Stumble and switch out of their hightech suits while a trio of funloving americans make history sweeping the first ever slopestyle event. Good morning, everybody. Remember a couple of weeks ago when the groundhog said we had six more weeks of winter, he was right, but i believe he was insufficiently specific. He failed to mention that the rest of this winter would be relentlessly and unacceptably snowy and brutal. It has been brutal. Airports across the country virtually at a standstill with so many couples trying to get away for a valentines weekend. There are some people making the best of it. One romantic couple in virginia made this snow heart for valentines day. And look at this shot. A snowbank against new yorks famous skyline and, of course, theres central park glistening as well. It looks so beautiful in the pictures. Pictures. When youre out there yeah, hopping over slush to get there is less amusing. This guy is snowboarding down the street. That looks like a dont try that at home. We used to call this skitching back in the day. Hes attached to the back of a car. I never did it, of course. Despite the fun and the beauty which i will only grudgingly admit, many of us are ready for this thing to end. In fact, we started a countdown clock. There it is right there. 32 days until spring. 32 long day. Just over a month to go, and now theres a flesh blizzard on the way. It comes as tens of millions of americans are digging out of this weeks noreaster, and abcs linzie janis is on the story from central park in a balmy new york city. Its, what, 40 degrees out . Reporter 40 degrees, bianna, and no snow yet, but were told it is on the way, and thats why the race is on to clear the existing ice and snow. Between battering winter storms, this morning nearly a third of the nation is cleaning up. I hope we dont get no more. Reporter and clearing out. Heavy snow causing roofs to cave in, leaving some homeless. The average home can withstand about two feet of snow before the roof becomes susceptible to collapse. Parts of the northeast have gotten much more than that this week. As far south as North Carolina, police calling in tow trucks to save stranded motorists. This 7yearold boy got lost in tennessee and survived the night in freezing temperatures by cuddling his dog cocoa for 14 hours. I didnt keep warm. The dog kept warm. Reporter look at this truck. The large hole right in front of the drivers windshield was because of falling ice, and this may look like an explorer atop a mountain, but really its workers clearing gigantic chunks of ice and snow from a vermont airport runway. And this man taking advantage of the sloppy conditions in new york city snowboarding down the street. Much of the country was hit hard. The roads outside philadelphia so slick causing this fivemilelong pileup. More than a hundred cars, dozens injured. Around that corner right there, and all of a sudden, the sun is blinding, and i missed the car in front of me by that much. Reporter and those drivers in pennsylvania told us they were fooled by the sun and also by what looked like a clear road. In fact, it was a sheet of ice. A good reminder to stay cautious no matter how tired and frustrated we are all growing with this winter. Dan, 32 days, 32 days, i love that countdown clock. Thats right. Yes. Were going to put it up for the rest of the show. As we said, there are blizzard warnings up right now for parts of the northeast. For more on this new storm, lets get it over to bill kelly, the bearer of bad news, chief meteorologist for wsyx in columbus, and were very glad to have you here. Isnt hope a wonderful thing. Talk about those blizzards excuse me, the spring starting soon but not today, folks. We have Winter Weather advisories posted all the way from North Carolina up into new england and you mentioned that blizzard warning. Here it is, its for eastern sections of massachusetts there where its going to be blowing, the snow is going to be blinding. Here is the current radar. You folks in washington, d. C. , youre probably going to stay rain. Philly, a little snow. Were expecting a little bit of snow in the new york area over the next couple of hours. But where it is going to affect the most of you is up here into new england. I mean this storm is going to pack a punch. Let me run the timing by for you. Heres the morning time frame. We get into the afternoon, it pulls off into the ocean and look at this. Look at all the snow that is going to be around in these areas. Were talking in some spots 6 to 12 inches of snow. Bianna. A tough weekend for folks in the northeast. Bill, our thanks to you. Well, were going to turn now to the Pleasure Cruise turned deadly for passengers enjoying a trip at sea. Their sixweek adventure to the amazon and the caribbean ending in horror when a wall of water came smashing into the ship. Abcs Jeffrey Kofman has more from our london bureau. Reporter bianna, while so much of north america is in deep snow and deep freeze, here in the uk were being battered by relentless waifs and high winds. Coastal communities south and west of london are being devastated by floods, and huge waves are causing havoc at sea. Overnight tragedy hitting the high seas when a massive wave crashed into a british Cruise Ship Killing a man on board. The 288foot marco polo was on its way home to the uk from a 42day trip when it was struck by a wave while passing through the English Channel. Rushing water shattered a window on board injuring several of the ships 735 passengers. Two had to be airlifted off the ship to nearby hospitals where one, an 85yearold man, was later pronounced dead. A rogue wave has a tremendous amount of power in it. Its not usual for a rogue wave to do Something Like that. Itll shatter the glass, and it will hurt people inside. The wave is part of the same blast of vicious weather thats left tens of thousands here in the uk without power. We are doing everything we can. We are fighting on every front. Reporter last night the cruise ships operator tweeted our thoughts are with the family of the passenger who has sadly died. Even with their massive size, cruise ships can still feel the wrath of the ocean. In 2010 this ship, the clelia 2 was disabled off the coast of south america by 30foot waves. I just thought she is a great ship. I hope she holds together. It happens. Rogue waves do hit, and when youre in rough seas, you have to take precautions. Reporter this is not just a little bit of that british bad weather. More than 20 communities have severe flood alerts, more than 140,000 homes are without power and more rain is on the way. Dan . A nightmare in the uk and on the high seas. Jeffrey, thank you. Lets switch gears now and get to the olympics. Week two now of the winter games officially under way, and theres the medal count on our sochi scoreboard. We are tied with norway for first place with the netherlands, russia and germany right behind. Abcs amy robach is tracking all the action at our gma olympic headquarters in sochi. Amy, good morning. Reporter good morning, dan, and, yes, the latest medal for the united states, a silver in the womens skeleton, plus the controversy over the u. S. Speed skaters request to change their suits halfway through the competition and then, of course, last nights thrills and spills of mens figure skating. During the mens freeskate figure skating final, a few ups. Triple toe. Triple toe. Reporter and some major downs, a couple of stumbles may have cost patrick chan the top spot and a shot at breaking the socalled canadian curse and yuzuru hanyu of japan may have lost his balance here. Oh, no. Reporter but he was able to hang on to his gold medal in the end. Next up, wardrobe malfunctions . With six races under their belts, the u. S. Speed skaters have made it to the Halfway Point but not one medal in hand. Now some are hoping new suits will pick up the slack. To walk away and see theyre seventh place, theyre eighth place, so you keep trying to dissect and figure out whats the common denominator among them, and everyone keeps coming back to the suit. Reporter the ioc considering a request to change their uniforms after skaters question the efficiency of their current hightech racing suits developed by under armour and lockheed martin. The design went through hundreds of hours of testing, but the new suits theyre changing to are actually old. The athletes wore them at the world cup speed skating event late last year. The main difference, they lack this feature, a small vent on the back that some think is causing drag. Up the mountain in the womens skeleton, u. S. Competitor noelle pikuspace off like a rocket on her final run gliding through every twist and turn all the way to a silver medal losing out to great britains lizzie arnold, earning the uk its first taste of sochi gold. Immediately after finishing the mother of two, climbing up through the stands straight into the arms of her family shouting over and over, we did it. I just wanted to go out knowing this is my last and final run of not just the olympics but of my career. Reporter one of the biggest events of the day, team usa and russia in a key hockey showdown. Its a preliminary game, but it brings to mind the miracle on ice at the 1980 games in lake placid where a team of amateur and College Players defeated the heavily favored soviet union. Team usas cocaptain ryan suters father was actually on that 1980 team, and i asked him about team usas chances at winning the gold. I hope we do win the gold, so as my dad says, he tells us, win the gold so we dont have to talk about the 80 team anymore. You know, he kind of wants to get the attention off him and just move on, move on with his life. Reporter yes, suter remembers bringing his dads gold medal to show and tell as a kid and would very much like to come home with one of his own and well be watching. Go team usa and the International Olympic committee a stop to russias plan to award medalwinning athletes today with the piece of a meteorite that exploded over russia, you may remember, exactly one year ago. The ioc saying russia can only give medalists those gifts from space after the games are over. The host country had hoped to commemorate the anniversary with these special meteorite medals, but it looks like it will not happen today, dan. Yet another strange headline out of sochi. Amy, thank you. By the way, we do have one of these speed skating suits on the set with us this morning. Here is the allegedly offending vent on the back. We wish the u. S. Speed skaters good luck with the new old suits today, and, by the way, a little bit of a tease coming up in the second half hour of gma this morning, well be doing pop news. Sara haines will be wearing this suit for pop news. Lets get it over to bianna. I kind of believe you. I think she would wear that suit. Anyway, lets get more now on the wild mens figure skating event filled with falls. Were joined by our gma special contributor and olympic silver medalist sasha cohen. Good morning to you. What a night that was. I mean none of the final six skaters had a clean program. Have you ever seen anything like that . There are moments where the ice seems jinxed and no one can quite put out that perfect skate, and its difficult. You know, during my olympics, it was like that. Everyone was all over the ice wiping the ice, but still, yuzuru is the first mens olympic champion from japan, so thats iconic. Thats historic and it was very exciting. Its so great for his hometown. So what youre saying, it may be a technical issue and not just nerves that caused so many to spill and fall. Im not saying its necessarily a technical issue, just sometimes, you know, it just everyone seems to have a little bit of an issue, and theres times where everyone just punches out a perfect performance, and theres just like something you cant ascribe that to. Its just in the air. And, of course, a lot of people were hoping jason brown, the american, would have a perfect performance. He actually did not. He came in ninth place. So much was riding on him and hes such a storied figure, as well. It just didnt turn out to be his night. He has such a future in front of him. Hes so young and magnetic and, you know, still put out a good performance for his first olympics. Top ten and, you know, hes a little tight, a little cautious. He skated at the end of the event, which is so difficult to wait for an hour, hear the scores, be nervous after your warmup. I still think he put out a performance he can be proud of and use that as Fire Training into the next olympics. You can see him in the next olympics. Quickly, everyone is waiting for the womens event too. Who should we watch out for . Its going to be really exciting to see julia face off with yuna, and we havent seen yuna yet in the team competition, and we also havent seen polina edmunds, who is the other u. S. Girl. So those are the few i would be watching and gracie gold as a chance for a medal and dont forget mao asada, who is trying the hardest job in the triple axel. Now to the other headlines we toss it to wrong. Hey, ron. Good morning to you, bianna and good morning, everyone. We begin with an earthquake that rattled people in three states in the southeast. The magnitude 4. 1 quake was centered seven miles west of edgefield, south carolina. Fridays jolt was felt as far away as atlanta, georgia and as far north as hickory, North Carolina. It blew up social media. But no damages it blew up on social media, it didnt social media up. No injuries reported during that quake. And president obama opened up the checkbook during this visit. He met with some california farmers and promised 183 million in federal aid to deal try to deal with the epic drought tripling that state. He also proposed a 1 billion fund package in his upcoming budget to deal with climate change. He also met with Jordans King Abdullah and said he would ask congress for 1 billion in loan guarantees to help jordan deal with syrian refugees. And actress ellen page, best known for her performances in the movies juno and inception has come out saying publicly that she is gay. It was an emotional moment. I suffered for years because i was scared to be out. My spirit suffered. My Mental Health suffered, and my relationships suffered. Page received a standing ovation after her speech, which was held at the inaugural time to thrive conference in las vegas for the lgbt community. And this story from california. A camel escaped from an Animal Sanctuary and goes on a rampage. The camel somehow got away from the facility, and when a local resident, a neighbor there tried to corral it, it started biting him, knocking him to the ground and stomped on him repeatedly. The camel was eventually taken away by animal control officers. The owner of the sanctuary is now facing charges for not having a permit for that camel. And finally, forget about the roses and chocolates for valentines day, how about a pillow fight . With hundreds, possibly thousands of people in san francisco, california, feathers went flying for the annual friendly valentines day pillow fight. Local Authorities Say dozens of trucks were called in afterward to clean up the feathery mess, and sara was telling me she did not get the flowers i sent to her, but i sent a dozen pillows. Let me know if you get those. Okay . The emphasis should be on friendly. Ive seen people take it too seriously. Ive had a couple. A Public Health warning on the dangers of pillow fighting this morning. Important Public Health announcement from gma. Now to whats being called a classic case of bullying in the nfl. An independent investigation has found that offensive lineman Richie Incognito engaged in a pattern of harassment directed at fellow Miami DolphinJonathan Martin, but the report says the bullying on the team went far beyond that, and abcs ryan smith has the story. I do not intend to discuss this matter publicly. Reporter Miami Dolphins offensive lineman Jonathan Martin backed up today by a report from the nfls independent investigator that he was harassed by teammate Richie Incognito. The perfect call on Jonathan Martin. Reporter the 144page report finding incognito and teammates mike pouncey and john jerry, quote, engaged in a pattern of harassment directed at not only martin but also another young dolphins lineman and a member of the training staff, and on two occasions, martin contemplated suicide because of his mistreatment by teammates. Well, the report has been highly anticipated for quite a while. This gives us a little bit more context into what was going on and what led up to that. Reporter among the findings, vulgar sexual comments about martins mother and sister, a litany of insults routinely hurled at martin including the n word and a notebook kept by incognito where he wrote about breaking jmart. The friendship between martin and incognito described in the report as, quote, odd but seemingly close. Richie would say that they were best friends. They hung out with each other off the field. If you ask jonathan, jonathan would say, i just sort of had to deal with this to get to a place where the harassment would stop. Reporter overnight incognitos lawyer speaking out against the report claiming it is, quote, replete with errors, and incognito tweeting friday you could not define me in 144 years, let alone 144 pages. Miami dolphins owner stephen ross issued a statement saying in part, i have made it clear to everyone within our organization that this situation must never happen again. And no comment from martin so far, and incognito quit twitter after those last tweets. But why would martin participate in the offcolor joking if it affected him so deeply . The report theorized that he had to go along to get along. According to their psychologist, this reaction is consistent with the behavior of an abuse victim. Dan, bianna. Fascinating story and telling. Ryan, thank you. Were going to switch gears now once again. Tonight, your chance to win enough money to start your very own country. Yeah, there hasnt been a powerball winner since christmas. Well, now president s day weekend could be lucky for someone out there, maybe even you at home watching right now. Sara is here dreaming big about what you would do with that money, right, sara . Im totally dealing big, bianna. I mean, who hasnt played the game where