it's good times. good morning, america. for our viewers in the west. two big stories as we come on the air this thursday. a massive winter storm on the move and a special forces raid overseas. breaking news, the leader of isis killed in a u.s. special forces overnight in syria. president biden says the mission was successful. reports of civilian casualties after the raid. state of emergency. the massive winter storm sweeping across the country stretching more than 2,000 miles from texas to maine, more than 150 million americans on alert for heavy snow, ice, flooding, and bitter cold this morning and now the dangerous weather taking aim at the i-95 corridor. ginger and team are in the storm zone tracking it all. show of force.

president biden ordering 3,000 u.s. troops to eastern europe to support our nato allies. russia calling it a destructive step. the latest on the escalating crisis in ukraine. cnn president jeff zucker resigns after failing to disclose a relationship with a top executive. how an internal investigation into chris cuomo uncovered it. the fallout this morning. former nfl coach brian flores speaking out after filing that bombshell racial discrimination lawsuit against the league and three teams, also alleging he was offered $100,000 to tank games. the dolphins billionaire owner responding overnight. missing mom mystery. new police body cam video released showing the first clue in the case after she disappeared on mother's day as her husband faces trial for murder. abc news exclusive. the former college tennis coach speaking out after serving six months behind bars. his role in the "varsity blues"

college admissions cheating scandal. >> if you didn't accept that bag of cash, you think you would have gone to prison? >> only on "gma" this morning. inside the olympic bubble. our team in beijing with a look at the most restrictive games ever and this morning, we hear from an american bobsledder in isolation after testing positive for covid. ♪ you're as cold as ice ♪ and goals in the cold. the u.s. men's national team one step closer to the world cup. >> here we go. >> nailing shot after shot playing in 5 degrees on the frigid field and we're skating into thursday with benny, the dog, as cool as ice. ♪ good morning, america. we're glad you're with us on this thursday morning. benny has better skills than i know i do. >> i'm -- no judgment. no judgment.

we are tracking the latest on that massive winter storm on the move across the country. it's already coming down hard right now there in st. louis, 150 people -- 150 million people bracing for heavy snow, dangerous ice and flooding. we'll have much more on the storm in just a few moments. bewe begin with the breaking news. president biden has announced that the leader of isis has been killed in a special forces raid. straight to martha raddatz with the details. >> reporter: his name is abu ibrahim al hashimi al qurayshi he took over as leader of isis after another raid killed the leader in 2019, a $10 million price tag on qurayshi. isis has been largely decimated but this and the isis attack on a syrian prison earlier this month show they still have an active presence.

last night's mission to seize al qurayshi was a dramatic one, sweeping into northwest syria in the middle of night, dozens of u.s. special operations forces surrounding a large house in the area known to be home to islamic extremists. the mission lasted for hours and played out on social media. explosions and constant gunfire. you can see the aftermath this morning. the pentagon says there are no u.s. casualties. the white helmets tweeted they found 12 bodies a of the raid including women and children. this mission was reminiscent of the special operations raid that killed not only baghdadi in 2019 but osama bin laden, one of the u.s. helicopters in last night's raid had to be blown up on the ground this one because of me

can >> caller: issues. >> certainly, over and over again, this is somebody they've been looking for a long time, really since he took over and caused a lot of havoc around the world and here at home. let's bring in mary bruce, we know we're going to be hearing from president biden shortly, he's been tracking this for a long time as well. >> reporter: we're told the president, this mission was taken at his direct order, the president has been briefed on this for the last several weeks we're told and we know we've seen the photo of the president monitoring this situation overnight in the situation room, there alongside the vice president, the president putting out a statement earlier saying this operation will make the world a safer place, thanking the bravery of our arland forces, it's clear this mission was complicated by the presence of civilians. the isis leader detonated a bomb that killed himself and members of his own family, using these

members as human shields. white house making it clear the casualties of civilians was due to the isis leader. >> this was reminiscent of the raid that took out osama bin laden when he was vice president. he was famously skeptical of that raid. >> reporter: he was. george, i can only imagine that the presence of civilians were something that weighed heavily on the president as he was deciding to takweeks. hoe. wel be on to new york today to advance a crime fighting initiative in new york city. but for this morning, he'll be announcing that the leader of isis leader in syria has been killed in a u.s. special forces. we'll go back to our regular

programming. for many of you that's good morning, america. at least 37 states on alert for dangerous weather. as that massive winter storm moves across the country. more than 3,000 flights already canceled. millions bracing for dangerous conditions on the roads. as you can imagine our team is out there in the storm zone tracking it all and we've got to start with trevor ault in snowy cleveland. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, robin. so this is just the beginning of what will be a full day of constant snowfall. the wind is doing us no favors and the roads you can see behind me are already really messy even if they've been plowed. talk about a blanketing storm, there are 88 counties in ohio, all 88 of them are under winter storm warnings and we're looking at a day that's pretty nasty. overnight, parts of the midwest

getting hammered with more than 14 inches of snow. plows out all night trying to keep up with the snowfall. overnight, in ohio, school districts and colleges proactively shutting down with ten inches of snow expected today. conditions causing mayhem for motorists. >> it is wet, heavy snow. >> reporter: in oklahoma city, the icy slick conditions causing chaos on the roads. abandoned cars left in ditches. drivers stuck for hour westbound lanes on interstate 74 in champaign, illinois, blocked with jackknifed tractor trailers, crews working throughout the night to get the morning rush hour moving. >> they're forcing everybody off the interstate. >> reporter: those treacherous conditions forcing good samaritans into action. this group of three working together to get this driver moving again despite cautionary signs out, highways and roads across the midwest are a mess with wreck after wreck. and this snow was preceded by

hours and hours of rainfall that made it basically impossible to effectively pretreat the roads. now, all of that rain is freezing into ice, making it really slippery. this will be an uphill battle all day. michael? >> big battle, indeed. trevor, thank you so much. st. louis's expecting a half a foot of snow. that's where ginger is this morning. tracking this monster storm. >> reporter: michael that ark tishg air is injecting right next to serious moisture from the gulf. the snow has been falling throughout the morning. we got a couple inches. on top of this huge, inch full of what was freezing rain, sleet and a little bit of snow with round one. we're well into round two now and so are so many others. rio grande to the canadian border, winter storm warning, in

2,120 mile tons of thousands are already without power in texas. the focus of it. paducah and bowling green. a quick look at that moving into the northeast. george, we'll see it by tomorrow morning. >> some tough conditions in so much of the country. we'll turn now to the showdown with russia over ukraine. president biden ordered 3,000 troops to eastern europe as russia masses forces around ukraine and accuses the u.s. of fueling military tension. senior foreign correspondent ian pannell is on the scene. good morning, ian. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, george, that's right. this is an important if largely symbolic show of force to support america's allies and deter russian aggression in nearby ukraine, but make no mistake, this is also a high-risk strategy. this morning, on president biden's order 3,000 american troops are prepared to head to eastern europe and germany deploying in the coming days in a show of support for nato

allies. >> the current situation demands reinforce the defensive posture on nato's eastern flank. >> reporter: a thousand troops will head to romania. 2,000 troops will move from fort bragg in north carolina to poland and germany. biden ruled out sending troops to ukraine, and these deployments are not permanent, but they're in addition to the 8,500 troops that have already been placed on high alert as part of a nato rapid response force. we asked the white house what changed. why the president decided to move u.s. troops unilaterally. >> this has been under discussion for some time now. there's no question that russia and president putin have not de-escalatory steps. >> reporter: russia responding calling the movement of american forces destructive steps that increase military tension. the kremlin insists it has no plans to attack but new satellite images show russian forces growing north of ukraine, part of more than 100,000 troops now positioned around ukraine's borders. well, the kremlin's reacted again unsurprisingly saying the deployment will only add fuel to

the tensions. this move seems designed to force putin to make concessions and withdraw his forces but, michael, there's no guarantee it's going to succeed. >> all right, ian, thank you so much for bringing that to us. now to a sudden exit for the head of cnn. the network's president jeff zucker resigning after an investigation revealed he failed to disclose a romantic relationship with another executive. erielle reshef has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, one of the most influential figures in news, jeff zucker, out as president of cnn. resigning after failing to disclose his romantic relationship with the woman he calls his closest colleague. >> we have news now to report involving our network. cnn president jeff zucker has just resigned after disclosing a consensual relationship with a colleague. >> reporter: in an email to cnn employees, zucker, who helmed the organization for nine years, writing, i acknowledge the relationship evolved in recent years.

i was required to disclose it when it began, but i didn't. i was wrong. >> his resignation is stunning this newsroom and the news industry. >> reporter: zucker's secret relationship with cnn's executive vice president and chief marketing officer, allison gollust, uncovered during the investigation into former cnn primetime anchor chris cuomo. cuomo fired from the network last december over his involvement in his brother, former new york governor andrew cuomo's efforts to fight sexual harassment allegations. zucker, who recruited cuomo in 2013 was also the one who let him go eight years later. gollust briefly worked for governor cuomo prior to joining cnn. in a statement of her own gollust revealing her professional relationship with her cnn boss changed during covid adding, i regret that we didn't disclose it at the right time. the two worked together for 20 years at various networks, gollust says she plans to remain at cnn, robin. >> erielle, thank you so much. now to the fallout from that lawsuit by former nfl coach brian flores alleging racial discrimination and hiring across

the league. flores also alleges he was offered $100,000 per game to tank games. victor oquendo has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, former miami dolphins head coach brian flores not backing down after filing that bombshell racial discrimination lawsuit. the nfl calling the claims without merit. flores arguing that 70% of the players in the league are black, but of the 32 nfl teams, only one currently has a black head coach. flores alleges his former boss, new england patriots head coach bill belichick told him that the new york giants had decided to hire brian dabol as their new head coach days before flores was scheduled to interview for the job. >> there's a humiliation that came over me and then there was a little bit of your anger, you know, why wasn't i afforded the opportunity to truly interview and show what i can do. >> reporter: marvin lewis who became the head coach of the cincinnati bengals the year the

rooney rule was enacted says the policy should have been a catalyst for change. >> we had opportunity and we felt like we were making strides as minority coaches and then obviously over the last three to four hiring cycles we've gone back the other way and this one is going in the same direction or worse. >> reporter: in his suit flores also takes aim at the miami dolphins which fired him after leading the team to back-to-back winning seasons. flores says during his first season he was allegedly offered $100,000 to tank games by owner stephen ross, an offer flores says he declined. the nfl vowing to investigate but ross calling the allegations false, malicious and defamatory adding, i welcome that investigation and i am eager to defend my personal integrity and the integrity and values of the entire miami dolphins organization. despite the lawsuit, flores says he hopes to one day coach again in the nfl, but he knows there's a chance his career is over.

>> if my career is torpedoed and there's change it'll be worth it. >> reporter: after the lawsuit came out the nfl said that the allegations were, quote, without merit, but now espn is reporting that that was in response to the claims of racial discrimination in their hiring practices and the league will now investigate to see if stephen ross offered brian flores money to lose games. george. >> what a story. okay, victor, thanks very much. we're going to get the latest now on facebook. the company's stock plunged overnight after reporting a big decline in daily users for the first time in its 18-year run. our chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis is tracking this developing story. good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: good morning to you, george, and facebook, which recently changed its name to meta, shares wiped out almost $175 billion in value overnight. the stock down 20%. if this holds throughout the day it will be the worst day ever for the company's stock and here's why. facebook has been adding users consistently since it started in 2004, but they seem to have hit a wall. in fact, facebook lost a million daily active users in the most recent quarter as it struggles

to stay relevant with younger users. the company is also dealing with privacy issues. they say inflation is weighing on investors' spending, advertisers' spending and founder and ceo mark zuckerberg is betting big on metaverse. he's expected to invest billions of dollars to build out his company's capabilities there but we've yet to see a real impact from that business and probably won't for awhile, and, guys, this is weighing on the whole stock market given the size of facebook. >> it really is. rebecca, thanks for coming in for that. turning to a crucial win for the u.s. men's soccer team on the march toward the world cup. they beat honduras last night. bouncing back from a loss to canada. the game was played outdoors, brutal cold weather in minnesota, game time temperature in saint paul, guys, 5 degrees, windchill, minus 12. >> who decided to play soccer, wrld cup, in january and february in minnesota outside? >> in shorts. >> in shorts. >> remember when you had to suit up in the cold weather? come on, now.

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>> announcer: this is an abc news special report. let's go straight to president biden at the white house announcing the killer of the leader of isis. >> the united states terrorism operation killed al baghdadi. since then, they have targeted americans, our allies and our partners and countless civilians in the middle east, africa, and in south asia. haji abdullah oversaw terrorist groups around the world after savagery killing of innocents around the world. he was responsible for an attack on a prison, which was swiftly addressed by our partners. he was the driving force in the genocide of people in northwestern iraq in 2014. we remember the gut-wrenching

stories and mass slaughters. thousands of young women and girls sold into slavery, rape used as a weapon of war, but thanks to the bravery of our troops, this horrible terrorist leader is carried out the operation with their signature preparation and precision, and defense to take every precaution possible to minimize civilian casualties. knowing that this terrorist had chosen to surround himself with families, including children, we made a choice to pursue a special forces raid at a much greater risk to our own people rather than targeting him with an air strike. we made this choice to minimize civilian casualties. our team is still compiling the report, but we do know that as our troops approached to capture the terrorist in a final act of desperate cowardice, he with no regard to the lives of his own family or others in the building, he chose to blow himself up, not just with a vest, but to blow up that third

floor rather than face justice for the crimes he has committed, taking several members of his family with him just as his predecessor did. i'm grateful for the courage and determination of our u.s. forces who skillfully executed this incredibly challenging mission. the members of our military are the solid steel backbone of this nation, ready to fly into danger at a moment's notice to keep our country and the american people safe as well as our allies. and i'm also grateful to the families of our service members. you serve right alongside these soldiers and sailors, marines, special forces, the loved ones, giving them the strength and support they need to do what they do. to our service members and their families, we're forever grateful for the -- what you do for us, and we owe you a debt. thank you. we're also aided by the essential partnership of the syrian democratic forces. i want to commend our dedicated intelligence community, the department of defense, and

members of our national security team throughout the government whose meticulous and tireless work over the course of many months ensured that this mission succeeded. this operation is testament to america's reach and capability to take out terrorist threats no matter where they try to hide anywhere in the world. i'm determined to protect the american people from terrorist threats and i'll take the decisive action to protect this country, and will continue working with our close allies and partners, the syrian democratic forces, the iraqi security forces, including the kurdish and more than 80 members of the global coalition to keep pressure on isis to protect our homeland. we remain vigilant. we remain prepared. last night's operation took a major terrorist leader off the battlefield, and it sent a strong message to terrorists around the world. we will come after you and find you.

once again today, we continue tour unceasing effort to keep the american people safe, and the strength and security of our allies and partners around the world. i want to thank you all, and may god bless you and may god protect our troops. i'm heading off to new york right now. i'm late, and thank you for your time. appreciate it. >> how many u.s. troops were involved, sir? mr. president, how many civilian casualties were there? >> announcing the killing by u.s. special spforces of the leader of the leader of isis, al qureshi. this is what he says he was responsible for, although there were no american casualties on this mission last night. i want to go to aour chief globl affair anchor, martha raddatz. one of the big questions, is what difference will this make in the operations of isis? >> reporter: one of the things we have to remember, george, and you know well, that isis is supposedly almost decimated, but this really does show they are

still active. they still had a leader. there were many people still inspired by him, and they will remain inspired. so i think this is on a lesser scale than al baghdadi who for years and years and years led that operation, but qureshi certainly did all sorts of terrorist attacks overseas as the president outlined there, but isis, it is a good lesson. you still have to keep your eyes on isis. they re-established themselves in iraq. he was in prison. qureshi was in prison in iraq. he got out after the u.s. troops left, and this is what happened. they will surely try to find another leader to replace him. he will become a martyr in their eyes. so this is something really to pay attention to, and then in the last month also as you know, george, isis tried to free thousands of jihadists in syria from a prison, and there was a

major battle that took place, but as for this raid, very much like the bin laden raid, you had those special forces going in there, and it is much more dangerous to do a raid like that, face to face with the enemy, but they were trying to protect civilians, but apparently he was not. >> martha raddatz, thanks very much. let's go to mary bruce. mary, the president gave this order personally. this is a mission he's been tracking for some time. >> reporter: yeah, george. we have been told he was tracking this for months. biden personally making the order tuesday in the oval office, and of course, monitoring this raid in the situation room. we have seen that photo of the president there alongside the vice president getting realtime updates from the defense secretary and chief of staff, mark milley, and we are told it was incredibly tense in that situation room. in part -- large part due to civilians and civilian casualties. you heard the president there saying they decided to raid the building instead of doing a drone strike to try and prevent these civilian casualties because of course, qureshi as

the white house has described to us was using civilians including his own family as human shields, but what could not have been prevented, of course, was qureshi's own actions, detonating a bomb blowing up his own family, causing those civilian casualties. the white house saying it just underscores the barbarity of isis. he was one of the few remaining legacy leaders, george. >> that is certainly the hope for everyone, and mary, as the president was saying, he's heading up to new york city to address crime? >> reporter: the president is making his way to new york city. he'll be meeting with the governor of new york, the new mayor of new york city, trying to reinvigorate his calls to address violence and crime as we have seen an uptick in crime in major cities. it comes just two weeks after new york city police officers were fatally shot. the president trying to take some unilateral action here while also pressuring congress to do more. >> security at home, and abroad. mary bruce, thanks very much. on the president's agenda today, we're going to return now to our regular programming.

again, president biden has announced this morning that the leader ofi isis has been killed by a u.s. special forces raid in syria overnight. you can follow along on abc and on our news app. have a good day. >> announcer: this has been a special report from abc news. special report from abc news. ♪ oh, wha ♪ oh, what a feeling, when you're dancing on the ceiling ♪ ♪ oh ♪ back here on "gma" and lionel could be dancing on the ceiling straight into the rock & roll hall of fame. the list of 17 nominees is out, it includes lionel richie, dolly parton, dionne warwick, pat benatar, eminem. the list goes on and on. >> what a list. following a lot of headlines this morning, including breaking news overnight. u.s. special forces conducted a counterterrorism mission in syria. the pentagon called it successful. there are reports of civilian casualties after the raid. also right now, at least four states have declared a state of emergency as a massive

winter storm is on the move, more than 150 million americans on alert for heavy snow, ice, flooding and bitter cold. ginger's tracking it all this morning. the fbi launched a hate crime investigation into bomb threats against more than a dozen historically black colleges and universities. more than 20 field offices across the country will look into the threats that forced class cancellations, and no explosive devices were found. and former senator bob dole was laid to rest with military honors at arlington national cemetery. the decorated world war ii veteran and former presidential candidate served in congress for 36 years. bob dole died in december at the age of 98. and we've got a lot more ahead including we are live in the beijing bubble just hours before the olympics' opening ceremony. that is coming up, robin. >> maggie rulli is there for us. but now to the new body cam video released in the disappearance of suzanne morphew showing police discovering the first evidence in the search for the colorado mom would went missing on mother's day in 2020.

her husband has been charged with her murder. our chief national correspondent matt gutman joins us now with more on that video. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, robin. since suzanne disappeared on mother's day 2020, barely a trace of the mother of two has been found. not her wallet, not her phone, not her body, and that body cam video shows those first crucial hours of the investigation and the first clues that would eventually lead police to accuse her husband of drugging her, murdering her, and then staging it to look like maybe a mountain lion had killed her. this morning, that newly released body cam footage revealing the crucial first hours of the investigation into the disappearance of colorado mom suzanne morphew who went missing back on mother's day in 2020. >> suzanne. >> reporter: the just-released footage was submitted last august as evidence against her

husband barry morphew, now charged with first degree murder. as night falls, barry arrives on the scene and asks about the first piece of evidence authorities found. suzanne's blue bike. >> where is it? where's the bike? >> it's right there. >> where was it? >> right down here in this little embankment. >> reporter: he even asks if a mountain lion may have gotten her. >> crash? >> there's not really that much damage. >> a mountain lion? >> reporter: investigators offered another theory, that he drugged and murdered her and hid the evidence. you can later hear investigators instructing him not to touch her bicycle. >> hey, can you not touch that bike with your hands, please? >> reporter: earlier in the day, the footage shows a young man who identifies himself as one of suzanne's daughter's boyfriends meeting an officer in the driveway after arriving at the morphews' house to look for suzanne who investigators say had been having a two-year-long extramarital affair. >> have you looked in the house

for her? >> i have. yep. >> you looked through everything? >> yes. >> you haven't found her? >> no. >> reporter: the young man says he also searched for the 49-year-old in his car, and asked if he checked a trail nearby, he shares that it would be out of character for her to have gone up there. >> well, she hasn't and i haven't checked there yet because that climb at the beginning is really hard. someone needs to go up there, i think. >> reporter: that's where suzanne's bike was found. later when investigators about barry and suzanne's relationship, he answers hesitantly looking to his father for approval before speaking. >> did barry and suzanne get along pretty well? >> uh -- >> you can answer. >> you know, i think they've had some problems. normal husband and wife type deal. >> reporter: so far the couple's daughters have been supportive of their father going to court alongside barry morphew pleaded not guilty.

he'll be back in court later this month, a different courthouse because a judge agreed to a change of venue because of all the pretrial publicity, michael. >> all right, matt, thank you so much. now to the start of the most restrictive olympics ever. officials are working overtime to keep athletes from around the world safe and covid-free as they come together for the winter games. maggie rulli is on the ground in beijing for us with all the last-minute preparations inside the olympic bubble. good morning, maggie. >> reporter: hey, michael, good morning. yeah, this is one of the most ambitious bubbles ever created. it not only spans dozens of show -- hotels and venues here in beijing but goes much further away. more than 100 miles north of us up into the mountain zone. all of it is separated by these physical barriers. guys, when we drive between venues we can't roll down our windows. these are the types of severe restrictions that athletes here are having to deal with. this morning, as olympic competitions begin ahead of friday's opening ceremony,

painstaking efforts are under way to keep olympians inside the beijing bubble healthy and covid-free. inside the guarded fortress daily morning temperature checks and covid tests administered by workers dressed in full-body ppe is the new norm. >> you cannot leave this bubble until your plane flies you back out of the country after the games. it's that severe. >> reporter: currently, out of the 441 olympic delegates in china, eight are in isolation. team usa bobsledder elana meyers is one of them, she tested positive on day two along with her husband and son traveling with her all asymptomatic. >> what did you think when you got the news? >> i was pretty shocked. did everything we could to try to avoid it and still caught up to us. >> reporter: the new mom is now isolated from her son nico, born in 2020 with down syndrome. >> we facetime as much as we can and trying to do everything we can to stay connected. >> reporter: she's also training in isolation. >> here's my tour. >> reporter: her bike shoved into the corner. usa bobsled dropping off everything she needs to care for her nursing

son. the threat of testing positive hangs over the athletes at these games. in an instagram post, belgian skeleton racer, kim meylemans is on the verge of tears after being held at a clinic even though she was released from isolation. >> i'm not even sure i will ever be allowed to return to the village because i'm not sure i can handle 14 more times at the olympic competition. >> reporter: she was finally brought back to the olympic village. for elana the three-time olympian hopes she'll be back in time to race. >> competing at the olympics is just like the dream of dreams. being in the back of the sled it feels like you're flying. >> reporter: you've heard from elana. good news, she's tested negative for covid. now needs one more negative test in a 24-hour period and she could get right back out there on the ice, guys. >> that's good news. >> it is. >> thank you, maggie. coming up, our exclusive

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donations if you admit this kid as a tennis recruit so the coach went along, didn't think he was doing anything fraudulent, certainly not committing a crime until someone showed up at an airport and handed him a bag with $60,000 cash in it. >> they put me on suicide watch and i was sitting in this cell. it was tough. >> if you didn't accept that bag of cash, you think you would have gone to prison? is that money the thing that really got you? >> i thought about that a lot. that's a good question. no one has ever asked me that. >> reporter: former university of texas tennis coach michael center is reflecting on his six months in prison, his mistakes, namely accepting $60,000 in cash and his role in the "varsity blues" college scandal. >> there were some mistakes that i made. i own my mistakes. i'm not saying i was perfect in this situation at all, but i never imagined that i was committing a crime, that i would go to prison, that i would carry a felony. >> reporter: center is just one of dozens involved in a nationwide college admissions

scheme that was headed by rick singer, who attempted to gain admission for his clients' children at prestigious universities in exchange for donations. some of those parents included actresses felicity huffman who served two weeks in prison and lori loughlin who served two months. center spent 18 seasons as head coach for the successful longhorns tennis program, but before his 19th season in 2014, center says he got a call about helping a student get into the university as a tennis recruit, though he never intended to play tennis. in exchange, singer, the college scandal mastermind would funnel donations to the school and the tennis program. >> is there anyone or who was aware at the university that you were asking and that they were admitting a student as a tennis recruit that they knew absolutely 100% had no intention of participating in tennis? >> it's a very extensive vetting process that goes through and if

at any point in time, at any point in time the university thought that it was inappropriate for him to sign a letter of intent and become the basketball manager, they had every right to question me or ask me, but no one at any point in time ever came to my office, texted me, called me, notified me. >> reporter: the university telling "dallas morning news" last month, we found no other student athlete was improperly admitted adding that an independent internal review found that no staff other than center were aware of the illegal acts. but center met singer at an airport parking lot where he says he was handed a bag with $60,000 in cash. money he says he initially hid in the basement but center maintains he only agreed because of pressure to raise money for his tennis program. >> this started because i wanted tennis courts. i wanted a facility. i wanted to be able to attract the athletes and train the athletes and i wanted to have a

successful team. i felt a lot of pressure to raise a lot of money and there were a lot of people that were asking me and others to raise money, and when that money came in, they were happy. no one complained. >> reporter: it wasn't until 2018 when the coach says he received a call from singer that unbeknownst to him was being recorded by the fbi. five months later they'd raid his home as part of "operation varsity blues" and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and honest services mail fraud. where do you go from here? >> if i let this beat me, then i'm not being the person that i want to be. i'm not being the person that i want to be to my children. i need to show them when you get knocked down, you have to be able to get back up. >> he said that money he got was not a part of an initial negotiation. they just showed up and said, hey, here's your cut and he made a mistake and took the money. we do know at least ten coaches, 30 parents convicted and sentenced.

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want to go back to our chief global affairs anchor, martha raddatz. we know now this was a top target. >> reporter: good morning, george. abu ibrahim al hashimi al qurayshi took over as leader of isis after the raid that killed baghdadi in 2019. the president said today they had been tracking him for months and decided to use special forces on the ground instead of missiles or drones to avoid civilian casualties. u.s. helicopters swooping near the turk irborder in the middle of the night, dozens of special operations forces surrounding a large compound where they knew qurayshi was living with his family on the top floor of that compound. an hour-long raid. the president said today that he was using his family as human shields and in the end he detonated a suicide vest killing himself and members of his family. the syrian rescue organization

the white helmets here called at least 12 people killed including women and children, reminiscent of the raid not only killed baghdadi but osama bin laden in 2011 and just like that raid, a u.s. helicopter had to be destroyed, this time because of mechanical failure but president biden said the u.s. will remain vigilant and had a message to terrorists, we will come after you and find you. >> many more details to come. to thaivwierrm t ae country. ginger is tracking the very latest on the snow, ice, brutal temperatures, good morning, again, ginger. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, robin. behind me that arch that you know so well in st. louis just barely visible because of the snow. we've had nearly 4,000 flights canceled, st. louis back to dallas has hundreds of flights canceled this morning, and the roads around here, they're a

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good morning, amy. >> good morning, robin. yes, this was a holiday surprise that no one saw coming. it was a christmas gift gone wrong. the daughter they had given birth to nearly 30 years earlier through ivf, discovering she may have been switched before birth. 29-year-old jessica harvey galloway was planning a trip to europe hoping to trace her roots. >> i've always been very passionate and excited about my heritage, my ancestors, how we got to america, it's -- like, how did you get here? what makes me, me? >> reporter: after being gifted a dna test by her parents for the holidays she awaited the results. >> we got the results and logged on ad there's irish, english, german, welsh, french, all these things and there's no italian, no sicilian, nothing. >> reporter: she says the test revealed a connection to her mother's side, but no genetic link to her father, and a paternity test later confirming she was not his biological daughter.

>> to get definitive results, that was what did it for me. we've got a bigger problem here than what we thought. >> reporter: for the harveys who conceived jessica through ivf under the care of dr. nicholas spirtos in ohio, the shock has been overwhelming. >> it revealed a trauma that i never could have imagined. it's taken every ounce of my power to remain strong for my family and for myself as we try to move forward. >> learning that your reality isn't what you believed it to be is hard to explain. sort of waking up in somebody else's life. >> reporter: the harveys and their lawyers now filing a lawsuit alleging medical malpractice and breach of contract hoping to help others. >> you can't go back in time and change things, all we can do at this point is demand accountability and demand regulation and oversight so that we don't have more people in the harveys' situation. >> reporter: in a statement to

abc news, summa health, one of the defendants in the case, responding, we take this allegation seriously and understand the impact this has on the family. at this point we have not met with the family or conducted testing of our own. it remains our hope that the attorneys representing the family will work with us to make that next step a priority. and as for jessica -- >> my priority going forward is focusing on my family regardless of dna or blood. >> reporter: abc news has reached out to the physician involved but still have not heard back from him. meanwhile, the harveys' attorney is calling for lawmakers to require more oversight of the assistive reproductive technology industry. michael. >> thank you for that, amy. we're going to turn now to kim cattrall and if the door to the "sex and the city" franchise is open for the actress to ever return. "and just like that," we have an answer. good morning, zohreen. >> reporter: good morning, michael.

yes, "and just like that" we do. look, kim cattrall's character of samantha was never exactly into long-term relationships but friendships are different and some fans were holding their breath that they would see her reunite with carrie. the executive producer is finally weighing in. >> carrie, party of three. >> nice. >> reporter: as we brace for the season finale of the next chapter of "sex and the city," "and just like that," executive producer michael patrick king revealing that kim cattrall will not ever come back to make an appearance in the franchise. >> where is the fourth musketeer? where is samantha? >> she's no longer with us. >> she's in london. >> reporter: when asked if the door was open for the actress to come back, king said, no, i have no realistic expectation of kim cattrall ever appearing again. for years the actress declined reprising the role of samantha opening up on "the piers morgan show" in 2017. >> last december i got a phone call, and it was concerning that, and the answer was simply,

thank you, but, no. >> reporter: cattrall has been rumored to be in a longtime feud with her former co-stars, rumors sarah jessica parker has denied many times over the years. >> honey, you put up a very good fight but you have no idea who you're dealing with. >> reporter: even though kim cattrall is not on the show, samantha still is showing up on notes. >> who is it even from? >> reporter: and text bubbles. >> they want to treat the character with respect with the legacy that she's left. >> reporter: "and just like that" has been met with mixed reviews coming from how the show handled the absence of the show's arguably best characters, breathtang p, and otrs anticipating whether the show will be renewed for a second season. king interested in continuing saying, we did something that was hard to do, which is we took something familiar and did make

it new for better or for worse, and sarah jessica parker sharing the two spoke and says there is a calendar and you don't want to let too much time pass. there feels like there's momentum. >> i always thought the four of us would be friends forever. >> reporter: according to "variety," sarah jessica parker and michael patrick king are on board if the show gets renewed. the finale airs tonight along with the documentary. george, i know you'll be watching. >> we will see. zohreen, thanks very much. we turn to some of the world's best-known actresses opening up about what it means to be black women in hollywood. t.j. holmes has a preview of this special edition of "soul of a nation presents: screen queens rising." >> queens like dorothy dandridge, diahann carroll, diana ross, cicely tyson, whoopi goldberg, angela bassett. what do all those women have in common? they were nominated for a best actress oscar but it wasn't until 2002 that halle berry finally won it and in the 20 years since no other black woman has won. halle berry talked to me

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absolutely. it's undeniable. if you just look at hollywood by and large you can see it's clear as day. >> reporter: thompson is now working to do things her way with her own production company. her goal is to create roles for a variety of women. >> and i think one thing is to be able in whatever way i can to foster projects that actually allow for a wealth of black women to be on screen that are all shades and are all colors. >> so much is that women now, black women are being in control of their stories, behind the scenes, writers, directors, producers and whatnot so that is helping. amazing to hear halle berry talk about how she is still pushing and fighting and not taken seriously. like why don't you just flash that oscar in the face? that doesn't work. she's still -- t.j., i'm still a black woman who sometimes has to overcome all -- every other black woman in this country deals with, and to hear her talk about it is remarkable.

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update in about 30 minutes. you can always find the latest on our app and abc7news.com. the n ♪ ♪ ♪ like a river runs into the ocean ♪ we are celebrating class act educators all across the country shining a light on teachers who are going to extraordinary lengths to help their students succeed and this morning, kaylee hartung is in irvine, california, ready to surprise one amazing educator. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: hey, george. morgann teeter is a special education teacr school in orange county. she has no idea i'm here and some big surprises are in store for her so let's sneak through the backyard and go meet her. morgann, i'm kaylee hartung. you are live on "good morning america" right now. i know that you thought we were here for a teacher roundtable but we are actually here to

honor you because we know that you are a class act. if you look at your husband matthew he might not look as srprised as you because he's been in on this with us. what do you think about that? >> i really am surprised. >> reporter: because this is all about you. we know you are a class act and we want to show everyone watching why. take a look at this. special education teacher morgann teeter lives for her students. >> i have never worked with somebody more passionate about her students. >> very good. >> she can't talk about anything else, like there's almost a joke about how long can you have a conversation before it reroutes to talking about her classroom, about her kids. >> her care for them extends beyond what they learn in school. she wants them to have the best possible life and she does that because her heart is just huge. >> reporter: justin is a junior

in morgann's class and is nonverbal and can only communicate using a special speaking device. >> have a great day. >> her and justin bonded right away. >> my son has issues at times and gets frustrated when his communication device isn't working properly and i mean so many like meltdowns that could have been. she has just handled with such grace and love. >> reporter: even with virtual learning during the pandemic, justin thrived. all thanks to morgann. >> hello, everyone. >> reporter: she did a harry potter book club for the kids on zoom. >> chapter two, the vanishing glass. >> we have a little closet underneath our stairs and so she would go in there and film because that's where harry potter in the story lives underneath the stairs in the closet. >> anything at all. >> reporter: they just had an absolute blast. >> i don't think my son suffered for one day. i think he loved it. i know it's because morgann was there. it's been a terrific, terrific experience working with her. >> reporter: now she's taking that love and sharing it with

her own family. she and her husband matthew now expecting their first daughter. >> i think she'll be great as a mom. she's very patient, very loving. >> she's really an incredible teacher and human. >> morgann, thank you for taking justin and just helping him become a well-rounded young man who loves life, loves his classmates. >> i have never met somebody who has as much strong desires to do good in people's lives. >> morgann, how does it feel to hear so many people speak about you that way and celebrate you? >> it's overwhelming, wow. i wasn't expecting that at all. >> what was it like to relive some of those memories of teaching through the pandemic these last two years?

>> it's been a lot these last two years. it's really touching and special that, like, these parents like -- especially for students, being able to navigate distance learning remotely when you only have a communication device and making sure you're able to be heard was so challenging for him and to have his mom say he didn't suffer at all. cool, i did a good job. >> you absolutely have and you call the kids you teach your kids. >> they are. >> they are your kids. >> but now you two are getting ready to welcome your very own baby girl in just a couple of months. >> yes. >> it's been a trying two years, i know. >> yes. >> how excited are you guys to start this family together and to hold that baby girl soon? >> i'm so excited like i had no idea how much i wanted to be a mom until this happened so it's just amazing it's finally happening. >> matthew, what about you? >> likewise. i mean, just super, super excited. can't wait. >> well, we saw how hard you work. we know how hard you work. we know how difficult it can be for teachers to get the supplies

that they need for their classrooms so we have a surprise for you. >> oh, my gosh. >> five below, matthew, if you could be our prop assistant. show it to your amazing wife. can you see that? $2,000 gift certificate for you to buy whatever you need for your students from five below. >> oh, my gosh. thank you. >> what will that mean to you guys. >> it will mean so much. i have a student who needs a blouse for our interview next week. >> right here already. >> thank you so much. >> you're so welcome. you're so welcome and we're not done yet. i've been waiting to say that. matthew, you've been so helpful but you don't even know about this surprise. pictures from a baby shower -- >> my friend nominated me and i was so shocked when she picked me too. >> we know how much you value education and baby list wants to

help support the future education of your baby girl, so rit re f bteer, $10,000 from the 529 college fund. >> thank you. >> please, take that into your hands. >> oh, my gosh. thank you so much. >> how excited are you? >> i'm so excited. we were talking, i was like, do we have a plan or anything like that? oh, my gosh, this is so wonderful. thank you so much. >> you've earned it. you are a class act and so proud to celebrate you this morning. congratulations to you guys. congratulations to baby teeter and the start of her college fund. >> oh, my gosh. >> fairy godmother, i feel like. >> it feels like you are. >> thank you. thank you and thank you, matthew for helping us pull this off. >> you're welcome. >> terrible poker face. happy she didn't find out. >> you pulled it off. >> guys. >> thank you, kaylee. so nice to see her so moved by all this. coming up, becky worley is

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you. okay. let's dish. nail it for us, okay. >> reporter: oh, nail it, yes, indeed. good morning, robin. welcome to my "gma" mani cam. it is a red carpet showcasing my fabulous press on nails. you know, here's the deal. with everyday life blah nails were a fun and easy way to bring glam in. paint, polish, press, nails are dressing up. ♪ up, up, up ♪ cardi b is by no means alone. celebs posting their claws from lizzo, billie eilish and the kardashian clan. >> when celebrities are doing their entire look and planning their outfit, nails take a big role in that. >> reporter: cynthia erivo donned this for the met gala. >> pearl embellishments, rhinestones, lots of 3d embellishments and geometric art

like that pop culture feel. >> reporter: even guys, machine gun kelly has a mean nail game and harry styles released his own line of polish. the trends on social media are so diverse. the humble french manicure is now a deep v french tip and comes in different colors, short, natural nails with artwork or the opposite, talons which are called stilettos and a blunt cut version called coffin nails. beyond polish there are gel wraps, basically nail stickers but there is another option that's pressing forward. press on nails. really? okay, i have never done this before so here goes. this set costs about $8 and works with double sided gummy adhesive. putting them on was a bit of a journey. we're going to be here all week. one down, nine to go. they look okay. they're a little askew. now for the right hand. last one., m be

nice to meet you. yes, i did just get a manicure. but how long will these bad boys stay on? i had a few rips that needed to be filed and one came off while tying a shoe but i was amazed at how durable they were. fast forward, i'm here at a "gma" live shot and you won't believe it. four days after i put them on, these nails are still pressed onto my fingers. showing even the least talented of us can nail it. now, one trend i really love, robin, is different colors and designs on each nail so no need for uniformity on this mani cam working with my press on nails. >> i got to stand up. i don't know how you're doing the mani cam but i had during the commercial break had some put on. i don't know if they'll last as long as yours have lasted,

but -- >> mine lasted a week because they were the short ones like that but these long ones, i'm in trouble here. i was stuck in a pair of jeans that had a button fly last night, five minutes, i needed to call for help. >> oh, but you know what, what's i maybeheew nogy here t i thin. >> hey, girl. >> my pleasure. >> oh, i just -- yes. okay, now let's get back to ginger. ginger. >> reporter: you do not want to see my nails. i'll tell you that right now. last time i did press ons, i got one caught in high hair and had to shoot something. i have to work on that. how about we look at what happened in -- close to lansing, michigan, which they had their snowiest february day with more than 13 inches. this is between there and detroit and our affiliate wxyz and our reporter getting the

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>> because we are on "gma." >> oh. >> good morning, america. >> oh. you sound drunk. good morning, america. >> why don't you go outside and never come back in here. what do you mean this guy? >> you have been warned, but thank you for watching us this wednesday morning. as long as they show up tomorrow where they will be, welcome back to "gma," everybdy. we are joined now by the wonderful and talented david oyelowo who we loved him in "selma," "the butler" and so many other movies starring as a controlling architect with a very dark secret in the miniseries "the girl before." david, great to see you, my friend. how are you doing? >> i'm well, thank you. really well. >> great to hear. now, you always play the good guy. this role may be a little different. is this role a big change for you? >> a huge change for me which is partly why i wanted to do it. my dear friend gugu mbatha-raw who is a producer on this invited me to the party and i still have to ask her why she thought i was going to be good

at playing a controlling architect, but i was really, really glad to have this new challenge. it's a great role and a -- they were great scripts. >> you know, your character has all these very restrictive rules for his tenants. could you ever live in a house like that? >> oh, gosh, absolutely not. i have four kids, four dogs, a parrot, a turtle. like that house would not do well with my family situation. people are going to see the stairs in that house alone. that is a hazard for a family. >> now, we have a clip where you are interviewing a prospective tenant. let's check it out and take a look. >> the housekeeping system gathers data from whoever lives there to improve the user experience in realtime. >> what sort of data? >> what spaces you use most, the temperature, the shower is set at.

that kind of thing, and some more psychological. >> well, you seem a little creepy there. i have to be honest. you got me. i hear that your son, he wants to follow in your footsteps. wants to be an actor too. what did he think when you took him to your alma mater lambda? >> yeah, we were in london and i took him -- there we are. i took him to my school. he loved it but he feels very unsettled by the prospects of going to the school i went to. doesn't want to be in his dad's shadow at all, which is fair enough, but he did like the bitf dilemma but maybe he'll go where gugu went which is also a good school. >> is he impressed with you or is he just like, oh, that's just my dad? >> that's a good question.

you'd have to ask caleb. we went to the academy museum in l.a. recently and my third son, i'm part of the exhibit. i didn't realize that was the case, but he turned to me after doing a double take and he said, dad, you're museum worthy which i didn't even know was a phrase but he was definitely impressed seeing his dad in a museum. >> i need to talk to my kids and get them straight. never told me i was museum worthy. a role we love you in and coming up on the tenth anniversary of lee daniels' "the butler." oprah, she became your mentor doing that movie. how did she take you under her wing? >> oh, gosh, yeah, we played mother and son in that film and, yeah, we just really bonded. you know, she's become a little like a mother to me. we bonded over the challenges you face in this industry as a black person generally and she has been so instrumental in so

many of the decisions i've made. so, yeah, it was just chemistry, i guess. she's one of my favorite people on the planet but i know i'm not alone in saying that. >> no doubt. we're celebrating black history month. i hear oprah introduced you to your personal black history hero. who was that? >> hmm, yes, the late now but great sidney poitier. that scene you guys just showed in "the butler," in fact, partly why we're arguing at the dinner table as a family because i've just disparaged sidney poitier and she quite rightly slaps me in the face for doing so but ironically she then introduced me to sidney poitier at a book signing of his and he even before i wanted to be an actor he was someone i just looked to. he was like a north star to me. a representation of excellence in every form and, you know, to get to meet him was incredible. to get to be in the same industry he helped pave the way for people like me is a huge

honor and, you know, i take it very seriously that i could be a drop in the ocean of continuing his legacy. >> well, i'm sure there are a lot of people who look up to you the same way. david, always great to see you. thank you for joining us this morning, my friend. >> so nice to see you again, michael. >> you too. all four episodes of "the girl before" will be available on hbo max on february the 10th. we'll be right back.

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. kumasi: good morning, everyone. i'm kumasi aaron from abc 7 mornings. let's get a look at traffic. jobina: one last look outside at our roadways. the stall in walnut creek has cleared, so i thought i would start out in oakland. northbound traffic on 880 near the coliseum is starting to slow down. we do not have any issues coming in from the chp at this time, but we might in the next moment or so because it is starting to pack in there. hi, drew. drew: we have no wind warnings or advisories in effect. partly cloudy this morning and we will keep partly cloudy conditions. slowly warming through the 50's by lunchtime and in the afternoon, upper 50's to lower 60's. kumasi: it's time with kelly and

ryan, and we will be back at 11:00 for midday live. hope to see you then. >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, in the studio, star of the new film "marry me," jennifer lopez. and it's time to start the competition and get ready to play "i love not love song." plus, the feel good foodie is here with her take on the viral green goddess salad. all next on "live!" ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! >> ryan: go, kelly ripa. go be kelly ripa. hi, deja. [cheers and applause] oh, on n. good morning, everybody.

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