>> next one 2017. >> good morning, america. the republicans face off in las vegas. and the gloves come off. >> am i talking or are you talking, jeb. >> i'm talalng right now. >> you can go back. >> donald trump doubles down on his muslim ban. >> we're not talking about religion. we're talking about security. >> the toughest shot yet from jeb. >> donald, y y're not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. he's a chaos candidate and would >> the stakes never higher in the race for president. >> everywhere in america is a >> we have complete coverage from the showdown on the strip with his take. >> that passenger jet rolling off the runway overnight into a ditch. the nose and side of the plane ambulances racing to the scene. emergency slide. hospital and the faa is

the anonymous threatatf bombings and nerve gas forced l.a. to close all of its schools causing chaos stranding 650,000 kids. the clues this morning, why investigators knew it was a hoax and the war of words as other cities say it was a huge overreaction. dropping the mic. >> what? oh, that's the robber. >> the local reporter who helped crack the case and catch a bank robber. >> ah, this is live tv, folks. >> how he got much more than just the story. and something like that, good morning, america. the main ent lighting up the strip in las vegas last night. 1400 people packing the venetian hotel and casino last night. donald trump said it felt more like the academy award. >> likes having the gold around. he took tough hits from jeb

perforornce yet from governor bush, the big question, did it change his place in the race. did anything change? you saw ted cruz and marco rubio go at it, as well, and we're going to t tk about this with bill o'reilly who is standndg by with his analysis. there he is right there. we'll begin, though, with abc's cecilia vega. she is in las vegas for all the action. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: hey, geor, good momoing to you. i'm still outside the venetian low tell. all eyes inside that hall last night on donald trump, the focus was on national security, but donald trump says he had the best debate so far. the gloves were off almost as soon as the opening bell rang. >> run for president. >> you're a tough guy, jeb. >> we need to have a leader that is -- >> real tough. >> you'll never be president of the united states by insulting your way to the presidency. >> i'm at 42 and you're at 3. >> doesn't matter. >> riporter: it was donald trump versus jeb bush on how to fight isis. >> with jeb'b'attitude we will never be great again. that i can tell you. >> reporter: and on that

>> donald trump is great at the one-liners but he's a chaos candidate and would be a chaos president. >> jeb doesn't really believe i'm unhinged. he said that very simply because he has failed in this campaign. it's been a total disaster. nobo cares. >> reporter: there was dond trump versus rand paul. >> is donald trump a serious candidate? >> the reason i ask this -- >> reporter: but the biggest grudge match at all. >> he has a wonderful temper. >> reporter: trump versus the texas senator inininging on his front-runner standings in the poll never happened. instead, it was ted cruz versus marco rubio, both vying to be the party's alternative to the brash billionaire in the leaea >> does ted cruz rule out ever legalizing people in this country illegally now. >> senatororruz. >> i have never supported legalization. >> do you rule it out? >> i have never supported legalization and i don't intend to. >> because you know --

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

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

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

are going on emotion this year and that's what it's all about and people should understand that. trump has blown the system up. he's blown it up and n n it's all about emotion, so once you get into this micro policy business i think most folks tune out. >> theig question people a2e asking does it stay about emotion as the votes actually come? >> it does, it does until you get to the first voting. iowa, new hampshire. i think it'll carry into that. because that's wt trump is running on. that's his wholeampaign, emotoon. he feels your pain and the country is angry. >> jeb bush had his toughest attack yet on donald trump last night. chaos candidate. did he draw blood? >> no, because you could just read it in bush's face. how is this possibly happening? how can i, a candidate who knows and has run a state for eight years be losing to a donald trump, who speaks in generalities. but what jebebush has never understood is this is a different time.

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

said trumps blowing up the system. that debate last night, nobobo really won or lost, there's too many people on the stage but how can you come up against a trump who es, hey, i got 42, you got 3, you're an i idiot. how can you debate that? how, how? >> and i think his pledge again last night to stay as a republican, not to run as an independent got to be a sign of confidence that he thinks he can get the nomination. >> look, trump doesn't want to alienate all republicans, but i'll tell you what, the guy is formidable and in this age of anger, people got -- you can't say, oh, he's not going to get it. he could very well get it. >> if he starts to win will there be a brokered convention. >> i don't know anything about that. that's your job. broker convention. all i know people will vote on emotion this year. almost like what reagan did with carter. it's almost exactly the same. carter screwed things up so badly and americans were so angry in 1980 that they voted

it's the same thing now. and, you know, history might repeat itself. >> bill o'reilly, thanks for coming in this morning. next debate democrats will be there on saturday night. martha raddatz and david muir will moderate that and you'll see it right here on abc at 8:00 eastern. robin. >> all right, george, wewe appreciate bill o'reilly being in the studio with us this morning. now to that scary moment on that southwest jet in nashville rolling off the runway and into a ditch after a rough landing. this comes as millions of americans are gearing up, of course, for holiday travel. abc's alex perez is in nashville with the latest. good morning, alex. >> repter: good morning, robin. that plane has been moved. you can see e 's still on the tarmac. passengers say they knew something went terribly wrong just seconds after landing. overnight, a frightening moment for 133 passengers aboard this boeing 737. >> terrifying to feel it bounce up and down. >> reporter: from houston bound for nashville making a rough

international airport at 5:20 p.m. just as passengers thought they were safe, the plane rolling off the runway into a ditch. emergency crews and ambulances immediately called to the scene and panicked passengers trying to grab bags from the overhead bins before evacuating down the jetliner's emergency chute. >> they made sure there was no fire, explosioor anything and made sure everyone was able to get off quickly. >> reporter: eight passengers rushed to the hospital and later released with minor injuries. both the nose of the plane and its side suffering damage. and the faa is still working to pinpoint what exactly triggered all this including the possibility that the plane blew a tire or was having problems with its landing gear. george.. >> okay, alex, t tnks. we turn to that terror threat that shut down schools in l.a. yesterday causing chaos for hundreds of thousands of families. new york got a similar threat decided to ignore it and that ignited a a r of words between the two big cities. abc's matt gutman is in los

good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, george. soon after getting that threat, l.a. dececing to close all of its 1500 plus schools. now, in that e-mail threat was direct reference to the san bernardino attack, new york city getting virtually the same e-mail but deciding immediately it was a hoax. now, l.a. is standing by its decision, ononthat cost it nearly $30 million and a lot of criticism. that threat warning of a swarm of jihadists descending on los angeles schools came in an e-mail to an l.a. school board member at 5:00 a.m. tuesday. what followed, a swift decision, 90 minutes later to close every one of the city's schools. >> we have suffered far too many school shootings in america to ignore these kind of threats. >> reporter: the cost an estimated $29 million, about 650,000 students shut out. the superintendent has didicted all schools to be closed today, tuesday, december 15th, to ensure the safety of

scrambling. >> had to take the day off woror yes. >> reporter: were your employers understanding? >> hopefully. >> reporter: new york city officials received almost the exact same e-mail threat, but decided to keep schools open. new york's police commissioner blasting l.a.'s decision. >> to disrupt the daily schedules of 500,000 schoolchildren, their parents based on an anymous e-mail, i think, it was a significant overreaction. >> reporter: the first tip-off for new york police was that the alleged threat seemed remarkably similar to the plot line of the tv series "homeland." >> the instigator of thehehreat may be a "homeland" fan watching "homeland" episodes that it mirrors a lot of recent episodes. >> reporter: the police sent to new york read in part "something big is going down. not only are there bombs, but there are nerve gas agents set to go off at a specific time

>> it was so generic, so outlandish and posed to numerous school systems simultaneously. >> reporter: and had a conspicucus typo, me and my 1313 comrades will die tomorrow in the name of allah with a lowercasas "a" in a new york version. >> incredible to think any jihadist would not spell allah with a capital "a." >> reporter: now all schools are scheduled to re-open here this morning. but because so many people were rattled there will be uniformed officers at schools like this and crisis counselors. now, thahahoax, a very real felony, whoever perpetrated it could face up to 20 years in prison. george. >> they should get it. okay, matt, thanks very much. to amyith the other top stories. that deadly crash of a medicalal helicopter in n oenix. that's right. medical helicopter has crashed in rugged terrain east of phoenix killing two people and injuring a third. the chopper similar to this one

nurse. no word yet on what caused the crash but last week four people died when a medical helicopter crashed in california. overseas a shift in u.s. policy towards syria. whililmeeting with russian president vladimir putin, john kerry says the u.s. agrees with russia and bashar al assad can@ stay in power if that's what the ththobama administration previously insisted assad step down immediately. in washington house speaker paul ryan has announced an agreement on a $1 trillion spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. it would extend a series of business tax breaks and would 9/11 first responders and that deal would lift the 40-year ban on oil exports. robber in minnesota was nono expecting this. he returned to the crime scene but didn't realize the local news station was broadcasting live. he was approaching the bank just

shotottake a look. >> tyler just 24 hours ago this bank in -- >> that guy right there. >> what? >> that's the robber. >> oh, that's the robber. this is live tv, folks. that's the robber just went by. according to the bank employee, so i got to go here and call 911. i'll talk to you later. >> and guess what, he did just that. he called 911. the man was arrested a short time later as police responded but you can just see his brain -- should i go back to my script oreact here as a human being and he decided to be a human being and ditch -- >> he had that smile saying this is the best thing that ever happened to me. >> right, he knew. >> he did know, thanks, amy. to your money right now for the first time in nearly a decade the federal resesve expected to raise interest rates. fed chair janet yellen will likely announce a 0.25% hike that could have an impact on your mortgage to credit cards. lara with our experts. >> joined by "shark tank's"

o'leary. this is the first hike since 2006. how big a deal would it be for our viewers? >> what the immediate effect will be on the housing market will certainly help it because it will kick people off the fence who have been procrastinating and jump into the market and it will really boost pricic immediately. >> so you like it for real estate but could mean some problems for credit card rates. kevin, what's your take on this? >> no, she's wrong. real estate will go flat. >> i knew you were going to say y that. that's how it works. you know, the thing is, it's good news. the reason the fed is raising up. that's always good news, more it just gets better for america. housing, nah, barbara is wrong. see. money on that. >> we will look forward to this exchange. i want to ask about it being good news. a lot of viewers are concerned. stay tuned with us in our next half hour, the sharks will be back to answer your questions

bottom line. robin and george, of course, they're disagreeing. >> only the beginning. >> takakg a page from dan and nancy. ginger, you have this big snowstorm around denver. >> denver had it yesterday. parts colorado up to two feet of snow and look what it looked like at the dedeer airport. yoyocan see why hundreds of flights were canceled. now it has cleared out of there and moved up through the northern plains like north dakota and minnesota but i wanted to shock you here. look at the temperatures. the windchills by saturdrd

feels like 21 in new york city.plan on a windy wednesday across the region! if it's trash day in your area, watch for bins blown over as gusts may hit 40mph at times. while a sprinkle or two may occur with this passing warm front, we won't really see standpoint. we'll see a gradual downturn in temperature, and we should be down around 35 by 6pm. plan on dry conditions through sunday, but our temperatures will be undergoing a rollercoaster ride. our coolest day will be friday >> as muchchs i may have shockeded you with the cold, don't worry. we get mild again next week. white christmas not looking so great. >> don't look sad about that. we're okay. >> thank you, ginger. coming up on "gma" that successful business woman accused of stabbing a stranger. now in custody. what police are saying is a motive as her friends speak out. two giant movies battling for the galaxy and the box

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rock 'n' roll. >> make it a good one, goose. >> it's a big morning for "top gun." soaring into the library of congress joining the national film registry nearly -- 30 years? oh, it also joins the ranks of can we hit this next e? okay, it's also joining the ranks of -- >> there we go. >> who you gonna call "ghostbusters" also joining the list. >> cannot wait for the next one to come out. it's coming up thihi year. also reaction to that republican debate in las vegas. donald trump front and center took a lot of hits from jeb bush as the candidates addressed everything from trump's proposed muslim ban to immigratatn, the nal republican debate of the year and "the wall street journal" reporting that chipotle is pulling back on local ingredients and will now handle

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stabbed a complete stranger in a drugstore. she has been caught and charged with attempted murder but police are still searching for answeru. abc's mara schiavocampo is here with the latest on this bizarre story. good morning, mara. >> reporter: good morning, bizarre indeed. this is someone with no apparent violent history who professional contacts say had, quote, great interpersonanal skills. w police are thanking the public for their help in catching her. this morning, an unusual suspect in custody capturing the petite 40-year-old financial a aiser accused of violently stabbing a complete stranger. >> she stabbed by a small kitchen knife and the woman walks out of the store. >> reporter: after four days on the run toronto officials say a tip finally led them to rohinie bisesar, a successful professional with an mba who allegedly plunged a knife into a woman friday at an underground drugugore located in toronto's

described as violent and dangerous, monday police released this surveillance image which they say shows her moments after what they describe as a random unprovoked attack. >> we can find no correlation between the two. this is a random act of violence. and that is why it's so disturbing. >> reporter: overnight police interviewing bisesar trying to piece together a motive. >> there's only two people that know maybe why this happened. one of them lies in grave condition in hospital. the other has just been arrested by the toronto police. >> reporter: but friends say the alleged attack is completely out of character. >> she's very well educated. she has no criminal record. it's out of the blue. >> reporter: this morning bibisar is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and carrying a concealed weapon. now, in canada if the victim were to succumb to her injuries within the next year bisesar's charges could be upupaded to murder. she makes her first court appearance this morning and we

victim was in grave condition. that's canada's version o critical condition so we're certainly hoping for the best. this is a serious attack. >> it certainly is, mara. we turn to the story of one ohio family suing their school district after the tragic death of their 13-year-old daughter. she killed herself after merciless bululing and her family blames the school for doing little to stop it. linsey davis has the story. >> reporter: the family of 13-year-old emilyie olsen sayay she took her o o life. >> they called her names and tried to trip her. >> i want to know the truth. to me the truth has no agenda. it is what it is. and my daughter deserves that. >> reporter: now one year a aer her death, they're filing a federal lawsuit accusing the fairfield ohio school district of knowing that olsen seen here in her yearbook photo was bullied and did very little to stop it. in the lawsuit her parents say that before her death they were dismissed when they reached out to the school on several

also citing numerous examples of bullying claiming one sixth ader handed emilie a razor and told her to end her life. the lawsuit also describes derogatory restroom graffiti about the teen they say was shown to the school but wasn't removed until the day after she died. >> can we talk with you. >> not on camera. >> reporter: fairfield city schools tells abc newsp the district will be defending the litigation and will be providing appropriate responses in the course of the litigation. a s sool r rource officer reviewed this surveillance video from inside emilie's school the day she took her life and said he saw nothing out of the ordinary. but according to a police report, in an interview with her parents,s,milie had been suffering from depression, had a history of cutting her arms and legs and her father suspected she had regularly been consuming alcohol. less than two weeks before her death in a facebook exchange with a friend, emilie wrote, i'm a freak and i'm tired of it. i've made up my mind, i wanna die. for "good morning america,"

>> such a sad story. let's talk to dan abrams aboutut this rightht now. there's going to be a lot of factual questions at the heart of this lawsuit. >> maybe most importantly did the school district know about it and did they as the plaintiffs allege here literally put her back into classes with the bullies that they'd reported about. so that's a critical question. a clear law in ohio, anti-bullying law that requires school distric to takeaction.. theeuperintendent actually wrote a letter to the school community saying, that he didn't think bullying had to do with it so there's going to be key factual disputes. >> that's ohio law, but the lawsuit. >> so she is saying that the reason she was bullied was based on her race, national origin, sexual preferences, she's saying these were the reasons she was bullied and that's why they're filing this in federal court so there's going to be an anti-discrimination question here, as well. tough questions to answer. >> okay, dan abrams, thanks very much. >> we'll all be watching that dan.

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back now with that big headline about your money, t federal reserve expected to hike interest rates this afternoon. "shark tank's" bararra corcoran, kevin o'leary, back now answering your questions about how it could impact your family's budget and we want to get right to the first viewer question. >> you got it. >> my name is sally murphy. i would like to know, i have an a.r.m. with my mortgage. how soon do you think i need to lock that in? >> you know, sally, it costs money to lock in a mortgage rate. usually sometimes zero but more often 1%. so you have to compare what

forecast that interest rates will go up about 1% in the next year. tippic lick you should jump right in there and do it most cases. >> what do you saybout these adjustable rates? >> he disagrees. >> i think adjustable rates are very, very dangerous because people have gotten used to the fact that interest rates have been perpetually low for t t years. now that's changing. better to lock in, pay the 75 or 1% barbara is talking about and go to sleep at night knowing the cost of your mortgage won't change if the fed hikes again early next year. i just like peace of mind. that's what it's all about. >> you think that's worth money. >> yes, absolutely. >> all right. let's get to our next viewer question. take a look. >> i recently got a new car and i was wondering if the interest rate goes up, what will happen to my loan? >> ladies, first. >> you don't have to worry the least bit aboutour car l ln because it's a fixed rate for a fixed period of time.

you got the car loan, enjoy the ride. >> kevin, this is also credit card, right. >> you have to look at your entire portfolio. things you owe money to. mortgage rates will go up as the fed raises rates. credit card costs will go up. any variable cost debt, not everybody has a fixed rate auto loan so they'll pay more. i think the key is here now that you know the world is changing, lock down your costs. fix everything and go to bed at night feeling that you've got control of your financial life and, by the way, start paying off those credit cards by not buying that expensive coffee. don't buy that bagel in a store. don't buy tse shoes. don't buy that other dress. pay off the mortgage. pay off the credit cards. pay off the loans. time to bring debt down. >> very good advice. very sound advice, barbara, i see you're nodding. i can't believe -- >> i have to agree with him. the only thing he should be worried about is his marriage. it doesn't look so good and -- >> barbara.

you to me you upset. >> we have had so many viewers hihi. should we be scared? just real quick. >> doesn't pay to get scared. figure out what the interest rate is now. >> okay. >> kevin, i'm sorry. we've run out off time. we a are you, thank you, barbara, we thank you. george and robin, we send it back to you. >> good advice, lock down those costs right there. coming up here who will rule the galaxy, "star wars" aims for "avatar's" record. big battle of the blockbusters is next. you there... stormtroopers! halt! turn here. go go! follow them! bb-8! beep, beep! this way! where'd they go? they went that way! that way, they went that way! i can't t lieve that worked! of course it worked!

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all right, welcome back, everybody. you can tell from the music it's about "star wars." the wait is almost over. so will the force awaken, be the biggest box office hit ever. abc's nick watt has that. >> reporter: positive premiere and $100 million in advanced ticket sales are prompting some pretty prodigious predictions. >> "star wars" has the potential to surpass "avatar." but what that requires is repeat viewing and what we saw with both "avatar" and "titanic" people kept going back to the theater multiple times after

>> nothing will stand in our way. >> reporter: "avatar" is sdill the highest grossing movie of all time raking i i $2.7 billion, but "the force awakens," some say, might be the first to top the mythical $3 billion bebchmark. jedis versus the blue guys. >> this is our land. >> reporter: "avatar" released december 18th, 2009. "the force awakens" also december 18, six years later. both take place not on our planet. both have rabid fafa some peoeoe actually speak navi. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> reporter: jedi is now case si religion. >> did you think the first "starar wars" film w w going to be a flop. >> yeah, everybody did. >> why? >> the studio hated it. i had no idea that it worked. >> reporter: now here we are episode 7. >> chewy, we're home. >> the wall street analysts say if it doesn't gross 1.5 billion

the question is it going to leapfrog 2 bililon and even approach 3 billion which would make it the highest grossing film of all time. >> reporter: just wait for 2017 "after tar 2" is slated foror a release and so is "star wars" episode 8. head-to-head. for abc news, nick watt, los angeles. >> this side of the couch -- >> without enoughing anything away, ginger speaks fluent wookie. [ wookie noises ] >> presales are high but not all tickets are sold out for the opening of "star wars." you could possibly get in. >> let's go. coming up holiday cooking brought to you by las vegas.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m., and a new battle over football this morning. the high school coach suspended for leading his players in prayer now suing his school district for religious discrimimition. we're going to hear from that coach and why he's going othe a devastating new verdict for kelly rutherford. in her bitter custody battle, a judge ruled she can't bring her kids back to the u.s. but she says this morning she's not done fighting. most wonderful time of the year and becky worley's got your holiday buyer's guide to one of the most wanted gifts this season. a cashmere sweater for everyone on your list. when to save and when to splurge. to be of good cheer never been in love before get ready to laugh. will ferrell is here live taking over "gma."

what he might do or say as we say -- >> good morning, america. on the outside >> there he is right there, will ferrell. so glad to have him here this morning. the e vie "daddy's home" is so terrific. so funny and always great to >> you see him and you start laughing and smiling. >> so true. >> good times ahead. i got this great gift for my birthday and it's a hot holiday coloring b bks for adults. it's a way of really relaxing. millions of copies are flying off the shelves. could going back to your favorite childhood pastime be the perfect way to unwind? >> coloring books? >> i'm telling you, they're adult coloring books. >> when you said adult coloring

coloring in the lines of -- >> oh, yeah. >> -- pictures, pictures. >> i didn't even go there. >> america, i'm trying. i'm trying. >> america, go back to your childhood. color, play and watch this movie. "star wars" is amazing. we're hearininfrom the first major female villain in the galaxy,`one-on-one with her coming up on "gma." >> a lot coming up this hour. first, let's go to amy with the morning g ndown. >> good morning, everyone. and the big story this morning, the fight against isis, defense secretary ash carter has just arrived in iraq on an unannounced visit to meet with military leaders and discuss ways to push more pressure on the terror group. carter is also meeting with iraqi leaders. he's expected to discuss america's willingness to send attack helicopters and more troops to the fight. and some breaking news from europe. police in austria have arrested two men with possible links to last month's terror attacks in paris. the two were arrested in what police are calling a migrant

officials say the men recently came from the middle east. at last night's gop debate donald trump defended his proposed ban on muslims entering the united states. jeb and trump clashed several time. bush accusing trump of being a, quote, chaos candidate who would be a chaos president. trump firing back saying bush's campaign has already failed. also attacking each other were ted cruz and marco rubio. they sharply disagreed on surveillance and immigration and analysts say rubio and cruz gave strong performances along with chris christie, but they say trump is likely to hold on to his dominating front-runner status. a programming note, trump will be jimmy kimmel's sole guest tonight right here on abc. and now to texas where authorities are searching for the teenager who made national headlilis for using the so-called affluenza defense in a drunk driving trial. abc's reena ninan has that story. >> reporter: abc affiliate wfaa reports that an arrest warrant

for killing four people in a drunk driving crash in 2013. his lawyers argue that the 16-year-old was too spoiled to go to prison in the notorious case known as affluenza. >> affluenza. >> too rich for jail. >> the lawyer told judge jane boyd he was so rich he didn't kn right from wrong. >> reporter: according to wfaa couch missed a check-in with his probation officer earlier this month. court officers searched for the teen but have not been able to find him or his mother. his father claims he doesn't know where either are. the teen reportedly lived alone in this 4,000-square-foot house with a pool and a wet bar. two years ago couch piled friends into his father's pickup and plowed into a disabled car. >> thehe's four or five kids >> are you with the accident right now? another child in the ditch. oh, my god. >> reporter: four dead, 11 injured. couch pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced

for "good morning america," reena ninan, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to reena for that. and finally, a year end look at what we googlededn 2015. one blog crunched the data and fascinated people in each state this year. notably in iowa, people searched for the bachelorette. more than people in any ototr statat in west virginia people were especially interested in the movie "magic mike xxl," and more than anywhererelse, people in georgigiwanted to know about that whip dance and finally more in wisconsin searched what does bae mean. i ve to admit i had tosk when my my child said she's my bae. do you guyss know what it is? >> only from m mgirls but means a lot of different things. >> before anything else is what i was told by my -- >> what did you think? >> it's going to be used in a lot of different ways. >> not just about like your -- hey, you're my b b. isn't it also like best friend or is it -- >> i just find this whole conversation fascinating.

he's in west virginia right w. >> hey, i got to say thank you to west virginia. i'll be there soon. now here's a look at what's ahead on the "gma morning menu," actress kelly rutherford is getting -- got a devastating ruling in the custody batate for what's next for the star. coach suspended for praying on the field. now he's going on the offense taking on the school district. plus we've got your ultimate how you can get cashmere sweaters without paying top dollar. all that is coming up live on "gma" here in times square. me and the elves are hanging out. when it's your job to protecec the world's grgrtest nation, it's your responsibility to solve the world's greatest challenges. this is why we search for the best and brightest. why we train for every eventualit on land and water, in the air, space and even cyberspace.

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and knowing right when my packages arrive. so that's two things. introducing real time delivery notifications. sign up at myusps.com welcome back to "gma." right now we're going to get the latest on that devastating defeat for kelly rutherford i that bitter custody battle. a judge ruled she can only visit her kids in monaco or france. but rutherford is not done fighting. >> lots of lot, kelly. >> tnk you. >> reporter: kelly rutherford has been banned from bringing her kids home to the united states. it's a crushing blow in her highly publicized six-year globe-spanning custody battle for her two children with ex-husband daniel

children in monaco and france since 2012. according to court documents, a that the, quote, habituall residence of the minor children is fixed at the residence of giersch while rutherford can visit her children exclusively in france and monaco. >> no words at this moment. >> reporter: in august a new york judge ruled the children be return eded to her father after rutherford disobeyed a monaco court order to send them back to europe as part of a custody agreement. we spoke to her just days after. >> this was the first five weeks i've had with my kids straight in six years. >> reporter: rutherford and her lawyer maintained that the children were only supposed to live in europe temporarily while their father worked to acquire a current visa. >> for three years he did nothing. heiolated his agreement. no american court seems to give a damn. >> rutherford and her attorneys say courts in both california and new york where she lived with the children have relinquished jurisdiction to courts in monaco, an dan abrams is back right now.

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

to the united states, she announced that she wasn't going to send them back. why? because she said, look, if the new york court doesn't have jurisdiction and the california court doesn't have jurisdiction, i'm going to keep the kids here. a new york court immediately hauled her into cot and showed up with the kids nearby and she sent the kids back. this is the whole claim she kidnapped the e ds. she made an announcement that she was reluctant to send the kids back. a court says send the kids back. she sends the kids back and now it seems they may never be able to come back until they are adults. >> and the childrere are so much older now. they know what's going on. >> absolutely and thin in cases like this. >> thanks, dan. another big story we've been court. that high school footbalalcoach suspended for praying on the field after games. he's going on the offense filing a discrimination complaint speaking out this morning. juju chang is here with that. good morning, juju. >> reporter: good morning,

you know, it's the case of the praying football coach who would take a knee in silent prayer after games now sparking a passionate debate between those who say he repeatedly defied school policy and those who believe, as he does, that it's a violation of his constitutional rights, both freedom of speech and freedom of religion. this morning, a postgame ritual -- >> amen. >> amen. >> amen! >> reporter: turning into a legal battle. kennedy filing a complaint against bremerton school discrimination after he was suspended for leading players in prayer. >> i had to hide and no one could see me and it's just not right. >> reporter: the tradition startingn 2008. >> it started ouwith just three guys and it just started growing from there. >> reporter: but the prayers coming under fire in october. the district telling kennedy he had to stop saying, talks with students may not include religious expression, including prayer. and that to do so would violate

>> it's just giving thanks. >> reporter: refusing to give up the meetings on the 50 yard line claiming he had evevy right to actice his faith andndever rereired his athletes to pray. >> when he decided that that was -- enough was enough he's got to stand up somewhere, they said, well, then now you're suspended. that's prerey ridiculous. >> reporter: now kennedy is out of a job. his lawyer, mike berry from the liberty institute, filing a complaint with the equal employment opportunity commission saying the district violated his religious rights but the school district telling abc news overnight it received no official notification of any complaint. now, the school does say even when they do receive the coach's complaint they can't comment on discrimination cases, but an eeoc complaint is reportedly seen as a last step on the way to a full-blown lawsuit against the school. >> and, again, you pointed out in the piece and there's a good point here, he didn't forcrcthe players to pray but there is this thought, okay, the coach does something, you're going to fall into line but he didn't force them. he didn't force them to do it. >> well, look, he's allowed to pray, right.

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

dollars. so, if you give the budget item will anyone know what you really paid for it? cashmere, yum. one of the top gifts of this holiday season and the sales, wow. $79 at bloomingdale's. 59 at macy's and $49 at uniqlo but despite the lower prices, it's increasingly confusing to buy.y. whwh well, this cashmere turtleneck cost $69. this nearly identical one, $640. and this, again, white cashmere turtleneck, $1230. what? is it that much better? to help me unravel this mystery, i head to the fashion institute of technology. >> well, cashmhme is a type of wool that comes from a very specific goat called the cashmere goat found in mongolia and northern china. >> reporter: prices for raw cashmere have gone down 12% this yeye alone, but textile e manufacturers papamore for grade "a" cashmere.

from $50 a pound down to $40 a pound. >> reporter: so, here's a tip. even though the label readad100% shmere, it will never tell you the grade, and that's where buying on description is tricky. tip two, feel before you buy. and tip three, shawn says more weight usualal means higher quality, yet another reason to feel it, so a little test. we had a producer go out and buy three different sweaters at three different price points. neher you nor i know which sweater is which, so we're going to play a little guessing game, okay. this one is definitely scratchier. >> this garment feels the heaviest out of all of the garments. >> i honestly can't tell the difference between these two. >> reporter: in the end we both get it wrong. shawn's not surprised. he says you pay for brand and design. so there are plenty of budget cashmere options that will still feel like a luxury g gt. okay, with the big reveal here, we have those same three

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

>> have you had to cut the >> no, and i have a really expensive one i bought on the and tear. >> i found holes in my expensive ones too so that's good to know. and this loooo beautiful and feels s eat. this is a tough one. more in value than this? all right, becky. what do you think, ginger? knowledge, of your cashmere i don't think i'd do as well. we have to say hello to sue and jim and we have to check off part of their bucket list. we did it, sue and jim. welcome to "gma." and if you're anyone heading to the pacific northwest, you know you've been hit with storm after storm. the southern -- just north of medford is where that was from. look at all those warnings and advisories in place. well, hello. with this rain and snow coming in, you could see up to 9 inches of rain, snow, up to three feet in some of the higher elevations. plan on a windy wednesday across the region! if it's trash day in

bins blown over as gusts may hit 40mph at times. while a sprinkle or two may occur with this passing warm front, we won't really see much out of this from a rain standpoint. we'll see a gradual downturn in temperature, and we should be down around 35 by 6pm. plan on dry conditions through sunday, but our temperatures will be undergoing a rollercoaster ride. our coolest day will be friday >> oh, what a crowd out here. lara, let's get some "pop." >> thank you, ginger. it is time for "pop news" and big news this morning if you are a fan of a great movie "the first wives club." deadline.com is reporting that the stars of that amazing awesome cult classic, goldie hawn, bette midler and diane keaton are back. they'll team up for a new netflix feature. it's called "diva nation," which alone sounds perfect.

>> in it the ladies will star as members of a once famous singing group forced to reunite 30 years after a very contentious breakup. hilarity ensues, i pdict. it h h been 20 years sincecehese three e de "the first wives club." no word on a release date for "diva nation," but netflix is very serious about feature films. they've also got one in the works reteam inging robert redford and jane fonda. >> ooh. >> those ladies, i have to say, they ruled my childhood. i looked up to them in every way and i just love seeing them together still and going strong. >> i'll be watching. >> i agree. >> yeah. >> i agree. >> that ending, that ending was so great. >> yeah. >> they come down the street. >> yes, yes. >> owned it. >> also in "pop news" this morning, if you're a fan of white pants suits, p pcorn and large glasses of red wine, we have the perfect setting for you to live out your olivia pope dreams. kerry washington's l.a. home is on the market for $2.6 million. there it is. nothing scandalous about this elegant french c cntry style

four-bedroom main house, a separate guest house, pool and views of the hollywood sign. kerry bought it pre-pope in 2010 just before "scandal" went into production. not surprisingly already there is an accepted offer b b the reretor says, please, we are still acceceing backups. legit. i read the article. i burst out laughing. of course, you are. so, i thought that was fun. kerry, you have magnificent taste. >> she thanks you for that. >> i know. i know. ckup offers galore. a thrilling announcement this morning for music fans about the king of pop. we can reveal that michael jackson has just made history once again posthumously. his album "thriller" has gone platinum 30 times now. that is a record. it has never been accomplished before. when it came out in 1982 it went to number one in nearly every country in the world. grammys, and it has not slowed down since, 100 million albubu sold and counting.

has ensured michael remains the biggest selling artist of all time. go, robin. >> i had that album. >> i still havavit. >> how can you not move when you hear the beat? how can you not move? >> just a jiggle. >> i see the shoulders. >> "beat it. >> i got it. >> thank you. >and finally, everybody, while we're here jamming out to michael jackson we wanted to show you a dog who could drop it like it's hot. check it out. >> check out this guy's rhythm. just a good vibration that's real. a sensation no talking. just grooving this morning, george. >> that's great. >> that's some good vibration. >> tongue wagging like that. >> real hip action. >> doing his thing. that's "pop news," everybody. >> that was fun. ananyou're going toe b bk with will ferrell in our next half hour. that's right. >> and we're trying out one of the year's hottest trends, coloring books for adults.

coloring books for adults. >> i like adult coloring books. >> no, coloring books for adults. someone tweeted me and said i should say it that way. could they be the e rfect way to

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okay, okay, we've shown you ugly sweaters before. >> holy smokes. >> you've seen robin light up the room literally. anan even a mistletoe drone but tomorrow on "gma," just how ugly will things get? the ugly sweaters contest is on tomomoow on "good morning america." >> i know you're ready for this tomorrow. >> no telling what you're going to do tomorrow. >> tomorrow is the big day. wait till you see it. >> uh-huh. oh, achoo. i don't know if i can be here tomorrow. >> oh, no. >> i have a little bit of a cold. >> get a good night's rest. also take a look at our audience right now, hard at work. their colored pencils turning out books for coloring books for adults. one of the hottest trends of 2015, and there's some science behind this.

relax, and i love it because i went up to some of them, and they hadn't done it before and they're just mesmerized. you just don't realize. >> i'm mesmerized just watching them color. you can see the effects. >> there is a little science behind i i >> progrmingngote for you. a branannew edition of mean tweets premieres tonight on "jimmy kimmel live." it's a lot of laughs, of course, at 11:35 p.m. eastern right here on abc. >> oh, boy. >> my fafarite. >> they are pretty funny. >> i remember when you did it. >> that was fun. >> we all have that. >> trump is going to read a couple. >> he's the whole hour, isn't he? no! >> let's go inside to lara. >> thank you, guys. i'm so happy to be here with our friend will ferrell who is facing off with mark wahlberg in a funny new movie called "daddy's home." will is the ultimate nice guy stepdad just trying so hard to be just perfect for his kids and mark and his rebellious dusty character rolls back into town, the perfect dad. take a look.

good night my little -- >> i almost forgot my famous good night back scratches. oh, so relaxing. so relaxing. good night, sweetie bear. >> hey, who wantnt20 bucks. >> me! >> what? >> this is wrong on so many levels. >> yeah, it is. dusty is a horrible person. yeah. >> it's the ultimate one-upsmanship. >> ye, i mean that's kind of where the e n ensues with the movie. you know, i play the stepdad to mark's kids, and i'm the world's greatest dad, and he comes back into the picture, and i think and, you know, to show that i'm not threatened by his presence and he, of course -- >> very modern concept. >> very modern concept. >> blended family. perfect, right? >> it's a horrible decision. horrible. absolutely horrible. >> on so many levels. and it actually gets quite physical. >> yeah, there's -- i'm stuck in drywall at some point.

mark. >> that was nice of him to bring >> that was nice. that was nice. physical set pieces in the movie. i it, it didn't surprise me to read that there was a thought character. way. >> i could have -- i could have played the dusty role, but i intimidated. >> right. >> and because he has self-image, you know, his ego is very -- >> fragile. >> -- very fragile, so i thought i'd take the more conservavave role. >> all right. yeah, just let him shine. you're just a giver. >> you know. >> thank you because you threatened me and said you will only answer in one-word answers. you're just emoting. >> oh, my god. yes, yes, absolutely. >> i can't thank you enough. you and mark worked together before. wass this just a silly fun reunion? >> yeah, we worked five years ago. we did a film called "the other

and really hit it off well. and it was just a matter of time before we teamed up -- >> keeping your eyes out for something to do. >> exactly, and, you know, mark is -- while he does a lot of drama, he's so gifted as a comedian and we approach things the same way. we like to play it straight and no matter how heightened the circumstances are and let the comedy kind of come through that way. >> let it happen and a different approach is billy eichner, "billy on the treat." >> "billy on the street," yes. >> you recently threw on your onesie, obviously and hit the streets with him to torture new @ yorkers with christmas trivia. >> and shohoon a 98-degree day in the middle of july, so that little onesie i'm wearing is just filled with sweat. >> oh. >> yeah. >> wow. >> yeah. >> but, yeah, we ran through the streets of new york shocking people, which if you've ever seen his show, that's kind of his whole m.o. with these crazy

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

mom, you went there, right? >> i wonder which drink she had. we actually have a copy of the drivenlgs menu. >> do you remember what drink you had, mom? >> i think it was a peppermint pomegranate. >> was it called the smelly pirate hookerer >> oh, no. >> no, okay. >> well -- >> i know that's one of the drinks. >> i really like the son of a nutcracker, which is the fireball, rum chata, nutella and eggnog. >> we're going streaking. >> "old school" reference obviously. >> help me, tom cruise. did we just become best friends? >> oh, there's mom. mom, do you remember which movie you drank from, which themed movie? >> i don't remember. >> well, that's probably because it was a good drink. well, mom must be very proud, i'm glad you guys are having a little time together. >> yeah, it's been very nice. >> will you be heading to the lower east side? >> we're going there right after this, yeah. >> it's 5:00 somewhere. >> i think they're open. >> hey, listen, congrats on

>> i sure will. >> i'm hanging out. going to do some coloring. >> all right. oh, th robin's adult coloring book. >> of cocose. >> yeah, y yh. everybody, meaeaime, please put this on your list. "daddy's home" is so funny, and it opens on christmas day. we're going to head back outside to ginger and friends. >> and we love having will ferrell here. we are so glad thahahe's with us this morning, and we're celebrating "elf" that movie ho. we can play it. you can see will wearing an outfit like these few very handsome men tonight when "elf" airs on abc family at 6:00, 5:00 central as part of its 25 days of christmas holiday movie festival. let's check the weather real quick. georgia, it's been warm but look at this picture, strawberries ripening. yes, it's a little off, but some back to reality coming this weekend. back to the southwest, they've already been seeing december-like weather. ooh, it's been chilly. frost advisories down to the

the region! if it's trash day in yoyr area, watch for bins blown over as gusts may hit 40mph at times. while a sprinkle or two may occur with this passing warm front, we won't really see much out of this from a rain standpoint. we'll see a gradual downturn in >> all that weather brought to you by progressive. amy. >> all right, ginger, thanks so much. well, "star warsthe force awakens" has been praised for some of its casting decisions including its strong female lead, but there is also a powerful woman on the dark side, and juju chang sat down with gwendoline christie. >> reporter: in "game of thrones" she's the fierce woman warrior, brienne of tarth. but in "star wars: the force awakens," gwendoline christie is captain phasma, a rare female villain in the evil empire. >> what's it like channeling your dark side?

investigate a totally different psychological format. >> i know that the character captain phasmamaas originally a male. >> i found this out recently, yes. and i'm particularly enthusiastic that there is a female character like captain phasma who we relate to as a character primimily rather than the way that she looks. >> let's talk about brienne. for a moment, the idea that little girls can see a female knight in shihing armor really says something. >> i think it's time and it's great to see them in stories that we can all watch. >> reporter: she fell in love with "star wars" as a kid,d,ut it's the 6'3" grown woman who actively campaigned for the role. there's a lot of speculation, like, oh, she wears her marv the whole time. we barely get to see her face. >> i can tell you that captain phasma is the captain of the stormtroopers.s. she is a member of the first order and part of the dark side.

>> it's frightening, isn't it? you're just going to have to watch the film, and i'm going to say, it's worth the wait. >> that's what we call a tease in this business. >> have i just teased you, juju? >> i belelve you have. i believe you have. >> reporter: for "good morning america," juju chang, abc news, new york. >> worth the wait, indeed. "star wars: the force awakens" hits theaters friday. and coming up next here on "gma," why coloring books for

that's next. i have to say i am extremely impressed. we have some budding artists out here. all of these people are taking part in one of the top trends of 2015, coloring for grown-ups. cocoring books for adultltflying off the shelves by the millions this holiday season as more and more people rediscover the joy of colorina as you see inside the lines. take a look. at first glance you see a group of women meeting for drinks and laughs. a typical after-work gathering but they a an't just meeting for fellowship, they came to color. >> hi, everybody. welcome to the moms in business coloring party. >> reporter: katherine mchenry owns a chicago toy store and hosts a weekly byob party

the main attraction, an unlikely adult treasure, coloring books. customers of mine w w come in the store, i would tell them about the really rewarding, positive experience i was getting through coloring, and slowly one by one they were buying it. >> reporter: now, these coloring books are different and more complex than the traditional are similar. >> i mean we all colored when we were little. it's relaxinin >> reporter: the popularity is staggering. amazon.com sells more than 5,000 different types from stress management to nature, even "harry potter." among the most popular, "secret garden," which has sold more than 6 million copies worldwide. >> 911, what's your emergency? >> r rorter: at the sacramamto police department, the emergency dispatchers feel the pressure from start to finish. >> it gets pretty hectic. >> it can go from just being absolutely quiet to being mass chaos in seconds. >> reporter: they spend the day supporting others, but their

>> it definitely calms me down and it gives me something else to focus on. >> reporter: and this holiday season you may forgo the tablet for some good old-fashioned pencil and paper. >> it's something unexpected. it's something new, and i think it's a great gift. >> oh, my gosh. over here? over here, over here, over here. will ferrell has got a coloring party y ing on here, and loooo who's coloring with us, will. and he knows he's going to keep it clean because his mom kay is here. also psychiatrist dr. janet taylor, and the reason that we're doing this -- you see how quiet they got. i've never seen them so quiet. >> they're focused. >> there is something behind it. what is it? >> it's the activity. when you bring your attention to something it not only simulates the mind and the brain lights up but it can also induce a relax response, hence, the quietness and the focus which is what we need in this busy world. it's the focus. >> can you keep it down? >> was he always l le this as a kid? was he always like this as a child? >> but the point is, you know, when you're stressed you can

mindfully and sometimes quietl helps. >> and thereres something scientifif about it, too. there's a part of our brain that is really stimulated by this. >> it is and that part is right here. the hypothalamus adrenal access which is a long word butut basically that's where stress enters the brain and that's what can induce a relaxation response. it's intentional and shows that we have control over our actions and behaviororand intentionally we know when we need a breakaknd coloring, repetitive activities are a great way to do that. >> even if it's competitive coloring with six people? >> the key is not competition. >> it's being there. >> in the moment. >> it's not about mastering the skill. when you knit or garden or something like that -- >> it't'not about performance, it's about process. >> yeah, amy. >> andndringing your attention -- >> wait a minute. >> for all you competitive people down there. >> but i mean you guys are really into this? >> yes. >> i love it. i love it. >> i would do this.

to try to do during labor? would that work? >> that would work it out, but is this something that you would say, hey, why not? give it a shot. >> i mean, you know, people say is it therapy? but it's therapeutic and, again, it's about knowing what you need to do and finding those activities, whether it's going for a walk, it's mindful breathing, it's drumming. it helps, and it has a specific aspect of the brain that it correlates too. >> okay, would you like -- pencils down. would you lili to show your work to america? would you like to show -- >> not really. i didn't really get that far. >> can i show george's? >> go ahead, show. >> i'm not sure, janet, if you can give us an analysis. >> what are you saying, dodoor? >> i only give analysis when i'm getting paidor it, so, no, i can't do that. but it's wonderful, george. very creative. >> nowowt the end, amy. >> i have some flowers. >> that's nice. >> i stuck with the one line. >> now, is there something about if you go outside the lines? >> i stayed inside the lines. >> it's about you just enjoying

[ laughter ] >> and relaxing. >> i'm just joking. that's a joke. that's a joke. that's a joke. >> not relaxed at all. >> no. >> all right. >> your mom is really focused in. thank you, will. thank you, everyone.

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>> well, you knowhat, there's always something going on in vegas. you talk about the venetian ultimate -- that's a killer event. new year's eve there in las vegas is insane. there's so much to do. there's shopping, eating, there's every restaurant you can possibly think of. great shopping, and then the tenth anniversary of vegas uncorked is coming up, which is going to be a huge celebration, i promise you that. >> and that's this spring. >> that's the spring. >> before we get there, we have to get through the holidays. >> this year when you think eve for me, i think about like really amazing food, particularly these like little petite filet mignons. let's get started. >> let's do it. >> so, in a a saucepan, what we'll do is start and make the red wine sauce, shallots and garlic and a little bit of herbs. i'm using fresh rosemary. once this sort of cooks, we'll just add some red wine and let it reduce. it's going to evaporate and concentrate in flavor and that's

see, once we have the aporation -- >> it's almost chutney-like. >> now we'll adjust a little bit. this is a reduced beef stock, demi-glace is another name for it, our filets. got to season them. >> one of my favorite steaks i've ever had in vegas. >> salt, pepper, then you got to have a little bit of my essence. i said this the other day. >>ssence. >> i sd this the other day to you, essence, what? maybe -- >> now i know. >> m mbe that was the babyby that was the baby. the baby's got a lot to learn. >> pan sauteing that and basically, ginger, for me, 125 degrees internal temperature is a good medium rare. okay, so that's basically what we have right here medium rare then what we'll do. we take a slice of the maitre d' hotel butter on top. that red wine sauce that we reduced right on top of that.

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>> he is. really nice. >> check out a special on the a&e network "who is donald trump?" >> that's coming up tonight. and, you know, if we get unruly, just give us a cololing book. calms us right down. thanks for watching. have a great wednesday, everybody. thanks for watching. have a great wednesday, everybody.terrorism and trump. republican presidential candidates focused on those topics in the last debate of the year. most of the questions focused

to fight isis. donald trump defended his position - banning all muslim visitors and immigrants to the u-s. jeb bush criticized the idea and trump's viability as a candidite. ted cruz and marco rubio o so got into a tougugback and forth. the democratic presidential frontrunner is back in eastern iowa today. hillary clinton will be talking to voters in iowa city at 2-45 this afternoon. that will be at old brick church. then she will go to mason city for another town hall. clinton plans to be there at 5:456 with rivers rising in eastern iowa, cedar rapids has closed a couple of roads. that includes otis road along the river, between the cargill plant to prairie creek fishery. creek flooding also closed j street southwest at prairie creek. the cedar river will continue to r re through the week. and nowowere's your first alert forecast. plan on a windy wednesday across the region! if it's trash day in your area, watch for bins blown over as gusts may hit

while a sprinkle or two may occur with this passing warm front, we won't really see much out of this from a rain standpoint. we'll see a gradual downturn in temperature, d we should be down around 35 by 6pm. plan on dry conditions through h nday, but our temperatures will be undergoing a rollercoaster ride. our coolest day will be friday with upper 20s common, with highs bouncing