♪ good morning, america. a big change in the fight against covid. the cdc changing its guidance on isolation times for people infected or exposed to the virus. with the omicron surge putting a major strain on hospitals and businesses, president biden speaking out about the white house testing plan. >> we have to do more. we have to do better. >> as the number of covid cases in children spikes, almost 200,000 testing positive just last week, up about 50% since the beginning of the month. dr. jha joins us live with the latest. stranded after the holidays. more than 600 flights already canceled this morning as omicron sidelines, pilots, flight attendants and other essential staff. frustrations boiling over. a woman attacking an older man

on a flight, and this fight breaking out, allegedly over wearing a mask. winter wallop. that dangerous storm slamming the west with feet of heavy mountain snow. now a wintry blast sweeping across the northeast, more than 20 states on alert this morning as slick roads and black ice make driving dangerous. what to know if you have to drive in that snow and ice. breaking overnight. the explosion caught on camera as a plane crashes into a suburban neighborhood in southern california. the investigation at this hour. new overnight -- surveillance and body camera footage released in the fatal police shooting of a 14-year-old girl in a department store dressing room. a stray bullet piercing the wall as police responded to a disturbance in the store. what the lapd is now revealing. and the deadly shooting in denver. multiple people dead and a police officer injured after a suspect opened fire.

what the police are saying now. teens and tiktok. the troubling trend leading many to self-diagnose rare disorders they likely don't have. the constant stream of video that can damage mental health. how experts say concerned parents can help. ♪ can't touch this ♪ and no one touching that powerball jackpot overnight, now climbing to $441 million. and stella the dog saying “oh, yes, i can,” putting the hammer down on any snowman in sight, as we say good morning, america. ♪ can't touch this ♪ i think stella is kind of all of us on the last tuesday of the year. out of my way. 2022. good morning, america. so great to have you with us. great to be alongside mary bruce and janai norman once again. it is a very busy morning.

so many talking about the new cdc guidelines will quarantining after testing positive for covid cutting the time for isolation in half. that's a major shift. >> it comes amid an alarmi pedi and hospitalizations, raising questions about whether children should return to school following the >> victor oquendo is live at a testing site in miami. victor, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, whit. from a packed testing site the lines were wrapping around this park. the wait so long at times we're hearing of people running out of gas. this morning we have those -- that new guidance from the cdc and some alarming numbers regarding kids and covid. the number of children diagnosed with covid-19 surging. more than 200,000 tested positive for covid-19 last week, up about 50% since the beginning of december according to a new report from the american academy of pediatrics and the children's hospital association.

>> the most important thing you can do as a parent right now is get your child vaccinated if they qualify for the vaccine, if they're 5 and up. if they don't qualify for the vaccine, make sure everyone else around them are vaccinated. >> reporter: children accounting for about 20% of cases last week. ann's 5-year-old is vaccinated. her 2-year-old isn't and she's worried about infection and daycare shutting down. >> we'll be closed at least for the first week of january and it started filling me with ptsd that happened last year when we had kids out of school and were full time working so i'm scared for what's going to happen in january. >> reporter: but with the omicron variant bearing down on the u.s., the cdc is now updating guidelines for asymptomatic americans infected with covid-19, cutting the isolation period in half from ten to five days followed by strict mask wearing for another five days same for close contacts who may have been exposed. a minimum five-day quarantine if they are unvaccinated or late for their booster.

they should wear a mask around others five days after their quarantine is over. even as officials adjust guidance president biden warning some hospitals will be overrun saying more needs to be done to get tests to those who need them. >> seeing how tough it was to get a test shows that we have more work to do. we're doing it. >> reporter: we saw that in florida where the number of new cases rose more than 300% in just one week. here in miami the lines for testing snaking around parking lots and around city blocks, some left waiting for hours. >> i've been here since 6:45. >> reporter: similar scenes in massachusetts. >> how many places will we go to where they say, sorry, no testing? it's like i have to work. >> reporter: the white house planning to send out 500 million free test kits starting next month. in new york, a $100 incentive say n yrs g. wanunos v

almost 180,000 new yorkers have gotten that booster just tuesday. >> rorr:nd help with the esting miami-dade county distributed nearly 140,000 at-home test kits yesterday alone but judging by what we're seeing that barely made a dent. janai? >> still seeing long lines. victor, thank you so much. from this country to the new extreme measures taken in europe. cases their now sky rocketing. lama hasan has the details from london. lama, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, janai. with the number of cases skyrocketing in france reaching more than 100,000 cases over the holiday weekend the french prime minister declaring they're in a race against time, tighter new restrictions to combat the record rise in cases. now, beginning january 3rd people will have to work from home at least three days a week and if possible four days for at least three weeks.

masks will now become mandatory outdoors in all city centers. elsewhere in europe greece also grappling with the sharp rise in cases bringing in new rules with a curfew for clubs and bars which will be closing at midnight for the first two weeks of january. back here in england, despite the high number of covid cases recorded, a more positive picture with the government now announcing no new restrictions before the new year, but urging people to remain cautious especially as we approach the new year's celebrations. prime minister boris johnson saying they will continue to monitor the data carefully. mary? >> lama, thank you. joining us dr. ashish jha, the dean of the brown university school of public health. dr. jha, thank you for joining us. let's start with that major news

from the cdc, cutting in half the isolation time for asymptomatic infections from ten days down to five days. given how rapidly omicron is sweeping across the country, is five days of quarantine enough to stop the spread of this variant? >> yeah, good morning and thanks for having me back. i think it is for people who are asymptomatic. people do most of the spreading when they're most contagious the couple days before they have symptoms and usually in two to three days after symptoms begin. if five days later you feel well, the cdc recommends -- and i agree with this -- that people can break out of isolation, but continue to wear masks when around others for at least five more days. if people followed that that would be a reasonable alternative to what we have now. >> the cdc is not requiring people get a negative test result to end isolation. this is something you had been calling for. is it a mistake not to require at least one negative test? >> yeah, i think it would help a lot if we did ask people to get a negative test as well. it would make a big difference. so i don't know why the cdc did not put that in.

i suspect it might be because tests are still hard to come by and that may make it even harder. but that said, certainly adding a negative test would make a big difference. >> we do know tests have been hard to find and we just reported on the rise of covid cases among children. dr. jha, why are more children going to the hospital now? is there something different about omicron and the way it affects children? >> yeah. this is obviously a concerning trend and we need to sort this out. we don't know if omicron is any more dangerous for kids than other variants were. i suspect some part of the story is a lot of kids remain unvaccinated. under 5 they're not eligible. 5 to 17, a lot have not gotten their kids vaccinated. that makes them more vulnerable to a bad outcome. i suspect that's the major reason, but we need to understand this more closely. >> as parents navigate this given the spike we are seeing some school districts weighing whether to delay returning to school after the holidays.

what is your take on all this? >> i think schools can come back after the holidays and we've seen over and over again in the pandemic, if we apply the right set of mitigation measures, getting people to mask up and having improved ventilation, a lot of investment has gone into ventilation, using testing, as we do all of those things and, of course, really requiring vaccines for adults and encouraging it for kids, that combination can keep kids and teachers safe in school and that's what i think we should be using. >> we certainly hope so. dr. jha, thank you as always for joining us. whit? now to the growing travel mess. more than 600 flights already canceled this morning as omicron tears through the country and airline staff and frustration boiling over amid cancellations and pandemic-related travel rules. alex perez is live in chicago's

o'hare airport with more. alex, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, whit. it's been a rough few days at o'hare and airports across the country. as airlines continue to play catch-up the anxiety for a lot of passengers is growing. this morning, more people stranded after the holidays. airlines canceled about geas >>t's e hoda.ue. doesn't get delayed again.erse >> reporter: with the pandemic still raging, travelers' frustrations are boiling over with over 5,700 unruly passenger reports this year alone over the holiday on this atlanta bound delta flight a verbal altercation gets physical as a female passenger confronts and punches an older man. police arrested the woman and the fbi is now leading the investigation. >> stop, stop, stop. >> reporter: on this delta flight just before christmas, the video obtained by tmz,

passengers scream as two men throw punches on a late night flight from l.a. to memphis crashing into the seats around them. the fight allegedly sparked over mask wearing until other passengers stepped in to break it up. the men declined to press charges against each other and were not detained. delta telling abc news, while unruly passenger incidents are rare there's no place for them on our aircraft. but two years into the pandemic, covid-19 protocols are still leading to challenges on some flights and while fights over covid restrictions can still flair up, dr. anthony fauci says a vaccine mandate for domestic travellers may be necessary. >> when you makaccina centive to getting people vaccinated. if you want to do it with domestic flights that's something that seriously should be considered. >> reporter: a reminder if your flight is canceled or severely delayed the airlines can give you a refund. you just have to ask for it.

janai? >> airlines facing a lot of challenges. alex, thank you so much. one challenge is weather. so now to the major winter storm system that's barreling across the country, massive snowfall and frigid temperatures in the west as that system heads to the middle of the country and the northeast this morning. rob marciano joins us with the latest. rob, good morning to you. it was pretty cold out there this morning. >> reporter: it's cold, but relatively speaking the east compared to the west is pretty mild. this pattern in the west has been relentless rounds of cold and snow, precip, snow coming to cities that don't usually get it and massive amounts of snow coming to places where they do usually get it, just not this much not all at once. this morning, wild weather moving out of the west and into the plains. more than 20 states on alert for dangerous winter weather. blizzard conditions in minnesota with harsh winds and whiteout conditions impeding roadways. in washington state record low

in california sierra nevada over ten feet of snow falling in just days. dangerous driving conditions shutting down roads there. avalanche warnings in effect in the sierra and rockies and officials warning conditions are ripe for devastation. treacherous travel conditions in the lake tahoe area. this tree falling on top of a vehicle. in nearby truckee, 43-year-old skier rory angelotta missing. authorities desperately searching. the last ping on his cell phone detected in the mountains. >> the problem with the search as with a lot of these winter searches is the weather. creates logistical and safety issues. we're doing everything to find rory. however we have an obligation to the rescuers too to make sure they're not doing anything that's dangerous and don't want to turn one tragedy into two. >> reporter: in colorado a wildfire burning in jefferson county, prompting evacuations and closing a highway.

the road back open and evacuations lifted. wildfire and snow in colorado. we'll see massive swings in temperature as well. look at these alerts across much of the west. now getting into parts of the great lakes, northeast had icy conditions last night. come out of the west. chicago, detroit, an inch or two nortificansn accumulations.-he n warm temperatures, these pulses of energy will bring rounds of severe weather as well wednesday targeting jackson, mississippi, parts of memphis, nashville and birmingham. these areas obviously still recovering from the tornados a few weeks ago. janai? >> so many waking up in states with those high alerts. coming up, what you need to know if you're driving during these potentially dangerous conditions. mary? now to that deadly plane crash in california. witnesses say they heard a popping sound before the plane went down. those witnesses calling the

pilot a hero. will carr has the details from l.a. will, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, mary. talk about a terrifying scene. that plane crashed in the middle of a neighborhood. it damaged a home. knocked down power lines and this morning neighbors are saying the pilot's actions helped save lives. overnight a trail of fire in this san diego neighborhood after a learjet crashed. the plane's last moments caught on this doorbell camera. >> we felt like this giant boom like shake up our house. i thought it was an earthquake or b street narrowly escaping homes. >> it's parked right there on the street right there. >> reporter: residents reporting a series of explosions. >> the plane actually landed on this road in the middle of the believed to have survived.

>> there's very little left of the aircraft. what's left is burned. the only fatalities we assume were on the aircraft. >> reporter: this morning the residents of this community hailing the pilot as a hero. >> he gave his life to protect everybody else and he's a hero. in my eyes he's a hero. >> reporter: with that neighborhood on fire, hazmat teams rushed to the scene to clean up debris and jet fuel. now the ntsb is going to try to figure out exactly what went wrong. janai? >> absolutely sounds like that pilot was heroic. will, thank you so much. we have another chance to mint a new powerball multimillionaire in 2021. no one won the jackpot overnight which now climbing to a whopping $441 million. can you imagine all that money? >> yes. >> in fact. >> i got some ideas. >> that is after 36 straight draws without a big winner. it's the third largest prize of the year and, of course, it

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♪ don't throw your life away. >> d don't throw your life away. >> don't worry, honey. i got nine of them. >> welcome back to "gma." that's the trailer for "the batman" making fans go bats. robert pattinson and zoe kravitz star. the movie set to be released in march of 2022. very excited about that. >> that whole trailer was exciting. zoe kravitz, we see you, girl. much more ahead and the top headlines. the cdc reducing the quarantine period for those testing positive or being exposed to covid. asymptomatic people will only have to isolate for five days instead of ten.

that's a big change. those who haven't got the booster only have to quarantine for five days after exposure. while those who received their boosters won't have to isolate at all. with the olympics six weeks away american skier and gold medalist makayla shiffrin testing positive and will miss a major event leading up to competing in beijing. four victims killed after a shooting spree in the denver area. the violence and police pursuit played out across several locations including a shopping area and hotel in a neighboring suburb. police on the hunt for the shooter. to the growing support for that truck driver sentenced to 110 years in a fiery highway crash that killed four people in colorado. the driver, rogel aguilera-mederos, lost control of his truck when his brakes failed. he was speeding at the time. the district attorney asking a judge to reduce the sentence after millions signed a

petition. the judge will review that case next month. take a look at this. after a collision a car flipping and hurtling in the air towards the spectators in a race in australia. tough to watch. amazingly, no injuries have been reported. that is hard to imagine. we have a lot more ahead, including freezing temperatures making driving treacherous. experts tell us how to safely navigate the dangers of black ice. that's all coming up. now we go to the newly released surveillance and body cam video in the police shooting death of a 14-year-old girl killed by a stray bullet as officers fired at a suspect in a los angeles department store. zohreen shah has the latest. zohreen, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, whit. this death is firing up the debate about the role of policing in communities. it happened the day before christmas eve. a young girl dying in her mom's arms from a stray police bullet. now her family is calling for

greater transparency. this morning, lapd releasing surveillance and body camera video of officers opening fire in a north hollywood department store. one of the bullets hitting and killing 14-year-old valentina orellana peralta, who was out of sight in a changing room. lapd saying the incident happened when police were responding to reports of an assault with a deadly weapon at a burlington last thursday at the peak of christmas rush. >> a guy with a gun. they're inside and everybody is running away evacuating the building. >> reporter: police were responding to reports of an active shooter. they shot and killed daniel elena-lopez who turned out not to be carrying a gun, but was attacking several customers with a bike lock. one of the bullets went through a wall of the dressing room,

hitting valentina she died in her mother's arms. her mother's attorney saying they want lapd to release all the video from the scene and for the officer to be held accountable. >> there was no weapon. there was no active shooter. and so that may be multiple problems. whether it be a system failure. whether it be somebody who shouldn't have even been on the job. >> reporter: one officer is on paid leave. as for valentina her mom and dad will speak out today for the first time in just a few hours. janai? >> cannot imagine their heartache. zohreen, thank you for those updates. now to driving in the severe weather. with winter storm advisories and alerts stretching from coast to coast matt gutman is in snowy reno, nevada, with tips on how to safely navigate through black ice. matt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, janai. today i've had a change of crew. this morning it's my incredible wife behind the camera, yesterday, my daughters. the gutmans made it out facing the same perils that so many millions of americans are facing

right now, snow and black ice and we used a couple of easy to remember tips. the most important from the california department of highway patrol -- go slow, slower, slower. hundreds of thousands facing the post holiday wintry blast. dozens of vehicles sliding off the roads this past holiday weekend. this suv in washington gliding off a hill and down the road and in minnesota, a three-car wreck on interstate 94. a december record of 193 inches of snow in california's sierras where so many like my own family were stranded since christmas. this is our third consecutive day of trying to make a break for it. the roads are open for the first time in a couple days and we are really going to try. snow clearance operations overwhelmed. this machine slowly chewing up the snow and spitting it out, wind blasting roads with snow creating whiteout conditions.

it's been an hour into our drive. we made it about six miles so far. at times we drove less than ten miles an hour. it was hard to tell where the snowdrifts ended and the road began. and everywhere abandoned cars encased in cement-like snow. even plows getting stuck. called a good friend at the california highway patrol and asked for tips for driving in the snow. he said three -- slow, slower and slow. for millions facing black ice, that advice can be life saving. >> i'm only doing 30 miles an hour. by if i slammed on the brakes, you can see with no system active you can see that i don't have any control. i'm just sliding no matter what steering input i put in. >> reporter: our gio benitez heading to the test track to see how quickly a little patience can make a big difference. >> what should people do when they're on this road and see this black ice and they hit the black ice? >> you can drive across this slippery surface with very light throttle input.

very slight steering inputs and it doesn't spin out of control because there is nothing upsetting it. >> reporter: when you do need to turn, no matter what kind of car you're driving, the experts say perform one action at a time. while still in a straight line gently press on the brake to slow the vehicle. once at a safe speed release the brake and make your turn. once the wheel is straight again that's when you accelerate. steering combined with braking or accelerating increases your chances of losing control. >> you should try to do one and only one thing at the same time. >> reporter: if you can't avoid a fishtail, steer calmly in the direction you want to go. >> basically if the rear of the vehicle is moving to the right, steer to the right. >> reporter: finally the gutmans made it to interstate 80 which links reno and sacramento, parts of which remain closed this morning. we got lucky with that pair of snowplows clearing the way ahead of us. four hours later to the nevada line and clearer roads. of course, we're going to

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mental disorder. >> hello. hello. hello. >> reporter: posts with the hashtag dissociative identity disorder and borderline personality disorder viewed hundreds of millions of times listing possible signs to look out for and encouraging viewers to self-evaluate. 18-year-old samantha says she was convinced she was suffering from one of those conditions. >> i remember seeing these videos on my for you page about just like people saying here's signs you may have this disorder. it was bipolar or borderline or all these different rare disorders i never heard of before. my mind like would just be, you know, like maybe i don't have just depression and anxiety. maybe it's something else. >> reporter: according to the national alines on mental illness borderline personality disorder is extremely rare. only 1.4% of the u.s. adult population is estimated to have this condition and it is rarely

diagnosed in adolescents. >> if you spend 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes viewing people talk about these disorders over and over and over again, that can make it seem like these conditions are a lot more prevalent than they actually are in the world. >> after working with a therapist for about -- for a long time i started realizing, you know, that i don't have borderline. i don't have bipolar. >> reporter: but experts urge parents to maintain an open line of communication with their kids about mental health. >> take the time to empathically hear them out. how intense are the symptoms? how long are they lasting? does it seem like they're interfering with your child's ability to live the life that they want to live? again, if the answer to those questions is, yes, that's a cue to then take the next steps to get a formal diagnosis. >> reporter: in a statement to

abc news tiktok says they care about the well-being of their community and have invested in digital literacy education. the company adding, we strongly medical advice if they are in - need of support. and some medical professionals are so concerned about this trend on tiktok they are creating their own videos to try to debunk some of the misinformation. experts say this open conversation about mental health is vital but if you think you may need a diagnosis you should seek professional help. janai? >> important to start that conversation about mental health, erielle, but have to be careful about self-diagnosis. erielle, thank you. still coming up the man behind "big little lies" and so many hollywood hits dying suddenly. the tributes pouring in this morning. but first up next, our "play of the day." welcome to allstate. where you can pay a little less

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his energy. >> that's just what we need on a tuesday, of course, billy porter is part of dick clark's new year's rockin' eve with ryan seacrest this year. also this morning, another new year's tradition. "people's" half their size. penny leaver is sharing her story about how she transformed her body and her life. that big reveal coming up right here. >> you don't want to miss that. first, we have a lot of news we're following this morning starting with the new cdc guidelines about quarantine after testing positive for covid. cutting the time for isolation in half. victor oquendo is back with us at a testing line in miami with the very latest. victor, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. another very busy morning here at this testing site. across florida the number of new cases rose more than 300% in just one week. this morning we have the new guidance from the cdc and some alarming numbers regarding kids and covid. this morning, the number of children hospitalized with covid-19 surging. nearly 200,000 more children tested positive for covid last week up by about 50% since the beginning of december according

to a new report from the american academy of pediatrics and the children's hospital association. dr. ashish jha talked to "gma" earlier about the rise in cases. >> this is obviously a concerning trend and we need to sort this out. we don't know if omicron is any more dangerous for kids than prior variants were. i suspect some part of the story a lot of kids remain unvaccinated. under 5, kids aren't eligible. 5 to 17, a lot have not gotten their kids vaccinated. that makes them more vulnerable to having a bad outcome. >> reporter: children accounting for 20% of cases last week. with the omicron variant bearing down on the u.s. the cdc is updating guidance for asymptomatic americans infected with covid-19. cutting the isolation period in half from ten to five days, followed by strict mask wearing for another five days. same for their close contacts who may have been exposed. the cdc recommending a minimum five-day quarantine if they are unvaccinated or late for their

booster. they added the exposed should wear a mask around others for at least five days after their quarantine is over. the cdc pointing to evidence that most transmission happens early on in the illness. and in a meeting with governors president biden warned that hospitals in some areas will be overrun. the white house is planning on sending out some 500 million free test kits starting next month. janai? >> victor, thank you so much. covid causing long lines on the ground and a travel mess in the air. more than 600 flights canceled and frustration boiling over on the flights themselves. alex perez is back live with us from chicago's o'hare airport with the latest. alex, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, janai. the number of violent incidents of unruly passengers has been sky rocketing this year, much of it has to do with pandemic

protocols that some refuse to follow. this morning, more people stranded after the holidays. airlines canceled about 1100 domestic flights monday, many due to staffing shortages as omicron cases surge. >> it's the holidays. i was hoping it wouldn't be me but i mean everybody is going through it. i'm keeping my fingers crossed it doesn't get delayed again. >> reporter: with the pandemic still raging travelers' frustrations are boiling over with over 5,700 unruly passenger reports this year on this atlanta bound delta flight, a verbal altercation escalates and gets physical as a female passenger confronts and punches an older man. police arrested the woman and the fbi is now leading the investigation. >> stop, stop, stop. >> reporter: on this delta flight just before christmas, the video obtained by tmz, passengers scream as two men throw punches on a late night flight from l.a. to memphis. crashing into the seats around them. the fight allegedly sparked over mask wearing until other passengers stepped in to break it up.

the men declined to press charges against each other and were not detained. delta telling abc news while unruly passenger incidents are rare, there's no place for them on our aircraft. and dr. anthony fauci said this week it may be time to consider a vaccine requirement for domestic air travel. a decision on that has not yet been made. mary? >> alex, thank you so much. the award winning director behind "big little lies" passing away suddenly. the tributes pouring in this morning. also this morning, the grocery gouge. food prices expected to keep rising. we have the tips and tricks on how you can save. it's not just groceries, car prices are spiking too. we have what you need to look out for if you're looking for new wheels in 2022. stay with us, we'll be right back.

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his longtime producing partner id jean-marc stood for authenticity and creativity. now his loved ones are finding comfort in knowing his beautiful style and impactful work will live on. >> we should beat our breasts and tear our hair. don't you feel angry? >> reporter: he was the award winning filmmaker best known for directing the hit series "big little lies." >> i was holding on to this idea of perfection so tight. >> reporter: this morning, tributes pouring in from hollywood and beyond for canadian director, producer and editor jean-marc vallee as we learn more about his sudden death over the holiday weekend. sources tell abc news the likely cause of death a heart attack. though officially it is yet to be determined. >> his passing came as a shock and surprise. he didn't drink, didn't smoke and probably the healthiest 58-year-old i know. >> reporter: the acclaimed director got his start making short films but made his mainstream mark in the industry with "dallas buyers club."

>> mr. woodruff, we estimate that you have approximately 30 days. >> reporter: the film earning a best picture oscar nomination and snagging acting statues for matthew mcconaughey and jared leto. >> all right, all right, all right. >> reporter: then into television directing and writing the first season of "big little lies" picking up his own emmy in the process. >> and the emmy goes to jean-marc vallee. >> reporter: his closest friends and colleagues sharing tributes online. reese witherspoon tweeting, my heart is broken. nicole kidman saying, i'm shattered. he was at the center of my creative universe and matthew mcconaughey writing love stories were everywhere in his eye. jean-marc vallee was 58. he was very careful about selecting the projects he would take on. he once explained choosing your film is choosing your lifestyle. saying he would ask himself are you going to be happy every

morning waking up doing this and serving it? our condolences to his family, including his two sons. whit? >> kaylee hartung for us, thank you so much. we turn now to food manufacturers across the country announcing a new round of price increases coming to consumers in 2022. the grocery gouge as they're calling it hitting everything from coffee to macaroni and cheese. insider senior reporter anya cane is joining us. good morning to you. good too have you. it looks like the grocery gouge will be hitting some of the main aisles next year. we've already been dealing with the price hikes. but what products specifically will be affected by this increase in 2022? >> hi, whit. thanks for having me. this is basically going to be everything at the grocery store, everything from snacks to entrees from coffee to condiments. no escaping it at this point. >> we don't want people to start hoarding because that's a bad thing. it's bad for everybody. do you have any idea what foods will be first in line so we can

plan ahead? >> absolutely. at this point it's looking like fish, meat, eggs, dairy are going to be the first victims unfortunately and things like cereal and baby food are on deck in terms of going up in terms of price. >> something we heard from major supermarkets throughout 2021 they were stockpiling products earlier in the year increasing their supplies, things like cleaning products, flour, spices where prices were low over the summer. do you expect we will see more of that and is this strategy a good thing for consumers? >> yes, absolutely. i think grocery stores, it's in their interests to potentially stockpile items in order to keep costs down because that will engender loyalty from shoppers and they'll keep going back as long as they getting those great

prices. we've definitely heard stockpiling something is bad when individual consumers are doing it because it basically worsens some of the supply chain issues we've been seeing but when grocery stores are doing it, that could potentially benefit their consumers. >> important distinction there. don't do your hoarding at your house. hopefully the grocery store is stockpiling so supplies will be there when you need it. what are your best tricks and tips for saving money at the store in the new year? >> absolutely. i think this is 2022 will be the year of the empowered informed consumer. that means going in with a game plan. if you're like me and leave target with a bunch of little tchotchkes and a decorative swan every time you go in maybe it's time to start thinking about buying online and picking up in store where you have less temptati temptation. also, consider a membership at a warehouse where you can get wholesale prices, bulk prices. so sam's, costco, b.j.'s, something like that. >> that decorative swan at target gets me every time. anya cane, thank you so much. we appreciate your tips and guidance this morning. >> thanks for having me.

>> mary? those supply chain issues driving up prices at the supermarket are also pushing car prices up higher making it harder to find exactly what you want but if you are in the market for a new vehicle in 2022, there are lots of new features to consider. becky worley takes a look at what has changed in the past few years. >> reporter: when it comes to cars, let's put 2021 and its supply chain issues in the rearview mirror. when it's over pent-up demand will take sales from zero to 60. to get you ready look at the new features, technology and safety protections that have been added in over the last few years. >> we need to transition to an electric future so hybrids are a sort of baby step along the way that allows to reduce the amount of fuel you use and help the environment. >> reporter: automotive journalist jason cammissa says, first up, this about a plug-in hybrid. >> rather than generating the

al electricity from a gas engine, you plug it in and pull that electricity from the grid. >> reporter: many new cars are coming out with this dual mode like the honda clarity, the chrysler pacifica minivan and this hyundai ionic. you can plug this into a regular outlet overnight and it will give you about 30, 35 miles of range all on the batteries, no gas. another new feature is something called adaptive cruise control. basically when the car in front of you speeds up your car speeds up. when the scar in front of you slows down, it slows down. some cars can even steer for you in this mode and let me tell you, it is a game changer in bumper to bumper traffic but the power of the technology is in the added safety and that's active 24/7. now, let's talk about what makes people choose one car over another. armrests and cup holders. that's an old car salesman's joke but it's true the interior experience is more important to many car buyers than things like horse power or torque.

now a new feature to add to that list is how the car interacts with your phone. iphone users, apple car play. how the car mirrors your phone is a key consideration these days. see you, 2021. for "good morning america" driving into 2022, becky worley, abc news, santa rosa, california. >> cup holders are important. >> cup holders are important but that's pretty cool technology that makes me realize how little my car is doing in comparison. maybe i need to get out there and buy a new one. thanks to becky for that. let's take another look at the weather back to rob. hey, rob. >> reporter: hey, good morning again. yeah, want to get weather alerts on your phone projected on to your car as well. that's always helpful. good morning, guys. whiteface mountain up there the adirondacks, skied there many times in college. they got fresh snow and some frost and freeze on the trees there. looks good. start to open things up more as we get a little more snow. this next system mostly north of

i-80 and i-90 where you see accumulating snow and wintry precip and mostly rain to the south of that along i-95. easy travel there. we are warming up somewhat here from the southeast. this warm air is pushing up into the nort we are joined now by one of the nation's leading voting rights advocates, former georgia house minority leader and number

one "new york times" best-selling author stacey abrams. she is out with her first children's book, "stacey's extraordinary words." good morning to you, miss stacey abrams. we are so excited to have you here. so excited to talk about this book. your debut children's book but we've got to talk about the other headlines. your other big news you made earlier this month. you will be running again for governor in georgia in 2022. this is after that narrow loss three years ago. what will be different this time around? >> first and foremost, we have hundreds of thousands of new voters on the rolls including a surge of young voters which makes me very excited. our campaign has always focused on bringing new voices into the process and reminding them they have an opportunity to shape the future and i think this is a year -- 2022 will be a year where we see new voices and those who want to see better for themselves coming to the table and polls. >> you've long been a major voting rights advocate but a lot of new laws are restricting

voting not only in georgia but across the country. how will you tackle this and keep up this fight in 2022? >> i'm excited to know that when the senate comes back into session in january, the u.s. senate will take up the freedom to vote act and john lewis voting rights advancement act. these are two critical laws that will protect voting rights across the country. it's not about partisanship but patriotism. who gets to vote, everyone who is eligible is allowed to vote. my job as a candidate is to convince them to vote for as an american i'm there to ensure every eligible voter has the right and the ability to cast ballot without impedance. >> let's transition away from politics for a minute. you are no stranger to the best-seller's list like "while justice sleeps" and "our time is now" but "stacey's extraordinary words" this is your first children's and picture book. why did you decide to write

this? >> i love children's books. i grew up with a librarian mother who specialized in children's literature and she would read us all of these wonderful books but more importantly she let us explore. my dad is an amazing storyteller and between the two of them telling stories and understanding how words change your life has been so critical and central to who i am. getting to talk to this young audience is the most fun i've had. >> you've competed in so many spelling bees as a child and recently had the chance to talk with the winner of the 2021 scripps national spelling bee, of course, the first african american to do so. what inspires you as you think about this next generation? >> well, zaila is amazing and she outspelled me in our interview and will continue to outspell me for all of her life. >> snno surprise there.

>> it was a very humbling experience but it was also a learning experience. she's not only adorable but thoughtful and she perseveres and that's what i want young people to understand that spelling bees like life are a chance to test yourself against not only the kids around you but against your own capacity and being able to tell that story through "stacey's extraordinary words" where spoiler alert stacey doesn't get her word right is an important lesson to learn and zaila her ability to per severe to become the strong speller and basketball player and everything that she is, she's i think a role model for so many people and for folks like myself. >> you said persevere. on the title page it says stacey learns that win or lose her words are powerful and sometimes perseverance is the most important word of all. why do you think perseverance is so important and what do you hope the young people take away from this book after reading it? >> most important for me in the story is how young stacey uses her words to think about how she can impact the community around her and help her friends but also how she grows herself. that it's not about the big

victories always. sometimes it's about those smallest sons that we learn that add up over time and that words like life change around you and make you stronger, make you better. they can challenge you but you can come out on the other side a better person than you went in. >> love that and love the cover. kan can't wait to take this home to my little ones. "stacey's extraordinary words" out today. stacey abrams, thanks so much for being with us. >> thank you for having me. still coming up on "gma," "people's" half their size. the healthier choices that helped one woman transform her body and life.

>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. julian: good morning. we hope your tuesday is off to a good start. we check in with sue hall for a look at traffic. sue: taking a look at your drive times. holiday week light. 82 the bay bridge, 80 highway four. moving at the limit. here is a look at 80 as you make your way towards the macarthur maze. a clear start. lights were on very looked like this all morning long. it is very light.

no major weather or accidents. a julian:

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all this afternoon as well. julian: we will have another abc news update in about 30 minutes. the ne ♪ just dance ♪ ♪ just dance ♪ ♪ just dance ♪ look at that. the big ball drop just days away. so great to have you with us here on "gma" on this tuesday, the last tuesday of 2021. and as we head into the new year, so many people are thinking about making healthy lifestyle changes. you guys thinking about it? >> always. >> i certainly am. >> i think about it. >> we've got inspiration for you. we partnered with "people" for the 20th anniversary of its half their size issue featuring five women who made lasting changes with a big impact. here's a look at one of them. penny leaver started gaining weight when her habits began changing in college. >> i kind of slowed down my

exercise and started eating things that i was not allowed to have when growing up. >> reporter: at over 300 pounds a trip to the emergency room with her life at risk was an awakening for penny. >> i had super ventricular tachycardia. my pulse was 236 just sitting at my desk and the cardiologist said i needed to change my lifestyle or i was going to have a heart attack and not be around for my next birthday. >> reporter: she shed pounds and gained a newfound confidence and outlook on life. >> penny was incredible because she went from a place of really not being happy with herself and even giving up on some of her dreams. >> reporter: three years later, penny's transformation has her feeling like a superhero. >> and it kind of made me feel a little invincible. if i could accomplish that goal then i could do whatever else i put my heart to. >> you won't believe her amazing transformation. all right.

drum roll, please for the big reveal. ready? let's take a look at penny's before photo and now let's see what she looks like now. come on, penny. a stunning transformation. penny, welcome to "gma." look at you. oh, my goodness. penny, thank you so much for being here with us. look, the first question i have to ask you how much weight you lost and how you did it, but tell us, penny, how do you feel? >> i feel amazing now. >> and how much weight did you lose? how did you do it? >> i lost 160 pounds and after trying just about everything under the sun for 20 years i finally found the optavia program and that made it so simple to reach my goals through the support of my coach and the community. >> incredible and you not only change your lifestyle but changing careers as well. what are you doing now and how has it affected your life and

your health? >> i am in the process of becoming a full time firefighter. i have finished the first section of fire academy. i start emt school in february and then i will continue with the fire academy and hopefully be fully certified by the end of the summer next year. >> that is just amazing. you know, in this week's "people" you talk about how you stay motivated. it's something many of us struggle with. what are your tips for all of us who are looking to make some changes to get healthier? >> i definitely would recommend not trying to do this by yourself. have a friend, a coach, an accountability partner, community, whoever is like-minded and on the same process -- in the same process on the journey and you need that support. >> wow. absolutely. >> penny, congratulations on everything. and most importantly, you're happy and you're healthy and we're just so happy for you. and thank you so much for joining us this morning on "gma." we appreciate it. >> thank you so much. >> all right, you can read more about penny and other half their

size stories. you can pick up the new issue of "people" on newsstands tomorrow. coming up here. the one and only billy porter joins us live to get us fired up for new year's eve. - [announcer] the more we learn about covid-19, the more questions we have. the biggest question now, what's next? what will covid bring in six months, a year? if you're feeling anxious about the future, you're not alone. calhope offers free covid-19 emotional support.

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welcome back. that is tony, grammy and emmy winner our good friend, the one, the only billy porter in his new music video "children" and after a busy 2021 he is helping us ring in the new year as a co-host of the 50th anniversary of dick clark's new year's rockin' eve with ryan seacrest 2022, and he joins us now. billy, welcome, welcome. we love having you. good morning. >> good morning. who clocked the walk, though? who clocked the walk? yes! listen, it's not easy to do. >> we believe it. >> we are not going to try. now, billy, this is your third time doing new year's rockin' eve but this year you're also performing that new song as well. so give us a little sneak peek here. any surprises in store for your big performance? >> well, that's the big surprise. i'm going to be performing my new single that's associated with my new record deal that i signed this past year. >> okay. >> in association with island uk, they've come together, these

two huge companies have come together to, you know, help me return to the mainstream music industry, honey. get ready. >> two huge companies coming together for a huge personality, billy porter. billy, i have to ask you, what is that picture over your left shoulder? what is this artwork? >> this one? >> no, the other one. >> that one? >> uh-huh. >> this is a piece of artwork from a young lady -- i can't remember her name but she worked on "pose" and she's going to be real excited because i just think it's gorgeous. >> it is. it is. >> and it's hanging on my wall. >> we love it. you'll be co-hosting from new orleans. what do you expect the new year's eve atmosphere to be like there? >> warm. >> all right, preach. >> it's going to be warm. it's going to be fun. you know, my first year was in new orleans. the people down there are so welcoming, so loving.

and ready for a party and with as much as we can right now, you know, we're still in the middle of this sort of weird kind of like sort of party but like keep your mask on because, you know, omicron is right next to you so i don't know. it's not a hard time. it's a difficult time and we're trying to imbue some hope in the world for the coming year. you know, we have to move forward. the world only spins forward so i hope that that's going to, you know, that we'll be able to sort of give the world some of that. i'm also going to be teasing my new single coming after "children" so that's -- i'm excited about that. we're just going to have fun. i'll be on a riverboat. i've never done that before. >> the hope part you mentioned, nobody is a better ambassador

for hope than you. you always bring it. so we talked about the hosting, the acting, there's the music, you know, this and that but also you're a fashion icon and you bring it as we saw with the walk out there at the top of the segment. how many wardrobe changes can we expect this year? >> i would say at least four different looks. i haven't really -- you know, i delegate so i allow my stylists to do their jobs and they bring me the stuff and then i choose. so i fly out to new orleans tomorrow and i'll have fittings and we'll be choosing all of that stuff. >> we cannot wait to see what they come up with. billy, take us back. what is your all-time most memorable new year's eve? >> i would have to say my most memorable was in 2016, right.

you know, a couple of days before i proposed to my husband and so we had the new year's eve to celebrate that year. i proposed on the 28th or 29th in london and then we had that time to celebrate. so i would think that was probably the most special so far. >> what a special, wonderful memory to have associated with new year's eve. billy porter, thank you for being with us. we always love -- >> don't forget about my book, y'all. don't forget. >> one more thing. >> billy porter. >> get my book, "unprotected." >> let america know, billy porter. >> that's right. come on now. >> like we said it has been a busy year for you, billy porter. thank you so much. the 50th anniversary of dick clark's new year's rockin' eve with ryan seacrest 2022 starts friday new year's eve at 8:00 right here on abc. >> i get tired listening to his schedule. nobody can keep up with billy porter.

>> yeah. let's see if rob brings some of that energy. rob, back over to you. >> reporter: i can't compete with billy. he's no stranger to self-promotion. love that guy. looking forward to new year's eve for sure. christmas may be over but the season of light is still going strong at lightscape. check this out. this is some cool stuff. a dazzling outdoor attraction that's been a hit for years in the uk, now in major cities in the u.s. so check it out including chicago, los angeles, houston and new york at the brooklyn botanical garden. it features more than 1 million lights along a mile-long path. bring the kids out for this one. there are more than 18 works of light art including the winter cathedral tunnel. tickets across the country are available now through january. that's what's happening with the christmas light shows.

now to now to "man in the arena," the series that reveals that tom brady like we've never seen before. candid and personal. gotham chopra joins us from santa monica, california. good morning to you. great to have you here. so your company is called religion of sports. our michael strahan is one of the founders as well. it's based on the way fans are really able to connect with sports and superstar athletes like tom brady but tell us how you came up with that name for the company. >> sure. well, you know, i grew up in boston, massachusetts. i'm a first generation american and so for me, you know, being the first person in my family could be important outside of india really -- sports was a language. it was how i connected with my community. it was a religion, not like religion especially in a place like boston, the bruins, the

celtics, the red sox, i mean, that was how i connected with people and so i think that -- it's just always been a part of how i've seen sports. my dad is deepak chopra so everything he talked about in wisdom existed in sports. we have mythologies and the red sox were cursed when i grew up and fenway park was a cathedral. all of that sort of stuff was real. you didn't have to believe in it. you just had to show up and you experienced it. >> speaking of boston sports and tom brady, the patriots brings us to your series here, "man in the arena." you call him a god, of course, i could find some other football fans out there, especially in new york who might feel a different way. but how did this series come about? >> sure, well, you know, i think, look, for the first 15 years i knew tom i knew him from afar and, yeah, he was probably a god to those of us who were patriots fans but as i got to know him started to realize oh,

actually he's very human and, again, this goes to the core of religion of sports. we like to say we tell stories that make believers and the more you spend time with tom, you realize, oh, outside of what he does on the football field he has the same issues. the great thing about tom, longevity. 20 years of growth as a person, so that really became the story and, you know, it's funny you say that about the haters. the thing i hear the most from people is i grew up a steelers fan or jets fan, i hate tom brady. but, man, after watching your series and seeing him i kind of relate to him and i definitely appreciate, you know, the hard work, the commitment to greatness, you know, all of that, navigating everything going on off the field and still performing on the field is admirable. so i think that's one of the things -- he's incredibly human. >> you could be a hater but respect him at the same time. that's for sure. we have an exclusive clip from

tonight's episode. tom is actually talking about one of the most difficult times in his life when his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and this was shortly before the super bowl in 2017. let's take a look. >> i tried to remain poised and say, mom, don't worry, we'll get through it and i automatically maybe it's a little bit of a toughening up that i've had but maybe i'm not the most empathetic or sympathetic. i'm trying to solve it. hey, mom, come on. this is what we got to do. we got to send you to this person or this person. >> gotham, i think that goes to what you were saying before, that human element. he's been through things that many of us have been through. >> yeah, i mean, there you go. it's a perfect example and so you're navigating -- that was also the year he was suspended for the first four games of the season and so i think it's sort of navigating a lot of off the field issues we all endure. doesn't matter fame, the fortune, the stardom, the

celebrity. these are human things that we deal with and so his ability to though separate that and still go on and be a good teammate and perform for his team and go right to the end, that season culminates in the historic comeback against the falcons and the super bowl. so it's pretty -- it's an amazing story. it's one of those things as a storyteller, this can't be true and it incredibly is. >> gotham, thank you for your time and the series. the latest episode of "man in the arena" is now streaming exclusively on espn plus. "outlander" star sam heughan joins us live coming up. ♪ make it last forever do it no

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welcome back to "gma welcome back to "gma." for five seasons, sam heughan has been making us swoon as jamie in the hit "outlander." let's take a look at a clip from the new season. >> you were there with me in the present. i saw you.

that's what got me through it. you are always with me. sometimes i think you're an angel, claire. >> sam heughan joins us now live. sam, the show shared that clip on christmas day, fans were so excited, i saw one fan say, jamie and claire invented chemistry, people love you two. what do fans have to look forward to when the new season sarts in march? >> yeah, i'm so happy we're finally back on air. you know, after that we're back on in march. "outlander," everything is there, history, romance, adventure. it's a shorter season due to covid and some of the challenges we faced but the episodes are longer, some of them are and

it's just a great season. it's dark, it's exciting. the fans are really going to love it. it's a good one. >> sam, you didn't mention accent. accent is the reason people tune in to some shows, i would imagine. it's your accent, sam. let's do a little time traveling. way back in the early 2010s, how did you first find out that you'd landed the role on "outlander"? >> oh, god, yeah, well, i was -- that was a long time ago now, yeah, almost eight years and i was -- when i first found out i was in a grocery store in london and i had a whole bag of groceries and my agent called me and i finally got the job and dropped all the groceries and was screaming at the top of my voice and probably swore as well. i went and met all my friends and celebrated i think for a couple of days, i think. >> you just said being a good scotsman you had your first west coast christmas. new year's day, explain to me this loony dook.

is that how you say it? >> you've got it. that sounds about right. you've got the scottish. loony dook is a tradition. in edinboro you go and jump in the north sea there and go for a swim. so i'm going to try and re-create it here on the west coast and jump in the pacific. i think it's going to be pretty cold but should also be a good hangover cure as well. >> keep us posted on how that goes. so in the new year you will be reteaming up with "outlander" alum graham mctavish for season two of your travel series, "men in kilts." where are you headed next? >> yes, that's why i'm here. i'm on my way to new zealand and that's where we'll be shooting. a new season. we'll be down under and exploring the scottish connection of new zealand but also, you know, this amazing island that has so much to offer, has a great wildlife,

great food, drink and, of course, the merry culture as well which is steeped in tradition and heritage so i can't wait to get there and to ultimately to harass graham as well because he doesn't expect me to come. so i'm on my way. >> that is awesome. you have a lot going on. happy early new year's to you. "outlander" season 6 premieres march 6th. thanks for being with us, sam. >> have a great, great new year. >> stay with us, we'll be right ba

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♪ you can see the "outla ♪ just dance ♪ you can see the "outlander" premiere on march 6th on starz. >> cannot wait for that. thanks for watching. have a wonderful day. >> last tuesday of 2021. anybody feel bad about that? >> nope. >> see ya. >> bye. see you tomorrow. ♪ just dance ♪

>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. >> good morning. i'm julian glover from abc 7 mornings. les get a check of traffic. >> we are quieting down. we had a busy morning, got off to a crazy start with a fatal accident on the peninsula. that has been cleared. if you are traveling to oakland airport, you have smooth sailing. a problem in the santa cruz mountains has things backed up a bit there. give yourself extra time. >> we are showing light rain through parts of the north bay. rain and snow showers will move through the rest of the bay area. higher elevation is very cold out there. here is the seven day forecast.

storm level 1 today through tomorrow, then dry by thursday. tomorrow, then dry by thursday. >> it's "live with kelly and ryan." today, journalist, anchor, and author, anderson cooper. plus, from the new series, "the wonder years," dulé hill. and check out our toilet paper towers on the latest edition of "live's" record breaker. all next on "live." and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. and on that note, good morning. [cheers and applause] hey! - [laughing] - awkward. [ryan muttering] is it not-- just see it. - it's the weirdest... - come on. pull the strings. pull the strings. - i had one of those as a kid. - it's the weirdest. it's my favorite thing that he does. - i had a wooden puppet as a child. - when he walks like a puppet. he puppet walks. reminds me of days of old. it's tuesday, december 28th.