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Last night in sweden, sweden. Who would believe this . Sweden. Saying the immediate were is not his enemy but the enemy of the American People. The assassination caught on camera, new Surveillance Footage of the moment two attackers reportedly targeted the brother of the north Korean Leader poisoning him in a matter of seconds. The race to find the suspects this morning. Breaking overnight, a terrifying accident on the track. Can we send another ambulance to the speedway . A race car flipping. Flipping violently in turn two. Crashing into a fence and into the stands injuring spectators. One airlifted to the hospital. We do say good morning, america, on this monday morning. Great to have david muir here with us. Great to be here. Happy president s day. Happy president s day. Did some math for you, 1353 days until the next president ial election. President Trump Holding a Reelection Campaign rally starting too soon and comments about sweden, that incident he talked about and what that caused, global headlines because of that. And a lot of big headlines about the weather and a major storm in texas overnight. More than 100 homes were damaged in san antonio. You can see the scene right there. Wow. Homes were flattened. Nearly 40,000 without power and ginger is on top of all that. Good morning. Good morning. A lot happened in the Early Morning hours. You can see the significant damage pictures, so fortunate only five reported minor injuries. That storm is not done. That line of storms now threatening houston with severe thunderstorm warnings and Flash Flood Watches and san antonio, we found our Katrina Weber from ksat and the latest from the damage. Reporter there will be no holiday off for people in this neighborhood and others in san antonio all a result of the weather that came through last night that ripped roofs off homes and dumped debris in front yards. There is a house on the corner that is missing its roof. More than 40 homes in this neighborhood alone. More than 100 throughout the city that have been damaged and reports of fires related to the weather and about a half dozen minor injuries all from that storm last night. Back to you, ginger. Katrina, thank you. Now san antonio clear but that line in east texas going to move east. Look at monday, 8 00 p. M. Right there in central louisiana, little rock getting it by later this afternoon and tonight so the threat not over for Severe Weather and could see hail, damaging winds and the west, wind advisory, high Wind Warnings and flood watches that are just plastering Northern California now after that busy Southern California weekend. Were looking for more moisture stemming all the way from hawaii. I said look at that Pineapple Express feeding in and rainfall rates, totals in that 4 to 6inch range. All right, thank you, ginger. Neal karlinsky is in San Francisco where theyre on alert for flash flooding and good morning to you, neal. Reporter in the last few hours it is really starting to come down just the latest in a series of storms drenching this region threatening more flooding and mudslides. This morning the golden state set to be slammed with heavy rain again after a weekend of flash flooding wreaked havoc on the roads. Over the weekend a powerful storm dumping as much as 10 inches of rain. At least five People Killed including one trapped underwater in his car. Those floodwaters also eroding the streets. There it goes. Reporter this massive sinkhole in studio city swallowing two car, the drivers plunging into a raging river and finding one woman standing on her car screaming for help. Roads crumbling across the state. Watch as a fire truck just falls off the ledge of a crumbling freeway, luckily no one was inside the truck. North of here the oroville dam that caused so much concern last week seems to be holding up well. The concerns today for flooding in lowlying areas that are really getting drenched. Neal, thank you. Now to the latest on President Trump facing fallout over his comments at a rally where he attacked the media and cecilia vega has much more on all that. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter robin, good morning to you. Today marks one month to the day into Donald Trumps presidency and he is already campaigning for a second term. The president hit the road for a reelection rally and he is taking aim at his favorite target, the media. The president s Holiday Weekend spent at his favorite home away from home, maralago. The president of the United States. Reporter and enjoying one of his favorite pastimes pumping up thousands of cheering supporters. We will continue to win, win, win. Reporter just one month on the job and this was President Trumps reelection kickoff. A florida Campaign Rally with air force one as a backdrop. The white house is running so smoothly. So smoothly. And believe me, i and we inherited one big mess. Reporter no donald trump rally would be complete without a healthy dose of media bashing. I will never ever let them get away with it, i will do whatever i can that they dont get away with it. They have their own agenda and their agenda is not your agenda. Reporter the latest onslaught follows this tweet the president declaring allout war on journalists calling them the enemy of the American People. Republican senator john mccain quick to denounce the attack. If you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press and without it, im afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. Thats how dictators get started. Reporter even fox news anchor Chris Wallace says the president went too far. Look, were big boys. We criticize president s. They want to criticize us back, thats fine but the Fake News Media is not my enemy, its the enemy of the American People, i believe that crosses an important line. Reporter but Reince Priebus coming to the president s defense. The problem weve got is that were talking about bogus stories and i think that the media needs to in many so case, not every case, john, but in some cases really needs to get its act together. Reporter and the president returns to washington today, robin. On the agenda that new travel ban executive order. As we await that cecilia, tell us the latest in the search to replace general flynn. Reporter well, of course, the second choice for President Trump declined the job, the president this weekend did meet with four possible picks, lets take a look at those names. Former u. N. Ambassador john bolton, the rest military brass, Lieutenant General robert caslen, retired general Keith Kellogg and Lieutenant General h. R. Mcmaster. He hopes to make this pick very soon. The president also sparking confusion and global backlash with his comments about sweden and what he said had happened. While u. S. Officials including the Vice President were trying to reassure europe about americas commitment so to our chief Foreign Correspondent terry moran in london this morning. Reporter european leaders, theyre kind of baffled by President Donald Trump and not just by his off the cuff remarks about sweden that you mentioned but also and more important by his confusing and contradictory Foreign Policy so far. This was the moment that triggered the latest flap, President Trump this weekend ripping on terror in europe alluding to some kind of incident in sweden and sparking considerable confusion. You look at whats happening in germany, you look at whats happening last night in sweden, sweden. Who would believe this . Sweden. They took in large numbers. Theyre having problems like they never thought possible. Reporter the problem, there was no incident in sweden and the swedes were not happy with the insinuation that their generous refugee problem had resulted in a terror attack. The swedish government promptly asking the state department for clarification. And the former swedish Prime Minister tweeting, sweden . Terror attack . What has he been smoking . Later President Trump took to twitter explaining that his statement was in reference to a story that was broadcast on fox news concerning immigrants and sweden. That story didnt mention a terror attack. There havent been any in sweden in more than five years. All this as Vice President pence also in the international spotlight taking his first overseas trip meeting World Leaders like Angela Merkel and extending a diplomatic olive branch at the munich security conference. On behalf of President Trump i bring you this assurance, the United States of america strongly supports nato and will be unwavering in our commitment to this transatlantic alliance. Reporter this morning in brussels the Vice President continued the Charm Offensive saying President Trump wants strong relations with the eu but u. S. Allies here remain rattled and remember President Trump calling nato obsolete and cozying up to Vladimir Putin even as Russia Threatens europe and see the american president as erratic. Plenty to jump into on this president s day. Thanks. Ill bring in matthew dowd and amy holmes, from rasmussen reports. You got the president saying the Fake News Media is not his enemy but the enemy of the American People, then the president goes out during a Campaign Rally and look at whats happening in sweden, who would believe this, he asks. The president did explain later he had seen something on fox news. But the president bashing fake news and then making reference to an incident that never happened, matt. Well, it is rather bizarre as we know. One thing id recommend to the president he dont go after abba or meatballs, better stay away from both of them. I think this is a problem in the media. Most of the media is united in saying we ought to get to the truth and the president of the United States ought to be the first person that speaks he ought not to enunciate that he either knows or is unknowingly saying stuff that isnt true. I want to turn to amy in the meantime. National security, you know, the president still has to fill general flynns role citing issues of trust and the labor secretary who dropped out. I want to play what republican senator john mccain said overseas in munich trying to reassure european leaders about a white house he described as one in disarray. Take a listen. I think that the flynn issue obviously is something that is shows that in many respects this administration is in disarray. You had the president telling the American People late last week the white house is a finetuned machine. Senator mccain says its a white house in disarray. Which is it . Aphrenic look at making the sausage in politics. If you remember, president obama when he was looking to fill up his cabinet, he had some bumps along the road. Were one month in and point of fact with his nsa adviser he had michael flynn, now he has to cast his net back out. You saw the Campaign Rally for reelection. I mention at the top, 1353 days until the next president ial election. Awfully early for this. I would say i have two problems. I mean i think its good for Donald Trumps psyche and thats the primary driver of this. He gets in front of adoring fans and feeds off it. One, you dont want to start doing campaigns so that everybody thinks the prism from which youre making decisions is political and if you want to unite the people, speaking to just your fan club wont help. Amy, great to have you on president s day. Over to michael. Turning now to new video of that attack at an airport that killed the north Korean Leaders half brother. Police are searching for more suspects and lets go to lama hasan for the latest. Good morning, lama. Reporter and good morning to you, michael. In a plot seemingly ripped out of a hollywood movie now the latest twist, dramatic new video giving us what appears to be a blowbyblow account of kim jongnams assassination. Overnight japanese tv releasing this grainy Surveillance Video from kuala lumpur airport. It shows the moment two female assassins reportedly attack kim jongnam, the half brother of north korean dictator, kim jongun. They have trained assassination squads for years including women both to do bombings, suicide mission, murders like this one, so, its sort of their trademark. Reporter watch as one woman approaches him from behind, grabs him and according to police cover his face with a cloth laced with a liquid. The entire ambush taking just seconds. The video also shows kim jongnam seeking help, miming to airport officials what happened to him later suffering a seizure and dying as photos are released of 11 suspects they believe are connected to the assassination. Arresting four including one whose mother claims her daughter was duped into believing she was taking part in a prank tv show. Well, the manhunt is on for four men all believed to be north korean all on the run fleeing the same day kim jongnam was attacked. This as a diplomatic spat is heating up. The north Korean Ambassador demanding from the malaysians to hand over kim jongnams body saying they cant trust the investigation. Michael. A long way from over. Now amy with the other mornings top stories starting with the secretary of defense arriving in iraq. Defense secretary james mattis arriving unannounced in baghdad as major new operations begin. Iraqi troops launched an offensive to retake the western half of mosul, the last isis stronghold in iraq. Meanwhile, today secretary mattis reassured the iraqis the u. S. Wont seize their oil. Two canadian lawmakers are calling on their government to stop the flow of people illegally crossing into the country from the United States. Theres been a surge in the number of people walking across the border to claim refugee status. During one night this weekend 22 people were taken into custody in a small town north of the min minnesota border. History made at the nba allstar game. Anthony davis scoring 52 points and the west beat the east, 15292. Defense, defense, lack of it, no defense. How does the third richest man in the world spend his money. Wisely. Warr Warren Buffett once shared launch with bill gates. Buffet offered to pay at mcdonalds, then dug into his pocket and pulled out some coupons to save on the meal. Buffet is apparently a regular and we know hes famous for being frugal. Still lives in the same home he bought for 31,500. Proud of it. Defense, defense. Savings. When it comes to your money. You got that right. Hey, we have that crash at a racetrack overnight, a car flipping flew a fence into the standing injuring three people. Gio benitez is here, has all those details. Reporter good morning. Were talking about very serious injuries here. People just trying to enjoy the race when the car catapults into the air and slams into them. Overnight a frightening wreck at floridas volusia speedway. The car is upside flipping wildly in turn two. Reporter watch as dale blaneys car goes upside down crashing through a fence and into the stands. Severely injuring three spectators. The accident occurred in the speedway. Race car into the stands. Reporter all three transported to hospitals in critical condition. One a british man visiting the country with friends and family. Can you send another ambulance to the speedway emergency . Reporter blaneys car flipping after tangling up with two others at the half mile oval. All drivers walking away from the crash with no injuries. This is the second time in four days where a car cleared a fence at volusia. Joe saldanas car flew into the pit and no one was injured. The driver in this latest crash wasnt hurt. The fans were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. No doubt everyone is thinking about those three people still in the hospital. Absolutely, gio, thank you. Back over to ginger with that warm weather. So many of us are we had a great weekend with that. So many people are just enjoying it. Like that first taste of spring golfing with a little bit of snow left with the lack of snow cover a lot of folks were able to break records. One degree shy in new york city, hit a high of 65. We have a lot more mileage on that, not today, but the rest of the week. Now your select cities proud to you by walmart. Reporter happy president s day, everyone, weve got nothing on Storm Tracker 6 live double scan in the way of precipitation. As we take a look outside, we have plenty of sunshine coming up over the betsy ross bridge. As we take a look at the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, chilly now, temperatures in the 40s, but this afternoon we go to 55. Now thats cooler than yesterday, of course, but ten degrees above average. 51 tomorrow with sun and clouds, clouds back to sun on wednesday, 75. How about 74 on thursday keep those temperatures going. Youll get that. Coming up, Angelina Jolie breaking her silence opening up for the first time about her upcoming divorce from brad pitt. An interview and what shes saying about their family and future. The fastmoving fire completely gutting a multimillion dollar mansion. It took 12 hours to get it under control. Well be back in a moment. [ female announcer ] how many ways can you make overnight oats . Make it sweet. Make it savory. Make it creamy. Make it crunch. Make it overnight. Make it yours with quaker. Your body was made for Better Things than rheumatoid arthritis. Before you and your rheumatologist move to another treatment, ask if xeljanz is right for you. Xeljanz is a small pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. 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It spilled produce all over the road him even though its upright they have not cleared it, all but one lane is quoogz quoogz squeezing by between exits 4 and 5. Take 295 instead of the turnpike as it is backed up live on the action cam. The rest of the majors looking great it is president s day, a lot of people have the day off, ill be on facebook at 7 30 with more details on whats happening. Matt. Okay, karen, david murphy is up next. S lots of bright sunshine up over the horizon, 42 degrees in philadelphia. 42 in wilmington. This afternoon well bounce back to 55. It will be breezy as we move through the day, cooler than yesterday, certainly, but above average for your president s day, good looking day. Sun tomorrow, 51. Clouds to sun on wednesday, 65 and thursday, a near record high of 74 degrees. The race for the District Attorney is getting more crowded today. That story at 6abc. Com. When did mixing food, with not food, become food . 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The damage to 100 homes and left thousands without power and the west is on alert for flooding, mudslides and much more and east is facing springlike temperatures. Did i hear 70 . Ginger, we are smiling at you. And the president working from maralago and thousands are expect to join not my president s day rallies. From donald trump to Melania Trump now making her first major public speech as first lady. Its a role many have suggested shes embracing reluctantly but over the past few weeks weve seen her take it on more visibly. It was a fairly quiet first month for the first lady. But now she is stepping into the spotlight meeting with foreign leaders and giving what some are calling a passionate speech at a Campaign Rally over the weekend. Let us pray. Reporter Melania Trump taking the podium for the first time as first lady delivering the lords prayer in that trump Campaign Rally in florida, saturday. It is my honor and great pleasure to stand here before you as the first lady of the United States. Reporter melania even using the spotlight to call out her critics. I will always stay true to myself and be truthful to you, no matter what the opposition is saying about me. Reporter her remarks a sign she now seems to be embracing her new role, a position some claim she seemed to approach reluctantly. It is a daunting tank, its easier for first ladies of states who have played a similar role in a state. But for someone who has never even been in government before, this is a tough job. Reporter since Inauguration Day melania has spent most of her time in new york with son barron as he finishes out the school year but President Trump confirming she will soon call the white house home full time. And melania goes back and forth and after barron farrens school, because its hard to take a child out of school with a few months left, she and barron will be moving over to the white house. Reporter in the meantime, melania has been flying back and forth to fulfill one of the hallmarks of a first lady hosting foreign digital that tris. On wednesday she greeted Benjamin Netanyahu visiting the National Museum of africanamerican history and culture with his wife sarah and earlier she welcomed japanese Prime Minister abe to her maralago estate where she spent more time than the white house as first lady. The two women touring the museum where she tweeted this photo from its japanese gardens. President trump saying melania will align herself with charities that champion womens causes. Very, very strong advocate. I think shes a great representative for this country. Reporter melania echoing that sentiment on saturday. Im committed to creating and supporting initiatives dear to my heart which will have impact on women and children all around the world. While she has also indicated in the past she would like to take on cyberbullying, so far mrs. Trump as not outlined specific issues she might pursue as first lady. Robin, we will have to wait and see. Thats true but well bring in anita mcbride, former chief of staff for laura bush. Always great to see you. Your take on what melania was able to do at the rally on saturday . Good morning, robin. Thank you for having me. I think, you know what, this is one example of that we should not underestimate mrs. Trump at all. I agree with cokie, this is a daunting tank to walk into and she hasnt had the benefit being first lady of a state or being in politics, but she is showing a Comfort Level of knowing what to do and when to do it and im actually impressed with that. As you know, there is no job description, every first lady has to figure out whats best and play to their strengths. Opening with prayer like that, that was a little bit different. It was very different. I mean you do see at Campaign Rallies and events where they the pledge of alos angeles or a prayer is said generally not by a principal. For her to do that is unexpected but like with Everything Else in this, there are a lot of surprises but i think that shows there is a reliance on faith she has so it seemed to be something very common for her to do. Also she seemed very comfortable the last few weeks, several foreign dignitaries and wives visiting the white house and it is a moment that you think really suits one of her strong points. I think thats exactly right and i think, you know, it is an Important Role for a first lady to be a diplomat and to be a surrogate for the president in the world of diplomacy and two visits backtoback and to choose the events she did with each of them, each of her counterparts, i think, was very astute and was, again, showing a Comfort Level and being a hostess for the nation. Weve seen heard reports from the president saying hes perhaps going to downsize her office, have fewer taffers and you think this may be an indication of some sort. Well, i think, you know, being at the beginning of several administrations when staff sizes at the white house fluctuate and can grow over time, you know, shes not there yet. She did say shes rolling out her staff slowly. She made that public pronouncement. She has two anchor positions already so i think well have to see over time how much staff she really needs to work on the initiatives shes interested in working on and that will take time. Always appreciate your insight and on another note great to see george and barbara bush there at the super bowl a couple of weeks ago. I know. Wasnt that great . Thanks. Thanks, robin. Coming up on gma this morning, two minutes, that massive mansion fire. The entire home gutted. Why did it take 12 hours to put out the flames. And Lisa Marie Presley is trying to get her twins back. 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It only takes a matter of minutes for a house fire to spread out of control but in the case of that house fire in virginia, it wasnt about firefighter Response Time but about finding and accessing water in time. A massive inferno at this multimillion dollar virginia mansion. Fire has gone through the roof. Sounds like propane let loose in the house. Reporter towers of flames shooting into the sky. Thick, black plumes of smoke were visible far from the 6,000squarefoot estate. Gas tanks exploded and walls collapsed which forced firefighters out of the 2. 7 million property owned by the embassy of the united arab emirates. They were, you know, very shaken. It was amazing how quickly it just spread throughout the house. Reporter fortunately no one was killed. This morning, investigators are digging through the charred shell trying to determine just what started the blaze. They all evacuated safely. Their fire alarm system alerted then. The fire had already spread throughout much of the house. Reporter now a disturbing detail about just what helped that fire rage for so long. Crews battled more than 12 hours to put it out. I have no water. Unable to supply water at this time. Ill have to shut you down until i get water. We had to bring additional water in in tankers. Reporter it took them eight minutes to arrive on scene after the 911 call came in saturday but precious time was lotz trying to hook up water from the only fire hydrant in this neighborhood of expensive homes. Its location about a fiveminute walk from the home. The neighborhood does present an additional complexity. Reporter there are no National Standards requiring communities to have hydrants within a certain distance or to have them at all. In communities across the country, some homes can be too remote to be supplied by public water sources like in this deadly annapolis, maryland, mansion fire in 2015. Crews took hours to bring in tanker trucks to fight the blaze that left six people dead including four young children. The closest hydrant more than a mile away. According to one report, about a fifth of the 172,000 homes in that community are not serviced by a pun water hydrant. We want to thank the New Brunswick Fire Department for giving us access to their equipment. This is an example of an engine and holds 750 gallons of water. This is the kind of equipment that would be used to fight a fire in an area that is quite a distance away from a fire hydrant. In the meantime, a lot will be watching and if they have a smaller house even than the one we saw in the piece it will burn faster. What do you do if you dont have a fire hydrant near your home. Reporter experts say smoke detectors and sprinklers are key in that scenario, david. Always check the batteries. Linsey, thanks so much. Over to michael and the big board. 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Here the big board got heated when i was away. Okay. Just a little bit. That was a good one. Back now with this big board. Oscar week kicking off the day, lots of news out of hollywood. Dan abrams back at the table with us and complex magazines alex gale. Good to have him joining us. We start with Angelina Jolie, alex. Speaking out for the first time about her divorce from brad pitt and this is what she had to say in an interview with the bbc. It was a very difficult time and we are a family and we will always be a family and we will get through this time and hopefully be a stronger family for it. Alex, we know that she was there in cambodia to promote her new film there, but she was asked about her impending divorce. What do you make of her statements, alex . This interview was really, really powerful. Its obvious shes still wounded but not at all afraid to show it and first time shes spoken about it and she didnt say a lot in her words but the tears really spoke volumes but as honest and as raw as the interview was its also interesting to look at the parts that were obviously pretty planned. I mean look at the beautiful setting in cambodia where the film is focused on. Look at the way theyre sitting cross legged looking at each other. Angelina is very, very smart and she knew if she were to speak about the divorce in this interview it would get a ton of coverage so why not use something bad, this divorce, and use it for something good to shine a light on this movie which focuses on cambodia, a country she loves and the genocide there but the big standout to me really is when she said we are a family and we will always be a family. Was she talking about her and the kids or was she talking about her and the kids and brad . Its impossible to know but it does look like a divorce that was taking a very, very nasty direction has done a bit of a uturn and great to see. Yeah, it is great to see but it did a big, big uturn, big swooping uturn and, dan, they both agreed to have a private judge and a private forum settle this divorce case. What is the benefits . For this huge advantages. Most importantly privacy, right. This has been so ugly. In the public eye and, remember, typically when you file papers in court, theyre made public. So now they can do everything in private. Number two, its faster. Youve also got a judge with more expertise. You dont have random judge plucked to do this case. You can pick a judge whos got specific expertise who will have more sensitivity and when youve got the resources and most importantly both parties can agree to it its a great way to deal with a divorce. A lot of us are everyone is grateful theyve backed down a little bit because as you said in the beginning it was very contentious and alluded to it, as well. What do you think is behind this softer approach . I mean, of course, its impossible to know but, remember, these are two of the biggest stars on the planet. They have huge careers and they have really pretty sterling represent takes in and out of hollywood. You know, and who knows what other kind of allegations could have surfaced. This could have really, really hurt their careers and i doubt angelina would want to see brads livelihood and reputation ruined. They have six kids together. Kid, no doubt. We move on to the next story about that backlash in hollywood over lack of female directors. Film studios are reportedly under investigation accused of unfair hiring practices and, dan, what can you tell us about this situation . Do you think theres a court case here. So, for about a year, maybe a little more the equal Employment Opportunity commission, eeoc, has been investigating the major studios. The challenge with this is there are a lot of studios and there are a decisions that go into every director being hired. So its not just like you can say, is there discrimination at this company . Because when youre talking about studios and youre talking about films, different people are associated with every different film and, therefore, different decisions are being made and because youre talking about all these major studios. With that said they have been interviewing dozens of female directors, theyve been interviewing, of course, other male directors, as well. But theres no question the eeoc is taking this seriously and seems they may even be at the stage where theyre effectively trying to mediate what they call conciliation trying to figure out a solution. When you look rat the numbers, dan and alex, a recent study found 7 of 2016s top grossing films were directed by film. 7 , but the problem doesnt top there, does it, alex . Absolutely not. I mean, those numbers are damning and dont lie. Even worse thats actually down from 9 the year before. And its not at all like theres a shortage of massively talented female directors out there. I mean just to name two theres ava duvernay who directed selma and 13. Kathryn bigelow who did hurt locker but for whatever reason this hes not getting the same chances as male directors when it comes to big blockbuster films. There is a Patty Jenkins is directing the wonder woman film coming up this year but we have a long way to go. Alex, good to have you with us. Thank you, dan, as always. Coming up this incredible video showing a hole in the middle of a lake. Ginger has the story behind it and weve got a huge surprise with Hidden Figures star Janelle Monae. 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How did it become absentmindedly eating one after the next . We are a creamy cheese that Still Believes in savoring our food. The laughing cow. Reinvent snacking. Odonnell, 7 56 a. M. , monday, february 20. It is president s day. Lets see how traffic is shaping up with karen rogers. Reporter we have an accident on the vine street expressway. Penndot is taking a look right now. You can see the guy facing the wrong way. Looks like he hit the side of the ranch and spun around facing the wrong direction blocking it is right lane pushed to the shoulder on the vine ramp to the schuylkill expressway westbound. It was blocking the right lane, the vine westbound jammed. The schuylkill expressway westbound at south street, watch for that accident. Newnew jersey turnpike northboud after four hours with the big accident involving the overturned tractortrailer, they cleared it up all lanes back open, take the turnpike northbound past 73. Burlington bristol bridge scheduled to go up any minute now, its in the process of that right now. Cloudless out there, what a beautiful shot of Center City Philadelphia from sky6 live hd well go over to david murphy. Reporter it is nice, cloudless, sun up over the horizon, cool, 47 degrees in philadelphia. This number bouncing back quickly. We did drop into the low 40s. This afternoon not too bad, not as warm as yesterday, breezy, but a high of 55 which is ten degrees above average. A decent president s day ahead. Sun to clouds on tuesday, 51 for the high. Clouds to sun on wednesday, zooming up to 65 degrees. Big area of High Pressure thursday, partly sunny and high up to 74, matt which is right around record territory in philadelphia. Thanks, david. A man discovered his 50yearold brother bound and gagged in the juniata park section. He was attacked during a home indiana vacation back on friday. 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A former engineer at the company saying she was propositioned by her boss on her first day on the job. Her claims about systemic Sexual Harassment at uber calling it a company in complete unrelenting chaos. Bitter divorce. Explosive accusations in the battle between Lisa Marie Presley and her estranged husband. Presley claiming their 8yearold twins need protection from their father after disturbing photos were allegedly discovered on his computer as he says he needs spousal support and she claims shes far from rich. On top of the world the movie taking america by storm. Hidden figures, celebrating remarkable africanamerican women who were behind the scenes at nasa propelling the Space Program to new heights. This morning were honoring a new hidden figure and wait until you see who is here to help us, Janelle Monae joins us for a surprise only she can help us pull off . As we say all good morning, america. [ applause ] nice, nice. Hey, that was without rehearsal. Wonderful to have everybody here on this holiday, david and t. J. With us, as well. Good morning. We show up on a holiday. Some show up add myth night on a holiday. We got a special surprise for you. We do . Janelle monae. Thats why youre here. Not here for us. You know what, she is excited to be here too. This is what she just tweeted saying the show will be very special and because theres somebody that were going to introduce you to and this person we put mechanical problems by her tv so she doesnt know that janelle will be here to surprise her. I just saw Hidden Figures last night. She was in moonlight too. Shes amazing. I didnt get the call at midnight. Happy to be here. A former soccer star Lauren Holiday, thats her daughter jrue. Adorable. Janelle monae, Hidden Figures, oscar time. All about the oscars on sunday, a night when theres so much fee cuss on thank you speeches and well go back and put on your thinking caps. What are your most memorable thank you speeches from the oscars . Well talk about that later. Looking forward to that but also have amy with the mornings rundown. Good morning, amy. Good morning. The big story this morning unfortunately those violent storms in san antonio, texas, where a possible tornado carved a path of destruction. Damaging more than 100 homes and buildings ripping off roofs and knocking trees down onto cars leaving thousands without power. Only minor injuries reported but this is not the only Severe Weather causing concerns so ginger has the latest. That line of storms till marching east and the Flash Flood Watch that includes houston on the east side of victoria, 2 to 4 inches of rainfall and golf ball size hail and damaging wind and outside chance of a tornado. As we go through the day parts of louisiana and arkansas along, 20, 10, traveling there this afternoon and evening, something to look forward or not look forward to but look out for. You can see the Winter Weather alerts in the west. A separate story. New storm hitting and gusts upwards of 60 miles per hour, the flood watches in place, especially in the foothills of the sierra, an area getting all this moisture from the Pineapple Express sourcing it from near hawaii and it is pouring in, 48 hours or so. Could see more than 80 inches of snow in the sierra. Whoa. 80 inches. Thank you. Today marks one month since President Trumps inauguration and he begins this week without a National Security adviser. A decision on Michael Flynns replacement is expected in the next few days. The president also spending some time this weekend strategizing on how to replace obamacare. Meanwhile, he is now explaining the statement he made during a Campaign Rally saturday when he indicated there was a recent security incident in sweden. There was no such incident but trump now say he was referring to a report on fox news about immigrants in sweden. As the president prepares to issue his revised immigration order, authorities in canada are responding to a surge in illegal drossings along the u. S. Border. Some lawmakers are demanding a crackdown citing concerns about security and the burden on local police. Well, today president s day demonstrations are planned to protest President Trumps policies. Thousands expected to hit the streets in los angeles, chicago and new york. Well, defense secretary james mattis arrived in baghdad overnight and he told iraqi leaders he expects President Trumps new travel ban will exempt iraqis who fight with the u. S. Against isis. His visit comes as iraqi troops launch a new offensive to retake the isis stronghold of western mosul. The ceo of uber is calling for an immediate investigation into claims of Sexual Harassment at the company. A former uber engineer says she was propositioned by her boss on her first day and says she wasnt alone but she says management brushed off her complaint and claims Human Resources ignored a pattern of sexism and organizational chaos that forced most women engineers to leave that company. Well, a frightening moment on lake michigan, a driver towing an ice shanty went crashing through the ice but acted quickly and was able thankfully to escape from his truck. Look how quickly it sunk. Police in Washington State say there was more than one dummy riding in this car. Take a look when they stopped a speeder in the car tool lane they found pretty in pink mannequin illegal driving in the hov lane, 136 fine. He was going 81 miles per hour. On a positive note, guys, at least she was buckled up. I think a handbag gave her away. Always looking for that silver lining. Chuckle audience too. Thats different. That was a chuckle like thats a good idea. I can sense it. You got that from them . Hello, t. J. Holmes. Some pop news for us. [ applause ] dirty dancing, the movie, 30 years ago and i got breaking news bit. You remember this movie, of course, well, we got new news that Patrick Swayze apparently was not having the time of his life. When he was making this movie, you see that scene, this is in the movie when they were traing. For the talent show, it turns out Jennifer Grey says that almost didnt happen. He was in excruciating pain because of a knee injury at the time and it almost didnt happen. He struggled through it, of course, that final scene, that iconic scene, they pulled it off there. He was till in a bit of pain but can you imagine this movie without, boom, that moment. I cant, right . But it almost didnt happen. Answer this, how many of you have tried to recreate it . [ laughter ] how many tried on live tv . None. I have. Did you really. Yeah. I almost hurt myself because i was determined not to fail. Didnt hurt anybody . Thats all that matters. Nobody puts baby in the corner. You know i dont always wear glasses but when i do, i look like an idiot. No, let me tell you. These are supposed to look like this and supposed to be funky and cool but these are the snapchat spectacles. And, yes, folks, you have glasses now that you can do your snaps and gives you this panoramic view. A button on the side and all i have to do is hit that and im recording and its going to our gma feed. Oh, that got questions. I thought you had a question. I dont have a question. Im waving. Im just waving. You can follow us at gma but well be using them at the oscars. Whoa, whoa. That does not go with my dress. That does not go with my dress. When i say we i mean others besides you, robin. You can get them at spectacles. Com and we announced youd be able to get them. You think a celebrity will walk up to you on the red carpet if youre wearing these. No celebrity will walk up to me because im not going. Midnight call. Should i keep these on for the last story. You look good. All right. We oh, come on, yall. Okay, usually we dont have a japanese professional pool player that makes pop news. But one is making it today because of his post match interview. The guy doesnt speak english, okay. The interviewer didnt know that so what do you do . You just fake it. Check it out. Me . No english. No problem. Every time happy. I have happy end. I have ooh. Oh, my god. So, now some of you that was good. That was good. What do you do . Some of you might have recognized the song, all he was doing was he was quoting a song, a viral video from last year. He was just coming up with the only english thing he could come up apple, its some crazy song out there. So he he lost his next match and i hate it because hes my favorite now and i want to see his next interview. Its going viral, going crazy this morning but he had a good time with it. Thank you, t. J. Looking good. Looking good. Those glasses kind of match my tie maybe ill be one of the guys wafering it at the oscars. Who knows. Accusations from Lisa Marie Presley as she fights for her children. On the road to the oscars with Hidden Figures star Janelle Monae joining us for a big, live surprise. Gmas morning menu is brought to you by the fast, powerful relief of robitussin because its never just a cough. When you buy a used car you should feel confident. Thats why carmax has over 40,000 cars to choose from nationwide. With prices clearly marked, the same online as they are in the stores. That should give you some carbuying confidence. The type of confidence you need to wear white after labor day. The type of confidence to suddenly switch to an english accent for no reason whatsoever. Yep. At carmax, its all about confidence. Nothing but net. Nailed it or should i say, nailed it govnor. Give extra. Get extra. Im excited to continue embracing the unknown. Some prove age is not a limit. 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Presley is accusing her estranged husband of Sexual Misconduct. The two are in a bitter battle over money. New Court Documents revealing how nasty the split has become. This morning, explosive accusations in the divorce battle between Lisa Marie Presley and michael lockwood. Presley claiming she discovered her estranged husband had a collection of hundreds of inappropriate photos of children and says as a result, he is now facing allegations of sexual abuse and neglect in family court. Lockwood who through his lawyer calls presleys claims highly sensationalized and inaccurate is speaking spousal support of almost 500,000 a year. This has become a messy divorce. Reporter this is presleys fourth marriage. The 49yearold also previously wed to Michael Jackson and nicolas cage. Presley and lockwood, a musician, splitting last summer after ten years of marriage. Now, in Court Documents filed this pops and obtained by People Magazine presley claiming her 8yearold twin daughters with lockwood are in protective custody after she says she discovered the photos. Presley stating, i was shocked and horrified and sick to my stomach. If they are not false allegations they will be treated very seriously and looked at in terms of whether or not he poses a danger to the children. Reporter presley argues the allegations of Sexual Misconduct are among the grounds for denying lockwoods request for spousal support. Lockwood is asking for 40,000 a month and 100,000 in legal fees and wants the court to toss their postnuptial agreement signed after the wedding. Saying, since separation, he has no income and has received no support making it necessary for him to sell his personal property and sleep on a friends couch to avoid being a homeless person. While he argues presley continues to live an extremely affluent and comfortable lifestyle. Documents stating elvis only daughter gets an inheritance payment of 100,000 every month. Plus, a salary from graceland of 4300 a month. Now, as for those sexual abuse allegations Officials Say they are reviewing evidence lockwood has not been charged with anything. We reached out to presley for comment but we did not hear back and their next court date later this week so well learn a lot more about this case. Thank you. Coming up former soccer star Lauren Holiday is revealing her brandnew baby. How her baby helped her get through her health battle. Beautiful. Rizon. mic thuds uh, sorry. Its unlimited without compromising reliability, on the largest, most advanced 4g lte network in america. thud uh. Sorry, last thing. Its just 45 per line. Forty. Five. cheering and applause and that is all the microphones that i have. vo unlimited on verizon. 4 lines, just 45 per line. With not food, become food . Thankfully at panera, 100 of our food is 100 clean. 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As a matter of fact as we look outside, the airport is looking nice and bright. It is chilly with most of us in the mid 40s, not much of a wind, later on it gets breezy. Its cooler than yesterday, after all we did get to 70. That 55 is for president s day is ten degrees above average. Sun tomorrow, 51. Off to the races on wednesday. Whoo. Good memories. She still got it. She never lost it. Now a powerful message from a former soccer star, Lauren Holiday who faced as you know that brain tumor while she was pregnant and has given birth to a beautiful little baby girl and is now revealing how her daughter and her husband, boy, they really helped her get through a tough time. You think about how when women have babies theyre looking forward to the time after having the baby, the month for bonding time. She had to immediately get ready for brain surgery. We covered that story and it was gut wrenching. That was not over yet. Lauren holiday is best known for helping lead the u. S. Womens soccer squad to world cup victory. Holiday, goal. Reporter and this morning the retired midfielder is sharing details about her long road to triumph off the field and posted this photo of her 5monthold jrue writing i have never quite known suffering like i experienced the last six months. I can remember countless nights repeating there may be pain in the night but joy comes in the morning. I remember half believing it and half still in disbelief that this was my life. Last october the 29yearold successfully had a benign brain tumor removed just one month after welcoming her baby daughter with husband and nba player jrue holiday into the world. Everything about lauren as an athlete came into play to help her with this challenge of a lifetime. Reporter the College Sweethearts married in 2013. Or her diagnosis jrue took a lee of absence with the new Orleans Pelicans to focus on family. What a drive by holiday. Reporter now screw is back on court. Holiday breaks free. Blessed man to have my family back and okay. Everybody is doing well. So blessed for the support from especially the team. Reporter along with her family laurens faith helped her through writing i memorized scripture and somedays my faith felt unshakable and others i was scared to death adding every time i see this smile im reminded that joy does come in the morning. Things are looking up for the holidays. Little jrues parents continue to share photos of her on social media and mom sharing this picture, youre my hallelujah and dad posting this snapshot of daddys little girl. Ultimate joy for Lauren Holiday on social media using it to tell what appears to be a very happy ending. And great story. Shes quoting bible scripture from psalm, joy comes in the morning. It might not be the next day, might not be the next month but its coming and so to think that this child, a 5, 6monthold helping her through that is exactly how they see it now in takes courage to believe the best is yet to come. Thank you for share that. And to come, Janelle Monae takes the prize. Good morning everyone, 8 27 a. M. , president s day, its a holiday. Didnt feel like a holiday on the roads this morning, right, karen . Reporter its kind of crazy, matt, the roads are dry and weve had a few big bad accidents. Heres the latest one, someone is trapped in the vehicle, emergency workers coming to the scene in burlington county, pemberton browns mill road springfield road and julius town road. Medevac helicopter coming to the scene, mount misery road is the beth alternate. Im not sure how this happened, someone spun out of control facing the wrong way on the dry sunny roads on the vine street expressway to the ramp to the schuylkill expressway westbound on the shoulder. The jam on the vine has decrease the because now its on the shoulder, the westbound vine is moving best. We had an accident on the schuylkill expressway westbound, the off ramp to south street. That has cleared. The crash on the turnpike in new jersey is gone. David murphy outside basking in the sunshine. David. Reporter its a nice morning, you need a jacket because its cooler than yesterday morning. 47 degrees in philadelphia, theres a bit of a breeze but not too bad. This afternoon, it will be cooler, 70 on sunday, today, 55. A little breezy, lots of sunshine. That 55 is ten degrees above average. 51 tomorrow, sun to clouds, clouds to sun on wednesday, up to 65 for the high. Thursday, here we go again, near record warmth high of 74. Thats one of off the old record and 63 a little damp on friday. Matt, warm numbers again this week for most of the past. The thon dance marathon at penn state raised more than 10 milliondollar for peed pedic cancer research. Thats at 6abc. Com. I love this audience this morning. We welcome you back. This is a great way to start our week. Thank you very much for being in here. [ applause ] during the commercial break, a lot of fun. The energy is great. Thank you guys so much for that. You know, i got something i want to talk about. Super fan, okay. Jarrius robertson. You remember jarrius. He was our new Orleans Saints super fan which is your team. Who dat. Who dat, who dat, who dat. Well, he was espns special sportscenter social media correspondent for the nba allstar weekend and it looked like he had an incredible time. Check it out. That was at the celebrity game. Entertaining kid hanging out with the players. He was a little upset at his coach Michael Smith because he didnt put him in the game but when he did, check this out, bam. Knocking down the jump shot. Lets see it again. Look at the moves. Robertson. He got to take a shot from the freethrow line. I dont think hes such a good kid. Because theres still time. His confidence is so incredible. Stunning. Oh. Some say he does that. But he had a chance to interview the macys and hang out. What a nice kid. Im glad we were able to be a part of his saints jump si. I love he only comes up to their waist but commands their attention and looks up. Absolutely, Something Else that commands attention in the oscars. The speeches. Yeah. Which are this sunday and im excited to see who will win and excited to hear what they say and yesterday the Academy Tweeted out this question. What oscars acceptance speech has inspired you . So you tell me, what are your alltime favorite oscar speeches and i think i did a little poll and i think we are we have something in common. Long list. Robert story. Is that who youre thinking. Roberto benini. And that movie life is beautiful one of the best movies of all time. When he got up there it was all about love and gratitude and thanking his parents for growing up in poverty and said that was the best thing for him and sophia loren was in tears. Theres so many. Cuba gooding jr. , goes an own on. Unbridled passion. I love matt damon and ben affleck. Sitting next to their moms, it was such a great honest moment. Less than 20 seconds. Of us to thank, Harvey Weinstein who believed in us and made the movie. Gus van sapts, rob williams who delivers the lines, minnie driver. Your brother. My brother casey. Coal hauser. John my mom and matts mother the most beautiful woman here. Who else . John gordon from miramax. Patrick wisen. And cuba gooden for showing us how to give an acceptance speech. I love it. Just so cute. Breathless. There was one i bet you wouldnt even remember. There was kim basinger, l. A. Confidential and the stories of how shy she was and won the oscar and look at this. This is kind of if we ever had a chance. Listen to this. We did only get 30 seconds and, um, and to give a thousand thankyous, i just want to thank everybody ive ever met in my entire life. Thats the way you do it. Covered all the bases. And you see they reference cuba gooding jr. , you know, matt and ben did. We have that moment too when he accepted best supporting actor of his speech in 1997. Everybody, i love you. I love you all. Cameron. James, i love you. Everybody who was involved in this, i love you, i love you, i love you. [ applause ] oh that was good. That was good. Unbridled passion. Get a standing ovation before you even finish. That was good. People like steve martin. No pressure to any of the winners on sunday. No pressure. Well be watching. Remember the great line from sally field. You like me. You really, really like me. Something succinct and right to the point. You like me. Shes still saying it. Well, before they Start Playing us off we got to get going. Yes. You see, they are playing us off. 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This afternoon sun and clouds, 55. Cooler, breezy, but still above average, 51 tomorrow, milder wednesday and thursday. Pockets of people everywhere. It is so nice out here. Beautiful out there and beautiful in here because we are on the road to the oscars and we are celebrating black History Month with the remarkable Raye Montague. She is a real hidden figure. She broke barriers just like the women in the movie and transformed the design process for all navy ships. Were going to have the honor of speaking to her in just a moment but first i want everybody to know your remarkable story. What do you do for nasa. Calculate your launch and landing site. Reporter the film Hidden Figures celebrates the true story of three africanamerican women who helped propel the u. S. Space program to new heights. Mary jackson, Dorothy Vaughan and Katherine Johnson. I analyze levels for air displace many, friction and velocity. Reporter as they were breaking barriers at nasa another hidden figure, Raye Montague was making history at the navy. I am known as the first person to design a ship using a computer and i was the first female Program Manager of ships in the history of the navy which was the equivalent of being ceo of a company. Reporter the little rock native was a child of the segregated south and never saw an engineer who looked like her. My mother told me when i was a very little girl, raye, youll have three strikes against you. Youre female and youre black and youll have a southern segregated School Education but you can be or do anything you want provided youre educated. Reporter she would go on to receive a bachelor of science in business and in 1956 she moved to washington, d. C. To begin her career with the navy. They said, oh, youve got a bachelor of science. Youre on the leading edge of technology. I didnt know that. Reporter over the next 14 years she would shatter glass ceilings as a woman in a male nom dated field surpassing those who would have held her back and maneuvering around every roadblock in her path. What she dealt with back then especially with the gender variable as well they thought that she was supposed to be getting them coffee and she was the one there in charge. Reporter today 82yearold Raye Montague is credited with revolutionizing the design process for all naval ships and submarines. She had to keep proving h herself over and over she could do the job but she took that with a smile too. And she was able to rise above those type of things. Please welcome mrs. Raye montague. [ cheers and applause ] there you go. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my goodness. I dont know if you all noticed when the piece was running how you were watching your story and you had the biggest smile on your face. You lived it. Is it sometimes incredible to you where you are, what you overcame to be where you are today . Growing up, robin, in a segregated south, you never dreamed that these options were available to you. And i can remember wondering, where am i going . What am i going to be . And when i was 7 years old my grandfather took me this is during world war ii, my grandfather took me to see a german mini submarine that had been captured off of the coast of the carolinas. And they let me go up side and, of course, i saw the dials and mechanisms and i said to the guy, what do you have to know to do this . He said youd have to be an engineer but you dont have to worry about that. Oh. And i didnt realize i had been insulted. [ laughter ] so, i asked my mother to take me to find out what was required to become an engineer and it was all the math and science and, of course, i pursued that. But in the long run, i just never dreamed that i would be credited with achieving as much as i did. Well, youre deserving of all that you have accomplished and the way you have paved the way and the over 100 honors that you have received but theres one in particular, the flag, tell people why that was so special to you. This was my retirement. If you could imagine the United States flag was flown over the Nations Capital and presented to me at my retirement with a certificate from the architect of the capitol saying the flag was flown in my honor, can you imagine that from a grateful nation . A little girl from little rock. [ cheers and applause ] a grateful nation. Oh, my gosh. You remind me so much of my momma and daddy. Its all i can do to keep it together. When so many people went to see Hidden Figures, what was it like for you to look up on the big screen and to see that these women, what they had done at nasa that many didnt know municipal like he didnt know your story with the navy, what was your reaction to seeing that film . It was really my story except for the fact that i didnt have to run that mile and a half to the rest room. You didnt have to do that. But i faced a lot of the same barriers that those ladies faced and i can remember one time when i would walk in the room, the guys always felt like, what is she doing here and they thought i was a part of the help, okay. So as i walked into one group, the fellows looked at me and saone said id like a coffee and i said me too and make sure mine has cream and sugar. I love that spirit. I love that spirit. We have a slight surprise and we know whats happened but she does not know who is here. Would you please one of the stars of Hidden Figures, Janelle Monae is here. [ cheers and applause ] oh. Hello, darling. Youre going to make me cry. Oh, how beautiful. Here you are. Thank you. Thank you so much. For having me. [ cheers and applause ] sit, sit. Shes going to make me cry. Now he. Isnt she . Oh, my gosh. The interesting thing is that Katherine Johnson who did the orbital flight measurements, katherine and i were both honored at Hampton University in 2010 with plaques that said should have been nominated for a nobel prize. Absolutely. Absolutely. But you all were beautiful. Thank you. Just beautiful. And i know what you were going through because i was going through the same thing. Yes, maam. Yes, maam and we thank you so much for your service. You are an american hero. And you are hidden no more. Everybody sees you. [ applause ] hidden no more. Thank you. The role thank you for the beautiful flowers. It means so much for you to be here and the woman you played, mary jackson, oh, my goodness and we have a clip from the movie because i know you said it was like seeing your life being played out on the first black woman to be an engineer at nasa and she needed to further her education for that to happen and for that she needed to petition the judge. Yes, i remember. I plan on being an engineer at nasa but i cant do that without taking them classes at that all White High School and i cant change the color of my skin so i have no choice but to be the first. Which i cant do without you, sir. Your honor, out of all the cases youre going to hear today which one is going to matter 100 years from now . Which one is going to make you the first . Gosh, she was not only intellige intelligent, what was it for you to play a role like that, janelle. It was, first of all an honor to honor these women. I had no clue who mary johnson was, Katherine Johnson or Dorothy Vaughan. I didnt know they sent our First American astronauts into space. These are american heroes without their brains, we would not have, you know, sent john glen and i hear this is the anniversary for his orbital flight today. So this is a very special day. But i didnt know and so to play someone who was the first, you know, i knew that this woman was brave. That this woman was a leader. I knew that this woman was not doing it for selfish reasons but she wanted to make sure that no other woman, no other human being who knew they had a right to the american dream, you know, didnt get the opportunities to really pursue their goes and walk in their purpose. I dont think she was really trying to the first. She just wanted to contribute. I think race and gender became a thing when someone else made it a thing for her. Much like mrs. Montague. Well take a quick commercial break but youre not going anywhere. Well have much more when we come back. Gmas road to the oscars is brought to you by aquafina sparkling. Let your trillioning bubble over with were back now with Hidden Figures star Janelle Monae and reallife hidden figure who is hidden no more as you said it. I love how you said shes hidden no more, Raye Montague and i think you have another little surprise. I do, mrs. Ma that goo. One of my amazingly brilliant costars of Hidden Figures has a very special message for you. Miss octavia spencer. Lets look. Good morning, miss ma that goo. Im octavia spencer. It is such an honor and a privilege to thank you for being a pioneer and trail blazer for women all across the world. I want to let you no he that you are no longer hidden. Woe see you. We salute you and we thank you. Thank you. Isnt that wonderful . Oh. [ applause ] i just love this smile. So cute. I just want to hug her. I mean just the cutest little thing. She is adorable. Going to be 100 years old. But there is something that you wanted to say as well, mrs. Montague about all of this. One of the things that people always say to me, oh, you mean you were the first black woman to do this. No, when we talk about the ship design, they said, well then you were the first woman. No, i was the first person and thats important. [ applause ] amen. Amen. Amen. And i have to say, this young woman who is sitting right next to you, you have had a year that has just been amazing. Moonlight also oscar nominated. Hidden figures oscar nominated. What does this week mean to you. Im just so thankful and sitting with women like you, im getting all emotional, just really those putting those things into perspective. Thank you, janelle. And i just think that im sorry. Excuse me. I was trying to do this. But im just so moved by stories that humanize us and, you know, for me moonlight and Hidden Figures, they deal with individuals, human beings who are oftentimes marginalized because they are different, because of their gender, because of their sexual orientation, because but no longer so these films good morning everyone, 8 56 monday, february 20. Its been a rough ride in some areas on this president s day in terms of traffic. Lets go over to karen rogers. Reporter we have an accident on the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound, berks county, and downingtown, four vehicle accident one lane blocked on the turnpike eastbound. In language horn, bucks county langhorne bucks county we had traffic clear, southbound at maple avenue. There was an injury there. We have an accident in pemberton , pembertons browns mills road. Serious injuries, medevac helicopter landing on the scene. Roads are dry, but the accidents we have are all big ones. Pleasant of sunshine to go around, heres meteorologist, david murphy. Reporter starting to feel good on the terrace, were up to 50 degrees, the temperatures are jumping quickly. This afternoon were expecting it to be breezy and cooler well above average high of 55 for president s day, decent amount of sunshine. Tomorrow, sunshine and clouds, 51, a sprinkle or shower overnight. Wednesday, clouds back to sun, once again a surge of mild air is heading our way. 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