>> the pistachio cream cold brew and the pistachio latte making their return to the menu. no there are also two food items that are new a potato, cheddar and chive bake, and a vanilla bean custard. danish thus, for me, whom i didn't know, january was pistachio season. >> yeah, too much pistachio. >> get rid of them. push them. good morning america.them. for our viewers in the west, a new cross country storm on the move. coast to coast. the two major storms bringing impacts from heavy snow to flooding rain. plus when could parts of the northeast see heavy snow for the first time in more than a year? ginger is tracking it all. deadly plane crash investigation.

new details on the collision between a passenger jet and coast guard plane in one of busiest airports in the world and crucial steps followed by the nearly 400 people who escaped. ballot battle. former president trump appeals the decision to keep him off the primary ballot in maine with the first votes less than two weeks away in iowa. harvard university's president out. reaction after her handling of anti-semitism on campus. a top hamas official killed in a massive blast in lebanon, as fears grow of a wider war in the middle east. record numbers at the southern border. how the influx of migrants is creating a crisis for many mayors across the country, as they struggle to keep up. a chinese exchange student found cold and alone in the utah woods after his family says they paid thousands of dollars in ransom. how they fell victim to a cyber kidnapping scam. the new report on alcohol and cancer and ways you can cut back in the new year.

soar into 2024 into your new home. is this finally your year? the relief for some aspiring homeowners right now. one of a kind heart beat. a little boy's precious world changing journey from ground breaking surgery as an infant, now swinging into 2024. >> announcer: live in times square, this is good morning america. >> and good morning america. hope you're doing well. boy that story about the little baby is just incredible. >> heartwarming there. some people go to disney to celebrate and there's those who go to gma. tell us about the folks you just ran into outside. >> the newlyweds from new mexico decided to come to new york. i was like, you came somewhere cold for your honeymoon. congratulations to that young couple. good to see them out there this morning. but we're going to begin with the first of two major storms set to sweep across the country. ginger standing by with the big picture. first mola lenghi startses off in san francisco. good morning.

>> reporter: good morning, michael. we are live here in san francisco where the rain has been on and off all morning. you see decent size waves crashing around me. four, five, six feet right now, but they are expected to get much bigger throughout the day. all of this part of a system that's expected to touch pretty much the entire west coast. there are also high surf alerts from san diego up here to san francisco. winter weather advisories also in effect for the mountains and the mountains of l.a. and ventura counties. some spots could see up to a foot of snow this week. we are expecting a pretty wet week out here in the west coast, michael. >> thank you very much for that, mola. let's bring in ginger with the track and time of the cross country storm which could bring heavy snow to the east coast for the first time in a long time, ginger. good morning. >> it has been nearly two years, michael, since we have had an inch or more of snow in new york city consecutive snow droughts for philadelphia and baltimore also record breaking. these lengths of times we've gone without snow could change by the weekend.

let's go. this is the storm that does it. mola was just talking about it. waves could grow up to 20 feet. then winter storm warnings in sierra nevada, even san diego. winter weather advisory. we're going to slide that through the southern rockies through thursday. that's when the snowfalls in new mexico and arizona. slides across with heavy rain on the gulf coast. let's time out the weekend. 7 a.m. saturday. it's made its way to cincinnati, up into parts of ohio, west virginia, northern virginia. then saturday night, sunday night it deteriorates from philadelphia to new york city. looks like the best chance of heavy snow hudson valley north, mountains of pennsylvania, connecticut up through massachusetts, berkshires and into new england. coastal, we're going to pay attention to this one. we need the storm to actually make its way to land before we get into exact numbers. but linsey a pretty good shot of seeing our first snow in a long time. >> hard to believe it's been two years. i guess we're overdue. thank you.

now the investigation into the deadly plane collision and inferno in japan. looking into why the landing passenger jet slammed into a small plane on the runway. matt gutman is live in tokyo with the very latest. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, linsey. just moments ago the japanese transport ministry releasing communications between the air traffic control an the pilot of the coast guard plane and says that at no point was that plane given permission to cross the runway. new transcripts shedding light into what caused this catastrophic collision at one of the busiest airports between flight 516 and a japanese coast tkpwar plane. the coast guard did not clear the plane to enter the runway. four minutes before the collision, the atc instructed

the japan air ways jet to continue its approach. 5:45, atc clearing the japan air ways jet to land. ten seconds later the air traffic controller instructing them to go to a holding point. japanese coast tkpwar guard saying they were given permission to enter the runway. japan airlines praising the heroics of its crew saying if the air bus a350, a wide body plane carrying 379 passengers landed it clipped the coast guard plane which had entered the runway. the result was that fire ball. as the plane skidded to a stop, smoke filling the cabin. but the airlines saying the plane's intercom failed. the crew determined safe exits for evacuation and used megaphones and their own voices to steer passengers to three of the plane's functional eight exits. somehow nearly 400 people scrambling out to safety in just seconds. one survivor showing me the inferno outside the plane and

saying despite the terror, passengers were calm and followed the crew's commands. they saw the explosion from the terminal showing these photos of the inferno. it burned so hot, the entire back end of the plane snapped off smashing on to the runway. aviation experts saying the evacuation of flight 516 was flawless and undoubtedly saved lives. the same experts telling us had it nosed on to the runway just a few feet farther it would have been a catastrophic explosion that likely would have been unsurvivable. george? >> okay, matt. thanks so much. we'll get the latest on donald trump. he appealed his decision to keep him off the primary ballot in maine as he faces multiple challenges on his eligibility to run for office. rachel scott is in des moines iowa. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: george, good morning. the republican primary is in full swing in iowa.

the candidates criss crossing the state. once again, all eyes are on former president trump and his legal trouble, now fighting to get on every primary ballot. this morning donald trump taking his fight to remain on the primary ballot in maine to court, insisting the secretary of state had no legal authority to bar him from running. the former president now at the center of two unprecedented cases. officials in maine and the colorado supreme court kicking him off the ballot over his actions on january 6th. >> qualifications for president, under the united states constitution, are not a menu, they're not optional. my job is to follow the constitution and the law. >> reporter: the case is hinging on a section of the 14th amendment which blocks anyone who swore an oath to the constitution and engaged in an insurrection from running for office. in an appeal the lawyers saying he has never taken an oath to support the constitution, adding that only applies to people holding specified offices, not

running for them or being elected to them. trump is still the far and away front runner, with the iowa caucus less than two weeks away. nearly all his republican rivals blasting those decisions. even his toughest critic, former new jersey governor chris christie. >> excluding people from the ballot is going to cause more rage and divide the country. >> reporter: although florida governor ron desantis arguing trump would do the same. >> if any of the other ones of us had gotten kicked off the ballot, trump would be spiking the football. >> reporter: we are told trump still plans to appeal that decision in colorado. there are similar lawsuits playing out in more than a dozen states, putting even more pressure on the u.s. supreme court to weigh in quickly, george. >> okay, rachel. thank you very much. let's bring in dan abrams. rachel just said it. you've got this challenge in maine, colorado, several other states. this is definitely going to the supreme court. >> there's no question the supreme court is going to hear it, right? a lot of the time, cases will be brought to the supreme court and they'll have to decide, do we take the case or not? there's no doubt in my mind that

they are going to take this case. they have to take this case. they are going to rule on this case. and the advantage that the donald trump team has, if they accept any one of the arguments, he wins. meaning, we could go through five or so arguments that he has. you have a due process argument. you have definitional arguments. you have questions about whether it's self-executing or whether you need congress to make laws. >> is the president even covered? >> exactly. is the president even covered? if he wins on any one of those arguments, he wins. that's the challenge that the other side is going to have. >> we were talking about this before air. you and i both begin from the premise, the supreme court simply does not want to step in and decide the election. there's no way they are going to uphold the maine decision or colorado decision. we may be proven wrong. but what's the argument? >> the argument that the other side is going to make is that, under the clear words of the 14th amendment section 3, this should apply. right? that's where a lot of people

say, wait a second. look at this. this was an insurrection, etc. then when you get into the little definitional aspects of the 14th amendment and look at other sections of the 14th amenment, there are various arguments to be made. most important one is this argument about due process, right? which is, where has he been charged with an insurrection? who has decided? in colorado they would say it was a judge that resolved this question, etc. but there are real legal arguments that donald trump has and because there's a menu of outs for the court, they're going to find one, i would think, that will say donald trump can remain on the ballot. >> far different case also coming, former president has immunity from criminal prosecution. >> right. that's a much more long shot argument. the idea that the president of the united states has total immunity in his role as president. i can't see how the court would determine that. this is a nice way, by the way, if they want to take up both together to make it clear

they're being fair. no, the president doesn't have total immunity, but he remains on the ballot. >> dan abrams, thank you very much. michael? >> thank you, george. now to the fallout at harvard after university president claudine gay resigned tuesday as she faced mounting plagiarism accusations and criticism of her handling of anti-semitism on campus. selina wang is in cambridge, massachusetts with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, michael. this is a stunning fall from power. claudine gay became harvard's president just six months ago with very high expectation. now she's become the shortest serving one in harvard's history. this morning growing fallout at harvard university after the school's president resigned over a flurry of controversy. in a statement, dr. gay saying she resigned, quote, so that our community can navigate this moment of extraordinary challenge with the focus on the institution rather than any individual. dr. gay was one of three top university presidents who came

under fire for their answers at a congressional hearing on combatting anti-semitism on campus. >> does calling for the genocide of jews violate harvard's laws on bullying and harassment? >> it can be depending on the context. >> what's the context? >> targeted at an individual. >> it's targeted at jewish student, jewish individuals. >> reporter: afterwards dr. gay apologized for what she called poor wording in her testimony. but conservative attacks on gay kept coming, including allegations that gay plagiarized in her scholarly work. a harvard led investigation revealing, quote, a new instances of inadequate citations. but the university finding no violation of its standards. some faculty members are angry that gay was pushed out. harvard's professor ryan enos told the student newspaper gay's resignation, quote, represents an attack on the independence of universities that shows universities in the united states can be bullied and attacked for political reasons. but one student who faced

incidents of anti-semitism said her departure is a step in the right direction. >> i felt that some action was necessary at some point and the administration created an environment that was uncomfortable for jewish students on campus, so something had to change. it's been a rocky six months for dr. gay. she was harvard's first black president and when announcing her resignation, harvard said she faced racist vitrial. the university condemning the personal attacks on her. linsey? >> thank you. the latest on the war between israel and hamas and the killing of a top hamas loader and an explosion in lebanon. this comes as growing concerns of a wider conflict in the region. marcus moore is tracking the latest from tel aviv. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: linsey, good morning. people across this region are bracing for retaliation from hezbollah and hamas over the strike that's been widely blamed on israel.

israel has not admitted involvement, but if confirmed, it would be the first time they carried out a strike in beirut since 2006. this morning images online show the powerful explosion that lit up the night sky in southern lebanon. officials saying it was an israeli strike targeting deputy commander of hamas and high ranking leader of the west bank. the attack killing at least six people in all. but israel still not confirming whether or not they were behind the killing of that top hamas leader. >> israel has not taken responsibility. whoever did this, it's not an attack on the lebanese state. it's not an attack on hezbollah. who ever did this, it's an attack on hamas. that's very clear. >> reporter: for weeks israeli soldiers and hezbollah fighters have been locked in a constant battle on the lebanon border following the october 7 terror attacks by hamas and the israel/hamas war in gaza. even before that, prime minister netanyahu threatened to kill the

man, accusing him of planning attacks in the west bank. in a statement overnight, hezbollah threatening retribution saying, quote, this crime will never pass without response and punishment. when we look at hezbollah's capabilities, they have in their arsenal, includes more than 100,000 guided missiles. we could learn in just a few hours more about a potential response. that's when hezbollah's leader is expected to deliver a previously scheduled speech to its followers in lebanon. george? >> thank you very much. we'll get the latest on the situation at the southern border. record numbers engaged by u.s. border patrol in december as cities across the country struggle to deal with the influx of immigrants. alex perez has the story. >> reporter: this morning record numbers at the southern border. this december alone sources telling abc news that u.s. customs and border protection encountered over 300,000 migrants far surpassing the historic high of nearly 270,000 in september.

according to government data, in the last year, most came from mexico, venezuela and guatemala. they will continue to assess security situations, adjust operational plans and enforce the law. texas governor greg abbott flying and bussing hundreds to cities, including new york, washington, d.c., denver and here in chicago, creating a crisis for many mayors. >> no city should be going through this. it's not sustainable. the answer is for our national government to resolve this issue. >> reporter: biden defending his administration and passing the blame on to republicans. >> got to do something. >> reporter: many of the migrants are seeking asylum, ending up in so called sanctuary cities. texas now resorting to leaving migrants on the outskirts of these cities in an effort to skirt new laws. this illinois sheriff describing the confusion. >> we didn't know if these buses were lost.

we didn't know if they were intentionally dropping them in surrounding communities. we really didn't have a whole lot of information. >> reporter: and these buses are being used as warming centers for arriving migrants. more than 28,000 have arrived here in chicago since august of 2022. the city is now running more than two dozen shelters to temporarily house them. guys? >> okay, alex, thank you very much. coming up, more on the japan airlines collision. gio is here with what we can learn from the passengers' escape. what to learn about cyber kidnapping after a 17-year-old was found alone, freezing in a tent in the utah woods after his parents paid a ransom. why some locked out of the housing market think this could finally be the year they could afford to buy a home. first back to ginger. >> that northeast storm this weekend. we'll barely get a breath monday and then we'll have another one to deal with. this one looks like it will be on the wetter warmer side. the second major storms comes into the pacific northwest. it dips down into even texas.

that's by monday, noon. then look what it does. rain and a whole lot more wind. so lot of the snow that falls could get rain on top of it. your local weather in 30 seconds.

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still down in some areas as thousands search through the debris. more than 100 after shocks have been reported. take a look at this. caitlin clark proving once again she can do anything on the basketball court. the iowa star nailing a game-winning buzzer beating three pointer from way downtown to lift the hawkeyes to a win over michigan state. clark finished the game with 40 points. big game there. and we've got a lot more ahead, including what to know before getting in on the housing market, with mortgage rates dropping. that is coming up, george. right now more on the airplane collision in japan. it was amazing that everyone on board the plane escaped. our transportation expert gio benitez here to explain how it happened. good morning, gio. >> good morning, george. it really is incredible how they survived. this morning one of the passengers is telling us about that evacuation. the crew doing everything right to save hundreds of lives. the images are straight out of an action movie. a massive air bus 350 engulfed

in flames. >> black smoke from outside started entering the cabin. >> reporter: anton was nearly one of the 400 people scrambling to get out, telling gma he was on a ski trip with his family. >> it was pitch black, fire outside the window and black smoke in the hall. you couldn't see. >> reporter: incredibly all aboard the commercial jet surviving. experts call it an apparent textbook evacuation. >> they had to take command immediately of the cabin, tell people what to do, where to do. how to do it, which exit to go out of. >> reporter: this japan airlines plane was essentially brand new, just two years old. the first a350 to be a total loss. this abc news virtual view shows the biggest factor in their survival, the eight emergency exits, all 44 passengers required to prove they can be evacuated in less than 90 seconds. >> the 90 second rule is simply a bench mark that all airplanes that are tested with. in reality we know it will take

longer in the real world. what's amazing is it doesn't take that much longer. >> reporter: those emergency exits playing a crucial role. some people sliding down the emergency slides. >> they opened up the doors and we all, in a line, ran out, jumped off the plane. they had flashlights and were doing signals. seemed like they had a very good communication. >> reporter: notice in the video how passengers leave their luggage behind. that's exactly what you are supposed to do during an emergency. this is also why you're told to put away electronics and raise seats and tray tables, all to clear aisles for evacuation. the fuselage made of carbon fiber, like most modern airplanes, that's stronger than aluminum, and also fire resistant. that carbon fiber giving the 379 people on board the time they needed to get out safely. and those pilots controlling the doomed plane, keeping it steady and straight as it rolled down the runway, critical to that safe evacuation. again, an emergency like this is

incredibly rare, but you should always be ready, especially during takeoff and landing. that's when you want to keep those seat belts on and sues on in case you have to make a run for it. and just like these passengers did, leave that luggage behind because that can all be replaced. >> thank you. now an alleged cyber kidnapping in utah. a chinese exchange student who was reported missing last week was found cold and alone after his parents say they paid thousands in ransom money. eva pilgrim is here with that story. good morning, eva. >> reporter: good morning, linsey. a harrowing experience for this student the victim of a disturbing new trend authorities are calling cyber kidnapping where foreign exchange students and their parents are targeted and told they must pay a ransom for their child's safe return. this morning a 17-year-old chinese exchange student discovered camping in the woods in utah, cold and alone, now safe and reunited with his host family after police say he was the latest victim of a fraud

called cyber kidnapping. he was first reported abducted by his family in china on december 28 after they received a photo that showed their son, who was in the u.s. to experience life at an american high school had been kidnapped. his parents sent $80,000 to bank accounts in china to pay ransom. turns out the family was a victim of a cyber kidnapping scam, where kidnappers target foreign exchange students and their families telling each that the other is in danger. they convince the student to isolate themselves and send pictures or cell phone videos, making it appear they are being held captive to their parents who, in turn, hand over ransom money electronically. >> actors are able to manipulate both the victim and their family into believing that something has happened to the victim. >> reporter: experts say these criminals are cunning, likely targeting people who are out of their element, new to the country and are unfamiliar with law enforcement. after paying the ransom, kai's parents notified his utah high

school, who contacted police and his host family, who said there was no evidence that he had been forcibly removed from the home. >> the reason they have him seclude himself in the woods or away from everybody in society is so they can continue to extort as much money as possible. >> reporter: cyber kidnapping scams can be a lesson for people working or studying abroad. >> this is a possibility. just because somebody contacts you online doesn't mean it's real. >> authorities believe the kidnappers were manipulating and controlling kai as early as december 20th, eight days before he disappeared, guys. >> wow. what a scam that is. thank you very much, eva. coming up, bruce willis' daughter scout posted a photo with her father as his family shares their struggle. and next why the new year is bringing new hope to aspiring homeowners. is bringing new hope to aspiring homeowners.

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that's for snow up to 18 inches. and winter weather advisory up to the mountains of san diego. this slides to the rockies tomorrow. that means highest elevations could pick up snow in arizona, new mexico could pick up snow. then heavy rain as it moves across the gulf. here's the part where it opens up. saturday morning, we stopped it there. you can see where it starts in the ohio river valley. west virginia, pennsylvania. then saturday night here new york city starts to develop this snow. right at the coast trying to mix with rain. looks like the highest snow totals would be from the hudson valley north. that's storm one. we haven't had snow in philadelphia of an inch or more in 704 days. look at this though. second major storm, linsey, slides across. this one looks wetter and windier. comes in here midweek. any of the snow that does fall gets rain on top of it. >> tis the season. be careful driving. thank you. now more on the investigation into the deadly plane collision and inferno in japan. let's go back to matt gutman in tokyo with the very latest. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning again,

linsey. the investigation likely focusing on what air traffic controllers told the pilots out there on runway c. investigators now say they have also retrieved the black boxes from the coast guard. they're working to find the data recorders from japan airlines flight 516 as well now. this morning authorities looking into what caused this catastrophic collision at one of the world's busiest airports between air traffic control and the pilots of japan airlines flight 516 and japanese coast guard plane. according to the transcript the air traffic controller did not clear the coast guard plane to enter the runway. four minutes before the collision, atc instructed the japan air ways jet to continue its approach. 5:45 p.m., atc clearing the japan air ways jet to land. ten seconds later the air traffic controller instructing the plane to proceed to a holding point on a taxi way to

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diagnosis of aphasia which makes it difficult to speak, communicate or comprehend speech. >> hip hip hooray! hip hip hooray! >> reporter: a year later his family giving an update. bruce's condition progressed and we now have a more specific diagnosis. frontotemporal dementia. known as ftd. willis' wife posting these throw back photos last week as the couple celebrated an anniversary saying, 16 years with this special man. my love and adoration for him only grows. >> holidays are hard. anniversaries are hard. >> reporter: since her husband's diagnosis, she has been open about the struggles she faces as a care giver. >> it is really important to be able to have someone that you can trust with your feelings. >> reporter: earlier this week reflecting on the support the willis family has received. >> for me, this year has really

been about community, building a community and connection. and i just want to say that has been my lifeline. i just want to thank you for that. >> reporter: in her post, she went on to acknowledge the, quote, people from all walks of life sharing the same unfortunate thread that connects them saying she receives countless messages of love because bruce is so beloved, calling those messages deep, raw and poetic and saying they make her feel less alone. >> glad there's some comfort there. okay, will. thank you very much. now to a medical break through. an infant under went a partial heart transplant just 17 days old. a year later he is healthy, doing so well. erielle reshef has more. good morning, erielle. >> reporter: good morning, george. doctors tell us this is a ground breaking successful first step on the road to more widespread clinical trials. it's a sign of hope not on for this baby's family, but for millions of young heart patients around the world.

this morning a medical break through. a partial heart transplant successfully growing in an infant for a year. born with a heart defect, owen monroe underwent the ground breaking procedure in 2022 at just 17 days old. in a new study, doctors from duke health reporting the boy has functioning heart valves and arteries that are growing with him as if they were his own. >> i mean, this was completely unchartered territory. >> reporter: in the first of its kind surgery, arteries and valves from a donated heart were integrated into owen's heart. surgeons hoping this partial transplant provides a one time fix. other treatment options are not as ideal like using valves from organ donors which wouldn't grow with owen and would require multiple surgeries to replace, or a full transplant with high doses of anti-rejection medication. >> and what we found is that with partial heart transplant, you're on about one-quarter of a dose.

it's a nonlife altering dose. >> he went into stage 4 heart failure a few hours after birth. >> he was pretty much out of options. >> terrifying. >> reporter: doctors felt the best option for owen was a partial transplant. >> i hit them with the hard hitting, have you done this before? they said on five patients. piglets. i said, i guess owen will be your first human. >> reporter: the eight hour surgery a success. >> yay! >> reporter: owen heading home 28 days later. today he is a thriving toddler. doctors optimistic there will be no surgery in his future. >> we are just eternally grateful for our donor's family. truly, owen would not be here today. >> reporter: and best of all, owen has paved the way for 12 other children to have this life saving procedure, including multiple babies saved by

different parts of the same heart, and babies with new transplants whose old heart valves can be reused. >> it literally changed my world. it's incredible to just be part of it. >> reporter: owen's parents have been in touch with the family of cane patcho who donated his heart an arteries. his mother wanted to get the word out how vital organ transplant can be. doctors tell us this new partial heart transplant procedure has the potential to double the number of hearts that can be used to benefit children with heart disease. a monumental impact. >> thank you very much. we're going to turn to one of the most popular holiday presents. gift cards! americans are expected to have spent nearly $30 billion on them this holiday season alone. eva is back now with strategies on how to get the biggest bang for your buck when using them. hopefully, not losing them. how are you? >> i don't know about you. when you get a car in your stocking you're like, yes!

>> then you forget. >> a recent study discovered nearly half, 47% of u.s. adults, have an unused gift card. that's averaging about $187 per person. just out there. total $23 billion of unused gift cards. >> i know. we're going to try to help people, a, remember to use them and, b, have solace if you think you lost them. what if you got a card and can't find it? is that money gone? >> it depends. there are some federal protections under the credit card act that protect you with your gift card. those gift cards are good for at least five years. those inactivity fees, you shouldn't be charged for them for at least a year of there being no activity, unless the card, the issuer, makes it very clear that there are fees attached to that card. and states have their own rules. for instance, california, if you have a gift card with $10 or

less, you can walk into that store an get the cash. >> that's great. that's great. if you did lose it, could you call and say -- can you say i have lost the gift card, my mom gave it to me, here's her name? >> you need those cards. lot of time with the gift card. we live in a digital age. >> right. >> we have digital wallets these days. probably the best way to keep track of it. even if you lose your phone, it's still in the app when you log in on your new phone. hopefully, when you get one. the nice thing is you can manage those gift cards. they have apps like gift, gift pocket. you can also load it on venmo or a cash app. sometimes with very specific cards, you can even transfer the money to your bank account. that makes it easy. >> it does. great trip -- tip. okay. aside from the app, you get a gift card from a retailer or a restaurant. maybe it's not your favorite. is there something we can do

there? >> you should buy or trade it. there are apps. there are programs online, websites you can go to that you can buy a different card that you will use or trade it. the thing i would keep in mind, there's different ways these work. some will buy your card outright. >> for a portion of the value? >> portion of the value. you have to pay a fee. others consign them. you'll get your money for that card after it's sold. or you can trade it for a card that you will use. the big thing with that is just you don't want to get scammed so make sure you check the bbb website, better business bureau, to make sure it is legit and read the reviews. >> all right. always a lot of questions on that. so what if a store that you have a gift card for, this has happened to me, files for bankruptcy? >> yes. so you need to move fast, right? but don't throw the gift card away because it could still be worth some money. sears and toys r us were still honoring those gift cards.

what you need to do is make sure you take action. use the gift card very quickly. if you hear the store has gone bankrupt. but don't throw them away. >> okay. all right. really great tips, especially this time of year. they're burning up people's pockets. use them quick. thanks so much. ginger? >> thanks, lara. this is a very different scene than this time last year. this is sierra nevada california. the california snow pack 25% of normal. last year 185%. thankfully that helped get the reservoirs back up. in the state of california we're still above average. as we know, la

>> time now for pop news with lara. >> double duty. thank you, linsey. good morning to you. we're going to start with actress kate hudson adding a career first to her resume. hudson sharing photos and videos from her very first concert. she performed in aspen, colorado, at a bar called bad harriet singing covers including her take on "dance the night away" from, yep, the barbie movie. check this out. ♪ ♪ >> she's got it, man.

really good. she told fans in 2022 she is working on her first album. in her post she added she's ready for 2024. her resolutions include more singing, more playing, more loving, and this year will be all about moving forward, possibly into an additional career. congratulations there. also this morning our latest gma book club author, vanessa chan, shared a special moment watching "good morning america" with juju chang does a segment on her new book called "the storm we made." she's got her best friends and family there to celebrate. the moment is precious. take a look. [ screams ] very early. vanessa writing on instagram this is the best way to watch herself, in a hotel room with

her friends screaming their lungs out adding, quote, i am so lucky. also, you're so good. the book is fantastic. it's again called "the storm we made." our january book club pick. it is available anywhere books are sold. love that. congratulations, vanessa. finally, the numbers are in. trendiest gift this holiday season, human size dog bed. yep. we first told you about it in 2022. by two college kids who got the idea after watching a dog peacefully napping. their human sized version began selling last february, went viral, and in the reviews, people are calling the playful as nice as my regular bed and worth its weight in gold . those are just a couple of the reviews. the cost of the fluffy and plush, i should say. yes. i'm sorry, excuse me, and similar type human beds range

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chilly start today with those isolated showers we're starting. most of us in the 40s right now on the abc seven storm impact scale. it's a level one for the next 90 minutes. after 10 a.m, the showers are done. so here's a look at your planner. we have the showers now. we're dry midday and it's bright and brisk by the afternoon. kumasi thank you drew. >> we'll have another abc seven news update in about 30 minutes. you can always find the latest on our news app and at abc seven news.com. >>ws.com. >> announcer: welcome back to gma live from times square. >> and we are back with something special. maggie rulli is in paris in a one of a kind mansion that's never been open to the public before. good morning, maggie. >> reporter: george, good morning. welcome to the beautiful villa windsor. this magnificent house was home to king edward and his american

wife wallis where they lived in while. guys, since this place was built more than 100 years ago, we are the first american tv network to ever be allowed inside. king edward gave up the crown and buckingham palace so he could live here with his love, the american divorcee wallis simpson. >> good morning, maggie. welcome to villa windsor. >> reporter: good morning. long shrouded in secrecy, gma got an exclusive invite inside. it's so beautiful here. i cannot believe we get to go inside. >> you're one of the first to come visit. please come in. >> reporter: wow. it is beautiful. the royal family only making one official visit to the ostracized king. >> members of the royal family visited him at his home. >> reporter: a moment recreated in the netflix drama "the crown." >> we've had our disagreements, but you've always remained my favorite uncle. >> reporter: you have your work cut out for you. the villa now

stands empty, but was once the home of grand society parties. so exciting to actually be inside villa windsor. there's so much secrecy and mystery surrounding this place. >> this place has barely been open to the public. hardly anyone has seen this house. >> reporter: this is where her mirror was. upstairs in wallis' bedroom, you can still feel them in the house. >> exactly. in a strange way their ghosts are very much present. >> reporter: her touches are everywhere. >> in here, all her shoes were kept. she always had shoes made by the best french shoemakers. >> reporter: after edward and wallis both died at the villa, mohamed al-fayed fascinated by all things royal and whose son was dating princess diana, moved in and had big plans for the house. >> his idea was to offer this house as a wedding gift to his son dodi and princess diana because he was convinced they were going to get married. >> reporter: fascinating history of villa windsor including the

years it was charles de gaulle's headquarters at the end of the war, now to be preserved as a museum. >> the first time ever people from all over the world will be able to see and visit this house. >> they're going to be on a tight timeline. we're told they want to open up the museum before the olympics this summer, which means they only have a few months to restore and decorate this entire bottom level. >> love seeing all that history, maggie. tell us about the room you're in. >> reporter: yeah. this room is so amazing, george. this is where edward and wallis would host their intimate dinner parties. we're told they would host lunch and dinner almost every day of the week. to get an invite to this table was one of the hottest tickets for high society at the time. i have to show you this. see this alcove? this is where musicians would play. they would climb up through a trap door. the trap door would be shut behind them. they would be playing throughout the entire dinner. one more thing. follow me through this door.

this is the famous blue room. this is where they would host their larger gatherings out here. people would be dancing, mingling. there was normally a grand piano there. george, i just love thinking about standing here, all of the influential people that have stood right where i'm standing. all of the history that's been made in this room. >> including with princess diana. >> yeah exactly, george. we know princess diana visited this house, was one of the last places she came to before her death. she was dating dodi al-fayed at the time. they came here before they were tragically killed in that car crash. what we don't know is whether diana would have chosen to live here as dodi's father had hoped. george? >> maggie rulli, thank you very much. michael? nobody is waiting to get over to me quicker than the guys who have been working out next to me. we are helping you roar into '24 with ways to reset, refresh, rebuild good habits. fitness expert and body super

trainer shaun t is here to help us kick start our workout revolution. shaun, good to see you. >> good to see you, too. >> you look like you've been slacking a little bit. need to pick it up, buddy. here we go. show us a 20-minute, five move full body workout that can help us lose five pounds. this is based on your new dig deeper program you have. how is this going to help us not drop out of our new year's resolutions? >> i am helping turn your body into a fat burning machine. muscle is the fountain of youth. adding more muscle is the fountain of youth. i have got a workout program called dig deeper where people go to the gym, they lift. they do these workouts. i tell you how to activate your muscle in a way that you get max benefit. while cardio is good, lifting weights, especially over 40 like

me, is better for your body. i'm going to jump right into it. under hand row. people know this is for the shoulder but i use it for the chest. you know. you know. squeeze. activate it. come on. let's go. let's go. you want to keep your chin from your chest. this exercise. i want to tell people, whenever you're using small muscle group or large muscle group, when you have the dumb bell keep it far away from your body. go a little slow. pay attention. oh, yeah. enough for him. we're going to move on to biceps. steph right here is doing a compound movement for your biceps. lot of people go to the gym. i'm going to give you these, michael. i'll take this for you. come on, let's go. we're going to do this. you come up in the middle. take it out. go down to the side. keep those elbows to the side. slow it down. slow it down. slow it down. so whenever you do time and attention and really work the muscle, you don't need a weight

that's heavy. whenever you do a bicep curl, that compound movement to the side, that's how you work that bicep. look at steph. she's moving. one tip i want to give you. whenever you do bicep curls, make sure you take your shoulders as far from you as possible. lot of people keep that tension up. look at his form. why am i even here? >> all about the form. >> come on. let's move to the legs. here we go. lower body. my girl ally is doing a compound movement. she's going to do some squats. i want you to stay down there. for people who don't know this, squat is for the entire leg. you work your glute, quad, hamstrings. just like that. here's what i want you to do. ally, squeeze those quads. you know these quads. squeeze them. now come up an step back into that reverse lunge. the reverse lunge, you push that knee forward, that tear drop that people have, that's what you're going to activate.

this is how i teach you throughout my entire program. i'm not going to make you do these legs. keep going, ally. just another tip. when you're doing leg exercises, it's your largest muscle group that you're burning the most calories. i'm going to give you a tip for your core. lots of people think your abs stop here. whenever you go into a squat just think about your abs going from your sternum to your hipbone. use it. lot of people do just that. they lean forward. stay nice and high keep that flat. there you go again, trying to show me up. >> this is a good one for people who can't do overhead raises, for the shoulders? right? >> for people who have elbow injuries or shoulder injuries this is a good exercise, lateral raises. lateral raises with the combo with the front raise. you want to keep those ears away from your shoulders. i want you to stay to the side. keep going.

keep going. lot of people, stay to the side. lot of people go, they just try to go nice and high. we want to keep going. just push to the outside. you don't even have to go all the way up when you do a lateral raise. squeeze all the way in. think of this muscle when you do the lateral raises. there you go. now hit the front raise. same way. push the weight away from your body. keep the shoulders away from the ears. and we push. this is how you activate the muscles. this is how you stay in the zone when you're lifting. you burn more calories in my workout than you ever do doing cardio. >> i like that. >> let's go. >> we got one more. >> one more. combination of a row into a hip. do you want to try this? >> no, not really. >> not really. [ laughter ] bend those knees a little bit more. just do the row. just do the row.

this works the mid back. people are like, how do i get that nice mid back strong body right there? then you're gonna hit the hip fly. this is a way to not have to do pullups. this is a way to activate that muscle. compound movement when you get mid back into the lat. you do these exercises. do it nice and slow. pay attention to the cues. you activate it. i got your back. >> 20 minutes, five exercises, five pounds. look at this man. his new fitness program dig deeper is available now on the body platform. that's right. kick start 2024! let's go! >> let's go! >> coming up, we're gonna tell you how to jump start your dating game in the new year. little exercise, little date. nothing wrong with that. that's a good week.

back now with ways to find love in the new year. will reeve is back with how to get over big breakups and make room for the relationship you want. after all, it's cupping season. good morning. [ laughter ] >> good morning, linsey. new you new year could apply to resolutions about diet, drinking. or hitting the gym. maybe 2023 was rough on your love life and you're feeling you need a fresh start. no matter your relation status listen to what these experts have to say about love in the new year. if a fresh start at love is one of your resolutions this year. >> you hear that, new york! i'm getting married this year!

>> reporter: dating experts amy chan and joy ofodu have some tips. chan is the author of breakup boot camp. she says if you're trying to get over a breakup analyze patterns from past relationships. putting pen to paper can help. >> i have my clients draw a circle like a pie. then i have them look at the slices of pie. how much of that pie was devoted in your last relationship to your ex? so draw a new circle and divvy up that pie in a more balanced way. >> reporter: the new year is the most popular time of year for dating. you've got options. >> i love the internet. i'm telling you, you are not bound by where you are. the possibility of love is truly open. >> reporter: the host of dating unsettled -- >> we date differently. >> reporter: says get rid of your list of expectations for your first date. >> people are not your check boxes. they're people. experience them. allow that over the course of your relationship, you are going

to find out more about them. >> reporter: and ask yourself some questions. >> i want to feel mentally, physically, psychologically, spiritually whole. does this person make me feel like i'm crazy or make me feel validated? spiritually, do i feel excited to explore with this person? >> reporter: while all the profiles can become overwhelming, don't be afraid to block. >> those hangers on, those pen pals, those, i don't know, we'll see, those ambivalent. clear them out. if you are looking for a sign, i am giving you the validation, permission. i am allowing you to unsettle yourself and move on to the next. >> reporter: and some more advice from our experts. you must always strive to be yourself when dating, and you can get a sense of your compatability by how your date treats the people around them.

you'll never really know if you're ready to date again after a breakup unless you get back out there. if i can speak personally, it will happen when you least expect it. you'll be the happiest you will ever be. >> aw. >> are you ready to get down on one knee? [ laughter ] >> we all are. [ laughter ] >> do you want to tell us something, will? >> no. >> okay. >> all right. we'll send it over to ginger. also happy. happily married. >> i feel like i could still ask some questions. right after this. let's talk about drought. he is not in a dating drought, but we are seeing drought across about one-third of the nation. you saw new orleans there. wet roads. even see a wet week ahead. this is the first storm brings from new orleans to the florida panhandle some rain. that second one that comes through early next week, that's gonna drop significant rain which would be helpful. let's get a check closer to

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