Wont help the fbi break into the San Bernardino shooters phone. This case is not about the phone. This case is about the future. His message for victims families and this morning, new reports isis supporters may be threatening facebooks Mark Zuckerberg. And charge. The elephants caught on camera heading straight for a u. S. Senator. What happens next, an epic close call. And good morning, america. Pretty scary moment for senator jeff flake. You kept the elephants calm. Sflt slowest elephant can outfast the fastest man. Thankfully they cant outrun the safari jeeps. Welcome back. Great trip. A lot of news to get to including this rescue unfolding right now. A live look at rockaway beach. And a coast guard went in to get it. See how rocky the seas are and the coast guard ship actually overturned. So far everyone is okay but the rescue is going on right now. Well stay on top of in this morning. Take a look now at waverly, virginia, where a state of emergency was declared. 53 reported tornadoes in just the last 48 hours stretching from texas up to virginia and at least eight weatherrelated deaths and more than 70,000 people without power this morning. We have full Team Coverage tracking it all and we begin with abcs gio benitez in lancaster, pennsylvania. Good morning to you, gio. Reporter amy, good morning to you. The rain is still coming down and there is just so much debris all over the place. This house and barn just completely destroyed. And were seeing damage like this all across the east. Overnight, a tornado emergency. Twisters touching down along the east coast, state of emergency issued in virginia after a tornado went tearing through the farming town of waverly. Down, damaged, some houses. One house was caught on fire. Reporter four people were killed including a toddler. The search continues this morning for more victims. In north carolina, this twister caught on camera. Terrifying. Felt like the whole house was shaking. Reporter seven houses ripped apart and dozens more suffering major damage. Its amazing that no one is hurt with all the damage we had. Reporter in the midwest whiteout conditions creating havoc for drivers. Highways littered with cars in illinois after nearly a foot of wet snow fell. Overnight torrential rains slamming the northeast, blinding conditions forcing drivers to pull off roads. Winds packing such a powerful punch, this semi tractor trailer getting knocked to its side on the heavily traveled George Washington bridge. Power lines down and igniting across new jersey and in trees on cars and houses. The storm forcing nearly 3,000 flight cancellations, 1,200 flights into and out of chicago alone. And back here in lancaster, pennsylvania, we can tell you the National Weather service will be coming out to look at this damage to see if that was caused by a tornado or not but the good news right now, perhaps a miracle, no injuries and no deaths reported, sam. Unbelievable, gio and the damage there so what theyll look for is whether the Straight Line wins was such a pushing damage or theyll to see if there was a twist. If there is a twist, pow, tornado. Now, if you think that february storms arent powerful look at the size of that tornado. This is just one of them we were talking about. That one in evergreen, virginia. Now to waverly, virginia, a town waking up this morning destroyed. A town thats looking around and realizing that at least three members of their community are dead this morning. Phillip mena is there live. Hey, phillip, just tell us what you see around there. Again, monster storm. Reporter absolutely, sam. The devastation in this town is just striking and as you mentioned, right here is where those three people were killed including that toddler but there are no signs of the trailer they were in when the storm hit, all thats left are these piles of lumber and twisted metal and over there, the remnants of what was just yesterday a functioning laundromat and right now you can just see the washing machines just lined up there in the open air. Authorities here are still assessing the damage, we are told. Everybody has been accounted for but its going to take months to rebuild, so, sam, just as you mentioned just a devastating blow to this community. I got to tell you when people walk out the door and they cant realize where their streets are or where the markers that they knew every day in in their neighborhood its unbelievable. This storm isnt done. We have power behind it. Weve got a big blast of cold snow. Snow wrapping around the great lakes and in it was a big snow 10 near flint, michigan. This cold air charges in and these are the storm warnings still out for that. So watch that low pull away then know weve got some big changes in the northeast all the way in the great lakes coming. Watch these temperatures from the 50s today, pow, to the 20s friday morning. Saturday morning, just 12 degrees in burlington, sunday, 31 degree. Cold air in new york city, it bounces back by the end of the weekend but right now its cold and windy coming in behind all that storm damage. Okay, sam, thanks very much. We move on to the race for the white house. Its your voice, your vote and with super tuesday just five days away, donald trump has lots of momentum after three straight wins. Tonights gop debate may be the last best chance for his rivals to shake things up. Jon karl has all the latest. Reporter were down to just five candidates on the stage tonight. If the others cant find a way to slow trump down, it wont be long until were down to one. At a predebate rally in houston, willingness to take on donald trump. Questioning whether hes ready to be commander in chief. You cant just say when i get there ill hire the smartest people and theyll tell me what to do. Reporter in a fox news Forum Last Night both rubio and ted cruz questioned trumps conservative credentials. We are not going to allow the conservative movement to be defined by a nominee who isnt a conservative. Donald wins the general election, who the heck nows what hed do as president. I mean, you know, we need a president we can trust. Reporter trump is also taking fire from the last gop nominee, mitt romney, over his unreleased tax returns. I think we have good reason to believe that theres a bombshell in Donald Trumps taxes. When people decide they dont want to give you their taxes its usually because theres something they dont want you to see. Reporter trump fired back tweeting that romney, quote, blew an election that should have been won and is now playing the tough guy. Coming off three straight wins, trump now seems confident hes i mean, its going to be an amazing two months. [ cheers and applause ] we might not even need the two months, folks, to be honest, all right. Reporter hes even musing about his potential Vice President ial pick. The outsider saying he may go with a washington insider. I do want somebody thats political because i want to get lots of great legislation that we all want passed thats just sitting there for years and years and years. Reporter trump is also getting his first insider support. Just yesterday, george, he was endorsed by two junior members of congress, his very first congressional endorsements but as he told you just yesterday, of time. He did say that. Youre in front of that board. Lets give everyone a sense of why we call it super tuesday. Whats at stake . This is the single biggest day of the entire primary. Nearly 600 delegates at stake, about half you would need to clinch the nomination. Youve got most of the big states in the south, a little of the midwest and, george, this is also where you can continue to get delegates even with a second or third place finish. Donald trump ahead in most of the polls in most of those states right now so both rubio and cruz have to find somewhere to get a win. Reporter especially ted cruz. His home state votes, he has to win texas and his entire campaign has been based on winning in the south. If he cant find a way to win there its lights out for that campaign. As for marco rubio its unclear where he can win but you can look at where hes spending his time. A lot of time in minnesota, virginia, tennessee, oklahoma, unclear which of those states he can win but hes got to show he can win somewhere. Okay, jon, to matt dowd in texas where the Republican Debate will be held tonight. This debate is maybe the last best chance for cruz and rubio to shake things up. Up until now theyve been going at each other more than they have at trump. Weve seen evidence that ted cruz is willing to take on donald trump but i think the real question mark is on the willing to get into it with donald trump . And i think nobody knows the answer to that question. I think theres an an internal debate in the campaign whether they confront donald trump on the stage tonight or leave him alone and continue on the way. So i think thats the Million Dollar question. Will marco rubio take on donald trump on stage tonight . Will anyone pick up on this mitt romney weighing in on the campaign yesterday saying there might be a bombshell in Donald Trumps tax returns. Of course, he faced questions, as well. You think anyone will pick up that attack . I dont think so. It seems a bizarre line of attack by mitt romney who as you say was attacked on his taxes by this. My advice to mitt romney, theres a lot of vulnerabilities donald trump has but dont go after donald trump on tax elevators. Much. Youll join us on super tuesday. You all can stay with us on super tuesday. Ill be here with our whole political time plus full now to another battle, this one between apple and the government over National Security and privacy. In an abc news exclusive world news tonight anchor david muir sat down oneonone with apple ceo tim cook to find out why the company is refusing the governments request to unlock the san antonio killers iphone. As we sit here you know some of the families of the victims in San Bernardino have now come out in support of the judges order that apple help the fbi unlock that iphone. One family reportedly saying were angry and confused as to why apple is refusing to do this. What would you say to those families tonight. David, they have our deepest sympathy. What theyve been through, no one should have to go through. Apple has cooperated with the fbi fully in this case. They came to us and asked us for all the information we had on this phone and we gave everything that we had. But this case is not about one what is at stake here is can the government compel apple to write software that we believe would make hundreds of millions of customers vulnerable around the world including the u. S. Youd have to write that system in order to unlock that phone. Yes. Yes, this is we have no more information about this phone. The only way to get information at least currently the only way we know would be to write a piece of software that we view equivalent of cancer. We think its bad news to write. We would never write it. We have never written it. And that is what is at stake here. The fbi says it believes syed farook used that phone to communicate with his wife, his accomplice and im curious, do you struggle at all with the possibility there could be information on that phone that could reveal other plots, other people who were involved in planning the San Bernardino attack . David, if we knew a way to get the information on the phone if we knew a way to do in that would not expose hundreds of millions of other people to issues, we would obviously do it. But in your quiet moments do you have any concern that you might be able to prevent a terrorist attack by breaking into that phone . David, some things are hard, and some things are right, and some things are both. This is one of those things. And in this case, you believe there are some things that just should never be created. Correct. As we walked across the apple campus, it was not lost on us that this would have been steve jobs 61st birthday, cook says not a day goes by he doesnt think about his iconic predecessor. I did think about what he would do and i am so convinced knowing steve, steve always did what he thought was right and it is so clear to me that he loved what america was founded on so much and would do nothing to put hed be doing the same thing. And joining me now abcs senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas and abcs chief legal analyst dan abrams. Good morning to both of you. Good morning. Good morning. Pierre, one of the points cook makes if apple grants this request they may ask again it will set precedent. What are the feds saying about that. Amy, i spoke to a number of senior government officials and theyre just not buying cooks arguments. They say this is not about mass surveillance at all. One official told me the fbi simply wants apple to develop a way into that phone that will be known only to them. He admitted that the fbi and other Police Agencies will likely come to apple with new requests in the future but each time each agency must convince a court to approve a search warrant and emphasized the San Bernardino investigation remains urgent because the killer couple swore allegiance to isis and said they need to know if others were involved and if anything else is out there. Publicly were talking about National Security versus privacy but legally its more defined than that. Computer companies have been assisted the government in investigations and thereby violating peoples privacy forever and the Supreme Court has upheld it. The legal question here is effectively is in that much different . Is this whats called an undue burden on apple . And thats as much a technological question as it is legal. The federal response, what are they saying about these threats reportedly made by isis against Mark Zuckerberg . The leaders of facebook and twitter have been the subject of online threats because they openly have stated plans to try to block the broad social Media Campaign from isis. But a number of security analysts are skeptical of the videos credibility and whether this group really has the means to carry out that attack. Thank you so much. George, over to you. Well get the latest on that deadly rampage in michigan and learning what jason dalton was in the days before he did that. Abcs alex perez has an reporter this morning, the attorney for uber driver Jason Daltons wife and parents speaking out exclusively to abc news. Whats important to them is remembering the people who were hurt. Reporter the attorney revealing new details about daltons behavior in the days leading up to the shooting rampage that took the lives of six people. He was acting different in the last couple of days, his wife asked him and he said he was tired. What made him think he was acting differently. He seemed to be depressed and down which was not his normal character. Reporter he only began driving for uber in the weeks leading up to it facing six counts of murder. What were they thinking . They were thinking like everybody else, why. Reporter the motive for now remaining a mystery to even his family. Jason by all accounts was a fairly gregarious character, a good father, well known in the community. Well liked. And there was nothing to this would occur. Reporter as new details reveal that dalton went to his parents house after the first shooting occurred at this residential complex telling his family that his chevy equinox had been sideswiped and he needed to switch cars eventually taking his parents chevy hhr before heading back out. And then a few hours after that police arrived. Thats correct. Police told carol what happened. Reporter at that moment was she in disbelief . I can only imagine. Shes still in disbelief. Reporter for Good Morning America, alex perez, abc news, kalamazoo, michigan. Thanks to alex for that. Amy, you have startling new video. This shows just how dangerous ecigarette batteries can be. A man was putting change in his pocket. Look at that. It happened at a gas station when his ecigarette battery exploded lighting his pants on fire. The clerk ran after him with a fire extinguisher. The man suffered seconddegree batteries become more popular more battery mishaps reported so that is certainly a warning for everyone and talking about some really incredible video, youve got the elephant video. Another warning, if you see an elephant, move out of the way. We have another dramatic video that comes from africa. Not from amys safari this week which was amazing itself but from a u. S. Senator learning about poaching on a Factfinding Mission when he was charged by these elephants protecting their young. He got too close. They wanted to protect themselves. And arizona senator jeff flake got a little too close and he is there sponsoring a bill to crack down on poaching which helps fund terrorist groups in africa out there for a good cause. I got to tell you when you see those elephants up close, those tusks are incredibly large. You do not want to be anywhere near that. Every animal in africa is a lot bigger than on tv. I found that out firsthand. We got to get to sam. When youre cleaning up today after all these storms, got a lot of trees down and power outages, the winds are still strong during the day. 35, 40mileperhour wind ace lot better than the coming up next on gma emotional testimony in erin andrews 75 million lawsuit. Her father breaking down on the stand. A warning about what you post online. 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Talk to your doctor about tecfidera, and take another look at relapsing ms. Good morning tristate. Its 725. Were getting our first look at the man. Accused of shooting and killing a middletown mother with her infant daughter in the back seat of her car. This is video of brandon yesterday in dayton. Hes charged with murdering 29year old brittany russell. She was found shot dead inside of her car. Just hours after she was first reported missing. Friends say russell had traveled to dayton to meet with carrs brother. Scattered snow showers for our thursday forecast with very gusty winds from the northwest. Roads should be mainly wet today as much of our snow that falls will melt. Up to 1 of snow possible by later this afternoon, mainly welcome back to gma. You are looking live at that rescue unfolding right now. This is just off the coast of new york. A coast guard vessel overturned trying to save a fishing ship stuck in rough surf and Severe Weather is spread out across the country. 53 tornadoes reported in just the last 48 hours. We are covering all the latest this morning. Also right now, the last five gop candidates face off in a debate tonight in houston. Just five days away from super tuesday as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders prepare for votes in South Carolina on saturday. Virus. Three pregnant women in florida have tested positive. Is asking the cdc for support. Also were counting down to the oscars and gmas big postoscars show monday and michael has more coming up. I sure do. The academys votes are in and bets. Who do you think is a shooin for oscar gold. Right now the latest on erin andrews and her blockbuster 75 million lawsuit against the hotel where a stalker secretly recorded a nude video of her and cried in court yesterday as her father testified she is a shell of her former self. Eva pilgrim is covering the trial in nashville. Good morning, eva. Reporter good morning, erin andrews fighting back after suffering through an unthinkable crime, a stalker videotaping her changing in her hotel room. This morning she returns to court. Her lawyer blaming the hotel for that video. An emotional day in court filled with painful memories. She kept screaming, im on the internet. Im on the internet. Im naked. Away tears as her father recounted her horror at being filmed through a peephole at a tennessee marriott by Michael David barrett. I feared for her life. She wouldnt eat. She wouldnt bathe. She wouldnt talk. All she would do is cry. Reporter andrews now suing barrett as well as the owners and managers of that marriott for 75 million claiming the show tension intentionally placed barrett next door to the tv star. Her lawyer saying they failed to notice he removed and altered 9 peephole using a hacksaw to make the hole bigger. Stands there for 4 1 2 minutes and videos her. Reporter andrews told gma in 2010 about how her father had reacted to the news. I remember my dad saying to me, you may have a stalker and i i just dad, dont say that dont say that word. Reporter the hotel claims barrett is a criminal who tricked them into gaining access. He deceived. Reporter the hotels lawyer saying he found her room number by calling from an employee phone to ask which room andrews was staying in and booking the room next to her and posting the videos online pleading guilty to stalking in 2010 and sentenced to 30 months in prison. She just went into her room and closed the doors and put blankets up over the windows, even in her own home she didnt feel safe. Reporter andrews father says the job she once loved. I am happy to report. Terrifying returning her return to espn in september 2009. We had spoken just seconds before she went on the air and she was in tears. Reporter its been eight years and he says his daughter still isnt the same. Shes full of anxiety. Shes a very, very changed person. To know. Reporter now, more witnesses including that stalker. This case is expected to last as long as two weeks. George. Okay, eva, thanks. This. The newest member of our legal abc. Thank you. Nice to see you. Its wonderful to be here, thank you. Question. Fathers testimony. I think it could be very significant because this case is about what effect did this have on erin andrews, what effect does it have on a woman when she is surreptitiously videotaped while naked and that videotape is all over the internet for the world to see and he says she is a shell of a person. I think the seven women and five men on that jury will listen to that and that will be really significant to them. 75 million worth . Typically this sort of testimony would be viewed as emotional kind of character but really relevant to the question of damages when trying to assess how much is this worth and the father is saying she is no longer the person she was. Here is how she has suffered. Now youre not just talking about the emotional side. Youre talking dollars. Youre talking about the amount she has suffered, therefore, the plaintiffs hope it can here. Sunny, as dan pointed out yesterday 75 75 million is multiples of what people get in way wrongful death lawsuit. Its a big number, sure, but how do you put a price tag on Emotional Distress . How do you put a price tag on what i think is every womans nightmare, again, naked pictures of you taken and posted all over the internet. I think the jury will likely send a message, sometimes these judgments are symbolic and the jury may send a message that to women. You cant do this to erin andrews and youre going to pay for it. They could send a powerful message. Theres no question that the guy primarily responsible. Theres also no question he doesnt have real money so the big legal question is going to be how much does the hotel pay in connection with that ruling. If anything. Do you think well see erin andrews on the stand. Absolutely. No question. Thanks very much. Back to amy. We have another legal kesha. A battle to get out of her recording contract. Kesha has accused her longtime producer of abusing her, a charge he denied. Now a new video surfaced and keshas own words are raising any questions about those allegations and reena is here with more on that. Its a growing case of he said, she said holding firm to accusations her producer abused her, accusations hes denying. Keshas own words raising questions about that irhighprofile battle. Shes the ticktock singer at rocking the Music Industry. Overnight new video obtained by abc news of pop sensation kesha appearing in a 2011 deposition. Never made sexual advances at me. Swearing under oath that she was not sexually involved with her producer, Lucas Gottwald known as dr. Luke. Did you ever have an intimate relationship with Lucas Gottwald. No. Reporter in a lawsuit filed in 2014 he alleges for the past ten years dr. Luke has sexually, physically, verbally and emotionally abused her. In the 2011 clip both kesha and her mother deny any inappropriate sexual behavior. Were you ever told at any time that luke had had a sexual relationship with any kind with your daughter . No. Reporter on monday dr. Luke referring to this deposition tweeting i didnt rape kesha and i never had sex with her. A representative from dr. Luke saying the video of their words telling abc news, dr. Luke threatened her and her mother only after going to rehab and undergoing intense therapy was kesha Strong Enough to stand up to this monster. Your love your love is my drug reporter taking to facebook to thank fans for their support. 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Reporter he is accused of stealing a quarter of a Million Dollars in Electronics Since last year. Police say we open ourselves up to this by advertising our location online, which im about to do. Staples center, this place hosts more than 4 Million People a year and like me lots of us here snapping selfies and checking in. Big mistake. So, it shows that your actual residence whether its a house or apartment, youre not at that location. Shows someone elsewhere im not. What i would recommend is delay your posting so you kind of break the timing and break that pattern of showing that youre not at that location. Reporter cyberexperts also recommend not posting pictures of your home or landmarks that could lead to your house. Also saying you shouldnt Reveal Police say that while this mans alleged methods were high tech, his capture was old school. He was arrested after a complaint about a man peeping into a campus window. The father of three has pleaded not guilty and is currently in jail where theres no access to social media. For Good Morning America, matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. Thats a great tip. Just delay. So, sam, next time youre in the speedo, we know youre not at your apartment. Only i save pictures of me in the tub and post them when im on vacation like im at home. Is that wrong . Is that a different story . Thats so great to have you back. Sam right now could actually be worse than posting it. All right. Coming up, the oscars are three days away. Who are the favorites to bring home the gold . We are breaking down the odds next. A hollywood stars personal confession. The secret addiction that almost ended his marriage. To the couple wondering what a good deal looks like. Seriously . Well give it a 6 for composition. Scary. Wow, what about just putting a fair, no haggle price on the window . Not zany enough . Sometimes the best deals are pretty plain to see. Are you powered by protein . 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For best picture the odds are in the the revenants favor, 49. They say Leonardo Dicaprio is the odds on favorite to grab the statue 1 150. It would be about time and brie larson tops the list for best actress for her turn in the movie room. Big favorites they have. A grow with all of that. So far so good but saoirse, wow. So many great performance, not easy either. And the bravado odds project projects a second win for Alejandro Gonzalez inarritu for the revenant. And inn won and he won last year. The first to do a twofer. He did it back to the future like the lakers back in the day. Well see. All right. Well, there are, of course, other fun odd, one might happen to see them during the show. Who is going to give the longest speech, as well. Well be right back. Nivea inshower body lotion. First i wash. Then i apply it to my wet skin. It moisturizes with no sticky feel. I quickly rinse off. And im ready to go. When cigarette cravings hit, all i can think about is getting relief. 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It really, really messed up my life in a lot of ways. Reporter the personal battle that sent him to rehab. Now the father of five share ing his struggle. Oscar sunday just three days away from your face to your diet, the secrets you can steal from the stars and time to plan how to throw a bash for under 100 bucks. All that and rob talking to hugh and taron rolling out the red carpet this morning as were saying both good morning, america. Thats not all counting down to oscar sunday right here. Our audience in the spirit of things, some selfies with the stars. A lot coming up on our oscar countdown. Thats right, lara, michael, robin and i will be on the red carpet sunday night. Take a look. There is the academy right there. They are literally rolling out the red carpet. This happened just a few hours ago. Were all very excited about the oscars preshow. Yeah, thats going to be really fun. So excited. You made it from africa, now new york then to l. A. You win. My brain function. America. Whats an award season without the greenscreen. One of gmas favorite ways to celebrate the oscars every year. This morning we have a special, well, lets call it a Throwback Thursday edition. These are some of sams greatest hits. And all of his years, that was life of pi and sam was a very angry tiger. You had a lot of hits, sam. Our oscars countdown is just getting started. Great deals steals to help all of you get red carpet ready. I like that. All these start at just 3 and are up to 53 off. Cant get any better than that. 3 . We got to talk about it more because amy is still making her way over to the desk. All right, thank you, guys. The big story, of course, were talking about those deadly storms hammering the east coast killing at least eight people. Virginia is under a state of emergency after severe thunderstorms and tornadoes destroyed homes and left tevens of thousands without power. Waverly left three people dead including a 2yearold boy. A similar scene unfortunately across pennsylvania where the heavy rain and winds tore through buildings and downed power lines. Those winds were so intense, a Coast Guard Boat overturned on its way to rescue this disabled fishing vessel off the coast of new york this morning. Crew members thankfully made it safely to the beach. Meanwhile, the problem in chicago is all this snow. There are reports of up to 40 jackknifed trucks this morning and dozens of vehicles stranded in the snow with people inside them. Crews on the scene of a large brush fire burning in malibu, california. Some hopes evacuated. Thankfully this is a remote area and flames moved away from nearby homes. The father of an american businessman has been detained in iran. 80yearold na naasz i held in the same prison as his son detained four months ago. Unclear why either man was arrested. Punitive damages and the cruise line said it was much worse than predict predicted. Finally, police are calling him the rogaine robber. 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It really isnt. 40 states have seen the spike. 13 states that are so theres plenty of time and really good news from the cdc yesterday. The vaccine this year, 59 effective. That means it reduces the chances youll have to see your doctor by 59 . Takes one to two weeks to kick in so now is the time if you havent gotten it to go a head. What other things can we do . We talk about these all the time. Coughs and sneezes, you want to cover them with a tissue or with your elbow. Wash your hands often or use alcohol sanitizer, avoid touching your face if you can. Avoid sick people, if possible and if youre sick, please stay home. That is something good for everybody. Im going home in 20 minutes, i promise. All morning. Thanks very much. Lets go over to michael. Thank you, george. Heres a look at whats coming up on the gma morning menu. Former nfl star and actor terry crews makes a startling confession. The secret addiction that almost killed his marriage. Were counting down to oscar sunday. 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Abcs Deborah Roberts is here with his story. Good morning, deborah. Reporter good morning, amy. Its a stunning confession. Terry crews detailing on his he revealed this deep secret once before but now reaching out in a bigger way on social media. Fans know him as the tough teddy bear Sergeant Terry in the show brooklyn ninenine. Anything to harm this precinct would i destroy them . Reporter but this morning former nfl player turned actor terry crews has the internet abuzz with a personal struggle. For years, years, years, my dirty little secret was that i was addicted to pornography. Reporter his stunningly candid confession about pornography going viral with more than 3 million views. It really, really messed up my life in a lot of ways. It was my secret. Nobody knew. And that allowed it to grow. Reporter crews said it began when he was 12 years old. Turing to pornography when he was sad, depressed and lonely. Every time you look at intimacy, you are trying to fight your feelings of being alone. Youd be surprised how many people think its an innocent behavior until they become addicted to it and try to stop. Reporter clinical psychologist karen stuart says the fascination happens more often than you know. Nine out of ten college males and a third of females are looking at pornography on a regular basis. Reporter as for crews some fans are praising his honesty. God bless you, terry, one commenter wrote, im 100 sure youre breaking many obstacles in so many minds. Crews wife rebecca and mother of his five children is standing by her husband last week posting on instagram, love my boo. The couple is apparently salvaging their marriage through rehab. Ive been free of this thing probably going on six, seven years now, thank goodness, but now its become my battle to help other people who are going through the same thing. Reporter crews using his heard him say in a powerful way. Experts say it is a true addiction like so many others and the advice, of course, is the same, first youve got to acknowledge the problem and talk about it and, secondly, its imperative that you get help which in his case and so many others includes therapy. Guy, just as if you were addicted to any other substance. Makes sense. Very brave of him to talk about it. Especially in such a viral public way. Yep, absolutely. Deborah, thank you so much. We are now going to talk about the stars as we count down to oscar sunday and our giant gma afterparty. Weve got the top red carpet secrets, these are diet secrets, Abbie Boudreau trying them out. We all jumped in on that one. Reporter with just three days to go hollywoods biggest stars going to the extremes for that picture perfect red carpet glow. Haley pomeroy says Kirsten Dunst and j. Lo swear by her cleanse. There are very specific smoothies, tea, i tell you exactly what to eat, when to eat it and what to do to get that incredible look. Reporter a plant based protein mix coupled with un unlimited vegetables and healthy dinner. Its easy, effective. A lot of our clients can lose the ten pounds in ten day, five pounds in five days but its more about just looking incredible. Reporter and for that photo ready face, stars like Gwyneth Paltrow and Drew Barrymore seek out sonia jakar using crushed ice spiked with stem cells. Oh, my, gosh, im eating it. Reporter sonia says it helps plump the skin. That is he the secret of the stars. Reporter and to get that to die for Victoria Beckham or angelina jaw line and ageless neck kat rado says many are going high tech. Using radio frequency to penetrate the deep layers of the skin. Mirage. Reporter she says its a non noninvasive way to smooth out the neck. For that emma watson look, its the brow bar to the stars. Theyre similar to extensions, hair bonded to each hair. Reporter but its this sculpting mask that has alisters lining up for which could end up costing thousands. Time for my big red carpet oh. For Good Morning America, Abbie Boudreau, abc news, los angeles. Abbies skin is glowing. You can get more red carpet beauty tips and tricks at goodmorningamerica. Com on yahoo outside to the other beauty, sam champion. Lara, thank you very much. Hey, with tory. So if its time to get on the red carpet, we want to do it with the best deals steals you can possibly pull out, so so first up from dr. Dennis everyones routine. This is an incredible steamer, men and women can use this. It is Incredible Technology that decongests pores, hydrates skin and get that instant flow which is what everybody wants. In just three to five minutes. How long do i stay like this. Three to five minutes. Machine. Today only it is slashed in half, 69. 50 plus Free Shipping from dr. Dennis gross. Like youre congested, right. If you have a head cold the best thing to do. Red carpet or head cold. No one will know what you have on underneath. 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Normally only 28 to 50, incredible price, regularly, everything today slashed by at least 50 , 14 to 4. Tory, big jewelry in like big jewelry, its got to be big, yeah, yeah, yeah. Ring guard. My favorite is bling guard for ears but for rings. Rings, make sure you dont your ring doesnt fall off. Earrings. I hate that. Red carpet or any day. 90 in a pack. Normally 15 for a pack slashed in half, 7. 50. It really takes the pressure off the earlobe so you dont have that big gaping hole in your ear. I think thats genius. I do, i do. Tory has all the deals. By the way, deals steals, if you want to do that go to Good Morning America. Its on dotcom. All the links and codes. By the way love you. Im running late. Lets get to weather. Good morning, everybody. How are you . I want to show video coming in for us. Weve had real problems in grant park, illinois, all going on south of chicago. Were live in times square. Come say hi. Back in to [ yelling ] it was working all week so well. Three more days before we find out who takes home the oscar gold. Jennifer lawrence has emerged as the highest paid nominee for her role in joy. She made an estimated 52 million last year. How much . 52. Wow. A lot more than the highest paid actor nominee, thats leo dicaprio who reportedly took home 29 million which hes had this whole Big Conversation about equality and pay. Speaking up. If j. Lo wins this sunday she will be it will be the First Time Ever that the worlds highest paid actress is also an oscar winner in the same year. All these fun facts. I am just filled. We learned why the water was green in africa. Twofor directors. Jennifer lawrence, at least take the sting away if she doesnt win the oscar. Yes. 52 million. Thats okay. Sam, come on in. Please enter. Thank you. So, we were talking about in this morning, big likes this morning for facebook right now. The social 234e9 work has added five new emoji moods if you will i saw it yesterday. I used them. I love wow. Yeah. So instead of liking like the 15th photo of your coworkers cat you can express wow, ha, ha, sad. Angry headache shake. Or angry. How do you find these many are wondering. The angry head shake. He shakes his head. Yeah, hes just disgusted. If you want to find these hold down the button, the like button on your phone or hover over it on your desktop and they appear. Your facebook emotions are not set in stone. You can change them. Yeah, so like for example, if i was to post like this photo, sam, take a just getting close there, go ahead. Keep that up. Yeah. Take it all in. Take that in. Would it be like wow at dinner last night. We werent doing anything special. Dinner on a wednesday. No, but mine would be like, wow, why is sam dressed like burger king . It would be the angry shake. Disapproving. Unapproving. It does. And then William Shakespeare once asked whats in a name but mind of a british fan who changed his name to bacon double cheeseburger. There he is, it was sam smith. I guess he knew that the singer had that covered so he has total totally committed to the idea and signs emails as b. D. Cheeseburger. No regrets because, i quote, everyone loves bacon, one of sams favorite sayings. That is everyone except his soontobe wife who is less than happy about her fiances new moniker. He did not check with her. Unless she changes her name to double oreo milk shake which isnt going to happen. Just thinking of the kids, right . Right. Legal name patty, her second name could be melt. Nice. Got to make it work. You do, you do. Thats true love, a compromise. Then finally just a quickie, theyre telling me i can do this, 15 seconds. Why dont i save it. Shall we do the teases . Do the baby. If youre struggling to make it through the week maybe you need to pump up the volume. Watch. Oh, i im glad you did the baby. Oh. There you go. Im glad you did the baby. Oh. There you go. Im glad you did the baby. Oh. There you go. Tt2wlr [ik o f ;m tt2wlr [ik n km tt2wlr [ik 4 f [4 tt2wlr [ik x 0b. P tt2wlr [ik t j 0v. 4 good morning tristate. Its 825. Were getting our first look at the man. Accused of shooting and killing a middletown mother with her infant daughter in the back seat of her car. This is video of brandon carr. Following his arrest yesterday in dayton. Hes charged with murdering 29year old brittany russell. She was found shot dead inside of her car. Just hours after she was first reported missing. Friends say russell had traveled to dayton to meet with carrs brother. Scattered snow showers for our thursday forecast with very gusty winds from the northwest. Roads should be mainly wet today as much of our snow that falls will melt. Up to 1 of snow possible by later this afternoon, mainly Jessica Chastain looks like Julia Roberts ghost. I like that one. Seth rogen is really just Dustin Diamond with 150 extra pounds on him. Oh, man. Eddie redmayne looks like denis leary wearing the skin of justin bieber. There it is. Little sneak peek of jimmy kimmel. Makes you think in they do. You can see it all tonight on doing that takes the steam sting out of it. If you can laugh about it it takes the power out of it counting down to oscar sunday. Rachel smith is actually getting the Party Started at samsungs 837 building with chef josh kapaun and have tips to throw an amazing oscar party for 100 bucks or less. Wow. Great to see josh out there with rachel. We are counting down. If we hadnt mentioned it before to oscar sunday. Hold on, breaking news, the oscars are this sunday. So, this is a great gma tradition as you may know, we all take turns in front of the green screen to star if you will in oscar nominated flips. We have a special thursday throw sams best. Action. Take 70. I dont want to ask twice. Im ruler of the seven kingdoms. Protector of the realm. I feel like a giant petroleum expectant. Is that close . Well, good morning, district 12. They are en fuego. We are on fire, we got this. Fire. We got this. Not the hair. Not the hair. Not the hair. I guess we were on fire. Oh, we were on fire . Secret. America, what do you think of hawkeyes driving. I dont want to say its bad but i think we missed that left turn in albuquerque. I just i was looking for a weather map. You look like georges brother in that last one. Harry potter there. Sam should receive oh, sorry, the golden ham Lifetime Achievement award goes to mr. Sam champion. Oh. Speech, speech. I just i had no idea. I didnt see this coming. You know, id like to thank george because that interview, my favorite one was life of pi which was actually the one where you were i was interviewing you, yes, thats right. You were very articulate. His inner tiger. Inner tiger. Wow. Theres something to ponder on. I got to say these are so much fun. When we started doing them, has everybody have you all done them already. Yeah, we had george do we show them today or tomorrow . Soon . Lets have a cheeseburger and well find out. Oh. Very excited. The green screen im hearing you totally stole in honor of the mr. Mr. Cheeseburger guy. In honor of the oscars chowing down on burgers and fries courtesy of shake shake, we thank you and i think that theres a reason were having snacks because were talking about oscar parties. Were not talking about fitting into our dress, right . Right. As we party and i chew right now, rachel smith is partying at samsungs 837 and well check in with her and tell you how you can throw an amazing oscars bash on a budget and a full mouth. Reporter as hollywood kicks off its Biggest Party of the year, oscar stands everywhere, toast to the movies like 32yearold karishma who wants to throw a glamorous budget. Where would you like to stay. Probably about 100. Reporter we enlisted the bergamotto. Hi, ladies. I have four simple tips all under 100. Oscar memory lane with a wide table runner. All this is is computer paper then pictures we printed out of famous oscar nominees and we glue sticked them together and voila. This is late rally costing under a dollar. Reporter next oscar themed snacks for the soar ray. The the revenant bear claws attacking Leonardo Dicaprio. Good job. And then we did the inside out upside down cake from brooklyns hot dogs. Reporter this diy photo booth brings the red carpet to your own home. We got this very fancy gold curtain for 10 bucks. You can use old Halloween Costume props. Lets take a picture. Reporter finally a new staple. What is a night at the movies without popcorn. Little popcorn canisters and glued on a glittery bow tie and reporter the grand total about 60. Do you feel like you can do loris four tips. Absolutely, i think these are great. Reporter affordable tips for an awardwinning affair. All oscars whoo oh, yummy. Great tips from lori. Right now we are here having our own oscar party and were at the samsungs 837 building. Right now our crowd is over here watching an oscar nominated movie. Disneys pixars inside out and getting hungry because its smelling delicious here and thats because we have executive chef josh capon here. You are the man. You are the man. Everyone on the edge of their seats. Oscar themed party foods for us. This one here, though, is the slider. Lets start with our featured its the big short rib burger slider. Oh, gosh. See what were doing here. We are tagging the movies. Go with the theme and have fun with it. So we have the big short rib short rib meat ground up seasoned with salt and pepper searing them off in a cast iron pan. I wish you could smell whats going on. Smellovision. Were developing it here at the samsung 837. Serve up some of these sliders and the folks in the crowd are getting hungry. Im getting hungry, as well. This is a great oscar theme so while youre serving this up, so we have caramelized onions here. Goes very well. Throw a bun on there. A little Barbecue Sauce. Got to have it. Nothing wrong with a little Barbecue Sauce every now and then. May i dive in there. Of course. Well test it out. While giving it a taste test lets go to the potatoes. One of my favorite movies was the martian so we have the red planet, get it, red planet red bliss potatoes. Matt damons character relied on potatoes to survive. Baked potato bar. Bacon and cheddar. With a melon baller, do it ahead of time so you can enjoy the show. You dont want to be, you know, spending all of your time in the kitchen but these look delicious. Oh, these are finished, right . There we go. We have to stay hydrated with an oscar buzz mocktail. Maybe ill put down the potato . A mango fizz. Grab a mocktail. Cheers. You want to splash a little champagne while the show is going on, thats up to you. Add your buzz at home. This week also is a big week for you beyond the oscars, what else is going on. Heading down to miami for the south beach wine and Food Festival which is like the super bowl of chefs, some of the best chefs in the country come out and we do our thing. The customers come out and get to enjoy it with us. Its a lot of fun. Oscar viewing party. Yes, sunday night, our first annual red carpet oscar viewing postat the bmc, come by, have fun. We go down to our crowd. We cannot have an oscar party guys . So we are giving out five tickets to join samsung a proud partner of the 88th oscars to join them for an exclusive viewing party here in new york city and five of our audience winners are going to be taking home tickets for that big party on the big night so can you open up those envelopes . Lets have a drum roll while they do that, right . There we go. So, who is going to that exclusive viewing party . Winner, winner, winner, winner. Oh, yeah. Yes. Sweet. Guys, thats how we count down to oscar sunday. Very nice. You guys are going to the exclusive viewing party. Sweet. Amy, back to you. All right, congratulations to all of them. Thank you, rachel. And you can get joshs short ribs recipe at goodmorningamerica. Com on yahoo lets go back outside to sam. Okay, gang, im going to keep that oscar thing going. Lets get that weather on the se it has been gorgeous. As messy as it has been in the eastern half of the country its been this beautiful out west, look at la costa, look at that rough surf but surfers love that. Surfs up and it can be high and watch that jet. Okay, so, yes, san francisco, there could be some rain but l. A. , you are glorious as we get into oscars weekend. Look at phoenix. Look at those numbers in the 80s, san diego in the 70s, as well. Quick look at the weather around the nation as we fly because we can. America, please do not adjust your sets. Cc, come here. This s is jeremy maguire. How are you . Thats so, america, you just met jeremy. Hi, jeremy. Im sam. You are a big star because i see you in modern family and in a brandnew song, right . Yeah. Is it lots of fun. Yes. You have a brandnew commercial. Can i show it to america . Yes okay, here it is. This is the way i eat my meatballs. Do you think its squishy in there with something . I dont know. Jeremy, pocket meatballs. Do you have any meatballs in there now . No. But you will later, you think . Yes. Ing 0, your mom is the nicest lady too. You want to wave to your mom too. Want to wave to her right there. I love it. You can see the tide commercial starting at 7 00 p. M. This sunday all right here at abc. Thank you for spending some time with us. Its okay. Great job. Kids are the best, arent they. Now to other kids who are having the big moment with the pope in Dear Pope Francis, the first Childrens Book written by a pope, the pontiff is answering kids questions from all around the world. In his nearly three years as head of the Catholic Church pope francis has made no secret of his affection for children. And now the pontiff is putting his pen where his heart is. Authoring his first Childrens BookDear Pope Francis or should we say coauthoring. The book is made up of exchanges between the pope and kids from around the world. Dear pope francis reporter gma sat down with not two, not four, but 12 of them including one pablo from argentina, natasha from kenya and william from chicago. Dear pope francis, if you could do one miracle, what would it be . The popes answer . The book may be for kids but it offers information to readers for all ages. The pope says he cries often. He also reports that he loves to dance the tango and hes passion naloxone national about soccer. The pontiff met with his kid coauthors this week in rome where they presented him with gifts from their homelands. Maple syrup from canada. This is good. Reporter a soccer ball from the United States and get this, a pair of uggs. Yes, ugg boots from australia. Oh, thank you very much. Seeing the pope with the kids was life altering and nerveracking. He was a little bit scared. I was not scared. Thats a lie. One moment i felt exceeded but then i felt like, well, this is probably my only time im going to meet him so i dont want to blow this. Reporter the experience enabled them not exactly to touch the hand of god, but to tug at the heart of gods this is such a beautiful book, guys. Illustrated beautifully. All these deep questions these kids get to ask and, of course, the pope answers all of them and of course, Dear Pope Francis available right now and coming up, im going to talk to hugh and taron next about their new hugh jackman is back with a brandnew movie about one of the most improbable olympic heroes ever. Earlier this week, robin sat down with hugh and his costar to talk about eddie the eagle. Eddie the eagle is the heartfelt new movie inspired by a dream come true. Taron egerton portrays eddie ed wards a resilient underdog determined to get to the olympics no matter what it takes and theres only one person thats going to help him get jackman. Take a look. Want your moment, eddie edwards, i ka get your moment but its going to hurt like hell for both of us. Your back leg, wrong position. Get closer. The flame its not better. Its crap. Oh, you and taron. Morning. I know you cant. Oh, so great to see you both. I knew i was going to cry. I knew i was going to be touched by this. I remember eddie the eagle, 1988, big sports fan here. Im sure i remember very well. I remember watching him in the olympics and never forget him being the top of the 90meter mom. Himself. Know. Nailed it. Absolutely nailed it. Thank you very much. Felt that we were on the jump with you. Had you been on skis before. Come on. Never in my life. I had to learn for the film, yeah, yeah, i didnt take to it like a duck to water. I have to say. No . But i gave it a good go just like eddie. Just like eddie and i got to tell you, hugh, your character, you play a former ski jumper. Yeah. A lot of talent, but a bad exactly. Youre here to teach him but eddie really steves you. He kind of brings me out. Its sort of his redemptive can bring out the best in each other and both are outsiders but my character had all the potential and none of the endurance or courage or stick ability that really eddie had. I watched this what friends and one mum said every kid should see this movie because it kind of says you dont have to win in life to be a winner and thats what i love about the feeling of this movie, the theme of this moved. What was the like working with someone like mr. Jackman over there. We had such a good time. I mean, the movie is inspirational and uplifting but its just so funny. We just spent two months laughing at each other. I kind of made it my mission to try to put hugh off through every single scene. Did it work . Oh, yeah, you can watch the movie. Moments where you see me laughing and they made the cut but he is hysterical. The transformation was just incredible. Do you still find yourself mimicking eddie a little bit. Two months after we finished shooting my mother kept going, give us the eddie face. Brilliant. I know. On cue. I know you posted on certainly media that you had another goaround. Yep. With your skin cancer but everything is good. Everything is great. Skin cancer is out. By the way, mine is the most minor form of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma. Regardless who you are get checked. Please dont me as a kid and i never wore sunscreen and im paying for it. You dont have to win to be a winner. Thats it. Thats it so eddie the eagle opens this friday. Thank you, gentlemen, very much. Lovely. What a great message. I love that. We were both like got to take the kids. All right, coming up, everybody, the best moments from gma on safari. Were back and dont go anywhere. I want to show you cool stuff. Amy is back from that incredible right in there and it was incredible to see in the crater but i was curious when you were there, all the new technology that you guys were using, theres been poaching at these parks before. Is this the time we can turn the corner on that and there wont be. Everyone is certainly hoping so because having these protected areas first of all they have a high concentration of armed antipoaching, you know, throngs of security going around and they are helped and aided by drones, by live cameras, they can see whats happening in realtime and go out and stop it and hopefully it will be a preventative. People will know if i go out there ill be caught. It isnt going to pay off but these images are so stunning to look at and i wanted to bring a little bit of africa back with me for you guys so, sam, i hear you really liked my hat. Its a little war torn here but i thought you might wear it well. I cant wait. Sam has never worn a cowboy hat in his life. Except for every wednesday night. And robin and big thank you to the Tanzanian Ministry of tourism and we will be right go west. Well see you for l. A. Good morning tristate. Its 856. And tying up a middletown man with his own oxygen tank cord will face a judge this morning. 65yearold David Caldwell says one of the suspects hit him in the head with a fake gun while three others took his television. Prescription drugs and a pepsi. He says he knows one of the suspects. 45 year old kimberly moland. Moland and the other defendants are facing robbery, charges. Thursday forecast with very northwest. Roads should be mainly wet today as much of our snow that falls will melt. Up to 1 of snow possible by later this afternoon, mainly [cheers and applause] michael. Today from once upon a time and zootopia, Ginnifer Goodwin and shes back at Stephanie Tanner in the new series, fuller house, jodie sweetin. Plus, another member of our studio audience will walk away with a bunch of benjamins as we continue lives oscar countdown game. All next on live [captioning made possible by disney abcdomestic television]