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Broadcast to the world. Did you hear that . Oh no the new apology as his team now heads to the elite eight. And we do say, good morning, america on this friday morning. Its been good to have t. J. And david with us here all week long. We have breaking new details about the plane crash. Investigators are sifts through the debris in the alps right now searching for that second black box. Robin, as you know the real search is happening at the copilots home in germany. Were learning more now about the man they say is responsible for that terrible tragedy that took 150 lives and have a team of correspondents standing by and abcs terry moran starts us off in the copilots hometown in germany. Terry, good morning. Reporter good morning, david. Here on the street where he lived, thats his mom and dads house right back there, people are wondering how their neighbor could have done this. Today german media is reporting that Andreas Lubitz suffered from Mental Health issues depression and it may have been so severe that it caused him to drop out of his Pilot Training several years ago. The search for clues expanding to lubitzs apartment in dusseldorf germany, overnight. Police seen removing boxes of evidence telling abc news they found something being analyzed but wouldnt comment on its significance. This as our picture of the 27 wrrld is becoming clearer. Born in germany, most of his time spent in his hometown with his parents. At the family home police lowering the shutters. Investigators carrying out bags of investigation and escorting someone past the cameras to a waiting car. The flag at the high school lubitz attended flying at halfstaff as the residents there remain in shock. Hes not the type of guy who would try to kill other people absolutely not. This man says. He was still a relatively inexperienced pilot with 630 hours of Flight Experience only 120 on the airbus a320. Lubitz worked as a Flight Attendant before that. He started his lufthansa training in 2008. Part took place near phoenix. An instructor telling abc news lubitz appeared normal. And the ceo for the Airline Claims lubitz passed Mental Health screening tests and was 100 fit to fly. But for the 149 others who flew with lubitz, all those innocents lost in this tragedy, that was clearly not true. Lufthansa officials are telling abc that they are aware of that mysterious break that lubitz took in his pilots training but they do not have access to the reasons why. They say they insist he passed his medical tests. Robin. Okay terry, thank you. Also learning more about those final moments on flight 9525. Investigators sifting through the wreckage looking for more clues. Abcs david kerley is here with those details. Good morning, david. Reporter it is about that allimportant question now, why . What motivated this young pilot to crash that jetliner with everybody on board and at this hour crews are back at work trying to find the answers. They have to rappel to the crash site searchers working in teams of two poking through the debris picking up possible clues digging to see if part of that other black box is buried but much of this debris will be left now that investigators say copilot Andreas Lubitz locked the captain out of the cabin. Once alone with that door locked flight tracking data shows he changes the autopilot sending it down towards the alps and the captain feels it descending heard on the recording knocking on the door no answer starts banging as if trying to break down the door silence from the copilot but on the recording, lubitz can be heard breathing normally. Seconds tick by the jet dropping more than 3,000 feet a minute closing in on the mountains in plain view of the passengers. They are heard on the recording too screaming in the final seconds before the crash. During those ten minutes of terror the captain couldnt get in but why . Its because of these twoinchstrong d installed after 9 11. They automatically lock. There is a keypad outside. The pilot in the cockpit has 30 seconds to respond to override that code and keep the door locked in this case for another five minutes. That is one of the reasons that the u. S. Requires two in the cockpit at all times. If a pilot leaves hes replaced by a relief pilot or Flight Attendant. After this murderous evil act in the alps airlines are now adopting that twoperson policy including air canada and Norwegian Air and that search effort on the mountainside will probably be measured in days not weeks, robin. Weve seen human remains removed. One of the priorities still finding that second black box, the data recorder a priority robin. It certainly is. Well bring in abc news aviation consultant john nance in dallas. You heard here in the u. S. Two people are required to be in the cockpit at all times and understanding that other airlines now in other countries are now athe doing this position. Any safety mechanism that could be put in place to prevent Something Like this happening . Well i think, robin, that would have gone a long way if we had a second person in the cockpit. It will be difficult for a pilot trapped in the seat to attack a Flight Attendant or another pilot in there and subdue them so that is the quickest thing that we can do worldwide and really needs to be adopted worldwide. It does. I know you have been calling for that and other measures as well because the anxiety of so many people who travel i look at our studio audience and they travel here everyone does and just what can be done industrywide and worldwide to prevent this from happening . I think we need an immediate conversation with all the Worlds Airlines over what can be done and the philosophy to be followed. Its completely logical you would have this ability for a pilot to cancel the attempt of somebody to get in. But this of course was the fatal error in this particular accident. We probably need to reexamine that philosophy. Are you surprised how quickly we moved forward with this . I know some peoplee in europe some european pilots were disturbed that the copilot so quickly was considered a culprit in all of this. I understand and that would probably be my reaction had i not known a piece of information here and that was the aircraft was broadcast adsb we know for a fact now because the aircraft told us that somebody reached up and turned that altitude selector from 38,000 feet to 100 feet. There was only one human in that cockpit. That was the copilot and thats definitive in that is the proof. All right. John thank you so much. David. All right, robin. We turn to that massive explosion in new york city at least 19 people injured when the blast ignited, a raging sevenalarm fire tearing through four buildings. One person still missing and abcs Ron Claiborne on the scene right here in new york city. Ron, good morning. Reporter hey, good morning to you, david. Now, 16 hours later, firefighters are still on the scene putting out hot spots. Three of those buildings collapsed, one suffering heavy damage from a blaze that was so hot, so intense at times that firefighters could not even get close to it. We have a major Building Collapse on second avenue. Reporter it happened in a terrifying instant. First a thunderous explosion, then fire, that raced through four neighboring buildings in new yorks east village neighborhood. I heard a huge explosion. A massive explosion explosion and do see the structure fall. Reporter the initial blast seen in this video obtained exclusively by wabc. Witnesses described a chaotic scene raging fire smoke so thick you couldnt see ten feet in front of you at times and survivors rushing from the flaming debris or jumping from windows to escape. All of a sudden i hear a huge boom. I look up and the building just went straight across. The injured, some of them critically were taken away on stretchers. But more than 200 firefighters battled the inferno, the thick acrid smoke visible for miles. At least one person still unaccounted for this morning. The family of 23yearold Nicholas Figueroa says he was at a restaurant on the bottom floor of one of the collapsed buildings and have not heard from him since. We call every three or four times and want to see my brother home. Reporter con edison said utility crewed visited an hour before the explosion to check on work being done on gas lines. The cause is not officially determined but officials said preliminarily it appeared related to gas. The initial impact appears to have been caused by plumbing and gas work. Reporter almost exactly one year ago, a gas leak caused an explosion at this east harlem Apartment Building that killed eight people. And now this four fivestory buildings left in smoldering ruin and once again suspicion that a gas leak may have been to blame. And at latest report 19 people injured, four of them critically but, robin, searchers have not even been able to get inside that site yet to see if theres anyone else alive and possibly trapped there. Robin. Thank you. Now to the war on terror and an fbi undercover sting. Federal officials arresting a member of the u. S. Army National Guard and his cousin alleging the two were trying to join isis. Abcs Pierre Thomas is in washington with more on all that. Good morning pierre. Reporter good morning, robin. This appears to be the very first case of a current member of the u. S. Military seeking to fight with isis and theres an ugly twist. An alleged plot to attack right here at home. Army National Guardsman Hasan Edmonds was arrested at Midway Airport allegedly en route to join one of americas or shall enemies, isis the fbi says if that wasnt bad enough edmonds had hatched a plan with his cousin jonas to kill his fellow soldiers at a military base where he had trained outside of chicago. The alleged plan hasan was to give jonas his National Guard uniform and he would kill them in a massacre with a body count as high as 150. The likely target the joliet armory. It certainly speaks to the level of dedication and the lengths to which these individuals will go to advance isis mission and that means even carrying out an attack here inside the United States. Reporter but family members of the suspects believe the men were set up targeted for their religion. Thats ludicrous. They they arent terrorists. Thats just how i feel and i feel as if this is some form of prejudice because they choose to worship as muslims. Hasan edmonds is one of more than 20 people from inside the u. S. Caught within the last year allegedly trying to go overseas to join isis. David. Pierre thomas this morning, thanks. Now to the disgraced congressman who made headlines for his spending. His Office Makeover inspired by Downton Abbey. Aaron schock who resigned over questions about his spending as we asked is it your money, now giving his final Farewell Speech and bringing up abraham lincoln. Heres abcs jon karl. Reporter abc news caught up with aaron schock as he left the capitol for the last time as a member of congress. Do you have any comments about the investigation . The congressman known for that Downton Abbey office and his flashy Instagram Account had plenty to say in his Farewell Speech even hinting at a possible comeback. I leave here with sadness and humility for those who i let down i will work tirelessly to make it up to you. Reporter schock had been one of the republican partys fastest rising stars in the house. And the only one to hit the cover of mens health. Now forced to resign over allegedly cheating taxpayers and Campaign Donors on his expenses. And leaving he acknowledged making mistakes and invoked the name of another famous politician from illinois. Abraham lincoln held this seat in congress for one term. But few faced as many defeats in his personal business and public life as he did. I believe that through lifes struggles we learn from our mistakes and we learn more about ourselves. Reporter as schock leaves his Downton Abbey office remains, ready for whoever is elected to replace him. In an odd coincidence the tv show that inspired the office decor is now going off the air. For Good Morning America, jonathan karl, abc news, washington. All right, jon, thanks. To amy with the other headlines this morning and Major Development after that secret service scandal. The agency is adopting strict new rules for agents who drink alcohol. The policy change comes after two agents who were allegedly drunk drove on to the white house grounds this month hitting a traffic barrel. During a bomb scare investigation, the agency will now ban agents from driving government vehicles within ten hours of drinking. And shocking accusations this morning about misconduct by u. S. Drug enforcement agents. A watchdog report claims they attended sex barths with prostitutes paid for by drug cartels. Members of congress are demanding those agents allegedly involved be fired. Overseas the crisis in yemen is escalating into a regional conflict. Just one day after saudi arabia launched air strikes against rebels backed by iran egypt now taste its ready to send troops to join a saudiled ground operation. Egyptian warships are headed to yemen to secure the gulf of aden and the u. S. Has been providing Logistical Support for the saudi effort. Back here in this country an rest is under way into the deadly collapse of a highway overpass in texas. Abcs ryan owens shows us the damage. Reporter investigators believe a semi that was too tall slammed into this interstate overpass causing a deadly chain reaction. The impact so devastating, two of those Massive Concrete beams fell on to i35 between dallas and austin thursday morning killing the driver of this pickup truck and injuring three others. Three signs posted two miles before the overpass warn of its height. Investigate theyre investigating why he ignored them. Looking at the driver the truck and the roadway. Reporter oversize vehicles hit bridges almost 13,000 times in this country in 2013 alone. Accidents that put everyone on the road in harms way. Were trying to find a way in the back of the bus to get the jaws in reporter this accident in boston injured three dozen people. The collision here in texas closed one of the states busiest interstates all day while crews cleared debris and that crushed pickup where one man lost his life. For Good Morning America, ryan owens, abc news texas. In sports a big headline from march madness, kentucky was running wild last night. The undefeated wildcats grabbed a huge lead and never looked back. They beat West Virginia 7839. Next up for kentucky notre dame also advancing to the elite eight are wisconsin and arizona. And finally, anyone who remembers how nervous they were during their driving test well youll get a big chuckle out of this. The tables were turned. A driving school decided to prank its new instructors by hiring this innocent looking young woman with a big teddy bear on a driving test. You can see soon it became clear she was no novice giving instructor whiplash there spinning tires and smoke and noise and screams from the instructor heard throughout the neighborhood so who was this innocent student with pigtails . She is professional race car driver leona chin who used a clever disguise to take them on a ride they will never forget. The screaming was hilarious. That poor woman and one guy, you almost killed me . Quite funny. Did she pass . With flying colors. Hey thank you. Ginger rain here but snow other places. Snow other places like chicago. Yes, just checking. It is march, yep 27th. Just looking and weve got snow . Downtown chicago in the loop there just in front of our affiliate wls. Thanks for that camera there because it tells the story of the cold air warming over the lakes and cold air causing a freeze warning in the midsouth. Much of tennessee, parts of alabama and georgia, theres a freeze watch for atlanta saturday into sunday. It is going to be a cold weekend, high temperatures only 30 chicago, indianapolis 34. We were so mild here along the east keys yesterday. Today the temps are just going to tumble. Jacqui we have got some rain showers across the region you need the umbrella this morning widespread rain with more moderate showers right now in western fairfax and southern Montgomery County, headed over towards falls church this morning. Jackets today as well temperatures cooler, 44 degrees downtown, 41 in gaithersburg. Temperatures only in the low scotty our stage manager was just telling me up in the northeast what a beautiful spring ski well have. This is lake tahoe, california fighting over the patches of snow there because its just so dismal. That is very depressing. That shows the drought from it sure does. All right, ginger coming up judgment day for amanda knox. Her fate will be determined by italys highest court. Also ahead, new developments in that supposed kidnapping of a california woman. 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Live stormwatch seven Doppler Radar showing you that the rain is light, we will keep an eye on it for a heavier batch of here near wolf trap and to the west of interstate 270 at this time. Rain showers diminishing the morning peter cass you clearing skies this afternoon clouds with a few showers of flurries tomorrow temperatures will be chilly in the 40s. Jamie i want to begin with what you will see on the top side of the beltway, the outer loop, really jammed up in Montgomery County. Dropping down to 12 Miles Per Hour, it is even heavier than usual because of a crash on the outer loop here georgia avenue. Lets take a look at the water main break in Montgomery County, look at all of this, it is wet. Be very careful right now on connecticut avenue. That is a look at traffic. Jummy now do some of our top stories. Expect metro delays this weekend because of track work. Blue and orange line trains are expected to operate less frequently than usual, about every 18 minutes. The d. C. Mayor will unveil a new Job Training Program today for unemployed City Residents that will provide training in high demand fields like information technology. Malcolm Elementary School in Charles County is close to today because of a water outage. You can get more traffic, weather, and news updates right now live on our sister station news channel 8. Its the thought that counts, right . So make it count. At t. J. Maxx. Give them brands theyll love, at prices that help you be generous. Make t. J. Maxx your first stop for gifting. And maxx life good morning, america. Right now new reports that the copilot who crashed that plane in the french alps suffered from depression. Also right now new details emerging about the alleged kidnapping of that california woman. Her lawyer now speaking out saying it wasnt a hoax. And the government cracking down on deceptive car ads they say are just too good to be true. As we say good morning, america, on this friday morning a lot are asking why are we wearing yellow. We are for seth. He is a 5yearold who is getting a bone mario transplant today and he asked his mom, hey, do you think people would wear yellow for me to let him know that were thinking of him. Its his favorite color. Yellow scripts. Seth we are thinking of you this important and wish you all the best. Got a lot to get to. You may recognize you brought this to us in pop news, t. J. Yeah, sorry about that. The dog became a huge internet sensation. More than 3 million views on youtube. The question is is he going to get more than just hits. Will he get any of that food . Hes here live with his owners. They flew in and well try it live the big catch on gma. Its friday. Well see if it happens. First, we have the latest on that california woman who claims she was kidnapped. The police saying it was all a hoax but her attorney speaking out overnight saying his client was a victim of a kidnapping. Abcs aditi roy has the story. Reporter after disappearing monday 29yearold denise huskins, the woman police say was at the center of an alleged kidnapping hoax has been found and shes sticking to her story. She is absolutely un unequivocally 100 possley a victim and this is no hoax. Shes emotionally and physically broken. Reporter huskins believed to be inside this white suv seen leaving the Vallejo Police department after her lawyer says she was questioned for at least six hours. Shes fully cooperated with law enforcement, with the hope to clear her name. Reporter the 29yearolds ordeal prompting more questions than answers. Ever since she was reportedly kidnapped from her boyfriends home in the bay area on monday sparking an allout search lasting near think lee days. Huskins suddenly reappearing in Southern California wednesday morning, only to disappear again hours later. Skeptical police speaking out wednesday night painting her as a reallife gone girl. My wife disappeared three days ago. Reporter alleging that her kidnapping was an orchestrated event. I can tell you that our investigation has concluded that none of the claims have been substantiated. Reporter lawyers for huskins boyfriend aaron quinn also speaking out reported her ab duksz to police. They say quinn waited ten hours to report the alleged abduction because he was bound and drugged by at least two assailants who later demanded an 8500 ransom. One of the things that he did voluntarily was give a blood test. Reporter the San Francisco chronicle also reporting thursday that it received a second email from a person claiming to be one of the kidnappers saying the abduction was real. More questions as investigators try to determine whether this gone girl will soon be finding herself in trouble with the law. Im assuming that any Police Officer and or any District Attorney will see that there is no basis whatsoever to file charges. Reporter for Good Morning America, aditi roy, abc news vallejo, california. Aditi, thank you. Judgment day for amanda knox. Italys highest court ruling on her murder conviction this morning and it could spark an International Incident with the United States over extradition if her conviction is upheld. Abcs Neal Karlinsky has the latest. Neal good morning. Reporter david good morning. It is a nervous morning in seattle. Amanda knoxs hometown where she finds herself in that familiar situation waiting on an italian courts verdict, a verdict that could shape her future. Amanda knoxs attorney told the court earlier, we are confronted with a very grave judicial error that must be set right. Italys highest court is ruling this morning on knoxs latest murder Conviction Upheld just a year ago despite that earlier acquittal which famously freed knox and allowed her to return home to seattle. This time knox faces the possibility that the conviction and 28year prison sentence is upheld or sent back to a lower appeals court. There is also the chance shell be acquitted again outright. If the Court Upholds the conviction the question then is going to be do the italian authorities seek extradition . Reporter prosecutors have shifted alleged motives through the y years telling the court now that knox didnt like her former roommate kirch kitchen describing her as serious and nearly puritanical and that seems the most logical explanation for the murder. Amanda knoxs Attorney Says she is very worried about todays verdict adding i dont think shes sleeping much. Through it all knox maintains that she is innocent. The hearing in rome is ongoing. We expect a verdict at any point now within the next several hours. We will of course be monitoring and well let you know david. Thanks. Incredible how many chapters to this thing. When will it end . Now to amy in the social square. Shes got the speed feed for us. Thats right. Everyone is talking and tweeting and posting about march madness but there is one player whos winning the fun and games off the court. His name is nigel hayes. Hes a sophomore on the elite eight Wisconsin Badgers whos been livening up the press conferences. He particularly loves to engage stenographers, the people transcribing the action and loves to stump them. The joke was on nigel when his words were caught on a hot mike whispering loudly about the woman taking down his every word. Gosh, shes beautiful. Did you hear that . I heard that. All right. So well open it up to questions. Yes, nigel, she heard that and nigel tweeted apologies to Debra Bollman for accidentally verbalizing her pulchritude. 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Reporter this morning a nationwide crackdown aimed at preventing consumers from being taken for a ride. Aptly named operation ruse control resulting in hundreds of actions against auto dealers and Financial Companies accused of things like deceptive loan practices and addon costs but one of the biggest issues false advertising. Like this nissan dealer in texas. Which claimed customers could get out of their current loan or lease for just a buck and this mazda dealership in florida. Yep, some as low as 99 bucks. Reporter which doesnt mention the dealer fees. Both of those dealers have not responded to our request for comment but according to the ftc have agreed to settle charges they ran shifty advertising so how can you avoid being wheeled and dealed . The ftc says look out for common traps. Trap number one, fine print. Get out that magnifying glass and look for hidden fees. Two, beware of ballooning. 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Zayn speaking overnight about his decision to leave. T. J. With all that in the social square. Yeah hes not the only one speaking. People go through five stages of grief, the fans going through it, stage one denial stage two, anger. Stage three is actually something called bargaining when people try to make a deal even with god to try to make the pain go away. One direction fans are trying to make a deal with one direction management. Will you take a check . You got it wrong tarantula the best of times and now its the worst of times. Reporter as millions of heartbroken fans pick up the pieces after zayn maliks announcement he was leaving wednesday but overnight the dearly departed directioner breaking the news to the Sun Newspaper saying i feel like im doing whats right and right by myself. One of his former bandmates singing a decidedly sadder tune. Liam posting to a lot of people its just a bunch of silly kids in a band but to the people involved it means so much more. This last week has been possibly the worst its something we are all deeply saddened by. Its sad to think for the time being we wont grace the stage as five bros but im super sure us and zayn will always remain the closest of friends. cause you make my heart reporter and fans move through the five stages of grief. Come back. I wake up and zayn is leaving . Reporter on to bargaining. Collective bargaining it seems the buyone direction calling for fans to buy one direction from their current Management Company giving the remaining members creation members creativity control. More than 100 fans have raised more than 1500, just 87. 5 million to go thats what you make you beautiful i do like their music. Look donate if you want to. Its out there. Every donation is about ten bucks but they need 87 million. Well you know what they got 87 million fans. They are devoted. Coming up here on gma, tgif secrets to making money with social media. Come on back. 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Mostly cloudy tomorrow sprinkles and flurries with the weekend finishing pretty nicely. Jamie the rain is adding to the congestion this morning. On the top side of the beltway we had an earlier crash at about nine Miles Per Hour. If you have anyone traveling from baltimore closer to d. C. , there is a class crash off of 195 blocking that lane with flooding yes, this is oxon hill road near connecticut. We have a live look to show you, not good in this area. Be very cautious. Jummy thank you. Right now d. C. Firefighters are at the scene of an Apartment Fire on 19th street between why myth place in the maryland avenue in northeast. Flames broke out on the third floor apartment. One person and a firefighter have been taken to the hospital. No word on their condition. A karate teacher who is a registered sex offender is expected in court in Montgomery County on child sex abuse charges. Jorge alegia is charged with multiple offenses that date back to the 1980s. Deidre the dark classic girl p plays in the background a great entrance never goes out of style. Dresses start at 25. The eva mendes collection. Exclusively at new york and company. Good morning, america. Its 8 a. M. Hollywoods hottest fashion making waves on prom night. Is it all too sexy too soon . And how should parents deal with it . Cant stop the view celebrates a major milestone. 4,000 episodes and counting for the show that revolutionized daytime tv. Were celebrating with the woman who started it all this morning. Enjoy the view. Mwah. This is going to be the best day of my life remember this moment. Oh my gosh. Oh my. Im going to kiss you. A family with an unbelievable story. What this couple has give so many kids a second chance. Its a feelgood friday like weve never shared before how you like me now come on. All that and the walking deads Norman Reedus. Hi, good morning, america. Whats up . And we do say good morning, america. It is a busy busy friday morning. We are getting new details about that plane crash in the alps and the condition of the copilot before the devastating crash. In fact that new information emerging about a medical condition that the copilot might have been hiding and so amy is here with breaking developments. Thats right. We begin with the stunning revelations about the copilot who investigators say crashed that plane in the french alps. His Mental Health now being questioned and moments ago, german prosecutors say there are indications the copilot hid his illness from the airline. They are now analyzing medical documents seized from his home. Abcs terry moran joins us from germany with all of the breaking details. Terry, good morning. Reporter good morning, amy. This is Andreas Lubitzs hometown. Prosecutors say in an apartment he kept in the city of dusseldorf a couple of hours away, they found evidence that lubitz hid some kind of illness from his employer. They found evidence medical records, what they say torn up sick notes from the day of the crash that indicate quote, he had an existing illness and appropriate medical treatment that he was h hiding from his employers. German media have reported that lubitz suffered from Mental Health issues depression that was severe enough they say, that it caused him to take a break in his pilots training six years ago. All this adds up to real concerns for the airline, lufthansa and for other airlines. How could it be if in fact these reports are true that Andreas Lubitz had such a severe Mental Illness, a depression that caused him take monthslong break in his pilots training and continued so that he was able to hide it from his employers . These revelations shocking frightening, now the focus of investigators trying to figure out why he brought down that plane. Amy. Terry moran with the late breaking details. And the crash is affecting Airline Security around the world. Many airlines now making it a requirement to have at least two crew members in the cockpit at all times. A pilot who needs to step away must now be replaced by a relief pilot or a Flight Attendant. A policy already in place here in the United States. Many aviation experts are also now calling for cameras in the cockpit, but, again, the big headline right now, germany prosecutors saying there are indications the copilot hid his Mental Illness from the airline. More details as we get them. Back in new york some breaking news in the aftermath of a massive building explosion. Surveillance video showing the moment of the blast there in Lower Manhattan and now Police Say Two people are unaccounted for since that fire left four buildings in ruins. One of the missing is a 23yearold man who was eating at a restaurant on the ground floor. The other persons identity is still unknown. 25 people were injured including five First Responders and right now gas is being blamed for the explosion. Firefighters are still on the scene trying to extinguish hot spots. Breaking news from washington. Senator harry reid says he will not seek reelection next year. He has Led Senate Democrats since 2005 and served in congress for three decades. Now to the crisis in yemen. Rebels backed by iran are being pounded by air strikes for a second straight day. That firepower coming from saudi arabia and its allies and now egypt says it will provide troops for a saudiled ground operation. The u. S. Is providing Logistical Support. An american astronaut blasts off on a record journey today. Scott kelly will live on the space station for one year. Hes the twin brother of mark kelly, former congressman Gabby Giffords husband and during the next year nasa will study what happens to scotts brother and compare it to his brothers body own earth. Kate middleton is out in london for a series of events with her husband Prince William sporting the same bright pink coat she wore during her visit in new york in december. I knew you were thinking that right . Todays outing will be her final official public appearance until after the birth of the second royal baby expected in midapril. Finally, a florida grandmother has been trending on twitter and heres why. Theyre trying to sell their home in florida. In a bid to show just how lovely her florida abode is yoli photobombed every shot. Peeking out from behind a door hi and do you like reading. Yoli likes to read too and finally a pose in the kitchen, yes, there she is with her hand on her chin. Granddaughter, her granddaughter tweeted out the adorable shots retweeted thousands of times. Lets hope she finds a buyer for her home. Does grandma come with the house . She is pretty darned cute. Thanks amy. Now time for pop news and weather but first robin is in the social square with the morning menu. Im digging grandmas poses. Way to go there. A look at whats ahead on the morning menu. Serena williams versus beyonce this morning. Did serena ace it. The hot hollywood fashion creating tension between parents and their teens. Fancy or frugal the hightech highpriced toothpaste that promises to keep your teeth clean longer. And we brought you this earlier. Fritz, come on common catch it. He couldnt catch anything. Well see if he can do it live coming up on gma. I love our studio audience. Everybody is here. This man right here tommy, gave me my tart in the business. Since 1947. Well be back with gma in just a moment. Thank you, tommy. In thank you. Gmas morning menu is brought to you by advil, the pain reliever that is built to be as fast as it is strong. The Volkswagen Jetta is really funtodrive. Go for it. Okay. Wow. Woohoo im dreaming. Pinch me. No, not while youre driving. 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Well get to that just ahead. 18 years. 18 years. Thats a lot of views. That is a lot of views. Hey, weve enjoyed your pop news this week t. J. Holmes. I was lucky to get to number four. Thats true. What do you have for us. Threw you off. After i brought in a special guest yesterday. I mentioned ill have one of the williams sister just the story. She popped up like i would have serena sitting here. But this time how can you really choose . Theyre making me choose between Serena Williams and beyonce . Let me explain. Serena has the moves on the court, off the court too. Now, shes on the cover of this months vogue and channeling her inner queen bey serving up a rendition of her 7 11 video. Check out her version. Back it up back back back it up yeah i know you back back back now, this thing is fantastic. She did this beyonce only uses female dancers. She uses guys like they work at the hotel. Older guys helping her out. If you want to see it up on the website vogue. Com. Beyonce shared it on her own facebook page. Oh. All good. All good. Show of hands how many were you just thinking we need more Reality Stars . Oh nobody huh. Were about to get a whole lot more. A huge announcement on thursday. Twitter made a huge announcement releasing a new app that makes everybody, everybody a reality star called periscope and allows them to stream video around the world. The app virtually teleports you across the globe. Weve been using in this morning all morning long. Heres a glimpse at our morning here. You see it is out there in times square. We got into the act here. Amy was helping me out. Robin. I had to tell everybody here david, as well. Watch your mouths this is live. Going out live so watch what youre saying but essentially anybody can see what youre doing all day long. What could go wrong. Nothing could ever go wrong with that. Everybody. Youre a reality star. Youre a reality star. Shonda rhimes and joe zee got in on this. Well shoot more. Download it at goodmorningamerica. Com all the behindthescenes stuff. Or into the. Finally the yellow. Lets explain the yellow weve got going on today because its a big day for the little guy. Seth lane is his name 5 years old captured peoples hears all over the globe with this video. You probably have seen it asking everybody to wear yellow in support of his bone Marrow Transplant he is having today. His parents want you to post photos with the wearyellowforseth. It signifies a strong immune system and become his favorite color in particular he likes the little yellow minions from despicable me. Wear it for the little guy. Hes having it today. His second in the past four years. Now, the first time he had one he was just 7 months old so couldnt appreciate the campaign. They tried to start it back then. Now hes older and into yellow so its taken off. Called severe combined immuno Immunodeficiency Disease what theyre trying to bring attention to. Feeling that support means so much so were happy to help and everyone else should tweet out their pictures in yellow. Yellow scripts, every newscast here. Heat index coming up but ginger with a check of the weather in yellow too. Im in yellow for sure. We have a 30yearold peach in the big apple. Whats your name. Haley. Happy birthday. Real quick. Doing spring break from lake zurich. Including the spring break forecast in panama city. A little stormy throughout the day. That cold front going to slip through. High in the upper 60s. Quite warm, miami, close to 90. Jummy good morning jummy Jacqui Jacqui gd m morning wawashingtgton. A lot of rn showowers across the region, should get some improvoving condcoioions this afafternoon with a cleing as we. Degrees is the afternoon hi tempmperaturure, cooler than yesterday, cldy ses wh a low temperatur aroun35 tomorrrrow starting the weweekend off greasy, 4 i love these big crowds. Its a party in times square. Were celebrating both 16th birthday robin. Wonderful crowd with you. Thank you, ginger. Burning up the gma heat index this morning, prom season is right around the corner as you know and so many parents and teens are battling it out about whats appropriate to wear. Crop tops and cutouts are in style right now but are they too sexy for teens . Abcs Mara Schiavocampo has more. Reporter theyre the hottest trend on the red carpet. Crop tops and cutouts dresses revealing bare midriffs showing some serious skin. Kendall jenner rocking a crop top in her latest ad from calvin klein. Reporter iggy azalea causing trouble in one in her latest music video. I should have known you were bad reporter but now the bellybaring trend is causing trouble in several states and with prom season around the corner some high schools are cracking down on the styles saying no to cutout couture. Parents and School Boards are against crop tops. Because theyre revealing. But honestly you wear swimsuits all the time. Theyre less revealing than bikinis or onepieces. Reporter teenage sisters camille and clair feel better wearing crop tops. The feeling is totally different between a regular shirt and a crop top because you just feel free. Oh. Im okay with my daughters wearing crop tops as long as i see them before they go out of the house. Just to doublecheck. If you wear a crop top with a high waisted skirt or pants or something theyre fine. I think parents dont see it that way all the time. I do know moms who would versus refuse to allow their daughters to wear crop tops. I think its not so much about style as it is about control. Reporter clairs closet is packed with crop tops and shes hoping to add one more to her collection for her upcoming senior prom. Fingers crossed my mom will like the dress. Im not crazy about crop tops but i pick my battles. Reporter for Good Morning America, Mara Schiavocampo abc news new york. Steam is coming out of amys ears right now. Joining us now Ericka Souter and Good Housekeeping magazine style director lori bergamotto. Glad to have you here. Ageold debate between parents and their teens when it comes to prom season and its a debate because we heard the mom. You want to let your chilled express herself but on the other hand your advice . We give our kids rules for everything else. Clothes should be a part of that. Especially with the oversexualization of teens clothing so we love to call this the war of the wardrobe and have tips on how to get through this with your kid. Its not about control. Its about protecting your children. Truly. Its about protecting your children. Those tips . Number one, you want to make sure your kids are clothesminded. Unintended message to people they care about. Number two, lay down the fashion law. We have moms tell us that they have a rule. If you lift up your arms and i can see your tummy, dont wear it. If i can count your ribs through that tank top youre not wearing it. You hold the purse strings. Remember you are in control of your children a wardrobe. Dont buy it. Dont give them money to buy it. This is not easy. If theyre dying to wear the crop top, a conservative middle ground . Yeah so i agree with everything ericka is saying and i have my own daughter. When youre going to wear a crop top you have to tell them you can commit to it and do it conservatively. Wear it with highwaisted pants or a high waisted skirt. I love the rule about putting your arm up. Sarah hyland and emma stone have done it on the red carpet. Remind your teen theyre not rihanna. Theyre older. If youre going to the prom there is a time and theres a place. There is a way to do it conservatively and in fashion, proportion and balance are key. If youre going to show a sliver of skin you better wear a skirt to the ground right . What about cut outs . Thats a great way to play with a trend and for your teen to feel like maybe theyre doing something a little more adult. Taylor swift is wearing a skirt that has very delicate feminine cutouts where you can see little parts of her calf and her knee and maybe just a smidge of her thigh but its done very tastefully. Everything else is covered and thats the way where they can playing with an adult trend but in a teen appropriate way. What do you say when the child goes but, everyone is doing it mom . Youre going to get that pushback. The important thing to remember you dont want their selfesteem tied to whether they show their midriff. You really want to very many this feel good about themselves regardless of what they wear. Nothing is more fashionable than having your own style. Break free of that mentality. Selfconfidence. Great point. Thanks to you both. Always great having you. Also on the heat index were celebrating the 4,000th episode of vuview this morning. Our dear friend and abc colleague Barbara Walters, of course started that show 18 years ago. A cultural phenomenon and Cameron Mathison is here with a behindthescenes look. Good morning, 4,000 episodes and to think when the view first launched very few were convinced that this show would take off, in fact Barbara Walters told me she considered this show a huge risk amazing. But from the groundbreaking moments like the first sitting president ial interview on a daytime talk show to the countless hot top picks that got everyone talking now almost 18 years later we celebrate the view. Take a look. Groundbreaking. A show i have always wanted to do. Original. Hot top picks. Daring. The view. A cornerstone of pop culture tackling everything from the hardest hitting issues. Hes a Climate Change reporter to the hottest topics for 18 years. I breast fed. Im a woman. I get it i dont want to watch other people do it. Reporter and to think no one thought it would last. What she did was she opened the road to reminding people that if you have a conversation and you have a conversation amongst diverse women, youll get a good idea of what is going on in the rest of the country. Thats what she did mag magnificently. Im happy to sit here with whoopi and nicolle and keeps you on your toes. When you started did you ever think youd be here on the 4,000th in to of course not. They say the show must go on and barbara, she really took the reins and went around and pushed it to keep it on the air. We are four women of different ages when you first came up with the idea there was a little bit of resistance wasnt there . The president of abc news said you dont want to do this show. This will ruin your reputation. For you to do a daytime talk show you dont want to do that. I had to call some of our local affiliates and beg them to carry the show. Really . What were they saying . What was the resistance about. They didnt know a show all about women with a bunch of women cackling away you know would be and with what we call hot topics you know so that women it was live. It is live that women will argue and have different opinions. That wasnt done. Unscripted and spontaneous. Yeah. Reporter and historical. Do you really think that being on the show with a bunch of wind five women who never shut up will be calming. That is look i was trying to find a show that michelle actually watched. Reporter vowview becoming the first daytime talk show to interview a sitting president in 2010. In politics you always knew the mood of the country by sort of turning on the hot topics. As a white house staffer i knew i had great ammunition when i would storm down to the oval office and say, mr. President , theyre talking about this on the view. Reporter politician actor, singers, comedians have all taken in the view but none more than mario cantone. How many times . Over 130. Over 130. Since 1999. I had the greatest time and its need to slap a wig on you and make you a cohost. I think so too. Reporter as we celebrate todays 4,000th episode wise words from the woman would started it all. So for 4,000 show the signoff. Would you mind as we wrap up the interview we sat there and say it together. Take a little time to enjoy the view. Mwah. Thank you. Oh. Look at all the love there. What an honor to sit down with Barbara Walters and all the hosts from past and present. It really was. Ive actually been lucky enough to be a guest on the view 20 times and i thought that was cool but 130. In the wrong room. Impressive until then. The shoes, you knew you were in whoopis wardrobe room. Another 4,000 . What do you think . Easily. The fun think thing were sitting here doing heat index after they started hot topics so they started a conversation in this country. You have to stop and think they were a trendsetter. The things we see today, they started way back when. 18 years ago. Groundbreaking. Thanks cam. Salute all of them. Watch the 4,000th episode of the view on abc 11 00 eastern, 10 00 pacific. Guess what else youll see, fritz the dog. Hes here live and the question can he finally catch his food . Well find out just ahead. Jummy we want to get a check on what the forecast is doing right now. Jacqui jeras has a check on your friday morning weather. Jacqui still coming down, we have a lot of green on the map but we have progress in Montgomery County, still wet in d. C. , moderate in parts of charles and southern Prince Georges County and white on the map there we are getting some snow showers temperatures are not that cold across the region, not too bad with 43 at dulles and 45 downtown. The forecast for the day, rain mainly in the morning sunny in the afternoon, higher 52. Greasy and cool it 55, pretty nice this weekend, 50 degrees. Jamie the rain has really added to our congestion. Take a look, a lot of red of the beltway, 395, this was the capital beltway closer to the baltimorewashington parkway, a crash headed southbound at 195 that is what is causing delays. If you have anyone headed from baltimore closer to d. C. , 19 Miles Per Hour is the average and flooding, keep this in mind, on aspen hill. Jummy at least three people are under arrest this morning in connection with a shooting that happened in the alexandria portion of fairfax county. A man shot multiple times Police Believe that the shooting may have been drugrelated. Other stories now, expect delays on metro this weekend because of track work. The blue and orange lines will be scheduled to operate less frequently than usual, only about every 18 minutes or so. Charles county, closed today elementary, because of a water outage. Thank you, cable for taking longer to upload our family movies. For the slower internet upload speeds. For taking longer to upload my files to the cloud. 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A wonderful, wonderful group. We met them last year on thanksgiving. Remember thank you, america and offered a home to so many foster children 92. 92 to be exact and we wanted to give them a special thank you so teamed up with our good friends and family at disney to send them on a dream vacation. We told you they were going. Well show you coming up. So many young lives they are touching in that home. Also ahead, Norman Reedus is here live to talk about his hit show the walking dead. Amy has not stopped talking about this since we started this week. Daryl is here. I might be scaring him actually. All right. Looking forward to that and then there is this video that we just cant get enough of. Fritz the dog giving it his all trying so hard to catch treats being tossed to him and failing. The time has finally come. Fritz is here with us live. Cameron, take it away. This is incredibly exciting. Fritz is here on live tv. Maybe thats what its going to take for him to catch some food. This is evan fritzs owner, the genius would posted these hysterical videos. Do you think live tv is what itll take . Given his track record i would not bet on him. He is getting better. Do not bet against fritz. Hes off to a good start today because during rehearsals yes. Excited about this. He caught a piece bacon. Do we have that footage. There it is. Fritz waiting for the bacon. Boom. Yeah. On target. He is a genius and here it is. It is now time for the live attempts at catching oh no fritz this is not good. Hes coming back. Drum roll, please. Here we go. Fritz, bring it on. Ready . Oh. Thats okay. One more time. Try a banana. Doughnuts. Bananas. Here we go. Oh. It was so close. One more. Doughnut. Getting excited. You got this focus. Back up buddy. Oh. That was unbelievable. Fritz, but on Good Morning America we always make sure that you eat like a king so we have a gourmet plate of delicious dog treats and food and youre going to freak out when you see it. There you go fritz. That is your reward. Excellent attempts. Fritz. Ill eat that. Its right here. He likes he likes you to feed it to him. Cant get him to eat whether you throw it or leave it out for him. He just likes to be hand fed. Im going to defend fritz a little bit. I think it was the toss. I think the throws were bad. You got to lob it over. Catches bacon. I would catch bacon too. Maybe he wasnt that hungry. I like how he walked away from our platter. Thanks but no thanks. Time to yahoo your day. So many Success Stories about people making millions of youtube. Facebook and instagram so how can you do it yourself. Abcs Rebecca Jarvis went straight to the source and got tip s tips from their Vice President of tech. Yahoo reporter from the laugh out loud lovability of charlie bit me. Charlie bit me. To the inescapable catchiness of rebecca blacks friday. Friday friday reporter and the click worthy cuteness of pets like grumpy cat. Are you serious . Of course im serious. Look at my face. Reporter social media sites like youtube and instagram have been launching pads for viral sensations which have helped them net some cool hard cash along the way. So how can you earn some extra money and make your social media accounts work for you . We met up with david pogue Vice President of yahoo tech. A lot are making money. Lots are making a little money and a handful are making huge money and tend to be young, funny, musical. Ow to and tend to do this a lot. To put some of davids how to tech tips to work we enlisted the help of christie messina, a 41yearold stayathome mom of two looking to make dough on the side using her passion for party planning. Nice to meet you. Tip one become popular. The best idea is pinterest. People will see the cool party photos you have and say, wow, thats a cool party. I dont have time. Reporter next up sell your photos to your fans. Fantastic. Photos of the parties youve done on instagram. There are certain websites like twenty20. Com so for 20 of the take will print and ship photos youre taking. Best way to grow a following . People who become successes are people who spend a lot of time doing it and they have talent. Reporter and tip three, sign up for the youtube Partner Program. What about how to videos on youtube. How to. Youtube welcomes anyone to join their Partner Program and they will pay you 55 of what they make from the ads that run before your videos. Sound good . That sounds great. I think once my little guy goes to School Full Time i think i can really give a lot of effort to this. Reporter christie now more eager than ever to watch the money roll in one click at a time. For Good Morning America, Rebecca Jarvis, abc news, new york. Lots of ways for families to make extra cash. Now check in with ginger for a final check of the weather on this friday. David, we have so many birthdays. This one give me attention. It is my birthday. All right. Whats your name . My name is grace. Well it worked, grace. From north carolina. Lets go ahead and start the forecast. How about we go with the drought. Some of the numbers just coming in and updating redding, for example, their deficit, more than 10 1 2 inches. Wow, San Francisco 8. 79 below average. But then you say, well, theres a storm coming. How far south will that rain get . Its not going to get much into Northern California but coastal oregon and washington are going to get it later tonight through early saturday. Youre looking west to east. Denver going for a high of 71. Grace, you got it. The attention. Jummy good morning, what jacqui good morning washington. Rain showewers startinup the daday, light and spotty tohe Morning Hours, pressure clearing, it wilill be expecteted this all that weather brought to you by target and you guys are taking a road trip . Yeah. Friends since they were 1. I love meeting yall. Thanks tore coming to visit us. We love longtime friends. Now to fancy or frugal this morning. Cuttingedge products. Are the expensive brands really worth it . Abcs becky worley takes a look. Reporter in this age of 30 shampoo, 200 face cream, would you pay 20 for a small tube of toothpaste . 20 . Its called livionex the makers a Silicon Valley startup says it isnt an abrace i have that rubs off plaque with brushing. They say livionex its more like nail ollish remover. The plaque is repelled from the teeth and break the moen the plaque and teeth and it falls off. Reporter ill admit im intrigued. Doesnt foam like traditional toothpaste. Well my teeth feel clean just like i brushed with a regular toothbrush but what i do notice from using this over the last couple of days is that they feel cleaner for longer through the day. The company touts a small study they funded that shows a significant reduction in plaque gingivitis and bleeding but the American Dental Association told us that livionex may hold promise but the data from their study was drawn from a sample size of 25 people or less and they add, the fda needs to ee value any claims of preventing disease. Oral b has this 159 smartphone connected toothbrush. Glo has this tooth whitening device for 199. Whoa. Then a 4,000 titanium toothbrush featured by twochains on his web series. This looks like its from the jetsons. Antibacterial stuff that no other toothbrush has. Reporter not for me but im all in for toothpaste innovation and please someone invent a new way to floss. For Good Morning America, becky worley abc news, oakland california. All right. Becky, thanks very much. Coming up the neal familys vacation of a lifetime. You dont want to miss that. Ah. Its feel good friday with an update of a family many met on thanksgiving. Sometimes youre given the rare gift of meeting people who devote themselves to others selflessly. As part of our thank you America Special on abc produced by my company rockin robin productions we met a special and deserving family from minnesota. They inspired us so much with their love for others and each other, that we decided to team up with our disney family to give them the surprise of a lifetime and let me tell you, the joy of giving back well, as youre about to see, priceless. Jessica and jason neal might seem like any parents of a large family except they are not. We have two biological children. We have adopted six. We have done foster care for 92 kids and we are waiting to adopt one from africa. We get a call for foster child in need of air placement we always said yes. Somebodys got to fill in the gap. Somebody has to put their heart on the line for these kids. Reporter this past thanksgiving we thought, why not give back to a family that gives to so many. Hi. How are you . Oh my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Oh im going to kiss you. Hi jessica. Reporter on top of grocery funds and a check to finance adoption fees for 20,000, we sent them on a much needed vacation with a little help from a friend. Its mickey mouse. Are you serious . Mickey. So neal family youre going to disney world. [ screaming ] youre all going to disney world. Just recently they checked in for their allinclusive stay. It says first visit. Reporter at the most magical place on earth. Whoo yeah. Reporter there were rollercoaster rides, a safari. Look how big it is. That is so big. Spontaneous dance parties. Yeah, yeah. Art and to celebrate jason and jessicas 20th wedding anniversary, a special cake cutting ceremony dystrophy style. Oh i love you. Oh. Reporter by the end of their stay a few dreams had come true for this loving giving family. Were given all this. Were blessed. Yeah, yeah. So thankful. I just want to say thank you to everybody who helped. This is a huge gift. Were super lucky and super blessed. Whoo oh. Whoa now, many of you have been asking about the adoption of emanuel. Its moving forward. The paperwork is just about complete and the neals are hoping to welcome them him into their family sometime this summer and, begin, they fostered 92 children and i love how jason said somebodys got to step into the gap and put your heart on the line and they have been just so incredibly giving so it was wonderful to see them enjoy themselves. We love how you shared their family with all of us. What an impact it has. Close the door oh robin is here. I understand little rosie watches us every morning now so good morning little rosie. Gosh favorite story of the week. Coming up here on a friday morning, walking deads Norman Reedus is here. Daryl. Oh. Getting to celebrate the opening of disneys cinderella, gma wants to be your fairy godmother with a chance to win a fairy tale getaway to europe. And regal jewelry from zales. Join us on a guided Group Vacation to england and france plus a 5,000 zales gift card. Go to goodmorningamerica. Com on yahoo to find out how to enter gmas cinderella sweepstakes. Come with me now he plays americas favorite zombie hunter on the walking dead, Norman Reedus is here and fans are wondering and hoping his character, daryl dixon just could be the last man standing. Were about to find out. Oh i like you got that there. Youre not going to give us any hints. I feel like my producers are watching me from space and everything i say, just a laser beam will hit me. We dont want to know. I think Everyone Wants to be surprised. This season promised to be the most gruesome ever. Im wondering what the finale will hold. Theres a lot of twists and turns. A lot happens for sure. A lot has happened this season including the fact that the rest of the gang cleaned up. Daryl protested. Are you ever going to take a shower . Its a Zombie Apocalypse and the more people that tell me i should cut my hair the more i want to grow it down to my butt so, there. I said it. And the other thing is you know not that theres a significant amount of romance in the Zombie Apocalypse but your character has very much stayed away from any romantic interest in anyone could that change because i got to be honest my mom is going to kill me for this. She has such a huge crush on you as i think so many of your female followers. Mom, call me. Yeah you know i feel like once that happens its done. You know i like all the weird sort of awkward things when a boy meets a girl. I dont think daryl is the type of guy thats going to throw a girl up against a tree in the moonlight and be smooth. You know what i mean. So i kind of want to play that out as the mystery suits your character. Yeah yeah yeah. I like that a lot. Why do you think people are so drawn to daryl . I mean whats the special sauce . Wow, i mean i think hes honest. I think you see a guy that wouldnt have hung out with these people in the first place and he you know he met them originally for bad intent and you see him sort of become his own man and a guy thats worth trusting and a guy that fights for what he believes in. Yeah and the antithesis of your evil brother. Yeah. So obviously im sure youre not surprised by the social media. You have a lot of people who want to ask questions so well give a couple a chance. Your diehard fan vanessa asked how has amc has prepared for the rioting fans if daryl dies . Oh wow, i dont know. I mean theres theres a lot of security around our show. Maybe that will help. But youre not giving anything away. Heres another twitter question. This one from tiffany. If a Zombie Apocalypse happened tomorrow where would you go and what would you take with you . I will take my cat and i would go i dont know maybe the four seasons and just watch south park until its over. Thats hilarious, opposite of the apocalypse. Well bring in ginger zee because we want to play a game. Well go headtohead on the walking dead trivia. The game is called who walks the walk . Okay. Pitting our super fan against our superstar. You both have paddles. You raise it when you know the answer. Make it clear to me please. Okay. First question youll beat me. The best way to walk among the walkers without being detect that was you. Cover yourself in guts. Yeah. I knew that one, by the way. Yes. [ applause ] sounds very clever. Which characters death almost broke the internet this season . Norman. Emily. No. Well thats characters name. Beth. No its not. Thats the character youre right. In the first four seasons of the show what word did the characters not say once . Oh go ahead. Zombie. Ah. Amy. I knew that. I got this. I knew the other two. Whats the name of the youngest character on the show . Shes on the show. Judith. I hope he gets it. I hope so too. What else can walkers not do . Go ahead. Besides what. Tweet. No. He gave you one. He gave you one. I believe you have lets go head and bring in oh he definitely did. The zombie. Im giving this to you. I knew it. I did. Tough to play and im happy to lose to this guy. All right. Oh wow. Thank you so much for being here. That was a pleasure. The walking dead, Season Finale airs this sunday on amc. Well be right back with fritz the dog. Whoo Good Morning America is brought to you by soma, your new bra destination in sizes 32a to 44. G. Thank you, david. Thank you, t. J. For being with us. Thank you, fritz. Oh one, two, three. Oh. Again, it was the throw. Thats it. The streak is on going. Have a great weekend, everybody. See you tonight. Have a great weekend. Jummy we just wanted to get a check on your friday morning forecast with jacqui jeras. Jummy we are jacqui we are working on it, if you take a look at Current Conditions right now things are gloomy and overcast with light rain coming down, 35 degrees in the district, 35 degrees across the board, stormwatch Doppler Radar showing you a lot of the rain moving east of interstate 95 with a light areas of rain through midday. Partial clearing this afternoon with temperatures around 52 today. Tomorrow will be down in the 40s with a sprinkle or a flurry with sunshine. Jamie we are starting off with flooding coming down on connecticut avenue near aspen hill road. For you traveling to this area you will not see any delays but you really need to be cautious with this standing water. We are seeing a lot of red on the map. On the bottom part of the beltway i want to do them in closer to the brooklyn bridge, almost the Single Digits on 295 take a look at your travel time. Jummy d. C. Firefighters on the scene of an Apartment Fire, 19 street a northeast the area is blocked, we know the flames broke out in a third floor apartment, one person and a firefighter were taken to the hospital. A karate teacher who is a registered sex offender is expected in court on child sex abuse charges. Charged with multiple offenses dating back to 1980. Prince georges county police are searching for this missing teenage girl. Take a look at this cecelia announcer its live with Kelly Michael today, hollywood heartthrob Chris Hemsworth is here. And shaq takes on our own Michael Strahan in a karaoke contest you wont want to miss. Plus, from Pretty Little Liars actress lucy hale. And someone in our audience gets the chance to win big. All next on live [captioning made possible by disneyabc domestic television] now here are kelly ripa and Michael Strahan [cheering and applause] kelly what . Thank you. Michael hello kelly wow michael whoo