>> they are the same people who camped out for other tickets. thanks for w good morning, america. new this morning. major shake-up in washington. nancy pelosi set to make history again as a new congress is just hours away from taking over. democrats prepare to control the house, ramping up the pressure as president trump digs in on the government shutdown. >> could be a long time. it's too important a subject to walk away from. >> can the new divided government strike a deal? also this morning, that dangerous storm slams the south with heavy rain and ice leading to this 21-car pileup. and another system sending this dust devil tearing across a playground. now, the new alerts as the storm moves east. deadly prank. the 14-year-old now in custody facing a murder charge. how tossing eggs at cars led to this deadly high-speed chase.

apple's stunning announcement. the tech giant's stock tumbling. what led to the nearly $50 billion plunge, and will this mean less expensive iphones? abc news exclusive. the last days of jfk jr. rare footage and new interviews reveal intimate details about the turmoil in his personal life. first on "gma" this morning. ♪ dancing in the moonlight and for the last time ever landing on the dark side of the moon. the brand-new images just revealed this morning. ♪ everybody was dancing in the moonlight ♪ >> nice tune to begin the morning. good morning, america. look at this wonderful crowd. they were outside. they're from texas. [ applause ] it says please don't turn me away, i want it to be a good day. no way we were going to turn you away. >> a little smile over there. it is a big day in

washington. new congress taking over just hours from now. new leaders will be sworn in. nancy pelosi will once again become speaker as the democrats take over the house. republicans make gains in the senate. >> she will make history as she becomes speaker again, it's going to be the most diverse congress in american history. more women serving than ever before, 25 in the senate, 102 in the house, 43 women of color including the first two muslim-american congresswomen, democrats, ilhan omar and rashida tlaib from michigan. they will take the oath of office on the koran and alexandria ocasio-cortez will become the youngest ever to serve in congress. >> all of this is taking place as the government shutdown hits day 13. president trump and the democrats both digging in after that white house summit. >> and the question this morning remains, will this divided government be able to strike a deal? our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce is on capitol hill with the latest and, mary, pressure is on. >> reporter: yeah, robin. new pressure and a new era in

capitol hill. in just a few hours democrats will take control of the house dramatically shifting the power dynamic here in washington. for the first time, president trump will be up against a divided congress and for the second time in her career nancy pelosi will be speaker. her first order of business, a vote to try to force the president's hand to re-open the government. this morning, nancy pelosi is taking the speaker's gavel and ramping up the pressure on trump. >> we are giving him a republican path to do that. why would he not do it? why would he not do it? >> reporter: armed with a new majority in the house, pelosi and democrats are plowing ahead with a plan to re-open key parts of the government, but it does not five the president what he's demanding, $5.6 billion for his border wall. and with republicans in charge of the senate, her plan is already dead on arrival. >> the senate will not waste its time considering a democratic bill which cannot pass this chamber and which the president will not sign. >> reporter: overnight, the

president tweeting, i remain ready and willing to work with democrats to pass a bill that secures our borders, supports the agents and officers on the ground and keeps america safe. let's get it done. but the president is publicly rejecting a potential compromise, a $2.5 billion plan proposed by his own vice president. >> no, not 2.5, no. we're asking for 5.6, and, you know, somebody said 2.5. no, look, this is national security we're talking about. >> reporter: with no end in sight, the effects of the shutdown are piling up. trash overflowing in national parks and those nearly 800,000 government workers furloughed or working without pay, and the president now says brace for the long haul. >> could be a long time or it could be quickly. it could be a long time. it's too important a subject to walk away from. >> reporter: now, a source tells me that in their meeting yesterday the democrats repeatedly pushed the president

if he would at least commit to opening those agencies unrelated to this immigration fight but the president told them that if he agreed to that, he would, quote, look foolish. now, there is talk that they may meet again tomorrow but, robin, until then, the stalemate continues. >> until then, many people are really feeling the effects of this shutdown, and what can they expect if, indeed, it does continue like this? >> reporter: yeah, well, we won't know the full impact of this shutdown for quite some time. there are key dates that we're keeping a close eye on. next friday is the last day many government workers including the coast guard will be paid. now, if this stretches through the end of the month, possible irs delays. if this lasts until after january it's unclear whether those households that are eligible for food stamps will still receive their benefits next month. so, robin, some very real consequences with this shutdown. >> very real. >> a lot rely on food stamps and tax refunds. i want to get the view from

the white house right now. terry moran is there and, terry, the president is throwing out different claims to get this wall including those false claims that much of it has already been built and somehow mexico is going to pay for it with this new trade deal. >> reporter: that's right, george, he keeps saying this. he says the tremendous amounts of the wall has been built. it hasn't. some older structures have been renovated. some new but not that big beautiful wall he talked about. as for mexico paying for it, they aren't. the taxpayer is. he says his trade deal will pay for it. most economists scoff at that >> terry, at that cabinet meeting there the president is surrounded by acting secretaries. he escalated his feud with former generals including his former defense secretary james mattis. >> reporter: that was remarkable, george, to hear the president who once talked about his generals being from central casting, and general mattis as secretary of defense right at the center, he laid into him, really a scathing attack after mattis' resignation in protest over president trump's decision to withdraw american troops from syria. listen to how the president

takes on mattis and the whole senior officers at the pentagon. >> what has he done for me? how he done in afghanistan? not too good. not too good, so i mean i wish him well. i hope he does well but as you know, president obama fired him and essentially so did i. i want results. we have an area that i brought up with our generals four or five weeks ago where the taliban is here and isis is here and they're fighting each other. i said, why don't you let them fight? why are we getting in the middle of it? i said, let them fight. they're both our enemies. let them fight. they go in and they end up fighting both of them. it's the craziest thing i've ever seen. i think i would have been a good general, but who knows. >> reporter: of course, we'll never know, because when he was called to serve in vietnam, he had five deferments, one for bone spurs. >> thanks very much.

we're going to switch over to the weather. dangerous weather is shutting down schools this morning bringing heavy rain, snow, ice and possible flash flooding. ginger is tracking the latest. good morning, ginger. >> reporter: good morning, michael. we're talking about all oklahoma city public schools shut down because of this, the freezing rain that coated the roads, made everybody slide off. the ice not just there, but you go to tulsa, where there was a 21-car pileup, so you're not getting away from it if you are in oklahoma. lots of frozen precipitation still falling this morning. even north texas, wichita falls, look at the accidents. so many accidents to talk about in the plains. now this storm is moving east, talking about big cities getting lots of rain from houston over to atlanta, we are in flash flood or regular flood watches. jackson, mississippi, included too, george. >> thanks. we get the latest on the houston shooting that killed a 7-year-old girl. this morning, police are trying to determine whether it's linked to a previous shooting in the same area as they track down the gunman whose pickup truck was caught on surveillance camera. abc's will carr is on the case. >> reporter: overnight, for the first time, we're seeing a

playful jazmine barnes. that's the smile of an innocent 7-year-old girl. a life ripped from her family far too soon. the search for her killer now intensifying. >> we're not ruling anything out. we take very serious what's occurring. we're not tone deaf to some of the concerns in our community that could be potentially race related. >> reporter: authorities say jazmine's mother was driving in west houston to get coffee with her four daughters in their car sunday morning when unprovoked a man in a red pickup truck started shooting into their car. >> he intentionally killed my child for no reason. >> reporter: police releasing this surveillance picture. the suspect, described as a white male in his 40s with a beard, last seen wearing a red hoodie. with tips pouring in, police say they're ramping up patrols in the area. the devastation affecting more than just the local community. celebrities now pleading for help. actress gabrielle union tweeting, find him. this evil monster must be stopped.

olivia wilde, please help find this murderer if you can. with that national attention there's now a $75,000 reward. some members in this community are questioning if this attack was racially motivated. authorities here say they're looking into that. they're also taking a second look at a shooting that took place back in 2017 to see if there's any connections. robin. >> hopefully they'll get results very soon, will. thank you. now to that surprise announcement from apple that sent its stock tumbling. the company cutting its revenue expectation because of poor iphone sales in china. janai norman is here with details on that. good morning, janai. >> good morning, guys. so, after markets closed on wednesday apple's stock dropped 7%, wiping out an estimated $50 billion in value. the plunge came after an announcement from tim cook that the company fell about $9 billion short of its revenue goals largely due to sluggish sales of the iphone and ipad in china, one of its most important markets. cook says some of that is because apple failed to anticipate the magnitude of china's economic downturn but he

told investors said that's been made worse because of rising trade tensions with the united states. investors remain nervous ahead of the opening bell as apple and other tech stocks have taken a beating overnight in international markets. >> so, is there any chance that they may lower their prices on the iphone and ipad? >> something we're all wondering. now, analysts were hoping to see that as a potential reaction but sadly the answer is no. there's no concrete indication from the company that there are any plans to change current prices and incentives for customers. two things apple is making easier, trading in a new phone and financing for its devices, so there are two, you know, not too bad. >> i had to ask. >> of course, of course, we're all wondering. >> nice try. we're going to move on now to new developments in the case of the american arrested in russia accused of espionage. the u.s. ambassador met with paul whelan on wednesday as the former marine is being held in one of russia's most notorious prisons. martha raddatz tracking all the

latest. >> reporter: this is a prison known for its harsh conditions, once run by the kgb. this is where his lawyer and the u.s. ambassador visited paul whelan. he told the family that whelan was in good condition, but when and if he will get out of there any time soon is still a big question. and this morning, an ominous sign. a russian news agency reporting that whelan was found with a classified list of russian operatives just before his arrest in his hotel room. they say he was trying to recruit russians but this could well be a setup. whelan is the security head of a u.s. company. he traveled to russia numerous times so may have been an easy mark. there are fears this could be retaliation for the arrest here in the u.s. of maria butina, who pleaded guilty to trying to infiltrate conservative political circles. whelan is charged with espionage, but he would be a highly unlikely intelligence operative. he was kicked out of the marine corps ten years ago for attempted larceny and dereliction of duty. not the kind of person our

intelligence agencies would hire, george. >> so many questions yet to be answered. martha, thanks very much. michael? >> all right, thank you, george. and now to those disturbing new details in that deadly lion attack revealed in a newly released police report describing the chaotic scene after the animal attacked a 22-year-old intern in north carolina. abc's stephanie ramos is in yanceyville with the latest. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: michael, good morning. federal agencies are now leading the investigation into whether safety protocols were broken at the conservators center after that lion got loose and killed that young woman. a newly released sheriff's report details the chaotic moments after this lion killed an intern at the conservators center in burlington, north carolina. >> we have had a lion attack. >> reporter: the general manager making that call from the center's property on her way to the deadly scene. >> the person that was attacked, how bad are they hurt? >> they're incapacitated. >> reporter: investigators say

this lion named matthai broke through a locked enclosure during a routine cleaning, killing 22-year-old alex black. >> the lion is contained. >> the lion is contained. okay, good. >> reporter: the police report obtained by abc news describes workers at the center as unprepared for the sudden and violent attack. despite being told in a 911 call that the lion had been contained, in the report michael griggs, the first sheriff's deputy on the scene, says he arrived to find staffers chasing the lion growling and running free near the enclosure with black still laying on the ground, unclear if she was still alive. firefighters using water hoses to contain the animal while staffers waited for tranquilizers to be delivered from a home on the property. on the first attempt, griggs writes, the dart appeared to break. he then says a staffer grabbed a blow gun, shooting multiple darts, but the lion showed no signs of going to sleep.ely fiic

911 calls made days later at this florida zoo where a toddler slipped in between the poles at a rhino exhibit. >> is she breathing? >> yes, ma'am. >> we're always looking to improve safety here at the zoo and we've been doing it without incident over nine years but we've never had anyone slip through the poles before. >> reporter: the toddler airlifted to the hospital. her mother treated as well, injuring her arm while trying to rescue her daughter. the family says in a statement the little girl is in good care and doing well. the attorney for the conservators center tells us in a statement overnight, they are fully cooperating with all ongoing agency reviews of this incident. they say, quote, we are not at liberty to provide specific details about the incident, but we can confirm the center's personnel took direction from the on-site first responders, complied with their directives and provided all requested assistance. robin? >> stephanie, thank you.

now to that 14-year-old that is facing a murder charge after he and his friends threw eggs at passing cars leading to a chase that ended in a death. paula faris is here with that story for us. good morning, paula. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. this happened just outside of houston. a 14-year-old was behind the wheel when he killed a mother of two. she was also a grandmother of four who was simply visiting her family for the holiday. we do want to warn you the crash video is disturbing. this morning a 14-year-old boy faces a murder charge after a dangerous prank led to this deadly crash. it happened in broad daylight on new year's day. police say three teenagers driving this gmc suv without the owner's permission began hurling eggs at other vehicles. in this surveillance video, the driver of this yellow lincoln continental chased the teens, allegedly flashed a handgun, and the 14-year-old at the wheel of that suv sped through a red light t-boning silvia zavala's pick-up truck, killing the

45-year-old mother instantly. >> looking at the damage, it was probably 65 miles per hour at least. >> reporter: zavala's daughter is in shock. >> wonderful woman, happy always, happy, independent. she was about to come home and get her stuff and say bye and she was about to leave, and, yeah, she couldn't say bye. >> reporter: that underaged teen driver suffered a broken ankle and has now been charged with murder. >> he did what he did, and, well, he took my mother's life, so he has to pay for what happened. >> reporter: so tragic. and in the state of texas, a murder suspect can be tried as young as 14 years of age but only after a juvenile court rules that the youth had a previous record and that the crime warrants trial as an adult but this 14-year-old has detention center. >> horrible story all the way around. >> paula, thanks very much. we are going to switch gears now to a big first in space. take a look r the first time evr

has landed on the dark side of the moon. that's the side that never faces the earth, sent back these photos. it was all done by china. the probe took off early december and touched down earlier this morning and sent back these pictures. great stuff. >> great stuff. and dark side of the moon and cold side of the weather. we go to ginger and going to tell us all about this storm heading to the east. >> to the east. that's right. you see those power lines. this is not what you want to see when you wake up. freezing rain that hit that encased the power lines. now most of it becomes rain as it heads to the northeast by saturday. local weather in 30 seconds.

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all right. good morning. after a really quiet start today, we do have one significant incident on the roads to talk about. that is southbound 880, before you get to whipple road. multi-car crash. that is blocking the three left lanes. so, significant amount of the roadway is blocked. i don't have details on injuries and so far, it's not a sig alert, but you are stacked up solid to state route 92. definitely use an alternate, if possible, here this morning. we'll take a look at some drive times as well. as of right now, 7:23, we still don't have any bay bridge metering lights, so i don't think we'll have to use those this morning. and these drive times are looking pretty good, too. westbound 80 highway 4 to the maze has filled in just a bit there, but 23 minutes not bad for you. an 11-minute drive across the bay bridge if you're continuing westbound into san francisco. and if you're heading out of town today, southbound 101 to

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now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> if you're about to head out and you didn't dress warm enough yesterday, you'll want to dress warmer for today. we have almost the exact same temperatures. a lot of 20s and 30s and frost, as there's a little bit more moisture in our inland neighborhoods. as far as the commute, everything's pretty green other than having to scrape some ice off your car this morning. let's take a look at what's going to happen. the storm door opens and boy does it get aggressive starting saturday. up to an inch of rain, downpours, thunderstorms, gusting 30 to 60 miles per hour from our valleys all the way up to our mountainstops. and look at the rain starting saturday morning and it just keeps going into the evening hours, a quarter to half inch, if not more. and by monday, we could have at least an inch to 3 inches of rain. and that means wet for the college football game. >> mike, thank you.

coming up on "gma," new developments in the case of that missing colorado mom. a woman now being

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record number of women in the house and senate and democrats take control of the house and nancy pelosi, you see her right there, will become speaker again. the government shutdown hits day 13. and the manhunt is more desperate for the gunman who shot and killed jazmine barnes. police released this surveillance image of the suspect's pickup truck asking for help. the reward is now at $60,000. and take a look at this out of australia. look at this paraglider right there. swept up. >> whoo. >> in that dust devil. >> careful. >> he is okay. not even injured but tha scary. >> that was a moment. >> obviously, he was experienced thank goodness because that was scary. we're going to turn now to a major new development in the apparent murder of that missing colorado mom. sources tell abc news a woman in idaho is now being investigated. abc's clayton sandell is in colorado with the new details. good morning, clayton.

>> reporter: good morning, michael. authorities are revealing few details about this case, but this morning, we're learning more about a woman investigators say may have gotten rid of a key piece of evidence. this morning, new clues about an important piece of evidence in the kelsey berreth case. her cell phone mysteriously turning up 700 miles away from her home days after the young mother's alleged murder. >> her phone did end up in idaho. >> reporter: now, multiple sources tell abc news authorities are looking at a 32-year-old nurse from twin fall, idaho, who police believe may have tried to dispose of berreth's phone. sources say the woman has known berreth's fiance for years and worked together in colorado. she has not been charged with a crime. frazee now charged with first degree murder. >> anything to say? >> reporter: berreth was last seen thanksgiving day shopping with the couple's

14-month-old daughter. prosecutors will not say if they believe frazee had any accomplices but court documents reveal in the three months before his fiance vanished he allegedly tried to find someone to kill her three separate times. berreth's body has not been found. he has not entered a plea and his public defender is not commenting. later today, berreth and frazee's parents will be facing off in a colorado courtroom in a bitter custody battle over their 1-year-old granddaughter kaylee. as for that woman from idaho we have made repeated attempts to reach out to her and her attorney. we have not heard back. michael. >> thank you so much, clayton. now to that arrest in a spring of high-profile burglaries in los angeles. a 32-year-old man accused of targeting celebrities taking millions in fine wine, jewelry and art. our chief national correspondent matt gutman is in l.a. with the story. good morning, matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, george. the lapd telling me they blasted out the suspect's mug shot and overnight, multiple new victims came forward. now, they do acknowledge that this suspect was slick, that he

made a career out of this caper and somehow managed to fly under the radar for years. millions of dollars of hollywood bling. police blame 32-year-old benjamin ackerman for at least a dozen heists with one major commonality. >> ackerman targeted high-end celebrity homes for sale or were being shown during open house appointments. >> reporter: among the victims, usher, adam lambert and jason derulo whose multimillion-dollar homes were up for sale. the lapd says ackerman would pose as a realtor, roll up to open houses in a fancy car, sign in using his middle name and then come back later and wipe them all out. >> when he showed up he was dressed to the nines. he acted the part. he was very slick. he appears to be very fluent with computers and technology and knowing how to manipulate those. >> reporter: his string of the

capers almost like an homage to the real-life crime spree turned hollywood blockbuster "the bling ring." after executing a search warrant in september 2018 on his home and storage unit, police say they found thousands of items they suspect were stolen. so many, they set up a website to catalog them all. >> we have diamond necklaces. we have to see what type of diamonds they are, whose they are and what the actual values are. >> reporter: 47 pages of jewelry which included rolex and cartier watches, diamonds, gold and pearls. 24 pages of just stolen wine. up to 900 bottles. there were designer shoes, bags, guitars, crystals, art, even sports memorabilia, like this tom brady playing card. now, police here telling me that complicating their investigation is that ackerman somehow disabled security systems. cameras going black for hours at a time and apparently he stole so much loot that they believe he had an accomplice. now, it is important to note

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jfk jr." features rare footage and new interviews. deborah roberts is here with a closer look. >> good morning. it's hard to believe that this summer marks 20 years since the nation fell into grief with the loss of yet another promising kennedy. yet, so many of us still are endlessly fascinated by this young man who made headlines, stole hearts and captivated nearly everyone during his short 38 years. he was as close as america would ever come to royalty. jfk jr., son of the late president john f. kennedy, with his good looks he was linked to model cindy crawford and celebrities like madonna and sarah jessica parker. he finally found love with carolyn bissette but being in the spotlight would take its toll on the marriage and then also problems with his second love, his magazine "george." >> is that going to be the final? >> he was having trouble with his magazines and having

troubles with his marriage and the two most important things in his life. >> they were having issues. i mean, there was a lot weighing on them as a couple. >> from the very beginning they had a volatile relationship and unfortunately, the cameras were always there to record it. there were photographs of them even before they were married in a fight, right? >> i remember the big story, oh, my god, it ran for days. >> the last thing you want to do is have a blow-out with your girlfriend in public. but that is exactly what happened between john and his girlfriend carolyn bissette. >> clearly, if you look back on it now with the benefit of all these years, they were under stress even before they got married. >> reporter: stress that was sometimes caught on camera. >> one particularly revealing moment when they were dating and on the beach and suddenly they encountered the paparazzi. >> come on, john. don't do that. >> you don't come up to my girlfriend when she's on the beach alone and start taking photographs of her. don't you understand? >> all right. >> no! >> you have a partner who is not

used to this and she didn't ask for this. >> that made john angry. he always felt bad after he lashed out at anybody, even the paparazzi. he's also trying to save a relationship because he was afraid that she wouldn't be able to handle it and it would lead to her leaving him. >> carolyn started to have more fears and anxiety. she really couldn't go out day or night without being followed and filmed. >> he did his best to protect her and, in fact, one point he appealed -- they got married. they were living in new york. he went downstairs in tribeca and addressed the photographers waiting outside. >> so i just ask any, you know, privacy you can give her as she makes that adjustment, it would be really appreciated. >> i don't think it worked but he tried. >> they didn't care. they were there most every day. there was a little pack of them. >> it was tough on her. there's this one phrase that actually makes me really angry when people say, well, she knew

what she was getting into. nobody knows what they're getting into until they're in it. >> reporter: for carolyn, sharing john's life would also include his love of flying. >> she was very reluctant to fly with john in the beginning. she complained constantly about it. but toward the end she started to like it. that's the only time they were ever alone like it was so rare that it was just the two of them that being up there in the clouds with john began to become something that carolyn bissette actually liked. >> reporter: in july 1999, jfk jr. departed new jersey in his small plane with his wife and her sister heading to a family wedding. but they never made it. the plane going down in the atlantic. >> he was pushing the envelope in the sense that he reached the point where he could fly at night perhaps before he really should have done it and pilots will tell you that that's the most dangerous point in a pilot's career. >> reporter: that tragic flight symbolizing so much about jfk jr.

those who love him say that he embraced life fully, never shying away from challenges and even danger. this was a young man who took on life fiercely. >> did so much in his 38 years. he was just 38. >> just 38. that's the tragedy. what would have happened? what more could he have done? >> all right, deb, thank you so much. happy new year. it's great to see you. >> to you as well. >> "the last days of jfk jr." airs tonight on abc. coming up, we have that 911 dispatcher who helped save a woman in this sinking car. how she did it and the moment they finally met. we'll be right back. the day after chemo might mean a trip back to the doctor's office just for a shot. but why go back there... when you can stay home with neulasta onpro? strong chemo can put you at risk of serious infection. in a key study neulasta reduced the risk of infection from 17% to 1%, a 94% decrease. neulasta onpro is designed to deliver neulasta

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we are back now with that 911 operator who helped save a woman trapped in an overturned car as it sank in muddy water. now, the two are meeting for the first time as we hear that dramatic 911 call and abc's adrienne bankert is here with the story. good morning, adrienne. >> imagine this, guys, the car actually flipped five times before landing upside down in that ditch. she started looking for her phone. it's under water and thankfully she was still able to reach 911. >> i'm freezing. i'm so scared. >> i know, i'm here with you, okay? >> yes. >> reporter: on new year's day, amanda antonio was driving eastbound on florida's interstate 4 when another vehicle cut her off forcing her off the road leaving her suv submerged, trapped in a deep

water-filled ditch. >> my car flipped and i can't see anything. there's water getting in the car. >> reporter: as the car filled with water, 911 operator cheyenne allen helped keep amanda calm until rescuers arrived. >> does it sound like they're getting closer? >> they're opening the door. >> hold on. hold on. >> okay. >> reporter: officers walked hand in hand with amanda as they helped her out of that ditch. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: overnight, an emotional meeting as amanda came face-to-face with the woman she says saved her life. >> you're welcome. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: you can feel the joy and gratitude between both families as the two meet for the first time. >> you're the first angel i met interest that night. >> thank you. >> reporter: there is no doubt that cheyenne and the officers that arrived are the reason she made it out alive. you cannot put a price tag on the gift of life. what a way to start the new year. >> 911 operators are so special.

how they are able to stay calm in all those circumstances. >> we see it again and again and again. >> so composed. you can hear the desperation. it was over ten minutes she was in that car. the water continues to rise closer and closer to her face and she's saying, i don't know if i'm going to make it and thank goodness for the calm in the storm. >> and it's great to see those two reunited -- i mean united. you bring us "pop news" later. >> i will be. i'll be here. >> okay, she's ready. coming up, the promising new drug that could help millions of people suffering from hair loss. so come on back.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. new this morning, major shakeup in washington. just hours away from a new congress, the most diverse in american history. democrats prepare to control the house, ramping up the pressure as president trump digs in on the government shutdown. can the new divided government strike a deal? major recall. the health alert right now about a common blood pressure drug. deep fakes. the disturbing new trend being ramped up by technology. one person's face transferred to another's body. how it's being used against women. scarlett johansson speaking out. medical breakthrough. the promising new drug that could help millions of americans with hair loss suffering from alopecia. one man's incredible transformation in just two months.

half their size. these two moms each losing more than 150 pounds. their inspiring stories. wait until you see them now. it's thriver thursday. and we have one teenager's life that was changed forever in a second. how he overcame his greatest fear and says now he has a big heart and can do big things and he is. you do not want to miss k.j.'s story as we say good morning, america. ♪ can't wait to share k.j.'s story with you. thankful thursday. thriver thursday. a lot going on this morning. >> k.j. is an inspiring young man. yes, he is. and if you're looking for love, you're in luck. i know you guys are waiting for this story. the busiest online dating day of the year is this sunday and we're breaking down everything you need to know to revamp your profile and take a look at this image because there's something here that relationship experts

say don't do. >> really? >> we're going to explain coming up. >> what's wrong with that picture? >> these people are out there looking for love. for you two, there is something you don't do in that picture. >> why us two. >> i know what it is. i knew it immediately. >> can't wait to find out now. >> i love that little wink. headlines to get to starting with the big day in washington. new congress about to be sworn in. democrats will take control of the house as the shutdown enters its 13th day. want to go back to our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce on capitol hill. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. well, it is a new era here on capitol hill. in just a few hours democrats will take control of the house dramatically shifting the power dynamic here in washington. for the first time president trump will be up against a divided congress and for the second time in her career nancy pelosi will be the speaker of the house.

her first order of business, a vote to force the president's hand and try to re-open the government. this morning, nancy pelosi is taking the speaker's gavel and ramping up the pressure on president trump. >> we are giving him a republican path to do that. why would he not do it? >> reporter: armed with a new majority in the house, pelosi and democrats are plowing ahead with a plan to re-open key parts of the government. but it does not give the president what he's demanding, $5.6 billion for his border wall, and with republicans in charge of the senate, her plan is already dead on arrival. >> the senate will not waste its time considering a democratic bill which cannot pass this chamber and which the president will not sign. >> reporter: overnight, the president tweeting, i remain ready and willing to work with democrats to pass a bill that secures our borders, supports the agents and officers on the ground and keeps america safe. let's get it done. but the president is publicly rejecting a potential compromise. a $2.5 billion plan proposed by his own vice president. >> no, not 2.5, no.

we're asking for 5.6 and, you know, somebody said 2.5. no, look, this is national security we're talking about. >> reporter: now, a source tells me that in their meeting at the white house yesterday democrats repeatedly pressed the president to see if he would commit to at least opening up the agencies that are unrelated to this immigration fight but the president said that if he agreed to that, he would, quote, look foolish. so, george, the stalemate continues and the president is saying to brace for the long haul. >> might have a ways to go. thanks very much. robin. now to a warning about a popular blood pressure medication. the makers of drugs including valsartan are voluntarily recalling some medications over concerns tablets may have small amounts of a potentially cancer-causing ingredient. there have been dozens of recalls over the past six months for the same reason. the fda says that if you are taking the recalled medication, do not stop taking it until you speak with your doctor or pharmacist. you can get more information on the fda website.entertainers wh

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♪ wow. we welcome you back here to "gma" and this wonderful audience we have on this thursday morning and tomorrow, a first look at lindsay lohan's brand-new project before she's here live on monday so you may want to come back. but right now, it's time for "pop" with adrienne bankert. >> all right, let's do this. thankful thursday. thriver thursday. as you call it robin. a rising star in the r&b world. you'll want to keep an eye on this one. his name barack obama. yes, that's right. the former president has officially made his debut on

billboard's songs chart for his collabo with "hamilton" creator lin-manuel miranda. yes. the president lend his voice for a remix. you guys want to hear a little bit? let's listen in. ♪ in which i promised myself to realize the sweet enjoyment of partaking. my fellow citizens ♪ >> that's the president. i was expecting him to sing more. but it's more of a speaking -- >> that's just a piece of it then the beat drops. >> the beat drops. [ laughter ] former president obama delivering george washington's farewell address. this version of the song was released as the latest in a series of drop remixes raising money for multiple nonprofits, going to a great cause. >> it is. [ applause ]

okay, we got some more from the music world and ladies, you'll love this. thank me later. the lineup for coachella announced. childish gambino and ariana grande set to headline but the performer getting the most buzz, idris elba. yes. the actor will be a deejay at the music festival, he's been deejaying for a long time and a lot might be surprised. he's been a deejay since he was a teenager. the internet is now on fire. one person saying, is there anything this guy can't do? he may not be the new james bond but he is having a great year. he was named "people's" sexiest man alive. [ applause ] >> now, ali is going to want to go to coachella too. >> what did you say? >> no, you're not going either. >> oh, goodness. >> no, no, no. >> good luck with that. >> we'll work on dad, honey. we'll work on dad. finally, some baby news for "boy meets world" star danielle fishel. the actress is taking to instagram to announce she's pregnant with her first child

and she shared a photo of some baby nikes and writes, i'm eating for two napping with wild abandon. i'm shopping, i'm nesting, going on to say i cry at commercials. i'm a walking cliche. her husband posted this adorable photo in front of the christmas tree to show the news along with a hilarious computer generated picture of what their baby could look like. yeah, their little boy will meet the world in july. we want to say congratulations to topanga. i can see you thought that was funny. >> beautiful baby. >> it was technology. so we're going to see what the baby really looks like in the summer. that's "pop news." have a wonderful day, everybody. >> thank you, adrienne. [ applause ] >> that was technology used for good but sometimes technology not so much. this is our "gma" cover story and an alert about the disturbing new way technology is being used to target and harass

people, particularly women, putting someone's face on someone else's body to create a video that looks shockingly realistic and the technology is readily available online. amy, you got some details for us. >> this is scary stuff. these computer-generated videos known as deep fakes are being used to put women's faces on pornographic videos without their knowledge or their concept and right now there is very little recourse for the people who are the victims of this. >> our enemies can make it look like anyone is saying anything at any point in time. >> reporter: comedian jordan peele masquerading as president obama in this psa. >> you see, i would never say these things. at least not in the public address, but someone else would. someone like jordan peele. >> reporter: actor nicolas cage singing in "the sound of music." ♪ the hills are alive with the sound of music ♪ >> reporter: videos like these called deep fakes made with artificial intelligence tools

that are easily found online and enable users who can find enough images of someone to take that person's face and put it on someone else's body. now, that digital magic is being used to prey on some women. >> a reporter from "the washington post" reached out to have me comment on deep fakes in the process of speaking with him, it turned out that there was one that was created about me. >> reporter: media critic anita sarkisian was shocked when she learned it happened to her. >> the way to attack women is to humiliate us and porn is the best way to do it. it can be so degrading. >> reporter: "the washington post" reporting that these videos are popping up on pornographic websites more and more frequently. scarlett johansson has been targeted. telling "the post," nothing can stop someone from cutting and pasting my image or anyone else's onto a different body. she goes on to warn that this can happen to anybody. it just depends on whether or

not someone has the desire to target you. while many of the videos are clearly fake, the technology used to make them is always improving and the laws about making and sharing these fake videos is unclear. >> they fall into this very strange legal middle ground where it's not at all clear that what the construction of these fake videos is illegal. we're going to have to start dealing with them sooner than later. >> reporter: for victims like sarkisian, options are limited when these videos surface. now, some internet companies including google and reddit are starting to ban these so-called deep fake videos but as far as a way to combat this in the legal system, this is all still very much uncharted territory, so somethings had to be done in terms of passing laws to make this illegal on every level. >> absolutely. period. >> thank you, amy. now over to ginger. >> yes, and 'tis the time to do your "gma" moment. make a little smile for the day. we go to pelican rapids, minnesota. a baby's laugh, you can't go

wrong with a baby laugh especially when it comes at the hands of shoveling snow. [ laughter ] i mean, it's funny every time and makes it more funny.

we turn now to a promising new drug for those suffering from alopecia, the autoimmune disease that causes people to lose their hair. nearly 7 million suffer from it. t.j. holmes with the story. one man found new hope after losing nearly all the hair on his body. hey, t.j. >> look, all this beautiful hair. some time went into this hair this morning. even the men with your beards, you put time into your hair. it's a part of your identity and your confidence. now, imagine losing all of it. what that would do to it. i met a guy and you're about to meet him. this man lost every hair pretty much from head to toe but when i met him had so much hair he just had gotten a haircut. over the course of six months in 2015, dad and attorney jason lipkin lost all the hair on his body. >> everywhere i went, every time you saw a person that you knew, they turned white as a ghost. most people assumed i had cancer. >> reporter: but jason wasn't going through chemotherapy. he was diagnosed with alopecia universalis, an autoimmune disease that causes hair to fall out. >> every single hair on my body gone. >> reporter: here is jason today.

what's it like to have hair again? >> i think the smile says it all. it's amazing. i get to feel -- i feel like myself again. >> reporter: his journey started back in 2015. at first it was just a spot on his beard but later hair came out in clumps. >> i'll never forget it. he was showering one day and i can hear him screaming from the shower because the hair started to fall out into his hands. >> reporter: his hair, eyebrows, eyelashes, all fell out. >> there were times when i would be in court arguing a motion on the record and like a judge would stop me and out of concern and like it would get addressed. >> reporter: jason was diagnosed with a severe form of alopecia for which there are few long-term treatments that work. how did you see your husband change? >> he just was withdrawn. he was -- he felt hopeless. he wasn't dying of cancer and this wasn't, you know, something that was going to kill him but emotionally the emotional toll was -- it was just a lot to take.

>> this is unbelievable. >> reporter: but through dermatologist dr. emma gutman, jason got a rare opportunity that changed his life. a chance to participate in a clinical trial. >> i've seen devastating cases of appearance in children, it affects their entire life, their performance at school, interaction with friends. >> reporter: he joined the small early stage trial at mt. sinai hospital in new york in 2017 where doctors were testing a promising medication called a jak inhibitor. >> having seen patients re-growing hair is unbelievable. >> reporter: it helped several participants regrow hair. start taking these two pills and then over time, what happens? >> it grows. my hair is growing. >> reporter: now uncertainty. today jason takes his last pills from that clinical trial. >> we have been told that the likelihood is that he's going to lose it all again. >> at some point. they don't know how long it will hold on.

>> reporter: for now the couple is living in the moment. staying positive and keeping that hope. >> would you have preferred to have not gone through the experience of having the hair you have now if it's just going to fall out and have to go through it all over again? >> this time at least i know it's not going to be some doctor saying, sorry, there's no hope. at least i know there's something out there. >> but that hope might be a long way off. still early in trials and several more to go through before it would be available to the public and we did get an update from him, that was two months ago, he says he is starting to get light thinning of the hair in some places so he might have to go through this whole process of losing his hair again. but some hope out there down the road. >> absolutely, a lot of hope. t.j., thank you so much for that. now to those who have hopes of love. we're going to talk about online dating this new year. match.com says this sunday will be its busiest day of the year predicted an almost 70% spike in new singles on the platform so when will these people meet?

well, next week on so-called first date friday. relationship expert author demetria lucas is here with the best ways to turn that online chat into a real-life romance. >> yes. >> thank you. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> so, online dating apps are so popular. >> they are. >> what is the number one rule when you're using these apps? >> the number one rule is to know when to get off the app. so many people, they try to date online. online dating is a bit of a misnomer. you want to meet people there but get to a date so you talk to them online for a little bit. you try to get a phone conversation within under a week and then you try to get to that date. the dating is the goal. >> the dating is always the goal. now, you have seen 60,000 questions and answers online. we have questions for you. here's our first one right here. >> i'm sam. i have this really cute picture of me and my nephew that i want to use on my dating profile, but do you think that's weird?

>> it's a little weird. it's a little weird. so, if i go on a dating profile i want to meet the person who's presenting themself. i don't want to know about your nephew. i don't want to know about your kids. i want to know about you. i'm swiping through and only have five to seven pictures. show me your best picture so, sam, i know she has amazing photos in her phone. i want her to pick another amazing photo without the kid in it. >> without the kid because they're like there's a kid in it. >> i have this great photo on my phone and there's a man, there's a cute little kid. i'm looking at the cute little kid. i'm not looking at the man. kids are distracting, right? look at the man. focus on the person who you're trying yourself. not your whole lifestyle. save that for your -- for your about yourself comments. >> a good tip for the profile. we have a single friend in the audience, sara from virginia. sara has a question for you. >> how much time a day should i look at online dating apps. i don't want to miss anyone. >> going on the app is part of

your life, it's not your whole life. so about ten minutes a day, mornings are better than late nights because that sends a different connotation and swipe through and see if you can find five people who you think are attractive and get off the app and wait for them to respond. >> don't do it at work. and we have another question from jake who is from asbury park. >> you mentioned about taking the conversation off the apps to real life. when do you know it's the right time to make that exchange of phone numbers? >> the back and forth on the app is just an opportunity to get the who, the what, the when. when you start getting into the whys and explanation responses that take more than two or three sentences, that's when you say, you know what, that's a great question. i'd love to chat with you about it and i'd love to talk with you about it. hint, hint, we should exchange numbers. >> do you put the hint, hint part in there? >> you know what, some people put the hint, hint. people are interesting online. >> absolutely no doubt. and then our last question is melanie from dallas, texas, melanie, what do you have for us? >> all this information has been really insightful but what is the best way to grab their

attention online? >> i always say flattery will get you everywhere. whatever made you swipe on that person. you thought they had a beautiful smile. you liked what they were wearing. you thought they posted a picture from a unique location. say, i saw that you love to travel or i really liked your smile. you just want to get people engaged and ask open-ended questions so they're not just saying yes or no, you want them to give a little insight. a little something-something for you to work with. >> when all else fails ask for friends and families for hookups. >> people who were single got bombarded with questions like why aren't you in a relationship. where is your significant other? tell those people if you want me to be in a relationship, you need to hook me up. who do you know, where are your friends? like help me. >> hook me up. we'll be right back, everybody. ht back, everybody. we'll be right back, everybody.

good morning, north bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> it's 8:27. good morning. i'm reggie aqui from abc 7 mornings. if you want to party with steph curry, today is the day to get your free tickets. and there's going to be a lot of people already lined up. as you can see, they got there early at the pop-up shop at 9th and broadway in oakland. curry is throwing a bash tomorrow night at the fox theater. e-40 and mista fab expected to perform. tickets will be distributed only at noon today, so they've been in line for a long time waiting for these, alexis. >> and they brought their cots and their air mattresses, too. they planned ahead. taking a look at our walnut creek camera, still some pretty light volumes here. we had a minor issue with a vehicle that ran out of gas. they were able to get that off to the shoulder. no longer a blocking situation, no delays in the area, and all

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open with a 2 saturday with thunderstorms, downpours, gusty winds and another one 30a ♪0a [ applause ] trying to share the love. make sure everybody in our studio audience gets face time. we welcome you back to "gma" and this incredible audience we have with you on this thursday morning. [ applause ] and i hope everyone is doing well with your new year's resolutions. i hope you at home are doing well too. losing weight is the number one, number one new year's resolution for women according to a marist poll and this morning we have inspiration from two women featured in "people" magazine's half their size issue who lost more than half their body weight. we're going to meet them live in a moment. they're here. [ applause ] but first let's take a look at their stories. >> reporter: 35-year-old kisha reid battled her weight most of her life.

>> picked on, teased. it caused me to have low self-esteem. >> reporter: at almost 300 pounds she hit a breaking point shortly after giving birth to her son, christopher, in 2004. >> i wanted to be active. i just wanted to be there for my son more than anything. >> reporter: elizabeth hronek faced the same struggles as a child feeling left out on her swim team. >> i swam year round so i was always in a swimsuit. i felt as though i was different because of my physique. >> reporter: in college elizabeth became pregnant and didn't even know u >> i was in labor for 24 hours and gave birth to my daughter who was completely healthy. >> reporter: both women inspired by their children to shed the pounds. elizabeth cut out carbs, sugar and dairy from her diet while kisha joined weight watchers. >> i was able to do portion control. it taught me how to make better choices as far as foods and it really worked for me. it really did. >> it really did.

people magazine editor zoe ruderman is back with us. we appreciate this. z zoe, always look forward to this issue. it's been 17 years. >> 17 years. this is a reader favorite. all the staffers, all the readers get so excited for it. of course, this time of year everyone is thinking about getting healthy, getting fit, losing weight so it's really inspiring. >> have you found a common theme over the years and what works? >> we have. we found that people are more successful when they surround themselves by people would want to help them on their journey. whether it's a family member, a friend who wants to lose weight, a spouse, a family like we saw yesterday, you want to be with people who will support you and be happy for you when you lose that weight. >> we'll meet these two inspiring women. we'll have kisha first. let's see a picture of kisha before. this is her before. and this is kisha now. come on out, kisha. [ applause ] >> own it, girl. look at that smile. [ applause ] 153 pounds.

and you said it was the birth of your son. >> yes. i wanted to be around for my son. i wanted to be healthy and active and just -- i didn't want to miss any important life milestones in his life. >> this is what we hear from so many women especially in the issue. they have a child and they think i don't want my kid to be bullied. you were ostracized when you were younger. you didn't want that life for your son and wanted to pass along healthy eating tips. >> you've done that and you have kept it off for four years. >> yes. >> kept it off. >> how have you done that? >> well, i joined a boxing gym. i also go to yoga. i practice intermittent fasting and i also -- i'm vegan. i practice a plant-based lifestyle. >> all those things, you made those changes and you stuck with it. it's so hard sometimes. >> you've been on this journey since 2005. >> yes. >> i think that's really important for people to remember. you can have setbacks and put the weight back on. that doesn't mean this will be my life forever. i'm always going to be overweight.

you just have to keep at it. >> right, exactly. never give up. [ applause ] >> never give up. never give up that pose, girl. you are holding that pose. i love that. i love that. thank you so much. now elizabeth, this was elizabeth before. and, elizabeth, come on out. we want to see you. how are you? [ applause ] i love the confidence you have. congratulations to you both. it had also was your child as well that helped you get through this. how? >> well, i was living in my car and i was going to school and i was working on my final presentation for interior architecture, sitting in a computer lab, and i swear to you i peed my pants and they got my classmate and took me to a health center and the lady was like, you can't leave. >> you didn't know you were

pregnant? >> no. >> you were so disconnected from your body. >> so disconnected, yes, ma'am. >> not until you went into labor did you know? >> no, ma'am. >> this might be the most impactful story we've had in all 17 years. nobody in the office can stop talking about this. the readers are just so impacted by this, it's really incredible. >> goodness gracious. so now you're -- what are you doing now? >> well, i am a body empowerment coach so what's that, right? >> body empowerment coach. [ applause ] so i've gotten my certification in personal training and nutritional therapy and now i get to help others. >> making your mess your message. >> and it's so -- it helps me so i get to help others on their journey and it helps inspire me as well. >> aren't you in some bodybuilding competitions as well, that kind of stuff. >> yeah, i do. yes, ma'am. [ applause ] >> incredibly proud of you both. zoe, thank you for sharing these stories with all of us and giving us that motivation, especially this time of year. okay. and you can see "people's" half their size issue.

it hits newsstands tomorrow and to learn more about our january wellness challenges and how you can be your best self in the new year, serene in 2019. you're going to see it on our website. we're going to be right back.

[ applause ] welcome back on this thankful thursday or as robin likes to call it, thriver thursday.

it is a new year and you got new episodes of your digital series which spotlights people who persevere, and i love this. >> it's not just surviving, it's about thriving and they're achieving their goals despite life's life-altering circumstances. people like this young man from my home state of mississippi. he's named k.j. fields. take a look at him. >> the day of the accident, only thing i knew is, it was a boring day. i got the go-kart out, blanked out. i don't know if i got hit by a car on my go-kart. >> it happened quick. >> i just got off work and she was calling me and she was just hysterical like you got to come home, you got to come home, k.j. >> the whole time my dad was doing cpr on k.j. >> when the doctors came, it was

like k.j. had some major injuries and we think his spinal cord was damaged. when he finally came to and then he looked at me -- and he was like dad, mom, i can't feel my legs. >> i thought my life was over because i can't play sports anymore. >> when we got him in rehab he really only needed to stay with us three weeks because he was so athletic and so able. he was a pretty impressive kid from day one. we would all look at him and go, that kid is going to be something. he's going to do well. what sports can we get that kid into? >> they saw something in k.j. they knew that he had a gift.

when my husband found out that they were wanting to set up a wheelchair basketball team for kids, of course, you know, ding, ding, ding. it brought out the best in that little boy. he started thriving. >> my coach and my family did a lot of things for me and i wouldn't probably be here without god or them. >> let's go, k.j. >> i'm back to being the kid i was before in a wheelchair. >> awesome. >> i want people to look at me and say if k.j., that boy in a wheelchair right there can do that, i mean, i could do the same as that. so i want people to realize that i have a big heart and i do big things. [ applause ] >> got the chills. >> he was at a mississippi state football team and they have embraced him and been so supportive of him.

he started the first wheelchair basketball team in the state of mississippi. >> he said he was worried he couldn't play sports anymore. he won 12 gold medals as well. >> he was so concerned that he would not be able to participate in sports after his accident and that's what the story and the thriver thursday is all about, that when you think that your life has changed and, yes, it will change in a certain way, but it doesn't have to end. and they're just not content in making their life better. they want to make life better for others who are possibly facing similar circumstances. >> he has definitely done that and, boy, his voice sure dropped. deeper voice than mine. come on, k.j. >> right after the show i'll be hosting a facebook live to discuss new year's resolutions and we'll talk a little more about k.j. and how you can go beyond surviving to thriving in the new year. and you can see it on "gma's" facebook page as well. ginger. >> i can't wait to watch that one, thank you, robin. i know a lot of people have been mentioning to me, has it been a mild winter?

so mild they were feeling -- they do this every year, why not waterski in the mississippi river in tennessee? water temperature 40 degrees, sure, right. everyone is looking at me like, no, no, i would not do that. guess what, it's going to be even more mild. that pile of mild air pooling up from not just the plains where they have all that snow and ice but look at the number [ applause ] >> this weather report sponsored by home instead. george, over to you. >> thank you, ginger. we have a sneak peek of 60 days in, the gripping show that takes us undercover in our nation's prisons. new season debuts tonight. take a look. >> reporter: "60 days in" shines

a bright light on the brutal realities of jail life. >> once i entered the pod, it really feels like this is it. it has really begun. >> reporter: the new season on a&e all takes place at the county jail in florence, arizona. but those seven volunteer inmates were given a specific assignment. >> this gave us the opportunity to be able to identify and address the issues that we thought we were having. so we had three missions this season which is different from all the other seasons. our missions were to find out what drugs were in our facility, what the gang issues were in our facility and overall facility operations. >> reporter: this season also features the first participant who was a prisoner. abner, a former gang member, now chaplain. >> i want people to know that people change. the system is there, gives you the tools. you just have to take advantage of the tools. the number one reason for doing this show is to give back to the community, to society, to my country. and doing something that's positive.

>> we're here with the host, our chief legal analyst dan abrams. welcome back. >> thank you. >> you got a nice applause there. >> thank you. >> we just heard what motivates abner. what motivated some of these other people? >> people go for a variety of different reasons. there have been times when people have gone because they've got a family member who is behind bars and want to understand what it's like. there are people who want to be able to prove to themselves they can overcome it. there are people who have been really fascinated by the prison system, either they work with it or they hate it or whatever the case may be, there have been a lot of different motivations for the people who go in, but you can say one thing about everyone who goes in, they're different when they come out. >> there's no question about that. this year the people that went undercover didn't actually know each other. >> they did. so this time -- previously none of the people actually knew who the other folks were. so they'd kind of be looking around the jail thinking, are there other people who might be undercover here? they didn't know. this time they knew and the danger with that is you don't want them immediately congregating together. >> they can blow someone's

cover. >> they can blow each other's cover. you are in a jail with people who don't know that you are sent in there. these are real prisoners who cannot find out that you are there as part of this program. >> which is great for all of us to be able to see something like this. i'm surprised the prisons let this happen. >> you know, but they're learning a lot about the jails because you can't get someone to go undercover in a jail who works for the government for 30 days, 60 days as the case is here. so they get people who literally go undercover for 60 days. they're providing reports and providing information, they're talking about how drugs are getting into the prison, into the jails. they're talking about how gangs are congregating there so they're really offering and in this case in pinal county the sheriff there information on how things are happening that are problematic and also with regard to the jail guards as well. because they don't know that these folks -- so they can actually say this person was terrific. this person was by the book.

you know, this person needs a little more training, et cetera. there's a lot of information they can get out of this that there's no other way to get. >> it is fascinating stuff. "60 days in" premieres tonight on a&e. we have "game of thrones" star aidan gillen here live. "game of thrones" star here live. ♪ ♪ start the car! start the car!

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[ applause ] we're back now with aidan gillen and you know him as the always scheming littlefinger on "game of thrones." [ applause ] but now he is starring as a college professor who investigates ufo sightings in a new drama "project blue book." welcome to the show, man. >> thank you. nice to be here. >> first off, since we mentioned "game of thrones," i have to ask you, it is like the cultural event of the year, season 8. the final season is coming up. now, spoiler alert, your character is killed off in the finale of season 7, but can you tell us anything about the final

season and even if not, what would you like to see happen? >> and what to expect? i'd say what you should expect is the unexpected, you know. na pulling the rug out from under the feet of the audience, you know. it will continue to enthrall and move and surprise people. the people who make this show are so much at the top of their game and this final season isn't going to be anything less than spectacular and hopefully surprising. i have absolutely no idea where it's going to go. >> i know that show. they would film all different alternate endings but i tell you this, we will be watching. how about that? [ applause ] and something else, "project blue book," this is so interesting. it's really -- it's based on real cases in the '50s and '60s of ufo sightings by your character and described as "x-files" in the time of "mad men" which i love that. we're going to take a look at a clip.

>> most fascinating thing i've ever seen.disauntil it attacked. i was fighting for my life. >> you're saying this, whatever it was, was attacking you? ooh. yeah. [ applause ] now, you play dr. j. allen hynek and he led those investigations in the '50s and '60s so what can you tell us about him? >> the show is centered around the emergence of the ufo phenomenon in the early '50s. the hysteria and wonder that inspired in people, the u.s. government's reaction to that and their investigation into it. they brought in this astrophysicist called allen hynek, a college professor to explain away, quell people's fears. you know, originally he came in as a skeptic and his arc is he

went from a skeptic to one of the leading proponents of the ufo movement because through his research he just found it wasn't -- it just wasn't as simple as that. it just wasn't simple to just rubber stamp all these cases and consign them into the outbox as solved because a lot of them weren't. very interesting guy. he wrote several books which -- one of which inspired spielberg to make the film "close encounters of the third kind" and some of the cases he investigated were used as templates for stories within "close encounters of the third kind" so "x-files" in the time of "mad men" yes, but also "close encounters of the third" would be appropriate as well. >> this is a stylish show and you're also wearing one of his ties. >> this is the first time i've worn this but i reached out to a couple of hynek's kids, paul and joel, you know, i always reckoned that he must have been a great guy to have as a dad but

i wanted to know and so who better to be in touch with than his sons and they were very gracious, very helpful, shared some great things with me including this tie which is a tie he wore in the 1950s. >> well, it looks good on you. how about that. this show looks great and it's going to challenge, if you believe or not, and it is "project blue book." it me priors tuesday, january 8th on the history channel. make sure you check it out. we'll be right back, everybody. thank you. we'll be right back, everybody. thank you. [ applause ]

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good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> it's 8:59. good morning. i'm reggie aqui from abc 7 mornings. mike nicco has a look at your forecast today. hey, mike. >> hey, reggie. hi, everybody. a little hazy outer there. we have nice clouds, sunshine, what nice day to be outside. one of our last dry days. 55 to about 60 degrees. pretty comfortable with a light breeze. the storm door bursts open with a 2, moderate on saturday. half inch to an inch. downpours, thunderstorms gusting 30 to 60 miles per hour. and monday is trending to be just as wet. and we've got the college football playoff championship that game. >> all right. taking a look at the roads right now. walnut creek, southbound 680, right around treat boulevard, just had a disabled vehicle push off to the side. slight delays from concord to walnut creek where you connect with 24 and northbound 101 recovering from an earlier

disabled vehicle at willow. reggie? >> thanks, alexis. now it's time for >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan"! today, jada pinkett smith and a performance from troye sivan, plus sam heughan from "outlander," and actress shay mitchell stops by, all next on "live"! now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [upbeat music] ♪ >> ryan: hi! hi, guys. how you doin'? >> kelly: hi. hi. >> ryan: hi there. >> kelly: hi. >> ryan: thank you so much.