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to the west where to the west where authorities in three states are investigating three separate cases of fraternity-related deaths. >> those deaths at san diego state, arizona state, and washington state all happening within a matter of days. here's abc's kayna whitworth. >> reporter: paramedics racing to an off-campus frat house near washington state university to find fraternity brothers performing cpr. >> patient is a 19-year-old male. he's not conscious, not

breathing. they believe it may be alcohol poisoning. >> reporter: preliminary investigating indicating a possible alcohol-related death. it's the third death involving a college fraternity in the last three days. at san diego state university, paramedics called to the dorm of 19-year-old dylan hernandez. >> he had fallen off of his bunk bed, about like a six-foot drop. we later found out he fractured his skull from that fall. >> reporter: the school says the freshman had attended a fraternity event the night before and has since suspended all 14 fraternities on campus. at arizona state, police are investigating the death of a male student whose body was found in greek housing. as for that washington state case, the national alpha tau omega fraternity saying they're mourning the loss of their brother and working with police and investigators on the case. kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. >> our thanks to kayna.

from los angeles to chicago, which is set to become home to the world's largest starbucks. >> the four story, 43,000 square foot restaurant is scheduled to open friday morning. the starbucks reserve roastery, chicago, will offer what's described as an immersive and sensory experience and they will still not get your name right on that cup. >> yeah, what do they usually call you? >> kevin or something. news for parents, i did go to chuck e. cheese because they've got a whole new thing, but no dancing animals, they're out. >> so you won't see the big old rat and his robot friends dancing around. the chain is installing interactive dance floors for kids. another change, no tokens. >> what? >> no tokens. isn't that why you used to go to chuck e. cheese? >> i know. >> the new look has already been rolled out in suburban chicago. >> what a mess. >> big rat's kind of scary, though. coming up, how history is repeating itself. >> as we wait for the impeachment hearings, we're opening up the "abc news vault" to 1974. "abc news vault" to 1974.

we are just hours away from history on capitol hill, the first public hearing on the possible impeachment of president trump.

>> the last time this happened was 1998 to president clinton amid charges of lying under oath and obstruction of justice. it also happened 45 years ago with president nixon. we're opening up the "abc news vault" to may 9th, 1974. >> here is frank reynolds. >> good afternoon. it is may 9th, 1974. and for the second time in the history of the republic, a committee of the united states congress is about to begin formally hearing evidence that may or may not lead to the impeachment of a president of the united states. after the opening statements, the committee is expected to go into executive or closed session. the television cameras, the radio microphones, the reporters, and the spectators will leave the room and the committee will begin its work. i want to call on my colleague, sam donaldson, who has covered capitol hill, covered the entire watergate hearings, has covered the house judiciary committee. we begin one day after the chief counsel for the judiciary

committee responded to the question, do you now have all the evidence you need to go ahead? and his answer, two words, definitely not. does that indicate that we're likely to have quite a battle here? >> well, not today, frank. as you said, the committee will eventually close its session door and his republican counterpart, albert jenner, will begin to lay out paragraph by paragraph an overview of one phase of the case, the watergate phase. he says he doesn't have all the information he needs. the committee as you know subpoenaed 42 recordings from the white house. the president turned over none of those, although he did turn over 31 interrupts. and as you know, mr. st. clair said none of the water gate recordings will be provided. >> there is doubt where tape recordings of those relevant conversations actually exist. >> that's right. many of the committee members have said if the white house does not turn over the tape recordings they know there's nothing they can do about it. they can't send the marshal of the house to 1600 pennsylvania avenue and have him take them

into custody. many members of the committee have said the committee is entitled to draw a negative inference, which in layman's language the committee is entitled to say, if he doesn't turn them over it must be because the evidence is adverse to him, there must be something to hide, and draw its own conclusions when it comes time to vote on articles of impeachment. >> here's the gavel, we are under way. >> resolve that the committee and the judiciary is authorized and directed to investigate fully and completely whether sufficient grounds exist for the house of representatives to exercise its constitutional power to impeach richard m. nixon, president of the united states of america. >> there you go, a little piece of television history and history for this country. >> of course, as we told you before that piece, that was on may 9th, 1974.

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time for "wait, what?" let's say you're making drinks. >> okay. yeah. >> got your favorite gin drink. what do you want in it? what do you want to mix it with? do you want tonic, maybe? >> yes. >> a little cranberry? >> right. >> and then some elephant dung. >> wait, what? >> that's right. there are these makers of south african gin infused with elephant dung. you don't know what dung means, that's the poop of the elephant. >> that is the poop of the elephant, and they swear that using the poop is no gimmick. the idea came after a safari during which a wildlife ranger described an elephant's

digestive process. >> there are apparently fruits and flowers that the elephants don't digest. >> all natural. >> they're like, you know, we could process this, put it in the gin. >> how are they processing it? are they taking everything out or are they just like, it's as good as it's going to get? >> very carefully picking through for the fruits. >> the alcohol from the gin may very well like -- >> coat your stomach so you won't get sick from the dung? >> wait, what? >> like the coffee that went through the animal's system, if you know what i mean. >> okay. >> and then -- i don't know, it's been awhile since we talked about this, but -- >> then what, the animal urinated in a cup? >> no, no, the coffee grounds were ground in after it had passed through the animal, say. >> oh. >> you get the idea. they said it added to the richness of the coffee. >> i'd rather be tired and sober, keep it. thanks for that, though, jack. yeah. >> you can "dung" keep that.

hey! >> back here at home -- >> yeah, what else? >> wild turkeys taking over a new jersey neighborhood. >> wait, what? >> yeah. >> i saw this, i did see this. >> right? so now a baseball player is in on it. todd frazier trying to help out his neighbors. >> we actually got attacked by a couple of them, you know, a year ago. you know, i have three young kids. that's basically all i'm worried about. >> got to take care of the kids. >> right? >> you know what, their time is coming. thanksgiving is coming. >> yeah, right? we just told you people are spending $186 on thanksgiving dinners. >> just go to this neighborhood there but do it humanely. hey, how about this attack. actually, no, we're going to jump to the robin hood cat. >> the cat letting out other cats. wait, what? >> yep. they had to put this cat away. quilty the cat. >> no thumbs but -- >> the cat was letting other

cats out of the shelter. >> wait, what? >> yeah, quilty the cat said, let us be free!

this morning on "world news now," a whole new phase of the impeachment probe begins today. >> we're just hours away from the first two witnesses testifying in public what president trump will be doing as the hearings bed under way. also this morning millions of americans are waking up in a deep freeze as temperatures tumble into the teens for some, snow storms causing dangerous whiteout conditions leading to one massive pileup. marine manhunt. the search for a marine accused of killing his mother's boyfriend is intensifying. what police are warning if you encounter him. country's queen talks with robin roberts. dolly parton opens up about personal struggles and one of the moments that changed her career forever.

it's wednesday, november 13th. good wednesday morning. thank you for joining us. >> so it is a big day. >> a big day down in d.c. >> because janai's back. oh, you mean in d.c. >> in d.c., also here on the "world news now" desk. >> yeah, so it's impeachment public hearing day. so a lot of eyes on capitol hill. and people wondering what's going to happen. >> absolutely, and that's where we begin this half hour, with the impeachment showdown taking center stage on capitol hill for all of the world to see. >> william taylor, the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, is up first as the inquiry goes public this morning. he's already testified behind closed doors about a concerted effort to use military aid to ukraine as leverage for political gain. taylor will be followed by senior state department official george kent. >> all this as president trump plays host to turkey's president and holds his own tv event. a news conference at the white house. we begin with abc's mary bruce.

>> reporter: less than 24 hours until the first public hearings, democrats eager to let their witnesses speak for themselves. >> speaker, what are you hoping to gain from the impeachment public hearing tomorrow? >> we're just having a press conference on dreamers today. >> reporter: they've carefully chosen the first two. bill taylor, the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, a vietnam veteran handpicked by the president's own secretary of state. george kent, a senior state department official who has served presidents of both parties. democrats believe taylor and kent will reveal the scope of the effort to pressure ukraine to investigate the president's political rivals. and outline the stakes for national security. taylor has testified it was his quote clear understanding that ukraine would not receive nearly $400 million in military aid until they agreed to investigate the bidens. an arrangement he described as crazy. kent called american ukraine policy a snake pit led by the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, whom he accused

of running a campaign of slander and lies. republicans holding a mock hearing on capitol hill. they're preparing to cast the witnesses as unelected and anonymous bureaucrats. >> neither of these two individuals were on the call. these folks never talked to the president of the united states about this call. >> reporter: republicans intend to focus narrowlon the president's july phone call, saying there was no pressure when trump asked the ukrainian president to quote do us a favor and urged him to investigate the bidens. but witnesses have testified that call is just part of the story, that ukraine was explicitly told they would not receive the military aid until they announced that investigation. now the hearing starts a the 10:00 a.m. sharp, and initially both the top republican and democrat will each have 45 minutes to question the witnesses, giving each party a pretty big chunk of time to try and lay out their case to the american people. after that each member will then have five minutes for questioning.

we are told the entire hearing could take more than six hours. mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >> our thanks to mary bruce. i think that's on the low end. could go a lot longer than that. after today's hearings, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, will testify publicly on friday and eight more witnesses are set to appear next week. >> so far 16 closed-door interviews. 13 democrats and nine republicans will get a chance to ask questions. the longest closed-door deposition was 10 1/2 hours for national security official alex vindman. stay with abc for live coverage at 10:00, 9:00 central for the duration. the supreme court appears to be leaning toward siding with president trump on his decision to end the daca program for 700,000 young immigrants brought to the u.s. as children. students walked out of class and marched through the streets of los angeles in a show of support for daca as protesters and dreamers converged on the

supreme court, but inside the justices indicated that the trump administration provided sufficient reason to shut down the obama-era program. a decision is expected in june. he's not yet a candidate but former new york city mayor michael bloomberg will be on the ballot in arkansas. the media mogul filed for the democratic primary there to cover his bases in case he does decide to run. bloomberg said he's still undecided but reporters he's getting more and more upset with what's happening in this country. >> all i've got to do is, if i run, explain to people what i think is wrong with this country and how i would fix it, then the public can make a decision. i can't speak for anybody else and i don't want to compare myself to anybody else. >> bloomberg said, given who the republican presidential candidate will be, he will support the eventual democratic nominee, whoever that person is. federal law enforcement agencies, including the fbi, are now involved in the hunt for a missing marine who's wanted for

murder. >> michael brown is accused of killing his mother's boyfriend. he hasn't been seen since last saturday, the day of the murder. abc's pierre thomas has more. >> reporter: in their urgent effort to locate a marine deserter accused of killing his mother's boyfriend, authorities releasing these new images as a nationwide manhunt picks up pace. the fbi, u.s. marshals, and ncis joining the search for michael alexander brown, described as armed and dangerous, believed to be carrying a high-powered rifle and potentially other weapons. the murder in tiny franklin county, virginia, just outside of roanoke, shocking local residents as police have offered no motive. brown is believed to be driving this black 2008 lincoln town car with north carolina license plates. police noting he has often lived in the woods and he frequents national parks. brown disappeared from camp lejeune in north carolina last month but it's unclear why. the marines tell us he's under investigation but are declining to offer specifics.

brownfaces second-degree murder charges and police are warning the public to use extreme caution if encountering him. authorities are concerned the young man is in a volatile state. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> our thanks to pierre there. in the weather department, we're going to see a bunch of new low overnight temperatures. >> get ready. meanwhile, cities around the great lakes have set snowfall records, hampering travel. an interstate in ohio was closed for five hours after a 50-car pileup. >> let's take a live look at chicago, overnight it's heading to a low of 12 degrees and won't get past freezing during the day. new york may tie an 1873 record overnight. miami is the warmest big city in the country with an overnight low of 72. >> you know they've probably got their boots out there. let's get more details from accuweather's adam del rosso. >> a frigid start to our wednesday as this arctic high pressure system remains in control.

we're near record low temperatures this morning. in the teens across the northeast. we don't warm up much as we head toward the afternoon, 20 below average. even with a little bit of sunshine. we're talking highs in the 30s. even as we work into the southeast, places like atlanta, we only top off in the mid 40s as we head into the afternoon. across the upper midwest, a swath of snow thanks to a quick-moving clipper system bringing 1 to 3 inches. that pushes into the great lakes as we head into tonight. by the time we get into our thursday morning, yet again another frigid start to the day across the northeast with near record low temperatures. >> adam's blue suit matched the blues of that arctic front. "jeopardy!" james claimed his place in the tournament of champions final. >> james holzhauer had a big lead against his competitors in the tournament's semifinals. then in double jeopardy he guaranteed victory by correctly

answering his second daily double of the game. he returns for tomorrow's episode facing emma boettcher, the librarian who dethroned him. ♪ here comes "jeopardy!" james here comes "jeopardy!" james ♪ >> remember he had a 33-game winning streak. emma beat him but she only won two more games. remember we were like, did he throw the game on purpose? >> so he could have this moment with emma? >> you don't know the story of james holzhauer, you've forgot no one. >> i don't remember now. >> pregnancy brain. >> there you go, thank you. >> that's a real thing. >> it is. coming up what we're just learning this morning about what dolly parton did for the movie "9 to 5." but first, the latest on a vaping patient forced to undergo an emergency double lung transplant. and the lineman who did this during a play.

>> wait a minute, what happened? what happened? you're going to show us? there he is, i see it. >> lots more ahead. >> lots more ahead. there he is, i see it. >> lots more ahead. and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p's. what are the three p's? the three p's of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase, and a price that fits your budget. i'm 54. alex, what's my price? you can get coverage for $9.95 a month. i'm 65 and take medications. what's my price? also $9.95 a month. i just turned 80. what's my price? $9.95 a month for you too. if you're age 50 to 85, call now about the #1 most popular whole life insurance plan, available through the colonial penn program.

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college students can thank the u.s. coast guard for getting them out of a tough spot in maine. they were airlifted to safety after their boat was stranded on a river for six hours just north of bangor on monday. apart from being very cold, since the temperature was in the 30s, everyone is okay this morning. >> lucky them. turning to the doctors who saved the life of a 16-year-old vaping patient who needed an emergency double lung transplant. >> those doctors in detroit say the teenager was near death. >> reporter: after rushing to the hospital days away from death, detroit doctors are touting success after their life-saving measures to keep this teenager alive. >> this young patient would have died. there is no doubt about it. >> reporter: his family says he was an otherwise wealthy 16-year-old high school athlete admitted to the hospital with pneumonia-like symptoms after vaping. his is the first known double lung transplant on a vaping patient. the teen asking doctors to show pictures of his damaged lungs, the white indicating scarred and

inflamed tissue. >> this is an evil i haven't faced before. >> reporter: 15-year-old zane martin experienced similar damage. >> don't vape unless you want to end up in the hospital. >> reporter: just last week the cdc announced vitamin "e" acetate is a potential culprit in their investigation into the more than 2,000 cases of severe vaping-related illnesses and at least 40 deaths. doctors say the teen is doing well but a full recovery is expected to take months. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> thank you, linsey. the nation's top milk producer is filing for bankruptcy. >> dallas-based dean food is says the move is result of lower demand. consumption has dropped 40% since 1975. many americans have switched to tea, juice, or soda. consumers are also eating their milk in the form of protein bars and yogurt. the company may be sold off to the dairy farmers of america.

as you see in the picture, lots of almond milk, other types of milk. not for kenneth. kenneth drinks his whole milk because he's a built man. let him tell you. >> so janai and i talk about milk consumption. >> meanwhile, while you're talking about your bones being strong, what's up with your knee? >> oh, wow, calling me out. this is a product of -- don't tell the people i've got a bad knee, tell the people about the problem you have with milk. >> it's not good for you. i don't want those dairy farmers coming after me. >> they definitely will come after you. coming up next half hour, the hero bus driver. what she did for two children she found wandering along the road, one of them only in a t-shirt and a diaper in 18-degree weather. but first, dolly parton on why "9 to 5" was ahead of its time in so many ways. time in so many ways. d you knowt looking cars can smell musty? that's because odors trapped in your car's soft surfaces

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♪ working 9 to 5 hours away from dolly parton cohosting tonight's cma awards. the queen of country herself is opening up about her

accomplishments and struggles. >> previously undisclosed details of the movie behind her working anthem. >> reporter: dolly's signature sound showcased in one of her first number one hits, "jolene." ♪ please don't take him just because you can ♪ >> reporter: merging movies and music solidified dolly as that genuine superstar with songs like "9 to 5." >> just the beat of "9 to 5" is a jam. >> 9 to 5 was a big one. >> it's just fun. >> it spoke to the heart of america. ♪ it's enough to drive you crazy if you let it ♪ >> i did a lot of things that now i find humorous. i memorized the whole script. >> the whole script the first day. her lines and our lines. >> so you've been telling everybody i'm sleeping with you, huh? that explains it, that's why these people treat me like some dime store floozy, they think i'm screwing the boss.

>> thinking back now, the times we're living in with "time's up" and "me too," "9 to 5," that movie was ahead of its time in some ways. >> did it a lot of good. it didn't do enough good. i still believe women should get paid equal and should be treated with respect, i'm all about that. i'm not going to say i don't get out and have to preach it or march in the streets, i write about it, i wrote "9 to 5." >> reporter: "9 to 5" led to a slew of movie roles from "the best little whorehouse in texas." ♪ keeping it all brand-new >> reporter: to "steel magnolias." >> laughter through tears is my favorite emotion. >> reporter: her surge to fame wasn't all success and happiness. >> i just had a complete breakdown. this was back in the days when i'd gained quite a bit of weight, going through a lot of emotional problems, some family

things going on. it was just one of those things where you just kind of let yourself, you know, get down. people say, oh, you always seem to be so happy. i say, that's the botox. but seriously, i'm a very sensitive person. i feel everything to the core. >> reporter: during an interview on a podcast earlier this year, dolly went into detail about just how dark her life got during that period in the 1980s. >> dolly and i were talking about her early music. there's a lot of songs in that early period that are about suicide. so i asked her, has that ever been something you've thought about? >> years ago, i really was having some serious conversations with god. >> what were those conversations? >> i just said, you're going to have to give me some answers or i'm getting out of here. >> how close did you get when you -- >> i don't know. i don't know how close i got. about the time i was writing my -- >> you were writing your suicide note? >> i was thinking about it all. >> some people were taken aback. thank you for sharing that. >> i don't mind telling that story, because of course people make a big deal, they're just shocked at that. but i think it's good for people to know, everybody goes through

this kind of stuff. >> they transcends country music, she transcends music, in some senses she transcends entertainment. she just does not disappoint. >> well, here i come again. >> her story is up there with the greatness of american life. >> yeah, that will work great. >> that someone can come from the holler, from the smoky mountains, and be on top of the world on the basis of her own gumption and smarts and talent and creativity. that's one of the happiest american stories ever. ♪ working 9 to 5 what a way to make a living ♪ ♪ barely getting by >> 73 years old, still an icon. our thanks to robin roberts for that. you can see the full interview with dolly online at abcnews.com. don't forget to watch dolly

cohost the cma awards tonight right here on abc. >> i feel the one consistent thing when people talk about dolly parton, she's just a nice woman with an incredible message and people are learning from her. woman with an incredible message and people are learning from her.

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some gel -- >> we got you aftershave for your head. i went with you for that. >> i help you with your curls all the time. >> you don't. >> i don't. >> i've been kind to you today. >> be kind to someone on this world kindness day. >> we do need more of that in the world. okay, so a crazy thing going on here in new york city. you know there are lots of places that tourists like to hit up. one of them right now is the new york city library. that's because of this anime series called "banana fish" where one of the characters dies inside of a room while smiling and clutching a letter from his photojournalist friend. so there's now a tourism company operating a $2,300 travel package that hits all of the big apple locations from the series "banana fish" including the library where people are even buying up $30 miniature replicas

of the rose room chairs, the scene happened in the rose room. tourists are just flocking there. >> times square and then here. >> when i think of the library, i think of carrie with all of her roses bashing big over the head for standing her up. >> i think "gossip girls," also shot at the -- >> i love -- you did watch "gossip girls" and i love you for it, i love "gossip girls" too. >> how about this one, we love this one. a lineman was trying to distract the offensive line so he decided to do a cartwheel. >> what is this, peewee football? why did he do that? >> apparently it worked for the -- no, it did not work for the ohio university bobcats. >> he's all by himself out there, what's he doing? >> still lost to the university of michigan broncos. i hear in football that's what they try to do sometimes. >> who was he distracting,

nobody, no reason at all. >> he was also having fun. >> this little dog in this car. >> was having a lot of fun. >> sunglasses, driving.

this morning on "world news now," impeachment showdown. we're just hours away from the first public hearing as lawmakers prepare to hear from two witnesses today. president trump and the white house are getting ready for their defense. also this morning, hillary clinton opening up saying she's under enormous pressure to run for president again. new this half hour, former president jimmy carter's road to recovery. how he's doing after brain surgery. chaos in kentucky when the undefeated wildcats lose to an unranked team. the major upset in college basketball. and breaking overnight, the major announcement. who was just named the sexiest man alive. that is me. i'm going to go ahead and tell you. no, seriously, here's a hint.

the honor makes him the world's only egotsma. >> and guess what, he's sexy. >> details in "the skinny" on this wednesday, november 13th. >> wow, are you still shading previous world's sexiest men? >> i was shading you saying it was you. i'm not actually -- it doesn't matter what i think. congratulations. >> your opinion matters, i'm here for it, i can't wait to hear what you have to say. we do have to get to the impeachment battle front and center on capitol hill. republican and democrats rolling out competing strategies as the

effort to impeach president trump goes public today. >> the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine kicks off the hearings, open hearings this morning, followed by testimony from a senior state department official. this will be the third televised impeachment hearing in u.s. history following the public hearings for presidents nixon and clinton. abc's trevor ault has a preview. >> reporter: the stage is set for the impeachment inquiry into president trump to move into the public spotlight. millions will be watching as house democrats call their first witnesses wednesday morning. bill taylor, the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, a vietnam veteran handpicked by the president's own secretary of state. he's testified in private it was his clear understanding that ukraine would not receive nearly $400 million in military aid until the country agreed to investigate the bidens, an arrangement taylor described in a text message as crazy. with him will be george kent, a senior state department official who's served presidents of both parties. he's described washington, d.c. and the ukraine capital kiev as two snake pits and spoke out against the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, whom he accused of running a campaign of slander and lies. president trump already

dismissing their testimony and the impeachment probe itself. >> so what they do is they go all over washington, let's find ten people that hate president trump the most and let's put them up there. >> reporter: tuesday republicans held mock hearings on capitol hill preparing to echo the president's sentiments and to paint the witnesses as unelected and anonymous bureaucrats. >> neither of these two individuals were on the call. these folks never talked to the president of the united states about this call. >> reporter: when the hearings get under way this morning the top democrat and top republican will each get 45 minutes to question the witnesses, then all other members will get five minutes apiece for questioning. we're told wednesday alone the hearings could last more than six hours. janai, kenneth? >> all right, and today's televised hearings aren't the only ones set for this week. here's a look at what's next in the process. friday the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, is set to testify publicly. >> next week, eight more witnesses are expected to testify during three days of

televised testimony. and looking to next month, a vote to impeach the president could be held the week of december 16th. if the house votes to impeach, the process moves to the senate for trial. >> a reminder, abc news live coverage of the house impeachment hearings begins this morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern, 9:00 central. emotions are running high across the country as the fate of hundreds of thousands of dreamers rests in the hands of the supreme court. >> despite massive protests the high court's conservative majority appears ready to let president trump follow through with shutting down the daca program. abc's terry moran has the details. >> reporter: on the plaza outside the supreme court, an emotional scene. thousands of protesters and some dreamers hoping for a ruling that will let them stay. >> today i look around, i see my friends, my community, and everyone is here to fight to be a part of the country we love.

>> reporter: at issue inside the courtroom, president trump's 2017 decision to end the daca program, begun by president obama in 2012, that allowed 700,000 people who came to this country unlawfully when they were 16 or younger to stay. president trump defending his decision to end daca with a falsehood tweeting, many of the people in daca no longer very young are far from angels, some are very tough, hardened criminals. in fact, the daca program bars anyone with a felony conviction from participating. the court's liberals suggested the trump administration had offered only flimsy rationales for ending daca, justice sotomayor blasting the president noting he once promised the dreamers they were safe under him and that he'd find a way to keep them here and he hasn't. conservative justices argued the president has the power to end the program and he'd done so properly. but even justice gorsuch, a trump appointee, acknowledged the wrenching emotions at the heart of this case saying, i hear a lot of facts, sympathetic

facts you put out there, and they speak to all of us. all the justices seem moved by the emotions this case raises, but their job at the end of the day is to interpret the law, and it does look as if the conservatives believe that what the president has done, ending daca, is lawful. terry moran, abc news, the supreme court. meanwhile yet another prominent democrat is thinking about joining the presidential race late. >> hillary clinton says she's under enormous pressure to challenge donald trump again and when pressed during a bbc interview on whether she will, she would not rule it out. but she says right now quote that is absolutely not in my plans. there are no complications for former president jimmy carter after his brain surgery. his spokeswoman says the 95-year-old is now recovering from surgery to relieve pressure on his brain. that was the result of bleeding

linked to recent falls. carter is going to remain hospitalized in atlanta for observation. it's unclear when he will be released. weather, the big snowstorm is over in the great lakes region but the bitter cold is not. >> the snow caused at least two massive pileups on ohio highways and hundreds of other crashes elsewhere. at least 11 inches fell in buffalo, new york, and more is on the way. detroit's 8 1/2 inches smashed several records. >> snow even fell in gatlinburg, tennessee, shutting down the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in north america. she's a beauty, though. >> this morning the entire eastern half of the country will see bitter windchills. even in the deep south it will feel like it's in the 20s. look at charleston and tallahassee there, my goodness. meanwhile, disney's new streaming service was a little too popular for its own good on day one. >> disney plus kicked off yesterday morning at 3:00 eastern, it didn't take long for social media users to start complaining they couldn't access

the service. the problem appeared to be too many people trying to sign in. >> so everybody was really excited. >> excited because -- i don't know if you guys heard, but disney is the parent company of abc news. >> so look how it's celebrating around here, you guys. >> celebrating around our building with balloons. >> all these balloons, it smells like helium. >> there were pins and everything that you guys can't even see, there were balloons all around our building today. >> oh my gosh, mickey mouse stopped by. no, he didn't. >> wait, did mickey bring these? >> oh my gosh. >> you can even see it's got this disney plus logo. >> disney plus. >> we got someone to take all these balloons and bring them here. >> i know, we stole all the balloons. >> is that a disney movie where the balloons -- the "up"? >> wait, it better be. >> hey, guys -- is that pixar, "up"? >> disney, is that us? >> it is, yeah. >> up, up and away!

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from the celebrations there in lexington, kentucky, to the last-minute preps this morning in nashville. >> we're counting down the minutes to tonight's cma awards. let's bring in will ganss, country music superfan. >> literally counting down, i appreciate it. we couldn't afford the graphics counting clock, so yeah, we'll do it manually. this year's cma awards is doing something they've never done before in honor of celebrating legendary women in country music. dolly parton, reba mcintyre, and carrie underwood are hosting the show together. country music's leading ladies are ready to shine. >> you can't get too many rhinestones. >> i like sparkles. >> i never met a rhinestone i didn't like. >> reporter: dolly parton, carrie underwood, teaming up with reba mcintyre to host the cma awards. >> women are obviously a very important part of country music. always have been, always will be, and for us to celebrate that, but also look to the future and hopefully just walk away from tonight thinking like that was awesome. >> reporter: a night set to sing the praises of country's fiercest females. >> as i've looked up to dolly, i've watched her, i've studied

her. she's a wonderful woman inside and out. i highly respect her, so it's going to be a great time. >> reporter: a history-making opening performance will feature carrie, reba, dolly, tanya tucker, martina mcbride, and so many more. and that's just the beginning. this little lady singing "rainbow connection." ♪ the lovers the dreamers and me ♪ >> reporter: will take the stage to sing that song once again, only she's grown up a bit. kacey musgrave singing "rainbow connection" with willie nelson. plus garth brooks and blake shelton team up for "dive bar." ♪ point me where the neon glows ♪ >> reporter: as for the awards themselves, carrie underwood is the only female nominee up for entertainer of the year. on a night focused on

celebrating women in country, maren morris says carrie has her vote. >> she better take that one home. 8:00. stay with us, "the skinny" is next.

♪ cause all of me loves all of you ♪ oh, it is time now for "the skinny" with that jam. this morning it's a sexy version of "the skinny." >> oh, it is? >> in fact, somebody would say it's a skinny of legendary proportions. >> that's because john legend has been named "people" magazine's sexiest man alive. >> congratulations, john. >> the egot winner celebrating from his spot in the judge's chair on "the voice." >> so you already came into this show with an egot. >> yes. >> you won "the voice" so it

became a vgot. >> okay. >> now you have a vegotsma. [ cheers ] >> congratulations, buddy. >> you know what they call those shorts? >> those booty shorts there. >> that's one thing. blake shelton was also named sexiest man alive and bestowed his successor with a pair of booty shorts to celebrate. >> if i remember correctly earlier this year we talked a lot about this egotsma. how he wanted to be the -- >> john was gunning for it. >> and blake shelton was the person before. you made an interesting comment. >> i said, john stands a pretty good chance because if blake shelton could win it, why wouldn't john be able to? >> you're doubling down. >> oh, 100%, i said what i said. >> and she meant it. "people" magazine shared this animated version of the animated cover subtitled "john legend, how a good guy got it all." check out both versions of the nonanimated covers, one a little more wet than the other. >> john legend reacting with these side by side photos. writing, 1995 john would be very perplexed to be following 2018's sexiest man alive.

2018 john is equally as perplexed but thank you, people, for finding me sexy, i'll take it. as for his family's reaction, his wife chrissy teigen said the kids, they're not impressed, take a look. >> miles, are you so happy daddy is the sexiest man alive? [ crying ] >> luna, are you so happy daddy is the sexiest man alive? >> i want to watch a movie, mom. >> put the movie on, mom. >> kids humble you. chrissy teigen changed her twitter bio to, currently sleeping with "people's" sexiest man alive. >> you mentioned idris elba. he weighed in saying, congratulations, brother, you deserve it. don't tell the rock, he still thinks he has the title. i didn't have the heart to tell him when i took it. >> john legend seems like a really great guy. >> yeah, he does. >> really good person. >> we love chrissy teigen too, she will clap back on twitter. >> 100%. twitter queen. >> next we talk about the uncertainty swirling around one

of america's longest-running soap operas. >> the future of "days of our lives" has been thrown into question. >> these are the days of our lives. after the entire cast has reportedly been released from their contracts. >> the 55-year-old show will go on indefinite hiatus at the end of the month, however, episodes have been taped to play out the rest of the season end next spring. >> a reporter got no comment from nbc or sony pictures tv, so as they say, stay tuned. next to "little mermaid" just found its prince. >> "mermaid" fans were abuzz this summer when it looked like harry styles would be cast as prince eric in the live-action remake. those hopes were dashed when the singer turned down the role to focus on of all things his music. >> disney has reportedly nailed down this guy, jonah hauer-king, to play the part. he's a 24-year-old british actor who's been doing mostly roles for british tv. no release date yet, but

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[daughter laughs] not such a bargain. there's only one quicker picker upper. bounty, the quicker picker upper. ♪ jolene jolene jolene jolene i'm begging of you please don't take my man ♪ don't take him, jolene. >> as we count down the minutes to tonight's cma awards we're learning new details about dolly parton's iconic red carpet look. >> this morning we're meeting the man behind all those dresses. >> we have about 300 outfits in production every single year. we could go through 12 to 15 outfits just today. dolly never stops. every single time we appear for anything, we have to do two costumes. you always have a zipper that could break, you could spill something on it right before it

goes on, or it might be just a mood thing if she doesn't feel like that color at that particular time. if something like the cmas coming up, it's 14 outfits that i have to generate, so that's a lot of clothes we're cycling through. dolly's very practical, she doesn't like to waste anything. we have a 50,000 square foot warehouse that is full of all of the clothes, and i just keep recycling stuff and going through it and we pull from that on a daily basis. i started working for dolly in 1991. i got to design this whole museum which got me very close with her, because this was a very personal project for her. most of the time if dolly's going to perform, she's going to wear white if it's her choice. she feels very vibrant in it and alive and bright. this white outfit in particular was done for glastonbury, a music festival outside of london. dolly was going to do the emmy awards with lily tomlin and jane fonda, and they were going to introduce an award category together. she wanted to wear a dress that would mimic water when she walked, she wanted to appear

very fluid. i took a dress we made for a tour in 2009 and cut it apart, took the bottom part of the skirt, attached it to a new dress on top to give it life and fluidity. you'd be amazed at what all the stuff weighs, it's very heavy. all of these crystals and beads, they're all made out of glass and they also cut each other. because the fact that it's a glass bead, when they rub on each other, they will cut themselves free of the thread. when you see her walk sometimes, there's little pieces of it that will fall behind her, which we call fairy dust, on the inside we joke about it and call it dolly droppings because there's a trail of sequins everywhere she goes. >> i'd take some dolly droppings, as in like the fairy dust. >> right, right. you've got droppings of your own to worry about. very interesting? >> i'ma drop you. >> are you allowed to threaten me like that?

>> i'm pretty sure. >> isn't today world kindness today?

>> stay with us for "gma." have a great day. making news in america this morning, the historic impeachment hearings about to get under way on capitol hill. new information on the argument democrats will make. the witnesses being called. the strategy of the republicans and how the white house is preparing to fire back. the urgent new warning about the dangers of vaping. we hear from the surgeon who performed a double lung transplant on a teenager with lung damage so bad, doctors say the teen was facing certain death. the new bombshell from the campaign trail. a sudden surge for mayor pete and what hillary clinton is now saying about the pressure she's facing to run again. breaking right now, venice