park. >> i just put it on myself. i might do a little bit more. there's mike's. good morning, america. covid variant on the move. a new mutation spreading rapidly through new york city. the big question, can the concerning new variant evade the vaccine? this as moderna and pfizer race to modify their vaccines, and the new hope on the horizon from johnson & johnson's one-shot vaccine, possibly one day away from emergency use authorization. new details on tiger woods' horrific car crash and his recovery. the very latest as his girlfriend erica herman visits him in the hospital. and with authorities saying the rollover was "purely an accident," this morning, an exclusive first look at the special safety features in the vehicle tiger was driving that may have helped him survive. disaster in texas. overnight, governor greg abbott

blaming the state's energy operator for those massive and deadly power outages, announcing multiple investigations into the agency. the ercot ceo saying texas was just minutes away from a complete blackout. >> many of you are angry, and you have a right to be. >> this as many say they still are suffering with filthy water, and this morning, what to do if you received water bills in the thousands from those busted pipes. new cross country storms. this morning, winter storm warnings for the west. denver getting hammered overnight with one of their biggest snowstorms of the year. the major flooding concerns heading east, as hard-hit texas braces for more dangerous weather. abc news exclusive. the battle over britney. >> i understand that every story needs a villain, but people have it so wrong here. >> an attorney for the pop star's father jamie spears speaking out. >> britney knows her daddy loves her. >> on the fight over her conservatorship, following the release of that explosive documentary on the free britney

movement. >> can you explain why britney's lawyer is saying she doesn't want her dad in charge of her finances anymore? >> and this morning, the exclusive home videos of britney with her family that her dad's attorney says shows the family happy together just last year, only on “gma” this morning. and, yes, we do say good morning, america. good to be with you on this thursday morning. so much news to get to including the latest on tiger. his recovery after that horrific accident. more details on the crash and what may have saved his life. >> that is coming up. we'll begin with new hope on the vaccine front. is so far more than 45 million americans, 13.6% of the population have received at least one dose of the two-shot vaccines and johnson & johnson has now released encouraging data ahead of the fda review this friday for their single dose vaccine. >> johnson & johnson working overtime at its memphis storage facility to get its vaccine out

as soon as possible. this as that concerning new variant spreads through new york city. whit johnson is at a mass vaccination site in manhattan with the latest on it all. good morning, whit. >> reporter: michael, good morning to you. that new variant here in new york city is only adding to the urgency to speed up vaccinations. researchers still don't know if it's more contagious or more deadly, but still it needs more study as well. this as many of the vaccinemakers ready preparing booster shots to deal with these ever-evolving variants. this morning, alarming evidence a new covid variant is spreading rapidly in new york city. researchers arguing this could be yet another variant of concern like the uk, south african and brazilian variants. >> we really need to accelerate our rate of vaccination and it's all hands on deck to try to get the american people vaccinated. >> reporter: some of the variants raising questions about

the impact on vaccines. pfizer announcing they're talking to regulators about test their own variant specific booster offering a third dose to 144 clinical trial participants. moderna taking similar action, sending modified vaccines for the south african variant to the nih for testing, including a combination formula for those getting their first shots should that become necessary. and there is new hope on the horizon. johnson & johnson on the verge of adding a third vaccine in the u.s. this one shown to be effective against the variants. >> the vaccine provides very robust protection throughout the world including against the worrisome viral variants we've joso& hnson's ot be 100% effecta death, and early analysis hinting it may offer 70% protection against asymptomatic infections making those less likely to spread the disease. the fda meeting tomorrow and could give emergency use authorization as early as friday night.

>> if the j&j vaccine is approved it will provide an increase in vaccine supply to the u.s. and to the world and will accelerate the vaccine rollout. >> reporter: up to 4 million doses ready to ship right away, 20 million by the end of march. that's below earlier estimates. the white house saying it's working with johnson & johnson to speed up delivery. >> if authorized, we are ready to roll out this vaccine without delay. >> reporter: the nih also launching new research to study so-called long haulers, one-third of covid patients say they have persistent symptoms for months after contracting the virus. people like kaitlyn dennis, a former college athlete now on daily medication and fighting brain fog. >> some days i can go around the block but once you've crossed that line of it being too much, my body just shuts down and i'm in bed for a few days. >> reporter: now back to that new variant here in new york city, researchers say they've identified at least 80 cases across the tri-state area.

they also say that it shares a mutation in common with a variant from south africa and one from brazil but it is unique on its own and, again, will ?equire further investigation. >>y,hanks, w we are joined by dr. ashish jha. dean of the brown university school of public health. thanks for joining us, dr. jha. let's talk about the new york variant. how concern something it to you? >> yeah, good morning, george. thanks for having me on. we don't know much about it yet. i think we're going to see things like this. i'm not super concerned yet. we're learning about it. i remain optimistic our vaccines will work against it so i don't think we're at a point where we need to be excessively concerned. >> there is a lot of optimism over the johnson & johnson vaccine, single dose. we know it works well to prevent hospitalizations and deaths but doesn't score quite as effectively on preventing transmission as we've seen moderna and pfizer. what's your take on it? >> yeah, my take is at the end of the day this is a very, very good vaccine. i certainly would take it and

have my family members take it. as you said, it prevents hospitalizations and deaths. that's what we care about, and the bottom line is it's still quite effective at preventing regular infections but again the bottom line is hospitalizations and deaths and that's where it's excellent. >> what do we know about the effectiveness now of all the vaccines against the variants that are cropping up all over the world? >> yeah, i remain pretty optimistic. against the uk variant, these vaccines are very good. against any of the variants that have popped up from the united states they're very good. the one that has had some concern is the south african variant. the vaccines seem to still work pretty well. but we may need to at some point we'll o see.d update our ines. >>f people have a choice which vaccine should they take? >> i really think -- and i mean this, this is what i said to my family, people should get whatever vaccine is available and not worry about picking between all three of these excellent vaccines. >> you think whichever one you can get, whenever you can get it, you should get it. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> and how about the overall

situation right now? we're still seeing cases and hospitalizations and deaths come down. how much longer do you think we're going to have to have strict social distancing mask wearing? >> yeah, it's a very good question. my take is we still -- the uk variant is the one i'm still worried about, again mid to late march is when that's supposed to become dominant. we have to get through that. once we get into april, i hope that a lot of people have been vaccinated. the uk variant will not be dominating us in the same way and at that point i think we can really start making some decisions about relaxing a lot of the restrictions. >> relatively normal summer? >> yeah, relatively former summer. i'm really excited about it. >> that is reason for excitement. dr. jha, thanks for your time and information this morning. >> reason for excitement indeed, george. we'll turn to tiger woods. new details on that horrific crash as he recovered from serious injuries, and a black box-type device in the suv he was driving could help investigators. our chief national correspondent matt gutman joins us from

outside of the hospital in torrance, california, with the latest. good morning, matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, robin. that black box-like device can tell investigators how fast tiger woods was going, whether he tapped the brakes, the angle of his steering wheel even. right now the l.a. sheriff is saying he's not considering any charges against tiger woods. he's saying this was purely an accident. on wednesday, tiger woods' girlfriend erica herman seen visiting the legend as he recovers from the wreck that totalled his suv and mangled one of his legs. during emergency surgery a metal rod screws and pins were implanted to stabilize the bones in his shin, ankle and foot. >> the return to glory. >> reporter: as investigators try to determine the cause of this potentially career-destroying wreck, l.a. sheriff ruling out alcohol. >> this is purely an accident. there was no evidence of any impairment whatsoever. he was lucid.

no odor of alcohol. >> reporter: the sheriff adding there will be no charges. this is one of the few suburban streets you'll see with a runaway vehicle ramp. in fact, there are two of them and the sheriff of l.a. county calls it such a dangerous stretch of road that there have been 13 accidents here over the past 13 months, 4 of them with injuries. that stretch of road is so notorious late wednesday the county announced a safety review in an effort to make it safer. this new surveillance video obtained by tmz shows a vehicle that looks like tiger's driving in that same location just moments before the accident. now attention is turning to the car woods was driving. hyundai's new genesis gv-80 and how its safety features may have helped woods survive. the insurance institute for highway safety began its rigorous testing on the model putting it through this high impact crash. this exclusive first look showing the special safety features of the car. >> this particular vehicle has

not only side air bags, frontal air bags and then the rear seat protection, but it also has a center air bag and it really puts you in a cocoon. >> reporter: genesis confirming the car had a black box which can offer data on the speed it's driven, any braking and steering angles and which investigators say they'll examine to determine what caused the accident. but before the investigation is completed it's very likely he'll have to undergo additional surgeries. orthopedists tell us it's going to be a long road to recovery for him. s t dist inex. residents waters e governor ougeand rc moe is in arlington with more. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: hey, good morning, michael.

take a look at this copper pipe. this is a one-inch water pipe. look at the go where we are and sent water spewing onto the ground for nine hours last week. there was two to eight inches of standing water inside the church building. this is the sanctuary here at st. john the apostle united methodist church. just an absolute mess and all of this started with massive power outages and overnight the governor pointing the finger in a statewide address. >> ercot repeatedly assured the state and the public that ercot was prepared. those assurances turned out to be false. >> reporter: overnight texas governor greg abbott announcing multiple investigations into the agency that manages 90% of the state's power grid. >> ercot must be overhauled. many of you are angry and you have a right to be. >> reporter: in a board meeting wednesday ercot's ceo bill

magnus said it was minutes away from a complete blackout. six members have resigned in the wake of the state's power crisis. critics highlighting several of those members live outside texas and are not affected by the outages. and now the travis county district attorney in austin also opening a criminal investigation into the power outages that caused so much devastation. the d.a. has not indicated whether the investigation would specifically target ercot. while most of the power has been restored and water boil notices lifted many residents are still not in the clear. just look at their water. houston public works has received 9,400 complaints about water that looks dirty and smells fishy. >> still dirty. >> reporter: the change is caused by algae that is seasonal and adding the drinking water continues to meet or exceed federal and state standards. others still don't have running water like this apartment in arlington, texas. residents forced to fill jugs from a hydrant. >> you have to go over there to fill up water.

otherwise you can't even flush the toilet. >> reporter: another look at the mess here at this arlington church. one of the other pressing issues is the high electricity bills some texans received. law makers are expected to hold hearings on that issue and the overall crisis later today. george? >> okay, marcus, thanks very much. let's go to washington now where the post master general is under fire from congress and the white house. he's apologized for slow mail delivery last year but defying calling to step down. rachel scott has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the head of the postal service, louis dejoy, made it clear he is not going anywhere telling wmakm now he did try to explain some of those slowdowns with the mail delivery saying he was trying to correct these long-standing financial issues with the postal service. so he cut back on costs and overtime but that did slow down the mail delivery during the holiday season right ahead of the election. you had americans waiting for prescription drugs, waiting for

mail-in ballots. he did push back on accusations that he was trying to undermine mail-in voting but did apologize for those delays calling it unacceptable. his goal here, though, is to still cut down on costs. so the changes he is suggesting would still slow down the mail and that is prompting new concern, george, right before tax season and possibly another round of stimulus checks. >> he says he's not going anywhere, but he can be replaced. it's just a bit of a complicated process. >> reporter: this is complicated. so louis dejoy is a republican donor. he cannot be removed by the president of the united states, but he can be removed by the board of governors. and so right now democrats are pushing the white house to take action and they're strategically trying to fill the vacancies on the board of governors. they are the ones that could remove dejoy. >> it could happen by the summer. okay, thanks very much. robin? now to south dakota's attorney general. under fire and facing impeachment following his involvement in a deadly accident. he is not backing down and alex perez has the latest. >> reporter: south dakota attorney general jason

ravnsboreg is facing impeachment following miss did he meeng misdemeanor charges from a deadly car accident last september and the release of two recorded interviews with investigators. >> i'm thinking it's a deer at this point. >> reporter: he says he called the sheriff to report the late night crash and then was allowed to leave the scene before returning the next morning in a car borrowed from the sheriff. that's when he says he first discovered joseph boever had been killed. but investigators later challenging his claim that he didn't see boever before or after the accident pointing to the victim's glasses found in the attorney general's front floorboard. >> they're joe's glasses. i wondered about that. that means his face came through your windshield. his glasses are right there, jason. those are joe's. >> reporter: police say cell phone data shows minutes after the crash he walked right past the 55-year-old who had been walking with a flashlight before he was hit. >> also had to walk by the light. that's the really confusing part. again, the light is still on.

>> the flashlight did light up and glow. >> reporter: the governor of south dakota calling on the attorney general to to do the work of the office. and joe boever's family is frustrated and disappointed that the attorney general has not been charged with his death. robin? >> you can understand the family feeling that way. alex, thank you. michael? >> robin, thank you. let's take a look at this. every year at this time thousands of visitors travel to yosemite national park to experience this magical sight at sunset for about a week in february. it is called a fire wall and that's right. it looks like the waterfalls are on fire as the sun reflects off them. >> beautiful. >> it's spectacular. really is spectacular. but it only lasts for a few seconds so better have your camera ready. >> it's worth it if you do.

we're following a lot of other headlines this morning including our abc news exclusive, britney spears' saga. her father jamie's attorney speaking about the battle for control of the pop superstar's finances. a look at the safety features on the suv that might have saved tiger woods' life. we have an exclusive look at the crash test on that vehicle. now let's go to ginger. >> reporter: i've got to take you to denver where they've had one of their biggest snow storms of the season. close to a foot. people trying to push their cars out. that caught them up to normal or close to. this pattern going to create heavy flash flooding and the potential for hail as far back as dallas. shreveport damaging wind possibilities arkansas into mississippi. watch for that especially in the coming days. your local weather in 30 seconds. first the windy cities responspd by verizon.

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variants and new data shows it may be 100% effective at preventing hospitalization and death. tiger woods is recovering in a hospital in l.a. this morning, following that suv crash that left him with severe leg injuries. police are calling it an accident saying he will not face any criminal charges. bruce springsteen pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of consuming alcohol in a closed area. the other charges were dropped. so now that the matter is resolved, the rock star's jeep ad is back online after the car company had pulled it. the company saying we paused commercial d commercial until the facts were established and there was no dwi. a lot of other news to get to. we'll start with our abc news exclusive. britney spears' father's lawyer speaking out about his role in her conservatorship.

back in the spotlight now thanks to that popular new documentary. amy robach had a chance to sit down with one of jamie spears' attorneys, and she joins us now. good morning, amy. >> reporter: good morning, michael. conservatorships are usually put in place for people who courts find to be unable to make decisions for themselves and britney has been in one since she was in her 20s. thanks to a social media movement people are asking why does she still need one? >> i understand that every story needs a villain, but people have it so wrong here. ♪ oops i did it again ♪ >> reporter: this morning the attorney for jamie britney spears' father, is speaking out to abc news. >> this is a story about a fiercely loving, dedicated and loyal father who rescued his daughter from a life-threatening situation. people were harming her and they were exploiting her. jamie saved britney's life. >> reporter: in 2008, following a bitter divorce, custody battle and two hospitalizations, britney was placed under a court mandated conservatorship which has been making medical and

financial decisions for her in the last 13 years. >> hi, britney. >> reporter: the conservatorship front and center of the new documentary "framing britney spears" and is a primary focus of the #freebritney movement. a passionate group of her fans who believe she's being controlled against her will. >> all: free britney. >> reporter: jamie's attorney say court documents so when he stepped in as conservator in 2008, her assets were only worth $2.8 million. they say he worked with his daughter to restore her finances under the conservatorship to nearly $60 million in 2019. >> it's a shocking number to know, okay, here's a rock star, a pop star, a young woman who's making $40 million a year and somehow she only ends up with $2.8 million in the bank. does jamie know how that happened? >> britney's assets were clearly being mismanaged and she was being taken advantage of financially by some of those around her. >> how did jamie turn britney's

finances around so dramatically? >> he has collaborated with her. he -- when she is up for performing, she has performed. when she wants album, she can record an album and when she wants to live her life the way she wants like a normal person, he has collaborated with her to do that as well. >> reporter: since 2008 britney has released four albums. ♪ would you hold it against me ♪ >> reporter: starred on a primetime show. >> i felt like i had a connection with you. >> reporter: and even hosted her own las vegas residency. but she has not performed professionally since 2019 saying at the time she was backing out of an upcoming show because her dad was sick and she needed to focus on family. but last year a seemingly different tune. in november her attorney telling a judge, my client has informed me that she is afraid of her father, adding she will not perform again if her father is in charge of her career. can you explain why britney's

lawyer is saying she doesn't want her dad in charge of her finances anymore and she's actually saying at least through her lawyer -- her lawyer is saying that britney says she won't perform anymore until her dad is no longer in charge of her. why would that happen? why would that statement be made? >> throughout 2020 britney and her father had many conversations and in fact earlier on in the pandemic they spent two weeks with other family members hunkered down in louisiana. britney and jamie went on long drives together. they played and worked in the family garden and every night jamie cooked southern comfort food that the family ate and enjoyed together. and in that time britney never expressed those words to her father. she's never asked him to step aside. >> reporter: jamie's attorney says these videos jamie says he and the spears family filmed and shared exclusively with abc news are from that family gathering,

britney horsing around with her sister jamie lynn riding a bike with her niece and playing around with the family including jamie in the beard in the garden. is it the belief this is something her lawyer is saying and it's not coming from britney herself? >> jamie loves his daughter and like any other family, issues come up from time to time. but this in no way takes away from the love and support that they have for each other. britney knows that her daddy loves her and she knows that she can call on him any time, conservatorship or not. >> reporter: vivian, it is difficult to understand then why britney's lawyer actually took it a step further and said that britney was scared of her father, scared of jamie. does jamie have any idea why that statement would be made? >> in the many conversations that jamie and britney had throughout 2020, britney never

said those things to jamie. she never asked him to step aside. >> if britney through her lawyer, though, is asking that jamie, her father, not be a part of her conservatorship, why does jamie then still insist on being her conservator? >> jamie serves as britney's conservator because he loves her, he wants the best for britney. [ crowd chanting ] >> what do you make of the free britney movement? >> i think we have to remember how this conservatorship was started. and that britney needed help and that's why the conservatorship was put into place and why jamie was appointed. >> has jamie asked britney, because britney could put this to an end right now if she said, hey, guys, everything is cool. i don't need to be freed. i'm living my life the way i want to live it d ve got uiding .y uldn't s jt put at o ask bri.

>> now, while britney has not relynline, after that documentary, which she did not participate in, she did post this, she says, i'll always love being on stage, but i am taking the time to learn and be a normal person, i love simply enjoying the basics of everyday life. she adds each person has their story and their take on other people's stories. remember, no matter what we think we know about a person's life it is nothing compared to the actual person living behind the lens. and we should mention we did reach out to britney's attorney. he told us he cannot comment on a pending case. michael? >> interesting, amy. thank you so much. wow. okay. coming up next we have an exclusive look at the crash test on the vehicle tiger woods was driving when he got in that horrific accident. we'll have more on the safety features next. ve tried to defin. but i never invited you in. it's my life

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we are back now with more on tiger woods and the suv he was driving. certain safety features may have saved his life. this morning, we have an exclusive look at those crash test videos for the vehicle. our transportation correspondent gio benitez has the story. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, george, good morning. yeah, this is the genesis gv-80, the same model tiger was driving when he had that horrible accident. now the question, did its safety features help save his life? this morning as investigators search for answers in tiger

woods' horrifying crash, attention now turning to the car he was driving. the new luxury suv by hyundai, the genesis gv-80 had already received early critical acclaim but now experts are pointing to its unique design and air bag positioning. this morning, "gma" getting an exclusive look at crash tests under way right now by the insurance institute for highway safety. here you see one of the rare features, an air bag between the two front seats, one of the ten air bags in this car. >> air bags deployed all of that and however thankfully the interior was more or less intact which kind of gave him the cushion to survive. >> reporter: woods sustained injuries to his legs, but apparently not to his head or torso. >> the vehicle was designed in such a way that the front end of the vehicle absorbs a lot of the energy of a crash. >> reporter: then there's what genesis calls its reinforced passenger compartment.

here the iihs conducts its roof strength test. the roof seems to hold up but it's not the only car getting high marks. the iihs now releasing a list of 90 top safety picks which provide good protection in crashes, sufficient lighting from headlights and effective front crash prevention. from the honda and accord to the mazda cx3 to the ford explorer and several other genesis models, the gv-80 is still undergoing those tests. >> we expect that when we release the final results for this vehicle next month, that it will be an award-winning vehicle in our eyes and receive the top safety pick or top safety pick plus designation. >> reporter: what should you look for when you are buying a new car? >> going out to the car

dealership the top five features are -- automatic emergency braking, forward collision warning, blind spot warning, rear cross traffic alert and this is not a safety feature but check the crash tests. >> reporter: by september 2022 all new vehicles will come with automatic emergency braking. a feature on the gv-80 and many already come with assisted driving features. now, you've got to remember those assisted driving features are phenomenal, but they're just that. to assist. they're not meant to replace the driver. and at the end of the day, this is the most important safety feature of all, the seat belt. you've just got to wear it, george. >> we know that. gio, thanks very much. robin? coming up, our p.o.d., "play of the day." come on back.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. a new covid variant on the move in new york. are the vaccines effective against it? moderna and pfizer race to modify their vaccines. and new hope on the horizon from johnson & johnson's one-shot vaccine. possibly one day away from emergency use authorization. new details this morning on tiger woods, the car crash and the surgery to help save his shattered right leg. a metal rod, screws and pins implanted. his girlfriend, erica herman, visiting him in the hospital as authorities say the rollover was purely an accident. out of control. drew barrymore revealing her mom placed her in a psychiatric ward at 13 years old for a year and a half. what her relationship is like with her mom now and how it's

changed the way she's raising her own kids. abc news exclusive. fight for equality. apple's ceo tim cook joining forces with imagine dragons' lead singer dan reynolds and utah jazz owner ryan smith. their special announcement this morning. and good morning, eddie murphy. >> good morning, my neighbors. >> the sequel 33 years in the making. we're talking to eddie and his daughter and co-star bella. we're all coming to america as we say, good morning, america. ♪ let's show the world we can dance ♪ ♪ strut our stuff ♪ can't wait to hear from eddie murphy. so much excitement around "coming 2 america." also, hey, "deals & steals" with tory. clever solutions to everyday problems and they are all from small businesses. >> that is exciting and also this morning we're looking at the power of hip-hop. a movement that's more than just

music. it educates, it uplifts and it is a voice for the voiceless in so many ways. we have more on that just ahead. >> looking forward to that. first, the latest on the pandemic and vaccines. so far more than 45 million americans, 13.6% of the population have received at least one dose of the two-shot vaccines and johnson & johnson has released encouraging data ahead of the fda review this friday of their single-dose vaccine. and this is coming as a concerning new variant is spreading through new york city, back to whit johnson at a mass vaccination site in manhattan. good morning, whit. >> reporter: george, good morning. researchers still don't know if this new york city variant is more contagious or more deadly but it's only adding to the urgency to speed up vaccinations and vaccinemakers are already preparing booster shots to combat new strains of the virus. this morning, early evidence that a new covid variant is now spreading rapidly in new york city. researchers arguing this could be yet another variant of concern like the uk, south

african and brazilian variants. some of the variants raising questions about the impact on vaccines. pfizer announcing they're talking to regulators about testing their own booster offering a third dose to trial participants. moderna taking similar actions sending modified vaccines for the south african variant to the nih for testing including a combination formula for those getting their first shots should it become necessary. new hope on the horizon. johnson & johnson on the verge of adding a third vaccine in the u.s. this one shown to be effective against the variants. the fda meeting tomorrow and could give emergency use authorization as early as friday night. with all three vaccines expected to be available soon, george spoke with dr. ashish jha earlier this morning about how people can decide which vaccine to take. >> i really think and i mean this, this is what i said to my family, people should get

whatever vaccine is available and not worry about picking between all three of these excellent vaccines. >> so you think whichever one you can get whenever you can get it, you should get it? >> absolutely, absolutely. >> reporter: back here at the javits center this was converted into a field hospital last spring. now it's a mass vaccination site. you can see people are leaving heartfelt messages on this wall of thanks expressing gratitude to all of the health care heroes and members of the national guard who have been fighting to save lives here since the pandemic began. robin? >> whit, lovely to see that wall of thanks. thank you. turning now to more on tiger woods' horrific car accident as he continues to recover this morning. so let's go back to our chief national correspondent matt gutman. he is there outside the hospital in torrance, california. good morning, again, matt. >> reporter: good morning to you again, robin. as tiger woods works on his recovery, there's one thing he doesn't need to worry about. the l.a. sheriff saying there's

no sign of alcohol or drugs, but his agency is investigating what caused the accident. as investigators try to determine the cause of tiger woods' potentially career-destroying wreck, l.a. sheriffs ruling out alcohol. >> this is purely an accident. there was no evidence of any impairment whatsoever. he was lucid, no odor of alcohol. >> reporter: adding there will be no charges. this is one of the few suburban streets you'll see with a runaway vehicle ramp. in fact there are two of them and the sheriff calls this such a dangerous stretch of road that there have been 13 accidents here over the past 13 months, four of them with es and that stretch of road is so notorious that late wednesday the county announced a safety review in an effort to make it safer. on wednesday, tiger woods' girlfriend, erica herman seen visiting the golf legend as he recovers from the wreck that totaled his suv and mangled one of his legs. during emergency surgery a metal rod, screws and pins were

implanted to stabilize the bones in his shin, ankle and foot. >> the return to glory. >> reporter: now attention is turning to the car woods was driving. hyundai's new genesis gv-80 and how its safety featured may have helped him survive. the insurance institute for highway safety just began its testing putting it through a high impact crash. this exclusive first look showing the special safety features of the car. >> this particular vehicle has not only side air bags, frontal air bags and then the rear seat protection, but it also has a center air bag and it really puts you in a cocoon. >> reporter: and that's crash probably saved tig wds' life but because he had multiple fractures in that lower right leg including a compound fracture, his road to recovery

is likely going to be a long one. george? >> i bet it is. matt, thanks very much. coming up, drew barrymore is revealing new details about her mother putting her in a psychiatric hospital for 18 months when she was just 13. plus, "deals & steals," big bargains on simple problem solvers from small businesses. and eddie murphy on getting the gang back together for "coming 2 america." ♪ we got the beat ♪ >> we'll be right back. sfx: [sounds of everyday life events, seen and heard in reverse] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ sfx: [sounds of fedex planes and vehicles engines] ♪ sfx: [sounds of children laughing and running, life moving forward]

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performance of "they live in you" by cast members from disney's broadway productions of "aladdin" and "frozen." right now it's time for "pop news" with lara. good morning, lara. >> good morning, robin. we're going to talk about sir paul mccartney this morning announcing the release date for his memoir. he did so with a poignant trailer sharing never before seen photos and videos both with his beatles bandmates and his young family back in the day. mccartney saying in a statement he's been asked to write his autobiography many times before. the timing was never exactly right. it is now, though. sir paul going on to say he

hopes that, quote, what i've written will show people something about my songs and my life that they haven't seen before. the publisher says this is a virtual treasure trove of material from mccartney's personal archives including handwritten songs, letters, photographs, every beatle fan will absolutely enjoy. the book will examine the lyrics of over 150 songs from mccartney's career titled "the lyrics: 1956 to the present" and comes out november 2nd of this year. really looking forward to that. hollywood's hottest costume designer is making history. ruth carter who has worked on so many amazing movies including "black panther." receiving a star on the hollywood walk of fame making her the first black costume designer and second ever to get the legendary tribute working in hollywood for over four decades. she got her start with spike lee on "school dayz" in 1988 and received an oscar for her work on "black panther" and finished working on "coming 2 america," and here we have some special guests coming up. >> well, yes, we do, lara, yes,

we do. we have eddie murphy and his daughter bella. they're coming up in our next half hour. you got to see "coming 2 america." >> i will be watching. >> so happy for ruth. so well deserved. so well deserved. so very well deserved. i want to tell you guys the story of a college rivalry. it started when a good samaritan left a thousand dollar tip in a cafe in cincinnati with a note saying please share this with all your employees as they work so hard dealing with covid. go, xavier. well, the burger joint shared that act of kindness on their facebook page and a few days later a rebuttal. another thousand dollar tip left the keystone bar and grill with a note that read, well, earlier i saw a xavier fan tip a thousand dollar at zip's. i believe now more than ever we have to take care of our servers and local restaurants. let's see how long we can keep this going. bearcats, up by one. the bearcats being the university of cincinnati, and

that started the tip war. so far $55,000 has been tipped to local restaurant workers across the city of cincinnati. i love this kind of rivalry. so good. and finally, as we know, huskies are a breed of dog that is very happy to be out playing in the snow and this one that you're about to see is no different which is -- well, it's telling. watch what happens when his human tries to call him inside. >> malachi, come inside. come inside. come on. come inside. i can get this trouble for animal cruelty if you do not come inside. come on. malachi. malachi, come inside. >> george stephanopoulos, did you hear that? >> yes, i -- >> proving my long held theory. >> i heard a sound. >> that dogs can, in fact,

communicate. >> i love dogs. they can't talk. >> he said i heard a sound, but they can't talk. >> george, we are an amazing news organization. i just presented video evidence. i will leave it up to you to decide, america. and i will send it back to you tha you, lara going to turn now to the actress is revealing new details about when her mom placed her in a psychiatric ward at 13 for a year and a half and kaylee hartung has details with what happened inside the facility and her relationship with her mom now. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: good morning, george. drew barrymore was admittedly out of control at 13. there was drugs, alcohol and partying. hard to imagine, and so is what happened next. she's now describing the padded rooms and stretchers with restraints at the institution her mom sent her to. this morning, actress turned talk show host drew barrymore opening up in a new interview with howard stern about her experience and what she calls a

psychiatric ward at just 13 years old. >> i was just like a little spa vacation for 30 days like in malibu was sort of the opposite of the experience i had. i was in a place for a year and a half and you couldn't mess around in there. and if you did you would get thrown either in the padded room or get put in stretcher restraints and tied up. >> reporter: inside the facility she says she was known to instigate uproars. >> i would totally rile the entire joint up and it was like half a kids' facility and half like an old persons place so like -- as i was like riling up these like young girls, like the woman in the walker would go by. it was hilarious. >> reporter: at the time barrymore was riding high on the heels of child superstardom and iconic roles in "e.t." but barely a teenager she began experimenting with drugs and alcohol and acting out.

she says she believes her mother jade felt she had nowhere else to turn. >> you know, i think she created a monster and she didn't know what to do with the monster and this was her last gasp. >> when miss drew was going through this 30 years ago mental health treatment for young people was so different. you know, maybe even nonexistent. we need to start treating and addressing the mental health issues as young and as early as possible. >> reporter: barrymore says growing up her mom treated her more like a friend than a daughter. now 46 she is a mom to two daughters of her own and says she's doing things differently. >> i raise my girls so much more traditionally and quietly and very protectively and such an antithesis to my upbringing. >> reporter: not long after drew left that facility she legally separated from her mom and she says that was the worst pain she's ever known. but decades later there's healing. they've reconciled and drew says that's possible in part because

now that she has tgood to hear. kaylee, thank you. we turn to the new study on plant proteins and long-term health benefits. could upping your intake of beans, nuts and more help prevent heart disease? dr. ashton will join us with more on that. tell us about the study. >> so, robin, here it is. it was just out in the journal of the american heart association, pretty big study, over 100,000 postmenopausal women were followed then for 18 years and the findings of this study pretty interesting. they found that the women who ate more protein from plant-based sources had an associated lower risk of dementia, lower risk of heart disease and lower risk of something we call all cause mortality means death from all causes, in comparison to people who ate more red meat, dairy, eggs and poultry.

>> animal protein. so do researchers know why that is? >> there's some working theories that have been reported in the medical and nutritional science literature. one has to do with inflammatory metabolites so these are by-products of animal protein that can then affect the heart and the brain and our blood vessels, another one has to do with the gut microbiome. those are the two main working theories at this point. >> jen, word on the street you're three weeks into a plant-based style of eating. how is it going? >> i am, robin. this was my little experiment during my last covid quarantine and i'm about three weeks in, just curious whether or not i could do it. whether i would notice any difference. i've been completely plant-based pretty much for the last three weeks. i checked my bad cholesterol. it dropped after just ten days of eating this way from 111 to

85. i measured my body composition, i lost 2% body fat. my weight stayed the same and i lost one point off that dangerous internal visceral fat so even someone doing this just one or two days a week could potentially have some health benefits. >> what is your advice to -- if i want to give this a try. >> dip your toe in the water. it doesn't have to be all or none. you could start with just one day of plant-based eating then maybe that will lead to two but, listen, if i can do it, anyone can do it. >> okay, i'm going to go with a meatless monday. meatless monday but tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday -- she said just a start. thank you, general. >> you bet. let's go back to ginger. good morning, sing. >> reporter: good morning, robin. i've been almost plant-based for a couple months. loving it but let's talk about the snow in denver. we talked about the people pushing their car out. close to a foot but look at little stella getting lost in it. just enjoying what has been one of the biggest snowstorms

because they were below average but more snow where this all came from. more in the cascades, the northern rockies, we're talking one to even three feet of snow on the way so some significant snow even, yes, in parts of colorado. all right. le good morning. i'm meteorologist mike nicco. good news, potentially damaging winds behind us. they could return this weekend. for now, we're looking at dry air, calmer conditions and seasonal to above average temperatures this afternoon. it's going to be cooler tonight thanks to the lack of winds. as we head throughout today, we're looking at 62 in san francisco to 70 in santa rosa. a few upper 50s along the coast. ♪ we got the beat ♪ time now for "deals & steals" and this morning, tory johnson has some problem solvers to make our lives a little easier. all the products are from small businesses and you can get these

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30 minutes. but you can always find the our abc7news.com. the news continues now with "good morning, america." ♪ i can make your hands" ♪ i can make your hands clap ♪ ♪ i can make your hands clap ♪f eddie murphy starring in "coming 2 america," a sequel more than 30 years in the making. t.j. holmes, got a pretty great assignment. talked to eddie and his daughter bella. >> reporter: george, it's not often you toss to me for a story, and my response can legitimately be, sexual chocolate and people know what i'm talking about. [ laughter ] right? you can say that. you can say queen of be. you can say, what is that, velvet and people know what you're talking about. this is a cultural phenomenon but why did it take 30 years. eddie murphy didn't know how big of a deal the movie was until recent years then he got to work, the sequel now finally here.

it's been 33 years since "coming to america." >> when you think of garbage, think of akeem. >> reporter: the movie that introduced us to the loveable, idealistic, prince akeem. >> good morning, my neighbors. >> reporter: the movie that little known gave us a worldwide first. at least according to eddie murphy. >> the very first mic drop in the history of the world is in "coming to america." >> no way. i have to verify that. when did you get how big of a deal this movie was? >> maybe about 25 years after the movie -- >> really? >> i knew it was on tv all the time and people started lines from the movie, catchphrases, people say sexual chocolate. >> sexual chocolate. [ applause ] sexual chocolate. >> like a sexual chocolate milk shake is on the menu. i was like, yo, let's explore making this together and that's when it started. >> reporter: now murphy is

taking fans back to zamunda in a sequel aptly titled "coming 2 america" and discovers he has a son, an heir in america that he never knew about. >> my son. >> we worked on this script for four years, version three of the script tracy morgan was my son in it. it's like -- >> oh, wow. >> it was like, hey, tracy look like he about my age. how we going to do that? no way -- how is tracy leslie's son. it was like we had -- all the way through it. >> reporter: the cast is full of familiar faces from the original but also includes a few new ones like bella murphy. eddie murphy's real-life daughter plays his daughter in the movie. >> bella, when did you really get or remember getting just how big of a deal "coming to america" was. >> i think when i watched it for the first time i was really young and it was the first time i've seen black royalty on the

screen and on top of it was my dad so that already was super impactful for me and very empowering. >> she had to audition for craig who directed it and i wasn't muscling my kid into the movie. she had to really be able to deliver otherwise she wouldn't have got the role. >> i just wanted to be good. i didn't want people to watch it and be like, oh, that must be his daughter because she can't keep up with everyone else. >> oh, her. [ laughter ] >> but, no, yeah, i just really wanted to do the best that i could and i'm really proud of how it turned out. >> my robes not on fleek. >> to be on fleek is normal. >> i rather enjoy being on fleek. >> there is a scene, you essentially get to kick your dad's butt. >> oh. >> was that awkward? was that fun? >> it was really fun. it's weird when you are -- >> what do you mean it was fun? you grounded.

see how much fun it is then. >> what is your thoughts on how the movie is having to be released now? >> it kind of worked out perfect because more people are going to see it and i'm happy that it turned out this way. >> and i know you all are talking to arsenio earlier and said people were on them, don't mess up my movie, right? i took this opportunity to take issue with eddie murphy in the movie, there's no soul glo. why is there no soul glo in the movie? but, guys, he corrected me. t.j., you missed it. there is a part in there, robin, did you catch it. a little part, not where you think it's supposed to be. not what you're expecting but they get a little soul glo into the movie, so "coming 2 america," available to stream globally on amazon prime. it starts on march 5th. did you catch it. >> i did and did you get that promotional that they sent out a box of sexual chocolates? >> oh. >> wow. >> i have a box. >> i'm tempted to ask what a sexual chocolate is. >> i got mine. george just said sexual chocolate. oh!

i was hoping that was going -- kind of like your kid growing up. >> we need a moment. we need a moment. we need a moment. please, george, continue. we're going to come back with robin's exclusive interview with apple's tim cook, ryan smith and dan reynolds of imagine dragons.

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we are back now with three powerhouses who are teaming up for a special announcement giving a lifeline to millions of lgbtq plus youth. apple ceo tim cook, imagine dragons front man dan reynolds and utah jazz owner ryan smith as a new gallup poll shows 5.6% of adults identify as part of the community. you tweeted support for the equality act providing anti-discrimination protections for lgbtq plus people. tell us why you felt compelled to post that. >> i feel that everybody should be treated with dignity and respect in the workplace and housing and public accommodations. it expands the definition of civil rights act and i could not be more supportive of it. >> reporter: apple's ceo tim cook is once again taking a stand for lgbtq plus equality, and this morning, the tech giant is teaming up with newly minted

utah jazz owner ryan smith. ♪ >> reporter: and imagine dragons' front man dan reynolds to make a powerful statement of inclusion. >> a tech ceo, an nba team owner and a rock star, all joining forces to support one incredible nonprofit, that's called encircle. so, dan, please tell us about this organization. >> encircle is an incredible organization that provides a safe home for lgbtq plus youth and is a place where youth can go after school to have therapy for themselves, for their family. >> reporter: encircle opened its doors in 2017 starting with one small blue house in the predominantly mormon community of provo, utah. the church opposes same-sex marriage. ryan, you and dan were raised in the mormon faith. what message does that send that encircle not only exists there

but is embraced? >> it embodies everything i believe in. it's love, it's home, it's unity. it's safety. and, you know, it's truly innovative. >> we have a special message want to hear directly from the encircle youth themselves on how it has influenced their lives. >> hi, my name is grace, i really love encircle because it's a place where everyone is welcome. >> i've been going to encircle for about four years now. it's basically my second home at this point. >> to me encircle means a sense of belonging and understanding. >> reporter: no sides, only love is their motto, and it's working. while four out of ten lgbtq youth across the country seriously consider suicide, none of the encircle families have had to endure that tragedy. >> the point that we want to hit home that every family needs to hear is that acceptance is not enough for our lgbtq youth.

they need to be celebrated. >> millions of lgbtq plus youth all across this great country, they're still growing up in places where they don't feel accepted. >> this is why i came out because i was getting notes from kids and kids that were contemplating suicide, kids that were being bullied and so i wanted to share a part of my life and being involved in this with dan and ryan sort of taking it to a new level is what it's all about. >> together these leaders are paving the way for the expansion of encircle homes, announcing today a $4 million donation, a lifeline to reach more youth and their families. >> we have this motto that is working. the model is working. dan is donating his childhood home. it's amazing, with apple products on the inside it's just -- it's time to go. >> is this a full circle moment

for you? >> it really is, you know, i have watched throughout my life the difficult path that lgbtq youth have especially coming from homes of faith. to now know with my mom and dad's blessing i was able to purchase the house from them and will be the first encircle home in las vegas and that's -- that's powerful for me. >> in 2014 you said we pave the sunlit path to justice together brick by brick. is this announcement today laying another one of those bricks? >> each of these homes i have served about 10,000 kids per year and so eight new homes, 80,000 people per year, you do that for ten years or so you get close to a million people. this is definitely a brick. >> once again, the motto, no sides, not taking sides, only love and really, boy, there was so much more that we talked about, so you can see my full

interview with tim, dan and ryan and i'll put it on my facebook page a little bit later on today. >> yeah. >> ginger. thank you, robin and i just -- i feel like now we can go on to spring because i finally have seen a chicken in the snow. yeah, i wait for that every season. get a lot of dogs and cats but here we go. whoo, doesn't mean we can't get one more spring snowstorm so don't quote that part of it. good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. some good news, not as breezy today and temperatures still pretty comfortable. upper 50s along the coast. low to upper 60s for the rest now to the power of hip-hop. the movement that's more than music. we're talking fashion, dance, street art and social justice and as we celebrate black history month, we're passing the mic to those who know the genre best. take a look. from chance the rapper. ♪

>> reporter: to nicki minaj. ♪ they call me megatron ♪ >> reporter: hip-hop the most dominant music genre in the country and the sound is everywhere from commercials to the super bowl. ♪ >> reporter: but hip-hop has always been more than just entertainment. it's been a voice for the voiceless. >> what can people learn about the black experience through music? >> they can learn our hope, our aspirations, our dreams, our traumas, the tragedies we've confronted. the hopefulness we embody. >> reporter: best-selling author michael eric dyson says it's been addressing the issues of today for decades. >> there's so much in hip-hop that speaks about mistreatment, when you think about the whole range of issues that they're talking about like tupac, just the other day -- ♪

>> not only does it educate but uplifts. >> kendrick lamar, everything is gonna be all right. ♪ we gonna be all right ♪ >> because that music represented the determination to overcome. >> what makes, you know, hip-hop music and street culture so appealing to the masses? >> back in the day of, say, civil rights and so on, we said we're going to cross over to the dominant society. hip-hop said, no, y'all going to cross over to us. you know, you gonna understand where we live so it's like an informal sociology class. >> a class with lessons delivered by teachers like voila, j. cole. ♪ and common. ♪ >> i think music can transcend age groups, like nationalities, religions, it's like one of the most universal and divine things we have on this planet.

>> for the critically acclaimed rapper music is a calling so is activism in full focus on "a beautiful revolution, part 1." what is the message? >> i speak to the black communities because we've been dealing with a lot and had a lot to overcome, so i always want to uplift us but i want to uplift humanity. >> he has seen music's power to unite. >> say my name. [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: when i was out he sang "glory" at times. it was, man, this music means something. it's like motivation. ♪ no man, no country formed ♪ ♪ men become legends ♪ >> so many love this music. if you love it how can you leverage your own influence to make a change? >> you know, show up at protest movements. taking the risk to identify with black folk. go help people register to vote.

also, you know, joining organizations and clubs that speak about not only this music but about the forward movement of african-american society. >> and music speaks to people in so many different ways and i know you have your gospel music in the morning. george, you're rocking out in your dressing room. >> and me, every morning, it's every day, it just gets you in the right mood for whatever you're trying to take on for the day and that was amazing. i want to thank common and dr. dyson and coming up, top chef winner melissa king is going to show us how to turn a bowl of soup into a delicious family feast. we'll be right back. ♪ i w

we're back now with an ultimate upgrade perfect for soup season. top chef winner melissa king is here with all the delicious details on how to take your average bowl of soup and make it a family feast with a traditional chinese hot pot. good morning to you, melissa.

and, melissa, i want to say for the uninitiated what is a hot pot and why is it so significant to chinese food culture? >> so hot pot is one of my favorite things to do. it's not just a dish, it's a and so it's something that i've done within my own family and a lot of other asian families out there do this experience to celebrate the lunar new year. >> we got a lot going on here. >> anything, really. >> yeah. >> any celebration. >> i see and to upgrade our standard soup to a hot pot meal we need simple equipment that we might already have on hand starting with the pot for the broth. >> sure. yeah, so right now i have a traditional style split pot so i can have two different types in there and i like to go spicy and my family likes it more mild. you can use a standard pot. anything this size or so and what do you have? i think you're using a h. --

>> all right. and for your cookware on the bottom you want to use something, i think you have an induction burner. i'm using a camping stove so it's really whatever you got in the house to create some fire on the stove here. >> whatever gets hot, okay. i got you. >> whatever gets hot. >> now we want to heat up our broth and want it to get hot. once we do that we use it to cook the meat and vegetables. how do we get started? >> exactly so you can play around with different types of broths. i have here just a store bought chicken broth. can you certainly go vegetarian with a mushroom style broth and you got to have fun with fresh vegetables. i have, i mean, we have carrots here, we have tofu. and, michael, you can feel free to follow along with me and toss things in. >> all right. >> really what's important is that you start with sort of the heartier vegetables or the heartier things like the tofu,

the carrots, can kind of go in first. those take about two to five minutes to cook. and then we have mushroom, mushrooms can also go in, i have a whole assortment here. >> i like mushrooms. >> it's fun and playful. >> have fun, throw things into the pot. >> it's kind of cool. you can do this with the family, right. bring your kids along. >> exactly. it's very communal and once it comes to the leafy greens, these are more delicate. these cook much quicker, within 30 seconds to even a minute so i have some spinach here. i'll toss some in. we have bok choy. >> all right. >> you can have fun with some noodles and dumplings and then we move into the proteins. i have some shrimp that i'm just going to toss right in. and all of these ingredients really flavoring the broth. >> i tell you what, i love this. you got ingredients they did not give me so yours will be better than mine. but you have so many -- >> it's whatever you got really. >> there's so many ingredients for the hot pot but you say there's one thing no hot pot feast is complete without.

what is that one thing? >> one thing is you got to have a really amazing sauce bar and so here i have soy sauce, we have some ponzu, sesame oil, garlic and scallions and want to mix that together to create your sauce and this is going to be dipping sauce you'll use to dip all of your proteins and vegetables in. >> got it. >> then i have a little bowl of rice to land everything on. >> melissa, we really appreciate it. thank you so much for this. i'm going to make this for everybody in the studio so you guys, lunch is on me today. don't miss melissa as a judge on the upcoming season of "top chef." for more, plus information on how to take a virtual cooking class with melissa, visit our website, goodmorningamerica.com.

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it's time for "live with kelly and ryan." we'll be back at 11:00 for you will join us then. in the meantime, have a great pu sglasses, and get into the car for live's virtual road trip. next stop, phoenix, arizona. today, joining us virtually in the glorious heat, the glorious michael chiklis, plus we'll meet a man who gave, and he also received. he's our arizona good news story of the day. also we're cooking up a delicious southwestern dish that you're gonna want to make, all next on live. ♪ come on, bring it on home ♪ ♪ bring it on home... ♪ and now from the virtual valley of the sun, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. - [cheering] - look at-- look at the special effects. is that cacti virtual, or is that actually there? you know, if you close your eyes, it's like being there. - right. - and i mean close your eyes. [laughter] welcome. good morning. good morning. it's thursday, february 25, 2021.