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morning, growing calls for the mayor of new york city to step down or be removed by the governor. >> kathy hochul. >> fight back, remove eric adams. >> for of mayor eric adams. top deputies resigned yesterday, days after the former u.s. attorney in manhattan and six other federal prosecutors also resigned in protest. they claim the justice department agreed to drop bribery and fraud charges against adams in exchange for the mayor cooperating with president trump's immigration crackdown. >> there is no one who believes that this wasn't a quid pro quo. if it wasn't a quid pro quo, why did all of those folks in the department of justice? why did the acting u.s. attorney, who had been appointed by the trump administration, why would they have resigned? >> adams says there was no quid pro quo. >> you have departures. >> this happens in his career. i must continue to lead, not, you
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know, based on my successes, what i've done, but what i have overcome. >> but now, the new york city council speaker claiming this administration no longer has the ability to effectively govern with eric adams as mayor and governor kathy hochul, who has the power to remove the mayor, says she'll hold a meeting with key leaders today to discuss the path forward. adding to the intrigue, mayor adams is up for reelection in november and currently leading in the polls against him. former governor andrew cuomo, who has not even officially entered the race. if the governor removes mayor adams, the city's public advocate, takes over until a special election is held. >> an unpleasant first for southwest airlines. the carrier is slashing more than 1700 jobs, which is about 15% of its workforce. it's the first mass layoff in the company's 53 year history. southwest says it's trying to cut costs and streamline its operations. the move is an about face from 2022,
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when the airline hired 18,000 new employees. >> deliberations are set to begin this morning in los angeles in the felony assault trial of rapper asap rocky. the rapper faces up to 24 years in prison for firing shots at a now former friend on a hollywood street in 2021. his lawyers say the bullets were blanks from a prop gun. last week, his longtime partner, singer rihanna, and their two sons were in the courtroom. prosecutors told jurors to set aside any feelings they might have towards the couple. >> coming up, a meeting of the minds on presidents day, the exclusive club that gets together every year. all you have to be is a direct descendant of a president. >> and later, where this happened, skiing down the side of an active volcano. you're watching those videos claiming to instantly get rid of bags under
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their son josey alone. this week on good morning america. >> it's a party in the usa. yeah, it's a party in the usa. >> on this presidents day, there was a very exclusive party in the usa down in key west. >> of course it was in key west. a group of people gathered to talk policy and talk politics. and the one thing they all have in common. they are all descendants of u.s. presidents. >> abc's alex presha joined them for their annual meet up. >> no history books are filled with their last names. >> clifton truman, daniel. harry truman's oldest grandson, james earl carter, the fourth. i'm jimmy carter's grandson. >> and mary jean eisenhower. i'm dwight eisenhower's youngest grandchild. >> massey mckinley, william mckinley's great great nephew
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and grover cleveland's great great grandson. >> i'm tweed roosevelt, theodore roosevelt's great grandson. >> and ulysses grant dietz. i'm the. youngest great great grandchild. >> of ulysses. >> and julia grant. >> if you didn't tell me, i'd have no clue. they belong to a club that you literally have to be born into. the society of presidential descendants. and every year on presidents day, this fraternity links up in key west, florida, at a historic spot called the little white house for a reunion of first families. so much of america's history is part of their family history. >> susan ford, i think, was said, i wasn't sure, but that the job was sort of twofold, one to, you know, keep up with the legacy, your ancestors legacy, to preserve that, promote it and defend it. but the second part of the job is to do something with it on your own, make it your own in some way. >> part of the preservation is sharing stories with eager audiences. at harry truman's second home, the little white house is a museum now, but
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clifton used to come here with his grandparents in the 60s. >> people ask, what was your grandfather? what were your grandfather's great decision? was it the marshall plan? was it point four? was it the truman doctrine? no. picking key west for a vacation spot. there you go. his grandchildren can still come down here. >> their names carry a lot of benefits and a lot of responsibility. tweed recounted being held to a higher standard in school, all because of his last name. >> mr. roosevelt. it's all right for the other boys to do that, but it's not all right for you to do it. that was the most valuable lesson i learned in all my four years at college. some people joined the army. some people do this, some people do that. we're stuck with but are happy to do this. >> we're stuck with this. >> they come from republicans and democrats, but party affiliation has never slowed the mission. how do you escape the policy discussions? >> we don't i mean, we do and we don't. we try not to wallow in it. and we and we listen to each other and we try to be
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supportive. but we've all been talking lately, given the given the, the state of the world. so we're missing something that if we're lucky, we'll be able to put some of it back. one of. >> the. >> things that all of our ancestors had in common was a great love for the country, and great respect for the institution of the presidency, regardless of politics. and that's something that we all share as well. >> at the heart of this group is the respect for the institution. >> even after he ran for president, and one. >> they're trying to make their famous last names their own, pushing the legacy forward, especially this holiday. >> and presidents day is an opportunity to begin to remind people of what their civic duties are. everybody seems to know their rights, but they seem to have forgotten that those rights come with duties. one of the things we're trying to do is help americans understand what their role is, so that democracy will survive.
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bite. a two foot long venomous snake coiled up inside. apparently it did not affect the bananas, though. >> i mean. >> i'd. >> still eat the bananas. >> i don't know, i would get another banana from a different store. i think the snake was not harmed. it was given to a wildlife refuge. >> what's the snake? what's the snake doing in there? it's a carnivore. i don't think that snakes eat fruit as part of its balanced diet. >> now there's a reptile aisle. >> supermarket next to a guinness world record for bricks. >> this happened in tulsa, oklahoma. 87 year old clem has just claimed the honor of world record holder for the largest collection of bricks. he's been collecting them for the past 40 years, and he's now amassed a whopping 8882 bricks, housed in a special barn built just for his collection. >> that is a lot of bricks. the bricks come from all over the u.s. and the world, including germany, greece, ireland and
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even new zealand. his oldest brick is from the roman empire, dating back to 100 a.d. >> by the way, that's 20 tons of bricks. maybe you just build a house. >> moving day would be tough. >> very tough. next to skiing down the side of an active volcano. >> not something i want to do. this happened on the east coast of sicily. a team of professional skiers. they braved the 2000 degree molten lava pouring out of mount etna for a once in a lifetime late night adventure. >> still, italian authorities, obviously, with this video going viral and all that urging curious explorers, skiers, snowboarders stay out of the lava flow zone. >> that's crazy. i hate to say this, but i hope that they have good life insurance policies. this. i don't think this is like the safest thing to do. come on. >> and also, is it hot or is it cold? when you're that close, it's hot or you're skiing. yeah, right. >> yes. >> got to be uncomfortable. >> and finally, the horse that
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can play the guitar. >> this happened at a horse rescue farm in southern california. the horse's name? ulpia. and check this out. couldn't resist reaching out to strum that guitar with his muzzle hitting all the high notes. >> very talented. he did seem to have a remarkable sense of rhythm there. >> by the way, do you know what the name of a horse that can't lose a race is. >> named sherbet? >> sherbet. >> she
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