good morning, america. breaking news -- >> your winning powerball number 19. >> jackpot three winning tickets won in that massive powerball lottery splitting one of the biggest prizes ever more than $564 million, winners in texas, north carolina and puerto rico who's waking up a big millionaire? also breaking overnight, tragic accident. "60 minutes" legend bob simon killed in a car crash. from vietnam to the iraq war, the veteran correspondent who spent decades covering the biggest stories in the world. blockbuster trial. chris kyle's widow taking the stand, clutching his dog tags. her final good-bye to her husband and kyle's troubling text message about his killer. >> i think he ran up against a mama bear. >> dramatic takedown.

a fed up mom put an end to this high-speed car chase jumping out to take on an alleged carjacker wrestling him to the ground. why she says her maternal instincts kicked into high gear. and good morning, america. let me check. all six of us are here. so no powerball winners. >> no. >> at this table. >> i played though. i played. >> we all played. >> and lost. >> here are the numbers right now, 11 13 25 39 54 and the powerball is 19. so here's the big question of the morning, does this store right here liv from princeton, texas, does that look familiar to you? because that is where one of the winning tickets was sold? the two others were sold in north carolina and puerto rico. >> puerto rico. they're already winning. thisser er aser erser puerto rico.

more than five won a million dollars with the five numbers. t.j. is here. >> great to be with you, robin. look let me give you the good news literally there were millions of winners last night, the problem is most of you only won about $4 because you matched one number. but for the three people who matched all of these numbers, their lives changed forever last night. >> tonight we've got a huge jackpot for you. >> this morning three people are waking up a lot richer. >> 25 11 54 -- powerball number 19. >> reporter: to win a share of that 5$564 million jackpot, a whopping $188 million each the fifth largest prize in u.s. history. the winners, still anonymous but those three tickets were sold here in texas, and in north carolina and puerto rico. >> going to have a lottery

ticket. >> reporter: the astronomical odds of winning, 175 million to 1 but that wasn't a deterrent, lottery officials say 75,000 tickets were sold per minute in the hours leading up to the drawing. the $500 million windfall enough to buy the lucky winners, three 100-acres off thailand or america's most expensive home worth $195 million two times over. again, you didn't win the powerball, the big one but don't throw the tickets away 33 people won a million dollars last night. four of those were in new york three in california. two were in florida so there are some winners out there and get this robin, there are at least 280 people that won 10 grand last night. >> hey. >> some hope. >> i heard new york. >> thank you, t.j. we turn to the war against isis. president obama asking congress to formally approve the use the force against the terror group. it could lead to the first vote on war powers in 13 years. abc's jon karl is at the white

house. what kind of lips to put on the use of ground troops in this battle. >> reporter: the president has said over and over again he is not going to start another ground war in the middle east. so even as he asked for congressional authorization for the air war now being conducted over scientists and iraq he was adamant he is not planning to send u.s. combat troops to fight isis. >> our coalition is on the offensive. isil is on the defensive and isil is going to lose. the resolution we've submitted today does not call for the deployment of u.s. ground combat forces to iraq or syria. it is not the authorization of another ground war. like afghanistan or iraq. >> reporter: but, george the resolution does leave open the possibility for a limited use of u.s. combat forces and that has some democrats very wary. >> the president trying to thread a needle between the right and left and that means this will be a real fight. could take weeks in congress.

>> reporter: george this could take months and i've got to tell you there is a real chance it doesn't pass because democrats want more limits on the president's war powers. republicans are saying that he should not have any real limits on his military options. >> okay jon karl thanks very much. all right, george. now to the arctic air hitting the midwest and northeast. some of the coldest temperatures in more than a decade and you know ginger is tracking it. >> this is when windchill advisories in place for 18 states. it's when we stop saying it's just february and we start saying this could be dangerous, especially if you have your skin exposed for a time. so from north dakota all the way to maine, down to north carolina talking about the core of the cold air the next two day, 18 below is the feels like in minneapolis this morning. 16 below, marquette, chicago, feels like 7 below and this is just the first shot and it's going to get here to the east coast, 30 boston today, 39 new york. well you say that's relatively mild give it 12 hours. here's what's happening by tonight into early tomorrow morning you'll feel like this 9 below for new york city and feel

like zero in washington, d.c. boston 14 below. you think that's bad, george. this is like the antithesis of winning the lottery. just west of worcester, massachusetts. it's a two-lane road. can you see the yellow line right there but there's so much snow the roads aren't working anymore. >> wow. >> more snow coming this weekend too which i will tell you about. >> okay okay ginger thanks very much. we're going to turn to the murder of three muslim-american students in this can income. the neighbor who shot them held without bond. his wife says it was a fight over a parking space. the victims' family calling it a hate crime and tom llamas has the latest from chapel hill. good morning, tom. >> reporter: george good morning to you. those happened heendz me at these apartments where that memorial has been placed and the victims' families tell me it's not about where they parked but what they believed. overnight unc chapel hill coming together and crying together. remembering three muslim students shot and killed just

off campus tuesday night including unc dental student deah barakat. >> i just heard gunshots. >> reporter: police say barakat, his new wife yusor and her 19-year-old cyst razan abu salha were shot inside their apartment by their neighbor 46-year-old craig stephen hicks. the girls' father telling me the three were killed execution style and that he believes they were targeted because of their faith. >> if this is not a hate crime what would be. >> reporter: hicks charged with three counts of first degree murder. police say he turned himself in hours after the killing. his wife saying the whole thing may have started because of a dispute over a parking space at the apartment complex. >> this incident had nothing to do with religion or victims' faith but, in fact was related to the long-standing parking dispute disputes. >> reporter: but hicks openly posted on facebook his proposed solution to problems in the

middle east atheism and barakat's family tells me he presently threatened deah. >> he showed him the gun. he kind of warned him of a gun. >> reporter: deah and yusor barakat just married in december. their family calling them model americans living the american dream. >> islam phobia is a real problem and hit home unfortunately, too close. >> reporter: now, investigators are calling this an isolated incident but they are looking at any clues that would point to a hate crime. the accused killer craig stephen hicks, has yet to enter a plea. george. >> okay tom, thanks very much. to amy with today's other top stories. >> good morning, everyone. we begin with breaking news a cease-fire in the standoff between russia and ukraine. russian president vladimir putin emerged from 16-hour talks with european leaders to announce a peace deal that is set to take effect sunday. it halts the fighting between ukraine's military and russian-backed rebels and calls for the withdrawal of weapons,

but many questions remain including whether the rebels will keep any territory, more than 5300 people have died in the fighting. the cruise ship captain who abandoned his ship and passengers after hitting a reef off the coast of italy sentenced to 16 years in prison for manslaughter and other charges. 32 people died when the "costa concordia" sank back in 2012 including a couple from minnesota. the captain fled unrecognized on to a lifeboat. he admits he had been showing off and steered too close to land but remains free pepping the appeals process. and retailers are asking president obama to intervene in a bitter contract dispute that is now shut down dozens of ports along the west coast until tuesday. the shutdown affecting the delivery of everything from car parts to furniture from asia could cost the economy more than $1 billion per day. well former airline executive is being sent to prison in what's become known as the nut rage case. the woman who is also the daughter of the airline's

chairman was in first class on a korean air flight from new york when she was served macadamia nuts in a bag instead of on a dish. that triggered a full-blown tantrum and she forced the plane to return back to the gate. sentenced to one year behind bars for interfering with the flight crew. and now we want to take a moment to remember a broadcast colleague and a friend cbs news and "60 minutes" correspondent bob simon has died. he was killed when a black cab he was riding in crashed on manhattan's west side highway. abc's david wright looks back at simon's award-winning career. >> i'm bob simon. >> reporter: a mainstay on "60 minutes." >> are you saying you weren't the slightest bit intimidated? >> you know i was not. >> precious few people have ever seen a jaguar in the wild. >> reporter: bob simon joined cbs news during the vietnam war. >> when the north vietnamese came to the area -- >> reporter: for five decades a

witness to history. >> their most advanced position on the southern front. >> reporter: held captive in iraq during the gulf war he emerged after 41 days describing how his team had been tortured. >> has it changed you? >> yeah. yeah. >> reporter: there were joyous moments too like the day nelson mandela finally walked out of jail. >> after 27 years his head hi and fist was clenched. >> reporter: that was 25 years ago to the day the horrific car crash that would end hislife. >> this is a cbs news special report. >> reporter: cbs news anchor scott pelley was almost in tears as he interrupted prime time with the news. >> bob simon was killed this evening. it was a car accident in new york city. >> reporter: anderson cooper noting the tragic irony of that fact on cnn last night. >> this was somebody who had survived so many close encounters over the year so many desperate difficult situations in the middle east. for him to die like this it's

incomprehensible. >> reporter: bob simon was 73. for "good morning america," david wright, abc news, new york. >> and, of course our thoughts and prayers go out to the simon family as well as our cbs colleagues this morning but it is such a loss to everyone. >> no one, no broadcast reporter had deeper broader experience across the middle east and as anderson pointed out the irony is inescapable. >> he witnessed history. we move on to the little league team that captured the nation's attention now making headlines for the wrong reasons. chicago's south side team has been stripped of its title for using ineligible players. some parents are fighting back. the kids are caught in the middle and abc's ryan smith is here with much more on that. good morning ryan. >> reporter: the kids of jackie robinson west handed a crushing loss with their title stripped. both parents and kids are speaking out asking why the children are being punished for the actions of adults. >> chicago wins the united states championship.

>> reporter: jackie robinson west the south side chicago team that played their hears out to win the american little league baseball title this morning heartbroken. their title stripped. >> we worked hard all year long. we didn't do anything wrong. >> reporter: after little league international ruled wednesday their manager and other administrators stacked their team with all-star ringers from other league districts creating a super team. >> we had to do this. we had no choice. >> we know we're champions. our parents know we're champions and the parentchicago knows we're champions. >> reporter: some parents fighting back claiming the title should remain theirs and this mom wondering if race was a factor. >> it is amazing to me that whenever african-americans exceed the expectations -- >> right. >> -- that there is always going to be fought. >> reporter: the boys of jackie robinson west one of the feel-good stories of last summer

coming from one of chicago's toughest neighborhoods to beat some of the country's best and even getting to meet the president. >> everybody say cheese. >> all: cheese still standing by the kids. >> dirty dealing by the adults doesn't take away from the accomplishments of those young men. >> reporter: the team they beat mountain ridge in las vegas, now the new american champions. >> it's really unbelievable. >> i'm heartbroken for them. >> reporter: but feeling victory is bittersweet. jackie robinson's west manager has been suspended ainge the administrator of little league baseball says was involved in the scheme and has been fired but little league baseball say the kids don't think they knew what they were doing or doing anything wrong. just kids out playing baseball. >> why punish the kids? >> it's a tough situation and say there was a violation so they had to do something but your heart breaks for these kids who played their hearts out. >> they did. >> parents should stay out of this stuff. >> let the kids play. this story that you bring us. >> oh yeah. we had one carjacker behind bars

this morning after his run-in with the wrong mom. we show you that high-speed chase ending with a big crash and the victims jumping out of the minivan to take the suspect down and brandi hitt has more. >> reporter: watch this dramatic police chase through the streets of dallas. the whole thing caught on camera. police say 43-year-old alexander robbed a store and carjacked this white dodge challenger wednesday before leading cops on a high-speed eight-mile pursuit. the chase ending at this intersection. >> just wrecked at the intersection. >> reporter: but it's what happens next that needs to be seen to be believed. the woman behind the wheel of the minivan jessica leastman gets out and confronts alexander. followed by her boyfriend, charles cook in the passenger seat. >> i would use to stop whoever, whether it was him or somebody else it's no thinking just a reaction. >> reporter: when alexander tries to make a run a scuffle ensues. liesman grabbing the straps of

the suspect's overalls and the pair wrestling him to the ground as police arrive on the scene. >> i think he ran up against a mama bear. >> reporter: lieman on her way to pick up her daughter with her son in the backseat. >> probably injure my son and wreck my car, you'll pay. >> reporter: her swift response even surprising her boyfriend. >> i knew she had it in her. >> reporter: this morning spdzer is behind bars facing charges of aggravated robbery and hit-and-run after learning the wrong way not to mess with this mama bear. >> mama didn't raise no punk. >> reporter: for "good morning america," brandi hitt abc news los angeles. >> she's tough. >> the mama didn't raise no punk and the mom said she was yelling all kinds of things that she may not remember. but she hoped that the carjacker does remember. >> something tells me he won't forget. >> don't mess with mama. >> some said we can't repeat what she said.

>> she got the result she needed. ginger you're taunting us with that picture from southern california. >> because i'm just -- i'm blacking out with a cold. that's not happening. let's look at this. torrey pines, california. how about that? and, yes, it looks so beautiful and everyone is so envious in the studio here buthehey have problems of tir own. they've got high wind warnings. >> oh. >> see. >> gusts could go to 55 miles per hour around i-8 in the san diego county mountains and, it is a big deal santa anas bringing in the warmth but sustain winds in the 20s or 30s and the gusts up to even 60 in some spots. go to 81 death valley 74 las vegas. 85, yuma and 80 for phoenix. tucson a little cloudier and cooler at 71 and the cold is creeping. it's about to get into the southeast, 68 tallahassee, 61. but that freezing line gets into north florida.

>> good morning, washington. get ready for the big chill. it is not to bank that right now. as you look at temperatures across the region, 32 in manassas, 34 in martinsburg. temperatures will warm up this morning and get into the new 4 -- the lower 40's by midday, but the cold will usher in strong blustery conditions. if you light >> it's tough to drive a semi in

cities like boston any day but you have six-foot snowbanks and this happen the boat stuck in the middle of the streets. everyone is excited for spring getting the boats out. not quite. mother nature is saying nope not going to happen. >> snow melt and then it'll just float away. >> always thinking there, michael. thank you, beginner. coming up an emotional start to the american sniper trial. chris kyle's widow taking the stand. dan and nancy are here to break it all down. tax fraud alert. how someone may have already filed for you taking your refund. the fbi investigating right now. and the netflix glitch that set the internet on fire with "the house of cards" leak intentional or a whopper of a mistake? >> whopper. i like that. and then the odd couple. taylor swift and kanye west have they made up teaming up in the studio? we'll get into that when "good morning america" is back in just a moment. ♪ i'm just going to shake shake ♪

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>> now, an abc 7 news update. autria: g it is 7:26 now.

we went to get a check of the traffic situation. jack? jack: a new problem in prince george's county, right at the through lane split around 210. a block lane, causing a delay trying to get through temple hill. 410 westbound before adelphi road, only the right means getting by. a water main break and repairs. 66 eastbound, a new problem you do not hear every day. virginia state authorities were sent to assist an owl in the roadway along the right side. all right, tell us what is coming jacqui jeras. jacqui: we are looking for cold air, and that will be the big story is arctic air plunges into our region. not to bank that right now. -- not too bad right now. our by hour we expect the cold front to pass by midday today. by the afternoon our, the wind

will be strong enough that are feel factor will be dropping down into the 20's. teens expected for the drive home at ross much of the region. overnight tonight, the wind will stay strong enough. that will wake up the feel factor between plus five two -5. it may feel like -10. tomorrow will be a cold day with temperatures only in the upper 20's for highs. autria: thank you, and thank you for watching.

good morning, america. right now, three winning tickets sold in last night's powerball drawing. splitting the jackpot of more than $564 million. also right now, chris kyle's widow delivering emotional testimony in the opening day of the american sniper trial. and a major tax fraud alert. someone may have already collected your tax refund using a popular computer program. the fbi now investigating. we do say good morning, america. one more alarm clock, yes, friday eve, it is and we have a lot to get to this morning. apparently taylor swift is able to shake it off. is she really about to get into the studio with kanye west? what he's saying about the unlikely duo. >> that would be something. >> we'll get into that ahead. an emotional start to the american sniper murder trial. chris kyle's widow cried on the stand when she talked about the day he was killed along with his friend. >> reporter: two years of grief seemed to pour out of taya kyle

n the witness stand. who were you married to asked the prosecutor. she broke down whispering chris kyle. >> i need you here. >> reporter: millions have watched the kyles' love story in the blockbuster "american sniper" but wednesday kyle told her story to the 12 people who matter the most the jurors who will decide whether eddie routh is guilty of murdering chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield at this gun range two years ago. the judge will not allow audio from witnesses to be broadcast but you don't need to hear her to see her pain. she clutched dog tags as she walked jurors through family pictures. she also talked about the last day she saw him. we said we loved each other and gave each other a kiss and a hug like we always did. as kyle left the stand she hugged chad littlefield's mother who told the jury it would have been her son's 38th birthday. >> he did not know what he was doing was wrong. >> reporter: ralph sat with his

head down as he told jurors he was insane when he turned the gun on two men he never met before who were trying to help him with ptsd. chris kyle may have thought he was crazy together as they were riding together to that gun range. >> chris kyle was sitting in the driver's seat on his telephone and he texts chad littlefield sitting right next to hi he texts him that this dude is straight up nuts. and chad littlefield texts chris kyle back right behind you, watch my six. >> reporter: that's military slang for watch my back. prosecutors say ralph was drunk and high and may have had mental problems but nothing that excuses cold-blooded murder. for "good morning america," ryan owens, abc news stephenville texas. >> more from our legal team abc news legal analyst dan abrams and nancy grace on hln in

atlanta. nancy, the prosecution beginning with the most powerful punch possible. >> absolutely by bringing on the wife taya the jury gets to know the victim in this case and that's very rare. you can search the constitution. it mentions nothing about the crime victim. this is the only way the jury gets to know to see, to feel the victim and in this case that's extremely important and what they're going to learn about the defendant in this case routh, is that he used the claim of ptsd so many times to get out of trouble, even to get out of a dui. he would use this claim of ptsd. >> and, dan, ptsd not the same as insanity. >> that's right. ptsd is not enough to say i shouldn't be held responsible for my actions. it has to be my ptsd was so bad that i didn't understand right from wrong. but, look in this case this is a comparatively good insanity claim and what i mean by that is

the insanity defense is always tough -- >> emphasis on comparatively. >> hang on one sec. it's really tough in a state like texas, it's really hard to win an insanity defense but they have evidence here of not just mental illness, but of comments he made afterwards that may suggest that he didn't understand what he did was so terrible. that's the important thing in this case and to have the victim himself having said this dude is straight up nuts shall that's not a legal or medical assessment but is sure helpful to the defense. >> you're not buying it nancy. >> this is what i think about that. what they're going to do is bring in surveillance video from the local taco bell that shows that right after gunning these two men down in cold blood, shooting them in the back in the back of the head he takes their car, their black pickup truck, drives it through taco bell and enjoys a burrito. he's not in the middle of

some -- he's not having a flashback and also ptsd from what? he never even saw battle when he was in iraq and he never even got off the ship in kuwait. >> but i don't think eating at taco bell -- >> no ptsd. >> eating at taco bell doesn't necessarily mean you're not insane. i'm not going to make a judgment about eating at taco bell but the bottom line is that doesn't change the reality that he may -- >> dan, he told his sister what happened dan. he got to his sister's house after he enjoyed his taco -- his burrito at taco bell and says i just killed two people. i just sold my soul for a truck and, again, ptsd from what? he never got off the ship in haiti. he was in a green area when he was in iraq so trauma from what? he was doing this kind of behavior drugs and alcohol before he was ever even in the military. >> but ptsd isn't the point

here. the point is did he have a level of mental illness from whatever cause, it could be ptsd, it could be not ptsd the legal question here is did he understand right from wrong when this happened and there are, you know look i'm not saying he's going to win this because it's a long shot but there are real arguments here to suggest that this is a guy who had somewhere between mental illness and possible criminal insanity. >> he has a tattoo that says the high life. it was drugs and alcohol. >> this trial not over yet, nancy grace and dan abrams thanks very much. to ginger with the weather. let's go ahead to montana. western montana, big sky resort. we've got video from there. you know they had 20 inches of snow just in the last week. so they say high elevations they're doing well even though so many other resorts out west are not. a quiet start to the day especially in the pacific northwest and quite warm portland above average 62. redding, 75 and 67 for reno. from oklahoma up to the northern

plains this i've been talking about that warmth. so that's the ridge out there, but, boy, the cold gets -- look at jacksonville. subfreezing for a couple of the days in the next four. jacqui: good morning washington. an arctic cold front will be passing through our region today, bringing a big drop in temperatures. mostly cloudy skies, a few afternoon cold -- snow showers. >> all that weather brought to you by kay jewelers. even charlotte seeing the teens as we get into the rest of the weekend. >> we're all in it together ginger. >> yeah we are. now to amy with "the speed feed" in the social square. amy. >> that's right. good morning, guys. powerball is a winner in your feeds this morning but the victor on twitter and facebook has to be "house of cards." fans of the wildly popular netflix show got a big surprise wednesday afternoon when long awaited season three popped up on the site two weeks before is set to debut. but as fast as frank underwood

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of americans. someone pay have filed in your name with your social security number taking your refund by using popular tax return software. abc's gio benitez has the story. >> reporter: turbotax the do it yourself tax sft ware and website used by 29 million americans last year now being targeted by scammers filing thousands of fake returns with other people's info to steal their refund. >> these scams can be very common around tax season because that's a loot of money out there that scammers can get. >> reporter: this morning, the fbi is launching an investigation into how fraudsters got social security numbers to file bogus state returns including through turbotax which temporarily suspended state filings last week after discovering the problem. but parent company intuit also warning of phishing scams asking for users to confirm their date father. >> once they have that information they can then prepare a false tax return and

they will designate where it's sent and believe it it will not be to your bank account. >> reporter: they are reportedly happening across 19 states right no in alabama alone, 16,000 suspicious filings. minnesota halting its processing of turbotax state filings for 48 hours after a spike in victims there. julie hoy was one of them going to file her return finding out someone had. >> it's a huge inconvenience especially if you're expecting a refund. >> reporter: intuit telling abc news they place the highest importance on respecting and protecting our customers' data regularly alerting customers of fraud alert and phishing scams." so stay alert. gio benitez, abc news new york. >> it's time everybody. start thinking about it. thank you. coming up big news for amanda knox this morning. and the odd couple are taylor and kanye ready to shake off the history and make some

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surprising announce many yet saying he's going into the studio to record with taylor swift. abc's t.j. holmes in the social square with that. good morning to you, my man, t.j. >> stra i need you to go outside because apparently pigs out there flying. hell has frozen over. taylor swift is tell us haters will hate and why would she collaborate with someone who hated on her, and stole one of the biggest moments of her early career? at the grammys he rocked 9 stage with paul mccartney and rihanna. ♪ i'm four five seconds from ♪ -- >> reporter: it took less time for him to resume his favorite pastime. award crasher rushing on stage to intervene when beck received album of the year. his reasoning, beyonce should have won it. that's the very same argument he used six years ago when he wrestled the microphone from taylor swift after she won best female video at the mtv awards. >> i'm really happy for you. i'm going to let you finish but beyonce had one of the best

videos of all time. [ cheers and applause ] >> this morning can yeah claiming to ryan seacrest swift has shaken off the incident. >> yeah she wants to get in the studio and we're definitely going to go in. >> reporter: kanye and t. swift. together? >> they posed at the grammys from their seats and looked genuinely like they were having a good time. >> reporter: no word if beck will join in for their own version of "four five seconds." yes, you hit on the caveat. we have not >> bury the lead there. >> we have not heard from taylor swift. >> more of like a wish. >> he said it. he said it publicly so it's on the record. people are taking -- >> the ball is in her court. >> he wouldn't lie about something like this. >> kanye and taylor tanye. >> tanye. coming up on "gma," one of the most powerful women in hollywood speaking out about

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>> now, and "abc 7 news" update. next good thursday morning. her time right now 7:56 let's get a check of the morning commute. jack: it has been kind of a tough morning. heading southbound, we will give you the live look. your delay begins on the parkway, all the way down to the 11th. it is also slow northbound. but lanes were reported we have had to columns on the beltway in prince george's county.

a broken down vehicle in the middle of the road. we believed that is clear to the shoulder. and the earlier crash, that had been along the left side of the roadway. i way that is cleared,. often on all the way to the 14th street bridge, but lanes are reported open. his today our best a temperature wise? jacqui: well ish. overall, we are going down. we are going to stay pretty cold in the next week. 35 degrees is our current temperature. the cold front has not passed yet, sort temperatures will be allowed to rise to the next couple of hours. we should reach about 40, maybe 42 degrees midday today. a few snow showers will be possible, but not expecting any accumulations. tomorrow will be bitterly cold.

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♪ good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. and we heart love. we're helping people from coast to coast find their other half our "gma" love challenge. two of america's top matchmakers teaming up this morning. can this woman find love and what you can learn from it? and the latest on bruce jenner and that deadly car crash. 911 calls released. what witnesses say happen. as the driver involved in the accident speaks out for the first time ♪ one of hollywood's hottest stepping out with a dramatic new look. uma thurman making waves on the red carpet. now her makeup 5r9 'tis is sharing secrets behind the buzzy transformation. ♪ all that and "scandal" star portia de rossi here live as we say -- >> good morning, america! ♪

and that's not all this morning. coming up valentine's day and there are our matchmakers, patti stanger and paul bronson. >> a woman who is very selective. another word for picky. >> she knows what she wants. >> i got no problem whatsoever. also ahead. one of hollywood's most powerful women speaking out this morning about being fired and the comments she made about some hollywood stars. >> yeah and also uma thurman is generating some major buzz lately on the red carpet with a dramatic new look. we'll tell you about the makeup trend that is behind it. >> and tory johnson is here with great "deals & steals" for your home. you don't want to miss this. tory always gets great bargains starting under $10. >> whoo. all right. a lot coming up. first news from amy. good morning, everyone.

we begin with the big news overnight that there are three winning tickets for last night's $564 million powerball jackpot. they were sold in texas. north carolina and puerto rico. the jackpot is the fifth largest in u.s. history and if the winners choose the lump sum option they will each get more than $127 million before taxes. overseas right now, a cease-fire in the standoff with russia. president putin agreed today to a deal that will stop the fighting between pro-russian rebels and ukraine's military that takes effect sunday but many details still need to be negotiated. cbs news correspondent bob simon died last night in a car crash here in new york city. simon was in the backseat of a car when it struck another vehicle and spun out of control. simon covered nearly every world conflict since the 1960s. he was even held captive in iraq for more than a month. bob simon was 73. well commuters in northern california are being warned they

may have been exposed the measles. officials with the bay area rapid transit say an infected person rode trains to and from work earlier this month. they say any unvaccinated rider that came into contact with the person now has a high risk of getting sick. also from california a new twist in the fatal crash involving reality tv star bruce jenner. we are hearing from one of the other drivers just as police released the 911 calls. abc's aditi roy has the details. >> 911 emergency what are you reporting? >> a car accident major car accident. >> reporter: the newly released 911 calls from the scene of this deadly accident involving reality star bruce jenner. >> any injuries? >> i'm going to say, it looks pretty bad. one car is destroyed. >> reporter: revealing the dramatic moments following the four-car collision on california's pacific coast highway that killed kim howe 69 years old as the driver police say caused the crash speaks out for the first time.

9-year-old jessica steindorf a hollywood talent manager seen hobnobbing with models was driving this prius when authorities say she abruptly slowed down causing howe to crash into her and jenner to crash into howe possibly propelling her into the on coming path of a hummer. steindorf said she did not suddenly stop but jenner rear ended her at a high rate of speed too. >> traffic is blocked in both lanes and there are cars across three lanes. >> reporter: dmv records show they were driving with suspended licenses. >> bruce, are you okay? >> reporter: as for jenner he passed a field sobriety test. for "good morning america," aditi roy, abc news, san francisco. >> and we are hearing for the first time from the sony executive fire after that hacking scandal that exposed company e-mails. amy pascal spoke to a conference in san francisco about those e-mail exchanges including messages about movies she

thought president obama would like and insults aimed at angelina jolie. she called the situation horrible saying quote, there is nothing you can do. you can't say anything you can't explain anything. but she said angelina jolie, quote, didn't care. pascal said most people understand hollywood is a weird place and if everyone was nice all the time she says, it wouldn't work. well finally many of us love seeing nature up close. while this may be up close, i might say it's too personal. yeah look at that. a zoo in australia offering visitors the chance to stay in hotels and you can bathe while a bear stares at you just a few feet away. who wouldn't want that? yeah you pay for that. if that's too much you also can have a peekaboo game with a giraffe. zoo officials warn that animals can get noisy at night. again, that's strike two for me.

>> yeah, need sleep. the national geographic channel will do just fine. >> thank you, amy. "pop news" and weather coming up. let's go to lara in the social square. >> thank you very much. here's what's coming up on our "gma morning menu." first, meghan trainor, "all about that bass." she'll tell us about the moment she shoe she could, in fact, be a pop star. we think so. uma thurman in the news. the makeup secrets behind her dramatic new look. we'll put those to the test with our friends from lancome. then our big "gma" matchmaking challenge. the love doctors are in the house with dating tips. >> oh thank you. thank you. wow. we'll find you guys love on valentine's day. and then i'm in love. i'm in love with "scandal" and in love with portia the dress, portia de rossi is also with us on "gma." stay with us won't you. i love you. i love you, america. ♪ "gma's morning menu" is brought to you by nexium 24 hour. available without a prescription.

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um because it all seems very i died. >> no, very much alive and the offers rolling in for stewart including a surprising one from orby's who tried to recruit him online despite the host's long-running beef with the fast food chain. his response just go online and look it up. it's classic stewart. also in "pop news" this morning, meghan trainor's lips are moving this morning telling "seventeen" magazine she never thought she'd make it as a pop tar because she didn't look like rihanna but after all the positive feedback she received about -- ♪ i'm all about that bass ♪ >> reporter: she changed her tune and good thing. her brand-new album title debuted at number one on the billboard 200 and by the way, a little fyi, no one looks like rihanna and except for maybe this cake. >> oh, wow.

>> she's perfect. she's stunning and you know what megan, you are briefly just the way you are. >> my daughters are such fans of meghan trainor. they pick pic collages of her and think it's so great she's an inspiration to so many young fans. >> kate your number one fan. if you don't have plans this valentine's day weekend check out the first annual cuddle convention. called cud-con. george is writing it down in portland oregon 12 hours of workships, speakers and plenty of snuggling. don't get too tam with your hugging partner, though. cuddle-con purely plutonic. participants must take a 30-minute class before being allowed in just so you're aware of the -- >> workship. >> you and ali could go for a romantic weekend -- >> you have to cuddle other people that you don't know. >> just for warmth. >> but they have to agree, i guess. >> after that class, must be so

interesting. and that's "pop news," everybody. >> that really tickled you. >> picture it. >> "heat index" coming up. let's go to ginger. >> this crowd, george -- [ cheers and applause ] it's impressing me. a lot of it is made up by a whole school group from where. >> dubai. >> you guys are just hanging in the city. i like your energy. i'm sticking with you but let's check the forecast because there's more snow coming to the northeast and new england. it's already a little flurryies in new england. that is through today into early tomorrow. then this is the next storm coming through the great lakes light there but saturday into early sunday let me tell you if you guys are around going north at all, more snow coastal new hampshire up through maine and it is going to be so cold. those wind gusts could reach 40 some 50 miles per hour. it's going to be a mess. all right. that's

jacqui: good m morning wawashingtgton. some big chahanges as a blast off arctic hare air r rolls througugh the mid-atlantic today. we are looking for mosostly cloudy skies, a a few snow owerers possible thiafternoon. ghemperarature should be achiev m midday todawith fallteteg temperatures f the drive home. tonight,owempeture in thee middle teens, but it will feel like -5 to positive five in the metro area. a cold day t tomorrow with plenty >> there are so many dubai students but dubai ends right here and then we go to -- >> ireland. >> we got everybody out here robin. >> nice international flavor. all right. thank you, ginger. first up on our "gma heat index," uma thurman's buzzy new look. the actress appeared on the red carpet looking noticeably different. a new makeup style. abc's linzie janis has more. >> reporter: she's known for kicking butt but this morning,

uma thurman is creating buzz. the superstar's latest look on the red carpet drawing lots of attention. just look at the before and after. >> uma thurman recently stepped out with a much different makeup look than we're used to seeing on her and it kind of sparked this crazy speculation that she may have done something different to her face. >> reporter: social media erupting as people noticed what appeared to be tauter skin around thurman and forehead and cheekbones conjuring up memories of renee zellweger's transformation. she attributed the change to a healthier lifestyle. and it turns out thurman's change of face may have been even easier to achieve. her makeup artist telling "people" magazine the secret is a new trend calling effortless parisienne chic a bold lip -- >> we rarely see celebrities step out without a full face of

makeup including false eyelashes and eyeliner. so to see somebody do this it's very unexpected. >> reporter: so i decided to try out parisian chic myself and met up with alex taylor from glam squad. is this a trend? >> absolutely. we're kind of over that smoky eye. >> reporter: she says a lot goes into this simple look. >> getting a nice tinted moisturizer and bronzer. contouring brows. >> uma thurman wasn't wearing mascara, eyeliner. can't that make you look more tired. >> done the right way i think it can also enhance your look. >> so you wouldn't recommend going as drastic as uma. >> no. >> all right. joining us now celebrity make enough artist mickey williams with our artist lindsay and re-created uma thurman's new look and here's what lindsey looked like before. can we take a look and see? all right. beautiful and mickey what have you done here? >> well it is skin care everybody was saying that.

there's such technology with skin care. you can use blur creeps and they sit on top of the skin and have consistency to them and erase fine lines and saying the taut forehead and will smooth out the pores which gives it that appearance and find a super, super light foundation. now, foundation has grown up a lot much cushion foundations now. you want to find one that comes in a really really wide range of color and then what you do with that so so thin i can even show you on your hand. it just melts into the skin. >> it does. >> so you're going to leave as much skin exposed as possible. natural skin so then you're just really going to color correct with what's left. >> how does it feel? >> really light. it's great. >> and then highlighter and contouring is not kardashian anymore. >> not as dramatic with the eyes popping the lips. >> using the same colors that you're using to contour and highlight around the eyes. so nothing really stands out so that contour color is only about a shade darker than your skin tone and you're going to use it on the crease of your eye too.

>> we were just talking, amy and ginger and i and lara. is this for everyone. >> it is for everyone. everyone can wear it. some people just have more of a preference. we're seeing a lot of nude lips but uma pulled off a bright lip and looked beautiful so that's where you want to play with your color. if you're someone who can't wear mascara, the trick with mascara, put it on the base and take it off the tips at the end. >> good to see you again working back together in the day. our "heat index" and karina smirnoff one of our favorite pros is going from the ballroom to the book store with a new collection of dating horror stories in time for valentine's day called "we're just not that into you" and melissa rycroft sat down with karina to talk about her stumbles in the search for love. >> reporter: a new book released about one disaster after another. >> how did i get myself into it. >> reporter: karina smirnoff stole our hearts on "dancing with the stars" for 16 seasons but now she's hung up her dancing shoes and picked up her pen. she and her friends have

chronicled some of their hilarious dating escapades for "we're just not that into you." i met her at the redbury dishing about the dates. >> it's not you, it's me and in reality you know that they mean that it is you. >> yes. >> so we decided to say, don't worry. we're not that into you too. >> exactly. thank you for saying that. again, where was thi a few years ago when i was dating? in the book karina smirnoff doesn't name any names but enter the serial cheater. >> the serial cheater, been through some of those. the jealous tyrant. >> i mean i feel like you're going through my dating history then the embarrassing moment with the cool dude. >> this guy takes me on a date at this really hot spot. i decided to stick my head out of the window. he was being cool and he just rolls up the window. yes, my head is dangling outside of the car, that was the ice breaker. >> reporter: and we can't forget about the fashionista.

you have another friend where her date actually wanted to wear her clothes. >> yep. he asked if he could try her dress on several times. >> now, that's a sign. even a section on the worst pickup lines ever. >> can i get a picture of you because i want to show it to santa and tell him what i wanthristmas and do you know what my t-shirt is made of? of boyfriend material. do you live in a cornfield because i am stalking you. >> reporter: a new set of rules. >> trust your intuition. everyone has baggage. make sure his is carry-on. a guy should give you wings to fly and not tight ankles. make sure there's trust and respect. mutual. although she is mum about her current love life she says she's had her fair share of high-profile romances with a-list celebrities and even average joes. but she says the nightmares of boyfriends past have actually been a learning experience. >> i feel like no matter whether it's a disastrous date or just a

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>> now, an "abc 7 news" update. autria: good thursday morning. it is now 8:27. we want get you started is my with a check of the morning commute. the man with the answers. jack. jack: well, we have a lot of questions at this point because the freeway is jammed in both directions. the pace has improved somewhat heading outbound, but man, 295 is very slow. south capitol street, first as you get towards the douglas ridge, a broken vehicle -- broken down vehicle. a problem on 395, it is new. virginia state just showed up to a broken down vehicle blocking the last -- left lane.

this begins back in springfield. ok, jackie, cold coming. jacqui: yes, and a couple of snow showers have developed quickly across the region. just in the past 30 minutes, we have the snow coming down in a few spots. hearing reports that there are a few slushy spots. reports at dulles, so be aware of that coming through. not going to accumulate, and it is a sign that the arctic air is pushing into our region. that warm air and cold air class. it is 35 degrees downtown. mostly cloudy skies downtown -- skies today. we could warm up to the noon hour, but temperatures will fall through the afternoon as wins -- winds begin to pick up. autria. autria: thanks jackie. one last news update coming for you here

come in. the new writer is here. >> okay good send him in. >> hello. >> hey, how are you doing? >> okay you saw it here first cookie monster writing for jimmy kimmel right now. that's his new job. find out what he's cooking up for jimmy tonight live at 11:30 eastern. 11:35 eastern, excuse me right here on abc. >> come on, george. >> every minute counts. >> that's it. also it is a star-studded morning here in times square. "scandal"'s portia de rossi here live with a sneak peek of tonight's episode and oscar winner kevin costner here as well. >> can i just say she's so good on "scandal." >> oh yeah. how about that scene last week? >> oh my gosh. >> don't give it away. some of us haven't seen it. >> keep up the good work. speaking of stars nba superstar lebron james with a very special announcement only here on "gma." >> whoo. >> that's coming up. big show and right now, love is in the air. valentine's day just two days away. time now, though for our "gma"

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>> i met my boyfriend on a site but you're having an issue because you don't really -- >> you're not meeting the right guys. >> she's whisked away for a surprise makeover and paul and patti meet her eligible bachelors. >> major muscle going on. >> you got to pay for the show. >> you see yourself with someone in five years. >> yeah absolutely. >> what else you want in a woman? >> someone that could put up with my shenanigans. >> we reached a decision? >> we have. it was tough. i have some news for you. we completely agree that you are the right person for audra. >> reporter: we head straight to strip house where cameras rolls a glammed up audra meet him. >> body language is really good. >> the body language is great. >> she likes him. >> as the conversation and the wine flow patty and paul make a game-changing move. >> we want to order for them the chocolate dessert. one piece and two forks.

>> chocolate cake. >> oh my goodness. >> oh no. >> pick up the fork. >> someone at some point has to feed the dessert to the other person. >> you're insinuating i should serve it to you. >> the guy feeds the girl. she broke the cardinal rule. >> please please please get this to kurt. >> ready? >> here we go. mm-mm. >> yeah. okay so what is going to happen now? do you think he's going to ask her out again? >> i don't know. >> oh. well let's find out, shall we joined by audra and our matchmaking experts, patti, paul to reveal live if there will be a second date. are you ready? so let's first start with our matchmakers, paul, patti. does he want to go on a second date yes or no one, two, three. show.

>> he said no? >> he said -- >> he said yes. >> he said yes. >> he said yes. >> two yeses. >> he said yes. >> he wants another date. >> i scared you. >> okay. >> so hereally really -- he enjoyed the cake experience the date on the whole. what was his takeaway. >> he basically -- you know they were leading with the resumes. you can't lead with your resume right. these online dating on plenty of fish. it's the picture and the bottom line was they needed to relax. >> but he -- >> not that he wants -- >> he basically after the wine was over he totally like settled in and hit it but then -- >> let's find out. we have one yes. he wants a second date. audra, do you want to go on a second date? >> should i reveal it? >> reveal please. one, two three. ah. >> tell me why. >> we're not surprised. >> tell us why. >> the chemistry -- >> i feel bad. >> serious. >> can i just -- >> this is really serious.

>> this is bad. >> the guy was great. don't get me wrong. he was an amazing person. i didn't feel a connection. there was no chemistry. >> what did he do wrong? >> he didn't lead like you said. he wasn't giving me that -- i don't know. >> did it have to do with the chock cake? >> all about the cake? >> he did not feed me the cake first. >> what did he do wrong? >> i fed him -- >> no no, i disagree. no, no, no. i disagree. here's the reason why. it doesn't matter that you fed him first. it's that he didn't reciprocate, right? >> it's a first date. >> first date. do you think george is going to do that with his wife on a first date? >> it's okay. >> flashbacks of dan abrams. [ laughter ] >> if you give give give and don't receive, that means the man is a dating owe pension mistake. >> she needs to be the beta. >> i think on the first date i'm with -- >> reciprocation is the

foundation of every relationship. >> oh no. >> can we just all find love, please? it's valentine's day weekend. this is fascinating. i'm sure there's a lot of takeaway in there for you. feed your date cake. that's all i'm saying everybody. we'll find you love. we're on the case everybody. >> we're not done yet. >> this is a project -- >> we're working. >> you two play nice. >> nancy grace and dan abrams. double-date. catch "millionaire matchmaker" on bravo. must see tv. outside to ginger. shall we? >> i'm inside. first it's cold and, second because i have some friends we'll talk to. let's check in on hawaii. we haven't talked about them lately yes, very warm and beautiful. love seeing those pictures. totally envious but also a high surf advisory for kauai and some of the volcano areas could see

80 plus-mile-an-hour winds and it's going to get even colder. if you think it's mild in new york city wait until tomorrow. sunday morning, even colder. jacqui: good mning washington. an arctic cold frontroill be passssing through our region today, bringing a big drop in temperatures. mostly cloudy skies, a few afternoon cold -- snow showers. >> and all that weather was brought to you by quaker. now you'll find out why all my friends are here. the nba all-star weekend tips off tomorrow. right here in new york city and we've had transformed social square into the ultimate lebron james fan cave complete with fans. king james has an announcement. >> what's up lebron james, i can't be there with you. i have a game in chicago. well listen i want to thank

"good morning america" for letting me be a part of this. i got my team my foundation team coming from akron, ohio. should be with you already and a few partners to start off a great initiative we have. the 23 acts of kindness and they have some gifts for you guys. let me not forget. thank you, again, you guys are the reason that i'm a part of nba all-star weekend once again and without your votes i wouldn't be there so thank you so much and i promise. >> let's get to that first act of kindness. the ambassadors from lebron family foundation have an incredible gift bag for each of you so give them a gift bag but don't open them yet, please. because inside you'll find headphones and nba swag and an nba fan experience ticket but that's not all. inside one more epic surprise. one of the bags has a basketball and that will be a person who

gets a special gift so go ahead and open them up. let's see who's got it. who has the special gift. oh, wait. all of you have that gift and you know what it's not just a basketball. you guys. wait wait wait. you got's for. all of you get a ticket to the sprite slam dunk contest. all of you are going to the sprite slam dunk contest. that's what the basketball meant. okay we got that out. they're excited. and you should be excited because we're coming right back with portia de rossi live. is that great?

♪ tgit is here again and that means a new "scandal" episode and we're so excited to have new star guest star -- i don't know. i don't consider you a guest star anymore. you are on the program. portia de rossi is here with us this morning. >> hi. >> oh you know well first of all, good morning. great to see you. you look fantastic. we're all loving the hair. >> thanks i brought a little springo new york this morning. >> we needed that. >> you don't think -- >> i'm not going to take this out there. >> you were as big a fan as all of us before you joined the cast of "scandal." >> huge fan, in fact ellen and i watched -- binge-watched the first season and i was just an incredible insane fan that to actually be on the show is a

very surreal experience for me still. >> and you campaigned much you were on your agent about, get me on the show and when he called you there was a little misunderstanding. >> yeah well you know i had a meeting with shonda. my agent kind of hounded her agent for awhile to get it set up. iing too the meeting. i thought it went well and didn't hear for a few months and she said it might take me a little while to work you into the story but i said, okay this is good but then i didn't hear and then i kind of forgot about it a little bit and my agent called and says i have "scandal" news. you don't ever want to hear that from your agent. i was thinking oh no what, divorcing again? gosh i can't keep up with it but then he told me that i was going to be on the show and i swear -- i was so excited and i'm still that excited to be a part of it. >> you handled it. you handled it. okay. a little bit different this season for you and your character. turnabout is maybe not so fair play. >> yes. yes. well the thing is i think

people thought lizzie my character, was all bad and i think we're starting to see that she has a conscience and she draws the line & so hopefully we can kind of see that these kind of evolving and changing. torturing kind of helps her change her mind a little bit. >> that last week -- >> yeah. huck oh my goodness. >> cheese greater. we can't even show ha. i know people scream at us because they have it dvr'd too. >> okay so you take a cheese grater and put cheese on your pizza. >> that's the -- >> morning show version of that. you came bearing gifts. you have a little sneak peek of tonight's episode. >> i do. >> we see how the tables have turned. take a look. >> lizzie -- >> sir. >> you seem a little jumpy there, kiddo. i got to tell you this doesn't

look good. it looks like you're skipping town here. >> i'm not. just doing a little housekeeping. >> good because you and i both know you can't attempt to overthrow the american government. then just skedaddle when it all blows up in your face. >> to hear cyrus say skedaddle. and you said he was your favorite character. >> yeah. i love cyrus and i love -- i love doing scenes with him because he's just so dynamic and his character is just so rich and interesting and he gets to yell like who doesn't want to yell? i mean that's just fun for an actor but, yeah, he's great. but as you can see, the tables have turned a little bit. i've lost my power, lost my footing and i am forced to testify against the vice president in order to stay out of jail so i'm basically cyrus' puppet is a nice word. >> nicer way of putting it. you know what i have to say

i've been watching it for all these seasons. there is an intensity, don't you think, a different intensity this season. >> i think so too. >> do you? >> i don't know whether it's just because i'm in it but it feels to me like i can't breathe when i'm watching the show. it's just so dense. there's just so much to watch. it's -- and we have to live tweet, you know so -- >> how do you do that? >> seeing it for the first time with all of you, guys so i'm tweeting and watching going -- i want to see my friends' work because -- yeah hard to do the live tweeting. it's fun. it's fun to get that interaction from the fans and to see what people like and, you know last episode with the scene that we can't talk about, the fans need to catch up. that was fun to see that coming through on the twitter feed was like what! >> i know. well proud gladiators in the studio here. >> yay. >> so thank you and like i said doesn't even seem like you're the new kid on the block anymore. >> well thanks i hope to stay

on the block and not have my head on the chopping block. >> ba-dum-dum. portia de rossi, ladies and gentlemen, she's got a million of them and by the way, nice bling. nice bling. yeah just -- >> blinding me a little bit. >> i'm spoiled. >> well deserved. you can watch scandal and the whole tgit lineup right here on abc. oop, kevin costner is here live. come on back. >> yay!

♪ it is. it is like the olympics around here. kevin costner was just commenting on the energy of "good morning america" and we're all talking about his newest film called "mcfarland usa." the first feel good movie of the year. based on a true story of seven latino students who formed their high school's first cross country team with the help of

their gym teacher and coach and he gets schooled by the mother of one of his students. take a look. >> welcome to the family >> no no senor ya please gracias but i couldn't. >> high husband always working but every day he is sitting at the table with his family. how you want to be family if you don't eat together? i want that back. >> and so good to have kevin with us and, kevin, this movie does really pull at your heart heartstrings. when you read the script it had to just draw you right in. >> yeah it was a true story and frommingly enough i in high school played against this school and lived up in the central valley and, you know to see the workers when you go down the road to the left and to the right and those days start early and go long and to realize that while this may look like it's a sports story, you know a cross

country thing, it's actually about as american of a story as you can possibly get. it's about men and women who will work the hardest jobs in all conditions just to make their life better for their children and what happens is this coach comes into this town and he gives these young men an idea that they can be something that they never thought possible because the only thing growing in that community is the prison and what happens, they succeed beyond their wildest expectations. >> they sure did and there's one scene where you, your character, jim white, gets out in the field under that hot sun and is picking cabbages. what was -- number one, i'm assuming it was very important to show that and to actually get in there and to live it. >> it was important at -- he to -- that he was a fish out of water and somehow he had to immerse himself in the culture and the only way you can begin to even understand because these -- it wasn't just their parents pigging it was these kids pick before they go to school and they pick when it's over. and a lot of us don't really

know how the food is getting on our plate but it's these people that do this and so he did at one point his team was falling apart and he decided i will go pick with you. i will be with you and to this day that man is still in that community, jim white. >> it is a real feel-good story. it's a wonderful story and there's a wonderful scene at the end. i don't want to give it away where you get a glimpse of the real characters. >> yeah and i think that's nice. there's all kind of stories we can tell out there and sometimes we tell you know the romantic comedy whatever you want to say to these big movies but sometimes we get to see a person's life in america in a place you're not often privy to into. >> you're a busy guy. i know that you're also very proud of another film. >> "black or white" is something that's been out for two weeks and people are finding that movie and i appreciate everyone who is going and has been -- and talking about it. >> yeah people are talking about it and i know that they

will certainly love "mcfarland usa." always great to see you on "good morning america" and, everybody, do check it out. it opens next friday february 20th and we'll be right back with more "good morning america."

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final check of that morning commute. he is watching the road for us. jack. jack: a little bit of an issue trying to get into the district on south capitol street. a big load of concrete got dumped in the roadway, blocking the left lane. here is a live shot as you approach the interchange. water main repairs continue before delhi road. you will find only the right hand lane is getting by. and 395 heading northbound, much better. the activity got quickly cleared to the shoulder. so, we have some flurries i see flying out the window. jacqui: we do. snow reported across the region. in fact, a little tiny dusting on some docs that i have seen in frederick, maryland. be aware of that. it is very light for the most part though. the first part of a band that is going to push on through.

we will see some occasional snow showers through the afternoon hours as this arctic air begins to push and to our region. 35 downtown. but temperatures are cold enough on the sidewalks to stick. our temperatures will be falling through the 30's this afternoon. we could get a peek of sunshine here and there. winds will be strong. our high tomorrow, only 29 degrees. that is our first arctic front. autria. autria: we will h updated forecast when we see as a small business owner you wouldn't deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. so why are you settling for half-fast internet? only verizon fios comes with speedmatch-- upload speeds as fast as your download speeds so files go out in a snap. call today to get $200 back when you switch to fios internet and phe

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>> it's "live with kelly and michael." today, from the movie "fifty shades of grey," dakota johnson, and shaquille o'neal is here to win. win "live's" karaoke singing smackdown. all next [capti disney-abc domestic television] >> now, here are kelly ripa and michael strahan. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ kelly: thank you.