Danceoff. And weve got a feeling this is the hottest dancing with the stars cast yet. The new contestants revealed exclusively in just moments with their pro partners. Lara is in l. A. For our special live event. Are you ready, america . Only on gma. I love this gig. That tonights going to be a good night good morning, america. There is all kinds of excitement out there in l. A. Our live announcement in just over an hour. Oh, look at them. Already up bright and early on this fat tuesday. Amy is here back from sochi here because lara is there in l. A. For some big surprises. Lara. Hi, robin. Hi, you all. You will not believe who is in the cast this season. But i do have one hint for you. It is a golden group. More to come later. Always good with those clues. Thank you, lara. Well have more on that later. Right to the breaking story on the crisis in ukraine. A very tense situation growing as russian president putin makes his first comments this morning. Abcs terry moran is there on the f
A very big donation to a cause close to their hearts this morning. And winners . A thrilling finish at the National Spelling bee, and the event ends in a rare tie, the first in more than 50 years. The cochamps are celebrating with us today, friday, may 30th, 2014. Life is a highway from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Can we take that shot one more time . That is a concert crowd. Wow. So many. Eat your heart out, austin mahone. That was a big crowd earlier this week, but huge today. And there is good reason. This is the most awarded Country Group in the past decade. They have 14 number one hits, 22 1 2 million albums sold. They have a new album thats getting critical acclaim and theyre going to give us a great concert in a few moments. That crowd, its all ages. They, Everybody Loves rascal flatts. Good to have them here. Were going to get to our top
Im looking for something thats going to rock my socks off. And party rock night on dancing with the stars. Perfect scores from meryl and maks. Judges calling their tango out of this world. Drew carey out of the running and here live this morning only on gma. Good morning, america. See you soon. And good morning, america. A lot to get to this tuesday morning, including more information on the ferry disaster in south korea. Were learning the boat didnt take a sharp turn before sinking. And thats raising new questions about what really caused this disaster. Also ahead this morning on powdered alcohol. Approved for sale by the government. Now, the Agency Behind that decision, reversing it. And take a look at this. Kate and will, there at one of australias most famous landmarks and just 30 years earlier, williams parents, charles and diana, in the exact same spot. Uncanny photo. More on that coming up. Lets get to the breaking new details in the case of the teenager stowed away in the wheel
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Cleanup from the snow and the ice the real question is when does it finally warm up . Will it ever warm up . Use words we need to like warmer. O we are warmer now it was so cold this morning that we did break a few records. Heres a look at some of the temperatures where we bottomed out at this morning. 14 degrees at Reagan National, so no record there. But look at this. Negative one at dulles airport. Not only was i a record on march 4, but it was also an alltime low. That is extremely cold across the region. We are also breaking some records at bwi. This. Look at it was zero in winchester and 6 degrees in hagerstown. We are warming things up for the significantly. We are in the middle of 20s at this hour. Up abovent make it the freezing mark. We do expect to stay below freezing until tomorrow afternoon when we finally make it into the 30s. We have 40s and even a few 50s and the forecast. More on that coming up in a few minutes. However, we have a little ways to go and maybe a little s