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And daring rescue. The dramatic moment this hero jumps out of his car running onto train tracks to save that woman. Sprinting under the barrier as it comes down. Im not a hero. I am not anything. I just saw something that needed to be done. The heartstopping rescue with just seconds to spare. It sure was some dramatic rescue. Good morning, america. We have a lot of news to get to this thursday including the battle to repeal obamacare. A live look where house committees have been working all through the night. Well have a lot more coming up. As you see theyre still going at it. So many facing that wicked weather. Winds so strong they knocked over this truck on a busy ohio highway and take a look at this tree here in new york. Toppling over from the wind hitting a power line catching fire. And in chicago, the wind so strong it blew out windows. Well have more on that in a moment but lets go right to ginger for that new winter storm moving into the northeast. Good morning, ginger. Robin, are you ready for a midmarch winter smack. Well, it is coming at you in the next 24 hours. Look at this. Throughout pennsylvania into new york city up through even rhode island we have Winter Weather advisories and a winter storm watch because the snow will start overnight tonight and i stopped it here. The most important crucial time on a friday morning drive. Youve got philadelphia in snow. You have new york city in snow. You have southern connecticut into parts of rhode island that will be getting snow in the morning commute and it will be a quickmoving system. I think some of the heftiest totals in eastern long island and the cape. Either way you get this at this time of year when everybody has been so warm they say what is happening even if its one to three inches. Robin, george. Still winter, come on. We move on to that Health Care Showdown on capitol hill. Youre looking live at the house energy and Commerce Committee going for 19 hours and counting drafting their version of Obamacare Repeal and this comes as President Trump tries to strike a deal with conservative critics resisting the new bill. Our chief White House Correspondent jon karl is tracking all the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, george. With opposition mounting from fellow republicans, the white house is launching what they are calling a fullcourt press to sell their plan to repeal and replace obamacare. Its allnighter time on capitol hill. The ayes are 23. The nos are 16. Reporter the Republican Health care plan cleared the first of several committees after 4 00 a. M. This morning. Another committee working right through dawn. So, buckle in. Because we will go until were done with the amendments. Reporter with democrats doing everything they can to derail the bill, or at least delay it as long as possible. I guess if we have to stay all night, ill stay all night to offer my amendment. I dont think its junk. I think its an important idea. Reporter as the battle moves forward, donald trump the negotiator and salesman is back in action. Hes in very much of a sell mode. Reporter the president is out to make a deal. Now reaching out to conservative critics who have denounced his plan as obamacarelite. I think the president was very clear when he said this bill is open for negotiation. The bill as written will not pass so we need to improve it. Hold that bible high, puts it down and then he lies. Reporter ted cruz once a top trump target during the campaign dined with the president and their wives at the white house. President trump also invited to the white house prominent conservative groups that have already opposed his bill. After the meeting their opposition seemed to soften. This is a great step in exchanging ideas to figure out a way that we can all be on the exact same page. Reporter earlier House Republican leaders began the process of getting the bill through the house. Costs are skyrocketing. Deductibles are going through the roof. Reporter immediately they faced loud objections from democrats. This is what youve come up with . This is a bad joke. Reporter but for speaker of the house paul ryan the real challenge is keeping republicans on board. Were going through the inevitable growing pains of being an Opposition Party to becoming a governing party. Reporter as for that dinner last night with ted cruz, i am told that cruz, his wife and their two daughters spent about two hours here last night at the white house. This morning cruz is tweeting about it. A photograph of his two daughters with the president at the resolute desk in the oval office saying our family had dinner with the president and first lady who were warm and gracious and, robin and george, the Charm Offensive continues next week. A group of conservatives in the house are invited here to the white house to do a little bowling as they make the case for supporting the bill. But, jon, still, the president faces challenges on other fronts including that revised travel ban, hawaii overnight being the first state to file a lawsuit against that revised ban. Reporter yes, the state of hawaii is arguing that the travel ban is unconstitutional because effectively it is not much different than the first travel ban which was blocked by the courts. The white house, however, believes they are on solid legal ground that they have narrowed this travel ban so that it will withstand legal scrutiny. All right, jon, thank you. A lot of Foreign Policy news as well. Martha raddatz is here and, martha, it appears the president is about to appoint another former critic to a key post. He was a big critic of donald trump, its jon huntsman, the former governor of utah, former president ial candidate, ambassador to russia. He has very little experience with that, but he was the ambassador to china. Donald trump once called jon huntsman lightweight, weak and jon huntsman did not at First Support donald trump, then he did. And he withdrew that support after the access hollywood tapes. Probably important to have someone who was not connected with the campaign. Given all the questions about contacts with russia during the campaign. I think thats true and the other thing is he just needs good experienced people and they have reached out. They have cast a wide net. They found jon huntsman. Hes very well respected. He will learn very quickly and engage with russia. A brandnew Marine Mission in this fight in syria. This is incredible. I think so few people realize how involved the u. S. Is in syria. We now have 900 troops in syria. If you remember theres a cap at 500, but theyve played numbers games for years. Those extra 400 will only be there 120 days, so they dont count. But they are getting closer and closer to the battle, george. They really need a strategic plan. Weve had a lot of special Operation Forces in the battle. First time youre having a conventional force. Youve seen them in strikers and seen pictures of them in syria. Astonishing when you think about it because it has been piecemeal for so many years. Martha raddatz, thanks very much. George, now to the investigation into that massive leak of cia documents. The search zeroing in on this building right here for whoever released sensitive material to wikileaks. Our chief investigative correspondent brian ross is here with the latest. Good morning, the fbi is now launched a fullscale criminal investigation of who stole the cia secrets the editor in chief of wikileaks is speaking for the first time. The hunt for the mole by the fbi is focused on employees and contractors who worked in this nondescript building outside washington, d. C. The headquarters of the governments top secret center for cyberintelligence, the cci. It has created a great deal of harm and i cannot think of it in any other terms than criminal activity. Reporter this morning from the embassy in london the editor in chief provided new details about the massive cia leak. This is a historic act. Of devastating incompetence to have created such an arsenal and stored it all in one place and not secured it. When wikileaks posted the email from the Democratic Party hacked by russian intelligence candidate donald trump was full of praise. Wikileaks i love wikileaks. Reporter while the cia leak was serious not so much the russian hack of the democrats. There is a massive, massive difference between those two things. Reporter but both are illegal and under investigation by the fbi. Phone manufacturers including apple and google are scrambling to make sure the cia can no longer hack into their devices or systems. And samsung said it is urgently looked into the claim the cia can turn its televisions into listening devices when they appear to be off. Its illegal for cia to use any of those techniques in the u. S. Against u. S. Citizens but the fbi can with a Court Approved warrant. As the director of the fbi said yesterday theres no such thing as absolute privacy in america. Robin. Thank you. President trump also facing new fallout over his explosive and evidencefree claim that president obama ordered his phones tapped facing questions at yesterdays White House Briefing sean spicer read this statement. There is no reason that we should that we have to think that the president is talking of any investigation whatsoever. Lets get more from pierre thomas. Pierre, the pressure now mounting on fbi director james comey and the Justice Department to either back up or knock down the president s claim. Reporter thats right, george. Its getting to be put up or shut up time for everybody involved. The House Intelligence Committee is calling on comey to appear in a hearing scheduled for march 20th and senators Lindsey Graham and Sheldon Whitehouse sent a letter to comey and the Justice Department demanding records to show whether there were any wiretaps related to trump. Graham said he would subpoena comey and the Justice Department if he had to, george. This isnt all that complicated. They either did or didnt and the fbi director says he wants to get the truth out there but there are divisions inside the Justice Department over how and whether to do that . Reporter yeah, george, theres some at the Justice Department who want comey requested to go away believing if they put out a statement challenging trumps claims it opens pab pandoras box. On the other hand there are those who share comeys concerns that trumps allegations are false and erode trust in the fbi and say such damaging comments will continue if not combated. The fbi director did speak in boston yesterday. Yeah, he didnt mention russia or trumps tweets. Sources familiar with it say hes being patient for a number of reasons. One his message is out there about how he feels about the tweets and hes mindful hes the subject of an Inspector General investigation which is focused on whether he broke Justice Department guidelines in how he handled the clinton email investigation including making those public comments. Now hes trying to do this by the book and through his bosses. He did suggest hes planning to be around another 6 1 2 years, the full length of his tenured term. Well see, george. We will see about that. Pierre thomas, thanks very much. Devastating winds across the midwest and northeast topping 80 miles an hour here in new york. And abcs alex perez is in chicago where those gusts blew out skyscraper windows. Good morning, alex. Reporter hey, good morning, robin. The wind was no joke picking up a piece of Outdoor Furniture and slamming it across the street and shattering that window up there. Overnight vicious winds wreaking havoc across the nation. In michigan gusts up to 68 miles per hour. Its scary to think winds are that strong. It can lift a carport up. Reporter the ntsb investigating after this plane carrying the university of michigan Mens Basketball Team slid off the runway after trying to take off in high winds. We have a few people banged up a little bit but other than that everybody is healthy. Reporter brutal winds ripping off school roofs. In detroit alone, more than 800,000 homes without power. Five dying in this apartment complex. The powerful winds fueling the flames making escapes nearly impossible. There are civilians jumping out of the windows at the location. It was a horrendous fire to fight. We have high winds that drove the fire right through the building. The fierce burst toppling tractor trailers across the midwest. Watch as one on a busy ohio highway gets knocked over. There it goes. Reporter in upstate new york, gusts blowing up to 81 miles an hour leaving nearly 130,000 customers in the dark. It is so dark out here, power is knocked out. Reporter the winds believed to be responsible for knocking this Freight Train right off the rails. And here in chicago, power lines popping, even sending chunks of glass flying from the 38th floor of this skyscraper. And if youre driving in these windy conditions big suvs and vans are more susceptible to being pushed or flipped over by wind so it might be best to park somewhere safe and wait it out. Makes a lot of sense, thanks very much. Across the plains they are facing devastating wildfires. The largest ever in kansas as dozens tear through the region. Abcs phillip mena is in oklahoma with the latest. Good morning, phillip. Reporter george, good morning. This is one of the many homes evacuated before the fires swept through here. Only a few recognizable items left. A water heater, theres the washer dryer. It is just a haunting reminder of the devastation brought on by these wildfires. This morning, nearly three dozen wildfires raging in the u. S. From the Southern Plains down to florida, more than a million acres scorched. Thousands forced to evacuate. Its never been this bad before. Reporter as authorities work to keep people out of harms way. So i got a semi truck blocking half the lane now. In kansas saving a stranded trucker. The largest fire in the States History creating thick smoke that made it impossible to see down interstate 70. Similar scenes playing out in oklahoma. Whipping winds and when the fire jumped across this highway its impossible for a big rig to turn around quickly and the driver of this 18wheeler had no choice but to abandon his truck just in time too because this is all thats left. Near naples, parts of i75 shut down as a wall of smoke and flames threatened drivers. The flames are super close to the interstate. Reporter 7500 acres already burned there. The rash of fires across the u. S. Being blamed for six deaths. Four in texas alone. Some good news here. The humidity has gone up and its expected to rain here this weekend so hopefully that will help get these wildfires under control. George. Phillip, thanks very much. Amy with todays other top stories. A real scare with the 911 system overnight. There was a glitch that lasts for hours and prevented at t customers from calling 911. That outage affected customers in nine states and washington, d. C. Police departments offered alternate numbers until 911 was up and running again and the fcc is looking into what happened. Well, the number of people crossing into the u. S. From mexico illegally has dropped dramatically. Down 40 in President Trumps first weeks in office. Homeland Security Officials say Border Patrol agents apprehended significantly fewer undocumented immigrants from january to february. They credit the president s tough stance on immigration. Well, there is more trouble for an iconic retailer. Radio shack declared bankruptcy for the second time in two years. It now plans to close at least 200 stores. And in california, some bay area homeowners are on edge literally. Look at this. Their backyards are disappearing falling into the creek below due too all that recent heavy rain. They say the land makes noise and shakes and then their houses as well as it all falls away and trying to decide if they should stay or go. And finally one womans guardian angel, take a look at this incredible video. You can see her struggle to cross the tracks. Theres a guy from new jersey. He comes racing towards her. His name is joe manageo. He leaves his car. He sprints to her side and pulls her away, look at that. With seconds to spare. She was taken to the hospital as a precaution. Joe insists he is not a hero. He says he saw something, something needed to be done and he did it. He said that she was so scared she actually stopped. She could see the train coming and she froze and so that train missed her with just a few inches. She froze. He didnt hesitate at all. Incredible to see him do what he did. Truly her guardian angel. You put that right. Thank you, amy. Ginger, i mean if i ever do that i am a hero. I think thats so cool. Anyway, they always say that. Maybe id say that too. I dont know how youd react. Boston is going to get wind today. It could look like this in your backyard with the trampoline flying in detroit at you can see niagara falls, new york, the trees were no match pulling up the sidewalk in realtime. The wind is no joke and wind advisories stretch through new england and you can see why, noontime, 41 boston, rough go. 31 in new york city. 36, albany. Still plenty of wind out there. Could still take down power lines and till not nice in western new york. Look at that arctic air quickly for saturday morning, yall. Your local weather in 30 seconds. Hello. Im abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. More clouds and spring warmth today. Just high clouds. Youll definitely need the snglasses. Patchy fog, cool the next several nights and a chance of rain well into next week. Todays temperatures held down a little bit along the coast and into San Francisco because of the patchy low clouds and the sea breeze. 69 to 70 around the bay. Mid40s to low 50s again tonight. Our warmest day, look at that, monday. Were still chuckling over what ginger said. Coming up, new developments in that indiana murder mystery. The eerie similarities with another cold case also involving two young girls. Could they be linked . Can you believe this, the dramatic midflight fight over a blanket. Ill tell you all about it. How do you become americas bestselling brand . 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A lot of sun glare reflecting off those cars. The fog is starting to develop over the bay. Look at this half mile in san carlos, a quarter mile in napa. And expect this to happen again tomorrow even possibly on a wider scale. Look how mild it is. Mid40s to mid50s this morning. That means a lot of spring warmth. Spring fever today in your day planner with mid50s at 9 00. Stay in the 50s at the coast. While the rest of us hit the upper 60s to low 70s. My sevenday forecast, warmest day will be monday possibly near 80 inland. Thats exciting. Coming up the snapchat killing of two indiana teenaged girls. Family of one of the girls set to speak out about it. The latest on the on gma. Good morning america coming up next. Afoot and lighthearted i take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. The east and the west are mine. The north and the south are mine. All seems beautiful to me. 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Devastating winds gust over 80 miles an hour ripping through new york and pushing a plane carrying the university of michigan Mens Basketball Team, pushed that plane off a runway in the midwest but thankfully everyone all right. Thank goodness for that. We turn to the latest on that indiana murder mystery where two young girls were killed on a hike. One of the grandfathers holding his First Press Conference as investigators look at possible ties to a similar cold case and, amy you have more on that. Thats right, george. There isnt a known link between the 2012 cold case involving two iowa cousins who were also found murdered in a rural area. But investigators in both cases say they are comparing notes and some of the details are strikingly similar. This morning liberty germans grandfather speaking out. This horrible crime has tore a hole in our families. Its been 24 days since their bodies were found along this wooded trail in dellphi indiana, the killer at large. A photo and a voice. Down the hill, down the hill. Along with this picture foundation on her phone. Some of the only clues to the crime. A father a few hundred miles away helping the murder case could lead to a break in his own daughters and nieces abduction and murder. Everything started coming back to me. On july 13, 2012 Elisabeth Collins and eric cook went for an afternoon bike ride and never returned. The frantic search. Pointing out the similarities. Both girls taken in secluded areas. Their bodies founded in wooded terrain and both crimes committed on the 13th of the month. Two kids at once is very uncommon. Two kids being taken at once and also just being on the 13th of the month. Just kind of struck me as really odd. Reporter authorities hunting abigail and libertys killers saying they have compared notes with investigators in iowa. At this point were not comfortable saying, yes there is a connection or no, theres not. We dont have enough information. On the surface these cases have similarities. You have underage kids on trails remote areas of two different states killed during daylight hours. But once you get beyond that the cases really arent similar at least based on what we know. Reporter as pink ribbons dot the tiny town in iowa for elizabeth and lyric five years ago so do orange lights glow today for liberty and abby. Investigators are cautious about making any link but for the father of elizabeth collins, he is Still Holding out hope five years later that he might get some answers, george. Okay, amy, thanks very much. Lets talk to dan abrams and callahan walsh, child advocate with the National Center of missing and exploited children and, callahan, let me begin with you. This is fairly rare, isnt it . Absolutely. You know, we do see this at the National Center where two kids will go missing at the same time but its usually siblings that go missing and usually with a noncustodial or parental abduction. The fact these two were unrelated and this was a nonfamily abduction, its definitely a rare case for the National Center. And, dan, no evidence of any kind of link but what will investigators try to do to see if theres any connection . Typically in a case like this what you want to do is see first of all is there any connection between these families . Meaning, was there anyone who worked for either of the parent, even temporarily. Youre looking for something that can somehow serve as a thread between these two. Is there any physical evidence obviously would be the first question. It seems thats not the case. I think wed know about that if there was any connection in regard to physical evidence but looking for relationships. The problem is if this were a cry of opportunity and a stranger then it makes it even harder to try to link them up. Do you agree with brad beneath the surface there arent many similarities between the two. So far that we know of, but, again, i think it is smart for them to look into possible connections because these kinds of things are so rare. And, callahan, what is the nature of this crime in indiana . You know, some people said it could have been just a crime of opportunity tell you about the perpetrator. Absolutely but its interesting to note that theres two victims in this case and that puts the perpetrator in a high risk situation. His boldness and the fact that hes going after two victims shows a level of control that may indicate hes done Something Like this in the past. And i like the fact that the grandfather is coming out now. Why . Because people involved in the old case, right, the indiana case is all over the news right now. If anybody knows about it, come forward. What about someone that missed something in the iowa case and werent watching as closely or since then theyve heard someone make a comment about two girls in iowa, et cetera. Thats the sort of thing that could be really you think five years later it still could be solved. Oh, yeah, i think what youre doing is youre now going to get more people. Its what callahans organization does, which is try to publicize these kinds of events to say, hey, america, please help. If you know anything and i think in connection with the iowa case in particular, the newfound publicity could lead someone to come forward and say i dont know anything about this indiana case but ill tell you, huh, i didnt realize that happened in iowa and ill tell you what a friend of a friend told me he heard. And, callahan, you know, as you said these are rare cases, but is there anything that parents can learn from them . Absolutely. You know, parents can use this as a teachable moment. I think its a shining example that child Safety Education is still important. You know, theres great programs like the kidsmart programs and err resources where parents can store digital i. D. In your phone and these things are rare. They dont happen as often but they are still happening in this day and age. Okay, callahan, dan, thanks very much. Robin. Okay, george, coming up in just two minutes why chrisley may not know best. The reality tv star is under investigation. Did his own son turn against him . Well talk about that next. Well talk about that next. Get 10 off your purchases of 25 or more so stock up with 2550 off sonoma for the family. Like 9. 99 boys sonoma tees. Plus, 8. 99 sonoma towels and youll get kohls cash too keep it simple with sonoma only at kohls. roosevelt smoking just messed thaup your lungs. I never thought that at only 45 it would give me a heart attack. My tip is; do your heart a favor, and quit now. announcer you can quit. For free help, call 1800quitnow. Whattwo servings of veggies . V8 or a powdered drink . Ready, go. Ahhhhhhhh shake shake shake shake shake done you gotta shake it i shake it glad i had a v8. The original way to fuel your day. We are back now with that new drama for reality tv star Todd Chrisley under investigation by state tax authorities in georgia and now his estranged son kyle is speaking out. Abcs mara schiavocampo, you have much more on this. Yeah, robin. Good morning. In fact, that son was subpoenaed to appear before the Georgia Department of revenue this week possibly to discuss the investigation. Chrisley accused of lying about his state of residence to avoid paying taxes. Allegations that if proven could lead to charges of tax evasion or perjury. Spent a fortune on rugs hes the reality star known for flaunting his wealth and his sharp tongue. What is the deal that i made with you . No drinking. No drugs. Reporter but this morning Todd Chrisley, the patriarch on Chrisley Knows Best now reportedly caught in a brewing georgia tax investigation and h against him. Id like to see him held accountable. Reporter investigators reportedly looking into claims chrisley lives in florida, which has no state income tax. While records obtained by abc affiliate wsb revealing he declared himself a legal georgia resident in Numerous Court filings in 2010 and 2011. Kyle, who is now estranged from his family says his father bragged about not paying taxes in georgia. Were you ever really a florida resident . No. We went there for really vacation for in the summer and that was really the only time we ever went. We lived here in georgia. Reporter chrisleys wife julie even admitting that under oath in this 2013 videotaped deposition during a bankruptcy proceeding. You dont live in florida. No. Okay. And todd doesnt live in florida. No. Reporter on a recent radio show Todd Chrisley defended himself saying he is a resident of the sunshine state. I have been a florida resident over 15 years, so my taxes have always been filed and if i dont make money in georgia, i dont pay taxes on it in georgia. Reporter chrisley saying in a statement to abc news, this is a complex tax issue that should not be litigated in the media. I am confident my liability will be significantly reduced or hopefully eliminated. Now, the Georgia Department of revenue says they cant comment on any specific taxpayer issue because of confidentiality, chrisley is no longer in georgia. He now lives in nashville where there is also no state income tax. We reached out to usa networks for comment and didnt get a response. Part of what is puzzling the show shows them living in georgia. Very clear about that. Okay. Well see how that works out, you got out. You got out. Yes, yes, i pounded on the glass long enough and opened the doors up. Youll get that. We should get the result in about a week. Im excited to learn. Its the most precise way of measuring our bodys calorie burn available today. Im excited about it. I have lots of questions. We all were asking questions about it. 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New poll out from cnn shows the majority of americans, 52 now have a favorable view of the first lady. Thats up 16 points since inauguration day. Lets talk about it now with Anita Mcbride who was chief of staff to laura bush in the white house. Thats a pretty nice spike for melania. How do you explain it . Well, good morning, george. Thanks for having me. I think, you know, this doesnt surprise me because first ladies tend to be much more popular than the president of the United States anyway. And i think also, you know, lets remember, we didnt see much of her on the campaign and her first public pronouncement after election she wasnt going to move here so we didnt know what to expect but what we have seen since inauguration is that she is comfortable in the role and shes doing what she needs to do and defining the position as it suits her and i think people are responding to that. But, anita, she is living in new york, far from the white house. Do you think thats had any impact on how people are viewing her . Well, i think it seems to be working for her so far. I mean, we didnt know how that would affect her ability to do the job. But the Public Events that we have seen her do, especially hosting foreign dignitaries and even her off the record visit to Childrens Hospital last week and then her event yesterday and then hosting president ial guests in the box for the address to congress, she seems very comfortable in the role. She does. Go ahead. Im sorry. No, i think the one thing to your poll, though, about the difference between men and women, you know, theres still a lot of women in this country that are wary of the president and so they are not quite ready to accept mrs. Trump, obviously the woman who is closest to him. And shes done a few things as you said but hasnt quite struck out yet on any issues of her own and talked a little about taking on cyberbullying. Right. Do you expect to see more of that Going Forward . Well, i do think that she has been saying a lot about wanting to work on issues that affect women and children and even at yesterdays lunch, she mentioned something about International Education and i think whats going to be important there, if that is an issue that she wants to work on, is how they will be able to square that with the president s budget for the state department which really cuts a lot of those International Education programs. Yeah, that could be difficult for her. Okay, anita, thanks very much. Now to that midair mishap. A Hawaiian Airlines flight diverted to l. A. X. On wednesday after a 66yearold passenger got into a dispute with a crew member over the cost of an inflight blanket and david kerley joins us. Authorities say the man was upset because he was cold and that he asked for a blanket. They said that would be 12. The airline calling him unruly. Tell us what happened. What does the guy say that got him kicked off the plane . It was a morning flight, amy. It was from las vegas to hawaii and several miles several hundred miles off california the pilot decides to turn around the aircraft and goes back to l. A. X. So the 66yearold man did get cold. He asked the Flight Attendant for a blanket. The Flight Attendant said as you mentioned, you know, costs you 12 bucks. That upset him. Asked for the number for corporate and then he said id like to take someone, according to authorities, behind the woodshed and that set off alarm bells apparently and thats when the Flight Attendant notified the cockpit. Behind the woodshed, you know, kind of colorful language. Doesnt sound like a very serious threat. Yeah, heres what we dont know. We dont know what kind of language he used, whether he was very intense, loud, whether it was calm. We dont know any of those things, and so we have no idea whether the Flight Attendant may or may not have overreacted. But the Flight Attendant did call the captain and that set off this series, but this kind of reflects back to, you know, everyone feels like the airlines are nickel and diming you. You got to pay for a blanket, a meal, overhead space so it fits into that narrative. They were going to hawaii. Im feeling for all the passengers on the plane who thought they were headed to vacation and had to turn around. What is the standard for kicking someone off the plane . Is that at a Flight Attendants discretion. The captain is in control of the aircraft. The airlines is saying the captain is in the cockpit with the doors closed and locked and gets a call from his crew and says, listen, i have a problem with a passenger and i think we should couldnt he have said just give him the blanket. The captain may not have even known that. The Flight Attendant may have said i have an unruly passenger. The captain makes the decision. I have a fivehour flight. 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Good morning to you. Im Natasha Zouves from abc 7 mornings. Mike nicco a little bit of fog still out there. When is it going to completely burn off . 10 00 for sure. Its getting thicker right now across the bay and not quite as thick in the north bay. Well see a repeat of this tomorrow. Temperatures mid40s to mid50s already on our way to low to mid60s along the coast. 69 to 70 around the bay. Spring fever. If you dont have it now, you should be the end of the sevenday forecast. Ive had it for a while, mike. One new problem on southbound 880 just south of 92 here. Weve got a crash and that is reportedly blocking at least one lane. A tow truck is being called to the scene. Check out the fog on the san mateo bridge. Make sure youre driving for conditions. Disappearing in that fog. Deals and steals all under 20 bucks next on gma. Another update in 30 minutes and always on the news app. Look at that blanket of the fog. Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. Winter wallop. A new storm on the move bringing snow from ohio to new england and new york. Winter storm watches. More than half a foot of snow could be on the way. Also this morning, Gabourey Sidibes weight loss revealed. The star sharing stunning photos. A surgeon telling her they cut her stomach in half to limit her capacity to eat. The personal reasons behind her surgery and her new relationship with food. Also new this morning your first look at an astonishing world. Welcome to pandora. This is still top secret. The peek inside. And the brandnew couple making headlines. Jennifer lopez, alex rodriguez, reports now that the two superstars are an item. 24 karat magic get ready for big deals steals. 20 and under. Tory johnson is here live. And shes saying good morning, america. Good morning, america. Happy thursday. You guys are having a happy thursday. Thanks for coming in. A lot to get to and, of course, t. J. Joins us. Good morning. I just found out about the . Lo arod news. 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Throughout the great lakes, 60 to 80mileperhour winds but now this morning boston in a wind advisory and new Winter Weather advisories for the storm that scoots across tonight through early tomorrow. Thats the timing. Important to watch because if youre anywhere from West Virginia to pennsylvania, look at philadelphia and new york city at 7 00 a. M. Everybody is on the road and trying to go to work and youll have a good one to three inches or more. I think some of the heavier snow totals will come when the low gets out in the atlantic and woops up for the cape and eastern long island. Snow totals for now. Pay attention to local abc stations with the very latest. Newark at 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Yeah, im good. Newark is good at weather. So im hoping for you. Crossing fingers. Ginger says ill make it out of new york tomorrow. Thank you, ginger. House lawmakers pulled an allnighter on capitol hill faces off over the gop plan to repeal and replace obamacare throughout the marathon session, democrats tried to block and delay the bill at every turn. But republicans scored a victory voting to strike down the tax penalty for people who dont purchase insurance. President trump met with conservative critics at the white house last night hoping to convince them to support the bill and he is expected to go on the road to promote it. Well, one country made history on International Womens day. Iceland becomes the first country in the world to require that businesses prove they offer equal pay to their male and female employees. May other countries soon follow. And Hillary Clinton is reminding women that their voices have never been as important as they are right now. At a Leadership Awards event last night clinton told women she is encouraged by their willingness to organize and protest. Fans of game of thrones will know this from the shows first episode. The assure window was a limestone arch on the mediterranean island of malta a popular destination for tourists and now unfortunately a strong storm has brought it down into the water. One politician said malta has lost an icon of natural beauty. And finally, some say its the ultimate solution for restless kids at the movies. Others would say its not. But let me let you decide. How about a jungle gym inside the movie theater. The playground and big bean bag chairs will soon be inside two teeters in southern california. The special theaters will cost 3 extra per ticket. Its perfect, they say, for young kids as long as moms and dads dont mind the noise. Im sorry. How is anyone watching a movie with that going on . How is anyone watching a movie. The reaction not so much. But the reaction was different when you had the iceland story. There was a big cheer. Yeah. Thumbs up and then thumbs down. Thank you very much. Lara, how about a little pop news there. Absolutely. Thank you, guys. Thank you. Are you guys fans of the movie godfather. Everybody . Classic film, right. 45 years after its release, its stars are reuniting. And this is an offer you cant refuse. As Marlon Brandos don corleone so kindly said. The tribeca Film Festival revealed the annual event will close with backtoback screenings of the godfather and the godfather 2 and bring together Robert De Niro and al pacino to dust it and it will feature francis ford coppola, the director, diane keaton, robert duvall, james caan and talia shire and it takes place april 29th. Radio city music hall, tickets will be available to the public. [ cheers and applause ] youre right about that. We went online because we thought it sounded fantastic. Not available yet but that is a moment that you will not get to see. Godfather 1 or 2 . 1. A lot i liked 2. Yeah, do an imitation. You have to have the cat in your lap and do the whole thing. So somebody bring me a cat and ill do it. I have a dog in the back that looks like a cat. Like hold on. You brought yeah. We digress. Also in pop news, ed sheeran, everybody is a fan of ed sheeran. Hes so talented. Well, he believes he might have that boy band magic touch. What am i talking about he . He wants to follow in the footsteps of simon cowell. He is telling Rolling Stone he is auditioning singers to create a boy band. He has already written several tunes for this unnamed group. He knows what he is doing. He wrote songs for one direction. He says the plan is to get them up and running and then take them on his studio tour. He really feels like theres room for another great band. He wants to be the guy to discover it and said the sound that hes going for is super pop but really credible. So, if you know anybody. That sort of demands a followup. Credible super pop. Oxymoron. You decide. And finally, everybody, should we call them jrod or should we call them alo . That is the what page 6 is asking about Jennifer Lopez and alex rodriguez. The pair are reportedly dating and this is no fling. Jenny from the block and the former bronx bomber have reportedly been secretly together for around four months thats flingish still. When do you get out of the fling. I know the fling range, okay. That i like this pairing, though. Im excited. If this is true from the bronx, both. I think theyre both nice people too. Neither one has confirmed nor denied. Some clues, according to the papers, rodriguez has been to see jennifers show in vegas. Clue number one thats the giveaway. Clue number two, alex posted on instagram he will join fox sports as a Major League Baseball analyst and j. Loss drop the mike. 10,000 and 94 others. Would you go with what did i decide . Jrod or alo. Jrod. It has a ring to it. There you go, kids. Thank you, lara. 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Becky, you look beautiful. Thank you. Reporter and this morning actress Gabourey Sidibe is opening up releasing an excerpt to People Magazine from her upcoming memoir this is just my face, try not to stare revealing her American Experience as well as a lifelong struggle with depression and anxiety. I sometimes get so mad at my body. It feels like a tragedy sometimes. She quickly ascended into hollywood elite after her 2009 role as precious. The new york city native tells people shes been bullied about her weight for years admits shes leaned on food as a source of comfort. If someone hurt my feelings by calling me fat an Excellent Way to stop feeling hurt was to eat ice cream. Her weight has been an issue since she was 6 when she first became aware she was considered overweight and that that might not be considered pretty. Reporter she says she tried to shed the pounds naturally for over a decade but after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes she decided to undergo laproscopic bariatric surgery. My surgeon said theyd cut my stomach in half limiting my hunger and capacity to eat and brain chem which would change and id want to eat healthier. My lifelong relationship with food had to change. The many pieshs patients ive seen treated with it dont think of it as a onestop shop but a tool to help them achieve successful weight loss and better health. Soon after the surgery she began seeing the difference. I did not get it to be beautiful. I did it so i can walk around comfortably in heels and want to do a cartel whewhee she said the first red carpet she did after her surgery she looked at herself in the mirror when she was done with that and could see the changes in her face, physically, but also she could see her eyes just beaming because she felt so happy. 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Talking fog, but look where it is thickest on the western side of the san mateo bridge and up into oakland. Less than a quarter mile the a quarter of a mile. Temperatures running in the 50s. Today were going to hit 57 at the coast, 61 around the bay. Even warmer weather by monday. All right, mike. Another abc 7 news update in 30 minutes and always on our free abc 7 news app. [ applause ] you know what, you all, we got to give a shoutout to our great crew. During that commercial break they come out, sal, all of them, im sorry you can no longer see in the corner behind that. But it will be totally worth it. Its your birthday, i know. We welcome you back and have that fantastic audience with us here. [ applause ] its appropriate that i say im bringing this to the breakfast table. Were talking about food. And i dont know why this became such all the rage on the internet talking about putting pineapple on a pizza. It does not sound good. Some people love it. Its common. Its totally common. Hawaiian, baby. Ham on it. Exactly. Someone did that and they ordered it and what they got in return is the person said im not going to put this is what they said, couldnt bring myself to put pineapple on it. And thats gross. Gave the 5 back and wouldnt do it. So, we asked people like what are some odd things, odd food combinations and you wouldnt believe some of the things that were hearing. Someone said bacon and cream cheese on raisin bread toast. Come on. Come on. Sarah. Thats not that bad. Not that bad . I wouldnt do it. How about this. Peanut butter and swiss cheese. Thats bad. That does not sound great. Thousand island dressing on mac and cheese. Henry. Can we get henrys expression . Hes like, no. No. Oh, gosh. Somebody fess up. Anybody got a weird one . You like cincinnati chili, right. I dont think its that weird. What is cincinnati chili. Its not weird. Its delicious but a lot of people chili on spaghetti. Its actually really good. Its actually really good. You can add beans, cheese. Okay. Its good. Never heard of that. Anybody else . Have a weird one you love . Ketchup and carrots. Ketchup and carrots. Ketchup and carrots. Thats a new one. Another one i heard over and over again and put it on my twitter feed. If you want to see odd combinations, go to my feed, peanut butter, banana, lettuce and mayo sandwiches. Wow. You know what Something Special for everyone. Thats true. This is a no judgment zone. Oh, yeah, really on that. After our faces are like so heres what im bringing to the table. A potential new party trend. Elite daily published an article suggesting things from your childhood birthday parties are becoming really popular to use at adult parties like weddings, adult birthday parties, 40, 50, pinatas, goody bags, all catered to adults but things like pin the tail on the donkey. I love that. I love that game too. I dont mind a pinata either. So we ask you, is there a kid trend that you would love to relive . George, you first. What would georges be. I had the weirdest birthday party. When i was 10 it was to go to the new mcdonalds. The first one that had a little playground in it. Ah. George, bringing you back. George is a cheap date. I know. How about you . I love tether ball. Tether ball tournament. Did you play that as a kid. Sure, we did. That was a daily activity. Tether ball. Yeah. Thats great. That would be fun. How about it . Chuck e. Cheese, skeeball with the tickets coming out. Thats a nice one. I would love that. Ho is how young t. J. Is. I bring my kids to chuck e. Cheese. Im going with pin the tail on the donkey with margaritas. Adult version. Why not. Why not. There you have it. Just consider four your next party. We are forever young. Im bringing someone special to the table. Lets welcome in star actor, mark ruffalo joining us this morning. [ cheers and applause ] wow. Hey. Good to see you. Good to see you. Good to see you. [ cheers and applause ] i was telling you backstage youre just one of those people people cheer for literally. Do you feel the love. I do. Thank you. Thats amazing. You havent been here with an audience before. I havent. This is new. I like the format. Its good. Welcome, everybody. Yeah. So we were just doing throwbacks and actually have a throwback picture of you. Can we put it up right now. There it is. Mark ruffalo on the skateboard. We can bring that back. A while since you did that. I used to do that, yeah. Skating party. Oh. I broke my arm. Now you are back on broadway right now. First time in ten years . Yeah, thats right. [ applause ] and a real classic. Tell us about it. What drew you to the price . Say that again. What drew you to this. I was looking into a play. Avengers were pushed for a couple of months and someone said what would be your dream right now and i said i want to do i want to get back on a stage with a great group of actors and just a straight play, no bells and whistles. Just actors, going at it on a stage and then next day i got an offer for this play. An actor fell out of it and they needed someone really quickly and in two weeks yeah, my prayers it was a prayer. It was a prayer. Well, it is a wonderful cast. What is it how do you keep your composure with danny devito . Its tough. Yeah, i bet. So, Arthur Miller generally isnt thought of as comedic but this is probably one of his most comedic plays and theres a whole act between danny and i that brings the house down every night. And he is incredible in this. He is amazing. Jessica is amazing. Tony shalhoub, the whole cast. Hes never done broadway before, has he . Danny, no, this is this is dannys broadway debut. Oh, wow. So talented. Must be great to work with tony as well. Good old monk in i love that in theyre amazing. Thats an amazing cast. I love every one of them. Im sure everybody saw spotlight. Congratulations on that again. And, of course, a lot of youngsters and all of us love you as the hulk and found some Cool Pictures that we want to put up and show everybody. Well, we know thats probably not part of your real costume, right . Those are actually the size of the hulks hands. You get a lot of work done with those but in reality it is a lot of work to become the hulk. You have kind of sensors all over your body. Yeah, well, thats so its a motion capture suit so that takes about a half an hour to put together. Its not like sitting in a makeup chair for seven hours. But those dots they put on your face is probably what takes the longest. We have pictures, i think we got another fun one if we go back to the play. Not that one. That is a fun one. I strained myself. You had a special guest already backstage. Oh, yeah. That was it. The man. The man. What was that like . You performed in front of the president , the former president , i should say, this was recently. It was pretty amazing. I didnt know he was going to be there. I came running im on the fifth floor in my dressing room so i come running down yelling, you know, and there i came running barreling down the stairwell yelling and there were four secret service guys standing there like. So you knew before you went on stage. So, yeah, i walked into dannys dressing room like whats up with the secret service . Whats up with that . I was like, pence . No. Trump . No. Who . Oh obama, you idiot. Is it hard not to see him in the audience when youre performing . Yeah, its hard its hard not to want to look at him. Yeah. Hes the show. But he was beautiful. They came backstage and were really kind to the cast and crew and really hes a big fan of Arthur Millers and, yeah, it was a really sweet moment. Congratulations. Bittersweet. Thank you, yes. Welcome back to broadway. Cannot wait to see the play. You can all cease Arthur Millers the price now in previews officially opens march 16th. Coming up an exclusive sneak peek inside disneys brandnew world. vo have to happen . Idnt i didnt see it. vo what if we could go back . What if our car. Could stop itself . In iihs frontend crash prevention testing, nobody beats the subaru impreza. Not toyota. Not honda. Not ford. The allnew subaru impreza. More than a car, its a subaru. On gma what a group, a big group from columbia tennessee. Columbia tennessee in have you ever felt subzero temperatures . No. Well, how about some windchills coming at you this weekend. If you are sticking around look at that touch of the arctic. Yes, its going to feel like 4 below saturday morning here in new york city. 3 below for detroit. You see the numbers in buffalo. Even burlington, how about caribou. Want to go to caribou,. Hi there. Im meteorologist mike nicco. Temperatures in the mid50s at noon. 68 to 71 at 4 00, spring fever, 56 that weather brought to you by microsoft. Robin, i dont think they understand how cold its going to be on saturday. Really cold. Its code up here with whats blowing around our feet right now. Kkkkkai. This is meg our set designer and along with the imagineers, i feel like weve been transported right here. We have. It is amazing what you all do and appreciate that so much and the movie avatar took us into another world and now you can explore it for real. Walt disney resorts new pandora the world of avatar. Paula faris got a sneak peek and say hello to you, paula. Reporter hello to you, robin. But since we are here in pandora, the world of avatar maybe i should say kalti, hello in that language. James cameron who has been integral in creating this world said its like dreaming with your eyes wide open and it really is. Look behind me. We have the interactive flasca and floating mountains. Dont ask how theyre suspended but they are and then this place glows at night. It is bio luminescent. Absolutely spectacular and we have a sneak peek. The movie avatar took place on the moon of pandora. Green and magical and at one with nature. And now their world is on our world. Welcome to pandora. Ive been involved with this for years and i still find things knew to see. Reporter you are transported to a different place. But its rich with the flora and fauna and with floating mountains that are 156 feet high with cascading waterfalls that you can walk under. Its pretty spectacular. It is pretty cool. How did you do this . Well never tell you. Reporter a collaboration between disney and avatars movie producers, right now this land is still under wraps, but i got a sneak peek at this fictional world come to life. If youre a fan of the movie youll feel like youre stepping into the screen. The floating mountains, here. The movies lush forests, exotic plants, all here. This is the first time i feel like im walking in the movie. Really. Because when we made the movie it was a virtual world. We didnt build any of the pandoran sets. Reporter with four sequels now in the works everything becomes research. Were going to be bringing down our production designer, our cast. Youre kidding. And other people and they too can feel like they went to pandora. Reporter there are two pandoras in thats right. Day and night. Everything around us is bio luminesce sent. Were surrounded by light that is coming from the living things around us and its really beautiful. Reporter no detail too small. Even the food is other worldly. The drinks sparkle. And this dessert. This is our blue cheesecake. You dont mind if i eat this whole thing. Its really good. It wouldnt be disney World Without the rides. On flight of passage youre scanned and matched to our own avatar. Oh. Decontaminating you now. Ive been decontaminated in avatar and ready to go. Riding goggles. Its go time, but, sorry, you cant watch because this is still top secret. Get out. Yes, this ride is still top secret but you can hear my reaction. Aaagh. Holy cow. Trust me it makes you feel like youre flying on your own personal banchee. I have been to pandora. You have to experience it. Reporter and pretty soon you can too. You really do have to experience it and, robin, you know how much i love to talk. I was completely speechless after that ride. Breathless. It just knocked you guys, it just totally blew me away and appeals to all your senses but particularly smell, touch, taste, all of it and when you do visit this world, you guys, its pretty spectacular. Gentle nods to the original movie as well as maybe possible foreshadowing to the four sequels in the works but almost upon us. The time is almost here, you guys, the end of may. You can visit this world as well. Have a gait time, paula. Thank you and you can see more of pandora the world of avatar on the view at 11 00 a. M. Eastern when whoopi gets an exclusive tour with avatar director James Cameron but were getting a tour here, as well. So as i go to break, henry, see here, this is the birthday girl back here, all right. The world of avatar coming up. Great ways to update your art for sprin oh, boy, this is exciting. Time for gmas ultimate makeoff challenge, spring, of course, just around the corner, excited about that so we have a great craft for parents and kids. Diy expert nicole farb is back with us. Happy to see you. You too. She, of course, is a sponsor, a partner with our sponsor michaels which is inviting everyone to get creative with canvas, paint and tape at make break event in stores this saturday 1 00 to 3 00 p. M. Go by a tore near you and make your own canvas art like we are about to do. Some better than others. Oh, yes. Well, of course. Nobody loves competition more than ginger but first let me ask you, nicole. Spring break being a great time to do if youre not going away, crafts, so talk to us. Activities for kids and did this with my 2yearold twins last weekend. Its a great activity. Ill show you how to do it. Warrant a couple tips . Yes. Here are the tips. I start by sticking pie stencil on and spreading it. So just so you know we all have different stencils then we have a canvas underneath so you smooth it out. Smooth it out. I call this the squirt and snap. Use a lot of this glue like this and get it everywhere. T. J. Is getting a head cart. So squirt and nap then you brush, brush, brush. Ill let you go that when we start the camera start the competiti competition. The last thing, you can make a glitter mix like this. Its pretty. And you have that here. Then shake, shake, take and go. So, guys, well get the competition started. Were going to do our own. Youll tell us who would be the glitter champion of the world. Glitter crown is. One, two, three. Make. Okay. Ready, brush, brush. Brush, brush, snap. Brush, brush, brush. Awesome. Stop being so good at it, ginger. Ginger has her glitter out. Shake, shake, shake of the get your glitter going. Ah. Ah. There we go. There we go. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. This is gorgeous. Gorgeous. Shake that glitter. Four, three, two, one. Yes [ buzzer ] give it one last shake. And then rip those stencils off. There you go. Oh, yeah. Whoo wow. Amy, wow. I mean pretty. Amy robach is the winner. The glitterati would be proud. Were so proud. Yours is very good, too, teej. Michaels, we thank you. [ cheers and applause ] this is for you, mom. Well be right back. Gorgeous. Afoot and lighthearted i take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. The east and the west are mine. The north and the south are mine. All seems beautiful to me. To take advantage of this offer on a volvo s90, visit your local dealer. Its okay to cry, right . 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Amy, the glitter queen. This is violet. Shes been waiting for this moment for awhile. A moment other kids wouldnt think twice about. Her first bowl of cheerios because now that cheerios are gluten free, violet, and many others are enjoying their first bowl today. This is abc 7 mornings. Hey there, good morning to you. Im Natasha Zouves from abc 7 mornings. A lot of us wading through the fog. Any sunshine out there for us . A ton of sunshine but the fog will be back with us the next couple of mornings. The san mateo bridge and just coming off the dunbarton bridge and moving over half moon bay. 60s at the coast, low to mid70s for the rest of us. Even mid to upper 70s sunday and monday. Looks pretty dry, alexis. Im seeing fog on our Traffic Cameras and visibility layer on top of the traffic maps, too, and plenty of issues with this as well. We had a crash with injuries. We still have the far right lane blocked. Check out that backup that extends almost to 101. We just got this fog up behind me. Look at that. Time for live with kelly . I hope you join me at midday news