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good morning, america. breaking overnight, brutal beating. memphis police release the disturbing video showing officers beating tyre nichols. >> get up. >> hey, i didn't do anything. >> from the start of the traffic stop to how it escalated. >> get on the ground. >> i'll tase you. >> all right. >> nichols dying days later. his family joins us live along with their attorney, ben crump. taking to the streets. [ crowd chanting ] protesters making their voices heard across the country. calling for police reform as the nichols family and others call for calm and peaceful demonstrations. breaking news, a new shooting in east jerusalem, just
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the new price points and hopes for revitalizing the theater business. plus, ready for a close-up. the furry friend with the love for the camera. good morning, america. we begin with breaking news, the release of that graphic video showing memphis police officers beating a man who died days later. the video made public overnight shows those officers repeatedly punching and kicking tyre nichols. protests breaking out overnight across the country, almost immediately after that video was released, including in memphis where people marched in the streets and blocked traffic on the interstate. nichols' family pleading for protesters to remain peaceful. >> and president biden speaking with tyre's mother and stepfather hours before the video was released to express his condolences and commend the family for their courage and strength. we'll be joined by tyre's family
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in just a few moments, but first, abc's stephanie ramos is in memphis with the latest on that video. stephanie, good morning to you. >> reporter: janai, that shows memphis police officers kicking, punching, and using a baton on 29-year-old tyre nichols who died days later. also in that video you could hear him call out for his mother, and he also asks, what did i do? the hour-long video is disturbing. [ crowd chanting ] this morning, outrage and protests in the streets of memphis following the release of disturbing body camera footage showing the brutal beating of 29-year-old tyre nichols at a traffic stop. the incident happened january 7th around 8:30 in the evening. you can see here police stopped nichols while he's in his car and pull him out. in the video nichols maintaining his innocence. >> get on the [muted] -- >> i didn't do anything. >> reporter: officers tackling him to the ground. >> get on the ground.
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>> i'm going to tase y'all. >> all right, i'm on the ground. >> reporter: nichols wrestling from their grasp and running away. police catch up with nichols at a second location roughly seven minutes later. >> hey. >> watch out, watch out. >> mom! >> reporter: nichols heard calling out for his mother, her home about 100 yards from where he was beaten to death. two officers then seen holding nichols down as a third kicks him. less than a minute later another comes in with a baton. >> i'm going to baton the [ bleep ] out of you. >> the beating lasting three minutes before the five officers step away. a few minutes later several more officers arriving on scene standing by, none appearing to provide aid to nichols until 20 minutes after the attack. emts not seen for more than 22 minutes after the end of the beating. three days later, nichols died at the hospital. [ crowd chanting ]
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>> reporter: following the video's release, people taking to the streets in memphis, chanting "no justice, no peace" and tyre's name, shutting down the interstate. >> more importantly, we want peace. we do not want any type of uproar. we do not want any type of disturbance. >> reporter: president biden watching for the first time with the rest of the nation saying it is yet another painful reminder of the profound fear and trauma, the pain and the exhaustion that black and brown americans experience every single day. the release of the brutal video coming just one day after the five former officers were handed felony charges including second-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping and assault. all five now fired following the incident, and in addition to those five officer, the shelby county sheriff's department says two sheriff's deputies who appeared at the scene after the beating have been relieved of
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duty pending the outcome of this administrative investigation. hours before the video was released, nichols' family and their attorneys coming before cameras pleading for reform and the creation of tyre's law in tennessee, which would require officers to intervene if they see crimes committed by a fellow officer. >> it's not just justice for one family, it's justice for all of us. that's what rowvaughn is praying for. she wants reform. >> reporter: the family's attorneys also asking police to disband the street crime unit known as s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n., arguing there were other cases of police misconduct and that some claims were ignored suggesting this tragedy might have been prevented. the mayor saying the team has been enacted since nichols' death. attorneys for two of the former officers, desmond mills and emmitt martin, saying their clients intend to plead not guilty. abc news reached out to justin
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smith and taddarius bean but have not heard back. an attorney for demetrius haley declined to comment. the attorney for former officer mills telling us his client is devastated by this. >> this is somebody who has dedicated his life to protecting all of us, and now he found himself in jail yesterday. >> reporter: on "gma" friday, the memphis police chief bringing into question the accusation of reckless driving that police say led to the initial stop. >> i do believe that the stop itself was very questionable, and we haven't been able to substantiate in any type of video that there was a reckless driving type of action that prompted this stop. >> reporter: as to why that video was released, the district attorney says it was important to this community and to tyre's family, to show the world and feel their pain. janai? >> all right, stephanie, so many watching that video. and joining us now from memphis
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are tyre's mother, rowvaughan wells, his stepfather, rodney wells, and the family's attorney, ben crump. thank you all for being with us this morning. attorney crump, i want to start with you because this is what you do. you represent the families when they are in situations like this. describe what you make of the video. >> as i said, the video is going to remind a lot of people of rodney king, but as america watched this video, everybody has concluded it's much worse. it is appalling, deplorable, heinous, and you can go all the way through the alphabet, but you get to the end, and everybody concludes it is so unnecessary how tyre nichols was killed. he never should have been killed in this manner. >> and you say so much worse because, of course, he did die days later. mrs. wells, i want to bring you in and just express our
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condolences to you and your family. thank you for being with us. i know as of last night you said that you hadn't watched the video. how difficult was it to learn that your son was calling out for you? >> it was very difficult. as a mother, you want to always be there when your children need you, so when i heard that my son was calling my name, and i wasn't there for him, it just hurt my heart. >> mrs. wells, as a mother, my heart absolutely breaks for you. can you tell us how do you feel about the charges against those five officers, the fact that they have been charged relatively quickly in this case? >> after the charges were explained to me, i'm actually okay with the charges. the district attorney and the chief of police has done an excellent job in getting this done quickly and swiftly, and we still have more to do.
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>> yes. >> mr. wells, what do you think of the other first responders who were there, the sheriff's deputies who since have been relieved of their duties? do you think there are others who also should be charged? >> most definitely. it looks as though it may be five or six other police officers that should be charged in this case. there was also a -- at the initial encounter with my son, there was a white officer that was tasing my son, and we don't understand how come his name was not put out there or mentioned in this whole fiasco, so, yes, i think that there should be quite a few additional charges. >> and, mr. wells, you know, watching that video, as difficult as it is, there's a point where they say that tyre reached for an officer's gun.
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that he had his hand on an officer's gun, and now that there are questions about the nature of that stop, whether there was any reckless driving to initiate it, what do you make of what was happening with the officers at the time of the video? >> well, anybody who watched the video know that tyre did not reach for an officer's gun. he was just trying to cover his tail, so -- and if you know tyre like we know tyre, he would have never ever tried to reach for an officer's gun. that doesn't even make common sense. >> and, mr. crump, i want to bring you back in really quickly. these officers, all five of them, they are black, and you have said that this shows that police violence isn't about an officer being black or white, it is about blue, and you say that this -- it shows that this is systemic. >> absolutely.
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it's institutionalized police culture that continues to have implicit bias, whether the officer is black, hispanic or white, where the excessive force continues to be exerted against black people and brown people. we don't see our white brothers and sisters who are unarmed brutalized like this by police. we have to finally get police reform as rowvaughn continues to pray, like so many other parents and mothers especially. >> absolutely. mr. crump, thank you so much for being with us. mr. and mrs. wells, again, we extend our deepest condolences to you and your family and thank you again for being with us. >> eva? well, now to another new video just released showing an intruder breaking into the home of then house speaker nancy pelosi attacking her husband with a hammer. abc's matt rivers shows us the
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footage, and we want to warn you, some may find it disturbing. >> reporter: this morning horrific video showing the brutal attack on paul pelosi. body camera from san francisco police released to the public for the first time. surveillance video capturing the moment authorities say suspect david depape broke into the pelosi home smashing a patio door with a hammer multiple times. upon going inside, he finds paul pelosi in bed, describing what he said to san francisco police in a newly released interview. >> i kind of told him that i'm like looking for nancy pelosi, and he's like, she's not here. >> reporter: the then house speaker, nancy pelosi, not home at the time of the break-in. her husband, paul, able to grab his phone in the bathroom and call 911. >> this gentleman just came into the house, and he wants to wait here for my wife to come home and so, anyway -- >> do you know who the person is? >> no, i don't know who he is. >> hi, how you doing? >> how are you? >> what's going on, man? >> everything is good.
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>> hi. >> drop the hammer. >> nope. >> hey, hey, hey. >> what is going on right now? >> reporter: we're freezing the video here because what happens next is too graphic to show. suspect david depape and paul pelosi wrestling over a hammer until depape grabs it and uses it to hit pelosi's head fracturing his skull. police rush in tackling the suspect. and in that interview with police after the attack, depape describing what he planned to do with nancy pelosi. >> i was going to basically hold her hostage, and i was going to talk to her and basically -- >> hold her hostage and do what? >> and talk to her. if she told the truth, i was going to let her go scot-free. if she [ bleep ] lied, i was gonna break her kneecaps. i mean, i'm not trying, you know, to get away with this. i know exactly what i did. >> reporter: authorities say depape was on a suicide mission. nancy pelosi says she has not seen this video and has no plans to watch it saying viewing it would be too painful.
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she also says her husband continues to recover but is likely at least three months away from a full recovery. guys. >> our thanks to you this morning. we're following breaking news out of jerusalem where a gunman opened fire wounding at least two people. this comes a day after another deadly attack on a synagogue in jerusalem on international holocaust remembrance day. abc's lama hasan has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, israel is waking up to another shooting, a gunman opening fire in broad daylight in east jerusalem wounding at least two israelis. this, after terror was unleashed on a synagogue in a jerusalem neighborhood at 8:15 p.m. local time at the start of the jewish sabbath. according to police, a 21-year-old palestinian man began firing at worshippers in a synagogue killing at least seven people and injuring three others, some of them in a critical condition. just five minutes later, a large israeli police force swoop in and, after a shootout, police kill the attacker seizing his
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gun and vehicle. an initial investigation indicates he acted alone. president biden calling israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu telling him this was an attack against the civilized world offering all appropriate means of support to the government and people of israel over the coming days. stressing the ironclad u.s. commitment to israel's security. the latest escalation and violence comes after one of the deadliest days in the west bank in years. on thursday an israeli offensive in the jenin refugee camp killed at least nine palestinians, including a 61-year-old woman. with tensions escalating, islamic jihad vowed to respond and hours later rockets fired from gaza were intercepted by israel's iron dome. no one was injured. secretary of state antony blinken arrives in the region on monday for high-level meetings with both israelis and palestinians. he'll be in the country during a time of heightened tensions.
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the question is, what will happen next? will there be a de-escalation in this latest cycle of violence? janai? >> we'll be watching to see. lama, thank you so much. and back here at home this morning, there are new indications of legal troubles for embattled freshman congressman george santos. abc's white house correspondent maryalice parks is here now with the details on that. maryalice, tell us what you're learning. >> reporter: yeah, janai, we could be seeing the first signs that congressman george santos is, in fact, facing a criminal investigation. "the washington post" overnight reporting that the justice department asked the federal election commission to hold off on taking any actions against santos with campaign finance violations as the justice department conducts its own criminal probe. we know that back in december, federal investigators were looking into his public campaign filings. there have just been so many questions about his finances. in 2020 when he first ran for congress, he listed a salary of $55,000, but then in 2022 he claimed he owned millions of dollars in assets, and he first reported that he had loaned his
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campaign over $700,000, but then just this week he amended those forms to suggest that maybe that money for his campaign was not actually from personal funds. so all of this just raising so many serious questions about whether he or his campaign could have broken any laws. eva? >> maryalice parks for us, thank you. we turn now to the pain at the pump. gas prices heading higher again and squeezing consumers. abc's mona kosar abdi is here now with the latest. and what is behind this increase? good morning, mona. >> reporter: eva, good morning. that's what everybody wants to know because once again gas prices are on the rise, but this time it is coming as a shock to many ayimering lesdu wter months. the cold weather usually signifies that less people are on the roads and less demand, but the national average has already jumped to $3.51 a gallon according to aaa. gas prices have increased by 12 cents since last week and 41 cents since last month with states like colorado, florida,
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georgia, ohio and delaware seeing the biggest surge. so, the question you asked, what is behind the upswing in fuel prices? analysts point to the recent arctic blast that crippled refineries and led to outages. the biden administration has also halted its unprecedented release of millions of barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve that brought relief to many americans at the pump last year, but according to gas buddy, americans don't have to worry about seeing prices reach $5 a gallon like we saw last summer, but they also don't expect these prices will come down any time soon. janai? >> all right, are we calling that good news or bad news, mona? either way -- >> a little of both. >> we'll have to pay the prices. mona, thank you. it is time for weather and danielle breezy from our nashville station, wkrn, has a check of it for us. how are you, danielle? >> reporter: good morning, jrmg. we begin with winter weather and have 14 states under winter weather alerts. this is from california to michigan. now, the snow is already falling from idaho to iowa this morning. it will then move into the
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chicago area, milwaukee area this afternoon and by sunday morning, it's snowing from detroit into upstate new york. that snow may even linger into northern new england by sunday night. also there's a warmer side of this with the rain happening from pittsburgh to nashville. it definitely will be soggy there. when all is said and done we could see 3 to 6 inches but in some areas we could see 6 to 12 inches. that's a look what's happening around the country. here's a look at what's happening where you are. >> reporter: while i might be cold in nashville tomorrow i'm going to look like a drowned rat
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due to all that rain. >> you're not going to look like a drowned rat. >> excuse us. >> i know those nashville crews. they'll take good care of you, danielle, i promise. thanks. the world's top winter athletes have gathered in colorado this weekend for this winter's x games aspen. the three-day event features 14 competitions including men and women's snowboard, superpipe, big air and knuckle huck. that's fun to say. friday canadian freestyle skier megan oldham became the first woman to land a triple cork. that is three full rotations in the air. i googled it. >> tripping. >> that gave her a perfect score and her first x games gold. you can catch all the weekend's x games and aspen action on espn and right here on abc. >> you landed a triple cork before, right, haven't you? >> i've landed a few -- >> at least a knuckle huck. all right, still ahead, we have a lot to cover on "gma" coming up. the latest testimony in alex murdaugh's murder trial including video of the prominent attorney being interviewed by
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allegedly attacks paul pelosi with a hammer. the video, along with other evidence was released yesterday after a court ruled there was no need to keep it a secret after being played in court last month. and lisa. arjun good morning to you. let's go check out the forecast. all right. we are looking at some very dense fog advisory through nine o'clock quarter mile visibility at the airport down through san carlos over into the east bay, then later on, it is sunny with mid and upper fifties . breezy winds today, liz. all right, lisa. thank you. thanks for joining us. the news continues right now, with good morning america and we'll see you in half hour for another news update. have a great day.
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please join us in honoring the life and memory of tyre nichols with a moment of silence. >> welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. the memphis grizzlies observing a moment of silence last night before taking to the court in minneapolis just minutes after the video of 29-year-old tyre nichols being beaten by memphis police officers was released. grizzlies coach taylor jenkins saying, we're playing with heavy hearts, but we're also playing for our city that's going through a lot right now. the nba also issuing a statement that says in part, the nba family remains committed to partnering with advocates, policymakers and law enforcement to work towards solutions to the issues we continue to face. >> and we're following more on the reaction to that newly
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released video. fbi director christopher wray appealing for calm ahead of any demonstrations. elwyn lopez continues our team coverage in memphis. elwyn, good morning. >> reporter: hey, janai, good morning. cities across the country were bracing for the release of those videos. the family of tyre nichols was pleading for calm and that's largely what we saw overnight. hundreds of protesters taking to the streets calling for justice for tyre nichols. gatherings we saw in l.a., new york and here in memphis where protesters shut down parts of i-55. mayors from more than a dozen cities held a call with homeland security advisers expressing the importance of recognizing the pain felt across the country and preparing to reinforce peace and calm throughout the weekend. eva? >> all right, elwyn lopez for us there, thank you. now to prosecutors building their case against disgraced attorney alex murdaugh at his new double murder trial. the testimony focusing on his first interview with police officers and the state of his clothing when they arrived at the scene.
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this morning, disgraced south carolina attorney alex murdaugh emotional as prosecutors show the jury his first interview from the night his wife and son were killed. >> i mean, i pulled up, and i could see them, and, you know, i knew something was bad. i ran out. i knew it was really bad. my boy over there, i could see. >> reporter: the state playing video from a camera inside an investigator's car. >> and i ran over to maggie, and actually i think i tried to turn paul over first. >> did you touch maggie at all? >> i did. i touched them both. i tried to take -- i mean, i tried to do it as limited as possible, but i tried to take their pulse on both of 'em. >> reporter: prosecutors pointing out the gruesome bloody crime scene questioning how murdaugh looked that night with one of the agents who interviewed him. >> describe the defendant's hands when you saw him when you were interviewing him. how would you describe his hands?
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>> they were clean. clean. >> how would you describe his arms? >> they were clean. >> how would you describe his t-shirt? >> clean. >> reporter: murdaugh's team countering saying the fact they were clean shows that he wasn't involved. >> the state is trying to do a lot of things with this video. they want jurors to look at his clothes. they want jurors to look at his demeanor. they want to listen to what he's saying and how he's saying it. >> my mom's a late stage alzheimer's patient. my dad's in the hospital. i went to check on 'em. >> did you find that unusual? >> i did. >> why? >> with her being an alzheimer's patient, they tend to be worse at night. so i thought it was strange to go visit. >> reporter: but the defense arguing that murdaugh was just being a good son. >> and do you recall him saying that his father, mr. randolph murdaugh, had just been put in the hospital that very day? >> that's correct. >> and in that context, it's -- you don't criticize a son who goes to visit his mother who has
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early onset dementia on the very day that the father is admitted to the hospital. >> reporter: murdaugh's team focusing on how investigators did their jobs. >> you remember the litany of his shorts, shirt, shoes were clean? >> that's correct. >> he was clean, correct? >> to my visual eye, he was clean, yes. >> and to your visual eye it did not look like he had just blown his son's head off in the confines of a feed room where splatter is everywhere, isn't that correct? >> i didn't say that. >> this isn't the last of the video that we will see in the trial. the state on day one telling the jury there's a snapchat video to come they think is critical to the case. also to come, we'll hear from alex murdaugh's family. many of them have been sitting in court behind him for the past week. >> really upsetting testimony. >> yeah. >> unbelievable case. >> thank you, va, for that. let's turn now and get a check of the weather once again, danielle breezy from our nashville station, wkrn, good morning, danielle.
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what's happening? >> reporter: good morning, whit. we want to show you snow that fell last night. this is from south dakota. yankton, south dakota. it looks like a winter wonderland. big, fat flake, beautiful stuff and guess what will follow the snow, brutal cold, yes, talking about windchill advisories in effect. they could be as low as 40 below zero. by the way, frostbite can happen and just set in within ten minutes. now, you think that's cold? the cold is going to continue as we head into sunday, monday and tuesday. look at minot. by monday morning, it will feel like 25 to 35 below zero. cold in chicago feeling like 12 belon on tuesday. that's what's happening around the country. here's what's happening where you live.
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>> reporter: and right now new york city on par to be the second warmest january on record. but, guys, fair warning, the cold is coming to you later this week. maybe not as cold as 36 below zero, but it's coming. >> i'm going to pretend i didn't hear that. >> yeah. >> thank you, danielle. >> i was just thinking about buying a new coat. i think i will. >> whit literally had his fingers in his ears. >> earmuffs. can't hear. >> that's not going to help you when the cold comes. >> we appreciate you, danielle. still coming up on "good morning america," the concerns among schools and universities as more move to ban chatgpt. and it's the return of moviepass, the sequel to this all you can watch movie plan.
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welcome back to "gma" and welcome back to "gma" and the rising popularity of
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chatgpt, an artificial intelligence-based program that can write computer software, student essays and even news stories among other things, but the technology comes with growing concerns, especially for schools. abc's jay o'brien joins us with more. jay, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. you can ask it to tell you a joke, even teach you the meaning of life, and the revolutionary a.i. program chatgpt will spit out a complex answer in seconds, and that's being both celebrated and scrutinized, particularly in the classroom. think of chatgpt as google that doesn't just find you an answer but explains it. type in a question, any question and chatgpt responds with detail. >> you can have it write poetry. it can write computer code. you can have it outline a presentation, draft an email. it can do many different things. >> reporter: its ability to tackle virtually any challenge is leaving some to worry about
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the program's implications, particularly in the classroom. some teachers are concerned the know it all a.i. could lead to cheating. a poll conducted by a stanford university student newspaper found 17% of students admitted to using chatgpt for help with their final exams. schools across the country already blocking the program, even in the tech hub of seattle, home to microsoft, which just invested $10 billion into chatgpt. >> and it is scary, because as schoolteachers, you know, we want kids to write in full paragraphs, but we want it to be their original work. >> reporter: unveiled in november by the company openai, chatgpt is considered the most sophisticated program of its kind. write a story for "good morning america" on chatgpt.
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i asked it to do my work for me. wow. they know what "good morning america" is, and they're writing a script just like it would be on "gma." however, some experts have raised concerns about the implications of using a.i. models like chatgpt. they're even giving you the other side of the story. in a statement openai told abc news, we don't want chatgpt to be used for misleading purposes in schools or anywhere else. so we're already developing mitigations to help anyone identify text generated by that system. but educators also admit the program does have serious benefits too, and it's worth finding ways to integrate it or things like it into lessons because a.i. isn't going anywhere, and to highlight just how many people already use chatgpt, it took netflix three years from the launch of its subscription service to reach 1 million users. according to openai, it took chatgpt to reach that same number five days.
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>> wow. that's incredible. jay, thank you so much. the wheels are turning in our heads, right, all the different -- >> anything that makes life easier is worth jumping on. >> i want it to return emails. if i can get it to return emails for me -- >> you guys have all these reasons to use a.i. >> we got a list. we got a list. coming up here on "good morning america," moviepass trying again with a nationwide expansion. what is in it for movie buffs and the theaters? ok jake from state farm, i really want that personal price plan... mr. and mrs. alvarez... i save my shrimp tails. i have a whole collection. i keep them in jars under my bed. you don't need to get that personal. the state farm personal price plan helps you create an affordable price just for you. she also plays piano. with my feet! like a good neighbor, state farm is there.® call or click to get a quote today.
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changes and some high hopes for the theaters. abc's ike ejiochi is in los angeles with more. good morning, ike. >> reporter: good morning, eva. after famously flaming out in 2019, moviepass is deciding to try it again. now with the new pricing structure and with theaters looking for a big boost, company leaders feel now is the perfect time for a relaunch. this morning, moviepass is back. >> good morning, aviators. this is your captain speaking. >> reporter: the once popular movie subscription service is returning with its hallmark all you can watch plan, but this time with a new tiered payment structure. >> what's it been like, three, four years? >> eight years, seven months and six days, give or take. >> reporter: the service allowed users to see a movie each day for a flat fee, eventually dropping the price to just $10 a month in 2017, but its very popularity was its downfall, the company plunging into financial turmoil. the service shutting down in 2019. >> that wasn't a sustainable
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business model, particularly for exhibitors. theaters would rather have the audience pay as they go, buy a ticket or two or three or four to see a particular movie and do that each time. >> some things are worth fighting for. >> reporter: the new version uses a credit-based system with plans varying based on where you live. in new york, plans start at $20 for 68 credits, which moviepass says translates to about one to three films per month. the most expensive plan costs $60, which should allow for about one movie per day, and it couldn't be coming at a better time with the oscars around the corner featuring audience favorites like "avatar: the way of water," "top gun: maverick" and "elvis" back in theaters this week following its eight oscar nominations. and 2023 packed with a blockbuster release slate. guardians. xy still needs its - >> reporter: theaters are hoping
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for a bump at the box office. >> this is really the year i think where things get much more back to normal, and even though streaming is available at home, we have so many options for entertainment. going to the movie theater, there's nothing like it. >> reporter: now, moviepass does have some competition. several big ticket movie chains like regal and amc, they have subscription services of their own, some with cheaper prices and more perks. as for moviepass, this beta version ends this summer. no word yet on when the full service starts. eva? >> my question is, do you get a discount on snacks? >> yeah, there you go. extra butter on that popcorn. >> he likes the goober, right? >> yeah, you like goobers, don't you? >> oh, yes, yes. [ laughter ] big fan of the goobers. you called me a goober once on national television, thank you very much. >> oh, gee. who can forget this famous selfie from ellen degeneres? let's see it. there you go. the furry friend who wants his own 15 minutes of fame.
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♪ we're back now on "gma" with our "play of the day" and the new addition to the selfie game. so you probably remember this iconic one by ellen degeneres at the oscars back in 2014. uh-huh. whit remembers. but there are other attention grabbers out there. a curious bear in colorado became the star of the show on boulder's open space and mountain park's camera. some 400 of the nearly 600 pictures turned out to be of the same bear. look, there's a paw and various poses. >> yes. >> the camera was set up to give wildlife officials the idea of movements and habits of the wildlife. yes. >> angles. >> angles, yes. [ laughter ] no one expected one single bear to hog the selfie spotlight.
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look at that, blue steel. >> right. who knew boo-boo was so strong on the angles. hey, boo-boo. >> boo-boo? >> yeah, yogi bear. come on, janai. >> hey, boo-boo. >> it's before your time. coming up here on "gma" in our second hour, a lot to cover. of course, more reaction overnight from the release of that police body camera video showing the beating death of tyre nichols. building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions . this is abc. seven news. good morning, everyone. i'm liz kreutz video of the vicious attack on paul pelosi at the san francisco home last october is not public body camera footage shows police arriving at pelosi's home on the night of the attack, capturing the moment when the pap allegedly attacks paul pelosi with a hammer. the
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video, along with other evidence was released yesterday after a court ruled there was no need to keep it secret after being played in court last month. the mass shooting in half moon bay has brought to light the dismal living conditions of the farm workers in the area. california terror garden. at least eight families lived in trailers and mobile homes, according to multiple city leaders, who have been to the farm conditions were deplorable, with no running water. half moon bay's vice mayor believes the poor conditions played a role in the tragedy. san mateo county is considering building housing units and providing resources for farm workers. and lisa. arjun good morning to you. let's go check outside. all right, let's get morning. too high for one we do have are dense fog advisory through nine o'clock in the visibility down to nothing. hayward, livermore mountain view napa and novato. so the oakland airport an eighth of a mile or less sfo a quarter mile. so do be careful out there. you can see from our live camera. it is very foggy. san francisco 44 in oakland, palo alto with 43, a half moon bay. and above the fog
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. salesforce there we have, son on the way. it is pretty cold, though. santa rosa 33 39 in nevada with 40 in concord, just 35 in livermore. so later on today, we've got some sunshine, but the winds are going to be picking up along the coast across the bay in advance of a cold front that will bring much colder weather headed our way. so tonight it's going to be cold in the north bay clouds thicken up in the south bay in our level one system arriving. tomorrow alright, lisa. thank you. thanks for joining us. the news continues right now, with good continues right now, with good morning america have a great i'm karen. i'm living with hiv and i'm on cabenuva. for adults who are undetectable, cabenuva is the only complete, long-acting hiv treatment you can get every other month. it's two injections from a healthcare provider. i really like the flexibility. and for me, it's one less thing to think about while traveling. don't receive cabenuva if you're allergic to its ingredients or if you taking certain medicines, which may interact with cabenuva. serious side effects include
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good morning, america. it's our second hour. breaking overnight, memphis police releasing the graphic body cam footage of tyre nichols, from the moment nichols was pulled out of his car to when he was taken away by ambulance. two deputies relieved of duty, as the investigation and the confrontation continues, while protesters nationwide take to the street, the family calling for calm, sitting down with gma, what they're saying this morning. second gentleman doug emhoff marking holocaust remembrance day at the former nazi concentration and erm termination camp in poland and what he is telling abc news about taking on the rise of anti-semitism at hom

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