>> whit: goo >> whit: good morning, america. storm threat. our weather team tracking the system getting ready to barrel up the entire east coast. flood warnings and watches posted right now in florida with possible tornadoes. what it all means for those hoping to get a head start on traveling for the holidays.

>> gio: hostages killed. the outrage with family members taking to the streets after the idf admits to a tragic mistake, killing three hostages they were trying to set free. the fallout this morning. plus, the rare attack on jerusalem sending people fleeing from the western wall. >> stephanie: cause of death, the l.a. medical examiner releasing its autopsy report on matthew perry nearly two months after the "friends" star was found unresponsive in a hot tub. >> whit: student heroes springing into action when a mother and her two kids were run over by a car. >> i started calling for help, and i saw a bunch of shoes appear around the car, and they were all yelling, let's lift, lift. >> whit: that mom now speaking exclusively to abc news. ♪ what a beautiful sight ♪ >> gio: and ready, set, ship! the deadlines you need to know about to get those presents under the tree in time.

all the advice as we talk live with our everyday santas at the u.s. postal service. >> whit: and good morning, america. so great to have you with us. we're also happy to have stephanie ramos back at the desk with us once again. good morning. and we do have a lot to cover on this saturday including a awarding two georgia election workers more than three times what they asked for in their defamation case against rudy giuliani. and the fed signal leading to a boom on wall street. chair of the u.s. council of economic advisers, jared bernstein, joins us live. >> stephanie: plus, the latest on that urgent applesauce investigation tied to dozens of incidents around the country involving young children. >> gio: and maui strong. how music is helping in the recovery effort after the heart of lahaina re-opens four months after those devastating wildfires. we are looking forward to that story here, of course, but

we begin with millions of americans bracing for that storm targeting the east coast with heavy rain and potential flooding. meteorologist brittany bell from wabc is right here with the latest on what to expect. good morning, brittany. >> brittany: good morning, gio. and this storm could be dangerous for some. in florida, you are up first right now. that's in the gulf bringing light rain for now but that rain just gets heavier. look at these alerts. we have a wind advisory, also a flood watch. rainfall totals could range between 3 to 6 inches. we also could see gusts up to 45 miles per hour. let's time this out. that rain gets more intense in florida throughout the afternoon, and then by tomorrow morning from macon towards charleston, you are waking up to the brunt of this heavy rainfall. by sunday evening, just after sunset, those downpours stretching from raleigh, washington, d.c., and then sunday night towards monday morning, right around the time for your commute, intense downpours, and this will likely slow you down and also impact travel. whit? >> whit: another weekend washout. we'll brace for that, brittany. thank you.

we turn to israel where outraged families protested overnight after israeli defense forces confirm they accidentally killed three hostages. abc's foreign correspondent britt clennett is in tel aviv with the latest. britt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. i'm here at what's become known as hostage square. people are paying tribute with ribbons and letters. the families here, they're upset, but they're also angry after three hostages were killed by israeli fire, and, guys, we're getting a preliminary report from the idf saying, those hostages, they came out with a white cloth tied to a stick, but still they were shot at. this morning, outrage after israeli military admits to accidentally shooting and killing three israeli hostages in northern gaza friday. protesters gathering in tel aviv demanding answers, like this man, the son-in-law of hostage keith seigel, also an american citizen.

>> the hostages we got back in the last few days were all dead bodies, and these people are still alive and still can be saved through proper negotiation like was done before. >> reporter: the men now identified as 28-year-old yotam haim, 26-year-old alon shamriz and 22-year-old samer talalka. the idf claiming troops misidentified them as fighters during intense combat. >> what went wrong? >> well, obviously we misidentified hostages for enemy combatants and, sadly, shot them. it is something that sadly can be expected of such a chaotic battlefield. >> reporter: prime minister netanyahu calling the deaths an unbearable tragedy, saying, the entire state of israel will mourn this evening. the idf telling me they can't guarantee this won't happen again. >> you can't rule out that more hostages inside gaza are going to die at the hands of israeli soldiers? >> no, no, hopefully not die at the hands of our soldiers, but definitely that there will be

instances like this in the future. so, we cannot rule that out. >> reporter: so far at least 20 israeli hostages have died, and more than 100 are thought to remain in gaza. this as hamas launched a rare rocket attack at jerusalem earlier in the day. air raid sirens sounding the alarm for the first in a month. at least three rockets intercepted by the israeli iron dome defense system. now, the families here are pushing for negotiations. one man i spoke to whose son is still in gaza, he said, it's been 71 days. what are they waiting for? how many more hostages need to die? stephanie? >> stephanie: an absolutely heartbreaking situation. britt, thank you. now to rudy giuliani vowing to appeal after a jury awarded two georgia election workers $148 million in their defamation lawsuit. abc's jay o'brien is in washington with the reaction to the verdict. good morning, jay.

>> reporter: stephanie, the lawyer for those two georgia election workers suing giuliani told the jury to use their verdict to send a message to the former new york mayor and others like him, and when they returned, that jury awarded the two women more than three times what they asked for. this morning, rudy giuliani, former president trump's one-time attorney, ordered to pay nearly $150 million to two former georgia elections workers after they say he ruined their reputations with lies about the 2020 election. the disgraced former new york mayor defiant. >> i don't regret a damn thing. >> reporter: the washington, d.c. federal jury ordered giuliani to pay three times more than the plaintiffs were seeking. more than 33 million in compensatory damages, 40 million for emotional distress, and 75 million in punitive damages. all after a federal judge already ruled this summer giuliani defamed ruby freeman

and her daughter, shaye moss, with repeated made-up claims that they were involved in election fraud during ballot counting. >> the flame that giuliani lit with those lies changed every aspect of our lives. >> reporter: giuliani doubling down on his false claims when pressed by abc news. >> i have no doubt that my comments were made, and they were supportable and are supportable today. >> reporter: in court, both women told jurors the lies led to threats on their lives, racist messages, and intimidating voice mails. >> you're going to jail, ruby. >> reporter: in tearful testimony before the january 6th committee last year, freeman saying, her very identity was lost. >> i've lost my name, and i've lost my reputation. i've lost my sense of security. >> reporter: ruby freeman saying that while she's thankful to the jury for their decision, there's no amount of money that can truly fix what happened to her and her daughter. giuliani has promised to appeal. gio?

>> gio: all right, jay. we know you'll stay on it. thanks. now to the death of matthew perry. so many of us were shocked when it happened. now the autopsy report is out revealing the cause of his death, and abc's jaclyn lee is in los angeles with the details. good morning, jaclyn. >> reporter: hey, gio, good morning. the l.a. medical examiner says it was a combination of ketamine and drowning, making it clear that matthew perry's death was an accident. this morning the cause of actor matthew perry's death now revealed. an autopsy showing the 54-year-old "friends" star died of acute effects of the drug, ketamine. his manner of death ruled an accident after the l.a. county medical examiner says he likely fell unconscious and slipped underwater in his hot tub. according to the report, he had high levels of ketamine in his blood with perry reported to be receiving ketamine infusion therapy for depression and anxiety. >> the acute effects of ketamine can include a lower heart rate, lower blood pressure, they can stop breathing, have seizures or have a coma.

if you're in a body of water and this happens, you can drown. >> reporter: ketamine is a common anesthetic that can be used to use treatment-resistant depression. when used recreationally it can create euphoric and psychedelic effects. the investigation concluded the ketamine did not come from the infusion therapy as his last treatment was a week and a half before his death, and the drug clears the system in a few hours. perry has been vocal about his struggles with drug addiction telling our diane sawyer, the worst of it was when he took 55 vicodin tablets a day. his career spanning decades. >> i'm not great at the advice. can i interest you in a sarcastic comment? >> reporter: before his death trying to use his fame to help others in his memoir. >> your disease is just outside doing one-arm push-ups just waiting for you, waiting to get you alone. >> reporter: the medical examiner also says heart disease contributed to his death, along with buprenorphine, an fda approved medication that was in his system but was

not the immediate cause of perry's death. stephanie? >> stephanie: really sad to hear those details. jaclyn, thank you so much. we turn now to the investigation into tainted applesauce packets and new clues about the possible source of the contamination that investigators are trying to hunt down. abc's reena roy is here with the latest. good morning, reena. >> reporter: stephanie, good morning to you. the snack pouches are a kid favorite. but now parents are being urged to toss them out, and a senior u.s. official tells abc, the fda suspects the tainted products are the result of a manufacturer cutting corners to save money deliberately sourcing cheap materials. the fda confirming the agency is looking into a theory that this may have been a case of that so-called economically motivated adulteration. federal health officials recalling the cinnamon apple puree and applesauce flavors and weis because of elevated

lead levels. so far, 125 cases linked to the pouches across 22 states have been reported to the cdc. all the children under 6. 46 children confirmed to have lead poisoning, and now the fda is focusing their investigation on a manufacturing facility in ecuador. wanabana, one of the distributors of the tainted applesauce, is facing a lawsuit from a family in maryland whose 9-month-old got lead poisoning, they say, after eating the pouches over the summer. health providers recommend having children tested for lead during their well child visits at 1 and 2 years old and consulting a doctor if you think your child may have been exposed. whit? >> whit: an alarming case. all right. reena, thank you. we turn now to some encouraging news on the economy. wall street taking off and reaching a new record after the fed signaled the cost of borrowing may soon be coming down. abc's alexis christoforous is here to break it all down for us. alexis, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. wall street got an early christmas present this week courtesy of the federal reserve. the fed admitting its efforts to

tamp down inflation are starting to pay off and signaled three interest rate cuts could be coming in 2024. now, that would make borrowing money less expensive by lowering interest rates on things like credit cards, auto loans, and mortgage rates, which, by the way, have been falling in recent weeks dipping below 7% this week for the first time since august. the fed's news igniting a rally on wall street, sending the dow to an all-time high and its first close above 37,000. for the week the dow, s&p 500, and nasdaq each gaining more than 2%. investors now betting the fed will achieve that soft landing, lowering inflation while avoiding a recession. whit? >> whit: okay, let's dig in a little bit deeper. alexis, thank you, and bring in jared bernstein, chair of the u.s. council of economic advisers. jared, good morning to you. it's great to have you. so, the federal reserve, as we heard there, signaling rate cuts coming next year. the stock market is responding with record highs. how confident are you now that the u.s. will, in fact, avoid a recession?

>> well, look, it's always hard to look around corners in an economy that has uncertainty as part of its characteristics in recent years, however, we've got some really great momentum going here. you reported on the federal reserve. that's great, love to see the stock market do fine, sure, but what president biden wants to know is is this reaching middle class families? is it helping to uplift the families like the one he grew up in where all of these issues were kitchen-table issues, and in this case, we also see some positive momentum. we have a job market that, of course, has been strong for a long time. the unemployment rate below 4% for 22 months running. that is a 50-year record, and that's helping along with the easing of inflation, critical part of the puzzle. also related to the fed story with the easing of inflation, that's helping to generate real wage gains. more purchasing power. wages beating prices. so important for the american consumer.

>> whit: so, and you know this, we talk about this balancing act coming out of this period of inflation. does the white house expect, and do you believe the time is right next year for those interest rates to start coming down? >> well, first of all, when it comes to the federal reserve, it's really important to stay out of their knitting. this is something president biden has been really firm on in contrast to his predecessor. we let them handle monetary policy, and we stay out of their way. what the president wants to do is make sure we're delivering on behalf of middle class working families, and that's the plan we're executing on, and that plan is making progress. now, do we have more work to do? absolutely, but if you look at prices from tvs to toys, from eggs to apples, airfares, car rentals, very important this time of year, and the price of gas, okay, i looked at that before i came out. this morning the price of gas is $3.08 this morning nationally. that peaked at over $5 a gallon back in june of last year, so that's two bucks per gallon of savings.

fill up the tank, and that's the kind of breathing room that this president is fighting for for working families. >> whit: so, you noted that work still needs to be done. president biden still struggles in the polls when people are asked about the economy, cost of living, cost of borrowing, everyday items. you mentioned some of those prices have come down, but many of those items are still high. his opponents like donald trump are painting doomsday scenarios if biden is re-elected. so, what is your message to voters who blame president biden in part for the high prices they're paying now? >> well, it's a two-part message. one is, we're on the right path. we've got more work to do, but we must stay the course, okay? inflation is down two-thirds off its peak. we are bringing back jobs to this country, domestic manufacturing jobs. we are standing up production of clean energy facilities, electric vehicles, electric batteries, and at the same time -- you know, there's a headline this morning from one of our major papers, this season's hottest shopping trend

falling prices, okay. that's the direction we're going in, so that's part one. on the right path, more work to do, stay on the path. part two, contrast that with the plans of the other side. from what we can tell, the plans of the republicans look to us like they are to cut more taxes for millionaires and billionaires, to actually give big pharma the kind of presence that joe biden has helped to take away so that we can lower prescription drug costs, lower the cost of insulin, lower the cost of health coverage, and make it easier for millionaires and billionaires to evade taxes with the irs. none of that is okay with this president because none of that helps working families. that's his agenda, and that's what we're executing on, more to do but on the right path. >> whit: jared bernstein, we have to leave it there. thank you for your time this morning. we do appreciate it. we want to get a check of the weather with brittany bell from our new york station, wabc, and we are expecting another weekend full of rain. >> brittany: right, just a mess. even the early stages of this storm already caused some major

issues yesterday. this is what it did in ormond beach, florida, on yesterday. you can see the high swells, also the rough surf, so in addition to that threat for heavy rainfall, we're also watching out for that potential for severe weather. you can see that highest severe threat that stretches from jacksonville all the way down towards miami, and you can see damaging winds and even the potential for a few isolated tornadoes, and that severe threat is higher for south carolina, also north carolina. once again, a flood threat and damaging winds stretching all the way towards greenville. now, this is a look at these rainfall totals that could lead to some issues of localized flooding. we could see rain between 2 to 4 inches, higher totals near 4 to 6 inches. that's what's happening across

>> brittany: and that's your >> brittany: and that's your local forecast. back to you guys. >> gio: all right, brittany, thank you so much for that. now we're going to turn to maui strong four months after those devastating wildfires tore through the island. the heart of lahaina has re-opened to residents and business owners, and abc's will carr is just north of there in kapalua with a special story on healing with music. good morning, will. >> reporter: aloha, gio, from the ritz-carlton kapalua. we're at an amazing event that just wrapped up. a musician flew in from the mainland bringing guitars to kids who lost everything, and music on maui is all about culture. it's through song that they teach history, family, and life.

♪ music on maui is culture and history and community all wrapped into what's called mele. >> i almost don't want to use the word therapeutic, but that's probably a good word. it's a way to minister to other people and bring people together to share in joys, to share in sadness. >> reporter: for four months sadness has swept across the island after wildfires swept across the area. lahaina music affected. jason and jerome's music store were affected. >> all my personal instruments were burned in the store. that's all gone. >> reporter: fueled by donations and the aloha spirit, they're still playing, joining others striving to keep music on maui alive. this weekend, free guitars for kids, delivering nearly 200 instruments to the island. >> we are not just giving somebody something, we're actually doing it through relationships. >> reporter: the organization : teaming up with touring artist

and ron artis ii. handing out guitars to kids, many who lost everything when their homes burned. >> i lost a guitar, two ukuleles, a drum and piano. >> we want to give you something that can help with your journey and help keep music -- that fire of music in your life. ♪ >> reporter: with a guitar, artis ii showing the kids the beauty of that fire. ♪ and the healing strength of mele. ♪ aloha ♪ >> reporter: it was so touching to see those kids' faces light up when they got those instruments, and as one musician put it to me, music on maui is like a river, everybody is part of it, and everybody is trying to keep it flowing. guys? >> gio: what a beautiful story, will. thank you so much for bringing

that. i was talking to some folks in maui, some of my friends, and they're saying, please remind people maui is open for business. they rely on tourism, and so they want people to visit. >> whit: absolutely, and all those developments, all those moments of healing and hope, they go a long way. there's still a long road to recovery there. >> gio: absolutely. >> stephanie: so nice to see them get that support, especially around the holidays too. >> gio: that's right. this is the time. coming up here on "gma," we are going in depth. the political headlines including the potential impact of the texas supreme court blocking a woman from getting an abortion for health reasons. >> stephanie: plus, an abc news exclusive interview with a mom speaking out about the heroes who jumped in to save her family after they were pinned under a car. >> whit: and the u.s. postal service shares what you need to know to make sure your holiday gifts arrive on time. we'll be right back. you know that feeling of having to re-wash dishes that didn't get clean? i don't. cascade platinum plus has me doing dishes...differently.

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i can't believe you let this >> i cannot believe you let this happen. >> well, i hate this job. >> a true king builds bridges, right? >> a true king builds bridges. >> gio: welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. that's "aquaman and the lost

kingdom" there. jason momoa and patrick wilson teaming up again for the action-packed sequel, and our maggie rulli got the chance to sit down with the stars in london. they are sipping tea and spilling some tea, of course. that is coming up in our next hour. >> whit: definitely looking forward to that. also, the top headlines we're following on this saturday morning. two major shipping companies pausing all container shipped traffic through the red sea, maersk and hapag-lloyd, and the two announcing they are suspending transit through one of the most important trade corridors after a series of attacks on their vessels by irani-backed houthi militants. they've raised concern about shipments of oil, grain, and consumer goods. >> stephanie: customs and border patrol issuing a warning after the mexican military seized ten improvised explosive devices at the border. the ieds were discovered by mexican authorities after a man with an ak-47 rifle was arrested on the u.s. side of the border. a law enforcement official

saying the man was fleeing the warring, gang violence, and turned himself in to u.s. authorities. >> gio: and a shake-up at america's favorite quiz show. mayim bialik announcing she will no longer be hosting "jeopardy!" the actress saying she has been to grateful to have been one of the hosts. the show saying ken jennings will be the sole host for the syndicated "jeopardy!" moving forward but adding they hope to continue to work with bialik on primetime specials. >> stephanie: we'll miss her. >> whit: absolutely. we do start this half hour with a closer look at the top political headlines this week. joining us our abc deputy political director averi harper in the studio and white house correspondent maryalice parks, who is in new hampshire. all right, averi, let's start with you, because nikki haley had a big week getting sununu's endorsement. she seems to be peaking at the right time just over a month before the primary there. how much of a differencemaker could this endorsement be? >> it could be a big difference. i'll tell you how the haley team

is looking at it. they know that chris sununu is not only popular with republicans but independents in the state, and those are independents who can vote in the state's open republican primary, and so that's where they're looking to run up the score. they know they can't do anything about the significant portion of the party that may be loyal to former president trump, but they could try and expand the electorate there with independent voters. so if haley gets the support of not only republicans who are looking for a trump alternative but also independents, that could be her golden ticket. but do not get me wrong, it's still going to be an uphill battle for haley. she's still more than 20 points behind former president trump when you look at recent polling. >> stephanie: important to know who sununu is supporting after months of speculation. finally we know. maryalice, this question is for you. one major political headline the candidates are responding to this week, the texas supreme court deciding to block kate cox from getting an abortion after she discovered her fetus had a

genetic disorder that is almost always fatal and her pregnancy possibly hurting her chances at fertility down the road. what are you hearing on the trail about this? >> reporter: yes, stephanie, just a huge story across the country, but actually we're hearing very little from these republican presidential candidates. ron desantis, florida governor ron desantis has not weighed in on the substance of this case. nikki haley, she said she didn't think judges should be deciding these things, but, of course, judges are deciding them. you know, we are hearing so much from doctors that these medical exemptions that say they are designed to protect the life and safety of a mother with these dangerous pregnancies, we are hearing doctors saying they are just not working, they are just not practical, that the laws are too vague, and the penalties are too steep. in texas doctors can face up to life in prison, and the state of texas in this case actually threatened the hospitals that were involved. now, it is interesting that texas is one of a handful of states where supreme court justices are elected there in the state, and i can tell you that democrats now in the state

move say that they are going to contest every single one of these open positions. >> gio: yeah, a lot of people talking about this, maryalice. averi, let's talk about president biden here. we're going to turn the tables on that, because a lot went on this week. but we also have that vote on the hill for impeachment proceedings. so what do we know? what are the implications? >> right, gio. what happened was republicans, house republicans, voted to proceed with an impeachment inquiry without any evidence to determine whether president biden benefited from his son hunter biden's foreign business dealings, and now i spoke with the campaign, they say they're not going to touch hunter biden. they say he is a private citizen, but they will attack this impeachment inquiry and already started to fund raise off it. they called it baseless. they called it ridiculous, but ultimately i don't think the campaign will spend that much time talking about it. they don't think american voters will hinge their vote on this come november. >> gio: all right. >> whit: up next, maryalice, back to you in new hampshire. some major headlines on israel this week. the president saying behind

closed doors that israel was engaged in what he called indiscriminate bombing. obviously the implications on that are huge. you pressed the white house on the president's comments. >> reporter: yeah. they just have not had a good answer on this. they say israel has the responsibility to conduct itself in a way that follows the rules of war, but indiscriminate bombing would seem to fly in the face of acceptable rules of war. i asked the white house there in the briefing if the president believes that israel is engaging in indiscriminate bombing, wouldn't the u.s. have an obligation to put new conditions on military aid? the national security spokesperson, john kirby, did not have an answer for that. he danced around it. we know they're trying to push israel to start a new phase of this war, lower intensity, more surgical, but the reality is they are already facing a lot of tough questions from members of congress and democrats who say there should be changes to aid going to israel in the future if this is the kind of destruction that they're seeing on the

ground in gaza, guys. >> whit: maryalice parks, averi harper, thanks to both of you. we appreciate it. let's get another check of the weather with brittany bell. good morning. >> brittany: good morning. so, i'm sure a lot of you have noticed it doesn't feel like december right now, and that is right. you can see temperatures have been unseasonably warm, and that will continue over the next few days. you can see in raleigh a high of 57 on sunday. boston, you can break a record later in the week. but off to the west, it is hot right now, but there's a big pattern change is on the way. sunday into monday you'll have the first batch of rain moving off to the north and then another round of rain tuesday into wednesday. that could dump between 1 to 4 inches. here's a look at those totals across the entire state on the lower end. those totals will range between 1 to 2 inches. the higher totals, 2 to 4, and some of the higher elevations could pic

>> brittany: i'm not really >> brittany: i mean, i'm not really complaining about warmer temperatures, but it would be nice to get maybe a few snowflakes around christmastime. >> gio: i like that idea. >> brittany: not a bad look. >> whit: not too many. >> brittany: it's manageable. >> gio: and then let's get warmer again. thank you, brittany. coming up, the american students who sprang into action to help a family pinned under a car right in front of their school. stick around. you're watching "gma" on a saturday morning. (retailer) what i feel in my heart during the subaru share the love event... ...it's just so rewarding. (woman) we believe in love. not just our customers... ...but also our community. (man) and the subaru share the love event is truly an example of that. (woman) over two hundred eighty-five million dollars donated is phenomenal. (retailer) it absolutely sets us apart... ...from all other car companies. (vo) right now, get a new subaru and subaru and our retailers will donate three hundred dollars to charity. get two point nine percent apr financing on a new 2024 outback

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showing the moment nearly two dozen people jumped into action after a car accidentally hit a mother and her two toddlers pinning them underneath at a utah school parking lot. >> i looked to my left and i saw that there was a vehicle coming, so i went to grab my daughter's hand, then at that point the car just kind of toppled over us, and we kind of rolled underneath. >> reporter: bridgette's 3-year-old daughter was able to crawl out on her own, but mom and her 2-year-old son were trapped. >> i started calling for help, and i saw a bunch of shoes appear around the car, and they were all yelling, let's lift, lift. >> reporter: those shoes, over 20 high school students and senior airman dominique childress on location to pick up his own kids rushing to lift the car. >> i noticed all these students gathering around her car trying to lift it up. still didn't know what was going on, so i started lifting, as well. >> reporter: the car was up a few inches when bridgette said she could prop herself up. >> my son was not conscious.

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>> gio: back now on "gma" with another round of shipping deadlines today if you want to get those gifts under the tree by christmas morning. u.s. postal strategic communication specialist amy gibbs joins us now with everything you need to know. good morning, amy. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> gio: absolutely. i call you guys this time of year the everyday santas, because you're working so hard here. tell us about this, because today there's a deadline. what is it? >> today is december 16th, so today is first class mail and usps ground advantage. so, if you are writing those greeting cards, today is the day. >> gio: today is the day. this is when you got to get it out. this year, procrastinators are at a little bit of a disadvantage because christmas is actually on a monday, so that means there's no mail

on sunday, so tell us about this. what do we need to know about that? >> deadlines are important this year. we have priority mail, that's the 20th. if you're last minute, you can hit the 21st for priority mail express. >> gio: let's look at those again. we're putting them up on the screen. we have first-class mail today, priority mail wednesday, december 20th, and then priority mail express, thursday, december 21st. is that the absolute last one? >> yes, that is our last deadline. >> gio: so, you also have this handy counter that's on your website showing how many packages have been shipped and all of that. what are we at right now, and do you think it will be a record breaker? >> it's really exciting. this is our holiday surge, so right now we're at 8.6 billion since thanksgiving. this next week, time will tell. we're not done yet, but whatever the volume is, we can handle it. >> gio: we have breaking news that it just went up to 8.7 billion, so it's incredible. so you really think this is going to be a record breaker? >> yeah, we'll see. it's a surge. next week is our surge, and we're ready for it. we're built for this season. >> gio: so, tell me a little about how you're built.

what steps has the postal service taken to handle the surge? >> we start planning months in advance with our delivering for america plan and have made some key investments in our transportation, our personnel. we've added new sorting machines. it's just an exciting time to be at the postal service. >> gio: i've seen it at work and been inside those and seeing everybody working so hard, and i'm always blown away to figure how it is that you even do this. what's the best advice that you can give people right now? they're trying to get packages and want to make sure they arrive on time. some people waiting a little too long. what's your best advice? >> my best advice is ship often and ship early. so, we suggest these deadlines. try your best to hit them, and we will deliver the holidays on time. >> gio: i know you were a letter carrier yourself. you know what they're dealing with out there. >> yes, i was a letter carrier, and we're so proud of our staff. it's all hands on deck right now, and we're working hard to deliver for you. >> gio: i know you're working hard.

our everyday santas. amy gibbs, thank you so much. please thank everyone at the u.s. postal service as well. >> thank you so much for having us, and happy holidays. >> gio: and happy holidays to you. and, of course, there are some other carriers out there to deliver your packages. the 19th, that's tuesday, is the cutoff for the lower tiers of u.p.s. and fedex. then the 22nd is a week from today, and that's your drop dead deadline for shipping at both got to get those packages out. go, go, go. do it today, and we'll be right back with your "play of the day" here on "gma." ♪ ♪ trumpet music plays ♪ 579 breaths to show 'em your stuff. every breath matters. don't let rsv take your breath away. protect yourself from rsv with abrysvo, pfizer's rsv vaccine. abrysvo is a vaccine for the prevention of lower respiratory disease from rsv in people 60 years and older. rsv can be serious if you are 60 or older.

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>> stephanie: ba-dum-dum. >> gio: we can always count on you for the bad jokes. >> whit: we love our dogs at "gma." yeah. >> gio: didn't you have a dog named pepper at one time? >> whit: we did not. my dog is copper. yes. we've had 17 foster pups. >> stephanie: i was going to say, you've had quite a lot. >> whit: i get the names mixed up. >> gio: coming up in our second hour on "gma," more on those contaminated pouches of applesauce so popular with kids. what you need to know right here. >> stephanie: and our "gma" cover story. major retailers like walmart, target, and amazon suspending sales of some popular products marketed to young kids.

unlawful public assembly in more in connection to the pro-palestinian protests that shut down the bay bridge in november. you may remember this the incident that blocked rush hour traffic for hours, protesting, called on world leaders for a ceasefire during the apec summit. all of those allegedly involved will be charged with five misdemeanor counts, including false imprisonment, refusing to comply, unlawful public assembly, refusing to disperse and obstruction of a public place. each person who was cited will appear in court throughout next week, starting on monday, with rain making its way to the bay area this weekend. today sandbags are available for residents and businesses in san francisco. they are being distributed at the marina green east parking lot from noon until 7 p.m. sandbags are also available at the public works

operations yard at meriden, kansas. streets over in the bay view. speaking of that rain, let's check in with lisa on the timing. good morning. >> good morning. we have our spare the air alert today and tomorrow. stephanie, for hazy conditions, a live look from sutro and you can see that there certainly is haze out there. moderate air quality for all of us right now. 48 downtown, 47. in oakland, 43 in san jose. another look at the golden gate bridge, where it is pretty quiet here. 34 in santa rosa, 35 in fairfield and livermore. so certainly cold as much as ten degrees colder in concord, nine degrees colder. half moon bay. looking at the rain chances increasing just slightly sunday. then look at monday, tuesday, wednesday on and off. showers. monday some heavier rain. we're going to track that for you. that level one system on the way tomorrow. stephanie, lisa thank you. >> up next, the berryessa flea market will stay open for a little longer. what a new agreement means for hundreds of vendors and the landowners looking to develop abc seven news at 8 a.m. is next

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