Happy friday to you. Im kendis gibson. And im linsey davis in for diane. We begin with iran. Bracing for punishing new u. S. Sanctions and possibly much more after testing a ballistic missile. Senators from both parties are turning up the pressure and President Trump says hes not ruing out military action. Meanwhile, the president is defending a heated phone call with australias Prime Minister as lawmakers intervene reassuring that nation that it still has unwavering american support. Abcs Elizabeth Hur is following the overnight developments. She joins us here in new york. Good morning, elizabeth. Reporter kendis and linsey, good morning to you. As far as iran is concerned both parties are coming together saying theyre concern and President Trump says he agrees and is not ruling anything out. From talking tough to taking action. Thats what i do. I fix things. Were going to straighten it out. Reporter President Trump ready to impose new sanctions against iran. Iran continues to threaten u. S. Friends and allies in t region. Reporter the white house first put iran on notice earlier this week after iran tested another ballistic missile. Iranian officials fired back saying they dont need permission to defend themselves. Now, President Trump says taking military action is also an option. Nothing is off the table. Reporter the president defiant saying the u. S. Will straighten out the world taking on countries like mexico, iran and even one of americas closest friends, australia. I called the australian ambassador to reinforce to him our commitment to australia and our relationship. Reporter senator mccain trying to mend fences after the Washington Post reported President Trump told the australian Prime Minister on the phone saturday that of the four calls he had that day with foreign leaders, this was the worst call by far. Slamming an agreement australia made with president obama to resettle some 1200 refugees in the u. S. Deal but later on camera the president sounded more diplomatic. A Previous Administration does something, you have to respect that. I think the president should sleep more and tweet less. Reporter and that was senator graham who is among the 20 senators from both parties who signed a letter urging President Trump to hold iran accountable. The white house has not yet released details on sanctions but that could come later today. Kendis and linsey. Elizabeth, thank you. Now to what appears to be a slight change in tone from this administration to israel. The jewish state saw the start of the Trump Presidency as a green light to build more settlements in the disputed territories. But now the Trump Administration is saying it might not be good for the peace process. Benjamin netanyahu visits later this month. Another surprise at the u. P. S. New u. S. Ambassador nikki haley blasting russia for the recent violence in russia by the Obama Administration would remain in place until russia returns crimea. As a candidate the president hinted that he might recognize russias 2014 annexation of crimea. Those violent protests at uc berkeley may lead to a financial hit from the federal government. President trump hinted on twitter about withholding federal funds from them after protests escalated into rioting wednesday night. In the senate a rare Early Morning vote to advance the nomination of betsy devos for education correct. Lawmakers have been flooded with calls and emails from constituents looking to block it. Susan collins and Lisa Murkowski said they plan to vote against her citing her lack of experience but Vice President mike pence was planning to break an expected tie with a yes vote. Head scratching after a statement from Kellyanne Conway on conway referred to a Bowling Green massacre to justify President Trumps ban on refugees and immigrants from seven predominantly muslim countries, listen. I bet its brandnew information to people that president obama had a sixmonth ban on the iraqi Refugee Program after two iraqis came here to this country, were radicalized and were the masterminds behind the Bowling Green massacre. It didnt get covered because it never happened. All right, giving conway the benefit of the doubt she may have meant an incident in 2011 involving two iraqi nationals indicted for allegedly having dies to attacks against u. S. Troops in iraq. Those two men lived in Bowling Green, kentucky. Some rattled nerves on capitol hill following an alleged procurement scam. Capitol police and the fbi investigating congressional tech support staffers. According to buzzfeed reports, the investigation involves a least five men believed to be brothers working as contractors. Its especially troubling after a series of highprofile political hackings in the last year. California is getting some much needed help with its fiveyear drought. On the radar more storms are coming off the pacific. Rain is expected in Northern California and could reach as far south as l. A. The sierra will pile on more snow and Winter Weather advisories in oregon and washington. Well, some showers in the forecast for sunday in houston where theyre expecting twice as many people in town as there are tickets for sundays super bowl game. Were looking at a live picture here at nrg stadium, a little quiet at this hour where all 71,000 seats are sold out, of course, but theres also huge indoor nfl theme park. Player and celebrity sightings and sold out concerts by bruno mars and taylor swift. The big performance however is, of course, the super bowl costume changes and making political statements during her performances. She would not divulge any details even when asked by olympian simone biles on assignment for inside edition . Can you give us an insight of what youre going to be doing if youre going to be hanging from the ceiling. I dont want to give that away. I want to keep as much of the show to surprise as possible but i will say it is a tremendously athletic show. And its something that gaga says the only statements shell deliver will be in her songs which reflect her passion for inclusion, equality, love and compassion. All right, so there you have it. We have no clue. Well, still ahead the highend retailer pulling ivanka trumps brand off the shelves. President trump asking faith lead attorneys pray for Arnold Schwarzenegger and the low ratings on his reality show. How the former governor responded. New this morning, an investigation under way after someone threw an explosive device ins factory. What police are now saying. That day long hostage crisis at a delaware prison ended tragically with the death of a prison guard. Police stormed the maximum security facility and rescued one hostage. A woman who worked as an inmate counselor. They later found the body of this ma Sergeant Steven floyd who was killed during the standoff. Officials credit floyd with saving the lives of those running in to help him shouting that they were heading into a trap. Well, Joaquin El Chapo guzman is heading to by video but his lawyers argued his absence would make it look as if hes too dangerous to be brought to the courtroom. He has repeatedly escaped from mexican prisons turned over to u. S. Authorities after they agreed not to seek the death penalty. The ceo of uber has quit. An Economic Panel advising President Trump after thousands of customers deleted their accounts in the wake of trumps travel ban, he said in an internal memo joining the group was not to be an endorsement of the president or his agenda. Nordstrom says its dropping ivanka trumps fashion line because of declining sales. The Department Store chain says it typically cuts about 10 of its brands every season to make room for new stock. The move comes during a weeks Long Campaign called grab your wallet. A boycott of retailers carrying ivanka or donald trump merchandise. The Parent Company of social media blockbuster snapchat has officially filed its paperwork offering. Despite an expected 25 billion valuation and massive revenue growth, the Company Admits its file in its filing documents its losing hundreds of millions of dollars a year, never made a profit and may never achieve or maintain profitability. 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Heres abcs clayton sandell. We have an officer down. Rtd is the victim. Reporter new clues about an alleged killers motive. Joshua cummings scheduled to make his Court Appearance today with charges of first degree murder. Police say he killed scott van lannkin in cold blood then ran. We do have concerns that was the victim a target because of the uniform that he was wearing. Reporter cummings is an army vet and a muslim convert who recently moved to colorado from texas where he arts and once spoke to parishioners at a local church. Eye testify that theres only one god worthy of worship and that is mohamed the prophet. Reporter he was already on Law Enforcement radar thanks to a mosque he visited. Clayton sandell, abc news, denver. Hell have more on that later on today on good morning america. Some frightening moments overnight as an explosion rocked a california restaurant. Police say a man threw a homemade explosive device into a Cheesecake Factory in pasadena. Heavy smoke filled the restaurant. No one injured and the suspect managed to get away. Witnesses say he was dressed in all black. The war of words heating up between President Trump and his apprentice replacement Arnold Schwarzenegger. The president used the National Prayer breakfast to pray for arnold and the dismal ratings on apprentice this season since the terminator took the helm but arnold fired back his own zinger and challenge. They hired a star Arnold Schwarzenegger to take my place and we know how that turned out. The ratings went down the tube, a total disaster and want to pray for arnold if we can. Hey, donald, i have a great idea. Why dont we switch jobs, you take over tv because youre such an expert in ratings and i take over your job and then people can finally sleep comfortably again, hmm . Well, theres been no love lost between the two in recent months particularly after schwarzenegger announced back in october he would not be voting for the republican president ial candidate for the First Time Since becoming an american citizen 34 years ago. Ouch. Now to a real battle. Including some nba action. Here are our guys at espn with the highlights. Good morning, america. John buccigross, john which was your favorite return of howards . Orlando, l. A. Or houston last night. I think l. A. Yeah. He got booed pretty much in all those places. They led by 20 in the fourth quarter. Youre up 0. You should not be down in the fourth but they squandered the entire lead and tim hardaway jr. At 23 points in the fourth comes through, impressive dunk and the hawks win it, 113108. Were not spoiling that homecoming. Steph curry, Staples Center not normally a place he likes to shoot in. Stapler. But when hes that close, flexing. He went draymond. Draymond got a kick out of that. Later, 11point lead and Blake Griffin highlight. He can dunk. Swim move. Heisman, throws it in. Clippers have really struggled against the warriors. There goes steph, the distance, steph also had 11 assists t look at the warrior, 437 on pace to win 70 games again this year. Pretty good record after 50 games. John, john, enjoy your friday, america. Super bowl on sunday. Thanks for the reminder. All right, fellas, we do have breaking news. Sports news out of the middle east. The European Tour says tiger woods has withdrawn from the dubai desert classic. The reason is over his bad back. The 14 time major winner returned to action just two months ago after 15 months out following two back operations. Woods struggled in his first round in dubai. Up next in the pulse, the new baby bump pictures from beyonce and where we might see her perform very soon. 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But for some people it has nothing to do with football whatsoever. According to a new poll 15 watch strictly for the commercials. Some of the ads are already getting some buzz including this kia commercial Starring Melissa Mccarthy playing an environmental hero. Whoo thats like reminiscent of the snickers with betty white. Exactly and i love the theme song in the background i need a hero. According to the same poll 56 of people are rooting for the underdog, of course, that means most people want to see the falcons win. Like me. Okay. Not like you. Vegas has the patriots as a threepoint favorite. Well see how it plays out monday. Thats right. See who has bragging rights. Dont forget how many times tom bradys wife Gisele Bundchen is shown on tv. And how long itll take luke bryan to sing the national anthem. Its over or under two minutes and 15 seconds. Fun fact for parents bracing to shell out for their wedding. Just over 35,000. Knot. Com surveyed 13,000 couples factoring in everything from the venue tmorning washington. Its friday. February 3rd. Yesterday potomac phil predicted 6 more weeks of winter. And Veronica Johnson is about to tell us what that will feel lik