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emergency operation center and the world health organization holding an emergency meeting right now. blasting bernie. hillary clinton's stunning attack on senator sanders, saying, quote, nobody likes him, with just 12 days to go until the iowa caucuses. taking on the press. harry and meghan threatening legal action over photos taken near their new home in canada. bitter winter blast. florida waking up to temperatures near freezing this morning and the warning about iguanas falling from trees. basket-brawl. fury this morning after a massive fight breaks out at a top college game. and grammys bombshell. with just four days until the big show the ousted ceo's stunning new allegation claiming the voting is corrupt, rigged to help some artists and exclude others from nominations. what she revealed about suspicious snubs to ed sheeran and ariana grande. we do say good morning, america. we appreciate you starting your day with us. another busy morning, big day about to begin on capitol hill. the opening arguments in the impeachment trial just hours away. >> last night's marathon debates went until nearly 2:00 a.m. and take a look. the senators racing to get home before they have to return to the capitol today. >> just a few hours of sleep, that came after a series of party line votes where republicans for now voted down democrats' demands to see the documents and witnesses blocked from the house impeachment hearings. the house prosecution team set to make their formal case today and our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce has more. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. if yesterday is any indication this will be a drag out fight on the hill. for 12 1/2 hours, they debated the rules for this trial and that central question of whether to allow new witnesses and evidence, and as this fight stretched into the early morning hours, the attacks grew sharper. the two sides trading insults but at the center of this clash a very real fight about what is fair and what is right. >> the senate is adjourned. >> reporter: overnight after hours of intense grueling debate frustration between democratic prosecutors and president trump's defense team boiling over. >> i'm struck by what we have heard from the president's counsel so far tonight. they will not permit the american people to hear from the witnesses. and they lie and lie and lie and lie. >> mr. nadler, it is not nonsense. these are privileges recognized by the supreme court of the united states. and to shred the constitution on the floor of the senate, to serve what purpose? >> reporter: it grew so heated chief justice john roberts stepped in to reprimand both sides. >> i think it is appropriate at this point for me to admonish both the house managers and the president's counsel in equal terms to remember that they are addressing the world's greatest deliberative body. >> reporter: all 100 senators forced to sit silently through it all. their phones tucked away in cubbies outside the chamber. at the core of this fight a bitter battle over the rules for the trial ahead. democrats say without additional witnesses or documents, the trial amounts to a cover-up. >> witnesses matter. documents matter. evidence matters. the truth matters. >> reporter: but trump's lawyers argue house democrats rushed to impeach without fighting for witnesses in court. >> obstruction for going to court? it's an act of patriotism to defend the constitutional rights of the president because if they can do it to the president they could do it to any of you and they could do it to any american citizen, and that's wrong. >> reporter: the debate stretching until 2:00 a.m. >> if we keep going like this, it'll be next week. >> yeah, we're making it hard for you. it's not our job to make it easy for you. >> reporter: democrats offering one amendment after another demanding new evidence. >> the amendment is tabled. >> the amendment is tabled. >> the amendment is tabled. >> reporter: but they all failed. >> the amendment is tabled. >> reporter: even republicans who support considering new witnesses say now is not the time. >> the right time for that vote, that decision, is after the opening arguments. >> reporter: many key republicans like senator susan collins did push for changes to the rules. republican leader mitch mcconnell eager to keep his party united, quickly made revisions scrawled by hand on the actual resolution agreeing to admit the evidence gathered by democrats in the house and to allow each side to have three days instead of two for opening arguments. after 12 1/2 hours, the contentious day ending with this brief moment of unity and applause. >> on behalf of all of us we want to thank you for your patience. [ applause ] >> it comes with the job. please. >> reporter: and through all of this, remember senators are stuck in their seats. no cell phone, no coffee, no staffers to help them out. we spotted several senators fidgeting in their seats, passing notes back and forth to one another. one senator even managed to sneak in a crossword puzzle. george, it is clear this process is going to be a bit of a challenge for these senators turned jurors. they're expected back in their seats later this afternoon. >> let's talk about what's going to happen today, mary. we believe there could be another fight over some of the rules and then we believe these opening statements will begin. >> reporter: yeah, as we have seen from yesterday, there are a lot of variables here but here's what we expect. this morning both sides will submit pretrial motions. now that could include a motion to dismiss from the president's team. republicans have made clear they will not support that measure at this time. then at 1:00 all of these weary senators are expected to be back in the chamber for what we believe will be the opening arguments and, george, under these new rules both sides will have 24 hours stretched out over three days to make their case. >> okay, mary, thanks very much. let's bring in chief legal analyst dan abrams for more. you look at the 12 hours yesterday. what you saw the house managers doing is putting the president on trial, also putting pressure on the senate to have what they call a fair trial and these documents and witnesses. the president's team putting the house on trial. >> right. so i think the most important thing for the house managers to do from here is to somehow make the american people realize how important it is to have more information. and what i mean by that is they've got to make the case that what we have already is incredibly damning, and yet there are some holes here and there. why? because the president hasn't allowed certain people to testify. if we can hear from some of them, that will fill in the holes that you ought to want filled in. i think that's the key to sort of bringing together the procedural with the substantive for the house managers. on the flip side, look, it is the strategy to put the house managers on trial. they don't want to focus too much, i don't think, on ukraine. they didn't mention ukraine certainly nearly as much as the house managers did. >> meantime, the whole question will be can they convince four republican senators in the end that you do need to see documents and witnesses before the end of the trial? we had a little bit of a surprise yesterday. mitch mcconnell had to change his house resolution under pressure from those senators but the big question is, does it show he's losing control of the caucus or knows how to keep control? >> right, and i think those are minor changes, 24 hours over two days versus three days was one of the changes. do you admit the evidence at the outset or later on? not that substantive but the question is the bigger picture. does this mean that somehow he's lost a little bit of control or is he saying, look, let's just give on this now because it's not a big deal. we'll have to see. >> we don't know the answer to that. dan abrams, thanks very much. you'll join us for our live coverage of the impeachment trial. i'll be anchoring with our entire political team starting 1:00 eastern on abc. robin? >> another long day. now to growing concerns about the deadly coronavirus. officially hitting the u.s. here's what we know -- a washington state resident fell ill after returning from wuhan, china, where the outbreak began. officials now say more than 400 people have been sickened and 9 people have died. the world health organization is holding an emergency meeting right now. kayna whitworth is in seattle, has the latest for us. good morning, kayna. >> reporter: robin, good morning. that patient is a man in his 30s. he is in the hospital here behind me. now officials are saying he's in satisfactory condition but he will remain in isolation for at least the next couple of days. they're also monitoring all health care workers and patients he came into contact with after testing positive for the coronavirus. the first case of the deadly chinese coronavirus making its way to the u.s. a washington state man testing positive for the deadly virus. according to the cdc the man in his 30s flew home to seattle last wednesday, infected but not yet symptomatic. according to officials, shortly after arriving in seattle he began feeling ill and reached out to his health care provider on sunday. 24 hours later, his diagnosis was confirmed by the cdc. the man entering the country before federal health officials began screening travelers from the city of wuhan, one of the busiest transportation hubs in central china and where the outbreak began. >> this is certainly not a moment for panic or high anxiety. it is a moment for vigilance. >> reporter: this as some 3 billion trips are expected to be made by chinese citizens heading home to celebrate the lunar new year spring festival. a reported 7 million chinese tourists expected to travel abroad. chinese officials taking every precaution to contain the virus. workers outside of the local hospital in biosuits. officials screening travelers as they enter and leave the airport. our bob woodruff is here walking through wuhan airport wearing a three-ply surgical mask to limit his exposure to the virus. >> the city is now controlling people going in and out of the city, then also local tourist groups are being banned from leaving. the government does not want this infection to leave. >> reporter: screenings now expanding to five u.s. airports including chicago and atlanta and anyone hoping to enter the u.s. from wuhan must do so through one of those locations. so right now officials with the cdc are retracing this washington man's steps. they say that he actually did not visit that fish and meat market in wuhan. that's where they believe this virus originated. and also, michael, they're crediting him with quickly alerting his doctors once he became symptomatic. >> all right, thank you so much, kayna. now we bring in dr. jennifer ashton to answer a few questions we may have. doc, there's so many questions about transmission of the virus. human-to-human, yesterday we talked about that. what more do we know? >> again, what we know is that it's spreading. that's not really a surprise. what we don't know is a lot about this virus. we don't know its incubation period. we don't really know the root of transmission. it is a coronavirus which normally spreads via respiratory droplets but we don't know the specifics on this new one. we don't know how contagious it is meaning which amount of people exposed get sick or the severity of the illness, how many go on to develop mild sympt symptoms, things like pneumonia requiring hospitalizations and don't know the fatality rate yet. >> what's been done to protect the public? >> a lot of this has been prepped and primed by the response of not only the cdc but the world health organization in response to sars so we know how to act more quickly, more efficiently. here in this country as we heard, flights coming from wuhan will only be allowed to land at certain airports where this screening can take place. passengers will then be screened and if sick they will be isolated. if asymptomatic they'll be given very important educational materials as kayna said. health care providers urged to screen, and new testing methods gotten out by the cdc so we can identify the cases more quickly. >> all right, doc, thank you. >> you bet. >> george. we turn now to the race for the white house. just 12 days before the iowa caucuses a blast from the last campaign with hillary clinton taking on bernie sanders saying, quote, nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him. sanders firing right back. eva pilgrim is in des moines with the details. good morning, eva. >> reporter: george, hillary clinton unplugged and unleashing attacking former 2016 rival senator bernie sanders. former democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton offering what she calls her authentic unvarnished views just days before the iowa caucuses. difference. you want to have an impact, well, then you got to get in the arena. >> reporter: opening up in the new hulu documentary about everything, including her former rival bernie sanders saying, he was in congress for years. he had one senator support him. nobody likes him. nobody wants to work with him. he got nothing done. now in an interview with "the hollywood reporter" clinton is doubling down. asked if she stands by that statement, the former secretary of state saying, yes. sanders who endorsed and campaigned for clinton four years ago responding. >> on a good day my wife likes me. so let's clear the air on that one. secretary clinton is entitled to her point of view. my job today is to focus on the impeachment trial. >> why do you think the secretary is still talking about 2016? >> that is a good question. ask her. >> reporter: online sanders supporters coming out in full force slamming clinton with the #ilikebernie. one prominent michigan progressive tweeting, i like bernie sanders. he's my friend, plus millions of others. why? rather than say nobody likes us, he's fighting for us. asked if she will support sanders if he becomes the nominee clinton said, i'm not going to go there yet. we're still in a very vigorous primary season. ♪ power to the people >> reporter: adding she finds the culture of his campaign and some of his supporters' attacks against women candidates to be worrisome. but overnight clinton tweeting, the number one priority for our country and world is retiring trump. and, as i always have, i will do whatever i can to support our nominee. now, senator bernie sanders was planning to come back here to iowa tonight but he has since canceled that event because of the impeachment trial schedule. robin? >> that's right, eva. thank you. now to the harvey weinstein trial. opening statements are set to begin today as we learn new details about the movie mogul's possible defense and the 12 jurors who will hear the case. whit johnson is outside the courthouse here in manhattan with the latest. good morning, whit. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. more than 80 women have made allegations against harvey weinstein of sexual misconduct but this trial will focus on two specific cases. as you mentioned, those opening statements set to begin today before a jury of seven men and five women. prosecutors will attempt to prove a pattern of predatory behavior so expect to hear allegations from some of hollywood's biggest celebrities like charlize theron, rosie perez and salma hayek. six women are expected to testify including "the sopranos" actress annabella sciorra who claims weinstein raped her in her manhattan apartment in the early '90s. weinstein's defense team is planning to include dozens of loving emails sent by accusers to the producer after he allegedly assaulted them. the 67-year-old has denied the allegations against him and any allegations of sexual misconduct. he has also pleaded not guilty to all of the charges. michael? >> thank you, whit. now to that bench-clearing brawl at a college basketball game last night between kansas and kansas state. the players going at each other after a block at the end of the game and both sides throwing punches. silvio de sousa even picking up a stool during the fight, holding it above his head before dropping it. team officials and security stepping in to break it up. and kansas coach bill self calling the incident an embarrassment and saying there will be consequences. both teams in the big 12 conference are reviewing the fight and suspensions are expected, of course. >> of course. hate to see that. >> good to see him drop the stool. >> yeah, but still, to get to that point. >> exactly. another sports headline, though, two baseball legends waking up as hall-of-famers like this guy right here. the yankees' derek jeter getting in on his first ballot. he missed being a unanimous selection by just one vote. >> and who was that vote? >> i don't know. better go into witness protection. former rockies slugger larry walker elected in his tenth and final year on the ballot. he made it in. they'll both be inducted in the annual ceremony in cooperstown this summer. >> congrats to them both. >> good news for them both. following a lot of other stories this morning, including harry and meghan they are fighting back against the paparazzi threatening legal action as they start their new lives in canada. and those stunning claims rocking the music world. the ousted head of the grammys alleging the voting is rigged. first to ginger. >> miami dropped to 40 degrees. that is the coldest in more than nine years. their windchill right now, 33 so, yes, they are cold all the way through south florida. that cold blast bringing subfreezing windchills from tampa to orlando. jacksonville all in the freeze warning this morning. those records, at least long time have been falling and will continue and 80 by friday. the windchill forecast brought to you by walmart. for what it's worth, derek jeter, you're unanimous with us. >> yes. >> all right. >> yes. >> all right. fights cancer, repairs shattered bones, relieves depression, restores heart rhythms, helps you back from strokes, and keeps you healthy your whole life. from the day you're born we never stop taking care of you. every glass of tropicana pure premium orange juice has a million little sips of sunshine. it's 100% of your daily vitamin c and 100% delicious. making every moment in the morning brighter. tropicana sip your sunshine. that's a reason to switch to jackson hewitt. our tax returns come with a free lifetime accuracy guarantee. life may change. your lifetime accuracy guarantee won't. tax prep guaranteed at jackson hewitt. 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[ laughter ] >> i was playing "chopsticks." >> you guys, the grammys, they are under a cloud of controversy. the ousted ceo is now claiming voting for the awards is, quote, rife with corruption shedding light on last year's snubs of ed sheeran and ariana grande last year. we'll have much more on that ahead. >> an explosive story. we're following a lot of other headlines right now including of course the opening arguments in the impeachment trial which are set to begin today after a marathon night. last night's debates and votes went until nearly 2:00 a.m. as republicans and democrats battled over witnesses and evidence. republicans blocking democrats' demands for witnesses and evidence. they even got a warning from chief justice john roberts to keep things civil. also this morning a new warning about the co roncoronavi the first case has been confirmed in the u.s. a man in washington state came down with it after visiting wuhan, china. more than 400 people have been sickened worldwide. take a look at this. the big win, that's right for coco gauff in australia overnight, 15-year-old came back to win her second round match in three sets. next one is a big one. she's facing off against defending champion naomi osaka. >> she was two points from defeat and to come back and win it in three sets like that. >> big win. >> mentally strong. now we turn to harry and meghan who are taking on the press as they start their new life, threatening legal action against paparazzi who are accused of invading their privacy. adrienne bankert has more from vancouver island. good morning, adrienne. >> reporter: good morning. yes, this has been an emotional move for the prince. harry talked about the sadness with which he made this decision and also talked about the fact that he wanted to continue serving the queen just without public funds. that won't happen. but what prince harry and his wife insist on is that photographers will not have free license to harass them. this morning harry and meghan are laying down their ground rules for a peaceful life in canada sending a strong message to the press. lawyers for the couple penning a letter to british news outlets threatening legal action if they purchase or publish any photographs taken under circumstances described as harassment. harry and meghan say paparazzi have set up camp outside their home, have attempted to use long-range lenses to photograph inside and have hid in the bushes to get pictures of meghan walking with archie. >> although meghan was photographed on public property, they feel there was a line that was crossed. they also experienced being followed in their cars earlier that day as well. >> reporter: british columbia's privacy act gives people the right to bring a civil court lawsuit without having to prove they suffered monetary loss. an invasion of privacy can involve surveillance. prince harry arrived tuesday in vancouver island reunited with his wife and son just 24 hours after speaking out about how starting this spring the couple will no longer be senior members of the royal family in a deal agreed upon with the queen. >> we are taking a leap of faith, so thank you for giving me the courage to take this next step. >> reporter: while the couple will no longer receive public funds or conduct royal business, questions remain as to who will cover their security costs including whether canada will pick up the tab. >> i have not spoken to her majesty directly. we had discussions and continue to be ongoing, and i have no updates at this moment. >> reporter: most canadians agree that the couple's security shouldn't even be a concern. >> he's really just a british private citizen who happens to be in canada and the same thing for his wife who is an american citizen who happens to be in canada. >> reporter: and for the first time we're seeing photographs of meghan at an animal rescue charity that she is still currently a patron of over in the uk. the picture was taken sometime earlier this month. yet to be seen exactly what the duke and duchess will do here once their royal duties are taken away from them. that starts this spring, but canadians we talked to here say it's very canadian to allow them to have their privacy. guys? >> should be happy to hear that. >> yeah. thank you, adrienne. we turn to the search for an american mother who went missing on a vacation in belize. her boyfriend says when he woke up she was gone, and victor oquendo joins us with the latest on this mysterious disappearance. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, george. this was supposed to be a dream excursion to an island paradise. now it's one family's worst nightmare. this morning, an urgent search for a missing american mother in belize. authorities searching for 43-year-old alison mackenzie. mackenzie and her partner taking a tour boat to rendezvous island where they spent the night with 15 passengers and three crew members. when he woke up saturday morning he says mackenzie had vanished and reported her missing. >> investigators are on the island and searches are being conducted to find out what are the circumstances that led to her disappearance at this time. >> reporter: according to police mackenzie's personal belongings were found on the island and she was seen drinking the night before her disappearance a detail her sister finds hard to believe. >> i will say it is not like her to be intoxicated. maybe have a drink but to be intoxicated like i've never seen her drunk in my life. >> reporter: mackenzie on the tour operated by ragamuffin tours releasing a statement saying they are cooperating with law enforcement adding, we are in contact with and offered our full cooperation to the family of alison mackenzie, and we assure them that we will continue to do all in our power to assist law enforcement in the investigation into her disappearance. the police department in belize tells abc news it's still early in the investigation. they have not identified a person of interest. they're also not ruling anything out. the u.s. state department says they are working closely with authorities there. guys? 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>> well, i think for fans and for artists, the sad part is that these nominees now have to be viewed with suspicion and skepticism. you know, we've certainly heard before questions about the way in which artists are nominated for the grammys. that's not new. but to hear from an ex-ceo with this kind of detail making these sort of allegations about how these nominations come into being is a shocking thing. i mean, think about the most scary moment in the average horror movie. it's when the call is coming from inside the house. this call is coming from inside the house. it's a big deal. >> only you could put it in perspective like that that we can understand, chris. all right. when you look at it, the complaint says some of the board members who vote on the nominees, that they actually have a relationship or represent some of the nominees, that just seems on face value to be a conflict of interest. >> yeah, and that self-dealing is the thing that really strikes at the heart of these allegations here. you know, integrity and fairness is the most important thing in any nomination process, and whatever the role of this committee in terms of deciding with commercial considerations or artistic considerations who the final nominees would be, you cannot have a pay for play situation, you know, where somebody is advocating for an artist because he or she has a business relationship with them. remember, it's not just an award that goes on your mantelpiece. a grammy has an economic benefit for the person who gets it or gets nominated for it. they get to get a higher royalty rating and get to sell more tickets. so it's a real thing. it's a big deal. >> do you think it will have an impact on this weekend's show? >> the great thing that we love about the artists we enjoy when they see an open mic, they speak their mind. on the red carpet, the podium and backstage there will be open mics, and the great artists that we love, who become famous because they speak their mind and speak from the heart will get that opportunity to speak out, and i bet that they do, robin. >> i bet that they do. you're right, chris. always a pleasure. thanks so much. >> we'll be watching. >> yep. coming up, it takes two to make this "play of the day" go right. ♪ it takes two to make a thing go right ♪ make it out of sight ♪ dimitri's on it. eating right and getting those steps in? on it! dimitri thinks he's doing all he can to manage his type 2 diabetes and heart disease, but is his treatment doing enough to lower his heart risk? 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>> if the president wanted witnesses and wanted to go, he could. we're going to have live coverage of the senate impeachment trial starting at 1:00. i'll anchor with the whole team here on abc. turning now to the latest on that deadly coronavirus, a case has been confirmed in the u.s. and officials say over 440 people have been sickened, most in asia. at least nine people have died. let's go to steve osunsami at hartsfield-jackson, atlanta airport as health officials are expanding screenings all across the country. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. health authorities are set to start screenings here at the international concourse in atlanta, at chicago o'hare and l.a.x. those screenings set to start this week looking for possible passengers who are arriving on connecting flights from places like shanghai and seoul, south korea. there is one direct flight from wuhan into the u.s. today. a plane full of passengers and that plane is flying into jfk tonight. the other direct flight airport is san francisco. authorities say that when you look at connecting flights with possible passengers, we're talking about more than 40 flights into the u.s. every day. the government says that the main airports with direct flights account for about 80% of passengers that they need to screen and that these other airports that they're adding, this one, chicago and l.a.x., cover the remaining 20%. robin? 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[ applause ] welcome back to "gma." what a great audience we have. you guys must not know it's hump day. [ applause ] and tomorrow on this show it is "deals & steals" day. we've got smart solutions for all kinds of daily problems. cannot wait for that but now it is time for "pop news" with lara spencer. >> thank you very much. [ applause ] thanks, guys. good morning to you. we're going to begin with the oscars. so we already know who is nominated this year and now this morning we know who will be presenting. the academy telling us its first slate of presenters all past winners including reigning best actor and actress rami malek and olivia colman. 2019's best supporting actor and actress winners, mahershala ali and regina king. so excited to see them all. the academy said in a statement we love the tradition of having the previous year's oscar winners onstage to celebrate the achievements of their peers and we are thrilled to welcome these four great talents back. we can't wait to see all that star power on stage when the 92nd annual oscars airs right here on abc, february 9th. [ applause ] you know what you're wearing? >> i'm working on it. >> in process? >> in possess. also popping this morning, jennifer lopez, her latest fashion statement is as the new face of coach brand, everybody. this woman is busy. j.lo just posted this shot from her first campaign shoot here in new york and do you recognize the face on the sweater? yeah, that's barbra streisand, everybody. her mug part of coach's line featuring magazine covers from the '60s and '70s. j.lo wrote, soaking up the nyc energy and guess who wrote back. streisand herself, barbra reposted the picture writing, love this. hi, j.lo, nice to see you wearing my face. j.lo returned that love writing simply, you know you're my idol. that exchange has now fueled speculation that a musical collaboration between the two could be in the future. why do we make these jumps? because we want to. it may just be wishful thinking but don't rain on my parade. i'd like to keep this dream evergreen if you don't mind. >> i see what you did. >> j.lo pretty busy these days rehearsing for her big super bowl halftime show which happens in less than two weeks. and "gma" will be there, of course. in music news this morning, selena gomez, congratulations to you. the singer's latest album "rare" debuting at number one. [ applause ] such an important album for her. it's her third consecutive number one album to boot. but this record has her first number one single ever. the song, "lose you to love me" topped the charts when it was released back in october. the singer taking to instagram writing in part thank you so much for makg something so personal to me be a moment i'll never forget. all i truly desire is for you all to enjoy the music and spread the love. the critics are spreading the love. "rolling stone" calling it rare, an act of devine ruthlessness full of dancy mid-tempo clarity and called it one of the best in recent history. congratulations are in order to selena gomez. >> absolutely. [ applause ] >> good for her. and finally, the georgia department of transportation wants to you drive safely and they're using a sense of humor to get their message across. the department reached out to the community asking for ideas for their new signs and here's what they decided to go with -- quote, you look great, but the selfie can wait. also making the cut, drive like your momma is watching. no one wants to see traffic on snapchat, brenda. and wearing a seat belt makes you look thinner. >> oh, that's good. >> that'll do it. the gdot said they had hundreds more submissions they couldn't show us. but they were very funny, they say. the slogans are rotating on digital highway signs everywhere in georgia. thank you for sharing that with us. >> very creative. >> thank you, lara. [ applause ] we turn to our "gma" cover story. some difficult news from taylor swift about her mother. andrea swift is undergoing treatment for cancer when a brain tumor was discovered and swift is now sharing how she and her family are dealing with the diagnosis. will reeve here with the story. good morning, will. >> good morning, george. yeah, sad news, taylor swift has a song called "soon you'll get better." it's poetic, poignant and, as with most of her songs, personal. in this case it's about her mom and her mom's health which swift now tells "variety" magazine has taken a turn for the worse. >> reporter: this morning, taylor swift revealing devastating news about her mother andrea's years-long battle with cancer, telling "variety" that while she was going through treatment they found a brain tumor and the symptoms of what a person goes through when they have a brain tumor is nothing like what we've ever been through with her cancer before. so it's just been a really hard time for us as a family. ♪ oh, soon you'll get better the artist dedicating a song from her latest album to her mother's fight against the illness. ♪ what am i supposed to do ♪ if there's no you >> reporter: swift first disclosed her mother's health battle in a tumblr post writing i'm saddened to tell you my mom has been diagnosed with cancer. she's got an important battle to fight. just weeks after that revelation andrea received a standing ovation as she presented taylor with the acm milestone award. >> i know you love her as i love her and for that i thank you eternally. >> reporter: there had been no public updates on andrea swift's health until last march when the singer wrote in an "elle" magazine essay, i've had to learn how to handle serious illness in my family. both of my parents have had cancer and my mom is now fighting her battle with it again. >> my parents are here tonight. >> reporter: amid her struggles a heartwarming moment as swift's mother was in the crowd wiping away tears when her daughter took home artist of the decade at november's american music awards. ♪ i had the best day with you today ♪ >> reporter: the ten-time grammy winner appearing to slow down following the news taking on a noticeably lighter summer touring schedule for her latest album "lover" playing just four stadium dates in the u.s. citing her mother's health as the reason. saying, quote, i mean, we don't know what's going to happen. we don't know what treatment we're going to choose. it was just the decision to make at the time for right now for what's going on. swift goes on to tell "variety" that in her life her mom is, quote, really the guiding force, almost every decision i make, i talk to her about it first. so obviously it was a really big deal to ever speak about her illness. michael, brave stuff and we're thinking about the swift family. >> yes, we are definitely. thank you so much, will. now to a health alert. a new study takes a look at the dangers of popular low carb and low fat diets and how they could be linked to a higher mortality rate. dr. jen ashton is back with that in our second hour and, doc, tell us about the study. >> diets are so popular, michael, but people have been asking low carb, low fat, are they all created equally. this study did a deep dive on that and came out in "jama" and looked at over 37,000 people and gave them food questionnaires and then really looked at the quality of those diets. were they healthy or unhealthy. those are their descriptive terms and then tracked their associated death rate and what they found, overall low carb, low fat diets no connection with death rate. however, if they were unhealthy low fat or low carb diet, higher death rate. if they were healthy, that means things like low saturated fat, higher whole grain, fruits and vegetables when talking about carbs, they had a lower death rate. so pretty commonsense stuff but really important information. >> you know, but you have a degree in nutrition. what are the pros and cons of eating like this? >> this is not one size fits all and people get really impassioned about this because they're attached to the way their particular diet is. if you take low carb diets which are very popular now effective for weight loss and can help prevent weight gain and reduces belly fat that produces inflammation and have been shown to help reduce risk of heart disease. when you look at the macro nutrients, it's important what you're eating and the cons of that type of food, it can lack the healthy carbs like fruits and vegetables which are loaded with fiber. if you're eating low carb but high saturated fat, that is not ideal. >> but it seems like there's always conflicting data. for somebody who's just fed up with it, what do i do? >> i'll come and cook for you. >> yeah. >> you'll really starve then. listen, this is what i tell people when i counsel them on nutrition, take a look at what you're about to eat and ask yourself a very simple question. is this a fat, a carb or a protein? those are the three macro nutrients. when you answer that and of course some things are more than one, ask yourself what is this food doing for my body? if you're looking at a fat that's helpful for cell membrane, protein, building muscle carb, that is fuel, if you do not burn that fuel, you will store it as fat. when you ask yourself those questions it's pretty easy to know what you should or shouldn't eat. >> i need to clean out my refrigerator. thank you very much for that. >> now over to ginger. what do you got sing? thank you, michael. a "gma" moment. you know the travel mom who we have on every once in a while to talk about where to go. her daughter just got engaged. we're happy and a family member had an idea. she would petition to be their flower girl. ♪ i could be a flower girl your flower girl in a new dress ♪ >> she wrote that whole thing herself. she put together a little song all in the "frozen" feel and they actually made a reply which was cute and said yes, she will be their flower girl. [ applause ] now to our series "the right fit." we help you find clothes to look and feel your best. this morning we're tackling the challenge of knowing your true size and technology that can help. it's a story we first read about in "the wall street journal." paula, are you going to tell us about this? >> i'm going to tell you about it. what a challenge it can be, right? "the wall street journal" said it best, clothing sizes are broken. that's why you probably own a myriad of sizes. the fit depends on the designer, right? we spoke to two women. they're right there with you. >> reporter: when it comes to buying clothes, finding the right size is a constant challenge. >> you go into the fitting room and have a bunch of sizes and it's just a trying on game to see what fits. what doesn't. >> reporter: it's even harder now that so much shopping is done online. laura and phyllis say order something a game of trial and error. >> sizes are crazy. i have to order two or three sometimes because i'm not sure what size. large, sometimes medium. sometimes extra large. it's crazy because you don't know how it will fit. >> i was looking at some of your clothes. these are all of your clothes. you have a 2. you have an 8. you have a 12. a petite medium. a medium. a large and an xl and 1x/2x. no wonder you're frustrated. here's phyllis in a size 2 and in a size 12. both items are from her own closet. so what gives? size 6 to a size 12. >> size 8. a 10 and an 8. one word to describe the experience. >> annoying. >> reporter: experts say the problem is due to an outdated sizing system. >> it was standardized in the 1950s on an hourglass shape that really only represents 14.3% of the global population. >> reporter: now a new crop of companies are trying to solve the problem like my size i.d. shoppers can use a smartphone to take and analyze their measurements. or there's true fit. that little red "t" you see online and partnered with more than 200 brands. now tell us about a top that fits you great. shoppers provide information about other items they've purchased and liked and true fit will suggest a size. so phyllis and laura tried it for themselves. now, drum roll. it is the moment of truth. we're going to see how true fit worked for phyllis and laura. >> they're here with us this morning. thank you both. [ applause ] >> really good. >> all right. so these are clothes you ordered online after using true fit. correct? and this is a brand that you've worn before. what was the size you wore before? >> so this is new york and company. i wore a large. i would always buy a large. >> what did true fit say? >> they said try a medium. this is a medium, and i love it. [ applause ] >> beautiful outfit. >> i know, i know. >> they nailed it. >> how about for you, laura? >> this is actually a size 10. typically i'd have picked between a 10 or 12. true fit said i would be a size 8. i tried the 8 on. it was a little bit snug in the chest area. ultimately i went with the 10 and it fits really great. [ applause ] >> and true fit said because you returned it and said they could learn from the return. >> it's actually very helpful. it's all part of the refining process for true fit. they'll take that return and the information. that factors into your own personal algorithm. next time you order the clothes will fit you even better. you look great, ladies, by the way. [ applause ] >> what more can you tell us about the service? >> we'll talk about it more tomorrow. >> what are you going to say? >> i can't tell you. it's a tease. you got to come back tomorrow. we are going to solve the clothing crisis on "gma." >> this is something viewers really wanted help with. we're going to do that. phyllis, laura, paula, thank you very much. looking good. [ applause ] coming up, we have the stars of the oscar contender "1917." they are right here in our little old studio and live so come on back. good morning. i'm reggie aqui from "abc 7 mornings." livermore police are investigating an officer-involved shooting. this happened overnight on airway boulevard near kitty hawk road. police say officers pulled someone over for a suspected dui. during that traffic stop, another car coming down the road made a hard turn toward the officers. police say an officer shot at that driver who came toward them. that driver was hit and the leg and taken into custody. nobody else was hurt. traffic-wise, boy, you can hardly see the bay bridge. >> i know, we can barely make it out right now. an alert to anyone traveling from the east bay to san francisco, very foggy conditions on the bay bridge and bay bridge toll plaza. making our way up to concord, we have a crash between a motorcycle and a trash truck. i understand from the chp the motor vehicle was splitting the lanes there. this is westbound 4 past willow pass road, several lanes are we've always made quality furnishings for the many people. and when we sell many of them, we make them more affordable. ♪ ♪ to us, that just makes sense. ikea. make the dream yours. good morning to you. socked in with fog in the east bay, two-mile visibility. nothing up in the north bay. it's going to be a couple of hours 'til this lifts. above the fog we have some sun, mild temperatures in the 50s. ♪ baby there's nothing holding me back ♪ [ applause ] welcome back to "gma." and we are counting down to the oscars. "1917" has ten nominations including best picture following two british soldiers in world war i as they set out to deliver a message that could save hundreds of lives. please welcome the stars, dean-charles chapman and george mackay. [ applause ] have a seat. have a seat. welcome. [ applause ] >> welcome. congratulations on all the success. when sam mendes cast movie he said he wanted to cast some virtually unknown actors and with the success of this movie that is far from who you are right now. so how -- [ applause ] how has it been for you guys this whole process? >> it's been amazing. i mean really it feels like such a long process. we spent six months rehearsing it, 16 weeks shooting it and went through all the press and the movie has come out but it's amazing. as actors, not a lot of actors get the shot to make a film like this. >> isn't that a lot of pressure? the whole movie is shot as if it's one continuous movie. a lot of pressure. what happens if you forgot a line, messed up a line? >> it happens like, you know, sometimes we would get into the end of like a six-minute take and then the last five seconds my rifle would fall off my shoulder or something or you fluff a line and it just happens but everyone knew how much you didn't want it to happen so you all were good to each other when it did. >> what do you think when that rifle fell? >> come on! there's one scene about a five-minute take and slow and george was doing beautiful acting and i had a prop, a map. and there's me wrestling with the map trying to fold it and take ruined. >> it ended up working out great. ten oscar nominations. [ applause ] and for continuity sake in the movie sometimes had you to roll around in the mud and you actually posted a video of it. heck this out. that looks like fun. yeah. that could be a new dance move. >> yeah. >> and let's take a look at the end result. we have a picture of the end result of you rolling around in the mud like that which we don't have a picture -- there we go. >> they got him. [ cheers and applause ] >> my anxiety level just went up watching that clip. >> me too. >> you guys actually rehearsed. most of it is filmed outside. you said you rehearsed for six months. what does rehearsal look like for a movie like this. >> usually with a film, with the edit you can craft the rhythm and pace of stuff muchwards. with this it was like a play. we had to suss all of that out beforehand because it's all one take so you can't chop about the pace afterwards. so we'd go out to these empty locations and basically walk through the scenes to decide upon how we wanted it to be so the set could be built around those specifications. you know, literally putting markers and flags in the ground to be the room needs to finish there. and just so when you watch it, it's all seamless. >> like a dance routine. >> yeah, pretty much. all of it was genuinely like a choreographed dance between the camera and the actors at all times. just constant flow and rhythm. >> you had to do world war i research. >> yes. >> for this. you two, you need to get to know each other. i heard you took a trip to belgium together. that's a good way. >> yeah, we -- [ applause ] we did. like we've been to france for the production and so moved by what we'd seen we thought we need to go to belgium so i picked dean up in the car at 4:00 in the morning from essex where he lives and drove to belgium through the channel tunnel but didn't check if the museums were open so we drove for five hours across the channel and we got there and pull up at the car park which is pretty empty to this one particular museum we wanted to go to. can you imagine if it was closed. no, of course not. we get to the front door and thank goodness it opens but the woman says, no, no, we're closed in january. [ laughter ] so we saw some other sites but that particular museum, we didn't make that one. >> doing research for a movie, ma'am, please. it's going to be nominated to are ten oscars. but this movie is fantastic. i was talking to friends about it last night. one said it's one of the guess movies i've seen possibly ever. >> wow. >> yeah. [ applause ] loved it. and before i let you guys go, what are you looking most forward to on oscar sunday? >> i really want to meet robert de niro. yeah. [ applause ] yeah, obviously we've seen him out and about at these events and stuffer but i've never actually shook his hand. >> have you been too nervous to go over to him. >> yes. >> i don't blame you. >> yeah, but i'm going to give it a go. >> how about you? >> i'll be his wing man if i can meet robert. if i can shake his hand too. that's good for me. >> robert de niro will probably introduce himself to you two at this point. congratulations to both of you. fantastic movie. >> thank you very much. >> "1917" is in theaters right now. make sure you go check it out. do yourself a favor. coming up we'll show you how the single mom shed $50,000 of debt. so stay right there. we'll be back. 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"gma" viewers, we love you. you've been sharing how you cut debt out of your lives and we want to share it with everyone else so rebecca jarvis is here to tell us about a mom who broke her overspending habit and became a super saver, didn't she, rebecca? >> indeed, robin. this is something a lot of people can relate to. finding yourself deep in debt. this single mom said she hit rock bottom when she couldn't afford to do her family's laundry and then she made a plan. >> all right. >> reporter: three years ago 27-year-old mom shonsay was drowning in debt. now she's debt-free. she paid off $50,000 in debt accumulated from years of overspending? >> paying off debt, it's not easy. i had to give up a lot of things but i was really motivated. i wanted a better life for myself and my son. >> reporter: her turning point the day in 2015 when she realized she couldn't afford to do her own laundry. that was it and now she's gone from a single mom living in a low-income apartment to a financial guru with her own personal finance blog. >> i just got to the point where that was it for me. i'm just tired of living like this. i need to get out of debt. sit, stay. good girl. >> reporter: first she turned into a megasaver cutting costs by moving to less expensive housing and freelance writing on the side. >> pour about half. >> reporter: she added clever savings techniques like no spending weeks or weekends where her family spends zero on dining >> it's just a way to be creative. we cook from our cabinet. whatever meals we have, i might figure out what ingredients i have and google that and see what kind of things i can cook. >> reporter: her family orders their toiletries on amazon subscribe and save and she saves using an app called acorns that automatically rounds up her credit card purchases to the nearest dollar, investing the difference. >> i don't even really notice the money coming out of my account so it's really cool to see it ad up and make a difference. >> reporter: for those feeling overwhelmed by getting started she says, it's easy. just start with a simple budget and set an attainable goal. >> paying off debt and being debt-free is an amazing feeling. i think it just gives you more freedom and more options with your money. [ applause ] >> good for her. good for her. rebecca, we know the reason why many people are in debt, credit cards. >> yes, and this was part of her situation as well. the typical american family now has almost $7,000 in credit card debt and in interest that's costing them over $1,000 in just interest alone, robin. >> the interest rate. i got to ask you guys something. how many of you know what our apr is? how many of you know what an apr is? your annual percentage rate. do you look -- actually look at your credit card statement to see? >> i'm glad to hear that people are looking so the average apr, the interest rate, that's the cost of having a credit card is about 17% on average for most people. but what most people don't know, in addition to that apr is that you can actually negotiate that amount lower. >> how do you do that? what do you say? >> we're going to walk people through exactly how do it. first of all, arm yourself with information. you take a look at that bill. that credit card statement. how much interest have you paid? how long have you been a customer of that credit card company. these are pieces of information you must know before you make a call to the credit card company to negotiate. you can also go out and look at alternate offer, figure out what other credit card companies are offering right now. you can look, for example, at sites like credit karma, nerd wallet. great website that is tell people exactly the type of credit card interest rates that are out there, what comes with which credit card and then flip your credit card over. you're going to flip that card over. there is a phone number on the back. call up the credit card company. tell them that information you've gathered, ask to make a deal to decrease that apr on the phone and let them know you are a valuable customer. you're willing to stick around, but in order to do that you need them to lower the apr. >> that makes a big difference because if you have a high apr it's even hard story get out of debt. >> so much harder. it adds and adds over time. >> thank you so much. you can get more tips to pay off debt on our website. ginger. >> oh, robin, you and everybody, have to do this. you have to get to a podcast called journeys of faith. miss paula faris'. if you have not yet, congratulations. you speak to influential people about their spiritual influences. >> exactly and this season what we wanted to do focus on political candidates and prominent republicans to really peel back the layers, get past the talking points and find out how their faith influences person and policy and spoken to several 2020 cade, also some republicans like republican tim scott, the only african-american republican in the senate. we got ted cruz, nikki haley as well. >> why do we need to know this. >> i think it's important to know what forms their decisions. faith is important to me and informs who i am. to find out to peel back the layers i'm excited for the ted cruz episode that drops. he'll talk about how faith informed his decision to really forgive president trump for all those inflammatory things that were said in the 2016 campaign trail. next week we have nikki haley who many presume will run for presidency down the road and how her faith will inform her decision to do so and what it was like to be raised in a sikh home, what we would call a sikh home and it's great to know the candidates. >> on a longer -- >> on a more cellular level. >>er woo's listening and journeys of faith is available for free, by the way, on your >> lara, let's head over to you. >> thank you. now we go to intuitive eating. an approach to food that could help you avoid frustration and keep those new year's resolutions. it's all about keeping everything on the table, not off. diane macedo is here to explain. i like this concept. >> sounds good, right? we all know diet trends seem to constantly change. first low fat then low calorie then high fat but low carb. one expert is using instagram to help her followers ditch dieting altogether and take back the joy in eating. for over a decade caitlin has made room at her table for her 45,000 followers at caitsplate. she shares snapshots of daily meals with long with easy to follow recipes, all to promote n nonrestrictive eating. >> i never share my meals as a prescription for other people. but i started getting messages from people just saying, you know, thank you so much for sharing this because you've made me feel like it's okay to eat bread three times a day. >> cait encourages followers to break the yo-yo dieting cycle for good and make peace with food by eating intuitively. >> when we're told you can't have something all you want is that thing. when everything is on the table, you're able to listen to what really satisfies me. what actually tastes good. >> reporter: she says it starts with accepting your body's genetic blueprint. >> we all have our own unique set point weight, a weight at which our body is happy and healthy and functioning at its best. >> reporter: next listen to your internal cues for hunger, fullness and satisfaction which cait says are paramount to good health. >> every thee to four hours nourish your body, something with carb, protein, fat and fiber. the more you do that the more you'll be in tune with internal signals. >> reporter: finally give yourself unconditional permission to eat all foods, guilt free. >> so many people feel like if i stop controlling what i eat i will never eat another vegetable again. i will live off cookies and candy. what people end up find something that when they lift those restrictions, they're actually more in control. >> reporter: she says by eliminating rigid rules the body will naturally find its way back to nutrient dense foods, a journey that is not one size fits all. >> unlike dieting, in 30 days you'll achieve this and your whole life will change. you won't get that out of intuitive eating but what you will get is a lifelong lasting change. [ applause ] >> she says in time off limit foods become less compelling. if you crave pizza, enjoy that pizza. you might eat one or two slices now instead of binging the entire pie later and maybe tomorrow you'll want broccoli. >> i love it. this is great. thank you so much. >> my pleasure. coming up, everyone, speaking of food, ginger's cook club, we have easy meals for busy parents coming up on about finding good food ind have school.y so, when my wife kat and i learned california public school children couldn't get fresh produce in the cafeteria, we took action. we partnered with local farmers, school kitchens, a non-profit. that program now serves over 300 million healthy meals every year. the difference between words and actions matters. that's a lesson washington dc could use, right now. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. back by popular demand, ginger's cook club where one lucky chef gets to go to ginger's home to cook solving dinner dilemmas one meal, one dish at a time because with your boy, i know you need help. >> there are a lot of dilemmas. i'm the lucky one. this time i got one of my favorites. she came in and healthy january recipes my whole family will eat and yours too. one of the dishes eating vegan. >> what? >> i've never been more excited. >> i'm so excited. i love so much that you're like such a true half baked harvest fan. >> i'll show you something. i don't want you to think it's stalkerish but i do -- >> what is this? >> this pile right here, this is just half of what it is, guys. this is what cooking is all about. >> like the recipes -- >> we're getting things with her half baked harvest meanest greenest pizza. i need to start fresh like so many of us do and fresh means healthy for me, healthy for the kids, something everybody is going to want and i feel like this green pizza is screaming our name. >> this is the perfect balance. it's basically salad on pizza which i mean come on. >> like any pizza it all starts with the dough. >> my no knead pizza dough. make sure it's at room temperature before you roll it out because cold dough no not roll out. >> until this came into my home i was using a wine bottle. i'll be fully honest. >> use what you have. >> yeah. >> so now we can throw it in the oven and only takes minutes. >> now for the big taste test. miles. >> yummy. >> yay! >> next up we're breaking out the instant pot to make chickpea tagine. totally vegan. >> 20-minute meal and dumping everything into our instant pot. setting it to cook and then you can walk away for ten minutes, let it do its thing, come back and dinner is basically done at that point. >> let's start adding stuff in. >> the beans don't go in yet. >> they don't go in yet. they'll get overcooked in the pressure cooker. i do custom settings. we'll twist down. only six minutes for this. >> six minutes. >> yep. >> while that's cooking we'll learn a great tip. how to get seeds out of a pomegranate. >> we got it in the water and the water will easily make it so that the seeds are not flying everywhere and you can break it apart. >> this is huge. >> once the instant pot finishes serve it over couscous and the pomegranate seeds on top. do you want to get in the cabinet now? that's where i would like you. [ applause ] >> so exciting. ben didn't even realize it's vegan. join our facebook book. a callout to all of you watching, we want to get in your kitchen. take a photo of your fridge and tag us with @gma on twitter and we could pop up in your house and show you how to cook dinner >> that's right. so, in other words, better clean we love it when these beautiful college students come to "gma." where you can find games, news and highlights. all in one place, right on your tv. the new xfinity sports zone. use your voice to search every stat, standing and score. follow the teams you love and get notifications when the game's about to start, so you'll never miss a minute. with the xfinity sports zone... ...everybody wins. now that's simple, easy, awesome. click, call or visit a store for details. good morning, i'm reggie aqui from "abc 7 mornings." we'll go over to lisa argen with a look at our forecast. the fog is improving out there. visibility isn't great in the far north bay. the golden gate bridge, you can see the blue sky. there are delays at sfo. low to mid-50s right now. east bay is not so great but it's better than it was. we're looking at 48 in napa, 54 in concord, so visibility improving, temperatures climbing. upper 50s to near 60, partly cloudy today. we're following a sig alert in the santa cruz mountains, a jackknifed big rig, northbound 17 past the summit. all lanes are blocked right now. that's why you see the purple line on your screen, a problem for people trying to get into san jose. reggie? >> thanks, jobina. 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