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good morning, america. breaking right now, new measles case. the amtrak passenger who potentially exposed hundreds of thousands of travelers at new york city's penn station. plus, the scare for arizona just in time for the s&p. >> those patients have a right to their opinion, but they just don't have a right to possibly infect my other patients. >> and a doctor's warning unvaccinated patients to stay away. high seas rescue and caught on camera. the coast guard plucks a wealthy family from their luxury catamaran battered by rough seas and high winds. >> catamarans particularly lend themselves to gait sailing without the drama. >> what went wrong with the high-tech vessel? socked again. the east coast digging out from that monster blizzard now preparing to get slammed with another storm. who's in the crosshairs this time as it barrels across
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america? canine caper. the cute little dog kidnapped in beverly hills all caught on surveillance tape. celebrities searching to find him. this morning the new doggie developments from the real beverly hills cops. ♪ >> down, boy. hey, good morning, everybody. let's get right to our top story. look at the map. there are now 84 cases of measles reported in 14 states since the start of 2015. >> startling and that includes a frightening new case overnight, one that may have exposed hundreds of thousands of commuters. >> meanwhile, doctors in arizona are scrambling to monitor 200 potentially infected people just in time for the super bowl which will, of course, be played near phoenix. abc's neal karlinsky is on the story from the site of the big game in glendale. neal, good morning to you. >> reporter: dan, good morning. hard to imagine a worst place
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for a potential measles outbreak. officials here at the super bowl are on guard this morning determined to keep the fans safe and the measles out. overnight new york officials confirmed a barred college student who has tested positive for measles was contagious on sunday when he boarded an amtrak train to albany from new york city's penn station possibly exposing hundreds of thousands of travelers in north america's busiest transportation center. >> my main concern with my daughter is that, you know, we take her to a mcdonald's and she comes back with the measles. >> reporter: in arizona, officials are monitoring 200 patients of a pediatric clinic for possible exposure. an infected woman visited the office outside of phoenix just days before an estimated million visitors from around the country flooded the city for sunday's super bowl. an infected person can spread the disease for days before its first visible simms appear. the virus lives on surfaces and
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in the air for up to two hours meaning even after a sick person left the room anyone without immunity could still be infected leading some doctors to blame this outbreak on so-called anti-vaccers, parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated fearing unproven side effects. >> we should be fully informed with what exactly is in each and every injection that goes into our child's body. >> reporter: in the epicenter of this outbreak one california health care company robo calling those parents with an urgent reminder. >> measles is a highly contagious infection that can have serious complications. >> reporter: as schools warn their children to stay home some pediatricians refusing to allow the families in their offices at all. >> they're not welcome unless they decide to immunize. those patients have a right to their opinion but they just don't have a right to possibly infect my other patients who are vulnerable in my office. >> reporter: it only takes a cough or a sneeze, even a touch from an infected person can linger for hours. they'll definitely be packing their hand wipes and purel here
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at the super bowl. paula. >> just so contagious. neal karlinsky from the super bowl this morning. and we do want to bring in abc's dr. richard besser. good morning, rich and, first of all, can you remind us how contagious measles is and what it means for this latest indent on the amtrak train. >> this is one of the most contagious viruses we know of. if you haven't been vaccinated if you haven't had the disease and you're exposed there's a 90% chance you'll get it. a train car is where you have to be very concerned because people are in there, it's a very confined space. what the health department is saying on that train and were not vaccinated if you get a fever you need to check in with your doctor because you may have measles. >> you see over this year the flu season hasn't been very effective. not the case for the measles vaccination. >> the good news is, this is one of the best vaccines we have. it reduces your chances of getting measles if you're exposed from 90% all the way down to 1%. that's really incredible. a very effective vaccine. >> i know my 1-year-old is due for his mmr. that mmr, measles, mumps, rubella. it's not just a one-time
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vaccination either. >> it's not. it's not. for kids it's two doses. for adults, it's one. we vaccinate not to protect ourselves but babies like yours who are too young to be vaccinated or people with immune problems at risk of getting it because they can't develop the immunity. so many on edge. >> they're warning anyone to stay away from the super bowl with symptoms. communities on high alert to do everything they can to be vigilant as well. >> when you see crowds of people getting together that's the setting where you have to be careful. not everyone will be protected. make sure no one goes to that setting who potentially could have measles. they're having people stay home who have the possibility they're developing measles. that's all smart things to do. >> again that vaccination, 99% effective, correct, dr. b.? >> it's terrific. >> it really is terrific. thank you very much for joining us this morning, rich. >> dan. >> rich, thank you. we move on to the other big story of the morning, january going out like a lion, february coming in the exact same way. not only is there dangerous cold but also a new, big snowstorm on the move from the midwest all
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the way to the northeast where millions are digging out from that record-setting blizzard. abc's gio benitez is in boston with more. gio, good morning to you. >> reporter: oh, good morning, dan. it is cold. just take a look behind me. it is snowing, it is windy and, you know what, we are talking about temperatures feeling like 7 below zero where we're standing right now here in boston. these incredible gusts of wind at 40 miles per hour. it's going to be cold for quite some time. this morning, just as coastal massachusetts cleans up from a record-breaking blizzard, the watches are out, more snow is on the way. while the last blizzard's impact is still felt across the northeast, two men in massachusetts died while shoveling the two feet of snow left behind. those unable to shovel, getting help in providence, rhode island, from volunteers. you can still see so much ice on this house. >> absolutely. >> reporter: homes in scituate looking more like igloos, water pounding the coast and homes
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before freezing over. so this just tore up your deck here. >> absolutely and that's held down with inch and three-quarter screws, so i mean the force of something to be ripped out is just unbelievable. >> reporter: damage he won't even think about repairing until after winter. and the ice on those homes is not going to be melting any time soon. the snow here in boston also not going to be melting any time soon. these temperatures are going to be cold, cold, cold for several days, paula. >> they're bracing for more, all right, gio benitez, thank you. and rob is tracking the wintry blast and this big storm that's on its way. good morning, rob. >> good morning, paula. this one is bigger and will affect more people than the last storm did from a wide swath of real estate all the way from new england where we have winter storm watches as gio mentioned where the storm is expected to go but it's going to hit the midwest first and we already have winter storm warnings that stretch back in through iowa. it has a lot of moisture and tapped into tropical moisture
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and it's been raining across parts of arizona, snow across the southern rockies. it gets into chicago tomorrow morning. we'll see some snow potentially heavy at times. the biggest snowfall in chicago easily this year and super bowl sunday, northeast and by halftime 9 p.m. sunday we look for that to encroach on the new york city area. here's what we're thinking as far as the snowfall amounts at this time, 6 to 12 inches, yeah, potential from across northern illinois, northern indiana including chicago and then stretching across parts of northern ohio in through pittsburgh and then watch this whole swath goes just across upstate new york right on the fringe of the 6 to 12. i think the northeast we'll have to tweak this forecast a little tomorrow. a little bit of uncertainty there. but has some moisture with it and the cold air, as well. a fair amount of snow. we'll continue to update you, dan, back to you. >> busy days for the abc news weather team. rob, thank you. we will continue to track it. we are seeing remarkable new video of a coast guard rescue. not only did this mission entail high risks on the high seas, but it also involved the family of
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one of the original investors in pinterest on board a luxury boat that experienced a sudden and dramatic malfunction and abc's kendis gibson is here with more. good morning. >> good morning, dan and paula, good morning, everybody. this ordeal, a harrowing one for a group of five people in the atlantic ocean. their boat battering 13-foot waves and 40-mile-an-hour winds and the coast guard doing what they do best. overnight the u.s. coast guard releasing this video of a dramatic rescue at sea. five people plucked from an incapacitated sailboat friday 200 miles off the coast of north carolina. watch as the crew is hoisted one by one into a rescue helicopter hovering above. here you can see one crew member jump from the disabled boat into the churning water to reach the rescuer. >> there was 40-knot winds and 13-foot seas and they took a wave over the bow that split in half. >> reporter: this morning the coast guard telling abc news the rescue was launched
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when the crew of the vessel issued a distress call just before 2:00 p.m. >> so welcome to my wonderful gun boat. >> reporter: aboard the boat millionaire pinterest investor brian cohen. his $2.5 million luxury catamaran, "the rainmaker" profiled by "forbes" last year. >> the boat design is all 100% carbon fiber. what does that mean? it means that it's light and it's strong and rigid so that when you actually are out sailing, you've got authority in the water. >> reporter: but now cohen and the rest of his crew thankful to be back on dry land after the frightening ordeal. by the way, the maker of that catamaran, gunboat, tells abc news they plan on getting the boat back and repairing it so cohen can go back out on to the water as soon as possible. so a day they won't ever forget and for the coast guard, friday. >> exactly. >> interesting that he'd be willing to go back out on the water. >> absolutely. it's a beautiful boat and they're going to repair it. >> kendis, thank you, appreciate
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it. now a stunning new twist in the vanderbilt rape trial. and what it could mean to the guilty verdict. two former college football players were convicted this week of sexual assault, but can new information about a juror lead to that verdict being thrown out? abc's ryan smith here with what could be happen next and good morning, ryan. >> good morning, paula. just days after the conviction a juror's past could come back to haunt the verdict with the defense claiming it goes to the heart of this trial. this as jurors speak to us about those cell phone videos that helped crack the case. this morning attorneys for one of the two men convicted in the vanderbilt university rape case fighting to overturn that verdict. the defense team for former football player brandon vandenburg revealing plans to file a motion to vacate the guilty verdict after discovering one of the jurors did not disclose he or she was a sexual assault victim 15 years ago. >> to not disclose that you were the victim of a sex crime in a case where it's about a sex
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crime is not a frivolous motion on the part of the defense. >> reporter: in a statement to abc news, the attorney for the jurors said the past situation has zero similarity to the facts presented nor did the past situation have any impact upon deliberation or decision-making in this case." the conflict revealed just days after vandenburg along with teammate cory batey were convicted on four counts of aggravated rape and two counts of sexual battery. >> we the jury find the defendant cory lamont batey guilty. >> reporter: the two men seen in this footage accused of bringing an unconscious victim to vandenburg's room after a night of heavy drifting in 2013 where she was sexually assaulted. the jury's decision coming after just three hours of deliberation thanks in part to a damning cell phone video. tell me what your feelings were when they played that video for you. >> horrified and utterly disgusted. >> i asked myself how could they do this to this young lady?
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>> reporter: jurors telling us during jury selection attorneys asked if they were prepared for the graphic nature of this crime. >> they mentioned, you know, this is a rape trial. there will be graphic images and graphic statements and, you know, can you handle that? >> reporter: as it stands now vandenburg and batey will be sentenced march 6th and face decades in prison. the other two men involved are still awaiting trial. paula and dan. >> many more developments to come. ryan, thank you. a lot of other news overnight, and, as always, we turn to ron claiborne for a look at the morning headlines. good morning, sir. >> good morning to you, dan and paula, saar r good morning, everyone. we begin with a hostage crisis involving a jordanian air force pilot and japanese journalist both held captive by isis militants. japanese officials are saying the negotiations with isis for the journalist's release have now become deadlocked. isis has demanded that a female prisoner held in jordan be let go in exchange for freeing that japanese reporter and sparing the life of the pilot but jordan wants proof the pilot is still alive before
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agreeing to any deal and so far no proof from isis. and outrage on the campus of the university of virginia after sorority members are banned from attending this weekend's big frat parties, the sorority members have been told by the national sorority leadership to stay home tonight while the male fraternities party on. some coeds are calling the unprecedented ban havana sexist and say it undermines their ability to make good decisions. the ban comes after a discredited "rolling stone" magazine story about a rape on that campus. it is now official republican mitt romney is skipping the 2016 presidential race. 2012 gop nominee says he will not launch a third bid for the white house. romney said that he wants to give other republicans a shot next year. romney's exit is widely considered a boost for former florida governor for jeb bush who is expected to run. now to the aaron hernandez murder trial. jurors given some unusual instructions ahead of sunday's super bowl. the judge told the jury that they can watch hernandez's former team, the new england patriots, take on the seattle
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seahawks but warned them if they ever hear hernandez's name mentioned on the tv broadcast or by people watching the game with them to leave the room. as for hernandez, he won't be able to watch the big game. he's in solitary confinement which means no television. and florida police are on the hunt for a brazen team of armed thieves caught on camera bursting through the ceilings of check cashing stores and robbing clerks at gunpoint. the suspects dangled from above and then dropped down into the stores. investigators have -- >> sneaky. >> how about that? investigators say the two alleged bandits are responsible for a string of three robberies dating back to september. and finally we have breaking dog news. the beverly hills pooch with lots of celebrity fans who was snatched in broad daylight is back home this morning. >> yay. >> good news. >> barking news. >> that's barking/breaking news. his name is charlie, of course. the dognapping caught on camera. you see charlie walking down the street there followed by a man and a child and seconds later
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the woman dognaps the dog. that's why they call it dognapping. here's a few of charlie's famous friends like hilary duff posting his picture to instagram in the hopes of finding him. this just in as i was saying beverly hills tweeting a picture of little charlie with his owner saying that charlie, the owner, not charlie is safely reunited with the owner. so happy ending there. >> he's very cute. >> he's very cute. >> i'll say that for him. >> he adorable. >> no suspects so far. >> we'll stay on the case. we know you'll stay on it with an update tomorrow morning. >> or put brian ross and his team on it. >> well side. t-minus one day to the super bowl. as we head into the big game so many looming questions including whether the nfl commissioner roger goodell can survive a season that brought us both deflate-gate and the domestic abuse scandal. >> yeah, a lot of fireworks in the nfl, meantime, key players like tom brady and richard sherman are vowing to hit the field despite issues like a head cold and, you know, an impending baby. abc's amy robach is in phoenix with the very latest for us this morning. good morning, amy. >> reporter: hey, good morning, guys.
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we now know that those footballs that have been used in practice all week long are in the hands of nfl officials and they are at a secure and undisclosed location, only to be returned to the referees' locker room come game day. with less than 36 hours until the biggest game of the season, excitement and rivalries are building in the football world as the seattle seahawks and new england patriots hit the practice field. fans facing off with destruction derbies. and coffee shops showing their loyalties with massachusetts based dunkin' donuts giving out free coffee after a win for the pats and seattle native starbucks offering a seahawks-inspired frappuccino. everyone is pumping up before the kickoff in arizona. during friday's news conference even nfl commissioner roger goodell taking note of the electric atmosphere in phoenix. >> this community has wrapped their arms around every
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opportunity and made the super bowl even bigger and better for our fans and for the nfl overall. >> reporter: the discussion quickly turning to the embattled commissioner's future. goodell insisting despite the season plagued by domestic violence and concussion scandals, he plans to stay. >> it's been a tough year but a year of great progress and i'm excited about the future. ♪ baby you're a firework ♪ >> reporter: fans excited about katy perry lighting up the stage at halftime. and who could be perry's megastar mystery guest? >> it's a bit old school, yes, but i think when this person enters the stage and when you hear the first ring of the chord i think jaws will drop and faces will melt. >> reporter: as for the deflate-gate debacle -- >> there will be some added security just because of the environment that we're in for this game, but there's really no change in terms of the protocol for the super bowl. >> reporter: and there's no mystery about our guest this morning.
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this is tayla. he is going to be the first seahawk out of the tunnel come game day and this is actually his second super bowl, so the seahawks, i believe, will consider him good luck. we'll see if that will equate to a win come sunday but he certainly is cute and very beautiful. don't you guys think? >> we think so, amy. apparently he's not spooked by a bunch of cheerleaders waving pom-poms without saying anything. >> no. >> he actually -- >> he is not >> he likes palms rather than pom-poms. that was a bad joke. >> i didn't realize they are indigenous to the tropics. >> yes, they are. >> start you off with wind troubles across parts of the carolinas with some wind damage there gusting over 45 miles an hour. we're in the northeast third of
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the country i've got wind in my neighborhood, we have wind advisories and windchills that will wake you up on this saturday morning. it's with the low that brought snow across the northeast yesterday. it hit the brakes offshore and it's cranking and bringing in the colder air bitter, dangerously cold windchills. feels like 9 below in boston. feels like 5 below in syracuse. we have tropical moist raining across arizona it's been a soggy super bowl week. rain is stretching into texas they need it about an inch of rain in oklahoma and kansas, as well. seattle, i don't want to ignore you, you'll be dry but we have a weather system approaching in the next 24 to 48 hours. here's what's happening locally. >> reporter: good morning, everyone, i'm meteorologist chris sowers with this accuweather update.
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storm tracker 6 live double scan we're quiet for now but we are expecting light snow to move into the area late tomorrow. here's the look outside, you can see the camera dancing around a little bit. we have gusty winds and windchills below zero, north and west. windchills in the teens. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, light snow developing late tomorrow, otherwise cloudy and cold, high of 38. # # ust southwest of seattle. he's a big tropics guy and has a palm tree in his yard so maybe that seahawk will pay him a visit at some point if they win. >> i think he may have now grown accustomed to the cheerleaders with the pom-poms. >> i know you have, dan. >> not hard to get used to. >> i would like every live shot to include that no matter what the story. before i get myself in trouble -- >> so you want -- >> get the shovel out. >> g-m-a. g-m-a. let me tell you what's
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coming up on the show. new developments and new video in the case of suge knight, the hip-hop heavyweight accused of a hit-and-run. what his lawyer is telling us this morning. plus, our mom testers try out those as seen on tv. products we wondered about, including one i purchased. i did, yeah, the clever cup that lets you hold your snack and a drink in one hand. >> was that an impulse buy? >> no, my daughter begged for it. >> i love it. and deflate-gate defense, the big stars rallying around pats qb tom brady -- that's the quarterback -- on the eve of the super bowl with some hilarious tall tales all up ahead in "pop news." >> that was for dan. right? >> that was for dan. i want to break it down. this is awesome. "good morning america" is brought to you by aveeno. natural beautiful results. e. "good morning america" brought to you by aveeno natural beautiful results. about rebuilding the bond between a mother and a daughter. when you keep an open heart, amazing things happen. that's what the open hearts rhythm collection at kay jewelers is all about. the constant motion of the diamond
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with coming up, record producer suge knight arrested after a deadly hit-and-run. what his attorney is saying this morning. and our mom testers try out those as seen on tv products that we're all wondering about. >> some of us are buying actually, paula.
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>> good morning 8:27. stephen johnson was killed above a law firm on the south white horse pike audubon. police are questioning a man but nobody has been charged.
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let's head outside to chris sowers with the latest from accuweather. >> reporter: it's a cold one. >> reporter: the wind are whipping around. blustery and cold, wisp in the teens all day -- windchills in the teens all day long, we're forecasting a high of 26 it won't feel that warm. as we get into sunday, clouds and light snow developing later in the day. >> that's it for "action news," stay tuned for "good morning america."
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♪ baby you're a firework come on show them what you're worth ♪ we're all staring at the screen with a little help from the seahawks cheerleaders and good morning, america. you don't want to miss our super bowl blow-out edition of "pop news," guys. your eyes up here, okay. >> dan, you're feeling in the mood this morning. your spirit is up here. >> i enjoy good choreography when i see it. that's all i want to say and in the "pop news" edition of the super bowl we'll get the definitive picks on who is going to win with sara haines. >> and possible choreography. i don't know. >> she is a choreographer. >> she can dance very very well. we promise you that and also coming up this saturday morning on this final day of january our mom testers hard at work testing out those as seen on tv products including something called the hover ball -- >> have it. >> -- which paula bought
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independently and the question is can your kids really play with this thing inside without destroying the furniture and -- >> no. >> paul da doesn't want to give anything away but the answer may be -- >> no. >> maybe no so we'll hear from the mom testers coming up. we'll start here with new developments and new video this morning in the case of the wrap impresario with a long rap sheet, suge knight arrested after a fatal hit-and-run. >> he is in jail right now with bail set at $2 million and his lawyer is speaking out. abc's brandi hitt has the very latest from the l.a. county jail. good morning, brandi. >> reporter: good morning, paula and dan. suge knight's attorney says he will remain here behind bars with no plans to make bail. as we now hear two very different versions from knight and the police about what led to this deadly hit-and-run. this morning, marion "suge" knight is behind bars. the hip-hop pioneer who built death row records arrested after a hit-and-run held as a possible murder suspect. >> he ran him over twice.
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>> reporter: los angeles police claiming knight deliberately ran over two men in this parking lot thursday killing his business associate terry carter. this tmz video showing first responders trying to save him. >> people we talked to said it looked like it was an intentional act. >> reporter: but knight's attorney speaking exclusively to abc news insist it was a tragic accident as knight was fleeing an attack. >> when you're being grabbed and beaten and you're at the steering wheel, it's not so easy driving a vehicle as you're trying to escape. >> reporter: witnesses say knight was also involved in a confrontation on a nearby set for the nwa film "straight out of compton." ♪ straight out of compton ♪ >> reporter: named for the rap group's hit song. it's not knight's first violent run-in. gangster rap icon was shot at a party last year and spent time in prison convicted of assault and armed robbery. he was once considered a person of interest by a former detective in the circumstances surrounding tupac shakur's 1996
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murder, although knight was never charged. that same year he sat down with abc's brian ross. >> you're a big guy and there are people who are afraid of you. you know that, don't you? >> there's probably people afraid of you. >> reporter: now held on $2 million bond, the music mogul insists he had no idea he hit anyone. suge knight's lawyer believes the district attorney's office will likely get this case on monday deciding whether to charge knight with murder, hit-and-run or release him with no charges at all. dan and paula. >> seemingly a troubled past and present, as well. brandi, thank you. and now let's turn it back over to ron with another look at the headlines for us this morning. >> hi again paula and dan, sara, robert. good morning, everyone. >> so formal. we begin with the measles spreading now coast to coast. new york city health officials confirming an amtrak passenger infected with the disease traveled through penn station earlier this week. that person possibly exposing hundred of thousands of people. and breaking news also from
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new york a massive fire has erupted in the williamsburg section of brooklyn. the blaze which apparently started in a storage facility can be seen for miles away. right now firefighters are batting frigid temperatures as they try to bring the blaze under control. no word yet on what started the fire. and the balloon ride that is soaring into history. american pilot troy bradley and his russian teammate, who oddly enough does not have a name, they are set to touch down on a beach in mexico's baja peninsula. >> no name. >> isn't that weird? sometime this landing. upon landing they will shatter the record for the longest distance traveled in a helium filled balloon. actually his name is leonid tiukhtyaev. >> did you just make that up? you just made that up. >> leonid tiukhtyaev. >> he actually has it written down. >> i wrote it down. i looked it up. finally another big win for tennis superstar serena williams. she has just won her 19th grand slam title beating maria sharapova in the australian open down under. williams is unbeaten in her six australian open finals.
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serena is second only to steffi graf in the list of major winners in the open era.s winners in the open era. can anyone guess the number of majors steffi graf won? >> 22. >> because you're looking at it. right there. >> yeah. i cheated. >> cheaters. >> i couldn't help it. >> 22, wow. >> yeah. whoo. ouch. >> i don't know if anybody from boston just heard that. >> let that slip. don't let mark wahlberg hear that. >> clearing your throat now. >> he'll jack you up. >> it's time for some -- he will. that was insulting. >> we have just now just insulted every person in boston. >> i'm coming back to boston tomorrow. >> we are sorry. >> and i will dig every car out of that snow if i have to to win your graces back. we start you off in new york. here's a beautiful shot. look at that shaky camera. wi >> reporter: it is chilly out there and that trend is going to continue as we go through time. there is sunshine in the new york area, eastern new england has snow showers this morning and we'll push that
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away. all right an arctic blast funk the windchill are cool now. wait until monday and tuesday monday morning in chicago minus 12 in detroit. colder on tuesday morning than it is right now across the northeast. here comes the snow, that cold air in place and that moisture coming out of the southwest we're looking for a good swath of 6 to # inches of snow. this will be the biggest snowfall of the year. typically you don't get snow this heavy. the moisture is coming from the tropics, you're seeing moisture across arizona. it will start to dry out not only for the super bowl, but the waste management open where they had to struggle for the last few days. look for 55 degrees in portland, oregon. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, i'm meteorologist chris sowers, blustery and cold,
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windchills values close to zero in the city. 26 later on, windchills in the teens. # k they have a dome. >> it doesn't matter. inconsequential but thank you anyways. there will be people outside the stadium. our intrepid mom testers putting those as seen on tv products through the paces including the booties that promise to keep your feet toasty this winter. >> they're called slippers. and is this the luckiest domino's pizza guy ever. how he wound up on the set of a seahawks photo shoot up ahead in "pop news." ot up ahead in "pop news." dicare part d, walgreens gets that you might be at the corner of "looking for a good deal" and "sheesh, i wish i'd looked some more." that's why walgreens makes it easy to switch your prescriptions and save money. just stop by.
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it's 2015. for the year's first edition of mom testers, we gave three busy moms three different products that promised to lend them a helping hand. >> we got something from "good morning america." >> reporter: this time we've enlisted kisha cantrell, alabama mom of three. noelle hardick, from northport new york, also a mom of three and georgia's colleen schreiber, mom of two girls, so will these moms give the mom seal of approval or be moms disappointed? first up -- >> snackeez! >> you can have it all in one hand. >> shall we try it? >> and then put your snack in the top, right? >> a lot more than what i thought it would. >> kind of defeating the purpose of the snack cup putting it in his lap. >> do you like it? >> fits right into the cup holder. perfect size for taking out on the go. >> kid approved? >> yes, ma'am.
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>> so is this a mom tested and mom approved thing? >> yep. they like this one. >> reporter: final verdict, snackeez was a big hit and certained a seal of approval from all three moms. next up, something that had all the kids very excited. >> so cool. >> it's hover ball. it hovers over tile and glides over wood. >> we're going to try it inside and hope that we don't destroy the house. going to give it a kick. >> reporter: kisha's kids were game. noelle's kids also seemed to be having a ball. >> it is the best day ever. >> it is the best day ever. >> hover ball is pushy. >> reporter: hover ball got the second unanimous mom approved. could we go 3 for 3? let's see. last but not least, something that promised to soothe our hard-working moms' tired feet. >> hot booties are a revolution in pure comfort and therapy. simply place them in the microwave for 60 seconds and enjoy up to one hour of
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continuous soothing, radiating warmth. >> the name hot booties is worth it. >> heating the hot booties. >> they are nice and toasty and comfortable. they definitely feel warm on my feet. >> reporter: kisha's husband wanted to give the hot booties a shot. >> are they working for your overworked feet? >> i like that. >> now after having them on for 30 seconds they're a little too warm. >> reporter: colleen's daughter kirsten also wanted in. >> would you actually wear those on your feet? >> reporter: but what do the moms have to say? >> made my feet feel a little too sweaty. >> my feet are starting to sweat. >> not mom approved. >> reporter: turns out our moms didn't warm to the hot booties. we reached out to the company that makes them but we didn't get a response. final tally for hot booties, all three moms were disappointed. for "good morning america," becky worley, abc news, oakland, california. >> yeah, i have all three of those products. >> okay, so break it down for us, faris. >> snackeez, i loved it.
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well, my kids love it. i have a couple of them. they don't leak but it's hard to sip out of the straw. as for the hover ball it stays low but my kid prefer to use a real ball and destroy the furniture and the booties, i love them but you can't walk around the house with them because they have something on the bottom. >> you're also putting them in the microwave. >> you're assuming i microwave anything. >> everything is fresh made in the farris household. coming up on "gma," speaking of food the winner of the great game day grub match, the chefs competing to make the next big super bowl party dish. >> are we eating food? >> no. healing is something we do. together.
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sara, what you got for us? >> we got super bowl. >> come on. >> come on, guys, let's hear it. ben affleck and matt damon have taken full responsibility for the infamous deflate-gate and it's blowing up on the internet. if you haven't seen it now you're going to want to check it out. the stars coming forward on "jimmy kimmel live" with damon revealing it was a matter of life and death for his little nephew. >> i take a football. i don't want to squeeze all the air into his little lungs because, you know, i don't want to ruin the football so i take a little bit of air out of most of them like 11 out of 12 of them and it does the trick. it absolutely saves his lungs. >> just 11 out of 12. jon krasinski and a handful of other boston raised stars had similar explanations. >> those were hilarious. >> those clips were amazing. you have to watch it all the way through. >> we can't do it now. >> not that long of a show, sweetie. a pizza delivery guy has tasted a slice of stardom after delivering an order of
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three pies from richard sherman. austin arrived at his mansion to find the legion of boom taking part in a photo shoot for "supports illustrated" and the legendary cornerback then invited, which i think is really sweet, the star-struck delivery driver on set to take a few pictures. as you can see, he ended up in a lot of outtakes. >> that's really cool. >> calhoun says he'll remember that delivery for the rest of his life. where do you go from there? >> i love that they ordered dominos. >> have you tasted domino's? it is amazing. >> it is really good. >> what are you -- >> apparently mom tested by paula, as well. >> domino's. >> papa's john's. pizza hut. caesar's. >> i have a wide pizza palette. pretty much anything called pizza i love. as the seahawks and patriots gear up for the big game there is another high-stakes competition going on behind the scenes much pepsico's game day grub match culinary students
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have been battling it out in the kitchen to create the ultimate fan foods incorporating pepsico products in their menus. chipotle chicken tacos and demarco murray was there to sample them with us along with celebrity chef anna burrell. there's their review. >> they're delicious. chicken marinated very good and very tender, as well. >> a factual review. >> tote wally factual. it's delish. the dishes were put to an online vote and i can reveal, ron, drum roll, ron, drum roll. [ drum roll ] the winning dish is tostitos chipotle chicken tacos. created by matthew johnson and colin faust. they won a culinary scholarship and tickets to the super bowl and a big thanks to 47 brand in northwest, the best blankets in the game for helping us get ready for the super bowl with all this stuff. >> here, catch. >> thank you, sara. great "pop news." we'll be right back with more "gma." >> gm! hold it! come with me. new dannon
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>> good morning, it is saturday january 31 i'm eva pilgrim. here's what we're following on "action news." crews are working on nearly a dozen train cars that jumped the traction overnight in south -- tracks overnight in south philadelphia. a traffic stop leads to the arrest of an alleged burglar. and the doors to the auto show are opening right now. we'll look at the latest technology. first, it's so cold out there this morning. >> reporter: there's the view of the center city skyline, it's blustery and cold out there this morning. take a look at the temperatures. poconos down to 2 degrees doylestown, 9. trenton, 12.
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philadelphia 15, dover 16 degrees this morning that's where you bold out. tuesday morning i wouldn't be surprised if i saw the temperatures below zero. many locations could be below zero. in the meantime, we've got one here now. philadelphia, 16. reading, 13. poconos 4 degrees, you factor in the winds it feels like 7 below where there's a windchill advisory until 11:00 a.m. minus 4 in reading. minus 5 in lancaster and 2 in millville. the windchills will stick around in the teens. 4:00 p.m. teens north and west, 20 if philadelphia. teens for everybody else and in the evening hours windchill factors will be anywhere from 12 to 18 degrees. it's blustery and cold. sunny, though. breezy and cold winds out of the northwest at 10 to 15 miles

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