good morning, america. airport attack. a man wielding a machete taking swipes at tsa officers in new orleans. police opening fire to bring him down. >> everyone in the area as you can imagine started screaming. >> panicked passengers running for safety. why did he do it? highway horror. a shocking case of road rage. a woman shot in the head by an angry driver. the search is on. >> one suv run off the road and shot at her. >> what she did next that may have saved her life. caught on camera. suge knight collapses in court. the former rap kingpin apparently getting sick at a bail hearing in his deadly hit-and-run case. what the judge told him right before he went down. and broken hoop dreams.

brackets busted. there's just one left standing this morning out of more than 11 million on espn.com. what are the odds? and now what will today's matchups bring? excellent. an embarrassing test who sings "final countdown," paula faris. >> europe. >> embarrassing. >> yes. >> no i'm not ashamed at all. unabashed. >> she doesn't have anything hair anymore but retained the spirit, good morning everybody. spring has arrived in the form of an early and elaborate april fools' joke. >> if you do interlaugh you'll cry. the northeast recovering from yet another snowstorm. so now that the first full day of spring has arrived will the weather finally comply? rob will have your forecast coming up in a moment.

>> got a little bit of good newsment we start with the breaking news a bizarre and violent attack at the airport in new orleans. >> chaos as hey man stormed a tsa checkpoint wielding a machete and wasp spray. you can see the suspect in this picture right there on the ground with his machete right next to him. seven people injured and kendis gibson is at the airport for us this morning covering it all. kendis. >> reporter: dan and paula, you mentioned it. it was a scene of utter complete chaos. take a look at this. that guy there in yellow that's where the first tsa agent was attacked. i spoke with an eyewitness to all of this. he describes a scene of complete and utter panic with people running all over the place, women and children screaming and crying. overnight, chaos at a major airport. seven people including a machete wielding man are injured this morning after an attacker

stormed security officers at louis armstrong international airport in new orleans. >> some guy came through with a machete. >> reporter: the suspect richard whiter phiing travelers as he allegedly bombarded two agents with toxic wasp spray rushing through. >> he comes running with a machete swinging it and i start swinging my suitcase at him and he runs the other way right into a tsa agent. >> reporter: the suspect was stopped by two more agents before he began swinging at them with the 14-inch long blade. >> the male tsa officer grabbed a piece of luggage in order to defend himself. >> reporter: sheriff's deputies stationed at the airport opened fire shooting white three times to stop the rampage. >> all of a sudden i hear gunshots. >> reporter: travelers scrambling for cover in concourse b that serves southwest airlines. >> we all got down on the floor and they hustled everyone in there. >> reporter: three airline passengers among those injured

in the fray. one traveler and a tsa agent suffering bullet wounds in the cross fire. all expected to survive. officials say the attacker in serious condition when taken to the hospital for surgery overnight. operations returning to normal as you can see here at the airport. in fact, you can't really tell if there's increased security this morning. as for the suspect, he is identified as a person who lives just about a mile from this airport. the motive, not known this morning. dan. >> a lot of people who know him say they are very surprised by what has happened. kendis, thank you very much. for more let's bring in the former fbi agent and abc news consultant brad garrett. you used to be an fbi profiler. do you have any theories about why this may have happened? >> behavior initially, dan, he doesn't hurt the two tsa agents. he sprays them with insect spray and runs through the metal detector. again, has ample opportunity to stick a number of people

including tsa agents doesn't. keeps going and eventually chases a tsa agent and a uniformed officer shoots him for obvious reasons, so could one motive be suicide by cop? i think they're going to have to look at that. >> and in your view from what we know now, how did security handle this? well? >> i think fairly well, dan, because tsa is not armed. that's why you have uniformed local officers at every concourse. and she did what she was trained to do. >> all right, brad garrett, we appreciate your insight as always. that's the abc news consultant brad garrett. paula, to you. moving on to a shocking case of road rage in houston. the manhunt is on this morning trying to find the angry driver who shot a woman in the head. that woman somehow was able to pull over and call the cops for help and abc's tai hernandez has the very latest on this case for us. good morning. >> reporter: kim went from

driving to work to having bullet fragments removed from her skull at the hospital. the victim of a shocking incident of road rage. she says just because she honked at the other driver. this morning, police intensifying their search for the driver that shot 28-year-old kay haford in the back of the head after a road rage altercation turned violent. >> one suv run off the road and shot at her. she's bleeding from the head. >> reporter: police say the suspect, a white male wearing a blue baseball cap and driving a white suv pursued her friday morning. when she honked at him for cutting her off as she was trying to merge onto the freeway. >> the guy driving the vehicle started taunting her what we develop into a road rage situation. >> she let him know by blowing the horn he shouldn't have cut her off. >> reporter: the suspect's behavior escalated following an unsuccessful attempt to get her to pull over. >> the guy let his window down of course, she didn't let her

window down. >> reporter: the driver of the white suv came around to the right side of her red so dan firing a single shot through the passenger side window critically injuring her before fleeing the scene. >> the victim was coherent enough to be able to steer her vehicle off the exit ramp. where she stopped she called 911. she was in and out of consciousness. >> reporter: this morning she's recovering from fair condition at the memorial hermann hospital in houston. the suspect remains at large and her family continues to be outraged at what they call a senseless act of violence. >> truly upset. nobody deserves that. nobody deserves that. >> it all happened so quickly that she didn't even realize she was bleeding or had been shot until she pulled 0 ever to call 911 and while thankfully we don't hear about this kind of story very often, a recent poll shows one in ten drivers feels uncontrollable anger toward another driver on the road. >> yes, anger management. what an unbelievable story that

she is lucky to be alive this morning. thank you. >> she is very tough. to the new and serious trouble. very serious trouble for a once high-flying congressman. there he is aaron schock showing off his abs on a magazine cover and here is his congressional office done up to look like the set of the pbs show "downton abbey." days after schock resigned in a campaign spending scandal 9 feds are stepping in to investigate his finances and david wright is on the story. a strange one. >> reporter: he was an up and coming republican from peoria until he started styling himself like the earl of grantham with a six-pack. this has been a spectacular fall from grace, congressman schock resigned this week amid scandal and now he's the subject of an fbi investigation. schock horror. staff members of former congressman aaron schock now face subpoenas to appear before a federal grand jury. >> the plot thickens. >> reporter: a plot line worthy

of "downton abbey" that inspired the decor of his capitol hill office. complete with fest apartment feathers and crystal shapd leers. >> at the end of the day regardless of what color wall you choose for your office the most important thing is a member of congress is what you do for your constituents. >> nothing succeeds like excess. >> reporter: when abc news first confronted him about these excesses, schock shook off his critics. >> you know as taylor swift said haters are going to hate. >> reporter: now he's facing more questions about his expenses allegedly overestimating the mileage on his personal car by some 90,000 miles. schock has since repaid all of the reimbursements for work mileage during his congressional career. he's also under investigation for misusing campaign funds. and taking improper donations. schock was one of the youngest members of congress. his six-pack featured on the cover of "fitness" magazines on instagram promoting himself surfing in hawaii dancing the tango in buenos aires.

>> far too old for that awful foxtrot. >> reporter: now schock is making less glamorous headlines. >> two years from now he will be successful if he's not in jail. >> reporter: we reached out to him but schock horror he didn't get back to us. the dad says the press is out to get him but now it's not just the press, it's the fbi too. >> the earl of grantham with a six-pack. well put. >> whoever inherits the office also gets the decor. >> yes. >> it's staying. >> they'll probably do a paint job though. >> keep the pheasant feathers no matter what. david, thank you. over to ron for a look at the other developing stories this morning. good morning, sir. >> and good morning to you, dan and paula. good morning, everyone. we begin with terrible news of a deadly fire in new york city that claimed the lives of seven children of the fire ripped through this home in brooklyn overnight. two other people are in critical condition. the children who died range in age from 5 to 15. they are believed to be members of the same family. more than 100 firefighters were called in to battle the blaze

which is being investigated. white house officials are skeptical over isis claims of responsibility for the deadly attacks on two mosques in yemen. at least 137 people were killed. 250 injured after multiple suicide bombers hit two crowded mosques during midday prayers in the capital of sanaa. the white house press secretary saying often claims of responsibility are made for propaganda purposes. isis also claimed responsibility in wednesday's shooting rampage at a museum in tunisia that killed 22 people. and the n.c. state university chapter of a fraternity is under fire after finding a racially offensive pledge book. 9 alleged dd pi pi katie perry littered with racial splurs and offensive remarks about rape and lynching. they have been suspended pending

the outcome. bobbi kristina, the daughter of the late singer has been moved from emory hospital in atlanta. her condition has not changed at all since she was found unresponsive in her bathtub nearly two months ago. the case being investigated or handled as a criminal investigation. no word on where she was moved to. and the letter sent to the white house that was investigated for sigh side turned out to be saliva. it turns out the sender believed to be a homeless man from the chicago area apparently a heavy smoker which produces trace amounts of cyanide in his saliva. finally, a 5-year-old lab is on the mend after being stranded on a frozen lake erie for five days. the coast guard tried for several days to rescue kimberly the name of the dog, but ice kept breaking up and had to abandon that effort several times. one woman even tried to lure kimberly by grilling hot dogs on the lake shore. that did not work. finally on friday a private airboat company was able to reach her.

she was reunited with her owners who say she hasis a bit cold and hungry. >> hope they had those hot dogs waiting. you could lure me with hot dogs just about anything. >> very cute. >> on a frozen lake. i'll remember that. >> next time you are stranded. >> next time i'm stranded. now to the man who once was the most feared figure in all of hip-hop but here he is now, suge knight collapsing in court where he is facing a murder charge. the man who built an empire founding death row records, now facing life in prison and abc's brandi hitt is on the story. >> reporter: former rap mogul marion suge knight unconscious in a los angeles courtroom. collapsing head first on to a chair just moments after his bail was set at $25 million in a murder case. >> they lock him up in jail in solitary confinement. can't get his diabetes medicine. he was dripping sweat like

someone threw a bucket of water on him. >> reporter: the fourth time knight has been taken by court by ambulance for the january hit-and-run death of terry carter. knight's attorneys claiming this surveillance video obtained by tmz shows he acted in self-defense, the hip-hop pioneer in his red truck approached by a group of men and allegedly attack speeding off first wounding one man before running down carter. prosecutors on friday requesting knight's bail be set at $25 million. >> to be honest i don't think any amount is enough for him. >> it's like she watches "empire" and says he's an un unrepentant and shameless criminal. >> reporter: the fox show "empire" centers on a fictional hip-hop music company built on drug money by terrence howard's character. he too collapses during a moment of high stress. >> cookie! >> reporter: knight who co-founded death row records has prior convictions for assault with a gun and armed robbery and

has spent time in prison. he's now facing four criminal counts in this case including murder and has pleaded not guilty. now i spoke to suge knight's attorney overnight. he hasn't been able to contact his client to find out his condition. he did say, though that knight's preliminary hearing scheduled for next month will go on as planned regardless of his health. paula. >> very bizarre physiological occurrence there brandi. thank you. well, are you ready for the next round of heart-pounding action in what's already been one of the most thrilling starts to an ncaa tournament? the action begins again later today with almost all of our brackets taking a bruising and we are very happy to welcome "sportscenter" anchor lindsay czarniak with more on this. >> there were 16 games played yesterday. the first 15 not a single underdog won. no seed upset until the final game of the night. that is unheard of.

you pair that with thursday's upset craziness and this tournament has already been one wild ride wreaking havoc as you said on brackets across the country. >> hesitation. kick-out. jumper. oh! >> reporter: overnight ncaa tournament action making this one of the most exciting beginnings in march madness history. >> maryland's got it. >> reporter: the early upsets making this march maddening for fans across the country. in espn's tournament challenge out of over 11 million brackets only 273 remain perfect friday morning. this morning only one bracket left unbusted. friday was almost a perfect night for top seeds. u.c. irvine minute as way from pulling off the upset when quintin snyder made the free throws to win by two but don't count cinderella out just yet. >> r.j. hunter for three. >> reporter: on thursday 14

seed georgia state coach ron hunter in a cast from celebrating too hard after his team won days earlier watched his son pull off the upset over baylor. dick vitale knows why these teams are playing so well. >> they're like soap opera stars. see the coaches and players and these guys can't wait to play. >> reporter: meanwhile, great news for fans who picked the wildcats to win it all. president obama is in your corner and none other than sir charles barkley tells tmc there is recent to believe in the bracket in chief. >> i'll take it over any other president. >> reporter: paula is hanging on along with jimmy kimmel and kevin hart writing i'm an ncaa bracket picking machine, people. don't we wish we all were? so eight games today, the headliner being kentucky playing cincinnati tonight. paula faris, 24,000 folks are involved in the espn challenge, the celebrity bracket

tournament. you were 22nd. >> hey. >> how do you -- >> this is probably the year i knew the least about college basketball. there's really no rhyme or reason. a funny story, a guy said he lost to a woman who loved gorgonzola cheese the year gonzaga won. >> you're right up there and kevin hart leading the charge. >> i was part of paula's pool and my rank is 11,485 >> "a" for effort. >> rob marciano told me that he's so desperate not to talk about his bracket he's doing weather from outside this morning. hey, rob, what you got for us? >> so far a good strategy although it is snowing again and this event has been a spring buster. first full day of spring and this is what we have in central park. unreal. it was a mess to drive through yesterday. although most of the roads were wet, the shovels out and take a look at the video from new

jersey. hasbrouck heights. people put away the shovels, had to bring them back out and numerous accidents across the roadways. some of the totals across the area. freehold new jersey, 7.2. rocky point 7 inches. hagerstown, maryland, 5 1/2. normally we get two feet in new york city. we've seen 47 inches so far today. chicago, you're above average and, of course boston seeing that record-breaking season over 100 inches there. all right, we've got some warming later on today even though it's snowing right now. 50 degrees so some of this will melt. another cool front coming through the area and we'll be below average going through the first week of spring. flash flood watches out for texas today. looking at 2 to 4 inches potentially from austin all the way over towards atlanta as we go through time. if you want the heat go to orlando, 90 degrees for the high temperature. dave: good morning.

forecaster dave zahren here. today wiwill be much b better than yestery. temperatures in the mid 30's out the, some fog, it had a some of the areas, especially to the north and in centralal maryland, a bit of lack ice out there. you can seeesterdrday's rain and snow long gon nothing on the doppler out there for today. turning sunny and mild or >> who needs spring flowers? this is gorgeous stuff. i never get tired of this. i can bring some of this into the studio. >> no, we're good. >> not liking your attitude marciano. we'll talk about that coming up on "gma." also coming up on "gma" in a very different note an arrest in the murder of a food network star and her husband. could this also be a break in a completely separate 15-year-old cold case? it's an abc news exclusive. that victim's family now speaking out. plus home stage of the stars. she claims her inexpensive tips

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dave: good morning, washington. forecaster dave hren here. today the first full day of spring is going to finally feel like the season out there. this morning, though, we are contending with some fognd papatches s of lack ice. you can see temperatures are st abobove the freezing point, but there are some isolated areas, bridges, ramps, and overpasses, so be careful over the next couple of hours. high-pressure overhead yesterday snow and rain -- long

gone. we hav got a float out of the west and temperatures wi be rising today. you can see on doppler radar, nothing to be concerned about. suy and mild or today, cooler on sunday, chillier monday and tuesday. i temperatures today about 58 degrees, and you will like it this afternoon the west about 10 miles an ho. tonight, 30 nine degrees, so a cool overnight. sundayyou will notice t chge, cooler by about 10 degrees, colder ststilln monday d tuday,hen on wednesday and thursday we areice wiwith mperatures in the

♪ oh i am feeling that guitar. the unmistakable show open for the hit series "magnum p.i." starring tom selleck and his famous mustache. featured in the iconic show now making headlines. we'll have more on the real-life robin's nest estate. >> it dredges up all this old anger against my parents would wouldn't let me watch tv. >> they wouldn't let you watch that show. >> they were strict about tv. now the revenge, i work on tv. she's a home stager to the stars including scarlett johansson and this morning showing us how to do a few simple things can get you up to 20% more when you sell your home. very useful tips. but first the gruesome murders of a pregnant food

network star and her husband and the possible connection now to a 15-year-old cold case. >> investigators are now looking into whether the man charged in the couple's murders is also behind the disappearance of a college student a decade and a half ago. abc's linzie janis spoke exclusively with that young man's family. >> reporter: good morning, zeb quinn was 18 his body never found. his assumed killer never caught. but this morning in an interview his family telling us they hope that all that is about to change. overnight asheville police revealing for the first time that robert jason owens charged with tple murder allegedly burned the bodies of pregnant food network reality contestant cristie schoen codd. her husband, j.t. and their unborn child. >> he did admit to taking the bodies storing on his property and destroying. >> reporter: police calling the arrest of 37-year-old owens a

handyman who did jobs at the codds' home a major event in the case of zeb quinn. an 18-year-old last seen with owens before vanishing 15 years ago. >> the fact that he has been arrested on three counts of murder, that is a huge event in the zeb quinn case. >> reporter: quinn's family stunned by the arrest and speaking out on "good morning america." >> it babies my heart that these other people had to die for some more information to come to light. >> reporter: despite owens being a primary suspect, detectives were never able to find evidence needed to bring charges. quinn's heartbroken mother and sister now desperate for an end to their turmoil. >> my hope for zebb's case is that either jason talks or someone else who has information comes forward and it's good enough information that we can

ultimately find zebb. >> we were very close. my mother and zebb and myself. we didn't do a whole lot without each other. >> reporter: zebb's mother said she doesn't want the new murders to be overshadowed by questions about her on son. anyone with information should know there is an award of $25,000 for anything that leads to his remains. paula. >> thank you. we move to a remarkable survival story. a woman beaten and virtually left for dead was then stuffed into a trash can. her life changing in an instant. >> going in head first and i remember using all the strength i could just to turn my body around because i thought if i'm in here head first and he puts the garbage can up i'm going to be upside down i won't make it. he then took the garbage can and i knew we were going outside

because i could hear the door open, felt the cold. he started turning me around in circles and i thought is he just trying to disorient me is he trying to make me dizzy. >> and it was about to get a whole lot worse for terry and doctors say they are just utter utterly amazed that she survived everything she went through. you can see the whole story. terry's whole story on "in an instant" tonight at 9:00 eastern right here on abc. >> a lot of other news breaking overnight. for that as always let's get it back to ron for another look at the morning headlines. good morning again. >> hi there. good morning, everyone. we begin with that terrifying scene overnight at the airport in new orleans. a man wielding a can of wasp spray and a machete attacked tsa workers near a security checkpoint. the suspect was shot by local police and is in the hospital. seven people were injured including three tsa workers.

walmart has agreed to a huge payout in the deadly crash, that deadly crash on a new jersey highway that severely injured tracy morgan. the children of morgan's friend james mcnair will receive $10 million in a settlement. mcnair was killed when a walmart truck slammed into the limo that he and morgan were riding in. promising news in the fight against alzheimer's. an early testing, a new drug from the company biogen showed a slowed rate of mental decline in alzheimer's patients. it comes with several side effects including brain swelling further testing is being done. finally, a real-life ghost driver getting ready to cross the country, a cross country journey, the self-driving audi self-driving audi will set out from the golan gate bridge tomorrow to new york city. it's loaded with sensor computers and cameras that can read lanes, road signs and traffic lights. there will be a person a real human being inside that vehicle as it travels the 3500-mile route.

that person is so to speak just along for the ride and is not supposed to touch any of the controls. >> can it parallel park? that is the big question? >> we will find out when it gets to new york city. >> hey, rob. >> the tie on and suit. >> how is the weather. >> i'ms only going to miss winter. >> really? >> all that time you spent in boston covering snowstorm after snowstorm. >> you know what they say at disney, the coal never bothered me anyway. >> ba-dum-dum. >> somebody call the bosses. miami beach, you know go down south. it's going to be a nice day there. warm day, 69 68 degrees right about now and you get up into the lower 80s along the shoreline. inland, though spots further inland across the peninsula will get up chose to 90 degrees. looking at moisture across parts of texas today. rain last night, sop of it heaven, austin san antonio, cruising across houston and through new orleans and some of this could be heavy at times. it'll stretch right across all of dixie -- the deep south including atlanta and we could

see several inches of more of rain. little disturbance north of this front. 73 by the way in denver so there's some spring skiing for you. 35 degrees in fargo. this will drop down to the south. light wet snow across chicago and mentioned earlier you are above average for the year and it's not unusual to get snow in chicago as we get towards the middle of spring so we'll watch that. getting rain across the valleys of the willamette valley. dave: good morning, washington. forecaster dave zahren here. yestererday -- if sterday did not look or feel like spring, today well. morning fog, turning sunny tonight >> it'll be a beautiful day across parts of the southwest. this weather report brought to you by macy's where they sell some fabulous lawn furnishturefurniture, aim sure.

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♪ if you've ever sold a home you know this first impressions really matter. >> which is probably why you should get rid of all the toys i'm thinking maybe and that's where home stagers come in. they turn their castles into palaces and as abc's rebecca jarvis discovered you can learn a lot from their tricks. >> reporter: when hollywood's hottest stars from halle berry to brad pitt to scarlett johansson want to sell their homes, they turn to this woman, celebrity home stager meredith baer. >> that's it. i don't think i've ever met a home i couldn't make prettier. >> do they have as many problems as the average person's home when it comes to trying to sell them.

>> i think their hopes are like anybody's. i think, yeah, sometimes you can be a great actor and not have great taste. >> reporter: a big reason they call on meredith. how much more will a home owner get for that sale price by bringing you in than if they didn't have you? >> they'll get 20% more. we just did a house actually down the treat from where i live and it sold for a million over asking. >> reporter: so how can you re-create meredith's midas touch in your own home without breaking the bank? her advice hold off on renovations and invest in a fresh coat of white paint. >> you want it to feel like a five-star hotel. >> reporter: another tip, crisp white bedding? we often put comforter underthe sheets as well to make it look plump and yummy. >> reporter: next tip, fluffy white towels. >> any surface that doesn't look great just add towels. >> reporter: finally add a cookbook to the kitchen. >> so i might turn to a recipe that looks yummy and leave it

open, hint hint start cooking as soon as you write a check for the house. >> reporter: it might be so inviting you'll never want to leave. for "good morning america," rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> nice of you to let them use your home. >> i actively do the fluffty towel thing all the time. that was a complete lie. all right, well coming up on "good morning america," the puzzling pig showing off his smarts, it's straight ahead in "pop news." pigs really are smart. the world is filled with air. but for people with copd sometimes breathing air can be difficult. if you have copd, ask your doctor about once-daily anoro ellipta. it helps people with copd breathe better for a full 24hours. anoro ellipta is the first fda-approved product containing two long-acting bronchodilators in one inhaler. anoro is not for asthma. anoro contains a type of medicine

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♪ and there you go. >> ron, the drummer is back. >> oh, yeah. i love when he drums for "pop." >> someone does that to their favorite part of the show. >> what does that say about the

rest of the show? sara haines is in new zealand this weekend but we're very happy to have rachel smith here filling in on "pop news." how is it going. >> great besides this chilly weather we have here. i know right. anyway something else just a little chilly. idina menzel has let it go from brunette to blond. yes. the singer in "frozen" sharing her new look on social media and plenty of people are commenting about her resemblance to queen elsa herself. now, the naturally dark haired menzel says she needed a change and she is loving her new lighter locks and i got to say, i'm liking the look. >> yeah, it looks great. >> shorter too? >> i don't know if it's just pulled back or what. it was kind of like a gradual thing and started with highlights and full-fledged blond and i am loving it. moving on to ava mendes and ryan gosling, two of hollywood's most private stars when they speak, fans have a tendency to

listen. perhaps a little too well. she started a frenzy when she told an interviewer that sweatpants were the number one cause of divorce. yeah, that didn't go over too well so luckily her partner and father of her child ryan gosling took to twitter to clarify the great divide on leisurewear. ava chiming in with a pic of her favorite sweats, even an apology of sorts instead of placing the blame on sweats she turned it around to orange >> from the frying pan into the fire. >> lesson learned. do not, i repeat do not mess with the sweatpants. >> there are some attractive sweatpants. >> there are. >> raise your eye pbrows. >> mine, not attractive. >> you're still married. >> yes, i'm still married. i have collected a lot of really negative information about her so she knows if she leaves it's

like a blackmail situation. >> keeping it alive. do you remember this theme song? are we going to play it for them. >> "magnum p.i." >> yeah blast from the past for you. as the rumor mill is in overdrive with whispers that president obama may have bought the "magnum p.i." house in hawaii. the three-acre beachfront house was featured in the show as the residence of the character played by tom selleck. the sale of the home isn't playing out quite like a hollywood script sadly, though. nice work dare i think we need to show ron. >> he is guitaring right now. >> not playing out like a hollywood script. the white house has confirmed to abc that the president and first lady are not the new owners. but would like to think they will vacation there but the home was bought by a businessman who

runs the barack obama foundation. you may want to pass on that side of bacon. this little piggy, oh but you might. meet morris the puzzle solving pig. needs no human help. this has gone viral around the world and the idea that pigs are very intelligent animals, guys. look at him. he's putting it together. quite the perfectionist, guys. look -- >> pretty impressive. >> little piggy went to market. >> very nice work morris. very nice work. >> very nice work on "pop news." be back with more "gma." keep it here. you've got some work to do! if you need me, i'll be cleaning the gutters. today, the house won't know what hit it. show the garage who's boss. check. put a new shine on the family wheels. check. tame the jungle you call a yard. check. nice work guys. you earned this back. oh, who's jeremy...and he texts a lot. a new mobile plan. done.

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"good morning america" is brought to you by edward jones where personal attention is a big deal. well it doesn't feel like the first -- second day of spring. >> you know for everybody else around the world they had a warm winter.

>> happy spring, everybody. we'll see you right here on "gma." >> on the second full day of spring. s it will be better. >> in june. >> we'll make him do the weather again outside. >> happy spring. >> now, an abc 7 news update. jeanette good morning. :we are checking our stories. police are out in full force after a series of reports of robberies in the shaw neighborhood. at least two happened this morning. women were targeted in four of those attacks.

d.c. police are holding an emergency meeting about gun violence at 10:00 this morning at the fourth district substation in northwest. today will mark the opening ceremony for the national cherry blossom festival. the event is being held at the warner theatre. it begins at 5:00 p.m. and it is free but only open to those with advanced tickets. the celebration will feature contemporary and traditional performances. here is dave zahren with a look at your forecast, which, for the most part, is pretty good. dave: pretty good. those pictures were from last year. you have to use your imagination to imagine some of those cherry blossoms. this is a live shot of belle haven country club. it is a chilly morning. dulles airport, 39. 32 at andrews. there is some black ice and some fog. be careful. high pressure dominating.

nothing on doppler radar to concern yourself with. a nice weekend. sunny and mild today, cooler tomorrow, and chilly monday and tuesday. 58 today. tonight, 39. tomorrow, 50. 60's by jeannette: thank you. wednesday.

>> "jack hanna's wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide insurance. >> hi, everyone, i'm jack hanna coming to you from my base camp here at the columbus zoo, and welcome to "wild countdown." most of the animals i meet live in just one kind of habitat, but some just can't make up their minds. whoa! whoa, buddy. today, unique species that split their time between dry land and water. oh, there they are out there. from the florida everglades-- >> whenever you feel like you get ready, we will jump in there. >> did you say we'll jump in there? the river in borneo-- >> oh, look. >> oh, sue. >> i love that. >> and even a waterfall. i have been all over the world and i have never seen animals live in a habitat like that.