>> taking on harvey weinstein. now telling her story for the first time and putting hollywood on notice. she's live this morning, only on "gma." and tom brady on defense. the superstar quarterback cutting short an interview after a radio host goes after his young daughter. what he told our reporter overnight as he gets ready to go for his sixth super bowl ring. and we do say good morning, america. we have a lot to get to. a very busy tuesday morning. you're looking live at the capitol right here, where president trump will deliver his first state of the union address just hours from now. >> and politicians and guests are going to be there for the president's speech, but they may want to double-check those tickets. take a look at what was printed on some of the tickets, state of the uniom. >> uniom. >> not union. they reprinted the tickets. but i said don't reprint the tickets, because if you don't have uniom, you really do have a fake ticket. >> thank you, michael. got a lot of news to get to including those striking new developments in the russia investigation. house republicans voted to release a classified memo targeting the fbi for its handling of the russia investigation. a move president trump's own justice department has called extremely reckless just hours after the fbi director targeted by trump moved up his retirement. our senior justice correspondent pierre thomas is tracking all the latest from washington. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: george, good morning. republicans say they're just exposing what they believe is questionable conduct by justice department and fbi officials in launching the russia probe. but democrats are calling it a hatchet job aimed at protecting the president. the classified republican memo alleging fbi and justice department wrongdoing in the russia investigation is now at the white house, where president trump has five days to decide whether to actually declassify it. the memo arrived at the white house after the house intelligence committee voted along party lines to publicly release the document. republicans saying it's all about transparency. >> if there's wrongdoing in any federal agency, we have a responsibility to expose that and take the appropriate action. >> reporter: but the justice department has called the potential release of the report, without time to address security concerns, reckless for the potential risk of harm to national security and ongoing investigations. and democrats are crying foul, saying the memo is misleading, designed to shift attention away from the special counsel's russia probe. >> this committee voted to put the president's personal interests, perhaps their own political interests, above the national interests. >> reporter: last night's vote to release the report came on the heels of deputy fbi director andrew mccabe stepping down five weeks before his anticipated retirement. mccabe, the subject of months of searing criticism from congressional republicans and president trump. this after the president fired former fbi director james comey. at issue, mccabe's wife had been a virginia political candidate as a democrat. receiving a campaign donation from a hillary clinton ally. republicans criticizing mccabe for not recusing himself from the clinton e-mail probe when he became deputy director. and president trump repeatedly bashing mccabe in tweets. "why didn't a.g. sessions replace acting fbi director andrew mccabe, a comey friend who was in charge of clinton investigation but got big dollars, $700,000, for his wife's political run from hillary clinton." but monday, president trump refused to comment about mccabe. >> thank you all. >> thank you. thank you. >> reporter: no comment yesterday, but sources tell abc news in private, trump has been openly disdainful of mcc e mccabe. >> no comment from the president but we have heard from the former fbi director james overnight. >> reporter: george, comey did tweet last night with another veiled swipe at the president. writing -- special agent andrew mccabe stood tall over the last eight months, when small people were trying to tear down an institution we all depend on. he served with distinction for two decades. i wish andy well. i also wish continued strength for the rest of the fbi. america needs you. george? >> okay, pierre thomas, thanks very much. robin? and george, we have more on the president's first state of the union address. he's expected to focus on the economy, immigration, and national security. and our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega has more on how it's coming together behind the scenes. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: hey, robin. busy day here at the white house. the white house says it will be must-see tv. we all know this is a president who excels in primetime. so it will be definitely a big show. behind the scenes exactly what president trump will say tonight remains a bit of a mystery. i've got to say, even though among the president's inner circle, very few people have seen the entirety of the speech he's going to give tonight. unlike that american carnage speech that the president gave during his inaugural address. this one, i'm told, will be -- the key phrase for it will be optimism. and that the president gave specific direction to staff members that he wanted to see it as a positive and uplifting speech. for months he's been sending, passing along phrases and key lines that he wants to see in his speech tonight, but really the primary speechwriter is senior policy adviser stephen miller, a hard-liner on immigration. i'm told the president did spend the weekend editing this speech. and that he did a full practice run here in the white house map room yesterday. and he'll be spending the day doing preps for the speech today, last-minute preps, robin, as you know, the white house says the entire first family will be there tonight -- in the chamber, from the first lady to all the president's children, but barron is not going. remember, it's a school night. >> but speaking about the first family, what can you tell us about the special guests that will be there tonight? >> reporter: these guest also give us a sense of what the president is going to talk about. let's take a look at a few. a family that benefits from the president's tax plan. parents of two daughters killed by the ms-13 gang. and small bid owners. democrats, a number of them, are protesting the speech and won't be there tonight. >> thank you. we'll get analysis from our newest political contributor here at abc, chris christie, just wrapped up two terms as the governor of new jersey. joining us here on "gma." special report. welcome. >> happy to be here. >> let's start with the state of the union. you ran against president trump in the republican primaries but you've been his friend and adviser for a long, long time. in your view, what is his biggest challenge tonight? what should he do? >> it's to turn the page to things that the american people really care about. as we heard from the opening of the show this morning, there are so many things that are going on that don't really necessarily affect the everyday lives of americans. and i think he needs to get back to being the president who is speaking to their concerns. >> so the elephant in the room, the russia investigation, don't mention it? >> no. i don't think there's anything he can really say about it that makes any sense. and i think if he gets in and gets down that rabbit hole, he tends to get angry about it. and that's not the person you want to see tonight. >> you probably aren't going to see that on the teleprompter. the president has tweeted a lot, including about andrew mccabe. we just had that story about the deputy director of the fbi. now you've got three people in the justice department fired by president trump. several others who have been pressured to leave. how do you respond to people like james comey who says these are attacks by small people on an institution america needs? >> first off, i don't think we should make a mistake about who is making some of these decisions. it's pretty clear that chris wray has made the decision. the fbi director. >> but the president was pretty publicly tweeting about andrew mccabe. >> sure, but the president's been doing that for months. >> we should say he was your lawyer in private practice. >> he was, and chris and i have known each other and i worked for him when i was in the justice department back in the bush administration. so i know him very well. i think this is chris wray methodically putting his team in place. remember, whether you agree with jim comey or don't agree with him, chris wray has the right to have his own team in place at the fbi. to take the fbi in the direction he thinks it needs to go. the one thing i know about director wray, he will make those decisions himself. >> meantime, he's also weighed in on the other decision the president is facing, the house intelligence committee wants to release this classified memo targeting the fbi. wray has made it pretty clear, he doesn't think it should happen. and the rest of the justice department says it would be extremely reckless. what do you think the president should do? >> i don't think it matters. he's going to release it. >> you think it's a mistake. >> what i think is, george, you have to be very, very careful to go down this road. because once you do, you know, the worm can turn on you, too. and so i think this is something that the president should really carefully consider. i'm sure he probably has. my guess is that he's going to release it. because that gets to his underlying premise, which is the entire russia investigation shouldn't be happening in the first place. but, listen, when i was in the justice department we made these decisions in a very careful way. >> does it concern you as a republican, you see the president, and so many house republicans waging a kind of war against the fbi. this seems to be a flip of the script. >> yeah, it does, and i also think it's a long-term problem for our party if we continue this. not only for our party but for the country. listen, mistakes are made at the fbi. they've been made over the years. we've documented them over time. and they need to be held to account for that. but, you know, in a way that's not so political. we need to let this new fbi director, because, let's face it, jim comey and i are friends, as well. worked with him for a long time. but he made some pretty big mistakes in 2016 with both parties, that i think were wrong for the fbi director to do. let's give this new fbi director the chance to do it the right way, without so much heat from the political world. >> you know president trump. you know robert mueller. what does the president have to fear from robert mueller? >> robert mueller is not someone to be trifled with. and he's not someone who takes lightly the words of anybody who he's looking at. and so what i've said all along is that in an investigation like this there's lots of things -- there's nothing you can do to make it shorter. there's lots of things you can do to make it longer. >> should the president sit down with him, face to face? >> no. >> why not? >> i don't believe so. listen, i don't think there's been any allegations, credible allegations against the president. and i don't think the president should be sitting across from the special counsel. the presidency is different. i don't think they should do that. and i think the administration has been cooperative in other ways and lots of people have gone to meet him. i think the president is a different story. >> you don't think the president has questions to answer about possible obstruction of justice? >> no, i don't think he does at this point, george. but the fact is, that's a very high standard to meet. we've all gone through this before. and i don't think we've met that high standard as to president trump. but we've got to continue to watch it because the one thing i can tell you for sure, and what i loved about being a prosecutor, only i knew what i knew. only bob mueller knows what he snows. and we won't know it for awhile. anyone who speculates about this stuff, george, they're throwing darts at the wall with a blindfold on. >> chris christie, thanks for joining us and you'll be joining us tonight as well and the rest of the political team for live coverage of the president's address at 9:00 eastern. michael? >> thank you, george. now to the new warning about the flu. the cdc says it could be the deadliest ever for kids. at least 37 children have died. the latest possible victim, a 7-year-old boy in virginia. some dramatic new information this morning about the flu. adrienne bankert is here to bring that to us. good morning, adrienne. >> reporter: good morning to you, michael. take a look at this. kinsa uses realtime data and colors changing showing a big rise of influenza-like symptoms from october to january. the data suggests 5% of the country might be sick with the flu right now. one of the flu's latest apparent victims, that 7-year-old boy in virginia. these would be some of the last words samantha baynes would hear from her son. >> he says, mommy, mommy, i don't feel good. so i cuddled him. >> reporter: 7-year-old kevin baynes, the latest child to die after flu-like symptoms in a season expected to break records. when he was admitted to a hospital, he wouldn't walk. he could barely talk. he tested positive for the flu and strep throat, then was sent home with medication. but just 30 hours later his sister went to his bed and noticed he wasn't breathing. >> i never imagined it could kill him. >> reporter: cities around the country are taking drastic measures to protect children. among the most vulnerable. new york governor andrew cuomo with an emergency declaration authorized pharmacists to give flu shots to kids. miami-dade schools sending thousands of robocalls to parents after a spike in absences. >> health officials recommend getting the flu vaccine. it is not too late. >> reporter: and grady memorial hospital in atlanta has seen a 25% jump in flu cases. to help handle more patients they hired the nation's only mobile unit with 14 beds and an operating room. >> we've had at least two days this month over 500 visits in the same day. and we've not had that in the 15 years that i've been here. >> reporter: well, as for that 7-year-old who died the family is waiting for final results from the medical examiner. >> and we keep hearing you take your kids to the hospital, they're released, and then they take a turn for the worse. what are the symptoms you should look out for if you come home that says, we should do back? >> you want to watch for shortness of breath or labored breathing,, that's a really big sign from the cdc, and also, watch for dehydration in kids and if their skin looks blue you need to get back to the doctor right away. >> thank you so much, adrienne. appreciate it. now we're going to shift to the latest on the u.s. gymnastics sexual abuse scandal. this morning, the senate is expected to pass a bill designed to protect young athletes from predators. abc's linsey davis has details. good morning, linsey. >> reporter: this is a rarity. legislation that both sides of the aisle seem to agree on. the house just passed this bill monday and today it goes to the senate. the bill is intended to prevent future predators to hurt young athletes. making it mandatory to immediately report allegations of sexual abuse to law enforcement. this bill would also limit one-on-one interactions between minors and adults. and also improve mandatory training to prevent abuse. this, of course, comes a week after larry nassar's sentencing. was a sports doctor and convicted of sexually abusing more than 150 women and girls. it seems like this is going to be a no-brainer and pass although three people abstained. >> three people abstained from that? >> yes. >> thank you. and now to the super bowl. just five days away, the teams arriving in minnesota for the big game. and patriots quarterback tom brady's facing a challenge off the field. a radio host criticizing his young daughter but now brady's responding. eva pilgrim spoke with him and joins us now from minneapolis. good morning to you, eva. >> reporter: good morning, michael. tom brady reacting like many parents would. he said he's used to being criticized on the football field. but talking about his kids, that's going too far. >> the afc champion, new england patriots. >> reporter: the kickoff to super bowl week drew super fans and superstars to minneapolis overnight. but patriots star quarterback tom brady making headlines this morning for playing a different position. dad. going on the defensive after a boston radio show host made a derogatory comment about his 5-year-old daughter. your kids are off limits? >> i think any 5-year-old is off limits at the end of the day. i think anyone would probably feel the same way about their kids. >> reporter: weei radio host alex reimer making the remark about his brady's daughter vivian after she was featured in his docu-series "tom vs. time." >> daddy? >> what? >> i'm going to soccer. >> i thought the first scene was so staged where brady's like in the kitchen. his kid's being an annoying little [ bleep ]. >> reporter: brady, hearing about the comment, cut short his weekly interview with the station. >> so, you know, it's very disappointing when you hear that certainly with my daughter or any child, you know, they certainly don't deserve that. >> reporter: the radio station responding by suspending reimer saying, we are disappointed and embarrassed by alex reimer's on-air comments made last thursday evening. his remarks were utterly indefensible. mr. reimer remains suspended indefinitely from all weei platforms. this morning brady not sure if he will be on the show again, but showing reimer some compassion. >> i'd certainly hope the guy is not fired. that's -- i would hate for that to happen. >> reporter: and he's still deciding if he's going to do the show in the future. he said last night that right now his focus is on the big game. michael? 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i'm just like you. >> reporter: mcgowan accusing the once-powerful producer of sexual assault in 1997, saying her life was hijacked. determined to find her voice she took to twitter last october to publicly call out weinstein tweeting, hw raped me. her series of tweets helping empower almost 100 other women to come forward about weinstein's behavior. >> rose, right here. >> reporter: igniting a movement, #rosearmy. mcgowan also putting all of hollywood on notice for anyone who may have known about or enabled weinstein's behavior. overnight, weinstein's rep releasing a statement reading, mr. weinstein denies rose mcgowan's allegations of nonconsensual sexual contact and it is erroneous and irresponsible to conflate claims of inappropriate behavior and consensual sexual contact later regretted, with an untrue claim of rape. >> i'm not answering any questions, all right? just leave us alone. >> reporter: a star on the rise, mcgowan playing strong female characters in "scream" -- >> even if help is coming, it's not going to be till daybreak. >> reporter: -- and "phantoms" with ben affleck both films produced by weinstein. these films, and others, forced her to promote movies with the man she despised most and in her new book "brave" she describes having to work with him. i had to do press events with the monster and see photos of us together. his big fat paw pulling me into his body. smiling and laughing on the outside. tortured, she says, by weinstein, who she calls a monster on the inside. quote, i do not like the monster's name, i refuse to have his name in my book. and we're here now with rose mcgowan, the author of "brave." what a title. right off the bat you say it's not a tell-all, it is a tell it like it is book. twitter, did you have any idea that that series of tweets would help in leading with this movement? >> why women don't report? >> uh-huh. >> well, i put that out there as a clarion call. come on, it's time, journalists. let's go. it was like i said everything but the name so draw your conclusions. but even still, the media would not report on it and i knew they wouldn't because they had failed for so many years. >> you won't even use his name. >> it's an ugly name. i think we all know that. >> you go into great detail in the book talking about 1997, sundance film festival. walking into that hotel. what was going through your mind? >> well, that morning i turned to the camera on my way in. there was a camera following me, mtv, a camera crew. a day in the life of rose mcgowan. it did turn out to be a day in the life of rose mcgowan. and i walked in, and for me, he's a sick person. he has a sick mind but what about all the others and there's so many. the machinery set up in every country he would go to for the handlers to hand him the victims. from starting with the agents and managers and ending up -- and one of the things people don't understand about the hotel room specifically is people think it's like you open the door and there's a bed. these are people with the entire presidential suite. that means it's the entire top floor of a hotel. usually, it's three offices. and it is not unusual. i've auditioned in many hotel rooms. the director comes and sits. and that's how it goes. >> you talk about that fateful meeting and you wrote about it and talked about when you were leaving the room and this is what you said when you walked out, you said i feel a hand on my back and it pushes me farther into the tiny, dark, incredibly hot room. everything at this point happened so quickly and yet, so slowly. i'm confused as to why i'm in this room. and then you go on to say, rose, it all happened so fast, my clothes are getting peeled off me and only gets worse. only gets worse from there in what you wrote. frozen. fell -- felt helpless. what were you feeling? >> a lot of victims and survivors will say they detach, you know, and you really do. you float up above your body because you're trying to figure out -- my brain was literally when he grabbed me i was thinking, oh, i hope i still have lipstick on for the camera. so your brain's in another place. and all of a sudden, your body is like, what, what, what? and this is not what i expected at 10:00 in the morning, you know. and my then manager got a job with him for seven years after that. you do the math. >> you do talk about all the people around him and in hollywood and enablers and that. and something about when you left there, okay, this happens to you, that fateful meeting. you still have events to do. your co-star is ben affleck and you wrote about this in the book. you had to go to an event with him after. did you say anything to him? did he say anything, ben affleck? >> i looked at him and i must have had tears in my eyes because i remember shaking. and i said i just came from a meeting with him, and i said his name. and he goes, that's when he said, goddamn it. i told him to stop doing that. and things, you know, when things happen to you, it's like you file it away for a later date to pick through. because you analyze every single move that happened. and the complicity machine and i started hammering that word three years ago. i came -- three years ago i was like, okay, let's go. let's get smarter. 10%. i wonder if i can change the world by 10%. that was my goal. >> 10%. >> 10%. >> ben affleck did not -- we tried to reach him for comment but he has -- he has supported you. in the past in his comments and supported you. but we did reach out to him, but we did not get a response. >> everybody knew. >> you really believe that. >> i know that. i was there. you know, people kind of think like i don't know these people that i'm on the outside like they are looking in. uh-huh. someone asked me who i would be if i was a character in "oz," "the wizard of oz." i was like, i would be the curtain. i would be the one that saw both sides that nobody noticed that was pretty to be used and discarded when they were done. i was the curtain, but i absorbed all information from both sides. how to sell to the audience and both, how to be sold. >> and you're pulling back that curtain. >> why not? you know, nobody talks but to me, the truth isn't revolutionary. it's just the truth. and i figure if other people -- i'm not that unique. so if i'm thinking it i'm pretty sure other people are thinking it. but a lot of people are like, maybe this isn't real. because there's such gas-lighting in this culture. there's such -- it's blue outside today. the sky is blue. and you're thinking, no, it's gray. and you have to fight to keep that voice with everything coming at you that tells you, you're wrong and you're bad and you're dirty. because people would come up to me on the streets of hollywood, hey, did you get any good blah, blah, blah scripts lately? and it was systemic. you know. the complicity machine at his studio, his latest one, if he had to pay out a victim $100,000 he had to pay the board back $250,000. it was a fund that they had. so when i say it's a complicity machine, it is. >> how has it impacted your career? $100,000 settlement with him. >> i tried to buy a billboard. >> you tried to buy a billboard. >> from a company called gannett outdoors. my only way of saying i didn't like this. i didn't want this. it was my only form of voice and i have a lot of people, you took the money. let me tell you, the only perfect rape victim is a dead rape victim. and that's a fact. and it's sad. because it's not on us. we're just walking down the street literally, proverbially, metaphorically. >> there have been so many other women who have come out with allegations against him. and he's facing some charges. is there any peace of mind that you have? >> yeah, it's nice being able to speak for myself. you know, every interview i did for so many years, any time i was in front of the camera and pre-twitter, no way to speak for myself. so everything started with, what was it like to work with this man? exactly like what you think. >> and i misspoke. not charges. a lot of investigations. a lot of investigations. >> i wish there were charges because i find it very strange like, if -- how many women does it take? we're at over 100 on the list. there's a victim named samantha and she keeps this intensive list and we keep adding to it. and i would have to probably estimate there's got to be over a thousand, 2,000. because this is a lifelong career of rape for this man. >> we have so much more to talk with you about and we will in our last hour. you talk about hollywood and when people at home say, oh, it doesn't affect me, you say think again. so "brave" is available now. and you did mention your former manager, jill messick. we reached out to her earlier and we have not received a comment from her as well. we'll be right back. ack. lot on my mind. my 30-year marriage... ...my 3-month old business... plus...what if this happened again? 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(with love and joy) yes. ♪ i'm next to you. >> back here. okay. george is off to washington, d.c., for the state of the union so we all shift this way and it's just so odd. >> it's weird because i'm here and always looking left like a race car driver. i never look right so there you go. >> hey. >> good reason. >> musical chairs. "gma"-style. >> how about "pop news," lara? >> all right. good morning. [ applause ] a lot going on. so, this morning it's the premiere of marvel's "black panther" as you guys talked about starring chadwick boseman, has everyone talking. you guys saw the stars on the red carpet pouncing, if you will, in l.a. monday night. lupita nyong'o stunning in versace. that is an incredible look inspired by the movie. her stylist said -- there's angela bassett lighting it up in yellow naeem khan and michael b. jordan, skipping color, going all black and looks like the director ryan kugler has a massive picture on his hands. stunning visual, iconic performances and a real excuse my language freaking story, their words. "black panther" has the goods. that is what "vanity fair" is saying. look for this sleek beast to saunter into theaters on february 16th, everybody. [ applause ] >> a lot of talk about it. >> that's good to hear. going to live up to the hype. i love that. >> yeah, it sounds great. also in "pop news" this morning, gwyneth paltrow, we love her. she just hosted a goop health wellness summit for the first time here in new york city over the weekend. a feel good, be your best version of yourself kind of conference featuring innovative products, spa experiences and panel discussions with wellness experts. gwyneth herself and goop celeb friends like drew barrymore, laura linney. [ applause ] there's drew. chelsea handler participated in the event. gwyneth says she would like to make it a global brand. i think she's well on her way and, hey, she has a special message for us. >> good morning, america. >> i mean, love that. that was her special message. >> putting a lot behind it. >> she is. she is. she believes in. some of it is high-end. it's inspirational, it's aspirational, and she believes in it so you got to do you. that's right, that's right. finally, everybody, we end with our friend tom hanks who wants to be your neighbor. this morning it's being reported by "variety" that the two-oscar winner will play the legendary mr. rogers. [ applause ] >> that's perfect. >> so word is, it's a biopic titled "you are my friend." the script follows a doubting journalist who wants to white a write a certain kind of story on mr. rogers but over the course of researching his subject finds his perspective on life transformed and we can understand how that can happen. after all, this is the man who taught us to be curious for 33 years on pbs. remember this. ♪ it's good to be curious ♪ about many things >> come on, everybody. ♪ >> that's right. in the garden of your mind. >> i loved mr. rogers so much. >> it's good to be curious. [ applause ] >> i wonder why he always took off a sweater to put on a sweater and took off shoes to put on shoes. >> he had 33 years of programming. had to kill time. >> fantastic. >> yes, and i think tom hanks is the right call. production on "you are my friend" begins in september and as i said, mr. rogers ran for 33 years on pbs, no shortage of stock footage there. that's "pop news," everybody. >> doing a great job, lara spencer. thank you for that. [ applause ] and now to our "gma" cover story, it's about will and kate on a royal tour, arriving in sweden this morning and adrienne bankert is back and they're bringing an important message with them this time, right, adrienne? >> that's right. good morning to you. in fact, the duke and duchess are always giving back to causes they believe in. kate keeping it real with talks on postpartum depression this time while still enjoying some fun and showing her competitive side. this morning, prince william and princess kate received a rock star welcome on the first leg of their royal tour in scandinavia. they hit stockholm's ice rink where kate a former field hockey player, tried her hand at ice hockey. with prince george and princess charlotte back in london, the couple have a packed itinerary on their royal charm offensive. william and kate will also shine a light on mental health during their four-day tour hoping to end the stigma for those who suffer in silence. just last week kate spoke out on maternal mental health and postpartum depression and says women are expected to be super happy after birth but one in four of us aren't. leading many to speculate whether she might have suffered herself. >> she has said before that she even with all the help that kate has with her children she has struggled so, you know, it's interesting that she keeps returning back to that and i think it helps a lot of new mothers identify that it isn't always easy. >> reporter: back in london harry shows meghan the royal ropes with another engagement planned this thursday as she prepares for her biggest role yet, duchess in training. the couple also doing some wedding planning ahead of their big day. >> several of meghan's family have come forward and said her father thomas markle will walk her down the aisle but, from what i understand, that is probably as much as he is going to do sort of in the spotlight on the big day. >> and remember, kate's due to welcome baby number three in april. no signs of slowing down following two days in sweden. a four-day tour in norway part of uk negotiating the exit from the european union so diplomacy and pregnancy, kate really is a rock star. >> as are you. >> hey, thank you. i love the love. that's awesome. [ applause ] >> hey, now we have the end of dry jen-uary. dr. jen took on the challenge, seeing what changes would bring a month without alcohol. how about a look. our dr. jen started 2018 with a challenge. quit the cocktails and beer and wine for a whole month. >> i give this advice to women every single day. >> reporter: the goal to feel better and to learn how even a small amount of alcohol can impact the body. studies show that a short break from drinking can improve your weight, skin, sleep, immune system, and even healthier drinking habits. >> moderate alcohol intake is considered seven servings a week and i want to be under the moderate threshold. >> reporter: her challenge video picking up nearly 400,000 views drawing lots of supporters and some critics. >> people thought that you had a problem with alcohol. >> there is a big difference between making a small tweak as a wellness challenge and doing something for the purposes of abstinence and sobriety which is a very serious issue. that's not what i'm doing it for. >> reporter: staying focused. replacing it with water and weights reaping the results. >> alcohol is a toxin and it's going to affect your body physically but, of course, her body is responding positively to no longer having alcohol in the system. >> reporter: after 12 days. >> i noticed a big change in my skin, way less dry, less red. >> reporter: after 24. >> it's been really interesting. i have another week to go but so far it's been great. >> still got to get some love. [ applause ] remember when you just off the top of your head said you would do it and here we are at the end of the month and you did it for wellness. >> exactly. i did it to challenge myself because i'm always looking to push the envelope a little bit from a health and wellness standpoint, and i had never gone a month without social drinking, last time i did that i was pregnant and that baby is 18 years old. so i actually found it incredibly easy and i went out a bunch of types with friends and family on the weekends and i just said i'm doing a dry month and that was it. it was never a second thought. i did not miss it at all. >> great to hear that. did you see or feel any physical changes? >> yeah, big time. i mean first of all huge difference in my skin, way less dry. i have rosacea. it was less red. i always sleep pretty well but i slept even better and lost a couple of pounds so always a good thing. >> that was a by-product. >> exactly. >> do you think this is something that will have an effect with you long-standing? >> here's what i decided to do. i took kind of the same way you would assess your budget and finances, i took stock of what i was drinking, and we have to remember the recommendations for moderate alcohol consumption, which is correlated with health and disease endpoint, 7 servings a week for men, 14 servings -- 7 for women, 14 for men so easier for men to stay under it. for me i thought i was only having six servings or six drinks a week but when you go out to a restaurant, this is five ounces of wine. this is probably what you're getting served. it's almost double so what i thought was five or six drinks was actually 12 servings. >> i know because when someone pours that for you -- >> you're insulted. >> you think you're not getting your money's worth but that is the right amount to have. >> exactly, so from now on i'm literally going to budget it and i'm going to keep track of it on a weekly basis. >> social support you got. you got a lot of support. >> it was huge online. there were tons of people do it with me. i met someone here in the audience who does it every january. >> oh, great. >> that was incredibly helpful. you know, people were inspired to do these things and i think that's really key. whatever challenge you're embarking on the more social support, the better. >> what were you asked most frequently about. >> if it was hard socially and it really wasn't because the second i sat down whether a business dinner or social event and i said i'm doing a dry month and then it was a non-issue. i did not give it a second thought and people were really supportive and said do you mind if i have something and, again, because i'm not doing this for an abstinence sobriety issue which is way harder and more serious, it was a non-issue. >> so, what is your challenge for february? >> ready? i think you said you would do it with me. i think you did. >> what? what did i say i was going to do? >> it's going to be a water challenge. i'm really going to try to drink more water. i had three kidney stones. i'm like a camel, robin. i do not drink enough water. >> i will drink to that. >> thank you. thank you, my dear. >> more water. how are we going to go about it? >> i'm going to tell everyone and we'll keep track of it. lara is doing it too. >> wonderful. over to you, ginger. >> let's stay hydrated in february. let's also do your "gma" moment so when you're a 21-month-old young lady and it snows in north carolina, what do you do? this. >> olaf. >> did you hear her? she's saying olaf. she's looking for olaf. where did he go, she said. >> olaf. olaf! >> we love it. emerson, thank you for sharing your "gma" moment. we'd love to see yours. good morning i'm abc 7 meteorologist mike nicco we're going to see more sunshine and feel warmer temperatures, high clouds and fog in the same spots for tomorrow lieu that are ellipse and warmer weekend ahead with record highs. the mid to up 60s, tonight if you're going out for the eclipse, low to mid 40s and s now we've got great shopping advice and an estimated $27 billion in gift cards were exchanged over the holidays. but many of them never get used, so becky worley is going to show us how to turn those gift cards into cash. good morning, becky. >> good morning, michael. i don't know about you but i have a drawer in my house with a bunch of unused gift cards. so why not get some cash out of them but the question, how much cash can we get? >> cash? >> well, you can got go out and get yourself whatever you want. >> reporter: jokes aside, that's the hope when you get a gift card. free cash to spend on something you might like and yet millions of cards go unused every year. >> we spent $130 billion on gift cards last year. out of that, 1 billion have not been cashed in. that's good for the retailers, not good for you. >> reporter: websites and in-store kiosks have cropped up to help but the value you get back on those cards can vary dramatically. i've got four home depot gift cards. good store, but i don't have any diy projects right now, so let's try to sell them. i start at a card exchange kiosk in a grocery store. super convenient. for this $100 gift card they're offering me $61 and i get the cash right now. hi. i have a gift card that i redeemed and want to get cash. >> and $61. there you go. >> reporter: great. cash in hand is better than a card in the drawer. now i try the online options at home. first, cardpool.com. they also happen to run the kiosk where we got instant cash but the online experience is not the same. i get offered $83.50. that's a big difference. but i have to wait for the money. they send me a check that arrives four days later. next up, cardkangaroo.com. they're offering $83.51. more money than the kiosk and just about the same as cardpool. but -- >> i have to mail them in and i don't get paid until they receive the cards. >> reporter: my check came ten days after i mailed the card in. let's try another site, raise.com. >> they'll give me $89.40. that's the best so far. so no trip to the post office. >> but when will i actually get paid? >> reporter: raise is kind of like the ebay of gift cards. you get paid when it sos. the good news, mine sold in two hours and the funds transferred into my paypal account in three days later. we made the most with raise.com. but there's trade-offs with each trade-in. >> it's more work on your part to peruse the sites but there will be more money in your pocket. >> cash is king, michael. cash is king. >> thank you so much, becky. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. good morning north bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> good morning to you it is 8:27 from i'm abc 7 mornings. my colleague is looking at traffic. >> let's go to san jose, an aerlier accident northbound 880 near first street, cleared but traffic yet to recover back onto highway 17 in the northbound direction and multiple problems plugging 680 this morning, by ablow and red gear and stone valley, we have at least one accident back down and threw accident back down and threw with speeds accident back down and threw with sp♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. ♪ upbeat music travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing, with a glass of wine in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard rocky mountaineer. canada's rocky mountains await. call your travel agent or rocky mountaineer for special offers now. now our accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> hey, good morninglet talk temperatures. most in the 40s now. 50 in san francisco. now as far as the commute we have dense fog in the north bay and here nor the next hour and a half. cool mild in the mass transit and around bay. temperatures up to 10 degrees warmer and warmer with records possible towards the weekend. >> looking toward to that another update in about 30 minutes and always on the app and abc7news.com and join the whole welcome back to "gma" and as you can hear we have a great audience here this morning. all right. they're excited -- you're excited to be here. who is excited for the super bowl? [ cheers and applause ] it's just five days away. >> who said go eagles back there? you're the one. you said it, right? >> he's shy now. okay. well, it is the eagles versus the patriots. and the game is in minnesota, minneapolis, and one of the concerns of game day is the weather and even though they're playing inside it's supposed to be 6 degrees. a high of 6 degrees, still cold. the windchill below zero so fans who aren't from minnesota tra l traveling interest out of town may not be prepared so a group of students made a video to remind them to to pack. ♪ in minnesota you need boot, hats and gloves, coat, hats and glove ♪ ♪ in minnesota you need your coats, hats and gloves ♪ >> that's it. >> catchy. >> those were some of the kids from franklin middle school and their teacher is joining us from minneapolis. welcome. it is catchy and has over 200,000 views. you think you get this type of response, mr. b., when you put this together for the fans traveling in from out of town? >> you know, i actually did. we never set limitations on anything we do and then also the hook is so catchy and then we also pay tribute to the minneapolis sound so all three of those together equals success. >> you're in sixth grade, it is very catchy. talk about writing the song and creating those lyrics. how did you go about doing it? >> well, mr. b. wrote some of the lyrics and then he had the idea that we should write some lyrics because, you know, we wanted to get the message out that when you come to minnesota, you need coat, hats and gloves. >> yeah, you do. [ applause ] >> mr. b., if you could share with us how this video, the making of it came together. i understand you had a little help from our friend, the weather. >> it's funny. so hollywood pays millions of dollars to get the type of scene that we had set for us. so we set the video shoot on a sunday and then on thursday is when it was actually going to be. we had no idea there was going to be a storm. on tuesday they started to say winter storm coming and we're like, this could be perfect and lo and behold on that thursday, snow was falling and it was coal. >> perfect. >> for coat, hats and gloves. >> tell us how excited you are to have your hometown hosting the big game, the super bowl. >> i mean, i'm very excited for the super bowl to finally come to minnesota when, you know, i'm here. [ laughter ] >> well, you know, they're excited to be there while you're there too, young lady and finally, can you guys send us off with a little song to say good-bye. we can't wait to hear this. >> we sure can. one, two, three. ♪ coat, hats and gloves. coat, hats and gloves. when you're in minnesota you need coat, hats and gloves. coats, hats and gloves ♪ ♪ in minnesota you need coats, hats and glove ♪ >> that is going to be the new dance. >> we're going to sing that all day. >> that's like the whip and nae nae right there. earlier we introduced you to our "gma" nfl kid correspondent from this year's super bowl, well now she's in minneapolis for all the excitement that's leading up to the big game and last night, she got to talk to the players at opening night. take a look. ♪ >> hi, i'm manasa yerriboyina and i'm here for media night. can i have your autograph. do you have a lucky ritual you'll perform. >> a lucky ritual. no, just peanut butter and nutella sand whiffs. >> e-a-g-l-e-s, >> yay. >> tom, what is the biggest sacrifice you made for your team. >> my team gets a lot of my time and energy and probably more than anything else in my life. but that's kind of where it belongs and there's a lot of people counting on me so i always try to give my best. >> how do you plan on inspiring many more children to stay active like you are. >> i know it's harder these days because of ipads and iphones are so fun to play with, even us dulls but we got to make sure we get out and play too. >> oh, my god, oh, my god, oh, my god, i just talked to tom brady. >> and manasa is joining us live from minneapolis. good morning, manasa. you know, it looked like a great final. so exciting. you this is your first time to talk to the guys face-to-face. what is the thing you learned most about these guys? >> well, when i talked to most of these players they calm and they weren't stressed out at all. they were so -- they were all really nice to me and when they talked they were passionate about what they were playing -- what i talked to zach ertz he said we should believe in ourself and always keep on going and work for our team and play with all our effort. >> so, manasa, the players were calm. how about you? were you nervous? >> oh, i was hyped. i was so excited. i wasn't nervous at all. i was really excited to meet tom brady and the biggest names in football and it was hard getting in and talking to tom brady but i got there and i got to speak with him. >> you got that interview for us. so you're from minnesota. what do your friends think about all you're being i believe to do. >> they're excited for me and been supportive and great. they might be a little jealous but they've been great and i wouldn't be here without them. >> you told us that you're a packers fan but what does that mean you'll be rooting for on sunday? >> well, i'm going to root for the patriots because they're the team that i feel like are probably going to make it and i hope they win because i really like tom brady and i hope that the patriots win. >> her new pal. >> her new pal. well, manasa, we're glad you're out there covering it. >> who's for the patriots? who thinks the patriots are going to win? let's hear you. [ applause ] how about eagles? [ cheers and applause ] >> wow! >> everybody loves underdogs. >> don't throw -- michael has nothing to do with this. i am impartial. >> not commenting. >> manasa, thank you so much for that. we really appreciate you bringing that to us,down lady. i'm hoping -- i'm hoping for a great game. >> i'm with you. >> that delights all the fans of the sport of football. >> you should run for office. >> yes, i should. and, everybody, coming up, we're going to have much more with rose mcgowan. she's going to sit back down with robin roberts and talk about her fight and the me too we are back with filmmaker, activist, author, rose mcgowan, she was one of the first women to stand up to say me too. she is telling her raw and unfiltered story in her new memoir, "brave" and respond to her as she walked in, ladies and gentlemen. [ cheers and applause ] that's what it was. yeah. yeah. i read it cover to cover. and your take on hollywood and it goes beyond that. you said this book and your story is bigger than hollywood. explain. >> it's bigger than hollywood and i wanted to cover that in the documentary "citizen rose" as well. it's airing tonight actually. it's the other part of the book and then also i have an album that is the other part of the book. it's a three-pronged approach. three years ago i started this project of i wanted to see if i could make people societally including myself 10% more awesome, really, so rose -- the- broad hermesage is about thought and about like looking at things. there are no lobbyists for critical thinking and no lobbyists for bravery. you know, this country has a big no fear -- i've seen the bumper stickers everywhere but i say be brave, do it even if your ankles shake because they will and that's what we talked about. >> we were talking about it because when you say you're brave, it doesn't mean that you're not scared. it just means you do the scary thing anyway. >> because there's no other choice in there's no other choice. >> the other choice leads to i think lying to yourself and a collective lie really and i think the thing is i grew up in a very unusual way to most people but when i came out of that cult, you if you will, i s the same language in hollywood. they were doing the same exact thing that they did in the cult and i thought, well, god, they're really spreading misinformation. they call you guys the flyover states. >> in hollywood. >> flyover states like -- all the suspicions will hollywood that a lot of people have, they're true. i wish it weren't so. i wish everybody was super awesome but sometimes you got to clean house a little bit and the world and it's not just hollywood it's just a systemic thing and it's for men and women and. >> everyone. >> just be free. >> when i was reading your book and you opened my eyes to some things and one thing you said it's like many of us when we're not -- i'm not in hollywood. it doesn't affect me and you said, whoa, whoa, you don't realize how hollywood affects so many of us. >> yeah. there was a 2-year-old by that i saw on facebook and his mom posted it saying isn't this cute and it was cute. this little boy was shooting along with rambo or like doing every single thing this man was doing timed to a tee and i thought you've just stolen that boy. you just told him what a white male is. there's a lot of thievery that goes on with image and a lot of it is because, you know, if you have one perspective and it's a narrow perspective and it's the same people over and over carrying that all of our voices are not being heard and i do you recognize yourself, women, in movies? do you see yourself? do you see yourself? because i don't see it. >> and that -- >> if i'm not seeing it others aren't seeing it but they don't know. they think it was entertain many. i was the thing sent out to make you nervous. if a girl went to the movies, don't you want to be like me meant to turn him on so there are messages and everything counts. i believe every detail counts and that's why i say in the beginning of "brave," thank you. i take it very seriously that my words will rest in your brain. i really considered that, you know, i really with my work, with the movie "dawn" which i directed which is so for young women, cautionary tale and anybody about people that are telling you you're not seeing what you're seeing. >> when i looked at the cover of your book and we -- you know, it's beautiful. >> thank you. >> and that image right there was your hair, you talked about it early on in the book and that's one of the things also, the perception that we have how a woman should look and such. it was important for you to have the cover like that. >> it was very important for me to have the cover like that and give people privacy. would wants my stupid face smiling on the cover. not me. you know, but it was also just, you know, someone at the publishing company said what if people think you have cancer and i said, so. like they're brave people. i dent know. i think the story is universal. i don't -- what if, okay, but people are so used to doing the what if. how do you know what people think. if i like it, i know i'm not that unique so maybe someone else will like it too. >> yeah, and because when you were talking about the hair -- because that's also part of it and i had forgotten when we were showing the setup east and from "charmed" and seeing you with the long hair. >> isn't it weird? >> and different -- yeah, but that was part of -- >> it was like doing drag as a woman for me and there were so many things and wrong in my life in that life, i couldn't pinpoint -- i thought it was micro things. i thought it was smaller things that were wrong and, in fact, i the entire system that's wrong. oh, okay. got it. i can be free. and that was, you know, and i talk about it in the book and i say so many people -- mostly women who can be super misogynistic too, trust, and it's bred into them and i think you're working against your own interests. >> what do you say to some people who say you're angry, why did you stay in hollywood? why didn't you leave? how do you respond? >> yeah, because famous people can go out and get a job anywhere, right? because someone would hire me for what? i did it since i was 14 years old. what other skill set -- this was my job. it wasn't my passion. i happen to be very good at it and also good at tying my show. >> and you have rose army. that has to mean a lot to you. you're giving them a voice to be able to share their story in yeah. >> how do you day to people because you have this platform and there's twitter and social media and quickly how you can own your voice and your story. >> don't be afraid to talk to the people in charge. i tweeted at jeff bezos and i'm sure most would wait five years to get a meeting. let me tell you a couple of things. it's people have a voice, everybody has a voice and the voice is add it up. what's wrong with being angry? if you're angry, anger covers pain. i don't know if you can truly deal with bane -- like why if they have stages of grief that we all know about anger, sadn s sadness, why is it not the same after a sexual assault? because part of you dies. but we can live, but we don't have to and that's not fair. that's what i'm talking about. you know, in health class they taught me to submit so i wouldn't get killed and i submit get men free of what they're supposed to be because they don't know how to process emotions. nobody -- who's doing that here? just be free. just feel it. it's okay. it won't blow you away. >> and you can be brave. >> you can be brave. >> thank you, rose. thank you, rose mcgowan. [ applause ] thank you. and she's going to have so much -- she's going on "the view." hang on, people. she's going to be on "the view" at 11:00 a.m. eastern on abc. thank you very much for being here. [ applause ] >> i'm here about to have coffee with joel kinnaman but wanted to show you this first. this is really cool from russia. this lake, it is so crystal clear that glassy look and, of course, that comes from no snow, no impurities. a re good morning, i'm meteorologist mike nicco. my accuweather 12 hour day planner, fog this morning dangerous through 9:00 and more sunshine and warmer temperatures this aaron. if you are >> and all that weather brought to you by tracfone. here he is, so great to have joel kinnaman here for a cup of coffee with us in our "gma" green room and, everybody behind us also having coffee. he is the star of the new sci-fi season "altered carbon" who has been asleep for 250 years and get woken up and solve a murder. there's a lot going on. >> a lot going on. >> this show is a cool concept. i was looking at all the promos and starts on netflix. probably more than anything, your lack of wardrobe is getting a lot of attention, joel. >> yeah, yeah. a lot of green beans. >> a lot of green beans eaten so nudity the first couple of days of shooting but you had your parts in town. >> yeah, they came and visited on set. they were -- they loved it. i mean i could -- i had them placed like way in the background and i could tell that they were like inching their way to behind the camera and then like by the end of the day my mom was giving the director some notes. like maybe you should put the camera over there in she got comfortable. >> she got real comfortable in i have to ask so if you had -- because of the concept of the show if you had one person you could come back as because in this show you get a new body, who would that be? >> lebron james. >> lebron. good choice. >> 30,000 point, you know. >> thank you so much, joel. we are so happy you're here. a lot more to learn about you, your tattoos and your lack of clothing but "altered carbon" premieres on netflix february 2nd and we'll be ri so back now with the world exclusive sneak peek at the new trailer for marvel's highly anticipated "ant-man and the wasp" that hits theaters this july but we've got this look. >> you just need someone watching your back. ♪ like a partner. ♪ >> hole on. you gave her wings? >> and blasters. >> so i take it you didn't have that tech available for you. >> no, i did. ♪ we can now repair complex at saortic aneurysmsare, without invasive surgery. if we can do that, imagine what we can do for varicose veins. and if we can precisely treat eye cancer with minimal damage to the rest of the eye, imagine what we can do for glaucoma, even cataracts. if we can use dna to diagnose the rarest of diseases, imagine what we can do for the conditions that affect us all. imagine what we can do for you. 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