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i'm so glad you made it home. super backlash. the add that lovers calling foul. why so many are telling godaddy to just go home. and good morning, america. all the snow has stopped falling but, boy, a lot of people waking up buried by the record snow up in the northeast. there you see boston, massachusetts. a live shot this morning. they got hit hard. >> they did, and those coastal towns in massachusetts also hit hard by flooding and another storm is on the way. abc's extreme weather team covering every angle for us and ginger starting us off again this morning. >> yes, starting us off on a very cold times square. it is so cold behind that storm and it was impressive. worcester, massachusetts, with its biggest snowstorm ever. look at those numbers. 34.5 and so many more impressive numbers coming from all over the cities and states from anywhere in maine through new hampshire, connecticut, and, yes, long island, still a few lingering snow showers up in maine but i'm telling you, the cold is what you will notice this morning, mt. washington, 27 below. it fees like. the windchill here, 6. that next storm comes through thursday and thursday night it looks very light certainly in comparison. nothing light about what happened in boston. and that's where our rob marciano has been doing an impressive job, rob. more than two feet of snow. ginger south boston just got buried last night. 31 inches of snow this street has been plowed. but there haven't been any cars going by because they all look like this this -- buried in snow. the only way to get to work or anywhere for that matter is to use one of these and dig yourself out and it's not just here in boston, millions of americans are doing exactly this this morning. back-breaking work just to get out of their homes. overnight, the massachusetts coast battered as storm surge moved in. and this morning, millions of people in new england waking up under a paralyzing blanket of snow. >> we're still in the middle of a winter storm of historic proportions here in the city of boston. >> reporter: 12,000 homes without power this morning. >> we're going to stay. we have a generator. >> reporter: including most of the island of nantucket where winds reached nearly 80 miles per hour. this time-lapse video showing just how much snow piled up over the day. some areas getting as much as three feet. that wind causing damaging floods in many coastal towns. take a look at this dramatic video from truro, massachusetts, when the atlantic breaches the beach and pours into the river. sand dunes normally in place to separate the two washed away. >> this is horrible. we walked this wall yesterday and it's gone. >> reporter: in marshfield, a stretch of seawall crumbling sending the ocean surging into homes leaving them and their owners devastated. as massachusetts lifted its travel ban overnight, across new england, crews working into the night clearing the feet of snow off the roads. this car barely able to navigate the street. you really can't see much of anything with the snow. and the visibility. on this street nearby where i was pummelled by snow yesterday, when the storm hit first, cars now completely buried. the dig-out also beginning in other cities across the northeast hit by this storm, many including new york city spared the worst of it. some made the most of it. in new hampshire an epic snowball fight and even the camera crew was not safe. hey, george, i'm not making much progress. i'm getting closer. bend your knees. when you get close, you want to use your hands because you don't want to scrape this. this one has a nice, deep blue color. i don't think it's going to happen any time soon. back to you, george. >> well, catch your breath. thanks very much. airports getting back to business. you're looking at new york's laguardia airport right now. we're going to show that. most flights resuming. only about 600 cancellations and abc's david kerley is at reagan national with the latest on all that. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, george. 600 cancellations and the airlines worked really hard overnight to make sure that number from dramatically increasing moving planes into the new york area. you mentioned laguardia. they got 27 in last night and have already seen takeoffs this morning. the lower than expected snowfall in the new york area allowed these airlines to kind of speed up over the last several hours. many of the major carriers are telling us that by tonight they expect to be close to their normal operations. that's after nearly 8,000 cancellations and it has been costly. one aviation tracking firm says 400,000 passengers were impacted by this storm. the good news, george and robin, we are starting to get back to normal. it's just going to be cold getting to your plane. >> yeah, a lot of movement behind you. david, thanks very much. and a lot of tough questions for politicians after the storm shutting down major cities, but based on forecasts that were wrong, costing lots of money but our abc weather team was right on the mark, especially here in new york city, and, ginger, there was a lot of talk about there were some meteorologists that were apologizing for the forecast. >> yeah, and i think they were apologizing for their communication especially of the forecast. for me one of the biggest issues is the word "historic." i don't think you can forecast history and so that was a word i was fighting big time. i hate to put that on a topic bar. we call those lower thirds where people -- even if they're not watching that closely they see three feet and historic and they go, oh, my gosh. i think that's what they were apologizing about and will communicate the ranges better. especially because we know these storms can move back and forth. >> we heard you talking days leading up to this and you were very cautious and you were respectful for what was being put out there but you were very clear to all of us here, so people watching at home are going, okay, what are we supposed to believe next time? >> i'll always go at it conservative. our team does that. what you should do, local forecasters know your area best. that's where you go first for information. and then don't freak out. i think that's the other thing. prepare with fact and not with that headline so watch for that. >> there were so many -- there were a lot of tweets, one especially that someone said, they would rather a loss of money than a loss of lives. >> absolutely. without the accidents, the accidents were so impressive. getting cars off the roads never bothers me. >> thanks. we're going to move on to that deadline for hostages being held by isis. releasing a new video that threatens to kill them if the demands for a prisoner swap are not met. abc's brian ross with the latest. grorng brian. >> reporter: good morning george. it was just as the 24-hour deadline was about to expire this morning that a top jordanian official told abc news they are now prepared to make a prisoner swap involving the failed female suicide bomber they hold. the question is whether jordan would free this iraqi woman, sajida al rishawi, on death row for the last ten years following an attack by al qaeda in which some 60 jordanians were killed. >> it is me for her. what seems to be so difficult to understand? >> reporter: wearing an orange jumpsuit and shackles the japanese journalist kenji goto was forced to read his own death sentence if a prisoner swap is not made. holding a photo of a captured jordanian pilot who he said was also facing execution. >> i only have 24 hours left to live, and the pilot has even less. >> reporter: overnight in tokyo goto's mother issued an emotional appeal to the japanese and jordanian governments to meet the isis demands for a prisoner swap. and in jordan, the father of the captured pilot made similar pleas to the jordanian king to go through with a deal with isis. something king abdullah has refused to do several times before. but now this morning, according to statements coming out of amman, jordan says it is prepared to release the prisoner -- suicide bomber if the pilot has not been harmed. >> we don't know if he has. if this deal goes through, remarkable precedent if it goes through. >> reporter: absolutely. for two u.s. allies to negotiate with isis in a prisoner swap, something the u.s. has refused to do for its own three american hostages who have all been killed by isis, there's a fourth american, a young woman, also being held there now. >> thanks very much. now to amy with today's other top stories. >> good morning. good morning, everyone. and we begin with big news from wall street. this morning, apple is reporting blockbuster profits -- the best of any company in global history. abc's rebecca jarvis is here to explain how much money apple is bringing in and why it matters to all of us. >> we can say this without a doubt, this is historic news for apple but also for any other company in history reporting a record $18 billion profit last quarter, selling more than 74 million iphones. apple's iphones sales bigger than google and microsoft's phone business combined. when you do the math that means apple sold more than 34,000 iphones every hour every day for 90 days straight. so, how does this affect you even if you're not a tech guy? well, you may not think you own apple stock but you probably do. it's one of the most widely held stocks on wall street. it's in most of the top mutual funds, probably in your 401(k) and apple's blockbuster news is lifting the entire market just yesterday the dow lost nearly 300 points but today, amy, it looks like apple is going to help lift things overall. >> all right, rebecca, some good news, indeed. thanks so much. and breaking news overseas, tensions have erupted on the border between israel and lebanon. hezbollah is claiming responsibility for attacking an israeli military convoy in south lebanon today. reportedly killing four israeli soldiers. and new details about the american killed during an attack on a luxury hotel in libya. david berry worked for a security company based in virginia. he was among five foreigners killed in tuesday's assault. a libyan arm of isis claims it was behind the attack. and the fbi is looking into a growing number of twitter threats against commercial airplanes, as many as 16 threats have been made in four days, one claimed there was a bomb on board an american flight to chicago. another grounded, a jetblue plane in boston. similar online threats forced at least five flights to be diverted or evacuated over the weekend. no bombs were found. president obama wants to open a vast stretch of atlantic waters to oil and gas drilling. critics warn drilling could harm fishing and tourism along the coast from virginia to georgia. just last week the president vowed to protect part of alaska's northern coast from drilling. and some tense moments at san francisco's famous pier 39 overnight. a woman fell into the frigid bay and was dangling by a rope barely hanging on. witnesses say she was about to give up when two firefighters jumped in and rescued her. a wild scene near pittsburgh, police say a woman who had just been handcuffed and placed in the back of a squad car, managed to jump into the front seat and speed off. she led police on a chase for nearly ten miles driving 80 miles an hour steering with her knees. she eventually ditched the car and tried to make a run for it still in handcuffs shockingly, police caught her just moments later. she was wanted for stealing earrings from a store. and in the burglar theme, let's keep it going. finally, the man you're about to see should get an "f" in burglary 101. he ended up like this. take a look, while trying to break into a college in england. a couple of students found him dangling from a window upside down. his legs are sticking out of the window. can you see that? he was stuck like that for five hours and fair to say the students had a good laugh before they called police. he was rescued and then promptly arrested. which makes it nice and tidy and neat and easy for the -- >> how many of these stories? >> there are so many dumb criminals out there. they are making it very easy for me and police. >> i'm not sorry. >> exactly. >> everybody knows o send them to amy now. thanks, amy. we have a health alert. the measles outbreak spreading. take a look at this map. now, 64 confirmed cases linked to a holiday outbreak at disneyland plus ten babies in california under quarantine after possible exposure. abc's dr. richard besser is here. how serious is this threat? >> i'm very concerned about the rise in measles around the country. last year there were more than 600 cases of measles, 23 separate outbreaks, and those people who haven't been vaccinated are the ones at greatest risk here. >> and this is, you know, coming back now kind of resurgence but a lot of doctors haven't dealt with it before. >> we haven't. we eliminated measles back in 2000 from the u.s. they need to look for the signs of measles. that's runny nose, cough, fever, red eyes, and then you get that telltale rash that starts at the forehead and workings its way down. but many doctors have never seen it. >> and what's the most important thing for parents to know and do right now? >> you don't delay vaccination. any delay puts your child at greatest risk, the first dose 12 months, the second dose before school and any adult born after 1957, you want to make sure you've had one dose of measles vaccine. >> okay, rich, thanks very much. you'll be taking questions on twitter all day. >> that's right. thanks very much. >> very popular on twitter these days. >> i am. >> okay, rich, thanks so much. the super bowl just days away, amy has her bags packed ready to go. companies are paying $4 million for a 30-second commercial this year. but one ad you will not be seeing is the latest from go daddy, usually a standout at the big game. this year they're facing backlash from animal lovers. abc's brandi hitt has that story for us. >> reporter: it seems to have all the makings of a hit super bowl ad, cute puppy, heartwarming story line and a big emotional payoff. >> look, it's buddy! >> reporter: go daddy's latest ad borrowing themes from last year's beloved budweiser commercial. now the fourth most shared super bowl ad of all time. ♪ >> reporter: so the go daddy ad should be a hit, right? wrong. now suddenly sidelined less than a day after its debut all because of the way it ends. >> it's buddy! i'm so glad you made it home. because i just sold you on this website i built with go daddy. >> reporter: the cold-hearted twist creating a wave of backlash on twitter. hey, go daddy, you have hit a new low, one woman tweeted. and "i will never purchase a domain from you again." the spca also tweeting, do you think puppy mills are funny? go daddy's ceo writing we're listening, message received. pulling the ad at the center of what it calls a multimillion-dollar campaign. >> as far as i can tell, there's never been an ad pulled from the super bowl. this is really quite a situation on go daddy's hands. >> reporter: it's a surprising misstep for a company that scored super bowl gold before with danica patrick in the shower and a supermodel nerd make-out session. as for this year go daddy says they will still air something in place of the puppy commercial for the big game hoping to make viewers laugh. despite its first fumble before the super bowl even begins. for "good morning america," brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. >> well, you can always watch the puppy bowl. because all those puppies have been adopted. all those puppies have been adopted. >> i know, some close to home. >> oh, did you -- >> nothing to report yet, people. but we do want to talk about this, though, let's talk tennis, shall we? it was the passing of the torch so to speak at the australian open as a rising american teenager beat the superstar she idolized as a kid. a new american tennis queen crowned in australia. >> that is awesome. >> defeating her idol, one of the greats in u.s. tennis, 34-year-old venus williams. in a gut-wrenching third set victory in the quarterfinals of the australian open, keys overcoming a leg injury. >> sometimes the muscles go on the most inconspicuous movements. >> reporter: to reach her first ever grand slam semifinal. >> i knew venus is an incredible player. i really just had to focus on my side of the court and not let the other side of the court throw me off. >> reporter: the 19-year-old from illinois credited venus with being the reason she first picked up a racket. when as a 4-year-old she watched williams compete at wimbledon, transfixed by her all-white outfit. keys known for that lightning serve, up to 123 miles per hour, has become a fan favorite with her bubbly demeanor. >> well, i've been eating tim-tams. so, there's that. no, more just being happy and enjoying the moment and kind of realizing what's been going on. >> reporter: for her part, venus, winner of seven grand slam singles titles, took the loss in stride with a smile on the court and a nod to her opponent. >> i give a lot of credit to her because she really set her points up. in the end she just played better. >> but it won't be an easy road for the 35th-ranked keys. up next, the number one player in the world, serena, also known as venus' little sister. but no matter what happens in the semifinal, an american will be poised to take home the australian open crown. >> venus and now serena waiting. thanks for that, lara. now to ginger, all that warm weather. >> yes. >> somewhere. >> it's hot back in the plains. rapid city, south dakota, was 73, a record high and the 20-degree above average temperatures have moved to the east. good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco with the forecast. notice the haze. there is a lack of fog and high clouds. brighter and dry this afternoon. warmer-than-average through the weekend. mother nature teasing us with a possible chance of rain next week. 62 in san rafael today up to 67 until santa cruz at 70. tonight we are in the low-to-mid 40's inland and mid-to-upper 40's around the bay and more fog >> there is a subfreezing windchill in jacksonville, florida, this morning. so not everybody is warm back out there. >> okay, ginger, thank you. coming up, those two former vanderbilt football players found guilty of sexual assault behind bars this morning as they wait to be sentenced. plus, the new documentary making allegations against the church of scientology. how the church is firing back this morning. also coming up, the incredible firsthand look of what it's like for hero firefighters racing into a burning building, all in an attempt to save children. that and so much more when "good morning america" is back in just a moment. ♪ at philadelphia, there's an art to making cream cheese. we always use fresh local milk real cream, and no 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covered. >> we know the song, we know it well, it's one of the biggest hits of 2014. why is it that a rock legend may have actually written the song about 25 years ago? we'll take you to the middle of the smith/tom petty dispute, guys. >> that is coming up in a little bit. but we're going to begin with those two former vanderbilt football players convicted for sexual assault on a female student. they're set for sentencing now while two other former teammates wait for their day in court. abc's ryan smith has the story. >> we the jury find the defendant cory batey guilty of aggravated rape. >> reporter: this morning cory batey and brandon vandenburg, two former vanderbilt football players are behind bars, convicted on all counts of aggravated rape and sexual battery against a former neuroscience student and dance team member in 2013. >> we find mr. vandenburg guilty of aggravated rape. >> reporter: the jury deliberating for three hours. their families crying out in the courtroom. the victim, wiping away tears. the prosecution reading a message on her behalf. >> finally, i want to remind other victims of sexual violence, you are not alone. you are not to blame. >> reporter: vandenburg's attorney emotionally speaking out following the verdict. >> what did brandon say to you after the verdict? >> he asked me what happened? and he didn't -- he just -- you know, he didn't understand. >> reporter: the prosecution argued the former players and two others brought the unconscious victim to vandenburg's room after a night of heavy drinking, some of the men, including batey, sexually assaulting the woman there with vandenburg encouraging the attack. the woman testifying in court last week, we've distorted her voice. >> i remember waking up in an unfamiliar room. >> reporter: batey admitting on the stand it was, in fact, him in a cell phone video sexually assaulting the victim. >> you take responsibility for your conduct? >> after seeing the footage, i do. it was me. >> reporter: batey's attorney blaming alcohol saying his client was too drunk after having between 14 and 22 drinks to remember the incident. the prosecution says the verdict gave the victim something she's been seeking for nearly two years, justice. both defendants will be sentenced on march 6th. they're facing decades in prison. adds for the other two men they're aaawaiting a separate trial. for the victim vindication on this day. she says that from this, she hopes the discussion will come on how to end sexual violence on college campuses. robin. >> a hope that many of us share. all right, ryan, thank you. now to a dramatic rescue caught on camera. firefighters rushing into a burning apartment saving three little children. helmet cam capturing the terrifying ordeal. abc's reena ninan has that story. >> reporter: check out this unprecedented glimpse of what it's like for firefighters to run into a burning building. racing against the clock as they try to rescue three children. >> where is she? >> how old is she, ma'am? >> reporter: for firefighters in fresno, california, armed with gopros on their helmets and equipment, enter this pitch black apartment responding to a mother's plea to find her babies still trapped inside. >> the mother had given us a general direction of where the kids were to be located. and it's zero visibility inside the building so we were kind of using -- putting our hands on the wall trying to recognize objects. >> reporter: as the firefighters move cautiously through the smoking cauldron they locate each child, rushing them out one by one. covered in soot and knocked unconscious from the toxic smoke. >> you start thinking about it and look at your kids and your friends' children and the images come back. >> reporter: gopro cams have become more popular with fire departments around the country to record what happens during calls and later using the video for training. >> it makes you, you know, makes you proud to know that hopefully you're making a difference. >> reporter: the three children are recovering this morning in the hospital. for "good morning america," reena ninan, abc news, new york. >> thank goodness they're coming back. wow. now let's go to amy in the social square with "the speed feed." >> good morning, everyone. tackling feeds, super bowl media day and the man who got everyone talking even though he didn't say very much, seattle seahawks running back marshawn lynch. lynch's known to despise interviewed and he's been fined $100,000 for not participating in the past so he came up with a way to beat the system. take a listen. >> i'm here so i won't get fined. i'm here so i won't get fined. i'm here so i won't get fined. i'm here so i won't get fined. i'm here so i won't get fined. >> i think you get the picture. he repeated that same answer to 29 different questions over the next 4:51. the response to his response was mixed. some people saying lynch was unprofessional but our espn colleague trey wingo tweeted, "and marshawn lynch wins media day." tweet us at #socialsquare. i love pete carroll's response saying he cares more about the yards lynch gains than the word lynch shares. >> fair enough. >> i did not they could get fined for not participating in a press conference. >> oh, yes. >> $100,000 gets your attention but he showed up. can he get fined for that? no, he showed up. he answered the questions. >> he sure did. very clearly. >> kind of answered. let's go to ginger for the weather with more answers. >> more answers. as cold as we are here, can you imagine being up on mt. washington going to take a weather observation? take a look. this is what they do and in big storms like we had that thing wrapping up -- the winds up to 111 miles per hour. these guys are weather warriors and this is how we get better forecasts but guess what, in new england, and the northeast, things are not getting warmer. we are actually turning colder. boston will go from a high of 25 today to only 16 by the weekend. new york city in the 20s by the weekend, chicago is going down. oklahoma city, you've been so warm today, 78. 44 by saturday. doesn't last forever. it's january. >> good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco. look for more haze today. and pore sunshine. and dry air. that will allow to us get above average. low-to-mid 60's if most neighborhoods. warmest through saturday. a slight chance of rain >> this weather report brought to you by the makers of tylenol. you know what, we have some dense fog advisories in the san joaquin valley in california so be extra careful going out there. >> thank you, ginger. coming up, a new documentary on the church of scientology catching heat right now. how the church is firing back. and taylor swift's social media accounts hacked. how the superstar is shaking it off this morning. come on back. ♪ it's going to be all right because the players going to play play play ♪ when you don't get enough sleep... and your body aches... you're not 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"usa today" called "going clear" the most hotly anticipated documentary at the sundance film festival. this is director alex gibney working the red carpet at sundance. >> what's so impressive to me about the film was, in telling the stories of these individuals that we profiled, was how smart, how savvy they were and yet they got inside a belief system that when they look back and finally got out, they thought, how did i get there? >> the doors had bars put on them. the windows had bars put on them and there was one entrance door that a security guard sat at 24 hours a day. >> reporter: the film accuses the church of operating something called the hole, a pair of double-wide trailers located on scientology's international base in the california desert where church officials would allegedly be placed for a perceived misbehavior. several years ago former scientology official debbie cook told abc news as she had testified in court that she had spent time in the hole. >> and when i was there, it had bars on the windows and security guards posted at the one door for entering and exiting and this is where a number of scientology executives from management level were held for varying lengths of time. >> reporter: and when you are in there, can you leave? >> no, you cannot. >> reporter: the church sent abc news a letter saying the hole does not exist and cook's account was inaccurate and misleading. scientology officials dismiss cook as bitter and describe the sources for this new hbo documentary, as, quote, the usual collection of obsessive, disgruntled former church members making up lies for money." scientology has also gone after the film's director, alex gibney, running this full-page ad in "the new york times" comparing the documentary to the infamous "rolling stone" article about campus rape at the university of virginia, an articled the magazine later acknowledged was flawed. despite the protest hbo says it is pushing ahead. it plans to air the film on march 16th. for "good morning america," dan harris, abc news, los angeles. >> a lot of people talking about that. all right. coming up, the new high-tech way moms can keep track of their kids' health. and why rocker tom petty is now cashing in on sam smith's hit song, "stay with me." ♪ oh won't you stay with me ♪ our tent is falling... you got it? 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tom petty's camp sure heard it. smith admitting his hit does sound an awful lot like petty and adding tom petty and jeff lind to the credits saying, "although the likeness was a complete coincidence, all involved came to an immediate and amicable agreement." the latest in the copyright controversy. remember when the material girl expressed herself, dissing lady gaga's sort of sound-alike track -- ♪ i'm on the right track baby ♪ ♪ i was born this way ♪ >> it feels reductive. ♪ blurred lines ♪ >> reporter: and robin thicke facing a civil suit potentially worth millions accused of blurring the lines of originality with his song. ♪ >> reporter: and marvin gaye's "got to give it up." ♪ >> now, "stay with me" is nominated for a few grammys. if it does win, guys, we're not saying petty will get a grammy. we don't know how much in royalties he could get but we're talking this song sold 5 million records. >> i like them together. i think they could do a duet. >> if he wins he should bring tom petty up on stage. >> that's it. >> that would be nice. >> you should -- >> not fight it. >> you know what, i didn't mean to do it but it's a compliment, right? 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[ laughter ] >> getting all ready for a press conference. we're going to have a lot of fun with him. boy, it's been a while since he's been here. 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little throwback. it's not thursday yet but we're trying. we're going to move on to taylor swift who is back in the news today joining a club no one would want to be a member of, becoming the latest and biggest star to have their social media accounts hacked. mara schiavocampo has the story. >> well, swift noticed that hack pretty swiftly and twitter and instagram dealt with it right away but not before the hackers were able to send several fake messages from her account. ♪ i'm just going to shake shake shake ♪ >> reporter: this morning, taylor swift shaking off a major security breach, hackers taking over her twitter and instagram accounts tuesday, directing her more than 70 million followers to check out other social media sites, sites believed to be tied to the alleged hackers themselves, a group called lizard squad, which also claimed responsibility for hacking sony playstations and xbox live in december and taking down facebook and instagram for an hour on tuesday. facebook denies the outage was a hack. the messages on taylor's pages were quickly deleted but not before the hackers threatened to post nude photos of the 25-year-old superstar. ♪ we are never ever ♪ >> reporter: but taylor says that could never ever ever happen tweeting, "have fun photoshopping cause you got nothing." >> everyone who is anyone has pretty much been hacked in the music world. justin bieber, madonna, lady gaga, miley cyrus. some of these having their actual work stolen. other times they've been just almost more like pranks. >> reporter: taylor telling tumblr followers, "twitter is deleting the hacker tweets and locking my account until they can figure out how this happened and get me new passwords." never a dull moment. now, the twitter accounts the hackers encouraged swift fans to follow have since been deleted and this is the work of a really small group. the lizard squad is reportedly less than ten people. >> ten people and she told them, hackers are going to hack, hack, hack. all right. thank you, mara schiavocampo. >> thank you. now, head over here to the social square to let you guys know what's coming up on our "gma morning menu." first in "pop news," they ain't afraid of no ghosts, the all-new female cast of the "ghostbusters" reboot revealed. and then there's a famous mr. mom who is in way over his head, and his celebrity wife is calling him out. we'll get into that. and then we cannot wait to watch these adorable kitties and my friend beth is here. it's going to be purr-fect today. we gave the dogs their due today. today it's all about the kittens and the president get over here. mr. president, am i allowed to shake your hand. >> is that all i get? 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well, how about melissa mccarthy, kristen wiig, "snl's" kate mckinnon and leslie jones, guys, you're looking at the cast of the all-female "ghostbusters" reboot. melissa is a lock. negotiations continue for the other three but the director not letting that spook him. celebrating by posting photos of these four women on twitter, so that answers your question. >> that's true. >> no kidding. >> "poltergeist." you're on notice. be prepared to die laughing. and then to pop it off this morning -- we'll do this, we're calling it to pop it off, list and other important things you need to know. and we begin this new segment with a french fashion label debuting a dazzling look at paris -- in paris at the fashion shows this week. this is really, you guys, not photo shopped, crystal beards, some women thought they were avant-garde. many thought it was a bit of a hairy look. swarovski chic meets surgical mask, possibly one of the weirdest accessories to ever hit the catwalk so decided to do a "pop news" poll of the top three worst style trends of all time. number three, according to our staff, shoulder pads, then crocs, at number two, and now the pictures will match, number three as we were saying were shoulder pads then crocs only one person looks great in them. we know him. there's me in my shoulder pads with my college roommate jane. >> you didn't need to make that noise, george. >> that looks good. >> he rocks those crocs. >> this is a nonscientific poll and the "pop news" staff who created it. >> a new spin-off of "pop news." >> yes, it is, and the number one worst style trend is the mullet. when your haircut says business in the front and party in the back, it's like two for the price of one and ginger knows that firsthand. >> i do. >> there she is, a young ginger. >> not really a mullet. >> no, it is. if you had pulled her hair back it would look like short hair. >> that's because my dad cut my hair with a flowbee. i'm not joking. >> another secret we find out about ginger. >> it's a vacuum that cuts your hair. and finally, in "pop news," one of those weird videos we like to hoe you. sometimes no words and i think this guy knows what i'm talking about on this wednesday. >> george, i'm not even going to say he's talking because he's not. i just like him. >> what's he doing? >> we're not sure but wanted to share. seems like the perfect way to celebrate wednesday. this is not an animal communication story but a video to make you smile or be slightly disturbed. >> yeah. >> and that is "pop news," everybody. >> pop it off. pop it off. >> pop it off, robin. >> love it. the "heat index" is coming up ginger with a check of the weather. >> it's so cold outside. we're just really staying indoors and that's how a lot of people are going to be here. not in kansas. loubt this picture? 78 on this -- >> ooh. >> happening right behind me. 78 -- >> enjoy it. >> enjoy it because it's not going to last forever. you are going to get quite a bit cooler. click ahead. either way you have two different systems that will kind of come on through and get you to that colder air. 52, st. louis today, kansas city goes to 72. then it gets chilly by the end of the week and the weekend and we are talking about that clipper coming across the next storm system to affect the parts of the northeast in central pennsylvania and mostly new england, this one looks very light until we look at another storm next week. always got one on the radar. all right. good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco with the forecast. notice the haze. there is a lack of fog and high clouds. brighter and dry this afternoon. warmer-than-average through the weekend. mother nature teasing us with a possible chance of rain next week. 62 in san rafael today up to 67 until santa cruz at 70. tonight we are in the low-to-mid 40's inland and mid-to-upper 40's around the bay and more fog >> you know how i know that was a mullet, it took me until about eighth grade to grow that thing out. >> that's always a good sign there. thank you for sharing that. kicking off our "heat index," dads in over their heads like i guess ginger's dad was. actress kristin cavallari sparking a conversation by posting a text message from her nfl star husband essentially begging for help with their children. t.j. holmes is back with that story. >> all right, robin, everybody, take a look at your screen. i want you to look at this screen graph from a text conversation in which a wife is trying to explain to her husband what to feed their 2-year-old child. the frustrated husband says we're just going to have wine and cheese. the wife threatens baby better not be drunk when i get home. this wasn't between cavallari and her husband, this was between me and my wife a few months ago. this just shows you it happens to all of us but this doesn't mean dads can't handle the situation, we just handle things differently. >> hooking up with some girl. >> reporter: she's the star we watched grow up on mtv's "laguna beach" and "the hills." now, 28-year-old kristin cavallari is not only an actress and designer but also a wife to chicago bears quarterback jay cutler and mother to their two children, and while they may be a high-powered and highly-talented couple, the text messages, a distraught cutler sent cavallari when she was out of town prove they're regular parents. cavallari posting her husband's texts on twitter. need you home asap. all hell has broken loose. jax is in his crib. cam refuses to eat. i'm about to leave and cutler is not alone. >> fine. i can handle it. >> reporter: many fathers like steve martin in "cheaper by the dozen" are left in over their heads. >> if you start to get overwhelmed or the kids stage a coup call me up, i'm home, end of trip. >> sounds good. sound good. >> reporter: some real-life dads taking to social media to document this going crazy with no mom phenomenon. >> miss. >> ah. >> open. yeah! >> reporter: showing us it takes a great deal of effort, patience and a little creativity. the response to cavallari's post, a flood of understanding from other parents. one writing i love this honesty, kids are the world's toughest job. cavallari agrees, and that sometimes dads need to be reminded just how tough writing, on instagram, ladies, you want your man to appreciate you. leave them alone with the kids to see what we deal with. we get a bad rap sometime, george. we can handle things. we just handle them differently. >> differently is one word for it. we do the best we can. andrew shue from cafe mom is here, of course, with his lovely wife. i want you to stand by. we're going to kristin first. you got to tell us you're on skype. you got to tell us why you decided to reveal this to the whole world. >> i mean i was dying laughing when i got that text or those text messages and it's something that every parent can relate to so i was just laughing my butt off and i thought it would be hilarious to post it. >> it was funny. >> it was. >> surprised by how much reaction there's been? >> i guess a little bit. yeah, but i think, you know, i think it's really refreshing for people to see that jay and i are just like everybody else. we go through the same stuff and i said we don't have a thousand nannies. i think people assume that we do. we actually split our time between chicago and nashville and right now in nashville we don't have a nanny at all so we really are doing everything ourselves and i love it because now he gets to see what i get to go through and he appreciates me a little more. >> good for you. no help at all. wow. >> something george can relate to. he's been stuck at home with the kids this week. >> hey, kristin, thank you very much for joining us this morning getting up. our best to your family. but it was really sweet for you to be with us this morning if >> thank you. >> you take care. all right, andrew, all right now. we know that you and i'm not just saying this because your beautiful wife is sitting next to us. you are devoted, hands-on dad, very much so but seeing jay, what he's going through, is that something that a lot of dads face? >> i think every dad faces the question, can i be a mom when i need to be and it's not easy. mops can do it all. they multitask and they make great decisions. i'm not just talking about this someone. >> sometimes he's texting me during the show because when i got this job full time he became full time get the kids to school. he does it by himself. he does not have any help. >> she went to sochi for three weeks and the bottom line is you just have to figure it out. >> we don't remember that at all. >> jay is being honest, which is actually good saying, i can't do this. but the bottom line is he will have to figure it out because there's going to be times he has to do it and in this day and age guys, you know, you marry career wives, and no matter what, you have to be able to be a mom at a certain time and you should actually embrace it and enjoy it and appreciate it. and if you do that, i mean we talk about, like feeding the newborn in the middle of the night, those are the best moments in the world so i think the more dads embrace it, but i will say this, if he had just sent the text to say, this is really hard, i really appreciate what you do, but i got it, i think she probably would have liked that text better. >> then we wouldn't be talking about it. shout-out -- so many couples right now are both working, you know, it's just the new norm. so men have to. shout-out to david who is getting breakfast and getting the kids off to school which enables us to be here every single day. are there things you notice with the men that you talk to on your site that they do to get out of the work? >> well, i think -- i think they probably complain a little bit to try and show -- in a weird way he was trying to get her to come home. he really was. >> it wasn't that he couldn't handle it. he didn't want to handle it. >> guys -- >> sometimes you -- >> they're not cut out for it sometimes. i think there are certain personalities that may be cut out for it but by and large they're not totally cut out for it but -- >> we like it because we like to be needed. we like to have our role and we don't want to you take it all for us, right? >> we stay in our lane. we know what we're good at. even if i make the bed and wash the clothes she's going to come home and make the bed again and wash the clothes again because i didn't do it the way she wanted me to. >> good for everybody and the kids to see that the dad can handle it. >> was that a true text? >> a few months ago, absolutely. >> and the baby wasn't drunk. >> no, my baby can handle her liquor, she was fine. >> i heard a rumor that george has been alone with the kids -- >> not -- i -- >> this week. >> if you didn't you could handle it? >> yes. >> all by myself with no help at all? >> yes, you could. >> and you're around 900 shows. >> they couldn't get to school. that would be the problem. >> because of the mornings but i have no doubt. i have met your daughters and we know you. you could handle it. great advice. love this story. stop giving your baby the liquor. >> i'm kidding with you all. i did not give the baby liquor. should i get over there? dr. besser is waiting. andrew, great to see you. who is watching the kids right now, you two? we're going over to the social square to talk about what's next up on the "heat index." dr. besser is with us. we want to talk about something new. it's a high-tech way to track your child's temperature even when you're not at home and dr. b. is with us with these digital devices that monitor their health on your phone. how does it work? >> that's right. so, you know, one of the things that's really hard for parents is taking a child's temperature and there are three types of new innovative technology making it easier for parents to do that. pretty cool. i want to show you three devices today. the first one is called temp track. it's a soft patch that you put on a child's body, okay, and it will monitor their temperature for 24 hours, send that information directly to your mobile device so you have -- >> you put this on when you feel like they're getting sick or first notice a temperature. >> ginger, come over here. ginger has been wearing one of these. >> i'm the child today. >> you are like a child. >> she has a patch on and we have monitoring here -- right here on this ipad of her temperature over the course of the morning. you can set a limit so if there's -- if it goes high it'll alarm and let you know. >> oh, that's great. >> this is not fda approved yet. you can't buy this yet but it's coming down the road. >> how do you like these? >> well, there are two other devices i want to mention. one is kinsa. this is the first approved device for a mobile phone directly sends the information into your phone and lets you track it. then the third device is something called pacif-i. look at this. this is something that a child will suck on. looks like a pacifier and it will send the information directly to your mobile phone, as well, and track that information. >> all right. so why do we -- when do you want to recommend that parents use these? >> i got to say they're really cool but i think that it may play into parents' fear of fever and one of the things we know that is fever is part of the way that our body fights off infection. when your child gets sick and they get a fever, their white blood cells are going to rev up and kill a virus. as a pediatrician i'll treat it if a child feels uncomfortable because it will help them sleep better but you don't want to wake a sleeping child up with a fever and wake them up. >> dr. b., thanks for letting us know about these products. bottom line is, should we get one of them? >> i don't think it's really necessary. >> too helicopter-ish. >> a regular thermometer. if your child is acting well and has a fever, not a big deal. if they're acting sick and they have a fever, you want to know because it could mean that they have an infection that you really want to treat. >> now i got a free wax, so, you know. >> thank you, dr. b. thank you, ginger. i'm glad to know that you're doing just fine. >> you look good. very good. >> important to know we did reach out to the makers and kinsa said it monitors symptoms of illness and medication and help doctors and parents get a full understanding of what's going on. you know what's going on, tony goldwyn and "scandal" coming up. 4wútnóú:t)" enlq ci< tt4wútnóú:t)" gzl& znd . good morning. new metering lights on northbound ramps on highway 85 are now activated in hopes of helping traffic flow between interstate 280 and interstate 101. they go from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in the northbound direction. last week cal trans turned on the new metering lights on the southbound side from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. >> brake lights here at the golden gate bridge. traffic very slow from marin to san francisco. now, we do have an accident in the east bay. this is traveling along the wb westbound side it is bumper to bumper all the way into ♪ with kaiser permanente you'll connect with your doctor any time anywhere. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. ♪ become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪ . visibility showing a lot of haze out there, but all the fog is in the central valley. it looks pretty hazy. it's not a spare the air day though. temperatures running cooler ercooler. we're in the mid 40s to mid ♪ i got the eye of the tiger ♪ >> oh she's getting her kittens ready for -- to take over times square. she's getting ready, as well. everybody ready for the "gma" kitten bowl in just a couple of minutes. we cannot wait. >> those kitten cats going to bring it today. the puppies were trying to yesterday. hey, we'll improve this! hitting all the rooms in your house showing you ways to save and splurge along the way to make an amazing renovation. right now though we want to get to robin. >> don't have to tell you it's been ten long weeks but the tgit lineup returns tomorrow night and that means "scandal" is back but is olivia back? we have a special guest who might know would everyone please rise. you hear it now. please rise for the president. president fitzgerald grant. [ applause ] >> i brought my friends. >> bodyguards too. >> thank you for play ago long. tony goldwyn, everyone thank you very much for playing along, tony. >> my pleasure. >> we even hired the bodygars. >> you did. >> we spare no expense. >> my fellas. >> you get a kick out of playing the president. >> oh it's so much fun. i never -- it's always -- i'm always surprised when i walk down the street and people say, hello, mr. president or it's the president. no it's really cool. >> we have missed you for ten long weeks but you really gave us something with the winter finale which you also directed. >> that's right, exactly. yeah yeah. >> are we going to find out tomorrow night a little bit about where olivia possibly could be? >> as you know i can't reveal anything except you will find out more. >> right. >> i can't tell you if you'll find out where she is or what happened but i can tell you that the show takes an entirely new direction tomorrow night and it's -- it's crazy. it's really great. shonda as she 'done over and over reinvents the show and we go you know takes on a different tone. it's pretty outrageous. >> you do well without saying a lot about -- you know without giving up too much. you say a lot -- are you sure you're not a politician because you did really well. >> i play one on tv but, you know -- >> but as we said you directed and you have directed other episodes and that scene between cyrus and olivia when she's telling him to man up we can't repeat some of the language -- >> is that not suitable for morning television. perfect for a thursday night. >> my favorite phrase it's become my favorite phrase. >> wish we could share that. >> you would think they would be cracking up they weren't doing this but you were. >> you know, yeah when they first did it it was reel hi hard not to laugh but the thing about these arcs you know kerry and jeff they just throw themselves into everything they do with so much commitment and that scene was quite serious but it was also hilarious, yeah just every day working with them is incredible. whether i'm opposite them as an actor or have the privilege to direct them, as well. >> they feel like they're in great hands when you are directing directing. >> thanks. >> they feel safe with you. >> the nice thing about being an actor/director. you know when you -- when you have another person who is an actor you speak the same language and particularly in "scandal" because we're all such close friends aside from kerry's merciless teasing of me. >> does she really. >> negotiation, she's great. we're close and intimate so it's a unique experience for me as a director, you know to get the chance to kind of have a look at the show from a different lens and connect with you know these people i love so much in a different way. >> speak of connecting you just mentioned shonda who people watch this show especially women, yes, for the romance. it's great. it's a beautifully shot and the characters -- but also these strong women that she brings to life and you even talked about that too. >> for sure. i mean all of her work and shonda herself, she's such -- she's just never ceases to amaze me. she's always challenging herself. she's always challenging us and you know i'm so happy -- she owns thursday nights on this network and i'm just so happy to see her being celebrated in the way she is particularly this year. she has been for a long time but, you know she's getting every honor that a person can get and really establishing the idea that you know we are long overdue for women to be kind of like showing their power and i mean you're an amazing example of that. >> you're very kind. >> it becomes the new normal. that's what she's all about. what does she say, i portray the world the way it is and the way it should be as opposed to you know know you know she doesn't waste time complaining. she just gets out there and does scomblit a high compliment from anyone but especially you. you come from a long line of people in this business and please accept our kuala lumpurs. we know you lost your father. >> yeah thank you very much. >> you are the "g" in mgm studios and what did your father and grandfather -- how did being around them influence your career? >> i think the biggest thing i sort of inherited from my grandpa and my dad, that you have to find your a won't in the world. they were both independent guys who kind of carved their own path and, you know we were sort of taught never to rest on the laurels of what they'd accomplished and you got to kind of figure it out for yourself and that's the best way to carry on the legacy and so myself and my siblings we've all kind of done that and, you know at my stage it's really satisfying to have figured out, you know what i'm about in the world and also to be -- find myself a part of this really extraordinary legacy you know so for a third generation of film business and television business. >> carrying it on well. tony goldwyn everyone. chang you, thank you. thank you for the family and thanks for bringing tgit back. >> oh. >> "scandal" returns. you heard him, tomorrow night, 9:00 8:00 central right here on abc. ginger with a final check of the weather. >> i'm a gladiator so i'm good. i'm going to be there, tony. okay how about we check the forecast and start with the social stream. the pictures you send us. we're on instagram, facebook twitter. share anything. love so see this from long beach in new york and here back in galveston where they tied a record at 75 just yesterday so that warmth is still there. not staying forever and certainly turning colder to the east of there. kansas city at 72. >> good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco. look for more haze today. and pore sunshine. and dry air. that will allow to us get above average. low-to-mid 60's if most neighborhoods. warmest through saturday. a slight chance of rain on all that weather brought to you by kay jewelers. it's time to improve this! >> improve this! that's right. it is time and today it's all about saving and splurging and we got the rooms in your house covered really. diy network million dollar contractor steven fanuka is with us to tell us where we can splurge and save and make a big impact. great to meet you in person. big fan of your show and work. we share a common love and that is renn vague and reinvention and money does matter so let's put it to work. >> so we all know that if you're not careful you can spend a lot of money very quickly and go right out and you won't have anything left for the rest of the house so it's important to save and splurge where you need to. one place you can save is the cabinets itself. the cabinets are the most expensive part of the kitchen. if you really build new cabinets -- >> you're looking at thousands of dollars. i always give my -- anybody i'm helping the tip that you do as well. a great paint job, it's also not inexpensive and worth it to get it done properly but can make a huge impact. >> you could even do a little stenciling anything you want. whatever you can imagine. splurge on the appliances. love stainless steel. the stove, dishwasher the refrigerator. >> ups the value of your kitchen if you're thinking about resale. a great way to go. >> it really does. have a little extra money left change out the knobs. make sure you use the same holes, ithe dimensions. >> for tv purposes red makes a splash. we both would advise go clean, go mean. go with either glossy white, glossy black and if you can also countertops, if you can that's another place where you'll see a big impact down the road. >> huge. >> moving from the kitchen let's get to the next save and splurge. talk to me. >> if you want to save change out the dimmers you can use the lutron maestros diva dimmers. >> such an easy thing to do. guys makes such a big difference in lighting if you're entertaining just living you don't want those lights so bright all the time. we love the good lighting but sometimes the dimmer creates -- we're talking pennies, dollars. >> it gives you options. it creates the mood. >> yes. >> so now if you want to save, we know the difference. if you want to splurge we know all about the light fixture. >> if you have a foyer or in a dining room where you can make one big impact. >> it does make an impact. even though you're spending money it's nothing compared to renovating the entire room itself. >> we're painting our cabinets. getting one great fixture and dimming the lights. let's talk first bathroom. >> so the bathrooms, you know bathrooms, aside from the kitchen they can be the most expensive to renovate. if you don't have the bucks to renovate change out the fixtures. change out the faucet change out the toilet change out the sinks. this is an old faucet. there's a new faucet. even the finishes make a difference. >> yeah yeah looking at this. this just has that dated feel. that's a little more streamlined. how much would you spend if you wanted to get an inexpensive clean version right now? what are people looking at. >> $300. >> that's a lot of money. will it make an impact if we're reselling. >> totally. if you really want to go one step further, regrout the tiles. clean up the tiles, regrout it. paint the wall give the ceiling a pop of color maybe. we both love color. >> we do love color in a bathroom a way to save. if you want to splurge, the basement. >> the basement. every square foot of your home. >> matters. >> marys. it also increases the value of your home. >> yep. >> so basements, outdoor patios but in the basement especially. put a finished floor down and -- >> maybe drywallet to create another room. square footage, you have the square footage why not splurge there. >> right and paint your cabinets. and splurge in the basement to find more square footage. that is really just a great tip. >> if you don't have a family room well you can have one down in your basement. >> to the basement. that's where i lived as a kid and it worked out just fine. we want to thank you. great tips. you can see steven on his show. the name again -- >> "million dollar contractor" on the diy network. >> thanks to lowe's for providing the items. >> everything you see you can get at lowe's. >> like the vanna white. stick around jack black's hit "school of rock" is coming to broadway. we were there for the audition. these kids have some big talent. don't go anywhere. "gma's" improve this! brought to you by lowe's. female announcer: when you see this truck, it means another neighbor is going to sleep better tonight because they went to sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic event. find the tempur-pedic that's right for you and see why they're the most highly recommended bed in america. plus, get three years interest-free financing. sleep risk-free with sleep train's 100 day money back guarantee. and of course, free same-day delivery. are you next? announcer: make sleep train your ticket to tempur-pedic. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ tt2wlr=[bk@%o j# vf0 tt2wlr=[bk@%!!án &fx tt2wlr=[bk@%4!j# pp, tt2wlr=[bk@%x#á&ú:wíx tt2wlr=[bk@%t#j'ú:cí< tt2wlr=[bk@%t#j)ú:h>x tt2wlr=[bk@%p#jáú:ó%d tt2wlr=[bk@%p#j,ú:>ó$ tt2wlr=[bk@%l#á.ú:7v( tt2wlr=[bk@%l#á0ú:,@@ broadway is getting ready to rock "school of rock" is coming to the stage and casting for the musical has begun. sara haines here. you were at the audition and got to meet these kids so talented. >> so talented. it was a tad humbling but it was big dreams if fact the only thing small about this group was their stature. we got a sneak peek as they show p showcased their inner rocker and wowed us with talent beyond their years. >> let's get out there and melt some faces. >> reporter: it's the classic comedy about a wanna-be rock star turned substitute teacher who taught his students how to rock 'n' roll. ♪ >> reporter: now "school of rock" is coming to broadway. >> i think i got a call-back. >> oh my gosh. >> reporter: we had exclusive access to the open casting call in new york city even a little rain couldn't keep away the nearly 1,000 mini rock stars that showed up ready to jam. these amateurs most with no auditioning experience at all, hoping to land one of the 15 open spots. what number are you? >> 473. >> 473. they start at 1? >> i'm going to sing "hit me with your best shot". >> that's my go-to karaoke song. can we sing a duet ♪ hit me with your best shot why don't you hit me with your best shot ♪ >> how did you get ready for today? >> i did my hair. >> your hair looks amazing. a little product up in there. >> i'm a singer who can play the bass. >> that's like a double threat. >> reporter: then it was time to rock. ♪ i'm so excited ♪ ♪ ♪ there is a fire ♪ ♪ help me ♪ >> reporter: then came the call-backs. >> go crazy at the same time. >> reporter: do your silent crazy dance with me. ♪ >> reporter: we even caught up with one. the original cast members. >> billy. >> billy, let's move on. >> you're tacky and i hate you. >> you're tacky and i hate you. >> reporter: not every kid will land a spot in the andrew lloyd webber production. what's your best tip? >> make sure your child understands this should be a fun experience in addition to being a professional experience. >> reporter: i decided to have a little fun with the experience myself. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> just jam with whatever i do. are you ready. one, two, three, four. ♪ do you think i'm going to get called back? >> that was like a little like crazy and like random. >> well random is like artistic isn't it. >> anything? >> you could probably do a little bit more training. >> more training like more school less rock? >> yes. >> more school less rock. >> so you'll call me? ♪ >> andrew lloyd webber is currently in town for callback auditions getting closer to narrowing down to the final 15 cast for the show. i'm not going to be one of them. >> i don't know. i think that kid nailed you, a little crazy, a rill random. >> kind of the story of my life so -- >> it looked like so much fun. >> with andrew lloyd webber on the project i can't wait to hear the music. coming up the "gma" kitten bowl. let's see everyone getting ready. there they are, all the adorable action in just a minute. they're taking it easy. ♪ ♪all day and all of the night - the kinks♪ ♪all day and all of the night - the kinks♪ yoplait. with a smooth and creamy taste your whole family loves. it is so good all the time. ♪ all right. there you are looking at one of the highlights from our "gma" puppy bowl tuesday. team ruff versus team fluff for the title of top dog. the doggies had their day and now it's time for "gma's" kitten bowl. we have nine kittens here ready to pounce on the field. beth stern, national spokesperson for the north shore animal league host of kitten bowl here to keep our kittens in line this morning. >> second annual kitten bowl. such a huge ratings hit for hallmark channel we decided to bring it back again. >> very exciting stuff. you'll give our kittens the blow-by-blow as the plays happen on the field. >> everybody is getting hot and energized. ready in a couple minutes. >> what do they need to do? >> well there seems to be some already in the end zone. that's right away seven -- six points. somebody is on the goalpost. that's an extra point. tackling, there are extra points for cuteness. flags for improper behavior, popping or catfights, everybody seems to be getting excited. >> remarkably calm especially with catnip on the field of you are a big cat lover and have written two books about them. tell us about your latest. >> contract yoda:the story of the cat and his kitten." we foster them until they're handed off to their forever families. one game came to us in heart failure given thee to six months to live. he started taking care of my foster kids and gave him a will to live. he no longer has a heart condition so love and purpose has healed his heart and made it into a children's book. >> fantastic. with that let's have the games begin. let's get niece kitties in action. >> we have a little mouse. >> oh, there they go. >> come on. let's get in the end zone. >> that mouse, they are looking. oh oh. >> give me a pom-pom. >> oh. >> come on. come on. >> oh. >> come on you guys. >> come on in the end zone. >> i have to say all of these kittens are up for adog at north shore animal league. wait now. it's not even kitten season and all the shelters are full of cats and kittens and 92 kittens participated in the hallmark kitten bowl so since the taping all 92 have been adopted. >> fantastic. that is great news and kitten bowl, by the way premieres sunday on the hallmark channel and beth stern's book is available in stores and online. find out how to adopt one. goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! come on guys. we'll be right back. ♪ "good morning america" is brought to you by carmax. start the search for your next car at carmax. start here. >> hey, beth thanks for brightening our morning with these sweet little kittens. >> kitten cuteness. >> pup -- kitten bowl 2 coming up. >> the hallmark channel sunday. >> have a great day, everyone. >> thank you. >> say hi. female announcer: save up to $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. even get three years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. keep more presidents in your wallet. sleep train's presidents' day sale is on now! ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ . good morning. here's meteorologist mike nicco with the bay area forecast. >> good morning. some warmer than average weather once again. a lot of sunshine. it's a little hazier than it was yesterday. it's drier than yesterday. it's pollution and it's a little morebut it is not a spare the air day. now at the coast we'll go from 62 to about 70 in santa cruz. a little more fog possible inland. seven-day forecast warmest saturday. >> get back ups -- you see that long line of cars there. we have an accident on the pe peninsula >> it's "live with kelly and michael". today from the hit series "celebrity apprentice," donald trump and katherine jenkins. plus, your comments and questions. direct from the inbox all next on "live"! 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