and i reiterated my support for the project. >> reporter: and you know there's going to be a fight on this one, kendis and ariel. standing rock suh tribe has long been as opposed to this project and they say there is currently an environmental study under way with public comment open till february 20th. they argue by federal law, that process has to be allowed to continue. >> that fallout continues. lana zak, thank you prosecutor the engineer involved in a deadly train crash in philadelphia is suing amtrak. brandon bostian alleges the railroad ignored reports that people threw objects at the train. he says he was disoriented or unconscious after something hit his train. federal investigators determined the train was not hit. they say bass yen was distracted by reports of another train being hit. the engineer in another deadly train crash near philadelphia tested positive for

released thursday which the ntsb. the train derailed after hitting a piece of construction equipment on the tracks last year. two workers were killed and dozens of passengers injured in that crash. >> going to switch gears and say happy new year. it's january 27th but tomorrow marks the start of the chinese lunar new year. >> 2017 is the year of the rooster. to celebrate, chinese soldiers have been performing a special dance. >> since it's the year of the rooster, we'll call that their chicken dance. >> it's not the punky chick. >> and it looks like the funky chicken sort of. they're pretty good at it i guess. oh. i actually could watch this all day long. i love the shimmying. the radio city rockettes have nothing on these guys. they're probably a little jelly. they're doing it all in combat fatigues. >> is this what the first move was? they're good. >> shimmy was great. >> it's compelling. >> so the year of the rooster,

wear red. >> we're covered today. >> we have that down pat. lucky numbers are 1, 3, and 9. lucky directions are east. keep going west. not going to montauk. just go west. coming up, counting down to this year's tax deadline. what you may not note about deductions that could cost you hundreds or even thousands of dollars in your refund check. >> the peek inside olivia pope and associates or with olivia pope and associates and what kerry washington says she will always find in the scandal" kitchen no what thor how old they are. first here's a look at today's temperatures. >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by buy lisa.com.

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international dancing this morning. here on "world news now." this is the start of samba practice just not the same without the music. this is in rio famous samba drum. the city's samba schools have less than a month to get ready for the start of carnivale. that looks just like diane and i did when we were doing our samba. it's never too early to start practicing brazil's wow. they're good at it. it starts february 24th and goes till ash wednesday which is march 1st. we plan to have continuing coverage through the next month of that. >> have you ever been? >> i've been to brazil but never. >> been to carnivale. >> bucket list for sure. here at home, millions of americans gearing up for the annual and financial carnival known as tax deadline day. >> as they prepare their returns many are missing ow on tax credits possibly leaving hundreds if not thousands of dollars unclaimed. abc's ra o

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i still haven't seen. so that was a spoiler alert. >> i need to catch up. critics say it was well worth all of the suspense. michael strahan couldn't wait to get his own personal tour of the set with the leading lady herself, kerry washington. >> here we go. hold on tight. find your seat belt, sir. >> i have my seat belt like that. >> so this is lots of famous movies have been shot here. cool tv shows. "scandal" among them. yes. i'm going to take you to olivia pope and associates. that's one of my bosses brad. hi, brad. >> hi, brad. >> hi michael. >> nice to see you. >> this is behind the scenes. if you enter into here, it means you're in a lot of trouble. because you are a client at pope and associates. >> i am a client. >> so if we get you on the show, we'll have your picture up here because you're a problem. so this is the pope and associates kitchen. there's always

because i'm a big almonds person. >> you're actually eating those. >> occasionally. some of the stuff up here might be seven years old from when we shot the pilot. this is olivia's office. >> if you go in here, you're really in trouble. >> is this is the inner sanctum. >> look at me. millie, i will get you the oval. >> you can tell me right now what's going to happen this season. wouldn't you like to tell me? >> michael, i really do like you but i like my job more. and if i tell you, i'll get fired. >> you will not get fired. >> i could. >> you an olivia pope. you can fix this. >> just one thing? >> you could play a really fun game for the first five episodes of find the bump. because we shot five episodes before i gave birth. and the rest of them are after. behind flowers, behind prada purses, behind big coats and

are going to be going i think i found a bump for that one. >> my office is here. >> may i see? >> yeah. >> it's not fancy. >> but you know what? you're very accomplished out of this place. >> we started with confirmation which is a film i did for hbo. we're developing projects for television, drama and comedy, films, maybe some theater. it's excite. >> since i'm here on set in your production office, i feel like can i audition for you for "scandal"? >> i guess michael, do you have like a mog o monologue prepared? >> i grabbed some lines from the show. >> you're auditioning for olivia pope. >> no, just trying to show my range. if you don't mind. >> yeah, i have time. >> okay. you're being stupid about this. >> i am things. stupid is not one of them. >> hold on. i am many things. stupid is not one of them

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st one mucinex lasts 12 hours. let's end this. drum roll please. time now for "insomniac theater" previewing two movies this weekend. >> nothing says the weekend has arrived till you hear that music and that graphic. this morning we'll start with james franco in the movie "i am michael," a true story of the gay political activist and magazine editor who sparked national controversy after renouncing his homosexuality to become a straight christian pastor. >> i am michael. >> i'm rebecca. >> i need to get away from this life. >> what exactly is it you need to get away from? being gay. >> >> i don't know. >> i want to tell you a secret about a great gift from god. fear. >> i michael glats no longer identify as gay. >> you've written what some would call very hateful things. >> michael, you're confused.

living a lie. >> okay. critics admit the subject matter is controversial but they're giving i am michael high marks for its balanced portrayal and for franco's deeply nuanced presentation. take a look. michael lasalle writes he gives an sensitive performance. this is a film worth seeing but not easy to watch. eric cohen says justin kelly's first feature offers an even handed portrait of its controversial subject but it doesn't make his decisions easy to take. next to matthew mcconaughey like we've never seen him before with a shirt on. he stars in the true story of a 1993 gold min mining scandal when a massive gold deposit was supposedly discovered in indonesia. the actor stars as a prospector and he's desperate for his lucky break but he finds that while getting the gold was hard work, keeping it is even harder.

>> a tiger. >> the dialogue in that scene is amazing. > is it? okay. is that what you're focused on or the hair? >> the movie isn't striking gold with critics who give it a dismal 33% splat on rotten tomatoes. moira mcdonald writes gold is one of those movies that sounds like much more fun than it is and brian truitt says nothing in gold is golden though at least matthew mcconaughey with a lack of hair and beer gut shines. >> that's it for this half hour. deuces.

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