morning. hope you have a great holiday weekend. "g good morning, america. holiday travel frenzy. tens of millions of americans racing home for christmas. lines already growing at airports across the country. chaos in dallas when a terminal is forced to evacuate and traffic backing up as that major storm moves in with snow and rain. 22 states now facing alerts from oregon to maine. president trump heading to mar-a-lago for the holidays as congress celebrates avoiding a shutdown overnight. but still questions this morning, will president trump deliver on his big christmas promise and sign that tax bill before the holiday? ♪ have a holly jolly christmas and holly jolly christmas. last-minute holiday deals you can score right now. how you can give a gift card and get one back without spending

more. oprah winfrey's holiday warning. >> it's a fraud, it's a fraud, it's a fraud. >> the social media scam asking you for personal information and your money. the signs to watch out for. ♪ and in case you didn't hear oh by golly have a holly jolly christmas this year ♪ and good morning, america. thanks for joining us on this friday morning. you know, only oprah can make a fraud funny. i mean she really has a way of saying it. let's listen to it again. >> it's a fraud, it's a fraud, it's a fraud. >> it gets your attention and she wants her millions of viewers and followers to know they shouldn't click on the scam to take their information and money. we'll have much more on that. it was a big deal and had to respond on twitter. the great holiday escape as well is under way. a live look at chicago's o'hare airport. look at all those people. one of the busiest in the

country today and this was just the scene moments ago in dallas after that evacuation. everyone piling back into the airport and, amy, the worst thing you can hear at the airport you have to be rescreened. >> oh, gosh. millions more, of course, not just hitting the airways but the roadways. they're driving for the holiday. this is a live look at our traffic cam in new york city. triple a says more than 97 million people are hitting the road over the next week. >> you'll be doing that, driving and flying? >> driving today and flying this weekend. whoo hoo. >> 2.7 million expected to fly and david kerley is at dulles airport outside washington, d.c. starting us off on the tarmac. david, it looks like they're putting you to work this morning. >> reporter: good morning, tom. you're looking at aircraft that came in on this very busy travel day. let's talk about dallas and love field that you guys mentioned. it was a small fire earlier this morning that forced the evacuation of the entire terminal. folks were back in within 45 minutes. southwest, that's their major hub, say this could cause delays in their system at that

love field area for an hour and a half. that could ripple through the system and cause problems. otherwise it's been a smooth start to the day. a very busy day yesterday and today, the two busiest travel days for the christmas holiday season. let's look at flight aware. the map just getting going on this friday morning. what will it look like later today? here's yesterday's. thursday and friday, the two busiest days, a lot of aircraft in the air. so far, cancellations not a serious problem today. that's the good news. friday is their busiest day trying to get folks home for the holidays. you can see boxes and bags as folks are traveling home. between today and new year's united will handle 5 million passengers trying to get them home. so far the system seems to be working fairly well, people getting where they want to get, home for the holidays. tom. >> that sounds great and we will watch that weather. you said yesterday and today are some of the busiest days. what about after christmas, all

those travelers returning home? >> reporter: this is really a problem. think about it. yesterday and today, very busy times. a lot of them want to get back to their houses where they live come tuesday, the day after christmas. that's going to be a very busy day. pack some patience if you're traveling on tuesday. so far, so good. tom. >> david, thank you. david kerley on the front lines of the great escape. amy. weather has such an impact on travel and, ginger, i know, you've been watching the big storm moving across the country. where now and what's it going to do to everybody hitting the roadways and airwaves? >> amy, you're already seeing light freezing rain falling in bedford, pennsylvania and snow in the northeast. it's already started here. you see denver, colorado, the roads, that's what it looks like, less than an inch. in mankato, minnesota, plenty of spinoffs even with that light snow. it's actually sometimes worse. that's what we're going to see in some spots today.

storms possible dallas to memphis this morning. a couple of airports to watch. boston tonight, if you have a flight there i would watch out for that. we stopped it at 7:00 p.m. along the warm front. i-90, 95 could be messy and rain saturday night. but if you have a flight yet washington, d.c. to new york and boston, you could see rain and then snow. hey, you want a white christmas? there's a shot of it for some folks. i'll tell you about it coming up. amy. >> okay, that's very exciting, ginger, thank you. we move on to washington right now. overnight congress avoiding a government shutdown for the moment but as the president heads to mar-a-lago this morning, the u.s. is facing backlash over his decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. the u.n. voting to condemn that move despite ambassador nikki haley's threat. our congressional correspondent mary bruce has all the latest from the white house. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, amy. in a collective rebuke, the united nations voted overwhelmingly to condemn the president's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. it came even after the

trump's ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley, issued a direct threat suggesting that the u.s. would think twice about funding the u.n. if it went through with this decision, adding the u.s. will be, quote, taking names. but the u.n. voted anyway. the president is getting ready to depart the white house shortly, on his way down to florida where he'll be spending the holiday with family in mar-a-lago. as always, the president is always president and he will still continue to attend to official business. first there is one big thing looming on his to-do list. he needs to sign that big tax reform bill, that big legislative accomplishment for republicans. we are told by a source that there's a very good chance that he signs this bill soon before he leaves for that christmas holiday. tom. quite a year in washington, let's bring in matthew dowd for a year-end review of the trump presidency breaking down what he

promised and if he's delivered. matt, good morning to you. let's start with the president's tax cut plan, a clear victory for the president, also getting rid of the obamacare mandate which penalized people for not getting health insurance but a reminder of a battle he hasn't won to fully repeal and replace obamacare. >> yeah, tom, i think this is a clear legislative victory on the one hand on the tax cut victory but on the other side on the obamacare side, it's not a clear legislative victory. there's a huge difference between a legislative victory and a political victory. so he's put a lot of yards on the field and has a lot of first downs, but for a political purpose he hasn't accomplished that much. >> his signature issue on the campaign trail was the promise to build a wall and have mexico pay for it. we've seen some prototypes but that's still a promise he hasn't fully delivered on. >> i think it'll be one very difficult to deliver on. as you know, all of the compromises he's going to have to do now with congress related

to to many of the immigration issues and this one is tied up in it. one, with those compromises and, two, the fact that the budget now, he's got a $1.5, $1.1 trillion deficit that will come from the tax cuts and building that wall will cost billions and having covered the campaign for the last two years, i think it will be very difficult for him to do in an election year that is already problematic. >> yeah, he's going to have to find that funding. matt, i want to turn now to one of the next big challenges for the president. the midterm elections and new reports about a heated meeting the president's top staff, but also his former campaign manager corey lewandowski who sources tell abc news got into it with bill stepien. >> i think he's worried and he should be worried. not a real staff problem but fundamental problem. as you know, tom, all presidents in their first midterms with very few exceptions have huge problems with their party. this president has the lowest approval rating and you know

from the data, lowest approval rating a president has ended the first year at going into christmas than any president has ever had. that and the fact that his party is disliked much more than the democrats sets up for a huge wave for the democrats and big problems for the republicans in both the house and senate in 2018. >> but he also has shown he's willing to get out and campaign hard for candidates he does like and endorse. matthew dowd for us, thanks so much. >> merry christmas. now to that urgent search for a possible serial shooter suspected in at least ten drive-by shootings in california in just the last month. police say it's a top priority to find whoever is responsible and our senior national correspondent matt gutman is in california with the very latest on this investigation. matt, this gunman is targeting people when traffic is at its heaviest. >> reporter: that's right, amy. police say this mystery shooter has been stalking passing vehicles during the morning and evening commutes. now, just imagine being in a car

like this when it is slammed by gunfire. right now police say that it's just pure luck that nobody has been killed yet. >> someone just shot my boss. >> somebody shot your boss? >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: this morning authorities are desperately searching for a driver they say is terrorizing rural california. randomly firing guns at passing vehicles. >> we are working very hard to find you. we will hold you responsible. >> reporter: ten cars have been hit in the past month alone around the fresno area. this map shows the density of the attacks, all occurring within this 12-square-mile area. >> if this keeps going it will be a matter of time before we have a murder investigation. >> reporter: it was nearly that. earlier this month one man calling 911 after his boss was struck in the chest with shrapnel while she was driving. >> my boss here got shot through her window in the car. can you send an ambulance? >> okay, did she get hit? >> yes, she's bleeding. >> it is random, again, we only

have one person so far that has been injured. >> reporter: police say there are two threads connecting the shootin shootings, noting that they have been mostly happening between morning or evening rush hour and many of the motorists say the shots have been coming from a dark colored pick-up with oversized tires. >> a common thread in all the reports is that the victims say they heard loud bangs as another vehicle passed them going the opposite direction than the roadway. >> reporter: now the concern from police is not only a motorist might get shot but that gunfire slamming into the vehicle might cause that vehicle to lose control. police say they have very little to go on right now. they're not even certain that that dark-colored pickup truck is the vehicle they're looking for. much less the identity of the person or people inside of it. amy. >> wow, so little to go on. so frightening. matt, thank you so much. tom. in california an update for

the millions affected by wildfires out there. all significant evacuation orders have now been lifted and the worst appears to be over for the thomas fire which has become the second largest wildfire in state history burning more than 400 square miles and forcing 100,000 people to leave their homes. firefighters finally gaining ground. it's now 65% contained and most people can thankfully return home for the holidays. >> that's certainly a gift. we are in the final days before christmas and amazon and walmart going head-to-head battling for your dollar for those last minute gifts and our chief business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis is here with the deadlines you need to know. the deadline is obviously monday. >> we're basically there, amy, yes, good morning. it is that special time of year where retailers wage an all-out war to get our attention and money and nowhere more evident than walmart and amazon, two of the most popular destinations for online shoppers and they have stretched the deadlines right up until the last minute this year.

walmart you have until december 23rd at 4:00 p.m. to order online. then you can pick up in store on christmas eve. with amazon if you're a prime customer you can sign up for a free trial membership. you have until christmas eve at 9:30 a.m. to order for same-day delivery. >> that's right, because, you know, i think christmas is on a monday so people think i've got the weekend to get the gifts, right? but that's going to be a little tough. you have some shortcuts for people going online? >> we have. if you are hitting the stores this weekend, amy, you have to expect malls to be packed. 53% of consumers, about 126 million people plan to shop this weekend on super saturday which is the last saturday before christmas so it's a good idea if you are going to the mall, order online, pick it up in the store. last-minute shortcuts, some things that never go out of stock, e-books, order them electronically. specify the date they're delivered by e-mail.

memberships and subscriptions, spotify, netflix, all can be purchased online, sent via e-mail. gift cards, you can send those too. dealnews.com has up to 20% off. big discounts on those and finally a number of retailers are doing something new. target has a gift now option so you choose a gift on their site, it's delivered by e-mail to the recipient. they can adjust and exchange it before it ships so basically they'll get an e-mail christmas morning with the gift but the actual item comes later. >> you just open your e-mail instead of the gift. >> isn't that wonderful? >> just as good. so 2017. rebecca, thank you. this morning we're switching gears and celebrating the life of a broadcasting legend. dick enberg who covered sports for 60 years died thursday at 82 years old. t.j. holmes has more. t.j., it's not only sad in the sports world, but our world as well. >> this is a broadcaster who has

been in our homes our entire lives. the word legend should be reserved for guys like this. ten super bowls, world series, 28 wimbledons, college football and college basketball and even called that legendary bird versus magic championship in 1979. he was so good and so versatile. he could turn two little words into one of the greatest catchphrases of all time. >> hello, everyone, dick enberg with merlin olsen, welcome to east rutherford, new jersey. >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm very pleased and honored to be able to sit here. >> reporter: for six decades he was the voice behind the sports of our time. >> there it is, denver's ball at the 2 yard line. >> we will go home with vivid memories from these championships to add to our album of wonderful moments. >> it's in my dna. i really -- when it's in your soul, you care pretty deeply. >> reporter: known for his signature catchphrase. >> oh, my! >> oh, my! >> reporter: a member of the baseball, football and basketball halls of fame.

>> oh my has been an expression, a great friend of mine for over 50 years of my career, and never have those two words expressed more personal joy than at this very moment. >> reporter: enberg who called his last baseball game in 2016 was once asked how he'd like to be remembered. >> that i was the fan in the stands with you, that i sat next to you and we are a couple of pals going over the hitters and talking about the game and you feel comfortable. he enjoyed the game and helped me enjoy the game as well. >> he was headed to boston to see family. it's the holidays. >> his bags were packed. >> yeah. he didn't show up. so they thought something was up. he was dressed with bags packed ready to go and they think it was a heart attack. his birthday was coming up in january. >> our thoughts and prayers are with the family during the holiday season. thank you, t.j. as the holidays approach and you might be looking to purchase last minute gifts, just letting you know if you

play powerball or the mega millions this weekend you might be able to afford everything you wanted and more. this weekend the two jackpots will be worth more than half a billion dollars combined and tonight the winner of the megamillion might take home $247 million. how is that for a holiday gift? tomorrow the powerball going for $300 million but if that isn't enough for you, you can head to spain because they are having something there as well. they're taking a turn at el gordo which dishes out a prize of $2.8 billion. that's the world's largest lotto. $2.8 billion. el gordo means the fat one in spanish and has been a yearly tradition for more than 20 years. tickets cost about $20 apiece so a lot go in as a group so good luck to everyone in it to win it. >> when it's 2.8 billion, you have to say el gordo. you got to feel that. that's a lot of money. $2.8 billion. >> touche. all right, let's go back to ginger with colder temperatures on the way for christmas.

>> when it's this cold you have to do el frio, really cold. i don't know which one of you asked for wind chills in the single digits. you're going to get it. by christmas morning, look at those numbers and then it slides east. i'm meteorologist drew tuma with your accuweather forecast. we'll rebound to the 50s in a mix of sun and clouds. 59 later in san jose, about 57

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on the volume of scheduled departures. hi, sue. >> traffic around the airports is hooking pretty good. look at the bay bridge toll plaza. we've never seen a metering light this morning so if your travels take you from hercules to san francisco, a very light drive right now. a quick look at some of your bridge drive times. there we go, golden gate, bay bridge, san mateo bridge looking

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we want to turn to that fraud alert from oprah winfrey warning her followers on social media that someone is using her name and image to try to scam them for money and linzie janis is here with more. this is no joke. >> reporter: oprah is determined not to let the scammers steal christmas from any of her fans and has recorded a warning for her follows not to fall for s m scams that in some cases ask for your credit card or bank account details. the woman known for her giving, now warning people about a fake giveaway. >> it's a fraud, it's a fraud. it's a fraud. >> reporter: oprah winfrey taking to twitter and instagram after online oprah impersonators advertised free cash like this bogus screen shot appearing to be from the superstar's account. since christmas is less than 10 days away, i'm giving away $5,000 each to the first 100,000 followers that follow own christmas on instagram.

a similar post coming from an account claiming to be from oprah's own tv network. the real oprah fighting back with this message on social media. >> hi, everybody. i just wanted you to know that somebody out there is trying to scam you using my name and my avatar on social media asking for money if you sign up for an own account on instagram. >> oprah is the perfect target because she has been so generous in the past so people expect that type of thing from her. >> reporter: experts say there are ways to detect these types of scams. >> go back to oprah's twitter feed and check and see if that tweet actually exists. there is a date and timestamp on all tweets. >> reporter: some of the fake oprah accounts follow up by asking folks to privately send personal information such as e-mail addresses. oprah has the final word of wisdom on that matter. >> don't give up any of your bank accounts or personal information to anybody posing as me or anyone else for that

matter, and have a merry christmas. >> cybersecurity experts say if something looks too good to be true it probably is and may be the most wonderful time of year but prime time for scammers so good idea to be extra vigilant. >> this had to be pretty widespread because you have oprah in the middle of the holidays living her fabulous life and she has to go out in front of the cameras -- >> her and people have been spotting it and had it taken down. >> thanks so much. we move on to new developments in that kidnapping case in houston. a 6-week-old baby found unharmed thankfully. now a woman under arrest and we're learning about her motive and her connection to the family and abc's marcus moore is in houston with those details. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: amy, good morning. this case took a stunning turn when police announced the arrest of 28-year-old erika miranda-alvarez accused of murdering her friend and kidnapping her 6-week-old baby and trying to pass the infant off as her own.

law enforcement says this woman, erica miranda alvarez kidnapped the baby hoping to pass it off as her own child after murdering her mother. >> it's shocking. >> reporter: after a two-day manhunt, they tracked her to this apartment complex. alvarez was standing outside with her boyfriend holding the infant in her arms and alvarez is believed to have suffered a recent miscarriage and may have been trying to hide her loss from her boyfriend and family. >> it suggests that the suspect was friends with miranda's brother which is how she connected with our victim. >> reporter: this morning alvarez is in police custody charged with murdering shamali's mom who was a family friend and kidnapping the 6-week-old child. >> she stated the front door was open and the complainant was already lying dead on her bedroom floor. she stated that she took the infant daughter and left. >> justice. i hope she gets life in prison. >> reporter: and alvarez was expected to go before a judge last night but that didn't happen because she's under medical watch.

as this investigation enters a new phase, amy, investigators believe alvarez acted alone without her boyfriend's knowledge. he is not being charged at this point. >> marcus moore, thank you so much. tom. >> amy, thanks. now to a scare for katy perry. an alleged stalker arrested after trying to get by her security on stage in miami. a judge ruling he is a credible threat ordering him to keep away. abc's linsey davis is here with more. this isn't the first time he's allegedly tried to grab her, right? >> you're right. according to the police report he tried to contact her in canada twice, then again in multiple cities including atlanta, chicago and orlando. he allegedly told authorities, i will do whatever it takes to be with katy perry. this morning a man is behind bars charged with aggravated stalking of katy perry. >> he says he's going to do whatever it takes to be with katy perry. he follows this woman all around the country. >> reporter: pawel jurski from

poland in the u.s. on a tourist visa has admitted to following the singer of smash hits like "roar." ♪ you're going to hear me roar following her all around t country from toronto to chicago to michigan to florida, according to a police report obtained by "the miami herald." in miami wednesday night jurski allegedly entered a restricted area of the americanairlines arena attempting to rush toward the stage and according to that report, jurski recently went to a hotel perry was staying in and hid in a stairwell. >> traveling around the country, it's things fans do to go see concerts. that is common. they literally have dead heads that literally travel from place to place to -- >> this is not the grateful dead. this is a woman who is performing and he says he's going to do whatever it takes to be with her. he followed her to a restaurant. where was that? in tampa. he goes to her hotel and hides in the stairwell. he rushes towards the stage area, the restricted area at the

aaa arena. it's a little bit more than going to a concert. >> reporter: miami-dade county judge has ordered jurski to stay away from perry, her home and all concert venues. jurski remains behind bars this morning. katy perry has a huge following of fans. the katy cats they're called and seen how quickly that devotion much can turn into obsession. >> strange argument to compare them to dead heads. they're usually pretty chill. >> the judge noted that too. >> duly noted. coming up apple under fire facing a new lawsuit after revealing it slows down older iphones. what the company is saying and what you can do for your older phone when we come back. iphones. what you can do for your older phone when we come back.

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we're back on "gma." smartphones always make a popular holiday gift and this morning there is a new battle over iphones. apple is facing backlash after admitting its updates slow down some of the older models. abc's gio benitez is here with those details. a lot of people saying, i knew it. >> a lot saying that. good morning to you. people are keeping their iphones longer than in the past, three or four instead of one or two years and that's why many older phones are still in use but they are slower. just days ago a software company tried to figure out what was going on. they did and apple made that

stunning revelation. whether you're a lightning speed texter or selfie addict, iphone users expect their devices to keep up with their every move. apple is facing backlash after revealing its updates slow down older devices in an effort to extend the phone's battery life or protect the phone under certain conditions. >> if you have an old iphone with an old battery apple may slow down the speed so the battery doesn't completely die or the phone doesn't do something wonky. >> reporter: some feel it's intentional. >> i feel like apple keeps coming up with new products and slowing down the other versions so is that you hathat you have version. >> you think it's a big scheme? >> yes, once you upgrade your phone it works slower so you're forced to go into the newer one. >> reporter: apple says that's not the case. it's actually trying to help people with older phones telling abc news, our goal is to deliver

the best experience for customers, which includes overall performance and prolonging the life of their devices. lithium-ion batteries become less capable of supplying peak current demands as they age over time. even so on thursday a man filed a class action suit saying he never gave apple consent to slow down his iphone, also alleging that users suffered interferences due to intentional slowdowns. apple should have done what? >> number one, told consumers what's going on. i would have taken a pop-up saying your phone is slowing down right now because your battery is old. two, they could have told us what we can do to get a new battery. >> reporter: the new battery, apple says, is the solution. if you put a better battery in and it's getter it will not down those speeds and it will run at normal speeds. >> reporter: but that's still going to cost you. you can bring the phone into any store and they'll replace it for about 80 bucks. the good news you shouldn't need a new phone.

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back now with the biggest movies at the box office this christmas after the shopping is over and presents are unwrapped. americans love to go to the theater. abc's nick watt has your guide on what to watch. nick, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tom. well, listen last summer was a box office bloodbath. worst summer in a decade. lots of face palming and hand wringing here in los angeles. but the holiday season looks very promising and variety is the key. it seems like there's something for nearly everyone. "jumanji: welcome to the jungle" is out right now gathering good reviews and solid numbers for family fun, battling "the greatest showman." friday, "pitch perfect 3" hits theaters if anna singing a cappella is more your thing. matt damon in "downsizing," cool concept. mixed reviews.

and for a little raunchy, racy r-rated fun, "father figures." the only straight-up adult comedy. "all the money in the world," the john paul getty kidnap thriller is generating buzz with 11th hour reshoots. christopher plummer replaced kevin spacey after harassment allegations. opens christmas day. >> told it's one of the best days in the calendar. >> reporter: usually second only to thanksgiving and that week off work for many, christmas through new year will decide whether it was a box office turkey or triumph. >> ow! >> reporter: "star wars: the last jedi" which made a whopping $220 million last weekend is still killing it and might make all the difference. the combined box office could still top $11 billion just shy of last year and make this, in fact, the second biggest box

office year in history. >> resist it, rey. >> reporter: and we will between us spend around a quarter of a billion dollars at the box office this long weekend. my picks, "all the money in the world," christopher plummer is mesmerizing and "coco" is still out there. that, guys, great one for the kids. >> i saw it last weekend. it was a great one for the adults too. i loved that movie. >> everyone is talking about that. what's on your list? >> i need to see "star wars," i'll be watching that for sure this week. >> i want to see "i, tonya." we talked about it yesterday. >> i've already seen it but, yes, it's great. so much to see. i'm excited. coming up, how to have your cake and eat it too. dr. ashton has your guide to having sweets the smart way. getting in the holiday spirit all morning long right here on "gma." ♪ when you've crossed fruit of the loom off your list,

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good morning. i'm jessica castro from "abc7 mornings." and, boy, it's cold out there. let's check in with drew tuma. >> hi, jessica. we are tracking freeze warnings still in effect for the majority of the region lasting until 9:00 this morning. it's 37 in oakland, 35 in san jose, 30 in santa rosa. half moon bay is chilly at 36 degrees. later on today, it will be a grnl yu gradual warming trend under a mix of sunshine and clouds and temperatures topping out in the mid to upper 50s. this is the busiest time at the airport so i thought weed look at the airport highways. to sfo we go, some minor slowing through millbrae into sfo. 880 towards the oakland airport is clear. smooth sailing. if you're traveling to san jose airport, look at all that green. that is good.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. holiday travel frenzy. tens of millions on the move for christmas. lines already growing at airports across the country and traffic backing up as that major storm moves in with snow and rain. what you need to know before hitting the road. miss america under fire. what the pageant's ceo was caught saying about pageant winners. the organization losing a major tv partnership. the fallout this morning. only three days till christmas. we've got big deals for last-minute shoppers. where to shop late and how to get those gifts under the tree. plus, how to buy a gift card and get one back without spending more. christmas sugar rush. how to control your sweet tooth this season, but still enjoy that decadent holiday dinner.

dr. ashton has the smart ways to enjoy tasty treats. the final countdown to christmas is on and look who is here with us in times square saying -- >> good morning, america. ho, ho, ho. ♪ we wish you a merry christmas ♪ >> hard to top santa but i'll try. good morning, america. we have some beautiful music -- do you hear it -- from the new york holiday choristers and they're spreading the christmas spirit and it's certainly great to have all of you with us this friday morning. so happy to have the big man of the hour, santa, there already listening to what those kids want for christmas. >> some of our producers right there from "good morning america" getting ready telling santa what they want. don't panic. still time to get last-minute christmas deals. becky worley has the top tips for scoring last-minute bargains and how to get a gift card and get one. i learned this new phrase. apparently it's been out there. bogo. buy one, get one.

>> where has that been all my life. we will get to all this in just a moment. first, let's get to holiday travel. airports around the country packed this morning as you might imagine. nearly 3 million people expected to fly today alone. let's get an update from david kerley out there on the tarmac at dulles airport outside washington, d.c. david, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, amy. it is a very busy day for united airlines looking at dulles, just take a look at the tarmac, a lot of activity already here. talking about early in the morning but folks are moving. the bags have just been loaded. this aircraft just came in from boston heading to l.a. they've been loading the bags in getting ready to go. today the busiest day for united airlines. already look inside chicago. the lines are already starting. yesterday and today the busiest days to travel if you are flying and also driving as well. it's about a 3% increase in the number of folks who are driving this year and there is some problems with the weather. dallas, nashville, a couple of

areas expecting heavy rain so you may want to be careful when you head out on to the roads. very busy travel day yesterday and today. a lot of people are going to try and come home on tuesday, amy. another busy one. >> yes, it's very busy travel. we always say pack your patience. tom. to the latest out of washington. overnight congress stopped a government shutdown for now and this morning president trump is heading to mar-a-lago for the holidays. let's get right back out to mary bruce at the white house. mary, good morning. >> reporter: tom, good morning. first breaking news from the white house. the president is in the oval office right now signing that historic republican tax bill. this is the first major legislative accomplishment of his presidency, this $1.5 trillion bill likely to impact almost every single american. it is the largest overhaul of the nation's tax code in a generation. signing this bill is the last thing on the president's to-do list before he heads off on his vacation. you might be able to hear the choppers behind me. the president is expected to

leave shortly, heading down to floor where he will spend his holiday vacation with his family at mar-a-lago. this is likely to be the longest amount of time that the president spends aaw awa a amount of time that the president spends aaw awa way fr white house. of course the president is always president no matter where he is. no such thing as a vacation for him. tom. now an update on a story we brought you on "gma." danni messina really got into the holiday spirit by starting a fund-raising campaign for st. jude's children's hospital posting this tweet promising a quarter for likes and 50 cents for re-tweets. she said she thought she would raise a thousand dollars but it turned into a phenomenon and had to start a go fund me page to handle all of the donations. kmart had a danni messina day to help raise even more money. and you know what, it was a huge success on wednesday. danni presented a check for $190,000. she says she is going to raise money for st. jude next year as well. that is unbelievable. a thousand to 190,000.

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little harder news story. we're going to start with this breaking information about an event we've all watched for generations. the miss america pageant, dick clark productions cutting ties with the organization. overnight the "huffington post" publishing internal e-mails between sam haskell and senior leadership that revealed crass, inappropriate comments about pageant winners' appearance, their sex lives, their intelligence level. it's really disturbing. 2013 miss america winner mallory hagan particularly singled out. haskell commenting about her weight and romantic life and kate shin dell has called for the entire board to resign. >> announcer: this is an abc news special report. good morning, for those of you just joining us, i'm tom llamas. president trump has just signed the historic $1.5 trillion tax bill, an important moment not only for the administration but

also the country. this likely will affect everyone's taxes. the president's biggest legislative victory to date, and a promise he campaigned on to overhaul our tax system and with his signature, this will be the biggest rewrite in a generation of our tax code. now, republicans feel there will lead to higher wages and more jobs, but democrats, they have slammed this bill, calling this a tax cut for the rich and big business. the vast majority of taxpayers will see a lower tax bill, but those cuts could expire by 2025. a feed has just come in from the white house where the president signed the bill inside of the oval office. we want to go to that feed right about now.

good morning, good morning. good morning. good morning, everybody. thank you very much for being here. merry christmas, happy new year, great holidays. we are going to sign some very important things today. one is a continuing resolution that very importantly gives us the right and we are ordering $4 billion worth of missile defense equipment and missiles themselves. very important, top of the line, best in the world. we make the best military products in the world. nobody is even close. so we're ordering $4 billion worth of missile defense, and that will be done by signing right here and also by notifying the speaker of the house and

president of the senate designating the missile defense as emergency defense fund. so it's $4 billion for that and $700 million for various other military forms of equipment. i'm very honored to be doing that. our military has been doing a fantastic job in so many ways with isis and everything they're touching lately has been working out. so we're signing that. this is the letter to mitch mcconnell and separately to paul ryan authorizing that having to do with missile defense.

okay? very important. so that's being done today and that's going to be sent out, and then when i watch the news, as you know we had the largest tax cuts in our history. i was going to wait for a formal signing some time in early january but then i watched the news this morning and they were all saying will he keep his promise, will he sign it by christmas? you were one. will he sign it by christmas? i called downstairs and said get it ready, we have to sign it now. we were going to wait until january 7th or 8th and do a big, formal ceremony, but every one of the networks was saying will he keep his promise, will he sign it before christmas. so i immediately called, i said let's get it ready. as you know, $3.2 trillion in

tax cuts for american families including the doubling of the standard deductions and the doubling of the child tax credit. the typical family of four earning $75,000 will receive an income tax cut of more than $2,000. many much higher than that. slashing their tax bill in half. they're going to start to see that because we're signing today, they're going to start to see that in february. the numbers will speak. one of the big things that happened, you have some great companies. i want to thank at&t who was the first out of the box and boeing and sinclair an wells fargo and comcast even though they end nbc which is not so nice to the presidency or the president, but comcast also, they all have made tremendous contributions to their employees and tremendous contributions to spending money in this country because of the

tax bill. they all said it's because of the tax bill so they're making tremendous investments. that means jobs, means a lot of things, and we're very happy. so that's at&t, boeing, sinclair, wells fargo, comcast and now many other companies. in fact, just this morning i see three more companies came on. a friend of mine, bob graft, called me last night. he said this tax bill is incredible. he owns the new england patriots but he's in the paper business too, and he said based on this tax bill he just wanted to let me know that he's going to buy a big plant in the great state of north carolina and he's going to build a tremendous paper mill there or paper products plant. i've had many calls such as that where people that are entrepreneurs, people in business, they're going out and they're going to buy, frankly, factories that are closed,

abandoned and now they're not going to be abandoned any longer. this is having an even bigger impact faster than i thought. the corporate tax rate as you know will be lowered from 35% to 21%. that means that more products will be made in the usa. a lot of things are going to be happening in the usa. we're going to bring back our companies. they've already started coming back. i think they had confidence in me and figured we were going to get this done, but they have already started. something very important to me, the family farmers and small business owners who lost their business because of the estate tax, most of them won't have any estate tax to pay. it will be a great thing for their families. you can leave your farm to your family. you can leave your business, your small business to your family, not even so small because the numbers are pretty big here. so they'll be exempt from having to pay estate tax which will be tremendous. they'll keep their farms and their businesses in the family. businesses will be able to deduct 100% of the cost of their

capital investments in the year the investment is made. that's called expensing. and to do one-year expensing i think is going to be one of the biggest things in the bill, frankly. i think people are going to go out and absolutely go wild over expensing. bob kraft mentioned that last night in his telephone call, the fact that they can expense to one-year expensing is a fantastic asset. historic small business tax cuts and passthroughs now are made really, really good for the business owner. they're hiring people. i see it on television. i'm reading about it all over where people are hiring a lot of people right now to go to work. the small business tax cut is now really incentivizing people. we're going to bring back probably $4 trillion from overseas. nobody knows the exact number but it's massive. it will be over $3 trillion. it could be $5 trillion, but it's a tremendous amount of money overseas that the bureaucracy plus the tax laws

didn't allow it to reasonably be brought back into our country. so we think at least $4 trillion is going to be brought back. if you look at that, it's going to be brought back right under the code. this is something that republicans wanted for years and democrats wanted for years, and yet it never got done. who would object to trillions of dollars being brought back into our country? nobody. but it never got done. now it's being done. the bottom line is this is the biggest tax cut reform in the history of our country. this is bigger than actually president reagan's many years ago. i'm very honored by it. in addition, we have anwar. we're opening up anwar for drilling. they've tried to get that for 40 years. they've tried to get that even during the reagan administration. they could never get it. that alone would be a big bill if that ever happened, but that's even part of this. and we have of course the

individual mandate which is a very unfair and very unpopular provision as you know. obamacare essentially i think ultimately it leads to the end of obamacare. essentially i think obamacare is over because of that. we're going to come up with something that's really going to be very good, but the individual mandate was very unfair because you're basically saying, pay for something in order not to have to get health care. so you're paying. you're paying not to have to have health care. it was very unfair. many people thought it should have been overturned in the supreme court, didn't quite make it. almost but didn't quite make it but now we're overturning. most unpopular thing, obamacare, very, very unfair. so this is the bill right here and we're very proud of it. it's going to be a tremendous thing for the american people. it's going to be fantastic for the economy. it's going to keep companies from leaving our shores and

opening up in other countries. they are very disincentivized to do that. there's not a lot of sense to do that. you do that and i don't think you're going to be running your company very well. so what's happening is we're going to sign this. this is a little picture of it. it fits nicely in the box. i said take it out of the box because people have to see it. and all of this, everything in here, is really tremendous things for businesses, for people, for the middle class, for workers, and i consider this very much a bill for the middle class and a bill for jobs. jobs are produced through companies and corporations, and you see that happening. corporations are literally going wild over this, i think even beyond my expectations, so far beyond my expectations. so i'll sign this today rather than having a very big formal

ceremony in two weeks when we were going to do it because i didn't want you folks to say that i wasn't keeping my promise. i am keeping my promise. i'm signing it before christmas. i said that the bill would be on my desk before christmas, and you are holding me literally to that, so we did a rush job today. it's not fancy but it's the oval office. it's the great oval office. just to conclude, our country is doing very well. we've tremendously cut regulations. legislative approvals for which i'm given no credit in the mainstream media, we have -- i believe it's 88 which is number one in the history of our country. second now is harry truman. harry truman had more legislative approvals than any other president, a record long held, and we beat him on legislative approvals for which i get no credit. a lot of people say he needed this because he has had no legislative approvals. well, if you look at va

accountability act and so many other bills having to do with the va, having to do with the military, having to do with many things, we have more legislative victories than any other president, not including this, but this is the capper because this is, again, the biggest tax cut, biggest reform of all time. so it's an honor to have you with us and we will sign this right now. this is something i'm very proud of, great for our country, great for the american people. thank you all. >> so we won't do the whole thing but this is basically what it is. that's your bill. and i want to thank some people

in particular that aren't here because again we expected a formal ceremony in two weeks, but mitch mcconnell has been fantastic. worked so hard. we would speak at 3:00 in the morning and 2:00 in the morning and we would speak whenever we had to speak, but he worked so hard. and the exact same thing can be said for paul ryan. they are very proud of this, and we're already seeing the results. as i said, long ahead of schedule. paul ryan, mitch mcconnell, thank you very much. oren hatch, the chairman, made a beautiful speech the other day in front of the white house. absolutely brilliant, beautiful speech, and we appreciate it and i appreciate it. hard working. kevin brady, i don't think he slept for months. it's almost like that's all he did was this. mike enzy, senator enzy. diane black.

rob portman. rob worked so hard. so knowledgeable on the subject. pat toomey likewise, tim scott likewise, these people work so hard and i don't know if they're given the proper credit. the whole senate -- when i say the senate, unfortunately the republicans in the senate. democrats don't like tax cuts. they want to raise your taxes. they don't want to lower your taxes. they want to raise your taxes and they want to spend money foolishly on things that we don't need in many cases. so we're cutting taxes. we're taking care of our military, and we're taking care of people. we're really doing a job on jobs. so these folks have been so fantastic that i had to call them that, and plenty of others, believe me. republicans in the house and republicans in the senate have been incredible. so this is what we got. we had it. it was all set to go.

as soon as i get back from christmas -- i'll be working very hard in florida because we have many things to talk about including north korea, including a lot of things happening in the middle east as you know. we've made tremendous strides obviously in syria with isis. we've taken back virtually all of the caliphate, all of the land, same thing in iraq. we're making tremendous strides. it's sort of the unwritten story right now, but since my speech on afghanistan, we're making tremendous progress, tremendous strides. we've opened it up and it's a whole different world in afghanistan, i can tell you that. so i'll be working very hard over the holidays. again, i want to wish you a very merry christmas. i have some beautiful pens over here, and because all of these folks are either continuing to work down the road or getting ready to leave and i'm sure they'll be working very hard also, i think i'm probably going

to hand some of them to the press. the media, would any of the media like -- look at these camera guys. i think we'll do that. so we have them. many of you have worked very hard. many of you have worked very, very fairly, and we really appreciate that. so here you go, folks. you want the box with it or not? >> mr. president, can you talk about how much you'll travel -- >> i don't think i'm going to have to travel too much to sell it. i think it's selling itself. it's becoming very popular. bu you'll see something on february 1 when they open up the paycheck. that's when you're going to start to see it because by signing it now, it kicks in for this year. remember, if we didn't make a certain date, it wouldn't kick in until next year, meaning the following year, '19, and i wasn't happy with that. so we worked very, very hard to make sure it was this year. even language originally said the corporate would kick it in '19 but we didn't do that.

but we had to sign it. i don't think we're going to have to do much selling. i think the corporations that are giving billions and billions of dollars away to their workers and many more are coming, i think that's really what's selling this maybe better than anybody could, including myself, but i think come february when they open their checks and they see, wow, they have a lot more money in here, i think that's really going to be something very special. so have a great holiday, folks. some of you folks take -- in particular, i like the boom holders. they were so nice to me the other day, right? and the cameramen. and the cameramen. >> thanks, everyone. >> i think the democrats will really regret -- the democrats already regret it. they have their typical thing it's for the rich. they know that's not true and they've been called out on it by the media actually. but the democrats very much regret it. they wanted to be a part of it.

it just doesn't work out. i really do believe and i said on social media today, i really do believe we're going to have a lot of bipartisan work done, and maybe we start with infrastructure because i really believe infrastructure can be bipartisan. we've spent $7 trillion in the middle east, not to mention all of the lives and all of the heartache. it's so sad. $7 trillion. it's time for us to rebuild our country. thank you very much, everybody. thank you. >> do you wish you would have started with infrastructure at the beginning of this year? >> we're going to get infrastructure. infrastructure is the easiest of all. we're very well on our way. we've essentially repealed obamacare. the individual mandate is a very big factor in this bill frankly. a lot of people don't talk about it because the tax cut is so

important. but infrastructure is by far the easiest. people want it, republicans and democrats. we're going to have tremendous democratic support on infrastructure, as you know. i could have started with infrastructure. i actually wanted to save the easy one for the one down the road, so we'll be having that done pretty quickly. thank you all very much. i appreciate it. thank you very much. you know one thing i really learned, i got to know and became very friendly with the people in the house, the people in the senate, both republicans and democrats. when i came, i didn't know too many. i was very politically active but i didn't know too many. i think the fact that i have become friends with so many of the names that i just read off and so many of the senators, so many of the congressmen and women, i think that's a huge factor. i can call anybody now. i know every one of them very well now, and i understand the

legislation very well. so it's been a process. it's been a great process, really beautiful. but i do believe -- i do believe that the fact that i have gotten to know so many of these people and many of these people i have to say -- i'm not saying all but many of these people are great people that truly love this country. so i think that helps. i think you'll see that in this legislation. thank you all very much. thank you very much. >> we've just been watching maybe one of the most important moments so far in this presidency. president trump signing that tax bill, the $1.5 trillion tax overhaul, a complete rewrite of our system, a law that will now likely affect every single taxpayer across america. this was moments ago inside the oval office. the president said he woke up this morning and started to watch the news and he was wondering if he was going to sign this bill before christmas

as he promised. he decided to do this at the last minute and sign the bill. he spoke about 20 minutes touting how great this bill was, how it's going to cut taxes for all americans. democrats pointing out it will cut taxes more for the wealthy and big business than lower class and middle income families. the president also in a giving spirit, gives pens out to his friends in the media who he's had some choice words for. i want to bring in mary bruce who's at the white house this morning. mary, you've been tracking all the developments through congress on this bill and throughout this presidency, and right now this bill that is now a law, it hasn't been popular with americans so far. >> reporter: tom, this bill is deeply unpopular but republicans insist that it will be once americans start to feel the impact of this bill in their wallet. you heard the president there insist that they're not going to have to go out and sell this bill, he's confident that the results will speak for themselves. there's no question that

republicans have a long road to go here as they try to turn this legislative win into a big political win, especially heading into 2018 and those mid-terms. not only is the bill unpopular but it's also predicted to add quite a lot to the deficit, more than $1 trillion and of course as you mentioned experts caution that while republicans insist the benefits will go to the middle class, it appears from a lot of these analysis that the ultra rich may ultimately benefit most. but republicans i've talked with, they know they have to get out there and sell this plan. they have to make sure that americans as they start to see some of these changes, that they attribute that to republicans as they try to get a legislative win here. looking to the weeks and months ahead, some americans could begin to see some more money in their pockets starting in february when less money is withheld from their paychecks. but for most of the impacts of this bill, those won't be felt until 2019 when you go to file your 2018 tax returns. >> something else i noticed, he wanted to make a point to sort of build bridges with senator

mitch mcconnell and pespeaker pl ryan. he's had at times a rocky relationship with members of his own party and it was rough earlier this year when he was trying to pass health care reform, yet now taking this victory lap. this is a huge legislative victory for republicans, for the president. this is no doubt something they'll want to campaign on going into the mid-term elections. >> reporter: absolutely. rocky to say the at least. the relationship has been quite fraught over the first year of this presidency but no signs of that this week. as you'll recall a couple days ago there was quite a back-slapping victory lap at the white house. the president and the republican leaders coming together because this is a huge legislative accomplishment for republican leaders as well. they're trying to convince the american people that they have done the right thing, that this bill will ultimately be good for them. it affects nearly every single american. most americans will get a tax cut here, at least at first and that's the message you're going

to hear republicans hammering both here in washington and on the campaign trail heading into mid-term elections. >> a major day at the white house and for all of america. mary bruce, thank you so much. we will be following this story all day on abcnews.com and of course i'll see you later on "world news tonight." we'll make sure to break down the tax plan, how it affects all americans, the different economic classes, and the political fallout and what the president possibly stands to gain with this tax plan. we now want to return to our regular programming which for viewers on the west coast of course is "good morning america." we thank you so much for watching. "good morning america." we thank you so much for watc watching. >> announcer: this has been a special report from thank you very much for being here. thanks, mom. coming up iron chef alex guarnaschelli has holiday treats and our christmas choir performing all morning on "gma." ♪ we wish you a merry christmas

we wish you a merry christmas and a happy new

♪ great holiday treats that will make a perfect and personal gift. alex guarnaschelli author of "the home cook" recently stopped by to share some of her best recipes. alex, this is the best and it's my inspiration because homemade and personal makes it special as we can see down there in it's fun to kind of snack as you go, right? you wrap your gifts and you're eating them. that's a win/win but make something homemade and create that real i made this from the goodness of my heart and i ate half of it. >> that way you know it's good. speaking of knowing it's good i can smell it already. you started with the dark chocolate. tem purred chocolate. >> chocolate makes people clap.

it doesn't get its due during the holidays because we're so busy with candy canes so this is melted chocolate that you spread out on marchment or baking sheet and sprinkle the crushed up candy canes on here and spread them out and let it cool. >> and that mint chocolate flavor is so great. >> and break it up and let this cool -- you can pop it in the fridge and make little pieces or top a cake with it or make a tart or little bars and superfun and package it up in little to go boxes. like i said, make double. >> you're saving because you're doing it yourself. this one looks so good. this is kind of a play on a whoopi pie, such a great american snack. you want to just get to the eating. this is a little bit of almond pastry cream and almond extract and a little almonds. i love all the sound effects.

what a great audience. i love a hungry audience and make these little sandwiches and the almonds really add a lot of nice crunchy texture and portable. make a nice tin and eat them behind your desk. >> i already snacked on about half of the topping but let's do the strawberry bars. >> you could use raspberries too and baked this crust 20 minutes and add it in, powdered sugar for cornstarch and sugar with jam so we don't often think of mixing jam with fruit but it's a great way to get that richer fruit taste. >> when it's through it looks like this. >> it looks like this and you pour it in there. >> nice. i love it. >> then the topping. have almost enough of. >> less topping than when we started this segment. do you know any holiday snackers? >> then you bake this one, again. >> bake it, cut it into little

bars and package that up so good and popcorn which is super fun to do loose like this or you can break it up and roll it into little popcorn balls. >> hot would go into a ball. >> when it's hot and if it cools and gets hard to work with, pop it in a warm oven for 20 to 30 seconds and can make a popcorn house. don't get me started and top it with these little -- you can go deep. >> mine, i'll get to the popcorn ball. thanks for helping us. great stuff. this is beautiful. thank you. watch "iron chef" wednesday nights on food network and get all the recipes on our website. alex, thank you. [ applause ] challenging myself. i'll try to make those strawberry bars. want to say hi to santa. >> hello there. >> say ho, ho, ho. >> you want to sit here.

we'll sit right together. we have some christmas cities to share with you so let's go ahead and look at some of those. we have a forecast to do. the dancing elf will get us into it. christmas, florida, a place you'll want to be, 70 degrees for monday. rudolph, wisconsin, i'd say it's the opposite of christmas, florida, at 4 so that wind is going to be the win chill with subzero. you happy? you got a bagel, santa. what else do you need in livy that's the big picture. i'm abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma with your accuweather forecast. mid and upper 50s later this afternoon under partly cloudy skies. the accuweather seven-day forecast, we're dry and mostly cloudy through chris >> all that weather brought to you by ford. can you say tom. >> tom. >> everyone is getting their holiday ready and abc sitcoms

are no exception. "black-ish," "the goldbergs" are an example and how they get into the holiday spirit. >> hey. welcome. i'm anthony anderson and you are on the set of "black-ish" where i play andre johnson. ♪ and as you can see they're protecting this champagne tower. because i might do a stunt gag in this episode. if that comes crashing down up underneath me. >> cut. >> objection. >> this is it. this is where we're all going to gather december 25th. and open these presents. thanks for stopping by, america. i got to get back to the party. >> welcome. i'm wendy and i play beverly goldberg on "the goldbergs." welcome to our home. [ applause ]

>> right around this table is where we have our hanukkah feast. i hit the holidays hard. i haven't heard anybody say thank you. i never do but i do it because i know -- because i know that one day i'll be gone and no one will have anyone to decorate like this. i don't do it. we have wonderful set decorators. >> i'll fill it up with sox and dental floss. eight nights. i don't know what you think you'll get for eight nights. we're not rockefellers. >> hi, i'm patricia heaton and i flay frankie heck on "in the middle." here's our christmas crib. this is our fabulous tree. it's kind of a mish-mash but it's -- also has this very personal feel to it so it's kind of cool. we've got our stockings that are

all personal identified, mom and axel and brick and who is this? it's sue. i am just like frankie. i totally forgot that sue was my daughter on the show. this centerpiece seems new and has these little fake electric candles which seems a little too fancy for the hecks. i have to get back to work so happy holidays. [ applause ] >> whoa, we got it. all right, they are getting back to work. "black-ish," "the goldbergs" and "the middle" will be back in january. holiday cheer from 98 degrees and fun with santa and our choir that will not quit. stay with us.

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♪ please talk to me the reindeer start to fly ♪ ♪ fly across the sky ♪ joy in the air it's impossible to deny ♪ ♪ this is the season this is the season of love ♪ ♪ it's got me believing this feeling is enough ♪ ♪ don't let this go away feel like christmas every day ♪ ♪ let me hear you say whoa oh ♪ let this feeling not end christmas comes around again ♪ ♪ every day we're living it ♪ it's the season of love ♪ the season of

♪ the season of love ♪ season of love the season of love ♪ ♪ don't let this go away make it feel like christmas every day together let's celebrate embrace the ♪ ♪ make it feel like christmas every day gather and celebrate embrace the ♪ ♪ don't let this the season of love season of love ♪ ♪ together now let's celebrate ♪ know it's the season of ♪ feel like christmas every day together want to celebrate embrace the love forget the hate ♪ [ applause ]

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good morning. it's 8:59. i'm reggie aqui from "abc7 mornings." let's see what it's doing out there, hi, drew. >> hi, reggie. it was a cold start this morning. we had freeze warnings in effect. they've expired. temperatures very slowly warming right now. at the freezing mark in novato, san francisco just updated to 45 degrees, 42 in san jose, 39 in concord. later on today, temperatures will reach the mid and upper 50s, a few degrees below normal for this time of the year under a mixture of sun and clouds, 56 the high in san francisco. sue? we're looking at travel near the airports. we had an earlier accident southbound 101 near millbrae. that has things still slow from 380 headed towards sfo, so give yourself extra time. towards oakland, 880 is looking great, and near san jose airport, everything is clear. >> drew and i are back at 11:00 a.m. for the abc7 midday news. time for "live with kelly & ryan."

[festive music] >> ♪ sleigh bells ring ♪ are you listening? ♪ in the lane ♪ snow is glistening ♪ a beautiful sight ♪ we're happy tonight ♪ walking in ♪ a winter wonderland >> announcer: 'tis the season as we snuggle up and get ready for "live with kelly and ryan's" christmas party! today, he's the greatest showman. hugh jackman joins us. plus some of your favorite celebrities share their fondest christmas memories, including oprah winfrey, kelly clarkson, will ferrell, and jimmy kimmel. and we'll whip up a very special birthday treat, ryan's favorite and we may have a surprise visit from a very jolly man in a very red suit. plus country star brett eldredge performs his brand-new holiday