The authors reaction and the president s tweet overnight plus a case of arson, the home of an accuser of Republican Senate candidate roy moore burns down. And mega winner. One ticket sold overnight in the Mega Millions drawing. Where it was as the powerball tonight grows to 570 million. I felt it today. Something told me to go and buy a ticket. Customers flocking to stores with winning track records hoping to get lucky. Hey, good morning on this first saturday of 2018, and it is a dangerously cold one in the midwest and especially here in the northeast. We want you to look at this shot of frozen floodwaters in ducksbury, massachusetts. Not far away near boston, we have the Charles River which is frozen over as well and then to the south, the Schuylkill River near philly also iced over. And in South Carolina, check out this guy drinking beer on his above ground pool. This situation though is not a joke, although i love this picture. This morning, windchills in some shots could be negative 30 or 40 degrees, which can produce frostbite in as little as ten minutes. Thats reason number 3 million and 1 to stay inside and not go outside. Here in new york city sundays forecast to be the 13th straight day below freezing. Thats the longest stretch in nearly 57 years, so the big question, when will we get relief . So lets start things off with rob. Were going to hold off that answer for just a bit. No. Come on. Its the duration of this. The longevity of this cold thats really been exceptionally brutal. Its going to be a top three, as you mentioned. Since 1961 we havent seen a stretch like this below freezing in new york and places like raleigh goes down to the south. Similar stretches if not alltime recordbreaking stretch there and look at the windchills all the way from maine down in through South Carolina today. This polar air coming in reinforcing, this is the coldest stuff right now. Minus 8 in new york city for a windchill. But look at this, minus 30 to minus 40 in saranac lake in upstate new york and tomorrow we dont warm up a whole lot. Were not going to warm up until the end of this week, so dangerous cold coming in here, and the you saw that one picture in through parts of boston and the south part there, frozen coastal flooding. I dont think ive ever seen that. With us live this morning is eva pilgrim just up the road in boston proper. Hi, eva. Reporter hey, rob, it is frigid here. Right now it feels like 15 below zero, and this cold weather just adding insult to injury. Much of the east coast still recovering from that winter storm. Many airports struggling to get back to normal. This morning, some calling it chaos, passengers stranded inside terminals and on tarmacs and at jfk in new york, weary travelers waiting for hours overnight to deplane. On the tarmac weve now entered hour six. Reporter inside, huge crowds. Airports across the u. S. Struggling to recover from the east coast storm. Its got to be a lot of snow to close an airport down. Reporter in charleston, South Carolina, airport officials shutting it down for lack of snow removal equipment. Were not equipped like you would be say a boston. We expect this once every ten years. Reporter o that was the water line. The white . Oh. Thats how high the water was back here. Reporter in massachusetts storm surge adding insult to injury cascading on the streets and into basements. Officials now saying this was the highest tide ever recorded in boston. If anyone wants to question global warming, just see where the flood zones are. Those zones didnt flood 30 years ago. Reporter the Charles River now a frozen blanket of snow and ice. In winthrop, massachusetts, cars in driveways destroyed. It didnt get in the back. Reporter crews racing to clear roads, trying to figure out what to do with all that snow. Where do you put it . So were going to do some removal operations with our snowblower. You can only plow so much. Reporter the storm taking at least eight lives. In long island, two dead after cleaning up snow. And these temperatures are not just cold, but they are dangerous. As you guys were mentioning, it doesnt take long to get frostbite in these temperatures. Where i am right now, less than half an hour. Guys. Its so cold outside. Eva, thank you. As we mentioned earlier, rob will have an update on when things might warm up. Yes. He didnt want to answer that question. He was really dodging it. Suspicious. We want to move to the breaking news overnight. There was an extremely close call on the tarmac with passengers having to evacuate in this frigid weather. Harrowing video, two planes clipping wings on the runway. A fire breaking out. Abcs Erielle Reshef is here in studio with more. Erielle, good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you, paula and dan. Witnesses say the westjet flight had just landed from cancun and was taxiing to the gate when it suddenly was struck by another aircraft. The frightening aftermath caught on camera. Panic on a toronto tarmac as two planes collide turning the tail of this sunwing jet into a ball of flames. Responding bravo 12 for an aircraft on fire. Reporter Stephen Belford capturing this dramatic cell phone video just after that empty aircraft clipped this westjet plane as it sat still minutes after touching down from cancun. There was fuel being vented on the wing and then there was a big fireball, and it went from being very funny to very scary very fast. Theres people running around and their aircraft is on fire. Reporter emergency crews flooding the the westjet flights 168 passengers and 6 crew members on the coldest january 5th in torontos history. You good . Reporter one passenger in flipflops. The windchill, negative 18 degrees. It was freezing cold. So, everyone is like kind of panicking because youre not dressed for winter. Youre just dressed for being on the plane. Reporter westjet tweeting the boeing 737 was struck by a sunwing aircraft pushing back from the gate, and sunwing confirming to abc news that its plane was being towed and came in contact with another aircraft. Pearson International Airport saying all passengers made it safely into the terminal. All passengers made it out safely, but Authorities Say one First Responder was injured and taken to the hospital. This morning the Transportation Safety board is investigating how this could have happened. Of course, they are. Erielle, thank you very much. To politics now and that bombshell book, fire and fury, which paints a deeply unflattering portrait of the trump white house, its flying off the shelves this morning. President trump is tweeting about the claims writing actually throughout my life my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being like really smart. Crooked Hillary Clinton also played these cards very hard and as everyone knows went down in flames. I went from very successful businessman to top tv star, abcs david wright is at the white house with more. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning, paula and dan. This new book is the talk of the town here in washington and not in a good way for this white house. Its another big distraction for an administration that already seemed to struggle to stay focused. Already this book is number one on the amazon bestseller list. This morning, fire and fury isnt just the title of the capitals newest bestseller creating long lines at book stores. I heard that it pissed the president off, so i just had to buy it. Reporter that phrase also neatly describes the reaction the book has inspired here at the white house. Its completely tabloid gossip full of false and fraudulent claims. Reporter the president and his team are expressing outrage at the books depiction of an administration adrift, rife with infighting and constantly on the verge of chaos. Overnight the president tweeted, Michael Wolff is a total loser who made up stories in order to sell this really bore and untruthful book. This morning, he tweeted, i went from very successful businessman to top tv star to president of the United States on my first try. I think that would qualify as not smart, but genius and a very stable genius at that. I would never question his mental fitness. I have no reason to question his mental fitness. They all say he is like a child. Reporter but on fridays today show author Michael Wolff insisted that all of trumps inner circle have little respect for the man they serve regardless of what they may say publicly. My credibility is being questioned by a man who has less credibility than perhaps anyone who has ever walked on earth at this point. Reporter meanwhile, the Trump Justice Department is now launching a new investigation into the Clinton Foundation and whether some donors expected political favors back when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state. The clinton teams response, lets call this what it is, a sham. This is a philanthropy that does lifechanging work which republicans have tried to turn into a political football. Its disgraceful and should be concerning to all americans. The president is at camp david trying to focus on his legislative agenda and the upcoming midterm elections. It is an extremely cold weekend to be spending at camp david. The president is there with Republican Leaders as well as top members of his cabinet, however, some noteworthy exceptions. Not on the invitation list, attorney general jeff sessions. Dan and paula. Interesting omission. David wright, thanks for your reporting. We want to bring in abcs cokie roberts. She is in d. C. For us this morning. Good morning to you, cokie. Good morning. Im luckily inside unlike poor david. We wouldnt put you outside. No. Thats good. Regarding the Clinton Foundation, the democrats say this is just the Trump Administration attempting to shift the focus. Is that the case or do you think theres legitimately something there . Well, obviously donald trump has said in an interview with the New York Times that he can do anything he wants with the Justice Department. And the Justice Department is really just getting whipped whiplash from both sides, so the fbi has reopened or apparently reupped an investigation into the Clinton Foundation and that investigation was legitimate. It was a question of whether there was pay for play of people donating to the foundation for favors from the state department, but whether that is whether theyve learned anything new is the real question there. Why would it continue now when theyve already been investigating it for a good long time . So there is certainly at least a whiff of politics here. Well, in the same vein, democrats are also up in arms this morning over the fact that trumps allies in congress, senior Congressional Republicans are calling for a criminal investigation into christopher steele, who is the author of that infamous dossier looking into trumps alleged ties to russia. These republican senators say they believe steele may have lied to federal authorities. So, begin, the same question, do you think this one is politically motivated or is there possibly there there . There might be there there in that he might have said something that was not correct, but clearly this is something where the republicans in congress have been pressured to do something about this russian probe, and what theyve decided to do is go after the people who have revealed it as opposed to going after the probe itself so it is or the Trump Administration, which, of course, is accused by democrats of colluding with the russians. So it is very, very political at the moment in terms of what people are asking the Justice Department to do and trying to maintain its independence as an important federal agency is going to be very tough for this Justice Department in this administration. These are interesting times. Cokie roberts, we always appreciate your analysis on a saturday morning and we will never send you outside so thank you. Never. Thank you. Never. Never. I promise. Thats good. Now this morning to the new developments in the Nuclear Standoff involving north korea. Yeah, north korea and south korea have now agreed to sit down and talk next week in advance of the upcoming olympic games, which will take place in the south, and abcs chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz is in south korea for us this morning. Martha, good morning. Reporter good morning, dan and paula. Here in seoul, there is relief that the two sides will be talking again, but there remains ep aut what happens next. The talks will happen here in the socalled truce village of panmunjom where north korean and south korean soldiers stand feet awart on this heavily fortified border. The armistice that suspended the korean war was signed here in 1953. The topic this time, the norths participation in olympic games. It may sound unimportant but the talks come at a time of incredible tension. The north near perfecting a Nuclear Weapon that could potentially reach the u. S. Kim jongun claiming he has a Nuclear Button ready to go on his desk. President trump responding with a school yard taunt tweeting that his is bigger. I think the rhetoric that north korea understands is while it is our objective to achieve a denuclearization through diplomatic efforts, those diplomatic efforts are backed by a Strong Military option if necessary. Reporter and the show of u. S. Military might on the peninsula has been nearly constant. But during the olympics, the u. S. Has agreed to halt military exercises, but what comes after these talks between the north and south is still very much in question. The u. S. Saying they will not sit down with the north unless it accepts denuclearization. And the north saying that will never happen. For now, all eyes are on tuesday. If there is progress made in the talks, there is hope that they will expand, but either way, this Nuclear Crisis is far from over. Dan and paula. All right, Martha Raddatz reporting from the region. And we want to send things over to Ron Claiborne for a look at what else is going on in the news world. Hi. Good morning. Good morning to you, paula and dan, adrienne, robert. Good morning. Good morning, everyone. Were going to begin with new details about the las vegas mass shooter in the days leading up to that massacre. Workers at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and casino had contact with the gunman, Stephen Paddock every day. On the day of the shooting, october 1st, there was a Room Service Delivery to his room and a call to housekeeping. That was from the room. Mgm resorts owner of the hotel said the interactions were normal. Paddock killed 58 people before fatally shooting himself. New this morning, the u. S. Navy announcing that they have located a missing aircraft that crashed back in november. It was located, the remains of it, in the south pacific. The wreckage of the c2a greyhound aircraft was pinpointed last week in the Philippines Sea at a depth of more than 18,000 feet. Experts say bringing up the wreckage will be one of the deepest recovery attempts ever made. Three American Service members died in the crash. Their bodies were never found. And breaking overnight hall of fame basketball star Julius Erving has been hospitalized after becoming ill at a philadelphia 76ers game in philly last night. The 67yearold dr. J was honored at the game to mark 5 years since that, his famous cradle dunk since repeated only by rob marciano. According to ervings representative, hes expected to be evaluated and should be okay there. New this morning, a lawyer for o. J. Simpson threatening a Las Vegas Hotel with a 100 million lawsuit over an incident there back in november. Simpsons lawyer accusing the Cosmopolitan Hotel casino of malice and racial prejudice claiming that simpson was singled out from a group of nonafricanamerican friends and then thrown out. The hotel banned simpson following that incident. Simpson has denied he was intoxicated or unruly at the time that he was removed. In houston, texas, nearly 6,000 people who lost their homes during Hurricane Harvey are waiting to move into fema trailers but they cant because of a local law preventing those trailers to be used, you can see those trailers in the video, thousands of them sitting unused about 120 miles outside houston. A city law restricts manufactured Housing Units and rv trailers to mobile home parks. Thats the rule so far. And finally, one philadelphia father is taking a creative approach to tracking his infant sons growth. Check this out. Hes doing it with a philly cheesesteak. Oh, yes. Brad wchls started taking the photos of his son lucas alongside the famous philadelphia sandwich when lucas was just two weeks old after noticing how similar in size the son was to a philly cheesesteak. He started doing it every month for the last year. By the way, those are new cheesestakes, not the same rotting cheesesteak. Its never too early to send your son positive messages about heart health. Yeah, right, and the question is, was that cheesetake from genos or pats or tony lukes. Whip. With or without . With or without. Wit. Yes. Im a genos guy, by the way. Youre a genos guy . Ill take any. I dont discriminate. Do you think rob marciano will answer our question finally . Will it warm up . Is there an end in sight when was the last time i did that cradle dunk. That was with an adjustable hes still avoiding it. I was in college, yes. When is it going to warm up . A nerf in my dorm room. It will never warm up. Thank you. The new ice age is coming. We got news on game of thrones. All right, lets go to the west coast and brighten things up and go west coast. Its been a quiet storm season out there. Orange county, anaheim, public works, theyre out there prepping for a storm thats coming towards california. So theyre clearing the storm drains there and putting out some of that hydro mulch to suck up some of the water that comes down and worried about the burn scars from the fires they have. We have a couple of storms, one coming in tonight across parts of the northwest. But this one down here, which is coming from the south, so its a warm one, that will be driving in during the day monday, significant rainfall with this, a little bit of wind but just enough rain, maybe 3, 4 inches in spots obviously to bring some debris down those burn areas so worried about that and the high snow levels here. So its not going to bring a whole lot in the way of snowpack with this storm but were seeing a pattern change, thankfully. Good saturday morning. Im lisa argen. Waking up to partly cloudy skies here. Mt. Tam in the distance. We still have a few leftover showers in the south bay. Then well see a partly cloudy afternoon for everyone. Our next storm arrives monday morning. Its a level 2, and it lasts into tuesday. Highs today, 60 degrees in oakland. San francisco, look for 62 in san jose. And the accuweather sevenday forecast shows increasing clouds and paula is right. We havent answered the question when the cold is going to end. That is for the next half hour. And i might even not answer it then. He is stringing it out so viewers stay with us to find out what the answer is. You know what, i want to change this country and this subject completely because im over this cold. You can warm us up. Yes. What rhymes or what letter starts marciano and money. There you go. I didnt know where she was going with that. Money money money money someones ticket is worth 450 million or 281 million in cash. But if youre a betting man or lady and you didnt grab the winning numbers this round, theres still another huge drawing on the table. Watch this. Overnight one of the largest jackpots in lottery history officially off the market. Across america with megajackpot. 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Brutal temperatures dominating the midwest, meanwhile, but a pattern change is in sight. Some ill tell you because rob wont some may see a change as early as tomorrow. Really . Are you adding meteorologist to your title . Thats news to me. I Better Change the graphic. Also happening now, football funding. The nfl dedicating millions to Concussion Research despite ending a 30 million agreement with the National Health institute that it did back in 2012. Heres what theyre doing. Theyre dedicating more than 17 million to two recent studies tracking aging. The leagues chief medical officer calling it vital to understanding brainrelated diseases. And figure skating fury. Olympic hopeful, ashley wagner, lashing out at judges overnight following her fourth place finish at the u. S. Figure skating championships. After her performance, she said that she was so furious with her scores and angry with the poor qualifying position that it put her in for the u. S. Figure skating olympic team. And, of course, shes supposed to be the face of the team in 2018 just around the corner so theres a lot of uncertainty. She was in a similar position in 2012. Shell pull it through. I hope so. Im optimistic. Im optimistic. Anyway im also optimistic its going to get warm and rob tells me im wrong. Anyway, coming up on the show this morning, this is not a reason for optimism. Flu cases on the rise. The latest report. Well tell you about that and dr. Jen ashton on whether its more severe this season than last and what to do to protect yourself. But first here to the fire that destroyed a home of of a whom who accused roy moore of Sexual Misconduct. Tina johnson is wondering if there is a connection to her coming forward with her claims and ron is here. She says her life was returning to normal and now this, this fire that demolished her home and Authorities Say it was not an accident. This morning, the investigation into who may have burned down the gadsden alabama home of one of the women who accused roy moore of Sexual Misconduct. We have nothing. We have the clothes on our back. Reporter tina johnsons house caught fire wednesday. Investigators in alabama say they are speaking to a person of interest but they say they do not believe this was any sort of payback and is not connected to roy moore or any of his followers. Johnson says she isnt so sure. Its too coincidental to me but whatever they say, ill go with, but right now im just so devastated that i cant im devastated. Reporter johnson spoke out during the senate race moore ran and lost as the republican nominee claiming that moore groped her back in 1991 when she was 28 years old. He just grabbed me from behind on my buttocks, and he just squeezed it really hard, and i remember thinking i was so ashamed. Reporter Officials Say no one was injured in the fire at johnsons home. Neighbors did report seeing a drunk man Walking Around the house before the blaze broke out. Things were getting back to normal. We were getting back to you know, life was good and then this happened and this has just been devastating. Johnson and her husband were at work at the time that that fire broke out and apparently in the back of their home their son was at school. The family says they lost everything, everything in that blaze. Yeah, whatever the cause, you really do have to feel for them. This is devastating. Its terrible, yeah. Our heart goes out to them. Thank you. Thank you very much, ron. Should we ask rob for the third time . Why ask him. Hell do whatever he wants. Should we even give him an opportunity right now . No. Well, you know, dan said earlier that tomorrow things are going to start to warm up. Considering that there are several cities that are having record lows today in those spots it hasnt been this cold in decades, so its not going out on much of a limb, dan, to say that tomorrow its going to warm up. Thank you for that. Ill just read the teleprompter over here, man. Minus 43. This is lifethreatening cold across the Northern Tier but obviously windchills in the Single Digits and teens this morning. Today we dont warm up a whole lot. Tomorrow not a whole lot. Maybe tomorrow afternoon. The pattern is shifting. We saw that storm coming into california. That is a sign and weve had a little weak system that will be coming across the midwest here. Some rain, snow, maybe some freezing rain down across the south briefly on through monday morning and a mix coming in towards the northeast as we go through monday afternoon and that will kind of kick this deep freeze out and really the longterm trend is a much warmer one as we get towards next weekend. Thats the good news, there you good morning. Saturday morning, waking up to this view in San Francisco. Still a few showers in the south bay. And looking at partly cloudy skies. Mid50s by thi this Weather Report is brought to you by dove. And its a sad state of affairs when were celebrating the fact that its going to get above freezing. Yay. Across much of the east. But the deep freeze is ending in the next few days. I saw the graphic. Yeah, there you go. Print it. In the 20s it will be actually balmy at this point. Id be happy with 20s. You start to think rob wants it to stay cold. I do like me some winter. Do you . I do like me some winter. He looks too happy. Thank you, robert. Appreciate it. Coming up on gma, a big winter story. Flu cases on the rise. Is it too late to get your flu vaccine . Dr. Jen ashton is here with the answer. And David Lettermans new talk show. Who will be the first person on his couch . Thats ahead in pop news. 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While we havent official ly reached epidemic level, there are 26 states that are experiencing high flu activity and in california, health Officials Say 27 people have died of the flu since october compared with three at the same time last year. Some hospitals in the state are rerouting patients to other hospitals because theyre getting so many cases, and in chicago the flu season appears to be peaking early. The Fire Department there says theyve added more ambulances to respond to cases, so abcs chief medical correspondent dr. Jen ashton is here. Good morning. Good morning, you guys. Can we say this year is worse than years past . It appears that way now. We get weekly numbers from the cdc and remember that a lot of our assessments come in retrospect so they come when we have a lot of data then look back to compare to last year and so we dont know whether weve peaked yet. As you mentioned, it hasnt yet been determined that were at epidemic levels, but to be honest, the last couple of reports and the last couple of weeks the activity does look like that may be coming, and if you look at the map, you can see widespread activity in almost every state and hospitalization rates have approximately doubled. And if you look at the trends this year compared to last year, we are seeing well above the numbers we saw at this time last year. So, again, does it look worse . Yes, and thats because the numbers support that. Yeah, its jarring. So you mentioned hospitalizations. I talked earlier about the fact that hospitals in Southern California that are turning people away and rerouting them. You actually say this is not unusual. Yeah, well, thats called going on diversion, and thats a decision thats made between Emergency Medical Services and the Emergency Departments at various hospitals. And if they are filled to capacity and they cannot accommodate any more patients safely, they will go on temporary diversion and send them to other close by hospitals. Usually the reason that occurs is because patients in the e. D. Are waiting for beds, theyve been admitted and beds are being held up to those waiting to be discharged. So a domino effect he occurs but to be clear, if you are having a heart attack, you will be brought to the nearest hospital. We only have like five seconds. Important to point out its not too late to get the flu shot and wash your hands. Absolutely. The flu vaccine is still around. It is not too late to get it. If you are sick, those antiviral medications that come in oral, nasal and intravenous form can be very effective and obviously if you do feel stick and can stay home, stay away from others because you can be infectious for up to seven days off your symptoms. And wash your hands. All the time. Great advice. Thanks. 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Here to kick it off and break it down for us, one of our had favorite people, espns tony reali. You dont have to say that every time im on the show. Okay, we dont like you. Do you want us to say that . Dan is going to love what you are going to have to say. I know hes smirking being a bostonian. The patriots have a first round bye. But i know there is trouble in paradise, first, are they the favorite, though . They are the favorite but if we were dan writing a book for fidgety skeptics in professional football id have to say the last week the story on espn about a relationship rift between tom brady, head coach Bill Belichick and owner robert kraft, i mean, there is smoke there. There is real smoke there. The Team Released a statement from all three saying we dont have a problem. When you have to release a statement saying you dont have a problem, you might have a problem. But they are off this week. They earned that bye and this is setting up for a scenario which is reports of our demise are greatly exaggerated. The owner said that. Thats kind of what it is. I do think if anybody can tune it out, its the patriots. Yes, absolutely. This afternoon, whats on the docket . Tennessee, kansas city, new orleans. Kansas city, roller coaster of a season with quarterback alex smith. But i dont think theyre getting off the roller coaster just yet. Theyre at home and thats a good Home Field Advantage for them. New orleans and carolina, an intriguing matchup. New orleans has beaten the panthers twice this year by double digits. Now they play for a third time. Historically if youve lost two games by double digits, thats not a great scenario for you and cam newton has to play better. Hard to beat a team three times. Then tomorrow what do we have . First playoff game in los angeles in a generation. Theyre excited about that. The Atlanta Falcons went to the super bowl last year. They have experience. The l. A. Rams have a 23yearold quarterback, jared goff. Im feeling very old right now. Well, get ready for this. Their head coach is 31. Sean mcvay, 31 years of age, so nothing would surprise me with this game. My favorite story line of the nfl playoffs, the buffalo bills. How could it not be . I know, and the videos of the fans and players celebrating. Were still watching videos of the teams and the fans celebrati celebrating. Its incredible. Itll be their first playoff game in almost 20 years. They take on jacksonville. Just look at this. Thats realizing that another team lost which means your team is going to the playoffs. And they take on jacksonville. This could be a wild ones card game. Jacksonville hasnt been there in a while either. Look at how theyre celebrating. At their stadium today, theyre going to have some teal flavored beer and teal flavored ice cream. Teal flavored beer . 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What . Insane. Number two on the list, yeah, breaking bad. A lot of folks love breaking bad. Amcs series from 2008 to 2013. And number three, you have to say it with an accent, Downton Abbey. Downton abbey. So good. Yeah, it is. You like Downton Abbey . I love Downton Abbey. Game of thrones is so intense, i cant do two or three at a time. Plus you need to stretch it out because theyre never on tv. Until 2019. I like Downton Abbey a lot too. I didnt see it being in your wheelhouse. I take offense to that. You dont think im sophisticated enough. No, no, i just i dont know. Breaking bad kind of guy. Marciano. Downton abbey. Okay. Well, lady gaga is giving us a million reasons to call her fearless, applause, please, and shes leaving us all speechless with her ziplining style upside down through the trees on instagram with her agent boyfriend and rumored fiance christian carino. There we go. The two are vacationing in costa rica. He captioned this, the super bowl jump was simply a warmup. 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No, actually, no, we all need to stay inside and stay warm. And watch Downton Abbey. We learned so much. Rob likes Downton Abbey. Who knew . Well be back here tomorrow. Yay. We learned so much. Rob likes Downton Abbey. Who knew . Good morning, im Cornell Barnard. New detailsinabout former 49ers linebacker ahmad brooks. Prosecutors agreed to a plea deal. He only needs to perform 100 hours of Community Service and pay restitution to the victim. He was facing a misdemeanor Sexual Battery charge for groping an unconscious woman. According to the mercury news, the District Attorneys Office said there were, quote, legal and factual challenges with the case. Changes could be on the way to the california Emergency Alert system. Legislators are proposing every county be required to adopt up to date wireless Emergency Alert systems. The bill would set standards as to when the system would be used and how alerts should be send out. The october wildfires destroyed thousands of homes and killed more than 40 people. Happening today, a chance to meet some of team usas olympic athletes at the winter fest in san jose. The event comes just days after the womens figure skating championship which was also held in san jose. Merrill davis and charlie white, champions in ice dancing, will be on hand as well as jeremy bloom. The event begins at 3 00. Meteorologist lisa argen last your bay area forecast, hey, lisa. Hey, cornell. If youre looking out the window, boy, is it a nice one out there. A few leftover showers are dotting the coast. Fog is an issue. 2 1 2 mile visibility in half moon bay. Petaluma is pretty much fogged in with low 40s in novato and 50 in fremont. Check this out, wow, from mt. Tam, just beautiful out there. 50s by midday. By the afternoon, upper 50s with partly cloudy skies. Well talk about big time rain moving in early next week, coming up, chris. Lisa, thanks. Up next, some of the first dispensaries allowed to sell recreational pot in San Francisco will be open in one hour. A fake 911 call led police to an east bay home. Youll hear from the family who was terrified to find officers with weapons drawn. 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 announcer good morning bay area. Lets get up and get going. This is abc 7 mornings. Good morning to you. Its saturday, january 6th. Im Cornell Barnard in forhr nguyen. Lets start with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. Hey, cornell, good morning to you. Hi, everyone. Weve had a few sprinkles in the south bay pushing down along the coast. Live doppler 7 shows the cloud cover. We do have fog. A lot of pretty sunrises out there. San rafael, low 50s downtown. 53 in san jose with moistureladen air. 52 in gilroy. Fog around the bay, live view from mt. Tam, you can see low and high clouds. 40 in santa rosa, 47