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cc1 test message good morning, america. a major terrorist attack on a university overseas breaking right now. militants storm the campus in a gun battle with the military. dozensilled and wounded. the very latest as we come on the air. donald trump landing the biggest endorsement of the campaign. >>re you ready to make america great again? [ cheers and applause ] >> sarah palin backing the billllnaire for president firing up his supporters and delivering a blow to ted cruz as hillary clinton feels the burn. the stunning new poll showing her free-falling in new hampshire. millions of americans bracing f f a major snowstorm. the middle of the country hit right now. 14 states on alert as snow and icy conditions make rds dangerous and the northeast in the crosshairs of a massive storm. could some major cities really get two feet? an abc news exclusive. the firestorm over the oscars growing this morning. those calls for a boycott as stars from lupita nyong'o to
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call for host chris rock to take the protest onto the stage on live tv. director spike lee who is boycotting this year's show here live this morning only on "gma." good morning, america. robin on assignment this busy wednesday. we have a lot of news in politics. boy, sarah palin is back. there you see her with donald trump in iowa last night. and there's this brand-new scare r hillary clinton with bernie sanders surging in new hampshire. but amy, we have to begin with breaking news. >> there is a terror attack at a university in pakistan where dozens were killed and wounded. the taliban claiming responsibility for it an abc's chief global affairs corresndent martha raddatz starts us off with the latest. good morning to you, martha. >> reporter: good morning, amy. the aing thatters were armed with grenenes, ak-47s and suicide vests taking aim once again at pakistan's youth.
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terrorists massacred more than 130 children in an attack on a grade school near this same area. the attackers today took vantage of heavy fog cutting through barbed wire and then scalg the back wall of the university, they fired indiscriminately killing students in classrooms and dormitories. the pakistani military moved in ickly and say they have now secured the university. the leader of a pakistani taliban splinter group has clmed responsibility. the same group believed to have carried out the pvious attack at the grade school, amy. >> all right, martha, thank you for that update. just horrific. >> yeah, when they go after those schools. martha will be tracking that. we move to the race for the white house right n n and big night for donald trump. picking up sarah palin's dorsement. there's the former alaska governor feisty as ever with the billionaire last night in iowa taking on the gop and media. >> heads are spinning.
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are you ready to make america great again? >> abc's tom llamas is there on the campapan trail in norwalk, iowa. good morning, tom. >> reporter: george, good morning. trump and palin have another event this morning just behind me here in norwalk, wa, and so many supporters i spoke to last night say this made perfect sense, both palin and trump are so much alike both tough and conservative, but overnight, abc news learninghat talk show host glenn beck was very popular with republicans will appear with ted cruz in iowa over the weekend, both candidates unleashing some serious conservative star power. >> we're going to give them hell. >> reporter: in iowa, donald trump showing if you mess with him now, get ready to take on the gop's momma grizzly. >> doggone right we're angry. >> reporter: sarah palin, the former alaska governor and one time republican vp nominee says she chose trump because the others lack gut.
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about these issues until he brought them up, in fact, they've been wearing this political correctness kind of like a suicide vest. >> reporter: trump unleashing palin aftet senator ted cruz said trump has, quote, new york values, questioning his conservatism. >> funny but now what they're doing iswailing, well, trump and his trumpetersome, they're not conservative enough. oh, my goodness gracious, what the heck would the establishment know about conservatism? >> reporter: back in february palin got some laughs on "snl" by joking she might run for president in 2016ith trump on her ticket. >> how much do you think lorne michaels would pay me if i were to run in 2016. >> i don't think there's a number too big. >> what if i were to choose donald trump as my running mate. >> sarah, you're teasing us. that's not nice. >> reporter: it's a blow to cruz who used palin's help to win a se in the senate.
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decides to do in 2016 i will always remain a big, big fanf sarah palin. >> reporter: and so are many conservatives who love her plain, tough talk. >> no more pussy-footing around. are you ready for a c@mmander in chief? you ready for a commander in chief who will let our warriors do their job and goo kick isis' [ bleep ]. >> reporter: but it's bringing controversy. palin's 26-year-old son track arrested monday night in a domestic violence incident with his girlfriend. the police report stating he also threatened to kill himself with an ar-15 assault weapon. now, sarah palin did not comment about this incent but the "washington times" reports they did speakith palin's family attorney who says they appreciate the respect for the family's privacy as track receives the help that he and many of our returning vets needs so much. george. >> and tom, switching gears, a real tragedy on the campaign trail yesterday.
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a volunteer for dr. ben carson has dieds. three others injured in a car accint here in iowa. the van they were traveling in hit a patch of ice and crashed. dr. carson speaking out lastst night. >ife is so fleeting and we have to make the most of every bit of it that we can, but if every one of us could just think about how we can make somebody else's life better, what a fitting tribute that would be to braden. >> reporter: now, the carson campaign immediately suspending cacaaign activities to deal with this tragedy. our thoughts and prayers with the carson campaign this morning. >> boy, they sure are. thanks very much. as you mentioned there's big news for democrats this morning. that stunning new poll showing bernie sanders with a nearly 30-point lead over hillary clinton in new hampshire. abc's cecilia vega is here with that story.
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there is no way to describe these new new hampshire numbers other than stunning. bernie sanders, that democratic socialist senator from vermont now has nearly double the support over the candidate who many assumed would glide right into this nomination. should hillary clinton be nervous? >> yeah, i would be nervous. >> reporter: this morning bernie sanders enjoying a massive lead in new hampshire and already looking past the granite state, iowa. >> just kidding. >> reporter: and beyond. >> i think we have the momentum and i think we stand a very good chance to win in both states. >eporter: that new poll showing the vermont senator with his biggest new hampshire lead yet, 27 points over clinton. and another shocker, 91% of new hampshire democrats view sanders favorably. for clinton, 65%. the numbers especially damaging to clinton in a state where she has been on the offensive,
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surrogates from bill and chelsea to a long list of celebrities like "girls" star lena dunham and soccer star abby wambach. ben from ben & jey's. now hillary clinton feeling the burn. >> i'm going to keep working as hard as i can to reach as many people of all ages. >> repepter: the race in new hampshire and iowa so dire, she issued a plea to donors with this concession, there's a real possibility we could lose those contests. a real reality check this morning and there were polls this time back in 2008 that showed barack obama with a big lead in new hampsre over hillary clinton. that was back then. we do, of course, know she endeded up winning that state, guys, her campaign calling polls this morninin quote, meaningless. >> wait, just ben, not jerry. okay, all right, just checking. just the chunky, not the monkey, right. >> okay, thank you, cecilia. let's bring in matt dowd for more on this. the clinton campaign both says
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and that they could really lose iowa and new hampshire. now, 60 is kind of an outlier there but there are signs that bernie sanders has real momentum right now. >> absolutely, george. we've seen it throughout all of the polls. i don't think right now bernie sanders has a 27-point lead but he does have a double digit lead in new hampshire. it's 12 days exactly, george, to the iowa caucuses and 12 months till the next president is inaugurated. who would have guessed a year ago we would have said bernie sanders is going toin more primaries and caucuss in establishment republicans combined and donald trump is likely to win more primaries a caucuses in february than hillary clinton? the bigger story come up, we reported about donald trump. bernie sanders is a huge pop populist story coming on. >> i was talking to mr. trump. he said deaths don't matter that might matter. is he right? >> i don't know who's happppr,
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"saturday night live" about this endorsement. it's going to unfold in a dramatic fashion. i think it's actually one of the more powerful deathsendorsements than you can get. pore popular than any running among republicans and also three states, south carolina, new hampshire and iowa. she endorsed in all those races in the primaries and we have two senators and a governor in those places so she's a powerful gure in this thing and adds to donald trump's momentum gng in february? >> another piece of good news, the iowa governor did not endorse trump but really slammed ted cruz. >> he did an anti-endorsement which was basically i don't care who you vote for, just don't vote for ted cruz in the course of this. all this is unfolding in a w w none of us had any idea about. it may be that the republican race is wrapped up sooner than the democrat race and we have never said that a year ago. >> weure would not have. matthew dowd, thanks very much.
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talking about, the one-two punch of snowstorms. take a look at louisville, kentucky, snow falling. 14 states on alert and then there's that major storm taking aim at the northeast. rob, this could be one of the biggest storms ever to hit washington. it looks like it's going to blow up into a big storm. just a matter of where the position is when it gets onshore in the atlantic ocean. where it is right now into the rocky mountains so looking at a lot of spin that's going to generate some decent energy as it hits the gulf of mexico and severe storms in louisiana on of florida and cold air in place here and looking at a heavy snow event, i think, for the mid-atlantic. give you an idea of what our computer guidance is showing us, two feet or better f f the european model in d.c., maybe ten inches in new york city. over a foot from our american model in new yk and locally over two feet in d.c. only twice in recorded history has d.c. seen over 20 inches. we'll narrow it down tomorrow
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snow happening in about ten minute. >> keeping an eye on those, rob, thanksksery much. we turn now to the fight against isis here at home. the fbi is actively investigating a professor at kent state uversity for connections to the terror group. he denies the allegation and pierre thomas is trackin the case. good morning. >> reporter: a controversy unfolding on kept state's campus. a professor there under fbi scrutiny raising questions about terrorism and free speech. this morning an associate professor at k kt state university under investigation by the fbi for possibly supporting isis according to school officials. the story broken by the kent state newspaper after its editor says she was interviewed by the fbi as part of their investigation into julio pinono >> i had written a couple of articles about professor po a couple of semesters ago and they wanted to see what we talkeg about and try to get more information on him. >> reporter: late tuesday the school paper kentwired published this interview with the history professor who has not been
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>> i have not broken the law. i don't advocate that anyone else break the law. i haven't been served any papers. >> reporter: he denies claims he's a suppopoer of the islamic state. >> everything that i've done is perfectly legal. i fulfill my duties as an american citizen by speaking out on issues that some people find controversial. >> reporter: in october of 2011, the muslim concert made local headlines after shouting d dth to israel in a public lecture given by ismail ka clid a former diplomatic visiting the campus. the university condemning his remarks at the time. overnight kent state releasing a statement to abc news saying the university is fully cooperating with an ongoing investigation. and that the fbi has assured them there is no threat to the campus. unclear how this is going to turn out. again, pino has not been charged with anything but the case shows how intensely the fbi is taking the issue of terror right now. amy. >> all right, pierre thomas for us in washington, thank you.
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freed in that prisoner want with raunch they are still in germany and this morning we are seeing and hearing from two of them as they celebrate their freedom. abc's brian ross is here with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's a good day for the released americans`now recovering at the u.s. military hospital in landstuhl, germany, where@ officials say they are beginning the formal reintegration process today. finally something to laugh about for "washington post" reporter jason rezaian. in the first video of him as a free man released overnight, he chuckles with his wife over a joke that poked fun at his iranian captors for claiming he was a spy. it was also a great day for another of the freed americans, 32-year-old amir hekmati, eager to tell the world iran did not break him. >> i feel alive for the first time. it's like being born again and i just really feel proud to be an american. >> reporter: hekmati said he and the three other released americans so mistrusted the
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until their swissair force plane cleared iranian airspace after a delay of some 12 hours. >> champagne bottlesere popped. >> reporter: hekmati was held for more than four years at % iran's notorious evin prison where his family says he was tortured. >> my name is amir hekmati. >> reporter: and forced to make this false confession video after w wch he was sentenced to death for being a cia spy. former marine, hekmati said tuesday it was his regar for his fellow marines that kept him going, especially after some of them organized an online hunger strike to support him. >> i didn't want to let my fellow marines down, so i tried my best to, you know, keep my head up and withstand all the pressures that were put uponme, some of which were very inhumane and unjust. semper fi to all the marines out there. >> semper , the marine motto, always faithful. today there are new developments in the case of the american who was left behind, former fbi agent bob levinson.
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reason to believe h his no longer in iran, but they provided no other details about his whereabouts. the levinson family says iwas surprised at the white house comment which the family said has betrayed them by not making sure he too was brought home. amy and george. >> really adds to the mystery there. thanks very much. > we'll move on to that water crisis in michigan. the governor apologized last night promised to clean up the lead contaminated water inlint as he faces new lawsuits and calls to resign. abc's alex perez has the latest. >> reporter: overnight, governor rick snyder appealing to the people of flint, michigan. >> government failed you, federal, state and local leaders by breaking the trust you placece in us. i'm sorry most of all that i let you down. you deserve better. >> reporter: delivering his state of the state address, snyder trying to convince his critics he's doing everything he can to resolve the water crisis.
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his speech inside -- angry protesters outside calling for him to resign. >> all: shut it down. >> reporter: attorneys filing a class action lawsuit against the governor ever as well as city and state officials. >> they were silent. they were staring at a public health emergency and they sat on it. >> reporter: and the mayor of flint is in washington, d.c. where she is meeting in a closed door meeting with president obama to discuss the situation here and also lobby for more federal help. amy, george. >> this one went on for far too long. thanks very much. you have this incredible crime caught on camera. >> this is something that every mother can only imagine happening. it's truly a nightmare. the scare of a lifetime for a woman in florida all caught on camera. she was filling up at the gas station when two armed men tried to steal her car. her children, her 1-year-old and her 7-year-old were in the backseat so you can imagine her adrenaline just kicked in a a ran around the car, grabs one of
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threw him out of the driver's seat. he and the other suspect ran away. they were arrested a short time later. and her chiren were not injured. but you can just -- >> superhero power. >> of course. >> it just kicks in at that moment. >> y y can take my car, don't mess with my kids. >> exactly. >> good for her. let's go to rob right now. the snow is already hitting the midwest. >> this is the first storm, george, coming through into the % midsouth. winter storm warnings up south of louisville as the snow rolls in today. definitely a slick go for the cars there. nashville getting into north
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have a great day. welcome back to "gma." that man justin smith has a lot to celebrate this morning. he was found with no pulse, nearly frozen to death in subzero temperatures and he managed to survive. the amazing way doctors were able to save his life coming up. it really is an incredible story. >> it certainly is. also right now, we have sarah palin, she's hitting the campaign trail with donald trump this morning. after backing the gop front-runner for president last night this is the biggest endorsement yet of the campaign and opening argue manies in a trial out west, the justice
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the arizona/utah border. active spouse in the republican field traveling the country to deliver her husband's message to rs. nbc'shallie jackson is in manchester, new hpshire this morninandaserstory. h ha llie, good morning. >> reporter:i ther sannah, od moing. d cruz may be comg off a h 24 hoursft news sarah palion'teut supporting him on the camigntrail. he's deplo his own top surrogate to hp him clo the de, and s knows him br anne. it's hishide a fund-raising force and constant campaign presence. >> can i shake dded t go everne else can do what the
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>> chris roc is i tough spot >> so is cheryl boone isaacs. >> so i she. lease start with chris rock. ririri gervais. >> chris rock is a grown ass man. he can do what he wants to do ena support him either way. >> either way. >> either way. >> what would you do if you were him? >> i don't -- look, michael, the guy -- the guy that missed the field goal, would have lost a super bowl. there's no ifs. >> so you're just -- you're going to be neutral. >> i'll be at madison square garden. >> okay. let's talk about cheryl boone isaacs then. she says we need to make some real changes and saying she's going to take dramatic steps to change the -- >> in fact, when i received my honorary oscar at the governor's balance in november, she began that night saying this is her plan, so it's not going -- i
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presto chango and the -- >> the numbers are amazing. 94% white, 7% -- >> here's the thing and i'd like to state this, the academy -- okay, my man michael strahan over there, he knows what i'm talking about. this whole academy thing is a misdirection play. >> okay, how. >> we're chasing the guy down the field. he doesn't even have the ball. the other guy is high-stepping in the end zone so this goes -- it goes further than the academy awards and has to go back to the gatekeepers. >> studios. >> the people who have the light. have you seen "hamilton"? >> i have. >> got to be in the room. we're not in the room. we are not in the room. the executive, when they have these green light meetings quarterly where they look at the scripts and look at who is in it and decide what we're making, what we're not making. >> how do you change that? >> we're going to need -- michael michael. my man --
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go into meetings and threaten people? >> you know what i'm talking about. >> i got you. >> we need the rooney rule. >> okay. >> nfl, we need a rooney rule. some type of rule -- >> so quota. >> yes. if the nfl -- if the head coaching job opens up or same executive position, you cannot hire anyone to any of you minority candidates and that has increased the number of minority coaches and executives in the nfl and -- >> you got to widen the pool out. >> you have to. we can't go to that old tired -- we can't findny qualified candidates. that's bs. >> how about your own experience? you make your movies. do you feel like you've been snubbed like you haven't had a fair hearing? sgl>> what won best film 1989?
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>> "driving miss f'ing daisy." >> what did you have in 1989? >>"do the right thing." that film is being taught in colleges, schls all over -- no one can watching "driving miss daisy now." so it also shows you that the work is what's important because that's the stuff that's going to stand for years, not an award. not whether you're a grammy or a tony or whatnot. >> so even if you don't get the oscar there is some success but still a huge problem in the whole studio system. >> from top to bottom. >> spike lee, thanks very much. you're going to be back in our next houralking about your new michael jackson film. >> hee, hee, hee. [ laughter ] >> thank you. >> my man.
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outside his california home. abc's kayna whitworth h the details. >> reporter: he sed countless lives on the big screen in movies like "white house down" and a remake of "annie". >> are you okay? you could have got run over. >> reporter: this morning in the case of life imitating art, jamie foxx is being hailed a real-life hero. the 48-year-old grammy winner was at his california home monday night when he heard a violent car crash outside. immediately jumping into action calling 911. >> heavy rescue, vehicle on fire. >> reporter:r:oxx rushing down the road to find 32-year-old brett kyle trapped inside hisis truck. >> when i get here the truck is over on itside and it's in flames. >> reporter: officers say the driver was headed westboun when he went off the road and hit this drainage ditch so hard that it caused the truck to flip. it eventually stopped on the passenger side right here and caught fire in jamie foxx's front yard. >> i said you got angels around you. you have angels around you.
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bystander who happened to be a certified emt finally able to cut kyle's seat belt freeing him from the fruk. >> as we pulled him out, wititn five seconds later, the truck goes up. >> reporter: this morning the driver who's been arrested for operating a motor v vicle under the influence of alcohol is in the hospital with broken bonon and a punctured lung but is alive. >> it doesn't mattero me who it wasasr what they do for a living or whatever, just the idea that seone would do that is so much more than i can fathom. so i just -- all tears of y. >> reporter: for "good morning america," kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. >> so glad. the victim is okay. all that action movie training comes into play. good job, jamie. coming up, t.j.'s got an unbelievable survival story, as well. t.j.? >> yeah, lara, this man was dead. not just dead, frozen solid but a doctor said you're not dead
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to death, seemingly frozen to death in a snowbank. head no heart beat, no pulse but one doctor refused to give up and abc's t.j. holmes, you're here, gracing us with you presence. tell us about this. >> alive and well. a miracle he's alivend well. no heartbeat. no pulse, he's got no brain activity. not breathing. body is frozen solid. saramedics put the sheet over his body at the scene. a death investigation under way. so he's up and walking around back from the dead. why? because of a docto who decided to forgo logic and go with his gut. this morning, 26-year-old justin smith is grateful to be alive after nearly freezing to death. >> i started shaking his head, no, no, you can't leave me. you can't leave me. >> reporter: last february don smith found his son unconscious in a snowbank. he'd been there overnight where temperatures had dipped to 4 degrees below zero. lifeless. >> reporter: the coroner and the state police were on scene doing investigation.
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that he's been dead for a considerable ability of time. >> reporter: but dr. gerald coleman did not give up refusing to pronounce him dead. he and his team performed cpr for two hours as they slowly started warming his stiff, cold body then over the next few days doctors say his brain miraculously went to showing no activity to normal activity. >> we knew we needed a big, big miracle. >> reporter: using a special machine that pumps, warms and provides more oxygen to his blood his heart started beating on its own. >> i never even heard of anything like this. it's amazing. it's something i've never heard of and i can't thank everyone enough. >> reporter: smith lost all his toes and both pinkie fingers but has since made a near complete recovery. >> it's like i woke up interest a dream but it wasn't a dream, you know. >> lara, you asked what was he doing out in the first place. he was walking home from a party, a walk he' made a million times. thinks possibly he slipped, hit
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his body was frozen solid. as morbid as it sound, meat in the refrigerator, preserve it, you put it in the freezer. that's the part they can't figure out. it seems as if his body was growsen solid so it was preserved essentially when the body heated up, the body came back alive. literally is what happened. >> two hours of cpr. >> the doctor didn't give up. they said this could possibly change the had is tri -- moving forward. >> all those cryogenics people -- >> yeah. >> we can live forever. we'll be right back. >> wow. never thought about the coffee i was drinking having acids. never dawned on me that it could hurt your teeth. my dentist has told me your enamel is w wring away, and that sounded really scary to me, and i was like well can you fix it, can you paint it back on, and he explained that it was not somethininthat grows back, it's kind of a one-time shot and you have to care for it.t. he told me to use pronamel. it's gonna help protect the enamel in your teeth. it allows me to continue to drinky coffee and to eat healthier,
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getting caught in an avalanche. scary situation there. that's all the snow they got and getting a little more. the jet stream brings things further to the north but diving down into colorado and idaho with a couple more feet
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day cold and flu. good morning let'sake you to traffic alert. after being hit by a car on i-95 earlier this morning a driver did stay at the scene let's get over to constance. julia tuttle causeway still shut down due to this fatal wreck happening lmgs two and a half hours ago biscayne boulevard and al ton road you see please there on scene investigating a live wlook from our traffic cameras even our eastbound lanes are seeing some delays. instead of the julia tuttle, ke of course mccar sure causeway a 79th street causeway you can. another crash on palmetto southbound i-75, and a fwrand new crash in pompano beach video of this one. sky 10ver the scene of this 1 off andrews avenue. and a 16th street. this happening just over a little while ago. still trying to work all details with this one. but obviously affecting folks in pompano location. >> well, regafdless of the traffic, you'll using your heater as you're sittingn car temperatures in low to mid 50s right now.
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that north, northwest wind continues duri^g cooler dry very comfortable refreshing conditions. we have officially been told by national weather service it coldest morning of our winter so far. it will all change in a matter of hours a our winds start to move in off the ocean that will provide for warming trend highs in low 70s before rain returns by friday. >> thank you. a disturbing discovery homestead police find a baby's body dead in a freezer. monroe county deputies found this little boy's body at home southeast third court. he called them contemplating suicide told them about the child. investigators right now waiting for a report from medical examiner, nobody has been charged. >> and a two men a one woman under arrest today for allegedly attempting to car jack a woman at hileah gas station. the surveillance camera captud that whole thing go down. you can see at crooks trying to get away, but the victim fights back. here's why. her kids were in cart at the time those would be thieves run off police were able to track
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the government for failure to -- for failure for the lead con tom nation that left the city's water undrinble pledging more aid but residents are demanding he step downr some are saying he should be arrested. troubling news about the healthth of the world's oceans. by 2050 experts say the amount of plastic trash in the ocean will outweigh the fish. they estimate 165 million tons of plastic are now polluting the oceans. and a man in california got quite a surprise when he@ caught this great >> how did you fd them? >> because he dually broke free and s s away. experts say el nino's warmer waters are drawing sharks closer to of us, i'm going to go with just about all of us love french fries and most of us lock chocolate so mcdonald's is combining them selling chocolate covered fries. two types of chocolate sauces are available.
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the sad news here right now the plan is to sell them only in japan. we'll see if they catch on. thisser they are this they're called the mcchoco potato. i'm in. >> a segue to a health alert for millions of pregnant women focused on the dangerous zika virus. two new cases confirmed and three in florida and rich besser with the latest. you warned it was dangerous and would get worse. >> it's spread by infected mosquitoes. pose people who get bit by one
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illness or their travel warning last week, and this specifically has to do with what to do when you're pregnant and you've traveled there or you junior y por ah^ dicen que ongoing, the listgaining, thesare things that our next president needs to address. >> it says many middle and upper comecommunies, ratesf depression, delinquency and saab stance abuse and anxty is higher. why is that? >> kids feel they have to nail things in a very certain way. as admission rates have dropped
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competing each other in a more ferocious way and they are getting admissions and parents need to step up herer they are getting a message if they don't get into a certain kind off school they have failed in life and forever more behind the 8 ball. that message is so destructive and seen thehe high rates of mental illness of kids in high school but every university is reporting record numbers of kids coming in for treatment to their mental health services on campus and that is becoming a bigger problem. >> the bottom line they are looking at how do you look and make sure that you're not leaving behind some really terrific kids. >> right. >> who don't have the privilege that other kids have? >> which is key. the context of this is we are living in a country with yawning income and equality. higher education is asking, very appropriately more than ever at is our part in social mobility and how do we remedy that? one of the reasons you're seeing schools step aside from standardized tests a lot of research what does standardized tests judge is income of your family. they are trying to say what are the markers that spot potential
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>> paying attention to a kid who has to stay home and help the family orr a part-time job because he has to help the family and not be engaged in community involvement. >> >> carol, i'm sure it will be a great, wondndful oasis. i don't know if you're expecting the crazy weather that new york, someone from yale is there, the dean of admissions and someone from m.i.t. and michigan you're clearly seeing a signal that admission officials are making some changes. i think the next five years we will see big changes. >> you write about a 2014 urvey of 10,000 middle and high school students about what they thought was important and what did they find? >> the author of this rept is the person who did this search and asked kids what matters most? individually chief achievement or happy for caring for others. they wereshshked.
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that you know you're supposed to say. you're supposed to say something high minded and you're admitting off the bat, i don't care about others, i kay about my achievement. >> did that anything to do with background? >> i don't know if they broke it down that way. what they are asking in this new report is what extent does the college admissions process bring about those values and exacerbate the problem of cessive focus on individual achievement and where do i rate and what is my status in society? >> thank you, ank bruni. >> vice president joe biden lost his son to cancer and now he is leading the mission to come up with a cure.
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decade. jesse palmer is here with that story. jesse. >> thanks, lara. you know, jamie-lynn has been making this revelation for her family, her new husband and young son and opening up about her 15-year battle with this debilitating condition. >> it wasn't my fault. >> reporter: she's best known for her role playing tony soprano's daughter meadow. >> we're under a lot of pressure, okay. >> reporter: but during her time on "the sopranos" actress jamie-lynn sigler given a heartbreaking diagnosis that she kept secret for nearly 15 years. >> i was diagnosed with ms when i was 20 years old. it was a shock. >> reporter: this morning, sigle sigler acronyms, the ones like omg, ttyl. lmao. do you think you know them?
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>> going to do them and brb. a popular social networking side. >> brb. >> be right back. >> no idea. >> a list of popular acronyms. >> byob. >> that's a good one. >> mate knows okay. >> h h many of you heard? ootd. >> i know that one. i heard it in the makeup room. outfit of the day. >> idek. >> i don't even know. >> i don't even know. >> i never heard of this one. >> goat. greatest offlint, i say tonight, as i have llest. the 34-year-old recently celebrating her wedding to pro baseball player cutter dykstra, the two married by lance bass over the weekend.
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she's deeply in love with, has a beautiful son with and counting her blessings. >> she goes on to say she's finally got her medication under control and feeling better and happy with her new husband cutter and her son beau. >> thank you so much, jesse. i'm joined by dr. jen ashton. just want to ask how hard do you think -- how brave is it for her to come out and had y/u helpful for other. >> we always think it's helpful when a celebrity uses theirir@ illness or chronic condition to bring awareness and this is an example that the disease or the illness does not define the person. >> i love tt. it doesn't define you. but it's still -- i as an actress might be like, ooh, i don't know. does this become a label, a badge. >> right, and i think that she and so many people struggling with this or any other chronic condition have to face that, whether it's in a small circle or nationally coming public. but, you know, i think you ask how hard could it have been to hide it.
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hallmark sign or symptom that affects women and men dealing with ms, it affects about 90% of people, it can be physical or even psychological. >> so many of us are exhausted all the time especially with a job like this. we don't sleep well. are there other signs besides being extremely tired. >> there are. i want you to look at this. there are a lot of vague symptoms but, remember, this is an immune condition that affects the central nervous system. you can see anything occurring from blurred or visual problems, problems thinking, cognitive issues, lack of coordination with motor function, loss of balance or even numbness or tingling. now,w,ertainly not all of these signs or symptoms means someone as msome. the diagnosis is usually brain imaging like an mrism, a goooo history and physical exam and, again, it's a chronic issue that people have to live with for their lives. >> have theree been advance, though. >> there is reason for hope. the mainstay of treatmeme is medication to kind of suppress the immune system and then rehabilitation therapy for people having difficulty with
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we heard exciting news on use of stem cells so there's always reason for hope. >> oh, that's great hope. >> absolutely. >> a beautiful word for sure. dr. jen, i thank you so much. got to get it over to michael. >> thank you, lara. we're back now to music and moves. we've been waiting all morning to see this and spike lee came back with us and he's got an exclusive first look at his new documentar michael jackson's journey from motown to "off the ll" and we'll talk to him in a moment. before that chris connelly has thdetails. this is thriller >> reporter: even before "thriller." those sensational dance skills. those special songs and that spectacular voice. power >> reporter: it already made michael jason pop's premiere entertainer. now director spike lee is shining a spotlight on michael's early 20s in his documentary "michael jackson's journey from
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this 1981 performance from the jackson's tour just one example of the never before seen stuff that spike's found. like michael's impossibly soaring original demof "don't stop till you get enough" recorded at the jackson family compound in encino. don't stop till you get enough not. >> reporter: bringing viewers back 3 1/2 decades with him first spreading his solo wings ready for superstardom as a male. >> i want it labeled music, not black or white. >> reporter: this music rocking, soulful and sophisticated. dance noor dynamite that sold 30 million copies worldwide and influenced so many of today's biggest names from john legend to quest love. >> that's the first time we heard that iconic yell. last. >> reporter: artists sharing how michael's talents helped them find their own. >> i always use michael as first
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inspiration and "off the wall" was definitely the one that made me feel like i could ng. i found my falsetto because of "off the wall." "don't stop till you get enough." >> reporter: michael's timeless music still brimming with youthful excitement of its time. chris connelly, abc news, los angeles. >> all right, we're here with the man who put that together, spike lee. welcome back. >> my man, strahan. up and down the elevator. >> but this documentary shows, you know, michael jackson's transformation into a rock star. >> journey. >> it's a journey so what drew you to this. >> we d d one called "bad 25" which was about the "bad" album and god willing i get to do "thriller." the trilogy, three albums that he did with the great, great quincy joneses but we wanted to show because my people, which i found like you just said "off the wall" is you favorite. >> yeah. >> mine too but doing this, a lo of people, that's their
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>> a lot of people think "thriller" because it's the greatestlbum of all time but "off the wall" was where michael jackson was able to showcase who he could be as an artist. >> we can't leave out uincy. those two getting together on the set of "the@ wiz" that's where they met starring diana ross. >> you have footage from when michael jackson performed "ben" back in 1973. >> that s talking about the oscars, nominated for bestp song, the song about the rat. >> but, you know, in this documentary there's no controversy. this is all about music. now was that intentional on your part. > that was very intentional. we just wanted to focus on what made michael one of the greatest entertainers of all time, the greatest singers, writers, dancers, so it was just about the music. that was intentional. >> you were fortunate enough to go into the vault. you got all this footage we've never seen. to one as really seen outside of michael jackson himself and a few other people.
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us as viewers. >> i don't think it might not be surprised just reaffirm howow great he was because you know people forget. >> yeah. >> people forget and people have to be reminded who michael was. >> yeah, and but i got to say he's somebody carried from generation to generation. >> yes. >> you have quest love, john legend, the weeknd, a hard guy -- >> doesn't say nothing about nobody. >> how did you get them involved and why did you pick particular artists to comment about michael jackson. >> we wanted to show the breadth and add pharrell and people who worked on the songs like interviewed stevie. he wrote that one -- phi favorite song "i can't help it." wanted to get a m xture of the people who worked -- the generationsphe influenced after that. >> michael's parents are all throughout the documentary but only twoof his siblings. and why is that? come on, spike.
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>> the giants better win some more games next year. >> or you're going to the knicks game instead ofhe oscars. >> no, i don't want -- you know, family issues but there's no need to go into that. >> but has michael's -- has his children seen the documentary? >> we don't know if they saw the first one, "bad 25" so we gave it to the parents and they have to share it with them. their decision. >> they have to share. i hope they want to see it because i is testament to the greatness of their father. >> absolutely. and, you know, we went back to "ben" and that was at the oscars and you say you're not going to the oscars. >> my wife a a i we're not going to the oscars? but it's not necessaryily a boycott. >> well, i'm not trying to lead a movement. i mean, i'm just -- you know, with last -- the other thing up here but the arc, every year there are 20 spots available for actors and at the last two years, the score is keeping the
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what's the score -- the vikings you beat them by? >> 40-0. >> this is 40-0. >> i'm not nominated for anything at the oscars. >> you act, though, man. i've been watching you. >> put me in a movie, spike. that's all you got to do. >>8bll right. >> then we -- >> is it all right with abc, though? is it all right, you guys. you say take him. >> you and can have this conversation and you don't have to interview me when i'm at the desk. you're talking to george. how about that? congrats. it is "michael jackson's journey from motown to off the wall" which i'm so happy you did. >> premiering at sundance. >> hopefully you'll get a chance to do "t"tiller" as well. premieres at sundance and february 5th.h. part of the cd. there is a remastered cd in the dvd bundle on the "off the wall" album due out february 26th. >> dvd and the remastered cd joint. >> you get it all of the one and only spike lee now outside to rob. >> hey, michael, working your back room deals on national
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we got giants fans and green bay fans. where do they play, in minnesota. this is what t ty do in minneapolis when it gets cold ow. wash their pants and put them outside and let them freeze and make for frozen pants cultures. that's called end bracing the cold. winter storm watches out for the next system that comes through tennessee, lexington, kentucky in through west virginia. here it is, heavy moisture from the gulf of mexico. potential >> that's right. the tail end of the cold front will be headed our way increasing rain chances and warming temperatures, by friday. temperatures in the low to mid 50's. we woke up with official low of 52 in miami, the coldest day so far. we warm up this afternoon, mix of sun and clouds in the forecast. thanks to shift in our wind declining. highs today in the lower 70,mid
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>> frozen pants. you have your pants frozen while they were on. >> while hunting. >> you didn't do it for fun. all right. back in to you. >> oh, hello. i wish they were giving us a warning. >> i was begging and you'll see why soon. let's start though -- >> we know something you don't know. >> but you're about to find out. i don't think it's too gross. so we start with some new york news. it is a sur bet on broadway, fuy lady bette midler is back confirming she will make a brassy return to the great white way playing the title character in the classic "hello dolly." a little dolly trivia for you. role was originally written for ethel merriman. >> one of your favorites. >> yes, i've been compared to her many times. my singing prowess but wound up going to the one and only carol channing. the original composer said bette is hisream dolly.
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again wasas with our bette so say hello to bette when it opens spring of 2017. you can bet i iill be there. >> pretty good. >> i'm excited. up next, it's a new trend, not my fault. slithering into a salon near you it's called snake massage. >> is this the -- >> come on, what. >> it is like a normal massage except it's so not normal intended to loosen muscl. >> that's supposed to be relaxing. >> are you kidding me. >> it's real, people. >> that would tighten every muscle in my body. >> there's no way. >> the idea of huma seusss in this case is ancient hiss-tory. >> oh. >> thank you very much. buzzfeed, thank you because their test friends put their bods on the line so we didn't have to so what does a snake massage feel like? roll them. >> you know what, they kind of feel like thin long ice packs just moving across my body.
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relaxing, everybody? >> thank you for warning us. >> what if ty bite? or even worse, constrictors. >> i was thinking about the squeeze. >> yes, ll, there you have it. >> deep tissue. >> @ had a really cute thing to show you, can i do it really quick? this will make you erase. ready, roll the video. no more snakes look at this. >> i love you! >> i love you! >> one more time. >> i love you! >> i love you! >> thank you.
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>> we forgot about the snakes. >> a woman is dead after being hit by a carearlier this morning. >> she was involved in another crash when she and the other drive got out of their cars, where she was hit by a third drive. >> a big traffic story, julia tuttle's westbound still shut down. looks like they are beginning to clear. the truck just pulling away the vehicle. all west lanes shut down. eastbound lanes also seeing issues thihimorning, so if you are heading out the door, the causeway is not the way to travel. take mcarthur or 79th. pompano beach, a crash involving a motorcyclist, unfortunately a really bad accident scene,
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drews shut down, between 15th and. first avenue is another route. >> rebusy on the road. the weather is quiet, comfortable, refreshing, you need a sweater or jacket this morning. temperatures lower 50's at one point. we have warmed up 2 many miami, 59 key west, 53 ft. lauderdale. we have cloud cover, highs today warm up to the low 70's, warmer than what we have sewn all wee thanks to a northeast breeze. rain chances increase by the end of the week. >> commissioner are meeting to review ordinances that would
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welcome back to "gma." have a lot coming up this half hour. we got a little preview of those banana pancakes. >> that's right. "dancinghwith the stars" pro kym johnson here sharing those banana pancakes and her fitness and diet secrets, as well. just a few moment as way. >> did you give up the recipe for those to our website? >> it's always on our website, yes. >> because they're so good. that's -- >> anything left? i missed out on that. >> they're coming back. >> but now to juju chang. we're talking abobo a big change that could be coming to college admissions. more than 50 well-known universities have endorsed a new report encouraging schools to focuss pore on community service, less on test scores and juju is here wit the details. >> it includes the entire ivy leag. elite universities. it's called turing the tide aimed at rateting down the pressure in the frenzied college application game. instead of massive resume padding, the educators are hoping to shift the emphasis
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and more towards a new kind of personal service. it's no secret college applications seems scarier than ever. a recent study showing teens even more stressed out than adults. this morning, a new report released by the harvard based group making caring common is trying to tackle the issue. the report endorsed by more than 50 colleges including the entire ivy league says the teens are taught to emphasize personal success rather than concern for others. >> achievement is clearly important but it what is to be balanced with concern for others and concern forhe common good. we can't just reward those who achieve. >> reporter: changing the college application process, they say, would send a strong message to young people. >> this is the first time in history that colleges have banded together across the countrtr and said that ethical character is important. >> reporter: in fact, mit, one of the report's endorsers has already begun to make changes. you changed your essay question
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to some sort of achievement highlight. >> that's right. we want to know how have you affected those around you and made those around you better? because that's important. >> reporter: the report calling for reducing the number of ap classes and extracurricular activities, even making some s.a.t. scores optional. sherry's son chris is shooting for harvard. captain of the track and debate teams he volunteers oodles of hours and takes five ap classes. do you worry about the toll that theetress takes on kids? >> yeah, i do worry about it. he doesnsn sleep. you see fatigue. you shouldn't see that on a teenager. i don't know if he knows how to have a good time. i'm hoping he knows what that means. >> i know. could you imagine makin s.a.t.s or a.c.t.s optional? only a few colleges are considering it. >> should have done that 30 years ago. >> it signals how revolutionary these changes are and they're really hoping to have an effect. >> kids who thinking about
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about it so early they are under so much stress. >> pie kid is a freshman and already talking about his high school resume. i said, i forbid you to use tt phrase. that's too much. >> good change. thanks for bringing that to us. over to amy. >> well now to a story that first captured the tion's attention five years ago, the disappearance of 7-year-old kyron horman. his stepmom is speaking ut for the first time and abc news is teaming up with "people" magazine to bring the exclusive story from this issue of "people." it's been over five years since it made national headlines and the woman at the center of the case speaks out for the very first time to "people" magazine. 7-year-old kyron horman goes missing inune of 2010 after his stepmom says she dropped him off at th school science fair. no one realizes he's missing until t end of the school day. >> he had not been at schoil that day. and had been unaccounted for for
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and that's when the panic set in. >> reporter:r:is shocking diggs appearance baffled investigators and in the end kyeron was nevev found. >> if i could do anything differently i'd have kept him home that day. that is something you go back again and again, what if. >> reporter: she didn't just lose her stepson she lost her life as she knew it. she failed several polygraph tests about the disappearance about kyron. her marriage ended and as part of divorce proceedings her husband accused her of hiring a hit man to kill him which she denies and fled the state of oregon to get away from harassment while never official ofofcially charged, the suspicions around her continues to this day. >> i never harmed my son. i never wanted to harm my husband. andd there's just so much information that is not being tolg to the public. >> and joining me now "people"
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aradillas who got the exclusive interview with terri horman. part of that suspicion that still surrounds terri is notably because she failed those two lie director tests. did you discuss that and the impact it had on her. >> she did. at the beginning she was cooperating, she went and took her lie detector test and they told her that she failed it. she went back again a second time and she didn't feelike it was being administered properly. she had not slept in@ days. she wasn't eating and she said that she wasn't going to take it. >> and then terri ultimately went into seclusion. why is she stepping back into the spotlight w? why is she talking now? >> i think she has been trying to restart her life over and over again. but they sort of keep tracking her down and exposing her and she wants to clear the suspicion ound her. she wants to talk and so she's chosen now to sort of tell her side. >> in the past i mean we've
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case throughout the years notably kyron's biological mother and they've accused terri of hating kykyn of not being a stepmom leading up to that fateful day. what was your sense about their relationship? you've been speaking to her for several years now. >> i have and s`e has always been very loving when talking about him. she talks about his favorite color. she talks about what he wants to be when he grows up and so i've never gotten the sense that she hated him. >> what does she think happened that day? she was the last person to see him alive. >> she says she wasn't. she says that there's someone else and that she thinks that he was taken from school. >> doster rihanna have any contact now with her daughter who is now 7 years old or her ex-husband? >> she has not spoken with her daughter or her ex-husband now and there are no plans to but she is being reintegrated with a
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>> all right, well, it is certainly a fascinating story. elaine aradillas, thanks for joining us. you can go to people.com for more exclusive video with terri horman and on friday terri will tell her story in a "people" magazine a abc news exclusive. let's head out now outside rob for a look at the forecast. rob. >> hey, amy, it is chilly out here but we're excited about the cold. yeah, just kind of invigorates you. warm up, go to the southwest. the california sunshine will get you at least in socal. roh surf for surfing today but waves will be subsiding somemeat.at. 71 in phoenix. rain across parts of the south and severe weather for tomorrow. heaviest across the west cst i think across the pacific northwest with most of that -- and cold acrossflorida. 63 in orlando and temps in the 50s in south beach. >> we are feeling the 50's this morning, ft. lauderdale, miami, key west that northwest wind still providing for cool comfortable start. that will be a thing of the past.
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highs lower 70's. >> all right, temps in the 20s but warmer than yesterday. this athercast is brought to you by mcdonald's. amy, back over to you. >> the home of the mcchoco potato. coming , "dancing with the stars" pro kym johnson here helping you dance and diet your
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year.tt2w`t2n`qd" bt@q#v( tt2w`t2n`qd" "a@q3zl tt2w`t2n`qd" bm@q8q@ tt4w`t2n`qd"" dztq 8@, tt4w`t2n`qd"" entq hdl tt4w`t2n`qd"" gzt& qc4 tt4w`t2n`qd"" hnt& amx tt4w`t2n`qd"" iztq +$ tt4w0t2n`qd"" jntq 9t@ tt4w`t2n`qd"" lzt& !9< we're here with kym johnson, "dancing with the stars" pro who danced her wayith two, not one but two mirror ball trophies and "shark tank"tar robert herjavec. in her new book "the 5-6-7-8 diet" she's revealing her secrets and welcome to the shsh. >> >> thanks for having me. >> we've heard about the traditional 5, 6, 7, 8. >> when it comes to dancing. >> you have its a cue to your diet. >> 5, 6, 7, 8 is my cue t dance but it also means to get started and i think that's wheth it's a diet or exercise, but it has some meaning in my book, "the 5-6-7-8 diet" so number five, five sources of protein in your diet. okay, it doesn't have to be main meals, it can be snacks like yogurt and nuts, five sources of protein. let me start early with my protein. >> i got enough protein already.
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>> number six is the colors of the rainbow. youhoulul have that in your food. not skittles or anything likee that. vegetables and fruits. so that's number six. number seven is seven sources of anti-inflammatory foods. that's important to me. i'm a dancer, my joints, you know, are not so great. i'm getting older so that's really -- >> 21 is not old. i'm old. football player getting up, i need this. >> you need all of these so that's sources of anti-inflammatory food and eight is to stay hydrated. eight glasses of water. >> eight glasses of water. very important. you don't drink a lot of water. >> you forget sometime. >> even when you're not thirsty you have to drink it. >> one thing i notice in your book that i'm obsessed with, the flourless pancakes. >> i love them but i eat them and feel heavy but these are flourless and in the book we've got loads of flour@less pancake recipes. these are banana pancakes. >> yeah. >> do you want to try some? >> of course.
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>> they're really tasty and they just -- the portions are much better, as well. they're tasty, huh? >> yeah,hey're tasty. you know when this segment is over, nobody come overere and steally pancakes. i'm finishing up these pancakes. >> so many other great recipes in the book, there's a stir fry which is quick and easy to do. there's also like a hamburger and fries. who doesn'ttove hamburger and fries. >> you could have a hamburger and fries. >> sweet potatoes so cut them up and bake it instead of frying and then i have a turkey burger and instead of the bun, i just have thelettuce and then this is like a dessert. a sweet comfort tea. >> sweet comfort tea. >> so it's like -- >> it looks thick. >> it has cacao in it. when i'm watching tv i want to go for the bad things likehe ice cream, yeah, so i sort of go for the teas and it is still satisfying but you d/n't have
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>> you know, i'm -- i have to do that because i'm very guilty with the ice cream and i have to ask you this. you've won two mirror ball trophies and had a lot of great partners but seems to be no partrtr has made a connection with you like robert herjavec from "shark tank." >> you know. >> how is that going. >> what was so great we ended up meeting on didn't and became really great friends through that whole proce and then it turned into something else which was amazing, so things are going really well. >> you know what, sometimes unexpected is the best thing. >> unexpected. who knew. you never know where you'll meet anyone. >> i didn't expect it. i can learn and do the right diet by learning how to dance with "the 5-6-7-8 diet." are there dance moves you can teach me. >> you have to e ercise as well. >> i'll show you. we have dances here. elizabeth and brittany are going to help us. we'll get into a psao doble and a cape like a matador, cross and there we go.
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so this is like lunges and then, yeah, well, now we can do a little cardio salsa. >> cardio salsa. >> forward and back. i see "dancing with the stars" in the future for you. >> oh, yeah. >> whoo. and back. you got to move the arms. >> now my favorite, this is called -- >> your favorite? >> i got to get this. >> shake your booty and then we'll roll the arms. >> i feel like tina turn, rolling, rolling. >> there you go, michael. >> you got the moves. >> that's very liberating actually. >> yeah. >> well, kym, thank you so much. >> t tnk you. >> it is the "the 5-6-7-8 diet" -- thank you, lalaes. "the 5-6-7-8 diet" is available no you can get the recipes for kym's dishes at goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! and just go pick up the book. >> yes.
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live on "gma."line so if you are your new yeye's resolution was to watch television, we have a great way to break it. the award winning "mozart in the jungle." in it golden globe winner gael garcia bernal is not the kind of guy who likes to follow the rules to say the least. check it out. >> hey, how is it going? >> hello, maestro. >> how are you doing? >> i'm good. this is the ladies room. >> anan >> it's for ladies. >> one day it will be everybody's. one day. how much fun is it to play this role? >> it's incredibly fun because he's so impugn -- he can getet away with anything and i like that about the character. >> and the last time i saw you, you had just accepted d d walked backstage your golden globe award for this role. it was really nice to see you that night. you were glowing. so where is it? >> thank you.
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it's in my kid's room. >> in your kid's room. >> where the toys are and stuff. i left it there. we were playing and i don't know, it't' a very safe place for them to have it. >> yeah. >> yeah, becausehey won't play with it. it's very heavy. >> it's not a video game. >> yeah, is kind of marble so, okay, like, yeah. >> it's an interesting way to look at it. well, congratulations. it's well deserved. i understand obviously you play a maestro, a conductor and it's based on a real person. >> it's loosely inspired gustavo, a famous conductor and also we take from all the conductors from past life, you know, from i mean from early 20th century to this year -- i mean to now and i don't know, i take them and wee make a strange melange there. >> something if you were doing a psychological prile, is there something about a conductor you could describe wha drives them?
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as geniuses they control everything that goes on in the world of this mathematical conjunction of notes, music but then in reallife when they're faced with real life, le is not as easily controlled, exactly. so -- >> like you control your horn section. >> exactly. i think that's the main like obstacle that rodrigo finds himself. he has a very weird and very ininresting approach to life but in music he flows completely. >> i keep watching the monitor. i love to w`tch you on the show. you are so convincing. >> ^hank you. >> do you have a clue what you're doing with the stick? >> sometimes i feel like but i think that's the point where exactly i have no idea. like but that's when -- i don't know, i fool myself perhaps into thinking, oh, this is working, this is working and the musicians are really nice, they help a lot, as well. because we work with real
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supportive and they laugh a lot. which is good because this is a comedy and that's what they should do. if this wasn't a comedy i would be in serious trouble. >> it's a comedy butut seriously it is a comedy but it's unlike anything that we've seen. it's very clever and very unique and it's on amazon. can there a freedom you get as an actor doing show for a place like amazon versus more traditional? >> absolutely. and that is incredible because i never thought -- i mean i didn't know what to expect because this kind of series that are done to show internet, i mean it'sind of like very new. it's still very new. you never know wt -- >> right. is it public access? what am i doing? >> we have complete creative freedom. i feel completely just loose in a way to try out and to experiment and i have to be -- i mean, i'm really grateful, we all aren the show, they let us do whatever it wants. >> it shows. it's nuts and all the right ways.
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the award very well deserved. >> thank you. >> it's been a true pleasure and want to tell you all if you haven't seen it, you must. season two, "mozart in the jungle," available now on amazon prime and we will be right baba. congratulations again.st message our cosmetics line was a hit. the orders were rushing in. i could feel our deadlinin racing towards us. we didn't need a loan. we needed short-term funding fast. building 18 homes in 4 months? that was a leap.
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one big family announcement. you can't miss this live tomorrow only on abc's "good morning america." >> "good morning america" is brought to you by mercedes-benz, the best or nothing. just dance >> we want to end with something superb. a special thank you to a member our "gma" family. mitch. you see him right there. be here for 40 years. he is the heart and soul of the writing department. >> yep. >> and, boy, he is the king of celebrity interviews of the knows more about meryl streep, george clooney, every single. >> barbra streisand. if you have an interview with mitch he gives you an encyclopedia. we'll miss his passion and heart. thank you for great work, mitch. >> you are completely covered.
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>> have a good day, everybody. constce with more on this rollover wreck. >> it has been so busy county. this is west commercial boulevard and hiatus road.
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here causing some obviously. also something else to get to this morning. some good news. finally on the julia opening back up but we're still seeing heavy delays for our west-bound and eastbound drivers. west-bound lanes were shut down for almost three hours this rning. take macarthur causeway or take the 79th street causeway. i-95 southbound we had a crash right off of 135th street. that disispeared so let me show you now crash. we have video of this crash off to pompano beach. a bad crash invving a motorcyclist off of 15th street and north andrews avenue. northbound, southbound lanes shut down. the weather is dry. enjoy it because it won't last long and it's cool and comfortable. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s across parts of inland miami-dade. currently 60 degeges after waking up to 65 in ft. lauderdale, 61 key we. winds are going to eventually move in from the northeast. that ocean breeze is going to warm us up, bring us more humidity.
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make it a great day. thank you. three people arrested for allegedly trying to carjack three women in hialeah.one caught on surveillance dragging one of them out of her car. the kids were inside at the time that it happened. >> don't mess with them. >> you cannot. that's it for right now.
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