osteo bi-flex - now in triple strength plus magnesium. good morning, america. iran's about-face about the downing of a ukrainian jet. the storm system now a killer. weather alerts from texas to maine. powerful winds including reported tornadoes. this driver losing control. nearly sliding into oncoming traffic. trucks overturned. what to expect this wild weather weekend. breaking overnight, disastrous mistake. iran now saying it mistakenly shot down that ukrainian jetliner, killing 176 people, blaming human error. the mounting evidence the country simply could not deny. impeachment timeline.

house speaker nancy pelosi ready to move forward and send those articles of impeachment to the senate. when the trial could start, and will the president let former national security adviser john bolton testify? close call. the moment a russian spy ship nearly collided with a u.s. destroyer. [ honking ] the "uss farragut" blasting its horn as the russian vessel comes within 60 yards of its stern. u.s. military officials calling it aggressive. the russian ship's next move. and royal crisis. the queen and the heirs to the throne in emergency talks with prince harry following that bombshell announcement from the duke and duchess of sussex to reduce their roles. what could be behind their decision? >> announcer: live from abc news in new york, this is "good morning america." hey, good morning. we have a lot going on, this morning, including a major storm that will be marching

through the central and eastern parts of the country this weekend. more than 20 million americans at risk of severe weather. >> we have team coverage of that coming up, but we want to get to breaking news overnight. after days of denials, iran now says the country did, in fact, shoot down that ukrainian jetliner unintentionally. >> let's get right to abc's stephanie ramos, who's here with all the details. stephanie, good morning. >> good morning, guys. the mystery surrounding the downing of that passenger jet in iran, the night iran launched attacks towards u.s. bases in iraq is now over. questions remain, though, as iran is now admitting it accidentally shot down the jet, killing everyone on board. breaking overnight, iran now admitting its air defenses shot down a ukrainian international airlines passenger plane after days of denying any responsibility. iran's president tweeting, its armed forces' internal investigation has concluded regrettably missiles fired due to human error caused the

horrific crash of the ukrainian plane and death of 176 innocent people. the passenger plane shot down early wednesday, iran now claiming it mistook the boeing 737 for a hostile target after it turned toward a, quote, sensitive military center of the revolutionary guard. >> the iranians have finally admitted what all the evidence has come to tell us, and that is that they inadvertently shot down this aircraft. they've tried to deny. they've tried to cover up evidence, but now the evidence is there in such a strong way that they can no longer deny it. >> reporter: the plane going down just hours after iran launched ballistic missiles at two military bases in iraq housing u.s. troops. that strike in retaliation for the u.s. drone attack that killed iranian general qassem soleimani. u.s. intelligence captured radar signals targeting the ukrainian jetliner, a satellite saw two

missiles fired. at least one missile exploded into pieces of shrapnel as it approached the jet. what appeared to be shrapnel holes were seen in pictures of the wreckage. after the killing of qassem soleimani, iranians rallied around their leaders. you'll remember hundreds of thousands showing up for funeral processions, but now after iran's acknowledgment of responsibility for that crash, it is likely to anger iranians against authorities, many feeling as though they were lied to. >> yeah, we're already seeing reactions on social media from iranians. >> absolutely. >> stephanie ramos, thank you. and iran will be feeling the sting from additional sanctions as well following their strikes on u.s. targets. the administration's announcement comes as the president was pressed for more details on what qassem soleimani was planning to do before he was killed. abc's david wright is at the white house with more. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. thankfully, tensions seem to have calmed between the trump administration and iran.

but we're now learning that the deadly u.s. drone strike that killed a top iranian military commander was just one of several missions the president approved, but trump is still being coy about exactly what led him to do so. the administration insists the killing of general qassem soleimani thwarted an imminent planned attack on americans, but questions friday by fox news' laura ingraham, president trump still won't say what the specific threat was. >> don't the american people have a right to know what specifically was targeted without revealing methods and sources? >> well, i don't think so, but we will tell you that probably it was going to be the embassy in baghdad. >> reporter: did he have large-scale attacks planned for other embassies? and if those were planned, why can't we reveal that to the american people? wouldn't that help your case? >> i can reveal that i believe it would have been four embassies. >> reporter: members of congress complained the administration won't even tell them.

>> so at this point in terms of what is in the public domain, difficult to address some of what they contended. >> reporter: it turns out the reaper drone strike in baghdad that killed soleimani was one of several u.s. missions that day. abc news has learned that a second drone strike against another iranian commander in yet another country was unsuccessful. the u.s. targeted abdul reza shahlai at his compound in yemen but missed their target. iran later responded with missiles targeting u.s. bases in iraq, causing minimal damage and no casualties. >> as we continue to evaluate options in response to iranian aggression, the united states will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the iranian regime. >> reporter: treasury secretary steve mnuchin and secretary of state mike pompeo are now making good on that threat with a host of new sanctions against iran. >> as a result of these actions,

we will cut off billions of dollars of support to the iranian regime and we will continue our enforcement of other entities. >> reporter: meanwhile, there are reports that the administration is considering a dramatic expansion of its targeted travel ban, adding additional countries. not yet clear what those countries would be. iran and yemen are already on the list or are currently covered under that policy, dan. >> david wright at the white house. thank you. the breaking story we mentioned at the top of the show, the severe weather overnight, heavy snow and rain falling and look at this. damage from a potential tornado. this is in tulsa, oklahoma. we have team coverage this morning. we're going to start with callie hartung, who is in oil city, louisiana. >> reporter: good morning, dan. it was a difficult night here for first responders after this massive tree came crashing down on this home, deputies found a man trapped inside. but despite their attempts to save him there was nothing they could do. overnight powerful storms and tornadoes tearing across parts

of the country, responsible for at least three deaths. in louisiana, a tree toppling over, slamming into a home and killing one person inside. just outside the tulsa, damaging winds from a possible tornado leaving this home in shreds ripping the roof off and snapping trees in half. sirens ringing out in texas as powerful storms there also bring tornadoes. in houston, strong winds destroying this gas station and bringing down its canopy. also in texas, this semi was flipped over after a possible tornado passed through. this storm system also creating dangerous flooding conditions. in dallas, a driver was reportedly killed. their car overturned in a creek. and take a look at this dash cam video capturing the heart-stopping moments this driver loses control, slamming right into this highway divider. watch again, the wheel of the car popping off the rim narrowly missing another driver. this deadly scene is a tragic

example of just how unpredictable the damage of these storms can be. you see the roots of this tree here, the size of it just jaw-dropping as it split this house in half. and yet, this satellite dish still standing, and the home next door untouched. eva? >> thinking of all those people there. rob is in new orleans tracking all of these storms. good morning to you, rob. >> reporter: good morning, eva. that line of storms is heading this way. we've had 120 reports of severe weather and tornadoes now across three states. here is video of one that hit minden, louisiana, west of shreveport. trees down and a roof torn off a house. on the north side of the system, we have cold air, so icing across mcpherson, kansas, about a quarter of an inch, snows of accumulation across parts of iowa and missouri, and that will be the ongoing case as this pushes towards the north and east. winter storm warnings in effect, north of chicago, in through

milwauk milwaukee, through parts of michigan, flood watches up, too, and that tornado watch is extended to include nashville and parts of alabama as this line moves rapidly off to the east at about 40 miles an hour. damaging winds with these, not even a tornado. 60 to 70-mile-per-hour winds will do some damage. and that snow and ice will be filling in on the back side of this, likely seeing some power outages across parts of michigan. we'll continue to track this throughout the hour. >> all right, thanks, rob. now to the impeachment showdown. house speaker nancy pelosi announcing she plans to turn impeachment articles over to the senate next week. abc's kyra phillips joins us with the next steps. good morning to you, kyra. >> good morning, eva. well, the house is set to vote next week, as early as wednesday, we're told, to send those articles of impeachment against president trump to the senate, charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of congress. now, for sweekz, speaker pelosi has been pushing for a fair senate trial by requesting witnesses and documents that president trump actually barred from the house impeachment inquiry, and this comes after

hearing senate majority leader mitch mcconnell say he would work with president trump's legal team to acquit him. so, now even though pelosi wasn't able to work out a compromise with republicans about the terms of the trial, pelosi is saying she's ready to turn over those articles of impeachment but is still banking on a few moderate republicans to vote to hear from witnesses like trump's former national security adviser, john bolton. now, president trump did tell fox news on friday that he would likely invoke executive privilege to block bolton from testifying if called on by the senate for, quote, the sake of the office. will that work? we're going to have to wait and see, but bolton did say last week he would testify, if subpoenaed, eva. >> kyra phillips for us in washington. dan? we move on to the campaign trail now, where a new poll gives senator bernie sanders of vermont the lead over the democratic field in the key state of iowa. and abc's rachel scott is there in des moines. rachel, good morning to you. >> reporter: dan, good morning. this is a sign of momentum for

senator bernie sanders in this critical stretch ahead of the iowa caucuses. we are just 26 days out from the first vote, and senator bernie sanders edging out his rivals in this new iowa state poll. 20% of likely democratic caucusgoers say he is their first choice in this latest cnn/"moine register" media com poll. but the others are not falling far behind. elizabeth warren at 17%, mayor pete buttigieg sliding down to 16%, and former vice president joe biden coming in at 15%, dan. >> rachel, this is just one poll. we should say that. and also, this poll gives a sense that this race is still fluid, even though sanders appears to have the lead in this poll. >> reporter: that's right, dan. still room for movement here during this final stretch ahead of the iowa caucuses. nearly half of the voters surveyed in that poll in iowa say they could be persuaded to vote for a different candidate. now, this is still a very tight race. not a single candidate has held a consistent lead here in iowa.

this is the first time that senator bernie sanders has come out on top in this particular poll, but he lost this race by a razor-thin margin back in the 2016 election. beyond iowa, in other key early voting states, polls show biden has steady support. the candidates out on the trail making a final push before the next democratic debate here in iowa on tuesday. 13 candidates still in the race, but only 6 have qualified to make that debate stage. dan? >> we're in for an interesting few weeks and potentially an interesting few months. rachel scott in iowa, thank you. dan, a close call on the arabian sea where u.s. military officials say a russian spy ship aggressively approached a navy destroyer and the two vessels narrowly avoided a collision. take a look here. the "uss farragut" sounded five short blasts to warn the russian ship as it came within 60 yards of its stern, asking for it to change course. the russian ship initially refusing to veer, but ultimately complying. now to the international

dispute over the death of a british teen. british officials formally requesting the formal extradition of a former diplomat's wife to face charges in the crash that killed the boy. mona kosar abdi is in washington with how u.s. officials are responding. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, eva. after months of going back and forth, british officials now say it's up to the u.s. to hold anne sacoolas accountable to answer to her charge for striking and killing harry dunn. but this morning, the u.s. maintains she had diplomatic immunity at the time and warned that the extradition request will, quote, establish an extraordinarily troubly precedent. this morning, british officials are demanding the wife of a former american diplomat who killed a british teen while driving return to face trial. the united kingdom sending a formal extradition letter friday to the u.s. government after anne sacoolas was charged with causing death by dangerous driving last month. >> can i have a word with you, please? >> no. >> will you go back to the uk,

mrs. sacoolas? >> reporter: sacoolas apologized for what she calls a tragic mistake, admitting she was driving on the wrong side of the road when she struck 19-year-old harry dunn's motorcycle near an american air base. according to the legal team, she, quote, stayed on the scene to assist before an ambulance took him to the hospital where he died. but three weeks later sacoolas left the uk claiming diplomatic immunity in the u.s. and sparking a rift between the two countries. >> i can't believe she's leaving us after doing this. how can you just be like that? just get on a plane and go? >> reporter: dunn's parents have repeatedly called on sacoolas to return and face trial, even traveling to washington to meet with president trump but falling short of securing his support. the u.s. state department maintains that sacoolas had diplomatic immunity and called the extradition request, quote, highly inappropriate. but in this latest statement through their lawyer, dunn's grieving parents calling the formal extradition letter, quote, a huge step toward achieving justice for harry. overnight the attorney for

sacoolas issued a statement saying, "anne is devastated by this tragic accident and would do anything she could to bring harry back." and sacoolas is facing up to 14 years in prison if convicted which her lawyers have said is quote, simply not a proportionate response. instead, they say they are willing to work with uk authorities to identify a path forward, dan? >> mona, thank you very much. moving on now, prosecutors say a young woman was kidnapped and sexually assaulted as a man who was posing as her rideshare driver. now authorities say the suspect may be tied to at attacks. and abc's marci gonzalez has more. >> reporter: this morning, a man accused of posing as an uber driver to lure a woman into his car and rape her is under arrest. police say the victim left a boston nightclub december 7th, called an uber and the driver canceled. moments later, prosecutors say alvin campbell pulled up and called the victim's name. >> which we would argue or she would argue made her believe

that, in fact, this was the uber that she had ordered. >> reporter: investigators say campbell then drove the woman more than an hour away to rhode island where she was attacked. authorities using surveillance video, cell phone records and dna to identify campbell, charging him with rape and kidnapping. his sister, a boston city counselor, telling abc news, "i am heartbroken, saddened, and devastated by this news. i will continue to pray for the victim." prosecutors now saying they believe campbell who is a convicted felon may also be linked to three other sexual assaults. >> this is somebody who we would argue is a sexual predator. >> reporter: the case coming less than a year after this, 21-year-old samantha josephson seen getting into a car she believed was her uber. but police say the man inside did not work for the company and was allegedly passing by when the university of south carolina student mistakenly got inside. her body was found the next day. the suspect later charged with kidnapping and murder.

uber telling abc news, "we encourage all riders to match the vehicle's license plate, make and model, and the driver's name to the information provided in the uber app before getting in" and pointing to a feature launched this week sending riders a four-digit p.i.n. code to verify they have the right car. a company spokesperson telling us campbell was not employed by uber. he is being held on $250,000 bail and his attorney says he's planning to plead not guilty. whit? >> an alarming case. marci gonzalez, thank you. we want to go back to rob marciano, who is in new orleans following that severe weather across the country. rob? >> good morning again, whit. this storm system has just about every type of hazard you could think of, both winter and spring, including heavy rain north of dallas. here's some video out of decatur, texas, north of ft. worth, where heavy rain fell late yesterday, causing some street flooding, and that's been prevalent within this line of storms that continues to push off to the east.

so, severe weather across the south, including new orleans. as we mentioned, we have a tornado watch here. then it pushes off and through atlanta by tonight, knoxville as well, and then look at the white fill in, in chicago and grand rapids, the pink erie, pennsylvania, heavy rainfall. very warm ahead of this in the northeast before the rains arrive tomorrow, then it eventually clears out, but not before doing some damage with ice, maybe an inch of ice in parts of michigan and northern new england. that will likely take down some power lines. and of course, on the warm side of this, we're looking at some stream and creek flooding and some flash flood potential and some gus good saturday morning wicking up to some clouds and wet pavement, also fog. the showers are ending. maybe a few in the south bay. but then we look at partly cloudy afternoon. king tides this week. minor flooding possible. and it looks like a wet week ahead. highs today in the upper 50s f you in oakland. 57 in fremont. san jose 59.

looking at 56 in napa. and the they're battening down the hatches here in new orleans as the storm line approaches. the shutters are closed here in the french quarter. we'll be tracking it. guys, back up to you. >> breezy in the big easy. all right, rob. we'll check back with you soon. moving on now, president trump's called to lock her up may go unanswered. it appears that the justice department's years-long inquiry into hillary clinton is winding down with no further actions to be taken. the review reportedly looked into clinton's emails, the clinton foundation, and the state department's uranium 1 decision and is not expected to file any criminal charges. the state department had ended its own multiyear investigation as well with the same result. and jen yea is here with news of the passing of a man who was a rock idol to one of us, neil peart. >> known as a drummer's drummer, he tells the story as a kid using chopsticks to play on his

sister's playpen. this morning we're celebrating the influential drummer in the canadian rock band rush. peart died in his santa monica home at age 67 after a three-year private battle with brain cancer. he joined rush in 1974 and was a member for the next 45 years before he retired from professional drumming in 2015. he and his bandmates were inducted into the rock & roll hall of fame in 2013. he is widely considered one of the best rock drummers to ever do it and placed fourth on "rolling stones'" list of 100 greatest drummers of all time back in 2016. >> i've been playing since i was 10 and i still can't figure out how to play some of his signature things. >> he is known as one of the best. >> and you were just playing music for -- >> i was just trying to give janay some music education. >> i appreciate it. "tom sawyer" one of their best-known songs. >> did you know that 30 seconds ago? >> dan, it's still early in the morning. >> on the spot. as always. a true legend, that's for sure. thank you so much. still ahead here, emergency talks under way after harry and meghan's bombshell statement

they'll be stepping back from their roles in the royal family. what's behind that surprise announcement and how soon the monarchy could resolve this crisis. plus, a former beauty queen sentenced for stealing her mother's social security checks. what she is saying in her defense as she appeals her prison sentence. >> announcer: "good morning america" is sponsored by ilumya.

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85 in the south san jose. chp officers say someone started shooting at the truck with two people inside. the driver rushed the passenger to the hospital after she was reportedly injured from shards of glass from the window. no worshipped on her condition. officers say the gunman got away now a look at the forecast with meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning to you. we are not done with the rain quite yet. you can see a few showers approaching the coast, highway 1, also down to the santa cruz mountains process. half moon bay upper 50s. partly cloudy we'll try are dry out and then increasing clouds late tomorrow jewel zbroon that's the news right now. "good morning america" continues after this.

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[ applause ] look at this. this is great. welcome back to "gma" on a saturday morning. you are looking at a standing ovation and an abundance of joy as 6-year-old john oliver zippa also known as j.o., for john oliver, made his way back to school after his last round of chemotherapy. j.o.'s been battling leukemia for the past three years. he's had to skip gym class, but he never fell behind in his udies. huge congratulations to that. >> love that. >> and so nice to see all those people cheer for him as he comes back. that they missed him. now to some the other big stories we're following this morning. happening right now iran admitting its air defenses unintentionally shot down an ukrainian international airlines passenger plane, killing 176

people, days after tehran continued its denial of responsibility. iran now claiming it mistook the boeing 737 for a hostile target after it turned toward a sensitive military center. everyone on board that plane was killed. also right now, earthquake aftershock. puerto rico rattled by a 5.2 magnitude aftershock on friday following tuesday's 6.4-magnitude quake that left much of the island without power. officials are saying they hope to have power restored to all of the island by this weekend. guys, check out this close call in texas. a runaway tire crashing through a restaurant window narrowly missing a worker who was this there sweeping. police in this suburb of houston say the tire came loose after a commercial dump truck lost its back axle while traveling on a busy interstate. fortunately, that worker only suffered a few minor cuts. >> those runaway tires can be so dangerous, the velocity that they gain as well. we want to start this half hour, though, with the latest on that harry and meghan bombshell,

informing the queen of their intention to downsize their royal roles. there's more speculation about what may be behind their shocking decision, and abc's julia mcfarland joins us from buckingham palace with more on that. julia, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, whit. yeah, that's right. this storm that's brewing has more at stake than a family breaking apart, but the institution of the royal family that is central to this united kingdom. this morning our first look at the queen since harry and meghan's shock announcement seemingly stern-faced as she drove past waiting cameras. over on harry and meghan's instagram, it seemed business as usual, releasing new pictures of a recent trip the two made to the community hub kitchen, who collaborated with meghan on a charity cookbook. but behind the scenes, the royal family in turmoil. meghan has left the uk and now returned to canada, where baby archie has been staying with their nanny. harry staying in england to face

the growing firestorm. crisis talks continuing, palace staff, the queen, along with prince charles and brothers will and harry all striving to find some sort of compromise for the sussex's new roles. all this playing out in the public eye amid the unbridled fury of the british tabloids. meghan and harry taking some of them to court. for days, headlines slamming the duke and duchess for disobeying the queen, who asked that no announcement be made until plans were settled. and last night, president trump weighing in. >> i think it's sad. i do. i think it's sad. she's a great woman. i don't think this should be happening to her. >> reporter: defenders of the couple say harry and meghan are being driven out by a hostile media. >> he clearly wants to protect his wife who he dearly loves and his child if any intrusion, invasion of privacy or whatever. doesn't want to see a repeat of what happened to diana. >> reporter: their desire to step back has senior members of the royal family and just how they will gain financial independence and autonomy will

all be difficult issues to settle. >> the reality is, he has to work out who's financing this, who's organizing security, where they're going to live, and will the general public in the united kingdom be willing to pay for this? >> reporter: reports that meghan is back in vancouver at a mul multimillion dollar mansion illustrates part of the pr issue in this war of the windsors. a growing number of brits are becoming increasingly disapproving of harry and meghan's lifestyle, which is at odds with british royal tradition. eva? >> all right, julia, thank you. for more on the story, royal contributor omit scobee is joining us from buckingham palace. when do you think we will get an official announcement from the palace on what is next for meghan and harry? >> reporter: good morning, eva. well, palace sources say that the talks are progressing very well. they've continued into the weekend and they will into the beginning of next week. that includes the uk and canadian governments have been consulted as well. prince harry stayed behind, as

we know. meghan is back in canada. but he's very much involved in those talks, too. they'll be keen to get something out first half of next week because of course we have the cambridges with a day of engagements on wednesday. >> the palace has long been critical of the racial undertones of british media coverage of meghan, starting back to when she was harry's girlfriend. do you think that coverage played a factor in their decision to step back? >> reporter: well, harry and meghan's decision to step back as senior royals is all about changing their working model, but they do want to change the environment that they belong to. they do feel that there have been racial undertones in a lot of the coverage, not just at the beginning when we saw meghan called straight outta compton, but even last year a british outlet told her to fly away home. there was a british commentator that called her up theitty, ands this coverage that's really followed them that they're desperate to get away from. >> omit scobie, thank you.

let's get back to weather. rob marciano's in the big easy. it's breezy in the big easy, as he pointed out this morning. how are things going, rob? >> reporter: we're waiting on this line of storms, with this storm that really is unraveling across the midsection of the country. and there's a couple more coming down the pipe in the northwest. talk more about that in a second. in that region of the country, we had this guy rip it up, some of the cut-up fresh stuff in through the glades there in big sky, montana. be careful of those trees. they don't move much when you hit them. winter storm warnings are posted for a good chunk of the pacific northwest, and snow levels are going to be rather low with this one, so a fair amount of snow and big waves coming into the oregon and washington coastline with this first storm that's coming in. mostly rain, mostly wind during the day today into tomorrow, and then the next one that comes in on monday, that's going to bring colder air in. that will drop the snow levels likely down to the valley floor in spots between seattle and portland. that could cause some headaches. they don't do well with snow in some of those low-lying areas. and there you see some of the

higher elevations as the train comes do good saturday morning. some lingering showers in the south bay. by the afternoon, though, we are partly cloudy, 57 in santa clara. temperatures dropping into the mid-50s. and the accuweather seven-day foreca >> this weather report sponsored by trulicity. >> this weather report sponsored by true lisity. last night we had the river boats blowing their horns during our live shot. this morning it's the trains here in the french quarter. never a dull moment here in the crescent city. guys, back to you. >> definitely not. >> traffic director out there. >> expect to hear from jimmy buffett, who's going to want to license "it's breezy in the big easy" for a song. i see a marciano collab coming up. thank you. >> reporter: i like that. >> i cut him off. sorry, rob. coming up on "gma," a beauty queen learns her sentence for allegedly stealing social security checks from her own

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pageant a former beauty pageant winner is fighting her prison sentence. karyn turk convicted of fraud for stealing her mother's social security checks insisting there's more to this story. she's the former beauty queen crowned mrs. florida in 2016. >> karyn turk. >> but this morning 47-year-old karyn turk -- >> we all know i'm a conservative. >> reporter: -- a conservative commentator, adefending herself after being convicted of stealing social security checks from her mother, who is battling alzheimer's. >> this is a story of someone who struggled really, really hard to be a caregiver and tried her best to make decisions, some good, some bad. >> reporter: turk speaking to abc news after a florida judge sentenced her this week to a month behind bars. >> i can't get into the details of why i did that, what happened, what mistakes i made but i took responsibility. >> reporter: according to the palm beach county sheriff's office, from february 2016 through january 2017, turk

allegedly used her mother's social security, veterans administration, and pension checks to fund her lavish lifestyle, using the money on shopping sprees, dinners, and child care, rather than paying the mounting $219,000 in nursing home bills. >> i've lost opportunities. i've lost friends. and i've been basically judged completely based on headlines in the media. >> reporter: in an attempt to resolve the issue, turk wrote a $46,000 check to the court to reimburse the government, but the judge saying she couldn't buy her way out of jail, adding that choices in life have consequences. "the message i'm sending is, you can't steal from the government and not go to jail." >> i don't think i was treated fairly at all and i do think a lot comes down to politics. >> the judge is not to use somebody as an example, especially because they have the ability or because they are newsworthy. >> turk was also sentenced to 100 hours of community service in a nursing home.

she is set to report to prison in march but she is planning to appeal. interesting here, she couldn't get into all the details as to why she did what she did, but she says, look, she entered a plea and she believes that she was treated unfairly by the judge at the end of the day. >> she said she made some good decision, some bad ones. >> exactly. >> we'll see how it plays out. coming up on "good morning america," the misery of flu season. why we're not out of the woods yet. stay with us. n "good morning america," the misery of flu season. why we're not out of the woods yet. stay with us. like an "unjection™". ons. xeljanz xr, a once-daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well enough. xeljanz xr can reduce pain, swelling and further joint damage, even without methotrexate. xeljanz can lower your ability to fight infections like tb; don't start xeljanz if you have an infection. taking a higher than recommended dose of xeljanz for ra can increase risk of death. serious, sometimes fatal infections,

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with the latest numbers. what do we know at this point? >> the numbers came out yesterday, dan. the cdc updated us. and there appears to be a little bit of good news, at least in the last week. the estimates, if you take a look, almost 10 million americans affected by the flu so far, almost 90,000 flu-related hospitalizatio hospitalizations, and the estimates are about 4,800 estimated flu-related deaths. so, while the trend dipped a little bit, we are not out of it. the flu season goes until april. it is not too late to get the flu shot. >> it's a great reminder of how serious this is. you just said it, to amplify the point, we are not out of the woods yet at this point. >> no, absolutely. and the reason the cdc updates the country on the numbers every week is because they change week to week. and so, we follow it pretty closely. but i think people need to understand, you mentioned the symptoms because there's so much confusion, what they have, what don't they have. the flu -- high fever, headache, cough, body aches and chills,

fatigue, even some gi symptoms. if you have those symptoms, stay home. if they're getting worse and not better, see a health care provider. >> and there's another medical topic in the news this morning. we're looking at a national blood shortage? >> yeah, dan, this is actually really big news. we just got it yesterday that the american red cross now is dramatically short on o-type blood. it's the universal donor. they have in some cases less than three days' supply, partially due to coming out of the holiday season, partially, believe it or not, due to the flu. most people think they're not eligible to donate blood, and in fact, most people are. so you can easily go to the american red cross site, check eligibility criteria. again, most people can donate. and fun fact, this is so important. the american red cross is teaming up with the nfl between now and january 19th. anyone who goes to donate blood is automatically entered in a sweepstakes to get two tickets to the super bowl. so, not only are you literally

saving somebody's life, you might go to miami to see some football. >> and again, how we do it is go to the red cross website. >> check that website and again, most people are eligible to donate. >> dr. jen, stick around. we want to talk about your new book coming up next hour. we'll be right back with our "play of the day." even in the dead of winter, the hunt continues. wolves have an innate desire for meat. just like your dog. meat rich blue wilderness satisfies that desire. because wolves and dogs live for the hunt.

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look, we can play with these. you see that tail wagging. >> so cute. >> ah. >> so excited. >> i'm sure boone will eventually get tired of the kid pulling on his ears and, you know, but that could be the beginning of a lifelong friendship. >> or maybe not. maybe he likes his ears pulled. >> maybe. very sweet. >> you guys want to know what janai does when she's not on -- she actually folded up and made this paper airplane. >> that's good quality. does it fly? >> no, janai and threw it at me before she went on the air. >> i didn't. i did make it. >> what did you do to her for her to throw it at you? >> i don't know. >> not bad. >> down it goes. >> you have a future in aerodynamics. >> "gma saturday" is now two hours long, so check your local listings. coming up, the queen in crisis talks about harry and meghan's future. the hgtv stars facing a lawsuits over home renovations on the popular show "windy city rehab." >> and dan gets personal to help you get some sleep and steps to give you better shut-eye. steps to give you better shut-eye still ahead. head.

>> announcer: abc 7 morning. >> all news. >> all morning. >> good morning i'm julian glover. as you know the pregame hype is about over this afternoon. the 49ers will finally play their first ever playoff game at levi stadium. sfrips battles the minesota vikings in the nfc divisional playoff game. the vegas odd makers right now

have the nine esper favored bip 7 points. kickoff at 1:35 this afternoon process if you want to watch at levi you need deep pockets to make it happen. we did a quick check. stubhub this morning. the cheapest tickets under $200 for the upper deck. in the 400s. the highest prices for front roe at the 50 yard line averaging two grandson grand. very expensive. the niners host two parties one at spin on follow some street in san francisco. the other at san pedro square in sfla. both at 12:30 this afternoon. the events first come, first served. it's going to be packed. also give away items appear raffle prizes at the end of each quarter. how is the weather down there oh for the big game? the we check with lisa argen for the answer. >> we have lingering showers in the south bay. here a look at highway 1, pacifica daly city. a little wet weather. we have a rain and snow mix around mount hamilton. 30 degrees there. you can see a if few showers down through the santa cruz

mountains. there is fog. zero mile visibility from napa to santa rosa. in san francisco we call it partly cloudy. the rain ends north to south. 41 in gilroy. 46 half moon bay. you can see the fog in the city, 44 santa rosa. later on today we're partly cloudy. so we'll clear up in the south by. 59 in san jose. santa clara about 58. dropping through the 50s for the game. 56 in napa and the ac weather seven-day forecast is a cold start for sunday then a chance of showers late in the day. julian. >> all right. thank you lisa. this week with

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