continuing coverage of the pipe bomb explosion. good morning, america. breaking news for our viewers in the west. a bomb explodes in new york city at the largest bus terminal in america during the height of rush hour. >> and let's be also clear. this was an attempted terrorist attack. >> commuters injured. rush to escape. a suspect now in custody. we're live on the scene with the latest. good morning, america. breaking news for our viewers in the west. new fire threat. the thomas wildfire exploding in size. scorching an area five times bigger than washington, d.c. santa barbara now under siege as one of the biggest fires in california's history grows. fight to the finish. on the eve of that heated alabama senate race -- >> this is president donald trump and i need alabama to go vote for roy moore. >> president trump's last minute

push for roy moore. and the envelope, please. the golden globe nominees just in from "i, tonya" t to "blackish." reacting to the news on "gma." plus what we're about to see as the most highly anticipated movie, "star wars." the first reviews just coming in. >> good morning, america. wake up. and thank you for being with us on this monday morning. we're live with that breaking news for our viewers in the west. this is a live look at the port authority right here in new york city where an explosion went off just hours ago. the mayor calling it an attempted terrorist attack. >> here's what the scene looked like earlier this morning. passengers evacuating from the busiest bus terminal in the world as orderly and as quickly as possible. >> pretty calm. the biggest bus terminal in the world. you heard the emergency vehicles

right here. here's what we know at this hour. at least four people including the suspect were injured. the suspect is a 27-year-old from bangladesh, been in the u.s. for seven years living in brooklyn. he made the pipe bomb that went off in his arms, and he suggested support of isis. the president and the attorney general have been briefed on the situation. we want to go right to abc app gio benitez on the scene just a few blocks away here in new york city. good morning, gio. >> reporter: that's right, george. good morning to you. we are just blocks from times square as you said, and i want you to look right now. this major road in new york city is completely shut down. officers are everywhere. you see that led screen? that's the port authority right there. as you said, so many people going to work when this happened. >> reporter: commuters here at the nation's largest bus station were going about their daily commute around 7:30 this morning when an explosion went off in the passageway filling the line.

you were heading to work just like every other day? >> yeah. like every day. >> reporter: except this time you were running away, not going to work. >> i was running to my job, maybe if i made it to my job, i had a chance of surviving. >> reporter: police believe the suspect was wounded in the attack. according to law enforcement, the suspect had wires attached to him and held a be theory pack. he is believed to be in his 20s, from bangladesh, and now living in brooklyn. he has been in the united states for seven years, and he is in critical condition at a new york city hospital. within minutes, emergency personnel flooded the scene, shutting down times square right in the middle of the busy holiday season in all directions. police are still looking for any possible secondary devices before clearing the area. it's been a little more than a month since a rental truck in an act of terror mowed down eight, and injuring 11 on westside highway. back here live on the scene, there is a suspicion that pipe

bomb was detonated earlier than intended, and that's why right now those injury numbers are so low. guys, back to you. >> port authority had been closed, and there had been some suspicion of a second device. any uptate on that? >> reporter: so far, they do not believe that there is anything right now, george, but of course, they are still looking at that. this just happened a few hours ago. >> gio benitez, thanks very much. >> what are we learning about the suspect in this attempted terrorist attack? let's go to pierre thomas, and we're now learning the suspect has made statements indicating he supports isis. >> reporter: indeed. we're being told that the suspect is identified as a 27-year-old, and our sources say he has been here seven years, thought to be from bangladesh, andless made statements in support of isis. no terror group has claimed responsibility yet, and i emphasize this is early, and there is no information that he

has support. this, police believe, was an isolated incident so far. the attorney general and homeland security secretary have been briefed on the situation, but this comes at a critical moment. it's the beginning of the holiday season. law enforcement was already concerned because of that attack we had in new york just over a month ago in which 12 people were injured and 8 killed. >> keep that in mind. pierre, thank you. > >> now let's bring in the season is already on high alert. with that being said, what the the port authority prepared for this? >> they are prepared as a very professional police department of its own, and the nypd practices with them on a regular basis. this individual is talking. he said he wanted to do this for about a year. he said he built the bomb himself, and we know now that the bomb did not totally

detonate, and that's why more people were not injured, and that's why he is probably still ali alived. >> do we know if he detonated it or if it was an accident? >> he is saying he intentionally tried to detonate it. apparently, he traveled this route in the past. he lives in brooklyn. he is an electrician, so he travels that route, and he was familiar with it. thank god there were fewer people there than perhaps another morning, but this was his intention to detonate the bomb, and it looks like, to kill himself. >> the police said at the port authority in times square, they are there every single day. any special teams on lookout for this diplomincident? >> you have the intelligence division at the nypd that has operations ongoing all the time. but to have someone walking around the station, probably not. probably just not going to happen. don't forget the port authority police -- that is upstairs from this location.

this was a tunnel from the subways. from the number line to the alphabet line. >> he has been planning this. was there any chatter of credible threats? >> we don't know that yet. this is the beginning of an investigation. we want to know who is associated with it. did he have a cell phone or any social media footprint? that sort of thing is all to be looked at. but it appears that right now, he did it on his own. >> the city is on high alert, so what are the steps to make the city or people feel safer? >> this city has devoted more resources to protecting yourself from terrorism than any other city in the world, and there is only so much you can do. the reason we do what the city is doing. you can't go to a higher i letter. the city is also on high alert. you see them all over, and they are doing what they can do. >> we appreciate you. thank you for helping us understand a little bit more. >> let's bring in fbi special

agent brad garrett. a couple of things we just learned. the suspect is speaking and that could bring in some important information right there. we do know this was a relatively crude bomb, kind of a pipe bomb velcroed to his body. >> this is probably, i learned it online, maybe from somebody else. even the detonator may have had issues. there is all sorts of possibilities here, but the bomb has been described as crude. that translates for me into an amateur who got inspired for probably a number of reasons we have talked about before, and wires himself up. goes into a tunnel he is apparently familiar with, and claims that's where he wanted to set it off. we'll have to see if that's really true, but i think -- i think the point, george, this is another example of commissioner kel kelly touched on this, is you can't defense against guys like

this, unless you know they are going to do it, and if he operated alone, which is probably going to be the case, it's a scenario of, how do you get in front of people like this? you don't unless you have advanced intel. >> another pattern from what we know about the suspect, bangladesh, been here for seven years. when was he radicalized? >> right. the important thing act that is if you look at the profile of bombers in the country since 9/11, a vast majority are here legally. they have been here for a number of years, and for some reason, you know, they switch. did they not assimilate? do they have issues with jobs? there are a number of obvious things that wouldn't set the rest of us off, but they choose to go down the path of revenge. i'm now mad at america, and i'm going to take it on, in this case, for isis. >> apparently, the suspect had a brother in school in brooklyn. that's where the investigation there go next. everyone who might have had some

contact with him. >> of course. and he appears to be unsophisticated enough that there will be a trail. how did he learn how to build a bomb? did he talk about doing this? was there changes in his behavior in recent months? becoming much more dark and violent in his thoughts? i guess some of that is out there. >> brad garrett, thanks so much. i want to go quickly to the white house, mary bruce for us. so far, mary, no word from the president even though we know he has been briefed. >> reporter: exactly. to word yet from the president himself, but according to his press secretary, he has been briefed on the situation. if previous attacks, though, are any indication, we can expect the president to reiterate his calls for more extreme vetting. keep in mind, this is the first attack to happen since the latest version of his travel ban has been allowed to go into effect, but bangladesh, where the suspect is believed to be from is not one of the countries on that list. it is likely the president will be updated here again shortly

when he receives his daily briefing. >> mary bruce, thanks very much. >> one more thing. so fortunate that it wasn't worse. can lessons be learned from this? >> you always look at lessons and incidents like this to learn lessons. sure. should there have been police officers stationed at a particular location? these are types of things you do learn, but it's difficult to identify someone like this. as i said, he was probably by himself, and we'll look and see if he has a social media footpri footprint. i doubt it. he said he has been thinking about this, and ruminating about this for a year. it looks like -- and again, this is not confirmed. it looks like it may be a bomb made out of the tops of match sticks. we saw that once before. an individual tried to do it, and it's in "inspire" magazine. the isis magazine that tells you how to do things.

it tells you how to make a bomb out of match sticks. this is rumored to be the case. i haven't confirmed that, but it depose goes to show you, that you can use household available material to do something like this. >> we're fortunate that only four people were hurt in all of this. we'll go to the morning's other breaking headlines. five wildfires are burning across california. the largest, the thomas fire, destroying nearly 230,000 acres. abc's matt gutman has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, an out of control wildfire making history in southern california. >> we're facing a new reality in the state. >> reporter: the thomas fire is now the fifth largest to ever burn in the state, now surging from ventura to santa barbara. >> it's terrifying. >> reporter: breaking out a week ago, engulfing tens of thousands of acres in a matter of hours. >> look how big that is, and how dangerous it is. >> reporter: over the past 24 hours, the fire consuming an area about the size of washington, d.c. we have been watching this fire

move along this ridge all day long. now, the good news for firefighters is that the wind here has subsided, but there is so much dry brush out there, that that fire keeps moving relentlessly. over 700 structures destroyed. some residents returning home this morning to homes reduced to ashes. >> oh, my god. right here. oh, my god. >> reporter: tens of thousands of residents still evacuated. authorities evacuating 5,000 more people overnight. >> the fire burned down the entire backyard, so i'm ready to go. >> reporter: among them is actor rob lowe, who lives in santa barbara, sharing his experiences on instagram. >> praying for the people in my area. i hope everybody is getting out safe like we are. >> reporter: oprah winfrey taking to twitter with a heartfelt message writing, peace be still is my prayer for tonight. i want you guys to see this city of firefighters that assembled

behind me. everybody here trying to protect structures, but already hundreds of millions of dollars in damage caused, and schools here in this area won't be opened again until after the new year, guys. >> boy, it hit so hard there in california. we'll move onto politics now, and that alabama senate race getting so much national attention ahead of tomorrow's vote. it's a tight race between doug jones and roy moore. donald trump showing support for roy moore, and tom llamas has the latest. >> reporter: this morning in alabama, a tale of two very different campaigns. roy moore, disappearing from the trail. no public appearances with voters since last tuesday. but democrat, jones, tearing through the state, campaigning all weekend. >> we're running a campaign that's going after votes across this state. they are not. they are in hiding, and they have a segment of the population, and it's the only population that they are about. >> reporter: moore, who is still battling accusations of sexual

misconduct, including sexual assault on teenage girls, appeared on local tv in a prerecorded interview that aired on sunday. >> these allegations are completely false. i did not date underaged women. i did not molest anyone. >> reporter: more sabbatical from campaigning comes after donald trump gave him a big push in a rally in pensacola, florida. >> so get out and vote for roy moore. [ cheers and applause ] do it. do it. >> reporter: the president also recording this robo-call obtained by abc news. >> hi. this is president donald trump, and i need alabama to go vote for roy moore. it is so important. we're already making america great again. >> reporter: another sign moore is aligning himself with the president as much as he can. tonight, he campaigns again with steve bannon, and jones has three leading into tomorrow's

election. >> just hours before he head to the poll. >> he is basically out of the state. this morning also, a lot of eyes are on hollywood and the golden globe nominations just in. let's go to chris connelly. he has the >> reporter: for "get out" -- >> get the keys. >> reporter: -- and "dunkirk." >> reporter: with a supporting actor nod for sam rockwell. >> the way they lied, those days have to be over. >> reporter: also steven spielberg's "the post," with meryl streep and tom hanks also up for 2018 globes. >> is that your given name? >> yeah. >> reporter: "lady bird" earned

four nominations, including best musical. and a best actress nod for sircha ronan. also, "call me by your name." best supporting actor for armie hammer. the best for the world, supportisuppor supporting actor nod for christopher plummer, and kevin spacey who was edited out of the movie, and mary j. blige is a double nominee as a song writer and supporting actress. that's a triple nominee, including a best actress nod for "margfor margot robbie. we're often seeing a first cut for the academy awards, guys. >> good way of putting that. allison janney is here this morning. >> can't wait to see that.

we'll go to rob for more on the wild foors. >> we are locked in on the santa ana wind power. regardless of how high the winds are, we are looking at humidity levels that are hard to describe, especially in the interior areas, single digit numbers and these winds will be gusty, and we'll look for this pattern to be stuck with us through the rest of the week with no real rain in sight. your local forecast just 30 seconds away, but first, your select cities brought to you by walgreens. . good monday morning. i'm meteorologist mike nicco from abc 7 mornings.

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huge microclimates from freezing cold 32 in morgan hill to near freezing to freezing cold in sant arosa. look at the 50s around san francisco. we have free mont 50 and half moon bay at 64 degrees right now. that's what an offshore breeze does. mild this afternoon. we had a threat of black ice. pretty chilly this morning but mid to upper 60s by the time school is out. mid to upper 60s dominate my accuweather seven day forecast and dry air. >> thank you so much. there is a new study that shows window blind cords injure thousands every year. we will have another abc 7 news update in about 30 minutes and

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♪ this is not going to go the way you think. >> welcome back to "gma." and nothing goes the way you think when it comes to "star wars" and that is the trailer for "star wars: the last jedi." just four days now until the blockbuster hits theaters and as you can see i'm excited. you're excited. >> we're all excited. >> you're excited. >> totally excited and nick watt is excited. he was actually at the world premiere trying to get secrets from the stars. let's see how well he did and now the early reviews are rolling in. we'll tell you what people are saying about this latest film. it's all good. >> we're getting good reviews too. >> but you cannot reveal what you've seen. >> exactly. >> see, so when you see it tonight. >> i can't tell you. >> yeah, you are. you are going to tell us.

also right now five wildfires are burning through california as you know at this hour. the thomas fire becoming the fifth largest in that state's history scorching more than 230,000 acres and closing in on santa barbara. there are new concerns about dry conditions and those santa ana winds. countdown is on to that closely watched senate election in alabama. voters ahead of the polls to tomorrow, and tonight, embattled candidate roy moore will campaign with steve bannon. >> going down to the wire. big implications for that one. we move on to another scary moment on the football field. we've going to show you. tom savage, he was shaking on the ground after a hit. but he was allowed back on the field for several more plays before being diagnosed with a concussion. gio benitez here with the story and this is raising more questions about how the nfl handles these injuries. >> reporter: that's right, george. good morning. it's shining a spotlight right on the nfl's concussion

protocol, and this morning, some are calling this a failure of that system. now, watch closely because it's clear from the video that something was very wrong with tom savage. >> the pass is incomplete and he was knocked down. >> reporter: this morning startling video of houston texans quarterback tom savage shaking on the football field after taking a hit. watch as sports commentators realize his hands are shaking. >> driven into the turf and, oh, look at him. look at him. now, that hurts. any time you get the hands shaking and stuff you always worry about did his helmet hit the back of the turf. is there a potential for a concussion? >> reporter: you can see savage being taken into a blue tent on the sideline for an evaluation. the nfl's concussion protocol calls for immediate testing after a player shows signs of a concussion, but ten minutes later savage was allowed back into the game for the texans' next offensive drive before being taken out of the game for good. the founding ceo of the concussion legacy foundation

tweeting, disgusted that the houston texans allowed tom savage to return to the game after two plays after showing these horrifying concussion signs. is that a seizure after a head impact? head coach bill o'brien saying an unaffiliatedd consultant cleared him to return to the game. >> the testing that they do, they try to make the best decision and they weren't satisfied with the result of the second test. so they decided to, you know, pull him. then that's when he went to the locker room. >> reporter: this morning, the nfl tells us its chief medical officer has initiated a review to understand what took place following the play. and the texans went on to lose that game against the 49ers but just one look at twitter last night showed the focus was very much on savage himself. so many hoping he's okay. >> yeah, i mean but when you shake like that, first of all, it's scary but, you know, as a player, why would he go back into the game. we had to take the helmets from guys because if you leave the helmet they'll just grab it and run in. guys have that competitive gene. they don't want to disappoint their team. >> really. >> yes, yes, robin.

it's very hard to explain to sbh somebody who hasn't played the game. >> whose call is it, the doctor's call, the coach's call? >> doctors are the first in line. if you see that as a coach, you don't even need to send him to the doctor. he's just not going back into the game. >> that's obvious, but you said that mentality of wanting to be out there. >> being the best, being out there and trying to help your win and not disappoint anybody but at the same that can get you hurt in the long run. >> gio, thank you. we turn to new taunts from an admitted serial killer behind bars. the former south carolina real estate broker claiming more victims taunting the fbi in a new letter saying his killing spree goes far beyond the seven victims he was convicted of killing and, amy, you have more. >> this is a remarkably chilling development. we know todd kohlhepp is claiming he tried to tell investigators at the time of his arrest last year that, yes, he has more victims, but he said authorities did nothing about it. >> reporter: it was the case that riveted the nation.

kala brown discovered alive after she was chained up for two months by the ankle and neck and held in a metal shipping container on this property in rural south carolina. her boyfriend found dead in a shallow grave nearby. police arrested this man todd kohlhepp and later found guilty of killing seven people. this morning kohlhepp is taunting police and the fbi from behind bars telling them there are even more victims. in an eight-page letter to "the spartanburg herald-journal" he said, there is more than seven. i tried to tell investigators, and i did tell fbi, but it was blown off. kohlhepp saying his killing spree may have crossed state lines and even borders writing at this point i really don't see reason to give numbers or locations. >> we told him before he left to go to whatever prison he's at that we'd be happy to speak with him about any past crimes that he could tell us in the future. he said at the court hearing he had none. >> reporter: after being

released, brown told dr. phil her captor bragged about murdering a staggering amount of people. >> he would brag about how many people he's killed. how good he was at it. >> how many people did he tell you he killed? >> he said he was near the three-digit mark so almost a hundred. >> reporter: something he also told daniel gross, a reporter he's been exchanging letters with since his sentencing. >> he went on to describe that, yes, there is more than seven and didn't go into a lot more detail other than that. >> now, the fbi south carolina office is declining to comment on kohlhepp's claims, but the spartanburg sheriff we spoke to said his department is willing to help the agency and law enforcement officials within any jurisdiction if it means getting more justice for any of his other potential victims out there. robin. >> okay there, amy. joining us is lenny depaul, the retired commander of the u.s. marshal service. what does your gut tell you here? >> this guy has psychiatric problems and has for a long time. he was a kid at the age of 14.

he kidnaps a woman, rapes her and then walks her home, pulls a gun, threatens her if she says anything he's going to kill her and her family. fast forward 2003 to 2016 he pleads guilty to the seven homicides and other crimes. he's specific about these, you know, these cases right down to the names, details. he gets life in prison. there's no death penalty in south carolina so he's going to sit in prison for the rest of his life. now he writes a letter, an eight-page letter and says, yeah, there's many others and i have a pilot license, i've been around the world but i won't give you names or specifics. is he sending the investigators on a fishing expedition? >> they have to look into it. how do they go about it? >> they will. they won't leave any stones unturned and look in areas he's been in the past decade. if there is any unsolved homicides, they will look at it certainly. any of his dna or fingerprints on any bodies they'll have a conversation with him at that point. >> getting into the mind of a serial killer and don't want to get into that kind of mind we see this from time to time bragging about things that didn't happen. they just want the attention on

them. >> like i said, he's in prison for the rest of his life and he writes this letter. ideology he wants it to continue. his madness to keep that fear out there. sometimes we see that and that's what happens and i'm hoping that's what this guy is doing. i hope there's nobody else out there. >> we share that. lenny, thanks very much. michael. >> thank you robin. coming up, that powerful video millions are watching. the little boy struggling with bullies. his message for other kids who are also suffering. the little boy struggling with bully, his message for other kids who also suffer. it's a better place, since you came along since you came along your touch is sunlight through the trees your kisses are the ocean breeze everything's alright when you're with me

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back now with the movement growing to support keaton jones, a young boy whose video about being bullied and has gotten millions of views and t.j. holmes is here with more and, t.j., you have actors, musicians, athletes who are all coming to his side. >> i want anybody who hears my voice to stop and give me the next 90 seconds of your time. give keaton jones the next 90 seconds of your time. all this anti-bullying campaign, nothing drives the point home more than seeing a child pour his heart out on camera because he just begged his mom to pick him up from school because he was too scared to even go to lunch. >> just out of curiosity, why do they bully? what's the point of it? why do you find joy in taking innocent people and finding a way to be mean to them? it's not okay. >> reporter: that's keaton

jones, pouring his heart out in a video posted on facebook that millions of people have now seen. his mom is recording after she picked him up early from school. he was afraid to go to lunch because of bullies. >> what do they say to you? >> they make fun of my nose. they call me ugly. they say i have no friends. >> what did they do to you at lunch? >> poured milk on me put ham down my clothes. threw bread on me. >> how does that make you feel? >> i don't like that they do it to me and i for sure know that they do it to other people. 'cause it's not okay. people that are different don't need to be criticized about it. it's not their fault. >> reporter: but even through his pain, keaton was able in end, to offer encouragement to others. >> if you are made fun of, just don't let it bother you. they suck, i guess. it's hard. but it'll probably get better

one day. >> reporter: his mom kimberly posted the gut wrenching video. and within four days it got more than 21 million views. this morning, celebrities like justin bieber are weighing in to support keaton. >> and this kid is all time. he is a legend. go check him out. his name is keaton. >> reporter: on twitter more than half a million tweets about him and the #standwithkeaton continues to spread support. chris evans tweeted, stay strong, keaton. how would you and your mom like to come to "the avengers" premiere in l.a. next year? he's been invited to movie premieres. he has been invited to new york, a ufc fight. the outpouring is there. folks, take note of that. talk to your own kids but that is the impact of bullying. we talk about cyberbullying. that makes a lot of stories but that's good old-fashioned school yard lunch room bullying. >> how articulated. how he felt. he was just so moving. i hope every chidld sees that. >> everyone needs to see that. >> thank you, t.j. coming up here, the first reviews are in. what fans are saying about "star

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ticket and, you know, daisy ridley called the whole premiere overwhelming. i might say the same thing about the film itself. whoops, hollers, standing ovations inside. hefty praise online, insanely good, minnie driver. total joyride, ava duvernay. many hailing it the best dose of "star wars" since "the empire strikes back." >> you'll find i'm full of surprises. ♪ >> reporter: high excitement on the red carpet but i'm like a 6-year-old child right now. >> well, deal with it. >> tonight's the night that we get to share it. it is a great film. >> reporter: i think you're nervous. >> i've been doing a bad job of pretending i'm not nervous. >> reporter: john boyega caught in a snowstorm barely made it out to l.a. >> there's no stopping a nigerian. i tell you that. >> weather conditions. weather conditions are not keeping this man from the "star wars" premiere. >> no. >> i've seen this raw strength only once before. >> luke says in the film this is not going to go the way you think and that's exactly how i felt.

>> it's twists and turns. all the characters are being tested in a very unique way. >> now, i also took my kids. i don't think they realize how lucky they are but from them two little thumbs up. guys. >> kids never realize how lucky they are. >> they don't. nick, thank you. coming up, one of the biggest online shopping days of the year. how to score huge savings on the amazon echo and more. come on back. ♪

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good morning south bay. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> good morning to you. meteorologist mike nicco is tracking our weather for us. >> look at that beautiful picture from the exploratorium camera. small waves on the bay. a little fog in the north bay but starting to fade. beaches are going to be our warmest in low to mid 70s from 70 in half moon bay. we are around 64 in richmond to 71 in san jose. record high 69 possible in napa and more near record warmth in my accuweather seven day forecast. >> the san rafael bridge really busy this morning taking its toll from earlier problems. we have malfunctioning signal lights at 113. >> thank you. alexa and google home are two of

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. breaking news for our viewers in the west. a bomb explodes in new york city during the height of rush hour at the largest bus terminal in america. commuters race to escape. the president briefed. a suspect now in custody. we're live on the scene with the latest. it's one of the biggest online shopping days of the year. two of the hottest products, amazon echo, and google home, both battling to be your digital assistant. so which one is right for you and your family and how can you get the best deal? ♪ "star wars" frenzy. we are counting down to "the last jedi". what the leading actors are revealing this morning about all the girl power ruling the galaxy. ♪

and allison janney is here live, skating into times square. her first appearance ever on "gma." ♪ and good morning, america. we want to get right to that breaking news for our viewers in the west. take a liook live at the port authority that went off at 7:20 eastern time. >> commuters calmly evacuating the busiest bus terminal in the world. at least four people, including the suspect were injured when a pipe bomb went off. >> so let's go right to abc's gio benitez who is there on the scene just a few blocks from where we are with what new york city's mayor is calling an attempted terrorist attack. good morning, gio. >> reporter: by all accounts, the situation appears to be under control right now, but i want you to look at this because this major road in new york city is still completely shut down. you see all the officers. port authority is also shut down.

officers just want to make sure she have as much information as they need. as you can imagine, this happened right in the middle of the morning rush. commuters here at the nation's largest bus station were going about their daily commute around 7:30 this morning. >> this was an attempted terrorist attack. >> reporter: when suddenly, an explosion went off in the passageway to a major subway line. >> coming over, shots being fired. they say someone is shooting people running. please check. >> reporter: filling the tunnel with smoke as people fled toward the exits. you were heading to work. >> yeah. >> reporter: just like every other day? >> like every day. >> reporter: except this time, you were running away, and not going to work. >> i was hoping if i made it to my job, main i got a chance of surviving. >> reporter: police believe the suspect was wounded in the attack, and the suspect who detonated a pipe bomb had wires attached to him and held a battery pack. that suspect believed to be in his 20s, originally from bangladesh, living in brooklyn, has been in the united states for seven years, and he is in

critical condition at a new york city hospital. within minutes, emergency personnel flooded the scene, shutting down times square right in the middle of the busy holiday season in all directions. police are still looking for any possible secondary devices before clearing the area. it's been a little more than a month since the rental truck in an act of terror mowed down bicyclists killing eight. police right now are still working on this theory that perhaps this pipe bomb went off before it was intended to go off in the middle of this passageway where very few people were going through, and that is perhaps why more people weren't hurt here, robin. >> oh, my. thanks so much. >> let's get more on the suspect right now. akayed ullah, 27 years old. lived in brooklyn for seven years, and he made statements supporting isis, and pierre thomas has all the details from washington. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: the suspect has

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[ cheers and applause ] back here. welcome back to "gma." wonderful to have everybody with us on this monday morning and your reward, "pop news" with lara spencer. good morning, everybody. good morning, you guys. so we're going to begin with a living legend, jane fonda celebrating her 80th birthday on saturday. and she did it with a two-fer. i love this. she had a fabulous party with some of her closest friends and co-stars but it doubled as a fund-raiser for a charity that she founded, the georgia campaign for adolescent power and potential. carole king, james taylor, they serenaded fonda with a selection of their greatest hits and, yes, her ex ted turner was there. all smiles as jane gave a speech saying she never imagined she'd live this long, but she feels better than ever.

i love that. >> she looks amazing. >> i mean. >> fantastic. [ applause ] >> benjamin button. she looks fantastic. there were many toasts and an eight-course meal to represent jane's eight decades of life, followed by a silent auction that raised, i love this, a birthday party that raised $1.3 million for her charity. [ applause ] the gift that keeps on giving. i think it's a great idea. and oprah winfrey personally giving $100,000 in a very heartfelt video to the birthday girl. happy birthday, jane fonda. >> happy 80th. [ applause ] it was the iheartradio jingle ball this weekend. it happened at madison square garden right here in new york. a lot of lucky people got to go see some great music including demi lovato, sam smith and many many others. but one of the highlights that we're hearing about is when two special guests walked out onto the stage to introduce the final

act, there they are, katie holmes and her little girl suri who is a huge fan of taylor swift. it's a rare appearance. usually keeping her out of the spotlight but not when it comes to taylor swift. when they introduced her taylor brought the house down with her new songs -- "ready for it." and "end game." and a couple of fan favorites and i'm told a great night was had by all. >> sure. >> my daughter elliott -- >> did they go? >> elliott got to go. the first time she went to a concert alone with her friends. i think it was a big step. taylor was a big hit. i got a lot of crying videos. >> oh, boy. that's a lot of drama. >> dad of the year, man. then finally you guys i'd like to argue this kid ryan might have the best job in the world. he's 6 years old. he's already an internet sensation. he earned $11 million pretax dollars last year. how, you ask? from his youtube channel, his page called ryan toys review where he makes huge bucks playing with toys and sharing

his thoughts. it's legitimate. he does this with candy and sweets, as well. i'll take that job. ryan began his youtube page at 4 years old. and now two years later the "forbes" magazine has listed him as one of youtube's highest earners thank to his 10 million dedicated followers. his most recent post which we looked at it three times. weren't sure we were looking at it correctly. his most recent post has been viewed over 800 million times. >> get out. are you serious? >> yes. 800 million times. [ applause ] >> when you started that story you said $11 million, kid review toys. this lady -- i don't know your name, ma'am. you looked right at your son like, yo. what's going on, man? enough of these free meals around the house. pick it up. >> i think there are a lot of breakfast tables all across america doing that exact same thing. >> good work, junior. that's all i got today, guys. >> thank you, lara. [ applause ]

it is fun to see everybody's reaction to some of these stories in "pop news." now to a big day of online deals as you rush to finish or start your holiday shopping. it's green day, green monday which means huge savings. and one of the top sellers so far this year, those home voice assistants. becky worley is joining us from san francisco. becky, it seems like there's a little bit of a battle going on. tell us about it. >> reporter: yeah, robin. that's right. good morning, 50% of u.s. homes will buy one of these voice assistants in the next five years. so, hey, echo or hey, google, that's a question millions are asking this holiday season. hey, google. >> alexa how do i set you up? >> reporter: amazon's echo and google home are battling to be your digital assistant. which one should you choose? cnet's brian tong says picking the right assistant really depends on you. >> what it comes down to is, are you in google's ecosystem and all their services? or maybe you're a prime subscriber.

you have all those benefits from that and how many smart devices at home do you want to control? >> reporter: so who should buy google home? hey, google, what's the golden state warriors' record right now? if search is your main focus -- >> they're in second place in the western conference with 20 wins and 6 losses. >> we know google is the king of search. and that stays the same here. it has the best brains of both so go google home. >> reporter: next media. >> all right, music on youtube. here you go. ♪ >> reporter: it's a good choice if you own an android phone, have all your accounts with google, and use a chromecast for streaming. ♪ google, pause the song before i embarrass my children. >> well if you're in the google world and use the chromecast, have your e-mail, calendar is all set up you have to go google home. >> reporter: so to recap google home is good for folks who already have all their accounts with google and who mainly plan to use the voice assistant as a search engine. now for amazon's echo. my son, and his friend, evan, think its music services are

cool. >> echo, play imagine dragons in the living room. >> "believer" by imagine dragons. ♪ >> reporter: 90 million people are already prime subscribers and many use prime music. now speaking of prime -- >> echo, buy a fidget spinner. >> reporter: when it comes to shopping -- >> if you want the biggest amount of products for the best prices, you gotta go amazon. >> reporter: now if you want to control your smart home by voice, google is ramping up fast but -- >> echo, set the thermostat to 65 degrees. >> you got to go amazon. they have the most compatibility with smart home devices. >> reporter: so remember. you want amazon echo if you have smart home devices, you're already tied into the amazon prime world of music, and you plan to shop by voice. >> echo, tell me a joke. >> reporter: the future is voice controlled. no matter which product you choose. [ laughter ] now, these devices don't have cameras in them. but many people are still

worried about the privacy issues with devices that are basically listening to you all the time. and yet, robin, they are still selling like hot cakes. >> we have two of them right here. what can you tell us more about them, becky? we're happy to have them. >> you have -- yeah, you got the google home mini and amazon echo dot and a few other in those families. the smaller ones are the entry models. 29 bucks for each of them, at pretty much all of the outlets. target, walmart, amazon. $20 off today and been that way for a lot of the holiday season so far. >> some other great sales as well today, right, becky? >> yeah, it's green monday and you have a bunch of cute kids in studio there. they don't know that green monday is yet another completely made up shopping holiday. but the discounts are real. target has a toy sale spend $10t includes some of those cute scooters and a lot of the fun toys that parents have got to get this time of year. >> anything for us adults, i mean -- hey.

down goes frazier, are you okay, kid? he can own this place. yeah. [ applause ] gotta get back up. anything more for adults, though, becky? whoa. >> you know, ebay coined this term, green monday, robin. >> are you okay? >> they're offering a ton of discounts today. i hope the audience and that little kid is all right. >> he takes a licking but he keeps on ticking. [ applause ] there he goes. thank you, becky. thank you all for having a great time. michael? >> hey, helmets are important, robin. that's a good rule right there. now we're going to go to the women who are ruling the galaxy far, far away. excitement is hitting a high note for the new "star wars." we're going to go back to nick watt who has an early sneak peek and, nick, i got to say this one is about powerful women, right? >> reporter: it is, you know, michael, back in the day "star wars" was just a little bit manly, you know, luke, han,

darth, chewie, i think, jabba. not anymore. female characters are now to the fore, and adding depth, nuance, and reality. ♪ >> kill it. >> reporter: "star wars" is back but not quite as we know it. >> i'm not the protagonist anymore. rey is the protagonist. >> show me my place in all this. >> reporter: we first met her in "the force awakens." >> what's nice she's asking those questions because in the first one it's sort of like everybody else putting this on you. >> reporter: laura dern, a purple-haired resistance leader is formidable. >> you're creating character and improvising and all seems the same until someone taps you on the shoulder and it's chewbacca and they hug you. >> reporter: even this one feels the shift. >> it's this leader who is sensing a big change coming. a big force, a big feminine energy which is threatening. >> reporter: gwendoline christie back as captain phasma. >> i'm so proud of you.

>> reporter: kelly marie tran, brand-new as rose. >> i don't think she's like anyone else we've seen before. >> i'm luke skywalker. i'm here to rescue you. >> you're who? >> reporter: it's now 40 years since "a new hope." >> ben kenobi, where is he? >> reporter: carrie fisher then. carrie fisher now. she finished filming "the last jedi" before she passed a year ago. >> i met her when she was 19. so 41 years and we had our ups and downs. but she was very, very special. >> getting little goose bumps as i speak. as you see her on the screen you will remember her fondly. >> reporter: and you'll notice how far the "star wars" universe has come. so, a galaxy far, far away. now resembles a little more closely what we would like our gender dynamic to be here in america in 2017. michael? >> all right, nick. i'm going to watch it tonight. i can't talk to anybody who hasn't seen it because i can't do any spoilers.

but i'm calling you because you have seen it, my man. we'll have a discussion about it tonight. "the last jedi" hits theaters nationwide on friday. and now we'll go to rob with a "gma" moment. what you got? >> looking forward to that. a lot of people look forward to the snow this weekend. as a matter of fact, our friends from dallas pray for snow. and you got it. another person or animal that liked the snow was this. your "gma" moment. check it out. at the national zoo the panda, everyone trying to make the most out of those two inches is rolling down and trying to slide or sled down that small hill there. and pandas, actually, in western china, they like the cold, the mountains, and the snow. and this one certainly eating up as much of that two inches as he can so your prayers were answered and i'm sure there will be more snow this winter. . good monday morning. i'm meteorologist mike nicco from abc 7 mornings. my accuweather highlights. record highs this afternoon. it is a spare the air day so wood burning ban all 24 hours. tonight extremely dry air and cold again. let me show you temperatures. 71 at san jose.

70 at half moon bay. rest of us mid to upper 60s. 30s and 40s it has been five years since that unspeakable tragedy in newtown, connecticut. you remember sandy hook elementary school. a gunman walked in, killed 20 children, 6 adults. that is the scene. and amy, you reported from there that whole horrific week. you recently went back and spoke with many of the families affected. >> yes. i have to tell you, i was nervous about this assignment. i was concerned about how i would feel sitting down with the people who had lost something that none of us could imagine -- >> their children. >> what that could actually be like. i was so affected covering the story when it happened. but i walked away feeling so inspired by those people who have turned an unimaginable tragedy into an incredible mission. >> reporter: who can forget the mind-numbering horror of newtown, connecticut? it is certainly so difficult here in newtown. the sandy hook elementary school

shooting where 20 young children and 6 adults were murdered five years ago this week. the mass shooting we hoped would be the last. i can't imagine your reaction when you turn on the news and you see another one. >> i have made a very deliberate decision to invest every fiber of my being into trying to prevent that from happening again. >> reporter: mark barden lost his son, daniel, that day. he called him his special little buddy. >> my one little daniel, in his life, has affected so many people in a positive way. but in his murder has affected i can't even tell you. >> reporter: while some parents and groups made sandy hook a battle cry for gun reform and an assault weapons ban, barden co-founded the sandy hook promise, a foundation whose goal is to prevent shootings and violence in schools at its root. >> we are training people, students, parents, teachers, how to recognize the warning signs that people give off before they hurt themself. before they hurt somebody else. >> can everyone in the back row hear me?

>> reporter: at this middle school assembly in goshen, new york, students are learning different ways to reach out to each other. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: and make sure no one is isolated or alone. a remarkable and sometimes even joyful lesson, borne from a national tragedy. several loved ones from sandy hook have made it their mission. >> we know that these acts of violence are preventable. and we feel responsible to teach people how to prevent them from happening. >> reporter: nicole hockley lost her son dylan who she calls her butterfly. >> being autistic, he would flap his arms up and down whenever he got excited which was pretty much all the time. and i asked him once, why do you flap? and he said, because i'm a beautiful butterfly. >> reporter: also killed five years ago bill sherlock's wife mary, the school psychologist. and in mary's honor you are trying to prevent this from happening. >> we've already done it. there's been a number of school shootings that we know we've thwarted. >> i imagine you probably think

what would mary think if she saw all of this. >> i hope she would be very proud. we have been given a whole lot of lemons. and we're just making a whole lot of lemonade. and doing everything we can to hopefully make her proud of us, yeah. >> reporter: the sandy hook promise has a new eye-opening psa which looks at seeing the signs before a shooting. >> it is not a comfortable piece to watch. but you know what, gun violence isn't comfortable. ♪ so i'm giving it all i got >> reporter: also to commemorate the fifth anniversary of sandy hook, sheryl crow has written and recorded a very special song to honor those lost. ♪ we're beautiful inside >> reporter: with a message for those left behind to keep going. >> for dylan, i will always keep going. and to ensure that more moms and dads out there can continue to hug their kids every single night for the rest of their lives, i will keep going. ♪

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good morning north bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> it's bart is tweeting following the explosion in new york city. bart says police will maintain high visibility and awareness writing we ask riders to always report suspicious activity. a suspect is in custody in new york city. let's see what is happening with traffic. >> bart is on schedule around the bay area. lots of red on the roadways and we'll continue to follow as best we can. we had much earlier problems with a signal malfunctioning. we have traffic backed up. and a new accident on the peninsula northbound 280. the ramp to eastbound 380. >> before you head out

. now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> two neighborhoods still freezing cold. that's just about over. quick look at our activity planner. we have threat of freezing fog in the north bay but that is over. near record warmth through the weekend. >> i heard that. thank you. another abc 7 news update in about 30 minutes and always on our news app.

join us for abc 7 mornings week days. the news ♪ here we go with a feeling in my soul ♪ we welcome you back. great to have everybody here to start off the week. thank you very much. you know what, we have a fantastic guest to bring to the table. she is a seven-time emmy award winning actress. now getting oscar buzz for "i, tonya." please welcome allison janney. [ cheers and applause ] >> hello. >> nice to see you. >> oh. >> i love you. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> oh, my goodness. thank you. it's great to have you here. >> first time i'm here. [ cheers and applause ] >> it's crazy.

how can that be? >> i don't know. i mean i think i was on some other network. >> we love that show too. but we do have a welcome gift. do they do this for you at the other network? look at all this. >> here you go. [ applause ] >> you're all set now. >> you are all set to go. >> this is -- no, this is -- i've never been treated so well. nice job. >> that's great. >> i feel so much better. >> so bright in here. >> thank you. >> i love "i, tonya." i watched it. i knew the whole saga. oh, it is so good. it is so good. >> thank you. >> my goodness. how did -- you were a skater. you were -- >> my first dream before even thinking i was going to be an actress i wanted to be an olympic figure skater and i -- my parents, god bless them, they would get up at 5:00 in the morning and take me to the rink before school and after school would come and skate so it was a deal of mine. i, however, was not that good. [ laughter ]

>> come on. >> i was very graceful but i'm too tall. it's an acrobatic sport. you have to hurl yourself into three revolutions. i could do a double salchow and that's about it. >> soups pretty good. >> it was bad and then i gave it up and went to college -- >> it all worked out. >> i know. >> basically. >> which means this movie was perfect for you. >> it was a perfect fit for me although i didn't get to skate at all. >> you play tonya's mom. >> yes. >> in the movie. playing her mom, tonya was at the premiere. how was it meeting her? i'm sure like us you knew this story, you felt in and out before this movie. >> i did, i did and i thought one thing about her and now i think something altogether different having done the movie, have a lot more empathy for her but i -- yeah, i didn't meet her during the filming or before filming. margot robbie and my friend steven rogers who wrote it met with her extensively but i saw her on the red carpet and almost started crying seeing her. she was crying.

she was so overwhelmed and when i saw her i was speechless. i just wanted to hug her because she came up to me and said what a great job i did portraying her mother and i just felt -- made me really sad. >> you talk about that empathy. people forget what a villain she was. >> that's how she was portrayed, though. i think she was portrayed as one thing. it was the advent of the 24-hour news cycle and they put it out there that she was evil and nancy was the princess. >> it's like a story you can't make up. >> yeah but when you see it there is a lot more nuance to it and what she -- her life, her upbringing, you don't -- the movie doesn't completely exonerate her but makes you question what exactly her hand in all of that was and she had a lot of questionable characters in her life that you just have to see it. it's unbelievable. >> you have a better understanding. >> yes, you do, yeah, and you think maybe i thought -- i misjudged her. i think she was misjudged a bit. >> let's see a little bit.

>> i am so sorry but there's no smoking on the ice. >> oh. i'll smoke it quietly. ♪ be ware the devil woman >> this is my daughter tonya. >> i told you on the phone -- >> i know what you told me though you've never seen her skate. >> i don't train beginners. >> all she does is talk about skating all day and night. can't shutter up about it, so it's easier for me to put other on ice, if you know what i mean. >> how do you smoke quietly? [ applause ] >> yeah, exactly. >> years of training. >> years of training you smoke quietly. it's a very noisy activity and -- >> we know margot got to meet tonya, and sebastian tgot to meet -- >> lavona. >> would you have liked to. >> i would have loved to met her and had a gazillion questions to ask her, mostly

about our upbringing and four husbands she had and i don't know -- at this point i don't think i want to meet her because it's already in the can. unless we do an "i, lavona" movie. >> with the bird on the shoulder. >> my favorite hands down favorite animal co-star ever. and not at first. i was terrified -- i'm more of a dog and cat person and birds scare me. i don't know what -- you know, they kind of freak me out a little bit so i had to meet -- i auditioned three birds for that role. [ laughter ] i did. the bird lady was so lovely. she said, see which one, you know, you can connect with. the other two would crawl in my hair and just freaked me out and little man, his name is little man. >> little man. >> he just sat on my shoulder and hung out there and i was like, okay, yeah, this guy and then we started filming and he was just couldn't -- he was all in my ear and all over the place but he kind of fueled my performance a little bit because he got me a little worked up and irritated.

as i was telling my story. >> lavona had her very unique style, which you captured very well. this movie as robin said is raving about it. and everyone at home make sure you see it. it is "i, tonya," it's in theaters now. allison janney, everybody and when we come back, "black-ish" star anthony anderson is here live. we'll be right back. [ cheers and applause ]

[ cheers and applause ] we're back now with the man, the hilarious star of "black-ish," anthony anderson, everybody. >> hey. [ applause ] >> and we have some breaking news, something very big just happened. >> what? >> you just got not one, not two, but three golden globe nominations moments ago. >> oh, yes, yes, i did. >> can we take a look? >> best performance by an actor in a television series, musical or comedy. anthony anderson, "black-ish." [ cheers and applause ] >> all right. i didn't see that till just now. this is -- wow. congratulations to me. >> and you also -- your show got nominated. >> the show got nominated. >> and a new movie "ferdinand" congratulations to everybody. >> you're here to talk about

your show. you take on every issue. you're not afraid. so funny. you handle things so perfectly because you get us talking. >> yes. >> and make us smile. and this week's episode you're doing it again with something that's near and dear to your heart. >> diabetes. i'm a type 2 diabetic. been that way for 16 years now, so is my mother. i lost my father to complications of diabetes so i've teamed up with november novo nordisk. and there's a lot of information that we share on that site and on the facebook page. >> how do you tackle a topic like diabetes in a comical way? >> you know, very, very easily. you know. i'm comical. we talk about it. you know in our community we always talk about, you know, us having the sugars. you know. but unfortunately there's nothing sweet about being a type 2 diabetic so, you know, we talk

about that on the show but you don't want to beat anybody over the head with a message so we feed it to them with no pun intended with a teaspoon of sugar. >> yeah. but at the end of the day, what's the take home? what do you want people to, a, know about diabetes, about what you're going through? >> we just want -- there's a lot of misinformation out there because people don't go to the doctors to get checked out. you know, we want them to know this is a serious issue that affects us all. and to get real about it. so go to our website, get real about diabetes.com and all the information that you need to know about the disease and what you can do before you get it and once you have it is all there. >> all right, let's get real about these golden globe nominations. >> let's do it. let's do it. >> tell everybody about "ferdinand." this is a book that i loved as a kid. you brought it to life and really great way. >> the book has been around for 80 years and about anti-bullying. it's about believing in one's self so other people can believe in themselves.

and just having faith and all that and it's a beautiful story about not judging a book by its cover. >> is that your character? >> i'm bones, yeah, i'm bones. i lost a lot of weight so they called me bones. >> how did you enjoy doing that? >> i loved it. i didn't know anything about the story. you know, even though it's been around for 80 years but my children knew about it and they were like, oh, dad, yeah, you should do that and then i read the story and i'm a part of this movie and it's -- i saw it yesterday for the first time. we had our premiere in los angeles, and it's a very moving, emotional feel-good story for the entire family. >> check it out, everybody. >> yeah. >> you have work to do. you have to write a speech. >> yes. >> hopefully, hopefully. i love this guy and everybody, can you see "black-ish," tuesday 9:00 p.m. right here on abc. congratulations. >> thank you, dear. >> we'll throw it to rob. >> hey, rob. a good crowd out here. they're all bundled up from north dakota, from illinois. they're from the carolinas, as well. it's going to get worse.

you picked a good day. i know it's cold but look at these number, windchills, tuesday, tomorrow afternoon minus 4 in detroit and in the teens here in new york city. that's as warm as it's going to get wednesday. good morning. i'm meteorologist mike nicco. your accuweather 12 hour day planner. near record highs in the low to upper 60s this afternoon. my accuweather seven day not too bad. standing warm for dallas. michael, back inside to you. all right, rob. thank you. i'm here with dawn russell. and dawn is an entrepreneur and a mother who says she cracked the code, the code you ask. what code? the code that is going to help your kids get you to help them eat their veggies and created the 8g tablet and she has a new 8g cookbook out full of recipes she says your kids will love and, dawn, you say you cracked the code. 8g.

what are the greens that are in your tablet and why are they so important? >> well, no pressure to crack a code. there are spinach, kale, you name it. blue green algae, all the important essential eight grains. >> in that. >> most importantly, though, it tastes good. no sugar. so what i did, this was the first thing, eight greens in a drink and just exploded. >> how did it evolve to a cookbook and recipes? >> i had a huge health scare and made this because i know what greens did for me and thought i need to do something to get greens in people with no sugar. this eight-grains tablet absolutely exploded, and moms kept writing in and saying, how do i get more eight greens into my kid? have a liquid put it into a recipe. these kids are -- >> taste testers. >> our meatballs. >> they have meatballs. pasta. >> yes. so we have -- first we have banana bread. >> ooh.

>> which you to substitute maple syrup for sugar it's great because it's so intense, so strong and sweet. a good sugar substitute and there's an eight greens literally. if you put it -- if it's in a liquid, you can pour it into the recipe, stir it up and have it. >> brownies. >> then we have some brownies. and we have some turkey meatballs. and, again, you just -- if you can hide little things in it, probiotic powder and the red sauce, great to use owe make ga oil instead of extra virgin olive oil and then here weaver we have the red sauce, which is the same thing. you just add some basil. again, any kind of probiotic powder, omega oil help your kids to be tongue and healthy and secretly getting the greens in. >> so, kids, you are taste testers. all right. how is it? >> good. >> tell the truth. >> it's good. two thumbs up. nothing like meatballs and then pasta for breakfast, huh? >> yeah. >> all right. well, two thumbs up. they don't even know they're having all their greens. there you go. dawn, great job.

ingenious, i love it, 8g cookbook is out now. make your sure kids get all the greens you need. and coming up, sheryl crow will be here live. this is awesome. ♪ giving it all i got ♪ then if i cannot how's it going down there? that's good. lica misses you. i'm over it though. (laughter) that's fine. i miss her more than you anyway. ♪ ♪ hey, my window is closing.

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back now with nine-time grammy award winner sheryl crow here with a brand-new song, very close to her heart, and the hearts of those families affected by the sandy hook school tragedy. please welcome sheryl crow back to "gma." [ applause ] this is special. this is special for you. just tell people a little about the song. >> it is, i actually wrote this song after the vegas shooting and i didn't know what i was going to do with it and then suddenly we were presented with the sandy hook promise and the opportunity to have a song for it and i said i just have written this song which is basically about what they went

through, so and it's a fantastic organization and people can download the song at cherylcrow.bandcamp.com. had to remember it. >> how did you do that? >> i can kick. >> and this is your niece that's going to perform with you. >> yes. >> ah. [ applause ] >> well, it's wonderful because the proceeds go to the sandy hook project. it's a nonprofit that's really helping people understand the signs when it comes to gun violence. >> exactly and that's what we need. it's a great first step. >> it is. >> this song is so moving. we can't wait for everyone to hear it. so here is sheryl crow. it is called "the dreaming kind." [ applause ] ♪ i turned off the news again tonight ♪

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♪ every child is pure until he learns to hate ♪ ♪ and watch with innocence and imitate ♪ ♪ ♪ they say that love can conquer hate but there is no time to wait ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ because i'm giving it all i got cannot change a thing ♪

♪ i'm giving it all i got ♪ gonna find the key to mend it and we're beautiful ♪ ♪ inside baby i'm just the dreaming kind ♪ [ applause ]

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such a great way to start the such a great way to start the week. thank you again, sheryl. >> my pleasure. eva mae, right? >> we're with another golden globe nominee. [ cheers and applause ] you find out just moments ago, golden globe nomination. >> exciting for margot robbie and the movie too. >> that's wonderful. [ cheers and applause ]

good morning bay area. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> happy monday morning to you. it's 8:59. let's take a look at the weather. >> freezing cold temperatures are over. now we are on our way to record high temperatures. 69 is a record high. look at the 70s half moon bay. 71 in san jose. it just keeps rolling through. my accuweather seven day forecast. >> we are coming off on the southern side of the span past vista point an accident on the span. it is very clear coming southbound. a couple of problems south bay northbound 85 accident 280 near 85 that accident has things jammed up and north 280 near 380. time now for live with kelly and ryan. we are back on the air at 11:00

a.m. and our reporting always cont >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today for the new film "the greatest showman," zendaya. and broadway film and television star, bernadette peters. plus, we are kicking off our holiday gift guide with presence you can make it home. all this on "live" ." and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] ♪ >> ryan: hi, guys. good