Mislead filmmakers to show that perhaps torture was involved. And details in the highstakes trial weve been covering, the one of the woman accused of killing her boyfriend after he broke up with her. The strange call she made to a detective the day after the body was found. It was played in court yesterday. We have the very latest on that case coming up. We also have an astonishing medical mystery this morning. The High School Basketball star who cannot celebrate victories with his team because he has to rush to the tanning bed on doctors orders. You can see it there. Okay, were going to get to that. Lets get to josh and todays top headlines. Good morning to all of you. Were going to begin with the first major report on how the u. S. Economy is doing. Specifically when it comes to creating jobs. And theres some encouraging news. Weekend gma anchor Bianna Golodryga here with details. The Labor Department just reported that the economy created 155,000 jobs in december. Led by manufacturi
Did the airline go too far . The passengers actually did that, from what i understand. Wow. And a real Battle Royale between two of americas biggest names, target and amazon. And its going to save all of us money. Okay, looking forward to that. Lets get right now to josh and todays top stories. Were going to begin with this continuing fight against the flu. This morning, dozens of states are in the midst of an epidemic. Look here at illinois, reporting at least five deaths. With at least 150 other patients in intensive care at this hour. Hospitals struggling to keep up there. And abcs alex perez in the middle of it all. Good morning to you in chicago, alex. Reporter good morning, josh. This is one of the hospitals that had so many flu patients they had to turn some away. This is the earliest start to the flu season in a decade. Many hospitals are scrambling to keep up. This morning, Emergency Rooms across the country are being inundated with patients fighting the flu. A whopping 41 sta
Good morning, dan and bianna. Were on a side street here. This is andrew. Weve been helping him dig out this morning from the snowfall totals. This is his car. Were going to get it out for him this morning. We have the eight inches of snow. Andrew, ill step on the other side of this. And you keep going. We got about that eight inches of snow in new york city. Take a look at the snowfall totals weve got on the boards for you this morning. With some places in connecticut coming in about 34 inches of snow. St. James, new york, almost 30 inches of snow. Boston right now remember, this is a blowing, blowing, driving snow. Its been very difficult to measure. In the entire overnight event of this storm, with 50mileperhour, 60mileperhour winds. We have boston at a preliminary number of about 18 inches. Gingers been out measuring that this morning. And new york city, because its almost impossible, everythings in drifts and everything was blowing around. Eight to ten inches of snow there. Quick
Every morning on this broadcast. The superstorm, abc meteorologist, ginger zee, in florida this morning, tracking what could be a onceinacentury event. Well get to her in a moment. Thats right. Sandy is groening strength. A 900mile behemoth storm. And for many, today is the calm before the storm. A last chance to stock up, batten down or just get out of town. And thats just what millions of people are already doing. To give you a sense of what a mess this storm could make, its expected to hit parts of the east coast with a foot of rain and up to two feet of snow. Its going to last for days, bringing wind damage, Power Outages and possibly massive flooding. Abcs extreme team is covering all of the angles this morning. Were going to start with ginger in cocoa beach, florida. Good morning, dan. It is very windy here. Weve had wind gusts of 50mileperhourplus, overnight. The shoreline being pounded by tenfoot breakers. And out at sea, a buoy recorded a 31foot wave. Lets check in on sandy. W
The big digout. And now, the hard part. Keeping all of that wet, dangerous snow off roads and roofs. Our extreme weather team is out in force this morning to bring you the latest details from the heart of the storm zone. Good morning, everybody. I think we have a live shot of the snow coming down in new england at this moment. The blizzard of 2013, not finished yet. And the effects, i can guarantee this, well be feeling them for days. These images are amazing. Were beginning to get a picture of just how bad the storm is. States of emergency declared from new york to maine. The snow pounded down at an incredible rate of two to three inches an hour in some spots. Up to 12 inches in new york city to an incredible 3 feet in parts of connecticut. Boston got smacked with two feet, leaving people there with a new big dig to deal with. Ron, who used to live in boston, will remember the big dig. It was the largest public works project in the history of mankind. We have a new public works projec