seconds. it s concerning and the details are still coming in. chief of staff says he s doing fine, he s doing really well. president george h.w. bush hospitalized in houston. at 92 years old he is the oldest living president. so much tension and discord caused over the last few days by the tweets of the presidential elect. i don t like tweeting. i d rather be doing other things but i dis-like the dishonest press. the president has commuted the sentence of chelsea manning. there is criticism. a tough day of questioning for the education nominee betsy devos. do you think if your family hadn t made millions of dollars you would be sitting here today? our community is going to breathe a sigh of relief. a huge truck swallowed by a massive sinkhole in georgia. police say the driver was ability to hop out. two college students were taking part in a fishing tournament when their boat malfunctioned. they re okay. all that a youngster who has a hot han
training brown and why soulja boy might need to call in the favor to superman. it s wednesday, january 18th. from abc news, this is world news now. so many older folks right now checking their facebook to try to figure out who is this soulja boy and why would he get into a fight with a military person? why are they fighting? after honoring our country. soulja boy. we re just going to let that one breathe for a while and let everyone run to google while we continue the newscast and we ll get to it. we re talking about another fight that is about to take place on capitol hill. it is a scramble to replace obama care as republicans struggle to unite behind a single plan. donald trump s health secretary nominee prepares to testify on capitol hill today. with a plan that allows states to keep the affordable care act or have other options. the options aren t clear. mary bruce has more on what s on store. a showdown over the man trump put in charge to replace obama. on
and a good wednesday morning to you all. we begin with breaking news from houston this morning about the health of former president george h.w. bush. we learned mr. bush is in the hospital right now where he s being treated for an undisclosed illness. a spokeswoman said the 92-year-old is doing well and responding to the treatment that he s getting right now in that hospital. she says that he s expected to be out in a few days. the former president was last seen in public earlier this month at a texans game. he spent some time on the field there with his son jeb. now, he was already not planning to attend the trump inauguration on friday due to health issues. so we ll stay on top of this story throughout the morning for you. we wish him well. we turn to the nation s next president donald trump. preinaugural festivities kicked off with a black tie dinner in washington as trump addressed hundreds of dims and donors and check out this tweet from vice president-elect mi
raised her. she loved me for 18 years. she cared for me for 18 years. her message for the woman she says will always be mom only on gma. god bless america and the stage is set. the rising star about to wow millions at the inauguration joining us live. high school student, jackie evancho, performing the national anthem for president-elect trump amid a barrage of criticism and backlash. why she says she s doing it revealed right here on gma. here. and good morning, america. all eyes on washington, d.c. today, just two days before the trump inauguration and president obama is going to give his final press conference at the white house today wrapping things up as speeds towards president-elect trump. here s what we know. he ll travel back to washington, d.c. for a wreath laying ceremony at arlington national cemetery, that, of course, to honor our military. in the afternoon there will be a welcoming ceremony at the lincoln memorial for trump and vice president-e
gave me my car back. you know, d.c. tickets and boots are expensive. it was totally my fault. nick in town for the inauguration from chicago came running back to his car. once he saw parking enforcement down the block. nice and kind. oh, you are next. the spot in green are off-limits later tonight and tomorrow morning. so many signs and many with the different times we found confused commuters who say they plan to keep the car off the road the rest of the week. uber or something else. this is also a familiar scene. the parking enforcement are out issuing tickets and towing the cars. most of the restrictions will remain in place until 1:00 a.m. on the 23rd. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. alison: a few more notes here. metro wi a.m. friday to get people to the inauguration. remember the archives, the federal triangle, mount vernon square, pentagon and the smithsonian stations, they are all going to be closed. then on saturday, metro says it will open at 5: