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Above a ravine. Something big i feel it happening and as the falcons and patriots kick off super bowl week, the playbook that mysteriously went missing. Who took the falcons secret game plan as the quarterbacks take center stage, the question from a young fan that brought tom brady to tears just five days until the big game. Whoa oh we do say good morning, america. Dont you just love the excitement of super bowl week . You can feel it. You can feel it. The guys better get ready to answer a lot of questions and see tom brady tearing up which is a rare sight we see from tom brady. Well find out more in a minute. A lot of just overnight. Steps of Supreme Court. Of course, it is a big day for the court. President trump is going to unveil his choice to replace Justice Scalia in prime time tonight. First the breaking news overnight, the president firing and replacing the acting u. S. Attorney general sally yates after she refused to defend the administrationS Immigration and travel order. President trump calling it a betrayal. Our senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas joins us now with the latest from washington. Good morning, pierre. Reporter good morning, robin. Youre fired. That was the conclusion of a fastmoving showdown playing out last night between two of the most powerful offices in washington. The high stakes drama began shortly before 6 30 p. M. The nations chief Law Enforcement officer in an act of open defiance aimed at the president of the United States. Acting attorney general sally yates refusing to allow Justice Department attorneys to defend President Trumps executive order banning some refugees and immigrants from the u. S. Im very grateful for this opportunity and grateful for president obamas nomination. Reporter yates, an Obama Administration holdover sending President Trumps order was, quote, lawful and that she was not convinced it was consistent with the institutions obligation to always seek justice and to stand for what is right. In roughly three hours trump responded by firing yates. The white house issuing a blistering estimating yates had betrayed the department of justice by refusing to enforce his order which was designed to protect the american people. Yates, a 27year rhett van, had been asked stay on by the Trump Administration until his nominee could be confirmed. That said she did overrule others who said trumps order was indeed legal. We know the president has already appointed a new acting attorney general. Thats right, the white house called yates weak on immigration and trump appointed a new attorney general last night, dana boente. It was a nig more protests overnight as well. We saw that on the steps of the Supreme Court and saw that rebuke from former president obama who said in his final press conference he would speak out when he thought americas core values are at stake. Abcs cecilia vega has more on this from the white house and, cecilia, so unusual for a former president to speak out this early in his successors term. Reporter its only been 12 days since he left office now speaking out in strong terms, President Trump is speaking out this morning too. He is on twitter calling a protest here in washington by democratic lawmakers a mess. Former president barack obama stepping out of the postpresidency shadows and into the fray speaking to those protesters and also taking a jab at his successor and that immigration crackdown saying through a spokesman citizens exercising their constitutional right to assemble is exactly what we expect to see when American Values are at stake. And also taking a jab at his successor and that executive disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion. The white house playing defense. We had 109 people that were temporarily detained. Theyre all in. But they were temporarily detained to make sure that the safety of the other 324 million americans was put first. I dont see how thats a big problem. Reporter and overnight that fight landing right at the steps of the Supreme Court. [ chanting ] reporter democratic lawmakers leading the charge in song. This land is your land this land is my land reporter and tough talk. Donald trump has issued an executive order that is illegal, that is unconstitutional and that is immoral. We will fight it with everything we have and we will win this fight. Reporter and while the president himself says policy is off to a good start we actually had a very good day yesterday in terms of homeland security. Reporter this morning, there is backlash from u. S. Diplomats, some sending a formal objection letter expressing concern that the immigration crackdown might backfire and lead to terror attacks in the u. S. But the white house Still Standing its ground. I think they should either get with the program or they can go. Reporter tough words there but there is word from the white house this morning that the Trump Administration will leave intact an existing executive order from the Obama Administration that protects lgbtq rights in the workplace. Others feared that might be reversed. Waiting to see if more is coming. Cecilia, thanks very much. Our chief legal analyst dan abrams has more on this. Democrats in the house and senate are going to try to overturn this. Thats not going to work. Lots of challenges springing up in the courts over the last couple of days. Thats right. This wont be an easy challenge. For those who think well get it awrong. This is a complicated tough case for those challenging it. First of all, the argument hes targeting muslims in my view is not going to be the strongest argument. Some are saying you can make that argument and win on an establishment clause. I dont think thats the strongest argument. The stronger argument, looking at the law itself. This is the immigration and nationality act law which specifically says you cannot discriminate based on nationality, country of origin, place of birth, et cetera, and as a result, you would think, well, thats pretty straightforward. Except theres another part of the law which makes it complicated which specifically says that the president has the power to suspend the entry of any class of alien found to be detrimental to the interests of the United States and thats so broad. Protecting national security. Thats right so its so broad and has typically been viewed as such an enormous power for the president that trump is going to rely on that and so this isnt go this is only were talking about the argument about the seven countries and people coming separate from suspending the refugees which is an even harder argument to win is there at the same time these challenges have been made and this could get to the Supreme Court relatively quickly. There are two options for it getting there. Number one, effective fasttracking it. Doesnt happen very often. Happens in rare cases, but this could be one of those rare cases. The other way it could get to the Supreme Court is if, you know, there will be challenges all over the country with District Court judges. That goes then up to the court of appeals. If the courts of appeal are divided on something, thats typically how a case gets to the u. S. Supreme court. And thats a long process, though. Thats not something that would happen its also possible trump changes parts of this order on his own. Thats possible. Look, again, as you talked about before congress could rewrite the law, not likely to happen. Not likely. Dan abrams, thanks very much. You both mentioning the Supreme Court now. The president s pick for the the nominee tonight a prime time presentation from the white house and jon karl is there, has the latest for us. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, robin. President trump says the decision is made. He has picked his nominee for sprakt. A decision that may prove to be more consequential and have a longer Lasting Impact than anything he has done so far. Well put great people on the Supreme Court. Reporter he may have already made his decision but President Trump says hes going to wait until prime time tonight to make the announcement. I have made a very big decision on the United States Supreme Court that is going to be announced tomorrow night from the white house at 8 00. Reporter trumps choice would fill the vacancy created by the death last year of antonin scalia. The justices that im going to appoint will be prolife, they will have a conservative bent. They will be protecting the second amendment. Reporter trumps short list down to two, judges hardiman, 51, serves on the 3rd Circuit Court of appeals with President Trumps sister marion trump barry who sources tell abc news highly recommended him to her brother. Gorsuch, 49 serves on the 10th Circuit Court of appeals and has been called scalia 2. 0 because he echoes scalias judicial philosophy and writing style. I think the person i pick will be a big, big i think people will love it. I think evangelicals, christians will love my pick. Reporter regardless of who is picked democrats and republicans are gearing up for a confirmation battle in the senate that will look like an allout political war, of course, democrats are still very much upset that president obamas pick for this seat never even got a hearing. Promising a filibuster. Thanks very much. More on this from terry moran and, terry, in some respects either one of these finalists ul republican president , both relatively young white men, solid conservatives. Reporter absolutely, george. Any of the candidates that President Trump has considered would not tip the ballot to this court because theyre replacing Justice Scalia, a conservative with a conservative. But in some ways thats oldstyle thinking. President trump is not really a conservative or a liberal. Hes a nationalist and he is shaking up the congress, the executive branch and just a matter of time before he shakes up this place so the real question is how would one of these nominees rule on his make America Great again agenda . On immigration, on trade, on executive power and treaty commitment is a harder call. There will be lots of focus especially now on the president S Immigration ban in these confirmation hearings. Reporter there absolutely will. Senator, especially democrats are going to press this nominee, whoever it is, very hard. How would they rule on this . It is as dan said a close case but the president does have sweeping powers over immigration, especially when it and so hes probably safe with either nominee on that question. But down the road how he shakes up the agenda of the of congress and of this court remains to be seen. This one, the real fear among conservatives and President Trump is really promised them this pick, they go back and say we dont want another david souter. Justice david souter. Reporter when they get up there, theyve got life tenure and there the case comes before them. Should i overturn roe versus wade for example, suitor, blinked, kennedy givened and thats what can happen. Terry will join us tonight with a live special report starting at 8 00 eastern. That terrible attack on a mosque in canada and gio benitez has new details about the suspect. Reporter this morning investigators are zeroing in on the life of 27yearold suspected shooter, bissonnette. People will be more on edge but im hoping everybody comes together and shows again their support for the community. Reporter as canadians from coast to coast held vigils in just about every major city a former classmate tells abc news that bissonnette was very conservative politically and described him as antiimmigrant. A neighbor of the alleged gunman telling me bissonnette was always alone, didnt appear to have any friends and never went to parties. Bissonnette is said to have been dressed in black wearing a ski mask shouting as he entered the mens section of that mosque sunday night. Now were learning about some of the victims. Including a professor at the same university where bissonnette studied anthropology and political science. Most of the deceased in their 40s now leaving families behind. While the motive for the attack still isnt clear, it came just one day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took on President TrumpS Immigration crackdown that many see as antimuslim. The people who commit these and weaken our values. We will not close our minds. We will open our hearts. Reporter and live here in quebec you can see police are still there at the mosque investigating right now. That suspect faces six counts of first degree murder, five counts of attempted murder, no doubt a huge investigation is ahead here in canada, guys. No doubt, gio. Thank you. Now amy with the other top stories starting with a landslide in los angeles. This video came in overnight that shows a landslide in the Hollywood Hills that forced the evacuation of five hopes and knocked out power in that area. An estimated 20 tons of earth came crashing down that hill burying power lines and damaging two homes, the result of heavy rain from this month. The shift in policy at the boy scouts. They will allow transgender children who identify as boys to become members. An 8yearold transgender boy in new jersey has been rejoin the organization. Well, the punishment has been handed down in a hightech cheating scandal in baseball. The st. Louis cardinals will hand over two draft picks along with 2 million to the houston astros. Its all compensation for a cardinals executive hacking into the astros scouting database. Some dramatic video from a bike race in california. This Chain Reaction crash nearly sent one biker flying over a bridge. Look at that. But he managed to hang on to the edge avoiding the 30foot drop. Wow. His bike crashed into the ground. He is remarkably okay. And take a look at this picture posted online. It raised a few questions. It appears to show 80 falcons in the cabin of a Qatar Airways plane. A sought di prince reportedly paid for the flight. They can be issued their own passports and last for three years in the United Arab Emirates where they are the National Bird and in case youre wondering on Qatar Airways you can bring a falcons in Economy Class but each have to have their own seat and a cloth to avoid accidents. I thought they were heading to houston for the super bowl. I like it. Thats a good one. Thats a good one. Up to 80. Good job there. Thank you, amy. You know, you brought it up, super bowl week. Everybody is officially under way and, of course, the quarterbacks taking center stage stepping into the spotlight at Opening Night and our quarterback jesse palmer is in houston with all the details. Good morning, jesse. Reporter good morning, michael. Thats right. You know, in five days the patriots tom brady and falcons matt ryan will face off but they had to take on the media and answer questions about a missing playbook. First, there was spygate. Then deflategate. And this morning as super bowl week kicks into high gear, the patriots find themselves in the middle of yet another gate, backpack falcons offensive coordinate Kyle Shanahan lost his bag which contained interesting reading material, all of the Atlanta Falcons offensive plays and panic ensued. Shanahan searched all over Minute Maid Park but to no avail. As the time ticked away paranoid patriot haters became convinced only one man could be behind this. But they were wrong. It was actually this man, the San Francisco examiners art spanneder who simply mistook shanahans backpack for his own. Spander heard about the commotion and brought it back a half hour later. No word yet if spander is a secret pats fan but for now no harm, no foul. Brady was soon back in action in the press room doing what he does best, being tom brady. I think my dad is my hero because hes someone that i look up to every day and reporter the fourtime super bowl champion chasing his fifth super bowl ring which would make him the most decorated quarterback of all time. Matt ryan revealing eli manning, the quarterback from the giants giving him advice on how to beat brady. Manning beat brady in two super bowls and manning said, look, you know who you are and you know what youve got to do. I tell you what, jesse, that question made tom brady do something that nobody else could do and that was cry. Pretty amazing. But also all eyes there are more than just one showdown. Theres another between tom brady and Roger Goodell. Reporter thats going to be a huge story line here all week long. Since bradys fourgame suspension as you know hes been on fire. Hes led the patriots to a 131 record. People calling it the tom brady revenge tour. Now, tom brady said all the right things with respect to Roger Goodell saying its own his teammates motivating him to win, not roger satisfying would that be if he took that trophy from commissioner goodell sunday night in may be a little uncomfortable. Well be watching. Tang you, jesse. Over to ginger. We have to get separate to tuesday trivia brought to you by walgreens. Breezy to windy tod; milder colder weekend wintry mix possible sunday low impact system today mostly becoming partly cloudy. Breezy to windy. Highs 4955 tonight partly to mostly cloudy. Lows 3439 winds w 5 mph wednesday mostly cloudy. 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The white house calling her actions a betrayal of the department of justice. The president is just hours away from making revealing his pick for the Supreme Court. Trump said he will reveal his nomination in a prime time presentation tonight. Well cover it in a live special report, george will anchor that for us on abc 8 00 p. M. Eastern time. Thats what the president says, more fallout on hiS Immigration ban, the suspension of immigration from seven muslim majority countries, growing number of experts are arguing the order will make america less safe, strengthen support for isis. Our chief investigative correspondent brian ross is here with the latest. Reporter good morning. The president s travel ban is meant to stop isis fighters from finding a way to get to the United States. But among those supporting the president s actions are, in fact, leaders and members of isis. Even as the president vows intensified military actions being used by the terror group as proof the u. S. Is at war with the entire muslim world. On isis internet sites since the weekend messages like this one, what trump has done has clearly revealed the truth and harsh reality behind the american governments hatred towards muslims. The isis Propaganda Machine first began stirring it up during the campaign when trump talked of his ban. Donald j. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the United States until our countrys representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. Reporter and now that hes in the white house, many u. S. Counterterror officials fear the president is unwittingly stoking the fires of isis recruitment with his travel ban against seven predominantly muslim countries. Not only does this help isis recruit people overseas, but here at home it might be enough to persuade that lone wolf who terrorist. Reporter but this is not the first time the u. S. Has sought to curtail the flow of refugees because of terror concerns. As abc news first reported, the fbi discovered two iraqi refugees connected to al qaeda who have been cleared to come to the u. S. And were then caught on Surveillance Video plotting new terror attacks from their home in bowling green, kentucky. If youre asking my opinion i would say the system failed. Reporter even worse, the fbi found their fingerprints on the remnants of a bomb that killed four members of a Pennsylvania National guard unit in iraq. How do you have somebody that we now know was a known actor in terrorism overseas, how does that person get into the United States . Reporter the two men are both now serving long prison sentences. But their case led to a drastic curtailment of the entire iraqi Refugee Program for six months in 2011 and a complete makeover process. Now the Trump Administration says it has to do much the same thing, although its list of seven countries misses the very countries that have produced the terrorists responsible for the deadliest of u. S. Terror attack, george. Saudi arabia. Thanks very much. More from martha raddatz. And, martha, you know, you saw those isis media accounts, social media and a lot of experts concerned that just as the military is making progress against isis in iraq, especially, this is going to be a real boost for them. Reporter theres no question there are concerns about the fallout. Isis and al qaeda as brian said want muslims to think the u. S. Is against them. So those muslims will turn to them. Now its offensive to think muslims around the world are suddenly going to say i want to join isis because of thiS Immigration ban but if there are people on the fringe, extremists and they see isis propaganda about this ban some experts believe that is one more recruiting tool to radicalize them just as were going after isis in of the people blocked were people that served as interpreters for the u. S. Military and intelligence in iraq so theres a real concern if they arent protected it could have a backlash and hurt our efforts in the middle east. Reporter analysts will tell you this is the most critical problem. Were fighting side by side right now with iraqis in a battle against isis and were telling those same people who are risking their lives, they cant come into the country. That creates suspicion, resentment and mistrust. The head of iraq and afghanistan veterans called it shameful, stupid and bad for national security. He said if we dont help them now, why will others stand with us in the future. The president s announcement has been met with a chorus of riticism from our allies. Reporter it certainly has and put allies in a very, very difficult position. Theresa may who just met with donald trump last week said she does not agree with the ban, the foreign secretary called it highly controversial while thousands of protesters filled the streets in london calling for may to cancel the invitation for trump to come visit. Its up to about 1. 5 million on that petition right now. Okay, martha, thanks very much. Still a lot to come. Coming up, an abc news exclusive. The young driver lucky to be alive after plunging 70 feet down a cliff stranded for days. This morning hes telling his incredible story right here on gma. And super sales for the super bowl. The big deals you can score just in time for sundays showdown. Its about moving forward not back. Its looking up not down. Its feeling up thinking up living up. Its being in motion. In body in spirit in the now. Boost. Its not just nutrition. Its intelligent nutrition. With 26 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of protein. All in 3 delicious flavors. Its choosing to go in one direction. Up. 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For 2 1 2 nights desperate for help he was stranded without another soul in sight. It was horrible, horrible pain. I was thinking either kill me now or get me off this mountain because i cant do this. Reporter finally on the third night a passing motorist noticed the wreckage and called for help. Rescuers seen carrying kittle up the mountain. He was airlifted to the hospital. The driver just made contact with the i was elated that i was i was so happy, you know, that i was finally being saved that i still had a chance left to survive. Reporter this morning kittle says he looks at his life a little differently. I mean it was mind over matter. Me wanting and willing myself to survive long enough to get down that hill one way or another. I didnt want that to be my final chapter in my life. Reporter a stunning story of survival. Hunter says that he doesnt even remember the accident and the crash right now is still under investigation. 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A luxury hotel in austria was recently well, they said they were held hostage after the electronic key system was infiltrated until a ransom was paid. When i said hostage, you took exception. No one was held hostage. Nobody was held in their room. Hackers took over the Hotel Key Card system but people werent locked in their rooms. Dont want anybody to be afraid. When was the last time you went to a hotel and they gave you one of these, a physical key . Its been a while. This hotel is about to go back to this because of those that key system, any electronic is susceptible to hackers. People trying to check in, check out, you couldnt essentially do business at the hotel is what were talking about. These hackers asked for bitcoin of all thing. Why would they ask for bitcoin . Because its hard to trace. And now criminals are starting to use bitcoin when they it was only 2,000 initially. They paid it. Too much of a pain to try to work it out and get authorities involved. Let me pay you your 2 grand so i can get my hotel back. This is something we could see more and more of. Dont get upset or afraid they could get locked in. Ransomware but whats being done to address this . This is not the first incident. We have seen libraries. Hospitals. One in l. A. That paid the ransom ultimately. Got people in icu. You need medical files and you cant get access to them. So authorities are telling people the organizations dont pay the ransom because that encourages others to do it. Youre sitting up here and you exponentially costing hundreds of millions, maybe a billion dollars in ransom being paid. You could get one, as well. Strahan, all of us into your email. Got to know, pay close attention, you have to click on an attachment before that ransomware downloads. Get funny it looks legit. Even the fbis signal there or symbol but you dont click on that stuff. If it looks funny dont do it because you could get held hostage. Good to know. Im keeping these keys. Give me 2 grand, youll get them back. How about that . Thank you, t. J. Next up theres a lot of excitement for the super bowl, of course, and lady gagas halftime show. Will she go political . Thats the big question and the pop star just arrived in houston ahead of the big show and Larry Hackett is joining us now and, larry, lady gagas known to be controversial. Of course. So a lot of people are wondering will she make a political statement . Is she not . What do you think. I would be baffled if she doesnt make a political statement. I wo shes someone who is a provocateur. Will she hang a resist sign over a rafter in the middle of the field, no. Something clever. Shes an open supporter of hillary clinton. She was out in front of trump tower the day after the election protesting. She is a champion for people of the Lgbt Community and all her songs are of the people being empowered. Bad for her career. No, i think it would be bad not to do something. Sure. Well, what she said so far, her performance will itll be about her career and she also said the nfl has not had a say in what she is going to say. Look, its the nfls show but i would find it outrageous if the nfl tried to censure her. They are hiring lady gaga. They know what theyll get. Number two, it would be a huge pr nightmare if it was revealed truly that they tried to stop something. They called it nonsense on the record. A lot is presuper bowl hype. What . Would we do that. Im so cynical. No one needs to be more excited. Its the super bowl. People are excited for the halftime show. Beyonce did herson formation. A political anthem and that upset a lot of people. You said this could be good for lady gagas career and bad if she doesnt do it but there was blowback to beyonce. Why not lady gaga . There was blowback but beyonce is beyonce. She can withstand that. Lemonade came out and reshaped her in the public eye. When you do that and an event like that and youre beyonce, its good. Not for everybody else. Remember nipplegate and m. I. A. Sang with madonna, flipped the bird, mouthed the f word. That was not good for her career either. It depends what youre adolescent. A lot will have to watch on tv. I know you two are you going to the game. Im not. Im coming to your house. We might buy a new tv. As the countdown continues theres Super Savings on tvs for the big game. Experts say now is the time to get some of the best deals of the year. You know well ask becky worley about this and will join us at best buy with all the details you would think knowing people would go in front of their tvs the prices would go up but thats not the case. No, its five days to the big game but for scoring a great deal, it is the Fourth Quarter and were in the twominute drill, robin, thats because this is really about prices coming down. Consumer reports says that the best prices are 14 to 7 days prior to the super bowl so good deals still there. Theyre clearing out the inventory. Let me show you. This 65inch lgtv started back in april when it debuted, 1600 bucks, by black friday, bucks. Now, 800 bucks here at best buy. Some other really good deals. A 60inch tv by sharp not the best reviewed tv but at walmart for 479. 60 inches for under 500 bucks is insane. Samsung, one of the many most popular tvs, that is at sears for 679. Average discount, that one is about 20 off and thats the average discount youre seeing right now, guys. Oh, wow. Becky, what if the super bowl is not your deadline for purchasing a new tv. Should you still wait or go out now and get it . Solid discounts now, but i expect them to come down another 20 by may. Thats when the total phaseout happens so this 800 tv could be 700, maybe even less but the problem is will it be here . Inventory, dont know. Its really buy now or wait if youll risk it. Youre making me think of i know. But let me ask you this, becky, you know, not that ive ever done it but some people will purchase and then return the tv set just purchase it for the big game. How do they frown upon that . Seems like there should be a yellow flag for that but stories are legendary of guys walking in with big screen tvs after the big game. Lots of stores have policies that dont penalize you. Others have 15 restocking fees. Watch that. Got to keep that in mind. You gave me an idea now. Would i do that . Thank you both very much. Coming up take a look at this incredible video of lava in hawaii doing something for the first time in nearly a decade. Ginger has the story behind it. Big heart health news. The brandnew guidelines. avo did you know two areas of your brain can make it hard to lose weight . Contrave is an fdaapproved weightloss medicine that may or struggle with obesity lose weight and keep it off. 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The Justice Department has a new head man after President Trump fired acting attorney general sally yates, came hours after iates openly defied the president saying she would not go to court to defend his executive order on refugee, she was not convinced it was lawful. Dana bente has been named as her replacement. Reporter coats on headed out the door on this tuesday. Forecasting a high of 51. Starting in the 30s. Because its a breezy to windy day, gusts over 25 miles an hour, most locations throughout chilly. Higher gusts well west around haggerstown, winchester and wood stock. Tomorrow, the high of 52. Much improved. The ground hog likely to see a shadow, thursday, with sunshine. Wintery mix sunday into early monday morning. Reporter on kenilworth avenue, as melanie mentioned earlier, were still closed, southbound lanes. Northbound one lane gets by. To the big picture, well show you, southbound i270 at the top right corner of your screen. You can see the red on the southbound lanes approaching the 270 spur. Also red on the north side of the beltway traveling through silver spring, quickly on trafficland cameras, a live view inside the beltway north of duke street, northbound 395, we have the heavy volume delays for you. All travel lanes are open there as well as on the capital beltway through Prince Georges County on your approach to the Wilson Street bridge. Melanie, bac all right. Thank you. You can get more news, weather and traffic on good morning washington on news channel 8. Well be back with another local update in 30 minutes. Now back to good morning america. Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. Breaking overnight, President Trump fires then replaces the acting attorney general after she refused to defend the administrationS Immigration order. Trump calls it a betrayal. Former president obama steps forward with an unprecedented statementing baaing the protesters. Rest in power. Five years after Trayvon Martins death his parents are speaking out live. Their sons legacy that sparked a national conversation. Their mission to transform their tragedy into change. My heartbeat song health alert. The American Heart Association out with new guidelines overnight. When you eat is more important than what you eat and should you skip breakfast to lose weight . Lasting love. The original bachelorettes Success Story now opening up 14 years later, what trista and ryan are revealing marriage, their advice for bachelor nick and how ryan is as romantic as ever. All that and leslie mann and Robert De Niro here live. And she is saying good morning, america. Shes so great. Good morning, america. Leslie mann so terrific. Cant wait to see her in a little bit. Welcome to all of you. How are you feeling . [ cheers and applause ] yeah. All right. We got that health heart alert. New guidelines about how muofte you should eat and should we skip breakfast . Seems like we ask every three week. Dr. Ashton, back to you. Dr. Ashton wil explain. I never skip breakfast. You remember bear, that was the dog we introduced you to that won americas hears on last fridays show. Beautiful, beautiful rescue animal. Chow, lab mix and i heard his story, he was chained for all of his 15 years outside, still maintained his smile and great disposition and have a terrific update for you coming up in pop news. So stay with us. Great. Cant wait for that. But first lets get some news as well. Amy has the morning rundown. All right. Good morning, guys. The big story, President Trump saying youre fired to the acting attorney general after she defied hiS Immigration order. Sally yates has been replaced just hours after she instructed Justice Department attorneys not to defend the controversial executive order and openly questioned whether it was lawla. President trump criticized her and a jeff bridges is expected to happen today and the president is facing opposition at the state department. Dozens of dims are circulating a letter of dissent saying the ban could fuel antiamerican sentiment. In response White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer urged diplomats to get with the program or quit. Overnight, police in columbus, ohio, fired pepper spray to break up a crowd protesting the order and this morning the travel ban is facing a new legal challenge. Washington has become the first state to sue to stop it. And meanwhile, tonight President Trump will says he is announce his nominee to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court and george will anchor that at 8 00 p. M. On abc. New details about the suspect in that deadly mosque attack in quebec. Sources describe 27yearold Alexandre Bissonnette as a loner with antiimmigrant views but authorities are still calling the motive for sundays shooting unclear. Bissonnette faces six counts of murder as well as other michigan, have filed a Class Action Lawsuit against the epa seeking 720 million in damages for the citys water crisis. Claiming that the epa waited for months before taking Emergency Action to address levels of lead in the water. And a surprising discovery on board an American Airlines plane. A mechanic found 434,000 of cocaine in the nose gear. The plane had arrived in tulsa from miami and as you might imagine the dea is now investigating. And finally the play of the night in basketball had nothing to do with sports and everything to do with family. The Boston Celtics paying tribute to military families and then shocked everyone when air force National Guard Sergeant Matthew knowles suddenly walked onto the court. His mom and his family stunned and overjoyed because moments earlier there was a big message on the jumbotron saying he was still overseas. Players and fan standing ovation and to that we say welcome home, sergeant knowles. Back to you. Love to see that. Never gets old seeing those. Thank you for sharing. How about a little pop news, lara . You got it, robin. Good morning, everybody. Happy tuesday. Well begin with director James Cameron defending the ending of his oscarwinning movie titanic saying for once and for all, people, theres no way that door could have supported both jack and rose in the frigid water. How many times does he have to tell you . In a new interview with the daily beast, the oscar winning director refutes the claim made on the discovery show, you have heard of it, mythbusters. They say jack didnt have to die and two could have used the door and did an experiment if they used their life jackets to keep it afloat he would have been fine. Cameron says, not so. If jack took off his life jacket, tried to figure out how to how the heck to attach it to the door in five minutes. His best chance keep his upper body out of the water in hopes he might get picked up by a boat which we know did not happen and more than that, the script called for jack to die so, people, he was going to die. This is over. Thats it. I love i could tell by how you laughed you thought that too. I used to think why didnt he get on the door. You were watching the whole thing agreeing with every point you made. Audience agrees . Can we end this . Can we all agree, James Cameron, made a great movie. An update on our furry friend, bear the dog. We had him on on friday. We heard his story. So heartbreaking. Rescued from being chained outside for all of his 15 years. Still managed to keep his friendly disposition. Well, thank you. Our gma viewers, we got so many calls asking to help. Ultimately though, 15yearold found his forever home with carrie of long island. Look. You see bear smiling. Hes smiling. So bears new owner carrie teaches children with learning differences and she says shes been waiting for a big guy like bear to come into her life. She says she saw him on gma. She knew in her heart she was the one to give him the golden years he deserves and she promises to send pictures. Please keep your promise. Oh, yeah. Mission accomplished. Way to go. One dog at a time. Carrie, if you didnt do it, i was going to so my family says thank you. And finally what do you get when you merge flowers and beef jerky . Besides heaven. [ laughter ] no. I know. Perfection. So, what you get is the tastiest valentines day gift you can buy its called say it with beef. Theyre selling roses made out of 100 beef jerky. The bouquets, or broquet hand crafted from a half pound of high quality jerky. The protein pack flowers came to fruition last year after they set out to make a fun get well gift for one of their bros and it was born. The website says say it with beef is so popular theyre currently sold out but they do hope to have more stock, bahdumbum, in time for valentines day. So, theres the beef. Yeah. Theres the beef. The question is now answered, robin. This is where the beef is. That, everybody, is pop news. Thank you, lara. Well done. Coming up, the heart health alert. New guidelines on when and how often you should eat. Dr. Ashton will be here to weigh in on all that. Come on back. Gmas morning menu is brought to you by the fast, powerful cough relief of robitussin, because its never just a cough. I will never wash my hair again. New pantene doesnt just wash your hair, it fuels it. Making every strand stronger. So tangles dont stand a chance. Because strong is beautiful. Youdreamt about it, it, maybe you should just go ahead and do it. Were legalzoom, and weve helped over a Million People legalzoom. Legal help is here. Listerine® kills 99 of bad breath germs. This is 100 useful for a 100 fresh mouth. 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The American Heart Association really observed that over the last 40 years or so we eat very differently than we used to so they looked at all the old data on different styles of eating and how those styles impacted various risk factors for heart disease. They honed in on three big ones, skipping breakfast, intermittent fasting or eating multiple small meals a day and we have the results. Oh, what are the highlights . Give them. Dont hole back. Heres the qualifier. This area definity study and in particular they were looking at how these styles of eating impacted cholesterol, glucose and weight and found that, drum roll, please, skipping breakfast which could mean after eating two hours after you wake up or after 10 00 may drop the risk of heart disease. Intermittent fasting meaning going an entire day without eating or reducing caloric intake to 20 or 30 of normal may decrease and frequent meals may 3, 5, 17 meals, not so much. 17 . Pretty much every hour. Thats a lot of time. Wow. Thats an effort. So sum it up in one line for all of this, what stands out. Needs more research but the fact that we can affect these numbers with how we eat and when we eat i think is incredibly interesting. My personal nutritional and medical prescription, try to avoid processed foods and watch those carbs. That is really in my opinion what really sets us kind of down also make sure you always check with your doctor and get checked out. Thank you. Thank you, dr. Ashton. Everybody coming up, Trayvon Martins parents are here and theyre speaking out about his legacy five years later. Kids, juicy fruitmmmm with longerlasting flavor . Mmm zipping zipping rattling longerlasting juicy fruit. So sweet you cant help but chew and chew. vo do not go gentle into that good night, old age should burn and rave at close of day; rage, rage against the dying of the light. Do not go gentle into that good night. Have 50 fewer calories. Can i stop, jane . No. Trop50. 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Lows 3439 winds w 5 mph wednesday mostly cloudy. Highs 4852 winds nw 510 mph isolated slick spots it has been five years since shot and killed. His death and the acquittal of the man who shot him helped spark a national conversation. Well speak to his parents, sybrina and tracy in just a moment here with us live but first a look back. A 17yearold boy unarmed gunned down by a Neighborhood Watch. He is sadly missed. Reporter for trace economy martin and Sybrina Fulton it was that fateful night on february 26th, 2012 ha changed their lives forever. When their beloved son, Trayvon Martin, was shot and killed by Neighborhood Watch volunteer George Zimmerman. My heart is breaking but it breaks even more to know that we have not gotten justice yet. Reporter their fight for justice sparked a furious debate over racial profiling, selfdefense and state gun laws. After zimmerman was found not guilty saying he had acted in selfdefense, protests broke out in the five years since trayvons life was tragically cut short, sybrina and tracy have worked to help others by establishing at Trayvon Martin foundation, committed to ending senseless gun violence. We will define his legacy. Reporter parents fueled by love, finding their own healing and purpose in their new mission. Justice, justice, justice. And trayvons parents Sybrina Fulton and tracy martin are here now sharing their story in a brandnew book out today, rest in power. The enduring life of Trayvon Martin and please welcome sybrina and tracy here with us this morning. Important conversation. It was beautiful reading the book and how it alternates between chapters you have a chapter then you have a chapter, tracy, and the perspective you each had on something that happened and i know it was very important to you that you felt people did not know and get to know your son when all this happening and especially in the trial and you want people to know. Describe your son. My son was an average teenager. He was a mommas boy. He was very affectionate. He liked to do things around the house with me. He used to like to do things outside of the house like cutting the grass and washing the cars, very, very helpful. Called you cupcake. He called me cupcake because i would pretend that i couldnt do certain things because i knew he was watching and i knew he would come over and help. So i kind of played on that cupcake theme, you know, but he enjoyed it and so did i and so, you know, i can remember one time when we were watching a movie and we were both sitting on the sofa watching the movie but he wanted to be closer and then he went and made and we snuggled up and watched this is not even that kind of movie, you know, but he was just, you know, so affectionate and so loving and it didnt matter where i was, he wanted a kiss. And you said that he was also your best friend, tracy. Yeah, he was my best friend and i think to me he was he was an innovator. He was kind of creative to be a young man. He was a peoples person. He loved his family. Loved his friends. He loved kids and loved doing community service. We used to go out and feed the homeless a lot and he just loved being a part of that so he was he was there for us. And reading your book, it reminded us that you both were reluctant to come forward and to speak because you thought surely your son was unarmed. He was killed. The person had a gun. That he would be arrested, George Zimmerman and it took quite some time before that happened and you both talked about how you never wanted to make this about race. You wanted to make it about killed like that. But it sparked and continued a national conversation. What are the lessons we should learn from this . Well, one of the lessons, i mean, we continue to struggle with everything as parents and so we want people to read the book and know this is written from a parents version, so we struggle with everything. We struggle with trying to get information from the Police Department for a minor that was shot on the ground and the other person went home. We tried to we had a struggle with the medical examiner trying to get the body back so we can take the body home. We had struggles with the court system, we had struggles with the state of florida. I mean, it constantly was a struggle for us just for something that should have been given the information should have been given to us and it was just a we had to go through as we grieved the loss of our son. And you wanted to enact change and you have the Trayvon Martin foundation. I love how you wrote that you said that the people who came to your aid, that they descended upon you like angels and formed this foundation. Tell us about the foundation to help others and possibly helped you too, tracy. I think what its done for us, its been therapeutic because of what we do. Were helping other families. Certainly we cant touch every family life but what the foundation does with it is were there as the voice for the voiceless. It doesnt matter if your child has been killed by senseless gun violence or whether its child abuse or a Domestic Abuse or whatever, the foundation is there. Weve become a communitybased organization just to reach out to those that are in need of help. And that is taking a lot of your time and we just recently political arena. Is that something down the road . Thats definitely something down the road. That was a question that we were asked. It was supposed to be in reference to the book but somebody asked the question about us running for office and i said that it was something that we were exploring down, you know, in long term, you know, its not something that we filling out papers for but we certainly want to look at the positions available locally and then we want to look at the positions for the state of florida and then u. S. Positions, so we want to take a look at those positions to see what areas we would best feel and we would benefit from and they would benefit by having us there. Thank you both very much. Rest in power. Rest in power. Good morning, washington. Im melanie hastings. Breaking news, police say a pedestrian was hit and killed on kennel worth avenue in bladensburg. The truck stayed on the scene. Today, President Trump are announce his pick for a new supreme justice t short list is down to 3 people. They are young judges appointed under george w. Bush. That announcement from President Trump is expected at 8 00 tonight. Chilly start this morning. Here is veronica johnson. Reporter coats on headed out th starting in the 30s. Because its a breezy to windy day, gusts over 25 miles an hour, most locations throughout the area today, youll feel chilly. Higher gusts well west around haggerstown, winchester and wood stock. Tomorrow, the high of 52. Much improved. The ground hog likely to see a shadow, thursday, with sunshine. Wintery mix sunday into early monday morning. Reporter our focus continues in bladensburg on kenilworth avenue, southbound lanes remain closed on tildon road. Northbound gets you by. Improvements on the major inter states connecting with the capital beltway. Looking closer toward the southeast southwest freeway, delays on dc295, also northbound George Washington parkway. Reagan National Airport toward memorial bridge. A live look at the capital beltway, entrepreneurial delays continue per the mix field springfield mixing bowl toward 66. Welcome back to gma. Live from times square. [ cheers and applause ] yes. Welcome back to gma, everybody. And, of course, we have a great audience. You guys are great. [ cheers and applause ] loud and ready to go. Im proud. Were ready to g were gearing up for the super bowl. Hopefully you are, as well. Yes. And i got a question for everybody. What if you got to talk to your sports heroes when you were 13 years old. Ooh. Our special kid correspondent Sophie Schneider got the opportunity of a life many time. Well talk to her in a moment. First take a look at what happened when she went oneonone with the players on super bowls Opening Night. Correspondent. Lets go talk to nose players. Matty ice, so if you werent the Football Player, what wow be. If i werent a Football Player i think id be a football coach. Who is the funniest on the team. Probably gronk, yeah, hes definitely funny. This is my first super bowl. How dis it feel for you. Amazing. All right. Guy, its really crazy here but im going to get in there. What would you do with your fifth super bowl ring. I would say id wear it but i never wear these rings. Which one is your favorite. Always the next one has been my favorite one. So, who is the best dancer on the team . Best dancer on the team is probably marty. Danny told me youre the best dancer on the team. Danny amendola told you that . Is there a junk food you love toenjoy after. Cookies and cream. Those are so good. Hold on. Good morning, america. Good morning, everybody. There she is. Hanging out with Martellus Bennett and now shes over there on the screen hanging out with us. Good morning, sophie. Hi, sophie. Good to see you. Hi. Now, you spent last night talking to the biggest players on both teams. Who was your favorite to talk to . Oh, Martellus Bennett was awesome. Hes an interesting guy. He was so funny. We talked about dance moves, everything. Did he teach you a few dance moves because the guys on the team said hes the best dancer. Uhoh. Oh, he knows how to move. But im curious. Youre so young and youre at the super bowl which is the biggest event. Youre getting the chance to talk to the top players. Were you nervous right before any of this . I really wasnt. I was so excited. I was, you know, it was just so exciting. I was so lucky to be a part sophie, youre a natural. When you were here earlier with us and to see you with the players, you feel right at home. But i know that you prepared for this. So how did you prepare for a moment like this like last night . What did you do . Well, you got to look up your players and know all your stats, for sure. All right. Yeah, but [ applause ] sophie, it looked like you had no notes. Must have memorized everything. Had a few notes but you know what, sophie, the thing is since we appointed you our ambassador i guess a few weeks ago and what has been the reaction from your friends . Are they a little jealous maybe . I know theyre happy for you but what has been their reaction . Oh, they have been so great. Theyve been such gresupport an eric and got our school pepped up and into it and theyre just so gracious to be a part of it. Theyve been really great. Now we know youre a huge chiefs fan and a couple of players were with us when we made this big announcement and, of course, they didnt make it there. Im sad too. My beloved saints arent there but the falcons and patriots are. I know. I feel your pain, sophie, i feel your pain so what do you think about the matchup . Is it one team that youre maybe rooting for a little bit . Well, you know, its such a great matchup but i think it would be pretty cool in the falcons pulled through. [ cheers and applause ] and the great thing is, so if i, youll have a great seat because youll be in the stadium with your family and have a chance to watch the game. We want you to enjoy it. Are you excited about that . Oh, i am over the moon excited. I cant still cant believe its happening. Sophie, is this it . Will this be your career, do you thin a you grow up . You know, i might just have to. This is pretty cool. Well, youre pretty cool, sophie and thank you and enjoy the super bowl. Thank you. Thank you so much. I think shes going to take one of these seats before you know it. Yes. Well done. She definitely know what is shes doing. Everybody, stay right there because coming up, the first bachelorette couple, trista and ryan are here to share their stories of secrets to a happy relationship and they have some advice for nick, plus Robert De Niro and leslie mann, they are here live. [ cheers and applause ] oh, how waso good en house . Look. 800 square feet, 1 bedroom, hardwood floors, 15 minute ride to work. Dude dude i know your credit score must be amazing. My credit score . How do i check . Credit karma. Its free. Thats great thats super easy. Um hm. Thats a credit score. Just whip bam boom, its done. Check out credit karma today. Credit karma. Give yourself some credit. This apartments hers. Mine. Thank you. All right, everybody, back with Robert De Niro and leslie mann. They star in the new movie the comedian about a comic legend trying to make a comeback. Their characters striking up an unlikely friendship that changed both their lives. Take a look at what happens when they meet. I know you write. Youre jackie burke. I am. My dad used to love your tv show. We watched every episode. Oh, always nice to meet a fan. Yeah. Well, we just had the one tv. [ applause ] so, first of all, welcome to both of you. Thank you. And this is your first time working together. So, leslie, for you how was it working with this icon . Well, he sent me flowers every day. He was a better actress than meryl streep all the time. He was yeah. Hes the ultimate costar. Yes. No, it was amazing. I feel so lucky, you know. Hes you know that. I tell you that. Yeah, i know. We tell each other. All the time. But you, robert, youve worked you step into the the ring for raging bull and learned to play the saxophone for New York New York and tackling standup comedy for this movie. Which one was the hardest for you . Well, they were all hard as standup comedy is very, very hard. Its not its just not easy. I did the best i could. And her husband is a wonderful comedian and a director and very funny guy and smart. And i saw him do it once. He was great. Its just he was helpful with us with the movie and giving us ideas and Taylor Hackford about what to do, how we could punch and stuff. But its not easy. Its not easy but you did a great job at it. I watched it and im like you should go on the circuit. Have your own comedy tour. [ applause ] and speaking of your husband judd apatow, you two have a love scene in the movie. Uhhuh. How did he feel about that . Im just curious. I think he was as excited as i was. Just to be able to work with bob, so hes yeah, he doesnt seem to have a problem with that for some reason. Any movie, i dont know why that is. Maybe hes maybe hes a director and for him he knows its part of the work but youre coming home to him. Yes. Well go with that. Well go with that and, robert, it was hilarious. Doing an impression. Do people on the treat in normal life come up and give you a Robert De Niro impression . Rarely. I mean theyll do are you talking to me or Something Like that from time to time but thats it. You know, not really. And yeah, im sure walking down the street is it an easy thing. I dont get i dont get recognized a lot. I just, you know, just move through the crowd when i walk a lot. Nobody bothers me. Hat on. Bobbing and weaving. Yeah. And, leslie, you were at sundance with your husband and your 14yearold daughter iris on her premiere of her movie love, her show love. How does it feel to watch your daughter follow in your footsteps. Well, shes only in eighth grade so shes not doing anything shes just a kid right now so shes hopefully shes, you know, i just want her to focus on school and being a kid and then she can follow in my footsteps later. Later on in life. Yeah. Robert, youve been involved and now on broadway. That must be an incredible feeling. Yeah. Yes, i codirected it with jerry zax and jerry did the heavy lifting but it was a lot of fun to do and i always knew it would be a wonderful musical and so luckily its successful. But, well you know what, this movie should be successful because it is extremely funny. Im glad i got a chance to see it and witness both of your magic together. All the flowers you sent, they worked. Chemistry is amazing and the movie, the comedian hits theaters on friday. Make sure you check it out. Ginger, to you. Thank you, michael. Look at that cute little face to start our tuesday. We were just asking is Robert De Niro going to join us here . I think. Its cold. Well get snow later this afternoon. This one heading to hamilton. Super jealous. A lot more coming up including bachelorette couple,northern md hagerstown, hancock accumulation dusting breezy to windy today; milder colder weekend wintry mix possible sunday low impact system today mostly becoming partly cloudy. This Weather Report brought to you by kings hawaiian. Lara. Thank you very much. Gma exclusive. With the first ever bachelorette couple, trista and ryan, abcs Abbie Boudreau sat down with them 14 years after that final rose ceremony to find out their secret to lasting love and some advice for the new bachelor. Take a look. Reporter shes the first ever bachelorette. I love that. Reporter finding lasting love 14 years ago when she gave firefighter ryan sutter her final rose. Will you marry me . Reporter now two adorable kids later. Yay. Reporter trista and ryan are still in simon cowell sat on the couch with me and said i give it two weeks. Oh, yeah. This is gorgeous. Thank you. We love it. Reporter choosing to move away from the spotlight, the suters live in a small town near vail, colorado. Its an awesome place to raise kids. Ryan is still a firefighter and recently started a blog. Youre going to be turning 10 . Reporter trista an author and a busy mom. What is the secret to a happy marriagy supply think forgiveness is a big one because no one is perfect. And neither of us are perfect. Reporter as for bachelor nicks dramatic season, the couple has some advice. Starting with corrine. Eventually it has to get like serious if he wants it to get serious and shes got to go. Shes just a distraction. Reporter your take on nick . He was a standup a gentleman based on some of what hes done in the past maybe hes maybe not. Thats true. Working toward it. Hes making progress. A gentleman in pro. Reporter while its no last for long, trista still has hope. 100 . I love it. 13 years later. Reporter and ryan as romantic as ever. I still have that last rose. He does in the closet. Can we see it. Be very delicate. Reporter for good morning america, Abbie Boudreau, abc news, vail, colorado. Very cute and you can see a new episode of the bachelor monday night 8 00, 7 00 central. Coming up right here, country star Lauren Alaina is here live opening up. Well talk to her coming up on gma. Bp engineers use robotic ultrasound technology, so they can detect and repair corrosion before it ever becomes a problem. Because safety is never being satisfied. And always working to be better. Because safety is never being satisfied. Nosy neighbor with a 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. Gma exclusive. So happy country star Lauren Alaina, the runnerup on the tenth season of idea American Idol is opening up about her secret Health Battle and how music is giving her courage to speak out. This beautiful woman. [ applause ] so happy for you. Thank you. Not many people knew about bulimia and what you were going through but you decided to speak out. Why . I dont know. I spent so long working on this album. When i had the first i was 16 on American Idol and thats a lot of pressure and a lot of people had a lot of opinions and theyre not always nice and i had an eating disorder before i got on the show and it goss worse and wrote this album as i got better and you kind of hear that journey with the music and i didnt know how to put the album out without being honest and i felt like thats what music is all about and ive gotten healthy now. I just lost 21 pounds without a single bad habit. Without a single bad habit. Thats so good. I am working with atkins and have a trainer and had really great people in my life that have taught me how to do it the right way which i did not think was possible when i was 16. So im so excited that im like i can see the light in your i went from flabs to abs, guys. You did it the right way. And the music. This one is so uplifting and its about selfacceptance. Yeah, my family, my single road less traveled, thats what i named the album after all about my eating disorder and all of the things i kind of went through over the last few years. I had a crazy couple of years. My parents went through a divorce and my dad is an alcoholic. He went through rehab and my mom asked for a divorce and october is my dads threeyear anniversary of being sober. You have a lot to sing about. And its perfect what youre about to sing for us now because you are. You are doing fine . I am. Im doing great now. Youre doing great. Thank you. Go on over there. Very happy for you. Lauren alaina. The album is traveled and this is doin fine. Shes doing just great. Daddy got sober mama got his best friend ive cut down crying to every other weekend thanks for asking how ive been ive gotten too good at hiding it within im okay things are great but the truth is yeah the truth is im doing fine enough to know that everyones a little broken fine enough to learn that hearts are best when theyre wide open i still got fear inside of me im not okay but im gonna be all right for the first time in a long time im doing fine im doing fine daddy signed the papers the day i turned 19 mama drove north to find a new beginning i blamed god i blamed myself then i fell on my knees and prayed like hell its funny how a touch of grace gives you healing yeah im healing im doing fine enough to know that everyones a little broken fine enough to learn that hearts are best when theyre wide open i still got fear inside of me im not okay but im gonna be all right f t time im doing fine im doing fine oh these growing pains well i wish theyd go away but i guess you cant be free without a fight im doing fine enough to know that everyones a little broken fine enough to learn that hearts are best when theyre wide open i still got fear inside of me im not okay but im gonna be all right for the first time in a long, long time im doing fine im doing fine im doing fine hey h daddy got sober mama got his best friend but im doing fine yeah [ applause ] thank you. Good morning america is brought to you by geico. 15 minutes could more on car insurance. Before we go we want you to watch our super bowl live stream at 3 00 p. M. Eastern. The burbank Animal Shelter with mitt schwartz of the Kansas City Chiefs and his adorable pomeranian cupcake will be there as well. Consider adopting, everybody. Lauren, thank you, again. So good. Anchor good morning, washington. Im melanie hastings. We are following breaking news right now out of Prince Georges County. Police tell us a person was hit in bladensburg, happened 7 00 a. M. This morning t crash involved a pickup truck that stays on the scene. The victim has not been identified. Five of president s cabinet members are up for confirmation votes. Betsy devos for secretary of education, Jeff Sessions for attorney general, rick perry for secretary of energy, ryan for interior secretary, and tom price for secretary of health and human services. Temperatures are headed up this afternoon. Lets check in with veronica johnson. Coats on headed out the tore on tuesday. Were forecasting a high of 51, starting in the 30s. Pause it will be a breezy to windy day, gusts over 25 miles an hour, most locations throughout the area today, youll feel chilly. Higher gusts well to the west around hagerstown, winchester and wood stock. High of 52 tomorrow. Ground hog likely to see a shadow thurs wintery mix sunday into early monday morning. While we are seeing improvements on most of our key routes right now focused on the big picture, mess continues to show a lot of rhett on the southeast southwest freeway and police asking you to avoid the area in bladensburg, kenilworth where we have the pedestrian struck collision. Headed to our traffic land carms , you can see interstate 95 , this is northbound ride into Fairfax County toward the springfield mixing bowl. The ride to georgia georgetown still slow. Thank you. You can get more news, weather and traffic on good morning washington on news channel 8. Hope you have a great day. Announcer its live with kelly today, Academy Awardwinning actress cate blanchett. And from the comedy life in pieces, colin hanks. And we continue our what the hack . Week with fun and easy drink hacks. Plus, Television Actress Busy Philipps is kellys cohost for the day. All next on live [cheering and applauding] and now, here are kelly ripa and Busy Philipps [cheering and applauding] kelly h