place for their livestock. across the street if you have regular pets. >> good to see matilda doing okay. >> definitely. >> we'll be back in 25 minutes with an abc7 news update. >> "go good morning, america. as we join you this friday morning, we've got breaking news about those extreme wildfires out west. wildfire emergency. overnight, fires erupting all across the west. thousands of acres scorched. more than 40,000 people forced to flee their homes as fierce winds and dry conditions fuel the inferno. "gma" on the front lines with the firefighters battling the blazes. we're tracking the critical danger this morning, and for northern california, the worst is yet to come. breaking news, the anonymous author of a tell-all white house book reveals there were in frequent meetings with president trump.

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good morning, america, everybody. christmas in october? >> merry christmas. i'm not ready for this. >> october. >> so you heard it right. we'll get to the bottom of those very early deals. they're coming ready or not. >> i totally get this. my kids have been wearing christmas pajamas for the last three weeks. they're definitely excited. a lot of serious news and we begin with the wildfire emergency in california. fires burning up and down the state scorching thousands of acres and forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate. those people hoping they have homes to return to. >> at least 12 large fires are burning across the state right now and let's go out to our team in california, and first up is matt gutman in santa clarita. good morning to you, matt. >> reporter: good morning, michael. you can tell the wind is absolutely ferocious. we've had gusts of 50 miles per hour here. that's why this house is engulfed. there are firefighters inside.

you can see them spraying it down from the inside. i want to show you why this is such a problem. this whole valley here, you can see those little lights. that is all fire and that wind is fueling it. it is absolutely ferocious and firefighters at this point don't know how many homes have caught fire even in this neighborhood. >> wow! >> reporter: overnight fires erupting in california, north and south. at least 50,000 people ordered from their homes north of los angeles where firefighters relentlessly battled the tick fire which exploded again this morning. highways on fire and neighborhoods scorched. traffic in a gridlock overnight thursday as thick black smoke filled the sky. panicked residents escaping with fires threatening to engulf roads. the fire torching homes like kindling. this fire is completely driven by the wind right now. multiple aircraft pounding the flames with water from above and

on the ground. we were on the front lines with those first responders. this is what firefighters go through. it is completely wet here. they're all choking because of the smoke, but they're trying to say the homes as best as they can at this point. you can see the fire all in that valley coming up here. it is very hard to breathe right now. firefighters racing from one fire to the other. using a buzz saw and then a crowbar to gain entrance. flames quickly approaching this ranch, horses galloping for their lives. you okay? then running up the road we saw estella. >> your kids are in the house? >> yes. >> reporter: her car blocked at the roadblock below and set out on foot to get her girls and animals out. fire cresting the hill near her home. we tried to help. so we came up to the front of

the house to show you what it looks like from this side, and it's absolute chaos here. that house is up in flames. you can see there are dozens of fire crews here and in this entire neighborhood. we've seen police rolling through here begging people to evacuate and what they're fighting right now is the three horsemen of the fire apocalypse you could call it. low humidity, high heat and high wind, and we're getting all of those right now, and you see firefighters also in that house trying to put out the flames in here. it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better today. we are seeing red flag warnings throughout the day, and into tomorrow here in southern california. many tens of thousands evacuated already. michael? >> thank you, matt. we know those firefighters are fighting very hard for that fire. now to northern california where the kincade fire has burned more than 16,000 acres in sonoma county destroying structures and forcing evacuations. more than 1,300 firefighters are trying to contain it. will reeve is in sonoma county with the very latest. good morning to you, will. >> reporter: good morning, michael. yeah, just 5% contained right

now of those 16,000 acres reportedly burning but firefighters should have a chance to get more of a handle on it today with the winds dying down and while that happens, officials are investigating the cause of the fire. reportedly the state's largest utility company may be at the center of it. overnight, new details on the possible origin of the kincade fire potentially sparking near a pg&e transmission tower that broke minutes earlier. the fire has already destroyed dozens of structures and tens of thousands of acres. at least 2,000 people forced to evacuate. look at the smoke smothering the mountains for miles. emergency crews battling the fire in the sky and here on the ground. this time lapse video shows the moment the power goes out. then shortly after a larger glow likely the fire that then quickly spreads. >> possible power lines down in the area. >> reporter: pg&e says they turned power off to nearly 30,000 customers in sonoma

county. however, the report states transmission lines in these areas remain energized, citing forecast weather conditions, particularly wind speeds. the ceo of pg&e speaking out in a press conference. >> at around 9:20 last night we became aware of a transmission level outage in the area of the fire. this morning cal fire personnel on the site brought to his attention and then our attention what appears to be a broken jumper on one of our transmission towers. >> reporter: this morning, first responders hoping to keep the fire contained as much as they can before more powerful winds arrive this weekend. >> the fuel are dry, humidity is down, winds are up. so it's fire's best friend so we're trying to keep it over there and hope it stays that way. it's hard to tell with unpredictable winds. >> reporter: this is 1 of the 49 structures reported destroyed by the kincade fire, and down here on the ground in sonoma county

the mountains, that's where the fire is. we are way up high but the fire has left behind scenes like this. those winds dying down is going to be an advantage for firefighters to try to get a handle on this, but it is a race against time with more red flag warnings with high winds coming just this weekend. tom. >> will reeve with those devastating images this morning. devastating image and winds are what we're really worried about. ginger zee is here now and you were just telling me we have to track this all weekend. >> yes, the next 24 hour is southern california. sunday into monday northern california gets what could be their worst in two years thanks to this high parked over the pacific, it will move inland and sends those winds offshore and we have high wind alerts all over the state of california. let's bring that state up focus on san bernardino, anaheim today, anybody from big bear lake to escondido is under the alert where you could see 70-mile-per-hour gusts. i just got off a plane from l.a. the dry air, the relative humidity as low as 2%.

you can feel it. northern california, we put the streamlines on real quickly just to show you. it will be offshore by sunday night. this is a widespread 60-mile-per-hour wind event that could take down trees and power lines let alone fueling the fires. cecilia. >> hoping everybody stays safe. ginger, thank you. we turn to washington with breaking news about that anonymous official inside the trump administration set to release a tell-all book. a new report in axios claims the mystery source was in frequent meetings with the president himself and plans to detail those conversations with an upcoming book titled "a warning" coming amidst that headline that the justice department launched a criminal investigation into the russia probe. president trump making good on his threat to investigate the investigators. it means the justice department is now essentially investigating itself. our chief justice correspondent, pierre thomas, has the latest, and pierre, this is raising some serious questions about whether the president is using the justice department to go after his enemies. >> reporter: indeed, cecilia. good morning.

barr is now personally overseeing a criminal investigation that could target fbi and intelligence officials who were initially involved in the launch of the russia probe, but democrats are already crying foul. overnight the chairman of the house intelligence and judiciary committees issued a blistering joint statement accusing barr of trying to help the president politically during those damaging impeachment proceedings. it's the investigation the president has been calling for for months, claiming that the mueller investigation's origins were not only a witch-hunt but illegal. >> the russian investigation is a hoax. it's a phony hoax. >> reporter: still fbi and justice department officials have long maintained that numerous contacts between trump associates coupled with the russians hacking the dnc called for a counterintelligence investigation. but trump's appointed attorney general william barr has been skeptical of that probe since taking office. >> i think there is -- spying that did occur. yes, i think spying did occur.

>> reporter: barr did authorize john durham to conduct a review to see if thinitial investigations and court approved surveillance was done by the book. now word first reported in "the new york times" and confirmed by abc news that barr's given durham the power to conduct a criminal investigation. giving him the power to compel witnesses through subpoenas and the ability to seek a grand jury. it's unclear what, if any, criminal violations took place and whether anyone ultimately will be charged. the president claiming treason. >> we can never allow this treasonous -- these treasonous acts. >> reporter: durham, the prosecutor in the case, now has the power of pressure and can pursue subpoenas and call for a grand jury, cecilia. >> this is a serious change, and pierre, that report in axios this morning, the senior administration official writing a tell-all book is one of the biggest mysteries in washington. this person apparently in close contact with the president set to reveal details about those conversations. >> reporter: that's right, cecilia.

the suggestion is that anonymous was often in the room with the president and this person took copious notes. it may be the tell-all tell all and likely will infuriate the president. cecilia. >> i think that's sure. thanks. tom? butina, the pro-gun activist who infiltrated political circles, is reportedly scheduled for release from prison today after being convicted of conspiracy to act as a foreign agent. earlier this year she will apparently head straight back to russia. she was sentenced to 18 months back in april but is getting out early. prosecutors say butina used her connections for access to conservative politicians and was trying to further the interests of russia. michael. >> thank you, tom. now to the california congresswoman facing an ethics investigation for an alleged relationship with one of her staffers on capitol hill. the rising star in the democratic party, katie hill, denies the allegations but admits to a relationship with a young campaign staffer. linsey davis is here with more. linsey, this all comes during a bitter divorce for hill. >> reporter: that's right, michael.

in a letter to her constituents, she specifically calls it a divorce from an abusive husband who seems determined to try to humiliate her. as you said, katie hill was a rising star in the democratic party, and she managed to flip her district from red to blue in the 2018 midterms, and while she is vice chair of the house oversight committee she is facing an investigation of her own. katie hill hit the ground running as a freshman congresswoman. >> i represent a purple district. i did not come here for partisan bickering. >> reporter: but this morning the california representative is at the center of an investigation by the house ethics committee looking into allegations that the congresswoman engaged in a sexual relationship with an individual on her congressional staff, a violation of house rules. in a letter to her constituents hill, who is the first openly bisexual member of congress, denied the allegations, but admitted to a relationship with a woman on her campaign staff which she says was consensual. there are no house rules barring members of congress from engaging in sexual relationships

with campaign staff. >> hello, everybody. >> reporter: that campaign was captured in this "vice" documentary entitled "the most millennial campaign ever" and is seen here with her husband. >> just breathe. >> reporter: the couple is now going through a nasty divorce. hill is accusing her husband of trying to humiliate and destroy her by allegedly leaking nude pictures of her and the campaign staffer which were published and circulated online without her consent, raising potential claims of revenge porn. heslep has not responded to abc news' request for comment. lil she serves on the house oversight committee. a panel that is crucial in the impeachment inquiry of president trump. she has apologized for her actions which she said were inappropriate and added, this coordinated effort to try to destroy me and the people close to me is despicable and will not succeed. attorneys for hill have so sent a cease and desist letter

to dailymail.com which published several racy photos it claims are of the congresswoman. >> thank you, linsey. we turn to the desperate search for the missing 14-year-old girl. her family pleading for her return after she disappeared with a 34-year-old man they believe to be armed and dangerous. amy is here with the latest on this. good morning, amy. >> reporter: good morning, guys. the young girl has been missing now for four days and so the fbi has officially joined the search to try and figure out what exactly happened to her. >> isabel, i love you and i want you to come home. just let me know if you're okay. >> reporter: an emotional plea from the family of 14-year-old isabel hicks. >> we miss you very much and we want you to come home. please just let us know you're safe however you can. >> reporter: the virginia teen missing for four days, disappearing in the early hours monday with 34-year-old bruce lynch who according to abc affiliate wric is known by the family. >> we won't stop until she comes home safely.

>> reporter: the fbi now joining the search this morning believing lynch to be armed and dangerous, warning anyone who may come in contact to not approach. >> our focus being the safe return of isabel to her family. >> reporter: missing posters of the teen seen throughout the community. residents on high alert. >> as a new mom myself i can't help but get choked up about that. >> reporter: authorities have not confirmed whether isabel left with lynch voluntarily but fbi investigators have classified the missing teen as an endangered missing juvenile. her brother posting this message on facebook saying his sister was kidnapped begging for help adding, i just need to find my little sister. >> i'm still your big brother and i'll love you forever. i just need my best friend back. please contact me whenever you can. >> reporter: interestingly, police have not yet issued a warrant for lynch's arrest nor have they publicly accused him of any wrongdoing, but they are certainly on the lookout for him. >> that is very strange. all right, amy. thank you for that. turning now to the world series and the houston astros. the team firing their assistant

general manager, brandon taubman, after his inappropriate comments to a group of female reporters. reports that he shouted about acquiring pitcher roberto osuna who previously served a 75-game suspension for violating the mlb's domestic violence policy. the astros releasing a statement, saying, we sincerely apologize to all individuals who witnessed this incident or were offended by the inappropriate conduct. the astros in no way intended to minimize the issues related to domestic violence. this coming as the team is set to face off against the washington nationals in d.c. for game three tonight. our nation's capital is hosting the world series for the first time in 86 years and president trump says he plans to attend game five, but the nationals have a two-game lead, guys, so we'll see if they sweep houston in four. so many people watching the series and the nats are doing incredible. >> our d.c. bureau has been a little tired lately. >> oh yeah. i saw one of our reporters was watching in europe because like such a huge -- watching the screens.

>> i'm from houston so i hope it's not a sweep. >> yeah, right. we're following a lot of other stories out there this morning, including the moment disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein appeared in public, the moment he was confronted and caught on camera. and superstar lizzo's lawsuit. the "truth hurts" singer fighting back against two men claiming credit for that signature line in her hit song. but first let's head over to ginger. and amarillo, texas has not seen measurable snow in october since 2011, but they got four or five inches. you see that fall stuff. no, we're not ready. when it made its way to central texas dozens of water rescues, austin, flash flooding. we're talking about more than a half foot of rain. now our eyes with this tropical moisture fuelling from mississippi to the end of the weekend. the northeast. your local weather in 30 seconds. first, the weekend getaways sponsored by subaru.

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that song number one on the billboard charts. the song, though, is now the subject of a nasty lawsuit over her signature line and if you're a lizzo fan you know what that line is and much more coming up on the show. >> brad is a lizzo fan. >> yes. we do have a lot of news starting with wildfires in the west. thousands of acres scorched in california. more than 40,000 people forced to flee their homes as fierce winds and dry conditions fuel the inferno and for northern california, the worst unfortunately is still yet to come. also right now, actress felicity huffman set to be released this weekend after serving two weeks in prison for pleading guilty to her role in that college admissions scandal. maryland congressman elijah cummings will be laid to rest today after lying in state in the capitol. his funeral will be held in his hometown of baltimore. former presidents obama and clinton are among those scheduled to speak. the 68-year-old civil rights leader and veteran congressman died from complications from various health problems last week. he is certainly being remembered as he should as a true hero and rhe

veteran of this country. >> definitely missed. we begin though this half hour with disgraced hollywood mogul harvey weinstein accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, he was spotted in public at an event for young actors where several performers called him out and one directly confronted him getting thrown out in the process. paula faris is here now with more and, paula, that video is pretty wild. >> it sure is. tom, good morning to you. harvey weinstein was with a group of friends having a night out in new york city at an event for emerging actors and artists and at one point a patron confronted him before she was escorted out and one comment made him uncomfortable as well. the moment a patron confronted accused sexual predator harvey weinstein. >> i'm standing four feet from [ bleep ] rapist and nobody is going to say anything. >> reporter: weinstein seen here was sitting towards the back of the down time bar in new york city. kelly bachman was one of the

comediennes performing and describes the moment she first saw weinstein in the crowd. >> to me it was like looking at a shark, like shark eyed. >> reporter: bachman decided to reference weinstein's presence in her comedic set. >> it's freddy krueger in the room, if you will. i didn't know we have to bring our own rape whistles. no? >> shut up. >> oh, shut up? >> reporter: bachman who tells us she's a survivor of sexual assault tells us she was taken aback by the immediate response of the crowd which began booing her. >> but when i heard the voice of what sounded like a young man saying shut up in the back of the room, that was the most triggering experience i've had in a long time. >> reporter: weinstein has kept a low profile since 2017 when multiple women came forward with accusations that he sexually assaulted them. he is currently facing charges of rape, criminal sex act, sex abuse and sexual misconduct for incidents involving two separate women. he has pleaded not guilty and has said any sexual encounters were consensual.

a representative for harvey weinstein tells "the hollywood reporter" this scene was uncalled for, downright rude and an example of how due process today is being squashed by the public trying to take it away in the courtroom too. >> to me it felt like this is a monster from your nightmares. i've literally had nightmares about harvey weinstein the same way that i have nightmares about "it" by stephen king or freddy krueger. >> and weinstein's sexual assault trial is expected to begin in january here in new york city. as for bachman, that comedian, she said she left that event early and tells us she was really wrestling with whether or not to say something when she was on stage because that was total improvisation but glad she spoke out. really uncomfortable for her. >> thank you, paula. we are going to switch gears to singer lizzo fighting back against two songwriters who are

claiming credit for the signature line in her hit song "truth hurts." lizzo saying the two men had nothing to do with the song, instead crediting someone else. chris connelly is in los angeles right now with the story. good morning, chris. >> reporter: good morning, michael. lizzo is one of 2019's brightest new stars and "truth hurts" is one of the year's biggest songs. no argument there. so who does and who doesn't deserve credit for writing "truth hurts"? that's been a bit of an argument. ♪ why men great till they gotta be great ♪ >> reporter: "truth hurts" by lizzo, the song of the summer and a star making mega hit for the rapper singer out of minnesota. the success of "truth hurts" has led otherso asse authorship of one of its key lines -- ♪ i just took a dna test, turns out i'm 100% that [muted] ♪ >> reporter: two entities sought compensation for coming up with that we won't say it here

witticism. songwriting duo justin and jeremiah raisen claiming in these instagram posts they are co-writers for "truth hurts" and that lizzo took the line from a songwriting session for a different track back in april 2017. ♪ turns out i'm 100 percent that -- >> reporter: lizzo's people have refuted that. a suit she filed against them says the raisens' publhehas asked for 20% ownership of "truth hurts." lizzo said in a different context there was no one in the room when i wrote "truth hurts" except me, producer ricky reed and my tears. now getting a warmer reception, though, is british singer mina lioness who wrote and tweeted the line back in february 2017. lizzo tweeting wednesday in part, while working on a demo i saw a meme that resonated with me. i later learned that a tweet inspired the meme. the creator of that tweet is the person i am sharing my success with, not these men, period. and mina lioness announcing the

news on her own twitter feed. i just took a dna test, turns out i'm a credited writer for the number one song on billboard. lizzo is playing las vegas tonight where i assume the party will continue, guys. >> i think that is a fair assumption, chris. thank you. >> somebody is not telling the truth. you know, "truth hurts." >> oh. >> well, well done. >> let that marinate. >> we're going to turn to the hero kayaker rescuing a woman who was trapped in her car submerged in the water for ten hours overnight. let's go to victor oquendo who has the latest on this miraculous save. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia. ten long hours, firefighters say that woman who is 81 years old had just inches of breathing room. the tide was quickly rising and if not for that kayaker spotting her car this could have been much worse. this morning a miracle rescue. >> a lady has been in the water with her automobile, we don't

know how long. >> reporter: this surveillance video shows the moment a woman's car enters the water when she took a wrong turn at night. ten hours later rob goodman was launching his kayak at a park in venice, florida when he spotted something in the water. >> i was probably about right here when i noticed the car because it was just becoming daylight. >> reporter: goodman says he could only see mart of a car's roof and flagged down a paddleboarder nearby and realized a woman was inside the car. >> we got about right about here when her hand came out the window. >> reporter: that's when instincts took over. >> i have to help this lady out of the car, okay? >> i don't want to you go into the water, okay? i want to you stay safe. >> we're in the water. >> i got in and pulled her up and sat her in my lap. i held onto her. >> reporter: he's thankful the woman will be okay. >> there must have been a reason because there was nobody else here and i just thank the lord she's good. >> reporter: that woman was taken to the hospital, again, she is expected to be okay. fire crews are calling those men heros.

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don't forget that but we're already starting to see that christmas creep. you're laughing. becky worley joins us now from san francisco with why the holiday shopping season is starting so early this year. break it down for us, cky. good morning. >> good morning, cecilia. walmart surprising everyone going live last night with holiday black friday-type deals. i haven't even bought trick-or-treating candy yet. geeze. but the company has a reason why they're starting this early and it's an alert for deal hunters. >> reporter: this now? no. but overnight walmart kicked off the holiday sales season online with discounts like $100 off this vizio 4k tv and $136 off this trampoline and $30 off this fryer. >> retailers realize if they start promoting these types of deals, no matter how big of a sale it is, they are going to get people to shop. it creates a sense of urgency in a consumer. >> reporter: the deals are

attention getting. robotic volum iic vacuums like marked down $180, or this dinosaur $30 off and new airpods for $169. 30 off list, but amazon is matching that price now too and we expect to see it go lower on black friday. >> there are six less days between black friday and christmas and that means there are fewer days to capture people's dollars and sales. so they need to do whatever they can to get people to start shopping earlier so they can make as much money or more as they have in the past. >> reporter: experts tell us if you're not seeing a deal in your budget don't panic. >> black friday, even through december, you're g to see other dramatic discounts. you're not going to miss out if you don't start shopping in october for the holidays. >> and that is the most important point we can make. on the whole the best deals appear on thanksgiving, black friday and cyber monday so unless you have an immediate need, november birthday, or

getting it all done as soon as possible is your imperative, i say otherwise hold up. >> i don't know, becky. you already had tom with the airpods. he's ready to go shopping. >> that and the trampoline and the fryer, that combo together is perfect. perfect. >> what do you do on the weekend? >> yeah, exactly. >> thanks, becky. >> becky spoke of immediate need november. my birthday is in november. thank you both in advance for the great gifts. >> airpods. coming up, the perfect "play of the day" for is feel-good friday. you don't want to miss it. we'll be right b miss it. we'll be right back. ♪ven if i can't find heaven, i'll walk through hell with you ♪ you ♪ that you got into college. or crossed the finish line... eventually. what? that you went someplace worth going. or maybe...you have opinions. but if it's on there, it has to mean something. so we make sure this means something.

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the diy experts, they're in the house with so many creative ways to save on spooky decorations not to mention all those fun holiday treats to give you a little fright. >> we look forward to that. first a lot of news to get to beginning with that wildfire emergency in california. at least 12 large fires are burning across the state right now, scorching thousands of acres andorcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate. we want to get right back out to matt gutman in santa clarita. matt, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, tom. many thousands of those residents as you mentioned here in the santa clarita area. we've been watching firefighters go at this house fire and the story here is the wind. just beyond this house is a bowl and a valley completely engulfed in flames and it's all shrubs so it hasn't really caught fire but what we are seeing today is the three horsemen of the fire

apocalypse you could call them. low humidity, high temperature and incredible wind speeds gusting up to 54 miles per hour which is why we've seen 50,000 or more people evacuated from this area. so much fire danger around. there's another fire that they've been trying to put out. they've gone in there. a very dangerous situation now. these red flag warnings in effect through the entirety of tonight and tomorrow morning. bad news for firefighters, this is supposed to last into next week, tom. >> firefighters working through the night. matt, thank you. cecilia? we're not expecting these to end any time soon. officials say the worst may be yet to come for northern california. let's go back to ginger now. when is this threat going to end? so many people are asking, ginger. >> i don't have a great answer that you're going to want to hear. even though the winds will ease in southern california, by tomorrow northern california picks right back up. i'll explain all of it but watch

from the tick fire from above. that's what it looks like from a helicopter fighting it. gusty offshore winds will bring southern california and those high wind warnings, up to 70 mile per hour winds. relative humidity down to 2%. there's this big pacific high in the pacific, but as it edges closer it will send winds off shore for northern california, saturday night, sunday and monday. we're talking about widespread 60-mile-per-hour gusts, very low humidity and very hot again. cecilia, so super dry going into early next week. >> a dangerous combination. okay, ginger, thank you. coming up, royal revelatn, prince charles' revealing new documentary. why some are calling it a lesson in being royal while harry and meghan's emotional interviews are drawing criticism. the new way thousands are getting hired, apprenticeships. we'll tell you where to find them and how to turn them into jobs. and lara is upstairs. hey, lara. >> i love my job. look at this guy. crooner, harry connick jr. spending time with us today. so happy to have him on "gma."

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>> that's right. t starsf the new dr series "the morning show," jennifer aniston and reese witherspoon. [ cheers and applause ] so we're going to see what happens when they are here. it's going to be a great day but right now it's time for great "pop news" with lara. hey, lara. [ cheers and applause ] >> good morning. >> hello, thomas. >> hello. good morning, everybody. we begin with chris martin and coldplay. the band dropping not one but two singles overnight. gosh, we love this music. they're called "orphan" and "arabesque," and just this morning moments ago, they released the video for "orphans." we have your first look. ♪ >> there's your look. more to come. the band has been promoting their upcoming double album in

inventive ways and sent out postcards to their super fans letting them know first, and then they planted the names of their songs in classified sections of newspapers around the world like a little treasure hunt. the album called "everyday life" drops november 22nd. [ cheers and applause ] and who remembers lizzie mcguire? did you guys watch that show? [ cheers and applause ] hilary duff rose to fame playing the title role in the popular kids show, and this morning we're happy to report lizzie is back. duff taking to instagram to reveal the whole original cast will reprise their roles in a new show. she posted this photo from the set at the first table read. the popular series followed the dreams and adventures of 13-year-old lizzie, and now this new version will revolve around her as an almost 30-year-old navigating life in new york city. that was, like, her inner voice played by the cartoon. it was a cute show. great idea.

the series will appear in disney's new streaming service disney plus which launches november 12th. >> michael has been talking about it all morning. we're not even kidding. >> yeah. i'm excited about lizzie mcguire. hillary is awesome. also popping this morning, whoopi goldberg is admitting she just can't shake the habit. goldberg announcing she will revisit one of her most famous roles, yep. in the london revival of "sister act: the musical" and will star as reluctant nun deloris van cartier. such a great character. she's also one of the producers of the show which will co-star jennifer saunders from "absolutely fabulous" as mother superior, and it stars july 29th and goes for a month

coinciding with "the view"s view's" normal summer hiatus. if you are in london, do check it out. congrats, whoopi. had to share this last story with you. we all know losing weight, it means putting in the work and this does not count as putting in the work. nope. that guy's name is cinder. he is loving named cinderblock by the vet who rescued -- it's a girl -- after her owner abandoned the morbidly obese cat. the vet trying to get her healthy, introducing the hydro treadmill to the clever kitty who figures out how to put in minimal effort. we know, we know, cats don't like water. we did research, why would you do that? vets really like aquatic therapy for dogs and cats because of the thermal effect. it helps them relax, also sier on their joints when they might be a little heavy. >> might. >> for cats the water is introduced slowly, only an inch there. apparently they say cats do very well on the aqua treadmill. cinder will be the judge of that. >> cinder is doing great. >> water helps them relax. >> the water helps them relax and also, you know, makes you

more buoyant so it's not as hard on your joints and apparently they have great success with pets doing it. but i did say, don't cats hate water? like, cinder is not happy. >> but it helps you relax, cinder looks like he's been relaxing a little too much. that's the problem. >> thank you, lara. >> we'll check up on cinder. >> thank you so much. we turn now to our "gma" cover story and the royals. viewers tuning into prince charles' revealing documentary. some are calling it a lesson in being royal. this of course, after harry and meghan's own emotional interviews. maggie rulli has the latest from a very windy london. good morning, maggie. >> reporter: hey, cecilia, how is it going? yeah, having two back-to-back royal documentaries come out is incredibly rare. so it's hard not to make comparisons between the young royals and prince charles. now, many people praising harry and meghan for their honesty but others are saying those emotional interviews may have gone too far.

prince harry and meghan out this morning seen together for the first time since their documentary aired. their emotional revelations in that special are now seen in stark contrast to another new royal doc, this one about harry's dad. >> i love it. he drives me mad half the time. >> reporter: "prince charles: inside the duchy of cornwall" airing last night in the uk and viewers immediately praising the prince for focusing on his work and not himself. some calling it a lesson in being royal, and comparing it to how the duke and duchess opened up about life in their documentary. >> well, i guess thank you for asking because not many people have asked if i'm okay. >> reporter: a welcome and touching insight for some but considered controversial by others. both films offering rare glimpses inside the practicalities of royal life behind the scenes. prince charles is seen preparing his son prince william to take over as e prince of wales. prince william telling itv he'll follow in his father's footsteps. >> i think it's really important about the family, i do. i've started to think how i will inherit the duchy one day.

>> reporter: his son's interest wobbling his father's british stiff upper lip. >> it reduced me to tears really because i suddenly thought, well, just hearing that from him has made the last 50 years worthwhile. >> well, having these two documentaries come out in the same week is very unusual and now with some of these comparisons it'll be interesting to see if we hear more from harry and meghan or, cecilia, if they take a break from the spotlight. >> certainly is the big question. thanks so much. michael, over to you. >> thank you, cecilia. now to our series, get the job. this morning we're taking a look at how companies are paying you to learn on the job and there have been nearly 11,000 new apprenticeship programs created in the past few years and rebecca jarvis is here with the closer look. good morning. >> reporter: hey, michael. good to see you. these are becoming very popular. apprenticeships are a great way to gain skills without having to take on debt for additional schooling or take a break from work, and many of these programs

will even let you switch careers. they're an opportunity to learn while you earn. apprenticeships, on-the-job training that often leads to a higher salary. >> any time i'm here, any time i'm in school sitting in class, i do get paid for that. >> reporter: caitlin greeen is a 25-year-old soon-to-be mom currently working at siemens, usa, focusing on industrial machinery. the company introducing us to green who is enrolled in their integrated machining apprenticeship. >> they say entirely for the schooling, even your school supplies, books, anything you may need. they supply it for you. >> what we do is we have folks who join us, and they join us out of high school, or they may join us from another career. they enter the program in community college, take classes there. we pay for it. they work here. we pay them for that, and when they graduate, they have got this great entree to a job, and no debt.

>> ceo barbara humpton says the company started the program when they couldn't find people with the necessary training. >> we have 12,000 applicants but couldn't fill all the jobs with people with the right skills. >> reporter: for green, a former veterinary technician for a new career, it was a perfect fit. >> i applied and got it and so since then i've been reaching those goals between the family portion and schooling. >> reporter: according to the u.s. department of labor, there are more than 23,000 registered apprentice programs across the nation. the average starting salary after an apprenticeship, $70,000. plus, there are now programs for high school students. careerwise colorado lets high school students split time between the classroom and the workplace while earning a paycheck. >> i'm a 17-year-old, but i'm able to work in this environment and be professional and add

worth to this company and add worth to myself. >> once upon a time everyone thought a college degree was really the ticket to the american dream and what i'm here to tell you is that there are so many pathways now. >> reporter: clearly some really great opportunities out there and if you're looking for the right place to find these programs the government has a website, it's called apprenticeship.gov. go there and search finder listing section and enter the industry or company you're looking to work in and where you're going to live and it will show you great jobs with these programs available, michael. >> like a win/win situation. >> it really is. >> so what fields are expected to see the most growth? >> some areas where we're really seeing growth right now are in health care, in particular, health care support. so not just nurses but nurse's assistants, personal care and service with wellness growing so much in this country, whether you're going to be a fitness trainer or a skin care specialist, that's an area, of course, people hear about computer and mathematical. always an area we hear about, s.t.e.m. jobs, another big area

of growth. >> you talked about looking at where you want to live, and where you want to go. what areas are having the biggest increase? >> by the way, sometimes it might make sense to make a move for a job if it works for you and your family, orlando, biggest city of growth. >> hang out at disney. >> that's part of it. part of it, because of hotel and leisure, but orlando is growing in professional services, in the s.t.e.m. field as well. dallas-ft. worth is another big one. seattle/tacoma area. seattle/tacoma, they have amazon and nordstrom. big, big, big businesses there too. >> i see my hometown of houston on there. >> there you go. >> maybe i should go back home. >> please stay. >> i'm staying here for awhile. thank you, rebecca. hey, ginger, what you got? >> i think you got a lot of jobs so you're good. stay. how about we do a "gma" moment from st. petersburg, florida. lara, i know you had cinder the cat on the treadmill. i'll try to raise you one here with leighton who feels like all of us on a friday on the

treadmill. yep. yeah, that's 2 1/2-year-old leighton. his parents own the running store so he's safe. he's good but i thought that was so appropriate. thank you very much. put your "gma" moment on my facebook. unti giving crews battling this inferno a much needed break. >> we are on early because of that fire. it's blazing really out of control. >> i know a lot of people are still evacuated. the fight to contain it hinges on the weather. you have been tracking that. where do we stand? >> we have the winds that are lighter and switching more to an onshore component. here is live doppler 7. you notice we don't have any fog, but as we go in closer to the north bay, we still have looking at some air [ applause ] to a "gma" parenting alert on kids and their emotional connection to social media. we see parents taking pictures of their kids all the time but

what happens when mom and dad don't post them? kids notice and many aren't happy about it. paula faris is back with us. you spoke to a mom who is seeing that in her little 5-year-old. >> there's so much of her story in all of us as well. we're in this moment where we're teaching our kids that, you know, if we don't document it, the next generation, if we don't take photos and videos and post it, it doesn't happen but kids are seeing this addiction and let's call it what it is, an addiction. they're seeing it front and center and picking up our unhealthy habits. >> reporter: this morning, celebrity mom jenny mollen is asking all moms to put their phones away. she has two boys with actor jason biggs, and she shares a lot of her life on instagram, and she recently had a social media aha moment with her 5-year-old son sid. >> we were walking home and he stopped me an i said, you know, why are you so cute and, of

course, he looks at me and said you can take a picture of me if you want and i so, no, i don't want to take a picture of you. i just want to see you. i want to have this moment with you and there was this sort of wounded look in his eyes as if, you know, what i said was i don't know somehow -- he was a contestant on "the bachelorette" and i wasn't giving him the final rose. >> reporter: mollen's article titled "pics or it didn't happen," in the october issue of "parents" magazine, asks parents in this digital age to hold back sometimes. not every moment is made for pictures. >> pics or it didn't happen. are they learning that from us? >> yes, i think they are. >> that's a tough pill to swallow. >> it's a hard pill to swallow. >> why were you compelled to write this piece? >> i don't want my child to fe like i didn't see him -- i don't want him to ever feel he's not being heard. i see it on instagram all the time. i'm seeing moms showing me look how good i'm parenting. look at my kids. you know, we did this today. first day of school there's like a million placards saying so and so is off to school. >> we all do it. >> reporter: since posting the article, lots of moms have been

weighing in, and while doing this interview, i realized i too am very guilty of capturing every moment rather than just living in the moment with my kids. you write in the piece, you say, it's an addiction that we make few attempts to hide from our children. you really think it's an addiction. >> i fully believe it's an addiction, yes. i think it's just like, you know, a cigarette. >> so what do we do about this? >> i think we have to put the phone down, take a breath. look up. >> great advice. be in the moment. ask yourself what am i getting from the photo that i wouldn't get by simply being in the moment and being present? lara, we should always ask our kids if it's okay to post these images because they will live on forever. huge digital imprint for our children. >> the answer with my kids, always no. all right, thank you. parenting expert ericka souter of mom.com is with us. why is it so important for kids to have these pictures posted? i want to point out, we're talking younger kids. >> younger kids. we're talking, like, 4, 5, 6, 7,

8. they're growing up in a culture where everything is posted. my youngest son, his first selfie was posted an hour after i gave birth and everyone is doing that because they want to share the pictures with the world but we're giving our kids a skewed perception of reality. he doesn't know i put on b and mascara and he's not understanding there are a lot of filters these pictures go through, and the world isn't picture perfect. it's messy, and our kids need to know that so they're comfortable when their life isn't so picture perfect. >> what are the risks here? >> you know, i notice they don't have any sense of privacy. there is no boundaries of what they'll share on all these social media platforms and they're also obsessed with their posts getting likes. they really want people to like and respond to their photos even at a young age. mom, how many likes did i get? sometimes for a lot of kids -- >> that's not how you judge how you're doing in life. >> exactly and they're tying it to their self-esteem which is really bad and we want them to feel good about themselves for other things, not facebook photos.

>> it they feel slighted because you don't want to post, meanwhile you're trying to protect them, what do you say and do? >> i love what mollen said, teach them to look up. there's a mom at my son's school who never takes pictures and video and i started to do that. when he's playing or performing he's looking at me looking for that moment of encouragement and he loves that. it's teaching them to be in the moment. >> good advice. did you get this message? >> what's in the studio? >> hey, guys. i wouldn't go in that studio. >> don't go in the studio. >> don't go there. >> do not go in there. >> announcer: be afraid. >> what's in the studio, man? after you. >> i'm not going in there. >> i'm right behind you. >> announcer: halloween. >> announcer: halloween.

good morning, north bay. let's get up and get going. this is "abc7 mornings." >> good morning, everybody. i'm kumasi aaron with "abc7 mornings." the police have confirmed that the body of a baby was found at a waste facility on charles street after 3:30 this morning. the baby was found on a conveyor belt inside of the facility. homicide detectives are at the scene and the homicide are there to confirm an autopsy. and we are at a scene of the almadin expressway and we have learned a crash of a prius and tesla there and the prius is

flipped over on the roof and not impacting the traffic at the moment, but emergency crews are call and on the way,

now, your accuweather forecast with lisa argen. >> a heat advisory has been posted for the south bay and the bay shoreline. it 177 in half moon bay and that is due to the easterly wind and 58 in oakland. at the beach, it is toing thegog

warm at 79. >> and we will haveth update in 30 minutes, but you can welcome back to "gma" and this morning we are counting down halloween and with just six days left we've got quick and easy diy ideas to haunt your house without breaking your budget. >> the woman of the hour, brit morin is here. ceo and founder of brit and these are frightfully fun. let's get started. >> every parent can find some crayons laying around. >> yeah. >> how can you make a creepy candle out of crayons. >> if you take the labels off some crayon, you probably -- you can hold those for right now and put them in warm water and take

the label off. melt them in the microwave for a minute. i'll have you help me do. this is a melted crayon. yeah, yeah, time sensitive so pour it or else it will harden up. >> be careful. >> we'll drizzle it ever a white pillar candle. fun to mix and match colors. slowly, slowly. yes, perfect. >> keep going, drizzle. now you can mix and match and do purple over there. yes. >> my bowl is a little warm. >> michael took that for you. >> thank you, michael. >> you see you can do it over and over again to get beautiful candles. $5 as a craft? that's a good idea. five buck. >> if you have to have wine bottles left over, not that you would, but if you were, what could you do with them? >> root beer bottle, let's say, okay, so a big trick for getting labels off these warm water and

baking soda will remove the sticky label. fun little hack there and then these are really fun for decor or hostess gifts going into a halloween party so i'll have you take the glue gun, michael, i'll give you the ghost so just hot glue the ghost. i will do the bat, okay, so we're just going to put hot glue right on top here. yes. there you go, you got the witch's hat and you can see, so easy, just cutting them out of paper and gluing them on with hot glue so stays just like this. there you go. >> need a different hot glue gun. >> you can use a glue stick if you want to do it the old-fashioned way. there you go. perfect. [ applause ] >> now, a lot of people have balloons at their house as well. >> it's inexpensive to have a balloon is there they athere.

>> black balloons can turn into black bats. this is double-sided tape and cut them out of paper and fold the edges just like this so they can adhere. that's -- that's the next one. i'm like that doesn't look like a bat. put the wings on both sides. if you want, you can add eyeballs for the bats. some might not want to have eyeballs. tie a string and now you're done. >> i like that. that was cool. easy too. >> okay. >> pool noodles. >> i love them. you might have these from the summer lying around but they can turn into a not so itsy bitsy spider. cut them in exact with an acto knife or scissors and take styrofoam balls and some black duct tape, if you have -- here it is right here. start putting this tape together and when you end up at the end you get this pool noodle spider where you're wrapping the

noodle. >> find them at a craft star. >> you can get pool noodles in your back order and cut them in the half, put them in the bushes. >> that's really cool. >> so be sure to check out brit tomorrow with costume ideas. i got a look. they're very cute. thank you for great decor ideas. i'm going to head over here. ghoulishly good desert ideas with king's hawaiian. chef ryan scott. welcome. >> welcome. >> we have a little helper. maya and sofia if they're ready. our sous chefs. >> king's hawaiian. >> king's hawaiian boston cream pie. have an orange sweater and want to make a really fun dessert, use bread, soft, irresistible. roll up your sleeves. i want you to take the bread as we butter it and put it in sugar and directly in a pan. check this out, guys.

what we'll do is brulee it -- ooh, listen to this. that's not my hair. good. we made the boston cream pie filling. what i want you to do is take chopped candy and drop it into the filling. all the way, mixing. put it inside and fill the inside of the bred with this boston cream pie filling with leftover candy bars. i don't know what hou h leftover candy at halloween but if you do and the kids have it, fill the inside of the bread with this with the chocolate on top. last but not least grab one. take the tops, dip it right inside the chocolate just like this. get that for the camera. they didn't see it. >> i love the savoriness. >> i got it on your hand. set it on top and set it over here. you can take a little bit of licorice left over or put seven candies on one like lara did. make the spiderwebs. we have a little sauce here that goes off to the side and you

made mini cream pies. >> it's not supposed to be a family of spiders but another good idea. there's caramel inside the king's hawaiian. >> like a creme brulee. >> the best i've ever done. what you'll do now, i'm doing nothing. here we go, pop the candy inside our creme brulee stuffed king's hawaiian bread. grab the pie filling and take the pumpkin pie filling and spread it over the top. >> this is just store bought pumpkin pie filling. >> with a little gelatin and cream and whipped it together. >> you do add it. >> if you want to use the canned pumpkin you can. >> let's make it sweeter. >> let's make it sweeter all the way. >> all right, lara. put a little sugar on top for me, okay. front row has hair like mine, watch out so here we go. what we'll do is brulee the top of this and see how it gets all caramelized. lara, we won't leave you out.

take a top and dip it inside the royal frosting. >> this is your frosting. >> this one is a little mixed up. >> all the leftover candy, you can bring the kids in and build their own and at the end of the day however it turns out as long as you're with your family is what matters. the kids are interactive and have the great flavor of king's hawaiian so rock 'n' roll halloween holiday, right? >> i love this. [ cheersnd applause ] okay, girls. >> nice job. >> yeah. >> lara is a minimalist. just one piece. >> i was shamed for doing too many spiders. guy, you can get all of these tips, these trick, these recipes, thank you, britt. check our website, goodmorningamerica.com. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you. [ applause ] "gma" will be right back. "gma's" trick or sweets

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>> this was a lot of fun. back now with "shut up and listen," the book of the owner

of the houston rockets as well as golden nugget casinos. >> rebecca got to sit down with him to get secrets to his success. what's this about. >> this was a lot of fun. tilman fertita was always entrepreneurial he said but taking big dreams and built a multimillion dollar restaurant, sports arena and casino in "shut up and listen." he is a self-made billionaire. owner of the houston rockets. >> we are thrilled to be joined by the new owner of the hometown owner of the houston rockets. >> reporter: known as the richest restaurateur in the world and now tilman fertita i adnguthor "shut up and listen: hard business truths that will help you succeed. find your talent. >> people who read the book, regardless of where they are in life, what's your advice to them? >> god gave us all a talent and i tell everybody this. find that talent that he gave you and you have got to attack that. i can't play an instrument. i don't know how many years i

took guitar lessons and still can't play. took art lessons, still can't draw a stick person. i struggle to put gas in my car but i always just knew how to make money. i was always trying to sell something at school i could buy and resell. >> reporter: second, pay attention to details. the tilmanisms you talked about. 95/5 rule, what is that? >> we all do everything well and that's why we're professionals and i preach to everybody, 95% of whatever you're doing at your job or in your business, look for the 5% that you're not doing well. >> you can up your game on that 5%. >> 100%. >> once you figure out what it is. >> absolutely. >> cheers, everybody. >> reporter: finally, prove yourself. >> it's easy to separate yourself from anybody else. i don't care if you're a young entrepreneur or you just went to work at a company. it's so easy to outwork somebody, out-think somebody. i wasn't that talented. i outworked everybody. >> show up first. leave last.

and never forget, keep learning. >> good job. >> thank you. >> what do i have next? >> be a sponge. learn. i don't care how smart you are, history always repeats itself and there's nothing like knowledge and past experience. >> be a sponge, some really great lessons. what i love most about this, tilman bet on himself. he believes that great business builders can be taught, you know. we're not born. they're taught. >> never stop learning he says. so great. >> taking so many chances and paid off. "shut up and listen" is in stores right now. ginger. >> i am listening to all of you. i hope you are too. we are excited about the launch of our new book club. "gma's" "cover to cover." our first pick is "dominicana" by angie cruz. she'll be here live on tuesday so we want you to send your questions by video to our "gma" instagram and our "gma" cover t looking good. a live look at the bay bridge

toll plaza. smooth this morning. also looking good in walnut creek this morning. this is 680, smooth around the bay area. some updates for michael, i am beyond excited to hear this next guest. >> hey, ginger, i'm here now with the one and only harry connick jr. [ cheers and applause ] what's up, man? he's out with a new album today. it's called "true love: a celebration of cole porter." you're like family here. this is your ninth time on "gma." >> really? >> your ninth time. you're not sick to of us yet? >> that's amazing. i think you've only be here like seven times so that's pretty good. >> you've been here more than me. congratulations are in order. >> thanks, man. >> he got his star on the hollywood walk of fame yesterday. is that something you were hoping for, wishing for?

ever thought you would accomplish? >> did you think -- i mean it's one of these things where you footll player, you are trying to win the ring but it's something you just go through your life trying to make the best music that you can and be the best performer that you can and you don't really think about that so when they called and said, we would like to offer you this star, my mind was completely blown. i mean, i'm so humbled by it. it's really an incredible feeling. >> and the incredible thing is your new album, you cover cole porter. >> that's right. >> you dedicated the entire album to cole porter. your star is next to cole porter. >> it's literally next to it. yes.it's razy. [ applause ] i see some young faces out here and a lot of people don't know who cole porter was. he was a great songwriter and he was amazing with lyrics and with words and when they told me that my star was going to be next to it, not like on the same block but, you know, i laid down on like my feet were on my star and head was on his star. that's just the kind of stuff that's just blows your mind. really does.

>> why did you pick cole porter. >> because he was my favorite. he wrote the words and the music, a lot of those songwriters, one would do the words, one would do the music. he did both. he had an interesting personal life. very smart. very witty, just wrote really fun melodies. i like to compare music to football a lot. i don't know obviously as much as you. >> i can relate. >> it's almost like drawing up plays like the things he did, they worked but they were complicated and interesting so there was always something new to uncover. wasn't the same old thing. >> i tell you what, we can't get enough you of and your music coming back to broadway in december but you don't have to wait till then for harry because if you stick around, harry connick jr. is going to sing for us when we come back. [ applause ]

[ applause ] ♪ we are back now with harry

connick jr. singing "mind if i make love to you" from his brand-new album "true love." harry connick jr. [ applause ] >> how is everybody feeling? a good-looking crowd. i'll tell you that. this is one of my favorite songs that cole porter wrote. ♪ in the heavens stars are dancing ♪ ♪ and the mounting moon is new ♪ what a rare night for romancing mind if i make love to you ♪

♪ since the dear day of our meeting i've wanted to tell you all i long to do ♪ ♪ dawn is nearing time is fleeting ♪ ♪ mind if i make love to you ♪ if you'll let me i'll endeavor to persuade you i'm your party for two ♪ ♪ and from then on you will never mind if i make love to you ♪

♪ ♪ >> do you like my band? [ applause ] ♪ baby, if you'll let me i'm going to endeavor to persuade you ♪ ♪ i'm your party for two and from then on you will never mind ♪ ♪ if i make love to you

♪ and from then on you will never mind if i make love to you ♪ [ applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ]

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i want to celebrate my family and my heritage within these walls. i want to provide a space for my community. i'm christelle, and an airb host. ♪ we can't thank you enough, harry connick jr. it was wonderful to have you here. michael, we saw you dancing off in the corner. >> yeah, you know, harry gets me going. >> what you got cooking on the show. >> "strahan, sara & keke," we have "breaking bad" star aaron paul here to talk about his new movie. you don't want to miss that. >> you will not miss it. >> we will not. >> and have a great weekend. [ cheers and applause ]

good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc7 mornings." >> good morning, everyone. i'm kumasi aaron, and here is lisa argen with the forecast. >> spare the air alert and a lot of 60s already. half moon bay is 81, and still a light offshore flow. you can see the haze in the atmosphere and we are looking at 60 by the delta. another warm afternoon with poor air quality and the winds are going to switch around to the onshore component. we will get a break tonight before strong winds tomorrow night. >> all right. checking in with the traffic, we have a couple of incidents that i want to get to quickly and update of what is happening in union city. all clear there and the four-car crash southbound 808 before whipple road.

the mines road is going to be closed for the rest of, well, as far as we know. so, quickly, a look at the >> ryan: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" "dolemite is my name," eddie murphy. plus, holiday travel tips. all next on "live!" and now, here are kelly ripa and yours truly, ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] ♪ >> ryan: it's the weekend. it's the weekend. ♪ [cheers and applause] good morning! woo