this process, gio, that you did... -giovanni: i like it. -lemonis: ...was better.he staff. -giovanni: yeah. lemonis: so they understand it now, and you actually let lisa make the decision. -lisa: yes. -giovanni: i learned my lesson. lemonis: i love working with you guys. -lisa: [ chuckles ] -lemonis: thanks, lisa. ♪ things are going great at bentley's, and the schaumburg store is now open. wow. holy cow. after i visited schaumburg, lisa got the store open in 5 days. this store looks ridiculous. lisa: i'm pretty excited about it. lemonis: oh, my god. giovanni: it was 2 years in the making. lemonis: now that we have a process in place, once construction is complete, the stores will open in no more than 7 days. is this the new royal animal stuff? lisa: yes. just in time for the winter. lemonis: the new royal animal products are on the shelf, and with a 65 percent margin, this is going to help us raise our overall margin. what i like is that you put all the high-margin product right up front. it looks unbelievable. sike! [ laughter ] but, most of all, i'm noticing a hu

>> gio benitez leading us off. gio, thank you. let's get right to ginger zee tonight, tracking this major storm right off the coast. and the track of this thing, you were telling us jinger, will mean everything here. >> reporter: every mile counts as to how much snow is going to fall and how windy it is going to get. travel will be impacted along the east coast. that winter storm warning, you don't see this afternoon, from florida to knacks head, north carolina. you could see a tenth of an inch of ice there, up to three inches of snow and it all gets going overnight tonight through tomorrow morning. that's drive-time, 7:00 a.m. in southeast georgia, north florida, going to be a mess. tomorrow afternoon, from charleston, up through eastern north carolina, some heavier snow totals along that bpink line. that's the freezing line. it will clip through mid-atlantic, new york through eastern long island is where we pick up the boston and maine. you can see the heavy snow totals. if you can believe it or not, david, even colder air than

>> gio benitez leading us off. gio, thank you. so, let's get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee tonight, tracking this major storm right off the coast. and the track of this thing, you were telling us, ginger, will mean everything here. >> reporter: every mile counts with this one, david, as to how much snow is going to fall, and how windy it is going to get. travel will be impacted along the east coast. let me take you to the maps, because that winter storm warning, you don't see this often, from perry, florida, to nags head, north carolina, means that you could see up to a tenth of an inch of ice there, up to three inches of snow, and it all gets going overnight tonight through tomorrow morning. that's drive-time, 7:00 a.m. in southeast georgia, north "nightline," going to be" florie a mess. tomorrow afternoon, from charleston, up through eastern north carolina, some heavier snow totals along that pink line. that's the freezing line there. and then it will kind of clip through mid-atlantic, new york through eastern long isl

man: gio! i like how you're taking direction and giving everybody direction and solving problems. it's the most i've seen you lead since i've known you. -i mean that in a nice way. -giovanni: no, thank you. lemonis: like, i feel like i'm watching you like a field general. giovanni: and i am that, and i know i can be. lemonis: okay, let's keep going. ♪ lemonis: so, i wanted to kind of get out and talk to people and find out, "okay, how many people have ever heard of bentley's? do you know where it's at? do you know what we stand for?" it's kind of getting an understanding of market research, right? ♪ this is a nice park. lisa: this is a very nice park. giovanni: okay, go get your owners. giovanni: this is shay, the manager. anything you ever need... lemonis: uh-oh, okay. this is lisa and giovanni. lisa: hi, nice to meet you. lemonis: they're the owners. -where do you buy your food at? -woman: petsmart. lemonis: is it because of price that you go there? woman: we get a purina special blend. he's

>> gio benitez. and we'll stay on this flu. >>> in the meantime, we turn next tonight to the outrage after a teacher was arrested at a school board meeting for questioning the superintendent's raise while teachers were not getting one. a marshal insisting the teacher leave the room, handcuffing her in the hall before she was then booked in the city jail. tonight, that teacher now speaking out for the first time, and here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: what's about to happen to this middle school teacher has people across the world upset and calling in threats to this school board. deyshia hargrave was simply speaking her mind in abbeville, louisiana, monday night, frustrated that they were giving this man, the superintendent, a nearly $30,000 raise, while handing out nothing extra to teachers. >> a superintendent or any person in a position of leadership getting any type of raise, i feel like it's a slap in the face to all the teachers, cafeteria workers. >> reporter: but the board was only try

gio, thank you. the mix of freezing rain and snow will make it very difficult for that come mute in the morning. let's get right to ginger zee, tracking it again tonight for us. >> reporter: believe it or not, david, schools closing again for places around houston, lsu is closed tomorrow, and you can see why, right along i-10 there, the gulf through harrisburg, pennsylvania, snowing now. the winter weather advisories stretch from florida to virginia to new hampshire. i chuckle because it's so deep south that this snow is hitting again. if a place like mobile gets their second snow of the season, measurable, they haven't done that but once in recorded history. it's a big deal. and the east coast, interior could see six-plus inches. and the cold, it settles in. subzero wind exits for alabama. >> ginger, thank you. >>> now to news coming in about the president's health. his doctor, before the cameras late today. the president's health, his weight, his diet and the cognitive test president trump asked fo

gio bonita's has the details on this. io: 19-year-old ivy league student blaise bernstein, suddenly missing while home for winter break. >> he left our house that night with no wallet, no money, no identification, no credit card, no keys. this is someone that needs to wear eyeglasses. gio: it was late tuesday night when police say he was chatting with a friend on snapchat, leaving his house without his parents knowing, the friend going investigators they went to break apart, but when the friend went to use the bathroom, blaze walked off, his parents trying to understand what happened. >> he didn't respond to phone calls. we saw he wasn't in the it took a while for us to realize that he left the night before. gio: police searching by ground and with helicopters, no sign of the university of pennsylvania premed student. clothing, wef him, are hoping he is just incapacitated and in need of medical assistance. his parents, even turning to private drone operators, hoping they can cover more ground. >> you do want to get up in

>> gio benitez with us tonight. thanks, gio. >>> next this evening to major new fallout today after the sentences of former gymnastics team doctor, larry nassar. the entire board of usa gymnastics announcing they will resign, and nearly 20 victims were in one room with our elizabeth rar g elizabeth vargas. what they are now demanding. >>> reporter: they call themselves sister survivors. more than 150 accusers telling their stories and putting larry nassar in prison for the rest of his life. >> do you think that larry nassar got what he deserved? >> yes. >> reporter: i sat down with 19 of nassar's accusers, all of them telling me that more needs to be done. show of hands, how many of you think justice still needs to be done? to who? >> usa gymnastics. >> usa gymnastics? they have already stripped the karolyi ranch of any status as a training center. is that enough? >> they should have done that a long time ago. >> reporter: authorities in texas tell abc there is now an investigation of the karolyi ranch run by husban

gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> looks brutally cold out there, and with the huge storm heading to the eastern seaboard, airlines are already making it easy to change travel plans. >> the details vary depending on which airline you're taking. some allow cancellations without penalties, others just changes. go to their website for more information. >> paul is earning his keep. >> good morning, erielle. a real concern of pipes bursting in the deep south. a stronger low is on the way, and it's going to set up perfect for a major storm setup. we'll have fresh arctic outbreak behind it. snow's going to spread from the south to the north and possibly blizzard conditions kick in. winds at 35-70 miles per hour. whiteouts, difficulties with travel if not impossible in some areas. then brutal cold behind it, dropping the real feel to 30 below or worse in some areas. kendis, erielle? >>> turning overseas to unrest across iran. violent anti-government protests are now entering a seventh day. more than 20 demonstrators have died and hundreds have been arrested. crowds are outraged over soaring

gio benitez: investigators are looking for clues on what caused the accident. i read was on vacation with her husband bruce and three sons, william, zachary, matthew. the close family loved to travel the world together. >> the only comfort from talking with our friends is that they will -- they were all together, and they will be together forever. to a witness, the plane was in the air for about one minute after take off before it nosedive. hannah was one of the victims, a sophomore at columbia university, traveling with her parents and her 16-year-old brother. her friends telling us she will be greatly missed. >> not having her in our lives, it is just unfathomable. gio: 33-year-old amanda -- was in her first year as a vacation travel leader for backwards. her family said she lived her life with no regrets. a small plane crashing minutes after takeoff on new year's eve. the cost -- the cause still a mystery. abc news is learning the aircraft was operated by the local airline nature air and was similar in size to this one, the largest carrier in costa rica. it

okay, gio, you take care. thank you.ll track the storm, of course, all morning long but let's go over to george in we'll get more on that bombshell book rocking the white house called "fire and fury: inside the trump white house" by michael wolff. we'll get a reaction from the man who was white house communications director for about 11 days, anthony scaramucci. >> great to be here, thanks. >> thanks for coming in. i know you haven't read the book. you've read the reports. what's your reaction. >> listen, it's a tough book. it's unclear what is true, honestly, and what isn't true because, unfortunately, a was happening in our society as people are saying things, it gets printed and goes into a book like that or go on a website that's a tawdry website so it's unclear to me what's true and what isn't true. >> it's pretty well sourced and know he spoke to dozens of people. he says he did. he has tapes, he says, of his talks with steve bannon and others, at least 12 visits to the white house is there 'talk about the stuff i

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>> all right, gio, thank you. >>> overseas tonight, the u.s.ow confirming that americans were among the victims of that hotel attack in kabul, afghanistan. six militants storming the intercontinental hotel on saturday, targeting foreigners. the siege lasting 12 hours. the taliban later taking credit. guests tying bed sheets together to escape off balconies. at least 18 people reportedly killed. those americans now among them. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this tuesday. the fiery pileup on an american highway. one person killed. the chain reaction crash. traffic backed up for miles. the pictures coming in right now. >>> also, the deadly flu tonight. the 6-year-old girl dying after paramedics came to the home. she wasn't taken to the hospital. and now, the warning. >>> and the major announcement about neil diamond and his health. the very personal struggle now revealed. we'll have that and more. kelly! we're out of body wash! what aou doing?? i thought you had a cold?? i don't need all this. mucinex fast-max is powerf

here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, a massive show of strength in southern california as family and friends of blaze bernstein say farewell to the 19-year-old ivy league student. this, as we get a first-hand look at the suspect in his killing, 20-year-old samuel woodward, his high school classmate. >> after accessing blaze's social media account on snapchat, they contacted the individual who had last had contact with him. >> reporter: that person was woodward, who, according to a now-sealed affidavit obtained by "the oc register," woodward told police he picked up the upenn premed student at his parents' home, to "catch up" and "hang out," but that he had "scratches" on his hands which he claimed were from a fight club. bernstein, seen here in high school, was found in a shallow grave nearly a week after his parents reported him missing. police haven't yet revealed a motive, but there are disturbing social media posts allegedly made by woodward where he writes where he'd like to learn how to waterboard and that cannibals "have got the right idea." tonight, blaze bernstein

>> gio benitez, our thanks to you. >>> one more weather note tonight. after those deadly mudslides in montecito, california, there is concern tonight over rain on the way by friday. at least 20 dead, several missing. authorities say most homes are still without drinkable water. highway 101 still closed tonight. today, the white house releasing its first statement on the devastation, saying the president has been briefed and is monitoring the situation. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this monday. we will honor dr. martin luther king jr. what he said just four days before his life was taken. >>> also, the famous singer found dead today in a hotel. what we're learning about that tonight. >>> olympic gymnast simone biles. her brave words late today. what she has just revealed. >>> also, the dramatic floor collapse caught on camera. look at this. giving way. dozens actually injured after this collapse. >>> and the remarkable image, the car going airborne, slamming into the second story of this building. police now revealing how th

here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, the flu moving fast.g the young and strong. 10-year-old nico mallozi from kk connecticut, gearing up for a travel hockey tournament hundreds of miles from home when his mother took him to a local e.r. he tested positive for the flu and was released. but before he made it back home, nico grew sicker and was rushed to another hospital, where he later died from pneumonia and sepsis. >> nico was a very lively, vibrant, spirited kid. >> reporter: nico's story painfully similar to that of katie oxley thomas, a 40-year-old marathon runner, who died of similar complications. she went to an e.r. with worsening flu symptoms and tied 15 hours later. >> sometimes things happen and it could be because somebody has an addition allen can that we weren't aware of. if you start vomiting if you are a developing very high fevers, if you are not able to keep down any food or drink, if you become lightheaded while you're standing. >> reporter: doctors using rapid tests at urgent care centers like this one, getting results in

abc's gio benitez is at mt. sinai hospital here in new york.in, good morning to you. we are inside the pediatric er at mt. sinai. they are very concerned about how this flu affects the most vulnerable, the children. but in all age groups in the entire er department they're seeing more than 20 patients per day coming in with the flu. that's a big number. it's just this hospital, but we're seeing it mirrored across the country. now, at issue right now there is a very dangerous strain of the flu going around. the cdc says it's the h3n2. it makes people very sick very quickly. it's harder to treat for sure and two years ago, when we saw the same strain, we saw about 40 million people get sick, about a million people, nearly a million people, went to the hospital because of it, and i want to show you this because here at this hospital for very sick patients who are already hospitalized here, what they're doing is that they're doing a dna test and it's going to find out exactly what strain you have, just in about an hour. it's called a nose dna test

gio: the cdc says this year's dominant strain is known to be especially dangerous, making his victims much sicker much more quickly than other types of flu. >> historically, it has been associated with a higher incidence of mortality, both in the elderly population and the very young population. >> some public health officials fear this is just the beginning. california already hit especially hard with 124 deaths across san diego and los angeles counties alone. here, there is a little bit of unpredictability to flu activity. gio: we are here in new york and one of the things they are doing here for very sick patients already admitted to the hospital is they may want to do a dna test to see what kind of flu they have. this is one of those dna tests. it will tell them what they have in just about one hour. a press kit and treatment at the university of maryland medical center has just been approved by the fda. doctors say the machine will lower the amount of radiation treatments patients need to receive, making treatment safer and possibly cheaper. >> treatments will be delivered in one

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now, this flood warning here is in effect through tonight, michael. >> all right, thank you, gio.e're looking at each other like that's connecticut? don't underestimate this storm. i think that's the big message. >> it is powerful. >>> to washington where the government is back open after a three-day shutdown. overnight, president trump claimed victory in the showdown as he signed a bill to fund the government for another three weeks. but the parties remain far apart on the key issue of immigration and the d.r.e.a.m.ers and mary bruce on capitol hill with the latest. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. well, the government is back open for just another three weeks. but the sticking points at the heart of this debate are still not resolved. they still don't have a plan to protect d.r.e.a.m.ers. and with the clock ticking, we could be right back where this started in just 17 days. this morning, the shutdown is officially over but the fight continues. >> opening the government was one step. but the real work, i think, comes now. >> and we got the process started, a

gio benitez has more. >> reporter: relentless blivd conditions pummeling western new york, a stretchte 90 near buffalo shut down after this massive chain reaction crash. >> miles of traffic. miles. >> reporter: more than 20 vehicles directly involved. at least one killed and nanothe person seriously injured. visibility near zero. >> you couldn't see a gosh darn thing in front of you. >> reporter: with much of the country in a deep freeze, many schools canceling classes all together. >> the majority of them walk to school and they are not prepared for this kind of weather. >> reporter: it has waterlines bursting from massachusetts to missouri, coating cars in ice. in baltimore, streets turning into ice rinks, the cold dipping so far south, roads dangerously slick, even in houston. in chicago, crews lighting fires to keep rail switches from freezing. in new york, firefight battling an apartment fire and 13 degree temperatures in the bronx. >> we open the door in the hallway, the whole hallway was black smoke. >> reporter: more than 20 injured. the firefight leaving behind a thick coati

i'm gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> 515, it's been almost a year since president trump took office and in the bay area a monthly meeting for women formed in response to his presidency and it's still going strong. >> and that group finding more motivation after the display of solidarity at the golden globes. this he meet regularly at the social study in san francisco. they believe that their gatherings called that's what she said paid a small yet significant part in the me too movement. >> you feel the paradigm shifting in our room every month and to watch that happen on a national scale is very profound. >> the gathering is all about women, no men allowed and they say it is a safe space where women can find support and inspirati inspiration. as far as topics, anything goes. their mission is to make sure that this current display of empowerment is more than just a moment but the start of fundamental change. >>> a cannabis sanctuary state proposal is in the works in california. >> reggie jones sawyer wrote the cannabis industry and medicine safety act. he says the sanctuary state pro

here's abc news reporter gio benitez. >> reporter: from celebrities to famous companies to high-profile political figures. in the world of social media, it's a simple equation. the more followers you have the more influence you have. but there can be more to some of those loyal followers than meets the eye. some are completely made up. one study finding that 29 million to 48 million of twitter's reported active users are automated accounts. twitter claims the number is much lower, but according to a "new york times" investigation others actually are real people whose profiles have been stolen by anonymous bot-makers used to create a whole new account and resold as counterfeit coins in the booming economy of online influence. >> some people buy fake mond followers. >> reporter: they promise to accelerate your social growth by selling followers. among its 200,000 customers, reality tv stars, athletes and models. pennies for each follower. the company providing its clients with more than 200 million followers, but 3.5 million are fake accounts, with some taken from seemingly real people. >

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abc's gio benitez is in east haddam, connecticut, where they're facing flooding warning.t's going on? >> reporter: hey, michael. good morning to you. listen, this is just not what we're used to seeing in connecticut. okay, in fact, lifelong residents say they've never seen anything like this. i want you to look right now at our live drone cam because what i want you to see, this just goes on for miles and miles. it just goes on for six miles, in fact, all the way into another town. that's just how far it guess and i just want to take that drone up a little bit so you can see how far this goes down. this is the connecticut river and right now it just looks much more like the arctic. i want you to take a look at this video right now because here's what's such a danger. these ice jams are just so intense that the water actually started flowing backwards at one point in some parts flooding some areas on the way back and i want you to take a look at another piece of video, okay. because here in connecticut, the coast guard has been sending out ice cutters, but you can just see

gio benitez is here and, gio, blaze was supposed to be in school this morning. >> university of pennsylvaniand was supposed to fly back sunday, go to class today but instead he's missing and right before his disappearance he was chatting with his friend on snapchat which does not save any messages. now his parents are hoping someone can find him. this morning, mystery in southern california. 19-year-old ivy league student blaze bernstein suddenly missing while home for winter break. >> he left our house that night with no wallet, no money, no identification, no credit cards, no keys, no eyeglasses. this is someone that needs to wear eyeglasses. >> reporter: it was late tuesday night when police say blaze was chatting with a friend on snapchat. leaving his thought without his telling investigators they went to borrego park near anaheim but when the friend went to use the bathroom at around 11:30 p.m. blaze had walked off. his parents desperately trying to understand what happened. >> didn't respond to phone calls. and saw that he wasn't in the room. so it took a while for us to realize that h

our gio benitez. on long island. >> more than a foot of snow falling here in parts of long island. and take a look here with our drone cam, there's just so much snow. and with these sub-zero wind chills, it's not melting anytime soon. >> reporter: overnight fire and ice in newark, new jersey. driven by high winds. >> that fire quickly spread to the 2 buildings to the left of the original fire building and also across the street. >> reporter: at least two firefighters injured. the storm taking at least eight lives including a 13-year-old girl killed by carbon monoxide poisoning at this apartment building in perth amboy. >> eva from massachusetts. we can see all of that ice there behind you from the harbor. the wind howling tonight and now the concern over these plummeting temperatures. >> reporter: david the winds have been howling and the gusts are 40 miles an hour happening all day long. this wind is bringing in the cold. this is the 11th straight day of below freezing temperatures. tonight it will feel like 25 degrees below zero. this is frigid. and in temperatures like this, you

and gio the trussell trust hundreds of thousands of children have nothing but food banks to feed them in austerity britain between april and september six hundred thousand three day emergency food supplies had to be given out to stave off hunger so what about the usa a country whose new liberal policies have long been revered by u.k. politicians we sent senior producer pete bennett to speak with the cost and crew of a film hotly tipped for the oscars the florida project this friday in britain the film follows underclass survival in the shadow of multinational media corp the walt disney company. co-written entire. it's a by sean baker the florida project follows the misadventures of three kids living on the highway to the most magical place on earth disney will florida star an oscar nominated legend willem dafoe and the cost of first time says the story is set in the budget motel now mostly home to america's hidden homeless i spoke to brave unlike say he was discovered through social media about her character haiti's experience of poverty motherhood and separate commendation hayley as