And spelling showdown. These two young spellers epic fight to the finish going viral battling each other for 66 rounds until the judges ran out of words. Now theyre here live for the rematch. The rivalry heats up times square as they get ready to spell good morning, america. Gma, good morning, america. And good morning, america. A lot to get to this tuesday morning. Lets take another look at sophia and kush, ready to go and we are ready. We have some of the toughest words ever from the scripps spelling bee. Antediluvian, logorrhea. I still remember the word that got me out in sixth grade. What was it . Bastion. Mine was in sixth grade. Secretary. What did you forget . I dont want to talk about it, robin. It haunts my dreams. It haunts me. Wow, wow, issues this morning. George, thank you. Glad we can share that. That was also a new headline. Acetaminophen, whether its safe to take during pregnancy. Could it increase your childs risk of having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder . D
Opening glitch. The producers have a sense of humor. As we welcome a host of team usa Medal Winners back home to our plaza today, monday, february 24th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im jet lagged. And im Savannah Guthrie alongside al roker and Natalie Morales. Are you sure its monday and not yesterday or tomorrow . A ninehour time change is not an easy one. How are you feeling . Im not used to wearing matching pants and a suit. And im surprised you had that vodka shot with your cereal this morning. Habits are hard to break. We are all home and happy to be back in new york after a fun time in sochi. Absolutely. We have a lot coming up. Including our special series coming up called love your selfie. Most subjects we hear about are the unreal expectations we have when it comes to body image. Were accepting and embracing ourselves. And as a
Feet. A florida airport there had a sudden encounters with a bird shattering the wind screen. The pilot in the cockpit didnt know what hit him. But he did land. Those are our top stories monday, february 24th. This is abc world news now. Good monday morning, everybody. We have new details about the capture of one of the most wanted drug lord in the world. Joaquinn guzman. This shows the tunnels which guzman used to escape mexican arrest. Authority eventually caught up with him. Prosecutors in the u. S. Want to put him on trial. Abcs larry jacobs reports. Immediately after mexican authorities announced the arrest of drug lord joaquinn guzman calls for his extradition to the u. S. Went out. I would ask that mexicans consider extraditing him to the United States where he will be put in a super max prison under tight security where he cannot escape. Vicious and evasive powerful leader nst drug cartel is being held in this maximum security prison. The concern is that guzman escaped mexican
Poverty. Tensions escalating on the ground in ukraine where proukrainian activists were attacked by prorussian groups in the crimean city of sevastopol. R Russian Troops in control of the region. John kerry warned them any moves to annex it would close the door to diplomacy. Jennifer glasse is following the developments in ukraine. Vladimir Putin Says Russian ukraine wont go to war at all, but 16,000 proRussian Troops occupy the region in the west. Is russia gaining ground . Reporter morgan, they are gaining ground. They surrounded another base today. Thats a border point, a border base there. Basically the coast guard. These are lightly armed very lightly trained folks. The ukrainians retreated inside the base. This is the 11th base they have taken control over since they arrived seven days ago. Theyve surrounded and blockaded Ukrainian Forces on the bases and ships at sea. Basically the Ukrainian Military can do virtually nothing here in crimea. Russian forces very much in control of
Near interstate 280 and clarinda avenue where thoughts say they found the vehicle used in that shooting. More on the search and the injures officer, patti. Reporter with the suspect so quick to open fire on an officer, now on the run, police evacuated these apartments and shut down these streets for hours. They reopened them only in the past 45 minutes after they were certain the suspect wasnt here. S. W. A. T. Teams moved into the neighborhood just before 8 00 tonight, part of a multiagency manhunt that shut down several blocks in daly city with a man abandoned his car after shooting a San Francisco police officer. Its very scary, very, very scary. They dont know where he is at. He might be inside the apartment. Reporter the officer was shot miles away in the Mission District around 3 00 this afternoon. On the stairs here, i heard four, five shots, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Are the witnesses race over toward see one officer trying to staunch the blood of his fellow officer. I saw