thanks to a new high-tech system that helps locate 911 calls made from smart phones. the man was rescued 23 minutes after connecting with the 911 operator. that new system is called rapid sos. you have to be using apple ios 12, i believe and the equivalent of android's latest. >> oh, my gosh. >> make sure you are updated. >> you have to update. >> in case of an emergency. >> i am just not getting saved, because i have to delete pictures and some of my apps for the update. >> what is that? the world's smallest violin for his first-world problems. >> you know who doesn't have any problems? the winner of last week's 273 million dollar mega millions jackpot in new jersey who is now claiming his prize. >> it almost did not happen if

not for an honest good samaritan. here's abc's david muir. >> reporter: michael is a handyman from new jersey who had been looking for work. he might not have to anymore. $273 million and he wants that ford pickup first. >> first thing i'm doing is buying my new pick up, ford raptor. i wanted it for a long time. i'm going get it. >> reporter: it almost didn't happen after buying two tickets at this quick check store, he left them behind. >> put the tickets down to put my money away and did something with my phone and just walked away. >> reporter: a good samaritan, a very good samaritan, turned them into the store clerk and mike went back the next day after realizing he left them there. >> i was thankful there was an honest person out there and it just so happens i got lucky, twice. >> reporter: the money will help? >> it will change everything, because i was unemployed. i had been looking for a year for a job. he said he was a bum in high lde keo up anum after and now a

deomherend something, and just do it. when i get the money, i'm going to do that. >> reporter: good for you, mike. he played every week for years, but there was a time he had to stop. >> money got tight so i stopped playing, and two weeks before i won i started playing again. >> mike said he used to be a bum, and we are hearing from his ex-wife who is corroborating that. she says during their 15-year marriage mike never worked. she had to pay him a lot of money in the divorce and is still paying him spousal support, and he just became a millionaire. >> her name is eileen murray. she says she doesn't have any plans to call him to get back together with him. come on, eileen. >> eileen says she has morals. she said you take those millions. thank you, next. >> come on, eileen. when we come back, a new queen on instagram. it was the battle of the jo t ultimatplf. "the skinny" is next.

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♪ skinny, just give me the skinny ♪ it's time for "the skinny" starting with a major headline from across the pond. >> queen elizabeth who has been on the throne since before television was even in color has posted on instagram for the very first time. >> whoa. she shared this image. it was of a letter written in 1843 from 19th century inventor, charles, widely credited as the world's first computer pioneer to the queen's great, great grandparents, queen victoria and prince albert. the royal family instagram account showed all the technological advances the royal family has seen. radio in the '40s, and then television, all the way to the live streaming of today. so color tv, all the color on your tv, watching kenneth and i, she's seen a lot. >> what has happened? we now have queen elizabeth on instagram.

apparently she must have seen the kylie jenner story this week, and said, look, she's a self-made billionaire through selling products on social media i need to get on that. see what they are talking about there. >> you think she'll come out with a lip kit? >> she's got hash tags now saying, #royalforever. #charlesyougottawait. >> this seat is taken. >> throne taken. >> oh, my gosh. okay. "game of thrones." all right. all right. next, the battle of the joeys on drop the mike. >> joey versus joey mcentire. it's on the tnt rap battle. now middle-aged heartthrobs -- why do we have to call them middle aged like that? it's a good thing. they turned into lobbing barbs at each other. >> wait a second. where is my opponent for this

battle? i couldn't see you standing there in justin timberlake's shadow. one solo hit, it was the same. everything stayed the same everything you did except your looks and your fame. >> selling hot dogs at the mall now? oh, wow, what a treat. try the joey special, it's two inches of meat. >> now he's jealous. don't listen to him because i did better than him on "dancing with the stars." >> to me you're never going to catch up, and you, sir, i'm killing it. i'm chilling. you, sir, i'm disgusted. >> that was like hardly friendly. >> guess who the crowd picked? joey mcentire. not fatone. that one about justin timberlake and being in his shadow, i felt that one. >> only because it's so true. >> o. the next ot household name, but a ho 5-yearldaca and that's nearly 100 more than

fabio. >> baca has sent hearts sizzling as a vampire, a roman gladiator and a cowboy and sniper and even a gargoyle. now, the california resident says he is retiring and putting his shirt back on and concentrating on his office job. >> he said he first worked as a fitness model, but transitioning to book covers was harder than he thought, forcing him to work out 90 minutes a day, every day to get those chiselled abs. >> oh, my gosh. call home, tell mom. put down the romance novels because he's retiring. >> he's retiring. we have an update to a story we told you yesterday from the president trump and apple ceo, tim cook. >> business leaders at the white house. >> we appreciate it very much, tim apple, but we are opening it up.

>> tim cook has changed his name to tim apple on his twitter account. >> the move even got first daughter, ivanka trump, laughing. that's pretty funny. that's pretty funny. irst daughter, ivanka trump, laughing. that's pretty funny.

♪ queen was charting at number one exactly 39 years ago with "crazy little thing called love". >> we had quite a bit of crazy weather going on this week along with major political headlines. here's our weekly friday remind. >> hillary clinton giving the most definitive answer yet as if she will run in 2020. >> i'm not running but i will keep working and speaking and standing up for what i believe. >> an emotional outpouring of tributes following the death of actor luke perry. the 52-year-old actor passed away on monday, surrounded by

family, after suffering a massive stroke last week. for ten years, he was dylan mckay, the heartthrob on "beverly hills 90210." >> i just don't believe in winning through intimidation. unless, of course, i'm doing the intimidating. >> that mysterious squint, high hair and bad boy making luke perry a teen idol in the '90s. a major medical breakthrough of aids. a man in london was cured of infection of hiv. the man, who was staying anonymous went into long-term remission after a stem cell transplant in 2016 from a donor with a genetic mutation that helps block the virus. >> wow! it was a massive gust of wind that rocked the norwegian cruise sending passengers and objects flying across the ship. terrified passengers cry out in fear. that powerful gust of wind was caused by the same storms that brought the tornadoes to the south. authorities now say the tornado that hit alabama was an ef-4, nearly a mile wide with wind

ee this one was on the ground for nearly 24 miles. >> we all help one another, and i think we will be able to rebuild and recoup. >> hello, it's winter! hello. three or four weeks ago, it was, what? three degrees outside. this is a heat wave out here right now. hello, it's winter, yes. i'm not surprised. i love it, it's winter. >> brutal honesty. >> to be fair, she is right. >> she's right. >> it is winter, and i mean relatively speaking, you know that that's how the new york accent sounds. >> we do know that's how it sounds and it's nice the rest of the country gets to hear that. >> it is winter. we had a big week. we had a number of developments we saw there and a big week ahd as we ri forward.head.just ?

>> just try. >> lose that hour, catch those zs, do what you can.

"good morning america" next. making news in america this morning, the manafort sentencing shocker. president trump's former campaign chairman gets less than four years in prison. far less than sentencing guidelines. the explanation from the judge. the outrage from democrats and the question this morning, will the president pardon manafort? new avalanche buries cars on this highway in colorado. the warning today about the historic threat. with several feet of additional snow on the way. lack of sleep and your brain. results from an eye-opening experiment. >> like a trance. >> like a trance. >> how missing just one hour of sleep can take a toll on your reflexes and alertness. plus, a man strand the at sea after his kayak overturns. >> i'm getting really tired.

>> i know