>> good morning, america. the republicans face off in las vegas. and the gloves come off. >> am i talking or are you talking, jeb. >> i'm talking right now. >> you can go back. >> donald trump doubles down on his muslim ban. >> we're not talking about region. we're talking about security. >> the toughest shot yet from jeb. >> donald, you'reot going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. he's a cos candidate and would be a chaos president. >> the stakes never higher in the race for president. >> everywhere inmerica is a target for these terrorists. >> we have complete coverage from the showdow on the strip and bill o'reilly joins us live with his take. >> that passenger jet rolling off the runwawa overnight into a ditch. the nose and side of the plane damaged. ambulances racing to the scene. passenrs evacucuating down the emergency slide. eight people rushed to the hospital and thefaa is

shut down. the anonymous threat of bombings and nerve g forced l.a. to close all of its schools causing chaos sanding 650,000 kids. the clues this morning, why investigators knew it was a hoax and the war of words as other cities say it was a huge overreaction. dropping the mic. >> what? oh, that's the robber. >> the local reporter who helpe crack the case and catch a bank robbbber. >> ah, this is live tv, folks. >> how he got mucucmore than just the story. and sometng like that, good morning, america. the main event lighting up the trip in las vegas last nit. 1400 p people packing the venetian hotel and casinoo last night. donald trump said it feltt more like the academy awd. >>ikes having the gold around. he took tough hit from jeb

performance yet from governor bush, the big question, d it change his place in the race. did anything change? you saw ted cruz and marco rubio go att , as well, and we're going to talk about this with bill o'reilly who is standing by with his analysis. there he is right there. we'll begin, though, with abc's cecilia vega. she is in las vegas for all the action. good moing, cecilia. >> reporter: hey, george, good morning to you. i'm still outside the venetian low tell. all eyes inside that hall last night o donald trump, the focus was on national security, but donald trump says he had the best debate so far. the gloves were off almost as soon as the opening bell rang. >> run for president. >> you're a tough guy, jeb. >> we need to have a a leader that is -- >> rl tough. >> you'll never be president of the united states by insulting yo way to the presidency. >> i'm at a you're at 3. >> doesn't matter. >> reporter: it was donald trump versus jeb bush on how to fight isis. >> with jes attitude we will never be great again. that i can tell you.

proposal that's controversial to ban muslims. >> dona trump is great at the one-line but he's a chaos candide and would be a chaos president. >> jeb doesn't really believe i' unhinged. he said that very simply because he has failed in this campaign. it's been a tot disast. nobody cares. >> reporter: there was donald trump versus rand paul. >> is donald trump a serious candidate? >> the reason i ask this -- >> reporter: but the biggest grudge match at all. >> he has a wonderful temper. >> reporter: trump versus the texas senator infriringing on his front-ruer s standingsn the poll never happened. instead, it was ted cruz versus marco o rubio, both vyingng to be the party's alternative to the brash billionaire in the lead. >> doe t cruz rule out ever legal identifying people in this country illegally now. >> senator cruz. >> i have never supported -- >> do you rule it out. >> i have never support legalization and i don't intend to. >> because you know -- >> reporter: some like dr. ben

>> but the facact of the matter is, looknd see what i've done. and that speaks volumes about strength. >> reporter: after it was all over. >> mr. trump, did jeb bush have it out for you tonight? >> no, he has to do what he has to do. i fully understand. he's having a hard time and he wants to get his numbers up. >> reporter: well, jeb bush thought he had aood night too. this is the final, this was the final republican debate of 2015 and i can tell you there have been a lot of questions aboutut whether trump might stage an independent run if he does not win this nomination. he said un eeequivocally last night he will not dothat, robin, he says he's totally committed t to the republican pay. >> we'll talk about that. thank you,u,cecilia. matthew ddd, a senior adviser to president george w. bush and worked on campaig for both parties is here. so,, the front-runner, how did hee do. >> donald trump didn't damagage himself at all. this is the last debate before christmas and donald trump will go into christmas holidays into

the interesting thing, like yes, virginia, there iss santa claus, yes, gop, donald trump may be your nonee. >> and you say that even more so now because of what trump said, we heard cecilia as she said at the end of her reporting now he's saying, i'm not going to run as an independent. you read something into that. >> i thought it was a big tell at the end of it. up to this time he's b been leaning in i may o or may not. he sees hielf in t t dominant place a a seeshimself as the winner of the gop nomination process. >> ted cruz has been making some inroads and gaining some ground. how did hedo? >> i thought he did fine. he had momentum coming in. hehe didn't do anything to push it forwd so i think in that way he fell short of where he kneed to go in this. i thin he probably wins iowa buthe problem for ted cruz is where does he win after ioio. >> so did anybodydy in your estimation break out. >> i thought the two breakout people were marco rubio, he's always good at these debate, probably won every single debate in the course of this and chris christie did some good contrasting to everybody else on

the problem is, can anybodydyake a place of donald trump in the course of this race and i think that's the question we don't know. >> you feel some will drop o byjanuary. >> i think it's going to go from a football team to a baseball team to a basketball team in january which is probably five or six people on stage. >> inew you would give one of those analogies. george. >> let's hear from bill o'reilly right now from fox news als the author of the number one "the new york times" best-seller, "killing reagan." welcome back. we heard matthew dowd right there. do you agree? >> i don't think trump really changed his status. you like him before the debate you'll like him after. you don't, same thing. i think ted cruz helped himself a little bit because he becomes the conservative alternative to trump. so if you're not a policy person, and you're conservative you woulddo with cr. >> but he and rubio really went at it on national security. you think cruz got the better of that exchange. $% >> i don't know.

are going on emotion this year and that's what it's all about and people should understand that. trump has blown the system uup. he's blown it up and now it's all about emotion, so once u gege into this micro policy business i thi most folks tune out. >> the big question people are asking does it tay about emoti as the votes actually come? >> it does, it does unt you get to the first voting. iowa, newhampshire. i think it'll carry into that. because that's what trump is running on. that's his whole mpaign, emotion. he feels y your pain and the country is angry. >> jeb bush had his toughest night. chaos candidate. did he draw blood? >> no because you could just read it in bush's face. how is thihis possibly happening? how can i, a candidate who knows and has run atate for eight years be losing to a donald trump, who speaks in generalities. but what jeb bush has never understood is this is a different time.

sides, but primarily on the right and if you don't feel that anger, if you don't feel it you're going to lose. >> if he doesn't make a move in the next few weeks in the polls you think he gets out before the votes. >> look, it' a matter of money. he has a lot of money.y. he can stay in. you gotot sup tuesday. i don't think he'll get out before that. >> ben carson has been falling. >> cararson didn't help himself last night and it all started on my show when we had this big foreig policy debatend he didn't really know about the terrorism a and the components thereof. once that had gone out he started to descend and cruz picked up most of his support. >> almost all of his votes. >> yes. >> in iowa especially so look, taking a step back with a lot of emotion and anger against washington, can donald ump actually get the nomination. >> sure, he could. sure, he could. he's -- look, the folks are going to vote and the votes count. now, the republican establishment don't want him and

said trump is blowing up the system. that debate last night, nobody really -- too many people on the age but how can you come up agnst a trump who goes, hey, i got 42, you g 3, you're an i had got. how can you debate that? how, how? >> and i think his pledge again last night to stay as a republican, not to run as an independent got to be a sign of confidence tha he thinks he can get the nomination. >> look, trump doesn't want to alienate all republicans, but i'll tell you what, the guy is formidable and in this a age of anger, people got -- you can't say, oh, he's not going to get it. he could very well get it. >> if he starts to win will therere be a bkered convention. >> i don't know anything about that. that's your job. all i know peoplwill vote on emotion this year. almost like what reagan did with carter. carter screwed things up so badly and americans were so angry in 1980 that they voted out of emotion.

and, you know, had i tri might repeat itself. >> bill o'reilly, thanks for coming in t this morning. next debate democrats will be there on saturday night. martha raddatz and daviduir will moderate that and you'll see it right here on abc at 8:00 eastern. robin. >> all right, george, we appreciateill o'reilly being in the studio with us this morning. now to that scary moment on that southwest jet i in nashville rolling off thehe runway and into a ditch after a rough landing. this comes as millions of americans are gearing up, of course, for holiday travel. abc's alex perez is in nashville with the latest. good morning, alex. >> reporter: gd morning, robin. that plane has been moved. you can see it's still on the tarmac. passengers say they knew something went terribly wrong just seconds after landing. overnight, a frightening ment for 133 passengers aboard this boeing 737. >> terrifying to feel it bounce up and down. >> reporter: fromm houston bound for nashville making a rough landing at nasille

p.m. just as passengers thought they were safe, the plane rolling off the runway into a ditch. emergency crews and ambances immediately called to the scene and panicked passengers trying to grab bags from the overhead bins before evacuating down the jetliner's emergency chute. >> the m made sure there was no fire, explosion or anythingnd made sure everyone was able to get off quickly. >> reporter: eight passengers rushed to the hospital and later rereleased with minor injuries. both the nose of the plane and s side suffering damage. and the faa is still working to pinpoint what exactly triggered all this including the possibility that the plane blew a tire or w having problems with its landing gear. george. >> okay, alex, thanks. we turn tohat terror threat that shut down schoolsn l.a. yesteay csing chaos for hundreds of thousands of families. new york got a similar threat decided to ignore it and that ignited a war of words between the two big cities.

good morning, matt. >> reporter: good ing, george. soon after getting that threat, l.a. decidin to close all of its 1500 plus schools. now, in that-mail threat was direct reference to the san bernarno attack, new york city getting virtually the same e-mail but deciding immediately it was ahoax. now, l.a. is standing by its decision, one that cost it nearly $30 million and a lot of criticism. that threat warning of a swarm of jadists descending on los angeleles schoolsls came in an e-mail to an l.a. school board member at 5:00 a.m. tuesday. what followed, a swift decision, 90 minutes later to close every one of t t city's schools. >> we have suffered far too many school shootings in america to ignore these kind of threats. >> reporter: the cost an estimated $29 million, about 0,000 students shut out. >> the superintendent has directed all schools to be closed today, tuesday, december 15th, to ensure the safety o o

>> reporter: parenen left scralingng. >> had to take the day off work, yes. >> reporter: were your employers understanding? >> pefully. >> reporter: new york city officis received almost the exact same e-mail threat, but decided to keep schools open. new york's police commiioner blasting l.a.'s decision. >> to disru the daily schedules of half a million schoolchildren, their parents based on an anonymous e-mail, i think, it was a significant overreaction. >> reporter: the first tip-off for new york police was that the alleged threat seemed remarkably similar to the plot line of the tv series"homeland." >> the instigator the threat may be a "homeland" fan watching "homeland" episodes that it mirrors a lot of recent episodes. >> reporter: the police sent to new york read in pt "something big is going down. not onlyre tre bombs, but there are nerve gas agents set to go off at a specific time

>> it was so generic, so outlandish and posed to numerous scho systems simultaneously. >> reporter: and had a conspicuous typo, me and my 138 comrades will die tomorrow in the name of allah with a lowercase "a" in the version. >> incredible to think any jihadist would not spell allah with a capitit "a." >> reportete now all schools are scheduled to re-open here this morning. but because so many people were rattled there will be uniformed officers at schools like this and crisis counselors. now, that hoax, a very real felony whoever perpetrated it could face up to 20 years in prison. george. >> they should get it. okay, matt, thanks very much. >o amy with the other top stories. that deadly crash of a medical helicoptpt in phoenix. that's right. medical helicopter has crashed in rugged terrain east of phoenix kilng two peopl and injuring a third. the chopper similar to this one

no wor yet on what caused the crash but lt week four people died when a medical helicopteter crashed in california. overseas a shift in u.s. policycy towards sya. while meeting with russian president vladimir putin, john kerry says the u.s. agrees with russia and bashar al assad can stay in power if that's what the syrian people want the obama administration previously insisted assad step down immediately. in washington house speaker paul ryan has announced an agreement on a $1 trillion spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. it would extend a series of business tax breaks and would also extend healthenefits for 9/11 first responders and that deal would lift t 40-year ban on oil exports. well, a suspected bank robber in minnesota wawas not expecting this. he returned to t crime scene but didn't realize the local news station was broadcastinin live. he was approaching the bank just as the reporter began his live

>> tyler just 24 hours ago this bank in -- >> tt guy right there. >> what? >> that's the robber. >> oh, that's the robber. this is live tv, folks. at's the robr just went by. according to the bank employee, so i got to go here and call 911. i'll t tk to you later. >> and guess what, he did just that. he called 911. thean was arrested a short time later as pole responded but you can just see his brain- should i go back to my script or react here as a human being and he decided to be a human being and ditch -- >> he had that smile saying this is the best thing that ever happened to me. >> ririt, he knew. >> he did know,, thanksks amy. to your money right now for the fir time in nearly a decade the federal reserve expected to raise interest rates. fed chair janet yellen will likely announce a 0.25% hike that could have an impact on your mortgage to credit cacards.

>> joined by "shark tank's" baara corcoran and kevin o'leary. this is the first hike since 2006 how big a deal would it be for our viewers? >> what the i immediate effect will be on the housing market will certainly help it because it will kick people off the fence who have been procrastinating and jump into the market and it will really boost prices immediately. >> so you like i i for reaea estateteut could mea some problems for credit card rates. kevin, wt's your take on this? >> no, she's wrong. real estate will go flat. >> i knew you were going to say that. >> reall eststate gs dodown. that's how it works. you know, t thing is, it's good news. the reason the fed is raising rates, the economy is heating up. that's always good news, more jobsbs. hoing, nah, barbara iss wrong. >> oh, yeah, all right, we'll see. money on that. >> we will alook forward to this exchange. i want t to ask about it being good news. a lot of viewers are concerned. stay tuned with us in our next half hour, the sharks will be back to answer your questions about what this means for your

robin and george, of course, they're disagreeing. >> only the beginning. >> the pace of d and nancy. ginger, you have this big snowstorm around denver. >> dver had it yesterday. parts of colorado up to two feet of snow and lookwhat it looked like at the denver airport. youan see why hundreds of flights were canceled. now it has cleared out of there and moved up through the northern plains like north data and minnesota but i wanted to shock you here. look at the tetemperatur. the windchills by saturday morning i i feels like 6 in

feels like 21 in new york city.by the middle the day. then it'll become blustery with gusts near 40 miles per hour. then w we'll see cold temps as we apapoach the weekend. today's high is 32. the overnight low is 20. tomorrow's high is 30 with partly cloudy skies. here's the 7 day forecast. it looks like our threat of >> as much as i may have shocked you with the coal, don't worry. we get mild again next week. white christmas not looking so great. >> don't look sad about that. we're okay. >> thank you, ginger. coming up on "gma" that successful business woman accused of stabbing a stranger. now in custody. what police are saying is a motive as her friends speak ou two giant movies battling

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are still searching for answers. abc's mara schiavocampo is here story. good morning, mara. birre indeed. this is someone with no apparent violent hisry who professional contacts say had, quote,e, great public for their help in catching her. ththis morning, an unusual suspect in custody capturing the petite 40-year-old financial adviser accused of violently stabbing a complete stranger. >> shetabbed by a small kitchen knife and the woman was out of the store. >> reporter: after four days on the run tororto officials say a tip finally led them to rohinie bisesar, a a succeful professional with an mba who alallegedlylunged a knife into a woman friday at an underground drugstoree lated in toronto's subway syem. described as violent and dangerous, monday policice

which they say shows her moments after what theyy describe as a random unprovoked attack. >> we can find no correlation between the two. this is a random act of violence and that is why it's so disturbing. >> reporter: overnight police interviewing bisesar trying to piece together a motive. >> there's onl two people that know maybe why this happened. one of tm lies in grave condition in hospital. the othth has just been arrested by the toronto police >> reporter: but friends say the allege attack is completely o of character. >> she's vyell educated. she has no criminal record. it's out of the blue. >> reporter: this morning bisesar is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and carrying a concealed weapon. now, in canadada if the victim were to scumb to her injurie within the nextt year bisesar's charges could be upgraded to murder. she makes her firstst court appearance this morning and we heard that officer say the viftim was in grave conditition. that's canada's version of critical condition so we're

this is serious attack. >> it cerinly is, mara. > we turn to the story of one ohio famil suing theheir school district after the tragic death of their 13-year-old daughter. she killed herself after merciless bullying and her family blames the school for doing little to stop it. linsey davis has the story. >> reporter: the family of 13-year-old emilyie olsen says she to her own li. >> they called her names and tried to trip her. >> i want to know the truth. to me the truth has no agen. is what it is. and my daughter deserves that. >> reporr: now one year after her death, they're filing a federall lawsuit accusing the fairfield ohio school district of knowing that olsen seen here in her yearbook photo was bullied and did very little to stop it. in the lawsuit her parents say that before her death they were dismissed when they reached o to the school on several occasions for help. also citing numerous examples of bullying claiming one sixth

told her to end her life. the lawsuit also describes derogatory restroom graffiti about the teen they say was shown to the school but wasn't removed until the day after she died. >> can we talk with you. >> not on camera. >> reporter: fairfield city schoolols tells abc news the district will be defending the litigation and will be providing appropriate responses in the course ofhe litigation. a schoolesource officicer reviewed this sveillance video from inside emilie's school the day she took herife and said he saw nothing out of the ordinary. but accordingo a police report, in an interview with her parents, emilie had been sufferin from depression, had a history of cutting her arms and legs and her father suspected she had regularly been consuming alcohol. less than two weeks before her death in a facook exchange wiwi a friend, emilie wrote, i'm a freak and i'm tired of it. i've made up my mind, i wanna die. for "good morning america," linsey davis, ababc news, w york. >> such a sad story. let's talk to dan abrams about this right now. there's going to be a lot of

of this lawsuit. >> maybe most importantly did the school district know about it and did they as the plaintiffs alle here literally put her back intnt classes with the bullies that they'd reported about. so that's a critical question. a clear law in ohio, anti-bullying law that requires school districts to take action. the superintendent actually wrote a letter to the school community saying,hat he didn't ththink bullying had to do with it so there's going to be key factual disputes. >> that's ohio w, but the twist is this is a federal lawsuit. >> so she is saying that the reason she was bullied was based on h@r race, national origin, sexual preferences, she's saying these were the reasons sheas bullied and that's why they're fing this in federal court so there's going to be an anti-discrimination question here, as well. tough questions to answer. >> okay, dan abms, thahas very much. >> we'll all b b watching that dan. coming up next many talking about that possiblenterest rate hike expected today.

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back now with that big headline about your money,he federal resee expected to hike interest rates this afternoon. "shark tank's" barbara corcoran, kevin o'leary, back now answering your questions about how it could impact your family's budget and we want to get rigight to the first viewer question. >> you got it. >> my name is sally murphy. i would like to know, i have an a.r.m. with my mortgage. how soon do you think i need to lock that in? >> you know, sally, it costs money to lock in a mortgage rate. usually sometimim zero but more often 1%. so you have to compare what that's going to cost you to the forecast that interest rates willo up about 1% in the next year tippic lick you should jump

>> what do you say about tse adjustable rates? >> he disagrees. >> i think adjustable rates are very, very dangerous because people h have gotn usese to the fact tt interest rates have been perpetually low for ten years. now that's chchanging. better to lock in, pay the 75 or 1% barbara is talking about and go to sleept night knowing the cost of your mortgage won't change if the fed hikes again early next year. i j jusust like peace of mind. that's what it's all about. >> you think that's woror money. >> yeye absolutely. >> all right. let's get to our next viewer question. take a look. >> i recently got a new car and i was wondering i if the interest rate goes up, what will happen to my loan? >> ladies, first. >> you don't have to worry thehe least bit about your car loan because it's a fixed rate for a xed period of time. so, just forgetbout it. you gotot the car loan, enjoyhehe ride. >> kevin, this is also credit card, right.

entire portfolio. things you owe money to. mogage rates will go up as the fed raises rates. credit card costs will go up. any variable cost debt, not everybody has a fixed rate auto loan so they'll pay more. i think theey is here now that younow the woror is changigi, lock down your costs. fix everything ando to bed at night feeling that you've got control of yourinancial life and, by the way, start paying off those credit cards by not buying that expensive coffee. don't buy t that bagel in a store. don't buy those shoes. don't buy that other dress. pay off the mortgage. pay off the credit cacards. pay y off the loan time to bring debtdown. >> very good advice. very sound advice, barbara, i see you're nodding. i can't believe -- >> i hav to agree with@him. the only thing he should be worried about is his marriage. it doesn't look so good and -- >> barbara. >> i have to throw s somethingt you to make you upset. >> we have had so many viewers concerned about this potential hike.

just real quk. >> doesn't pay to get scared. figure out what the intert rate is now. what i might be ahd get over it. >> okay. >> kevin, i'm sorry. we've run out of time. we adore you, thank you, barbara, we thank you. george and robin, we send it back to you. >> good advice, lock dow those cost right there. coming up here who will rule the galaxy, "star wars" aims for "avatar's" record. big battle of f e blockbusters is next. you there... stormtroopers! halt! turn here. go go! follow them! bb-8! beep, beep! this way! where'd they go? they went that way! that way, they went that way! i can't believe thatatorked! of course it worked! beep, beep, beep!

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all right, welcome back, everyby. you can tell from the music it's abt "star wars." the wait is almt over. soill the force awaken, be the biggest box office hit ever. ababc's nickatt has that. >> reporter: positive premiere and $1$100 million in advanced ticket sales are prompting some pretty prodigious predictions. >> "star wars" has the potential to surpass "avatar." but what tha requires is repeat viewing a and what we saw with both "avatar" and "titanic" people kept going back to the theater multiple times after thth saw it. >> nothihi will stand our way. >> reporter: "avatar" is still the highest grossing movie of allimeaking in $2.7 billion,

say, might be the first to top the mythical $3 billion benchmark. jedis versus the blue guys. >> this is our land. >> reporter: "avatar" released december 18th, 200909 "the force awakens" also december 18, six years later. both take place not on our planet. both have rabid n, some peopl actually speak navi. [ speaking a foreign langue ] >> reporter: jedi is now cas si religion. >> did you think the first "star wars" film was going to be a flop. >> yeah, everybody did. >> why? >> the studio hated it. had no idea that it worked. >> reporter: n now here we are epesode 7. >> chewy, we're home. >> the wall street analysts say if it doesn't gross 1.5 billion it will be a disappointment. the question is it going to leapfrog 2 billionnd even apapoach 3 billili which would make thehe highest grossing

>> reporter: just wait for 2017 "after tar 2" is slated for a release and so is "star wars" episode 8. head-to-head. for abc news, nick watt, los angeles. >> this sidef theouch -- >> without enoughing anything away, ginger speaks fluent wookie. [ wookie noises ] >> presales are high but not all tickets are sold out for the opening of "star wars." you could possibly get in. >> let's go. coming up holiday cooking brought to you byy las vegas.

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the holiday season is a time to show others you care. and support siouxland soldiers organized "holiday for our heroes" to say thank you to local service men and women. veterans expressed gratitude for events like these where their service is appreciated. by the time the event actually started... the director of t& the projects said they had served about 500 people dinner. "their home lives have been disrupted. it's a whole different system for them, so we need to honor what they have done for us... the times they have given, many of them are injured, and they still come to these events just to have comradery with everyone" says sam hacker, community director of support siouxland soldiers. jessica rae: dinner and dessert, holiday music, and plenty of toys to go around as the big man... that's right, santa.. was there to check the children's wish list and send them off with an early christmas present. jessica let's check in with for the weather. matt: it looks like our threat of precipitation is

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. and a new battle ovover fooalll this morning. the high school coach suspended for leaveding his players in prayer now suing his school district for religious diriminate nation. we'll hear from that coach and why he's going on the offense right now. a devastating new verdict for rutherford. a judge ruled she can't bring her kids back to the u.sbut she's not done fighting. becky worley has your holiday buyer'suide to one of the most wantedifts ts season. a cashmere sweater for everyone on your list whwhen to se and when to splurge. get ready to laug will ferrerell is here live taking over "gma."

what he mightht do or say as we say - >> good morning, america. on the outside there he isis right therer willllferrell, so gd to have himm here this morning,he movie "daddy's home" is so terrific. so funny and always great to have him there. >> you see him and you start laughing and smiling. >> so true. >> good time as head. i got this great gift for my birthday. coloring books for adults. it is fantastic. it's a way of really relang. it's therapeutic. millions off copies are flying g f the shelves. could going back to your favorite childhood pastime be the perfect way -- coloring books. >> i'm telling you, adult coloringooks. >> when you said adult c coloring books i was envisioning you coloring in the lines of --

>> pictures. pictur. >> i didn't even go there. >> america, i'm trying. mtrtrng. >> america, goo bk to your childhood. color, play and watch this movie. "star wars" is amazing. we're hearing from the first major female villain in the galaxy, one-on-one with her coming up onn "gma." >> a lot coming up this hour. fifit to y with the morning rundown. >> good morning, everyone. an the big story this morning, the fight against isis, defense secrcrary ash carter has jusus arrived in iraq on an un unannounced visit to meet with military leaders and disss ways to push more pressure on the terror group. carter is also meeting with iraqi leaders. he's expxpected to discuss america' willingness to send attack helicopters and more troo to the fight. and some breaking news from europe. police in austria have arrested two men with possible links to last month's terror attacks inn papas. the two were aestete in whaha police are calling a migrant shelter in lzburger.

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drunk driving crash in 2013. his lawyers argue that the 16-year-old was too spoiled to to prison and the notorious case known as affluenza. >> affluenza. too rich f/r jail. >> the lawyer told judge jane boyde was so rich he didn't know right fro wrong. >> reporter: accordiding to wfaa couch missed a check-in wh his probation officer earlier in month and court officers searched for the teen but have not been able to find him or his mother. his father clalas he dodon't knowhere either e. the teen reportedly lived alone in this 4,000-square-foot house with a pool and wet babar. two years ago he piled fends into his father's ckup and plowed into a disabled car. >> there's fr or five kids lang in ditches and street. >> are you with the accident right now? >>oh, lord, oh, yes, there's another child in the ditch. oh, my god. >> reporter: four dead, 11 injured. hehe pleaded guilty to fourounts of intoxication mananslaughter sentenced to ten years probation and rehab.

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so that's two things. introducing real time delivery notifications. sign up at myuspsps.com welcome back toevastating defeat for kelly rutherford in that bitter custody battle. a judge ruled she can only visit her kids in monaco or france. but rutherford is not done fighting. >> lots of lot, kelly. >> thank you. >> reporter: kelly rutherford has been banned from bringing her kids home to the united states. it's a crushing blow in her highly publicized six-year globe-spanning custody battle for her two children with ex-husband daniel giersch who's lived with their children in monaco and france

according to court documents, a that the, quote, habitual residence of the minor children is fixed at the residence of giersch while rutherford can visit her children exclusively in france and monaco. >> no words at this moment. >> reporter: in august a new york judge ruled the children be return eded to her father after rutherford disobeyed a monaco court order to send them back to europe as part of a custody agreement. we spoke to her just days after. >> this was the first five weeks i've had with my kids straight in six years. >> reporter: rutherford and her lawyer maintained that the children were only supposed to live in europe temporarily while their father worked to acquire a current visa. >> for three years he did nothing. he violated hihiagreement. no ameririn court seems to give a damn. >> rutherford and her attorneys say courts in both california and new york where she lived with the children have relinquished jurisdiction to courts in monaco, and dan abrams is back right now.

>> she's going to appeal in monaco but she's got an uphill battle. don't blame monaco on this. this is really california's fault. 2011, 2012, 2013 they said we'll send them to monaco temporarily because his visa was revoked. we want him to have access to the kids. they say, don't worry. we're retaining jurisdiction here. we're going to put all sorts of rules and regulations about what's going to happen. he will have to try to get a visa to come back here and then it's all going to happen back in the united states. a couple years later they go back to california. kelly rutherford says he's not following the rules and you said you had jurisdiction. california court says, you know what, kids don't live here anymore. you don't live here anymore. the father doesn't live here anymore so -- >> that was perfectly predictable. >> california courts set this up, so, so the bottom line is don't blame monaco because for monaco's perspective, the kids had been living there for two or three years. >> but did anything she did make it worse for her? >> well, yeah, there's no question that the monaco court is using against her the fact that the last time the kids came to the united states, she announced that she wasn't going to send them back.

new york court doesn't have jurisdiction and the california court doesn't have jurisdiction, i'm going to keep the kids heje. a new york court immediately hauled her into court and showed up with the kids nearby and she sent the kids back. this is the whole claim she kidnapped the kids. she made an announcement that she was reluctant to send the kids back. a court says send the kids back. she sends the kids back and now it seems they may never be able to come back until they are adults. >> and the chihiren are s smuch older now. they know what's going on. >> absolutely and that fundamentally changes things in cases like this. >> thanks, dan. another big story we've been following about to play out in court. that high school football coach suspended for praying on the field after games. he's going on the offense filing a discrimination complaint against the school district and speaking out this morning. juju chang is herereith that. goododorning, juju. reporter: good morning, robin. you know, it's the case of the praying football coach who would

after games now sparking a passionate debate between those who say he repeatedly defied school policy and those who believe, as he does, that it's a violation of his constitutional rights, both freedom of speech and freedom of religion. this morning, a postgame ritual -- >> amen. >> amen. >> amen! [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: turning into a legal battle. high school football coach joe kennedy filing a complaint against bremerton school district for religious discrimination after he was suspended for leading players in prayer. >> i had to hide and no one could see me and it's just not right. >> reporter: the tradition starting in 2008. >> it started out with just three guys and it just started growing from there. >> reporter: but the prayers coming under fire in october. the district telling kennedy he had to stop saying, talks with students may not include religious expression, including prayer. and that to do so would violate the law. still, kennedy stood his ground. >> it's just giving thanks. >> reporter: refusing to give up the meetings on the 50 yard line

required his athletes to pray. >> when he decided that that was -- enough was enough he's got to stand up somewhere, they said, well, then now you're suspended. that's pretty ridiculous. >> reporter: now kennedy is out of a job. his s wyer, mike berry frorothe liberty institute, filing a complaint with the equal employment opportunity commission saying the district violated his religious rights but the school district telling abc news overnight it received no official notification of any complaint. now, the school does say even when they do receive the coach's complaint they can't comment on discrimination cases, but an eeoc complaint is reportedly seen as a last step on the way to a full-blown lawsuit against the school. >> and, again, you pointed out in the piece and there's a good point here, he didn't force the players to pray but there is this thought, okay, the coach does something, you're going to fall into line but he didn't force them. he didn't force them to do it. >> well, look, he's allowed to pray, right. he's allowed to do whatever he so chooses. the question is,

effectively encouraging beyond just encouraging, almost what is defined as prayer? and that's going to be the legal question. >> okay. >> let's go outside to amy. >> all right, guys. it is time now for our ultimate christmas buyer's guide. all week long we've been taking a look at some of the hottest gifts from headphones to adult onesies and, beck throughout it all. something almost as comfortable, cashmere sweaters. they're often thought of as too expensive,e,o how can uyou get them for almost ten times less than what you're thinking? abc's becky worley has the answer. >> yes. cashmere. doesn't it just make you purr? >> it does. >> it's one of the most searched gift items on google, and it's really something that screams out luxury, doesn't it? inexpensive cashmere is a reality. on the flip side there are also insanely expensive sweaters, some over a thousand dollars.

paid for it? cashmere, yum. one of the top gifts of this holiday season and the sales, wow. $79 at bloomingdale's. 59 at macy's and $49 at uniqlo it's increasingly confusing to buy. why? well, this cashmere turtleneck cost $69. this nearly identical one, $640. turtleneck, $1230. what? is it that much better? to help me unravel this mystery, i head to the fashion institute of technology. >> well, cashmere is a type of wool that comes from a very specific goat called the cashmere goat found in mongolia and northern china. >> reporter: prices for raw cashmere have gone down 12% this year alone, but textile manufacturers pay more for grade "a" cashmere. it's just softer. >> cashmere can go from anywhere

pound. >> reporter: so, here's a tip. even though the label reads 100% cashmere, it will never tell you the grade, and that's where buying on description is tricky. tip two, feel before you buy. and tip three, shawn says more weight usually means higher quality, yet another reason to feel it, so a little test. we had a producer go out and buy three different sweatersrst three different price points. neither you nor i know which sweater is which, so we're going to play a little guessing game, okay. this one is definitely scratchier. >> this garment feels the heaviest out of all of the garments. >> i honestly can't tell the difference between these two. >> reporter: in the end we both get it wrong. shawn's not surprised. he sayayyou pay for brand anan design. so there are plenty of bududt cashmere options that will still feel like a luxury gift. okay, with the big reveal here, we have those same three sweaters. now, i'm going to have you try

which one cost $79, 140 and $795. i mean -- >> i was feeling these during the piece that aired so -- thehe are my guesseses >> all right. why do you think that? >> bececse i thought it was very soft, and i thought this design right here, i just -- if i bought it in the color, i thought it looked more like an $800. >> you beat our professor at the fashion institute of technology and me. this is our $79 sweater, which i think is incredibly lux and rich. >> this one is like thinner and sleeker and so i thought it was maybe more expensive. >> oh, interesting. yeahahit is thinner. a lot like -- >> i've shopped for cashmere. >> you picked it up. you really saw that design element. it's the design that gives it away, isn't it? >> what about wearability like durability. what, does the quality decrease over time if you pay less? >> this sweater i bought three years ago almost to the day for $59. >> oh, my goodness. >> i've worn it a ton.

pilling off? >> no, and i have a really expensive one i bought on the same day, exactly the same wear and tear. >> i found holes in my expensive ones too so that's good to know. and this looks beautiful and feels great. this is a tough one. >> my question, is that $650 more in value than this? >> yeah, i think we all know the answer to that. all right, becky. what do you think, ginger? >> i'm impressed with your ginger >> i'm impressed with your knowledge of your cashmere knowledge. i don't think i'd do as well. hello to sue and jim and check off p pt of their bucket list. we did it, sue and jim. welcome to "gma." and if you're anyone heading to the pacific n northwest you kw you've been hit with storm after storm.m. the southern -- just noh of medford is wherehat was from. look at all tho warnings and advisories inn ace. hello. withhis rain and snow coming in you could see up to 9 inches of rain, snow, up to three feet in some of the higher elevations, some ofhe snow levels dropped to 2,000.by the middle the

near 40 miles per hour. then w we'll see cold temps as we approach the weekend. today's high is 32. the overnight low is 20. tomorrow's higigis 30 with partly cloudy sksks. here's the 7 day forecast. it looks like our threat of >> oh, what aow out here. lalara, let' get some "pop." >> it is time for "pop news" and big ns this morning if you are a fan of a great movie "the first wives club." deadline.com is reporting that the stars of that amazing awesome cult c cssic goldie hawn, bette midler and diane keaton are back. they'll team up for a new netflix feature. it's called "diva nation" which alone sounds perfect. in it the ladies will star as

group forcedo reunite 30 years after a very contentious breakup. hilarity ensues, i predic it has been 20 yrs since these three made "the first wives club." no word on a release date for "diva nation" but netflix is serious about f feature films and retaining robert redford and jane fonda. >> those ladies, they ruled my childhood. i looked up too tm in eve way and love seeing them together still a going strong. >> i'll be watching. >> i agree. >> yeah. >> that ending, that ending was so eat. >> yeah. >> come down the street. >> yes, yeye >> owned it. also in "pop news" this morning, ifou're a a fan of white pantssuit, popcorn and large glasses of red wine we have the perfect setting for you to live out your olivia pope eams. kerry washington's l.a. home is on the parke for $2.6 million. there it is. nothing scandalous about this frfrench country style estate. has a separate guest house, pool

she b bght it pre-pope inn 2010 just before "scandal" went into production. not surprisingly already there is an accepted offer but the realtor says please, we are stl acceptining backups. legit. i read the article. i burst out laughing. of course, you are. so, i thought that was fun. kerry, you have magnificent taste. >> she thanks you for that. >> i know, backup offers galore. a thrilling announcement thisorning for musican out the king of p. we can reveal micicel jackson made history oncegain posthumously. "thriller" has gone platinum 30 times now, a record. it has n never been accomplished before. when it came out in 1982 it went to number o one in nearly every country in the world. iton a record-setting eight grammys and it has not slowed down since, 100 million albums sold and unting. "thriller's" continued success

biggest selling artist of all time. go, robin. >> i still have it. hear the beat. >> just a jiggle. >> "beat it." >> thank you. finally, everybody, while we're here japing out to michael jackson we warranted to show you it's hot. check it out. >> check out this guy, rhythm. just a good vibration that's real. no talking. just grooving this mororning, george. >> that's great. >> tongue wagging like that. >> real hip action. >> doioi his thing. at's "poponews," evevybody. >> that was fun. you'll be back withh will ferrell. >> i know. >> in o our next half hour. >> that's right. >> and we're trying out one of the year's hottest trends, coloring books for adults. okay, i switched it around.

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love this gift. sioux city boys are going home with brand new bikes before christmas. an anonymousdonor paid for the bicycles for every child who takes part in programs at the boys club of sioux city. the boys had no idea aad of time and were exced to be measured for the bike to fit their height. for ernesto, it's especially exciting that he'll have a working bike again. ernesto hernandez, 13, says, "i thought it was pretty awesosome, because i had a bike, but it broke." valentino, 10, says, "i was really surprised; i was happy [and] exciteted." jessica rae: just last weekek ththe sameanonymous donor gave bes to all the girls at sioux city's girls' inc, too.o. jessica let's check in with for the weather. matt: looks like our threat of precipitation is

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okay, we've shown you ugly sweaters before. >> holy smokes. >> you've seen robin light up the room literally. even a mistletoe drone. tomorrow how ugly will ts get. it's on tomorrow on "goooo morning america." >> i k know you're ready for this tomorrow. >> no telling what you'll do tomorrow. >> tomorrow is the big day. wait till you see it. >> o achoo. i don't know if i can be here tomorrow. i have a little bit of a cold. >> get a good night's rest. also take a look at our audience right now hard at work. there are cored pencils turning out books for coloring books for adults. one of t t hottestrendsf 2015 a there's somecience behind thisis how they could help you finally relax and i love it because i

hadn't done it before and mesmerized. you just don't realize. >> i'm mess remember rised watching them color. you can see the effects. >> there is a little science behind it. >> programming note for you. a brand-new edition of mean "jimmy kimmel live." a lot of laughs at 11:35 e eastern right here on abc. >> oh, boy. >> my favorite. >> i remember when you did it. >> that was fun. >> well have that. >> trump is on. >> he's the whole hour, isn't he? >> no! >> let's go inside to lara.. >> thank you, guys. i'm so happy to be here withh our friend will ferrell who is facing off with mark wahlberg in a funny new movie called "daddy's home." will is the uimate nice guy stepdad trying so hard to be perfect for his kis and mark and his rebellious dusty character rolls back into townhe perfect dad. take a look. >> good night my little one.

>> i almost forgot my famous good night back scratches. so relaxing. so relaxing. good night sweetie, be. >> who wants 20 bucks. >> me! >> what? >>his is wng on so many levels. >> yeah it is. dusty is a horrible person. >> the ultimate one-upsmansh. >> t that's kind of where the fun ensues with the movivie. you know, play the stepdad to mark's kids and i'm the world's greatest dad and he comes back into t the picture and think it's a good thing for ourur family and, you know, to show that i i'm not threatened byis presence -- >> very modernn concept. >> very modern concept. >> blended family. >> a horrible decision. horrible. absolutely horrible. >> on so many lels. it actually gets quite physical. >> yeah, there's -- i'm stuck in drywall at some point. i am shocked by -- in power

brought back to life by mark. >> that was nice of him to bring you backk to lifefe. >> that was nice.. yeah, it's -- a lot of great physical set pieces in the movie. >> it's neat because reading it it doesn't surprise me to read that there was a thought about you playing rk's character. that it could have gone either way. >> i could have -- i could have played the dusty role but i didn't want mark to feel intimidated and because he has self-image, you know, his ego is very -- >> fragile. >> very fragile so ihought i'd take the more conservative role. >> all right. yeah, just -- let him shine. you're a giver. >> you know. >> thank you because you threatened me and said you will only ansnswer in one-word answers. you're emoting. >> oh, my god. i can't thank you enou. you and mark worked together before. is this just a silly fun reunion. >> yeah, we worked five years ago. we did a fm called "the other

and really hit it off well. it was just a matter of time before we teamed up -- >> keeping your eyes out for something to do. >> exactly and mark is -- wellll, he does a lot of drama he's so gifted as a cededian and we approach things the same way. we like to playt straight and no matter how heightened the circumstances are and let the comedy kind of come through that way. >> happen and different apapoach is billy eichner -- >> billy on the street, yes. >> you recently threw on your onesie, obviously and hit the streets with him to torture new yorkers with christmas trivia. >> and shot on a 98-degree day inin the middle of july so that little onesie i'm wearing is ju filled with sweat. >> oh. >> yeah. >> wow. >> yeah. >> t, yeah, we ran through the streets of new york shocking people which if you've ever seen his show that's kind of his whole m.o. with these crazy

>> i love that you are asking peopler he's asking people favorite christmas movie. >> right. >> "scrooged" or "e" and you're standing right there. >> "scrooged." >> most -- nine out of ten said "scrooged" even with me standing there. >> but you know "elf" is in our hearts. >> "elf" is --t's surprpring how, you know, each year it just getsts higher and higher on pele's lists and i wouldn't have predict that. running around the streets of new york dressed as an elf, i thought this could be my last movie. this could be my last movie easily. >> this could easily be it. >> and it went the other way so i feel so fortunate and so glad that's become part of the, you know, lexicon. >> s so big thatou now have a a fafain new york on the lower east side who created a bar for you. >> very -- >> called stay classy. >> very strange. >> a real bar. >> a will ferrell themed bar. my mother kay who's in the studio.

>> i wonder which drink she had. >> do you remember what drink you had, mom? >> i think it was a peppermint pomegranate. >> the smelly pirate hooker? >> oh, no. >> boy, okay. >> well -- >> i know that's one of the drinin. >> i reallyy like the son of a nutcraracker whi is the fireball, rum chata, nutella and eggnog. >> we're going streaking. >> "old school" streaking. >> help me, tom cruise. did we just become best friends? >> oh, there's mom. mom, do you remember which movie you drank from? whicic themed movie? >> i don't remember. >> that's probly because it was a good drink. >> well, m mom must be very proud, i'm glad you guys are having a little time together. >> it's nice. will you be heading to the lower east side. >> we're going there right after this. yeah. >> it's 5:00 somewhere. >> i think they're open. >> hey, listen, congrats on erything. please give your wife my love.

>> and you're hanging out. >> i'm hanging out. gointo do some coloring. >> oh, with robin's a alt coloring book. everybody, meaeaime, please put this on your list. "daddy's home" is so funny and it opensn christmas da we'll head back outside to ginger and friends. >> we love having will ferrelell he. we are so glad that he's with us th morning and we're celebrating "elf" that movie with these guys. i'm kind of likesanta, ho, ho, ho. i've got the belly for it. you can see will wearingn outfit like these few, very handsome men tonight when "elf" ai on abc central as par of its 25 days of christmas holiday movie festival. the weather real quick, georgia, it's been warm but look at this picture, strawberries ripening. a little off but some back to reality coming this weekend. back to the southwest, they've already been seeing december-like ather. ooh, it's been chilllly down to the mexicoen border all the way into arizona.

4 below in flagsffffhour. thth we'll see cold temps as we approach the weekend. today's high is 32. the overnight low is 20. >> all that weather brought to you by progressive. amy. >> all right, beginner, thanks so much. well, "ar wars: theorce awakens" has been praised for some of its casting decisions including its strong female lead but there is also a powerful woman on the dark side and juju chan sat down with gwendoline christie. >> in "game of thrones" she's the fierce woman warrior. buin "star wars: the force awakens," gwendolinene christi is captain phasma. a rare female villain in the evil empire. >> what's it like chapeling your dark side? >> it was really exciting for me to have a change and to

>> i know that the character captain phasma was originally a male. >> i fnd this out recent, yes. i'm particularly enthusiastic that there is a female character like captain phasma who we relate to as a character primarily rather than the way that she looks. >> let's talk about brien. females can see a female flielth p knigh in shining armor says something. >> it's time and great to see them in stories we can all watch. >> reporter: she fell in love with "star wars" as a kid but it's the 6'3" gro woman who actively campaigned for the role. there's a lotf speculation, oh, she wears her marv the whole time. we barely get to see her face. >> i can tell you that captain phasma is the captain ofhe stormtroopers. she is a member of the first order and part of the dk side. >> very scary coming from you. >> it's frhtening, isn't it?

watch the film an i'm going to say it'sorth the wait. >> that's what we call aease in this business. >> have i just teased you, juju. >> i believe you have. >> reporter: for "good morning america," juju chang, abc news, new york. >> worth the wait, indeed. "star wawa: the rce awakens" hits theaters friday and coming up next here on "gma," why loringooks for adults are

that's next. i have to say i am extremely impressed. we have some budding artists out here. all of tse people are taking partnne of the top trends of 2015, coloring for grown-ups. coloring books for adults flying off the shees by the millions this holay season, as more and more people rediscover the joy of coloring ass you see inside the lines. take a lk. at first cblans you see a group of women meeting for-- drinks and laughs. a typical after work gathering but they a aren't just meeting for fellowship, they came to color. >> hi, everybody. welcome to the moms in business coloring party. >> reporter: katherine mchenry owowns a chicago toy store and hosts a weekly byob party. the main attractiti, an unlikely adult treasurere, coloring book. >> customersf m mine who come in

about the really rewarding positive experience i was getting through coloring and slowly one by one they were buying it. >> reporter: these coloring books are different and me complex than the traditional book for kids but the effects aree similar. >> i mean we all colored when we were little. it's a cathahartic experience, relaxing. >> repter: t t popularity is staggering. amon.com sells more thann 5,000 different types from stress management to nature. even hry potter. among the most popular, secret garden which has sold more than 6 million copies worldwide. >> 911, what's your emergency. >> reporter: at the sacramento police department, the emergency dispatchers feel the pressure from start to finish. >> it getss pretty hectic. >> it can goo fromm just being absolutely quiet to being mass chaos in seconds. >> reporter: they spend the day supporting others, but their life line, coloring in the lines. >> it definitely calmse down and giveses me something else to focus .

you may forgo the tablett for some goo old-fashioned pencil and paper. >> something unexpected and something new and i thihink it's a great gift. >> oh, my gosh. over here? >> over here, over here, over here. will ferrell has got a coloring party going on here and look who's coloring with us, will. he kno he's going to keep i ean because his mom kay is here and psychiatrist dr. janet tataylor, t reason we're doing this. you see how quiet they got. i've never seen them so quiet. >>here is something behind it. >> it's the activity. when you bring your attention t something it not only simulates the mind andrain lights u up but relaxation response and what we need in this busy world. it's the focus. >> can you keep it down? >> was he always l like thi as a kid? was he a always like this as a child? >> the point is, you know, when you're stressed you can find activities and going to it

>> there is somhing scienfic about it, too. there's a part of our brain that is really stimulated by this. >> and that is right here. the hypothalamus -- that's where stress enters the brain and that's what -- can induce a relax respononse. it's intentional and shows that we have control over our actions and behaviors and intentionally we know when we need a break and coloring, repitive activities are a great way to do that. >> even if it's competitive coloring with six people. >> the key is not competition. >> it's not about mastering the skill. when you garden or -- >> it's not about performance but process. >> yeah, amy. >> and bringing your attention -- >> wait a minute. >> for all you competitive people down there. >> but i mean you guys are really i into is? >> yes. >> i love it. i love it. >>dd do this. can i bring this to the hospital to try to do during labor?

>> that would work it out but is this somethihing you would say, hey, why not? give it a shot. >> i mean, youou know, people say is it therapy? it's therapeutic and,again, it's about knowiwing wha you need to do and finding those activitieshether it's going for a walk, mindful breathing, it's drumming. it helps andnd it has a specific aspect of the brain that it correlates too. >> pencils down. would you like to show your work? woul you like to show -- >> i thought this was -- >> i didn't get that far. >> can i show georgege. >> i'm not sure, janene if you can ge us an analysis. >> what are you saying, doctor? >> i oy give analysis when i'm getting paid for it but it's wondererful, george. verycreative. >> now at the end, amy. >> i have some flowers. >> i stuck with the one line. >> there's something if you go outsidee theine -- >> i stayed inside the line.

it, having fun. [ laughter ] >> i'm just joking. that's a joke. that's a joke. that's a joke. >> not relaxed at all. >> all right. >> your mom is really focused. thank you, will. thank you, everyone. thank you, janet. as always. coming up -- emeril is sharing some of the most delicious dishes of the hoday coming up nexext.

who's hungry? i'm hungry. i don't know about you guys. how about we getreat ideas for the perfect holididay meal from myy buddy, emeril. >> we ar joined now by our great friend, emeril in a ent sponsored by lasasegas with t holiday season upon us. you're here to share someef your favorite recipes and how to co for the holidays but before we get to that. you're a spokesperson for las vegas. tell me about vegegast new year's and uncorked event.

going on in vegas. venetian event, new year's eve there is insane. there's so much to do. there's shopping, eating, there's every restaurant you c c possibly think of. great shopping, and then the tenth anniversary of vegas uncorked is coming up which is going to be a huge celebration, i promise you ththat. >> that's the spring. >> that's the spring. >> before we get theree have to get through the holidays. >> this year when you think about celebration and new year's eve for me i think about like really amazing food, particularly these like little petite filet ming yons. >> let'set started. >> in a saucepan what we'll do is start and make the red wine sauce, shalls and garlic and a little bit of herbs i'm using fresh rosemary. once this sort of cooks we'll just add some red wine andet it reduce, it's going to evaporate and concentrate in flavor a thas what we have right here. see, once we have the evaporation. >> chutney-like. >> now we'll adjust a little

stock, demi-gle is another name for it. our filets. got to season them. >> one of myavorite steaks i've ever had in vegas. >> salt, pepper, then you u got to have a little b off my ssence. i said this the other da >> essence. >> i said this the other day to you, essence, what? maybe -- >> now i know. >> maybe that was the baby? that was the baby. the baby's g got a lot to learn. >> pan sauteing that and basically, ginger, for me, 125 degrees internalal temperature is a a good medium re. okay, so that's basically whatt we have right here. medium rare then what we'll do. we take a slice of the maitre d' hotel butter on top. that red wine sauce we reduced right on top of that a and then to go with it, in celebration of new year's eve, g green beans ail ss

>> don't leave me alone. thank you so much for being here. find the recipes on our website, goodmornjngamerica.com on yahoo! and see you in vegas for new year's eve. holiday cooking brought to you by las vegas.

only one lasvegas.com. will ferrell is a great guy, isn't he? >>e is. >> really nice. . >> check out a special on th a a&e network "who is donald trump?" >> that's coming up tonight. if we get unruly, just give us a colong book.

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30 with partly cloudy skies. here's the 7 day forecast. it looks like our threat of precipitation is going to wind down by the middle of the day. theit'll become blustery with gusts near 40 miles per hourur. then wll see