and lara spencer is there for us. take it away. >> reporter: good evening, david from hollywood.ew moments but already here on the red carpet, the action has started. ♪ competition for best dressed tonight will be at least as intense as the competition on screen. to make sure all goes well, a huge plastic roof had been installed thieek e 500-foot red carpet to protect against the rain. it was taken down overnight as the forecast improved. let's hope that holds. expect a photofinie oscar horse race for best picture. this year's front runners, "12 years a slave" -- can i speak of what did not occur. >> reporter: "american hustle." >> bring something into this house that will take all the nutrition out of the food and then light house on fire. >> r >> houston, this is mission >> reporter: but any of the six other nominees could also surprise, of course and oscar highte tonight as steve mckwequeen could become the first black filmmaker to win in the be al3 tin >> this really has bee deal gir the biggest burden tonight would be ellen degeneres hosting for just the second time. >> watc

we should say our own robin roberts and lara spencer will co-host "red carpet live" 7:00 followed byscars on abc. >> i can't wait to see what they'll be wearing. everything on oscar monday here after the fashion show, after the after-parties, "gma's" ultimate oscar party. meantime, time for a check of the weather and back to shay ryan from wfts in tampa. >> we're talking cold again, right. spring is nowhere to be seen. take a look at buffalo's windchill this morning, 10 is what it feels like as you're stepping out the door. this amazing video and it's from niagara falls and you can see it is just covered in sheets of ice. and just to put this into some perspective the entire month of february, buffalo has been at least 6 degrees below the average. so we are talking extreme cold and as we look further across into the midwest and beyond into the plains states you can see that we've got windchills this morning at 50 below in minot so, again, extreme cold and this is all going to be spreading south and also to the east. you can see single digit temperatures now. talking overnight lows no

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our own robin roberts and lara spencer co-host oscar's "red carpet live" airing oscar sunday starting followed by the oscars with ellen degeneres, of course, only here on abc. >> and we'll have everything oscar on monday, of course, from the fashion to the after-party, it's "gma's" ultimate oscar party. >> best part of the year. meantime, now for a check of the weather and ginger zee, who is in los angeles, hey, ginger. >> you know what there is some positive news out in california. i was with some folks yesterday. where there wasn't the flooding, mudslides and horrible surf you had cheers and just so excited about getting this rain because of the historic drought as with a bunch of people they start cheering, clapping loud when the rain starts falling 4 to almost again 1 in2 inches. when you have this energy at this time of year, severe weather is possible and it is today in eastern texas, parts of arkansas, mississippi, almost the entire state of louisiana. that would be large hail, damaging winds possible and isolated tornado and i mentioned cold because you got to have cold mixing

. >> lara spencer. ladies and gentlemen, lara spencer. >> average? >> new york state.s on issues such as bullying and physical and emotional abuse by the time their child graduates sixth grade. don't take it and your kid does not go to seventh grade. >> that's crazy. >> yeah. >> my mother always said she took parenting classes and i mean didn't really turn out so well for her. >> i agree with because i think -- >> mandatory? >> i did that just voluntarily because i wanted -- >> i think it's great information if it can educate, i'm torn but i think -- >> working all day and -- >> i think it could be suggested. >> highly encouraged. >> yes. >> let's do -- we got twitter on this. kai williams speaking as a pediatric nurse, yes, if you could only see some of the situations these innocent kids are in." finally our "gma" flash poll we did on this one. what do you think? okay or no way? 65% of people said okay. >> i'm surprised by that. >> to require this for -- >> it's an epidemic. >> i think a lot of people feel there are bad parents out there. >> thank you, dan. >> talking

. >> i love lara spencer. she reminds me of one of my friends. >> i'd love to be one of your friends. >> oh, no. >> aside from my fiance, i think josh elliott is the only man that can make me smile in the morning. oh, my god. oh, my god. >> wow. >> can you do this to me every morning? >> yes. >> good morning, america. >>> it's toss-up time. $1,000 at stake. tv title is the category. here we go. ♪ >> clara bell. >> good morning, america. >> yeah, that's it. and you said it in a chipper way just like they do. >> good morning, america. we're always so chipper. that's, of course, the big moment on "wheel of fortune" last night during their thousand dollar toss-up. you know who happens to be very good at "wheel of fortune"? >> who's that? >> george stephanopoulos. >> i'm not surprised by that at all. the next time they're going to do one that is slightly larger, good morning, america, weekend edition starring ron claiborne. >> yes. >> it's going to be very easy to get. >> very long. >> and they'll have to fill it i

i love lara spencer.nds. [ screaming ] >> oh, my god! what a great surprise. oh, my god. you're awesome. >> your awesome! ♪ >> aside from my fiance, i think josh elliott is the only man that can make me smile in the morning. oh, my god. oh, my god, i have such a crush on you. hi, how are you? can you do this for me every morning? >> yes. >>> good morning, america. we love you, ginger. >> i love you, too. ♪ what happiness is to you ♪ because i'm happy clap along if you feel that that's what you want to do ♪ >> you're shaking, i love it. >> all: good morning, america. >> good morning, america. >> oh, that's why you have the hat here. >> love the hat. love the hat. you can see some of you have shared your happy dance with us. but now -- [ laughter ] >> so they couldn't get us to do that live so they did that. >> exactly. >> that was fun. that was a fun promo to do. >> really. >> it was great shoot. a great day. we didn't get to see -- hearing the stories of the people who got to be part of that day was reall

. >> i love lara spencer. >> stephanopoulos. today. but it has already had folks talking including criticism from many who haven't seen it. there's speculation the director darren aronofsky took dramatic license in telling this well-known tale. we'll talk to him about that and a whole lot more. but first here's abc's dan harris. ♪ >> reporter: in order to make a nearly 2 1/2-hour-long movie out of the relatively short story of noah and ark embedded in the book of again nis, director darren aronofsky knew he'd have to take some artistic liberties. >> there's a long, long tradition of looking what is there and trying to figure out and kind of puzzle together what it may have been like and there's a lot of clues. >> reporter: he went to great lengths to build a realistic ark but admits that some details like fleshing out the character of noah's wife mentioned but never heard from in the bible had to be imagined for the film. >> they're children. they're our children, noah. >> reporter: at its core it's about a family dealing with a