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Boat right here on gma. Im on the edge of glory and countdown to kickoff. Super bowl sunday is just two days away. The patriots and falcons quarterbacks dreaming big. It is once in a lifetime. You cant take these for granted. The woman ready to light up the halftime stage, lady gaga going oneonone with michael exclusively this morning. How shes getting in shape for the spotlight. Youre in better shape than the athletes playing this game in no, im not. Yes, you are. Our super bowl blowout starts right now on gma. Im on the edge with you good friday morning. Much excitement for the super bowl two days away. You saw mike surveillance there in houston. Has an exclusive with lady gaga. Amy is there too. We can t. J. Is there. Weve got jesse palmer there. All covered. Amy doesnt need a ticket. Shes on the field. Shes all set. We got a lot of news to get to as well starting with that breaking news from paris. A man with a machete was shot down at the louvre. Thats one of the worlds most popular museums on lockdown this morning. Abcs lama hasan has all the latest. Good morning, lama. Reporter good morning. Heartstopping moments in the heart of paris when a ma settee wielding man yelling allahu akbar lunged at four soldiers this morning. The attacker was shot and taken into custody. French authorities are now opening a terror investigation. [ sirens ] reporter a Massive Police presence at the louvre after a man wearing two backpacks rushed towards a group of soldiers and guards attempting to attack one with a machete while yelling allahu akbar. The soldier fired back with five shots wounding the man. Authorities now have him in custody. According to police, the man attacked after being told he couldnt shopping area with his bags. The museum, a popular tourist attraction home to the world famous mona lisa on lockdown. At least a thousand tourists inside the louvre at the time of the incident. They were hustled into safe areas. Many posting messages like this on social media, weve all been locked inside the louvre there are hundreds of police vans. Another tweeting, tourists told to sit on the ground in locked halls inside the louvre. France has been on edge following a series of horrific terror attacks. In november 2015, 130 people were killed after a series of coordinated attacks in the capital. And in july last year, a terrorist drove a cargo truck through a crowd of people celebrating bastille day in nice killing 84 and as the investigation gets under way, police have arrested a second person at the scene possibly connected to the attack. Paris police chief says no explosives were found in the two well stay on top of this story for everyone. Now, though, to the latest on President Trump talking tough to americas allies and adversaries saying this morning in a tweet that iran is, quote, playing with fire. Lets go tour senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega for more on all that. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter robin, good morning to you. As you say that tough talk is on twitter this morning but white house Officials Say President Trump could be taking tough action against iran and that could come as early as today. The new Donald Trump White House this morning is turning up the heat on an old enemy, President Trump considering imposing new sanctions on iran, a move that could happen as soon as today. Mr. President , is military action off the table in iran . Nothing is off the table. Reporter on wednesday his National Security adviser ratcheting up the pressure after iran tested a ballistic missile. We are officially putting iran on notice. Reporter at the National Prayer break giving the evangelicals who helped propel him to the white house a gift so many had wanted, a promise to, quote, destroy a law that bars taxexempt churches for religious leaders from endorsing political candidates. Freedom of religion is a sacred right, but it also is a right under threat all around us. Reporter the president also addressing that strained phone call with the leader of australia, one of americas closest alliies brushing off th controversy. When you hear about the tough phone calls im having, dont worry about it. Just dont worry about it. Theyre tough. We have to be tough. Its time were going to be a little tough, folks. Reporter Top Republicans now trying to mend fences. I called the australian ambassador to reinforce to him our commitment to australia and our relationship. Reporter and down under during a concert in melbourne, even Bruce Springsteen played diplomat. All right, we stand before you, embarrassed americans tonight. Reporter the boss also adding a bit of political dont want to hung up in a bit of damage control, the australian Prime Minister was in a meeting here at the white house with chief of staff Reince Priebus and steve bannon where were told they conveyed to him that, quote, the president s deep admiration for the australian people, robin. Cecilia, and now the white house is issuing a warning to israel which is, of course, another close u. S. Ally. Reporter yeah, exactly. This is a warning to israel that expanding settlements in the west bank may, quote, may not be helpful in achieving middle east peace. This is, of course, a position from the Obama Administration and some say a step away from some in the Trump Administration have said. Benjamin netanyahu is set to meet here later this month. Lets bring in Martha Raddatz for more on this. Martha, lets start with iran. We have the latest tweet from the president this morning, iran playing with fire. After Michael Flynn says they are on notice, so the has been ratcheted up, the sanctions likely to come as early as today. I think the big question is what difference willing those sanctions make . Well, given his tweet about iran playing with fire and that he is not going to be as, quote, kind as obama, the sanctions may be just a first step unless iran cuts out these missile tests. George, i dont think donald trump is looking to go to war with iran. But he wants them to knock it off and if the sanctions dont work, who knows what is next . Then theyll get into a debate over who is breaking that nuclear deal. What of a surprise to see the administration speaking out about settlements in israel given how critical they were of president obama. Reporter exactly. Israel already this morning is spinning this to say it is not so bad since the statement by the u. S. Is that the settlements may be unhelpful to peace and, in fact, it is far more subtle than statements from the Obama Administration and israel still considers trump a bigger friend than obama. And on russia, another bit of a turn as well. A couple of weeks ago he would do a deal with russia where he would release sanctions in return for some nuclear reductions. Now his administration taking a harder line because of russias actions in the ukraine. Reporter exactly, fighting has escalated between the russian back troops and the government in ukraine and the new u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Nikki haley took that on saying we do want to better our relations with russia, however, the dire situation in Eastern Ukraine is one that demands clear and strong condemnation of russian actions. This escalation of violence must stop. So while the president plays good cop, the administration is laying down the law in certain places. You see other cabinet members assert themselves as well. The pentagon defense secretary james mattis in south korea. Reporter were just going around the world here, george. Mattis in japan and south korea said we stand with our allies and any attack on our allies will be defeated. I think, george, there is some worldwide confusion about what trump is doing but i think what we have seen over these two weeks is a president who is ticking through his campaign promises, one by one, and that overall the promise to his supporters is to recapture the sense of american nationalism. That is the goal. Okay, martha, thanks very much. George, as we know President Trump also facing that showdown on capitol hill. He has more unconfirmed cabinet nominees at the twoweek mark than all former u. S. President s combined so lets go to our Congressional Correspondent mary bruce on capitol hill with the latest. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, robin. Well, tom price, trumps pick for hhs secretary continues to be dogged by concerns about conflicts of interest. The latest this morning, a usa today report that he purchased 15,000 of tock in a Health Care Company before introducing legislation that would have helped that same company. Now, price responded to previous concerns about his stock saying they were made by an outside investor without his knowledge. But that is not stopped democrats from trying to delay his confirmation over these concerns. They even boycotted a Committee Vote earlier this avail price is still headed for confirmation. Yes, a lot of concern there and theres also seems to be a pretty close call with betsy devos, of course, the nominee for secretary of education. Reporter yeah, robin, betsy devos this morning is right on the brink. Senators are here bright and early. They just voted on a measure to move forward with her nomination but theres been a big push up here to try and block her. Youve been able to hear the phones ringing off the hook. Senators on both sides of the aisle have been swamped with calls from constituents voicing concerns about devos but it doesnt seem its going to work. Ultimately they counted the vote and even though two republicans said they will oppose her it appears they will have the votes to get her confirmed. That vote coming up on monday. Lets get analysis now of another packed week from our political team, matthew dowd and kristen soltisanderson and, kristen, let me begin with you. You have this week, it begins with the uproar over the executive order over this immigration ban and the president s pick of a Supreme Court pick pretty by republicans over the course of the next couple of days then diplomatic back and forth and say republicans are in whiplash mode. There are moments when Donald Trumps presidency seems like it is approaching Something Like a normal presidency and then within just a matter of hours things will have completely changed and this, i think, has republicans in washington especially folks on capitol hill wondering what to do next, there are moments when the president takes actions that are easy to praise right in line with what republicans would expect from a republican president and then there will be moments when things like controversy over australia come up and folks on the hill find themselves having to perhaps answer questions about issues that they never could have imagined would have come across their desk. Everyone, matthew dowd, waits every morning for the president s new twitter feed. Several every morning before 7 00 a. M. As martha said hes trying to create this impression of promises kept but overall what kind of impression is he making with the public . We the problem. He started with a record low of job approval numbers, the lowest any president ever in office and interesting he set another record which is the fastest president to over 50 disapproval. The previous record was bill clinton, it took 573 days to hit 50 disapproval. Donald trump hit it in eight days. And i think part of the problem on Super Bowl Weekend if you think about job approval in a football way, job approval is like the offensive line, right, if job approval is weak, that means youre much more likely to get hurried, disrupted and sacked and the other thing it does with weak job approval numbers it emboldens the defense and the defense is much more likely to blitz which is what the democrats are doing right now in yes, the blitz is in the streets, kristen. Youre right. There are a lot of folks who are discovering Civic Engagement is something thats kind of fun, makes them feel like theyre able to do something about what theyre seeing in washington that so the capitol switchboard lighting up with people calling in to voice their opinion on some of these cabinet picks, people are really getting engaged and vocal. Matthew, the president at times have used those protests, particularly the berkeley protests and what difference will it make to republicans as long as in their districts they hold firm behind the president. Thats the Million Dollar question. Donald trump right now even with low overall approval numbers has approval numbers of 85 or 90 among republicans and in republicans districts. The question is when that starts to deteriorate thats when donald trump has a serious problem in congress. Okay, matthew dowd, kristen soltisanderson, thanks very much. Since matt brought up the super bowl lets turn to the big game. Super bowl li, kicking off, as you know, in houston on sunday. The stars of the team, the stage, well, were getting a clue how theyre all preparing for sundays showdown. Look who got to houston. Us. Good morning, amy. Thats right. Got some fun fans behind me. None have been to sleep. I know thats surprising after you heard that excitement here this morning. There is a lot of excitement and stories from legendary Quarterback Tom Brady versus super bowl rookie matt ryan to lady gaga who is now revealing what her halftime show extravaganza will be themed or all about and then, of course, we have country superstar luke bryan making history of his own singing the national anthem. We know this much. I think youll agree super bowl li is going to deliver. This morning, all eyes are on houston with just two days to go before the new England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons duke it out at super bowl li. Overnight, the gritiron greats on the field practicing ahead of the big game. The stakes, never higher. Something not lost on the teams quarterbacks, patriots powerhouse, tom brady looking for his fifth super bowl win. Been a part o great football teams that have made it this far. I think we got to do our best to finish it off. Reporter and 31yearold falcon matt ryan, his team heading to this final game for just the second time in 51 years. Pushing hard for their first super bowl victory ever. Winning this game, thats where your thoughts are when youre in your backyard and 10 years old and playing with your brothers. Thats where it was for me. Reporter as for the halftime show lady gagas 13minute extravaganza seems to be shaping up to be a Musical Tour De force promising an eclectic mix of her greatest hits. Bad romance reporter and a special introduction by frequent collaborator tony bennett. At a presser on thursday gaga downplaying rumors that houston native beyonce who has performed in two halftime shows and sang alongside the mother monster on her 2009 hit telephone will make a cameo. After sparking rumors posting these are what the players are playing for to win the super bowl, of course, tom brady playing for his fifth ring. Theyre so valuable. Im not allowed to touch these, right . No. He said, no, maam so you can just look but dont touch. Hell slap that down. Yes. Right there, amy, thank you very much. Lets call an audible and go to our good friend jesse palmer, of course, a former nfl quarterback himself down there in houston, as well. So, tell us, two days out, what is going through the minds of the players down there, jesse . Well, a lot of nerves, no doubt about it. Maybe less so for the patriots because they of course played in this game two years ago but i think a lot is about reflection thinking about the journey, getting here, all the sacrifices this he had to make. Remember, every kid whos ever played football growing up dreams about being here playing in the super bowl and i think that adds to the nerves for all the firsttime players because, of course, there is no guarantee these guys could ever make it back to this point. Thats true. Two red hot qbs. Whats the challenge, the key for both of them . Its handling the big moment. Never been to the super bowl before. Hes been so good, though, in the playoff, seven touchdown passes, no interceptions. The last six quarterbacks to do that all won the super bowl and were the mvp of the game so can matt ryan have that kind of performance and for tom brady he is planning to play fast and bring his a game. Jesse looks so comfortable with that football. Looks like he wants to go long. There you go. Thank, you jesse. Ginger what, do we have. Thats the thing. Retractible roof and a lot are saying what does it matter . It matters because people have to get to the game. You have tailgating. We put on a futurecast around houston. You can see the showers moving through but theyll be light and the temperatures are going to be 72 at kickoff. Really a nice super bowl forecast overall for the falcons and the patriots. Your local weather in 30 seconds, first, though, the Weekend Getaway brought to you by Liberty Mutual insurance. Highs 3439, wind chills teens20s through the morning winds north northwest 1015 mph so, have you ever dreamed of telecommuting to work . At portland, oregon, cant make it to work. Freezing rain. Nobody is at work in portland, oregon. She got a report out there. Thanks, ginger. Coming up, the president versus the terminator. Well take you inside their escalating war of words. Thats coming up right here on gma. What makes a world of endless magic . 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We continue to follow that breaking news out of lorton, a reCycling Center still burning after catching fire overnight. Sam sweeney is live at the scene anchor Fairfax County fire tells us these names and smoke may noto subside until the endf the weekend. This fire started at 10 00 last night, smoke until billowing out of this plant here. This is the Fairfax County re Cycling Center. Look at the video from sky track 7, flames ripping through the building, 3 stories of trash, more than 3,000tons of garbage. Theyre flooding the building. Were continuing to follow the story on our sister station, news channel 8. Much more coming up with weather and traffic, stay reporter temperatures hovering around freezing for many of us as we start our day. Daytime, 40s, upcoming weekend , cool one on your saturday, lots of sunshine, temperatures in the mid 40s for sunday. Mainly a few sprinkles, really nothing major to report for your super bowl plans. 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And gronk is going to be joining us, as well so we have a lot of attacking soldiers at the world famous louvre before he was taken down. Tourists placed on lockdown inside the museum this morning. The french Prime Minister is now calling the attack terrorist in nature. President trump is a this morning through a tweet that iran is playing with fire. As senior white house officials tell abc news new sanctions on iran could come today. The president will also sign two executive actions targeting wall street and banking. The president up early on twitter talking early about Arnold Schwarzenegger. We go inside that. Schwarzenegger the new host of apprentice and the president taunted him for low ratings at the National Prayer breakfast and schwarzenegger fired right back. Mary bruce with the story. Reporter he had wished schwarzenegger all the best in hosting apprentice but now he is praying for and host as he said hasta la vista to his top show and ratings. Youre fired. Reporter this morning President Trump and Arnold Schwarzenegger back at it after these remarks at thursdays National Prayer breakfast. And they hired a big, big movie star, Arnold Schwarzenegger, to take my place and we know how that turned out. The ratings went right down the tubes. Reporter trump who still has an executive producer credit was introduced by apprentice creator and friend bark burnett. Its been a total disaster and mark will never ever bet against trump again and i want to just pray for arnold if we can for those ratings, okay. Reporter the white house laughed it off. He meant it as a lighthearted moment. If you look at the totality of his remarks, and they were absolutely beautiful. Reporter but the former california governor responded with a unique dig. Hey, donald, i have a great idea, why dont we switch jobs. You take over tv because youre such an expert in ratings and i take over your job and then people can finally sleep comfortably again, hmm . Reporter the show has been credited and ridiculed for creating the trump phenomenon, jimmy kimmel offering his own theory at last years emmys. Who is to blame for donald trump . The donald trump phenomenon . And ill tell you who, mark burnett, the man who brought us Celebrity Apprentice. Reporter they were once friendly spotted chatting after trumps first debate. Trump even donating 10,000 to the governors 2006 political campaign. And schwarzenegger first appearing on apprentice in 2007. Sit down. Welcome to the new season of Celebrity Apprentice i am the new boss. Reporter but ever since the terminator became the boss on the reality behemoth by the way, how will arnold do on the show . No . Reporter trumps been going after him. In january, just before taking office, trump tweeting the ratings are in and Arnold Schwarzenegger got swamped or destroyed by comparison to the ratings machine, donald j. Trump. Schwarzenegger responded by urging him to work for all of the American People as aggressively always work for your ratings. Now, some have suggested this new feud could just all be for show. But a schwarzenegger spokesman told us this is not a publicity stunt. He was just as surprised by the president s comments as the rest of us were. George. Im not sure what could be gained by that stunt. Lets bring in jon karl for more on this. So, the white house laughs off the joke at the National Prayer breakfast but the president goes right back at it this morning. Reporter yeah, no doubt and, look, they may be saying its a joke, im not so sure the president was joking. And its this was a surprise, george. People talking so much about how you go to the prayer attack Arnold Schwarzenegger. I dont think it was surprising in the least. He was introduced by mark burnett. Hes obsessed with this, of course, he was going to make this joke. And then this morning he says, you know, Arnold Schwarzenegger, a bad governor as well. Now, the white house pretty much has given up on trying to do anything about the twitter, trying to make the best of it. The president clearly going to go out every single day. Any attempts inside the white house to at least try to channel it . Reporter look, i actually ive spoken to senior white house officials about not just this but the whole phenomenon of trump going out there and going in ten different directions. This is the chaos theory of government. And they tell me that it is actually working. They like it. They want to flood the zone. Theyre doing all the initiatives that theyre doing in terms of substance. He goes out and does this stuff and it becomes it exhausts his opponents and makes it harder for anybody to concentrate on any one given thing he is doing, which could forward in a positive way but makes it harder for the critics to attack. So theyre saying its strategy. Okay, jon karl, thanks very much. George, coming up in two minutes that abc news exclusive, the young man missing at sea for a week finally rescued but his mother was nowhere to be found. What he says really happened and the question linzie janis asked him that made him walk out of her interview. Come on back. vo do not go gentle into that good night, old age should burn and rave at close of day; rage, rage against the dying of the light. Do not go gentle into that good night. For huge deals across the hurryentire store. Today like paint plus primer at the new lower price of only 17. 98. Plus get up to 40 off select bath items. Dont miss out on the seasons best savings happening right now at lowes. Moms know their kids need love, encouragement and milk. With 8 grams of natural protein, and 8 other nutrients to provide balanced nutrition. Moms know kids grow strong when they milk life. Were back with that abc news exclusive. A young man making national headlines, rescued at sea a week after his boat sunk. But his mother who was with him is missing. Abcs linzie janis sat down with him. Good morning, linzie. Law enforcement officers are still searching for evidence of a crime on the high seas. The coast guard and even the fbi are now involved in the investigation. And just this week, the Insurance Company investigating nathan carmans claim on his lost boat concluded he intentionally did things to the it was a stunning discovery. A young man found drifting on a life raft missing for seven days. Nathan carman had gone fishing with his mother linda. But as hes pulled aboard the chinese freighter that spotted him, she is nowhere to be found. Mom and i two people, myself and my mom were fishing at block canyon and there was a funny noise in the engine compartment. Reporter two days later when nathan arrives in boston questions are waiting for him at the dock. What happened to his mom . And was it really an accident . Nathan who has been diagnosed with aspergers syndrome pleads for privacy. My request is just to be allow to mourn naturally. Reporter but then he decides to grant us an exclusive interview. He insists his mothers disappearance was an accident. I did not see or hear my mom. Reporter he says their boat was taking on water and it sank so fast he her. I love my mother, present tense. I love my mother. Reporter police are not convinced. His mother was worth millions and hes her sole heir. They executed a search want on nathans home looking for evidence of reckless endangerment. Boat owner mike iozzi told us and police that he saw nathan hours before the trip doing something highly suspicious. It caught my eye when i saw him leaning over the back and drilling a hole, two holes in the transom of the boat. Reporter as we discuss the allegations he reaches his breaking point. All i can say is what happened. I cant if other people want to im just asking you to defend yourself against these people who are saying you did something to your boat that would make it sink. Thats thought true. The only way that i can speak out against them is to say what actually happened and thats what ive been trying to do. Okay. Another thing thats happened since we last got together, police searched your moms home. Yeah. Did you know anything about that. Were done for this evening, period. Were done. Were not trading to make you uncomfortable. Were trying to give you an opportunity to answer some of these allegations. Were done here this evening. So nathan stormed out of our interview but about 20 minutes later he came back and answered more questions. He explained what he was doing to the boat and he talked about another mysterious death in his family, nathans grandfather, a multimillionaire Real Estate Developer was murdered in his bedroom three years ago and we learned nathan is still a suspect. Why do Police Believe that. Hes never been charged but in a 2014 search warrant police say his whereabouts on the night. Murder are unaccounted for and they tried to arrest him and a judge wouldnt sign the arrest warrant. So much more here. Yeah. Fascinating mystery. See much interview on 20 20. The buzziest super bowl ads. Which will get the biggest laugh and some are already getting backlash. Smartphones . O m g ten years later, nothings really changed. Its time to snap out of it. Hello moto. Snap on a jbl speaker. Put a 70 screen on a wall. Get a 10x optical zoom. Get excited world. Hello moto. Moto is here. The moto z with motomods. Get 50 off on moto z droid. That just tastes better. Fresher. More flavorful. Delicious. With more great nutrition. And 25 less saturated fat. Only egglands best. Better taste. Better nutrition. 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Thank you both for coming around. Some ads are stirring up controversy, budweiser leading the pack and, t. J. , some think their ad looking back is a little too political. A little too political and maybe very timely given whats happening in the current in the debates weve been having but, remember, folk, budweiser, people associate this allamerican beer and had beer cans at one point that said america on them. Well, it was cofounded by a guy by the name of adolphus busch, yes, a german born immigrant to this country and they went back and told his story in this you dont look like youre from around here. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] welcome to america. Youre not wanted here. Go back home. Wow, that is such a powerful maybe some familiar language yeah, some familiar themes as you were saying and powerful imagery showing someones struggle but responsible for building a company that we consider allamerican these days and some people online are talking about boycott budweiser now at this point but the company says this thing has been trying this for a year. Been planning this for a year so it wasnt really timed necessarily to now. Does seem that way with everything in the news. My man, donny. So the backlash were seeing here, i mean, it does seem to be pretty politically charged. You know advertising holds up a mirror who whats going on and all the divisiveness is what is going on in the world right now. I think its a brilliant ad and think they took the high road. How do you argue with that . Theyre not talking about walls or muslim bans but, hey, this country, even our company is built on the fundamental principles of our doors are open. I think its beautiful and dont see the controversy in it and i think they really dance the line because theyre a major, major corporation. Do you think they saw it coming and did they want it . I think as i said a company of this size and magnitude has got to play to both blue and red states obviously, but i do think if you look at that message just by itself it is the most american message you could probably have. I think theyre wrapped in red, white and blue although its against a charged politically climate. 0second add going for a million bucks. You want to make sure its buzzy but it can work against u. Well talk more about that, any controversy is good thats what i want to bring back to t. J. There was one ad you talk about right now that the nfl fox decided did cross the line. Yeah, as donny just said the budweiser ad is not talking about walls, this one directly was, so they had to go back and edit their ad. 84 lumber this Pennsylvania Company shows this story of a spanishspeaking mother and her young daughter getting up in the morning going out on an arduous journey and get to the u. S. mexico border and face a wall. Fox nfl made them edit that. You wont see the wall in the broadcast. They will then direct you to online to see the end of that ad. Have you ever seen anything like this, donny. No, once again for a company weve never mentioned lumber 84 in our lives for on good morning america, thats a win win for them, once again set against the backdrop everybody is talking about its a brilliant move. All the ads are serious or politically driven. We have some humorous ones some that pull at the heartstrings so, t. J. , what is the emerging theme for many of these commercials this year. Just like you said they continue to pull at the heartstrings. Some are funny. This audi ad got me because it shows a father cheering on his daughter who is in a gokart race. Shes beating other kids, beating all the boys and this dad is talking kind of talking about what do i tell my daughter about her her dad being more valuable than mom and its an ad about pay equal and audi is making no calqualms abo it and this skittles ad i am sure you will appreciate. Katie, katie, katie. Mmmm. Mmmm. Katie. Katie. Mmmm. Katie. Katie. Mmmm. Katie. Mmmm. Katie. Mmmm. So when the robber came through thats the one that got me, youll see some funny, pull at the heartstrings and some political themes, as well but a little bit of everything. This is the opposite of narrow casting on the super bowl. I talked about holding up a muir and then the escapist route. Lets give them a laugh and something silly and thats the skittles one. Another laugh and were seeing celebrities, t. J. , my personal favorite already, Melissa Mccarthy. The kia ad, t. J. Thats hysterical in yeah, she shes playing a superhero there but we got steve carell, tina fey and Melissa Mccarthy trying to save the world and making a point about sometimes you dont need to try to save the world, just drive the right kind of car and make your contribution but these hysterical in this ad. A hero even that ad is funny but theres a little politics in there, save the world, eco friendly but the right kin celebrity. Shesen everyman celebrity, Melissa Mccarthy, smart ad. Looking good, donny. Welcome to gma. Gma. Wait. Sorry, im sorry. I didnt know. Whoa. Coming up next, ginger has roxy the sledding dog. We got a Super Bowl Party coming up. avo did you know two areas of your brain can make it hard to lose weight . Contrave is an fdaapproved weightloss medicine that may help adults who are overweight or struggle with obesity contrave is believed to work on two areas of the brain your hunger center. woman im so hungry. avo to reduce hunger. 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You know where she needs to go, west michigan, plenty of snow coming in. Look at that snowblower at the airport there. So grr, way to go. Good morning america is brought to you by secrets resorts spas. Experience adults only unlimited luxury where everything is included. Anchor good morning, washington. Im melanie hastings. We want to get straight to breaking news, a house fire in clinton, maryland leaving 2 in Critical Condition. John gonzalez is on the scene, john. Reporter melanie were live on milliongon road in clinton, maryland. 30 fires are working to put out the house fire. The home still smoking at this hour. Two people were trapped inside when this fire started around 6 30 a. M. Fires had to pull them out of the home and right now, both are in Critical Condition, is what we are told. It was a sheriff who was driving by when he noticed this fire and called it in, a sheriff who was also a volunteer firefighter, he called it in and tried to help these people get out of the home he is city at the scene talking to fire investigators 7. You can see whole huge, at the top of the whole is a massive fire, a small home, essentially 2 people in Critical Condition. The call to this fire is still under investigation. Melanie, back to you inside. Anchor thank you so much. Chilly weather for your friday. Here is molly. Reporter reporter temperatures hovering around freezing for many of us as we start our day. Daytime, 40s, upcoming weekend, cool one on your saturday, lots of sunshine, temperatures in the mid 40s for sunday. Mainly a few sprinkles, really nothing major to report for your super bowl plans. Things are looking okay, make a few wet snowflakes around lunchtime. Our temperatures in the 40s by 3 00 with mostly cloudy conditions. Reporter anchor thank you. You can get more news, weather and traffic on good morning washington on news channel 8. Well come back with update for you in 30 minutes. Now well send you over to good morning america. Have a good day. [ alarm clock beeping ] weather. [ laughter ] cartoons. Wait for it. [ cat screech ] [ laughter ] [ screaming ] make everyday awesome with the power of xfinity x1. Hi grandma and the fastest internet. [ girl screaming ] [ laughter ] Nosy Neighbor with a glad bag, full of trash. What happens next . Nothing. Only glad has febreze to neutralize odors for 5 days. Guaranteed. Even the most perceptive noses wont notice the trash. Be happy. Its glad. Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. Breaking overnight, an attack at one of the worlds most popular tourist spot, i man with a machete just steps from the mona lisa attacking a soldier outside the louvre. Tourists running for their lives. A second suspect is now under arrest. Almost a thousand people under lockdown in the museum. New this morning, 20 years after o. J. Simpsons civil trial the goldmans speak out. When you hear the name o. J. , what goes through your mind . Kim goldman reveals why she wrote to him in prison and what they say about his possible release later this year. A new warning about the risk of those laundry pods that look like candy to your kids. The danger to your childrens eyes and what you can do about it. And are you ready for gaga . The superstar is oneonone with biggest performance shes ever pulled off. What shes revealing about her super plans. When i play the nrg stadium in houston, im going to play it like its a dive bar. Im going to do it my way. And get ready for gronk. Hes warming up. Hes fired up and whats this . And option number three, full gronk. My favorite. Hes live on gma. As we say good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] and good morning, america. Happy friday. Look what we have here this morning. [ cheers and applause ] a Little Something for everyone. Can you tell theyre half and half because we have to be right down the middle. Journalists, people. Were getting fired up as you know for the big game amy is already there in houston. Has some very special guests. Amy, how is it going down there in houston . Thats right. Well, weve got half and half we are. We have some falcons fans, we have some patriots fans, everyone is getting along. Everyone is excited here in houston for the big game on sunday. And, yes, we have a very special guest, come on out we have new England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski and gronk as hes called. How are you feeling today. Im fired up. You know it. Im ready to go. You guys ready . Well have much more from gronk coming up in just a bit. Thats fun. They are ready to go. Love gronk. Huge personality. Great guy. Looking forward to that. First we have to get news and paula faris has the morning rundown. Good morning to you, george, robin and lahr r more on the breaking news from paris, a suspected terror attack foiled at the louvre museum, a soldier opening fire on abcs lama hasan joining us with the very latest this morning. Good morning, lama. Reporter good morning, paula. The attack unfolding in the heart of paris after police say a man carrying two backlashes brandished a machete and shouted allahu akbar while lunging at a group of security guards on patrol. One of the soldiers fired back with five shots wounding the attacker. Authorities now have him in custody. At least a thousand tourists were inside the louvre at the time. They were hustled into safe areas. French police say no explosives were found in the two backpacks and theyre launching a terror investigation. What a frightening incident, lama hasan, thank you for that reporting this morning. The white house is expected to announce new sanctions against iran as early as today. President trump says he is not ruling outny options in response to iran testfiring a ballistic missile. He accuses of iranians of, quote, playing with fire, meantime, the administration is now warning israel that building new settlements may not be helpful for the peace and the new ambassador, hail, caesar has condemned russia for, quote, aggressive actions in ukraine. President trump is expected to sign two executive actions to scale back regulations in the financial industry. He is ordering a review of the dodd frank rules passed after the financial crisis and set to roll back a regulation affecting financial advisers. In other news, police in Southern California searching for a man who threw an explosive device into a crowded restaurant in pasadena. Smoke filled the Cheesecake Factory as people ran outside, however, nobody was injured. And mexican drug lord el chapo is appearing before a judge in new york city. His motorcade arriving this morning, prosecutors are demanding he turn over 14 billion in assets. And a new warning for new parents about laundry detergent pods. Researchers found since those pods hit the market, eye burns in children have skyrocketed by 3,000 . The pods now account for more than a quarter of all such eye injuries and the industry recently adopted tougher safety standards, however, parents are urging to keep them out of childrens reach. Finally, how about this one for you on a friday. Tying the knot has never been so expensive. The average cost of a wedding now topping 35,000. A survey by the knot. Com looked at everything from food to photos and found the increasing cost is mostly because of novelty items such as fireworks, celebrity entertainers and eensy gar rolling stations. Now, 35 grand, that is the National Average but, of course, here in new york city everything is more expensive. The average wedding costs 78,000. But you guys can we go back to the cigar rolling station . Have you ever been to a wedding with a cigar rolling station. . I have not. I want to go. I know, celebrity entertainers get you every single time. Last weekend i went to a popup wedding in key ss supposed to get married in may. This is getting out of hand so sent out an email were getting married in weeks in key west and we were there and wonderful and met great people from south carolina. All good. It was all good. At the end of the day yeah. Getting married, its a party. Its a celebration. If you can forgo the cigar rolling station, i believe you will still have a good time. Which is surprising we were able to do that in key west because thats dangerous but a celebration with pop news for friday. Yes. [ cheers and applause ] friday edition. Really great crowd. Falcons. [ cheers and applause ] patriots. [ cheers and applause ] robin and george. Lets begin. So yesterday we got some or a couple days ago we got surprise twin pregnancy news and now were getting award show news coming from beyonce. The Superstars Team confirming despite the fact she is pregnant she will be at the grammys rf very happy. [ applause ] expect a great performance. Last time she was pregnant and performed she did the drop the mike moment. Yes. Fantastic. So, she also was spotted leaving rehearsals so maybe she had to give it away but her dad says, yes, she is working on a performance that will blow you away and hopefully this is me saying it an acceptance speech. Queen bey nominated for not one, not two but nine awards at the 59th annual ceremony including album of the year and song of the year for formation. Again, next sunday, february 12th. Cannot wait to see what she wear, sings and does. [ applause ] stop you right there. I discovered my favorite beyonce fan of all time. She starts talking about beyonce, you start smiling. Right here . Right here. Do you have a favorite beyonce dance move . No . Darn it. So close. All right, also in pop news, lets find out if this makes you hap ladies is officially returning to tv. The one and only carol burnett. Wow. Has been given the green light as we say in the biz, a might order for household name. Deadline is reporting this and amy poehler will executive produce it, a comedy, of course, burn net will hit the screen as a leading lady who decides to sell her home, her grand home to a young, happy family for a very good price. There is, of course, a caveat. One condition, she gets to live in it until she passes away. So, a little bonus there when you buy the house which will, of course, make for a great comedy. Michael saltzman is on board as writer, executive producer, mad men, the naked truth and murphy brown executive producer and if its a go im happy to say it will air right here on abc. [ cheers and applause ] i want to just tell you i dont know if we have tim when he was a young writer trying to make his way in the biz got a meeting with carol burnett. She was so impressed with his samples and what he had to say about the business, she wrote him a check, doesnt say for how much and said, i want to you just do something with it. Write a play, write a movie. Write something because i believe in you. She said shes always believed in giving young upstarts a chance and you know what, he wrote this. Thats fantastic. For her. So a really great story. Lets root for this. Carol burnett, we love you. Come on back. [ applause ] and more career news, love this story, Indianapolis Colts punter pat mcafee, he is punting a 2. 75 million salary to pursue his dream of making people laugh. The nfl player turned comedian will be joining a sports satire website heading up their brandnew Indianapolis Bureau made especially for him. This is obviously a brave he is the best punting record in the nfl last season. Hes walking away from quite a lot. He also, though did have three knee surgeries in the past four years and said he was just starting to feel like he had to follow his dream. He isnt taking this lightly. He wrote a heartfelt note to twitter followers where he expressed his gratitude to the people of indianapolis and excitement are to the future and said do not be afraid to follow your dreams. It wont be his first foray. He tried standup. He is funny and active on twitter if you want to check him out and well aware that he could take the hardest hits hes ever taken in his career. Were wishing you the best of luck. Good for him. Dont read your twitter. Write it but dont read it. George taught me that many years ago and it is a very smart rule. Hes only 29. Great career thats early to walk away. You have to follow your dream. Great lesson for all of us on this tgif. [ applause ] thank you, lara. 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Youre going to deme catch all the action on the nfl on fox this sunday and since they put me to work. A chance to sit down with the one and only lady gaga and she gave me a sneak peek into how shes prepping for the big game. Take a look. You started out in dive bars and now here you are at the halftime of the super bowl but how do you not get overwhelmed by that because you seem so calm . Im sweating under this suit right now thinking about the anticipation for whats coming up. Well, what i would say is that when you play a dive bar my philosophy has always been you should play it like its the garden. Wow. So, when i play the nrg stadium in houston, im going to play it like its a dive bar. Because im going to do it my way. I notice one thing you talked about your performance and your rehearsals is if you are Training Like an athlete. So what have you done to get ready for this performance . Well, i work out a lot and i also i do versa climbing while i sing and i sing while i do it. Doing it because the show is full on cardio, my performances pose most of the time but its cardio while singing. You are in better shape than the athletes playing the game. No, im not. Yes, you are. I dont think so. I mean its a different kind of shape. Its a different game. If you want to catch the full interview with lady gaga, you can check it out right before the game on fox. Then ill be up bright and early on monday to talk to you about the big game only on gma. Back to you guys. Thank you, we cannot wait for the game, we cant wait for the halftime show. We cant wait to get back to t. J. And amy so what are you hearing . Come on. Whats the buzz there in h town . Well, speaking of buzz, you know, we had our affiliate ktrk had a helicopter above the stadium yesterday and they caught a glimpse of lady gaga rehearsing but then they all caught wind of it. You can see her, right . You can tell which one she is. The blond, the blond. So we didnt get to see it. Its best. It will be under wraps. You were at the press conference yesterday. Its supposed to be a surprise but we tried and tried. She did not give up a whole lot at that press conference but she did say it will keep with some of her themes. People wonder if shes making a political statement. It will keep with our themes of inclusion. Tightlipped. Shell do it her way. All right, amy. We caught that. Other big events that are going on throughout the weekend. Not just the halftime show and not just the game. What else is happening . Well, you ask the party girl about that. Maybe i got home at 1 00 yesterday or this morning actually but it was all fun. I was with strahan and jesse. Where were you, t. J. . I was in bed. I was sleeping soundly, robin, george, you know me. Theres a lot of night life going on. A lot of fun being had by all. Pretty funny. Weve got patriots and weve got falcons fans and they said you know what the reason they can hang out is because they dont have giants here and saints hey. What . Explain yourself being a saints fan, explain yourself. Theyre just happy that theyve got each other, i think. Its all friendly, right, guys . Nothing but love. All right. All right, amy. Get in a little bit earlier than you did last night, okay . And t. J. , were not buying it. Were not buying it. Not for a second. Youre at the super bowl. We got gronk. Have to check in with gronk. [ applause ] oh, yeah. And our teams going headtohead building the ultimate super bowl snack stadium. If you have moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis isnt it time to let the real you shine through . Introducing otezla, apremilast. Otezla is not an injection, or a cream. Its a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. Some people who took otezla saw 75 clearer skin after 4 months. 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Simpson for the killing of their son ron and now the family is speaking out about that loss and their message for o. J. As he faces possible release from prison this year. Matt gutman spoke with the family. Reporter when you hear the name o. J. , what goes through your mind . Disgust. He stabbed two people to death. Thats kind of where i leave it. Reporter this morning, kim goldman is revealing why she wrote these letters to o. J. Simpson in the hopes of meeting him in a nevada prison where he was serving time for charges including armed robbery. I thought if i could cozy up to him a little bit, i had no interest in talking to him when i got i had nothing to say. I had nothing to ask. It was purely visual. You just needed to see him. Behind bar. In behind bars. We the jury in the above entitled action find orenthal j. Simpson reporter in 1995 he was acquitted of murdering ron goldman and nicole brown simpson. A civil trial found him liable for wrongful death in the double murder. The years have ticked away but what remains for the goldmans is the pain. A lot of things hard but rons dreams that didnt come to fruition, sharing his life with kim because they were best buddies. Reporter the goldmans who owned rights to if i did it authored by simpson says moving on is made nearly impossible with the fascination of all things o. J. Projects like is o. J. Innocent. The missing evidence. Reporter American Crime story. Reporter an oscar nomination for the espn documentary made in america. Its like constantly having salt being poured in an open wound so not watching these shows doesnt really make a difference because its still happening. Reporter and feeding that fascination could be simpsons possible release later this year. There is a chance he could get paroled this year in 2017. October. Yeah. What would that picture look like to you . Disgust. He did a horrible, heinous crime and i have no feeling except rot in hell. Reporter for good morning america, matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. You can understand their strong feelings. We have a lot more coming up here. Some more super bowl excite right here, our gma bowl game blowout. Anchor good morning, washington. Im melanie hastings. We continue to follow that news out of lorton, a re Cycling Center still burning after catching fire last night. Our sam sweeney is live on the scene with more. Sam. Reporter good morning. You can still see the flames and the smoke coming out of this building right here. This is a reCycling Center in lorton, virginia. Caught fire about 10 00 p. M. Last night. Fires rushed in, attacked it from the outside. There are 3 floors of garbage in , there they cannot get to the center there of those flames. So they cannot put it out. Were told that it will take possibly up to 2 days to get this fire completely out. If you live in the lorton area or traveling up 95 youre certainly going to see a lot of smoke in this area. The good news is the smoke poses no danger to the immediate community. Anchor quite a scene, thank you mature we are looking at a cold weekend ahead. Reporter temperatures hovering around freezing for many of us as we start our day. Daytime, 40s, upcoming weekend, cool one on your saturday, lots of sunshine, temperatures in the mid 40s for sunday. Mainly a few sprinkles, really nothing major to report for your super bowl plans. Things are looking okay, make a few wet snowflakes around lunchtime. Our temperatures in the 40s by 3 00 with mostly cloudy conditions. Reporter for the friday morning commute, overall, not too bad, especially as we look at the big picture map. You can see mostly green, a little bit of red on the north side of the beltway traveling through Silver Spring on the outer loop. Also dc295, northbound 395, a few brake lights here and there. A live look at the 14th street bridge, southeast southwest freeway jamming up. 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Thats you, lara. When you think of the super bowl, of course, you think of the ads, you think of the game and you think of food. Yes. What google has done is they have gone all across the country, the most googled searched for snack, a super bowl snack and theyre weird, theyre delicious but it goes state by state with dessert, all that. We went for our respective state, you know im a big saints fan and it says in louisiana the popular pick for the super bowl is creamy shrimp crabmeat and spinach dip. Oh, yes. Sounds pretty good. Send us that recipe. Someone. That sounds gooed. I hail from mississippi, as well and we love sweet potato shepherd pie. All right. There you go. Im not saying no to that either. Pretty good . Im from ohio. Apparently pulled pork peta nachos. Sounds good. Never had one but sounds great. So, i am a new york native and we love hall pain jalapeno poppers. Like t. G. I. Fridays. Have you ever made them. Sure, theyre easy. Right out of the oven. 4 for 4. Ginger, go. So, michigan, very simple, right. Yeah, michigan, sliders. Sliders. Thats good. Thats like a party that just makes sense, you know. Mmmm. So way to go. They all sound delicious. Google says the one of the most created dishes hails from the great state of oregon. Are you ready for this. The most googled super bowl snack. It is the stater to the casserole. Yes. I cant wait to try it. [ applause ] i am in. I mean, you put tots on anything and im happy. Karen sorry, our chef made this and it is just layers and layers of fatty goodness. All right. It is good. But this is the time of year it. Tater tots. Its got some beef in it. Its got cream of Mushroom Soup is in there. Wow. And a lot of cheese. Oh, wow. So, see you, good night, everybody. Saving these for later. Down for the count. Now back to amy in houston. She would have loved this. Uhhuh. I know i do love tater tots. You go ahead and eat and look who i have. New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski. And he wont be taking the field this sunday with his teammates. You have your back injury. How are you feeling. I am feeling good. Everything is smooth. I wish i was out there with my boys but theyre working hard, im super pumped for them. You were there two years ago on the field. Everyone remembers. What is going through your teammates mines. Everyone is just getting ready. You got to prepare like every other week, give it all you got preparing their bodies mentally and physically so super excited and everyone is excited around robin, have you finished eating your tater tots. I know you have a question. How did you know i was here eating my tater tots . Busted. I know you. Hey, you know, my man, i follow you on instagram. And youve been posting some pictures. What was the one of your basketball pictures or Something Like that and said we should not find your baseball one. Why should we not find that because well go for the search. Well search for it. Oh, man, i had im actually basketball in high school was my favorite sport, had a blast. Dunking all over the place. Thats all we would try to do, the point guards and i having to dunk in high school was like scoring a touchdown in the super bowl so we had a blast then the baseball photos with my brothers, we had we were just always so silly in high school. We made silly bio, all our friends and everything so it was a lot of fun back in the days having all your friends on the team. Your brothers, your brothers friends so we had a blast in high school and every sports team, basketball, football baseball. We all talk about these commercial, the super bowl ad, gronk was in one. We have one of the bonus spots. You were in with and take a look. It speaks for itself. How are you doing. I have a shirt. Oh. [ applause ] man, you got that great face and look, had a wardrobe change. What do you call this look. This is the full gronk look right here. We got the half gronk. We got the full gronk and we got the no gronk l cleaners but always going to be a better way. Jeffrey was getting time patient when i kept going back and forth with that but we had a blast doing the commercial. A lot of fun but theres always a better way coming soon not just ripping off your sleeves. Thats good. You guys like the look . Yeah. [ cheers and applause ] like it . Aaagh. Im with you. Love that. Hey, gronk, arent you going to school our girl amy a little bit. Dont you have a little lesson for amy . Yes, i got to teach amy the gronk you got to take your hand and full hand grip. Right over the Roger Goodell so no one can, you know, see that. Boom. Yeah. And, boom, you just want to spike it on the belly of ball. Just throw it on the ground. Yes. Wind up make sure the belly here we go. Watch out, everyone. Im not scared. [ applause ] camera shot. Camera shot. Nice job. Thank you. All right. And mr. Man. Mr. Man. Looking good, amy. You gave it a good toss there. Way to go. 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[ applause ] serving kids from mostly sunny highs 3439, wind chills teens20s through the morning winds north northwest 1015 mph let me go ahead and start storytime to my friends behind me. Lets head to lara and eat. Ginger, get over here. It is time for the super snack showdown featuring the ultimate snack stadium. Weve got one team representing. Atlanta falcons and another representing the new England Patriots and editor of delish. Com, joanna saltz, showing us how to make one at home. That say party. These are a party. How would you describe to your viewers what a snack stadium is. Its been a trend for a couple of years but a way for us to bring the super bowl game in a big way to your house and really like celebrate the fact that this is like a huge this is our thanksgiving as far as im concerned. I love it. With all of the most delicious naughty foods you can imagine. You can have your turkey sliders. Give me all brought our big game here. What i love about what weve done is weve made it fun and easy for to you do at home. Youre not constructing anything insane. Not like building anything from scratch. You want to create sort of an oval shape stadium type using something and fill it with great foods. What we have done here. First we have lindsay representing Team Patriots. Tell us what you guys did for your snake stadium. Everything here is iconically new england. So for our sweet side we did doughnuts. We wanted to recreate the doughnut wall trend thats exploding on pinterest. Its a thing so we simply took thumb tack, put them into foam core and created this awesome display. You can get all the tears at your local supply store. They are fun. Theres something fun about taking a doughnut off a wall and eating it. I dont know why. Totally. I notice you have ice cream coned filled with cannoli. Cannoli. Very boston to us. Who is going to go out of their make matter canole si theys. The colors of the patriots. Do you call these whopper pies. Whoopie pies. You have dips. Crab dip. Crab artichoke dip. Crab felt new england. No one wants new england clam chowder and fluffer nutter dip. Fluffer nutter is from massachusetts. It was created in massachusetts. Yes. Created in massachusetts. So you took a theme and ran with it but everything is really fun. So easy to make and a mix of store bought and homemade. You threw in the sliders and dogs. Basically giant pigs in the blanket, lets go. Life is good. Very well done. Lindsey and over here, candace. You did cans. They did beer. You did soda. Yours is filled with foods that represent atlanta. Talk to me . As a southern girl at heart when you represent atlanta you have to bring it with the Southern Comfort foods. We did a mix of tore bought too. Banana pudding from Magnolia Bakery and georgetown red velvet cupcakes. Yes, these are pulled pork on corn bread muffins. Oh, come on. And chicken and waffle sliders. Absolutely. Listen, we want to know from our fans here in the audience, who you guys think should win this ultimate snack showdown. So by a show of applause who believes that it should be team lindsey and the patriots . [ cheers and applause ] and who thinks it should be candace and the falcons . [ cheers and applause ] wow. Congratulations, great job. [ drum roll ] listen, the best news is Everybody Wins because every single bit of food is being donated today to the hoboken shelter in new jersey so Everybody Wins here. Waste nothing. We want to thank official nfl apparel for providing game day gear for our audience and tips to build your own stadium on our website goodmorningamerica. Com. Coming up were live in houston where our kid correspondent is talking to the gronk. Nosy neighbor with a glad bag, full of trash. What happens next . Nothing. Only glad has febreze to neutralize odors for 5 days. Guaranteed. Even the most perceptive noses wont notice the trash. Be happy. Its glad. We are back now with our bowl game blowout. Lets take a look at what was going on during the break while we were away. Okay, gronk. Throwing a pass to a fan and in a tom brady jersey. That was pretty good. You got to admit. Number 12, brady. And the spike. Lets go back now to amy and t. J. At the nfl experience in houston. They have some very special friends with them. Having too much fun out there. I love to see it. Well, because that guy is in concussion protocol after amy slammed it on the ground. Were okay. Hes all right. Gronk stuck around. We have look who we have 13yearold Sophie Schneider from kansas. You have had quite the week. Tell me your favorite part so far. Media night was insane. It was so cool to talk to all the big guys and get to the inside scoop on everything. Get my questions in and then while were on the topic of questions i got to ask the commissioner my question. What was your question. My question is talking about how can the nfl continue to improve health and wellness in the next generation and everyone laughed because i we had met so it was like a real casual conversation. Everyone was like, who is this girl . So funny. I think well all know your name after this. Yes, you said that was a great question. Yes, it is. Have you a question for this guy. You said the big guys. This is a pretty big guy. I know. Stump him. Give him a question. You got a all right, so were talking falcons. Who is the biggest competition . Ooh. They got gash the matt ryan to julio jones connection. Very, very well connected players right there. One of the top receivers in the game, one of the top quarterbacks in the game. Its definitely going to be a big challenge with them two. Youre a pretty big guy so i bet you could take them on. You got this. Thank you. You got this. I like that. Right here. Sophie, you got a followup there. You ready for the challenge . I think so, yes. We had the challenge last year. The last year it was we had our kid correspondent and video did the arm wrestle challenge last year. I think that went pretty well. But we have a new challenge. Look. Aagh. Oh. Last year i lost the arm wrestling challenge. How will you do. Were doing the catch challenge. Its on both of us now. We could both win. If you catch this youre going to go long and youre going to make this catch. Are you ready . Im ready. Hike. Sophie along. Yeah. Touchdown. We both win this time. Oh, everyone go deep. Keep it going. Oh, we got it. Falcons fan. Look at all those guys. Oh. Oh. Oh. Back to sophie. Oh. Thats 100 . Were going deep. Oh. Keep it again. Oh. All right. We got amy now. Im never going to do that again. I got it. Oh. Very nice again. All right. I got new position. Back to you guys. Back to you, robin. I give tom brady a run for his money. Nice job. Nice job. Can sophie hear me . Can you hear robin, sophie . Yes. What was your favorite part by far of this entire experience for you . Meeting everyone has been awesome. Meeting all of the players and all the media people. Everybody, its been so great. Ah well, you i love how when you were asking gronk a question you ago like you had a microphone. Youre a natural, kid. When you put your hand up. Hey, thank you all. You all make us feel like we are there. We cant wait for the game. Gronk cant wait to see you back on the field. You get well and you get back out there. Well be right back. 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. Good morning america is brought to you by kay jewelers. For 100 year, every kiss begins with kay. [ cheers and applause ] all right. Were back now with the finale of our pawdoption bowl. We have to say a big thank you to all the shelters and nfl stars who helped us out. Weve had such great success. Demarcus ware, ronnie stanley, mitchell schwarzenegger. Quinton dial. Dan williams, Kareem Jackson and had so much fun with the dogs in our studio. We want to give you a look at the highlights. Its game time and our puppies are pawing for the 50 yard line. Paws in, on three. [ whistle ] Team Patriots a feisty bunch of patriots. Pass me the ball, come on. And team falcons, this little guy could use a catnap. Lets take a peek in the locker room where tails are wagging, plays are being prepped. Hey, thats my stick. Paws off. On the field, the falcons have possession and the patriots are too busy palling around. So, who will be the most adorable . This ones too close to call. Too close to call. Happy to report, george, all of the puppies that you saw in that video have found their forever homes. Wow. From the Humane Society of new york who we love, these guys are all still available. Please consider adoption. Such sweet dogs. You did a great job. One more look at that catch from gronk. Anchor good morning, washington. Im melanie hastings. Some top stories now. Two people are in Critical Condition after being this morning, broke out in a house around 6 30. No word on how the fire started. You can expect delays on 4 of 6 metro lines over the weekend because of track work. 6 stations will be crossed. Fairgate west, mcpherson square, fed triangle, smithsonian, and others. Buses where will replace some trains. Chilly weather to wrap up the work week. Here is molly. Reporter temperatures hovering around freezing for many of us as we start our day. Daytime, 40s, upcoming weekend, cool one on your saturday, lots of sunshine, temperatures in the mid 40s for sunday. Mainly a few sprinkles, really nothing major to report for your super bowl plans. Things are looking okay, make a few wet snowflakes around lunchtime. Our temperatures in the 40s by 3 00 with mostly cloudy conditions. Reporter molly, it has been friday lights for the most part, hoping to wrap up the rush hour early today as we take a look at the big picture, you can see the green around the beltway , inside the beltway on the George Washington parkway, as well as the baltimore washington parkway. Over to the live cameras, a live look at traffic flow from the robinson terminal, inner loop still sluggish through annandale northbound 95 with the residual delays into newington from that Early Morning collision. Melanie. Thank you. You can get more news, weather and traffic on good morning washington on news channel 8. Hope you have a terrific friday announcer its live with kelly it is the Pregame Party show. Today, from the series the comedian, edie falco. And who will win the Pregame Party cookoff . And, pregame predictions from the experts, check out lives Second Annual pick the winner pig race. And we wrap up the what the hack week with pregame hacks. Carrie ann inaba returns as kellys pregame cohost. All next on live [cheers and applause] and now, here are your pregame