White house more than seven months later. Partially pair litz paralyzed i constant pain and for a while barely able to talk. Brady dedicated the rest of his life to fighting gun violence. [ applause ] 12 years after he was shot, Congress Passed the brady bill, requiring a waiting period and background checks for all handgun purchases. In 2000, the place where he had held court was cristened the james s. Brady press briefing room. At the dedication, the brady smile once again brightened the place up. Jonathan carl, abc news, the white house. And an arizona courtroom in the spotlight when jody arias returns to court as her own lawyer. The judge granted her request to defend herselfen a penalty trial set to begin september 8. The jury convicted her in the brutal killing of her boyfriend. But couldnt decide if she should be executed. Arias has no law experience and didnt finish high school. Stunning video here to share from a couple of surveillance cameras at a Dicks Sporting Goods store.
Super adstravaganza. Which ad will steal the show and your vote . Good morning, everyone. A lot to get to this thursday morning. Lets take a look at a live shot, George Washington bridge, traffic moving pretty well this morning, but, boy, it sure wasnt a few months back after the traffic jams engineered by aides to Chris Christie to get back at one of his political opponents. One of the Big Questions right now, how much has it hampered his white house prospects . He has stepped up. Hes talking about the new jersey governor after those bombshell emails with calls for criminal investigations. Abcs jim avila is in ft. Lee, new jersey, right now, has the very latest for us. Good morning, jim. Reporter good morning, robin. Its four days that ft. Lee, new jersey, wont soon forget. The feds now asked to join the investigation into that massive traffic jam that endangered lives for apparently political reasons. Looks like there might be a tieup. Reporter this town in the shadow of americas bus
And the thrilling final seconds in College Footballs biggest game of the year. Florida state comes from behind to clinch victory over auburn. Josh elliott is there behind the scenes. Good morning, america. From the frozen apple. Josh, nice and toasty last night watching the game there at the rose bowl. And those seminole fans celebrating still in the wee hours of the morning. Theres tallahassee, only 25 degrees there this morning. And that temperature, the big story, affecting 49 out of 50 states right now. Every state except hawaii below freezing this morning. See new york city, thats the temperature right here at 7 01, the wind is blowing the camera around. It is 3 degrees right now here in new york city. And its how fast that happened, george. You can see how it got so cold so fast. The thermometer timelapse overnight, plummeting 35 degrees in over ten hours. Moving fast. Our extreme weather team is spread out across the frozen zone. Ginger starts us off from a cold times square. He
14,000. Its the end of the world as we know it full meltdown three weeks before the super bowl kraft reveals theyre running out of velveeta cheese. The major shortage causing a mad scramble. Are we facing cheesepocalypse . And good morning, america. Welcome back to josh, warm weather from the west, we hope. Mostly. A little warmer today. I just want to say for eight days, the survivors guilt watching back here as you guys were having this everyday, but america, ive come to freeze with you a little bit longer. We are headed for a thaw coming up but right now you cant tell from this shot. So much snow coming down in the great lakes a few inches every single hour. They could have up to 5 feet. Boy. Well take a look at pictures from atlanta. This incredible geyser erupting out of a water main, thousands of gallons shooting into the air right now. Icing so fast on the power lines as you see trees, all 50 states were under freezing in the last 24 hours and 21 deaths blamed on the frigid weat
And behind the scenes at the oscars. The producers revealing the shows secrets. Ellens brandnew approach at hosting and the performances that will bring down the house. Hey, good morning, everybody. Tminus one day to the oscars which will be airing right here on abc, and we are, of course, all over the behindthescenes action including take a look at this. This is the lovely lupita nyongo, who is up for best supporting actress for 12 years a slave, an amazing movie, by the way. She is really having a hard time wait until you hear how many dressed shes tried on. And i can tell you ron and i have been debating for years what are we going to wear . Hes been trying to get me into seersucker for the big how about a tshirt. A tshirt. Thats how youre going to play it . Whatever you wear, i guarantee you wont look as good as lupita does. Shes become red carpet royalty. Shes just gorgeous. Someone else we are excited to see is pink. The singer will be there, and she tweeted out her big news to h