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good morning, america. overnight. this woman cuffed and carried off a united flight. passengers jump into action after she attacked a flight attendant and fellow flier. the terrifying scene than 20,000 feet. donald trump holding a massive rally in bernie sanders' backyard. thousands lining up for hours to see the otesters interrupted the fiery billionaire. >> get him out of here. don't give him his coat. keep his coat. >> as trump launches a new attack on hillary and double punch of arctic air. that storm in the west dumping 30 inches of snow. now temperatures set to plunge across the country. windchills 30 below zero and the nfl bracing for onet games ever.
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that's ahead. >> that's one aspect of the story. we begin with that breaking news overnight. united airlines flight d that passenger got completely out of control forcing the plane to land in detroit where she was carried off by police. our aviation correspondent david kerley has all the latest. george. anxious moments. a scream and then a scuffle on board this jetliner which was forced to make that emergency landing. >> [ bleep ] you. [ bleep ] . >> reporter: hog tied escorted off a united airlines flight after attacking a flight attendant leading to an emergency landing. >> do you need any otherides just police at the gate. >> reporter: it had 69 passengers and 4 crew members and took off from new york headed to chicago but 30 minutes into the flight ther asks if she could get off the plane. when a flight attendant says no.
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>> she attacked the some guy used his neck tie to tie her wrists or her ankles. >> she scratched my face. >> reporter: the womanpassenger. that's when three others jump into action able to subdue her as the pilots divert to detroit where they're met by police. >> went right to the back of then handcuffs and picked her up and pulled her off. >> passengers seemed relieved to have it all over. as of a couple of hourstill in custody in detroit. there is a report that she did scream she was bipolar at one point. the flight did continue on to needs. all right, david, thank you. now to major terror arrests overnight. charges. one in texas, the other in california. texas lieutenant governor dan patrick claiming the arrest may have prevented arror related event. and save countless lives.
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pierre thomas has the latest and joins us from ing, pierre. >> reporter: overnight the fbi making two more isis-related arrests with suspects taken down while there's no evidence yet the men were plotting an attack inside the es are deeply concerned about their association with isis and the potential for future threats. both suspects are iraqi refugees and political leaders inely raised concerns about the administration's efforts to bring in more refugees including thousands from syria. the men are among at least seven suspects here at home accused ofn less than a month including a maryland man who was allegedly given more than $8,000 from an overseas operative for a u.s.-based ror concern is so high the senior administration officials including the fbi director are expected to meet with tech leaders in silicon valley today to discuss, the isis use of social media to recruit right here at home. robin. >> very important meeting today,
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>> top national secure threat. ht now and one of the biggest crowds yet for donald trump in a pretty surprising place, the liberal hometown of bernie sanders. look at those lines in to see trump's latest attacks on the clintons and a lot more. abc's jon karl there for all the acti. >> reporter: good morning, george. burlington is one of the most liberal cities in america. this is the place that first elected bernie sanders as its socialist mayor threeut for a little while last night it almost looked like trump territory. >> wow. what a beautiful group of reporter: rallying the faithful in vermont last night he tried out a new call. >> who's going to pay for the mexico. >> who's going to pay for the wall? >> all: mexico. >> i've never done that before. >> reporter: but in bernie sanders'>> get him out. take him out.
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interrupted by protesters who infiltrated the rally. >> get them out of here. don't give him his coat. keep hister: while protesters aimed their fire at trump he targeted the democratic front-runner. >> i have my mind set on hillary. i do have my mind mp indeed has had his mind on hillary and her husband, former president bill clinton. >> our human rights. >> reporter: new trump campaign addisgraced congressman anthony weiner and bill cosby and bill clinton with monica lewinsky. on the campaign trail in ored the attack. >> if he wins the republican nomination we'll have plenty of time to talk about it if hillary wins. >> reporter: back in vermont theall in full force hundreds lining up for hours to see the gop front-runner. it doesn't start for another four hours but there's already a line of people here as can see. many here were die-hard supporters coming to see trump for the first time, others were
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>> i've never actually heard much ofe fired. >> reporter: a new controversy brewing in maine where the state's governor paul lepage, a chris christie supporter said this about drug traffickerse. >> these are guys by the name d-money, smoothy, shifty then yshifty. >> then added this. leave. >> reporter: governor lepage's comments sparked a firestorm of criticism overnight. hillary clinton saying, quote, lepage's racist rants from efforts to address one of our nation's most pressing problems, but, george, no response yet from christie. >> let's bringt now. matthew, you see donald trump up in bur ling tongue, vermont. it's actually a pretty shrewd it's a really shrewd move. bernie sanders and donald trump both are fishing from a similar pond which is independent voters
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i think the fascinating thing the two anti-establishment outsider candidates the most are drawing the biggest. it's almost as if the visiting team which is the outsiders are drawing more fans than the home team which is the establishment in this nomination process. but i think orge, what we have to figure out with the phenomenon of donald trump and bernie sanders is can they translate rallies into results? >> we first have the first votes in about three weeks. bill clinton linking him to bill cosby, anthony weiner, clinton not responding but could that blunt the democrats's on women an issue in the general election? >> well, i think it does two things. first i think it helps donald trump in the republican primary because the republicans don't likery clinton so i think it helps him there. but i think the second thing it does more than a scandal it reinforces that these are the candidates of the past. candidate of the past and as you know, george, in any election people want to vote future and not the past and if they can do
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that to the clintons thene a leg up in the general election next year. >> matthew dowd, thanks very much. a lot more on "this week" including our guest we'll be watching. the candidates keeping their eye on wall street after the worst start to the year ever.is is at the new york stock exchange with the latest. good morning, linsey. >> reporter: good morning, robin. a tough one here on wall street yesterday dropping more than 400 points during the day and more than 2% and the dow was actually down more than 5% since the beginning of the year, largely due to china. global unrest and falling oil ing a ripple effect in u.s. markets, but some good news from china this morning after a 7% drop yesterday that halted chinese minutes of trading, chinese markets closed up today and perhaps that'll give some calm toround the globe.
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>> all right, linsey, thank you. here now more on this is liz claman, anchor of "countdown to the closing bell" ou wanted to address china. they did away with the so-called circuit breakers that actually helped. >> you know, it's that china is going through very sharp growing pains trying to be a communist nation but at the same time trying to be a capitalist nation with their measures and have breakers put into place and would trigger and shut down the markets if there was a precipitous fall. twice this week the circuit breakers shut everything down to give a pause but guess the complete opposite direction. it incited panic and the markets started to fall so this is -- this is a bizarre behavior and too much terinvestigation on behalf of the chinese. >> a little bit of panic here, especially when it comes to american 401(k)s. the average american 401(k) has dropped $4500. advice. >> well, the advice is don't
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it's been an ugly first opening as you just heard. it's the worst opening for the dow for the year that we've ever what you want to do is just sit tight for the moment and not worry. now, why should people think that what happens in china affects us? it's not like vegas, what stays inow affecting us as a global market. any companying that have a u.s. standing but global footprint like the starbucks of the year, the young brands, they love cken in china, big chinese exposure and you may very well own those stocks, so these are still good companies going through a slight blip in a tough time. >> fox business network has then debate coming up on thursday. you think the focus will shift from terrorism to the economy. >> absolutely believe it does. how could it not? people voten the end. >> great to see you, liz. >> good to see you. >> you can see the fox business network, the next republican debate coming up on thursday. george. >> thanks, robin.
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mother of the affluenza teen back in texas this morning in court to face charges that she helped her son skip probation and hide out in mexico. been on the case from the start and joins us now with the latest. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, george. that's right, tonya couch will be arraigned this morning charged with helping her son flee to mexico,ica's most wanted mom. now, texas authorities taking a special interest in her setting bond at a million dollars, the sheriff even escorting her to jail himself. done that in 15 years. this morning, tonya couch is in this texas jail flown from los angeles to texas aboard this boeing 787 escorted like a celebrity suspect on a special staircase off the plane and into a sheriff's van waiting right on the tarmac.h a red ringlets wearing a jacket over her handcuffs. >> she was very quiet, very reserved. she was resprought to the jail by the sheriff himself.
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surprisingly she was very appreciative. >> expected to be arraigned this of hindering the apprehension of her son, ethan couch known as the affluenza teen who needed guilty in 2013 to killing fourdriving crash. the pair took off from texas in early december in tonya's truck bound for mexico. staying at this resort and strip joint where staffers tell abc news ethan racked up a $1,000 tab one night he couldn't pay. authorities finally catching up with him on this streetmber 28th. but this morning, ethan is still in mexico fighting deportation back to texas. he's wanted for violating his probation.awyer insists her client violated no laws and tells me there's no way tonya can make that million dollar bails. she calls it fight to get it lowered. now that she's divorced from ethan's father, the affluenza
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>> matt gutman, thanks very s back with the other top stories. an thatting on a police officer in philadelphia. >> the police commissioner is calling it one of the scariest things he's seen.ushed at a busy intersection. police say the man walked right up to officer jesse hartnick'sar hitting him three times. it is amazing the officer survived. he managed to shoot back and that suspect is now in custody. president obama is defending on gun control during a town hall meeting in virginia. he denied any suggestion of a conspiracy against gun owners' rights and said he's willing to meet with the nra. >> i've said this i'm happy to meet with them and talk to them but the conversation has to be based on facts and truth and what we're proposing, know, imaginary fiction in which obama
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>> the president said he willny congressional candidate who opposes gun reform. one of america's most powerful air to ground weapons has ended up in cuba by mistake." reports an inactive hellfire missile was shipped to europe for training purposes then disappeared until showing up in cuba raising concerns that the korea. and finally, when is the last time you went bowling? a while. take a look. he did not realize his own strength and he took down, whoo,nels. his friends laugh as we are having and i hope you are having at home, as well. yeah, that redefines gutter ball. is that a ceiling ball? that would be a ceiling guy is awful. slippery fingers. >> never seen anything like that. >> did he get a strike. >> thank you, amy.ck. now to powerball mania.
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people lining up for hours to buy tickets for a chance to win that $700 million jackpot and it higher before tomorrow night's drawing. now, abc's t.j. holmes, he stopped buying tickets long enough to join us here in the o get back. this right here, guys, is what dreams are made of. now, this isn't the actual powerball machine they're going too use for the drawing.lorida and keep a good log of who breathes on the thing and who even is in the same room with it and they might want to add some more security because a $1 billionght around the corner. >> get ready, everybody. >> reporter: the biggest jackpot ever. now at $700 million andht there. right there. there's a winner. >> reporter: no, probably not a winner. still, these people aren't deterred by the odds.rs in crazy long lines in prim, nevada.
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just everybody's got a dream andell worth the wait if we win. >> next. >> reporter: we've now gone 18 drawings since someone hit a jackpot ensuring thatst's numbers will be >> we're in uncharted territory. this is a world record jackpot. we're at levels we've never seen before and we're going to be carefully tomorrow to see just how people react. >> reporter: and why such a long run with no winner? well, because the game has explain. you still have to match five white balls and one red ball to win the jackpot but in october the number of white balls in the drum went up from 59 to f red balls went down from 35 to 26. get it? well, all you u you really need to know changes resulted inhances from 1 in 175 million to 1 in 292 million. guy, before the drawing on wednesday they were selling
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million. it could get to a billion certainly by next week but probably go up by saturday. >> a lot of people have office pools and you'll give us the dos and>> this "gma" family could break up real fast if we win the lottery. some stuff you need to know >> that's okay. you won't be coming back. rob and, boy, this bitter blast across the midwest. watch out for the football game in minnesota. >> nfl football. nfc wild card happening in they're playing outdoors because they're still building the new dome. it'll be minus 2 around game time. windchills at minus 20.al time. you can imagine how cold the air mass is sunday. windchills that will be well below zero, tuesday, a second slide into the northeast as we go through wednesday and thursday.
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let's go ahead and get a check of the radar. here it is already. getting ready to enter into northeast ohio and parts of umbus affected by pink rain -- freezing rain which is in the pink and green much we have the rain and that is going to push in. if you live in mansfield, mount vernon and temperatures are below n expect icing and glazing when the rain arrives. be careful on the road says. the temperatures on the rise this morning, about 44 degrees
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on "gma" the chilling new 911 call released in that father/daughter murder mystery. >> what do you mean he's in he's bleeding all over and i may have killed him. >> what the father says really happened moments before that deadly fight with his son-in-law. all that lotto fever. t.j. will be back with a lot 6 to deal with your office pool. to the woman in the mid-90's showstopper... you're right. it's time to set this bird free. hot blooded, check it and see...
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emily young was shot and killed in her suv with two of her young children in the back f the kids now in custody. the police say he has confessed terrence and jackie. and corip a breaking ing, councilman joe simperman is retiring from the city council. >> he will be the president of he >> and the city council will appoint a candidate for his replacement. that appointee will serve out his current term, which ends december 31st. a check of the forecast with somara theodore. >> and good morning. quiet conditions to start and that is good for us making the rush hour commute and things will change drastically and dramatically. and we're going to see a good amount of rain into the viewing area as we go through the late portions of the you're seeing pink there and that is some freezing
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who will run the world girls e world girls welcome back, everyone, to "gma" on this friday morning. big headline about beyonce. i'll allow lara to tell you more >> thank you, robin. >> there's not a lot to tell. will be happy. >> it's yours. >> it is yours. >> thanks,orward to that. right now donald trump attacking hillary and bill clinton at a massive rally in up. donald trump reached out to them last night. also this morning, white house responding to that petition from fans ofaking a murderer." more than 130,000 people
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the white house says the president can't do it. says the two men are state prisoners. he has no love when t.j. hangs out with us standing by with a lot more on that powerball jackpot. what you need to know before getting in that office pool. >> that is coming with new details in the case of that north carolina woman and her ex-fbi agent father charged with murdering her husband. this morning we're hearing the 911 call for the first time about what officers found at the scene. abc's linzie janis here with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, george. the dramatic 911 recording was es overnight and in it we hear the former fbi agent for the first time explain why he killed his son-in-law with a baseball bat.'s husband, my son-in-law got in a fight with my daughter. i intervened and i think he's in bad shape. and collected. that's former fbi agent tom martens telling a 911 dispatcher
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son-in-law to o you mean he's in bad shape. >> he's bleeding all over and i may have killed him. >> reporter: in this newly released 911 call for the first time we hear t of what happened to 39-year-old jason corbett on the night of august 2nd. >> what happened? >> i hit him in the head with a baseball daughter. he said i'm going to kill her. >> reporter: when officers arrived on the scene martens told them he was woken up by an argument between corbett and his daughter molly martens corbett. >> okay. >> you can hear her sobbing in the background. then following the dispatcher's request to try cpr on her >> i'm certified. i just can't think. one, two, three, four. >> reporter: corbett was pronounced dead at the scene. the father and daughter now charged with second degree voluntary manslaughter say it was self-defense. but in a search warrant just
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writes that the struggle described by tom martens was note evidence at the scene. while the criminal case is just beginning, martens corbett is contesting a judge's over the two children from a prior marriage. they believe molly had a violent temper andwith the kids even. >> i was in shock. i was devastated. >> reporter: she was an un zarre love triangle. >> evil followed me straight to joseph's -- >> molly martens corbett says she deserves custody of because she raised them for the last eight years. her and her father plan to plead not guilty. >> thanks very much. george now to a deadly love triangle and the woman caught in it all speaking out and ryan smith is here with her story. good morning, ryan.
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joseph sonnier stunned everyonegirlfriendry sheshl shetina. they found he was an haven't victim of a disturbing scheme in a case of jealousinning out of control. >> i was in shock. i was devastated. >> reporter: she was an un unwitting part of a bizarre lovel followed me straight to joseph's door. >> reporter: and this morning richelle shetina girlfriend of wealthy prominent texas doctor sonnier found stabbed and shot to death in his upscale lubbock home is speaking emotionally to clusively to abc. her ex-boyfriend. dr. michael dixon. >> there was an ugliness from him to me. >> reporter: it's a tale of nd revenge. dixon prosecutors say was in love with shetina, desperate to split up her relationship and
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it's a claim dixon's lawyers investigate vigorously deny. >> mike dixon never wanted that reporter: days afterwards shepherd confesses. >> i check his pulse in his neck. he's dead. >> reporter: implicating his anted him hurt and then it gradually developed into having him killed. >> reporter: shepard saying dixon paid him three bars of silver and a box ofe hit. the monk of his funeral dixon arrested charged with capital murder. shetina says she'll never forget that phone call. >> my knees literally and i just kind of sank to the floor. and i cried and i screamed. >> reporter: last november dixon is found guilty on two counts of innocence. but shetina says this case
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>> there are real sociopaths ands that walk amongst us. >> reporter: now dixon's lawyers and his son tell us that shepard acted alone. their client never ordered the hit. his lawyers are appealings for his buddy shepard he is in prison for life. for the first time his daughters are also speaking out exclusively to us not only do they fully support the victim's lly tell us how they had to apologize for what their father did and some of them are teenagers. >> there's so much to the story, ryan. hour. >> full hour on this -- we really talk to the children. are they doing enough to make sure their products are safe. mysterious cause of natalie cole's death has been revealed.amily is saying about it now. when you're on vacation, it's time to play.
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7:40. back now with the dangers of falling furniture. it is something that happens more often than you might think in homes with young children. and now ikea is facing a new suit because of it. abc's clayton sandell has the details. it's the hidden danger in countless american homes. furniture tipping and falling on children. in two wrongful death lawsuits one filed days ago may of last year, the family of camden ellis and kearney collis both 2crushed by falling ikea dressers. the lawsuits claim ikea knew the furniture lacked counterbalancing weight causing the dresser to be top heavy and frontnies. the federal government says it's not just ikea, falling furniture
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hospital every 24 minutes andwo weeks one is killed. >> i went to wake him from his nap at dinnertime and found him under his dresser. >> last summer the cpsc and ikea announced 27 dressers were potentially unsafe if unsecured. instead of a recall they launched their secure it program giving away free we put this together and these are the brackets they say you must use in order to anchor it to the wall but it's voluntary and if you don't do it, this is what canikea says it won't comment on the pending litigation but that they are committed to product safety and educating our customers about the need tosts of drawers to the wall. >> the anchor kits are not enough. the first thing they need to do is design in safety. >> the two families hoping to
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there's not a goodll win your office pool but you better be ready just in case. the lottery office pool seems like good, clean fun until you actually win. and the fighting up of california co-workers barely had time to celebrate their $315 million prize when they were sued by four co-workers who claimedgreements to be part of the office pool. then this construction worker in new jersey, he was in charge of buying the lottery tickets for his work pool but without telling anyone claimed a $38jackpot as his alone. he was sued and lost. confusion, lack of clarity, miscommunication and greed can come into play when hundreds of are at stake. i went to the office of home polish where 15 of the interior designers are in the powerball pool. or is it 16? pool. >> i thought i was in the pool. >> you don't know if the boss is in the pool. >> we don't know. we have it written down. >> reporter: had did the most unprepared pool.
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the group has just gonether on 77 powerball tickets with no plan of what they'd do if they actually won. >> we'll work it s not all bad. this real estate office in florida hit it big and even though the new girl had no money for a ticket, they still cut her that we got to share in an experience most never have in a lifetime winning a powerball, we grew closer. >> reporter: now they're all really good, really rich to get even richer. >> i feel 100% confident that in this group of lottery tickets we will hit the 700orter: all right. let me give you an example how quickly this could go sideways. there are six of us here. if i say i'm going to pool our es me cash but, robach who is a friend, i don't have any cash. >> can you spot me. >> we win. what do we do with her now? >> cut her out.
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. good morning, time now is 7:56. we're following breaking news on two homicides in akron. >> and both coming in crowded baat the zodiac club on triplet avenue where it was bike night at the bar. investigators said a fight broke out and a man beaten to death. and we just learned a man in his 60s turned himself into the other incident taking place at the heidi ho lounge on vernon odom. a man was shot and killed inside the bar and what was being the source tells us the man walked up to the victim and fired several times. the shooter walked out. no word on any arrests yet. corrina. and we have r main break on east 55th and central. one lane now back open northbound on east 55th. and both east and westbound lanes are open on and water crews have been
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we'll let you know when east 55th is completely back open. and let's check out the maps seeing major slowdowns 71 and 77 northbound as well as 90 and where i wanted you in here. we're getting reports of an accident i-90 eastbound at west 41st street and another one 5th street. keep that in mind if you're heading in that area. we're going to look outside in just a second and this is how it's looking around the akron area and check out drive , 77 northbound and rockslide and downtown. and this is i-90 at fulton. you see some slowdowns definitely caused by the told you about on i-90. and so, a slow ride if you're heading out there at this early hour. and somara, over the forecast? >> we're not dealing with rain just yet. that is going to change quickly. in the pink, some of the freezing rain coming down in parts changing over to rain right now and this is going to push into areas like ashland-mansfield
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and erie y for that. this rain is going to reach all of us by lunchtime. the temperatures are just above freezing and below freezing. here's a look at the high rees and we will be seeing some afternoon rain as well and into the evening with plenty of cloud coverage. that is a look at the power of k around.
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ica. it's 8:00 a.m. and an astonishing praegs breakthrough. a grandmother the surrogate to her own jen ashton brakes down the case. breast-feeding battle. alyssa milano and wendy williams clashing on camera about whethert in public. >> i don't need to see that. >> why? >> because i just don't want to. >> so many divided right now. we'll weigh in. and the natalie cole's death revealed. what her family is saying now
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and live in times square,he lion king" versus "aladdin". ." their sing-off at an airport went viral. now they're going an epic twist. it's a whole new world of acuna matata. get ready for the song s we say -- >> all: good morning, america. got to tell you, folks, we've heard music through the halls. it's the musical stars from "the lion king" andoining us live for a musical and magical, magical morning. >> it will be magical. a lot probably did see this summer. that moment we just showed. there it was at the airport.oing head-to-head right there at the airport. a little bit of a sing-off and they're going to do it here live in times square in just a little side story."
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because both shows have such great music singing all morning. then we'll switch gears. of you are weighing in on atle that is and wendy williams. we want to know what you think. and weigh in. we'll have that coming up. >> it was really when they -- they went at it pretty good. >> both very strong opinions on either that a lot of you do, as well. >> a lot of people do, right. all right. so let's get over there. we have this morning also superstar tyler perry.. he has done it all. he's a father too now. he'll be joining us live. we cannot wait to talk with mr. tyler perry. >> looking forward to that. now the from amy. >> the big story this morning, the two men with suspected ties to isis have been arrested in california and texas. a 23-year-old iraqi man in custody in sacramento came as a syrian refugee and is accused of traveling back to
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organizations and then lying about it to immigration ct arrested in houston is accused of supporting isis even getting trained on machine guns and then lying about it during his interview for american ll, those arrests come as some of the top members of president obama's national security team meet with ceos in silicon valley today. executives at apple, facebook, twitter and others to discuss how to stop terrorists from recruiting online with encrypted messages. there are new detailsis terror attacks. prosecutors in belgium now say an apartment in brussels likely served as the attacker's bomb factory. police found pment and a fingerprint they say belongs to the ringleader of the plot. wall street has important economic news to digest this morning. the monthly jobs report ishat a healthy 200,000 jobs were created last month. overnight there was encouraging news from asia where stocks rebounded following thursday's big this morning, natalie
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singer died of heart failure brought on by a rare lung disease. cole was diagnosed withly after a kidney transplant in 2009. her funeral is monday in los angeles. and police across the country are trying to crack down on the growing black market for babyey say formula has become a prime target for thieves like this man who took it from store shelves, repackaged it and then resold it to unsuspecting st last month police in utah confiscated more than 400 cans of stolen formula. a value between $8,000 and y, if you win the lottery on saturday, do you think that you could keep it a secret from your spouse for three weeks? well, that is exactly what a guy in missouri did. robertillion in the state lottery back on december 3rd. he kept it a secret from his wife from everyone so he could surprise her on christmas e happy couple have three kids
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no word on how they plan on spending all that money. he did collect it on december 29th sohave some -- good gifts come in small boxes or in envelopes. either way. >> either way. >> at least he didn't keep it from her ng to say. >> at first we're like, whoa, where is this going. >> i started reading that story. it's so amazing. >> ali would like the surprise. she might be annoyed at me too. me. >> thank you, amy. now to a headline grabbing a lot of attention. a 54-year-old woman who gave birth to her granddaughter acting as a surrogate for daughter. kayna whitworth has the story for us. >> reporter: three generations of women, brought together by the ultimate labor of love. >> she gave us the best gift r: after years of infertility and miscarriages kelly mckiss sock was des freight to become a mother. that's when herin volunteering as a surrogate.
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it was something that god presented to us and we took it and we ran. >> reporter: at 54f her own all grown up, tracey thompson says this pregnancy was no easy feat. >> it was difficult. i wasn't 20 years old and the therapy i had to go through wasn't a piece of cake. >> reporter: but following many heartaches for kelly, finally a at the medical center of plano performing a c-section tuesday afternoon. forget. it was amazing. >> reporter: baby kelsey the little bundle of joy named after two women who carried her in their heart for so long. kayna whitworth, abc news, >> amy's face, she's just beaming like many of us are. let's bring in abc's chief's women's health correspondent dr. jennifer ashton. >> i'm almost crying. >> not the first time but very, very happy for them. from a medical standpoint, jen, what does it take, 54 years old
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carry a not too different from a younger woman that goes through the ivf treatment. she needs estrogen androne. she needs a donor egg so in this case she used her daughter's egg and needs to be in good health. no medical issues and i spoke to the chief of infertility at usc. for women 55ong as there's no medical problems they do pretty well. >> they do because i wanted to talk more about that. how difficult could it be at this point? >> well, look, pregnancy is asn athletic event so for the mom they do need to be in good shape. it is a high risk pregnancy. the mom does face increased risk of c-section and from the limited data we have babies tend to do pretty well. just an example of how the specialty of ob/gyn can be such a happy field. it's a great>> probably not a dry eye in the
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>> i guarantee you not. >> it has been a very busy week for you. >> yes, it has. here we go. >> she's going to be back on twitter for you thring. you can tweet her @drjashton or go to "gma's" facebook page. next with 's coming up on our "gma morning menu." two superstars clashing over breast-feeding in public. who is right, who is wrong? in. material perry, the superstar actor, writer, live. we'll talk to him. then it's quite the musical morning both behind camera and in l open up about going from football star to broadway star and we've got this awesome sing-off between "aladdin" and coming up in times square. hi, eddie. ooh. i like the bedazzled. "gma's morning menu" is
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e welcome you back to "gma." a topic dividing a lot of people this morning. breast-feeding in public. actress alyssa milano anding over it on wendy's show. abc's juju chang is here with all of that. good morning, morning, robin. let's face it wendy williams is known for being highly opinionated and her legions of
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of that. goes toe to toe on a hot button issue like breast-feeding in public. >> i don't need to see that. >> why?'t want to. >> reporter: is it okay to breast-feed in public? talk show host wendy williams doesn't think so. odds this week with her own guest, alyssa milano on her own program "the wendy williams show." milano, mom to son milo 4 is a devoted breast-feeder. frequently posting lactating photos on social media. >> what i would do is go to theould go feed your baby in the car? >> yes. >> reporter: for four minutes the two tangled over the issue along simmering flash point among men andictures of my breast-feeding journey since she was a baby and some you see more than that one. >> no, i haven't -- i have a stack in my office. >> reporter: even though 49 states have passed lawsbreast-feeding in public wendy's
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in public is not uncommon. even among moms. but milano doesn't let it end there. she asks why is it okay toy cyrus wearing this but it's not okay to see a woman nursing? >> i don't know why i feel this way. i just feel, you know -- i'm a mom also but, you east-feeding is only a particular amount of time. the rest of your life your breaths are a sexual thing and i just -- >> yeah, but they weren't --y're not made for sexual things. that's what we've done to them. you're lucky the baby is not here. i'd whip them out right here and feed them on your sh that breasts are a sexual thing. they are but they're also a nurturing kind of thing. can't they be both? >> to it. our midwife expert says there's a generation divide often whose sensibilities might be offended.wo tweeted back and forth their love for each
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conversation. wendy saying, i loved our conversation. >> it's okay to disagree. >> yeah. >> i mean -- >> it's so personal. >> g your cue. >> there's no winning. >> i would love to hear from you. i would love to hear what men think on this. i think we women were sort of talking about it but what do men think? do they feel embarrassed orhen they see it or -- >> i take the cue from the person who's breast-feeding. >> we have no idea what it's like to be a mother so it's e in your shoes so do what you need to do. >> this is why we love you two. thank you. >> you're a great moderator, et the table. >> not only are we asking you guys we asked you at home is it okay to breast-feed in public. 62% of you said yes and 38%no. >> there you have it. >> thank you, juju. amy back, welcome back from iceland. we loved watching. we love learning so much about what is happening up th lot of different things to talk about. you had to stay warm. >> yep.
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you couldn't fall into that sinkhole. >> that was the most important >> you had to learn how to pronounce the names of those glaciers. >> it was a little tough. an understatement. i had a lot of help from many so of our icelandic friends ahead with those very -- i mean there are so many cons consonants consonants. i got help. take a look. >> all right. arnie, give me thatore time. >> the glacier we're going to. >> yes. >> breioamerkurjokull. >> breioamerkurjokull. >> >> oh, my god, i'm never going to get it. >> breioo. >> jokull. >> i'm not saying it perfectly right. >> breioamerkurjokull. >> easy. >> climbed down that massive ice tunnel. he was such a good sport.
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>> you got it. >> you dit. >> eventually -- o little words. >> i said it a million times. by the way, that drone footage. how incredible was that, per perspective we want to thank dgi. their expertise flying the drones brought it home to everybody watching and also something i wanted to share with you on our way to these massive beautiful glaciers, we got a treat. look at this.horses, i called them -- look at those cute ponies and was quickly correctly saying they aren't ponies. they're horses and so sweet and so majestic, right. they just came right up to us. there are farms all throughout iceland with these horses and just such a sight to takee gorgeous. >> by the way, look how it's sunset. it's sunset for five hours straight. the skies are sweeping and beautiful. >> that's whey always -- it was always light out, right? >> dark so right -- >> i knew it was something.
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>> those images, incredible tobal warming. you did a great job. speaking of not being able to pronounce, mumble like -- ventura county. i got that one, ventura. huge waves. surf that will be rolling in for the next few hours. another storm coming in, not today, thankfully a bit of a break but tomorrow significant rain from san francisco back to san diego. n denver and salt lake city and severe weather across parts of the southeast. ay. 8:19 as we await some rain. it's getting closer and closer. there we go. richland and ashland counties, you will see almost there. gettings close to dekalb and shelby and spring mill and not anything. we have saturated air. as we see that t app as far as the rain and freezing rain goes, it's going to take a bit before hitting the surface. a chance of a few slick spots before rain and y.
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let's get it over to robin in the social square. >> oh, i'm having a good time because i'm with my good friend, tyler perry. pretty much owning cable tv withn the oprah winfrey network. "love thigh neighbor" and sneak peek at a newvid, sometimes we have to punish the people we love simply because we love them. believe me, if i punish her, there will be no love involved whatsoever.r that. >> i need to hear you promise me that she will punished for this. you. >> i'm telling you, al perry, here. >> thank you. >> good to have you back here. >> you look great. >> thank you. >> fantastic. >> you looking good. we'll talk about that. you don't have a dad bod. now. >> congratulations, tyler. i know how hard you work on the programs and to see how well why do you think they speak --
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>> i've got the best audience in the world. mine is a lot like country musicul. they've been right there and premiered last tuesday to over 3 million viewers on network that's only four years old, almost four years old. it's pretty you also in "new york" magazine there was backlash and you addressed that and said you were kind of surprised that some people take offense to some of the your flips. >> yeah. i was pretty taken aback for one is that i think everybody has a right to tell their story no matter who you are,ou come from and there's this section of our culture that decides who should speak and who shouldn't speak and who should have the right tond who shouldn't and i think everybody in this country should have the right to tell their story and be seen and be represented in television fairly so that's what my point of the people that i know. i write about the people i've seen growing up and these are real human beings. most of them don't have ph.d.s but their stories are stillimportant.
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with people. when you watch your work it's like you all -- everybody can see a little bit -- yes, exactly like that. it just hits home like that. own writing, directing, all of that. i mean, how are you able to do all of that? >> i compartmentalize. when i sit down to write like i'll write 91 >> 91? >> 91. i have no writer's room. i sit and do it all myself and compartmental lyze and direct for for a few weeks so it works well throughout the year. >> busy because, you know, you have a beautiful 1-year-old son. i just saw the pictures. oh, you should see his hair and all thatfatherhood changed you. >> in every way. every cliche is true and this kid is my healer because i look at myself in his eyes andt i'm finding about growing up and the things that went wrong in my life i get an opportunity to do them right for him so he's my healer. >> that's beautiful to say it
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i know you've been posting pictures -- you said you're 18 pound as way. you said that before the holidays. >> i'm 24 pounds away now. but i'll get there. >> but i love how oprah is saying this should be the year of our best bodies. >> i didn't get that waydoing this but talking to her about it, i get it. the passion of just who she is and where she's come from and all that she's been through. she has something to say and i think that every person thatgoing to really go on that journey and get there. i'll tell you right now she's doing awesome. honest. yeah and if i can't get these 23ou'll hear. >> hey, what do i need to get on this weight watchers with you. >> last thing i want to talk to you about, this project i'mabout. passion which is a live tv event that will be palm sunday in your hometown of new orleans, the last hours of jesus christ. can you tell people more about about.
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about and for fox doing it and i saw clips of one done in ee people of faith walking down the street holing this cross and speaking the message of what the life of christ was about and it is about love and compassion for e a part of that and then finding out it was in my hometown of new orleans i had to be a part of it. >> iconic spots as madea would >> hallelujah. praise the lordt. with a "t." >> continued success in all you do. "the haves ands tuesday nights. >> with a "t." >> and "love thy neighbors" on ownt.>> tyler, congratulations on the baby. coverage greats. always love having him. love getting into "pop news"
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channing tatum took on his wife with an epic performance of "run the world" and the dance moves and the costume wasn't enough.ke" had a secret weapon. beyonce showed up. surprising the crowd, that's not fair to do to your own wife. i mean, right. needless to say channing executed a flawless performance and took home the gold.>> we want to say beyonce is a very busy girl. you heard us tease it robin kind enough to let me share it with you in "pop news." pepsi confirmed last will be performing at the super bowl again. she never lets us down. she'll join coldplay on stage for the halftime show on february 7th. and there's a connection there. you may recently collaborated with her dear friend chris martin and coldplay on their album "a head full of drea out.
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>> still little buzzy rumors about bruno mars. that would be a threesome. no kidding. we'll take just those two and be a little funny for you on this friday. a cat with excellent feline reflexes but not so great eyesight. see that thing dangling. >> ah. be a little problem with depth perception. >> here comes a friend. >> yeah, he's trying to tell him, dude, you're nowhere close to it. boxing. >> getting ready -- directing it to come down. >> look at him. >> ain't happening, little fella. anyway, i wanted to share that with you. also wanted to say i'm heading offhe golden globes, we'll have our usual great coverage we always get a fabulous spot. kelly hagan, our producer extraordinaire gets us a greatery star, all the fashion more
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> good morning, 8:27. i'm corrina pysa. breaking overnight, a deadly shooting in the normally quiet city of oroville, 20 miles the police confirming 24-year- old emily young was shot and killed in her suv. two of her young children in the back seat. and this is her. the father of her kids, woods is in custody. crime. jackie and terrence. >> and also joe simperman is council. >> he will be president of global cleveland, a non-profit agency that brings people to live and work here in cleveland. he will step down in march. >> and then city council will
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replacement and that out the current term ending december 31st. and let's get a check on the friday forecast. >> and it's cold and the rain and freezing rain is inching er. you can see prospect there just to the west and south of richland and ashland counties. at that point in the morning, pretty dry and i'm picking up on a bitty alliance south of s, trying to impact 71. as i zoom in closer, it's gone. we have to wait to saturate the air. we're going to see it on the radar first and then we start it makes its way to the surface and that is going to take a bit. 44 your daytime high today, could looking at warmer for rain at 52 and no chance -- snow chance on sunday. and volume starting to pick up. we're seeing a slowdown on 71 and 77 northbound as red on your screen there. you want to focus your attention on 90. ninety eastbound because of an earlier accident seeing some
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a jolly would do all kind of locksmith stuff. i would hit the thing with the other thing till i made a different thing if i were a jolly >> this is way too difficult. >> maybe try something easier. >> something super easy. if i were a "gma" anchor i i could sit around like robin does and end here i would blah blah blah then i'd blah blah blah some
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>> oh. bravo.hank you. we blah, blah, blah all day long. >> they made me say those words. >> you didn't feel that yourself. >> timothy, king richard on performing that original "if i were a "gma" anchor." karen david places isabella on "galavant," as well. all right, so timothy, season red. you got picked up for the next season. >> thank you very much. we are overjoyed we get to do this again. >> what can we expect? >> well, for richard's now a king without a kingdom. he's lost his crown which we will find out this sunday when you watch and so for him it's all about this crisis of what's subjects. >> sad songs we can expect. >> sad songs. >> karen, you play isabella, princess of valencia. i an evil wedding planner poisons you.
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he puts a spell on the tiara and it gets on my head and all of a sudden you see a very differenteason two. the feisty princess is still there but she's very heartbroken because of that medievalection. it happens during those times. >> tell me about it. >> she got the wrong message and thinks s s galavant has dumped her? when i laughing hysterically. how do you get through scenes without cracking up? o or do you? >> no, we don't. >> i mess upy with this one. my shoulders are going up and down and i'm paralyzed because i'm trying to hold it ver don't know sing blah, blah, blah, and it sounds funny. timothy omundson and karen, thank you so much. two more episodes of at 8 p.m., 7:00 central on abc sunday.
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lion king" and "aladdin." you that sing-off that happened at the airport last summer. they're ready to do it live. first i want to talk to adam jacobs from "aladdin." not only from "aladdin" but lione only one that played both roles. >> i played simba a few years ago and starring with "aladdin" ell us about the sing-off. it went crazily viral. >> we were on the way to perform at this conference and stuck at the airport for six hoursto pass the time we just started doing what we love to do and the audience got into it and, you know, it's been fantastic. but i should tell you, you know, it looks like we're havingttle but the truth is there is no competition between us. we got nothing but love for each other here. you know, although -- ? i'm not sure.tion. i should tell you, though, we really enjoy being with each other and given the opportunity we would love to sing the songs
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>> well, you guys have the show. whenever you want it. >> we would love to sing a song from the show. h, yeah. >> yes, genie. arabiane arabian days more often than not are hotter than hot in a lot of good ways >> except for the last two months this was completely un unrehearsed.akuna matata what a wonderful phrase ain't no passing craze
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had a friend like me i can show you the world immering splendid tell me princess now when did you last let your heart decide he's holding back he's hiding n't decide won't he be the king i know he is the king i see inside orld a new fantastic point of view no one to tell a go or say we're always dreaming can you feel the love tonight
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theater. >> oh. and in my dreams i still can taste it hange a single thing it was and of a total miss clumsy and forced way too much teeth messy and wet e, right? it was a kiss i won't forget >> so, it was g [ cheers and applause ] karen, thank you, i think. let's take a look at some of the broadway themed towns you. across the country, broadway, virginia, 41 degrees, dance bay,
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kinger, maryland, 42 and, of york where broadway lives. hey, speaking of entertainment the golden en en globes in l.a. temperatures, 61 degrees. should be dry. all right. . no forecast from me. the forecast as we lighten up the skies, lightened. we're looking at rainfall moving in and it's not yet here but it's close. get ready for some slick spots d counties. this weathercast brought to you by ben's rice. some lucky folks getting in from the cold. lara, back over to you. >> thank you very much. rob, and what a greatg. now to another exciting event on the road to the super bowl, espn has revealed their pick for the 2015 nfl kid correspondent ands details. >> reporter: she's a superstar
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>> she's into the endter: and a die-hard 49ers football fan at just 11 years old marlo mostly is already making major plays both on and off the field. >> i. >> reporter: now she's hoping to inspire other kids to stay just as active. >> it doesn't have to be a sport. it can be hula hooping, dancing or even>> reporter: she's among thousands of young football fans entered to win the nfl super bowl contest pledging to be active for 60 minutes every day hoping to an adventure at the super bowl. she think she's one of three finalists but doesn't know she's about to win big. >> thank you. >> reporter: we tag along with her and her family to the 49ers in style. >> i can't believe i'm here. >> reporter: we have a surprise for marlo, an unexpected visitor. super bowl legend roger. what!
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>> oh, my god. >> reporter: named nfl correspondent getting 9 rolling of a lifetime as "gma's" special super bowl correspondent ready for her big debut. >> reporting from the home of super bowl 50 i'm marla good morning, america. >> she's a natural. great choice, espn. the big nfl wild card game between the chiefs and texans is on espn tomorrow 4:20ern. coming up football star turned broadway star eddie george is with us live. yep.
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everybody strike that heisman pose. for the next act in "gma the musical." nfl legend eddie george tacklingeard me. as fast talking lawyer billy flynn in "chicago," we'll talk to him in just a moment but first abc's taking us behind the scenes. >> eddie george. >> he's gone from hard-hitting moves on the football field. >> ter: to dancing light on his feet. former nfl icon eddie george is gearing up for his debut asn "chicago" joining usher, billy ray cyrus and
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thank you. >> we know that you just got done teaching your first class university. >> uh-huh. >> then i walk over to talk to you for this interview and there's a billboard of have your cleats on. >> right, right. >> you're on freakin' broadway. how does that happen. >> honestly i'm blown away. years in the making. it was through the arts that i was able to really find my voice football. i don't care about expensive >> reporter: the former heisman trophy winner says his time on the turf has prepared him for this totally different spotlight. >>usting everybody around you that they're going to be in the right place at the right time and that they're going to support you. >> reporter: he even tried to teach me some moves. >> five, six, seven. the old razzle-dazzle oh oh
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think your job is safe. >> reporter: for "good morning america," lz granderson, abc news, new york. >> you're doing all right, lz. hey, eddie, it is so -- for you. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> explain how this happened. >> when i left the game of football ten years ago in 2005, in a transition where i wanted to find my next passion and i was able to do that and find peace within -- within the arts. got withes in nashville, tennessee and maria, hello, watching probably right now and i got a role, kept doing other plays, i did "top dog i did "othello." "julius caesar" and said if i'm going to do broadway i'd love touditioned for it so here we are. six-story billboard in times square just outside the window.
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>> it's amazing when you you want to do out there in the universe to see how it will support you and manifest itself. >> very proud of you because we were just talking about howis period to make the transition from professional athlete to anything in the world. >> you know, i had a conversation last night actually about this very thing because you spend so much of your lifen being a football player and really honing that craft and when that's over, what's next? you really have to start from the beginning of a it's as an investment adviser or broker or entrepreneur or actor and really understand the roots of it. that's why i got into acting. i really scripts and, you know, bedtime stories to my children, i mean, that's how you start and just kind of grew from there and i've reallyt you do some opera? >> no, no, no, no. no, my wife is the singer in the family. >> oh, okay.
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through her. of embraced the whole singing bit but i did "othello" in nashville, shakespeare. >> shakespeare piece so that was pretty exciting and i said my next gig i would love to do something on broadway and here i am.mazing journey to jump on this train because it's the longest running american musical in broadway history and these people, they -- it's highlyyeah. >> with the names as we see that have been a part of it and now eddie george is a part of it. u you, eddie. you can see him at the ambassador theater starting this monday, january 11th. about seven weeks you'll be >> seven weeks. check it out? see my face in the our winner of our ultimate stick around.
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we're back now with our ultimatelenge. we're just moments away reveal revealing -- we're a little competitive over here. >> i see. >> the competition was fierce and you can see the scoreboard. we had a three-way tie andg a little rewriting. i liked your dish, amy. >> even though i had no idea how to prepare it, thank you. >> rob, yours, as well. >> and lara, you have the >> yes. >> strong contender. and we know that michael had his texas chili, that's a little different. no beans in that and then, george, you brought it all it on home. okay, so eddie george, can you help me? >> don't pull a steve harvey here. >> here you go. >> so you at home, you at home have the winner is -- [ drum roll ]
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> michael couldn't be here on the set. but you know, you were a strong runner-up. >> thank you. michael, great job. it was , i loved yours too. >> i liked mine too but -- >> i know. >> delicious. >> have the winning -- >> you'll love this. >> let's do -- >> chuck, it's chunky, it is -- >> yeah. also no beans >> and we know the reason for that. yes, but, lara, you were the runner-up. >> thank you, robin. >> we're shipping -- michael isy so we'll ship the trophy to him so he'll have a great weekend. have a great day. winning dish atgamerica.com on yahoo! and alma mater, alabama/clemson. see it mondayn back.
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news on two homicides in akron. >> both in crowded bars. the first happening on the zodiac club on a fight broke out and a man was beaten to death. we learned a man in his 60s turned himself in to police. >> place at the heidi ho lovely and what was being called bike night. the man with a shotgun walked up to the victim and fired the shooter walked away and yet. >> and we have an update on the water main break we have been telling you about on east 55th and cenew open northbound on east 55th and both east and westbound lanes are open on central. the cleveland water crews are out here working on this all l let you know when east 55th is back open. for now, let's look at the traffic maps. we're seeing things quiet down here and still, a couple of slow spots as we look picture here around the greater cleveland area farther
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no troubles if you're heading out there and let's check out the drive times. going to take 90 eastbound, crocker to the inner belt and speeds moving along without issues at all and this is a live look outside from our this is i-77 just south of east 30th street. the traffic is moving along without troubles. and i'm glad we got mmute without freezing rain. and that has popped up on the radar for us. mainly in richland county, but even there, i don't think that is yet making its way to the air is rather dry and we have to saturate here within the next hour as the moisture moves in to the north temperatures at the freezing mark or below. yes, there is a chance of a few slick spots and before we see
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