jessica rae scott: later today...... good morning, america. there is a major winter storm spreadining misery across the middle of the country this morning. cars slide o roads into ditches. drivers rescd. >> oh, it'soming down. >> and ice coating tre and power lines causing them to snap and collapse. six states under alert for flooding right now as the storm moves east. a shoot-out epting in downtown atlanta overnight. [ sirens ] a routine traffic sto turning deadly. an armed suspect running from this red jeep after it crashes. police unlnlshing a hail of gunfire. the frantic chase coming to an end ght outside this hotel. new questions thiss morning about hoverboards. can the hottest gift of the holiday season get too hot?

toy set their home on fire and what man says happened just three days after he bought his. and monday night miracle. the wild finish to last night's game, the baltimore ravens turning defeat into victory scoring a touchdown with no time left on the clock. >> gonna win the game on a blocked field goal. unbelievable! and good morning, americ amy, you said monday nig miracle. i'm feeling cleveland's pain this morning. boy, no time left on the clock. >> yeah, one headline read the ravens put the special in special teams play. >> yeah, no kidding. like a movie scene. >> ihad to go to bed after the ird quarr and i thought this was in hand. this is what you miss when you go to bed early. i feel for cleveland. one of my buddies michael symon

i'm afraid to talk to him this morning. >> might not be getting up this morning. we also have very specialal security on hanand for our christmas tree yes, we take it very serioiously her at "good morning america." oh, did we mention it's "star wars" week. han solo himself is with us. harrison ford will be here in the studio talking about the new movivie ait later. >> very, very, very exciting. > but we begin with that winter storm that's been slamming the upper midwest with ow and ice and m ming east ththatening to bring flooding to six states. abc's rob marciano starts us off in minneapolis. good morning, rob. >> reporter: good morning, amy. temperatures here hovering just above the freezin mark savg the city from a truly icy commute. this is the first and biggest snowstorm of the season. less than a foot but that was enough to cause big problems across the midwest. overnight, snowfall making for miserable minnesoso mishaps throughout the night cars slping and sliliding offff roads,

rescued. >> most of the traffic piled up. >> reporter: this car losing control slamming into the medianan. plows working nonstop to head off more scenes like this. vecles sliding into ditches. semi trucks jackknifing. at minneapolisis intertional airprpt planes gettingg d diced. in south dakota, drivers unable to get traction. >> it's going to getorse befo it gets better. >> reporter: in kansas heavy ice covered branches came trashing on top of cars and oklahoma, crews trying to restore powewer. th governor there declaring a state of emergency for anoer 29 days in all 77 counties. >> look how big these pieces of ice ar >> repter: power lin snapping and collapsing after ice weighs them down. just an inc of ice forming on to a 100-footpan adds 250 pounds. >>hs it's coming down. >> reporter: ice falling nearly

snow will linger o and off throughout the day. eagerly awaitingg the construction to be complete here with their new domed stadium. that will come in handy f f days li today. the warm sector, everywhere east of here, mostly rain heavy across thesout six states fr alabama through virginia now. atlanta could see 3 to 4 inches of rainfall so a flooding component to this storm, as well, amy. >> thanks so much and ginger lookingg at your weather map. from over. >> the swy side, 24 hours left with this. snowing right now from colorado thearrowhead of minnesota whereou finin winter weather advisories and the w wintertorm warning in south dakota whe the bulk of this will fall. we take you through tomorrow mornining when it starts to wind down but before it does that it drops another 3 to 6 inches just we're talking of winter, first day of metrological winter. i have an outltlook foror all of you as to what your winter will look like.

>> happy day. >> we'll turn to that wild shoot-out in downtown atlanta overnight. vience erupted after police tried to pull over a vehicle and officers opened fire when the armed passenger tries to get away. abc's linsey davis here with the story. >> reporter: good morning, george. an officer noticed a red jeep goinghe wrong way down the road and said they did a routine traffic stop but the car sped up crashing into a shuttle bus. they say the passenger ran and that decision p pved fatal. typically tranquil downtown atlanta sounding like a war zone. >> shots fired. >> reporter: sending bystanders fleeing for cover. >> go inside. >> oh, my god. >> the cops actually only just maybe a hundred yds in front of us were hiding behind their cars with their guns. we didn't even have as much cover as them. >> reporter: it began when officers attempted to pull a car over in a routitine traff stop but the driver didn't stop striking a pole and a hotel

>> shut down at baker. >> we've got a s.w.w.a.t. unit en route. >> reporter: the driver turned himself in but the passenger fled behind the hol. >> shots fired. >> we have a male shot. male is still moving. >> reporter: officers shoothe passssenger de. his body discovered near a dumpster allegedly with a gun and shell casings s arby. police squads barricade the scene seizing at least three weapons along with cash and a duffel bag filled with a large quantity of marijuana found inside the jeep. police say three officers were involved in the shooting, none of them we injured. they are all now on administrative leave pending the outcome. can you imagine being inside that hotel where you just heard the gunfnfe so- >> i iall happened so fast. linsey, thanks very much. >> thank you. ow to breaking news, the brand-new report about wha happened onhat plane t that crashed in malaysia killing all 162 people on board. the airbus a320 went down halfway into its two-hour flight

the report finds a small crack on a computer brd on the airasia jet started the problemem but they ultimately blame the pilot's response saying they caused the jet to lose control. more. what can you tell us about what exactly happened? >> it was a series of errors by the aircrew that caused t this mishap of the there was a very mine more c computer problem but because the crew made these errors, the aircraft pitched up, lost air speed, stalled andnd for three or fouou minines flopped around out of control before it hit the ocean killing everyone ababoard. >> steve, this type of plane, the a320 is a plane many of us fly on. does this new information, this report have any impact on air travel in the u.s.? >> itoesn't reflect on airbus or thehe a-320 but the rise of these large third world budget airlines and real questions about their safety. but it also goes to a larr question, amy, i think --y

age 13, the instructor taught m how to stall the airplane, how to recover from a stall. in this casehe basic piloting skills that may have e been lost on thisrew could have saved the day. so have we lost something with this automation we have in these airplanes in basic piloting skills? >> all right, a big question there. a lot of people will be f focusing on today. thank you. we turn to a verer tenseity of chchicago. class back in session at the university of chicago this morning after a young man was arrested for threatening to kill students on campmpus he's accused of seeking revenge for the death of a black teenager gunned down by a white officer. that officer free on bond this morning. abc's alex rez has the latest. >> reporter: after six days behind bars this morning chicago police offfficer jason van dyke is t of jail sayinothing as h h battled a swarm of cameras monday night after posting $150,000 bond. before setting bail, a judge viewing that now infamous dash cam video.

shooooting 17-year-old laquan donald 16 times in 15 seconds. mcdonald later died. van dyke's defense argues he fired hiseapon becauau he feared for his life and is ready for hi day in court. >> he's prepared to defend himself. he is very scared about the consequences that he's facing. reporter: also on monday following a week of protests call are for chicago's top brass to step down federal authorities arresting jabari dean after they say he made threats online that shut d down t university of chicago campus forn entnte day. dean, a studentnt at a different university, has not entered a plea. according to police,ean posted on social media, i will execute 16 white male students, this is notjoke. 16, the same number of times mcdonald was shot. >> let us pray. >> reporter: overnight a prayer vigil outside chicago police headquartersalling for federal

take over van dyke's case. and the pressure is mounting for city leaders as "th chicago sun types" calling for the police superintendent to resign. van dyke is due bk in court deceer 18th. amy. >> all right, alex perez in chicago for us, thank you. and nowto the planned parenthood killer going before a judge for the first time as authorities sll search the crimim scene. abc's clayton sandell is in colorado springs with the very latest on that, gooood morning, clayayton. >> reporter: a and good rning, amy. that first court appearance the judg told robert dear he could eventually face the death penalty. for the first time since the planned renthood attack -- >> can you hear me okay. >> yes. >> reporter: the suspect, robert dear, faced a judge wearing handcuffs and a jail issued smock designed to keep him from hurting himself. >> do you have any questions? >> no questions. >> reporter: his alleged five-hour rampage in colorado springs friday left three people dead, nine injured.

maximum of death. >> reporter: the hearing provided few new clues about t gunman's motive or his mental tate but after his arrest law enforcement sources say he railed against planned parentod and allegedly made concerning statetents about president obama. police and fbi agents are still combing the crime scene. sources say this is the pickup truck dear allegedly drove to planned parenthood that day, carrying a duffel bag full of handguns and ak-style rifles. >> hard to believe. take a long te to sink in as far as her being shot andgone. >> reporter: friends a a family are struggling with the deaths of j jnifer markovsky, a mother of two, and arm vet ke'arre ststewart bh at the clinic that da with friends. at the same moment dea was in court officers toad in attention for swaseofficer swasey.

cember 9t is friday the first funeral for that p pice officer. amy, george. >> all right, thank you, clayton. race for presidedent now. donald trump bracing for his nextbattle. this time he takes aim at chris christie after new jersey's's governor p picked up a key new hampshire enrsement. abs tom llamas he with the latest. good morning. >> repororter: george, good morning. governor christie says trump's wrong about wt he saw on 9/11 and wrong for m mking that disabled "ththnew york times" reporter. this as trump says he's gearing up for some of t biggest fights yet in this campaign. overnight, donald trump playing political prophet telling his supporters to get rea bececause the real war on trump is about to start. >> hey, there's only one way you get to the top and it's all through trump. let's face it. even i think cruz will have to hit me. going to b b aad day but we willit back, ipromise. >> reporter: trump also toying with the idea of skipping the next debate. >> i won't do the debate unless

which money goes to the wounded warriors or go to vets. true. true. >> reporter: as trump draws the battle lines a feud with governor chris christie is heating up. christie not oy picking up an endorsement from an influential new hampshire newspaper but the new jersey governor now strongly futing trp's claims that he saw on television muslims in new jejersey celebrating on 9/11. >> that did not happen in new jersey that day and hasn't happened since. >> reporter: trump telling us christie is changing his ne. >> you know, he didn't say that the other day. he was very weak the other day, so the other day he said it like well, he doesn't know andow i guess he feels a little emboboldened. he must be careful with what he says. >> reporter: why do you think that video hn't surfaced? >> we'll see if it surfaces. >> reporter: insisting on playing by his own rules with his ownwn facts and he's showing no sign of letting up. >> i have a lot of energy. whoa. >> reporter: now at that rally

likely will participate in the next debate because if he skips s rivals would call him a chicken. george. >> that is probably true. tom llamas, thanks very much. let's talk to matt dowd right now. donald trump could takee your job as political analyst analyzing whyhrishristie is going after him. he does have momentum in new hampshire right w. >> i think chris christie has a very outside shot and i think the thing about christie is the enenrsement has not had a a history of pickinghe perern that wins most of theime butut does give you a bump and the thing about christie a lot about that story of the two guys trying to outrun the bear. they don't need to, they need to outrun each other. christie just knees to move up to third to become the establishment candidate. outside shot. >> he doesn't have to beat donald trump in new hampshire. he has to bt j bush, marco rubio, john kasich? >> yes. >> we looked at our polli for the last few months, donald trump's lead remarkably stable.

about a ten-point lead last three months, 90 days. >> when we started looking in august a go through today he's got a quarter to a third of the support all along no m matterhe stakes that people have said he's maid, the insults he's given along the way, allf those sorts of things. his supporters are sticky. to keep up with the "star wars" theme his supporters think he is a jedi anything and the gop establishment thinks he's a a sith lord. >> come on. i almost missed that one. >> you got to stay with it, george. >> i didn't completely miss it. quickly, in georgia last night, key date, marchth. >> i think that will be the point in time it comes down to four candidates, donald trump, marco rubio, celia cruz and probably o we don't know yet. >> our disney bosses will love you today. back to lara.

shattering records, 125 million mers going online to shop even crashing the sites of major retailers. abc's becky worley is in san francisco with a look at the big winners. good morning, becky. >> reporter: good moing, lara. today retailers and shoppers alike basking in cyber monday's success. $3 billion in sales yesterday crushing last year's cyber monday record. see it, click it, buy it consumers logged on att a record pace monday, the average order over $135 adobe tracking more than 125 million visits to 4500 retail websites including the top 100 retailers in the country. >> it was a record-breing cyber monday at $3 billion. it was up 12% versus last year which is almost $400 million versus last year. >> reporter: target generating so much interest slashing 15% off everything, their site crashing temporarily.

neiman-marcus.com, down and paypal struggling over the weekend as shoppers tried to make digital payments. another issue out of stock items at an all-time high especially those highly coveted "star warar toys bututhe winners today, social media crowned ebay, amazon, target, walrt and the gap as the champions of our online attention. also electronics makers, tvs, tablets, gaming conles flying off the virtual shelves. and withh top selling toys consumers saw an average of 20% off retatail.. rewarding early holiday shoppers with deep discounts. another huhuge winner, mobile, adobe says half of all retail web traffic was from phones and tablets. when it comes to actual sales, 30% of purchases made via mobile devices, ipads and iphones accounting for 70% of those mobile sales, guys. >> you can shop wherever you are. >> you can do more than shop for whatever you want. we allnow about black friday

cyber monday but did you know about giving tuesday. >> love this idea. >> it's a 24-hour campaign that started three years ago to encourage people to make dough nations to charities and volunteer and as you can see so much social media hype going on about it, a lot of people are giving comments on it and as you can see manyelebrities are tweeting about their support. last year it raised an estimated $45 million for more than 15,000 nonprofits, there i am doing my st. jude commcial. i love st. jude and what they do and this year, twice as m many organizations have signed up for giving tuesday, but if you can't get today you can give any day. don't forget that. >> what a great idea. . >> websites crashed on giving tuesday the way they do on cyber monday. >> absolutely. >> all right. >> thank you. to t the forecttor the winter. meteorological winter. >> first day of meteorological winter. so exciting and looks like this in sioux falls, south dakota so while they talk about winter, we look real quick at the winter

way because m belly issmidwest here. this will be a very l long duration snow event. the heaviest snow will be seen late this morning into the early afternoon. theit'll begin to taper off tonight and tomorrow, but strong win will take over which ll blow the snow around. we'll ve drifting snow and difficult travel. be prepared! today's high temrature is 33 with heavy snow. the overnight low is 26 with snow continuing. tomorrowow's high 32ith light snow and low visibility due to strong winds. lots more ahead this morning. flight attendant charged with attacking her co-workers and air marshals midflight. what happened in the air? >> hoverboards have new questions after one familyyays it set their house on fire and what one man says happened to his. stay with us. i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder... ...whether i shod seek treatmentnt

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while others stated it was a little bit of both. so far there have been less reported accidents thth the last snow storm sioux city witness during the week of november 20th. drivers seem to be more cautious and driving at lower speeds. "it's kind of rough out there, driving with all the other vehicles on the road. you don't know if you're going to have an accident," said sachjen. "i have a 4-wheel drive so...and they're keeping the roads clean, so i haven't had any problems," said "i go home because it's too hard to drive and difficult," said jessica let's check in with for the weather. matt: our slowly moving system traveling eastward. we'll have light snow and blowing snow today. tomorrow we'll start the day off with clouds and end it with sunshine. then warmer temps are ahead! today's high is 33 with flurries and light snow. the low is 24 overnighghas snow completely ends. then tomorrow we'll see a high of 32 and partly cloudy skies. our slowly moving system traveling eastward. we'll have

blowing snow today. tomorrow we'll start the day off with clouds and end it with sunshine. then warmer temps are ahead! today's high is 33 with flurries and light snow. the low is 24 overnight as snow completely ends. then tomorrow we'll see a high of f and partly cloudy skies. jessica rae: good morning we've got a quick news update for you now...

welcome back to "gma." you're looking at the radar this morning. six states on alert for flooding as a powerful winter storm moves east still dumping snow on the upper midwest creating dangerous driving conditions. and as you see sending cars skidding off roads. >> we are trackingg tha storm all morning long. also right now at this hour classes back in session at the

morning after that online threat. a studentromnother school was arrested for threatening to kill 16 white students. he will be back in court this afternoon. and then kobe mania taking over the nba. ticket prices for laker games soaring after kobe bryant announced this will be his last season, the most expensive a pair of $21,000 for his final game. guess what, robin is sitting down exclusively with kob today. >> she didn'tave to pay 21 grand. also this morning, who could forget 2012 hit "gangnam style." >> did we actually see you do that dance. >> it was for robin when s was recovering i did it for four seconds. >> roll the tape. >> psy is back so maybe some more dance moves from george. >> yeah, maybe. maybe not. >> it's called "daddy."

>> michael already had to explain some of the video to me as we were watching it. >> basically the gist is where did you get that body from. i go it fromy daddy. >> you're going to explain in "the speed feed." >> i'm not going to dance but i'll explain in "the speed feed." >> thank you, michael. we are going to bin strange stor flight attendant facing charges for aacking other crew members and two air marshals on a transatlantic flight. david kerley with the story. good morng, david. >> reporter: good morning. tables really turned on this one. not talking about an unruly passenger but an unrul flight attendant facing charges of interfereing with the flight crewew, her fght crew not to mention a couple of air marshals. american airlines flight attendant joanne snow according to court documents described herself as crazy and a traireck shoving, puhing, kicking colleagues and air marshals d during both legs of an american airlineslight from charlotteto frankfurt last week. american airlines released this statement, "w"ware aware of the

very seriously. are cooperating fully with federal law enforcement in their vestigation, and a working directly with our employees." it wasn't just the one flight to frankfurt, the disruptive behavior continued on the trip back to charlotte with theame crew in place. afterr landi while the flight crew looked for help for snow sheeegan yelling and screaming and tried to get around passport control. one air marshal says he handcuffed her for her own safety and escorted hero an interview room. this isn't the first time we've seen a flight attendant making headlines with outrageous behavior. remember jetblue sten slater's infamous bleep you to a rude passenr before he slid down themergency exit and the american airlines stewardess who lost it o on the p.a. system. in this case the crew sugges the flight attendant be taken off the crew. american airlines stands by its statement that it's investigating the incident. amy and george. >> surprising she was on both flights.

both legs. glad everyone is okay. now to something we've been talking about here, it's a big topic of conversation in our homes, potential concerns about hoverboards. reports of one of the hottest gifts this holiday season catching fire and abc's gio benitez has that story. >> reporter: they're one of the hottest gifts this holiday season but could they pose a threat of fire? one louisiana family now alleging that their home was destroyed by a hoverboard gone up in flames. >> both wheels it was like a firework. i seen sparks flying and before i could yell, the house is o fire, the middle part of the board that would go in between your feet, poof. >> it was hard to put it out because it was pretty big. caught flames fast. >> reporter: the local authorities investigating now but this is not the first allegation of smoking hoverboards. >> it's on fire. >> reporter: timothy cade of gulf shores, alabama, posting this video of his hoverboard on fire. sasaying tha just three days

went up in smoke. both were sold on amazon.com through vendors. we reached out for statements but have not heard back. fire isn't the only potential danger people have reported about these hot, new items. the consumer product safety commission says it's received eightt repororts of emergency room treated injuries related to hoverboards in just the last three monthshs. social media sites are packed with so-called hoverboard fails like this worker wiping out. teager xavier terell made a youtube video of his first hoverboard ride. >> i screwedp my knee. i didn't think i would get injured that bradley. >> reporter: brandy giddings that she tore the ligamen trying to get off one of two family hoverboards. >> it almost runs you over if you step off the front so that's like really dangero way to do it.

experts advise wearing a helmet. even wrist and knee pads and that latest louisiana case, the family says the fire happened moments after pluggingg it i to charge it. investigators are sure to be looking at that. listen,hey are a lot of fun buthese are serious coerns. >> that's w i'll be sharing that with my children as they continue to ask for that for christmas. we moven to that rescue caught on camera. utah woman andnd her dogs fall through the ice on a frozen rest swore. the woman is speaking out about this frightening incident as she' reunited with the men that saved her. abc's kayna whitworth has the story. >> reporter: a chilling brush with death for a 32-year-old woman. >> please, save my dogs. >> reporte and dmatitic rescue all caught on a police officer's body cam. 32-year-old rebecca pearson walking her two dogs by a reservoir in utah on sunday. when one of the dogs fell into the freezing wate

it's jt me and her i couldn't just stand by and watch her drown. >> reporter: the thin ice giving way. peterson tumbling into t the frigid waters, as well. >> i tried. i was able to pull myself out. got up on too the ice but kept giving out underneath me. >> reporter: thankfully a brigham city worker found her. >> she went under. i thought that was it it. i didn't know if she was coming back. >> that's when i srted to panic. i knew i would be okay. i wasn't sure what i was going to be able to do. i wasn't sure what a rescue plan would be. >> r reporter: finally police officer bd nelelson arrives on scene hauling petersonon out of the frigid party. >> i can't stand. >> reporter: peterson shows signs of hypothey remember ya but alive. abc news reuniting her and her two rescuers. peterson able to thank the two men who saved her life for the first time since they pulled her out of that icy reservoir. >> you are freaking lulucky. >> i know. >> people are fond of their

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we'e're back now with "gma on the lookout" this morning. an urgent warning about ransomware. malicious software that hackers use to take over you computer and hold your pernal files hostage. exexperts sa ransomware attacks will be on the rise in 2016 and abc's linzie janis has what you need to know to protect yoyourself. >> reporter: threatening messages lik these appearing

and a police department in massachusetts. >> our information was held hostage. >> reporter: demanding a $500 ransom or lose their data. >> the best option for us was to pay the ransom. >> reporter: here in intel security's war room, experts detect more than 13,000 ransomware threats aay across the globe. >> very often a user installs ransomware wn they get an e-mail from what looks like a company that they would do business with. >> reporter: tak this phony u.p.p.s.essage useds raransomware. >> if you were to click on any of the livings it would download and install the ransomware/malware that would encrypt and hold your files for ransom. >> reporter: eerts say ransomware can also attack your phone. >> we see examples where a user can receive a phishing e-mail on their phone and inif he can their mobe device. >> reporter: this fake bank message claims it has important information about your account, but click here and your phone

>> your r reputation can be held for ransom, as well. >> reporter: one victim even received a message demanding $200 payment too stop false information about child pornography from being sent to colleagues and contacts. robert herjavec is a partner with intntel and says it's one of the greatest threats he sees. >> everybodys vulnerable today. >> reporter: still, he says, don't be powerless. >> make sure you are backing everything up. there's so many cloud services even on your ipad phone you can back up all your pictures and all your data, make sure you're doining that >>eporter: and he says, unplug that backup drive so it's out of hackers' reach and always use anti-virus software and a fire wall made by reputable companies. and experts tell us these cybercriminals are expanding their targets seeking to take over your smarttv, even your video conference calls.

ransomware pop-up or message on any of your devices you should immediately disconnect from the internetnd call the police. amy and george. >> call the police. all right. linzie, thank you. >> i've gotten one of those once. it's a scary thing. >> we got a lot of work to do before 2016. thank you, linzie. coming up next fororget "ganam style." psy has a brand-new style sending the internet into an uproar. >> oh, no. >> oh, yes, lara. his new move, you like them? they're next in "the speed feed." michael, you're --

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ttoms. only time and clicks on youtube -- >> i think i'm the only one old engh to have worn bell bottoms. >> i would like to see a picture. >> i heard they were trying find the video of george dancing, they cannot find it in any of our systems. >> you know why -- >> high places i have friends in. >> george took it out of there somehow. >> this is not a joke, america. all right. a lot more "star wars" ahead. stay with us. what is that? it's you! it's me? alright emma, i know it's not your favorite but it's time for your medicine, okay? you ready? one, twowothree. [ both ] emma, emma bo-bemma banana-fana-fo-femma fee-fi-fo-femma em-ma

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you have to see these pictures a dust devil picking up a bunch of sand at a a music festival. peoplele dancing right into it. probably not the bestf ideas. this morning you're doing rain dances at work, in northern georgia, eastern tennessee along that warm a cold front, even a

all right.died as a result of an accident early monday morning according to the south dakota state patrol ... a car driven by a 31-year-old male was traveling in the wrong lane on highway 50 east of yankton and collided head on into a vehicle driven by a 30- year-old female. authorities say one of the cars caught fire as a result of the accident. the male driver was pronounced dead at the scene, while the female driver died from her injuries at a sioux falls hospital. niether of the vicitims names have been released at this time. the accident is currently under investigation. jessica let's check in w wh for the weather. matt: our slowly moving system traveling eastward. we'll have light snow and blowing snow today. tomorrow we'll start the day off with clouds and end it with sunshine. then warmer temps are ahead! today's high is 33 with flurries and light snow. the low is 24 overnight as snow completely ends. then tomorrow we'll

our slowow moving system traveling eastward. we'll have light snow and blowing snow today. tomorrow we'll start the day off with clouds and end it with sunshine. then warmer temps are ahead! today's high is 33 with flurries and light snow. the low is 24 overnight as snow completely ends. then tomorrow we'll see a high of 32 and

good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. millions of parents and children, the target of hackers. names, addresses,password, photos all stolen from a popular toy. the security alert this morning. big medal headline right now. the new research revealing that aspirin could be the key to treating alzheimer's and parkinson's. and body proud. the famous and funny names revolutionizinthe beauty standard. amy schumemer baring it all along with serena. the new supeodel. the force is strong in times square. >> this is where the fun begins. >> reporter: han solo here.

cowboy. we love harrison ford. >> i know. good morning, america. you will remember rememr me >> and you got to love that harrison ford confidencncright there. good m mning, america. l getting ready f "the force awakens" and "star wars" week here on "gma." look at fall out boy with their lightsabers. they are going to perform live here this morning and as you can see pretty big "star wars" fan. >> we all are. >> that's right. the for is awakeng here in times square. ththe he is, h hrison ford, d2 and a bunch of stormtroopers. where is r2-d2. >> on a coffee break. >> hey, we're also counting down to christmas. a lot of talk about the best way to string your lights. 59 least in my house. it's that time of year. gio, jesse, ginger are all

let's head out there right now. >> reporter: it is our christmas light fight.t. and the grinch is also here and promises to ben his best behavior and has a box with three different ways to han lights on the free, right, ginger. >> you guys will pick on jesse, you go first. we'll see which way is really east yeye what dididou t? >> i got thehe up and down. >> okay. >> t.j., which one did you get? >> all rolling stones inspired, by the way. >> start from -- wait. the up and down. we got the same one. >> maybe it's -- that didn't go well. we're off to a good start. the wrap around. >> the wrap around. >> that's my style. >> whahat are you? >>fragil >> let's see. these branchs haven't total fallen. i got the wraparound too. here we go -- the triangle. >> perfect. three different ways you have youour assignments. we wilill check in with you all hour. let's get going. ready, set,go.

go vertically. >> done the christmas sweater contest. >> so we don't have to do it. >> we'll see how they do in a little bit. now to amy with the morni rundown. >> we begin with the dramatic prisoner sdwap, a group affiliated witithh al eda in syria has freedore than a dozen soldiers and police officers from lebanon in exchange, lebanon released 13 prisoners including the ex-wife of isis lder al baghdadi who ys she wants to travel to turkey. there are more protests expected in chicago now that a poli officer charged with killlling a teenager has been freed from jail. jason van dyke, the o oicer charged with shootinin laqaqn mcdona 16 times posted that $150,000 bond. now pressure over the case is building with a major chicago newspaper calling for the city's police superintendent to resign and today the mayor will offer details about a new police accountability task force. well, global leaders meet r r climate talks in paris and

warned to stay indoors because of record air pollution. schools have actuay canceled all activities because the smog is 35 times higher than what is considered safe. well, a mystery in alaska. police are investigating the death of the new mayoror of juneau, theapital city, greg fisk was found at his home. rumors of a possible assault are speculation, they say, before an autopsy is done to deterne the actualal cause o death. and an alert for parents this morning. a popular toymaker has fallen victim to hackers exposing the personal information of millions of parents and their children and abc's kendis gibson has those details. >> reporr: this morning news that your kids' vtech tablet toys may be a new target of hackers. they encourage them to sha phototos thrgh their toy tabablets andd collected and stored the personal information of morore than 4 million pararents and over 200,000 kids, but on november

allegedly hacked. >> found a treasure trove of data including parents' names and home addresses, passwordrds as well as kids' names, pictures and chat logs. >> reporter: while the identity of the hacker has not bn revealed vtech has spoken out saying they are taking this matter very seriously and are conducting a thorough investigation. they also point out that this breach does not contain any credit card information. and it doesn't contain a personal identification data. >> this data was out there for anyone to know where to look and w to find it. >> reporter: concerns about the ha so high the company suspending trading on the hong kong sto exchange on monday. >> the fact tha it was children's information, they should have spent the extra time. what he should be doing is maintaining encryption. they should be testing their security regularly. >> reporter: for "good morning america," kendis gibson, abc news, new york. >> and our thanks to kendis for that. in medical news researchers sasay aspirin may hold promise as a treatment for alzheimer's and parkinson'n's disease.

ingredient in aspirin, salicylic acid can block an enzyme that plays a major role in neurodegenerative disease, the focus of new resech. we are used to dropping a couple of coins into the salvation army kettle. take a look at what oneouple in minnesota dropped into that buet. a $500,000 check. the largestst kettle donation ever in minnesota and the donors who wish to stay anonymous say ty are honoring a family legacy, one of their fathers served in world war i and especiay loved the salvation army doughnut lassies who brought coffee and doughnuts to the soldiers so this was their b thank you andnd hoping their donation encourages others to be generous even if it is a couple of coins. >> fantastic. to michael. >> now here's a looat what's ahead on the "gma morning menu." amy schumer showing she's body proud.

standard along with so many powerful women this morning and sleep solutions forour kids. what you need to know about screen time and bedtime. plus, the one and only harrison ford is here with r r2-d2 and the stormtroopers all here all live, all that and the secrets to trimming your christmasas tree onn a budget with clinton kelly and the grinch coming up on "gma."

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before anybody peeks at your undercarriage again. a little extra protection for harrison ford today in keeping with "star wars"s" week, i hope he can make it d down here with those guys. >> why the long faces, fellas? >> harrison will be here. another red hot star right now, amy schumer, she is baring all in her comedy and now she's doing the same for the prestigious pirelli calendar challenging what wehink about bodies and beauty. she is one of many famous role models instead of supermols gracing the cover and mara schiavocampo has the story. >> reporter: while she's knownwn for her comedy -- >> t(is is amy. i think you butt dialed me. reporr: this mning actress amy sumer is being hailed for her confidence

the prestigious 2016 pirelli calelendar. miss december tweeting her pinup debut monday with the caption, beautiful, gross, strong, thin, fat, pretty, ugly sexy, disgusting, flaw also, woman. >> i was like, great, let's do it. nudity. i'm 34 and, you know, everything is about to drop so let's get a shot of it while we've got it up there. >> reporter: pirelli, a luxury italian tire company known for usually displaying nude supermodels on their calendars took a. different approach for their 43rd edition going less sexy and more strong. featuring influential women including serena williams and yoko ono. >> to find out i get to be part of something that reay celebrates wen and their bodies and looking powerful, i was -- i jumped at the chance. >> reporter: shot by renowned shuft shufterbug annie liebowitz most of the oer wom are clothed. in a behinthe-scenes video for the calear, liebowitz said it was her idea to have schumer

>> amy just takes things straight on. she's chartering a new course in areas that people were afraid t to toh before. >> reporter: sheryl sandberg posting on facebook here's to imagery that breaks stereotypes. debra messing tweeting simply you look gorgeous. and an unlikely calendar girl stealing the day. for "good morning america," mara schihiavocampoabc news, new york. >> she just makes us smile. great job, michael. >> thahank you, lara and time now for "gma's" "snooze solutions." and any parent, you know how difficult it is to get your kid to go to sleep. on average the national sleep undation suggests that kids arare consistently getting one hour of sleep less than they should every night and abc's becky worley has some strategies for prenting that from happening. >> reporter: doeoe this sound familiar? >> mommy, can i h he a glass of water?

settle down and actually fall asleep is tough. here's your water. >> sleep is critical for young children. children between the ages of 2 and 5 on average need about 11 to 1 hours of sleep. >> reporter: so what's a p pent to do? >outine is essential for childrenn order toet themm to go to bed at night. >> reporter: the b basics sll rule here. warm th, bedtime story. but there are aew new ideas too. pediatricians say the winddown should be totally screen-free. the blue lights can signal a child's brain that is daytime. ter sleepytime coloring and also this bedtime story that h parents raving. >> i wanto you relax different parts of your body. >> reporter: called "the rabbit who wan to fall asleep" written by a psychologist who employs research messages to employ drowsiness. we asked two moms to t it out on t their toders and preschoolers. >> i call it a success. the kids are going to sleep

because it's really boring. >> it was a little bit of a bust for us. it didn't go very well. >> reporter: the author acknowleing as ery child is unique their experience with and response to the book will be, as well. sweet dreams. for "good morning america," bey worley, abc news, oakland, california. >> jning us now is abc's dr. jennifer ashton. hello, doc. >>, good morning, mike. >> not only hard to g them to sleep b keeping them asleep is somethinghat a lot of parents have to deal with and if your kids wake up screaeang or afraid, what exactly iss going on. >> what's going on, listen, i didn't get through this stage with one of my kids until they were like 1 years old and important for parents t understand what wakes them up or what gets them out of bed may be a nightmare, may be a night terror. they are different things. night terrors tend to ppen in the first part of the night like two to three hours aft going to sleeee e child will have theiryes open, they're going to be still sleeping but they're going to look awa screaming this is terrifying. flailing >> i've had it happen. >> to you or --

>> and they're going to be sweating, the morning most kids will not remember this at alall. nightmares on the other hand tend to happen later in the night when they're in r.e.m. eep. they'll wake up crying get out of bed and come to your room waking up frighthtened. telling you've had aad dream. very common for kids to have these separation dream, daddy, i can't find you. momm i couldn't find you. >> now if your kid is having a night terror whathould you do. >> first thing is stay calm. we likee to s s wait it out. even though it feels like an eternity most of them willast only one to two minutes, the second thing i they can be pretty violent when they're in that phase so make sure they don't injure themselves and movove ththem awayrom stairs. usually ty outgrow this by the time the become teenagers. >> if there havingightmares how should you handle that. >> rescuekit. you want to empower them wiwith things you have at hope, a flashlight can help them. you can say use this inhe middle of the night. i want to see you hold aeddy bear. >> this would help me.

own dr. besser who is a pediatrician. you can make your own monster spy and filil i i with water and say we're going t to spray those monsters and you're goingng to be all good. good night. mwah. >> doc, you know what, i know how i'm going to bed tonight. over to you, am >> all right, michael. you know what, a lot of people are losing sleep over "star wars," we can say that. sosouch of the excitement is for the return of our favorite character, luke, leah, h han and so thrilled to have the original space cowboy here this morning, welcome and good morning to you, harrison ford. >> good morning. >> you have had quite the year. i want to startrt bause you are recovering from that plane crash eaeaier this year. how are you do how arare you feeling. >> i'm doing great, thank you. thank you. i'm back playing tennis, riding my bikes and having a good time. >> getting bk on the millennium falcon. i understand there was an accident too. originally you reported it as a

>> well, there was a door o on the millennium falcon that g closed by accident on me. >> and your leg was brokoken, correct? >> my lef leg was broken. yeah. and then i waited about six months before i broke my right leg. >> but you're all healed up now. everything is good. >> i'm pretty mh ready to go now. >> so you got to do something that all of usnd the rest of the world has been waiting to do. u actually got to see the new film. >> yes, i did. >> and i know you can tell us any of the details but what was the experience -- i know, i know. >> i'm going to tell you everything. >> go ahead. if you'd like toto feel free. >> i canan't do at. >> what was the experience like, though, wating it back up on the big screen? >> well, it was great. i mean, it's a wonderful movie. it's got great, you know, production lues. it's a real big movie and i was delighted to see it. >> i cannot wawait. i know after "the return of the

wewe relieved too hang up the han solo costume and never to s it again so what convinced you to come back for number four? >> a really good script,he opportunity toork withh j.j. who i've admired and it just seemed like a gd idea. >> i think it's a great idea and i want t know a little bit mor about han stole low 30 years later. he was always the wise guy, but has he gotn wiser, less wise guy, more wise? >> i thi he's got a more complex story now. a little bit more of an emotional context thaha perhaps there wa before. but he's still -- he's still the same guy. >> romantically complex? what's his relationship status? can you tell us that? >> no. >> if he had a facebook account what would it say? >> huh. >> if he had a facebook account whatat would it say? >> i have no idea wha facebook counts do say.

>> married, single, status >> no, can't go that far. >> all right. all right. we'll have to wait and see. fair enough. now you weren't asked to actually audition for the original "star wars," many people may not know that. you just -- you read as a favor for george lucas? >> a producer friend of mine that was -- that produd "american graffiti" somehow could knifed to get me to read the lines with people that were auditioning for t parar of princess leia. >> you were just helping out. >> and luke skywalker. i thought i was just helping out and then when the whole thing was over they asked me if i wanteded to pla han solo. >> and you said yes. >> i said, uhuh, yes, eventually. >> you said, yes. you didn't say yes. >> well, i said -- i said, how

and then they said a thousand dollars a week and i said, no. no. but i did. i did it for a thousand dollars a week for the first one. >> and then that number wewent up significantly. >> a little bit, yeah. >> you recently surised some "star wars" fans. they were looking to get tickets for the movie. these very coveted tickets. >> ah, yes. >> i'm justcurious, are you still surprised at the level of fervor, like the fan democtdom that's ouout there. >> i'm sprised and obviously delighted, you know, i mean, the genius of these films, the luck of these filmsms is t that they've been passed on from generation to generation and in the 30 years or 35 years since the fit one, many generations have been introduced to this fm by their parents and so it's a family experience a it's really kept them alive.

family experience, i just want to ask you to cononfirm indiana jones 5. you're all in. it's happpping? >> how much? no, it's not about the money. i would love to do another indiana jones and work with stephen again and if we get a script, i'd love to do it. >> i think hee said he wanted you to do it before you turned 80. >> i'd like to see me do it before i turn80, yeah. >> harrison ford, always a pleasure. thank you so much for stopping by. >> thank you,amy. "star ws: the force awakens" in case you hadn't heard is in theaters on december 18th. let's go outside now to ginger. >> oh, amy, what a crowd we have out here on a mild morning in new york city. we've had some rain but outside of new york, just north there's actuallyly a freezing rain advisory s s if you're drivingng anywhere from northwest connecticut back through parts of new york and then maine tonight freezing rai advisory. the moisture will move through. you asked if i could get rid of the rain, kathy, no, i'm sorry,

it's going to bemidwest here. this will be a very l long duration snow event. the heaviest snow w wl be seen late this morning into the early afternoon. theit'll begin to taper off tonight and tomorrow, but strong win will take over which ll blow the snow around. we'll ve drifting snow and difficult travel. be prepared! today's high temrature is 33 with heavy snow. the overnight low is 26 with snow continuingng tomorrowow's h hh 32ith light snow and low visibility due to strong winds. >> we are saying it's very nice golf clap you have. we can make it louder because it's time for "pop," lara. >> thanknk you so much. we wanan to begin w wh thisis how would y yike to walk the red carpet with meryl streep or maybe make a video with the backstreet boys? well, quit dreaming, george. start planning because u2's bono is making these once in a lifetime experiences possible through his red organization

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real, that police are wearing in bavaria, germany, when t the unveiled it last week the internet couldn't help but notice the similarity to that dark helmet. >> great character. >> from mel brooks' "spaceballs" or ninjaja turtltl shotr finally the mushroom. may the for be withyou, bavaa, germany, pd. we understand. >> now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb. greatest character everarth helmet. >> he'll showou how to decorate your tree.jesse will be back with that in just a bit. >> absolutely. >> don't take notes. coming up "gma's" fall concert sers presented by carmax.

ricaxafteter two people died as a result of anan acciden early moay morning according to the sosouth dakota state patrol ... a car driven by a 31-year-old male was traveling in the wrong lane on highway 50 east of yankton and collided head ononnto a vehicle driv by a 30- year-old female. authorities say one of the cars caught fire as a result of the accident. the male drive was pronounced dead at the scene, while the female driver died from heinjuries at a sioux falls hospital. niether of the vicitims names have been released at this time. ththe accident is curreneny under investigation.n. jessica t's check in with for the wehex. matt: our slowly moving system traveling eastward. we'll have light snow and

start e day off with clouds and end it with sunshine. then warmer temps are ead! today's high is 33 with flurries a and light snow. the low is 24 overnight as snow completely ends. then tomorrow we'll see a high of 32 and partly cloudy skies.ouour slowlyoving system traveling eastward. we'll have light snow and blowing snow today. tomorrow we'll start the day off with clouds and end it with sunshine. then wmer temps are ahead! today's high is 33 with flurries and light snow. the low is 24 overnight as snow completely ends. then tomorrow we'll see a high of 32 and partly cloudy skies. jessssica rae: good morning we'vgot a quick newspdate for you now...

rocking around the christmas tree >> welcome back to "gma." why is t.j. relaxing over there? he's got other people t t do his work forim in the great christmas light fight. very smart. so call it cheating but he's up against jesse, of course, and gio. and we'll check in with them ead in just a little bit. the clock is ticking. nono inside to lara, amy and gier. >> interesting trouble wh light. >> there news you canan use there because there's three different chniques, up and down, there's the wrap around and the there's the triangle because putting l lights on the tree is different and creating a gorgeous tree can be tricky,

"the chew" co-host clintonon kelly will tell us howow to update your ornaments on a budget with supplies from your local craft store. let's start with the basics. i just got the tree yesterday. starting to d decorate probably this afteoon. >> ght. >> what's theirst sort of great tip. >> a jam-packed treee looks the best but you can break the budget by spending up to $50, $100 per ornament sometimes which is crazy. i'll show you ho to make onnts. i did ts entire tree for $62.50 so we'll show you how to do that. if you have kid, get the kids invovolved. kid-friendly crafts and also think about color. some people like white lights and white balls but that's fine. i like color on my tree so we'll do that with lots o -- with pink and orange and blue and purple. >> i think we're going to make swirl balls. >> yes, we e are. >> let's make some swirl balls. all right. let's go. >> i have one for you here.

they're about $1.50 each and a squirt of mod podge? >> what is that. >> it's like glue or a silver dollar. >> okay. >> you take a little bit of this craft paint. whatater color yououant to do. >> i'll go onge because nothing says merry christmas like bright orange. >> i'll use pink and blue, as well, sometimes it's nice to have a couple o colors. >> can i have a squirt of pink? >> yes, you may. >> you basically swirl it around like so. >> y swirl. >> ooh. and you keep going -- >> ts one is for you. >> oh, you kno what that worked out well that you added a lot o mod podge. you tip it over on its side like that or a plastic cup and that will dry and come out looking like this. you add aittle b b moree paint if you feel like youidn't get enough onnthem. as you canan see -- i actually really le that idea.

so i was like, i can make that myself. >> my kids would le to did th. >> that's so much fun. >> it's an heirirom. >> pretty. >> we have pininones from your backyard. >> exactly. they're free a i spray painted them in the color palette we're using here and what we'll do is take some of that mod podge and brush the tips as if they were covered in snow. you'll see when i put glitter on there. >> you're doing it delicately. i'm just jamming it right on. >> whatever your technique. >> yours was in blizzard. >> i'm mr. rogers. >> i get intnto the zone. >> exactly. take your glilitter and sprinkle it on. >>hese areo cute too. >> aren't these great? you kno what's nice any take up a l of space on the tree. >> glistening snow. i love that. >> so then you glue a little wire on there and good to go, as well. >> i always have so much

>> use it for ornaments. >> using hole pumps a and papier-mache onments and did hole punching on leftover paper and glue them on to your onments and take another bit of mod podge and they end up loong like this and throw them on the tree and good to go. her things we did, $55 tree topper with this ribbon. that's all it costs on the top. these letters that say gma are $1.50 each and covered them in glitter. whol thing, $62.50. >> you can see clinton on "the chew""nd get the full instructctnsns on our website plus two more bonus projects from that gu goodmorningamererica.com on yoo! and i know you have -- >> hello. >> what's the grinch -- grinch, do not tale anything. >> they're ours. >> he's here toelp us k kick off abc family's's5 days of

at 9:0:00 central with "dr. seuss' how the grinch stole christmas." >> we are so into it here but first over to michael. >> all right, thank you, lara now, i was lucky enough to appearen a renenpisode of "black-ish" and a couple of my co-stars made a surprise visit to another hitshow, "agents of s.h.i.e.l.d." and abc's abbie boudreau was there with t them f some behind-the-scenes secrets. >> need to get out of there right now. >> reporter: marvel's "agents of s.h.i.e.l.d." >> look who is here. >> reporter: a supersret spy agency is on high alert for a curious visit f from marcus w is 15 and 1010-year-old miles brown stars of the abcomedy "black-is high-tech. >> i'm smaller. i'm everywhere and nowhere. >> what are you doing on this set? are you infiltrating? >> who knows? >> we'e're really big "agents of

come checkckck the set. >> and get new details about the season and everything. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: like d details about agent p phil colson's hand played by clark greg caught a deadly crystal then his arm turned to stone and had to be cut off to save his life. >> is your hand ever going to grow back? >> i think that hand might be gone for good. >> oh, wow. >> reporter: miles and marcus found his severed hand still clutching the crystal and a prosthetic replacacent. >> the built me anmazingand but i'm hoping i might get an even cooler hand. >> whoa! >> we're seeing the commamand center right now. >> this is the first time you've seen this. >> yes. >> i'm co-pilot miles. >> i'm hd pilot marcus. > who gets to do this. >> nobody gets to do this. >> nobody. >> but me and miles! >> reporter: they play brothers on "bck-ish" and act like brothers in real life creating their own secret handshakes. and for the right "agents of

from the costume designer. you. >> you got on some of our tactical vests,s, a little walkie-talkie in here, first aid kit. >> first aid kit, yeah. s.h.i.l.d. agent marcus reporting. >> what's the biggest misconception people have about your character. >> that she's cold and icy. >> you realize the poiointnt of intelligencehering is to gather inteigence. >> it's just a mask. it's all heart. >> you betrayed your entire teqm. >> you never know who pulls punches. >> actually putting together this fight sequence for the next episode. >> sounds like an invitation. >> action. >> let's go. lelet's go. >> action. >> oh. >> aaagh! >> reporter: for "good morning america," abbie boudreau, abc news, los angeles. >> and you can see an all-new episode of marvel's "agen of

8:00 central right here on abc. over to you, ginger. >> oh, michael, thank you very much. weot a great group from texas right here. let me ask you something, don't you wish you could predict a great sunset so you could plan for it. well, now you can. a sunset like this was predicted by a computer model that one of our old interns actually stararted. check that out. that will actually go on sunset,tomorrow we'll start the day off with clouds and end it with sunshine. then warmer temps are ahead! today's high is 33 with flurries and lightsnow. the low is 2 2 overnight as snow cocompletelynds. >> all that weather brought to you by prudential. i can't do the check-in for the light fight without my jacket because it's the only way jesse, you had the up and down. >> this is c cled the up and down. when people do it at home it won't look like this. what you're supposed to do is

stting from the bottom, working verticallyy up stead of around and as you can see -- >> did you just throw on the -- >> i had difficulty getting my lights untangled. so of thehemeren't lit. like turury dinner,, you got to useeverything. ilso used t t extension cord. >> good work. >> i'll keep woing. >> please do. this is my gem. what i usually do. >> this was sabotage. no, serioiously they dididn't do us right. they gave us this. this was the biggest problem. we would have been donen four nutes had theseot been -- >> you had the wraparound.d. >>his iss what people do. the most popular method, start from the bottom and wrap to the top. i had help. they helped me untangle the >> gio -- >> he got it. >> i've never heard of the triangle. >> me neither so basically you envision this tree has three different part, three triangles and zigzag around upown andnd around a that's what you get. it looks really good. >> thanks.

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