meghan markle and prince harry kept things under wraps fo good morning, america. the big chill. heavy snow moving in. icy roads sparking this deadly accident. now winter weather alerts spreading from the rockies to the northeast as a new storm is on the way, while bitter cold sweeps the country. temperatures plunging by 30 degrees. breaking news in the russia investigation. president trump's team unveils a new argument saying he cannot be guilty of obstruction of justice. as the special counsel closes in on his inner circle, and a new message from billy bush, what he's saying about the president, his accusers and that infamous "access hollywood" tape. >> hi. an abc news exclusive. study abroad nightmare. two american students allegedly assaulted by italian police while study in florence. now one of them telling her story. >> i was terrified. i mean, he had a gun.

>> what she says happened that night when they offered to drive her home. ♪ dancing in the moonlight and swept up by the super moon. the only full one of 2017 enchanting millions overnight soaring over the uk spotted near that erupting bali volcano, and the amazing footage here at home. when to see the next one if you missed it. ♪ dancing in the moonlight good morning, america. that song will put you in a good mood this monday morning, and how about that supermoon last night? so gorgeous. >> well, couldn't really see it here in new york city because of all the fog we had but in buffalo, here's what it looked like. that's a statue of liberty replica, okay. it's not just a super moon. it's also known as a full cold moon because, of course, it appeared in december. >> just had to say the word

cold. well, speaking of cold we want to start with that blast of bitter cold that's moving across the country. it's dropping temperatures as much as 20 to 30 degrees in some places and it's the beginning of a good one-two winter punch that could bring blizzard conditions and ginger has been tracking it, and is going to tell us when and where it could all hit. good morning, ginger. >> high, good morning to you michael. already started in the pacific northwest up to 18 inches of snow. this is snoqualmie pass, washington. they've been getting hit hard this winter but look where it's going to move. blizzard warnings in both south and north dakota, parts of minnesota and those high wind warnings up through wisconsin. that's for up to 55-mile-per-hour gusts. you take that, you add this arctic air. it is going to feel with wind chills by tomorrow morning, like zero in bismarck, 4 in minneapolis, and watch as it pushes east. chicago only feels like 13. by thursday morning and it will get here to the northeast and be chilling out as we head friday into saturday. chill out doesn't sound as good. when you say it like that, but i'll have much more on where it

goes, and how long the bitter cold sticks around. >> seems like you're fighting a little bit of a cold yourself. >> i woke up like this. >> you woke up like this. all right, ginger, thank you. she will, of course, track the system all morning long for us. we're going to turn now to the russia investigation and new questions this morning about what former national security adviser, michael flynn's, plea deal with the special counsel will mean for president trump. the president attacking the fbi on twitter over the weekend, our senior justice correspondent pierre thomas has more and joins us from washington. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: robin, good morning. flynn's guilty plea and pledge to cooperate with the special counsel is creating intense drama here in washington with many wondering what he's going to say and who if anyone he might implicate. the president this weekend took aim at the fbi calling its reputation in tatters setting the stage for potentially more confrontation as this case unfolds. >> lock him up. lock him up. >> reporter: the critical question, will the stunning guilty plea of former

national security adviser and now-convicted felon michael flynn reach further into the white house? >> what we're going to see is the putting together of obstruction of justice. >> reporter: even some republicans say flynn's admitting to lying with contacts with russia in an agreement to cooperate with prosecutors means the story is far from over. >> flynn lied and they destroyed his life. i think it's a shame. >> reporter: but even the republicans saying flynn is admitting to lying about russia, and he is committing to cooperate so it won't be long before this is over. >> it won't be long before we understand one way or the other whether the trump people colluded with russia. i can't imagine it happening and flynn not know about it. >> reporter: president trump defiant that in his campaign, he did not work with the frem lykrn the election. >> there's been absolutely no collusion so we're very happy. >> reporter: this tweet from saturday is setting off a firestorm of speculation. quote, i had to fire general flynn because he lied to the vice president and the fbi. the president's critics saying

he was admitting that he knew flynn had lied to the fbi before he allegedly asked the then fbi director james comey to go easy on flynn. but president trump's attorney john dowd said he wrote the tweet and that it was not meant to convey president trump knew that flynn lied to the fbi. the president later tweeting, i never asked comey to stop investigating flynn. flynn now faces hours of additional fbi questioning in the coming months, subject to lie detector tests along the way to prove he's telling the truth, robin. >> and over the weekend, there was a bit of back and forth between comey and trump. >> reporter: yeah. it got heated. president trump called comey a liar over the weekend in a tweet and comey pushed back praising the fbi's professionalism and using social media to, quote, scripture, basically saying that justice is coming, and that the truth will be revealed. >> all right, pierre. thank you. >> more on this from our chief white house correspondent jon karl, our chief legal analyst dan abrams as well and jon, let me begin with you. as we saw in the piece, dianne

feinstein and others seeing mueller may be building the building blocks sparking a new argument from president trump's legal team. >> yeah. this is quite an argument. it comes from the president's top personal lawyer, john dowd. he says basically the president cannot be guilty of obstruction of justice. here's the quote first in axios, the president cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under article two and has every right to express his view of any case. now, george, there has been a long-standing legal debate over whether or not a sitting president can be indicted but, remember, in the impeachment articles drafted for president nixon and in the impeachment article that was passed against president clinton, both had obstruction of justice as an essential charge. >> this is why it raises so many eyebrows, dan. >> there is an argument to be made that if the only allegation with regard to obstruction is firing comey, that's not enough. meaning that it's the president's authority to fire someone who works for him in

essence, and as a result, you can't charge him with obstruction just because of that but i think if there is an obstruction case here to be made it's going to be a puzzle and that comey firing is just going to be one piece of it and i think the most important thing, of course, to remember what jonathan points out, which is a sitting be the may not be indicted -- there is -- very serious argument, a sitting president can't be indicted. >> coming in wake of the flynn plea deal friday and another argument from the trump's legal team over the weekend, jay sekulow saying collusion also wouldn't be a crime so certainly seems like they're concerned about things coming. >> we all agree collusion is not a crime. right? it's a question of is there a conspiracy to commit a crime? just semantics. people talking about collusion, this is an investigation into russia's interference in the united states election in 2016. and the question is, did anyone involved with the trump team conspire to commit a crime or commit a crime in connection with that. >> or then cover it up. >> right, or cover it up. to say collusion is not a crime and obstruction is not a crime

these seem to be somewhat tangential. did. >> jon, in the meantime, we're also hearing from billy bush, op-ed in "the new york times" over the weekend talking about that "access hollywood" tape saying, of course, it was president trump. >> reporter: yeah, he is saying two things, first of all, this is an accurate and legitimate tape, that is the president, that is what he said but he's also saying that at the time he thought the president was simply putting what he called a stand-up act, but now based on what he has seen in terms of the accusations that many women have made against the president of sexual misconduct, that he believes those women. >> okay, jon karl, dan abrams, thanks very much. >> all right, george. meanwhile, president trump is one step closer to a big victory. he and his fellow republicans are celebrating the senate passing that sweeping tax reform bill. now it goes to the house and the stakes, of course, are very high here. let's go to our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce on capitol hill. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning,

robin. that late-night vote was a big victory for the senate, but this isn't over yet. democrats this morning are still fuming over the way this vote went down. they say it was rushed through. that there were illegible scribbles in the margin of the bill, and they didn't even have time to read it. this represents the biggest change to the nation's tax code in 30 years and includes some big tax cuts, but analysts say most of the long-term benefits will go to the wealthy and now republicans have to work out the significant differences between the house and the senate versions like how soon to cut the corporate tax rate, whether or not to include a repeal of the obamacare individual mandate and differences over breaks for small businesses, and there are still big questions about how they'll pay for all of this. the senate version of the bill is projected to add $1 trillion to the debt. now, republicans insist this bill will pay for itself through economic growth, but economists overwhelmingly disagree saying the deficit is likely to take a big hit. >> there is a lot of disagreement there and in the midst of it republicans have to find a way to fund the government by friday or there's a government shutdown. what are the chances of that?

>> reporter: republicans seem to be confident that that is not going to happen. mitch mcconnell says point blank there will not be a shutdown. now, nothing is set in stone here. never is, but with republicans it does seem likely they'll pass a short-term spending bill giving them more time to fight over hot button issues like immigration and children's health insurance and, of course, giving them more time to hash out tax reform and republicans i've talked with are confident they can get this tax reform bill to the president's desk by christmas. >> all right, mary. thank you. robin, thank you. with that tax bill being passed over the weekend, everyone is wondering, if that tax bill becomes law, how will it affect your bottom line? abc's rebecca jarvis is here to break it down for us. good morning, rebecca. >> good morning, michael. this depends on how much money you make and how you pay those taxes. these changes would take effect january 1st, 2018. you'll see the difference pretty quickly, about a year from march or april, one of the biggest impacts for middle class americans is the senate plan increases the standard deduction

from $6,350 to $12,000 for individuals and from $12,700 to $24,000 for couples. which means if you're someone who takes that standard deduction and more than two-thirds of americans do, you will likely see some tax savings. plus, if you are a parent, the bill expands the child tax credit from $1,000 to $2,000, michael. >> let's break it down in real numbers. what kind of savings are we really talking about? >> the real numbers are what is so key. let's say you make $40,000 a year. the majority of people in your tax bracket will see some sort of tax cut, on average about $330 in 2019, but about 5% of those people will see their taxes rise. now if you make $55,775, that is the medium household income in the united states right now. again, the majority in your bracket will get a cut on

average $812 in 2019, but in this group, 11% will see their taxes recognize, and lower and middle income americans could also see their taxes rise over the long-term because according to the cbo, many of these most generous tax cuts like the increased standard deduction and double standard deductichild de, those expire, michael, in 2025. >> you mentioned actually some will see their taxes go up. >> that's right. >> who are those people? >> so those who itemize, about a third of americans do, they could see their tax bills increase, for example, those who are deducting major medical expenses not covered by insurance, people in high tax states like california, new york and connecticut and finally, michael, people who could pay more are those who get larger benefits because of their children. so if you don't have children, you actually don't benefit as much from this new tax plan. >> rebecca, thank you. a lot to break down. >> yes. >> it is. let's break down the political fallout with matthew dowd, meghan mccain, let me begin with you.

right now the bill is pretty unpopular, but republicans calculated they just could not afford to go home without a big win this year. >> yeah, this is a -- a big legislative win, the most significant one for the trump administration thus far, and this is something to take home to your constituents. i came on the show saying i think it will be a hard pass. i don't see how we can do this especially after the failure of the obamacare repeal and replacement. but we do have something to run on. i think democrats will turn this into an impeachment election and now going home we can say, look, we ended up passing something. >> democrats, though, matt dowd, said they want to run on the tax bill as well saying it's going to be a giveaway to the wealthy. many in the middle class will get a tax increase. >> well, yeah, when you look at this tax bill, 70% of the benefits of this tax bill go to the very wealthy, the top 1% or 2% of the country like an alternative version of dickens' "a christmas carol" where scrooge doesn't listen to jacob marley and the three ghosts of the christmas past and proceeds

op his way. this may be a legislative victory but it's not a political victory. it's an unpopular bill, most unpopular tax bill ever passed. pushed by an unpopular president. passed by an unpopular congress. it is a great benefit for the democrats to run on this in 2018. >> meantime, matt, seeing the president tweeting this morning his most explicit endorsement yet for roy moore, the alabama senate candidate who is up for election next tuesday. >> this is an amazing situation, george, where, one, you had the mitch mcconnell this weekend basically say it's up to alabama after he said he shouldn't serve. now the president a full on endorsement of a man accused of being a child predator in the state of alabama. this is a situation where the republicans may win this seat. it's still very competitive. but they may win this seat but they will lose the war in the long run because in the party and in the country today this is going to brand them as a party that is not in the benefit of women in this country. >> yeah, meghan, when i was talking to mitch mcconnell on "this week" he backed away saying it's up to the voters of alabama to decide and would not commit to ordering an investigation. this could be a long-term problem. >> oh, this is -- no matter win

or lose -- and i believe that roy moore is going to win. it's going to be a lose/lose situation for republicans. what fascinates me all the polling coming out showing that a large majority of alabama republican voters don't believe the media's take on roy moore. which i think goes to show just about, you know, the complete and total lack of trust of the media, and the coverage of this, and i have been trying to explain it, and it's not even about roy moore anymore. it's about people judging alabamans and i think going forward i have personal friends living in birmingham talked to over the weekend struggling with this saying i've never not voted in this election. what am i supposed to do? >> do they believe the women? >> the woman, my friend, does but still, can't somehow bring herself to vote for someone who is pro-choice. >> meghan mccain and matthew dowd, thanks very much. george, now to what could be the biggest health insurance deal in history. cvs, the massive drugstore chain, has agreed to buy health insurance titan, aetna. for $69 billion. abc's adrienne bankert is here with details. good morning, adrienne. >> reporter: good morning to you, too, robin. this could be one of the greatest game changers in the

industry in the midst of major transition. cvs is looking to stay ahead of that game with its 10,000 locations nigationwide. they say they're trying to position themselves as a one-stop shop not only for those who need to pick up a prescription but need to see a doctor. this is coming at a time where we're seeing a rise in urgent care clinics as well as e-medicine, and as you mentioned, that $69 billion merger the leadership is saying it's a way to stay competitive. cvs' ceo is saying they hope to remake the health care customer experience less expensive and easier for people. but just think. you're already coming to these stores already for quick, convenience items, grocery store items, maybe a greeting card, a roll of paper towels. now you might be able to see a doctor, as well. >> not everybody thinks it's a good deal for the customer. >> reporter: that's right. in fact, it could limit the customer if you're forced to go only to those cvs locations. it could be less convenient, and some critics are saying it could raise health insurance premiums

as well as drugstore costs but things could get interesting as we're hearing amazon might be jumping into the pharmacy business. we'll see. robin. >> amazon, all right. thanks so much, adrienne. >> where aren't they? >> that's true. they aren't in the supermoon business. >> that's right. >> and now we'll go to that supermoon that had everyone around the world looking up last night. it was the first and only full supermoon of 2017. this is from rhode island, and it shows it moving through the night sky, and here's what it looked like from space as it passed its closest distance to the earth this year. the moon looks 7% bigger and 16% brighter than normal. and if you missed it, don't worry, this meteorologist has you covered. he says if it's cloudy where you are, here's what the supermoon looks like, #tortilla. it's a tortilla. had me fooled too the first time i saw it and there are two more supermoons coming up in january on january the 2nd and also january the 31st. >> a couple more chances. >> yeah.

>> all right. vrge vrgets. let's go to ginger now. got more on the snow moving across the country. >> yes. we love paul douglas by the way. the snow being pulled in with the little rise in the motion. and watch this along the cold front. it will be storms and that's what's going to make its way to the east coast by early wednesday morning, just after midnight. looks like that will be thunderstorms but lake-effect snow possible for western new york. select cities now brought to you by jcpenney.

good morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. sunshine today but bone dry and breezy conditions. first frost a chance tonight, better chance tomorrow night. i'm kind of getting concerned. 59 at the coast to 60 in santa cruz. 60 to 63 for the rest coming up, that high school soccer coach now heading to court after he was caught on the run with a 17-year-old. what we're now learning about their relationship and the clues on snapchat. and our abc news exclusive. an american college student now telling her story about sexual assault by police in italy while she was studying abroad. the new interview only on "gma" this morning. ning. ♪ ♪

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york and thankfully she is home safe and sound, and he is appearing in court this morning. abc's linzie janis is here with those details. good morning, linzie. >> reporter: good morning, robin. that manhunt ending near syracuse, new york, when a state trooper recognized their car. now details are emerging about the couple's secret romance and there are questions about whether the school did enough to look into a report about inappropriate -- about an inappropriate relationship. this morning, 17-year-old caitlyn frisina is back home in florida, reunited with her family after going missing with a soccer coach from her high school. >> we are just thrilled to death to be together again. >> reporter: 27-year-old rian rodriguez now behind bars awaiting charges. as new details emerge about the lead-up to the pair's disappearance. according to a police affidavit friends of the teenager say she told them she hooked up with rodriguez, and that he wanted her to leave the country with him, but she didn't know how the

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>> reporter: rodriguez appears in a new york court later on this morning. he'll be given the option of waiving or challenging his extradition to florida. so far he faces a charge of interfering with custody of a minor. but the fbi is involved which means he could be facing federal charges as well. >> we'll see how it happens. thank you very much. callahan walsh of the national center for missing & exploited children, callahan joins us now. we're so -- first of all, thank you for joining us, callahan. we're so thankful that this 17-year-old, this girl, young woman was brought back home safely. what went right here? you cover this all the time. >> well, it's great that we got a safe recovery. the national center for missing & exploited children has worked for years to put in systems to help bring home kids safer and quicker than ever, but a great partnership with the media. you featured it on "gma" a couple of times and the public, they've been -- their interest has stayed up in the case and the great work by law enforcement agencies, that syracuse police officer spotting

that car and doing the right thing. going on that gut feeling. i think he said it was one of the best calls he's ever made and great we got a safe recovery. >> so a lot went right there, but also when you look at the school and it looked like that there was a rumor about a relationship, and they dismissed it. we know about the snapchat and so what do you make of all those kind of situations? >> well, it's really unfortunate it fell through the cracks. it looks like it was investigated initially, but there either wasn't enough information or the person withdrew their confession of what was going on. and it's really sad that the system let her down, but this is obviously something that had been happening for a period of time. he was able to manipulate and coerce this fir into leaving with him.

and planning on leaving the country. it looks like she was, in fact, afraid of figuring out how to get away from him. she didn't want to leave the country and it shows his level of what he was able to do and how far he was willing to take this case? >> what recommendations do you have for parents when it comes to their child and the coach relationship? >> if they're looking into getting their child into youth sports, we recommend looking for leagues that have background checks for all coaching staffs, having a code of conduct with specific guidelines and also having a great reporting mechanism as well in case something does happen that there's a way to report it but parents need to take this on themselves and go to practices and need to go to games and need to ask their children, talk to their kids about what type of relationships they're having with their coaches. >> again, we're glad for this safe return this time. all right, callahan, thank you very much. >> okay, thank you, robin. study abroad nightmare. student accusing the italian police of sexual assault is speaking out in an abc news exclusive. speaking out in an abc news exclusive.

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back now with our abc news exclusive. an american student who says she was sexually assaulted by italian police while studying abroad in florence. amy, this is a one of the accusers told me it all began when those officers offered to drive her and her friend home. >> reporter: with its world class art and gourmet food, it's no surprise

that florence, italy, has become the second most popular study abroad destination for college students from the united states. but for two 20-year-old american women who studied there this fall, a dream semester abroad turned into a nightmare after they say they were assaulted by a pair of italian policemen who escorted them home from a nightclub when they couldn't find a cab. >> it was supposed to be one of the best times of my life. >> reporter: this is one of the young women. at her request, she is in shadow and we're not naming her. her story begins on september 6th when she and a friend went out to dinner then to this club. >> there was about ten of us that went that night. >> drinking, dancing? >> yeah, drinking, not excessively, but we were drinking, yeah. >> any drugs? >> no, no drugs. no. >> the officers started to drive you home. do you think they could tell that you were intoxicated? >> they could definitely tell my friend was more intoxicated than i was. so that's when we started heading to the front door. >> and they followed you? >> yep. >> did you think that was strange? >> i didn't think it was that strange because my friend, she

was -- she couldn't really stand by herself. she needed assistance so the one officer was like, oh, we'll help you. we'll help you. we got to my elevator door and the elevator only fits about two people. >> she says her friend and officer costa took the elevator while she took the stairs followed by officer camuffo. it was on the third floor in front of her own door that she said officer camuffo started to assault her. >> he moved me over to the windowsill and then assaulted me there. and i was terrified. i mean, he had a gun. he is a trained military police officer. what do you do in that moment? >> did you keep saying no? did you cry? did you scream? >> i was crying. but i couldn't scream. there was nothing coming out of my mouth at that point. i was so scared. >> is there anything you can share about what he physically did to you? >> i mean before -- when i had

said no and he put me up against the wall and he started pulling at my clothes. he was taller than me, bigger than me. that's when i was like oh, my god. this is going to be the worst moment of my life. >> what was he saying to you? >> i didn't know what he was saying. he didn't speak any english. so that was even worse because -- i mean no is universal. >> reporter: the young woman's lawyer says officer costa's testimony at a pretrial hearing in november proves the encounter was not consensual. >> he says he -- i only saw camuffo, the other guy, that tried to lower the pants of the girl and she was -- with some resistance she said no, no. >> reporter: the case created an international media frenzy. this case has gotten a lot of attention in italy. are you surprised by the reaction? >> i'm more surprised that in the beginning no one believed that it even happened. people were like, oh, just a drunk american girl, she drank too much.

>> reporter: the focus on americans studying abroad in italy has grown since 2007 when amanda knox was accused of murdering her british roommate in prushia. she was tried, and then convicted, but then acquitted twice. a 2011 poll by loyola university in rome found 47% of american students thought about the knox case before deciding where to spend their semester abroad. the officers in florence have been suspended but claim any sex that night was consensual. what do you think will happen to those police officers? do you have trust in the judicial system over there? >> i do. i think the evidence is overwhelming. so i think that justice is going to prevail. >> now, if convicted the maximum penalty is ten years in prison. the attorney for the officer accused by the young woman i spoke with says the accuser's story does not match what her client has said. it is so sad because this young woman had just been in florence for two weeks. she had only taken three classes and then this happened. >> horrifying to hear. >> yep.

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former home of the detroit lions, the pontiac silver dome on sunday. >> i played there quite a few times. >> i bet. >> but you know when the smoke cleared, the stadium was still right where it's been standing since 1975. abc's t.j. holmes as we said is here with more and, t.j., what happened? >> okay, look at your screen, everybody. let me show you the before and after. here's the silverdome before and here it is after. same picture. you get the idea. didn't change at all. when the smoke cleared, it was still standing. one of the most iconic stadiums we've had in the country since 1975. the world cup was there, pop pope john paul was there, and a representation of the upside, right, the boom of the detroit area but the decline and trying to bring it down and try to usher in a new era and tried to blow it up. it'll take more than that to bring me down. >> social media had a little fun with that. >> well, you know, you're going to love it. it was all lions related. one from a former writer, tried to implode the silverdome. it doesn't work like most game plans in there on sundays.

another one saying, once again, angry people leave the silverdome after a disappointing ending. now the company in charge of this said what happened was only 10% of the explosives went off. to that my response is come on now. >> that did look a little weak, though. >> sabotage maybe. >> they think possibly some trespassing. >> could have happened. good to have you back. >> good to be back. coming up, we have a "gma" exclusive. the medical milestone giving some women with infertility new hope. come on back.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. bundle up for the bitter cold across the country. a major storm brewing with heavy snow, damaging winds and thunderstorms. more than a dozen states on winter watch at this hour. a "gma" exclusive. the first american baby born after a successful uterus transplant. the doctor speaking to us this morning. what the breakthrough means for women and fertility. dr. ashton is here live. meghan mania. new details about how harry and meghan kept their relationship a secret for so long. their top secret double dates and when harry really bought that diamond for meghan's showstopping engagement ring. saoirse ronan, fresh off hosting "saturday night live" in this sketch? double daddy. we definitely did. for hundreds of years. >> the leading lady a box office

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by the time you wake up on saturday morning here in new york city you'll say, o.e. boy, it's here and it looks like it's here to stay. robin, everybody. >> we have that to look forward to. okay, ginger. >> get her some hot tea. >> i know. new developments overseas. air force training missions started overnight above the korean peninsula including stealth jets. south korea's defense ministry says the five-day drill is meant to improve the u.s. and allies wartime capabilities. but north korea's state media says the joint drill pushes the korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war. these military exercises come less than a week after north korea's latest test, what appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missi missile. >> such a tense situation. >> very much so. we'll get the latest on the russia investigation, special counsel robert mueller closes in on the white house and a new tactic arguing the president cannot obstruct justice. our chief white house correspondent jon karl tracking the case. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning,

george. in the congressional investigations and presumably in the mueller investigation one of the questions is whether or not the president or anybody on his team obstructed justice by interfering with the russia probe. now in a novel argue many the president's personal lawyer is saying that by definition because of his job the president cannot be guilty of obstruction of justice and says, quote, the president cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under article 2 and has every right to express his view on any case. it's ang interesting legal argue many. politically it may be a tough one to make of we have seen in the case of richard nixon an article of impeachment drawn up charging obstruction of justice and, of course, with bill clinton, one of the articles of purple rainment to pass the house was obstruction of justice. george. >> it is clear that mueller is investigating obstruction of justice. >> it is clear. should be another interesting week. coming up an amazing medical breakthrough. the first american baby born from a successful uterus transplant. what it could mean for thousands

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whoo! fired up monday morning crowd. great to have this audience here with us on a monday morning. help us kick off the week, and lara, you'll kick it off with a little "pop news." >> good morning to you, everybody. the kennedy center honors were held over the weekend. even though president trump opted not to go that certainly didn't stop this group from enjoying their moment all night long. that reference in honor of lionel richie who is one of the elite group of kennedy center honorees. rapper ll cool j, singer gloria estefan, dancer carmen de lavallade and tv producer extraordinaire norman lear who created "all in the family," "the jeffersons," "good times," just to name a few. and last night's event was full of firsts. ll the first rapper to be honored and the youngest honoree at 49 and gloria estefan is the first cuban-american to receive the award.

congratulations to all of them. [ applause ] the honorees. also in "pop news," on this monday morning, sunday marked the 25th anniversary of a very important thing for all of us, the text. 1992 right after bill clinton was elected aladdin topped the box office, the very first text message was sent from a computer to someone's phone. now the first phone to phone text happened two years later and the world has never been the same and the first emoji happened four years after that in 1998 in japan and it was a heart. 2007 marked the first time more americans sent text messages than made phone calls and as we all know, it is now the preferred method of communication, in fact, as of last junes the number of text messages per month a staggering 781 billion text messages a month here in the u.s. alone. put your phone down. >> you know what that first text

was, what it said. >> i love you, robin. >> no. it said merry christmas. >> oh, that's nice. >> merry christmas. >> look at you. >> that's a lot. 781 billion a day. >> most from my children. >> i will say this, though. you talk about preferred method of communication and it is true, so for all the friends you're texting with and decide to call, no, we're texting, don't call when we're texting. >> i say. i'm a texter. more texts than phone. what can we do? it happened. finally the popular game words with friends is being credited for sparking a lasting friendship between two people who otherwise probably never would have met let alone connected. spencer began playing words from wednesdays with roz over a year ago. they now have 300 games between them. and they finally met for the first time this weekend. the thing is spencer is 22. he lives in harlem. and he had never been to florida until this trip to visit his pal roz who is 86 and lives in a

retirement community. >> ah. >> here in new york city a minister arranged the meeting, west palm beach. and spencer's tweet about his excitement for meeting his new pal has been liked over 500,000 times already. >> they played 300 times. >> and counting. no word on who -- they didn't share that with us. all about the friendship. >> it is. >> that's all i got for you today. >> thank you, lara. great way to start the week. [ cheers and applause ] we now have that "gma" exclusive. we're getting our first look rat a huge medical breakthrough, the first american baby was born from a uterus transplant. now that successful birth is raising hope for thousands of women. we're going to speak with dr. ashton in a moment. first the incredible journey. what you're watching is a medical milestone. for the first time in the united states a woman has given birth thanks to a uterus transplant. >> all of us had tears in our

eyes and little boy will stay with us for our entire lives. >> reporter: born last month he was delivered via c.-section when his mother born without a uterus received a transplant at baylor last september. the woman is part of their uterus transplant clinical trial. thee suffered from absolute uterine factorer infertility. a type of infertility affecting 1 in 500 women where the uterus is nonfunctioning or nonexistent. approximately 1 in 4500 females in the u.s. are born without a uterus every year. >> it was very special to look in the eyes of the mother. she was told that when she was a teenager that she would never experience this moment. and then all of a sudden you see this happening and you think everything has a meaning. >> reporter: the little boy is now the ninth baby born in the world from a transplanted uterus. joining the eight other babies successfully born from transplanted uteruses in sweden

as part of its trial, baylor chas completed a total of eight uterus transplants including the mother who just gave birth. while three have been unsuccessful, one woman is currently pregnant. the remaining four women are in different stages of the process. >> this birth on this boy is giving hope to all these families out there who have this type of infertility. i think that's a truly amazing thing. >> our thanks to diane macedo. we're joined by our chief medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton. you've been in tears over this. ob/gyn you are and to have this kind of without a uterus. they do have ovaries and their eggs can be used but this affects women who lost their uterus surgically due to a

hysterectomy and want to carry their own fetus talking about significantly a good number of women. >> of course, always with something like this there's some controversy surrounding it. >> yeah, really when you talk about uterine transplants it falls under a different category than other organ transplantations because, let's say, heart, kidney, liver, you need those organs to survive, to live. a woman doesn't need her uterus to survive, obviously, but she does need it to give life in this particular way and there are significant medical, surgical, financial costs involved. this is a procedure that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars right now and so there are people who say is it necessary in a country like ours where uterine surrogacy is legal in parts of europe it's not legal, but i think it speaks to the very powerful compelling drive that some women have to carry their own baby and the technology and the science is there right now that is finally making that possible. >> well, what are the medical and surgical risks for both mother and baby.

>> in obstetrics we have two patients. you need to remember that. with these type of women you're talking about rejection, bleeding, damage to the surrounding anatomy for both the donor and resip jens and need for immune zhu suppression temporarily because after that delivery that uterus will come out and for the fetus risk of preterm delivery and the baby has to be born by c-section. >> this is your wheelhouse. >> you've heard me talking about it since 2014. it's huge for reproductive health and huge for my specialty, ob/gyn and families everywhere that want to become parents in this way and for that very, very special family who delivered in texas. this is really historic for this country. >> it is. all right, jen, thanks so much. >> you bet. >> amy. all right, robin. we move on to the royal engagement. when i was in london last week meghan was already making her mark. people around the world falling for her and now we are learning more about just how her love story with prince harry happened for these two very busy and very

public people. this morning, we're learning more about how the palace's newest royal couple kept their relationship under cover for so long. >> keeping harry and meghan's relationship under wraps was a cloak and dagger operation. of course, meghan had a job on "suits" so couldn't fly around as much as harry did so when he had the time he would jump on a plane, fly into toronto. in a huge city where there's nowhere to go on a restaurant date and so it was up to the friends of meghan to actually kind of open up their doors for places that they could actually hang out. >> reporter: even going on double dates in both toronto and london. >> the other couple that harry and meghan often went on double dates with is his favorite cousin princess eugenie and her partner jack brooksbank. >> reporter: part of that cloak and dagger operation quiet 24/7 protection early on. >> now that they're engaged he'll also receive further training. she'll know how to deal with a kidnapped threat or if someone is following her. >> reporter: transitioning to

royal life in the public eye but it's a transition that has been in the making for some time. >> now that i fell in love with meghan so incredibly quickly was sort of confirmation to me that everything -- all the stars were ali aligned. everything was just perfect. it was this beautiful woman sort of literally tripped and fell into my life. i fell into her life. >> reporter: prince harry actually picking out the center diamond from botswana. >> it was something he had actually planned several months before proposing to meghan. it was a trip to botswana in may of this year where he selected the diamond and kept that as a secret from pretty much everyone around him. botswana is somewhere very important to prince harry. it was the place that he escaped to after the death of his mother. it was very early on in the relationship that he actually convinced her to come away to botswana with him where they spent close to a week camping under the stars. >> reporter: that ring glimmering with significance in more ways than one. >> the ring is obviously yolo gold because that's her favorite

and the main story in itself a source from bat swan in and the little indictments on either side are from my mother's jewelry collection to make sure she's with us on this crazy journey together. >> speaking of princess diana it was significant that meghan's first royal public appearance after getting engaged was with the terrance higgins trust which aims to raise hiv and aids awareness, something, of course very close to harry's heart and something that princess diana was extremely passionate about, as well. ginger, we'll send it over to you. >> yes. let's do this. we've got the update on harry and meghan. now you need to get your "gma" moment. so this time of year we all get excited about christmas decorating, right? everybody gets pretty excited. you go to target. you go to some of these places. listen to braden. >> can you see them? >> oh. oh. oh. oh. >> overwhelmed with joy at that beautiful wall of decorations

and lights. >> oh. >> you know what, he just keeps going. from franklin, tennessee. thank you for sharing that with us. you encompass everything we feel, at least a lot of us that love this holiday season. send me your "gma" mom good morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. sunshine today but bone dry and breezy conditions. first frost a chance tonight, better chance tomorrow night. i'm kind of getting concerned. 59 at the coast to 60 in santa cruz. 60 to 63 for the rest of us. we will have low 30s in deepest valleys and upper 40s in san tt >> now that baby was so excited when he saw that. it is a weight watchers revolution. they are upping the diet game by

making dramatic changes to their popular smart points system. abc's adrienne bankert is back here with all the details. >> yes. >> what you got. >> when i say freestyle what do you think about. >> about going off the rails. >> yeah. dancing without choreography. it's the name of weight watchers latest program, the company says it gives people more freedom while still keeping off the pounds and their biggest cheerleader oprah is saying, yes, you can. weight watchers is blowing it up again in 2016 oprah announced she had lost 40 pounds on the popular meal plan and now she's raving about the megadiet company's new program called freestyle. saying when i first heard about it, i thought it was too good to be true. the fish, beans and corn in nye favorite tacos are now zero points. weight watchers assigns values called smart points to food and members lose weight by limiting the number they consume. with the new freestyle program weight watchers is taking foods that will fill people up withou. >> it's not things like cakes,

cookie, chips and sold dpa. their idea is not that you can go on a free for all or that there is free foods, but rather choosing foods that you're not likely to overeat. >> reporter: w5e9 watchers has always had zero points food like celery, carrots and fruit but 200 more items have been added like low fat yogurt and eggs. alexis has lost almost 95 pounds on weight watchers and was part of an early group to test the freestyle program. >> you think, well, i can't go out to dinner because i'm not going to have options that are going to fit with my plan or my program. by having things like seafood and chicken and turkey be zero points you're actually able to eat the foods that you need to really fill your body and at the same time get to eat the foods you warrant to indulge in. >> to counteract the extra calories people will take in with the zero points daily totals go down but a point rollover system. >> let's say you're allocated 20

points today and only consume 15, you roll the five over to the next day. >> on a tuesday when maybe you're not eating all of them you can save them up for something that you want to indulge in later in the week. >> reporter: but zero points don't mean zero calories. >> it's still going to take work. you still have to balance your plate. you still have to think about which foods you're eating. you still need to make sure you're having enough plants. you can't have all your points coming from cake and cookies and not move your body and not be mindful. >> oh, yes, it's all about mindfulness, right. you still have to think before you eat but the company says by putting more foods on the zero points list that don't need to be tracked you'll spend less time counting and more time enjoying food and your life which is what we all want to do. >> you should enjoy your life. i love bread! like oprah. >> like oprah. >> like oprah. >> bert you than me trying to do that. bread. >> i probably shouldn't have done it either. adrienne, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> robin is back there trying to mess us up. >> she's our cheering section. thank you for that.

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♪ 24 karat magic in the air [ applause ] welcome back to "gma," everybody. we want to thank you all for being with us on this monday morning and thank this very enthusiastic audience. you guys are amazing. really are amazing. great audience. deserve a fantastic guest and we're bringing one to the table. won an emmy an a tony award. multiples as an actor and thousand an author of "the magic misfits." please welcome the multitalented neil patrick harris. [ cheers and applause ] >> how are you doing? okay. hey. >> welcome back. >> how are you? >> how are you? how are you? >> good to see. >> you how you doing, man?

>> good to see you. >> thank you. hey, guys. wow. my own chair. i looic this. >> welcome. >> thank you. >> congrats to you. >> i like this vibe with a live audience here. [ cheers and applause ] new for you all. >> we said congrats because your book debuted at number three on "the new york times" best-seller's list. >> thank you very much. indeed. it's called "the magic misfits." >> "the magic misfits." >> a series of books. this is a series of four. dealing with diamonds. a group of quids in a small town that realize their love of magic through that -- they think they're more misfits and don't like that and come to realize that together they're stronger and they have adventures and there's magic tricks to learn in the book and there's secret codes and stuff that are in there. some easter egg stuff. >> what ages? >> it's a middle reader book so 8, 9, chapter book style. i'm excited by it. it's really fun.

>> doesn't it hit close to home. you were a magician as a child. >> yeah, magic is my thing. i've loved it for a long time. it was my main hobby. i grew up in small town new mexico and would drive to albuquerque to visit my grandparents and there was a mall and magic shop there called fool's paradise and that was just my thing.save my allowanceo and stand next to the magic case and ask to see tricks and then use my allowance to buy said tricks and on the ride home i would sit in the backseat and learn the secrets and practice the tricks. it's a great hobby. live magic, live entertainment i think is really fun and certainly worth talking about and i think i talk about magic as an idea within the book too. >> can you teach us. >> misdirection. not only for a magic trick but the idea of misdirection, ideas of keeping secrets, of practicing and practicing and practicing as opposed to here's a magic trick, want to see it. this is how it's done. >> we do want to see one. you do give us instructions. [ cheers and applause ]>>

>> these are half dollars. in the book we talk about quarters. put it on your first knuckle. i have one in my pocket too. yeah, then you'll want to roll it onto your second knuckle so it flips over and over again so like a tabletop. >> right. >> on your first knuckle. [ laughter ] on your first knuckle and lift your second knuckle up? ah. >> and flick it down so it falls on to -- >> i got it. well, i have the ring. i had it. >> what happens if your knuckles are swollen from football like mine. >> then you need to use a silver dollar to make that happen. >> but you dedicated it to your beautiful kids. >> if you're really good you can flip it. >> whoa! >> oh. >> whoa!

you fooled us. you had us going. have you talked to kids? >> i don't teach our kids magic. they just want toshow how tricks are done but i also like that they think that i have magical powers. >> yeah. >> because then i can make things disappear if they're fighting over something, i can make it aa -- they they they thy wizard person. like to keep it that way till they're 17. >> do they have the performing gene? >> it comes and goes. harper is a bit more of a performer. she's in hip-hop class right now. and she likes to sing all the time. our latest lullaby i sing "casting on a many club" from "les miserables." gideon is into hot wheels and

legos and he is into minecraft. is that okay for a 7-year-old, mine craft? is it? i don't know. is it? but is that young? is that too young. >> they have to think. >> he was playing final fantasy. i don't know how he found that on his ipad. i look and final fantasy for like 12 and up. the kid is 7 so we had to have a long talk about that. >> in addition to the book you also have a movie coming out called "downsizing." >> matt damon movie. alexander payne directed it. an interested thing about what would happen in a current future where you could be reduced to -- >> five inches. >> five inches tall which means you're say 30,000less, $40,000 you're struggling with actually values out to be millions of dollars a year when you're that small. you can live in a mansion. you can have everything you want. [ laughter ] >> we have a little clip, right? >> is there a clip? okay. >> let's do it. >> welcome, everybody. i'm jeff lenoski, happy

homeowner the leisure. land he date states. having a good time. what do you think of my place? just wait till you see what's inside. ♪ [ applause ] >> i was up till midnight watching it and think the trailer and think it's one thing but it's very much what you're talking about. a deeper message to. >> absolutely, it's not meant to be a broad comedy. it's not "honey, i shrunk the kids." it's alexander payne who directed it and getting a lot of critical response and it brings up some thought-provoking ideas of society and societal ideas so i'm happy to be a part of it. just have a small part. >> congratulations. >> you got a lot going on. the book and once we learn this part, will you teach us that part, whatever you did, that was -- unbelievable.

>> thanks, man. >> tell you, what, neil, thanks for coming and his book "the magic misfits" is out now and everyone here in the audience are going home with a copy of the book. >> and you too. [ cheers and applause ] >> you're welcome. >> and coming up next "lady bird" saoirse ronan hot off "snl" is right here on "gma" plus "dancing with the stars," maks, val and peta are going to perform live. [ cheers and applause ]

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[ cheers and applause ] it's not for me. it's for the incredibly talented saoirse ronan, the two-time oscar nominated actress making headlines not only for her latest role, this brilliant film, everyone should see "lady bird" but did you see -- she killed it on "saturday night live" this weekend. [ applause ] killed it! and one getting a lot of attention, it is so good to see you. >> thank you. >> i mean i watched "lady bird" last night. i had heard about it. and it like approach it and explain how

it's made them feel or their response to it and i think, you know, one of the best experiences working on "snl" was meeting all the female writers and how incredibly, you know, smart and sharp they are and they had such a great sort of sophisticated way of handling something like that through humor and i feel like i've had so many conversations recently with men like that where i'm sort of like, yep, it's actually been like this forever. so, yeah, i just think they're very, very good at handling, you know, difficult topics like that and making them -- i don't know -- reachable to a wider audience. >> yeah, you can really relate to it. it was brilliant and creative. let us talk about "lady bird." people, you need to see this film. [ cheers and applause ] greta, greta gerwig, she was here. >> yeah. >> greta was here, just tell us what it was like working with her on this. >> she's -- i mean, i was a huge

fan of hers anyway, even before i met her and she's incredible. this is it her first film and it's her first film and she was incredibly prepared and supportive and i feel like she -- which is quite unusual for a first-time director. she really knew what type of filmmaker she wanted to be and it was a very natural position for her to be in and to watch someone come into their own and do something they were born to do is amazing. >> let's see a little bit of it in action. you're a teenage girl. having some issues with her momma. >> yeah. >> let's take a look. >> if you're tired we can sit down. >> i'm not tired. >> oh, okay. i couldn't tell because you were dragging your feet. well, i just couldn't tell. >> why didn't you just say pick up your feet. >> i didn't know if you were tired. >> you're being passive aggressive. you are so infuriating. >> please top yelling. >> i'm not yelling. oh, perfect. >> do you love it? >> i know. a lot of us --

[ applause ] you and laurie metcalf, just so brilliant there. >> she's amazing. >> you have a great relationship with your mom. >> i do. i have -- i have a fantastic relationship with my mom. she's my best friend. like she's -- i'm an only child and i'm -- i was very, very close to my parents growing up. we were this little sort of unit and, you know, ma'am came away with me when i started work and was incredibly, i don't know, she just -- she just -- she protected me from anything that was would sort of overexpose me to the industry when i was young, do you know what i mean. i felt like i was able to fully enjoy all of the positive things about working on a film set with brilliant filmmakers but was protected as well. >> she's done a brilliant job. >> thank you. i'll tell her. >> all right. this gentleman, he's from ireland. i was taking a picture with him earlier. >> where are you from?

>> derry. >> oh, my gosh. i love it. one of my favorite cities. >> it's wonderful. >> derry. >> i know. we had to learn -- you had to actually learn some of the english ways for the film so i thought seeing a countryman. a lot you had to learn. >> for american, yeah, absolutely, well, my best friend in it taught me the pledge of allegiance and i taught her the hail mary. >> it all worked out. "lady bird" is in theaters now. do you a favor and run go see it. all the best to you. lara. >> thank you. [ applause ] such a good movie and so happy to see these guys with us, three of our favorite "dancing with the stars" stars, maks, val and peta all with us. they're all about to hit the road for a nationwide tour and this time it is a family affair. we're talking you three plus baby too. >> yes. absolutely. >> really? >> yeah.

>> shai is going on the road. >> not on stage, on the bus. >> that's right. >> we know who wears the pants in this family. >> i want to ask you, val. we know you from "dancing with the stars." we love you. 25 seasons. how will the tour be different. >> it's along the lines we're bringing you behind the scenes, the honest truth behind our lives and that is the fact that we love each other. we love family. we love to dance. we love to celebrate this country, us, dance and, you know, we put that on our show the first time around and the people really responded to that positivity and we want to do it again, bigger, hopefully we can expand our family to all the people at home. >> yeah, i love that. [ applause [ applause ] peta, you didn't go on the last tour. >> i wasn't dancing but i was there half the time really pregnant at the back of the bus. >> now that you're with them, we're talking about, you know, confidential and getting the real truth, who is bossier

between paxton and val. >> oh, no question. >> well, just be honest. >> go ahead. >> absolutely maks. >> maks, what do you have to say to that? >> i say it's incorrect and if you come to s i was a competitive ballroom dancer and athlete now after the last show gave me the opportunity to feel this on stage. >> we got a great opportunity and we want to use it for more than just, you know, glitz and glamour and want to tell a great, positive story and share our love. >> it's fun seeing you together. you are like family. you're like our family now. >> yeah, yeah. >> we love it. right here, on sale today. congratulations to maks, val and peta and giving us a sneak peek of the show just ahead. they're going to get warmed up.

we'll go outside to ginger. >> we are so happy for them. guess what, val, i found your biggest fan, this is lola from atlanta. we're so pumped to see him dance, right? >> yes! >> yeah, we are. we're ready counting down the days too unless the release of the highly anticipated "star wars: the last jedi" and abc's abbie boudreau got a preview of nissan's new car technology inspired by the movie with a little help from the beloved droid bb8. ♪ >> reporter: i'm nervous. >> anticipation. >> the anticipation. >> reporter: in a warehouse not too far away. >> we wanted to create something amazing for the 131 million plus "star wars" fans. >> reporter: the famous droid who helped fly the x-wing in the new "star wars: the last jedi" is here to help our sponsor nissan show of its new car, 2018 rogue and its most exciting feature, the pro-pilot assist.

>> sends advance driver assistance systems that is a combination of what we call intelligent cruise control steering assistance or lane centering. >> so it's your backup. >> it's your backup. your partner. >> i took the car for a test drive on the 5 freeway in los angeles. >> such a weird sensation. >> yep. >> the car is actually doing the work. >> we want to remind you you are still driving but, yes, the vehicle does have the capability to apply the brakes and accelerator and, again, help you maintain the gap to the vehicle ahead. >> reporter: the x-wing rogue and six other "star wars" nissan cars are on display at the l.a. auto show. the little droid. >> cool. >> bringing his message of safety to this galaxy. for "good morning america," abbie boudreau, abc news, los angeles. [ cheers and applause ] >> all i noticed was the 5 good morning. i'm meteorologist mike nicco.

coastal flooding. temperatures upper 50s. breezy, sunny and bone dry air we are not done yet. more maks, peta and val. stick around live. ♪

back now with maks, val and peta and a preview of maks, val and peta live on tour, "confidential." take it away, guys. ♪ give it to me give it to me ♪ ♪ i met a boy last week trynna run that game ♪ ♪ made it sound so sweet when he say my name ♪ ♪ i said boy stop run it back you can talk that talk but can you play that sax ♪ ♪

♪ i need a stay up brother with a james brown soul ♪ ♪ the type of red hot love that got me freezing cold ♪ ♪ say you can go all night the way you lay that track ♪ ♪ but if you wanna hear me sing you better play that sax give it to me ♪ ♪ you better play that sax uh okay play it you better play that sax ♪ ♪ get loose get right get a grip and rock me all night ♪ ♪ hold tight lean back play what i want with that sax get loose get right ♪ ♪ get a grip and rock me all night hold tight lean back play what i want with that dax ♪ ♪ i need a stay up brother with a james brown soul the type of red hot love that got me freezing cold ♪ ♪ say you can go all night the way you lay that track but if you wanna hear me sing if you wanna hear me sing ♪

♪ if you wanna hear me sing you better play that sax give it to me ♪ ♪ you better play that sax you better play that sax ♪ [ cheers and applause ]

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>> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today are, we are just getting started. actress rene russo. and the star of the new film "lady bird," saoirse ronan. a plus, we are kicking off our holiday hits week with a performance with grammy winner fantasia. and joining kelly at the cohost desk, david muir. all next on "live" ." and now, here are kelly ripa and david muir. ♪ [cheers and applause] >> david: it's