choices saying he's being attacked becf the color of s skin.. now, the so-called superman is letting his playing do the talking as he gets rdy for a huge showdown. and gd morning, america. now going. it applies to cam newton. donald trump right now. no question bit. what a scene last night. donald trump toe to toe with bill o'reillyn fox news. all signs he did not convince him to take the debate stage. >> take a look at these poll numbers gaining momentum in iowa now at 32%. is trump, though, taking a risk not showing up at tonight's debate. >> or is he keeng his momenm going? that is the big question now. he'll hold his own event in des moines and tweetedut a a couple other canandates will join him now. just four days until the iowa caucuses.. we beg with tom llamas in des moines. good morning, tom. >> reporter: george,ood morning to you. this gop debate fiasco has essentiall turned into a prize fight. senator ted cruz saying last night heing booed a venue for saturday night in sioux city, iowa, to debate trump one-on-one and superpac says ty'll give $1.5 million to a veterans charity if ump shows up. overnight the gop drama starring donald trump taking wild turns. >> i don't think not showing up at the debate tomorrow night is good for america. >> reporter: first trump appearingg on the very network whosdebate he's boycotting. >> i was not treated well by fox and i saidid, you know, how mucuc of t ts do youou take? i haha zero respect for megyn kelly. i don't hi she's very good at what she does. >> in your christian faith -- >> reporter: host bill o'reilly turning to the bible suggeing values and appear at tonight's debate instead of hostiting his own event at drake university. >> you know it's called an eye for an eye also. you can look at it that way. >> that's old testament. no, no, . >> bill, you are taking -- >> if you're the christian, the eyeor the eye goes out. turn the other cheek. right here. >> you're takaking this much more seriously than i am. >> reporter: asking trump if he's being too ten tiff. >> a thought thought this was a yoke when you started to run. that you're a buffoon. >> i don't think they thought i was a buffoon. what kind of a statement is that? >> reality guy -- >> not a nice way of expressing. no, they thought i i wouldn't run. >> reporter: overnight another velopment. >n a one-on-one debate mano a mano. >> reporter: the cruz team sending this letter to the trump campaign announcing the duel which reads i part, we owe it to the men and women of iowa. we have a time all we're missing is a candidate. >> reporter: the trump campaign calling this a desperate attemem to gain more publicity and that the cruz campaign is failing in iowa. i caught up with cruz after his late night rally. yothink donald trump is afraid to debate you personally. >> actions speak louder than words. i would welcome him in sioux city saturday night. we have a venue, a town h hall and at the end of the day i don't think he's afraid of megyn kelly. i don't't even think he's afraid of me. i think he's afraid of the people of iowa. doesn't want tonswerr their questions or defd his record. >> reportete and as for that $1.5 million in superpac money from that superpac supupporting ted cruz if the debate happens tween trump and cruz, the trump campaign tells me superpac superpac superpacs own ted cruz and open to debating but in canada. >> thank you. a lot to talk about on the sanders and hillary clinton now neck and nec in iowa. a new poll out this morning showing sanders at 45%. that's withihin three point o hillar meaning they are stattilly tied. abc's jon karl has the very latest from des moines. good morning to you, jon. >> reporter: good d morning, amy. with just four days to go until those iowa caucuses, the battle between hillary clintnton and bernie sanders is getting heated and personal. overnighghbefore an overflfl crowd in mason city, io, bernie sanders took this shot at hillary clinton. >> my opponent is not in iowa tonight. she is raising money from a philadelphia investmentfirm. >> reporter: the clinton campaign hit back noting that hillary also met with nearly 50 african-american ministers from across the coury while in philadelphia. clinton cled out sanders for his r rent a aacks oner high speaking fees. >> senator sanders has started to get increasingly personal me to d)ck cheheney last week which, you know, is kin of a low blow. >> reporter: earlier in the day sanders was back in washington traveling to the white house to meet with the man h hopes to replace. >> the president and i discussed this morng a number of issues.. >> reporter: sanders emerged from the 45-minute meeting pricting he can pulll off an iowa upset over clintoton. >> if there is a larar turnout i thinke win. >> reporter: while president obama's pledged he'll remain neutral in the race clinton is doing everything she can to embrace him. >> i don't think president obama gets the credit he deserves. >> thank you all. >> reporter: but there are signs of bernie e sanders' momentum everywhere in iowa even at this clintoton event in a bowling alley. >> 60% bernie, 40% hillary right now. >> rorter: in the final stretch, the clinton campaign is hoping for a big boost from bill clinton, in fact, the former president looks like a candidate himself out here. he has 13 events betweween now and the caucus. clinton will actually be doing more campapaign events in iowa than hillary clinton. >> my goodness. at's what he loves. jon karl, stand by. i'm here withh matt dowd, our political analyst. yesterday you posed t t queueion on donald trump,ould his refusal to go to the debate be seen as a sign of strength or weakness. 4 hours later. >> hissupporters are stiing with him through thick and tn in the course of this. i don't think that's a problem at this point. it's inresting, everybody that opposes donald thinks it was a bad idea. everybody that supports donald thinks i it was a good idea. >> at a minimum he's owning the news cycle but poses a bit of a question for fox news, for truru and othercandidates. no empty podium at the debate tonight but how do the moderators and other candidates handle trump witim not on the stage. >> this is going to bee a fascinating c conversatn because think they mayay talk about trump more now than they d if heas at the debate. i think ted cruz is more dippointed than fox news that because i think ted cruz is now behind donald trump. ted cruz needs to start worrying ababt marco rubio. rubio is starting to g gn momentumumumn io. if he isn't careful marco rubio could come up and finish second. >> you talked about the momentum for bernie sanders in iowa right now. but that latest poll out this morning shows hillary clinton with a small ad, basically a dead heat, right now in these nal days and you hadhe had that yesterday. he pretty much had to do that after seeming to put on the scale for hillary earlier in the week. >> yeah, in the timing was interesting bringing him off the campaign trial right before the iowa caucuses but t president d to come out and show h he is keeping by his vow that he will be neutral in this race even though clearly the clinton campai believes that if you went into that secret ballot that president obama would be voting for hisormer secretary of state. >> matthew, the clinton campaign has to worry about deja vu. into the caucucus eight years ago. >> i i they l let bernie sanders win iowa he will win new hampshire and then this race totally resets in a different territory than they ever thought. >> m matthew dowd and jon karl, thanks very much. to amamy. somome major developments in that weeks' long standoff in oregon between armed anti-government protesters and law enforcement. overnight police making more arres as one of the jailed leaders calls on remaining militants to stand down and go home. abc's neal karlinsky is in burns, ororon, with the latest. good morning to you, neal. >> reporter: good morning, y. even though it's harder to get a handle on what's going on out there at the cpound we do know for certain their numbers are seriously beginning towindle. this morning, jailed militant leader ammon bundy speaking out through his attorney and making an goace telling his remaining support ersers holed up on federal land to give u u and ghoho. >> i love you. please stand dodown. >> reporter: overnight the fbi taking into custody three more protesters, each facing one federal felony count of conspiracy. police tightening their grip on the remaining militants now sealed off by heavily armed fbi s.w.a.t. teams at roadbloc eight miles out as we found outut when approaching. >> we can't let anye through this way. >> reporter: police spoke out wednesday but gave no details about how lavoy finicum ended up shot t death by law enforcement, following a traffic stop and sweeping series of arsts along a rural road. the action leaving the occupation's ldership behind bars but at a deadly price. >> didn't have to happen. we all make choices in life. sometimes our ciceseso bad. >> repororr: the oup's supporters claim finicum was murdered while surrendering. >> they shot lavoy literally >> but an a alleged wness in the convey says that's not what happened. >> charged at the law enforcement. heas not on his knees. there was a miscommunication. >> reporter: this mnining investigators here are still sortin it all out and conducting a full investigation. out at the compound we have rerts of perhapsps a a few as five mitants left raising hopes that this long siege could soon be over. george. >> thanks, neal. we turn to the latest on that zika virus linked to a severe birth defect. there are now at least 21 zika cases in the u.s. across ten states, the world health organization is addressing the spreading cyrus today and joined now by dr. anthony fauci from the national institutes of health. thank you for joining us this morning. you're calling this a pandemic in progress. >> indeed, it is because the outbreak in south america particularly in brazil and the caribbeannertainlys expanding at an alarming way and the geographically with this birth defect when the virus infects pregnant women although the evidence for that not definitive. it's highly suggestive that therere is t ts associationith micro microcochaly and have youu two things, a brand-new pandemic in progress and evolving in the stern hemisphere. at the same time that you're seeing these disturbing sequela in pregnancy of infants born wi this very, very difficult disability. yeah. >> spreading in the u.s. as well. ten states right now, how severe is the threat to pregnant women here? >> well, we're going to see peop who visit t t arars, the regions in south america a a in the caribbean who will come back to the united states and be ill having been bitten by mquitoes in the region. that's a big difference than people who are spreading the virus locally in the united states. so, thus far, we have not seen rico and in the virgin islands. >> finally i know you met with president obama inhe white housus yesterday. what's the action p pn to address the spread of this virus and aree the olympics in brazil at risk? >> we spent over an hour and a half with the president in the situation room talking about the plans of the cdc for the kinds of control, the research agendada bo at the cdc and the nih, better diagnostic, really an accelerated aggressive approach to developing vaccines with regard to the olympics, what the brazilians are doing and planning is probably the best way and the immmmiate manr to curtail this is that very aggresessive vector control a by vector ctrol getting rid of mosquies from the standpoint of insecticides but also getting rid of the breeding grounds of mosquitoes, standing water in pots, tires, thingss like tt and the brazilian government is taking a vy aggressive approach to do that. >> dr. fauci, tha for your time t ts morning. >> good to be with you. youuanan get thehe latest on the zika virus on our site, goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! now to cecilia vega here with today's other top stories. you're starting with another health crisis, this contaminated water in 234ri79s >> that's right. michigan's governor night releasing stark new detail about the severity of the water crisis in flint saying about 200 children have elevated levels of lead in their blood. it comes a as investigators say the lead level in thecity's water supply has been trendndg better but that it is still too dadadaerous to drink. new details in that los anges bound american airlines flight forced to return to london. the jumbo jetaking an emergency landing after passengers and crew members suddenly got sick. one flight attendant collapsed in the aie. investigators found no evidence of hazardous substances, airow contamination may be the cause. and take a look at this, a trucker in jeopardy dangling from an icy pennsylvania hillside is alive thanks to this human chain. more than half a dozen people ther holding that big rig steady until they could pull the driver from the smashed cab. and we have an anniversary to mark, the spa shuttle "challenger" disaster was 30 years ago today. there will be ceremonies nationwide to h honor t seven crew mens who died when "challenger" explod 73 seconds after liftoff. and easy victory for sera williams, means she is now headed to theinals of the australian open for the seventh time. and finally, what is more fun than watching your favorite hoop star nail a spectacular shot just check out the cavaliers j.r. smith's backboard ss to in not that unusual for lebron but set this kid off into aajor ppy dance that made everyone m. th isike me on friday after work. >> yes. >> oh. >> that was fantastic. >> w we'll continue the sports theme. to the super bowlnd panthers quarterback cam newton lightning fafast on thfeel and a bit of a lightning rod for critics as wellhis morning spiking out and abc' ryan smith has the details. >> reporter: he's been called everything from a showboat. >> doesn'tthat's an extended celebration if you're an opponent. reporter: to imma thure. the end zone dabbing quarterback of the carolina panthers. >> the carolina panthers arefc champions. >> reporter: is saying the reason behind some of that criticism is the color of his skin. >> i'm an african-american quarterback that maycare a lot of people because theyaven't seen nothing that theyan compare me to. >> gets up, skipping along, takes a bow. >> reporter:ewn saying wednesday his on-field exuberance is nothing new and that despite the criticism he's i'm doing exactly what i want to do, how i want to do it and when i look in the mirror, it's me. >> reporter: his comments lighti up the internet. some claiming hypocrisy, the end zone dances of white quarterbacks arere celebrated. not maligneded. while otherss saying of newton, a prerehearsed danance is never classy regardless of race. the panthersoach saying he identifies with his star player. >> some people want to tagag me as a hpanic head coach. i don't think he wants to be known as an african-american quarterback but as a quarterback and a great one at that. >> reporter: for newton he says there's another reason his critics have him in their cross hairs. >> the only thing that changed isis we're winning. >> newton stressing he doesn't live foror critics or to suit an image, that nobody has changed him. his fans hoping he doesn't change on the feel. a super bowl win would make hip the third quarterback to win the college national championship and ser wl, guys. >> he' really a target but fun to watch. people say, hey, he's just being himself. reminds me of joe namath. >> got to love that he chose number one too. >> to rob. tornado in florida in yeah, two of them. this is the video from one in broward couy around ft. lauderdale. dage, as well up to 100-mile-an-hour winds flipping cars, shredding up rooftops and threat for more today. west palm, seeing almost 5 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well, we have a really fun experiment coming up this morning. you'll have to wait for that. >> define fun. >> funny. >> okay. looking forward to that. but we are going t begin with new developments in the californrnia pson escape. connected to the case but the three fugitives are still on thehe loloe. this morningng kayna whitworth takes us inside the jail for an exclusive first look at how the prisoners may have escaped. good morning, yna. >> reporter: yeah, george, good morning t to you. so, authorities are saying more arrests are immint and as y you mentioned, we were given exclusive access inside the jail and on the roof and there we learned more about the details in these court documents, things like deputies finding inmate sued sandals on the roof and the blanket in a tree. this morng, abc news, the first, taking you inside the maximum security jail where these three allegedly violelent criminals escaped seven days ago. overnight, authorities making multiple arrests in connection with the search. >> s are these people affiliated with this gang? >> some of them are. not all of them but certainly that's where w we'veeen placing the focus. hossein nayeri and duong remain at rge. they anchored their ropes to the wall right there and rappelled down the building. court documents shedding new light on the elaborate espe. authorities say the prisoners went from a doo to the plumbing system and fased a rope sling to pull themselves up into the ventilation tunnels. how the escape happened without being noticed still unexplained. >> they had t t have tools to do that and so w wre s sll ininstigating where and how they got those tools, because it's very obvious it's not something that they could have manufactured inside the jail. >> reporter: the sheriff believe s that this man was t the mastermind. >> was calculating a way to get out of the jail. >> reporter: jonathan tieu and bac duongtand accused of murder and attempted murderith gang tieses investigators now pressing vietnamese communities for information hoping the $200,000 reward will help. >> there's fear in the community, i also wanted to reassure them that we're doing everything we can to get these individuals back into custody. >> reporter: the sheriff saying this is her worst nightmare to have someone escape from her jail and one of the biggest questions moving forward in the investigation is h these inmates g got their hands on t the tools they used to cut thememselves out. amy. >> all right, kayna, thank you so much. and now to a new twist in the case of that illins cop who stad his suicide makingt look like a murder. officials believe he actlly stole thousands of dollars from a youth police group and his widow has been indicted. alex perez has the story. >> he wawas my best friend. >> reporter: this mororng the widow of foxake illllois policece lieutenant joe gliniewicz free on bail. >> did you want to say anything to the people who supported you? >> reporter: melody gliniewicz is saying nothing after being indicted in suburban chicago with her husband who officials believe embezzled thousands of dollars from his police department's youth program. police say in september, the officer nicknamed g.i. joe killed himself stagingis suicide to look l le a homicide. do you need aecond unit. >> go ahead. >> reporter: even radioing for help fearing his alleged misuse of fundi would be exposed. but prosecutors now say melody was in on the scheme alleging the pair misspentore than $10,000 belonging too the youth programhich joe ran for approximately 0 years including financing a trip to hawaii and more than 400 restaurant bills. the c ce even posting photos from some of tse outings on social media. >> money from this explorer account that was supposed to be used for explorer purposes was being used for personal reasons. >> repeporter: i the days after her husband's death, melody fended him. the cmunity initially her attorneys now saying she t was deceiv. melody is a victim of her husband's secret actions and look forward to her day in cot to show the world her innocence. melody is charged with misuse of charitable funds and money laundering, if convicted she could face up to seven years in prison. for "good morning america," alex perez, abc news, chicago. >> all right, our thanks to alex for that. oming up, so many use questions. we'll try them out next. scan your mylowe's card at check out and get reminders each season to change your air filters. so you can relax and your family can breathe easy all year long. save 15% woou buy 4 or more select filtrete filters from 3m. my trainer didn't believe me that trop50 could taste so good and still have 50% fewer calories. can i stop, jane? 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clouds. today's high is 39 under partly cloudy skies. the overnight low is 23. tomorrow's high is 47 with h stly sunny conditions matt: we have a weak cold front boundary parked nearby. a wind from the sse turns westerly lukas voss and good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. oprah's secret meeting overnight. a private call with weight wahers members where she reveals that she was at her wit's e endndealing with herer weight. she says this t time iss different when it comes to dealing with remighting her fellow mens to never give up. morning. the challenge t that jt landed a 14-year-old in the hospital. so many teens posting photos and videos trying to outdo each other using duct tape. the bizarreiral trend that could put your kids in danger. on top of the world >> baby surprise. tyra banks is a mom. revealing overnight she's just welcomed a son by surrogate. calling him the best present that she's worked and prayed for. meet little york this morning. the final countdown joet. an all-star 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colorado was found dead on tuesdsday night in this apartment she'd been living in. >> this is the front door of her apartment here on the second floor of the building. afterhe d didn't show up for work firemen forced their w in. you can see now it's been sealed off. there's also a light fixture down here, when they went in, they found that all the lightbulbs in the apartment had been burnedut. man mann had been studying there and working as a nanny for the past three years. her host family said she was very reliable. when she didn't pick upne of their children from school they got concerned. her body was found half naked on blood but a preliminary autopsy showed no external wounds. mann's neighbor told us the neighborhood is very peaceful and safe. >> it was absolutely surprising. something you would never expect. >> reporter: f friends have been questioned and the police are looking for more. but for now there are no suspects and no arrests have been made. for "good morning america," alex marquardt, abc news, vienna. >> and our thanks to alex we should all be so lucky. barbie is well into her 50s and still sporting a perfect body that somehow never manages to change. at least not until now. barb has a whole new look unveiled by "time" magazine. actually three new looks, curvy, tall and petite barbrbie, the most dramatic transformation in barbie's 57-year history with the new shape as veilavailable today. this man broke into a alabama busines and stariring camera. he stepsway then he comes back, yep, getting eve closer to the lens, police now searching for a name too match that very well-known face. amy, that was for you. i know you like your dumb criminal, amy. weurn to u withhate@ big headline for parents. >> that just made my thursday. appreciate that. right now we do have an alarmingeport that is getting a lot of attention suggesting that children who take some common antidepressants may be more likely t become aggressive and have suicidal thoughts than was previously believed. ababc news senior medical contributor dr. jennifer ashton has the latest. tell us about this study. >> this is the actual study right here, amy. this is what we call a meta analysis and these researchers looked at many other studies, many other reviews, they teased through what they thought was data really done with a good method and what they found was that in adolescents and children taking antidepressants there was aggressive behavior and restlessness. really one of the first times that those two particular end points were studied in a cumulative manner like thisis. there can be flaws with the meth to go here so y have to take this with a grain of salt but it brings up what are the risks in this age group with this medication. >> so as a doctor, what do you tell parents in light of this new study if they have a child who is suffering. >> listen,t's a very complex desion-making process. i encourage people, think like a doctor. you want to ask fourquestions, what 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>> does that work just saying, oh, look, something bad can happen. >> there are a couple of things, parents need to -- one of the things tha helps is if you talk to your kids. pares told us whe they have a conversation with their child and not talking dowowto them or yelling at them, look, this is going on, this is scary, this can happen their kidsespond better and more likely to make better choices. doesn't always work but can work. >> i waselling you hararper likes to ride an air mattress down the stairs these days and i'm sort of torn. it's a tiny stair. no postings. she's not allowed to post. >> kids think they're invincible. that's part of the problem. but that's why i think stories like skylar's can be helpful. they're cautionary tales. i looked at this challenge and thought, well, this isn't so bad. not ass bad as the cinnamon challenge or surfing on the street but you can see what can happen. if you show them there can be real consequences toilly things they do. >> duct taping your whole body. what can go wrong? >> everything. >> everytng could go wrong. >> if they ask don't buy the duct tape. >> don't buy the duct tape. lock it away. >> that's a great nugget. >> thank you. from duct tape parenting alert to oprah back in the headlines for her secret meeting overnight with her fellow weight watchers. we told you how she shed 26 pounds while enjoying bread. now an inside look at her sret strategies. abc's abbie boudreau has the details. >> i don't deny myselfbread. >> reporter: ernight the queen exclusively for weight watchchers members. oprah revealing how she dropped 26 pounds using the program since she became a part owner last fall. weight watchers' stock rising after the media mogul joined the company. >> i was a my wit's end. i've actually done no carbs, vegan, prote shakes, and g green drinks alln one day. what's different for me this time is i've made the decision that it's not a deet and everybody has watched me. i've gone on a diet and then gone off the diet. the difference for me is i have made the shift to this is the way i'm going to live for the rest of my life. >> reporter: sharing her personal battle with food. >> beating yourself up, that no longer exists for me andnd that's the beaeauty of this program. >> reporter: giving tips to members about putti yourself rst. >> i get it in first. there is no me if you donon't do it first. the idea of pting yourself first is a foreign concept to a >> reporr: and how to stay on track. >> rather than throwing in the towel, give yourself credit f for every time you don't. every time you make a move in the direction of being accountable to the points, you build strength. and strength types strength equals power. >> reporter: oprah's celebrating her birthday later this week. sharing words of encouragement. >> the ability to move freely inside your body is one of the greatest gif you can give too yoself. i'm going to turn 62. what i know more than ever is you have nothing without your health. >> repororter: reminding people to never give up. >>nd the fact that we all have the courage to come together in community to say no matter how many types i've been challenged by it, i refuse to give up until i get it right. m just here to not only share my story, but to try to be an inspiration to other people who want to share theirs. ws, los angeles. >> i love those words, strength plus strength equals power. >> yeah, those are words to take home. absolutely. >> happy birtay to oprah. >> yeah. >> hapappy birthday. >> let's head outside to rob. >> it's cold out so it's a good y to have a hat especially i you're one of the seven dwarfs which -- national have fun a at work today. what do you do at work. >> when i'm at work i whistle. > that'sshocking. >> what's the song -- can you give me a whistle song. lease start. >> nice work and you're here. by t the way, snow white and the seven dwarfs availle on hd digital and blu-ray availab february 2nd. nice plug there. several inches across the pacific northwest. two, three storms coming in, we start the snow levels high and drop them. we'll see locally two feet of snow on top of all of the fantastic powder they've had out there west. snows come earlyly next week.turns s westerly tomorrow and with less snow coverage, we should see temperatures shoot even higher into the upper 40s. we'll stay there on saturday despite increasing clouds. today's high is 39 under partly cloudy skies. the overnight low is 23. tomorr's high is 47 with mostly sunny conditions : turns westerly tomorrow and with le >> all right,guys. that's national have fun a work day. what's more fun than "pop news." turn it over to lara. >> thank you very much i was just going to mention that. you are required to have fun. that's "pop news," everybody. breaking news this morning, great news too, tyra banks is a mother. the former supermodel and her boyfriend of two years have york banks asla. tyra announcing the news h he arrid with the help of a surrogate sharing her excitement with this instagr saying the best present w worked and prayed so hard for is finally here. she also thanked the angel of a woman who carried her miracle baby boy. tyra previously opened up about struling with fertility issues and her desire to be a mom on "the fablife" so we congratulate you all and hopeful that everybody is healthy and happy. >> congratulations. hey, another surprise this morning for you. this time it's for shaquille o'neal. last night jimmy kimmel gave him the surprise of the life revealing he will be honored by the lakakers in a shaq-size way. his reaction was a slam dunk. take aook. >> this issis and you don't know about this. the lakers asked me to mention it. a statue they're putting up of you at the lakers -- >> riouously? >> i swear to god. >> i swear to god. >> not a joke, shaq. he's in great company. the staples center also has statues of legendary lakers like jerry west, magic johnson and kareem abdul-jabbar. before kimmel revealed the statue's rendering he asked shaq which team he would represent if inductcted io the basketball hall of fame and he proudly said, the lakers. >> well, what are you going to say now? >> he had a great career with orlando. >> the expression on his face was really heartwarming. >> so far have fun on national have fun at work day? okay, good. this photo of a fan posing with bradley cooper. this is at the sundance film festival. the only problem is bradley cooper didn't go to the sundance film festival this year. the man is a doppelganger who is pretending -- >>hat is not bradley cooper. >> his smile. >> he's been partying, crashg at the f film festival. screen shot on his pho as -- from "the haover" as his i.d. neless to say the cooper copy, s jig is up he better go back to his silver lineings playbook. >> nice. >> if he wants to continue partying with hollywood's hottesest. >> such fun until you called him out. >> busted by security when the dope used his phone. >> he'll get plenty of jobs out of it. >> you think so. >> all right. bradley,y, be concerned. finally,ntroducing titimo, the cat locked in a battle of wi in physical ticks with this hammock. take a look. >> oh. >> is that a cat hammock. >> it's a cat hammock. >> this video was p posted by his -- timo has a hard timime figuring out how to getet on his present. i mean -- >> it's hard being a cat in a hammock. >> oh. >> he i outsmarted by that hammock for months. >> watch, though. nine lives ahead of him. timo, you got timimen your side and his owners say after months he finally figured it out. >> there we go. >> so cute. >> just a little, you know, note to all of us, just keep trying like titimo did and you too -- >> the ultimate test of national have f fun at workday. we still have a minute left. >> can you fill it? >> it's not fair. lara is always getting told to wrap, wrap, wrap. it's too short. >> and now she's getting this. thiss what we get. >> what's new, everybody? >> i have a wicked cold. how about you? >> zycam works. >> terrific. anything else you want to talk about? >> as long as she can. >> put the camera on -- you have nodea, ameri. we'll be right back. well today i have 30 more sends. >> you have 30 more seconds. and "deals & steals" and josh brolin coming in. we got waynene brady coming in. >> we still have 15 seconds. can you talk slower. >> we still have 15 secos. >> star power super bowl ads to bring to you. that should be fun. all the reasons why you should back.news update for yo lukas: we have an update for you from a work release escape yesterday ... they are loking for 26 year old jacob michael petty, after he failed to report tuesday petty is serving time for robbery. this past octobeber he was transfered tthe work release program. anyone with information is asked to contact sioux city police department lukas: and armed hotel robbery led to a lockdown at norfolk elementary and middle schools yesterday. superintendent dr. jami jo thompson says that they closed just as an extra precaution, and that she didn't think there was a significant threat to students, teacrs or staff.f. the lockdown gan just before 11 yesterday morning after a robbery at the hampton inn in norfolk. exterior doors were locked and students and teachers were kept inside, but the school day proceeded as normal. lukas let's check in with for the weather. matt: we have a weak cold front boundary parked nearby. a wind from and with less snow coverage, we should see temperatures shoot even higher into the upper 40s. . wel stay there on saturday despite increasing clouds. today's high is 39 under partly cloudy skies. the overnight low w is 23.tomorrow's high is 47 with mostly sunny conditions lukas: good morning i am lukas voss and matt: we have a weak cold front boundary parked nearby. a wind from the sse turns westerly tomorrow and with less snow coverage, we should see temperatures shoot even higher into the upper 40s. we'll stay there on saturday despite increasing clouds. today's high is 39 under partly cloudy skies. the overnight low is 23. tomorrow's high is 47ith mostly sunny conditions lukas: good morning i am matt: we have a weak co front boundary parked nearby. a wind from the sse turns westerly tomrow and with less snow coverage, we should see temperatures shoot even higher into the upper 40s. we'll stay there on in alexa whats a snack stadium. >> a stadium built entirely of snacks. >> brilliant. marino marino, do list. architect, five-star chef. >> snacks. >> that's a matchup right there. alec baldwin and football hall of famer dan marino. dan marino is pretty fun. new super bowl ad for amazon. one of many star-powered commercials supply always love watching them. a sneak peek at the ones everybody will be talalkingbout but right now you'll be talking out this. great bargains, "als & steals" with y, let's get over will. >> yes, we are counting down to valentine's day this morning and tory johnson is here with great "deals & steals," sweet savings on gifts for the ones you love. >> all right, soe're starting first, bringing back some kind of old-school fun with puzzles these are from collage.com. a variety of photos and add text to them. so many different varieties and so many sizes, one of my favorites ththis picture of you and robin. i love it. >> moment of pure iss. >> just sor of pauses or moment of time and gives somebody a lot of fun. big assorent normally these range from $30 to $50, so 14 to $22 and on this deal free shipping. >> that's great. i love that. such a clevergift. this is fun.n. >> this is fun too. this is men, women and kids from eye candy, watches and what's fun about these, one for you to hold on to, you get to choose all f five pieces, put together the color palette you like, there's so many different things, a bezel face, a plain face, make m matching ones for everything. whatever it is you like or buy e box set, a really good deal as well normally depending on at you choose, 35 to 50 all slashed by 60%o a single $14 >> i could see my girls having funith these. these are adorable. >> this is the heart collection of all leather ba, so isn't this gorgeous? reallyun little wristlet. there's all kinds of clutches, cross body bags, leather key ains, everything is beautiful. not only the pieces you see here but there are more in the valentine's day collection when u go online. >> if you don't like the heart there's lips right here. >> like that. >> you got lots to choose from. really beautiful colors and just beautiful quality. as well. normally these are starting at $55 up to 195. slashed by at least % so the wholecollectn, 19 to $59. >> a great deal. all leather too. > so thi is one that i really love. this is one i "paul blart: mall cop" -- pulled out for you. this is her large heart shaker collection. it looks so et. you see those little crystals this there. they shake so there's a variety from, sterling silver or 18 karat gold over sterling silver. the six you see right here and really, really beautiful on the inside. these normally start at $185, they're slashed by 77%. $42 to $44. >> get onene for every special someone in your fe. >> really beautiful. speaking of beautiful, this is just beauty in my eyes right here. >> sweet, these are from brown points. two different sets to choose from. what i love about the sweeeart set it's all individually wrapped so, you know,f you're buying and not eating at all at once you can save them as you go. all of their -- these are the most popular flavors, big assortment or they've got the love bites and these are the ones crispy on the outside and soft and moist on the inside. can't go wrong. >> so good. >> and really good al, normally $18 to $30, these are all slashed in half, $9 to 15 bucks. >> all right, those are amazing deals. no excuse not to get your sweetie something on valentine's day. thanks to all these companies can head to goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo for thesese bargains plus three bonus dees you can only get on line. anyone want brownies we had chocolate cake.. you have your own tray. i'm bringing more. come on, t.j >> i'd rather have robach's love bites than georgs love bites. i'll go this route. >> that makes two of us. >> thank you. >> thanks, tor. oh, they are soft and moist on the inside i just wanted to say that. >> can never have enough brownies. >> very well done there. mm-mm. >> now you can't talk. san bernardino countdown and star-studded commercials we all love on the road to the big game. this guy is here with a look at some of this year's most highly anticipated ads. t.j., have you some favorites. >> i do have some favors but right now i have been given 15 seconds to do my into to the story. 15 seconds of ad time for the super bowl will cost you $2.5 million. companies are making sure they get their money's worth and bring out all the stops and celebrities. that's $2.5 million. >> roll 'em. >> nissen, schumer and rogen. williams. >> i define myself. >> reporter: and wambach. >> you have to honor and ownho you are period. >> reporter: the lineup of superads for super bowl 50 looks to be more star studded than ever. >> having a celebrity in a super bowl ad realllly kindd of helps people come together around the brand because even if they don't care about the brand, per se, if it's a celebrity they like they'll get excited about it and pay attention to the ad. >> reporter: this morning, we're giving the lowdown on the latest commercials generating main buzz and major bombtheys. >> reporter: marilyn? is that you? ickers' latest installment of hung. reporter: i it's a parody of the original serenade to president kennedy in 1962. happy birthday mr. president >> snickers hasn't yet confirmed who is playing marilyn but there's been a little bit of talk online it might be willem dafoe. >> richard, are you looking for these? >> reporter: everyone will be rushing to add walk-in closets to their home a and kia in their garage wit this optima sedan ad. >> alexa what is a snack stadium. >> a stadiumuilt entirelely of snacks. >> reporter: amazon is hoping to secure a touchdown with their first ever sup bowl ad. >> even though, you know, there's this huge globally known brand they've never had an ad during the big game so this kind of legitimizes them more as a consumer brand. they're promoting the a amazon ho which kind of centrals them not just as a company with a website you buy things on but as a producer of actual products. >> reporter: and just who are >> even though they don't say what it's about, t name of the ad is ryanville and it definitely is going to have some celebrity appearances. >> y you getn audience of 120 millio for the super bowl, they're starting to release this, the trend, release the early. get some buzz. we got great viewershipn "good morning america" but we're not getting 120 million,right? we're getting close but this is what the trend is now. and the sexy ads don'tork of the those aren't the popular ones. >> keep it funny. >> funny ones. >> and puppy. >> heartwarming one, clydesdales. >> my favorite, though, from the past few years, you all remember this onone, it t was actually controversial and who knows why? well, we do kow why it was the coke ad in which they were singing "america the beautiful" in all those different >> oh, yeah. memory. >> it wassbeautiful. controversial. how dare you sing the national >> there will be another controversial one this year. >> you know there will be. >> i almost feel l like they aim to be a little controversy for this very ason. >> get a little buzz going. >> yes. i said 15 seconds but a 30-second ad costs $5 million, a record. >> get your checkbook out. t.j., thanks. thank you. outside to rob for a loose okay at the weather. >> 50 years of super bowls and these ladies have seen every last one of them celebrating sevenn years -- 70 years on this planet. we've gottipat and joan and andrea standin so they decided to come celebrate. why did you decide to come to new york? >> it's just a good time to have with good friends from 50 years ago, so, yeah. >> you sound like you're from upstate. >> schenectady. >> cam down for the warmer weather. >> came down for the warmer weather. amazed you don't have any snow left. it's just wondful. it is. >> it is wonderful. >> we remember worried about keeps. >> yeah, don't go to quns. look at this shot, laguna beach, california. you'll take that. springlike weather with an offshore flow. temperatures in the 70s before the cold air comes. midwest, warm-up. 60 degrees on saturday and warming up across the northeast in chicagoas well. and with some rain acro t the pacific northwest.parked nearby. a wind from the sse turns westerly tomorrow and with less snow coverage, we should see temperatures shoot even higher into the upper 40s. we'll statay ere on saturday despite increasing clouds. today's high is 39 under part cloudy skies. the overnight low is 23. tomorrow's high is 47 with mostly sunny conditions >> all right. 70 years. this weath report is brought to you -- you're from texas and >> on monday. >> equal time, equal time for equal folks. lara. >> coming up we have superstar josh brolin with us live. he is talking all about his new role with george clooney and a moment. back now with josh brolin. he stars with george clooney in the new coen brothers comedy "hail, caesar!" playing an old time studio fix to keep movie >> never do that. > shut up. you're going it to go out there and finish "hail, caesar!" and believe every word you say. you're going to do it because yore an actor and that's what you do, jt like the dirtor does what he does and writer and script girl. you'll do it because the picture has worth and you have worth if you serve the picture and you're never going to forget that again. >> josh brolin joins us. take a step back. that was real. >> what do you mean it's real? look, when you get offered a movie like do you want -- that't's how they came to me. do you want to slap george around. i said, absolutely. it doesn't matter. i'll take a cut in pay. it doesn't matter. and so, you know, i mean, look atthat. it's not real. it's fake. it's all fiction, man. >> no, i heard he had a wealthlt on his face. >> i told your producer that. >> you lied. >> otherwise, how a am i going to get the show? >> it worked. >> tell us about eddie. he was a real character. >> eddie was a real character. >> what'ss a fixer. >> a fixer was somebody -- he was a hybrid. he was like a mafioso guy that used to run prospect park in new jersey for nick skank, a real name, the guy in tre and these guys like went over and bought little pieces of property in hollywood and they went fro making $40,000 to $400 mlion overnigh when movies basically started in the '20s and '30s so this guy is the guy i play is more of a hybrid. he cares so much about his job. >> the cleaned up versio >> that's the most violent you'll see him in that movie. he's actually very sweet supply saw you getting shaved. >> on "fallon". >> we did a little more research. into t vaults. check out this tweet. 2012. donald trump, jososh brolin a "men in black." congrats. now, that is true. you guys are friend >> where did you find that? first of all, it was "men in blacack 3 so he has his years wrong so he may be going a little senile which may explain things but, yeah, we were friends. we are friends. i haven't talked to him in a while. it was the only premiere he ever went to. he said i just bled for you by going to the premiere. i like him, man. i liked him when we spent lot of time together. i met him through wall street. you know, i was fascinad with what he did with manhattan. i mean he w went down to grand central staying and built that hotel when manhattan was a cesspool and turned around the economy of manhattan so i think it's fascinating what's happening now. i'll stay out of it. >> he did lend you 20 bucks. >> i still owe h so we have the connection and we'll see. >> you're about to go to the even bigger screen right now. your first time as a big hero villain coming up. >> thanos. thanos. yeah, it's exciting. you know, i'm going to meet with kevin feigy and the head of marvel when i get back to los angeles when i'm out of the woods of north carona. it's big. i really was. we were in the bk woooods of noh carolina a there was no trailers, no -- "the revenant" has nothing on us. nothing. >> all right and "hail, caesar!" so funny. cannot wait to see the whole thing. thanks for coming. >> wonderful to see you? "hail, caesar!" opens friday, fray, february 5th. i know, we're here right now actor, singer, comedian, wayne brady, now taking over broadway in the hit show "kinky boots" playing the fabulous drag queen lola, a role "the new york times" ss he performs with, and humor. okay. >> had you not heard that. >> good for . >> yes, indeed, , od for yoyo >> g gooddor me. >> talk to me how you bring the heat as lola. >> well, i -- i think i just -- because my butt looks so good in the dress and i look good in the heels, but i think the heat is -- i play thisart with passion and with a sense of love an humor. because i think those are things that i've got and i have no choice playing a character like lola. you've got to be open. you got to be really open. >> really comfortable in high heels too. >> well, that took a second. not to get gory with you but you know much love to you ladies. i see you wearing these beautiful shs. now i notice ladies' heels and it's -- it took me a month to feel confident enoug to walk on stage and i losty pinkie toenail within the first week. >> casualty. >> and i had to ice myeet and in the middle of theight'd wake up because i'd see my feet pulsing and there was second whwhen i really thought, am i going to be able to do this show? >> right. the dancing you're doing in stilets. >> i love it now. i got to tell you i've been on broadway before and done theater all my life. this is the happiest that i've been o on stagege hands down. >> you know what, wayne, you can tell. >> good, good. >> you can really feel it. share with our audience if youou will what is it about this role, about this broadway show that is so special. >> oh, the message of tolerance and love and anyone that hasn't seen it, you know, they go, "kinky boots," there's a drag queen in, i'm n n -- well, it's itses lola as this kid, you start off and see lola as a kid wearing high heels. dad is a boxer, getet those things off and slabbed around his entire life and now h h dress in drag and sings. it's not about his sexuality. he's actually straight. it's more about he feels so comfortable being this person and he makes everyone around him feel good about themselves and that's the message. >> what a great message. >> that's the message. >> love it. >> day and age of cybeullying. >> you cannot leave this show without smiling. i mean, you can't wipe it off. >> clalaing and singing the songs with us. that's why i love it. i saw it four types before i joined the cast. >> justo make sure you were going to nail it which you have. switching roles you're so funny and also a terrific host. still enjoying d the day job, so to speak "let's make a de." >> it's a great job. a host is a host. luckily i do so many this that i love hosting and in "let's it's not a job -- if somebody said i want you to be a game show host i'd run away. this@job is not just that. it's crazy. you're in the middle of whack-a-doodles and everyone i dressed as basketballs and i get to give out money. big shoutout to jonathan and we get to make up the sonongs and make folks happy. >> i'm glad you mentioned it. had you did anwesome like rap-off with the cast of "hamilton." >> chris jackson, my y, chris. >> love thattideo and just to wrap it upecause we have 20 freestyle rapper. >> well, you can see that on "whose line is it anyway >> so you agreed. you got anything. >> you have audiences members that will hold up signs. i haven't seen these words. >> you will create a rap a a we okay. hit it. times square. here or aware here i am on tv i'm in times square i was just listening to it's not toffee i'm the complexion of coffee didn't want to do that yes i fuss i lk good but i'm no george stephanopoulos do that now you look you're a fox please give me this crap man you can't beatbox you must know nightly i wear stilettos the next morn had to that it's the great white way but now it's's groodz when i had to do that that's percalifragislistic- expialidocious . i'm done. >> that's what i do. >> the man can wrap and i am being wrapped. everybody, you don't want to at the al "good morning america" is brought to you by american expresss en. powder supporter of small business on their journeys to growth. >> got toand it to wayne, brady. he really brought it. >> to get stephanopoulos into a rap. >> two thumbs up. >> have a great day, everyone. >> bye.we've got a quick news update for you ... yesterday afternoon ... russell roberts jr. was found guilty of vehicular schmitt... as well as two counts of driving undethe influence resulting in serious bodily harm of two of the other passengegers. according to court documents, roberts was intoxicated and speeding which caused him to lose control of the vehicle.. the car crashed and overturned in rural dakota county schmitts family wawas in the courtroom awaiting roberts sentencing. "he has not appolomized accept for today, it was nice to hear but i think it's just the beginning" lukas: roberts was sentenced to a minimum of 10 years in prision and his drivers licee is revoked for 1515 years. lukas let's check in with for the weather. matt: we have a weak cold front boundary parked nearby. a wind from the sse turns weststerly tomorrow and with less snow coverage, we should see tempatures shoot even hher into the upper 40s. we'll stay there on saturday despite increasing clouds. today's high is 39 under partly cloudy skies. the overnight low is 23. tomorrow's high is 47 with mostly sunny nditions front boundary parked nearby. a wind from the sse turns westerly tomorrow and wit less snow coveragege we should see tempererures shoot evenenigher into the upper 40s. we'll stay there on saturday despite increasing clouds. today's hi is 39 under partly cloudy skies. the overnight low is 23. tomorrow's high is 47 with mostly sunny nditions matt: we have a weak cold front boundaryparked nearby. a wind from the sse turns westerly tomorrow and with le snow coverage, we should see temperatures shoot even higher into the upper 40s. we'll stay there on saturday despite increasing clouds. today's high is 39 under partly cloudy skiesesthe overnight low is 23. tomorrow's high is 47 with mostly sunny conditions matt: we have a weak cold front boundary parked nearby. a wind from the sse turns westerly tomorrow and with less snow coverage,