the republican front-runner tatakes a late night victory lap after t the debate and turns a new page in his campaign. >> i've been a little bit divisive in the sense that i've been hitting people pretty hard. >> a little bit. >> what will he doo with air trump one if he wins the presidency? as hillary clinton gets set to take the stage in her nex showdown. anger on the streets of baltimore overerght. presters demonstrating as that jury deadlocked inhe first trial of an officer charged in freddie gray's death. police clearing streets, making arrests, tensions running hh this morning. that texas teenager infamous for being ruled too spoiled to serve time for a deadly drunk driving crash on the run missing. is his family helping him avoid justice? bounce of a lifetime. a minnesota mom hitting this miracle half-court shot to help pay for her daughter's school.

and why that shot is helping so many more famies in neethis morning. see if i care i get back on my feet again good morning, america. pat benatar appropriate this morning. that shot went justt like angela planned it. >> sure. >> bnces right in. come on. >> it counts. it counts. she isoing to be here and her daughter, as well. there was another amazing ment last night. superstarbby wambach taking her cleats off for the last time retiring after a remarkabl career. she had an incredible message that she'll share. >> remarkable is right. what a career. we'll get to that. but we begin with the race for presidenen donana trump on jimmy kimmel seems t t be kicking off a n ase more mellow calling for unity in the republican n party andd jon kar is here with the latest. a little more statesman for trump.

but he acknowledged he's been a little guisive and suggests he's nonow ready to go a little easier on his republican rivals. overnight onjimmy kimmel live" donald trump touted his latesest debate performance but insisted he pulled his nches. >> did you decide you were going to be nicer? >> you know what, i would like to see t republican party come togethther and i've been a little bit divisive in the sense that i've bee hitting people -- >> a little bit, yeah. [ laughter ] ] >> do you think jeb bush is scared of you or just scared in general? >> i think he's scared. [ laughter and applause ] >> reporter: but kimmel pressed trump on his recent ban of all muslims from the united states. >> isn't it wrong to discriminate people based on their religion? [ applause ] >>look, we have people coming into our country that are looking to do tremendous harm. >> reporter: but trump playe

dr. seuss treatment. >> now here are some frogs i do not like at all. we must kick the frogs out and then build a wall. there are two kinds of people, whwhh one will you be, a loser like thehe -- would you like toto finish -- >> or a wner likike me. >> please welcome the next president of e united states. . >> reporter: for his trip to late night, his die-hard supportersn arizona. >> we have the biggest crowds by far. because there's a movement gogoingen 0, folks. this isn't just like let's go and have a good time. somebody said, oh, trump is a great eertainer. that's a lot of [ bleep ]. >> repter: with his commanding lead the front-runner is running high and abc got an exclulusive ride aboard trump force one. he says at the wins the white house he may just leave his private plane in the hangar. there's sometethingery special about air force one. it represents sething very,

house represents something. >> reporter: trump is clearly enjoying his position as the front-runner among republicans, but it's theemocratic front-runner he may need be to worried ababt. in mos publicolls hilla clinton beats dond trump in a head-to-head matchup and actually does better against trump than any of the other republican candidates. mrs. clinton, of course, squares off against her democratic opponents, bernie sanders a martin o'malley on saturday right here on abc in theext democratic debate. >> up in new hampshire for that. martha raddatz and david muir will betherer aa mistrial was declared in the case of that first police officer charged in the death of freddie gray. protests mostly peaceful overnight and abc's jim avila is in baltimore with the latest. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, robin. calls for justice this morning but overnight the call was for peace from community organizers and that along with an

rce kept the calm. these are the moments after a mistrial was announced in the freddie gray case. a jury deadlocked. unable to come to a decision about officer william porter's alleged role in the 25-year-old's death. baltimore sheriff's deputies moving in to pce surrounding the courthouse. >> get out of the way. >> reporter: and making a handful of arrests. >> moveve, move. >> reporter: forcefully clearing th streets. gray's family stood outside the courtroom and called for peace expressing faith in the system that could not convict the first ofix baltire police officers charged in connection with their loved one's death. >> we a the public to remain calm, patient, because we are confident that there will be another trial with a different jury. >>eporter: overnight, protests grew larger but remained overwhelmingly peaceful. >> all: shut it do. >> reporr: freddie gray died this spring after being chased and arrested by baltimore police.

any crime. officer porter was not involved in gray's's arrest and wasn't driving the police vanhere he suffered fatal injuries. but prosecutors charge the 26-year-old with manslaughter aiming he could have put a seat belt on gray, or calalled a medic when the victim asked f one during several stops on the way to jail but the jury of seven blacks and five whites struggled in the jury room for 16 hours over three days and could not reach a unanimous verdict on any of the four charges a ainst porter. the most serious, involuntary manslaughter. the prosecutor did not reveal strategy or timing for a retrial. >> are you disappointed at all? >> reporter: reached by pne overnight, officer porter tolold "the baltimore sun" it's not ov. he has denied guilt in gray's death but is likely to face another trial with a new jury. the trial of the other five officers is scheduled to begin in january. robin. >> all riright, jim, thank you. we turn to abc news lal affairsnchor dan aamsor more onthis.

>> this means that the judge is saying there's no way that this jury cld reach a unanimous verdict and as a result you're effectively starting again. it's as if no trial had happened. look, 's not that surprising that prosecutors are having a tough time here. >> why do you say that? >> you're talking about police inaction. typically in cases where police are on trial we're talng about what the police did, they shot someone. ande they justified or not. here we'rere talkiki about what police officerer didn't do, thehe didn't do enough. seat belt. he didn't get him medical help. that's not an easy case to win. >> with this particular officer because there are others involved going on trial, with this particur officer with the charges not perhaps correct for him? >> look, i think and i said this before, i think the prosecutor was overly aggressive here that the prosecutor could have and should have across the board considered lesser crimes here in the hope of getting convictions. the danger always when you

look at it and say, wait a second, what. you're alleging that this offir should be sent to prison for doing this? that seems like a ltle much. i think that's a concern. >> the jury may think, yes, he didid somethg wrong but not to the standards to what the charges were. nowhis mistrial, what do you think that says aut the other trials coming up? >> i think these will be very toug trials but some are going to be harder than others. >> we'll be watching, dan, thanks. there are newew-mail questions for a member of the obama cabinet. asharter used a personal account for p public business for several months after taking over at the pentagon. he n says that was a mistake and abc's mary bruce is i washington with the story. >> reporter: good morning, george. defense secretary ash carter admits he made a mistake breaking defense department rules by using his personal e-mail for official busess even as hlary clinton was coming under fire for doing the same thing as secretary of state. carter has now stopped using the account and even gone further limiting his use of e-m-ml altogether.

sent classified information over the personal account and the secretary is confident his work-related e-mails are preseserved. he faces this as he visits commandersn iraq. this is an e embarrassnt for the white house, no queion and will likely draw attacks from republicans who say the administration isn't doing enough to safeguard sensitive information. george. >> not what they want right now, mary, thanks very mu. >> all right, george. stocking around the world rising this morning after that b b cision from the federal reserve raising interest rates for the firstst timeince the financial crisis started. wall street reacting possley, the dow jumping 224 points and rebecca jarvis is hereo explain what this all means. good morning, rebecca. >> hi, robin, good morning to you. this impacts all of us and here's how. it's going to get more expensive for anyone who wants to borrow money, aew car loan, a mortgage, your credit cards, they will all cost you a little more. you're see it very first in those credit card bills. most of us have variablee rates. they're going up in the next one

best thing you can do for yourself here pay off as much of that debt as possible becausese i will keep getting more expensive as res rise next year >> that's the bad news but good news here, too, rebecca. >> it's the best news for savers. retirees living on a fixed income, they have really felt the downside of these 0% interest rates. w that rates are going up they'll get paid a little bit more on tir savings and cds. >> can we expect more rate hieblgs? >> we will expect more ra hikes. in fact, the federal reserve is signalinwe should probably see interest rates next yea rise between 1% and 1.5%. >> tells us where the direction of the economy is going. all right, rebecca, thanks. the latest on ethan couch who killed four people driving drunk but got off with ju probation aft his lawyers argued that ethan was too spoiled to know right from wrong. hehe's now being hundredsesed by police for flating the terms of his probation and abc's m mt gutman has the story. >> r rorter: this morning, the

affluenza defense. >> affluenza. >> too rich for jail. >> reporr: missing. >> if we have a wanted list today he's number one. >> reporter:18-year-old ethan couch convicted in 2013 of four counts of intoxication manslaughter going off the radar possibly with his mother last week just days after thi video surfaced on twitteter, purporting to show him at a party nea beer pong table but not drinking,, the tweeter tagging the local district attorney referring to him violating probation. couch is prohib bedrom drinking during his ten-year probation. now the d.a.'s office delivering the equivalent of an arrest warrant, possible probation violations skipping a check-in with an officer and that twitter post. >> once that video came o out that they felt like that a probation violation could be coming. he'l'l have to look over the

and we'll keep looking and not stop. >> how man people injured. >> one, two, three -- multiple. >> multiple. >> i don't even know how ny. >> reporter: couch who was 16 at the time pled guiuilty in 2013 to killingour people in a drunk driving crash. then 18-year-old says he was so tanked he remembered none of it. >> do you rememr pulling out of the drivay? sgl>> not real. >> what's the next thing you recall. >> waking up handcuffed to the hospital bed. >> rorter: his legal team said he suffered not from memory loss but from affluenza. arguing the teen frequently lived the life of an adult in this 4,000 square foot mansion. the judge giving him what critics called a wrist slap, a dede of probation. >> i made it clear to the judge that i believe firmly that if he was put on probation, if he was given another slap on the wrist, if he got away with this there was no doubt in my mind he would be back in the system and someone else would suffer. >> reporter: someone else might be killed by him.

he mighte killed. >> reporter: george, ethan has never once apologized for killing those four people. that apparent lack of remorse plus h his mi's wealth and the fact that he seems to be missing along with his mother is causing authorities to fear that not only has he skipped probation check-ins but he might have skipped the country entirely. george. >> wow, not even an apology. thanks verery much. let's go to amy for today's other top stories. you have a deadly highway shooting in oklama. >> two people have been killed after police say a man started shooting randomlyy at victims. they include a man who was driving with his wife and a woman who was shot as the gunman opened fire on tractor trailers. police say the shooter was later pulled over for dui. no word on a possible motive for the shootings. and new details about the tackers in the san bernardino rampage. the fbi says before syed farook and tasashfeen malik met in person they communicated online using private messages, not social media. investigators say they have

directed by foreign terrorists. the two were reportedly buried at a muslim cemetery tuesday during a service guarded by the fbi. a newtudy claims lifestyle choices not genetics are the blame for most cancer cases. researchers found up to 90% of cancers are most likely cause by lifestyle, smoking, diet, lack of exercise, pollution and stress. the fdings contradict earlier research that plamed most cancers on geneses and bad luck. if you t think american political campaigns are rough, watch this. the prime minister in spain was teenager. you see that? he continued, though, to give his speech despite a swelling face. the teen was later arrested. finally going way beyond the call of duty, the driver of this tractor trailer in nebraska was having a seizure so a sheriff's deputy zoomed ahead to the left, pulled over. can you see him there, he dashed across twoanes of traffic and

cab to stop the truck and rescue the driver. that driver is now recovering and, you know, that police officer could certainly have a career in hollywood. mission impossible. looked like it. >> it looked like you're watching a movie but that's real life. . >>o brave. >> thank you, amy. what a a night for women's soccer. celebrating the great. abby wambach as she played her last game for team usa, t.j. holmes is here with that and, t.j., whoo, so much emotion last night. >> 33,000 in that stadium. everyby crying. this is what i i need you to do, forget abby wambach per her instructions, forget her name, her number, her accomplishments. she said for it to move forward, the game of soccer, you got to stop looking back. forget you, ababby, that's an awful lot to ask. >> toni shelays her final game for the united states. >> reporter: overnight an emotnal farewell for a legend. abby wambach wearing the captain's arm band playing a

>> final time for abby wambach. >> reporter: before removing her cleats on the field. a standing ovation for number 20's 255th international appearance and the u.s. national against china wednesday night. >> the streak is over. >> it would be betterf we had won, but the reality is i played in so many games this result doesn't shape o determine or define mycareer. reporter: tweeting this good-bye message wednesday. >> forget me. forget my number. forget my name. >> reporter: the sentiment eced in this simpl message. >> i want to leave a legacy where the ball keeps rolling forwar >> reporter: the 35-year-old's stellar international career spanning 14 years. >> history is made. >> reporter: the world's leading

with 184 inteternational goals. >> abby wambach has saved the uss life. >> reporter: two olympic gold medals. >> and there's one. >> reporter: and who can forget that 2015 world cup tle. >> if all of yourselves to whatever you want to do in your life as a passion. i love you guys so much. >> reporter: yeah, and her point there, george, robin, is that we want to see the game of soccer. u.s. soccer doing so well that we don't even remember the name. we're nottying to talk about abby mbach, but good luck with that. ah. >> yeah. >> we're not going to forget. >> makes us want to talk about her all the more with that humility. >> it's so genuine. always about the gagame, n herself. even when the whole team was together in times square and had areat celebration at city hall it was the first time women's sports team had been recnized like that and kept putting all the attention on the sport, on little girls and boys and not herself.

>> she set the bar high. >> if you would like to know more about her and you should our good friends at espnw.com. more and more about abby there. a great story. now we got some trouble. snow in the northn plains? >> yes, so duluth had more than inches of snow. you can see the video right here. bend that storm you'r seeing the snow from and reality check of december there is a booster shot of true dember air that's coming in that will remind us, take us f fm hoodies and being comfortableeithout a coat to t so much byy saturday morning it feels like 5 in icago, 10

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that shot is so incredible that the hlem grope trotters a are calling her. her phone is ringing off the hook. she's going on tour with that. >> let's see if we can get another one. w begin with the latest on that businesswon facing charges of attempted murder for drugstore. rohinie bisesar sent a revealing e-mail to a newspaper right before being arrested and mara stor >> reporter: george, goooo morning.g. that woman's attorneney say now that she's in custody she seems confused herself like a quote deer in the headlights that she had been struggling to find a job prior to the attack and he suggests that mental health may be an issue. this as the victim clings to life. this morning, new information about a bizarre case, rohinie bisesar, a petite 40-year-ol financial adviser with no criminal history in court wednesy facing multiple charges includingng attempted murdereror allegedly stabbing a

>> people have nothing but admirable things to say about her. >> moments before being arrested after four days on the run "the national post" a canadian paper got a message from bisesar's e-mail address saying, something has been happening to me and this is not my normal self adding, i am sorry about the incidence. >> it s sounded le a plea for help and she had tried something extreme to see ift would work.. >> reporter: b besar has ann extensive resume and several degrees including an mba from one of canada's best business schools. whe she has not yet entered a plea her lawyer sms to be coidering a mental health defense. >> assuming tt she did not know this person before, it, you know, it begs an issue of mental illness. >> reporter: the family of the stabbing victim says the 28-year-old is in critical condition on l life support. married less than a year, they d, she was just starting out

now an unusualal sususct is chard with trying to end now, as for the victim's condition, the knife reportedly struck her in the heart and her family says her medical condition is touch and go. bisesar is expected back in urt friday for a bail hearing. so many unanswered questions here but the family of the victim is now speaking out. they sent a statement saying how they have dated they are that something like this would hapappen out of the blue just on a b break from work that woman was.s. >> all right, mara, tha you. another case that could end up in court, , e nfl, as you know in the spotlight f its concussion problems but football isis not the only sport with isis there. more hockey players are joining a lawsuit against the nhl. now, abc's linsey davis is here, and linsey, a lot of parents with kids who play hockey are concerned about this. >> reporter: you're right. there iseightened concern and comes as we're seeing an increase in the number of people playing hockey in this country. more than 500,000 people registered in the 2013/2014 season, that's more than ever

with the movie "concussion" making headlines, tackling the issue of brainin injies in the nfl -- >> tellhe truth. >> reporter: -- the nhl is getting hit with concussion-related lawsuit, as well. >> oh, a monster hi >> reporter: more hockey players joining a class action complaint agnsthe league, approximately 140 former pros now alleging in a lawsuit filed in 2013 that the league didn't do enough to warn them of the long-term effts of repeated blows to the head or protect them from those hi. reed larson is part of the lawsuit. >> we knew we would separate shoulder, losee teeth but long-term brain trauma or cte was never brought up. >> reporter: just last week the family of steve montador slapped them with its own lawsuit. ten months after the 35-year-old was found dead inside his home, an autopsy concluded his brain

disease cte, his family claiming the league failed to warn him of the long-term neurological risks associated with repeated head trauma. when asked in may iff he believes there's a connection between cte and hockey, the commissioner said from a medical science standpoint there is no evidence yet that one necessarily leads to the other. the nhl telling abc news,e don't comment on pending litigati. u.s. hockekey has recently changed the body checking rules to 13 to 14 from 11 and 12. in the past they reported drops in participation at the age when body checkingas introduced which suggests that minimally parents are conceed about their kids taking these hits. >> we do think about the parents and, you know, you want your child to participate at sports but when youou havethis, yeah, so they just want the knowledge to ke the right decisions. >> to see if there is a connection. >> linsey, thank you. a big medical headline for women about a new screening ncer that may help you detect

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investigates." >> there's a lot in here. >> reporter: names, address, social security numbers. even bank account information. >> oh, we haha six acres. >> "gma inveveigates" undercover at two pick and pull lots in new jersey. >> forei cars will be on your left. domestic cars and trucks on your right. >> reporter: the concept is simple. we paid a dolla for entry t the lot and acres of cars un unsupervised seching. among the scraps, something that could be highly valuable. loads of personal information left behind for anyone to possibly steal your identity. in this car we find part of a deed to a condo. and in this one, bank deposit slips. dozensnsf car registration and insurance cards. listing owner's names, addresses, and even driver's license numbers. in this car we find the most concerning information, an old driver license, uncashed paychecks, eve bank statements with account numbers. >> there's a lot of personal information in here.

owners o the car, gary and his son and promptly return the documents. >> quite a b of stuff. >> pretty unbelievable, actually. >> they say that bank account statement with their account number worries then the most. >> had is it what really trououes me. thathould have never been in the car. >> reporter: with the permission of the yard's owner we went too a new york salvage yard not open to the public to see how often people leave their personal documents behi. >> this car just came in. oh, we've got some documents. oh, here we go. insurance documents. take a look at this video. >> we show t our searches to new jersey attorney general john j. hoffman. >> for at least one person we have an account number, their address, their driver' license. we have their insurance information.n. is thahattnough totealal their identity? >> yeah. it is. that list you gave me of those four, i'd have cut you short at two and said that would have been good enough. >> reporter: he says he sees enough of a concern to provide

>> this exact scenario is one that i had not been familia with. >> rorter: even posting this new alert online just thi week. we explainedhat we found to the two pick and pull lots we visited and they both said they tell car owners to clean out their vehicles before dropping them off and ultimately that sponsibilili falls on the car owners. the playfords say they're happy their information didn't end up in the wrong hands. >> we were fortunate. nobody really got anything and nothing really happened to us, but somebody might not bee as lucky. >> a so the attorney general says that before you turn your car into a salvage yard scour that car for any sensitive documents, but he says go even further, because accidents can happent a any time so just take the sensitive documents out of your car especially, robin, those banking documents. absolutete. but it's good to check and maybe notave them in there if you can in the first place, all

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intentional. >> and i threw it granny style, truly. >> your prayers were answered but i heard when you told your husband he said, i didn't believe you. >> called him on speaker and our director, richelle platter, and heas -- just kind off silent and then o o administrator sent him the clip from his cell phone and then he was just -- >> he was like, we saved some money. >> how proud were you of mom? >> ias like whoa, she made it in! i was really excited she had made it in because i went, okay, it bounced. she reallyy tried. i'm glad -- oh, my god. she made it in the bucket. >> you know, i think the best part of the video w the fact that you were encouraging your m and you said, mom, you can do it. it was her t third and final shot and we're so happy youade that shot.. we're so happy you're here.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. and backlash overr this holiday card. a pore and daughter shown taped and bound. the family now speaking out. >> this is my fight song. new details on tamar braxton's health crisis. "dancing with the stars" and then back into the hospital again. e scary condition that sent he into surgery. a rib removed. what she's revling about her condition now. mostt wonderful time parents. w researchevealing how you should really deal with meeting your d's significant other and the one danger sign during the holidays that shows love isn't meant to be. it is time. 364 days in the making, the unga sweater showdown is back. >> oh, my god. >> bigger. uglier. ornaments.

which wi t!ke the fruitcake. 2 chainz is here to knit it all together as we say -- >> good morning, america. 2 chainz. that's right. 2 chainz is here. >> something i thought i'd never see or hear. 2 chainz on "good morning america." >> on "good morning america." look at that crowd, michael. look at them all. in their unga cistmas sweaters. >> it is time for our showdown. who is going to come out on top. robin, i hear you have secrett weapons. you know how fierce the competition is and speaking of that, where is lara? lara. >> robin, i'm right here deciding what to wear for t big sweater competition, maybe a classic look or, i don't know, maybe it's a pope kind of christmas. you know what,, though, always a winner, a very george stephahanopoulos holiday.

>> yeah, youot that. >> i he those pajamas, george, with your face all over. >> you're the winner. >> i can't get that out of my head. let's go to amy to o try. >> all right, good morning, everyone. we begin with the new details in th san bernardino attack investigation. enrique marquez, the longtime friend of syed farook who allegedly purchchased the assault rifl used in the attack is expected to face criminal charges as early as today. marquez told the fbi he and farook talked about carrying out an attack as early a as 10. another e-mail embarrassment for thebama administtion.. defense secretary ash carter used his private e-mail account for government business when he first became secretary. he now admits that was wrong. and in baltimore, prosecors will meet today to begin deciding whether to retry one of the police officers charged in the death of freddie gray. a mistrialeclaredednesday because of a hung jury triggered

streets with just two arrests reporteded. > well, d donald trp may be trying to tone things dn a bit during an appearance on "jimmy kimmel live." trump acknowledgege his a aacks on rivals have been divisive and he said he'd like to see the republican party come together. meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin is praising trump during a news conrence today, putin called trump a, quote, colorful person, talented with a doubt -- without a doubt and the absolute leader of the presidential race. and new progress in the fight against ovarian canc. there is growing confidence in a new version off a screening te. researcherersay a combination of blood designing with ultrasound tests can help lower your risk of dying from ovarian cancer by up to 15%. but doctors say the new screening procedure does neat more ststy. andnd now to louisiana whe one family is facing controversy for the holiday photo they posted online. abc's reena ninan s that story.

family's holiday photo causing controversy on the web. comments pouring in from around ththe globe, one poster writing, the fact that you and your friends find ts funny shows what a sick bunch you truly are. another calling the image sick. >> i've actually received messages from people all the way from germany. >> reporter: y see the family of five posing between rows of chririmas trees and the mother and two young daughtersith their mouths taped shutnd hands bound by chris lights. the father holding a sign that says peace on earth as their younger brother gives them a thumbs up. the picture going viral sparkg outrage with my feeling the photo is sexist sending the message women should not speak. >> all the negative feedback was real disheartening. >> reporter: the family and photographer saying it was always meant as a joke. >> originallyy idea. i found a phphoto like it on pinterest and decided that, hey, let' do it. >> reporter: the johnson family standing by the photo.

it's a familily photo. if you like it, great. we love it. if not, scroll upp half aecd later y're not even going to see it anymore. >> reporter: for "good morning amera," reena ninan, abc news, new york. all right, reena, thank you. finally, we have used the adjective extremeo describe many things but never before about a set of wedding photos. that's changing right nonow. take a look at this. these are breathtaking shots of a couple on a ledge 350 feet above the ground. the bride was actually tethered for the st of her hanging onto the grm'shand. now, despitit the way this all looks, the photographer claimss that the couple was completely safe the whole time b it makes you rethink that wholeill death do us part. >> oh, yeah. >> because that could have happened sooner. i don't know. >> i mean they are beautiful shots. >> am >> but you know what -- >> there's a thing called green screen. we just saw it with the sweaters. they could have achieved thatt sasame looook in a very relaxed setting.

>> she was tethered. >> thanks, amy. let's go to michael. >> i'm safe over here. here's a look at what's coming up on the "gma morning menu." new details about tamar braxton's health c cs and what really forord her off "ncing with the stars." and barbara walters gives uss a sneak peek at th year's most fascinating people to donald trump to amy schumer and brady cooper and get ready for our big "gma" ugly holiday sweater, everyone is getting into the spirit. got that coming up live on "gma" live in times square. >> get those giants sweaters in there. to the used car buyer who's worried about getting taken for a ride... don't worry. the only rides you'll get taken on at carmax are the ones you take yourself. but just in case that absolutely 100 percent perfect choice... ...turns out to be...

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surgery to have her rib removed. >> oh, go you know i'm blesd, number one beyeyond measure. >> reporter: sharing o on her talk show "the real" whihi she's feelg better she's s sll nowhere near a full covery. >> i'm defefitely on the mend. some days are really tough like y'all. i could not get out of bed. >> reporter: just last month braxton was forced to leave "dancing with the stars" early because of what dto thought was pneumonia. >> these in the hospital right now. >> reporter: shocking coback in time for the competition but immediately after she instagramed that her doctor found blood clots in her lungs writing with a heavy heart regret to inform you that my season on "dancing with the sts" has come to an end but then after the blood clots cleared more medical drama. she was diagnosed with thohoracic outlet syndrome, a condition often caused when athletes

and itompresses the subclavian vein. she needed surgery to remove her rib. >> i've never had surgery before. >> reporte in her reality show with husband vincent herbert she shares how afraid she was even hiring a spitual counselor. >> you go the to have somebody that's constantly on -- you know, tamar, keep the faith, don't give u u on you. reporter: for "good morning america," lininy davis, abc news, new york. >> we wan to talk to dr. richard besser more about this. so give us more details and any correlation wh the blood clots. >> on this graphic, there's this space that's right above your first rib and below your collarbone and through that go through imporortant thing, an artery, a vein and a nerve and they'r're pressed with a muscle and what happens is if that space gets a little smaller i can put pressure on those structures and you get something called thoracic outlet syndrome. if it pushes on the nerve thahat can cause tingling and pain in your arm. if it pushes on the artery it

arm can get cold and painful. if it pushes on the vein a clot can form in your arm and that can g back to your lungs. >> sometimes people feel that pain is a heart pain related to the heart. >> it can feel very similar. you u know, we talk to people about heart pain being if you get a pain shooting down your arm think about your heart. that often comes on with exercise. this pain here i there all the time. but if you have either of those pains you need to get those checked out. >> when we saw that tamar had a rib removed. >> yeah. >> that got our attention. >> looking back athis graphic you see that first rib at the top that's pressing on everything. she had that rib the removed and that opened up that space and took t pressure off of that vein and that should take care of the problem. you see this thing in athletes who are often doing exercises with their arms up. it causes those muscles to enlarge. one of the braves pitchers had this done a couple months ago. you can see it in people who broke their collarbone, u know, doing exercise or in a fall. >> oh, my goodness, rich, thanks very much. appreciate it. george.

all of us have a year or two to go before this happens but holiday time, the time whehen teens and young dulls bring on the new partners for the first timeme lots of new studies say parents inflfluence their relationships who read about this great story in "the wall seet journal" and linzie janis has tips. >> mom, d, this is greg. 'tis the season to meet the parents. >> be nice to this one, okay. >> okay, i'll try. >> reporter: that awkward first encounr so many moms and dads dread. >> i will be watching you. >> reporter: take robert de niro in "meet the parents" playing the overprotective dad. >> if you ever watched pornographic videos? >> no. >> but, accordingngo dr. w wdell furman. you don't have to beehat parent. hisongoing researcrch reveals surpringly you're more in control of your kids' romantic relationshipips than you hi. >> parents have more influence on their children's roman take

if the parent has a good relationship with their child they're going to be more credibility and that takes some trial and error. >> reporter: trial anderer erand. error is what elliott di hi daughter madison's latest boyfriend appently struggled with her dad's initial interration. >> my dad will want to ask questions and then my fririd will just give one-worded answers because he's just dying on the inside. >> reporr: but if all hell breaks loose, dr. furman says it's best to bite your totongue. >> parents don't want to he their child have to m make choice between having a relationship them, the parent, or the romantic partner. >> reporter: for "good morni america," linzie jas,s, abc news, new york. >> some good advice there. let's get more from ericka souter and, you know, there was a lot of good advice there but

>> it's normal to go into judgmental mode. this is your baby. they're bringing home someone. is this person good enough? so your human nature kicks in. you are vy hypercritical. most important thing, relax. it's the holidays, have fun with your kids. eate new memories and think of it that way. you want to have an en mind, s, this person isn't likely to be who you envisne for your prince or or princess but that's okay. lastly, having an open hearart. this kid coming into your house or person coming into your house is nervous to meet you and want to impress you so embrace them and make them feel comfortable. >> let's say you give them a chance but after three or four months or a year you really don't like hem. >> tt's when moms put their foot down. i don't like this person for x, y, z. the romeo and juliet effect drives the kid right into the arms. >> the children will never forget those words. what if they end up together. >> let it run its course.

girlfriend it willl probablend anyway. be more supportive. >> how about -- go ahead. >> you don't want them to choose you u or them that's the bottom m ne. >> right, you also want to have this open relationship and talk to your kids and be able to come to you and say, you know, this is w i like this person. these are the p problems i'm having so you want an open and honest relationship with your kids especially when they're dang. >> ericka souter, thank you very much. over to amy. we are in the final days of the year which means it is time for barbara walters' annual ten most fascinating people special always one of the most anticipated specials of the year. bradley cooper, tracy morgan and amy schumer just a few of the people to make the list and i sat down with bbara for a sneak peek. >> ihink this- you always say hadthis is the best list but this i a very good list bause it has some drama. it has mr. trump and bernie sanders and then bradley cooper.

>> i love bradley cooper. he is a very nice man. i'm being quoted as saying that he's very screwable. i have to be careful. >> you'll make me blblush. >> i think that' a clean word. am i okay with that? it's because when he was starting out his agent said that he -- he didn't say screwable. he said something else which i won't say. i think i know wherere you're going. something very revealing that bradley cooper t you, so let's take a look at that. >> interesting. i didn't know this about him. >> in your late 20s, you stopped drinking. >> stoppeddrinking, yeah. >>hat's a big change. >> is a huge thing, yeah. >> do you drink now? >> no. >> you stopped at 30 and -- >>29, yeah. >> 29, yeah. >> and never drank again, not even wine. >> nothing. >> huh-uh. >> did it change you? >> oh, tremendously. >> very difficult? >> no, beautiful. unbelievable. >> better. >> oh, arere you kidding?

with you, no way, no chance. >> we can s why you like him and his mother lives with him. >> his mother --- he very close to his father and wears -- who died. he wears his father's wedding ring. and he lives with his mother. >> also, a kind soul you can see and someone who's really had a lot of challees, physical and emotnal given the accident, tracy morgan. >> yeah, he's done very few interviews a and he's now okay. he's married. he has a child. you can see the scars from this terrible accident he had where he was not supposed to live and thriving. >> another comedian you spoke with, amy schumer. >> yeah. she's so hot t this year. i mean she really is. she's funny and smart. and has not had the easiest life at all. >> we actually have a sneak peek of your discussion with amy. >> you are a very good-looking

>> barbara. >> yes, i mean ie seen you on the air. i said when you came in that you have the cutt tush. >> thank you so much. >> but you don -- you don't like yr looks. >> , i wouldn't say that. >> w well -- >> because i make fun of myself. >> i make more fun of how i think the worldnd how hollywoodees me. >> she really is -- >> you think everybody knows what a tush is. >> we all know wt a tush is. >> she as a g good tushetween supposedly telling bradley cooper that he was -- that he is screwable and talking about her tush, thisis is a vy racy special. >> barra is on fire like you've never seen her before. >> and we can't wait to hea who the numumr one pick is. >> you're not going to hear now. >> we'll have to wt for it. >> and you only have to wait till tonight. barbara walters presents the ten most fascinating people of 2015 airs tonightor 90inutes starting at 9:30 eastern, 30

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new sh. >> reporter: it's been 30 years since "the color purple" was first released. steven spielbergary movie based on the pulitr prize-winning novel was a hit. oprah winfrey's portrayal of the strong-wled sofia won her an oscar nomination. now one of t producers in "the color purple" musical. how are you feeling seeing it. >> i feel a great sense of pride and i think this new rendition of it is moreodernized and still feels so conneed and inspirational. >> reporter: jennifer hudson is making her broadway debut. >> reporler: hudson is taking on the role of sultry -- >> what happened is we were thinking who has that thing that suge avery has. scott said what do you think of jennifer hudson and i said, yes. >> reporter: another broadway

who reprises her role of celie from the london b badway production andndhe part off sofia is being p pyed by "orange is thnew black"'s danielllle broo. >> damn was playing sia which is the role you originated in the movie and were nominated for an oscar. how do you think she did? >> well,, i thought she was fantastic. i thi it's hard to do it when somebody is in the audience who has also done it before but obviously i can't sing. >> that someone is oprah. let us not forget that point. >> whoo! >> beautiful. >> oh, my. >> how did you get that wig over that -- how did you do that? >> hey. >> hey, baby. >> how is it different,though, than a big, you know, stadium performance singing belting out? >> you're telling the story. you know, it's not jennifer singing. you know what iean so it's like you'reelling the story. >> how does it feel lik to be

>> well, for me, anmazing dream come true for me. it's nothing iould ever have dreamed off. >> and just i'm o cloud 500 and every night being in t this room with thehe audience really living my dream with a story that made me want to become an actor. >> well, here's to a long run. here's to a long run. [ applause ] "the color purple." >> sing, oprah. >> for "good morning america," sara haines, abc news, new york. >> cannot wait to see that. you can see oprah's special. oprah goes to broadway, "the color purple" on own thi saturday. coming up right here our

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an artist with the whole movement of the charity thing and just combined and it came out good and we're here right now. >> you ready to go? >> yes. >> we want everybody at home t to vote. you will decide the winner. get ready to vote for your farite svetlanaer. michael had to go to his other job so he recorded this video a little earlier. the candy man. lost and i'm found and i'm hungry like the wolf [ applause ] >> okay. 2 chainz, what did you think? you knknow wt they thought? >> i didn't realize tt michael enjoyed that. sweets. hes a lot of candy going on. should stay out of that sugar bowl. >> stay out of the s sugar bowl. >> now i is timeor theheive competion. robin is here first. with sweet dreams and a few secret weapons.

whoa >> yeah. [ applause ] >> that's how you steal the show. >> someone doesn't like it. like we do. >> yeah. >> my daisy. >> that is what you call stealing the show right there. bringingnge friends along. >> always works. >> and not just any friends, friends from the new yor humane society so they are available, yes. whoo. >> all right. >> they are cutety. here's is ginger, rocking rockette. betr watch out you better not pout i'm telling you why

town [ applause ] >> nice. >> she gave youuite a -- >> nice. >> see how i got a waist again. >> she brought the rockettes all th way to new york. that's interesting. >> speechls. you got him. >> she has a whole other person atched. that's a neat idea right ththere. >> two, one here, one here. >> wha are you having? >> a boy. it's his first dress up. >> okay. it is amy robach's turn. she's got game. [ [ eers and applause

>> yeah, i like that. >> my two favorite teteams. >> i'm from georgia, you know that. >> i love you already. now, georgia bulldogs and i was born on michigan state campus. my dad and my grandpa went so i got red and green with my two favorite sports teams. >> great colors. you make s some noise. i like this one. [ applause ] >> i like this. >> now it's going to be hard for lara to top ltear but her she comes now with strictly ball gown. [ applause ] >> i like that. i like that. i like that. >> tt's nice. yeah. >> i w trying to c class it a little bit. >> yeah. >> this guy, he loves it. >> yeah. >> whoo! [ applause ] >> i le the ornaments. very subtle. i love the ornaments.

very subtle. not sure what airport shean go to but -- >> she got the puppy's attention. >> hididing a sma village under here. i putut the ball in ball gown. >> no, serisly, it looks like it's something that we can probably -- i could take you to a pro or somethg. >> thank you. >> can we do that. >> we'll go to the prom togeth. why not. >> what do you think ovall? >> honestly, i don't know. it was very creative like the things -- you know, when you bring dogs because i have a dog and i'm a pet lover. >> babies. >> that's a cheat sheet and then, then wear something that has grgia on it is also a cheat sheet because i'm from atlanta. >> yeah, baby. >> i can see me, youknkn, disqualifying two ofhem because they don't have anything to do with me on it. you know. >> well, the voters at home,e@ want everyone at home to vote end of the show.

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[ applause ] hi. welcome back. this is her wearing a sweater. to our website to vote on our ugly hiday sweater showdown. you can't vote for pip bute all gave it ourur all. we want you to get readydy for high adrenalaline actn thriller. point break is about an fbi agent who catcheses crimils and some waves. cowabunga, baby. rachel smith with the story. >> my father put me on a surfboard before i c could walk. >> reporter: leaing to surf. luke bracy was meant to play johnny utah, a rookie fbi agent

>> i grew up on the beach. salt water runs through my vein the cure for anything is saltwater. if it's sweat, tears or the ocean. >> reporter: the ocean is just one of many thrilling obstacles luke's character faces attempting to bust daredevil criminals responsible for a string of heists. >> identify these individuals and report back to me. >> reporter: the film, a turning point for the 26-year-old actor. this is your big hollywood moment. first role as a leading man. no pressure. but how does it feel? >> i haven't had time to think about it too much. i guess i'm pretty lucky about that. >> first thing we got to do i put wax on the board. >> reportete he's taking me out for a surng lesson offff the coast of malibu. >> you want to pop up as low as you c and keep your knees bent. after a few pointers, iwas just luke, me and the pacific ocean. let's do this. first i h had to get the courage to do i it but look at luke go,

he's definitely done this a time or two. me, well, aftfter a little push, here i go. the surf was up, but i was down. what wipeout. video though with our surf cam. rooting me on and leadinghe wawa iaught another wave, and, well, i opted to tick a dive and after a few i figured out how to stay above the water. awesome. i' your sidekick. >> watch out. that was awesome. thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> for "good morning america," rachel smith, abc news, malibu, california. >> very nice. now, remember, please keep voting for our uglyy sweater showdown. robin, the camera is oveve here girl. get over here. >> i'm'm trying to get the shot. >> can youxplain the

>> well, thank you for your contribution there. thank you very much. you know who this is. angela. >> hi. >> yes, and grace ramey. what you did in making that half-court shot thate've been showing over and over again and got half off your beautiful daughter's tuition and also raising a lot of money to help those that are hungry. tell us about your organization, how you guys have been helping. >> our school bethany academy had a fund-raiser which kids against hunger and we and five hours were blessed to pack 41,000 meals. 41,000 meals. >> 41,000. all right.t. well, you know whwh, we here at "good morning america," we're going to make a donation to a ilildren's organization toelp with the hunger. we're going to do that. we're going to do that for you. bless your heart. >> all right. and you don't even have to make a shot for us to do it. you don't haveo make a shot. we'll do that. >> thank you. >> we want to see, you know, just a little closer than half-court.

>> i don't know. >> come on, baby. come on. do your thing. do your thing. come on. whoa. here you go. here you go. >> okay. uh-oh. are you gog to go granny style again. oh, oh, oh.h. [ screaming ] >> thank youou. oh. [ screaming ]

"good morning america" is brought to you by alka seltzerer day cold & flu. >> the moment we've been waiting for. the big winner of our ugly sweate showdown. 2 chainz. >> okay, drum roll, please. [ drum roll ] >> the winner isobin. > whoo! whoo! >> oh, my go. all right. >> thank you. >> take your walk. >> i never win. i never win.n. >> you dit, rosie. you did it. we did it. thank you. thank you. >> oh, oh.

>> whoo! >> have a great day, everyone.something wonderful happens when you ask people to give during the holidays. they do so in ways you would never expect. salvation army major von vandiver at bomgaars says a man handed major vandiver a one hundred dollar bill. he asked it be used to buy morortoys for this year's operation toys. major von vandiver, salvation army says, "that is so humbling - it's cash - he saw the red shield [for salvatn army] and knew we were going to take care of so kids at christmas time." today is the last

you can bring a new, unwrapped toy to either sioux city bomgaars, our abc9 studio or the salvation army. then next week, parents will get to pick out the toys for their kids. jessica let's check in with for the weather. matt: we anticipate a breezy west and northwest wind to push t tough. as the day continues, we'll have some e earing skies. temperatures will warm as we ter the weekend as highs get into the upper 30s and lower 40s with copious sunshine. overall, the pattern appears to be pretty quiet witho significant rain or snow chances moving forward. today's high is 31 degrees with some early clouds, then gradual afternoon clearing. the low tonighis 15 with mostly clear skies and brisk conditions. tomorrow we'e'll ke it to a high of

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