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because of polls showing he was a threat. breaking news, a massive explosion in houston. a building going up in flames, completely demolished. now fears growing of toxic chemicals in the air. taking the stand. annabella sciorra's emotional testimony accusing harvey weinstein of rape. now ronan farrow who first broke her story joins us live. outrage growing after this student is punished at school facing suspension for not cutting his dreadlocks. now graduation on the line. what the superintendent is saying. serena shocker. the stunning upset, knocked out of the australian open in the third round while 15-year-old coco gauff soars over the reigning champ. and super bowl secrets. what shakira and j. lo are now revealing about their highly anticipated halftime show. the new clues in these videos. good morning, america. hope you are well this friday morning. it is a busy one. let's take a live look at the capitol right now. democrats set to wrap up their opening arguments in the impeachment trial of president trump today, but before that, senators are going to get an urgent government brief on the coronavirus. >> yeah. concerns are growing now here in the united states. several possible cases now under investigation including a college student in texas who just came back from wuhan, china. that city and at least now nine others are on lockdown as these cases are skyrocketing. >> and here are the latest numbers. there are now nearly 900 confirmed cases around the world. marcus moore starts us off from college station, texas with more on that possible case there. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: michael, good morning. this latest possible case involves a student here at texas a&m university. he recently returned from wuhan, china and took himself to the emergency room after suffering from flu-like symptoms and now testing is under way. overnight the race to stop the spread of the dangerous coronavirus expanding across the country. in washington state where the first confirmed case in the u.s. was reported, a man is still in isolation as officials scramble to reach at least 43 people he's known to have come into close contact with. officials in california, tennessee and texas now testing patients for possible infection. >> this situation is evolving quickly and i do expect more cases in the united states as well as human-to-human transmission. >> reporter: at l.a.x. where urgent health screenings were already under way a passenger flying in from mexico was placed in quarantine with possible symptoms. now the u.s. state department is issuing a travel advisory for china urging americans not to travel to certain areas due to the risk of the coronavirus hoping to prevent travelers from bringing the virus back home. >> airport screening, it can be an effective measure, but it's hard with coronavirus just because it takes so long for symptoms to develop. >> reporter: in china, unprecedented efforts to stop the disease that has no known vaccine or treatment. over 30 million people and at least ten cities are now in lockdown. officials canceling the popular lunar new year celebrations and shutting down travel to and from multiple areas. >> quarantining a city of 11 million as well as a couple of other cities in china, that's never been done before. >> reporter: the virus has already spread to at least ten countries, infecting more than 880 people and claiming the lives of at least 26. urgent scenes at clinics across the globe. and empty store shelves as people react to the global health scare that so far is showing no signs of slowing. and officials here in texas are saying that the risk to the public remains low. but it will take a day or two for them to confirm if this texas patient has the coronavirus. cecilia? >> okay, marcus moore. thank you. ian pannell is on the ground in hong kong this morning where they're racing to contain the spread of cases in the region there rise. good morning, ian. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, cecilia. that's right. no signs the spread of this virus is slowing here either. all but two provinces in china now have cases. pretty much the whole province of hubei which of course is the epicenter is now in lockdown. all airports, road, railway stations, buses and ports, 30 million people effectively grounded. the children's hospital in wuhan now making a desperate plea for medical supplies, and scenes of chaos in other hospitals. now we're hearing the authorities are racing to build a brand-new thousand-bed facility in the next ten days. meanwhile the chinese authorities declaring a grade one public health emergency in the country's two biggest cities which effectively means beijing is now taking control of this crisis. so we're seeing movie theaters being shut, even parts of the great wall are off-limits and disneyland shanghai is now temporarily closed to visitors. >> yeah. a lot of people there scared, and ian, just where you are in hong conditioninkong, more case announced? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, cecilia. just as we were preparing to come on air this morning, we know there are cases in eight other countries or territory across east asia but we're now hearing here in hong kong authorities saying there are two more confirmed cases and we've also heard that another case has been declared in japan where the patient came through the same airport that we traveled through this morning. we saw lots of people wearing face masks, also there were health checks being conducted by officials using these electronic thermometers, and a reminder, it's now lunar new year's eve right now. that's why you have got all these beautiful lights behind me, and that means we've got as many as hundreds of millions of people now on the move making this a whole lot worse for health officials and, look, we're using these protection masks when we go out. people are washing their hands, using hand sanitizer, avoiding public areas, but this is supposed to be a time of celebration. think thanksgiving and the holiday season all rolled into one, and people are having to take these kind of precautions, cecilia. >> we want them to keep taking those precautions. ian, thank you. george. the latest on the impeachment trial of president trump. the house managers will wrap up their case against the president today after using the president's own words against him yesterday and taking on the president's argument by mounting their strongest defense yet of joe biden. our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce is on capitol hill, and mary, the big question, are these arguments making any impact on senate republicans? >> reporter: well, george, i can tell you from spending time inside the chamber that many republicans are paying close attention. they are taking detailed notes, following closely as the democrats make their case. now, some i have talked to, some republicans say they are frustrated, that they've heard this all before. but many republicans admit the democrats are giving them things to think about. >> if right doesn't matter, we're lost. if the truth doesn't matter, we're lost. >> reporter: overnight democratic prosecutor adam schiff with an emotional appeal. >> you know that what he did was not right. no constitution can protect us if right doesn't matter anymore. >> reporter: a passionate conclusion after democrats hammered their case for eight hours. >> when it came down to choosing between the national interests of the country and his own personal interests, his re-election, president trump chose himself. >> reporter: the democrats zeroing in on the timing saying trump didn't start pushing ukraine to investigate joe biden until 2019, right when the polls showed the former vice president was his biggest threat. >> those polls do show a powerful motive that donald trump had, a motive that he didn't have the year before or the year before that. >> reporter: trump's now infamous phone call with the ukrainian president was in july of 2019, two years after trump took office, but just three months after biden entered the race. >> even president trump knew there was no basis for this investigation, never once raised the issue. it wasn't until biden began beating him in the polls that he called for the investigation. >> reporter: congresswoman sylvia garcia then set out to dismantle the white house's repeated allegations against biden. >> the allegations against vice president biden are groundless. there is simply no evidence, nothing, nada in their record to support this baseless allegation. >> reporter: trump's legal team argues abuse of power is not a crime and, therefore, not impeachable. >> the actions of the president do not reach that level. you still have to meet basic fundamental constitutional obligations, and they haven't. >> reporter: but members of trump's own defense team and his attorney general bill barr have argued the opposite, that you don't need a crime to impeach. democrats even playing this old video of trump's top ally, senator lindsey graham, from the clinton impeachment trial. >> i think that's what they meant by high crimes. doesn't even have to be a crime. >> reporter: democrats now have one more day to make their case. some republicans say they've had enough. >> they start repeating themselves as if you could impeach by just kind of repeating the same thing. >> reporter: but other key republicans are listening closely, senator lamar alexander saying the democrats have done a good job presenting and we have a lot to consider. democrats now hopeful it's a sign they're persuading some republicans to support their case. >> now it is up to us to do something about it, to make sure that a president -- that this president cannot pursue an objective that places himself above our country. >> reporter: democrats now have eight hours left on the clock. then tomorrow, according to the current schedule, it will be the trump team's turn. they will then have three days total to make their case and respond but, george, sources tell us they may opt for a shorter session on saturday so they can make the bulk of their argument next week when more people are likely to be tuning in. >> okay, mary, thanks. let's bring in our chief white house correspondent jon karl for more on this right now, and jon, we did see the democrats yesterday really talk about biden more than they have before because they want to take on the president's claim that he was pursuing corruption, not going after a political rival and his lawyers yesterday suggested this could backfire on the democrats? >> reporter: well, absolutely, because they think this is an opening. you can bet, george, that when the president's team comes to make their case, a big part of the case will be to eviscerate joe biden, to take on joe and hunter biden, and they believe in making this defense, the democrats have basically called for this, so you will see the president say -- the president's team say he did nothing wrong. even if he did what's alleged it's not impeachable and a bulk of the presentation to be taking on joe biden. >> and mary just said, we think now the session is likely to happen tomorrow, but the white house has been all over the map on that. even suggesting at some point they didn't want to meet on saturday at all because no one would be watching. >> reporter: the very latest i have on this this morning from somebody close to the president's team is that they expect that tell be in session on saturday. they'll be short probably a couple of hours, and they will wait until monday to make the bulk of their case. >> okay, jon karl, thanks very much. i know you'll join us for the live coverage. i'll anchor with our political and legal team starting at 1:00 eastern this afternoon. michael. >> thank you, george. now we're going to the rough winter weather moving in for millions as we head into the weekend. it's bringing snow, rain and ice from the midwest to the northeast, and ginger has all the details as usual. good morning, ginger. >> good morning to you. it's a half inch of ice in arkansas taking down power line, stunning to see and it wasn't just in the ozarks but all the way up to kansas city where the public schools this morning are closed. you're seeing why. the roads are messy from there to minnesota. this is clearwater, minnesota. the spin-offs and you'll see more of it. i'll show you where. chicago is one place i want to alert you to. if you have flights later this afternoon tonight you could end up with two to six inches. so northwest suburbs say fox lake, you'll see the heaviest of the snow. the wraparound goes all the way to northern missouri, but it's a heavy rain and even a chance of thunderstorms today in south carolina. you could see a brief tornado. tomorrow the heavy rain moves all the way, cecilia, right here through new york city. >> it is rough out there. ginger, thanks. we turn to that breaking news in houston. take a look. a massive explosion completely destroying a building there. this footage catching the moment it goes up in flames. our station ktrk's courtney fischer is live on the scene with the very latest. good morning, courtney. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia. we are actually inside a house right now that has some of the worst damage we have seen this morning. this is the kitchen. blinds down, glass shattered everywhere, but look at this. these window frames, they are bent from the force, the sheer force of the explosion. that just gives you a sense of what these people woke up to, and then if we can step just further into the house, into that bedroom, look at this. the ceiling caved in, walls cracked. 4:25 this morning, so many people in houston asleep in their beds, and then that explosion, and this is how they woke up. the devastation is incredible. right now, firefighters and police going from house to house to make sure everyone is accounted for, everyone is okay. we know at least one person was injured, but again this morning, this is what's left. people left to clean up. we'll send it back to you. >> we are certainly hoping everyone is okay. courtney, thank you so much. also this morning new developments in that case involving michelle carter, the young woman sentenced to jail for urging her boyfriend to take his own life. now she's waking up free, released early. gio benitez has the story. >> reporter: this morning, 23-year-old michelle carter who was convicted of manslaughter after prosecutors argued that she urged her boyfriend to take his own life, is out of jail, three months earlier than expected. her belongings carried out to a waiting suv. her parents inside the vehicle. carter was sentenced to 15 months but less than a year after her sentencing she was released on good behavior. in 2014 a judge determined that then 17-year-old carter caused 18-year-old conrad roy's death when she ordered him in a phone call to get back into his parked truck. he had rigged the truck to fill up with deadly carbon monoxide. the court also saw text messages where carter encouraged roy to follow through with his plan to die by suicide. >> she used conrad as a pawn in her sick game of life and death. >> reporter: carter will now serve five years of probation. and the court also ruled that carter cannot profit from telling her story. we want to make sure you know this morning that if you or someone you know is struggling, make sure to call the national suicide prevention lifeline. that number is on the screen right now, 1-800-273-talk. it is so important. >> very important. thank you so much for sharing that, gio. we will switch gears and turn to all the action at the australian open. coco gauff soaring past the reigning champ just hours ago but it was a tough loss for serena williams overnight, knocked out in the third round and paula faris has the latest. >> reporter: overnight a shocking upset. serena williams ousted out of the australian open in the third round. >> i just made far too many errors to be a professional athlete today. >> reporter: her loss paving the way for a possible new queen of american tennis. >> tonight, chrissie, coco is composed. stays cool as her opponent melts down. >> that's just tough. you don't want to lose to a 15-year-old, you know. >> reporter: 15-year-old teen phenom coco gauff upsetting world number three and japan's naomi osaka. >> just telling myself one point at a time and just keep fighting because you never know what happens on this court. >> reporter: on the men's side this ball girl got the surprise of her life after rafael nadal's return struck her in the side of the head. nadal quickly rushed over to her to see if she was okay, even giving her a kiss on the cheek. after the match the 33-year-old tweeted a picture saying, so happy she is well after the scariest moment i've had on a tennis court. anita is a brave girl. nadal cruised to victory in straight sets. as for coco gauff, yes, she's just 15 years old. she's still in school taking online classes. she said after the match, she has some homework due but her teachers are giving her an extension due to the circumstances. >> as they should. >> thanks, paula. also this morning, we want to honor jim lehrer, the journalist and writer who anchored pbs "news hour" for 36 years. he was a reporter, careful interviewer who earned the respect of his subjects like president bill clinton who presented him with a national humanities medal and tweeted, his life was a gift that strengthened our democracy. lehrer moderated a dozen presidential debates, more than anyone else. >> when a debate is over that i moderate i want everybody to say, okay, here you have seen and heard the candidates for president of the united states on the same stage at the same time talking about the same things, and you can judge them. you know, is he telling the truth, all that kind of stuff. well, when you see them right there together, it's a huge test. >> you heard why he was chosen so many times. he was a scrupulously fair man and he always made sure to make the debates about the candidates, and not himself. also he was just a really gracious southern gentleman. >> such a crucial part of our democracy. really was. we are following a lot of other stories including those new developments in the harvey weinstein trial. some stunning testimony from "sopranos" actress annabella sciorra and ronan farrow, who broke her story is going to join us live in a minute. and the high school student facing suspension if he doesn't cut his dreadlocks. first, let's go back over to ginger. >> sherman pass, washington state, more than four feet of snow since the beginning of the year. and by the way, flood alerts are up. olympia has had more than ten inches of rain which is above average. your local weather in 30 second first, the weekend getaway sponsored by audible. the latest on the harvey weinstein trial when we come back. it's time appliances had a personality. 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million people are now on lockdown in china as the coronavirus spreads. there are nearly 900 cases around the world. at least 26 deaths and here in the u.s., possible cases are now under investigation in texas, california, washington and tennessee. also this morning, it is a big day on capitol hill. democrats set to finish presenting their case against president trump and his impeachment trial hammering home the argument that the president abused his power and chose himself over the country. and we've got more music news for you this morning. the academy awards announcing who will perform at the oscar show. so here's a clue. you'll see the rocketman in real life. that's more than a clue. that's basically telling you who will be performing but we'll tell you more in "pop news." >> that is coming up. right now, we're going to get the latest on the harvey weinstein trial. the actress annabella sciorra told the courtroom in graphic detail that harvey weinstein raped her. amy here with that story. >> reporter: that's right, george. good morning to you. more than 80 women have accused harvey weinstein of sexual assault or some form of misconduct. six of them are scheduled to testify at this trial and annabella sciorra was the first and what she said was both emotional and chilling. explosive testimony as actress annabella sciorra took the stand on thursday testifying against harvey weinstein, the man she says adaked her in her new york city apartment more than 25 years ago. >> hey. it's you. >> reporter: most famous for her em emmy-nominated role as tony soprano's mistress on "sopranos." >> you have good taste. >> reporter: sciorra was an up-and-comer in hollywood in the early '90s appearing in movies like "the hand that rocks the cradle" around the time she met weinstein at an industry event. >> how did you come to be a nanny? >> reporter: in court now 59 at times visibly shaken taking the stand for hours recounting the night she says she was sexually assaulted by weinstein nearly three decades ago refusing to use his name only referring to him as the defendant. tears streaming down her face, sciorra telling the jury after the hollywood titan dropped her off from a group dinner with uma thurman and several others he forced his way into her manhattan apartment and pinned her hands above her head assaulting her as she fought back punching him, kicking him. the actress says that when she confronted weinstein weeks later, he leaned into me and said, this remains between you and i. his eyes were black. i thought he was going to hit me right there. weinstein's defense team fighting back trying to undermine sciorra's credibility claiming she showed up drunk to the set of their movie "the night we never met" which she denies. >> he doesn't want to listen. >> reporter: the defense team pointing out sciorra didn't call police and asking why a few years later upon learning that weinstein staying at the same hotel she was during the cannes film festival she didn't turn to her co-stars sylvester stallone and robert de niro for protection. sciorra is a witness for the prosecution. her allegations fall beyond the statute of limitations and weinstein has not been charged with assaulting her. weinstein has always maintained his innocence claiming his sexual encounters with all women were consensual. just the first week of testimony. >> incredible story. okay, amy. joining us from los angeles, ronan farrow author of "catch and kill" and of the "catch and kill" podcast. welcome back to "gma." annabella sciorra as amy reported kept silent for years but first told her story to you. so i can just imagine what you were thinking as she was on that stand yesterday and how difficult this must have been for her. >> y know, i think for every woman involved in this trial and in the now ongoing separate criminal proceedings in los angeles, it's an emotionally wrenching experience. i can tell you that the initial conversation i had where annabella sciorra disclosed those same details that she told the world on the stand yesterday was one of the hardest conversations that i've ever heard a source have. she was, you know, gasping for air, it was physically difficult for her to recount these details so you can imagine how this further step of going through recounting all this yet again and then subjecting herself to what she knew would be a brutal attempt to discredit her is a really difficult thing for anyone to do. >> were you able to contact her after the testimony yesterday? >> you know, i'm not going to speak for her. if she wants to give her thoughts on how it went she can do that in her own time and own way. i can tell you that, you know, we have been in touch. it's been a difficult process for her and everyone else involved, and i can tell you that people in the courtroom were struck by how calm she was in the courtroom yesterday, and how she really did keep her cool in the face of a pretty intensive grilling which she had to go through as part of the journalism process and now on the stand. >> she was calm but the defense did try to rattle her. it was a pretty cuff cross-examination. did they make any headway? >> george, it seems like the underpinning of the line of questioning you're seeing from weinstein's defense attorneys almost marks a generational divide in how we look at these issues. you know, they are trying to bank on the idea that there are going to be jurors seated in this trial who are sympathetic to the idea that if you don't fight back hard enough, you know, if you don't tell enough people immediately -- >> if you have contact afterwards -- >> right. exactly. a big threat in this is how much contact after the fact and, you know, i think there's going to be a segment of this jury that understands that when you rely on someone professionally as many of these women did on harvey weinstein, you can't always avoid them. that sexual assault very often comes from individuals that you can't get away from immediately. that you have to be photographed near. they have had a more difficult time advancing that argument with respect to annabella sciorra. they were able to show pictures of weinstein on her sets, but not actually in proximity to her. >> the latest episode of "catch and kill" you played previously unheard audio of harvey weinstein talking to one of his accusers. what's the significance of what's on that tape and what more can we expect? >> one of the patterns that prosecutors are going to be looking at closely in both of these cases is harvey weinstein's alleged habit of dangling career opportunities as an entree to what women said was either harassment or assault and how quickly those promises could turn into threats and one of the extraordinary things about this podcast format is we've been able to get tape of him doing exactly that so you hear him with ambra gutierrez, this model during a police sting operation in 2015 saying, you know, i can help your career. i can give you job opportunities but you have to be comfortable with me. you have to have fun with me and then it graduates to a request for a massage, and when she doesn't accept those entrees, explicit threats, you know, you're going to miss out on big opportunities. >> ronan farrow, thanks very much. >> good to be here, thanks, george. >> michael. we're going to go to the fallout growing over a texas high school's decision to punish two students who refuse to cut their dreadlocks. celebrities are now chiming in sharing their support for those teens and linsey davis is here with the story. good morning, linsey. >> reporter: good morning to you, michael. among them, houston texans star receiver deandre hopkins who tweeted never cut your locks. some are calling it racial insensitivity but the school says it's not about the race of the students but the length of their hair. any way you cut it it is a story about two men being suspended because of their dreadlocks. 17-year-old deandre arnold and his 16-year-old cousin caden bradford are both facing school suspensions for the length of their dreadlocks because the school says they're violating the dress code. the school district also says if deandre does not cut his hair he will not be allowed to walk in in graduation, and if caden doesn't, he will be held back. >> we've put our hair up. had many different styles and every time you guys find some way to say that it's not dress code. >> reporter: their family is from trinidad where dreadlocks are common and say they pin their hair back to comply with the dress code. >> i really like that part of trinidadian culture so i mean i really embrace that. >> reporter: this small texas town is predominantly white and some have criticized the district's policy calling it racially insensitive but the superintendent claims it's all about the length of their hair. >> we've had this policy since the inception of our district 90 years ago this. is the first instance of any accusation that our dress code is biased. >> when it comes to our hairstyle they're not really educated because it's like me and deandre, it's like 1 in a million. >> new york, new jersey and california have passed the c.r.o.w.n. act. it bans discrimination based on natural hair styles. senator cory booker has also introduced federal legislation that would make it a national ban. this case, the school drawing a hard line saying cut your hair or you will not be able to walk during graduation. >> a tough one. >> more to come. thanks so much. a sneak peek from j. lo and shakira. the new clues about their halftime show. we'll tell you. >> what do you got? ♪ got? ♪ here's the story of green mountain coffee roasters costa rica paraíso. meet sergio. and his daughter, maria. sergio's coffee tastes spectacular. because costa rica is spectacular. so we support farmers who use natural compost. to help keep the soil healthy. and the coffee delicious. for future generations. all for a smoother tasting cup. green 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[ cheers and applause ] >> cannot wait to hear those guys perform. >> "muevelo." >> yes. good morning, america. it's great to have you with us on this friday morning. >> i'm very excited about that coming up. and take a look. we're excited about this too. dolly parton does it all. you know this. not only an incredible singer and actress. now she is a meme. she posted this and it instantly goes viral and now so many people are making the exact same meme including someone at this desk. it's not this someone. >> george? >> oh. >> that's not a hard one right there, guys. we do have a lot of news to get to. we begin with the impeachment trial of president trump. democrats will wrap up their case against the president after mounting their strongest defense yet of joe biden. so let's go back to our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce on capitol hill. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. well, democrats now have about eight hours left on the clock, and while some republicans say they've simply had enough at this point, others admit that the democrats are giving them a lot to think about. overnight, democratic prosecutor adam schiff with an emotional appeal. >> if right doesn't matter, we're lost. if the truth doesn't matter, we're lost. >> reporter: the democrats zeroing in on the timing saying trump didn't start pushing ukraine to investigate joe biden until 2019, right when the polls showed the former vice president was his biggest threat. >> those polls do show a powerful motive that donald trump had. a motive that he didn't have the year before or the year before that. >> reporter: trump's now infamous phone call with the ukrainian president was in july of 2019, two years after trump took office but just three months after biden entered the race. democrats now have one more day to make their case, key republicans are listening closely. senator lamar alexander saying the democrats have done a good job presenting and we have a lot to consider. now, the trump team will finally have a chance to respond and make their case starting tomorrow. but the schedule here is a bit in flux. sources tell us that the president's team may opt for a shorter session on saturday so they can make the bulk of their argument next week when they think people will most likely be paying closer attention. george? >> the president had a tweet complaining about the saturday session so we'll have to watch that. we'll have live coverage of the senate impeachment trial. i'll be anchoring with our political and legal team starting at 1:00 eastern. michael. also this morning we're following the latest on the fast-spreading coronavirus. several possible cases are under investigation here in the u.s. as officials race to contain it. we're going to go back to ian pannell in china with the latest. good morning again, ian. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, michael. no signs the spread of this virus is slowing. pretty much the whole province that's at the epicenter is now in lockdown. that means all airports, rail, buses and riverports, that's around 30 million people effectively grounded. the children's hospital in wuhan making a desperate plea for supplies and scenes of chaos in other clinics. movie theaters are shut, even parts of the great wall are off-limits and disneyland shanghai is temporarily closed to visitors. now, there are cases in eight other countries or territories across east asia including here in hong kong where the authorities have announced two more confirmed cases. meanwhile at home a texas a&m student is suffering from symptoms after returning from wuhan and is in isolation this morning. and in washington state where the first case was confirmed, in the u.s., the man is still in isolation as officials scramble to reach at least 59 people he's known to have come into contact with. officials elsewhere now testing patients for possible infection. michael. >> trying to take all the necessary precautions. thank you so much, ian. coming up, demi lovato is now speaking out as she prepares to take the stage again at the super bowl. and the new way tinder is trying to keep you safe if a date goes wrong, the panic button feature. how it works. and lara is upstairs. >> i sure am. lori bergamotto is right there with me. 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[ applause ] and tomorrow on "gma" we'll find out how to have the ultimate self-care saturday to help you feel and look your best. >> sounds delightful. >> i know. i cannot wait, but now i can't wait for "pop news" with lara spencer, everybody. >> thank you. [ applause ] good morning, everyone. we're going to begin with more oscar news so two weeks away we know the nominees, we know some of the presenters and this morning the academy has announced the live performances that we'll all get to enjoy during hollywood's big night. representing this year's nominated songs, mr. elton john or should i say sir elton john. [ applause ] he'll perform from "rocketman." idina menzel and aurora will sing "into the unknown" fr from "frozen ii" live on stage. randy newman will perform his song "i can't let you throw yourself away" from "toy story 4." miss chrissy metz will sing "i'm standing with you" from "breakthrough" and cynthia areva -- erivo will sing "stand up" from "harriet." star, sing, she does it all. you can see all the amazing performances when the 92nd annual academy awards airs right here, abc, sunday february 9th. [ applause ] it's going to be a great show. our whole show will be there bringing it all to you. so check it out. also in the news this morning, first there was "mean girls" the movie. then it became a broadway musical. now tina fey is going to morph the two and make "mean girls" the movie/musical. she's doing it. tina wrote both of the 2004 film and recent stage production and she will write this adaptation. she says it's been incredibly gratifying to see how much the movie and musical have meant to audiences saying, quote, i have spent 16 years with these characters. they are my marvel universe and i love them dearly. no details on the production has been released. tina, we love them too. very excited about that. >> that's going to be great. >> yeah. >> it's working. [ applause ] dolly parton does it all too. she's quite a hit this morning getting tons of positive feedback for her meme poking a little fun at social media. check out the four shots that she chose as her perfect profile pictures for four very different platforms. yeah, woo woo. linkedin. her "9 to 5" look. facebook, super cash, instagram and tinder look. that will get some swipes. she added the caption get you a woman who can do it all. dozens of celebrities got such a kick out of dolly's idea, they followed suit. jen garner wondering if her tinder picture is why, quote, no one ever swipes right on her. mark ruffalo's is really funny. mark ruffalo's is really funny. he's bookish for linkedin and casual more facebook, sharing a marvel moment for insta and fresh out of the shower for tinder. ellen got in on the action and did the caption, quote, when my agent asks if i can play different roles, well, ellen, we know you can. you've proven it right there. our favorite was this one. michael strahan. [ applause ] showing his four profile pictures. michael. [ applause ] >> i love it. i love that. >> cecilia liked my tinder profile. >> the tinder profile with the rope. >> i'm just hanging on. just hanging on. >> you sure are. you weren't trying to show us those guns, were you? >> not at all. that was not the intention. >> walk us through these. >> what are they? you know, linkedin, you're zipped, buttoned, casual. facebook, you got the family. >> yep. >> instagram, you show a little super bowl win with eli manning my man who's retiring today, this afternoon, so congrats to him. and then on tinder, on tinder you got to, you know, kind of oil yourself up and flex a little bit. >> please note he said oil yourself up. >> stop laughing at me. >> on that beautiful friday note, everybody, that's "pop news." >> thank god it's over. woo! >> michael, i want you to know i didn't say a word through that whole thing. >> i noticed, george. i appreciate you just staying silent. >> graphics department is working on yours right now. >> right, right. >> hard time finding the oil for the picture. we are going to move on to our "gma" cover story. it's a candid interview from demi lovato and she returns to the spotlight at the grammys to perform a song recorded just days before her overdose in 2018. amy's back with that story. >> reporter: that's right. in a very revealing new interview demi lovato talks about that overdose, the toxic people in her life at that time and how she is getting ready for her first public performance since her overdose. ♪ what's wrong with being confident ♪ >> reporter: this morning demi lovato finding her confidence and opening up for the first time since her nearly deadly overdose in july 2018 preparing to sing the national anthem at the super bowl and revealing a new song that she will perform at the grammys. >> i almost listen back and hear these lyrics as a cry for help. you kind of listen back to it and think how did nobody listen to this song and think let's help this girl. >> reporter: in the first look in a new interview on apple music's new internet daily with zane lowe, she says her highly anticipated new song called "anyone" which was written and recorded shortly before she was treated with narcan in her los angeles home is a snapshot of her state of mind at the time. >> i was recording it in a state of mind where i felt like i was okay but clearly i wasn't and i even listened back to it and, i'm like, gosh, i wish i could go back in time and help that version of myself. ♪ i will be rising from the ground like a skyscraper ♪ >> reporter: listening so the song now, she says it's teaching her surprising lessons every day. >> when i'm struggling or going through a rough time i look towards the future for hope and to change my perspective on things, especially when i go through something difficult, i always stop and i think, okay, why is god putting me through this. >> reporter: clean and sober for more than a year now, she says her outlook has changed completely since her brush with death. >> my success does not measure my happiness, exactly. and so when i think about what makes me happy today, i think about my family, i think about my friends. ♪ baby i'm sorry i'm not sorry >> reporter: part of her recovery, she says, has been about learning who to keep close to her in her life. >> you still have to make a decision every time of like, is this somebody that i want around? if it's not conducive to your journey that you want to be on, there's no need for them to be in your life. >> do you think you had an error in judgment? >> i think i still have that error in judgment. you learn for your entire life red flags, things to look for. unless you're 100 years old with a bunch of life experience you're never going to know right away who is good for you and who is not. sometimes you get fooled. >> reporter: looking ahead she's looking forward to a new role in the coming years, motherhood. >> i want to start a family. >> yeah. >> that would be dope. >> reporter: but also admitting she isn't quite sure what shape that family would take. >> i don't even know if i see it with a man or a woman but i just know that at some point i would love to do that this decade. >> you can hear the full interview with demi lovato on "new music daily" with zane lowe on apple music, and that is starting today, cecilia. >> okay, amy. thank you so much. we turn now to tinder, the massively popular dating app that says it has made 30 billion -- with a "b," matches to date. it is now swiping right for safety adding a panic button if users need help while on a date. will reeve is here with the story. hey, good morning. >> reporter: hey. good morning, cecilia. so many people nowadays, they meet, they start relationships right here on dating apps. they are a part of life, and an important part of life is staying safe and feeling secure while getting out there and living your best life. so tinder is partnering with another app to keep everyone safe. for many, dating apps have made finding love easier, but now tinder is trying to make it safer. the popular app responsible for up to 1 million dates per week introducing new safety features including a panic button to better protect users if a date turns dangerous. >> this is going to help people feel safer, especially women. women get very nervous about going on dates with people they've never met before so this takes it a step further. >> reporter: tinder's parent company, match group, announcing thursday its partnership with noonlight, a safety app that tracks users' location and sends that information to emergency services when an alarm on the app is triggered. users who have linked noonlight with their tinder profiles will be able to tell the app when they are going on a date, and when the user feels unsafe, they can tap here like a panic button, or keep their thumb on this icon if they're unsure. once they let go, they have ten seconds to enter a p.i.n. number before that silent alarm goes off. the app's gps guiding authorities right to the scene. the new safety measure a welcome addition for daters across the globe as dating apps have long faced criticism for failing to protect their users from harassment, sexual assault and abuse. >> online dating and dating apps are the number one way that couples are meeting. if something does happen and it goes south, you have the ability to push that panic button, and that panic button will send a warning, and a message that you could be in danger. >> in addition to tinder, match group will integrate noonlight into its other dating apps like okcupid and plenty of fish so you're safe no matter where you go. >> you mentioned having to have this other app downloaded in order for this to work. that's how this works? >> yeah, so once you've synced noonlight with tinder you're good to go. tinder is also adding a verification system, a blue check mark to eliminate c catfishing. safety, obviously the priority here. >> all the safety options the better, right? i guess that's the takeaway. boom. drop the mic. thanks, will. over to you, ginger. a "gma" moment from quincy, illinois. this one, the sound that this person makes makes their dog smile always, watch. they love doing it. the dog's name is bee. and we loved having it. please take a moment and send your video to my facebook page. all right, so right now all right, so right now we're going to start our series "the right fit" where we help you find clothes that look and feel your best. clothing sizes are changing from brands and even moving away from traditional sizing so how do you know what really fits? i mean it's very confusing. thankfully we have "good housekeeping" style director lori bergamotto here to show us. [ applause ] they're moving away from traditional sizing so how does somebody order clothes and know what will fit? what do you do? >> it is confounding, isn't it? you're like, i don't know what size i am. i think the key here is to remember that there is no real universal method in women's sizing. so you want to think of sizes as more of a compass that's going to get you in the general direction but it's not a road map. it's not waze. it won't take you exactly where you're going. you want to try things on and you want to ignore the number. it's more about the fit. >> it does mean an extra step. how many people in the audience order more than one size when you are ordering online? you kind of have to now. we've got models. come on out, models. we've got models that will help us with three pieces that all of us love to wear. >> yes. >> hi, ladies. hi, ladies. we're going to start first with the jeans. because everybody loves a great fitting jean. >> jeans can be really hard to find the right size. >> 100%. i literally just ordered three different pairs and now they have the high top, the low rise, the midrise. it's too much. >> it's like calculus. >> so brittany, we have a before picture, right? do we have that? do we have -- this is her, what she knows to be her size, but it clearly doesn't fit well. >> that's right and that's the thing about jean sizing. we want to focus on the fit. so there's a few things that you want to remember. so with this particular pair we're doing a midrise. that's like a very easy entry point for everyone, you know, i know you hear the trend of like high-rise. >> i just said that. i literally just ordered all three. >> no, so the midrise is the easiest entry point. the other thing you want to remember, err on the size smaller. i know that sounds funny. you're like, i don't want tight jeans. >> they are so stretchy now. >> your jeans will stretch up to half a size but you don't want to have them too tight. here's a really simple test. >> no fun. >> it's two fingers right between your waistband and your waist. that's what you should be able to fit. if you can fit more than that, that's too big. >> two fingers going out? >> straight down here. if you can't even fit one finger they're too small. i want to focus on this particular pair of jeans from measure and made. this is a relatively new company and what they do is you can't even order just random sizes from their site. have to take their fit logic quiz and they will give you a size plus a shape. if you're a 8, 8-1, 8-2 or 8-3 and take into your account your silhouette. love those. >> do they feel good? >> they feel amazing. >> those two pictures were the same size jeans. you look great. i'm glad you found your perfect fit. button downs are not easy. right? >> no. we always have that gaping problem. >> the gaposis. >> that's right, and chelsea here had suffered from gaposis. a few things to remember. with this shirt you want to make sure it has darts in the shirt so it doesn't overwhelm you. women size up in the bust area but then they're drowning in the shirt. >> agreed. >> we have a little test that chelsea will show us. put your hands behind your back. if you put your hands behind your back and get a gap here, ladies, get a different sized shirt, okay? and then the third thing is if you have this particular problem -- i love the audience participation. if you do have this problem there are companies that cater to this. look for those. this is the shirt by rochelle barron's. it has a double placket so you'll never get that gap. it's amazing, such a great investment. >> love a white button down. hard it find a great one. >> this looks polished and chelsea who never wore them is like, oh, i'm into this. doesn't she look fabulous? >> you look great. such a cute look. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> the blazer. >> the blazer is tricky. they can feel long waisted. short waisted. long waisted. this whole situation. >> oversize blazers are very trendy so -- > don't want to look like -- >> you don't want the blazer to wear you. we're going to tell you how to do it. kristen is going to show us how to do the hug test. if you can do that and it's not pulling anywhere and comfortable for you, that means it's the right size. >> can you give me a spin. let's see the whole look. >> ooh. >> looks fabulous. >> on the shoulder, a key one, make sure the seam is hitting you at the shoulder. not extending beyond. >> see how this is at the edge of your shoulder. if it's past it's a look, just maybe not the look we want. >> make sure you can layer something underneath it. this is from aqua at blooming dales. we love it and she looks great. >> thank you, guys. amazing, check out our website for all these tips. love it and she looks great. >> thank you, guys. amazing, check out our website for all these tips. >> announcer: good morning north bay. let's get up and get going. this is "abc 7 mornings." good morning, i'm kumasi aaron from "abc 7 mornings." work is under way for a major change coming to san francisco's market street. abc 7 news was there as crews started painting new line markers on streets leading to marketel. starting wednesday private cars will be banned on it downtown. good morning, everyone, starting off with a live look at the san mateo bridge. the chp has issued a fog advisory. it's not too bad but you do see some fog in the area. a crash, two separate crashes in pleasanton. northbound 680 before stone ridge drive, expect some delays. >> about finding good food ind have school.y so, when my wife kat and i learned california public school children couldn't get fresh produce in the cafeteria, we took action. we partnered with local farmers, school kitchens, a non-profit. that program now serves over 300 million healthy meals every year. the difference between words and actions matters. that's a lesson washington dc could use, right now. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. >> announcer: now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> been tracking fog all morning long. temperatures are pretty mild. hi, everybody. mid- to upper 40s in most neighborhoods. fog is getting better in napa. livermore and san jose, look at this, this is 87, you can barely see. that's how dangerous the visibility will be through the morning community. the accuweather seven-day forecast, we've got a chance of rain saturday night and sunday. most of us will sleep through it. we'll have another "abc 7 mornings" update in 30 minutes or so. you can always find us at our news app and abc7news.com. news continues right now with "good morning america." ♪ [ applause ] welcome back to "gma." and it is a good -- feel good friday. >> it sure is. >> it really is a feel good friday as we kick off our "gma" pet of the week series. >> we are so excited about this series. today we're going to meet our very first pet of the week. it's deacon, the goldendoodle. look at the picture his parents submitted to us. this patriotic pup, the story behind it is so beautiful. he makes a huge difference in the life of his army vet dad. take a look. ♪ 85 pounds of bounding unbridled love. >> there you go, boy. >> that's deacon in a nutshell. >> we are crazy about him and he's crazy about us. >> reporter: the 3-year-old goldendoodle a force of nature keeping empty nesters dana and marty martin on their toes. >> he is a kindred spirit of mine. he knows when i'm happy. he knows when i had a rough day. >> reporter: he isn't just their best friend. >> he's such a blessing in every aspect. he doesn't care what's going on. he just loves you unconditionally. >> he completes our family. >> reporter: the martins say their beloved four-legged friend entered their lives when they needed him most. >> life was lonely without deacon and i can't imagine life without him now. >> reporter: for marty, an army vet who spent 22 years on active duty and now struggles with sleep, deacon is the ultimate comfort. >> sometimes i may get a bit anxious and he reads that and comes up to me and puts his head under my hand and is like it's going to be all right, pops. >> reporter: deacon has a purpose. >> good boy. >> reporter: and the martins have peace of mind. >> life doesn't get any better than right now. deacon makes the world a better place. [ applause ] deacon so deserves this. audience, are you ready to meet the big guy? >> yes, we are. >> deacon, dana, come on out. ♪ [ applause ] >> come on up here. yeah. >> hi, how are you? >> mwah. >> hi. >> good to see you. >> thank you for having us. >> deacon, get over here, you big cutie. >> oh, my. >> i love him. i feel so comforted already. >> oh, good. >> dana, we're sorry your husband couldn't be here today. it's because of logistics but tell us a little about the difference he's made in your husband. what do you see? >> he just is a stress reliever. he -- there's no anxiety when deacon is around. he's in tune with what you're feeling, what you're going through. maybe you're sick or stressed out. he just knows and makes it better. he does, definitely. >> what a difference for an army vet who's given so much of his life for our country. >> yes, yes. >> and he needs it, right? >> yeah, yeah, and he really does and it's just a comforting -- >> deacon would like you to scratch him. >> yes, belly. >> we want to thank your husband for his service because being an army wife is not an easy job. >> thank you. >> it's not an easy job. it's not just you and your husband. how is deacon with the kids? >> he makes coming to our house a lot more fun. you know, we're empty nesters and we, you know, he entertains. >> he's a child. >> he is. he is the fur baby and he comes and the grandkids come over to swim and he plays lifeguard. he wants to protect them and then he'll steal their food afterwards, of course. but he's just a joy. he really is. >> he is a joy for us. >> he is beautiful. >> because of that we would like to honor deacon with our very first pet of the week medal. >> oh, that is awesome. [ applause ] >> yes. >> thank you for beg a joy to your army dad. [ applause ] thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much. >> what do you think deacon would say about this special honor? >> i know he would be honored. he is honored and he feels blessed. yes, he feels blessed to be here. and, yeah, he loves new york. he loved the squirrels in central park and there's a little lack of grass here but other than that, i think he could be a new yorker for sure. >> well, we're so happy. he's welcome here any time. >> thank you so much. >> a big baby. >> yes. >> our new series, every week we'll honor a pet that makes a difference. please let us know about yours. right now though, we got to get to cecilia. >> okay, lara, we have a bachelor exclusive. host chris harrison is sharing behind-the-scenes secrets ahead of monday's episode. one woman sent home is dishing on what life was like inside the mansion. abbie boudreau has it all. >> reporter: the drama is overflowing on this season of "the bachelor." as for what we can expect this season, we went to the expert, chris harrison. i feel like this one, it's -- the women are going after each other from the start. >> i think the women see peter as an amazing catch. he is this guy that has everything. that only ratchets up the competition factor. >> reporter: peter said good-bye to four women at this past week's rose ceremony. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: then a shocking reveal. bringing alaia back, however, jasmine was sent packing her bags. she sat down with "gma" to dish on the drama happening inside the house. >> you put enough girls in a house at one time there's going to be drama. the champagne-gate, it was a lot. that took over the house a lot. >> reporter: whether pilot pete is really in it for love. >> he's who he says he is. he is very serious about this journey. >> reporter: as for what's ahead the ladies pack their bags and head to cleveland, ohio? >> probably one of the most exotic locations we've ever been to in the history of the show and now it does start to get serious. >> reporter: where things get too close. >> you're going to see an interesting date with victoria f. and peter. it's a one-on-one date. >> we have our own private concert. >> turns out victoria and chase have a prior connection. as only the bachelor can produce. >> reporter: for "good morning america," abbie boudreau, abc news, los angeles. [ applause ] >> but wait, there's more. on "gma" monday we'll take you behind the scenes of the group date and, of course, you can see a new episode of "the bachelor" on monday night at 8:00, 7:00 central right here on abc and coming up, the road to the oscars, "joker" director todd phillips is here. oscars, "joker" director todd phillips is here. [ applause ] in 2016 i warned thatt donald trump was a dangerous demagogue, and when the republican congress wouldn't hold him accountable, i went to work helping run winning campaigns in twenty-one house seats. it's time for the senate to act and remove trump from office, and if they won't do their jobs, this november you and i will. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. [ applause ] we're back now with our countdown to the oscars and a very special guest. this director has brought us hilarious movies like "old school" and "the hangover," some of my favorites. and now his movie on one of the most famous villains of all time, "joker," is leading the academy awards with 11 nominations. first a look at a clip. >> a couple of rules though. no cursing or off-color material. we do a clean show, okay? >> uh-huh. >> you'll go on right after dr. sally. >> i love dr. sally. >> good. well, someone will come and get you, okay? >> yes. >> perfect. good luck. >> thanks, murray. >> murray, one small thing. >> yeah. >> when you bring me out, can you introduce me as joker? [ applause ] >> please welcome "joker" director, co-writer and producer, todd phillips. man, thank you for coming to the show. congratulations. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> and congratulations on 11 oscar nominations which is absolutely amazing, leading the oscar nominations but it's the highest grossing r-rated film of all time. over a billion dollars. >> yeah. >> have you registered that yet over a billion dollars? >> yeah, it's pretty crazy. >> on top of that it started out with a lot of controversy but you can obviously see the movie is beloved. so how have you handled all of that? >> this movie has been a wild ride for sure and, you know, i guess ultimately when i look back at it i'm not surprised a movie called "joker" made so many people crazy. but, you know, it got painted very early with a brush that the violence in it was irresponsible and, you know, we felt differently. we thought when you show real world implications on violence it actually seems responsible to me as opposed to celebrating violence in movies. but it ultimately was -- the audience turned up and it became their movie. >> the audience turned up big time. >> yeah. >> yeah, really -- i'm sure everyone here has seen it. [ applause ] and it's been ten years since you and bradley cooper brought us "the hangover." now you both are producers on "joker." both nominated for an oscar. did you see this coming with him ten years ago? >> no, we became very close after "the hangover" movies and started this joint effort at warner brothers. i was a producer on "a star is born." he was a producer on "joker." we couldn't predict this run we've had. >> joaquin phoenix is fantastic in this movie. really is, and the awards -- the awards are showing that. he's won the s.a.g. award, the critic choice award and won a golden globe. he's up for an oscar as well. what is he like on the set versus off the set because he cannot be like the joker when he's off the set. >> no, people think he does -- i mean to inhabit the character of arthur/joker in the movie, he had to go to some pretty dark places and people always ask me does he stay like that off set? really on this film my experience with him is only on this film is, no, we would say, cut and we'd be off to the side joking around or laughing about something. and then we'd get back into it. he's really intense as an actor but as a guy on set he was actually kind of light. >> there are so many scenes in this movie you can pluck from the movie but one that's resonated with the fans is him dancing on the stairs in the bronx. >> right. >> he's made that like a tourist attraction at this point. [ applause ] so much buzz. when you're filming it do you know or do you feel like this is the moment i think the audience is going to gravitate to? >> yeah, i mean we thought it would be a pretty iconic moment for the movie. i didn't know the stairs would turn into new york's version of the "rocky" stairs. >> this movie is incredible. just the thought behind it. you writing it and producing it and coming from a totally different perspective than anyone ever imagined for the joker and it shows with over a billion dollars, mr. phillips. [ applause ] thanks for being here. good luck's oscars, 11 nominations for "joker" and "joker" is in theaters and it is streaming now. if you haven't seen it, make sure you do. issue sure to tune into the oscars sunday, february 9th right here on abc and our oscars after party, the next morning, on "gma." ginger, over to you. >> yes, michael, i know i want to dance on those stairs, that's for sure, after seeing it. let's talk about, remember, it was so cold in florida. you saw the iguanas falling from the trees. the manatees were coming to a place where it was warmer in tampa right by a plant so the water temperatures are warmer. quick warm-u [ applause ] hey, lara, let's talk reading now. >> so now a closer look at this month's "gma" book pick, "long bright river" by liz moore. the thriller debuted on "the new york times" best-seller's list and now hollywood is taking interest and amy spent some time with the author to find out why everyone is talking about this book. >> i finished it this weekend. it is so good, lara. it's the gripping story about two sisters struggling with the effects of addiction from very different perspectives. it's a topic many families i think will relate to. critics are calling it suspenseful, powerful, genre defying. after debuting on the best-seller's list, liz moore's "long bright river" is garnering plenty of buzz. some even say it's the next "the girl on the train." what's it like to hear those types of reviews about a book you spent so much time writing? >> it's really excited. i also am constantly aware of kind of the history of the genre and walking in the footsteps of people that i really admire and books that i love. >> it's a crime drama the "gma" book club members say they can't put down. how would you describe the book? >> it's the story of two sisters, the younger of whom is suffering from addiction to opioids and her older sister is a police officer who is patrolling the same streets that she's on. so when the younger sister goes missing her older sister has to try to find her. >> the novel is set in the working class philadelphia neighborhood of kensington, a community battered by the opioid crisis and in the midst of a face-lift. >> i am struck by that though, like, brand new and then, you know, falling down right next to each other. >> right, yep. there's a lot -- it's a neighborhood very much in transition. >> reporter: moore says she was inspired by the kensington residents after doing some community work there. >> although i've spent some time there i'm still an outsider to kensington and couldn't stop thinking about the men and women that i met there. i know like many families in america, my own family has a very long multigenerational history of addiction. >> is it painful to write about something that is close to your heart and a part of your family? >> i write characters that are flawed. both of the sisters in the book are playing with like who is on the right side of the law and who is on the wrong side of the law but also who is on the right side of morality. >> reporter: the book already snatched up by hollywood, with moore set to write the screenplay. why do you think "long bright river" is resonating with so many people? >> i think "long bright river" tells the story that a lot of people will be able to relate to for better or worse. i think sometimes people are scared to look at addiction in the face because it's a subject that sounds uncomfortable or it's a subject that people just don't really want to spend time with if they're reading fiction which for many people is an escape. >> as for her dream cast for the film, moore says she envisions real life sisters rooney and kate mara. you will not be disappointed if you pick up this book. >> thank you so much. i like her casting. coming up, everybody, nicky jam and daddy yankee on "gma." you know, the happiest place on earth, but... have you flown the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy? or channeled your inner jedi? you gotta love that... have you raced through radiator springs? or struck a power pose with them? now is the perfect time to feel like this... and this... and definitely that. kids enjoy the magic for just $67 per child per day, with a 3-day 1-park per day ticket. ♪ we are back with mickey jam and daddy yankee. after 20 years apart the duo has reunited to collaborate on the pain single for the "bad boys for life" soundtrack. the song is out right now. this is "muevelo." 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