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good morning, america. developing now, double trouble. a one-two punch of winter storms targeting millions of americans. a nor'easter dropping half a foot of snow sleet and freezing rain and stranding drivers already. this woman clinging to a tree saved after her car was washed away in an instant. >> i would never do anything to break the rules. >> did he cheat? superstar quarterback tom brady playing defense telling 89 world he no idea if his footballs were tampered with. why his answers have some former players crying foul and why haven't nfl investigators him a single question yet. dramatic moments ripped right out of the movie as he's tackled with a machete after a high haf stakes smash and grab. ♪ i'm all about that bass ♪ >> it's all about the bass and the beats. the science behind the perfect
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playlist revealed. ♪ wake me up ♪ why the key to the workout that will wake you up is all about getting in sync to the beat. ♪ so wake me up when it's all over ♪ your workout song amy. >> so one of my workout songs. i love this song. >> we're working out sara haines very hard. one of many things we're getting to. >> that's right. a lot to get to including the latest on deflate-gate. tom brady with that remarkable press conference claiming he knew nothing about it. our team is standing by with a lot more on that. >> ryan smith, you were in the room. >> he was uncomfortable. he didn't want to be there. this is the last thing he wants to talk about at this point. wait until you hear what he had to say about who handles those footballs. >> looking forward to that. first we'll begin with the winter wallop. two storms targeting millions right now. a possible nor'easter dumping
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snow and freezing rain beginning tonight and ginger is tracking it all from detroit. good morning, ginger. >> hey, good morning to you, amy. yes, it is mostly rain right now. will be strongs but let me take you to the radar because this thing that's already in florida, georgia and alabama will move up the coast. it will eventually meet that cold air and that's why overnigh winter weather advisories from north carolina to maine. a wintry mess of snow and rain spinning across the nation. in west texas, snow crippling from elle paso to amarillo. time-lapse video showing snow ago laying 13 inches in less than 10 hours. that was in amarillo where they haven't had that much snow in two years. in new mexico cars stranded on highways. >> this is horrible. >> reporter: and in colorado a 67-year-old dying after he and his snowplow plunged into this freezing lake. >> it's very upsetting needless to say. >> targets's out at 3:00.
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>> reporter: flooding forcing a heart-stopping water rescue. a 39-year-old woman stranded in this washed out road. a tree limb her only lifeline. >> we're pretty confident we can execute a hoist and extract her. >> reporter: in the dark of night a rescue helicopter swarming in. the first responder dangling below. >> directly over the target. >> reporter: hoisting her to safety. >> out of the water. >> reporter: more flooding outside houston. >> it was probably six, seven, eight inches. >> reporter: the storm now moving east threatening millions from the deep south to new england this weekend. and this is only storm number one. we will eventually get to the other but let me take you through the ti. we have the storm moving through the mid-atlantic into the overnight hours. the snow is the beginning of it right along the i-95 corridor. watch that. all strong storms. then as it gets to new york city overnight snow and transitions to a rain/snow mix. some sleet, boston picks up on a lot of snow so gave you the timing. out of here by late saturday night.
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you want to see the snow totals from number one storm, just northwest of boston, 6 to 10 inches. new york to the west is where you'll see the most in that heavy white area. that's where you'll see the higher elevations picking up some. don't worry, i have that other storm coming at you soon. >> thanks. we're staying inside tomorrow. we'll move to the super bowl scandal. tom brady you saw took questions yesterday claimed he couldn't tell the footballs had been deflated and surprising everyone by saying he hadn't yet been questioned by the nfl. abc's paula faris outside gillette stadium in foxborough with the latest. good morning paula. >> reporter: good morning, to you, george. tom brady was peppered with questions for roughly 45 minutes yesterday. wow, some of those were extremely direct including is he a cheater. brady repeatedly denied involvement in deflate-gate but some of his peers are not buying his story. with the eyes of the world on him, tom brady stepped up to the podium denying any knowledge of deflate-gate. >> i don't know what happened. i mean i -- i have no
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explanation for it. >> reporter: he admitted to picking out the footballs he wants before the game but says he then leaves it entirely up to the equipment managers to break them in. >> i don't want anyone touching the balls after that. i don't want anyone rubbing them, you know, putting any air in them taking any air out. >> reporter: he claims he did notice. >> i sumed they were exactly the first half second half. >> reporter: but also expressed a preference for footballs at a very specific air pressure. >> i like them at the way that i like them which is at 12.5. i mean to me that's a perfect grip for the football. >> reporter: former pro bowl k mark brunell is one of many associated with the nfl who are expressing doubt about brady's claims. >> i don't believe there is an equipment manager in the nfl that would on his own initiative deflate a ball without the starting quarterback's approval. >> reporter: also surprising brady revealing league officials who have been investigating the claim since monday have not even spoken with him yet.
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>> but, you know they may. they may. i think that's their -- i think that's obviously their choice. >> reporter: why not speak to the man front and center of the controversy right away? the nfl telling abc news they are not commenting. during that 30-minute press conference brady fielding some tough questions. >> is tom brady a cheater? >> i don't believe so i mean i feel like i've always played within the rules. >> reporter: at times composed. at times doo defensive. >> this is isn't isis. this isn't -- no one is dying. but, you know we'll get through this. >> what do you say to the fans of the patriot nation. >> what would you like me to say. >> rep coach, bill belichick, speaking out hours earlier, also claiming he was unaware of any improprieties. >> i have never talked to any player staff member about football air pressure. >> reporter: but telling the assembled media only brady would know how he likes his footballs.
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so here's what we know. 11 of those 12 footballs were tampered with. we just don't know who did it. will the league come down hard on the patriots as some are calling for them to do? well you just heard it. as of yesterday the league hasn't even contacted brady regarding this investigation, george. >> yeah that was pretty stunning. okay paula, let's so much. let's talk to jesse palmer from espn. you played quarterback. we heard him say he liked 12.5 but didn't notice it wasn't 2.5. >> i wouldn't believe that. quarterbacks so particular about the footballs they throw in these football games. it's kind of like your starbucks order. some like brand-new footballs. some like worn in and some like inflated deflated. i don't know if there's a quarterback that could say, that's about 12.5 pounds per square inch of air in that football but it is a feel thing and certainly in my opinion tom brady would have known those footballs were deflated. >> what could have happened to the football before it got to
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him after he chose the 12 gave them to the equipment manager? >> you know they get by referees two hours and 15 minutes prior to the game. even in that window before the game the equipment staff would have had access to the footballs. tom brady could have had access to them again inside the locker room 0 minutes before the start of the game. >> he wouldn't be -- >> certainly tom brady, absolutely did not put the pin but somebody did because, again, 11 of the 12 being deflated is not just an abnormality. >> what is going on with the nfl, haven't questioned him yet. >> why wouldn't you go to the source? ultimately they know before every single game quarterbacks get to pick the footballs they want to use. usually it happens the day before the football game. that to me is the most surprising thing that they had not yet questioned him or asked -- >> leads a lot to say they're slow-walking this and want to get through the game and whatever happens after the game happens. >> it will be a huge distraction for the new england patriots somethingh with respect to their integrity, with respect to their legacies and bill belichick and tom brady, you're right. this is right now normally talking about xs and os on the
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field what's going to happen. remarkable to see this blow up. >> you've got denials from brady and denials from belichick. are we ever going to know? >> unless you have a picture or video evidence with a needle inside the football taking air out i don't think you'll ever know fully what happened. >> thanks so much. >> thank you. now to the fate of those hostages being held by the terror group isis. the deadline to pay for their release has passed this morning. one of their mothers with a last-minute plea for their release and abc's brian ross is here with the very latest. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning. japanese and u.s. officials are bracing for bad news this morning as the deadline passed in the last few hours. an intelligence analyst is searching the internet for what they fear will be another disturbing execution video. the request from isis for $200 million in ransom was a non nonstarter from the beginning as isis must have known. overnight in tokyo the mother of one of the hostages made a last-minute emotional appeal to
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isis to spare her son. her son is a respected japanese television correspondent, kenji goto remembered today by colleagues as careful person. >> he not a gung ho war journalist. he cares about humanity. >> reporter: before he went to syria, goto left behind this video. saying only he was to blame if he was captured by isis. the other hostage is a self-described japanese adventurer who was captured by isis last year and accused then of being an american spy. if isis goes through with its threats today it will bring to seven the number of hostages killed by the purported executioner dubbed jihadi john because of his british accent. >> you now have 72 hours to pressure your government in making a wise decision. >> reporter: the same masked man believed to have presided over the murders of james foley, american steve sotloff, britain's david haynes alan henning and american peter
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kassig. they know the identity of the masked man but have not made it public as they seek ways to capture or kill him. and, amy, despite all those air strikes against isis jihad di john and his brutal gang of killers remain very much in business. >> i know there is other news in the war on terror. a big blow to the united states one of our key allies in the fight against al qaeda in turmoil >> that's right. in yemen, the president, prime minister and the parliament all forced to resign by a rebel group. that government has been very helpful to the u.s. in fighting al qaeda in yemen. that's the group that tried to do the underwear bomb against the u.s. and plotted against the u.s. without the government's help it makes it difficult for the u.s. to counter the al qaeda efforts there. >> all right, brian ross thank you so much. george. we'll turn to politics now, the race for the 2016 republican nomination kicking into gear right now with a major forum in iowa. a friendly summit between jeb bush and mitt romney in utah and another major candidate about to throw his hat into the ring.
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jon karl has that exclusive news from washington. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. abc news has learned that florida senator marco rubio has started taking concrete steps towards launching a presidential campaign. as one of rubio's top advisers tells me quote, he told us to proceed a if he is running for president. i am told rubio has hired a top republican fund-raiser to serve as the finance director of a presidential campaign. he plans a big fund-raising swing through california. will miss votes in the senate next week followed by atrip to all the early primary state, florida, iowa new hampshire, south carolina and, of course iowa. so george there had been a lot of speculation that rubio would because of jeb bush taking steps towards his own campaign but it sure looks like rubio is going no matter what jeb bush does. >> at least not yet. not dropping out yet. about jeb bush we saw that remarkable meeting yesterday between jeb bush and mitt romney out in utah but it doesn't
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appear they reached any kind of accommodation or deal or anything like that. >> reporter: not at all. this he had a meeting in utah but coming out of that meeting, no move away from what mitt romney had been telling people before the meeting which is his decision on running for president will have nothing to do with what jeb does. >> and a lot of the candidates are going to be out there in iowa this weekend for the first big forum. i know you'll be going out, as well. a lot more with you sunday on "this week." now to ryan smith with today's other top stories. good morning. we begin with growing security at the airport. this morning the department of homeland security has revealed that the tsa seized a record number of guns inside passenger carry-ons last year. more than 2200 firearms at airports nationwide. that's a huge increase from the year before. more than 80% of the firearms were loaded. saudi arabia eye vital u.s. ally has a new leader after the king of king abdullah. king salman is promising to continue his country's policies and otherwise prices rose after the news but that is expected to
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be temporary. some breaking news here. a fire sweeping through an entire block of buildings near four buildings engulfed in flames. at least one of those has collapsed and there are reports that two people may be trapped. we'll bring you more information as we get it. in new jersey that massive fire that displaced more than 1,000 people thursday has been ruled an accident. investigators say maintenance workers using a blowtorch to repair the plumbing sparked the fire. it was still smoldering 36 hours later. northern california fireworkers injured after this highway bridge under construction suddenly collapsed. two workers were briefly trapped under the wood and concrete. fortunately that section was closed to drivers. it did come just three days after an overpass collapsed in cincinnati killing a worker and injuring a truck driver. a violent scene caught on camera in london. take a look. a man being held as a hero see that? took him down tackling an armed robber with a machete. police say the suspect had just robbed a jewelry store when that
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man on the crowded street jumped on his back struggling with the suspect. a police officer in plainclothes responded and the suspect running away but was later arrested in the parking garage. brave man there. a dramatic rescue at sea. take a look. five fishermen you see here were forced to jump into heavy surf after their fishing boat sank in bad weather. you see the boat on its side. look at that. the fishermendes separately trying to hold on stay above water pushed right off that boat happening near scotland. the coast guard eventually plucked all five men from the water and a few had to be treated for hypothermia but they are okay. and finally, this stunner from the miss universe competition. take a look at what miss canada was wearing. as you know canadians love their hockey maybe she loves it a little too much miss canada -- you see her wearing hockey sticks for wings. of course the stanley cup is a crown because that would be the natural crown much maple leaf corset her boots tied up with
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hockey laces and get this a working scoreboard was attached to her back. >> of course it was. >> i don't think she scored highly, amy. >> ooh. >> oh. >> at least she wasn't wearing the goalie mask. i thought she looked lovely. good job. >> i don't think so. maybe too much. >> nicely dong. >> that's too much? >> nah. thank you for the segue, though because we are going to continue with sports and good morning to everybody. the controversy in the world of tennis is what we're talking about. questions about sexism. some of the biggest stars including serena williams and rising star eugenie bouchard asked to spin around on the court and show off their outfits during the australian open. it is the twirl that has heads spinning this morning. >> can you give us a twirl and tell us about your outfit. >> reporter: just moments after anked eugenie bouchard crushed her opponent in 54 minutes to advance to the third round at the australian open
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71-year-old tennis australia commentator ian cohen asked her to twirl on the court. this just ds after he asked superstar serena williams to do the same thing. >> i didn't really want to twirl because i just was like you know i don't need all the extra attention. >> you know i'm fine with being asked to twirl if they ask the guys to flex their muscles and stuff. >> reporter: soon twirlgate erupting on twitter with outraged viewers calling it sexist and disgusting and williams saying male tennis stars would never be asked to twirl. >> i necessarily wouldn't ask rafa to twirl or roger to twirl. >> this is a reality. some might think it's harmless but it has an impact of minimizing the performance on the field of play. >> reporter: tennis legend billie jean king speaking for many when she wrote the australian open interviewer asking the women to twirl on court is out of line. but bouchard is determined not to let cohen's request impact
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the rest of her tournament. >> i don't know just some old guy asking you to twirl is funny. >> not worried about things working out just fine for bouchard. just hours ago she won her third round match against caroline garcia to advance to the round of 16 and i don't know amy, is there something to it if the girls will be asked to twirl, he should ask the guys to flex. >> how about focus on the game own not about what we're wearing. >> she played like a rock star and that is what we should be talking about. >> that's what i want to remember. >> hear, hear. let's go to ginger. a lot of flooding overnight. rains. what do you got? >> yeah there is. we're going to get right to the flash flood warnings. first where i'm at the detroit auto show more than 500 vehicles on display. i think i found one of my favorites, the corvette the z z06. silver with red interior. yummy. flash flood warnings from panama city through tallahassee into southwest georgia. some heavy rain going to fall through the day today.
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your local forecast is coming up in just 30 seconds. >> good morning washington. a beautiful start this morning. nice color in the sky along with a couple of clouds. 33 degrees downtown, 23 in gaithersburg, 23 at dulles. the timing of our coastal system has been bumped up a little bit. moisture moving in by late this
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afternoon or early this evening. a winter weather advisory has been issued for most of the >> and coming up dramatic testimony in the bombshell trial of two former vanderbilt football players. also ahead, high alert. the fbi's new warning about a scam this tax season that could cost you thousands. plus more on deflate-gate what the super bowl scandal could mean for power couple tom and giselle. we'll have that when "good morning america" comes back. ates the true spirit of american beauty. which rises from the heart of our great country... dreams are born. hopes fly high... we love this country with a passion. you can see the pride in our eyes. read the joy on our faces. hear the love on our lips. we create products that deliver an effortless beauty look. genuine and glowing with confidence. almay. simply american. you pay your auto insurance premium every month on the dot. you're like the poster child for paying on time.
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taylor, following two issues on the roadways, including some water main breaks. >> complicating things with accidents as well, as we always have. centerville 28 northbound past 66, there is a crash right around the bend, blocking the left lane, stacking traffic trying to get into manassas, and westbound north on 228. we are dealing with an investigation closing 202 westbound just before 704. in frederick north toward emmitsburg, a drag knifed -- a jackknifed tractor-trailer. and an ongoing situation at river road and willard avenue. river road gets by one lane in each direction due to a water and gas main break. the weather seems ok today, but for how long? >> threw about the middle of the afternoon, widespread, and even sunset done town. -- downtown. 33 degrees downtown, so
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definitely on the chilly side. a coastal storm moving towards norfolk, intensifying as it does so. we have winter weather advisory's spread across the region, starting this evening and spreading through midday saturday. maybe a slushy inch, one to two north and west. >> thank you. thank you for joining us this morning. we will see you back here in about 30 minutes.
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good morning, america. right now, two winter storms targeting millions of americans with half a foot of snow sleet and freezing rain. right now the fbi issuing an urgentng about a tax scam that could cost you thousands of dollars. and super fallout. will the deflate-gate scandal impact super couple tom brady and giselle. a lot to get to this friday. it is deejay friday. ms. nix is here and a little perspiration inspiration. yes, sara haines getting an early morning workout. lift it work it sara. >> how about that trainer? >> he knows exactly what he's doing, chewing gum too. you know the perfect playlist to pump people up owe gym. sara brings us the science behind your workout in just a bit. we begin with dramatic testimony in that bombshell trial in tennessee. two former vanderbilt university football players accused of
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sexually assaulting a female student. the alleged victim taking the stand on thursday and abc's steve osunsami has that story. >> what's the neck thing you remember? >> i remember waking up in an unfamiliar room at 8 something the next morning. >> reporter: the alleged rape victim at vanderbilt university finally telling her story to jurors. to protect her identity they're keeping her off camera and altering her voice. >> did you feel injuries at that time? >> i did. i was sore all over. >> reporter: she's now 21 years old working on a ph.d. in neuroscience. the former dance team member says she was drinking that night in june of 2013 saying she met up with former vanderbilt football player brandon vandenburg at a bar before she blacked out. >> had you ever had this feeling from drinking before the way you were feeling that day? >> i never felt like that in my life. >> reporter: vandenburg and cory batey are pleading not guilty. saying that everyone had too much to drink.
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>> what did he tell you had happened? >> he told me that i had gotten sick in his room and that he had to spend the whole night taking care of me. >> reporter: it was the police who told her days later that she may have been raped after watching surveillance video of four football players carrying her into her dorm. she says she later saw the cell phone video recorded during the rape and heard the laughter. the tape played in court thursday. prosecutors say the young men were sharing the video with friends. >> to knowingly consent to anything you have to be at least conscious. >> reporter: for "good morning america," steve osunsami abc news atlanta. >> you can see more on the vanderbilt case on "20/20" at 10:00 p.m. 9:00 eastern on abc. more on deflate-gate. what it means for tom brady and his supermodel wife giselle bundchen. what kind of fallout might they face from all the controversy?
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paula faris back with that. hey, paula. >> reporter: good to see you again, george. you know they are gridiron's golden couple tom and giselle collectively worth hundreds of millions. if he needs any advice on how to handle this particular pr storm all he has to do is look across the dinner table. part supermodel part super bowl. tom bradand giselle bundchen are the ultimate power couple the doting parents of two adorable children. ♪ and the take it to the bank powerhouse is behind their own multimillion dollar brand. >> they have endorsements like other people havekleenex. they're the model couple of america right now. >> reporter: but this morning, brady finding himself in unfamiliar territory. >> is tom brady acheater? >> i don't believe so. >> reporter: as deflate-gate threatens to tarnish the golden boy image that's made him so marketable. >> pancakes. >> good morning. >> let's do this.
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>> reporter: for so long. the backlash evident on social media and late night tv. >> if you weren't aware of this story, you would think tom brady had killed the president's dog. >> reporter: even one of brady's opponents is blowing the whistle on his squeaky clean image. >> i think people somehow get a skewed view of tom brady that he's just a clean-cut does everything right and never says a bad word to anyone. and we know him to be otherwise. >> reporter: unlike brady, gisele has long been a lightning rod for controversy angering some women with her opinionated views about pregnancy and breast-feeding. even calling out her husband's teammates blaming them for losing the super bowl in 2012. >> he didn't catch the ball when he was supposed to catch the ball. my husband cannot [ bleep ] throw and catch at the same time. >> reporter: she's the world's highest paid model so can brady wirth the bad pr storm too? experts say that depends on one
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key thing. >> if it's proven tom knew about it despite his denials in front of the camera it's going to have a very detrimental effect on his brand. if no one can prove he knew anything about it he will get through it unscathed. >> reporter: so let's be honest. it's really hard not to like tom brady. i love this tweet, jimmy kimmel tweeted last night. he said "tom i think what we're trying to say is we don't believe you, but we still like you and think you're handsome." touche george. apropos. >> jimmy kimmel that was great. paula, thanks very much. to amy in the social square with "the speed feed." >> tom brady and deflate-gate ruling -- trending on your feeds this morning and also driving traffic is nascar legend jeff gordon get it driving traffic. the race car driver announced he's not going to compete for the championship in 2015 a big surprise for fans of the winner of 92 time sprint cup races,
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stars, fellow drivers and fans took to twitter to react to the news that rocked the racing world. country superstar brad paisley tweeting "here's to a great final season pal." danica patrick said she was glad i got to race with him. gordon clearly emotional tweeted "wow what a special day. one i will always remember. especially because of the overwhelming praise from friends, family peers and fans. thanks." and here's to hoping with all his spare time jeff gordon will make more of these commercials. >> oh! >> it was all just fun. look, i'm jeff gordon. >> still so funny. tell us what's wrapping up your feeds. tweet us with the #socialsquare. >> the weather from ginger in detroit today. yes, here at the north american international auto show. welcome. i'm going to go ahead and jump
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in. i went higher with the f150 raptor here. this thing this year shaved 500 pounds. like one of those big stories we tell on our show. but let's go ahead and check out the weather forecast because you may need this in some places across the nation but look at this. a sunset from missouri. i wanted to show this because where there is not the storm or north of the storm it's beautiful and even north of the storm in the northeast, check this out. the numbers today are pretty mild even above average when it comes to those highs from new york back to philadelphia washington, d.c. even boston but it's all going to go downhill tomorrow. >> good morning, wasngton. waking u tsomeunshine day,ut clouds ll increase thughout the day. rain and snow will movhrough latete t this afafternn anearl th evenining. a winter weaeather >> listen there are so many other vehicles to see so you
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guys come on. come with me. you can get excited. this is an exciting time in detroit. we have many more cars that i will have coming up so don't go anywhere george and amy. >> a bunch of teammates there, ginger. thanks very much. coming up high alert. the new warning about a scam this tax season that could cost you thousands. what you need to know. why the biggest youtube stars in the country went to washington and the crazy moments they captured inside the white house. wow, an obama selfie. >> got it.
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welcome back. 7:42. an urgent warning about a growing irs scam targeting people all over the country this tax season of the fbi is issuing an alert this morning about phony phone calls claiming you owe money. here's abc's clayton sandell with what you need to know. >> reporter: this morning, the irs warning to be on high alert for threatening phone calls like this. >> before there is an arrest warrant issued on your name with the county sheriff officer's office i want you or your attorney to give us a call back. >> reporter: just in time for tax season. callers pretending to be irs agents claiming you owe money and to pay up now. >> be prepared to face the legal consequences as the issue at hand is extremely serious and
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time sensitive. >> reporter: it's happening in all 50 states nearly 3,000 people have already been victims, scammed out of more than $14 million. here's how it works. the scammers want you to go to a store and spend hundreds of dollars on a prepaid cash card like this. then they want the code off the back of the card. but the moment you give it to them all that money, your money, is gone. the scammers often call from overseas disguising their numbers to look like they're really from the irs. they leave those numbers on voice mail messages demanding you call back so we did. am i in trouble with the irs? >> yes, sir. you owe $1,498.78 to the i am going to proceed you to the sheriff's office and within the next hour they will be at your doorstep to handcuff you and put you behind bars. >> reporter: the irs says they will never call to demand immediate payment or never require require payment with
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prepaid cash card or ask for credit card numbers and won't threaten to arrest you. if anyone does the irs says, just hang up. for "good morning america," clayton sandell, abc news denver. >> great tip. thank you clayton. coming up a fit mom raising a firestorm online. why some say she's fat-shaming other women. >> all right. get ready to pump up your playlist. who better to do that than sara haines the science behind the songs that will help you get the most out of your workout. wake up, sara. ♪ i got a feeling ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] knows
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okay sara haines back on the workout beat in the social square. a lot of tips on how to pick the perfect playlist to get you moving. sara i can't believe there is a science to it. >> there is actually. you'll love this. when it comes to working out we're looking for tips on how to make it better easier. the secret may be in the palm of your hands. ♪ okay so you may not bust a move like this guy when you're getting your workout on but it turns out there's actually a science to creating the perfect playlist. well, at least according to our friends at buzzfeed. i stopped by equinox. when i hit the treadmill it's
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all about that bass. step one, it's all about the beats ♪ you know i'm all about that bass about that bass no treble ♪ >> reporter: some studies say exercise is more efficient when you are a in sync with the music. stairs are tough. i'm definitely going to need some inspiration. step two, listen to songs that energize rhythm and encouraging lyrics like the black eyed peas "i got a feeling ♪ ♪ tonight's the night let's live it up ♪ >> they'll have to hurry up to get to the chorus. >> reporter: step three, structure your playlist like your wokout. don't tart too fast. irlike to get warmed up with a little cher. ♪ if i could turn back time ♪ >> reporter: after an exhausting workout there's one thing i do know there's absolutely no song on my playlist for this machine. this isn't happening. so sometimes there's just not a song but i want to know right now my addiction is taylor
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swift's song "blank space." what's your song? >> "eye of the tiger." ♪ rising up ♪ >> they say you wear a hoodie and do the boxing. >> and run up the stairs. >> funk you up uptown funk you up. >> that's nice. george. >> i like whatever they're playing at the gym. '80s rock basically. >> i knew it. >> i'm kendrick lamar hip-hop. i need to be angry when i'm in there. >> ever listen to ballads? >> ballads? lifting weights? >> i used to lift to meat loaf like anything but that on the way to a basketball game. that pumps you up? "paradise by the dashboard lights." >> do a longer run coldplay you get into the words and forget how much pain you're in. >> adele is a solid one. >> britney spears i put that -- >> oops you did it again, amy.
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>> from the abc broadcast center, this is an abc 7 news update. >> good morning at 7:56 a.m. we will get a look at the traffic to jack taylor has been following two incidents. >> anyone trying to move between bethesda and these see, long river road and willard avenue. river road is down to a single lane in each direction and willard avenue has no accidents but dealing with a water main and gas main break in the same spot. an accident investigation closed 202 westbound.
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there is an incident before 704. 66 he's a mess to get into centreville but it is slowly recovering. an earlier crash on northbound 28 after 66 clear from the left side of the roadway. it's getting better. is the weather getting better? >> that's not going to happen today. we are starting out ok. we see some sunshine and the clouds are there but high and mid-level cloudiness. sunshine is filtering through with 33 degrees. the coastal storm is in the carolinas and will head our way later today. late this afternoon or early this evening, we will see some rain and ross the region. this evening, we will see wintry mix and overnight, it could be some rain and changing back to rain and snow by mid-date tomorrow. it will be pretty light over all. >> thank you for watching and we
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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. and the biggest youtube stars in the country go to washington. the crazy moment inside the white house caught on camera and the bizarre questions they asked the president. ♪ i wish you were my first love ♪ larger than life. >> this is my closet. >> inside jennifer lopez's incredible closet. what you can steal from the superstar's style and the tips you can use right now to make over your closet. and is this mom a fit-spiration? she said there's no excuse for not being in shape. why she's under fire from other parents. why we can't stop loving miley. the superstar opens up in an exclusive interview. >> i'm not the way that people try to make museum. >> now she's revealing her next big project. ♪ how you like me now ♪ all that and little kids with big ideas in our "shark tank" as we say -- >> good morning, america!
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>> and that's not all. there is shark daymond john. look who's in the tank. a couple of kid-preneurs. they got some great ideas. how to get your kids involved in this as well. looking forward to that. all right, it's deejay friday. ms. nix is here pumping us up and spinning us into this weekend. >> we're having the game. how to save on the hottest footwear. two versions of each pair of boots and we'll tell you which ones won't break your bank. >> coming up. first news from ryan smith. >> good morning, guys. let's begin with the new concerns about the fate of those two hostages held by isis militants in syria and threatened with death. the deadline for japan to pay a $200 million ransom in exchange for the hostages passed this
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morning with no word from isis. the mother of one hostage issued an emotional plea overnight begging her captors to spare her son's life. nos in yemen this morning. a crucial ally in the fight against al qaeda. a peace deal between rebels and the government collapsed on thursday with the president resigning. now many people are wondering who is in charge. the u.s. fears a change in power could strongly benefit al qaeda. and there are still more questions than answers in that cheating scandal surround the new england patriots. coach bill belichick and quarterback tom brady, they both denied having anything to do with deflating game balls used in last sunday's game. brady says the nfl hasn't even contacted him about the scandal. meanwhile, the indianapolis colts linebacker who intercepted a brady pass sunday and reportedly alerted referees about the ball being soft now says that's not true. d'qwell jackson now saying he's noticed nothing wrong with that ball on that day. new figures out this morning show some americans are really having trouble paying their rent
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especially in some of the fastest growing cities. the average monthly rent rose more than 15% last month in san francisco and rose 10% in denver compared to the same time last year. and disturbing new video of a kidnapping at an atm, this atm near dallas that shows the moment the victim was forced out of the driver's seat and into the trunk of her own car. she says the robber then drove her to various banks, take a look at this video. being forced out there and keep watching. he said he then forced her to drive to various banks to withdraw cash police are hoping that new vodka will help identify him. a fraternity at the university of michigan has been suspended after this over-the-top party at a ski resort. check this out. cost nearly $100,000 in damage. members of six fraternities and sororities are accused of trashing hotel room ripping apart carpet breaking furniture and window leaving holes in the wall. the university says those involved will be held accountable and hopefully grounded. finally, remember your first as a teenager. all you wanted to gof
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for your first car. this teenager can set his sights higher than that. this is 16-year-old martin odegaard he plays soccer. he's really good. i mean he's so good that a team in spain just signed him to a contract worth $6 million a year. that's mer year, folks. sure beats flipping burgers and this wonder kid will be making $120,000 per week. what's that? 1200 soccer 400 iphones? this kid can do whatever he wants. >> 120,000 a week. >> you got it. okay ryan thanks very much. we turn to an unconventional presideninterview. three youtube stars invited the white house for a face-to-face with president obama. all about connecting the president with a younger audience. abc's reena ninan has the details. >> reporter: youtube, land of viral videos extreme stunts singing cops. ♪ shake it off ♪ >> reporter: but one-on-one interviews with the president of the united states. >> if you had any superpower what would it be? >> i'd love to speak any
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language. >> reporter: obama sitting down thursday with three youtube celebrities. >> hey, guys. >> reporter: bethany mota with 8 million loyal fan, also a semifinalist on "dancing with the stars." >> hello, this is glozell. >> reporter: the most followed african-american woman. >> reporter: and hank green, self-proclaimed internet entrepreneur. the interview streamed live an effort by the white house to connect with the millennial audience. >> i never really followed politics that much. >> you're not the only one. >> reporter: the unlikely interviewers not shying away from topics. >> education as a whole more affordable for students. >> how do you justify dealing with the castros? >> when you do something over and over again for 50 years and it doesn't work it's time to try something new. >> we'll do a quick lightning round. >> reporter: but the exchanges prompting some more hmm,
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colorful moments. >> so i have green lipsticks, one for your first wife -- >> my first wife? >> i mean -- >> do you know something i don't? >> oh oh, for the first lady. >> one for the first lady. >> and the first children. >> oh. >> can you take a self if i with me. eporter: for "good morning america," reena ninan. >> bethany mota will get my girls. they won't watch my interviews but bethany mota, sure yeah. and you love the green lipstick. >> yes, that was a nice touch actually. i thought i wonder if the president could imagine that moment but he's reaching to people who might not otherwise have heard what he had to say. >> look it got 680,000 views just in the time since the interview so might be working. "pop news" and weather coming up. lara is in the social square. >> speaking of social media here's what's coming up on our "gma morning menu." why we could be saying hello to mrs. doubtfire soon in a whole new way. we'll explain. you know what i mean. plus one fit mom is sparking a firestorm online.
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is she fat-shaming other women? we'll get into that. then we're going to "shark tank" your life with this guy, daymond john and some incredible kid-preneurs. we'll talk about that high-fives all around. then the boots are here for a reason. because -- thank you. we'll show you how to save on winter boots. good morning, america. our great crowd in times square. hi, everybody. let's do this! "gma's morning menu" is brought to you by centrum silver multivitamins for the most amazing parts of you. ...with special k protein cereal. each hearty bowl is packed with protein and fiber. satisfy your hunger with special k. that's the way the cookie crumbles. special k chocolate peanut butter protein meal bars are packed with protein and fiber.
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ready for -- hold on a second as lara gets ready. >> yeah. terrible moment where i thought i might have food in my teeth. america, i do not so i believe we are officially ready for "pop news." thank you, george. for outing me. >> you look great, lara. >> thanks ryan. all right, guy, time to say hello to mrs. doubtfire. the musical. alan mankin who wrote scores for "the little mermaid," "aladdin" has confirmeds hard at work transforming "mrs. doubtfire" into a broadway star and just think of all the material he has to work with from that incredible movie. a big dancing number with vacuum, of course, the makeover and the famous hot flash scene. no word on an official opening date but what a tribute to the late great robin williams. >> oh yeah. >> i mean -- >> high bar there. >> it's a high bar for sure but a lot of material to work with. you've got alan mankin. and i'm reserving my tickets.
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also in "pop news" on this friday morning, the heat is on. ♪ the heat is on ♪ >> george it's an '80s tune. are you ready to start busting out? no. i didn't think so. if you're one of those people who wano see all the big movies before oscar night only 30 days to go and glamour.com has laid out a strategy for seeing all eight of the best picture nominated movies in the next four weeks so jot this down. first up see "imitation game" asap. get to theaters. it's been out for awhile leaving soon and it won't be on dvd in time for the oscars. next up "selma" and sniper" in that order and "selma" will probably leave theaters sooner. could do a doubleheader. both very moving. you will need time to digest these. then you'll want to stream "boyhood" and "grand board pest
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hotel" before february 10th because that is when "the theory of everything" comes out on demand. >> a must see. >> incredible. >> i have to say "boyhood," we saw it over the weekend. >> did you like it? >> a lot more than i expected and see them age in realtime. >> what you can't help doing is insert yourself and wondering about your own children. very moving and incredible feat in cinematography but you'll need some time for that one, as well. you got all these dates. "birdman" on february 17th and leaves "whiplash." you need to do research and find a theater near you that's still showing it because it's not streaming >> that's the one i haven't seen and i have heard great things about it. >> you need time off to see them. >> it is a tremendous year in filmmaking. they're all great so now you've got the strategy let's go, team. you can do it. and then finally, sometimes
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in life you just have, you know you just forget to think things through, like, buy buying a couch that's too big to fit through your front door. let's play this one again. this hockey player's case -- >> oh forgetting to hold the stick vertically. >> oh. leaving the ice, the junior player from michigan is just fine everybody. his ego may not be. 8 million views. >> oh. >> 8 million loops and counting on vine. there's a reason i'm playing this because perhaps he can learn a lesson from this guy, this bulldog who had a similar issue. big bone small doggie door. >> you've got to be kidding. >> he's not letting go. >> like a dog with a bone he won't give up and -- >> a smart dog. >> slow and steady wins the race. there you go. >> our dogs would have never figured that one out. >> neither would mine. that's "pop news," everybody. >> thank you, lara. "heat index" coming up. ginger now with a check of the
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weather from the detroit auto show. >> oh my goodness. i am standing next to the belle of the ball, gt everybody wants to get inside and nobody can except us. we'll do it in a minute. this thing has all innovative technology lightweight, 600 horsepower. see a lot of the technology go into the other carbout as strong as a nor'easter is what i wanted to tell you. i'm kidding. we have a strong nor'easter powering up the coast. a serious headline. just to give you an idea of what's happening here are the snowfall forecasts, anywhere from the mid-atlantic through northeast and new england, this is a quick mover the next 24 to 36 hours and that thing is out. but we are not out. we are going to get inside this car in just a couple of minutes but for now that's >> good morni washington. we continue to track our coastal storm.m. the e timing of this has moved up a little bit. we wake up with a little biof sunshine, but the snow and rain move in by late this afternoon and early this evening.
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for tomorrow, a rain and snow makes with a slushy inch and -- in town. partly cloudy on sunday with a clipper system coming in late sunday and into early monday. >> we are inside the gt now. give it a little hit. sounds good? how do i look. >> you look great. >> as good as that sounds ginger. thank you. well first off on our "gma heat index," the mom working a firestorm for boasting about her fitness. abc's mara schiavocampo has her story. >> reporter: it's the fitspiration leading to irritation. this photo of fitness competitor abby pell attracting criticism after the 33-year-old uk mom posted an instagram snap of her abs next to her gaping 6-year-old with the caption, i have a kid, a six-pack and no
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excuse. >> i just thought it would be funny. >> reporter: but not everyone is laughing. many accusing pell of fat-shaping moms. comments like she's teaching her kid that anyone who doesn't conform has no excuse they're just lazy. others defending her. one writing "you have inspired me to work harder at the gym." now, pell is speaking out saying she simply wanted to motivate moms. >> my message was about having a choice and showing people that it can be achieved if you want to achieve it and just by leading by example. >> reporter: responses to pell's pic are similar to the backlash against momma ria kang in 2013 when she posted this picture with her three sons and the caption "what's your excuse?" >> i didn't call you fat. i didn't call you lazy. i think that i represent a mother who is healthy and who can be a positive role model to
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other mothers. >> reporter: still some say pictures like this can send a different message. >> let's give props to this person who is in great shape but i think that certainly when you're talking about moms bouncing back from pregnancy, we have enough pressure on us as mothers. >> reporter: one woman's six-pack sparking countless conversations. for "good morning america," mara schiavocampo abc news, new york. >> thanks to mara for that. now time to "shark tank: your life." the competitors are kids three young entrepreneurs who say age is no barrier to starting business. daymond, you met some. >> they have to be focused on business and still have to learn as they go. they have to be laser focused. a lot of types even adults get off track. >> what about parents? can they help bring these lessons to kids. >> absolutely. you know how you have time to take the kids to soccer and do everything else sometimes there's entrepreneurship time and you should always you know
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what get them little digital books on entrepreneurship. >> that's a good idea. watch "shark tank" too. our kids like to do that. before we meet our guests how they got here. meet brothers sebastian and brandon martinez from florida, their company are you kidding. >> we love it. >> my brother loves crazy socks. and one day my mom asked him if he wanted to design a sock. >> and i came up with my cool ideas. these socks are cool for playing dancing, basketball or just looking cool. >> our mom helps us with all the hard work like shipping and financing. >> we started last year and we made more than $50,000. now we want to take this company and make it a brand. >> next up alina morse from michigan and her company zollipops. >> i came up with them because i love sugar and candy. sugar is terrible for my teeth so i asked why can't we make a
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healthy sucker that's good for your teeth. last year we made $70,000 in sales. my dad is pie consultant in my business. i am the idea person. i come up with the designs of how we want our zollipops and the packaging to look. my dream is that every kid in america has a clean mouth, a healthy smile and a zollipop in their hand. >> good ideas there. let's get started. first up sebastian and brandon have a lot of products a lineup of products full of creativity. there they are coming out, guys. okay sebastian, take it away >> hello, shark, my name is sebastian martinez and i'm a ceo of are you kidding and i love socks and my brother's name is -- >> brandon. i'm the director of sales or you could call me d.o.s. our socks are colorful. comfortable and very very fun. >> we kids and grown-ups will want a pair or two. >> or even a hundred.
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our business is off and running. [ applause ] >> hold on guys. >> so what do youny? >> i love it. hey, guys you know everybody is watching. if you had to sell your socks to one person out there and they could be watching be? >> you. >> i love it! >> that is a salesperson. i love it. >> these guys have their pitch down. >> they have it down pat. >> let's see what socks you are. eyeballs on yours. >> googly eyes. >> did $15,000 this year. >> yeah. >> did you make all the sales? >> yeah. >> wow. >> amazing, excellent pitch. up alina. her creation will have parents and kids smiling from ear to ear. come out and take it away. here she comes. ♪ >> go for it. >> hi shark. i'm alina morse. i'm 9 years old and i'm the creator of zollipops. what kid doesn't love candy? our parents are telling us no way. too much sugar. one day i had enough.
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that's when i came up with the idea for zollipops. a lollipop that cleans your teeth and tastes great. my family and i work together to make the after you eat treat a success. we're growing every day. with zollipops you'll enjoy every treat and have a healthy smile for years to come. that's what i call a sweet deal. don't be a dumb-dumb, have a zollipop. >> i have to take some home. >> you're supposed to know exactly what you're selling. can you put it in three words? >> amazing, clean, smiles. >> great. i know what a mean little man who needs a clean little mouth named kevin o'leary. i love it. can i have one? all right. >> yeah. >> you know what's great. what these kis did put so much work into the pitch you can see the ad in the pitch. >> yeah but let's not even forget how much did you do in sales this year. >> you mean last year. >> last year.
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>> about $70,000 in sales last year. >> 7$70,000. >> wow. a couple years of college right there. >> i was 30 when i finally made that. >> no that is unbelievable. you guys all did great. i think we got a lot of winners here. >> we got winners. you know what i'm vy happy because you know what i love when i see kids who want to do this. there you go. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> all r do you have any other ideas out there percolating you might want to try one day to sell or is it all about socks? >> yeah. >> we also want to sell -- >> we should do a little merger. socks and pops, you know what i mean. >> well we also want to make like shirts too. >> shirts. >> that's a good idea. >> brand extension. that's great. >> alina, anything else percolating out there? >> robots. >> robots. >> that go to work for your family. >> that go to work for your
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family. >> you invent that you'll never have to work again. >> if you invent that i'll weigh 400 pound. >> congratulations. that was fantastic. daymond, great to have you as well. tune in to "shark tank" at 9:00 eastern right here on abc. they are good. how to save and splurge on the hottest winter boots of the season. ♪
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>> live from the abc seven broadcast center, this is an abc 7 news update. >> good morning at 8:27 a.m. let's get over to jack taylor who's keeping an eye on the roadways. >> the gas main work at river road and willard has been concluded but the water main break is still in place. river road is only one lane. 395 in shirlington is the epitome of often on the lays. -- of delays. it seems brighter but something could go wrong with the weather? >> it depends what you like but we have our coastal storm that will develop and bring rain and
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a mix of sleet and snow. the accumulation should be minor north and west of the city. these other temperatures in the area- a little c morning but we will start see some moisture come in late this afternoon or early this evening. a winter weather advisory starting at 6:00 tonight until noon on saturday. there might be one inch downtown. it could be 1-2 inches west and a separate clipper system comes in sunday night into monday morning and that will have a better chance of giving us a accumulating snow. stay tuned throughout the weekend. >> thank you and we will be back
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ne-yo, latest music video and guess what he'll be here live right here in times square monday morning. cannot wait for that. part of our winter concert series. >> he's so good. >> monday just got better. >> yes. we also have ms. did we mention tgif, everybody. so happy to have her here grooving us into the weekend, baby. >> always good to dance especially when you got to see j. lo's closet. say, i said that. giving "people" magazine a peek inside. you can organize your closet like a diva. abc's abbie boudreau has more on that. ♪ love don't cost a thing ♪ >> reporter: jennifer lopez no stranger to all things fabulous. not to mention her larger than life closet. >> hi i'm jennifer lopez and this is my closet. >> reporter: the boy next door star taking "people" magazine inside her diva worthy closet.
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>> it's not just a closet. it's a huge room we converted. when i get ready for events. >> reporter: hundreds of designer shoes. >> prada, old, 15 years old. >> reporter: jeans stacked floor to ceiling. >> they're like a boyfriend cut jean. >> reporter: even her versace dress. >> sorry, versace. >> you know the one. while we can't all live like j. lo we can make the most of what we've got. >> there's so many different things you can do. >> reporter: i met up with a professional closet organizer for some space-saving tips inspired by j. lo's closet. first off she says declutter. >> yes, because if you really have just what you need and what you use, you're not going to have to sift through all this stuff. >> reporter: after ridding your closet of clothes you don't wear crystal says it's time to organize. >> i love doing hanging shelves and use it for inclusives and roll up your belts and put it in there. >> reporter: another clever idea switch your hangers from plastic or wooden ones to these ultra thin velvet ones. >> you'll save more space and it has a little different
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aesthetic. >> reporter: as for shoes use stackable shelves. >> go vertical. >> yes. >> reporter: whatever you do crystal says utilize every square inch from top to bottom. for "good morning america," abbie boudreau abc news, los angeles. >> j. lo's closet enviable and lots of boots in there so only fees right we continue talking about that. time to play save or splurge. this is our winter boot edition. we're going to see three of the hottest looks that work for weekend and out on the town. our audience have save or splurge paddles. do you have them? you guys will guess and "good housekeeping" style director lori bergamotto is with us to put us to the test. hi lori. >> hello, good morning. >> so first style that we're seeing is -- >> a work look. a lot don't think you can wear a snow boot to work. they think you have to change which is fine but we'll show you can bring it to work and take it with you the whole day. >> all right. let's see our first look. >> come on out, girls.
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>> we do have twins so here we have them. can you see that they are not in the tall me boot which a lot of women do and wear and we love that but this is going to be a style, this combat boot style. >> young and hip. >> it is very hip but i'm telling you, lara. anybody can pull this off. >> really? >> really. you don't just have to wear it with jeans. you'll see it across every mall and every shop. this is the way to wear it to work. >> let me ask, which one is christine and crystal. who is who? >> christine. >> and crystal. that we can't reveal who is the save and who is the splurge. >> that's right. >> one is very expensive. >> one is a little less expensive. >> not a bargain so audience which one is the save and which one is the splurge on the combat-style winter fluffty inside boot. that's a technical term. >> i think we're talking about christine. raise your hand a little bit.
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so is she a save or splurge? >> safer or splurge. >> she's the save. >> she is the -- reveal -- the splurge. this is an almost $500 boot by stuart weitzman. crystal is in the madden girl boot $75. >> this is the madden girl boot. that is the save. so the difference is 500 to 74.99. get it at bonton.com. let's go to our weekend looks. >> thank you, twins. >> another set of twins coming up. katie and christie. >> ski town walk around. >> a boot that's popular with celebs. >> it is. >> i think the park city is happening right now. >> sundance you'll see a lot of celebs wearing this. the high-end version. the style is very functional. >> the style is very functional.
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can you find them at a lot of different price points and want to talk about our model on the left that would be katie, yes. okay so audience katie -- >> is she the save or splurge? what do you think? >> okay. >> so -- >> they think she's the save. >> and she is -- okay. >> i was with you on that one. >> as lara was saying the higher end is the sorrell, $150 miss katie is in a boot by kmart for 34.99. >> i like them. >> ter a little lighter but you can take dish soap and clean those suckers off. >> do we have time for one last look. >> really quick. >> going out, mel and going out on the town. you're feeling animalistic. i can relate to that. which one is the save. let's go to -- what's your name.
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>> mel. >> is mel the save or splurge? i'm going to go with the she is the splurge. >> mel, reveal. the save! so the price difference here is huge. the montclair is 510 and these are 79. >> information on this on our website, goodmorningamerica.com. the point is you can have great style. don't have to spend a lot. thank you so much lori bergamotto. we'll head out to ginger up -- she's in detroit looking at some gorgeous cars and has a final look at the weather. hi, ging. [ applause ] >> oh lara you have no idea. we are going to go into the future. you know i love doing that forecasting so one of the concept car, chevy bolt with a "b," not a "v." rank 200 mile all electric. you probably heard of electric cars before. what about this? the world's first 3d printed car. come in closer. i want to show you that is plastic melted down. you can ma nip late it make it your own in production on the floor here at the auto show.
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yeah. it's that crazy and you can see the production how they do it 3d printing making a vehicle that runs. i will drive it in a second. let's get your forecast and a clipper driving across the great lakes right here in detroit. we'll get snow by sunday. everybody hear that. your forecast. your personal forecast. oh typing there, sunday it's very -- and then new york you get it again so you get the nor'easter on saturday and then you get it again through the mid-atlantic sunday night into monday so that's a look at the big picture. the weekend highlights, of course >> good rning, washington. waking up to someunshine totoday, but cuds ll increase thughout tay day. rainnd snow wi movee through lahis ternn and d earl th evening. a winter weaeather >> all right. all that weather brought to you by liberty mutual insurance. you guys ready? don't run anybody over? i won't. driving away. i'm going to hang out in michigan. all right, ginger.
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i like to see you ride off in style. fans of the abc hit musical comedy "galavant" cannot wait for the big season finale on sunday. this once upon a time comedy is set in a fairy tale medieval kingdom where everybody sings and dances and valerie plays the queen. take a look. >> i've called up here to catch up my brother-in-law/future husband. >> you know i can hear you, right? >> so that's the king and queen of vvalencia their daughter. she annoys me. that's my ex. >> i'm galavant. >> shut up pretty boy. >> jester was cuter >> welcome, mallory. nothing like it on television. how challenging is it though. you're dancing, sings, camping it up. got to be funny too. there's nothing you don't have to do. >> there's a lot in this. dancing, singing, we were put in
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singing rehearsals and dancing rehearsals and i've learned a lot from doing this show. >> it's hysterical. how much improv is going on or all scripted. >> there is a lot of improv. we're usually given a few takes and start to do -- like by the script but after that it's creative freedom so we do a lot of that. >> your character, the evil queen, we saw you, that's my ex. that's my boy toy. these quite the gold digger and -- >> she's a piece of work. >> she went for the old king and went for the power and money. >> she knows what she wants and good for her, you know. >> has to be fun to play. >> so much fun. >> nothing like that in real life. >> i hope not. no she's a complete psycho i hope i'm not like that. >> i heard you're a big monty python fan. do you have a favorite scene? i'm sure that helps you. very similar humor. >> i love monty python. i grew up on all that kind of
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comedy. >> 'tis but a flesh wound. >> yeah, good. >> my gosh i love that. >> and speaking of funny you have some hilarious guest stars co-stars. weird al yankovic played a monk saying hey, hey, we're the monks. ricky gervais. >> he can move his hips. he's great. we do have ricky and he's brilliant. improv he's the improv king. >> speaking of improv a quick game with you. see how quick you are on your feet. we'll call it mallory ever after. so we'll ask you questions and you just tell me the first thing. >> okay. >> favorite fairy tale villain. >> oh the wicked queen from "snow white." >> makes sense. fairy tale character you wanted to be as a kid. >> belle from "beauty and the beast". >> you look like her. i like that. number one monty python moment. >> oh god. it has to be the big guy in the restaurant when heexploded.
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>> yes. best thing about being evil? >> oh getting to boss around vinny jones is pretty great. >> finish this sentence. once upon a time -- >> madelana lived happily ever after. >> mallory, thank you very much. we want to thank medieval types for creating the set. guam "galavant" airs sunday at 8:00 on abc. miley cyrus opening up about her passion project being a role model and her new boyfriend.
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and we're back now and our exclusive interview with miley cyrus. she's making headlines this time not for what she's taking off but for what she's putting on. creating lipstick and lip gloss for a cause that's very close to her heart. abc's cameron mathison got the latest from the megastar about this passion project. >> reporter: a hollywood triple threat with the number one album now fresh off worldwide bangerz tour it seems miley cyrus just can't stop. ♪ we won't stop ♪ >> reporter: don't let the tongue wagging, foam wagging fool you. there's much more to her than meets the eye. if somebody didn't know you what would they be surprised about you to know? >> i'm not the way that people try to make museum. i don't go around just trashing
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hotel rooms and partying. i'm actually working on you know music that i love and being involved in things that i love. >> reporter: now miley is doing just that joining the ranks of rihanna, lady gaga and nicki minaj as the new face of mac's renowned viva glam campaign that dough anyways 100% of custom makeup sales to the aids fund. >> empowering them to give them hope to know people are fighting for them and especially not just for the cure but to end this kind of stereotype. i think it's fun for young people to get to buy liptick and know it's going to changing the way their future will be. >> reporter: here at the los angeles lgbt center she spends time working with young adults. the minute she walks in the woman clad in her glitter sweatpants. >> what's going on here today. >> reporter: -- one thing is clear, this is her passion project. would you consider yourself a role model? >> if people ask if i'm a role
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model i can actually say i am for what i know of what is important t teach people and what is important to teach people is that judging -- you can't judge other people. ♪ i came in like a wrecking ball ♪ >> reporter: miley remains self-deprecating about her chart topping vocal chops especially when it comes to one very press teens accolade. huge congratulations on your nomination for the grammy. >> thank you. >> fantastic. how does that feel? >> good. i'll probably never get it but i'm stoked about the nomination. probably not going to happen but i'm stoked. >> reporter: her likely date to the february awards show new beau patrick schwarzenegger. >> one more question. it's going to be a biggie. sort of like a quiz show question. one time, are you a good speller. >> not really. >> how do you spell schwarzenegger? >> literally i just had this. apparently i can't tell you. there's not a "t" in it. >> reporter: cameron mathison abc news, los angeles. >> we were just looking at the
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sports fans know mike greenberg is co-host of espn's "mike & mike," also a "new york times" best-selling author. he has a brand-new author out called "my father's wives." there you see it. welcome back to "gma." we'll talk about that in a second. you not only have mastered the long form of the novel but twitter. your hashtag shrinkage going crazy. >> as a lifelong i cannot say deflated becauses with a straight face i can't do it so we have to come up with something else. #shrinkage. here's the bottom line on this at the end of the day i think this had zero impact on the patriots winning sunday.
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i think it has had zero impact on their overall success in the brady and belichick era but the rules are in place for a reason. if they knowingly vie laid the rules they deserve some sort of discipline and i'm sure there will be some sort. >> they're going to be in the super bowl. >> absolutely. i believe bill belichick yesterday more than i believed tom brady. the investigation will tell whatever it will tell. someone will get slapped but there is no way -- i would be flabbergasted and i suppose i've been flabbergasted before but i would be flabbergasted if tom brady is not eligible to play. >> seems like the investigation is being slow-walked a bit as welch want to talk about the novel because i love the story about how you first got the idea. >> well i wanted to write a book that was a little -- was a first person male narrate tore in my voice, exactly but i needed to come up with a character. one night i was having dinner in los angeles with a friend of a friend seated next to someone i had never let before and never seen again and he says to me you know my dad was married six
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types. for me mother's day was always the most expensive day of the year and i thought it was a funny line but then i thought to myself that is fascinating. my dad is 82. i still talk to him literally every single day so couldn't be further from my experience but i thought there's my character and literally from something as random as that began this -- >> all over the country and world meeting every one of his father's wives. >> he had no relationship with his father from the time he was 9. his dad married five types later. now he is an adult and his life is sort of falling apart and decides he needs once and for all find out who his dad was and travels around the world and meets the five women his father was married to after he left his life and by doing that he figures out who his dad and who he is. >> how do you find the time to do this. >> you can only schlepp around mike golic around for so long before you come up with something that requires intellectual stimulation so in the mornings we do #shrinkage
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and in the afternoon i find myself in the library. >> thinking about another one. >> i need your help. i have two ideas. notes on two books. one is another one sort of like this traditional family novel. the other is a thriller and sort of the "gone girlesque" kind of genre. so you choose. which one? >> you've done the family one. go for the thriller. >> all right. let's do it and get ben affleck to make a movie and scare the heck out of everybody. >> aisle he be executive producer. >> i'll write on it georgstephanopoulos approved. >> fantastic. mike, i do approve. always great having you. thanks a lot. "my father's wives" is valuable in stores and online right now and we'll
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get ready, america, because when you add ne-yo to your morning real hot real fast and monday he's burning up times square in a live concert event only on "good morning america's" winter concert series presented by hilton. ♪ >> "good morning america" is brought to you by indeed.com. the world's number one job site. you heard it. ne-yo is here on monday. can't wait for that. >> going to be great. hey, for anybody who wants to put their disney knowledge to the test a new app called disney inquizitive loaded with quizzes and you can download it for free. >> ms. nix, big thanks to her for kicking off our weekend. have a great one, everyone.
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a problem for noon and perhaps the commute down. we are dealing with a water main break. they may have to close river road through the midday to repair the roadway. single lane of traffic gets by any stretch in right now. we have a closure along westbound 202 with an incident and investigation before 704 with traffic westbound on 202 is diverted at a bright feet road. >> we've got filtered sunshine right now. that will be the case too late this afternoon. the clouds will thicken up today, 32 degrees right now. the coastal storm is speeding up or across the central appalachians moving into parts of southern virginia and should arrive late this afternoon or this evening. a wintry mix is expected and are winter weather advisory kicks in at 6:00 p.m.
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