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Well, weve got some more International Dancing this morning. Here on world news now. This is the start of samba practice just not the same without the music. This is in rio famous samba drum. The citys samba schools have less than a month to get ready for the start of carnivale. That looks just like diane and i did when we were doing our samba. Its never too early to start practicing brazils wow. Theyre good at it. It starts february 24th and goes till Ash Wednesday which is march 1st. We plan to have continuing coverage through the next month of that. Have you ever been . Ive been to brazil but never. Been to carnivale. Bucket list for sure. Here at home, millions of americans gearing up for the annual and financial carnival known as tax deadline day. As they prepare their returns many are missing ow on tax credits possibly leaving hundreds if not thousands of dollars unclaimed. Abcs ra o Rebecca Jarvis explains how to get your money back. Reporter the thousands of dollars in tax refunds you might be missing out on. The earned income tax credit. Available to eligible families earning less than about 53,000, and it could be worth about more than 6,000. Its very important to file for this credit. But about 20 of people dont realize that, and they are missing out. Reporter another oftenomitted money saver . The child and dependent care credit, helping to cover Childcare Costs for eligible working families with kids under 13. It could be worth up to 2,100. Finally, avoid the simple mistakes, double check your work. We tagged along with the liau family in new jersey last year, as they did their taxes. I basically made a mistake in terms of inputting information. Reporter once they fixed the numbers, the liaus more than doubled their refund. Finally, if tuck itemize, you should. While the standard deduction helps lower your tax bill, it typically pays off to take a little time, gather up those receipts and item mize. Rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. Taking copious notes here. Really . As in a phone number for an accountant. Or calling rebecca later to ask for advice. The wait is over for fans of abcs scandal. The exclusive behind the scenes tour with olivia pope herself. Plus Michael Strahans audition. Did he make the cut . Well let you know. He looks good in his head shot. Snt sound so good. Well i think you sound great. Move over. Easy booger man. Take mucinex dm. Itll take care of your cough. Fine ill text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. One pill lasts 12 hours, so. Looks like im good all night ah david, please, listen. Still not coughing. Not fair you guys waffles are my favorite ah some cough medicines only last 4 hours. But just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. She would make an exceptional president. The word would embrace her. You have to choose millie. Because shes your candidate. Because the other choice just tried to kill his way into the oval. That was one of the sample of dramatic return of scandal, the premiere of season six which i still havent seen. So that was a spoiler alert. I need to catch up. Critics say it was well worth all of the suspense. Michael strahan couldnt wait to get his own personal tour of the set with the leading lady herself, Kerry Washington. Here we go. Hold on tight. Find your seat belt, sir. I have my seat belt like that. So this is lots of famous movies have been shot here. Cool tv shows. Scandal among them. Yes. Im going to take you to olivia pope and associates. Thats one of my bosses brad. Hi, brad. Hi, brad. Hi michael. Nice to see you. This is behind the scenes. If you enter into here, it means youre in a lot of trouble. Because you are a client at pope and associates. I am a client. So if we get you on the show, well have your picture up here because youre a problem. So this is the pope and associates kitchen. Theres always almonds here because im a big almonds person. Youre actually eating those. Occasionally. Some of the stuff up here might be seven years old from when we shot the pilot. This is olivias office. If you go in here, youre really in trouble. Is this is the inner sanctum. Look at me. Millie, i will get you the oval. You can tell me right now whats going to happen this season. Wouldnt you like to tell me . Michael, i really do like you but i like my job more. And if i tell you, ill get fired. You will not get fired. I could. You an olivia pope. You can fix this. Just one thing . You could play a really fun game for the first five episodes of find the bump. Because we shot five episodes before i gave birth. And the rest of them are after. Behind flowers, behind prada purses, behind big coats and capes. Do you know how many people are going to be going i think i found a bump for that one. My office is here. May i see . Yeah. Its not fancy. But you know what . Youre very accomplished out of this place. We started with confirmation which is a film i did for hbo. Were developing projects for television, drama and comedy, films, maybe some theater. Its excite. Since im here on set in your production office, i feel like can i audition for you for scandal . I guess michael, do you have like a mog o monologue prepared . I grabbed some lines from the show. Youre auditioning for olivia pope. No, just trying to show my range. If you dont mind. Yeah, i have time. Okay. Youre being stupid about this. I am things. Stupid is not one of them. Hold on. I am many things. Stupid is not one of them. This is not a comedy. This is drama. Prove it to me right now, show me who you are cyrus bean. Yeah. Show me who you are cyrus bean up, thats good. Thats better. Thats good. I thought that one came out good. I felt that one. Do you have any others . Its handled. Okay. Came here, i did this interview. And you know what . What. Its handled. Now, that was good. Now, that, did we record that . I should send that to shonda. That was good. That was good, michael. I got a little, wow. Chillses. I quit. Im moving to hollywood. Peace. Its handled. He just arrived at gma. Hes a jack of all trades though. Who knows . See him in movies. One of the fun things is following Kerry Washington on twitter during the show. She was saying some of the scenes were a little bit difficult because she couldnt get close to that is during the bump. They had to hide it about prada purses. Its never much, just whats left after i break a dollar. And i never thought i could get quality Life Insurance with my spare change. Neither did i. Until i saw a commercial for the Colonial Penn program. Imagine people our age getting Life Insurance at such an affordable rate. Its true. If youre 50 to 85, you can get guaranteed acceptance Life Insurance through the Colonial Penn program for less than 35 cents a day, just 9. 95 a month. Theres no medical exam and no health questions. 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Nothing says the weekend has arrived till you hear that music and that graphic. This morning well start with james franco in the movie i am michael, a true story of the gay political activist and Magazine Editor who sparked National Controversy after renouncing his homosexuality to become a straight christian pastor. I am michael. Im rebecca. I need to get away from this life. What exactly is it you need to get away from . Being gay. I dont know. I want to tell you a secret about a great gift from god. Fear. I michael glats no longer identify as gay. Youve written what some would call very hateful things. Michael, youre confused. The truths is that i was living a lie. Okay. Critics admit the subject matter is controversial but theyre giving i am michael high marks for its balanced portrayal and for francos deeply nuanced presentation. Take a look. Michael lasalle writes he gives an sensitive performance. This is a film worth seeing but not easy to watch. Eric cohen says justin kellys first feature offers an even handed portrait of its controversial subject but it doesnt make his decisions easy to take. Next to Matthew Mcconaughey like weve never seen him before with a shirt on. He stars in the true story of a 1993 gold min mining scandal when a massive gold deposit was supposedly discovered in indonesia. The actor stars as a prospector and hes desperate for his lucky break but he finds that while getting the gold was hard work, keeping it is even harder. A tiger. The dialogue in that scene is amazing. Is it . Okay. Is that what youre focused on or the hair . The movie isnt striking gold with critics who give it a dismal 33 splat on rotten tomatoes. Moira mcdonald writes gold is one of those movies that sounds like much more fun than it is and brian truitt says nothing in gold is golden though at least Matthew Mcconaughey with a lack of hair and beer gut shines. Thats it for this half hour. Deuces. This morning on world news now, the border wall yet to be built already forming a divide. As the search for a way to fund the project is juds way, a call to tax mexican imports at 20 is creating outrage. Critics of the idea saying it will drive up prices for americans so what will the true cost eventually be . A stunning new twist in the case behind that violent takedown last month of a texas mother and her two daughters. Leaked Police Body Cam video that resulted in all criminal charges against the three being dropped. What were now hearing about that Aggressive Police officer. Meeting the o girls a decade after oprahs Leadership Academy opened its doors in arf ca, what were learning about the schools 400 graduates and the new sisterhood bredding around the world. Mcdonalds sending Burger Lovers into a frenzy by offering a limited edition of the famed special sauce. Will we ever know what really goes into the two all beef patties, lettuce, cheese, onions and a sesame seed bun. Its friday, january 27th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Makes you hungry at this early morning. Doesnt it . Im always hungry especially at this hour. You never know if its breakfast or lunch or dinner just have a big mac. It is friday. We begin with a diplomatic clash over President Trumps proposed border wall. A meeting with mexicos president now called off. The president nieto scrap aid planned visit after a tweet from trump saying if mexico is unwilling to pay for the wall, it would be better to cancel the meeting. The white house calls it a mutual decision. Shawn spice ser walking back comments that suggested the wall would be paid for with a 20 tax on mexican imports. When you look at the plan thats taking shape now, using comprehensive tax reform as a means to tax imports from countries we have a trade def at this time from like mexico but by doing it that way, we can easy by pay for the wall through that mechanism alone. Spicer later insisted he wasnt rolling out a policy prescription but suggesting one way the wall could be paid for. Mexicos foreign minister responding last night saying a 20 tax would hurt American Consumers. He said it would drive up prices forcing americans to pay more for imports. Important imports like corona. Tequila. Yes. So President Trump is welcoming the british Prime Minister to the white house today. His first meeting with a foreign leader since taking office a week ago. Meanwhile protesters gathered outside a policy retreat for republican lawmakers in philadelphia. And inside, the president remained fixated on the unsubstantiated allegation afc widespread voter fraud that he blames for costing him the popular vote. More from abcs elizabeth snur President Trump at the gop retreat in philadelphia hoping to drum up support for his sweeping agenda starting with i brief pat on the back for the party. Nice to win. Do we agree . Its been awhile. Reporter again claiming millions voted illegally in the election. We also need to keep the ballot box safe from illegal voting. And believe me, you take a look at whats registering, folks they like to say trump, trump, trump. Take a look at whats registering. Were going to protect the integrity of the ballot box and we are going to defend the votes of the american citizens so important. Reporter on torture, british Prime Minister theresa may also in philadelphia for the retreat said she is opposed to it. Responding to President Trump telling abc news in this exclusive interview, he believes waterboarding works. But i have spoken as recently as 24 hours ago with people at the highest level of intelligence and i asked them the question. Does it work. Does torture work. And the answer was yes. Absolutely. Youre now the president. Do you want water boarding . I dont want people to chop off the citizens or anybodys heads in the middle east, okay . Because theyre christian or muslim or anything else. Were not playing on an even field. I will say this. I will rely on pompeo and mattis and my group and if they dont want to do it, thats fine. If they do want to do, then i will work toward that end. I want to do everything within the bounds of what youre allowed to do legally. But do i feel it works . Absolutely i feel it works. The two lead remembers set to meet in washington later today. And in the meantime, white house Officials Say the president is close 0 signing off on another executive order on that alleged voter fraud and that could happen perhaps as early as today, as well. Kendis and erielle. Thanks. President trumps nominee for secretary of state is still a week from his confirmation by the senate but there is already a shakeup at the state department. Six senior staffers have left an unusually large exodus. The appointees were told they would not be asked to say on during trumps tenure. Also today, Vice President mike pence also address a gathering of abortion opponents as the a rally on the national mall. Organizers for the march for life say no president or vpts has ever spoken at this event in person. Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway is also slated to peek at the rally. Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend. An undocumented immigrant allegedly attacked a u. S. Border patrol agent in arizona. The knife struck the agents handheld radio instead which was attached to his body armor. The suspect was eventually taken into custody. Authorities say the incident is just the latest in a series of attacks against Border Patrol agents in that area. Its official. Most of california is now drought free. Thanks to the powerful storms that have swamped the state in recent weeks according to u. S. Drought monitor, not a single part of california is now in the exceptional or worse category. However, state water Officials Say theyll continue to impose restrictions because when groundwater is depleted it takes a very long time to replenish. Investigators in New Hampshire believe they may have solved a series of cold case murders. Detectives now say a drifter known as robert evans is likely responsible for the death of his then girlfriend dennis bodin who went missing in 1981. Theyre also l