Cast of dancings most sizzling season ever will be revealed live this morning. Our exclusive first look at the celebrities and their partners, here in times square. Get ready to be surprised on who is going to go headtohead in the ballroom this fall in just moments. Are you ready, america . Were getting so close. Good morning, america. What a packed couple of hours we have for you this morning. Look at all that excitement this morning in times square, over the big names on the new season of dancing with the stars. The cast reveal in just a moment. I couldnt see any in that bus. I just saw the pros. But look at those 10s. Perfect already. And, oh, look there, tom bergeron and brooke burkecharvet. Theyre leading the charge to times square. Our gma bus filled with the celebrities and the partners right behind them. Thats all coming up. But we start with that dramatic news breaking overnight. Ariel castro found dead in his jail cell. Abcs alex perez has all the latest. Good morning, alex.
Americas women grab gold and bronze. As the showdown in sochi looms, two of americas best skiers ever, bode and ted finally about to face off. And good morning, america. Boy, you see the snow on the lens this morning. Boy, a lot to celebrate in sochi for team usa today. Gold, silver, and bronze in mens slopestyle. Only the third time the u. S. Has ever swept the medals in an olympic winter games event. You said the winter games. It seems more like the summer games there. We want to look at the pictures right now. Look at that. You know a little contrast. A little bit. Were 61 over there, 30 here. And you well, theyre in tshirts over there. And matt gutman went for a swim yesterday. A little bit different. Lets get to the storm. Its socking so much of the east coast right now. A live shot just outside of philadelphia. That area could get more than a foot of snow today. Ginger zee is leading the extreme weather team. Shes got coverage up and down the coast, including philadelphia. Lets g
Morning. Oh my gosh hollywoods hottest casting call is over. The new leads for one of the most anticipated movies of the decade finally revealed. Two littleknown actors catapulted onto front pages around the world. The frenzy this morning for fifty shades of grey. And good morning, america. Welcome back from labor day, and look at this. So great to have everyone back together again. Hey. How are you . Nice to see you. The bands back together again. But do you have your number 2 pencils because its like the first day of school and everything. It is. I have my protractor, and im ready to go. We know so many people who are heading back to school and heading back to work today. We have a lot of news to get to. A lot of things breaking this morning starting with the fire at the atlanta airport, one of americas busiest. Around 5 00 a. M. An area on the level of concourse t filled with smoke. Two firefighters battling it were injured. A number of passengers were impacted, unable to get to the
Balloons. They do it almost every day. Its a fairly common activity. As we were coming in to land, i heard a loud explosion. Saw smoke. I didnt realize it was another balloon. We were close to the ground. As you probably know, in the luxor, they burn the sugar cane. I assumed it was coming from the ground, not obviously one of the balloons. Reporter michelle said he couldnt see the other balloon until after his had landed safely. Emergency vehicles started to arrive. Over in next hour or two, we started to understand the extent of the tragedy. Reporter another woman described the scene to the bbc. It exploded in the air. And people were jumping out of the balloon. So, i believe they died out of jumping, not of the explosion. Reporter Egyptian Security reports three are being treated for their injures. And that the tourists included citizens of france, britain, belgium, hungary, japan and hong kong. Thats not the first big crash at the site. 16 tourists were injured in 2009, when a ball
Out of argo. Robins interview with the first lady. And were Just Moments Away from revealing the sizzling new cast of dancing with the sta stars. Our exclusive first look at the players and their partners. All joining us live. Be ready to be surprised by who is ready to rumba in the ballroom. And good morning, america. Hello to lara and sam, up early again, out in l. A. This morning. Just about an hour, were going to have that live announcement on dancing with the stars. Stay around for that. Robin getting some rest after the oscars. Were looking forward to sharing her interview with michelle obama. Great to have Elizabeth Vargas here. Great to have you both back from los angeles. Were going to have details on the crash coming in and on the monster blizzard, that sam was talking about. Were going to get that from him just ahead. Its been hitting throughout the northwest. Some major developments overnight. Were going to start with josh and the balloon air crash in egypt. Quite a few peo