to the outside turns it up, goes to the goal and scores. >> the washington capitals alex ovechkin giveseaning to hats off. >> ovechkin to the slot. he scores. alex ovechkin. >> he's part of an elite club of players with over 800 career goals and his pursuit. >> how's that for 801? >> dubbed the great chase is in arms reach as he looks to top hockey great wayne gretzky's 894 goals. >> i try to not think about it and try to focus on my game, but obviously when you're on the ice, you concentrate on the certain moments. >> now he wants to make those game changing moments life-saving ones as well. >> ovechkin fires and scores. >> teaming up with the capitals. hockey fights cancer and the v foundation for cancer research to launch the great chase for victory over cancer. >> alexander ovechkin. >> through partnership, which raises money for pediatric research. alex will monetarily match every goal he makes from now until the end of his career. >> and he scores. alexander ovechkin, so. >> his 885th goal turned into $885. and on and on it goes as he chases the record, which will be matched by mo

washington capitals star alex ovechkin is only 11 gos away from breaking the all time goal scoring record the great one, wayne gretzky, but his pursuit for greatness stretches far beyond the ice, starting tomorrow night. ovechkin will be donating money for every goal scored during the remainder of his career. the money will go towards a partnership aimed at funding pediatric cancer research. the initiative is called the great, the great chase for victory over cancer. it's a joint effort between ovechkin, the capitals hockey fights cancer and the v foundation for cancer research, a push that ovechkin says makes breaking the record so much sweeter. >> i want people to remember me as a very nice person. i tried to do my best and like i said, i was very lucky to be able to do not by myself with the all the players who i played with and the whole organization. >> well, ovechkin's donations will be matched by monumental sports and entertainment, and fans can also support the donations and honor as he catches the great one. good for him. that's terrific. i think it's 894 career regular season go

. >> whit: our "gma" cover story, the gr8 chase and alex ovechkin pursuing a big goal and turning itss the country. maybe even from right where you live, coming together to take over morning tv. it's the epic live event that's sweeter than a samoa. or if you prefer, thin mints. this is going to be sweet. tv history wednesday on good morning america. >> karen reed facing a retrial for killing her boyfriend, the director of the new documentary speaks out. >> do you seven mornings. >> good morning, i'm stephanie sierra. we're following new developments involving two women accused in a dog kicking incident in pittsburgh. they were arrested late last week in oakland and are being charged with animal cruelty. video shows two women confronting a neighbor and the three getting into an argument. police say the woman pulled a fake gun, causing the homeowner to pick up one of the dogs. then one of the women kicked the other dog, sending the pet airborne. the national women's soccer league says it has opened an investigation of jfk's coaching staff. according to the chronicle, two former players

meanwhile, alex ovechkin inching closer to the great one's all time goal record. the capitals legend scoring here in the third on the power play to tie the game. ovechkin now has 885 goals in his career. he now needs ten goals in 18 games to break gretzky's record this season. the capitals they went on to beat the rangers, three two, in overtime. finally, a great one in the sec last night. ole miss's jamon brakefield is going to get the put back to go here to put the rebels up two with seven seconds left. tennessee then trying to tie it, but igor milicic misses at the buzzer. ole miss pulls off the huge upset, beating fourth ranked tennessee 7876. now the pa announcer was imploring the fans to not rush the court, but some students still did before. more eventually joined. now he was trying to get them not to rush because it is a. huge fine in the sec for rushing the court or field. and ole miss already was fined $350,000 for storming the field after they beat georgia back in november. sarah, if this is deemed to be a third offense, it could cost the school a half

we can watch alex ovechkin, john chase history, just 11 goals shy of breaking wayne gretzky's nhl all time goal record. he has 21 games left to do it. that's one of the most impressive marks in all of sports, and we just may see this season someone take it down. >> i think lebron james and ovechkin should do like a buddy film together or sing a duet in honor of these records. all right. coy wire, great to see you. thank you very much, kate. >> is it settled in the nba? who the goat is? >> it's michael jordan. it's been settled for a long time now. >> but lebron has apparently now passed. how many points michael jordan ever scored. >> doesn't matter. >> i feel like i should not be courageous enough to even weigh in on this, because i'm just going. it's going to be dangerous anyway. coming up, the cdc is now on the ground in west texas as the measles outbreak there continues to get worse. we have an update for you, and there are new details also on the capture of a terror suspect wanted in the suicide bombing that killed 13 u.s. service members during the withdrawal from afghanistan. >>

. >> capitals legend alex ovechkin is just 11. >> goals away. >> from breaking it.e's got 22 games to do it in the regular season. his caps lost 3 to 1 to the tampa bay lightning, but the 39 year old is still inching ever closer to that record, despite ovi missing 16 games this season due to a broken leg. president donald trump posted on truth social that he will be issuing a complete pardon of pete rose, the late baseball legend, for betting on his own team, which ended his budding managerial career when he was banned from the sport in 1989, making him ineligible for the baseball hall of fame. rose denied the gambling allegations for years until 2004, when he wrote in his autobiography that he turned to betting as a way to recapture the high that he got from winning batting titles in world series. rose became one of the greatest players ever. over a 24 season career. he died last september at the age of 83. are you ready for march madness? madison square garden last night new york saint john's winning the big east title outright for the first time since 1985. they

and finally, let's go to the ice at madison square garden, visiting washington capitals star alex ovechkinoals record, scoring his 885th of his career midway through the third period of last night's 3 to 2 overtime win against the new york rangers. hate to see the rangers lose, though. ovechkin is now just nine away from tying the all time mark. and with that, we now go to the weather with meteorologist andy lassman standing by with the forecast. andy, what have you got today? >> hi there ali. good morning to you. >> i've got some good news and i've got some bad news. kind of. >> a mixed bag here, especially considering we've. >> had multiple days of kind of active weather across much of the country. today we're going to see this. >> kind of. >> lasting, this last ditch effort for this storm. >> system that we've been tracking for. the last couple of days. >> that's on. >> its way out, but we've got some lingering snow showers and rain. showers out west. >> we've got. a couple. >> of storm systems, too. so here's the deal with that northeast system. it moves out, takes most of the rain. >>

washington capitals star alex ovechkin is also close to breaking wayne gretzky's nhl all time goal record, but he was denied a chance at getting closer last night. ottawa goalie linus ullmark stretching out like spandex on a sperm whale for that one golden opportunity, robbed ovi remains 11 goals shy of breaking the record after a54 win over the senators. he's got 21 games to do it. we can watch him chase history again tomorrow night on our sister channel tnt, or streaming on max. capitals at rangers at 730 eastern. the maple leafs at vegas at ten. he's 39 years old. he's got tied for the fifth most goals this season of all players. and this is despite missing 16 games with a broken leg. there is tough. and then there is hockey tough. >> i'm sorry my brain turned off after you said spandex on a sperm whale. >> what happened just now? >> good morning. >> good morning everyone. i love you. thank you so much. >> love you too, girl. >> oh, my goodness, he's so funny. he's so good. coming up for us, we have new reporting about how democrats plan to respond to president trump's big speech tonig