everybody. we will keep you informed of everything is the weekend goes on. reggie: good morning, america. for our viewers in the west, as we head into the weekend, millions of american teenagers now eligible for booster shots. the cdc greenlights pfizer boosters for 16 and 17-year-olds as new research shows kids are helping drive the recent spike in new infections. hospitalizations up almost 50% in the last month with omicron now detected in half the country. will boosters be approved for younger children? jussie smollett guilty. the "empire" star convicted on five of six counts for lying to police and staging a hate crime against himself. will the actor serve time behind bars? a major defeat for former president trump. an appeals court rejecting his attempt to keep those white house documents from congressional investigators probing the capitol insurrection as the senate now clears the last major hurdle to avoiding a

government default. midair mayhem. a delta plane diverted overnight after a passenger allegedly assaulted a flight attendant and the air marshal who intervened. the suspect in custody. the massive storm on the move bringing heavy snow and rare tornado threats. ginger has the timing and the tracks. travis scott breaks his silence in his first interview since the astroworld tragedy that left ten people dead, the music superstar maintaining he had no idea people were injured while he performed. the fallout this morning. abc news exclusive. new cast and crew members from "rust" break their silence. >> all of a sudden, boom, and it is a big boom. >> the informer- -- never-before-seen, behind-the-scenes footage as alec baldwin steps out for his first public appearance since the shooting. parking purgatory. why you might not be able to find a parking spot the next time you go to the airport. what you need to know before you hit the road for the holidays. and stunning buzzer beater. >> harper for the win.

>> unranked rutgers beating number one purdue with just three seconds left in the game in the ultimate underdog story. ♪ a well-deserved celebration. good morning, america. hope you're doing well this friday morning. >> we're doing well. hope stray is doing well as well because it's t-minus fingers crossed one day now till michael's big launch. it's been delayed. now supposed to be tomorrow. it was supposed to be thursday. that's okay because it's a couple more days' wait down in texas. we'll get an update on how he's feeling. >> i don't think any of us have said t-minus one day more than we have this week. but we're going to begin with the pandemic. the cdc authorizing the pfizer booster for 16 and 17-year-olds if it's been six months since their last shot.

the the move comes as infections skyrocket in children. whit johnson has more. good morning, whit. >> reporter: cecilia, good morning. this next phase of the booster shot rollout expands eligibility to everyone 16 and up now. both the fda and cdc signing off, and the decision comes amid growing concern about the new omicron variant and a winter surge sending covid numbers in the wrong direction. this morning, 3 million newly eligible 16 and 17-year-olds can now get their booster shots six months after their second dose. cdc director dr. rochelle walensky giving the green light citing the threat of new variants like omicron. >> we're facing a variant that has the potential to require more immunity to be protected. >> reporter: this comes amid new research showing kids under 18 are playing a key role in driving up covid numbers nationwide. pediatric cases jumping 884% since infections were at their lowest last summer. kids now accounting for 22% of all new cases. the cdc director saying they're

actively considering whether to expand booster shots to younger kids, as well. >> while we're first starting to get our 5 to 11-year-olds vaccinated we'll look again at the 12 to 15-year-olds, of course, with the fda in realtime and we again will want to act swiftly. >> reporter: urgency growing as cases of the omicron variant have now been detected in half the country. at least 25 states, but it's the delta variant still fueling the current surge. more than 65,000 patients are now hospitalized. up 47% in the last month. >> hospitals have to go on diversion turning away patients who need care. >> reporter: the situation so dire in wisconsin, officials are asking fema to send help. >> not only more covid hospitalizations, but they're sicker. they're in the hospital longer. >> reporter: in pennsylvania, the state's largest health care system saying it's running out of hospital beds. >> we're about to have to start making judgments as to which of the five patients who needs the one icu bed can have it.

>> reporter: now booster shots for teens only apply to the pfizer vaccine right now because moderna and j&j both are only authorized for adults 18 and older, and two of the country's largest pharmacies, cvs and walgreens tell us that they have updated their booking systems so that 16 and 17-year-olds can go online right now, start scheduling appointments and get those third shots today. t.j. >> all right, whit, thank you so much. we want to turn now to "empire" actor jussie smollett found guilty of filing a false police report claiming he was the victim of a hate crime back in 2019. our alex perez joins us now from chicago with these details. alex, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, good morning, t.j. next month it'll be three years since this whole ordeal began. smollett showed no reaction as the verdict was read. this morning, jussie smollett facing up to three years behind bars after being convicted on five counts of felony disorderly conduct for lying to police about an alleged attack back in 2019.

>> the evidence was overwhelming that, in fact, mr. smollett had faked a hate crime and then lied to the police about it and then compounded his crimes by lying to the jury during the course of this trial and insulting their intelligence. >> reporter: prosecutors accused the former "empire" actor of staging an anti-gay and racist attack on himself almost three years ago with the aid of two brothers who he allegedly paid to assault him, douse him in bleach and leave a noose around his neck. seen here in body camera video taken after he called police. officials grew suspicious after they say he refused to fully cooperate with the investigation. but smollett has always denied orchestrating the attack. >> i've been truthful and consistent on every single level since day one. i would not be my mother's son if i was capable of one drop of what i've been accused of. >> reporter: the jury finding him guilty of all but one charge. after just nine hours of

deliberation. >> we're obviously very disappointed. we respectfully disagree with the jury's verdict. >> reporter: in several hours on the stand he told the jury there was no hoax accusing the brothers of trying to extort $2 million from him but later revealing that the brothers never directly contacted him for the money. now smollett's defense vowing to appeal. and because smollett has no previous criminal record he'll likely just face probation or community service rather than jail time. a sentencing date has not yet been set. >> alex perez, thanks. let's go to washington now. you'll look live at the national cathedral where former senator bob dole's funeral service will be held later today. president biden will be among those paying tribute. dole was honored at the capitol on thursday lying in state. it was an emotional scene at hs ceremony as his widow, former senator elizabeth dole, paused to place her head on the casket. dole will be flown back to his home state of kansas laid to rest at arlington national cemetery. he died sunday at the age of 98. now to a big defeat in federal court for former president trump.

a panel of judges rejected his bid to keep his white house documents from the committee investigating the january 6th insurrection. chief washington correspondent jon karl has the latest. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. this is a devastating blow to donald trump's efforts to keep the committee investigating the insurrection from getting ahold of his white house documents using stunningly blunt language, the court said that the congress' interest in getting those documents vastly outweighs trump's interests in keeping them private. the language here, george, is striking, listen to this. the court said, the house of representatives is investigating the single most deadly attack on the capitol by domestic forces in the history of the united states. lives were lost. blood was shed. portions of the capitol were badly damaged and the lives of members of the house and senate as well as aides, staffers, and others who were working in the building were endangered. they were forced to flee preventing legislators from completing their constitutional duties until the next day and

here is the key line, there is a direct linkage between the former president and the events of that day. >> jon, two resounding and swift in both the district and appeals court. it will go to the supreme court. will they act quickly? >> reporter: first of all, there's no guarantee that the supreme court will take it up. this court gave the trump team 14 days to appeal. they have signaled they will appeal, but this court decision was so blunt and so decisive that it clearly is trying to send a message to the supreme court that there is actually no basis for appeal. we'll find out within 14 days. >> jon karl, thanks very much. cecilia. we're going to turn now to the trial of former minnesota police officer kim potter in the shooting death of daunte wright. wright's girlfriend who was in the car with him when he was shot breaking down on the stand. stephanie ramos has the latest. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: cecilia, good morning. we did hear from the young woman who was in the car with daunte

wright when he was shot. she took the stand and emotionally described those chaotic moments saying she was the only one trying to help him. this morning, the third day of testimony in the high-stakes trial of former police officer kim potter as she faces manslaughter charges for shooting and killing 20-year-old daunte wright outside minneapolis. >> i grabbed the wrong [ bleep ] gun. i shot him. oh my god. oh, my god. >> reporter: prosecutors playing this police video of the chaotic aftermath of the fatal traffic stop. wright's car crashing head-on into another vehicle. >> i got one male not breathing, one female with facial lacerations. >> get out of the car so we can help him. >> reporter: this new body cam video showing alayna albrecht-payton who was in the car with wright injured and sobbing. >> who else is in the car? >> reporter: the young woman had just recently started dating wright. she took the stand thursday in

another emotional day of testimony describing those harrowing moments after wright had been shot. >> i just remember like hearing like just like the bang of the car. >> reporter: albrecht-payton describing how she tried to save his life. >> i grabbed like whatever was in the car and put it on his chest like you see in movies and tv shows and i didn't know what to do. >> reporter: potter, a 26-year veteran of the brooklyn center police force says she mistook her handgun for a taser when she shot wright after an attempted arrest for a misdemeanor warrant that led to a struggle back in april. >> taser, taser, taser. >> reporter: you can see her here collapsing to the ground moments after the shooting. >> i'm going to go to prison. >> reporter: in the courtroom the judge denying a request from the defense for a mistrial. testimony continues today. t.j. >> stephanie, thank you so much. want to turn now to that midair mayhem.

a plane diverted after an unruly passenger refused to, what, yep, wear a mask. assaulting both a flight attendant and an air marshal. our zohreen shah joins us from l.a.x. with this story. zohreen, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, t.j. we're approaching the busiest time of the year, about 2.2 million travelers expected every single day around christmas and now another alleged assault on a plane. this morning, another in-flight disturbance. a delta flight headed to los angeles diverted to oklahoma city after a combative passenger allegedly assaulted a flight attendant and the air marshal who intervened. >> help. >> the gentleman's tone and voice was raised and the flight crew kept on coming back and forth to ask him to wear a mask. >> reporter: sam jamal was sitting behind the passenger and said the conflict started about an hour into the flight. >> it was over time. it became physical, a lot of it

was mostly one end verbal on his end of just being upset about the situation, you know, not wanting to wear the mask but just generally upset and i think he clearly seems to have had a few drinks. he, you know, pushed back at the guy and that's when really saw the air marshals. >> 342, we've got the trucks rolled out for you on the ramp and the police are out there as well. >> okay, very good. >> reporter: delta saying in a statement they applaud the quick action and professionalism of the crew and federal air marshals on delta flight 324. we apologize to our customers for the inconvenience. >> it was frustrating and scary. >> reporter: this year alone there have been over 5,500 reports of unruly passengers, that is the highest number the faa has seen since they started keeping track in the mid '90s. george. >> no excuses for this. okay, zohreen, thanks very much. we turn now to starbucks workers in upstate new york who voted to unionize for the first time in the face of strong

opposition from management. the latest sign that unions may be making a comeback. our chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis is tracking the story. good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: good morning, george. this was an historic vote for starbucks, but it also goes to show the rising power of labor and workers in the american workforce. starbucks executives had lobbied hard to keep employees from unionizing at that buffalo location. they had met in person, face-to-face for many months but the buffalo workers at this starbucks location were well organized. they said they were frustrated by overstaffing and undertraining of their workers and they ultimately voted 19-8 to unionize here and this is part of a larger trend we've been seeing across the country recently with workers in the driver's seat more and more. workers unionized workers striking at places like deere, kellogg, volvo and coming out on top, george.

>> what do we know about what this means for other starbucks workers? >> reporter: well, at this point this is one location out of 9,000. there were actually three locations that voted on whether to unionize. one of those locations voted against it. one of the locations votes is unknown at this point and, of course, there's the location that voted to unionize. the north american president of starbucks said that starbucks' stance right now is that they strongly believe that all workers in a particular market should have the opportunity to vote on something like this, but george, the larger ripple effects for the overall restaurant industry right now, they do suggest that the worker has more power, and it's not just on wages. it is also on how they're treated and of course, that's a ripple effect coming out of the pandemic and labor shortages. george? >> rebecca jarvis, thanks. cecilia. let's switch gears. it's time for michael's trip to space just one day to liftoff after that weather delay due to wind conditions. let's check in on gio benitez there who's still holding down

the fort near the launch site in van horn, texas. gio, we got to know. is tomorrow a go? it's going to happen? >> reporter: cecilia, listen, when it comes to launches that's always the million-dollar question, so i'll say it this way, for now this launch is still a go tomorrow morning for now but you can just see behind me, see those trees behind me, the wind is really picking up here in van horn, texas. that's what we're watching right now. ginger's weather team has been looking at this very closely too. it's not just what's happening on the ground what we're feeling but also what's happening in the upper levels of the atmosphere when that capsule comes down and parachutes deploy and it's completely controlled by the wind. that's what they're looking at right now, so what is michael doing right now at astronaut village where he's staying? take a look. >> hey, everybody. today was a good day. had a little time off today so you're probably wondering what do you do when you have a little time off in van horn, texas, actually it was pretty eventful.

had breakfast with my mom and my kids this morning which was fantastic. actually played nine holes of golf today. whoo. couldn't believe it. found a nice golf course here in van horn, went and played nine holes of golf and now i am back at base getting ready to actually go do thursday night football then after that i am going to have dinner with my family before tomorrow, our final day of training so had a relaxed day, a little family time, a little golf time, a little time just hanging out and taking my mind away from everything that's going on here but excited about tomorrow. it's going to be a lot of fun. >> reporter: we are so glad that you spent some time there with your family, michael. he mentioned it. he'll spend several hours training today, and take a final test to make sure he knows all the emergency features. >> it looks windy behind gio right now. >> it certainly does. a definite possibility is what you're saying, gio. got it. everybody, be sure to tune in tomorrow morning to watch

michael launch into space with liftoff targeted for 9:45 a.m. eastern. a lot more coming up here on "gma," including an abc news exclusive, never before seen footage from the set of "rust" and alec baldwin makes his first public appearance since the shooting. and travis scott is speaking out in his first interview about the astroworld tragedy but let's go to ginger first. that same wind that we just saw is from a front and that front is doing damage all over the nation and so it's long, it's impacting a lot of folks and i want to take you straight to it. it's been a nearly snowless season in parts of the sierra, they're at 14% of what is normal but got 9 inches at mammoth. provo, utah, check that out. they're clearing the roads and then in colorado, where denver could get their first measurable snow of the season super late, 2 1/2 weeks late. big-time tornado threat and it's late tonight into early tomorrow morning for the area highlighted there. let's get the weekend getaways sponsored by amazon alexa.

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let's go to the headlines. millions of american teenagers eligible for booster shots as the cdc is green-lighting them for 16 and 17-year-olds as recent research shows kids are driving that spike with omicron detected in half the country. a vote is clear to have the debt ceiling raised. they'll be able to steer the government away from a default. president biden quickly planning to sign it into law. and a lawsuit has been filed in the michigan high school shooting that left four students dead, two students are suing the school district for $100 million claiming the school acted recklessly by letting the 15-year-old return to class after he met with his parents and school officials hours before he opened fire. and a notorious tour de france fan is facing justice, caused a huge crash this past summer. she was standing there, her sign kind of got in the way facing away from the riders. one of them hit the sign, fell and it sparked a massive pileup. the french court fined her now

the equivalent of $1,300. she did call the incident unintended. you've been to the tour de france. >> that's brutal. >> they are flying. >> they go so fast. narrow roads. we got a lot more ahead including hearing from travis scott sitting down for his first interview. that's since the astroworld festival tragedy. also, for you folks traveling, parking pandemonium going on at the airports. we'll let you know what you need to know before you head out to the airport for the holidays. george. we get new details on the fatal film set accident involviinvol involving alec baldwin. as new "rust" cast and crew members speak exclusively to abc news describing the chaotic scene inside the chapel after the gun went off. kaylee hartung is in los angeles with the story. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: good morning, george. we heard alec baldwin go into such vivid detail with you and now as he re-emerges into public life we're getting more first person accounts of the utter confusion, the shock and the disbelief in that church and across the set that day. overnight, alec baldwin making his first public appearance since the shooting on the set of

"rust" as the master of ceremonies at a human rights event. >> good evening, and welcome. thank you for all coming out tonight. >> reporter: this as new cast and crew break their silence. >> all of a sudden, boom, and it is a big boom, smoke, everything. >> reporter: describing the moment tragedy struck the set. >> and people immediately, you can hear the bedlam going off inside this building. people were scrambling, running, not even -- no one even thought that it might be a real bullet. >> if you weren't on this movie, you can't possibly understand what this feels like. >> reporter: special effects coordinator thomas gandy was inside the church when the fatal shot was fired that killed halyna hutchins and grazed joel souza. >> halyna had her back to me and she was wearing this silvery shiny coat and there was a hole in it and immediately bleeding

and bleeding profusely. right then like i said that's when it got real and still not even knowing really, joel, poor guy, is writhing, we don't even know he's been shot through the chest too. >> reporter: nearly 100 people were on set including devon werkheiser. >> we need an ambulance out at bonanza creek ranch right now. >> i guess a stunt went wrong. we were told ambulances were coming and when a helicopter came instead, that's when i knew it was like really serious. sllioe crew while authorities on set >> a really awful part of all this is many of e was and th news broke that she had passed

before we were told. somehow it got leaked to the world before those of us who were actually involved found out. >> reporter: abc news obtaining never-before-seen footage behind the scenes. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: as competing narratives emerge about the working conditions on that set -- >> someone is responsible for what happened and i can't say who that is, but i know it's not me. >> reporter: alec baldwin sharing a new statement for more than two dozen cast and crew members on instagram that reads in part, the descriptions of "rust" as a chaotic, dangerous, and exploitative workplace are false and distract from what matters the most, the memory of halyna hutchins. now, as the film industry discusses how to move forward and what changes need to be made to prevent something like this from ever happening again, people can't help but recall the death on the set of the film "midnight rider" seven years ago and tonight, these two tragedies

will be explored on "20/20" as we investigate how film sets turn deadly. >> kaylee hartung, thanks. we turn to rapper travis scott speaking out in an interview about the astroworld festival tragedy that left ten people dead. marcus moore joins us now with the latest. marcus, good morning. >> reporter: t.j., good morning. it has now been just over a month since that tragedy claimed so many lives including that of a 9-year-old boy and the family members of the victims have been calling for accountability and this morning, we are hearing from frontman travis scott in his own words. this morning, rapper travis scott in his first interview since the astroworld festival tragedy where ten people died and hundreds were hurt. >> i have a responsibility to figure out what happened here. i have a responsibility to figure out the solution. >> reporter: in an interview with radio personality charlamagne tha god posted to youtube thursday, scott maintains he had no idea people were injured while he performed saying the bright lights made it hard to see and insisting he never heard those desperate cries for help.

>> did you hear any of those screams? >> no, man and, you know, it's so crazy because i'm that artist too, like any time you can hear something like that you want to stop the show, you want to make sure fans get the proper attention they need, you know, and any time i could see anything like that, i did, you know, you know, i stopped it like a couple times just to make sure everybody was okay. >> reporter: but as scott continued playing for his 50,000 fans, chaos was unfolding below. dozens trampled or crushed. medics and good samaritans struggled to get help. some climbing on camera platforms pleading to stop the show. >> people are dying in there. >> reporter: scott continuing to perform for 40 minutes after police declared an emergency. >> they just told me right out there, you know, get offstage. we're going to end the show. >> they didn't say stop now. >> no. >> reporter: the ten victims all younger than 30 including axel acosta crushed to death. an attorney representing his family telling ktrk there was

one thing missing from scott's interview. >> in 50 some odd minutes he didn't even say sorry. every time that he tries to shift blame, every time that he makes excuses he just adds to the pain of these families who lost loved ones. >> reporter: the families of those who lost loved ones have been responding to this interview. in a statement two of the families said that they were deeply offended by what they called travis scott's latest prepackaged public relations stunt and, guys, more than 300 lawsuits have been filed in response to the tragedy. >> still so much more to come. okay, marcus, thank you so much. coming up, everybody, there's our will reeve at an airport parking lot. there he is. did you know there is a battle on for spots right now? he will tell us what we might need to know if you want to leave your car at home if you are heading to the airport parking lot as well. hey, will. >> reporter: hey, cecilia. as planes fill up and airports get busy these parking lots are more and more crowded this holiday season. but coming up, we've got some

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a confluence of covid-related issues coupled with people flying like it's 2019 means that if you are driving to the airport, you may find yourself in a holding pattern circling the parking lot before you can begin your holiday travels. this holiday travel season before you can even get in this line, you might have trouble in these lines. >> we had to travel like 15 minutes to find a place to park and luckily some guy was backing out and we pulled in. >> reporter: airports from miami international -- >> find a taxi. get a ride here. >> reporter: to raleigh-durham to the west coast. warning travelers that parking spots are at a premium. some lots so crowded passengers are nearly missing flights. >> i thought arriving at the airport at least an hour and a half ahead of time would be enough, but unfortunately it wasn't. >> reporter: in reno, nevada, airport parking capacity is already at 90%. >> we're back to those 2019 numbers but the airport system itself isn't quite there yet with challenges with our labor

and with consumer demand changes. we also see travelers staying longer, probably because they're working from home, not everybody has to be back sunday night and to work monday morning so we see cars staying here longer. >> reporter: at newark liberty on a weekday afternoon, the short-term lot was 76% full. they say it's only going to get worse. as the holidays draw nearer. as travel numbers dropped amid the pandemic many airports closed lots and downsized staff. but now are having trouble staffing back up. experts also say more people are driving to the airport rather than take public transportation due to covid. but there are tips for savvy travelers. airports like newark recommend booking your parking in advance. that way when you show up, you know you have a spot. it's pretty easy. you can just do it right on your phone. ahead of a trip also check out your airport's twitter account. many will update on parking availability and direct you to where the nearest parking is. >> i'm going to try to go online this time, even though i've never had to do that before but

i figure now is the time to do it because that might give me a better fighting chance. >> reporter: experts tell abc news another thing to consider is your travel days. weekends are busier than weekdays. this year christmas and new year's are on saturday so maybe you consider tuesday to wednesday trip but we're just here not to help you plan your holiday, just help you enjoy it more. guys. >> good tips. >> thank you, will. well, coming up here, the 20 most exciting seconds of the college basketball season so far. we're going to show it to you. it's our "play of the day." you. it's our "play of the day." huh. is that true? geico's been saving folks money for 85 years? yeah, that's right. wait — so if geico's 85, that makes you — are you asking if i'm 85 years old? i mean sea turtles live to 150, so...nn — i — i was not. do i look 85? what! no! you, you look young, fff...you...you, you look young

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has the potential to require more immunity to be protected. >> reporter: this comes amid new research showing kids under 18 are playing a key role in driving up covid numbers nationwide. pediatric cases jumping 884% since infections were at their lowest last summer. kids now accounting for 22% of all new cases. the cdc director saying they're actively considering whether to expand booster shots to younger kids as well. >> while we're first starting to get our 5 to 11-year-olds vaccinated we'll look again at the 12 to 15-year-olds. >> reporter: urgency growing as cases of the omicron variant have now been detected in half the country, at least 25 states, but it's the delta variant still fueling the current surge. more than 65,000 patients are now hospitalized. up 47% in the last month. in pennsylvania, the state's largest health care system saying it's running out of hospital beds. >> we're about to have to start making judgments as to which of the five patients who needs the

one icu bed can have it. >> reporter: now, booster shots for teens are now available at thousands of vaccination sites and doctors' offices across the country and two of the nation's largest pharmacies, cvs and walgreens, tell us they've already updated their booking system so that 16 and 17-year-olds and their parents can start scheduling appointments and getting those third shots today. george. >> whit johnson, thanks very much. let's go to cecilia. we turn to holiday shopping. we've got just two weeks until christmas eve and this morning new data shows that prices are spiking online. becky worley is joining us with what to tell us about what we can do about it. by we i mean me because i haven't finished mine, neither has t.j. we're all just talking about it. let's dive right in, my friend. what do these new numbers mean for shoppers? >> reporter: well, it's a mixed bag of price increases, and santa is on a deadline to fill that bag with the right gifts so let's get right to that adobe data, cecilia. the headline, online inflation

has hit a record high, prices increased 3 1/2% from the same time last year. clothing saw the biggest increase, prices up 17%. but back to that mixed bag, not all categories saw increases, electronics, prices are flat or a little bit down, 0.4%. toys, prices are down 2.9% and that is good news because it is go time for tech and toys. you and t.j. need to call me, i'll help you. >> okay, you are known for helping us. are there still discounts available? how do we find them if they're out there? >> reporter: we may see some discounting this weekend becaue it's the lead-up to "green monday." this is the term coined because it's the biggest online shopping day in december and then we have free shipping day on tuesday, so keep an eye out for sales this weekend, and if you're really bargain hunting you could wait until monday to see what deals drop. after tuesday that free shipping gets iffy. >> a lot of folks were nervous about the supply chain shortages. the organized folks did a lot of shopping and now it's about time for those packages to start

arriving at the doorsteps. >> reporter: right. i was one of those people, but it's hard for me to remember what i bought and when it's supposed to arrive so i'll remind you of my favorite app this time of year. it's called slice, it combs through your inbox and finds the receipts and tracking numbers of what you bought and lets you know where your item is. slice app, it's a life saver this time of year. >> i need that. i wrote it down. thank you so much. coming up here we'll head to california. that surge in smash-and-grab robberies. how beverly hills is trying to do something about it and protect the famous rodeo drive. and one mother of three shares her health scare as she suffered a cardiac emergency after giving birth. we'll talk about her rare condition. dr. ashton has the warning signs. and it is a super warning. we're talking to the stars of the new spider-man. tom holland, zendaya and jacob batalon there. they're joining us live. ♪ bring it on home. bring it on home ♪ (vo) subaru and our retailers believe in giving back.

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♪ star light star bright first star i see tonight ♪ a happy birthday to her from jonesboro. happy birthday to that 70-year-old lady. welcome back. tomorrow, saturday, guess what's happening? stray is going to space. >> t-minus. >> weather permitting. >> weather permitting. some wind going on, but it is still on for tomorrow. you can certainly see all of that live right here on abc. >> we hope that's coming up tomorrow. we go to our "gma" cover story. we're seeing smash-and-grab robberies all across america and rodeo drive in beverly hills, one of the most prestigious shopping places has become a top target. beverly hills is fighting back.

matt gutman has the story. good morning, matt. >> reporter: within about a hundred feet of where i'm standing there are dozens of surveillance cameras watching us right now, and in order to stop people from pulling right up to the curb, hopping out and smashing and grabbing, they've installed these concrete barriers. those shop windows behind me are bulletproof glass and all of these crime waves we're seeing are historic a spike, but not only in theft, but also in violence. cities across america are being rocked by those smash-and-grab robberies. in los angeles, thieves have been raiding retailers, storming this nordstrom's. even a home depot stealing sledgehammers, bolt cutters, hammers, crowbars, tools authorities say were meant to be used for future crime. beverly hills' iconic shopping mecca rodeo drive another choice target. >> you're on the most iconic street in the world. people come to dine, shop, have a good time and this is where

criminals know where they can go and commit crimes. >> so the number of smash and grabs and thefts this year -- >> this year is more than my entire decades on the street. >> reporter: rodeo drive now bristles with security cameras. there are barriers, bulletproof glass and constant patrols by beverly hills police. >> we doubled private security patrols that the city helped us hire. we're hiring more police officers. you'll see as you go around multiple camera systems, over 2,000 cameras in the city. we're working on drones in the next few weeks to help protect the city. >> reporter: those cameras zooming in on us boasting incredible clarity. >> your guys are telling us we're on camera. kathy is the president of the committee. >> it's not about money or the merchandise. it's about your sense of security. >> reporter: those smash and grabs also outside of chicago and in cary, north carolina. >> they're not just taking from me, they're taking from my children. i'm a single mom, and this is how i support my kids. >> reporter: organized retail

crime costs retailers up to a billion dollars a year. beverly hills police chief mark stainbrook says his team is doing its job but -- >> i get frustrated as a police chief when i hear people say you're not doing your job and i can prove to you that we are doing our job. we arrest the right people. we're just arresting them over and over again. we need help from the other parts of the criminal justice system. >> reporter: some law enforcement officials blame the bail reform. others cite covid for this crime wave, but one thing both police chiefs we've spoken with and retailers share is this nightmare scenario that what we're seeing here becomes the new normal. cecilia? >> all right, matt, thank you so much. we're going to switch gears and turn to a "gma" health alert. the mother suffering from a near fatal cardiac emergency following the birth of her third child. it's a rare condition known as scad. we'll talk to dr. jen ashton in a moment. but first, mona kosar abdi has the story. >> reporter: 40-year-old erin

cox woke up in an emergency room last july. the mother of three sharing the orr tedeal on a twitter thread that's gone viral detailing the moments she collapsed at the beach falling face first in front of her husband just ten weeks after giving birth to her third child. >> the last thing i remember is getting about ankle deep in the water. i learned later i had like walked up all the way to the blanket where rick was sitting with the baby and our oldest daughter and just kind of dropped to my knees and the next thing i remember is waking up in the emergency room. >> she was not responsive at all. she wasn't moving. i turned her over and started screaming for 911. >> reporter: she was air-lifted to the hospital and stayed overnight. doctors rushed to perform a double bypass surgery. >> i felt then a deep pain in my jaw, a deep, deep throbbing pain that felt like it was coursing through the bones of my arm and i had trouble breathing. >> reporter: the condition is called scad, spontaneous coronary artery dissection. an event that tears at the blood

vessel walls of the heart that can result in a heart attack, irregular heart rhythm or sudden death, it's most commonly found in 30 to 50-year-olds. erin has since recovered and hopes her story helps inform women with similar experiences. >> this is something that happens and there's a whole network of survivors who choose to go public actually probably made my diagnosis possible. >> all right, that's some scary stuff. so dr. ashton is here to break this down. let's talk about scad. it most often shows up between 30 and 50-year-olds. so what are some of the warning signs folks should be looking out for? >> this is why cardiovascular death is the number one cause of death and why heart disease is not just a male disease. in terms of risk factors, they are vague, common, but for scad in particular you're talking about chest pain, abdominal pain, yes, you can have the

nonspecific nausea, dizziness, shortness of breath. you can have pain radiating to the neck, back or jaw, of course, you could have those symptoms and have it not be scad, but these are the typical warning signs that women or men who have had this complain of. >> those are the warning signs. are there ways people can prevent it? >> not really because, again, this is a dissection which means it is a tearing away of the blood vessel in the heart that then, of course, can lead to a heart attack so, there's things under our control and not under our control, autoimmune problems, problems with the wals of the blood vessels, things that we can do to reduce risk if you know that you're prone to it, controlling high blood pressure. not smoking and, of course, being physically active always good for the heart for any kind. >> if you have it and being treated for it what's the prognosis? >> it depends on the health of the patient and severity of the tear. when you're talking about treatment, it really varies. it can be just rest and letting

the blood vessel heal on its own. the key with so many things, when you talk about the field of cardiology is early diagnosis and prompt treatment. that will dramatically improve chances of survival. incredible story to increase awareness. >> what a story. i'm glad we're talking about it. something folks don't know about. we'll stay on top of it. we head to ginger now. >> now to this week's "gma" buzz pick. we love teaming up with local bookstores to share their favorite stories and this morning, we're going to send it over to hillary gustafson, owner of literati in ann arbor, in my home state of michigan. >> good morning, america. this is hillary gustafson from literati. "the postmistress of paris" is our pick loosely based on the real life of american heiress mary jayne gold. this excellent historical novel follows nene in france during world war ii as she assists in the effort to provide shelter and bring to safety artists and intellectuals hunted by the nazi. smartly researched, perfectly paced with wonderful characters, this is the perfect book if you

loved "good morning america's" november pick, "still life" by sarah windman. or if you have love historical novels with strong female leads. >> "the postmistress of paris" is out now. scan the qr code you see on the screen and if you're in or around ann arbor be sure to check out literati. as always, keep reading along with us @gmabookclub. i love those mom and pop bookshops. let's get a check closer to home.

all right, our next guests have battled villains and now they're joining us here in times square, the stars of the highly-anticipated "spider-man: no way home" tom holland, zendaya and jacob batalon. tom holland, mr. spoiler. you're known for giving things away. i'll start with you. >> you have a reputation. >> oh, no, the stress. a miracle they let me on a live tv show. i can't believe i'm here. >> you can tell the audience. we were talking to you before we came on, you got on, you said, hey, is this live? >> you know what, he's actually -- >> he's a lot better. >> a lot better than he's putting on. >> i was never bad. >> it was hyped. it was hyped. >> we'll keep him on the hot

seat. my daughter elliott is your biggest fan, she sent me an article and texted me a couple of days ago, the headline was how tom holland drunkenly saved spider-man by calling disney's bob iger. >> do tell. >> oh, yeah, you know, i was kind of in the middle of this kind of -- it felt like my parents were splitting up and i was in the kid in the middle of it and i've been told by marvel i would no longer be part of the mcu. i obviously was heartbroken. a huge thing for me and changed my life and being part of the mcu was instrumental in that. and i remember emailing bob just to say thank you for changing my life. you know, giving me this job as, you know, changed my life in so many ways and he said i want to call you so i was like, yeah, mate, honestly, call whenever. i'm not going to set a time. whenever is best for you. and it just so happened that two or three days went by, and he didn't call so i was kind of

like, okay, i can go back to my life. i went to the pub and, you know, i was sad and i had had a few too many and got a 310 number call me. oh, no. [ laughter ] >> yeah. my dad was like, you got this. you can do it. i spoke to him on the phone and i just basically expressed my passion for the character. i expressed my beliefs in the value of my character and the mcu and he listened and called up tom and they made a new deal and i'm back. >> knew the right person to text. good for you. >> zendaya, what's it been like, five years since the first "spider-man" production started to do all this together. >> it's been really special. we started the first one. we met when we were 18. we did the first movie, 19 turning 20, so we've grown up together. it's incredibly special to do it amongst people you care about and you love to share an experience like this, that like can get crazy at times. it's nice to have people that have your back, people that support you and, yeah, i couldn't imagine doing it with anyone else so, yeah, it's been incredibly special. >> is it as fun, jacob, as it

appears? you look like you're having a blast. >> yeah, if i'm being completely honest, i don't like them. [ laughter ] it's been amazing for sure. i'm so glad that we all have each other in our lives to go through this together. >> acting. >> so, yeah, it's been amazing. the last five years we've become family so it's been amazing. >> so cool. let's see a clip. >> when we get into mit we should live together. >> yeah, for sure. >> yeah, i'd love that. >> this is going to be us. >> yes, minus the frisbee and the smiling. >> new school, new town. they have crime in boston, right? >> yes, yes. >> yeah, wicked crime. >> it'll be like a fresh start and we'll all be together. >> fresh start. >> fresh start. >> fresh start there. things seem to sometimes be wrapping up but where can these -- what is next? i guess where can these characters go in the future? >> i think we've pretty much completed our arcs in the last film so i think that it'll end

pretty satisfactorily. >> he's not going to do a spoiler. >> listen up, the next movie -- people think we make up the stories. >> announcer: this is an abc news special report. good morning. i'm cecilia vega here in new york. we're coming on the air right now because president biden is about to speak at the memorial service for former senator robert dole. senator dole's casket arriving at the national cathedral this morning after lying in state at the u.s. capitol where he served as senator. president biden remembering dole as a hero from the greatest generation in this country. the former republican senator so proudly from the state of kansas, he passed away in his sleep on sunday morning at the

age of 98. his wife of 46 years, elizabeth dole, a former senator herself, from north carolina, right there at his side, and bob dole of course, gerald ford's vice presidential running mate in 1976, dole was also the republican nominee for president in 1996 hoping to unseat president bill clinton, but at his core bob dole was a proud veteran saying that was the title that mattered the most to him, he served in world war ii where he was severely wounded losing use of his right arm. he worked across the aisle including with ted kennedy, passing the americans with disabilities act. president biden will deliver the eulogy for his former senate colleague they served together for more than two decades and despite being from different parties they served a friendship that president biden called real and a friendship that endured until bob dole's passing.

that church packed with the legacy that bob dole leaves behind. people from both party, leaders from both parties. former presidents. the current president there in the front row next to the first lady. this is his former chief of staff, law office where he worked, pia pyle. reading from the first testament today. that legacy someone who reached across both aisles to get so much done in washington. we have seen former president bill clinton there, seated next to former vice president dick cheney and former vice president mike pence and of course his wife of 46 years elizabeth dole. this is someone that never hesitated to work with him and other democrats to get the people's work done. let's listen in to pia pyle.

>> -- not so tired or weary, his understandings no one can fathom. he gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. young men stumble and fall. but those who weigh upon the lord will renew their strength. they will soar on wings like eagles. they will walk and not faint. the word of the lord. president biden expected now to deliver the eulogy for his

longtime friend. someone he remembers as a war hero. a member of the greatest ge generation. working together on capitol in that small for two decades. let's listen to president biden. reverend, clear gee, distinguished guests, among the many memories from 50 years of friendship one that's especially captures what bob dole was as a

man and in my view as a patriot. we were on our way to the 50th anniversary of d-day we started in italy, much has been written about his time in enzio but to be there with him felt significantly different. he was on a mission in the mountains nazi gunfire and mortar fire, the man was dying, men were dying, facing a hell of bullets, robert joseph dole heralded a grenade into an empty gun nest, he was trying to help a fallen comrade when everything

changed and i mean, everything changed. his spine was damaged. because fire tore across the hills shattering his body, wounded he was paralyzed. dragged behind a wall. bob would pass in and out of consciousness dreaming of home as he laid bleeding in a foxhole for nearly nine hours. he was 21 years old. nearly eight decades on we gather here in a world far different from the mountains, battlefields in 1945, but there's something -- there's something that connects that past and present wartime and peace, then and now, the courage, the grit, the goodness

and the grace of second lieutenant named bob dole who became congressman dole, senator dole. statesman. husband, father, friend. colleague. and a word that's often overused but not here, a genuine friend. president clinton, vice president harris, vice president pence and cheney and quayle, speaker pelosi, leader schumer, leader mcconnell, members of congress of both parties, past and present, members of the cabinet, general milley and leaders of our military, distinguished guests most of all the dole family.

elizabeth, it's been said that memory is the power to gather roses in winter, bob left you with 45 years of roses, a life built and a lot of shared that's going to guide you through the difficult days ahead. jill and i will always be there for you as many others in this church will be, as you and bob were always there for us in ways nobody knows. and robin, you carry your father's pride, grace and character. he's always going to be with you because the old saying go, you are your father's daughter. you are your father's daughter. bob dole's story is a very american one. born and raised in a three-room house, through the dust bowl of the great depression, shipped

out as a young man to world war ii. wounded in battle. on the same weekend that franklin roosevelt was mourned by millions. bob came home, rebuilt his life, painful hour by painful day by painful week, by painful month, by painful year. wounded on the mountain not far from where he was talk about the recovery they spent together for all those literally several years, dan, outstanding. god, what courage bob dole had. he then went to school on the g.i. bill, came to washington with a new frontier.

bavely voted for civil rights and voting rights in the years of the kennedys. lyndon johnson and martin luther king jr. ran for presidential ticket with gerald ford and through the ages of nixon, carter, reagan, bush the elder, and clinton, bob was literally the master of the senate. we served together for 25ut we disagreeable with one another. not one time i can think of. i found bob to be a man of principal, prague mattism and an enormous integrity. he came into the arena with certain guiding principles began with devotion to country, to fair play, to decency, to

dignity, to honor, to literally attempting to find the common good, that's how he worked with george mcgovern to fight hunger in america. particularly as it affected children. and around the world. he worked with teddy kennedy and tom harkin to bring down the barriers of americans living with disabilities, a profound change and profound act of grace. he worked with daniel patrick moynahan to literally save social security. because bob believed every american deserved to grow old with their basic dignity. basic dignity in tact. and over the opposition of many in his own party and some in

mine, he managed to build and create the federal holiday in the name of martin luther king jr. bob dole. bob dole. did that. he never forgot where he came from and i'll never forget what he said to our colleagues about the effort for the king holiday. i'll quote, he said, no first-class democracy can treat people like second-class citizens. no first-class democracy can treat people like second-class citizens. bob didn't hate government. knew the people needed it the most were the people most in need. he wanted the government to work. to work for folks like him, who came up the hard way.

just give everybody a chance, joe, just a chance. during the depression, bob's parents moved into the basement of their three-room -- not three-bedroom -- their three-room home in russell, kansas, so they could rent out both the upstairs. bob understood hardship, he had known hardship. never forgot it. never forgot the people as well who sent him to washington, people from russell, from kansas. bob was a man who always did his duty. who lived by a code of honor. almost seems to strange to say that today. he lived by a code of honor and meant it. just as his colleagues republican and democrat looked at him, i think they saw him the

same way i did, just ask any who served with him at the time. bob dole fit my dad's description, he said, he must be a man of your word without your word you're not a man. bob dole was a man of his word. he loved this country. which he served his whole life. the bible tells us that to whom much is given much is expected. and bob dole for all his hardship believed he had been given the greatest gift of all -- he was an american. he was an american. and he felt it. let's be honest, bob dole was always honest, sometimes to a

fault. he once endured the wrath of his fellow republicans when there was a legitimate fight going on to defund amtrak. now i have traveled over a million miles on amtrak because i commuted every single time. came time to the deciding vote on whether we're going to defund amtrak and he cast the vote against his party, deciding to keep funding amtrak. and obviously my guess is, he was asked, why? why would you do that? he said it's the best way to get joe biden the hell out of here at night. excuse me my language. true story. absolutely true story. god, i love the guy. as i said, he was always honest.

but bob relished a good political fight. bob gave his good or better than he got. he was a proud republican. he chaired his party. he led its caucus in the united states senate and he bore the banner as its nominee for vice president and president of the united states. he could be partisan. that was fine. americans have been partisan since jefferson and hamilton, squared off in george washington's cabinet. but like them bob dole was a patriot. he was a patriot. here's what patriotism teaches us in my view, as bob dole himself wrote at the end of his life, and i quote him, i cannot

pretend that i've not been a loyal champion of my party but i've always served my country best when i did so first and foremost as an american. end of quote. first and foremost. as an american. that was bob dole. elizabeth, that was your husband. that was your dad. always as an american. he end understood that we're all part of something much bigger than ourselves and he really did i felt, he rally understood it. and a compromise isn't a dirty word. it's the cornerstone of democracy. consensus is required in a democracy. to get anything done.

that's how you get things done. again, listen to bob dole's words, not mine. i'm quoting him again. i learned that difficult to get anything done unless you can compromise, not your principles but your willingness to see the other side. those of who suggest that compromise is a sign of weakness misunderstand the fundamental strength of democracy, end of quote. in his final days bob made it clear that he was deeply concerned about the threat to american democracy. not from foreign nations but from the division tearing us apart from within and this soldier reminded us, and i quote, too many of us have

sacrificed too much in defending freedom from foreign adversaries to allow our democracy to crumble in a state under infighting that goes more unacceptable day by day. grows more unacceptable day by day. he wrote this when he knew his days were numbered, in small numbers. my fellow americans, taps is now sounding for this soldier of america, forged in war, tested by adversiadversity, taps is no sounding for this patriot, driven by a mission to give back to the land that gave everything to him. for which he nearly gave his all. taps is now sounding for this

giant of our time. and of all time. we're bidding this great american farewell. but we know that as long as we keep his spirit alive, as long as we see each other not as enemies but as neighbors and colleagues, as long as we remember that we're here not to tear down but to build up, as long as we remember that, and taps will never sound for bob dole. for bob will be with us always cracking a joke, moving a bill, finding common ground. his final message to the nation, bob said that whenever he started a new journey, the first

thing he would do, and i quote, is sit back and watch for a few days, then start standing up for what he thought was right, end of quote. bob was taking his final journey. he's sitting back now watching us. now it's our job. to start standing up for what's right for america. i salute you, my friend, your nation salutes you. and i believe the words of the poet ingersoll when he described heroism, better fit you than anyone know, he wrote the following, when the will defies

fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death, that is heroism. the flights of angels, sing thee thigh to rest. god bless bob dole. god bless america and may god protect our troops. >> president joe biden giving a final salute to his friend of 50 years there in washington. calling bob dole a patriot, a genuine hero, remembering him as a master of the senate, saying they disagreed but they were never disagreeable with each other, remembering him as a man who lived by what he said was a code of honor, something the president seems strange to talk about the washington that we all know these days, he called him a proud republican who could be

partisan but who understood compromise. that's not a dirty word. i want to bring in my colleague jonathan karl there outside the national cathecathedral. you covered bob dole on capitol hill. he was the very first person, your first major presidential campaign that you covered, he was a fixture in american politics. >> reporter: he was one of the great political figures of his time, and that speech that you just heard, that eulogy that you just heard from joe biden was the heartfelt eulogy of a friend, of political opponent but a friend. i have to say that was one of the best speeches that i have seen joe biden give in a long time. he talked about the courage, grit, goodness and grace of his friend bob dole. somebody he had served with, fought bitterly with at times,

but he said they could disagree without being disagreeable. there was something else in that speech from president biden, i thought, cecilia, when he talked about the fact that dole understood that compromise is not weakness but compromise is the cornerstoner of democracy, when he talked about disagreeing without being disagreeable, he seemed to me there was a wistfulness, a wish from president biden that the republicans that he's dealing with now could be more like bob dole, wishing that he was dealing with somebody like bob dole right now trying to craft compromises with, because he knew that he could work with him, he knew that that they could work together despite their deep political disagreements. i thought that was a very

powerful speech from president biden and a tribute to bob dole. >> some of those very republicans right there in the rows of that church hearing that very speech. when we look back on the legacy of bob dole he enjoyed something that you don't often see in the town that we both covered a little bit of a change in reputation, he was known with a pretty heated temper in that town and as the years went on he sort of seemed to soften and had a reputation who would lean in to compromise. lean across the aisle to get work done. >> he was called a republican hatchet man. the chairman of the republican party during the nixon years, he was somebody when he became the vice presidential running mate for gerald ford famously or infamously during his debate with walter mondale talked about democrat wars, looking back at world war i, world war ii,

vietnam, democrats' wars, a remark he came to truly regret, but at the end of the day, at the end of his life, what he looked back at most fondly, a leader of the republican party, he looked back most fondly at the moments that he was able to work together with democrats and some of the crowning achievements of his life and those crowning achievements came as a united states senator as you heard biden refer to, the americans with disabilities act which he helped craft with democratic senator ted kennedy the creation of the martin luther king federal holiday, shoring up social security. each one of those major achievements were possible because successfully worked with his political opponents jon karl, thank you so much today, from kansas to the battlefields of world war ii, to halls of

congress, a nation saying good-bye to bob dole laid to rest at the age of 98. our coverage continues on abcnews.com. much more tonight on "world news tonight" with david muir tonight. for now, have a good day. >> ann >> i >> i want to make sure i understand this correctly -- the cauliflower is part of the chimichurri sauce. >> it's becoming part of it. the chimichurri, those are green or red sauces, parsley, mint, chili flakes and adding >> okay, i saw you put something in there that i've never seen go in which is a bowl of raisins. what are you doing? >> now we're going a little sicilian. toasted pistachio, cumin, chili flakes, some salted capers that we rinsed. >> gorgeous, gorgeous. >> i put in sherry vinegar and give this a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. >> you can make this how far ahead of time?

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