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And saying no to the queen. The toddler having an epic meltdown right in front of royalty. Little alfie wiggling away from his mom trying to run for it. The tantrum fit for the queen. Whats it all about, alfie . Oh, whats the matter with him. You said it. Darn it. Darn it. Darn it. I was first today. Well have much more on that coming up. Millions bracing for that wicked storm moving in. A live look at new jersey where the snow is already coming down. Look at this video from detroit. A woman trying to cover her hot tub, oh, the wicked wind blowing her through. Thankfully she is okay. What a difference a couple of days makes. It was like spring here a couple of days ago but right now winter is back here in the northeast. We have Team Coverage across the region starting off with ginger in pennsylvania. Good morning, ginger. Good morning to you, george. Here it is, solid snow falling here in the poconos but i wanted to show you what weve accumulated already. At least 3 inches in some spots and this is kind of a light fluffy snow for our midmarch storm. I wanted to bring you to the radar. It is not just here that it is snowing, it is active from ohio all the way through connecticut and massachusetts. There are severe storms that have been moving through the south but that energy that is bringing the snow for your morning commute is right now in parts of eastern pennsylvania, new york city through southern connecticut and you can see Winter Weather advisories in place. Well, those go through today. The winter storm warnings for eastern long island and the cape because theyre going to get more snow which ill show you in a moment. Lets time it out. The bulk moving through your Morning Hours and you can see around 10 30 there, thats where the heaviest snow is falling, then it wraps up and gives eastern long island and cape cod just a little extra punch. Theyll see anywhere from 3 to 5 or 6 plus inches and done with this by the time we reach our 7 00 hour. By tonight it is done and then some serious cold air will filter in. All right. We have so much more coming up. For now well head on back to george. Messy morning ahead for so many. Now to rob marciano on the new jersey turnpike for that commuting story. Good morning, george. Its been snowing since before sunrise and accumulating on the sides of the roads and the main roads and highways pretty wet. The ground temperatures are above freezing because its been so warm in the past couple weeks but we snap back to winter and it will intensify, born in the midwest and continues to ramp up. Overnight Winter Weather alerts as 110 mile per hour winds whip across mt. Washington. Commuters in new england, new york and new jersey waking up to slick snow covered roads. Meanwhile in ohio a powerful gust taking madison here for a ride. Lucky she wasnt her. Residents in michigan battling high winds. Watch what happens when this woman tries to secure her hot tub cover. Across the midwest golf ball size hail like this. Oh. Reporter destroying the windshields of these storm chasers. Listen closely. And you can hear the ringing of the ice hitting this deck. One storm chaser in missouri spotting hail from this massive supercell thunderstorm. Were looking for snow fall rates to increase one to two inches per hour, snow piling up on the roadways. Totals less than a foot. Most businesses and schools are open for business today. Most people are out on the roads and it is getting slick. So take it easy. Robin. Thank you. We go to gio benitez who is in peekskill, new york, for how is affecting travel. Good morning. Reporter hey, robin, good morning to you as this snow gets stronger we will no doubt see all across the northeast. New jersey said its sharing its service with buses because about a million commuters use that train system every single week. Lets talk about whats happening in the air right now. Were looking at around 500 delays right now and more than 300 Flight Cancellations robin. All right. Okay, gio, thanks. To ginger. She is, of course, in pennsylvania for more on the snow and how its affecting schools. Right, ginger . Right, so almost 100 schools in the new York Metro Area already closed or delayed and i anticipate that will keep moving on up as we learn numbers through new england. I want to zoom in on the heaviest snow totals just to let you know. Sometimes we show you this broad map but you dont get to see your hometown. Anywhere in rhode island southern and coastal youre in that 6 plus inches. Not only cold this weekend, another storm coming for next week which i will tell you about in just moments. Oh, by the way. All right, ginger, stay warm. Thank you. We turn to new developments into the investigation of russias interference with our election and President Trumps explosive and evidencefree claim that president obama ordered wiretaps on trump tower. Fbi director james comey on capitol hill for a secret meeting with top lawmakers yesterday and our senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas is here with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning. With so many enormously sensitive issues of the most classified nature swirling here in washington, the fbi director was called to capitol hill to separate fact from fiction. Fbi director james comey summoned to capitol hill for a series of top secret briefings with congressional leaders. The socalled gang of eight. Suspected topics, issues with Extraordinary National security implications. Russian interference in the 2016 election and comeys assessment of trumps explosive allegation that obama ordered wiretaps against trump tower. The evidence that president obama ordered a wiretap at trump tower . Reporter fbi director james comey refusing comment but senator mark warner telling abc news hes seen no evidence of wiretapping. Thus far, the white house has offered no evidence to support trumps accusations and when pressured by abc affiliate wews, Vice President pence would not directly answer the question. The president and our administration are very confident that the congressional committees in the house and senate that are examining issues surrounding the last election, the runup to the last election will do that in a thorough way. Reporter another topic hes expected to face, the massive breach handed over by wikileaks laying out the cias ability to eavesdrop on smartphones and computers. The cia became aware within the last couple of months that it had lost that material. Reporter an aggressive investigation is under way to find out who did it. Potential suspects according to sources, private contractors and others who work on the inside. This morning assange is offering Tech Companies a fix for some of the gaps in security. Intelligence officials appear to be using them to tap smartphones and computers. Now to the raging battle over health care. The gops plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act winning key votes in the house but facing opposition by democrats and republicans and our Congressional Correspondent mary bruce has new details for us. Good morning. Reporter good morning. With their Health Care Plan under attack Republican Leaders and the white house are in full on sell mode. The president is expected to hit the road next week while here on capitol hill the speaker is pitching with power points. Armed with charts and tough talk. This is the closest weve been to repealing and replacing obamacare and let me just say it again, this is the closest we will ever get to repealing and replacing obamacare. Reporter facing opposition from his own party the speaker of the house rolling up his sleeves to make the case for his health care overhaul. The debate has already begun. One House Committee deliberating amendments for a whopping 27 hours. On that vote there were 31 ayes and 23 nays. Reporter two key numbers still missing. The bills price tag and number of americans that could lose coverage under the new plan. Already the medical community is voicing its opposition. Some warning the plan could make things worse. Conservative senator tom cotton tells abcs jon karl he agrees. Im afraid it could make it worse in some ways, insurance rates would continue to go up and that americans would have even less control and less choice over their health care system. Reporter but Republican Leaders in the white house remain optimistic setting an ambitious time line. Im very confident well repeal and replace obamacare and it will all be done by this spring. Reporter President Trump declaring what you hear in the press, despite that, health care is coming along great. The white house with this message. If members have ideas, we want to hear them and want them to be part of it. This isnt getting jammed through. Reporter and the meetings and selling continues today at the white house. The president will sit down with key House Committee chairmen. Trump has been busy behind the scenes. The businessman president seems to be putting those dealmaking skills to work. Jonathan karl has more. The rorschach test on how it is doing and listen to the critics, it looks like its in deep trouble but meanwhile, passing through committees. Reporter its an uphill battle. Loud voices criticizing it in the house. Its hard to see right now where the 50 votes are in the senate. The outside conservative groups are against it but, george, i would not underestimate the ability of donald trump to get republicans in line on this bill. He is methodically meeting with the bills critics and it passed two big committees in the house yesterday and, george, not a single republican on either committee voted against it. The key stumbling block could come monday when they assess what this is going to mean for people with coverage now, what its going to mean for costs overall . Reporter yeah, those are the two big things. Both could be problematic. The cost and how many lose coverage. In a sign that the white house is not optimistic about the way the cbo will look at this they are already criticizing the Budget Office pointing out that they got the numbers wrong when they did estimates on obamacare. On another front the epa administrator pruitt drawing fire for taking on the Scientific Consensus about Climate Change. Lets watch. I think that measuring with precision human activity on the climate is something very challenging to do and theres tremendous disagreement about the degree of impact. So, no, i would not agree that its a primary contributor to the Global Warming we see. Thats at odds with the official position of the epa. What impact will it have on the work of that agency . Reporter well, its at odds with the official position but also the vast majority of the people who work at the epa, it puts him basically as an outlier in the agency he heads. Okay, jon karl, thanks very much. George, new job numbers coming out covering the president s first full month in the white house. Our chief Business Correspondent Rebecca Jarvis is here. You have much more on all this. Good morning. Good morning. This is arguably the most important report when it comes to gauging the health of the economy and its also the First Official jobs report from the bureau of labor owned entirely by President Trump and much stronger. Creating 190,000 jobs in february but we added 235,000 jobs. Some of the biggest growth came from construction and manufacturing hiring and we are seeing a positive reaction in stocks this morning. So the most Immediate Impact youre going to see is on that 401 k and Retirement Savings account robin. Thank you, rebecca. We move on to breaking news overseas. The embattled president of south korea removed after a corruption scandal, it could have major implications for the u. S. Effort to counter the Nuclear Threat from north korea. Bob woodruff is on the scene in seoul, good morning, bob. Reporter well, good morning, george. You can see people are actually pouring out to the streets right here in seoul but most are celebrating because hours ago south koreas President Park geunhye was impeached, kicked out of office on allegations of corruption. Taking secret bribes from powerful corporations like samsung and now the Trump Administration is facing a new challenge. North koreas leader kim jongun has been getting more and more aggressive. Last week he launched five missiles and there are growing fears it could eventually hit the United States so now impeached President Park has allowed the u. S. To bring an antimissile Defense System that could bring down missiles fired from north korea. China opposed this strongly and concerns that next south korean president could change all of this. George. That could be the most serious National Security threat we face. Terrifying attack in germany. A suspect in custody after injuring at least seven people at a train station with an ax. Lets go right to abcs Alex Marquardt with new reporting. Reporter people running out of the dusseldorf train station screaming trying to flee the rampaging attacker. Heavily armed Police Quickly swarm the station which is one of germanys biggest going door to door, shop to shop in the wake of the attack. Moments earlier just before 9 00 p. M. 36yearold man from kosovo and the former yugoslavia started attacking passersby at random police said with an ax. At least nine people were wounded. Some seriously. No one was killed. The station was shut down, cordoned off by police, emergency vehicles on the scene. Passenger bruno macedo was on a train at the time and listening to reports. There was a crazy guy with an ax there and the station is closed. Reporter a short time later police saying the suspect had tried to escape by jumping off an overpass near the station. Suffering serious injuries and taken to the hospital. Countries across europe are at a heightened state of alert after the string of terror attacks over the past two years including several in germany, the december attack in berlin when a truck drove into a christmas crowd killing 12 and last summer an afghan teen carried out an ax attack on a train and isis claimed responsibility. The police here have said that there are no links to terrorism. They said that the man was a lone attacker suffering from what they called a psychiatric emergency. George. Okay, alex, thanks very much. More fallout from that nude photo scandal that rocked the marine corps. A new report says more photos have been shared on more sites spanning every Military Branch and dan harris has the details. Good morning, thats right. What started as a revelation about marines sharing illicit photos without consent has according to a new report metastasized across the armed forces. This morning shocking new allegations of military Service Members sharing illicit photos of their female colleagues and not just in the marine corps. A Business Insider report alleges hundreds of nude photos from every Military Branch were posted to a pornographic image sharing website called anonib. On a message board dedicated to military personnel. The photos allegedly dating back to 2016. Users asking for nude photos of specific female Service Members identifying some by name or where they were stationed. The pentagon is already investigating allegations of marines sharing nude photos of female Service Members through a private Facebook Group called marines united. Kally wayne a former marine recently speaking out accusing her marine exboyfriend of sharing a private tape they made that was linked to the Facebook Group. I felt like my privacy had been taken away from me. Reporter wayne was removed from the marines in 2016 for unrelated misconduct. Overnight a spokesperson for the marines saying we are not able to confirm that marines are participating in the site anonib but that allegations of misconduct are thoroughly investigated. On wednesday, the Sergeant Major of the marine corps ronald green faced questions from congress about that Facebook Group. Frankly, the initial statement about it didnt provide the level of outrage that i think most women would have felt was necessary. I understand how everybody wants us to come out and be outraged and we are outraged. Reporter the office of congresswoman Jackie Speier alleges this kind of behavior goes well beyond the marine corps but that more cases come from the marines than any other branch. And congresswoman speier is now pursuing legislation that would make it illegal to share these without consent online and overnight a go fund me page called female marines united raised nearly 5,000 and they plan to donate it to head strong which offers Free Mental Health treatment for post9 11 veterans. What kind of action do we expect to see from the various branches . The various branches have come forward, the marines, army, and denounced this and promise theyll investigate and all calling on alleged victims to come forward and talk about their experience. So it is not the end of this. Not at all. Thanks very much. Far from over. Lets go now back to ginger in pennsylvania with the latest on this new cold blast. Ginger. Thats right. After this storm slides over and goes in the ocean grabs energy and drops some heavy snow this comes in. Look at these numbers, you guys, subzero temperatures by saturday morning for so many of us. I mean, 4 below new york city. Back to detroit, even cincinnati and down to atlanta, its going to feel cold. Real quick look at the storm that comes from the south that goes into the next couple of moments through the weekend and then to your weekend getaways brought to you by ashley home store. Good friday morning. Im abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. Sunshine from north to south, but it will be late today. Highs still above average. Well be brighter with spring warmth throughout the weekend and a weak storm arrives wednesday. Temperatures along the coast in San Francisco about 63 to 66. Around the bay 69 to 71. And inland about 71 to 75. Were going to see more fog, a little bit cooler tonight my accuweather sevenday forecast coming up, hunt for a killer. The family of one of those young girls murdered in indiana asking for help revealing the real reason the teens went into the woods that day. Police searching for suspects in that terrifying highway attack. What happened moments before the assault. vo this is not a video game. This is not a screensaver. This is the destruction of a cancer cell by the bodys own immune system, thanks to medicine that didnt exist until now. And today can save your life. Oh, its going good. Going . Yeah, its going great. This is my jam. Yeah . What is that . What . What is that . The moment you realize the gardening gene skipped a generation. At lowes, our Grow Together planting system takes the guess work out of creating a beautiful yard. All projects have a starting point. Start with lowes. Hey, it looks good huh . Not bad. 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An Oakland Police officer in the hospital after this car crash at 42nd and broadway. The extent of his injuries is not clear. You can see the vehicle had extensive damage to the front drivers side and a light pole also was down in the median on the street, knocked over from the the impact. Theyve not released any details of how this crash happened. Lets get over to alexis smith. Thats at broadway and 42nd. The southbound lanes of broadway or at least one has reopened. Weve got a new problem for Central Valley drivers. Westbound 580 before you get to flynn, we have a motorcycle driver down. A quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza, good morning. Well start with some good news for lakeport. Look at this, were below flood stage and the flood warnings should end at about 11 00 this morning. Heres a look at our temperatures. Everybody in the 50s from san ramon, morgan hill to San Francisco and have a hey low, hayward 54, even san jose about 55. See whats going on outside. A lot of clouds out there, but thats why its been mild this morning. The clouds will decrease today. Upper 60s to low 70s for the rest of us. Just gets warmer through monday. Thank you so much, mike. Coming up the latest on the mystery surrounding the murder of two indiana teenagers. Their family is speaking out next on gma. Well have another news update in 30 minutes and always on our free abc 7 news ethan allen look . The well, its lisa and sams stylish elegance. Its kates laidback beach look and with the complimentary help of his ethan allen designer paul created a look thats. Well, really paul. Save up to 20 . Offer ends soon. Design your look today. Wecagefree eggs. Ng and we care about amazing taste. Because at best foods, were on the side of food. Im raph. My name is anne. Im one of the real live attorneys you can talk to through legalzoom. Dont let unanswered legal questions hold you up, because were here, were here, and weve got your back. Legalzoom. Legal help is here. 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Then well clear it out so the timing takes us to tonight and behind it some super cold air. When that thing gets wrapped around in the ocean, robin and george its going to grab the moisture, heat differential and why eastern long island and southern connecticut, rhode island and massachusetts will get the heavier totals. And temperature dropping here already. Also march snow affecting march madness. Remember the plane with the university of michigans team sliding off the runway there. They had to leave their jerseys on the plane and had to play in their practice jerseys. Real problem for them. Of course, theyre gearing up for selection sunday. Two days away. Well have much more on our big board. And President Trump pushing forward with the new Republican Health care bill leading the discussion with key House Committee chairmen hoping to strike a deal. Tomorrow Vice President pence will head to kentucky hoping to lobby holdout senator rand paul. But we begin with the hunt for the suspect in that indiana murder mystery. The family of one of those young girls begging for help revealing new details about the teens. Alex perez is in indiana with much more. Good morning, alex. Reporter hey, good morning, robin. Even though it seems the investigation has stalled, the victims family members say they have not given up and hope by speaking out they might be able to help investigators get the tips they need. This morning, libby germans grandfather speaking out. Somebody is out there thats done this. They need to be brought to justice. Reporter and imploring the public to help find his granddaughters killer. I believe if she were able to speak she would ask people to study the picture. Reporter also sharing what led the teenage girls to this hiking trail and railroad bridge on that fateful day. Shes kind of a photo buff anyway. Thats why the girls were out there taking pictures. Thats why they went out there in the first place just to catch the scenery. Reporter those photos taken by libby showing her friend abby on the railroad bridge and at one point libby kept her Smartphone Camera rolling and her grandfather explaining what may have led his granddaughter to hit record. Obviously she had presence of mind, sensed something a little strange there. Reporter that presence of mind resulting in this image of a man in a blue jacket and this voice. Down the hill. Down the hill. Reporter authorities confirming to abc news that that voice belongs to the man seen in this still image and authorities hope these clues will eventually lead investigators to the suspect responsible for the double homicide. Since their bodies were discovered on valentines day, over 11,000 tips have been submitted. Assigned to a team of hundreds of officers is spanning 25 Police Agencies including the fbi. This highprofile case taking a toll on the Law Enforcement leading the hunt. This is emotional for all of us. Reporter as friends today remember them and abbys career aspirations. We both had the same dream of doing something in forensics and police work and Law Enforcement. Reporter the reward for any information leading to an arrest is now up to 250,000. Hopefully that will help. Alex, thank you. We move to an abc news investigation. Chief investigative correspondent brian ross takes us inside programs that claim to perform gay conversions and here with a preview of his 20 20 special. For the last year weve been investigating places that many claim no longer exist. Christian ministries or camps where gay teens are sent by parents who want their children to change their sexuality. So watch this video. Take a slight left turn on to rural road. Reporter we found what we were looking for down a dirt back road in alabama. The blessed hope boys academy. Reporter a place where a christian pastor will tell our abc news Undercover Team that with the bible and sometimes a belt you know, this boy here claims to be homosexual. Reporter along with a 21,000 yearly fee, he knows how to deal with teenagers who consider themselves gay. Its going against the word of god. It is not biblically right. Reporter and he told our team that he gets written permission from parents to strike their child if they act up. I wouldnt do it just because for one just because he says hes queer. Im not going to do that. Reporter this is just one of a number of places discovered by abc news in a yearlong investigation practicing a notion denounced by leading medical groups gay teens can choose to change their sexuality. For every camp like this there are a hundred more that nobody knows about that nobodys exposing on tv. Reporter including one place outside mobile, alabama, unlicensed and surrounded by barbed wire, run by this man, William Knott who calls himself a christian pastor but has a track record of physical abuse and cruelty. Everybody was scared of him. Reporter lucas greenfield a gay teen from florida was sent to knots camp at the age of 14. Isolation and beating and everything else. Because . They were assumed to be gay. Reporter gay was a sin. Gay is a sin. Gay is evil. Gay is the worst abomination of god. Gay is horrible. Reporter karen was a counselor at the camp who says she quit when she saw how pastor knott treated the teens. Will knott is a sadist. You think so. I know so. Anybody that has names for their belts to whip children with on their bare bottoms is a sadist. We saw how this christian pastor reacts to someone he does not like. Im with abc news. What did you do to those boys . I dont want to talk to you. Because i dont like you. Get away from me. This is how you treat the young boys. This is how i treat you. Get away from me. Reporter what that socalled pastor did not know when we met him was he was about to face his own day of reckoning in the wake of our abc news investigation, six of the teens who said that knott abused and tortured them agreed to testify and just two weeks ago after being found guilty he was sentenced to 20 years in prison, the sentence the judge says in alabama he hopes sends a message across the country. Wow. Names for his belts. Do parents know these things when they force their kids to go . Sometimes the cruelty only emerges after the parents leave but the parents sometimes have a hard time dealing with the sexuality and told with a bill of goods, the bible or belt they have a way to change their children. No one was more religious than my parents and im so grateful especially after seeing this how supportive they were of me as a gay woman and my family and friends and ill never forget my mother saying, god loves you because of who he is, not because of anything you do or dont do. And i know youll have much more. Essence of christianity right there. Love is love. More tonight on 20 20 and see how pastor knott treats those children. Well be right back. Children. Well be right back. Two become one. Then youre a couple. Think of all youll share. Like snoring. Does your bed do that . The dual adjustability of a sleep number bed allows you each to choose the firmness and comfort you want. So every couple can get the best sleep ever. Does your bed do that . Right now, find queen mattresses starting at just 899. Plus, free Home Delivery on select mattresses. Ends sunday only at a sleep number store or sleepnumber. Com good is in every blue diamond almond. 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Authorities this morning zeroing in on video from fellow drivers in hopes of putting these men behind bars. A rush hour attack caught on camera. This morning San Francisco police on the hunt for the bikers behind this terrifying assault on a car service driver. There are about 20 motorcycles involved yelling at motorists. Reporter more than a dozen men on dirt bikes and allterrain vehicles wednesday night right in the middle of rush hour traffic. Vandalizing it on the highway. Seriously injuring the driver. Just moments before, the group of riders are seen in this video slowing down traffic doing stunts on the freeway popping wheelies. A passing motorist attempted to pass this group and probably they didnt like it. Reporter watch as the riders then surround this white toyota forcing it to stop blocking it in ramming the vehicle, ripping the side mirror off. That party got out of his vehicle to confront these motorcyclists and unfortunately this verbal altercation escalated into a physical fight. Reporter you can see a rider in a red sweatshirt punching out the window of the car. Apparently the victim that was being assaulted by those motorcycle riders now has a broken leg. Reporter the driver identified as alex quintano thrown to the ground, punched, kicked, trying to get up only to be knocked down again by another biker. This type of road rage incident has happened before. In 2013 new york city banker alexian lien was dragged out of his suv and beaten by a gang of motorcyclists in front of his wife and child in upper manhattan. 11 bikers were convicted in connection with that attack. So, what do you do if you see a driver, a group of drivers doing Something Like this . Your best bet, pull back, put some distance between your car and theirs, call 911 and if at all possible stay in your car if you can. 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Take a look at this. Hey, bud, turn that off. No, ill keep recording, thank you. Its my right. Dont record me. You got me . Youre a Police Officer on duty. I can record you. And if you come to the side of the vehicle i can keep recording you. Turn it off. I can keep recording you. Turn it off. Or ill take you to jail. Im sitting in my car. Theres a new law what is the law . Step out of the car. Explain to everyone here what the driver got right. The Police Officer got wrong. The law. The bottom line is you, of course, are allowed to shoot a Police Officer in a public space like that. With a camera. With a camera. Theres just no question about it. And the other challenge for authorities here, he who is an attorney is saying they didnt have probable cause later to search his car either. So hes got two complaints going. Number one is you told me the law that didnt exist and number two is you searched my car even though you didnt have probable cause. Oops. So theres now an investigation going on any time you get a video like this that goes viral like this youre going to have an investigation. Thats because of police chief saying taking photographs and video of people in plain sight including the police is your legal right. As a matter of fact, we invite citizens to do so when they believe it is necessary and as you said theyre launching this investigation. What do you think . They handled it well by coming out quickly and not saying well defend the officer. Theyre basically saying, look, the officer was wrong here. I think the officer is going to get a reprimand. I dont think you cannot in a highprofile case like this punish an officer who is telling people a law that doesnt exist and making it up. With that said, i dont think this is going to be treated as the gravest of offenses either but i expect there will be some sort of reprimand for the Police Officer because i dont see how you cant. Everybody stayed calm at least in this situation. You think when people are pulled over particularly the guy, he handled it as well while he was being very firm, the lawyer, he wasnt being a jerk to the Police Officers either. He wasnt being rude. He wasnt being disrespectful. He wasnt, you know he was basically just saying, look, this is my right. I can keep shooting and one point he says, look, im scared. He said im surrounded by five Police Officers now. Im going to keep rolling. And i think what was so important about what he did is not escalating it to the next level. That was huge. That was huge. All right. Dan, thank you very much. Ready for a little hoops. I know we have a lot of people. Theyre here for the big east tournament celebrating and stuff. We got North Carolina fans out there and just all types of fans. Very jovial type of year. Yes. March madness selection sunday two days away. It is College Basketballs most anticipated offcourt event of the year where the ncaa unveils all the teams who will compete for a shot at the national championship. You know what that is like. Just a tad. I won a championship a long time ago. How about northwestern. Theyve never had the opportunity and that buzzer beater, theyre calling it the play when they beat michigan. Will they be getting a ticket to the dance . Yes. They beat rutgers last night in the big ten tournament. I think they are firmly in the ncaa tournament. How about this, this is one of the only few teams in College Basketball that never made the ncaa tournament in 78 years. They hosted the first final four in 1958. 1958 the first final four but never made the tournament so Chris Collins my associate head coach at duke the head coach now for northwestern happy theyre in the tournament. Last year the bracket leak. Yes. How do you prevent that . Bracketgate. Always a gate now. Well, the ncaa has taken on different measures and now have these people at the marriott marquee, only time theyre allowed to leave their rooms is only with family and have to order room service. Theyre making sure they stay in the same pocket. But i dont know. I actually like what the bracket is leaked. It creates more of a hysteria around the tournament and everything now is with your phone. Everybody is checking on their phones. Nobody wants to watch shows unless theyre watching yours. The oscars. You were going to say that. Sorry. See. Everybody is stealing my lines today. Look into your crystal ball, jay. What do you think . I have five teams that i think can actually win the ncaa tournament. I know there are a lot that will get into the tournament but starts off with North Carolina. Im a duke guy. That pains me to say that but the tar heels are trending in the right direction and have great guard play. You talk about they have a guy named joel berry who is a lead guard and Justin Jackson who is the acc player of the year and color is tar heel blue. A good color to wear and oregon, a team out west, theyre in there. Ucla, kansas and villanova and very important when you start getting at home with your brackets and looking at some games where you question i dont know which team to pick sometimes go with your favorite color. Sometimes go with your favorite mascot. My mother beat me in my bracket, its very sad to say i do this for a living but theres some luck involved. Im glad you said that and i didnt. Im glad you said that. Can we pin you down . Number one pick . Ill probably have to go with ucla. Ill go out west. Ill go ucla to win it all. We got blue too. I went to duke sitting across from this guy is awesome. You know. Come on. A guy who you tried out for the basketball team. You didnt tell me that. By the way he did . 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Much more coming up but your local news a Good Morning America is brought to you by soma. The bra experts behind the new vanishing back bra. Nishing back bra. Hey, good morning to you. Ite Natasha Zouves from abc 7 morpings. We turn to mike nicco for a hopefully warm and dry day, right . Yes, maam. Were off to our mildest morning. 51 to 56. Even with a lack of sunshine till late this afternoon well hit the mid60s along the coast in San Francisco. 69 to 71 around the bay. 71 to 75 inland. And its going to get warmer sunday and monday. A slight chance of rain wednesday. Overall were looking a little lighter than average. Friday light volumes. We do still have a problem westbound 580 before flynn, downed motorcycle blocking the lane. Southbound 680 dublin to mission boulevard in the green at 16 and northbound 85 bouncing back from an earlier crash thats gone. Coming up, do it yourself braces videos flooding social media right now. More and more teens trying this trend. There is an urgent warning for parents this morning. Thats next on gma. Another update in 30 minutes and always on our free abc 7 news app. Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. Winter whiplash. More than 40 million on alert from ohio to massachusetts. Snow already falling just hours after springlike weather with record high temperatures. And two more storms already moving in. New this morning, running into danger. This womans powerful post about facing down her attacker while she was jogging alone. So many clicking to find out how she got away. The selfdefense move she had just learned that every woman needs to know. Parenting alert. Dangers of do it yourself braces. Teens trying to correct their smiles getting instruction from youtube on their own costs consequences and the new warning from doctors. Ambush audition. Right here this morning, one man about to get the chance of a lifetime to use his incredible hidden talent and finally get his big break. Youll see it live on gma. Be our guest. The incredible and inspiring emma watson, shes the brandnew belle in beauty and the beast. And theyre saying all good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] that is a good way to start friday morning. All those Little Princesses over there. Good morning, everyone. [ cheers and applause ] good morning to all of you. Great to have you here. Dan harris, great to have you at the table. Im so impressed you were able to corral all those kids to say it in unison. I have a 2yearold you can babysit. Inner 3yearold right here. You know what, they came out bright and early this morning. Take a look at this picture. A lot of excitement for beauty and the beast. This young fan was up early at our studios dressed as belle. Because emma watson, emma watson is here live. Come on. Wow. Excited about that. Shell sit with us for quite a while later in the show so dont miss that. Of course, we have the girls. Hi, you guys. [ applause ] a lot of fun coming up first we have to get the morning rundown. There will be fun at some point but after dan is what george is saying. The big story, Winter Weather is back with a vengeance. Millions from ohio to massachusetts are in for a new blast of snow and bonechilling temperatures. Its going to linger for days. Ginger is in the pocono mountains with more. Good morning. Weve had a lot of snow here in pennsylvania. At least for a midmarch snow weve got 3 inches and counting and this storm is not done. The advisories smother pennsylvania. Go all the way up through massachusetts into the winter storm warnings for places like newport, rhode island or new bedford mass and want to time it out. It will be quick but it will wrap up over the ocean. Thats why you can see it cutting into eastern long island and southern new england as we head through some of the later afternoon hours and its gone by 7 00 p. M. For most folks. A quick look at totals and what to expect. Some places, most places will get 1 to 3inch rank but spots will get 3 to 5 or even 6 plus. Dan. Ginger, thank you. Well cover that storm throughout the day here on abc. Breaking overnight, deadly protests erupting in south korea as the nations first female president was ousted in a corruption scandal. This is a major setback for this key u. S. Ally. And in a viral moment the chief justice behind todays decision arrived with curlers still in her hair seen by many as a sign shes so dedicated she simply forgot. President trump meets with key house members looking to drum up support for the plan to dismantle obamacare. The Health Care Bill clear two congressional hurdles after 27 hours of debate but some conservatives say it has too many flaws and will not bring down the price of insurance. Human rights lawyer amal clooney wife of Actor George Clooney is urging World Leaders not to let isis, quote, get away with genocide. Clooney told the u. N. Committee facing militants on the battlefield is not enough and those committing crimes sense citizens must face justice in court. Delta is being slapped with a fine for not offering adequate food for passengers. During long delays. They will pay 900 bucks as punishment. Federal law requires airlines to require food and water within two hours of leaving the gate. A father and son got the scare of their lives skiing in italy when the snow beneath them gave way creating an avalanche. Look at this. It started rushing down the mountain carrying them for more than 30 seconds. amazingly they were able to keep their heads above the snow and they were not hurt. And finally, anything can happen on live tv. We all know that especially when children are around. Look at what happened this morning when a guest was being interviewed. His daughter wanders in, into the room followed a few seconds by a baby in a walker. Their nanny rushes in, but it is all too late. We are told that those children were told theyve been grounded until age 18. Not their fault. Come on. Amazing. Totally amazing. Like closing the door like you didnt see this. Nothing to see here. There is something to see here with pop news, lara. [ applause ] tgif, my friends. Good morning, everybody. And we begin with some dog news. Yall know i love to get my rescue on especially with the older pups. Turns out i am not alone. A new report in the Washington Post happily says more and more senior dogs are getting adopted than ever before. Thanks to agencies that are supporting the cause. Theyre like fine wine, people. Contrary to popular belief old dogs can learn new tricks, one study showing they actually do better in reasoning tests than puppies and that their longterm memories do hold up and here my friends living proof. My fourlegged family. There they are. Harry, dandy, cocoa and front and center, little lucy, all rescue, all adopted as adults, ages unknown. I didnt realize your dogs are color coordinated. Yes, they are. Also the headline news, they give dogs reasoning tests . Yes. That is a subtitle in this story. That is true. Well, you know what, i think agencies are looking to create reasons for people to consider dogs over 3 years old. Thats the age where you go to a shelter, people dont want to see dogs over 3 and youre missing out on the best years of their lives. They get a lot of treats. Yeah, right. That testing is like heres another biscuit. You know you like it. Okay, so rescue, everybody. That was the point of that. Also in pop news this morning if youre looking to live like a king the historic palace where henry viii and ann boleyn stayed for their honeymoon may be the destination for you. We all know their story didnt end well especially for ann but sure began beautifully in this castle Thornbury Castle two hours west of london built in the 15th century for the duke of buckingham before king henry claimed it for himself. Nice guy that he was. It functions as a Hotel Holding 28 ensuite bedrooms including the bedroom occupied by the royal couple. Back inning 1535. A history lesson. Also popular vineyard on the property and one of the finest today dhar gardens in all of england and can be yours for just 10 million american dollars. It looks really nice but you can imagine, honey, i want to take you to a place that henry viii took ann boleyn. Before he beheaded her. It is pretty and on the market. I have to do my real estate reports, dog, real estate and we finish with this. A tantrum if you will fit for a queen. Take a look at this video. The monarch waiting patiently and i do say patiently for a riled up toddler who really does not want to hand her that bouquet of flowers. That little guy is 2yearold alfie there with his parents at the unveiling of a new memorial for the men and women who served in iraq and afghanistan. Not having it. His mom and dad also served in iraq and afghanistan. They were both awarded with a medal. Alfie is so not impressed having a royal meltdown in front of her highness, all the way through his meeting with her standing by were Princes William and harry and the duchess and they were probably trying very hard not to laugh while little alfie was losing his mind. I love my 2yearold but hes not meeting anybody for a long time. You get that kind of they know exactly what embarrasses you and they do it. Somewhere innately in the back of their minds, like the video you showed of the two kids coming in while dad was trying to do the news. Thats pop news. Happy friday. Thank you. Well done. [ applause ] we have a parenting alert coming up. I cant believe this. Kids trying to do their own braces spiking. A warning from orthodontists. Please dont do that. One womans powerful post about the selfdefense move she just learned that saved her life. Come on back. Gmas morning menu is brought to you by advil p. 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So many are sharing, a jogger using moves she just learned in selfdefense class to save her own life when she was attacked on a run. Abcs Kayna Whitworth spoke with her and joins us now from seattle with details. Good morning, kayna. Reporter lara, good morning. Her story has a lot of women wondering what they would do if they found themselves in a similar situation and thats what she wants. To encourage women to take control so you can defend yourself if you have to. This morning, a shocking Instagram Post sending chills and inspiration to women everywhere. It shows 36yearold jogger kelly herron safe but battered after a brutal attack while she was out for a run. As he was holding me down, you can see my result of that. Kelly was four miles into a tenmile run in this popular seattle park when she stopped to use a public restroom. As i was drying my hands, i became aware that something was wrong. Reporter thats when police say this man gary steiner a 40yearold known sex offender assaulted her. It was a fight on the bathroom floor. All i could think was not today. Expletive. Reporter youre screaming. Screaming. I was screaming. Reporter take a look at these red lines. Her body worn gps showing her frantic attempts to get away from steiner. I was able to pull myself out through the front of the stall because that and that door was jammed so kind of went underneath. I felt like i was going to lose consciousness but i got another surge of adrenaline and i reached for the door and i was able to get out. Reporter herron says selfdefense lessons saved her. She fought back with tactics she had just learned three weeks earlier. I learned put hard bones in soft fleshy places so i just starting beating the side of his head with the side of my hand. Reporter jordan says hes been teaching for more than 20 years. This is one of the most surreal things i have ever kind of seen in the four years ive been running this workshop. Its very inspiring and overwhelming and humbling. Reporter one survey suggests 43 of women experience some sort of harassment while running. And selfdefense can give women the power they need if harassment turns into something worse. Be loud and fight like a savage. She did that. Yes, she did. Reporter herron now says she feels empowered writing on instagram my face is stitched, my body is bruised but my spirit is intact. What did police tell you when they got here . That i did an awesome job and that i did pretty good number on his face. Reporter now, she kept him locked in a bathroom until Police Arrived and this morning that man is now facing potential charges. Attempted rape and assault. Wow. Kayna, the selfdefense instructor said there are four things all women should remember. What are they . Reporter yes, so he says selfdefense is mental just as much as physical. Trust your intuition and then be loud. Fight with everything you have. And respond immediately, dont let the situation get out of control and lastly, you dont have to punch, again, he says hit with an open hand reiterating putting those hard bones in soft fleshy places. Hard bone, soft place, kayna, so glad shes okay, thank you for those tips. Coming up here, the parenting alert about teens who are using dangerous diy braces to try and straighten their own teeth. Teeth. Mming we have hundreds of thousands of square feet of heartpounding, laughterinducing fun at americas largest indoor waterparks. 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When you say no school, snow outside and get to have this fun inside itll be the best and chloe, youre my absolute favorite. You seem totally unaffected. Are you having a great morning . She said, yeah. Lets get a check of your local good friday morning. Im abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. Sunshine from north to south, but it will be late today. Highs still above average. Well be brighter with spring warmth throughout the weekend and a weak storm arrives wednesday. Temperatures along the coast in San Francisco about 63 to 66. Around the bay 69 to 71. And inland about 71 to 75. Were going to see more fog, a little bit cooler tonight my accuweather sevenday forecast so, wait a minute. Forecast we saw ginger earlier in the snow all decked out and now shes there at a pool. Ultimate snow day. Lucky timing. She happened to be going down there to cover that indoor wonder. It worked out really well. Worked out really well. Now to that parent ago letter. The American Association of orthodontists reporting a spike in people trying to do it yourself braces . Teens using everything from rubber bands to paper clips to try and correct their teeth. Abcs linzie janis, are you serious with this . Im serious. Im afraid. Good morning, robin. It is all being driven by social media. Kids doing it and they see their friends doing it and want to try it themselves but these do it yourself methods often involve rubber bands can have disastrous consequences and end up costing tens of thousands of dollars to fix. Put it behind my teeth. Reporter hundreds of videos flooding social media. Tutorials from teens on how to try to correct your smile. At home on your own. Its going to hurt. Especially the first few days. Its going to hurt really bad. Reporter doctors now warning the growing trend could mean a lifetime of pain. Its russian roulette and youre playing with how youre going to be for the rest of your life. Reporter the American Association of orthodontists reporting an uptick, 13 of its members are seeing patients who have tried diy teeth straightening such an alarming number, theyre reissuing this psa. Trying to close a gap or straighten your teeth yourself can increase the risk of infection and serious damage to your teeth and gums. Reporter oddly enough David Campbell says at a young age his dentist suggested he apply rubber bands at night to try to close a gap in his front teeth but the bands kept disappearing. He thought they were falling off but really the rubber bands were actually going up into my gums and killing the teeth at the root. They found about four or five rubber bands up in the root of my gums and had just strangled my teeth. Reporter new york dentist nancy rosen says that was bad advice. And the damage can happen quickly. Sometimes in just a couple of days. And fixing it can be costly. In the end youll be paying at least double to correct all the mistakes that youve made. Reporter if they can be fixed at all. You can fix your plumbing and do it wrong and call a plumber. When you make a visit to an orthodontist to repair whats been done sometimes the damage is not repairable. Reporter campbell says he eventually lost his two front teeth and estimates he spent between 40,000 and 50,000 over the years. Now hes warning teens not to do what he did. It may look simple. But it can end up costing you thousands of dollars and a lot of heartache, pain and suffering. Campbell says his dentist at the time gave him that terrible advice so when it comes to straightening your teeth choose a reputable orthodontist. Remember these loom bands. Theyre using them on their teeth. The company says theyre not intended for use in the mouth. Its remarkable any of us survive adolescence. Its so true, isnt it. I can see myself doing Something Like that. Very dangerous. Thanks for bringing that to us. Okay, shes our guest. Beauty and the beasts emma watson is here live. [ applause ] that and a whole lot more, the final half hour of the week. Yay. Come on back. Come on back. Thanks for joining us. Im Natasha Zouves from abc 7 mornings. Were tracking breaking news out of oakland where a Police Officer is in the hospital from a collision with another car. It happened at 5 30 on broadway. The police suv suffered major damage and the involved vehicle minor to moderate damage. The driver of the involved vehicle was not hurt. Were still waiting to learn how that accident happened. Heres alexis smith with traffic. A new problem if youre coming in westbound 80 through the richmond area. A hit and run crash, one driver hit two other vehicles. The far left lane blocked and backed up for a couple miles approaching. A look at 680 through walnut creek. All right. Welcome back. Look at these temperatures. A very mild morning. 51 in santa rosa, los gatos, Mountain View and concord at 56. Increasing sunshine from north to south late this afternoon. Its going to be superwarm compared to arm when the rain clap along if you feel like a room without a view [ applause ] happy friday, everybody. Welcome back because we have a fantastic audience and we have a very special guest this morning. She cast a spell over her fans in harry potter. Now she is the belle of the ball in beauty and the beast, please welcome emma watson. [ cheers and applause ] yes. How are you . Nice to see you. So good to see you. [ cheers and applause ] i know. Hi. I love the little faces. Were all so excited watching the trailers. The movie seems fantastic and i heard a story, just this morning, that you actually surprised everyone at the first table read. I did, yeah. I think that they were expecting me to just do my line read but i got up and did the full one with all of the cast which was really fun. I loved doing that dance. Kind of scared josh gad. I did . Oh, yeah . Was he freaked out. He was like, i dont want to do it. Would you guys like to hear emma sing . [ cheers and applause ] no bonjour. Bonjour there goes the baker with his tray like always the same old bread and rolls to sell every morning just the same since the morning that we came to this poor provincial town good morning, belle. [ applause ] can you this . Shes actually crying seeing you. Shes actually in tears. You have that impact especially with young girls. And you really in this role, i mean because many people are familiar but you put your own little new twist to it. Yeah, i have. Its been amazing but i think probably youre referring to yesterday, we did a Big International book drop around the world of hopefully what are inspiring reads for young women and girls and men and boys too, but yeah, it was amazing. But also your character is a little bit different from what we know from the animated belle. She is a little different. I think that we had a little bit more space and room to tell a bit more of belles story in this one and we yeah, shes i hope shes a slightly more modern version. Its been, gosh, the first original was released in 1992 and we are in 2017 so she was updated a little bit but i mean pretty progressive in her dna really, yeah. She was a bit of a rebellious disney princess, so we love that spirit about you, can we say that. We love that spirit about you. [ applause ] so important to you. Tell those who arent familiar. Well, i became a u. N. Women ambassador two years ago. We launched a campaign called he or she which is about bringing men and boys into the conversation about gender equality. So its been absolutely amazing. Ive traveled all around the world and done things i have never thought i would ever do, so, yeah, its been fun. Lovely. I want to get back to the books you talked about because it was celebrated here in new york that you were hiding books. I was. All over the city. And, in fact, one of our producers actually saw your books on a run. Oh, yeah. Then realized it was you doing it. And youre the one hiding the books. I am, yes. Did you get spotted . [ applause ] were you in cognito. I usually try to be kind of incognito but yesterday for the womens march everyone was dressed in red so i was dressed in a bright red beret and a bright red sweatshirt so i was a little bit less under the radar than i usually am. But, yeah, i think sometimes its amazing like on the tube i feel like people are kind of in their own world and they dont notice so much but yesterday in public spaces i did get some funny looks from some people that were like are you see you later off to another location. Book superhero. Running around town like a crazy thing is it as we just said youre a woman of many talents, book ninja. Book ninja. My term. Thats number one. Singer. Yes. Unbelievable. Yes. And you did a lot of dancing in the movie. What was harder for you, the singing or dancing . I think the singing because i mean its something that ive always done and loved to do but to do it in such a beloved musical and when, you know, the songs are so well known and, you know, i really i think i felt the weight of that and theres something vulnerable about singing. I dont know how to explain it. You feel completely we dont do it. Totally different thing from acting in a way. Theres nothing to hide behind. Its your voice and, yeah, i felt very sort of naked doing it for the first time so i think that was the hardest. Thats why most of us hide in the shower. People have been going crazy over these reports of late that you and your former harry potter costars are keeping in touch via text message group. Yeah. Can you give us a sense of what youre saying to each other. I love how this has become a huge thing. Of course, we text one another. But, yeah, no, i mean i guess so proud of this movie and i wanted them to feel included and so, of course, i invited them to come. The thing is that my classmates spread all over the world now living in different places so its a bit like like a pokemon game. Im trying to run around the world and catch them all but, yeah, i mean, yeah, i mean, tom and matt came to the screening in l. A. And bonnie came to the one in london and so very nice. Do you have little ones dressed up like that when you go to the screenings . I do. Its the best thing ever. I love it. So cute. Thank you for coming here. We all cannot wait and all of you can see beauty and the beast, it hits theaters march 17th. Guess what, all of you, everyone in our audience gets two tickets to see it. [ cheers and applause ] youre going to go see it. [ applause ] and back here on Good Morning America, i sure traded up. Im by the lazy river with all these great people and 85 degrees in the poconos at cal harrah resorts and conventions, so happy that were enjoying our morning while its snowing and cold outside. Had is the largest water park in hello. Im meteorologist mike nicco. Our mildest morning waits for you outside. Look at these temperatures. By 9 00 already to the mid to upper 50s. Upper 60s to m all right, listen, you guys, this place is so full of fun, right . Highfive. That i had to get myself a Little Family to enjoy it with. Its for all ages. Check out the row ton dou eight new slide, a wave pool. Lazy river, signature dining, Virtual Reality arena, world class spa, all in one location. Its cKalahari Resorts and conventions in the pocono mountains and its now the largest indoor water park in the country. Before we get to that theres so much to do in here for all ages. So, i had to go get myself a family. Authent authentically african starting from the moment you walk in at that j virginia manjaro cafe. Well check out cal har ray salon and spa, shall we . Absolutely. Reporter well, this is relaxing. But i think we have to go find those kids. It is a one of a kind interactive Virtual Reality experience where you are transported into a digital world. All right, and so here we are with owner of Kalahari Resorts and convention, todd nelson and his daughter who is the designer of all of the properties, natasha lucke. You guys, were so happy to be here. This is a family affair. You made it a family thing. How much does it mean to see this expansion. Its so wonderful to create americas largest indoor water park and its the third time we have done that. And we just dethroned our ohio property as americas largest indoor water park. This thing couldnt have turned out any better. Our guests are loving it. Smiling. The families are happy. To work with my kids is the best. Right. Nine grandkids, 1300 people showed up this morning and theyre seeing all your designs. We know you had inspiration in africa. Yes, my family travels to africa every couple of years and weve been doing that for 20 years so inspiration is everywhere. The culture, the magic, the essence that is africa, we hike to capture that and bring it back for our guests. I see magic happening all over. Kalahari resources and convention is the spot to be on a snowy morning. Robin, youre coming with me next time. Thats whats happening. You and me, water slides. You got it. Im there with you next time. Thank you very much. As you can see, it is gmas opera appreciation day. Or is it . We do appreciate opera. But i appreciate this gentleman in particular, hes a dear friend of mine, eldric bashful though he is not bashful at all and hes a manager at a local restaurant here in new york city and you always give me the best table. Thats why i want to give you a table, a breakfast table but weve talked over the years and he has told me about his passion to be a professional opera singer and hes trained for that all of his life and its hard work to do that and so, well, i want you to see his journey thus far. It started when i was a child. Opera was one of those things that we were exposed to from the very early age. We all sang. The bashfuls are known as being singers. As i developed into desiring more of a classical career, i eventually went back to grad school at Arizona State university, got my masters in opera performance. The quintessential thing in america is the metropolitan opera. It is every singers dream to grace that stage in some form or fashion. The opportunity to audition on a regular basis to have some of the best coaches, this is where it happens in this country. Ladies, follow me please. Sure. It is a very difficult career path on ones emotion, on ones finances. It takes a lot of energy and a lot of effort to be a classical opera singer. But i still hold hope out to make a career out of it. So, right now im working on the role of alfredo. Hopefully ill be able to perform it for an audience any time soon. [ applause ] ah. Please join me, my friend, eldric bashful, everyone. Im telling you, over the years going there and if you go to this restaurant he may break out in song, dont we have some video of what you have serenaded customers over the years. Yes, i have, yeah. It just comes to you. You feel the urge. What happens. It depends. It depends. If its down time in the restaurant and the special occasions be more than happy to sing a song or two. What does this recognition mean to you. Oh, this is great. Oh, gosh. To be here with you, i mean, youve been such a dear, dear friend over the few years that weve known each other and i just hope something continues to come out of this because i really appreciate what youve done. Be careful what you wish for. So, were going to have you in the commercial break warm up those beautiful vocal chords and everyone here with the met opera, thank you, opera fans that are here, really appreciate all of you being here and helping us surprise eldric. You better warm up. We got a little bit of a surprise for you right after this. Back now with eldric bashful, an aspiring classical opera singer and dear friend i met years ago. Thank you will. Thank you, lahr r hes been trying to book an audition for the metropolit opera and now helping to make it come true. Welcome the star of the metropolitan operas romeo and juliet South African soprano, pretty yende. Hello, pretty. Yes. [ applause ] oh, beautiful. How are you . This is eldric. Very pleased to meet you. Such a pleasure to meet you. You are so busy, you have a new album performing at the met. What brought you here this morning. His story is so inspiring. Im the dream come true. Im living your dream. I dreamed too to be where you are and i encourage you to continue because there is never an expiring date to a dream. Continue dreaming and make us, you know, follow your dream too. Thank you so much. So, what did you alfredo. Alfredo. What is he needs . A woman . This is she and so a duet perhaps . Perhaps because i dont sing that yet but for you we can make some music. Okay. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. [ cheers and applause ] wonderful. Thank you pretty. Thank you. You didnt even have any warmup. Its wonderful. Well, the surprise does not end here. We have arranged through the wonderful people at the metropolitan opera, you are going to get an official audition. An official audition. [ cheers and applause ] and pretty is going to help you prepare for that. Oh, thank you, my dear. Thank you. Youll have that audition. Youll be on that stage. Nice. So, just she is currently starring in romeo and juliet at the met through march 18th. Her debut album is called a journey. You have to get it. Youve heard her voice. Its in stores now and we will follow your journey, my friend. All right. We will follow and keep you posted. Thank you so much. Youre going to the met. You know we have ambush makeovers this is an ambush audition. Well be right back. [ cheers and applause ] hey, bud. You need some help . No, im good. Come on, moe. I have to go. vo we always trusted our Subaru Impreza would be there for him someday. Ok. Thats it. vo we just didnt think someday would come so fast. See ya later, moe. vo introducing the allnew Subaru Impreza. The longestlasting vehicle in its class. More than a car, its a subaru. 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. Good morning america is brought to you by new parodontax. The toothpaste that prevents bleeding gums. I have never seen this man so quiet all of a sudden he is bashful. Eldric, pretty, thank you. Your accompanist, thank you. We want to thank lux bloom flowers for providing the beautiful roses this morning. Have a great weekend. Tgif. Did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. Say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. And add phone and tv for only 34. 90 more a month. Call today. Comcast business. Built for business. Hey, good morning. Im Natasha Zouves. Weve all worked hard this week and we deserve a beautiful weekend, mike. Please give it to us. All you had to do is ask, right . 61 in concord and antioch. Everyone else in the mid to upper 50s. On our way to 66. 63 there in half moon bay, everybody else about 70 to 75, but wait, theres more warmth in my accuweather sevenday forecast and a slight chance of rain wednesday. Pretty good for the commute. We havent gotten official word that the metering lights have been flipped off but sure looks like it. Drive times going from the red to the yellow and the green at this point. Tracy to dublin looking much better at 31 minutes. Time for live with kelly and ill be back at 11 00 a. M. For the midday news. The reporting continues on our free abc 7 n all next on live [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and Christian Slater [cheers and applause] kelly hi. Hi. Christian hey, there love