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In washington and this road collapsing. A car sinking. Its antenna just above the water. Nearly a foot of rain moves in. Abc news exclusive, the exwife of the georgia dad convicted of killing their son leaving him in a hot car now speaks out. There was no evidence in our relationship that suggested that he would harm anyone, much less his own son. Oneonone with amy. You went on the stand and supported your husband. Why did you do that . Why shes still defending him now. First time on gma this morning. cause its a beautiful night [ cheers and applause ] and halfcourt happiness. The young woman sinking one rock then landing another. Making a basket then turning around and getting the proposal of her life. Her boyfriend there in disguise inside the slam dunk engagement. Who cares baby and good morning, america. That proposal, the perfect way to start off a friday. I love what you said there sinking one rock and getting another. Knows how to do it. I dont think they expected her to make that first shot but happened up in albany, new york, and their families were in the suite and caught that sweet moment. Definitely a sweet moment. A lot of news to get to. You saw that press conference yesterday. What a president ial press conference. Never seen anything like it before. President trump unfiltered. 77 minutes. His critics said he was unhinged at that time. Two things we know for sure never seen one like that and just one month into his presidency we know exactly whats on the president s mind. Yes, he definitely tells it all and the president was on attack for those 77 minutes battling with the media enaour chief White House Correspondent jon karl was in the room where it happened. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, amy. Well, the president came ready to spar and he seemed to relish it insisting that despite those headlines about white house turmoil his presidency is off to an historically productive start. To be honest, i inherited a mess. Its a mess. At home and abroad. A mess. Reporter despite the mess he says hes inherited the president insisted hes done a great job. The main problem, News Coverage that harps on the negative. I turn on the tv, open the newspapers and i see stories of chaos, chaos. Yet, it is the exact opposite. This administration is running like a finetuned machine. Reporter the president touted a productive first month. A soaring stock market, executive orders cutting regulations and a smooth rollout of his Supreme Court nominee. Press reports on dysfunction and drama trump said were simply wrong. I can handle a bad story better than anybody. As long as its true and, you know, over the course of time ill make mistakes and youll write badly and im okay with that but im not okay when it is fake. Reporter fake is what the president calls reports that his Campaign Advisers had repeated contacts with suspected russian operatives before the november election. I just want to get you to clarify. Can you say definitively that nobody on your campaign had any contacts with the russians during the campaign and on the leaks, is it fake news or are these real leaks . Well, the leaks are real. Youre the one that wrote about them and reported them. I mean the leaks are real. You know what they said. You saw it. And the leaks are absolutely real. The news is fake because so much of the news is fake. Reporter the first part of my question, the contacts can you definitively say that nobody i had nothing to do with it. I have nothing to do with russia. Irtold you, i have no deals there. I have no anything. Reporter Later Associated press reporter julie pace tried to pin the president down. No, nobody that i know of. So youre not aware of any contacts during the course of the election. How many types do i have to answer this question. Can you just say yes or no. Russia is a ruse. I know you have to get up and ask a question. Russia is a ruse. I have nothing to do with russia. Reporter as for his former National Security adviser Michael Flynn, the president continued to praise the man he fired. Mike flynn is a fine person and i asked for his resignation. He respectfully gave it. Reporter but it was this exchange that stunned many. Including lawmakers on capitol hill. When you say that, are you going to include the cbc, mr. President in your conversations with your urban agenda and inner city agenda am i going to include . The Congressional Black Caucus and the congressional i would. I tell you what, do you want to set up the meeting. Do you want to set up the meeting. No, no, im just a reporter. Set up the meeting. I know some of them. Set up a meeting. I would love to meet with the black caucus. I think its great. Reporter the Congressional Black Caucus sent the president a letter a month ago saying that they want to Work Together but did not receive a response. Now, amy, this morning both the Congressional Black Caucus and the white house say that theyre working on setting up a meeting. All right, jon, were also learning this morning that President Trumps initial ic to replace Michael Flynn as National Security adviser has officially turned down that offer. Reporter thats right. Former vice admiral bob harwood, former navy s. E. A. L. Was offered the job. I spoke to him late last night. He said he was humbled and honored to get the offer but after serving for 40 years in the Navy Including several deployments, many deployments in war zones that he couldnt do it to his family again. He just couldnt make the commitment. All right, jon karl, we appreciate it. Thank you. George. Thanks, amy. Big goal for the president to advance his campaign to delegitimize the Mainstream Media and show his supporters hes taking them on. Many of our nations reporters and folks will not tell you the truth. Its all fake news. Its all fake news. Russia is fake news. Russia this is fake news put out by the media. The public doesnt believe you people anymore. I want to just tell you the false reporting by the media, by you people, the false, horrible, fake reporting makes it much harder to make a deal with russia. Lets talk to our roundtable. Cecilia vega, matthew dowd and amy holmes, political analyst for rasmussen and the president tweeted and said thank you for the nice statements. Rush limbaugh said fake media, not happy. So the president had a strategy here. Did he succeed . If it was to get everybody focused and talking about him and having everybody analyze him, he did succeed in that. My view is if you take a look at what the country thought of this, 25 of the country who loves trump loved that because it was a total assembly of him in all his glory, 25 of the trump who hate trump hated that and was probably aghast and 50 of the country where they are concerned, a little bit confused and probably slightly nervous in the aftermath. He certainly seemed to love it. And said so. Hes having a great time. At the very beginning he was trying to reach the American People with the press just present. Basically relegating them to nattering na kwoochlt bombs of negativity. He wanted to show his toughness, one. Great thestrengths he had and i his willingness one thing clear, cecilia, he definitely wanted to take control of this narrative. He sees himself getting pummeled every single day. These suggestions of the white house in chaos. He said ill do it myself. This comes in the wake of a series of really bad stories for this white house. The big one yesterday being that the white house was in turmoil. He wanted to change that narrative but lets not forget donald trump ran on being an unconventional candidate and that is exactly what we saw so i totally agree. I think supporters of his will eat this up and love it. The business at hand, donald trump was there to announce a new labor secretary, that got just a handful of seconds during the press conference. I do still think there are a number of questions about russia and contacts that the campaign and surrogates had with russia that still remain unanswered but lets give it to him. There were a number of questions that were answered from everybody in that room and donald trump had been criticized leading up to this for not taking serious questions from Mainstream Media and certainly did that. He took all the questions. No question about that. But, matthew dowd, did he advance his agenda at all . No, because i think if you think about the person in michigan or the person in ohio thats worried about their job and voted for him reluctantly, i mean, keep in mind 46 of the country voted for him but about a quarter of those voters thought he was unqualified to be president and didnt have the temperament. They want to see somebody that will advance the ball for them and be president ial. Coming away from that press conference, 25 of the people that voted for him wont feel more comfortable about him. He complains about not getting focus the media not focusing on things he does with boeing and carrier but all the talk gets in the way. There is a tendency to step on his own message when hes addressing a thousand things over 77 all the time. Well, there is that and i do appreciate that at the beginning of his press conference he went through what hes accomplished, what hes done through executive orders and decrees and so forth. Were being theater critics instead of looking at the substance of the policy. Here was the moment the most remarkable moment. The president talking about that russian ship patrolling off our shores. The greatest thing i could do is shoot that ship thats 30 miles offshore right out of the water. Everyone in this country will say, oh, its so great. Thats not great. Thats not great. I would love to be able to get along with russia. Kind of an astonishing thing that he would think that everyone would think its great and it would start a major war with russia. You could make a comment about blowing up a russian ship 30 miles off the eastern seaboard with a quip have a lot of people scratching their head like blowing literally and figuratively blowing it was a popcorn worthy press conference. Unbelievable expose of donald trump. And they said the president loved it. We may be seeing more. Thank you all very much. Back to amy. President trump expressed outrage over Intelligence Leaks saying he will put a stop to them. Take a look. Were looking at them very, very seriously. Ive gone to all of the folks in charge of the various agencies and were ive actually called the Justice Department to look into the leaks. Those are criminal leaks. Lets bring in our legal analyst dan abrams and brad garrett. You heard the president calling these leaks criminal. Is that the case . They could be. Certainly. There are a lot of statutes that you can use to prosecute people for sharing information related to the National Defense. Doesnt even have to be officially classified information. Then youve got the possibility of classified information. Youve got a whole host of statutes to use. If you want to and want to dig in to figure out who did it and whether they should be prosecuted. It is confusing because we heard President Trump say the leaks are real but the news is fake. How do those two things coexist . They dont. Either there are people with access to National Defense information or classified information that are improperly sharing this Accurate Information or the immediate were is making this stuff up, right . If the media is making it up or if these people who are in government are taking the media for a ride what do you investigate . Youre investigating nonsense so either its real and its frightening to the president and it shouldnt be happening because this is Important Information thats being shared or we in the media are supposedly just making this stuff up in which case theres nothing to investigate. Lets talk about the investigation. Brad, President Trump is saying he is having the Justice Department look into these leaks. How difficult . What is it like to catch leakers . The first thing you have to do is figure out if the information leaked is actually classified. Many times the press only get a small portion so that has to be vetted first and then look at the number of people who had potential access to that information. I will tell you, amy, less than 50 are identified and virtually nobody ends up being prosecuted at the end of the day. All right. Brad garrett, dan abrams, more to come. Thank you so much. Okay, thanks, guys. Hard to remember by the end but the president opened the press conference by announcing his new pick for labor secretary, Alexander Acosta. Mary, the president moved quickly after he had to withdraw his first choice, Andrew Puzder. Reporter he certainly did, george. Overshadowed in the press conference the president s announcement of his labor secretary nominee and named Alexander Acosta to replace Andrew Puzder who withdrew two days ago. He is seen as a safer pick, former Law School Dean and former assistant attorney general and it confirmed he could be the first hispanic member of the cabinet. A safer pick but democrats are raising some questions. Reporter yeah, george, right now consider this, President Trump has more unconfirmed nominees than any president at week four in history. Just 13 of 22 cabinet nominees have now been confirmed. In fact, they have been up here railing all night long. Democrats against the next to have a vote. Pruitt for epa, still at it. That vote later today. Mary bruce, thanks very much. To michael. Thank you, george. We turn to a terrifying plot uncovered in florida. Police are investigating arrested a man they say wanted to bomb target stores along the east coast. Abcs eva pilgrim is outside a target in jersey city with the story. Good morning, eva. Reporter good morning, michael. A floridas mans get rich quick scheme landing him in jail. His plan to destroy target stores like this allegedly so he could buy cheap stock. A florida man behind bars this morning accused of plotting to blow up target stores up and down the east coast using bombs hidden in packaged food, stuffing mix, breakfast bars and pasta boxes. Investigators finding the ingredients to make the bombs right here at Mark Barnetts florida home. Terrifying to hear. Reporter according to the documents the 48yearold offered someone 10,000 to put ten bombs on the shelves inside target stores warning not to let the boxes bounce around or they would explode. Asking that they put one in each state from new york down to florida. Saying get as far as you can go. Because we didnt want to make it a localized thing. Having an individual out in the public like in that would have this in his mind to build these devices, thats an individual you want to get off the street quickly. Reporter he gave them a bag of gloves, a mask, a license plate cover and 280 a travel money. That person taking the bombs straight to police sending barnett straight to jail. Investigators say the bombs were real. Capable of causing property damage, serious injury or even death. His motive, Authorities Say barnett hoped the bombings would tend target stock prices plummeting so he could buy shares on the cheap setting him up to make big money when the companys stock recovered. So, why did he ask for help . Because he was wearing an ankle monitor tracking his every move. He was already on probation for multiple other felonies. Michael. All right, thank you, eva. Some things you cant explain. I know. Disturbing. All right. Now moving on to the biggest storm of the season about to hit the west affecting millions and rob marciano is in seal beach south of los angeles. Good morning, rob. Good morning, amy. They are bracing for an unusually strong storm. Now ramping up off this pacific coastline. Im standing over protective berm to keep the water out at seal beach but with 15, 20foot breakers, a tough go. Those are being rushed to completion, look what happened yesterday in washington state, interstate five shut down because of a mudslide. The northbound lanes took five hours to clear that. Portland seeing all time amounts of rain for the month. Its going to be a rough day today. Nearing 8 inches which would be close to by monday their wettest february on record. Pictures like this. Lind, washington. Imagine driving to work and your car falls through. This guy survived which is great news. That large gap in the road there, unfortunately, were thinking well see more of the same as this active pacific jet stream sets up and timing is really important. Its through the day today, los angeles starts to get it. After the noon hour and were talking heavy rain. I mean l. A. Doesnt necessarily get a lot in anyway but its a all right lets get to your local weather in 30 seconds, first though, the weekend getaway. Reporter good morning, everybody, dry on Storm Tracker 6 live double scan, as we take a look outside, plenty of sunshine, too, you want to grab the heavy coat and extra gear because were in the 20s to start out. Theres a bit of a breeze. Not as breezy as yesterday, but chilly. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast shows a cool high of 45, chilly. Saturday afternoon, 63. Getting up to 65 on sunday, back to 52 on monday, but still above average and still nice. A hot c breaks her silence. It never crossed my mind that ross had done it on purpose. Never. It was an accident. Amys exclusive first on gma this morning. Then caught on camera, a dramatic ice rescue. A teen saved by strangers after being thrown from her snowmobile into freezing water. What you need to know if youre on the ice this winter. Ut. Whoa check this out. Theres always kings hawaiian rolls inside. Whoa irresistible kings hawaiian foods. Coming this spring, barbeque sauce. sfx 2 kids scream give extra. Get extra. Odonnell, 7 23 a. M. , friday, february 17. Whats going on with the turnpike . Reporter this accident happened four hours ago new jersey turnpike. Chopper 6 hd was overhead showing a tractortrailer that smashed into the overpass. They have to check the Structural Integrity of that. This is the result, four hours later, one lane getting by, new jersey turnpike southbound thats the mess youre sitting in traveling 8, 9 Miles Per Hour at best. This is happening north of exit 4. If you get on at exit 4, route 73 youre okay. Use 295 instead. Mercer county, new accident 129 northbound near third street. We have an accident near girard northbound its cleared. We have the southbound jam at the ben franklin bridge on i95, matt. Thank you karen, well take a break. David murphy has the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast next. Whats more magical than playing pot of gold. With top prizes of 50,000 . The answers winning. On the spot. 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Amy, you sat down with the mom of the that little boy left to die in the backseat of his fathers hot car. An incredible story. The mom divorced her exhusband because of all the information that came out yet she still thinks hes innocent. Innocent of the most serious crime, that is malice murder. Leanna taylor wants nothing to do with her exhusband and expresses anger towards him but doesnt think he deserves to spend the rest of his life behind bars. Leanna, this is your very first interview. Why are you speaking out now. Its been 2 1 2 years of very heartbreaking silence. You want to change the narrative. Exactly. That narrative up until now is the one a jury accepted that leannas exhusband ross intentionally left their 22monthold son cooper to die in a hot car. There was no evidence in our relationship that suggested that he would harm anyone, much less his own con. We find the defendant guilty. Reporter it was a hot june day, 92 degrees, Justin Ross Harris is supposed to drop his son cooper off at day care. Instead he drives to work and parks his car there leaving little cooper strapped into his rearfacing car seat. A 2monthold child died in the back parking lot here. Reporter ross claims its a terrible accident but as suspicion builds leanna too comes under scrutiny. People looked at you and thought the worst. Uhhuh. Reporter the Public Perception fueled by her own behavior in this Infamous Police video embracing her husband in an interrogation room. You were compassionate towards your husband which is something i think a lot of people look at and think how were you not upset . How were you not angry at him when you first saw him . It never crossed my mind that ross had done it on purpose. Never. It it was an accident. But dent or not, he was responsible for the death of your son. How are you not angry . That didnt that wasnt sinking in. Since that day i have gone through all of those emotions. Youve been angry at him. Yes. But that moment i went i hadnt accepted what had happened yet. Reporter but what about this moment. Did you say too much . Why did you say that to him . I knew my husband. I knew his personality. Logically ross doesnt shut up, so the only thing that i could think of logically what did you say to make them think that you did this on purpose. Reporter but as Police Investigate they uncover evidence of dozens of affairs with women, men as well as Text Messages from that fateful day. Ross inside his office sexting other women complaining about marriage and fatherhood and on his computer, this video. I mean this kills. And its a lousy way to die. Reporter about the dangers of leaving pets in hot cars. Viewed by ross just days before cooper died. Leanna divorces ross but at his trial a bombshell. She takes the stand as the star witness for his defense. Did ross love this little boy. Yes, he did. Very much. You went on the stand and supported your husband. Why did you do that . This is never about me defending ross. When you get on the stand and you swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth thats what youre supposed to do and thats what i did. I couldnt get up there and say that he was a bad father because it wasnt true. Was there ever any evidence presented at trial that made you question whether or not ross was guilty of murder . Not guilty of intentionally murdering. Not, not planning the murder. No. What about ross watching that video, that vet video of an animal in a hot car in the days prior to coopers death . What do you make of that . We have a dog, many, many other people viewed that same video. Many, many people didnt then leave their son in a hot car. Right. Does he deserve to be punished in any way for what happened to cooper . I think that there has to be a level of a level of punishment. Has ross ever apologized to you . Uhhuh. What did he apologize for . For not protecting our son that day. For not being faithful to me. For taking his family for granted. Do you accept his apology . I accept it. Its not going to change anything. What she does want to change is the peoples perception of this case that only bad parents could leave their child in the car. She wants people to know it could happen to anyone so all of the things that came out about ross in trial, she was afraid that clouds peoples ability to conceive that they too could do the same thing and she wants to prevent this from happening again. Gripping to watch first of all but a little confusing because she thinks he should be punished but doesnt think hes guilty of murder. A lot of parents this happened 39 times just last year do face charges and are convicted on lesser charges, vehicular manslaughter or some sort of lesser charge. Negligence. Negligence, but malice murder. She doesnt think that it rises to that level. She doesnt think she planned he planned it. She doesnt think he intended to kill their son. She thinks he should have been responsible for being responsible for coopers death. Seems like she had total faith in him. She wants to believe he isnt capable of something that horrific. Incredible interview, congratulations. You can see it on 20 20 at 10 00 eastern right here on abc. All right, everybody, coming up in two minutes that dramatic ice rescue caught on tape. A 16yearold was thrown from a snowmobile into a freezing lake. She was saved by strangers and gio is standing by live to show us what to do if you end up on the ice this winter. For millions of baby boomers theres a serious virus out there thats been almost forgotten. Its hepatitis c. One in 30 boomers has hep c, yet most dont even know it. Because it can hide in your body for years without symptoms, and its not tested for in routine blood work. The cdc recommends all baby boomers get tested. 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Listen, over the past few weeks weve seen accident after accident on the ice and just two weeks ago right here at this lake a man had to be rescued on the same exact day a 16yearold girl had to be rescued by total strangers. Just take a look at this video. Get this to her. Leave it tied to this. Reporter a desperate and difficult rescue playing out right before our eyes. Look over there. Thats a 16yearold girl in the frozen waters of waterboro, maine, getting thrown off a snowmobile but three strangers fishing nearby jump into action throwing a thick rope her way. Get it, get it. Hold on. All right, kick, kick your feet really hard. Reporter now watch. You can see her being pulled out. That moment heard on police radio. Theres a female that was in the water there and they are bringing her to shore at this time. Reporter the teens heroes speaking out. All three of us pretty much decided, hey, lets get out there, right place the right time and helped and we have what we needed to get the job done and worked out well. Reporter the girl they saved was lucky but the dangers that come with snowmobiling on ice are real. Some of the machines can fly at speeds over 90 Miles Per Hour and weigh more than 600 pounds. Ice needs to be at least five inches thick just to support that weight and experts say each year 14,000 people are injured on snowmobiles. The industry says operator decisions, not the machine, may be responsible for some of these accidents. People can drown when they fall through the ice. What to do if you fall into icy waters. Just last year our matt gutman showed us. The best thing to do is control your breathing. Dont panic. Then focus on putting your airports on the ice and kicking your legs to pull yourself back on to the ice. So, snowmobile or not. Just about every expert we speak to says no ice is safe ice so just dont get on the ice. I want to turn live to our drone camera here just to show you how dangerous this can be. Right now this lake is totally covered by snow. So you really have no idea how thick this ice is. You have no idea where its safe. Were told along the edges its usually thicker and in the center its a lot thinner but still were told just dont get on the ice. Its just not safe and, michael, you mentioned that coast guard warning, right now parts of this country, theyre saying the ice is already melting. And, gio, please tell me theres something that 16yearold did that helped her make it through. What was that . Reporter you know what, i love this because she says that her teacher taught her to take off her boots if she falls into a frozen lake. And thats because the boots are going to weigh you down and help sink you down so she took them off and Officials Say that is what could have saved her life. Im glad she remembered that in the middle of that turmoil. Thank you. Get warm, my friend and amy, what do we have coming up . It is heating up. Our legal team is here for our big board and coming up the bombshell new emails that could change the case for fast and furious star paul walker and that heat, we were already having a heated discussion. A new bill that could make it harder to divorce. Were back in two minutes. vo what is the ethan allen look . Well, its lisa and sams stylish elegance. Its kates laidback beach look and with the complimentary help of his ethan allen designer paul created a look thats. Well, really paul. President s day savings are going on now. Design your look today. Good is in every blue diamond almond. And once good gets going, theres no stopping it. Blue diamond almonds. Get your good going. It can seem like triggers pop up everywhere. Luckily theres powerful, 24hour, nondrowsy claritin. 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Another quote uncovered, total worldwide production of the carrera was 1280 and over 200 were already totaled. The family is saying, look, this is stuff we ought to have had. How could they have hidden this from us and now asking for sanctions. That could range from money to saying, we should win this case. So, this is a big deal in particular because the driver of the car already sued porsche and lost. Judge threw it out. Said, you know what, theres no evidence its porsches fault. The family of paul walker would say his situation is different because he was in the passenger seat and as a result there are different legal issues with regard to the car, et cetera. Its interesting, sunny, because these types of cars can go up to 200 Miles Per Hour. How does the law distinguish between the drivers responsibilities and the cars capabilities. The law looks at it case by case by case and in this case you have to determine who made the mistake. Was it the car company or the driver . If you look at the evidence so far, the l. A. County sheriffs department, california Highway Patrol both conducted investigation and found it was going 94 Miles Per Hour. Theyre saying its the speed of the car, not the car. I guess the biggest question is do you think this will go to trial . The drivers family, the case was thrown out. Do you think theyll take this to trial or be a settlement . Before these things came out i would have said i think the best shot is to get the case thrown out for porsche. This could force a settlement. I think were talking about a little girl, 15yearold who lost her dad and when it comes to emotion you take your lawyer hat off and put your parent hat on and it definitely goes to trial. She wants her day in court. They need to get past the judge first. All right. Now we move on to a heated divorce debate. A texas lawmaker sparking controversy by proposing a new bill that would repeal no fault divorces making it more difficult for couples to end a marriage and, sunny, i just want to say personally theres no such thing as an easy divorce and i just think thats a very important point to make. In a statement he said proving an easy way out of marriage greatly undermines the institution so first talk about the difference between a no fault and fault divorce. You have to determine who is responsible for ruining the marriage in a fault divorce, right . So no irreconcilable differences. Some reasons are adultery, mental or physical abuse, abanment or someone who goes to prison. In a no fault divorce no blame is placed on anyone so irreconcilable differences, you get out of the marriage. So you probably have to air dirty laundry to say the least. Yeah, and, listen, the bottom line is a marriage is a contract. What contract can you get out of just for no reason at all . You have to have a reason or i think you should have a reason. The idea of making it harder to get out of a marriage, this lawmaker is trying to make it 180 days instead of 60 days and so you have to give specific to drag kids through that i agree with dan. And say well make it that much harder, were talking about adults here. This notion that the government is going to be able to tell you, well, you know what, take some pore time because were going to make it that much harder. Shouldnt it be more difficult to get out of a marriage when there are kids involved . The sanctity of a marriage by the way, ill say this. If you have a no fault divorce you have to make up a reason. Sometimes there just isnt a reason. Sometimes the reason is you just fell out of love. Thats okay. I dont need a texas lawmaker to sanction his morality on me or anyone else. What contract, legal contract can you think of you can you get out of for no reason at all . Both people want out. This is a different contract. Let agree marriage isnt like every other contract. Its probably a more important contract. As a result, as a result, not dragging kids through a lengthy process of fighting over how to get out of it. To me seems like and, by the way youve been quiet. Watch the argument about a fault and no fault divorce makes you really how hard its on everybody. Ive been there. Not an easy conversation. We can all agree on that. Coming up, well take a look at this incredible video of lava in hawaii and ginger has the story behind it. And then a gma exclusive, maks, peta and their new baby, our favorite dancing couple telling us about parenthood and getting back in the ballroom. And one woman conquering her greatest fear soaring to new heights. This is all on gma. mic thuds uh, sorry. Its unlimited without compromising reliability, on the largest, most advanced 4g lte network in america. thud uh. Sorry, last thing. Its just 45 per line. Forty. 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Anybody on tour in hawaii, i know youre seeing it and kilauea means frequent eruption so this is really living up to its name recently. All happening since 83 and far before that. We wanted to go from hot to hot for this time of year, chicago, this afternoon to 61. Minneapolis, same number and that mild air is going to shift east by sunday. Check that out, new york city, 63, washington, d. C. , almost 70. This warm segment has been brou t Good Morning America is brought to you by Cosequin Joint Health Supplements available at veterinarians and pet aisles nationwide. Whistling a birthday song zipping whale call fog horn elk call owl hoot odonnell, 7 56 friday, february 17. Weve been talking about epic jams. Lets go over to karen rogers. Reporter we have an epic jam even though they are saying traffic is getting by on the new jersey turnpike approaching exit 4 for 73. They have cleared it out, but the backlog is significant. 11 Miles Per Hour on the turnpike. Woodhaven road westbound the onramp to route 1 was blocking the ramp a minute ago, they pushed out the vehicles. It had been blocking the ramp, thats looking better on woodhaven road. Mass transit, septa delays have ended. We have residual delays with West Manayunk and norristown. They were having signal problems, but they fixed them. We have a couple of septa buses being detoured. Vine street expressway, no major problems, westbound slow as you head toward the schuylkill expressway. Lets take a live look outside, center city philadelphia, lots of cloud cover, but good stuff coming this weekend. Lets go to meteorologist david murphy. Reporter all right, matthew, were starting out with sunshine, a few high clouds starting to streak in. Cold, 28 degrees, same thing up in allentown, winds not as strong as yesterday, though. A heavy coat does it, but you wont have to deal with blustery winds. Chilly, high of 45. Better than yesterday, man, the story is the weekend. Tomorrow afternoon 63. 65 on sunday, well probably see records fall or come close to that on sunday. Monday, cooler for president s day, 52, but nice with increasing clouds and dry conditions. Dry on tuesday, a little rain wednesday and thursday, matt. A gunman shot and killed a north Philadelphia Bar manager overnight. It happened inside moniques lounge at 23rd and indiana avenue at 1 with the 30 00 a. M. Before the killer left he robbed the bar and stole the wallet and keys from the man he just murdered. A local Tree Trimming Company highlander Illegal Immigrants again and again, the story at 6abc. Com. With simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, withdrawal, transfer, or payment each month to waive the monthly fee. And theres no minimum balance. Youre alright with simply right checking from santander bank. Are you feeling alright, baby . Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. New overnight the strongest storm of the season pummels parts of the western u. S. Millions on alert right now. Flash flood, dangerous winds and mudslides and interstates closed as a foot of rain moves in. New this morning, are all your food labels about to get less confusing . Used by, sell by. Whats right and what do you need to know . Final countdown. Conquer your fears. Could you battle your phobia and overcome it in hours. One brave viewer who cant stand heights put to the test by our psychologist live. Did it work . Well show you this morning. Plus, its a gma exclusive. Maks, peta and little shai as the dancing super couple opens up right here about life as parents, whether theyll dance again and youre about to meet the baby for the very first time. Both good morning, america. And good morning, america. Happy friday. Great to have everyone here. That little bit we saw of baby shai is really cute. He is adorable. We cant wait to see more and a wonderful way to start off your day because of that new baby, shai, the dancing couple giving us the exclusive, first look at him right there. And revealing apparently this is a thing whos really on diaper duty. Its awesome to see shai and awesome to see you here too, sara. Thank you. Today is about overcoming fear, right . Were helping our gma viewers conquer their fears. Look at jane fisher. Shes been terrified of heights her entire life and this morning there she is climbing the ladder. Something she couldnt do before and shell swing from a trapeze live. Wow. And the countdown to that, the clock is ticking on jane so she is overcoming her fears and kind of pushing people to do that now. Not literally pushing her. Sara was just scaring everybody talking about your latest its a trailer i saw and im dragging and amy. These are my partners in crime. We see scary movies together. We enjoy fear, george. You do . Well learn a lot more about fear coming up. First to paula faris with the rundown. Good morning to you. We begin with millions of people in the west bracing today for whats being called the strongest storm in years. Heavy rain is expected to trigger flooding and mudslides in areas already saturated by recent storms. In washington state, a raging river, look at this. Washes out this road just as a man is driving over it. He estated but his car ended up in the water. Today its Southern California getting hit the hardest. Some evacuations under way already. Rob marciano is there. Good morning, rob. Hey, good morning, paula. The winds now starting to pick up as this unusually strong storm continues to gather strength off the california coastline here. These pumps lining some of the beach communities here trying to keep the water out of some of these homes suss sentable to flooding and we have this big berm. Its up all winter long to try to protect it from wave, 15, 20footers so im not sure that will hold. Flooding and winds over 60 miles an hour in highly Populated Areas that will bring down some trees and mudslides and bigtime snow. Very powerful snow coming into california today. Paula. Powerful, indeed. Rob marciano, thanks for your reporting this morning. One day after insisting his administration is operating like a finetuned machine, President Trump is searching once again for a National Security adviser. Thats because retired vice admiral robert harwood, the president s choice to replace Michael Flynn, he has turned down the job for personal reasons. Now, the president s controversial nominee to run the epa is expected to be confirmed today. Scott pruitt sued the agency to fight regulations on oil and gas companies. Meantime, President Trump says he will issue a new immigration order in the next week. His revised travel ban is expected to focus on foreigners who have never entered the united states. And the fbi says its arrested a white supremacist who was plotting to attack a synagogue in South Carolina. According to investigators, Benjamin Mcdowell said he wanted to attack jews, quote, in the spirit of dylann roof. The Charleston Church shooter. A close call to show you at the airport in phoenix. A Frontiers Airline jet clipped the wing of an incoming southwest flight. You can see the damage. A fuel leak reported however no one was injured. A safety alert for parents. Nearly 700,000 strollers made by britax are being recalled because of a defect that can cause the seats to detach. Dozens of children have been injured. Our website has more details. Finally on this friday, a very creative proposal. An illinois man, he fwoug his girlfriend a box of her Favorite Chicken nuggets and wrote, will you mcmarry me in the box. The ring was right there with the mcnuggets. I hope she didnt waste any because theyre tasty. Our favorite proposal of the day is this. From a Dunkin Donuts promotion. Erin tobin nails the halfcourt shot but her boyfriend is hiding under that giant coffee cup, gets down on his knee and pops the question. The women in both said yes but in this case erin also made 500 for making that shot. Were talking about two things that happen only once in a lifetime making a halfcourt shot and engagement. Id kind of want to relish in that halfcourt shot. Let me soak it in. Let me know if she makes it or im staying in here. Only won 500 bucks. They should pay for the wedding. Agreed. She had to make the shot. I dont think it was con ink . Inter. Im only marrying a girl that can sink this one. I was going to make that joke. It sounds a lot better coming from sara. Really . I love when youre funny, george. Thank you. Are you ready for some pop . [ applause ] okay, time now for pop news. There may be one person more excited than george and amal clooney for their new arrival and its, of course, georges mother nina clooney. The grandmothertobe is spilling the beans on the twin babies genders saying it will be one of each. Yes, a boy and a girl. Georges mom and dad nick already grandparents to the actors niece and nephew but that isnt dulling their enthusiasm calling the pregnancy marvelous. The twins are due in june. Thats great. I can tell theyll be spoiled. You want to start with twins. People say you dont know any other way but one is like i get fear palpitations for them. Theyll have hopefully a lot of help and grandma and grandpa. Next up one of our favorite bands with big plans. You loved onerepublics hit counting stars and we play that actually all the time and their new music video is here, plus before they head off on their summer tour were rocking out with them next wednesday, the 22nd right here on gma. Its a good one. Yeah. I love ryan. And this one might be my favorite. Funny one, george. Hillary clinton spotted enjoying a night out in nyc. Its her company catching attention. Her very own saturday night live impersonator Kate Mckinnon according to page 6. The two grabbed a bite before clinton, the real one went to see glenn close on broadway in sunset manufactured. The last time we saw them together was live in studio 8a. She was dressed as clinton and hanging out with a bartender named val played by hillary herself. They report lots of laughter from their table and we should point out mckinnon was dressed as herself that night. What they show is pretty intense. She looks like shes listening. Theres a lot to talk about, george. I think so. Info for the next snl. I feel like a drop into the impersonation. If youre around southern people, amy, i know it happens to you. You start to get a twang. If youre with Hillary Clinton, i think i would start doing my impersonation of Hillary Clinton. Thats got to be pressure. Even though youre playing Hillary Clinton to her face, thats a lot of pressure. But when youre that good at it. She nails it. 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Paula was in their home in new jersey. Paula, that looked like a lot of fun. It was so much fun and i got to say, peta is absolutely glowing as a new mom. Meantime, maks is crying tears of joy. They wanted to keep baby shai all to themselves but dancings first family decided now was the time to debut their first son. Theyre dancings favorite duo, maks chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd are mirror ball champs but their greatest collaboration. Shai aleksander. Just over a month old. Who does he look more like, mom or dad. I would have to see me. Hes definitely got your perfect nose. I was hoping that he would look like me and have her personality so im just worried a little bit now. He changed the first diaper. You changed the first diaper and it was also the last diaper, absolutely, but i did. This is the first time that everyone is going to see your baby. How do you feel about that . Its nerveracking because we i specifically wanted to keep him very private from the beginning because we just want to keep him for ourselves. Just settle into this is our child and every time somebody comes over you kind of share him with somebody else. Reporter in their first interview since shais birth, the new family introducing their gift. Meaning of shai in hebrew is gift. While ready to share him with the world theyre not sure they want him to share his love of dancing. How long before he starts dancingy. Gee, i hope never. If he says i dont want to be a dancer, youre going to be okay with that. Thank god, yes. I figured if hes like around 66 and lebron just got a billion dollar contract hes not going to be 66. 65. Youre thinking nba. Im thinking a billion dollar contract. The firsttime parents seemingly at ease and in awe but recognizing the challenge of parenting. Peta making headlines for posting this photo just eight days after giving birth sharing that struggle on her new blog, all things fam and glam. I left the hospital looking five months pregnant and at first i was like, oh, wow, like i was a little disappointed. I just realized that this i just did the most beautiful thing that a woman can produce and do in life and i need to just suck it up, move on and, you know, not worry about the little things. You just had a baby. Youre working out. Youre planning a wedding. Im just like, whoa. We its a lot. We are planning, not just any wedding, its a large wedding. Its going to be three days with 300 people so its a lot. I had a moment of, should we put it on hold for a little bit . What did i say . He said, no way, baby. Were getting married. Not in that that tone of voice. Its like i want to marry you. You called her your wife two times just misspoke. Do you anticipate shai to have a special role in the ceremony. Just roll him out. Wondering how to get him down the aisle. Its not about me anymore. It is all about shai. And its amazing. Im okay with it. I love this family but i asked them if theyll be back with dancing with the stars revealing the cast in less than two weeks. They said maybe but peta said theres more important things than making sure my mascara is applied. They could give him the world but want his first instinct they say when he grows up to want to give that world back to other, to be an all truist and think about others. They struggled. They really had to work hard to get where they are. Really did. But maks, hes a mush in the hospital he played i only have eyes for you just the three of them. He was crying and he had to leave the hospital because he was so emotional. They look so happy. Theyre adorable. Big dreams, lebron james size contract. Billion dollar contract. He can hear you, guys. The whole interview on our website and of course on march 1st well reveal the new dancing with the stars cast right here on gma. And coming up, should you ask someones dad for permission before you get engaged . Well answer that. Good morning, it is 8 27 friday, february 17. Im matt odonnell. Sometimes karen rogers tell us us when things are going right. Reporter thats right, schuylkill expressway no accidents. Eastbound is jammed, eastbound looking live at montgomery drive approaching the boulevard to the vine. Overall delays are not as bad as normal with people taking a long weekend for president s day. Web is usually slower from approaching the boulevard to past bell month. I95 19 Miles Per Hour at girard, cottman, 22, so better. Burlington bristol bridge you want to watch for this, scheduled to go up at 8 45. Often we would tell you to take the turnpike connector. You cant take that because its closed. Watch for that going you mean. Route ten trolley shuttle busing, detoured septa because going on right now. Everyone ready for a weekend warmup . First today with david murphy. We have high clouds streaking in, 28 in allentown, a bit of a breeze not as windy as yesterday. This afternoon, 45, overall a mix of sun and clouds. The weekend looks great, milder in the after on saturday, 63. 5 on sunday, partly sunny, gorgeous weather on saturday and sunday, president s day, cooler, high of 52. But above average. Tuesday and wednesday, mild, those days could feature a little bit of rain. Action news will providea full coverage of thon including a live stream of the dance marathon for charity at 6abc. Com. Well, welcome back to gma. We are were up here with were making a mess. Can we get a napkin . And george, youre making a mess. I am. I havent even got to the reason were toasting this morning with this chocolate shamrock shake. Now, how many of you have ordered a shake like this and you get a little upset when you dont get the perfect sip . Like when you dont get the mix of the chocolate and the mint and all these other things where mcdonalds came up with a solution, no solution for your spilling, george. A solution for the shake. The straw. Check out the straw. Yes. So when you get one sip, you get both flavors in one sip. I did, though. Thats so true. Did you try it . I got chocolate and mint. I havent had a mcdonalds shake in a long time. Me either. Really well. Youre getting the perfect proportion. They went deep and enlisted anary rowspace you did it again . Mine was melting on its own. You did that to yours. Yes. Be a big boy today, george. You got this, buddy. But a lot of things went into this. They enlisted an aerospace and Robotics Engineering Company to come up with this. Its limited. Okay. So you have to find out where and when theyre having on the website mcdonalds website when theyll have these shakes and when the straws will be available. Im happy they made them Strong Enough to take them home and use them again. Super green of you. Super green. Now, george, youre a mess, but anyway were staying with science and food and its about food color and what colors make you want to eat more and, amy is now proving my point. It turns out yellow foods make you happy. Yes. Sort of yellow. Thats why you cant stop eating it. Its my brain. I cant help it. Because they feel like nothing. Thats the white. Thats the popcorn. And the marshmallows. People think its empty of calories. It is. Its popcorn. What about not the yellow butter. When i look at apples and a cherry, i feel like its flavorful. And the deeper the color the sweeter you think it is which is why they color those apples. Except when it comes to black food. Which is gross. If you want to eat less of something you dont like black licorice. I really like it. If you want to eat less take the black version which makes sense. People associate it with sickness, death. I enjoy my black licorice. On that theyre saying move on, move on. We dont want to talk about sickness and death. This is really interesting. There have been we had on the show a couple of marriage proposals but i want to poll the audience. How many think a man should ask the father first before asking for his daughters hand in marriage . So, a lot of you do. [ applause ] well, its interesting because there is now, you know, think a that happened, people say, hey, dates back to a time when women didnt have a choice and women married really young so the deal was done between the when the father kind of owned women were property basically so a lot of women are saying, hey, dont ask for my fathers permission because he has nothing to did with it. Its my decision not his and i kind of get that. I think you should ask both parents. The way i look at it is the people that love this person the most, like your daughters, youre coming in and saying were joining and ill take care of this person, man or woman, whatever your preference is and theyre going to be okay on my watch and i think its a respect thing to say i agree. Im going to take care of. I raise my hand but dont mean it. I dont think you have to ask but give a headsup. Ask for their blessing. I think thats exactly it. Max asked my dad and when he was done, when i found out we were engaged i said i wish you would have asked my mom too but my dad made it hard on him. He goes, could you handle a no . And max was like his whole body i had to pick on him later. Dad, what were you doing . He said, i just had to have a moment. But its true, though. I dont think i think as a man you assume if youre going to ask the parents or the woman that shes going to say yes so i think its good that your dad did that because my daughter may say no. Back in the day it felt like you owned your daughter. My daughters own me. I dont own them. But ive already i thought about that and its going to be a were a ways away. But i want the guy to come and talk to me. Come talk to me and i still want to be young enough to intimidate him. Thats what i want. Youre a hall of famer. You have that for the rest of your life. Wear all your rings. Yeah. [ applause ] oh, boy, were all softies at the end and just want our kids to be happy. I know i do. Something that i think its coming up may make you happy. Going to look at this interview of the cast of hbos new series Big Little Lies. Nicole kidman, shailene woodley, laura dern, zoe kravitz and Reese Witherspoon and overcoming stereotypes. Take a look. My new dress, my new friend, jane. Hi. Take five, powerhouse actresses. If you want it bad. Reporter a ritzy backdrop of ticking time bombs and murder mystery wrapped around the plot of hidden anguish and you have a captivating dramedy which is Big Little Lies. This is a very interesting conversation at piece. Not only with this driving narrative about theres a murder and you dont know which one of us did it but about the complexity of the female experience. Do you have a husband or i should assume, boyfriend, girlfriend. No husband or partner, just me. You often dont see any show that explores the inner psyche of a female, a woman. But everyone can relate to loneliness, secrets. Everyone can relate to jealousy. Nice for the nanny to get to know each other. Jane is not a nanny. Speaks to how beautiful it is to find deep friendship. Shes a mom. Shes young, like you used to be. Like we used to be. Sometimes its true the depths of despair or gossip, challenge, that you break through and accept people for all of themselves. How easy or hard was it to identify or relate to your own individual characters . You know, i had empathy for all of the characters. I think the way the script is written is every character kind of appears to be one way. Were all painted in these certain ways where you think, okay, i know who she is, i know who she is, i know who she is then as the story goes all of these characters are kind of ripped open and you realize i knew nothing and thats how we kind of walk in this world is thinking that we know what people are like and we know this much. Reporter and that is where the show excels. Debunking the myth of perfection while transcending female stereotypes. Halfsisters and pretty much never see each other. Are they . Am i missing the math. Reporter why do people feel so much pressure to cover up imperfections, problem, issues theyre having. We judge ourselves and it becomes this cycle, judgment. And trust, feeling vulnerable and fragile. Thats what i think a lot of it is because as much as were strong were incredibly vulnerable too. Thats just the female psych si. If film has one hopefully gift to model, its flawed authenticity. People want to believe a lie because its easier to be hopeful but if we get rid of the shame and we remember what the truth looks like thats where you find true safety and true warmth and friendship and family and all the ships we actually are built on, so lets get rid of the lies. Reporter for Good Morning America, jesse palmer, abc news, los angeles. Okay, im looking forward to watching that and that is Big Little Lies premieres on hbo this sunday and coming up, were conquering our fears. Jane who is afraid of heights is about to take that big leap. There she is. [ applause ] Nosy Neighbor with a keen sense of smell. Glad bag, full of trash. What happens next . Nothing. Only glad has febreze to neutralize odors for 5 days. Guaranteed. Even the most perceptive noses wont notice the trash. Be happy. Its glad. All right. This is starting tomorrow. An exciting time and we have a first look at two of the hottest toys from our parent company, disney. First this video that we all know and love, belle from beauty and the beast, the animated version, oh, we love her. Now you can make her dance. This is dance code belle very s. T. E. M. And they can code as they make her learn to dance from the original movie. Its all interactive. Lets go now to rock n roll groot from guardians of the galaxy. Ready for this. What does groot say. All i am groot. Watch this, he can dance to his own music. Im going to hold down to this button. Im holding, im holding. Anyway, you can hear the music that he would dance to. I think we have that as well. All right, nope, either way. He goes like this. Ill show you what groot does. All right. Well, theres so many disney toys debuting at the toy fair including new web wings on spiderman and touch screen Lightning Mcqueen so he kids can ride along. Big news for star wars fans. I have to be in this room. There goes groot by the way. There he goes. On friday, september 1st. Fans will able to buy the first now are a check of your local weather. Reporter Storm Tracker 6 live double scan were dry this morning. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast it is cold criming out of the 20s and 30s getting up to 45. Gorgeous this weekend. 65 on sunday. Ginger. You know, you dont have a fear of dancing but some people just might and it is time for conquer your fears. Around 20 million americans are terrified of heights and abcs Mara Schiavocampo is with a gma viewer who is facing that fear head on and beating it live right here on our show. Good morning, mara. How is it going . Reporter michael, good morning. Were at a place called fearless fires and the name could not be more appropriate. Shes been climbing this ladder all morning and about to face her ultimate fear but first lets take a look at her journey to get there. 35yearold jane fisher loves adventure. Shes into sport, hiking and even competitive races. But at home with her husband john in atlanta, theres one obstacle she cant overcome. Youre doing awesome. Jane. No, i dont know if i can go up another one. Yeah. Reporter jane is terrified of heights. Okay, thats it. Okay. Yeah. Reporter not able to climb more than four rungs up this ladder. I freeze. I get sweaty palms. Im starting to get sweaty palms thinking about it. Reporter now jane is ready to face her fear head on. This excited and ready to conquer my conquer. New york, here we come. She goes to Trapeze School new york to be treated by dr. Ellen koch who specializes in onesession exposure therapy. If you repeatedly run away at the height of anxiety you reinforce your fear. But if you stay put and face the fear little by little, the anxiety will eventually subside. Whats the process for treatment. Take one step at a time and pace treatment and so when shes ready shell take the next step up the ladder and well go one step at a time till she gets to the top. Reporter dr. Koch believes this is so effective that janes lifelong fear of heights can be cured in just three hours. The end goal, climb this 25foot ladder and then swing from the trapeze. All right. You can do this. Reporter first a baseline test. She makes it up six rupgs until the anxiety is unbearable. Ooh. Im shaking really bad. Reporter with dr. Koch and instructor annie coaching her on, she slowly beginning her climb to the top but breaks down, not sure if she can do it. Its really hard. Okay. Thats all right. Im really scared to get off. Reporter she finally makes it to the platform but thats when the fear becomes overwhelming. I dont want to let go of this ladder. You do not have to let go. Reporter and jane has to question whether or not she can actually complete the challenge and swing from the trapeze. She is so brave, she inspires me. We saw just how hard it was for her to get up the ladder. That was a difficult challenge but she did it so now all thats left is that final step, michael. Flying through the air on that trapeze bar. All right. And, jane, we see you up there. You look like youre ready to go. How are you feeling right now . Michael, im ready to fly. All right. Well, good luck, jane. We heard her. Shes ready to fly. Its about that time. Jane, conquer your fear. [ cheers and applause ] wow yes. Very impressive. So impressive. Dr. Koch, how is it possible to treat a lifelong fear in a couple of hours. For jane she was very motivated to overcome her fear and that was really helpful for her and it was really important for her to learn about the anxiety process and thats important for her to confront her fear and let the anxiety come down and that shell be fine with that as opposed to trying to fight it or to avoid it had she done it in the past. Confront it. Dont avoid it. Here with the woman of the hour. How do you feel right now. Im feeling awesome. Yeah. I feel fearless. Well, not fearless but im still good. You conquered your fear. What was the hardest part. Hardest part is on the platform getting from the ladder to the platform and just trying to reassure yourself that theres a net underneath and then from there its it helps the anxiety go down. Wow. Well, jane, i got to say that that was rehearsal. Are you ready to dit again . Maybe. Maybe. But, you know, it really is remarkable. It was remarkable to see you climb the ladder and face your fears and just take it at your pace. I think a lot of people can learn so much interest that and we want to from us at the desk and everybody in our audience, everyone at home we want to congratulate you because you have faced your fears and were very happy and very proud of you. Thank you. [ applause ] i couldnt have done this without everybody so thank you. Its a team effort. Thank you, and, mara, thank you. Well have more with jane and mara coming up when we come back. Prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. Farm, crate, and store. Were focusing on fresh. So you dont have to guess. My giant. And didnt realize how difficult it was going to be to tie all that space together. With an open floor plan, you need to separate it with furniture. Bassett had everything that we needed. Fabric combinations marry the rooms together. Having someone with bassett has been invaluable. We couldve never dreamed up this room without bassett. You. Back now and conquer your fear, jane fisher just overcome her fear of heights live on the air jumping off a trapeze platform 21 feet in the air. Lets go back to jane at fearless flyers in connecticut. How are you feeling . Im feeling good, mara. Yeah, you know what, we got something for you. A little tshirt. Thank you. We didnt want you to just go home and say all i got was this stupid tshirt. We also have this trophy. Thank you very much. Thank you. Yeah. Michael, wasnt she amazing . We are amazed. Congratulations, jane, again, one more time and mara, thank you for bringing this to us and hopefully help somebody to conquer their fear, as well and not be afraid as you said to fly. Jane said fly. Well remember that. So, congratulations and good luck. Conquering that fear, so proud of you. Thank you so much. Stay right there, everybody. Well be right back. Love oscar . Yeah, so do we and the nominees. Im really excited. They love oscar and they love good morning, america. So if you love oscar and the stars and whats not to love oh, yeah. Youll love us next week because no one does oscar like gma and if they say they do theyre lying. Hear that, robin . Before we go, lets see that jump one more time. Heres jane conquering her fear of heights right here on gma. 21foot platform. Congrats. See that twirl. There she goes. Next is a flip. Thats the way to get to the weekend. Way to go, jane. Hi everyone, 8 56 friday, february 17. Karen rogers is going to take us for a ride on the bridge. Reporter youre stopping right now because the bridge is up right now. Normally we say head to the turnpike connector, thats shut down and will continue to be so. Use the taconypalmyra bridge instead. On the big picture, the speeds are Getting Better moving in the 20s on the schuylkill expressway and i95. The morning delays are easing out, but the accidents popping up. Vine street expressway looking like its in the clear. We had an accident in Plymouth Meeting Montgomery County watch for that one lane blocked plymouth road at butler pike Montgomery County. Other than that youre good to go. Looking at the schuylkill expressway a nice, easy 19 minute ride in either direction, matt. Thank you are karen. David murphy has the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Reporter all right, matt were off to a chilly start, sun and clouds, 29 degrees in philadelphia. At least the winds are not as strong as yesterday. As we go into the afternoon well be milder. Keep the coat handy, 45 degrees less wind, chilly, not bad. 63 degrees on saturday, lots of sun, partly sunny on sunday, 65. Close to a record. 52 cooler on monday, well above average, a nice three day Holiday Weekend on tap. A manager is gunned down inside a Philadelphia Bar. Were following for the search for the man who killed the manager and went through his pockets on action news at noon. Live with kelly is next. 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