was sitting on. jobina: good morning, america. two major stories this morning, the coast-to-coast wallop on the move. two big storms bringing heavy snow, torrential rain and flooding fears just in time for new year's. where it's going. we have the latest track this morning. an abc news exclusive. the ceo of southwest airlines here live for his first television interview after that massive travel meltdown. more than 15,000 flights canceled stranding tens of thousands of passengers, luggage piled high around the country. the department of transportation now investigating. how did it go so wrong? and can southwest make it right? outrage growing. new falsehoods emerge about newly elected congressman george santos. the elite prep school that says

he was never a student. the employees he said were killed in the pulse massacre and new questions about his mother, her illness and 9/11 with fierce backlash mounting, can santos keep the seat? new video in the idaho murder mystery as police turn over the crime scene to cleanup teams. the new body cam emerging of one of the victims, the state of the investigation this morning with the killer still on the loose. remembering two icons. pele, the king of soccer pasng away at 82. why so many consider him the greatest player of all time. and the queen of extreme. vivienne westwood, the maverick fashion designer, how she changed the runway and the street. merry christmas, jay. why police were searching for this man who broke into a school during that deadly blizzard not to catch a bad guy but to praise him. why they say he's a hero whose actions saved lives.

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from him. but we do begin with two major storms hitting coast to coast just before the new year, so let's go to mola lenghi in denver which also was hit hard by that storm. good morning, mola. >> reporter: good morning, janai. yeah, denver sitting between those two major storm systems crossing the nation, the first one that dumped snow on us earlier this week moving east affecting millions and millions of people. the planes in parts of the midwest in the crosshairs overnight. heavy, wet snow creating some pretty dangerous driving conditions in nebraska. back here in colorado, check out what happened just outside denver, a huge pileup on the interstate, while authorities have not said weather was a contributing factor roads were icy. there was freshly fallen snow on the ground, just tough driving conditions. fortunately injuries were only minor. now we're bracing for that second storm system currently impacting the west coast moving

east expected to be here by sunday potentially making for a very messy start to the new year. >> a dangerous mess. mola, thank you so much. let's bring in danielle breezy from wkrn in for ginger. this can get really dangerous. >> we have two systems we're watching. the first one pushing east, it is going to bring heavy rain as we head into new year's eve. flood watches up for buffalo. they had all that snow. it's expected to melt and lead to ice jams and flooding. also new york city going to be mild for new year's eve but also very wet. bston, the same thing. this atmospheric river over to the west, we've got 11 states now under some sort of alert and here's that timing on that system. we're going to see the waves of rain impacting the bay area as we head into friday night into saturday morning and heavy mountain snow. that same system going to shift south so as we head into new year's eve night, l.a. will be wet, so a lot of folks will be wet as we head into new year's eve. >> thank you for that. we'll watch the storm. see you soon. whit? now to the southwest aie says it will return to normal service today after a

week-long meltdown that left passengers stranded. flight crews unaccounted for and baggage scattered all across the country. we'll talk to southwest ceo bob jordan in just a moment but first, let's go to elwyn lopez at atlanta's hartsfield-jackson international airport for the very latest. elwyn, good morning. >> reporter: hey, whit, good morning. after eight days of scrapped flights, southwest finally getting back on track but now that airline under fire for that holiday travel nightmare. this morning, after nearly 16,000 canceled flights, southwest airlines finally catching up. >> all the flexibility and planning that we put in place to deal with the storm just wasn't enough, and so we've extended flexibility for self-service travel changes through january 2d. >> reporter: fewer than 50 flights canceled today so far. this after 96% of airline cancellations on thursday came from southwest, scrapping holiday plans for thousands. the sethmans forced to return home after their flight was delayed multiple times, and then

canceled, leaving the airport without their baggage and without car seats for their two children. >> we had to hold our kids in the car in the backseat because southwest said there was no longer car seats. >> reporter: southwest now facing another daunting challenge, returning a sea of luggage strewn acros the company's stock plunging as other airlines stabilize their own. as for those 16,000 flights canceled wednesday, the department of transportation now investigating. >> we will penalize southwest as we would any airline to the tune potentially of tens of thousands of dollars per violation if they fail to meet what is required of them to take care of passengers. >> reporter: and southwest says it will work on a case-by-case basis with passengers to reimburse them for the expenses incurred during disruptions. the department of transportation says that it will keep a close eye on the airline to make sure that it meets its legal obligations.

whit. >> elwyn, thank you. joining us now exclusively is bob jordan, the ceo of southwest airlines, in his first tv interview since the holiday.tions began over the - bob, good morning to you. thanks for joining us. we appreciate it. so your airline has said normal operations will resume today. how confident are you that will hold through the holiday weekend and can you promise a meltdown of this magnitude won't happen again? >> thanks for having me. yeah, we're off to a great start. i'm watching stats and we've launched the east coast and we have a great operation under way. it's our full schedule. 3,900-plus flights. we had a reduced schedule for about three days here prior as we reset the network. that reduced schedule the last two days has been running great. over 90% on time. very few cancels so i'm very confident that we'll operate a really tight operation today. >> as you know, we're days into this, thousands of flights

canceled, people stranded over the holidays. your own pilots and crew members unable to reach the people responsible for scheduling them. how did things go so horribly wrong? >> well, this -- it's a number of things. this was just an unprecedented storm for everybody, for all airlines. it was widespread across the country. record cold. for us what's different is we are the top airline in 23 of the top 50 cities so it just hit so many large locations at the same time, and we had record temperatures that did things like froze jetways, froze aircraft, froze de-icing fluid. when you're trying to solve a problem in so many locations, it becomes very, very difficult. airlines count on the aircraft and the passengers and the crew members continuing to move and when all that shuts down in so many locations it becomes very, very tough and at some point solving that problem and we have great tools and processes but solving that problem becomes very daunting. >> but, bob, forgive me, you

talked about -- you did talk about the weather and people understand that. and there were widespread cancellations due to the weather across the country with other airlines but southwest's situation was very different. thousands of cancellations continued for days and dayd, some have blamed the technology. what is your response to the system you operate and whether that needs to be updated too? >> yeah, let me just be straightforward here. the storm had an impact but we had impacts beyond the storm that obviously impacted southwest very differently. it really was the scope of the problems attempting to be solved, just to move crews around, keep the airline moving. we have great tools. we have regular operations, those tools and processes serve us well, but this is something that we have never seen in our 51 years, and we're making investments in our operational areas like always. there will be lessons learned from this and we'll continue to make more investments. >> transportation secretary pete

buttigieg said that your airline could be fined thousands of dollars per violation if you don't deliver refunds to passengers whose flights were canceled. can you guarantee those passengers will get refunds in a timely manner? >> i've had a great conversation with the secretary. we're aligned. there's no greater focus beyond safety than taking care of our customers and we're offering refunds, covering expenses, we'll be going back out with even more after that. that's the goal of the secretary, obviously, is to cover our customers and take care of them, so we're aligned there. and beyond safety there is no greater focus at this point than taking care of our customers, reuniting them with their bags, getting refunds processed. in fact, we have a special website that was put up just to take refund information, baggage information, expenses to process that even faster. >> what about some of the expenses beyond the ticket refunds?

extended hotel stays, some had to rent cars. many passengers whose flights were canceled had to rebook more expensive tickets to get home even on southwest. what's your obligation to them? >> well, our desire is to go above and beyond. we always take care of our customers. that's our 51-year history at southwest airlines. we'll be looking at and taking care of things like rental cars, hotel rooms, meals, booking customers on other airlines, so that will all be part of what we're covering here as we reimburse our customers and make good on this issue. i want to be really frank. this is impacting so many people, so many customers over the holidays. it's impacted our employees and i'm extremely sorry for that. there's just no way almost to apologize enough because we love our customers, we love our people and we really impacted their plans. >> will there be accountability for this meltdown, some have called for you or other executives to resign. what's your response to that? >> you know, i think step one is to get the operation back on track.

the best way to serve our customers is to get the network going again and i'm really pleased that we're here today and we're going to run a full network. a close second is to take care of all the things that occurred during the issues, get refunds processed, gets bags moving. those kind of things, talk to our customers and take care of them. there will be a lot of lessons learned that come out of this. we already had a great plan to invest in tools and technology and processes as we always do, but there will be a lot of lessons learned in terms of what we can do to make sure this never happens again because this needs to never happen again. >> i think a lot of people would agree with that statement. bob jordan, thank you so much for your time. we do appreciate it. >> thank you. gio, i know you were checking flights and it appears they're starting to get back on schedule. >> right now about 39 canceled

flights for southwest, so that's very good. much less than we've seen, nobody in the industry has seen anything quite this bad so i really hope that mr. jordan is right about getting that money back to passengers. >> that was what is so important about, whit, you pushing him to say it wasn't just weather. southwest was impacted more than any other airline. you asked the question so many people want the answers to. turning now to representative-elect george santos, this morning facing yet even more questions about his background as yet another prosecutor's office takes a closer look at his claims. aaron katersky here with the latest. good morning to you. there just continues to be more and more about this. >> he's already been caught fabricating his career, his education and background and this morning, the questions about congressman-elect george santos are piling up over everything from campaign spending to his mother's death. congressman-elect santos said his mother was in the south tower of the world trade center on 9/11. >> i get emotional. my parents were both down there the day of the attacks and fortunately none of them passed. >> reporter: in a tweet last year, santos said, 9/11 claimed

my mother's life. in a different tweet he said she died in 2016. his website said santos' mother died of cancer making no link to september 11th and his campaign has not clarified. santos has claimed four of his employees were killed in the pulse nightclub shooting and he conceded this week that wasn't true. >> did anyone who worked for you perish in the pulse nightclub shooting? >> that works for me directly? no. >> reporter: he claimed to attend horace mann but did not graduate for financial reasons. >> they sent me to a good prep school, which was horace mann in the bronx. >> reporter: the school said there was no record he was ever there. he now tried to move on after admitting to what he called embellishments of his resume. >> we can all admit once in our life we made a mistake. i'm having to admit this on national television for the whole country to see. >> reporter: but democrats in his district have had enough. >> we don't want to be represented by any clown in local government, in state

government, but especially not in our nation's capital. >> reporter: to tamp down the scandal santos has been telling local republican leaders he plans to serve one term and not run for re-election. the gop chairman in his district said he wouldn't support santos anyway in 2024 without mentioning any objection to santos taking office next week. despite a new report in "the new york times" that questions how santos spent campaign money on everything from rent to meals to airfare. janai. >> as more comes out there continues to be even more questions. whit. janai, and the world is mourning the loss of a legend. pele, the brazilian soccer star considered one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century, his passion and exuberant play paving the way for america's love of the beautiful game. matt rivers is here with more on that. matt, as a longtime soccer player and fan, this one hurts. he just touched the world. >> absolutely.

it is really hard to overstate the impact that pele had on the game of soccer around the world. the all-time great set to be buried in brazil early next week after what was an extraordinary life. >> here comes pele. >> reporter: this morning, the sports world united in grief as it mourns pele, a man many considered the greatest soccer player of all time. the brazilian soccer legend passed away at the age of 82, pele battling colon cancer and had been hospitalized since late november. his daughter announcing his death on social media writing, everything we are is thanks to you. we love you infinitely. rest in peace. born edson arantes do nascimento in 1940, he grew up in poverty in part honing his skills by kicking a rolled up sock stuffed with rags. >> pele, number 10, always the master and the scorer of goal number three. >> reporter: making his world cup debut as a 17-year-old in et

>> reporter: he would go on to win three world cups, the only player in history to do so. for the next two decades he mesmerized fans. his graceful footwork made him and brazil's yellow jersey one of the most iconic uniforms in sports. >> football always was the best promoter of brazil, always put brazil in the top. >> reporter: pele came out of retirement in 1975 to join the new york cosmos, helping to popularize the sport in the u.s. >> he showed exactly the global appeal of soccer and how it can be brought and delivered to a u.s. audience. he really set the bar at a high standard that i'm not sure anybody has eclipsed yet. >> reporter: tributes for the man known as the king of soccer

pouring in. president biden writing, pele's rise from humble beginnings to soccer legend is a story of what is possible. and brazilian superstar neymar posting, he's gone but his magic remains. pele is forever. and overnight, another great nuc winner, writing on instagram, rest in peace. >> what a legend. whit, you were so moved by this. >> just an ambassador of the sport and peace and love and carried that message around the globe. coming up, police are revealing new details in the investigation of the brutal murders of four idaho college students, including body cam of one of the victims taken weeks before the killings. but first, let's get back to danielle breezy with the weather. >> and here's your local weather in 30 seconds.

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just in time for new year's. we have the latest forecast coming up in just a bit. a house committee is expected to make public several years of former president trump's tax returns later today after a year's long legal battle. republicans are accusing democrats of playing politics with the release. the committee has already put out a lengthy report based on the documents. a close call over the south china sea. a chinese fighter jet coming within ten feet of an american surveillance plane. the u.s. aircraft was forced to take evasive action. the incident happened wednesday when the american plane was in international waters. and the fashion world is remembering famed designer vivienne westwood who came to be known as the godmother of punk. her work brought a rebellious edge to british style throughout her long and successful career in the fashion industry. vivienne westwood was 81 years old. we're going to have more on her career coming up and what a career it was. >> absolutely. and we've got a lot more ahead including the mega millions jackpot up to $640

million. the drawing happening tonight all coming up. >> get your tickets. we do begin with the new details on the investigation into that vicious stabbing murder of those four college students in idaho. police now bringing in a special cleaning crew to the crime scene as we're seeing new body cam video of one of the victims talking to police just weeks before the killings. kayna whitworth is back there in idaho with the new details. kayna, good morning to you. police just this week pleading with the public for more help. >> reporter: that's exactly right, janai. authorities saying they're actually receiving new tips this week from across the nation. this as new video has surfaced of police officers responding to a noise complaint at that popular off-campus home that this morning is still a crime scene. this morning, new video surfacing of one of the idaho murder victims as police track down new leads in the killings. >> hello, miss. what's your name? >> xana.

>> reporter: the video was first obtained by truth and transparency showing xana kernodle opening the door of the king street home as officers approach. >> we can hear you from clear down the road when we were coming up here. >> i'm so sorry. >> reporter: the video from officer worn body cameras over labor day weekend at nearly 1:00 in the morning. officers saying it's the second time they've been to the residence that night. >> any outside music, any loud yelling needs to be done. >> okay. >> because next time you're getting a ticket. >> okay. >> reporter: police telling us this was a common occurrence in the normally bustling college twn. >> a lot of noise complaints. >> the neighbors are being kept up. >> reporter: now, seven weeks after xana, her boyfriend ethan chapin, madison mogen and kaylee goncalves were found brutally stabbed to death the home is still an active crime scene. they will begin the cleanup process of the six-bedroom home. for more than two months the murders have rocked this

community, and while questions swirl, the victims honored now by their loved ones. a celebration of life planned tonight for lifelong best friends kaylee and maddie, but as kaylee's father told "gma" last month, the fight is far from over. >> you know, i'll fight for her and i will help all these family members find some way to keep this story going. >> reporter: now these families were given their children's belongings before those biohazard teams start their cleanup today. once they are done, they will return the property to the management company but, janai, as of now they have no time line for that. >> all right, kayna, we know you'll be following the latest. thank you so much. now let's bring in abc news contributor and former fbi agent brad garrett. brad, so great to have you here. sending in a screening crew means police are pretty much done with evidence at the crime scene. what does that suggest to you about where this investigation stands? >> so, every crime scene, of

course, ends and you have to clean it up, so this one is a bit complex just because of the nature of four people, how they so it's going to take them a while to clean up but just collecting the forensic evidence would have taken a while in that house and then, i have spent at crime scenes like this, days walking through trying to figure out exactly what happened. maybe even trying to react so they probably have done that but it's time to move on. i wouldn't take it that there's any additional steps found in this case or new information found. but it's just -- it's time. >> so, speaking of the crime scene, the murders happened back on november 13th, but police say they're still awaiting crime lab results, is that unusual? >> no, because if you think, whit, about how much -- i don't want to get graphic here -- but how much stuff you would have to process, and if the bad guy moved around and let's say he had blood on his shoes, all of that stuff would have to be picked up, processed, that's a lot of dna to look for and other genetic materials, so not

uncommon for it to take weeks. >> brad, police say that they want the public to help them. they want information from the public but they also say they've received thousands of new tips. what does that tell you? >> well, it's actually quite common. if you go back to chandra levy we had tm cris a vast joty chip well-intentioned people but they want to tell you the theory of the case and so sorting out sort of what is real, what is not, or pieces of information that are real takes some time so it's the nature of the beast when it comes to high-profile cases. >> difficult case still. so many questions remain. that community going through a lot. brad garrett, thanks so much. we appreciate it. we do want to turn now to the search for a man who broke into a school during the deadly storm in new york but it was for all the best reasons, to save lives. trevor ault has the story. trevor, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. listen, as buffalo has been digging itself out of this storm, we know there's no

shortage of horror stories and awful news there, but there's also a lot of incredible stories of people stepping up, not to jst survive but save others too. this one is a story of a man known as merry christmas jay. overnight police in cheektowaga, new york, searching for the man known only as merry christmas jay. that man was spotted breaking into a school on this surveillance video but they quickly realized this was not your typical break-in. >> i feel 100% that jay's actions were heroic and 100% saved lives during this storm. >> reporter: they've now identified merry christmas jay as 27-year-old jay withey, a as 27-year-old jay withey, a real-life hero who they credit with saying the lives of 24 people during the buffalo area snowstorm. that deadly blizzard dropped 50 inches of snow and killed at least 39 people. >> it was a matter of survival. it was just a very scary situation to be in. >> reporter: it all began when withey picked up a friend

who was stranded but with only a quarter of a tank of gas left it quickly became stuck in the whiteout. >> the wind blowing, the snow falling, you couldn't see. if you stuck your hand out you couldn't see the tip of your fingers of your own hand. >> reporter: soaking wet and freezing he decided to seek shelter inside the pine hills school breaking a window to get inside but instead of staying there to rest he knew he had to help others who were stranded and he ventured back out into snowmageddon. >> i can see there's a couple other vehicles stuck in the immediate vicinity of the school. so i go to them, you know, i tell them i've broken into a school, that there's heat in there. >> i thought we was going to die. you know, it was scary and unforgettable but, yeah, seeing jay in the morning and getting us in the school really saved us. >> reporter: once he gathered a group of fellow stranded drivers, jay pried open the kitchen door to gather essentials to help feed the group. he also went to the nurse's office for blankets and water. he even left the school's front door open overnight so anyone

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more than half a billion dollars and it could be yours before we bring in the new year. this morning, lotto fever sweeping the nation as we get ready to ring in the new year. the massive mega millions jackpot soaring to $640 million, up a whopping 75 million bucks within the last few days. >> certainly the excitement is there with players and, you know, the more tickets that are bought the higher that jackpot is going to go. that's why we're seeing it growing the way we are. >> reporter: this jackpot has been growing since october. it's the biggest prize ever offered around new year's. the lump sum, an estimated $328 million, not a bad way to start 2023. >> trying to start that new year with perhaps a new life and, you know, new vacation spot. >> reporter: but it's not just the players with visions of dollar signs dancing in their heads, store owners too. if they sell a winning ticket, they get a piece of the pie. >> yes, i'm a winner too. i'm excited for that, too. >> reporter: california joe

winning $1 million when his store sold that record $2 billion powerball jackpot last month. money he plans to spend on family. >> i'm going to spend it on my kids and my grandchildren. >> reporter: and in huntley, illinois, store owner jose joseph won a small share of the prize money when he sold a winning lottery ticket. with his share of the winnings, jose chose to pay it forward. >> i shared with all my employees their hard work, also i invested some money into the community and the family. >> reporter: and he also shared it with local firefighters. he's just a good guy all around. now the drawing is tonight and for those who are saying, you know, my chances of winning are slim, they are. but to quote jose if you don't play, you don't win. guys, back to you. >> oh, and demarco, whit was just saying he's giving up this time but we'll see if he buys a ticket. >> i might get dragged back in the game, we'll see. >> reporter: don't give up yet. coming up next, andrew dymburt at the place to be on new year's eve, high above times

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and we are back now in times square with what will be packed on new year's eve as the crowds gather to watch the ball drop and andrew dymburt is there with the ball. hey, andrew. >> hey, guys, way to send the correspondent who is deathly afraid of heights on scaffolding at the top of one times square

but it is totally worth it. let's get a live up close look at this ball here. for reference, i am six feet tall in my dating profiles. this thing is 12 feet in diameter and it is -- it has all the modern touches and has come such a long way since the first ball was dropped in 1907. that ball only had 100 lightbulbs. this thing, try over 32,000 l.e.d.s. it is beautiful, magnificent with waterford crystals, the theme this year is love and compassion as well and the coolest part in my opinion is the colors. the color scheme. so we're told that it has millions of color hues and capabilities and then it has the chance to have billions of different color combinations and that sort of kaleidoscope iconic view that we're all so used to. when it comes time for that ball to drop on saturday, the world will be watching some 1 billion people around the world will be watching this right here. we've got our hands on it. meanwhile, 1 million people are expected to flock to times

square. i don't know about you guys but i am ready for 2023. >> love that the theme is love and compassion. we have love for you and your compassion for, uh, the truth about your six-foot height. thank you, andrew. coming up, the party is just getting started here on "gma" as we count down to 2023. ter, the urge to protect means staying on the lookout to help keep others from harm. at pfizer, we're driven by this impulse. we've reached hundreds of millions of lives with our covid-19 response. and we keep innovating. whatever comes next, we will respond fiercely. like family. ♪

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building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions . this is abc seven news morning , everyone i'm kumasi aaron from abc seven mornings, checking it out with sue hall for a look at traffic. hi, sue. good morning and yes, wet weather. still a major cause of at least 27 incidents on the chp log at last check stall on the high rise westbound san mateo bridge the reason for slower traffic and will head to the colosseum earlier jackknife big rig near high street cleared out for about an hour now, and traffic has finally recovered. you will find fog out there and it accident south bong 17 in the santa cruz mountains and overturn blocking the right line . the reason for slow traffic at idlewild drew. we're looking at live doppler. seven light showers out there. scattered mist and drizzle. this is a level one lightstorm on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale on and off showers throughout the day. take the rain gear with you. especially later tonight tomorrow morning.

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titan of the industry. ♪ i got bills ♪ making money moves in 2023. how to get fiscally fit in the new year. the number one debt you should tackle right now and how to boost that emergency savings. ♪ celebrate good times, come on ♪ and we're saying hello to the new year from going gourmet all day with simple tips for mealtime magic to the tv, movies and music to binge all weekend long. if you're celebrating from home. plus, jessie james decker is here live with the big surprise before the clock strikes midnight. the countdown to 2023 is on as we say, good morning, america. ♪ come celebrate and party with you, come on now, celebration ♪ good morning, america. the last friday of the year, we are glad it's here. glad that we have you to join us on this friday. just one day to new year's eve and the countdown to 2023 is on.

>> the count down is on, party preps are in place and we are prepping for the big party. >> oh, oh. >> hear that jam right there. we've got a festive edition of "binge this" about the end of the year. the music came on a little too soon. we'll talk about rom-coms and sitcoms but also this is a go-to party jam for many including some people in this studio. >> you. >> perhaps you guessed maybe. more on this coming up later in the show. but first, we do have a lot of news to get to this morning, starting wh es trel mess.wepoke exclusively to airline's ceo, bob jordan, this morning about the debacle and elwyn lopez is back with the latest details. hey, elwyn, good morning again. >> reporter: hey, gio, good morning. southwest's ceo says that they're off to a great start this morning. this meltdown, he says, is something they haven't seen in their more than 50 years of service. this morning, after nearly 16,000 canceled flights, southwest airlines finally catching up. >> all the flexibility and

planning that we put in place to deal with the storm just wasn't enough and so we've extended flexibility for self-service travel changes through january 2nd. >> reporter: fewer than 50 flights canceled today so far. this after 96% of airline cancellations on thursday came from southwest, scrapping holiday plans for thousands. now southwest's ceo speaking exclusively to "gma." >> this has impacted so many people, so many customers over the holidays. it's impacted our employees and i'm extremely sorry for that. there's just no way almost to apologize enough. >> reporter: the sethmans forced to return home after their flight was delayed multiple times, then canceled, leaving the airport without their baggage and without car seats for their two children. >> we had to hold our kids in the car and in the backseat because southwest said there was no longer car seats. they had been out since the day before. >> reporter: southwest now facing another daunting

challenge -- returning a sea of luggage strewn across airports nationwide. as for those nearly 16,000 flights canceled since last wednesday, the department of transportation now investigating. >> we will penalize southwest as we would any airline to the tune potentially of tens of thousands of dollars per violation if they fail to meet what is required of them to take care of passengers. >> reporter: and the ceo also telling whit that there will be a lot of lessons learned from this. to make sure this never happens again. >> it is looking a lot better today, elwyn, fingers crossed. thank you so much. whit. now to those two major storms hitting the country coast to coast, back to danielle breezy on more, what we can expect here. >> we have two systems we're watching. it did dump a lot of snow yesterday over the heartland, three to four inches fell in that area, and part of that same system pushing east as we head through the day today. as you can see, we have a lot of wet weather pushing across the country as we get into new year's eve, though,

the northeast is going to get wet. by the way, buffalo, all that snow will melt. flood watches in effect and ice jams are a concern at new year's eve at the ball drop, 49. still very mild in the 50s in boston and d.c., then we go to the west and we've got that atmospheric river that's developed. we've got 11 states under storm alerts so we're watching for that. we are anticipating waves of heavy rain along the west coast of florida. the bay area getting it friday night into new year's eve morning. then, as we head into new year's eve night, unfortunately l.a. will be pretty soggy. inland we will see heavy mountain snow in parts of the sierras up towards the rockies. guys, back to you. >> a lot to watch as we end 2022 and start the new year. danielle, thank you. still coming up here on our "gma morning menu," remembering a fashion icon called the godmother of punk, vivienne westwood. and how to be your best self in 2023 starting with your wallet. deirdre bolton has tips on how to cash in on those money resolutions. plus, chefs claudine watt

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good morning, rhiannon. >> good morning, janai. good morning, you guys. vivienne westwood was a self-taught designer who was never predictable. she was known for pushing the boundaries of fashion for more than 50 years. known for her provocative looks on the runway, fashion trail blazer vivienne westwood took the world by storm and changed the fashion landscape forever. >> she was like our queen. >> reporter: rising to prominence in the '70s, westwood defining an era credited with giving the punk movement a look. supermodels like naomi campbell and kate moss frequently ripping the runway in her timeless creations. her corseted haute couture looks, staples to this day for the world's biggest stars like adele. ♪ and rihanna. ♪ shine bright like a diamond ♪ >> and just like that vivienne westwood kicked my sweet little [ bleep ]. >> reporter: even designing that showstopping wedding dress worn by sara jessica parker's carrie in the 2008 "sex and the city"

movie. westwood herself handwriting this letter seen in the movie. westwood also a passionate activist sitting down with naomi campbell for british "vogue" in 2019. >> i'm a fashion designer and an activist, and this is my career. each helped the other and it's very, very important to look great if you want to make a point, because then people i think will listen to you more. >> reporter: tributes to the icon pouring in overnight. designer marc jacobs writing, heartbroken. you did it first, always, incredible style with brilliant and meaningful substance. the fashion brand she founded saying, the world needs people like vivienne to make a change for the better. westwood was 81. spokespeople say westwood passed away surrounded by her family and she was working on designs up until the end of her life and this is just incredible. she had no formal fashion training. she once told a magazine she

learned by following patterns an d by taking old clothes that she found in markets by taking those apart and then learning how it all went back together. guys. >> incredible, and the fact she was making designs up until, you know, the end. thank you so much, rhiannon. all right, whit, over to you. janai, one of the most popular new year's resolutions is to get your finances in order. here to help us make the most of our money in 2023 is economics correspondent deirdre bolton. it's great to see you. >> great to see you, whit. >> i love this. getting fiscally fit. >> here we go. >> in the new year. how do you go about doing it? >> okay, so, it's like any other change that collectively we all need to make so slow and steady, small changes that lead to bigger payouts. so, for example, if you need to make a budget there's some apps out there that will help you, one is rocket money and that's actually a great one, because it even shows where you're spending your money now and mint overall a top pick

by many experts for just getting that budget together. >> let's talk about tackling debt because this really is a problem for a lot of people. how do you go about picking which area of debt to tackle first? >> okay, so, first one to be sure, credit card debt. it is by far the most expensive. it always is, but with the fed's increases this year it's really pretty much out of hand. if you look the national average 16.5%. some store cards, whit, 30%. so really if you can, just get rid of this debt asap and the fed has been pretty clear. they are going to continue to raise rates even in the new year so these percentages are high. they'll go higher. one good tip, try to go for a zero balance card. a site like bankrate.com is a great resource. you can go on there and that can kind of jump-start paying off that debt just read the fine print. because some of those zero percent introductory rates somehow in six months can turn nto high ones. exale

've eneang about tse now. so we e higher intth are causinm with credit cards, b trerealso . a ect ailni of higher rates. if you go to an online savings accounts they will pay you about 4%. there are some sites that you can take a look at bankrate.com, just one good reference, where you can see a list. no matter how crazy the market feels with your 401(k), just keep contributing. the future you will thank the present you, whit. >> a nod to the future you is always good. deirdre, always great to see you. thank you so much. gio, over to you. all right, whit, we are all looking for healthy ways to start the new year right and when it comes to the kitchen claudine watt and dana kotler from abundance and company are the pros at making fancy peoples -- fancy meals look easier than you think. they'll join us with recipes. you see that qr code, point your phone camera there and you can see a lot of these recipes. thank you so much for being here.

>> thank you for having us. >> absolutely. >> so let's start with the rainbow harvest salad. that looks beautiful. >> okay. it does look beautiful and the reason that we want it to look so beautiful is we feel like after the holidays everyone has maybe indulged too much. >> some of us more than others. >> so we want to reset for 2023 but don't want to punish ourselves. we don't want to drink our juice. i'm british so i'm not doing a >> she told me british people don't. i don't know if that's a thing. >> they're best friends, can you tell? >> we eat our vegetables in a beautiful way so what we've done is taken all these seasonable vegetables, cand hazelnuts and we've made a delicious dressing to go with it. >> when you dress a salad is important. when? >> normally a light leafy salad dress it last minute. this salad actually really benefits being dressed 30 minutes in advance, so, gio, you

dress the salad. >> thank you. >> we've put some anchovies in the dressing which i know some think they don't like but actually in the dressing you can't taste them and it just gives it that lovely savory flavor. >> just a little texture. >> a little bit of texture. >> you have a salmon nicoise salad that you want to tell us about. >> a spin on the traditional french tuna nicoise. we're using roasted salmon because it's high in -- >> omegas. >> i just translate. we're in america. [ laughter ] nice piece of salmon here.wetote lemon slices right on the top. and then we're roasting everything with these little baby potatoes so it's kind of like a one-sheet meal so we'll put those right on. >> beautiful. >> yeah, you just drizzle everything with a little bit of olive oil and that goes into the oven for about 20 minutes or so until the salmon is flaky and then you're done and the potatoes are kind of crispy. >> looks so good. looks so fancy which is the

point here. green beans. >> we want to keep everything simple but make people think that you've done a huge ton of work. but actually you haven't. we like to take intimidation out of everything we do. >> that's why you have the green beans. >> that's why we have the green beans, so we raw green beans here and we're going to put them into a pot of boiling water. all this does is blanche them so it's making them look bright green and still retains that -- >> you don't have to make a big salad. you can just make really good green beans. >> if you want to, or if you mae and caday. you're done. you don't haveo el >> so the beans go into an ice bath after one minute and come out and look like this. >> look how beautiful that is right there. so the eggs over here, that's also obviously a big part of the nicoise salad. >> of course. >> it is. so what we've done is put them into boiling water for nine minutes exactly and when you take them out you get that -- we

hate this word, but you get that jammy texture. >> if you don't want that, boil it for 13 minutes. we always start with a pot of boiling water and then the eggs go right into the boiling water. >> and an ice bath, gio. don't forget your ice bath. the same way with your beans. >> y'all are a trip. we've got 30 seconds left. this is what it looks like. >> we'll put it together quickly. we call it deconstructed. what we do, we put everything in sections so it's not all mixed together. >> it looks gorgeous. >> and then toss a bunch of herbs on top of everything. >> we use herbs in everything we do. >> chives. >> so you want to make it beautiful. >> this looks extremely good. are you seeing this? that looks gorgeous. okay, all right. claudine, thank you so much. dana, thank you so much. find these recipes right now using that qr code or go to goodmorningamerica.com for more. now let's go over to danielle breezy. >> i want to show you this, gio.

take a look at this video. this is actually from an atmospheric river that set up earlier this week in oregon. look at that, waves were up to 35 feet. that's actually seafoam due to wind gusts of 50 miles an hour being spread into buildings and also into cars. we have another atmospheric river that is setting up for new year's eve weekend, we're anticipating three to four inches of rain in the bay area. heavy mountain snow also likely around the sierras into the rockies. now, what can you expect at new year's right at midnight? 58 degrees. so cal pretty wet. we'll be in the upper 50s around austin, montgomery. 46 in louisville. not to mention, as we head into new york city we're actually going to be wet, unfortunately, for midnight, but we're looking at temperatures at 51 anthe is just one day to

go until the biggest party of the year and jessie james decker will be right outside our studio right here in times square to co-host "dick clark's new year's rockin' eve with ryan seacrest" 2023. jessie, so good to see you. >> good to see you as well. >> absolutely. >> okay, so, listen, we know you love instagram and we have the photo of your family on instagram right now. we want to show. >> aww, there they are. >> how do you keep your three kids entertained during this time of the year? >> they're busy bodies and we just -- we keep them busy by the things that they like, forest likes to sing so we always have music playing, his little karaoke machine, and my daughter a big gymnast so always flipping

around and my son plays football so they're outside quite a bit. very active, but we're always keeping them busy. they're busy bodies. >> oh, my gosh. >> ipad every now and then or are you making the rest of us parents look bad. >> for sure, for sure, every now and then. >> oh, my gosh. mom of three, god bless you, and tomorrow, obviously a working mom too because tomorrow you'll be helping millions of people ring in the new year. >> yay. >> i know you said you didn't bring the kids with you. will they stay up late. >> they try every year and most fall asleep right before. my daughter is like committed to staying up this time, so she's going to try. it's late for embv >> yeah. >> so this one as part of your co-hosting gig here, you get to announce the powerball millionaire. what is it like to make somebody's dreams come true in the new year? >> it's really exciting for me because i get to know them a little bit before we announce the winner and so you get to hear their own individual stories and you like root for them. you get excited. it is the first millionaire of the year so it's really exciting. but, yeah, you definitely pull

from people in your heart. you want their lives to change for the ways that they're wishing and hoping for the better so it's always such a treat for me. >> okay, so, when that clock strikes midnight, what's the first thing you'd do? >> if eric was with me, i'm not sure if he's coming yet, it depends if we can find a sitter. >> real-life problems, we get it. we get it. >> exactly, the baby-sitter. >> my mom may be in town. i'm not sure yet. i'll be smooching him. if not i'll be popping the champagne. >> blow kisses through the tv. >> we can always facetime if we're not together. >> that's probably why we're going to be at home too, finding sitters. we've got rapid-fire questions. we did it with ryan yesterday. >> resolutions or skip? >> resolutions. >> do you have one? >> yes, to like simplify and less, less crazy work schedules and stuff, just chill a little bit more. >> i like that. >> get rid of clutter and things

in storage. >> i was going to say champagne toast or apple cider, but you already told us that one. >> apple cider for the kids, champagne for me. >> there you go. heels all night or change to flats? >> ooh, i'm 5'1", i got to stick with the heels. >> all right. we will be hoping praying for your feet. confetti or power horn? >> confetti. >> party horn. home after the ball drop or party all night? >> ooh, it depends, if i was at home, home would be home but here i might be having to go out a little bit. >> there we go. >> one thing you will say good-bye to in 2022? >> working too much. i'm going to chill out a little on the work schedule. i think after we were all kind of shut down a little bit we all went hard this year and i feel like we got to cut back a little bit. >> amen to that. >> simplify. >> simplify is key. >> simplify like the word of the day? we love it. >> jessie james decker, thank you so much for being here and we will be watching because "dick clark's new year's rockin' eve with ryan seacrest 2023" airs tomorrow night beginning at

8:00 eastern right here on abc and coming up, what to watch before jessie and ryan take over, it's a special new year's edition of "binge this." stick around.

bill a better bay area moving forward finding solutions. this is abc. seven news. good morning , everyone i'm kumasi. aaron from abc seven mornings were checking in now with sue hall for a look at traffic. hi, sue. good morning, and we have what weather? it's always a challenge for your drive. we take a look at bart that's experiencing up to 10 minute delays system wide because of the wet weather back to the san mateo bridge. we had an earlier stall lane blocked westbound on the cemetery bridge . it's still kind of crowded there, so give yourself extra time. we have an accident in the santa cruz mountains. southbound idlewild overturned, blocking the right line. fire is on scene there, and we are sweet, pretty much recovered from the 8 80 problem and the 2 80. we had a 2 80 sigalert as well near highway 92 all is clear on 80 and 2 80

this morning kamasi going on. all right. thank you. sue meteorologist drew tumor

we're on storm watch live doppler. seven light showers out there. just a gray day on and off rain throughout your friday . here's a live look from one that creek. take the ring gear with you. we have more showers coming in later this evening. it's mild, though in the sixties is afternoon, but tomorrow morning, we get a level to moderate storm flooding is a threat with moderate to heavy rain. kumasi. thank you drew.

we'll have another abc seventies update in about 30 minutes. you can always find the latest on our ♪ whether you're high or low ♪ ♪ whether you're high or low ♪ welcome back to "gma." look, we have the crowds already gathering there in times square getting ready for the big party weekend and we've got some great entertainment options in a special edition of "binge this" and, gio, you're getting us started with a classic rom-com. >> i think we should start with "when harry met sally." >> we love that movie, don't we? [ laughter ] we haven't seen it. [ laughter ] >> i cannot believe you just admitted that on national tv. >> oh. >> it's not one but two new year's eve scenes. we all know that harry and sally hate each other at first but over the years they

become friends and at a new year's party they reveal they have feelings for each other but still go their separate ways until several years later at another new year's eve party they confess their love for each other in what's become a classic scene, the scene i've actually seen. >> you've seen the scene. >> this morning on youtube. >> fill in the gaps, exactly. all right, we appreciate the honesty there. all right, you can't go wrong with a movie binge on new year's eve weekend and "people tv's" co-host jeremy parsons has some suggestions for movie mavens to get you ready for the biggest blockbusters of 2023. take a look. >> reporter: all right, guys, get ready, i cannot wait for this year in movies. we got a lot of sequels no doubt will be huge at the box office. indiana jones and mission impossible coming out in july with tom cruise doing larger than life stunts and released footage online. binge the original movies, one per month should get you there for that summer release, "creed

3" with michael b. jordan out in march, and then harrison ford with "indiana jones and the dial of destiny." can't wait for this movie. harrison has been talking about how they use new technology to grab old footage of him to de-age him for the movie. i don't know how it all works, but i can't wait to see it. it will be a big year. buckle up and enjoy your year at the movies. happy new year, everybody. >> oh, awesome. and happy new year to jeremy, just love him. whit, you got the next pick. >> yes, do. for family fun who you gonna call. >> ghostbusters. >> "ghostbusters 2" is set during the holiday season and comes to a conclusion with a slimy supernatural showdown on new year's eve. the ghostbusters have to tap into the feelings of positivity in new york city on new year's to save the city and the universe, so strap on your proton packs and strap in for a fun family movie night with this one. i haven't seen this in a number of years but i do love me some "ghostbusters."

>> tap into the positivity of new york city. they have that around here? >> during the holiday season. >> i love you, new york. i love you, new york. >> just not when you're crossing the street. janai, you have something to keep you cozy on the couch as we head into the new year's. what is that? >> yes, how about classic tv and for that i have to go with "friends," the series had great new year's eve episodes. there's one in the first season where they throw a party and no one is allowed to bring a date. another in season 5 with monica and chandler's relationship is revealed on new year's eve, but the best one has to be in season 6 called "the one with the routine" that you're seeing right here with monica and ross getting invited to a taping of dick clark's rockin' new year. they're tearing up the dance floor. >> is that tearing it up? >> i know, right. debatable. >> something was torn. >> yeah. [ laughter ] it's one for the ages. >> sure is. all right, and if you want to go to a dance party this weekend

but you don't want to get out of your pjs, shaquille o'neal is throwing a party that you can go to without leaving your living room. yes, this is called "the shaq-tacular spectacular" he's throwing a virtual party with some of his celebrity friends like ludacris, cardi b and deejay diesel as he's known will be spinning the tunes. >> this is going to be a party. >> you know, shaq can kind of -- he can do it all, right? you're supposed to throw in your vr headset and party like an nba superstar to ring in 2023. >> wait. >> if you don't have a vr headset, well, can you let me finish? >> wait a second. [ laughter ] >> sorry. hold on. what? >> new year's resolution for 2023, will not interrupt whit in the middle. >> sorry. >> so you can also watch on facebook and instagram on shaq's facebook and instagram page.

>> maybe i need to get one of these. >> i know you do. all right, and if you, by the way, were deejaying your own party, what are your go-to party songs? we'll get into that. gio, what's yours? >> let's listen. ♪ when those trumpets go on, that's -- [ speaking non-english ] from celia cruz, "life is a party." don't need to cry. just got to party. >> i wish we could get a close-up on that. >> that little shimmy, yeah. >> we don't need that. >> okay. janai, what about you? >> "mo money, mo problems" by notorious b.i.g. representing the east coast. brooklyn. oh, yeah, see. b.i.g. p-o-p-p-a. >> i like that. >> what about yours, whit? >> i'll stay on the hip-hop theme but, of course i'm from california so cue it. "california love." tupac with dr. dre. so as we ring in the new year

we'll raise our glasses. it's been a fantastic year with you guys, despite the interruptions from janai. >> yeah, right? >> just kidding. [ laughter ] >> cheers to the new year. a bit.be back with more in just- ♪ get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. contact your volvo retailer to learn more. - life is uncertain. everyday pressures can feel overwhelming it's okay to feel stressed, anxious, worried, or frustrated. it's normal. with calhope's free and secure mental health resources,

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welcome back. this is one of our favorite segments of the year, "good welcome back. this is one of our favorite segments of the year, "good morning america" has a huge team coming together to bring you the show every single morning. it's a 24-hour a day, 7-day a week operation. here's a look at how it happens, plus our annual moment to share the names of all the people behind the scenes who bring "gma" into your home every morning. and that is our show. thank you for joining us. >> have a great day, everyone. >> that's a wrap, guys. >> that's a wrap. >> let's do it again tomorrow. >> this is a big "deals & steals" seller. >> i'm heading uptown. want to take the portal. >> the books for the book club.

>> the jackpot is now how much? >> can i get a dozen roses for the bachelorette? >> this is perfect for "the right stuff." >> meal is here. >> the mother of the victim. >> i'm going to need this to be an exclusive. >> let's talk about what's going on next week. >> this will need a sponsorship bar. >> can anyone send me the note? >> we have the balloons. it's going to be spectacular. >> i'll drop it into inews. >> send it to legal. >> i'm having an issue with the cookie segment. >> i've got room in 10c. >> these pies look delicious. >> someone is in the rundown. >> it's within the budget. >> heading down to shipping. >> let's talk about the show. >> did you see that video? >> who do you want? >> where do you want them? >> do you want a drone? >> absolutely. >> it looks really great in here. >> let's do it. >> we just closed the demo. >> we closed the graphic. >> is the graphic for our post-tape ready? >> ready for pickup. >> the portal transition around this way and then push through. >> sounds good. >> wow. i love keith urban. >> needs to be on the stage. >> is everyone on headset over here? >> the audience is arriving at 5:30 a.m. >> drums are in place. >> this could be offloaded over there. >> we're loading the gear now.

>> yeah, it's a lot. >> i really like what you did. >> is new york seeing us? >> can we get a sound check? >> guys, keith urban is here. >> get keith urban on the stage now. >> we have to get to the production truck. lily is ready for rehearsal. >> check transmission. >> are you still working? >> just a sec. >> covid cases are still milder than they were. >> can you boost the audio on that? >> what do you think of that? >> wanted to see if you're able to push. >> we need those online too. >> we're speeding on. >> with a one. >> done, fix that. >> good. it just needs to be shorter. >> alana, what's going on with the graphic? >> has michael got the cold open? >> every day we make miracles. >> good morning, robin. how was your weekend? >> breakfast is here. >> good morning. >> need it on set. >> you ready to talk about segment -- >> i got the flowers for the bachelorette. >> we have to move positions. >> did anyone talk about the change? >> all the way through florida this morning. >> these are records, ginger, but they're very close.

we're talking below average temperatures -- >> can we hold 1221? >> coming through with the ladders. >> is everyone mic'd? >> it's "dancing with the stars." >> 30 seconds till live. george on his way? >> graphics ready. >> line 86. 20 seconds. >> super. >> script is on the way. >> pete, how are we on time? >> five seconds. >> how is everything looking? >> shot looks good. here we go. >> three, two, one, roll it. >> good morning, america. >> good morning, america. >> good morning, america. ♪ i don't know why you think ♪ i don't know why you think that you could hold me when you couldn't get by by yourself ♪ ♪ and i don't know who would ever want to tear the seam of someone's dream ♪ ♪ baby, it's fine, you said that we should just be friends ♪ ♪ while i came up with that line and i'm sure that it's for the best ♪ ♪ if you ever change your mind don't hold your breath ♪

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building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions . this is abc. seven news. good morning, everyone. i'm kumasi, aaron from abc. seven mornings here. sue hall now with a look at traffic high soon, good morning and rain still wreaking havoc on the roads have a feeling this is going to be, as drew has been telling us a long term event. let's go to the santa cruz mountains. a big problem. we have both lines. north bong closed near redwood estates with an overturned vehicle. they're trying to get it out of there. you can see as we zoom out. you have a big delay. north bong 17 headed towards san jose drew like we will see more of these issues as the day goes on live doppler seven light showers out there, but our storm will intensify. early tomorrow morning, the day planner today your umbrella is getting a workout the next 24 hours on and off showers. overcast skies, upper fifties to lower sixties tomorrow morning, though it's a level to moderate storm on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. the flood threat is high with heavy rain

of flood watch. in effect, kamasi. thank you drew. now it's time for live with kelly and time for live with kelly and ryan and w deja vu: it's live with kelly and ryan. today, from the movie black adam, dwayne johnson. and john stamos tells us about his big shot. plus, we get a lesson in financial etiquette. and mark consuelos is our co-host de jour. all next on live. and now here are kelly ripa and mark consuelos. [audience cheers] hi, deja. hi, deja. [audience cheering] thank you. oh, boy. -all right. -oh, boy. i like that intro, co-host de jour. that was great. de jour from deja. -guess what? this is a big one. -last show.