thanks for tuning in and keep it right here on a-b-c 9...... good morning, america.a. and winter whiplash. deadly flash floods devastating the midwest. dramatic rescues as the rivers rise. including a high school basketball team swept away on their bus and now snow and ice slamming the east as 20 stas and an estimated 70 million americans fa winter storm warnings. breaking overnight, the so-called affluenza teeeen ethan couch captured in mexico after a massive manhunt. the 18-year-old on the run for weeks with his mother changing his appearance and fleeing the country after allegedly violating probation for a deadly drunk driving accident. how authorities finally caught him. also ts morning a race against time to find a missing country singer. disappearing while duck hunting

conditions. his boat found capsized, friends and family now fearing for his life and the search under way at is hour. go go high in the sky the college students going head-to-head for a record-breaking battle of cornhole. who will win one of the most popular games as the schools get ready for the huge football playoffs. go big or go home good morning, america. great to have "world news tonight" anchor dav muir with us once again. alwa a pleasure and we ha breaking news to begin with on "good morning america." that manhunt for the wealthy teen, ethan couch, on the run with his mom after allegedly violating probation for a deadly drundriving accident. he's transformed his look there and now detained in mexico. we'll have the latest coming up. also breaking, the weather and that rough morning for millions of americans preparing

from wcvb in boston. what a mess. the midwest, as well, reeling from that deadly flash flooding and rob is in missouri right no this whole system m moving eastward, as well. >> it is, indeed, david. the mississippi and tributaries rising as well. the rainfall has stopped but the residents of thi town he built this levee wit heavy equipment and dozens volunteering to fill the sandbags in the hopes of savining their town when the river rises and crests later on this week. blizzard conditions, combining with record rainfallnd floods, claiming dozens of lives as the deadly midwest storm barrels towards the northeast this morning. in missouri four visiting soldiers stationed at a local milita base dead after their car swept away in this flooded roadway. dozens of volunteers are now scrambling to fill sandbags and shore up lees as the mississippi river is patrick dempsey to crest higher than it

>> never reall faced with it being so fast, the waters come up really fast. >> reporter: water rescues across the midwest. >> water rescue. school bus occupied by at least 18. >> reporter: overnight in illinois this school bus carrying a girl's high school sketball team skidded off the road and into floodwaters. brianna george was on that bus, 18 years old. >> we were scared. someere crying. >> reporter:r: in oklahoma residents panicked as the illinois river crest three times higher than its previous high in the 1950s. >> i've lived here for 30 years and never before seen anything like this. >> reporter: while in texas the cleanup from those monster tornadoes giving way to ice and sleet. incredible amounts of rainfall here for december, look at these totals over a foot in many spots from southwest missouri across into illinois and all of thi water has got to get through the river systems and why it'll take several days for the mississippi to crest. we have flood warnings in advance and flood watches in

rolling into the northeast causing its own set of problemss in new englaland with the form of sleet and snow and by the way i it is snowing here a little ts morning adding insult to injury for these folks battling the floods. >> so many impacted. thk you. that monster winter storm system is on the move as you just heard from rob, snownd ice causing major problems for millions of americans hitting the road this morning. 20 states n under winter storm alerts. abc's lzie janis is in boston which just lt winter got that record-breaking amount of snow. linzie, good morning. >> repeporter: good rning, amy. this winter has finally arrived. overnight the boston area getting up to 3 inches of snow but the real issue is this freezing rain and sleet that you see w. it creates ice on the roadways we are just outside of the city on the massachusetts turnpike. drivers here being asked to take extreme caution. the concern is with this being the first snowstorm of the season it could catch people off guard.

snowiest winter on record, 110.6 inches in total. a lolot of people not ready to go throh that again. david and amy. >> thanks. drive safefely withhe team. we move on to breaking news overnight, mexican authorities, as you mentioned, detaining wealthy 18-year-old ethan couch. known as the affffluenza teen after a fatal drunk driving accident. the texas teenage and his mother on the run for weeks after he allegedly violated probatation, they were both taken into custody near puerto vallarta. abc's matt gutman has the latest. matt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, david. we learned that authorities are now in the process of bringing them back here. now, the u.s. marshal's office alerted the mexicans they were in puerto vallartan christmas or the day after, two days later they nabbed them off busy tourist street. ethan couch famously blond apa lrpts i dyeing his hair and goatee black. a three-week-long international manhunt f ethan couch coming

with this booking oto. abc news confirming the 18-year-old and his mother tanya were detained at about 6 p.m. in the popular resort town of puerto vallarta. the blond teen's hair and goatee now died black. his shirt op. his hands appear to be cuffed behind his back. the mother who autrities tell us refused to sit still to be photographed apparently also changing her look. cutting her hair, mother and s are now beingransported to guadalajara as the legal process to fly them back to the u.s. begins. >> affluenza. >> too rich for jail. >> reporter: he was j just 16 when he killed fr people d drunk driving in 2013. he pled guilty but was sentenced to only probation after hisis legal team argued he suffered from affluenza. an unrecognized condition caused by his spoiled upbringing that apparently prented him from knowing right from wrong. >> i have never seen a case thahat

sparked such emotion from people. four totally innocent people were taken away in a second by the irresesponsible actions of this juvenile. >>eporter: this social media video shows couch in a party near a beer pong table. the sheriff tells abc news that possible parole violation i what caused couch now 1 too fl. >> but i thi it was the trigger that sent him running once that video surfaced. >> reporter: the u.s. marshals and fbibi joined the hunt for couch last week amid worries the parolee would flee the country and change his appearance. >> he is not the kindf person who rehabilitate, who learns his lesson. >> reporter: after his convicon he didn't spend a single day in prison. that is likely to change but because he is still considered a juvenile here in texas and because he'ss stitill suspected of only a single violation of parole he probably won't spend much time behind bars. david. >> matt, thanks so much. we want to bring in dan abrams this morning. dan, always great to have you

if he was on the run because of these social media videos doesn't it make it worse. >> sure. it doesn't help at all that he's seems to be trying to escape. but as an escape effort, you go puerto vallarta over christmas when everyone there are american tourists? i mean, i think there this image that, oh, youan go to mexico a escape justice. you go to mexico they're going to send you back. if you go toexico you have to hide in mexico. you can't go to puerto vallarta and hope that you're not going to get caught there. so, he is in more lal trouble than he was but i think matt is right, that you're talking about stil limited amount of time behind bars because they're still going to have to prove that h violated the probation in the sense that he was drinking. st being at the party where people are drinking isn't going to be enough to put him behind bars but the fact that he left and if they can prove thate was tryg to escapape that could do it. >> allright, so don't go to puerto vallarta.

in the meaime, how much does the mother face in terms of punishment if she did help him run. >> if the goal was, if the intent was for her to help him evade justice she could be facing the criminal justice system, as well. so they're now both facing the possibility of being in jeopardy because of this but, again, they'll have to prove that they weren't just on vacation but that this was an intentional effort to evade justice. >> thanks. > now to cleveland, a city on edge this morning after a grand jury decided thought to indict the two police officers involved in that shooting death of 12-year-old tamir rice. rice's family saying they are saddened but not surprised by the grand jury's decision. abc's t.j. holmes has the latest. >> reporter: marches in cleveland overnight. in new york city, as well.l. after a grand jury refused monday tondict two officers in thehooting death of 12-year-old tamir rice. >> the death of tamir riceas

it was horrle, u unfortu and regrettable but it was not by the law that binds us a crime. >>eporter: the shooting captured on surveillance video was a perfect storm of human error according to the prosecut. rice was shot by rookie officer timothy loehmann outside a clevelanand rec center. the officer and his training partner were responding to a rert of someone with a gun. he mistook rice's toy gun for a real one. >> to any observer it's difficult to distinguiuish between the real and fake gun. >> reporter: the shooting shohook cleveland. tamir's mother made clear in an earlier interview with george stephanopoulos what she hoped the outcome of the investigation would be. >> i'm looking for a conviction. for both of the officers. >> reporter: but the rice family lawyer claims the prosecutor sabotaged the grand jury case. >> you don't believe this grand jury got ia clear picture, they were steered a p particular direction. >> absolutely no question that

effort to exonerate these officers. >> reporter: another protest is scheduled for here in cleveland this afternoon. as far as the officers go they remain on restricted duty with the force. reviews continue by the city as well a as the department of stice. as far as the family goes the are now pursuing a civil suit. >> t.j. holmes in cleveland for us, thanks. we turn now to the race for the white house, "your voice, your vote." donald trump on the attack targeting bill and hillary clinton, also republican rival chris christie under attack. seeing a new surge in new hampshire and mary bruce has the latest f us. >> reporter: ts morning donald trump taking aim at a new target, chris chchrist. blasting the new jersey governor overnight in new hampshire where christie is surging. suggesting he knew about the lalane closings at the cter of the bridgegate scandal. >> they're closing the biggest bridge in the united states, the mo traveled on in the united states. you're doing that and you're not tellg the governor and you're with him all the time. >> reporter: fresh attacks after

endorsed christie and recently described trump as the grown-up bully biff in the "back to the future" movies as he rps up his attacks against clinton. >> she says, oh, we'd love to rupp against trump. it's her worst nightmare. >> reporter: they used to be friendly attending trump's wedding in 2005 but now trump is slamming both clintons as the former president gets ready to campaign for his wife. trump tweeting if hilly thinks she can unleash her husband with his terrible record of women abuse while playing the women's card on me, she's wrong. trump previously said bill clinton's infideli was not an issue. >> look at the trouble bill clinton got into with something that was totally unimportant and they tried to impeach him wch was nonsense. >> reporter: the front-runner's latest feud started when trump used a vulgar word, a crass term he's defending.

obama -- i i won't say it. by the way, that word, that's a common word in new york. and it means to be beaten badly. >>eporter: now clinton will be back on the campaign trail later today and her campaign says she will not be bullied or distracted by these attacks agnst her or her husband. david. >> mary bruce in washingt, mary, thanks so much. it's not even 16 yet. >> but so much more to come. >> much more to come. probably day. let's getet to weekend "gma" anchor dan harris with t other top stories starting wh the new terror teat as we approach the holiday. >> police in belgium arrested two people suspected of plotting an end of the year attack in brussels. they allegedly had isis propaganda and militarytyle equipment but no weapons or explosives. belgium raised itserror threat level. a security scare during president obama's vacation in hawaii. a drdron was spotted flyin near the present's motorcade. the secret service tracked down the man flying the drone who said he wasn't aware the

chargeses will be filed. a big loss i in the wod of music. the godfather of heavy metal has died. the ace of spades >> that's motorhead frontman lemmny kilmister singing "ace of spades" recently diagnosed wh an aggressive form of cancer. lemmy as he was known was 78 years owe. a thrilling in monday fight football. the broncos made this field goal and bgals got their last chance but a.j. mccararron fumbled the snap. this win earns the broncos a spot in the playoffs. and nally, one way to make the most of an outrageous delay at the airport. this is danny roderick, because of weather he was stuck at o'hare airport in chicago for 50 hours all the while a diamond ring was burning a hole in his pocket so since he couldn't get to phoenix to propose tois girlfriend he texted her a picture of the ring. in her response she used the

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releasing more information about that rehab facility. this morning, peyton manning weathering the storm of >> pton manning missing a injury. >> reporter: the subwayper bowl winner slamming the allegations made in "the dark side" showing charles sly said to be a pharmacist at the geyer institute where h received treatment for a debilitating neck injury talking to an undercover person about growth hore mean. >> a growth hormone everywhere, orida. never be under peyton's name. always be under her name. >> it's completely fabricated. complete trash, garbage. >> reporter: the guyer institute saying sly was nothing more than a three-month unpaid intern when manning wasn't being treated but al jazeera refuting that claim releasing this phone call allegedly made to guyer nearly one month ago. >> i need to do an employmen

>> he's a pharmacist and i believe he did a rotation with you. is thatright? do you know him. >> yes, uh-huh. could you possibly give me the precise dates? >> the start date we have where we signed for h himas 10/17 of of '11. >> reporter: the nfl telling abc news we are reviewing the matter. >> we are i the steroids era in sports. the nfl is well aware of what's going onnd the nfl should look into. >> reporter: the performance-enhancing drug hgh banned by the nfl known for its restorative effects. >> it is claimed it helps promote lean body mass, reduce the accumulation of fat that people get when they get older and supposedly makes you feel younger. >> reporter: sly saying he m made it allll up to test the reporter recanting online. >> statemements on any recordis or communications that al jazeera plans to air are absolutely false and incorrect. >> al jazeera standing by their report while star players are

his broer eli manning saying the accusations seem very odd and don't make much sense while hiss friend tom brady saying you te t to see your good friends going through anything like this. he should know. he's faced a lot of controversy. >> it is d. so many questions still, thank you. > bk out to rob in missouri with the latest on the winter weather hitting the mwest and northeast. are you ever coming hohome? >> yeah, hopefully eventually but the rivers are going to be slow t rise here. cold air in place. winter storm warnings posted for minnesota where it's still snowing in spots. across the northeast that's the main concern seeing freezezing rain aoss western new jersrsey, massachusetts seeing s sleet and snow accumulates.

travel today.beyond that, we can expect a small wave of energy to pass through tomorrow that will yield some flurries and light snow with accumulations under half an inch. we're then on track for warmer weather later in the week as it looks like we'll start off 2016 wh some better conditions. today's high is 23 with light morning snow, then cloudy and cold weatr. the low tonight is 15. tomorrow we'll have a high of 23 with moreight snow. : snow s should be >> spring-like floods and tornadoes, the atmosphere trying to change gears after being stuck in that stubborn weather pattern. winter being felt across ch of

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highways, you could always call 511 or visit iowa d-o-t dot-gov for traffic information or live time photos of road conditions. jessica let's check in with scott for the weather. matt: good morning siouxland. winter storm warnings encompass much of the area on our monday. we can see the snow moving northward on the satellite and radar picture. this will deliver moderate to heavy snow for most of us with the exception being far western communities where snow totals are likely to come in a little lower in the 1-3" range. temperatures are cold as you walk out the door in the single digits and teens. the wind is coming in at 5 to 10 miles per hour, but should get stronger as the day progresses. here's your dayplanner where the snow intensifies through the middle of the day before backing off

matt: good morning siouxland. winter

enco welcome back to "gma." you're looking at boston where a wintry weather m mix is leading to treacherous commutes for so many this morning. more than dozen states now under a winter storm warning, be careful. >> for those wondering if winter would ever arrive. >> it's here. >> i it's here right now the manhunt for ethan couch coming to a close. authorizes finding the texas teen and his mother in mexico after they allegedly went on the run following a probation violation for a deadly drunk driving accident. take a look at this. more than 100 sers and snowarders up in canada trapped on a broken down chairlift rappelled 30 feet down to the ground after being stranded in midair. good news, nobody was hurt there. also this morning, an incredible survival story. how one tn fought for his life alone in the woods missing for

police finally spotting him 50 miles from home. how he survived in single digit temperures. that incredible story coming up in just a bit. >> can't wait for that. first this half hour a search under way right now for country singer craig strickland who went missing after going duck hunting i the middle of that oklahoma storm. david wright is here this morning with much more for us. >> strickland is the front man for a popular country band backroad anthem. he and his buddy went on a christmas weekend duck hunt that went terribly wrong. now the fririend turned up d dead and strickland is still missing. the sun goes down the hands go up >>eporter: as the lead singer of back road anthem he plays to packed houses. but this morning, fends and family fear for the 29-year-old's life after he and a friend, 22-year-old chase moreland set o near tull that, oklahoma, to do some duck

rainfall and flooding. moreland's body turned up overnight. authorities discovered their boat capsized but no sign of strickland. just hours before thewo set out, moreland sent out this ominous sounding tweet. in case we don't come back, craig strickland and are going right through winter storm goliath to kill ducks in oklahoma. strickland who recently married a 2014 miss usa contestant, miss arkansas, helenwhiser in retweeted the message. the duo were last spotted two hours after they set out. the band is asking its fans to pray for strict land's safe return postingn the facebook page, the power of prayer is huge. #prarsfor craig. strickland's family posted this to the page, we can't even stand to think about it. we are devastated. only god and time can put us back together. your heart goes out to his

they're newlyweds. they discovered moreland's body late yesterday but had to sususpend t search and plan to resume searching today. the band has a new year's gig scheduled for little rock, not looking good. >> that last message is haunting. >> very much. >> all right, david, thanks. to another terrible tragedy. this one at a ymca pool, a college student on the dartmth swim team drowning in front of his family after attempting a risky feat underwater. reena ninan is here with more on that. good morning, reena. >> reporter: good morning. it's a growing concern,wimmers shing themselves to the max hoing their breath for too long with little or no rest in tween and then passing out underwater and drowning. a day at the pool during a family holiday ended in tragedy monday for 21-year-old dartmtmouth sw team member tate ramsden. >> cardiac arrest at the ym. >> reporter: the ivy league swimmer pulled from the pl at a sarasota ymca after relatives noticed he wasn't moving under water.

ramsden had already been swimming some 4,000 yards before trying to do four laps across the pool without coming upor air. a dangerous way to tra for endurance, putting even the most experienced swimmers at ri. forr potentially a deadly condition called a shallow water blackout. essentially fnting after holding their breath underwater for too long. our gio benitez learned that even the best swimmers should set limits. >> how long is too long to hold your breath underwater. >> we usually say 30 s seconds is about the limit. >> reporter: olympic super swimmer michael phes warning of the dangers in this psa. >> if shallow water blackout occurs it's often fatal. >> reporter: at least seven shallow water blackout related deaths have been documented across the country. ramsden's heartbroken family telling abc news overnight his capacity for lovee for his family and friends was his great gift. and we truly cherished every moment we shared together. and this morning medical

exactltly how he drowned as his family now plans a memorial servicice in his hometown of nashville with a typical drowning ty say six to eight minces before there's brain damage. with this type of drowning 2 1/2 minutes. >> the lack of oxygen, the impactf that. thank you. now to a holiday scare for a singngle m socialite barely escaping fghtening homome invasion while she and her children were there. it's just the latest in a string of break-in attempts including one caught on surveillance cara and mara schiavocampo has the latest. >> reporter: atlanta party host danielle rollins is used to entertrtaining gsts in her home. >> here comes t tequila. >> reporter: but this morning she's rovering from a brush with some very unwelcome holiday visitors. >> the door handle started moving and i heard male ooices. >> reporter: rollins a single mother was home with her children and her own mother, the evening after christmas, in the upscale atlanta neighborhood of

trying to break into her hohome. her armed security guard chased them off and police quickly reonded discovering bags dropped by the suspects as they fled and a potentially terrifying home invasion plan. >> there was helicopters with searchlights and dogs and i think i knew at that moment that it had to be something really bad in the backpack to warrant that type of,ou know, measures. >> reporter: and it was. according to police, the bags containing a loaded ruger, lots of ammunition, binocular, duct tape, pepper sprays and rubber oves. this isn't the first attempted break-in at rollins' home. she says she's bn targeted three times in the last month including this incident caught on surveillance video in early december. seeminglyart of an outbreak of home invasions in this picturesque community, just months earlier a neighbor robbed insideer home and held at gunpoint for more than 90 minutes.

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have dangerous intentions. this morning, a wild rumor spreading on facebook, crediting "gma" as the source, mark zuckerberg is going to give away $4.5 million of his facebook stock to people like you and me. all you have to do is copy and paste this to your page. this is not a hoax. it's on "good morning america." the problem is, it is a hoax. here's what we actually reported. >> mark zuckerberg proming to give away 99% of his shares of the company to charity. >> reporter: the phony status update going viral. facebook quickly responding. while priscilla and mark's pledge to give money to improve the world is real, n everything you read on the internet is and they' not ging it away randomly. the hoax just one of thousands of hoaxes and scams taking over social memedia. yes! >> reporter: kris white says someone wrote to her go winning 250rand in a facebook powerball lottery telling her

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we're trying to have a discussion here, dan. we can keep it going. we'll turn to that incredibly brave teenager alive this morning after spending nearly0 hours lost in the frigid utah wilderness surviving single digit temperatures rescued minutes before the search became a body recovery mission but now he's opening up to abc's kayna whitworth with his incredible survival story. >> reporter: this morning, 14-year-old boy alive against all odds. >> i really thought i should have been dead. >> reporter: just released from the hospital brayden neilson sharing his astonishing tale of survival after spending nearly 30 hours in the utah wilderne. >> i started popping off shots out of my shotgun, probay shot

crying and freaking out. >> reporter: neilson and a friend set out on a hunting trip but the friends were separated and neilson was lost. using his cell phone to call 911, even sending this text message to his brother saying i'm fine, eric. i love you so much. >> i went from in my own mind to i can't bury him. >> r reporter: all alone, brayden kept walking covering some 11 miles of frigid earth. >> i could see cops but i couldn get to them. they couldn't see me. i was yelling as loud as i could. >> they've got a big group of searching to start a search for him. >> reporter: nine hours before search and rescue crews spotted him 50 miles from home. hypothermic and hallucinating but alive. >> i saw two pairs of headlights, i started walking to them. i think god led me that whole way through that -- all the way through there and i thinknk he

>> reporter: this morning, the neilsons thankfulor their very own holiday miracl >> i tell you what, i don't take a lot of things for granted anymore. >> reporter: for "od morning america," kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. >> grateful for their miracle. when we come back here this morning, the dramatic on-air scare for a pregnant cnn ancr who passed out while the cameras were still rolling. we were grateful to hear her condition is just fine but we'll tell you what happened as the cameras were rolling when we come back. >> coming up. jump-start your 2016 brought

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welcome back to "gma." from the banks of the mississippi river want to talk about the cold air infiltrating much of theountry rhtow including southern california. look at these windchills this morning, 39 degrees in burbank. minus 31 in jacon hole and this jet stream moves to the east and temperatus will drop.

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serious assault and child endangerment causing bodily injury. jessica let's check in with for the weather. matt: snow should be wearing down by the time we get to the middle of the day. beyond that, we can expect a small wave of energy to pass through tomorrow that will yield some flurries and light snow with accumulations under half an inch. we're then on track for warmer weather later in the week as it looks like we'll start off 2016 with some better conditions. today's high is 23 with light morning snow, then cloudy and cold weather. the low tonight is 15. tomorrow we'll have a high of 23 with more light snow. matt: snow should be wearing down by the time we get to the middle of the day. beyond that, we can expect a small wave of energy to pass through tomorrow that will yield some flurries and light snow with accumulations under half an inch. we're then on track for warmer weather later in the week as it looks like we'll

"good morning america." it's 8:00 a.m., has your phone company been ripping you off? are you headedor a piece of e $150 million payout? you have until thursday to phone it in. wh so much money is being returned and how to figure out if you're owed. bad news for the obama adadministration. the on air scare as cnn anchor passes out on live television. slurring her speech a and gasping for air. >> put a turnaround inn -- >> what is she's saying happened and how she and herer baby are doing this morning. record numbers of christmas gift returns could mean incredible bargains for you, $19 billion in presents going back to the store. how to find the best deals and

go big or go home all thatnd trisha yearwood sharining her comfo food recipes that will helpou keep away the cold as we say -- >> good rning, america. go big or go home and good morning, america. great tuesday right herend we have the ultimate inspirational makeover this morning. take a look at these two struggling with their weight. guess what, now they are half their size. >> you'v got to stick around for this. look at the pyramid of unhealthy eating as the experts call it all part of their bad habits. they kicked it to the curb and lost half their size and they'll make quite an entrance. >> cannot wait foror that. then as we count dn to the new year and new year's rocking eve in times square, if you want to break for vegas and celebrate the new year like t boys in "the hangover." who doesn't't want a tigerer in their bathroom. >> not me, amy. >> we're going to show you how

where to go. but party safely, hopefully. >> party safely. >> no one wants to lose a tooth. we go over to dan harris with the morning rundown. >> how not to get punched in the face by mike tyson. the big story, the it can teenager famous for his affluenza defense at his drunknk driving trial has beenn captured in mexico. he and his mom detained in puerto vallarta. each havg changed their hairstyles during three weeks on the run. ethan couch was wanted on a possible parole violation after being see on video partying. ah avoided jail time because his lawyers claimed his upbringing in a wealthy family made him unable to distinguish right from wrong. winter has finally arrived in the northeast with ice and snow blanketing parts of new york and new england. some areas of massachusetts could see up to 5 inches of snow and thousands of flights delay or canceceled inhicago and other parts of the midwest. por outages reported from oklahoma to michigan. meanwhile, there's more flooding ahead in the midwest.

river are expected to crest at their highest level in more than 20 years. overseas two people have been arrested in belgium accused of planning an attack in brussels before the end of the year. they allegedly had isis propaganda a military-style equipment but no weapons or explosives. a consumer alert for millions of wireless customers, a deadline is looming if you have verizon o sprint. time running out to collect a big refund and abc's rebecca jarvis has details. >> reporr: this morning it's the call to action you don't want to miss. >> switch to sprint and save 50%. >> it's good to have america's most reliable network. >> reporter: if you are or were a verizon or sprint customer over the last five years, a piece of a $158 million payout could be waiting for you. but only uil thursday. both carriers paying back customers after the government fined them for allegly making hundreds of millions of dollars

unauthorized charges ranging from 99 cents to $14 each like 9.99 a month for premium services like celebrity gossip and flirting tips. >> it's really nice to see the governmentnt finallytart cracking down on them. >> reporter: with the deadline toile a verizon or sprint refund claim just days away customers should visit www.cfpbsemverizon.com and spnt refund psms.com. >> the first step going back to all your monthly bills and checking out are there any weird charges? >> reporter: verizon says the settlement reflects its continued focus on putting customers first. sprint says weontinue our proactive work to protect customers. for "good morning america," rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> rebecca, thank you. finally here just when you thought they ran out of bizarre world record, check it out, t largest everr round of cornhole often played at college football

cheerleadeders fromichigan state and alabama took turns tossing giantean bags from the window of a blimp 200 feet above a giant board set up in frida. things got dicey when one of the mascots threw a bean bag at a rival cheerleader. they play on espn and when it comes time for looking for jobs this will be a very important experience for those young scholars. >> who played cornhole? show of hands? >> nope. apparently we missed out on an important part of the american experience. >> were you asking us to raise or have you played cornhole. >> you raised your hand. >> you have? >> you didn't tell us that. >> yes, i did. >> she did. you weren't listening. >> exactly. selective listening. >> all right. cornhole. sara. >> i wasas rsing my hand. that's why we're friend, hello and now let's take a look at what's ahead on the "gma morning menunu." on air scare for a cnn anchor. what caused her to p pass out live in front of the cames. also, what happens to all those unwanted holiday gifts.

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her breath, passing out on air live in the middle of a report. we were all talking about this and wee can relate to that but so many were concerned was this a medical condition? what was this? the anchor saying she was okay but raises questions andnd m mara schiavocampo ishere with much more. hey, mara. >> reporter: good morning. harlow is pregnanant and she is fine now but there were several anxious moments there as concerned viewers wondered what had happppened. many taking to social media to find out. as it turns out she isn't the only one to have a moment like that on live tv. it was a frightening tv moment seen around the wld on monday, cnn anchor poppy harlow reporting live when all of a sudden her words start to slur. >> quite a -- quite a turnaround in -- >> reporter: theneavy breathing as you can hear her gasp for air. >> reporter: with no explanation, the show cuts to commerercial break leaving worried viewers to take to sococial media.

what happened on cnn live? >> for all of you on twitter who are asking if i'm okay, thank you so much. i got a little hot and i passed out for a moment. i am fine. >> reporter: harlow who is pregnant says she saw a doctor right after the incident writing on twitt update from the hospital. our little girl due this spring is doing just fine. was a scare but we are both okokay. thank you all souch. dr. jennifer wu. does not treat harlow but says dizziness and faint rg not uncommon during pregnancy. >> it's normal for thehe blood pressure to drop during the middle of the pregnancyith this lower blood pressure any changes like dehydration or low blood sugar can add to that. >> this isn't't the first time a anchor has struggled. >> as the league investigate, excuse me, guy, losing my breath. espn reports that a-rodd -- he wants to make sure -- >> it happened to our own paula faris in 2013. thanks to gestational asthma.

>> but let's go hit -- >> and in 2011 news reporter serene branson made national headlines after she lost the ability to speak coherently. turned out she w suffering from a migraine aura. >> very heavy -- heavy rotatn tonight ----%. >> reporter: the result of a serious form of headache. >> now, thankfully harlow was sitting down when she fainted. doctors say a much bigger concern if you're standing because the bad fall can be very dangerous for a pregnant woman and thebaby. this is very real. i feel out of breath a all the time and it's just a side effect of pregncy. >> you're both -- he you ever had thahat happen? >> i've never had that but the shortness of bath. yes. >> feels like've e run up a flight of stairs. >> and you've donenothing. >> we're gladd poppy is okay. it was concerning to watch that moment but glad she's okay and checked out by the doctor. >> and the bab is on the way. >> baby girl as we just heard. amy, over to you. >> it is a question many of us will face, what to do with un

turns out there are companies that actually resell used or refurbished goods in bulk and can mean incredible bargains for you, a story we first saw in "the wall street journal." take a look. >> i'm sure this is a good gift. okay. stick in there. tear it up. >> a flashlight? >> we've all been there, unwrapping that unwanted christmas gift w we know we'll be ruing to the tore to return but where do all those returns go? many end up atlaces like this, shorewood liquidators where products from amazon and home depot are returned. >> we process store returns. we check the items to make sure they'r're mplete. if they need any parts we do repair of tools and electrocs in our facilities then we resell themonline. >> reporter: this holiday season alone over $19 billion worth of gifts are expected to be returned. >> this is a major industry. it's called the recommerce indudustry. these are wholesalers and liquidators swooping in and

stuff that you've returned that retailerers don'tnow what to do with. >> reporter: companies like these breathing new life into those gifts you didn't want. all l right, let's bring in consumer expert lisa lee freeman. thanks for being with us. i think a lot of us think when we return something it goes right u on the shelf. >> not at all. they're getting returnsns by the boatload and a lot of stuff doesn't come back in mint condition because of thehe problem of wardrobing buying things, wearing them and returning them and stores are not allowed to put back on shelves things that are used. they cannot sell them as w. >> how can we find those refurbished goods or, youuknow, resold goodods? where do we find them online. >> ebay bay is a huge one. best buy unloads a lot of its electronics there. >> i got a new tv last week someone used for a week. >> that's awesome. also amazon has something called

walmart sells refushs. searsoutlet.com and seconddipidity which buysll this stuff from the retailers. >> and discounts are huge. >> i got 50% off the tv because it was in someone else's home for a week. >> absolutely. you can get huge discounts talking about 80% or more. a couple of examples that we found, for example, was a t-fal 12-piece set, it was 60% off retail, i couldn't find it any cheaper online anywhere. another product we found were monster headphones, we found them, they were 80 off at sec ochlto secondipity. >> they're add goose as new. >> yes, if you look for manufacturer refushrb. it's a great thing to look for. >> huge huge savings.

>> you're welcome. david, over to you. >> love those deas. we get a jump-start on 2016. getting into shape in the new year. you're about to m meet two people who did that but much more losing half their body weight. they're featured in "people" magazine's half their siz and a quiclook at how they did it. >> at her heavyth heaviest heather patterson weighed 257 pounds. >> right after i got married i was in a pretty severe car wreck, was bedridden nden for a few weeks on crutches and i just turned to food for comfofort then i had children and my weight, i kept putting that weight on. slowly over the years. went from overweight to obese to morbidly obese. >> reporter: her inspiration to change coming from a a photo on fafacebook. >> this photo came up on facebook that i was tagged in. when i saw that photo, it was just -- it really was the straw that broke the camel's back.

only did i physically feel bad that is what i looked like to the world. and i was ready to make a change. >> reporter: austin shifflett began gaining weight when he was just a teen. >> i was a recluse, i i was in my room video game, soda, junk food, i didn't like school because i got picked on. i was depressed and they put m on a antidepressan and a downside was p potential weight gain and it spiraled out of control, no family events or nothing like that. >> reporter: one day he reached a turning point when visiting a friend. >> he was trying to gain weight so weighedimself multiple times a day. you know what, i'm going to weigh myself. see where i am. i thought i would be around 250. the scale said 324. i left his house immediately because i was so upset and went and told my grandmarried's like to start a diet program. >> repeporter: t stories of hard work, determination and perseverance leading to extraordinary results. they're about to show us all

all right, but before we see what austin and heather look like i want to bring in charlotte triggs, senior ed of "people" magazine. first of all what inspired you about these two stories in particular. >> these people that face struggles that a lot of americans do. they struggled with their weight for years and really only once they saw this huge number on the scale did they te action and did it with normal meths. healthy eating and working out and this is something that really everybo can be inspired by and take away t tips to use themself. >> an incredible self-motivation. i want to show e everyonehe door at home. this is the before picture right here. austin and heath and let's open the door and welcome the new year. look at them now. that's incredible come on over.. you look fantastic. congratulations. >> incredible story. >> hey, good to see u, austin. numbers. injure. >> about 127 pounds so -- >> that's right, 257.

that is incrediblend austin, the numbers on you, 324 pounds, you're not at 158. >> yes, sir. >> you lost 166 pounds. so what was it for you? you were with a friend. you bot decided to weigh yourselves. >> he was always trying to gain weight and i hasn't weighed for a very long time. i gotn the scale and ias about 80 pounds heavier thahan i thought so that kind of like hit rock bottom. >> heather, for you it was an image on facebook seeing yourself looking bad. >> i think everyone has that dreaded moment when they get tagged on facebook and don't know what's going to show up. this popped up. i realized that's what i look like to everybody and i was tired of feelingad enlooking like that and i was ready to make a hang. >> it crystallized it for you. >> some of th bad habits. it looks good though to me. >> you can tell i love dairy. >> show us what you did to change that >> well, i turned to my life around and my eating happen byes. these are a lot of the things i eat. instead of a gallon of ice cream

ueberries on them. spinach with egg whites for extra protein and it's what i lolove to eat. >> austin, show us how you turned your diet around. >> this go the buburgers. i want the burgers. >> yeah, the burgers are great but now i just dnk a lot of water. no more sodas and these atkins shakes, i drink them a lot. before and after work yous even as a meal replacement. >> a lot is self-motivation and you guys standnd here as proof that we can do it in the new year. thank you both for coming. >> no problem >> showing you the new yous. impressive, right, guys? people half their size issue on nestands nationwide. tomorrow, more tips from "people" magazine from meme who lost half their size. back with more on charlotte. charlotte, thank you. >> thank you. >> good morning, again, we are in kimmswick along the banks of the miggs river. the hvy equipment is back out as they try to add another

very to proct the town. the cold air in place across the northeas moisture from this storm making- wreaking havoc across new england, sleet and snow and freezing rain will turn to rain mostly i think about is afternoon. just the next few hours will be very dicey from boston back t albany and then heavy snow expect a small wave of energy to pass through tomorrow that will yield some flurries and light snow with accumulations under half an inch. we're then on track for warmer weather later in the week as it looks like we'll start off 2016 wh some better conditions. today's high is 23 with light morning snow, then cloudy and cold weatr. the low tonight is 15. tomorrow we'll have a high of 23 with moreight snow. : snow s should be >> i've offered to help but they won't let m me r the heavy

like filling more sandbags later day. >> i can only imagine why. >> always willing. time for "pop news." >> it is timee for some "pop" starting out with major hotness. odern family" star sofia vergara took to instagram overnight to wish herot hubby joe manganiello a happy birthday. she wrote happy birthday to the husband i always dreamed of and probably so many other women can see that, as well. a photo of them dancing at their wedding kept the birthday low key for a dinner with two. i always make the joke they could sit there and stare at each other forhe rest of their lives and would be a happy marriage. i mean, the's a brand-new force awakening,g, the internet this morning in the form of a shirtless photo of young harris ford. brazilian musician sergio mendes shared this picture on facebook. it was the day ford finished building his recording studio ck in 1970. "star wars" fans might remember ford actuallyy landed his role as han solo after running into george lucas while doing some

a lot of awesome moments. ford helped lucas run some lines and the rest is history. can you imagine? >> can you catch your breath over there. >> harrison ford doing carpentry,hat just got hotter. dodoou ever use a hammer and nails, david? >> sara. we'll save that for e commercial break. >> i didn't want to just see if we could up the did muir factor on set today. now the couple behind this viral sensation seeing all gseen singingng all the hottest hits known as us t duo. husband and wifeeam michael and kra cyst ra al virginia rad dough have their hit medley joining us for a special "pop news" pop-in from hawaii. hi, michael and carissa. >> hey there. >> hey. good morning. >> iwas a huge year in music. how did you condense all this

time? >> you know, it was really tough for us to pick and choose which songs we wanted to p in this 3.5 minutes' amount of time but we just ggled the best-selling songs of the year and kind of chose from that and kind of listened to our followers and what they wanted to hear. we would love to hear you perform for us if you're willing. >> sure. >> yeah, we'll play a little bit of the snippet for you guys. >> all right. >> one, two. nobody can drag me down nobody nobody nobody can drag me down >> eat you'reoo sexy beautiful and everybody wants a taste that's right that's right i still get >> get give it to me i'm worth it baby i'm worth it we got blad blood bababy now we

>> wow. >> yay. >> thank you, guy, so much. clearly theheme of "pop news" was super talented couples who could just do look at each all day or just play. that's beautiful. i could listen all day. >> we'll be hearing from taylor swift's lawyer. >> to add you to the album. >> don't dampen my "pop." >> i'm zipped for the rest of "pop." i promise. >> fantastic "pop news." thank you so we can all look at our spouses and think what can you do?? >> how inadequate are we. >> i'll get my tool belt for yo >> thank you. >> kenny chesney coming up next. jumpstart your 2016 brought

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matt: today - friday - christmas day - mostly cloudy earlier part of the afternoon. slight chance for a wintry mix after 4pm. that chance increases through the night, especily areas nw where there e is a winter weather advisory in effect. se 5-10 mph. high h 36. tonight - snow, wintry mix likely. accumulations light around sioux city and se. higher nw. 1-3". cloudy. e 10-15 mph. low 33. tomorrow - saturday - chance lingering morning. 30% shot. nnw 10-20 g30. high 34, falling to the upper 20s by 5pm. low 10. temperatures turn colder next week. matt: today - friday - christmas day - mostly cloudy earlier pa of the afafternoon.light chance for a wintry mix after 4pm. tt chance increases through the night,

on a green christmas >> welcome backk to "gm" i'm happy to report davavidid find his tool beltnd will b be wewearing that later in the broadcast. stay tuned for that. >> some things never die. >> it's around. just wait for it. we have a lot more coming up this half hour as well including country star trisha yearwood who cannot only sing up a storm, she can cook one up too. her best comfort food recipes just moments away. first a very special one-on-one with another country star. >> can't wait for her visit but inin the meantime, country singer key chesney is a grereat friend of "gmgma." headlined our summer concert series and taken us behind the scenes on the road and this morning he's telling abc's rebecca jarvisbout his latest collaboration. >> let's go.

>> the more music we have in our life the better everything is. reality >> reporter: to country musicic superstar kenny chesney his fans are everything. so is music. >> i have so much music on my computer could hit shuffle and it wouldn't repeat a song for ree weeks. >> music, it's the last real thing we got. >> reporter: joining pharrell, drake and taylor swift and their apple music bandwagon. in the recent ad we get a behind-the-scenes look at his preparing for a massachusetts concert. drink it up >> the fact that i can take my fans by the hand and drag them along with me is pretty exciting. >> reporter: to apple he'd be bringing along his die-hard fans, the no shoes nation. but did you know kenny has a marketing deee? >> i g a degree in business and here i am writing songs to are a living and trying to be a rock star. which i love. >> reporter: i think you're succeeding.

how does apple music fit into the whole business of kenny chesney? >> because i love music and my fans love music and we can share that together like we have is beautiful. i want to drink it up >> kenny chesney is an institution. >> reporter: head off content larry jackson picked up the phone and called kenny. >> i'm just happy that he liked the idea and he trusted in us. >> i remember what inspired me. like the first time i heard willie. >> so unique and special to him. he incredible, i love him. >> but somewhere along the way we all forgot how much music can really party. >> reporter: huge win for apple. >> major. >> reporter: huge win for ken in i. >> i don't want to be t one to say that but we're happy to work with him. he's amazing. >> the more accessible music canan in everyone's life it makes their life better. >> reporter: for "good morning america," rebca jarvis, abc

>> if y you've ever seen h perform he is incredible. suessful. >> what he's doing now. kenny chesney'ss new "spread t love" tour kicks off in april. >> the p perfect time for an on location vacation if you're headed to las vegas this new year's and you want to party like bradley cooper and co-stars in "the hang over" we have spots you have to visit. what happened in vegas turned out to be a blockbuster hit for over." >> i added two more guy to my wolfpack. >> repororter: they head to vegas for the bachelor party to end all parties proving what happens in vegas stays in vegas. after a night of hard partyingng, they run into one small problem. >> we l lost doug. >> reporter: and if you're headed to las vegas this winter and want to party like these rock stars, we'veve picked out the top spotsor you to visi first up, caesars palace. >> this isn't the real caesars

>> reporter: when todd phiips and the screenwriters and the producers thought about the concept of this movie they, of course, wanted to set it at an iconic location like caesars palace so right now i'm descending the onyx strwell of "the hangover" suite set up for masss party. >> reporter: if you're feeling lucky head down to the "hangover" slot machines. >> as you walk around virtually everyy casino in the world you'll see hangover on slot machines. >> reporter: head to the gift shop where "manageover" problem beal ya abounds after your might hahave mass partyingead down to th pool where the guys tried to piece their night together andnd while it's unlikely you'll see the ct members in the flesh, you can settl for theext best thing at madame tussauds "hangover" visit. >> w wanted to create the most memorable scenes. >> reporter: you'll be able to re-create a classic scene in real life.

people will be able to get married there. >> reporter: whether you wt to hit the jackpot or "i do," "t hang over" experience is sure to be a vacation to remember. or not. >> depending onhat happens. >> or create your own too. that's always fun. >> one of the most epic movies ever, dan just said -- >> i watched it o a plane recently. it totally holds up. >> speaking of movies have you seen "joy"? it's fantasastic. isabella rossellini plays trudy, a wealthy widow who meets robert de another rethroug a singles ad. i talked to her about what challenges women face in on their first da. >> why don't you come with your entire family on my bo? bring the children, bring the gland grandchildren. >> sailboat, 55 feet. that is big, yeah, i would love to. bring some nice food, something to drink.

might stain the teak wood deck. it's very precious. >> okay, understood, no red wine. >> isabella rossellini joins us this morning. thank you for being with us. >> thank you, thankou for having me. >> i love robert de niro calls the pairing of youou two unexpected. you've known him personally for 30 years. what was it like working with him prprofessionally. >> it was a delight, of course, en i first heard that i was hired to do the film i was a little bit intimidated because has such an enormous reputation and, yes,s, hwas thehe witness at my wedding with martin scorsese so we've known each other for a long time. but he's very benevolent on the set. it was lovely to work with him. >> you obviously got to work a -- joy being playedd by jennifer lawrence. everyone says she has no filter but in a good way. what was your experience like. >> she'sextraordinary. i mean, she is a woman of incredible intelligence, very quick and o of the funniest

incrible sense of humor. i have tremendous admiration for her. >> there has been a lot of talk recently and long overdue about ageism and sexism in hollywood. >> yes. >> how would you describe the movie industry for a 60-year-old woman like yourself? >> well, i haven't worked for six years, so to finally have gotten -- >> not because you didn't want to. >> no, not because i didn't want to but, of course, when you don't work for six years i created my own shows, i took a monologue on the road thahat i've written, you know, you try to create your own work. yes, there is less work, of course, i had a very big ceer as a model and i'm not modeling anymore so ageism, it definitely is something thahat exists and i have experienced. >> isabella rossellini, the movie is fantasastic. you were great. more rows for women in their 60s. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> she was such a pleasure to speak with. "joy" in theaters now. she is fantastic and very, very

rob, we have to head back out to you in missouri for tough weather you've been dealing with over the past couple of days as so many have. >> it's dry. the bad news, it's cold but getting out here and they've gotot the front loader and the backhoes and santa built up this lee becae the river will come upo my shoulders itooks like. the record-breaking warm across the southeast. the cold finally infiltrating the northeast but look at these numbers, record-breaking in orland 85 degrees, norfolk, almost 80 degrereesoday so ththat's some chilly stuff. across the rest of t country looking at thunderstorms across the sout chilly from denver to dallas. and across the southern california also chilly and some rain across the pacific northwest. that itime we get to t middle of the day. beyond that, we can expect a small wave of energy to pass through tomorrow that will eld some flurries and light ow with accumulations

strong but could use a bit of a help out. under control. i like the warm studio thing but hurry home. critics say "popower" hits on all cylinders, the number one most patched starz originaleries ever and ecutive produced by rapper 50 cent joining u us now are two of the pourhouse actors behind us. should i call you joseph sikora. >> that would be great. >> joseph and naturi naughton, welcome to the show. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> as i understand this, you're the massive kingpin's friend, drug kingpin. >> or the massive kingpin himself. it's arguable. >> you are the wife. >> i am the wife of the drug dealer ghost and our characters s are like brother and sister but both danger us in our own right. >> what can fans expect. >> that we build on the previous two seasons, we have a huge amount of passionate f fansut

spreading so get on it now so you're not the last one to know. >> fans need to know that tasha and tommy will expect amazing things becausevery character has a frustrating to fight for. >> a lot of action. a lot of momentum. >> a lot of craziness and drama, everybody may not make it. >> i only watch if you bring the crazy. >> we bring the crazy. >> curtis jackn, aka 50 cent is the executive producer but part of it. what's it like for him to be the boss. >> i've always loved and admir 50 cent as a rapp, artist, businessman and mogul but working with him we have a seen, tasha and sanecanaan. it's a little scary, intimidating. i'm holding ts glock -- >> eve bit a as intense -- >> what do you call him? >> 50. >> he just says, yes. >> we ha a all different names for him.

>> fift. >> this is our ninth season of the warm coats and warm hearts coat drive with burlington and kids fashion delivering. so far we'veve collected over 95,71212 coats and we're about to have more so you guys, thank you so much for coming to donate with . go ahead. drop them in. the number just went up. if any of you watching now want to donate a gently worn coat go to any burlington store, coats will be distributed free of charge to those in need in your community and when you donate, take a picture and tell us why you donated, include the #give #giveacoat. your pictu might end up on "good morning america." thank you so much for being here. >> tre's plenty of room in the. >> follow their lied. >> happy holidays coming up country superstar

on a green christmas tree we e back now with some delicious recipes for your holiday week. country superstar trisha yearwood recently stoppeded by to share the secrets behind some of her favorite foods. >> the holidays are in full swing which means a lot of people are craving comfort food so look who we have here, platinum selling multiple grammy award winning country singer and best-selling cookbook author trisha yearwood her with some delicious party recipes all featured oner show "trisha's kitchen".

southern kitchen heading into its seventh season by the way. >> yes. >> you're talking about reba about life on the road and coming home. let's take a look. >> do you cook on the road? do you have like a bus that you stay in? >> i used to think i was going to cook on the road and i had a kihen i in the bus and ended up ihink i made a fried bologna sandwich. i willll have to say on this tour with garth we have a wonderful cateri crew and ty've been making my recipes o of the book so it's cool. so i get to eat my cooking without having cook it or having to clean it up whichs awesome? nothing wrong with a fried >> every n now andhen. >> we have a chilly casserole. >> this is a cornbread chilli casserole and i have ground beef, lean ground beef and onions i browned here. pretty simple to put together. chicken stock in, salsa, some

>> salsa you buy at the grocery store. >> make it easy. this is canned corn, sweet corn drained. >> perfect. >> a little bit of cumin. a little bit of salt. some chilli powder and mix it alll togetrr and press it into the bottom of a man. >> this is the cornbread. >> i love my homemade cornbread but this did a store bought cornbread mix and add milk to it and top that and bake it at 350 for about 45 minutes in oh, my god, that is so good. >> put a list cheese and sour cream on top. that's that. >> it doesn't need it. it's fantastic. that is so good and black-eyed pea dip.p. >> i'll definitely serve this at neyear's. a l of people think they don't like black-eyed peas. i used to bury them in the mashed patoes for my husband. you puree them. so good. >> if you don't think you like black eyed peas, try the dip. >> onions in there. >> jalapeno. >> oh, yeah, i'm getting that kick.

and then this is a woman after my own heart talking dessert you're like cookies. >> yeah. >> show me what you got here. >> everybody's got an easy chocolate chip cookie recipe. this one is just a, again, a super easy, i use dark chocolate chips. >> little healthie >> i use self-rising flour so you don't have t think if you don't cook you don't have to think about mixing the flourur and baking them. >> i have a list cripplekrip crisp to them. >> and brown sugar. everybody is hungry here, i can tell. feed us! >> i'll be eating more. this is just a ltle ny haveling. this is fantastic. yo can get these recipes on our website, goodmorningamerica.com on yah! trish sla's "southern tchen" is on the food network. happy new year.

r. kelly perrming on "gma." we are back now with r&b grammy winner r. kelly hasas a new cd out called "the buffet" and recently stopped by "gma" for a very special performance of his latest single "backyar party" and a variety of his classic hits. >> are you ready? i say are you ready? somebody make some noise. everyone's happy yeah final it's the weekend hey all the hard work is behind me

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bounce bounce bounce now i'm not trying to be rude but hey pretty girl i'm feeling used the way you do things you do reminds me of my lexus cool that's why i'm in your grill trying to get you to a hotel you pus be i football coach the way youou got me playing the field so let me give you that runningng her han through nye fro bouncing on 24s why they saying on the radio it's the remix to ignition hot and fresh out the kitchen momma rolli that body got ery man in here wishingg sipping on coke and rum i'm so like so what i'm drunk it's the freakin' weekend i'm about to have me some fun my mind iselling me no but my body, m body's telling me yes baby i don't want to hurt

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4:00. and look what we found, the aforementioned promised david's tool belt. >> in my office. yeah, yeah, yeah. you know whahat else we found, check out this video. amy playing a little cornhole. it has actually happened. proof it happened. >> i told you. i' a cornhole master. >> give me that tool belt. >> got some pictures to hang in my office. can youou help me out. >> i report to you. we'll see you tonight.you now... deborah: siouxland kids on winter break from school got a fun lesson in health m monday.sunnybrook community church put on a "ninja warrior camp" yesterday at morningside college's hper (hyper) center.

d stay active while they're not in school. the kids went through 10 different statns in 10 minute intervals. they also learned about althy nutrition. "it is grueling, like you said it's something where they're getting great exercise, they're learning about healthy nutrition, and they're having fun doing it at the same time. and yet the feedback i've gotten from the kids is they've enjoyed it." says coordinator matt holmes around 3 kids are taking part in ninja warrior camp. the camp kicks off again today. jessica let's check in with for the weather. matt: today - friday - christmas day - mostly cloudy earlier part of the afternoon. slight chance for a wintry mix after 4pm. that chance increases through h the night, especially areas nw where there is a winter weather advisory in effect. se 5-10 mph. high 36. tonight - ow, wintry mix likely. accumulations light around sioux city and se. higher nw. 1-3". cloudy. e 10-15 mph. low 33.tomorrow - saturday - chance lingering wintry mix in the morning. 30% shot. cloudy and bezy.

falling to the upper 20s by 5pm. low 10. temperatures turn colder next week. matt: today - friday - christmas day - mostly cloudy earlier part of the afternoon. slight chanceor a wintry mix after 4pm. that chance increases through the night, especially areas nw where there is a winter weather advisory in effect. se 5-10 mph. high 36. tonight - snow, wintry mix likely. accumulations light around sioux city d se. higher nw. 1-3". cloudy. e 10-15 mph. low 33. tomorrow - saturday - chance lingering wintry mix in the morning. 30% shot. clcloudy andreezy.