famously dubbing their split the conscious uncoupling. >> from conscious uncoupling to the familymoon to be a blended family. >> everyone made fun of her with that conscious uncoupling thing but she is walking the walk. she didn't just talk the talk and those of us who have blended families and divorces like, wow, my hat's off to her. >> it seems to be working. >> she is a better woman than me. >> and the guys are better men than me. i know the feeling. all right, thank you so much for that, amy. >>> now to that "gma" exclusive with a single mother and the stunning discovery she made about her adopted son and the baby girl she was about to adopt. abc's abbie boudreau has more on this story. good morning, abbie. >> reporter: good morning, michael. this story is unbelievable. katie page knew she wanted to start a family through adoption but had no idea her journey would end with the shock of her life. ♪ >> reporter: single mom katie page is calling it a miracle. >> i don't know that i believed in miracles for sure. i have no doubt now. >> reporter: newly divorced and in her 30s, katie w

, we are long-term investors and we look at this data coming in and we are trying to consciously uncouplee day-to-day but the reality is the fed is in play and the fed is doing significant moves with regard to its balance sheet in regard to the fed funds rate and that is really in a sense causing some volatility at this point. cache at 2.5% is a real investment option. in the fact that the curve is flat again, those recession indicators, it's a big and put into those recession indicators and it really shows you that's a big driver. amanda: if the fed is behind the curve, how are you advising position around that? brady: the fed has been effective in taking some froth out of the marketplace. if you look at the key pieces of their job, unemployment is very low. we talked a little bit about earnings being a challenge. some of that is likely to be caused by wage pressure, which is going up. as i think about a key investment process, for me, i'm very interested in dividend paying stocks, globally. the compounding nature of dividends here, especially with a little bit more value been to to thos

we joked truthfully that we were getting conspicuously uncoupled. that's really what it felt like. like many couple, we also had a first time we met story. it involved me waiting for my job interview reading a book. that's actually tamar's story. i've never told mine. so this is a good moment to share it with you. i first met tamar when i was interviewing for the school education program din eight or position. i came from environmental education where fleece and non conformity proliferate. from the start, tamar mystified me. she did. she was what i expected. i wondered who is this polished and poised woman who had professional excellence. and how and why did she find herself in a job teaching kids about nature? and what makes her tick? what is her story. she really have a dog that looks like a sloth like you told me in the interview. that was easy to find out. she does. all these questions burn in my mind. of course, i couldn't ask them directly. i would have seemed really weird. in my final interview, i asked about her work background. do you remember that? [laughter] she gracious

. >> maybe they are consciously uncoupling. >> loving exploration.n't know what the hell that is. >> that sounds even more titillating. >> exactly. >> all right. meanwhile there is a new documentary creating legal trouble for r. kelly. was his alleged behavior ignored for decades? >> first from espresso to energy drinks many of us rely on caffeine to get through the day. that's the understatement of always. over time, that can add up. >> uh-oh. >> here are some tips on how to cut back on this in "food is fuel". >> whether you have become too dependent on coffee or have a medical reason to cut back here's how to start to overcome the caffeine cravings. keep track of how much you consume. one study showed keeping a log helped people successfully reduce consumption in just six weeks. try cutting back gradually. reduce by one serving per week or swap one cup with a decaf version. learn about surprising caffeine sources in your diet. it's not just in coffee and soda but things like chocolate and pain medications. have a plan for when a caffeine craving st

stay uncoupled from it?ed up happening is if you look at most major economies of the world they have been growing at or perhaps slightly below trend while the united states decoupled so the united states had a big year of growth and what is happening now is the u.s. is converging back towards trend where most of the major emerging economies of the world are hovering near trend. there's a couple of outliers like a turkey, for example, and china slightly below trend because of trade concerns, but you're starting to see some policy, stimulus out of china, so if you think about it where are we from trend most countries also kind of converging together so that's actually a reasonably good place because it keeps policy generally accommodative the stabilization of the dollar has oil prices going back up that's helping the credit markets and this is why the equity markets are bouncing. >> greg, given your view that we haven't seen the worst of earnings, do you think the adjustment and equity prices that we have seen

it's like a conscious uncoupling. i mentioned mr miyagi. this is britain's youngest blackbelt.on jayawickrama, and he trains with his mum. they're of singh karate kid. i've seen karate kid in french. the things you remember. how does he retain these bits of really useful information? i wouldn't class the french title of the film karate kid as useful. proton beam therapy is a form of radiotherapy used to treat certain types of cancer. the state—of—the—art treatment was introduced on the nhs at the christie hospital in manchester last month. breakfast‘s graham satchell has been to meet 15—year—old mason, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour in october, and is one of the centre's first patients. it looks like something out of star trek and proton beam therapy using charged particles from a cyclotron sounds like science fiction but this specialised form of radiotherapy, the first in the uk, is now up and running at the christie hospital in manchester. 30, 40! 15—year—old mason is one of the first to be treated here. he was diagnosed with a brain tumour last october and is come her

we have offered the president several ways to uncouple from a government shutdown the president has been obstinate insisting on five.7 billion-dollar wall he promised that mexico would pay for it. the few times his deputy vice president chief of staff have made a proposal the president contradicted soon after and just yesterday he flatly refused to consider a proposal from his close ally in the senate, senator graham toe open temporarily to debate border security but sadly neither republicans in congress nor the president's own staff will not tell him what the president already knows he does not have the house votes for his wall the reason we couldn't make progress is president trump is not yet interested in making progress. there's only one person i can help them make break the gridlock essentially giving him a veto to the floor of the senate putting him in a ridiculous position of refusing to consider legislation to reopen the government that every senate republican has voted for an legislation that leader mcconnell has proudly voted for that they favor by a two / one margin including

we've offered the president several ways to uncouple his demand for a border wall from a government shutdown. the president has obstinate insisting on a 5.7 billion wall he promised that mexico would pay for. the few times that his deputies, vice-president, chief of staff, have made proposals to democrats, the president contradicted them soon thereafter. just yesterday, the president flatley refused to consider a proposal from his close ally in the senate, senator graham, sadly neither the congress or the president's staff are willing to tell him what everyone knows, the president a does not have the votes in either house of congress for his expensive ineffective wall. and the reason we've been unable to make progress is that president trump is not yet interested in making progress. so there's only one person who can help america break through this gridlock, leader mitch mcconnell. for the past month, leader mcconnell has been content to hide behind the president, essentially giving him a veto over what comes to the floor of the senate. it has put him in the ridiculous position of refusing t

we've offered the president several ways to uncouple his demand for a border wall from a government shutdown. the president has been obstinate, insisting on a $5.7 billion wall he promised that mexico would pay for. the few times that his deputies -- vice president, chief of staff -- have made proposals to democrats, the president contradicted them soon thereafter. just yesterday the president flatly refused to consider a proposal from his close ally in the senate, senator graham, to open the government temporarily while we debate border security. sadly, neither republicans in congress nor the president's own staff seemed willing to tell him what everyone else already knows: the president does not have the votes in either house of congress for his expensive, ineffective wall. the reason we've been unable to make progress is that president trump is not yet interested in making progress. so there's only one person who can help america break through this gridlock. leader mitch mcconnell. for the past month leader mcconnell has been content to hide behind the president, essentially giving him a