chief among them our own josh elliott leading our coverage from new orleans. ming up, if you're not a huge football fan -- he's bowing. if you're not a huge football fan but are going to a party today, josh will arm you with some smart things to say. >> new orleans is definitely a city that knows how to party, this is actually the tenth super bowl they're hosting. >> it is. >>> also this morning, the gun control battle heats up after the white house releases this photo of the president skeet shooting at camp david on his birthday last august. well, the photo has generated lots of buzz. some people even claiming it was doctored, so how will it play into the red hot gun debate? george stephanopoulos joins us live with more about that. >> some skepticism this morning. >>> and back to football quickly. check this out. this 6-year-old went viral crying because she couldn't propose, propose marriage, that is, to her favorite player j.j. watt. coming up we'll show you his extraordinary response and we're going to speak to him live, as well. as we said that is coming u

we count down to the super bowl on this sunday morning we'll show you what happens when our own josh elliotthampion get a tour of new orleans from the men who practically owns that town, emeril lagasse. good morning, america. i'm dan harris. very, very jealous of josh and sam. >> doesn't look like they're having much fun. i love that town, as well. exciting day, good morning, everyone. i'm bianna. it's sunday, february 3rd. also this morning a great story, one of the toughest players in the nfl, but find out how houston's j.j. watt responded to a viral video of a young fan in tears. we'll talk to him live in our football "fixation." >> he is a good guy. i think he's america's next favorite player but first here the unraveling of a mystery involving a mom from new york who went missing while traveling overseas in turkey. the body of 33-year-old sarai sierra has now been found and police are questioning no fewer than nine people. abc's nick schifrin is in istanbul, turkey. >> reporter: good morning, a lot of questions not only who killed sarai sierra but how did her body end up next to a highw

to celebrate her triumphant return here is co-anchor josh elliott. >> it is robin.e been waiting 174 days to say this -- good morning, america. >> reporter: it was the welcome home party five long months in the making. this morning, robin roberts returned to her "good morning america" anchor chair after having had a bone marrow transplant last september. >> i keep pinching myself. i realize this is real. this is actually happening. >> she returned to a hero's welcome with messages of support pouring in from across the country. >> good morning, america, welcome back robin. >> from all of her friend on team robin. >> welcome back, robin! >> we are all very happy to see you back in the morning. >> so good to have you back. i love you. >> a day of celebration after an arduous trek that began last june when she first told us. >> it is something that is called mds, myeloplastic syndrome. >> reporter: rare form of blood cancer and she would take medical leave from "good morning america" to receive a bone marrow transplant. >> my "gma" family, my family there at home. i lov

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josh elliott in new orleans tonight. >> reporter: as brothers and rivals, jim and john harbaugh will work opposite sides of the field tonight while somewhere in the super bowl stands a mother and father quietly root for both teams. jackie and jack harbaugh have spent a lifetime guiding their boys to this history making moment. still just last week mom joked that she was hoping for a tie. >> well, i think that the nfl changed that rule. i think if it ends in a tie, it will be a tie. >> reporter: but they know only one team can win, and so only one of their sons can be the winning coach, and at the end of the night, brother will still face brother. >> i've given absolutely no consideration to the post game handshake or bear hug or anything else. have not thought about that for one second, jerry. have you, jim? >> i have not. >> reporter: but mom and dad have thought about it quite a bit. >> i'm going to hug both of them. >> my thoughts go to that one that will not experience the thrill of victory, and that's where our thoughts will be. >> reporter: josh elliott, abc news, new orleans.

josh elliott answers some morning after questions about that big night. flacco. touchdown. >> reporter: the game was furiously paced from the start. and a little one-sided. the baltimore ravens overpowered the san francisco 49ers. taking a 28-6 lead, fewer than two minutes into the third quarter, when suddenly -- >> one big click of the light switch. and we lost power. >> i think some point -- >> reporter: a clearly frustrated john harbaugh, screaming at anyone who would listen. in this case, that's the vice president of game operations, as the ravens coach demanded to know when communications would be restored. back upgenerators powered roughly half the lights in the stadium until after 34 long minutes. the superdome flickered back to life. still, the delay caused twitter to erupt. as it parsed the oddest 34 minutes in super bowl history, at a rate of some 230,000 tweets per minute. one person tweeting, "if you liked it, you should have put a backup generator on it." nfl commissioner roger goodell insists the league had a backup plan. >> there was another system

with more on this here's abc's josh elliott. ♪ >> caller: call it a cajun homecoming.ntry superstar tim mcgraw, born four hours from new orleans, swooped in for his own pre-super bowl party. unveiling a new song. ♪ one of those nights. on "good morning america." ♪ one of those nights >> reporter: in the country music world that the 45-year-old mcgraw is a true legend. and now, a new album, "two lanes of freedom." at the heart of it all marriage to country mega star faith hill. they met on the road and have been married for 16 years and have three daughters. he reveals he almost lost it all until he finally get drinking. >> are these decisions you reach with faith or something that just sort of comes to you. >> i would say she had a lot of input in my decision to quit drinking. five years ago, a lot of things professionally were going on in my life, personally were going on in my life. i was using that more as a crutch to get past some of the things instead of dealing wit them. i felt that could be dangerous. the further you got away from dealing with things and sort of

she arrived in new orleans yesterday with josh elliott and sam champion for the first time since here marrow transplant a few months back. among those who dwreeted her, members of a bone marrow donor program and students from her alma mater. you can see more on "good morning america." i love new orleans. super bowl, carnival time. the fleur-de-lis, the hat. >>> oh, say, can she sing? hoping to quiet her critics once and for all, beyonce belted out the national anthem during a super bowl news conference. ♪ can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ >> beyonce, though, admitted she did lip-synch her performance during the inauguration, saying she didn't have time to rehearse and didn't want to take any chances with such an important moment. beyonce -- >> due to the weather, due to the delay, due to no proper soundcheck, i did not feel comfortable taking a risk. i decided to sing along with my prerecorded track. >> she insists she won't need a backup track for the super bowl. she's been preparing more months. >> makes me only love her more. controversy silenced. >> i'm not sure. i'm not su

her co-anchor, josh elliott, was right beside her and she is with me.o great to be with you this morning. >> reporter: so good to see you, diane. it was beautiful. as you know, as well as anyone, diane, it was -- robin was going to be back, it was going to take her months, and it was going to ask everything of her, all that she had to give, but today, after so public and painful a road and with a touch of nerves, she made it all the way back. >> five minutes to air. >> there you go, baby. yeah! >> five. four. three. >> hi, it's robin. and i have been waiting 174 days to say this -- good morning, america! >> reporter: what no one could see in front of the camera, what we saw behind the scenes, of a morning we'd all longed for. >> faith, family and friends have brought me to this moment, and i am so full of gratitude. >> reporter: a day of celebration after an arduous trek that began last june, when she first told us. >> it is a rare blood disorder that affects the bone marrow. >> reporter: to a few months later when we saw her in treatment, receiving her

. >>> let's go to josh elliott for the other developing stories right now. josh? >> good morning. we're going to begin with troubling, new warning signs in the nuclear standoff with iran. u.n. inspectors now confirm hundreds of advanced machines are being installed at one of iran's nuclear facilities. it'ser considered a major upgrade for a program that could be used to make weapons. u.n. officials are hoping to speak one-on-one with iranians next week. david muir is in tehran. and his exclusive reporting continues tonight on "world news." >>> three men in britain caught on tape, saying they want to pull off another 9/11, have now been convicted. police say the men traveled to pakistan twice for training with al qaeda and were looking to build ten suicide bombs. >>> and four peanut company executives face criminal charges in connection with one of the deadliest salmonella outbreaks in u.s. history. nine people died in 2009, after eating products from peanuts from the peanut corporation of america. investigators found unsanitary conditions including mold and roaches at the plant. t

chief among them our own josh elliott leading our coverage from new orleans.

arriving in new orleans with "gma's" josh elliott and sam champion, there to greet robin were studentsembers of a bone marrow donor program. you can catch more excitement on robin's trip home later this morning on "good morning america." even doing a little second line, new orleans style. that second line is about. i know her spirits are high. >> she looks terrific. she is in such good spirits. she looks healthy as well. >> two-time cancer survivor at 52 years old. amazing how she boupsed back. a fun story to check out. fun piece to see her in the gulf coast on "gma." should be good. praying for you, robin. happy to see you back on your feet for sure. >>> coming up next, the super bowl performance that could have millions of people riveted to the tv during halftime. >> first, imagine finding x rated pictures of yourself on line and someone else posted them as an act of revenge. what do you do? what will you do? that's next on "world news now." >>> "world news now" weather brought to you by intermezzo. it can be frustrating. it it's hard to turn off and go back to sleep. intermezzo is t

i can see why 15 minutes felt like 15 hours. >>> let's turn, now, to josh ellio elliott, with more onhe developing stories overnight. good morning, josh. >> good morning to you both and all of you. we're going to begin with big news for anyone who flies. american airlines, u.s. airways have announced their long-awaited merger. a massive $11 billion deal to form the world's largest airline. what does it mean for travelers? abc's lisa stark has some answers. >> reporter: they've been dating for over a year. this morning, a marriage is at hand. it would be a megamerger, combining american's 3,500 daily flights with u.s. airways' 3,000 departures. the new airline would carry more than 130 million passengers a year. >> the merger announcement is a mixed bag for consumers. in the short-term, very little is going to change. >> reporter: that's because it takes more than a year to truly merge two airlines. it's a complicated and messy business. and in the long run, the merger reduces competition. and that can run up fares. >> for the average traveler, a person travels two or three times by pl

. >> josh elliott takes us behind the scenes of her triumphant return. >> five minutes to air., it's robin. and i are been waiting 174 days to say this. good morning, america. >> reporter: what no one could see in front of the camera, what we saw behind the scenes of a morning we'd all longed for. >> faith, family and friends have brought me to this moment. and i am so full of gratitude. >> reporter: a day of celebration after an arduous trek that began last june, when she first told us. >> it is a rare blood disorder that affects the bone marrow. >> reporter: to a few months later, when we saw her in treatment, receiving her sister's precious bone marrow. >> this journey is as much about the mind as it is the body. >> reporter: we prayed with her. we sang. we watched in awe as she fought. >> i know my former teammates at southeastern, they would go two? two pounds? that's it? yeah, that's it. but it's one more pound than i did the last time. >> reporter: and she willed her body to match her spirit. how was it? >> like riding a bike. >> reporter: shaky and bumpy all over the ro

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next week, james franco, rachel weisz, carl reiner will be here, chef bobby flay, music from josh groban, elliott goulding, and fall out boy. "nightline" is next. good night. >>> tonight on "nightline," over 100 officers on a mass ever manhunt for one of their own. the fugitive ex-cop wanted in a deadly rampage. why police say he has become their worst nightmare. >>> the monster blizzard barreling down on 42 million americans, dumping several feet of snow and unleashing extreme winds, with states of emergency declared across the east coast, we report from inside a mighty nor'easter. >>> and the love doctor. looking to amp up the romance this valentine's day? well, legendary sex expert dr. ruth shares her foolproof playbook for bedroom mojo. >> keep it right here, america. "nightline" is back in just 60 >> keep it right here, america. "nigh[ male announcer ]just 60 citibank's app for ipad 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. okay. [ male announcer ] with citibank's popmoney,

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. >> grammarian josh elliott pointing out we couldn't pay for capital letters on the note there.are happening on the "gma" morning menu. who stole the stage? and how melissa mccarthy is having the last laugh this morning. >>> and madonna like you have never seen before. we're up close with the superstar and her personal frarn all coming up on "gma" and in times square. [ male announcer ] this is bob, a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin, and made a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but not anymore. bob's doctor recommended a different option: once-a-day xarelto®. xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem, that doesn't require routine blood monitoring. like warfarin, xarelto® is proven effective to reduce the risk of an

. >> let's say you were one sam champion on twitter getting harassed by one josh elliott on twitter.ened. orlando, 35 degrees this morning. normally, should be about 53. this is the first big push of cold air. last winter, we had several. miami, 47 yesterday. 49 today. this is the real cold push. jacksonville, 25 degrees. into the west today, brand-new sto stormmaker that will bring rain, snow, gusty winds. a lovely pattern about to shift. quick look at the big board. just for you. now you can see the whole thing. .> good morning 20 three degrees. the windchill is 17. this morning.ies ample sunshine today. a cold morning. it feels like eight and hagerstown. manassas is like six. upper 30 pasta lower 40 process afternoon. changes ahead. a wintry mix can expected tomorrow m >> the cities on the board are brought to you by big lots. we'll have more on america's whaert on what some people say is a holiday. >>> coming up, the latest on oscar pistorius. family and friends insisting he's not guilt in the death of his mod 8 girlfriend. and new claim he may have been using steroids. >>> and g

. >>> let's turn, now, to josh elliott, who has more on these very contentious hearings to approve or not the new secretary of defense. >> indeed. a rare move in washington. good morning to all of you. >>> as republicans have now blocked a vote on former senator chuck hagel's nomination as defense secretary. the first time such a vote has been blocked for a cabinet nominee. republicans are demanding the white house reveal more details about the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. the fight resumes when senators return from their presidents' day recesses. >>> and if confirmed, hagel will oversee the drawdown in afghanistan. it has now been nearly a month since a u.s. service member was killed there. the longest such stretch in five years. afghans are doing much of the fighting. and for the first time, afghan women are being trained for their special forces. >>> the fda has approved what's being called the first bionic eye, allowing thousands of blind people to at least partially see again. the device is actually a pair of glasses with a camera that triggers electrodes implanted i

josh elliott. tim mcgraw. emeril lagasse is here. so much going on.oberts and enelse there. we have so much coming up on the "gma" morning menu. >>> new clues to the top secret super bowl halftime show. >>> plus, life for anna nicole smith's 6-year-old daughter. that beautiful little girl, and her father, larry, speaking out about her life. >>> and tim mcgraw is with us live from the house of blues in new orleans. coming up on "good morning america," live in times square and new orleans. ♪ let's go. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing the all-new cadillac xts... another big night on the town, eh? ...and the return of life lived large. ♪ something this delicious could only come from nature. now from the ker of splenda sweeteners, discover nectresse. the only 100% natural, no-calorie sweetener made from the goodness of fruit. the rich, sweet taste of sugar. nothing artificial. ♪ it's all that sweet ever needs to be. new nectresse. sweetness naturally. body washes with paper that reacts like skin. if others can strip this paper, imagine how harsh they c