Calling to say he shot his wife in their bed. How did this happen . The lateest latest on this bizarre case. And sing us a song. Sing us a song kevin spacey upstaging the man . The starstudded tribute to billy joel. Hey, good morning, paula is off. We are please to have Elizabeth Vargas in. Great to see you. Great to see you. So nice to be with you, especially on this morning with the incredible story breaking overnight. How a young 7yearold girl became the sole surviveor of a plane crash that killed her family. They were flying home from florida when something went very very wrong on their private plane. One of the engines failed. And minutes later, the crash in the woods in the kentucky. We have team coverage. And start with gloria riviera. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Authorities say this plane went down just 7 miles from a local airport after the pilot made that severe distress call. It would end in tragedy for everyone on board but one. A very special, very brave little girl. Overnight investigators still searching for answers as to what took down this family easts plane flying from key west to illinois. Just outside memphis, tennessee, air Traffic Control lost contact with the plane after receiving a distress call that one of its engines had failed. Minutes later, the piper pa34 crashing into a remote wooded area in kentucky. The only survivor on board, a 7yearold girl able to escape on foot walking a quarter of a quite a while through hilly terrain and dense woods to a nearby home. A 7yearold has just come out of the woods alone. Scratched up and thing she was involved in a plane crash. Reporter Larry Wilkins tells abc news she was disoriented and had a bloody nose. About 20 minutes after 6 00 the dogs heard a knock on the door. And opened the door and theres a little girl about 7 years old. Bloody, has a bloody nose legs and arms were bleeding. Crying. And she told me that her parents were dead. And she had been in a plane crash. And the plane was upside down. Reporter sheported to a nearby hospital, minister rack lousily with only minor injuries. Im going to need an ems down here. Reporter officials confirms overnight, her family on board that small plane, her mother, father older sister and 14yearold cousin all dead by the time authorities discovered the planes wreckage. This morning mourners have begun flooding the victims Facebook Page with condolences. Kentucky police call this little girls trek to safety nothing short of amazing. Her walk on the cold, wet night after such trauma this was not a heavily populated area. Just one home in the dense area. But she made it. Amazing she found her way to the house. Perhaps there was a light on. Extraordinary story. Great to hear. Thank you. And now turn to colonel steve michigan began yard. According to what the little girl told a neighbor, the plane was flying upside down especially after the pilot was having engine trouble. We dont know what happened to the airplane after it pacted into the woods. Perhaps it flipped upside down when it impacted. Its rough terrain, its night time. Losing an engine in a heavilyloaded airplane, thats a tough situation for any pilot to be in. Its a piper pa34, i believe, is what its called it has two engines, arent they designed to fly with just one engine . Its called a seneca yes, it should be able to. Designed to fly on one engine. Its so heavily loaded. Its night time. If you lose an engine theres pilot proficiency. We dont know what else was going on. Whats the Safety Record of this plane . Its good. Its a good airplane in production for a long time. But, again, very tough situation. We dont know what else was going on. This pilot had his hands full. Was there an airport nearby to try to land safely . He was trying to make his way to put the airplane down. We dont know the circumstances and how close he was to the airport. But, again, in heavily terrained area. We do know the 7yearold was the only survivor. The seat configuration is 222. Was she sitting in the back and it could have contributed to her survival . She could have been. If she was at the back, she would have been prevented most of the plane would have cushioned her in the front of the airplane. That could be where she was. Its a miracle she survive something this feshl and tragic. A miracle indeed. Thank you so much for being with us this morning. And bring in senior medical contributor dr. Jen ashton. Good morning. Good morning. We have heard of stories where the survivor is a child. Is there a medical reason . It does seem so anecdotely but theres no medical reason for that. Kids are resilient. Where youre seated and again with any highspeed trauma restrained or unrestraibt strained. Whether you have a seat belt on or not. How do you explain she was able to get out and through the woods to find a stranger. This is the fight or flight response. The adrenaline, stress hormone. Clearly theres emotional shock as well as physical shock. If she survives without a head injury, shes talking about a five to 15 minute walk through the dark in very scary situation. Its incredible. Given the fact that nobody else survived what kind of injuries do you think were dealing with for this little girl this mo theres a principle in emergency medicine with a Motor Vehicle accident. There are fatales at the scene, gives us an indication of the degree of trauma. When there are no survivors, it tells us the impact, the velocity was significant. We worry about deceleration injuries, the internal blood vessels are torn head trauma fractions. And the psychological trauma. She lost her family. I was going to ask about that. What do you do about the psychology trauma. The medical is the easy part the counselling, the emotional part. Thats going to take months if not years. Great to have your insight. We appreciate it. She sounded like she was in shock. And was aware of the fact that her parents were both dead. Incredible story. Thank you. And moving on to the other plane crash in the headline this is week search teams reporting they have located two large objects at the bottom of the java sea. There are speculation it could be chunks from the fuselage where most of the bodies are believed to be. Muhammad lila with more now from surabaya indonesia. Reporter good morning. The two parts of the plane are submerged under a hundred feet of water. Investigators are now racing to get to them. Overnight, a big break through. A week after airasia flight 8501 went down investigators used sonar to find two pieces of the plane, one of them 30 feet wide. But getting to the wreckage isnt easy on the ocean floor 100 feet under water. They are trying to lower Remote Control vehicles to take pictures, but waves are hampering the search. A search joined officially by a second american ship, the uss fort worth. That pounding wind just a small taste of what the crew will be facing at sea. The uss fort worth is ready to assist the indonesian government in the recovery efforts. Reporter the ships equipped with sensors, sonars and tracking devices. And theyve already been training search and rescue drills on deck. The ships bridge looks like something out of star trek. We got a look on the sister ship the uss freedom. We would have submarine sonar capability, which we would use to go ahead and find anything thats below the water. Reporter indonesias Transportation Industry suspended the flights from surabaya to singapore. They didnt have the permit to fly the route on the day of the crash. Back home now. Move on to the storms socking a large part of the country with dangerous snow and ice making driving treacherous. Its moving east with an arctic blast behind it. And rob marciano is tracking it all. Good morning. Good morning. Look at the satellite, just a mess. This storm encompasses half of the country from new mexico to northeast. And Winter Weather advisories over a couple dozen states. Parts of new mexico, snow there, freezing rain, snow across western texas. Some of that, it piles up. A mixture of snow and sleet from chicago to detroit. A pocket of freezing rain in the valleys of pennsylvania. And a Winter Weather warning for interior northeast. Especially new england. All this as people are trying to wrap up holiday travel. This morning millions of americans are bracing for more treacherous Winter Weather. The snow and freezing rain spreading mayhem. Over 20 states with Winter Weather advisories in effect. A snow squall created hazardous driving conditions that led to a 35car pileup on new hampshires interstate 93. One car catching fire. Going 45 miles an hour all of a sudden its black ice. Reporter frigid temperatures and black ice caused drivers in western texas to spin out of control and trucks to jackknife. Urging residents to avoid driving. Oh my goodness. Last night it looked like snow, this morning its ice. Reporter and Winter Weather not delaying travel plans on the ground only but passengers in the skies are having a tough time as well. Flights delayed while planes are deiced. Now the Winter Weather is on the move, bringing unsettled weather to the east. Theres a warm side Severe Weather across the south. Severe weather warnings in northern louisiana and flooding that required rescues in polling county, arkansas. And heavy rain across the southeast. And the mixture just to the north of this area. And the snow turns to rain across the northeast. Temperatures tomorrow in the 60s. And drastically colder on monday and tuesday. Wild swings in temperatures. Well talk about the cold snap later mt. Program. 60s . That sounds schizophrenic weatherwise. We turn now to president obama retaliating against north korea for the damaging cyber attack on sony. Imposing new sanctions. This is the first time that the government has taken a move like this in return for a direct attack on a u. S. Company. And the president says theres more to come. Jim is with the president in honolulu. Reporter the hawaii vacation ends today, but not before president obama strikes back at north korea. This morning president obama stands strongly behind the fbi assessment that north korea hacked sony and not former employees as reported by some on the internet. So strongly that the Obama Administration ordered targeted sanctions against a country accused of launching a cyber attack against sony pictures. Signing an order sanctioning kim jongun, his political friends in the north korean intelligence and defense agencies the Workers Party and three governmentbacked military companies. President obama promised a response, and while not ruling out covert actions, this was the first step. I dont think it was an act of war, it was cyber warfare that was very expensive. We take it seriously. Reporter the internet in north korea was down for ten hours yesterday, the u. S. Wouldnt confirm if it was a cyber attack. President obama and the family wrap up the golf and Beach Vacation tonight, with so far no Global Crisis interrupting the schedule. Jim in hawaii. Nice duty. Not bad. And now to Ron Claiborne for the rest of the headlines. Hey, welcome elizabeth, dan. Sara, hi. Oh, you. Oh, you. We begin with the new York City Police department on high alert this morning after receiving nearly a hundred threats in the two weeks since the ambush murders of two Police Officers in brooklyn. The recent threats led to 21 arrests. And the Police Commissioner is urging officers not to make political statements during the funeral for one of the officers tomorrow. They turned their backs when mayor bill de blasio spoke last saturday for the officer ramos. And jewish settlers threw rocks at a convoy of diplomatic officials who were looking at alleged destruction to palestinian property. They are speaking out against interference, but this was the First Physical attack. And dying of liver failure days before his trial was to begin, he was accused of plotting the 1998 bombings in africa. He was found in a raid by u. S. Co man does. And a house explosion in illinois, one killed one injured when the house burst into flames. This was friday afternoon. One person saw a person working on a propane tank before the explosion. No word on what caused the deadly blast. And a canadian tourist got more than he bargained for. The slide, slotzilla. What . It malfunctioned leaving this guy dangleing 70 feet above the street. He was lowered to safety and given a refund for slotzilla, but refused for some reason a free meal. Confirms my suspicion that you cannot participate in something with the suffix zilla in vegas. And finally, in the white house, the president taking part in americas newest past time, the selfie. Come on well figure it out. Up a little bit. Start. The commander in chief and alleged photograph enthusiast turning the tables. And having fun with actor zach galny if i nyny nyny galifianakis. Thank you for letting me shoot my show here all these years. You have been shooting these shows here in the diplomatic room . Who gave you permission to do that . Bush. Thats right. Bush gave him the permission. The president showing off his jogging routine, and apparently likes to announce quote, potus on board when he gets on air force one. Similar to sara announcing pop on board. Pop on set is what i say when i arrive. I like the shot of the president and Vice President joe biden jogging in their suits and ties. Really . Break out the sweat suits. Thanks, ron. Thanks, ron. Come on down those are the three words that audience members on the price is right dream of hearing. Once in the shows white hot spotlight, nobody knows whats happening next. Case in point, a recent incident that has people talking. And sara is here. I have no idea why they assigned this to me. You get your shot, moneys on the line, and things dont go quite as you had hoped. Take a look. On price is right, you either guess the right price 900. 2125. 700. Or maybe not. Iphone 6. 7,500. 7500 . Really . Iphone . Shes not alone. The next bidder pulling the classic price is right move. 7501. I hope the people at apple are watching this. Actual retail price, 1069. They lost out and perhaps a little pride. Australias millionaire, proving too hot for this contestant. Which much these is not a piece of jewelry commonly worn to symbolize a relationship between two people. Engagement ring, anniversary ring, wedding ring burger ring. Failing to spot the obvious answer. Which is not a piece of jewelry. Oh, burger ring. Even admitting her humiliation. That is the most embarrassing thing to happen to me. Over on the wheel of fortune the Million Dollar slot. C. All he needs to do is read the answer. Myth left lane hero achilies. Myth left lane hero achilles. With the pressure and the stakes so high anything can happen. 7500. Thats just amazing. Achill leez . I feel for him. Once read facade in college. Embarrassment, i have not gotten over it. You go. You come on the air saturdays and sundays. And i still say those things. I think those apple guys maybe need to can you believe that guy why didnt the audience say, no no. Youre going the wrong way. She was so heavily advertised. Just everywhere. Anyway. The mysteries of price is right on a saturday morning. Over to rob with the mysteries of the weather. Whats going on . There are rules like in blackjack. Rules you have to go by. And somebody with big money, one dollar over. You have to roll the dice there. Listen, the snow across amarillo, texas. It was snowing this morning. And took this shot and sent it in. And we have Winter Weather advisories in effect. But a warm area new orleans, 76, strong to severe. Isolated tornados as well. From new orleans back to biloxi and miami. And tampa, in the lower 80s. Pumping up the heat. With that heat comes moisture. Severe storms and heavy rain potentially. And we have seen some flooding rescues across parts of central arkansas. 2 to 3 inches of rain. Maybe 1 to 2 inches of rain with this system across the northeast. Today, as we mentioned earlier start with snow and freezing rain at times. But most of the northeast is in the form of rain. And wild as far as the temperatures that will be in the 60s tomorrow. But then dropping down into the single numbers it looks like by Tuesday Morning for the u. P. Of michigan. And 20s in new york and colder as we get towards the middle to end part of the week. Be prepared for that. Chilly across the southwest today. Moderate temperatures around 60 degrees in los angeles. Good morning, washiton. Were kping an eye on the temperatures this morning. Generally they are above freezing. That is good news beuse we have plenty moisture comg through e midatlantic looking at doppler radar, wean see mostly rain no some frozen prececip. We have e a Winter Weather adsory until the afternoon hours. 3943 today. Tomorrow much wmer, exactly. Were talking dance moves. Yes we are. He does apparently something called the dougie. Would you care to demonstrate for us . No. Thats one way to kill your career instantly. Dance moves. He saves that for commercials. Maybe the next half an hour. All right. Coming up on gma, the police chief who called 911 to say he actually shot his wife in their bed. Will his call for help shed light on how it all happened . Plus a personal story. How i shared a tale about how i became quote unquote, 10 happier, and the people who say it helped them too. A lot of them. And what happened when Actor Kevin Spacey and billy joel teamed up on the classic piano man later. I didnt know he could do this . I didnt either. Nexium® 24hr. 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