tam karen i'm matt. good morning, america. flooding emergency. towns across the midwest under water right now. rivers rising. drowning homes. at least a dozen tornadoes ripping through the heartland. now another dangerous storm targeting the flood zone. students and teachers return to marjory stoneman douglas high for the first time since the massacre. as the sheriff faces mounting questions and calls for his job. an abc news exclusive. the mother whose life changed in an instant when a 3,000-pound tree fell on top of her and her young children in central park. she's telling her story for the first time. >> it's scary. they were little. >> as she prepares to file a $200 million lawsuit.

fire on the plane. the carry-on burst into flames. and lisa marie presley's shocking claim. now saying nearly all of her $100 million inheritance is gone. where did it all go? and good morning, america. we hope you had a good weekend. they needed good news at marjory stoneman douglas high. they got it over the weekend. that is the hockey team for the high school. they won the state championship on sunday. >> amazing after all they've gone through. so much excitement there. they were the underdogs in the tournament. they came back to win it all. and one of the students said now we're going to bring the trophy back to the best high school in america. a lot of the guys a lot of the players dyed their hair blond in

honor of a classmate they lost. we begin with the dangerous weather stretching from texas to the ohio valley. at least 12 tornadoes touching don in four states including kentucky. marcus moore starts us off in paducah, kentucky where the governor has declared a state of emergency there. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: robin, good morning. that's right. the mayor of paducah has declared a state of emergency because of the rising river. they want to row ticket the homes and businesses if the city. they have put in massive flood gate along the flood wall. the first time they've done this? seven years. overnight, crews in kentucky working to put up the last of several new flood gates as the river continues its rise. rivers submerging people's homes. forcing evacuations and rescues. more than 100 water rescues in kentucky alone. this ohio home waterlogged. at least a dozen confirmed twisters touching down across

four states. tornado warnings sounding the alarm. >> you've got a house that completely has collapsed on itself. >> we heard glass shattering. it blew out the posts on the porch and drove them through the house. >> reporter: the complete devastation on display this morning. >> we were all scared. didn't know what to do. we were trying to get even safe. >> your heart goes out the them as they are looking through what's left the rubble of what was once a home. >> reporter: buildings left ripped apart. homes shredded and destroyed. in some cases, only the cement foundations remained. >> you can see a door as well in that pond. >> reporter: in arkansas parts of the roof of this motel torn away. at least four people are dead including three in kentucky where the governor has declared a state of emergency. back here in paducah, the

concern is the speed that the river is rising at. robin, it's not expected to crest until wednesday. >> that's right. okay marcus. those concerns will last most of this week. another storm is on the way. rob is tracking the latest. good morning, rob. >> good morning, robin. we have more storms lined up. this one in the south will track mostly to the south. the wettest february on record in the ohio expected to crest there later today. rivers north of there in flood stage. major flood stage. record flood stage. all the water needs to flow downstream to the gulf of mexico. the. . won't crest until late this week early next week. the next system on wednesday. brings another round of rain severe storms. northeast storm coming this weekend, too. we go to washington where

president trump is holding the meeting with the fashion's governors. he said last night the parkland shooting would be the first thing they would discuss. >> reporter: good morning to you. the meeting with the governors happens here in a few hours. this morning, the president seems to be at odds with the nra over raising the minimum age to purchase long guns. they're opposed to the idea even though the president says they'll end up backing it. as a black tie gala overnight, president trump told the nation's goechbers school safety is a top priority. >> we'll be talking about parkland. and the horrible event that took place last week. i think we'll make that first on our list. >> reporter: among his ideas, a proposal to train and arm potentially hundreds of thousands of emg katers. over the week emd, the president told fox news had teachers in packland florida, been armed, there would have been more survivors. >> most of the people would be a whole different story. >> reporter: but florida's own

governor among those flatly rejecting the idea. >> i want our teachers to teach. i want our law enforcement officers to be able to proe the ticket the students. i want each group to focus on what they're good at. >> reporter: this morning, the nation's most powerful gun lobby is face issing backlash. 16 companies likes delta airlines metlife insurance, and wyn wyndham hotels has ended programs with the nra. something president trump says he would consider. >> perhaps we'll do something having on age, because, it doesn't seem to make sense that you have to wait until you're 21 years old to get a pistol but to get a gun like this maniac used in the school you get that at 18. i mean that doesn't make sense. frankly, i exlained that to the nra. >> reporter: the nra says that plan is far from a done deal.

>> i know that people are trying to find daylight between president trump and 5 million law-abiding gun owners all across the united states. these are things he's discussing right now. so far, nothing is prose posehas been proposed yet. >> reporter: ivanka trump says she's not sure if arming teachers is a good idea. she said honestly i don't know. there would have to be an incredibly high standard for who could bear arms in schools, george? >> we learned the feud between the president and mexico over that border wall has broken out. >> reporter: very testy phone call between president trump and mexico's enrique pineto. they were supposed to set up a visit for pineto. the president went off script and brought up the border wall. enrique pineto stuck to his

script and said that mexico is not paying for it. the visit is off. as the white house and congress face pressure to act on gun control, students of families are preparing to return to stoneman douglas. allowed inside the school for the first time since the shooting. calls are growing for the sheriff to resign. victor oquendo has more. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good rng mo michael. sheriff has made it very clear, he's not going anywhere. this morning, teachers and faculty making their way back to campus. they get ready for classes to resume on wednesday. for the students an emotional return. >> almost there. we'll get you in. >> reporter: new this morning, an inside look. students returning to stoneman douglas high school for a special orientation sunday. sharing h video with abc news. walking through that familiar campus under uncommon circumstances. >> coming back to where everything occurred. it's just scary.

>> reporter: it was the first time back on school grounds since the massacre that left 17 dead nearly two weeks ago. >>ky not stop looking at that building. i cannot stop imagining what was going on inside that building. it tears me up inside. >> reporter: florida governor rick scott calling for the state's department of law enforcement to launch an investigation into the shooting response. broward sheriff's office saying they'll cooperate. meanwhile, 74 gop state lawmakers sent a letter to governor scott urging them to suspend sheriff scott israel who is a democrat accusing them of ignoring repeated warning science. the sheriff telling cnn he's not going anywhere. >> it was a shameful politically motivated letter that had no facts. and of course i won't resign. >> reporter: but in the face of so much heartache and loss a huge win inspect and some much needed uplifting news for the

parkland community. the stoneman douglas eagles hockey team coming from behind to win the state championship sunday. >> we came out and played hard. this was for the 17 victims. we played for them. so passionate. so emotional. it's all for them. >> reporter: the team is now heading to a national tournament. listen to what they did when they got to campus. they took their medals that they won yesterday. they placed them around the crosses for each of the victims at the growing memorial outside of stoneman douglas. michael? >> amazing gesture. there are claims from the coral springs police officers when they rooifd on the scene, several broward county sheriff's deputies did not or would not enter the building. >> reporter: sheriff israel told cnn that as of right now, he's only seen one deputy that did not take action that was the school resource officer, scot peterson. he says if he finds wrong doing

he'll deal with the officers the same way he dealt with peterson. >> back to school in florida. congress back to work in washington today. facing growing calls to act against gun violence. want to bring in mary bruce. on any gun control issues the gop leaders in congress have been quiet. >> reporter: republican leaders notably largely silent. despite the tremendous political pressure, the growing calls to act, once again, congress right now appears poised to do nothing. there are plenty of options on the table. including improving background checks or banning bump stocks. no consensus. no votes on the schedule. republican leaders are likely to be have hesitant to do anything that puts them at odds with the nra or constituents unless they're certain they have the backing of the president. the president has floated many ideas, including raising the the

age to purchase the assault-style weapons, maybe arming trained teachers there are questions about what legislation he would be on board with. congress is not going to act unless they're certain that the president will lead the charge. >> that might not be enough. okay mary. on saturday we saw the release of the democratic memo that rebuts claims from the president and other republicans that somehow the surveillance some people connected to his campaign was tainted. >> reporter: democrats have released their long-awaited version of the memo. it's a heavily redacted document. they say it debunks the republicans' claims that the fbi and doj abused government surveillance powers when spying on a former trump campaign adviser. this comes from the house intelligence committee. they've been struggling to conduct work under the increasingly partisan sniping. >> about as divided as you can get. mary thank you. the end of the winter games. norway taking home a record 39

medals. followed by germany, canada and the united states in fourth. 23 total medals. anyone nine of them gold. matt gutman there. that ceremony also put america's relationship with north korea in the spot light. >> reporter: it certainly did, robin. almost a dizzying array of diplomacy happening in the closing caroms. probably as many security personnel there as spectators. pomp pageantry. drones. a k-pop band. then came the athletes. the american team led by jessie diggins. watching it all, ivanka trump. an arm's length away from north korea's spy chief. moments after they settled down an announcement from north korea from kim jong-un calling the tough new sanctions against north kreey an act of war. then startlingly minutes after that, another announcement from

north korea suggesting it would be willing to have its delegation on the ground talk to the american delegation. the white house said ivanka trump didn't meet with any north koreans and said any talks would have to lead to north korea abandoning the nuclear program. >> but wait. there's more intrigue at the games. involving russia matt? >> reporter: right. south korean officials belief that russian cyberspies hacked the olympic websites. thousands of cyberattacks during the games. making it very difficult for folks print out tickets during the opening ceremony putting the olympic website on the fritz. they believe that the russians made it look like the north koreans did it. called a false flag operation. analysts believe this was payback against the olympic committee for banning russia's participation officially in the games over this ongoing doping scandal. robin? >> all right, matt. safe journey back home. thank you. michael? >> thank you, robin. to the frightening video on

a flight overseas. carry-on bag bursts into flames in the overhead bin of the airline. the flight crew threw water and juice at the fire. it was reportedly caused bay passenger's portable charger. most likely powered by lithium ion batteries. last thing you think about. >> they did act quickly. back here at home crews are cleaning up from a deadly avalanche in washington state. it swept over a group of five snowmobilers. one was killed four injured. >> reporter: good morning. a scary deal. two separate avalanches. killing one. trapping 65 people in their homes over the weekend in washington state. crews are working to clear the roads at crystal springs snow park outside seattle, after an avalanche killed a 32-year-old man. he was with a group of five snowmobilers. they were having lunch when the

wall of snow came down. the pictures were taken as the rush of snow buried the two snowmobiles. area was in an avalanche warning. heavy snowfall over the weekend made mountainsides vulnerable to avalanches. we have one captured on video. a 25 to 30-foot wall of snow piling over the road. that one trapping people in their homes. conditions extremely hazard douse. this morning, authorities are warning everyone to be aware of avalanche video. >> happens so fast. >> amazing to see that. now to the startling claim from lisa marie presley, the daughter of elvis, saying nearly all of her $100 million inheritance is gone. she's suing her former manager. >> reporter: she's music royalty, right? the sole heir to the guy we call the king. she was the seoul person to inherit his $100 million

fortune. she says it has $14,000 left in the trust. how did we get here? she sold 85% of her interests in elvis presley enterprises in 2005. she didn't own a lot of things. she got $100 million in that sale. her former business manager she says mismanaged her money. she only has 14 grand left in that trust at this point. >> 14? >> we see these stories too often. he's one that still makes a lot of money. the top list of dead celebrities making money. >> even 15% i would think would be a fair amount of money now. >> most of the money, $35 million to $45 million comes from graceland. he didn't own the rights to most of his music, guys. a lot of that money is not coming in. back to rob with the storm coming to the northeast lat same storm we mentioned earlier

that will bring more rain excuse me across the tennessee valley and ohio valley they don't need it. thursday and friday it develops into a coastal low. could be a mess friday and saturday coastal flooding and snow it's the strongest storm we've seen in a couple of weeks we'll be discussing that for sure. >> reporter: a little moisture to the south an west, below baltimore, that will not be an issue for us. as we look outside, we have

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>> good morning i'm tamala edwards, 7:23 a.m. monday, february 26. let's head to karen rogers taking a look at traffic, good morning. >> reporter: good morning tam we're starting with an accident in the logan section of the city. the act cam was on the scene with this one. two injuries involved at bellfield avenue and north whitiker, it was a car and city connect van that collided. use olney as the alternate instead of belfield avenue. eastbound traffic moving better heading toward south philadelphia. slow speeds as you can see on the big picture. we have the accident near the

platt bridge that had speeds of 5 miles per hour. you see i-95 17, 18 miles per hour as you're coming in southbound tam. >> thank you karen. "action news" will be right back with the accuweather.

>> reporter: cloudy skies across the region and a little cool. take a look, 45 degrees, honestly these numbers are not too bad for this time of year and this time of morning. this afternoon we'll improve with sun coming back as we move through the day, high of 53. 56 tomorrow, lots of sun a beauty. 58 degrees milder on wednesday sun and clouds there. on thursday we're watching a slow-moving storm that will bring rain in during the morning, could be heavy at times, thursday, thursday night. the rain may not end until sometime friday tam. >> that's it for "action news,"

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>> reporter: ann doesn't remember much from the morning in august 2017 when a 3,000-pound tree came crashing down on top of her and her three young children. is there we got ready in our apartment. went to the park. that's all i remember. the next thing i know i was -- at the icu. is there you had the baby james. >> correct. >> reporter: strapped to you? >> correct. >> reporter: the two eld nest their stroller tangled in the branches. >> they said somebody's under there. >> reporter: this morning, ann and husband kurt speak out for the first time. and announce today they're filing a $00 million lawsuit against the city the central park conservancy, and several other companies charged with maintaining the park's trees. >> i remember being at work and looking outside at the blue sky day thinking it's impossible. can you repeat that? >> reporter: curt seeing the video of good samaritans rushing to help his family.

>> back up back up. >> she just kept saying what happened? where are the boys? >> i don't think of myself at all. i'm worried about my kids and what they've bb through. they went in the ambulance by themselves. it's scary. they were little. so um -- that's more -- i just am worried about them. >> from firsthand accounts, it was anne acting as a hero. >> reporter: their 2-year-old with a skull fracture. anne with four fractures in her neck. two of which have heal fpd doctors say the other two will never heal. and she's at constant risk of becoming a quadriplegic the. >> to be told you'll stop breathing if something jarring happens to you. for my kids i have to move forward and keep going. >> reporter: she remains optimistic as the day to day is interrupted. >> i can't fall. i can't do anything outside pch i have to be really careful.

>> reporter: because you were running marathons? >> nothing like that. the baby i couldn't lift him up. for months. and, um you know my other children. i -- breast-fed. that was not a possibility. >> reporter: their lawyers claim negligence and that the trees were not properly maintained. you wouldn't define this as a freak accident? >> this wasn't a freak accident. this was a preventable accident. >> this was a tree failing right before their eyes. >> reporter: the couple says the case is about sending a clear message to make parks safer. >> we have to tell our story because we want to make sure that, you know, these familyies are protected. >> reporter: and they're internally grateful to doctors and nurses and perfect stranges. >> they ran towards danger to help us. they saved my life high. they saved my children's lives. >> reporter: and new york city officials won't comment as the lawsuit hasn't been filed yet. that happens later this morning. we should hear back from the central park conservancy as

well. anne and curt say they have a great family around them. they hope to track down the good samaritans who helped them. they want to thank them personally. michael? >> thank you so much. let's bring in chief legal analyst dan abrams. we heard about this case. how vong is this case? what does she have to prove? >> you heard the key distinction between freak and preventable accident. if it was a freak accident she may not be able to recover. you have to show negligence. on the part of the city or the organization that owns the park trees. something has to be different that they could have and should have done to prevek vent it that they didn't do. that will be the key legal question. >> how hard sit to prove that? >> they've obviously done a full and thorough examination of the tree, where it was. they're making allegations it was overwatered. too much snowplowing. it shouldn't have been in the spot it was in. i have to believe that the city would have liked to settle it

but that they couldn't agree on a number. my guess is there were a lot of discussions back and forth about how much to make this go away. and they couldn't agree on a number. as a result the lawsuit is moving forward. >> it goes to the courts. she suffers serious injuries. she's still suffering. one of her kids was badly injured as well. how does that factor in? >> that could factor into possible damages. you separate this into two phases. the first is are they responsible? was there negligence? should there be some sort of civil judgment here? if the answer is yes, you go to the daniels phase. you talk about, okay how much should this be? and then you talk about everything from her injuries to her children's injuries. to the suffering that her children have gone through, her husband has gone through because of what she's going through. so it definitely becomes relevant when you're talking about how much should the civil judgment be. >> $200 million seems like a lot. >> people throw out the numbers.

the number they're suing for doesn't matter. you can put in any number. you could put in $3 billion. it doesn't matter. the key question, how much does a jury think it's worth? how much were the damages? >> does it affect the jury seeing a large number like that? jt i don't think so. first, you have to show responsibility before you get to the question of damages. >> you look at the images it's fortunate no one was killed. >> absolutely. no question about that. >> thank you, dan. coming up a new warning about the model of the instant pot that some people are complaining has melted. how to tell if you have one that could potentially be dangerous. i wish i could wake up and say hi to a giraffe. ride a train in the sky... and visit far away galaxies. n the middle of the magic to extra time in the park. and now, you can save up to 20% on rooms at select walt disney world resort

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we're back with a new warning about the instant pot. it flew off the shelves last christmas. some owners reporting their pots melted. gio benitez is here with more. >> reporter: people are in love with their instant pots. more than a million members on this facebook forum. many stores are selling out. some customers say one model is melting. it was one of the most talked about brands at the holiday season. >> it's called the instant pot. >> it does slow cooking. pressure koobing. it makes rice. >> it blows everybody else away. it's instant pot. everybody is using it. >> reporter: one woman crediting her instant pot with helping her lose 80 pounds. >> it makes cook healthy food fast. >> reporter: some units of one

model of instant pot have not only been cooking. >> i first noticed the separation in the front. >> reporter: but also melting. this is what mother of three vanessa discovered on her instant pot multicooker two weeks ago. the bottom mehmet fpd wireslted. the wires, scorched. >> i was scared. >> reporter: she's not the only one. the company saying on facebook we have received a small number of reports of the gem 65 8 in 1 multicooker overheating, resulting in localized melting damage. one customer said i have seen bubbles forming on the bottom of mine. >> it's the not something i want to have to worry about. >> reporter: the complaints only about one of instapt pot's 14 models. the gem 65,in 1 multicooker. the only one with the oval shape. instant pot telling abc news and their customers that they'll provide next step about

replacements shortly. the company has not issued a recall. >> two years old. a lot of great family meels we kked in that. >> how nice is that. >> reporter: the safety of slow cookers after a popular tv show had a story line that caused a fire in the home. crock pot clarifying for nearly 50 years we have never received any consumer complaints similar to the fingsctional ones portrayed. >> i don't know if i ever want another instapt pot. i enjoy how it cooked the food. not as much as i enjoy the safety of my family. >> reporter: good point. instat pot says they're cooperating with the u.s. consumer product safety commission and says they take any problem with a product seriously. customers are frus tratd. one claims it's been months

since they brought this issue to their attention and still no recall. >> as you pointed out, this only affects some units of one model. how do people know if theirs is safe? >> it's not the pressure cookers. we have a photo that shows you the multicooker. it's gem 65 8 in 1. only ones with a specific four-digit number called a batch code. find the batch code on the silver label on the underside of the device. see the batch code there is on the screen. you can find them on goodmorningamerica.com. if your product has one of these numbers, the company says, stop using it immediately and get in touch with them. >> thank you, gio. coming up we have the real story behind one of the hottest snax out there. and the one-time janitor who created them. come on back. if you're anything like me your to-do list just keeps growing. (laughs desperately) it never stops. which is why the online financing application at carmax.com is so convenient. get some of that finance stuff out of the way from wherever you are, at the doctor's office karate practice or my favorite...

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>> good morning i'm tamala edwards, 756 monday, february 26. let's look at traffic with karen starting on the schuylkill expressway. >> reporter: we spotted a disabled vehicle on the schuylkill expressway westbound approaching conshohocken. as you head toward king of prussia you have the guy off to the side around the curve. slowing in either direction not a big problem there. in the logan section of the city, we have a nasty accident. the action cam was on the scene showing you the accident involving a car and city connect van still restricting traffic at belfield avenue and north wister street. stick to olney avenue instead. we have mall if you functioning traffic lights at southampton road on the boulevard. i-95 northbound we have an accident that's creating an issue near 295 and west 9th

street at washington, these problems in delaware, tam. >> thank you karen. let's trach -- take a live look out across penns landing. it's gray start but could be sun later on in the day. 47 degrees in philadelphia. 44 in allentown. not too breezy just yet. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, clouds eventually sharing the skies with at least some late sunshine. 53 degrees is the high. a little breezy as we move through the day. sunny and beautiful tomorrow. 56 degrees the high. sun and clouds wednesday but a milder high of 58. thursday we're watching a slow-moving storm that will arrive with rain in the morning and periods of rain some of which could be heavy through the day and nighttime thursday and perhaps into friday morning. tam. >> two men were gunned down in norristown montgomery county overnight. one person was found dead inside a car in the middle of chain street. a second victim died a short time later police are looking

for the shooter. that's it for now time for the second hour of "g.m.a." we'll see you an an update in 30.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. students and teachers areturning to marjoriey stoneman douglas high school. the president wants to potentially train and arm hundreds of thous educators. it's the top-ranked diet fights heart disease and lowers blood pressure. it can also reduce risk of depression. dr. ashton is here with the latest. pressure to be perfect. our surprising conversation with college-age women about the stress they're under. a frad of failing. no matter how successful they are. the one key message for all our kids this morning. are we headed for the worst heartbreak in "bachelor" history? a beautiful women tell all as former contestants slam arie. the producers saying if you think you know what is going to happen you don't

♪ i'm still standing ♪ countdown to the oscars. our first look at the interview with oscar host jimmy kimmel. >> i'll be honest. it would be funny if it happened again. >> and we're rolling back the clock. can you spot the best actor nominees before they were stars? all ahead this morning, as we say -- good morning, america. elcome back "good morning america." it's great to have you with us on this monday morning. and, excited a oscars. jimmy kimmel great host. always has tricks up his sleeve. >> i love the that old footage, too. >> oh yeah. celebrating the finale of our black history month series. this morning, a real-life hidden figure. she's a groundbreaking doctor who has inspire sod many medical students. we cannot wait to introduce you to dr. patricia bath. she's a true hidden figure. not anymore. we have news to get to as

well. starting with president trump. he's meeting with the nation's governors today and says school shootings will be at the top of the agenda. back to cecilia vega at the white house. >> reporter: good morning. the governors will be here in a few hours. guns and school safety a big focus of the the talks. president trump is still pushing that idea of training and arming potentially hundreds of thousands of educators. he said had the teachers in parkland been armed, more people would have survived the tragedy. this sputing him at odds with his ally republican governor and friend rick scott who is among the vocal critics of the this idea speaking out against arming america's teachers. the president is at odds with the nra also over raising the age limit of long guns. they are opposed to that idea. the president says they'll come around. george congress is back from its break today. but there is little indication that republicans here on capitol hill are poised to make a big move on gun control.

>> that's been the pattern we have seen in the past. thank you very much. now to two stories we're following overseas. first, the north koreans now saying they're open to talks with the u.s. but the regime also firing back over tough new sanctions. our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz is here. how is the white house responding to this. >> reporter: michael, the white house made clear they'll keep maximum pressure on north korea until there is irreversible denuclearization. the north was set to secretly meet with vice president pence. and north canceled at the last minute. while this new offer of talks may sound promising, the u.s. won't do it unless they're talking about getting rid of the north's nuclear weapons, michael. >> and we're expecting a report on the ambush in niger that killed four u.s. troops. >> reporter: we are. this started low risk and turned into a kill or capture mission.

national geographic channel was with the same men week before that mission. and we have this first look at that video, which includes a candid moment with 25-year-old la david johnson. he was a mechanic who doubled as the camp barber. he was killed in the fire fight. national geographic channel will have much more on the mission on chain of command tonight at 9:00. michael? >> thank you so much martha. we look forward to seeing that. you guys up far challenge? >> always. >> i've been challenged. you all have been challenged. you have been challenged too. it's coming from be the match. it's called lemons forleukemia. asking everyone every, to yes, suck it up for be the match. they're trying to set a record for most donors added in a 25-hour period. you know i can't step away from a came via twitter. said i'm in. challenge accepted. my friends had a hilarious response. we want all of you to join us on

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what a great crowd. welcome back to "gma." we have this wonderful audience. we hope you can join us sometime. tom kelly is worth the price of admission. >> yes. >> i'm telling you. what goes on with that man while we're downstairs. thank you, tom. thank you, tom. thank you lara spencer for "pop news." >> happy monday. great group we have. lots to talk about. we begin with this. one week away from the season finale of "the bachelor" everybody. oh yeah. and arie luyendyk jr. and one contestant i guess they're not getting along well. that contestant is calling it the worst heartbreak in "bachelor" history. it has everyone talking online. wondering what arie did that made the former contestant caroline tell him, i know what you did. and i don't know how you could do it. she then told "the hollywood

reporter" hat she witnessed was worse than anything in "bachelor" history. it's on tape. arg next monday. yes, right here on abc. tune in. we'll be taublging about it. >> yeah. but -- i gotta say. it makes me want to find -- i know what you did last week. i want to see now. >> it was -- we were watching it this morning. >> it's all on tape? >> apparently it's all there. my buddy, our pal, chris harrison said he was left speechless. >> that is saying something. he's seen a lot. >> he's seen just about everything. >> tune in everybody. also in the news michelle obama has announced the title and release date of her memoir. it's called "becoming." an urgely intimate reckoning from a woman of soul and substance. the former first lady explains it's about how a little girl

from the south side of chicago found her voice and used her strength to help empower others. yes, she has. absolutely. last year it was reported that obamas' two-book deal is worth $60 million. a significant portion of those enings will go the obama foundation and other charities. >> looking forward to that. >> $60 million. >> a one-two punch. >> a lot of people wanted to write a book. i'll write a book. fashion flying across the catwalk in italy at the dolce & gabbana show. models were replaced by drones. audience members had to shut off wi-fi so they didn't interfere with the operation of fashion's newest darlings the sflp what could possibly go wrong? >> i know. right? bags dropping on your head. tiger woods hitting them long and straight again. great news for him and golf

fans. maybe bad for some feathered friends. there's tiger at the honda classic this weekend in florida. hitting a long drive. lands right in the pairway and bounces off. >> oh! >> a little friend. he was out for a sunday stroll. why are you bothering him? >> but he's walking it off. walk it off. walk it off. >> the goose was not hurt robin. woods eventually birdied that hole. >> good the ball in the fairway. >> it's a tough bird. >> tiger finished the the weekend at even par. coming in 12th. the best finish since 2015. congratulations, tiger and goose. that's all i have. >> that's all you have. it's just enough. thank you, lara. we appreciate that. to our "gma" cover story. the popular dash diet may not just help fight heart disease and also lower blood pressure. it could reduce the risk of depression. dr. jennifer ashton is here with us. doc, tell us about the study. >> let's get right to it. it was preliminary data of a

report going to be released in april at the launchest neurology conference in the country. is there a link between our diet and the risk of depression in older adults? dietary approaches to stop higherhyper tension, the d.a.s.h. diet. people who adhered to this compared to the western diet had an 11% lower risk of depression. now, western diet high in saturated fat. red meat. high in sugar. dash diet is kind of the opposite. kind of interesting association. they didn't prove cause and effect. >> the 11% significant. >> could be. >> what is involved in following the dash diet? >> first, lots of fruits and vegetables in the dash diet. a lot of color on your plate. low-fat or non-fat dairy. could be controversial. and very limited sugars and

sweets. now, again, this diet has been shown to lower the risk of bad cholesterol, heart disease, lower your weight. you want to eat fresh, nonprocessed foods. a lot of color. >> you're a doctor. you're a nutritionist. you know it all. >> i don't know about that. >> what do you feel about the diet? >> this is exciting to me because it does warrant more research. we should take a hol isic view on conditions and behavior. >> all right, doc. thank you. now over to george. thank you, michael. we have a parenting alert about young women growing up in the girl power era. high stress can come with the high expectations. in her new book enough as she is rachel simmons looks at how we can teach young girls. first, debra roberts with more. >> i'm studying africana studies

and premed. >> i study government and history. >> reporter: young women at the top of their game. studying at smith and mount holyoke colleges. show of hans. how many of you feel stressed? how much do you think or worry about failure? >> it's always in the back of my head. it's never been an option, if that make sense. >> we don't talk about how failing is not only an option but is sometimes the only option. failure is learning. think women and girls are not taught that. where for men my age, for them failure is inevitable. it's a way to grow. >> reporter: yet, as accomplished as they are, grait grat waiting at rates higher than guys often with better grades, many women are downright miserable inside. says a new book enough as she is. rachel simmons has spentd years documents the state of young women. girms are showing depressive

symptoms more than twice as much as boys. you to have downtime? >> that's a good question. >> reporter: you all laughed. >> i don't find myself with a lot of downtime. when i do have downtime i don't know what to do with it. what should i be doing now? i'm check my lists making sure i'm not missing something. >> it's something i'm working hard to add to my routine. you need things that bring you joy. >> i have a lot of downtime. i factor it in for my self-care. >> reporter: what does that include? >> i don't study after dinner. at all. i do all my studying before dinner. it's worked really well for me. at the end of the day, i feel like i accomplished something. >> reporter: when we're talking about stress finish this sentence for me. sometimes i worry that i -- >> sometimes i worry that i'm not good enough. i think that -- in an environment like the this it's easy to compare yourself to the person sitting next to you. that can start these things in

your head instantly about, you're not good enough. or you're not worthy. >> i try not to compare myself to others. but i think it happens naturally just because we're living in a space where, we're constantly seeing other people's performance an successes. i'm working on trying to look inwards and focus on myself. >> reporter: in a world empowering them to be anything they want we may have forgotten one key message for girls. that you don't have to be perfect. what would you tell your high school self that you know now? >> you're not perfect. that's good. we need to live as people. not these sort of perfect women robots. >> reporter: for "good morning america," deborah roberts, abc news northampton, massachusetts. >> rachel simmons joins us. i have a 15-year-old and a 12-year-old. that pressure you can feel it growing. you say it comes out if in unexpected ways as well. >> i want the audience to do an activity with me. everybody sit in your chair the

way you think a typical guy sits in his chair. >> well they're right. >> everybody isleaning back. what about the way you think a typical girl sits in her chair? guy get more permission to take up space. girls get the pressure to be in quiet, small. >> you say one of the ways young women should be taught to deal with the stress is to be kinder to themselves. self-compassion. what is that? >> when you make a mistake, try to be gentle with yourself. talk to yourself the way you would talk to a close friend. we're always so much nicer to other people than ourselves. >> that makes a lot of sense. you have a good analogy for this. test it out. >> i was going to ask, who here has lost their keys. this is something we do in front of our children. often we can be hard on ourselves. what do you say? >> i'm losing my mind. >> so the question is if we could do something different in front of our kids say, i lost my keys this is stressful. it's going to be okay.

we teach our girls not the beat themselves up. >> sometimes there are real stressful situations you can't wish away. how do we deal with those? >> we want to tell our teens stress is normal. it's not their fault. they're under pressure. we're here for them. we want to teach them to have gratitude. when you're in the car with them text them say, what are you grateful for right now? when you can appreciate what you have in this moment it's the best shield. >> is there a difference the way moms and dads should deal with daughters? >> datds have so much more permission tory zis being perfect, the more you can screw up in front of you kids the better for them. >> no problem on that rachel. thank you. she'll be back with more on teens tomorrow. a story about toxic social media pressure. >> yes. >> let's go to rob. hey, george. i tell check out this rare snow event.

that is same time peter's square snowball fight the roman coliseum. they are sledding and skiing down the hills that's a rare sight there. incredible cold stuff happening throughout all europe. how about your local area? here's the local forecast right now. >> reporter: thanks, rob double scan dry across the region the moisture near baltimore no worries there. temperatures in the 40s not too bad temperature-wise. later today we'll improve in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast to a high of 53 degrees. cloudy skies to start out but late-day sunshine possible. tomorrow looks great, sunny 56. some sun on wednesday 58. rain arriving during the day on thursday, some of it could be heavy.

all week long. just six days until hollywood's biggest night. this morning, chris connelly is taking a look at the nominees before they were stars. good morning, chris. >> reporter: good morning, robin. that's right. their oscar nominations put them at the peak of their profession. they had to start somewhere. in independent films or tiny roles. or high school. ♪ yearbook pics of oscars 2018 acting nominees give tantalizing glimpses of the talent within. so did these before they were stars performances. >> i wasn't expecting anyone. >> reporter: who was? allison janney made her film debut as a school librarian in the 1989 drama who shot pedda kango? >> what are you doing here? >> reporter: that's timothe rks chalamet. >> we're going to go to my room.

>> reporter: before getting whacked. >> how many broken lives i have to look at every day? >> reporter: frances mcdormand. a public defend we are an addiction issue on a 1985 "hill street blues." and "get out's" daniel kaluya. >> you had that thing. that machine. did you make this happen? >> reporter: before he became a "three billboards" cop, sam rockwell turned up in 1990s "teenage mutant ninja turtles" as head thug. >> anything you want we got it. anything you want to do do it. >> reporter: 1982 willem dafoe haed a question. >> hay lady houb about it? >> who is this beautiful young lady here? >> i'm ola mae. >> reporter: that's double nominee mary j. blige. 33 years ago, laurie metcalf

getting her big screen start with madonna in "desperately seeking susan." >> hi ya. >> gary she's taking the car keys. diary. that little sneak. what did she say about me? ♪ hello ♪ ♪ and now the end is near ♪ >> reporter: long before taking on winston churchill gary oldman played sid vicious. he sang a twisted version of "my way." ♪ and now much more than this i did it my way ♪ >> reporter: all right, guys. let's see if you can recognize a couple of oscar-anymore to nated faces from become fa the day. first, this one. a johnny winter album in her hands and a big career ahead of her. who is that? >> anybody? any guesses? >> allison janney. >> it is.

congratulations. >> all michael. nice. >> hey, chris, you can tell by how i answered the question with a question that i was really sure. >> reporter: you gotta love those '9 0s yearbook pictures. a drum major rhett in high school. has bravely marched to the beat of her own drum. he's in the middle right there. who is that? >> oh. we can't see because there's a -- there's a -- >> you gotta tell us this one, chris. >> that's frances mcdormand of "three billboards" during her days at monessen high school in pennsylvania.

good morning it is 8:27 a.m., monday, february 26. i'm tamala edwards. let's head to karen rogers starting on i-95. good morning. >> reporter: if you're on i-95 southbound heading toward center city. you're not alone. this is southbound traffic lots of company with you. 37 minute drive time, normal scram. no accident there. cow path road a new accident at tailors road in lansdale. stick to bethlehem pike. in the logan section of the city. we have an accident at belfield at wister street. stick to olney there. travel time coming coming up from deptford and turnersville, 7, 8 minute ride from the ac expressway. not too bad. >> let's go outside to meteorologist david murphy with the exclusive accuweather forecast good morning.

>> reporter: tam we're 47 degrees for philadelphia. that's the average high for this date. this afternoon we'll go higher than that. him cloud for a while and high of 53. tomorrow sunny and nice, 56. a few clouds around on wednesday, a milder high of 58. thursday a storm system arrives that brings rain during the day some of it heavy especially as we move through the afternoon and nighttime. high of 52. there could more rain early on friday before we start to dry out. 46 degrees there. for the coming weekend looks like the mid 40s saturday and sunday the union opening up at home 7:00. union fans will want to doop it up with several layers on because it will be chilly, but it's dry this weekend. >> that's it for now, back to "g.m.a." see you in 30 minutes.

♪ welcome back to "gma." and i got to say, we have a very very happy monday audience with us this morning. bringing the spirits up in here. i love it. and we are counting down to the oscars all week long. jimmy kimmel is hosting again the this year. sure to be more fun stunts. the cookie and the candy drop. one thing no one wants to see a repeat of is the best picture mixup. paula faris taked to jimmy about that moment. >> warren what did cow do? i still don't know how it happened. i'm still not clear on how the wrong envelope got into warren beatty's hands. color-coding might be a nice thing to think of. it would be funny if it happened again. >> are there any safeguards to

make sure what happened last year doesn't happen again? >> the biggest safeguard is that price waterhouse coopers will have to go out of business if they do it a second time. think they're going to be very very careful. >> yeah. so -- >> if it happens again, it's great for jimmy. >> price waterhouse coopers. what do you think about color coding? god idea? >> too confusing to me. just give them the right envelope. double-check it. that's fine. >> or put george on the case. it won't happen. we'll have paula's full interview tomorrow right here on "gma." and oscars coming up this weekend. >> yep. it's going to be great. we have great guest to bring to the table. a director writer, actor. now starring in "red sparrow" with jennifer lawrence. please welcome joel edgerton. >> how are you?

good to see you. >> how you doing? i >> right here? in the middle? >> right in the mix of things. >> we're talking oscars. you have a best picture favorite? >> i'm a real fan of "call me by my name." a very moving film. and -- my controversial statement is that i think that "mud bound "should have been one of the top. >> oh nice. >> such a beautiful film. an important film. wasn't that controversial. obviously. i didn't get yanked up into the sky or anything like that. >> dee reese did a wonderful job. >> it's great. the performances. the cinematography. it's lyrical.

>> and red sparrow, as well. >> yes. >> jennifer slaurns a russian operative. you are a cia agent. >> yes. with a heart of gold. >> with a heart of gold. >> i do i do. ind of makes him bad at his job. does that make sense? there's a lot of cia guys. they get into the fie thinking they make the world a better place. the whole world is riddled with corruption. >> i saw the movie. he makes one heck of a movie. >> thank you. >> and i was surprised -- and i hear your accent now. you mastered this american accent. i had no idea. >> who did you channel? who did you think of? >> who was i channeling? >> for your american. >> i think i suspect the reason why is some australians are good at american accents is because

all i did growing up was watching american tv. this is going to show my age. "brady bunch." "8 is enough." "gilligan's island." "happy days." a mix of gilligan with greg brady mixed with -- >> chachi. >> he was nice. >> let's hear the accent. >> i'm curious. did you want me to know you were following me or are you just real clumsy? >> you americans always think the rest of us are so interested in you, don't you? >> what made you want to become a translator? >> if i work for the government my uncle heldped me get the job. in my country, if you don't matter to the men in charge you do not matter. >> trying to get a russian

accent. not easy. >> it was like i don't think will was a single person on the movie doing their own accent. i'm sure there was a russian actor doing a latvian accent. >> your mom, michael and mary ann, are with us this morning. did you know gnat joel was going to do this from a small age? and that he would make it so big. >> now he's going to get embarrassed. >> i didn't know you were going to give her a microphone. >> she requested. >> at the age of 2 1/2. he did a play. they cast him as a sheep. he was not happy. he wanted to be the king. so the boy that was going to be the king decided to opt out of it. so joel took over. so i thought, yes, he's going to be doing this. >> you were a tough 2 1/2-year-old. >> this happens on every job. i start as an extra.

then i elbow everybody else out of the way. >> lovely to have your parents here. >> i don't know why i started sweating profusely. you hand my mom a microphone i start to perspire. >> you took a drink, i thought, uh-oh. i loved the film. it's a thriller. intrigue. has everything. you should check it out. it's "red sparrow." in theaters this friday. joel edgerton. and his parents. we'll be right back. >> thank you. >> this is how girls do it. >> meet the most powerful women in food. >> there is a tremendous amount of pressure. >> i love this! >> next rachael!

back now black panther suspects success, disney is donating to have black panther fans here. here's a look at the local live double scan, a little bit of moisture above the surface in baltimore. we have clouds and sun, 53 the high. sunny and 56 tomorrow. 58 wednesday rain on thursday. robin.all month long, we have been set brating black history. this morning, the grand finale of the special series

highlighting women. a hiddengure. one of the women who changed the world. dr. patricia bath is the inventor who revolutionized the way cataract surgery is performed. i'll havevilege of speaking with her in a moment. first, her story. the human yi is one of our most complex organs. 100 million cells working hard each day to give us the gift of sight. sometimes the eye's lens gets cloudy. creating what's known as a cataract. it makes it hard to see. >> for years, opthalmologists struggled with finding a better way to remove cataracts. friends and colleagues it's a pleasure to present the this preliminary report. >> reporter: dr. pa trish that bath is the pioneer who revolutionized how cataract surgery was per tomorrowed. >> i discovered a method to

remove the cataract with a laser beam. >> reporter: she's the first person to use a laser. she invented laser faco. >> i knew that was a groundbreaking discovery. soy heedly did file a patent for this new technology. in 1986. >> reporter: history in the making. dr. bath is the first african-american female doctor to receive a medical patent. her curiosity began as a child. and by the time she reached high school she was a national science foundation scholar. her cancer research earned her a "new york times" front page feature. >> i was in harlem. it was the tip of the civil rights era. i think that was note worthy that a black child in harlem could be doing scientific research alongside a white kid from the hamptons. >> reporter: she wept on to earn her medical degree from howard

university as she rose in the ophthalmology community, she was often the only woman and the only person of color. >> i did not allow that to faze my vision. if anything it challenged me to be not equal but better and the best. >> reporter: she became the first woman ophthalmologist at the joel stein eye institute. in 2009 her advocacy work for the blind earned her the ultimate honor. president barack obama appointed her to the commission for digital accessibility to the blind. >> it was exciting to become an incidental role model by striving for excellence. working hard. giving back to the community. >> would you please welcome, to "good morning america," dr. patricia bath.

how are you? how are you? come on over. come on over right over here. oh, sit down. oh my goodness. i love the welcome that you received coming on out like that. please tell us at a time this revolutionary technique you came up with at a time when women, minorityies in science were overlooked. how did you overcome the hurdles? >> i had a few obstacles. i had to shake it off, like taylor swift says. >> shake off the haters. shake off the haters. >> hate-eration. segregation, that's the noise. you have to ignore that. keep your eyes on the the prize. that's what dr. martin luther

king said. i focused. >> you talk about dr. king. your career really parallels pivotal moments in the civil rights movement. how did that impact you? >> you know as a medical student, as an undergraduate, i was involved in the civil rights movement. and so you know, i saw the results of the suffering from racism with health care disparities. i was determined to make a difference. i was determined to try to serve my community and harlem. >> you had offers to go all around the world. and you chose to stay here in your community. working out in california you were still working with the martin luther king hospital. >> i had dream credentials from nyu and columbia. when i was at ucla, i decided i'm going to serve the people in compton and watts, in addition to my practice at ucla. i had to do that. because -- of my formative years

during the civil rights struggle. >> and you have traveled around the world and helping people preventing blindness with your organization. tell us about that. >> well, the american institute for the prevention of blindness we championed a new concept called community ophthalmology. we wanted to prevent blindness throughout the world. because we believe that eyesight is a basic human right. it's like health care is a basic rum height in america! i said it. >> you said it. you said it. you said it my friend. >> i said it. >> we have something in common. my parents met and fell in love at howard university. my niece is a graduate of the medical school at howard which you are. they're celebrating your50 years from doing that. with something special at howard. >> i graduated in 1968. this is our 50th anniversary. i'm being honored by a named

scholarship. >> oh that's wonderful. all right. that ats terrific. and -- you also -- you did your residency at nyu. and we have some people from nyu. a young woman who wants to ask you a question. >> thank you so much for being here. your career is full of so many firsts. from your time as a resident to your time on faculty at ucla. how did you remain open to pursuing the roles? >> to connect with what robin said, you know coming from family, my father emigrated from trinidad. my mother came from the south. they had high expectations. only 100%. only as. they wanted me to absolutely be the best. and so i had to use my life and you know, reward them by hard

work. >> and how did you -- you're so optimistic. i believe that optimism is so important. when you see these young residents. knowing what you went through, how did you bypass those hurdles? >> i want to pass the torch to young girls and have them do s.t.e.m. the residents, choose ophthalmology. i want them to avoid the financial hardships i had by sponsoring the the patricia bath go fund me scholarship at howard. >> do you all have something to give dr. bath? >> we have a gift for you. >> oh. >> thank you.

we're back now, "gma's" food boost. sponsored by quaker oat. i'm here with our pal, "the chew's" carla hall. thank you for being here. >> great to >> we have two teams. needing the know who knows their food facts best. before we get started. i want to ask a question. the importance of american heart month and why raising awareness is key to a healthy lifestyle. >> heart disease is the leading cause of death in the u.s. with men and women. >> but we know this. >> but it's preventable. exercise. healthy diet. getting those checkups. the awareness is so important. >> games are fun and serious. but there's the -- a method to the madness. our two teams. we'll ask a question. whoever hits the buzzer first

gets to answer. carla will let us know. if your team gets it right you get a point. if you get it wrong, the other team gets the point. there's a something at the end. >> a little something at the end. >> number one, are you ready? step up to the buzzer. this salad item contains potassium and magnesium. cucumbers, tomatoes or spinach. >> spinach? >> oh i guess she goes first. and the answer is --? the answer is spinach. um -- this salad item con taints potassium and magnesium that works to lower blood pressure. >> we just did that. >> i wanted to tell them why it was spinach. >> oh. i just said that in the question. >> you did? whatever. sorry. okay, moving on. we're serious and still having fun. all right. you guys.

true or false. eating dark chocolate is not beneficial for your heart. >> false. >> that's exactly right. >> you got to point. we got two over here. >> it's false. it's false. >> so eating dark chocolate. a little bit. >> a little bit. >> final question. here we go. true or false. oats contain a fish that may reduce the risk of heart disease. >> true. >> did she go first? >> i don't know. >> this game needs a little work. >> it's true. it has three grams of soluble fiber. >> nice work. gotta say. she was correct. the winning team is going home with gift cards to buy all your favorite heart healthy foods, guys. we have gift cards for you.

hugs for you. thank you all so much. carla, thank you. >> this was fun. >> by next week weal have it down pat. >> or not. >> you can see "the chew" at 1:00 p.m. eastern on abc. don't go anywhere. remember, spinach is good for you.

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energy right there. >> have great monday, everybody. >> gobltion, 9 ever are are are are gobltion 957 utility at the time at the time. the jth ever le we have a slow go now on the vine. we have an accident early this morning on i-95. not the case now but we're jammed southbound traffic heading toward center city. a good 31 minute delay heading

between woodhaven and the vine on i-95 southbound. kelly drive inbound at strawberry mansion drive an accident restricting traffic traffic particularly slow there tam. >> thank you karen. now let's go outside to david murphy is the sun peeking out anywhere yet? >> reporter: maybe patches here and there but clouds credit. we're starting out cool, 45 in allentown. the breeze is picking up a bit. clouds give way to sun in most neighborhoods, high of 53. a little better than the weekend. tuesday, sunny and beautiful 56. wednesday, sun 58. then on thursday, rain arrives some of it could be heavy during the day and at night. 52 is the high there. the storm probably pulls away on friday but not until we get kind of a wet morning on friday, a cooler high of 46. mid 40s for the weekend but dry. >> thank you, david. coming up on "action news" at noon a double shooting leaves two people dead in montgomery

county we'll have the latest on the search for the killer in norristown. right now it's time for "live with kelly and ryan." i'm tamala edwards, we hope you have a great monday, keep up to date with 6abc.com where we're always updating our stories.

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