Right for those spots devastated by the wildfires while out east, the great thaw begins. And abc news exclusive, Tonya Harding, done apologizing. Why . What shes saying about that attack on Nancy Kerrigan. Competitors, yes. Rivals, no. What did she know beforehand . Now nearly 25 years later, shes telling her side of the story only on abc. And we do say good morning, america. Great to have michael back here in the fold. Great to be back. That didnt was working. Able to find the studio. I wasnt trying to find it when it was zero. I know. I dont blame you at all. How about that game last night . Were playing sweet home alabama, roll, tide. Down at the half, freshman quarterback comes in, go on to win in overtime, 2623. There you see them lifting the trophy for the fifth time under coach saban. A gutsy call he made switching quarterbacks in the second half. The freshman comes off the bench to lead the way, Tua Tagovailoa will be here live. Thats a tongue tie right there, george. That was very good. Well take a look at alabama after the win. You thought you were excited at home. There they are, the student, all the fans had so much to celebrate last night. Wow crazy scene of happiness right there. And amy was there in georgia for the game. We know shes a big bulldogs than. Her alma mater and we know you hoped it would have been a different outcome but at the same time i know youre proud of your team. Yeah, you know what, they did great last night. It was a thriller last night, yes, it was a heartbreaker to some of us and you know the crimsonettes here, they are having fun this morning. None of them have slept overnight as is the case for many alabama fans and no one can argue it was a game for the ages last night, you had a come from behind overtime victory for alabama and, yes, it also thrust this 19yearold true freshman into the spotlight. With the game on the line, alabama turned to a true freshman, quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. Tagovailoa trying to make up for it. Reporter boy, did he deliver. Fire to the end zone. Touchdown, alabama wins the crimson tide will not be denied. Alabama breaks georgia hearts. Reporter down 130 to georgia at the half. In the air, the dogs barking in the first half. Reporter alabama sacked their veteran qb jalen hurts in favor of Tua Tagovailoa, a fivestar recruit from hawaii. Throwing again, end zone, touchdown. Reporter the 19yearold orchestrated a 20point comeback. Tagovailoa, plenty of time. Surveying the field. Fires, end zone, touchdown. Reporter but when alabama missed this lastsecond field goal to win the game no. When you miss it that bad thats pressure. Reporter georgia fans thought they had another shot at redemption in overtime. But the crimson tide rolled. Touchdown, alabama wins. Reporter to their sixth National Championship under coach nick saban. This is a great win for our players and ive never been happier in my life. What were your emotions as you watched the ball through flew the air . Couldnt believe it. I could not believe it. Did you know it was a touchdown. I knew we were up running seattle and when i saw him come through on the other side i said this was it. Reporter the number 13 has never felt so lucky. This moment, i mean it means the world but at the same time, i mean all glory goes to god. I cant describe what hes done for me and my family. The man that caught that gamewinning catch Devonta Smith also a true freshman and says as they were coming up with that play he looked over at tua and said, trust me, bro. Well, i guess that trust certainly paid off and a lot of people asking this morning if this victory makes nick saban the most Successful College coach of all time. You may remember back in 2009 when he brought home his first victory for alabama he said this is just the beginning and it looks like he was certainly right. Now he is tied with bear bryant for a record six championships, that is the most for a head coach ever in history so pretty impressive stats. We are going to speak with tua, that star quarterback, also an alabama player who decided to celebrate beyond the Football Game by proposing to his girlfriend. So a lot coming up still, guys. Amy, it was exciting for us to be watching at home. What was it like to be there at that stadium . Reporter i mean, it was great for the first three quarter, robin. Amazing and then it was soul crushing. It was soul crushing. I mean i we had the biggest highs and just the most horrific lows, i mean, we really thought when they missed that field goal at the end we had it and then we made ours, oh. It was a rough night. Yeah, were seeing amy, if it makes you feel any better ive been there more than once. Hang in there. Youll be all right. Well check back with you in a little bit. Amy, thank you. We saw President Trump take the field for the National Anthem at last nights championship game and this morning keeping an eye on those talks between north and south korea, their first in two years and theyve decided to send a delegation to the olympics. Martha raddatz is tracking the latest. Shes there in seoul, south korea. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, robin. After months of terrifying nuclear headlines coming out of north korea, today was a welcome and startling change on the peninsula, beginning with a walk across the border. This morning, on the worlds most heavily fortified border, a delegation of north korean officials walked brinkley over that small dividing line right into south korea, enemy territory. Greeted by south korean counterparts, the men shook hands, smiling and got down to business. And it did not take long. For the first time in eight years, north korea agreed to send its athletes, a figure skating pair and maybe more, to the upcoming Olympic Games as well as a Cheerleading Group and performance troupe. South korea even wants to enter the olympics Opening Ceremony side by side with the north korean team. The North Koreans calling it a new years gift. For the south an insurance policy that kim jongun wont disrupt the games. The south did bring up hopes of denuclearization with north korea today. The north said absolutely nothing in response. And there is no guarantee kim wont test another missile in the coming weeks. He is likely just one or two tests away from perfecting a Nuclear Tipped Missile that could potentially reach the u. S. Exactly the deterrent and negotiating power he wants. President trump had said he welcomed these talks between the north and south about the Olympic Games but says kim jongun knows he is not messing around when it comes to demanding the north halt its Nuclear Weapons program and the pressure will continue. Robin. It will, all right. Thank you, martha. Now to new developments in the russia investigation. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has told President Trumps legal team that he is likely to request an interview with the president , could come in a matter of weeks and our senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas is tracking the investigation from washington. Good morning, pierre. Reporter good morning. Thats right, george. Special counsel mueller has indicated to President Trumps attorneys that his team may want to interview the president and sources tell us that trumps legal team is pondering how to respond if an official request is made. Would they be willing to allow the president to sit down to be interviewed or would they want to limit the scope and allow the president to respond only in written form . Its unclear, george, whether mueller will accept the more limited option. Hard to imagine he would accept that option especially because in the past president s have sat down with special counsels, Ronald Reagan did it, bill clinton did it before the grand jury, george w. Bush did it. Reporter absolutely. The president has maintained there was no collusion and hes done nothing wrong so he may feel its perfectly fine to do the interview because hes got nothing to hide but the Trump Legal Team is going to have to be careful. This is a way for mueller to get the president on the record and ask questions not only about allegations of russian collusion generally but there could also be a lot of specific questions including what the president knew about that trump tower meeting with the russians and his role in crafting don juniors misleading statement about that trump tower meeting. And, remember, george, the special counsels team will be holding all the cards with information from witnesses that have already been interviewed and a lot of unknown, for example, what is Michael Flynn telling the special counsel . The former National Security adviser pled guilty in exchange for cooperation and hes looking at zero to six months in jail, some legal experts say thats a pretty sweet deal, george. What did mueller get in exchange for such a sweet deal . Of course, the big risk for the president any false statements before the special counsel could bring charges. Pierre thomas, thanks very much. Were going to get more from the white house now. Cecilia vega is there and, cecilia, want to switch gears and pick up on that oprah boom that got kicked off. Possible talk about a run in 2020. What was the reaction at the white house . Reporter well, we dont actually know whether the president saw oprahs speech. We know his daughter did. Take a look, george. Shes tweeting overnight just saw oprahs empowering and inspiring speech at last nights Golden Globes. Lets all come together, women and men and say times up, united. Got quite a response. People like Alyssa Milano saying you can donate to the times up movement in you want to support people like your own fathers accusers so got a little rough online for ivanka overnight. Now, in the late 90s, donald trump was asked who he would choose as a running mate if he decided to run for office. He named oprah and you know that interview you had with him on the day he announced his candidacy for this office, he said, i like oprah. So we will see the official line from the white house is we welcome all challengers. Of course, democrats have a big decision ahead for themselves. Lots of business in washington right now. Going to sit down again trying to avoid the Government Shutdown that could hit later this month, january 19th but this President Trumps demand for a border wall still a huge Sticking Point. Reporter yeah, and that shutdown, the clock is ticking. This border wall, this issue of immigration is the main Sticking Point right now on this issue. Were looking at the shutdown and potentially just nine days away so democrats and republicans will be here for this. For democrats its a nonstarter, 18 billion for this wall they say, no dice. President trump, a Huge Campaign promise. Perhaps his biggest and demanding this wall and Border Security be part of this funding measure. Nancy pelosi told reporters yesterday shes skeptical they can get anything done during this meeting so that just shows you, george, where theyre starting on this one, really both sides digging in. Meantime, on immigration yesterday, cecilia, the Trump Administration taking away that protected status for salvadorians who have been he00 reporter yeah, more than a a quarter of a million people. Essentially it protects salvadorians and the country illegally from being deported. They now have until september 2019 to stay in this country. How are you going to force all of these people out of this country . Theyre here. Theyve got lives here. Their country depends on these remittance, schumer is calling this heartless and reckless. Thanks very much. Well move on from politics now to that powerful storm out west forcing thousands to evacuate. There are serious concerns about flooding and mudslides. In the same areas devastated by recent wildfires. Matt gutman is in california where the storm is moving in. Good morning, matt. Reporter hey, good morning, you can see the rain coming down. It is forecast to come down at over an inch an hour and i want to give you a sense of why these mudslides are such a threat here. So after a fire comes roaring through here, it basically bakes in some of this soil making it waxy so kind of like clay and then everything comes sliding down the mountain here and the major concern is that so many of these fires have burned right over Populated Areas like this one. This morning, the first major winter rainstorm lashing the same parts of Southern California scorched by wildfires this fall. Hillsides that were engulfed in flames just weeks ago now completely denuded leaving nothing to hold the soil in place. I mean, look at the hill. Theres nothing slowing it down. Reporter right,000s are under mandatory and voluntary evacuation orders. Fears over flash floods and landslides growing this morning. Intersections already inundated in some parts, residents using sand, hay and sheets of plastic to prevent the scorched hillsides from collapsing. The claffey family is facing their second evacuation in less than a month and met them in december, cars ck thomas fire tore through. What are awe parade of . The fire. Reporter is it flowing . Its stuck on the other side. Reporter now leaving again, it was little macys first day back at school since the fires. The familys arming itself with sandbags and makeshift waterways to channel the water away from the house hoping to fight off another potential disaster. If our house were flooded, it would be devastating. Ab reporter it is so hard for so many of these families to kick start their lives back up again. Now, were forecast to see rain well over an inch an hour. That is dangerous and its no idle threat in a town like la conchita where we are here, in 2005 mudslides from this very mountain killed ten people in this town. Now, most residents have evacuated. But not all of them. Robin. All right, matt, thank you very much. They have been through so much. Lets go to ginger who is tracking the timing of this or. Good morning. This rain is widespread. San francisco had its wettest day on record since this, that rain heavy at times, matt is about to get 30 to 50 Miles Per Hour gusts in the valley and coasts. Up to mountains 70 even 90 miles an hour gusts. Robin. And blank nd every one of them i dont doubt for a second that there is remorse on behalf of each and every one of them. Reporter pi delta psi prohibited from operating anywhere in the state for ten years meaning its chapters at penn state and Carnegie Mellon will be shut down. Attributed to injuries from being repeatedly tackled by Fraternity Members during a rich wh ritual at a rented home and waited more than an hour before getting help. There shouldnt have been any delay and yet there was and then afterwards there was a coverup. Reporter the decision is having ramifications for other victims of hazing, as well. Pennsylvanias attorney general agreed on monday to take over the penn state hazing case that left Timothy Piazza dead in 2017. He fell down a flight of stairs. His parents put out a statement saying in order for there to be real and meaningful change, prosecutors and the Court Systems throughout the country need to take a tougher stance on these types of crimes. And penn state said theyve implemented some changes to increase safety and we reached out to Baruch College but so far no response. Thanks so much. Ginger, back to you. Above 60 in mashville tomorrow, yes, its head for many of us east of t rockies very short time. Tuesday trivia now brought to you by quicken loans. Trivia question interesting cause when miami was at 44 we were in that deep freeze. This morning we are a little below freezing. 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