good morning, america. harry and meghan make their royal exit with the queen's blessing. this morning, the qu this morning, the queen's message of love for the couple and baby archie as they quit their royal roles. what they're giving up to get their newfound freedom, and the part of their plan the queen rejected. also developing this morning, fighting words. president trump's legal team delivering its first formal response on the articles of impeachment insisting the president did absolutely nothing wrong. plus, trump's plans to skip town as the senate trial gets under way. global health alert. new cases of a mysterious virus reported. the growing efforts at the airports to stop it from entering the u.s. the impact on travel around the world. >> the fears through all of asia are growing quickly and we

witnessed it. passengers are being monitored. >> what the c sa aut it seads digging out. the massive winter storm that created hazardous conditions on the roads, cars overturned, others going nowhere. blinding snow, a ground blizzard, and now get ready for the deep freeze. and caught on camera, look at this heroic rescue. the video showing a jet skier colliding with this boat, and this young man springing into action. >> took my phone out, threw the hat off and dove down in the water. >> the message this morning from the man he saved. hello. good morning. as we come on the air, we have new video of britain's queen elizabeth heading into church on y-kiouncemt. aft a >> on saturday, the queen releasing the news.

prince harry and his wife, meghan, are making a radical break, ceasing to be working members of the royal family. >> the decision stunning the royal family and many inds for royals. we begin our coverage this morning with abc's lama hasan who is outside buckingham palace. good morning to you, lama. >> reporter: yeah. good morning to you, eva. it is a new dawn here. a huge day for the royal family as harry and meghan will no longer be representing the queen in any capacity. they are now free to earn a living as they embark on a new life together, spending most of their time in north america. this morning, the queen stepping out for the first time since striking a deal with harry and meghan, seen heading to church in sandringham. the deal confirming prince harry and his wife, meghan, are stepping back from all royal duties. after days of negotiations, the queen issued a warm and personal statement last night saying she recognizes, quote, the challenges they have

experienced as a result of intense scrutiny over the last two years, and that she supports their wish for a more independent life. however, she has rejected their idea of being part-time royals. the palace confirming the couple will no longer represent her majesty, nor will they use their royal highness titles, but they will still be known as the duke and duchess of sussex. they will also no longer receive public funds, and are now free to earn a living. but such independence comes at a cost. harry and meghan have pledged to return $3 million in public funds that was spent on refurbishing their windsor home, frogmore cottage. harry will no longer hold onto his honorary military titles or his commonwealth ambassador role. >> the prince of wales will fund them their own money until they have established a deal. these deals, commercial ventures which they haven't strk any yet apparently, will have to be respectful to the monarchy and

the queen. >> reporter: the queen publicly thanking the couple for their work saying, harry, meghan and archie will also be much loved members of my family, giving a special mention to meghan saying, i am particularly proud of how meghan has so quickly become part of the family. >> she sympathizes with them as a grandmother, but ultimately the queen who wears the crown has to make tough decisions, and she has defended the position of monarchy above all else. >> reporter: palace sources also revealing that harry and meghan now plan to spend the majority of their time in north america but will keep frogmore cottage as their u.k. residence and will now pay rent to her majesty. the couple will be transitioning into this new role, and we may very well see them carrying out some royal duties before then. one caveat, the sussexes and senior members of the royal family have agreed to review this arrangement in a year's time. eva. >> thanks to lama. joining us is royal contributor, victoria murphy. thank you for joining us.

first, walk us through what we know about this agreement right now, titles, money. where will they live? what will they do? >> reporter: hi there. hi. abso british royal family today. they will no longer be working royals. there will be no more official visits from spring on behalf of the queen. they will no longer be receiving public funds, and they will pay back the public funds already spent renovating their official residence. they will retain but not use their titles, his and her royal highness, and harry will be stepping back from his roles as commonwealth ambassador and also his honorary military appointments and in exchange they will get what it seems is most important to them, which is their freedom. they will be able to split their time between the uk and north america and also to run their foundation as they wish. >> victoria, how big of a deal is this? have we ever seen something like this before with the royal family? >> reporter: we've never seen

anything like this before. this is a huge deal. this couple have been so unhappy, and this is the reason that they have decided to step back. it was made very clear in the queen's statement a week ago that the rest of the family wanted them to remain as working royals, but they have made this decision, and i think there will be a lot of sadness because harry has been such a popular member of the royal family his whole life. he and meghan were galvanizing a young audience on the world stage, but this is the decision they have made. it's a very personal decision about their happiness. >> you mentioned harry and meghan have to repay the $3.1 million they spent to refurbish their home. do they have that kind of cash on hand? what do we know about how they will actually make a living? >> reporter: yeah. we believe that they do. i mean, harry has inheritance, and meghan earned a good living as an actress on "suits." we also understand that they are still going to receive some money from prince chars,is private income, and of course, the sky is the limit when it comes to earning money because they are two hugely high profile individuals and i'm sure people will be offering them amazing

deals. however, what they have said is they will only take things that still respect the integrity of the queen and the values that she upholds. so it's clear that they are still very much thinking of the family in their future roles. >> all right, victoria murphy for us in london this morning. as lama mentioned, they will revisit this in a year. so this could all still change or it could stay the same. >> interesting harry is giving up his military titles. sounds like that was a pretty big concession at the end of the day. eva, thank you. we want to turn to our other top story, the impeachment showdown, and president trump's senate trial this week. a new legal filing now revealing how the president's lawyers plan to respond to the articles of impeachment. abc's david wright has the details from west palm beach, florida. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. the president may be spending a quiet weekend here in florida, but back in washington, the lawyers are working overtime on both sides. house impeachment managers have filed their brief, essentially

laying out their case, and the president's lawyers have filed the charges. until now, president trump has made no secret what he thinks of the impeachment process. >> they call it the impeachment hoax. >> the impeachment hoax. >> it's a hoax. >> reporter: the white house has offered little guidance how it will response to the substance. mystery solved. this weekend, trump's legal team fired off this six-page letter under the heading, answer of president donald j. trump, insisting the president did absolutely nothing wrong and calling the democrats' articles of impeachment constitutionally invalid on their face. quote, they fail to allege any crime or violation of law whatsoever let alone high crimes and misdemeanors. the letter also takes issue with the general accounting office's determination that the withholding of hundreds of millions of dollars in congressionally approved military aid to ukraine was illegal.

trump's lawyers described the effort to remove him from office as dangerous. >> i think it would create a terrible, terrible precedent for future presidents if we were to weaponize the impeachment provisions. >> reporter: house managers take issue with what they call the astounding claim that pressuring ukraine to interfere in our election is the president's way of fighting corruption. it is not, they insist. rather it is corruption itself, naked, unapologetic and insidious. >> president trump thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office and of any honor, trust or profit under the united states. >> reporter: president trump doesn't plan to be in the country when the senate trial begins. he's headed to the world economic forum in davos, switzerland. tomorrow, the president's lawyers file their formal

response to the house managers' managers get a chance to respond to that by noon on tuesday, and at 1:00 presumably, the main part of the trial begins. dan? >> david wright reporting from florida, thank you. let's bring in abc's chief anchor, george stephanopoulos, who will be hosting "this week" later this morning. >> good morning. >> good morning to you. one of the unanswered questions heading into the trial, will there be witnesses? where does that stand right now? >> that's the biggest unanswered question. we don't know is the easy answer. we know there will be a vote on whether or not to have witnesses at some point in the trial and we know that democrats are going to try to force one at the start on tuesday to fight over the rules. so far, it takes 51 votes to have witnesses. so far, at least four republicans have said they're open to it. if all of them actually voted for witnesses, then indeed you would have them. who would be called, when they would be called, whether both sides would call witnesses still wide open. and we just don't know if after these first couple of weeks of

arguments those senators will actually pull the trigger and say, yes, we need witnesses or they can in the alternative say, we've heard enough. >> in some cases with john bolton for example if he's called we don't even know what he would say. we just saw the news this morning that we've seen the response from trump's legal team. they're calling these charges, quote, brazen and unlawful. from the standpoint of trump and republicans, what's the best case scenario for this trial? keep it short and decisive? >> no question about that. that's what they want. their big hope is this all gets done very quickly, much more quickly than the clinton impeachment trial, and the president can come to the well of the house on february 4th, give his state of the union after being acquitted by the senate. that's the kind of time line that mitch mcconnell is working on right now even though he hasn't released the actual resolution. we'll see if that's possible. there could be fights over witnesses. i think tuesday, you're not even going to get to arguments. i think that's going to be a day-long fight over the terms of the resolution, what the timetable will look like, and what the resolution will be.in

arguments perhaps. let's talk about the other standpoint now. you will have on your show this morning, one of the top managers of the house who will come over and essentially prosecute the case, congressman adam schiff. from the democrats' standpoint, given that the outcome is likely predetermined, it's likely that they don't have the votes to convict and remove, what would be a win? >> i think the democrats have already answered that question saying that, listen, we're not saying this is a political win for us, but we feel it was our duty to do it. you can lay out a couple of possibilities. number one, do they bring out witnesses that fill out their case and damage the president politically? i think the other possibility would be, can they find one, two, three republicans even if they're not going to get those 67 to convict, one, two or three republicans that would lead to a majority who thought they should convict. that would be a significant political victory for the democrats. >> george, thank you very much. i want to remind everybody george has a big show this morning. he's got that exclusive interview with congressman adam schiff, the lead house impeachment manager, and he will go one-on-one with alan dershowitz who you saw in david wright's piece.

he has joined president trump's defense team. that's all coming up later this morning right here on abc on "this week," and do not forget, george will be leading our live team coverage of the impeachment trial when it resumes tuesday, 1:00 eastern. george, thank you again. >> thank you. >> eva, over to you. now to the global concern about a new mystery virus coming out of china. we're hearing about new cases of the virus. u.s. officials are now screening some travelers at three major airports. abc's stephanie ramos is here with the latest. good morning to you, stephanie. >> reporter: eva, good morning. officials this morning say there are new cases of the deadly mystery virus that emerged overseas and this is why the cdc is monitoring it so closely here at home. this morning, the health crisis in china growing as officials there confirm more than a dozen new cases of the coronavirus. here at home, concern growing as well. the cdc screening airline passengers coming into the u.s. from the city of wuhan where that virus was first reported.

>> we sat on the plane for, like, a couple more minutes, and then we went down, the temperature, and i gave them the form. >> reporter: the cdc has deployed 100 health officials to new york's jfk airport, los angeles and san francisco international. they'll take passengers' temperatures and check for symptoms like a cough or fever. my colleague, bob woodruff, is in hong kong where the virus is also impacting travel. >> reporter: the fears through all of asia are growing quickly, and we witnessed it. passengers from wuhan are being monitored, tested with infrared thermal imaging cameras, analyzing their temperatures through their ears or by aiming a device at their foreheads, even kids. >> reporter: the cdc says the mysterious coronavirus has sickened dozens of people in asia, and is linked to two deaths. the cdc says most of those infected with the virus were exposed to live animals. it's still unclear how easily it spreads from person to person. doctors say it's hard to tell how this virus will behave, but

the cdc doesn't want to take any risks. so they're keeping these screenings in place for at least a few more weeks. >> especially alarming how you pointed out they don't know how it spreads from person to person totally yet. >> exactly, and we saw years ago the deadly coronaviruses, sars and mirs. they don't want -- health officials don't want a repeat of that. >> still a lot of unanswered questions for sure. stephanie, thank you. across country here at home, protesters showed up by the thousands to support women's rights in new york city. demonstrators faced freezing temperatures. hundreds also gathered in our nation's capital and in los angeles. this is the fourth annual march of its kind since president trump's inauguration. now to the gun rights rally that has law enforcement on edge. state security at the state capitol in richmond, virginia where thousands of second amendment supporters and counter-demonstrators are expected tomorrow. all of this following the arrests of suspected white

nationalists, abc's mona kosar abdi is in richmond with more. mona, good morning to you. >> reporter: and good morning to you, dan. this morning, the city of richmond is on edge. officials have taken extra security measures, including implementing a four-day gun ban after they say they found credible threats to public safety. right now richmond's normally picturesque capitol building is surrounded by chained fencing, holding tents as pro-gun rights activists gear up for what many are calling an unprecedented show of force but governor ralph northam has declared a state of emergency after several members of the neo nazi group were arrested this week. investigators believe they had plans of attending the virginia rally to start, a quote, racial war, and this morning, the state's top republican is offering a stern warning saying, that any group attending to support white supremacy or create civil unrest is unwelcome here. eva? we want to turn to that major winter storm. impacts being felt in the northeast with weather alerts in place.

abc's kaylee hartung has been following this storm and she has more from new york. good morning to you, kaylee. >> reporter: good morning, eva. the snow is still coming down in northern new england and in the great lakes region. more than a foot of snow falling in some areas. this massive storm creating dangerous conditions for millions. overnight, parts of the country digging their way out of blistering winter storms. in minnesota, this storm dumping over 16 inches of snow, making the roads there impassable. multiple cars flipped over. drivers helping this one out of a ditch. officials say they've responded to more than 550 crashes across the state. in michigan, vehicles at a standstill. heavy snow forcing drivers to shovel their way out. local police trying to help, pushing vehicles with their squad cars. and take a look at these images here. this delta plane sliding off the taxiway at philadelphia international airport. luckily no one was hurt. also in pennsylvania, hazardous weather causing a multi-vehicle

crash, including multiple semi trucks and in the dakotas, powerful winds and blinding snow making for dangerous roads. watch as this ground blizzard hammers north dakota. creating life-threatening driving conditions. here in dobbs ferry just north of new york city, they're accustomed to seeing piles of snow this time of year. that hasn't been the case until this first major winter storm, now relief that the worst has passed. guys? >> we'll take that. kaylee hartung for us, thank you. let's get to greg dutra who is in for rob. greg is accepting all of the blame for the weather that we're suffering here on the east coast. >> pour it on. that's right, and a lot of ice too in addition to snow. five inches of snow in erie, pennsylvania. this is the big problem. before that snow got there, almost a quarter of an inch of ice slipping and sliding around on the driveway, and this is i-80 in new jersey. i know it looks like i-80 through the midwest, blowing and drifting snow. watch as the cars go underneath the bridge here. those winds are blowing very

hard, and they have started to relax, but watch how they operate. there are even some active warnings through coastal maine. even warnings through coastal maine and on into ohio, that is lake-effect snow, and the storm system as a whole lifts off to good sunday morning. i'm lisa argen waking up to dry conditions here in the south bay. looking at mostly cloudy skies. a few peeks of sun. overall we're going to stay dry the next couple of days before the rain returns on tuesday. it's a weak system, a level 1. today looking at temperatures mainly in the mid and upper 50s for most. 57 in oakland, 60 santa rosa. upper 50s on the coast. 61 game time. about 60 degrees i i i i i i i i the good news about all that the good news about all that cold air, it's not a cold snap. we'll be getting back to or even

above normal here in the next couple of days. >> above normal, i like that. >> yes. yes. >> nobody ever said that to me when i was in school, but other than that, i like the sound of that. >> very sub-par. >> average. janai is here with the story of a guy who used a pair of scissors to save his own life. >> incredible story. >> really? >> it really is. are you ready for it? >> i'm ready for it. this man was driving in malibu when he lost control of his car, and went over a cliff. sounds like the end of the story, but that's the beginning. his car landed on its roof and he was trapped inside the wreckage for more than an hour. finally he managed to kick open a rear door and used a pair of scissors to dig out the muddy soil to make it back up. >> it was soft and slippery. it's a second chance for me. >> greg pointing out, who has scissors in their car? i don't, but maybe he did. >> maybe now.

>> yeah. >> dan was going to demand his uber black now is equipped with scissors. >> he escaped with just a few scratches. really minor, minor injuries. >> that's incredible. >> yeah. >> really. >> i don't know that i would have thought to use the scissors. >> not at all, and especially after an hour in there. i imagine he was sitting there thinking, how am i going to get out of this? he did it. >> bravery. >> thank you. appreciate it, janai. coming up, terrifying collision. a jet skier run over by a boat telling his story and thanking the man who saved his life. and acting honors. what the actors' guild awards could tell us about the favorites for the oscars. four teams, two games and by the end of the day, we will know who is going to super bowl liv. espn's ryan clark joins us with his take on the all important conference championship games. i don't know why we're bringing in somebody om i can do the analysis. >> this is football. not hockey. "good morning america" is sponsored by state farm. talk to an agent at 800-state-farm.

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♪ and welcome back to "gma" on this sunday morning. awards season is in full gear as hollywood gets ready for tonight's s.a.g. awards. "avengers: endgame," is one of five features up for outstanding action performance by a stunt ensemble in a motion picture. the s.a.g. awards gives us a glimpse into what voters are liking before the oscars next month. everybody a looking for a hint. who is going to win? who is going to win? >> yes. does it mean anything? >> exactly. sometimes it doesn't. >> chris connelly knows all on this stuff, and he will be here soon to tell us. >> yes, and now to some of the other big stories we're following this morning. happening right now, a royal exit as meghan and harry will no longer be representing the queen, and they are free to earn a living as they embark on

their new life together. apparently spending most of their time in north america. the queen wishing the couple a happy and peaceful new life. also right now in puerto rico they have launched an investigation into why thousands of emergency supplies were never given out to the people in need. this after the discovery of a warehouse packed with supplies, some dating back to hurricane maria in 2017. puerto rico's director of emergency management is now out of a job. and a security guard who was fired from her job at best buy after thwarting off a shoplifter is back at work. summer tapasa on security duty as ufc fighters conor mcgregor and donald "cowboy" cerrone weighed in before last night's match in honolulu. ufc president dana white making good on his offer to employ her after learning she had been let go. she was there on guard. >> looks like she can handle them. >> she can handle anything.

>> no incidents outside the ring. we start this half hour with the frightening collision caught on tape. a man on a jet ski hit by a boat now speaking about the quick-thinking deckhand who rushed in to help. trevor ault has the story. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: good morning. this could have played out so much worse. he says a yacht blocked part of his view, and then a split second later, the boat was on top of him, and thankfully the rescue was under way a few moments later. a heart-stopping collision captured in the caribbean. a fishing boat slamming into a man on a jet ski at full speed. >> i knew there was going to be an impact. it was unavoidable. >> reporter: mike higbee was on vacation with his family in st. barts. he says by the time he saw that boat barreling toward him, it was too late. >> my last memory when i lose consciousness is about five feet out right before impact. >> reporter: he was unconscious and bleeding, facedown in the water, his brother unable to flip him over, but help was on the way. >> i looked up right at it. just watched it happen. >> reporter: ryan was working on >> reporter: ryan was working on

a yacht dock nearby and sprung into action. >> i took my phone out, threw the hat off and dove down in the water. >> reporter: the 21-year-old telling abc he quickly boarded a jet ski of his own helping to pull the still unconscious father of two out of the water and onto shore. >> he had a large gash in his forehead. he was bleeding a good bit out of that. a couple of people i remember seeing had -- had thought that we were fishing out a non-living person. >> reporter: higbee says he fractured six vertebrae, but he'll be okay, and he's lucky to have survived at all. >> this has given me, like, a real sense of gratitude for being alive, and it's sort of fun to think a kid half my age saved my life. he's my hero. >> reporter: as he recovers, he has had a chance to thank his hero. >> it's not every day you get to say thank you to, you know, people who literally s. >>epter: it'gog to take t carryen ecovehe says riw he' pounds so he's not allowed to he kept talkg out higo

ch in his s also on vacation and forehead. a lot of good luck for what could have been a terrible situation. >> good luck in the aftermath. thank you very much, trevor. appreciate it. time to check the weather yet again. let's get over to greg who is in for rob. what's going on? >> we're mopping up. we're in cleanup mode from the storm. still some lake-effect snow showers but wicked cold. this is out of fargo, north dakota. this is ground blizzard conditions. there's actually blue sky that sneaks in right there. yes. that blue sky. it is not snowing anymore, but the snow still blowing around, and this is a couple of days previous in steamboat springs, colorado. that snow coming nothcoldirinndthe stemlongith a wind.r-ho wl ove lake-effect snow and chilly temperatures throughout the early part of the week. windchills could be 10 to 20 degrees below zero in the midwest, and that makes its way into the east, but the good news

here, is that there is some snow on the ground. we need the moisture on the ground, and that looks like that will good sunday morning. temperatures on the mild side, 30s, 40s. this weather report sponsored by weather tech. some people probably using it a lot over the last couple of days. >> absolutely. you're 3 for 3 now. the last three times you've come you've brought the snow and freezing temperatures. >> i have. there's a warmup by the middle of next week. so we have that going for us. >> you're not going to get credit for that. >> silver lining. >> that's right, greg. thank you so much. coming up here on "good morning america," the run-up to the oscars, possible predictions from tonight's s.a.g. awards. and then "star wars" fans going crazy over this picture. what it could mean. that's ahead. >> that's awesome, actually. >> "pop news." >> that's awesome, actually. >> "pop news."

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will be taking home hollywood's top prizes. chris connelly is at the shrine auditorium in los angeles. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, dan. yes, we are on the silver carpet outside the shrine where in a few hours the nominees will be processing in their awards show finery, probably a little more than those two behind me right now. it's the s.a.g. awards. that means it's only actors and that means tv and film. it's oscar season, so we're focused on the movies. the s.a.g. awards, actors choosing actors. for some, that means a lot. >> oh my gosh. >> reporter: they might have rolled out the red carpet for the 2020 s.a.g.s just last friday, but its nomination deadline was way back on december 8th, meaning names eligible for hollywood's heaviest statue do not reflect the last five weeks of skirmishes in the award show culture wars. upset that "little women" didn't get a best director nod from the oscars? well, the movie didn't get a single s.a.g. nomination, not one. last weekend's top grossing

movie, the oscar contender "1917," not here either, but jennifer lopez is. the unstoppable "hustlers" star cited in the supporting female actor category. >> i guess i'm a people person. >> reporter: that also includes two nominations for the explosive "bombshell," nicole kidman and margot robbie. >> i don't want to be on tv. i want to be on fox. >> reporter: the favorite in this category remains "marriage story's" laura dern who is a s.a.g. awards double nominee since she's also in the cast of the acclaimed tv series, "big little lies." supporting male actor looks like brad pitt for "once upon a time in hollywood." >> i can do that. >> reporter: while "joker's" joaquin phoenix seems to be the front-runner in lead male actor. lead female actor seems to be renee zellweger and lupita nyong'o for her dual role in jordan peele's "us." now that leaves best motion picture cast. i think "bombshell" has a shot, but i don't know if anybody agrees with me.

remember though, this weekend has already given us an oscar best picture favorite. it's "1917," the world war i epic that won the producer's guild award last night. guys? >> that i have yet to see and i'm really excited to see. you're not sure anybody agrees with you on "bombshell"? >> i agree. >> i think those of us on the set that watched the movie really liked it. >> absolutely. >> we have no vote, although we do have a vote in the s.a.g. awards. we don't have a vote in the oscars. >> the s.a.g. awards. >> yes, i forgot that. i did pay my union dues. chris connelly, thank you very much. i want to remind everybody, the big 92nd annual oscars takes place february 9th right here on abc, and "gma" will be live from l.a. the morning after. >> you're losing your voting rights. coming up on "good morning america," the big day in football. the nfl conference championships, espn's ryan clark sizes up the teams and i'm sure dan will have something to say about it all too. >> great. my support. he wanted a man cave in our new home.

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in patrick mahomes is back from a knee injury, but i expect the kansas city chiefs helps this team close out the game which they couldn't when ryan tannehill was abe to go for a late second drive for a touchdown. on the other side, the san francisco 49ers, i expect them to win again, but it will be a little different. in week 12, they dominated aaron rodgers and the green bay packers. i don't expect rodgers to go back home and throw up another dud the way he did earlier in the season. >> that leads to my next question. full disclosure, born and raised in san francisco, so the 49ers are my team. >> right. >> but what are the chances that packers quarterback aaron rodgers can pull off the upset? you say you picked the niners, but still, rodgers, they've been looking good in the playoffs. >> rodgers looked extremely good last weekend, but we saw where he was early on this season, and it wasn't what we got to see down the stretch against the seattle seahawks last week, but it's aaron rodgers and he is a against him in super bowl xlv and he torches, but he goes back to being that guy when he was

winning mvps and how he was on third down, but he's been helped by aaron jones, so they can't put all of this on aaron rodgers' back. they have to give the ball to aaron jones, get the play action pass game going, and then make they can find a way to beat your san francisco 49ers. >> we call dan harris a bad dude as well, let's talk about patrick mahomes and the chiefs. >> for good reason. >> exactly. he lost the same game last season, and he's trying to make it to his first super bowl. how would you characterize the pressure he's under to win this game? >> i mean, listen, when lois lane was taking the superman pressure, he would go and get his girl. that's who patrick mahomes is. he's superman, and he's doing things at the quarterback position that we've really never seen, and last year tom brady, he played against the g.o.a.t. the g.o.a.t. was able to pull it out. i don'tanndehenr do that. it's patrick mahomes' year. he's going to be the guy to make all the big plays needed in kansas city today to put his team in the super bowl in miami, and i believe that you can book

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♪ "good morning america" is sponsored by neutrogena rapid wrinkle repair. all right. it's time for "pop news." it's janai. what's going on? >> you're going to be excited about this one. we're starting with the image that has "star wars" fans buzzing. if a picture is worth a thousand words, lets see you put a price on this one. executive producer of "the mandalorian" jon favreau tweeting a picture of george lucas, the father of all things "star wars" cradling, an adorable baby yoda in his arms. >> technically it's the child, but yeah.

>> he made no comment, but weighing in saying things like george holds him like he's his grandson, and wondering if he'll write or direct an episode for "the mandalorian" next season. >> that would be incredible. >> cute picture. >> almost as incredible as the picture. should have seen it coming. >> i was waiting for the baby yoda to speak. lady gaga's monsters are getting excited. word the "shallow" singer is ready to release new music. she'll drop her first single in four years on february 7th ahead of her next album, followed by a tour. busy year. she's also scheduled to kick off her vegas residency in may. and look who else is supposedly making new music. lindsay lohan says she's releasing an album next month. the former child star has two albums under her belt. >> all right. >> i wonder what kind of music that will be. >> we will have to wait and see. >> i think it will be opera. >> definitely. >> most likely. most likely. playing the harmonica maybe.

and the upcoming disney channel stars from the original movie "zombies 2" teamed up with the disney team of heros to visit a texas children's hospital. they met with kids and their families and they learned about how disney heroes is bringing comfort to children who are facing serious illness. they shared an early screening of their new movie with their new friends. "zombies 2" premieres february 14th on disney channel. >> that's great. >> sweet there. and finally -- >> this is what we were waiting on. >> we're celebrating what may be the original snack food. it's national popcorn day. this popcorn is provided by doc popcorn. >> thank you. >> did you know that popcorn was once considered a breakfast food? now is the perfect time -- >> it was once considered a breakfast food? >> breakfast food. we have some cool flavors. >> going to be our breakfast.

>> whit, nicely done. we have cheesy cheddar, sugar cookie, apple crisp. >> sugar cookie? >> maybe this one. solid. mm-hmm. >> great "pop news," janai. thank you very much. enjoy your sunday. stay tuned for george. thank you very much. enjoy your sunday. stay tuned for george. good morning, everyone. i'm liz kreutz. 49ers faithful are pumped up. we're less than eight hours away from kickoff at levi's stadium nfc championship game live behind me. standing in the way are aaron rodgers and green bay packers. they have niners favored by 7 1/2 points. kickoff at 3:40. what if you actually want to

still try and go to the game. resell tickets on ticketmaster are on sell for $300, way up in the $400 level. getting to the game might be a bit of a challenge if you're driving. 49ers are hoping you carpool. passes can be bought ahead of time on the levi's stadium website. lots open at 11:40 this morning. stadium gates open at 1:40. all tail gates must be wrapped up by kickoff. in addition to regular service, caltrain is adding north and southbound express drape between san francisco and mountain view station. light rail will connect fans from mountain view to levi's. vaa bus service available for b.a.r.t. riders from warm springs station. lisa. >> we're starting out cloudy on sunday, exploratorium camera and feathered friend in the foreground enjoying the mild conditions here. 47 in san francisco, 40 in san jose. it is 54 on the coast. from our east bay hills camera, check it out. a little bit of sunlight there.

sunshine and we'll see partly sunny conditions. still cold in the north bay. upper 30s with fog by delta. 3/8 mile visibility there so particularly foggy. that's going to lift after 9:00 then we'll be left with mid and upper 50s for most with partly to mostly cloudy skies. milder in san jose, up in the north bay, santa clara around 60 at 3:40. the rain returns on tuesday. liz. >>

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