>> i was thinking the same thing. >> good morning, america. covid catastrophe. california in crisis, the emergency alert sent to millions telling them to stay home as cases explode in the state shattering the daily record. hospitalizations nationwide have climbed to more than 104,000 as dr. fauci warns we have not yet reached the peak of this massive thanksgiving surge. covid vaccine countdown. new details this morning about the pfizer vaccine. the stunning new data shows just how well it works, and the new questions out of the uk about possible rare side effects. all this as cvs and walgreens reveal their plans to administer it. the retired general, part of "operation warp speed," in charge of getting hundreds of millions of doses across the country is joining us live only

on "gma" this morning. also this morning, a new question emerging. can an employer order you to get the vaccine? president-elect biden vows to get at least 100 million vaccines into the arms of the american people by the end of april, making teachers and reopening schools a national priority, saying he will sign an executive order requiring masks in federal areas. all this as congress negotiates a last-ditch effort to get money in the hands of americans before the holidays. ft. hood fallout. the army's big shake-up firing or suspending more than a dozen people including high-ranking senior officers in the wake of specialist vanessa guillen's murder. but why vanessa's family is saying their fight for justice isn't over. new details for lori loughlin's daughter, olivia jade, about the "varsity blues" college admissions scandal. >> there is no justifying or excusing what happened because what happened was wrong. >> what she's learned from the entire ordeal. watching her parents get sent to prison and what she hopes her

mother is learning from her time behind bars. behind bars. we do say good morning, america. we're halfway there. good to be with you on this wednesday morning as we count down to that crucial vaccine rollout. >> that's right. the fda panel is going to meet tomorrow to pave the way for approval of the pfizer vaccine in the u.s. the data released so far shows it should be remarkably effective. we'll dig into that in a little bit. and the retired general from "operation warp speed" who is in charge of distributing hundreds of millions of doses across the country, you see him right there, he is standing by, general ostrowski. first, we turn to california, the state hit so hard that an emergency alert went out warning residents to stay home when possible. kaylee hartung is in los angeles with the very latest. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, michael. this hospital lab is busier than ever before because as the "l.a. times" put it there's been a stratospherically high jump in the number of new covid cases in california.

according to their count, monday broke a record by more than 12,000 cases. this morning, california demolishing a daily record for new coronavirus cases. an emergency alert sent to millions of californians to stay home. on tuesday the state smashing single-day records for coronavirus cases and deaths. officials warning that in just one week the state's daily average number of new coronavirus cases has more than doubled. this report coming at the same time officials expected to see the consequences of thanksgiving gatherings. >> these numbers reflect actions we took in late november and we can't take those actions back. what we can do is change our actions today. >> reporter: across the country more than 104,000 people are hospitalized. dr. andrew carroll at this phoenix hospital this weekend. >> the icu is full. the teams are working as hard as they can trying to get as many specialized personnel from out of state to help us out. we're running on empty here. >> reporter: in the university

of kansas health system one hospital ran out of staff. another has 152 frontline workers out with covid. icu nurse kara perdum has worked six days in a row and braids a patient's hair to keep it out of her face before she is put on a ventilator. >> we coded a patient when i walked on to the nit. we intubated a person as soon as i walked into the unit. we intubated a person about ten minutes after that, and i still had two patients so our staff is hurting. >> reporter: as the cases surge higher across the country, health care workers who suffered during the first wave say there's no comparison. >> this wave is worse. just one after another patients coming in. >> reporter: this as vaccine hope begins to crystallize. cvs and walgreens revealing plans to administer the vaccine. walgreens saying it's creating 800 to 1,000 hub locations to store the ultra cold vaccine. cvs saying they have 44,000 facilities and will put 9,000 pharmacists on the road to give the shots. both pharmacies scheduling appointments online and calling patients if they miss a second dose.

and here at providence st. joseph's they've had to upgrade lab equipment to meet demand during the pandemic. this new machine can process up to a thousand covid tests a day and, of course, some of those positive cases, they end up hospitalized. here they say their number of covid patients has doubled since thanksgiving. robin? >> has doubled. all right, kaylee, thank you. now to that big meeting tomorrow. independent experts getting ready to advise the fda on whether to issue an emergency use authorization of the pfizer vaccine. ahead of that, the fda released a 53-page analysis of what we know about it so far. and our chief national affairs correspondent tom llamas is here to break it all down for us. good morning, tom. >> robin, good morning to you. the big headline as we know the vaccine is said to be 95% effective and the fda is now giving us a chart to show how effective it is. i want to break this down in a very simple manner. this is the rate. on the way up, this is people getting sick, and this is over time. this red line here, this is the

placebo. in an experiment, they have done with a placebo. these people got injected with nothing. with the placebo, these people got sicker. with one does of the vaccine, look at this, just one dose, 52% of people were effective. once they got that second dose three weeks later they were 95% effective and protected. so who's it safe for? safe for people over 16. it works equally well in men and women and people of different race and ethnicities, and also it's 95% effective in people with underlying conditions. so the big question, what are the side effects? this is what people are worried about. the good news is the side effects are not bad. usually what you get is a pain at the site of injection. that can happen with the flu vaccine as well. people suffer from headache, fever, fatigue, mostly from fatigues along with chills and muscular and joint pain. this may scare you, but it shouldn't. you'll feel better in one or two days. that is what the research is showing and some are saying, that's a good thing because it shows it's working in your body.

your immune system is reacting to the vaccine. now there were severe side effects, but they were incredibly rare and very temporary, robin. >> but there is some concerning news out of the uk about some allergic reactions to the vaccine? >> right. we want to be careful about this, robin. so they put the vaccine into thousands of nhs workers. this is the national health services, basically the people that run the government health care there in the uk and are rolling out the vaccine. in two of those thousands they had an allergic reaction, but these people suffer from severe allergies. they carry a device like an epipen, so you know they have problems with allergies. they took the epipen device and they were fine, and they're now recovering. >> i'm glad to hear that. transparency is so important to the public. what more does the fda still need to learn, tom? >> yeah, look, no vaccine has ever been approved this quickly, and they're also using a technology that's never been used before, so there are questions. the first, if a vaccinated person can still spread covid-19. this may sound a little confusing but it's really not. maybe you're protected from the vaccine. it's still unclear if you can't spread small particles of the virus.

also, if it helps people who have recovered from covid-19, if you are somebody with antibodies, does it help you? how long does it last? we get a flu vaccine once a year. how long does this last? and more testing needs to be done in children and pregnant women. robin? >> all right, tom. thank you. george? we will bring in lieutenant general paul ostrowski for "operation warp speed." thank you for joining us this morning. everyone's hope is the advisory committee meets tomorrow. fda approves the vaccine sometime over the weekend, maybe as early as friday. walk everybody through what happens next. >> well, george, number one, it's great to be on the show. what happens next is within 24 hours of that approval, we will begin moving the vaccine. so from pfizer in kalamazoo, the trucks will roll out of that, to the nearest airports and will begin distributing the vaccines across the entire country to locations that the jurisdictions have requested. >> how quickly will they get to the jurisdictions and how

quickly will people get vaccinated? >> yeah, so as soon as we get that approval from the fda, the intent is within 24 hours the trucks roll, and then overnight -- basically overnight within 48 hours, the vaccines have arrived at the locations they have been designated by the jurisdictions, and the administration of the vaccine can occur immediately afterward. >> what are the challenges here? these vaccines have to be kept in something of a deep freeze. >> yes, they do and pfizer has created a special box, a special container which the vaccines can last quite a long period of time. up to 30 days if recharged with dry ice, but the intent is to move these vaccines to places that can contain those within ultra cold storage facilities, and so forth. that's really the intent upfront. if necessary we can hold those vaccines in the cryo boxes as long as we refill with dry ice and five days in a normal refrigerator after that. >> that's the vaccines. do we have enough syringes and needles?

>> absolutely. we knew up front that the pharmacies, the hospitals and so forth had planned on the normal influenza vaccine and the vaccinations necessary, the needles and syringes, but they had not planned on covid. so what we did is independently went out and bought all those particular things -- the syringes and needles, alcohol wipes, ppe necessary in order to do the administration, and we married those up with the vaccines when we ship them out to the jurisdictions. >> what's your biggest concern right now? >> my biggest concern is the uptake. we just want to make sure americans are understanding exactly the science that went into this, understand the gold standard of the fda and the approval process. we want to make sure that the vaccines are actually administered and we're afraid that that won't happen. we must build the trust in the american people and must make them understand that the science that went into this, that the oversight that went into this is gold standard and our scientists, our pharmaceutical companies here in the united states are the best ever and we just want to make sure that everybody gets this vaccine because we got to get our lives back, george. >> you're going to take it. you would want your family to

take it? >> absolutely. when my time comes, it'll be my top priority along with that of my family. >> one of the other big questions is when everybody's time is going to come. we know they'll focus on essential health care workers and long-term care facility, vulnerable elderly in the same facilities right now. i know you've said you expect to have 100% availability by june but that seems difficult given what we've learned over the last couple of days about not enough preorders of the vaccine from pfizer. >> well, we have quite a few other companies, as well as pfizer and working very closely with pfizer, moderna, johnson & johnson, astrazeneca is coming long. the astrazeneca vaccine should get done with their clinical trials or phase 3 clinical trials by the end of january and report out hopefully with an emergency use authorization by the month of february. so when you add in those and the pfizer and moderna vaccines we've already purchased and opportunities to purchase more, we feel very confident that by

late march, early april the rest of the population, those beyond the health care workers, those beyond the elderly will be able to receive their vaccines as well. >> boy, even a little bit earlier, late march, april, that would be great news for millions of americans. finally, what about concerns about possible vandalization or theft of the vaccine? >> sure, we're going to be very tight control of these vaccines as we roll them out. very early on obviously to the hospitals and to the nursing homes and long-term health facilities via cvs and walgreens we're taking all the necessary security precautions in order to ensure that we have these vaccines get to the administration sites and well protected as they're rolled down the roads or through the air. >> general, thanks for your work and time this morning. >> thank you, george. >> special edition of "20/20," "the shot, the race for the vaccine" airs this coming monday at 10:00 eastern. michael? >> thank you, george. now to president-elect joe biden unveiling his plans to battle the pandemic in his first

100 days in office including vowing to get at least 100 million shots to the american people by the end of april and that executive order requiring masks in federal areas. mary bruce is in washington with the very latest. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, michael. well, the president-elect is now outlining a three-step plan to begin tackling this virus in his first 100 days. he is going to be urging all americans to wear a mask. he says the day he takes office, he will sign an order requiring them in areas where he can, so in federal buildings and on interstate travel and he says that he will get the majority of schools re-opened during that first 100 days and on the vaccine is promising to deliver 100 million shots in 100 days. vaccinating 50 million americans. now, biden is blunt here about the very long road ahead but says he's convinced they can begin to change the course of this virus in those first few months. he made this announcement, of course, as he was unveiling his health team and this morning

some new names to his cabinet. we have learned he plans to name ohio representative marcia fudge to be the housing secretary and asking tom vilsack to reprise his role as the agriculture secretary. michael? >> and mary, to get those vaccines out to the american people, the president-elect, he's called on congress to pass more funding to fight the virus, but negotiators, they're hitting some roadblocks this morning. >> reporter: they are, and the white house now has a new counteroffer. a $916 billion plan that includes democrats' demands for more state and local aid and liability protections for businesses. that's the big sticking points for republicans. here's the thing, the latest plan from mitch mcconnell would scrap those provisions, and democrats this morning are rejecting the latest offer from the white house. they say it doesn't include enough unemployment insurance benefits. so talks continue, but no deal yet, michael. >> mary bruce in washington, thank you so much. george? >> thanks, michael. we go to the white house where president trump's latest attempt to overturn the election results has been dismissed by the supreme court and all 50 states have now certified their results formally sealing biden's win, and rachel scott is tracking that. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: good morning. it was a quick and blistering defeat. the order just one sentence,

denied. it took the supreme court just 34 minutes to reach this decision, flat out rejecting a request to throw out more than 2 million ballots in pennsylvania. no reason given. no dissent from any justices on the bench including those president trump appointed, but it sends a clear message the outcome of the election will not change. he lost this election by more than 7 million votes. courts across the country have dismissed the president's lawsuits for lack of any credible evidence and now the supreme court is making it clear they want no hand in this either. robin? >> they did make it very clear, rachel. thank you. now to the shakeup at ft. hood. more than a dozen officers and enlisted soldiers at the texas army base either fired or suspended following a rash of violent incidents there, including the murder of vanessa guillen. stephanie ramos has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, a shake-up in the military after an investigation into the climate and culture at army post ft. hood. eight months after the death of specialist vanessa guillen. [ speaking foreign language ]

>> reporter: vanessa's grieving mother gloria says the firings and suspensions of 14 top leaders and enlisted personnel at ft. hood is a first step. but their fight for justice isn't over. the family pushing congress to pass the i am vanessa guillen bill that will change how the military responds to reports of sexual assault and harassment. >> why she didn't report it, because of retaliation and she was afraid of them. >> reporter: the three-month-long investigation by an independent civilian panel followed outrage over the death of the 20-year-old who was brutally murdered at the army post earlier this year. investigators say specialist aaron robinson, a suspect in her murder, killed himself as law enforcement tried to take him into custody. >> the tragic death of vanessa guillen and a rash of other challenges at ft. hood forced us to take a critical look at our systems, our policies and ourselves.

>> reporter: the panel releasing a number of findings determining that serious crimes on and off ft. hood were neither identified nor addressed and that the system in place designed to report and prevent sexual harassment and assault, also known as s.h.a.r.p., is ineffective, noting that the texas base has the highest number of violent crimes, cases of sexual assault and sexual harassment in the army. today, vanessa's family says she should still be alive, but they're proud of the impact her life has had. >> now it's for us to keep on asking for justice to find those who are responsible and keep the investigation going to see who has to be held accountable. >> reporter: the secretary of the army says a new policy on missing soldiers has already been signed. the policy says that a missing soldier should not be automatically assumed absent without leave. a task force has also been established to implement the

panel's 70 recommendations beginning in march. george? >> okay, stephanie, thanks very much. lots more coming up on "gma" including lori loughlin's daughter speaking out, olivia jade, about the college admissions scandal. she's going to talk about what landed her parents in jail and what she says she learned. and new questions emerging about the coronavirus vaccine. can your employer force you to get the shot? and what is a covid passport? but first, let's go to ginger. good morning, ginger. >> good morning, robin. several brush fires with those 50 to 70-mile-per-hour wind gusts in southern california perked up including the perkin fire there. santa barbara tied a daily record at 80. today the winds are lighter but the humidity is still very low, so there's still an enhanced fire risk. your local weather in 30 seconds. first, your sunny cities sponsored by target. enhanced fire risk. your local weather in 30 seconds. first, your sunny cities sponsored by target.

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record. an alert was sent out to residents urging them to stay home. a major shake-up in college football. first time in over 100 years no ohio state/michigan game. it's been canceled because of a covid outbreak among the wolverines and means a lot for ohio state. they need this game. their sixth of the season to qualify for the big ten championship. athletic directors of the big 10 will meet today. they could change their ruling. howard stern is not going anywhere. he reached a new five-year deal and since he gets to work from home no reason to say no and getting 100 mill. >> saying home and making 100 mill. i'm staying home. the new details from lori loughlin's daughter, olivia jade, about the college admissions cheating scandal that put both of her parents behind bars. t.j. holmes is here with more on the 21-year-old discussing her family's, quote, big mistakes. >> she said she was embarrassed, ashamed, and of her family, she said, we messed up. now, we're hearing from her for

the first time doing this at "red table talk," and jada pinkett smith said she called them and asked to come to the red table because she wanted a safe place, and it was clear at least one person at that red table didn't even want olivia jade to be there. >> there is no justifying or excusing what happened because what happened was wrong, and i think every single person in my family can be like, that was messed up. that was a big mistake. >> reporter: olivia jade giannulli talking about the college admissions scandal that grabbed the national spotlight. both her parents, "full house" star lori loughlin and fashion designer mossimo giannulli are in jail right now after pleading guilty for their roles in the so-called "varsity blues" scandal. >> it's been hard i think for anybody. no matter what the situation is, you don't want to see your parents go to prison but also i think it's necessary for us to move on. >> right. >> and move forward. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say loughlin and giannulli paid

$500,000 in a scheme involving alleged mastermind rick singer's fake charity to get olivia jade and her older sister, 22-year-old isabella rose, into the university of southern california. olivia talked to jada pinkett smith on "red table talk" about that college application process. >> i was a little confused when i saw stuff about what i had written on my application and i remember writing on my application about my youtube channel and vid con and they were two very different things. there was a lot of it, i was like whoa. >> reporter: according to court documents, olivia and her sister posed for these rowing photos to get them into the school as recruits for the crew team. despite neither having ever participated in the sport. >> hey, guys, it's olivia jade, welcome back to another video. >> reporter: this was the 21-year-old social media star in a 2018 video from her youtube channel. >> i do want the experience of like game day, partying. i don't really care about school. >> reporter: words she now says

she regrets. she also tells "red table talk" she found out about the scandal while on spring break with her friends and never returned to school. >> i was too embarrassed. you know what, i shouldn't have been there in the first place, clearly. >> anything to say, lori? >> reporter: loughlin was sentenced to two months in jail. giannulli, five. >> when all this first happened and it became public, i remember thinking, which my thoughts are completely different now, but i remember thinking, how are people mad about this? like i know that sounds so silly but in the bubble that i grew up in, i didn't know so much outside of it. >> because what was going on, it looked like to you this is what happens. everybody does this. this is normal. >> i didn't realize at the time that's privilege. i didn't -- >> right. >> i didn't put those two together. >> reporter: olivia jade tells "red table talk" she hopes that her mom's prison sentence will be a good reflection period that she can learn from her mistakes and that it will hopefully be a blessing in the end. but pinkett-smith's mom objected

to giving her the platform in the first place and pressed her about privilege, something olivia jade says before the scandal she didn't realize she had. >> when you come to the table with something like this, it's like, child, please. >> uh-huh. >> no, i get that. >> at the end of the day you're going to be okay because your parents are going to go in and they're going to do their 60 days, and they're going to pay their fine, and you guys will go on, and you'll be okay, and you will live your life. >> right. >> and there's so many of us that it is not going to be that situation. >> yeah. >> it just makes it very difficult right now for me to care. >> so what have you learned specifically to know like, okay, olivia, the fact you were on youtube and you were saying stuff like i don't want to go to school, the fact that you could say those things reveals just how fortunate you were and you knew you would be okay without

it. >> right. >> that sits with me and makes me cringe and embarrassing i said that. there was no malicious intent behind it. i was -- i was never trying to hurt anybody or say those things to brag about my life. it was just i was oblivious. >> and she was oblivious as she said. it was an interesting conversation and interesting conversations out there. you heard jada pinkett smith's mom. her objection has to do with what black and brown communities have gone through in a lot of ways to where there's racial inequities taking place and so much hurt and pain, but then your white colleagues or friends come to you for their salvation or redemption. that's why she was making the point of, why do i have to sit here and be your conscience. why do i have to do that? >> olivia jade said everybody thought she did it. she knew she sat in a rowing machine and was not a rower. >> she was not asked directly and she spoke very vaguely about that point. what was her level of involvement? how much did she know and when? she was very vague about that. she referred to we messed up. that's a primary question a lot are going to have. when did you know? how much did you know about the

scandal? she's a young woman. she messed up. these are her parents. she explained this. it's her bubble. this is what she thought and maybe there's something to that but still some questions like you said, george, are going to be out there. >> thank you, t.j. coming up next can your job be on the line if you don't get the covid vaccine? what is a vaccine passport? dan abrams is standing by with answers.

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are new questions about whether you will soon need to prove you've been vaccinated before heading to work, school or vacation. zohreen shah joins us with that story. good morning, zohreen. >> reporter: good morning, george. for airlines and venues proof of a vaccine could be the ticket to getting back to normal. with the first covid vaccine just weeks away in the u.s., this morning, questions swirling, could businesses, schools, sporting events or even airlines make you prove you've taken the shot? qantas airways saying it is considering requiring travelers to show proof of vaccination before boarding their international flights. >> what we're looking at is how you can have a vaccination passport, an electronic version that certifies what the vaccine is, is it acceptable to the country you're traveling to. >> reporter: several companies are working on these so-called vaccination passports like clear ibm and change health care working in partnership with various airlines and grocery stores like albertson's and walgreens to upload them into an app. >> what we want to do is make

that circumstance in the patient's control, make it secure and make it as available to all the venues where it might need be to used. >> reporter: businesses and large venues could ask for proof of a vaccine from the app. similar to pulling up a boarding pass on your phone. >> the people coming in aren't going to create any kind of superspreader event. certainly travel and, frankly, letting us all get our lives back and go to restaurants and concerts and other venues where we feel we can interact with others and they feel like they can safely interact with us. >> reporter: okay, so this is how it would work. for companies, you would link it to the app and show green if you've taken the vaccine, red if you haven't. this is an easy quick way to get hundreds or thousands of people into a venue and these companies assure me that it is very safe just like going through tsa. michael? >> all right, zohreen, thank you so much. now we'll bring in our chief

legal analyst dan abrams. good morning to you, dan. dan, what does the law say about whether ran employer can require workers to get the vaccine? >> so on employers the answer is, yes, but. yes, with regard to private employers in the vast majority of cases, you're an employee at will meaning you can be fired for any reason that's not discrimination, not based on race or gender or sexual orientation. so if they say that's a requirement of the workplace, that's going to be a requirement of the workplace. the but is that there will be exemptions. for example, if there's a medical reason that you can't get it, that would be an exemption. in certain states there can be religious or moral objections but on the whole, people may be required by their employer to get that vaccine. >> and how about local governments and public and private schools, how about those? >> yeah, so i don't expect that governments are going to do it in a big way. but the answer to that is they

probably could. but first we would need fda approval. right now the vaccine is going to be working on what's called emergency use authorization. meaning in essence the fda is authorizing its use but it's not giving the full level of fda approval that's a higher standard. i don't think you're going to see any government action unless there was full fda approval and even then it would be local governments and even then i don't expect it to happen although it has happened in the past with regard to smallpox and measles, we have seen local governments require them. >> there's a lot of places where people are in close proximity to others like sports arenas and airplanes. can it be required for those places? >> i think those will be the first places we'll see it. again, you're talking -- again, if it's a private stadium or an

airline where they're going to simply say, sorry, you can't use our facility, you can't come here. you can't ride our plane unless you have been vaccinated. it's possible it will also say unless you've had a test within a certain amount of time, but that's the place where i expect it to happen first, the last place is probably going to be governments. >> all right. dan abrams, thank you. always appreciate you. robin? >> all right there, we'll have our "play of the day" when we come back. our "play of the day" when we come back.

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overnight ex-hillsong celebrity pastor carl lentz heading to rehab, checking into an outpatient facility following his marital infidelity to receive treatment specializing in depression and anxiety. the latest this morning. the other baby boom. why the pandemic is sparking a rise in egg freezing. is right now the best time to do it? the options and financial factors to consider. dr. ashton is here to break it all down. ♪ savvy shopping. if you're hunting for the perfect gift we have the perfect apps to help you cut costs, compare prices, even get cash back. ♪ and the star-studded prom. >> i think it's brave. >> kerry washington and ariana debose are taking center stage of the new movie musical and they are joining us live as we say, good morning, america. >> i'm gonna take a stand. ♪ we'll say it again, good morning, america. thank you guys for being with us on this wednesday morning.

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california numbers surging. the state hit so hard that an emergency alert went out, warning residents to stay at home if possible. let's go back to kaylee hartung in l.a. with more on all this. good morning again, kaylee. >> reporter: good morning again, robin. here at providence st. joseph's hospital they tell me their number of covid patients has doubled since thanksgiving. this lab, it's businesser ther , reflecting that skyrocketing number of cases across california. demolishing an old record for coronavirus cases. an emergency alert sent to millions of californians to stay home. on tuesday the state smashing single day records for coronavirus cases and deaths. officials warning in just one week the state's daily average number of new coronavirus cases has more than doubled. this report coming at the same time officials expected to see the consequences of thanksgiving gatherings. >> these numbers reflect actions we took in late november and we

can't take those actions back. what we can do is change our actions today. >> reporter: across the country more than 104,000 people are hospitalized. this as vaccine hope begins to crystallize. cvs and walgreens revealing plans to administer the vaccine. walgreens saying it's creating 800 to 1,000 hub locations to store the ultra cold vaccine. cvs saying they have 44,000 facilities and will put 9,000 pharmacists on the road to give the shots. earlier on "gma" george speaking with paul ostrowski, director of supply, production and distribution for "operation warp speed" regarding the next steps needed before supplying the vaccine. >> how quickly will people be getting vaccinated? >> as soon as we get that approval from the fda, the intent is within 24 hours the trucks roll and overnight, basically overnight, within 48 hours, the vaccines have arrived at the locations that they have been designated by, and the administration of the vaccine can occur immediately afterward. >> reporter: and right now this hospital is working on plans to

get its staff vaccinated as soon as they get the shots but in the meantime, this machine is going to keep churning away. it can process up to a thousand covid tests a day. george. >> okay, kaylee, thanks very much. we move on now to president-elect joe biden unveiling his plans to battle the pandemic in his first 100 days in office. it includes a vow to get 100 million shots to americans by the end of april, an executive order to wear masks in federal areas. back to mary bruce in washington. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. well, the president -elect is outlining a three-step plan to begin to tackle the crisis in his first 100 days urging all americans to wear a mask and says he will require them in the areas where he can so in special federal buildings and interstate travel, vowing to get the majority of schools re-opened in the first few months on a vaccine they will deliver 100

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♪ good morning, good morning and welcome back to "gma." hope you're doing well. tomorrow tory is going to be back with "deals & steals." some big discounts on great items for self-care. >> right now it is time for "pop news" and we say good morning, lara spencer. how are you doing? >> good morning, robin. just seeing if my girl wanted to join, but day two, apparently we're on strike so we will get right to it. we begin this morning with actor billy porter getting ready for a new year's rockin' eve. he just signed up as co-host for the 49th annual new year's special with mr. ryan seacrest and actress lucy hale. ciara also returning for her fout -- fourth time overseeing the l.a. portion of the show. porter joined the team last year handling the festivities in new orleans and ryan is so happy to

have him back writing, quote, i am thrilled to have billy and lucy join me in ushering in a new year with fresh beginnings, we look forward to making sure it's a night for everyone to remember and, guys, they always do. you can watch dick clark's new year's rockin' eve on abc starting at 8:00 p.m. december 31st. billy will join us live just before that. the morning of december 28th. also in "pop news" this morning, we all love chip and joanna gaines on their home renovation show "fixer upper," and this morning chip is ready to help you fix up your life. gaines is writing a self-help/memoir called "no pain, no gaines." love the title. this isn't chip's first time trading in for the pen either. in 2017 he wrote "capital gaines: the smart things i learned doing stupid stuff" about building the incredible magnolia empire. chip's new book will be out march 2021 around the same time

as he and joanna officially launch their magnolia cable network filled with inspiring programming. and finally, a special visitor in the waters off of new york city. a humpback in the hudson. the endangered species spotted in the hudson river just off midtown manhattan on monday afternoon. robin, i'm wondering if you saw that gorgeous guy. it was all captured on video posted by andre javier. thank you for sharing, andre. humpbacks have been a more common sighting in recent years. experts believe it can be attributed to the clean water and animal protection act that improved the water quality and reduced pollution. what a beautiful sight in the waters off of our fair city. >> how did i miss that? >> with that i send it back to you in the studio. riva bids you adieu. >> i don't know how i missed that. you remember i did see the miracle landing on the hudson

when sully came in, but i didn't see the whale. >> you can stay on post all day long. >> stare out your window. >> a little busy. i'll keep that in mind. thank you, george. we are going to make a turn now to our "gma" cover story. ex-hillsong celebrity pastor carl lentz heading to rehab following his marital infidelity and janai norman joins us with the very latest. good morning, janai. >> reporter: hey, michael, good morning. yeah, when news of his firing broke, carl lentz vowed to get the help he needs in rebuilding trust with his wife and three children, and now we're learning that he's doing just that. >> shame off you especially if you're a man, by the way. >> reporter: overnight the rock star pastor from the australia-based hillsong church is reportedly now seeking outside help following his recent ouster and marital infidelity. "people" magazine reporting a source telling the publication carl lentz has checked into an outpatient facility to receive treatment that specializes in depression, anxiety and pastoral burnout adding, he has no ill

will towards the church and recognizes that they needed to take some course of action to address his missteps. the family reportedly supporting the decision. in late october hillsong firing lentz citing several reasons including, quote, moral failures. the 42-year-old later admitting online he had been, quote, unfaithful in my marriage. fashion designer ranin karim spoke out in an interview with amy robach about a romantic relationship she says she had with the pastor. >> do you believe that you were the first person he ever did something like this with? >> i honestly don't know at this point. >> when he said that to you, how did you feel? >> i don't know. i wouldn't say i felt special because i feel like a man will say whatever they want to say to get attention from you, so i think one of the things that carl is a person that doesn't know how to get a no for an

answer. >> i would rather be a man on my knees looking vulnerable than being a man on my feet living shaky. >> reporter: followed online by more than 500,000 people, lentz was a prominent figure at hillsong, a church previously frequented by celebrities like chris pratt, vanessa hudgens and justin bieber. >> i just want to love carl more. >> doing a good job of that. >> reporter: the posted taking responsibility for what happened. this failure is on me and me alone. a source telling "people" magazine lentz wants to be better for his family and is dedicated to doing the work. robin? >> janai, thank you. we turn now to the changes in family planning happening during the pandemic. an expected baby boom may turn out to be an egg freezing boom. zohreen shah is back with more on how some clinics are reporting an increase in interest. good morning again, zohreen. >> reporter: hi. good morning, robin. it is a global pandemic, and for so many people, life just

stopped, but some women, they are intentionally freezing time, taking their own fertility clocks into their own hands. for some women the pandemic is creating a path to their fertility future taking family planking into their own hands. >> i'm very focused on my career and creative pursuits and other things, so egg freezing has always been a nice option for me to consider. >> reporter: 31-year-old alison making the decision to freeze her eggs in september. she says she was able to take the time needed for the process. >> it really appealed to me that i would be able to stay at home in my sweatpants and do the injections myself in the comfort of my own home. >> reporter: since june york university's fertility center has seen a 32% increase in women freezing their eggs. the pandemic having people put family goals front and center. >> people are realizing there

to -- are many paths to parent today, and a line to the pandemic that people are not being forced but potentially pushed more to pursuing alternative parenthoods. >> reporter: the process is time consuming but like in her case women now working from home are finding free time. >> they have the flexibility now to actually go to fertility clinics and have a consult for egg freezing or even do the process now that we're doing a lot of consults on zoom. >> reporter: the decision to freeze the fertility clock is a deeply personal choice, driving women to explore options during such a critical time. >> i think now is not an optimal time to be dating. it's quite difficult with social distancing and the fears of covid and so i think women have just decided that they're tired. >> reporter: for alison the wait of having a family was lifted off her shoulders making this procedure the right choice for her. >> once i did it, it felt very empowering to be able to do this for myself. >> reporter: and empowering is the perfect word. i had my own embryos frozen last year and it was not easy and definitely not cheap but for so

many women and for myself it was just the right choice. >> what was that like for you, zohreen? >> reporter: you know, i was really nervous about it. i built up how scary it was but medically the process was totally seamless for me, and i just feel so relieved now. i don't have to weorry about my future family. i don't have any kids right now and have a cute chihuahua at home and he is a kid in himself. >> thank you for sharing, zohreen. thank you so much. we're going to bring in dr. jen ashton now who is joining us to talk more about this. you often counsel patients about freezing their eggs and other family planning options. so what do you normally share with your patients. >> well, in that informed consent process, robin, there are some tips or some suggestions that i think are really helpful not just for the woman, but for the couple, you know, first it starts with formulating your family goal. what is that goal? what does it look like? is there a timeline?

you have to be able to commit a significant amount of time to this process. obviously you need to go into it aware of the financial and emotional and psychological strains. i think it's always a good idea to check whether your insurance or work has some kind of coverage option. that's increasing luckily today, and then finally, when you are ready, you can schedule a consultation and get more information. just going for a consultation does not commit you to that process. >> but so many couples, i don't have to tell you this, jen, so many couples have high hopes about this process and you always caution them to be realistic? >> you have to be realistic, robin. this is not a guarantee of a live birth or the family of your dreams down the road. it's one important piece of it and it's great that now we're starting to see a shift in paradigm from treating infertility to being proactive about fertility. but, again, if financially it's still out of reach for a lot of

women and there are a lot of things that have to go on in that step to a live birth, this is just one part of it. >> got to keep all of that in mind. jen what have you been hearing from your patients during this time when it comes to family planing? >> a full spectrum. there are definitely some women who are cautious. they're postponing, delaying, feeling that a pandemic is not the right time to make a decision like this and then there are others that are forging ahead. they're saying, you know, no time is ever ideal and they want to start planning or doing on some level but, again, a lot of different options and a full gamut of what i'm seeing. >> dr. jen on call right here at "gma." all right. jen. we appreciate it as always. >> thanks. let's check in again with ginger. good morning, again, ginger. >> hey, good morning to you, robin. we've seen the high surf advisory peaking on the maps on the west coast and this is what it means. it means waves up to 25 feet. so you know some people are out there trying to take advantage.

just be extra careful and then you wish you had waves where it's going to be much warmer than average, 10 to 20 degrees above average. today in chicago close to 50 degrees. that's going to slide east, and so raleigh, you'll get up go. after consecutive day of record high temperatures, today, not going to make it. warmer than average. we have that dangerous surf out at the coast. seasonal lows tonight, look for more low clouds. today, mid to upper 60s for the highs. the rest of us in the low to mid 40s. best chance of rain in the north bay saturday, all of us sunday. now to the holiday hunt for just the right gifts and the best deals. becky worley is helping us count down to christmas with a roundup of handy apps that can help shoppers. hey, becky. >> reporter: good morning,

george. this device and a few additions to your web browser can make you the savviest shopper around. so these are my picks for some really helpful shopping apps in 2020. ♪ as we gear up for this, you want to make this a little less painful. so think about using this and this to save. the first must have app for your phone is a bar code scanner. shop savvy uses the camera on your phone to compare prices to those online. it's super helpful if you are trying to get the store to match prices. now coupon codes. if you are shopping online, honey is the best app i've seen for finding and applying those codes that offer percentage discounts. install it in your browser or use the mobile app. >> yes. there's nothing as satisfying as finding that 25% off coupon and seeing the final price just slashed. it's like getting cash back and about cash back, there are two

rebate apps i like a lot. rack ten is both an app you search in, and one you buy in, and if you buy something from one of their partners, they send you a check. i have $15 coming my way from a bunch of recent purchases. ibotta is similar. one difference, you can submit receipts after you've made a purchase using your phone's camera. if you're looking for one app that does all these things, capital one shopping has a scanner, coupon code search and cash back all in one, super handy. my final must have app for shopping isn't a shopping app at all. it's a password app called last pass. in addition to storing all your account names and passwords on both your computer and your phone, it auto-bills -- auto-fills your name, address, and credit card info during any

purchases. so it's much easier than the endless typing you normally have to do. and, yes, last pass is encrypted, super secure and the company has been testing for many years now, a password manager may make your life easier and protect your data making it maybe the biggest savings app of the season. >> sure could be. i think i'll be getting that. becky, thanks very much. coming up, kerry washington and ariana debose, stars of "the prom," they join us live. prom," they join us live.

>> announcer: this is abc7 news. good morning, everyone. i'm kumasi aaron from "abc7 mornings." officials are moved forward with a plan to allow for a self-swabbing at multiple covid-19 sites. the first site is at emmanuel baptist church. staff members will monitor the collections to make sure people are doing the nasal swab correctly. this could preserve valuable ppe and make sure nurses are staff where they're really needed the most. we have some issues at our beaches this morning. hi, everybody. high surf advisory. the breakers will be dangerous. we have two people missing and one person and their dog was

rescued yesterday. there's a little bit of fog along the coast. it's a about it. let's take a look at my forecast. our coldest morning is today. the rest of us have a better chance sunday, both help the world believe in holiday magic. and this year was harder than ever. and yet, somehow, you all found a way to pull it off.

it's not about the toys or the ornaments but about coming together. santa, santa, you're on mute! just wanted to say thanks. thanks for believing. hey, bay area, "live with kelly and ryan" is coming up. vanessa hudgens joins us. >> plus a live performance from shaggy in studio.

that's at 9:00 on abc7. we'll have another abc7 news update in about ♪ santa tell me 16 days to go. welcome back to "gma." counting down to christmas. so many people getting into the holiday spirit with their decked out trees. >> we have asked you to share photos using #gmaseeyourtree and take a look at this one. sent to us by kavita from queens village, new york, her daughter nina celebrating her second christmas. >> and matt furman got creative. take a look at this. he made a christmas tree mobile. took him 12 hours. 12 hours for him to do this. so keep sending us your treat tiff photos using #gmaseeyourtree. >> i think i'll invite him over to my house. see if he can help me with that. >> we have two guests joining us

taking center stage in the star-studded new movie/musical "the prom." >> that is right. the pair starring alongside meryl streep and nicole kidman and kerry washington and ariana debose are joining us live. we were spying on both of you because in the commercial break we were playing a little jingle -- this is you guys, you are moving and you were grooving a little bit during that time. i see that. okay. just letting you know we're always got our eyes on you. >> spying. >> always spying. but thank you both so much. very excited about "the prom." kerry, let me start with you. can you share your prom story from back in the day? >> oh, wow. sure, i mean i -- i loved my prom. i had an amazing prom. i actually designed my dress that i wore to prom. it was my early foray into warming up for red carpets. and i loved it. one of the neighbors in my grandmother's building made it

for me and i went with my boyfriend at the time who was, you know, the love of my life up to that point and, you know, i'm sure we lied to our parents about all the things you do at prom and after and it was great. >> good memory. >> or an that, i read you took your own prom date to see "the prom" gentleman. >> i did, i did. i went to my senior prom with my best friend, his name is jonathan and we ended up going to see "the prom." we stood actually standing room only to see their final performance. it was amazing but just a little bit about my prom story. i had a crush on this girl and she came up and asked me to dance and john was like, go, go dance with her so i did and it was the first time like that i had realized that people would start to stare at you for being different and didn't like it so i grooved my way back to the

punch bowl and that was my first experience with that type of interaction but cut to making "the prom" and had this full circle celebratory moment where two girls got to dance together and be cheered for. it was amazing. >> yeah, that is amazing and it's fantastic actually. the movie has a great ensemble cast. meryl streep, nicole kidman, james corden, ryan murphy directed it. looks like you had a lot of fun, ariana, what is the most memorable thing from filming this film for you. >> we had a blast, didn't we, kerry? >> nonstop. nonstop. >> works hard and plays hard? we play hard. but i would say -- >> your favorite moment? >> favorite moment, the final prom because it was a huge celebration and it was so inclusive. so many beautiful people that identified all over our rainbow spectrum and it was just -- the

energy was palpable. it was amazing. >> there were some struggles in the film to get to that moment. you play a mother and daughter and not an easy journey. let's take a look. >> you look so beautiful. you should always wear your hair like this. >> mom. >> yeah. >> i just want you to know what's going to happen tonight. >> can we not spoil this, please? i have worked so hard for tonight. i have a right to enjoy it too. you are going to have a wonderful prom like a normal girl. i've made sure of that. >> what is that supposed to mean? >> oh! thinking. oh. oh, i love it. i love every second of that. kerry, we've not quite seen you in a role like this. we're going to get to hear you sing, but dance as -- >> thank you for introducing me at this sing along, robin. >> i enjoyed that. it was so much fun and have you a beautiful, beautiful voice.

behind the scenes you said because of the dance scenes and everything you said that the dynamic between you and ariana kind of flipped. >> well, yeah, because i was doing all the singing and dancing but that's not my -- i don't normally do that. i used to do it in high school and college but haven't done it professionally and ariana is a pro. a broadway superstar. she's going to be in "west side story" with steven spielberg. i was the bossy mom on camera. after every take i was like, what do you think? do you have any notes? >> oh, my gosh, i had no notes. just encouragement and love. she was perfect. >> and speaking of pros, christmas 16 days away, we know you both are staying at home for the holiday but hear there is a special dessert each of you love to bake. can you share that with us? >> or an that, what's yours? >> oreo ball, just classic christmas sweet, it's great.

>> simple. simple. kerry, how about you? >> simple. my mom actually makes a jamaican black cake which is just like soaked in rum. like the kids can't eat it. it's so filled with liquor and so i like to make that with her which is amazing. >> and you know what, this -- coming off this film i have such an appreciation for what parents go through. obviously i am a parent but playing a mom who is really struggling with her child's identity and playing a mom who is really forced to have a more open mind and love her child unconditionally, it just has put me in such a warm gooey place with my own mom as well so it's a special time. >> beautifully said, kerry. beautifully said and beautifully done and if you want to thank me for introducing you in the disney sing along you can make me that cake. >> okay. >> send me that. >> if you see robin drunk on

"gma" -- >> you better share that cake. i want to be with you. >> but thank you both so very, very much. oh, my goodness. "the prom" premieres on netflix this friday. cannot wait. coming up how some cheerlead remembers cashing in on their social media popularity. ♪

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we're back now with a look at how some college athletes are cashing in on social media popularity. it's not the future stars of the nba or nfl but cheerleaders being called cheer-lebrities, a story we first saw in "the new york times" and kaylee hartung is back with the details. hey, kaylee. >> reporter: hey, michael. i love watching those college cheerleaders tumble and twist in ways that defy gravity. but despite that athleticism they don't have to play by the same rules as other college athletes so they're creating their own brand of instagram influencing. they're called cheer-lebrities. >> yes. >> reporter: cheerleaders with massive online followings. >> i have 428,000 followers on instagram. >> reporter: making big bucks through lucrative partnerships. >> crocs are among them.

>> reporter: these two cashing in sizable paychecks every month. >> i've definitely made a significant part of my income month to month based off sponsored posts. >> with mine i easily take in a couple thousand a month for sure. >> when people see a celebrity on social media they think, oh, like they're getting paid money to promote this. when they see someone less famous but still recognizable promoting a product it's just more the word that is thrown around a lot is authentic and brands think they're more persuasive in terms of promoting the profit. >> reporter: they can sign them because unlike other sports like college and football it's not regulated by the ncaa. strict rules prohibit amateur athletes from making money do not apply. the rules are expected to change by the next academic year allowing all college athletes the chance to earn endorsement dollars. >> go, go. >> reporter: cheer-lebrities will keep flipping over backwards to promote themselves

but still won't get the benefits that those athletes do. >> we didn't have the ability to receive full ride scholarships. we didn't have the same training that the athletic department received. people have absolutely no idea what cheerleaders really do. i just would say to them that they have absolutely no idea and they just need to come watch a practice. >> reporter: the ncaa is expected to vote on that rule change in january and when college athletes do get that right to make sponsorship dollars they can look to those cheer-lebrities for those social media tips, right, michael? >> yes, they will. i'm pretty sure, kaylee, thank you so much. now, let's go to ginger. >> i was's competitive cheerleader so that was very good, michael. i'm giving you a double -- double fists up for that one. all right, now got to give you a "gma" exclusive first look. will smith's popular series "will from home" is returning for its second season so the hollywood superstar is now celebrating everyday heroes all

across the country and surprising them with celebrity guests. here's a peek. >> turn your lights on. bam. what's up, y'all? welcome back. this season on "will from home" we are giving back to the people who have been spreading love and positivity throughout the human family. this is called shine a light on them. >> oh, my gosh. >> that looks so good. the new season of "will from home" kicks off monday for its ten-episode holiday edition only on snapchat and until then good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. warmer than average today. no record high temperatures. high clouds and sunshine. cooling trend continues through the weekend. is helping her staff lose weight

and feel great. here's some of the delicious dishes from her menu. her food is like medicine. >> greek food is healthy, tasty, easy. >> reporter: call her the julia child of greece. >> i bring my tomato base from greece. >> reporter: changing the food world one greek bite at a time. chef maria loi believes her mediterranean based cuisine is the pillar of nutrition. >> we call this vegetables beans, the fish, the legumes, the greens. >> reporter: when the pandemic hit she decided to adapt a healthier lifestyle with her own new york city staff. >> now is the time to show how our food is healthy but we have to start with us and i said are you in, they said yes. >> reporter: she challenged her employees who are like family to cut out processed foods. focusing on eating fresh bean, fish, vegetables and starting their day with two spoonfuls of olive oil. >> there's 100% benefits we'll

see because olive oil is filled with those good for you heart healthy fats. >> reporter: sh sh sh sh sh sh e lost weight and felipe has his type 2 diabetes under control 50 pounds lighter. she takes us into the kitchen to make braised giant beans with spinach. a dish rich in vitamins and minerals. >> mix it again and then put more aroma in your life, get a lot of herbs and i would you not -- have a scissor and cut it inside here because you get all this oil into your food. >> reporter: after 20 minutes in the oven it's a nutrition meal

for the body and soul. >> cheers. [ speaking foreign language ] >> she's great, isn't she? [ speaking foreign language ] >> what a person to ask. >> she is a lovely, lovely person and excellent chef. >> excellent chef. all the recipes on our website at goodmorningamerica.com. coming up, joe manganiello

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♪ ♪ visit your volvo retailer for special offers during our holiday safely sales event. oh, you okay over there? >> uh-huh. >> still going at it. good greek food. we are back and will enjoy our next guest. you know him from the show "true blood" and the "magic mike" movies now starring this afternoon afternoon. let's say good morning to joe manganiello. good morning, joe. how are you doing, my friend? >> hey, good morning. how are you? >> we are good. first off congratulations. you and sofia vergara just celebrated your five-year

anniversary and heard you got her a doughnut truck? >> i mean i got her something else too, but, yes, i did. you know, our courtship took place in new orleans and i took her to cafe du monde and there is a truck in l.a. that makes cafe du monde beignets and chickerry coffee and planned a picnic to be outside because we're going -- going to restaurants is a little difficult and surprised her when the beignet truck showed sflup that's good eating, those beignets. let's talk about "archenemy." we hear, joe, you say it's like a throwback to like a '90s superhero movie. how so? >> well, i think what i said it was more of a throwbecome to the '80s and '90s comic book storytelling, you know,

characters back in that era. there's a real deconstruction that happened when i think we were coming off a year where they held their heroes very precious, superman and batman stories were very precious and then frank miller comes along and creates "the dark knight" story line and have people like irredeemable and pat mills and martial law and all of a sudden they ushered in anti-heroes and trying to understand those heroes psychologically and what they were going through and it changed the way that stories and comic book stories were told and that was the '80s and '90s and grew up with all of that and we wanted to make a movie version of those stories at a time when the market is so saturated with superhero movies and people are

so bombarded with a certain type of movie we wanted to make a deconstructive independent story and bend those characters in ways that they're not allowed to be bent. >> well, we are intrigued so let's take a look. >> if you run, they will find you and they will kill him. >> so what are we supposed to do? >> stay and fight the war. >> don't engage with the troll. >> fight the war? how are we supposed to do that? >> don't undersell yourself. i'm here with you. i came through a black hole to get here and i never knew why until now, it was so i can help you. >> so, joe, your character is a hero from another dimension or is he i homeless guy who just loves to tell storys? so are the extremes of his character what -- is that what sold you on the script?

>> yeah, what told me on it was the idea that for me it wasn't going to be a superhero movie. it was just going to be this like intense acting challenge because, you know, you don't know if he's telling the truth or not or it's just a schizophrenic meth addicted drunken homeless person and that's kind of like the crux of the film but then even then it challenges the idea of what a hero is, because i think we're so conditioned to having powers in comic books be granted to those who can handle the power but what if it was handed to somebody who maybe wasn't able to handle it? >> you know what, i love the way you broke this down and love the deconstructed superhero and i got to say, congratulations on the way that your pittsburgh steelers are playing. i know you're a big steelers fan. >> i am. i mean, yeah, we got a lot of injuries on defense like key

injuries on defense and the guys have been playing valiantly through that, so hopefully we can continue. i mean, geez, 11-0. that's never happened in steelers nation so it's exciting, it's an exciting year? we'll be seeing you on "archenemy," my friend and it will be in theaters and available on video on demand and on digital on friday.

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. >> announcer: this is abc7 news. good morning, everyone. i'm kumasi aaron from "abc7 mornings." regional medical center in san jose has no beds left in its hospital. this is the first time the hospital has reached capacity during the pandemic showing just how bad this latest surge of cases is. hospital staff are considering setting up tents outside the hospital to treat patients. now here's mike with our forecast. >> a couple people missing, one person saved along with their dog. our beaches are dangerous today. that's what happened yesterday. otherwise, being outside is going to be nice. not record high temperatures, but still mid to upper 60s with high clouds is sunshine. it keeps going downhill from here. friday morning will be our coolest. rain in the north bay saturday, the rest of us on sunday. it's time for "live with

kelly and ryan" and we will be back at 11:00 for "midday live." we hope you'll joi >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, actress and singer vanessa hodgins. plus, a special holiday performance from shaggy. also, fun and easy ways to make your own ornaments as we continue "live's celebrate and save week." all next on "live!" ♪ [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] ♪ >> ryan: wait a minute. wait a minute. kelly ripa. [cheers and applause] kelly ripa, making fashion headlines as we speak. you look beautiful. i love that. >> kelly: this old thing? >> ryan: