definitely one of a kind. >> the surveillance camera that caught the crime. did the crooks even know what they had? and the hollywood happy ending. lupita nyong'o's stunning oscar dress stolen and now mysteriously returned. why the thief apparently brought it back and what we could be learning about the value of that dress. hey, good morning, everybody. march is coming in a little bit like a lion. take a look at the map. we've got a storm creeping up on the west coast and in the east another storm brewing down south, yet another weekend storm. this one will soon stretch all the way up into the beleaguered northeast. >> and the nasty weather added to a nightmare for passengers on an american airlines flight out of dallas overnight. they were stuck collectively at the gate and on the tarmac for roughly nine hours capturing the mood on that plane with their cell phones. >> yeah, dipping into the drinks cart, i can see. >> as they should be. our reena ninan is following the story for us. good morning, reena. >> hey, paula, dan, good morning. by the time you make it here to the check-in counter, the toughest part of your journey might be perhaps be the security line. just behind me. but for some american airlines passengers, they experienced a series of flight delays turning into a travel nightmare they won't soon forget. a nightmare for passengers on american airlines flight 382. what was supposed to be a short nearly one-hour flight from dallas to oklahoma city turned into an eternity. delay after delay keeping travelers stuck on the plane nine long hours after the flight was scheduled to take off. >> ten hours later it feels great to be home. it's an incredibly stressful day. don't ever want to do that again. >> reporter: passengers catching the mood on the plane with their cell phones. >> it was just up and down. like we were happy one second because we thought we were leaving then the next second we were just deflated because we were turning back to the gate. >> reporter: american airlines tells abc news "we apologize for the frustrating experience. yesterday was a challenging day at dfw due to extreme weather impacting north texas. the safety of our passengers and employees is always our top priority." delays began because of winter weather and plane de-icing, but passengers were never held on the actual tarmac for longer than the three-hour limit set by the passengers' bill of rights. >> it was an unfortunate event. we're all here, nothing we can do about it. >> reporter: but then a different law caused yet another delay. the flight crew had to be relieved after working more than the legal eight hours. at times the scene on the plane becoming chaotic. passengers taking it upon themselves to raid the liquor fridge. >> it was kind of a mix of comedy and anger as tensions were high. >> reporter: the good news, though, in 2009 there were 868 domestic flight delays, people stuck on tarmacs more than three hours but since passenger protections put in place that dropped to just 30 last year. >> so some positive news. i like what that guy said about the mixture of comedy and anger. probably unwise to add booze into that mix but, reena, thank you. for more on this let's bring in abc news aviation consultant steve ganyard. steve, technically, and reena mentioned this, the airline didn't violate the passengers' bill of rights because the plane wasn't on the actual tarmac for more than three hours, but you say that is really not good enough. >> dan, i think they're being a little too clever by half here. they're saying well, we trapped you on this airplane for nine hours but at least we didn't keep you out on the tarmac for three of those nine. so there are questions for american. why would you board an airplane and keep people on for four and five hours or send an airplane to get de-iced and then have it sit there for 90 minutes. why does it take 90 minutes to do that so i think american is really trying to defend the indefensible here. >> now despite the infuriating nature of this experience to the passengers you do want to make a point de-icing is of paramount importance, why? >> well, sometimes people don't understand why the de-icing process is is so important because any time you get ice or frost on a wing, you've changed that wing in a way that could make it so it couldn't be able to fly. some of the worst aviation mishaps ever in history have been due to icing, so it's very, very important for the airplanes to be properly de-iced, but in this case the weather had been bad for days in dallas. american, this was not a surprise to american that they should have been better prepared and should have executed better. >> and they are apologizing this morning. stand ganyard, thank you for your expertise. >> and, paula, over to you. >> thank you, dan. now for many what feels like the never-ending winter weather. a storm developing, one that will bring snow, sleet and freezing rain all that familiar from the rockies all the way to new england and rob is tracking it all. hi, rob. >> i can tell you my friends in dallas even are tired of this winter. they've had a nasty stretch for the past week. all right, let's talk about where the storm is and how far it's going to stretch. boy, the accidents yesterday, over 400 cancellations in flights, a lot of those were in the dallas forth worth area. i-35 coming to a crawl because of just 1 to 2 inches of snow but that in the dallas area is enough. all right, this next storm will clip north texas, we've got winter weather advisories and now a winter storm warning posted for st. louis and a winter storm watch for parts of western new england, freezing rain in oklahoma and this blossoms as it gets across the ohio river, st. louis towards cleveland across through pittsburgh and then the rain/snow line dancing over the new york city area and see greater amounts across further to the north. could see a foot in places like st. louis and western mass too. that's a quick check on what's going on. we'll talk more about the bitter cold and a california storm, as well, a little later in the broadcast. >> but, rob, this is the first day of meteorological spring, is that right? >> you're getting ahead of yourself. it's tomorrow, but i like the optimism. >> never correct me on the weather, rob. i know you're a meteorologist and everything. all right. excellent. thank you. so we'll talk more about that coming up, thank you. we're going to move on now to what appears to be a vicious political assassination making headlines across the planet this morning. a popular and outspoken critic of russian president vladimir putin shot in the back right out in the open just blocks from the kremlin, and abc's chief foreign correspondent terry moran is on the story. terry, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. moscow is in shock today and a sharp chill of fear has ripped across russia. one of vladimir putin's fiercest critics, as you say gunned down in broad daylight. four bullets in the back in the very shadow of the kremlin. this morning in moscow, flowers on a bridge usually filled with pedestrians and tourists mark the spot of the brazen killing. the scene last night was eerie, incredible, the body of boris nemtsov, a veteran russian politician, longtime putin foe, lay on the ground, four bullets in his back. the killing coming one day before nemtsov was going to lead a march of peace against putin's war in ukraine. a spokesman for the russian interior says he was walking with a female acquaintance when assassins leapt from a white car and opened fire. take a look at this surveillance video. that's the getaway car reportedly heading toward the crime scene, a black sedan close behind. vladimir putin says he is personally taking charge of the investigation into nemtsov's killing. kremlin spokes p pern dmitry pesko saying in a statement, "putin believe ss the cruel murder has every sign of a contract killing." nemtsov was a former deputy minister in the 1990s once described a possible president himself but putin outmaneuvered him and nemtsov became a harsh critic organizing protests and exposing massive high level corruption especially during the winter olympics in sochi describing putin to abc news' brian ross. >> do you worry what will happen to you? >> everybody against him must be very careful. i think that we must replace him because he did everything against the interests on my country. >> reporter: alarming times, reminiscent of the cold war as a recent gallup poll reveals that americans now view russia and putin as america's greatest enemy. nemtsov's friends and supporters gathering now in moscow at the scene there. they say sunday's peace march will go on and they also say nemtsov was working on another major expose when he was killed. he had evidence, he claimed, of the use of russian troops in the war in ukraine. paula. >> a lot more questions than answers this morning, terry moran from london, thank you. and we're getting a surprising new look at the isis executioner known as jihadi john. here he is unmasked wearing a pittsburgh pirates cap while attending a british university. the team saying they're sickened by that image of the world's most wanted killer, and chief investigative correspondent brian ross has the very latest from london this morning on the worldwide manhunt to find him. brian. >> reporter: well, good morning, paula. the man and the family have now fled their home. the family now in hiding as the world asks how could their college educated son, mohammed emwazi, turn into a brutal killer for isis? this is what he looks like without his mask and his knife. a london college photo on the front pages of british newspapers this morning showing a young man with a sneer and unaccountably a pittsburgh pirates baseball cap. how emwazi went from this to this is the puzzle authorities and friends are trying to answer this morning. >> we'll begin to slaughter your people on your streets. >> reporter: one friend told the bbc emwazi was happy with his life after he graduated from university. >> we never realized that he will go to the jihadi. >> reporter: but one of his emwazi's elementary school teachers told the bbc, he was put into anger management therapy at the age of 11 because he was getting into too many fights. >> we'd find that he'd get very angry and worked up, and it would take him a long time to calm himself down. >> reporter: emwazi came of age in london at a time when radical islamists were urging young men to join the jihad against the u.s. and britain. most prominent was the activist emgem choudhury who we went to find outside the biggest mosque friday. he said he did not know emwazi but called him a muslim brother whose brutal acts he refused to condemn. >> reporter: so as of now you don't want to condemn him. >> i want to condemn. i want to condemn you guys for being the tongue of the biggest terrorists in the world of the americans and your allies the british. >> reporter: the other question being asked here this morning is how emwazi was able to slip out of the country and join isis even though he was under surveillance by british security services. this morning, the british prime minister is saying essentially there are just too many young men being watched to keep a tight look on all of them. paula. >> that number in the thousands, brian ross, thank you. tomorrow you don't want to miss our martha raddatz's live interview with secretary of state john kerry. again, that's tomorrow on abc's "this week." >> so striking to see that cleric refusing to condemn the actions of jihadi john. >> startling, shocking. i think we all gasped. >> he's a man who's made many controversial comments in the past. a lot of other news overnight. and for that, as always we check the morning headlines with dr. ron claiborne. good morning, sir. >> good morning to you, dan and paula, sara, robert. good morning, everyone. we begin with the soaring price of gas. prices below $2 now in the rear view mirror. this morning the national average is $2.38, 10 cents higher than just a week ago and now no state in the country has pump prices below $2 a gallon. in los angeles, prices are up nearly 20 cents. they went up in one day and gas buddy expects them to keep climbing. they're still more than a dollar less than they were this time last year. and president obama signed a late night last-minute stopgap bill passed by congress to extend funding to the department of homeland security for a week. the measure prevented the department's money from being cut off at midnight. a three-week extension failed to pass the house because republicans, some republicans want to repeal the president's executive action on immigration attached to homeland security spending. democrats want to pass a stand-alone full year funding bill. and it looks like this year's flu vaccine is even less effective than previously reported. just 18%, in fact, against the dominant strain of this year's flu, that's a drop from 23% protection level estimated for the flu shot earlier this season and for children it was even worse. the cdc says the nasal spray version may not offer any protection for young people at all. and take a look at this video from wisconsin coming up. an suv you're going to see traveling on an interstate highway when the driver loses control, runs off the road there, rolls over five times breaking into pieces, a huge chunk. three passengers, including a 5-year-old boy, were ejected from that vehicle, but no one was killed. investigators say the passengers were not wearing their seat belts. they are surprised that anyone survived. >> that's a miracle. >> that is amazing. also, caught on camera, a ohio state trooper leaping over the guardrail before a semi truck slams into his cruiser. the officer was not hurt. the trooper was trying to help a stranded motorist who ran into car trouble. no word on whether police caught up with that speeding rig. and finally, a regal musical sendoff to outgoing attorney general eric holder. at the justice department, aretha franklin, the legendary queen of soul singing holder's praises quite literally. ♪ a hero yes he is ♪ ♪ he's a champion he's a warrior yes he is ♪ >> holder was brought to tears or apparently brought to tears during and after the performance. there he is, tearing up or something. got something in his eye. he's set to leave office next month -- we don't know, dan. >> allegedly. >> successor loretta lynch. >> president obama teared up a little bit during the ceremony, as well, emotional all around. i think they're very close friends. >> ron, thank you. now to the historic royal visit to the far east. prince william touring the tsunami zone in japan and off to china tomorrow and that is where we find abc's bob woodruff this morning in beijing with the latest on this story. >> reporter: it's a day that began with fun for william, the duke of cambridge, first at this anchor chair in tokyo. then at the studio where japan's most loved drama is produced. he got the chance to mix with the actors and play the role of the warlord with a helmet and a samurai sword. much of his trip is to promote british innovation in japan so like launching a ship with a bottle of champagne, he smashed the barrel filled with saiki, japan's famous booze. with him is the ceo of aston martin, so william gunned the engine, one of his most favorite cars, and you may remember he and kate borrowed his father's aston martin to drive away from their wedding. but the more emotional visit was with japan's prime minister shinzo abe, to fukushima where they are helping children to smile again since the deadly tsunami ripped through their towns and villages four years ago. a reminder that it was 20 years ago prince william's mother diana came to comfort the victims of the kobi earthquake. >> well, i think it would have been impossible for william to go to japan and not to make mention of the tsunami or visit the sites devastated by the tsunami. it was such an enormous natural disaster. >> reporter: while william is in asia, prince harry is retiring later this year from the military off two tours in afghanistan. harry's next chapter, his principal focus helping the wounded warrior leaving time for the people's prince to devote time to his other passion, africa. as for william, he'll be leaving japan tomorrow and heading here to beijing and then shanghai and finally the southern province of yunnan where he will be talking about illegal trade of elephant ivory tusks. now, interestingly, a couple of days ago the chinese government actually banned that kind of trade here for a year, apparently he has some influence. paula. >> yes, he does. an important trip for the prince. thanks, bob. and this morning we are remembering a beloved actor who became an enduring fixture in pop culture. leonard nimoy, who starred as emotionless pointy-eared vulcan spock on "star trek" has passed away. chris connelly with a look back at his remarkable career and the tributes that are pouring in. >> reporter: words from william shatner, "i loved him like a brother. we will all miss his humor, his talent and his capacity to love." the tweets and tributes coming from all around the world, multiple generations of colleagues, ardent fans and those he inspired on screen and in space all honoring leonard nimoy. >> i see no reason for answers to be couched in riddles. >> reporter: "star trek's" pointy-eared vulcan, mr. spock. second in command on the "starship enterprise." nimoy starred as spock through three primetime seasons back in the 1960s. in a decade of emotion and upheaval, a compelling figure of pure reason. >> a most illogical reaction. >> reporter: he returned to the character in a series of "star trek" feature films, 1982's "the wrath of khan" would feature a tearful tribute from captain kirk. >> of all the souls i have encountered in my travel, his was the most human. >> reporter: he directed the hugely successful comedy "three men and a baby. ♪ good night sweet heart ♪ >> reporter: he wrote books of poetry, took photograph, even sang fearlessly. ♪ bill bow baggins ♪ >> reporter: in 2007 he met president obama, a spock fan, who recalled on friday greeting nimoy with the vulcan salute and spock's words "live long and prosper," the same famous words that concluded nimoy's final tweet. leonard nimoy died in los angeles on friday at the age of 83. for "good morning america," chris connelly, abc news. los angeles. >> so one of the many amazing things about him is he was so multitalented. "three men and a baby." who knew that he directed that? >> and that great singing too. >> no. >> well, you're being -- >> reasonably he sang we can say that. >> such a cult following and it was only on for three seasons. >> that's also remarkable. >> salute. >> as we said earlier, today is the first day of meteorological spring, and so for more on that -- >> no. he thought it was march 1st. >> you know our anchor this morning so excite edd about the weather. you are asking so many question, that's the one you should have double-checked. by the way, i'm the only loser on the desk. i can't do -- never could. >> no, no, i can't do it. >> i can't do it with my right hand, which is weird. >> you guys practice and i'll do this. let's go to glendora, california, prepping for some rain there. they need it but in the burn areas like the colby fire area they got the k-rails up for a potential of seeing some mudslides. this thing has cut off from the main flow and we're going to see, yes, beneficial rains, not a whole lot of mountain snow. so that's why we're worried about mudslides and not really increasing the snowpack that we need which is what we need. this isn't the preferred flow direction to get that snow to pile up in the sierra. this is a historically low snowpack so need to change the weather pattern up. we'll take whatever we get. inch or two from san diego back to phoenix. maybe a less than an inch in los angeles. but thunderstorms are going to pop and some of those could be strong to severe tomorrow. the windchills, 14 in new york city. minus 7 in chicago. hard to believe that tomorrow is the first day of march. we'll start to see things warm up once we get towards june and july. >> i have 30 seconds to practice and i still can't -- >> oh, gosh. >> first day of meteorological spring is tomorrow. >> it starts early for me, marciano. thank you, sir. >> it's already started in australia. >> it already started in australia. that's a very good point. coming up on "gma," the new twist in the great oscar dress heist. the pearl encrusted or allegedly pearl-encrusted number worn by lupita nyong'o stolen from her hotel room and now the major new development overnight and lingering questions. caught on camera, the brazen thief driving off with a quarter of a million dollar race car inside and the hunt to get it back. kelly clarkson's scavenger hunt. we'll tell you how you can be part of it and how it's connected to her new album "piece by piece." get it. 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>> no. looked like a revamped "scooby-doo" to me >> how about he-man and she-ra. >> we're aging ourselves. he-man and she-ra are in that cartoon? >> dan, you're not that much older than us. >> okay. moving on to something i actually understand, the story giving the meaning to the term hot wheels. who stole a $250,000 race car right out of a parking lot. clues from a surveillance tape. we'll start with the new developments in the case of that missing oscar dress that involves, of course, that stunning number that lupita nyong'o wore on the red carpet, but then it was stolen out of her hotel room. >> and now the dress has been returned, but there are still a whole lot of questions about exactly what happened, how much the dress is really worth, and abc's kendis gibson has the latest on this very strange hollywood caper. good morning, kendis. >> reporter: strange, it is. good morning, paula and dan. this whole caper playing out at one of hollywood's most popular hotels located just three miles from the oscar red carpet, the dress found stuffed in a trash bag. police, this morning, searching for a suspect. >> please welcome last year's best supporting actress, the exquisite lupita nyong'o. >> reporter: this morning, that stolen 6,000-pearl stunner lupita nyong'o wore on stage at the oscars has finally been recovered, mysteriously reappearing at the scene of the original crime. >> we have lots of interesting things that happen in west hollywood. >> reporter: authorities descending upon the london hotel in west hollywood, california, friday after receiving a tip from a media outlet. tmz taking the credit saying they got the call from the crook himself. >> the guy actually had specific details. it was in a bag underneath a sink in a bathroom that was abandoned. when we saw the bag, we called the l.a. sheriff's department, and they were right over there. they opened the bag, and, bang, there it was. >> reporter: so who was that anonymous caller who robbed the runway from this academy award winner? police are also perplexed investigating how someone got access to an a-lister's room. the alleged crooks telling tmz her door was ajar. >> as far as whether it was a member of the staff or just someone that entered off the street, we don't know yet. >> reporter: the dress originally valued at $150,000. >> he was upset because he stole the dress, but then he took two pearls off of it and claims the pearls were fake. >> reporter: abc news reached out to nyong'o's reps who had no comment and did not hear back from calvin klein, but authorities plan to hold on to the gleaming garment until the rightful owner picks it up. >> it's actually quite comfortable. >> reporter: putting an end to this unlikely treasure hunt that could only happen in tinseltown. only in tinseltown, indeed. police not ruling out hotel staff involvement in the theft and this morning, while there are questions over whether the pearls on the gown are real, paula and dan, we finally have a dress debate where there is no question over its color. any sane person can look at that and know that's a blue dress. >> that dress is blue. >> well played, kendis. well played, my friend. >> all right. >> now the internet is going to be aflame. thank you very much. >> but there's no debate about how beautiful and stunning she looked in that gown. >> no. she is absolutely amazing. >> she is. and you know who else is amazing? ron claiborne. >> i had a funny feeling you were going to say that. >> how about that for a transition. i tease you. >> you're right. you're right. thank you. >> you'd look spectacular in that dress too. >> thanks. good morning, everyone. we begin with outraged american airline passengers who were stuck on a plane for hours at dallas airport. flight 382 to oklahoma city ended up delayed on the ground for nine hours. the airline is blaming bad weather for "the frustrating experience." by the way, that actual flight time for that trip under an hour or you could have driven for three hours. and a federal appeals panel ruled that the trial of boston marathon bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev will remain in massachusetts. tsarnaev's attorney had argued that his client would not be able to get a fair trial in that state. opening statements begin next week. anthony mason has died. mason suffered a massive heart attack earlier this month. he played for six teams over 13 years but he is best remembered as a new york knick. he was just 48 years old. and finally what a weekend treat for visitors at chicago's lincoln park zoo starting today spectators get a first look at this baby gorilla. a 4-day-old newborn making her day buy this morning under the watchful eye of her dan kwan and mom bahati. the baby is yet to be named but the zoo is talking with a donor to help choose the baby's names. any proposals for that little guy? >> munchkin. >> i love how we see a baby and start talking baby talk. >> how about mighty joe young. what do you think? >> mighty joe young? >> should have a middle name. every monkey should have a middle name. >> so, ron can't baby-sit for us nor can he name our children. >> you don't like mighty joe young? >> no. >> okay. >> it sounds like a ball player to me. >> kevin. >> kevin? >> sounds like a gorilla. >> bob. >> we have disqualified both ends of the table. rob, can you do your thing of saving us from ourselfs? >> all right. you know, they made a movie about a gorilla that climbed the empire state building. >> what was it? >> "king kong." >> anyway, this is my transition, albeit horribly to the live shot of new york city. oh, god. call the emmys. >> sometimes it's really easy and sometimes it's a stretch. >> save that tape. i need it for my reel. 35 degrees will be the event or 30-ish degrees will be the eventual high temperature. but right now outside it is 14. that is chilly stuff and yeah parts of the lower hud snson frozen over looking like the ice age. high pressure and clear skies last night, snowpack so that released the heat and that's why it's so cold this morning and we're not going to warm up a whole lot. 30 degrees for the high. 29 degrees in philadelphia. we'll be warming up a little bit tomorrow as that next storm comes in. that's why we'll have the rain/snow line right pretty much over the new york city area. this line demarcates dry, cool air to the north. in atlanta 50 degrees for the high temperature there. 56 in birmingham. south of, say, daytona, it'll be warm and muggy and showery across parts of southern florida. all right. here's the snow band, st. louis, you're under a winter storm warning, could see up to a foot of snow there sliding across ohio, columbus to cleveland, pittsburgh could see 6 to 12 inches of snow and western massachusetts, 6 to 12 possibly. if we get over 5 in boston, that will set your record for the year as an all-time snow year. if we don't do it this time, we'll do it i think, over the next week or so. 15 degrees for the high high temperature in rochester, it'll be -- there's your rain across parts of southern california. we mentioned that. they will take it t >> this weather report brought to you by chick-fil-a open on saturdays. delicious. oh, my. i'm going to be in atlanta tomorrow, and they're closed on sundays. i'll get one tonight. >> yes. >> live from atlanta tomorrow, by the way. >> that's right. we're very excited about that. thank you, rob. coming up, the race car rip-off. who stole the pricey set of wheels right before a big nascar event? 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