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making news in america this morning, breaking overnight, terror arrest in two states. refugees from the middle east accused of having ties to isis. we're live. political showdown. a donald trump rally with clinton bashing, protesters and chants. >> and who's going to pay for the wall? >> all: mexico. >> who's going to pay for the wall? >> all: mexico. >> getting the crowd fired up on bernie sanders' home turf. caught on camera. a woman removed from a plane after an emergency landing. the other passengers erupting in applause.
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minus 25 degrees expected this weekend. plus, one brave driver in a lamborghini. want to do that with your luxury vehicle. >> why not. >> good friday morning, everybody. i'm kayna whitworth in for reena ninan. >> i'm kendis gibson. we will get started with the breaking news. federal investigators arresting two with ties to isis. >> both refugees leading to any questions. is is the u.s. doing enough? lana zak live in washington for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the two men arrested in california and texas, both were refugees from iraq, one coming to the united states through syria. in sacramento, a 23-year-old iraqi man arrested accused of trying to travel to syria to fight with terror organizations
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iraqi man was charged woo providing material support to isis. their refugee status is sparking new criticism from republicans that the u.s. is not doing enough to screen refugees for potential ties to terrorism. the governor of texas urging president obama to halt the flow of refugees until there is, quote, an effective vetting process. the lieutenant governor of texas weighing in saying it may have prevented a catastrophic terror related event in the making and saved countless lives and the u.s. attorney's office tells our station in sacramento there is a connection between the two men but would not elaborate further. both expected to be in their respective corrs today. >> this definitely will be fuel on the campaign trail no doubt. >> yeah. >> lana zak in washington for us. >> also this morning, these arrests in the u.s. are coming on the same day as a foiled attack in paris by a man pledging allegiance to isis. >> police officers shot and
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he was threatening them, we're told, wearing what turned out to be a vest with fake explosives. the incident coincided with the first anniversary of the massacre at "charlie hebdo." >> here at home the political attacks are heating up from inside the trump camp. donald trump is taking new aim on hillary clinton and on senator bernie sanders and he's doing it in his own home state in front of thousands of die-hard supporters. overnight, donald trump bringing up the crowds. police shutting down two blocks and people lining up in one of the most liberal cities in the country, burlington, vermont. >> thank you. that's so great. >> the republican front-runner and his supporters making noise. >> who's going to pay for the wall? >> all: mexico. >> who's going to pay for the wall? >> all: mexico. >> who's going to pay for the wall. >> all: mexico. >> on bernie sanders' home turf trump going after the state
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do we like bernie? >> protesters and sanders supporters repeatedly interrupted his speech. >> go ahead. get him out. >> this morning bernie sanders responding tweeting finally donald trump and i agree on something. he and i both want to run against the other. guess who wins? linking to a recent poll showing the senator leading the billionaire in a head-to-head matchup. >> women's rights are human rights. >> earlier trump dropping this bombshell campaign video attacking hillary clinton on women's rights showing her with disgraced congressman anthony weiner and bill cosby and this image of former president bill clinton with monica lewinsky. bill clinton on the campaign trail in iowa refused to take the bait telling reporters he was only there to help his wife. >> the current president is defending his steps on gun control. george mason university in virginia, the president says
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candidate who does not support what he calls commonsense gun reform. he's urging citizens who agree to vote that way. >> the way washington changes is when people vote. i'm going to throw my shoulders behind folks who want to actually solve problems instead of just, you know, getting a high score from an interest group. >> that interest group, the president is saying, the and a half rifle association has a strange le stranglehold on congress. the nra wasn't there. >> california is finally getting a quick break from nearly a week of punishing torrential rain from those el nino-fueled storms and another powerful storm system hit coastal areas with high surf warnings threatening oceanfront homes in malibu. some areas saw waves up to 60 feet high. and now all of that water saturating the earth raising a
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particularly in those wildfire zones. the other big weather story here in the heartland, snow falling in minneapolis, wisconsin, where frigid age dangerous temperatures are settling in. abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano with the details. >> reporter: snow is in the mountains but two batches of snows for friday in minneapolis and st. louis and chicago, maybe a few inches there but that's where the cold air comes in. minus 25 will be the windchill in minneapolis on sunday. they have an nfl playoff game happening. it could be the coldest ever played. >> going to be a cold game for the vikings. overseas now the syrian government has allowed humanitarian aid into three rebel-held villages ravaged by starvation. thousands of people suffering from malnutrition and other life-threatening diseases. according to doctors without borders, 23 people have died since december, first in just one of those villages including
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>> wow. turning now to wall street, more turmoil from market mayhem. the u.s. markets are off to their worst start of the year in a really long time because of problems overseas. specifically china where stock trading was halted twice this week because of big drops. this morning the shanghai index closed up 2% and u.s. stock futures are higher, a goodies jobs report today could bolster the markets here. >> okay, so here's something that deals with money but is good news. tomorrow night some six numbers will not only make history but could forever change lives. >> so the powerball is already up $700 million and predictions are that it just might hit a billion so you have to match all six numbers to win this one of a kind prize and odds are astronomically against you. >> come on. >> number crunchers say there is a 17% chance that nobody will over again.
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let's think positive. 83% someone will. still ahead here, the new serious health warning about pizza boxes. >> the new york to chicago flight forced to land in detroit overnight. a passenger hauled off. and growing petition. the number of signatures asking to pardon steve avery, the man featured in "making a murderer." overnight, the white house is
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a united airlines flight from new york to chicago diverted to detroit last night after a woman assaulted other passengers. with help from the crew they managed to restrain her until police arrived and carry the her
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a move that drew applause from nearly everyone on board. still unclear what set her off. the fbi is investigating this one. did you hear about this, a republican governor of maine is in hot water for making what some say are racist remarks. asked at a town hall meeting what he is doing about substance abuse governor paul owe page page said it's caused by drug dealers from other states. >> these are guys with the name demoney, smoothie, shifty. they come up here and sell their heroin then they go back home. incident incidentally half the time they impregnate a young white girl before they leave. >> in an e-mail to abc news he says he was not talking about race, race, he says is irrelevant. officials from maine's republican party not commenting and neither is chris christie's campaign. the two governors are close friends and lepage was christie's first major endorsement.
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now it turns out that the pizza health. the fda is banning three chemicals used in those boxes saying they could cause cancer and birth defects. so, the chemicals are used as a sealant to keep the pizza grease from seeming through the box. but researchers now say those sealants can be absorbed by the pizza. mcdonald's has a new look using big bold colors in its packaging. the company says the modernized graphics are part of its plan to be a modern and progressive burger company. mcdonald's also says it is committed to making sure that all of its packaging is made with eco friendly materials and they plan on doing that by the year 2020. >> all right. okay, so when we come back, the greatest gift a parent can give. what is it? this grandmother who gave birth to her own granddaughter. low rider. driver in a lamborghini getting
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that car but we suspect he or she can afford it. >> obnoxious but unnecessary. wet roads moved to the middle of the country. slippery across the plains. wet pavement from the gulf coast up through the midwest and into the ohio valley and great lakes. >> the airport delays tell you about in denver, minneapolis, chicago, and salt lake city. okay, so the white house is weighing in on the murder case that was featured in that new netflix documentary series "making a murderer." >> activists believe that steven avery and his nephew were wrongly convicted of murder in wisconsin ten years ago citing new findings presented in a documentary. they've started a petition asking president obama to give them a full pardon but the white house says the president cannot pardon anyone convicted of a state criminal offense. the mother of the so-called affluenza teen will be arraigned this morning in texas. tonya couch is aus wood of
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avoid apprehension and was brought from los angeles yesterday in handcuffs and leg irons. ethan remains in mexico fighting his extradition. her attorney says the $1 million bail is unreasonable and wants it reduced. a texas woman in her 50s has given birth to her own granddaughter. acting as a surrogate for her daughter and son-in-law. tracy thompson delivered a healthy six pound 11 ounce girled named kelsey wednesday afternoon. the baby's parents had undergone several infertility treatments only to suffer three miscarriages. thompson says she was happy to carry the baby for her daughter. >> her and her husband have gone through so much. miscarriages and the fertility and all that and i didn't want to disappoint her. it's been many years since i've been pregnant and the second trimester was great. there. the first and the third were really tough. >> so thompson seven years past
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the baby because of new medical advances in reproductive technology and we'll have more on that story, i will, coming up on "good morning america." >> a couple of notes from the sports world. should point out ken griffey jr. will wear a seattle mariner's cap. >> front or backwards was a big debate. >> and mike piazza choosing the mets. >> more now in sports from our guys at espn. >> good morning, welcome to our "sportscenter" set here in los angeles. he's neil. i'm stan. you get to go first. >> first names only. ucla, hosting arizona. russell westbrook gave so much money to ucla which is super cool that he can't afford pants without holes in them so ucla was up so many that graphics, the ucla guy was comfortable and then was very uncomfortable because arizona went a 15-2 run because luke olson was in the building. right in front of westbrook.
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that was westbrook who stood up. cool moment. great game and the bruins win it by three. number five michigan state at home taking on illinois. denzel valentine out again. he had that minor knee surgery. not sure if he'll be back on sunday at penn state. giving it up to gavin shilling and matt mcquaid with a no look pass to shilling for the easy bucket inside. michigan state had been passing the ball for buckets as easily with valentine out but they got that together. to forbes and alvin ellis to deyonta davis for the big finish. best, costello. michigan state wins it 7-54 so hanging tough with valentine out >> that's all we have. >> should mention nfl playoffs start tomorrow. in the meantime, a bowler in
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tanners all back together. here's a first look at the cast "fuller house." you should recognize all of them and the set, as well. >> there will be a quiz later. in the series dj moves with her children back into the san francisco home where they grew up. lots of people excited for the reunion two decades in the making. the series premieres february 26th on netflix. and it should promise to be a packed house for this year's super bowl halftime show. >> queen bey is coming back for her encore performance. very excited about this. pepsi this year's sponsor of the super bowl 50 halftime show has confirmed that beyonce will take the stage at levi stadium in santa clara, south of san francisco february 7th. >> she's amazing. she headlined, of course, super bowl xlvii, "entertainment tonight" reported bruno mars is also expected to be -- >> i love it.
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about the lottery jackpot that got away, the half billion dollar powerball prize, here's the story about one that didn't. >> yeah, robert bowlen won $2 million a month ago in the missouri lottery and didn't tell anyone for three weeks. not even his wife who he wanted gift. >> whoa. could you keep that a secret that long. >> no way. >> at first she thought he was joking and then he thought that she was going to get sick to her stomach and then she was happy about it. bowelen by the way who is retired says he doesn't know what he's going to do with the money quite yet but what a wonderful christmas present. >> absolutely. some time had passed and he told his financial adviser about the money so he's already making the right steps. he didn't just like drive home in a white lamborghini through the snow. >> that could have been him. he told his cpa before telling his wife.
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good morning tri-state i'm kathrine nero. nero.and i'm chris riva...a step closer to justice. this morning a man accused of killing a man and possibly setting his apartment on fire to cover it up will be in court.albert mccants is with aggravated murder and aggravated robbery -- in the death of cleophis carson. carson.firefighters found his west price hill apartment on fire exactly one month ago -- and discoved carson's body inside.investigators told us it appeared the fire was set to cover up the crime. 700 million dollars.let me say it again...700 million dollars. that's what saturday night's powerball jackpot is estimated
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jackpot in lottery history.and with the bengals potential win, saturday night could end up being the greastest one ever for a lucky fan, or fans. pack your patience this morning as rain will continue to fall throughout the morning drive. rain turns isolated after 1 pm and that small chance continues for the rest of the day. highs are expected in the upper 40s.
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trending on the web right now. bengals, bengals, bengals.does anything else really matter at this point...just saying.but if the bengals do win tomorrow it'll be a-j mccarron at the helm.a win will give him one more than andy dalton at this point...in the playoffs at least.and what would that mean
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