Of refugees until there is, quote, an effective vetting process. The Lieutenant Governor of texas weighing in saying it may have prevented a catastrophic terror related event in the making and saved countless lives and the u. S. Attorneys office tells our station in sacramento there is a connection between the two men but would not elaborate further. Both expected to be in their respective corrs today. This definitely will be fuel on the campaign trail no doubt. Yeah. Lana zak in washington for us. Also this morning, these arrests in the u. S. Are coming on the same day as a foiled attack in paris by a man pledging allegiance to isis. Police officers shot and killed the knifewielding man. He was threatening them, were told, wearing what turned out to be a vest with fake explosives. The incident coincided with the First Anniversary of the massacre at charlie hebdo. Here at home the political attacks are heating up from donald trump is taking new aim on Hillary Clinton and on senator Bernie Sanders and hes doing it in his own home state in front of thousands of diehard supporters. Overnight, donald trump bringing up the crowds. Police shutting down two blocks and people lining up in one of the most liberal cities in the country, burlington, vermont. Thank you. Thats so great. The republican frontrunner and his supporters making noise. Whos going to pay for the wall . All mexico. Whos going to pay for the wall . All mexico. Whos going to pay for the wall. All mexico. On Bernie Sanders home turf trump going after the state senator. Do we like bernie . Protesters and sanders supporters repeatedly interrupted his speech. Go ahead. Get him out. This morning Bernie Sanders responding tweeting finally donald trump and i agree on something. He and i both want to run guess who wins . Linking to a recent poll showing the senator leading the billionaire in a headtohead matchup. Womens rights are human rights. Earlier trump dropping this bombshell Campaign Video attacking Hillary Clinton on womens rights showing her with disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner and bill cosby and this image of former president bill clinton with monica lewinsky. Bill clinton on the campaign trail in iowa refused to take the bait telling reporters he was only there to help his wife. The current president is defending his steps on gun control. George Mason University in virginia, the president says that he will not support any candidate who does not support what he calls commonsense gun reform. Hes urging citizens who agree to vote that way. The way washington changes is when people vote. Im going to throw my shoulders actually solve problems instead of just, you know, getting a high score from an interest group. That interest group, the president is saying, the and a half Rifle Association has a strangele stranglehold on congress. The nra wasnt there. California is finally getting a quick break from nearly a week of punishing torrential rain from those el ninofueled storms and another powerful storm system hit coastal areas with high surf warnings threatening oceanfront homes in malibu. Some areas saw waves up to 60 feet high. And now all of that water saturating the earth raising a new fear of mudslides, zones. The other big weather story here in the heartland, snow falling in minneapolis, wisconsin, where frigid age dangerous temperatures are settling in. Abcs senior meteorologist rob marciano with the details. Mountains but two batches of snows for friday in minneapolis and st. Louis and chicago, maybe a few inches there but thats where the cold air comes in. Minus 25 will be the windchill in minneapolis on sunday. They have an nfl playoff game happening. It could be the coldest ever played. Going to be a cold game for the vikings. Overseas now the Syrian Government has allowed humanitarian aid into three rebelheld villages ravaged by starvation. Thousands of people suffering from malnutrition and other lifethreatening diseases. According to doctors without borders, 23 people have died since december, first in just one of those villages including six babies less than a year old. Wow. Turning now to wall street, more turmoil from market mayhem. The u. S. Markets are off to their worst start of the year in a really long time because of problems overseas. Specifically china where stock trading was halted twice this this morning the shanghai index closed up 2 and u. S. Stock futures are higher, a goodies jobs report today could bolster the markets here. Okay, so heres something that deals with money but is good news. Tomorrow night some six numbers will not only make history but could forever change lives. 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The fbi is investigating this one. Did you hear about this, a republican governor of maine is in hot water for making what some say are racist remarks. What he is doing about Substance Abuse governor paul owe page page said its caused by drug dealers from other states. These are guys with the name demoney, smoothie, shifty. They come up here and sell their heroin then they go back home. Incident incidentally half the time they impregnate a young white girl before they leave. In an email to abc news he says he was not talking about race, race, he says is irrelevant. Officials from maines Republican Party not commenting and neither is Chris Christies campaign. The two governors are Close Friends and lepage was christies first major endorsement. We know pizza isnt that great for us. Now it turns out that the pizza boxes could be harmful to your health. The fda is banning three chemicals used in those boxes saying they could cause cancer and birth defects. So, the chemicals are used as a from seeming through the box. But researchers now say those sealants can be absorbed by the pizza. Mcdonalds has a new look using big bold colors in its packaging. The company says the modernized graphics are part of its plan to be a modern and progressive burger company. Mcdonalds also says it is committed to making sure that all of its packaging is made with eco Friendly Materials and they plan on doing that by the year 2020. All right. Okay, so when we come back, the greatest gift a parent can give. What is it . This grandmother who gave birth to her own granddaughter. Low rider. Driver in a lamborghini getting brave on a flooded road. Are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes. With noninsulin victoza. For a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar. But it didnt get me to my goal. So i asked my doctor about victoza. And comes in a pen. Victoza is proven to lower blood sugar and a1c. Its taken once a day, any time. 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Drivers know they shouldnt drive through flooded roads. Still, many do, even in 200,000 cars. That white lamborghini coming up behind that white suv nearly submerged as it makes its way through the intersection. But it made it, of course. Rich people problems. No word on what kind of damage the damage the driver did to that car but we suspect he or she can afford it. Obnoxious and unnecessary. Wet roads moved to the middle of the country. Conditions will be slippery all across the plains with wet pavement from the gulf coast the ohio valley and great lakes. The airport delays to tell you about, possible in denver, minneapolis, chicago, and salt lake city. Okay, so the white house is weighing in on the murder case that was featured in that new Netflix DocumentarySeries Making a murderer. Activists believe that steven avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey were wrongly convicted of murder in wisconsin ten years ago citing new findings presented in a documentary. Theyve started a petition asking president obama to give them a full pardon, but the white house says the president cannot pardon anyone convicted of a state criminal offense. The mother of the socalled affluenza teen will be arraigned this morning in texas. Tonya couch is accused of helping a felon, her son, ethan avoid apprehension and was brought from los angeles yesterday in handcuffs and leg irons. Ethan remains in mexico fighting his extradition. Her Attorney Says the 1 million bail is unreasonable and wants it reduced. A texas woman in her 50s has granddaughter acting as a surrogate for her daughter and soninlaw. Tracy thompson delivered a healthy 6 pound 11 ounce girled named kelsey wednesday afternoon. The babys parents had undergone several infertility treatments only to suffer three miscarriages. Thompson says she was happy to carry the baby for her daughter. Her and her husband have gone through so much, the miscarriages and the fertility and all that and i didnt want to disappoint her. Its been many years since ive been pregnant and the second trimester was great. There. The first and the third were really tough. So thompson seven years past menopause but she was able to carry the baby because of new medical advances in Reproductive Technology and well have more on that story, i will, coming up on good morning america. Okay, a couple of notes from the sports world. We should point out that ken griffey jr. Cap in baseballs hall of fame. Front or backwards was a big debate. And mike piazza choosing the mets. More now in sports from our guys at espn. Good morning, welcome to our sportscenter set here in los angeles. Hes neil. Im stan. You get to go first. First names only. Ucla hosting arizona. Russell westbrook, he gave so much money to ucla which is super cool that he cant afford pants without holes in them so ucla was up so many that sneg in graphics, ucla guy was comfortable and then sneg was very uncomfortable because arizona went on a 152 run because lute olson was in the building. Right in front of westbrook. Stepback. Bobby jack. That was westbrook who stood up. Cool moment. Great game and the bruins win it by three. Number five Michigan State at home taking on illinois. Denzel valentine out again. Remember, he had that minor knee surgery. Not sure if hell be back on tum tum nairn was there giving it up to gavin shilling and matt mcquaid with a no look pass to shilling for the easy bucket inside. Michigan state had been passing the ball for buckets as easily with valentine out but they got that together. Nairn to bryn forbes and then alvin ellis to Deyonta Davis for the big finish. Javon bess with a pass to matt costello. 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