Ways with oreilly. Will he ever return . Whos the most beautiful person in the world . The star taking the coveted People Magazine title for the fifth time. Who is winning over the globe with her smile and that laugh. The big reveal first right here on gma. And its great to have Michael Strahan back with us. A lot of breaking news. Right to that breaking news. Aaron hernandez found dead in his jail cell just a few hours ago. The former new england patriot star convicted of murder apparently hanged himself on the same day the patriots are headed to the white house. Pierre thomas starts us off with all the latest. Good morning, pierre. Reporter good morning, george. Correction officers found him around 3 05 00 a. M. And hanged from a bed sheet. Attempted to block his door so no one could get in. Officials tried to revive him but he was pronounced dead at 4 07 this morning. No official warning of whether there was a suicide note. He was serving a life sentence for the 2013 murder of his friend. Last week he stood trial for the murders of two other men and found not guilty and when the jury read the verdict he wiped away tears. He was a tight end with the new england patriots. His coach said it was just one word to describe hernandezs situation. Tragedy. Robin. Oh, never more so true than that. Pierre, thank you. There are a lot of other important stories were following. The results of georgias special election headed for a runoff and democrats battling to take a seat from the gop and show they have momentum going into 2018 and Vice President pence addressed troops overnight. Warned north korea the u. S. Will have an overwhelming response to any attack. Well have much more on that in a moment. First lets start with the highstakes special election in georgia and cecilia vega has that for us. Reporter good morning. This race is being waged more than 600 miles away from the white house. But it is being called a referendum on President Trump. This is the 30yearold political rookie who democrats hoped would deliver a knockout punch to President Trump. A special election to fill a vacant congressional seat in a solidly republican district and democrat jon ossoff, the former congressional staffer who has never Held Elected Office falling just short of the 50 of votes needed to win the whole thing. Hes now headed to a june runoff against karen handel. For those who want to stick around, stick around. It will go on for a little bit longer. Reporter the president taking credit for the outcome before the race was even called tweeting, despite major outside money, fake Media Support and 11 republican candidates, big r win with the runoff in georgia. Glad to be of help. That help hes referring to a robo call in the leadup to the election, President Trump hoping to sway voters. Hello. This is president donald trump. Liberal democrats from outside of georgia are spending millions and millions of dollars trying to take your republican congressional seat away from you. Reporter democrats poured millions into the race saying its a sign of an antitrump movement that could help them take back the house and they are now looking to another showdown. They certainly are and the white house is pushing back on calling this race a referendum on the president. But there is no way around it. This once republican stronghold formerly held by Newt Gingrich is now competitive and democrats feel they have a strong chance. Cecilia, thanks very much. Lets talk more about it with john avlon. The president claiming some measure of victory. He cant take comfort, 46 going to the democrat. This is a heavily republican district. Newt gingrichs district back in the day. It won by 21 margins. The fact this was a squeaker narrowly beating that 50 margin is not a good sign. In this republican district the trump brand isnt selling here. It turns out the republican vote was splintered but the republican voter i mean candidates who were closest to donald trump did the worst. Thats the really fascinating thing an establishment Republican Karen Handel came out on top and will face ossoff in the runoff. The ones who hugged donald trump tightest, Tea Party Activists who had the endorsements of far right celebrities did terribly and couldnt get outside the margin of error. Thats a bad sign. Now republicans have two months to regroup. The vote will be in june, ossoff is now going to face a lot of scrutiny. He was able to make this whole runoff about the first race about donald trump. This is going to be about him, as well. He doesnt even live in the district. Thats right. This will be a tough way for democrats to win. Look, the republicans will consolidate around karen handel. Shes been the former secretary of state in georgia but well known in the district. Uphill climb and the district is overwhelmingly slotted to be republican so democrats had an emotional victory but hard to translate. On another front usa today reporting that one of the socalled d. R. E. A. M. Ers, undocumented immigrants brought here has been deported despite President Trumps message earlier in the year that he would protect them. This created some controversy. A lot. This does seem to contradict some of the rhetoric. It happened some months ago. Representative steve king, a hawk on immigration tweeting out a toast, a beer to the Border Patrol agents who deported him so a sign of more controversies to come. General john kelly lashing out now against critics who say his deportation forces have gone too far saying hes enforcing them into too strict a fashion. Kelly gave a strong speech and theres tension between the two on issue of immigration and marijuana but kelly came out very hawkish yesterday criticizing folks in congress criticizing the Border Patrol saying shut up if youre not going to change the laws. Fascinating stuff by kelly. John avlon, thanks very much. To robin. Now to that Health Concern for former president george h. W. Bush. He is hospitalized in houston this morning after suffering from pneumonia. Bush who is 92 was last hospitalized with pneumonia for two weeks in january. Our chief White House Correspondent jon karl has the latest on the president s condition. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, robin. The former president remains at houston Methodist Hospital this morning. He was admitted on friday with a persistent cough at the hospital doctors discovered he had a mild case of pneumonia. His spokesperson said he remains in good spirits this morning. This is as you remember the Second Hospital scare this year. For the former president in january, he was admitted. Also with pneumonia and spent two weeks in a hospital. Some of that time with his wife, former first lady barbara bush, the bushes missed the president ial inauguration but they did make it to the super bowl participating in the official coin toss there eventually getting out to the 50 yard line and last week he received a visit from bill clinton. Who gave him those socks. Any word on when he could be discharged . Reporter no word. He remains in the hospital for further observation and while hes doing that hes regaining his strength and getting much needed rest but no word on when hes coming home. All right, jon, thanks. Thank you. We move on to that show of force with north korea. It wasnt exactly what it seemed. Reports last week that President Trump was sending an Aircraft Carrier towards north korea to confront the nuclear threat. We are sending an armada, very powerful. When you see a Carrier Group steaming into an area like that, the forward presence of that is clearly through almost every instance a huge deterrent. In fact, that Carrier Group was thousands of miles away heading in a different direction so lets dig in with what was going on with steve ganyard, former state department official. How do you explain a miscue like this . Clearly, george, the reality was not matching up with the rhetoric. On one hand its good they stayed in the exercise with the australians, our most important partner in the pacific but mistakes happen when you dont have your full team on the playing field. 500 positions are still open. Secretary mattis isnt getting much help. Yeah, in fact, the navy had put out the proper information several days ago. It just wasnt corrected at higher levels but i guess the bigger question how much does this damage the credibility of the United States with the threats its making gentleman. The socalled armada is on its way and will get there. What the administration is clearly signaling, absent some sort of mistake by kim jongun, the next steps will be economic so instead of looking at the department of defense i think we need to look down the treat at the department of treasury for the next steps. That would be coming from the secretary of treasury. Hearing tough rhetoric from the Vice President mike pence overnight saying we will respond to any provocation with overwhelming force. Thats right but this is the same consistent message that american president s have been giving since 1953 letting kim jongun and his family know any steps across the dmz will result in the annihilation of north korea. We learned yesterday as well that u. S. Fighters were forced to intercept russian jets who were patrolling off the alaskan coast . Yeah, george, i think the fact that is news is the news. This was a daily occurrence during the cold war. These are not terribly impressive airplanes. Theyre older than i am which is saying something so the fact that the russians are doing this and doing it so infrequently really is the story. You say you talk about this, something that happened quite regularly during the cold war and comes against the backdrop of russian Officials Saying we have the worst relations between the two since the cold war. Exactly. The fact this is all they can muster in terms of testing us tells us where their military is and how far its degraded since the days of the soviet union. Well move on to that deadly shooting spree in california. A suspect in custody accused of killing three white men because of their race. Abcs Kayna Whitworth is on the scene for us there in fresno with details. Good morning, kayna. Reporter robin, good morning. Police are saying this was a hate crime solely based on race. They believe that Kori Muhammad wanted to kill as many white men as he could. Before going to jail for a previous murder. This was the gunman that went on a deadly shooting spree in broad daylight. Fresno. Were getting reports of multiple gunshots. Reporter Kori Ali Muhammad firing 16 shots allegedly in less than 2 minutes at 4 different locations killing three white men tuesday morning. Were going to need to get more units. We just got another call in of six shots fired. Reporter the 39yearold first opened fire on a pg e truck shooting and killing the passenger, 34yearold zachary randall, married of father of two new employee with his first ridealong with the company and the suspect firing at but missing a nearby resident only to kill two more men before police apprehended him. He made spontaneous statements. I did it. I shot them. Reporter two months ago he posted this video of a song to youtube. Death and destruction murder and mayhem reporter he yelled out ali akbar as he was seated in the back of the patrol car. They believe this shooting was a hate crime and not related to terrorism. Based on the information we have been provided this is solely based on race. Reporter police say muhammad is also responsible for murdering another man last week. 25yearold carl williams, a Security Guard at a nearby motel. Muhammad allegedly telling police he wasnt going to jail for shooting a Security Guard and was going to try and kill as many people as possible. They have not located into a pile of clothes. They believe he used the same gun to shoot the Security Guard and two on that rampage. Have they recovered the murder weapon . Robin, police still dont have the gun. They say muhammad threw it into a pile of clothes and at this point they have been unable to find it. They believe he used the same gun to kill the Security Guard and go on that rampage yesterday. Details about the facebook killer who sparked a national manhunt. Alex, the showdown unfolded after a quick thinking mcdonalds worker spotted the killer in the drivethrough. Reporter thats right. The beginning of the end for Steve Stephens started at this mcdonalds when he pulled up to that drivethrough window, an employee immediately knew it was him. This morning the 46hour nationwide manhunt for the socalled facebook killer is over. Steve stephens killing himself after a Dramatic Police chase. Looks like theres one guy down. In the white car. Reporter the woman at the center of his rampage is coming out of the shadows. Can you say joy lane . Reporter the joy lane, the exgirlfriend stephens says helped motivate his murder of 74yearold Robert Godwin speaking exclusively to wjw. The hashtags joy lanes, i dont know if i know how to be joy lane anymore. I dont know how to pick up all the pieces of my world at the moment. Reporter she spoke to stephens the night before the murder. He told her he quit his job and was moving out of state. After seeing the horrific video, she tried calling him but he wouldnt answer. Ive got a lot of negative comments. Ive been told that im the one who should have died. He should have killed me. Reporter on the run since Easter Sunday he was finally cornered 100 miles from cleveland in erie, pennsylvania tuesday and Police Closing in on him at 11 10 00 a. M. And employees at this mcdonalds said he ordered 20 chicken mcnuggets and fries. The worker recognized him. That worker immediately calling 911 while others stalled. Basically just told him it was going to be a minute for his fries. He was nerved up. Agitated and didnt want to wait, said he had to go. Reporter stephens takes off. Within 30 Seconds Police in hot pursuit. The Surveillance Video capturing the chase before political ram his car bringing him to a stop. The vehicles surrounded the white ford focus at which time mr. Stephens took his own life. Reporter and that mcdonalds employee besides recognizing his face also noticed the white car and noticed that it had ohio tags and knew he was right in front of her. Such quick thinking by her. Any word if that employee will receive the reward money . Reporter yeah, absolutely, quick thinking by her part there, robin. Authorities say, you know, the distribution of those funds is a whole process. At this point they just dont know who will get that money . A lot of people say she deserves that money. All right, alex, thanks very much. I believe she does. The dangerous flooding in texas. Residents cleaning up after nearly a foot of rain fell damaging homes and businesses near my hometown of houston. Now that system is heading north and ginger, you have been tracking it. Southeast of houston, good to have you back, by the way. You can see not the images i wanted to bring you back to. They have been flooded not just outside the homes but inside looks just like this. This is such a mess. Anyone who has had flooding knows its not a oneday process but a long cleanup. Now that is on the move dropping trees into homes in central tennessee. Hail was falling through parts of kentucky and tennessee and for this afternoon and evening especially into the evening hours its eastern iowa. Des moines is in it and enhanced risk area. Enough spin, what we call wind shear and happening with speed that changes with height then you get the possibility of tornadoes and hail and damaging winds. A quick look at tomorrows forecast too. Good morning. Im abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. Good news. Dry for both commutes today with comfortable highs after a chilly start this morning. Showers return, milder tonight and the warmest afternoons, friday, saturday, sunday. Today not too bad, low 60s along the coast and san francisco. Mid to upper 60s around the bay and also inland. Even a 70 in san jose. Tonight, were going to have temperatures in the 50s and 80s in the highs by friday. And now that youre back, michael, you were somewhere warm, im going to take off, cool . Cool. Now that its cold here. My momma will want me to call. Im really in trouble. It was rough with the weather but it was also rough if youre a Boston Celtic fan. Yes, after the bulls beat them 11197 they could become the first to lose ever in the first round to an eighth seed of the playoffs. A lot to hold on to. Chicago now holds a 20 lead in the sevengame series and fans at the t. D. Garden werent happy but no one seemed to handle the loss as poorly as marcus smart. Check out what he does. He misses a threepointer and appears to give someone in the crowd an obscene gesture and thats not smart marcus smart and rajon rondo was overheard saying after the game he thought the celtics seemed to give up. Theyve been through a lot lately. A long way to go. When we come back are bill oreillys days numbered . Theres new reports another woman comes forward accusing him of harassment. Erage. 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