jillian, welcome back to the show.hed my pushups, a couple hundred, i'm not sure, i lost count. >> very well done. >> you're very inspiring. welcome back. i really -- you know, i love talking to you. and, you know, one of the things people obviously know you from is "the biggest loser" full of these incredible stories. people see these stories, you see these incredible transformations. but you've also talked about not getting caught up in some of the misconceptions about what these people are doing, as well. what are some of those misconceptions? >> gosh, i see people turning to all these different fad diets, whether cutting out carbs entirely or they think they can never eat sugar again or they believe that fasting is cleansing the body. or they're eating six small meals throughout the day which keeps your insulin going all day long which is one of the worst things you can do when trying to lose weight. and one of the things i wanted to do was clear up those diet fads and misconceptions that not only keep you from los

jillian, welcome back to the show.hups, a couple hundred, i'm not sure, i lost count. >> very well done. >> you're very inspiring. welcome back. i really -- you know, i love talking to you. and, you know, one of the things people obviously know you from is "the biggest loser" full of these incredible stories. people see these stories, you see these incredible transformations. but you've also talked about not getting caught up in some of the misconceptions about what these people are doing, as well. what are some of those misconceptions? >> gosh, i see people turning to all these different fad diets, whether cutting out carbs entirely or they think they can never eat sugar again or they believe that fasting is cleansing the body. or they're eating six small meals throughout the day which keeps your insulin going all day long which is one of the worst things you can do when trying to lose weight. and one of the things i wanted to do was clear up those diet fads and misconceptions that not only keep you from losing the we

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and jillian michaels turns 39 today. >> you're a natural. yeah. he sure is. go, we've got to check out our "e.t." fan of the day, that is katie, giving us a big thumbs up. she watches on w.i.s.h. in indiana. >> snap your picture and send it to "entertainment tonight" or online on twitter and you can become our next fan of the day. >> and prince michael, we'll see you back here tomorrow. right? >> i can't wait. >> good night, everybody. >> bye.

catch jillian later today with dr. sanjay gupta at 4:30 on cnn. 8:00 p.m. appreciate you being here with us. >> thank you. >>> well, recent heavy snowfall is good news for ski resorts. holly ferfer shows us how to make the most of the trip on the slopes in this "on the go." >> is the cold weather wearing you down? try a new view from a pair of skis. >> right now is a great time to go skiing, perfect time nap's when the base is big and you're getting that soft, fluffy snow, so it's a great time to go skiing. and there are deals out there. >> save money with packages that bundle lodging, ticket, and equipment. families can find deals giving kids free classes, rental, lift tickets and even air fare. >> i think ski resorts across the country are really trying to encourage families to ski and really trying to bring up a next generation of skiers. there's also across the country a program called the passport program, which encourages kids in fifth grade to ski by offering them discounted or even free lift tickets. >> and if you're not one to hit the slo

when we come back, jillian michaels on how you can be slim for life."today's" health is brought to you by aleve. two pills, all day strong, all day long. >>> back now at 8:37 with "today's" health. biggest loser fitness expert jillian michaels has spent more than 20 years helping people reach their target weight. she started when she was 5. she's at it again with her new book, sl"slim for life: my secrs to" what do you want people to come away with? >> it's no nonsense, cut to the chase. lose the weight and keep it off. >> the book is interactive. at the end of each chapter you have a points system? >> the idea is that nothi everything is going to work for everybody mentally and physically. there's all these different strategies. you check the ones that you feel you can apply in your life and then i'll say, look, this one has more impact than that one. you kind of add it up. at the end i tell you where you're at and what you can do to make improvements or accelerate your results. >> so you can tailor it to yourself? >> exactly. >> the chapter titled "e

we welcome jillian michaels to the program.ice to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> geraldo: did you think of yourself as large when you were 13 year old. >> i knew i was a fat kid. i got picked on all the time. kids know. they are not stupid. >> is it a burden than they carry? >> absolutely. it is difficult for adults to deal with let alone kids. for a teenage terrorist attack is soul crushing especially at a time when it is so important to fit in. >> i recently took a disney cruise with my family. i had to choice, but i notice how heavy so many of the noticeers were and i notice that they were eating 24/7 the food available around the clock. are we a fat country. >> two thirds of adults are obese and one third of kids. clearly an epidemic which is becoming a pandemic if it isn't already. we are because food is a cheap vice. it's quick and cheap and you can control it. the thing you know and that is we you have got to it really teach people how to find ways to nurture themselves that are life affirming versus destructive. >

governor dannel malloy and jillian soto sister of victoria soto spoke at the rally. >>> in massachusetts, this store clerk was quick on the draw. a knife-wielding burglar got more than he bargained for when a clerk armed himself with a sword. the eight-inch knife was no match for the impress of three-foot blade and the robber made a hasty retreat. >>> in wichita, an unusual rescue saved her life. a woman found herself trapped in a garbage truck after nighttime dumpster diving. the truck didn't hear or see the woman inside. it was her sister who ran to the truck in the nick of time keeping the girl from being crushed. rescue crews managed to pull the woman to safety. >>> down to orlando where a tractor trailer accident left one interstate covered in mashed potatoes. the truck crashed on its way to deliver a load of sweet potatoes to a grocery store. the driver was sent to the hospital. the crews were left to clean up the massive pile of spuds. >>> finally in san diego, seaworld welcomed the new bundle of joy on valentine's day. the park leased video of a killer whale giving birth to a mor

and that is what i want to happen. >> carlos matthew soto, jillian soto, siblings of vicki soto, talkingalliance, the brady campaign, you guys had a hell of a day on top of what is a very difficult time already. and to have the strength to do what you're doing and come here and talk about it with such respect and composure, it is very moving. >> thank you. >> thank you, we'll be right back. how do you keep an older car running like new? you ask a ford customer. when they tell you that you need your oil changed you got to bring it in. if your tires need to be rotated, you have to get that done as well. jackie, tell me why somebody should bring they're car here to the ford dealership for service instead of any one of those other places out there. they are going to take care of my car because this is where it came from. price is right no problem, they make you feel like you're a family. get a synthetic blend oil change, tire rotation and much more, $29.95 after $10.00 rebate. if you take care of your car your car will take care of you. [ male announcer ] how could switchgrass in argentina,

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jillian michaels joins us to answer some of your questions.irst, these messages. >> good morning everyone. fren i ever franciotti. here's a look at the morning's top stories. a stabbing and robbery on friday afternoon led to lengthy police pursuit and dramatic moments for west baltimore neighborhood. a man faces armed robbery first and second degree assault charges and other charges related to that pursuit. bennett stabbed a would be in the hand of a parking lot in the mall before taking her purse and driving off. authorities were able to catch up with bennett 14 miles away at the corn of fulton and westerfield avenue in baltimore. that victim is said to be doing just fine. police raised three men in a string of convenience store robberies. investigators say the three men all robbed nearly 2 dozen stores. the robberies took mrooifplace 6 week period. the suspects threatened employees with a stun gun and pellet gun and got away with cash. police caught up with the suspects after they robbed two stores in north baltimore last week. >> immediatel

jillian michaels is here to share strategies for staying fit.he'll answer your questions about diet and exercise. >>> then, a bizarre story involving the first woman ever elected as san diego's mayor, maureen o'connor. she says she gambled away more than $1 billion during a ten-year span. it's her reason for doing it that may surprise you. >>> and his name is chris p. bacon. his game -- making people smile. that's how he rolls, literally. there he is in the green room. a pig in a wheelchair made out of toys. here with us, yes, he's an internet sensation and because he's so stinking cute, how could you not love him? >> squealing with delight, we are, too. >>> coming up, a tv show that's become a surprise hit. you might think a game show about the bible wouldn't necessarily attract a lot of viewers, but you're wrong. rock center's harry smith went to los angeles to find out what in heaven is going on. >> reporter: this is a painted -- soup cans. >> yeah. andy warhol. >> yes! >> reporter: since 1995, gsn, the game show network, has been a kind of g

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. ♪ >>> last night on the show we talked to carlee and jillian and carlos matthew soto.er vicki soto was killed in the mass shooting in december while trying to protect the first graders in her class. when i asked vicki soto's three siblings last night what one thing they would like to see done in our country after sandy hook, what one thing they would like to see congress do to try to prevent something like this from happening again, they all had the same suggestion. if you could at least be the most persuasive you could possibly be to members of congress so they would change something, would what would you have them change? >> i would probably be the assault weapon ban, just because no one needs those guns. this is no reason to have them unless you're military. >> what do you guys think about that? >> same. >> i agree. >> the assault weapons ban is considered to be the least likely to pass of all the gun reforms currently being considered in washington. all of the certainty against such a ban exists, despite the fact that it's been done before in the '90s when they als

can you -- jillian, can you see me? >> yes, uh-huh. >> okay.king at the teleprompter. >> uh-huh. >> good evening. i speak to you tonight from washington, d.c. does it look like i'm even remotely looking in the camera? >> kind of. >> that was the setup for the republican response to the republican response to the state of the union last night. i think that is a rand paul staffer trying to make sure that rand paul giving the tea party republican response to the republican response to the state of the union this year did not end up looking like michele bachmann when she gave the same address a couple of years ago while look at something that really wasn't the camera. it turns out the staffer did have reason to be worried. rand paul, as you can see, was not looking as far away from the camera as michele bachmann was, but he was not looking into the camera either. they did the same thing wrong again. not only where we once again treated to not just a republican response to the state of the union, but also a tea party republican response to the respo

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many of those diverted passengers like jillian mitchell and her 1-year-old some fletcher on amtrak scrambling to make it to their destination despite the storm of the century. >> we got the text last night our flight to new york was canceled. so we were diverted here and then waited a few hours and hopefully training it up. >> amtrak scheduled trips to new york running on schedule tonight, a bit of good news to this very challenging travel day. >>> let's take a closer look at the situation in boston. reporter heather hedges from our sister station there continues our team coverage tonight of the blizzard of 2013. >> reporter: we are right on beacon hill right down the street from the statehouse right now. you can see the snow is already piling up and this is only the beginning. i want to give you a point of reference where i am in case you're familiar with boston. this is boston common behind me which is the major park in the city. a lot of people walk through boston common. it's a little bit of a short- cut to get to different sections of the city. so plows have tried to keep boston common p

. >> and, jillian, he puts it bsh packard puts it in the context of business specifically. general electric and i can't remember what the other -- sort of uses two examples. now we are caught between wal-mart, which is the lowest prices for the least pay, and apple, which is kind of an elite, high consumer culture located on the coasts. >> absolutely. >> we've lost the sense of the middle in between. >> it's back to lovely jobs and lousy jobs. to me one of the most interesting conversations i had recently was with the head of a large retail group in america that they've recently seen a big change many consumer behavior in that if you go back five years, essentially you can see spending the same amount throughout the month. now they're seeing real peeks and troughs because as you come towards payday, people are running out of money, and it comes back to this point about middle class fragility, and as a result this retailer is changing the way of managing its stock and insuring it's trying to get all it can about the pay cycles and it's really planning for these short-term ha

also with us, assistant editor and columnist for the "financial time times", jillian tett. mr. feel these cuts if they go into effect? >> well, look at when it comes to transportation, we have to cut a billion dollars. $600 million from faa. that's why we announced there will be a slowdown and delays from flights. we'll have to furlough air traffic controllers which is the largest number of people at the faa. we're not doing this because we like it, we are doing it because we are required do it. it is in the law so we're sending up a warning flare, not to scare anybody but just so that people understand there are consequences to this sequester and it can all be avoided if people in both parties would embrace the president's plan, which is well over $86 billion in savings and take a look at the president's plan. it is a good one. it saves the money that needs to be saved and it doesn't take a meat axe approach. >> i think some of the republicans don't agree, they have issues with taxes and feel like they've been rolled on in the past and don't want that handed to them again. stl

. >> and his daughters jillian and ashley. >> this is a picture of elizabeth butler. >> she worked for police department for 10 years. >> she majored in community services. >> she grew up in the teoorence , calif. >> someone wrote she was wonderful and did so much for community. >> i would also consider elisabeth to be a friend. i did not know elizabeth as long as i knew butch . as i said before we are a small family at the santa cruz police department. >> she leaves behind her partner peter and two children ages 5 and 1. >> we will have much more on this story as it continues to develop. 4:08 >> we are back. the family of an oakland couple had been reported missing is now speaking out. the to travel is for found safe and peru. kron fours scott rates as the family's emotional reaction to the good news. >> a mother speaks for the first time after receiving news that her son 25 year- old garrett hand and his girlfriend 27 year-old jamie neal had been found safe in peru. barrett's mother is very emotional in front of her home as she told me what it was like speaking to her son for the fir

and also jillian, tweeting and i quote, not only did robin roberts return to "gma." about the froggy slippers. >> did they go on after the show? >> oh, 9:01. >> as well they should have. >>> it's a topic that made the desk silent this morning, ladies and gentlemen. who really talks more? is it men? possibly women? it's brand-new, scientific research. get out your bunsen burners. >> studies. >> the findings coming up. >> look at you two, just talking away. >> if i must talk, i will. >>> we're counting down to oscar sunday with our very own party this morning. we have five great flavored popcorn. and they are sriracha. did i say that right? sriracha, lime sesame. rosemary brown butter and lemon. s'mores. and bacon. and parmesan garlic is down here. and i'm officially safe from vampires. really good stuff. >>> and then, we also -- well, we're going to show you abraham lincoln like you've never seen before, from the "gma" actor's studio. a really terrific piece of work behind the scenes and interview that you conducted, george. >> i heard he dug in. he really -- >> this

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. >> announcer: jillian michaels's biggest fan is about to meet her hero, she just doesn't know it itastic short rib suppers. >> rachael: you are so tiny. >> you are calling me tiny? i don't think so, girl. [cheers and applause] >> rachael: hey, everybody, and welcome. it is friday and of course a lot of you guys and gals may be getting ready to entertain this weekend. my husband and i always watch the oscars this sunday is oscar night. anybody like to have friends over, make popcorn, food? [cheers and applause] >> rachael: whether you are throwing a party or not, our first guest will show you how he entertaining hoboken style, please welcome tlc's cake boss buddy valastro. [cheers and applause] >> rachael: hey, bud. >> how are you? >> rachael: how are you? >> i'm good how you doing? >> rachael: i'm all right.

but we have his biggest fan, jillian here. tell them to go to "gma live!" >> go to "gma live!"> live, and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. good morning at 8:56. the man convicted of killing federal intern chandra levy is courted in d.c. superior afternoon. aboutons are being raised validity of the ingmar conviction the hearing be close to the media and the public. in virginia is waking up richer this morning -- a powerful ticket was sold in area was a winner. ticket is worth $217 million. were 36,ng numbers 27, 41, and the powerful number was 12. that would be nice. that winner will probably not be sitting in traffic. out of maryland into virginia across the woodrow wilson look to the far right, lanes intoocal virginia and there was an action on the southwest-southeast freeway. jammed off of the a street bridge -- third street bridge. we have some police closures the national prayer breakfast. our temperature is 33 degrees a bit of ag with wind. we've got 27 on the thermometer frederick as well as martinsburg and 28 degrees in manassas. the clouds have rolled in the coastal

but we have his biggest fan, jillian here. tell them to go to "gma live!" >> go to "gma live!" announcer ] with citibank it's easy for jay to deposit checks from anywhere. [ wind howling ] easier than actually going to the bank. mobile check deposit. easier banking. standard at citibank. makes it easy for anne to manage her finances when she's on the go. even when she's not going anywhere. citibank for ipad. easier banking. standard at citibank. >> now, from abc7 news, good morning, i am kristen sze. vallejo police are looking for two suspects regarding an early morning home invasion. a brother, sister and mother were shot at this house at 3:30. they were being treated at the hospital and are expected to survive. and now, mike nicco? >> you can see the rain south san francisco, all the way up, close do at&t park is where we are getting rain now. all this is with a cold front bringing live rain to all of us early this afternoon. this is tonight's weather, the scattered showers that can bring thunder and hail and snow to 2,500'. >> we have a sig-alert, a downed tree in the right

but we have his biggest fan, jillian here. tell them to go to "gma live!" >> go to "gma live!"> good morning, i'm megan pringle. >> and i'm charlie crowson. here are the top stories for you today. cars of every make and model on display -- the motor trend international auto show begins today. running through sunday. there are a lot of activities out there for the entire family to check out. you can also find the hours and ticket prices at our website. abc2news.com. >>> today -- conference will most likely i think be pretty positive. we can all agree on that. steve bisciotti and john harbaugh will be at the under armour center. >>> one more official wrap-up of the weather on this wednesday morning. here's lynette. >> temperature in annapolis now 31 degrees and it is cold and those winds now beginning to pick up from the east at about 4 miles an hour. but look what we have in annapolis. we are dealing with plenty of cloud cover out there this morning. that trend will continue right into the afternoon. we are waiting for these two systems, the north and the south to come together.

gabby douglas and jillian michaels and others came out for the cause. >> women and young girls need tolow healthy eating plan and be healthy. >> heart disease, number one killer of women. 80% preventible. raise awareness, get people talking, they can make strong choices that will be life changers. >> gretchen: it has become the kickoff to new york's fashion week. those are your headlines this morning. >> steve: fantastic. it's on the cover today of the "new york times." congress to get classified memo on drone strike ordered by the white house. this is a complete 180. they kept this thing secret for the last two or three years. now because john brennan wants to be the c.i.a. guy and he's the guy who has been the architect of the president's drone program, it's going to -- he's going to get grilled later today, they're going to release to some select members of congress, members of the house and senate intel committee the document. they can't take a picture of it. they can't really take it out of the room. but they'll be able to read it. >> brian: i just wond whenever they nominated joh

i want to introduce jillian. was born and raised in massachusetts.she lives with her husband and two sons. she's the executive vice president in the workplace investing division of fidelity investment. fidelity is a home-grown massachusetts company. it's become a worldwide leader providing investment management, retirement planning and other financial services to more than 20 million individuals and institutions. mrs. mccarthy has been a leader in that country going a data base analysis of retirement strategies. i'm proud to have her here today renting fidelity, and i know she will offer valuable insights to this committee. i'm also very pleased to be able to introduce dr. brigitte madrian the professor of public policy and corporate management at the harvard-kennedy school. she's taught at the university of pennsylvania school, the university of chicago graduate school of business, and the harvard university economics department. her research focuses on household savings and investment behavior. she seven-day forecast her ph.d. in economics from the