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>> whit: legal limbo. ivf treatments on hold at nearly half of alabama's fertility clinics. the fallout from that state supreme court ruling. will it be enforced? we speak with family struggling with uncertainty. >> gio: campus killing. the arrest in the death of a female jogger whose body was found on a university of georgia campus. >> this was a crime of opportunity. >> gio: what we know about the suspect this morning. >> janai: out of this world, the odie lunar lander sending back its first amazing image despite the news of a slight setback. ♪ if you gave me a chance ♪ ♪ i would take it ♪ >> whit: and skating into history. the team breaking the ice and breaking barriers. plus, shear delight. the young man helping us laugh our way into the weekend. ♪

>> gio: oh, those giggles are infectious. you were just laughing. you were cracking up. >> janai: you were holding in a laugh. >> gio: we cannot wait to hear more from him. good morning, america. there's a lot to get to this morning here including the breaking news overnight of new russian air strikes in ukraine as we mark the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion. >> whit: and another mystery high-altitude balloon spotted and fighter jets sent scrambling to intercept it. of course, this is a reminder of the episode of last year when the u.s. shot down a chinese spy balloon over south carolina. >> janai: we certainly remember that, and this morning there's also an urgent investigation into the disappearance of an american couple in the caribbean. authorities saying their yacht was seized by escapees from jail. >> gio: but we do begin here with today's south carolina presidential primary where former governor nikki haley is facing a steep uphill battle against former president trump for the republican vote, and abc's rachel scott is covering

the race and joins us now from charleston. good morning to you, rachel. >> reporter: good morning, gio. it's finally primary day here in south carolina. nikki haley's campaign even acknowledges this will be an uphill battle for her in her own backyard. she's campaigned here for weeks and ramped up her attacks on the former president, but she's still far behind donald trump. this morning, donald trump and nikki haley going head-to-head in south carolina. >> hello, south carolina. i'm thrilled to be back. >> reporter: the former president making several controversial comments about his criminal proceedings while trying to appeal to black voters. >> the mug shot, we've all seen the mug shot, and you know who embraced it more than anybody else? the black population. >> reporter: and even saying this about the crowd. >> these lights are so bright in my eyes that i can't see too many people out there, but i can only see the black ones. i can't see any white ones. >> reporter: trump has barely campaigned here, only touching down in the final hours, but polls show he's still leading haley by 30 points.

this is haley's home turf. she was elected governor twice, and she insists she's the only republican who can beat president biden in november. >> we have to nominate someone that can actually win a general election. >> reporter: that message sinking in with navy veteran davey hare. he once voted for trump. now he's supporting haley. >> because i'm just not too impressed with trump lately. he's, in my opinion, kind of gone off the dark end. >> reporter: but among republicans here, he's in the minority. gary is all in for trump. >> if donald trump is convicted, would you still vote for him? >> yeah, i guess i would. >> reporter: for some voters this primary is no win. debbie, who voted for trump before, says she won't again. the last straw, trump mocking haley's husband, a major in the army national guard who is currently deployed overseas. >> where is he? he's gone. >> i thought that was probably one of the lowest blows that -- that, to me, just shows his character.

>> reporter: but she's not going for haley either. >> to be honest with you, right now i think one of the main reasons is because i know she can't win. >> reporter: so, in all but one primary since 1980, the republican who wins here in south carolina goes on to be the party's nominee, but nikki haley says, win or lose here, she's staying in the race. >> whit: we will await those results later today. rachel, thank you so much. and the battle over ivf in alabama is also playing into politics. now, some state lawmakers are scrambling to protect women and their treatments as many patients are left waiting in limbo. abc's zohreen shah is here with the latest details. zohreen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. some families in alabama feel like they're being forced to put their dreams of having a baby on hold, and now there's another hurdle. so, alabama's biggest hospital, which paused ivf treatments, says moving embryos to another state is not actually an option, and now all this unfolding as election season heats up.

this morning, the fate of many alabama families resting in the hands of lawmakers following the state's game-changing supreme court ruling stating that frozen embryos are children. treatments now paused at roughly half of alabama's fertility clinics. some families worry they could be held liable for wrongful death when they discard unused frozen embryos, a normal part of the ivf process, and after public outcry, the state's attorney general on friday saying he has no intention of using the recent alabama supreme court decision as a basis for prosecuting ivf families or providers, and now the state's largest hospital, the university of alabama birmingham, says they cannot find companies able and willing to ship embryos for families who want to move them out of the state to try and have a child amid the uncertainty. about 240,000 americans use ivf every year to get pregnant. the debate spilling into the presidential election. former president trump saying this at a rally yesterday.

>> we want to make it easier for mothers and fathers to have babies, not harder. >> reporter: but trump not taking a side on a solution after the alabama court ruling, abc's rachel bate pressing his team. >> does he think an embryo is a child? >> i will not get ahead of the president on that. either i'll let him speak on that specific moral issue on this front. >> reporter: meanwhile, nikki haley clarifying her comments on whether she supports the alabama court ruling. >> i didn't say i agreed with the alabama ruling. what -- the question that i was asked is, do i believe an embryo is a baby? i do think that if you look in the definition, an embryo is considered an unborn baby. >> reporter: president biden stating that alabama's ruling is a direct result of the overturning of roe v. wade. families caught in the crosshairs. this woman says it took five years and multiple rounds of ivf to have her first child, and now she fears she may not be able to have more.

>> we would love just more, two, three, however many that we could have, but right now only option is ivf, and if that's taken away here in the state of alabama, we will only get to have our one. >> reporter: just so many families in limbo, and the white house says the decision could go beyond alabama. meanwhile, alabama's governor says that she's working with republican colleagues on a solution to protect the treatment. janai, a lot of eyes will be on her. >> janai: a political hot topic now, but also such a personal topic. zohreen, thank you. this morning, u.s. and canadian defense officials are tracking a high-altitude balloon first spotted over utah. you'll probably remember that this incident brings to mind that chinese spy balloon shot down just over a year ago. abc's karen travers joins us live from the white house. karen, good morning to you. this one not shot down. >> reporter: good morning, janai. that balloon is now likely over the atlantic ocean after moving quickly across the u.s. overnight. it was allowed to continue flying, because officials say it posed no threat to national security.

still, norad fighter jets intercepted that small balloon over utah on friday morning. it was flying at an altitude of 43,000 to 45,000 feet, and a u.s. official tells us the balloon is about 50 feet tall with a two-foot cube payload. still unknown, who launched that balloon, what its mission may be, and what is inside that payload, but important to note the faa says that the balloon posed no danger to flight safety. of course, this does remind everybody about that chinese spy balloon that, just over a year ago, was spotted flying across the united states. that was sparking big tensions at the time between the two countries. it was very different. it was much bigger. the payload on that chinese spy balloon was the size of three buses, and president biden ordered it shot down off the coast of south carolina. now, with this balloon, there are still a lot of questions. the white house so far is not commenting, but, gio, we are told that president biden is tracking this. >> gio: all right.

many questions, indeed. all right, karen. thank you so much. now, to an arrest in the death of a college student in georgia. the 22-year-old nursing student was found dead near running trails at the university of georgia. abc's morgan norwood is following this one. good morning, morgan. >> hey, good morning to you, gio. such a disturbing case. police put up a very visible investigation. we're talking checkpoints and searches, but they say it was technology and surveillance video, they say, that led them to jose ibarra. police say he murdered the 22-year-old college student in cold blood, seemingly for no reason, in a crime of opportunity. this morning, a manhunt over after police arrested a suspect in connection to the killing of 22-year-old nursing student laken riley after she disappeared following a jog. she was later found dead on the university of georgia's campus. jose ibarra facing multiple charges including murder, kidnapping, and concealing the death of another. his arrest comes hours after state investigators were seen here swarming this apartment complex friday digging through dumpsters, slicing open trash bags, and setting up this mobile

command center. >> this was a very isolated incident. this was an individual who woke up with bad intentions on that day. >> reporter: friends first reported laken riley missing thursday afternoon after they say she went for a run near the university's intramural fields. police finding her body the same day in the woods behind the fields. they say she had visible blunt force trauma. >> the investigation suggests they had no relationship. he did not know her at all. i think this was a crime of opportunity. >> reporter: the community, though relieved by the arrest of a suspect, now faced with grief. the 22-year-old nursing student had just transferred from uga to augusta university's college of nursing program in athens last spring. the school saying she was a dean's list student adding, this sudden loss of one of our students is truly heartbreaking. indeed, it is, and this morning we know ibarra is being held without bond. police say he is undocumented and believe he came to this country from venezuela. whit.

>> whit: such an awful story. all right. morgan, thank you. this morning an urgent manhunt is under way for an american couple missing in the caribbean. they were last seen nearly a week ago, and now bizarre details are emerging about the couple's stolen yacht. abc's phil lipof is here with what authorities are now saying. phil, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning to you. bizarre details, and this is a mystery. they had planned this trip for years, just the two of them, on their catamaran in the caribbean. this morning they are missing after authorities say they may have come in contact with three violent escaped prisoners. >> i've lost everything. i've just lost my balance. i've lost, like, my direction. i've lost my heart and soul. >> reporter: this morning the frantic search for an american couple missing from their yacht in the caribbean. authorities say it was stolen by escaped prisoners. >> you have to presume they're still alive until further notice, and without bodies or dna, i just won't give up. >> reporter: ralph hendry and kathy brandel from falls church, virginia, were vacationing on

their yacht, "simplicity," on the caribbean island of grenada. according to hendry's sister, sue ellen, the couple was last seen by a neighbor last sunday going into a restaurant. by 6:30 the next morning, the couple and the yacht gone. >> the winds were wrong. the tides were wrong, and they're seasoned boaters, so they wouldn't have left unless it was a family emergency. >> reporter: what happened next remains a mystery, but local police say the yacht became the target of three alleged criminals, who escaped from a police station in grenada, and stole it. >> the next thing we have is the boat is at svg too close to the shore, ripped sails, and another boat comes across it and says everything about that doesn't look right. >> reporter: authorities catching them three days later on a neighboring island. a sailing association says the boat was found abandoned with, quote, evidence of apparent violence. >> this trip to grenada was 12 years in the making. they dreamed about it. they prepared for it. this was not just something. this was everything to them.

>> reporter: all the more devastating, so authorities in the caribbean have the couple's boat. they have the three prisoners who had escaped from prison. they have evidence of violence on the boat, but they still at this hour are searching for the couple, and, by the way, the couple's two children and nephew have joined in on the search. janai. >> janai: this story, phil, is just almost unbelievable, hoping they are found soon. thank you, phil. turning overseas now to the war in ukraine with the latest new images of russian strikes in ukraine, this as we mark two years since the invasion, and in that time, tens of thousands of people have been killed and injured. millions more have been forced from their homes. abc's james longman joins us live from kyiv as the u.s. announces sweeping new sanctions against russia. james, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, janai. russia is now the most sanctioned country on earth, but it doesn't seem to make too much of a difference. putin has turned russia into a war economy making more munitions a focus on total

victory, but the west's commitment to this war seems to be fraying. a series of russian strikes on ukraine overnight marking two years to the day since its invasion. a drone attack in odessa hitting a residential building, killing a 70-year-old and leaving three others in critical condition, and after the death of putin's most famous critic, president biden is now ordering more than 500 sanctions. >> putin is responsible for alexei's death. the clock is ticking. ukraine soldiers are dying. >> reporter: navalny's widow with this impassioned plea to release his body. [ speaking non-english ] "give back the body of my husband," she says. "you tortured him alive. now you are continuing to torture him dead." the sanctions, the largest yet targeting individuals connected to navalny's death, as well as russia's military and financial institutions including revenue generated from russia's metals and mining sector. u.s. senate majority leader chuck schumer now putting pressure on republicans to pass a $60 billion military aid bill blocked in the house.

what material difference will this make on the battlefield? >> it's winning and losing. you have the aid, ukraine will win. >> reporter: ukraine says lack of aid has allowed russia to make gains. there's real concern russia may try again to push towards kyiv. ukraine now boosting their northern defenses, but a lot of people are looking at this and think actually the reality is that it doesn't matter who wins in november, ukraine's going to have to make a deal with russia. >> the ukrainians will not make a deal with russia as long as they are winning on the battlefield. they could be forced to sue for peace if they're losing, but that would be an awful situation that will embolden putin, and my guess is that he wouldn't stop after such a deal. >> reporter: and it's two years to the day since russia invaded ukraine, but the situation for this country does not look good. russia is pushing on multiple fronts, and the ukrainians say it's very simple. if that aid doesn't get through congress, they'll lose. gio.

>> gio: incredible that it's been two years. all right, james, thank you so much for your reporting. breaking this morning, king charles showing his support for ukraine on this day in a written message even as he deals with his cancer battle. this morning, buckingham palace is sharing new images of the king for the first time since his diagnosis, and abc's lama hasan joins us now from outside the palace. good morning, lama. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, gio. that's right. for the first time since king charles' cancer diagnosis earlier this month, buckingham palace is releasing these new images showing the king reading and enjoying the letters and cards that have been sent to him from people all over the world. more than 7,000 of them and counting, an outpouring of support and well wishes. some are poignant messages. many are hand drawn cards from children telling the king to never give up, to be brave and to get well soon. other cards made him chuckle like this one that reads, king charles, at least you don't have

to wear a cone. now, these images were filmed before the king met up with prime minister rishi sunak seeing him for the first time for their face-to-face weekly meeting. an emotional king telling the prime minister, the cards and letters have reduced him to tears most of the time. now, the palace not revealing the exact details of his cancer diagnosis, except that it is not prostate cancer. now, the king has stepped back from his public-facing royal duties as he continues his outpatient treatment. he is said to be on good form. whit. >> whit: some encouraging news, there, lama, thank you. back in the u.s., the cdc reporting an increase in norovirus cases across the country. the highest number of cases showing up in the northeast, new york city and philadelphia, the hardest hit. norovirus is spread through direct contact with an infected person, touching contaminated surfaces, or consuming contaminated food or drinks. doctors reminding everyone the importance of washing your hands. >> janai: got to wash those hands. i don't know how many times you have to tell the kids that, and they still have the runny noses, oh, my goodness.

somara, it's time now for a check of the weather. the cold here has not been helping. >> somara: no, but we got a mild day yesterday. i hope you guys enjoyed that. things are actually really quiet at the moment, so mother nature is trying to put me out of a job. [ laughter ] i don't know. no, i'm not complaining. new york city, oh, my goodness, the city of dreams, absolutely gorgeous out there, so pretty. the sun is coming up. carmel, indiana, you guys are getting a little bit of snow there and not sticking, but it's because of this clipper system that's starting to swing through parts of the great lakes into the ohio valley, columbus getting snow and ohio some rain. a little farther south in tennessee, that's pretty much it. it fizzles out. the rest of the country, it's quiet. quiet conditions throughout much of the middle of the country. that's out west. what we do have is those temperatures that weekend winter blast and windchills pretty chilly in the teens in new york, boston, four degrees, feeling like below zero farther north in caribou, maine, but not going to

be around long. we will warm things up. look at this, oklahoma city, by monday, temperatures in the low 80s, records possible. that's a look at the forecast around the country. let's see what's going o >> somara: and that's a look at your forecast. my friends, back to you. >> janai: wait a second. >> gio: 60s. >> janai: 83 in oklahoma city on monday. >> somara: on monday. >> whit: road trip. [ laughter ] packing up the family van. let's go. >> janai: that's insane. >> somara: i know. i know. >> gio: thank you, so mara.

can we talk about odie? >> whit: yes. >> gio: the lunar lander odysseus or odie's images taken while odie was about to land flying six miles above a crater near the moon's south pole, but now we've learned that odie hit a rock during landing tipping over ending up on its side, but the company behind odie, intuitive machines, says the majority of the payloads are working. odie is trying hard to send images back from the surface of the moon. it's the dark side of the moon, so it's very, very difficult to do that, unlike the apollo missions. the apollo missions were facing the earth. >> whit: isn't that a pink floyd song, "the dark side of the moon"? >> janai: we were trying to figure that out last week. the back side of the moon, the dark side of the moon. >> whit: looking forward to those images coming in. all right. still ahead on "gma," the deadly helicopter crash. what we're learning this morning about the loss of two national guard members in mississippi. >> janai: and a lottery lawsuit. why a powerball player is going to court over a losing ticket.

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four each. on the tv side, the final season of "succession," which you guys finally talked me into watching all of, it is up for five awards. i think it's going to go home with quite a few. >> whit: looking forward to that. we want to look at the other big stories we're following. happening right now, south carolina voters will cast their ballots as donald trump and nikki haley go head-to-head in today's republican primary. the latest polls show trump leading the former south carolina governor by 30 points. haley insists she is the only republican who can beat president biden in november. >> gio: also right now, an investigation is under way to find out what caused a deadly military helicopter crash in northeast mississippi. governor tate reeves confirming both national guardsmen on board were killed when their apache helicopter went down during a routine training flight friday afternoon. >> janai: and american airlines is making it harder for travelers to earn frequent flier points while also raising fees for checked bags. the airline announced it will no longer award points to travel that is not booked directly

through the airline, and checking a bag will now cost travelers up to 10 bucks more. the increased bag fees have already gone into effect. united airlines is also announcing a $5 increase for checked bags. >> gio: it's just costing more and more to fly. >> janai: it is, and now you can't use the points through your credit card if you want to get the points. you got to do it through -- yep, i know. all the things. don't put your seat back. we do start with a closer look at the top political headlines this week. joining us are our deputy political director, averi harper, and white house correspondent, maryalice parks. good morning to both of you ladies. averi, let's start with you, nikki haley's campaign manager acknowledged that they do not expect to walk away with a win tonight in the south carolina primary, but what does she hope to accomplish? >> they are looking forward to michigan's primary, which is next tuesday, super tuesday, which comes soon after that, where we'll see 15 states and a territory go to the polls, but nikki haley's campaign manager also said that the math is

challenging for them, and that's because in some of these contests, there is what is called winner-take-all rules. so, if a candidate comes away with 50% of the vote, and trump could come away with 50% of the vote in some of these elections, what we could see is him take all of the delegates, and nikki haley needs delegates in order to inch closer to the nomination. i also think it's going to become more difficult for her to turn out voters, because voters are realistic. they want to vote for someone they believe can win, and nikki haley hasn't won a single nominating contest. when you look at the outlook for her in south carolina, her home state, a place where voters know her, it doesn't look great. so, i think the next couple of weeks are make or break for nikki haley. >> whit: we'll be watching those votes come in later today. maryalice, let's turn to you, and another big topic this morning, the state supreme court in alabama, that decision on ivf. it's become a huge issue on the campaign trail. we're seeing republicans try to clarify their positions. democrats, like joe biden, trying to blame republicans. how is all of this playing out? >> look, the majority of americans, even those that

consider themselves republicans and anti-abortion, are not interested in this, and that's why we've seen in the last few days donald trump, nikki haley come out against this saying that they are in favor of protecting ivf treatments, but, look, it took them a few days, and even when donald trump came out with the statement, it was not robust. it said that he broadly supports ivf protections. it lacked any specifics about what should be done. i can tell you the women, the families, the clinics in alabama, they need concrete answers about what is happening. they are not sure. look, for voters two big issues that democrats are going to be hammering, the judiciary. they're going to be playing and playing those clips of donald trump celebrating the fact that he put three very conservative justices on the supreme court that overturned roe v. wade. they're also going to play clips of him putting controversial lower court judges on the bench in federal -- you know, state federal courts. i think it's also interesting they're going to hammer any national legislative solutions,

because, remember, we've seen republican candidates talk about being in favor of a national abortion ban. two years ago, democrats brought a vote to protect access to birth control. 195 republicans voted against that. democrats are going to make this central to their campaign message, and that's good for democrats at the polls. >> gio: yeah, and there's so important questions moving forward and what happens next. averi, let's turn to the border crisis. we're hearing president biden is considering a plan to restrict people who cross the border from claiming asylum. that's not what he campaigned on. >> right, president biden has certainly moved to the right on this in recent years. he campaigned four years ago talking about the importance of asylum seekers being able to have their cases heard here in the united states, and so the notion of him considering something that would put a limit or restrictions on asylum claims is something that could alienate parts of the democratic base. so, after all, this would not be something that would be a compromise. this wouldn't be something like the bipartisan border deal which he's trying to make a deal with republicans across the aisle. this would be something that he would be doing on his own accord

through executive action, and so it will be interesting to see what happens here. there are a lot of folks who are paying really close attention to this. >> janai: such a big talk and something else that could impact so many americans, fears of a looming government shutdown, a couple of deadlines coming up, one in less than a week. will lawmakers be able to strike a deal? >> it is groundhog day. we are here all over again. >> whit: deja vu. >> this is the fourth time since september that the government has come up to the brink. lawmakers pushing it to the final week. i mean, one deadline, like you said, next friday, the next deadline the week after that. so much to do. we don't know what the path forward is. lawmakers in the house don't even get back into session until wednesday, and, yeah, there could be real impacts, potentially air traffic controllers working without pay, programs at the v.a. halted. this is not a way to run a government. >> gio: yeah, all right. maryalice, averi, always so good to have you here on a saturday morning. thank you so much. >> whit: by the way, both will be joining me tonight as we continue our coverage from south carolina. a long day ahead. >> gio: a long day ahead. drink that coffee.

all right, let's go over to you for weather, and you got the snow. >> somara: our friends in eden, utah, have picked up 35 inches of snow in the last seven days bringing their season total to 251. images from powder mountain, we see where they got their name. all this powdery snow falling down. this is good news for a lot of the ski resorts. look at the current winter alerts we have right now with the next storm that is moving in at the top of the week. winter storm watches in parts of washington state, oregon, idaho, wind alerts in much of colorado. over the next few days into next week, we could see anywhere from two to four feet in parts of the rockies. that's a look at the weather across >> somara: and that's a look at your forecast, my friends. back to you. >> janai: somara, dear viewers,

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>> gio: welcome back to "gma." >> gio: welcome back to "gma." and the man who says powerball owes him a payout, even if he doesn't have a winning ticket. abc's jaclyn lee has more on a lawsuit that was just filed over this. jaclyn, good morning. >> hey, gio, good morning. look, whenever any one of us buy a lottery ticket, we all think there is a small chance we might hit it big, and the chances of it happening are 1 in 292 million, and for that one man, he says he did win, only to be turned down. >> this is powerball. good evening, america. >> reporter: john cheeks thought he beat the odds and hit the jackpot when he saw his numbers listed on the d.c. lottery website last january, alongside

a $340 million prize. >> it was one of those times where you say, okay, wait a minute. hold up. let me check this again. >> reporter: but when he went to claim his winnings -- >> they said, hey, we made a mistake. we cannot accept this ticket. >> reporter: now he is suing powerball and a handful of others claiming the defendants were negligent for posting erroneous winning lottery numbers to the public, not correcting their error for several days. according to court documents, cheeks was told his numbers were accidentally published by the company that operates the d.c. lottery website and that his ticket was not a winner. >> powerball and the other entities owed a duty to people who bought these tickets in that if they made such an error, this reckless error of reporting the wrong numbers, that there was a likelihood that somebody saw the wrong number. >> reporter: abc news reached out to the defendants for comment. the d.c. office of lottery and gaming said in a statement, every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information

provided on its website and phone lines, but as expressly stated on these platforms, they are not the final authority on winning numbers or prizes. our legal expert also explained that if cheeks wins this court case, it sets a precedent that not only lottery commissions, but potentially news and governmental organizations could be liable for posting incorrect winning numbers. guys. >> gio: i mean, it's kind of important to get the numbers right on the website. >> it's important to be accurate. >> whit: yes, indeed. all right. jaclyn, thank you so much. we appreciate that. coming up here on "good morning america," the college ice skaters launching their way into competition and breaking traditional barriers.

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>> janai: we a >> janai: we are back now on "gma" with students skating into history at a historically black university. abc's morgan norwood has more on what it took to put this team together. morgan, good morning. >> hey, good morning to you, janai. so, many of these young women have been skating since they were really young. so, when they came up with this idea, it took a little bit of strategizing and recruiting to break the ice with their university. see what i did there? but this morning they are the first hbcu ice skating team. they're breaking barriers and preparing for their first collegiate competition. [ cheers ] >> reporter: this morning a group of athletes at howard university gliding into history as the first-ever figure skating team at a historically black university. >> i first started ice skating when i was 7. i went to an ice show at my home rink, and i saw some figure skaters that looked like me. >> reporter: that representation inspired psychology major maya james to build a roster at her

university teaming up with senior cheyenne walker. >> we should be able to see our new members, people who have never been on the ice before, learning how to skate, and seeing how they're getting into the sport is the most exciting part of everything. >> reporter: the team stands on the shoulders of professional figure skating icons like rory flack. >> you don't see that very often. >> reporter: the first african american woman to perform a backflip on the ice in 1991 and also the first african american woman to win the u.s. open professional figure skating championships in 1994. >> i faced every challenge, i felt. you know, i had to face the challenge of being the only skater of color on ice. at every moment i felt like i had to prove my right to be there. >> reporter: which is why she says the space they created is so special. howard's figure skating team is now preparing for their first intercollegiate tournament at the university of delaware this weekend. the team sharing behind-the-scenes practices on their instagram page. these young skaters not only proud to represent their

university, but to serve as figures of inspiration. and so james says the hope from here is that other hbcus will start figure skating teams so they can compete with one another. we are looking forward to their competition later today in delaware. but did you know that we have our own resident ice queen, somara theodore is a figure skater. >> whit: we have evidence. >> i've seen videos of her. >> somara: i had it on my phone. >> janai: look at that. >> somara: but, yeah, so i started when i was -- i was a late bloomer at 14, and my current coach right now, because i still do it, yeah, right out there in jersey, deanna, we were on the ice not too recently, and she was explaining to me really the fundamentals of it, and we both decided, you know, you have to trust the physics. now i have trust issues, so i fall a little bit every now and then. you have to trust the physicses, and it becomes a spiritual and scientific kind of medley inside of me. it's the most freeing experience.

i hope more young women of color will get on the ice. >> whit: that video. making it happen on the ice. amazing. >> somara: you know. >> janai: you know. love that. >> whit: she's like, oh, start, start. >> somara: stop. >> janai: we will be right back with our "play of the day." known for loving the outdoors. known for getting everyone together. no one wants to be known for cancer, but a treatment can be. keytruda is known to treat cancer. fda-approved for 16 types of cancer, including certain early-stage cancers. one of those cancers is triple-negative breast cancer. keytruda may be used with chemotherapy medicines as treatment before surgery and then continued alone after surgery when you have early-stage breast cancer and are at high risk of it coming back. keytruda can cause your immune system to attack healthy parts of your body during or after treatment. this may be severe and lead to death.

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>> whi >> whit: we are back with our "play of the day" and the young man who is helping us laugh our way into the weekend. 2 1/2-year-old mason here got a giant case of the giggles during his trip to the barbershop. for some kids, getting clipped can be a traumatic experience, but mason just loves the whole thing. his mom says when she mentions haircut, he gets all excited, especially since the whole thing ends with a lollipop. i just love that laugh. >> janai: they are so sweet. >> whit: you know those little kid giggles.

right? it's just infectious. >> janai: truly, and warms your heart. >> whit: the best. >> janai: all right. coming up here on "gma" in our second hour, primary day in south carolina. the challenge for nikki haley to put in a good showing in her home state as she takes on front-runner, donald trump. >> gio: and our "gma" cover story, heart health research in underrepresented communities. how it is being addressed. >> whit: then "deals & steals," great clothing and accessory finds all from small businesses. stay with us. finds all from small businesses. stay with us.

good morning. i'm stephanie sierra. today, the oakland fans fest returns to the east bay. it's an event designed to celebrate the oakland a's and its fans, who proudly call the town home. the a's will not be there, though, but the new oakland ballers will along with me local breweries. and in san francisco, the annual chinese new year parade and festival kicks off tonight. the dran parade begs at 6 p.m. at second and market streets, then ends at kearny strt in cousvenue. all festivities begin at 515 and go until eight. there will be a grand finale, fireworks show at union square. there will be great weather for it, and it will be a great day to be outside. let's check in with lisa. >> good morning. good morning to you. starting out here in the city, our moratorium camera. beautiful start out there. temperatures on this panel in the lower 50s except for san mateo, 47 there. and it's been cooler in our protected valleys of the north bay. but with all the sun today near 70 degrees in santa cruz, 39 in petaluma, 43

in fairfield, 47 santa rosa. and our 24 hour temperature change a little cooler san francisco and especially in concord, elsewhere, eight degrees milder. this morning in napa. so we've had a few clouds around, but the bulk of the day notice mostly sunny conditions and looking at that sun setting near 6:00 tonight, highs today from the mid 60s in half moon bay. look for upper 60s down along the peninsula with 71 in fairfield, low 70s for you from santa cruz to morgan hill and santa rosa and then tonight we're looking at some clouds, temperatures upper 40s to the low 50s. a few more clouds and cooler on sunday week. level one system on monday. back to some midweek sunshine. stephanie >> lisa, thank you and thank you all for joining us. the news continues with good morning america. the. but his vision dimmed with age. he had amd. i didn't know it then, but it can progress to ga, an advanced form of the disease.

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