in america this morning. >> stay with us. "good morning, america" coming up next. making news in america this morning, final farewell. former president george h.w. bush lying in state. the new images overnight, a salute from the current president, a salute from a boy scout. stirring tributes from across the nation. ♪ and new stories about president bush, the man. the 3:00 a.m. cookie runs and what barbara bush said before one of his famous skydiving jumps. new overnight, we hear from a survivor of this deadly crash. the bus carrying young football players on their way home. the 9-year-old killed and what investigators are now saying. polling problems. a congressional race now up in the air amid allegations of voter fraud. officials in north carolina are refusing to certify the results.

plus, "snl" star pete davidson's powerful message about mental health. how he's taking on cyberbullies. magic mushrooms legal? the far out law that could soon be on the ballot. and a snowball's chance in this town. a boy fights to overturn ban on snowball fights. hey, good morning, everybody, on a tuesday i'm terrell brown. >> i'm maggie rulli. kendis and janai off. we begin with the outpouring of love and respect for former president george h.w. bush lying in state at the u.s. capitol. the young boy scout, you can see him there, offered up his best salute for the late president. he was one of thousands of mourners paying tribute. >> let's go live to the u.s. capitol rotunda. it's been open to the public all night long. it'll stay open for 35

consecutive hours. >> the 41st president, who was known for his colorful collection of crazy socks, will be laid to rest wearing this pair featuring jets flying into formation. it's a nod to his service in world war ii. abc's emily rau joins us with >> reporter: good morning, maggie and terrell. exactly right, the rotunda will remain open to visitors all night long even at 1:00 a.m. people walking the capitol grounds in washington and standing in line to pay their respects to bush 41. with the sunset befitting the colorful life he lived, the body of former president george h.w. bush arrived at the u.s. capitol. members of his cabinet waiting alongside his family. former first lady laura bush saying what a beautiful night to her husband. then a 21-gun salute before the remains of the 41st president took their place in the capitol rotunda. president trump and first lady melania making their way to the capitol monday night standing ic

the president then saluting as the first lady placed her hand over her heart. tens of thousands of people are expected to wait in line to pay their respects to the 94-year-old, elected president in 1988 and serving one term. a naval aviator shot down in the pacific but rescued, he returned home where barbara pierce was waiting. their marriage would bring six children and stretch more than seven decades until her death earlier this year. >> he is the most decentdecentdt honorable, wonderful -- nobody's ever been as lucky as i've been. i want people to remember him as courageous. i want them to remember him as he is. >> reporter: her wish coming true as americans and lawmakers from both parties put a pause on their differences to celebrate the last president from the greatest generation.

the former president's remains will stay in the rotunda until his state funeral on wednesday. at that service at the national cathedral every living president will attend. he will then return to houston for another service there before being laid to rest next to his wife and daughter. in washington, emily rau, abc news. now back to you. >> emily, thank you. and that's quite a sight to see. again, our thanks to emily. many secret service agents are sharing their stories of president bush. they say he was so considerate that he would stay in washington for christmas eve so that agents could be with their families. >> one agent also remembers how president bush would raid the white house kitchen at 3:00 a.m. for milk and cookies, and he enjoyed greeting tourists so he often insisted on leaving the oval office through the rose garden. >> and then there was this picture from 2013 that shows support for a secret service agent's son battling leukemia shaving his head in solidarity.

>> tomorrow live coverage of the funeral and coming up later, we'll hear from the man who protected president bush and his many skydiving jumps. he told us about the warning he once got from mrs. bush. >> yeah, it's coming up a little later on. breaking news coming in from overseas. the french government is suspending an increase in the gas tax. there have been days of deadly riots. demonstrators angry about the rising prices have clashed with police. even famous landmarks in the city have been vandalized. on average a gallon of gas costs more than $6 in france. the government is now putting that tax increase on hold. and we have new details about the crash of a charter bus carrying a youth football team from memphis. a 9-year-old was killed. dozens were injured, and we're hearing now from one of the survivors. >> confirm there's three critical? >> 10-4 that i know of. >> reporter: tragedy on an arkansas highway in the middle of the night. >> we're still working on getting some of the ones that's trapped out.

>> reporter: this is the aftermath of the bus crash that left dozens of children injured and a third grader dead. >> the injuries have ranged really from injuries to the skull and brain to lots of lacerations, lots of broken bones. >> reporter: police now identifying the boy killed as 9-year-old cameron johnson. >> you just saw heartache. you saw our hearts broken. we saw tears. >> reporter: his sudden death sending shock waves through the school. >> right now focus is just to meet their needs and come alongside them and be prepared to do whatever we can do. >> reporter: now investigators are searching for answers as to why the bus carrying a youth football team on their way home from a game in texas suddenly careened off the interstate just before 3:00 a.m. slamming that a grove of trees. >> everybody was screaming, crying. >> reporter: one of the players on board who was injured in the wreck describes the terrifying scene. >> people were scared and

terrified and i woke up when i heard like a lot of screaming and the coaches were trying to keep everybody calm. >> reporter: the driver was questioned by police who want to know if fatigue played a role but troopers have not yet determined why she lost control. reports indicate the company that owns the bus has had multiple violations in the past including allowing an employee to drive without the proper license. but none of those violations required taking their buses out of service. and the kids on the bus were between 7 and 13 years old. those who were injured are expected to recover. absentee ballots seem to be the focus of a voter fraud investigation in north carolina. a congressional race there is still undecided. unofficial results show republican mark harris leading by over 900 votes but our station in charlotte reports similar signatures have been found on absentee ballots there's raising questions about potential wrongdoing. a worker for the harris campaign looks to be at the center of this investigation.

an alabama man kill the by police at a shopping mall thanksgiving was shot three times in his back side. that's according to an autopsy commissioned by the family of police say an argument among several young men led to gunfire. at first bradford was mistakenly identified as the gunman who injured two people. his family said the 21-year-old was only trying to help. >> it is clear unequivocally without any doubt whatsoever e.j. bradford jr. was shot three times from the back while he was running away. >> my son was murdered by this officer, and that was cowardice. >> authorities do not plan to release video from the shooting until the investigation is complete. the officer who shot bradford is on administrative leave. let's get a look at the weather now on this tuesday morning.

good morning. rain spreading throughout california for tuesday and that's just the setup for wednesday going into thursday when this monster of a storm pushes through with flooding along the coast. rain is going to stay locally heavy with burn scars, mudflows likely for us and imminent rain will begin to push through. for the northeast it's about the cold air covering from detroit over to philadelphia up towards montreal but not just there. in the deep south it's going to get crazy cold as well with rain throughout portions of florida. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams. and coming up, the big change coming to the aisles at walmart. plus, this morning asleep at the wheel. a tesla driver was arrested accused of being sound asleep while going 70 miles per hour on autopilot. how police managed to stop the car. and later the fight

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and take a look at this scare. this was on a highway in dallas. a trash can comes flying into a woman's windshield. the can wasn't properly tied down when it flew off the back of a truck. thankfully the woman in that car was not hurt. investigators in costa rica are working to identify a body found near the airbnb where a missing florida woman was staying. carla stefaniak was with friends celebrating her 36th birthday. she stayed for an extra day then disappeared. the owner of the airbnb says stefaniak left with her bags at 5:00 a.m., but her family says she had an uber scheduled to pick her up three hours later and never showed up. officials are now testing what appears to be blood found inside the home where she was staying.

newly released surveillance video shows a small plane crashing just after takeoff in ft. lauderdale. the plane crashed into an autism therapy center bursting into flames. bystanders -- you see them there -- running out of the building. two people on board the cessna were killed. the ntsb is looking into the cause. authorities in california say they caught a dui suspect sleeping in his tesla driving 70 miles per hour down a freeway. police chased the suspect for seven miles. they pulled in front of the car and started slowing down to stop it and say that suspect failed a sobriety test and they believe that he was using the car's autopilot feature. >> want to remind the public to make sure that even though this technology is available, they need to make sure that they know that they are responsible for maintaining control of the vehicle. >> so tesla is saying this, drivers need to stay alert during autopilot. the system provides visual and

audio alerts if it detects that the driver does not have its hands on the wheel. well, there is a big change in the aisles at walmart. the company is turning to robot janitors to keep its floors clean. it's rolling out hundreds of autonomous scrubbers that are activated with just the press of a button. the driverless machine detects people or objects in the way and works around them. i want this for my apartment. >> yeah, right. >> walmart, let's talk. coming up, the massive data breach at marriott. what the hotel chain has now agreed to do. but first this morning, a star from "saturday night live" gets personal and emotional about his mental health struggles and the bullying that he's facing online. and later parents are outraged as preschoolers are given pine sol to drink instead of apple juice. children are given pine-sol to drink instead of apple juice. with quicksilver from capital one. you're earning unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere. like on that new laptop.

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getting online bullied and in public by people for nine months. no matter how hard the internet or anyone else tries to make me kill myself, i won't. ♪ i also got married and for being so thankful ♪ >> reporter: the post comes days after ariana's single "thank you next" was released which includes an apology to davidson. >> i'm sorry. i know he lost his eye in war or whatever. >> reporter: davidson was also criticized last month for a sketch that mocked candidate dan crenshaw who lost an eye in combat. the comedian has admitted to struggling with mental health problems since he was 7 when his father died on 9/11 as a first responder. he has even discussed being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. >> see a doctor and talk to them about medication and also be healthy. eating right and exercise can make a huge difference. and finally if you're in the

cast of a late night comedy show it might help if they, you know, do more of your sketches. >> davidson has addressed online bullies in the past and once called the internet an evil place. well, a new headache stemming from that massive data breach at marriott affecting up to 500 million hotel guests. marriott now says it will pay for new passports for all guests affected by the hack which dates back to 2014. it affected hotel brands company was acquired by marriott. an 85-year-old man is indit attacked by an alligator at this retirement community in lakeland, florida. a neighbor says the gator grabbed the man by the leg and dragged him into the woods. authorities say these attacks are on the rise because more housing is being built in waterfront areas. so, the state of oregon already allows recreational marijuana sales, so could psychedelic mushrooms be coming up next? a state official has allowed language on a ballot

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♪ all right. let's check "the pulse" this morning, and we start with millennials being blamed for the decline of canned tuna. >> we do everything wrong. >> right. one industry executive says opening a can of tuna apparently is too much work for millennials. others note that many millennials don't even own a can opener. >> it's a lot of work. well, they're also turned off by processed foods. the industry is trying to lure them back with special packaging and flavors. >> it's working, yeah. a boy in illinois found out the hard way that the scene in the famous movie "a christmas story," well, it's very true to life. >> yeah, so in the film, one friend dares the other to put his tongue on a frozen flagpole and his tongue gets stuck. >> well, 11-year-old spencer klein decided to test the theory

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good morning to you. it's tuesday, december 4th. thanks for joining us. >> there's rain out the door but not right now, mike. >> no, not raining now. it slowed down a little bit. here's live doppler 7. all the gray is the cloudiness. it's too dry for the rain to make it down to the ground. it is milder, mid-40s. let's take a look at our temperatures today. be prepared for showers. even some thunderstorms as you get near the coast, santa cruz mountains in the south bay. we'll take a look at you're accuweather 12-hour planner a little later. here's the commute. >> we're in emeryville,

westbound 80, no issues as you head toward the maze. taking you to the oakland area, we do have roadwork once again on southbound 880. was supposed to be a full closure between 23rd and 29th until 5:00 this morning. just a couple moments ago we had a backup approaching this. even once it was no longer a full closure, they were to have a couple lanes blocked until 6:00. i'll check with caltrans. happening now, the nation's capitolle paying tribute to the 41st president of the united states, george h.w. bush. >> here's a live look inside the capitol rotunda in washington. thousands of people will be there as mr. bush lies in state. late last night president trump and the first lady visited his casket. >> reporter: the rotunda remained open to visitors throughout the night, even at 1:00 a.m., people were walking

the capitol grounds and paying respect to president bush. the body of former president george h.w. bush arrived at the u.s. capitol. members of his cabinet waiting alongside his family, former first lady laura bush saying what a beautiful night. then a 21-gun salute before the remains of the 41st president took their place in the capitol rotunda. president trump and first lady melania making their way to the capitol, standing in silence in front of the flag-draped casket. tens of thousands of people are expected to wait in line to pay their respects to the 94-year-old elected president in 1988 and serving one term. >> i want a kinder and gentler nation. >> reporter: the americans and

lawmakers put a because to celebrate the last president from the greatest generation. the former president's remains will stay in the rotunda until his state funeral on wednesday, which every living president will attend. he will turn to houston for another service before being relayed to rest next to his wife and daughter. queen elizabeth private message of condolence to the bush family, remembering their meeting at his texas ranch in 1991. president trump has declared tomorrow a national day of morning, meaning there