Taking on Harvey Weinstein. Now telling her story for the first time and putting hollywood on notice. Shes live this morning, only on gma. And tom brady on defense. The superstar quarterback cutting short an interview after a radio host goes after his young daughter. What he told our reporter overnight as he gets ready to go for his sixth super bowl ring. And we do say good morning, america. We have a lot to get to. A very busy tuesday morning. Youre looking live at the capitol right here, where President Trump will deliver his first state of the Union Address just hours from now. And politicians and guests are going to be there for the president s speech, but they may want to doublecheck those tickets. Take a look at what was printed on some of the tickets, state of the uniom. Uniom. Not union. They reprinted the tickets. But i said dont reprint the tickets, because if you dont have uniom, you really do have a fake ticket. Thank you, michael. Got a lot of news to get to including those striking new developments in the russia investigation. House republicans voted to release a classified memo targeting the fbi for its handling of the russia investigation. A move President Trumps own Justice Department has called extremely reckless just hours after the fbi director targeted by trump moved up his retirement. Our senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas is tracking all the latest from washington. Good morning, pierre. Reporter george, good morning. Republicans say theyre just exposing what they believe is questionable conduct by Justice Department and fbi officials in launching the russia probe. But democrats are calling it a hatchet job aimed at protecting the president. The classified republican memo alleging fbi and Justice Department wrongdoing in the russia investigation is now at the white house, where President Trump has five days to decide whether to actually declassify it. The memo arrived at the white house after the House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines to publicly release the document. Republicans saying its all about transparency. If theres wrongdoing in any federal agency, we have a responsibility to expose that and take the appropriate action. Reporter but the Justice Department has called the potential release of the report, without time to address security concerns, reckless for the potential risk of harm to National Security and ongoing investigations. And democrats are crying foul, saying the memo is misleading, designed to shift attention away from the special counsels russia probe. This committee voted to put the president s personal interests, perhaps their own political interests, above the national interests. Reporter last nights vote to release the report came on the heels of deputy fbi director Andrew Mccabe stepping down five weeks before his anticipated retirement. Mccabe, the subject of months of searing criticism from Congressional Republicans and President Trump. This after the president fired former fbi director james comey. At issue, mccabes wife had been a Virginia Political candidate as a democrat. Receiving a Campaign Donation from a Hillary Clinton ally. Republicans criticizing mccabe for not recusing himself from the clinton email probe when he became Deputy Director. And President Trump repeatedly bashing mccabe in tweets. Why didnt a. G. Sessions replace acting fbi director Andrew Mccabe, a comey friend who was in charge of clinton investigation but got big dollars, 700,000, for his wifes political run from Hillary Clinton. But monday, President Trump refused to comment about mccabe. Thank you all. Thank you. Thank you. Reporter no comment yesterday, but sources tell abc news in private, trump has been openly disdainful of mcc e mccabe. No comment from the president but we have heard from the former fbi director james overnight. Reporter george, comey did tweet last night with another veiled swipe at the president. Writing special agent Andrew Mccabe stood tall over the last eight months, when small people were trying to tear down an institution we all depend on. He served with distinction for two decades. I wish andy well. I also wish continued strength for the rest of the fbi. America needs you. George . Okay, Pierre Thomas, thanks very much. Robin . And george, we have more on the president s first state of the Union Address. Hes expected to focus on the economy, immigration, and National Security. And our senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega has more on how its coming together behind the scenes. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter hey, robin. Busy day here at the white house. The white house says it will be mustsee tv. We all know this is a president who excels in primetime. So it will be definitely a big show. Behind the scenes exactly what President Trump will say tonight remains a bit of a mystery. Ive got to say, even though among the president s inner circle, very few people have seen the entirety of the speech hes going to give tonight. Unlike that american carnage speech that the president gave during his inaugural address. This one, im told, will be the key phrase for it will be optimism. And that the president gave specific direction to Staff Members that he wanted to see it as a positive and uplifting speech. For months hes been sending, passing along phrases and key lines that he wants to see in his speech tonight, but really the primary speechwriter is Senior Policy Adviser stephen miller, a hardliner on immigration. Im told the president did spend the weekend editing this speech. And that he did a full practice run here in the white house map room yesterday. And hell be spending the day doing preps for the speech today, lastminute preps, robin, as you know, the white house says the entire first family will be there tonight in the chamber, from the first lady to all the president s children, but barron is not going. Remember, its a school night. But speaking about the first family, what can you tell us about the special guests that will be there tonight . Reporter these guest also give us a sense of what the president is going to talk about. Lets take a look at a few. A family that benefits from the president s tax plan. Parents of two daughters killed by the ms13 gang. And small bid owners. Democrats, a number of them, are protesting the speech and wont be there tonight. Thank you. Well get analysis from our newest political contributor here at abc, chris christie, just wrapped up two terms as the governor of new jersey. Joining us here on gma. Special report. Welcome. Happy to be here. Lets start with the state of the union. You ran against President Trump in the republican primaries but youve been his friend and adviser for a long, long time. In your view, what is his biggest challenge tonight . What should he do . Its to turn the page to things that the American People really care about. As we heard from the opening of the show this morning, there are so many things that are going on that dont really necessarily affect the everyday lives of americans. And i think he needs to get back to being the president who is speaking to their concerns. So the elephant in the room, the russia investigation, dont mention it . No. I dont think theres anything he can really say about it that makes any sense. And i think if he gets in and gets down that rabbit hole, he tends to get angry about it. And thats not the person you want to see tonight. You probably arent going to see that on the teleprompter. The president has tweeted a lot, including about Andrew Mccabe. We just had that story about the Deputy Director of the fbi. Now youve got three people in the Justice Department fired by President Trump. Several others who have been pressured to leave. How do you respond to people like james comey who says these are attacks by small people on an institution America Needs . First off, i dont think we should make a mistake about who is making some of these decisions. Its pretty clear that chris wray has made the decision. The fbi director. But the president was pretty publicly tweeting about Andrew Mccabe. Sure, but the president s been doing that for months. We should say he was your lawyer in private practice. He was, and chris and i have known each other and i worked for him when i was in the Justice Department back in the bush administration. So i know him very well. I think this is chris wray methodically putting his team in place. Remember, whether you agree with jim comey or dont agree with him, chris wray has the right to have his own team in place at the fbi. To take the fbi in the direction he thinks it needs to go. The one thing i know about director wray, he will make those decisions himself. Meantime, hes also weighed in on the other decision the president is facing, the House Intelligence Committee wants to release this classified memo targeting the fbi. Wray has made it pretty clear, he doesnt think it should happen. And the rest of the Justice Department says it would be extremely reckless. What do you think the president should do . I dont think it matters. Hes going to release it. You think its a mistake. What i think is, george, you have to be very, very careful to go down this road. Because once you do, you know, the worm can turn on you, too. And so i think this is something that the president should really carefully consider. Im sure he probably has. My guess is that hes going to release it. Because that gets to his underlying premise, which is the entire russia investigation shouldnt be happening in the first place. But, listen, when i was in the Justice Department we made these decisions in a very careful way. Does it concern you as a republican, you see the president , and so many House Republicans waging a kind of war against the fbi. This seems to be a flip of the script. Yeah, it does, and i also think its a longterm problem for our party if we continue this. Not only for our party but for the country. Listen, mistakes are made at the fbi. Theyve been made over the years. Weve documented them over time. And they need to be held to account for that. But, you know, in a way thats not so political. We need to let this new fbi director, because, lets face it, jim comey and i are friends, as well. Worked with him for a long time. But he made some pretty big mistakes in 2016 with both parties, that i think were wrong for the fbi director to do. Lets give this new fbi director the chance to do it the right way, without so much heat from the political world. You know President Trump. You know Robert Mueller. What does the president have to fear from Robert Mueller . Robert mueller is not someone to be trifled with. And hes not someone who takes lightly the words of anybody who hes looking at. And so what ive said all along is that in an investigation like this theres lots of things theres nothing you can do to make it shorter. Theres lots of things you can do to make it longer. Should the president sit down with him, face to face . No. Why not . I dont believe so. Listen, i dont think theres been any allegations, credible allegations against the president. And i dont think the president should be sitting across from the special counsel. The presidency is different. I dont think they should do that. And i think the administration has been cooperative in other ways and lots of people have gone to meet him. I think the president is a different story. You dont think the president has questions to answer about possible obstruction of justice . No, i dont think he does at this point, george. But the fact is, thats a very High Standard to meet. Weve all gone through this before. And i dont think weve met that High Standard as to President Trump. But weve got to continue to watch it because the one thing i can tell you for sure, and what i loved about being a prosecutor, only i knew what i knew. Only bob mueller knows what he snows. And we wont know it for awhile. Anyone who speculates about this stuff, george, theyre throwing darts at the wall with a blindfold on. Chris christie, thanks for joining us and youll be joining us tonight as well and the rest of the Political Team for live coverage of the president s address at 9 00 eastern. Michael . Thank you, george. Now to the new warning about the flu. The cdc says it could be the deadliest ever for kids. At least 37 children have died. The latest possible victim, a 7yearold boy in virginia. Some dramatic new information this morning about the flu. Adrienne bankert is here to bring that to us. Good morning, adrienne. Reporter good morning to you, michael. Take a look at this. Kinsa uses Realtime Data and colors changing showing a big rise of influenzalike symptoms from october to january. The data suggests 5 of the country might be sick with the flu right now. One of the flus latest apparent victims, that 7yearold boy in virginia. These would be some of the last words Samantha Baynes would hear from her son. He says, mommy, mommy, i dont feel good. So i cuddled him. Reporter 7yearold kevin baynes, the latest child to die after flulike symptoms in a season expected to break records. When he was admitted to a hospital, he wouldnt walk. He could barely talk. He tested positive for the flu and strep throat, then was sent home with medication. But just 30 hours later his sister went to his bed and noticed he wasnt breathing. I never imagined it could kill him. Reporter cities around the country are taking drastic measures to protect children. Among the most vulnerable. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo with an Emergency Declaration authorized pharmacists to give flu shots to kids. Miamidade schools sending thousands of robocalls to parents after a spike in absences. Health officials recommend getting the flu vaccine. It is not too late. Reporter and Grady Memorial Hospital in atlanta has seen a 25 jump in flu cases. To help handle more patients they hired the nations only mobile unit with 14 beds and an operating room. Weve had at least two days this month over 500 visits in the same day. And weve not had that in the 15 years that ive been here. Reporter well, as for that 7yearold who died the family is waiting for final results from the medical examiner. And we keep hearing you take your kids to the hospital, theyre released, and then they take a turn for the worse. What are the symptoms you should look out for if you come home that says, we should do back . You want to watch for shortness of breath or labored breathing, thats a really big sign from the cdc, and also, watch for dehydration in kids and if their skin looks blue you need to get back to the doctor right away. Thank you so much, adrienne. Appreciate it. Now were going to shift to the latest on the u. S. Gymnastics sexual abuse scandal. This morning, the senate is expected to pass a bill designed to protect Young Athletes from predators. Abcs linsey davis has details. Good morning, linsey. Reporter this is a rarity. Legislation that both sides of the aisle seem to agree on. The house just passed this bill monday and today it goes to the senate. The bill is intended to prevent future predators to hurt Young Athletes. Making it mandatory to immediately report allegations of sexual abuse to law enforcement. This bill would also limit oneonone interactions between minors and adults. And also improve mandatory training to prevent abuse. This, of course, comes a week after Larry Nassars sentencing. Was a sports doctor and convicted of sexually abusing more than 150 women and girls. It seems like this is going to be a nobrainer and pass although three people abstained. Three people abstained from that . Yes. Thank you. And now to the super bowl. Just five days away, the teams arriving in minnesota for the big game. And patriots Quarterback Tom Bradys facing a challenge off the field. A radio host criticizing his young daughter but now bradys responding. Eva pilgrim spoke with him and joins us now from minneapolis. Good morning to you, eva. Reporter good morning, michael. Tom brady reacting like many parents would. He said hes used to being criticized on the football field. But talking about his kids, thats going too far. The afc champion, new england patriots. Reporter the kickoff to super bowl week drew super fans and superstars to minneapolis overnight. But patriots star Quarterback Tom Brady making headlines this morning for playing a different p