nope! just the facts. (♪) >> gio: good morning, america. it's our second hour. coast-to-coast storms. 90 million americans on alerts. downpours causing mudslides in california in the strongest storm of the season. winter storms and avalanche warnings in the rockies. tornado and flooding threats in the south. snow stretching from the great lakes to new england. somara tracking it all. >> janai: our "gma" cover story. credit card debt at an all-time high with holiday spending catching up to consumers. what you can do to bring your debt down.

>> gio: plus, "deals & steals" to keep you comfy and cozy in these cold winter months, the bargains on boots and blankets and more. ♪ i feel like dancing ♪ >> janai: it's the tour everyone wants to see. "dancing with the stars" live 2025 is coming to a town near you. will ganss caught up with the cast and even got to dance on stage. >> get ready to giddyap. >> janai: and he and his new friends are saying -- >> all: good morning, america. ♪ time i feel myself too much coffee ♪ >> gio: we do say good morning, america. >> janai: good morning, america. it is a big day for hockey fans as team usa takes on canada at the nhl's 4 nations face-off tournament. coming up we chat with the history making brothers ahead of tonight's big game. >> gio: can't wait for that. we have a lot of news to get to including new information on the

deadly d.c. plane crash, the black hawk pilots may have missed key instructions from the tower. we're also live in tel aviv overnight. hamas militants releasing three more hostages, as part of a cease-fire agreement. we'll have that. >> janai: we begin with the cross-country storm. 90 million americans in the path of snow, ice, and potential tornadoes. somara theodore is tracking it all. good morning, somara. >> somara: good morning. that's right. this comes on the heels of a storm that slammed into the west. so, out in california, san juan capistrano they were experiencing their strongest atmospheric river of the season, leading to water rescues. this is altadena, california. one of the major concerns we had from the burn scars that it could lead to this, mudflows and debris flows. storm systems making their way across the country. we're tracking rain currently falling in kentucky, and this could be a dangerous situation. we have a pds that's been issued

flood watch particularly dangerous situation. along with a tornado threat as severe storms sweep across states like louisiana, mississippi, and right on into alabama. but let's focus in on the flooding. anywhere in this pink color here is a rare high risk for life-threatening flooding. three to eight inches of rainfall is forecasted for places like union city to bowling green to glendale and on the northern tier of the storm, it has that wintry component which we'll dive into later. for you, back to you janai. >> janai: thank you, somara. now to the breaking news overnight. hamas releases three prisoners including an american. abc's marcus moore is in hostage square in tel aviv with the latest. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: janai, good morning again. it has been nearly a year and a half and hamas has released three more hostages, all of them taken from nir oz on october 7th and they include american dekel-chen. and this morning, we have seen moving images of the 36-year-old being reunited with his wife and other family members and also today will be the very first time he's able to meet their

third daughter. his wife giving birth two months after he was taken. and this morning here in hostage square we've seen emotions of relief and happiness as israelis were watching the images of those hostages being released, but those emotions quickly shifted to that of concern for the remaining 70 hostages. now, in exchange for the swap we saw this morning, israel has released more than 350 palestinian prisoners, a majority of whom were detained in gaza after october 7th and they've been held in prison since then. and, as you know, there has been immense and mounting pressure on israel and hamas to move the cease-fire into phase number 2 and that's significant, because that phase calls for all of the hostages to be released and into this war -- and also israel's army to completely withdraw from gaza. but this cease-fire remains fragile, but, gio, this morning, there is hope that it will hold.

>> gio: all right, marcus, thank you so much for your reporting in tel aviv. we turn to the latest firings of tens of thousands of federal workers. some are calling it chaos among the government's workforce and abc's senior white house correspondent selina wang is here. we brought you in from the white house lawn to be here in the studio to take this on for us. >> it is better to be here in the much warmer studio. but you mentioned the word chaos. this is also sending shock waves throughout the system. the trump administration is firing thousands of federal workers across the country and workers who have suddenly been laid off tell me it's not just their livelihoods at stake here, but also the people they serve. this morning the pentagon bracing for potential cuts with tens of thousands from the department of health, homeland security and energy already in shock after they were suddenly fired from their jobs. >> i was definitely upset. >> reporter: chelsea a disabled veteran terminated from the

department of education. she says she fears for her financial future left to juggle her disability and family's well being. >> it kind of felt like having that piece of myself that was given to me yanked back out from under me. >> reporter: milburn hopes americans realize that an attack on civil servants is an attack on veterans. >> to the american people, i think they don't recognize that almost 30% of the federal workforce are veterans. >> reporter: the administration first targeting roughly 200,000 federal workers who were hired within the last one to two years. at least 2,000 workers fired from the department of energy, more than a thousand from veterans affairs, and another thousand from the centers for disease control including half of the agency's doctors and scientists who are sent across the country and world to respond to outbreaks. and carly arata shocked after she was fired at the department of agriculture. >> what would be your message to trump and elon musk? >> this isn't about you anymore. this is about lives that you are ruining. >> reporter: president trump claims these mass layoffs will make the government more efficient.

>> we want to downsize government but make it better. >> reporter: but cory mata, who was laid off from the department of energy, working on the legal team for a nuclear cleanup site tells me he disagrees. >> there's no consideration for whether or not this position is critical. >> and these cuts are just beginning and federal workers also tell me they've been given no notice, just told to get out and leave. in fact, some are saying they're worried about their colleagues, no time to offload their work and they say they're already understaffed and overworked even before all of these layoffs began. >> janai: each of those people -- every single person has a family. >> exactly, exactly. >> janai: selina, thank you. another veteran federal prosecutor has resigned joining six others in refusing to f motion to drop charges against new york city mayor eric adams. the dropping of the charges still needs to be approved by a judge. former acting u.s. attorney danielle sassoon, the first to

resign accused top justice department officials of knowledge of a quid pro quo with adams, dropping the charges in exchange for cooperation on immigration enforcement. adams has denied any wrongdoing. >> gio: janai, this morning, investigators are shedding new light about what may have gone wrong when a black hawk helicopter collided with an american airlines plane last night. the ntsb saying the helicopter pilots may not have known exactly how high the chopper was flying because of bad information from their computers. that crucial black box data comes just over two weeks after the devastating crash which killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft. this, of course, was the deadliest crash in the u.s. in decades. >> janai: all right. still coming up here in our "gma" morning menu, with credit card debt at an all-time high we have proven strategies for paying off the charges. >> gio: also ahead here, you know who's here, tory johnson with "deals & steals" to keep you comfortable this weekend. and will ganss is also. hey, will. >> from the best deals and best products i'm breaking down the best oscar-nominated movies to

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♪ >> janai: we are back now and "gma" with that look out at times square. back now with our "gma" cover story. americans' total credit card balances hit a new all-time high of over $1.2 trillion according to a new report from the federal reserve bank of new york. abc's alexis christoforous is here with strategies for lowering your credit card debt. hey, again, alexis. >> hey, janai. with credit card interest rates averaging more than 20% it's a good idea to make paying down debt a priority. so, if you carry a balance on more than one credit card make sure you always pay at least the minimum. but then you want to focus

on paying down the total balance one card at a time. so you can start with the card that charges the highest interest rate to help you wipe out your debt faster or use what they call the snowball method. that's where you pay off the card with the smallest balance first, then take the money you would have used to pay off that card and put it towards paying off the next one. this may take a little bit more time and money but it could motivate you to continue paying off that next credit card. if you can't pay your credit card bill in full each month, try to pay more than just the monthly minimum and here's why. the average credit card balance right now is $6,300. at 20% interest, if you pay just the minimum every month, it will take you over 18 years and cost more than $9,200 in interest to pay off that balance. now, if you have good credit consider moving your high interest card balances to a new card that offers a 0% balance transfer. depending on the terms, some can give you nearly two years to pay off that debt interest-free,

gio. >> gio: i mean you made both of our jaws drop with 18 years to take to pay that off. unbelievable. after splurging through the holidays, so many folks are just overwhelmed with debt right now, but also have a poor credit score. so what do you do then? >> absolutely. if you feel like the debt is just too much to handle on your own and you don't qualify for a 0% balance transfer card think about working with a nonprofit credit counseling group. these folks can often negotiate like a 6%, 7% interest rate over four to five years to help you manage that debt. but whatever you choose to do try to control your spending to avoid racking up new debt on top of the debt you already have. one way to do that. use cash instead of plastic. it'll help with those impulse purchases and also gives you a clearer picture of what's coming in and going out each month. >> gio: i am so glad you mentioned that credit consolidation. i did that after college and it was a life saver. it takes years to fix your

credit, but in the end it really is worth it. so i'm so glad you mentioned that. make sure you're going after a credible company there. we are counting down to the oscars. let's talk about movies. there is still time to catch up if you haven't seen the nominated films just yet. abc's will ganss says there's something for every kind of moviegoer. what's up, will? >> hey, gio, good morning. we'll start -- we'll work our way up to the more difficult films to watch. we'll start with award show amateurs here. it is two movies that i just love. "a real pain" is about a movie of two cousins who take a trip to poland to honor their late grandmother. jesse eisenberg wrote and directed it and stars in it alongside kieran culkin. he's nominated and will almost win best supporting actor. and you guys, if you like kieran in "succession," the character in "a real pain" has similar vibes. this movie is only 90 minutes, which never happens with oscar-nominated films. sit down, and watch it on hulu. if you have a subscription, it

is rated "r," so maybe not for the whole family. if you are looking for something for the whole family "inside out 2" is streaming on disney+. we know and love that. it's also nominated for best animated feature. >> gio: so good. >> janai: we love "inside out 2." my kids are still not over it, will. thank you for those suggestions. now a couple picks for film fans. >> this is our slightly graduated category, you guys, all right, let's talk first about "a complete unknown." this became an oscar front-runner once it was nominated for best director, best picture, best supporting actor, best supporting actress and best supporting actor for timothy shall mate. this is a bob dylan it is two hours and 20 minutes. it's still in theaters, which it

might be in the slightly more serious category. or you could watch "sugar cane" nominated for best documentary feature and explores the horrors of the native american residential school system, powerful and unforgiving. it's the first film directed by an indigenous person from the u.s. or canada to be nominated in any category in the academy's 97-year history under two hours and you can stream it on disney+ but we put it in the middle category because it's heavy. >> gio: let's go heavier, i see the movie that you have -- >> janai: you've been talking about this movie for weeks. >> this is for serious cinefiles. it is absolutely disgusting, demi moore is the best actress frontrunner. she plays an aging actress in hollywood who starts taking a medicine which allows her to experience life as a young woman every other week but at what cost? it's gory. it's bloody. but it's funny and it's freaky and you can stream it on amazon prime video or rent it on apple tv+. i mean, even the poster is hard to look at, but it's great. >> gio: i mean, it's -- i don't know if i would call it disgusting. >> it is absolutely sick, gio.

>> gio: maybe that says more about me than anything else. >> i don't know. >> gio: thank you so much. we appreciate it. let's go over to somara for another check of the weather. hey, somara. >> somara: good morning, gio. you know we're tracking the storm system that's impacting much of the east today. flood watch already in place for nashville, tennessee. take a look at the rain right now falling. it's not just that significant life-threatening flooding we could see for states like kentucky and tennessee but also the threat for severe weather. strong robust storms sweeping across the south including states like louisiana, through jackson, rolling fork, tupelo right on into birmingham. we have an elevated risk for tornadoes there. this system then continues its trajectory towards the east and see by 6:00 p.m. it's bringing rain to louisville. in the east coast, new york city could start with a bit of sleet and ice switching over to rain and then as we move through the overnight hours into tomorrow, new england should prepare for snow. that's a look at the forecast across the country.

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part, quote, this song is a special song to me. i love you. >> gio: how beautiful is that? the video just looks so relaxing just to watch, right? congrats to him. coming up, will ganss is feeling the love on the road with the "dancing with the stars" tour. so that is coming up. we're excited about that. first some of the top headlines. wyoming is reporting the state's first human to be hospitalized for bird flu infections. authorities say that the woman was likely exposed to direct contact with an infected poultry flock at her home there. there have been a total of at least 68 confirmed human cases of bird flu across the country. >> janai: and concerns this morning over the health of pope francis. the 88-year-old pontiff spending the night at a hospital in rome where the vatican saying he's being treated for bronchitis. this morning there are reports that the pope spent a quiet night in the hospital. >> gio: that's good news there. and the nba all-star weekend is under way.

saturday night will feature the skills challenge including the three-point contest, slam dunk contest at the chase center in san francisco, and then, of course, sunday is the nba all-star game. so we will all be watching that. >> janai: we will all be watching that. >> gio: all of us, 100%. >> janai: all of us. >> gio: time to get our dancing shoes on. we are checking in with the "dancing with the stars" tour, the stars and the pros on the road right now taking tiktok by storm. will ganss, they made you dance. >> they didn't make me, by the way. that was an easy sell. that was an easy sell. for the first time in "dancing with the stars'" history, the shows have been extended and dates have been added to accommodate overwhelming demand, and they gave "gma" an all-access backstage, on the bus, in the dressing room, and, yes, on stage to see how they made that mirrorball magic come to life on the road. take a look. >> announcer: it's "dancing with the stars." >> reporter: it is the hottest tour ticket in the country. 70 cities, 93 shows, 300,000 fans.

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>> >> janai: we are back on "gma" with brothers and first-time teammates, brady and matthew tkachuk, taking the ice for usa at the 4 nations face-off tournament. brady, let's start with you. you two were quite the duo on the ice thursday night against finland. each of you scored twice. that's incredible. congratulations. thank you. what's it like playing together for the first time? >> it's been amazing. it's been a dream come true, and, you know, tonight we dreamt

of u.s. versus canada, and we get an opportunity to have that tonight and just to know we're over the moon excited about it. >> gio: i'm blown away that you're here with us even though you have this big game tonight. i don't know if you would be sleeping normally, but thank you for joining us on "gma." so, winning is in your blood. you guys have your dad's legacy. your dad, keith, has that team usa legacy. but your sister, taryn, you say she's the best athlete in the family. >> yeah, she is. she's a -- an unbelievable field hockey player, and we've been very lucky to watch her kind of grow through high school and into college, and we were just talking some of our favorite weekends of our life were going to see her at uva. so we're going to miss that as she's a senior now, and her season is over, but, yeah, we would all agree in our family she is the best athlete in the family. >> janai: your parents have to be so proud. and, matthew, you won the stanley cup with the florida

panthers last season. tonight team usa faces off against long-term rival canada. how does playing for your country compare to playing for the cup? >> i have the exact same feeling right now as i did before, you know, any cup-clinching game i had last year. this is as big as it gets tonight for myself and my teammates here, and you dream about these usa events growing up. namely, dreaming about playing canada, and to play in canada tonight, it's as big as it gets for us, so might be a tough nap, but we are excited for tonight. >> gio: i was half joking about not getting enough rest. but how are you feeling with tonight's big game, like, do you have enough rest for tonight? this is team usa's biggest rival, canada. >> i think it's a little better sleep than i expected last night, but going to be more thoughts kind of creeping in. but you know what, it's just like matthew said, it's just

such a dream come true, and you always picture playing canada in these rivalry games, and it's probably going to be not as good of a nap today but excited to get out there. >> janai: hard to imagine it getting much bigger for you two and your family. but what would it mean to get to play together in the olympics next year in italy? what would that be like? >> yeah, i think that's just like our lifelong goal. our dad was so fortunate enough to play in four of them, and we went -- we were able to go to the last one in italy and have great memories of it. and i'd say that -- i mean, looking at our careers being drafted to different teams, we knew the one chance we'd have playing together if we played well with team use or at these 4 nation world cup events or ultimately the olympics. that's the big goal at the end, and i guess it would be an absolute dream come true for us. >> janai: you said you knew if you played well, well, you both did your part. i'm curious just because watching my kids and seeing

siblings together, can you guys just look at each other, like what do you guys say to each other as you're sitting there for "good morning america" talking ahead of this big game tonight. >> i think that if he plays the exact same way as he did the other day, we will be in good shape tonight. he was an absolute beast and i expect the same thing tonight. >> gio: look at that. that's -- go ahead, brady. >> he's my role model. he's somebody that i've known growing up wanted to be and he's my best buddy and i can't believe that we're doing this together right now, and actually love you so much. >> janai: oh, my gosh. see, that has to be the sweetest thing. congratulations. thank you so much for coming on today and good luck tonight. you got it. can't wait to cheer you guys on and you at home can catch matthew and brady tonight right here on abc when team usa takes on canada. the puck drops at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> gio: yeah, good luck, guys. now, let's go over to somara

for another check of the weather. hey, somara. >> somara: hey, good morning to you. all right. my friends, we're tracking this weekend's storm, but the next storm starts out monday in the northwest. by tuesday 6:00 p.m. you are driving home in houston, texas, to rain, little rock, some icing there, snow for kansas city and st. louis. then by the end of the week, thursday morning, that morning commute could be a dicey one from washington, d.c. up 95 into new york city. we could be looking at more wintry weatherlike snow and following this system record-breaking cold. fargo feeling like 43 degrees below zero tuesday morning. that's a look at the forecast across the country. let's see what's going on a >> gio: okay. coming up, he is known for, quote, taking souls and digging holes.

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>> gio: y'all, we're back with a living legend. the world of professional wrestling, the undertaker. he's won multiple world titles as a wwe hall of famer starring in a new competition "wwe lfg: legends & future greats" about trying to find the next wwe superstar. the undertaker. welcome to "gma." >> thanks for having me. >> gio: we were talking about how you got started. 30 years in this business. you began sleeping in your car, and then you were on this world stage with millions of adoring fans. could you ever have imagined this? >> there was a long nights in that monte carlo where i didn't see the upside, i can tell you that. but i did, i had a dream, and i was going to give it every

opportunity that i could to make it, you know, be successful. so there was a lot of times where i was second-guessing myself, but i just -- i kind of kept my eye on the prize, but there was no way possible for me to imagine the success and the longevity that i would end up having. >> janai: you told us during the break that you didn't think that you would end up here. you planned to go play basketball overseas, and you walked away from a scholarship. >> yeah. >> janai: look at the dream you followed and what you made of it. >> everything happens for a reason, right? those are -- leaving the scholarship meant leaving all the money and everything i had, so that's how i ended up in my car. >> gio: wow. >> because everyone told me what a mistake i was making, you're crazy. >> gio: but you believed in myself. >> i did. i believed in myself, and i knew that there was something there, and i didn't know how long it was going to take or what it was going to take, but i knew that i was committed to the task. >> janai: you had that faith, and so now you're most well-known for your dead man

persona. that comes from the undertaker. your pro wrestling career spanned 30 years, but you said you're not getting back in the ring, that father time is undefeated. >> unfortunately, that's the one guy that no one beats. >> janai: but what do you miss? >> oh, my gosh, i mean, when you're standing in the stadium full of 100,000 people and they're screaming your name, it's kind of an adrenaline that you just -- it's hard to replace. >> janai: yeah. >> i miss the camaraderie between myself and the guys that i shared the ring with, some of them. some of them you don't care for. some of them you do. but just the kind of -- like, my era was kind of a band of gypsies type. you know, we traveled up and down the roads together. we were there with each other more than our families. >> janai: yeah. >> and the camaraderie and friendships i've made through

this business is just something that will be with me for the rest of my life. and now that i'm home, you just -- you don't see those guys and everybody has moved on now. so, but, man, i wouldn't trade -- >> janai: it was like you, the rock and stone cold steve austin, right? >> yeah, in fact -- >> janai: so cool. >> -- rock and i, we kind of linked up last year at wrestlemania and got to give him a little bit of payback for some stuff back in the day. but, yeah, it's amazing when you look at professional wrestlers, sports entertainers and see what guys like the rock have done. it's amazing and it just shows the reach that wrestling has. >> gio: just sitting here with you, i can tell mentoring is your thing and this is what this series is all about, right? >> right. >> gio: mentoring rising stars. >> yeah, it is -- it is a look. lfg, legends and future greats, it's a look into the development and how we develop the next generation of superstars now and

it can be very frustrating at times because these -- i've got wrestling boots older than most of these kids. >> janai: wow. >> it really is. so trying to identify with them and reach them on a level that they're used to sometimes can be challenging. then there's times where i have to revert back to that old-school harsh mentality and really drive it home. but we get totally -- all these coaches are totally invested in these kids, and hope only the best for them. >> gio: well congratulations. thank you again for being here and we should tell you "wwe super star" sunday begins

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dreams begin here. welcome to the goodnight club. reminder, abc newslive has >> janai: a reminder abc newslife now has weekend programming. >> gio: that's right. thanks so much for starting your saturday with us. we'll see you right back here tomorrow. hopefully whit is back. >> janai: yes, whit. >> gio: get better. c7 news starts right now.

>> good morning, i'm stephanie sierra. the san francisco medical examiner says there was no foul play in an open i whistleblower's death last november. in an official report released just yesterday, the examiner's office ruled the death a suicide. 26 year old. his death sparked a flood of conspiracy theories alleging he was assassinated for agreeing to testify against the company in a lawsuit. his parents believe their son had been murdered, and they sued the city to release his records. the santa cruz wharf and nearby beaches are expected to reopen today. you may recall a 150 foot section of the wharf collapsed right before christmas day. it reopened last month and the city does not appear to be rebuilding it. just yesterday, governor newsom. just declared a state of emergency which will free up resources to help with recovery efforts. all right. let's check on conditions outside. good morning. lisa. >> hey, stephanie. good morning to you. we have some increasing clouds around. nice view of the golden gate, though. you can see the high clouds. temperatures are ranging from the mid 40s to

upper 40s from the bay shore. and there's a look at the bay bridge, where it is 44 in concord, 37 in petaluma. so the clouds will thicken throughout the day. we're not going to see any rain, but with that, we'll see temperatures from the upper 50s to the low 60s. a few peeks of sun in the south bay. then we're looking at the possibility of maybe a stray shower as we get towards the morning hours in the north bay. that should do it before the clouds overtake the sun again for your sunday. we'll talk more in detail about next week coming up. >> all right lisa, thank you. up next, the energy is building here in san francio for the chinese new year parade. we're getting a behind the scenes look at what it took to get the performances, the music and fireworks just right for celebrations in the south bay. abc seven news at 9 a.m. is next.

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