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Some rain mixing in with snow along the coastline and then snow, heavy snow thrown inland. So much snow that what you see on the ground right now with ginger zee is just phase one. Our ginger zee is in potomac, maryland, this morning. Good morning, ginger. Reporter snow is coming down fast and furious this morning in washington, d. C. Wet and heavy on the federal offices that have been closed ahead of this march monster. In maryland and virginia, shelves are empty and lines were long. Its stressing me out. Getting everything and making sure, you know, the store doesnt run out of the stuff i need. Reporter overnight millions of chicagoans slipped and skidded into their biggest snowmaker of the season. This morning, nearly half the country is being affected. At least 1500 flights already canceled with more to come. Definitely ready for the snow to be done. Hopefully this is the last one. Reporter in some places more than a foot has already fallen. Towns blanketed in snow now face the blowing and drifting dangers. Which police say contributed to a deadly crash near indianapolis. Across the midwest there have been hundreds of other accidents. In wisconsin, this semi slipped off an icy bridge killing the driver. In minneapolis, a solid nine inches coated the roads leaving man and beast caked in the white stuff. Roads here are running okay. Theyre wet but this is why. Its been named so far snow plus rain and this is heavy, wet, the epitome of packing snow. Now, come with me. This is going to be the problem today. You see how heavy it is here on the bushes. Were already hearing of some power outages. When its that heavy and wet it will go on power lines and trees and thats going to be a lasting issue with the wind. Sam . Oh, ginger, youre just outside the beltway and Western Areas like where you are right now is what get pounded overnight. So, everybody wants to know where the snow totals are. Thanks, ginger. Heres what we think will happen. The idea is that just outside the beltway you get your heavier collection of snow. Thats 6 to 10 inches of snow. Everywhere you see the darker shades of purpose the just west of boston as well, 10 inches plus. That could be a foot of snow. Just remember coastal areas will do the mixing. Inland will get the pounding. Wins will stay. Well look at it later, 30, 40, 50 Miles Per Hour easy thursday into friday. This is going to be yeah, this is a strong gusty wind and a big storm. So, george, amy, well talk about it all day. Now to that surging market. The dow now well above 14,000. Our weekend coanchor Bianna Golodryga watching it all. Bianna, this new record has set off a hot debate among market experts. Is it time for the small investor to get in or get out . A lot are asking that. What a day we saw on wall street on tuesday. Lets take a look at what the dow did closing at 14,253. Now nearly doubling the alltime low that we saw back in 2009. So lets go over whats behind the rally. Of course, we were talking about the Housing Market recovering. Thats having ripple effects for a lot of other sectors. Interest rates are near record lows, the Federal Reserve keeps pumping money into the economy and corporate profits are high. So the big question a lot of people want to know, is there a new bubble that were seeing . Heres the last one we saw. You see how the stock market really tanked from 2009 to 2007 to 2009, so are we seeing that again . Well, corporate profits at an alltime high. Not necessarily in a bubble, george, because, think about it, they were cutting costs, they were cutting jobs, unfortunately, but as far as the overall economy, were only talking about 30 stocks when it comes to the dow. These are global stocks, george, not really reflective of the overall economy here at home. Okay, bianna, thanks very much. Now to the rest of the mornings headlines. Including that news we had from venezuela. Good morning to all of you. We begin with the death of hugo. The unpredictable president of venezuela. Could have a major impact here in the united states, after all chavez controlled more oil reserves than saudi arabia. Abcs matt gutman is in venezuela this morning. [ chanting ] reporter overnight thousands gathered in venezuelas capital to mourn the only leader many here have ever known. The fourth largest provider of oil to the u. S. , is in political flux. Late tuesday chavezs handpicked successor interim president Nicolas Maduro expelled two American Military attaches from the country accusing them of trying to destabilize the army. Before tearfully announcing the death of the 58yearold socialist leader. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] reporter maduro hinted that chavez who suffered from an undisclosed type of cancer had been poisoned by foreign elements including the u. S. An assertion the state department is calling absurd. They hoped the death would soothe 14 years of tension with the venezuelan government. Before his illness forced him from the world stage, chavez had become notorious for his bluster. You are a donkey, mr. Bush. Reporter president george w. Bush was one of his favorite targets. Translator yesterday, the devil came here. Reporter there are so many unknowns. What was that illness that killed chavez . Are the elections over the next 30 days going to bring violence to this country . Josh . Abcs matt gutman in caracas. Meanwhile, we are getting our first look at the now retired pope benedict. Italys chi magazine published this photo. Showing benedict in white walking in the gardens of the papal summer retreat. Meanwhile, cardinals at the vatican preparing to elect a new pope are leading a public prayer service. And back in this country, new warning about socalled nightmare bacteria infecting people at more american hospitals. The cdc says the bacteria is resistant to even the strongest antibiotics has now spread to more than 200 medical facilities, most in the northeast. The fatality rate, up to 50 . While cases are still relatively rare, authorities are warning hospitals now to take all possible precautions. And in connecticut, a Dunkin Donuts worker refused to be robbed at the drivethrough. Watch as this man tries to climb in. First she throws a cup of hot coffee in his face and then she follows up with the whole pot. Oh. Needless to say, he had other places to be and didnt get a dime. And a dazzling and historic light show in San Francisco. Look at this. The bay bridge up till now perhaps an ugly stepchild of sorts to the famous golden gate has just become the Worlds Largest l. E. D. Light sculpture. It will be lit up like this every night for the next two years to mark the bridges 75th birthday. It took five miles of cable, 25,000 lights, the drive from the east bay now to San Francisco will not be the same. Thats a beautiful sight. Beautiful. Thanks, josh. You bet. Well, now to the big headline for everyone traveling and going through security at the airport for the First Time Since 9 11, the tsa is allowing some knives aboard planes. The announcement has been greeted with outrage by flight attendants. Abcs david kerley has the story. Reporter an abrupt reversal this morning after a decade of banning and confiscating pocket knives, the government will now allow small knives on planes drawing an immediate angry response from flight attendants. Its going to create passenger confusion and its also going to bring a weapon on board. It doesnt make any sense to allow knives on board aircraft. Reporter this is what will be allowed on planes in a month and a half, small folding knives with a blade shorter than 2. 36 inches and 1 2 inch wide. Rules relaxed to carry on golf clubs, pool cues, lacrosse and hockey sticks. The tsa says its about risk assessment. Every month, at the 20 largest airports, four tons of knives are confiscated. We need to keep the screening lines moving at this point and looking for tiny little objects that are not likely to be used to hijack an airplane is really just going to slow things down. Reporter the head of the tsa told Airline Officials he wants to concentrate on what really worries him, explosives, especially the liquid explosives, which are difficult to detect. Flight attendants complain there is an irony in this change by tsa. While the small pocket knifes will be allowed, box cutters like the ones used to hijack the planes on 9 11 are still banned. They cannot be carried on to a plane. George . Thank goodness for that. Thanks very much. To politics now and the anatomy of a smear. For weeks the powerful chairman of the Senate Foreign relations committee, robert menendez, has been denying reports that he paid women for sex in the Dominican Republic and now one of the women said she was paid to lie about the senator. Abcs brian ross is here with all the details on the story that wasnt. Good morning, brian. Good morning, george. Thats true. American politics as you know knows few limits and both parties have played their share of dirty tricks. In the case of menendez he appears to be the victim of a very dirty trick involving sex, lies and videotape. Heres how it happened. As menendez campaigned for reelection last year, republican operatives secretly went into overdrive to implicate him in a sex scandal. Is that the same person you had sex with . [ speaking a Foreign Language ] reporter six days before, operatives helped arrange interviews in the Dominican Republic with this woman and this one and this one who all told abc news the senator paid them for sex. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] reporter it supposedly happened at the famed dominican resort Casa De Campo and one of the homes of the Campaign Donors where they claimed in reports that surveillance teams learned of raucous pool parties, everyone naked, of course, but none of the women could produce Identity Cards with their real names. And they all provided the same story almost word for word as if they had been coached. They were. At least according to a sworn affidavit filed in court this week by one of the three women who says it was all a lie, not the truth, that she and the others were paid to use fake names and make up a story about sex with the senator. I think its a pretty elaborate plot to take down a sitting senator. Reporter abc news did not report the allegations last year but two of the women also talked to a conservative news website the daily caller which ran a story and continues to stand by it. Senator menendez said tuesday it was all an outrage. These are false smears that began during my election in an attempt to affect the election for the senate. While the allegations about the prostitutes may have been discredited, the senator still faces an ethics inquiry into his relationship with that donor who provided menendez with private plane flights and for whom menendez allegedly intervened to obtain contracts, much less sexy but potentially much more significant. Okay, brian, thanks very much. And now to Martha Stewarts center stage in a dramatic media frenzy and the emotional courtroom battle with two of americas Biggest Stores going head to head over her with accusations of broken contracts and big business backstabbing. Abcs dan harris has the very latest on all of this. Dan, good morning. Good morning. This is a fun trial to watch. The contrasts here are deliciously absurd. This trial involves allegations of ruthless sharp elbowed business deals over such products as linens, stationery, curtains and kitchenware. Martha stewart walked out of court in new york city smiling and taking pictures. Theyll break my ankles. Reporter she was as regal and fussy as ever chiding the photographers getting annoyed when her bodyguard tried to put her in the wrong car and then chiding the photographers again. Nearly a decade after she was sentenced to five months in prison for lying to investigators about a stock trade today is a shameful day. Reporter she was back on the witness stand tuesday. Stewart who is 71, is in the middle of a fight between two powerful suitors, the heads of macys and jcpenney. Its gotten emotional. Macys chief executive Terry Lundgren who is suing both stewart and jcpenney, saying he felt sick to his stomach when stewart said she was doing a deal with jcpenney. Lundgren thought they had an exclusive arrangement. Looks like we made it reporter macys had helped stewart resuscitate her brand after she got out of the clink. Both stewart and jcpenney insist there was no breach of contract. On the stand stewart said it just boggles my mind that were sitting here in front of you, judge. Heres the question, could fresh accusations of being a corporate backstabber be yet another blow to the public image of americas preeminent domestic diva . She made it through going to prison. Can she make it through being accused of, you know, having really sharp elbows . You know, i think people used to think that martha was nice. And i think theyve gotten over that. Shes somebody whose Style Authority they trust. Now, if Martha Stewart was hoping to use her testimony to seem more relatable, there was at least one misstep. When asked whether customers would be willing to buy her products from two stores at the same time she said, and i quote here, they might have two houses. They might have two kitchens. Not a problem i have. Oh. Not so relatable. Not so relatable. All right. No. Thanks, dan. Over to london for the latest on kate middleton. Just about every move she makes makes headlines but nothing like the overthetop reaction to the halfsentence she let out on a royal visit to grimsby, england. Lama hasan is covering all the commotion. Reporter it may have been a small slip of the tongue, but, boy, is it making huge headlines this morning. Its a girl screams one, has kate given the game away says another. So, could william and kate be having a baby girl . Well, what else could d stand for . Never before has the sex of a royal baby been revealed until it was born. Its royal tradition not to do so. But at a walkabout in grimsby yesterday the duchess may have dropped her guard a little. The cat is out of the bag. Its a girl. Its a girl. Well, its the biggest hint that weve had yet that its a girl. Reporter the glowing royal mama is usually discreet and good about keeping mum when it comes to secrets and her privacy. According to one woman when she was given a teddy bear she said thank you, ill give that to my d, and then she stopped herself. Reporter she quickly realized her mistake. The duchess also revealed that shes craving cupcakes and, oh, yes, the baby is kicking. And with a july due date the baby could be a diana birthday baby. Well, the bookies favorite names are elizabeth, no surprise there, williams grandmother, Queen Elizabeth iii would have a lovely ring and diana as well. Reporter even kates famous motherinlaw never thought there would be a queen diana. Well, maybe now there will be. The palace isnt commenting on whether the royal couple is expecting a boy or girl but my friend at the palace told me that theyre dealing with this by confirming, quote, its a baby. But either way, boy or girl, this baby will be the next king or queen, george and amy. Wait, let me get that down. Its a baby. Okay, thats good to know. The thing about this is that somebody thats what theyre confirming. A real person heard the whole thing. Reporter exactly. Kate was overheard saying it, saying the d word. If you think about it what else could d actually stand for apart from daughter . Thats what they overheard. Everyone here is buzzing about this, that she could have revealed it. George and amy. Okay, lama, thanks. Amy made a good point, it could have stood for my darling boy. Darling boy. Yeah, it could have. Probably not. What do you got . Lets start with the pictures that are coming out of georgia. 44 storms. This is the southern edge of that big snowmaker that we watched move across the country now becomes our coastal storm. The southern edge was pretty nasty as well, this is pictures from wsb in atlanta, the superstar broadcasting in atlanta and, by the way, that microburst, 1 of 44 storm reports in the area. Into the northwest some rain spreads. Eureka has had three inches of rain. Some of those showers will spread into Southern California today. Talk about this morning that big storm on the east coast. Thank you, sam. And coming up on gma, dramatic Closing Arguments in that High School Sweetheart murder trial. And an incredible survival story. How a reality show may have saved this teens life. Also, the chilling confession revealed by police overnight from a world famous dancer. How ivan the terrible has now admitted to a reallife black swan. Ah beautiful. Work the camera. Work it. Work it those hands. Oooh la la magnifique whats your secret . What . Huh . Dawn . How can this be . [ female announcer ] dawn hand renewal with olay beauty helps lock in skins natural moisture to improve the look and feel of hands in 5 uses. [ sponge ] gotta hand it to your beautiful hands, huh . [ female announcer ] love it, or get double your money back. Dawn does more. [ sponge ] so its not a chore. Dawn does more. Start with the best. Use only natural ingredients. Make something original. Genuine. Real. So peel it open. Stir it up. 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San francisco miss are involved in a stand off after a medical marijuana robbery in the bayview at a building at jennings street and wallace avenue and officers arrested two suspects this morning but they believe one suspect remains in that building. The swat team has been called in and remains on the scene. Check out the morning compute, sue hall, it is wet. You expect accidents. It is wet the we had a car off the embankment. Look what has happened behind the toll plaza, very slug iron the upper deck and, yes, metering lights are on and it is bumper to bumper. Now, the peninsula, this is in the eastern portion of san mateo, we have an accident, eastbound, 92, upper skyline, it is blocking the lane so this is oneway traffic control. We will check with our meteorologist and find out about we are look at live doppler 7 hd with the best showers in the north bay and they are very light with the heaviest rain in the overnight hours and now we are in between systems with the rain moving to the south and in the low, moving up and away from us but quote have anitis lated shower. The wins are 10 to 15Miles Per Hour and they will taper in the afternoon. The best chance of heavy rain is, again, tomorrow. World famous lead in ivan the terrible. Well, it turns out he did something terrible. A sinister confession from him overnight admitting he was the mastermind behind a chilling attack on his rival. Threw acid in his face. All on behalf of his girlfriend. Its got jealousy, its got careerism, maybe even some money involved and in just a little bit. Also coming up a dramatic rescue of a teen who was missing for two freezing night as lone on a mountain. Why he says a reality show saved his life. And a bitter war of words heating up between two of americas funny women and taylor swift. The singer now firing back at their public zinger about her love life at the golden globes. What amy poehler and tina fey are saying about that right now. All in good fun but maybe taylor did not. Also, this was incredible. This 9yearold little girl upstaging, well, one of the best players in is the sport of tennis. She took it. She stared down rafa nadal who lived to tell about it. It was fantastic and showed up ben stiller to boot. Bringing back bad memories, i just have to let you know. It all ends well, i promise. Okay. Well switch gears and go to the young man in massachusetts on trial for murdering his High School Sweetheart. The fate of 20yearold Nathaniel Fujita now lies with the jury. Was he temporarily insane when he killed his girlfriend . Abcs linsey davis starts us off. Reporter highly charged, impassioned Closing Arguments on both sides tuesday. At one point during the prosecutions Closing Argument, the lawyer actually dropped to her knees with a bungee cord allegedly used to strangle Lauren Astley around her throat. She then asked the jury to think about how brutally she was murdered. Theres no question that Nathaniel Fujita killed his 18yearold High School Sweetheart. This morning jurors are charged with determining whether he was temporarily insane when he did it. There is no psychosis fairy who magically sprinkled a temporary dose of psychoses on this defendant. Reporter in their Closing Argument the prosecution tried to convince jurors the former football and track star was sane and his actions were not only deliberate but premeditated. Even telling Lauren Astley to park out of sight the night of her murder. The time for blaming football, the time for blaming marijuana, the time for blaming the victim is over. Reporter but the defense argues fujita, just 18 at the time of the murder, was suffering a psychotic episode when he beat, strangled and slashed his girlfriend and then dumped her body in a marsh in july of 2011. Several weeks after they graduated from high school and not long after shed broken up with him. Apply the law to those facts in a manner that is not swayed by emotion, by sympathy or anger. Reporter last week, the defense called on a forensic psychiatrist who testified fujita suffered from a major depressive episode leading up to the murder followed by a brief psychotic episode and cognitive disorder from football injuries. But the prosecution countered with another psychiatrist who testified she believed fujita was exaggerating how depressed he was. Dr. Fife, in your opinion what did drive the defendant to kill Lauren Astley . I think the primary motivator was rage. Reporter enraged or insane . Its now up to a jury to decide. The psychological profile is key. If the jury determines that the murder was premeditated, fujita faces life in prison without parole, but if hes found not guilty because of lack of criminal responsibility aka he was insane at the time he could be committed to a Mental Health facility and never do any time behind bars. George . Okay, linsey, thanks. Lets get more on this from gma legal analyst dan abrams. The prosecutor didnt think much of the brief psychotic defense. Tough defense. They presented two witnesses, a psychiatrist and a relative, and even though the prosecution still has the burden to say he was not insane, this is a very tough thing to get a jury to accept. I think the best shot that the defense has here is Second Degree murder which would mean that the jurors dont believe the prosecutors proved premeditation or extreme atrocity or cruelty. Now, even thats going to be tough to get Second Degree murder here. But the notion that a jury would acquit based on a brief psychotic episode would be almost unheard of. Might they just be reluctant to send a 20yearold to life without parole. They might and why i think he has a shot at Second Degree murder, life in prison with the opportunity for parole after Something Like 15 years. Sympathy for the defendant is the best he can hope for, i think, in this case, although, look, the defense is going for it all here and hoping that he somehow gets acquitted. Okay, dan abrams, thanks very much. Well, now to the dramatic rescue of that 17yearold skier who survived two freezing nights alone on a mountain in maine. The High School Senior building a snow cave to shelter him from blistering winds and he says he learned the survival skills by watching reality tv. Abcs john muller is here with more on that. Good morning, john. Good morning, amy. Really is an incredible story. Reality tips saved this young mans life. This morning nicholas joy is expected to be released from the hospital. Were now hearing how he survived those freezing cold temperatures and also from the man who found him. Nicholas joys family understandably filled with joy this morning. Just said im so glad to see you. He said the same thing. So glad to see you. Reporter seen here eating a granola bar moments after being rescued suffered a twoday ordeal stranded in the bonechilling cold on sugarloaf mountain. I have been praying he could pull hself down someplace, somebody get him. Oh, thank god hes alive. Reporter it all started when joy got separated from his father while skiing sunday afternoon. Blinded by blowing snow and strong winds, joy says he kicked into survival mode building this cave in the snow and blanketing himself with twigs and leaves. During the day he drank water from nearby streams and followed the faint remnants of snowshoe tracks to the road where he was eventually found by this man. I cant believe i actually found him. Reporter firefighter joe paul hopped on his snowmobile after hearing about the nearly 100 searchers looking for joy. I thought like most everybody he probably got hurt, you know, and broke a leg or Something Like that he was cold. But for being in the woods for two days he was in great shape. Reporter and if this whole scenario sounds like an episode of man vs. Wild, in a way it was. Dig a snow hole. Reporter it turns out joy is a big fan of the reality show and reportedly channeled his inner bear grills to survive his ordeal. Oh, my god, happy ending, yep. Doing really good. All right. The first thing joy asked for when he was safe and sound, a cheeseburger. His mom was more than happy to comply. Definitely what you might call a happy meal for a lot of different he deserved one. Thats a great story. You really said that. And thats good advice. It could happen to anyone who skis, its just a good story with good advice. Well start with some video out of manasquan inlet, new jersey. The water is chopped up there. Take a look at what this looks like, with this storm forming now, so much of the coastal area from new jersey north has been devastated by storms. This is the wind profile. Well show you what it looks like in the future with the winds. Look for the colors and direction of the arrows, the red, the highest wind, the direction is pretty clear to see that this is coming from the north all the way down. This runs you through friday and take a look at this. Were still in that 0 to 50mileperhour wind gust area all the way through thursday and friday. That means water is being pushed into all these areas that are open to the north. Every one of those zones is capable of flooding at high tide times. Its extra water along those shorelines for sure. The strong, gusty winds and even the mix of rain and snow. Heres who gets snow right now with these totals. 3 to 6 in new york city kind of going around the area. Boston, 6 to 8. Looks like philly comes in with 3 to 6, as well. Washington, d. C. , 6 to 10 inches. West of d. C. We think it will be even more than all that weather was brought to you by kelloggs. Josh, amy, george, lara. Thank you. Thank you. Coming up, the shocking overnight confession from ivan the terrible, the world famous ballet dancer now admitting he was behind the chilling attack on his rival. Americas funniest women firing back at taylor swift. Amy poehler and tina fey in an escalating war of words with the singer. Singer. [ male announcer ] navigating your future can be daunting without a financial plan. At pacific life, we can give you the tools to help you achieve financial independence. For more than 140 years, pacific life has assisted families and businesses in meeting their goals, even in uncertain economic times. 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Reporter but this morning the film themes behind jealousy and revenge have turned into a frightening reality for bolshois ballet company, one of the oldest and most prestigious in the world. Russian Police Released this tape hours ago of pavel dmitrichenko, a principal dancer known for his recent role as ivan the terrible, confessing to a crime just as sinister as his characters name. In the tape he admits to master minding last months brutal acid attack on sergei filin which horrified ballet fans all over the world. Theres been whispers of needles put into costumes and glass put into slippers in order to trip up the competition. This is really gone above and beyond. Reporter the bolshoi failed for that powerful blend of classic and modern ballet gave them swan lake but now faces its own black swan. The two had bitter disagreements over fierce competition for roles. Its incredibly competitive and that is the prime focus of their lives and they only get a very, very short time to focus on that. Reporter the assault happened as filin was typing an entry code at his front door. Police say a man working on dmitrichenkos orders disguised with a scarf came from behind, dousing filin with sulfuric acid. Just before jumping into a getaway car. And this morning the artistic director remains in a german hospital recovering from severe burns to his face and his eyes. No word on whether he will ever dance again. And coming up, major headline to share about Valerie Harper and her Shocking Health diagnosis. Boy, we hope shes okay. Also, a play of the day. 9yearold who outshone the stars of tennis and hollywood talking to her live. Freeze it or dont. [ male announcer ] when it comes to the financial obstacles military families face, we understand. Our Financial Advice is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families. 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He got pulled out of the stands to play with 9yearold Rebecca Suarez and rafa nadal and juan martin del potro. Rafa going after her and then ben stiller into the net. I mean Rebecca Suarez hole s h own and joins us from skype. Look at you. I tell you what, as you got carried around by juan martin del potro, how long have you been playing dennis, rebecca . Ive been playing tennis for eight years. Oh, my gosh. Unbelievable. Well, youve got quite a future. I notice you were talking to ben stiller over the net. What did he say to you before and after . He said youre going down so did you know they were going to pull you out of the stands . Were you what did you think when they picked you . Well, i met them before, but i had no idea i was going to go on the court. Wow. Well, i tell you what, the fact that i mean, you were amazing and we want to thank you very quickly. What was it like when juan martin del potro picked you up and carried you around . Well, i got really sweaty from his sweat and surprising. Well, you were fantastic. I tell you, rafa nadal will never pick you out of the stands ever again. Rebecca suarez, you have quite a future. Thank you for joining us this morning. We appreciate it. [ applause ] unbelievable. Jealous. Im jealous. Tina fey, amy poehler, taylor swift. [ female announcer ] take your lettuce from drab to fab with new lean cuisine salad additions. With grilled chicken edamame pineapple ginger vinaigrette and crispy noodles. Just bring your own lettuce. New lean cuisine salad additions. Just byol. Find us in frozen. And i have no idea what im doing, you need a hand. Well, walgreens is innovating to help. By making prescription refills this easy. And were bringing our pharmacists out front to answer your questions. At walgreens, well do more than help you get well. Well help you stay well and live well. Because thats what it really means to be at the corner of happy and healthy. 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Mobile check deposit. Easier banking. Standard at citibank. Yp [ cheers and applause ] well, a lot of packer fans out there in times square this morning. We got the weather for them and also robin is off today. But its great to have amy robach is here. You know this is great. This is great. Unbelievable. What better way to start your morning than a moonwalking pony. What . What . Yeah, you heard us here. No. No. Dont show it all now, everybody. Lets move to the next story that were going to talk about which is take that off already. Stealing my thunder. Also a big war of words this morning heating up between two of americas funniest women, tina fey and amy poehler and taylor swift. Well get into that. An incredible weight loss story ahead to give you an idea of how many pounds one man lost. Youve got to look at the pants he used to wear. Well, theres chris powell. There are the pants and chris is going to give us his amazing journey and how this man was able to lose 300 pounds. We got a followup on the big news from london. Kates little slip may have revealed shes having a baby girl and well talk about that ahead. Also, tv legend Valerie Harper has a shocking diagnosis to share revealing a health scare this morning and, again, we just hope the very best for valerie in this time. For all of us that love her so much. Thats quite a story. Well show you a little bit down the road and by down i mean just outside our studio, well ease on down that yellow brick road, if you will and then hang a right and go into our oz elevator, yes, by the way, we love this so much its our elevator that we turned it into the magical land of oz. Who is the man behind the curtain . Who is it . Who is it . I guess were not actually going to reveal it yet. When we walked in, it felt as though i hadnt woken up. I want to make sure the audience knows, that isnt a room, the inside of our elevator. I want the reveal. Wait, wait for gma, george. Okay. I will. Lets get to news. Well begin with the travel nightmare this morning. All thanks to the snowstorm that sam has been dutifully tracking this morning. Slamming the upper midwest, the heaviest in three years is falling in the nations capital. Its forced government offices to close today and more than 1600 flights from d. C. To atlanta to chicago are now canceled. The northeast next in the storms path and sam will have those details coming right up. Also this morning, flight attendants are criticizing a rule change by the tsa. Beginning april 25th, passengers will be allowed to carry those, small pocket knives as well as golf clubs, hockey sticks and pool cues. The tsa wants to focus on more dangerous threats in those security lines but flight attendants call it an unnecessary risk. In venezuela, people have begun seven days of mourning for their former president , hugo, but theres no sign his death will improve relations with the united states. His handpicked successor, in fact, expelled two American Military attaches last night claiming they were trying to destabilize the army. Alarming milestone today in the bloody civil war in syria calling it a near fullscale disaster. More than 1 Million People have now fled that country and desperately need help. Another 2 million still inside syria have been forced from their homes. And more trouble for jcpenney today. The wall street journal reports the company could be put up for sale unless sales turn around. The board apparently growing impatient with the new ceo hired in part because of his prior success at apple. And first it was yahoo now best buy is banning employees from working at home. The struggling company says its important for workers to be together and exchange ideas. Agents in los angeles have seized this, a massive shipment of counterfeit luxury handbags. 1500 fake hermes bags in all would have been sold for a mean 14 million. Wow. Finally, could the dream season continue . You remember that High School Team we showed you earlier this week, new rochelle, the huguenots and 60foot hail mary by the team, an improbable ending and they got to continue their season because of it. Well, yesterday back on the court playing in the state tournament and, guess what, they took down binghamton. This time they left no room for doubt. 19point win. Next up, sunday against the team thats lost only twice in year but the huguenots, americas team. Make sure you follow up on that. Ill have that for you on monday. Thank you. Okay. How about pop news . Yeah. Okay, good morning. Some people go away for the summer. Some people take time off. Jon stewart will use his Summer Vacation to become a hollywood director. The daily show host will take a 12week hiatus to make rosewater which hell write, produce and direct based on a book by Maziar Bahari when he was jailed in iran when he tried to cover a president ial election. He has a personal connection to the story. After he was accused of spying, one of the things they used against him was his appearance on the daily show. Sitting in for him will be john oliver. Looking forward to that. Such a smart man, he can do anything. 12 weeks without jon stewart. Thats a long time. Lets give john oliver a chance. Okay, all right. Not often he gets to get his passion project done. Good for him. I like when people try new things. Also in pop news you cannot shut down bruce springsteen. Last year he was tearing up an encore in london at the hard rock. It was a benefit with sir Paul Mccartney and the power suddenly turned off. Yeah. Because of a noise curfew at hyde park so this june bruce and the e street band getting the opportunity to finish what they started. Tickets go on sale this friday. Hard rock calling says there will be more special guests and that they promise theyll leave the lights on. Her response didnt come as swiftly as many expected. Oh, ding. Taylor swift is now speaking out. Not happy about jokes made by amy poehler and tina fey at the golden globes. Remember, take a look. You know what, taylor, you stay away from michael j. Foxs son. Yeah, swift told vanity fair that katie couric of all people taught her a quote she really believes in, which is that theres a special place in hell for women who dont help other women. Not surprisingly the two comics relishly the chance to engaged. Fey told entertainment tonight she feels badly. If anyone was going to get mad i thought it would be james cameron. I did not see this and poelher telling the Hollywood Reporter she feels bad if swift was upset but agrees she is going to hell for other reasons. Thats awesome. The unapologetic apology. You have to be able to laugh at yourself when youre at that level. And finally, we teased it so beautifully in the hellos, a new ad for a British Telecom Company Shows a familiar sight if you lived in the shetland isles. A beautiful pony and while clearly not ordinary with a toss of its rod stewartlike mane and a clop of its hoof, he breaks into a moonwalk to fleetwood macs hit everywhere. The talented pony helped along by cgi magic. Touched off the moonwalker in all of us, the ad already has been viewed by 3 Million People online and came out today. Thats great. Pause makes it. Bring that out here. Rod stewartlike mane. Good for a laugh. Thats it. Well start where you picked off where you were last, you know what i mean . What . Josh, im trying to get to the fact that, you know, moments ago, ladies and gentlemen, when josh was in the news im taking the summer off. Why . Can we just go to the pony. Terrific. I dont this is a live shot of washington, d. C. The snow, please, let me get through this because heres stop laughing at me, amy. Heres whats happening in washington, d. C. , and its a good thing that washington shut down for the day and thats what joshs story was in the news because now its gone from rain to snow and this will be a Long Duration event where this low keeps spinning off the coastline with wind, rain, snow, lots of inland snow. This is just a mess, folks, isnt just a quick mover either. This is all night tonight, all day thursday, finally getting out of the way friday and those are our snowfall totals. I hate quick movers. Theres nothing i can do right today. Hang with me, america. Its National Breakfast week. To get more kids to eat breakfast, kelloggs wants you to get involved of the tweet us gma with what youre serving your kids for breakfast. Well put some of those tweets on our jumbotron. For every tweet we get during the show kelloggs will provide a breakfast to a child with a goal of a million breakfasts. Thats sponsored by kelloggs. Thank you. Thats great. Lara. Thank you. 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Well, this small slip of a tongue may have been small, but, boy, is it making huge headlines in the papers this morning. Take a look at this one. It says its a girl heres what happened. At a charity function in grimesby, she was given a small teddy bear by a well wisher. Kate smiling away replied and said, thank you, i will keep this for my d and before she could complete the word she stopped herself. The well wisher then asked her, you were going to say daughter. Kate replied insisting, no, i wasnt. We dont know yet and were not telling and this is unprecedented that the sex of a royal baby is revealed before its born. Now, the palace is not commenting on whether the couple is having a boy or girl. Only confirming to us this morning, quote, theyre expecting a baby. George. Okay, lama, thanks. For more our royal expert, victoria. Thanks for coming in. Any doubt . I think theres a lot of doubt. This is a stretch as far as im concerned. This crowd was 2,000 strong waiting hours to see kate. It was a lady that was one removed from the lady presenting the teddy bear. I think if kate was going to say anything she was going to give it to her dog and she thats what twitter believes. Maybe she felt like she was going to offend that person by saying she was going to give it as a chew toy. Their dog is their first baby, anyone a dog owner. Kate hasnt had the actual baby yet. Shes a wellmannered, polite lady and stopped herself just in time and i would say oh. You think she knows. I dont think she knows. We generally dont find out in the uk. We dont do baby showers or gender reveal parties. Theyre very traditional in their approach to everything. I would be surprised if they even found out. There was talk diana found out when she was pregnant but back in those days it was huge pressure to have a boy first so i think she found out just to cut herself an easy break. Now it doesnt matter as much. It doesnt matter as much. Regardless of whether kate has a boy or a girl, that child will be the rightful heir to the throne so kate can kick back. How about Queen Elizabeth . We saw her in the hospital. Shes doing very well. Yes, shes at home resting. Prince philip and countess of wessex filled in for her at buckingham palace. Monday shes doing a series of engagements on behalf of the commonwealth at westminster abbey. Victoria, thanks very much. Now to that major headline about tv icon Valerie Harper. We loved her as rhoda on the Mary Tyler Moore show and her own show rhoda. This morning People Magazine is reporting that harper has been given a shocking medical diagnosis, Abcs Cecilia Vega has the story. Reporter she is the feisty sidekick who has kept us laughing for decades. Dont look at me. I dont have any makeup on yet. Now, thats where you said, but, rhoda, you look sensational without makeup. Reporter but this morning, Valerie Harper has some heartbreaking news. The tv legend known simply as rhoda reporter tells People Magazine she has a rare incurable form of brain cancer. In a tearful interview, the magazine calls a brave goodbye, the 73yearold says the diagnosis hit me like a sledgehammer, incurable is such a concise word. I was terrified. When she appeared on gma in january, harper told amy about strokelike symptoms that had recently sent her to the hospital. What the heck is happening to me . Reporter what she didnt say is she had received the terminal diagnosis just days earlier. Hey, val, how are you darling . Its me, mary. Reporter during the interview a surprise phone call from an old friend left her moved. Thank you for calling in. Im just so touched. Well, i just want to wish you well. I know you do. You always have wished me well. Reporter harper now tells people i dont think of dying, i think of being here now. There are moments of course, where she feels extremely sad. Shes also an extremely funny person. Shes very, very happy that shes had the life that shes had. Reporter this morning the woman who for so long was americas best friend is still providing sage advice. Life is amazing, she tells people. Live it to the fullest. Stay as long as you can. For good morning america, so cecilia vega, abc news, los angeles. And she was so remarkable, so lovely when she was here. We obviously wish her the very best. We sure do. Her attitude is so amazing right there. So strong. Yeah. Sweet lady. Dear, dear, dear sweet lady. Thinking of her and as we move on in the heat index well turn to an incredible weight loss story. A real inspirational story here. His name is brian back and he has turned into a hero, quite frankly, for people struggling to slim down. Brian lost more than 300 pounds without surgery, pills or grueling workouts at the gym so what is his secret . Abcs rachel smith host of on the red carpet has his story. Reporter brian beck has been on the heavier side of the scale for most of his life. The doctor put me on skim milk at six months old because i was gaining weight too rapidly. Reporter by the time he graduated college he was tipping the scales at over 400 pounds. He found a job in radio where he could hide behind his voice. I was able to have a career entertaining without having to be seen. Reporter but by 2003 brians weight wasnt just affecting his personal life, it was affecting his career, as well. I had an interview to go to orlando and went over to get my ticket. And they said, you need two. You take up a row basically. Reporter thats when he decided to have gastric bypass surgery. He lost nearly 200 pounds but didnt change his eating habits and gained all the weight back. After getting married in 2007, a second wakeup call. Im on the phone with my wife and i just said, i cant live like this anymore. I can eat better. I can change my health. Reporter brian starting changing his life slowly walking his dogs around the block and cutting out processed foods from his diet. Over 2 1 2 years more than 300 pounds melted away. Are you happy . I couldnt be happier. I never knew life could be this good honestly. Reporter what was a meal like for brian at 480 some odd pounds. Instead of ordering one pizza it would be two pizzas and a big order of cheesesticks along with that. Now i eat a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables. I do eat meats. I eat a lot of chicken, ill eat steak. Reporter now 40 years old brian has decided to share his experience with others. Hes a personal trainer and his clients include people who knew him at his heaviest weight. So what do you think about the new brian . I think hes awesome. Thank you, buddy. Inspiration totally. Reporter i couldnt help but pick up some tips myself. Oh. He even kept a memento if his heavier days to remind him hoi far he came. I found an old pair. Wasnt at my biggest but close. Im in one leg now of my old jeans. Reporter for good morning america, rachel smith, abc news, plano, texas. Joining us now is the host of abcs extreme makeover weight loss edition and author of choose to lose gma special weight loss contributor chris powell and, chris, a number is one thing but a visual always helps so can you show us absolutely. These jeans are heavy. Theres a lot of denim. It could be a blanket. These are size 58 here and this is what he was in when he was 475 pounds, 175 pounds hes smaller than i am. Hes ripped. Yes. And explain to people, though, its not its not easy. He still fought with it. He had bypass surgery. He lost 200 pounds and then gained it all back. Yeah. Does that happen a lot and what advice do you have for people who have that severe yoyo . It does happen and i see it all too often. What happened was he was so busy focusing on altering his body he didnt change his mind. Thats where transformation happens up here first then he got it. He went through that mistake. He learned from it and then he said, o. Wait, ill do this the right way. Ill go walk my dog and start one step at a time. I see it a lot with gastric bypass, lap bands, im not for it or against it but a tool people use to believe in themselves again. What happens when they start to spiral . Do they give up right away . Hard to imagine you could climb that high. All too often they do. As soon as they fall off once, hands go up in the fail, i knew i couldnt do this. We can fall without failing. Best thing to do if you do spiral out of control, confess. Thats what the support system is for. In every transformation we need to surround ourselves with people who love us. Set up realistic expectation. How hard is it to maintain it . Thats a whole new journey. The best thing and what i love about his story, hes training now. Hes found another purpose and it feels so much better than food ef ever did. He always has to look forward to something more than food. Nothing tastes as skinny looks. Its true. You guys both knew that. All right, lara. Its about changing your relationship with food. Almost like you have to have a good breakup with food as opposed to a bad breakup. He started to look forward to other things. As soon as hes on the journey stepping on the scale and seeing the loss, it was great. People supporting him but now that hes where hes at he doesnt see the change on the scale anymore but he gets that feelgood from heading other people. Nothing feels as good as service towards others. Skinny looks good. Congratulations to brian. What an inspiration and thank you for bringing us yet another great story. Absolutely, guys, thank you. Coming up, everybody, rachael ray here with delicious dishes you do not want to miss. Gma and emeril are at it again kicking off mothers day in a big which with emerils big mothers Day Breakfast in bed contest. How good is that . What mom wouldnt want breakfast in bed served up by emeril lagasse. Go to gma. Com on yahoo presented by Thomas English muffins. We got this. Check it out. Thanks to you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. To you and you. Gma. We have so much fun. Because of you. Good morning. We are feeling the best. Good morning thank you very much. We are going to work. Its because of you gma is riding high and so much fun and were just getting started. So thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Now, from abc7 news. Good morning, i am kristen sze. San Francisco Police are involved in a stand off following a robbery at a medical Marijuana Dispensary in the bayview at a building at jennings. Officers arrested two suspects in connection with a robbery. They believe at least one suspect is still in the building. The swat team remains on the scene. Now, how is the morning commute looking . Sue . Inching along at bay bridge toll plaza with metering lights on. We have a backup there that is at least 15 minutes to the toll. Early stalls are the culprit. An accident, now, in the san jose area, we had two incidents and northbound 85, that has been cleared and northbound 17 is in the clearing stages and bumper to bumper from Half Moon Bay bay due to an early accident. We will c we have breaks in the cloud cover right now but there are still a few showers in the not bay near petaluma and santa rosa headed off to the east with some coming from bodega bay. Winds are already starting to calm so that will not be an issue like it was this morning. We will have scattered light showers and temperatures in the mid40s to mid50s right now and we will top out in the mid50s, maybe a few upper hello. Hi, everyone, out there in times square. Lets take a look at james franco. He is playing the most famous wizard ever in oz, the great and powerful. You see him right there. Thats in the movie. Hes going to be joining us live in just a couple of minutes. Our elevator is big enough to handle all that. We have a yellow brick road too. Also ahead, it was a historic but disappointing performance by the first woman ever to try out for the nfl. Did her kick actually hurt women athletes everywhere . Oh, no. The escalating debate over that just ahead, but josh just put an end to that debate. No. Excited for trying. Hey, i see somebody i love and know over in our kitchen, rachael ray is here, everybody. Hi, rach. Good morning to you. Shes got a muthwatouthwate couple of dishes shes whipping up. This annual music and food celebration which i have yet to get to. So much fun. Today were making tex mex bacon cheeseburgers with chipotle ketchup. Sounds good. Were going to put you on the hot seat, rach and ask you some rapid round questions. Im ready. Are you ready . Are you really ready . Yeah. Well see. Also ahead on our digital show, gma live, can you have your cake, ladies and gentlemen, and drink it too . Yes. Can you . Can you really . Because were theres franco. Oh, look, theres james franco. His glasses. There he is coming in. Breaking news. All right. Now can we hold until he sees the yellow brick road . Right there. Because its right there. He was just walking down it. About to go into the elevator. Break into a scene from the movie thinking hes on the set. Well, anyway, we were saying a cakeflavored tea. Were going to do a tea test, and if youre into tea and you want to take a little sip. Yeah, been having it. I mean, maybe it this is birthday cake, and its kind of sweet and only five calories and we are going to talk more about that on gma live. I get to go back in time. Talk to one of my very favorite people from my former world, espn. Hes jay bilas, hes the preeminent basketball analyst. He also has a new book out called toughness. Cant wait to talk to you about that. Staying on the sports theme, that young woman who kicked her way into history, the first to get a shot at going to the nfl except she didnt do very well. Yeah, her kick was some say a setback for all women. Abcs juju chang is here with the escalating controversy. Juju . Hey, amy. Well, you know, it was supposed to be one small kick for Lauren Silberman and one giant leap for womankind. Instead, it turned into a painful moment in womens sports that went viral and blew up with the ageold question, can women ever make it to the big leagues . It was the kick heard round the world. Which landed with a thud. Make that two thuds. 28yearold Lauren Silbermans hopes of being the first woman in the nfl fell so far short, she became fodder for comedians. Well, there she is kicking the football and she did not make the nfl. Reporter some questioned if silberman, a former Soccer Player who never played football, had any business trying out for the nfl even though shed scored the tryout with this impressive field goal at a super bowl fan event, but the average nfl place kick, 41. 8 yards. Silbermans attempt drifting 19 yards then just 13. The minute i touched the ball, my quad, i could just feel like tense up and hurt. It was really painful. My heart sunk into my stomach when i saw the kicks. This is not good for lauren. It is not good for any of us. Reporter katie hnida is among the most qualified women in football. She started in high school, played college ball and became the first woman to ever score in a division i game. She even played pro football in the arena league. Hnida worries that silbermans injuryplagued performance may have set back the cause of serious female kickers, who fought long and hard for years to be taken seriously. Not having the kicking experience is huge, and i think is maybe a bit presumptuous. Reporter and shes not the only one to feel that way. The twittersphere erupted with heated reaction. Disgrace to female athletes, says one woman and will the real female kickers send us your stats. This is not representative of how women can be great athletes. Reporter but others say, not so fast. She didnt have a good day, but does it impact womens sports . Not at all. Reporter now, you should know Lauren Silberman declined our invitation to discuss the backlash, but, ironically, by going viral may have ushered in a new tidal wave of interest. As for katie, i asked her whether shed try out for the nfl. She got so many intriguing inquiries but was quick to point out there are other College Players who are at that level who can compete. Right. Didnt she kind of choke a little . She had better kicks. Right . She had an injury, she said and katie told me that it looked like she hadnt warmed up properly, and the lack of experience really showed. I understand the controversy but i did kind of feel bad for her. I felt bad for her but i dont think she should have tried out. I think youre right. Yeah. All right. Sam, lets get a final check of the weather out there. We are outside in lovely times square, as we like to say, our backyard and front yard of gma. By the way, where are you from . Give me towns. Atlanta. Atlanta. Canada. Canada. San francisco. Milwaukee. I knew we would get milwaukee in. Hello. New york. Lets get to the boards. Show you pictures. Twitter and facebook. Well start with arizona, cave creek, a beautiful shot then move on to minnesota. That is actually outside of maxs aunts front door. Right . Yeah, you can barely see her mailbox in all the snow in minneapolis there and now to a live shot of washington, d. C. A little bit of a shot. Look at this. White house whiteout. Everything is coming into place with this storm system thats sitting on the coastline right now as it develops. Its a coastal mess with an awful lot of wind and rain. Our winds will pick up here and stay up all the way through friday. So will most of the winds from the jersey shore. Inland areas will get some snow out of this, so stay with your local abc stations. On the west coast, San Francisco we are live in times square but lets go inside to all josh thank you, sammy. But its not about me but about my good friend, jay bilas to tell us about his new book, what it means to be tough. Jay is an espn basketball commentator, an analyst, former player himself. Also, oh, by the way, an attorney. Happy to have him here. Again, toughness developing true strength on and off the court. Obviously a passion project but what for you then is toughness . Well, toughness is meeting challenges head on and not shrinking from them. I think my former teammates are going to find it wildly ironic that i wrote about toughness, but whether youre a parent or a colleague at a law firm or working here on the gma team, weve all got roles to play and being a star in your role while at the same time being responsible for what you do and being accountable for the mission and meeting all the challenges that you have head on and not taking a step back from it. You know, accountability, it was interesting, in the book, you relate talking to a teammate of yours, mark alarie, and you said, boy, when i worked out i was working out so i was good enough so i didnt have to try to do too much. And he said actually for him it was to find out, frankly, how far he could go. Its really this book, toughness, its about finding out how you can be how good can you be. In a large measure toughness is about pushing your limits that weve all got and other gear. Weve all got more in us and mark alarie was a great player. He was an allamerican, and we came in kind of rated the same in college or out of high school, and i worked really hard. I was a hard worker, but i worked really hard in conditioning so that i could be more comfortable in my work, and mark worked out to be more productive, so he wasnt trying to be comfortable. And his thing when we ran the mile, i wanted to improve my time, but i wanted to do it more comfortably, the truth was, and marks thing was the mile is about how much pain youre willing to endure. I want to see i mean and so he wasnt interested in being more comfortable and that was when i learned that essentially from him in watching him work, that was a real turning point for me. Reading this book, you talked to so many people in this book. So many of the Great College coaches, for instance, but the toughest person you know is whom . My father but both my parents, my mother is really tough too and, you know, you can be tough and really nice, those are not mutually exclusive, but my dad has a tremendous work ethic. Never complains. Hes always got a plan for things. Hes always prepared, and hes got tremendous perspective like he knows what hes got his priorities straight for him, and he cares what other people think, but he certainly didnt worry about it because he knos s what he wants to accomplish. A great read. Metallurgic studies in here and idea of hardness and toughness. Terrific. I know once upon a time and saw this and had to do it, lets go back to the year 1981, shall we, when you were coming for our jobs at Rolling Hills high. Look at vintage jay bilas. Can i have a coke . Nope. Why not . Because its a state law. You cant serve cokes until 1 15. Did you hear that . Its a state law that you cant serve cokes until 1 15 . What if i have an i. D. . Muckraking and with hair too. That was terrific. A High School Media studies project we did and this is some friendonfriend crime. Im going to have to be tough to get through this. I cant believe you did that to me. A fantastic read, jay. Great to see you. Good luck with the book. It is on sale now. Toughness. Coming up, james franco, but i want to go with you. What . Ah. On a witch hunt . No, youre just a little girl. Im not as delicate as i look. That didnt hurt. Im coming with you. Listen, we have one rule in show business, never work with kids or animals. Im already working with this thing. Relax. The answer is no. A new twist on an old classic, james franco in oz the great and powerful. It hits theaters this weekend. Great to have the wizard, james franco, here now. Thanks for coming in. Of course, thanks. This really does turn oz upside down a little bit. Instead of dorothy going down the yellow brick road, its the wizard. Exactly. That aspect of this movie was one of the biggest things that appealed to me. I have been a fan of oz since i was a boy. I read all the l. Frank baum books. All of them . Theres 14. They were like essentially they were my harry potters back in the day before that even existed, and so i became obsessed and read all of them, so when i heard that they were making this film, another movie about oz and, you know, being such a big fan of the original, i thought, ooh, i hope they have a good approach. Kind of scary to play with a classic like that. Yeah, right, but they did it right because theyre not trying to remake the judy garland film, but theyre respectful of the land of oz that Everybody Knows and loves, so theres the yellow brick road and emerald city and witches and flying monkeys, but the protagonist is not a boy version of dorothy or anything like that. Hes a con man. Hes anything but an innocent young girl. Hes a con man, hes a charlatan, and so you get a whole new experience of oz because your main character is so different. And you turned this into a family affair. I understand your grandma mitzi is in the film. She shes kind of taking over, but she has a very small part. So you have to know her to look. Shes in the courtyard at glindas palace. A tiny, tiny part. Look for her there. We see her right there. Oh, there she is. Shes a townsperson in oz. So you do so many Different Things all the time. Youre teaching half the time and doing documentaries and doing films. Which one do you love the best right now . Well, its a good question. I mean, i do all of them because i do get Something Different out of all of them, and i do believe that, you know, different subjects have ideal forms or better ways to be expressed in different forms, so thats one of the reasons i do all of them, but if youre just talking about what i enjoy like just making or the process of doing, you know, the most, its directing film is just the most fun because its such a collaborative medium. I get when i make films i get to have all my friends around me and i get to work on projects i want to do, so its a way to design an environment that, you know, just has all my favorite things. You also took on the oscars a couple of years ago. What did you think of Seth Macfarlane . I didnt really see it, but ive seen clips, and hes great. I mean, hes a funny guy. If he was born to do anything, it was, you know, that. It was good. It was excellent. Tell us what your next outofthebox project is going to be. Out of the box of not a movie or just like whatever. Ive been teaching a lot actually. Thats a new chapter in my life, and it was very scary at first, but i love it. It puts my energy in a different direction. I get to look at other peoples work and not think about myself for, you know, a few hours every day. Yeah, its good. Great. James franco, thanks a lot. Oz the great and powerful is in theaters this friday. And coming up rachael ray in the kitchen. We cannot wait want a hamburger for breakfast . Nothing is better than this, ladies and gentlemen. Were all here with our good friend, rachael ray. Everybody comes over when theres burgers. Were so happy to have you here because youre going to show us two great tex mex dishes youre featuring in austin. My husband hes a lawyer by day but has a rock band by night and every year we go down to south by southwest. It starts out a big movie festival, and at the end of next week, it turns into this huge music festival. We throw a huge Showcase Party on saturday of south by southwest. Zz ward is an artist youre having on this week. Yeah. Shes at our party and sheepdogs and rain wolf and have classics like Kenny Loggins is closing our show. We love it. The skywriters. So something for everybody and what i do at the party is i pass out a lot of food. Four recipes, well put all four up on your site so people can make them and have their own south by southwest at home, and theres free cocktails and food all day long. Great. Now you got my attention. Free cocktails and food. Youre the boss. Youre the boss on your show. You run youve run us around on your show a few times so today were going to switch things around a little bit. Were going to follow youre going to give me rapidfire, right . Were going to fire up some hot questions and using the skinny mike to do it. Ladies and gentlemen, rachael ray in the lightning round. The mike is good job. From this box. I just want to say. By the way, this sparkly, glittery what is that, velvet . Before rapidfire let me tell you about the burger everybody is already eating down on this end. This is the burger i created i told you she was the boss. I was just going to ask her questions, but she already changed it around. Cooked out bacon. Its in the burger. Then we have cooked out jalapeno, garlic and onions, sweat it down, throw that in there. Then you got smoky cumin, bright coriander, a little paprika. A little paprika. And a little bit of mexican oregano. Two cheeses go on top, pepper jack and a little smoked cheddar. Home made chipotle ketchup. Oh, no. That is delicious. Now that you know whats in the pan, go ahead. Give it to me. Here we go. Are you ready, ladies and gentlemen . Give it to me. For rachael ray, start the clock. Your attention, your favorite thing to cook . Food. Right. Best song to cook to . I love the foo fighters to tom jones and everything in between. My husbands band, the crinch. Favorite kitchen gadget. A sharp knife and a garbage pole. Adult beverage to sip . Im a wino, red wine. Red wine after 5 00. Your least favorite food to prepare . Ooh. Aaagh. Eyeballs, i dont know. Eyeballs . I love making food. Ill cook anything. I might be squeamish with a stuffed eyeball. It was eyeballs was her least favorite food to prepare. Yeah, i agree. I totally agree. Well put up on your site these the chipotle burgers, the homemade chipotle ketchup, the bacon burgers. We also have a vegetarian offering. What is this . Soup . Thats our vegetarian offering this year. Mexican pesto stirred into vegetablebased cream corn soup. That is delicious. That ketchup is amazing. That ketchup is delicious. Right . South by southwest is huge. Its like my second christmas. To get all the recipes, all you have to do is go to goodmorningamerica. Com on yahoo rachael ray, always fun. Love you. A big week on our show next love you. A big week on our show next week too, guys. 3 days of walkg to give a Breast Cancer survivor a lifetime thats definitely a fair trade. It was such a beautiful experience. jessica lee and its beautiful woman why walk 60 miles in the boldest Breast Cancer event in history . Because your efforts help komen serve millions of women and men facing Breast Cancer every year. Visit the3day. Org to register or to request more information today. It was 3 days of pure joy. And its beautiful were putting out a call to find the perfect gma lookalike. Think you know someone who looks like robin, george, josh, lara, sam, the eyes, the smile, the nose, the hair . Okay, maybe not that hair. Go to goodmorningamerica. Com and send us your picture. You might end up on good morning america. Fry up another burger for amy. While were doing that, heres what we have tomorrow. Get ready to save big. Fantastic deals and steals for our viewers. Fill up your coffee cup and head to your computer because gma live is just minutes away. Right now. I love this burger. Abc7 news starts right now with live breaking news. The breaking news is in San Francisco. Firefighter has suffer add possible shoulder injury while battling a house fire on 8th avenue. It started in the last hour, with more on midday news at 11. Mike . Few scattered showers in the north bay. Live doppler 7 hd shows most of us out of the wet weather. An isolated shower is possible today. We will hit the 50s. We will have a better chance of measurable rain tonight and tomorrow. In the south bay we have a couple of problems moving westbound 237, right at the 237 south 101. There is an accident there blocking the lane of traffic. On 17 in san jose, a couple of different problems. It is announcer its live with kelly michael. Today, from oz the great and powerful, james franco. And from the tv series, the client list, actress jennifer lovehewitt. Plus, michael reunites with new york giants head coach tom coughlin. All next on the Emmy Awardwinning live. Now, here are kelly ripa and Michael Strahan [cheers and applause] michael hello kelly hi [cheers and applause] hi. Thank you. Thank you very much. My goodness, what a crowd. It is wednesday, march 6, 2013. We are expecting snow. Snow is heading our way. So youre all lucky to be in lockdown here with us. Hot and warm and sexy. Michael but there is no food because gelman didnt spring for any so if youre hungry, youre just on your own. Kelly well pull together everybodys purses to see if theres any breath mints or protein bars lying around. Michael im excited about todays show. Kelly your old boss is here. Michael my old boss is here. [cheers and applause] kelly not old, former. Michael my former boss. And the great thing about it is i love him and i respect him