good morning, america.w at the final republican debate. >> let's address the elephant not in the room tonight. >> the front-runner holds a competing event nearby. >> when you're you have to stick up for your right. >> but the show goes on without him. ted cruz takes center stage and the candidates unleash their final attacks on the onald trump. >> donald trump. >> i kind of miss donald trump. >> three days to go, and the donald still the man to beat. >> new overnight, the fbi rele deadly shoot-out in oregon. what happened in those final moments before the gun fire erupted. the speeding car chase, the protester emerging with his handshing for his pocket. what officials say they found on him after those fatal shots.

zika cases add up in the u.s. it's spreading explosively, they dr. richard besser goes to the heart of ground zero where there are a million cases. live in brazil. just dance a swimmer out of water. phelps dancing in his speedo with his medals. how his dance helped the home team soar to a big victory. dance dance dance and good morning, america. happy friday, okay, could you make a free throwael phelps like that. >> curtain of distraction? you never know who's going to be behind that curtain. >> what a night in politics. last debate for the republicans before the first votesd follow through on that promise. he refused to take center stage, instead he hired a hall just five minutes away, held his own event to raise money for ctually it was at one point in the evening there were five big events going on at the same time.

the iowa caucuses and it'sr vote." we have full team coverage starting with abc's jonathan karl in des moines, iowa, this morning. good ter: good morning, robin. from the moment he got in the race back in june, donald trump has dominated the campaign but for one night, the other age without him. >> before we get to the issues, let's address the elephant not in the room tonight. start of last night's debate the republican candidates took on that elephant not in the room. >> donald trump. >> donald trump. >> donald trump. >> donald. >> r: they mentioned his time seven times in the first ten minutes with ted cruz mocking the donald's absence. >> i'm a maniac and everyone on stupid, fat and ugly and, ben, you're a terrible surgeon. now that we've gotten the donald

[ laughter ] a debate without trump turned mostly tame, a showdown without the spectacle. the candidates instead dove into policy, the first real fireworksigration reform. >> because you used to support a >> so did you. >> but you changed -- >> so did you, this campaign you've been willing to say or do anything in order to get votes. now you want to trump trump on immigration. >> the facts are simple. when i ran in texas i told the amnesty. >> i feel like a need a n english ted can change his mind. marco can change his mind. >> reporter: hoping to rise in iowa before monday's first in the nation caucus, marco rubion foreign policy and also took on the democrats. >> i think bernie sanders is a good candidate for president of sweden. >> reporter: cruz at center ime failed to take over the spotlight left

his tangle with the moderators falling flat. >> chris, i would note the last four rand, please attack ted, marco, please attack ted, chris, please attack ted, jeb, please attack jeb. [ booing this --s if. >> it is a debate, sir. >> gosh, if you guys ask one more mean question, i may have to leave the stage. >> well, don't worry, i'm nottage no matter what you ask me. >> reporter: trump's presence or nonpresence was felt even after the debate was over, take a look at this photo i shot atdnight as i was leaving, these guys dressed as chickens with a milk carton with donald trump's name on it saying, where's donald. >> you took that picture, yes, i did, yes. can't you tell? >> i can't tell your photography. jon, did the moderators have in case donald trump decided to show up during

>> reporter: well, his event was only five minutes away so there was real uncertainty up until the last min not he would come and make a surprise appearance. megyn kelly said that they had two alternative outlines for questions and that she didn't get final word that he was definitely not comingtes before the debate started. >> all right. thank you, jon. >> reports he had a few conversations over the course of the day to roger ailes, the head of fox news. he was just a few minutes ld trump, hired his own hall, had his own crowd along with mike huckabee a rick santorum.ll the details. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. as you heard in jonathan's piece, trump wasn't there but he did take some fire on that stage and he said last night he showing up to the debate and that fox up to the last minute was trying to get him to go there. the show must go on,ight it did. >> i didn't want to be here, i

i wanted to be about five minutes away. >> reporter: trump claiming fox news apologized to him,nough to reconsider. >> fox has been extremely nice and the last number of hoursughter ] and they've wanted me and they said how about now? they called a few minutes ago. how about now, i said, hasn't it already started. >> reporter: in a statement fox news saying on thursday chairmans had three brief conversations with donald trump today about possibly appearing at the debate. and that trump offered to appear at the debate upon the condition that fox news contribute $5 charities. we explained that was not possible and we could not engage in a quid pro quo nor could anyfor any reason. >> we raised over $5 million in >> reporter: trump still claiming victory.y raised more than $5 million for veterans. >> isn't that better than this

everyone is sleeping? they're alleporter: the gop front-runner even wrangling rick santorum and mike huckabee who debated on the undercard stage to join him. you respect for doing this he's raising money for veterans. you know, his decision as to whether or not to go to the debate is a separate issue. >> reporter: trump's followers, some who braved freezing owa to watch his speech on an outdoor monitor say it was the smart play. idea. donald trump has a choice to do that. >> you know, whenn't play fairly then why go. you know, let's go out and support the best. >> reporter: and trump personally donated $1 milliod to the event. last night he sent out this tweet. an unbelievable event in iowa with our great veterans. we raised $6liticians talked. now, trump says 22 vets organizations will get that money, many here in iowa and one

the trump campaign yesterday who said, quote, it will be better than winning the lottery. george. >> okay, tom, thanks very much. let's talk about this more our political analyst and cecilia vega covering the hillary campaign. okay, we can't know for sure what the 30,000 or 40,000oters in iowa think but you got to say at first blush it looks like trump's bet paid off. >> i absolutely think it dfrment part of the reason why it did, as him as the brashk doesn't show up for the game, the trash talking backup quarterback fumbled the first few steps which is ted cruz and i think donald trumphat happened on that stage. >> it was the second one that fell flat. >> in the course of that debate you had a better picture of ted cruz and i don't think that did well for well. >> i think the interesting thing, others were able to shine and i think rand paul did very well in the course -- >> bush had a pretty good night. >> a good

first hour had a good night but in the end donald trump didn't show and on came in for a lot of fire last night. >> she had a bunch of attacks. i think we have one ready to go. her campaign tweeted this image and with it, there you go, they say, she says trying not to throw my remote at the tv is what they were talking into her narrative. she's even gone to the point where she called bernie sanders my friend. she's not talking about him as much on the campaign trail right now going above the fray andcans and even looking past iowa, i think, into this general -- >> pretty tight race but most polls show she has a slight leadnto a different phase. what's the plan for the final three days? >> cautiously optimistic, she is bringing in the big guns. we'll see her on the trail for the veryl and chelsea this week looking well past iowa. they know the race is tight and i do think they realize this could be a loss and not bracing for it yet but ready if it

>> i think the biggest unknown is turnout. we don't know. everything about bernie sanders' victory is dependent on new voters andump's and depending if those show up it goes in two different directions. >> thanks very much. we're going to have full coverage here at abc newsunday morning, "gma" and "world news" both live in iowa and all the results live monday night and next saturday the republican debate at 8:00 >> a lot coming up. we turn to that other big story we've been following, the zika virus, boston reporting its first case of the disease. now more than 30u.s. and take a look at this map. you see the outbreak originating in south america and moving north. abc's dr. richard besser is at ground zero this morning in brazil toortant questions. good morning, rich. >> good morning, robin. you know, when you walk around the streets of rio you don't get

going on here of such bigncern, but when you talk to pregnant women, you get a very different picture. we came to brazil, the center of the zika epidemic. here spraying the streets. we met fabiola already expecting when some said not to get pregnant.ough a translator she knows zika is linked to babies with tiny heads and brains so she is spending her paychecks on insect repel he level of alarm is extremely high. the world health organization said it's pulling together an emergency response committee saying the zika virus is, quote, spreading far in the u.s., there are more than 30 cases detected in 11 states in the district of columbia. all brought back from travel abroad. >> zika is a relativelyntial virus for the general population, but if you're a pregnant woman who gets

>> so, rich, if somebody the u.s. with that virus, is there potential they could spread it to others? >> that's a big concern, robin, is infected and comes back to the united states and is bit by a mosquito, that mosquito can bite other people and be infected so if you symptoms, you need to be seen and definitely need to use repellant. >> a lot of concern about pregnant women and wanting to the virus stay in the system and could it possibly affect future >> when they look at similar viruses similar to zika they find once a person has recovered and when their symptoms are gone, the virus is no longer in their body so they don't think gnancies will be at any risk at all. >> we heard a report there is a pregnant woman here in new york city with the virus.

there's no mosquito activity in new york city at this time so she shouldn't be putting other people at risk. but they're going to monitor her to see if the baby has been affected and once that baby is born they'll do hearing tests, vision tests to see if the baby was damaged. we don't know how big thehat baby. >> we hope all goes well for mother and baby. be safe coming back from brazil. for full coverage you can go toca.com on yahoo! >> we move to that deadly shoot-out in oregon. the fbi released new video showing the roadside confrontation between an anti-government protester andt left one of the group's leaders dead and abc's neal karlinsky has the latest. >> reporter: you're looking at video of the dramatic traffic stop taken by an fbiplane. investigators say that white truck is being driven by occupation spokesman lavoy finicum. as police stop the truck and another late tuesdaytion leaders are taken into custody.

surrender, instead after nearly four minutes sitting in his truck flanked by police takes you can see him speeding down the rural road where police have set up a roadblock. he eventually careens into a snowbank to miss them nearly hitting an fbi later he can be seen getting out with his hands raised then critically reaching at least twice with ace right hand towards a pocket on the left side of his show the moment police fire, but that's when finicum is shot by oregon state troopers and killed. investigators say a loaded 9 millimeter inside the very pocket finicum appears to reach for. >> you know there are various versions of what happened, most of them inaccurate and some of them to give the public as much information as possible as to what happened that day. >> reporter: as for the standoff the count is now down to four. just four armed protesters left negotiators are speaking with

this up soon, robin. >> we all hope that. neal, thank you. ethan couch, back on u.s. soil this morning behind bars inropped his fight to remain in mexico. he will be back in front of a judge today. abc's matt gutman has the latest on the case. >> reporter: couch is waking up in his nightmare scenario, the tarrant county jail. >> i don't think anyone would be happy to be in the circumstance orter: a day the sheriff's been waiting for. >> i said all along i will breathe a sigh of relief when both of them are back. >> reporter: the millionaire's son after nearly two months to texas thursday dropping his legal battle against depore trace to the u.s. and then whisked away in this truck. the sheriff waiting to book him at the jail.ke? >> meek and mild. he wasn't defiant. he didn't raise his voice. >> reporter: but the sheriff claims not repentant. >> his only mind-set is how do iuble and not be

>> reporter: in 2013 the 16-year-old pleaded guilty to killing four people in a drunk driving wreck. the judge giving him only ten but police say he and his mother made off to mexico after this video surfaced allegedly showing him at a boozy party. raising questions of violating couch will be in court today for his detention hearing, a judge deciding whether he'll get bail, or -- >> he can be ordered to be takendy by our office and taken to the adult jail. >> reporter: of course, all of that will be determined in just a couple of hours. to much media fanfare but will not be here, ethan couch's traveling buddy to mexico, his mother, tanya, still under house arrest, awaiting her trial for allegedly helping him mexico. she faces up to ten years in prison. robin. >> all right, matt, thanks for the latest. amy with the other morning's top stories starting with breaking news about another iran.

a new provocation from iran this morning. iran state tv has aired video that it claims is from an iranian drone tracking an american aircraft carrier. u.s.ned to comment but the "uss harry truman" is known to be deployed there.. sailors earlier but released then the next day. a massive sinkhole opened up in southern oregon and taken out a huge chunk of a busy way 101 near the border and from the care you can see a side road completely washed away. it just grew after a storm dumped nearly an inch and a half of rain. well, a giant of the music scene has died. paul kantner co-founded jefferson airplane behind classics like "white rabbit" and "somebody to love." he died of multiple organ he was 74 years old. and finally two suspected burglars have learned a valuable

they should have measured first. take a look at this picture. it's fairlythere they tried to shove this giant safe into a small vehicle. police arrived within a minute after this guy's alarm went off that his safe had been stolen to backseat. didn't work out so well. so now they're safe behind bars. >> a new entry in your. >> yes, yes, it was never going to fit, guys. awhile. >> we just found one, thank you. >> thank you, amy. to rob right now. ao the northeast. >> professional movers could have got that thing into that car. you got to hire the pros to do that. winter weather advisories for ans. this is mostly dry, maybe a couple of snow showers across the northeast and turning blustery this afternoon. watching several storms for the west coast this weekend. time for your weekend getaway

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t to make this a black thing? well, i'm not black. i'm o.j. >> cuba gooding jr. starring as o.j. simpson in a new tv about to come out and o.j. making a lot of headlines again right now. a famous doctor featured in "concussion" says his time on be linked to his bad behavior. >> that is dr. bennet omalu. he does not hold back in his feelings. also right now trump as you know a big no-show at the debate and this morning, bill and chelsea clinton set to join hillary in iowa. the three appearing for the first time together on the campaign trail since hillary announced her campaign. new concerns about the-borne virus, zika. this morning, more than 30 cases now reported in the u.s. and

diagnosed in new york city isich talked about that. >> a lot of anxiety out there. lara, you got a new warning for car owners you. >> may think it's a goodo warm up your car while getting ready leaving the keys inside. a lot of us have done it. this morning police say please don't. we will tell you why coming up. >> not a good idea.f hour, though, with that startling new theory about o.j. simpson from the groundbreaking doctor featured in the movie is convinced his years on the field field may have given had i'm a brain disease. abc's ryan smith is here with that story. have you our attention, d morning, robin. a few names in sports more polarizing than o.j. simpson turning him from a football star to a pariah but dr. bennet omalu thinks he thousands of hits on the football field and should serve as a cautionary tale.

putting that on your hand? >> reporter: he's the most infamous football player in sports history acquitted of double murder, o.j. the brutal killings of nicole brown simpson and ron goldman now inspiring the new tv series "the people versus o.j.>> you want to make this a black thing? i'm not black. i'm o.j. >> reporter: this morning 21 years after the so far-called trial of the century, an bout the man at the center of it all. >> o.j. simpson is more likely than not suffering from cte. bennet omalu, the doctor responsible for discovering chronic traumatic encephalopathy or cte in nfl players from repeated blows to the head believes simpson is a victim of the>> the truth. >> reporter: portrayed by will smith in the film "concussion" the world renowned forensicogist hasn't examined him

diagnosed after death but he can identify the telltale signs of cte behavioral symptoms, he says. >> explosive impulsive impaired judgment, criminality, even mood disorders. >> reporter: but the strongest evidence o.j. may have cte, he says, his college and pro playing careers. >> he was exposed to thousands of blows to his head. >> reporter: it's an assertion simpson himself once reportedly made using of a legal strategy after his 2008 conviction for armed vegas. >> i'm ccording to espn during an appeal of his 33-year maximum sentence, simpson's attorney reportedly filed a sworn statement that he suffered numerous blows to the head on my head football. though he never relied on that

appeal, a new trial was denied. stresses that cte doesn't excuse the criminal behavior that landed o.j. behind bars, he does want the case to serve as a reminder of the the sport can cause. now, dr. omalu claims he has yet to examine a retired player that doesn't have cte and that in his opinion athletes the pro level have a 90% to 100% of getting it. all the more reason he says to talk to kids or talk to parents about whether kids should beto all those hits on the field. >> we'll look at the legal ramifications with dan abrams who covered both of the simpson trials very extensively. this. could this have been anything he used in either of his cases. >> not as a defense, per se, meaning he couldn't have said, and, therefore, i'm not guilty. he might have been able to argue, you should be able to give me a lesser sentence, i've been

factor in sentencing. but when it comes to guilty or not guilty, saying something like i have isn't enough. that's why we talk about the insanity defense because the criminal law is so black and white in that regard. >> do you think now -- not just pro players talking college chool players, that if they get in trouble with the law that they could use this defense? >> i think we're actually going to see it a lot, particularly when it comes to sentencing. because you're going toonvicted of a crime, someone who is going to allege that, you know, they got hit a ton in high school or college, that's what led them to become more violent, et cetera, and, you know we'll accept it as a mitigating factor but again really important to distinguish between guilt and innocence where this won't be particularly useful and these where someone could say, i should get a reduced sentence because of what i'm suffering from. >> this is bringing a lot of attention to this, but not sure

want as the spokesperson for this, right? i mean, no one wants to sympathize with o.j. simpson, so whether he has it, it's probably not going the cause. >> got it, thanks, dan. we turn to that new twist in the manhunt for those three inmates who who teaches at the jail has been arrested in connection with that escape. officials believe she provided them with the information they needed to make their break.has the details. >> reporter: this morning the woman who police say helped these convicts escape sitting in cell. >> reporter: they made a significant arrest. >> reporter: 44-year-old arrested in the escape of these three inmates teaching english as a second language. the alleged the jailbreak, hossein nayeri

classes at the time. officials now say she allegedly provided them with googleother information essential to their escape. steve gomez says the maps may have helped the three get to a specific address or providedg of the jail roof. inmates are allowed three hours of outdoor recreation time a week. here at on the roof. >> reporter: ravaghi denies providing anything beyond the maps. according to police, are still at large may be living out of this white van which was stolen saturday in south los angeles.ica," kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. >> thanks to kayna for that. coming up here, the latest on barbie's new look making headlines this next on "gma," the mistake you may make that could cost you your car and clayton

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back now with and winter warning for drivers leaving your keys in a running car to warm it up might make you feel more comfortable when you get in it but not if you get outside and the car is gone altogether.bvious but cops say it does happen all too often. abc's clayton sandell has the details. he joins us now from highlands ranch, colorado. good morning to you, ter: and good morning, lara. yeah, it seems innocent. it's a cold morning. you want to start your car up and warm it up but maybe you go into the store to grab a cup ofit only takes a minute but that's exactly what car thieves are looking for. watch these car thieves roll up on an idling car in denver and ty moments later

this guy scouts a car, parks, approaches and darts to open the door but it's locked.t's going on and scares the steve away. here in this parking lot a thief casually walks then speeds up to get in a car. the owner comes out to try to stop him but it's too left running to warm up on cold mornings, cops call them puffers, bad guys call them a golden opportunity and police departments around the country are warning drivers to not leaveing cars unattended. >> came out, started up the car. less than 60 seconds. >> reporter: that's all it took to steal gregory carroll's car but they got away with the keys to his second night they came back to steal that one too. >> give me back my car. >> reporter: some people may not realize in many states it's a car idling with the keys inside and depending on your state and county that could even mean in your own driveway but more

ignition. >> we got people leaving the cars running everywhere. >> in lakewood, colorado, we hit the streets with sergeant dave inutes his officers spot dozens of puffers idling in 18 degree weather in front of homes and stores. >> you know why i'm bothering >> the car is left running un the store. you can't do that. >> reporter: this driver hit with a $57 ticket. a warm car on the way to work. >> reporter: rick boyer's puffer car has just been stolen. >> pulled out. windows are frosty, go back here maybe four minutes, come outside. car is gone. >> reporter: it cause a crime shootings, burglaries and a series of bank robberies where they were stealing puffers as a way to get to and from the >> reporter: on a cold morning a little shivering is better than a lot of stealing.

gloves for. >> now, colorado tells me if he could keep people from leaving their puff he cars on the street he could actually cut car theft in his city by 20%. unbelievable. seems so logical. clayton, thank you so much. happening more and more. amy -- >> it happened to me in a parking garage. had my key in the car, heen a break and, boom, car is gone. >> yep. >> so, be careful. watch those puffer covers. coming up an important alert about memory loss. warning signs to look out for and when you should go see a doctor. >> up next, michael phelps out of the pool making big moves at what he is saying about his dance of distraction. oh, my. to the couple wondering what a good deal looks like... no. we'll give it a 6 for composition. scary.

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lorain, parts sandusky, cuyahoga. let's zoom in there. we still get a bit of accumulation. things have started to calm down as wind continues to will eventually come from the south. 25 medina. good morning canton at 26 degrees. that power fivece winds shift, coming out of the south, it will bring in warm air. temperatures saturday 46 degrees.res sunday 50 degrees. we're not worried ability snow this weekend, but we have a possibility for showers. >> i do have an update on structure fire. reopened in both directions. crews are on scene continuing clean up. road is open. major slow downnd, 90 as well with issues. want to focus this on one of the

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need anybody else good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. look at the new barbie in all shapes and sizes. parents and daughters say it's good for girls. >> why do you like that like it. >> critics say the company has gone too far. we have the dolls right here this morning. we are family the perfect mix, extreme heidi and chris powell have a secret that could change your family sharing this photo of her ex and all of her children from both of her marriages. >> we've come up with this incredible dy powells are working out a way to make their blended family work. and did victoria's secret steal their secret? lingerie brand facing a big lawsuit.

took her idea. now "shark tank's" daymond johnlive. how you can protect your million dollar dreams. i'm alive all that and we are live with sia this morning as we say -- >> good morning, america.'m alive i'm alive >> good morning, sia. there she is and, boy, look at all those other sias inre this morning. >> sia nation. >> it is. she is going to be performing live -- >> look at them all. >> out there in times square. the donele gangers, we faces though. >> there is the real deal. >> right there. so enormously talented in our final half hour. saying when she was rehearsing, goose bump, not to be businessed. also the story about the new

big and bigger.h saying what a pushful moment for barbie and barbies for every kind of girl >> that is great. >> and then i know you're excited about this. the mississippi roast is the hugely popular recipe that millions of of people have been sharing online. the woman who created it reveals secret ingredients live on "gma." >> so easy, simple and deliciousme. every single time. >> everybody swears by it and that's coming up. the big story this morning, the debate. seven top candidates there days before the high-stakes iowa caucuses and while trump was not in the room he was definitely on the other's minds. >> itrump. he was a little teddy bear to me . >> i'm a maniac and everyone on

>> now that we've gotten the out of the way -- >> he would nearby holding a benefit for veterans. two cable chapels aired it split screen moment. well, the mosquito-borne zika virus is spreading quickly. boston now reporting its first case. at least 31 people in 1 been diagnosed in all of those cases contracted outside the u.s. zika is linked to a wave of birth defebruarys in brazil where babies have smallre for this baby's family in arizona. take a look at 4-month-old ryder. his mom took his picture last month which showed that white glow in his thought it was a problem with the camera but turns out it was cancer. ryder is being treated right here in new york and thankfully is expected to be fine. exactly ten years ago todayr colleagues bob woodruff and doug vogt were badly injured and

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is a full time job 365 days a year. the no vacation part, guys. moment. >> i'd do it for free. did you see them? >> i think my daughter harper wants to join you. >> hey, amy,> here's something you may be forgetting to tell your doctor. you don't remember things. and according to a newly published report in a cdc journal that could be a big problem. medical contributor dr. jennifer ashton is here with the details. >> so, first before i want to encourage viewers grab a pen and piece of paper a little brains study found three out of four adults over 9 age of 45 who complained of memory -- out of four adults, three that up with their doctor. the one who did, 50% of that group failed to then go on for follow-up treatment, onus on the doctors. we have to ask about memory issues and, two, patients can't

assessment. >> you know, as we get older we joke about, oh, my memory. how much is that normal when you get a little bit older and when do you know maybe it isn't so --ble common question. so, again, here's some normal versus some warning signs. take a look. normal would be if you forget part of an experience, a warning sign would be if you forget the entire one, normal occasionally we forget where we park the car. warning sign, it's not normal if you forget how to drive the e, forgetting events from the distant past that happens to all of us, warning sign would be if you forget recent events entirely and, le event and if it's recent and lastly, if you forget a person's name normal. warning sign if you forget that person completely. i'm glad you put it up like know. a simple test. >> i want to caution this is not diagnostic of any kind of

to assess the way we form memory. >> what do we do. >> grab a pen and piece of paper. look at these 1 words, take a as you can. what we know memory occurs inee stage, we have to encode the information and consolidate the information and information. now we'll take that down, give try to write down as many of those words as you can. >> are you doing it too, george. >> i hope everyone has had theirorning. again, these kind of brain games -- >> oh, no cheating, robin. >> i got in at 2:00. >> we'll put it up nd take a look and see how you did. >> oh, my gosh. >> george. >> george did really well. >> you're on point this morning. yeah, you're enfuego, five to nine, average short-term memory. >> i am joking but i am very

what's the warning sign, george, >> he had seven. >> seven. >> so average -- >> oh!ge in this sense. >> he is not average. >> what are your recommendations if you think there is something wrong. >> i think the key thing is speak to your doctor or health care provider. what's new now is assessment called testing done by neuropsychologists, they're all over the country usually covered by insurance and that can be really important. >> thank you. i love these ay. >> i love that you called me average. >> when have you ever been called that? jen will be taking your questions throughout the tweet her @drjashton or go to "gma's" facebook page. >> here's what's coming up on ourrbie has a brand-new new. one size no longer fits all as you can see. what happens when kids see all of these lovely ladies for the first time?

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>> i didn't love that adjective. >> no, i don't think that was right and kind of alone in this. a lot of parents andl these brand-new barbie, seven, three new body types, seven new complexions, a lot of positive reaction to the change. >> rightly so. >> we'll now see from what parents have to say. here's rockin' barbie >> reporter: the blond store shelves. now barbie is getting a makeover. mattel announcing thursday they're adding three new body types, petite, tall and curvy. so we sat down experts and their moms. there's a lot of girl power at the table to talk about the iconic doll and her latest transformation. >> seeing these changes, itou think like, wow, i'm really beautiful. >> reporter: when you compare this barbie, the curvy barbie

>> i choose this one because it's different. >> reporter: dr. stacy kaiser says this makes sense. >> when girls are in search of a doll they often seek out one that looks like the fact that there are barbie as valuable in a variety of shapes is going to be a good thing for the little girls. >> it's okay that we don't all we're all different and we're all beautiful. doesn't matter the shape or size. >> reporter: mattel agrees telling abc news that barbie's ability to evolve and grow with staying true to her spirit is central to why barbie is the number one fashion doll in the world. but not everyone is on board. one barbie fan tweeting "i'mrde versety and positive body image but that's not barbie then. it's a different doll." >> barbie is more than a brand. barbie is a characterstill, all the moms say they're happy with the changes and would buy the new dolls for their daughters. >> i get people are complaining

pick one of these or pick the same comes in a lot of different packages and it's not just blond, it's not just tall and thin. >> reporter: for "good morning america," abbie boudreau, abc news, los >> learning a lot talking amongst ourselves. growing up in mississippi it was odd to have a doll that didn't look like myself. i remember going, huh. >> i had a black doll.n't know why -- how it happened but it's great to be able to expose but i think it's important for kids to identify with -- >> you know what also that is so great about our kids' my daughter doesn't see color. that's what -- i think having all these selections there's something for everybody out theruy doll in a suit. >> the ken doll. >> making you feel whole. >> i buy that, right.

brand that's making headlines. victoria's secret is facing a big lawsuit this morning. a lingerie designer claiming the chain stole her dine.abc's rebecca jarvis has that story. >> reporter: they're some of the world's most famous figures, the body of an angel.ut one lingerie designer is suing the megachain for allegedly stealing her body of work. debra mackinnon who runs new jersey intimate apparel claiming they're selling a knockoff version of her push-ups. it's anatomically correct and creates lift and cleavage whileatural appearance under clothing. >> she's saying what is in the store was her idea. type, work, energy and investment into my designs and unique ininvestigation and i just want

in january of 2008 after 20 mock-up ae. its and then pitched her product to victoria's secret telling thelying for a patent but would give the company exclusive licensing rights if they came to an agreement. according to the complaint, mackinnon claims she soldands of her inserts to the company from 2011 to 2012 until victoria's secret decided began knockoffs. >> this specific case is a classic david and goliath story where you have an entrepreneur u.s. conglomerate corporation. >> reporter: we're joined by rebecca and we also have "shark tank's" daymond john in orlando on tour for his new book "the broke" which by the way just hit "the new york times" best-seller's list. >> well deserved. >> thank you. >> daymond, we want to know whate to

>> she should have had a non nondisclosure agreement when she goes and shops it to all these brands and that the fact she's not going to be able to get knocked off because they signed an agreement and should have walked in there with a provisional patent that holes her place for that patent bout a year until she comes out with the actual product. >> but because she didn't do that, what chances does she have at winning this? because you know what, they probably didn't want to sign an nda because they probably get, you know, pitched bras all the time. probably have a staff of 2 bras and there's going to be a push-up bra in the system, so they probably didn't want to sign that so thee probably decided to hole the meetings hat suggestions do you have? you have people that come on your show and have these great concept, products and that and you know they go to bigger places and how do they protect themselves?they have to trademark the name and concept. if there's a design patent they have to also copyright the

go out and get a provisional patent so it holds their they develop their product. they can't just walk into a big company and say, hey, take a look at this. it could have been a designer in a whole other department that years later and said i came up with the idea. the head of the company may not even know. >> is there some way you can go because i know so many people, they have these ideas, theyhere to go. is there somewhere they can go. >> of course, you can go to an attorney which i highly suggest but a ust -- united states -- ustpo. >> uspto. >> that's my dyslexia kicking in. yeah, that's where you would go and that is the government site to show pat steps and >> you could do that by yourself. >> it's uspto.gov. they actually have a section so we think about the cost of doing these thing, you hear a lawyer and think, that's going to cost lly have a part of their site where you can ask for

that means free help from a free attorney that has been doing these things that's been looking at pat tenses that knows need to put into your patent in order for it to really have weight and teeth. >> who pays for the attorneys? >> the government. >> whatever happened back in the days when we went to the figured out how to do it ourselves and save $20,000. >> that's right. >> all right. very important advice there. daymond, thank you very much.ain and, rebecca, thank you. out to rob now. >> check it out, amy. somebody here -- a bunch of sia ously not quite as shy but very excited about the performance coming up and also big fans of snow and that snowpack is diminishing. check it out. we've seen a big decrease fromhe u.s. to 37%, hugest among the northeast where philly dropped about a foot, new york has seen a drop of 20 inches of snow melting in sublimations. more snow and rain coming in the

california after an epic snow year there. that's a chick connect. we're definitely not seeing that much snow. we are seeing some snow. here's a look mow. it's impacting parents of lorainn did dusky, you're seeing snow 77 or 80 into cleveland, seeing light snow. wind out of the northwest. until that shifts fromt pull are from the west side. you're seeing your fair share can tonight as we head to the weekend, temperatures reaching 50 degrees by sunday ut here, lara, we'd be >> i know you would. for now get off the chandelier and get in here. "pop news." we begin with megamovie casting news on this friday morning. up first. she will flex her acting muscles once again this time in "the

real-life miss usa contestant ports manager. think of olivia pope in the nfl. >> wow. >> other casting news, let's stoop for that quick. apparently a very meaty role, a actresses. >> she's be great. >> transformed there. >> excited for her on that. also in casting news, han solo and hannibal lecter joining. the actors, harrison ford, anthony hopkins teaming up to for a spy thriller called "official secrets." the cast goes on and on, goings movie. they star as cia agent and retired uk general. in this movie based on real events leading up to the 2003 invasion of iraq and thenirst casting announcement about the follow-up to "fifty shades of grey," just a movie that i know i was not looking forward to at all. kim jamie dornin and dakota johnson in "fifty shades darker." that's set to begin production

she plays alana lincoln, a key part of christian grey's mysterious lover. right, george? you know exactly who that is. break. >> oh, myas reading the book i was like where is kim basinger. >> i remember her in "9 1/2 >> that little one. i love that. thank god it's friday. before you go out tonight everybody needs a workout so wanted to show you -- shoot, i'm one story ahead. he's go back. anyone who wakes up as early knows the snooze button can be a devil in disguise. not anymore. a rug alarm clock, you have to get out of your bed and stand on it for three seconds to called the ruggie made with chronic snoozers in mind. you can even customize your own morning greetings or right now the ruggie is in the crowd funding -- come on, baby. >> get up you lazy piece of -- >> i think it willse to going into

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good morning we're waiting to learn new information about possible led exposure at a school. plastic bags areins and most sinks at the elementary school. water at the school could be hazardous to children ande agency told them in november the water was safe. led and copper samples were taken from the school the results are expected nextheck of the forecast. good morning. >> good morning.

the wind usually bangs into the traditional snow belt. and cleveland getting hit with lighter snow there. looking atarma getting light to moderate. as we head throughout the day, snow will stop by this afternoon temperatures 26 clevelaer. 26 canton, 27 new philadelphia. the weekend forecast phenomenal for january. temperatures 50 degrees by sunday, maybe warmer the further south 5 seven-day forecast, no snow this weekend, just chance of rain. >> love warmer temperatures. good news here.mercial fire now over and the road has reopened. looking at the big picture.1 northbound as well as 90. a couple of accidents to talk about. look at this.

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>> yes, sia is here this morning. that's her huge sitr." can't wait. we'll hear more from her. >> so much life in that voice. >> wow. >> yes. we have a lot coming up this half hour. also programming note about "20/20" takes on family mysteries. searching for long lost loved ones "since the day i was born." mind i'll get up and as i walk over to do our next segment, the reason i'm wearing pink, amy and i enjoy the month of october, a lot of breast cancer awarenesshe honor of speaking in cincinnati at their 14th annual pink ribbon luncheon. met these wonderful talented women here. patty, how are you? >> i amoing to tell you how much money they donated to that charity, chris collinsworth fund with his wife wonderful when what you're able to do and had a visit here

"pop news," lara. yeah, i just -- you know, when you're getting that live auction and just. what is it about that luncheon in cincinnati. >> it's just amazing, being able to give back to all those women and help them go and get their scans and it's just an amazing event anded to be able to participate in that event and i'm so honored being here this morning with you. >> oh. >> you guys are my favorite. >> thank you allonderful to see you again. we're going to be talking. she has a great little business that we're going to -- amy, we're going to talk to her about i'm just -- a bonanza of just wonderful things. my home girl from mississippi. we are celebrating one of the most delicious and popular recipes online, thet shared millions of times. "the new york times" calls it the roast that owns the internet and the creator of the original recipee with us. seeing you. seeing you. >> wonderful.

tell us how this owl came about. >> actually it time ago. my daddy's sister gave me a recipe in the early 1990s for a roast beef sandwich recipe. quite spicy but mall children and decided to alter the recipe to create a little milder version. >> and it's something that you can kind of modify tastes. but it's so easy. >> so easy, anybody can make it. >> it's tasty each and every time. >> every time. >>s. this is the first one. tell us about it. >> these are pepperocini peppers, they're beautiful. work well in the slow cooker and they give the roast a very in all right so that's the first one. ah, this is going back. this is going back old school.i love.

>> last but certainly not least. >> no, probably the most , the most important ingredient is the hidden valley ranch dressing. it's mild and flavorful and it really makes the dish what it is. >> it does and each and every time is sow you want to give a shoutout to your friend karen. >> karen actually -- >> why. >> she actually put my recipe in her hometown church h was my church as well lifelong best friends and after that somebody picked it up on a blog and it went viral. >> were you as amazed as >> patty, come on in here. you want to do a little taste test. may we? >> sure. >> a little taste here. >> wow. >> you know, how many be making this tonight. how does that make you feel, robin? >> well, it's very flattering and exciting that such an so well received by people across the country. >> it is so simple and, karen, did you know that this was going to take off like wildfire like this.

i had no idea but it's a >> oh, gosh. and are you making it on sunday? you said it was so sweet, you said on certain days with the baguette that it's your biblemething. >> wednesday night bible study night all my kids come to my house and lots of times we eat a sandwich. sunday we eat it with ike a big luncheon in the south. >> you can have all different sides with it. >> very versatile. >> yeah. >> on "gma."w i promised "pop news" but i think this s is a really good second. >> i like this. >> it's great. >> i'm glad you do. >> thank you all very much. and i hope you're going to have use we are. you can learn more about this recipe on our website at goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! you're going to want to cook it this weekend.let's get outside now to rob. >> hey, guys. we're talking with the sias out

exactly.let's check out what's going on out west. the pacific got a little atmospheric river going on. it will be driving to california over the weekend and had a loty that will pump up the heat and thunderstorms that could go severe tuesday and wednesday of next week and potentially a blizzard on the northern side of this thing. rain across the northwest today. across the central part of the u.s. today. drier finally across parts of florida. chilly and blustery in the northeast. we have snow in northeast ohio this morning. where snow bands are pushing through, sandusky to cleveland. temperatures 28 degrees this afternoon. have a great day >> this weather report is brought to you by nationwide insurance. sia. robin, back this to you. >> this, robin, is so good.

>> momma, you know him -- you know him from espn, jay williams is here live and cia cia's big performance coming up. >> and applause ]

basketball star jay williams had it all, an ncaa contract with the chicago bulls and then he made

and now he's written a memoirdent," a memoir of reinvention. we'll talk to him in just a moment but first take a look at his remarkable journey. jay williams seemingly had it d with talent and a natural leader the point guard had a storied career at duke. >> williams drives to the hoop. >> twice named as good as it gets. >> reporter: leading his team to a national championship. >> that's it. they knocked out arizona. >> reporter: he was expected to be the next big thing in the picked second overall in the 2002 draft but after just one season with the chicago bulls a terrible accident, he crashed his motorcycle into a street lamp fracturing his pelvis, knee and was hospitalized for over three months. still, just 21, williams' nba career was over. oh, but his life here with former nba

williams, thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> i got to tell you i've been and cannot put it down. it is remarkable. what you've been through and what you've accomplished but i warrant to go back to that eventful day. you didn't have on a >> you didn't have a license to ride a motorcycle and you literally wrapped your bike around this pole. >> i did. i was 21 years old. i was a baby, you know, who doesn't make mistakes at 21 mine followed me for the rest of my life and hit a utility pole going 70 miles per hour and next thing you know, i was in the hospital for over 2 1/2 months? and your cyeah, pretty much at that given moment. i tried to come back and but i couldn't do it at the same level i was at but my thing isn life and i really think i'm better for it. >> you say in your book that that crash was not an accident. >> well, i've been living my life so differently at that point and i saw guys who have been playing kiss their wives and go on planes and then live a different life and come back home and ago like it never happened and,

justifying thing, headed down that road. >> for sure and i was into drugs at the time. i was into alcohol. i was partying a lot. it took all but a year for me to become a shell of myself. it. afterwards it's like i truly believe that now the course i'm setton 0 as a man is a lot better it ever would have been >> you got so low in those months of recovery and you attempted suicide. >> i attempted suicide twice the second time being the worst where i wanted everything to go ot addicted to oxycontin and tried to overdose on that and thought many people on tv -- e my new passion. >> just happened like that. how do you reinvent yourself going from nearly dying, nearly killing yourself to then all of a sudden saying, aha, ireat life? >> you know, it took a while. it didn't just happen automatically overnight. i found a board. they helped me to havedards and surrounded myself

my outlook is so different. i take a shower in the morning and think, i couldn't take a shower by myself so it's aspective on life. >> grateful and thankful. >> every day. >> you've had incredible people in your life. you write about your >> uh-huh. >> had some great words of wisdom for you along the way. >> like a second father to me. look, the relationship isn't always rosy any other way. >> what's the most important thing he taught you. >> probably to move on to the next play. you know, when i was a freshman i used to turn the ball over all the time and used to bringlay into the other and that's very much similar to life, right? my sdechts, i was able to get over it because i had to think what is the next play of my life and i can't bring all this the positive things coming to me. >> what's your next big goal. >> hopefully doing what you do. i see you and robin on air. george is killing it. be the next step one day. >> so tell me about where you are right now in your life. like what's a day in the life of jay.

working espn college gameday and hang outer, one of the people you work with. the sock effect and having fun and enjoying it. i love hearing other people's stories about how they persevered through i love hearing your story. it is a must read. i feel inspired just sitting next to you so thank you for what you're doing. keep doing it.nt." it is available now and speaking of sports by the way you can see the best winter athletes in the world compete this weekend at the 2016 x games in aspen. weekend long on espn networks and right here on abc starting at 1 p.m. eastern. coming up we've got sia. stay with us.

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is here for her first "gma" appearance."this is acting" is out this morning now performing her new single co-written, co-produced by kanye west, everybody, this is "reaper."ke down thought that i would drown hope that i've been found 'fore i hit the ground sun rays out the corner of my eye hey i saw you weeping saw you creeping saw you sneaking in the shadow's dawn i feel so strong saw you out the corner of my eye 't come for me today i'm feeling good

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who just gave us an incredible -- why are you laughing? that's true. no, you know how funny it is, just found out moments ago that your new album is number one 50 countries, close to 60 countries. we just heard that moments ago. so thank you. >> that is so amazing. >> the concept of this albumw this is acting is these are all songs you've written for other artists, you're a terrific writer and have written so many hits. these were for rihanna and all who didn't choose them? a couple of them i wrote and kept for myself and even one i took back actually because i liked it. >> which one is that. >> "space was it supposed to be. >> rihanna and i asked if she didn't mind and she didn't. she's a cool gal. >> i love -- >> i was feeling it. i suddenly had >> i understand. i understand. i have the same problem with antiques.

but i love that idea of sort of these songs meant something to you. >> it feels like a good experiment if i'm right because i felt like they were good songs but nobody was picking up on them and i thought, well, i have this luxury position where i can just experiment. i don't have to be successful because i'm already making money from all of their pop songs i'm writing so i can afford to own stuff. off. >> nice work. >> number one. and, again, we all -- you have face? >> oh, i mean it's just -- it's for fun and for privacy. like i've been working around new york this whole time. i don't need security detail. i don'tial. i just walk around. and i can do that and that's a real luxury when you're in my industry. >> yeah, no kidding. >> yeah, so that's 't change. this look isn't just a look for this year. you're going to keep it. >> as long as it works. if it stops working then obviously -- >> you need someone to hold your see.

>> i'm sure you have many volunteers. will you please come back to "gma." >> thanks, again, the name of the album is "this is acting" and it is big. guys. robin, george, everybody, have a

it's 8:56. deli. when they got there, the van smashed through the deli, none. three vans were used in the crime. we'll keep you updated. a woman charged in a nasty hit and run crash isay. >> she hit someone monday. the entire thing caught on camera. she pulled into the gas station, checked out what was happening, then tooked herself in to police yesterday. let's get a check of the forecast. >> snow for the west side. thousand the north westerly wind that componentt snow through counties like lorain to akron and parts of canton. in purple. not much accumulation expected today. seeing snow coming down, light

26 to start in cleveland. what ashland, very cold. nice warm up byandards sunday. temperatures reaching 50 deeds. in deeds -- 50 degrees. snow in the forecast until middle of next week. that's a look at powerather. >> slippery spots for your morning commute. 90 having issues. 90 eastbound eddie road, disabled vehiclecking two lanes. couple accidents. we still have one at jennings free way causing backups. here's a look at drive times and live look outside from our >> enjoy your friday. make the best of your weekend too. >> tgif.