Stunning crowds with this comment. When was the last time an actor assassinated a president . Backlash growing over the remarks. Was he threatening President Trump . The secret service now responding this morning. And an abc news exclusive, Dennis Rodman oneonone with michael. His first tv interview since returning from north korea and the death of american student Otto Warmbier. When he went there he was fine. A year later the same day you go over hes released in a coma. What hes saying about kim jongun. I think people dont see him as a friendly guy, but if you actually talk to him his message for President Trump and why he got so emotional only on gma this morning. And we do say good morning, america. Great having david with us all this week. Did we survive . We did. Almost there. Happy friday and that means we have a great crowd out there in central park with Little Big Town. Well move updown in just a bit. A lot of news to get to. What an interview with Dennis Rodman. Michael sat down with him and he has a lot to say and faces criticism for making this trip in the midst of that College Student that returned with severe brain damage after being held in captivity. Following dangerous tornadoes and floods. Steve osunsami is on the ground in hard hit fairfield, alabama, with more. Good morning, steve. Reporter good morning to you, robin. Im standing in front of whats left of this store that took a direct hit. Theres at whiskey aisle right there. The j b and dewers are Still Standing on the shelf. Look, what happened to the bourbon torn apart. This town was caught by surprise by the storm. People inside these businesses at the time. This is whats left of an oil service station. As you can see, the walls were torn apart by the high winds. For many this was a rough night of wild weather across the south. It just hit here in fairfield. It was big, guys. It was really big. Reporter a confirmed ef2 tornado came tearing through the small town terrorizing family, destroying their businesses. Four people were hurt. The only thing left standing here, these two shelves. It lasted about two or three minutes and it was gone. Reporter even from a distance you could see the 120mileanhour winds, people here had to run for cover. The violent winds cut through power lines. This morning more than a thousand people here are still without power. Whats left of cindy is not going away quietly across the south. The strong winds plus the high tide added to the heavy rains were more than enough to flood this highway and just off the coast of pensacola, this waterspout was spinning up less than a mile from shore. Oh, my lord. Reporter authorities are still telling some families that they still need to leave their homes for higher ground. More than a foot of rain is soaking parts of mississippi leaving people in this neighborhood nearly underwater. The water is up about three or four more feet than yesterday. Reporter even the fire ants are trying to beat the rain. No one here was killed and Authorities Say that is a blessing. Theyre encouraging anyone that doesnt need to be in the area to stay away. Many of the roads are still blocked. Robin. Good recommendation there, all right, steve, thank you. To ginger now who has more on where the remnants of Tropical Storm cindy are heading. Ginger. You can see right here where the center or the circulation of whats left of cindy still in northeast arkansas about to make its way through memphis. Heavy rain part of the threat today. The flash flood threat from huntington, West Virginia and pittsburgh back to jackson, mississippi. Atlanta still included. Dont be surprised if you see Severe Weather or flash flooding today anywhere in that region because weve got that cold front squeezing together with the remnants, kind of ab norbyinorb norbyinorb norbyinorb norbying absorbing that. Dont forget damaging threats a threat and a couple storm segments and powering winds. Also following a lot of major headlines out of washington this morning. A showdown under way under the republican senators health bill and democrats say it will take coverage away from millions of americans and at least nine republican senators say they either cant vote for it or have serious concerns. President trump has settled a mystery saying he did not record his conversations with james comey after sparking a flurry of speculation with that tweet for weeks. The white house has refused to confirm or deny whether those existed for weeks. First to our Congressional Correspondent mary bruce for the latest on the health care showdo showdown. Reporter the senate bill has been unveiled. For now not going anywhere facing opposition within their own party. If they still want to get it done next week this morning theyre headed for renegotiations. This morning, the health care fight is on. [ chanting ] from the halls of congress [ chanting ] to the d. C. Airport where protesters gave senators a sendoff and a mouth full. The new Senate Republican bill is even facing opposition from within. I just didnt run on obamacare light or more government programs. Reporter republicans can afford to lose just four votes but already four conservatives not on board. They say the bill doesnt do enough to repeal obamacare and moderate republicans are concerned too. Some worry the bill repeals too much. Obviously its a process where it deserves consideration and debate and not kneejerk reaction. Reporter it sends the central obamacare requirement that everyone has to have health insurance. Offers tax credits to help americans buy coverage but scraps subsidies to lower costs. Rolls back the obamacare expansion of medicaid. But leaves in place protections for people with preexisting conditions. Senators will spend the weekend reviewing the bill but the big question remains, can they get the votes to push it over the finish line . There are 52 of us. All of us have leverage and the question for us is, you know, are we going to deliver or not . This is an opening offer, not the final deal so time will tell. Reporter the white house says the president wants a bill with heart. So does this version do the trick . Have enough heart, mr. President . A little negotiation but its going to be great. Reporter so now its time to negotiate. Sources tell me Republican Leaders always knew that tweaks would have to be made but even the president admits it is going to be difficult to get these votes. He says there is a very, very narrow path to get this diane. Robin. All right, mary, thank you very much. For more on what this Senate Health care bill could mean for you, our chief National Correspondent tom llamas. Youre here and have two scenarios. We spoke with experts at the American Hospital association nonpartisan and crunched the numbers. First lets start with somebody who would benefit from the plan. First hes 27 years old, single male selfemployed and he earns 200,000 a year. Heres why he wins out, first of all hes younger so he could pay a fifth of what older people pay for health insurance. Second, he lives in chicago. Its an urban area. More people just like obamacare. This he pay less for insurance and finally hes going to get a tax benefit as well. Medicare tax benefit and payroll taxes will be lower. Someone who would benefit. The flip side. Flip side, heres the person who will not benefit, 61yearold woman retired living off 28,000 a year and lives in a rural area in clay county. She could pay a fifth more of what younger customers pay for insurance. Number one, second she lives in clay county, iowa. Health care is much more expensive in rural area, fewer doctors, hospitals and people. The Affordable Care act. Finally also shes going to have higher out of pocket spending. Deductibles are higher and gets a smaller tax credit as well. What about people who do not have insurance under the Affordable Care act they are penalized. You remember that was a big flash point so no employer mandate or individual mandate so you will not be penalized if you dont have it. The flip side means with less people purchasing insurance, that increases costs for those who stay in. Still a long way to go. David. Thanks for the breakdown. President trump meanwhile, making news. What hes now saying about the special Counsel Robert Mueller who, of course, is leading the russia investigation and then whether there was any obstruction of justice. Of course, mueller was appointed after james comey was fired at the fbi, so hes bring in Jonathan Karl and, jon, you saw this overnight the president telling fox news he is bothered by the special Counsel Robert Muellers relationship with comey and heres what the president said when asked if mueller should recuse himself. Well, hes very, very good friends with comey which is very bothersome. But he also and were going to have to see. Theres been no obstruction. There has been no collusion. There has been leaking by comey. But theres been no collusion, no obstruction and virtually everybody agrees to that. So well have to see. I can say that the people that have been hired are all Hillary Clinton supporters. So, jon, if the president is concerned about this friendship as he calls it is is he trying to put mueller on notice . Reporter it sure sounds that way especially when you consider his legal team said the president ultimately has the right to fire him. Everybody serves at the pleasure of the president. That said, if the president were to attempt to fire mueller, you would see an outcry from fellow republicans, Top Republicans on capitol hill have made it clear that if the president were to do that, it would be a grave mistake. In the meantime, jon, on this issue of whether the president is recording conversations at the white house. We remember the tweet from the president saying james comey better hope there are no tapes. It took 41 days for an answer. The president tweeting this. He said, i did not make and do not have any such recordings but, jon, you asked the white house why the game here . Reporter yeah, i didnt get a direct answer yesterday but i think we got a direct answer from the president just today. Also in that interview with fox, the president basically said that he was doing this to try to force comey to in his words tell the truth and he believes that he told fox anyway that he believes that comeys story changed once the idea that there might be tapes out there was in the public realm. So the president makes it clear he was trying to influence comey. All right, thats his take. Jon karl with us from the white house. Jon, thank you. Also were following another headline. Actor johnny depp in hot water for joking about assassinating the president. This came in overnight, the secret service now saying theyre aware of his comments so lets get right to our senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas with much more. Pierre, good morning. Reporter david, good morning. Johnny depp is likely to get a call or visit from the secret service. The latest entertainer who will find out for Law Enforcement some jokes have consequences. Can you bring trump here . Reporter the beginning of a statement igniting controversy overnight. When was the last time an actor assassinated a president . Reporter hollywood icon johnny depp at a movie screening in england seeming to know his remarks would cause a stir. This is going to be in the press and itll be horrible but i like that you are all a part of it. I want to clarify, im not an actor. I lie for a living. However, its been awhile, and maybe its time. Reporter according to the bbc depp who in the past has impersonated the president in this funny or die video i want you to slather every square inch of trump tower in blast. Reporter continued on saying its just a question. Im not insinuating anything. But the backlash was swift. One person writing on twitter, when was the last time an actor assassinated a president . Gop representatives targeted and shot days ago. Its not the first entertainer to come under fire for their recent political comments. Madonna taking heat for this speech just one day after the inauguration. Yes, i am outraged. Yes, i have thought an awful lot about blowing up the white house. But i know that this wont change anything. Reporter just three weeks ago Comedian Kathy Griffin apologizing after this video shoot went viral. Showing her holding up the bloody decapitated head of President Trump. I made a mistake and i was wrong. Reporter the secret service is always concerned such comments could be heard by the unstable who might actually commit an act of violence. Robin. All right, pierre, thank you. Now to a major Court Decision in mississippi saying businesses and Government Employees can deny services to lgbt couples because of religious objections. Abcs david wright is here and has details. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The 5th circuits decision means mississippi could soon begin enforcing the socalled religious objections law which would allow people in that state to deny services to samesex couples on religious grounds but representatives of the Lgbt Community say even though the u. S. Supreme court says samesex couples have a constitutionally guaranteed right to get married, mississippis law says people who disagree have a right to refuse to serve them. Im afraid this is going to be yet another excuse to hate. It throws it all into question. Reporter this ruling reminiscent of indianas controversial religious freedom bill, which then governor mike pence signed into law. That law allowed Business Owners to discriminate based on sexual orientation. The owners of this pizza place in walkerton, indiana, refused to cater a gay wedding. I do not think it is targeting gays personally i dont think its discrimination. Reporter miss law, house bill 1523, passed at the statehouse after the Supreme Court issued its ruling on samesex marriage but was never allowed to take effect. Supporters of the measure say it protects the beliefs of people who insist marriage is between a man and a woman, and who believe a persons gender is determined at birth. Simply all were trying to do is a that people of faith have some protection from an overbearing government. Reporter but opponents say the mississippi law endorses bigotry pure and simple. Opponents of the law have several other avenues of appeal open to them. They plan to appeal immediately. Theres also hope that maybe the legislature could change the law. Thats what happened in indiana, exactly where governor pence signed into law some changes designed to address the Lgbt Communitys concerns. I often say i love my home state. I was just there this past weekend. There are a lot of good people, great people in the state of mississippi where wii went to hh school and my parents are buried in the National Cemetery because my father served in the military in three wars. The Lgbt Community is not looking for special treatment. Theyre not looking for special rights. Its about equal rights, civil right, human rights. Thats what its all about. You have a lot of love for your hometown. Like they did in indiana they could take a look but this wasnt voted on by the people. This was a house bill that was signed by the governor. Well be watching it. All right. Turn now to bill cosby back in the headlines this morning. His spokesperson saying cosby plans to hold a series of town Hall Meetings to educate people about Sexual Assault as a juror in his trial now speaks out and abcs linsey davis has the details. Good morning, linsey. Reporter good morning, david. The jurors that we have heard from describe a grueling process in a tiny room and now the cosby camp is suggesting that the duration and location of deliberations may have actually worked against the comedian. [ chanting ] reporter this morning one of the jurors in bill cosbys Sexual Assault trial is speaking out saying theres no need for a second trial. It would be a waste of money because the man has already suffered the loss of his career and earnings over the past 11 years. Its done. Its settled. Thank you. Reporter the jurors spoke to abcs pittsburgh affiliate wtae on the condition of anonymity. He wouldnt say how he voted during deliberations, but did say he questioned how the trial was affecting the 79yearolds health. I wondered if he was going to be able to finish because he looked really weathered. Reporter the juror also seemed to question the woman at the center of the case, andrea constand, who testified during the sixday trial that cosby gave her a drug that rendered her incapable of stopping his alleged assault describing her as wellcoached. I dont doubt what she said happened. But she asked for an apology and he gave her two apologies, and she refused any other aid that he offered. Reporter according to cosbys rep the comedian is now planning a series of town halls across the country to young people on how to avoid Sexual Assault charges. Robin. All right, linsey, thank you. Back to ginger now. Wildfires and record heat out west. Yes, 17,000 acre wildfire in southern utah has tripled in size in the last 24 hours. The heat is not excessive heat watch from portland to alerts in dallas. Lets get to the weekend cities brought to you by carmax. Reporter hey everybody, david murphy here with an update from accuweather, we have showers in western chester county, southern new castle delaware. Every now and then back to the west, a heavier downpour. Looking outside, in philadelphia, the clouds are thick