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and good morning. a lot to get to this thursday morning including new details on that plane crash. remember we saw it clipping that bridge before going to the river. some amazing and survival stories emerging. >> we'll begin with that bitter cold moving across much of the country. temperatures in a freefall plunging more than 30 degrees. ginger is back and tracking it all for us. >> yeah not bad out there right now along the east coast but let me tell you in a couple of hours things will bottom out. let me bring you to westchester where the front has made it so it's about to snow here. that's north of new york city. and what we'll do is move that front through and then the arctic blast settles in. chicago is already feeling it. 14 below the windchill.

t st. louis, they feel like zero and louisville feels like 4. so earlier our high temperatures were made 42 new york boston was above freezing. but here we go. the old temperature tumble the freefall into this, the windchill by tomorrow morning will be 4 below in new york city. it'll only feel like 6 in d.c. another storm to talking about coming upkend and workweek. i know you can't wait to hear it. >> it's a good thing you're so cute. okay guys the latest on that train crash that killed six people. when it slammed into an suv. we're learning more about the victims including the mother of three who was driving the suv and linsey davis is on the scene in valhalla new york. good morning, linsey. >> reporter: good news to report. the train's engineer is out of the hospital and already starting to see morning commuters after working all night to remove the train and rebuild the tracks the trains are now starting to pass through this area again.

this is the woman, ellen brody from edgemont new york who behind the wheel of that suv, a mother of three. the 49-year-old who friends jai as upbeat was returning home from a jewelry ryry store in a nearby town when she decided to drive her suv through the railroad tracks while warning sirens blared. >> i'm waiting for her to back up and she moved forward probably 15 feet right in front of the rain. >> reporter: rick hope's car was directly behind brody's as the gate came down on her suv. he saw her get out. >> she looked very calm and was taking what i thought was an awful long time because i'm thinking the clock is ticking. the lights are flashing. you don't have much time and i didn't know what to do. i indicated that i was backing up. she looked at me. i know she did. she just got in and all i can imagine is she was trying to

make it the other side. >> reporter: but it's barreling down the tracks at 58 miles an hour. just at that moment the suv tries to cross but the gate comes down stopping it. the train unable to slow down keeps coming. >> report of an explosion on the tracks. >> reporter: the train pushes her suv a thousand feet bursting into flames. take a closer look. that's the electrified third rail torn from the ground impaling the train if we have somebody that's looking at the rail traffic signals, the highway traffic signals, as well as the crossing gates. >> multiple injuries. trying to ex-tri cal everybody down there. >> reporter: wabc learning the train's engineer steven smalls rescued several passengers from the burning train after the collision. this after he tried in vain to stop the train before it hit an suv aplying full brakes before clair declaring an emergency but it was too late.

one major focus of the ntsb investigation that third rail. it's constructed in a way that once it comes off the track it should no longer be electrified. was that the case here? they're also going to look into the strength of the cars and why they were able to be penetrated. robin. >> linsey thank you. now to that tragic plane crash. at least 31 people killed when a transasia plane went down just after takeoff. we're learning more this morning about what went wrong and abc's david k at miami international with the latest on that for us. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this morning the search is on for the missing 43 suspected to have died in the crash but as you mentioned we are learning more about what happened this morning. this morning, even more evidence of what happened at that terrifying end of this flight. these three dash cam shots of the crash, the black box information which should be released soon and now firsthand accounts.

"i felt something was not right after the plane took off" this 72-year-old surviving passenger said. he told the woman next to him to hold on as the plane went down. i saw others were drowning. if i did not move quickly enough to help them soon they would have been dead. this 2-year-old child survived and the parents as well with the mother calling out as the baby is being cradled, don't be afraid we're safe now. it was pulled from the river, the fuselage but victims missing hamish macdonald is on the scene. >> you can see part of the plane being dragged up now by the soldiers the dive team is down by the water's edge and every now and again they bring up another chunk of the plane and they'll be here long into the night. >> reporter: it was just after takeoff that the pilot of the nearly brand-new turboprop plane radioed engine trouble. >> mayday mayday engine flame out. >> reporter: the video frame by frame includes clues.

steve ganyard is a crash investigator. >> they're looking to clear the obstacles and not run into the apartment buildings. it is out of control and the right engine is spinning but the left appears to be feathered and a wing hit the taxi and bridge and shears off. >> reporter: we learned the pilot and co-pilot with a third pilot in the cockpit are all among e dead. now, taipei's mayor is calling that pilot a hero. the data from the black boxes could confirm that and the taiwanese are telling us we'll get that information from the black boxes very soon. george. >> okay david, thanks. we'll move to the war on isis. jordan a key u.s. ally in the fight is vowing to crush the terror group after its pilot was burned alive. so will this be thetying point in the battle against radical islam. martha raddatz has the latest. king abdullah and his country have been galvanized by this atrocity. >> reporter: they truly have. the king has been meeting this morning with the pilot's family paying his respects.

the king has vowed that lieutenant kasasbeh's death, a man he called a martyred hero will not be in vain and promising a harsh response but we are learning this morning jordan will be flying additional missions in syria and iraq to go after isis. jordanian state tv is now reporting that jordanian jets have just returned from a mission and that the fighter jets are flying low over iman and the pilot's hometown but a u.s. official told abc news that while jordan is galvanized around the king there are fears in the coming weeks the support may waiver. >> there had been wavering support of the u.s. ally and united arab emirates had suspended flights after that pilot was taken. >> reporter: they did stop flying missions after he was captured feeling rescued aircraft was too far away. that will be remedied soon with the u.s. now putting search and

rescue in northern iraq but the u.s. says that would not have helped kasasbeh because he had been seized so quickly by isis george. >> martha raddatz, thanks very much. now to amy with today's other top stories. we begin with a massive data breach at one of the nation's biggest health insurers. overnight anthem confirming it was the victim of a cyberattack. the personal information of up to 80 million customers and employees compromised. abc's pierre thomas joins us now with all of the details. pierre good morning. >> reporter: good morning, amy. this is a massive breach one of the biggest ever affecting a health care company. here's why millions of those anthem customers have good reason to be concerned. the hackers stole dates of birth, social security number home addresses, details about employment all the kinds of information that could be used in identity theft. law enforcement sources tell me once this data is stolen by hackers they often sell it to criminals on the black market. there is a huge underground market for exactly this kind of information. so that criminals can assume the

identities of innocent people so now customers have to be on alert working with credit monitoring companies to make sure their information is not being used to steal. what a pain amy. >> what a pain indeed. pierre thanks. to a school shooting in maryland. two teenagers shot and wounded during a basketball game. it happened outside frederick high school while hundreds of students were attending the game inside. the sound of gunfire sent them running for cover. it's unclear what sparked the shooting. no arrests have been reported. a dramatic plane crash in lubbock, texas, a single engine plane was coming in for a landing when it sliced a television tower in half killing the pilot and knocking out power in the area. visibility does not appear to be a factor. a new report says vladimir putin may suffer from asperger's syndrome a form of autism. researchers who studied putin's behavior and facial expressions believe he has the disorder which affecting decision-making and could make him more defensive and reactive in large

social settings. experts admit they cannot prove it without a brain scan. a new concern for the economy this morning. dozens of ports from san diego to seattle could shut down as early as next week. now the long-running contract talks for the port workers have failed to result in a deal. a work stoppage could cost the economy $2 billion per day. a wild chase in fresno from the highway patrol plane trying to catch two men in a stolen truck. the driver speeds through neighborhoods before crashing into a fence and then both men take off on foot. eventually as what usually happens, the police and a canine catch up to one of them. the other man trying to hide under a car, guess what they found him too. both of them under arrest. and finally some dramatic video of an avalanche in the mountains of eastern europe. take a look as this snowboarder with a gopro camera on his helmet. the snow rippling and breaking

up and then the avalanche. the camera catching it all. he's covered and thrown around but here's the best part because there he is under the snow right there. look at the pictures of him afterwards, save and smiling. that smile says relief like whew so we're glad he's all good and got to see incredible footage. >> thanks for that. >> and the camera stayed intact. >> yes, it did. >> wow. >> all right, amy, thank you. now to the growing measles outbreak. an alarming new report revealing dangerously high numbers of preschoolers are not vaccinated in 17 states. health officials say that puts all children at risk and abc's dr. richard besser has the latest. good morning, rich. >> good morning, robin. there are now 102 cases of measles in 14 states and the numbers in california are rising the most. some of those infections are even occurring in children whose parents tried to protect them by getting them vaccinated on time. this morning, with fears over

the measles outbreak growing, officials in los angeles county are calling for tougher laws to stop people from refusing to get the measles vaccine. >> i encourage everyone in a position to influence decisions about vaccination to review the evidence. >> reporter: 19 states still allow parents to opt out of vaccine requirements for philosophical reasons and a new study finds in 17 states fewer than 90% of preschoolers get the measles vaccination. the numbers alarming. especially with 102 cases of measles across the u.s. california experiencing its largest measles outbreak in more than 15 years. in one confirmed case an infant at a child care center at santa monica high school exposed dozens of other babies. now all are in quarantine. the superintendent of the school district warning in a letter wednesday when the center re-opens all parents must show proof of protection from the measles. >> the message is that vaccine is the best way to protect against the current outbreak.

>> but in some cases even the vaccines may not be enough. 95% of children are protected by just of the two recommended measles shots. but christie mullins fears her 16-month-old daughter may be infected already despite getting the first dose. >> she was really sick and had a fever of 102 and doesn't get sick. >> reporter: doctors tested her for measles. the mullens, nervously awaiting the results. >> and, rich even if your child is vaccinated you need to know what's going on in their school. >> some data is phitening. schools where 30% to 40% of the children are not vaccinated against measles and that puts even those children who are vaccinated at some level of risk. >> when you look at the number, if you said 100 people if they are vaccinated and are exposed to measles, only 1 out of the 100. if 100 are not vaccinated -- >> 90. this is one of the best vaccines

we have so her story is rare. but there is some level of risk there. if you don't get vaccinated 90 out of 100 will get it. fully vaccinated. 1 out of 100 will get it. >> you're going to be back on twitter all morning. >> answering your questions. >> thanks. >> you know i'm going to take it from you. you know a lot of people out there doing like this with their eyes because we showed you that polar bear on the streets of london that have so many doing a double take and it looks so real but it's just a very life-like puppet and abc's lama hasan has more on why it's on the loose. >> reporter: in life you never know what's going to creep up on you so what do you do when you come face-to-face with a terrifying eight-foot polar bear. hold on folks. no need to panic. the is more to this ferocious predator than meets the eye. he may walk like a bear even talk like a bear. but ralph, yes, that's right, his name is ralph is actually two guys called tom and derek in

a 44-pound fur coat. >> when i'm in there, when i'm doing little snips and senatorsnorts like a bear it's very un digdignify undignified. >> reporter: with 19 months of work and 120 square feet of fur ralph was created by the uk network sky to promote its new arctic crime thriller "fortitude" set to air in the u.s. >> we start with the concept which is two guys puppeteering a creature. >> reporter: and who doesn't love puppets from the stage show "war horse" to the super bowl. >> when you're making these things you really don't know until at the end if it's going to work. >> reporter: now ralph has become something of a superstar himself. a track attracting a curious crowd. >> he's pretty much conquered the world already. >> reporter: lock your doors. ralph could be coming to a town

near you. for "good morning america," lama hasan, abc news london. >> polar bear the perfect way to say welcome back ginger the trip to iceland. how did it look. >> we flew in on a chopper over it and we were close. i mean i was like wow, we are not in america when you can fly that close. >> you could feel the heat when you were in the helicopter and you can feel that rush of heat. the lava was so beautiful, it was almost enchanting where you get lost or mesmerized. the people that made that happen that's a miracle to be live over something like that. over the biggest glacier in iceland so the engineering team and everybody that worked on it i just choppered in and did it. >> how cold was it there? >> it was zero when i was there but it was 15 to 20 below the day before. we had the best day out of all of them. >> zero degrees is a good day in iceland. >> yes.

>> and you know what we'll feel colder than that tomorrow morning so we have to get to some weather. west coast, that rain so welcome. that atmospheric river is pouring into california mostly northern not the part that needs it as much. still if you're in san francisco you had the driest january in history. ing 0, i'l inch or so maybe more. certainly up to crescent city medford, you're in the 6 to 12 inches in the next couple of days. you know who could break a record salt lake city at 65. 25 degrees above average. all right. your local weather forecast.

>> good morning, washington. an arctic cold front passed through our region an hour ago. it is 39 degrees downtown with strong, gusty winds and a windchill factor of 29 degrees. expect a few showers, but not enough to impact your commute. temperatures in the 20's. >> number one question i got about the volcano was how do the drones and the cameras not melt? they just keep it at that fine line above. they've done it before where the camera does melt. they know where that is. >> much better than we did. >> george you were -- >> got hit by one yesterday. >> we were talking. everybody in here almost got

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>> good thursday morning. your time right now is 7:26. we want to get you started with a check on the morning commute.

>> it has been a tough, breezy morning. 395 just before duke street, we had a crash. our delay begins in springfield as you headed northbound on 395. there is a look at 270 south near 28. our delays are starting to ease up. suitland parkway near stanton road, two broken down vehicles reported in the roadway. around the washington hilton the national prayer breakfast later this morning. a lot of police activity along massachusetts avenue and connecticut avenue. dignitaries will be continuing to move through. >> we had 40's earlier today but that is done and gone. temperatures are colder than that now come in the 30's across the region. 34 at dulles and 39 degrees downtown. they will drop through the day.

it is not going to get better, it will get colder. winds are gusty, 30-35 miles per hour across the region. they will diminish a little bit after sunset. a couple of light snow showers possible through 9:00. 32 degrees by noon. by 5:00, feels like the teens with a temperature of 28 degrees. >> you can get even more news, traffic and weather updates all morning long on news channel

good morning, america. right now, a deep freeze sending temperatures plunging more than 30 degrees from the midwest to the east. also right now, the trial of the man charged with killing "american sniper" chris kyle under way in texas this morning.are response from prince charles this morning fighting back against claims he is not fit to be king. as we say good morning, america, a lot to get to this morning including the tragedy in headlines we've been covering the deadly plane and train crash and matt gutman will show us how to improve your chances of survival. >> that's ahead. first to the trial of the man who shot and killed "american sniper" chris kyle. jury selection getting under way with the blockbuster movie still number one at the box office. the defense is raising concerns about fairness. abc's ryan owens is outside the courthouse in stephenville texas. good morning, ryan. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. a very big day here the first of 800 potential jurors due here

at the courthouse later this morning. some of them may write the final chapter of america's number one movie. it's about as far from hollywood as you can get. stephenville texas, site of the murder trial of the man accused of killing navy s.e.a.l. chris kyle played by bradley cooper in the movie "american sniper." at jake and dorothy's cafe in this town two hours from dallas there is only one thing on the menu the trial. >> i saw the movie and i think they're going to have a hard time finding an impartial jury. >> i don't think he'll get a fair trial. >> i hope he gets a good fair jury where he can get help. >> reporter: 800 potential jurors have been summoned but based on experience the clerk only expects about half will show up for jury duty. the judge and the attorney will pick 12 jurors plus 2 alternates. eddie routh is accused of shooting chris kyle and

friend chad littlefield where kyle offered to help him with his ptsd. kyle is a hero and the governor declared chris kyle day here the second anniversary of his day. rout worries the movie could possibly affect our ability to pick a jury. dmitri os says the defense should worry about more than ha. >> i think the film will add to the difficulty but the other component is as well that the crime occurred in the community and this is a vy small, close-knit community in which people have great pride in the military in this country. >> okay i need you. >> reporter: the sniper's widow taya kyle played by sienna miller isn't buying the insanity defense as she told our dallas station wfaa in december.

>> somebody taking the lives of two people who were there to help them isn't ptsd in my opinion. >> reporter: the jury selection process here will not be fast. it will take at least four days. right now opening statements scheduled for next wednesday. george. >> okay ryan thanks very much. we move on to another trial, the murder trial of former nfl star aaron hernandez. the victim's girlfriend and mother delivered eded emotional testimony yesterday and ryan smith has the latest. >> reporter: as his former teammates were celebrating their super bowl win with a victory parade former patriots star aaron hernandez back in court on murder charges. looking pensive during a day of emotionally charged testimony, ursula ward the mother of odin lloyd, the man aaron hernandez is accused of murdering taking the stand for the prosecution. the judge telling her she must control her emotions as she was asked to identify a photo with her son's body. >> and not to cry while you're

looking at any photo that may be shown to you. do you under? stand. >> yes shgs, your honor. >> shaneah jenkins taking the stand and that shayanna was there to. >> he said i've been through this death thing before it'll get better with time. >> reporter: shaneah testified her sister seemed secretive continuing to receive text messages and short phone calls. the case have divide the two sisters who remain on different sides of the courthouse. shaneah with lloyd's mom and shayanna with hernandez's. he had a $40 million contract when he was arrested in 2013. on tuesday the judge dismissing

a juror from the high-profile case. >> there is credible evidence that the juror has attended more patriots games than were disclosed on the questionnaire. >> reporter: for "good morning america," ryan smith, abc news new york. >> some brutal stuff there. >> our thanks to ryan. to amy in the social square with "the speed feed." good morning, amy. >> good morning, guys. everyone's feeds this morning are filled with two names you're going to hear a lot about. ashley graham and hannah davis, graham is topping facebook trends because she is the first plus size model to appear in the "sports illustrated" swimsuit issue, but there's a catch. it's actually an ad for the company swimsuits for all. this video of ashley a teaser of the ad to come as nearly 700,000 views on social media and in a statement graham says i know my curves are sexy and i want everyone else to know theirs are too. no reason to hide and every reason to flaunt and where better to do it than on "sports illustrated" and speaking of that hannah davis also trending on facebook.

she scored the cover of "s.i.." traditionally most popular issue. take a look at what we can show you of that photo. we have it cropped because it is a very revealing photo. davis does have a sports connection. she's the girlfriend of baseball legend derek jeter. so i'm going to say it guys i'm pretty sure she's going to hit a home run with this picture. yep. tell us what's in your feed with the #social square. >> i like the sound effect. >> i noticed that. >> yeah. >> all right, amy, thank you. what do you have ginger? >> can i try a little sound effect. how about swish, swish, swish. i'm talking skiing in steamboat. we wanted to check fresh snow earlier and we have the pictures. yeah that looks nice all the snowboard and ski fans saying all right but saying that in the northeast where boston and bangor maine, now in a surplus of snow.

remember just about a month ago we were talking about a deficit. but you know what's happened. look almost 50-inch surplus in parts of maine but go out west there are places like flagstaff or fargo far below their average, 25.8. fargo some almost 24. there's the snow drought. the coal gets into the >> good moing, washiton. an arcrctic cold front passising dry area this mornining. it will be in the 's th afternoon,n, but feeli likike teenens aeared >> research. >> i know. >> all that weather brought to you by chick-fil-a and i like -- i think we do all the rest of the show with sound effects. >> uh-oh. >> uh-oh. >> did you hear what fonzie just did? he did not do that. >> chick-a-bow-wow.

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just like the transasia plane. the aircraft craning over flipping and smashing into the water. it's like being inside a giant washing machine. but before i go under, here's what you can do before any flight even takes off. experts say choose an aisle seat within six rows of the emergency exit. statistics suggest this helps your chances of making it out safely. but if the plane actually crashes and it sinks the coast guard says first grab a reference point like your chair and remove armrests only then should you unbuckle your seat belt and feel your way to a door or window. but watch when the jets turn on to simulate a storm. it's dark i hold on to the seat, clear onbstacleobstacles, unbuckle and head for the window. it's stuck. i struggle for 40 long seconds before a little elbow grease pops it out and i swim to safety. from planes to trains where

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now to prince charles fighting back against that new bombshell biography that questions whether he's fit to be king. his personal secretary is making a statement in his defense. this morning, a nearly unprecedented move by clarence

house. prince charles' camp very publicly fighting back against criticism raised in the controversial new book "born to be king" calling some of the claims such as that he's decided he will be an activist monarch ill-informed speculation. in a letter published in "the times of london." >> this is an unprecedented move. by issuing this letter it shows he's pretty furious. >> reporter: the book has ignited a firestorm dropping the bombshell that charles had cold feet on eve to the wedding with diana and nearly backed out. while he is a proud father he has had moments of jealous towards his two sons. >> prince charles doesn't often afact the same level of attention as his sons around him. >> reporter: it's the author's critical stance on his future role as king of england that prompted the response. responding to mayer's claim that his activist style may be at

odds with staying neutral like his wrote and "his royal highness has always preferred not to comment but after half a century in public life few could be better placed to understand the necessary and proper limit nations on the role." >> he knows what it takes to be king and done 60 odd years of being prince of wales and knows what's expected of him. >> reporter: the controversy is about to go cross couldn't anyone tall. "born to be king" will be published in the u.s. on february 17th. a lot talking about this. we were all wondering just so you know the prince's mother queen elizabeth ii has been on the throne since 1952. >> good for her. >> very large shoes to fill if it happens. all right, everybody, coming up on "gma," day one of our big "shark tank" event. you're about to be part of it right from your couch. you don't want to miss it. trust me. coming up "good morning america's" "deals & steals" brought to you by bank of

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at least your lanes are open. 270 has been to all morning from an early morning crash before falls road. your delay begins out of clarksburg headed toward rockville. getting brighter and much colder. >> 30 nine degrees is our temperature downtown. look at our gusty winds. -- 39 degrees is our temperature downtown. there are a couple of light snow showers or flurries. we are seeing that towards culpeper and orange county. not enough to cause any issues on the roads. our temperatures will continue to fall through the 30's all day. we will fall into the 20's by the evening. the feel factor will be in the teens. we get a bit of sunshine tomorrow with 38 degrees. the warm-up co on saturday. >> thank you for watching.

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♪ good morning, america. it's 8 a.m. and "shark tank" like you've never experienced it before. wait till you see what happens when "deals & steals" gets sharked and you're a part of it live. and a roller coaster right now for luke bryan. why everyone is talking what the superstar is doing for his nephew after a family tragedy. and can money really buy you love? why all bets are off this valentine's day. how what you spend could heat up your romance right now. and "magic mike" is back with a twist right out of "flashdance." ♪ i'm on the edge ♪ all that and she's the new doctor burning up "grey's anatomy," geena davis is with us live as we say -- >> good morning, america!

that's not all. tory johnson, good morning, tory johnson. see her holding that shark. a two-day "shark tank" event coming up. "deals & steals" meets "shark tank" this morning. those glasses are really funny. you do want to see what those are all about. did anybody notice that tory had a beyonce hair situation going on. >> i hope it's not like that when i go out. >> it is thankful thursday. a lot to be thankful for. i cannot wait to bring you this school. a school principal in brooklyn inspiring her students the unbelievable response it has had across the country. so many people responding to this right now. humans of new york this great guy that has this blog and posted a picture of one of her students and what he said created a phenomenon. >> can't wait to see it. we're celebrating national national weather person today

and we have one that we love so much. we also have three junior meteorologists helping us out in the studio this morning getting all those weather updates for our sweetheart. the woman just back from the mission, the one and only ginger zee. >> get ready. we're going to be studying. some health to do and physics. >> not kidding. >> takes all that huh? >> it does. they're into it though. >> much more than this. >> i'll stick to football. that's cali hennessey, gabe garcia and lana trender all over "gma" from our weather center to social square and even outside to bring the forecast. the kids are gunning for you. >> i'm watching you, kids. right here. i love it. >> they are ready to go. news from amy. good morning. we begin with breaking news in the fight against isis militants. word just coming in that military jets from jordan have bombed a city in syria that is a key isis stronghold. this comes just days after isis

released a video showing the brutal murder of a jordanian pilot. today jordan's king paid respects to the pilot's family while vowing to wage a, quote, harsh war against isis. and major developments in voer escalating conflict. nato is expected to make its biggest move since the cold war to boost its military presence in eastern europe as fighting rages in eastern ukraine. ashton carter president obama's choice to become the next defense secretary said he is inclined to supply weapons to ukrainian forces. a cyberattack at the nation's second largest health insurer exposed the personal information of up to 80 million people. anthem says the breach was sophisticated with hackers able to access names, addresses and social security numbers of customers and employees. well an empty-handed robber is on the loose. take a look at this. it happened in miami beach. he tries to take the purse from that woman, but she is not letting go. he even drags her across the parking lot.

she's holding on to that purse and guess what score one for the woman. he gives up and takes off without the purse. samaritans rushed in to help that woman. and finally, it wasn't a criminal that forced police in texas to shut down a major highway. it was this young lady. a terrier who apparently lost her way. she was not easy to round up but the police officer was smart. he said he had a treat and he eventually lured her into his car but that was nothing compared to this ordeal that officers in utah faced. they could not corral a black pomeranian. do you see him there? he is literally having so much fun darting in and out of all those cars that have stopped on his behalf. the median 30 minutes later the dog's owner finally shows up and took his puppy home. dare i say that puppy is in the doghouse. >> yeah. >> the difference between that first and second puppy. the second puppy was told not to get in the car with strangers. >> life's lesson.

>> thank you, amy. now to country superstar luke bryan opening up about his decision to take in his 13-year-old nephew following the unexpected death of his brother. he says he hopes to inspire other families with difficult circumstances. reena ninan has the story. ♪ >> reporter: this morning country star luke bryan known for his chart-topping hits reveals he's raising his 13-year-old nephew til after his brother ben lee cheshire unexpectedly passed away in november. >> as a family we shake our heads and we just can't believe it. but with me you know i have to chalk it up to, well this is god's plan. >> reporter: cheshire was married to bryan's sister kelly. bryan and his wife caroline raising til along their two young sons. >> i have to pray that people who have had similar situations can look at my family and see how we're possley dealing with

it and maybe we'll be a positive inspiration for others. >> reporter: in 2013 he opened up to amy about the death of his sister and brother who died in 1995. >> my only siblings you know gone from the world a flash in two different crazy tragic manners. >> this one is for you, luke. >> reporter: he says the night of chess spire'shirecheshire's peers sang "drank a beer," it was powerful for his family. >> that night we were as a family watching all of that on tv and watching lady a and stapleton sing that and it was a big-time healing moment. >> reporter: a much-needed healing moment for a family coming together in the face of tragedy. for "good morning america," reena ninan, abc news, new york. ♪ >> luke is such a special soul. he always has been.

>> stepped right up. >> and his response and his message to everyone who faces tragedy is so uplifting. he is a remarkable remarkable person. >> the real deal. "pop news" and weather coming up. now to michael in the social square. >> that's right. here's a look at what's ahead on the "gma morning menu" in the social square powered by samsung galley. in "pop news," "magic mike xxl" and the one scene that has everyone talking. plus the teacher schooling her students on social media. when the photos you think are private go public. tory johnson to kick off our big two-day "shark tank" event. all that and here we go the beautiful geena davis, presenting up everybody's tv coming up live on "gma" and times square. how pretty is that. "gma's morning menu" is brought to you by nexium 24 hour. available without a prescription. ♪ tonight yeah baby tonight yeah

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>> you are welcome. we want to thank all -- >> this is great. >> for the fantastic shots of the boys. this welding scene also has many people talking and comparing it to "flashdance." >> oh my. >> the way he moves. >> out of the 2 million view how many were you? >> i'm responsible for a few. >> thank you, ginger. >> true. >> you may have noticed someone missing from the trailer. we did a "pop news" investigation and found out that the scenes with a certain someone were too hot. >> look at that. >> to show just yet. can't give it all way. >> we got to save something, lara. >> got a save a little something-something. >> i am so embarrassed right now. >> let's move on. july 1st will be here in no time. >> yes, it will. oh we will have some fun

then. >> michael, that's when you say stop it some more. >> i don't like the attention. come on. hey, guy, listen. we have a "pop news" investigation. >> another one? >> yeah. >> two. >> my team has been very busy. there you see me wearing my mon monacle and my hat. valentine's day is coming. this is the love edition of the "pop news" investigation. a new study revealing who may be the luckiest involved. it turns out it's emoji users. match.com kicked in on this one, their dating survey which happens annually revealed something interesting that i thought about having received some of these from you. turns out that people who use more emojis in their text messages also have more reason to do that little smiley face because they have more active sex lives according to the study. it also found those that punt wait with little characters -- don't look at me like that robin

roberts, go on more dates and two times more likely to get married. next time someone sends you a smiley face now you know why they're smiling. >> are you kidding me? >> what does it say about -- >> if you see me in that hat that means it's an investigation. >> and it's true. >> and it's true. i don't know what that says. >> oh boy. >> smiling too, right? >> finally, love this story. only february but so far the dad of the year goes to dad wickherst. he is a single dads who level of hairstyling skills not the most extensive but willing to do anything for his girl izzy who wanted a ponytail. he enrolled in cosmetology school taking classes on his lunch hour. now he can give her that ponytail and oh so much more. check it out. he is the bun master and also braiding machine. >> wow. >> he says doing her hair is a

cherished part of every day and encourages more dads to break open the stereotypes. >> it is sweet. >> a great thing to do. she will never forget it. >> great stuff, lara. >> on that note smiley faces to everybody. >> especially for our junior meteorologists. >> yes. take it away kids. >> go ahead. >> let's take a live look at boston. >> and -- >> today's temperature is 34. >> now let's time out the storm. ginger. >> well of course we have boston. you guys were just talking about it. did such a great job. meteorologists don't read. we don't have a script. we just talk so i can say whatever i want right now. isn't that exciting? right here what you're seeing is the timing of the storm. look right here. temperatures behind it drop out. i mean tomorrow morning if y'all are here still it's going to be cold. real quick, the temperatures there by early momg morning will feel like 4 >> good morning, washington.

afteter a mild day yesterday, teeratures are tumbling day. we hit our high in the early mornrning hours a those tempmperatures wilill be falling through the 30'through the rest of the day. strong winds will gu and that means that feel factorill stay the teens. overght tonight, clear skies and cold tememperatures. morrow, we s stay cold with partly cloudy skies and a high around 38. a brief form up on saturday before rain on sunday. and we want to wish a happy national weather person day to all of the meteorologists out there. a lot of meteorologists aren't on tv. the military airlines noaa nasa most of the people i graduated with did not go into tv. happy meteorologist day to them. the "heat index" and how one teacher gave her students a valuable lesson about privacy proving nothing they post online is private.

becky worley has the story. >> now we can communicate with pictures. >> reporter: snapchat. despite the privacy firestorm when it came out in 2011 -- >> the fun is to send embarrassing pictures. >> reporter: a teacher wanted to create a experiment to teach a hard lesson to her class of 9 and 10-year-olds and had them use snapchat then she took a screen grab and posted it to facebook and twitter asking people to reshare with their locations. one friend posted it then another and then the exponential growth led to almost 27,000 shares on facebook alone. >> the fact that it went viral i think shocked them just as much as it shocked myself really. >> we're seeing the first few generations that have the same ideas about what they should keep private. >> reporter: now, snapchat says the photos are deleted but all

you have to do is press this button and this button on your phone and have a screen grabs that lasts forever. if that's shared over a billion users. the sky is the limit on how widely it could spread. to fight this oversharing snapchat now notifies users when a screen grab has been taken but savvy teens have found new ways to circumvent that. snapkeep. snapbox, snapspy. these all let you take a screen grab without sending a notification back to the person who sent you the photo. some people online have altered the photo sammy shared with harsh messages even putting devil horns on her head. >> for all negative comments we had thousands of positives, as well and you can't please everybody and people will have an opinion. >> reporter: i say more power to you, mrs. roukroft. she is teaching all of us parents that the talk about privacy in the internet needs to happen earlier than ever robin.

>> all right. becky, thank you for bringing that to us. we wish you were here to smell the roses, chocolate. our confidential new series and this morning, we're tackling the bick expenses of valentine's day. that's why we have all this here. abc's mara schiavocampo shows us how we can save big. ♪ >> reporter: they say money can't buy love but on valentine's day, all bets are off. of course every girl loves red roses on valentine's day. but what's not to love is the price. love birds can expect a dozen of those big reds to be marked up between 20% and sometimes 50% valentine's day week. one local florist coming out of the flower patch admitting it's true. >> a dozen for 20. all year round might be a dozen for 25. just to kind of balance out the increase that our suppliers price us at. >> reporter: and restaurants, couples tend to spend $70 more

on february 14th than on a typical night out. experts say partly due to those costly fixed price menus. enter my valentine. valentine's savings guru. >> tough to talk about finances and be romantic at the same time. >> reporter: tip number one, for flowers buy local and buy now. >> a lot of your local corner florists all have websites. you can lock your order in now and you're not going to deal with any of that surcharges. >> reporter: two, cook for your date. >> reporter: dinners can cost up upwards of $200 or you can do this. look at this. you can cook this right in your own kitchen. probably cost what $10. >> reporter: tip number three, do it yourself. isn't your love going to find you cheap if you make them a card. >> this isn't really cheap. i would say this is heart felt. >> reporter: while the price of chocolate tens not to change high-end chocolate covered strawberries aren't cheap.

up to 7 bucks each. make them yourself. less than 2 bucks. valentine's day savings worth writing home about. >> happy valentine's day. here are my strawberries. they looked a lot better before we but them next to the professional ones and i made you a card delicious. >> you are my sunshine in the morning. happy valentine's day. >> thank you. we should do this. we could do this. we can do this. it's wonderful. thank you so much. over now to michael. michael. >> bargains in the water this morning with "deals & steals." they're in the water because our "shark tank" edition. tory johnson and the "shark tank" got together to get rock bottom prices. >> okay first up we have a deal from damon john. you want to spin it around. >> whoo! >> power decals. damon invested $100,000 in this company and it's this little light that clips on to the

window of your car and window clips included and on and off technology so when you're moving it's on when you park the car it stops. damon said he loves the reaction from other drivers, super fun and an amazing deal. normally big assortment starts at $20, 10 bucks. >> whoa! almost every -- >> bit in half like a shark. >> exactly. next up this is from lori greiner greiner. this is one of lori's favorite. she gave them $150,000. two teeny pieces you get. so look, put this together and see how strong that is. one would go inside your shirt. there you go. one would -- >> strong. >> one goes on the inside and one on the outside and clip your glasses between so you never lose then. you get three sets of these stainless steel magnetic eyeglass holders, normally $30, these two slashed by 66%, 10 buck. >> that's really strong.

>> three sets for 10 bucks. okay barbara corcoran invested this pipcorn. it doesn't get stuck in her teeth. you don't have -- >> the bigger kernels don't get stuck in mine. >> barbara loves this. three different times of pipcorn. you get truffle sea salt kettle corn two bags of each. six bags total. normally $39, slashed in half $19.50. >> all right. i can't stop smiling about the tooth. >> i know. >> what do we have here? >> damon invested in this company. because he says he carries them with him all the time. it's a party. it's an instant party wherever you go. there you go. >> i feel like captain and tennille. >> beyonce wore these in a video. miley cyrus, huge celebrity following. big assortment so there's so many fun styles. hardly you know necessary for

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>> eight: 27 now on this thursday morning. we want to get you started with a look at the commute. that's 8:27 now. >> heading south on 270, rough. we have traffic standing still entering germantown. 395, a live picture near the pentagon. north of edsall road to the 14th street bridge, nothing wrong. around the woodrow wilson bridge , heading into alexandria, all travel lanes open but to 95 has been very heavy. that'-- 295 has been very busy.

>> colder all day long. we normally warm-up in the afternoon hours. that will not happen today. a cold front has passed through the region allowing the arctic hare to invade our area. couple of light flurries. that will be about it. we will be done with that after 10:00. 38 degrees in gaithersburg. 38 downtown. the windchill is lower than that because our winds will be gusting between 30-40 miles per hour at times today. by the noon hour, looking a bit better. tomorrow will be the same in terms of sunshine and a couple of clouds and chilly temperatures. some rain expected on sunday. >> thank you for watching.

♪ treasure ♪ good morning, everyone. 8:30 and there you see two great stars in the social square. geena davis from "grey's anatomy," newest surgeon. has a preview of tonight's episode. part of the big tgit lineup. >> just chatting away. >> interesting character. >> yeah. >> as you may know that's bob odenkirk starring in the spin-off bringing back saul in "better call saul." >> he never stops talking. >> yeah totally in character. it is thankful thursday and like to celebrate that and we have an amazing school principal making a big impact in her students' lives. i spent some time with her in her school in brooklyn and inspires her students that she calls scholars. we are all learning doesn't matter how old or young we are. there's a campaign that went

viral. so many people are responding and we cannot wait to their that with you in a little bit. >> thank you, robin. the big trend in cosmetic surgery. beam going under the knife to look like their perfect selfies. they are inspired by the filtered photos on instagram. abc's linzie janis has more. >> reporter: natalie portman's nose. jennifer garner's defined jaw. angelina jolie's lips but instead of bringing that some people are getting a bit more real. >> now people are coming in with instagram filters. >> reporter: instagram setting off one of the hottest new trends in cosmetic surgery. patients asking doctors to alter their appearance to make them look in real life like the selfies they take using one of the photo filters.

those filters capable of boosting selfie esteem. i tested them out. willow making my face looking more defined. early bird giving me a softer glow. janet ross says she fell in love with the way she felt the amaro filter improved her snaps. >> i can totally post this because i look good. i'm softer. >> reporter: the 47-year-old asking her doctor to mimic the filter but make the result a little more permanent. >> i have the fillers in the sides here. on the lips a little bit and then the botox -- dr. jonathan kaplan a plastic surgeon has been able to help many of his patients like ross ditch those instagram filters without going under the knife. >> the patients that are coming in with the filters from instagram are concerned about the wrinkles around their mouth, complexion and different blemishes and dark spots or red spots and great for them because you don't really need any surgical procedures for that. >> some psychiatrists say this

latest quest for selfie improvement could be dangerous. >> filters are something special designed for a camera. not a plastic surgeon's fingers. >> reporter: as for ross she says she has no regrets. >> i feel way more confident. i don't need the filters anymore. >> reporter: for "good morning america," linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> all right, thanks linz. our junior meteorologists and ginger with a final check on the weather. >> yes, we were just talking about dynamics. talking about getting the highs and lows. so i want to know your favorite type of weather to study. cali. >> hurricanes. >> hurricanes. >> tornadoes. >> tornadoes. >> volcanoes. >> we have so much in common. so much to talk about, you guys. we'll get to that but i have to do a little bit of the forecast right now. so let's check. how about we go to florida. look at ft. laterid lauderdale. it is storming big time there. you can see the low-lying clouds

and updraft pretty hefty with that cold front, the same cold front instigating those storms that's moving through the southeast and will drop temperatures. tonight's loys atlanta drops to 26 montgomery and new orleans above freezing at 38 then we have to talk about this new storm. saturday into sunday in the great lakes and look at it come through. it's going to become a cold front first then a stationary front, very interesting going into next week. i think we'll talk about quite a bit of snow. we'll have a lot to go on here all right. you catching all that. >> yeah. >> picking up what i'm laying down. all right. that's the big picture. >> good morning, washington. anrctic cold front passing dry area this moing. it will be in the 30's this afternoon, but feeling likike teens okay all this weather brought to you by royal caribbean. cali. >> robin, in to you. >> you're hired.

all three of you. all four of you. the incredible oscar winning actress geena davis is back. boy, is she ever here to tell us about her latest role in "grey's anatomy." would you come on out, geena davis. [ applause ] >> oh, look. >> the boys always have to do something special. that's how girls unite. you look fantastic. >> thank you. >> loving you in this new role. >> i'm having so much fun. >> the guys in the scrubs. >> always brin crew with me. >> never leave home without them. dr. herman. >> yes. >> you're a little difficult sometimes. >> i know. >> your character, your character. >> yeah. >> what is it about this? why did you want the role? >> it's fun. it's fun to be so like hard-nosed hard-nosed. i didn't actually know a hell of a lot about it before signing on

to do it. they didn't have a script to show me. they just said you're going to be mentoring arizona, the character, jessica capshaw and you're very hard on her, very very tough on her. and so -- and i started doing it and getting the scripts and i'm tough and every week i'm getting tougher and tougher and i finally said so what do you think? i mean are we going to find out why i'm so tough at some point? they were like we've been thinking about that. >> you're facing a brain tumor. >> turns out i have a brain tumor. >> six months to live and there's somebody who thinks that they can save you. want to take a look at this right now. >> okay, great. >> you really think you can pull off your plan huh? >> i have all your past medical records. once i get a firm grasp on the roads other surgeons took to get to know i can cut away a clear path to yes. by the time i'm down i'll be

able to tell where you lost your virginity virginity. >> you're either confident or delusional. one of the two. it's hard to tell. they look so similar. >> there again, the show has been around for so long so well received and to be dropped into it it's really a compliment to you and them. it seems like you've always been there. >> that's great. i felt so happy and at home there. such a great great set and group of people and i became really good friends with jessica capshaw. >> arizona. >> in real life. arizona. >> not so much on screen but off screen. >> not so much on screen. >> can we put up her picture on twitter of both of you. it was so adorable and someone asked on twitter on our account, they said what's it liketowork with her, jessica. >> she's a dream. so much fun. we do fog but torture each other all day with teasing and jokes

and stuff. she said to me one day, ah she's -- she's just pretty funny. oh no i said -- i know what it was. it was time to go on the set and i said come on. we're making a movie here. let's go and she said oh honey, you're not in a movie. you're on tv. >> but the movie that we love "thelma and louise." 25 years. >> 25 years. >> you have to get together and do something. >> i think we do yeah. >> are you going to? >> take our show on the road or something. >> you and susan. >> keep going, right? although we're pancages. >> last we saw you. >> but, no we would love to do something to celebrate. got to celebrate. >> i hope you do that because diane sawyer and i when we worked together we called ourselves thelma and louise. >> diane was -- >> she gets top billing. your institute, it's turning into a festival. a film festival. can you tell us about that.

>> this year for the first time we're launching a film festival a bentonville film fest cal championing women and diversity in film. not just a celebration of here's some movies that are starring women or directed by women or minorities it's here's the business case why this is necessary now, why we have to get going here to become relevant and the prizes are guaranteed distribution which is amazing. that's what it's all about. >> gina thank you. always a delight to have you here. blessings in everything continued success. catch geneena on "grey's anatomy" tonight at 8:00 followed by "scandal," "how to get away with murder." coming up thankful thursday. you like that the principal who inspired her students the viral campaign she helped to spark.

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comes walking up to you and approaches you and says, hey, can i take your picture? what was your initial thought? >> where is he going to take me? >> where is he going -- >> which is the correct thought. >> reporter: it turns out that picture started an amazing journey for this young man and his school. blogger photographer brandon stanton behind one of the internet's most popular photo websites humans of new york stopped 13-year-old badal for a feet's and asked who influenced you most in your life? >> almost always when i ask that question i've asked a lot, somebody will talk about their parents and he said my principal. miss lopez and i was immediately intrigued. >> reporter: eighth grader in brownsville, new york told brandon his principal inspired him because she once made every student stand up one at a time and she told each one of us that we mattered. >> miss lopez is like my second mom. >> reporter: she makes you believe in yourself.

doesn't she? >> she is so so devoted to these kids and their futures. >> reporter: brandon's post went viral which prompted him to meet this beloved principal. the two decided to harness the outpouring of support from humans of new york's millions of followers and start a fund-raiser so that students at the school could take a field trip to harvard a trip that would cost $35,000. why did you choose harvard? >> i'm constantly fighting with the kids and their parents and the teachers to say, you are definitely good enough. you are amazing and you're brilliant but my question was do they see it? do they see how far they can go. >> reporter: it has made over $1 million and counting. enough to make the harvard excursion an annual fixture for years to come but for principal lopez the fund-raiser means more than money. you keep referring to the comments not the money. >> no. >> but the comments are priceless.

>> i don't even follow the money but it's the people, and today someone came in aidan and said i read your post and said you know if you need a volunteer, so what can i do to help? >> reporter: that gave me chills. the million dollar fund-raiser has also given what i to after-school programs and a future scholarship program named after vadal, the scholar who started it all. >> every dollar over $700,000 is going to send these kids to school. >> the attention i'm getting i'm getting it for the school and the school has been a big part in my life and i want it to be a big part in everyone else's life. >> simple picture like that taken by brandon, just over $1.2 million has been raised so far and counting going on till today. no one talked about the money. they didn't. they were so touched that people were responding wanting to volunteer and do all those things and brandon, humans of new york his blog and he's a

story in himself. he lost his job and said you know i want to make a difference -- do something. took up photography. >> look what he's done. >> i'm glad they don't have to talk about the money. i'm glad it's coming in. >> the principal wanted to be sure that everybody knows she is just one of many. one of many educators out there make agent difference. somebody in my mother's life did that. wilma snegg and today is my mother's 91st birthday and she would have loved this story. ad" fans, hold on. bob

on "breaking bad" bob odenkirk played the crooked attorney saul goodman and now bringing saul back in a new series called "better call saul" and tells saul's story before he met walter white. >> i think i'd look guilty if i hired a lawyer. >> actually it's getting arrested that makes people look guilty. even the innocent ones and innocent people get arrested every day and they find themselves in a little room with a detective who acts like he's their best friend talk to me he says. help me clear this thing up. you don't need a lawyer. only guilty people need lawyers answer boom, that's when it all goes south. that's when you want someone in your corner who will fight tooth and nail. lawyers, we're like health insurance. hope you never need it but man, objection, man, not having it, no. >> well you got that pitch down bob, right there. >> yeah. that's his job. >> now, this is actually saul

before he is saul jimmy mcgill. kind of a straight lawyer right? >> he's trying to be a good person and to do things in a legitimate way. he has natural instincts that lead him the other direction. >> it's a real struggle. >> it's a real struggle for this character to do things on the up and up. >> yeah. >> but he's trying and in the first episode he was on "breaking bad" he says my name is james mcgill. so we already know he has a back story. >> you know obviously there's so much attention on social media because of the success of "breaking bad" and one woman actually on twitter wanted to know why should "breaking bad" fans tune in to this show? >> the number one reason is the star of the show is the writing. vince gilligan who created "breaking bad" and period gould who wrote the first episode that saul's -- the character of saul was in called "better call saul" created this show. so it's many of the same writers

from "breaking bad" and all those great things that they know how to do which is get you hooked in and take you on a roller-coaster ride. i mean the first episode which is this sunday ends with one of those great moments that you remember from "breaking bad" and when i read the script and i can't swear here or can i? >> you can try if you want. >> i went oh shgs shhh -- they can get you there. these storytellers can take you up and down and over and it's so fun to be on that ride >> that's the similarities. how is it different? >> it's -- well this character is not under life-threaten situations. it's a lighter show because of that. it's not -- there is a lot of talk about is it a comedy or a drama? it's a drama but it's just kind of -- you smile through the whole thing because even though i play the character and i take

his situation very seriously when i'm playing it when you watch it it's so funny to see this guy just dig a hole and then dig a deeper hole and so you're enjoying his pain. it's a lot of fun. >> well we'll give you a little pain right now. throwback thursday. we'll look back to what we think is your first appearance on national television. >> oh my god. >> "saturday night live." >> yeah there it is. >> you were a writer are to the show. >> yeah. me with a turtle with lorne michaels and, yeah i wrote for "saturday night live" for four years. it was my first big job and those kinds of parts are the hardest parts to do when you have one line or you are ee supposed to just hold the turtle and not drop it. there's something that gets easier when you have a big monologue and you have some room to screw up and save yourself. >> you got plenty of opportunities for that in "better call saul." >> i really do. >> thanks for coming up. bob odenkirk.

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let's get you started with a check on the morning commute. >> i wanted to show our silver lining. a bit better on the beltway in prince george's county where we had big delays coming from branch avenue toward the woodrow wilson bridge. it is relaxing a bit, traffic leaving our screen. not perfect, but getting better westbound on the freeway just as you come up to 11th street bridge, had some activity blocking the left side of the roadway. but directions to come inbound on the 11th street bridge -- 66 eastbound out of 123 traffic unaffected at this point. give us are cold, bad news. >> it feels kind of brutal out there. we have an arctic front. our temperatures have been falling ever since.

the winds are gusty, so the feel factor is pretty cold. 12 in hagerstown and 23 in frederick. feels like 28 agrees downtown -- degrees downtown. our temperatures will continue to follow all day long. upper 20's by late this afternoon with chills in the teens. tomorrow, we stay cold but the wind will not be as bad. a bit warmer as we head into saturday. >> have a great day.

>> it's "live with kelly and michael." today from the new film "the voices," ryan reynolds. and star of the show, bob odenkirk. all next on "live." [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] >> now here are kelly ripa and michael strahan! [applause] ♪