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This is going to be the best day of my life shaun white set to take his shot on the halfpipe this morning. Could the famous flying tomato set an olympic record today and win three straight golds . Were live from sochi as his gold medalwinning teammate says good morning, america. Keep it spoice. And good morning, america. Three major stories here this morning starting with a tough day in sochi. Lots of wipeouts on the slopes. The conditions are drawing all kinds of complaints. One canadian skier in the hospital after crashing on the slopestyle course, it is so treacherous right now. The High Temperatures making it slushy and a disappointing day, as well for speed skating both american favorites j. R. Celski and shani davis failing to medal. Now, davis beat this is known as just his treat for him, the 500. Really is not favored for that one. Hes got big races ahead on wednesday and saturday. Looking forward to that. Also this morning special tribute to Shirley Temple black coming up. But right now, to the major storm now slamming the south, set to wallop the east coast again. Ginger heading our extreme weather team coverage. All happening in the next two day. Yes, thats it. Two days. Because theres two rounds. And were using the words like crippling and historic again in parts of georgia and South Carolina. Thats what the National Weather service is saying here. Southeast of atlanta and just into South Carolina, we think threequarters to an inch of ice. That is a lot of ice. When you put it on power lines, when you put it on the roads, this is going to be a paralyzer for sure. We have to go right to atlanta, though, this morning because Steve Osunsami is just in the rain but the rain snow line just to the north. This is already a messy morning, steve. Reporter good morning, ginger. This entire area under a winter storm warning. Authorities are reporting sleet and snow on some of the overpasses, especially north of the city. But they say the worst is still yet to come. All of that ice that they fear could blanket this city. This morning, here we go again with the winter storm moving in on the deep south. The sleet and snow starting to hit alabama and northern georgia. Families across atlanta worried sick about being stuck home under the ice went racing to their grocery and hardware stores. Because i have two 8yearold twins at home and a husband and they all eat a lot. Reporter this Morning Stores are out of salt, sand and kitty litter. At this ace hardware, these were the last two bottles of ice melt walking out the door. And, of course, everybody else runs out, people come from further away, so we run out faster. Reporter no one here is trying to repeat the disaster of two weeks ago where 2 inches of snow turned highways into demolition derbies. This man will never forget the 11 hours he spent trying to drive home. I just hope that we dont get in the same mess we did last time. Reporter georgias governor roundly criticized for not acting early is all over it this time, declaring a state of emergency on monday, way ahead of the storm, and holding multiple news conferences, including this one on live tv outside the sand and salt depot. We are trying to be ready and prepared and react as quickly as possible. Reporter the city could get up to 2 inches of snow and a quarter inch of ice. The hard winter has caused a run on salt nationwide. One suburb here says it may have to order from out of state. We have 2 1 2 days worth which will probably get us through this event. However, were going to go ahead and make that move to contact a salt vendor in charleston, South Carolina. Reporter the city of atlanta has more than 120 pieces of equipment out, pretreating the roads. Schools are closed. And people are being told to stay home. Theyre taking it quite seriously this time. Ginger . Doing it right there in atlanta and hopefully in South Carolina, too. I wanted to time this out for you, because everybody wondering when it is it going to affect me . Northern alabama and north georgia, thats round one, then tonight and this is where we stop, 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning another round, see how atlanta is right there in the pink. That means freezing rain and sleet. And we take it through wednesday, 6 00 p. M. Is when it really gets going in South Carolina, heavy snow in Western North carolina. And here we go, east coast, from d. C. To new york city on thursday into early friday morning for boston. So coming up im going to show you who gets how much snow. Its quite a bit for some folks so dont go anywhere. The winter games could really use some of this. Cant we just ship it over there . Theres an idea. Yes. Get on that. Get on that, ginger, would you . Now to the olympics. An exciting morning already with devin logan of the u. S. Taking the silver medal in womens ski slopestyle as we mentioned, lets get right to our gma olympic headquarters in sochi. Amy robach, you know shes there at the olympics desk this morning for us. Good morning, amy. Good morning, robin. It is such an exciting win for the u. S. Women in the first ski slopestyle event ever and you are all talking winter storms. Were talking warm temperatures. In fact, i just got back from Olympic Village and i had to take off my jacket because i was so hot. But were hearing from the head of the sochi olympics just releasing a statement saying there is no need to bring in stored snow just yet. However, they say they are ready to do so if it becomes necessary. This morning its not just the competition heating up in sochi, temperatures reaching up to 60 degrees, warmer than atlanta. One of the fastest times. Reporter those temps are causing big problems. The mogul course and downhill run now covered with dangerously soft snow. A tenth ahead of the pace. Reporter which some say may have led to americas laurenne rosss devastating crash overnight. And on the halfpipe, this mornings qualifying run is back on track after a Training Session last night caused organizers to temporarily postpone this mornings qualifying run that led athletes to complain of dangerous and slushy bumps on the normally flat pipe bottom. American snowboarder hannah teeter tweeting this, theyve been having a tough time making it good. Practice days have been harsh. Even shaun white says the pipe is disappointing and is antsy as he prepares to defend his title. I go up and down. Im excited then im not excited. Its a lot of mixed feelings rolled up into one. Reporter the mild temperatures also canceling a Training Session for the womens downhill today. But the heat was no obstacle for team usas Julia Mancuso who blazed past much of the competition in the womens super combined Alpine Skiing taking home the bronze. Finally, a photo finish faux pas in penmens speed skating. The netherlands jan smeekens thinking he won gold but then a time adjustment knocking off 0. 01 seconds, dropping him into second place, behind his teammate, michel mulder. Lets get the latest news. Today, in the first olympic ski jumps by women. The biggest hope for a u. S. Medal is sarah hendrickson. Who tweeted this morning, three women ski jumpers will walk away with medals today, but 27 others helped make history. And thats what we have to be proud of. Great olympic spirit there and in a heartwarming moment we are all talking about take a look at this video of canadian Alex Bilodeau who took gold. In the mens mogul. There was one person he wanted to celebrate with. That was his older brother frederic who suffers from Cerebral Palsy. He said of frederic, he has dreams like you and i, but he cant go after most of those dreams. I have the ability that i can go after those dreams and out of respect for him, i go after them. What a tremendous story. Robin . Oh, it was, amy. Thank you. We were just saying we were all sobbing on our couches last night seeing the profile of those brothers, oh. Frederic, his older brother has now become a star after his brother won gold in 2010 and became a star in canada as an artist. In vancouver when they won, yeah. And theyve raised almost 500,000 for Cerebral Palsy research. Awesome. Fantastic story. Were going to turn now to celebrating the life of Shirley Temple black, the original child star and one of the most popular movie stars ever to come out of hollywood. And, lara, just such fond memories so many of us have. Absolutely. Just the thought of her makes you smile. The star known as americas little darling Shirley Temple set the stage for so many child stars who followed her. Known and loved for those adorable curls, perfect dimples, and that unforgettable smile. Generations of children grew up on her films. Take a look. On the good ship lollipop its a sweet trip reporter for a decade in the 1930s Shirley Temple was the Biggest Little thing to hit hollywood. There was just something about her energy and optimism. Something about her golden curls and dimpled smile. And those twinkling eyes that helped people forget their problems in the midst of the great depression. Grandfather. Ill never see you again. Reporter Shirley Temple started dancing at age 2 and acting at 3. And by the time she was 5, she was stealing the show. I go where you go any place will do reporter before filming a scene, her mother would tell her, sparkle, shirley, sparkle. And she did. Dancing and singing her way through hit after hit. I dont care what you saw. There is a santa claus. Reporter she was awarded a special miniature oscar for her outstanding contributions to the silver screen. Oh, thank you very much. Mommy, can i go home now . [ laughter ] reporter three straight years she led the box office. A drink was named after her. And children copied those curls. When i grow up reporter later in life, shirley would marry a San Francisco businessman and have three children. She even entered the world of politics serving as an ambassador to ghana and later czechoslovakia under president bush. But to most she will always be the quintessential child star. My thanks to the industry for helping me to have an enchanted and very busy childhood. Reporter a childhood full of happy memories. Polly wolly doodle all day ah, i am such a fan and such an impressive life. Shirley temple black will be missed. That puts such a smile on your face to see those old clips. Absolutely. Not just the biggest child star in her day, the biggest star of all far and away. Really seemed to do it right. Handled it very well. A seemingly normal childhood. And had a drink to make every child feel like a grownup. Absolutely. Little cherry in there too. What are the other news headlines, josh . A warning from a North Carolina hospital that nearly 20 patients may have been exposed to a deadly brain disease. A patient who recently had surgery at the novak Health Forsyth Medical Center was later confirmed to have the rare disease. It is similar to mad cow. Instruments used in the surgery were, in fact, improperly sterilized. Doctors say the risk to other patients is low, but it could take years or even decades for symptoms to appear. And a new delay in obamacare. The white house is giving mediumsized businesses, those that employ between 50 and 99 workers, another year before their insurance mandate will kick in. Republicans such as House Speaker john boehner say the president is giving corporations a break but not struggling families. And this morning, a rare look at Americas Elite Special forces in action. Capturing a terrorist suspect just off the streets of libya. That van cuts off senior al qaeda leader anas al libi back in october. Troops then, as you can see, jump out, guns drawn, take him from his car, a second car had blocked him from escaping. Mission accomplished. In just 60 seconds. Right now a disaster is unfolding in england where the river thames has overflowed its banks surging to its highest level in decades. Hundreds of homes have flooded. Hundreds more as you can see here are in danger west of london following the wettest month, get this, in nearly 250 years. And in illinois, it looked like a disaster as cars lined up outside a gas station. Take a look anxious to reach the pumps. There was no shortage, however, there was a mistake. The station was unknowingly selling gas for a penny a gallon for two hours. One driver posted that, filled up the tank for 13 cents. Traffic in fact got so bad, police finally had to come and rain on the gas parade and tell the station about the pricing issue. Wow. After two hours. Finally, maybe the only thing better than cheap gas, hot coffee, uh, straight from your kitchen tap. Take a look. A guy in norway put instant coffee in his hot water heater, turned up the temperature and now, java. Oh, my. Flowing from the faucets. Oh. Georges face, arguably says it all. One disclaimer. He did it for a tv show in norway. The name of the show dont try this at home. Which perhaps a bit unclear on the concept. Its got to be kind of delicious, look, i would take it. Norway has the best tv shows, can we just say . I mean, many a pop news story has come out of that country. Dont try it at home. Definitely try it in norway. If you want to be on tv. Were going to go to washington now and private papers of a Hillary Clinton confidante. The newly released diary shed new light on clintons thinking during what may have been the lowest point of her white house years, the Monica Lewinsky affair. And abcs jon karl has the details. Reporter for decades diane blair kept a diary chronicling in great detail her close friendship with Hillary Clinton. Right up until blairs death in 2000. But it remained under seal for years. And it was reported for the first time on monday by the conservative website Washington Free beacon. Blairs diary portrays mrs. Clinton as a hardnosed political operative who is, quote, in despair that nobody in the white house is tough and mean enough. The papers describe personal conversations blair writes that she had with mrs. Clinton during her time in the white house. Offering new insight into Hillary Clintons mindset immediately after bill clinton admitted having an affair with white house intern Monica Lewinsky. Indeed, i did have a relationship with miss lewinsky that was not appropriate. In fact, it was wrong. Reporter it was a lapse, blair writes, but she says to his credit he tried to break it off, tried to pull away, tried to manage someone who was clearly a narcissistic looney toon. But it was beyond control. Blair also writes about mrs. Clintons frustration with critics who called her too aggressive and too political. Im a proud woman, blair quotes mrs. Clinton saying in 1996. I know it confuses people when i change my hairdos. I know i should pretend not to have any opinions, but im not going to. I gave up my name, got contact lenses, but im not going to pretend to be somebody that im not. All told, the papers offer a positive portrayal of Hillary Clinton from one of her closest friends, none of this appears to be politically damaging, and asked to comment on it, Hillary Clintons spokesperson simply said no comment. George . And theyll probably stick with that for awhile. Jon karl, thanks. You think . All right, george. Now to a striking new fbi warning about lasers being flashed at planes, potentially blinding pilots. The safety of thousands of flights on the line right now and abc news has the latest numbers this morning. Abcs david kerley with the details. Reporter it is the most critical phase of flight. San francisco, that laser is almost right underneath us right now. Reporter pilots landing their aircraft, but in the range of laser pointers. This is happening more than ten times every day in this country. This pensize pointers can light up a cockpit possibly blinding a pilot temporarily. Two green flashes and it caught the first officer in his eye. Reporter the number of laser hits climbing every year. In 2012, 3400 strikes. But this morning, the faa tells abc news, that climbed to more than 3900, an alltime high last year. The federal government has had it. Its not just a danger to the pilots as well as to the passengers, but to the people on the ground. Reporter so later today the fbi will announce its offering a reward, 10,000 to anyone reporting someone who lasered a plane. The government is also launching an Educational Campaign aimed at teens, explaining that aiming a laser pointer at a plane is a felony that can get you five years in federal prison. This is very serious. And the fbi is treating it as such. Reporter the problem is these lasers are so available and can be so dangerous if pointed at a plane. The fbi is rolling out this new initiative across the country in some of the cities that have had the most laser hits. That includes portland, houston, phoenix, and los angeles. Robin . Continues to escalate, that problem. David, thank you so much. Lets get another chaek of the weather now with ginger. Its not just the southeast saying alabama and georgia you heard about earlier but anywhere from austin, texas, up to philadelphia in some sort of watch, advisory or warning this morning. And its going to be for the next three to four days depending on your location so lets kind of time it out and show you the snow totals. How much you can expect in the large generic swath region. There from Western North carolina through western virginia, eastern tennessee, and parts of west virginia. Then it kind of downplays a little bit. Especially new york city, philadelphia. Just west of the big cities, i think some of the heaviest totals will come. Ill leave you with a look across the nation. What a mess in the south. For now, your local Weather Forecast is just 30 seconds away. You have to get your tuesday trivia brought to you by kay jewelers. Weve had so much to talk about in the east, we havent talked about the west. One of the lakes we had seen really low because of the drought upgraded 10,000 their water flow. Thats good news. Way to go, ginger. Coming up on gma, defense beginning its case in that loud music trial. Will the man charged with killing an unarmed teenager take the stand . Also ahead, olympic Gold Medalist shaun white about to take his shot on the halfpipe. Will he soar away with another gold, an olympics record . Well hear from him just ahead. And truly remarkable story. Twin sisters separated at birth in south korea reunited by luck. How they found each other . The winner of a top reality weight loss show speaking out responding to critics saying she lost too much weight. [ male announcer ] need a little more wow in your life . Just book a Royal Caribbean cruise by february 28th and receive a free upgrade or up to 300 to spend on anything you want. Call 1800royalcaribbean today. Wake it up with olay regenerist. Formulated with a skin energizing complex, it penetrates 10 layers of the skins surface. Because energized skin is younger looking skin. A man who doesnt stand still. But jim has afib, atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. That puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. For years, jims medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. 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Cal transhas put up signs on the upper and lower decks showing the spans new name. Theyre covered right now but will be unveiled at a ceremony on Treasure Island which is expected to draw a whos who of more than 500 people of politics, sports and high society. Governor jerry brown, whos opposed renaming the span and most public buildings, is not scheduled to attend. Tuesday morning traffic the leyla gulen. We done have any problems on the bay bridge, but what we do have is a couple problems as we take you right over to the east bay. As you head into oakland, northbound 880, marina boulevard, a hitandrun involving a big rig. A fog clearing up in san jose. The tank in the distance, we have a concert later on this evening so expect delays. Eric . Leyla, thank good morning. Big issue this morning the fog. Lets track wit live doppler 7hd, quarter mile santa rosa, livermore, san carlos and even sfo. Thickest fog will be around until 9 00. Our best chance of rain will be saturday night into sunday. Enjoy the aboveaverage temperat they lived. They lived. They lived. dad we lived. Thanks to our subaru. announcer love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Who run the world girls who run the world girls this is in the leadup. That is team usa luger kate hansen. Her whole job on the luge is to lie as flat and still as possible. Thats not how she warms up. Says she loves a little beyonce, makes her feel fierce. Ooh. She can dance. Shes got the moves. I love how many of the athletes use music to motivate them but she, okay kind of in her own world up there. I think so. It helps out. Also, check this out. Remember johnny quinn who got stuck in the bathroom. Only for a little while. Over the weekend, he got stuck in an elevator. Hes saying that no one is going to believe me. Thats hat what he tweeted. And lara, hat did you say . Better luck on the course than in the hotel, johnny. Okay. I dont believe him a little bit. I believe him. I believe him. You know, these things happen in threes, johnny. Im just saying. Thats true. And twotime Gold Medalist shaun white going for his Third Straight gold medal today in sochi. He has changed a lot since bursting on to the scene eight years ago. Why some are now saying hes even putting business before boarding. Question is, will they be able to go at all today . Lots of questions about those slopes. The weather, right . Also, a story that actually went viral. We found it, two women who appear to look very, very similar living thousands of miles apart. Didnt even know the other at all. They came across each other by chance. Are they related . How are they related . An unbelievable story. Its coming up. It will unfold later. Now to the latest on that florida murder trial that began with the fight over loud music. Michael dunn is charged with shooting an unarmed teenager. The defense now presenting its case. The big question, will dunn testify . Abcs ryan owens is in jacksonville and has the latest for us. Good morning, ryan. Reporter good morning to you, robin. The defense says they only have one, maybe two witnesses left. The thing everyone here wants to know, will michael dunn be one of them . I was so afraid that i didnt have time to think. I only reacted. Reporter the prosecution rested monday without showing the jury Michael Dunns interrogation tape where he admits to killing 17yearold jordan davis after dunn claims the unarmed teen pointed a weapon at him. It was either a barrel or a stick. But sir theyre, theyre theyre like, were going to kill you. Reporter the defense is not allowed to enter the tape as evidence. So the only way the jury will hear dunns side of the story now is if he takes the stand. Oh, my god, somebody is shooting. Somebody is shooting out of their car. Reporter to explain why he fired ten shots at an suv full of teens at this jacksonville gas station in november of 2012. How many separate gunshot wounds did you find to jordan davis body . Three gunshot wounds. Reporter prosecutors ended their case with graphic testimony from the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on jordan davis. She showed the jury the clothes the teen was wearing the night he was shot. The jury also got a look at the semiautomatic pistol that ended davis young life. Prosecutors say dunn should spend the rest of his life in prison for killing the teen. They say in an argument over loud rap music. Very nice guy. Reporter so far dunns defense has amounted to little more than a couple of character witnesses who say hes a good man. He pleaded not guilty, but will he take the stand to say more . The parents of the young man he killed hope so. The family wants answers. Only michael dunn can give those answers. Reporter so it seems odd, but they actually want to hear there their sons killer . They do. Its unfortunate in america that the young black child doesnt get the benefit of the doubt and this family wants to hear this guy explain why he didnt give their son the benefit of the doubt. Why he had to make up these lies. Reporter sunday is jordans birthday. He would have turned 19. His family says they would like to have a verdict, some sort of resolution by then. At the pace were on, george, it appears they will at least get that. Okay, ryan, thanks very much. More on this from criminal defense attorney roy black, played a big role in so many prominent trials down in florida. Thanks for joining us. You heard how ryan ended. The family of the victim wants to hear from him. Do you think hell testify . Well, george, theres no doubt he will testify. If he doesnt testify, theres no defense. He might as well plead guilty. Theres no evidence in the record right now to show selfdefense. The only way he gets a selfdefense instruction and he can argue it to the jury is if he takes the witness stand. So you think thats going to happen. You also think that the prosecution has overstepped a bit. Yeah, typical. This office does this all the time. They did it with zimmerman and theyre doing it here. They charged him with first degree murder, which requires premeditation. This is really a manslaughter case. This is where people get into an argument, it gets out of control and a shooting happens. This is not premeditated murder. This is not Second Degree with a depraved mind with ill will and hatred. This is really manslaughter. But let me just play devils advocate for a second. Premeditation doesnt have to occur over a period of weeks. The prosecution has shown that michael dunn had to take the gun out of the glove compartment. Had to take it out of the holster, had to load it, and then had to fire the ten shots. Sure, you can always go through steps like that to break it down and try to show more time. But premeditation means you knew the person before this. Something occurred. There was an argument. You went away and you came back. Its not where theres sudden combat and theres a shooting. No matter how many times you load the gun and what have you, thats not really premeditation. Its not planning. Its not coldblooded. Take us inside your office. Youre representing michael dunn. How do you prepare him for the stand . Well, i would think right from the beginning, right after the first interview, youre telling him he has to testify. Youre going over the questions. Hes going to have to explain the fear that he was in, why he shot, then he has to explain why did you flee the scene . Why didnt you call 911 . Why do you stay overnight in the hotel and then go home . He has a lot of explaining to do and its not going to be easy. So its not hes its not enough for him to convince the jury he saw a gun or he thought he saw a gun . Oh, yeah, he has to show there was a reasonable fear because selfdefense requires it be an objective person reasonably in fare of their life. So there has to be something from these kids to show that he was afraid of them. Okay. Roy black, thanks very much. Thank you, george. Time now for the weather with ginger zee. I think im going to give an award away to start the weather, okay. So can i have it . Its best dad award. So i dont think nope. Its best dade making its not josh either. Making the best out of winter. Lets look at this video. I want to show you i grew up next to a family, my best friend. This is what the dad made. A sledding run in grand rapids, michigan, i grew up with this guy. Thats amazing. He used to make the coolest things. Mark zeitter. He used to make the coolest things. And has two kids, ashlyn and gavin. You rock. Theyve had more than 90 inches of snow. This is the front yard. This is their back, yes. Got to get to the Weather Forecast can i come over . Yes. You can. It is not at all warm. Not at all so this morning chicago 2 below, 8 below minneapo good morning. Im mike nicco from a foggy abc7 news broadcast center. This afternoons forecast, mostly cloudy, temperatures in the 50s along the coast, upper 50s to low 60s for the rest of us. Accuweather sevenday forecast, best chance of all that weather brought to you by nutella. I have to show you the pacific northwest, theyve had multiple and will have more storms. But today is the strongest in a series. Okay. Cool neighbor you got there. Yeah. Coming up, shaun white going for the gold on the slopes and in the boardroom, is the superstar putting business before boarding . The woman who suffered backlash after losing so much weight on the biggest loser. Now she is speaking out and tells us how she did it. 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Thank you and we turn now to snowboarder shaun white. The olympic star with a nearly flawless first run in sochi just moments ago. But it was whites decision to withdraw from the slopestyle event a couple of days ago that has people talking. Abcs matt gutman has the latest from sochi. Matt. Reporter good morning, lara. For the past week here in sochi the buzz is that shaun white cares more about his image than he does about the team after backing out of slopestyle. But right now, hes where he wants to be. In the know, on his board, with competition under way. Later today shaun white gets a shot at silencing his critics. This is my third olympics and my third chance to defend my title in the halfpipe and its great, i mean just to be considered on top of a sport thats everchanging. Reporter white knows a thing or two about change like one of his signature moves, the 27yearold seems to have flipped his career and image upside down since he first started on the scene as a redhaired rebel in 2003 with his tomato nickname and red locks. My helmet fits better. Im faster. Reporter some say the cleancut white has lost his fearless edge. Here in sochi white shocked fans when he pulled out of the slopestyle competition after jamming his wrist in practice calling the course intimidating. Shaun white of 27 is not the same guy as shaun white at 19. Thats natural. Why would we expect anything less . Hes smarter. Hes looking out for himself. Reporter and now accusations that by backing out of the slopestyle, which american Sage Kotsenburg won he stripped an olympic spot from another american. Some also slamming white for being more boardroom than snowboard these days, building a multimilliondollar empire with endorsement deals from oakley sunglasses, stride gum and target. Shaun reporter he even appeared in the 2011 romantic comedy friends with benefits. Look great. You working out . Reporter and plays guitar in a rock band called bad things. Overnight he said his family helps him tune out the critics. I dont really care what, you know, the media has to say. It has an unbelievable effect on me. Reporter some of the heats were delayed, well, because of the heat. Check out this snow. Its the consistency of a snow cone. Im told thats bad news for shaun whites competitors. Good news for him, because he excels in these types of conditions. Lara . Of course, he does. Thank you so much, matt. And coming up, truly remarkable story. Twin sisters separated at birth reunited by luck. You will not believe how they found each other. Josh will tell the story. Unbelievable. And two great ladies. Also, play of the day coming up. Get ready to sing mi mi mi oh, no. Just say well. Just say well. Mi mi mi this is levian chocolate diamond jewelry. 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Hey, you know what, friday, george, its valentines day on friday. Valentines day. I have lots of conferences at home about that. Im sure you did. All right, so Brigham Young universitys vocal point, an a Cappella Group got in the spirit a little ahead of time surprising some of their schoolmates. Take a look. Its awesome. Is for the way you look at me is for the only one i see oh, thats nice. Is very extraordinary i love that. Is even more than anyone that you adore most oh. Are surprised, happen by. But some actually want rather no part of it. Take a look at this. This is might be pi favorite. Oh pretty baby oh pretty baby please come back. Pretty baby. No . Let you stay great guys. I suggest jump on watch the whole thing. Its so good. Vocal point. Come join us, wont you. Coming up, sisters separated at birth. Its an unbelievable story. Youre not going to believe it. A lot more olympics, as well. Go nowhere. Allergy 24 hour. 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Lets check in with mike. Still tracking thick fog with live doppler 7hd. From the roof, quarter mile livermore, quarter mile in santa rosa and san carlos. It will be with us till about 9 00. Temperatures in the 50s along the coast, low to mid60s. Next best chance of rain, saturday night and sunday. Southbound along 101 at lucky drive, your drive isnt too lucky out there. Lets look at the slowing away from 580, buncher to bumper traffic. As we take you into the east bay, a fog advise ray for the carquinez bridge and Solano County. So yso you can happily let the grlife get in the way, while planning for tomorrow. So you can finish the Great American novel banking for the life you have investing for the life you want chase. So you can good morning, america. 8 00 a. M. On this olympic tuesday. Gold medal darling snowboarder Jamie Anderson and her mom join amy for an unforgettable interview. What the moment was like when she won gold. And the road to oscar. Going to celebrate no matter what. Exclusive access inside the Academy Awards final event. Fewer than three weeks before the blockbuster awards. And a story we cannot wait to share. Twins separated at birth, reunited by chance. The unbelievable story of how they found one another when they were least expecting it as we say good morning, america oww who needs sochi . We have our own Olympic Village right here in times square. Theres rye. Its a lot colder here, as well, a lot more snow and look at our team usa all fired up for gold medal winning snowboarder Jamie Anderson. It seems shes having the time of her life. Thats not all thats happening here in times square. Thats ginger and sasha cohen, our olympic contributor. Is that a warmup for hockey . It is. Or an audition for the rockettes. Unknowingly, no, thats what the team does. They do that, the cancan to get ready. Dead giveaway. Our next championship. Figure skating pairs, yes. Hes doing nhl star marty turco. Really well. All right, so also coming up on the show, the winner of a top weight loss reality show is speaking out. You may recall she came under fire for her drastic drop in weight and lost more than half of her body weight actually and now shes responding to critics and revealing how she did it. And then we just saw the story, these two girls, fantastic, one an angelino, the other im so gigantic. Youre a giant. They are oui. The other, a french woman living in london actually connect, and it is by absolute chance, and then they tied me down in lilliput. I mean you really look gargantuan. In my defense they called themselves hobbits, so im just saying, we are outliers. They are petite but you are extra large. Come on. Theyre amazing, and believe me, they are phenomenal. You are tall. Im a giant. We settled all that. And then we also know its three days until valentines day. If you havent bought a gift for your loved one just yet, we have some great ideas from gilt. Com all for under 100, and theres also this, if youre drunk in love who will run the world girls you may want beyonces valentines day yours and mine boxer and boy shorts. I do. They come in this box. And this is for the gals in your life, and these are for the gentlemen in your life. Mine, yours, and beyonces in the boxer biz, right . Why not. Does it all. It would appear. I guess they were used for her latest album. The cover pink and thats what the cover yeah, thats it. Do they make you dance well . It all fits together. Always dance well, ginger. You see we got a packed hour coming up. First news from josh. A state of emergency now in parts of south including atlanta as millions brace for the winter storm ginger has smoked them with. 16 states preparing for the worst from texas all the way to new york, and icy roads have already claimed two lives in the dallas area including a firefighter who actually fell off a highway overpass while responding to a crash. It is so dangerous out there. Ginger is going to have the snow totals and her complete forecast in just a moment. Meanwhile, the other breaking news this morning comes from hollywood. Shirley temple black has died. The most famous child star ever. Her upbeat, cheerful movies raising spirits during the worst of times as this country plunged into depression, and for years she was, in fact, the top star in hollywood. She retired as a young adult, later served as a u. S. Ambassador. She was 85 years old. And at the winter games in sochi this morning, american freestyle skier devin logan took silver in the slopestyle event. Later, actually as we speak shaun white going for a Third Straight olympic gold in the halfpipe, and more olympic history being made today as the first women compete in the ski jumping event. Meantime, olympics Officials Say that right now there is no need to bring in stored snow, which they do have on site despite 60degree temperatures now raising safety concerns on the slopes. And a developing story this morning, a mafia bust stretching in fact from here in new york all the way to italy much the fbi and Italian Police have busted a drug ring with ties to the gambino crime family. Eight suspects arrested in the u. S. Nearly two dozen in italy. Theyre accused of smuggling cocaine in crates of coconuts and pineapples bound for the united states. And the los angeles coffee shop that called itself dumb starbucks to poke fun at the real starbucks shockingly has now been shut down by the health department. Apparently it didnt have the proper license. The mock store was just giving coffee away. Finally exposed yesterday as a publicity stunt for a Cable Television show. You dont say. And finally, phenomenal story here. Its nice to get birthday love is it not and its nice to get it in part thanks to social media, but this might be the very best story of all regarding it. A 10yearold boy in michigan told his mom he didnt want a Birthday Party because he had no friends. So his mom created a facebook for young colin. She was hoping to get 50 responses. Instead, colin has more than 18,000 new friends and certainly counting. His mom plans to show him the Facebook Page as a surprise when he turns 11 next month, so if you do know colin, please, leave it for mom to do. Were going to be talking to them here on the show tomorrow. Can you make it 18,001 . What do you say, hey, everybody, lets make it 100,000. Lets go. We can do it today. You log on. Hell never forget that one. Thats great. Thank you. Pop news coming up. Lets get some weather from ginger zee. Were all staying warm out here. Good morning to you, and good morning, everyone. My friends from los angeles are just bouncing to stay warm. Thats how were doing it. Lets get right into the forecast because we have to talk about the snow thats happening. Thats a live look at cullman, alabama, this morning. Northern alabama, northern georgia all seeing that snow and some in the middle will see that ice and thats round number one. Lets talk about what happens on the bottom end of that. Rain. Some will see heavy rain. That will be along the gulf coast up through South Carolina and georgia. Anywhere the ice doesnt fall youll have rain to the south. Ill leave you the look at a little bit of warming. Heres my good news of the forecast, yeah, denver going to 59 by thursday. All right. Weve got a regular viewer here and she says great morning anchors. I couldnt help but put that on tv. Lara, youre one of them. Thank you, ginger. A look at whats coming up on our gma morning menu. In pop news, josh, i have a magic headline about channing tatum. Oh, what could that be, lara . Oh, an excuse to play the clip. Plus, the winner of a top reality weight loss show speaking out about her drastic transformation. Great lastminute valentines day gifts. Well get you out of that hot water, i promise you, and all for under 100. And so much more coming up live on Good Morning America here in times square. Gmas morning menu is brought to by new, fastacting advil. Nothing is faster. If i was a man id make my move oh, oobee doo i wanna be like you [ baloo ] man, thats what i call a swinging party. [ male announcer ] disneys the jungle book for the first time on bluray and digital today. Firming lifting makeup disneys the jungle book our multibenefit innovation. Skin feels tighter. Expression lines look more relaxed. 3x hydration. Beautiful coverage. 93 of women saw noticeably improved skin. Radiant. Rejuvenated. Revlon. Cozy or cool meow or woof . Exactly the way you want it. Until boom your mattress a battleground of thwarted desire. Enter the sleep number bed. 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It did. That was very spooky. Nothing spooky about pop news, though. Bring on the music of the lets get it started. Josh, were beginning with channing tatum. One of my favorite thespians who is getting inspiration from a magical muse he posted on facebook. He posted it on sunday announcing what better way to start writing magic mike 2 than with my old friend dallas. Is that mcconaughey . Yes, of course, he has a bust of Matthew Mcconaughey on his desk, duh. Why wouldnt he . The sequel will be more of a road trip movie. If you cannot wait for that, theres always magic mike the musical expect to hit broadway before the second movie. I already purchased matinee seats for you and i. I believe you rented the entire theater. I just really need to process when im watching it. Also in pop george, i have a lot of news to get to. Also in pop news this morning, the plush palace of legendary gangster al capone is up for sale on palm island in miami beach, florida. And it can be yours for 8. 5 million. Yeah. Built in 1922, this sevenbedroom home with twostory guest cabana and private sandy beach this is where the chicago mobster lived before and after he was sent to alcatraz. After . Before and after, yeah. He went back to that. He turned the baby mansion into a for tress when he got back with armored guards and reinforced doors everywhere. I just wanted you to see pictures of real estate, you know i do love and warmth. The palm trees. Amazing. Get back to that. Yeah. Well, he had his ways. Yes. And finally, Henry Cavills performance in man of steel had audiences raving but for this 16monthold boy it was a truly out of this world experience. Check him out watching superman for the very first time. This is the famous flight sequence. And that little boy. Hes flying right there with him. Cant get enough. Come on, show the good part. There he is. Hes flying. His arms are high. You know, in pop news we always want to end it we like to start it with a Little Something for the moms. There he is. And end it with a Little Something for the moms. There you go. Thats pop news, everybody. It was good. Well turn now to a very different story, the controversy over tthe biggest loser, stunning weight loss for Rachel Frederickson has many wondering if shes putting herself in danger by losing so much weight so quickly. Now shes answering critics. Abcs linsey davis has the story. Lost 155 pounds. Reporter from the moment the most recent winner of nbcs the biggest loser stepped on the scale revealing her 105pound, critics have been weighing in calling her anorexic and frightening emaciated but now frederickson is defending her weight to People Magazine explaining how she lost 60 of her original body weight, the most in the shows history. The 24yearold says in the four months after the show she lost an additional 45 pounds before the finale by eating 1600 calories a day via five small meals and maybe three, four classes a day including zumba and spin. In an interview set to air on the rachael ray show. Bob harper says what people dont understand is when the contestants leave to go home theyre in charge of themselves so when she walked out i was just kind of like, whoa. Susan rappaport who lost nearly 120 pounds herself and now runs a Fitness Studio in new york says shes concerned about fredericksons wellbeing. Shes going to have to modify her diet in order to maintain where she is now. Thats where extreme eating disorders are born. Reporter according to the ladies home journal the idea weight for a a5 small frame woman is 114 to 123 pouchdzs. Based on that recommendation frederickson is nearly ten pounds underweight. Obesity and anorexia are on the same spectrum just at opposite ends. Its not uncommon for one eating disorder to basically transition into another eating disorder. Reporter even the Fashion Industries in certain countries ban models with less than 18 1 2 body mass index from walking the catwalks. Fredericksons bmi is now 18. When asked if she reached a healthy and sustainable weight, fredericks response, absolutely. For abc news, linsey davis. Deading herself. Absolutely. Snowboarding sensation Jamie Anderson brought home the gold as weve been telling you. The first ever womens olympic snowboard slopestyle competition and amy robach got to sit down with the golden girl and hear the secrets behind her unbelievable performance so lets go back to amy in sochi. Amy. Reporter hey, good morning, everyone. Yes, i got to meet skwaim and her family right after her incredible win and she told me how she psychs herself up to fly down the slopes and her mom told me something about jamie that just might surprise you. In an almost glauless run 23yearold Jamie Anderson made olympic history at the inaugural slopestyle event, snagging the gold with a 95. 25 score. When you knew you had captured the gold, you fell to your knees. Oh, my gosh, it was just like, thank you, universe. So much gratitude in that moment like to know that im capable of doing what i set out to do. Reporter we met the california native along with her five sisters and mom as they got a little pampering session at the olay fresh effects salon and first time in the p g family home she got to watch herself bring home the gold. Had you seen it before . Not like that. I mean that whole moment of them honoring me and the music and my family being there was just priceless. Reporter the music was special because that was the song you listened to when you made your run. Yes. Reporter tell me what it is again. Its naasz i can i know i can be what i want be reporter its the song she listens to get in the zone. A very inspirational song to freely believe in yourself and know that youre capable of anything if you work hard at it, you know you can. Reporter i didnt even realize you were listening to music. I was dancing at the top. I was like whoo, get hee in the zone. Reporter her mom let us in on another anderson secret. She doesnt like heights. She hes afraid of heights. Reporter your mom told me youre afraid of highs. Ive always been afraid of heights. Reporter what . How is that possible . Like roller coasters, theres not a chance. Snowboarding is such a different thing because its just kind of working with transitions reporter transitions way up in the air. I am scared of heights but like i trust my ability to snowboard. Reporter so when i pressed jamie about her fear of heights and roller coasters, she explained to me that she feels out of control but when shes snowboarding, she feels completely in control and thats why she isnt afraid and with the pictures of her doing what she does, i see why, guys. She was such a lovely, lovely soul. I was so happy to talk to her. Oh, it was great to see you two together. Yes, shes completely in control and shes ruling. She rules. Hey, amy, thanks. Its day two for our fantastic special contributor for the olympics, lets welcome back olympic silver medalist sasha cohen. Not only that snowshoeing, whatever, when you won, nice in the gma the victory oh. That as i said, once an olympian, always an olympian. Taking it seriously. Hey, we heard with amy, spending time with the families there, that it is really special when you have your mother, your sibling, cousins. I remember you in salt lake in torino, man, you had a lot of family members with you. My mom would come with me the same day i went and when i would do the short and long program, my sister, my dad, my grandparents, you know, uncle, aunt, cousin would fly in and just to see the same faces that i celebrated all the holidays be there to celebrate the moment i dedicated my life for was monumental and special. Theres so many security concerns at the beginning of this olympics. Some families didnt go. How do you as an athlete tune out everything going on around you . I think you are so overwhelmed with your goal, its all consuming. You train a lifetime for the olympics. And, you know, we dont pay as much to the news and media as you might think. Were really in our own head listening to our coaches, focused on that training then you feel safe when youre there, theres 20 security checks and theres armed guards and they take it so seriously that i really allows you to focus on your job. Im assuming once you get on the ice maybe in a way the most comfortable time that you can have. It is because you feel in control. I always say you feel the most nervous watching someone or watching a friend and my mom would be so nervous watching me because she couldnt do anything. She had to just wait so i think once youre on the ice and you start moving and youre not theres no anticipation, you just get to go, youre finally in your comfort zone. Much more figure skating ahead with the olympics so well have you around with us throughout the and playing a little hockey. Better watch out. Youre a favorite in the clubhouse right now. Lara, are you how quickly theal allegiance changes, josh. I mean. Come on. I know shes an olympian, okay. It will be on skates but, hey, other than that. My money is on me, okay. Thats all im saying. Yeah. [ applause ] whoo. Time now, though for the gma valentines day blowout. We have just three shopping days until the holiday. 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Drier roads but weve had our fair share of problems this morning including fog. Northbound side of 280 at bunker hill drive a possible car fire, but take a look at this. A fog advisory issued for Solano County and the carquinez bridge, thats where the fog is affecting your commute. Well talk to mike aft woah, this kitchen elcome looks beautiful. Hey mom its bigger its great, right . Give him the tour. Let me show you quartz countertop, softclose drawers, farm sink, under cabinet lighting, look at this spice rack. Wheres my room . Right there where its always been we had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. Just slide right in because your kitchbig, ikea has it all. Good morning. Im abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. Tracking fog still thick in the north bay, quarter mile or less. Same thing at livermore, mile and a half in san carlos and san jose. Flight and arrival delays into sfo but not oakland and san jose. The fog will be around thr goodness gracious. Ginger getting some work in. Get out there, lara. Ginger up there in bryant park. A few blocks away from us here in manhattan. Day two of the gma games. Gingers game. She is very game. Youre right about that. Unfortunately to a degree facing marty turco who is a former nhl goalie. Making final preparations, i see. She is ready and we bid you a very good tuesday morning. Got to get out there, lara. Get the shoes. Get out there. Come on. Shes already there. Getting some practice in. Also coming up some of the biggest names in hollywood at the annual oscar nominees luncheon. C Cameron Mathison was there for us. All the nominees, all the stars, you see them right there. Always a special event but before that more on the olympics now and our interview with american medalist Julia Mancuso. She took bronze in slopestyle and i spoke with her just a few moments ago. And joining us now from sochi is team usa skier Julia Mancuso who won a bronze medal monday in the womens super combined screaming with joy as she crossed the finish line. Julia, so good for you to join us today. I know that you said that you have dedicated this Olympic Games to your grandfather. Tell us about that. Well, my grandpa passed away a year ago and he cant be here so it really just meant a lot to me after i won the first run, the last time i won a run at the olympics was in torino and he was so proud of me and after the first run he said, it doesnt even matter what else happens as long as you just have your best race, ill be proud of you and thats what i was thinking yesterday after i won that first round of downhill i was just wanted to ski my heart out and for him to be proud and smiling down at me. And all of the above. He is doing that. Its, what, your fourth medal, olympic medal in three olympics. Youre still competing. Have the downhill. How are you preparing for that because were hearing about slushy conditions with the warm weather. Yeah, i mean its going to be tough up there. Were used to changing conditions in our sport. I tend to like the weather on the little softer side, a little warmer. My equipment is less aggressive so i like that as long as it holds up and i think it will. I think itll be good enough early in the morning for us and well just see what happens. See, thats the attitude. Like old hat. Been there, done that but it doesnt get to be old hat even though this is your third olympics. You seem as invested and engaged as the first one. I tell feel like a little kid at her first olympics espinosa yesterday crossing the finish line. I had no idea after that slalom run i would still be on the podium, so it was more of a mentally recognizing that i was in third and i thought i would not be anywhere close to it and knowing that i got a medal, i really felt like a little kid and i was screaming pretty loud. You we heard you all the way back here in the u. S. Were very proud of you and happy for you and all of team usa. Enjoy yourself, julia. Take care. Thank you. Thank you. And she really did let out a scream. She wasnt expecting to get that bronze. She had to come from behind to do it. This is the story of the morning. Its terrific. Two wonderful young women strangers living thousands of miles apart. Never knew one another, came across one another by absolute happenstance and found that they shared a lifechanging secret. Im going to jfk from l. A. X. So i can see my sister for the first final. Reporter imagine growing up adopted quite happy, perfectly content when at age 25 you get a facebook message from a stranger 5,000 miles away on a different continent who looks just like you, exactly like you. On february 21st, 2013 i got a message on facebook from a girl in london. It said she had seen me in a Youtube Video and then after looking my name up online saw we were both adopted. When i saw her profile it was crazy. She looked just like me. Reporter meet samantha fudderman living in los angeles and anais boardier, a french Fashion Designer in london. Last february anais saw samantha in this Youtube Video. You cant imagine you have a twin sister somewhere you dont know about. Reporter anais sent her that facebook message, one that would change their lives forever. What was that first moment like . I put the phone down to put it away for a second and i was like, picked it back up and kept looking at it and checked everyone i knew. Reporter they would soon discover they both have been adopted after being born on the same day in the same korean city. Could it be . Were they identical twins separated at birth . My connection is really bad. Reporter decided to skype with one another. Oh, my god. Youre european. Hi. This is a weird experience. Yes, so weird. Reporter what was the visceral reaction of seeing yourself talking to yourself . It was weird but i feel like there was a strange calm and comfort, as well and something that i cant really explain. Reporter life story shared in that first conversation. Everything. Yes. We talked for three hours. Reporter really. Yeah, like so much and then shes like, i have to pee. I got to go. I got to go too. Welcome to Londons Heathrow airport. Reporter their first meeting in london. First things you said. I touched her head. Reporter again in los angeles, taking in the beach, some baseball, even the perfection that is innout and reuniting once again here in new york. Oh. Reporter so heres the deal. Im going to ask you a question, okay . Just a couple little rapidfires and i want you to answer the same time. Morning person or night person. Night person. Yes, night person. Coke or pepsi. Coke. Coke. Now this will actually be individual. If i ask you for one pet peeve shower curtain touches me i hate that. Oh, my god, its the same. I hate that. Reporter then they would get their dna tested just to erase any doubt. We got our dna test results. Im going out on a limb here. Youre sisters, arent you . Yeah. Yeah. Holy [ bleep ]. Reporter how has it changed you . I think it fees a lot more confidence knowing its like, yeah, i found my second heart. Did you ever feel like there was a part of you out there that was missing . I did feel like i missed something. I had an Imaginary Friend it happens to a lot of kids, but i had an imagine farry friend. She was called ann. I needed that comfort, i guess. Reporter they decided to make a documentary about their experience and say theyve already heard from countless other adoptees thanking them. You seem a bit overwhelmed by the idea of that power to affect other peoples lives. Why . Its an overwhelming thing to know that shes like tiny asian hobbits can make a difference. Its so silly but its it brings back all that joy and happiness as a child. And it makes it real. What is it like to be able to touch each other. Just right, i guess. It feels normal. Its just how its supposed to be. Your necklaces, what does it say and the significance of them to you is what . It says best friends forever and i got them for christmas because i never had them growing up. It sounds really crazy but i think we need those little kid moments and those cheesy mopes together. You feel like you get to go back and color in a picture you know how it will look but get to have the fun of coloring it in. That iss the exact feeling. Its not the longing or searching to figure out what it was, its just constant support and like love filling up. And the joy of finding out. Yeah. We did bond over, you know, im adopted, as well and as adopted kids, you let yourself wonder for maybe a moment but to actually you mentioned parent trap. Two different accents is the first thing you think of. That struck samantha, the angelino, wow, thats me with a french accent. I mean you cant get over it. Its like youre constantly in that moment with you and, again, just remarkable, remarkable girls and by the way, again, we saw they are creating a film, a documentary about their jump think and to learn more about it go to goodmorningamerica. Com on yahoo great story. Thank you to both of them. Anais and sam. The chances she would have seen that Youtube Video. I mean and then i said, do you guys you know, a special thank you to mark zuckerberg. Thank you. It might never have happened. Dont you need to get out of ear. Ginger, im coming. Here we go. Im coming. The gma games are under y. First the weather with ginger then hes heading out there. Yes, and im getting my warmup in for sure. Weve got the hockey sticks ready. Its in the teens here on the ice. It feels about right. One more shot and im just terrible. Im going to let you guys break him down a little bit. For now well get to the forecast and an idea of whats happening. Our pick cities come from eastern tennessee, the picture, really nice one not only from there but halifax, massachusetts, which will see a High Temperature in the mid20s. We will talk to all the screaming friends there in just a moment. Our big story and so serious, the ice espinosa in georgia and South Carolina tonight through tomorrow. Its going to be a big story. Well be talking more about i good morning. Im mike nicco from a foggy abc7 news broadcast center. This afternoons forecast, mostly cloudy, temperatures in the 50s along the coast, upper 50s to low 60s for the rest of us. Accuweather sevenday forecast, best chance of rain saturday night, and all that weather brought to you by target. The University Field hockey team has some good fans here. Josh, lara, get down here. Get back to the warmup, ginger. Coming up here we are counting down to the oscar, edge p exclusive access inside the annual applause plause less than three weeks to go counting down to the oscars so are the nominees who gathered. Our Cameron Mathison rubbed shoulders at the starstudded nominees luncheon. Its the one event during award season that isnt a competition. At the annual nominees luncheon in beverly hills, stars mixed and mingled. This year so many firsttime nominees. Lupita nyongo. [ applause ] i didnt expect to be here. No, theres no way that i could have dreamt any of this stuff up. Reporter . The best part is to be able to thank the people that believed in you for so long and, of course, i could spend every single one of these events thanking my mother. Reporter this year so many reallife cinderella stories like bark head hed abdi who pla opposite captain phillips. Unbelievable. But i tried to not think about that. Welcome to the dallas buyers club. Reporter whats it feel like to be here today, first time. It feels wonderful. Ive been doing this 22 years to look around the room. Looking for you lone star. Reporter you and jared both won golden globes. This wasnt a bigbudget film but did resonate so deeply with so many people. Sure did. Whats it like to get all these accolades. The fact that we got this movie made was a huge victory for us. It was and now a year and a half later its have the light shone on it. Something im proud of. A very small group of us that got together and put our blindfoals on and said were making this movie. Reporter even the stars can get starstruck. Sandra bullock came up and said the nicest things ever. I was like, wow. She said her name is sandy. I was like, sandy. You get to call Sandra Bullock sandy now. A whole different thing. Reporter where jared leto jumps into your interview to say hi. Cameron mathison, abc news, los angeles. Im still loving that hat. Loving that hat. Gma continues its countdown to the oscars and the oscars airs on abc sunday march 2nd, 7 00 p. M. , 4 00 pacific. Ellen is in charge yet again. Ellen degeneres. Ginger, lara and sasha face off in our hockey shootout. I dont know, marty turco, i dont know. Facing them. Youre going to hear me roar come on back. Good morning americas countdown to the oscars is brought to you by nasacort allergy 24 hour. Look at everyone out there in bryant park getting ready for our gma games. And ginger and lara. Marty. Hes going to be there and sasha cohen, as well as we are watching the u. S. Womens Ice Hockey Team in sochi. They are off to a fast start. Winning their first two games and their biggest showdown, au canada yet to come. These shooting stars have been a sensation in sochi. The u. S. Womens hockey team has shown no mercy as theyve ruled the rink beating finland 31 then yesterday they whipped the swiss winning 90. Score thats right. 90. These gals know how to score. Their eyepopping play has turned a lot of heads but this u. S. Squad has been at the top of their sport for years making them a huge hit with fans. Usa. Usa. Hey, were here to watch team usa womens hockey. Theyre going to crush it. Usa. Reporter even madison avenue has caught hockey fever. She just reached for the bounty selectasize. Reporter but when it comes to their main competition, the canadians these women are no ladies. Check out this wild brawl between the two teams in december. You really worry about somebody getting hurt in a situation like this. Reporter with so much at stake on skates these bitter rivals will clash once again tomorrow. Theyre a phenomenal hockey team. We saw them seven types during the season so the blood, sweat and tears that go into that game. Reporter four years ago in vancouver the u. S. Suffered a heartbreaking loss to their northern neighbors. This time the americans are looking for payback hoping to freeze out everyone who stands in their way. Ooh. Thats going to be good. Thanks to amy for that. Something else that will be good. Gma games, inspired by that hockey team we just saw right there. Josh, take it away. All right, george, thank you. Im just here because i get to wear the sweet headset. It is the great it is the great gma game slapshotoff. We have ginger, we have lara. We have sasha cohen. High money is on the olympian but we also have marty turco in between the pipes. Can you get in there, marty. Former nhl allstar goalie, proud canadian. Put it right here, bro. And away we go. Hey, marty. Youre miked. You played 11 seasons in the nhl. I sure did. Are you ready for this, though. This is something new. You know, im not sure if i can ham this but im going to guess, marty, you will be able to if only just, are you ready . Theyre will me to death though. Ginger, are you ready. Youre up first. Lets see it. All right. Ginger, down. Lara is up. Lara, oh, gosh. Oh, geez. Sasha, oh, we are tied for zero. Oh, i guess sasha has now taken it. Sob that has got one. She has two pucks on her stick and cant get either one and ginger and lara has tied things up. Its sasha and lara tied at one. Ginger is bringing up the rear. Were going to have a faceoff no, sasha, you got to put one in. Just one. Ginger, were now all tied at one. Lara has taken a lead. Sasha has taken were tied at two. Ginger, if you make one ging 222. We need one more. Next goal wins. Next goal wins. Its 222. Ginger, i believe, has got it. Oh. This is amazing. No. Yes. We have there is no winger. Theyre tied. They all tied at like 12 each. Well, wait to go. Well be right back. Amazing. Whats going on the eye of the tiger dancing through the fire get bacon in your burger. Booooorrk its beef and pork jacks new bacon insider has a juicy beef patty with bacon mixed right into it, plus bacon strips and bacon mayo on a new gourmet brioche bun. Get bacon in your burger. Moooii. Back at bryant park. Josh, are they still taking shots at marty . They are they just stopped. We had a tie for many. But sasha cohen now in the lead total medal count. The real winner today, marty turco. Thanks, marty. That was fung. That was quite the challenge. And back to you in the studio. Josh, have a good time on the view today. Big deals of the week. Or how to get great deals the easy way. You do enough flying around. Thats why we give you real big club card deals. Right now, our largest jug of arm hammer detergent is just 5. 00. Fill your water supply. Arrowhead water is only 3. 29 a case. And chobani greek yogurt is just a buck. Real big deals this week and every week. Only at safeway. Ingredients for life. Almond. A good that comes in 25 flavors. From whole natural to wasabi and soy sauce. And once good gets going, theres no stopping it. Good. Get your good going. Blue diamond. Snack nut of u. S. Snowboarding. Ere every thursde in iowa where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. 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This is where we have a problem. Its along southbound 101. It is a brush fire there right at cesar chavez. Delays from the central freeway and slow northbound as well. Kristen . Leyla, thanks announcer its live with kelly michael. Today, from the new film, winters tale, colin farrell. And reality superstars Honey Boo Boo and mamma june. Plus, no more snow, no more cold. We continue our winter now week with a hot summer workout. Ll next on live. Now, here are kelly ripa and Michael Strahan [cheers and applause]