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so great to have you with us on a sunday. for the first time in his presidency joe biden is visiting the u.s. border with mexico. the president heading to el paso, texas, where local officials have been struggling for months with the tide of migrants. the president's trip coming days after the white house announced that cubans, haitians, venezuelans would be sent to mexico if they enter the u.s. illegally. >> at the same time the u.s. is offering humanitarian parole for as many as 30,000 from those same countries if they pass background checks and have financial sponsors. the president facing criticism from both republican and democratic lawmakers. we have team coverage this morning of the president's trip. but we begin with the developing story overnight, a series of storms slamming the west coast for days, now some 15 million people under flood alerts. abc's matt rivers is in san

francisco with the latest. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, eva. it's been a tough couple of days already here in california but yet the worst from this storm is what's to come. this consistent pattern of high winds and rain all right wreaking havoc on the state's electric grid. more than a half million customers waking up without power. we've seen the effects of this system through the weekend. we've got some video to show you from san the cruz, california, you can see high waters there washing away parts of a sidewalk and a bridge there, pretty -- a lot of damage there. not too far from san francisco, across the bay in fact, it was yesterday afternoon that a massive eucalyptus tree was knocked over by high winds, weighing up to some 200 tons, fell on to a house, split it in two, trapped a man inside the house on his first responders were able to get in there and bring the man to a local hospital. shows how dangerous this storm is. we have flood watches in effect across the state, rivers, streams, all but guaranteed to flood as we're expecting up a foot of rain in some places on

tuesday. a very difficult week ahead in california. eva? >> thanks, matt. let's get more on that weather from brittany bell from our station wabc here in new york. good morning, brittany. >> good morning to you. this conveyor belt of storms continues out west. let's get right to it. looking at the timing. they're starting out with a round of rain this morning and after sunrise a lot of this will actually taper off. they'll get a bit of a break today. that all changes late tonight. another batch of widespread rain comes in. and look at monday, the brunt of the heavy rainfall, even some snow through the higher elevations. not much of a break monday evening. heading into tuesday, still wet across the area. rainfall totals over the next seven days, keep in mind this is on top of what they already received, ranging from 4 to 10 inches across most of the state. whit? >> they can't catch a break out there. okay, brittany, thank you. now to president joe biden making his first visit to the u.s./mexico border since taking office.

the president facing mounting pressure to do more about the recent surge of migrants. abc's mirey villarreal is in el paso with more. mireya, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. overnight we didn't see migrants sleeping on the streets of el paso or surging across the river, but make no mistake, this is a day to day battle here at the border. leaders here in el paso are eager to show the president exactly what they've been dealing with for months. new this morning, hundreds protesting on the streets of el paso ahead of president biden's visit to the border. some migrants sleeping on the streets outside as the administration releases new details on policies they'll use to combat escalating immigration issues. >> now, these actions alone aren't going to fix our entire immigration system, but they can help us a good deal in better managing what is a difficult challenge. >> reporter: the administration's latest plan drawing criticism from texas governor greg abbott appearing on fox news friday. >> it took only a year under the biden administration to have the

most illegal border crossings ever, and what biden is laying out right now isn't going to reduce that. >> reporter: while his tactics have been criticized as a political stunt, abbott continues to send troops to the border. since august, el paso has seen a flood of migrants surging across the border. city officials overwhelmed. more than 27,000 migrants released into el paso in december alone. this colombian man was separated from his venezuelan wife and children after crossing the border under the administration's newest policies. [ speaking in non-english ] >> reporter: so for now he's going to try to stay here in this city because he doesn't have family in the u.s. local communities and shelters baring the brunt of this border battle. >> the challenge is, any time you start receiving refugees you're going to need staffing. so it's a lot of work. >> reporter: so short term this

is about showing the president exactly what they've been dealing with in el paso. but long term city leaders said they need more resources, more funding and really a long-term fix. janai? >> mireya, thank you for that update. let's bring in white house correspondent maryalice parks on the white house north lawn. maryalice, a lot riding on this trip for president biden. >> reporter: that's right, janai. huge stakes. the president has been hammered for having not yet traveled to the border, mostly from republicans, but also from a few democrats. we know he'll be joined by the secretary of homeland security, members of congress, local leaders. his team will meet with custom and border protection officers, tour the biggest port of entry there in el paso, as well as a migrant center. this trip comes as we're seeing record apprehensions, but as republicans now in control of the house have made clear they plan to launch investigations into border operations and keep

this issue absolutely front and center. >> maryalice, this is the first leg. after texas, it's on to the mexico and the president's really got his work cut out for him there. >> reporter: he goes on from texas to mexico city tonight, two days in mexico city. he'll meet with the mexican president and canadian prime minister. mexico's cooperation in managing the border is absolutely critical here. one big question, can the president convince mexico to accept more migrant that is the u.s. expels? as you were talking about just last week the white house announced this aggressive new policy saying it would start rapidly expelling more migrants from haiti and venezuela if they crossed illegally, but at the same time allowing 30,000 people from those countries to apply for short-term legal status. the white house said they're focused on trying to find new legal pathways while also cracking down on illegal entries. janai? >> drawing criticism from both sides of the aisle in the meantime. maryalice, thank you so much. you can tune in to "this week" later this morning, george stephanopoulos speaks exclusively with homeland

security secretary alejandro mayorkas as president biden heads to el paso. plus, republican representatives scott perry and andy barr on their party's wild week in washington and what comes next for new house speaker kevin mccarthy. eva? now to the harrowing moments inside a virginia elementary school when a 6-year-old allegedly opened f speaking out. abc's jay o'brien joins us now with more. good morning, jay. >> reporter: eva, good morning. that teacher still in the hospital as investigators try to piece together what caused a 6-year-old boy to open fire in his first grade classroom. this morning, the virginia teacher who police say was shot by her 6-year-old student is now in serious but stable condition. >> female victim, she's been shot in the abdomen as well as a through and through into the hand. >> reporter: newport news police saying the young boy was placed into custody after the shooting on friday.

parents at richneck elementary panicking upon hearing the news. >> it's just really hard to process that this happened to us. i never in a million years thought i would be telling a story about the day i didn't know if i knew my son was shot at school. >> reporter: she rushed to the school, jumping over a fence to get to her son carlos who was in recess when the shots rang out. his mother said the fourth grader is now traumatized. >> he said to me on our walk out, i don't want to come back here. i never want to come back here. i want to forget this happened. >> reporter: police releasing few details about the 6-year-old student's alleged motive. >> this wasn't an accidental shooting. >> reporter: virginia law prohibits anyone under the age of 14 from being tried as an adult. legal experts say prosecutors could have a difficult time building a case against whichever adult owned the gun the boy used. >> the criminal law system tends not to extend liability from a minor to their parents. it's a very tough bar to reach.

>> reporter: that elementary school is now closed tomorrow and tuesday. the school district offering counseling and other resources to students and their families. whit? >> all right, thank you, jay o'brien. we appreciate it. overseas now to iran where the tehran regime is facing international condemnation for executing anti-government protesters. abc's lama hasan joins us now from london with more. lama, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, whit. in the early morning hours of saturday, the iranian regime executed two men. one is a karate champion and the other is a volunteer children's coach. now they were accused of killing one of the regime's security officers during an anti-government protest in november, and they are just two of the latest killed. in total the regime has now hanged four men since the protests began, with at least a hundred others awaiting the same fate. among them is a 26-year-old soccer player. he's convicted after being

accused of killing a policeman and two volunteer militias also during the protest. iran is facing international condemnation from human rights groups. some of hollywood's most famous faces, kate blan mamoa appearing in a recent video holding a sign with #stoptheexecutions in iran. the deadly demonstrations sweeping across the country for the last five months are the government's biggest challenge yet. the brutal crackdown on the protesters just doesn't seem to be working, instead the protesters are emboldened and they're galvanized. they're turning to other tactics of arresting famous iranians from athletes to movie stars to try to instill fear in the public. janai? >> all right, lama, thank you for that. turning back home now, a potential nurses' strike that

could hit the nation's biggest city. tomorrow upwards of 10,000 nurses may walk out over working conditions and pay conditions here in new york city. abc's phil lipof joins us live. phil, this comes as covid hospitalizations climb in some parts of the country. >> reporter: good morning to you, janai. nurses at five new york hospitals have ratified contracts avoiding a strike. not every hospital here is at that point. negotiations went past midnight last night and they're under 24 hours from the strike deadline. this morning, a potential nursing strike looming in the nation's largest city. nearly 6,000 new york city nurses set to walk off the job on monday at 6:00 a.m. if not deal is reached. >> i hope that by monday morning we come to an agreement so we have safe care for all of our patients and the nursing community. >> reporter: the strike could affect several hospitals, the main sticking point, staffing shortages through covid and now. >> i need to stick by my co-workers who have been here the last three years where it's been a nightmare for them to

care for their patients. >> how does it make your job more difficult when you're understaffed? >> the staffing ratios are insane. we don't have enough nurses. we would like to be staffed the way we need to so we can properly care for our patients. >> reporter: this is not just a new york city problem. across the country there's a shortage of nurses. in minnesota, 15,000 nurses went on strike for three days in september, then averted another strike in december. here in new york city, mount sinai, which operates three of the four hospitals facing possible strikes, already moving some of their most vulnerable patients, including babies from the nicu, to other hospitals. mount sinai blames the nursing union, saying in part, the union is jeopardizing patients' care and it's forcing valued mount sinai nurses to sacrifice their dedication to patient care. all of this as hospitalizations in the northeast are rising,

especially among the elderly as doctors and nurses battle the flu, respiratory illnesses and now a new subvariant of omicron. the office of emergency management is setting up a command center just in case there is a strike. negotiations went past midnight last night. neither side wants a strike to happen. negotiations will start again today at noon and could go past midnight if they're making progress. eva? >> let's hope they work out a deal. thanks, phil. now in a new fallout following the collapse of crypto currency exchange, ftx. the one time wonder boy founder sam bankman-fried currently facing federal fraud charges and the judge now making a move to help some of the alleged victims get some of their money back. deidre bolton has more. good morning, deidre. >> good morning, eva. in financial fraud cases the normal course of action is for prosecutors to reach out to victims individually, but our sources say more than 1 million people have been affected by the founder of ftx's alleged crimes and that letting alleged victims know one by one is impractical.d

vernment setting up a website where former investors can read their rights and keep up to date with the government's case against the ftx founder, sam bankman-fried. the losses are huge, investors may have lost 8 billion. ftx is supposed to be a blue chip crypto exchange company. numerous celebrities and well-known investors promoting it. detractors say ftx is basically a death knell for the industry, but that greater risk management, governance and regulation are necessary for the industry to survive, guys. >> deidre, it's your last morning with us. >> it is. >> i know you're moving on to another opportunity. we just want to say thank you. >> thank you for having me. i love you and i'll miss you. >> you're a great friend. we're still going to call you for financial advice. >> i'll be popping in. >> thank you, deidre. time now for a check of the weather and we'll go back to brittany bell from our local abc

station wabc. >> still dealing with heavy rainfall and also rough surf. showing you this video of these waves crashing in santa cruz, driven by high winds, another aspect of this system. so damaging winds expected today. these are sustained winds, can range from around 19 to 35 miles per hour, but gusts up to 70 miles per hour. so this moisture continues to pump in, still watching that flood threat. there's a flood watch. also, a winter storm warning for some of the higher elevations. speaking of that winter storm warning, this is a look at the snow forecast over the next seven days. we could see snow for the lower elevations ranging from 2 to 3 feet up to around 4 to 5 feet, and additional snow that's going to fall over the next few days. that's what's happening across the country. here's what's going good morni. wet pavement as our level 2orni.

system is exiting. we get a load before level 3 arrives tonight into monday. elevating flood threat again for the next several days as we have a flood advisory through tuesday. a smaller storm will follow the tuesday system. highs today will be in the upper 50's to near 60. we still look for those breezy winds still amazing to look at these rainfall totals, just knowing that there's more to come through the rest of the week. >> i think we're all ready to put the umbrellas away. give them a little bit of a break. thank you so much. we appreciate it. all right. now to buffalo bills safety damar hamlin breaking his silence following his near-death collapse during monday night's game in cincinnati, this as his team plans a special tribute at today's game. this morning, damar hamlin making strides in his road to recovery and for the first time since his on-field cardiac arrest on monday breaking his silence on social media. erye f

ing tawhen you put real love out into the world, it comes back to you three times as much. the love has been overwhelming. on a long road. keep praying for me. the 24-year-old also posting a facetime screenshot on instagram with fanatics ceo and rapper meek mill showing all smiles with the caption, back working, back smiling. the buffalo bills releasing an update on his condition tweeting, damar is making continued progress in his recovery, yet remains in critical condition. he continues to breathe on his own and his neurological function is excellent. >> the worst is behind him but he still has a long road ahead of him. >> reporter: the nfl community coming together to pay tribute overnight. >> the raiders ask to join us in a moment of support and love for damar and cheer for him and his family as they continue their fight.

>> reporter: the jaguars and titans holding a group prayer for damar moments before kickoff. >> it's just an unbelievable deal for both teams to get together. >> reporter: and at the chiefs/raiders game, patrick mahomes wearing a custom hamlin >> you want to be there for him. there's so much stuff bigger than football. >> the bills returning to the field in just a matter of hours playing on their own turf against the new england patriots. the bills planning to wear special patches with the number 3 on them to honor their teammate. heading into this weekend, this question, how were players across the league going to get back on the field and play? but then we got those encouraging updates at the end of the week when he came off the breathing tube and with the games yesterday the tributes have been incredible, the outpouring of love and support. >> it would have been hard to see them how they could have played this weekend without those positive updates. glad we got them.

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off the road there, and it comes as a lot of thunderstorms and lightning overnight, especially in the north bay meteorologist lisa argent is tracking the storm. good morning. santa is that is exiting the bay area.led cover four year sunday level two system exits level three system arriving eight o'clock look at the heavy rain through the overnight hours once again into monday. alright lisa. thank you. thanks for joining us. the news continues right now, with good morning america have a great day.

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strike in eastern ukraine killing at least one person. a top ukrainian intelligence official says that russian is prepared to call up an additional 500,000 troops for what's expected to be a bloody spring and summer offensive. russian president putin has reportedly denied that claim.sob year's australian open. om this- two-time open champion naomi osaka announcing she won't be playing and venus williams also also withdrawing after sustaining an injury on the court in new zealand. on the men's side, carlos alcarez forced to sit it out because of a leg injury. and a harrowing rescue at sea. the coast guard using heaving lines to pull two fishermen out of rough waters near san juan, puerto rico, after their boat capsized. the men were holding on to life jackets and the life ring when they found them. but we start this half hour with the urgent search for a missing mother. the pennsylvania woman was due to pick up her son at a bus stop on wednesday, but she never showed up.

abc's mona kosar abdi has the latest. good morning, mona. >> good morning, eva. police are expressing serious concern about this case. brown has been missing for days now and her family says it's unusual for her not to be in constant communication with them and she would never leave her son behind. overnight, a pennsylvania community desperate for answers in a search for a missing mom who vanished without a trace. >> we want to bring her home safely. she's a mother, hardworking mother and if not for anything we want to bring her home to her kids. >> reporter: officials say 43-year-old jennifer brown was supposed to pick up her 8-year-old son at the bus stop wednesday but never showed. >> there's no way that she would leave him behind or not like be home for him. it's honestly completely out of character. >> reporter: her car later found parked outside her home with her keys, wallet and work cell phone inside. brown's personal cell phone is still missing and police say it hasn't been communicating since wednesday morning.

family spokesperson tiffany barren said that's unusual for jennifer. >> anyone who knows her knows she'll always be available on her phone whether it be a text or a call. >> reporter: according to police, she was last seen on the afternoon of january 3rd by a friend and business associate and in a statement the district attorney saying, quote, law enforcement is very concerned about the welfare of this mother, jennifer brown. >> to have something like that happen a few houses away is a shock. >> reporter: jennifer's family and friends and community hoping for her safe return. >> jennifer, if you see us or hear us, please come home. please. it doesn't matter where you are or what's happening. if somebody has you, please do everything, please try to get away from them. just come home safely. >> brown's disappearance has left her community on edge. her family is offering a $10,000 reward for any information. guys? >> thanks, mona. let's bring in abc news

contributor and former fbi agent brad garrett. thanks so much for being with us. so, let's start with what kind of things will police be searching on in this search? >> so, the real key here is, eva, is the immediate background of ms. brown. in other words, has there been any change in behavior? has she started becoming depressed? what is her relationship with her child's father? what is their custody relationship? who was actually supposed to be with the child tuesday evening into wednesday morning? but this case is troubling from this standpoint that you already pointed out that the keys, her work phone and her purse were inside her car. that would certainly suggest that maybe something happened to her as she was about to leave. so where does that take you? i go back to the circle of ex-husbands, current husbands,

boyfriends, former boyfriends, somebody that may be somewhat obsessed with her, upset that they're not together. whatever it might be. now the question is, how do you answer all those questions? her cell phone activity, both, i'd look at work and personal cell phone would give you at least who she's been talking to in the days before she disappeared. that's going to be a real key. if the police, maybe with the fbi's help, have the ability to pull active cell phones in and around her house, let's say, the afternoon or the evening of tuesday into wednesday, that could give you some possible leads. >> how significant is it that she failed to pick up her son? >> i think that's a big deal obviously. if you add this sort of mystery around things in the car that should have been with her and only her personal cell phone is missing, i can see where the police would be concerned in this particular case that she well could be in harm's way. >> and you talked about the

things that she left in the car. her personal phone was not in the car. we have been told that it's been silenced since wednesday morning. what does that tell you? >> if, in fact, something has happened to her, then the person probably has her cell phone and they know to shut it off and so that sort of adds to a big, big concern that the welfare of this woman could really be in jeopardy. now i suppose an offshoot could be, if you have a mental health crisis and she just disappeared, but i'm not sure i go with that at this point based on what was left in the car. >> brad garrett, thank you. always good to have your insight. whit? turning now to an army lieutenant's federal lawsuit over a traffic stop, video of

the incident getting millions of views and highlighting fears of mistreatment among black drivers. abc's elwyn lopez joins us with more. elwyn, good morning. >> reporter: hey, whit, good morning. the cameras capturing that tense traffic stop from three different angles, the officers' body camera and the soldier's cell phone. that lieutenant is taking them to court claiming the officers violated his rights. >> get out of the car on now! >> what's going on? >> what's going on is you're fixing to ride the l, >> repors rning, the virginia tratiwidett just one day away from trial. >> get out! >> can you please relax? >> get out of the car right now! >> reporter: the second lieutenant filed a civil federal lawsuit against officers for this 2020 incident. >> why am i being treated like this? >> reporter: two police officers shown drawing their guns and pepper spraying him after he did not exit the vehicle. >> i didn't do anything. whoa, hold on. what's going -- hold on! >> reporter: police say they pulled him over for not having a visible rear license plate.

here you can see he had a temporary one taped to the back of his suv. the lawsuit says he was assaulted, illegally imprisoned and his car was illegally searched. >> i'm honestly afraid to get out. >> you should be. >> what we're going to see at trial the defense is going to put forth the training, the fact that he didn't exit the vehicle. >> reporter: the windsor police announced in 2021 they fired joe gutierrez, one of the officers involved, for not following department policy during the incident. in the court filing, the officers deny the allegations against them. in response to one of the allegations, officer crocker's legal team said in the filing contact with nazario was, quote, within justifiable boundole repe officers wrote that the lieutenant was eluding police because he didn't stop right away. but nazario stating he wanted to

pull off in a well-lit area. all of this will play out in a courtroom on monday. janai? >> we'll see what happens. thank you so much, elwyn. it's time now for another check of the weather with brittany bell from our new york station wabc. hey, brittany. >> good morning to you guys. i want to start off with beautiful sunrise. check out this video in washington, d.c. clear skies, temperatures are closer to the freezing mark. speaking of that, temperatures across the northeast are getting back down to closer to average. new york city, 41. pittsburgh, 43. that's not the case further to the south, across the southeast, especially in dallas, average high around 56. today a high of 61 degrees. 68 on monday. tuesday, 77 degrees. looking ahead to mid-january, temperatures will likely stay well above average. that's what's happening across the country. this

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welcome back to "gma." welcome back to "gma." while many of us are just back from vacations, now according to some experts may be the best time to start thinking about the next one. joining us is katie nasser, the spokesperson for scott's cheap flights. thanks so much for being with us. a lot of people have just unpacked, but you say now is a really good time to get a bargain. >> yes, it is. you know, look, the time period around christmas and new year's

is the most expensive time of the year to travel, but something really amazing happens. after about january 7th, airfare drops dramatically and so january and february actually become the cheapest times of the year to travel. for all of you bargain hunters out there january and february should be on your radar as the time of the year to get out and see the sights. >> what are some examples of fairs that could be great deals right now? >> sure, so, say, you want to take the family on a really special trip out to hawaii, you're leaving from new york. roundtrip we're seeing ticket prices of $342 which is pretty incredible. if you look to travel in december, at that same -- on that same route, you'd be looking at ticket prices of over $1,500. that's about 75% savings right there. say, you want to escape some winter weather and you want to go down to miami from indianapolis, 138 roundtrip and then, you may want to take advantage of winter weather

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