hundreds of flights canceled. and millions more a americansn hihi alert this morning. security scare. this man jumping over the white house fence while the first family celebrates thanksgiving inside. the secret service swarming wiin seconds, guns drawn. the white house on lockdown. how did he get over the fence? trump in trouble. the republican front-runner accused of mocking a reporter from "the new york times" who is disabled. >> oh, i don't know what i said, i don't remember. >> the newspaper is outraged but ump is not backing down. what he is saying this morning. here we go and they're ofof the black friday frenzy inull swing this morning. crowds busting through the doors overnight. more than 100 million americans racing to the stores today fighting for the best deals and just pin fighting. this morning, how you can beat

savings of the season. hey, good morning. i'm dan harr. alongside paula faris. this is -- don't adjust your sets. a weekend takeover of the weekday show and sara haines, tom llamas who we consider an honorary member of the weekend team and robarciano is hiding there. >> hey, rob. can you@see rob? >> you mightbe able to see him? >> peeking through. >> we do wanto say happy friday, everyone. unlike that video you just sawaw everybody h here is playing nice. no fighting. hope youou had a great thanksgivingng and now it is time for the shopping. >> look at all these people storming the stores o in force this morning trying to grab those great black friday deals on this, america's annual orgy of consnsption. >> oh,, wow. >> washer and dryer and the vacuum i had my eye on today. don't go near them. >> you're going big. >> i'm goingig but could clicking bring better dealsls than door ruin

our shopping gurus are staing by with the hottest online deals to what not to buy on black friday so you can save even more which is what we like to hear. >> gurus for surere. we start this friday morning with that dangerous holiday storm slamming the middle of the country causing flash flooding and blanketing parts of america with snow and ice and abc's aditi roy kicking us off this momoing fromm denv. aditi, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. boy, these hand warmers are coming in handy. it is frigid here at the denr airport with temperatures in the single digits and across the middle of the country, heavy rain creating treacherous conditions. this morning, flash floods pounding texas. >> be advised doing a water rescue right now on i-17. >> reporter: the raging waters swallowing vehicles in its path prompting at lst ten emergency high water rescu near dallas, one deputy officer washed away during the search for a missing driviver.

>> she saw a lady's life w in danger and she dropped her gun, dropped her heavy equipment and went into the water to make that rescue. >> reporter: later the officer found hanging on to a tree. >> located the deputy. we are trying to get her out of a tree right now. >> reporter: heavy rain putting the yearly total at more than 53 1/2 inches, aew record. meanwhile, huge swath of snow d ice sweeping the heartland. turning turkey day into a white thanksgiving f millions. here inn colorad more t tn 0 flights delayed at denver internatatnal airport. triggering a travel nightmare for hundreds of stranded passengers. >> it's frustrating. >> y can see large parts of the runway glazed in snow. >> when the weather hits you will see the increase in accidents. >> reporter: accidents plaguing holiday travelers aoss the prairies. slippery cditions ditching cars to the roadside. one after another. gusts of 30 miles an hour blowing the ice.

painful. >> reporter: a backkere in denver, the s sw has let up. thatat certainly good news but with those icy conditions that he big challenge. >> stay@warm. this stormp is a beast on the ve this morning and rob marciano is tracking it all. we have've allowed him to emerge from behind the wther wall. good morning again, sir. >> a lot to talk about. a multifacetedd storm system and ongoing water rescu across parts of texas. look at these advisories acros the plains. winter storm warnrngs, ice warnings, more importantnt for the next 48 hou is the heavy rain falling from midland to dallas up through tulsa and st. louis. there's your ice, obviously, but the rain keeps going for a good two days so we're looking at flooding rains her dallas has alreadyroken their recd for the year and we'reot even into december. could see another 8 inches of rainfall. much more on this plus the fog in the northeast. dan, paula.

>> i think whethere like it or not winter is coming. are we r ready to accept that fact? >> you sound like "game of thrones." >> i didn't mean that. holiday scare at the white house. man draped in an american f fg jumped over the fence while the first family was inside celebrating thanksgiving. the white house wasut on lockdown for several hours and abc's mary bruce is right there for us this morning. good morning, mary. >> reporter: hi, paula. good morning. well, the president and the first family p planned t have their holiday meal right here inside the residence, but they probably didn't plan on an un uninvited guest breaching white house security showing up right here on their frt lawn. a thanksgiving securityy scare in the nation's capital. this man jumps over the white house fence as the first family celebrates right inside. it's around 2:45 become when joseph caputo dressed in white and draped in an american flag is spotted leaping over the fencee onto t(e northth lawn. >> took a huge deep breath and

he kind of just said, "all right, let's d do this" and before you know it he jumped over the barricade, took off, jumped over that white house fence. >> reporter: caputo steeps to raise his hands in victory. but drops to his knees within seconds as the secret service swarm, their guns drawn. officers carefulul search h h before taking h him handndffed inin cucuody. partrtf the white house is locked down for nearly three hours. >> in a park across the street. >> reporter: secret service clea pennsylvania avenue of pedestrians and comb the area befo determining there is no threat. now, this latest incident comes just months after new spikes were added to the fence here after a string of security lapses. but the new precautions clearly not enough to stop this holiday guest who this morning faces criminal charges. dan. >> hectic scene, maryry thank you. the race for the presidedey now andnd this morningonald trump provoking fresh outrage, this time the republican

front-runner is accused of mocking a reporter who has a physical disability. trump, however, says he doubts he ever aually met the reportrter i question a tom has more on that sty. good morning, again. >> dan, good rning to you. all over the country trump tells his crowds how much he hates the medidia. that 70% of journaliststs a dishonest then imitates some reporters he permanent atl can't stand all part of the trump stump speech but now some say he may have crossed the line just to get some laughs. in a campaign of firsts donald trump appearing too g where no presidential candidate has gone before, the republican front-runner at a rally in south carolinahis week appeari to mock a journalist who is disabled. >> now the poo guy, you got to see this y, i don't know what i said, ah, i don't remember. new york times" serge kovaleski who has a chronic condition affecting his joints that limits on thanksgiving trump tweeting, i do not know theeporter for

i was showing a person groroling toto take back a statent made "the new york times" sayingg we're outraged that he would ridicule the phycal appearance of one of our reporters. it came as tmp defended his claim that he saw people in new jersey cheering on 9/11, law enforcement and government officials now denouncing that as false but this is hardly the first time trump has come under fire for o offending someone from some mexican immigrants in that campaign kickoff speech. >> they're bringing ugs. they're bringing crime. they're rapists. >> reporter: to senator john mccain. >> he's not a warr hero. i like people that weren't captured, okay. >> reporter: to women. >> you'vealle women you don't like fat pigs. >> only rosie o'donnell. >> , i don't know what i id. oh, i don't remember. >> reporter: trump not bking down this time either also tweeting, "if mr. kovaleski is handicapped i wou not know because i do not know what he looks like. kovaleski sayss he covered trump for years and in a an intererview with "the washington post" kovaleski says, he was sure

trump rembered him and his condition. and if you think this may be the end of trump, think again. nearly every time he's had a controvevey his poll numbers haveveone up and up. we'll see what happens with this controversy, guys. >> if his past has told anything those indiscretions haven't hurt him. >>true. we move to the black friday frenzy, more than 100 million stores day. the mad rush actually began last night but if you'd liki to skip the chaos and still get great savivings all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> thank you, sara. only sara joins me on that one, abc's rebecca jarvis is at a target store in chicago with all the details. go morning, rebecca. >> reporter: i'll join you, good morning, aye would like to get th deals without going into the stores. target announcing they had record sales online and that's because so many of the record deals are now onliline. the top seller, the ipad at target.

they say they sold a new ipad every single second. yesterday. they came. they shopped. they conquered. overnight crowds of peoplee flooding in stores across t the country, walmart, best buy, target and toys "r" us all hoping to catch consumers first with doors open before you couldld dige the turkey. >> they hav a bluetooth speaker, panasonic blu-ray player, beatsheahones. >> get our thanksgiving early to come get in lin early. >> the deals is why we're shopping on black friday. >> reporter: this black friday awl breaking out in one kentucky mall. fists flying ashoppers flee. t overall this year's thanksgiving shopping scene seemingly a bit more tame. in part because many retailers toututg online deaea theame if not better thahawhat you'd find in stores making it easier than ever to avoid the commotion completely. >> i thought maybe the line

would be a few blocks. took us only five minutes to get in. >> reporter: if you weren't't among the crowd, there's still plenty of time to join the expected 6 million people who plan to shop over thanksgiving weekend. 75% of those shoppers will be out today for black friday deals. and for anyone who is planning to hit thehe tors today google as this new future calledhink with google and they tellou all theeak times, the times to go to retailers, the time to skip retailers. this he say between2:00 and 4:00, that will be maximum capacity. that's when the most people will be hitting sresso you go before or after that, dan, and u ar likely to have a little less stressfulime in your holiday shopping. >> does the app tell you when to television? >> fair enough. all right, rebecca, thank you. we should say one ofhe most prominent players in the black friday binge is, of course, toys "r" us. we have a l le look at the

treatt from our stutuo right here in times square and joining us our studio is the new ceo of the company, dave brandon, good morning, sir. >> good morning. >> so we have footage of people invading the stores yesterday when you onedn thanksging itself. i understand you were actually working in the flagship store rightere in times square. how is business ts far. >> it was fun to be thereast night. we hadad lines going around the block and when the doors opened at 5:00,t was quite a scene and the store was really full and people were actively shopping and it was a good sight for those of us who want to h he a great stata to the season. >> yeah, music to yourr eyes. so we haveoys here. walk us through what you expect to be the hot toys this season. >> well, we have a broad array of toys, y're going to have your staples. sell a lot of barbie dls and play-doh a legos and games but a lot of what you're seeing this year is technology being brought to the toy industry and so we haveverything from this is

clever keet, it sells for $39.99. a parakeet you can own. you don't have to clean the cage. he'll speak to you. he'll learn your name. he'll swing, he'll dance. you can carry him around on his little perch. 'll eat. he'll do everything that a real parakeet do except little cleaner, little easier. >> fewer droppings. at else you got? >> this is smart toy bear. we have a smart toy bear and a smart toy on ki. this is actually a cloud-based toy. you can plug this into your phone and download information as a parent and get this toy to help your child learn how to brush their teeth, learn how to eat well. dance, i it's got a scanner and a camera in its nose where you can actualal putlash cards in fron and it will actually performififrent tasks and interact with the chi in a very educational way. >> that's really cool. we have a few seconds left. "star wars" is comg out being released by our parent company disney in the not t distant future. wi this play a huge role in

the coming season, r2-d2. >> we have a part of our store dedicated to "star wars." this drone is perfect example of the kind of thing we have. this makes noises, it spin it goes forward and backwards. it flashes a shouette of princess leia up on the wall. it does all kindsds of coooo interaraive things and we have just about everything you could imagine "star war" related in ames anticipation of the upcoming movie. one i would play with and not lett my son have. >> r2-d2 sounds a lot like u, dan. where to score the best deals and how to get strategic, we have answers this morning. abc's becky worley joins us from san francisco with all of the secret good morning, becky. help us out. >> reporter: good morning, paula. yeah, the big news this black friday, the online deals are finally finally comparable to the in-store deals. walmart says 96% of the deals ey offer i intore are also available online and that 4%,

it's mostly limited inventory doorbusters that have already come and gone. what's new we're seeing retailerss push shoppers to mobile by offering app only deals. one i saw, rebecca minkoff bag, 55% off. >> so walk us through some of the other deals and tell us if we should wait for clothing foror cyber monday. >> yeah, today is the day. let's start with phones. buy a phone today if yououeed one, the samsung galaly s6, their note 5 both only a penny at target. lovethose. also at target, apple watch deal. $349. that's list but bundle it with a 00 gift card. staying on apple, the mini 4, 399 at meijer bundled with a $125 gift card. kindle fire tablet, $35, that's just insane and you asked about clothing, kenneth cole, 50% off.

the gap 50% off. cole hahn, 3030% off. some may be more discounted on cyber monday but lots more we'll dig into. >> i know all the info is on our website online at "gma" on yahoo! see you in a little bit. the other stories breaking this morning and tom has that. >> that's right. we start in chicago. protesters angry over the shooting death of an african-american teen by a white friday shopping. after days of protestss demonstrators will march along the city's famed magnificent mile calng for justice for 17-year-old laquan mcdcdald who was shot 16 t types by officer jason van dyke. to the latest arrested linked to the deadly terror attack in paris, two weeks after the massacre two more people have been detained during raids in belgium. officials say one person i beingeld as a suspect and the otother may be a witness. meanwhile, the 130 people killed in the attacks were remembered this morning, france marked a nationa day of mourning with an emotional ceremony.

a blimp flying over holiday traffic in new york was suddenly blown off course hovering close to power nes. the pilotnew he couldn't reaea the airport so he found a baseballield and touched down safely. >> there you go. >> finally, onefl quaerback had the day off yesterday and we ow exactly wt he was up to. too bad his kids didn't. there they are innocently playing around in the backyard of leaves unaware they were being stalked by a 6'4" turkey. that right there. >> oh,y word. >> oh. >> guys, that's tom brady scaring the heck out of his kids. turkey tom's facebook post now closing in on 1.5 million views. there's two camps here. the camp that says that's really funny and there's the other camp that is really creepy. >> the other camp says years and years of therapy. >> daughter knows that >> that was amazing. >> dan, how do they say scary with a boston accent? >> i'm not going to pull -- wait

until the 8:00 hour. i'll pull out my boston accent. >> rob marciano can do it quite well. >> i sure can. we should point out that turkey wasn't h hurt duri that production. foggy, that post-thanksgiving hangover fog in the aiai the new york thruway. i-87 i nayak. dense fog advisory till 9 a.m. coastal sections certainlyn the valleys and rivers, all with wa, mild condiditions and the mild temperatures. 15 to 20 degrees above normal.dedegrees coer than yesterday. we'll spend the whole day below normal, temperatures only getting to the upper 20s with sunsnshine, perfect to stay warm in stores on black friday! tonight, another cold night, but oser to normal in the mid 30s tomorrow. we incrse clouds on sunday as we bring in a decent chance for snow on monday. breezy winds on

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on attending the heroes game say the added security efforts at memorial stadium are welcome, especially due to some of the recent threats around the world. jessica let's check in with for the weather. matt: jessica rae: good morning we've got a quick news update for you now... jessica rae: for those who had to get from point "a" to point "b" .... it s sll requires less than two- dollars a gallon to fill up. gas stations we checked with were selling at a dollar 92 a gallon. with prices under 2 dollars a gallon... triple "a" says 2015 could end up being the first year since 2003 that the year started and ended with prices under 2 bucks a gallon. industry experts say drivers can expect the trend of lower prices to continue throgh 2016. jessica rae: if you need some help getting in the christmas spirit after thanksgiving, you can take youou family to downtown sioux city for the

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hey, happy friday. weome back to "gma." the race is on. more than 100 million shoppers flooding stores today trying to grab those door buster deals and find the biggest savings, black friday shoppers are expected to spenend an arage of nearly $370 each, up % from last year. >ow much time are they spending out there, as well? a lot. >> t that's a stat i don't have. i'm sure it's a lot. >> which you can never get back. you know it's blackriday when you come to work at 4 a.m. and you see people with huge shopping bags. > yeah, i'm not quite sure whahat those shohopping bags were filled with. >> we routinely see people at 4 a.m., not witith shopping bags in hand.

middle of t country could wreak havoc. more than 25 million americaca are on alert for flash flooding, snowow and ice from st. louis to dallas and donald trump stirring up controversy this morning on the campaign trail again accused of mocking a "new york times" reporter with a disability. the republican fro-runner says reporter. people aren't just gearing up for the holidays by hitting the stores. sara, tell us about thatat. >> it is time, paula, time to put up those christmas decocorations. you'll nev guess what song this family synced their lights to. itit not this one. ahead in "the speed feed" and wh some neighbors want to pull the plug on decking the halls. >> what song > we talk about these displays all t ti. would you wa to live next door to that. >> never. >> absolutely notn >> or live in that. >> blackout blinds. >> for sure and soundproof winds. much more from sara comin up.

a black friday warning while out huntingor the best deals you should be on the lookout, sad to say, for hackekersrying to access the personal information on your phone and abc's gio benitez is here with how you can proroct yourself. gio, good morning. >> reporter: hey, dan, good morning. retailers are offering shoppers good deals exclusively through apps but hacrs are now taking advantage of that so ts mornin pay close attention to this warning. black friday, the biggest shopping day of the year. bu while shoppers are swarming for this season's hottest gifts, hackers are after a treat of their own, your personal data. >> you're being tricked into installing this application and you're giving i all sorts of per migs. >> reporter: that's right. malware that one company says is disguised as an android app supposedly offering early access to amazon.com deals. cybersecurity f firm zscaler said they discovered the impostor. >> you're installing a trojan horse on your phone effectively.

>> reporter: you get a link to downlo this fake app. it appppears on your smartphone. >> has the word amazon in there so you really have no way to tell by looking at i it's not the real deal. >> reporter: when you try t to open it it gives an error message. even if you delete it caler says the malware is now instalald and runs in the backgrouou. >> you're giving it access to your text messages, access to your call logs, they can tap into you contacts, attack friends of yours. >> reporter: zscaler said hackers could use your phone to make money by programming your phone to call or text premium 800 numbers, since the hackers register those numbers, zscaler says some of the money goe straight to the hackers. in a statement to abc news, the real amazon.com says we take security very seriously and we courage customers to download content only from sources they trust such as amazon. google developer of android say the fake app has never been available on google ay. now, there are ways to protect yourself.

>> first off you don't want to install things from third p party app stores. >> reporter: don't forget to read that fine print. >> when y you're installing it itit'll show you all of the per migs and if you're paying attention and you should, you'll see that you'r giving it all kinds of access, so you should really pay attention to those when you itall an app. >> that's right, pay attention. now one cyrsecurury firm says they've discovered the most adadnced scam yet. right at t e point ofsale. hacks have now developed malware to infect store computers and they're going to steal your credit card info from that so the best advice, check thosstatements often. you're not responsiblele for any of these fraudulent charges. >> it makes me not want to use my phone ever. the onl way to really protect yourself. >> the new scam is at the store whwhen you're swiping your card. >> i'll do all your shopping for you. >> sounds perft? happy holidays. e want to move to a startling story. a mystery in the maternity room. aother and her baby separated at birth finding each other decades later. it's an unbelievable story with

we get more now fro abc's deborah roberts. >> my daughter. >> mom. >>eporter: zella jackson-price'sheartwarming reunion with her long lost daughter diane. it all began w with this message from diane gilmore's twin daughters. >> said like hello my name is mehiska jason. i believe you're my grandmother and your my mom's mom. >y motheras born november 25th, 1965, she said in st. louis, missouri in homer phillips hospital. does that ring a bell. >> reporter: sure did. she agrees to a donald trump test anduess what, it's a match. >> and it came out 99.9997. that's my baby. >> we fou your mom. we found your mother >> yeah, mom. >> reporter:ut how mom andnd daughter were separated five decades ago is a mystery. myself. nobody was with me, no one.

>> reporter: she says she gave birth here at homer g. phillips hospital but minutes later she says it's a nurse, not a doctor who tes her newborn baby girl and vanishes. >> they came and told me your baby passed. >> reporter: but now she knows he baby lived and has hired a brash tough-talking attorney al watkins to find out how it cou have happened. >> babies were being sold out of the parking lot. it was pay for play, cash on delivery. >> reporter: the day we visitited tkins office here's the scene we found. one anxious mother after ananher, all with the same searing question, could my child still be alive? >> they just took my baby and i want my baby back. >> reporter: u.s. attorney richard callahan began an investigation. >> if true, it was something teible going o at the time that nobody knew about. >> reporter: but "20/20" conducted its ownwn eight-month investigation examining hospital rerecords tt tell a different story. the results stunning. >> this sounds like, what, the

stuff of mystery novels. >> thehe only mystery is w w the allegationssere made to begin with. >> reporter: for "good morning eric" deborah robebes, abc news, new york. >> some pretty outrageous claims. can you imagine? >> absolutely not and the way they did that story, i now really feel like i have to watch the show tonight. >> i know. "20/20," we do want to mention as deborah said they actually conducted a month's long investigation on zell's story as we as the claims that babies were sold out of the parking lot including dna testing, another possible long losmother mother/daughter reunion. tonight at 10:00 eastern, 9:00 central right here on abc.c. it's a show you don't want to miss. >> absolutely not. we want to sayoming up@new video of that hero medical udent shot trying to represent scue a young woman. we'll t tell y his status this morning. >> what he did was extraordinary. "gma on the money" revealing

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and back now with "gma on the money" and black friday is not j just aut deals from retailers, dan was looking forward to this stor you can save bigig o travel at abc's rebecca jarvis joins us agaiain with how to cut your vacation costs even more. hi, rebecca. >> reporter: hey, paula, yes,s, it is a great time of year for th. we've shown you the great deaeals onvs and toys and ipads, but d you know right n is one of the best times of the yearo book that travel? day-to-day life in the feinstein house is -- >> very crazy. ththree busyy kids. >> reporter: so a family vacation is a much needed time to keep them connected and relaxed. >> we need to hit our reset button. >> reporter: but their dream vacation to key west is proving toe cost prohibitive. with a budget of $4500, their current itinerary is over budget

ou ability to take vacation. >> reporter: enter genevieve brown, abc news' own trave insider. her first point of business, flights and rental cars. they want to fly directly into y west. >> it's a little moreremote than a lot of destinations and that makes it a little bit difficult to get to. >> reporter: instead, always fly into larger airports. changing the arrival airport to miami and driving to key west. >> philly to miami. all of a sudden that $480 flight is $138. we have now takenen the priri o your flights from $24000 to $700. >> wow. >> reporter: that's a savgs of $1700. >> rental cars, intermediate car priced at $33 a day, that's a big difference from $78 a day. >> reporter: next hotels. use hotel booking websites like backbid whichsks show at thes to bid for you businesss or

hotels. if you're less than 30 days o o tayful is greator last-minute als. our famil wants to stay at a four star hotel. so backbid is finding them a comparable deal for close to $1,000 less. >> $214 a night. >> oh, my goodness. >> reporteter: withhisevised itinerary they're now under budgetrom over $5,000 to $1720. >> reporter: in all our experts saving this family more than $4,000. more than $4,000 in savings. imagine that. you don't have to because right now like we said is one of the best times of the year to save on those hotel, on those airfares. we've seen a number of offer this morning asow as 75% off and hotwire.com crunched the numbers on this. they found that december 1 if you want to get the very best deals on hotels,ecember 1st is

the day to book on average, 15% off, dan and paula, so all i ask >> that's exactly right. >> we'll get back with you on that one. under budget. that is music to ourears. wewean inviteverybody actually. i think we can expand t t party. >> we can let rob come out fromm behind the weather wall. it's going to be awesome. >> thanks, rebecca. christmas lights you've ever seen coming up next in our

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time for "the speed feed." hainesy, what you got? >> 25% of americans tart their holiday decoratinghe weekend afterr thanksgsging but a l of peop just can't wait for that and, in fact, 43% s srt their decoratiti before thanksgiving week. just check oututome of t tse over-the-top displays getting hundreds of thousands of views on youtube. heavy metal lights posted by, o of course, syer bob. noisy but otherwise pretty maybe a little christmassy and what abouthese giant lightsabers, another bob, the guy who made them says he knows ty're crazy and ridiculous but the kids thinink they'll great and end up as part of a larger christmas display but sometimes people are not so cool with this stuff. in plantation, florida,

plug on this massive displayy calling it nuisance, too noisy and saying it causes excessive traffic understandably. the hyatt family that puts up the display says it's their tradition a use it to raise money up to charity, up t several thousand dollars eh year. we hope for patience with your neighbors and understanding. >> if i led next to the heavy metal people i'd make a nice call to my attorney. >> you would take your drum set out and play along. >> what was that,slipknot. >> was it slipknot. >> do you think i know a heavy metal band. i listen to the indigo girls. slipknknot. >> not quite. but when we come back at the top of the hour, super shopping secrets, what you should buy right now and what you can wait for, also tom will have all the latest headlines, keep it here, much more "gma" coming up. to thanksgiving brought to you

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>> you know who's not nvous and who else i taking over, mariah carey, taking on a few firsts. talking ababout her new book this morning as well as her directorial debut. we cannot wait for that especially dan. >> w whave a great croro here at times square o a friday morning. thank you for coming out. on a holiday weekend. let's be honest, they're here to say sara haines, we're cool with that. >> it's okay, i know. >> we should say millions of americans are heading to stores all over the country. they'll be papacked wit shoppers hunting down those black friday bargains this morning but you might, might score a better al if you hold off on your shopping spree just a little longer. our becky worley is here with some clever ideas coming up. >> i love it when you talk about getting a bargain, dan. >> because you totallylyon't shop. > there's nothing sexier. inside to tom llamas with this morning's rundown. >> the big story, high water rescues near dallas. flash flooding pounding parts of texas, swallowing upp vehicles overnight.

missing driver, an officer was actually washed away. she was later found hanging on to a trtree. the national weather service now says this officially the wettest year ever in that area. rob's forecast just ahead. a a holiday security scare at the white house after a man drapededn an amerirican fla jumpeded the fence. the first family was at home celebrating thanksgivg when this happened. quickly taken into custody. youan actuatly see it happen, the secret service moved . the white house was on lockdown this. a charter flight carrying more than 140 people to mexico city hit the tarmac hard after its landing gear collapsed.d. you can see it there. witnesses say they could see the left side wheel buckle passengers nervous as you can imagine were shocked.d. nobody injured. > a clearer picture of the moments before and after horrific attack in new orleans. new video showing a medical student staring down the barrel of a gun after stepping in to help a stranger. more from abc's ryan owens.

morning at the bravery of a good samaritan. his willingness to help nearly got him killed. this surveillance video first obtained by fox station wvue shows 25-year-old med student peter gold checking on an intoxicated woman on a new a.m.m.friday. the manho just robbed her pulled a gun on him. gold was shot once in the stomach, police say the shooter then tried to finish him off with a few bullets to the brain, but remarkably, his gun jams. >> m male shot in the stomach. >> reporter: new orleans police have since arrested euric cain and charged h with attemptpted murder. the new video shows people trying to help tulane university student peter gold after he wa shot. even the young woman he saved comes too and trieso crawl toward the good samaritan. gold is spending this holiday at the hospital, a place he normally works.

condition and his family says he continues to improve. for "good morning america," ryan owens, abc news, dallas. >> and we thank ryan for that story. new details in that e. coli outbreak linked to ctco that sickenened at least 19 people in 7 states. so it turns out the veggie mix used in the costco chicken salad is being recalled. the celery and diced onion mix from tayaylor farms is used inin salads in packaged foods sold at target and starbucks. finally forget about playing dead or rolling over, this dog has much mor of an impressive trick up her sleeve.. check this out, a bla lab named lyle overbay la can fetch your dinner. shshe's been trained to dive for lobsters, people. her owner simply has to point in the right direction, lila goes down, jumps in, scoops up a live lobster andrings it back to ththe boat. her owner says the key to susuess is associating training with fun as he devours lobsterer after bster. i don't know.

> i hope he gets some of the lobstet afterwards. [ cheers and applause ] >> i can't get my cats to do anything. that is just fantastic. >> because they're cats >> because they're cats, dan. they don't do anything. how do you stay lobster in -- >> i did say i would use my boston accent in the second ur. lobster. you're welcome. sara, that's going on? >> the blackckriday frenzy is just getting started. why you should foc more on the deals. plus, mariah cay has "all i want for christmas is you" for yo kids. how her holiday hit ipired her new book and delicious recipes for your post-turkey day leftover, the surprising ingredients you'd never think of, how aut a little bit? is that sin upon and almonds in there? >> how delicious. >> yum, yum. i'm going to take a crack at that. all coming up live on "gma"

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welcome back to "gma." a thanksgiving treat or a post-thanksgiving treat for "star wars" geeks everywhere. that was new footage of the new "star wars" movie, "the force awakakens." it's tv sp, a whole lot of action in there and all of the stars o the highly anticipated movie are going to be here in times square starting on monday. >> are you allowedo actually come to this studio o monday? >> i i'm allowed to stand in the room and just watch them. it's goingo be awesome. >> i'm so intrigued. my kids are getting into it. i want to know who the new darth vader is. >> you'll find out. all will be revealed in a few weeks. abc's becky worley joins us again, tells us what to buy today and what to wait until cyber monday t t snag. hey, becky. >> good rning, dan.n. yeah, sometimes the best price is based on where you buy. sometimes when you buy so let's get right to our black friday buy now list. clothing, it's seriously discounted today, the gap, 50%

athleta, 20% off, trina turk, 30% off, uniqlo, has deals. overseas bane suits, $129. more discounting cyber monday but you got to try it . >> huge sales on electronics yesterday.y. wa that the day to buy or are there any deals left there? >> yeah, tv prices were slashed yesterday. they're always a hot door buster item but there are plenty of good deals left today. you need a tablet, the ipad mini 2, this isn't the most current but it's still a good device, it's $199 at walmart. that's 70 bucks off. today's the best day for headphone, speakers, beats are on sale at radio shack o or 25% off. and over a milli drones are expected to sell this holiday. this is the parrot drone. it's$100 off at target. by the way, this is not the toy we're worried about getting caught in children's hair but it

could happen so i'll put that down. >> i'm sure the faa is deliged about the million drones being sold. i understand you're big on discounted gift cards. any deals there today? >> it's like free money. you should look for itunes gift cards in the 20% off range today. amazon has a great gift card deal. buy a $50 card, you get a free $10 credit a the best source the gift card hubt ebay where you. thiss not buying from other ebay users, really good deals there. >> becky, thanks so much. we want to tell everybo for more on today's sales and the inde scoop for the best deals on cyber monday you can go to goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! >> these are the little toys getting stuck. >> the bunchems. >> donon't sti it in your hairir >> his hair iss like a thing of magigi one of the hottest toys as some parents say it's causing a bunch ofof oblems. get it, bunch. bunchems are colorful building balls but the story weirst saw

in "wall street journal." when n used properly they don't just stick to each o other they're getting stuck in kids' hair. >> they stick to each other and buil like no other. they're -- >> all: bunchems! >> these bunches of bunchems have kids going crazy. >> the amazing new shapeable bit that sticks and stays and pulls awayor endless play. >> they're essentially little building blocks to bill and create all these different shapes and even animals. >> the trendy must have toy this seasonon had texas mom bonnie brushwood tangled in knots, literally. >> the hair came in one direction and then itt came in another and then it really just kind of tgled together and we were lost. >> repr: for over three hours she picked and pried over 65 colorful mini balls out off her daughter andnd two friends' hair. >> i thought it sounded fun so we threw bunchems at each other. >> there's others with bunchems conundrums. one mom writing online have a

5-year-old who gets on your nerves? then give them this and let them play with it unsupervised. anotr dad on amazon posting i can't feel my arms now after attempting to pull this spawn from hell toy that matted itself into her hair like nothing ever witnessed before. well, bunchems maker spinmasterer has warningabels on the box the company told abc news we recently changed the colo of the warning to make it even more identifiable. we are also very careful to avoid depicting any creations in our marketing materials that show an end result that could be worn or placed on or near hair. and since receiving complaints, spinmaster posted on how to un untangle tutorial. >> gently and pull and slide to the end. >> reminds me of burs like you found outside. >> me and dan are hair. >> iid that at commercial. >> what a way to ruin my toupee.

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to the limelight. battles a rare form of dwarf ivenlg that's left him partiallyly blind and deaf never o once stopping him from entertaing his fans. >> i don't care how popular i get as long as people enjoy them. >> reporter: devina knowing herself at a young age. >> i was born a boy but i didn'n' evev felt like a boy. >> repeporr: her parents learningo accept another daughter into their family. >> i saw the signs very early on and frankly i didn't want to see them. it got to t point wre i could no longer deny her. >> reporter: believing their acacceptance will have a greater impact beyond their family of fi. >> i truly believe that we are going to change the world b having other parents understand that accept your child. >> so pretty interesting family that i think my eyes will be glued to for re. >>y eyes are glued to this tae.

>> doesn't even smell like leftovers. so#what do you do with all those leftovers? some ideas to help you spice things up joined by stephanie smith, t senior editor of yahoo! food author of "300 sandwiches." please welcomeme, stephanie, everybody. [ applause ] and there you go. so nobody wants to waste a turkey or ham for tha matter so it's a all about kicking it up a notch. what's your number one go to b of adadce? > to have funou have all that turkey and all those tririmmings in your refrigerator and so many different combinations of things you can make so get eative. >> okay. >> you can have so much fun with what you make. >> all right so what are we making? >> first the "gma" thanksgiving -- >> called the "gma." >> i made it up for you guys. you guys have your own sandwich. >> 301. >> monte christos are ham and i did it with a thanksgiving twist. with cranberry sauce and turkey. first all you do is smooth o o a little bit of c cnbry sauce on to your bread, use whatever

bread you like. i like to do two sides because i like it sweet. >> that's what i'm talsing about, a litllee sweet. >> and put a@little bit of brie, i use it because itt melts down nicely. >> do you need help? should we helpyou. >> it's sticky. >> layer that on. >> yeah. >> then i like to do -- >> cheating? >> cheing. >> wait 30 seconds. that's okay. >> she can't even w wt 30 conds to eat, everybyby. >> that's what happens a at my house too. people can'tait -- >> she'spregnant. ve her a free pass. >> exactly. exactly. >> okay, so that's assembled. milk. that in. >> then you put tt inhere and that's the monte christo. >> that's the one i should have tried. >> and i like to serve it nice and hot. take it out. bitter hot.

>> s s your next one. >> exactly, exactly. >> now you take that, paula. i want to make sure she gets it.. the second sandwich. >> the second one -- that's delious, right? >> i love it. 's pretty good, right? >> good food. >> this is my favorite sandwich. this is a shootersandwich. basically what you do is aisle pile allf your leftovers into one sandwich and take aound loaf of bread and layer on what you like, presst down and cut it into -- >> what about the third? >> that is the cry turkey salad. it's usually yo. i shush itt with curry. >> give it a little pop. >> use whatever bread you like. wheat, white, whatever. >> take a bite of this. go to goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! for the monte christo plus other treats. we want to send things over to rob and stephanie. oh, my word, this is amazing. want a bite?

>> oh, yeah. how tasty is that. the holiday is not only about food but obviously about giving back. especially to children of families in need. for more than six decades our parent disney has supported the u.s. marine corps reserves toys for tots with a $5,000 donation this year. benjamin ortiz. why is this important for the marines to be part of it. >>t's imptant because it gives us an opportunity to give back to our communityty and gives pe to the childldn that are underpriviged that don't have a toy for this christmas. so it's super important. >> well not only doou serve and protect us but you're giving back. we appreciate both o you somethings dressed this their dress blues looking good and we've got families donating. this is a wonderful program. here's how you can be a part of it. > eve kid deserves a little joy. a toy, it's not just a thing it's a chance to spread joy from one person to another. this holiday seasonn be inspired.

donate a new unwrapped t to toys for totsome. go to toys toysfortotots.org/bespired. >> pretty warm in the new york ea but in california my goodness, it's going to g get chilly. frost and freeze advisories to san diego and that coldir sliding into the texas peninsula where you'lldedegrees coer than yesterday. we'll spend the whole day below normal, temperatures only getting to the upper 20s with sunsnshine, perfect to stay warm in stores on black friday! tonight, another cold night, but closer to normal in the mid 30s tomorrow. we incrse clouds on sunday as we bring in a decent chance for snow on monday. breezy winds on tuesday. toys for tots, get on it. the guys have somethg to say.

>> all: sara, back to o you. >> oh. i good aittle nervous. best throw ever. thank you, gentlemen. >> speaking of flowing, you know, tom and i have a bunch of these. >> keep your bunchems on y your side of the couch. we still got a full serving of celeb instagrams. ondirection's liam dressed to impress in the kitchen across the pond wishing their u.s. fans a happy turkey day then supermodel super chef chrissy teigen baked some fab sweet potato streusel pie. is she wearing clothes. >> of course sheis. carrie underwood was not so lucky cling this dish pumpkin failure a la mode a saved it with the a la mode. meanwhile, the rock shared a video ofis adorable french bulldog hobbess w doesn't seem especially thankful right now. don't read that that face. on this thanksgiving, we got to go, buddy. let's roll.

>> tuckered out. >> that is totally not the kind of dog i would think the rock would have. i would think he would have a rottweiler. >> i got to meet him. he's really like sensitive on the inside. perfect kind of ma i guess he did not want to smell what the rock -- i had to. >> if you're really good you can have the rest of this. >> two more to go. we've got a little music to set the mood for this next big announcement. that's right, guy, monday marks the 50th anniversary of "a charlie brn christmas" and we are thrhrhring a huge party. isten bell will host "it's your 50th chris ma'am, charlie brown." a look back. wah-wah. >> isn't that how the teacher. >>wah-wah. >> that's usually what dan and b say we sound like in it is. there will be live performances of iconic songs from the series and hollywood notables are s set to take a trip down memory lane reminisceing about their favorite

charlie brown chrisisas moments. you can catchch it all here onn abc monday startingt 8:00 p.m. eastern. and finally i love this, beyonce has long known the many benefit of the wind machine as most of us girls dond thankfully pets are getting in on the action. check out these pups whipping their fur back and forth as they get a blow dry. >> sexy. >> jess captures her customers in slow motion and then sets the video to mususico match the pet's personality. this pamper poodle loves taylor swift. daydreams look in your eyes >> it should go without saying that jessnd her dogogs are a huge hit. >> greatest "pop news." i didn't throw one bunchem at you. >> because you love me. mariah carey talking about her new book and directorial you.

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to fill up. gas stations we chececd with were selelng at a dollarar2 a gallon with prices under 2 dollars a gallon.. triple "a" says 2015 could end up being the first year since 2003 that the year started and ended with prices under 2 bucks a gallon. industry experts say drivers can expect the tnd of lower prices to continue throgh 2016. jessica rae: if youeed sosome help getting in the chriristmas spirit after thanksgiving, you can take your family to downtown sioux city for the festival of trees. you can view and bid on over 70 decorated trees and d wreaeaths the hochunk centre atrium. en, ononecember 3rd, the live auction will start with the highest silentid. proceeds this ar will l go to the siouxland autism support group. jessica let's check in with for the weather. matt: good m morning! ld this morning, temperatures only in the teens, almost 20 degrees colder than yesterday. we'll spend the whole day below normal, temperatures only

getting into the upper 20s withsunshine, perfect toto stay warm in stotos on black friday! tonight, another cold night, but closer to normal in the mid 30s tomorrowwe increase clouds on sunday as we bring in a decent chance for snow on monday. breezy winds on tuesday. jessica rae:

from the night to early morn [ cheers and applause ] >> welcome back to "gma."

what a great crowd we have out here on the plaza. we have another half hour ahead. pitbull is bringing us into the ekend heating up times square with a fiery performance of his brand-new single. we can't wait for that and i promise that the guys are going to be dancing to pitbull, right? >> everything is better@ w wh pitbull. >> tom is his biggest fan. >> he refuse toad answer the question whether he'd be dancing. he will be d dancing. >> do the stanky leg. stanky leg. the whip, the nae nae. we'll do it all. we'll start with another pop star, mariah carey, the best-selling female musicalal artist offll time, a singer whoho has becece synonymou with the holidays. ary song augusta"all i want for christmas is you" is a classic and she set her words to a children's book. we talk to her about the holidays inhe carey home. >> welcome to "good morning america." >> thank you. >> you are one busy lady. >> i've been a little busy, yeah.

>> "all i want for christmas is you" is one of the all-time best-sellingngsongs, christmas and otherwise, 14 milillion copies plus s sd around the world. i know y said -- >> i didn't even know that. >> it was your dream for it to become a christmas classic. can you check that box now? >> i guess so. it's kin of amazing to me because i wrote it just out of love for christmas and like really lovinghristmas mic kind of like my most fous song. i don't want a lot for christmas there is just -- >> and for those who want to share this love of this song with their children this book it's beautiful. i just was looking throughit. >> t tnk you. >hy did you want to write a book? >> well, first of all because it is the son and the lyrics to the song but the way that little kids react tohe song is so amazing to me. so we made it with a little girl, she wants a puppy for christmas and just thought it would be sometng nice to share with my own kids, as well. >> we mentioned you have a lot of holiday projects.

your tv movie airs "a christmas melody." star in it but your first time directing a movie. what was thatt like. >> my d dectorial dedet. >> how do you compare the two? >> well, it's less abusive to the feet because you don't have to wear your shoes, your high heel shoes. >> just flats. >> i put on a pair of flat ke ippers. it was cool. i really loved it and because it was christmas and you know i start getting into the holiday spirit early yways. >> what is christmas like at mariah carey's house gentleman. >> christmas is quite the affair. i have santa claus comes every year. he's my good friend. real reindeer there, as well. it's been fun through the years for the people who have shared the holidays with me. >> "gma" is celebrating its 40th anniversary here and found footage of you. >> i'm frightened. >> quite spectacular. let's take a listen. >> oh, dear.

was all whoa oh oh oh oh oh #oh that you turnened out -- turned out to be turned out -- >> i don't want to interrupt. >> interrupt. >> it is so beautiful. do you remember that moment? >> vaguely. >> to be able to sing like that at 7:00 in the morning. >> getting up lettean and singing and gettingng useseto that tough. >> mariah carey, thanks as always for stopping by. >> thanks so m much. >> amy asked miah carey if she's working on her music, her answer, there's always something brewing. >> yes. >> kind of a tease. "all i want for christmas is you" is out now -- what's that? >> all you want for christm i is us. >> all i ever want is you guys. love my colleagues.

and we should say that a christmas melody premieres december 19th on the hallmark channel. sara. >> now to r countdown to thanksgiving. yes, you heard me right. just go withit, you guys. the holiday is over. if you're tired of eating turkey we have some other ideas for you this morning. i went to one of the top restaurants in the city for a cooking lesson from one of the best chefs in the world. new york city, home to some of the world's finest cuisinenes and one of those culinary havens is at the nomad hotel. i am headed to the nomad to get inside secrets on what maybes their food so delicious. i a aeady smell it. i g g an exclusi invite to happening out with the duo masterminds behind "nomad cookbook." daniel humm and will guidara. >> i'll cook for you. >> i'm official nonow. >> reporter: i'll admit it, the kitchen, not my forte but i'll try to learn the elusive nomad recipes and surprise pie f foodie friend amy robach. >> amy is eatingg all my food.

>> she'll eat anything. >> reporter: with multicose meal. >> making a beautiful salad. >> why do you rip these? >> i think they're just a little too big. >> just that obvious? >> yeah. thought there was something about the flavor. >> now we gett to the hot dog. the sausage is wrapped in bac and then it is fried. >> mind if iaste it? mm-mm. amy loves food. this hot dog will be her favorite >> okay, here we go. we have cookies and cream. yes, put a little bit on there. cheers. >> mm-mm. why don't't weverr start with dessert. this is nice, no? >> after cooking a up a storm. amy is waiting for me and i'm not telling her i made it until the e or she won't it. thanks for letting me share your kitchen. mwah. >> enjoy your meal. >> my really crazy morning. >> really nice to meet you guys. >> nice to meet you, as well. >> welcome to nomad. we have a a lot of food prepare so i hope you brought your appetite. >> always, you can count on us

for that. >> what makes thihis place so special. >> about our cocktails. it's about the food. we wanted to just re-createte through the modern lens a sense of old school luxury. >> all right. time to let the fea of food and cocktails begin. >> enjoy your meal. >> this chicken is like crazy. >> oh, it'ss s good. >> full confession rht now. i actually helped coo all this. >> that's incredible. >> i know. >> you actually did a really good job. >> i do want to give you a gift so you can cookor meeext time. the "nomomad cookbook." this looks like a bible. >> this is my favorite part. book. >> bible within a bible. how i can cook like you. >> in a few weeks i'll be coming to your house and expect a spread like this. invition. u. >> for "good morning america," sara haines, abcnews, new york. >> i just want it put out i know my friend amy robach.

but ifhe had known it was that i cookoked i ihe may have been a little more tentative wititer trying. >> who could blame her. > tom and i were talking. 've both been to that restaurant, it's delicious. >> the chicken people. >> hard to get a reservation. >> when you come in with amy robach you get a reservation. and the "nomad cookbook" is available now so, rob, i hope you have food or something good. >> i have 300econds so stay away from the cocktail cookbook. this is an often neglected corner so somebody flew 100 mis from orlando. we have friends in orlando. no doubt about that. pretty warm down there right now but the r rn is i texas and just to the west of texas and oklahoma city cold enoh for that to be ice so big problems there enaalso with the amount of rain we'll see over the next 48 hours locally up and over 8 inches and that's going to cause flooding because some of that area is already saturated. northeast looking 3450i8d for now and that cold air getting all the way down to los angeles.

below normal, temperatates only gettining into t upper 20s with sunshine, perfect to >> all right! great crowd out here. nobody has the post-thanksgiving day like we do. >> we want to talk about rooney mara generating so much oscar buzz once again you remember her from "the girl with the dragon tattoo" so fierce in that re now sharing the scene with cate anchett in "carol" and nick watt sat down with her. >> reporter: certain films just smell like oscar contenders. "car" is one of them. >> do you enjoy that speculation. >> i try and like turn that station off. >> your first name? >> therses. >> repter: a 1950s love story that really takes you back.

york which i thought was a crazy idea at first.t. >> reporter: t td out to be a masterertroke from director todd haines, new york can't look like this anymore. >> that did feel like we were stepping back in time. you know, with the cars and the props and the costumes. >> reporter: and the smoking. >> and thesmoking. >> all the smoking. > ah, todd was very generous in sort of sharing his homework with all of us and made us all these mixed cds of music from th time and gave us films to watch and made this beautiful book of v visual references for what he wanted the film to look like. >>here did you learn so much about train sets. >> oh, i read too much probably. >> reporter: cate anchett is carol a gay woman forced by society's conventions to live a lie. >> is this a politicical movie? >> i don't think it is a political movie. maybe people will get things like that and that's great but really at the core is a love story and in that sense, anyone can relate to it.

>> reporter: carol falls i in love with rooney mara shop girl, therese. >> i like the hat. >> how hard is it too pretend t fall in love with cate blancht. >> very easy. these as magnetic in film as she is in real life. ththere's no one like her. >> repororter: nic watt, abc news, los angeles. >> we thank you for thatrepo. "carol" in theaters right now. coming upne of the biggest blockbusters of the year, two of the stars from "the hunger games" coming up. "gma's"countdown to thanksgiving brought to you by

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want my bababy back. >> t t mystery, the controversy and thehe american hospital at the nter of it all. an explosive new "20/20" tonight at 10:00, 9:00 central on abc. welcome back, everybody. "the hunger games" is burring up the box office. you guys want too see it a little later? the final i believenstallment was number onend amy robach sat down with two of the stores. >> here w with "the hunger games: mockingjay p part 2" stars mahershala ali and jena malone. she playsoanna and mahershala playsbogs, one of the few people katniss can trust ashe tries to tak d dn the capital. what does it feel like the final, the epic of this movie is% over. howoes it feel to have it out. >> a bittersweet thing because you get to travel so muchnd form a friendship which is like a family on the set but really you sign up to the films because of the books, you know, and the last book is so epic that to really have, you know -- imean, i just love the ending so much

that i feel like i've just been sittingg on my hands waiting for it to com out. >> a a m mh as it is bittttsweet i t tnk i i definitely appreciate the closure getting to s srt something and see it coming to an end and be able toind of encapsulate that experience and walk away. >> tel me aut boggs and katniss. their relationship evolves. >> i think boggs has grown to really respect katniss and he sees her put herself out on the ne like several times and so i think he becomes distrustful of coin and beginso really trust katniss and really be a reay eat ally for her. >> and joanna, she's a feisty chick, isn't she. >> she is but it's funny like i'll pretty much all mytuff is with katniss this time. i like they both speak their blinds to each othnd they're oddly each other's confidantes to have a wom like joanna mason who has had everything stripped from her, her hair, strengths, family, clothes and

katniss can see herself in her. >> i tease you because said you'll always be rere tome, "house of cards" all a aiting season 4. want to give us any sneak peek about what we can look forward to t those of uss counting the day. >> from what i hear it's really strong season. yeahah, i've -- yes, i'll put it like that. >> when have you ever gotten anything interest an act this way. >> we can't talk about it. >> reading yr fares. i'm reading your face. i saw -- >> i hear it's a great season like i really -- that's what i've heard. >> and there's a lot of speculation about an upcoming you have "batman versus superman" alongside ben afflk. want to say anything? >> we can talk about bage, hike a lot of things, it's jut -- >>the hunger games: mockingjay part 2" is in theaters now. >> and just a remindnder, becse if you didn't hear amy just say it, it is in theaters now and we

>> the four of us, sara will baby-sit our children. >> no. i'm pregnant >> no baby-sittingeededhen pitbulul joins uss with an

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it's all good for me >> gma let's go working hard can a kodak or better yet go to times square take a picturere of me with a kodak took my life from negative to positive i just want y'all know that and tonight let's enjoy life pitbull, nayer, ne-yo that's right tonight i want all of you tonight give me everything tonight givitito me for all we know we might notet tomorrow let's do it tonight broets break it down break it down turn a negative into

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bright side of car buying. >> it's time to share the warmth with families and

children in need. >> let's do it, guys. >> a coat to donate. >> our theme, ks helping kids. >> keeping warm. >>ing coats. >> go to burlington and join our annual coat drive. >> a a couple pieces of business before we leave you. i want to thank you for putting up with the weekend crew. sesend of all, on mondaye'll start having the stars of the new "star wars" movie and it's going to be awesome. third i want to say i got some bunchems, i'm going to put them in sara's hair. >> we'll be here all weekend.

bye, guys.iowa hawkeyes are taking on their rivals to the west, the nebraska cornhuskers who are hoping to play spoiler to the hawyeye's perfect season. but for those you headed out to memorial stadium for the hy-vee heroes game, there may be some ththgs you want totoeep in mind. the gagame is scscduled to kick off at 2- 30 p-m today... but due to an security officials are asking fans to show up to memorial stadium a bit earlier. big bags or backpacks are not being allowed in the stadidium d officials are

folks to keep other unecessary ems at homor in the car. students planning on attending the heroes game say the added security efforts at memorial stadium are welcome, especially due to so of the recent t threatsaround the world. jessica let's check in with for the weather. mamatt: good morni! cold this morning temperatures only in the teens, almost 20 degrees colder than yesterday. we'll spend the whole day below normal, temperatures only getting into the upper 20s with sunsne, perfect to stay warm in stores on black friday! tonight, another cold night, but closer to normal in the mid 30s tomorrow. we inease clouds on sunday as we bring in a decent chance for snow on n nday. breezy winds on esday. jessica rae: good morning we've got a quick

>> it's "live with kelly & michael." toy, here to talk, jesse