good morning, america. monster march. a record-breaking blizzard slams parts of the west with more than four feet of snow. burying vehicles, shutting down interstates. drivers stranded on the treacherous roads. the dangerous system also spawns more than a dozen tornadoes in texas. >> tornado touching down. tornado on the ground. >> flipping rvs upside down. plus, the new severe weather threat on the move this morning. crisis at the border. the alarming new reports about life inside those massive tents for a record number of more than 4,200 migrant children in u.s. custody. allowed as little as 20 minutes of sunshine a day. why authorities won't let our cameras in. our cecilia vega there. the biden administration now calling on fema to help.

spring break surge? new covid fears across the country. scenes like this in texas and florida alarming health officials. thousands celebrating st. patrick's day in georgia. few masks in sight, as the u.s. is now seeing a big uptick in travel with more than 1 million people a day taking to the skies. dr. oz to the rescue. the man who was seconds from death at an airport. how he's doing now, and what the men are saying now about being connected forever only on "gma." final bow for brees. after 20 years on the field, the saints quarterback is retiring, and look who made the big announcement. >> after 15 years with the saints and 20 years in the nfl -- >> our dad is finally going to retire. >> all: so he can spend more time with us. yay! and it's hollywood's golden morning. we're counting down to the oscars.

so, who scored a nomination? >> i got my time coming to me. >> an oscars first. we're hearing in the nominees this morning. only on "gma." and women for the win. golden grammy girl power and queen bey pulling music's biggest night. billie eilish with record of the year, taylor swift's triple crown and megan thee stallion. >> thank you, beyonce. >> and the record-breaking 28th time, becoming the most decorated woman ever, but blue ivy stealing the show. >> she won a grammy tonight. i'm so proud of you. good morning, america. thank you for starting your week with us. what a night for beyonce and the

grammy. >> queen bey has now won more grammys than any other singer in history, and at 9 years old, her daughter became the second youngest person to win a grammy. apple doesn't fall far. >> got it from your momma. congratulations to them both. we'll have more on music's biggest night coming up, but we begin with that major storm slamming the west. parts of colorado and wyoming. denver's airport shut down as thousands of flights are canceled. rob marciano joins us now from aurora, colorado, with where the threat is now. good morning, rob. >> reporter: good morning, michael. we though this would be a crippling snowstorm for denver. that's exactly what we got. what an harrowing 18 hours it's been. this is not a parking lot this is highway near the denver airport. these are all stranded cars. the airport is just about two miles away.

a lot of the cars here belong to families that were at the airport, flights got cancelled. they left the airport to find a hotel, blinding snow, stuck here until police could come and get them a rescue. a massive winter storm wreaking havoc in the american west. wyoming and colorado slammed by a historic blizzard. treacherous road conditions leaving drivers helpless on i-25. several cars trapped in ditches. this good samaritan able to pull one vehicle to safety. rescue crews responding to those stranded in their vehicles. this man and his family were stuck on the highway after their flight got canceled. >> all of a sudden, the storm took hold and we got stranded with about 20 other cars. >> reporter: all runways shutting down at denver international airport, where the snowfall reached at least 27 inches, making it the fourth largest snowstorm on record for the city. just outside of boulder, the snow is well past my knees.

these vehicles nearly completely buried, and it's still coming down. just north of cheyenne, wyoming, 30 inches of snow. the biggest two days of snowfall ever recorded. travel brought to a standstill as highways there shut down. and in utah, four skiers rescued after an avalanche. >> tornado touching down. tornado on the ground. >> reporter: the same system spawning more than a dozen reported tornadoes in the texas panhandle. two possible twisters leaving rvs flipped on their heads, and piles of debris southeast of amarillo. heavy equipment's been working this all morning long. still not clear. the police department has been rolling through here, still rescuing people who have been stranded in their cars for over 12 hours now and we're not quite done with this storm yet. winter storm warnings east of here. where heavy snow will fall from this system next and next system coming in will have high impacts as well. ginger will have more on that in a bit.

we go to the border now where the migrant crisis is growing again. overcrowded facilities after a 25% surge in border crossings by unaccompanied minors in the last week. president biden deployed fema to handle the surge over the weekend. our chief white house correspondent cecilia vega reports from our border facility in donna, texas. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: hi, george, good morning to you. we have been repeatedly denied access to facilities like this one behind me. the administration citing covid and privacy concerns, but this morning we are getting our first glimpse inside, and these allegations being raised are disturbing. this morning, inside these massive tents along the southern border, hundreds of migrant children waking up in crowded conditions without their parents. lawyers who recently went inside tell me the overcrowding is so severe some children don't have beds and are forced to sleep on the floor. one girl telling them she hadn't showered in six days. how young are we talking? >> we saw the whole spectrum, from 1 to 17. >> reporter: our cameras not allowed in. the border patrol handing out its own footage when the facility opened last month.

the lawyers say 45 to 50 children share a space like this. >> that is where they would spend their entire day. they did tell us that every few days, they were allowed to go into a courtyard for about 20 minutes, but it seems that some children would go longer than that without seeing the sun. >> reporter: they say siblings of opposite genders who traveled together were separated upon arrival. some children saying they haven't been allowed to call their parents. this new video showing the surge at the border. sources telling abc news the more than 4,200 children currently in custody is at record levels, up 25% from last week alone. authorities detaining more than 500 kids a day, kids who made a long and dangerous journey alone. the system so overwhelmed the biden administration has called on fema to help take in house and transport kids to other

child-friendly facilities. but inside these tents, lawyers saying the kids are being held way past the three-day legal limit, some up to a full week. and even though many of the children have family north of the border, but those kids can't be reunited with those family members because of the bureaucratic red tape. they believe the biden administration is trying to do the humane thing here, but they'd like to see these kids get to their families fasters to get rid of some of that bureaucratic red tape. we have asked for an official response to the allegations that these lawyers raised. the white house kicked us over to dhs. dhs kicked us over to customs and border protection. we don't have an official response, george. >> in the meantime, the surge keeps on coming. what's behind it? >> reporter: well, it's just so complicated. there certainly is a perception that it might be easier to cross

under the biden administration, but george, also the biden administration isn't kicking these kids back across the border alone like the trump administration did. all of that is making for an extremely heartbreaking situation. >> cecilia, thanks very much. i'll be heading to philadelphia tomorrow for an exclusive interview with president biden. that will air wednesday on "gma." amy? turning now to the latest on the coronavirus emergency and fears of a spring break surge. nearly 70 million people in the u.s. have now received at least 1 vaccine dose. that's 27% of the adult population, but we're now seeing an uptick in air travel as well. the tsa screening an average of more than 1 million people a day. gio benitez joins us now from newark airport with more on all of this. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, amy. good morning to you. yeah, dr. anthony fauci warning over the weekend that we shouldn't be relaxing too many public health measures just yet, but already we are seeing some massive crowds gather, and air travel is hitting some new records during this pandemic. this morning, health officials

are concerned that a hike in spring break travel could lead to another covid surge across the country. these scenes in some parts of the country alarming health officials from texas to florida, and georgia, where over the weekend, thousands gathered in savannah to celebrate st. patrick's day. >> we're here for a good time, not a long time. >> reporter: large groups, little social distancing, few masks in sight. on friday, more than 1.3 million people were screened at u.s. airports, the most since the start of the pandemic, and this was the scene in dallas on saturday. the first weekend since texas lifted its statewide mask mandate and allowed businesses to reopen at 100% capacity, but the lifting of the mask mandate also leading to tense confrontations. businesses are allowed to require masks, but this woman refusing to wear one inside a bank of america in galveston. >> relax. >> i'm totally relaxed. >> no, you are not relaxed. not relaxed at all.

>> no, it's not. >> wow, what a bunch of sheep. >> reporter: meanwhile, vaccination rates are on the rise, but health officials are still urging people not to let their guard down. this pennsylvania woman who has an underlying condition was just three days away from getting her first dose when she was struck with covid. >> i didn't lose my chance forever, but i lost a good chunk of time where i could have started protecting myself and my family by getting the vaccine. >> reporter: meanwhile, dr. fauci also points to a new study that suggests that 3 feet of social distancing in schools may be enough. he says the cdc will be issuing some new guidance very, very soon, michael. >> we'll be looking forward to that, gio. thank you so much. and now to the escalating political crisis with new york governor andrew cuomo who is facing growing calls for his resignation by members of his own party as another woman accuses him of inappropriate conduct. stephanie ramos is outside the

governor's new york city office with the latest this morning. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: good morning, michael. it was business as usual for new york governor andrew cuomo, this weekend releasing statements about the the covid vaccine all while a seventh woman came forward accusing him of inappropriate behavior. her name is jessica bakeman. she's a former statehouse reporter in albany, and she wrote in "new york" magazine that while posing for a photo at a holiday party at the governor's mansion in 2014, he grabbed her hand, asked if she felt uncomfortable, and he thought they were going steady. seven women have now accused the governor of either sexual harassment or inappropriate touching. cuomo has denied ever touching anyone inappropriately, for weeks asking new yorkers to wait for the state's attorney general's investigation before forming an opinion. president biden asked over the weekend whether cuomo should resign, and he agreed. we should wait to see the investigation's outcome.

>> and stephanie, many new york lawmakers have already made up their mind that cuomo should resign. >> reporter: they have, michael. 16 out of the 19 house democrats in new york's delegation have called on cuomo to resign. both new york senators, chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand initially said an independent investigation into the allegations made against cuomo was essential, but now they're also saying he should step down. cuomo has called that move, resigning before an investigation is complete, anti-democratic. michael. >> thank you very much. now the oscars. chris connelly has the details on hollywood's golden night. >> awards show are back in a big way from last night's musical performances at the grammys to this morning's historymaking oscars nominations. the late chadwick boseman, an academy award nominee this morning as the nominations were announced this morning.

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last. >> reporter: a ceremony two l.a. venues hope to offer a live in-person oscars where the night's big winners figure to ever bit as happy as beyonce was last night at the grammy awards. her 28th grammy award. >> i wanted to uplift, encourage and celebrate all of the beautiful black queens and kings that continue to inspire me and the whole world. >> reporter: it was an explosive night for the biggest stars in music. from bts. ♪ light it up like dynamite ♪ >> reporter: to harry styles. ♪ >> reporter: but the night belonged to the ladies. ♪ as long as i am here ♪ >> reporter: billy ireilish takg home record of the year. >> i was going to write about a speech but there's no way

they're going to choose me. >> reporter: megan thee stallion not leaving empty handed including best new artist. >> thank you beyonce for your encouraging words all the time. ♪ >> reporter: and taylor swift returning to the grammys stage performing a medley of her hits from "folklore." the first woman to win the award three times. a family affair for beyonce, her daughter blue ivy carter winning her first grammy at just 9 years old. guys? >> thank you so much. george. we are following a lot of other headlines this morning including a mom charged with threatening her daughter's cheerleading rivals. apparently she's being accused of using deep faked videos. and ghislaine maxwell's brother speaking out as she awaits trial for allegedly helping to recute girls for jeffrey epstein. let's go to ginger. >> from tulsa, oklahoma to montgomery, alabama, i need you

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u.s. have now received at least one vaccine dose, and we're now seeing an uptick in air travel despite the cdc's warning to stay vigilant. the tsa screening nearly 1 million people a day this month. and this scene from a vaccination clinic in massachusetts. ♪ not just any celloist. that's yo-yo ma right there, performing for a gymnasium full of people waiting to get their shot. he was getting his second dose of the vaccine, decided to make it a pleasurable experience for everyone. >> that was nice. >> that was beautiful. we're going to continue now with a mom arrested, accused of making fake videos threatening her daughter's cheerleading rivals. eva pilgrim has more, and the warning for parents everywhere. good morning, eva. >> reporter: good morning, amy. that mom is accused of getting in the middle of this cheerleading rivalry going after high school girls on her daughter's squad, altering photos and videos to call their behavior into question.

one of the girls speaking to us saying, at first she was afraid no one would believe her. this morning, a pennsylvania mom is facing charges for allegedly making and sending doctored photos and deep fake videos of her teenage daughter's cheerleading rivals. >> the essence of it was to knock them down, to make them appear that they were not law-abiding, that their morals were corrupted. essentially to try to shame them or get them knocked off the team. >> reporter: police say in july of 2020, 50-year-old raffaela without her daughter's knowledge, sent digitally altered photos of the girl appearing naked, drinking and smoking. the cheer mom denies any wrongdoing. this girl was 16 years old when one of her coaches pulled her aside after this video

apparently showed her vaping, a violation of rules. >> i got in my car and i started crying. i thought if i said it, i thought no one would believe me. there's proof, like, it's a video, but that video was obviously manipulated. >> reporter: maddie eventually telling her mother someone had been sending manipulated photos of herself with this text mention. when she texted back, who is this? she received a generic response from a texting app that lets you choose your own phone number. >> it had actually been going on for awhile, but i didn't know about it. i told her i'm going to call the police because i wanted her to know that's how much i believed her. >> reporter: police say they traced the calls back to raffaela's home linking her to the messages. >> there was a lot of masking, a lot of spoofing, a lot of cloaking going on, and this is something unfortunately we're seeing all too -- all too frequently now. >> reporter: with technological advances, so-called "deep fakes" are becoming more and more

common. >> i'm going to show you some magic. >> reporter: this digitally manipulated video went viral on tiktok appearing to show tom cruise doing a magic trick. experts say creating these kinds of videos has become much easier. >> we are now starting to see apps that will just do it for you. so you simply download an app, you upload a few images to that, and it'll generate it for you. >> reporter: she is facing three one year behind bars for three counts of cyber harassment if convicted. >> because of the fact that this has now hit the press, she has received death threats and she's had to go to police herself. >> reporter: and she is expected back in court at the end of the month. her attorney tells us they have not seen any of the evidence as of yet, but they plan to 100% fight these charges, guys. >> wow. what an appalling and scary story, eva. thank you. michael. >> yeah. really scary.

thank you, amy. now to that abc exclusive interview with the brother of ghislaine maxwell, the former girlfriend of jeffrey epstein accused of grooming underaged girls for abuse. it's the first time maxwell's family is speaking out on camera since her arrest last year. james longman with the latest. good morning, james. >> reporter: good morning, michael. ghislaine maxwell is accused of finding and grooming underaged girls to be sexually abused by her ex-boyfriend, jeffrey epstein. she is now in jail awaiting trial. that's set to begin this summer, but her family is now speaking out for the first time saying they believe she's innocent, and tey're angry about conditions in jail. ghislaine maxwell's brother speaking out. his sister behind bars, awaiting trial after pleading not guilty to charges she allegedly helped sex offender jeffrey epstein recruit and groom underaged victims in the 199s. >> do you see why there might be public sympathy for her? >> well, i think that's being whipped up actually by a lynch

mob media performance. i'm not minimizing the seriousness of the allegations, but my sister is fighting for her life, and that's pretty serious too. >> reporter: maxwell became a fixture on the new york social scene in the '90s after the death of her father, robert maxwell, disgraced media mogul. she turned heads for her relationship with the mysterious financier jeffrey epstein. >> you know, my father was a prominent -- extraordinary man in his own right. so she had grown up in that world, and was, you know, able to move in it very freely. >> you knew about her friendship with jeffrey? >> i only met him once at a party. i had no knowledge of their life. >> reporter: ian maxwell says he last saw his sister in june of 2019 when all maxwell children were together in london as seen in this photo provided to abc news. it was just before epstein's surprise arrest. >> arrested saturday for alleged

sex trafficking of girls. >> you guys had no idea? >> no idea it was coming. we were getting on with our lives, and then bang. >> reporter: as the epstein story breaks, law enforcement also investigates his alleged co-conspirators, including maxwell. then a shocking turn of events. >> we are coming on the air with breaking news. >> jeffrey epstein's death in federal custody. >> died from suicide by hanging. >> reporter: ghislaine retreating from the public eye for months. >> she's married, has a husband and two step-children. she was simply seeking to protect her family. she was not running away from law enforcement. >> ghislaine maxwell, ex-girlfriend of jeffrey epstein, tonight under arrest. >> at this 156-acre property tucked away that she bought for more than $1 million. >> reporter: ghislaine was arrested in a dramatic fbi investigation in july 2020,

accused of grooming three of epstein's underaged victims knowing he wanted to abuse them. the alleged misconduct going back two decades. >> suddenly, he dies and they've got this really serious problem. they've got the victims of abuse, the prime target and opportunity to question them. it seems to me inescapable that the authorities decided they had to do something about it. >> reporter: in court documents, the government says maxwell had an essential role in sexual exploitation to cause deep and lasting harm. ghislaine is now spending her ninth month behind bars. her first two bail requests have been denied. >> ghislaine maxwell is presumed innocent, and yet we're treating her as she is guilty, as though she's been convicted. >> she's lost 20 pounds. she's losing her hair. she can't concentrate. she has a flashlight shown in her cell every 15 minutes during the night. so she has no sleep of any real quality. that is torture. why is ghislaine maxwell being

treated differently? she's a patsy for epstein is the answer whom they lost on their watch, and they're taking it out on my sister. damn it, that's wrong. >> reporter: maxwell is facing a six-count federal indictment concerning the sex trafficking of three underaged minors. now, as for that bail application, we're due to hear a decision on that any day. maxwell says she's going to give up her uk and french citizenship as part of it. the family lawyer says if it fails, they'll appeal. michael? >> all right, thank you, james. george? okay, michael. coming up next, dr. oz meets the man he helped save in the airport. what they're saying now about their incredible bond. that's first on "gma" this morning. bond. that's first on "gma" this morning. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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we are back with dr. oz reuniting with a stranger whose life he helped save after the man suffered a heart attack in newark international airport. will reeve has the story. good morning, will. >> reporter: good morning, george. they aren't strangers anymore. both dr. oz and the man he helped save say they are bonded forever by that incident at the newark baggage claim earlier this month. this morning, an inside look at the reunion between dr. oz and the man whose life he helped save at newark international airport. >> there was a part of me that thought, if by some miracle this man makes it, there has to be a reason. are you feeling okay now? >> yes, feeling fine.

>> reporter: the tv personality and practicing heart surgeon had just flown in from florida when a unanimous in his 60s, collapsed, fell face first at baggage claim. this police officer saying the man named joe had turned blue, was foaming at the mouth and didn't have a pulse. >> thank you very much for saving my life. nothing else can do -- nothing else can be said. >> reporter: dr. oz calling it a sudden death heart attack. mere seconds separating life and death. the group speaking to "gma" moments after reuniting on "the dr. oz show." >> my first question is for joe. how are you feeling? >> i'm feeling fine. i'm feeling 100%. >> 100% is good. dr. oz has said when he watched you come back to life, you would be connected forever. do you feel the same way? >> definitely. between these two gentlemen rght here, i'm still here, and they are forever in my debt. >> dr. oz, what do you remember

about this incident? do you have a clear picture of what happened, or is it all a blur to you as well? >> it's not blurred, but there's no question that it's fast-paced, and of course, i checked for a pulse which is the first thing you do in that setting because i couldn't get you to respond, and when the defibrillator fired and you jerked off the floor and i saw you begin to pink up, i just saw that glimmer of hope that we were all looking for. >> joe, is there anything you would like to say to dr. oz? >> thank you for the opportunity to meet you. i think that is more than can be asked for, and more than can be expected, and i'm going to take it to heart. >> reporter: almost two decades ago, joe had heart surgery. dr. oz said that was the first thing he noticed when he ripped open joe's shirt to do cpr. joe and his wife and officer croissant reuniting today on "the dr. oz show." should be an interesting watch. george? >> all right, will, thanks very much.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. winter wallop. the record-breaking blizzard pummeling parts of the west with more than 4 feet of snow. vehicles buried. interstates shut down. drivers stranded. the dangerous system also creating more than a dozen reported tornadoes in texas. rvs flipped upside down. now the new severe weather threat on the move at this hour. crisis at the border. a record number of more than 4,200 migrant children in custody, waking up in crowded conditions without their parents. the biden administration calling on fema to help as hundreds of new children flood across the border each day. the new war of the windsors. buckingham palace now reportedly hiring a law firm to investigate

those explosive bullying allegations against meghan. the latest this morning. "gamestopped." fortunes were made and lost overnight. the people speaking publicly for the first time about being caught up in the money madness. the woman who went all in investing thousands of dollars, using reddit and robinhood right in her kitchen and the moment so much went wrong. >> i ended up smashing my phone, pretty badly. ♪ shining star ♪ and the envelope please. >> who's the greatest? >> all: you are. >> the nominations for the hollywood's biggest awards revealed this morning. chadwick boseman nominated for best actor and an oscars first as two women nominated for best director. and mank leading the nominations. look who's here to help. >> both: good morning, america. ♪

and good morning, america. we are counting down to the 93rd oscar nominations in just a few minutes. and we can now reveal exclusively that the academy awards will be held live at union station in los angeles, as well as the dolby theater in hollywood. >> that's right, l.a.'s union station has served as a location for films. including "bladerunner," "catch me if you can," and "dark knight rises." now it will be the location for the 93rd oscars. the awards will be given out in person with limited people in attendance, and of course strict covid protocols in place, michael. >> absolutely. first, we have a lot of news this morning, starting with that major storm slamming the west. record-breaking snow burying parts of colorado and wyoming. we'll go back to rob marciano in aurora, colorado, with the very latest. good morning again, rob. >> reporter: hey, michael. we continue to see the police snow cats come up here continuing to rescue people who are stranded in their cars. fresh track of heavy equipment

through this mud. again, these are stranded vehicles. the denver airport just two miles away and a lot of the vehicles belong to people who are stranded at the airport because their flights were cancelled. they got stuck here until police could come and rescue them. in colorado, treacherous road conditions leaving drivers helpless on i-25. several cars trapped in ditches. this good samaritan able to pull one vehicle to safety. rescue crews responding to those stranded in their vehicles. this man and his family were stuck on the highway after their flight got canceled. >> all of a sudden, the storm took hold, and we got stranded with about 20 other cars. >> reporter: all runways shutting down at denver international airport where the snowfall reached at least 27 inches, making it the fourth largest snowstorm on record for the city. just outside boulder, this snow is well past my knees. these vehicles nearly completely buried. it is still coming down.

just north of cheyenne, wyoming, 30 inches of snow. the biggest two-day snowfall ever recorded. travel brought to a standstill as highways there shut down. >> tornado touching down. tornado on the ground. >> reporter: this system spawning more than a dozen reported tornadoes in the texas panhandles. two possible twisters leaving rvs flipped on their heads and debris southeast of amarillo. the rescues ongoing. a much more calm day ahead. the bright spot with this system, we were in big-time drought, still are, but this is going to help. snow today in iowa and california with the next system coming in a very active weather week ahead that's going to bring some severe weather threats ahead. back to the border where the migrant crisis is growing again. more than 4,000 children in custody at overcrowded facilities after a 25% surge in border crossings by unaccompanied minors in the last week. president biden deployed fema to

handle the surge over the weekend. we want to go back to cecilia vega at a border facility in texas. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: george, good morning again. the administration is not letting us inside facilities but i spoke to two lawyers who did go in, and they are describing a very desperate situation inside. this morning, inside these massive tents along the southern border, hundreds of migrant children waking up in crowded conditions without their parents. lawyers who recently went inside tell me the overcrowding is so severe some children don't have beds and are forced to sleep on the floor. one girl telling them she hadn't showered in six days. how young are we talking? >> we saw the whole spectrum, from 1 to 17. >> reporter: our cameras not allowed in. the border patrol handing out its own footage when the facility opened last month. the lawyers say 45 to 50 children share a space like this. >> that is where they would spend their entire day. they did tell us that every few

days they were allowed to go into a courtyard for about 20 minutes, but it seems that some children would go longer than that without seeing the sun. >> reporter: they say siblings of opposite genders who traveled together were separated upon arrival. some children saying they haven't been allowed to call their parents. this new video showing the surge at the border. sources telling abc news there are more than 4,200 children in custody at record levels. up 25% from last week alone. authorities detaining more than 500 kids a day, kids who made a long and dangerous journey alone. the system so overwhelmed the biden administration has called on fema to help take in, house and transport kids to more child-friendly facilities. now these kids are only supposed to be held in a facility like this one here behind me for up to three days max, but the lawyers telling me kids are being held up to a week.

that's not supposed to be happening, and the biden administration concedes they do not want kids in facilities like this. they're opening a new facility . >> cecilia vega, thanks very much. i'll head to philadelphia tomorrow with an exclusive interview with president biden. that will air wednesday on "gma." amy? coming up next, the latest on the war of the windsors. buckingham palace reportedly hiring that law firm to investigate the bullying claims against meghan. and "gamestopped." the new look even side the stock market mayhem where people made and lost fortunes overnight. how it could change wall street. and we are counting down to the oscars. we have got all the details about who is going for gold. we'll be right back. ♪ advanced non-small cell lung cancer can change everything. but your first treatment could be a chemo-free combination of two immunotherapies that works differently. it could mean a chance to live longer. opdivo plus yervoy is for adults newly diagnosed

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♪ welcome back, everybody. we are counting down to the academy awards. all the details about the nominations are coming up in just a few minutes. but in the meantime, let's get to our "gma" cover story. that royal family fallout escalating as buckingham palace is reportedly hiring a law firm to investigate the claims of bullying against the duchess meghan. maggie rulli is joining us now from london with all the latest on that. good morning, maggie. >> reporter: hey, amy, good morning. yeah. the palace launching an investigation like this is really extraordinary, and now, after all of the drama of last week's interview, the spotlight is back right here on buckingham palace and how they're going to conduct this interview. this morning, allegations that meghan markle bullied palace staff are back in the spotlight. "britain's sunday times" reports that buckingham palace will be turning to an outside law firm with independent investigators

to look into bullying claims against the duchess of sussex from 2018. the paper saying the review will begin imminently with no set timeframe. >> the inquiry is going to focus solely on former members of the staff, on some current members of staff who were working at the time of these allegations, but my understanding is harry and meghan won't be taking part. >> reporter: a spokesperson for buckingham palace telling abc news that, quote, our commitment to look into the circumstances around allegations from the former staff of the duke and duchess of sussex is being taken forward, but we will not be providing commentary. while the sussexs themselves aren't xhemting on this, # all this comes after the couple's historic sitdown with oprah. >> i don't know how they could expect a after all this time we would still just be silent if there was an active role that the firm is playing in perpetuating falsehoods about us. >> reporter: and now, despite reports that harry and william

have been in contact after the interview aired, the war of the windsors seems to be escalating daily since the news of the bullying inquiry made headlines earlier this month. at the time, the duchess saying she was saddened by what she labels a smear campaign. >> this raises the stakes in this standoff. there's no doubt it's going to have an impact on relations between the palace and the sussexes. >> reporter: the palace says the real aim of this review is to learn lessons. right now, we're not sure if at the end of all this and at the end of this investigation any details or findings will be made public. george? >> okay, maggie, thanks very much. we'll move on now to the phenomenon that rocked the financial world early this year. gamestop, and the stock's surge and it was transforming wall street. there's a new hulu series called "gamestopped." rebecca jarvis is here with that. hey, rebecca. >> reporter: hey, george, good morning. it's the single stock phenomena and mania heard around the

world. fortunes were made and lost overnight because of one company, gamestop, and many believe this has now changed wall street forever. we take viewers inside how it all went down. it's the stock showdown that captured the world's attention. >> have you been following this story about gamestop and the stock market? >> struggling video game retailer somehow becoming one of the hottest stocks on the market. how did this happen? >> reporter: and cost some of the most powerful hedge funds in the country billions. >> people who started all this knew what they were doing. >> there's clearly a financial revolution happening right now. >> reporter: so how did gamestop find itself at the center of this so-called financial revolution, and who was leading the charge? >> it is making the market crazy. >> reporter: "gma" the first network morning show to cover the phenomenon -- >> moving billions of dollars. >> reporter: -- now for the first time, abc news originals takes viewers on the front lines, inside the dramatic twists and turns, discovering how it all unfolded and how it could change wall street forever in the new documentary "gamestopped," streaming

exclusively on hulu. speaking publicly for the first time, a prop master in california says she invested thousands of dollars in gamestop, doubling down after reading about it in a reddit forum called wall street bets. >> we were going to rush into gamestop. we had briefings about it. so i threw the dice and let it roll. >> reporter: she remembers the moment the group chose to go all in. >> we're on the reddit page. i've got my phone on robinhood. i have my laptop up. suddenly, it became a real thing of, oh, my god. we're doing this, and it was fast. >> reporter: and the moment the game stopped unexpectedly. fotunes made and lost overnight, enraging many. >> and i ended up smashing my phone pretty badly. >> there's nothing more thrilling than a super bowl about a stock. it's got winners and losers, protagonists and antagonists. it's a company that might come alive. it's got everything.

>> reporter: and it continues today. what followed was a congressional hearing, a wave of conspiracy theories all over the internet, even calls for one of the central players in this story to go to jail. we speak to all the key players in this story in our brand-new documentary "gamestopped." it is streaming exclusively now on hulu. george, it's a wild ride. >> it sure is. okay, rebecca. thanks very much. let's go to ginger. >> reporter: george, from maryland to dover, delaware, up to newark, new jersey, you have red flag warnings because of this. look at what happened in lakewood, new jersey. there were fires outside of pittsburgh, and this dry cold air moved in, and it was gusty. any fires started were moving. we have the strong wind gusts still with us

good morning, i may be 7news meteorologist a mike nicco. a wintry chill thanks to breezes, also wintry thunderstorms with hail down to 1000 feet. frost as possible as we clear out in cooldown with heavier rain thursday and friday. today the heizer 52 to 57 degrees and tonight most of us are into the 30s we're just moments away from the oscars nominations. so let's get some predictions from our experts. chris connelly and "variety's" elizabeth wagmeister are joining us this morning. thank you both for joining us, and we're going to get right into it, you two. one of the categories that seems to come up, a lot of people are talking about is best supporting actor. chadwick boseman seems to be on the short list for that. he could be a double nominee. am i right about that? what do you two think? >> that's true. in fact, michael, he could be a double nominee. he might be the first in a long time since james dean to get two acting posthumous nominations.

that's the first in a long time. >> let's go right to them. nick jonas and priyanka chopra. >> announcer: from los angeles, please welcome, president of the academy, david rubin. >> good morning, everyone. i'm coming to you from the academy museum of motion pictures. at the entrance to the oscars experience where you'll soon be able to feel all the excitement of standing on the oscars stage yourself. with the museum's official opening coming this fall, fans will explore behind the scenes of their favorite movies and discover the magic of film making in person. this morning is an annual tradition when we announce the nominations for the oscars. all the nominees are selected by members of the academy, a diverse community of filmmakers from around the world. before i turn it over to priyanka chopra jonas and nick jonas, who are joining us live from london, i'm delighted to share that this year's oscars ceremony will take place april

25th at both l.a.'s historic union station and the landmark dolby theater. now it's time to deliver what you have all been waiting for, the nominees. priyanka and nick, over to you. ♪ >> thank you so much, david, and good morning. although we're in london so it's afternoon here. >> but regardless of the time of day, it's a moment that each of these nominees will never forgt. >> absolutely. first up, the nominees chosen by members of the academy's actors branch, actress in a supporting role. maria bakalova in "borat subsequent moviefilm," glenn close in "hillbilly elegy." olivia colman in "the father."

amanda seyfried in "mank." and yuh-jung youn in "minari." >> congratulations to those nominees. our next category is best costume design, with nominess nominated by the academy's designers costume branch. "emma." "ma rainey's black bottom." "mank." "mulan." and "pinocchio." and now here are the nominees for best original score, voted by the academy's music branch. "da 5 bloods." "mank." "minari." "news of the world." and "soul." >> this is so exciting. >> so fun. >> the writer's branch nominates

screenplays in two award categories, best adapted screenplay, and best original screenplay. first is best adapted screenplay. "borat subsequent moviefilm," sacha baron cohen, anthony heinz, dan mazer, jenna friedman, and lee kern. story by sacha baron cohen, dan swimer and nina pedrad. "the father," christopher hampton and florian zeller. "nomadland," chloe zhao. "one night in miami," kemp powers.

and "the white tiger," ramin bahrani. > yes. congrats, ramin. >> yay. now the nominees for best original screenplay. "judas and the black messiah," will berson and shaka king. story by will berson, shaka king, kenny lucas and keith lucas. "minari," lee isaac chung. "promising young woman," emerald fennell. "sound of metal," darius marder and abraham marder. story by darius marder. and "the trial of the chicago 7," aaron sorkin. >> is aaron sorkin a newbie? >> yeah, never heard of him.

since you did two in a row, i think i'll announce two short film categories. both overseen by the short films and feature animation branch. for best animated short film, here are the nominees. "burrow." "genius loci." "if anything happens, i love you." "opera." and "yes-people." for best live action short film, the nominees are "feeling through." "the letter room." "the present." "two distant strangers." and "white eye." >> congratulations to everyone. now the nominees for an actor in a supporting role.

they are sacha baron cohen in "the trial of the chicago 7." daniel kaluuya in "judas and the black messiah." leslie odom jr. in "one night in miami." paul raci in "sound of metal." and lakeith stanfield in "judas and the black messiah." congratulations. >> we still have more nominee announcements. we'll be back at 5:31 pdt. >> stay tuned. ♪ >> let's get some instant reaction right now. chris and elizabeth, what do you think? elizabeth, you go first. >> i think that maria bakalova, she has been really the darling of this awards season. she just won the critics choice awards, so all eyes will be on her. in the same category, we have to talk about glenn close because she is the most nominated, but snubbed living actor. this is her eighth nomination.

>> chris? >> as it happens, no supporting actor nomination for the late chadwick boseman, but two supporting actor nominations for "judas and the black messiah." so that's -- that's significant development i would say. >> okay. thank you both, guys. don't go anywhere. there are more oscar nominations coming up, including best actress, actor and best picture. stay tuned to see who will be in the running this year. ♪

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♪ i really, really, really, really, really like you ♪ and welcome back, everyone. we are in the middle of the 93rd oscars nominations. the second round is coming up in just a moment, and we have chris connelly and "variety's" elizabeth wagmeister with us now, and chris, we will almost certainly see history made in the best director category, correct? >> that's very likely. in the history of the oscars, only five women have ever been nominated, shameful as it is to say. we could see two or three nominated in this category today. there's emerald fennell from "promising young woman," and chloe zhao from "nomadland" and regina king from "one night in miami." those could be the first women of color to get nominations.

very good chance we'll see history just seconds from now. >> very exciting. all right. well, let's not waste any time. let's listen in to the second round of nominations coming us to live from london. ♪ >> welcome back. >> or if you just got up and are joining us now, welcome. let's continue with the nominations. members of the academy's documentary branch have chosen these nominees for best documentary feature, and they are -- "collective," "crip camp," "the mole agent," "my octopus teacher," and "time." >> for best documentary short subject, here are the nominees.

"colette." "a concerto is a conversation." "do not split," "hunger ward," and "a love song for natasha." >> congratulations, everyone. the nominees for best international feature film were voted on by academy members from all branches living and working outside all over the world. the nominees are -- "another round," denmark. "better days," hong kong. "collective," romania. "the man who sold his skin," tunis tunisia. “quo vadis, aida?”, bosnia. >> very nice pronunciation. well done. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. the sound branch of the academy chooses the nominees for best

achievement in sound. they are -- "greyhound," "man "mank," "news of the world," "soul," and "sound of metal." >> the production design branch nominates these films for best production design. "the father," "ma rainey's black bottom," "mank," "news of the world," and "tenet." >> congratulations. here are the nominees for best film editing, chosing by members of the academy's film editors branch. "the father," "nomadland,"

"promising young woman," "sound of metal," and "the trial of the chicago 7." >> the academy's cinematographer's branch nominate the following for best cinematograp cinematography. "judas and the black messiah," "mank," "news of the world," "nomadland," and "the trial of the chicago 7." >> lots of nominations. >> lots of nominations. >> the visual effects branch voted for these films to be the nominees for best visual effects. "love and monsters," "the midnight sky," "mulan," "the ne

and only ivan," and "tenet". >> when you think of me, you naturally think of best makeup and hair styling, however they didn't let me vote. instead the members of that academy branch nominate the following films. "emma," "hillbilly elegy," "ma rainey's black bottom," "mank," and "pinocchio." >> this next category is voted on by short films and feature animation branch as well as members of the animation community across all branches. here are the nominees for best animated feature film. "onward," "over the moon," "a shaun the sheep movie

movie: farmageddon," "soul," and "wolfwalkers." >> now here is the other category voted on by the music branch. here are their nominees for best original song. "fight for you," "judas and the black messiah," "hear my voice," from "the trial of the chicago 7," "husavic," from "the story of fire saga," and "speak now" from "one night in miami." >> for actor in a leading role, the actors branch members nominate -- riz ahmed in of metal," chadwick boseman in "ma rainey's black bottom,"

anthony hopkins in "the father," gary oldman in "mank," and steven yeun in "minari." >> congratulations to all those incredible nominees. for actress in a leading role, the nominees are -- viola davis in "ma rainey's black bottom," andra day in "the united states vs. billie holiday," vanessa kirby in "pieces of a woman," frances mcdormand in "nomadland," and carey mulligan in "promising young woman." >> all amazing performances. for directing, the academy director's branch has chosen these nominees.

thomas vinterburg, round." david fincher, "mank," lee isaac chung, "minari," chloe zhao, "nomadland," and emerald fennell, "promising young woman." >> and finally the nominees for best picture voted by all members of the academy. >> okay. ready? >> ready. >> "the father," >> "judas and the black messiah," shaka king, charles d. king and ryan kugler, producers. >> "mank," eric roth and douglas urbanski, producers. >> "minari," christina oh,

producer. >> "nomadland," frances mcdormand, peter spears, molly asher, dan janvey and chloe zhao, producers. >> "promising young woman," ben browning, ashley fox, emerald fennell and josie mcnamara producers. >> "sound of metal," burt hamelinck and sacha baron cohen producers. >> and lastly, "the trial of the chicago 7," mark plat and stuart besser, producers. i'm strategizing my oscars pool. congratulations to all these incredible nominees. >> wow. what a year, and thank you for joining us, and watch the oscars live on sunday, april 25th only on abc. >> bye. >> bye. >> all right. great job right there announcing that, and chris and elizabeth, we want to get your first

thoughts on this year's nominees. elizabeth, what do you think? >> we did get two women that were nominated in the category of best director, and as chris predicted we did make history there. also potential history going to be made because in the best actress category, we have both andra day and viola davis no, ma'am naominated. believe it or not, there has not been a black woman who has won in this category since halle berry was the first back in 2002 for "monster's ball." >> chris, what do you think? >> i'm surprised not to see more support for the movies that chronicle the black experience like "da 5 bloods," and overlooked by the academy. that's a bit of a surprise to me. >> thank you two, and we got a statement we want to read from daniel kaluuya on his oscar nomination. it's, quote, today i'm humbled to be nominated for playing a

man whose principles i deeply respect. thank you to fred hampton's family, and to shaka king and charles king and the cast. i became a vessel for chairman fred's spirit at a time when we need his rally cry for equality and justice. >> very well said. >> very humble statement. >> without a doubt. we'll be right back. ♪ i can make your hands clap ♪

♪ the oscars nominations, you just heard them right here. let's get more instant reaction from chris connelly and elizabe elizabe elizabeth wagmeister. let's start out with the best actor and actress categories. chris, lets me start with you. anything surprise you there? >> i was surprise dpli unsurprised by the nominations in these categories. they pretty much went as expected. i think chadwick boseman has to be considered the favorite in his considered as best actor. pi think that was a dominant performance and one we'll always cherish along with his memory. best actress is maybe the best this year, and it's packed with great performances, and any one of these five could win it, i think. >> any big misses, elizabeth? >> you know, i think as chris said in both of these categories, they were pretty much expected.

these ones as i was going through my checklist, i was saying, this is exactly what we predicted and to chris' point, i think the best actress category is just jam packed. i want to point out that viola davis is officially the most nominated black actress of all-time. so she has won for best supporting in the past, but we'll see if she can take it away for the best actress. >>

♪ shining star ♪ we are back with more on the oscars nominations with chris connelly and "variety's" elizabeth wagmeister. chris, i'll start with you. "mank," the movie with the most nominations. what do you make of that? >> yeah, i think this was kind of expected. i mean, this is a movie with a big budget, david fincher the director. he likes to do a lot of cases. in some cases, 100, some even say 200. the production value was really high. remember, we didn't see a lot of heavy budgeted movies coming out

in 2020 because of the pandemic. it did really well with academy voters across the board, particularly in some of those craft nominations where the attention to detail and the things that fincher insists on in his movies really paid off for him. >> you mentioned this, chris. pretty much no one went to the movie theaters this past year. so how does the academy get people at home excited about watching this? >> well, i think that's kind of why the oscar nominations hope to start the clock in terms of getting people to watch these things. there was a lot of competition even in a pandemic year. you had things lik like "wandavision," and "the mandalorian" showing on your home screen which was the only place to see these screens. nobody comes in to tell you to turn off your cell phone before the movie starts. >> you're in my living room, chris. what kind of history do we expect to be made this year? >> you know, i think that we are going to see a lot of diversity. as chris said, it was a shame in

the best picture category to see films like "one night in miami" and "ma rainey's black bottom" snubbed, especially when there could have been up to ten films in that category, and only eight were nominated. that being said, we are seeing a lot of diversity in terms of cultural backgrounds and in terms of gender this year, and coming after the golden globes with the big scandal with the hfpa, i think it's very clear that the academy really wants to do the right thing this year, and we did see that reflected in the nominations. >> well, we are very excited to have the one and only leslie odom jr. on the phone with us. congratulations. tell us how you're feeling. >> thank you so -- thank you so much. i am -- how am i feeling? startled awake. i'm in a dark, quiet house in los angeles. i'm feeling -- feeling just amazing this morning. >> what a great way the wake up though, right? >> i'll say. they can wake me up like this any time. >> well, leslie, you already won

a tony. you won a grammy. does it feel any different being nominated for an oscar? >> it definitely does. i -- i left the broadway stage y four, five years ago, and i started this journey in film just really -- i wanted to learn how to be on camera. i wanted to learn if i could be useful in this -- in this medium, and thanks to regina king and kemp powers and, you know, this film, i really do feel like i'm on my way, you know, it feels like a good beginning. >> beginning. that's some beginning. i'll say. tell us about sam cook. >> oh, man. sam cook is the greatest there ever was. >> yep. >> and this movie tells the story about a really special night where there's no victory clay in miami, february of 1964,

and he wins his first heavyweight championship bout against sonny liston, and he spends the night hanging out in the hotel room with closest friends who just happen to be malcolm x, jim brown and sam cook. kemp powers has turned that night that has since become legend into the beautiful screenplay for "one night in miami." >> so how are you going to top that now with your celebration for this oscar nomination? i know it's a little early right now. >> i am going to -- what am i going to do? are there any chairs open at "good morning america"? i got to try to become -- i think that's the only -- that's the only place that tops this. one of those chairs. >> i'm curious since we woke you up -- literally we woke you up, who do you expect the next call to be from? >> well, my parents -- we're expecting a little baby any day

now. >> congratulations. >> a little boy, and my parents have made the move, the trip out west. i think my mom is showing up -- i expect my mother to show up here at any moment with -- with -- she will somehow have found balloons and flowers and a cake i'm sure. that's probably the next person i'll hear from. >> my guess is from the minutes you have been on the phone with us, your phone is probably exploding. buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz. >> yeah. you're probably right. it's -- i think that these, you know, these moments are -- it only happens the first time once. so this -- you guys are apart of that. thank you for, you know, this is the first nomination, you know, for me, and i just -- to have it be apart of this film and connected to sam cook, it just -- it means the world to me. >> well, you have been a big part of our lives here at "good morning america." always a great guest. you bring it every single time. congratulations from all of us. >> thank you guys. good morning.

>> good morning. congratulations on the baby too. that will be bigger than any oscar you can ever receive. >> exactly. we'll be right back, everyone. stay with us. oscars nominations on "gma" is sponsored by verizon. 5g built right. this is a no-nonsense message from three.

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