i'm glad you mentioned that, kumasi. good morning, america. sounding the alarm. more than 40 countries now banning travel to and from the uk over that new mutation of covid-19. new york's governor andrew cuomo claiming the threatening new strain is already here. >> we have been victimized by federal incompetence and federal negligence and we're not going to be victimized again. >> how the state is taking action and which airlines are now requiring some passengers to test negative. hope for the holiday surge as the virus rages throughout the nation. >> right now my icu looks like an absolute war zone. >> and hospitalizations hit a new high at more than 115,000. health care workers getting their first doses of the vaccine and president-elect biden getting his shot while reassuring the public about its safety. this morning, dr. fauci joins us live right before he gets his

vaccination only on "gma." breaking overnight. congress passing that $900 billion relief package. with millions of work president trump expected to sign the bill this week. will your $600 check arrive before the end of the year? abc news exclusive. outrage over this police incident caught on camera. >> what? >> what did he do? >> in front of my family? >> speaking out this morning why he was handcuffed in front of his children. only on "gma." armed and dangerous. after this shocking surveillance footage of a 22-year-old suspect shooting a police officer at point-blank range. who is now in stable condition. the manhunt under way this morning. christmas storm on the move. the major winter blast whipping across the country. where you could see heavy snow just in time for the holiday. ♪

and santa's bringing back the nba. >> the lakers conquer the bubble and banner number 17 will soon hang in the rafters. >> 72 days after lebron and the lakers won the title, the new season tipping off tonight with an explosive star-studded doubleheader. this morning, one-on-one with nba commissioner adam silver. will players jump the line for the covid vaccine as the league bounces out of the bubble just in time for christmas? good morning, america. so 72 days, going to be a late night for you? >> it is going to be a late night but, yes, the nba is back. it's a very big deal. already back. >> here we go. >> just ended. >> and it's a busy tuesday. we got a lot of news to get to. >> it's so busy that we needed dr. anthony fauci here with us. he's actually standing by, there he is. he's actually, guys, going to be getting his vaccination this morning.

cecilia has an interview with him coming up, this is all happening as some of the doses of the moderna vaccine are being administered. those health care workers are some of the first people to get the second vaccine now to be authorized in the u.s. it comes as millions head to the airports right now to travel for the holiday. >> many ignoring those travel warnings. you're looking here live, this is atlanta hartsfield, the busiest airport in the country, and with all those flights in the air, the big fear this morning, that the new overseas variant of the virus could be headed our way if it's not already here. let's go to our transportation correspondent gio benitez at jfk airport here in new york with the very latest. gio, good morning. >> reporter: hey, whit, good morning to you. today alone five flights will arrive here at jfk from london. this as we're already seeing an incredibly busy holiday travel season. more than 3 million people hitting the skies since friday. this morning, one state taking action following that new variant of the covid-19 virus in the uk. new york governor andrew cuomo requesting major airlines

require passengers to test negative for covid-19 before boarding flights from the uk to new york. british airways, delta and virgin atlantic already agreeing and will begin implementing on christmas eve. >> the authorities say they haven't found the strain here yet. i believe intuitively it's already here. >> reporter: the governor noting that 120 countries require pre-boarding testing, but not the united states. >> we have been victimized by federal incompetence and federal negligence, that is a fact. and we're not going to be victimized again. >> reporter: this new mutation of the covid-19 virus now also showing up outside the uk. in australia, iceland, italy, the netherlands and denmark. more than 40 countries banning travel to and from the uk. prime minister boris johnson aiming to ease concerns across the globe about the spread of this new variant. >> and to our international friends and partners, i want to

say very frankly that we understand your concerns. now that we've got the vaccine coming in the way that we have, i think that we can certainly look forward to a very, very different world. >> reporter: while the world health organization says the variant appears to be more infectious, scientists say there's no evidence that the vaccines won't work against it. >> viruses mutate. it's what they do. sars-cov-2, which is the virus that causes covid-19, has mutated dozens of times already this year. that doesn't mean it's more dangerous or more contagious. >> reporter: meanwhile, governor newsom of california is also calling for federal action on travel from the uk. remember, any international travel bans must come from the federal government. whit? >> all right, gio, thank you. again, that new variant one of many things we'll be talking to dr. anthony fauci about here in an abc news exclusive

coming up in just a few minutes. t.j.? how about a double shot of hope now. injections of the moderna vaccine now under way while many are still getting first doses of the pfizer vaccine including president-elect joe biden who got his on live tv hoping to boost his immunity and also boost public confidence. this as hospitalizations hit a new high. more than 115,000 across the country and our kaylee hartung is at a very hard-hit hospital in l.a. good morning to you, kaylee. >> reporter: and good morning, t.j. inside providence st. john's here the head of the icu tells me it looks like an absolute war zone. hospital beds are lining the hallways with patients. this tent has been set up to help triage patients, give them more space to do it. yet, this hospital says it's in better shape than most. this morning, a second shot of much-needed hope. health care workers getting the first doses of the moderna vaccine. this critical care doctor in houston hasn't had a day off in nearly 300 days. now getting his first of two doses.

>> when i opened the box, it's like opening a present. it was literally like having a baby. >> reporter: president-elect biden receiving pfizer's vaccine with cameras rolling aiming to reassure the public that the shot is safe. >> i'm doing this to demonstrate that people should be prepared when it's available to take the vaccine. there's nothing to worry about. >> reporter: with the holidays fast approaching the pandemic continues to devastate coast to coast. california now in crisis. >> we have a surge upon a surge. if people interact with other people over the upcoming christmas holiday and the new year's holiday, then we're really risk getting to a place where the hospital systems are completely overwhelmed. >> reporter: the situation in los angeles county dire. l.a. reporting over 11,000 new cases. and more than 5,700 hospitalized. the highest daily number since the start of the pandemic. >> right now, my icu looks like an absolute war zone. my icu is over capacity with covid patients right now and we

just don't -- there's no end in sight. >> reporter: dr. hammond runs the icu at providence st. john's. she got the vaccine this week, but warns there is still a long road ahead. >> the vaccine will eventually get us out of the pandemic, but it's not going to get us out of this cycle of death. social distancing works. you know, trying to stay home as much as possible works. we've got to contain the spread first and then let the vaccine do the rest. >> reporter: and dr. hammond tells me it's getting worse and worse every day. so her concern, she stresses, is that if people don't act responsibly over the holidays, it will be the worst case scenario. they could run out of staff and resources to help. cecelia? >> kaylee, thank you. such a frighten time for so many people and their families. so right now we'll bring these questions to dr. anthony fauci, who is joining us exclusively this morning right

before you head off to get that vaccine yourself, dr. fauci. thank you so much for being here with us. i want to start with the new variant right now causing understandably so much concern for so many folks. new york's governor andrew cuomo says he believes that the variant might already be here. do you believe that that's possible? >> that is certainly possible. i mean, when you have this amount of spread within a place like the uk, you really need to assume that it's here already. it may not -- and certainly is not the dominant strain, but i would not be surprised at all if it is already here. so i agree with governor cuomo on that. >> so, if it's possible that it's already here, you've said the prudent thing to do right now is to be careful about this but to not overreact to it but that a travel ban isn't necessary at this point. but with so much unknown about this variant, why is a temporary travel ban not the prudent thing to do right now? >> well, you know, travel bans are really rather draconian things to do. there is certain consideration, as you heard from governor

cuomo, for new york, but there is certain consideration throughout about the possibility and maybe the likelihood of requiring the testing of individuals before they board a plane to the united states. that is under active discussion. the governor of new york is already going to do that or is already doing that. that's a big difference than just completely shutting off and banning travel completely, which is really a rather dramatic step. so that's not really in the cards right now but i wouldn't be surprised if the requirement of testing is something that is being actively considered right now. >> could you see a travel ban needing to be in place because of this new variant? >> well, i think one of the important things that we need to do, cecilia, is to actually do surveillance here and find out. it might already be here. i doubt if it's the prevalent strain here, but, as the governor said, it is entirely conceivable that it's already here. >> i want to talk to you, dr. fauci, about a vaccine and

i'm hoping you can clarify the time line on when most americans might actually be able to get this vaccine and have access to it. admiral giroir, the administration's testing czar, said recently that he expected that all who want the vaccine could get it by june. but president-elect joe biden team said it could be mid-summer or even as late as early fall. when do you see this happening? when can most americans get this? >> you're going to get different versions of that as you said from different people. i think the reason is the uncertainty about the efficiency of how you get it implemented. in other words, when you say we've now reached the point where it's kind of open season, anybody can get the vaccine, not just in priority areas like we're doing right now, priorities over the next couple of months, we likely will be able to start vaccinating people

who are in the broader category somewhere around the end of march, the beginning of april. how long it takes to get everyone who needs to be vaccinated vaccinated is really varying. it depends on the efficiency of the possess so what i have been saying, i think it's correct, but it could be a variability for a month or two and will start in earnest the general population somewhere at the end of march, the beginning of april. it may take two, three, four months or more before you get everyone vaccinated that wants to be vaccinated. so i think that's the difference in the variability that you're hearing among people. we're really all saying the same thing. we're going to start at a certain time. it may take two, three, four months before everyone gets vaccinated who needs to be vaccinated. so i would think that by the time we get into the summer, i hope we're almost at the point where you can say everybody who wants to get vaccinated will get vaccinated. >> that is good news. i know that you served on to serve as president-elect joe biden's chief medical adviser on covid-19.

we've heard him to say he wants people to wear masks for the first 100 days of his presidency. could you share any advice you've given the president-elect as to what you would like to see him do in those early days? >> you know, i don't want to get into the details of it, because i want it to be announced when he makes those types of announcements. but one of the things i agree with is trying to get people uniformly to wear masks. one of the problems that we've had in this country is the disparity of people from one part of the country, another part of the country doing things differently. we've got to pull together because we're all in this together. if you look at the map of the united states, of the increase in cases, it's really quite troublesome. so we've got to buckle down and everybody adhere to the public health measures which include the wearing of masks. >> can't say that enough. now, dr. fauci, i know that you're about to head off and get your vaccine and i want to ask you after all of these months and everything we have been

through as a country, as a society in general, what's this moment going to be like for you this morning? >> well, i mean, it's an important moment. we have worked as you probably know very hard. the vaccine that i'll be getting, there are two out there, the pfizer and moderna. i'll be getting the moderna vaccine. we just got a shipment in yesterday. i feel very good about it because in a large part that vaccine was developed by my group at the nih. so, you know, it's sort of a double positive. one in general, i'm doing it because i want to symbolize to people the importance that everyone gets vaccinated who can get vaccinated. but also, it's a good feeling of accomplishment because this originated in laboratories in my institute. >> you and your team should be certainly very proud. dr. fauci, very quickly before we let you go this morning, a final message, a final plea to anyone before christmas to anyone who is listening right now. >> please do what i suggested for thanksgiving. we don't want to cancel christmas, but you have to tone down plans. try to minimize travel and try

to avoid large congregations of people indoors. you know, the dinners that have 20, 25 people, you know, we know how difficult it is in a wonderful season like christmas to tone down these kinds of things, but we really do need to hang in there. as you know and reported correctly, the situation now of the amount of infection in the community is really rather high. we're in a precarious situation. there is light at the end of the tunnel. sooner or later, hopefully sooner within the next several months, vaccines will make a serious, important, positive impact but until then, we really need to adhere to good, prudent public health practices. >> dr. fauci, thank you so much. as you said, there is light at the end of the tunnel. we appreciate your time this morning. whit? >> important information from dr. fauci. cecelia, thank you. we want to turn to other big stories we're following this morning, including washington

and attorney general barr who is stepping down tomorrow, breaking with president trump on his way out, saying no special counsel is needed to investigate the election or joe biden's son hunter. our chief white house correspondent jon karl has the very latest. >> reporter: attorney general bill barr has been a staunch defender of the president. but as he prepares to leave office, he is flatly denying the president's most outlandish request. he won't appoint a special counsel to investigate trump's unfounded claims of a rigged election. >> if i thought a special counsel at this stage was the right tool and was appropriate, i would do -- i would name one, but i haven't and i'm not going to. >> reporter: barr also refused something else on the president's wish list -- to have a special counsel look into hunter biden leaving an ongoing investigation into the president-elect's son to attorneys within the department of justice. >> i think that it's being handled responsibly and professionally. >> reporter: with one of his most loyal cabinet members turning his back, trump is looking elsewhere.

sidney powell, a lawyer who some trump allies simply say is crazy, has been at the white house the past two days urging the president to use the full power of his office to investigate a conspiracy theory about rigged voting machines, and to make her special counsel. a move even rudy giuliani opposes. the president also met with a group of hard-line republicans, a meeting monday that lasted several hours. they offered to mount a futile challenge to contest the electoral college vote when it is presented january 6th. senator mitt romney is saying publicly what many other republicans are saying privately, the president's refusal to admit losing has become an embarrassment. >> i think it's embarrassing to have the president focus on these matters when so many people are suffering with covid. the president can go out in the last chapter talking about the great success of the vaccine for which he deserves credit. >> reporter: one republican leader in congress who has been

a strong trump ally told me that the president is hurting himself and hurting his party with his behavior. this top republican told me, quote, i'm counting the days until he is gone. whit? >> all right, jon karl for us in washington. thank you. we are following a lot of other headlines this morning including outrage over this video here. jamar mackey and his fiancee speaking out exclusively after he was handcuffed in front of his children. but first, let's go to rob with a check of the weather. rob, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, whit. a picturesque site here in new haven, connecticut, with the christmas lights on will change. a potent storm is heading across the northern tier of the country and will talk more about that in the coming half hour.

good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. much brighter today as areas of fog are much more condensed this morning. wood burning ban, once again, spare the air day. watch out tonight is our coldest night moving forward because rain on the way for christmas day and sunday night into monday to follow. 58 to 62 is our spread along the coast cooler. 30s will dominate more than the 40s. my accuweather seven-day feelin feeling very christmas-y right now. it's in the air. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. e look at y♪ ♪ and i know it's gonna be... a lovely day. ♪ ♪ lovely day, lovely day. lovely day. ♪

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good morning. let's start with good news. we do have fog but it's not nearly as widespread. you can see half a mile down to a quarter mile is as low as it gets. it's going to fade much quicker today by 9:00 it should start lifting. let's talk about your commute. that's pretty much it. it is milder this morning with temperatures in the upper 30s to upper 40s. looking more likely we've going to have a wet christmas as sfor storms roll it from north to south. reggie? >> a black man handcuffed in front of his family in the mall

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not here anymore. >> welcome back to "gma." that is the holiday classic national lampoon's flying squirrels in "christmas vacation." you know the movie, know it well. we're showing you this for a reason, not just because of the christmas season, but because there are some parallels to what one florida woman really went through in her home, a christmas tree surprise, that's coming up in our "play of the day." you don't want to miss that. >> makes the squirrel look like a walk in the park. >> now i'm scared. >> stay tuned for that. all part of the experience as clark w. griswold might say. our first headlines, covid hospitalizations hitting a new high in the u.s., this as more

than 40 countries are now banning travel to and from the uk over that new mutation of covid-19. now british airways, delta, virgin atlantic already agreeing to require passengers to test negative for covid-19 before boarding flights from the uk to new york. also right now, congress passing that $900 billion relief package with millions out of work, president trump is expected to sign the bill this week. also that urgent manhunt under way this morning. a 22-year-old suspect at large, pennsylvania police considering koby francis armed and dangerous after this shocking surveillance footage showing him shoot a police officer at point-blank range. when the officer opens the door of the cruiser to bring him into the police station, the officer, jerry athens, is now in stable condition and home with his family. and tributes are pouring in for football hall of famer kevin greene, a legendary linebacker and third all-time sack leader passing away on monday, playing in the nfl on four teams for 15 seasons.

the hall of fame flag will be flown at half-staff in kevin's memory. he was 58 years old. we turn now to our abc news exclusive, outrage over that video of police officers handcuffing jamar mackey in front of his children. this morning, that family is speaking out calling it dehumanizing and janai norman has more. good morning, janai. >> reporter: hey, cecilia, good morning. yeah, jamar and his fiancee say they were humiliated. one minute spending time with their kids, the next he's in handcuffs for something he didn't do and describes feeling scared and wondering what is next as he was led away from his family. outrage growing over a troubling police incident caught on camera. >> what? doing this in public? we can't walk outside? >> what did he do? >> in front of my family? >> i want to talk to you, okay? >> you got the wrong person. we don't even have a black truck.

>> reporter: two maskless officers approach a family handcuffing an innocent father of two, wrongfully accusing jamar mackey of credit card fraud. >> jamar, what are you doing? y'all [ bleep ]. we in here with our family. >> are you serious? >> reporter: the video of saturday's encounter shows a police sergeant cuffing mackey and leading him outside allegedly because he matched the description of a suspect. mackey and his fiancee telling officers repeatedly they have the wrong person as it all unfolded in front of their children. >> that's how we get treated in 2020. that's how i get treated? >> you have the right to be upset. >> reporter: the couple speaking exclusively to abc news. >> basically just sitting down, trying to enjoy the holidays, trying to get some lunch with my family and next thing we know

i'm in handcuffs, no words, no explanations, it's just like how has nothing changed? how is everything still the same? how do you still racial profile a black man with dreads that way in 2020? how do you do that? it's still happening. >> reporter: police say it was a case of mistaken identity. >> no one wants to be handcuffed in front of his family in front of the public and like the officer did on saturday, we apologize for the discomfort. a specific suspect description including clothing and other factors was then provided to our officers and we know as a result that mr. mackey was subsequently approached and handcuffed. >> reporter: mackey's attorney says the video is further evidence of a systemic problem within police training. >> everybody in this region knows this is how you get treated. this is how black males get treated in virginia beach. so this is what we hope to be able to change. >> reporter: jamar and shantel calling the experience dehumanizing and nothing more than racial profiling.

they say the worst part was their 13-year-old son forced to watch as his father was wrongfully detained. >> as me looking back at the video it hurts me, man. what if they shot me in front of my son or tased me in front of my son like for no reason? >> i don't know if he'll be afraid of the police now or if he'll like, you know, just not care for them because of what he saw. >> reporter: and jamar told me us when he watched it, he cried thinking about other videos we've all seen with black men in encounters with police that ended so differently. they say it was traumatizing for their 13-year-old son and they worry about the lasting impact on him. as for the officers, the police chief said those not wearing masks will be disciplined for that. guys. >> certainly an alarming incident. thank you so much. we do want to turn now to the nba and back on the court tonight with a season-opening

doubleheader but things are going to look a lot different and, t.j., you spoke with commissioner adam silver about it. >> he didn't get much of a vacation. went to the draft and then we had, you know, training camps kicked off and now the season started, all that happened in 2 1/2 months. now the bubble is gone. the league commissioner admits, yes, he's excited about the new season but there are about to be some bumps along the way. >> here we go! >> where else can you get this type of drama? >> reporter: the nba is set to kick off the 2021 season tonight and it's going to look a little different from the last time we saw nba basketball. >> similar to what baseball did for their regular season, similar to what the nfl is doing now, players are going to be living at home. >> this historic 2020 nba championship belongs to the los angeles lakers. the lakers conquered the bubble and banner number 17 will soon hang in the rafters. >> reporter: it was less than three months ago when lebron james and the lakers were crowned champions after one of the most unusual seasons in nba

history. >> we can't wait to get back to l.a. to celebrate with y'all. >> reporter: after suspending the season because of the pandemic, the season resumed in the bubble. where players were moved to rooms at walt disney world resort. and received daily covid tests and some superstars like jimmy butler even picked up a side hustle. he sold coffee, but now after the shortest off-season in history, nba commissioner adam silver says this year won't have any of that. basketball is out of the bubble. teams are back on their home courts. >> we're playing arenas and it's -- it raises different issues by virtue of being indoors, so far our protocols seem to be holding up. >> what did you learn from mlb and the nfl? >> we learned a lot from both leagues, particularly around testing protocols. the testing is designed so that

if we do have a positive case, that player can quickly be isolated from his teammates to avoid obviously what would be terrible and that is a spread among an entire team. >> where is the nba on the vaccine meaning are you just in line? you know you're in line and when someone tells you it's available to vaccinate your players that's what you hope to have happen? >> in terms of the vaccine it goes without saying we would never jump the line in any way. as far as i know, we're not even in line yet but no chance we would jump the line in any way. >> not even in line, so they're going to be tested, he said, not just once, but even twice a day, a lot of these players are and like you said we were just talking about competitive balance. if a star player goes down, has to be in quarantine for 14 days, they're not going to cancel or suspend a game. they know you better have your subs ready because the season is going to go on. >> big test. >> have fun watching tonight. coming up next, the latest

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skylar mack was supposed to return to the united states today. that was the original plan, instead waking up in prison. she will be appealing that sentence. her attorney says she knows what is she did was wrong, but this punishment is particularly harsh. from paradise to prison, skylar mack waking up behind bars for a week now after breaking covid-19 quarantine rules in the cayman islands, but this morning, the american teenager will appeal her sentence. >> this is not about sympathy. it's about ensuring that the system operates fairly. >> reporter: the 18-year-old traveled to the caribbean island on november 27th and was required to quarantine for 14 days but according to officials, just two days and one negative covid test later, she allegedly removed her wrist monitor and left quarantine to watch her boyfriend, professional jet ski racer 24-year-old vanjae ramgeet compete in a race. seen here posted by the event's organizers. they forced other families at that event to later quarantine.

both mack and ramgeet were detained and initially ordered to pay a fine and serve 40 hours of community service but prosecutors appealed calling the ruling too lenient. a higher court agreed, sentencing mack to four months in prison. >> she's very overwhelmed. she hasn't eaten. she's tried to eat a couple of times and has gotten sick. >> reporter: her grandmother says mack tested negative before traveling and a few times since arriving on the island. >> i just want her home. i don't know how many more nights my whole family can go through this, you know, night after night after night, closing your eyes, and you see her in that -- in a cell somewhere and with nobody there to help her is just heartbreaking. >> reporter: her grandmother even reached out to president trump for help. she told us she got a response saying that mr. trump read the email and they passed it along to the appropriate government

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. sounding the alarm. more than 40 countries now banning travel to and from the uk over that new mutation of covid-19. new york's governor claiming the threatening new strain is already here. which airlines are now requiring some passengers to test negative. this as health care workers are getting their first doses of the vaccine. president-elect biden getting his shot while reassuring the public about its safety. this morning, dr. anthony fauci talking exclusively to "gma" right before he gets his vaccination. breaking overnight, help is on the way. congress passing that $900 billion relief bill with millions out of work. president trump expected to sign the bill this week. will your $600 check arrive before the end of the year? new this morning, comedian john mulaney reportedly checking himself into rehab for cocaine

and alcohol abuse. what he said about struggling during the pandemic. anything for love? the reporter who called for the so-called pharma bro leaving her husband, her job, planning on starting a family with him. her tell-all essay being shared by so many and what she's now saying about their future together. ♪ walk through fire for you tayshia's tough decision. we're just hours away from the blockbuster "bachelorette" finale. your exclusive sneak peek and what brendan is telling "gma" after walking away from tayshia. queen of clean. >> so fun. i love it. >> one of tiktok's top influencers sharing her top tips for cleaning like you never have before. all ahead as we say, good morning, america. ♪ star light, star bright first star i see tonight ♪ t.j. was taking notes on the cleaning tips right there. >> actually those are my

"bachelorette" notes. >> there's that. hey, good morning, america. thanks for being with us on this tuesday. you know what, just three days until christmas. >> yes, we've had our 12 days of christmas cookies going here, right, so we might need this workout, right? if you're out there and having too many cookies while wrapping gifts we have a holiday hiit-mas workout for you that will put some of your decorations -- yes, use your decorations for your workout. >> i raise my hand at qualifying for need for exercise after all of the christmas cookies. first, a lot of news to get to including the big fears over that new overseas variant of covid-19 as millions head to the airport for travel for the holidays. let's go back to our transportation correspondent gio benitez there at john f. kennedy airport in new york with the latest. good morning, gio. >> reporter: cecelia, good morning again. this is urgent for new york because you have so many direct flights coming in from the uk, in fact, today alone we're looking at five flights coming here at jfk from london.

this morning, one state taking action following that new variant of the covid-19 virus in the uk. new york governor andrew cuomo requesting that major airlines require passengers to test negative for covid-19 before boarding flights from the uk to new york. british airways, delta and virgin atlantic already agreeing and will begin implementing on christmas eve. >> the authorities say they haven't found the strain here yet. i believe intuitively it's already here. >> reporter: the governor noting that 120 countries require preboarding testing but not the united states. >> we have been victimized by federal incompetence and federal negligence. that is a fact. and we're not going to be victimized again. >> reporter: dr. fauci speaking this morning with cecilia about the new mutation of the covid-19 virus taking aim at much of europe. >> could you see a travel ban

needing to be in place because of this new variant? >> well, i think one of the important things we need to do, cecelia, is to actually do surveillance here and find out. it might already be here. i doubt if it's the prevalent strain here but as the governor said, it is entirely conceivable that it's already here. >> reporter: and while some states are calling for federal action on flights from the uk, a federal travel ban, dr. fauci telling us this morning that actually may be less effective than mandatory testing before boarding flights to america. whit? >> all right, gio, thank you. now to news break overnight. congress finally passing that $900 billion relief package. so many people in need. our chief white house correspondent jon karl is back with when americans can expect that check in the mail. jon, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. it took months and months for congressional leaders to come up with this bipartisan agreement for individuals making up to

$75,000 a year. it means a one-time payment of $600. for a family of four that could be up to $2,400. the bill puts a deadline of january 15th for the money to go out the door, but treasury secretary mnuchin says some people will see the money hit their accounts before the end of the year. the bill includes a lot beyond these checks including a $300 temporary per week boost to unemployment benefits. also $300 billion for small businesses and some help for renters facing evictions. not a moment too soon, t.j. >> as you say not a moment too soon. wish it could have been sooner. jon karl, thank you so much. coming up here on "gma" we have an exclusive sneak peek. "the bachelorette" finale coming up after last night's surprise. one guy left on his own. another guy begs to come back. what is tayshia going to do? >> check your notes. plus, the woman who left her

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we're alive ♪ ♪ we will conquer welcome back to "gma" on this tuesday morning. you are seeing just a few of the health care heroes that have gone above and beyond since the pandemic began. >> absolutely and still going months into it. so many of you have been showing your support for our health care workers. brett, a senior in college, wanted to help the families of these heros. he started free for the frontlines tutors offering free tutoring for the children of health care workers. now there are 50 helping the kids of the heroes on the front lines all across the country. >> so many inspiring stories. we want you to keep spreading the love and show how you're helping out health care workers in your community using the #gmahelpingheroes. we want to turn to our "gma" cover story. comedian john mulaney reportedly checking himself into rehab for alcohol and cocaine abuse after battling addiction for decades. zohreen shah joins us from l.a. with more on the actor's struggle during the pandemic. zohreen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit.

jimmy kimmel recently said john mulaney was one of the only people who had a good 2020. he hosted "snl" not once,once,o, twice. two emmy noms, a netflix show but despite the success we see on the surface "the new york post" reports he's been battling addiction. >> ladies and gentlemen, john mulaney. >> reporter: this morning emmy winning john mulaney in rehab for alcohol and cocaine addiction. according to "the new york post," it reports he enrolled in a 60-day treatment plan. the comedian has been open with his addiction struggles, including in his comedy. >> i used to drink and then i drank too much and i had to stop. that surprised a lot of audiences because i don't look like someone who used to do anything. >> reporter: telling "esquire" in 2019 he began drinking at the young age of 13 saying, i drank for attention. i was really outgoing and then at 12 i wasn't. i didn't know how to act and then i was drinking and i was

hilarious again. >> please welcome john mulaney. >> reporter: earlier this month mullany appearing on "jimmy kimmel" saying how the pandemic has been a struggle and how he went to fellow comedian seth meyers to provide a job for structure in his life. >> i really needed a job. i wanted to have a boss and i wanted to have structure because my psychiatrist who knows me well -- >> uh-huh. >> -- she said to me without external structure i don't have any confidence in you thriving. >> reporter: addiction expert christina giorgi wandzilak who does not treat mulaney says she's seen many people struggling with relapse during this time. >> what makes the pandemic so especially hard for people battling addiction? >> the greatest medication for addiction is connection and community and the pandemic and the shelter in place and the isolation is cutting people off from the very medication that saves their lives. >> reporter: our expert says rehab can be so powerful

especially right now because people who go can be safely together and have the type of connection they need to recover. we should note mullany himself has not responded to our request for comment. >> we are wishing him well. zohreen, thank you so much. we turn to the woman who gave up everything for the notorious pharma bro. her interview in "elle" magazine is going viral. she says she did it all for love. diane macedo has the latest on this. hello, diane. >> reporter: hey, cecelia. in public martin shkreli seemed to thrive on being a villain but in private a former reporter said she saw a different side of him. one that led her to leave her husband, her home and even here job. he's best known as the pharma bro, the man who in 2015 raise the price of a life-saving drug nearly 5,000%. >> i don't care about people hating me. >> reporter: in 2017 he was found guilty in an unrelated fraud case, live streaming through the verdict with a beer in hand. later sentenced to seven years in prison.

>> i'm one of the richest new yorkers there is and after today's outcome it's going to stay that way. >> reporter: now a reporter who covered his trial is speaking out telling "elle" magazine she saw a different side of shkreli and fell in love. christie smythe was happily married when she started covering martin shkreli for bloomberg news. >> she described he was incredibly smart, loved to talk about literature, about art. she described conversations flowing like water. >> reporter: she started visiting him in prison. within a few months she left her husband and her job. i told martin i loved him smythe recalls and he told me he loved me too. >> kind of describe their future plans. he talks big. she said if even 1% of them do happen, that's fantastic. >> reporter: smythe says future plans also included one day starting a family. >> she says she's aware of what life outside of prison would be

like when he gets out, of how messy and complex that would be. on the other hand she's frozen her eggs. >> reporter: since she's gone public shkreli has cut off all contact with smythe saying mr. shkreli wishes ms. smythe the best luck in her future endeavor. >> she wanted to get out the story of who, in her mind, martin shkreli really is and she just didn't want to have to lie about her personal life anymore and she thinks his villainous public persona is a mask that he put on to stir controversy. >> reporter: smythe is still holding out hope telling "gma" in a statement i know i did things that are controversial and that many people would not agree with. i followed my heart, though, and ultimately i don't have regrets. he is a person who can and i believe will do amazing things if he has an opportunity to redeem himself. now, as of yesterday shkreli still hadn't contacted smythe. she tells "the new york post" she's open to dating other men but ultimately still hopes they can have a future once he's

released from prison. cecelia. >> wow, okay, diane, what a story. thank you so much. we're going to head over to rob now. hey, rob. >> reporter: good morning again, cecelia. pretty potent storm heading across the northern tier impacting much of the country. here's what it did in washington. just north of seattle, some spinouts there with about eight inch, nine inches of snow east of i-5 but snowflakes flying in seattle proper after reaching a record high temperature, nearly 60 degrees there. this is quickly moving to the east, over the great lakes on wednesday and then really cranking up minneapolis will see snow, maybe blizzard conditions from the blowing snow all from chicago to the gulf coast. all rain on the east coast. windy, damaging winds potentially christmas eve night into christmas day before the bitter cold air drops in. we could see power outages, winds 50, 60, 70 miles an hour. sa good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. much brighter today as areas of fog are much more condensed this

morning. wood burning ban, once again, spare the air day. watch out tonight is our coldest night moving forward because rain on the way for christmas day and sunday night into monday to follow. 58 to 62 is our spread along the coast cooler. 30s will dominate more than the 40s. my accuweather seven-day we turn now to the final countdown to "the bachelorette" season finale. janai norman is back with the exclusive sneak peek at tonight's ending. janai, i have this right. last night there were three guys left. one tries to come back. another guy walks away on his own. what is she doing to these guys? >> reporter: t.j., how about that drama? so it was a former already an eliminated suitor coming back giving very ghost of tayshia's love past vibes and a current suitor deciding to bow out on his own in the first of a two-part "bachelorette" finale.

with the bachelorette's road to love coming to an end -- >> i don't think, i know that i love you. >> it really feels like we're made for each other at this point. >> zac loves me and i love zac. >> reporter: the remaining suitors putting it all out there. even eliminated suitor ben making an appearance, hoping to sweep tayshia off her feet. >> i'm shocked that you're here right now. >> i know. i should have just told you what i was thinking but i'm in love with you. you make me feel unlike anything i've ever felt in my entire life. >> so why didn't you tell me earlier? >> i was scared. i was so confident that i would get a rose that i would progress to the next week and i'd have like a perfect opportunity to tell you how i felt and i just blew it. >> for ben to come back here and tell me that he loves me, those are the words that i wanted to hear.

those are the words i was looking for. >> i mean, i'm not going to lie, have i missed you, absolutely. i question the fact if, you know, i really have ever been in love until now. >> reporter: in the end tayshia not sending anyone home. instead, suitor brendan sending himself home. >> you deserve a man who is healed from his past, and i'm not that man. >> reporter: brendan speaking out to "gma" overnight. >> her personality just kind of lined up exactly with mine and i felt like we would have been a great pair, a great couple, but there was a little gap for me as far as, you know, being really into a girl and really kneeling feeling a certain way about a gif girl and being ready to propose and then unfortunately i wasn't able to get there. >> reporter: the remaining contestants now zac, ivan and ben with brendan making this prediction. >> if i were to choose someone for tayshia that's remaining i guess i would say ivan.

he really has all the qualities that i feel like would align perfectly with tayshia. >> reporter: and so brendan has gotten a lot of respect from viewers for deciding to step back, realizing that he hasn't fully healed from his past. as for tayshia's future and who she ends up with, stay on the edge of your seats. we're just hours away from finding out how it all ends. t.j.? >> that piece just made me sit back in my seat. >> you were standing. >> okay, the final episode of this season of "the bachelorette" airs tonight at 8:00 and tomorrow on "gma" we will have tayshia live. tune in to see if she will be with someone. will she be here alone or have someone by her side? that's the tease, whit. there you go. we will find out soon enough. we move to our series, the influencers," auri kananen is known as the queen of cleaning. her fans are fascinated with her

dedication to disinfecting. look at auri in action. dirt, grime and gunk have finally met their match. she's the cleaning connoisseur taking over tiktok. >> my name is auri kananen and i deep clean people's houses for free. >> reporter: with over 2 million followers on tiktok her videos are sweeping up millions of views. >> so let's do this. >> reporter: she gives her best tips all the way from finland. >> i always use dish brush because it's so handy. >> reporter: these videos have viewers hooked and no sign of auri letting down her fans. >> there is no such house that is too disgusting for me to clean. >> reporter: for this finnish cleaning queen she knows she's not done until everything is spotless. >> okay. now it's clean. whoo-hoo! >> all right, auri's motto is i'm not afraid of dirt. dirt is afraid of me. she joins us now live from

finland. auri, good morning to you. i have to ask you right out of the gate you go into the homes of strangers, clean them for free. i understand you also cleaned your ex-boyfriend's home as he went away with his girlfriend. where does this passion come from? >> i get so happy and excited when i clean people's houses and for me the dirtier, the better. >> well, teach us the ways, christmas is coming. christmas always leads to a big cleanup. how do we tackle the christmas mess? >> good question. i recommend using the squeegee because you can collect with it all the fallen things from the christmas tree together easily like that. >> look at that. >> and -- yeah and the other tip is when you are cooking on

holidays you get burns, grease, inside your oven you should use alkaline solution like oven cleaner and spray it inside your oven and it comes off easily from the walls. so put the product, put towels there, let it sit two hours and then scrub it with some steel wool. >> okay. i like it. >> we all learned something. we're about to learn more. you're going to put us and our viewers to the test here with some true or false cleaning questions. go ahead. what's the first one? >> yes, like i said, there is going to be a lot of cooking on christmas. so oil is considered soft stain, true or false? >> soft stain? >> i'm going to stay true. >> i'm going to go with false just for giggles. >> true. wait, that one. >> answer is true. yay. >> all right.

>> because oil and grease are soft stain and you should use then alkaline solution. if you had hard stain like rust or calcium, you should use acid for that. >> help us -- at least t.j. and me, find redemption. give us another question. >> okay. during holidays we also burn a lot of candles. but if you get wax on the table, you should use oil to get it out? true or false? >> false. >> false again. >> oh, answer is false. yes. >> all right. got one. >> good. if you get wax on your table, you should use scraper like this. this is one of my favorite tools, but it's really sharp from here so you should be really careful when you use it. >> important advice. okay, i think we have time for one more. one more for us.

>> whoo-hoo, okay. so is letting cleaning products sit on the stain the best thing you can do, true or false. >> to let it sit, sure, let's go -- >> sure. >> yeah. >> i'm just copying at this point. >> yes. correct. all correct. so people usually put product on top of stains and then they wipe it immediately off. so instead of that, put product there, let it sit there and then it comes easily off. >> thank you so much, auri. we truly appreciate it. we're out of time. >> thank you. >> we'll be right back. >> we'll be right back.

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on our app and abc7news.com. ♪ welcome back to welcome back to "gma." we are counting down to christmas, of course, just a few days to go, three days, a lot getting into the spirit with their decked out trees and asked you to share your photos using #gmaseeyourtree. >> we've seen some great trees. take a look at this one from susan from sparta, michigan. the ultimate diy made from 20 pillows, pvc pipe, 15 yards of burlap and eight pounds of stuffing. >> oh, wow. that's a different take. looks good. >> check this out. rose from wake forest went a different route. she's got what she's calling the charlie brown tree also known as the 2020 tree. >> less is more sometime. >> here's one here. littleton, massachusetts, angelyne sent it to us saying no one is going to see her tree

this year. of course, a lot not having big christmas gatherings. guess what, millions are seeing it right now. keep sending us your creative photos using #gmaseeyourtree. we move from trees to treats. drum roll, it is time for our 12 days of christmas cookies. so let's open the advent calendar. t.j., that means you. i tried to set you up. >> day ten. i still don't get it. >> let's see what kind of cookies we're making. we've got pecan -- pecan, pecan, a debate here, shortbread cookies. and to show us how to make them we've got john kanell from preppy kitchen joining us from his studio kitchen this morning. >> hi. good morning. >> good morning. we are really excited about this one. we've got our 12 days of cookies, the theme this morning, three french hens. so how do you incorporate that theme and what ingredients are you using? >> well, three french hens love laying egg shaped pecan

shortbread cookies and they have a healthy amount of dark rum in them as well. >> this guy knows me, doesn't he? did i hear pecan, pecan? we got to settle it now. what are we going with? >> i say pecan. >> i say pecans. >> pecan. >> pecan. >> okay, fine, i'll go with the group. we'll stick with pecans and know we need pecans for this but what else do we need buy sides that and some liquor. >> give them a good toast. that's important. cream your butter and sugar. we have confectioners' sugar, butter, flour and your favorite christmas spices and, yes, the rum, although you could use vanilla too. >> okay, and so a lot of times people make mistakes when mixing in the flour into the dough. how do you make sure you don't use too much and mix in the correct amount? >> right, if you pack flour into a measuring cup you can get like 60% extra flour there. that will give you a crumbling unappetizing dessert. so use a scale or fluff your flour and sprinkle it into your cup and then just wipe the top

off. that will give you an accurate result for cookies. >> that is a good tip. i just took my first bite there. very rummy. very delicious. you have a good trick to keep the dough in shape while you refrigerate it. >> that's right. so a lot of times the dough sags in the fridge while it's chilling. all we need to do is use a paper towel roll. save these. cut them down the middle and plop your dough inside. it will be nice and round in the bottom. >> that's actually a really neat trick. once they come out of the orphan, finishing touches to make them look pretty when you present them. >> once do you that, this is a blogger's secret. if you want a round cookie and it's misshape even, take a circular cookie cutter and corral it in here with circular motions and it will get nice and puffed up and perfectly round

too. >> these are delicious. >> the verdict? >> i'm in, 100%. >> t.j. is saving his till break. john, thank you so much. merry christmas to you. you can get the recipe on our website at goodmorningamerica.com. and tomorrow we'll have jocelyn adams sharing her cookie recipe, coming up next, because you need the balance, we'll tell you about workouts to help you burn off these calories using your christmas decorations, our holiday hit-mas workout. ♪ santa, tell me if he really cares ♪ ♪ 'cause i can't give it all away if he won't be here next year ♪ ♪ feeling christmas all around and i'm trying to play it cool ♪ make your holidays happen...at ross! surprise! ahhh! yes! i love it! you don't have to spend a lot to give a lot to the ones who mean the most. you've got the holidays, and we've got you, with the best bargains ever... ...at ross. yes for less!

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♪ we're back now on "gma." we're also counting down to christmas and this morning by channeling some holiday cheer into a holiday iit-mas workout. >> yes, for that let's bring in breanna cummings, equinox,

showing us inventive ways to use decorations around the house and maybe shake off some of the christmas cookies. well, you already got -- i think you're moving because you're working out but because it's cold out. there is a holiday or decoration on the list we can use to work out. please do explain. >> oh, yes, so we have first a wreath that we're going to grab. we're going to bring this right up and get the quick feet going and drop into a squat. back to your quick feet. big reach up overhead. you're going to keep those two movements going and stay on those toes as you're going through and give me a nice deep squat. hips go right down to big press overhead when you get that wreath up overhead. the key so a really good workout is a good warm-up so that's what we want to get going right here with me and my team. yes, it is chilly out here so this is keeping us warm. >> fast beat for a good warm-up.

you say you can also use a christmas gift if you have any wrapped under the tree. >> yes, so you're going to take a gift that's not breakable, not so fragile and we're going to take a big step back, big hop forward and we're going to do two little hops back. big hop forward, sinking into your squat and on your toes when you move it back. so you'll engage those glutes, engage your quads when in the down position and come up on those toes, those calves that we sometimes forget about, they get a nice little workout here. this is going to be something you see in one of our classes, if you haven't tried one of those. that's the class to take. this is a move you would see right in that segment. >> great, great. i understand you also have an exercise called the candy cane crusher and i'm assuming it has nothing to do with eating fistfuls of candy canes. what muscles are we targeting here? >> no candy canes, no cookies but we're going to take a giant

candy cane, a big lunge backwards and sweep it down towards the hip and this will get your lower body working, your quads and gluts but also we're sneaking in some core work when you go for that little sweep down to the side. and if you want to spice this up, you can check out chris, he's going to go for a lunge and jump as he switches from side to side. i always love to give some options to level up your workout. >> good old candy cane lunge and jump. >> those are fun. >> okay, so -- >> if you don't have a candy cane -- >> yeah. >> -- use a roll of gift wrapping paper. >> that's a good one. >> that's another option. >> what if you want to do a full body workout? >> so, your last movement, we'll grab that piece of garland, nice and shimmery, bring it right to center. you'll get into push-up position, so come on down, team. one big push-up.

you're going to reach for that inside toe and walk it over to the other side. option two if you want to come down to the knees, go for your push-up. big reach and walk it over again. so this is going to give you everything that you need in a workout. by the time you get to this very last move, you will have done a full body workout in, what, five, four minutes. really quick, really fun, and all of these moves today were inspired by our app and our group fitness classes at equinox. >> all right. breanna, there is a sense of guilt and shame here because we're watching you guys work out while we eat cookies in the studio. >> feel free to jump in, whit. >> eating cookies without us? >> it's all right. we'll have a week of candy cane crushers. brianna, thank you so much. we truly appreciate it. >> thank you, guys. >> all right, see you later.

for now let's check in with rob and a look at the forecast. rob? >> reporter: hey, whit, nobody handles guild and shame with a smile on our face like you do. if you thought yesterday was a short day where you live today is the first full day of winter. how about going to fairbanks, alaska. this is what it looks like on their shortest day of the year from the university of alaska in fairbank, sunrise up for three hours. solar noon at 12:00. that's as high as it gets two degrees above the horizon and sinking sunset at 2:40 in the afternoon and then a long dark night for sure. some of that arctic air is coming down into the plains, minus 41 in northern minnesota, minus 22 the windchill for christmas eve morning and that pours into the east for christmas day. the weekend, a cold blast and windchills in the 20s and 30s as far south as florida. national weather service down there put out an advisory for falling iguanas which is a thing when temperatures get too cold there. so everyone is going to get a taste of winter here after christmas for sure.

good morning. let's start with some good news. fog not nearly as widespread and will go away. sunshine and seasonal temperatures in the mid 50s to low 60s. cold tonight, watch out for valley frost. now to a first look at the >> reporter: now to a first look at the new trailer for "the little things" from warner brothers picture, a new psychological thriller starring an award winning cast, oscar award winning, denzel washington, rami malek, jared leto and directed by john lehan cook. definitely going to keep you on your toes and keep you guessing till the very end and maybe longer. "the little things" debuts in select theaters and on hbo max on january 29th. take a look. >> you knew him, didn't you?

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self-proclaimed nesneaker head. >> people love shoes. shoes make you feel good. you look good. you play good. for me. >> reporter: his footwear is now considered high fashion and a hot commodity on and off the court. >> different styles, different patter patterns, more people are starting to draw attention to it. >> reporter: davis giving "gma" a peek at his massive and prized shoe collection. >> i love shoes so my sneaker collection is probably up there with some of the best of them. >> reporter: and showing off his favorite pair. >> so this pair is the kobe grinches. i'll wear them on christmas day. >> reporter: starting today the the basketball superstar and spokesperson teams up with our sponsor ebay for a big online holiday drop not to be missed. >> we are actually putting all the hard to get sneakers on ebay and you can enter the contest. open your camera and there's going to be a virtual sneaker box and you get five chances a day for three days to win an exclusive pair of sneakers. >> reporter: as part of that

drop ebay is also donating exclusive collectible sneakers to kids. >> you know, i'm also excited to say we're teaming with soles for souls to give 40,000 pair of sneakers to kids, you know, especially in my hometown, chicago, and actually here in l.a. where i'm playing now, all the kids who get new pair of sneakers say they feel good, they feel great. it helps them in sports. they feel confident. >> reporter: an important type for budding collectors, make sure your kicks are authentic. >> never want to be a sneakerhead and get a fake pair of shoes so ebay also making sure that the shoes are authenticated before they get to you, which is huge for sneakerheads. there's a lot going on, as well. for one i love helping kids and, two, i love sneakers. it goes hand in hand. >> reporter: i could use myself some authentic water proof and

insulated sneakers. thanks to our sponsor ebay for that program, the virtual drop starts at noon eastern. join on their website through christmas eve. and on christmas day, turn to espn and abc for five nba games starting at noon eastern time. yes, sir, you can watch them. we'll be right back. ♪ never let you go this

tomorrow folks on "gma," tayshia joining us live at her big decision on "the bachelorette." before we go, we have to see what cecelia is calling one of the best plays of the day of all time, the raccoon in the tree. >> it was so good. i'm also terrified of christmas trees forever. >> how did he end up in the

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good morning. i'm kumasi aaron. airbnb says it is cracking down on house parties in the area. the company says that it has received complaints when 65 properties in san francisco and oakland and in san jose and all of them have either been suspended or removed from the site for violating the airbnb policies. it is also redistricting anyone that it identifies as under the age of 25 from booking a one night reservation. need you to take caution and be mindful of the conditions if you will be outside. your activity planner revolves around the spare the air day. mainly in the south bay. and look at this christmas, we have a 1 on the storm impact scale, end in the evening in the south way. and we'll be back at 11:00

for midday live. ♪ from the north pole to new york city, it's live with kelly and ryan. @home for the holidays. today, the queen of christmas, the magical mariah carey. and a classic holiday performance from alanis morissette. plus our heartwarming story of a young man whose earned the nickname, kid santa. and throughout the show, funny holiday home videos courtesy of our incredible viewers. also, the live family staff and crew pass on a special holiday message. so grab your cocoa and get comfy, because here are two of santa's favorite elves, kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. -santa: oh, no! -[crashing] woo! ah! oh! oh my goodness! oh! that was magical.