HI, I'M DIANE MACEDO. TODAY ON "ABC NEWS LIVE". A NEW JOBS REPORT OUT THIS MORNING. WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE NATION'S WORKFORCE AND YOUR MONEY. A STATE OF EMERGENCY AS CALIFORNIA IS SLAMMED WITH ANOTHER STORM . RELENTLESS RAIN, HIGH WINDS AND EVEN MORE SNOW ARE RAISING FEARS OF ROOF COLLAPSES AND AVALANCHES. THIS IS A CROSS-COUNTRY STORM BRINGS A BLAST OF SNOW FROM THE MIDWEST TO THE NORTHEAST. >> JORGE SANTOS UNDER FIRE AGAIN. THE EMBATTLED CONGRESSMAN'S FORMER ROOMMATE IS REPORTEDLY ACCUSING SANTOS OF MASTERMINDING A CREDIT CARD FRAUD OPERATION. WHAT HE TOLD THE FBI. AND JUST TWO DAYS UNTIL THE OSCARS IS ANGELA BASSETT. A LOCK FOR THE FIRST WIN FROM A MARVEL MOVIE. WILL MICHELLE YEOH MAKE HISTORY? AND WILL "TOP GUN: MAVERICK" LAND BEST PICTURE? WE'RE LIVE ON THE RED CARPET WITH WHAT TO EXPECT FROM HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST NIGHT. BUT WE BEGIN WITH A JOBS REPORT IN LINE WITH WHAT ANALYSTS EXPECTED. THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS THE U.S. ECONOMY ADDED THREE HUNDRED ELEVEN THOUSAND JOBS LAST MONTH WHILE THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ROSE TO THREE POINT SIX PERCENT. ABC NEWS BUSINESS REPORT ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS IS HERE TO PACK THESE NUMBERS FOR US . ALEXI'S THIS IS DOWN FROM THE HALF A MILLION PLUS JOBS ADDED IN JANUARY . WHAT DO THESE NUMBERS MEAN? BIG PICTURE. THEY ARE DOWN FROM THAT HALF MILLION THAT WE SAW IN JANUARY , BUT THIS IS STILL A VERY, VERY HOT JOB. MARKET. DESPITE HIGH INFLATION, DESPITE HIGH INTEREST RATES, COMPANIES ARE STILL HIRING AT A REALLY GOOD CLIP. SO LET'S JUST REVIEW THESE NUMBERS. WE ADDED THREE ELEVEN THOUSAND JOBS LAST MONTH. THAT WAS MORE THAN THE TWO HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND THAT WALL STREET WAS EXPECTING. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ACTUALLY TICKED UP TO THREE POINT SIX PERCENT. BUT THAT'S REALLY BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE WERE PARTICIPATE, MEANING THAT PEOPLE WHO WERE SITTING ON THE SIDELINES WERE NOW ACTIVELY OUT THERE LOOKING FOR WORK IN TERMS OF WAGES. WE KNOW THAT'S A HUGE COMPONENT THAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE CONSIDERS WHEN IT THINKS ABOUT THE FUTURE PACE OF INTEREST RATES. WE SAW WAGES YEAR OVER YEAR RISE, FOUR POINT SIX PERCENT. AND I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A BIT OF A SLOWER PACE THAN WE SAW THIS TIME. LAST YEAR. AND OVERALL, DIANE , THIS IS A REPORT THAT SHOWS THAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE HAS TO KEEP ON RAISING INTEREST RATES TO BRING THE ECONOMY IN LINE WITH ITS EXPECTATIONS. >> SO LET'S TALK ABOUT LAYOFFS. WHERE WERE THE MOST RECENT LAYOFFS OR YOU'RE SEEING THEM IN SPECIFIC SECTORS? >> WELL, I WOULD LOVE TO LOOK AT WHAT WAS GAINED LAST MONTH, AND THAT WAS REALLY JOBS IN THE RETAIL SECTOR. ALSO HEALTH CARE, GOVERNMENT JOBS, LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY. IT ACTUALLY LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY ADDED ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE THOUSAND JOBS LAST. THAT WAS MOST OF ANY INDUSTRY. AND WE KNOW THAT THAT WAS AN INDUSTRY THAT WAS DECIMATED BY THE PANDEMIC. SO WE'RE STILL NOT AT PANDEMIC LEVELS. THERE. WE KNOW IN TERMS OF LAYOFFS, IT HAS BEEN MOSTLY TECH SECTOR FINANCE. THOSE ARE INTEREST RATE SENSITIVE AREAS. AND WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF LAYOFFS THERE. SO WHAT ARE THE FUNDING FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE AND INTEREST RATES? WELL, THE FED IS GOING TO MEET AGAIN IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS TO DISCUSS INTEREST RATES. AND WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS REPORT AND COMBINE IT WITH OTHER RECENT REPORTS, WE'VE SEEN CONSUMER SPENDING, INFLATION REMAINING STILL PRETTY HIGH. BUSINESS ACTIVITY PICKING UP. IT JUST SHOWS THAT THIS ECONOMY IS SUPER RESILIENT AND THE FED IS GOING TO PROBABLY HAVE TO STAY AGGRESSIVE WITH INTEREST RATES FOR A LONGER AMOUNT OF TIME. IN FACT, FED CHAIR JAY POWELL JUST SAID THIS PAST WEEK HE WARNED THAT DEPENDING ON WHAT THIS REPORT SHOWS, AND NEXT WEEK'S INFLATION REPORT SHOWS, THAT THEY COULD BE MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN WE FIRST THOUGHT. >> GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS KIND OF ALL AT ONCE IN ONE PACKAGE. IT IS . IT'S A LOT TO UNPACK. ALEXIS , THANK YOU. MEANWHILE, MULTIPLE STORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH TWENTY THREE STATES ON ALERT FROM CALIFORNIA TO CONNECTICUT. MORE THAN 70 MILLION PEOPLE ARE UNDER FLOOD. HEAVY SNOW, BLIZZARD AND HIGH WIND ALERTS. SENIOR METEOROLOGIST ROB MARCIANO IS IN CALIFORNIA WHERE RECORD BREAKING AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. >> CARS SLIPPING, STALLING AND SLIDING ALL OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. >> ROADS. DRIVERS JUMPING INTO ACTION, TRYING TO HELP OTHERS GET BACK ON THE ROAD. INTERSTATE FIVE SHUT DOWN DUE TO ROAD CONDITIONS AND THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. THIS AS CALIFORNIA'S ON EDGE WITH MASSIVE RAIN COMING IN, THREATENING MORE FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES. AFTER RECORD BREAKING SNOW. YOU CAN SEE SNOW CONTINUING TO COME DOWN. EVACUATIONS IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. RAIN POURING DOWN AS DEPUTIES GO DOOR TO DOOR LOOKING FOR ANY RESIDENTS THAT ARE STILL HOME. THE FELTON ROAD COMMUNITY IS BEGINNING TO FLOOD. AUTHORITIES NEAR SAN FRANCISCO SAY ONE PERSON WAS INJURED AFTER A TREE FELL ON THIS. TESLA AND SAN BERNARDINO FIREFIGHTERS COMING TOGETHER TO HELP CLEAR ROOFS AFTER NEARLY EIGHT FEET OF SNOW PILED UP SINCE THE END OF FEBRUARY IN BIG BEAR ROOFS COLLAPSING, SOME LEAKING, LEAVING RESIDENTS WET AND WORRIED. >> WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR HOUSE CREAKING, POPPING, MAKING THE SAME SOUNDS THAT THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET MADE BEFORE IT STARTED COMING DOWN. >> IT'S NOT AN ENCOURAGING FEELING. AND ROB MARCIANO JOINS US LIVE NOW FROM THE FOLSOM DAM IN CALIFORNIA. ROB , WE'RE HEARING THAT THE WATER IS BEING RELEASED FROM THE DAM. >> SO DOES THAT MEAN THE DROUGHT IS OVER? WELL, ALMOST, DIANE , YOU KNOW, WE SAW A LOT OF RAIN, OBVIOUSLY, AND SNOW THIS PAST WINTER. BUT IF YOU THINK BACK SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE HAD A SIMILAR WINTER LIKE THIS. AND THEN WE BASICALLY SLID RIGHT BACK INTO DROUGHT FOR THE YEARS AFTER THAT. SO BIG IMPROVEMENT, BUT OBVIOUSLY COMES WITH A LOT OF HEADACHES AS YOU SAW IN THAT PIECE. WE'VE GOT FLASH FLOODING THAT'S HAPPENING ALONG THE COAST OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. THIS IS THE DAM, THE FOLSOM DAM THAT SERVES WATER TO SACRAMENTO ,PROTECTS SACRAMENTO FROM FLOODING. BUT WE'VE GOTTEN SO MUCH WATER IN THE DAM, THEY'VE BEEN RELEASING WATER HERE AT A RATE FIFTEEN THOUSAND CUBIC FEET PER SECOND. THEY'RE LIKELY GOING TO DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THAT LATER ON TODAY BECAUSE OF ALL THE RAIN WE'VE GOT, BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY A WARM ATMOSPHERIC RIVER EVENT AS COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAD THE PAST COUPLE OF THE PAST MONTH, MEANING THAT WE'RE GETTING SNOWMELT ON TOP OF THIS . SO A LOT OF WATER IS COMING DOWN OFF THE HILLS AND A LOT OF THIS RAINFALL NOW SPREADING DOWN TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHERE A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE STILL TRAPPED. THE STATE IS STILL INVESTIGATING POTENTIALLY 13 WEATHER RELATED DEATHS FROM ALL THE STORMS THAT CAME IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE STILL DIGGING OUT AS MORE MOISTURE HEADS THAT WAY. AND GUESS WHAT, DIANE ? THERE'S ANOTHER STORM COMING IN. IT LOOKS LIKE ON TUESDAY, IT'S SIMILAR TO THIS ONE , HOPEFULLY NOT AS STRONG. >> LITERALLY, WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS. >> ROB MARCIANO IN FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA. ROB , THANK YOU. STAY SAFE . AND THAT HEAVY RAIN ON TOP OF FEET OF SNOW IS CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN THE SIERRA MOUNTAINS. WITH SOME ROOFS ALREADY COLLAPSING UNDER THE WEIGHT. OFFICIALS NEAR LAKE TAHOE ARE WARNING RESIDENTS TO SHOVEL OFF THEIR ROOFS QUICKLY AS THE AREA BRACES FOR MORE SNOW, WIND AND RAIN. MOLA LENGHI IS IN LAKE TAHOE WITH THE LATEST HIGH MOLA. >> WELL, AFTER WEEKS OF GETTING POUNDED BY SNOW NOW IT IS THE RAIN COMING IN, CREATING A PRETTY DANGEROUS SITUATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE ROOFS OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES. WE'VE ALREADY SEEN MULTIPLE ROOFS COLLAPSING. YOU'VE GOT THIS ROOF RIGHT HERE. IT'S GOT ABOUT THREE , FOUR FEET OF SNOW WEIGHING DOWN ON IT. WE'VE SEEN OTHER HOMES AND BUSINESSES WITH ANYWHERE FROM SIX TO SEVEN TO EIGHT FEET OF SNOW. FOLKS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CLEAR THEIR ROOFS FAST ENOUGH. THERE'S ALSO THE RISK OF WHAT'S CALLED A ROOF AVALANCHE, WHERE ALL OF THIS SNOW AND ICE ON THIS ROOF COMES SLIDING OFF ONTO UNSUSPECTING PEOPLE BELOW, CREATING THAT SORT OF AVALANCHE EFFECT. NOW, THE REASON WHY THIS COMBINATION OF SNOW AND RAIN RIGHT NOW IS SO DANGEROUS IS THAT ALL OF THIS SNOW IS ABSORBING ALL OF THIS RAINFALL, SOAKING IT UP, CREATING EVEN MORE WEIGHT ON THIS ROOF, INCREASING THAT RISK FOR COLLAPSE OR AVALANCHE DIANE . >> ALL RIGHT, MOLA LENGHI IN LAKE TAHOE, THANK YOU. AND ANOTHER BIG STORM IS ALSO SWEEPING ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO THE EAST. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE IS TRACKING BOTH OF THOSE STORMS FOR US . >> GINGER, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT, DIANE ? WE HAVE AN EXTREMELY ACTIVE PATTERN, MEANING THAT THIS STORM IN CALIFORNIA IS NOT THE LAST FOR THE NEXT WEEK. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE TO TALK ABOUT, BUT LET'S GO INTO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS. REALLY THE NEXT 48 HOURS. WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE FLOOD WATCHES THEY GO THROUGH SUNDAY, BUT A LOT OF THE RAIN WILL BE LIGHTER BY THEN. THAT RAIN HAS GONE UP TO SEVEN ,EIGHT THOUSAND FEET. EVEN SO, IT'S FALLING ON SNOW THAT HAS RECENTLY FALLEN. AND IT WILL CAUSE MELT. IT WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. THEY'RE ACTUALLY USING THE WORDS ROOF LAUNCH, MEANING THAT YOU COULD HAVE THE SNOW, THE GETTING RAIN ON IT, AND THEN IT COULD CREATE AN AVALANCHE OFF THE HOUSE. >> MUDSLIDE STILL A CONCERN. AND OF COURSE, SOME OF THOSE CREEKS AND RESERVOIRS OR AT LEAST SOME OF THE DAMS HAVING ISSUE. SO WE'RE WATCHING THAT ACTIVE PACIFIC JET STREAM. IT'S BECOME MORE WARM, RIGHT? THESE ARE WARMER THAN THE LAST MONTH OR SO. OF STORMS THAT WERE MUCH COLDER IN NATURE. THIS IS KIND OF COMING FROM THE JET DIRECTLY FROM SUBTROPICAL AIR. IT'S GOT THAT WARMTH TO IT. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE RAIN, SNOW. HOWEVER, YOU STILL GET SNOW AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS, ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR FEET. SPEAKING OF SNOW, HEAVY, WET SNOW. MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, UP TO NINE INCHES REPORTED. DETROIT, MICHIGAN, HAD SLIPPERY ROADS THIS MORNING. >> THEY'LL END UP WITH THREE TO EVEN FIVE INCHES. AND THEN LOOK AT THE ALERTS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE PRECIPITATION, IT'S ABOUT THE WIND. THEY HAD TREES DOWN ON CARS ALREADY IN CALIFORNIA. YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THE 60 TO 70 MILE PER HOUR WINDS AND THE WARNINGS FOR SUCH ALL THE WAY THROUGH NEW MEXICO, PARTS OF WYOMING. AND THEN THAT STORM THAT'S NOW HITTING CALIFORNIA WILL MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. IT LOOKS LIKE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD HAPPEN. AND THAT'S FOR SATURDAY. NIGHT. LUCY, WISCONSIN, AND MUCH OF MINNESOTA BEING HIT THERE. SO WHAT ELSE TO EXPECT? SO WHAT DOES IT LEAVE BEHIND? I GUESS THE ONE HERE IN THE NORTHEAST, IT'S KIND OF A ONE TO THREE INCH NORTH OF NEW YORK CITY. SIX TO 12 , THOUGH, BACK TOWARD BUFFALO, WESTERN POCONOS. THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN LOOK FOR GODIANE . >> ALL RIGHT, GINGER ZEE THANK YOU. AND AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE ARE DEAD, INCLUDING A PREGNANT WOMAN AFTER A SHOOTING INSIDE A BUILDING USED BY JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES IN HAMBURG, GERMANY. GERMAN POLICE SAY THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE GUNMAN'S LAPTOP AND MOBILE DEVICES, TRYING TO DECIPHER A MOTIVE FOR THE ATTACK. THE GUNMAN HAS NO TERRORIST BACKGROUND AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE CONGREGATION. MARCUS MOORE IS IN HAMBURG WITH THE LATEST. >> SEVEN PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND SEVERAL WOUNDED AFTER A MASS SHOOTING AT A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS CENTER IN NORTHERN GERMANY. >> POLICE SAY THE GUNMAN WHO TOOK HIS OWN LIFE AT THE SCENE ACTED ALONE AND IS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE CONGREGATION. THOSE KILLED INCLUDE FOUR MEN, TWO WOMEN AND AN UNBORN CHILD. TERRORISM IS NOT CONSIDERED A MOTIVE IN THE CHAOS STARTED AROUND NINE P.M. THURSDAY NIGHT AFTER A CITY ALERT OF SHOTS FIRED A SPECIAL POLICE FORCE HAPPENED TO BE IN THE AREA WHEN THE SHOOTING HAPPENED. >> AND QUICKLY ENTERED THE BUILDING TO EVACUATE PEOPLE ,POTENTIALLY PREVENTING MORE CASUALTIES. >> HAMBURG POLICE SAY INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE BACKGROUND TO THE CRIME ARE ONGOING. AND MARCUS MOORE IS LIVE NOW FROM HAMBURG. GERMANY. MARCUS. POLICE NOW SAY THAT THEY ACTUALLY INTERRUPT THE SHOOTER. WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THE SUSPECT AND HOW THIS ALL HAPPENED? DIANE ? BUT THE FACT THAT THOSE OFFICERS ARRIVED HERE ON THE SCENE WITHIN FOUR MINUTES, THEY SAY THEY ABSOLUTELY SAVE LIVES. AND IN TERMS OF THE THAT THE SHOOTER, WE KNOW VERY LITTLE AT THIS POINT. WE KNOW THAT HE WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE CONGREGATION ALSO . AUTHORITIES ARE SAYING THAT HE WAS HEAVILY ARMED, BUT THEY FOUND AS MANY AS 20 MAGAZINES ON HIM AT THE SCENE HERE. AND THAT, THOUGH, AT HIS HOME, THEY FOUND A NUMBER OF OTHER AMMUNITION AT THAT SCENE. THERE. IN TERMS OF A MOTIVE, THEY DON'T HAVE A MOTIVE AT THIS POINT. AND ARE STILL SO MANY QUESTIONS, DIANE , ABOUT WHY THIS HAPPENED. AND CERTAINLY THERE'S A LOT OF PAIN HERE. IN THIS COMMUNITY. THIS IS A CITY THAT OFFICIALS SAID THEY HAVE NEVER EXPECTED SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN. AND SO IT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF HOW DIFFICULT THIS IS . IN THE IMMEDIATE HOURS AFTER THE SHOOTING, DIANE , AND WHAT WILL BE FACING THEM IN THE DAYS AHEAD. SO MARCUS MOORE, WHERE DOES THIS INVESTIGATION GO FROM HERE? WELL, AT THIS POINT, WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE SUSPECT'S LAPTOP COMPUTER AS WELL AS HIS MOBILE DEVICES. AND SO THEY WILL BE LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE THERE AS WELL AS INTERVIEWING ANYONE WHO MAY KNOW THIS PERSON AND THAT WILL BE THE NEXT STEP FROM HERE. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE POLICE OFFICERS HERE ON THE SCENE. >> WE ANTICIPATE THAT ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT MINISTERS WILL BE ARRIVING HERE AT THE SCENE. WE PRESUME TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS, BUT ALSO GET AN UPDATE ON THE INVESTIGATION THAT IS REALLY JUST GETTING UNDERWAY WITH SO MANY QUESTIONS. >> ALL RIGHT, MARCUS MOORE IN HAMBURG, GERMANY, THANK YOU. AND SENATE MINORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL IS IN THE HOSPITAL RECOVERING FROM A CONCUSSION AFTER A FALL AT A WASHINGTON, D.C. HOTEL. FELHABER REPUBLICAN SENATORS SAY THEY'RE TOLD HE IS IN GOOD SPIRITS AND EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY. CHIEF WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT JONATHAN KARL HAS THE LATEST JOHN . >> SENATOR MCCONNELL REMAINS AT A WASHINGTON HOSPITAL UNDERGOING TREATMENT AND RECOVERY AFTER HIS FALL ON WEDNESDAY IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, HIS OFFICE SAID , QUOTE, HE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A FEW DAYS OF OBSERVATION AND TREATMENT. THE LEADER IS GRATEFUL TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FOR THEIR CARE AND TO HIS COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR WARM WISHES. THE STATEMENT ALSO SAYS THAT HE SUFFERED A CONCUSSION AS A RESULT OF THAT FALL. IN A BRIEFING TO REPUBLICAN SENATORS YESTERDAY, MCCONNELL'S CHIEF OF STAFF SAID THAT THE SENATOR IS ALERT, HE IS TALKING AND IS EXPECTED AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY AT 81 YEARS OLD. MCCONNELL IS THE FOURTH OLDEST SENATOR BACK IN 2019. HE SUFFERED ANOTHER FALL. BACK THEN HE BROKE HIS SHOULDER, HAD TO GET SURGERY AND WORKED FROM HOME FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. AMONG THOSE WISHING MCCONNELL WELL THIS TIME AROUND IS PRESIDENT BIDEN. PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE'S SPOKEN TO MCCONNELL'S FAMILY AND QUOTE, I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT, DIANE . >> ALL RIGHT, CHIEF WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT KARL, GLAD TO HEAR IT. JOHN , THANKS. AND EMBATTLED CONGRESSMAN JORGE SANTOS IS FACING NEW LEGAL TROUBLE. A FORMER ROOMMATE IS REPORTEDLY ACCUSING SANTOS OF ORCHESTRATING A CREDIT CARD FRAUD SCHEME. SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT HAS THE DETAILS. >> CONGRESSMAN JORGE SANTOS BATTLING EVEN MORE ALLEGATIONS THIS TIME. A CREDIT CARD FRAUD OPERATION THAT LANDED A FORMER ROOMMATE IN FEDERAL PRISON AND LATER DEPORTED TO HIS HOME COUNTRY. IN A SWORN STATEMENT TO THE FBI ,JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND SECRET SERVICE, THAT ROOMMATE, GUSTAVO RIBEIRO, WILL CARR, SAYS THAT SANTOS TRAINED HIM ON HOW TO SKIM CREDIT CARDS, INSTALLING DEVICES ON ATMS TO CAPTURE A CARDHOLDER'S PIN AND USE THAT DATA TO STEAL FROM VICTIMS ACCOUNTS. THE STATEMENT OBTAINED BY POLITICO SAYS SANTOS PROVIDED THE EQUIPMENT AND THEY THEN SPLIT THE PROFITS. 50 50 TREVOR AULT WAS ARRESTED IN 2017 IN SEATTLE, TELLING POLITICO HE NEVER IMPLICATED SANTOS BECAUSE HE FEARED THE NOW HOUSE REPUBLICAN WOULD RETALIATE AGAINST HIS FRIENDS WHO WERE UNDOCUMENTED. ABC NEWS HAS NOT CONFIRM THE REPORT, BUT SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE CASE SAY THAT SANTOS WAS INTERVIEWED BY SECRET SERVICE AGENTS IN 2017 AND THAT HE LIVED AT THE SAME ADDRESS LISTED ON PACKAGING FOUND IN TREVOR AULT HOTEL ROOM IN SEATTLE. AN AUDIO OBTAINED BY POLITICO. SANTOS IS HEARD IN THE COURTROOM SAYING HE'S A FAMILY FRIEND THERE TO HELP. TRELLA, TREVOR AULT LAWYER, REPORTEDLY SAID SANTOS CAME TWICE TO VISIT HIM IN JAIL. >> SO WHAT DO YOU DO FOR WORK? PATRICK REEVELL IF YOU WORK FOR GOLDMAN SACHS IN ANOTHER TAI HERNANDEZ? >> SANTOS NEVER WORKED FOR GOLDMAN SACHS, BUT HE USED THAT LIE DURING HIS CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN. THE HOUSE ETHICS SUBCOMMITTEE IS PROBING WHETHER HE BROKE ANY LAWS DURING THE CAMPAIGN WHEN MULTIPLE THE STATE TODAY, FOLLOWED BY FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. DIANE , A LOT TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON , RACHEL . THANK YOU, RACHEL SCOTT IN DAVENPORT, IOWA. AND BE SURE TO WATCH RACHEL'S LOOK INTO, QUOTE, FAMOUS FREAKOUTS THAT'S ON IMPACT BY "NIGHTLINE" STREAMING. NOW ON HULU AND NEW YORK. PROSECUTORS HAVE INVITED FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TO TESTIFY BEFORE A GRAND JURY ABOUT HIS ROLE IN THE HUSH MONEY PAYMENT TO STORMY DANIELS. TARGETS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN NEW YORK MUST BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO TELL THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY. LEGAL EXPERTS SAY THE INVITATION IS A STRONG INDICATION THAT AN INDICTMENT COULD SOON FOLLOW, WHICH WOULD BE A FIRST FOR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SPOKESPERSON BLASTED THE CASE, CALLING IT SIMPLY INSANE AND INSISTING HE DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG. AND EMMY AWARD WINNING ACTOR ROBERT BLAKE HAS DIED. HIS FAMILY SAYS BLAKE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY, SURROUNDED BY LOVED ONES IN LOS ANGELES YESTERDAY AFTER A BATTLE WITH HEART DISEASE. BLAKE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLES IN THE 1970S DETECTIVE DRAMA BARETTA AND FOR HIS ACCLAIMED ROLE AS THE MURDERER IN THE FILM IN COLD BLOOD . BUT HIS ACTING CAREER WAS OVERSHADOWED WHEN HE WAS TRIED AND ACQUITTED IN THE MURDER OF HIS SECOND WIFE. ROBERT BLAKE WAS EIGHTY NINE . >> COMING UP, NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CASE OF AMERICANS KIDNAPED AND KILLED IN MEXICO. HERE, THE ALLEGED RESPONSE FROM A DRUG CARTEL. ALSO AHEAD, ALEC BALDWIN'S LAWYERS CLAIM THE GUN IN THE DEADLY SHOOTING WAS DESTROYED, BUT IT COULD MEAN FOR THE CASE. WELCOME BACK. FIVE ALLEGED CARTEL MEMBERS ARE NOW IN CUSTODY AFTER THE KIDNAPPING AND KILLINGS OF FOUR AMERICANS IN MEXICO. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY WERE TURNED IN WITH AN APOLOGY. >> OUR MATT RIVERS IS IN MEXICO CITY WITH THE LATEST THIS MORNING. THE STUNNING IMAGE, FIVE MEN TIED UP NEAR A TRUCK IN MEXICO BLAMED FOR THE KIDNAPPING OF FOUR AMERICANS ALLEGEDLY TURNED OVER BY THE POWERFUL DRUG CARTEL. THEY BELONG TO A HANDWRITTEN NOTE ON THE TRUCK'S WINDSHIELD CLAIMING TO BE FROM THE GULF CARTEL, SAYING, QUOTE, WE HAVE DECIDED TO DELIVER THOSE INVOLVED AND DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE. THE IMAGES OBTAINED BY ABC NEWS FROM A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE INVESTIGATION ALSO INCLUDE THIS PHOTO OF GUNS, AMMUNITION, AND BODY ARMOR FOUND IN THAT TRUCK. THE MEN BLAMED FOR THIS HORRIFIC ABDUCTION CAUGHT ON CAMERA A WEEK AGO THAT LEFT TWO AMERICANS DEAD ON THURSDAY. STATE POLICE FINDING THEM AT THE SAME SPOT IN MATAMOROS WHERE THE KIDNAPPING TOOK PLACE. THE MEN NOW IN CUSTODY. AUTHORITIES NOT CONFIRMING WHETHER THESE FIVE WERE INVOLVED. MULTIPLE MEXICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS THE CARTEL IS BELIEVED TO BE LEGITIMATE, BUT NEITHER ABC NEWS NOR U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE LETTERS CLAIMS. >> THE CARTEL HAS BEEN KNOWN TO POLICE ITSELF WHEN NECESSARY. AND IT'S NOT OF ANY SURPRISE THAT THEY ARE UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE TO PUT THIS BEHIND THEM AND TRY TO DISTANCE HIMSELF AS BEST THEY CAN. >> NOW, NEW DETAILS EMERGING ABOUT THE AMERICANS TRIP BEFORE THEY CROSSED INTO MEXICO FOR A COSMETIC PROCEDURE. A FIFTH PERSON TRAVELING WITH THEM, SHERYL ORANGE , LEFT BEHIND IN TEXAS BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE PROPER I.D.. SPEAKING OUT TO CNN OVERNIGHT, SHE HAD ME UP AND ASKED ME TO JOIN HER AT OUR COMPANY. AND WE WE BEGAN THE ROAD TRIP. I DIDN'T HAVE PROPER IDENTIFICATION, SO I COULDN'T JOIN HER TO GO ACROSS TO THE BORDER, WHICH LEFT ME BACK AT A HOTEL. >> THE GROUP THEN GOING ON WITHOUT HER SEEN HERE LIVE STREAMING FROM MEXICO SHORTLY BEFORE THEY WERE KIDNAPED, SAID THAT THEY WOULD RETURN 15 MINUTES. 15 MINUTES HAD GONE BY . THEY WERE NOT THERE. I CALLED THE COPS IMMEDIATELY. >> FOUR DAYS LATER, AFTER AN URGENT SEARCH, OFFICIALS FINDING LATVIA , MCGEE AND ERIC JAMES WILLIAMS ALIVE INSIDE THIS WOODEN SHACK JUST OUTSIDE OF TOWN . THE BODIES OF THEIR FRIEND SHAEED WOODARD AND ZINDEL BROWN AT THE SAME LOCATION. INVESTIGATORS ALSO LOCATING FIVE VEHICLES, INCLUDING A STOLEN LAMBORGHINI AND AN AMBULANCE USED TO TRANSPORT THE VICTIMS IN MATAMOROS. >> AND OVERNIGHT, THE BODIES, WOODARD AND BROWN BROUGHT BACK TO THE UNITED STATES. WOODARD'S FATHER REMEMBERING HIM ON THE DAY HE WOULD HAVE TURNED 30 FOR THOSE MY YOUNGEST ,YOUNGEST CHILD, YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS MY BABY. YOU KNOW, AND FOR HIM TO BE TAKEN FROM ME LIKE THAT, IT WAS IT WAS VERY, VERY HURTFUL. I NEVER EXPECTED TO LOSE A CHILD. INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL LOOKING INTO WHETHER THESE FIVE MEN WERE, IN FACT, RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS KIDNAPPING OR IF THIS IS JUST SOME SORT OF AN LIBURD SCHEME DESIGNED TO TAKE SOME OF THE HEAT OFF OF THE CARTEL. MEXICAN OFFICIALS ARE EXPECTED TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE LATER TODAY. >> ALL RIGHT, MATT , RIVERS, THANKS FOR THAT. COMING UP HERE, THE FDA HAS A NEW RULE FOR MAMMOGRAMS AND WHAT PROVIDERS NOW HAVE TO TELL WOMEN. ALSO AHEAD, THE PRODUCERS OF THE OSCARS SHARE BEHIND THE SCENES SECRETS OF THE SHOW. >> AS WE COUNT DOWN TO HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST NIGHT. WE'RE LIVE ON THE RED CARPET. STAY WITH US. . WELCOME BACK. WE ARE JUST TWO DAYS AWAY FROM OSCARS SUNDAY. THIS YEAR IS A MILESTONE MARKING NINETY FIVE YEARS OF THE ACADEMY AWARDS AND PRODUCERS HAVE BEEN PREPARING SINCE LAST YEAR. OUR CHRIS CONNELLY SPOKE WITH THEM ABOUT HOW IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER. >> TAKE A LOOK. OSCARS EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS AND SHOW RUNNERS RICKY KIRSHNER AND GLENN WEISS KNOW A THING OR TWO ABOUT LIVE TV CRAZY. KERSHNER DID PRINCETON'S SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW. >> THERE'S A MISTAKE. WEISS WAS OSCARS COOL UNDER FIRE DIRECTOR DURING A BEST PICTURE SNAFU. THIS IS NOT A JOKE. MOONLIGHT HAS WON BEST PICTURE AND THE SLAP AMID THERE UNDER WRAPS SURPRISES. >> THEY SAY KEEPING THE EXCITEMENT HIGH INSIDE THE DOLBY WILL BE A BIG KEY, HELPING THAT THE COMEDIC APPROACH OF HOST JIMMY KIMMEL. >> WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS HAVE A FUN AND FUNNY SHOW, BUT NOT AT ANYBODY'S EXPENSE. >> JIMMY HAS BEEN GREAT ABOUT THAT. I KNEW I WOULD SCREW THIS SHOW UP. >> I REALLY DID. WHAT MAKES A GREAT OSCAR MOMENT ,RICKY? >> WELL, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S A GREAT SPEECH. KERSHNER KNOWS HE PRODUCED THE TONYS THE NIGHT HAMBLEDON WON IT ALL JUST HOURS AFTER A MASS SHOOTING AT A CLUB IN ORLANDO. >> AND LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE CANNOT BE CHALLENGED, MUST DECIDE WITHIN. RIGHT LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE FOR LINDMAN WHILE MIRANDA THAT BECAME THE MOMENT NOT THE NOT TONIGHT BUT NOT FROM NOT DO NOT DO TO LIFT ME UP. ANTICIPATION HAS BEEN BUILDING FOR PERFORMANCES HAVE BEEN NOMINATED. >> SONGS LIKE THIS IS THE LIFE OF A LOT OF IT EVOKED A MOVIE. >> THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE DO IN LIVE TV. GLENWAY TWICE ONCE DID SOMETHING ELSE ON LIVE TV AT THE TWENTY EIGHTEEN HE PROPOSED. >> YOU WONDER WHY I DON'T LIKE TO CALL YOU MY GIRLFRIEND. BECAUSE I WANT TO CALL YOU MY WIFE. WILL YOU MARRY ME WHEN YOU SEE ANYTHING LIKE THAT THIS YEAR? >> NO, BECAUSE I'M MARRIED THIS TIME TO COME ALONG SOMEDAY. >> SOMEDAY. >> BUT WHILE THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A HAPPY ENDING YET. YES, THESE TWO KNOW THE OSCARS NEEDS A GREAT BEGINNING. THEY THINK THEY'VE GOT ONE . YOU WILL SEE WHAT WE THINK IS ONE OF THE BEST OPENINGS OF AN OSCAR SHOW. >> AND FROM THE MOMENT WE START THAT OPEN, THE REST OF THE EVENING IS JUST GOING TO FLY RIGHT BY AND LOOK FOR THAT OPENING TO MAKE A CASE. THEY SAY THAT MOVIES ARE MADE BY A COMMUNITY OF STORYTELLERS AND EACH AND EVERY CATEGORY WILL GET ITS DUE. >> DIANE , ONE OF THE BEST OPENINGS EVER. >> LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, CHRIS CONNELLY. THANKS. AND WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE FROM HOLLYWOOD IN OUR NEXT HALF HOUR. ALSO, COMING UP, THE BREAKING MEDICAL NEWS FROM THE FDA ABOUT MIGRAINES. PLUS, CAN YOU PREVENT GOING GRAY? OUR DOCTOR PATEL IS TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS. STAY. WELCOME BACK TO "ABC NEWS LIVE". THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. YOU ARE LOOKING AT CHICAGO ON THIS FRIDAY. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO . HERE'S THE RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW. CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY AS ANOTHER STORM HITS THE STATE, BRINGING MORE SNOW AND HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD TRIGGER FLOODING. THE STORM IS MAKING DRIVING SO DANGEROUS, PARTS OF I FIVE HAD TO BE SHUT DOWN. AND IN MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES, SO MUCH SNOW HAS PILED UP. IT'S CAUSING ROOFS TO COLLAPSE. THE STORM IS JUST ONE OF MANY MOVING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. MORE THAN 70 MILLION AMERICANS ARE UNDER FLOOD. HEAVY SNOW, BLIZZARD AND HIGH WIND ALERTS IN TWENTY THREE STATES. ATTORNEYS FOR CONVICTED DOUBLE MURDERER ALEX MURDAUGH HAVE FILED A NOTICE OF APPEAL. THE ONCE PROMINENT SOUTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY IS SERVING TWO LIFE SENTENCES AFTER A JURY LAST WEEK FOUND HIM GUILTY OF KILLING HIS WIFE AND SON. MURDAUGH HAS MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE SINCE THAT RULING. THE FDA IS TAKING A NEW STEP TO IMPROVE BREAST CANCER PREVENTION. MAMMOGRAM FACILITIES WILL NOW BE REQUIRED TO TELL WOMEN IF THEY HAVE DENSE BREAST TISSUE. THIS PUTS THEM AT GREATER RISK OF CANCER AND MAKES IT HARDER TO DETECT THE DISEASE. ABOUT HALF OF ALL WOMEN HAVE DENSE BREAST TISSUE, AND MANY DON'T KNOW IT. AND GET READY TO SPRING FORWARD THIS WEEKEND. DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS AT 2:00 A.M. ON SUNDAY. SO PREPARE TO LOSE AN HOUR OF SLEEP TIME. CHANGE WILL MAKE SUN , SUNRISE AND SUNSET LATER. SUN ALSO MARKS THE START OF NATIONAL SLEEP AWARENESS WEEK. WE'LL TALK WITH EXPERTS ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GET QUALITY SLEEP FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY EVEN AFTER LOSING THAT HOUR. AND NOW TO THE NEW TWIST IN THE ALEC BALDWIN RUSTY CASE. THE ACTOR'S ATTORNEYS NOW CLAIM NEW MEXICO AUTHORITIES DESTROYED THE GUN THAT KILLED CINEMATOGRAPHER LEANNE HUTCHINS. KAYNA WHITWORTH HAS MORE . >> A STUNNING TWIST IN A CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST ALEC BALDWIN. HIS ATTORNEYS TELLING A JUDGE THAT THE NEW MEXICO GOVERNMENT DESTROYED THE GUN THAT KILLED CINEMATOGRAPHER HELENA HUTCHINS ON THE SET OF RUST. >> I THINK I SHOULD TELL THE COURT THAT THE FIREARM IN THIS CASE, IT'S A GREAT SUBJECT OF IT AND WAS DESTROYED BY THE STATE. SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY AN ISSUE. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE THAT FIREARM OR WHAT'S LEFT OF IT. >> A SOURCE CLOSE TO BALDWIN'S DEFENSE TEAM TELLING ABC NEWS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE GUN IS VERY PROBLEMATIC, CALLING IT A KEY PIECE OF EVIDENCE LEADING TO THE INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES AGAINST BALDWIN. YET A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE NEW MEXICO FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS THE GUN STILL EXISTS AND CAN, IN FACT, BE USED AS EVIDENCE, SPECULATING THAT PERHAPS BALDWIN'S TEAM WAS REFERENCING A 20 22 FBI REPORT THAT THE INTERNAL COMPONENTS OF THE GUN WERE DAMAGED DURING TESTING. IT COMES JUST WEEKS AFTER BALDWIN AND ARMORER HANNAH GOUTIER, AS READ, WON A LEGAL VICTORY AFTER PROSECUTORS DOWNGRADED THE CHARGES BY DROPPING A GUN ENHANCEMENT CHARGE THAT CARRIED WITH IT A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON. YOU SEE HERE VIDEO OF BALDWIN FIRING BLANKS FROM A GUN ON SET ONE WEEK BEFORE THE FATAL SHOOTING. >> BALDWIN INSISTING HE NEVER PULLED THE TRIGGER DURING THE DEADLY INCIDENT IN A 2024 INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS. >> SO YOU NEVER PULLED THE TRIGGER? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. I WOULD NEVER POINT A GUN AT HIM AND PULL A TRIGGER. AND I'M NEVER. THAT IS THE TRAINING THAT I HAD. >> YOU DON'T POINT A GUN AT ME AND PULL THE TRIGGER. BUT FBI TESTING, INCLUDING THE GUN, COULD NOT HAVE FIRED WITHOUT SOMEONE PULLING THE TRIGGER, SOMETHING BALDWIN'S ATTORNEY CLAIMS IS BEING MISCONSTRUED BECAUSE OF THE POOR CONDITION OF THE GUN. >> BALDWIN HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY AND HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SET TO START IN EARLY MAY. >> DIANE KAYNA WHITWORTH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THE FDA HAS APPROVED A FAST ACTING NASAL SPRAY, MIGRAINE MEDICATION. THE PFIZER DRUGS HAVE SPREAD, WAS APPROVED FOR THE TREATMENT OF MIGRAINE WITH OR WITHOUT OR AN ADULTS. ACCORDING TO CLINICAL TRIAL DATA. IT CAN START WORKING IN AS LITTLE AS 15 MINUTES FOR SOME PATIENTS AND THOSE WHO RECEIVED THE MEDICATION WERE PAIN FREE FOR UP TO FORTY EIGHT HOURS AFTER USING THE SPRAY. THE ONLY OTHER FAST ACTING NON ORAL MIGRAINE MEDICATION IS AN INJECTION. COMING UP, GAMEL DEL TORO SITS DOWN WITH OUR LINSEY DAVIS HEAR WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT THE LONG ROAD TO MAKING HIS PINOCCHIO MOVIE AND WHY ANIMATION ISN'T JUST FOR KIDS. ALSO AHEAD, AN INSIDE LOOK AT HOW THOSE OSCAR STATUES ARE MADE. WE'RE ON THE ROAD TO THE OSCARS WHEN WE COME BACK .. WELCOME BACK. WE'RE COUNTING DOWN TO THE OSCARS, AND THIS YEAR IT WOULDN'T BOY IS UP FOR OSCAR GOLD. THE STOP MOTION ANIMATED PINOCCHIO, THE CLASSIC STORY LIKE NEVER BEFORE WITH EVERY SCENE CRAFTED BY HAND OVER LINSEY DAVIS SPOKE WITH GUILLERMO DEL TORO AND THE FILM'S DIRECTOR , MARK 50%. >> TAKE A LOOK. GOOD LUCK FOR YOU. MY NAME IS 10% KIO. I'M YOUR SON . TALK TO ME ABOUT THE STOP MOTION ANIMATION AND WHAT'S SO SIGNIFICANT ABOUT THAT. IT'S SO ANALOG. IT'S SO HANDMADE. AND WE WANTED TO CRAFT THIS MOVIE. IT'S ALWAYS LIKE REPETTO WOULD MAKE PUPPETS BECAUSE I THINK YOU FEEL THAT WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING, YOU INHERENTLY KNOW THAT SOMEONE MADE THIS INTO HUMAN HANDS, TOUCHED IT. AND IT'S AN ART THAT IS ALWAYS IN DANGER TO BE EXTINCT. AND IT HAS THAT CHARM AND BEAUTY AND THE MAGIC YOU PLAY WITH TOYS, YOU KNOW, THERE MINIATURES, BUT THEY'RE SO EXPRESSIVE, SO BEAUTIFUL. >> YOU MUST OBEY YOUR PAPA OBEY TO DO AS YOU'RE TOLD. >> BUT I DON'T WANT TO OBEY YOU IMMEDIATELY. KNOW, THIS IS NOT COMPUTER. THIS IS NOT GENERATED IN AN A.I. OR IS THIS IS MADE BY HUMAN HANDS. I'VE READ IT IN SOME CASES IT TAKES YEARS TO MAKE IT THIS WAY. YES, IT DOES. WE TOOK APPROXIMATELY A THOUSAND DAYS OF SHOULD. AND , YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AS MANY AS OVER SIXTY UNITS WORKING AT THE SAME TIME. WE HUNDREDS OF COMPANIES, HUNDREDS OF HOURS IN A GOOD WEEK. AN ANIMATOR GETS TO DO THREE SECONDS AND THE MOVIE IS TWO HOURS. SO IT'S AN INCREDIBLE TASK. THIS IS A MOVIE THAT'S BEEN DONE, THAT'S BEEN LOVED AND SAVORED FOR FOUR GENERATIONS. WHY DECIDE IT'S TIME TO REDO IT? BECAUSE IT'S TIME TO SAY A DIFFERENT STORY. I MEAN, WHEN YOU FIND A GREAT MELODY, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO SING IT LIKE NOBODY HAS AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY TURN IT ON ITS HEAD AND MAKE IT MEAN SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW . AND THEN YOU SING IT. OTHERWISE, IT'S NOT WORTH THE YEARS. AND OVER A DECADE AND A HALF TO GET IT MADE. >> THE THINGS MY GINA SUNSERI I NO GET AWAY FROM EVERYTHING IS NEW TO ME. >> I THINK THAT, AH, YOU KNOW, CONSTANZE COMPLETELY REINCARNATION OF THE DAM. AND YOU ALL HAVE SAID BEFORE THAT THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY FOR KIDS. KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT IDEA BECAUSE PEOPLE HEAR PINOCCHIO AND THEY THINK IMMEDIATELY THAT'S TO THE AUDIENCES. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BOTH WITH HER ACTIONS AND REPEAT A MESSAGE THAT WE BELIEVE IN THE IN THE COMMUNITY OF ANIMATION. ANIMATION IS NOT A GENRE FOR KIDS, IS A MEDIUM TO CREATE, TO CREATE FILM IT HAS CREATED AND MORTALLY WOUNDED IN THE HISTORY OF CINEMA . I MEAN, WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO USE TO TACKLE DEEPER, STRONGER THEMES IF WE NEED. THE SETTING IS IN FASCIST ITALY. YES. AND REALLY, IT'S IT'S MORE ABOUT WAR, CORRECT? I THINK IT'S ABOUT DIFFERENT FORMS OF FATHERHOOD, INCLUDING THE MOVIE, THE VIOLENT VERSION OF IT, WHICH IS THE IDEA OF THE STRONG MAN IN FASCISM. BUT THE MOVIES ARTICULATED THROUGH THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT FATHER SOMNOLENCE. HE'S MADE A FOR TWO . WHY DO THEY LIKE HIM AND NOT ME? COME HERE. I KNOW HERE PEOPLE ARE SOMETIMES AFRAID OF THINGS THEY DON'T KNOW. WHAT WOULD YOU HOPE THE VIEWERS TAKE AWAY? IT'S ABOUT NOT BOY LEARNING TO BE A REAL BOY. WHEN I FINALLY LEARNED TO BE A REAL FATHER, WHICH I THINK IS A FAR MORE IMPORTANT STORY TO TELL. >> BUT I WILL BE PYNACKER. YOU WILL BE MY PAPA. WELL, THAT DAY WILL BE YOUR FIRST MOVIE THAT YOU SAW THAT REALLY MADE AN IMPACT ON YOU. I THINK JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS, AS A CHILD, THEY HAPPEN TO HAVE A BUNCH OF EMOTION IN IT. SO OBVIOUSLY THAT PLANTED THE SEED FOR MY FUTURE. FOR ME, IT WAS FRANKENSTEIN IAN PANNELL MORE THAN THE SAME TIME, VERY LITTLE TIME BETWEEN THEM AND MAYBE THAT'S WHY THEY BOTH BECAME SORT OF THE SAME MOVIE FOR ME IN MANY WAYS. AND SO THIS HAS SPECIAL MEANING FOR YOU THEN. TO REVISIT YOUR FAVORITE CHILDHOOD. I SAW IT IN THE THEATER AND THE RERELEASE. YOU KNOW, DISNEY IS TO RELEASE THE CLASSICS EVERY TEN YEARS, I THINK. AND WHEN YOU WATCH IT TOGETHER THE NIGHT AFTER, YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE ACADEMY, WHO IS THAT PERSON THAT REALLY HAS BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO YOU IN HELPING YOU TO GET TO THIS POINT? MY KIDS ON MY WAY HOME, THEY ALL MAKE AN IMPRESSION ON ME EVERY DAY ON THEIR PARTNERS IN THIS BRIEF JOURNEY THAT IS LIFE AND WISER THAN I CAN BE . SO ABSOLUTELY. AND MARK EM NGUYEN ME HONESTLY ,I THINK IT WAS MY MOTHER BECAUSE SHE WAS ALWAYS SUPPORT . SHE DIDN'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS UP TO OR WHAT I WAS THINKING WAS KIND OF A WEIRD KID. BUT SHE ALWAYS SUPPORTED ME AND THAT MEANT A LOT. THE WEIRDNESS WORKED DOWN THERE . I THANKS TO LINSEY DAVIS FOR THAT INTERVIEW. AND WE'RE GETTING AN INSIDE LOOK AT HOW THOSE GUILDED OSCAR STATUES ARE MADE. THE ICONIC STATUETTE HAS BEEN MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE SINCE NINETEEN TWENTY NINE . OUR PHIL LIPOF HAS A LOOK AT THE LOVE AND TALENT THAT GOES INTO GETTING EACH ONE OF THEM READY. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS IN THE WORLD. THE OSCAR SINCE NINETEEN TWENTY NINE . MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND STATUETTES HAVE BEEN DOLED OUT, INCLUDING HISTORIC WINS LIKE THE FIRST BLACK ACTOR TO RECEIVE AN OSCAR. >> THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR THE BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR HAPPY WITH THE GAME OR THE FIRST LATINO TO WIN FOR BEST DIRECTOR ALFONSO KERN. AND WHO CAN FORGET PARASITE'S GROUNDBREAKING VICTORY FOR BEST PICTURE? >> AND THE OSCAR GOES TO PARACEL. BUT WHAT GOES INTO MAKING THIS STATUETTE SINCE 2016? JAKE JOICE FROM THE FINE ART CASTING FOUNDRY UAP HAS LED A TEAM OF HIGHLY SKILLED CRAFTSPEOPLE WHO MAKE HIS OSCARS FOR HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST NIGHT OVER SEVERAL MONTHS. >> OUR TEAM CREATES ROUGHLY 60 STATUES FOR THE ACADEMY. MANY HOURS OF CAREFUL LABOR GO INTO THE PRODUCTION OF EACH STATUE IN 2016, WE BEGAN A COLLABORATION WITH THE ACADEMY TO PRODUCE THE ACADEMY AWARD STATUES. THE ACADEMY WISH TO RETURN BACK TO THE ORIGINAL METHOD OF MANUFACTURE. THE OSCARS ARE CREATED USING AN OLD TECHNIQUE CALLED THE LOST WAX PROCESS. HUMANS HAVE BEEN PRACTICING THIS ART FORM FOR THE LAST SIXTY FIVE HUNDRED YEARS. WE STARTED OUT WITH THE ORIGINAL GEORGE STANLEY OSCAR. WE 3-D SCAN THAT. WE MAKE A SILICONE RUBBER MOLD INSIDE THAT MOLD IS WHERE WE CAST LIQUID WAX . THE WAX TAKES THE EXACT SHAPE OF THE STATUE. ONCE THE CERAMIC SHELL IS FINISHED, WE CAN PLACE IT INSIDE A KILN AND MELT OUT THE WAX THAT IS THE NEGATIVE IMAGE OF THE OSCAR. BRONZE IS MELTED AND POURED INTO THE SHELL. THAT CERAMIC SHELL IS REMOVED AND WE ARE LEFT WITH A BRONZE COPY OF THE OSCAR STATUE . SOMETIMES WHEN OUR STAFF IN THE FINISHING DEPARTMENT ARE POLISHING BRONZE SCULPTURES, THE BRONZE DUST GETS ON OUR SKIN AND IT CAN TURN YOU GREEN . >> AND ALTHOUGH THEY DON'T GET TO KEEP THE OSCARS, JAKE SAYS MAKING THEM IS THE GREATEST HONOR IT FEELS VERY SPECIAL TO BE A PART OF THE MAKING OF THESE STATUES. WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING THAT THESE STATUES ARE MADE TO PERFECTION AND ON TIME ON THE KEY, THEY'RE PHIL LIPOF. THANKS FOR THAT. COMING UP, WHO COULD MAKE HISTORY IN HOLLYWOOD THIS WEEKEND AND WILL TOP GUN LAND BEST PIC. WELCOME BACK. WE ARE JUST TWO DAYS AWAY FROM THE NINETY FIFTH OSCARS AND WE'VE GOT OUR PANEL OF HOLLYWOOD EXPERTS STANDING BY . BUT FIRST, OUR CHRIS CONNELLY HAS A LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT ON SUNDAY FROM WHICH RACES ARE THE TIGHTEST TO WHO COULD MAKE HISTORY. >> TAKE A LOOK AT TO SPANX. TIGHT RACES FIGURE TO HAVE PULSES RACING SUNDAY NIGHT. OH, WELL, ELVIS'S AUSTIN BUTLER OUTDO THE WALE'S BRENDAN FRASER AND BANSHEE'S HAVE BEEN A SHEERAN'S COLIN FARRELL IN BEST ACTOR FREE FOR ALL. >> THERE WAS ANOTHER ATTACK ON ONE ABOUT FACILITIES. CAN MARVEL'S FIRST ACTING NOMINEE, RIEGLE ANGELA BASSETT FROM BLACK PANTHER WAKANDA, FOREVER WITHSTAND A LATE CHARGE IN SUPPORTING ACTRESS FROM JAMIE LEE CURTIS? IN EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE, ALL AT ONCE. >> HOW IS A LAUNDROMAT ON A KARAOKE CONSTITUTE A BUSINESS EXPENSE? I AM A SINGER, OF COURSE. WILL IT BE GAGGIA DOWN? >> REANNA LITHA OR NEITHER? IN BEST ORIGINAL SONG. >> AND WHILE EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE. MICHELLE YEOH PREPARES TO MAKE HISTORY AS AN ASIAN NOMINEE IN BEST ACTRESS, SHE'S FACING A LITTLE LAST MINUTE CONTROVERSY AFTER SHARING THIS NOW DELETED POST. EXPLORING NOMINATIONS LACK OF DIVERSITY AND MENTIONING THE TWO PREVIOUS OSCAR WINNERS OF RIVAL CATE BLANCHETT. >> NEGATIVE REFERENCES TO OTHER NOMINEES IS AN ACADEMY. >> NO, NO, THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY MALICE BEHIND IT, SHE IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT DOWN. IT'S UP FOR ABOUT TWO TO THREE HOURS, WHICH WERE THE FINAL TWO TO THREE HOURS OF FINAL VOTING. SO WE DON'T EXPECT ANY IMPLICATIONS AND THERE MAY NOT BE ANYTHING STANDING IN THE WAY OF EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE, WHICH COULD BE THE FIRST SCIENCE FICTION BEST PICTURE IN OSCARS 95 YEARS. >> AND CHRIS CONNELLY JOINS US LIVE NOW FROM THE RED CARPET IN LOS ANGELES AS WELL. AS CHIEF CORRESPONDENT AT VARIETY, ELIZABETH MEISTER AND OUR FRIEND WILL CARR IS HERE WITH ME IN STUDIO. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. CHRIS , I WANT TO START WITH WHERE YOU'RE STANDING, BECAUSE THE RED CARPET IS NOT SO RED THIS YEAR. IT'S NOT IT'S BEIGE OR I GUESS WOULD BE BETTER TO SAY CHAMPAGNE COLOR MORE IN HONOR OF THE CELEBRATION. AND I HAVE TO ADMIT, IT'S RAINING RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU CAN'T SEE ANYWHERE RAIN BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A PRETTY SOLID ROOF AHEAD OF US . IT'S NOT OPEN TO THE SUN AS IT'S BEEN IN THE PAST. IT'LL BE A NEW , MAYBE MORE ELEGANT RED CARPET THAN WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. >> SO WHAT'S THE LOGIC BEHIND THIS CHAMPAGNE CARPET THIS YEAR? >> WELL, I CAN'T TELL YOU. I'M SURE THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THERE ARE TWO FOLKS WHO HAVE WORKED ON THE MET GALA WHO CONSULTED THE RED CARPET HERE. AND SO I THINK THEY'RE A BUNCH OF CHANGES. IT LOOKS A LITTLE MORE LIKE WHAT WE'VE SEEN FOR WORLD PREMIERES HERE ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD FOR FILMS LIKE THE STAR WARS MOVIES OR THE MARVEL MOVIES, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SEALED IN AND SORT OF ELEGANT ALL THE WAY AROUND. IT'S JUST THAT IT'S RAINING RIGHT NOW. AND SO A LITTLE SOUND YOU HEAR BEHIND ME WON'T BE HERE ON SUNDAY, WE HOPE. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, NICE TO SEE YOU THERE. STILL EVERYONE'S STILL NICE AND DRY, EVEN IF IT DOES RAIN A BUT LET'S GET INTO THE MOVIES. EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE, ALL AT ONCE SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR FRONT RUNNER. >> HOW DO YOU THINK IT'LL DO ON SUNDAY? ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS THE FRONT RUNNER LEADING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. I THINK THAT EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE, ALL AT ONCE HAS A VERY GOOD SHOT AT WINNING BEST PICTURE AND FACT. THAT IS MY RICK KLEIN THAT IT IS GOING TO WIN BEST PICTURE. >> I ALSO THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACTING CATEGORIES ALONG MAJOR CATEGORIES ARE REALLY AN OPEN RACE. IF YOU ASK A LOT OF CRITICS. BUT THE ONLY LOCK, IN MY OPINION, IS KIWI QUAN, WHO IS UP FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR. HE HAS HAD SWEEP THROUGHOUT ALL OF AWARD SEASON. HE HAS BEEN SUCH A SUCCESS STORY. WE'VE ALL BEEN CRYING, WATCHING HIM CRY DURING HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES. >> AND I PREDICT WHEN WE DOING THAT AGAIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT, HE'S JUST SO ENTHUSIASTIC. >> WELL, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT ROOT FOR HIM. AND HE TAKES AMAZING SELFIES WITH EVERYBODY. EVERYWHERE HE GOES, HE'S GOT THE TOM CRUISE SELFIE. HE'S THE SELFIE KING AS WELL. STARS. THEY'RE JUST LIKE, OH, RIGHT. WELL, THEY'RE ALSO SOME PRETTY POWERFUL UNDERDOGS IN THESE ACTING CATEGORIES. I KNOW HE'S ONE YOU MENTIONED. >> WHO ARE YOU KEEPING OUR EYE ON ? I MEAN, I WANT TO SAY TO THAT I WOULD NEVER GO AGAINST WHAT ELIZABETH MEISTER SAYS, BUT I WOULD NOT COUNT BARRY KEOGAN FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR AS WELL. I THINK WHEN HE WON THE BAFTA AWARD, HE KIND OF ENDEARED A LOT OF FOLKS AND OPENED UP PEOPLE'S EYES TO HIS BACK STORY, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY REMARKABLE. HIS MOTHER PASSED AWAY WHEN HE WAS 12 . HE SPENT SEVEN YEARS IN FOSTER CARE IN 13 DIFFERENT FOSTER HOMES. SO HE'S COME A LONG WAY AND FOUGHT REALLY HARD TO GET TO BE WHERE HE IS . AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING ACTRESS HUNG OUT, YOU KNOW, SHE IS A REALLY INSPIRING BACK STORY AS WELL. BUT, YOU KNOW, HE HE WEAKLAND REALLY DOES HAVE THE LIKABILITY FACTOR WORKING IN HIS FAVOR AS WELL. SO A LOT OF FUN AND INSPIRING STORIES THIS YEAR TO FOLLOW AS WELL. >> AND YOU CAN ALL, BY THE WAY, JUMP IN AND FEEL FREE TO DISAGREE WITH EACH OTHER AND THEN WE'LL JUST HOLD YOUR FEET TO THE FIRE ON MONDAY. ALL RIGHT, WITH ME, BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, YOU GUYS. JIMMY KIMMEL. JIMMY KIMMEL IS COMING BACK TO HOST FOR A THIRD TIME. WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR THERE? >> WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THE PRODUCERS TOLD THE EXECUTIVE BRUISES AND SHOW TOLD US IS THAT THEY WANT EVERYONE IN THE THEATER TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE UNDER PRESSURE, LIKE NOBODY'S GOING TO , LIKE, MAKE FUN OF THEM OR HAVE ANY AD HOMINEM COMMENTS LIKE HE'S COMING FOR ME NEXT TIME. >> SO I CAN'T IMAGINE I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED LAST YEAR. I'M FORGETTING ABOUT. SO I DON'T KNOW. I WOULD NEVER SAY KINDER, GENTLER WHEN IT COMES TO THE BRILLIANT JIMMY KIMMEL. BUT I THINK PEOPLE WILL FEEL COMFORTABLE IN THE HOUSE AND THAT MIGHT CREATE A VIBE THAT HELPS FURTHER ON DOWN THE SHOW. >> ELIZABETH , HOW DO YOU THINK JIMMY KIMMEL, HE OBVIOUSLY HAS A PLAN TO ADDRESS THE SLAPP. >> HE'S ALREADY TOLD US AS MUCH. BUT WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THERE? YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT JIMMY IS BACK . >> I KNOW THAT WHEN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CAME OUT, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID , WAIT, HE'S DONE IT. BEFORE. WE'RE NOT GETTING SOMEBODY NEW . BUT I THINK THAT IS A REALLY POSITIVE THING. WHAT YOU KNOW WITH JIMMY KIMMEL IS HE'S GOING TO KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK. HE'S ALWAYS GREAT AT WHAT HE DOES. HE DOES THIS EVERY SINGLE NIGHT . I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HIM BACK THERE. AND I AGREE WITH CHRIS THAT, YES, THEY WANT IT TO BE A BIT MORE PLEASANT. BUT WE KNOW, JIMMY , HE IS NOT GOING TO KEEP IT THAT NOBODY IN THAT ROOM IS SAFE. SO I THINK THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT HOPEFULLY NOT WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR. >> I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT. WILL WE HAVE TO TALK MUSIC? BRIANNA'S PERFORMING, BUT LADY GAGA IS NOT WHAT'S GOING ON . >> SO LADY GAGA IS FILMING THE SEQUEL TO THE JOKER MOVIE. SHE IS SOMEWHERE FAR AWAY WITH JOAQUIN PHOENIX. >> AND I GUESS THERE WAS NO WAY FOR THEM TO MAKE IT WORK, AT LEAST NOT UP TO THE CALIBER OF PERFORMANCE LEVEL THAT WE EXPECT FROM GAGA. SO BOTH SHE AND THE ACADEMY DECIDED TOGETHER THAT SHE WILL NOT BE PERFORMING HER SONG FROM OUTCOME THIS YEAR. >> BUT I MEAN, NEVER TRUST WHAT GOES ON THERE. >> ANYONE CAN PULL OFF A SURPRISE. OH, YOU'LL REMEMBER. >> THAT'S WHERE WE'RE WE'RE HOW ABOUT WE'RE HIGHLY TRUSTWORTHY IN EVERY RESPECT. >> BUT IF ANYONE CAN PULL OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT IS RIHANNA. RIHANNA IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST PERSON IN 20 YEARS TO PERFORM WHILE GREAT WITH CHILD, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT CATHERINE ZETA JONES SANG FROM CHICAGO TWENTY YEARS AGO AND SHE HAD A BABY LIKE TEN DAYS AFTER SHE SANG. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THIS SHOW IS , IS THAT RIHANNA EVENTUALLY WILL WIND UP WITH TWO KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF TWO AND HER AND ROCKIES' HOUSEHOLD. SO THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO THEM SINGING AT THE OSCARS MIGHT BE THE EASIEST THING SHE DOES ALL YEAR. >> ALL RIGHT, GUYS, I'M OUT OF TIME REALLY QUICK. BEST PICTURE WILL CARR "EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT O" PICTURE. >> CHRIS "EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE AL. EVAN, SAME ONE. WE ALL AGREE. OKAY, THERE WE GO . OUR PANEL, THANK YOU ALL. THANKS TO YOU AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE OSCARS . WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL RED CARPET LIVE STARTING AT 1:30 PM EASTERN ON SUNDAY. AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU CAN WATCH THE NINETY FIFTH ACADEMY AWARDS AT 8:00 P.M., 5:00 PACIFIC ON ABC. AND STREAMING ON HULU. THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. I'M DIANE MACEDO. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK .