awards. drew: they deserve it. reggie: do you think they take it? drew: the trip? good morning, america, for our viewers in the west, on this wednesday morning. two of the four americans kidnapped in mexico back in the u.s. this morning after surviving a brutal attack. kidnapping ordeal. two other americans from the group were killed. why authorities think they may have been targeted and how the americans were found in a remote wooden house after a three-day manhunt. the families of the survivors now speaking out and the state department warning on travel to certain parts of mexico. under fire. house speaker kevin mccarthy facing criticism after turning over 41,000 hours of raw video from the january 6th attacks to tucker carlson of fox news who broadcast them in a selectively edited and misleading manner.

new details about the frightening midair scare. >> i will kill every man on this plane. >> what the passenger is accused of doing now as the acting head of the faa heads to testify on capitol hill this morning. on the rise. how high could interest rates go and what it means for credit cards, car loans and mortgages. rebecca jarvis is here to break it down. groundbreaking case. will the parents of the michigan stand trial?er ethan crumbley - what it could mean for a parent's responsibility when their child commits a crime. close call. the moment caught on tape as an suv crashes into a coffee while two podcasters are taping. everyone is okay. what they're saying this morning. blocked. why the government is trying to stop the jetblue/spirit airlines merger. what the move could mean for your ticket prices. two medical headlines this morning. the shortage of a critical

asthma drug and why the problem is getting worse. plus, the study finding artificial sweeteners may be linked to a higher risk of heart attack and stroke. ♪ ain't no mountain high enough ♪ from the gridiron to guardian angel, the minnesota vikings receiver being hailed a hero, helping to save a trapped driver from a burning wreck. ♪ everything is awesome ♪ and the internet thinks lasagna soup is awesome. so is it? we're breaking it down "gma" style this morning in times square and everyone is invited. ♪ life is good because everything is awesome ♪ everyone's excited? okay. i guess we're having lasagna for breakfast, george. >> i'm going to try it. i'm going to have two big bowls of it. >> i'm sure it's delicious. you'll tell us all about it. we are also tracking the latest on the extreme weather across the country

watching two major storms. 33 million on alert for flooding, wind and snow, including up to six more feet in the hard-hit california mountains. but first, we begin with the tragedy in mexico. two of the americans kidnapped are back in the u.s. this morning and you're looking live at the hospital where one of them is being treated in brownsville, texas. the other two americans were killed. matt rivers is in mexico city with the latest. good morning, matt. >> reporter: michael, one arrest in this case but with so u.s. law enforcement agencies involved, putting pressure on their mexican counterparts to find who is responsible here, more arrests could be coming soon. this morning, two of the four americans kidnapped in mexico now waking up on u.s. soil after surviving this horrific attack. armed men seen loading the group onto a pickup truck in matamoros friday. their other two friends did not survive. >> two u.s. citizens were returned to the united states. the bodies of two u.s. citizens killed were recovered.

>> reporter: eric james williams and latavia washington mcgee making it out alive. mcgee seen here with law enforcement shortly after she was rescued. a convoy then taking the survivors to the border near brownsville, texas. the two then crossing over to a waiting ambulance. mcgee's mother describing the moment she found out her daughter had survived. >> i had to hold my heart. i was thanking the lord. i said, thank you, jesus. there is a god. >> reporter: williams in the brownsville hospital after receiving multiple gunshot wounds to his leg. his wife michelle able to speak to him briefly. >> it was just tears of joy, i guess, that he's alive. i didn't even want to imagine what he was going through or, you know, what any of them were going through. >> reporter: two other members of the group, shaeed woodard and zindell brown tragically killed. authorities finally finding the missing americans after a three-day manhunt leading them to this wooden house outside matamoros. a 24-year-old man identified

only by his first name, jose, arrested. mexican authorities say he was in charge of watching the americans. according to her family, mcgee had traveled with the others from lake city, south carolina, to mexico to get cosmetic surgery. when the four crossed into matamoros on friday, her family says armed gunmen in body armor chased them opening fire on their white minivan. the gunmen then kidnapmecan bys. mexican officials believe the shooting and kidnapping was a case of mistaken identity. a source close to the investigation telling abc news the gunmen may have targeted the vehicle because they wrongly believed the group of americans were rival human traffickers. now, this case was solved quickly solved here in mexico. a country with an untold number of unsolved disappearances, kidnappings, murders, prompted saying it was only solved because americans were involved. a presooefd deference given to

the united states. >> you know, some lawmakers think u.s. forces should be allowed to target cartels in mexico, is that right? >> reporter: yeah, that's correct. some u.s. lawmakers like senator lindsey graham calling for some to be called foreign terrorist organizations which would lay the groundwork for u.s. military intervention. but mexico's president already saying he would not allow troops here into mexico and every single expert i've spoken to severely doubt that u.s. troops in this country could solve the problem of cartels. >> matt rivers, thank you as always. george? now to house speaker kevin mccarthy under fire for his decision to turn over more than 41,000 hours of raw video from the january 6th capitol riot to fox news which is broadcasting an edited video. senior congressional correspondent rachel scott has details. >> reporter: the chief of the capitol police is outraged over this saying any attempts to downplay what happened here on january 6th is offensive but still house speaker kevin mccarthy is defending his decision. this morning, house speaker

kevin mccarthy says he has no regrets. >> no, i said at the very beginning transparency. >> reporter: after turning over more than 41,000 hours of raw video from the january 6th attack to fox news personality tucker carlson, who described the rioters as peaceful and called them sightseers. >> he says that it wasn't an insurrection. do you agree with that? >> reporter: but the images that day tell a different story, rioters storming the capitol, smashing in windows, officers beaten and crushed by the mob. >> help! >> reporter: here's what mccarthy said just hours after the attack. >> the violence, destruction, and chaos we saw earlier was unacceptable, undemocratic and unamerican. >> reporter: two years later mccarthy standing by his decision to share the footage exclusively with a personality who downplayed the attack. the capitol police chief telling

officers in a memo what aired is cherry-picked and failed to provide context. >> he said that it was misleading and that it was offensive. do you have any concerns about anything that aired? >> look, i didn't see what was aired. what i want to do exactly is give transparency to everybody to make up their own mind. >> reporter: senate minority leader mitch mcconnell calling carlson's depiction of the capitol insurrection a mistake. >> i want to associate myself entirely with the opinion of the chief of the capitol police about what happened on january 6th. >> reporter: mcconnell joined by other republicans on capitol hill blasting carlson and any attempt to whitewash january 6th. >> i think it's [ bleep ]. to somehow put that in the same category as, you know, permitted peaceful protest is just a lie. >> there were a lot of people in the capitol at the time who, i think, were scared for their lives.

>> reporter: the chief of the capitol police said the most disturbing accusation was the death of officer brian sicknick had nothing to do with his heroic actions defending the capitol that day. i spoke with the sicknick family and they said this is ripping their wounds wide open, saying they are sick of it. >> they are not alone. rachel, thanks very much. robin? we turn to the acting faa chief set to testify on capitol hill this morning following several close calls in the sky as we learn new details about that passenger accused of trying to open an emergency exit. our transportation correspondent gio benitez is in washington. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, robin, good morning. yeah, the acting head of the faa will testify today on aircraft safety certification just as the industry faces a slew of issues. >> i'm taking over this plane. >> reporter: this morning, new details about that frightening midair scare. on a flight from l.a. to boston.

>> i will kill every man on this plane. there's going to be a bloodbath. >> reporter: law enforcement sources telling abc news the suspect francisco torres charged with trying to open an emergency door and assaulting a flight attendant now accused of attacking two guards in the jail where he's being held in rhode island. authorities say torres tried to open an emergency exit. >> my daughter was very upset. she was crying. for me the fear was just that short five seconds of however long it took him to run down a set of rows and hit that flight attendant. >> reporter: then torres got up from his seat and allegedly attempted to stab a flight attendant with a broken spoon. >> kind of just rambling in the beginning saying he was balthazar, dracula was his father, and he was talking about nazis, just kind of rambling about different topics. >> reporter: the incident the latest in a string of concerning moments in the skies. it also comes as the acting faa administrator testifies on capitol hill later today.

this as abc news learns of another close call involving commercial flights last month. the ntsb investigating after air traffic controllers at a florida airport cleared an american airlines plane to land from the same runway an air canada flight was taking off from. the faa says the planes were close to 3,100 feet from each other when the american flight began its climb. >> we have to rebuild the system to build in more buffer to prevent incidents from getting even that close to disaster. >> reporter: meanwhile, we've learned torres has two prior arrests for armed robbery and assault but he was never convicted. it appears he was found not fit to stand trial. robin? >> it is clear he has issues. gio, you're there in d.c. i want to switch to the toxic train derailment in ohio. norfolk southern's ceo, we know, is set to testify there in d.c. what more can you tell us about that? >> reporter: yeah, robin. that's happening tomorrow morning and, listen, he is sure to take some tough questions

from members of congress and, remember, this is all happening as both the ntsb and the department of transportation launch their own investigations into norfolk southern, specifically on its culture of safety, robin. >> yes, all right, gio, as always, appreciate your reporting. michael? all right, robin, now to the new winter storm taking aim at california. the west coast bracing for even more snow and heavy rainfall which could cause a flooding disaster. mola lenghi is in lake tahoe with the latest. good morning, mola. >> reporter: good morning, michael. as you can see, snow still piling up with even more snow, heavy rain and pretty intense winds expected in the coming days. folks here in the lake tahoe area telling me this is the worst onslaught of snow they have seen here in more than 30 years. just this year, so far the sierra nevada mountains have been hit with more than 48 feet of snow. that is the most they have seen in a decade and it's causing pretty dangerous conditions in

the process. in mendocino county, california, a woman being rescued after being trapped in her car in the snow for three days with little food and no cell phone signal. here in tahoe there have been incidents of roofs collapsing uder the weight of the snow. crews have been working to clear the roofs of homes and businesses trying to get ahead of the next round of snow expected over the coming days along with heavy rain expected in the coming days and with all of that, if that's not enough, californians are bracing themselves for the potential of flash flooding this weekend, robin. >> oh, it is enough. it is enough, mola, thank you. ginger is tracking the timing of this storm. good morning. >> good morning. we're already seeing pictures of this, southern california, north of los angeles, the melt from the last snow, which is less than a week, just in the past here, already causing that flooding. so now by thursday through sunday and that's really the window where we see the heaviest rain and snow, we are going to see the potential for mudslides, landslides, big-time impacts. what's happening here is that last couple of storms have been northerly.

they've been cold. this is tapping into warmer air, the subtropical moisture, super abundant. this one is the first storm that we're going to get rid of and it's not related. george, it's thursday, friday and saturday where the bulk of this rain, and i'm talking two to five inches, some of those foothills could see flash flooding and the roof collapses and up to seven feet more which could put us in the top three snowiest. >> they have been getting hit. okay, ginger, thanks very much. to the economy now and the fed chair's announcement interest rates will keep climbing higher than expected. that affects everything from credit cards to mortgages and car loans. chief economics correspondent rebecca jarvis here to break it down. good morning, rebecca. >> good morning, george. you hit it, the key takeaway from fed chair powell interest rates aren't just going up, they are likely going up even more than originally anticipated because inflation is still stuck near record highs. the jobs market is far stronger than expected and consumers keep spending despite those higher prices. so what does it all mean? well, it means that when the fed meets in two weeks, they will likely hike rates a quarter of a

percent or even a half of a percent which means, if you are carrying a credit card balance, it almost automatically gets more expensive. if you want to take out a new car loan or a mortgage, those are likely to get more expensive too. take, for example, buying a new home. for about $1,650 a month you could have taken out a $400,000 mortgage. a year ago, a little over a year ago when rates were 3%. today that $1,650 a month will only cover a $248,000 mortgage now, because rates are about 7% today and, by the way, this excludes property taxes that could add an additional thousand dollars depending on where you live. keep in mind that home values have been falling, so if you're seriously looking at buying and prepared to live in that home for at least five years, george, there is a chance you could refinance later on. >> this is one upside to high interest rates. >> yeah.

the whole idea here behind higher interest rates is that the fed wants to incentivize saving over spending so that prices can come down, but most traditional savings accounts do not reflect this increase and the best way to get the most from your savings account is to search for high yield savings accounts or cds on sites like bankrate.com and nerd wallet and make sure you're looking at fdic insured banks. super simple, george. >> maybe 4% to 5% on your money. rebecca, thank you. now to a heroic rescue by minnesota vikings wide receiver k.j. osborn. the 25-year-old jumped into action helping pull a man from a burning car saving his life. will reeve is here to give the play-by-play on how the rescue went down. good morning, will. >> good morning, michael. it's something out of a movie. nfl player turned superhero running toward a burning wreck to save a stranger's life but it's real life and k.j. osborn was one of a group of ordinary people who came to a most extraordinary rescue. >> the right place at the right time. >> reporter: this morning,

minnesota vikings receiver k.j. osborn hailed as a hero. >> touchdown, k.j. osborn! >> reporter: making the play of his life saving a life on a texas highway. >> i look off to my right and there's a car that has crashed and it's on fire and it's under a bridge, hit a pillar and the air bags were out. >> reporter: osborn was in an uber when they came upon a fiery wreck under a bridge in austin. the 25-year-old who's played three nfl seasons running out of the car with his driver finding a man trapped inside his burning car. >> the car could explode. it's a man's life. his car is burning. i want to help. >> reporter: osborn, the uber driver and two other good samaritans uniting to save the man, pulling him from the wreckage. the incinerated aftermath seen here in this photo. >> we all ran down, i picked him up, was carry him 10, 15 yards away because we didn't know if the car would blow up. >> reporter: after emergency personnel arrived and brought the man to the hospital, osborn had a moment to breathe and take this selfie with the three people he called heros. >> they have family, lives, careers, as well, so, you know,

i just want to make sure they know they were heroes. >> reporter: osborn doesn't know the identity of the man he saved but he's looking forward to reuniting. >> i'm excited to be able to find out who this guy was just to be able to shake his hand and god is real and, you know, i'm just happy we were able to save this man's life. >> after his football career is over, osborn aspires to join the fbi or secret service. he's definitely got a good resume going on, guys. >> he sure does. >> thank you, will. coming up, will the parents of a high school shooter be forced to stand trial for his deadly rampage? also ahead, concerning news about artificial sweeteners and your health. first back to ginger. >> minneapolis to chicago talking about disruptive snow we'll get to. your local weather now in 30 seconds.

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mexican officials now believe the shooting and kidnapping was a case of mistaken identity. a source close to the investigation told abc news the gunmen may have targeted the vehicle because they wrongly believed that the group of americans were rival human traffickers. also right now, a seventh member of the memphis police department fired in the wake of tyre nichols' death. it was part of an administrative investigation involving others in the memphis police department. about 20 more hours of video related to the case is expected to be released today. and take a look at this close call for two podcasters. an suv crashed into the coffee shop where they were recording, fortunately they were both okay and no one suffered a major injury. one of the podcasters saying, quote, it was kind of fight or flight and i flew. i got out of there. >> i don't blame him. >> glad they're both okay. no one was injured. we have a lot more ahead including two medical headlines, one about the shortage of a critical asthma drug and news about artificial sweeteners and your health. that's all coming up. george?

right now, a case that could set a precedent when it comes to holding parents responsible for crimes committed by their child. a michigan appeals court is deciding whether to bring charges against ethan crumbley's parents and trevor ault has the details. good morning, trevor. >> good morning, george. this may be the first time in america that the parents of a school shooter are also charged and prosecutors say while ethan crumbley opened fire in that school his parents acted so egregiously ignoring warning signs, buying their son that gun they have to be held criminally responsible. this morning, a michigan appeals court weighing whether unprecedented charges against the parents of michigan school shooter ethan crumbley can continue to trial. >> what things did they do or not do that led to these events? >> reporter: the case is the first of its kind. james and jennifer crumbley are charged with four counts each of involuntary manslaughter. prosecutors say gross negligence makes them at least partially responsible for their son

ethan's november 2021 rampage when he killed four classmates and injured seven others, including a teacher. >> what's the precedent we'll set here? there are a lot of families with kids who might not be as stable as the parents would like them to be. >> reporter: prosecutors allege the crumbleys bought the weapon then 15-year-old ethan used to carry out the massacre with ethan's money even though prosecutors say he displayed obvious mental health issues, allegedly having hallucinations a month before the shooting. they say in the weeks prior, the school reported to the parents ethan was searching ammunition in class to which jennifer crumbley allegedly texted her son, lol, you have to learn not to get caught. >> there were warning signs all over the place. >> reporter: officials say the day of the massacre ethan was called to a counselor's office having drawn a disturbing drawing showing a gun, a person shot and phrases like blood everywhere and the thoughts won't stop, help me. tuesday the judges questioned

why the crumbleys didn't take him home or even hug him when they were called to the school that morning. >> james crumbley did not know that e.c. had access to the firearm. >> he bought him the gun. >> and the first thing he did when he heard about the school shooting was go back home to see if the gun was there. >> reporter: the crumbleys' attorney admitted the parents made tremendously bad decisions but argue they and the school believed ethan was only a threat to himself and argued pursuing these charges would set a dangerous precedent potentially holding parents responsible for any crime committed by their child. >> as a parent, i don't owe a legal duty to every kid at my four kids' schools. i don't owe a legal duty to every person my child encounters on the street. >> and even the prosecutors say charging parents with their children's crimes should require some extreme facts, but they believe that is the case here and the panel of three judges will now decide if there's enough evidence for it to go to trial. >> okay, trevor, thanks. let's bring in chief legal analyst dan abrams.

this could be a landmark case. >> absolutely. this is definitely a case of first impression. there have been other cases where, for example, a parent doesn't secure their weapon and let's say a 3-year-old or 4-year-old gets access and hurts someone. parents have been charged in cases like that. but a case like this where you're talking about the intentional condut of a 15-year-old and saying that the parents are now charged with involuntary manslaughter, meaning they are responsible for the deaths, that is something that has never been done before and the question is, where is that line between horrible parenting and criminality? >> so what is the strongest argument for the prosecution. >> foreseeability. their argument is that the parents should have been able to see that something like this could happen based on all the warning signs that trevor just laid out. everything from the weapon to his mental health to being called in to the school that day to text messages that had been sent back and forth to the

parents not taking action when they should have known about his problems. so all of that, prosecutors say, should have led the parents to know that something like this could happen. >> the fact that they're having this appeals court hearing now is kind of a win for the defense, right? >> right, because a judge had initially said this case can move forward. the supreme court of michigan then said, whoa, whoa, let's put the brakes on here. this is a pretty unusual case. we want to send this back to the appellate court. let the appellate court resolve it, which is the argument that we just saw, and then let's figure out if this goes to trial. the fact that this hearing is even happening is a big win for parents who had initially been ordered to stand trial. >> a lot of people are going to be watching this, dan. >> a really interesting case. > dan, thank you as always. now to a travel warning from the state department about traveling to certain parts of mexico after the kidnapping and killing of americans so let's go back to matt rivers there in mexico city with that. matt? >> reporter: robin, the state department issues state-by-state

travel advisories for here in mexico. it's something my family and i pay attention to while living here and something that tourists should pay attention to when considering coming down here to mexico for vacation. this morning, the state department reminding americans about travel advisories to mexico following the harrowing kidnapping of four americans at gunpoint that turned deadly. >> the travel advisory for tamaulipas state remains at level 4, do not travel. we encourage americans to heed that advice. >> reporter: and tamaulipas, not the only part of mexico under such a level 4 advisory. the state department now with do not travel warnings for six mexican states. that level 4 travel warning also seen in places like north korea and afghanistan. and while tourists flock to popular beach destinations in mexico, the u.s. government has travel warnings in place for all but two mexican states including those home to cabo san lucas, mexico city and cancun. >> the key is every place you go beyond that resort you need to

do your homework. >> reporter: violence in cancun sparking headlines in 2021. multiple shootings near popular beaches in some cases causing tourists to take cover in sheer panic left right in the crosshairs. mexico has since dispatched hundreds of national guardsmen to patrol the beaches up and down its atlantic coast making for odd images of people in bathing suits next to soldiers in body armor. but as nerve-racking as all that is, and rightly so, some context. most popular mexican tourist destinations are rated a level 2 by the state department, that's the exact same rating given to france, the uk and dozens of other countries. millions and millions of americans travel to mexico safely each year without any incident. >> passenger volume between the u.s. and mexico this january, january 2023, actually up 24% compared to the same month in 2019. that's more -- a larger rise

than any other international destination. mexico is a true favorite of american tourists. >> reporter: some general tips for when you're traveling to mexico or anywhere for that matter. try not to travel with too much loose cash on you if possible. stay away from anywhere or someone or some group could be selling drugs. guys? >> all right, thank you, matt. coming up, the justice department moving to block the massive jetblue/spirit airlines merger, what it could mean for your airfare. next, the new study about artificial sweeteners and health risks. new study about artificial sweeteners and health risks. emerge tremfyant®. with tremfya®, most people saw 90% clearer skin at 16 weeks. the majority of people saw 90% clearer skin even at 5 years. tremfya® is the first medication of its kind also approved for adults with active psoriatic arthritis...

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we've known for a long time that added sugar excess in your diet is associated with chronic illness, diabetes, obesity and with that, as you said, the popularity of artificial sugars have increased and unfortunately things like stevia, monk fruit extract have grown in popularity. when you look at the market research, the amount of products with regular sugars in it, have decreased by 15% in the past five years and those that contain sugar substitutes have surged, and we are not having an amount of regulation that we would expect with these products. >> a lot of these have names we don't recognize. what do we look for as a consumer? >> i personally say if you don't understand the word then you probably should put the product down. looking for words you might not recognize or be able to pronounce like aspartame but there's other sugars that are not necessarily artificial sugars but derived from natural plants still considered substitutes like monk fruit extract and stevia. again, not all of these are fda approved and all of them are

growing in popularity in terms of what we have in the products we eat. >> there are a lot of questions about our health, tell us about that. >> we're beginning to understand how these are relating to our personal health like gut and microbiome. i brought this rubiks cube to help you understand. imagine our gut and microbiome is a delicate balance of bacteria that acts to digest food. when you eat these artificial sugars, it changes that gut microbiome. your gut has overgrowth and undergrowth of others and can increase insulin resistance which increases your risk of diabetes which is what we're trying to prevent in the first place. >> so, if sugar and also alternative sweeteners are problematic, what do you do? >> at the end of the day i think paying attention not necessarily to the calories but to ingredients and the added sugar, so paying attention to that food label. looking to see what the added sugar is in that food, many people don't know but the average intake recommended for a man, an average man is 35 grams of sugar. that's just one can of soda and

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candid about her struggle with alcohol in the wake of her divorce. her friend, cameron diaz, staging an intervention, drew's therapist even quitting. how she was able to finally make a change. ♪ red, red wine ♪ plus, we're spilling the tea, the wine, the coffee, the ketchup and more, all over these stain resistant white shirts. >> aaagh! >> becky worley puts them to the test. ♪ i'm burning up ♪ two words, lasagna soup. it's the latest food craze burning up tiktok. lori b. tried out the italian classic souper makeover to see if it passed the toughest test. we're on the road to the oscars this morning. the internet's favorite grandma is here. babs costello shows us how to throw the ultimate oscars party and she's saying -- >> good morning, america! ♪ shut up and dance with me ♪ >> cheers.

and good morning to you too, babs. no one throws a party like her and she's stirring up some special treats for oscar sunday. you have to try her avatar mocktail and maybe you could use that to wash down the lasagna soup. >> all right, you know, good suggestion. also ahead, why allergy season could last longer than usual. ginger has more on what's behind it. first, the latest on the tragedy in mexico. two of the americans who were kidnapped after crossing the board rer back in the u.s. the other two americans were killed. matt rivers is in mexico city with the story. good morning, matt. >> reporter: well, george, there has already been one arrest in this case, but with so many u.s. law enforcement agencies putting pressure on their mexican counterparts to find who is responsible, more arrests could be coming soon. this morning, two of the four americans kidnapped in mexico now waking up on u.s. soil after

surviving this horrific attack. armed men seen loading the group onto a pickup truck in matamoros friday. their other two friends did not survive. >> two u.s. citizens were returned to the united states. the bodies of two other u.s. citizens killed in the same incident were also recovered. >> reporter: eric james williams and latavia "tay" mcgee making it out alive. mcgee seen here with law enforcement shortly after she was rescued. a convoy then taking the survivors to the border near brownsville, texas. two other members of the group, shaeed woodard and zindell brown tragically killed. authorities finally finding the missing americans after a three-day manhunt leading them to this wooden house outside matamoros. a 24-year-old man identified only by his first name, jose, arrested. mexican authorities say he was in charge of watching the americans. according to her family, mcgee had traveled with the others from lake city, south carolina, to mexico to get cosmetic surgery. when the four crossed into

matamoros on friday, her family says armed gunmen in body armor chased them, opening fire on their white minivan. the gunmen then kidnapping the group, a mexican bystander also killed. mexican officials now believe the shooting and kidnapping was a case of mistaken identity. a source close to the investigation telling abc news the gunmen may have targeted the vehicle because they wrongly believed the group of americans were rival human traffickers. now, this case was solved quickly in mexico, a country with an untold number of unsolved disappearances, kidnappings, murders, many people think this was solved quickly because americans were involved. robin? now to the nearly $4 billion potential merger between jetblue and spirit airlines. the justice department is suing to stop the deal. gio benitez is back now with what this could mean for airfare. good morning, again, gio.

>> reporter: hey, robin, good morning, again. yeah, that merger would create the america's fifth largest airline in this country, but, again, as you said, the justice department wants to block it. let's go ahead and take a look at that lawsuit here. doj saying that jetblue's acquisition of spirit would eliminate the largest and fastest-growing ultra-low-cost carrier in the united states. going on to say, if the acquisition is approved jetblue plans to abandon spirit's business model, remove seats from spirit's planes, and charge spirit's customers higher prices. now, jetblue and spirit have already fired back saying they plan to keep going with the merger anyway and that the big four airlines have a lock on about 80% of the market. jetblue's accommodation with spirit allows it to create a compelling national challenger to these dominant airlines. look, the bottom line here is the government really believes that spirit, as its own airline, actually helps lower prices across the airline industry. michael? >> that's what the consumer cares about, gio, thank you so much for that.

and now to the shortage of a crucial drug for people with asthma. will reeve has the details. >> reporter: good morning, michael. there's a shortage of a common ingredient in asthma inhalers and the approximately 25 million americans with asthma could suffer as a result. albuterol has been on the fda's drug shortage list since october, but one of the drug's last major manufacturers could make finding it even more difficult. acorn pharmaceuticals filed for bankruptcy last month and reportedly closed all its u.s. locations. now there's reportedly only one domestic maker of the drug, so pharmacies are scrambling and hospitals are looking for alternatives. for the 1 in 12 americans with asthma it can cause shortness of breath, wheezing, chest tightness and coughing and could lead to asthma attacks. medications such as albuterol used in inhalers help keep the condition under control and could be lifesaving. health experts say anyone struggling to fill their prescription should call their primary care provider to discuss options. you may be able to fill your prescription by looking at

alternative pharmacies. guys? >> hopefully there will be some options. will, thank you. we keep that in mind as the first day of spring is just around the corner. so is allergy season and there's a new report that says allergy season is getting longer in places across the country. is that true, ginger? >> it is true. something we've been looking at with human-induced climate change amplifying what naturally is warming across our planet and now this new report shows that allergy season is getting longer in more than 170 u.s. cities. we're already seeing the pollen pile up this year. these pictures from south carolina, it's been one of the warmest winters on record for millions east of the rockies, and a group called climate central looked at temperatures across more than 200 cities and they found that freeze-free season lengthened by more than two weeks since 1970 so that will do it. take a place like reno, nevada. they've seen their growing season expand by 99 days since 1970. that's one of the biggest and then this year, leafout as we

call it is up to 20 days early from indianapolis to philadelphia, one of the earliest springs on record. what does this mean to you, seasonal allergies will start earlier and last longer. plants just have more time to release all their irritants. i know, it hits me hard. >> does it really? >> tough for a lot of folks. >> i'm already feeling it. >> leafout, that means when the leaves come. >> the bud and the leaf comes, 20 days early. >> all right. >> thank you, ginger. >> you got it? >> a little bit. too much information. i stopped a couple sneezes this morning. [ laughter ] >> good job. >> thank you, ginger. coming up in our "gma" morning menu, the women suing texas over the state's abortion ban saying they were denied procedures despite facing medical emergencies. also ahead, drew barrymore is pulling back the curtain on her struggle with alcohol and how her dear friends like cameron diaz stepped in to help. plus, you don't have to cry over spilled milk, wine, or coffee anymore. because becky worley is putting stain resistant white shirts to the test.

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with more for us. good morning, mireya. >> reporter: hey, good morning, michael. these mothers were more than happy to find out they were pregnant. they were picking baby names and planning baby showers. abortion was the last thing they wanted and, while they were able to get the procedure done outside of texas, they are now fighting for women who don't have that option. this morning, five women suing the state of texas attorney general ken paxton and the state's medical board, alleging they were denied necessary and potentially life-saving obstetrical care because medical professionals throughout the state fear liability under texas' abortion bans. >> what happened to the people standing behind me was a violation of their texas constitutional rights. >> reporter: according to the lawsuit, anna's water broke just four months into her pregnancy leaving the baby without any amniotic sac inside the womb. >> they said even with the best neonatal intense care, a fetus

cannot survive outside the womb at 19 weeks. my heart broke into a million pieces. >> reporter: aborting is typically advised in these cases because the mother could face sepsis, a life-threatening condition that happens when the body has an extreme response to infection. when the amniotic sac ruptures too early, the risk of infection increases for mother and baby. >> the child i was so excited for wasn't going to live and i needed an abortion to preserve my health but couldn't get one in texas. >> reporter: the lawsuit backed by the center for reproductive rights, an abortion rights group, isn't asking for the state's abortion ban to be lifted. instead they're trying to get a judge to provide medical clarity on the portion of the law that allows women to get an abortion in emergency cases. for lauren hall, another plaintiff in the suit, that emergency came after her 18-week scan. >> the maternal fetal specialist sadly told us our baby had a

condition that causes a baby to develop with no skull and very little brain matter. >> reporter: she flew to seattle to have an abortion. >> i love texas and it kills me that my own state does not seem to care if i live or die. >> reporter: the texas attorney general's office wouldn't comment specifically on this lawsuit, but they did send us a statement saying in part that the ag s committed to doing everything in his power to protect mothers, families and unborn children while also defending texas law. guys? >> thank you, mireya. now to drew barrymore. she's getting candid about her struggle with alcohol after her divorce, revealing her friends including cameron diaz staged an intervention to get through to her. erielle reshef has the details. >> reporter: this morning, drew barrymore opening up about her struggle with alcohol abuse and how she clawed her way out of what she calls a dark place. the now 48-year-old who became a bona fide star after her lead role in "e.t." at just 7 years

old, has been very public about battling addiction. drinking by age 9, doing drugs at 12 and rehab at 13. now barrymore telling the "l.a. times" that after her divorce from art consultant will kopelman in 2016, she spiraled. she says her dependence on alcohol got so bad her friends, including her "charlie's angels" co-star cameron diaz, sat her down for a mini intervention. reminding her about her kids, friends and career. diaz telling the paper, i knew that if we all stuck with her and gave her the support she needed she would find her way. i have absolute faith in her. you can't even comprehend how hard it was to be her as a child and then she shot out the other end with the ability to save herself. last month barrymore telling the podcast "on purpose" that her longtime therapist even stopped working with her. >> he doesn't deal in toxicity. if you're not getting better, he's not feeding off of that.

so after i had stopped for about two years because drinking was like a symptom of many problems, but it was the thing that wasn't allowing me to get to those next places, i asked him, will you please reconsider taking me back? and we did and now we're doing the best work we've done in ten years. >> what he did for her was a gift. it allowed her the opportunity to hit the bottom that she needed to hit in order to really do the work on herself and come to terms with her relationship with alcohol. >> reporter: and barrymore does not call herself sober. she makes that distinction because she hasn't gone to alcoholics anonymous but she says in 2019 she realized she had to be in a clear place in order to do her job on her talk show. she also says she is also focusing on being a mom to her two young daughters which she calls the role of her life. >> good for her, and, boy, having good friends like that who step in. erielle, thank you. now to our try before you buy series oscars edition.

becky worley has the ultimate wardrobe hack. okay, so what's -- >> reporter: oh, me? me? oh, man, i just spilled but good thing i'm wearing a stain resistant shirt for a dramatic re-enactment of how spills happen, also good thing i'm standing in a kiddie pool, no mess. i am red carpet ready because of the new technology revolutionizing the white shirt. the crisp white shirt, a timeless look but can you imagine if sharon, wanda or julia spilled ketchup on it. nomination for the best horror show. that's what it feels like when you spill on a white shirt. so the promise of stain resistant white shirts? >> what i think is really cool about these shirts is they look and feel like an ordinary shirt and then they also have this kind of hidden superpower. >> reporter: zoe took a look at three shirts claiming to be

stain resistant for liquids starting with, the mother oxford, classic cotton button down. the simone, by numi, one with a silky feeling and a t-shirt by ably. i'm really good at staining wite t-shirts. first up, wine. trying it on the mother oxford. here goes. all right. there's a little bit on the shirt but it's all beaded up. whoa. that was like magic. same with the numi. someone bumps into you and your wine spills on you, you're good to go. the t-shirt, look at that. nada. similar great results with coffee. now to see what would happen if we went even further and tried thicker substances. bringing out the big guns, ketchup. here we go. mother oxford. okay.

it rappelled a lot. the numi fares well too. a little cold water. that's pretty good. holy smokes. the cotton tee was a little more impacted. i see a little dark shadowing. it's a little stain. this is not 100% stain removal but, all right. now to a substance known to create really tough stains, sriracha, all three shirts had their work cut out for them. >> i did healthy amount of isopropyl alcohol and washed it on warm and they came out, i was pretty amazed. >> reporter: even after a version of zoe's treatment with rubbing alcohol and a rinse in the sink all three shirts were left with a little residue. >> overall i was pretty impressed. >> reporter: just to film our own hitchcock-esque stain horror show on these shirts, we did an extreme version with the mother oxford in my shower. whoa.

check this out. leaving a stain-proned klutz like me saying these take home the statue for 2023's best costume innovation. i'm impressed. >> you know, george is right earlier when he said you need a raise. you need a raise. >> that was fun. but i should mention that all of these shirts have what's called a blue sign certification meaning they restrict harmful chemicals and also these shirts say they repel liquid so the ketchup and sriracha was a bonus. you looked. the stains even faded when i put them in the closet. do you see anything? >> these are the shirts that you wore that we saw in the piece? >> yes, yes. > i do not see one iota of a stain anywhere. let's see. no. >> it's been pretty impressive. >> wow. >> and for someone who is a little stainproof as i am, all i can say is cheers to the stain resistant shirt. huh? huh? can you handle it? pretty impressive. >> this is not stain resistant.

>> i don't want to splash on you but look at that, it just wipes away. wipes away. >> that is incredible. >> yep. pretty neat. cheers. love it. >> but i'm looking at this. >> i'm making a mess. >> thank you, becky. code on your screen or head over to goodmorningamerica.com. ginger? >> i liked your move there, robin. you were like this, i'm not getting in there. so good. thank you, becky and robin. because, becky, you're northern california, we have to talk about what's been going down. we've already seen roof collapses, video from madera county. we will see more of that because the snow level is rising to above 7,000 feet. now you could be getting rain, certainly higher than that you get more snow. high wind alerts, but look at these winter weather advisories and winter storm watch, twin cities, cedar rapids, chicago, all looking for disruptive snow thursday through friday. eventually there saturday it moves into t

drew: your accuweather forecast, morning showers exiting by 10:00 a.m., leading to afternoon sunshine and a dry finish to the day. temperatures in the low to mid 50's. tonight, blend of stars and clouds. overnight lows in the mid 30's to low 40's. we are tracking and atmospheric river thursday evening into friday morning, level 3 strong storm with more showers the weekend now to the latest food craze taking over the internet and robin's kitchen, yeah, that's right. lasagna soup. lifestyle contributor lori bergamotto just had to try it out. hey, lori. >> good morning. you may have heard about the lasagna soup recipe that's gone viral and i have to say i was skeptical, but who am i to disagree with the lasagna lovers of the internet so i just had to give it a try and make it for my family, take a look. break out your pots, folks, it's

time to ladle. yes, ladle your lasagna. ♪ the classic italian comfort dish getting a super makeover that's hassle-free, budget-friendly and breaking the internet. lasagna soup recipes racking up over 100 million views on tiktok. as "gma's" resident carb correspondent, i decided to see what the hype was all about. so i headed to the grocery store to gather some ingredients and got cooking. let's do this. i sauteed some garlic and onions, added chicken broth, a jar of marinara and some brown meat and also some italian seasoning. here's the kicker, just break up the lasagna noodles and dump them right in the pot and added spinach for good measure. and 30 minutes later, topped it with cheese then voila. okay. let's see how it tastes. with some help from my favorite at-home critics --

>> it's delicious, mom. >> that's amazing. >> mm-mm. >> reporter: the consensus? >> you're the big pasta guy in our house. do you like this in soup form or lasagna? >> soup form. >> so as you just saw this was a hit in my house last night with the kids and i loved it with it being so much easier to make than traditional lasagna. and my kids got to eat a balanced meal without they coaxing from me. a win all around. i will tell you, you're going to taste it, i'm so excited. this is a little bit different than traditional lasagna so you want to manage your expectations. this is more, you know, lasagna is like a culinary orchestra and this is like a two-man band. >> scan that qr code on the screen. head over to "gma" to find the recipe. it's really good actually. "deals & steals" coming up, just in time for oscar sunday.

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we are back with our series we are back with our series "the tech effect." it's only been a few months since we started hearing about chatgpt and it's finding its way

into classrooms. rebecca jarvis is back, and we're seeing teachers incorporating it into their lesson plans. >> this technology is still so new. it comes with plenty of unknowns and it raises some very big questions about plagiarism and cheating which is why some schools have actually banned it but other schools are now incorporating chatgpt into their lesson plans and we got an upclose look at how. these fifth grade students might look like they're doing an average writing assignment. >> what do you think? >> reporter: but their prompt wasn't created by their teacher. instead they chose from ten different options generated in seconds by chatgpt, an artificially intelligent chatbot. >> like every other educator i had that concern. is this something that students are only going to use to cheat so i started to think about like, okay, what role is a.i., artificial intelligence, going to play in the classroom. >> reporter: kentucky teacher of the year, donny piercy let us

peek inside his class where they utilize chatgpt in a number of ways, from grammar exercises like find the bot where students have to guess which paragraph was written by chatgpt versus their classmates. >> jumped out as i'm pretty sure it's not that one. >> the second one. >> uh-huh. >> they should have put "a." >> interesting catch. >> reporter: to reading exercises through personalized plays generated in seconds by the program. >> a typical fifth grade classroom, the door bursts open. >> and a superhero named super potato bursts in. >> citizens, i'm here to save the day. >> so the big thing that i've looked for as a teacher over the last 17 years is what things can i bring into my lessons that inspires my students to be creative. with a.i. and chatgpt i've always looked for a way that i can use this tool to inspire my students to become better students to really master content. >> reporter: many of his students think of it as

something that's here to stay. >> so if it keeps on expanding that's basically typical for what this generation is doing right now. >> i feel like it could evolve a lot over time. >> if you keep a.i. like safe, it'sgoing to be really helpful. >> reporter: it's not just elementary school. across the country in oregon mther and son teachers tobin and cherie shields utilize it at the high school and collegiate level. >> it's going to make our educational system more accurate, more interesting, more accessible and it's going to make it more creative where i think a lot of educators think it will do the opposite. >> reporter: cherie, an educator of 30 years, penning an opinion piece for education week titled "don't ban chatgpt. use it as a teaching tool." >> i do think employers in the future are going to be asking employees to work with a.i. it's just a life skill that we are going to have to perpetuate forward if we want our students to be viable in the workplace.

>> some very interesting applications there but, of course, there are those very real concerns about cheating, plagiarism, authenticity. openai, the company that created chatgpt has also created what they call an a.i. classifier that is a program that can essentially decipher whether text was written by a.i. or by a human. many other companies are working on similar programs. george, i predict this piece is going to be in a time capsule 30 years ago and those fifth graders talking about the future, we're going to look at the world so differently. >> you don't want kids to lose the ability to write. >> exactly, and have creativity come from themselves, not from the machine. >> right. rebecca, thanks very much. let's go to ginger. >> thanks, george. espn is celebrating international women's day with women taking over tonight's nba broadcast. beth mowins, doris burke and cassidy hubbarth all on the call. check it out tonight when the mavericks face the pelicans at

drew: showers this morning giving way to sunshine this afternoon with a dry finish to the day, low to mid 50's. prepare for and atmospheric river tomorrow evening ♪ celebrate good times ♪ it's just four days until the oscars and the internet's favorite grandma, social media superstar and author of the cookbook "celebrate with babs," babs costello is here. yes. [ applause ] and babs just could not come empty-handed but with tips on how to throw your own golden oscars party. babs, welcome to "gma." >> so good to be with you, michael and robin. >> let's get the party started. the guest list, how do you go about doing that? >> this is a unique party. you want to invite people that are your movie buff friends or your fashionista friends, right, because it's all about the red carpet and the awards. so be mindful of that when you're making up your guest list. >> you look red carpet ready. >> what do you think? >> the attire is something.

>> mother of the bride dress. trying to resurrect them. 2014, let the seam out but i'm in it. i'm in it. you know what, a bridesmaid dress you have in the closet, anything kind of long and glitzy or go to your local thrift shop and pick out a dress and go for it. >> how about the step and repeat. i always did love that. >> go to your star. robin, you're on the right spot. >> step and repeat. go to your craft store and get craft paper and decorate it with all the oscar logos or just wallpaper. hanging from the ceiling. you're ready to go, you got the red carpet and a star for every guest. everyone is a star. >> everyone is a star. >> on oscar night, right? >> come over to our next station, babs, and the guests have arrived and now the games can begin. you like to put out, you know, these ballots for your guests to fill out. but they don't have the typical categories that we're used to. what do yours say?

>> ours really focus on the red carpet. everybody wants to watch who is coming down, what are they wearing? so on our ballots we have best dressed woman, best dressed man, woman, man, right there. color trend of the year, so maybe they've got to be aware is there like a repeat color that seems to be coming down the lane, right? the most outrageous is always so fun. >> that's always a good one. >> and this is great, the best-dressed guest. we'll see how they come in. whatever answers match the hostess' answers, they get the special award. >> oh, my gosh. >> i like that. best dressed guest. >> she is our best dressed guest. >> for my party it would be whoever showed up without sweat pants. all right. >> comfortable. >> you said the winner, they get trophies. >> that's right. >> look at these. >> and the winner is -- >> and the winner is golden ken, it looks like. >> your ken doll, we'll transform ken into an oscar. >> how do we make these? >> you take a little mod podge.

just get it really good. let's go for it. >> don't be scared. >> go, michael. >> oh, my gosh. >> oh, geez, michael. you're way ahead of me. >> you said don't hold back. >> don't hold back, let's go. >> i kind of overdid it a little bit. >> take your gold glitter and sprinkle. pour it right over. and, ken, you need another coat. >> you get the idea. >> you get the idea. >> and then we have the end result right here. there we are. >> sprinkles. >> so someone at your party, robin and michael, are going to get an oscar. >> how great is that? >> we got to have food. >> absolutely. >> you have an oscar theme even to these dishes and drinks. >> exactly. what you want to do is you want

to think of food that goes with the movies. and this year, we have fried pickles, goes with the movie -- >> "everything everywhere all at once." it looks like it because that looks like everything everywhere there. >> "elvis." >> we didn't do the peanut butter and banana sandwich. the new potatoes, irish, "the banshees of inisherin" and our favorite avatar. >> a little mocktail. >> this is a mocktail. it's just made with blue gatorade, vanilla ice cream and ice, whip it up in a blender and it's our mocktail. >> very good. >> if you have an adult party, you can make it a cocktail. >> a little vodka, you're good to go. >> babs, you are good to go. we are good to go because of you. thanks for sharing it with us. >> it was fun. >> scan the qr code on the screen and get babs' recipes on goodmorningamerica.com and watch the oscars sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here -- >> where? where? where? >> on abc. >> whoo. >> yeah, and tune in to our oscars after party monday morning. coming up, we're celebrating the holiday keeping the spirit

alive in the u.s. >> all right, whoo! [ applause ]

we are taking a look at the celebration of holi that is the hindu festival of colors. it welcomes the start of spring and new beginnings. ashan singh is here with the story. >> good morning, george, and the hindu and south asians all over the world are celebrating the festival of colors. here's how some members of the community are helping bring the holiday to a neighborhood near you. ♪ this morning, a day of unlimited fun for millions celebrating holi, the hindu festival of colors marking the start of spring, new beginnings and good triumphing over evil. the holiday most popular in and around india. ♪ but many finding ways to keep the festival spirit alive here in the u.s. ♪

they're spreading the joy through music. the band embarking on the annual festival of colors tour. why link this tour to holi? >> the idea, let's have this kind of color presenting itself through the different sounds of the diaspora. when people think of india music, they think but there's so much other stuff. >> reporter: founding the brooklyn-based group in 2008, blending modern and traditional music to create an electrifying sound. >> the idea was to be this identity of the south asian american. everyone is bringing their own perspective. >> reporter: he plays this instrument, a percussion instrument that's a staple in any holi soundtrack. >> it's a punjabi instrument. it's literally a section of a tree trunk that's hollowed out. it's an integral sound. >> reporter: up in buffalo, creating holi products and inspiring the younger

generation with her business. >> in 2017 i had my first child. i'm like, how am i going to show my kid where i come from? >> reporter: her classroom kits, puzzles and toys sharing various parts of indian culture and reaching members of all communities. >> during the holiday season, i have majority of nonsouth asians purchasing these products to share. that tells you how people want to experience culture. >> reporter: holi is about coming together which is why moments like these are what she holds most dear. >> oh! >> reporter: her family playing with the colors she helped create. >> we're getting color everywhere. what's it mean to you? >> he's owning it. he's owning his heritage and his culture. this is a moment of pride for me. i'm seeing in front of my eyes that there is this next generation which wants to just celebrate and enjoy.

>> guys, we brought some delicious snacks and sweets for you courtesy of chef abi, not to mention some color to get you in the holi spirit. happy holi. >> she has such a beautiful family. she's so right about continuing the tradition with her kids. >> it's a special thing to celebrate all over the country now. >> you're not going to throw any on us? >> come on. >> you ready? >> throw it on her. [ laughter ] >> we'll be right back. >> appreciate that.

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out of here by 10 am nothing but sunshine. dry conditions. temps in the fifties. joanna. thank you china for live with kelly and ryan and we will be back at 11 from midday live have a great day. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, film and television star, idris elba. plus, host of the award-winning series "top chef," padma lakshmi. and we continue lives oscar countdown game. all next on "live." and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> ryan: