>> janai: good morning, america. breaking news, hostages released. idf video showing four female israeli soldiers handed over

by hamas just hours ago as part of the cease-fire agreement with israel. hundreds of palestinian prisoners and detainees to be released and returned, and the americans expected to be freed. >> whit: breaking overnight, the critical vote in the senate for pete hegseth. j.d. vance breaking the tie. president trump's controversial choice to now head the pentagon. trump also visiting disaster zones in north carolina and california promising aid to one state, making conditions on another. plus, trump's deportation campaign kicking off. migrants in restraints boarding military jets. >> gio: bryan kohberger in court. why lawyers for the man accused of murdering four idaho college students are asking the judge to throw out evidence. >> janai: the big chill. the south waking up to another morning of bitter cold. the relief on the way while rain in the west threatens to cause mudslides over burn scars. team coverage of the nation's weather picture this morning.

>> whit: nba triple header. the big story lines for today's matchups including a rivalry revival between lebron james and steph curry. plus, nfl preview. the conference championships from ticket prices to the star power. everything you need to know. >> gio: and the bad bunny beat. [ singing in a non-english language ] the world's number one song and number one album. how his love letter to puerto rico is touching listeners across generations. [ singing in a non-english language ] >> whit: good morning, america. thanks for joining us on this saturday. we have so much to cover this morning, and we begin with that breaking news, hamas handing over four female israeli hostages kidnapped during the october 7th massacre. >> gio: and israel releasing this video showing the parents of the four hostages watching

and cheering as they were being handed over to the red cross. >> janai: they weren't the only ones. there were smiles, claps, and more cheers in tel aviv, as you see there, the crowd in what's known as hostage squire as israelis watched the moment the women were escorted to freedom. abc's britt clennett is in tel aviv with more. britt, good morning to you. tell us what that moment was like. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, janai. more extraordinary scenes in gaza, and now here a lot of relief in tel aviv following celebrations and tears of joy after those four hostages were handed over from hamas. this morning, the moment four israeli hostages are released by hamas after 15 months of captivity. female soldiers karina ariev, daniella gilboa and naama levy, all 20 years old, as well as 19-year-old liri albag paraded on a stage and carefully choreographed scenes, hamas projecting an image of order

and authority in gaza city. the young women smiling and waving at the cheering crowd in palestine square. the four taken captive on october 7th with one other israeli soldier seen in this video. relief in tel aviv where supporters gathered to watch the moment the hostages are freed. emotions running very high here. cheers and clapping as those hostages are handed over from hamas to the red cross. their families celebrating as they're handed over to the idf. gi gilly was returned in the first hostage prisoner exchange. >> what would you tell the family members of those hostages released? >> well, they are experiencing something that i experienced very closely. their life will be turned upside down again, but this time to the up side. >> reporter: thousands of replaced palestinians are on sunday hoping to go back to what's left of their homes in gaza where american volunteer

dr. omar malas tells more about the devastation they're returning to. >> unfortunately, there's not homes to travel back to. certainly we're seeing some bodies being recovered. >> reporter: 33 are set to be released during a six-week truce. two americans, keith siegel and sagui dekel-chen are expected to be among those freed. in exchange israel will release hundreds of palestinian prisoners. now, in another sign of just how fragile this deal is, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu now saying palestinians won't be able to return to the north unless the release of female civilian aba yahood is arranged. gio? >> gio: what a moment for those families. britt, thank you so much for that report. now president trump arriving in las vegas for a rally today. this after touring disaster zones in north carolina and los angeles. abc's senior white house correspondent selina wang is in vegas traveling with the president. selina, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, gio. president trump is on his first major trip since his inauguration.

he's here in las vegas to rally supporters. this coming after he was visiting two disaster zones in north carolina and california where people are still reeling from the devastating hurricane and fires. overnight president trump touching down in las vegas to rally supporters just hours after touring disaster zones in north carolina and california. >> we're going to fix it, and we're going to fix it as fast as you can. >> reporter: while trump promised significant aid to north carolina, a battleground state that helped trump win the election, the president said he would only give aid to california on two conditions. >> i want to see two things in los angeles, voter i.d. so that the people have a chance to vote, and i want to see the water be released and come down into los angeles and throughout the state. >> reporter: governor gavin newsom fact-checking trump overnight saying, california pumps as much water now as it could under prior trump era policies and that california residents must show i.d. to register to vote. president trump also suggesting he might get rid of fema and

have states handle their own emergency response, but trump would need congressional action to shut down the federal agency. >> fema has really let us down, let the country down. >> reporter: and overnight trump's deportation campaign kicking off. the white house posting these photos of migrants in chains boarding military jets. >> i tell you, four days in, it's going very well. we're getting the bad, hard criminals out. >> reporter: the flights landed in guatemala carrying roughly 160 people. this as trump deploys 1,500 active duty troops to build new barriers along the southern border and help with detection and monitoring, but some local officials say the troops aren't needed. there's been a 60% drop in border encounters after former president biden implemented new asylum restrictions last spring. since trump was sworn in, i.c.e. has been raiding cities across the country including boston, new york, and newark, new jersey. newark's mayor said agents raided a small business without

a warrant detaining american citizens in the process. >> people were fingerprinted, you know, pictures of their i.d.s and face were taken there. when i got this information, i was appalled. none of these people were rapists or murderers or criminals. >> reporter: the white house says they're first targeting undocumented immigrants who have committed vie lent crimes, but trump's border czar, tom homan, tells our chief global foreign correspondent martha raddatz that he has this warning for anyone in the country illegally. >> if you're in the country illegally, you're on the table, because it's not okay to violate laws in this country. >> reporter: and tonight president trump is speaking to his supporters here about a campaign promise he made ending federal taxes on tips. and as you can imagine, guys, this is a pretty popular policy with the many restaurant, casino and hotel workers in vegas. whit? >> whit: one of the many things to watch going forward, selina

wang, thank you so much. we appreciate it. we go now to washington where one of the most contentious nominees by the president won approval overnight by one of the slimmest margins in history, and abc's perry russom joins us now. perry, this required a rare tiebreak. >> reporter: yeah, whit, good morning. this was historic. the second time in u.s. history a vice president had to step in and cast a tiebreaking vote for a cabinet position. >> and the nomination is confirmed. [ applause ] >> reporter: this morning, pete hegseth confirmed as the next secretary of defense. >> i'm honored to have pete. i think pete is going to be a great secretary of defense. >> reporter: dramatic moments on the senate floor. with the vote tied 50/50, vice president j.d. vance called in to cast the deciding vote. >> the vice president votes in the affirmative. >> reporter: three republican senators voting against trump's controversial pick to run the pentagon, senators lisa murkowski, susan collins and mitch mcconnell. >> pete hegseth is ready to put forward the program of president donald trump.

>> reporter: the military veteran and former fox news host making an unusual appearance at the capitol for his confirmation vote. he faced an uphill battle with contentious moments during a senate hearing. >> excuse me, mr. hegseth, let's just stop -- >> -- political power for the last four year, priorities other than -- >> reporter: hegseth fending off allegations of sexual misconduct, financial mismanagement and alcohol abuse, allegations he denies. he admits to infidelity. >> am i perfect man, no. was i a perfect man, absolutely not. do i regret those things, yes. but is it who i am today, no. >> reporter: he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2017, an encounter he calls consensual. sources tell abc news he settled with the woman for $50,000 fearing the allegation would hurt his career. >> obviously looked in his background, talked to people in his family, talked to friends, i see no problem whatsoever. >> reporter: hegseth slammed for his views on women in combat saying this in november. >> because i'm straight up just saying we should not have women

in combat roles. >> reporter: hegseth changing his stance, saying he opposes lowering standards and quotas for women in combat roles. a senior defense department official says standards have not been lowered, and there are no quotas. overnight hegseth posted this message on social media, it reads, thank you for your confidence, mr. president, thank you for the tiebreaker, mr. vice president, thank you, senators, for 50 votes. this is for the troops, the warriors for our country. america first every day, we will never back down. janai? >> janai: there you have it. perry russom, thank you for that update. turning now to the ongoing natural disaster in california. after weeks of those catastrophic fires, well, now rain is bringing the threat of mudslides. abc's melissa adan is in malibu with the latest on that. good morning, melissa. so much concern there. >> reporter: good morning, janai. a welcome weather relief is on its way. it is rain. now that our high winds and red flag warnings are gone, this is welcome news, however, the

concern comes at just an inch of rainfall, what we're expecting to see in southern california, could cause problems. you see this hillside behind us along pacific coast highway in malibu, just any bit of rain, officials are worried could cause mudslides and that's a problem throughout all the burn scars in all the areas that experienced all of these wildfires. now, crews are working across the county trying to shore up hillsides, also packing thousands of sandbags. we've also seen crews making sure they remove vergetation, all of this ahead of all of this rain but it's critical because the l.a. area hasn't had significant rainfall for months and l.a. officials say they are trying to prevent mudflows and debris flows which could containing toxic ash runoff. this dangerous runoff is a concern that comes from all the burned structures and buildings that could flow into other communities, even down to the beach and the ocean so it's just adding another layer of concern throughout these next few days while, again, this weather is going to be very welcome for so

many communities in helping with the firefight definitely the concern is that this areas of the burn scars are under a flood watch. gio. >> gio: we are thinking of all those homeowners in los angeles. melissa, thanks you so much. somara will have the full forecast in a moment. first, a look at the deep freeze hitting the southeast and areas getting that snow. greg dutra from our chicago station wls joins us now from steamboat springs, colorado, with this. good morning, greg. what are you seeing? >> reporter: gio, it is still snowing here. inches of snow over the last couple of days and while they may see a half of foot to a foot of that, out to the south and east still dealing with cold conditions here just a couple of days ago. good funews for the south, only one more day. a chilly start but temperatures, look at new orleans, for example, they'll be in the mid-50s by the time we get into the middle of the week and possibly the 60s, by the time we wrap things up it is a very swift warm-up after seeing their most snowfall in the past 100

years and more snow than cities like chicago have seen in the entire year to date but there's still plenty to watch across the nation as we shift to the same storm system but off to the south and west and that is the potential for rain and mudslides. somara has more on that coming up. over to you, whit. >> whit: that will be a big relief for them. greg, thank you so much. we appreciate it. we turn now to the new court hearings in the murder case of four idaho college students, bryan kohberger's defense attorney's arguing some evidence against him should be thrown out. abc's zohreen shah joins us now with the details. zohreen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. kohberger's lawyers are making a case to exclude pieces of evidence from his murder trial in august. they say investigators left out key pieces of information and were too broad in their description in order to get search warrants and that police misconduct is at play. this morning, defense attorneys for bryan kohberger back in a boise, idaho, courtroom contesting what they say was excessive police force during his arrest and asking the judge to throw out key evidence to prosecutors.

>> there was simply no reason to bash the doors in momentarily after yelling from their -- >> reporter: kohberger's lawyers say police raided his parents' pennsylvania home in december of 2022 unannounced without giving kohberger a chance to surrender himself. >> it's not typical that the police simply don't knock and announce at all. they usually give the person the opportunity to surrender. >> reporter: the judge explaining why such force may have been necessary. >> there's two issues. there's officer safety. there's also destruction of evidence concerns. >> reporter: but kohberger's lawyers firing back. >> the only thing they knew is that he's walking around from room to room and that he has some kitchen gloves on. >> that's not all they knew, but i won't go into the detail. >> reporter: the defense arguing that investigators were intentionally misleading in obtaining search warrants and that the entire investigation has been shrouded in secrecy. >> this is a situation where this identification was done in complete secret behind closed

doors. >> reporter: kohberger is charged with four counts of murder in the deaths of ethan chapin, xana kernodle, madison mogen, and kaylee goncalves, who were stabbed in an off-campus home near the university of idaho campus. a not guilty plea has been entered on his behalf. no murder weapon was ever found. so, prosecutors dug into kohberger's online history and requested details on whether he had amazon searches pertaining to knives to try to bolster their case. >> the government cannot seize the haystack to look for a needle, and there is undisputed privacy interest in cell phone data. >> reporter: but prosecutors say the warrants were perfectly within accepted legal bounds. >> all of these warrants were not general warrants. they were all sufficiently particular. >> reporter: investigators say they used genetic genealogy to match kohberger's dna to the dna authorities say was found on the bottom snap of a knife sheath at the crime scene, a tactic kohberger's lawyers have long argued is flawed. >> at best the defense may be

successful in getting what's called some limiting instructions, meaning that the evidence will come in at the time of trial, but it will come in with some instructions by the judge to the jury. this is very typical in a case of this nature given the serious charges that have been filed. >> reporter: the judge still has to rule on the evidence. here's the question, will any of it be suppressed, and if so, which parts? the next hearing for this case is set for april 3rd. janai? >> janai: all right, zohreen, thank you. well, this morning if you're planning to do any grocery shopping, you should know that egg prices are soaring, now approaching $7 a dozen nationwide, and this is as the growing bird flu outbreak spreads to more producers. abc's morgan norwood is here to break it all down. morgan, when you hear how much a dozen eggs cost, you see the impact. >> yes, so many folks are feeling it, and no relief in sight either. janai, good morning. the bird flu outbreak and livestock showing no signs of showing down, and it's impacting everything from your grocery bill and potentially your pet's

food. new poultry infections detected in 28 states just this month alone. and so far cdc reports 67 confirmed cases here in the u.s., and that's mostly in people who had direct contact with infected livestock. the virus has led to one death in louisiana with two cases involving children over in california. now, the illness is hitting commercial flocks especially hard. on long island workers began this week euthanizing nearly 100,000 ducks after bird flu was confirmed. in the past three months alone 36 million egg laying hens have been lost to the virus. now, the result, as janai just pointed out, the wholesale egg prices now soaring. look at that, nearly $7 per dozen. $9 over in california where cage-free laws are in place. prices have hit $9, and experts say it could take up to nine months to replenish that supply. but, again, the cdc is saying the risk to the general public remains low with no evidence of

person-to-person spread, and while the federal government has stockpiled 10 million vaccines as a precaution, health officials again reassure the food supply is safe. the fda also asking pet owners to take precautions as well. >> janai: wow, morgan, i cannot believe that. 100,000 ducks, 36 million egg laying hens all lost to the virus, and this comes as the trump administration orders federal health agencies to halt external communications as we get all these recalls and things. >> yeah, and that could seem really concerning, but they do say all of that -- in terms of the external communications, that should be back online by the end of the month. but with the spread of the virus and livestock, there are a couple of things you can do. of course, follow your food safety precautions, and make sure you're cooking your food thoroughly, and follow food safety handling practices, and they also stress to avoid raw unpasteurized milk. >> gio: let's hope they get a handle on this soon. the number of eggs i eat. >> whit: i was going to say gio is going bankrupt over here with his egg budget going through the roof.

>> gio: that's true. morgan, thank you so much. let's head over to somara theodore with a look at your weather. hey, somara. >> somara: good morning, gio. in a matter of a day we've gone from a red flag warning to a flood watch, and while we're getting much needed rain in santa clarita and altadena, you have to keep in mind these burn scars with that rain coming down could lead to debris flows as well as mudslides. let's time it out. showers beginning as we head through today, and into sunday the rain really picking up by sunday night. here's the good news. even when it's not raining, we're going to see higher humidity levels. that moisture in the atmosphere helps to limit these wildfires, and this comes on the brink of southern california entering an extreme drought. we haven't seen that in two years, so this rain comes just in time. that's a look at the forecast across the country.

>> somara: and that's a look at your local forecast. so we're anticipating anywhere from half an inch to an inch of rain, and i know it doesn't sound like a lot, but it's been so long, anything we get helps. >> whit: absolutely. somara, thanks so much. let's talk about football now because it is championship weekend in the nfl. two more games to play before the super bowl. ike ejiochi is here breaking it all down with a preview. good morning. >> hey, good morning, whit. we got two big games, two big stories, patrick mahomes chasing history trying to win three super bowls in a row, and the rookie phenom, jayden daniels, trying to do something the commanders haven't done in 33 years, which is make a super bowl. the i-95 slowdown between the washington commanders and philadelphia eagles is breaking

ticket sales, outselling the afc matchup by more than double. according to tick pick, it's the most expensive nfc championship game on record, and this year it's all about the visitors, both commanders and bills fans are reportedly buying up large numbers of tickets to see their team play away from home and the buffalo bills are looking to break their 0-3 playoff record against patrick mahomes and the chiefs. bills mafia outpacing sales from each of their last three meetings. the home teams, they'll be bringing the star power themselves. expect to see nonstop shots of taylor shift, paul rudd, so many more on the chiefs sides. as for the eagles, super fan bradley cooper and girlfriend gigi hadid will join a well-behaved feathered friend lincoln, the bald eagle, will sure to soar in philly's home field. >> janai: ike, thank you. >> what an emotional ride for our friend, herm edwards, posting on instagram. >> janai: we love herm. thank you so much, ike, and stick around. we'll be right back here on "gma." because most things in le are not guaranteed.

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zach fuentes, the 2025 walk for life west coast kicks off today. the event starts with mass at 930 inside saint mary's cathedral, and that's followed by a rally at 12:30 p.m. at civic center. sfmta says counter protests are planned, which will increase street closures. downtown muni busses will be rerouted in this area. all right. let's check in with lisa. >> all right, zach, good morning to you. we have partly cloudy skies right now, but the fog certainly is dense in the north bay. just a quarter mile visibility. dense fog advisory through 9:00. a little better here. downtown. it's 49 san francisco. some 30s in the north

bay. spotty showers are possible today. only in the mid 50s for highs. >> all right, lisa, thank you. and thanks for joining us. the news continues right now with good morning america.

♪ dreams begin here. welcome to the goodnight club. >> gio: welcome back to "gma." let's take a look at some of the other big stories we're following here on this saturday morning. happening right now, a woman is

under arrest for the fatal shooting of a border patrol officer in vermont. david chris maland was shot and killed during a traffic stop on i-91 near the canadian border, and one suspect killed in the shootout. a second suspect wounded and now facing charges. >> janai: also right now, check your medicine cabinets, because a popular skin care brand, first aid beauty, is recalling more than 2,700 jars of its ultra repair cream in the coconut vanilla scent. the company says the cream was accidentally distributed despite being intended for quarantine. the fda says the recall was due to a current good manufacturing practice deviation, which doesn't necessarily mean that there is anything wrong with the product but caution. >> whit: and american tennis player madison keys upset two-time defending champion and number one singles player aryna sabalenka in three sets to win the australian open. this is keys' first major title. amazing matchup. amazing matchup. >> janai: i love the way you said her name. >> whit: sabalenka. >> janai: sabalenka.

>> whit: she is tough to beat, so it was a big win for keys. >> janai: you brought out your old announcer. you used to call basketball games in college. >> whit: i was a p.a. announcer at college basketball games. >> janai: whit johnson. all right. we start this half hour with a look at the top political headlines. joining us this morning from vegas is senior white house correspondent selina wang and from washington, rachael bade. welcome to you both, ladies. selina, let's start with you first. this is president trump's first week back in office. you're traveling with him there in vegas. how is he approaching his second term differently than his first? we know it's a lot easier, because he has been in the white house before. >> reporter: yeah, janai, it's hard to believe it's only been one week with the nonstop headlines and these first few days have been all about trump making a show of force signing that blitz of executive orders. the president wants to show his supporters he's moving fast to make good on his campaign vows, whether that's pardoning the january 6th rioters or conducting those mass deportations of undocumented migrants but this time around, trump knows what he's doing. he's done the job before, and

he's surrounded himself with loyalists who will carry out his demands. he's also remade the republican party in his own image, and he's had years to prepare for this moment but trump is already facing legal pushback on some of his more controversial actions including his effort to end birthright citizen zip but sources tell us trump's team is prepared for this. they're expecting it and that president trump believes that by flooding the zone with the sheer number of executive orders that the sheer volume is going to make it harder to mount legal pushback. >> a lot to watch there. and, rachael, let's talk about tiktok. is president trump at odds with republicans over the future of tiktok? >> yeah, well, gio, there's been a lot of unity in the republican party obviously this week, but in this area in particular, they are absolutely on a collision course. i mean, i can't tell you how many republicans i have heard from who are privately upset that in one of his first acts as president, donald trump basically stopped this tiktok ban. i mean, these are republicans who believe that china is spying

on americans through that app, and it's why they give the company this sort of ultimatum. either you sell to someone else, or we're going to ban you here in the united states. now, donald trump has given the company 75 more days to basically sell, even though there's little indication that they're going to do that, but the most interesting thing to me is i've talked to a lot of trump's inner circle, people pivetta that are close to him and they don't think it's a national security threat, so the party really -- this is all going to come to a head pretty soon. >> whit: and millions of americans waiting to see how that plays out. selina, let's turn back to you and the issue of tariffs. president trump vowed to impose tariffs on trading partners right away. where does that stand right now? >> reporter: yeah, whit. this has businesses on edge. president trump says he's targeting february 1st to impose tariffs of 25% on canada and mexico and 10% tariffs on china. now, we're talking about america's three biggest trading

partners here, so if trump were to actually make good on this promise, this would upend global trade, global supply chains, and increase prices on everything from clothes, cars to oil, but the big question here is of course whether or not donald trump actually makes good on this promise or if he simply is using it as negotiating leverage. earlier this week president trump said that he could impose tariffs of as high as 100% on china if the chinese government does not approve a deal to save tiktok. now, trump has promised to lower prices for americans, but tariffs would increase inflation, because tariffs are essentially a tax on goods that u.s. companies pay when they import goods into this country. and those higher costs are largely passed on to consumers, guys. >> janai: yeah, well, tariffs a big talker as is the issue of dei. this is proving to be divisive. lots of companies are dialing back their initiatives while others are doubling down and re-affirming them. what's the latest? >> yeah, i mean, this has been at the center of the culture

wars for awhile, but what donald trump did this week is supercharged the issue when he signed executive orders getting rid of dei programs in the federal government, but suggesting he will have agency heads investigate the private sector and their own sort of practices with dei. now, look, i mean, after the supreme court said that affirmative action was unconstitutional, we did see the rightward shift on this with companies like mcdonald's and walmart getting rid of their dei programs. yesterday target became the latest to actually join this trend, and you can bet with donald trump getting involved in his administration moving on this, we're going to see a lot more companies move in that direction. >> gio: and with so much going on in the political world, we sure appreciate having you both. rachael bade and selina wang, thank you so much for joining us for that. time now for another look at the weather. somara theodore is here with that. hey, somara. >> somara: good morning, gio, and good morning to my friends in chicago. it has been such a cold, cold day out there. last couple of days, in fact. this is the chicago river.

look at all those ice chunks. they've got boats moving through breaking up the ice, i guess we can call them ice breakers there, and we will stay chilly as we head throughout the remainder of the day, but i have some good news. warmups on the way. new york, 41, is that warm, yes after what we've been coming off and sunday in chicago. by monday everyone headed home and temperatures will peak around 40 degrees. d.c. near 50. might as well call it summer. boston, temperatures rising to 40 degrees for the second half of your weekend. that's a look at the forecast across the country. le >> somara: that's a look at your local forecast. we were talking about that. when is it going to warm up? next couple of days. >> whit: i never thought we would be celebrating the 40s.

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>> whit: back now on "gma" and a young nba superstar returns

home. victor wembanyama has taken the league by storm, and now he's back in his home country of france to play two high-profile nba games there. espn nba reporter brian windhorst is in paris with all of the excitement. brian, it's great to have you with us this morning. so, let's jump into the interview you had. you sat down with victor for that exclusive conversation, and you asked him if he'd like to be the face of the nba in the future. here's what he had to say. >> i'd embrace it. i'd embrace it for sure. for me the way i prove things is making sure i'm the guy in the nba today that works the hardest. if it's today, january 22nd, or whatever, you know, i want to be the one one who takes my routine the most seriously and does my recovery and everything, so, you know, brick by brick. >> whit: so, brian, how important is wemby to not only the spurs but the league? >> yeah, he's a big part of the league's present and future. you know, on this court here

in paris last summer at the olympics, we saw this amazing moment where lebron james, steph curry, and kevin durant, really the three guys who have carried the nba for the last 15, 20 years were a part of an incredible gold medal game against victor wembanyama, but those guys are all in their mid to late 30s. lebron has already had his 40th birthday, and the league has to begin to look to the next generation just as lebron came in when michael jordan was retiring, and victor wembanyama could be the centerpiece of that. he's obviously 7'4" and incredibly talented. we've never seen a player this big and this skilled before, but he has an ability to deliver in the moment, which he did here two days ago in front of a national adoring audience. he had a 30-point game. that's what the nba needs on this stage and at big stages in the u.s. in the coming years. >> janai: it certainly does. brian, you know, we were live shot mates in paris during the olympics last summer. nice to see you again. >> that's right, of course. >> janai: abc is featuring a triple header today, so let's start with the final game,

an iconic rivalry versus steph's warriors. what can we expect from this matchup today? >> well, they played on christmas day and played one of the most intriguing games of the season so far in the bay, and right now at this moment, both of these teams are in bad need of victory. the warriors have really been struggling due to injury. steph curry has been under attack from opposing defenses because some of his teammates have been injured. he had 38 points on christmas day. he's probably going to need something like that today. the lakers are beginning a six-game road trip with this game. they need to pick up some easy wins on this trip, and frankly right now beating the warriors would be considered an easy win, and we'll see how that matchup goes. >> gio: let's talk about the dallas mavericks hosting the boston celtics meeting for the first time since the 2024 nba finals. so, how can the mavericks get revenge here? >> yeah, the celtics have been struggling a little bit coming off a west coast trip. this is the sixth game of a road trip. they're a little bit tired.

they just got beat handily the other night in los angeles. they need this win, because dallas is struggling with injuries. we've seen several of their top players including luka doncic not available recently, so this is really a showdown with kyrie irving playing on his home court needing a star appearance to carry the mavericks to a victory over the visiting celtics. >> all right, brian, thank you so much. we appreciate it. great interview with wembanyama too. thanks for bringing that to us. >> thank you. >> whit: and, again, you can watch the nba triple header which also includes the nuggets versus the timberwolves today starting at 3:00 p.m. eastern right here on abc. and coming up on "gma," how bad bunny is attracting fans young and old with the messages in his music. crohn's symptos kept me out of the picture. now i have skyrizi. ♪ i've got places to go and i'm feeling free. ♪ ♪ control of my crohn's means everything to me. ♪ ♪ control is everything to me.♪ and now i'm back in the picture. feel significant symptom relief at 4 weeks

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the music resonating deeply with fans, sparking nostalgia and a cultural reset for many in the latino community and beyond. >> i knew the song, the previous salsa song, and then he drops the beat. i was like, all right, now i got to act like a fool and i start dancing around. [ singing in a non-english language ] [ speaking in a non-english language ] >> the old school salsa. [ speaking in a non-english language ] >> and the rhythm of bad bunny. >> it's like we're going back and connecting to our roots. >> reporter: luis a. miranda jr., author to and father of lin-manuel miranda, was in puerto rico when bad bunny's new music debuted. [ singing in a non-english language ] >> the song immediately captured the feeling of so many puerto ricans who feel that their identity after 500 years of

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>> whit: coming up on "gma" in >> whit: coming up on "gma" in our second hour, the latest on the four female israeli hostages just released this morning by hamas. >> janai: plus, a look at a new series inspired by real events called "the best heart attack of my life." >> gio: and what to do with your kids when they complain it's too cold to go outside. some crafty indoor activities. >> whit: put on a jacket. some crafty indoor activities. >> whit: put on a jacket.

from abc, seven mornings. >> and good morning to you, i'm zach fuentes. today, the seven finalists for alameda county district attorney will take part in a forum. the alameda county board of supervisors is expected to make a final decision next week. today's forum starts at 11 at lakeshore avenue baptist church in oakland. it's free to attend. coaches and athletes at sonoma state are fighting to reverse the university's plans to cut athletic programs and athletes. the press democrat reports they plan to file a class action lawsuit against the university and lobby state and local governments to save the 11 athletic programs that are in jeopardy. this comes after sonoma state announced days ago sweeping cuts to programs,

degrees and faculty to address a $24 million deficit for the 20 2526 school year. all right. let's get a check of the forecast with meteorologist lisa argen. >> all right zack. good morning to you. hi, everyone. we have a lot of fog up in the north bay. a dense fog advisory through 9:00. look at that. visibility down to nothing. napa. novato. quarter mile. santa rosa, sunny here. and reports of some sprinkles in san jose at 50 degrees. 49 san francisco. upper elevation wind. you see the fog in the distance? it is 39 santa rosa. so chilly. frost advisory as well, but overall many locations warmer with the cloud cover. we'll be looking at temperatures today, climbing through the 50s with mid 50s for most and an outside chance of a few showers. you see, upper elevations could see even a little bit of snow around mount hamilton. more spotty showers arrive overnight tonight and the accuweather seven day forecast. morning shower possible tomorro, then increasing sunshine, cold mornings getting a little bit

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