Former miss america, Gretchen Carlson, taking the reins of the organization in crisis now revealing for the first time how shes going to change it. I plan to make this organization 100 about empowering women. What shes saying about the infamous swimsuit competition and who she may allow to compete. Look at skiers stuck on this lift. It starts swinging dangerously in the wind. Gusts topped 75 miles an hour as resort staff race to rescue them. That person really wanted to go skiing. Hope you are safe and warm wherever you are because millions are waking up to the dangerous cold this friday morning. Temperatures in the east plummeting after that storm came through. Some could face windchills of 50 degrees below zero. Look at the impact. Firefighters in newark, new jersey, battling a blaze overnight in this icy cold. There were 80 on the scene. You can see them covered in ice working very hard this morning. Lets look at long island in new york. There are the roads. At least theyre clear and moving pretty well but a lot of snow has come down and there is a lot of concern about black ice this morning. Yeah, dont go out if you dont have to. Our team is out there, theyre spreading out across the storm zone. Lets start with ginger who is outside our studio here in times square and, ginger, were just starting to see the worst of these frigid temps. Reporter robin, it is plenty cold. 9 degrees in times square. The wind chills subzero and we are not the coldest, not even close. I want to take you to this map and show you whats happened just frozen in time there in boston, that car. Then the ocean pushing the water into the streets in boston. If you didnt see these images, unbelievable coastal flooding with near record high tide. Look at this, the bitter cold not only settled in this morning. Those are actual air temperatures, 18 atlanta and then 19 below the feelslike in detroit. The wind chills are even stretching to central and south florida. It is going to get even colder than this. For now lets go to eva pilgrim in boston. Reporter it is bitterly cold here in boston. You can see this car abandoned, one of the ones caught in the flooding here in the boston harbor. Just to get an idea of how encased in the ice it is, you can see this ice is all over the car. It is trapped here. We actually saw the driver of this car rescued yesterday by firefighters, one of the many rescued people caught in those icy flooding waters. Ferocious waves, flooded cities and frozen streets creating chaos in boston. Unquestionably the worst ive seen it down here. Oh, my god, i kept seeing it come closer and closer. Its like, oh, no. It was pounding. It was hitting the seawall and going above the telephone poles. Reporter homes and businesses flooded by several feet of water, that water freezing in place trapping entire streets of cars. This happened all in a matter of 45 minutes. Reporter lifeboats deployed in the roads pulling loads of pedestrians to safety and just south, a family trapped in their home was rescued by a tractor climbing into the bucket so they could escape. Plus, treacherous driving conditions leaving many without a paddle. One person trying to brave the weather steering straight into frigid floodwaters only making it a short way before the headlights flicker and the engine goes dead. The driver then forced to get out of the car and walk to dry land. Dozens taken to the hospital and the bitter bombs death toll keeps climbing. We immediately knew there was some sort of toxin taking everyone over. Reporter in new jersey, a teenage girl killed and three dozen others hospitalized after an entire building filled with carbon monoxide. People were laying on the hallway floors. You have to get out. You cant stay here another minute. Reporter here in boston just to show you how trapped this car is, you can see its completely covered in ice. This car is not going anywhere any time soon. That was one of the Major Concerns here in boston, why they were in such a rush to get this snow off of the streets because they didnt want it to freeze. Those subzero temperatures now moving here to a frigid arctic tundra. Brutal. Also in long island more than a foot of snow there. Gio benitez is there. Reporter thats right, george. Good morning to you. You said it, more than a foot of snow and i got to tell ya, all of this snow paralyzed parts of long island. I want you to look at our drone cam right now. In other snowstorms it might get warmer and the snow starts to melt. Not the case in this one because these temperatures are just below freezing. Were talking about 11 degrees where were standing right now, and with that wind chill it feels like negative 15. If you look over there, all of that snow, this is how cold it is, that is actually a lake frozen over, george. And that wind chill is going to get worse. Reporter yeah, its going to get worse, george. The wind chill advisory is in effect right now through 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow. George. Gio benitez, thanks very much. George, we saw in evas report that coastal flooding. A lot of concern this morning about rivers freezing over in this extreme cold. Coast guard ice cutters are out there freeing trapped vessels. Abcs Adrienne Bankert is on one of them in the hudson river. Good morning, adrienne. Reporter were on the coastal cutter moving through the hudson. Look behind me here. Its actually traversing through a thick layer of ice, coating the river. Now, unlike this vessel, we know that other boats are having a hard time getting through it. Theyre getting stuck. So what this does is the crew makes sure that they make a path through this frozen river so that commercial vehicles like tugs and barges can actually make it through. Its very, very cold and icy. They have been out here for days, since monday, making sure that its safer for these vessels to traverse the river. Amazingly, it can move through about 20 inches of ice no problem and break up about three feet of ice using a ramming technique. Its very, very impressive, robin. But again, these temperatures, cold, icy, really have a heart for this crew having to deal with such tough conditions. Sounds like theyve been mighty busy responding to calls, adrienne. Thats right, robin. Were actually on our way to help two of those tugboats get out of the ice as we speak. We heard that whoo, how you started. Stay safe out there, thank you, adrienne. Down south, Road Conditions getting bad there as well. Steve osunsami in savannah, georgia. Steve, drivers down there dont have a lot of experience can conditions like this and sometimes salt doesnt even work. Reporter thats right, george. Whats happened here is that all of this ice that was on the ground melted yesterday and then refroze overnight. Now there are patches of black ice on the roadways. Youre right, once salt is put on the ground it stops working the closer it gets to 10 degrees. Down here people have trouble finding salt at all. Its not something they sell in the Hardware Stores regularly, but luckily science has come to the rescue. Essentially anything you have that dissolves in water will melt ice. Epsom salt, coffee, baking soda. Our winner with a bullet is plain sugar. This is sugar that we laid here about an hour, two hours ago, and it is clearly melting this ice. Much like salt, the colder it gets, it doesnt work. You simply wash this away, it does its job. Steve, thanks very much. Got to get creative down south. You have to get creative down south. To that new storm in the white house. Reports President Trump attempted to stop his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, from recusing himself in the russia investigation. This as fallout grows from that bombshell book, fire and fury. Our senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega has the latest on all of this. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter hey, robin, good morning to you. That book hit the stands earlier than expected, this morning actually, but it is that old controversy thats back in the headlines. Overnight the New York Times reporting President Trump gave firm instructions to the white houses top lawyer to stop his attorney general from recusing himself in the russia investigation saying the president believed it was Jeff Sessions job to protect him. The paper says after the appointment of special Counsel Robert Mueller the president erupted at mr. Sessions for recusing himself and when sessions sent his Resignation Letter the next day, the times reports the president rejected it. And President Trumps determination to fire former fbi director james comey led one white house lawyer to take the extraordinary step of misleading the president about whether he had the authority to remove him. That fallout from the russia probe featured in the explosive new book, fire and fury, out today. Despite the president s lawyers demanding author Michael Wolff and his publish halt publication, instead they moved up the release date to today, saying in a statement, we see fire and fury as an extraordinary contribution to our national discourse. That is not how the white house sees it. Its completely a tabloid gossip full of false and fraudulent claims. Reporter in the book former chief strategist steve bannon is quoted attacking the president and his children. Saying of daughter ivanka, people suddenly realized shes dumb as a brick and calling that now Infamous Trump tower meeting between donald junior, Jared Kushner and a russian lawyer who they thought had dirt on Hillary Clinton treasonous and unpatriotic. We asked the president about his old friend. Did steve bannon betray you, mr. President . Any words about steve bannon . I dont know. He called me a great man last night so, you know, obviously changed his tune pretty quick. I dont talk to him. Thats just a misnomer. Reporter also facing the threat of a lawsuit from the president s legal team, bannon is playing nice. The president of the United States is a great man, you know i support him day in and day out. Reporter but this morning the book has the white house facing questions about the president s mental stability. Wolff doesnt name names but he claims advisers had concerns writing, the worry among staffers, trumps rambling and his alarming repetitions had significantly increased and that his ability to stay focused never great had notably declined. Press secretary Sarah Sanders firing back. Its disgraceful and laughable. If he was unfit he probably wouldnt be sitting there. Reporter well, the president feels the same way. He is furious, tweeting overnight, take a look, the book is full of lies, misrepresentations and of the author he says look at this guys past and watch what happens to him and sloppy steve. So a new nickname for steve bannon, now hoping to stop these leaks that have plagued this administration from the start, a new rule. Aides can no longer bring their personal cell phones into the west wing, george. Thanks, cecilia. Were here now with President Trumps first press secretary, sean spicer. Thanks for coming in. You bet. Happy new year. Happy new year to you. The president said he authorized no access to Michael Wolff but he did have pretty wide access to the west wing. I think there is a question about what the president authorized and whether or not Michael Wolff set up individual meetings with staffers. You met with him. I did meet with him. I met with him and several authors. As you know, youve been in the white house before, i had never met Michael Wolff. He was writing a book on the president an wanted to introduce himself to me and requested an interview with the president and i afforded him the courtesy and spoke to him several times about questions that he had, but its pretty clear from what i understand that he met with steve bannon on multiple occasions. And others in the west wing. As far as im aware, yeah, but those are individual meetings set up with those staffers. Steve is the only one that im aware of right now thats actually admitted to meeting with him. He says quite a bit about you in the book. Says your personal mantra was you cant make this blank up. Something i cant say on morning television. Is that true . He asked a question about whether or not some of these instances were said. And i said, you know, you cant make this up. But, again, one of the problems i think were seeing with this book and its not just trump staffers and white house officials pushing back but seeing a lot of Mainstream Media members calling into question the sourcing and the sloppiness how he attributes stuff. Even the authors note at the beginning of the book notes that in many cases he took anecdotes and sort of rephrased them. The sourcing as basically the story he writes is a story that you basically think is true . Basically false . No, i think theres some anecdotes that may be true but the problem i have, george, with this book as with many stories is if you cant if its 10 or 20 or 50 or 70 that isnt true, the reader is not left to know which is true and which is not. The stuff he wrote about you is true . Some of the quotes he has but the context in which theyre given arent and i think thats the problem. I can Say Something to you right now and you could weave it into a story in three weeks. Is the quote accurate . Sure. Is the context in which im giving it in accurate . No. You were one of the sources. I guess my big question now, is it smart for the president to try to stop publication of this book . Doesnt that run against the First Amendment . I think there is a difference between defamation and reporting and in some cases where youre making wild accusations about the president and his family, he absolutely has a right to defend himself. A lot of focus on the possibility of obstruction of justice. We learned from the New York Times again this morning that special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating that in the white house. I dont think thats any i think thats been previously reported that that was being looked at so thats not some kind of shocker. Not shocker but there were new details where we see the president asking his counsel to try to stop Jeff Sessions from resigning, from recusing himself from the russia investigation. Were you aware of that . I wasnt at the time but i think its no secret the president s made it very clear that he didnt want he didnt feel as though attorney general sessions need to recuse himself from this matter. And that he wanted a robust defense of something he doesnt think that hes been wrongly accused of. Did he really say according to the New York Times where is my roy cohen . Were you aware of that . I dont know what he said. Thats the New York Times according to Anonymous Sources not that im aware of. What you do know, you know a fair amount about the firing of james comey. You had to go out the night that happened. You laid it all on the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein at that time. Correct. That turned out not to be true. I went with the information i had at the time. Who gave you that information . I think the counsels office laid it out very clear how the process had worked, that the authority to fire rod or the fbi director laid solely with the Deputy Attorney general as far as organizationally how that worked out that there was a letter that the Deputy Attorney general had written to the president to the attorney general laying out the case for the firing of jim comey as fbi director. The attorney general concurred and brought it to the president. That was the information that i was given and that was the information that i presented. We know now for several days at least the president had been talking about firing james comey, had talked to Reince Priebus your direct boss about that as well. You werent aware of that at all . No. This article says Reince Priebus turned over notebooks to the special counsel and also been reported by axios that you had several notebooks as well from your time in the rnc and the white house. Did you turn those over to the special counsel . All ill say is that as a press person, it shouldnt come as any surprise you write down this reporter called, this is the time they called. This is the questions they had and sometimes the response that youre going to give. Beyond that im not going to comment on the special counsel or anything going on with respect to that. The book also gets into that episode in july when you were still at the white house where the president was working on a false statement about don juniors meeting at trump tower and it talks about you being out of the loop on that and you being happy to be out of the loop so you knew nothing about that false statement when it was written . Correct and, again, all ill say is that im not even going to get into the merits of the statement or not but just say i was not aware of the drafting of that statement. It taste mark corallo the president s spokesperson, his personal spokesperson with his lawyers, resigned because he was concerned it would be seen as obstruction of justice. Are you confident the president did nothing wrong . As far as what aspect . As far as the campaign and collusion, absolutely. I was there for most of the end part of the campaign. I know that didnt happen. There were several folks in the media that didnt give us credit for colluding with ourselves never mind with any kind of foreign government. So to suggest that happened and the underlying premise of this whole thing i think is pretty clear that there was no collusion. But youre not confident the president did nothing wrong with respect to his actions in the white house, the firing of james comey, the putting out of this i think as far as the firing of james comey, its been pretty clear the president has the authority to fire anyone within the federal government that he sees fit isnt doing the duty that is appropriate for that job. So, i dont think theres any question about his ability to fire jim comey or anyone else in the federal government. Do you think he did anything wrong . I dont but, again, its not my job. There is an investigation. Im not going to get in the way of it but as far as i know and from what i saw, no, there was nothing done that i thought was inappropriate or illegal. Sean spicer, thanks for coming in this morning. You bet. Lets go back to ginger. Reporter in youre in philadelphia tomorrow morning youll be beating out places like bismarck in the cold department. Good morning. Im meteorologist mike nicco from abc7 mornings. 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You know who is staying tough in this cold weather, the patriots. Yeah, the Super Bowl Winning Team not getting a day off despite all the snow there in boston. Look at them practicing in blizzard conditions. Wow. That is dedication. Some are moving faster than others. Thats something to see. Also right now there are new questions about the russia investigation following a report that President Trump tried to stop his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, from recusing himself. This as fallout grows over that new book about the president s white house, fire and fury. It was released just hours ago and its already topping amazons bestsellers list. And another record broken on wall street for the first time, the dow closed above 25,000 points on thursday, just five weeks after it first closed above 24,000. It is on a tear. Well get back to the weather right now. Beach towns all along the east coast hit hard by the blizzard. Victor oquendo is in asbury park on the jersey shore. It got so bad there, actually you were stuck. Reporter we sure did. Good morning, george. What were dealing with now though, the relentless winds. Lets start by looking at the thermometer, around 10 degrees, already very cold. With the wind chill it feels like negative 5 degrees and thats not going anywhere any time soon. Theres a wind chill advisory in effect for this whole area until saturday at noon. All this wind blowing the snow that accumulated here yesterday all across the beach here. Nearly a foot and a half fell here in asbury park, new jersey, 16. 5 inches on the roadways. Crews had to work overnight to clear all of that snow out of the way. Now were dealing with bonechilling cold and the winds. George. They are feeling it everywhere. They are feeling it everywhere. He really did get stuck there. Couldnt get back. Now to that abc news exclusive, Gretchen Carlson, the former miss america who took on Sexual Harassment at fox news is now taking the reins of the Miss America Organization after its own scandal. Shes on a mission to modernize it and, amy, you had a chance to sit down with her, didnt you . I did. This is pretty amazing. This is the first time a former miss america has led the nearly 100yearold organization and Gretchen Carlson says there are big changes coming. Miss america is Gretchen Carlson. Reporter in 1989 former fox news anchor Gretchen Carlson taking home the crown at the miss America Pageant and now almost three decades later shes at the helm. Gretchen carlson, i had to check this, chairwoman of the Miss America Organization. Thats your official title . That is my official title right now. How does that feel . Feels incredibly empowering but, listen, im looking at this as a call of duty, i had no intention of ever having this position. Its a volunteer job and huge undertaking but for me in being a former miss america, i felt compelled to come back to help the program. Reporter compelled to help because the organization is reeling from a crisis. Former ceo sam haskell and other top executives recently resigning after leaked emails were sent to the Huffington Post exposing alleged sexist and lewd comments about past contestants and winners. Haskell telling abc news the emails are conveniently edited and not as described. Were you surprised by those emails . I was shocked. It was appalling. Part of me knows after my life over the last 18 months that this behavior is prevalent, unfortunately. On twitter you called out then pageant ceo sam haskell and some of his associates for making those vulgar and inappropriate comments about former winners and former contestants. Yourself included. And you said the only solution to save miss america was that all boards members resign who were aware of these emails. Now that youre in charge are you satisfied with who is on that board . We are a work in progress on this board. So right now the board is very small. We need to add people to it but currently the board is made up the majority of us are all former miss americas. And, you know, i find that incredibly empowering in this me too movement that some of the women who were allegedly maligned in those appalling emails are now running the place. And a form of justice as well . Yeah, its a form of justice. When i jumped off my cliff on the whole Sexual Harassment story 18 months ago, that was a lonely experience. But look at what happened when that gift of courage kept being passed on to one woman to another to another, we formed a collective voice and look where we are today, in a tsunami. The same thing will happen with the Miss America Organization. Full disclosure, i too was in the miss America Pageant system. Didnt get quite as far as you did. I was a runnerup to miss georgia. Miss gwinnett county, amy robach. Is the idea of a successful young woman parading around in a swimsuit on stage to be judged by her physical appearance which you and i both subjected ourselves to, is that outdated . Amy, i have so many great ideas for this organization and i will be talking about all of those with all the other Board Members and the eventual ceo and staff of miss america, so what i would love to say about that is please stay tuned because i plan to make this organization 100 about empowering women. Changes are coming . Changes are coming. Big changes . Potentially big changes. It was 18 months ago that carlson sued then fox news chairman roger ailes for Sexual Harassment. Ailes stepped down and carlson settled with fox for 20 million. Your book be fierce obviously tackles the issues of Sexual Harassment in the workplace, helped so many women find their own personal courage to stand up and tell of their stories. Are you the voice of the voiceless . Well, i guess i am. I never intended to be. But i feel overwhelmed that i have been able to help so many other women. I couldnt help but ask carlson about a potential future in politics and she told me with a twinkle in her eye, shes not ruling out a run for office. But right now thats right. She is focused on the big task, and it is a big task, of modernizing miss america and i think all of us are looking forward to see what she does. You buried one of the leads there, miss gwinnett county. I spent my entire career trying to live that down. I felt like in this interview i had to admit it. We were talking before. You had changes in your pageant. Right. When we did the swimsuit competition we had to be in one pieces without heels and now everyone is in high heels and bikinis. Well see what she does with it. If she doesnt get rid of it maybe shell alter it like we had back in my day. Wonderful to see all those former miss americas as part of the board. 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Its always armpits and then hands because those gloves are not good enough. Obviously not good enough and right down there shes only got her denim on and no layers underneath, i assume. It is not doing well for you, my friend. Thats what weve learned there. According to the American Academy of pediatrics keeping warm especially important for children because theyre less able to regulate their body temperatures and more susceptible than adults to hypothermia. Well put it over here on augustus. Hes 11 years old, all bundled up. Just a couple of tips when youre dressing somebody this morning, one of your kids, the first child should always have on one more layer than an adult. So you need, augustus, one more than we do. When it comes to hands, the cdc says you have to do mittens instead of gloves which makes sense. You have your mittens on. Looks like theyre working but you still said it feels good, and it looks like its working for the most part. Right, augustus. Yeah. And the pets, please remind everyone about the pets. Augustus brought caesar, an australian shepherd. He has nice long fur to keep him warm but thats not enough. You may want to add a sweater especially if your dog has shorter fur. You also have to think about booties which caesar has on to protect her paws from the salt and chemicals which can be irritating to them. Clean any ice, salt or chemicals from their stomachs because they lick that when they come in. And one more tip for dogs. You can wash them less in winter. They dont need to be as clean. They probably like that too. That avoiding stripping their skins of essential oils and drying out their skin so thank you, guys. Lets all get inside and get warm. Robin, in to you. Ginger, thanks very much. How is brody with the booties . I know, its very hard. We have a sweater with a little he has a little cowl neck sweater that he was shivering in the cold and you just feel so bad for them. 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One of three finalists to be our gma kid correspondent. Shes a natural, isnt she . Is she going to be one of those ones who go to the super bowl . We have big news for her coming up. She has no idea, again, she cant hear what were saying about her. She already has a big smile. Yes, she does. Also well get into the holidays and those who got in debt. Rebecca jarvis will be here with tips on how to tack i will it. This is asbury park, new jersey, beautiful sunrise. We want to go outside to ginger for the latest on whats happening next. I have my its way too cold bounce going on. You want to do it with me. This is what we have to do. Its 9 now, degrees, windchill, 8 below. Thats just in new york city. You know it is so much colder in so many other places including boston where this is what it looked like as that storm pushed the ocean water into the streets of boston. That fire truck struggling to get through there. And, guys, even colder air is on the way. We were just with folks from st. Petersburg, florida, and said it is really cold at home. It is. Windchill advisories, freeze warnings as deep south as homestead, florida, this morning. And its going to get colder. I want to show you some of the numbers by saturday morning. Look at philadelphia. Will feel like 18 below, toledo, 9 below. Chicago still 20 below. Nobody is getting away with it here. Atlanta will even feel like. I have to tell you i have to keep the dance going but there is some warmth on the way coming by monday and tuesday. Until then, can i come in now . Guys oh, look at the little girl in the window. Come on in and bring the camera crew in as well. Notice shes out there all by herself this time. It is brutal and this storm is having a huge impact on air travel. Heres a site you dont often see. Thats laguardia airport. Barely a soul in sight. Hundreds of flights have already been canceled and our Senior Transportation correspondent david kerley is at Reagan National airport outside of d. C. And the airlines are doing their best to get back on track, arent they, david. They really are. The rush is on to resume operations. The good news those two big new york airports overnight did resume operations, reopen for flights. Thats the good news, crews have been busy trying to clear the runways and tarmacs but already today a thousand flights, more than a thousand flights have been canceled. Heres the reason why. If you look at the flight aware misery map as it was over the northeast, red is bad. All of new york is red and that filtered and rippled through the rest of the country. You know, a lot of flies up to 70 International Flights were diverted. One big double decker tuck on a runway for hours waiting for the passengers to get off. They had to be bused to new york. And a lot of passengers wouldbe passengers spent the night in arounds around the country hoping to get a flight today, robin. But there is a chance maybe tomorrow before they get to where they want to go its still the cold and the wind that is causing problems for flight operations. Heart goes out to them, trying to travel during this time. All right, david. Thanks very much. Well stay in washington and bombshell book hitting the white house. The president is fighting back against the claims in fire and fury by Michael Wolff. Cecilia vega back at the white house with the latest. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter hey, george, good morning. That book goes on sale today despite the threat of a lawsuit from the president s lawyers and the push accomplishers moved up the publication date to today so it is now on sale. The allegations inside this book about the president and his family are sending shock waves through washington, just a few minutes ago former press Secretary Sean Spicer sat down with george. Heres what he had to say. No, well, some of the quotes he has but the context in which theyre given arent and i think thats the problem is that i can Say Something to you right now and you can weave it into a story in three weeks. Is the quote accurate, sure. Is the context in which im giving it in accurate, no. Reporter the president is outraged tweeting overnight saying the book is full of lies and misrepresentations and has a new nickname for his former chief strategist now calling him sloppy steve. Just a few minutes ago that author spoke out and says he stands by everything in the book and he says that, quote, 100 of the people around President Trump question his fitness for office, george. He says hes lost it, okay, thank you, cecilia. Coming up, a health alert. Deadly e. 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So are we and more music on this friday, bruno mars and cardib. s new music video. Its bringing us back. Just premiered and in the remix to his song finesse theyre paying homage to in living color. In living color such a great show . Right. Ali wentworth. Did you know georges beautiful wife was on the show and the video shows them painting the set, recreating the opening credits. Bruno says it was one of his favorite shows of all time and Jennifer Lopez approve, she was a dancer and instagramed this video of her writing, hey, bruno, once a flygirl, always a flygirl. A little flashback friday for you. Yeah. And 2017 was quite a year for serena williams. An incredible year in tennis, plus giving birth. Getting married. But 2018 is starting out a little bit different. On her terms. The superstar announcing thursday night just last night she will not compete at the Australian Open this month. She tells her fans on snapchat, quote, although i am super close, im not where i personally want to be. My coach and team always say, only go to tournaments when you are prepared to go all the way. Which she often is. You may remember serena won last years Australian Open when she was nine weeks pregnant. I say, serena, take your time. [ applause ] love it. Yeah. Plenty of time. Shell be back and better than ever. And finally, oh, shoot, i dont have the exercise but ill try to wing it. How about a little facial yoga to turn back the clock . Weve been talking about getting healthy, all these wonderful things, i see dr. Jen, shes giving up drinking for the month. All of these wonderful things in a new year. Well, now the doctors at northwestern university, theyve taught women 32 facial exercises, theyre calling it facial yoga and say you can do it on your couch without breaking a sweat and have them do them for 20 weeks and checked before and after pictures and these doctors at northwestern determined that the ladies look roughly three years younger this. Is equal opportunity, by the way. Yeah. [ applause ] as you can tell ive been doing them. Researchers say the exercises build up muscles that tend to droop as we get older. You can find all of those online for free. Northwestern university, theres a move called happy cheeks that i suggest we all try together. You smile without showing your teeth. Like this and then you take your two fingers and push your cheeblgs up. And that is supposed to lift and i dont know lift and separate or something but its supposed to work. One of the member. Theres one called blowfish that is not attractive. Look it up, everybody. Theyre quick, simple and work. For men too. For men too. Thats it. Thats all i have for you today. Thank you, lara. [ applause ] okay, now i want to throw it over to amy. All right, guys, we are turpining now to a Network Exclusive on the incredible story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard she was convicted of murdering her mother, a woman who from the outside looking in seemed like the perfect mother. Nursing her daughter who she told everyone was seriously ill and in a wheelchair since childhood. I sat down with gypsy for a revealing conversation about her life and circumstances surround her mothers death. Are we still on . Reporter home movies capture the vibrant spirit of a young teenage girl. Where are you going today . Im going to childrens Mercy Hospital to see my dentist. For my tooth. Reporter full of enthusiasm and effervescence but behind the smiles life for Gypsy Blanchard and her mother is replete with challenges and hardships. Gypsy is in a wheelchair. They were known in the community. People knew gypsy and dee dee. They were always holding hands. They just had that image of what a great and sweet mother daughter duo. Reporter in between hospital stays for multiple procedures, including stomach surgeries, gypsy frequently jet sets across the country concert, gala, the most magical place on earth, disney world. Make a wish were taking her down to orlando all expenses paid and everything. Royal mashed potatoes. Mmmm. Reporter in a horrible twist of fate shortly after dee dee and gypsy drop out of sight, the 48yearold mother is found stabbed to death. We begin with breaking news tonight, police need your help in trying to find a missing mother and daughter. Huge police presence, the crime tape was up around the house. You just cant forget that pink house with the wheelchair ramp. Reporter it turns out that little pink house where the two lived was actually the nerve center from which the socalled doting mother perpetrated an elaborate scam preying on the sympathies of countless good samaritans. We have unearthed the appearance of a long financial fraud scheme along with this tragic event. Reporter but who killed dee dee . Perhaps the most unlikely suspect ever, gypsy rose. When i meet with her shes undergone a remarkable transition, now behind bars, convicted of murdering her mother. How did you go from this to this . A fall from grace. I thought back then that i was a good person and now i just see it as it was a fraud and i made a horrible mistake. What medical conditions did you believe you suffered from . Leukemia, asthma, both vision and hearing impaired. Muscular dystrophy and seizures. Reporter but theres so much more to gypsys story. This morning she now says behind prison walls she feels free. Over here i feel like im freer in prison than with living with my mom because now im allowed to just live like a normal woman. Prison isnt normal. No, not for most. But for me it is. And we will have so much more on Gypsy Rose Blanchard on 20 20 at 10 00, 9 00 central including more on that astoni astonishing transformation and exclusive with her exboyfriend nick who pled not guilty in dee dees death. People will want to i cant imagine another twist. Boy, that transformation takes your breath away. So many twist and turns you actually are on the edge of your seat waiting to see what will happen next. Thanks, amy. Over to ginger. Yes, george, amy, thank you so much. It is time for your gma moment and this morning, we had to do it with the snow. We start in morehead city, north carolina, where they dont have sleds that often so they have being guy boards and those work, guys. Look at that. Just enjoying themself there. Thanks to the National Weather service for sending that video in. And then i wanted to show you oliver. Yep. Oliver enjoying the snow in charleston, south carolina, isnt that so sweet . We saw so many great videos of puppies seeing snow for the first time and being out there and then oliver saying ive never seen anything like this. Im going to eat it. Im going to roll in it. Anyway, its been good morning. Im meteorologist mike nicco from abc7 mornings. My accuweather highlights, keep the umbrella handy today. More showers and mild temperatures on the way. Showers taper tonight, then a mixture of clouds and fog with thicker fog sunday morning and heavier rain and faster breezes coming for monday and tuesday. High temperatures today mainly low to mid60s, a few upper 50s in the north bay. We could be up to 20 degrees cooler tonight in the north bay with 30s there and the reps of us in the 40s. Thanks, ginger. Now a health alert about romaine lettuce. Consumer reports warns it could be linked to e. Coli cases in 13 states and dr. Jennifer ashton will talk about it. What do we know. Key word is possibly or could but i want you to take a look at these numbers so far because in the u. S. And canada, they are tracking some cases of an e. Coli outbreak so far resulting in two dead, one in the u. S. Five in the United States hospitalized. And 58 people in both canada and the United States ill from this. We have to put this into context. Every year in this country there are 48 million cases of foodborne illness and 3,000 deaths so right now this is being followed closely by officials both in canada and the sflus are there any official recommendations right now . Well, this is where not everyone is totally on the same page. Last night we reached out to the cdc. They gave us this statement that at this time there is not enough epidemiologic or traceback evidence to indicate a specific source of illness in the United States. Therefore, the cdc cannot recommend that u. S. Residents avoid a particular food. However, officials in canada and Consumer Reports feel that its enough evidence to say its probable romaine lettuce so for the time being avoid it. So remind everyone why e. Coli is so dangerous. We have to remember e. Coli doesnt always cause disease. Its in our intestines. Its in the soil. Its in animals but this particular strain e. Coli 0157 can be a bad actor. It can cause diarrhea, urinary tract infections, upper respiratory illness, pneumonia and in some cases death. Something we need to keep an eye on, not panic but in general what can we do . The key is prevention. This is why we say hand washing, its not just to prevent the flu but when changing diapers or preparing food after you use the bathroom. Wash your hands. In terms of preparation, the core four, clean it well, separate your produce interest your meats, cook it to a good temperature and after two hours of being out, put it in the bridge rater and keep it chilled. Thats the most important thing. Wonderful. Well be following this. Were following you. Your month of yes, thank you. Abstaining from alcohol. Wellness tweak. Wellness tweak. Going into the first weekend with hockey tailgating. I know. I mean, are you a little concerned being in a social atmosphere. Well see how it goes. Last night i had a business dinner, it went fine, seltzer with orange and so many viewers doing it with me that that Group Support has been amazing. Well check with you monday after the weekend. Thank you. All right, jen. [ applause ] george. Thank you, guys. All right, a little surprise by that as we wrap up the first week of the new year, Many Americans dealing with debt from holiday shopping. One stud day say shoppers average a thousand dhars this debt you were 5 from last year. Tips on how to pay those off. Good morning, yeah, so what we found out from the study is that on average people assumed more than a thousand dollars in debt over the holidays, it is a surprise its a large number. Even more surprising are the 44 of americans who took on even more, more than a thousand dollars and 5 who went into debt more than 5,000 in debt over the holidays. The danger is when you dont pay it back right way. If you dont pay it back right away it gets bigger and bigger. 19 of the people in this survey say theyll pay it back within a month. 0 say theyll pay it back over five months but heres the big concern, 10 of those people say they are only making the minimum payment on those credit cards. Explain what happens then over the long term. If you look over the long term, if youre only making those minimum payments, george, on that 1,000 in debt you assumed this christmas, youre going to be paying back that debt for many, many christmases to come. In fact, if youre only making that minimum payment of 25 a month you will have the balance paid off not until 2023 and youll rack up additional fees of 500 because youre not paying it off. Credit cards, when you take on credit card debt, it is some of the worst debt in terms of getting more into debt because of how high that apr is. You is to be disciplined. You have to be very disciplined. There are some things meme can do. One thing people can do is negotiate with a Credit Card Company so if you are up to date. If youre paying your bills on time talk to your Credit Card Company about giving you a lower Interest Rate and whats really important this time of year is to look at that budget and finally a number of great financial apps. We have one called debt free and costs 99 cents to download it but you see here we entered in a number of different debts here so you can see exactly what you owe on all of your different credit cards, these are reports that will show you exactly how much debt you have on each card and finally how long itll take to you pay it down. If you track it more likely youll pay it back. You better. Rebecca, thanks very much. Coming up Biggest Online day of the year for dating. Which are best and the qualities you should look for. Share the warmth with families and children in need. Warm hearts, warm coats, just bring them to your local Burlington Store. Donate. Go to any burlington tore to donate a coat and join our annual coat drive. Good morning. Im Jessica Castro from abc7 mornings. Happening today in San Francisco, a judge will rule whether to grant the suspect in the kate steinle case a new trial on his conviction of possessing a firearm. Last month, jurors found Jose Ines Garcia zarate guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was found not guilty on murder and manslaughter charges. If the judge upholds the gun conviction today, Garcia Zarate will be sentenced. Now lets check our traffic. Hi, sue. Good morning, jess. Good morning, everyone. Overall, things are looking really good, pretty mild. We have a couple of trouble spot, not one but two accidents on 101, northbound one central near windsor, the other northbound on the onramp. Be the sensors are green so, im guessing theyve been pushed relatively quickly out of lanes and eastbound before grant we had an accident partially blocking there as well. A couple of views showing how wet it is in san rafael and in richmond. The north bay has had most of the showers so far, but theyll slide down to the rest of our neighborhoods for the afternoon and evening hours. Thank you. Well have anoth we do welcome you back to gma and happen to have our audience here on this frigid friday. Yes, but what were talking about is not frigid at all. Not at all. So a lot of people are starting the new year looking for love. If youre one of the 107 million sickle americans, this sunday could be your lucky day. All right. So according to match its Online Datings busiest day of the year. For some unknown reason its called their super bowl sunday for love. Diane macedo has ideas with how to stand out from the crowd. What is it about this sunday. I guess theyre kicking offer the new year as hopeful romantics. Match expects to see a 42 spike if signups but registering for a dating site is just the beginning. So we set out to find out how to make the most of your Online Search for love. Im christie. Im 31 and im looking for love. Celebrity stylist christie spent her 20s focused on her work but now shes ready to ring in 2018 with romance. I would love to find someone that is independent, selfmotivated. Reporter her chances of getting a date four times more if she joins a site or app. 1 million dates generated. Reporter she enlists the help of bella. Think of her as a fairy godmother for hire. Date something a marathon. Its not a sprint so youve got to get up and do something on a daily basis. Reporter she says join only one or two sites and make sure theyre age appropriate. If youre in your 20s, bumble is my favorite at this point. When youre in your 30s and 40s, match is one of our favorite sites. Our time is dedicated to singles over 50 in eharmony is great for those age brackets. Reporter 90 of Online Dating success is based on photos. I think that replacing these three photos is going to make a big difference. Show you doing things you like to do. Those all make for great photos. Reporter dont move too fast. She suggests speaking by phone before you meet in person and keep your number private with google voice. It creates an alternative phone number that can be erased at any time. You can tell so much about someone. You can tell you can separate their cyberpersonality from their real personality. Reporter dont be too much of a skeptic. Bela says look at online love with what she calls psychotic optimism. It means love will come to me. Its a when. Its not an if. I am in it to win it. Reporter with that advice kristie is finally putting herself out there in she helped me come out of my comfort zone and get back into dating. [ applause ] psychotic optimism. Other things she says we should keep in mind dont have a next day delivery mindset. Just because you get online doesnt mean the perfect person will arrive in 48 hours. Be patient. Dont date someone would gives you butterflies. Surprising but says butterflies are usually your gut telling you its something wrong. Your fear and anxiety, not your excitement. No. No. Just the messenger. Im just the messenger here. And i think we can all agree with this, do find a high ghqghq man. High in good husband qualities. Kindness, reliability, loyalty, integrity and supportiveness and my own suggestion, embrace the mishaps. They make for really funny stories. Embrace the butterflies. Its okay. I dont know. Just get them all to fly if formation, you know. Right kind of butterflies. Now we have to differentiate. I will go back and get a full report. 8 55 p. M. They have it down to the exact time. You guys in . [ cheers and applause ] whos in . [ cheers and applause ] im out. Diane, thanks so much. We appreciate it. Okay, we have a special guest that well bring to our studio. Manasa is an amazing seventh grader from rochester, minnesota, one of our finalists waiting to find out what is she doing . She cant hear us but waiting to find out if shes going to the super bowl. She does know shes on camera but she cant hear you get it, girl. Get it. So we got to tell you her story again. She thinks shes a finalist and well tell her story and bring her out. Youre the winner. Oh, my god. Wait. Youve won. Reporter for two years Good Morning America has teamed up with the nfl to select and send a kid correspondent to the super bowl. Best week ever. Reporter the week jam packed with interviews with the players. How do you train to be a Great Quarterback . Reporter vip access on the red carpet. What kind do we have on now. My fancy nfl exclusive wristband. Reporter this year the competition was tougher than ever. Ending with three finalists, but only one heading to the super bowl. Hi, my name is manasa. Im physically active and very important. Reporter shes from rochester, minnesota and loves tennis, football, badminton and basketball and is the leader in the fuel up to play 60 program at her school. And plans Healthy Eating and physical fitness events for all her classmates. I cant wait to be on Good Morning America tomorrow. Reporter manasa thinks shes here as a finalist but little does she know shes about to score big. I still cant believe im one of the three finalists. So excited. Would you please welcome manasa. [ applause ] i want this. Whoa sit down. Whoo. 13 years old. Youre a big Minnesota Vikings fan. Im actually a Green Bay Packers fan. I got some Bad Information because youre from minnesota. But my second favorite is the minnesota sorry, the Minnesota Vikings. Theyre great. Theyre great but ive just fallen in love with the Green Bay Packers. Being from minnesota are you excited that the super bowl is going to be there. Oh, yeah, hometown, yes. Its going to be chilly but its going to be great. So lets get the stats. Seventh grade involved in your school. How do you encourage classmates to get involved. Well, im on a team and usually organize me and my director organize like events and usually urge my peers to get active every day for 60 minutes and to try different stuff. Smart. Yeah. We have a special message from your second favorite team. Hi, manasa. Its kyle rudolph, tight end for the Minnesota Vikings. I heard youre in new york as a finalist for the nfl play 60 super bowl contest presented by dan malls and i wanted to congratulate you for your commitment to living a healthy and active lifestyle. Were hosting super bowl lii here in your home state of minnesota. Pretty cool, right . I wanted to be the first to tell you that you will be attending the big game here in minneapolis as the nfl play 60 super kid. Yep. You heard it right. Congratulations, manasa. You are the winner of this years contest and are headed to super bowl lii. [ cheers and applause ] oh, my god. [ cheers and applause ] you thought you were just a finalist. Didnt you . Yeah. We brought you here because youre the big winner. Oh, my gosh. So what are your emotions . What are you feeling. I have no words. I cant express how happy and excited i am. Were so excited for you. Its a big job, though. You have to think about. Do you have any idea of what you might ask the players. Well, a lot of players they obviously play football but i want to know if they try any unique ways of staying active other than just playing football. Thats smart. Thats great. That would be interesting to learn. Youre going to be asking questions so this is going to come in handy. This is your specialrophic m nfd correspondent. Thanks, Good Morning America. Are you ready for some football. Oh, yeah, i am. Oh, yeah, i am. [ applause ] abuebiacs way. Ininucodluvag ckr. , its all like jacks oneofakind breakfast pockets for 2 each. Three of jacks famous tacos and a small drink for 3 or a classic bonus jack combo for 5 its like i tell jack jr. , its all about big values, jr. Prices. Back now on Good Morning America. The storm weve been talking about has been raising all sorts of questions. I got a lot on twitter and answered some of them on facebook live. But i wanted to talk about a couple of the questions ive been getting about this storm so megan morgan tweeted is there meteorologist summer camp where you sit around and come up with these terpsy is it you that did this . No, its not me. The bomb term that youve been hearing has been around for almost 40 year, you guys. There it is from the ams glossary. Yeah, i know. It drops 24 millibars in 24 hours. That storm, though, we went 59 millibars in 24 hours so more than doubled that and the last time we did Something Like that was in 1989. Just so you know. Also from Maggie Donahue she asked since the storm has a defined eye could it actually be called a hurricane and i know it gets confusing because people say theres hurricaneforce wind, the answer is, no, these storms are totally different. A hurricane, the origin of where the energy comes from this the storms in a hurricane is all warm core that feeds off the warmth. In this it fees off the warmth and cold and extreme dynamic and make it extra tropical instead of tropical. Hopefully you learned a little something. Ask me more good morning. Im meteorologist mike nicco. Showers increase today, moderate at times. Theyll leave was a slippery commute for the evening hours. As they fade overnight, get ready for some fog the next couple mornings, the [ applause ] this is great, guys. Were celebrating our 11th annual warm coats and warm heart coat drive and partnered with burlington delivering good to everyone. Brett eldredge, love him and dancing with the stars Victoria Arlen and val chmerkovskiy. You got to bring your gently e used coats to our local Burlington Store to keep warm. Latest total, right . 123,631 coats donated so far. Go to our website to learn more about how you can get involved. Lara, my lips are chapped and i know you got dr. Whitney bowe there to help us out. Here for you, my friend. As ginger just alluded to as the bitter cold weather done a number on your skin, if yes, Board Certified dermatologist dr. Whitney bowe is here for you. [ applause ] with some products you can get this your local drugstore and kept everything under 10 which we appreciate it. Right. You say there are lots of great products out there. You dont need to spend a lot of money. So true and the winter condition, its just so harsh on the skin because not only outside do we have cold whipping winds but then you walk inside and you have that just dry heat, right . Drink enough water. Where you go, literally the dry heat is stealing moisture right out of your skin and people think you have to spend a for tune on skin care. You dont so these are some of my favorite skin care products. We get all of these at a local drugstore for under 10. Start with cleansers and moisture risers. So cleansers, when people use harsh cleansers it lives you with that squeaky clean feeling. The opposite of the way you want it to feel. If it feels tight or dry after you cleanse. Youre using the wrong products. These are some favorite, dove makes amazing foam, body wash, beauty bars, within five minutes of cleansing you want to pat dry and apply a moisturizer. Onetwo punch always. Got to trap the moisture in. These are two of my favorites when it comes to the face because aveeno and cetaphil dont clog the pores and have Broad Spectrum sunscreen. For the body. Pumps are great for the day but look for the jars at night because these are filled with rich heavy creams that really get in there and really nourish the skin all night long. If youre super dry, why not, right . These are more greasy so hard to put on clothes on top of them which is why we go with locates but if you can, yeah. Special request from me i want to talk about the eyes. This skin is so sensitive. Very thin delicate fragile prone to dry patches. Used to only use creams but new gels are hydrating. Whats great about it it absorbs quickly and can literally put your makeup on top and not miss a beat. This one is by olay, 10 which is like unheard of for eye products. Usually very expensive. Im taking mental notes and chapped lips. Who has them . It is what it is. All day long. Our lips are prone to dryness. We dont have sebaceous glands, the oil glands that keep it moist and protected but when they get dry you lick them. Which is the saliva amaking it worse so have a table of audience members over there testing out two of my favorite products. So the new generation of chapstick has been shown to trap moisture for up to eight hours and burts bees is made with bebb beewax. Theyre protected. Any tips. Dont lick them. Use these products and honestly if you can get a cool mist humidifier your skin will thank you in the morning. Were thanking you as always. Great tip, great prices. So helpful. Coming up, a first look at a brandnew david bowie documentary you dont want to miss woman so, greg, its a lot to take in. Woman 2 and i know thats hard to hear, but the doctors caught it early. Hi, blake my dad has cancer. Woman and i know how hard that is to hear. But youre in the right place. Man and dr. Pascal and her team, they know what to do. They know what to do. The doctors know what to do. So heres the plan. First off, were going to give you all. voice fading away [ applause ] we are back with the first look at a brandnew documentary about david bowie, the superstar was so creative in the last years of his life he produced two groundbreaking albums and a musical and now david bowie the last five years takes a look at the end of his extraordinary career and Deborah Roberts has that. Hey, george, its hard to believe its been two years since the world lost this iconic genius. He spent more than 50 years creating, shocking and entertaining with his unforgettable music. Music he worked on until the very end of his life. Well, now this documentary opens a window into those final five years. Rebel rebel reporter on rebel rebel and fame. What you need you have to borrow. Reporter to space oddity Ground Control to major tom reporter and lets dance. Wild color lights up your face reporter david bowie was a transformative figure in contemporary music. Now a new documentary david bowie the last five years takes an intimate look at the artists final contributions, the albums the next day and blacktar and his musical lazarus. You talked to his band members and they reveal a lot about this man, their deep affection for him, his humor. They genuinely loved him. They genuinely loved him and i think they admired him hugely and they still do. He was always funny. He always had a funny sense of humor. He was always joking about things. What about lazarus. They say in the documentary we understand that that was on his bucket list. He wanted to do a musical. Assume its a weapon. Reporter inspired by the character he played in the 1976 film the man who fell to earth, bowie had been wanting to create a musical since t the 60s. So when he started lazarus the musical my understanding he didnt know he was ill. He was undergoing treatment when he was finishing it. Reporter he passed away a month after the shows opening night. I was looking for you reporter when you look at lazarus, the video, a lot say it seemed prophetic. A lot do because he is in a bed and hes bandaged up but originally when they conceived of that idea, certainly the video director had no knowledge that david was ill and im not even sure that david knew how ihl he was or whether it would be terminal. There were two lazaruss in the bible. One comes back to life after all. He doesnt die, he comes back to life when jesus brings him back to life so could be a sign this is hopeful, so when he at the end of that video he goes back into the closet which is a joke and i remember the video director saying that david had said to him, you know, i should go back into the closet at the end because that will get him thinking. He came out of the closet in the 70s and now going back into the closet. Reporter when he passed away at age of 69 he left behind his wife the model and sure. I dont think anything will be quite as beguiling and thats why we till care. The end of an era. The end of an era, absolutely right. And who can forget him . The documentary premieres monday january 8th on hbo on what would have been bowies 71st birthday and, george, sadly he passed away two days after his birthday. I cannot wait to see that. Really cool. Very, very cool. Thanks, deborah. Wel sfx tsfx feet shufflingc life can change in an instant. Be covered when it does. With a health plan through covered california. We offer free expert help choosing the best plan for you. And all of our plans include free preventive care. Financial help is available, so check for yourself to see what savings you qualify for. Open enrollment ends january 31st, so dont miss out. Because you never know when life. Will change. Get covered today. Good morning america is brought to you by publishers clearinghouse. Were taking pictures earlier with the audience during commercials this young woman came up. Said shes a second grade teacher, miss rutherford. Yes, maam. She said she promised her students she would make it on tv. So from eaglesville. Tennessee. So what do you want to say . Ill see you guys on monday. Get your homework done. The dog didnt eat the homework. Have a great friday and a great weekend. Heres your receipt. Have a nice day thank you. Start the car start the car start the car start the car the ikea winter sale. Wooooooo get up to 50 off select items. Now through january 10th. Ikea. There are two types of people in the world. Those who fear the future. And those who embrace it. The future is for the unafraid. All because of you im Jessica Castro from abc7 mornings. Lets check in with mike nicco with our bay area forecast. Hi, mike. Hey, jessica. Hey, everybody. Still on storm watch, storm impact scale 1 with waves of showers moderate at times. I dont think well see any flooding or damage from breezes. We have a shower from the bay bridge and the Richmond San Rafael bridge, and you can see more developing and flowing from southwest to northeast. So get ready for showers through the evening commute. Dry this weekend, stronger storm next week. Heres a live look at that shower across the bay bridge as well and it is affecting your drive into San Francisco as the windshield wipers are needed as they emerge into the rain from San Francisco. They have very light traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza. Thats what we call friday light. Sue, thank you. Time for live with kelly ryan. Well be back at 11 00 for the abc7 midday news and our reporting continues on our news app and abc7news. Com. Announcer its live with kelly and ryan today, bigscreen star blake lively, and from this is us, milo ventimiglia, plus actress uzo aduba. And ryan takes us back to his hometown of atlanta, georgia. All next on live [upbeat music] now, here are kelly ripa and Ryan Seacrest you got me like ah and ooh with all the things you do ryan good morning. Hi, guys. Kelly whoo ryan good morning. Yall, whats up . [cheers and applause] hey there. [cheers and applause]