making news in america this morning, breaking right now, a health scare for former president george h.w. bush. the 92-year-old hospitalized overnight. the details on his condition just coming in. inauguration events are under way. donald trump becomes president in two days, but he's already made a stop in washington attending a dinner overnight. hear what he said to the crowd about his cabinet picks. an abc news exclusive. the 18-year-old taken from the hospital as an infant talking about her new life after uncovering her true identity plus new details about the woman accused of kidnapping her and she's extradited to florida. the fireball seen from miles. see what caused this massive explosion.

and a good wednesday morning to you all. we begin with breaking news from houston this morning about the health of former president george h.w. bush. >> we learned mr. bush is in the hospital right now where he's being treated for an undisclosed illness. a spokeswoman said the 92-year-old is doing well and responding to the treatment that he's getting right now in that hospital. she says that he's expected to be out in a few days. the former president was last seen in public earlier this month at a texans game. he spent some time on the field there with his son jeb. now, he was already not planning to attend the trump inauguration on friday due to health issues. so we'll stay on top of this story throughout the morning for you. >> we wish him well. we turn to the nation's next president donald trump. >> preinaugural festivities kicked off with a black tie dinner in washington as trump addressed hundreds of dims and donors and check out this tweet from vice president-elect mike pence sneaking in a backstage dance with wife karen. we have abc's

inauguration and the political battles intensifying for the incoming administration. >> we have great respect for your countries. >> reporter: mr. trump joked about the confirmation hearings and his pick for secretary of state, rex tillerson. >> again, he goes into the country, takes the oil, goes into another country -- it's tough dealing with these politician, right. he's going to be so incredible. >> reporter: the senate takes up tom price for health and human services amid growing concern about the potential repeal of obamacare. >> representative price's approach is moving us in the wrong direction. >> reporter: the congressional budget office estimates 18 million could lose their insurance. >> i am here because i have concerns about the repealing of the affordable care act. >> reporter: meanwhile, in an interview with fox news mr. trump discussed his tweeting habits something he previously said he loved.

i have other things i could be doing but i get dishonest media. >> reporter: d.c. is making the final preparations for inauguration choosing to be sworn on two inbooles, the one his mother gave him as a child and the lincoln bible used by president obama. one in four democrats in the house saying they will not attend on friday. and there may be more problems for representative price. democrats are actually asking the s.e.c. to investigate a stock trade he made last march after he introduced legislation that directly benefited that company, though price says it was done by a broker without his knowledge. kendis, diane. >> all right, talk about replacing obamacare, stakes will be higher. lann that, thank you. speaking of obamacare, the republicans are struggling to reunite behind a single plan. two lawmakers have drawn up an idea. >> so that joint plan from susan collins and bill cassidy would allow states to keep theea

care law or choose from other options, but what those options will actually be is yet to be determined. we have more confirmation hearings on tap for today. oklahoma attorney general scott pruitt is up for epa chief after years of challengings agency. wilbur ross is under consideration for commerce secretary and u.n. ambassador pick south carolina governor nikki haley will be facing questions also. she's expected to blast the u.n. for condemning israel. on friday stay with abc news for all the inauguration events for donald trump online and on air we'll be here with you. the suspect in the murder of an orlando police officer has been captured. markeith loyd was marched before cameras overnight. his face bloodied. he was found in an abandoned home after being on the run for nine days. police say they traced him through text messages sent from his phone. he's accused of killing debra clayton and killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend as well. her mother spoke after the capture.

justice. she really does deserve justice and i'm glad he's caught. i'm glad -- now i can ask him why. why, why would you want to do this to our family and try to kill both of my babies? >> and the police chief said they used the late sergeant's handcuffs when arresting loyd. he is now being treated in a hospital for those injuries he got while being taken into custody. and a police detective is dead after being shot in suburban dallas. jerry walker was a veteran of the little elm police department and father of four. he was responding to the report of an armed man outside a house when he was shot. the suspected gunman has barricaded himself in that home. well, instead of spending nearly 30 more years behind bars, chelsea manning will be released from prison in may. that's after president obama commuted her lengthy sentence for giving u.s. secrets to wikileaks. she was known as bradley manning when she was arrested in 2010 and then manning has b

convicted in a military court and has attempted stew side twice while being held in a men's prison. manning asked the president for clemency last november. >> we had no indication of if or when we would be hearing from the white house regarding chelly manning's commutation application. we learned this afternoon along with everyone else and it was a very -- it was a very thrilling and hopeful moment for us. >> senator john mccain claims that it will undermine military discipline and encourage further acts of espionage and house speaker paul ryan calls president obama's move outrageous. the secret service has reached a $24 million settlement in a discrimination case. the 2001 or in 2000 rather 100 black members of the agency took that case to court. they claim they were repeatedly passed over for promotions in favor of less qualified white co-workers. the secret service is not admitting to a

former homeland security secretary janet napolitano is in the hospital this morning experiencing complications during cancer treatment. the 59 served as head of homeland department during president obama's first term. she's now the president of the university of california. nepal tan know, we're told, is expected to be released from the hospital within the next day or so. tracking more rain and storms along the already saturated west coast. the first of a series of storms is slamming parts of washington, oregon and california before it's all over, portland could see some icy conditions. and heavy rain in southern california tonight could lead to some minor flooding, as well. up to two more feet of mountain snow is also possible. well, still ahead, help wanted. the major retailer adding 10,000 jobs. plus, a 31-year mystery solved. two sisters missing since t the '80s have been found alive. hear where investigators found them and who's now under arrest in connection with their disappearance. caught on camera, a gas line explosion lighting up the

we'll tell you where and what the results were.

well, police dash cam video capturing this gas line explosion near amarillo, texas. you can see the ball of fire erupt and the officer speeding toward the scene. flames shot more than 100 feet into the air. no one was injured. the fbi and the orlando, florida, police department have now released new pictures from inside the pulse nightclub following the attack there last june. the photos show bullet-riddled walls and damage in the bathrooms where many were hiding. the widow did not enter a plea yesterday on her charges. along the gulf those it's seen it's second deadly shooting

attack on a state prosecutor's office in cancun. it's too early to know if that attack and monday's shooting at a nightclub in playa del carmen are linked. one american was among the five victims of that nightclub attack. back in the u.s., lowe's has laid off thousands of assistant store managers in a restructuring effort and affect approximately 2400 employees which is less than 1% of that company's workforce. walmart is hiring. the world's largest retailer says it is adding 10,000 jobs as it opens new stores and expands existing locations across the country. those plans will also generate about 24,000 construction jobs. and some lucky bidder now owns a piece of donald trump's childhood. the president-elect's boyhood home in queen, new york, was sold in a sealed auction yesterday. the sale price has not been made public. trump lived in that 2500-square-foot tudor until he was about 4. >> when we come back an abc exclusive. what the 18-year-old who just

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expect some airport delays in houston, san francisco and boston. and speaking of texas a woman there appears in court today in rhode island. a texas woman accused of kidnapping her two daughters more than 30 years ago. >> prosecutors say elaine yates took her children after an argument with her husband. their daughter, kimberly and kelly are in their 30s and have families of their own in the houston area. these are age progression photos. their father is now hoping for a reunion. >> the whole thing was i was always trying to find my children and now at least it's up to them to get in touch with me. what happens with my ex-wife, i really feel bad, but we got to find out what's going on. >> so, elaine yates had changed her name but not her appearance in all these years so after police got a tip, they were able to match her identity using public records and her social media presence. there was also this high-profile case. a woman accused of kidnapping a baby from a jacksonville hospital 18 years ago is now in

gloria williams arrived from south carolina yesterday. she's expected to be arraigned this week on kidnapping charges. the daughter she raised has spoken exclusively to abc. >> you have them snatched from you, wouldn't, you know, it wouldn't go well for anybody. so, it's not going well for me. >> much more from abc's exclusive interview with that young woman later on "good morning america." unimaginable to think about what she's going through. doctors are trying to figure out wakiled a 20-year-old college football player. northern michigan sophomore anthony herbert suffered an unknown medical emergency after a workout yesterday morning. officials say he went to breakfast and then suddenly emts were called to his dorm room. the 6'4", 315-pound offensive lineman started every game for the wildcats this past season. the nfl san diego chargers may need u-haul trucks to get

more than two dozen moving companies in the chargers current and future homes are refusing to help the team head north. businesses in san diego have even created a website, we won't move you chargers.com with the message, dear chargers, we won't move you to los angeles. >> so mean. >> no, understandable. >> and the l.a. companies don't want to help. >> because l.a. doesn't want them either. >> oh, boy, all right. they'll have to rent a u-haul. time for basketball. >> pro and college highlights from our friends at espn. >> good morning, america. welcome in to "sportscenter." lisa kerney, kevin connors and what the beard went to work, kev, on tuesday night. >> all game long, james harden doing james harden things. get back. you don't know me like that, turnaround jumper then later in the third harden all the way. he had 40 points, 10 assists and 12 rebounds but what heid

get was a "w." close game in the fourth. harden as it's stripped. miami goes the other way. dragic fouled and the heat win, 109-103. number five kentucky visiting mississippi state. top two teams in the s.e.c. going at it. second half, kentucky up eight. fox, oh, yeah. doing monk things. fox finding the s.e.c.'s leading scorer, kentucky up ten, under two to play, kentucky up four, fox fakes right and does that. finished with 21 in the game. kentucky wins 88-81 improving to 6-0 in s.e.c. play. all these numbers swirling around. kev, how is your fitbit count going? >> getting killed in my challenge. down by about 17,000 steps. better run a marathon. >> thanks for joining us, everybody. have a wonderful wednesday. for kevin, i'm lisa. we'll see you soon. >> good luck with that,

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something a little different from the very top of the dome. and we're getting a glimpse of what's to come in a newly released clip of gaga and her dancers rehearsing for the big game. ♪ ♪ gaga ooh-la-la >> so gag's choreographer says the performance will probably be the greatest 12 minutes of their lives. so you little monsters out there, i guess that's what they call them still, brace yourselves. >> gaga fans are little monsters. she wants to dance on top of the roof. one minor little detail, no one knows how to make that happen without insuring no one is going to die. so we got engineers. >> which is why they call it crazy and dangerous. >> engineers and attorneys working on it. happy to see she'll probably sing "bad romance". >> our favorite gaga song.

>> it alwayses. the golden state warriors went high class to get their new arena started. >> excavators digging up the new grounds of a new stadium did so to the strings of "the blue dan unusual" waltz. >> it was synchronized. >> smashing into the ground building what will become the chase center set to open in 2019 in san francisco right across the bay from the warriors current home oracle arena, the oldest building that opened in 1966. but whoever created this video is awesome, wins a genius award for today. >> you can see some of the crews on the side doing their little movements along with -- >> kind of soothing actually watching all the backhoes moving at the same time. all right, and finally, we'll stop to get to the arena that will be ready and waiting for this little guy who knows how to put a ball through a hoop. >> so, his name is cal

calvin is just 2 years old with a little help from gravity, he's showing everyone that he's much better free-throw shooter than shaquille o'neal ever was. this video proves he's pretty good. >> he's not even shooting granny style. calvin's growing fan base on the internet is now convinced he is destined for greatness on the court. so we'll have to wait about 20 years or so to see. >> at 8 and 33 this season, the brooklyn nets have alreadystartp day here on good morning washington. some dense fog overnight is still impacting drivers this morning. meteorologist eileen whelan will have more.. in just a moment. but first here are some of the morning's top stories. breaking right now. former president george h-w bush remains hospitalized this morning. he was reportedly taken to the hospital for treatment overnight and is said to be in stable condition. officials declin

being treated for. a spokesman for president bush-- says they expect him to remain hospitalized for a few days. and a shocking decision from president obama-- he is commuting the sentence for former u-s soldier chelsea manning. manning, who was previously known as bradley manning, was convicted of stealing and disseminating hundreds of thousands of pages of documents and videos to wikileaks. manning was court-martialed and sentenced to 35 years in prison. president obama, in one of his last acts as president, has commuted that sentence after just 7 years. manning will now be released from prison in may. good morning washington. toss to eileen - above average temperatures continue - showers still likely friday; timing may be later - dry saturday, rain developing sunday - heavy rain monday today: fog and clouds early. becoming partly

highs: 53-58 winds: nw 5-15 g 25 mph tonight: partly cloudy. cool. lows: 36-40 winds: nw 5 mph thursday: partly cloudy. remaining mild. highs: 54-58 winds: nw to se 5 mph breaking this morning. a man is hospitalized

setting himself on fire outside of trump international hotel last night. this was the scene after firefighters say the california man lit himself on fire as an act of protest. the washington post is reporting that the man is being treated for third-degree burns on about 10-percent of his body. more demonstrations are expected in the area as inauguration day aproaches this friday. developing now. a growing movement in alexandria-- where residents hope to force this man out of their neighborhood. white nationalist richard spencer recently moved into the home on king street. video from a post-election convention in d-c showed spencer saying "hail trump" while others gave the nazi salute. upset over his move... old town residents

flyers and have taken their concerns to the city manager. a-b-c 7 knocked on spencer's door to get his reaction. he opened the door for our collegue q mccray -- and shut it in his face seconds later. the city of alexandria says as long as spencer is not breaking any laws and following his lease, there is nothing it can do. happening today. a sentencing hearing for alicia schmuhl for a bizarre home invasion back in 2014. she and her husband-- andrew schmuhl-- plotted an attack on leo fisher after she was fired from fisher's law firm. andrew scmhul broke into the couples home-- tased, beat and stabbed fisher before stabbing and shooting his wife-- leaving both for dead. andrew schmuhl was arrested wearing only an

behind the wheel of the getaway car. she faces up to 45 years in prison. andrew schmuhl is serving two life terms plus 98 years. a prince george's county police officer has admitted to taking photos under women's skirts. james sims pleaded guilty today to recording women without them knowing. some of them -- during traffic stops. sims will be sentenced next month. he's been suspended from his job. it's xx and we're just getting started. good morning washington. i'm larry smith. and i'm autria godfrey and we start with breaking news in texas. former president george h-w bush remains hospitalized this morning. he was reportedly taken to the hospital for treatment overnight and is said to be in stable condition. officials declined to say what he is being treated for. a spokesman for president bush-- says they expect him to remain hospitalized for a few days.

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