But not without controversy. The battle over who carries the American Flag and the figuring skating flop overnight kicking off the games, were live in south korea for all the action. Right here on gma. Good morning, america. And so much excitement this morning, just moments ago team usa arriving at the olympic Opening Ceremony. And amy is there in south korea. We cant wait to talk to her in a little while. There she is waving back at you, amy. A lot of drama there and back here at home as well starting on capitol hill overnight. The government shut down for the second time in three weeks over a funding bill. It was forced by senator rand paul making a point about the deficit but lawmakers were able to scramble, strike a deal just moments ago. Mary bruce coming off an allnighter. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, george. Weve never seen anything quite like this. Two Government Shutdowns in three weeks and there was a Government Spending bill on the table ready to go that could
The battle over who carries the american flag. And the figure skating flop overnight kicking off the games. Were live in south korea for all the action, right here on gma. Good morning, america. And so much excitement this morning, just moments ago team usa arriving at the olympic Opening Ceremony. And amy is there in south korea. We cant wait to talk to her in a little while. There she is waving back at you, amy. A lot of drama there. And a lot of drama back here at home, as well. Starting on capitol hill overnight. The government shut down for the second time in three weeks over a funding bill. It was forced by senator rand paul making a point about the deficit but lawmakers were able to scramble, strike a deal just moments ago. Mary bruce coming off an allnighter. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, george. Weve never seen anything quite like this before. Two Government Shutdowns in just three weeks. And this time, there was a Government Spending bill on the table ready to go
Standing room only at midnight. Theaters all across the country last night, 4100 of them, of course, for the force awakens. It is finally here. And, dan, youre seeing it tonight. Either going to dress up as boba fett o or queen amidala. Trustst me youll wan to see it a again and again and again. I need to clear my schedule. We begin wh those stunning new details from san bernarno. Enrique marquez, the childhood friend of syed farook arrested on terror charges revealing to authorities the neighbors had planned other attacks. This all comes as president obama visits the victims in San Bernardino this evening. Abcs chief investigative correspoent brian ross is here with all of those details. Good morning, brian. Reporr good morning, amy. It could have been so much worse, Authorities Say today. If syed farook had followed through on his other terror plo for Southern California with attacks on a College Cafeteria and a crowded freeway at rush hourur. Thats the bottom line from the criminal
Answered. And good morning, america. Happy friday. Standing room only at midnight. Theaters all across the country last night, 41 of them, of course, for the force awakens. It is finally here. And, dan, youre e eing it tonight. Yes, im eier going to dress up as boba fett orueen amidala. Trust me youll want to see it again and again and again. Cool, i need to clear my schedule. More on that in jusa minute. But we begin with h ose stunnini new details from San Bernardino. Enrique marquez, the childhood friend of syed farook arrested on terror charges revealing to authorities the neighbors had planned other attacks. This all comes as president obama visits the victims in San Bernardino this evening. Abcs chief investigative correspondent brian ross is here with all of those details. Good morning, brian. Reporter good morning, amy. It could have been so much worse, Authorities Say today. If syed farook had followed through on his other terror plot for Southern California with attacks on a
Tried to bring any life back into him, said liz ford. I felt the damage with every push and i had to look at all the trauma you caused. Those powerful words were all that could be heard in a packed emotional courtroom tuesday morning. Liz ford took the stand after passing by and looking in the eyes of the man that killed her husband troy ford in a hitandrun. He was extremely silly, very loving and caring, could be a little ornery at times, but through the last 19 years plus a few years of being together before that, whatever we went through, no matter how bad it was, we always came out on the other side much stronger. But on august 8th, life took an unexpected turn for the couple. Liz, a nurse and private paramedic, and troy,who worked in private security, did what they normally would do when suppi was sentenced up to 25 years in prison. Protesters camped out on the front lawn of the Minneapolis Police departments 4th precinct building for the Third Straight day yesterday. Many arrived