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A new report alleges Sexual Misconduct and now owner mark cuban is taking action saying hes embarrassed and has no tolerance. The new investigation this morning. And gold. Team usa skiing their way to the top of the podium and how lindsey vonn pulled off an incredible comeback. And good morning, america. Lets take another look at the big winners. There they are. Jessica diggins, randall. The womens hockey team going for gold once again facing off against canada. More on that ahead but well begin, of course with those teens taking action marching on Florida State capitol this morning. Were see them gathering getting ready to go right there in they are not alone. Students all across florida staging walkouts in solidarity and abcs dan harris is in tallahassee with the teens getting ready for their rally. Good morning dan. Reporter michael good morning. Coming to you from a civic center where the kids spent the night on cots eating breakfast behind me right now as you might be able to see. Sooners going to walk over to the State Capitol where they have a long series of meetings with everybody from the speaker of the house to the attorney to the governor. When you talk to their kids their passion, pain idealism its all palpable but it is already running head first into hard legislative realities here in this gunfriendly state. 100 young people carrying sleeping bags and pillows as they boarded buses on an extraordinary lobbying mission. Just days after surviving one of americas worst School Shootings. The first busload of parkland students have arrived and theyre being greeted by a very large, enthusiastic and sympathetic crowd of local high School Students. Were fighting for our friends we lost and for the future of kids were going to have. Reporter while on the road from parkland to tallahassee these young activists received some tough news. The motion is not adopted. Reporter florida legislators voted against even considering a ban on semiautomatic rifles some parkland students were in the gallery for the vote reacting with tears. The next step on someone with an Assault Rifle here in florida is going to be on them. Reporter as you know lawmakers voted against even considering a ban on semiautomatic rifles. What is your reaction to that. It was a big punch in the gut because the itll be a week tomorrow since this happened and already theres another roadblock in front of us. This is something i think applies to everyone around the country. We dont were not focusing on the students. Las vegas, this has been an issue long present in our country. Has it been tough on you psychologically to go from surviving one of the worst School Shootings in American History to diving into what is really a tough political fight where youre taking some criticism. It is a way of grieving i guess and im doing it for the two friends i lost because i know this is what they would have wanted. We were the ones who were locked in closets for hours not knowing if we were going to be okay like maybe were not necessarily activists on the politics side but we know theism packs it can have on anyones life. Were still waiting to wake up. I know for me this is the way that were grieving. How confident are you really that your school will be the last shooting. We have an energy thats far from being over. Were going to keep fighting. We have the whole world backing us and supporting us. Reporter these kids are well aware, though that they do have detractors among pro gun activists who call them tools of the liberal left but on the ground they received an enormous outpouring of support. For example, when they arrived here at the civic center and went to their cots to go to bed they found goody bags filled with snacks and homemade cards and notes from local teachers and students. Michael. And, dan, its possible that florida might step in on a state level if congress doesnt step up but has change on a state level worked in Something Like this in the past . Reporter so this is tricky and a little bit controversial any time you talk about gun control legislation but it appears from the numbers that states with tougher gun laws do have lower levels of gun violence, for example, in connecticut after sandy hook they passed some tough, new laws and gun violence did go down. Critics say, though that may be because the overall crime rate went down. Dan, i guess the sad commentary but these students weve seen all over the last week now getting smeared online. Reporter yeah so these kids are well aware of the trolling that has been directed toward them. And some darker corners of the internet there are charges that these kids are actually actors are 0 quote unquote crisis actors. These kids deny that. Theyre not super defensive about it and think its absurd and even their senator marco rubio came forward to say its flatly faust. Overall when the kids look at their social media feeds which they do quite frequently they see an outpouring of support which gladdens them. President trump is now signaling his support for some modest new measures strengthening background checks a First Step Towards stopping those bump stocks. Jon karl joins us now and the president is going to hear directly from some of those affected by gun violence today. Reporter he will have a listening session today with student, parent teachers including some of those affected by some of the worst Mass Shootings in america including columbine, parkland and newtown. One week after the Parkland School shooting and the growing calls for action President Trump, please do something. Reporter we need them to take action and we want to see some progress. Reporter the president made a surprise announcement. Moments ago, i signed a memorandum directing the attorney general to propose regulations to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns. Reporter the president is directing the Justice Department to draft regulations banning socalled bump stocks. An accessory used in the Las Vegas Massacre last october. But bump stocks were not used in parkland. Overnight the president signaled his support for another modest gun proposal from capitol hill tweeting whether we are republican or democrat bemust now focus on strengthening background checks. Meanwhile, Sarah Sanders is now walking back the president s tweet that suggested the fbi failed to stop the Florida Shooter because, quote, they are spending too much time trying to prove russian collusion with the Trump Campaign. The president doesnt really think that the fbi failed to stop the parkland shooter because it was too involved with the russia investigation, does he . I think he was speaking not necessarily that that is the cause, i think we all have to be aware that the cause of this is that of a deranged individual. Did he mistweet when he said that. Hes pretty direct. He says this is not acceptable. They are spending too much time to i think hes making the point we would like our fbi agencies to not be focused on something that is clearly a hoax in terms of investigating the Trump Campaign and its. Reporter President Trump has often boasted about being the most pronra president ever and although he is looking at new gun restriction, those mentioned in the piece, hes also george looking at proposals that would mean more guns in schools includeing arming more stevers. That have been endorsed by the nra. As you mentioned, the president pretty active on twitter yesterday including taking on Rachel Crooks one of the more than dozen women who came forward making sexual allegations against the president. Reporter essentially he called her a liar in a series of tweets and attacked the Washington Post for telling her story again and, george this comes just a week after the president s personal lawyer acknowledged paying 130,000 to buy the silence of somebody who said that they had an affair with the president. More fallout from the rob porter scandal. Its actually putting more pressure on Jared Kushner, the president s soninlaw because he doesnt have a permanent security clearance. Reporter yeah, one of the issues with porter was he had been operating under a temporary security clearance because he was never approved for a permanent one. That also affects Jared Kushner and im told hes not happy about the fact that hes been told that his clearance will be completely denied now for top secret information. Okay jon karl thanks very much. We turn to that latest indictment in the russia investigation. An attorney with connections to a former top Trump Campaign aide pleading guilty to lying to the special counsel. Chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas has more in washington for us. Good morning. Reporter robin, good morning. This is the fourth guilty plea that special counsel bob mueller has made public. Theres more evidence hes playing hardball with anyone in his sights. Will be based attorney alex van der zwaan booked by the fbi accused of making false statements to the special counsel. The latest sign of the pressure bob mueller is putting on Paul Manafort and former top adviser rick gates. Both indicted last october for allegedly engaging in a Money Laundering conspiracy and acting as unregistered agents for ukrainians with ties with the kremlin. Mr. Van der zwaan, why did you feel the need to lie . Reporter he pleaded guilty to making false statement about contact with gates who at the time was manaforts business part and admitted to destroying emails connected to his pr war that the two were involved in support ukrainian politicians backed by russia. The alleged activity by manafort and gates happened years before they were involved in Trumps Campaign but the special counsel is using the case as a highstakes game of legal chess to squeeze both men who have each pleaded not guilty. Highstakes game. All right, pierre thank you. We move on to the new revelation over the tense Nuclear Standoff with north korea. Mike pence was set with a secret meeting with them before they backed out at the last minute. Details from martha raddatz. Good morning martha. Reporter good morning, george. The Vice President made headlines during his rip to the olympics for ignoring the north korean delegation including kim jonguns sister who was sitting right behind him in the ceremonies but it turns out pence has a pretty good poker face. The meeting with kims sister and others had been secretly scheduled beforehand but just two hours before the meeting the not canceled blaming pence for the tough sanctions imposed on the north and his meeting with defectors. Pences office said this would not have been negotiating, just a facetoface to tell the north koreans to get rid of its nuclear weapons, but the meeting had trumps blessing so clearly possibilities for talks going forward. George. On the most dangerous National Security situation we all face martha raddatz, thanks very much. We turn to that new report about Sexual Misconduct rocking the Dallas Mavericks. The team now launching an investigation and abcs linsey davis is here with much more on all this. Good morning, linsey. Reporter the Dallas Mavericks trending in the news not for their basketball prowess but alleged behavior off the court. A scathing report in Sports Illustrated describes a work culture that one former employee called a reallife animal house. Inside, taking it to the basket. Reporter the Dallas Mavericks, one of the most lucrative franchises in the nba. For three. Reporter led by billionaire owner ceo mark cuban known for his business acumen and sharp tongue on abcs shark tank. There is no market at all that you have right now for retail. Reporter but according to Sports Illustrated this morning, the team that made cuba a house n a household name they said it was an open secret where they experienced everything from Sexual Harassment to domestic violence. After interviewing the employee the magazine says a pattern emerged of a Corporate Culture rife with misogyny and predatory sexual behavior alleged public fondling by the Team President , Domestic Assault by a high profile of the online staff, intimidating responses from superiors and an employee who openly watched pornography at his desk. A half dozen of the female former employees told s. Ifshgs they were forced to look for careers outside the sports world because the Work Environment left them feeling vulnerable and devalued. Mark cuban told Sports Illustrated this is all new to me. Based off what ive read here we just fired our hr person. I dont have any tolerance for what i read. He went on to say he was involved in the basketball operations but other than getting the finances and reports he says he was not involved in the daytoday side at all. I was supposed to be made aware if anything like this was going on but obviously i was quoted as saying when the me too movement emerged he said do we have a problem. He said he was told they did not. Thats why that person has been fired. Thank you linsey. To the winter games and vop vonns remarkable comeback winning a bronze medal in the downhill in what may be the last time she does that race and team usa winchning another gold medal and amy in pyeongchang. Good morning. Good morning to you. Yeah, it was an incredible and a historymaking moment on the crosscountry course here. Team usas Jesse Diggins and Kikkan Randall winning gold in olympic crosscountry earning the top spot on that podium by just 0. 019 seconds and lindsey vonn earning her third olympic medal in what was most likely her final olympic run in her signature event. And down goes vonn one last time. Reporter lindsey vonn racing in what she says is her last olympic downhill competition earning bronze for team usa. The 33yearold making history as the oldest female Alpine Skiing medalist ever at the winter games. Vonn takes the final jump to the finish line. Reporter the starskier sidelined in sochi with a knee injury racing for herself but to honor her late grandfather, his initials handwritten on the side of her helmet. I wanted to win so much because of him. But i still i made him proud. Reporter a tough nite on the ice for the United States. Here we go. She needs this. Bradie tennell kicking off the Short Program with an unexpected tumble. Wow. Shocking error. Reporter and mirai nagasu looking to repeat the triple axel she nailed last week. The third woman ever to land the move in olympic competition. Shes setting up right here. Nice curve. Reporter but on wednesday nagasu unable to complete the move still bouncing back to finish her routine. We are headed for overtime. Reporter medal hopes dashed for the american mens hockey team. Cannot score. Reporter after they were beaten by the Czech Republic during this dramatic shootout in overtime. The Czech Republic wins they will advance. Reporter but one American Team still poised to take home the gold womens hockey. The United States hoping to end a 20year gold medal drought preparing to face off against their fiercest rival to the north, team canada. Are you guys ready for rye dengs . Its tough to put into words what you we literally have been training four years for this one game. But mentally are you ready to win gold . What do you say to yourselves. We played this game thousands of times in our head. I think were very confident going into thursday. Now, the rivalry between the u. S. And canadas womens hockey team spans decades. The u. S. Will play for that gold medal for the Third Straight olympics. Its been 20 years since theyve won that coveted medal and beat canada back in the 1998 games, the nagano games but canada has won every gold medal since, guys, so so many hockey fans waiting for this. I got a ticket and so im going to be in the stands. Im so envious. I love how that hockey team did so great. Lets get to the flooding and yeah robin over 3 inches of rainfall. This in north dallas. Rescue teams took her to safety and also tornadoes a couple weak ones in Dallas County and Johnson County doing damage there and more round two is going to be round three and four of heavy rain across this area of the country and cold icing across parts of texas oklahoma and its record warmth. Speaking of springlike cities brought to you by carmax. All right everybody, were dry on Storm Tracker6 live double scan but we have some thick pots of fog especially up in allentown and toward the poconos out in lancaster. Slow it down if you encounter some of that. 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Emergency workers still there slowing everybody down, matt. Thank you, karen. Dave murphy after the break with the accuweather forecast. Starting out cloudy with some areas looking at some fog. Take a look. Temperatures mild in most cases almost 60 in philadelphia. 56 in wilmington. Still 42 in allentown. This afternoon another record breaker. Were going to break out some sunshine, get a high of 76. Theres a chance of a spotty sprinkle or shower, the best chance this evening. Tomorrow big change. Cloudy, cooler damp a high of 49 degrees periods of rain during the day and more of the same on friday. For the weekend a little bit milder but rain getting steadier on saturday afternoon in through sunday morning. Matt. Thank you david. The controversy over the Philadelphia High School basketball player who wears a hijab while she performs on 6abc. Com. Copd makes it hard to breathe. So to breathe better i go with anoro. 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Black panther taking over the box office blowing past predictions taking in 404 Million Worldwide and all of that in just four days. Uhhuh. And everybody wants a piece of it. Everybody wants in including the Atlanta Airport tweeting this photo, a nonstop flight to wakanda riding the bags are packed. Wakandaforever. It was shot in atlanta so its going to be a short flight but everybody is getting on that. Love that. Also right now survivors of that high School Shooting in florida are taking their never again fight to the State Capitol this morning holding a big rally to push for gun control and meeting with lawmakers. And theyre getting a lot of support from some big names. George and amal clooney were the first to pledge 500,000 and oprah and Steven Spielberg followed that same amount, to help them take their cause to washington. This afternoon President Trump will hold a listening session with teach he and students impact the iSchool Shootings. A teacher was grazed by a bullet as she pulled her kids to safety. Adrienne bankert spoke to her in parkland. Good morning, adrienne. Reporter good morning to you, too. Stacy is being called a here owe after her actions that took place during the shooting that helped at douglas high one week ago today, a title hes not comfortable with and says as teachers they often feel they didnt do enough. But what she did do is save lives ushering students into her classroom and shielding them with her body. Just one week ago valentines day, creative writing taste stacy lapels class was writing love letters when the fire alarm went off. As students filed into the hallway she heard gunfire. The killing had begun. I was about two feet away from high door and heard gunshots in the stair of well 20 feet from my room and kids were screaming and then running back towards me and towards the end of the hallway so i just went in this very strange autopilot mode where i pivoted on my feet and unlocked my door and the kids just pouring in my room. I dont know how many but i was putting them and getting them in and shouting at them to get this the room and suddenly saw the shooter. 20 feet from me standing at the helped of the hallway actively shooting down the hallway, just a barrage of bullets staring at him thinking why is the police here . Hes in full metal garb helmet face mask. Bull leproof armor shooting this rifle that ive never seen before. I dont know when i decided it was the right time to close the door. I grabbed the handle with both hands and thats when i got nicked or grazed or whatever you call it. A bullet hit your arm. Yes, im shouting at my nextdoor neighbor mr. Beigel to close the door. He would just keep it open a little longer. Hes all about the kid, you know, but he couldnt see the shooter. I had a good visual of him which is why i yelled at him to shut his door now. Reporter scott beigel among the 17 murdered on Marjorie Stoneman douglas campus. I heard him shoot a barrage of bullets into mr. Beigels room and came to my door and shot about four or five shots into my room breaking the glass of my door. There is a rectangular piece of glass and heard him continuously shooting down the hallway and i never really knew when he left because we just thought he was still there. Once you were inside the classroom you were with your students. Yes. Covering them, kind of like a mother hen. Yes, clutching i think i left fingerprints in one girl giving eye contact to other kids who were shaking and freaking out and mouthing its okay its okay. It was so quiet and hear helicopters outside far, far in the distance it seemed to me. Police officers far, far in the distance. Kids were screaming in the hallway for help. Were trained not to let anybody in the room and i would say a good 45 minces went by maybe an hour and when we heard the s. W. A. T. Team come on the floor but i still didnt trust that it was them because they were bang on the door police let us in no one got out and then they just let themselves in and got us out and on the way house thats when i saw mr. Beigel laying on the ground and i saw my students laying on the ground. I lost two students and other bodies and carnage ofare with. It was the most awful sight ive ever seen. Its like from a movie. How are you dealing having seen this and it being very very real . Its awful. You know ive never had to deal with anything like this before. Im a stoic person to begin with. Im not the most emotional person and so when i sit and think and i pause about my two beloved students who were killed from that class, its hard to live with because i loved them so much. Like they were my kids. Ive nover meadow since she was a tenth grader and took my class because she wanted to have me again, my creative and joaquin was like a son and called me mom and its a heartbreaking what are you holding on to center you and keep you moving forward and waking up every day with hope. Well, just that i survived and we survived and we have to move on. You cant sit there and cower. You still have a life and left on the planet for a reason. Lets do what were supposed to do and if were not sure what that is well figure it out but were alive. And were all thankful that shes alive. Her kid, as well who attend school here and because stacey knew where the danger was and clear across campus. She didnt worry about them even in the midst of shooting but tell us joaquin mentioning calling her mom wrote a Childrens Book in her class and she plans on getting it published. That would be some kind of a tribute. Its hard to imagine going back into that classroom but the students and teachers are preparing for it. Yes, not into that particular building. There are talks to have that building completely demolished but in terms of returning back to staff class will return and the kids go back to normal Class Schedule next week but taste cia as told her students wherever we are no matter where the classroom is it will be home. Adrienne bankert, thanks very much. We heard that from the principal. Adrienne, let me ask you. You have spent quite a few days with those students and about to go back to school. Just give us your impression of these young people. Reporter they are extremely intelligent. In fact i rode on the bus about an hour on their road to tallahassee and talked with one of the student leaders and they are the most brilliant young people that ive ever met. Theyre very passionate but they truly are in a state of shock and their parents are as well and theyre using this mission to kind of galvanize them during a very tough time. Adrienne, thank you. Coming up we have a bombshell new report about a scandal involving usa swimming. So come on back. Hi, im bob harper and i recently had a heart attack. It changed my life. But im a survivor. After my heart attack, my doctor prescribed brilinta. Its for people who have been hospitalized for a heart attack. Brilinta is taken with a lowdose aspirin. No more than 100 milligrams as it affects how well brilinta works. Brilinta helps keep platelets from sticking together and forming a clot. In a clinical study, brilinta worked better than plavix. Brilinta reduced the chance of having another heart attack. Or dying from one. 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This report is claiming usa swimming executives and Board Members did little or in some cases nothing about predatory swim coaches. It even describes a culture where the abuse of underage swimmers was common and even accepted. Has done it again. Reporter its one of the most dominant sports with athletes like Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky basking in gold but its possibly bigger than any of its success. According to a report from the Southern California news Group Published in the Orange County register the usa Swimming Organization failed to properly address claims of sexual abuse made by hundreds of alleged victims over the course of two decades. The report claims that since 1997 at least 252 coaches and officials affiliated with usa swimming have been arrested, prosecuted for misconduct with swimmers. I will say at no point was sean and my relationship consensual. Reporter former world champ and 2012 olympic team usa member Ariana Kukors says she was sexually abused as a teenager by a former u. S. National team coach sean hutchison. Kukors said he began grooming her for a sexual relationship when she was just 13 and sexually assaulted her at 16. They first had intercourse when she was 18 and continued to have a sexual relationship until she was 24. All of it started when i was 13 and so every level we got to was not something shocking. I didnt have any sexual experience. Every step that he took me to along the way was a step he was preparing me for whether texting about it ahead of time and you know, asking for pictures. Reporter but hutchison says these allegations are false telling abc news he denies having a sexual or romantic relationship before she was old enough to legally make those decisions for herself and claims prior to that he did nothing to groom her. Usa swimming became aware of rumors of an inappropriate relationship between hutchison and kukors in 2010 when she was 21 but kukors says she lied about their encounters when asked by investigators. Im just so hopeful we can bring change to this. I hope the right conversations can start taking place and im struggling so hard to be right here and its costing me everything. To sit in this room right now and rip myself open. So raw and emotional. Usa swimming tells abc news this is the first time they learned about these allegations while kukorss with a noon for and said both parties denied the relationship and the investigation provided no basis to conclude a code of conduct violation occurred but so many victim, almost 600 the youngest age 3. All right. Thank you, paula. Well bring in abc news contributor Christine Brennan joining us from the olympics there in south korea. Always good to spend a little time with you, christine. We know what you said after the scandal with gymnastics. You said quote, probably the darkest stain in u. S. Olympic history. Whats your reaction to this report . Oh robin. This is the onetwo punch, isnt it . To have two sports with gymnastics and swimming and such popular sports and americans cheering about them and to hear this, i think this is absolutely horrible and as bad, maybe even worse than gymnastics. With gymnastic after larry nassar we saw the entire board with usa gymnastics resign so what do you expect here christine . Well i think they should all resign, as well. Theres a new leader at the usa swimming as there at usa gymnastics but they have to. This story is so massive as paula was saying close to 600 alleged allegations against swimmers, young swimmers as young as 3. Thats even more than the gymnastics story which horrified us for more than a week last month so i absolutely think, robin, they should all go. Whether they will or not but theres going to be a lot of pressure put on them. There has to be. Gymnastic, now swimming. Two major sports with the olympics. Do you think that others will be implicated . I think we would have to be naive, robin, to think this is not hatching in other sports. Youth sport, especially traveling with coaches, whether its male coaches with female athletes or other sports may well be women and men or men same sex, whatever it might be. I think that these nightmares and they are nightmares are showing us that no one is doing enough to protect our kids especially olympians. You cheer for these athletes and to find out deep dark secrets going on hype i think it means there could be story, many more yet to uncover sadly. Good points as always christine. Thank you so much. We know youre busy covering the olympics. Thanks for your time. Well be right back. Little things can be a big deal. Thats why theres otezla. Otezla is not an injection or a cream. Its a pill that treats psoriasis differently. 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A rare late february heavy snowfall in portland oregon. Three inches or snow causing problems with the commute. Now, mt. Bachelor more fresh powder. May have a Second School closing with another batch of snow coming into the willamette Good Morning America is brought to you by ihop. Pancakes, pancake, pancakes. Firefighters say part of the three Story Building on the 900 block of pitman avenue collapsed. No word on any injuries. The fire also impacting the septa route 102 trolley line and heres karen rogers with traffic. Karen. Thats right matt. Right now were looking at Police Activity backing up traffic. This is the ramp from the schuylkill to the boulevard northbound. We can see police partially blocking this ramp. Earlier they were on the schuylkill eastbound. Now on the schuylkill westbound to the boulevard northbound. Those delays are spilling out onto the schuylkill so its a slow go. As you look at this i95 approaching the delaware state line we see fog in this area. You can see the flashing lights there. Weve got an accident causing issues all morning. Jammed from ridley park to approaching the delaware state line on i95 here southbound heading towards wilmington an accident there. Also in delaware still about 16 miles an hour route one southbound at north smyrna, an accident here has been jamming things up. Still blocking the right lane matt. Thank you karen. Its been another foggy morning and like yesterday morning its been kind of spotty. Heres dave murphy with the accuweather forecast. Clouds for now and some cases some fog thats fairly thick. Its mild again. 60 in philadelphia, allentown now improving to 47 and this afternoon another record breaker. Were going to get a high of 76. Well have some sun. Slight chance of a shower through the day. I think theres a better chance this evening. And then tomorrow cloudy cooler and damp, a high of 49 with rain at times. Cloudy with periods of rain on friday, 46 the high there. And then we improve to 59 on saturday and 61 on sunday. But yet another feature comes through and we wind up with rain on saturday, the steadiest of it should be in the afternoon and then at night and then in through sunday morning, sunday afternoon im expecting some drying. Well see if it holds that way. On monday and tuesday youre back in the 50s but dry. Overall these numbers above average matt. Thank you david. Are you at risk of Heart Failure . A live video chat on 6abc. Com. Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. Students demand action on gun control saying never again in the wake of that florida massacre. Survivors confront lawmakers at the State Capitol. Stage walkouts at school. Now oprah and George Clooney joining the cause. Where will the fight go from here . The rock star the father and the husband. Chris cornells wife vicky opening up since his death. What shes sea saying about the man behind the music and his struggle with addiction. What is your message about addiction. Its in all of our house, rich poor it has no racial boundaries. It doesnt discriminate. No it does not discriminate. Hollywood heartbreak. What went wrong . New details about Jennifer Aniston and justin thoreaus separation. The differences that drove them apart and how jens moving forward. Material girl plus Queen Elizabeth sits front row making her first appearance at londons fashion week right alongside dane anna wintour. How about the royal runway as we say good morning, america. Some boys call and thats all right woo me good morning, america. Nothing like a little madonna to get you going on this hump day. Well have a story behind this photo right here. Queen elizabeth and anna wintour. I didnt think anna wintour ever smiled. Well meet a lady on a mission to show other girls that science is cool in her astronaut uniform. Shes planning something really cool. Cant wait for you to hear about it. High School Students who are saying never again. They are preparing to confront lawmakers in floridas capitol and demand action on gun control and want to go back to dan harris in tallahassee. Hey, dan. Reporter george good morning. One week after surviving one of the worst School Shootings in modern American History, 100 students from the dougglass high school in parkland florida, are in the State Capitol of tallahassee and spent the night at the civic center sleeping on cots and eating breakfast and soon will walk over to the capitol where they will meet the speaker of the house to the attorney general to the governor himself and have specific legislative demand and want to beef up School Safety and background checks to make it harder with people with Mental Health to get firearms and make it harder if not impossible for people to get hands on ar15s used in their school. Even before they come here though theyve received a setback. Yesterday legislators voted against even considering a bill that would have banned semiautomatic rifles so the ideal imof these students running headlong into hard legislative ryal. It is an uphill fight. Thanks very much. Now to the olympics. Team usa grabbing medals overnight thanks to comeback kid lindsey vonn. In a pair of Cross Country skiers that go back to amy in south korea and, amy she has one more chance at a gold medal. Historic day, Kikkan Randall and Jesse Diggins becomes the First Americans ever to medal in womens olympic crosscountry. And then yes skiing superstar lindsey vonn racing in what was her last olympic downhill competition earning the bronze and dedicating the race to her grandfather who recently passed away but it was a disappointing night on the ice for team usa. Bradie tennell kicking offer the ladies Short Program with an unexpected tumble there and then mirai nagasu looking to repeat that triple axel she nailed in the team event last week well she was unable to complete that move again. And then in mens ice hockey hopes were dashed for the americans after they lost in an overtime shootout to the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals but one American Team still poised to take home the gold womens hockey. They face off against their arch rival canada tonight, the two teams met earlier here in pyeongchang. Canada winning 21 and canada has won every gold medal since the u. S. Beat them back in 1998 in nagano. Safe to say hockey fans everywhere will be watching that game tonight, michael, present party included. Yeah i know. Youve got the ticket. You let us know that before. Just rub it in amy. You deserve it. Have a great time. Just in case you forgot. Thanks for that. All right, we love this story because its about love. Richard gibbs and Patty Goddard met as cajun Army Volunteers devoting their lives to helping victims of hurricanes. Patty coming from michigan and now theyre devoting their lives to each other. They fell in love. Got married. Richard is still hard at work volunteering. Patty will retire soon so she can join richard and get back to work helping others. Great story. Isnt it . Love comes from everywhere. When you let expect it. Coming up everybody, new details about jennifer and justins threat. What may be rind the breakup. And my exclusive with the late rock star Chris Cornells widow, vicky, her Important Message this morning. Lara what do you have upstairs. Im here with the First American to win an olympic medal in single mens single luge chris is live with us. See what hes up to now and how hes giving back and have fun with chris and our great audience so come on back. Yea, so, moms got this cold stuffynose nosleep i got it. Mouthbreather yep, weve got a mouth breather. 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No but there is another commercial break coming. Encore. Yes. But pop news. Yes, lets do it. Hi everybody, good morning to you. Tom, got to give it to you, looking great and good morning. We begin with Queen Elizabeth. Shes never wavered in her fashion sense but that doesnt stop her from checking out the shows in london. Her majesty making her fashion week debut on tuesday sitting next to the grand dame of all things stylish vogue editor in chief anna wintour at the Richard Quinns fashion show and afterwhich she presented him with the Queen Elizabeth award for british design. 28yearold quinn known for his eccentric and structural pieces favored by the likes of lady gaga and the queen. Wow. Inaugural award. Who knew the queen and lady gaga share a little something. Also in pop news this morning, do not mess with the u. S. Curling team. You thought it was all just pushing, sweeping but you can only push to a point or theyll sweep you right under the carpet. Kirstie alley found that out the hard way when she declared she didnt mean to be mean but watching curling is boring. The curling didnt appreciate that comment. Neither did they back here. They tweeted back to her who starred in the look whos talking movies writing, were not trying to be mean either but your movies werent exactly riveting theater. What drop the curling thing, drop the stone. You know you have to set some they have a point. She backed down and wrote ill give it another chance. My son loves watching team usa and they responded, we knew youd come around. Allow us or our good friends to show you and your son the ropes sometime and maybe theyll even try watching veronicas closet so it will all work out. Movies do a little curling. No i appreciate i dont think you need to be doping for curling. Okay. But i think its really hard. Those stones weigh a lot. Youre pushing them. I appreciate it. I think its amazing. Take as i lot of work. U. S. Curling team im not messing with you. Kirstie found out the hard way. Im not going there. Now, how about a lost and founding father story. A lock of hair believed to have come from the head of George Washington discovered in an envelope labeled washingtons hair written in 18th century cursive tucked inside a book in union college, another clue, that book a 1793 almanac that belonged to Eliza Hamiltons father and thanks to Linmanuel Miranda that we all know this, the righthand man to general washington and it may have to rear hairsay. Scientists say dna testing thank you very much. Try the meat loaf. Time to say dna testing could destroy it altogether and just dont want to take the chance at this time hoping that science will improve and theyll be able to save the follicle. Heres a fun fact for you. Contrary popular belief George Washington did not wear a wig. I found out his hair was all that was all his in all those pantzings and was a headred and powdered his hair white because that was the look in the time of the 1700s when he was he was just working it people. Work it. Thats a lot of work. You know what im thinking too, nobody looked in that book for a long time. No. George washingtons hair. Thats a clue. Ill keep you posted on that. Great pop news as always. We go now to our gma cover story. We are learning new details about Jennifer Aniston and justin thoreaus split and the factors that could have led to it. Abcs eva pilgrim is here with all of that good morning, eva. Reporter good morning. This felt like it came out of nowhere. We were so happy for jen thinking she finally found true love. There was no word of trouble. But now that the two are done the Long Distance relationship turned marriage was reportedly a struggle even in the beginning. It was the valentines day breakup we never expected. This morning, new details emerging about what possibly led to Jennifer Anistons split with justin thoreau. The new issue of People Magazine reporting that the twos clashing lives and personalities may have doomed the marriage. Aniston mostly in l. A. Thoreau 2400 miles away in new york. She loves the l. A. Life because she can hide here more. In new york youre much more public and she couldnt get used to that lifestyle and justin loves new york. Reporter sources telling people time apart didnt help strengthen their bond and that thoreau always acted more like a single guy. He went out with his single friends and sometimes would have very little contact with jen for days. The couple reportedly facing hurdles from the beginning. People magazine saying early in their relationship. The two wanted to have a baby hoping to start a family together. Unfortunately having a baby just did not work out for them and while they were sad and disappointed, of course its not something that consumed them. Reporter people says the couple went to therapy, trying to make it wok and for months aniston was still hoping they could work things out until last week when justin took a private plane from new york to l. A. The two deciding to jointly drop their bombshell announcement together. Jen and justin didnt just suddenly give up on their marriage. They tried for months to make it work. She also has a great life. Wonderful friend a ton of projects in the works and shes staying busy. Just makes you a little sad. Jen said before she isnt a fan of dating fining it awkward and unpleasant but seems to be a big believer in falling in love and finding someone to spend her life with. That new issue of people hits stands today. All right, good morning guys again. Your gma moment. Good morning north america, this sevenyearold noah in his backyard doing a spinning lacrosse style slam into the net. Get the hose out and make a rink in the backyard. That has since melted they tell me this morning so its more of a grass hockey sort of thing but it gets you in the mood for the olympic. The women play canada tonight. [cheers and applause] u. S. A. , u. S. A. Heres a look at your u. S. A. Forecast locally. We are dry on Storm Tracker but we do have some fog around putting drizzle on the windshield. Slow it down if its thick. Head outside we have center city and you can see some low lying cloud cover obscuring the tops of the buildings. Clouds a little thicker in that suburbs. This afternoon more record warmth. Sun comes back a high of 76. Best chance of showers today would actually be later this evening and then cloudy cooler and damp tomorrow. Rocker chris cornell, the soundgarden front man died in may of last year from an apparent suicide. Now this morning his wife vicky is speaking on camera for the first time giving us a glimpse into the man behind the music and what happened that fateful night. Black old sun wont you come and waltz away the rain reporter his powerhouse voice inspiring a generation but to his wife of 13 years chris was so much more. We just know him as this rock legend. Tell us more about the type of father and husband he was. The kids were his everything. As soon as he got offstage he was a regular dad. He was just all in. Reporter but the proud father of three also battling private demons. For years struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. Vicky says he sought treatment and by 2003 he was sober. But it wouldnt end there. Approximately a year before he died he he was prescribed a benzodiazepine to help him sleep. He had torn his shoulder. He complained that you know that the pain in the shoulder was waking him up. In retrospect i learned its not supposed to be given to anybody in recovery. If you have to give it they have to be closely monitored and should not be given for more than two to three weeks so he relapsed in a sevenday period he took 20 something pills and in a nineday period 33. Reporter in march chris reaching out to a close colleague for help writing in an email, would love to talk had relapse. He had really delayed speech. He was forgetful and there were moments where i thought there was like some confusion. Reporter less than two months later he would play his final show. He was off pitch. He forgot words. He walked offstage. Chris cornell doesnt do those kind of things of the hes not that kind of a rock star. People must have been wondering whats going on here. Hours later chris passed away. My children woke up and that was probably the most tragic thing you could ever go through. Reporter the medical report ruling the cause of chris death asphyxiation. An apparent suicide in his system seven different drugs that report saying drugs were not a contributing factor. Vicky and many in the medical Community Say theres more to the story. He wanted to be there for his family, for his children he loved his life. He would never have ever left this world. And you believe it was the addiction that led him to do what he did that night in taking his life. I dont think that he could make any decisions because of the level of impairment. Reporter the events of that night still weigh on vicky. People saying cant blame yourself. Im trying not to. But there were signs. You cant blame yourself, vicky. You relapse after cancer. I had a relapse and nobody questioned it. Why is it when you have an addiction, which is an illness, why is it any different . You think addiction is a choice. And its not a choice. What is your message about addiction . Its in all of our houses. Its in rich poor it has no racial boundaries. It doesnt discriminate. No it does not. And i think that if there was less stigma around it more people would speak up. Theres just so much labeling that comes with it and my husband was the furthest thing from a rock star junkie. He just wasnt. He was the best husband, the greatest father. Hallelujah hallelujah reporter just three months after his death, toni his youngest daughter on stage with one republic at our summer Concert Series a moving tribute to her dad and his good friend lincoln parks Chester Bennington who also took his own life soon after chris death. Thats your girl. To be able to get that presence where does she get it. From her daddy. Hallelujah we wish vicky and her children all the best and appreciate her being so open with us. More on that but we do have breaking news so lets pause so our stations can join us. Announcer this is an abc news special report. Now reporting, george stephanopoulos. Good morning, for those of you just joining us of the billy graham has died at the age of 99. Preacher one of the most important spiritual figures. Known as a friend to president s and met with every american president starting with harry truman all the way to barack obama. He was a key figure in reviving the american evangelical move many, the First Christian to preach publicly behind the iron curtain and in communist countries after world war ii and drew huge crowds. Dan harris takes a look back at graham a man who brought inspiration and comfort to so many. There are thousands of you that god has been speaking to. Reporter for more than half a century billy graham brought the word of god to millions. Return to your faith in god. Christ is going to come back. Reporter his influence reached every corner of the globe and all the way to the white house. A long way from the North Carolina dairy farm where he grew up during the great depression. Graham found his calling at age 16 when a traveling preacher came to town. I went back night after night and one night i began to realize that there was an emptiness in my life. The lord jesus reporter soon he was filling revival tents and expanding into radio and television. His message was for everyone regardless of race years before it was the law he insisted his audiences not be segregated. I dont know what your religion or racial background or cultural background it make no difference. Reporter he first went to the white house in 1950 with an audience with president truman. It did not go well but hit it off with president eisenhower and became to be known as the unofficial white house chaplain and befriended and vouched for jfk helping him overcome anticatholic prejudice. He stuck with johnson through vietnam and nixon through watergate and offered his prayers and counsel to every commander in chief through the rest of the 20th century and into the 21st. President s need comfort that faith gives and billy graham was a great dispenser of comfort for me and barbara and our family. And he just talked to me. Never at me never in a condemnatory way. It was amazing. Reporter president george w. Bush even credited graham with helping him quit drinking and turn his life around. God loves you. Reporter all the while graham continued to preach with crusades across america and around the world. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] reporter unlike fellow evangelist Jerry Falwell he steered clear of abortion and the culture wars preferring a gospel that would unite. We need to trust in god and we need to put our faith had him as a nation. Reporter there were however, moments of controversy. He was caught on a Nixon White House tape talking about jews having a advantage manyhold on the media a comment he said he deeply regretted lighter. He lived a simple life in North Carolina with ruth his wife of 64 years who died in 2007. The greatest need in the world today is a transformation of human nature to make us love instead of hate. Reporter at the time of his final crusade in 2005, he told abc news he looked forward to the day he would meet god in heaven. Ill say to the lord why did you choose me . I came from a farm i never dreamed that id be preaching to people in Different Countries and im going to ask the lord why did you choose me . Because i believe i was chosen. Reporter to billy graham only one opinion mattered. I want to hear one person Say Something nice about me and thats the lord when i face him. I want him to say to me well done. My good and faithful servant. Billy graham a towering figure in america as we said one of the major evangelical figures of the last century. His influence stretched for so long and want to bring in dan harris who did that piece and remind everybody, of course Billy Grahams influence lasted for so long but he was such a towering figure in the middle of the last century. Reporter a towering figure not only in politics but in american culture. You know he really put evangelicalism on the map in many ways and his crusades were watched, attended by hundreds of thousands of people and watched by millions more on what was then the relatively new technology of live television. But, again, it was politics where he had this repeated influence being, you know, known as the pastor to president s and speaking with them at their darkest hours, often and almost always those conversations were confidential. We dont even know what kind of support he was giving. Yeah nonpartisan in his approach and befriended republican and democratic president s alike and as you pointed out, his message was always to unify. His son Franklin Graham still active as a preacher. Also in politics taking a somewhat different path. Reporter yes, Franklin Graham has been quite a bit more polarizing and i think its safe to say more associated with whats known as the religious right or conservative christians and has become embroiled in over the years more than a few public controversies. His dad really tried to stay away from that and wanted to be seen as and i believe was seen as largely above the fray. Evangelist billy graham has died at the age of 99. Well return to our regular programming. For many of you that is Good Morning America. First of all a complete wrapup tonight on world news tonight with david murashov. Announcer this has been a special report from abc news. [ applause ] got to say welcome back to gma, everybody. Great to have you with us on this hump day. Wednesday morning. Thank you all so much. And as we wait for george to come back upstairs he was down for that special report about the breaking news billy graham dying at the age of 99. Really an influential figure transforming religious life here in america. So we will have much as george said well have much more on world news tonight with david muir and continue on with gma and have an incredible 14yearold Taylor Richardson who was just 9 when she launched a go fund me page to raise money for space camp. Now she is on a new mission to send hundreds of young girls to see a wrinkle in time. Raising 20,000 and counting. Taylor and her mother latonya, theyre joining us from florida to talk all about it. We can tell that you want to be an astronaut one day. We can tell by what youre wearing there. Congratulations on what youre doing and just tell us why you decided to do Something Like this. Well i wanted to do the wrinkle in Time Campaign because in my opinion Representation Matters and i wanted all girl especially girls of color to know they can be whatever they want to be when they grow up and also can struggle and have flaws and still be successful in life. Youve done similar things in the past, havent you . Raising money, tell us about that. Well i did start a Hidden Figures campaign to send over a thousand girls there and i did that because i didnt know about the story with the Hidden Figures and Katherine Johnson and i feel like that history needed to be shared with the rest of the world so i started my campaign. Good for you. Latonya, you must be a proud mom but your daughter shes accomplished so much at a young age. Did you always know shed make such a big difference . Well ive always felt that taylor was going to make a difference. At the age of 9 she went to space camp and being the only black girl at space camp she came home and said mom, we need to do something about this. So shes been very active and advocating for s. T. E. M. Since she was 9 years old. [ applause ] yes. We heard taylors mom mention space camp and see the outfit so taylor this is obviously a passion and i understand it started at a young age inspired by a book. Yeah i was inspired by an out biography, the first africanamerican female astronaut who went into space and after reading about her struggles with racism being a girl also if she can do it so can i. Hey, latonya what is your secret . Oh gosh. A village. Im a single mom and we just have so many people helping us here. Not just in jacksonville but all over. And the quote is true. It takes a village and we have a very strong village here in jacksonville helping taylor. Taylor i can see on your face you had an answer to that as well. Me . Yes. Yeah well i did. I just was thinking about all the people who helped me along the way because i was bullied when i was younger and i didnt really have many friends my age so it was always adults helping me coming over to the house with my homework and putting groceries in the refrigerator and always supporting me when i was little so i guess it does take a village to raise a child. Thats awesome. And, taylor what is your young message for all the other young girls out there who have these dreams and aspirations . I just would say, never be limited by the peoples limited imaginations which my idol said but always work hard and get an education and just be the warrior you truly are. Youre living proof of that, sweetheart and i tell you what because of all your hard work we are going to have you visit us here in new york city at gma and were going to have you meet one of the women with a wrinkle in time. Oh, my gosh. Are you serious . Yeah we are. Oh, my gosh. We love surprises here. Thats how we roll so well have a lot of surprises when you and your mom come up and visit us real soon but bless your heart, both of you. Thank you very much. Thank you, thank you. Next exciting. We have an olympian on top of the world, the First American to medal in the mens single luge. Please welcome Chris Matthew dowder. Mazdzer. Oh, my god. Nice to meet you. Robin, robin. Congratulations. Congratulations. Thank you. [ applause ] good morning, america. Wow. First of all we got to say congratulations. Youre a historymaker. Youre the first it still hasnt sunk in yet. I dont think it has, no. I just love the sport of luge. I love what i do and that hasnt changed at all so it hasnt set in. It truly hasnt. How do you become a luger when youre little . Its easy. I mean you start to put sledding like luge is ultimate sledding so its very easy transition. But to your sledding hill. You take your flexible flyer and go as fast as you can down the hill and then you move to the luge track. On your back going down. I know. [ applause ] yeah its easy. You have been so cool in recognizing all that came before you. All the men and women who were in the sport and you to be the firstt one in mens luge but have been very respectful of your predecessors. Its taken generations, this isnt just like i started out and a couple of years later i have this. Theres 33 other men who have gone through this for the u. S. And thats that takes lives. Like i started when i was 8. Im 29 now. Thats 21 years so theres 33 people have given their lives so its a full commitment and it feels really good to come back and be like we finally we have it. Whats the hard effort thing about going down the track. The ice is pretty hard. The ice is pretty hard. The hardest part is staying relaxed relaxed. When you come out and know youre an inch away from the wall. If you tense up that will send the slide into a skid so you have to be completely relacked when you know youre out of control. Thats the hardest part. You must meditate or something. [ applause ] i dont know. That is luge is kind of like my meditation. Its a minute where its 100 focus where you dont hear or feel anything else so when youre going down it is kind of like a meditation. So the internet has a massive crush on you. I dont know if you guys you have to go online. Youre everywhere. We wanted to know whats something we dont know about you but we should . Well i would say im always up for a challenge. I really like challenge, whatever that is. I think we know that. I guess so. Thats pretty amazing. You have a challenge for some people. Yeah absolutely. So, i have been a mentor for kids through this nonprofit called classroom for champions. What makes this so special, typically athletes will go to a school and talk in front of kids and our message will stick for a couple of days or weeks but if were not there to reiterate it kind of gets lost. This allows us to become involved with classes and every month were doing a video on perseverance or diversity and were talking about these great topics and we always challenge the kids. Whether thats not to help out with their community or if its just to talk about how they persevered so they can grow and i always give a challenge and right now i have a challenge for people where im matching or i hope to match i donated 5,000 from this medals winning and trying to get other people to match that. And i try to get in this program a couple of years ago but i couldnt because they didnt have the funding and i feel this is a way that i can make a difference in kids lives and i want to spread that however i can so my challenge is to see if people can match that. Weve already raised about 30,000. How do we do it . Yeah. You go to classroomchampions. Org and its right there. Please. [ applause ] we have our champion right here well see you in 2022 by the way back at the olympics again. Enjoy and let it soak in. Coming up, the great Brooke Shields is here coming up. Same old, same old. Rachael from the 60s to the 70s to the 80s, she will pull off how about this . How about this . Does it not feel like you look like youre melting out here. Where are you from. Birmingham. Birmingham alabama. Dozens of records yesterday. Just up the road from birmingham. Theres memphis tennessee home of graceland beautiful. Daffodil flowers blooming across much of the southeast. More records expected 70s atlanta, maybe 80 in raleigh. Maybe 80 in d. C. Dont get used to it. Its still february. Time now for a look at your local forecast. Check it out. All right rob were dry on Storm Tracker6 live double scan. We might have drizzle on the windshield from fog here and there. Todays high 76. Sun coming back. This looks like another record today and then some showers tonight cooler tomorrow. Look at these beautiful bows. A bedazzled bow. How old you are. 9. Beautiful 9. How old you are. 8. 8 and 9. I love it. Beautiful stuff. This weathercast is brought to you by boost high protein. Love some of that too. Michael, back up to you. Rob, thank you so much. Im here with someone, she does it all. Brooke shields. [ applause ] author, model. Business woman and actress whos had roles on at least five different shows. Thats just in the last past year. Five different shows including the adult swim cartoon, mr. Pickles. Love having you here. Thank you. Youre one busy woman. How do you juggle it all . First of all, you know its funny. Its feast or famine so youre either doing nothing or youre on four shows. I mean you know id like to say its always like that but i think i was born a multitasker. Its amazing for me. I cannot not work. So just being on mr. Pickles which is animated or the middle or jane the virgin or designing a line for qvc. I go where the water is warm and i keep treading. But youre not treading. Youre like swimming olympic type swimming and doing great at everything. Thank you. One thing its mr. Pickles a cartoon about a dog. Its a bad dog. You didnt quite understand it when you first showed it to your girls. When you first do it notice shes rather well endowed. Clearly typecasting and there too. So when they showed me they said you want to play it. My kids can watch it and i didnt see the entire the whole all the graphics so hes a bad dog and, you know i saw it and i was done and i didnt see it fully. I just saw my bit and mommy is on a cartoon and i show it and i press play and all of a sudden i was like, oh, my god. So for adults. We did find a morning show friendly clip. Perfect. That well show right now. Here is mr. Pickles. Son, its time i teach you how to fight. Stand up for yourself like a man. No. Okay sorry. Violence isnt the answer. Im sure if i drive tommy over there, we can work this out peacefully. But every time you drive my truck, it gets damaged. Why dont you get your old bike from the barn huh . Ugh. Were here. Looking at that clip i would say do you think your character is the moral center of the show. Shes the voice of reason within and she also is not fully aware of mr. Pickles antics but she does all the work in the house and does all the cooking and cleaning and does everything so she is sort of a very modern woman and she finds her voice and shes funny too but she definitely you dont want to pass her and she is the moral character. And another character the middle, rita. There is no moral character. There is no moral character there. No. [ applause ] oh. Youre back. Youre back in the final the final season of the show. Its the final season. A lot of people are sad about that. Ill miss the mullet. I was so happy they asked me back. Rita has a lot of kids and she just keeps having kids. I dont know how and they start in diapers at about 8 years old and they we sort of find a different side to her by the end. Shes not kind of had to reconcile hers thattiness but you sort of see how she got to the way she got and its funny. I will tell you this you are an incredible actress because you are the nicest person. [ applause ] you really are. You really are. I love it when youre here. And season three of mr. Mr. Pickles premieres this sunday on adult swim. Brooke shields, everybody. Coming up from star wars to [narrator] look around. If our world isnt stuck in the past why is Higher Education . We say if theres a better path, you should take it. And when there isnt, well you know where im going with that. Dont do things by the book if the book cant keep up. Take your page from one that hasnt been written. We took two renowned universities including a premier medical school and created a Single University that defies convention. At jefferson, were making modern look ol d and making old look new and making sure new is not enough. 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And thinking about you, 2017 was quite a year for you. Not only fatherhood but also marriage and also this little movie. I dont know if you heard it. Its called star wars. Yeah. [ applause ] the last jedi you played poe. How has that been for you. Huge thing to be a part of. Just like anything we always find a way to complain about something after a while because we adapt and so it starts to feel like a job but then when little kids come to visit or you just see their eyes go so wide when youre there and that just reminds you how special it is. Youre an action figure. Yeah. Yeah. Your son is going to really that ups your cool factor. I know i know. And for the rest of us its pretty cool on the new cover of gq magazine. My man is on fire. That was a fun shoot. Really was. And we notice that theres like a theater vibe to it and theater near and dear to your heart and just worked on hamlet. That was in the summer and that up. Did that at the Public Theater downtown and very intense production like basically four hours with two intermissions and that was really intense because my son had just been born very shortly before we started rehearsals so to kind of do that at night and to be home in the day. Changing diapers . A tale of two cities, i like to say. Want to show everybody your latest project, though because it is a nailbiter. Lets take a look. Annihilation. I dont know where it was or what it was. How is that possible . You must be able to tell me something. You vanished off the face of earth for 12 months. I deserve a better explanation than no explanation. It doesnt matter. Yes, it does matter. Trust me. It does matter. Yes. How is it working with the wonderful Natalie Portman. Amazing. She is an incredible person. Not just what she does on screen but off screen. Just a really inspirational figure. The film was directed and written by alec garland and did ex machina together. This is his followup to that and its just a very you saw it. Its thrilling and horrifying and makes you think a lot and has so many layers to it. Yeah i cant get that night of sleep back. It was really fantastic and its great to see you. Please come back. Thank you. Congrats on star wars. And a family now. Adorable. Congrats on the baby. Annihilation is breathtaking in theaters friday. Dont go anywhere. This winter in the state with more ski mountains than any other family fun reaches a new peak. So whether youre a speed demon or more of a snow angel, your winter chariot awaits. Pick the best peak for your family getaway at iloveny. Com new york state. Its all here. Its only here. More and more student debt is keeping people from doing what they love. horn sound like buying a home. knocking sound traveling. Even getting married. At Citizens Bank we can help you refinance both your federal and private student loans. So you can start saving and get on with your life. Ask a leader in Student Lending how we can help you reach your potential. Good morning america is brought to you by Liberty Mutual insurance. Thanks for watching. Have a great wednesday, everybody. Bye. Hello everyone. 8 56 on this wednesday february 20s first. Karen rogers is here with anup date to an accident she has been following. Looking live at i95. This is southbound not far from the delaware state line an accident that was blocking the two left lanes now blocking one left lane. But the delay is just massive. If youre heading on i95 southbound, usually its about an eight minute ride to get from the blue route to delaware. Now it takes about an hour. Its a huge delay. Watch for this big jam from ridley park. New problem at walt whitman bridge westbound as youre coming into the city. Disabled truck blocks the right lane. Speeds about 22 miles an hour here. Mass transit the route 102 trolley is still shuttle busing. Also were seeing 30 minute delays with the media elwyn line, matt. Thank you, karen. Taste of spring maybe even a taste of summer. Heres meteorologist, david murphy. Very similar to yesterday even a few degrees warmer later this afternoon matt. Right now were at 62 degrees in philadelphia. Allentown has recovered to 50 at this point and this afternoon 76 for the second straight day were looking at a record high. Yesterday we did set the record with 73 but better today. Later this afternoon and especially this evening theres the chance of a passing shower. And then tomorrow things change, cooler cloudy and damp on thursday with periods of rain. A high of 49. Just 46 under the clouds on friday. More rain possible. And for the weekend, highs around 60 saturday and sunday but matt, saturday afternoon in through sunday morning in particular theres going to be some rain. Okay, thanks, david. Coming up at noon Police Looking for the man responsible for a pair of violent home invasions in philadelphia. Plus we are following the investigation into this destructive fire in delaware county. Oscar isaac and katie nixon live with kelly and ryan is next here on 6abc. Both of those guests will be on the show. Im matt odonnell. Have a great wednesday. Announcer its live with kelly and ryan today, from the thriller annihilation, oscar isaac. And star of the hit comedy american housewife, katy mixon katy mixon. Plus the latest hightech products direct from the Consumer Electronics show. All next on live [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and Ryan Seacrest [cheers and applause] ryan hi good morning hi hi. [cheers and applause]