the metro go morning, america. breaking news, russia confirms for the first time, a powerful bomb blew its passenger plane out of the sky. putin vows revenge against isis. russian warplanes and long-range missiles alrdy pounding the isis capital in syria. as the search for the most wanted man in the world intensifieies overnight. the massive manhunt for that eighth terrorist and mastermind behind the parisis attack. more than 120 raids across france and security stepped up in our own capitol. >> i would anticipate this is not the only operation that isil has in the pipeline. >> monuments and mass transit on alert as isis now threatens washington. a major storm packing a powerful punch in the middle of the country overnight. a tornado outbreakak spawnin dozens of reported twisters. major cities on alert this

and a blizzard dumping up to two feet of snow in some areas as the storm moves east. and security breach. a passenger accidentally carries a loaded gun onto a plane at one of the busiest airports in the country. landing in chicago with his pistol undetected. >> so, i had a loaded 380 semiautomatic in my backpack. >> how did the weapon get through a checkpoint with security on high alert? >> and we do say good morning, america. on this tuesday morning. a lot of new developments overnight in the attack on paris. more raids and air strikes overnight plus the breaking news about the other terror attack that brought down a passenger plane with 224 people on board. >> isis is claiming responsibility for both. russia is striking bachard and fast. our whole team is on the story. "world news" anchor david muir in paris and we begin with brian ross on the breaking news in russia. good morning. >> reporter: the russians this

morning said the evidence was unequivocal it was a bomb and big one that brought down the passenger jet. and russian president vladimir putin promised swift and severe retribution. the head of the russian version of the cia said it was an analysis of key parts of the plane and baggage that turned up evidenence of anxplosive device. by the russian estimate, the bomb was huge with the equivalent power of more than two pounds of tnt that caused the jetwith224 on board to break up in midair over the sinai desert.. the director of the ssb presented was a terrorist act putin then faced the cameras and vowed to track down those respsponsible r the murder of the people in the sinai. on the planet," he said "and we will t take retrution." isis claimed responsibility for

bringing down the jet within hours, and putin vowed to use the full russian military might against the bombers. it is believed to be an inside job at the egyptian airport from which the jet departed and this will focus attention on security procedures at airports around the world including in the united states. russia this morning offered a $50 million reward for information on those responsible. and overnight, according to the u.s. military, the russians conducted an aerial bombbardment of the isis headquarter city of raqqah, syria. the strike included sea launch cruise missiles and long-range bombers, george. >> they had not gone after isis before after other groups. but now he's going to be ruthless. thanks very much. now to those attacks in paris and the hunt for the most wanted men in the world, the eighth attacker and the mastermind behind it all. neighboring belgium where the attacks were believed to be hatched raising its threat level. abc's terry moran isis in belgm again for us this morning. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, robin. you know, investigators keep turning up traces of where the terrorists were. an apartment rented just a

couple of blocks that way. a car rental not far away. and in the paris suburbs, another apartment rented by the suicide bombers. they didn't find guns or money but sim cards. they are looking for the rest of the terrorist crew all around the world. >> police. >> reporter: overnight a multiagency multicoury manhunt intensified. on the hunt right now for the world's most wanted, 26-year-old salah abdeslam, the suspected shooter in the paris cafe and restaurant attacks and 28-year-old abdelhamid abaaoudud believed to be the architect of the carefully coordinated massacre. this morning, we're learning more about their connection. the two had reportedly liveded just blocks from each other, here in lenbeek. and were once in prison together. overnight, abdeslam, also the brother of another paris attacker speaking out, saying he

was being planned or where his brother is. we could never have imagine that one of my brotherss coulde linked to the terror attack. the international dragnet launchingg over 300 raids, 12 just overnight. targeting suspects in france, italy, germany and belgium leading to over 20 arrests and dozens of weapons seeded. late monday, french forces raided homes and buildings in the northeastern city of strasbourg following a reported sighting of abdeslam. but it was a false alarm. now they're focusing on the maker of the sophisticated suicide vests used in the attacks. concerned more attackers might strike. a final depressing note belgium authorities now admit to abc news that they were aware of both the abdeslam brothers, including the fugitive being hunted across europe. they were aware they had been radicalized. and they were aware both had

tried to go to syria. but they judged neither one to be a terrorist threat. robin and george. >> so disturbing they were aware of all that. >> very similar to the "charlie hebdo" attacks, as well. we move on as terry said france launched raids across the country last night and morore strikes againsnst isis isyria as the french president vows to destroy the terror group in a int effort with america and russia. more on that from "world news" anchor david muir in paris. good morning, david. >> reporter: george, robin, good morning. those ovovernight ids all part of an emergency anti-terror crackdown throughout paris and even in the suburbs. and as you heard terry report there, they discovered one of the homes that had been rented by the attackers. the eighth attacker on the run, and his old brother. in fact, this morning, it's been reported that the woman who rented the home described them as calm, nice and that they told her they were on business from belgium. meantime, at this hour new video just now emerging from french national police overnight going door to door. this morning, new pictures emerging of french policgoing door to door, fighting back against the terror. [ knocking on door ]

series of strikes on the isis stronghold of raqqah targeting and destroying a command and training center using ten jets and 16 bombs. this morning, president hollande meeting with secretary of state john kerry, after he touched down in paris monday night, lighting the embassy in the french national cololors. >> the cooperation level could not be higher and agreed to exchange even more information. >> reporter: on monday, president hollande declared them at war with isis. extending the state of emergency for three months and calling for stricter border control, heightened security measures and wer to strip citizen zip of convicted frenchch terroris with dual nationality and paris still picking up the pieces overnight the eiffel tower now lit in the french national colors. michele saline ming here two months ago with her family. from cifornia. she remembers the 9/11 attacks vividly and now the paris attacks here. >> you have to stay strong. we can't cower to terrorism. we have to continue on with life. >> reporter: here outside the

presence as workers s cleaned e bloodied sidewalks. and new images of the smiling concertgoers inside that hall friday night just moments before the terror began, the theater owners telling abc news "no word is enough to express the magnitude of our grief." while 165 people remain hospitalized, this photo now going viral, offering a glimpse into an emergency room friday night as doctors and nurses here worked tirelessly to save lives. we do know that those doctors and nurseses were caed in immediately across the city to report to duty on friday night. all the hospitals were filled with staff that had been called in. in the meantime, president hollande in the lalast 24 hos requested a parliament here. an extension of the state of emergency in france for three months. if they grant that, which they likely will do, george and robin, that will bring him extra powers for continuing raids like we saw in the overnight hours. back to you. >> david, thanks so much. a lot more tonight on "world news." >> here at home officials say there is no imminent threat but

security is heightened as you can imagine following the attacks in paris. and that new video from isis threatening a similar assault on washshington, c. abc's pierre thomas is in washington with more on that, good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning, robin. with that new video calling for an attack here in d.c., and the revelation this morning that isis appears to be responsible for killing nearly 4 people in a span of a week between that russian plane, the beirut bombing, and the nightmare in france,oncern about their capacity here in the u.s. is only going to grow. on the heels of the massacre in paris, this stark warning from the cia director. >> i would anticipate that this is not the only operation that isil has in the pipeline. i do believe that this is something that we're going to have to deal with for quite some time. >> reporter: a new video from isis seeming to confirm that vowing to attack the nation's capital. as we struck france in the center of its abode in paris then we swear that we will strike america at its center in

washington. law enforcement taking no chances, o overnight.s. park police increasing their presence at iconic monuments. >> i want you to know that our city is coordinating at the highest levels. >> reporter: d.c. residents and tourists on edge. >> it's a sobering reminder of where we are today. but it's where we've been, really, since september 11th. >> reporter: on the metro more surveillance. the message to the public if you see anything out of the ordinary, call your local police. >> it's something that you'll know when you see it. you know, the hair might stand up on your neck and we encourage all riders to report something if they see something suspicious. >>eporter: if you want to know just how intense this moment truly is, today the fbi director and homeland security secrcretary will conduct a rare joint classified briefinwith all the members of the house. robin? >> pierr what else are you hearing? how concerned are u.s. officials that a coordinated attack like we saw in paris could happen in our nation'sapital or any other american city? >> reporter: authorities say

there is no imminent threat but make no mistake. this is a high-tempooment. in my ways, the isis reat is unique. look, the fbi arrested more than 70 suspected isis sympathizers in t the last o years. dozens this year alone. there's never been a concentrated spate oal qaeda arrests ke that. bottom lin isis is finding support here every day, robin. >> pierre, thank you. we move to the news from paris. it's ignited a backlash against syrian refugees settling in the united states. more than 2100 h have comeere and half the country's governors say they do not want syrian refugees allowed in their states. and there are moves in congress to block president obama's plan to admit more refugees. jon karl has that from the white house. good morningng, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. the fact that one of the paris attackerers apparely good into france by pretending to be a refugee has sparked strong opposition to the president's plan to bring more syrian refugees here to the united states. at a press conference in turkey, president obama said the united states has a moral

responsibility to take in some of those syrians fleeing the violence in their country. >> the people who are fleeing syria, they are the most vulnerable as a consequence of civil war and strife. >> reporter: the president called for increasing the number of syrian refugees allowed into the united states from 1600 last year to up to 10,000 this year. but more than two doz governors are now saying the refugees are not welcome in their states. >> we don't want to become like europe where they let all these refugees in. >> we'll do all within our power, all that'humanly possible to resist these syrian refugees that are being forced upon us. >> reporter: most of the republan presidential candidates agree. >> anyone with an ounce of common sense would say no. we should be resettling them humanely in middle eastern countries that are majority muslim. >> so they go and fight for is and they comback into our country and we accept them back. and at some point they won't be

going away. they'll be shooting us here. >> reporter: jeb bush said some syrian refugees should be allowed with a priority given to christians. >> they're being slaughtered in the country. and but for us, who? who would take care of the number of christians that right now are completely displaced? > reporte the president disagrees. >> that's not american. that's not who we are. we don'tave religious tests to our compassion. >> reporter: the obama administration said there is no reason to fear the syrian refugees that are coming into the uted states, saying thatt they are some of the most vetted and scrutinized people entering the country. and, george, they also point out that more than three-quarters of the refugees coming here are women and children. >> jon, thank you very much. >> victims of violence. >> yes. now to that powerful storm sweeping across ththe countr responsible for dozens of reported tornadoes. look at that large twister in texas overnight. the storm also causing a blizzard, dropping up to two

feet of snow in some areas. ginger has that. >> robin, it is impressive to see it on the radar and satellite. almost to mexico. almost to canada. the large expanse of this robust system now moving east through the plains overnight into the ozarks now, tornado watch in northeastern texas, snow and wind, i mean blizzard conditions happening at this hour around d denver. the wind advisories for a large flash flood watches from new orleans up to springfield, illinois. it has been a busy 24 hours more than 120 severe storm reports, many of them just northwest of dallas which is where we find our ryan owens this morning. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: a severe weather outbreak spawning a reported 38 tornadoes in four states here in texas, 13 reported twisters touching down. four of those reports coming after a tornado tore through the town of pampa in pitch darkness. >> oh, my god! we have a gigantic tornado right in front of us! powerines exploding! >> reporter: one of those

tornadoes repoedly at least a mile wide, leveling a haliburton plant. officials saying it caused chemicals at the site to leak. that spill now contained. 21 reported tornadoes touching down in kansas. pelting drivers with golf-ball-size hail and damaging some homes. the weather tossing this 18-wheeler across slick roads. at least threeore tornadoes reported in oklahoma. so far, no injuries or fatalities have been reported. that squall line has now moved through the downtown dallas area. as you see behind me dumped some rain here, but nothing severe. that threat now moving to the east. let's turn now to my friend and colleague clayton sandell who is in the snow in denver. good morning, clayton. >> reporter: good mornining, ryan. you can see a lot of snow has fallen here overnight. some areas have gotten slammed with about 15 inches. and it's still coming down. but the problem is the wind. 60-mile-an-hour gusts creating

visibility in many areas is down to zero. so a lot of roads and highways across the region are shut down. many schools are a also clclos today. and if you happen to be flying, the denvnver intertional airport has canceled more than 200 flights already. now, the good news is this system is supposedo push through by midday but that morning commute could be a real mess. ginger, over to you. >> clayton, as the snow tapers for you we will see the severe weather move to the east. little rock, hot springs and shreveport all in n that ris area. we'll be covering this all morning. george. >> okay, ginger, thanks. we'll bring you a major

in minnesota in 30 seconds. >> dozens of demonstrators have been arrested after shutting down a minnesota highway to protest the police shooting of jamal clark. witnesses say clark was handcuffed when he was shot. but police say he was preventing paramedics from treating an assault vict. the justice department has joined that investigation, his family says clark is on life support. well, overseas a strong earthquake in greece, it struck off the island of lefkada where widespreadad damage d two deaths are reported. the 6.5 magnitude quake was felt as far away as a athens. well, a for-profit education company has agreed to a massive legal settlement. education management corporation which enrolls students in trade schools and colleges will now pay $95 million to settle claims

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welcome back to "gma." that is the downed passenger jet. 224 people killed last month. this morning, russia confirms it was a terrorist bomb that took it down. russian president putin vowing revenge and siking back ickly dropping bombs and missiles on the rror group's capital this morning. you cananet there is more to come. right now severe weather outbreak going on in -- for millions of americans on ale. blizzard pounding denver and already more than 15 inches falling in some parts. dozens of tornadoes touched down overnight and the storm is moving east now into the gulf coast. >> heading that way. we go back to paris. frch police launching more raids overnight hunting for terrorists and "world news tonight" anchor david muir is there for us again this morning. good morning, david. >> reporter: robin, great to be back with you this morning.

anti-terror raids continued ovovernight. in fact, 128 raids in paris and in the suburbs surrounding. we have the new pictures coming in from overnight pounding on front doors looking for evidence, in fact, french authorities revealing this number and is a staggering one this morning that they believe there are 10,000 people who have been radicalized this their country alone that they're concerned about this morning and present hollande in the last 24 hours asking to extend the state of emergency here by three months which would extend the powers to c continue these anti-terror raids. also this morning, the international manhunt continues for the so-called eighth attacker, s salah abslam. as you know in the last 24 hours they tught they were zeroing in on him in that suburb in brussels. he was not there but new developmts in the suburbs of paris they believe that he and his brother, another attacker who killed himself actually rented a home in the paris suburbs. it's been reported in fact that the woman who rented the home to them said they were calm, polite and here doing business from

and this morning, an image t to share with you about a city trying to rebuild. the eiffel tower ovnight lit in the french national colors and in the shadow of the tower we met so many americans who were here who simply showed up at the tower to let the people of paris know they care and one couple from austin, who were here friday night, the wife celebrating her 40th birthday at the top of the tower when they got the news of the terror attacks. their friends back home and family texting thehem about the attacks so when we were there last night they said before they went home they wanted to return to the tower to see it lit up this those colors to honor the pele of france. >> going back there, david. all right, thanks so much and we'll see you tonight on "world news tonight." the pastor's wife who was

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that pastor's wifehot in her hem last week as police search for a man that's her killer. her husband is speaking out and we hear from him after abc's mara schiavocampo brings us the latest. good morning, mara. >> reporter: good morning. thousands of people including indiana's governor came out for amanda blackburn's service as the search for her killer intensifies. new surveillance giving us the first clues as to who may have done this. amanda's husband ptor davey blackburn was at the gym at the time of the break-in returning 8:30 a.m. to find andnda wit a gunshot wound to the head. she was rushed to the hospital and put on lif support but it was too late. >> to the individual that committed this crime, we will find you. >> reporter: now policice are desperately searching for the gunman. they say surveillance video captured the suspepect described as an african-american man of

and 5'9" last seen wearing a dark colored hoodie. about an hour before the murder there was another burglary just two houses down from the blackburns, a crime they believe is connected. >> i moved to south carolina with davey. >> reporter: the blackburns just recently posted these youtube videos chronicling their own love story. >> on our way to chicago. >> repter: and the crowdwds gathered for sunday's memorial service called it a celebration of amanda's life. >> amanda was an amazi person. they had such a happy family. >> reporter: now police say they missed the suspect by just minces as they were already responding to that first break-in when blackburn was attacked. officials say family members including amanda's husband have albeen rul out as suspec. hopefully this new information will lead them to the person they're looking for. >> her husband pastor blackburn joins us now. we are so sorry for your loss. >> tnk you, george. thank you very much.

>> i know the community came together f a menial service for amanda. what do you want the world to know about your wife? >> oh, my gosh. i wish i could tell the world everything about her. i wish i had the time to but i think what i would really want the world to know is that she loved jus with her whole heart. and she loved people and she spent her life pouring her life out to people. she serd people. she loved the people who were unlovable, gave hope to people who didn't have hope, didn't think they had a future and she just absolutely gave everything that she had to her lord and savior jesus christ. >> we know the police and in mara's piece released surveillance video ovnight. what else have they been telling you about who might have done this and why? >> you know, the investigators haven't given me a ton of details that -- they've given me the details they released to the

public, as well and so what we'veeen trying to do over the past week is kind of figure out, yo know, how to grieve the loss and how to move forward from here and how to work through all of this. it's devastating to the family and, you know, the funeral just this past sunday was just an azing celebration of her life and we just -- we were so grateful for friends and family coming to show support and the nation, there were over 6500 people tuned in across the w world and what was so great about amanda, she was so selfless that she didn't't want her life to be put on display everer, but she wanted jesus to be put on display and we feel like that's what happened at the celebration service, that jesus was lifted up and people's lives have been changed because of that. >> it was such an out -- is there so, you know, we've been -- >> it was such an outpouring. >> go ahead, george. >> i apologize. do you have any idea why anyone might want to hurt amanda? >> there's not -- amanda didn't

have an enemy in the world. she -- i can't -- i can't imagine any reason why. that's why this is baffled us as much as anybody so we are trusting the investigators. they've been so good to us through ts whole process trying to keep us up to speed on what they have and we trust that, you know, they e doing the best they can. they've told us they have all the resources at their disposal right now to catch who did this. >> but the investigators have also said there is a code of silence that may have prevented people from coming forward. even if they have information that might help solve this crime, what do you want to tell those people who might know something about this? >> well, i mean, we would beg them to give any information that they have, we would be extremely grateful for that, you know. it's really hard to sort through all of the emotions of what we're feeling about all this. absolutely we, y you know, i mean,

we're confused. we're -- we don't understand why. you know, we're angry, we're not really sure what to do but i read amanda's journal entry a few days before, she journaled every day of her life and a few days before she put something in there that spoke volumes to us from. she said we don't know what the future holds but we know who holds the future and that's jesus and so we're drawing our strength from that and we know that jesus holds the future and we can't see it clearly but she sees it clearly now because she's in heaven with jesus and we'll see her soon. and so -- >> i cannot imagine how you're holding up. >> yeah. >> all through all of this. had there been -- you know when you look at these photos and see all this had there been any other problems in the neighborhood? did you or any of your neighbors recognizehat person? that's kind of hard to determine who that might be, that person

>> yeah, yeah, i mean it was such an obscure photo. i mean it's extremely difficult to say anybody recognized it. i mean our family -- our neighborhood was so close and it was such a seemingly safe neighborhood and so this is devastated all the neighbors. i mn we knew all the neighbo and we had just had lots of cookouts with them recently and so, you know, we're just as confused as everybody else at this point. >> your little boy weston is just 15 months old. he won't grow up with his mom. >> yeah. >> what are you going to tell him about her? >> i think that's probably one of the harde things in this whole process is knowing that he's not going to grow up with amanda because she was the perfect mom. i wish every mom in the world could have learnrned fromher. i wish every wife in the world could have learned from her. and i know there's going to be so many stories that we'e'll tl him as he grows up but i do know one thing that through allf

prayer would be that weston grows up and sees jesus through this and falls in love with jesus and that's -- that would be her hope through all of this and so as we're dialoguing with him, as we're trying to shepherd his heart as he grows up we're just going to continue to point to the fact that his mom loved jesus and loved people and that's contagious and so we believe that the lord is going to do a great worork in his life, as well. >> pastor black boxstor blackburn. thanks for joinings this morning. >> thank you very much, george. >> when we come back, medical miracle.

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back now with the braveve volunteer firefighter who received the most extend tififf face transplant ever attempted. he is speaking out for the first time in an abc news exclusive with abc's juju chang. >> reporter: pat hardison is the kind of family man and firefighters who would risk his life to run into a burning building to save someone else which is how his face got burned so badly 14 years ago. >> i remember it collapsed and i could just see everything coming down. >> reporter: pat spent 63 days

the burns ravaged his entire face. when he got home his three young children were terrified. >> my mom and stetepdad literally had to drag me in the house because i was scared. >> reporter: pat became depressed depressedwithdrawn so he reaches out to plastic surgeon dr. eduardo rodriguez at nyu langone medical center who chooses pat to become the most extensive face transplant case ever. >> he said i'm not going to die with incredible conviction. >> brave heart. >> absolutely. >> i guess that's what you do for a living when you're a volunteer firefighter, right? doctors only give him a 50/50 chance of surviving. another young man's tragedy and his family's generosity make the transplant possible. for 12 grueling hours dr. rodriguez painstakingly remove the donor'sace and scalp and the team next door works on pat ststraight tough the night. the final sutures in place 26 hours after surgery gland.

nine days later pat gets to see his new face. what's it like to feel your ears for the first time in 15 years? >> it's something i thought i would never do again. >> reporter: he slowly learns to use his new face. >> go ahead and pucker and smile. >> reporter: eight weeks after surgery an emotional family reunion. each child's reaction a little different. >> hey, dad. >> reporter: happiness, surprise. wonder. and the cost roughly a million dollars paid for by nyu langone and the defense department. part of why pat says he was willing to risk his life for the research for wounded warrior. >> oh, my goodness. >> beautiful, though. fantastic. >> that was i in augus he had the procedure. >> it was history making. >> really making strides. thank you, juju. >> you're welcome. >> see you on thursday. >> all right. much more ahead on "nightline" with juju and when we come back at the top of the hour we hear from the woman who

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. massive manhunt at this hour for that eighth terrorist in the paris attacks as the russian president reveals for the first time a powerful bomb took down a passenger jet. we're live from the front lines of the fight against isis this morning. wake me up when it's all over charlie sheen's bombshell. >> i'm here to admit that i am, in fact, hiv positive. >> the star reveals his private health crisis. how he hid his battle. dollar cover-up? never been in love before and is theecret to a coffee mug? the w research revealing why drinking up that morning joe could be the key, all ahead as we say --

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she has a new book out, a devovotional, we'll talk to her about thatat and probly some other things, as well. right now the morning rundown from amy. >> good morning, everyone. and we begin with breaking news. both france and russia are intensifying air strikes in syria. overnight russia confirming a terrorist t bomb broht down that passenger jet over egypt last month, and now president vladimir putin vowing to punish those respsible. abc's chief investigative correspondent brian rosss here with the latest on that story. brn, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, amy. the russian securirity servi said this morning the evidence was unequivocal, that it was a bomb and a big one that brought down thahat passenr jet killing 224 people. u.s. officials had come to believe it was a terror act, but now it is confirmed as russian officials said they found trace evidence of explosives on the plane debris and in passenger luggage and said they believe the bomb had the power equivalent of 2.2 pounds of tnt. isis had claimed responsibility for bringing down the jet, and this morning russian president putin, as you said, vowewed

launched an aerial bombardment of the headquarter city of raqqah launching missiles, anand they oered a $50 million reward for information on the names of the specific individuals who built and smuggled the bomb on board. amy. >> all right, brian, thank you. we have breaking news as police search for more suspects in connection with the paris terror atcks. word i just coming in that three suspects may have been detained in germany, but the focus of the investigation continues to be the manhunt for that suspected eighth attacker and the mastermind of the plot, abc's terry moran has the details on that. terry, good morning. >> reporter: the international manhunt focusing on two suspects, the gunman who got away from paris, 26-year-old salah abdeslam and 28-yearar-old abdelhamid abaaoud, he's the mastermind, the architect of the attacks, a notorious isis recruiter. the government in austria now acknowledging thatat abdeslawas pulled over in september in their country. he told police he was going on a ten-day vacation to vienna, and the government here in belgium acknowledging now to abc news

that they were a aware of deslam and his brother, a suicide attacker in paris, but they decided that neither o one was a terrorist threat. amy. >> all right, terry moran with the latest fors there in belgium. we also learned this morning that french president francois hollde is planning to visit president obama in washington next week to discuss the war against isis in syria. meanwhile, at least 25 states are now refusing to accept syrian refugees because of serity concerns. even those states may not have the legal authority to do so. in other news, ginger is tracking severe weather including dozens of reported tornadoes from texas to kansas. one of those twisters, a mile wide, leveled an oilil refiner causing chemicals to leak in the area. that spill is now contained, but in kansas, hail the size of golf balls damaged homes. no injuries have been reported there. > meanwhile, in colorado they are facing blizzard conditions this morning. more than a foot of snow, hundndreds of ights canceled at

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you see how i party. it was epic. the run i was on made made sinatra, jagger, richards, all of them look like droopy-eyed armless children. >> reporter: now "the national enquirer's" bombshell report that sheen was diagnosed as hiv positive. >> what i can tell you is that multiple ex-partners of charlie sheen came forward via text messages and in one case a video recoing in which they all confirmed that they were exposed to hiv, and they spoke of their horror at potentially being infected witthis virus. >> all my hooker numbers are in that phone. >> reporter: sheen, who was at one time the highest actor paid on tv, earning close to $2 million an episode on the hit show "two and a half men" once estimated he slept with 5,000 people. he admitted to spending tens of thousands of dollars on prostitutes and in a 2011 interview with abc news, he talked only about why he enjoyed

>> they're the best at what they do, and i'm the best at what they do, and together it's like it's on. sorry, middle america. i'm not lying po people. i think whatever you do as long as there's no children involved, then you're okay. >> reporter: according to "the national enquirer," sheen has known about the diagnosis for several years and the tabloid also says the actor reportedly worth $125 million has faced a number of lawsuits and paid millions to protect his secret. >> many of those women have sought legal counsel and successfully sought settlements with charlie sheen as a result of their exposure. >> sheen has three ex-wives and five children. in that nbc news interview, sheen also says that he does not think he exposed any of his partners to the virus. a source close to the situation tells abc news that his ex-wife actress denise richards does not have hiv and neither do their children adding that he was infected at some point after their divorce in 2006. "the enquirer's" full article

and it's important to not that while hiv is hardly a death sentence these days, legally you are required to tell your partners if you know you have hiv. >> yes. >> all right. >> for sure. thank you, linsey. >> thank you very much, linsey. ronda rousey stuns sports fans everywhere over the weekend. the superstar was knocked out. lostst the fig for the first time, and jesse is here with the woman who shook up the mma world. hey, jesse. >> ray, robin, you know, ronda rousey entered the octagon with a perfect record. but perhaps the only person who was not surprised she had her first loss was her opponent, holly holm. she's the woman behind one of the most shocking upsets in sports history. holly holm, knockingut ronda rousey. the seemingly invincible ufc women's bantamweight champion turned moe star and mainstream magazine covergirl in the wage this weekend. but for those who know 34-yeaold holly holm, it wasn't an upset at all. >> i've been the underdog before and i've had to come in after a

lot of people doubting me before and that definitely prepared me to knothat believing in myself is huge and that's the biggest ing. >> reporter: the amateur kick boxing champurned professional fighter is actually a preacher's daughter with 19 world boxing championships under her belt. >> first they wanted to call her holly hottie or holly hollywood or something like that. she said, i don't want to be known for that part of it. just call me the preacher's daughter. >> reporter: the woman named "ring" magazine's fighter of the year two years in a row who enjoys snowboarding and instagraming pictures of her cat buster in her down time celebrated her win against rouseyey with naos and fries but isn't celebrating too long already talking about a possible rematch in their future. >> i'll train twice as hard as i did for r the firsone because i know she'll be coming back. >> but don't expect a rematch right away. rousey said that she's going to take a little bit of time but she does promise she'll be back and, guys, personally i'm impressed by holly holm. take a look at what happened when i faced rousey

so i found out firsthand what it's like to have your world turned upside down, so to holly holm i said mad props. >> she's a better woman than you. >> yes. >> bigger and better. >> there will be a rematch, right? >> absolutely there is going to be, and it will be a huge megabox office hit. no doubt about it. >> and it was really cool how holly said i'll have a rematch. said that she knows that ronda gave h her an opportunity and said i'll do it when the time is right. lara. >> thank you, robin. i got to sit down with the legendary actor at his home in florida and talked about his new book. it's called "but enough about me," and in it he candidly writes about the highs and lows in the life of a superstar, everything from his favorite film roles to the one that got away. with that iconic mustache and devil may care grin, burt reynol became the roguish bandit who captured our hearts and became the number one box office star with a unique

attitude t towards cosing his roles. >> i used to pick them by where's this being shot. >> wasn't it location and who the female lead was were sort of the two main requirements? >> yeah, i would say in that order, yeah. >> if she was incredible then the roles were incncredible. >> that's right. >> machines are going to fail and the system is going to fail. >> reporter: "deliverance" is your favorite performance. >> yes. >> the most fun film you've ever made. >>smoky." >> last time i saw legs like that, they had a message tied to them. >> wt do you mean? these are great looking legs. >> you say that if wee watch "smokey and the bandit" you will see sally and you falling in love on the camera. >> that's true. that's true. >> cowboys love fat calves. >> she was the love of my life. i mean, i really to this day think she's the most scial woman i've ever dated. >> if you could say something to her today, what would you say to her? >> you were the best thing that ever happened to me.

together with her? >> no, she's too smart for that. >> reporter: in his new memoir "but enougabout me," reynolds opens up about his most famous romances from dinah shore, 20 years his senior, to loni anderson wm he wed in 1988. >> as i came out, and she was walking down the aisle, i looked over, and i saw my mother, and my motr was looking at me going, and i thought, i don't remember my mother ever being wrong. what should i do? but it was a little too late. >> you wrote in the book, you never really liked her. >> i didn't like her in terms of how long it took her to get ready. >> was it a big process? >> well, i mean, if she's going to the store, i thought, well, why, you don't cook. what sto? she had's say, i'm going to the store, i'll be right back, and i thought, okay.

now what do i do for a day or two because that's how long she'd be gone. >> reporter: the couple famously divorcing after just seven year but the financial implications continued to haunt reynolds today forcing him to auction off much of his memorabilia. you've saved memories -- >> yeah. >> -- from every aspect of your incredible career. even though you've sold so much of it, whahat are yogoing to do with it? >> probably sell it again, but i hate to. >> reporter: he also shares some of the roles he said no to that would have surely helped ease his financial burden. were you really considered for james bond? >> yes, i was. >> i see it. >> i think i could have done it well except this is what i said in my stupidity, i said, an american can't play james bond. it has to be an englishman. bond, james bond. i can't do it. >> oops. >> oops. yeahah, i coulhave done it. >> this one blew me away. han solo? you were offered the role of han solo?

>> you were -- you're busy. >> i was busy, but, no, i wasn't so busy i couldn't have done it. >> i would like you to meet jack, the finest director in the business. >> hi. >> reporter: initially he even turned down the 199797 role whh catapulted him back into the otlight. you were nominated for an oscar for "boogie nights." >> yeah, that was another thing. i turned him down about teten times. >> reporter: but despiette it all, reynolds says looking back on his life, his love, his career, he has no regrets. your last chapter, which is called "burt," i always wanted to experience everything and go down swinging, so far so good. i know i'm old but i feel young and one thing they can nev take away, nobody had more fun than i did. >> i thinkhat's all true. >> it's a pretty good way to sum it up. >> wl, if you can say that after 75 years, you're doing all right. >> doing all right.

he also turned down the role for "terms of endearmement," jack nicholson and he also says "one flew over the cuckoo's nest." a lot of ones that got away, as you heard, no regrets, and i was happy to hear he says that he and loni anderson have buried the hatchet. you remember those headlines fofor years. life is too short. something we should all keep in mind. >> yeah. >> uh-huh. >> very cool. >> and the book, guys, by the way, "but enough about me," i love that title, "but enough about me," it's out today and it's a great read. > it was eat to hear from him. >> thank you, lara. >> ginger, weather. ginger, where are you? >> i'm right out here having a big birthday bash. all three of these ladies are from texas are 65 and this woman is 60 and she says you're 40. let's celebrate. let's do it. how about we get into the forecast first. thisorning, this is what it looks like on the roads around denver. there are already vehihicles stranded on some roads south and east. you've seen more than 15 inches of snow and that warm and stormy

side of the storm will bring damaging winds, tornadoes. look, little tell you, tell you, we just have so many smiles just rows deep. i love it out here but we've got to get some "pop." >> and in here too, smiles. >> get ihere and smile with us. we have "pop news" and we begin with one of our favorite singers, adele. hello, it's me. bringing big news from adele.

her brand-new single "hello," which broke the viva record for the most views in 24 hour, guy, 50 million views in one day. >> whoa. >> we contributed to at least a million. >> it is a beautiful song. >> continuously plays throughout my house. >> well, get ready for another becaususe adele has just released a video for a new song called "when we were young." >> ah. reminds me of when we were young when we were young >> i mean, the woman has got pipes like no other. >> wow. >> the video was recorded live, so no bells and whistles. that is all adele, and we will hear much more from her. the full album comes out this frid. >> i am ready. >> i am ready. >> i am too. >> she's just terrific. >> so talented. it's unbelievable. >> i love that. she just released it just a couple of hours ago, so i consider that is breaking "pop news." >> that is breaking news. also in "pop news" today, what greater joy is there than a

well, for 6-year-old matthew who already has four younger sisters, the greatest joy would have been a younger brother, however, not happening. take a look atat the famy's new baby announcement. his parents did what they could to soften the ow treating their big brother, wait, i haven't showed it to you. there it is, there's the announcement. they sent out this pictu of his sisters all in princess dresses. that is the moment that matthew found out that yet another girl was on the way. >> more princess parties. yes. and they celebrated with cuakeses, and thcupcakes were pink. >> yeah. >> he doesn't look that upset. >> he needs cupcakes for the rest of his life with five >> i'm sure he's treated like prince. >> apparently he's a leader in the house, and he loves those little girls. >> a lot of little kids in that house. >> yes, yes. en finally i thought this was funny. an irish dad became a viral sensnsation afr filming g his entire las vegas vacation unwittingly in selfie mode.

>> oh, my goodness. >> nope. >> evan griffin lent his gopro to his tech challenged dad who mistakenly put it the wrong way on the selfie stick the entire trip resulting in hours ofootage, not of the sites and sounds of vegas, but instead of just his face. >> he went all the way -- >> looking more -- >> therere's the vw. >> that's into the desert, utah and arizona. and that's the city. and there it is over there. see that small one. >> that's not the setting sun. >> you know what, that's a better memory. >> temple bar in dublin. >> very white, very pale. more of the story, w what happs in vegas apparently really does stay in vegas. >> bah-dum-bum. >> thank you verery much. that is "pop news." >> and coming up, take a trip around the world with "gma," some of the most spectacular

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whoo, some funky music. our "40 for 40"0" bus, shake it, baby. pulling up to the north avenue beach right there on lak michigan and chicago. we're driving across this great country. it's a big thank you to so many "gma" viewers. you invite us into your home eachch andvery morning for the last 40 years and some are about to join nick watt and chef fabio viviani for breakfast, right, nick? >> reporter: good morning, robin. yeah, it's breakfast time. there are eight of us living on bod this bus. and we are going to make it to you in new york on that 40-hour live stream 5:00 p.m. this evening. see you in a couple of day.

>> all right, guys. grab some doughnuts here. grab somdoughnuts. everybody, go for it. grab it. grab it. >> they do look good. who knows, the 40/40 express could be coming to a city near you. >> a lot of good doughnuts. ginger is outside on the new blackberry talking to a lot of people on twitter. >> talking to the folks mind me and on twitter. multitasking. we're also connecting with our fans on social media thanks to blackberry who let me borrow their newest smartphone, the priv. use the #gma40 and you might see them on "gma" this morning. i'm tweeting right now. lara. >> thank you, ginger. one of the privilegeges of our job is being invited plus your homes every single morning getting to share with you some of the incredible places we get to go, see, taking our viewers to the front lines of the most amazing and spectacular stories as we

count down to our "40 for 40" live stream here are some of the highlights. >> we are live from mumbai, india. >> good morning from iran. >> it's a windy morning in moscow. >> madrid, spain, in morning. >> we are in afghanistan. >> a few people are thirsting for a real sense of the rest of the world. >> i really want people to feel that they're with us, that they're with us on these amazing trips. >> i love the opportunity to bring the world to our viewers. >> we're going to take you to the seven new wonders of the world. >> where is diane sawyer? > i made it here. good morning from jerusalem. >> the polar ice cap. >> the northwest hawaiian islands marine national monument. >> the mayan pyramid. south central mexico. >> so spiritual to be there and to climb these steps. >> good morning, america, from

structure in the world. welcome to the burj dubai. >> india, the biggest democracy. >> bring you the secrets of health and longevity from finland. >> certainly several degrees below zero. >> me and the reindeer, let m me just say, don't know what i was thinking. i really hate to be -- that was one of the most insane elective trips i've ever taken. >> great american southland bus tour. >> it was really cool. it was amazing. medium. you're talking to people and you know they're out there but they can't talk to you but you take those bus trips and you get reaction from people about what they think you're doing. >> those were just amazing trips where we captured those special moments. >> after 9/11, the executive producer says, you know what, let's celebrate america one

you're going. soso i got in my little red convertible and i went and got to see some of the most amazing things and meet the most wonderful people. >> what do you recommend? >> hot dogs. >> shocker. >> nuclear power fast attack submarine. live from somewhere in the atlantic ocean and, yes, we are under way, under way and making broadcast history, a television first. >> i remember opening the show, we surfaced and they can't even tell me where we are. i can't even know. that's such a top secret location. >> it is amazing. we're about 45 feet or so above the atlantic ocea >> who gets that opportunity to do those kind of things? >> good morning, america from behind vatican walls. >> you just can't help but be moved every time you are here in st. peter's square. >> charlie and diane and i did a show from the vatican and then to later be there at the vatican and be in the audience with the

pope was really a special time. >> all aboard. >> welcome to our amazing journey into the heart of america. >> oh, train trip. good morning. >> the train trip, i still think should be entered into an olympic event. we had a real sense of adventure morning. americana about that. being onn the train. i remember stopping in ohio and brad paisley playing in the field. hey mr. policeman and i can drive faster than you can for the first time on live morning television, we hope to, we expect to bring you the miracle of life. an actual birth. >> i thought how hokie can you get? and i was opposed to it. i was grumpy, i was whatever, didn't want to do it. >> beautiful little baby. >> baby boy. >> yes. >> oh. >> we ought to put a counter in

the lower right-hand corner how many types i'll cry during the broadcast. >> it was one of the most moving programs i think we everdid. >> gd morning, america. welcome to song dong in central vietnam. >> i remember the te she went into that city beneath the surface of the earth. that was just astonishing. >> there's nothing quite like live television when you're trying something new. >> i'm standing on this colossal stalagmite. >> live fro locations all around the world. what you're about to see has never been attempted before. >> all the anticipation leading to this one moment, to the beautiful song "good life" by one republic here in our studio your tee words live, ready, set, go. this is got to be the good life this has go to be the good

good life good life got this feeling you can't fight this city it's going to be a good life good good life >> what a perfect song "good life." you know. >> it is a good life. >> so blessed. >> yes, yes. >> i can't believe -- i didn't realize you've been everywhere. >> i know. >> that submarine was amazing. >> it was so -- you keepaying what year was that? i don't remember. i don't -- i go by my hair. that was post -- you can tell. but, as i said, we understand that not everybody can travel like we are blessed to do and the whole intent is for people at home to feel like they're right there with us on the submarine. >> no one does it better than you. >> everyone is fortunate with that. it's just 40 years for this program. >> wow.

>> is there one trip that you're like, i don't know why i did that like diane was saying about finland? >> a lot of them are diane related. sorry, diane. love you, thelma. >> be honest, you don't have to tell everyone. just telling us, that train trip was tough. >> that train trip -- >> looked like a lot of fun. >> the toilet and the shower were one, okay, on the train. let me just -- >> toilet and shower. >> i don't undersnd. >> same area. i mean this sincerely. every time we got off this train somewhere in that great country and met people, you were glad that you were there. you were glad -- >> okay, toilet/shower. >> bonding experience. >> it was, it was, it was, yeah. >> so many great memories and more to come because we e are jus hours away from the start of our "40 for 40" live stream event. somehow we'll pulullhis off. i highly recommend you watch because bloopers abound, i guarantee it. 40traight hours of live programming leading up to our epic family reunion, everyone is coming back. think about "gma" over the 40

year, think of a name, think of someone you loved. they'll be here on thursday morning and jesse has more on that. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning, america. >> it's a tv event 40 years in the making. >> here in southern california. >> sochi. >> this morning in abuja. >> in glendora. >> 40 hours of live coverag from around the world bringing you u up to te with the latest news. >> breaking -- >> from paris. >> here in paris they woke up to this image. >> to london. >> the picture on "the times." >> to right here in times square. >> we're going to have a fun morning if we'll reminisce about some of our favorite moments over the past 40 years. >> look at this on a treadmill. >> shrimp on a treadmill. >> george, george, is this it? >> with those familiar faces from "gma's" past. >> got some eye openers for you. >> the people who brought you the news over the last four decades all here live. >> good morning, everybody. i'm david hartman.

>> and i'm joan lunden. >> from our tv family to your, get ready, america. >> are you ready. >> yep. >> here we go. >> four 40 years in 40 hours starts today. >> i'm on my phone. >> important work. >> it was breaking news. >> i can't wait to see everybody. so excited. hopefully you are. right now, though, one last check with ginger who is outside. >> we are all just out here reminiscing too. these are the folks that really maket great. every single morning and so happy you're here this morning. let's go ahead and get into the forecast, shall we? talk about what is happening. california, this is video from that storm that's now moved well east but my goodness, you put the winind on it. that's what's moving in. look, the pacific northwest is not do. more to come with wind and heavy rains at times locally up to 6 inches. all right, we're -- i'm getting

he >> and don't w worry i'm not being rude just tweeting again. we want all of you toemember your favorite "gma" moments and tweet us. i've got the blackberry priv. gma40 is the hashtag. >> he has to pull this moment that sam did. remember when the weather maps broke and sam was using the crowd. it's such an incredible moment. i hope we can show you. >> a lot of blacked out stuff. >> oh, my gosh. sam is coming back. everyone is coming back on thursday. but coming up right now sarah palin is with us live. robin will go one-on-one with the former republican vice

back now with sarah palin, the former governor of alaska and republican vice presidential candidate has a brandon roberts book out of devotionals called "sweet freedom" full of daily reflections on life, politics and faith. good to see you again. >> thank you so much. awesome to see you. >> i love all the pictures we have, t the montage behind you of your family >> yeah. >> we were showing all the places we've been over the 40 years. i still remember alaska going there a few years ago to be with your family. >> you were such a good sport. out there on the snow machines you know, geared up.

>> you got to do it. >> tough woman. you are. >> it is a beautiful book. i told you my family we've read a devotional stream for many, many years. i want to talk to you about that. you made news over the weekend. you said you would be willing to run again. what is it -- what would it take to get you back into politics and you have an eye on any particular office? >> no particular o office but what it would take is knowing that the american public woulde ready for, again, someone going rogue, you know and calling it like they see it and having the experience that they believ could be put to good use in the name of service. if i really felt that that was there in terms of support and, you know, i'd be more than willing serve. >> yeah, that's how you've always - >> yeah, yeah. and also, you know, living my li, putting it in god's hands knowing that you just never know what door may be open and if a door i open, i'm built to run through it.

life vibrantly and do all you can to help others. >> that's what you share in the book, sara you do that and don't shy away from any topic. >> right. >> just yesterday on the program we were talking to a doctor about fear following the paris attacks and even if you weren't there, that there's this fear with terrorism and that and you touch upon terrorism in your book. how do you help people get past those feelings. >> i do and i touch -- that's what makes the devotional different. i talk about these topical issueses, the iues of the day and how in scripture ole and new testament we can fin the answers and solutions to the challenges we're facing on a y-to-day basis when it comes to fear. we're given promise after prprise from the omnipotence of god telling us fear not, put this in my hands, he tls us, maybe my mom, probably your mom told you to at the end of the day, go to sleep, give it to god. he's up all night anyway and

challenges on him and knowing that he will provide. he will provide answers for you, but he expects us to take some action and do something with the answers he provides and he doesn't drive parked cars. you know, we need to get out there and take some action to help others. >> i love the phrases. our family motto when fear knocks let faith answer the door. >> like something my mom would say too. >> a mommyism but fear has also gripped some governors here in this country because they are saying, because of one of the attackers coming through syria having that that they don't want syrian refugees and many governors have said in this country no as a former governor, do you agree we should not allow syrian refugees in this country? >> well, these governors, they're our first line of defense, though, when it comes to makin sur that the people that they're elected to serve are being protected. because on aederal leve we're -- i believe that the

that protection coming from the top that they deserve to feel that we are doing everything and anything we can to make sure the bad guys won't fulfill their threat and we have these recent threats specifically against washington, d.c. that isis wants to come over here and destroy us. well, a lot of the governors are saying, okay, well, what can i do within my authority as a state official to make sure that the people are protected to make sure we know who's coming into our state, to make sure on a practical level how it is that we would even be able to fund the services that these refugees would need and these governors are being very prudent in their hesitation, this their caution that they'rere taking before they're saying, hey, any and all, come on in when there's not a vetting process. >> that's what they want -- everyonene wants a better vetting process. before you go, the book, you touch -- youon't hold back. >> right. >> that's what we expect from you and you talked about the challeing year that you have had aging parents, you kn,

losing a job, just various things. is that the reason why, why now did y want to put this all down. >> i've always wanted to write a devotion and based on years of journalling too but kind of a specific period of time when it rains it pours, you know and i believe that god does that to us and allows some things to happen in our lives in order to prepare us for whatever is next so that we're kind of, you knowow, geared up and equipped ready to do whatever the next step is and it's not just me, it's everyone, plato said be nice to everyone because everyone is fighting a battle. everyone has a challenge out there. so just wanting to encourage people to don't be fearful and to le life vibrantly. if you're seeking answers to a these challenges personally and politically you're going to find them in the word. >> we can't wait to see what you do next and it is extmely uplifting. i wish we had more time. >> well, thank you so much for the time. >> no, we got to get ann extra hour on this program. "sweet freedom: a devotional" is

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goodmorn nobody nobel peace prize our bus on the move heading out of chicago on the way to times square for our big "gma" family reunion. >> stopping, right. >> oh, yeah, a along the way. >> our fan, we love you guys. >> you never know where it's going to stop. >> and, robin, we have a look at some of your favorite moments from the show that you've been sharing with us on twitter. thank you so much. have a great day, everybody.sam: a quick check of traffic this morning... this is i-235 at m- l-k... [current conditions]

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