pepsi float? that has no a it. -- reggie: that has milk in it. good morning, america, for our viewers in the west. have we turned the corner in the fight against inflation? all eyes on the jobs report. are the worst of rising prices behind us with the holidays around the corner as gas prices plummet? what's behind the drop and how low can they go? strike averted. congress stepping in to prevent a walkout that could have devastated the economy. why one of the largest rail unions says it tramples on workers. high-stakes runoff. overnight, former president obama back on the campaign trail with four days until final votes in the crucial georgia senate race as raphael warnock and herschel walker go down to the wire. major setback. donald trump loses a battle over

the sensitive government documents seized at mar-a-lago. major storm on the move. the west slammed with heavy snow, a dangerous landslide and powerful winds up to 106 miles per hour. 26 states under high wind, heavy snow and avalanche alerts. ginger tracking it all. wanted. arrest warrant issued for ex-nfl superstar antonio brown. police searching for him after an alleged domestic violence incident. royal spotlight split. with will and kate set to meet with president biden, how harry and meghan are crashing their party from the other side of the country. >> no one sees what's happening behind closed doors. hair loss help. the new report and the surprising supplements that may be beneficial in growing back your hair and which ones work the best. abc news exclusive. miracle rescue at sea. the man who went overboard on a cruise ship who tread water for nearly 20 hours in an area known to be a feeding ground for sharks.

>> was there any point while you were out there where you thought, i don't know how much longer i can keep doing this? >> rescuers believe he was seconds away from not making it, he's telling his harrowing story for the first time on "gma." ♪ and he's back. >> get back! >> harrison ford finally returns. >> it's hard to believe it. >> as the intrepid indiana jones. plus, team usa ready to get back in action in the biggest game of their lives. will star christian pulisic take the field? the fans are fired up including this superfan right here at "gma." i had to put my glasses on. that's you? >> that was me with a high kick. good morning, america. my back hurts but i got my jersey on. we got world cup fever in the studio. stop laughing, george. >> i'm enjoying this, it's a happy friday. >> big game. got to finish opportunities.

of course we love talking about it as if we're playing in the game, right? we'll have more on that coming up and, george, of course, more on your interview with the former ceo of ftx. >> yeah, more on the lifestyle of that cryptocurrency firm, they were all down living together, many of the top executives in the bahamas, in this penthouse in the bahamas. i asked about that. there were rumors about drug use and rumors about some odd sexual relationships. >> you tried to -- >> i did. we'll begin with this new hope for the economy and the jobs report which is coming out as investors look for key signs about the labor market and consumers hope for some relief on sky high prices. chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis is on wall street with the latest. good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: good morning, george. and the goal here is a goldilocks economy. not so hot that inflation, prices are out of control and not so cold that people start to lose their jobs, this jobs report today bolsters the idea that hiring continues at a very

fast pace, 263,000 jobs were added if the month of november, that's stronger than expectations coming into this report and inflation while numbers are starting to come down, remains incredibly high. $433 a month is the average this families are paying more right now than they were a year ago on the same goods and services when you look at grocery store prices, eggs up 43%. coffee prices up 50% from a year ago. all of these things collectiely together give the federal reserve more cover to keep hiking interest rates and do so aggressively driving up the cost of borrowing right now the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage is about 7.3%, the average credit card is 22%, those things will continue to climb as the fed very likely continues to hike rates like this month. whit. >> watching this very closely.

rebecca, thank you. one place americans are getting some relief is at the gas pump. the question now, how low can those prices go? our transportation correspondent gio benitez has more on that. gio, good morning. >> reporter: hey, whit, good morning to you. here at this gas station the price is $5.69 a gallon but obviously this is new york city and the national average is much lower than that. take a look. right now it's at $3.44 a gallon and going down for regular unleaded. it's the third straight week of declining prices. the national average is down 32 cents from a month ago. california, though, still seeing the highest prices in the continental u.s., $4.86 a gallon. texas seeing the lowest at $2.82. now, why is it dropping? part of it is demand. people are slowing down a bit on their spending but also some major oil refineries in the u.s. are back in action and unpredictability from those covid lockdowns in china has oil traders concerned. so the price of oil has dropped significantly. but, again, how low will it go? gasbuddy believes that the national average will drop to

under $3 a gallon by christmas, so fingers crossed, cecilia. >> fingers crossed indeed. gio, thank you so much. we're going to turn now to washington with congress voting to impose a labor deal on these rail unions in a move that averts a strike that could have devastated the economy and rachel scott has been tracking it all on capitol hill, and, rachel, some union members says this tramples on workers. >> reporter: exactly, cecilia. union members say that they are baffled by this move from congress. it's the first time in decades that lawmakers have had to step in to block a nationwide rail strike that the president warned would cripple the nation's economy right before the holiday season. lawmakers in a bipartisan vote approving a measure that would impose a tentative deal that the president helped negotiate earlier this year. here's what it includes, a $16,000 immediate payout. a 24% pay raise, $5,000 in bonuses and an additional day of paid personal leave. what it does not include, guaranteed paid sick days, which was a big concern, a sticking

point for some unions. the house did pass a measure that would have granted seven paid sick days but that failed over in the senate. only one democrat, senator joe manchin voting against it, but it did get a surprising show of support from six conservative republicans, who said that the demands from those unions needed to be heard. in stark contrast all of those republicans have opposed any effort to make paid family and medical leave available to all americans nationwide. as for the president, he says that he is a staunch supporter of paid sick leave but the consequences of inaction were just too high here, would have been catastrophic for millions of americans and he plans to sign this as soon as it hits his desk. to politics now and the senate runoff in georgia. just four days until the final votes. at stake, an outright majority in the senate. if raphael warnock defeats herschel walker that will give democrats 51 seats and they won't need the vice president's vote as a tiebreaker.

steve osunsami is there. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning, george. we're outside a polling place in fulton county with a line to vote already stretching around the building. it has looked this place at polling places across the county all week long. some voters have had to wait for hours and democrats like what they see. [ cheers and applause ] one of the most popular democrats in america came to georgia wednesday night to try and get u.s. senator raphael warnock re-elected. >> you deserve a senator you can be proud of. >> reporter: at a rally in atlanta former president barack obama told the crowd to get to the polls and give democrats who still control the u.s. senate more votes than they have right now. >> what's the difference between 50 and 51? the answer is a lot. it prevents one person from holding up everything. >> reporter: it was obama's second visit to georgia this election season and he recorded this campaign spot before his visit. >> re-elect my friend and your senator, reverend raphael warnock. >> this race is about character

and competence. >> reporter: on the other side of the race, republican nominee and college football legend herschel walker has finally gotten the public support of the most popular republican in georgia, the state's newly re-elected governor. >> i'm backing herschel and i hope you'll join me in voting for him too. >> reporter: walker surprised people when he wasn't seen on the campaign trail for several days around the thanksgiving holiday and he's been keeping even more distance from reporters. >> i'll fight for georgia because georgia born, georgia bred. when i die i'll be georgia dead. >> reporter: there are some people who believe that the new election laws after the 2020 election that reduce the number of early voting days that were purposefully designed to keep many voters in some of the bluer counties from voting, but george, there has been a surprise. on some days, voting records have been broken.

still a lot of interest. on "this week" an exclusive interview with hakeem jeffries, the first black leader of any party in congress. cecilia. >> looking forward to that, george. the big legal setback for president trump and the mar-a-lago documents investigation. a federal appeals court has stopped a review of the material by a special master which threatened to slow down the investigation. our chief washington correspondent jonathan karl has the latest on all of this. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia. the court's decision clears a significant hurdle for federal prosecutors into the criminal investigation into the documents that trump allegedly took with him from the white house. after federal investigators executed their search warrant at mar-a-lago back in august, trump had prevented to delay access to those documents by insisting that a special master first review them. a lengthy process. a lower court judge went along with that, but now the appellate court says that the prosecutors can get access to all of the documents immediately. they flatly rejected the idea that a search warrant of a former president should be

treated any differently than any other search warrant writing, quote, the law is clear, we cannot write a rule that allows the subject of a search warrant to block government investigations, nor can we write a rule that allows only former presidents to do so. the three judges on this panel, by the way, were all appointed by republican presidents. two of them appointed by trump himself. no word yet on whether trump will try to appeal to the supreme court. of course, he has faced a series of setbacks there as well. whit? >> jon karl for us, thank you. now to the war in ukraine and many people in the country left in the dark without power after more russian strikes on the power grid as moscow defends these attacks on civilian infrastructure. marcus moore has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, winter has arrived in ukraine as russian air strikes leave millions of residents without electricity. in kyiv, more than 600,000 people faced power outages on thursday and this morning, 20% are still in the dark.

kyiv's mayor vitali klitschko describes a dire situation. >> without water, without electricity, without heating, it's pretty dangerous for our citizens. >> reporter: russian foreign minister sergey lavrov defending the strikes, claiming these stations, quote, are critical for the delivery of a huge amount of weapons that the west pumps into ukraine. lavrov accusing the u.s. and nato of directly participating in the war by arming and training ukrainian troops. in washington, president biden and french president macron reaffirming their support for ukraine and biden opening the door to a direct conversation >> i'm prepared to speak with mr. putin if, in fact, there is an interest in him deciding he's looking for a way to end the war. >> reporter: president zelenskyy's office has responded to that saying that he will not negotiate with russia until the very last soldier has left ukrainian territory, and in his evening address last night, he proposed new measures to ban

religious groups with ties to moscow saying that they will not allow anyone to build an empire in the ukrainian soul. george. >> okay, marcus, thanks. we're going to turn now to former nfl star antonio brown. he's wanted by tampa police after a domestic battery incident earlier this week. victor oquendo has the latest. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, george. it was quite the scene outside of antonio brown's south tampa home. at one point police even using a megaphone urging the former nfl superstar to come outside. tampa pd telling abc news that because brown has not communicated with them, it's unclear if he's even inside the home. according to authorities, earlier this week brown was arguing with a woman, the mother of four of his children, and it turned physical when he threw a shoe at her and then basically tried to evict her. a court issuing a warrant for his arrest. brown has a long history of troubling behavior both on and off the field including being accused of sexual assault by two women. he's denied those allegations. the last time we saw him play he basically quit on his team midgame leaving the field

shirtless, the tampa bay buccaneers terminating his contract shortly after that. continue patrolling that south tampa neighborhood. they are hoping for a peaceful resolution here. guys? >> all right, victor, thank you so much. we're going to turn to some good news from hawaii. the lava flow from the volcano eruption on the big island is now slowing down. mola lenghi is there with the very latest on this. good morning, mola. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia. yeah, some good news, indeed, as the threat to property and infrastructure has slowed. this as the world's largest active volcano continues to spew lava here and, you know, continues to gush red rivers. it continues to vent and release toxic gases, ash and smoke but lava though has significantly slowed in the last 24 hours as the fiery streams are no longer just running downslope but found some flat ground to slow it down. officials have recalculated their estimation of if and when it might overtake a major state highway connecting the eastern and western ends of hawaii's big

island. they recalculated that from a few days to now at least a week, if not more. but, you know, the threat still continues in terms of air quality. vog continuing to be released, that toxic gas continuing to be released, and health officials say as long as the volcano is erupting, guys, that concern will still exist. >> all right, mola, thank you so much. we do want to turn now to the world cup. team usa just one day away from the knockout round. it is win or go home against the netherlands and star christian pulisic speaking out for the first time about that injury and whether it could sideline him for tomorrow's big game. will reeve is right there in the mix in doha. will, we are hoping for some good news. >> reporter: yes, certainly we are, whit. good morning, and the last time the men's national team advanced past the round of 16 into the quarterfinals in 2002, christian pulisic was 3 years old, same with captain tyler adams. midfielder yunus musah not even born yet but as young as this team is they are as talented and

full of belief that they could beat the netherlands. after that nail-biting 1-0 win against iran this morning, just one day until another win or go home game for the u.s. men's national team in the world cup. the u.s. facing the netherlands on saturday. a win would send the u.s. past the round of 16 for just the third time in history. >> we're confident against anyone. we just have to apply ourselves and do what we have to do to get the job done. >> reporter: the team will need the performance of a lifetime from their stars including hero christian pulisic who put his body on the line to score the goal to beat iran in that must win final group stage game. >> paid the price. >> reporter: after suffering what the team called a pelvic contusion pulisic hopeful he'll be out on the field for that crucial match. not feeling the pressure to be the guy right now. >> just kind of see how i'm feeling, taking it day by day right now, but doing everything in my power to be able to be out there on the field on saturday. >> reporter: goalkeeper matt turner hasn't allowed a goal in

open play all tournament. the defense has been stout and the midfield trio of weston mckennie, yunus musah and captain tyler adams has kept the u.s. team undefeated so far. >> scoring in the first game against wales. >> feeling in form and i'm just excited each time i step on the field with my brothers and definitely blessed and don't want to let this moment go without giving 100%. >> reporter: the eighth ranked netherlands represent a tough test for this young u.s. squad. in the group stage the dutch conceding just one goal and scoring five, three of them from young star cody gakpo. the 23-year-old tied in the race for the golden boot awarded to the world cup's top goal scorer. now the u.s. will have training later today and then get some rest before tomorrow's massive game against cody gakpo and the netherlands and the u.s. hoping to continue the trend of upsets at this world cup. last night chaos, japan winning their group by beating spain and in the process they knocked out

2014 champs germany. the u.s. believes why not them? look what's going on at this world cup, guys. >> i believe that we will win. >> great mentality. coming up, our exclusive interview with the man who fell overboard on a thanksgiving cruise and tread water for nearly 20 hours. and the royal split. why the distance between princes william and harry seems even wider than ever as the future king and kate visit the u.s. but first, let's head over to ginger. >> we need you to make sure you stretch. we've had an active west coast and this is good because this is the type of season that we need, but you end up having rockslides like you did highway 30 in astoria. closed. they're asking people to reroute through the weekend. colorado springs had gusts up to nearly 70. truck overturned. very big wind alerts i'll show you in a bit but first your local weather in 30 seconds. sur

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i've come to believe it's not so much what you believe. it's how hard you believe it. welcome back to "gma." that's harrison ford right there. he's back in action as indiana jones, a new trailer for the fifth adventure dropped yesterday. the movie is called "indiana jones and the dial of destiny" set to open up in june of 2023. i know we're all very much looking forward to that. following a lot of headlines this morning including the latest on the rail strike that's been averted. congress stepped in to prevent a walkout. that could have devastated the economy. it includes a $16,000 immediate payout, a 24% pay raise, $5,000 bonuses and an additional day of

paid personal leave but did not include guaranteed paid sick leave, which was an interest for them. the supreme court will take up the legality of president biden's student loan forgiveness program and hear arguments in february expected to make a decision by the end of june. and a college basketball game got some extra love from nba star kevin durant, a maryland native with time running out, look at this. the university of maryland versus notre dame, you're not going to want to miss this one. >> five seconds to go. miller, the pull-up, and she hits it at the buzzer. >> five seconds, diamond miller making that shot at the buzzer. kevin durant tweeting props at miller. she finished 31 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, maryland upset notre dame, 74-72. amazing. i got a lot of sports for you guys today. i know what you're thinking, george. we also have a lot more ahead including how will and kate's u.s. trip could be overshadowed by harry and meghan, that is coming up.

that's coming up, but now to our abc news exclusive. the interview with the alabama man who spent 20 hours treading water in the gulf of mexico after falling from a cruise ship and he's sharing his incredible tale of survival and rescue at sea. eva pilgrim here with the interview. good morning, eva. >> this was a crazy story. while his skin is raw from the salt and swimming, somehow james michael grimes doesn't have a broken bone or even a cut. his family says it's a thanksgiving miracle. one he already knows has changed his life forever. >> it was a thanksgiving to remember. >> reporter: james michael grimes knows he's lucky to be alive. >> my worst fear is drowning and that was something i did not want to have to face. >> reporter: the 28-year-old going overboard a cruise ship in the middle of the night saying he spent about 20 hours treading water alone in the gulf of mexico. >> i wanted to see my family and i was dead set on making it out of there, you know. i was never accepting that this is it. this is going to be the end of my life. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a thanksgiving celebration. james michael and 18 of his

family members boarding the carnival "valor" last wednesday in new orleans. >> we were hanging out having a good time watching some live music and that's pretty much it. >> yeah. did you have a few drinks? >> i had during the day and i had actually did like an air guitar solo and there was a competition they were doing and i had won it so i won a free drink so i had that, but -- ♪ >> but you hadn't had -- you weren't inebriated or had a ton of drinks? >> no, ma'am. >> how many drinks do you think you had had? >> it's -- i couldn't really say. >> reporter: around 11:00 p.m. that first night on board james michael told his sister he was going to the bathroom. what happened next is still unclear. do you remember leaving and going to find the bathroom? >> no, ma'am. >> do you remember falling off the boat? >> no. >> you don't know how it happened?

>> no, ma'am. i came to, regained consciousness, i was in the water with no boat in sight. >> reporter: so you for awhile were passed out in the water? >> yes, ma'am. i can't float myself, even when i'm trying to, so there had to be, you know, the lord was with me when i was out there because something was holding me up the whole time while i was passed out. >> reporter: the next day when he hadn't returned to his cabin, his family alerted the ship's crew. at 2:30, more than 12 hours after james michael was last seen, carnival notified the coast guard of a missing passenger. >> we did have a very significant search area. there was a potential of over 7,000 miles of ocean we had to search. >> reporter: james michael was alone in an area known to be a feeding ground for sharks. >> i thought it was a shark. i mean, i was swimming in one direction and looked around i seen it out the corner of my eye and it came up on me really

quick and went under and i could see it and it wasn't a shark, i don't believe, but it had more like a flat mouth and came up and bumped one of my legs and i kicked it with the other leg. it scared me not knowing what it was or at the time how big it was. all i could see was a fin. >> reporter: the avid outdoorsman tried to stay positive and calm, exhausted and hungry, he ate what he could find to maintain his energy. >> a stick come floating by. looked like bamboo so i started eating on it and it actually -- i won't say it tasted good but it gave some type of flavor in my mouth other than salt water. >> was there any point while you were out there where you thought, i don't know how much longer i can keep doing this? >> when it started getting back towards nighttime again the water started getting colder, at that time i thought, you know, how much longer am i going to have to be out here? >> yeah, but you kept swimming. >> yes, ma'am.

you know, the fall didn't kill me, you know, sea creatures didn't eat me, i felt like i was meant to get out of there. >> reporter: as the sun was going down, thanksgiving night, james michael says he spotted a glimmer of hope, the lights from a tanker ship and decided to swim towards it. >> that was my final little burst of energy, the strength that i had i used pretty much every bit of it to try to make it. >> reporter: the coast guard then arriving, his miraculous rescue captured on camera. >> in the water. >> when the coast guard got there, what happened? >> they circled the boat two or three times looking for me and, you know, i was -- i had taken off my socks and everything and just waving them around my head trying to do something where they would see me and when that light finally hit me, i

heard it, we got him, and i'd seen a guy coming down from the helicopter and it was coming towards me and right there i thought, man, i see the light. >> when the coast guard guy showed up in the water, what did you say to him? >> well, the first thing i actually told him, i don't have any clothes on because i didn't. i stripped out of everything. he said that's fine. i was like, okay, he told me to hold on to this life vest and i was just thinking, thank you, you are like a guardian angel coming down for me. >> reporter: his rescuers believe he was seconds away from not making it. >> i swam to him as fast as i could. as i got to him i shoved the rescue sling under his arms and he collapsed into it. he had nothing left. >> reporter: james michael said the whole experience has given him new purpose. >> these were actually the pants that i planned on wearing on the cruise but never got to and i put them on this morning and i reached in the pocket and there was something -- a fortune and it says, life's a beach. enjoy the waves. >> do you think it changed you? >> yes, definitely.

it opened my eyes. i take things for granted, i reckon. a lot of people do. >> do you think you'll go on a cruise ship again? >> yeah, i will. >> really? >> yeah, i ain't going to let it discourage me that much. i might not get within ten foot of the rails but i definitely would be open to go on another cruise because i really didn't get to go on this one. >> it was the first day. carnival tells us they have safety barriers in all public areas that prevent guests from falling. as for james michael he told us he is thankful to the people that helped rescue him and the experience has taught him the true meaning of being grateful especially on thanksgiving. guys, he was planning to eat so much on this cruise ship, he actually lost about 20 pounds from all the swimming in that almost 20 hours he was treading water. >> i have always said with the air solo guitar, enhanced safety standards at those competitions.

>> you said he was laughing through a lot of this. >> he was a very good sport of about it and sees some of the funny parts and was definitely scared. and he's very grateful. >> a couple laughs too. >> that was something. >> thanks so much. coming up, everybody, will and kate's first tour of the u.s. in nearly a decade and how harry and meghan could draw some of that spotlight away from them. stay with us. ith us. ght away fr them. stay with us. ype 2 diabetes? discover the power of 3 in the ozempic® tri-zone. in my ozempic® tri-zone, i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. announcer: ozempic® provides powerful a1c reduction. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack, or death in adults also with known heart disease. and you may lose weight. adults lost up to 14 pounds. ozempic® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't share needles or pens, or reuse needles.

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overshadowed by prince harry and meghan. trevor ault is there in boston with the latest on this one. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia. a lot of people questioning the timing here. the trailer for what appears to be something of a tell-all docuseries released not just in the midst of william and kate's trip to the united states but as also another racial controversy is playing out back at buckingham palace. this morning, prince william and princess kate in boston preparing to meet with president biden ahead of tonight's earthshot prize ceremony. greeting friends and fans around the city. [ cheers ] for the culmination of their ar- trip the sussexes are now also in the spotlight. >> no one sees what's happening behind closed doors. >> reporter: netflix releasing an intimate first look at a new docuseries on prince harry and his wife meghan as they pledge to tell their story hinting at opening up about life inside the royal family.

>> when the stakes were this high, doesn't it make more sense to hear our story from us? >> reporter: the trailer generating major headlines, critics noting the timing of its release without having a release date for the film but published during william and kate's first trip to the u.s. in eight years where they have no plans to see harry and meghan. >> i'm not a conspiracy theorist but obviously they're making the most of the fact that the prince and princess of wales are here to release that netflix documentary. that's business. the prince and princess are just going to get on with the tour. as far as they can tell they're going to be engaging and reaching out to communities, while meghan and harry will be talking about themselves. >> reporter: this comes as buckingham palace was already responding to controversy. ngozi fulani, a black woman born in the uk describing a recent interaction with lady susan hussey, a member of the royal household and longtime confidante of queen elizabeth.

>> she said, what is your nationality? and i said, lady, i was born here, i'm british. i was thinking that would be the end of it, you know? no, where are you really from? where are your people from? lady, my people? what is this? >> reporter: hussey is the godmother of prince william. she has since apologized for the hurt caused and resigned from her position, a move a spokesperson for prince william says was right to happen calling her comments unacceptable. and through all the controversy william and kate are still going about their business, today prince william is going to be here at jfk presidential library and museum and he'll be meeting with president biden all leading up to tonight's earthshot ceremony. guys. >> all right, trevor, thanks so much. coming up here, world cup fever, our "play of the day." stay with us.

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a little stressed out recently, though. let's go ahead and take a look here. >> oh, yeah, that's me. that's a live look at me and the game. >> high kick seen around the world. >> ouch, ouch. >> getting her exercise. >> exactly. so your plans for tomorrow are to watch the game. >> it's so stressful. tomorrow we'll have friends over. it's an early game, it's 10:00 a.m. and i ordered special donuts, may or may not be a mimosa involved and more high kicks. we'll see. >> reporter: cecilia, so you got some divided loyalties and we got a sombrero for you here because you're between the u.s. and mexico. what's been your favorite moment of the world cup so far? >> i love the world cup for the very reason behind you, the country's spirit that just comes out from everybody. i don't know how the mexicans packed all these sombreros to doha. it's amazing to me but, yeah, mexico is out. u.s. is still in it.

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hear me sing. >> i thought you were going to sing it. >> i hope you're doing well this morning. >> countdown to christmas is on. i think that we've got one of my favorites here, what they're calling this year, i'll attempt to say it properly. the charcuter-tree. a tree you can eat. >> it was a good effort. >> whit, take it away. >> the centerpiece of all holiday decorations, the christmas tree. preston konrad is here to show us the trends this year. first, we have new hope for the economy. the job report coming out as investors look for key signs about the labor market and consumers hope for relief from high prices. want to go back to rebecca jarvis on wall street. good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: hi, george. this report just out.

263,000 jobs out. the wages up 5.1% from a year ago. you put all of those factors together and it gives the federal reserve cover to keep hiking interest rates aggressively in order to drive down inflation. american families are now paying about $433 more every month on the same foods and services, and while inflation may have peaked and very likely has, it still remains historically high and the fed has been trying to fight that, and at the same time not hinder the u.s. economy, not drive down employment, and what you are seeing is while we have seen layoffs in areas like technology, facebook laying off employees, google pausing new hiring, other areas of the economy like hospitality, the health care system, government, are still adding jobs. that bolsters the fed's right -- the fed's path to keep hiking rates and make borrowing more expensive. whit? >> rebecca, thank you.

now to gio. >> the price of gas keeps dropping. the national average is sitting at $3.44 a gallon this morning for regular unleaded. the price has been dropping for three straight weeks and it's down 32 cents from a month ago. california still seeing the highest prices in the continental u.s., $4.86 a gallon, and texas the lowest. people around the world are slowing down on their spending. the u.s. has reopened some big oil refineries, and the covid lockdowns in china had oil traders just concerned. our friends over at gas buddy believe that the price will go down to less than $3 a gallon. the national average. so some good news there, cecilia. >> good news, gio. thank you so much. we turn now to hopefully

more good news. world cup fever, team usa about 24 hours from taking the field against netherlands in their knockout game. let's go back to will who is living his best life in doha. tell me you'll get to see that game in person tomorrow. >> reporter: oh, cecilia, i'm doing whatever i can to be there and the u.s. will do whatever they can to win because they are all win or go home games now. the u.s. believes they have a chance to advance to their first quarterfinal in 20 years and they have a ton of talent and skill throughout the lineup. none more so than from christian pulisic, the superstar who scored that massive goal against iran to send the u.s. into the knockout stage. pulisic putting his body on the line there. the u.s. says he's day-to-day with a pelvic contusion that he suffered in scoring that goal. pulisic himself said last night at a press conference he'll do whatever he can to be out there. of course, it's the biggest game of his life, of anybody's life and all the team is training today, getting ready, watching some film on the netherlands

including young star cody gakpo who scored three goals in thisrd -- world cup already. he's tied for the lead in most goals at this tournament. it's been crazy, upsets everywhere including japan beating spain and won their group and in the process knocked out germany from the tournament for the second time -- second straight time germany doesn't advance but the u.s. has advanced and with all these upsets in the air, why not us, guys? >> yes. >> why not us? >> what a great slogan. "gma morning menu," more of my interview with the former ceo of ftx, sam bankman-fried. he takes us inside the crypto exchange before it imploded and explore the personal relationships between the top executives. racism in real estate. families of color getting lowballed in appraisal prices. will and kate's trip to boston. why he's bringing his passion project to the u.s. lara is with well-dressed guests this morning. >> hi, i'm just hugging -- i'm loving -- we're having so much fun because lori bergamotto is here with "the right stuff" for the holidays.

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we are back with our "gma" cover story. more of my interview with sam bankman-fried, of course, he's the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange ftx that collapsed in stunning fashion last month. i sat down with him at his home in the bahamas, and he addressed reports about drug use and his romantic relationship with a key player. when is the last time you spoke with caroline ellison? >> i mean, it's been -- it's been weeks, i think.

>> so well before november? >> it's -- well, i talked with her in early november. i haven't been talking with her recently. >> since the bankruptcy filing? >> since somewhere around then. i don't remember exactly when. >> and what was your relationship with caroline? >> we'd been friends for awhile. i had known for a while, our work at alameda. as has been reported we had briefly dated. >> so she was your girlfriend for awhile? >> not for that long. >> how long? >> i want to say six months or so. >> but she lived here, right, along with this whole group of you who are working for ftx and alameda. >> a lot of people lived in -- lived nearby in the bahamas area. >> but in this complex. >> yeah. >> there's been a lot written about what the lifestyle was like among this group of people that were living here, she's written blog posts talking about

polyamory. can you explain what the lifestyle was like here? >> it's interesting hearing this. like i didn't have my first sip of alcohol until after i was 21 and i drank maybe half -- half a bottle of hard cider a year just to, you know, have the experience of having, you know, tasted some alcohol, but i -- it's interesting seeing the portrayals online right now. i've never seen, you know, illegal drug use at work, like that's not a thing that at all rings true to me. >> let me just stop you there for a second because you say illegal drug use because you've been quite open about the fact that you and many others were using drugs all the time, stimulants. >> i have been prescribed some medication. i've taken it. others have. i don't know exactly what other people are prescribed. it's not -- that's their relationship with their doctor. >> so when you say -- i know

you've been aware of all the stuff being written online. >> yep. >> when you see things written about polycules and chinese harems, is that the reality you know. >> i never knew the word polycule until a few weeks ago. i don't think anyone is using it. >> what does it mean? >> look, i actually still don't -- i think it's -- it's something like mass polyamorous group. i lived with a bunch of monogamous couples, some of whom got married over the course of time. i'm sure there are some employees -- i don't know what everyone does in their personal life. >> but not you? >> i've -- i'm going to be honest. i've been running ftx for the last few years, that doesn't leave a whole lot of time for a dating life for me. >> okay. >> yeah. >> but we did learn a lot about the word polycule. we'll have a lot more on abc newslive tonight. >> really fascinating conversation. thank you for that. we do turn to a "gma" health alert on hair loss.

a new report indicating that some natural supplements may be beneficial in growing back your hair. abc news chief medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton joins us from miami this morning with more on that. so, dr. jen, good morning to you. break this report down for us. >> reporter: yeah, so, whit, men and women suffer from thinning hair. there's some estimates that over the age of 40, half of women have hair issues. i'm one of them so this study just published in jama dermatology looked at safety and efficacy of a lot of te popular supplements. brand names for you were listed in the study. viviscal, nourkrin, nutrafol, lambdapil, pantogar were overall found to be effective and pretty much safe. very little or no side effects. and pumpkin seed oil all found

to have benefit. >> you're not supposed to take them all but which ones work the best for you. how do you do that? >> yeah, i mean obviously, whit, this is something -- these are all out there widely available and i think the bottom line here is that you have to get at the root cause of your hair loss, pardon the pun, because it's not one size fits all but if you look at how these supplements produced the results that they did according to this compilation of studies, they varied. things like zinc were found to increase the thickness and density. apple's nutraceuticals increase density and formation and the popular viviscal increased hair count and decreased shedding. i want to emphasize these can vary. they can be mild, more significant, but for people suffering with significant hair loss issues, usually a visit to

a dermatologist is step one. >> so aside from supplements what else can people do to improve the health of their hair? >> well, i think this is really important because it's not just about diet and nutritional supplements but i think the key thing here is evaluate your particular situation. for me diet was a big contributing factor. but then resting your hair from styling or coloring damage and my favorite, those clip-on ponies and wigs can be really, really helpful. >> dr. jen, i don't have any experience with those but i appreciate that. thank you so much. this is very helpful information. we have much more here about hair loss supplements on our website, goodmorningamerica.com. you can get there directly by pointing your cell phone at the qr code on the screen. cecilia, over to you. thanks. we turn to a revealing look at racism in the housing industry. a new documentary, "our america: lowballed," takes on the market where one black family saw the value of their home increased by

half a million dollars by using a strategy known as whitewashing and janai norman tells us more. good morning. >> good morning. so consider that home ownership is a major vehicle for accruing and passing on intergenerational wealth. home values affect prices of homes and entire neighborhoods, and that's why many point to discrimination within the home appraisal process as one of the number of factors that contribute to the huge disparity in wealth between black and latino families and white families. >> so my mom's house is the blue house. >> reporter: paul austin loves marin city, born and raised in the historically black neighborhood just north of san francisco, he and his wife take pride in their home. after some major renovations, the couple had their home appraised and the value was hundreds of thousands of dollars less than what they expected. >> we were pretty stunned by what she put in the report. >> i was angry and scared too because, you know, there was so much on the line. >> reporter: they opted for a second opinion. this time enlisting the help of

a white family friend to stand in as the home owner. >> we had a conversation with one of our white friends and she was like, no problem, i'll be tenisha. >> reporter: unofficially known as whitewashing. >> whitewashing is taking down your family pictures, your artwork, your hair products, your clothing, your shoes. anything that could lead to one to saying i think this person might be black. i think this person might be latino. >> 1.482. >> almost 1.5, $500,000 more. >> reporter: the austin story just one of several homeowners profiled in the documentary "our america: lowballed" spotlighting alleged home appraisal discrimination and the systemic impact it has on families of color. >> so the property was never the question. it was who was occupying the property at the time of the appraisal that was the question. >> what we found after looking at more than 50 million refinance applications is that in predominantly black neighborhoods they're almost five times more likely to be lowballed or underappraised.

>> reporter: the documentary also taking a look at the diversity of licensed appraisers across the united states. >> the appraisal industry is not diverse at all. one analysis showed that when it comes to the appraisal industry, 96% are white and just 4% are people of color. that's a huge disparity. >> reporter: and so this reporting on the devaluation of black and latino homes spurred new state laws and led president biden to create the property appraisal valuation equity task force to identify solutions to root out appraisal bias. "our america: lowballed" is streaming today on hulu and online at lowballed.abc but that one family, $500,000. >> staggering numbers. >> unbelievable. >> i'm glad you're telling the story. thanks so much. ginger, we turn it over to you. >> thanks, cecilia and janai. chester, california, you're digging out on the roads there. it's going to be tough because you got one-two punch with several storms coming through in the next week or so.

look at the feet of snow. this is in california. the same storm that impacted there will make it here. earth cam new york city looking crystal clear. really cool this morning but we'll see big change. by tomorrow it's going to feel a lot more like wednesday did, wet, windy, this is from philadelphia up through albany, burlington and it will be all about the strong winds. if you have flights on saturday, this is what you have to look for, up to 60-mile-per-hour gusts. look at pittsburgh at 41. rochester, 55 and then big change over to snow. that's the big pictu super commuters. big pictu super drew: i am drew tuma with your act with the forecast, a freezing cold start today. it is brisk but bright. low to mid 50's for afternoon highs. overnight tonight we have clouds on the increase from south to north as we track our next storm coming over the weekend. 30's and 40's saturday. a level one a light storm over the weekend. saturday is trending wetter than sunday.

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and we're going to start with the batista family. >> yes. >> including this little furry friend. >> we did borrow ellie moo but this family is in hanna andersson pajamas that started the resurgence. they have over 500 positive five-star reviews for their made to last organic cotton and one of the other things we love go them is that they think about the kids' growth so it's like a ready to grow cuff so you can see here, one of them is cuffed so she can wear that right now but the other one is a little she can wear that for next year too. >> that's a great idea. >> great idea. really built to last. she can hand them down to her little sister when the time comes. starting at $34 and up. >> holiday card ready. i can't get enough of this. if that's not cute enough, daneska in the house wearing what you're calling the best

deal out there. >> this is the best value. so this is from primary. now, this was started by two moms, and you know nobody knows value like two moms. >> of course. >> these start at $9. what we love about this, you can mix and match them. daneska and daniel and her nieces look so cute. 100% certified organic cotton. the gold standard. the fact that you can get that at this price is unbelievable. >> and, girl, thumb's up if they're cozy? okay, okay, that's the real sign, everybody. now let's talk about -- wait. well, this is -- this is cozy and comfortable. now we're just going with the best comfort and that is which family? the silvers family. look at you guys. >> so adorable here in little sleepies made from a luna lux boo cotton. you can see how happy the kids are. let's get a smile out of you, sutton.

what we liked about this, there's literally not a person on the internet who gave this anything but a perfect review and it's because it's tagless, people with sensitive skin or eczema talked about how they could wear them without it itching. >> almost feels silky to the touch. >> so incredibly soft and come in a variety of holiday patterns and solids but we love these hanukkah ones on the silvers. >> i hope you enjoy your time here. it's been fun having you. bye, sutton. last but not least we'll talk about, hi, kijana, hi, mia. our colleague kijana and this is cory. >> yes. and they are wearing tea collection. our best winter pajama because sometimes you don't want a holiday specific but all season long, tea collection is known for -- sorry to keep touching you, kijana, but very cozy, known for their elevated design globally inspired and what's great about these two, lara, 10% of their profits go back to global charitable initiatives,

so you're doing something great for you and these pajamas and something great, you're giving back. >> and you look very cute, mia. you did a great job. thank you so much, lori, these are all great options, guys, all ready for the holiday cards. keep them on all day. thanks for doing it. lori, we have an exclusive digital discount on two of these pajamas, your qr code there on the screen or just go to our website, goodmorningamerica.com. i am told i can't even tell you it's so good so you got to check it out while supplies last. coming up the hot christmas tree decorating trends, we've got them for you right here on "gma."

bill. a better bay area moving forward finding solutions. this is abc. seven news. good morning . i'm reggie aqui from abc. seven mornings to be in a house traffic. look we have a couple of crashes to get to this morning. hi, everyone. we're going to begin in fremont where we're following an incident on south bound 80 past highway 84. your speeds are down to around seven mph here, so expect delays and also in oakland on southbound 13 before carson street. the bay bridge. toll plaza is looking great, though this morning we really have light traffic in this area moving into san francisco. it looks like our other camera froze. so, reggie, i'll send it back to you. all right. thanks for being

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hey guys coming up on live with kelly and ryan will chat with carson kressley. plus we wrap up lives. holiday gift bargains week with monica. megan. see you soon on live. we'll see you in 30 minutes. ryan it's all about those cold temperatures this morning, one of the coldest morning so far this season widespread thirties on the board , even 29 you kaya 35 in oakland this morning, right freezing. and paolo alto 31 in san ramon. we have freeze warning still in effect for the north bay and the eastern foothills of santa clara county until nine a.m. this morning for this very cold temperatures to start at our

friday. here's a live look at santa cruz. we have a lot of sunshine out there fifties later on this afternoon, reggie drew. thank you have another abc seven news update. about 30 minutes. you can always catch us on our news, app and a ♪ last christmas i gave you my heart ♪ ♪ but the very next day you gave it away ♪ ♪ this year ♪ welcome back to "gma." the backstreet boys are bringing back christmas with a new holiday album and guess what, they will be right here in times square one week from today. you ready, whit? >> i'm ready. >> very excited for that. >> you didn't ask if i was ready. >> i just know you. honestly everyone knows you're their number one fan. seemed redundant. cecilia. >> me too, lara. all right, guys, i'm excited about this. time for home for the holidays.

so many of us, i just put mine up, decorate our homes this year. and if you do want to do something different, the tips for you, preston konrad is here to show you the trends. i'm so glad you're here. >> this may be my favorite thing to talk about this early in the morning. >> i just put my tree up. i think it looks great but nostalgia is back and makes me think of my mom who has all these vintage ornaments. >> best way to describe it, remember those family photos you looked at back in the day, fully back thanks to "stranger things" and all that. mixing metals, having fun with color. this is not your like white light safe tree. i like to grab these from vintage shops, big box stores like etsy and the thing is use a colored light. colored lights and got to top it off with the tinsel. >> you're totally bringing me back to my childhood. >> tinsel is, you can always add, it's hard to take off. >> so how do you --

>> how do you? >> i would start with baby steps, always add on. get the kids involved. a fun tree. fun family, fun household. >> bringing it back. from bringing it back to a little bit newer. >> yes. >> i just saw last night here in new york a pink tree so pink is the rage. >> we can thank social media. pink was on our wall, it was on our furniture and now in our christmas trees. that pretty blushy pink, not magenta barbie hot pink but mix in different metals like rose golds and silvers and this disco thing, the key is put it on this flocked tree. now, do you know what a flocked tree is. >> yes, because you make me think of my grandparents always had a flocked tree but back in those days afc all over the floor all the time. >> it's much cleaner and not as messy and can get them from any boxed store. it's artificial but looks like it's freshfully flocked with winter snow. >> if you buy a fresh tree you

can ask them to flock it. >> or spray it yourself. lights to give it that creamy - dreamy blushy look. >> you're almost blending in with this tree. >> i wanted to match one of them. right? but i think we're all craving a little bit of tradition with this year when it comes to holiday decorations so this is all about the classics, the ornaments are the reds, the greens, the golds but what we're seeing is a big explosion of tartan plaid so came to rep with my shirt. >> i love it. >> but added in the navy blue to elevate it right out of a ralph lauren ad or that nancy meyers movie you love. >> yes. >> it works with any home style, maybe your cottage or modern style will totally work. >> now edible trees back there. my favorite. >> you don't have to clean it up. it will be gone by the end of the night. charcuter-tree. >> say that three times fast. >> the whole family gets involved. mix in meats, cheese, fruit, if you're vegetarian do all veggies, dessert version.

>> i love it. >> so fun. >> i might have a little piece of cheese. >> i'll let you do that. smells like a cheese board at 8:00 a.m. >> really good. >> for folks who haven't put their trees up, is there one big tip you want to impart. >> it's all about what represents your style at home, which is why i was so happy to show three really different styles. at the end of the day it needs to make you feel good, smile. have fun with it. don't be too precious. add more, take some away, i tweak it. >> what does it look like? >> that one. >> the traditional plaid one. >> yes, i bet you put your plaid shirt on to decorate it. we have more on will and kate in boston for a cause very close to their hearts. stay with us.

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back to trevor ault in boston for more. hey, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, again, lara. we're at the jfk presidential library, the earthshot prize was largely inspired by jfk's moonshot speech where he challenged us to go to the moon, not because it's easy but because it's hard and tonight william and kate are going to be celebrating environmentalists acting in that spirit and they're taking in jfk's home city along the way. from basketball games to flower bouquets from young fans, the royals' whirlwind tour is entering its final day in boston, and this morning prince william has his eyes on one prize, the earthshot prize dubbed the world's most prestigious environmental award. >> hello, earthshot finalists for 2022. great to have you on board. you're doing fantastic work. >> reporter: the prince's global challenge spotlighting the work of entrepreneurs from around the globe who have innovative ideas to help save our planet.

>> what we care about is to identify working prototypes that if scaled could be transformative and we are held to that by our founder, prince william. he's constantly challenging us, go bigger, go faster, make more of an impact. >> reporter: and tonight in a star-studded ceremony the challenge will award the more than $1 million prize to winners across five different categories or what they call earthshots, protect and restore nature, clean our air, revive our oceans, build a waste-free world and fix our climate. among the 15 finalists american company lanzatech, dr. jennifer holmgren on a mission to create a new carbon economy by converting pollution into everyday products. >> everything we use in our daily lives is based on carbon and most is fossil carbon. we talk about creating a new carbon economy where the carbon doesn't come from fresh fossil carbon that comes out of the ground but comes from all the

pollution, all the waste that's already above ground. >> reporter: after launching the earthshot prize ceremony in london last year, the second annual awards now moving stateside, some royal experts say a strategic move to garner u.s. support for prince william's passion project. >> the united states is one of the biggest, most populous, so it's always great to get ld - those minds active and really engaged and from what we can see in boston they certainly are. >> reporter: and given the environmental nature, tonight's ceremony is going to be a green carpet event and the winners are not only going to gain access to a lot of funding but a global network to help scale up their ideas to take them around the world. lara. >> all right, trevor, thanks very much. time for our "gma" buzzpick. this week's book is "winterland" bay rae meadows about a young soviet gymnast. here is rae to tell us more. >> i'm rae meadows and this is my new novel, "winterland." it begins when a former ballerina disappears from an

arctic town. her young daughter becomes a gymnast and she must sacrifice everything for the glory of the motherland. anya learns perfection has a cost and the line between life and death can feel razor thin so bundle up and come with me behind the iron curtain to the snowy world of siberia. and the world of gymnastics. >> "winterland" is out now. read along with us on our instagram @gmabookclub. ginger. thanks, george. that book and others will feel appropriate in denver, colorado, who we can tell you had their coldest november in 22 year, also third snowiest but the snow was drier so october they had big numbers and then kind of started to dry out, which is not great for the colorado river basin which feeds lake mead, lake powell. this is what is anticipated. that watershed goes somewhere else and the sierra could get feet of snow with stores coming through. update from lake mead too, they are still very low and now they're talking about more water restrictions, california just

got new water restrictions announced just yesterday and some of the only marina that was still open of the five are going to potentially get less water so they may even have to shut more of those down. this is the la nina winter precipitation outlook. does not look great for the drew tuma with your accuweathere drew forecast. a freezing cold started to our day, we start in diluting mid-50's under sunny skies this afternoon. our next storm arrives over the weekend, level one. now to now to our insta parenting series where online influencers help moms and dads. we're going to meet a mom who teaches babies to communicate before they speak. diane macedo has the story. >> reporter: more milk, please. yep. those are babies using sign language. learned with the help of instagram. >> babies start to know what they want and need from us

between 6 to 8 months old, but they're not able to say the words out loud yet. signing with our babies helps to fill that gap. >> reporter: mary smith, an american sign language interpreter created her instagram account at signngrow in 2020. helping parents teach their babies how to sign. >> i learned sign language when i was in college. when i became a mom i knew that i wanted to teach my own daughter sign language and when i saw the results, i realized that this was something that i wanted to bring to other parents as well. >> reporter: parents clearly wanted that too. smith now has 235,000 followers watching her videos to learn signs like again, bath and sleep. >> so what's the best way to get started? >> the easiest way to get started is to pick out a couple of signs that you think will help to reduce your baby's frustration. for younger babies you'll definitely want to start with the sign for milk, which looks like a fist opening and closing

twice. milk. >> okay. like we're milking a cow. >> exactly. that's where the movement of the sign comes from. >> i'm getting the hang of this. thankfully my daughter got the hang of it too. >> milk? >> reporter: now she's sharing her knowledge in "baby sign language" and offering free youtube videos demonstrating how to sign more than 100 words. what do you say to people who are concerned if you teach a pc incentivized to speak. >> research has shown time and time again that using sign language with your child will not delay their speech. >> thank you. >> you're so welcome. >> did i do all right? >> yes, you did. >> reporter: for "good morning america," diane macedo, abc news. >> whit, you've been taking notes all week long. >> i tried a little bit of sign with our daughters. some of it worked out. others, not so much. >> coming up, lori bergamotto is back with the best disney toys for all the kids on your holiday gift list. on your holiday

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>> announcer: next week even santa will love this. two holiday concert, tuesday, darlene love and chris ruggiero live and friday backstreet is back, all right. it's the backstreet boys live with christmas in new york on "gma" sponsored by carmax. >> welcome back. since we launched "gma" gives back earlier this week, "gma" 130,000 toys to toys for tots and it may be time to add some more presents to santa's list so lori bergamotto is back with our pajama panel of kid experts down there. my favorite part. getting to play with the toy, right? >> you're in the right segment then, my friend. >> "wakanda forever" and "avatar" toys. >> this "wakanda forever" collection actually won this year's toy foundation's doll toy of the year. like the world cup of toys. >> exactly.

>> let me put it in terms you understand. they highlight a few of the strong and powerful women from the movie and you can actually see that some of their costumes are inspired by the ones they were wearing in the actual film, so really incredible there. and then we are diving in, pun intended, making a big slash. >> for "the way of water." >> "avatar: the way of water" just out of the movie's premiere with this action figure and the newest creature to come out of pandora, the skimwing. >> isn't that cool? >> it is intense and awesome. >> coming over here to a classic. everybody loves "toy story." >> one of my favorites. this is interactive. let's see. >> what are you doing out here? >> here goes buzz talking right back. >> full speed ahead. >> full speed ahead, yes, to infinity and beyond. >> what's great about these, they can say ten phrases each, and when they detect that they're nearby another "toy story" figure they'll have a conversation.

>> oh, that's interesting. who wants to play with this one? are you ready? pass it around. i know, i just started a problem. didn't i? this one has the force, doesn't it? >> this is so cool. okay, so you can bring "star wars" right into your living room or into the "gma" -- get it, whit. there it goes. or into the "gma" control room like our pajama testers did this morning. we had a special director keeping the force of "gma." this is the obi wan kenobi lightsaber with sound effects, l.e.d. -- >> folks at home, this is not a little plastic toy. >> every single person that picked it up was like, okay. how much fun would you have if this is what you and your siblings got? my sister and i would have had hours of fun with had. >> as yoda would say, do or do not. there is no try. >> there you go. >> right? i'm in. okay. walk us through the others. >> the minnie mouse and daisy duck are teaming up and this is

the minnie mouse house figure set. this is so cool, whit. >> oh, i love that. >> so much cooler than the dollhouses of my youth and it has the chandelier lights. there's lots of fun little rooms they can go into and then i don't know if your family was an "encanto" family. >> oh, yes. >> this music box has little interactive features and will play music. we did not put it on because we're still talking about bruno but maybe you don't want to now and has a jewelry box. fun for all ages. >> and then this for a little kid who wants to be maybe a veterinarian someday. loves animals. >> so cool. so this is the national geographic kid sea otter care and nurture set and comes with this sea otter which is stuffed with recycled material. now, big question this morning in rehearsal. do you know what sound a sea otter makes? >> i don't know. >> you don't have a guess. oh, i like that, whit.

you can press a paw. >> i completely made that up. not even close. >> makes tons of different sounds which is fun and cute. it has travel bag. it has a lot of the vet care here. really great way to learn about something, you know, like veterinarians and national geographic, the great things they're doing and what we loved about this, every purchase of this gift also helps support the global nonprofit national geographic society, which is helping, you know, research and do all sorts of good things for the planet. >> that's great. >> you can't argue with the adorableness and that it's doing great work. >> helps inspire the kids to do something good as well. lori, always a pleasure. great to see you and, of course, you can find these toys on shop disney or major retailers nationwide. you can also see they're donated to the disney toy drive and if you'd like to make a holiday donation you can use that qr code at the bottom of your screen right there. point your camera to it and you can contribute to disney's ultimate toy drive. we'll be right back.

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building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions . this is abc. seven news. good morning. i'm reggie aqui from abc. seven mornings. angelina has a look of traffic. thank you, reggie. good morning, everyone, so we want to start with a big slowdown we're seeing in san francisco, and it's clogging people up on the bay bridge as well because the crash itself is on southbound one. oh, one before westbound 80, but look at that. as you descend off of the bridge. your speeds are going to be around eight mph. the good news, though, is that she can breathe throughout the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights came on early this morning, but it is nice and clear. hi, drew rubina. we are tracking those freezing cold temperatures. look at this. we're well into the thirties still were trying to warm into the forties right now, but bundle up. you need the hat, the gloves, the scarf. you need everything. freeze warnings are about to expire in the next, say 15 seconds