highway 24 coming good morning, america. breaking overnight, no deal. dramatic twist in the russia investigation. president trump's former campaign chair, paul manafort, a star witness in the russia probe, now accused of lying to the special counsel, breaking his plea deal. what could it mean for the president? high-stakes showdown. overnight, president trump in mississippi headlining two rallies for gop senator cindy hyde-smith and that racially charged runoff election with democrat mike espy. >> cindy is so important, so respected. we have got to send her back. >> the investigation over those nooses outside the state capitol as voters head to the polls in mississippi this morning. stunning announcement. general motors shutting down plants across america, eliminating 14,000 jobs. are more big cuts on the way?

designer baby backlash. a new twist in that controversial claim that the world's first genetically edited babies were created in china. did an american professor play a role? and what many are calling a dangerous experiment. heart-stopping ride. an american tourist hang gliding for the first time when the pilot forgets to attach his harness. what he's saying about that scary, sky-high flight. and christmas light fight. a neighborhood taking on a family over this over-the-top display and a nativity scene with a real-life camel and 200,000 lights. the fight to keep them on. ♪ rocking around the christmas tree ♪ ♪ let the christmas spirit ring ♪ ♪ later we'll have some pumpkin pie and we'll do some carolling ♪ and we do say, good morning, america. did you say a real live camel? >> nothing says christmas like a real live camel. >> all right. my bad.

my bad. but we will begin with that dramatic turn in the russia investigation. the special counsel's plea deal with paul manafort collapsed overnight as mueller's team peedators,d prosecutors lose th witness? is he playing for a pardon from president trump? those are two of the big questions on the table now. we'll start out with our chief justice correspondent, pierre thomas, in washington. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: george, good morning. that's right, more intrigue. paul manafort is a key cooperating government witness no more. this morning, special counsel robert mueller accusing paul manafort of not only refusing to cooperate, but of actually lying to investigators. in a filing with the court overnight, mueller's prosecutors said manafort committed federal crimes by lying to the federal bureau of investigation and the special counsel's office on a variety of subject matters. mueller was hoping that manafort, trump's former campaign manager, might be able to provide more critical details in his ongoing russia probe.

manafort was at that infamous trump tower meeting where the russians promi hillary clinton. in a dramatic turnaround in federal court two months ago, manafort agreed to become a government witness and to plead guilty to conspiracy charges after already having been convicted of tax evasion and bank fraud. but now prosecutors are saying that manafort should no longer be able to get reduced sentencing for his admissions of guilt which carries many years in prison for the 69-year-old. manafort has had a grueling series of confrontations with the special counsel. charged in two separate federal courts on dozens of charges and jailed for allegedly tampering with witnesses. president trump suggesting that manafort, who initially went to trial to fight the charges against him, was somehow more noble than other confidants who had pled guilty and agreed to cooperate with the special counsel. the day after manafort was convicted in august, trump tweeting that his former campaign chairman refused to break and called him a brave man. but less than a month later,

manafort agreed to plead guilty to those conspiracy charges and to cooperate with mueller. manafort's attorney says last night in a filing before the court that he lived up to his cooperation agreement and that he's been truthful since getting his deal. but, george, prosecutors say they will prove in court that manafort's been lying to them since getting that deal. some legal experts are already wondering whether manafort is now holding out for a pardon. >> we'll see what evidence they come up with. okay, pierre. let's bring in dan abrams for more on this, so this plea deal collapses overnight, a second possible plea deal with the prosecutors also fell apart yesterday, jerome corsi, he's part of this, as well. how big a blow is this to the mueller team? >> it's never helpful when prospective witnesses go south on you. we don't know exactly what they were going to offer, but what's interesting is how certain they are that manafort isn't telling them the truth. >> they say they'll be able to document it. >> exactly, and that's what's important to remember here. yes, manafort could have been a helpful witness.

they obviously made a deal with him for a reason. they wanted his cooperation, but the fact that they believe they can now prove that he's not telling them the truth tells you there is a lot out there. there's a lot out there that's documentable and that's got to be unnerving, i think, both to manafort and potentially to president trump. >> that report once they put that out could be a way of showing possible wrongdoing by others in the president's orbit even if a final report is blocked by the acting attorney general. >> and that they have documents to back it up. so, it belies this whole argument that one person says this, another person says that. maybe there were differences in interpretations. you've got to believe for them to be this definitive on manafort that they've got documents, they've got e-mails, they've got texts, they have got something to back it up. >> one way to look at this, even if manafort lived up to this cooperation deal, he would have been spending up to a decade in prison, so why not go for the pardon from president trump? >> well, look. then you can say, why didn't he do it at the beginning and say, i'm not going to help. i'm not going to cooperate.

i'm not going to assist. but it sure feels like he's looking for a pardon. >> one final twist, if there was any communication from the president that a pardon could be coming -- >> that could be obstruction of justice although some say it could be broad enough he could do it for whatever reason he wants. >> thank you very much. robin? overnight, president trump was on the campaign trail in mississippi making a last-minute push for republican senator cindy hyde-smith in that runoff election with democrat mike espy. now, voters are heading to the polls this morning. our chief national affairs correspondent is tom llamas, there in starkville, mississippi, with more. good morning, tom. >> reporter: robin, good morning now, the polls are open. voting is under way. we're in mississippi. this should have been an easy pickup for republicans, but because of allegations of racism, the president taking no chances, he campaigned through the state yesterday late into the night. he wants to make sure they don't lose this y g himii rally

into a winter wonderland hoping to deliver an early christmas gift to republicans. >> we need the people of mississippi to go to the polls and elect cindy hyde-smith. >> reporter: the president hosting back-to-back rallies for senator cindy hyde-smith in the mississippi special election. >> cindy is so important, so respected, we got to send her back. >> reporter: the president's visit coming on the same day nooses were found hanging outside the state capitol along with these signs, one reading, we're hanging nooses to remind people that times haven't changed. senator hyde-smith facing criticism for appearing to embrace the state's racist past and she's seen in this facebook photo from 2014 posing in a confederate cap. her caption, mississippi history at its best. and earlier this month, joking with a supporter about public hangings. >> invited me to a public hanging, i'd be in the front row.py the

democrat vying to become the state's first black senator since reconstruction. >> there was no ill will, no intent whatsoever in my statements. >> i don't know what's in your heart, but we all know what came out your mouth. >> reporter: but trump supporters we spoke with are standing by hyde-smith. what do you think about senator hyde-smith? >> well, if trump is for her, i am for her. >> reporter: what do you think about some of the allegations of racism? >> i think they're ridiculous they're just trying to find something to do mud-slinging. >> reporter: there's been no recent reliable polling in this race, so it's unclear if it's close. but to give you an idea of how worried republicans may be, besides the president, senator lindsey graham, and both the

here to rally for senator hyde-smith. michael, they want to make sure they don't lose this seat. back to you. >> we'll keep our eye on that. thanks so much, tom. we turn to the stunning announcement from general motors, the auto giant halting production at five factories and slashing 14,000 jobs. gm's move drawing immediate and intense fire from president trump and abc's eva pilgrim is in detroit where one of those factories will close. good morning, eva. >> reporter: michael, this is one of the plants that is slated to close dwon, but workers here don't know yet if or when they will be laid off, they've only been given a warning that they may not have jobs in the new year. the largest automaker in the u.s. announcing massive layoffs and plant closures in north america. the company planning to eliminate more than 14,000 jobs. >> there's people in there bawling their eyes out. i've never seen anything like it, and we can't get any answers. >> reporter: five plants on the chopping block, all slated to shut down by the end of next year. >> i worry for all the people who have put in so many years of their lives, and they don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. >> reporter: the cuts not just hitting the factories.expect to

workers. gm blaming the cuts on slow sales for traditional cars and announcing it's eliminating the low-selling cruze, volt and impala cars from making suvs, which are selling well. the president not hiding his frustration with ceo mary barra. >> i spoke to her and i expressed the fact that i am not happy with what she did. >> reporter: gm acknowledging the increased tariffs due to a trade war aren't to blame for the cuts. >> no, not tariffs. had nothing to do with tariffs. she said the car was not selling. >> reporter: but in june issued a stark warning that, quote, increased import tariffs could lead to a smaller gm. the company saying the current trade policy has cost them $1.4 billion. executives hope the layoffs and closures will save at least $6 billion in cash by the end of 2019.

now, gm says it is expanding operations in those well-performing areas. there will be nearly 3,000 worker eligible for those new positions. george, a lot of uncertainty this morning and we are just a few weeks away from christmas. >> that's so sad for sure. eva, thanks ve mh. we'll get the latest on that crisis at the border. overnight, president trump defended the use of tear gas on migrants who tried to rush toward the fence, some of them children, and our chief national correspondent, matt gutman is at the border in tijuana, mexico. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, george. even as the mexican government is calling for an exhaustive investigation into the use of tear gas on children, president trump doubling down overnight disputing without evidence whether those parents we saw clutching those children and those clouds of tear gas were actually their parents. this morning, the migrant caravan arriving at the border continues to grow, expected to reach 9,000 in the coming days, anbordolictssunday.u.s. customs

a contingent of migrants rushed the fence met by a wall of tear gas. caught in the clouds of gas, frantic mothers and their children. overnight, campaigning in mississippi, president trump without evidence, disputing that the migrants were the children's parents at all. >> how did you feel when you saw the images of the women and children running from the tear gas? >> i do say, why are they there? first of all, the tear gas is a very minor form of the tear gas itself. it's very safe. in some cases, you know, these are not the parents. these are grabbers. they grab a child because they think they'll have a certain -- they'll have a certain status by having a child. >> reporter: abc news has embedded on and off with the caravan for over a month but has seen no evidence of so-called grabbers. and secretary of homeland security kirstjen nielsen saying in a statement, the limited number of women and children in the caravan are being used by the organizers as human shields. this is putting vulnerable people in harm's way.

but some here like those who tried to rush the fence say they've had enough. he says now he wants to go back. yesterday was too scary and just wants to go home. overnight, the mexican government said 100 migrants requested to go back to their home country. now, the mayor of tijuana has declared what you see behind me is humanitarian crisis. one that is only set to grow as thousands of additional migrants are expected here over the coming days. the u.s. military has announced that three u.s. service members were killed. three other wounded when an ied detonated in afghanistan this morning. a total of five service members have been killed in afghanistan this month. robin. now to that winter storm on

the move creating more travel headaches. airlines racing to de-ice planes at chicago's o'hare airport. monday, hundreds of more flights canceled or delayed and now that system is bringing snow and rain here to the northeast. rob is tracking it all for us. good morning, rob. >> hey, good morning, robin. it's going to take some time to catch up on flights. such heavy, wet snow yesterday in chicago. look at this, all the trees coming down and you can see the roads coated in ice. what a nightmare of a commute for folks just trying to get around either by train or by bus. the problem with november snow is it's kind of a warm season snow, and it makes it more difficult actually to drive, especially on untreated roads, and that's what we see last night here in erie, pennsylvania. look at that jackknifed trailer east of cleveland, a similar situation. we have seen a foot in new hampshire and vermont. over 50,000 people without power. i expect more power outages today. michael?

>> thank you, rob. there's new outrage over that deadly police shooting at an alabama mall. demonstrators taking to the street overnight, shutting down the highway and marching to the mall where e.j. bradford was mistakenly killed on thanksgiving by police. steve osunsami is in hoover, alabama, with the latest. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning, michael. for another night, protesters here have filled the streets here demanding that police release the body camera video of the incident that took place at this mall directly behind me that claimed the life of 21-year-old e.j. bradford. they shut down the highway as you mentioned and marched through the mall. this incident happened on thanksgiving day. there was a fight between two men that turned into a gunfight. not one of them bradford. the family says bradford was there with a legal gun trying to help, and when police arrived in the chaos they couldn't tell who was who and shot bradford dead. police have offered their sympathies to the family, but

have stopped short of an apology. police are telling us they're not releasing anything until the investigation is completed. michael. >> all right, our prayers are with that family, steve. robin? >> and the investigation does need to continue. now to the holiday shopping rush and a record-breaking cyber monday. our chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis is outside here in times square with that and the new deals that are coming. good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: hey, good morning, robin. yeah, that's right. this was the single biggest online shopping day in history. $7.9 billion in sales, up 19% from last year, a lot of those happening on smartphones, about $2 billion, according to adobe analytics and some of the biggest sellers of the day were toys. some of the hottest toys of the sales day, little live pets, l.o.l. surprise and fingerlings. video games were also a huge category, nintendo switch and "red dead redemption 2." plus, top electronics were streaming devices and beats headphones, robin.

>> and it's not just cyber monday anymore. it's the whole week, isn't it? >> reporter: exactly, robin. nothing can be just a day anymore. black friday takes over the full weekend. cyber monday is now cyber week and a number of retailers, target amazon, walmart, macy's. they are all advertising cyber week specials rolling out new deals every day this week. plus, it's a great day to book travel. in fact, some people call today travel tuesday because some of the biggest discounts of the year according to hopper, have been right now, robin. >> it's also giving tuesday and i know you'll be back later to talk about that. thank you, rebecca. >> absolutely. speaking of giving, here's an atm where users in houston, well, they got an early christmas gift. a bank of america machine giving out hundred dollar bills instead of $10 bills when a vendor accidentally loaded it with the wrong currency. >> oops. >> once the word spread, people raced to get in line. >> look at that line.

>> the line was massive. trying to come in and get a lot of cash. >> i was trying to keep pressing buttons. >> i could use so much extra cash. >> police eventually shut down the machine. but there's some good news. the bank says customers who got the extra cash, they can keep it. >> really? >> yes, merry christmas. >> i'm surprised at that. >> yeah, that was a lot. >> how quickly that word spread on the street. >> the guy who got the money posted on social media, didn't take long. >> quicker than the cops. let's go to rob. >> hey, george. we're tracking the western storms. more on that in a half an hour. first your tuesday trivia brought to you by capital one.

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a dramatic twist in the russia investigation. president trump's former campaign chairman, paul manafort, is now accused of lying to the special counsel and breaking his plea deal. and an update on that e.coli outbreak on romaine lettuce. the cdc and fda now believe they have figured it out, coming from the central coastal regions of california. they say if you don't know where your romaine lettuce is from, don't eat it. and new images of mars courtesy of its latest visitor, insight lander, sending back its first pictures of the planet. the real show, the nasa scientists celebrating, breaking out in cheers. look at this handshake. hey. >> are you kidding me? >> the spacecraft confirmed a safe landing after that so-called seven minutes of terror, they had seven minutes of celebrating. >> watching too many sports games. looks like lebron james with his teammates. >> pretty modernized nasa right there.

now to that controversial claim that the world's first genetically edited babies were born in china. the scientific community has reacted with shock and skepticism, and an american professor is now being investigated for his possible role and paula faris here with the story. >> reporter: good morning, george. good morning, everyone. these researchers are walking an ethical tightrope and reaction within the scientific community has been harsh saying this seriously violates academic ethics and standards. it's the claim that shocked the world -- a scientist in china announcing that he's created the first genetically engineered babies according to his team of geneticists and fertility specialists who made the controversial announcement on youtube. >> right after we sent her husband's sperm into her eggs, we also sent a little bit of protein and instruction for a gene surgery. >> reporter: they used a controversial gene-editing technology to manipulate the dna of a set of twins in order to give them the ability to resist hiv infection. this morning, abc news has

learned that an american bioengineering professor was also allegedly involved with the controversial experiment. rice university, where dr. michael deem works, tells us that they're investigating. saying, if deem participated, it would have violated scientific conduct guidelines and is inconsistent with ethical norms. this kind of genetic editing is banned in the united states because it's believed that the dna changes will pass along to future generations and can risk harming other genes, and the long-term effects might not become apparent for years. the news in the scientific and medical community around the world was quickly condemned. more than 100 scientists signing the petition calling for greater oversight. experts warn this type of experimentation on otherwise healthy embryos could set a dangerous precedent. one of the effects could be that wealthy parents might pick and choose the genes they want resulting in designer babies. >> we still have a lot of work

to do to prove and establish that the procedure is actually safe. in cases where the potential risks are substantially higher than the benefits, which i think is the case here, that is not ethical. >> reporter: the national academy of sciences put out a set of guidelines on genetic engineering last year saying, it should never be done for a disease that there is already a treatment for, such as hiv, but only should be done in life-or-death situations. now, we should mention these claims have not been independently corroborated. they have not been published in a journal where other scientists can review which adds to the scrutiny. the researchers seemingly just dropped this news yesterday at a gene editing conference in hong kong. they are expected to represent their findings tomorrow. the world will be watching but definitely a slippery slope. here ethically. >> thank you, paula. now to that heart-stopping video. an american tourist hang gliding for the first time forced to

hang on for dear life after the instructor forgot to attach his harness. that man is now telling his story and gio benitez is here for that. good morning, gio. >> reporter: good morning. >> booger: -- the video you're about to see will probably make your heart race. we should probably tell you right from the beginning that everyone is okay this morning, and that incredibly lucky survivor is now speaking out right here on "gma." how did a first day of a switzerland va well, let's show you how it started on the ground. that's chris gursky on the left. look closer, his harness is not attached to the glider. the moment they take off they both realize there's a major problem. >> i was just trying to stay calm, trying to hold on for dear life. >> reporter: gursky speaking with us overnight from his home in florida. watch again, right from the start, gursky grabs that instructor with a death grip of sorts. he can't hold on, barely able to catch himself as he holds on to that bar with one hand. as they start getting higher, the gliding instructor tries to make an early landing but can't control it. instead as gursky holds on

tighter and tighter, they go higher and higher. so high if he let go here, he would surely die. >> i looked down once and i thought to myself, this is it, i'm going to fall to my death. i'm a goner. >> reporter: as the minutes roll on, you can see gursky struggling more, losing that grip. at one point you can see the instructor put his hand on gursky's flying that glider with one hand. >> i just locked on and held on as hard as i could. i didn't have much grip left to me at all. my hand was opening. i was slipping. i had his pant leg. that was about it. >> reporter: after nearly four heart-stopping minutes they finally get closer to the ground and gursky lets go. >> by the time we hit the ground or i hit the ground i would say we were going about 45 miles an hour. >> unbelievable. now, gursky says he fractured his wrist. he needed surgery and a titanium plate and he tore his bicep because he was just holding on for so long, but you know what? he says that's better than the alternative.

he also says that he's not ready to cross off hang gliding off that bucket list. >> why not? >> he wants to do it again and he wants to do it the right way. >> how did the instructor connect your passenger? >> oops. >> oops. >> hold on so tightly he tore his bicep. >> unbelievable. >> glad it's a happy ending. >> scary video to see. all right, thank you so much. and now to a shocker of a different kind. this is rocking the game of chess. the world championship is going to a sudden death game for american fabiano caruana, and ending in a draw, which means there will be a rematch. if caruana wins, he would be the first american to take the title since his idol bobby fischer won it all in 1972. garry kasparov tweeted that his opponent may be losing his nerve.

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everyone is happy about them. one family in idaho caught in a four-year battle with their homeowners association over their decorations and t.j. holmes is at a different display in rockaway, new york. they're happy about that one, good morning, my friend. >> reporter: yes, they are. i was happy because i put two strings of lights on my tree. clearly a lot of people go all out. case in point, this home here in new york. a massive display. would you believe there's a family in idaho that will say to this family, we'll see your carousel and see you a live camel. yes, their display in idaho was so extravagant it put them at odds with the neighborhood, taking them to court. they argued, this wasn't about christmas lights, but religious rights. ♪ 'tis the season for over-the-top holiday displays. >> i'm always thinking how to make it bigger, brighter, better.nd neighbors trying to one-up each other

hoping to re-create that griswold glow. ♪ caroleeven a morris family of idaho, hoped their holiday display would encourage everyone far and wide to deck their own halls. instead, they say their homeowners association took a page right out of the grinch's playbook. >> i hate christmas! >> reporter: demanding the morrises shut down the display in part, because of the huge crowds that would gather for the five days of festivities before christmas. >> not only were our guests intimidated and threatened with foul language, et cetera, but our family was, as well. >> reporter: the homeowners association claimed the road blockages and excessive lights caused a public nuisance. the morrises fired back saying they were discriminated based on their religion. a jury ruled in the morrises' favor granting them $75,000 in

damages, but the morrises still aren't happy. w w't wantoan and if we don't fight for it, then who will? >> reporter: will the show go on? a big part of their event includes raising money for children dealing with cancer so morris hopes he can find a new neighborhood where he can continue this tradition in peace and where his camel, named ollie, won't upset the neighbors. so, strahan, robin, george, they won their battle in court but are still going to move, they're looking for a spot that has enough land so they'll keep up that christmas tradition. >> t.j., i have one question. do they own the camel? >> reporter: well, strahan, about the camel, no. it's a rental, man. it's a rental. >> i was just -- i'm enamored with the camel. all right, thank you. thank you, t.j. >> we'll check back with you. coming up, the revealing new interview with amanda bynes. what was behind her public

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fireman worked tirelessly so to save her home and that same video that enabled her to say thank you in person. a heartwarming reunion between a victim of one of california's most destructive wildfires and the hero fireman who risked his life to save her home. as courtney mclean fled her house in southern california she kept an eye on her home through her cell phone. that's when she spotted one of california's finest braving his way through the smoke and flames trying to prevent her home from burning to the ground. mclean can be heard sobbing and shouting her thanks over the surveillance camera's speaker system. >> thank you. thank you. >> reporter: that inferno part of the woolsey fire which destroyed 1,500 structures and took the lives of at least three people. mclean wanted to thank the real-life hero in person, but didn't know his name. so she shared the video on facebook with the hope of tracking him down. >> hi, i'm jason. i'm on the video. nice to meet you. >> reporter: after searching for weeks she found out the

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>> you were doing that. the christmas light battle is in full swing. we'll take a look at a house that's bringing the north pole to new york for over 20 years. you see our man, t.j., right there helping decorate as well and it's all for a great cause. we'll have that for you coming up later. >> we look forward to sharing that. first, we have a lot of news to get to, starting with the announcement from general motors that they are closing five plants, slashing 14,000 jobs. eva pilgrim is in detroit where one of those factories is closing. good morning, eva. >> reporter: good morning, robin. a lot of uncertainty for gm workers waking up this morning. this is one of those five plants that gm is closing. the automaker announcing massive layoffs and those closures in north america. the company planning to eliminate 14,000 jobs and gm blaming the cuts on slow sales for traditional cars.

it's eliminating the cruze, impala and volt and saying it will shift to focus on automation and making suvs, which are selling well. now, gm says it plans to expand operations in those areas that are doing well and there will be about 3,000 new jobs that will be eligible to those workers, robin. >> all right, thank you very much. never a good time to get that kind of news, but especially before the holidays, really hard. >> more may be coming. that new twist in the russia investigation. president trump's former campaign chair, paul manafort, now being accused by the special counsel of lying to prosecutors, breaking his plea deal. we go to pierre thomas for the latest. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: george, good morning. that's right. we thought manafort was a done deal and was cooperating. now that is falling apart, and manafort is again at war with the special counsel. this morning, special counsel robert mueller accusing paul manafort of not only refusing to cooperate, but of actually lying to investigators.

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his attorneys are challenging allegations that he has been lying. they say he's been truthful since getting that deal. george? >> we'll see. thank you very much. michael? now a special message from oprah winfrey paying tribute to her mother who died on thanksgiving. oprah posting on instagram that her mother lived a good life and is now at peace. vernita leaves behind her daughter oprah and patricia and several grandchildren. she was 83 years old. >> how sweet from oprah. >> very sweet. coming up, the revealing new interview with amanda bynes breaking her silence and her public breakdown. what was behind it? her message of hope. an exclusive look at that brand-new cancer drug that could be a breakthrough for thousands. dr. ashton is here to tell us all about it and lara is upstairs. hey, lara. >> hello, michael. we have the most wonderful audience up here. [ applause ] you guys are going to love it. get up here. also, can't wait to hear

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and tomorrow we have an exclusive interview. deborah roberts is going to sit down for a rare one-on-one with ivanka trump. so much to ask her and you're only going to see it here on "gma." that is tomorrow morning. but right now, right now -- >> just dawned on me. i want to make sure that's on silent. >> because michael will call you out. >> yes. >> "pop news"? yes, please, robin. good morning to you guys. we begin with lin-manuel miranda creator of "hamilton" now about to light up screens in the upcoming "mary poppins returns" and this morning, "vanity fair," thank you, giving us these exclusive images of miranda gracing their cover of the holiday issue. inside the three-time tony winner gives a great interview. it is a good read about the making of the movie. he also plays a little game with "vanity fair" called broadway slang, if you will. take a look. >> mugging refers to when

someone is making a lot of faces and they don't necessarily feel real or from an authentic place. off book. off book means you've memorized your lines. i'm not always off book. as a matter of fact, when i mess up my lyrics particularly if it's a show i wrote, and i'm also in, i get amazing looks from my fellow cast members. >> "mary poppins returns" hitting theaters december 19th. the issue of "vanity fair" on newsstands this week and you can see that video and so much more on vf.com. thank you, "vanity fair." [ applause ] >> he's delightful. so are you. ten years into her fashion career victoria beckham is a bona fide style icon, and right now she is gearing up to share her fashion know-how with all of us. here she is announcing big news alongside youtube's fashion and

beauty director, derek blasberg. >> i am starting my own youtube channel that will be full of makeup tutorials, styling tutorials, lots of spalyou. i'm just putting it out there. apparently people want it. it's what they want, what they really, really want. >> see what she did there? he will not be naked on the youtube channel, but there already lots of content in the world of all things stylish. i would imagine our daughters will be all over it. >> i don't get the makeup tutorial thing but they're obsessed. >> she is very stylish. check that out. already 20,000 subscribers on youtube for it. congratulations, victoria. [ applause ] lots of positivity today. this is an interesting one. move over, judge judy. make way for judge jerry. former talk show host jerry

springer has signed a deal. oh, man. we have got some springer fans in the house. so jerry has just signed a deal to host a new court show called "judge jerry," putting to use the law degree he earned from northwestern back in 1968. he says for the first time i'll be called honorable. [ laughter ] he can only hope to be as successful as judge judy. she once again is the highest paid host on tv making $147 million last year alone. >> i know. >> pays to be the judge. >> here comes the judge. >> that's worth going to law school for. thank you. great job. and now to our "gma" cover story, that revealing new interview with amanda bynes, the actress opening up about the breakdown that forced her to step away from the public eye and what was behind it. paula faris is back with the story. hey, paula. >> reporter: hey, michael. good morning, everyone. bynes said everyone thought she

early age she started experimenting with marijuana which then led to a dark road of drugs and depression, but today amanda bynes is sober and she is saying she is sorry. former child star amanda bynes. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: breaking her silence overnight sharing her struggles with depression, drug use and sobriety. bynes opening up to "paper" magazine saying she began using marijuana at the age of 16 and that later on it progressed to doing molly and ecstasy. she would go on to experiment can cocaine and adderall. her use of adderall pills was around the time she was starring in the hit musical "hairspray." ♪ the 32-year-old telling the magazine that, quote, i definitely abused adderall. even sharing that during the filming of a separate movie, she would be in her trailer chewing on the tablets because she

thought they made her more high that way. >> she really attributes some of what happened and changes in her behaviors and personality to the drug usage as it escalated and became, you know, a much more serious issue. >> hey. what's up? i'm sebastian. >> reporter: bynes goes on to share her reaction to seeing herself in some of her biggest movies. after watching her performance in "she's the man" she says she went into a deep depression for four to six months because, i didn't liked how i looked when i was a boy. and after her work in "easy a," the actress says i saw it and i was convinced that i should never be on camera again and i officially retired on twitter adding, i was high and i was like, you know what, i am so ov that now. i was young and stupid. it was during her self-imposed exile from hollywood that bynes says she felt adrift. i got really into my drug usage

and it became a really dark, sad world for me. i was stuck at home getting high, watching tv and tweeting. she adds, everything i worked my whole life to achieve, i kind of ruined it all through twitter. bynes now says she's ashamed and embarrassed by the controversial things that she said on twitter and that she's been sober for almost four years. >> this is sort of her wanting a chapter that was difficult, move on and start the next phase of her life and career. >> reporter: for bynes this next chapter is one she's optimistic about. i have no fear of the future, she says, because she's been through the worst and came out the other end and survived it. it's only up from here. she is now going to fashion school and wants to get back into acting the same way she did as a kid with excitentnd a she can say i had it all and i

allowed substance abuse to ruin it and here's how you can avoid those pitfalls. >> she blamed herself. she said, i put it out there, not the fault of twitter. >> taking full responsibility vulnabity. this will help a lot of people. >> great article. i enjoyedmudiea, rng paula. gh cn?ou ancer drug that could help thousands of people every year. it's already giving hope to a family who thought they were out of options for their 9-year-old son, and erielle reshef is here with this encouraging story. >> reporter: very encouraging. a breakthrough here, robin. that cutting-edge technology has only been administered in trials, but it was just approved by the fda within the last 24 hours, and experts say it could save more lives like ashton's as soon as it hits the market. looking at energetic, athletic 9-year-old ashton leeds, you'd

never know just five years ago, his chances of surviving cancer were bleak. >> when ashton was 4, i noticed a lump on his neck. we took him in to see his doctor. he was sent for a biopsy where they found out that he had stage 4 thyroid cancer. >> reporter: his diagnosis, dire and devastating to his family. >> slowly we noticed his breathing change and he kind of lost some weight and so we went back to see his doctor and they did another chest x-ray and it showed that the cancer had spread in his lungs. >> reporter: he would undergo surgeries and treatment. but that didn't stop the disease from progressing. >> the worst moment was seeing him after he had his surgery and hooked up to all the machines. >> reporter: doctors said there was nothing more they could do. >> they did some testing and found out that the cancer had become resistant. we didn't know, you know, how long he had after that. >> reporter: until a phone call last spring about a trial for a cutting-edge new cancer drug changed everything. the medication will be sold as

vitrakvi or larotrectinib just approved by the fda brought to the market by bayer and targets a genetic mutation found in certain kinds of cancers. the drug inhibiting the protein that's responsible for cancer growth in these tumors. >> larotrectinib actually specifically targets a change in the dna of the tumor cells for these specific cancer types. >> reporter: the leeds driving 700 miles every month from their home in alberta, canada, for seattle children's for the treatment. the results for ashton, stark. >> this is his most recent scan, and basically almost everything is totally gone, but as you can see the difference is night and day. >> when you find a patient that has the mutation that this drug targets, it works almost every time. >> reporter: it could provide himecaas been the ands like in the last couple of years, and it really does gives f going to.

>> it's all looking up for ashton. while he is not considered completely cure his prognosis is very promising and will continue taking this drug as long as doctors are monitoring his progress, but his family says, robin, his response the treatment, certainly is a good reason to be hopeful. >> great to see his smile and that of his family. erielle, thank you as always. dr. jen ashton will talk about this. how exactly does this work? >> let me show you because it sounds confusing. think of it this way. think of this mug as our dna. we have a gene that codes for the handle and the lip, the side, the bottom and so forth. this mug now, there's been a clean break in the gene, okay, and when the gene heals itself which dna does, it comes on in a completely wrong way, wrong place. the drug works here to block this defect. this is what causes the cancer. it's called a track fusion inhibitor, this class of drugs. it's not for everyone. this drug is for kids and adults

with locally advanced cancer that has not responded to other treatment so they're kind of out of options. when you talk about numbers, we heard erielle say, unfortunately, only about 1% of all cancers have this particular genetic mutation, but for that 1% this is a big deal. this is precision medicine targeted therapy. >> maybe we can learn from this. >> exactly. >> what are the caveats here? and the side effects? >> always caveats. this big trial which is called the navigate trial funded by bayer who makes this drug. the cost is to be determined. usually we're looking at a very high cost. it will remain to be seen whether insurance will cover it, and then side effects. always side effects when you talk about treating cancer. fatigue, nausea, digestive issues, increased liver enzymes, but generally these are pretty mild.

>> it makes me think of memorial sloan-kettering. how do people find these trials? >> you know, memorial sloan-kettering has a statistic that only 35% of americans would enroll in a clinical trial largely because of fear. they don't have the right information. there are a lot of myths. i want everyone listening to this regardless of what kind of cancer you have, you can go to clinicaltrials.gov. every clinical trial in the world must be registered there. you can put in the type of cancer you have, where you live, for this particular drug, you can enter it in and find out where this drug is being tested in the country. but this is the backbone. if you want to get involved in a clinical trial, educate yourself. it can make all of the difference. >> bless you for sharing that very important information. thanks so much. rob? >> certainly encouraging news. on a side note, we just got our dog certified to be a therapy dog to see kids and others in hospitals. but when i play fetch with my dog she doesn't always bring what i throw back to me, so zippy in the uk has this figured

out or his master does. just outside birmingham he has a ball and the neighborhood playground, he drops the ball down the slide, uh-huh, and then he chases the ball himself. so there we go. that's my kind of dog right there. can play fetch by it is giving tuesday. last year close to $300 million were donated to charities. this year donations expected to

top that rebecca jarvis is back to show us how to stretch the value of our charitable donations. good to see you again, rebecca, and one of the big ways to do it is to work with your employer. >> a number of employees do a one-to-one employee match. if you're giving $1, for every $1 you give they give an additional dollar. general electric does this, the gap does this. our parent company does this. so you can stretch your dollars that way on giving tuesday. they don't just do it on giving tuesday but year round and a number of charities on giving tuesday in particular do a match so if you give today, you will give extra because someone else is lined up. >> turbocharged. people don't just have to give cash. >> you don't have to give cash. in fact, rewards from your airline points to your hotel points, even your credit cards, cash back. a number of these programs will give directly to the charity of your choice. you go on the they make it very easy and seamless. >> one big question, how do you make sure your money is going where it's supposed to go?

fine to do that but you have to do your vetting if you're giving through a gofundme campaign or facebook. there are also a number of great resources out there. one called charity navigator. also guide star, places where you can go, to these websites and look at the charity and not only vet whether it's real but also where is that money really going? >> and one of the benefits of giving, you can get a tax deduction. how to you make sure you get it? >> the irs website has a specific place where you go and type in the name of the charity, they will tell you whether you can actually make that a tax deductible gift. >> giving tuesday, thanks very much. all the information is on our website. we will be right back. [ applause ]

good morning, north bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> and good morning. i'm reggie aqui from abc 7 mornings. it's 8:27. one person has died after a high-speed chase ended in a crash in san pablo. this happened on san pablo avenue between el portal and road 20, just before midnight. authorities say the sheriff's office was pursuing the car that crashed. we don't know what started the chase. san pablo avenue has been closed for hours and alex smith has been following this for a while. >> yes, since we went on the air, d overnight and we've had this full closure of san pablo ck in with amy holyfield who is covering things at the scene and she said they have not even cleared the car yet, so they are not close. they are still doing this investigation and that closure remains in place. quick check outside. here's the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights are still

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now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> i wanted to show you the golden gate bridge. we have a stray light shower moving across there right now, but the steadier line is still up in the north bay and that's where it's going to be for the better part of the morning hours. as we head towards lunch, it starts to move out of the north bay, becoming light to moderate. it's going to be heaviest during the evening commute, reggie? >> okay, mike.

another abc 7 news update in about 30 minutes and you can always find us on our news app an welcome back to "gma." we have an amazing festive audience with us this morning. [ applause ] and we just put our holiday decorations up, but if you compare them to one family's in rockaway beach, new york, we got to step our game up, people. the holidays are no joke for the mure family. they build santa's workshop and guard it with 20-foot-tall toy soldiers and need tractor trailers to haul in the decorations. i mean, take a look at all of that, wow. ♪ >> from rockaway beach, new york. >> we want to wish you merry

mure christmas. we have been decorating for the past 22 years. we just added a little flavor to it. we got dancers and soldiers and a train that goes around. it's like coming to my house on sunday and having my sauce with my meatballs. a little flavor added to it. you come here, you see the holiday display, you will smile. it's magical. just like new york, the best place on earth. ♪ [ applause ] >> you saw that. t.j. is with that great family. they are ready to give us a tour. how is it going out there, t.j.? >> reporter: hey, good morning to you all. yes, i'm here with joe and jodi. i put two strings of lights on my tree this year and they were not impressed. thank you, both, for giving us a tour. >> thank you. >> you've been doing this for 23 years now. >> yes, sir. >> your 23rd year. you'll love this, guys. it all started because of an arrest.

you're a defense attorney. tell us what happened. >> one of my clients got arrested. i was hanging my first string of lights with my daughter. we were going around for the first time in our new home and i had to leave and go out to florida. at that point i missed christmas with my daughter and decided never to miss christmas again. >> you haven't missed it again. i'm having microphone problems and pick back up here. you have been together about a decade now. when he first -- that first date did he introduce himself and say i like walks on the beach and i go crazy around christmas. >> he said he likes walks on the beach, but he said he likes to roller skate, and to be like the king. a little love on wheels and he does a little christmas party. so once i came to it and got involved, i was like, oh, i fell in love with him even more. >> christmas was your selling point. now, tell me, we'll take a little tour and start off, ballroom dancers. tell us what we got going on. >> two dancers up there,

ballroom dancers and dance like fred astaire used to dance and beautiful, beautiful, beautiful display. >> why is that important to have that as part of this? >> well, listen, we have two reasons for lighting up the north pole. one to actually put a smile on every single child's face and to give them a memory of christmas we know will last the rest of their lives and then, two, to help a special group of children that need our help and those are children that live each and every day of their lives with juvenile diabetes, type 1 diabetes. >> this is a fund-raiser and raise money and have been donating it every year it's been going on. we'll make our way over here. you can see family and friends that help out. yeah, there's another question. how many people do you need to help put this whole thing together? >> actually 15en0 pele out here helping us unload the tractor trailers and start to erect the christmas decorations. >> he called it opening day. that big. >> opening day. >> is this the main attraction

here, if you will? >> this is a merry go round and the kids love it. had they come out here they sit here and look up at the elves and watch the horses and they just love what they see. >> give me an idea. how many lights? >> we got hundreds of thousands of lights out here. we got lights all over the place. >> do you save up and have a special fund for your electricity bill? >> i got to be honest. the last two years we actually have a company that jumped in and liked what we were doing and stepped in and helped us out with the electricity bill. >> that big of a display. he's got it sponsored. beautiful. around. we'll take the front and go to the front of the carousel. tell me what we got going on here. >> we got a bunch of skaters. we actually have a whole group of skaters that actually skate around. we actually have one that actually fell down. that's actually very normal when people skate. we got mrs. santa over here.

>> santa, we got you here. give us a good morning, america, that only santa can. >> good morning, america. merry christmas. >> there it is. the whole family here plays a part. so, strahan, robin, this is -- you know, look, we all have stepping up to do to try to get to where these folks are for their display. >> i know. when you use phrases like opening day and got a sponsor and all that, you're right. let me ask joe. he is an attorney. what does it mean to him and his family when people come out and they're so excited to see this? it's making an impact with a lot of people. how does it feel? >> we got two things actually going on. one, we're going to be on "the great christmas light fight" next monday night at 9:00 p.m. going against families throughout the united states. i wish each of them the best of luck. but when they see our display over here, america is going to just absolutely love it.

it is so different than any christmas display you see anywhere inside the united states or outside the united states. you got to come out. we actually have an opening day the following saturday. saturday, december 8th from 3:30 in the afternoon we have live entertainment and we'll be hosting a great holiday party. >> opening day, robin. you hear that. >> opening day. beautiful. tell them thank you. can you guys lift up that skater that fell? [ applause ] >> i think joe -- he said it all. you can see the mure family on "the great christmas light fight" right hero

[ applause ] we are back now with a "gma" exclusive, a reunion 34 years in the making. earlier this year we profiled a private facebook group for people who have had life-changing discoveries after using at-home dna kits. now, one of those members is sharing her story and, juju, you'll share it with us. >> reporter: absolutely. imagine finding out that one of the parents that raised you was not your actual biological parent. well, the members of this group call themselves npe for not parent expected and one of their

members is sharing her journey with us up to the very moment she meets her biological father for the first time. >> when you find out something that life-changing, it's extreme. >> reporter: sabrina payne has been on a roller coaster journey of self-discovery, ever since a dna test turned her life upside down. the houston area emt and divorced mother of four took the test earlier along with her paternal grandmother. >> she's with my kids. she's everything in my life. >> we just formed a bond that's always been there. >> reporter: but that bond was tested when the results showed sabrina's biological father was not the man who raised her. >> there was never any question about my paternity. when i figured out we weren't biologically related, it was like somebody just punches you in the stomach. >> reporter: reeling, sabrina turned to a private facebook support group founded by katherine st. clair for people

who get unexpected dna results. all its members are npe for not parent expected. >> we're ridiculed a lot because the attitude is you shouldn't be talking about this. >> why air the dirty laundry. >> exactly. that's calling me dirty laundry and i'm not dirty laundry. i'm a human being. >> reporter: the facebook group helped sabrina find her biological father who had been stationed in germany at the same time as her father who raised her. >> how do i tell this man, hey, i think you're biologically my father? >> reporter: she reached out on social media to duane kellums who is now living in indiana after leaving the military. >> she asked if i had been stationed in germany at a certain time and some certain other locations and people and i had informed her i had been. >> he realized it was possible and he was very accepting from the beginning. >> reporter: now after months blessing sabrina is about to come face-to-face for the first

time with her biological father. >> i know if i was in her shoes, i would want to do the same thing. don't want to waste another day not knowing you. >> reporter: duane here at the airport to meet her. >> i know this is a final piece for her puzzle. >> how are you? >> all right. how are you? >> nervous. >> i love your hair. >> thank you. >> oh, you're so small like your mom. oh, my god. >> you're so tall. i didn't get that gene. >> reporter: father and daughter making up for lost time. sabrina meeting a new grandmother and a sister and just last week duane made it to thanksgiving dinner with sabrina to meet more of her family and reunite with sabrina's mother. sabrina is sharing her story to help others.

>> not every outcome is a positive outcome, however, it shouldn't remain a secret.itow . this is part of your identity. >> suddenly she's here. >> honestly, robin and i are sharing kleenexs at this point. you should know we reached out to sabrina's mother and father who raised her. both say they support their daughter in all this and reached out to ancestry and said they have a whole team of people waiting for more sensitive questions to come up. >> this could be life-changing for everyone involved. so what advice does ancestry have? >> imagine how disorienting and scary it is. they have a step-by-step plan on how to reach out to family who don't even know you exist, or may not want to hear from you necessarily, but the bottom line is treat the entire process with kindness, especially yourself. around every corner. surprises >> but, boy, when he saw his daughter, it was just like 34 years had just evaporated, the way he was with her. it was just, like, as a dad.

>> they're creating new family bonds and creating more love all the way around. >> yeah, well, i'm glad this turned out as it did. thanks for sharing it. [ applause ] >> let's head to rob. all right, guys. love that story. it is giving tuesday. we mentioned that. we have a great way to help more families share holiday meals. our sponsor wells fargo is teaming up with feeding america to fight hunger, matching up to $1 million of your contributions until the end of the year. take a look at these chefs and one surprising guest doing the can toss challenge. >> hey, i'm chef curtis stone and i'm so excited to be involved. make sure people that need itth. are you ready for the can toss? >> hi, i'm chef roble ali. i'm joining the can toss as hunger is a very important issue to my family and i. you ready, gritty?

>> all right. well, gritty is stepping it up with a juggling act. all right. i wouldn't dare try to juggle three of these. not on tv. instagram stars will post videos of their can tosses to inspire all of you to give. come on. where is selena? andrea? there you are. oh, gorgeous. go ahead. that's all you need to do. just find one of these drop boxes and take nonperishable food items and there's 5700 of them at every wells fargo branch and for every dollar donated online ten meals will be donated to families, children and seniors that need it most. all right. you guys ready to see how much we have made so far? drum roll, please. er.6 mlioneals? let's keep it going. you lo

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all right. back now with our winter beauty 101. as we all know, thanksgiving just ended. if you are thinking about avoiding fat to make up for the intake on turkey day, think again. with the cold weather and wind your skin, your hair needs fat more than ever. dr. whitney bowe was explaining it to me, and she is here with some of her best tips ever.

>> right. [ applause ] >> i can still feel like i'm taking fat on. >> fats are absolutely essential when it comes to skin care during the winter. >> great. >> you want to look for rich, creamy products that have ingredients like ceramides and cholesterol and fatty acids. they will replenish the fats your skin needs all winter long. >> and there are a lot of products out there. look for those ingredients, but there are products right in our homes that can work for you. >> i love olive oil for winter skin. it's naturally rich in vitamin e and polyphenols and i brought one of my favorite products with olive oil. it's a shimmering body oil so you just shake it up and disperses the shimmering particles into the olive oil and beautiful gina donating her arm to the cause. just a couple drops go a long way. rb th-- rub that right in. it gives you that beautiful glow that's perfect for holiday season. >> it looks like it's rich and moisturizing.

>> you can totally do it at home. i brought a really simple recipe. take your olive oil right from your kitchen counter, throw it into a little travel size container, leave a little room ng higer just takeyou have im eo that with a fork and you basically just brush it onto a piece of paper. take that paper and use it like a funnel to add it to your olive oil. shake it right up and then you have your own diy shimmering body oil for your other arm. rub that in and take a look. she just released her inner goddess. >> everybody has that extra eye shadow that's a little too frosty. >> this is the perfect thing to do with it. >> coconut oil another great product. not that crazy about it for the skin. >> so coconut oil can break out my patients who are acne prone but i love it when it comes to protecting your hair so new science, lara, shows that wet

hair is weak hair so when your hair gets wet, when you're in the shower your hair absorbs water and your hair expands and pushes open that protective cuticle so turnsoconut oil can protect your hair from that water damage and from that breakage. >> you brought a product that you love. >> this is a prewash spray and you can spray it right onto your hair before you get wet. before you get in the shower. >> we put leave in conditioners on after. you're saying do this on dry hair. >> this is before the damage is done and game changing. >> i'm sure you agree. you think it's the blow dryer or curling iron. you're saying getting it wet. >> water fatigue. there is a new theory, water damage. and you are from hawaii, right, mallory? so she's probably feeling the dryness now that you're here in new york. you can do this yourself. take a tablespoon of coconut oil. you know you have to melt it

down and put it in the microwave for a minute and add it to a shaker bottle and add water and do you mind if i spray it into the ends. >> what's the ratio? >> one to one. one tablespoon of coconut oil to one tablespoon of water. our shaker body is not cooperating. >> this is a simple way to get moisture all over your body. >> cool mist humidifier. my secret weapon all winter long and they now come with essential oil trays so i throw in lavender oil. helps me de-stress, hydrates the air. this is, like, one of the best things you can do. dry heat, dries out the air. so that steals moisture from your skin, from your hair. >> why not warm mist? >> it's actually safer so i have a 7-year-old at home. if she comes and accidentally knocks over a hot humidifier it will be dangerous. go for cool mist humidifier, but if you love your essential oils which i do look for one that has an essential oils tray. never add it to the tank. it can clog the motor and do

damage to the tank. >> thank you so much, dr. whitney bowe, always so great to have you here. really simple, helpful. get the fat going again and we will be right back.

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good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> and good morning. it's 8:59. i'm reggie aqui from abc 7 mornings. and get used to these, gray skies and the rain falling down. >> hi, everybody. today through saturday, chances of rain. the steadiest rain is up in the north bay, but we've had lighter, random showers through the north bay. one moved through san francisco. don't be surprised if that happens when you're out and about. just work your activities around getting wet, especially steadier this mid-morning to late afternoon. and then a stronger tomorrow will come in wednesday night to thursday morning. alexis? >> checking out the san mateo bridge, still looking dry here, mike, but that is going to change soon. that sky looking like it is getting ready to rain. just be prepared and i think the rains will be pretty soft this afternoon. a quick check of drive times, westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, 16 minutes, no delays if you're heading south to sfo. >> time now for "live with kelly

& ryan," we'll see you >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, academy award-winning actress catherine zeta-jones. and, from the hit comedy "modern family," ariel winter. plus, the perfect present for people on the move as we continue our holiday gift guide. all next on "live!" and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] ♪