Development secretary sparks a firestorm with this comment about slaves calling them immigrants. There were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships worked even longer, even harder for less. The uproar overnight. What carson now says he really means. And searching for Richard Simmons. The sweatin to the oldies fitness star keep that energy up. Missing from the public for more than a thousand days. Now his former friend on a Mission Behind the most popular podcast in america trying to find out what happened to the workout guru. What simmons people are saying this morning. Good morning, america. We have a lot of news to get to. Lets take a live look at the capitol. A big fight is brewing there over republican plans to repeal and replace obamacare. Those first plans were introduced overnight. Just down the street those protests break out at the white house overnight over President Trumps new travel ban. Well have much more on that just ahead. First we want to get to tor
Prepare for delays and longer an commute out there. Commute out we have some Team Coverage cr for you this morning. U th this is the only way we canay wn cover this folks. Melanie bob and erin workingn wr hard to keep your commute as coe smooth as possible. S poible. Bob barnard live at easternas market metro station. Rket metros you were making friends on thede buses. I can see now youre on land. Whats it looking like. L reporter surge two is coming in waves. Co we took a bus during theing the 6 oclock hour from herem attorney market out toarkeout minnesota avenue replicatinga er the orange line rail servicerail can which doesnt exist today or for the next couple weeks. Upe then we got back on a more a m crowded bus headed into work w with a lot of people who areho just making do with whatith theyve got. Theye got. They have plenty of shuttle buses, lots of people makingf po their way to work where thek wh trains are no longer running theyre taking the buses and people are bake saying
Lauren brigman continues our Live Team Coverage from waynesville. Lauren, what are you seeing there . 3 the dot has been preparing nearly 24 hours for the winter storm. Crews pumped thousands of gallons of brine solution into tanks that are loaded on the backs of trucks. The mixture of saltandwater is sprayed onto interstates. So a coating was in place before the first flakes. 3 0300 the forecasted amount is not as much as the previous storm, but in anticipation of the adverse weather thats coming in were trying to take a more proactive approach. 0309 once the brine is sprayed, crews standby, ready to bring out the plows, salt and sand trucks once the snow starts sticking. 3 3 stay with news for the most uptodate information on the winter storm. You can find the latest forecasts and School Closings on wlos dot com. You can also go to our website to sign up for text alerts. For weather, closings, and traffic. We will also post updates on facebook and twitter. 3 3 3 in this mornings news
It was not a eulogy, people. Michael kicked off live by thanking viewers but he did not mention cohost kelly ripa even once. We learned that the ripa omission was pointed o strahan during a commercial break and just before sign off he circled back as an afterthought. Kelly, i thank you. I love you. Everyone else here at live and im not going to cry on tv. I promise you. A source telling us that kelly was thrust into the drama at the last minute. She was called last night after 10 0 p. M. By a producer to fill in. Annas instagram places her at a Hillary Clinton Victory Party at the time. She was told michaels exit would not be mentioned on the show but that changed minutes before going live. Anna was great. Audience members told us there waa no official explanation about kellys absence. I was thinking she was emotional and maybe couldnt handle the show t people were a little we thought she might be a little heartbroken. Shes probably so depressed she could not come in. Well, maybe. As w
Shes probably so depressed she cou come in well, maybe. As we reported yesterday, blind sided abounews. Source tells us that ripa may return next week to avoid being in breach of contract. We reached out to kellys re who didnt return our calls. On g. M. A. They had a shout out to the new were thrilled to say that Michael Strahan will be joining us every morning. Very natur michael in and just started. So excited about the addition of straa. I call him s im already, hey. Back to kelly for a second. She work alongside regis for ten years on live until he retired in a lot of people were stunned when he admitted to hoda kotb last year when he admitted he doesnt see her. She lived downtown and now i hear shes onnthe east side. You havent seen her since the show ended . No. I havent. Wow. Wow. Yeah. Kelly didnt learn about this until after the showyesterday. So there were weeks or even months secrecy and the host was left out in the dark. If did that to me, i would be so mad at you. Im never