. >> reporter: good morning, janai. yes, vice president kamala harris has just a few minutes ago given a speech in munich where she announced for the first time the u.s. does consider russia committed crimes against humanity in ukraine and this is as russia is pushing thousands of troops forward in eastern ukraine where there's now the bloodiest fighting of the war. this morning, vice president kamala harris taking to the world stage at the munich security conference. for the first time declaring the u.s. has determined russia has committed crimes against humanity in ukraine. >> we have examined the evidence. we know the legal standards, and there is no doubt these are crimes against humanity. >> reporter: while the u.s. had already formally determined russia had committed war crimes in ukraine, crimes against humanity is a different category under international law, the u.n. saying they are crimes under international law. the announcement coming as russia is kicking off a major new offensive in eastern ukraine. russian

janai?just another example of gun violence in this country. phil, thank you. >>> turning now to the faa, which is investigating a near-miss in texas when one plane was landing and another was cleared for takeoff on the same runway. abc's zohreen shah has what we know this morning. zohreen, a scary incident. >> reporter: good morning, janai. that's right. this was a very scary near-miss. a fedex cargo plane and southwest plane came within mere feet of each other at the international airport in texas. just before 7:00 a.m. local time yesterday, just minutes before the cargo carrier landed, a controller cleared a southwest 737 passenger plane to depart from the same runway. the two planes came within feet of each other when the fedex plane was forced to pull up as it flew right over that southwest aircraft. experts say there was low visibility in the cargo's plane approach and says controllers are subject to mistakes, but there's a lot to uncover here including the rules of the tower controller

janai. >> but a potential threat nonetheless.ou so much. >>> we turn to the latest on those classified documents. the fbi searching former vice president mike pence's home. abc's em nguyen joins us now from washington with the new disclosure from former president trump's team. em, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, janai. yeah, the discovery, this new discovery of classified material at mar-a-lago comes after multiple searches of the estate last year by both trump's legal team and federal agents. now, investigators on this case, some of them signaling mounting frustration at the former president. this morning, more material marked classified at a former president trump's mar-a-lago home turned over to federal investigators. sources say trump's legal team was searching through additional boxes in mid-january amid the justice department's ongoing efforts to verify the former president no longer has any classified records in his possession. abc news learning trump's team then provided agents an additional folder with cl

good morning, janai.ying to prevent the mess that was 2022.nd and now they're trying to cater to that. that means customers need to figure out their plans as soon as possible for the best price. this morning, airlines across the country are under growing pressure to meet demand after a year of intense travel woes. now several airlines announcing they're expanding their routes and schedules ahead of what is expected to be a packed summer in the air. >> i think what you are seeing is that airlines are finally really ramping up capacity to meet what's been a resurgent spike in travel demand. >> reporter: united airlines and air canada teaming up to add more than 260 combined transporter flights this summer. frontier offering the first nonstop flights between denver and jamaica, and avelo offering two new routes on the east coast with one-way trips starting at $49. what does this mean for customers? >> the number one determinant of how many cheap flights you see is how much competition there is between airlin

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janai? >> a real concern, maryalice.hank you. >>> for more analysis now, let's turn to martha raddatz who will be hosting "this week" later on this morning. she spoke with secretary of state blinken right after that high-stakes meeting. let's take a look. >> wang yi has said of the chinese spy balloon the whole shootdown incident, it was absurd and hysterical and said cold war mentality is back. is that the message you got from him? >> i don't want to characterize what he said to me, martha, but i think here in munich, we know we're not the only ones on the receiving end of the chinese spy balloons. more than 40 countries have had these balloons go over their territory, and this goes back some years, and i think countries are -- i was going to say pleased, but pleased is the wrong word. they appreciate the fact that we've exposed it. >> all right. martha, i mean the secretary of state there trying to put a positive spin on it, that it has been exposed now, but the fact of the matter is the u.s. really can't do anything t

eva and janai with our competitors. eva, who you with?there we go. >> and, janai, who is your competitor? >> we are village square pizza over here. ready to resultle. [ applause ] >> all right, we're kicking things off. here with the tough but tasty task our fantastic judges first we have wabc anchor shirleen allicot, welcome and we have don darryl rivera who stars at iago in disney's "aladdin" on broadway and also chef and cookbook author jason goldstein, a regular on "gma." good to see you as well and chat with everybody coming up in just a bit but shirlene, what do you need for the perfect slice? your thoughts? >> you know i'm a pizza purist but it starts with the foundation of good crust. got to have a good crust. >> and build it from the ground up. i like that the foundation. so we'll get more on the competitors in a bit. let's take a look at this. ♪ >> reporter: the big apple, also home to some big pizza and we've got two pie giants facing off. home slice james kwan is elevating pizza at village square using a special family recipe

janai? >> incredible reporting there, marcus. the miracles, that 10-year-old girl after 147 hours, hoping for many more of those. marcus, thank you so much. >>> staying overseas now, but turning now to the latest russian offensive in the war against ukraine, the russians claiming massive success as they step up their winter assault on key cities in the eastern part of the country. tom soufi burridge is live in lviv, ukraine with more. tom, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, janai. russia escalating its offensive in eastern ukraine, and the uk ministry of defense saying it's likely the last two weeks have been the deadliest for russian forces since the early days of the war. this video claiming it shows a column of destroyed russian tanks. it's noteworthy that prominent russian military bloggers have admitted there was a failed russian advance in that area in the past few days, but western officials saying russia is making tactical gains in certain points of the front line. one of ukraine's most senior commanders telling me

good morning, janai. this report made very clear that inflation is still too high. news sent the dow, the s&p 500, and the nasdaq tumbling to end the week as the federal reserve here is now under even more pressure to bring down the prices that we pay. so the fed's preferred index for inflation rose 5.4% in january from a year ago. that was more than expected, and even when you take out rising food and energy prices, it accelerated 4.7% after cooling for several months. now, the reason why this report is so closely watched is because it reflects americans' spending as they're facing these higher day-to-day costs, and it shows that consumers are resilient buying products like cars, appliances and tvs even as price tags have gone up. the problem, janai, the fed is actually trying to slow down spending and trying to do the opposite of that in order to cool off high prices. >> so when they meet next month it means they'll have to be more aggressive. >> reporter: right, so the federal reserve is now likely going to have to take a more aggressive stance as it tries to tac

here's abc's janai norman. >> without further ado, i give you the visionary artist magic mike. >> supeporter: it's "magic mike" like you've never seen. >> let's go. >> reporter: channing tatum now body to body with salma hayek, his new leading lady. the actor reprising his starring role in "magic mike's lance dance." >> we didn't have any intention for these movies to be what they became. i wanted to tell a little small story about a tiny experience of my life. >> reporter: it's been a cultural phenomenon for years. >> he's the hottest guy i've ever seen in my life, whoo! >> reporter: from films to live shows. channing tatum at the center of the hype. now in the third and final "magic mike" movie, hayek finds tatum's character bartending after his last business deal went bust. >> do you like bar tending? >> it's noel ra what i do. >> what is it that you really do? >> reporter: hayek, who plays a wealthy socialite, whisks tatum away to london to put on a larger-than-life show, building a new roster of male dancers. >> who here, by show of hands, has stood in front of 1,000 women and ha

here's abc's janai norman. >> reporter: las vegas. one of america's playgrounds.ple of color were only welcome on the stage. >> how crazy it was that these great entertainers could sell out the showroom, help the casino be successful because of those people, and yet couldn't stay there, couldn't gamble? >> imagine driving up to the front of the casino and your name is in lights, and you can't walk through the front door. you have to go around the back because you're black. but it's like, that's my name, i'm performing here tonight. >> reporter: segregation was the rule in vegas, as it was throughout most of the country. abc news spoke to sammy davis jr. about the difficulties he faced. >> you couldn't get a room where you were working? >> no, you could work the place. we couldn't even eat in the place. >> reporter: performers like sammy davis jr., lena horne, josephine baker all spoke out against the discrimination they endured. but their push for equality combined with the longtime work of civil rights organizations like the naacp made a difference. in 1971, chan

janai, you going to do it?re. >> easy. >> there we go. >> she moved it before i messed it up. thank you, guys, so much. this was so much fun. janai. >> we want to thank the globetrotter globetrotter for stopping by and wish them well on their big world tour. >>> still coming up you're dreaming of a beach vaca, unable to get away, "deals & steals" for a tropical staycation that will remedy the feeling without breaking the bank. stick around. >> are you going to show off your bake and shake. >> it's shake and bake. ♪ the city is a fine life ♪ y ye? you aren't about to let any cyberattacks slow you down. so you partner with ibm to build a security architecture to keep your data, network, and applications protected. now you can tackle threats so they don't bring you to a grinding halt. and everyone's going places, including you. let's create cybersecurity that keeps your business on track. ibm. let's create i'm amber, i've lost 128 pounds with golo, taking release. i have literally tried everything. i was on the ve

. >> reporter: good morning, janai.nian authorities have been warning that russia might launch strikes this weekend, linked with the anniversary. western countries have used the occasion to announce fresh sanctions against russia but it does seem like china is now pushing to play a bigger role in this conflict and that's something that president biden addressed in his interview with abc last night. this morning, ukraine saying it is rappelling intense russian assaults on the eastern front line as the second year of war begins. but western countries marking friday's anniversary by announcing a coordinated volley of fresh sanctions against russia. the biden administration issuing what they're calling one of its most significant sanctions actions to date against moscow. the new package targets more than 200 additional people and companies, both in russia and from other countries accused of supporting its war like china. biden, zelenskyy and g7 leaders meeting friday promising to intensify their financial and military suppo

janai norman is here to make sense of it all and, janai, what a tease. that, but this story is a wild one. it starts as a harrowing rescue by a coast guard rookie, a stranded boater, a capsized yacht, and that's when the story gets really interesting, involving a dead fish, "the goonies," and criminal mischief. it's the heart-pounding rough sea rescue with a head-scratching twist that started with this. watch as a massive wave capsizes this yacht just before a coast guard rescuer could reach the stranded boater. >> i was telling him to get in the water, and then he kind of pointed over to the wave. >> reporter: it happened friday where the columbia river meets the pacific ocean known as the graveyard of the pacific for its notorious 20 to 30-foot waves. rookie coast guard rescue swimmer petty first class john branch walton repelling from a helicopter down to rough waters. his first rescue. there he is in the water swimming to the boat, and then the wave. >> i tried to duck it. i didn't get hit as bad as the boat, and then i popped up. >> reporter: the re

good morning, janai. >> good morning, robin. you spent some time in atlanta.? we will see. we're starting with chef luca varuni of varuni napoli with his spicy pepperoni pies, and are you ready? on the other side, we have matthew foster with his lemon pepper -- you ready for this? let's meet some of our judges who were here. we've got acclaimed chef and cookbook author, g. garvin. excited to have you here. >> thank you so much. >> we have fitz, lead singer fitz and the tantrums performing tonight. we've got the head coach of the wnba's atlanta dream tanisha wright. so great to have you all here. g., i want to start with you. >> yes. >> what does a good pizza have to have? what's a must? >> got to have a great dough, and it's got to be cooked properly. got to have a great dough. >> good dough, and cooked properly. >> cooked properly. right temp, not too hot, not too burned, but some crisp. >> a little bit of crisp. >> absolutely. >> we'll get you guys in just a second, but first, let's have america meet our judges. take a look at this. >> reporter: the home of

good morning, janai. >> reporter: hey, robin, good morning.ere at planet health compton with carmen, dianne and kara still. two women have made it their mission to not only help black farmers and small business owners, but also tackle food insecurity. how did they get here? we'll check in with them, but take a look at their story. >> both: welcome to prosperity market. >> reporter: this is not your average farmer's market. it's a popup featuring all black small business owners, farmers, and chefs. >> this is a place that you can get nourished on many levels. prosperity market is always a vibe. >> reporter: the idea cooking up in 2020 when during the pandemic friends carmen dianne and kara still were looking to make an impact. >> we were seeing black businesses close and what is more essential than food? we thought, we'll have a black-owned farmers market and we'll travel around so that everybody can bring affordable food into communities that don't have grocery stores or healthy alternatives. >> reporter: an ecosystem providing healthy food ac

>> i mean, janai, we can talk about it afterwards. we can talk about it after the break.to see it but she's expecting to do a lot of the sweeping in these categories and also kendrick lamar, lizzo and steve lacy, steve lacy is a new artist and he's up for record of the year and i really hope he takes it home. no shade to the other artists but sometimes i love when the new artists are able to dominate as well and record of the year is a big, big category. >> it sure is. >> huge. >> okay. >> yes, yes. >> megan, it's great to have >> it's great to see you guys. >> good to see you. absolutely. >> yes. >> all right, coming up here, on "gma," we have "deals & steals." more on that still ahead. ♪ i need some hot stuff, baby, tonight ♪ ♪ i want some hot stuff baby this evening ♪ ♪ from the back to the middle and around again ♪ ♪ i'm gonna be there 'til the end ♪ ♪ 100% pure love ♪ ♪ you'll never have to run away ♪ ♪ you'll always have a friend to play ♪ ♪ you'll never go out on your own ♪ ♪ in me you will find a home ♪ ♪ i'm gonna be there 'til the end ♪ ♪ from the back to the mi

i act ira janai mc following chelsea with operations aerodynamic. and prologue launched by the cia in the late 19 forties thorn of fruit, the fathers of ukrainian nationalism working in the soviet department of american intelligence, dreamt of their grandchildren. and now leading the boy says, openly and modern ukraine. if you let me out with in the 1950s, the us used former nazis against the soviet union in the 21st century. they engineer that could attack the page, the former soviet republic, into arm confrontation with moscow. is it any wonder the u. s. has never condemned key was far right ideology, it's ag, so state terrorism, violations of human rights and the basics of democracy in ukraine. and of course now we have this dreadful situation where the united states is using ukraine as a proxy to fight against the russian federation. we have to take care of provides ukraine without weapons. they be to continue the fight. somehow the americans don't seem to realize the consequences of their actions in supporting a wreck of a ukraine. ah, it's a f

good morning, janai. >> good morning, george.om her own family, the challenges, the line of women she hails from and what they've overcome and their resilience and channeled it into a story about a mother's love and quest to reconnect her family. "river sing me home" follows a runaway enslaved woman and her brave but heartbreaking search for the children stolen from her across land and sea, unsure of their fates. >> the seeds of this novel came from the real woman mother rachel, this woman in antigua who looked for her daughter minti all over the island. i always was so struck by the bravery of this act. >> reporter: i sat down with eleanor shearer at negril to talk about her novel set in the 1800s when the enslaved were told they were free but forced to work as unpaid apprentices. the protagonist, rachel, on a journey from barbados to british guyana to trinidad and tobago challenging the ideas of freedom and family and the lengths love will go to reassemble the fragmented pieces. >> in the caribbean, you had all these waves of m

ah ah, as darkness falls across india knight time is when the eastern city of janai is at its brightest. at bonham. i thought i remembered only was at places like candy bazaar and wrangell nathan street at night. it feels like it's day time. it doesn't feel like it's night due to the use of bright artificial light lights. okay. the use of artificial lighting in chimney has gone far beyond what is needed to see and operate in the darkness. instead, it has become a source of light pollution pantheon money than i want to protect worry moreland only like what to lucia curious when the artificial light created by mankind affects living being he's pretty. are the kind of a are being it other than my really marcella. the late pollution of being a little silly s danella and i, we can witness light pollution in areas like the town i, airport zip codes, monopoly and co m badani in these areas will either have a greater population or more activity over here. we exponential growth of cities has made light levels of problem. there are 4 types of light, pollution, glare light, trespass, clatter and s

good morning, janai. >> good morning, michael. they were both glowing. it was so cute.bout her love life. that all changed when she met judy who showed her a different kind of love and together they're preparing to experience the love of motherhood. they're the lyrics she rapped two decades ago in her hit song "in love with you." ♪ i'm in love, i'm in love with you ♪ >> reporter: this morning, these words hitting particularly close to home for da brat and her wife judy. >> the evolution of you as an individual, could you even imagine what you would tell yourself? >> i was hanging with j.d. and krisskross and method man and biggie and pac, we were just having a great time. i never thought, never thought that i would be settled down married and pregnant. like i just never thought that. >> reporter: the couple revealing tuesday da brat is pregnant at 48 with their first child together. a journey they say began soon after they tied the knot last february. >> i never really wanted to have kids until i met her. like until i came out of the closet and started living my life ou

he says, washington, the dress janai durians ahead of the elections is unprecedented. adding that as the country strength and ties with russia and china, the u. s. is losing its influence. i thought the do you know with the drinking department? i find the very strange. i'm not sure that we have to do it before. it's not them to encourage us. i, you know, but we had the situation where when it was been, well we stand on tree story and sure the government as friendly to the policies they did that we don't think enough offices. would that be good? i think i talked to miss john. i know that i know that this has gone down just to kind of you know, see the end of the what the issue of the software for the continue. and i think it is one of the guys that you know off that because we have the capacity to build up points and they want to watch our coverage of the nigeria elections throughout the coming days here on our tea will keep you updated on all the latest, ah oh, nicole kidman, justin timberlake into lena julie and zack ephron all much on crickets, locust and spiders, in order to get t

janai norman is here now with a preview. good morning, janai. >> good morning to you, lara. went from banning black artists from staying at the hotels that they were performing at to becoming home to hugely popular residences for artists -- residencies for artists like ne-yo and usher. las veamerica's playgrounds. but in its early days in the 1940s and '50s, people of color were only welcome on the stage. >> how crazy it was that these great entertainers could sell out the showroom, help the casino be successful because of those people and yet couldn't stay there. couldn't gamble. couldn't have family come see the show. >> reporter: segregation was the rule in vegas as it was throughout most of the country. in this rare archival video, abc news spoke to sammy davis jr. about the difficulties he faced. >> you couldn't get a room where you were working at. >> no. you could work the place. we couldn't even eat in the place. >> reporter: performers like sammy davis jr., lena horne and josephine baker all spoke out against the discrimination they endured, but their push for equal

good morning, janai. >> reporter: hey, rebecca. good morning.me people feeling kind of funny, the idea of some of their favorite most beloved books being rewritten, but a disclaimer that will reportedly be in those new bond books explain it was written at a time when terms and attitudes which might be considered offensive by modern readers were commonplace. >> the name's bond, james bond. >> reporter: one of the most well-known characters and spy series ever written, but this morning, 007 is getting a rewrite. >> positively shocking. >> reporter: the james bond novels written by ian fleming set to be reissued in april after being altered to remove racist and offensive language. the publisher commissioning a review by sensitivity readers telling abc news in 1953, the world was a very different place than it is now. >> it's inevitable that books reflect the author's social context and the beliefs that were prevalent at the time. especially when it comes to race and gender. >> reporter: according to "the telegraph" not all offensive language will b

reggie: here is janai norman. >> in this first look, ready, set, shop. the president deep discounts start now. >> president's day is great for those big ticket items, especially those for the home. think mattresses, large appliances. >> mattress deals are what savings dreams are made of. casper offering up to 25% off their entire mattress line. and while presidents' day sales are typically known for mattresses, many now crossing into other categories like tech. >> if consumers are looking for other things, you should definitely look. i did get a notification from a deal site the other day saying that lenovo was having up to 81% off on pcs. >> and we will have all the sales you don't want to miss coming up at 7:00 a.m. kumasi: there is a growing mystery in pennsylvania. one treasure hunter is claiming that the government dug up a trove of gold from the civil war and is now covering it up. derek dennis report on the legal battle. derek: this morning, a new court filing reveals allegations of a secret goldrush in pennsylvania. >> we feel doublecrossed and l

cited as one of gardner's failures the case of high school volleyball player, 17-year-old janay edmunsonhorrifically injured over the weekend as a result of a car crash allegedly caused by 21-year-old daniel riley who was out on bond on a robbery case and supposedly under house arrest. now, kim gardner blames judges for that, claiming her office asked several times for riley's bond to be revoked, but the courts denied the request. and she accused the republican attorney general of playing politics. >> the attorney general and others use this unfortunate incident and tragic happening to this young lady as a political stunt of an unelected individual who wants to use politics to, one, stop the voice of the people in the city of st. louis. >> and the attorney general's attempt to have gardner removed has hit an immediate roadblock. all the judges in the st. louis circuit court have recused themselves, citing potential conflict of interest. so now the state supreme court has to find a judge from another jurisdiction to hear the case further delaying a decision on whether kim gardner should s

gardner is claiming that her office did its job in the case of janay edmundson, the teenager seriously hurt when a repeat offender with multiple bond violations caused a car crash when she was walking with her family downtown. missouri's attorney general called on gardner to step down herself, she did not, so now he's trying to remove her. >> the general assembly, the people's elected representatives have spoken and provided a mechanism, a safety valve, a check and balance to prevent this kind of abdication of authority, illegal willful neglect of one's duties. >> the people have a process. if they no longer want me in this office and that's called an election. >> our researchers found gardner received at least $116,000 in political contributions and at least one paid ad from george soros-backed political action committees, in fact, the billionaire and influential democratic donor is reportedly behind 40 million in donations over the past decade to progressive district attorneys, ultimately leading to the election of 75 of them. that's according to a recent report from the pro police g

appears to have been an incident over the weekend in which 17-year-old janay edmonson, in town for a volleyball terrific was horrifically injured as a result of a car crash on this security camera video that happened as she walked downtown with her family. she lost both her legs when she was pinned between two vehicles. the driver who caused the crash was named as 21-year-old daniel riley. he was out on bond and on house arrest over an august 2022 robbery case. and court records show he had violated that house arrest order dozens of times. since the incident and gardner's response blaming the judge for allowing riley to be out on bond, other officials have also weighed in. the democrat mayor of st. louis saying gardner needs to "take some accountability" and the republican missouri governor telling reporters today he backs the call for gardner's resignation, given a pattern of rising crime in st. louis. >> people want to feel safe when they walk down the street. want the kids to be safe and you have to take bad people off the streets. we have to quit doing what we are doing, it's not

in a new york times op-ed, janai nelson, the president and director counsel of the naacp legal defensen american studies may, quote, so the racial divisions which enable white supremacy. quote, the losses to our nation if this broad attack to our shared history is allowed to continue our incalculable. not only will it breathe a generation of americans indoctrinated by ignorance, it will deny them the analytical skills to understand the complex history of this experiment of democracy, as well as the historic grounding to sustain it. thhold that thought about the analytical skills, i want to talk about that in a moment. the far-right's relentless ski fearmongering and othering is nothing new. the danger comes when major u.s. institutions, like the education system, capitulate to far-right extremist. some of those removed from the black victim remove renowned thinkers like james bach when, bell hooks, ta-nehisi coates, and my next guest, professor kimberly crenshaw. a pioneering scholar in the areas of gender and race -- she is the author of actual critical race theory, not the scarecrow