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Its almost time for oscar and all eyes on host chris rock. Im only here cause ellen didnt want to do the show. What will he say about the oscar controversy and who will take home the biggest awards of night. Will leo dicaprio and Sylvester Stallone finally win . We are on the red carpet this morning and inside the theater with behindthescenes secrets from hollywoods biggest night only on gma. And good morning, america. We have a lot of news overnight and well get to all that. Plus, all that excitement building around the oscars. Robin and lara out in l. A. Ready for all the action. Hey, robin. Hello there. We are inside the dolby theatre right now where the biggest stars will watch the Academy Awards. On the stage right over there, all eyes on chris rock. What will he do . What will he say . More on that ahead. Lara, i hear you were hanging yeah, no kidding, the executive producers, the guys calling the shots and they gave me a few tidbits. Some secrets, ill share them with all of you coming up. Back to you, rob. All right. We will have that and so much more ahead, george. Yeah, looking forward to that all. We begin on a deadly serious note, that rampage overnight in kansas where a gunman killed three people, injured 14 before he was shot dead in a showdown with police. Abcs Clayton Sandell is on the scene in hesston, kansas, good morning, clayton. Reporter hey, good morning, george. Behind me you can see the factory where this all took players. Normally they make lawn mowers here but this morning it is a massive crime scene. Horrifying moments as gunfire erupts in a small kansas community. The gun was strapped to him. He was ready to go. Reporter just before 5 00 p. M. Thursday Officials Say 38yearold cedric ford started his shooting rampage, first firing shots at random drivers minutes later, ford heads to excel industries in hesston where he worked armed with a rifle and handgun. He shoots one person in the parking lot before going inside the industrial plant and opening fire on his coworkers. And then i see a mob of people running out saying, run, run and pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. Reporter witnesses say ford kept shooting until the first officer to arrive on scene took him down. Even though he took fire, he went inside of that place and saved multiple, multiple lives. A hero as far as im concerned. Reporter in the end, four people including the gunman are killed. At least 14 are wounded. Two medical choppers and 15 ambulances responded along with s. W. A. T. Teams surround the plant as nearly 150 employees finally flee the building. Friends and family outside desperately waiting to find out if their loved ones were okay. Oh, my god. Reporter the shooter has an extensive criminal record including arrests for burglary, battery and concealed firearms posting this picture and this video on facebook in september firing an akstyle rifle. Now just moments ago i talked to the sheriff here who tells me an hour and a half before the shootings ford was served with a restraining order meant to keep him away from a girlfriend and investigators say that may have been one of the things that pushed him over the edge, amy. All right, clayton, thank you. Just a few moments ago i spoke to an eyewitness to the shooting. Jared trujillo and his wife jennifer. Jared, i know you were inside excel when the shooting began. Tell me what you saw, what you heard when you first realized something was terribly wrong. We were working on production and i heard a loud bang. I saw a forklift driver running, sprinting and i thought it was an explosion of some sort like i had travis started screaming, yelling, run, run, theres a shooter. Theyre shooting at us. People were getting pushed, trampled. Everyone was trying to get out of the shooting where he was shooting at. Yeah, then, jared, you saw someone who had been shot and you went right into rescue mode . As we were leaving the building, me and another coworker saw chewy and he had been shot in the leg in the upper hip area and we went back to get him and we carried him across the street and we got him down. We set him down and started attending to his wound. We saw that beautiful reunion when you two finally found each other after all of this horror. What was that moment like . I was happy. My family said they saw him on the news and had been seen him but i hadnt seen him yet and when i finally got to see him, i was i didnt want to let him go. About cedric ford . Do you know anything about him . Theres a couple types that ive walked by him or had said hello to him and he never would respond. He was really quiet. He really didnt say much. He just he didnt look happy. Well, we are certainly glad that, jared, you made it out safely and our hearts go out to those who did not. Those who were wounded. Jared and jennifer trujillo, thank you very much for joining us this morning. Yes. Yes. You know, jared and i spoke earlier. He said that all of the other shootings we witnessed over the past two decades prepared him for that moment because he always thought, what would i do if . Thank goodness. What a sad commentary on where we are. White house. Its your voice, your vote. And with super tuesday coming up, the final gop showdown last night was a texassize brawl. Marco rubio, ted cruz, coming donald trump and jbss jon karlabcs jon karl reporter marco rubio did something he has never done before in this campaign, he took the fight directly to donald trump. On the debate stage in houston, marco rubio and ted cruz immediately piled on donald trump. Bringing up allegations he used Illegal Immigrants to help build trump tower. Youre the only person on this stage thats ever been fined for hiring people to work on your projects illegally. You hired no, im the only one on the stage thats hired people. You havent hired anybody. Rubio is right they found him 2k3wi89ing being part of a conspiracy and entered a 1 million judgment against him. Reporter then an energized rubio took over throwing everything he had at trump. I dont know about bankrupting companies. You know you know why . Starting with one at a time. If he hadnt inherited 200 million million, you know where donald trump would be right now. Selling watches. Reporter later rubio needled trump for more details on his health care plan. We should dr. Gotten rid of the lines. We should have gotten we have to get rid of the lines around the reporter trump seemed to be stuck on repeat as rubio had done in the New Hampshire debate. Just the lines. You have many different plans. Youll have competition. Plans. Now hes repeating himself. No, im not repeating mr. Trump no, no. [ cheers and applause ] talking about repeating i watched him repeat himself five types four weeks ago. I saw you repeat yourself five times five seconds ago. Reporter after the debate trump hammered his new nemesis. He went after you. I expected that. Thought they were going to win. I had fun but it was nasty. Reporter what did you think of the way rubio came out. I think hes a lightweight. I think hes a lightweight. Reporter despite the relentless attacks trump told me that he believed he was the clear winner of the debate and did nothing to downplay expectations for super tuesday. In fact, he told me, george, he believes he has a good chance of winning across the board including right here in texas which is ted cruzs home state. Thank you. From texas. Morning. Lots of great reviews and great good morning. But the big question this morning for you, is it too little too late . Well, i dont believe that. I think its important for people to understand they have a choice to make. Look, if this pattern continues the conservative movement in the Republican Party will be taken over by a con artist portraying himself as the fighter of the ordinary person fighting for the working man but he spent years why didnt you make this case earlier . Was that a hiss take . Because you know, george, i would prefer not to get into this situation where were attacking one another but the cover hes getting from the media these days is extraordinary. You watch last knighton 0 the cable shows afterwards. Theyre like what is trump going to do to marco rubio like hes some sort of invincible force and there are people now in the media, im not saying you, but others rooting for him to win because they love first of all what it means for their ratings in a general election but heres the other, for those biased this means you will have a republican nominee who basically agrees with Hillary Clinton on planned parenthood and being neutral on israel, on even on issues regarding the economy like the takeover of our Health Care System by the government. He used the talking point that democrats consistently use, that if you dont support a Government Intervention in the health care industry, youre in favor of letting people die in the streets. So, theyre holding back and as up the floodgates and hit him with a bunch of stories. Its important for republicans what is happening. He has been hitting youover night in twitter calling you a choke artist, lightweight and puts up this tweet that has the cover of the drudge report this morning asking where do you win . And that is a big question. Donald trump is ahead in almost every state on super tuesday. Youre ahead in none. Yeah, i acknowledge im an underdog and have been my entire life, unlike donald, i didnt inherit hundreds of millions. My dad was a bartender. My mother did the job as a maid that trump hires foreigners to do and my whole life ive had to fight and will fight now. No way the party of reagan and conservative movement, ill allow it to be taken over by a con artist. He calls me a choker. Hes a con artist. He spent 40 years sticking it to the people he claims to be fighting for. Where do you win on tuesday . If he wins eight or nine states, he can because, first of all, if you look a tuesday most will award delegates proportionately and well do well in virtually couple. Even if we dont youll see us continue to pick up delegates. When we get into march 15th well win florida now. No, hes not. Thats one poll. Weve seen multiple polls that show a very different race. I am i know florida well. Ive won there. Im from there. We are going to win florida. Florida is not going to vote for a con artist and its not going to vote for someone who in palm beach right now is now hiring willing americans that are willing to work, instead hes importing a workforce from abroad and out there some immigration crusader. Its a fraud and well expose it. Thanks for joining us. Lets go to matthew dowd in texas this morning. You saw about eight months worth of attacks on donald trump ted cruz. This race . Well, i think that i think marco rubio landed some punches but i dont think there were any knockouts and one of the difficulties for marco rubio in this is hes been this aspirational, optimistic im not going to attack figure through 11 debates and showed up a very different marco rubio. Now, he landed punches but i think thats part of the problem. What is the authentic part youre running in the race. In the end your question is right where can he win on tuesday . And i dont think the debate last night changed the dynamic at all. I think donald trump is still set up to win most of the states on tuesday. If he wins most of the states tuesday, ted cruz has to win texas to stay in and marco rubio has to win florida two weeks later to have any chance to get the nomination . I think ted cruz is probably going to win here in texas but i think he absolutely has to win in texas. I think this debate last night as of tuesday night when we get the results in, this debate will fade in memory and will be going i think donald trump and his supporters last night watched that debate and all of them cheered and anybody this race is pretty set. Nothing they put on the table will hurt donald trump . I think the only thing that could hurt donald trump if in the aftermath some of the allegations they made and attacks they made stick over the next three days. Not in the moment of the debate but in the aftermath of the debate. Okay, matthew dowd, thanks very much. Well have much more sunday on this week. Ill be with our whole Political Team for a special program at 10 00 p. M. Back to robin in l. A. Thank you very much. Back now with the countdown to oscars and host chris rock taking center stage. His monologue one of the most eagerly awaited in oscars history. I think thats safe to say and nick watt is here. Millions of eyes on him, the boycott, jada pinkett smith, coming. Chris rock himself has declined, canceled all interviews apart from one and that was before even the nominations came out. Well show you that in a moment and testing material in comedy clubs but there is no recording, no video of that. All we have so far are some cryptic posts like these. Overnight he tweeted this see you sunday blackout. Previously, getting my outfit together, the space suit referenced to nominee the martian maybe and almost showtime with kristen wiig and j. J. Abrams, star wars in the works . No comments. What you can expect from chris rock this oscar sunday is that he is going to go there. Reporter we know he will address the oscars so white controversy, not one plaque acting nominee on twitter saying its the white b. E. T. Awards. Our host for the evening, reporter this was last time he hosted in 2005. Great night tonight. We have, what, four black nominees tonight. Kind of like the def oscar jam tonight. Reporter with every hollywood mover and shaker in the room and 40 million plus of us watching at home. If you get up on the wrong foot, though, its a real hard hole to dig yourself out of. Reporter i think he might relish that. Im only here because ellen didnt want to do the show. Im only here because ellen said no. Reporter other clues from his last time hosting, he will probably get political. Bush did some things you could never get away with at your job. Reporter he will definitely get personal. Wield that sword. Toby maguire is just a boy in tights. Reporter any tips . I might curse. Reporter he wont, i hope. We like to keep it clean here at abc but tune in and want to see how far hes going to take things and what hes going to say. Reporter rock is publicly proud of hosting a very fast show. Last time, fast, furious and funny, expect that. Now, my favorite clue came on host. He tweeted, someone at abc is going to get fired for this. For the sake of our colleagues, robin, i hope thats not the case but hell take it up to the line and beyond. Its a balancing act because, as we saw, hell go there but it is a serious issue but then its also celebrating those that were indeed nominated. Well see what happens. That . All of that. Whoopi goldberg will have a live interview with cheryl boon isaacs this morning on the view. Watch the oscars starting with the red carpet show 7 00 p. M. Here on abc and the party keeps going monday on gma. Coming up, a closer look at more on that, lara, later. Yes, robin. Thats true i talked to the new executive producers about how they promise this years oscars will be more diverse than ever. They were also very forthcoming about major changes to this years show. Im telling you these are changes that you will notice and i dare say youre going to love. Well fill you in coming up, robin. Were looking forward to that, lara. Ill head out to the carpet in just a moment with you. Sam champion, i wish you were here. The weather is spectacular. I know and its going to stay gorgeous too, robin but weve had such a rough week on the east coast. Lets look at some of the details in right now. More than 30 confirmed tornadoes of the week of two days actually and remember this one in pennsylvania, that was a long track, ef2 almost five miles. The big changes afterwards. Cold air coming in. Them by 5 or good morning, im meteorologist bill evans. Weve got sunshine morning, but its pretty cold, too. Temperatures are around 32 degrees, so dress warmly. We have sunshine and winds around the northwest. Feeling like the 20s here. 32 belmar. 34 toms river. We go to 38 for the high today. But with the winds, it will feel like the 20s. And up to 60 by sunday. And coming up on gma, a andrews. The video at the center of her 75 million lawsuit played for the jury. It. A 23yearold posing as a model opportunity. Lifes short, talk is cheap. Ill be working while you sleep. 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They gathered in jamaica overnight to remember edward byrne who was killed while pr its 7 26. Thousands of tunes will be force students will be forced out of their school because of fire. The fire badly damaged the schools electrical system. 3,000 students attend the Union Square Campus schools. Time now to check the commute with heather. Ken, behind me, you can see the belt parkway. We have a couple of problems. Actually, i should say several problems on the belt parkway. The first problem well talk to you about is westbound near flatbush avenue. A debris spill. East at cross by boulevard another accident is being cleared away. Three problems on the belt. Subway Service Running on or close to schedule. New Jersey Transit, metro north, Long Island Railroad doing okay. 80 eastbound doing okay. Bill evans with the accuweather forecast. Here we go. Weve got sunshine and a chilly morning. 32 is our temperature. And makes it feel like the 20s. We will have sunshine today. A blue sky but 38 the high. Dress warmly. Thats below normal this time of the year. We rebound nicely this weekend. Sunshine on saturday, nice average day and much milder on sunday. Ken . Thank you, bill. That is the news for now. Coming up on Good Morning America, the latest in the erin andrews stalking trial. A jury in nashville seeing the video secretly recorded by her stalker for the first time. All of our legendary racing heritage. All of our pioneering four wheel drive experience. Come together in one amazing new vehicle. This is the allnew gle coupe. Welcome back to gma and take a look at those giant waves in hawaii. Over 20 feet. Havent been this big in six years and experts are predicting up to 50foot swells and some of the worlds top surfers are heading out there ready to hang ten. Sad news to report. Three people killed, 14 injured in a deadly shooting in hesston, kansas. The gunman opened fire along the highway and at his workplace before he was eventually fatally shot. Also right now, new headlines in Domestic Violence case against johnny manziel. Misdemeanor assault case will go to grand jury. And oscars just two days away. Our preparty begins today. We have our audience in the fan cave getting pumped up. Theres d. J. Traci steele. Shes here and robin and lara already in l. A. On the red the party is on here too, as well, george. Thank you for that. Think about the hollywood stars that are going to be walking this red carpet. We have stars among us but hello, everybody. Great energy. Oh, my gosh. Well go behindthescenes, take you backstage for all the siegels. You have been mighty busy since you hit the town. Reginald hudlin, david hill, the new executive producers, first time theyve worked together. Explosive energy and shared some rather explosive secrets, secret number one well tell you about is theres a big difference in the way stars will give their speeches and their reaction to that was interesting and then also, they even made a change to the golden man himself. Theyve made a change to the way the statue looks which to me is perfect but they say its even better. What did you say over there . Im telling you. We have things to share this morning. George. You got sams attention. Oscar has also had some work so its about time. Well get all the details. We do begin with the latest on erin andrews. The jurors saw the video of her. She is suing for 75 million. Abcs eva pilgrim is covering the trial in nashville. Good morning, eva. Reporter good morning, george. Complete silence in the courtroom as jurors saw that secretly recorded video of erin andrews undressing in her hotel room. Despite everything that experts have tried to do, that video is still online and this morning finger at the hotel where it happened. Another emotional day in court for erin andrews, wiping tear as way returning to the courtroom after the video at the center of jury. In my opinion 60,800,000 and change have viewed the video. Reporter the video, which we are not showing you, catches a private moment changing in her hotel room, was made public when it was posted to the internet. Off. People are still posting the video online, a year ago, six months ago, a month ago. Reporter the man behind the video, Michael David barrett recorded it on his cell phone through the peephole of her Hotel Room Door sentenced to 30 months in prison. Her attorneys want those jurors to feel the same pain, the same shame and humiliation she feels by watching that video. Reporter andrews now suing barrett as well as the owners and managers of this nashville marriott for 75 million, claiming the hotel intentionally placed barrett next door to the tv star. Her lawyer saying the hotel failed to notice he removed and altered the peephole on her door. Stands there for 4 1 2 minutes and videos her. Reporter the hotel claims barrett is a criminal who tricked them into gaining access. He connived. He stalked. Reporter the popular sportscaster and dancing with the stars host telling her therapist, she couldnt stop thinking about the video. She was anxious. She was obsessive and irritable and reactive and it came out of an incident where she was publicly humiliated. Reporter both sides are expected back in court on monday where we should hear from the stalker, erins mother and erin andrews herself. Thats the big day. Thanks very much. From stalking to spying, the latest spy scandal involving seaworld. Its a stunning confession by the parks ceo admitting to sending workers undercover posing as Animal Rights activists so they could spy on critics. Abcs Kayna Whitworth has that story for us, good morning, kayna. Reporter yeah, amy, good morning. One employee going so far as to twitter account and this has been going on for years, in 2014 he tweeted that he had plans to empty the seaworld tanks in 2018, of course, we know this morning that was all a farce. Overnight, seaworld admitting to spying. Its ceo saying the company sent its own employees posing as activists to spy on peta, an Animal Rights group which has been highly critical of the parks for years. Peta telling abc news seaworlds actions are despicable releasing these photos showing seaworld worker paul mccome attending several Southern California boycotts using the ail yacht tom jones. Did he ever try to get the other protesters to act out violently during the protest. There was one protest that he came to where he wanted to crash through the gates and go into seaworld. Reporter mccome placed on administrative leave but seaworld says hes been reinstated as an employee. Work at seaworld in a different department. Reporter while they did not say how many employees were involved, seaworld says its employees were posing as Animal Rights activists hoping to maintain the safety and security of employees, customers and animals in the face of credible threats. The park struggling to revamp its image after losing profits following the 2013 release of the documentary blackfish. As for this latest headline the parks ceo saying thursday they will end the undercover practice. So, seaworld saying they made this decision following an investigation with independent counsel and an outside company. Amy and george. All right, Kayna Whitworth, thank you so much. Coming up next, the high school hoax. 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Start strong with the Lasting Energy of 100 youre doing it high school hoax. Police arresting a 23yearold man who allegedly posed as a student even making the honor roll roll. David wright has the story. Reporter this is an odd one. A model student at a Harrisburg High School who seemed to be really mature for his age. Well, it turns out hes a grown man. Asher potts was such a Straight Arrow when a state rep tweeted a picture with the young rotc cadet she stachehashtaged it going places. Hes actually a 23yearold ukrainian named Artur Samarin doing high school all over again. You will be going undercover as high school students. Reporter not like 21 jump street where young cops go undercover. Police say samarin was a John Harris High School in harrisburg to stay in the country illegally having overstayed his visa, police say, he came up with a phony alter ego asher potts card and a pennsylvania drivers license. Enrolled as a freshman four years ago and was just a few months shy of graduating. Police arrested him tuesday and this morning, instead of going to class, hes behind bars. Hes an adult. Its scary. Reporter asher potts had a 4. 1 grade point average inducted into the National Honor society active in student government, he represented his classmates at the local school board. He even volunteered at a food bank. Parents are horrified. I mean, you have beautiful girls in this school that are minors under age and you have basically a grown man in here misrepresenting himself. Reporter well, police say a tip several months ago led them to figure out the hoax. Several other local residents charged with helping him being charged with identity theft. He stole a Public Education worth 40,000 bucks, but can you figure he did high school twice. This country. He sure did. Thank you, david. Coming up next on Good Morning America, is this finally leos year and which categories will have the biggest surprises . Our countdown to oscar sunday next. How will this years show be different from any other. Lara has those secrets ahead. E yes2you rewards members take an extra 20 off . . Lara has those secrets ahead. Matter how you pay get a 5 reward fo . Our countdown to the oscars continues. Were live here in hollywood and i think our guests here are going to stay until sunday. They have front row seats right now. Theyre not leaving. You know, theyre going to just kind of camp out here. Prime territory. I cant blame them in all the nominees will walk up those stairs, but who is going to walk out with the oscar . Abcs Chris Connelly is on the red carpet with us. Got a breakdown of this were oh, absolutely. After nominations that sparked a national conversation, the votes have been in since 5 00 p. M. Pacific tuesday. This years oscar races feature a few frontrunners and a whole lot of who knows. Theres been an awakening. Reporter with star wars year and oscarssowhite setting off its own conversation chatter has been on the back burner until now. I want them back. Reporter in supporting actor, creeds Sylvester Stallone is the sixth actor ever nominated twice for playing the same character. Rocky balboa. His toughest rival, two marks, mark rye land in bridge of spies and mark ruffalo sincere and impassioned throughout spotlight. Are you telling me the Catholic Church removed legal documents that courthouse . Reporter Alicia Vikander in the danish girl in a traditionally hard to predict category. We were playing a game. Reporter with kate winslet and steve joobs. I dont care if she put a pipe bomb in. Reporter her costar in titanic leo dicaprio expected to take home his first oscar for while 26rd brie larson on track to earn a best Actress Academy award for room. Jack, listen to me, this is our chance. And as for best picture, not even the hollywood gills can make up their minds, actors, purchases, directors each honoring a different movie. Spotlight a big contender but favorite. Still thinking leo is a lock. I think hes got to be. Stallone gentleman. Stallone i think is the one that were all going to be on the edge of our seat for. A lot of people rooting for him. He didnt get nominated for the s. A. G. Awards. That one. Does it help the revenant is in the theaters . The revenant is the highest grossing movie of all the picture. Thats really helped a lot. Its the audience picture. I think everybody thought it was the obscure picture. No. A bit of tidbits. Executive producers were kind enough to share big secrets. A little nip tuck. The other thing, a little quiz, what do you know to be the first major award given out at any oscars. Its supporting actor. Okay. Is that right . Maybe not this year. They will like to theyre changing the way the awards are given out. The lineup of awards will match the way a movie is made. I cant expect to begin with writers and then moving on from there and say just is more logical. I said, so will awe the major actor awards be grouped together . They said, that we will not tell you. Still big picture. Dont take your bathroom break when you think youre supposed to. Is best picture still at the end. They would not reveal that. That would make sense. Best credit sequence. We have more coming up. We have got the oscars coming up on sunday. My head is spinning. Red carpet coverage begins at what time, robin. 7 00 p. M. Eastern and gma will have a really big show monday of all the highlights. Bring it up, people. Well be back. My moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis made a simple trip to the Grocery Store anything but simple. So finally, i had an important conversation with my dermatologist about humira. 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At that time it was one of the worst bombing attacks in u. S. History. 7 56. We check the commute. Heres heather orourke. Subway status is running on or close to schedule. No major issues with the subways at this point. Look as you travel onto the belt parkway. We had heavy delays as you head onto the westbound side. You can see those delays have eased out. We had a debris spill right near flatbush avenue. Everything has been cleared abay and the belt parkway is moving along without any major problems. We also have Long Island Railroad metronorth running on or close to schedule, and we have alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect for today. Ken, over to you. Thank you, heather. Meteorologist bill evans with the accuweather forecast. Weve got 31. Your temperature now at 8 00. 29 white plains. 34 around brooklyn and queens. 33 on long island. Going to be a cold day but a lot of sunshine. Weve got blue skies, blustery, bright, light and real feel in the 20s. Tomorrow 45 and 60 on sunday. Much milder weather. Have a great weekend. Coming up on Good Morning America, Robin Roberts and lara spanser live from the red carpet in l. A. With a full preview of the oscars show, the stars and fashion. Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. The oscars are just two days away. We are live in hollywood this morning right at the red carpet and inside the oscars theater. Revolutionary changes to this years big show. The producers speak out. And all week long we got you red carpet ready. Now whos wearing what and how will they pull it off . The biggest night in fashion is just two days away. The bowl and beautiful preview of the gowns and glam right here, plus, get your popcorn. Were about to reveal our galactic oscar trailer event. An entire year in the making. Robin takes the stage making her sitcom debut right there in hollywood. Youve got the first look. Get ready to laugh as we say [ cheers and applause ] good morning, america. Counting down to oscar sunday right here in new york. D. J. Traci steele getting the Party Started and robin and lara out in l. A. Celebrating hollywoods big night in yes, there they are. The Grand Staircase there at the dolby theatre where the oscars will take place, so, why not raise a glass of our sparkling apple cider to cheer. Okay. Cheers. Sure, why not. Cheers. Yes, and, guys, guys, you know lara is known to spill. This is the red carpet. Dont do that. You know what i should do, drink. It would be a lot easier. Its apple juice, people. Dont write in. Amy, we think this is your location. Yes, very excited. Where you are yes, yes. This is the last step, a run up those stairs so youre in the catbird seat. To oscar sunday. Shes been to africa and then here. I know. Our oscar sunday and exclusive red carpet show. Oscars Opening Ceremony live from the red carpet. And well keep on rolling through monday morning, our big afterparty live from l. A. Gma will have all the winners and george will be backstage with them. The best of the red carpet and, of course, every party covered. Absolutely. We have a Party Atmosphere going on with these great movie fans here in hollywood. Now, wait a minute, guys, the envelopes that they are holding could have golden tickets, the winners, the winner will have two special spots on the red carpet oscar sunday. [ cheers and applause ] thats pretty cool. Well find out who that is, george. Back to you. Well see your awardwinning performance, that gma movie trailer featuring lara on mars, move over, matt damon. There she is right there. Some other award worthy performances. Truly out of this world. Good morning, everyone. We begin with a possible clue about a motive for that workplace shooting in kansas. Police say cedric ford opened fire on his coworkers at a lawn mower factory killing three of them before eventually being shot dead by police. The rampage. Police say less than two hours earlier ford was served with a restraining order to keep him away from an exgirlfriend. The Republican Debate in brawl. Marco rubio was feistier than ever attacking donald trump on a string of issues from immigration to trumps privileged background but it may be too little too late. Many analysts predicting the attacks will not be enough to stop trump from dominating on super tuesday next week. Well, u. S. Special Operations Forces could soon be deployed to nigeria to help the militant group boko haram. The New York Times said they would serve as noncombat advisers and boko haram has forced nearly 3 million to flee surgeons have done the first uterus transplant. She will take antirejection drugs during her pregnancy. A controversy involving lands end. A backlash after featuring Gloria Steinem in its catalog. Rebecca jarvis has that story. Reporter this morning, popular outerwear and Clothing Company lands end at its wits end known for glossy catalogs like this one apologizing for whats inside the new spring issue. An interview with feminist, journalist and political activist Gloria Steinem after customers flooded facebook with outrage over steinems proabortion rights stance. Overnight lands end releasing this statement. It was never our intention to raise a Divisive Political or religious issue. So when some of our customers saw the recent promotion that way, we heard them. Its very clear whatever lands end was trying to do backfired because they had to pull it. Its not a stance that they really wanted associated with their brand. Reporter angry customers writing on facebook, you are not family friendly. I feel betrayed. After pulling the interview from its website, lands end facing new backlash on social media. So weak, a spokesperson for Gloria Steinem declining to comment overnight. What she represents more broadly is womens rights and feminism. It would be a shame if they backed away from it just to avoid controversy. Reporter for Good Morning America, rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. And our thanks to rebecca for that. Finally police have never seen anything like this. A unicorn on the loose. Juliet is a pony who doubles as a unicorn for photo shoots. She was in the mood for a good run the other night. Took off darting through traffic and leading the california Highway Patrol on i threehour chase. She held up this sign on facebook saying im a naughty pony for all the trouble i caused last night. They took away my unicorn horn and instead gave me these horns. Those are devil horns this case no reason to shame the pony. No. She just wanted to run. I told you unicorns were real. See, thats what i got out of the story, by the way. Thats what i got out of it. Unicorns are real. Of course, they are, sam. Great to have you back, sam. Well go to jesse. What do you mean, unicorns arent real . Heres a look at whats ahead. First, robin and lara are live in l. A. This morning. Lara has the secrets of this years oscar show with the producers who are revolutionizing it. Plus our tribute to this years best picture nominee, a year in the making. Trust me, you are never going to look at these movies the same way again and finally, robins star turn on the hit sitcom, last man standing. We go backstage for all the laughs. Thats all coming up live on we got the red carpet, Julianne Moore is my date, way out of my league, all happening here with all of our fans. Whats going on, everybody . Gmas morning menu is brought to you by advil. Fast, powerful and proven relief that makes pain a distant memory. If you need advice for your business, legalzoom has your back. Our trusted network of attorneys has provided guidance to over 100,000 people just like you. Visit legalzoom today. The legal help you can count on. 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The second year in a row that no actor or actress of color has been nominated for an oscar. The academy is trying to tackle the lack of diversity with a host of new changes but that hollywoods most coveted awards show. To me it seems to dust a plaque of gold. It opens the doors of this room and it enables us to embrace the whole of america. Reporter years before jackie robinson, decades before Martin Luther king Hattie Mcdaniel became the first africanamerican to win an oscar. My heart is too full to tell you just how i feel and may i say thank you and god bless are you. Reporter it seemed to be on the cutting edge of racial equality but only three more actors of color won oscars until Whoopi Goldbergs win for ghost. I heard people talk about how long it had been between Hattie Mcdaniel and another black woman. I was kind of shocked by that. Thank you so much. But the difference between my win and another woman is much and the oscar goes to halle berry in monsters ball. Reporter challengely berry the first africanamerican to win leading actress. This moment is for every nameless, faceless woman of color that now has a chance because the door tonight has been opened. Reporter after that moment especially with Denzel Washington winning best actor that same night. Huh . Reporter many people believed that real racial equality had finally arrived at the oscars. Between that moment and this one, seven other actors of color won oscars. But now for the second year in a row, not even a single nominee. With a viral hashtag and several highprofile celebrities and directors choosing to skip the event, people are taking a deeper look, not just at the oscars but at hollywood. Awards, the same thing happened, you know, people said, well, we got to boycott it because theres no folks of color. You can fill the academy with all black folk, all asian, latino and if you dont put folks in the movies that are the caliber that they should be, youre going to have the same issue. If our industry is not open enough to be able to look at ourselves and find the flaws, then were not very strong. Reporter perhaps this zero nomination moment is necessary to begin creating real and lasting change. And that is part of a special 20 20 we will have tonight at 10 00, 9 00 eastern on abc, journey through the oscars a look at the actors and actresses and the journey of the oscars themselves and Chris Connelly is back with us. What concrete steps are being taken by the academy . Well, the academy has announced a number of initiatives to try to turn things around, double the number the oscars by 2020 and increased diversity on the board of golfers and limit some of the voting privileges of lifetime members who have not been involved in moviemaking for a number of years. The difference will come with moviemaking. Women and people of color do not get to make movies or decide what movies get made. That has to change. More diverse stories have to be told then the oscars will follow suit. You include women because its not limited to any particular group, were talking women and were talking about other ethnic groups that are fighting to be recognized by the academy. Whose stories get told, whose stories get believed or celebrated . The issue from the biography section of a Public High School to the oscars. Cheryl boone isaacs will be live talking to Whoopi Goldberg on the view later this morning. And i talked to Bryan Cranston and we talked about the nominees not getting much of the discussion, its been about the its not mutually exclusive. That you cant celebrate this years nominees and have this discussion. I dont think anybody cast aspersions on the guys nominateds. But when hed dress elba wins a s. A. G. And not a nomination for the oscar, thats something they have to change. The fact we have to have this discussion it is a vital discussion and want to see concrete changes. More stories are good for everybody. Thats right. Thank you, chris. Lara. I want to say the executive producers who i had the pleasure of meeting and took time out from their rehearsals are taking it head on and say this will be the most diverse oscars ever and because its just the best talent that they could assemble so looking forward to that. Also, they gave us their goals, keep whats great about the oscars, change what could be better and overall just shake it up. This year an oscars like weve never seen before and these two behind it all, making changes you two had never worked together before. Thats correct. You were brought together. Shotgun marriage. You guys are kind of a comedy duo. Yes, people are amused by us. Nickname evolved is the two dads. Reporter they say they knew what had to be done. We agreed chris rock should be the host and agreed to bring the orchestra back into the theater. Reporter how is chris rock doing . He has so much material, we have no idea what hes going to do. It is an embarrassment of riches. Reporter this might be the most diverse telecast weve ever seen. Absolutely. We wanted to show that like america that looked like the world so that was right from the getgo. Most of our booking was done before the nominees were announced. Before everything went kaboom. So the whole oscars so white had no impact on what you were planning. No, we just wanted to get the biggest best talent we could get. We looked at social media. And the most talented people in our business. Reporter an array of new faces is just the beginning. Hudlin and hill completely changing the order of the awards given out. Well mix it up. You know, i want people to watch and be surprised. Were making the show in the order of the show for people who love films. Youre going to be seeing things the way youve never seen them before. Reporter ever wonder what else a winner might say if they music. Well, now those long list of thankyous will be scrolled at the bottom of the screen giving the actors more time. Theres going to be a lot of experimentation. Some of it may work. Some of it may not work but its something new. Reporter even oscar is getting a makeover now completely hand cast in bronze before its 24 karat gold finish. Performances. Lady gaga does this performance that just rips the joint apart. Everyone is going wow. Reporter or the incredible set designed by derek mcclain, using over 200,000 swarovski crystals makes the stage glitter my biggest inspiration was 1970s glam and, of course, the theme of this years show which is that everyone dreams in gold. We even got a sneak peek of danny elfman creating the musical score for the opening animated short. Its kind of a fantasy factory of how oscars are made. Reporter the 2016 oscars is about to get wild. I have a good feeling. Yeah. I got a good feeling. You cannot not have a good feeling. Their energy is remarkable. Another huge change this year is with the oscar itself. This is the original prototype for the new oscar. I know youre looking at it. Looks the same. It retains the same measurements, if you will, but its a younger, fresher version, ill say. This is the prototype for the new oscar which harkens back to the 1929 original oscar, subtle changes, also for the first time made in new york. Oh wonderful. Like myself. I love how sam said earlier, of course, oscar had a makeover. Its hollywood. A little freshening up for everybody. Doesnt hurt. I dont know if you know this but the oscars are live on abc this sunday. I dont know if you heard that. All the fun starts with our red carpet show that starts at 7 p. M. Eastern. Want to make sure you got that. I heard a Little Something about that, those oscars on abc. All right, gang, a little cooler on the east coast. I love when you make signs. Thank you. Your good morning. Im meteorologist bill evans. It is going to be a chilly start to the day especially because we were around 60. 34jfk. A little wind out of the northwest, so the realfeels under the 20s. We have bright sunshine and blue skies in the 38 today. 45 tomorrow. We warm up to 60 on sunday. So it will be much warmer. Square. Morning. Now lets go to rachel smith who has something to show us at samsung 837. Out this cool experience which is called the social galaxy. Think of it like an art installation you can walk through and even creates with the help of instagram. Right now i am standing in the middle of gmas instagram feed and i can check out their past, present, even project into our future. You are like standing right in the middle of your instafeed. Oh, hi. Back from rachel. That was rachel. Come in. Hi, robin, lara. Hi, sam. Hi, sam. Thank you. We are counting down to the very special gma tradition. Its our annual movie trailer. We know you have popcorn in hand so take it away. We do now. Were ready. We have our popcorn. Sometimes in deep space, things can go terribly wrong. We have to go now. Guys, i wasnt that late. Really . Youre not i mean i cant just like call an uber. There must be some kind of way out of here left stranded on mars. Said the joker to the thief cheat. Hello. Will lara ever make it home . No service. She couldnt do it alone. I knew i should have switched plans. Wait, wait. I got a bar. I got a bar. Oh, please, dont kill me. Dont kill me. Dont kill me. Chill out, bear. Lara is in trouble. She needs my help. Get your miracle mop. Oh, no. Lara is in trouble. Im coming, lara. I got to help my girl. Lara is in trouble. Im coming for you, girl. One poe pate to. Two potato. Who doesnt love a tater tot. I love you too, lara. I love you even more. Mwah. But could they make it to her in time . Aaagh little potatoes au gratin. Sanity. I cant get this to work. I just need real housewives. Ill tri one more thing. I got it. Yo, youre going to take a beating like youre going to go down but youre going to get up. You are the potato. Lara you know what, rocky is right. Im not just a potato eater, im a survivor. Yes. I can do this. I can do this. The clock to save her is ticking down. Hey, guys, the weather looks i think well be there in about 300 days. Well be there soon, lara. Hey, you put my mop on fire. This summer. Whoo the fear. Games coming out of my guitar. Im an angry little fella. Aaagh. The strength. Im king of the world. The potatoes. Potatoes . Not easy pouring ketchup in zero gravity. Gma saving the lost martian. Aaagh mama bear is back. Even ginger made it. Nice little i love that. I loved that. Wait a minute. Back there in new york, wait a minute, i have something. You know, she really loves potatoes, please, can we yes, we just so happen wolfgang. Something for you. Were all set. Lara has potatoes. We have the oscar gold milk shake carb bow loading. It really is good. Dont want to eat it because it looks its like a trophy. Its pretty good to eat. Apple cider for you. No doubt ginger would love this. She was the bear and going easy on me. Back from the red carpet to the oscar stage. Hollywoods big night. Good morning, its 8 27. Im ken rosato. Developing right now, two people are hurt after a night at a brooklyn nightclub spilled out onto the street. It started in bushwick in the republic nightclub. A woman was shot in the leg and a man stabbed in the stomach. Repairs are under way in midland park, new jersey, for a sinkhole that swallowed up a pickup truck. The hole developed last night on glenn avenue. Nobody got hurt. Repairs are affecting about 20 homes. The dead end road is blocked off to prevent any other dangerous situations. We are told Utility Service on the street has not been affected. 28 years after he was killed while on duty. 200 members of the department gathered overnight to remember edward byrne. The rookie officer was shot to death as he was sitting in his squad car. The killing happened five days after byrnes 22nd birthday. When we come ba commute with heather orourke. Lets go over to the maps. We have an accident on the Northern State parkway. Is a minutes into and out of new Jersey Transit trains, Long Island Railroad and metronorth doing okay. We have our street cleaning rules in effect for today. Bill evans with the weekend accuweather forecast. We have bright blue skies. Winds out of the northwest that make it feel like the 20s today. Dress warmly. This cold shot only lasts today. Well warm up nicely. Well have a pretty day, though. A lot of sunshine. 38 will be the high. Normal high is 44, 45. So well have the average day tomorrow. A much milder day on sunday with a high of 60. Got a shot of a spring shower late today on mopped. We warm up on monday. We warm up today and have a nice weekend. That is the news for now. Live with kelly and michael coming up at 9 00 a. M. America next on channel 7. The battle for gold is on. Thank you very much. The oscars, the most un unpredictable race. And the oscar goes to hosted by chris rock. This is nuts. The oscars, live oscar sunday on abc. And welcome back to gma. We are counting down to oscar sunday. We have the party going on both coasts this morning. D. J. Traci steele is here in new york getting us in a friday frame of mind and helping us celebrate all things oscar with a group of movie fans getting down. Too much groove going on. Speaking of deejay, one of our favorites dj kiss is performing at the postoscar party, the governors ball. Unbelievable. All right. Fantastic. Social media fan, everyone will be tweeting during the oscars, we have the exclusive first look at twitters new tweet oscars, you can unlock the oscar statue or this fun emoji of popcorn on periscope. In addition to those great oscar milk shakes that i have almost finished. Devoured. Only one of us finished ours. From executive chef and owner of black craft tap burgers and beer, we have our own oscar statues and these despite their golden appearance are chocolate ones courtesy of the ones made every year for the governors ball. Do you have yours . Yeah, just brick house. I love the theme song. Okay. Right. We do actually. Wolfgang has been in charge of the menu for the governors ball for 2 years now, lara and he donates all of the leftover food from the party to chefs to end hunger which provides meals to the hungry. Now we have a special giveaway. Two of these folks who came out here at 2 00 in the morning here in l. A. Are going to the red carpet celebration at the oscars sunday night. Theyre going to open their envelopes right now and tell us who has the golden ticket. Do it. Who has it . I got it. Yay. Key got one. Who has the other one . Anybody . Anybody . Yay. Wonderful. Its wonderful. Were going to see them on the red carpet on sunday night. Now, i know you were envious. They were dancing. You saw them in the studio so if you want to dance behind me, just feel the music. Im going to dance right next to you. Were going to see those guys on the red carpet. Congratulations. Now coming up i know you had a chance to be on the muppets. I did and had amy on castle. She did a great job. I had a chance last man standing, tried my comedic chops a little bit so its were going prime time. Gma goes prime time and my comedy skills, i put them to the test and heres a look backstage at well, tim allen. Take a look. Not so good. No, no, dont oh. Its the show that dominates friday nights here on abc. Youre not fighting, son. Were having a discussion. No, were fighting and im winning. Last man standing, starring funnyman tim allen is a well oiled machine in its fifth season. So, you can imagine how excited i was to join the cast for the day. Oh, hey, yeah. Its tim allen. Always liked gma. Always been my favorite. Last man standing. What the world be without it. I jumped into rehearsal going over my lines. And, action. The buyer is here. Great to see you. This is itteresa. Wardrobe. Have to look the part. Hello, ladies. Okay, make me a unit commander. Ooh. Thats a definite option. A quick change and were headed to the final dress rehearsal. Almost showtime. Showtime. I actually commanded a tank Maintenance Unit in iraq, i can take apart a tank, put it back together in a sandstorm. Okay, makes it less goofy. Your attitude at the end, really terrific. Give her that iciness, beautiful. All right. Whoo. Take our show on the road. Lets do it. With so many moving parts on the set i asked costar nancy travis to explain how they bring we start a new script every wednesday and we read it and then rehearse it. We come back in on thursday, rework what weve done, come back in friday, start it. Rework it and it takes full five days to produce the polished product that you see robin pulling off in 20 minutes. You. I actually feel rather tense. Because this is insanely awkward. You see his character and tims character when they get going with one another. This episode is a bit of a reunion with tims Home Improvement costar patricia lichdson costarring. Youve been off and on. I said it many times. Shes taught me so much about acting. Shes really an actor when she comes on. You taught mark something today. You taught him basketball is cool and ballet is stupid. You have the history with us but when she stands here shes an actress. I keep retiring and going away and coming back. Hes been directing. What do you think i should do . Yeah. What should i be doing . Shes really taught me a lot on home improvemen a solid actor, you know. Do this all because we love doing it for you guys. Okay, its time to take the training wheels off and put my acng skills to the test. In front of a live stuodi audience. There someeay g again, dont eat this. Fun times with a fun cast. Now,hats a wr. [ cheers and applause ] ah. Oh. Oh,. Oh, thank you very much. I got tim, nancy, the entire crew, cast, last man standing, you know you are in great hands when you can come in like we have and do that and they can make you just not fall flat on your face. Not easy to do. Theyre the pros. Watch tonights episode at 8 00, 7 00 central. I need to prepare my oscar speech after that so i will see you on the red carpet on sunday. One more detail. The oscars are for the movies. Oh, thats right. Thanks a lot. Ill do the lara runoff. She does that. See you, robin. Meanwhile, hollywood in full celebration mode right now. The biggest celebs hitting all the hot spots in town to party before the big ceremony and our Kayna Whitworth has all the info on where to shop, stay and play just like a star, right, kayna. Reporter absolutely, lara. Good morning. Right now im at the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel. This is legendary. Its located right off the hollywood walk of fame. It is a favorite of stars past and present. Their day but i want to show y it in between. The hottest celebs descending on hollywood for the oscars. And their favorite spots for lunch its all about jon and vinnys. Locally grown ingredients are the stars on the menu. Thats no pizza. Thats art, my dear. Reporter there is a twomonth waiting list to get in. Worth the wait. For a little shopping, fred segal is a celeb magnet. No matter where you go you better be prepared to see a celebrity. Everywhere you go. Reporter spotted here oscar favorite leo dicaprio, salma hayek, even j. Lo. The hottest trend is wearing chokers. Reporter to get your own broken english. The classic women like Julianne Moore wearing one or jennifer aniston. I really like this because its leather its comfortable on your neck. Of course, lastminute oscar prep means getting that bod red carpet ready. Jay glasers unbreakable sun sunset boulevard and kinara. Who does not want to look like halle berry. With her skin, who doesnt want that skin . Reporter shhh. This is the secret celebrity entrance but theyll let me through today. The red carpet facial is a no down time peel. Tingly. That bubbles like champagne on your face complete with a caviar moisturizer. My skin feels great. What do you think . Finally to sleep like a star check into the Hollywood Roosevelt. You always kind of see someone famous. A good place to go. Reporter cons like Marilyn Monroe have stayed here with the hotel right in the middle of all the oscar action, its the perfect spot to end the night. And this hotel is full of secrets and hidden gems. For example, im on second floor set it up so i could come in and embarrass myself. Bowl a little bit. Jennifer aniston just had her birthday here. Youre up next, lara, then its you. All right. And i guess its bowling shoes optional there, kayna. So thats good too. Always got to be this high heels. Always in high heels and so scary. Good job and i want to get look at the weather. Lara i miss you already. Hey, my good friends at gma are letting me promote the show that ive been working on for the Weather Channel called 23. 5 degrees by the way well have conversations with all the experts of environment an climatehange and talk o some politicians. Take a look at what weve done so far. Every day you get to accept things as they are or take responsibility for changing them. Have still been we are always live in times square so come say hi. Now over to rachel smith at the samsung 837 where shes budget all week getting us ready for the oscars. Rachel. Exactly, sam. Hey, everyone, so we asked you on yahoo and vote in our poll for boast picture oscar. All my friends here hanging out and we are voting on our new Samsung Galaxy s7 devices. Lets take a look at this big screen over here featuring the nominees for best pic. It looks like right now relief is leading the poll with 59 of the vote. Do we agree, do we disagree . What . Mixed review thing going on but everybody at home, keep voting. Sam, back to you. All right, rachel. Coming up, were on the hunt with amy for the perfect red carpet dress and well see some all right. We are counting down to oscar sunday. Should i be dancing too . It feels a little weird. We have our big monday afterparty on gma. This is actually my first time on the red carpet and so, of course, i had to find the perfect dress fast. Its been a big decision so take a look at all of the contenders so far. Look what we have right behind us. Just tee days ago, i was 7,000 miles away reporting from a crater in africa. In four days and am wearing pretty much the same clothes ive worn owl week. Just showered at the airport actually and cohosting the red carpet for the first time for the oscars thiseeke and i have nothing to wear. I need some help. Style lift Jamie Salazar came to my rescue to scout out the hottest dress trends. Here at halston they have amazing options for amy so come with me. Lets take a look. The thing that i like about this dress is that its a little bitenonal so its short in the front and long in the back. So youre of both worlds. Next jamie was on the hup for something a bit more traditional. Im here at carmen, classic new york based designer hoping to find that beautiful ball gown for amy. I love this dress. At the bottom half is incredibly full but its light at the same time so when youre walking, it has this beautiful fluid liquid like movement. Now time to look for a modern were here at Network Showroom looking at this gorgeous handmade lace dress. Its feminine, its delicate with the lace and the color makes it really strong and dynamic and powerful. Reporter and finally jewelry. Lets keep it simple and go for diamonds looking for statement earrings, rings and bracelets. Thank you, jamie. Im deciding in my dressing room in a few minutes and let you know. Youll see on sunday. Coming up our experts are revealing what well see on the were counting down to the oscars on sunday. Robin and will be right here with amy and michael for oscars Opening Ceremony. Also jess cagle will be there, as well. Let me just say the full name its Opening Ceremony live from joining us right now will be joe zee, yahoo style ed tore initor and jess cagle. The whole gang well you will be there. We also want to talk i will wake you up. Jess, last year we were very careful and smart to ask substantive questions. We didnt get into a lot of fashion questions. Will that be the same . I think thats i think a lot of the actresses are still expecting its not just going to be about the fashion and also this year youve also got the whole oscars so white controversy and the academy has done a very good job of trying to own that conversation so i think a lot of people coming down the red carpet will be prepared and maybe even excited to address that issue. Okay. Well, and you said the word address so lets talk about dresses. Dresses because we still care about the fashion. Most amazing transition ive in the morning. We will be enjoying it. May not make that our first questions on the red carpet but certainly be appreciating it. Which of the stars appreciate what trends will we see. Weve seen big trends already this past awards season. Leading up to the oscars and all of these great things weve see capes which have been really big on the red carpet from j. Lo. Lupita nyongo rocked one. The red ralph lauren. At the grammys eight months pregnant and cutouts becoming a classic staple. I like a cutout. Can everybody do it. Listen, i think everyone can do it if its done right and strategically so Jennifer Lawrence had one that was really small that was really great then the more exaggerated ones like selena gomez. Kate hudson. It looked great on her. I thought it was really great and the twopiece like taylor swift at the grammys in two pieces. So many different options. Two or three different pieces. Absolutely. Those are all trends well see. Absolutely. Do you have something as the guru of people magazine. Dont ask me about fashion. I always Say Something wrong. Go ahead. Go ahead. What do you see as the big trend for men, jess. I think youll see a lot of navy blue. I do, too. Joe and i were wearing black but navy blue. Men are much more adventurous. Fred leighton told me a lot of jewelry on the men. Men have been coming this to accessorize. We have three models. These are joes predictions of what we might see on the carpet this year. Yes, well, white i think is going to be definitely a huge thing. Its huge in fashion right now. Huge on the runway and i think people are worried it would be too bridal but beyonce wore an actual Wedding Dress to the grammys. You can still do it and look pretty holt. Black on the red carpet but love it when its lace and texture to make it not so heavy and, of course, lastly, romantic and flowy instead of a structured do you like lavender. I do but more relaxed and romantic than a structured gown. If you had to give a guess of the overall look, would you say va va voom or romantic i think were always going to see old hollywood when it comes to the oscars but for sure well see sexiness but i want to say smoking causes 16 different types of cancer. Ones that can kill you fast. Ones that can change how you see yourself. Ones that can take away there are 16 different types of cancer caused by smoking. You have one clear way to reduce your risk. You can quit smoking. Good morning america is brought to you by prudential. Right round round round so, you can see the 88th annual Academy Awards live on abc on sunday, so looking forward to that. The red carpet show with these two and the gang, 7 00 p. M. Eastern. For now, amy, well send it back to you in new york. All right, monday weve got our oscars afterparty too. Stay with us. Happy friday. Good morning. Two people are hurt after a fight in a brooklyn nightclub spilled out onto the street. The disturbance started in bushwick. Two blocks away, a woman shot in the leg and a man stabbed in the stomach. Today marks 23 years after the world trade Center Bombing that killed six people. A ceremony will be held to honor the victims of the 1993 world trade Center Bombing. More than 1,000 people were hurt in that attack. At that time, it was one of the worst terrorist attacks in u. S. Its 8 57. We check on the commute with heather orourke. Long island railroad, metro schedule. We also have subway Service Running on or close. No major problems there. Were looking at a problem there as you travel onto the Northern State parkway. We have street cleaning rules ken, over to you. Meteorologist bill evans with the accuweather forecast. 32 is our 9 00 temperature. Normally, we would be at about 34, 35 degrees and today normal highs about 44. Were going to go to 38 today. With a little wind, it will feel like the 20s. Dress warmly, built it is a lot of sunshine out there today and blue skies. Pretty day. Tomorrow we warm up to 45, which is normal. We hit 60 on sunday, which is going to feel really nice. It might be a springtime shower with temperatures mild and above normal into next week. Have a great day. Ken . Thats the news now live up next. My School Reunions coming fast. Could be bad. Could be a blast. Cant find a single thing to wear. Will they be looking at my hair . Wont be the same without you bro. 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