He came this close to gronk. How do you feel . I was about an inch away from his face and it was best feeling ive had and best feeling i will. Minneapolis changing lives. Our thanks to maggie rulli there. I wonder how gronk feels about that interaction. Im sure it was a mutual reaction. One inch from his face. Gronk has been cleared to play. Rob gronkowski suffered a concussion in the afc championship game against the jaguars. He had been sidelined but hes past the concussion protocol and says hes ready for the eagles. Just did every step by step every day and everything went smooth and officially got the word today i was cleared. So super nice to hear and ready to roll. Gronk was tom bradys favorite target during the season. Making 68 catches and eight for touchdowns. He missed last years super bowl after having back surgery. You could tell nothing was going to stop him. Not having a lot of luck around the super bowl. Not at all. Meanwhile, the star of the halftime show Justin Timberlake spoke to reporters. Jokingly said hes ready to suit up for the patriots if needed. Then a reporter asked if h hisyearold son silas would be allowed on the field. He will never play football. My Main Objective is that he become a good person and if he wants to get into the arts or sports, yeah, i would fully support that. Was it a joke or back tracking . He forgot where he was. He went on to say he could hopefully offer advice to his son about what to do and not to do. He said right now theyre helping him with his manners. Timberlake said his band, the tennessee kids, would join him on the stage at halftime on sunday. That might end the speculation about n sync reunion or janet jackson. He said only the band was going to join him. What did you expect him to say . But its like when people say no, im not running for president and then they run for president. Exactly. They posted a poll and people are split 50 50 over whether they would be disappointed if janet does not join him. Ill be disappointed if janet and n sync both dont join him. There you go. That should change everything. My request. Is that one of them . When we come back, contestants struggle with sports questions on jeopardy. And puppies. Thats next in the skinny. 60 of women are wearing the wrong size pad and can experience leaks discover always my fit. Find the number thats right for your flow and panty size on the top of any always pack. The better the fit, the better it protects. Always. Will you be checking out today, mr. Connors . I say the chance of departure is 80 . 75 80. Excuse me. Excuse me. Wheres everybody going . To gobblers knob. Its groundhog day. Its still just once a year, isnt it . Then put your little hand in mine there aint no hill or mountain we cant climb is it just once a year . Happy dproundhog day, everybody. Happy groundhog day, yea. So it comes once a day unless youre weatherman phil conors and you get stuck in a time loop of course. Classic of course. Love it. I forgot where they were heading. Weirdest name. Gobblers knob. And our skinny lead is the roughest competition going down this weekend. Forget groundhogs were going to the 14th annual puppy bowl. We have major news about this years competitors. Among the 90 competitors, well have rescue pups from hurricane ravaged areas and special needs pups with sight and hearing impairments. So all of the puppies will be available for adoption with viewers able to go online to animal planets website to rescue a puppy see playing in the bowl and overseeing the puppies on the field this year. A sloth. The sloth will be acting as referee. It might slow down the game a little bit. Were not really sure. Can you call delay of game on the referee . The sloth going. Is that a flag on the play . Yes. Passer interference. And if youre a diehard puppy bowl viewer, because the game doesnt do very much, youll probably relate to this next jeopardy contestant. Last night alex trebek a little bit of a meltdown when all three failed to answer a single question in the football category after it was the only one oleft on the board. Heres a quick of his reactions. I can tell you guys are big football fans. Dallas cowboys. Do you think we should go to commercial . Lets go to the 1,000 clue just for the fun of it. If you ring in and get this one, i will die. Alex lives because nobody rang in to even answer. They didnt even try to guess at the last one. Number 51. Not the biggest football fans. Maybe by the time the sloth is done calling the plays, theyll have a little more football knowledge. The golden retriever. And finally a major milestone for the next generation of williams women. Serenas baby is getting in the Family Business with first tennis racket. Even without her shoes shes hard to beat wrote mom on instagram. And forecasting 12 wimbledon titles. No pressure. If you are going to play, you need to stay hydrated. Who needs a bottle when youve got the ultimate thirst quencher. Gatorade. Shes going straight for the gatorade. Coming up friday rewind is next. Ltry align probiotic. N your digestive system . For a nonstop, sweet treat goodness, hold on to your tiara kind of day. Get 24 7 digestive support, with align. The 1 doctor recommended probiotic brand. Also in kids chewables. Okay lets try this. It says you apply the blue one to me. Here . No. Make every day valentines day with ky yours and mine. Two sensations. One great way to discover new feelings together. All right so this week we got a look at the state of the music industry. It still hates rap music and is in love with bruno mars and the state of the union. But that depends on who you ask. We also witnessed the super blue blood moon. The state of the moon if you will. Heres our weekly friday rewind. Were going to start things off this half hour with the state of the union and President Trump ditching his usual fiery rhetoric to call for unity. But democratic lawmakers werent having it. If you believe in america, you can dream anything, you can be anything and together we can achieve absolutely anything. Now to the other breaking headline from washington at this hour. The brewing show down between the president and his new fbi director urging the president not to release a secret memo that alleges misconduct by top officials at the Justice Department. There may have been malfeasance by people at the fbi. So it is our job in conducting oversight of the executive branch to get to the bottom of that. Level one. Train versus truck. A train packed with dozens of lawmakers, their staffers and families on their way to a retreat slamming into a truck in rural virginia. Leaving one person dead. Suddenly there was a loud bang, there was a smell of electrical smoke. As for those republican lawmakers, they are now on their retreat. They began with a prayer for the victims. A powerful and political night at the artists say times up. Women dominate the stage. And been quite a sight this morning. People actually stayed the night here and slept in the barracks to wake up with the crew and view the super blue blood moon. The gloved one was back on stage kicking off the super bowl media frenzy on opening night. Whos my man crush . Jewels and danny and gronk. Pretty good looking guys. None of them are married either. You imagine that . Who knew the Super Bowl Press Conference would turn into a dating conference. And super bowl 6 30 p. M. Kick off from minneapolis on sunday. Go eagles. Good friday morning good friday morning, everyone. Here are some of the top headlines were following on world news now. Larry nassar expected in court as his third and final sentencing hearing this morning. More than 250 women have come forward alleging sexual abuse. More details ahead. President trump is expected to ignore the advice of his handpicked officials and approve the release of a classified memo that reportedly shows bias in the fbi. The document, which stems from the russia probe, could be made public as early as today. At least 18 people have been hospitalized in shanghai, china, after a van carrying gas tanks caught on fire and plowed into pedestrians in front of a starbucks. The driver was smoking and accidentally ignited those tanks. If he casts a shadow, six more weeks of winter, guaranteed. Otherwise, springlike temperatures on tap for everybody. Those are some of our stories on this friday, february 2nd. Announcer this is world news now. This is the day that folks at accuweather are like, phil. All those degrees. All those degrees. Getting shown up by a groundhog. Well start off this half hour on a more serious note the sentencing of former sports doctor larry nassar. Expected to spend the rest of his life behind bars. As we mentioned more than 250 of them came forward claiming they were abused by nassar. One of those women went to police with her story back in 2004, but authorities apparently did not believe her. Now she has gotten an apology. Heres lindsay davis. Reporter brianne was unwavering as she faced larry nassar in court. His abuse went on for too long because nobody was listening to us. Reporter she went to police back in 2004 when the former msu doctor abused her under the guise of medical treatment. The police questioned you and you had the audacity to tell them that i had misunderstood this treatment because i was not comf comfortable with my body. How dare you. Reporter after 14 years, officials from meridian township, michigan, they offered her an apology. On behalf our community, oour Police Department, to you, brianne, we failed you. We let you down. Reporter at the time nassar told police he used a medical technique and even a powerpoint presentation, but police never consulted an outside medical expert or told msu and closed the case. We are sorry that we were manipulated and deceived. Reporter brianne listened in by video conference. Saying she first got a private apology weeks ago. I immediately broke down after they apologized. This is a phone call i had been waiting almost 14 years for. Reporter she now plans to focus on making systematic changess to help victim. The document written by republicans is expected to be made public today, despite warnings from the fbi, the Justice Department and even some fellow republicans. Sources say the president believes a memo will back up his claim that the campaign that he had did not collude with russians. But they say its inaccurate. And could Harm National Security. And the president s apparent obsession with size has led to another false claim. He tweeted that his state of the union speech watched by 45. 6 million was the highest in history. But the reality the last three president s got better ratings. Tuesdays was one of the lowest for a president s first state of the union in the past 25 years. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is reaching further into the president s innercircle. One of President Trumps closest aides hope hicks is denying allegations she may have concealed donald trump jr. s emails. Pierre thomas has the details. Reporter shes the White House Communications director often seen at the president s side. Hope hicks is under increasing scrutiny. Did she try to mislead the public about that Infamous Trump tower meeting . At issue, that first controversial Statement Released by don jr. Saying it was primarily to discuss, quote, the adoption of russian children. But days laterer, emails to don jr. Revealed something far different. Don jr. Agreed to meet the russians after he was promised dirt on hillary clinton. The emails said that dirt was highlevel, Sensitive Information from, quote, russia and its Government Support for mr. Trump. He tried to downplay the meeting. My son is a wonderful young man. He took a meeting with russian lawyer. Not a government lawyer. But a russian lawyer. Reporter that first misleading information was on this air force one flight where they hoped to craft it while returning from overseas. Some asking why did the president step in at all . The president weighed in as any father would based on the limited information he had. Reporter the spokesman for President Trumps legal time at the time was concerned about the statements miseleading nature. Less than two weeks later he resigned. A source close to corolla promising dirt on hillary clinton, only, quote, a few people have them. They will never get out. He responded, this is washington, everything gets out. The special counsel has now contacted corallo as Robert Mueller investigates obstruction of justice. S say the idea she suggested that emails be concealed is completely false. An identical twin has been cleared in the death of her sister in hawaii. Alexandria duval was accused of murdering her sister by deliberately driving off a 200foot cliff. Witnesses say they saw the sisters fighting in the vehicle before the crash. Duvals defense attorney called the incident a tragic accident. The judge who decided the case seemed to agree with that argument. In the meantime, outside of l. A. , this alleged Police Beating in San Bernardino is now under investigation. That deputy shown punching and kicking a suspect during a an arrest has been placed on paid leave. That 21yearold suspect was booked and released on suspicion of obstructing an officer. Asking for witnesses to step forward. Authorities in the drought stricken area of cape town are tightening water use restrictions. They may have to turn off most of the citys taps by april if the 4 million residents cant concern water. Police in the military say they are prepared to help secure the water supply. It must be pretty lonely for Patriots Fans who live near philly. One in particular. There he is holding a receipt. That receipt includes a 5200 charge for being a patriots fan. The total bill over at the coffee station over 5,500 bucks including tax. With the goeaglesfly. 5200 just for being a pats fan. L ll lly it was 100 for every super bowl they have not won. And weve are had plenty of super bowl predictions. Our global bachelor football analyst. Youve got lot of talents, jack, a lot of titles. I went to school in philadelphia, 3 1 2 years on the campus of lasalle university. Never once supported the eagles. You would think that that tradition would continue. That all changes on sunday. Wow. Time to grease up the light posts, time for a cheesecake at pats and a victory parade that ends on the art museum stairs. Eagles 23, patriots 21. Patriots fans behind us suffering right now. Read it and weep. Our producer, ken, might disagree with you. Just guessing. I agree with you, jack. Write it down. I already did. Im going philadelphia and it pains me, after having lived in philly. 28. New england 23. I didnt know we were making predictions. I didnt either which is why you cant really see mine and i should point out i predicted correctly last years surprise. Correctly. 2123. Take that. Tony, our lone philadelphia fan in here is excited. What do you think, tony . By the way youre not going to see any of those people come monday. He says 2821, eagles. Well see how you do sunday night. Coming up if youre going all out on your Super Bowl Party. The most expensive menu around delivered right here in the studio. But first a biker gets taken out by a creature from the side of the road. But what was it . Was it a pats fan . Since i was a kid, e every nt s feel a lightasair finish in a flash new olay whips ageless nchsh this is the moment it officially became a bad day for a bicyclist. Got wiped out by a kangaroo and it appeared unscathed. The recruiting academy has announced the task force to spur female advancement in the music industry. Over Academy President s response to the trending hashtag grammy so male. Saying women need step up to be better represented. Amazon has posted its largest quarterly profit in its history. It came from record holiday sales and a boost from the trump tax cuts. And apple beat wall street expectations for earnings and revenue per share but iphone sales were down 1 . Amazons only been around 24 years. Coming up, the priciest Super Bowl Party ever. Youre watching world news now. Were throwing it right here. Ayep, and my teeth are yellow. . Time for whitestrips. Crest glamorous White Whitestrips are the only adaaccepted whitening strips proven to be safe and effective. And they whiten 25x better than a leading whitening toothpaste. Crest. Healthy, beautiful smiles for life. Okay. So the most expensive Super Bowl Party isnt in minneapolis or las vegas, its right here in new york city. Thats right at the legendary steak house and mark, what do i get for 152,000 . Well, the first thing you do is get flagged for roughing up your Bank Accounts and your 401k. Thats true. But forgetits all worth it. Forget about the condo and the college tuition. Forget about all of that. This is a once in a lifetime super bowl experience. Over here we have what you get at your local bar for a dollar. Soggy wings with tobasco. This is 152,000. So what are we giving you . Filet mignon wings with black truffle and foi gras. And golden caviar wings. 1,600 there an ounce caviar. Plenty of it. Safron wings. 1400 an ounce. Safron with aioli sauce. And true story thats served at hooters, right . Only at the big boy. This i want to get right in to. This looks like beef wellington. This is our version of pig skins in a blanket. Made with the most expensive pork in the world. Dipping sauce. Bordeaux, a mushroom duck and foi gras. Exotic spices. That is a glorified pig in the bank. Thats the only thing left in the bank when youre done here. What is with the pizza . A staple at any party but this is not thats not a nota boyardi pizza. 40 a pound mozzarella. 200 a pound parmesan. We put plenty on. Oh, yeah, put it all on. We got to get our moneys worth. You got to have chili with your party. Yes, you do. This is good. We use prized ragu. And we just kind of put the chunks in. We dont worry about how many. We lay it right on top. Oh, thats good. Fabulous. Throw that in there. And then we finish it off with 40 a pound bleu cheese. Nachos made with a 450 a pound and 9,000 worth of meat. We use this for the nachos. We have a 200 a pound cheese sauce on there. Homemade pico de gallo. This is our filet on the bone, our tomahawk, our sirloin. Can i eat this like this . Thats like a Fred Flinstone bone right there. Of course what goes on this package is the finest of wines, dom perignon. When i give you the bill, kendis and diane, for 152,000, i dont want you to tell the kids you wont be going to college for a decade or two. French dip on 150 a loaf sour dough we bring in from the uk. Thats what that is for. This looks like work of art right here. Valued at 750. We want to pile it high. Thats the sandwich . Thats it. On top of that this is heavy, by the way. 200 a pound cheese sauce. There you go. And were going to put the cheese sauce on. Sprinkle it on. Were not done with the sandwich. Is that an individual serving there . No, we cut that up. We have a horseradish cream sauce with black caviar from the caspaean sea. We infuse it with the most expensive brandy in the world. I like where this party is going. Cut that for us, please. This is the best Super Bowl Party ever. Thank you so much. Chef alex is going to turn out this sandwich for all of us. Chef alex, thank you for being on. Kendis, thank you for eating all the cheaper food. Thank you, guys, for joining us. Youre watching world news now. Hd5 okay lets try this. It says you apply the blue one to me. Here . No. Make every day valentines day with ky yours and mine. Two sensations. One great way to discover new feelings together. Lyrics things are gonna get lyricseasier. O child lyrics oohoo child, lyrics thingsll get brighter. Lyrics oohoo child lyrics things are gonna get easier. Lyrics oohoo child, lyrics thingsll get brighter. Okay. So not many studios feel like competing with the super bowl of course this sunday. So this mornings theater features some brave films. Winchester what many believe to be the most Haunted House in america. Sarah winchester, the heir to the winchester rifle family who had nonstop construction on her mansion, supposed to placate the ghosts of those killed by the winchester guns. They want me to reconstruct the rooms that they died in. Then they can inter our world. The trouble is i dont always know who im speaking with. It could be some innocent bystander or victim of a crime. Or someone else. So there arent many reviews yet but we have one from the home omaha world herald saying not a truly bad film, its worse than that. Deadly boring. But helen mirren calls it a good film to watch alone at night in a darkened house at 2 00 in the morning. So shes basically collecting a check . Were used to watching things alone at night. She knows her audience. Next to a thriller starring jason mumowau, he stars in braven as a man who brings his family to a remote cabin only to find a stash of heroin and thats with the trouble starts. Hi, daddy. Charlotte, in the back of my truck. Its very important you dont answer this door unless its for me, baby. We got to get charlotte out of here. Roger that. Take them all out. All right. So critics are less than impressed with braven. Cal droegen, by the way. From game of thrones of course. Not one of momoas better b movies but hopefully his last and stoically laughable. Oh, it didnt look like it was supposed to be a comedy. Laughable. Is that like the pro. This morning on abc news now gunfire in a classroom. A 12yearold took a gun to school. The campus on lockdown and concerned parents rushing there to the scene. This morning, the new information, was it an accident . Breaking right now, a burning car plows into a crowd outside a starbucks. Nearly 20 people are injured. We have new information about the driver. A judge rules in the case of the Yoga Instructor accused of driving off a cliff in hawaii to kill her twin sister. The animals making their opinions known. Groundhogs are forecasting the season, zoo animals are picking the super bowl winner and our pet correspondent, frank, has his own prediction. Its friday, february 2nd. Announcer from abc news this is world news now. Groundhog day. It is. Or we rename it to happy franks day. So frank is predicting the weather. Whether or not were going to have six more weeks of winter . You will see what frank is predicting. I dont want to give it away. But we are going to begin with serious developments on the west coast at the shooting at a los angeles middle school. A 12yearold girl charged with negligent discharge of a firearm. L. A. Police say that shooting was accidental, not intentional. Two 15yearolds were among the injured. A boy was hit in the head and a girl suffered a wound to the wrist. Abcs david curly has more from l. A. Reporter it was the beginning of the school day. Its castro middle school. Reporter when the shots rang out in the mixed age classroom. Police were taking no chances. They were patting down several students, taking only the girl into custody. Three others suffered minor injuries in the chaos after the shooting as parents anxiously awaited news about their students. Youre watching the news but you dont think it is going to happen in the school that your family goes to. So its just sad. Reporter the middle School Remained in session on lock down until parents arrived to take their Children Home after this traumatic day. Parents and School Leaders asking why. The reality is as a community we have to examine what would make a child want to come to school with a gun. The boy who was injured was grazed in the temple and the girl was hit in the wrist and both expected to make a full recovery. David curly, abc news, los angeles. And turning to washington where President Trump has reportedly cleared the way for release of a memo. Sources say the president has reviewed the fourpage document. And expected to Tell Congress that he has no objections to making it public. That memo written by republicans is said to allege surveillance abuses by the fbi and Justice Department in the russia investigation. Justice officials and democrats say releasing it could Harm National Security and mislead the public. And the president is rallying his fellow republicans delivering two speeches in the course of one day. He addressed law makers in West Virginia where he echoed portions of his state of the Union Address, touting his tax cuts and infrastructure plans. And last night the president spoke at a Republican NationalCommittee Event at his washington hotel. Just days after calling for unity and bipartisanship, he slammed the democrats accusing them of not wanting to solve immigration as a problem. Were going to set another kind of record and thats making our great country so great again. So much better than it ever was. Our military, our immigration situation. I think it has a chance. You know the democrats are awol. Theyre missing in action. The president went on to say that democrats just want to obstruct and resist. He went on to say they just want to obstruct and a deadline is looming to pass a funding bill just six days away. And hope hicks helped President Trump craft a misleading statement about donald trump jr. s 2016 meeting with the russian lawyer. The statement insisted the meeting was about russian adoptions and emails later showed that trump jr. Was promised dirt on hillary clinton. At the time hicks said the emails about the meeting would never get out. A spokesman told her quote this is washington. Everything gets out. That spokesman quit less than two weeks later and expected to meet with special Counsel Robert Mueller. The oldest son of former cuban leader, fidel castro, has taken his own life. Cuban state media report the 68yearold committed suicide after months of treatment for depression. He served as a scientific advisor to the cuban government. And breaking overnight a burning van crashed into a crowd outside a starbucks in shanghai, china. At least 18 were injured. At first some feared this was a result of a terror attack. But the Authorities Say a driver who was transporting gas canisters was smoking and accidentally ignited his car. The identical twin accused of murdering her sister by driving off a cliff in hawaii has been found not guilty. Duvals case was decided by a judge, not a jury. They claimed she deliberately drove off maui cliff after witnesses saw the sisters fighting. The defense attorney called it a tragic accident. After the verdict, prosecutors claim duvals actions were at least reckless behavior. And a judge has sentenced another teen in the so called slender man case. Given the maximum sentence 40 years inside a mental institution. Geyser and her friend were both 2 engineers old when they lured their 1yearold classmate into the woods and stabbed her 16 times to appease the character slender man. Well hear from both of their families tonight on 20 20 here on abc. So barring some massive forecasting flipflops, sundays super bowl game is set to go down in history as the coldest ever by far. Game Time Temperature is predicted to be about 3 degrees. Add the wind chill to that and youre looking at least 15 below zero. So tailgating might be a little rough. Little bit. The good news for anyone with a ticket, the stadium does have a dome. But party goers and pub crawlers will need to bundle up. Good morning, justin. Good to see you, thanks and good morning to you. Gearing up for some cold conditions for super bowl sunday but before that does occur this weekend theres going to be snow on sunday, an inch or two in fact creating some travel delay and slippery spots along interstate 94 and i35. Bone chilling cold. Thats the main theme here as those numbers are running well below normal. High temperature at 9 00 and even colder come game time and look at all this cold working its way out to the east in the northeast right through the weekend. Kendis, diane. Why not do it in minneapolis . Full of good news. And President Trumps first state of the Union Address did not set a record for length but it was still the third longest in history. Even the most dynamic speaker would have Trouble Holding everyones attention for the entire time. So it wouldnt be surprising to see this. Congresswoman playing candy crush on her phone during state of the union. Did she win. Afterwards she said she felt disconnected from the president s message but no word about her candy crush playing abilities. A lot of them were on their phone. Are you a candy crush person . I might be extremely good. I might be. I played yesterday. How did you do . I did pretty well. Over 2,000 levels in. Wow, thats a good thing, right . 2,000 levels in. Impressive. Or sad, im not sure which of the two. How far did you get . I dont like the play with my food. You dont eat it. You might as well play with it. Coming up, the new warning about thieves descending on super bowl weekend. Police are making dozens of arrests seizing millions in phony tickets. Hear where they say you should definitely not buy your tickets. And after the break logan paul describes the lessons he learned since that suicide forest video made him one of the most hated people on the internet. The exclusive interview just ahead. And remember you can find us on facebook, our live stream. Around 4 45 eastern time every morning. Whenever we feel like it. Commitment. Youre watching world news now. Times square is expecting a coating of snow in the overnight. Youtube star, logan paul, is speaking out after being slammed for posting a video of a suicide victims body. Now dropped from youtubes ad network he admits he made a bad decision. He sat down with Michael Strahan to talk about how hes hoping to make up for that. Its been tough. Because ironically im being told to commit suicide myself really . Millions of people literally telling me to go die in a fire, the most horrible things. You dont feel the criticism has been fair . Thats the thing. I do. Reporter this is the logan paul his fans have never seen before. One month ago the social media superstar with over 16 million youtube subscribers was at the top of his game, braking records with his wild viral videos. That is until he posted a clip from his visit to japans socalled suicide forest. The group came across an actual suicide victim. So 100 yards away from the parking lot. It doesnt make any sense. And i believe it happened for a reason and i think that reason is so i could take this experience, learn from it, spread the message the right way about Suicide Prevention and Suicide Prevention awareness. And so did you know so you film it and then you edit it and then you put it out there for the world to see. Yeah. And was there a point when you said maybe this is not a good decision. Maybe i should not show that. The idea was to shock and show the harsh reality of suicide. Get people talking about something that i dont think people are talking about much. You have 16 million followers. Amazing, amazing amount of influence that you have. My kids, my kids know who you are. When you put out content like that, do you realize who your audience is . Im 22 years old, im not making content for kids. Sometimes i cuss, sometimes i make inappropriate jokes. I want to make jokes, i have my own demographic. Now ill say im much more aware of the impact my actions have on myself and others. And there are a lot of parents. A lot of parents. Theyre like ive heard of logan paul, i didnt know who he was until this happened who are really going to monitor their kids now. What would you like to say to them . I think parents should be monitoring what their children are watching more. Every parent i meet whose kids are under the age of 12 i go, you let your kids watch my stuff . They go, yeah, what am i going to do . Its not like i am a bad guy. I am a good guy who made a bad decision and hated by the whole world. And its been something to definitely overcome. I will think twice in the future about what i post. Probably three times. He will think twice. As he should. He has a responsibility for those millions of followers. Sounds like it is something he has learned from. Coming up in our next half hour, Justin Timberlake answering reporters questions about football. He throws a football. Would he let his son play the sport . His knee jerk response earning a lot of reaction. But first the extraordinary steps taken by Homeland Security to keep terrorists from attacking the super bowl. Youre watching world news now. Homeland security for the super bowl. Oh thanks clearly my whitening toothpaste is not cutting it. Time for whitestrips. Crest glamorous White Whitestrips are the only adaaccepted whitening strips proven to be safe and effective. They work below the enamel surface to whiten 25x better than a leading whitening toothpaste. Hey, nice smile thanks i crushed the tissue test yeah you did crest. Healthy, beautiful smiles for life. Getting a live look at u. S. Bank stadium in minneapolis, minnesota, where the population is expected to grow by at least a Million People this weekend for super bowl lii. You look at that and realize its minus 3 degrees. Actual temperature. The patriots and eagles dont have to worry about getting their tickts for the big game fans in new england and philadelphia and beyond for that matter do. And we all know its a pricey ticket. Theyve announced the seizure of 15 million in counterfeit items with 65 arrests. Police athe only sources that guarantee you a seat are the nfl ticket exchange, ticketmaster or from a teams box office. I really hate to see people come and get turned away from the door. Were probably going to have to do that. Please, please, please, get the message out. Do not purchase tickets off of craigslist. Its where we get everything is off of craigslist. The official super bowl ticket has a hologram and a raised that you can feel on the back with your finger. On the back a special ink that appears and disappears when heat is applied to it. Just need to be awake a few more minutes. As some scramble to get lastminute tickets, super bowl organizers are making sure everyone stays safe. Heres t. J. Holmes with the major operation under way. Reporter while 100 Million People watch the big game, these guys will watch the skies above it. Customs and Border Protection patrolling and blackhawks will intercept any aircraft that flies too close to u. S. Bank stadium during the super bowl. We want to keep the American People safe. We want viewers to just enjoy the day, relax and have the state of mind that somebodys out there watching potential targets. Thats just one layer of security for the super bowl. A level one National Security event, the highest designation. Homeland security secretary Kristen Nielson came to town to get an update on security preps. We have no credible or specific information but were actively monitoring. So real time were talking to all of our federal assets to make sure it will be a safe and secure fun day. Thanks to t. J. There. Nch of the security, lets talk about the prognosticators. April the giraffe picking the patriots. Now fiona the hippo has made her pick at the cincinnati zoo. Going with the eagles. Its even now. We have an our own animal prediction. Frank made his call. We tried to set this up just like the others. So, on one side i put a sign with the eagles. On the other side, i put a sign with the patriots. And ill show you exactly how it went. Lets see what frank did. Go, go. Thats not going to work, is it . That part didnt work quite so well. After we changed the set up a little bit. We had more success. Frank made a very decisive pick. He was very clear with his feelings. Straight for it. Im not sure if he hates the patriots or rooting for the patriots. But we know frank prefers paper over lettuce. It is the patriots, according to frank. He went back to chewing on o chewing on er that. The paper after that. Looks re like a uneck. , thats when you know, its halfwashed, add downy to keep your collars from stretching, unlike detergent alone, downy conditions to smooth and strengthen fibers. So next time dont halfwash it. Downy and its done. Proud partner of the olympic winter games. 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Punxsutawney phil drinks something called a groundhog punch every year. How much alcohol is in there . I wonder. They say hes lived all 132 years. Hes immortal. 15 times longer than other groundhogs. Phil isnt the only one with this racket. There are other rodents claiming to predict the seasons. Here in new york, we have Staten Island chuck. And for those of you participating in this kind of ceremony. Heres what not to do with the groundhog. A few years ago. Mayor de blasio dropped Staten Island chuck. Didnt work out. Also general lee in atlanta. Polka. This morning on abc news now the preside had. This morning on world news now the president s showdown with the fbi could come to today. Hes expected to release a memo the bureau has fought to keep classified. We have new reporting just in. With the deadly flu epidemic claiming new lives a new study about the flu vaccine is putting into question about how effective it really is. We turn to dr. Jennifer ashton. And new this half hour sounding off before the big game. Rob gronkowskis ready to roll after suffering a concussion less than two weeks ago. In the meantime Justin Timberlakes remarks about not playing football echo the worries of all parents about the dangers of the sport. And while the rest of the countrys obsessed with football, alex trebek cant seem to understand why all three jeopardy contestants blanked on the category. That should have been a slam dunk, or maybe a touchdown . Home run. Sorry, alex. Friday, february 2nd. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Not sure ive ever seen alex trebek so disappointed. Alex trebeck was like, come on, people. Were going to start with the fight over this classified congressional memo. It is likely hours away from being released for many to see. The president is not expected to raise objections about going public with that memo which reportedly shows bias by the fbi and Justice Department. Even though it means going against the advice of his own appointed officials and even some republicans now voicing concern. And the president is reportedly telling friends the document backs up his claims that campaign did not collude with russia. Abc jonathan carl, you see right there, has more. Reporter President Trump ignored questions about that controversial republican memo the fbi does not want released. Mr. President , what about the fbi directors grave concerns . Dont you trust him . Reporter white house officials tell abc news that the the president will likely authorize the release of the memo which sources say shows the fbi showed political bias against him. Even before reading it, he made it clear, he wants it made public. Lets release the memo. Dont worry. 100 . Reporter that puts the president squarely at odds with fbi director christopher wray, the man he hand picked to lead the bureau after he fired james comey. Written by members of the House Intelligence Committee chaired by devin nunes, a close ally of President Trump who served on the transition team. Sources briefed on the memo tells abc news it accuses the Justice Department of acting inappropriately when it sought a surveillance warrant in october 2016 for a former Trump Campaign adviser suspected of being a russian agent. The point was to selectively declassify information so that it would support a narrative favorable to the president. Reporter speaker of the house paul ryan said releasing the memo is about transparency and not defending the president or attacking his investigators. This memo is not indictment of the fbi and the department of justice. It does not impugn the Mueller Investigation or the Deputy Attorney general. Reporter former fbi director, james comey, is praising the fbi for standing up to the president on this. Tweeting, quote, all should appreciate the fbi for speaking up. I wish more of our leaders would. But take heart, comey tweets, American History shows in the long run weasels and liars never hold the field. Jonathan carl, abc news. And President Trump is accusing the democrats of going awol when it comes to solving the countrys immigration issues. The president rallied members at his National Hotel last night saying democrats just want to obstruct. It followed an earlier appearance at a retreat in West Virginia. The president pushed back against the label dreamers for young immigrants brought here as children saying we have dreamers in this country, too. And the Defense Department is considering banning all cell phones at the pentagon. A military spokesperson said theyre looking at ways to maintain electronic security. A review include Wearable Electronics with gps capability after a heat map generated by a fitness tracker identified routes used by american troops worldwide. Police in los angeles now say a shooting incident at a middle school was accidental. A 12yearold brought the gun to school in a backpack. That backpack somehow fell and then the gun went off. The girl is under arrest charged with negligent discharge of a firearm. Two 15 year olds were among the wounded. A boy struck in the head and the girl was injured on her wrist. There was like a pop, a big pop. It didnt sound quite like a gun but it was. I saw a student was bleeding near her vein and the blood was squirting all over the floor. Was it an accident . It was an accident. Because they thought it was a toy gun. But then it shot. There are questions about how the girl was able to get the gun into it classroom. The School District requires daily random searches using metal detector wands. Some parents are more concerned about gangs at the school than guns. More than 250 women have come forward alleging former usa Gymnastics Team doctor larry nassar abused them. But one of the women is getting an apology from a local Police Department and the town. At 17 years old she went to police in 2004 when the Michigan StateUniversity Doctor sexually abused her. They questioned nassar and ultimately sided with him. Now officials from meridian township, michigan, are offering her a public apology. On behalf of the community, our Police Department, to you brianne, we failed you. We let you down. Brianne is now partnering with that Police Department and making systematic changes to protect victims of sexual abuse. Some new numbers expected later today from the cdc on the flu epidemic. In the u. S. They say the flu shot is roughly 30 effective against this years predominate flu strain. But Health Officials in canada say up there that figure could be as low as only 10 . Still dr. Jennifer ashton says youre still better off getting that shot. Whether its 10 or 30 effective, it can help reduce the severity of symptoms like pneumonia, even death. So 10 , 30 reduction in risk is better than 0 . We have to remember that flu season goes through april. Thats why the cdc is still urging people to get the vaccine. Hospitals across the country have been swamped by flu patients forcing them to expand their Emergency Rooms into waiting areas. Restrict visitors and even postpone elective surgeries. United airlines is joining delta for tightening its rules on traveling with emotional support animals. Starting march 1st, united customers have to show proof the animal has been properly trained to behave in public and vaccinations. United says the extra paperwork has nothing to do with its decision to ban an emotional support peacock from its flight earlier this week. They say that animal was just simply too big to board. It had nothing to do with the fact that it was a peacock . That sounds like it could be a reasonable objection. Its a peacock. Thats enough. Its okay. So basketball fans are among those utterly outraged by a heist from San Francisco international airport. Someone stole the sevenfoot custom unicycle used by the popular acrobat known as red panda. The unicycle is said to be worth 25,000. She routinely performs during basketball halftime shows while balancing bowls on her head. Is there nothing sacred in america any more. Her representatives say shes heart broken and has had to cancel some shows. She does have a backup unicycle, but its just not the same. Without that custom unit, shes been dropping more bowls. Its a tragedy. How do you steal a sevenfoot unicycle, by the way . Yes, exactly. You think theyd be able to find it. This is my sevenfoot unicycle. I brought this myself. Having been a fan of red panda, this is a horrible, horrible thing. Forget about Justin Timberlakes half time show, we need to get to the bottom of this. Well put the Investigative Unit on it. Coming up. The rosters are set. We are talking about the other big game, of course. The puppy bowl. Some new competitors added to the field this year. And the super slow referee. Ke i kendis is a big fan. Well explain in the skinny. And speaking of j. T. Ha. Ha. Hes revealing some new news from his half time show hinting at probably who wont be performing at half time. Are we buying it . No. Youre watching world news now. Now. Theseare heading back home. Y oil thanks to dawn, rescue workers only trust dawn, because its tough on grease yet gentle. I am home, i am home, i am home hey, so im here with my producer, tony, who for the first time met gronkowski. He came this close to gronk. How do you feel . I was about an inch away from his face and it was best feeling ive had and best feeling i will. Minneapolis changing lives. Our thanks to maggie rulli there. I wonder how gronk feels about that interaction. Im sure it was a mutual reaction. One inch from his face. Gronk has been cleared to play. Rob gronkowski suffered a concussion in the afc championship game against the jaguars. He had been sidelined but hes past the concussion protocol and says hes ready for the eagles. Just did every step by step every day and everything went smooth and officially got the word today i was cleared. So super nice to hear and ready to roll. Gronk was tom bradys favorite target during the season. Making 69 catches. Eight for touchdowns. He missed last years super bowl after having back surgery. You could tell nothing was going to stop him. Not having a lot of luck around the super bowl. Not at all. Meanwhile, the star of the halftime show Justin Timberlake spoke to reporters. Jokingly said hes ready to suit up for the patriots if needed. Then a reporter asked if hisyearold son silas would be allowed on the field. He will never play football. My Main Objective is that he become a good person and if he wants to get into the arts or sports, yeah, i would fully support that. Was it a joke or back tracking . He forgot where he was. He went on to say he could hopefully offer advice to his son about what to do and not to do. He said right now theyre helping him with his manners. Timberlake said his band, the tennessee kids, would join him on the stage at halftime on sunday. That might end the speculation about n sync reunion or janet jackson. He said only the band is going to join him. What did you expect him to say . But its like when people say no, im not running for president and then they run for president. Exactly. They posted a poll and people are split 50 50 over whether they would be disappointed if janet does not join him. Ill be disappointed if janet and n sync both dont join him. How about that. There you go. That should change everything. My request. Is that one of them . I dont know. When we come back, trivia nerds struggle with sports questions on jeopardy. And puppies. Thats next in the skinny. Questions on jeopardy. And puppies. Thats next in the skinny. 60 of women are wearing the wrong size pad and can experience leaks discover always my fit. Find the number thats right for your flow and panty size on the top of any always pack. The better the fit, the better it protects. Always. Will you be checking out today, mr. Connors . I say the chance of departure is 80 . 75 80. Excuse me. Excuse me. Wheres everybody going . To gobblers knob. Its groundhog day. Its still just once a year, isnt it . Then put your little hand in mine there aint no hill or mountain we cant climb is it just once a year . Ha hapdy groundhog day, everybody. Happy groundhog day, yea. So it comes once a day unless youre weatherman phil conors and you get stuck in a time loop of course. Classic of course. Love it. I forgot where they were heading. Weirdest name. Gobblers knob. And our skinny lead is the roughest competition going down this weekend. Forget groundhogs were going to the 14th annual puppy bowl. We have major news about this years competitors. Among the 90 dogs battling it out for the lombarkly trophy. Well have rescue pups from hurricane ravaged areas and special needs pups with sight and hearing impairments. So all of the puppies will be available for adoption with viewers able to go online to animal planets website to rescue a puppy see playing in the bowl and overseeing the puppies on the field this year. A sloth. The sloth will be acting as referee. It might slow down the game a little bit. Were not really sure. Can you call delay of game on the referee . Talk about your delay of game. The sloth going is that a flag on the play . Yes. Passer interference. And if youre a diehard puppy bowl viewer, because the game doesnt interest you very much, youll probably relate to these jeopardy contestants. Last night alex trebek a little bit of a meltdown when all three failed to answer a single question in the football category after it was the only one left on the board. Heres a quick of his reactions. I can tell you guys are big football fans. Dallas cowboys. Do you think we should go to commercial . Lets go to the 1,000 clue just for the fun of it. If you ring in and get this one, i will die. Alex lives because nobody rang in to even answer. They didnt even try to guess at the last one. Number 51. Not the biggest football fans. Maybe by the time the sloth is done calling the plays, theyll have a little more football knowledge. The golden retriever. And finally a major milestone for the next generation of williams women. Serenas baby is getting in the Family Business with first tennis racket. Even without her shoes shes hard to beat wrote mom on instagram. And forecasting 12 wimbledon titles for her 6monthold daughter. No pressure. If you are going to play, you need to stay hydrated. Who needs a bottle when youve got the ultimate thirst quencher. Gatorade. Shes going straight for the gatorade. Coming up friday rewind is next. Ltry align probiotic. 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If you believe in america, you can dream anything, you can be anything and together we can achieve absolutely anything. Now to the other breaking headline from washington at this hour. The brewing show down between the president and his new fbi director urging the president not to release a secret memo that alleges misconduct by top officials at the Justice Department. There may have been malfeasance by people at the fbi. So it is our job in conducting transparent oversight of the executive branch to get to the bottom of that. Level one. Train versus truck. A train packed with dozens of lawmakers, their staffers and families on their way to a retreat slamming into a truck in rural virginia. Leaving one person dead. Suddenly there was a loud bang and things stop and lights go out and a smell of electrical smoke. As for those republican lawmakers, they are now on their retreat. They began with a prayer for the victims. A powerful and political night at the grammys as top artists say times up. Times up for discrimination and harassment. Women dominate the stage. And been quite a sight this morning. The moment of peak totality. This morning super blue blood moon. People actually stayed the night here and slept in the barracks to wake up with the crew and view the super blue blood moon. The gloved one was back on stage kicking off the super bowl media frenzy on opening night. Whos my man crush . Dan and gronk. Pretty good looking guys. None of them are married either. You imagine that . Who knew the Super Bowl Press Conference would turn into a dating conference. And super bowl 6 30 p. M. Kick off from minneapolis on making news in america this morning, the classified memo detailing claims of surveillance abuses by the fbi is now one step closer to being made public. This morning, House Speaker paul ryan defends its release while former fbi director james comey invokes mccarthyism and speaks, of, quote, weasels and liars. A 12yearold under arrest for a School Shooting in california. What she reportedly said after the shots were fired and the question this morning. How did she get that gun to school . A verdict in the socalled yoga twin killing. A woman accused of deliberately thriving off a cliff to kill her identical twin sister. The judge rules whether or not it was murder. Plus, new concern about the ineffectiveness of the flu vaccine