good morning, america. for our viewers in the west on this thursday morning, a major cross-country storm on the move. the dangerous winter storm headed for the northeast this morning after bringing over a foot of snow and treacherous conditions to the midwest. sam champion in for ginger has the timing and the track. new trouble for george santos. the embattled congressman accused of stealing money that was supposed to help a veteran's sick dog. plus, the new documents contradicting his claims about 9/11. judgment day. in the "rust" shooting investigation, this morning the santa fe district attorney set toou prosecuted in the fatal shooting

involving alec baldwin that killed halyna hutchins. dan abrams is here live. breaking overnight, the surprise announcement from new zealand prime minister jacinda arden who gained global recognition for her response to the pandemic, revealing she is stepping down. her statement and what's next. new details in the idaho murder investigation. what police took from the suspect's home, what they're looking for including evidence of kaylee goncalves' dog. the desperate search for julian sands. the actor known for "a room with a view" and "warlock" after hiking alone outside l.a. the latest this morning. chrisley knows prison. reality stars begin their prison sentences, what we're learning about their lives behind bars. the new feature from instagram to help teens and their parents take a break without missing out. only on "gma" this morning. ♪ she's like a rainbow ♪

and it's the "ted lasso" news putting a smile on our faces. what we know about season 3. plus, the big announcement from the rolling stones bringing some color and music to our morning as we celebrate a lifesaving match. two young men who share a powerful connection meeting for the first time live on "gma." ♪ good morning, america. it is great to be here with you this morning. it's always great to start the morning with some rolling stones. we cannot wait to see that come together. >> good tune. >> that's later on in our show. we begin with the dangerous storm moving across the country. headed for the northeast. >> overnight that snow system brought more than a foot of snow across the midwest, and sam champion in for ginger has the track. good morning, sam. >> good morning, robin. so in a winter that has had horrible winter storms in the west, this was a really terrible one. the images you see behind me,

that 20-car accident that shut down i-70. the good news is they say they will open it this morning. i-80 in nebraska closed down. still not open this morning. look at the severe weather component here. another tornado in arkansas. a terrible winter season for tornadoes. it's the second most popular tornado season as to where the numbers go and that is the winter season. now, look at this. 27 states have winter weather alerts or watches, storms, wind advisories out. this moves into the northeast but it's different as it moves in. it will be rain for washington and rain for new york city, rain even into hartford, boston is right on the line. and where we get to albany and north, it's snow country and they're begging for snow in that area. so it looks like all the ski resorts will be super happy to be able to open. now, four to eight inches in the places you see, central new york state, higher elevations, vermont, on into maine as well. the rain in washington and in new york, that will be a problem and slow for traffic. robin? >> so much going on all across

the country. sam, thank you. michael? now to embattled congressman george santos facing a new allegation that he stole donations from a fund-raiser for a homeless veteran's sick dog as documents surface that contradict his claims about 9/11. our senior congressional correspondent rachel scott is on capitol hill with the latest. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: hey, michael, good morning. all this continues to pile up. congressman george santos is already accused of fabricating everything from his education to his background, but this morning he's facing fresh allegations that he used a fake charity to scam a disabled veteran. this morning, a u.s. navy veteran speaking out alleging that new york congressman george santos stole $3,000, money that santos promised would help his dying service dog. >> i had developed pretty bad ptsd. at least two times i went through nasty bouts, weeks' long bouts where she was the reason i'm still here. i had her for ten years. >> reporter: richard osthoff says when his dog sapphire had a

tumor a vet tech referred him to a pet charity to raise money for the surgery. the man running the organization, george santos, but not only was santos using a different name to run the group, abc news has reported the charity never even existed. osthoff alleges santos raised $3,000 on gofundme and suddenly stopped responding to his messages, never turning over a penny. his dog passed away a year later. >> i don't want to see another person, especially a veteran, go through something like this. anybody who needs their dog for services, it's reprehensible. it's like stealing my medication and stealing my best friend at the same time. >> reporter: santos has denied the allegations telling reporters he has no clue who this is. but a spokesperson for gofundme said they sought proof of the delivery of funds from the organizer back in 2016 and decided to suspend the user from using the platform. a source close to the gofundme situation confirming it was

santos who ran the account. the new york congressman accused of defrauding voters facing another round of allegations this morning. in the past santos has said his mother survived the tragic events of september 11th in new york. >> my mom was a 9/11 survivor. she was in the south tower and she made it out. she got caught up in the ash cloud. my mom fought cancer until her death. >> reporter: immigration documents obtained and provided to abc news suggest that is not true. his mother was in brazil when she applied for a green card in 2003, signing a statement saying she had not been in the u.s. since 1999. santos has already admitted to embellishing large parts of his resume like telling voters he graduated from college when he hadn't, saying he worked on wall street when he had not. he insists he has done nothing unethical.

>> a lot going on there. but where do things stand with the brewing battle over the debt ceiling? >> reporter: well, the treasury secretary has warned that the united states will hit its debt limit today. this is the amount of money that the u.s. is able to borrow to pay off past debt and all of this intensifying. a political battle between democrats and republicans. republicans say they will not raise the debt limit until the president agrees to spending cuts. the white house says there should not be any conditions around this. meanwhile, the treasury secretary is warning that if a congress does not reach a deal in the coming months it would be catastrophic. the u.s. could default on its debt for the first time in our history putting millions of jobs in jeopardy. michael? >> hopefully they can wrap that up soon enough. rachel, thank you so much. george? okay, now to the fatal film set shooting involving alec baldwin. the new mexico prosecutor set to announce whether baldwin or anyone else will face charges in the death of halyna hutchins, the "rust" cinematographer. linsey davis is on the scene.

good morning, linsey. >> eporter: good morning to you, george. was it an accident? a crime? or both? we may begin to get semblance of an answer. early on you may remember when the district attorney said at the time when no criminal charges had been filed that everything was on the table, that no one had been ruled out including alec baldwin. this morning, potential charges in the deadly shooting on the set of the movie "rust" involving actor alec baldwin. after a nearly 14-month criminal investigation the santa fe, new mexico, district attorney will announce who, if anyone, should be progression executed for the death of cinematographer halyna hutchins. >> there's no evidence this was intentional. this was clearly an accident, but perhaps a criminal accident. >> reporter: a spokesperson tells abc news regardless of the district attorney's decision, the announcement will be a solemn occasion made in a manner keeping with the office's commitment to upholding the integrity of the judicial process and respecting the victim's family. the tragic events unfolded at the bonanza creek ranch on october 21st of 2021 during

rehearsal for the low-budget western. baldwin was using a gun which fired off a live bullet killing hutchins and wounding director joe souza. >> we need some help. our director and cameraman has been shot. >> reporter: in a december 2021 interview with george stephanopoulos, baldwin said he was told the gun had blanks. >> someone put a live bullet in a gun, a bullet that wasn't even supposed to be on the property. >> reporter: and asserted he did not pull the trigger. >> it wasn't in the script for the trigger to be pulled. >> well, the trigger wasn't pulled. i didn't pull the trigger. >> you never pulled the trigger? >> no, no, no. i would never aim a gun at anyone and pull a trigger. >> reporter: but the fbi released a report concluding the gun on set when fully cocked could not have fired without the trigger. they say the gun was in poor condition. baldwin's lawyer said the fbi report was misconstrued. last november, baldwin filed a lawsuit against several key crew

members including the film's armorer hannah gutierrez-reed for giving him the loaded gun and failing to check the bullets or the gun carefully. a lawyer for gutierrez reed fired back saying baldwin is solely responsible for the harm that happened. he rejected training and pointed the gun and pulled the trigger without the armorer being present. the movie "rust" is set to restart filming at another location in the spring with halyna hutchins' husband named as a producer. george? >> linsey, thanks. let's bring in our chief legal analyst dan abrams. dan, you think charges could be coming, even for baldwin? >> i do. i think at this point they may be likely. six months ago if you asked do you think alec baldwin would get charged, my answer would have been no. now we heard from the d.a. herself when she was asking for more money to continue the investigation, she said the following, it's become apparent will be potentially charging between one and four people with criminal charges and with that, each of those charges will probably include some variation of our homicide statute.

that is from the d.a. herself. so if you take that at its face, you would think going into today that it is likely that alec baldwin or others will be charged with some variation of the homicide and that would likely be involuntary manslaughter. >> what does that mean? >> in the state of new mexico it is a fourth degree felony. meaning it is lower. it could be it wouldn't even have to be reckless. up to 18 months in prison is a potential sentence but it's the kind of crime where people can serve no time. it's much lesser than in other states but still again i'm not minimizing the idea of alec baldwin or others potentially being charged with the crime. >> how that live round got into the gun in the first place, think we may find out? >> we may in connection with the criminal charges but one of the most important things that happened was your interview with him.

it was devastating he said he never pulled the trigger and a report indicated that is very unlikely. >> we'll be watching today. dan, thanks very much. michael? now to the federal civil rights investigation into the death of a 29-year-old man days after a traffic stop by memphis police landed him in the hospital in critical condition. steve osunsami joins us with the latest. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, michael. the family of tyre nichols wants answers and they want the police video of what happened to their son released to the public. now the civil rights division of the u.s. department of justice has launched an investigation into this incident. memphis police confirmed that this young man died after a traffic stop on january 7th. they say that he had what they call a confrontation with the young man then they say he ran away and that there was another confrontation with police when they detained him. they say it was after this when he complained that he was having trouble breathing. the family is sharing this photo from his hospital bedside asking what in the world and what kind of confrontation over a traffic stop could have led to these injuries. they say he was barely recognizable. his family said his heart

stopped and his kidneys failed. memphis police say they'll share their police video of what happened after their internal investigation is completed. they say they plan to cooperate with federal authorities and the officers involved have been placed on administrative leave. they say they plan to meet with the family's attorney in the coming days. george? >> okay, steve, thanks. now to the major scare for some bank of america customers. many saw money from their zelle account seem to disappear and chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis is here to explain. good morning, rebecca. >> good morning, george. imagine this, you login to your bank account and you find that money is missing. that is what happened to many bank of america customers yesterday and throughout the day across the united states. they flocked to social media to report those missing funds and unexpected negative balances on their bank of america accounts. some even stormed bank branches after they say they discovered questionable balances and couldn't get through to customer service reps by phone. one writing online i almost lost my mind when i saw $2,000 was

missing from my account. not accepting calls because of extenuating circumstances is insane. call me! by midafternoon bank of america said the problem was resolved. they claimed a technical glitch with zelle is passing the bank of america and saying it was not the result of any issues with the zelle network. robin? >> rebecca, thank you very much for that. jacinda arden announcing in a news conference she's stepping down next month. arden rose to global stardom for her leadership when the pandemic hit. rhiannon ally has more for us. good morning, rhiannon. >> good morning, robin. this really was a surprise. prime minister ardern was fighting back tears when she announced she will not seek re-election sending shock waves through her country of 5 million people and also the world who got to know her through her

empathetic leadership. >> i know what this job takes and i know that i no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice. >> reporter: this morning, new zealand prime minister jacinda ardern preparing to step down. >> this summer i had hoped to find a way to prepare, not just for another year, but another term because that is what this year requires. i have not been able to do that. and so today i'm announcing that i will not be seeking re-election. >> reporter: ardern gained global recognition in 2017 becoming new zealand's third female leader at the age of 37 and one of the youngest in the world. she guided new zealand as they mourned the 51 people killed in the christchurch terror attack in 2019. ardern successfully passing gun control measures after the massacre. >> now is the time for change. >> reporter: she led her country through the covid-19 pandemic, earning praise on the world

stage for her initial strategy for curbing the spread. ardern saying she doesn't know exactly what her future holds, but for now she's looking forward to spending more time with her family. >> to neve, mum is looking forward to being there when you start school and to clarke, let's finally get married. >> she calls it a fulfilling 5 1/2 years. it wasn't without her controversy. many people criticized her covid policies. her term will end by february 7th. still unclear who will take over until the general election for a new prime minister in october. guys, she says it's time for a fresh start with a new leader. >> oh, my goodness. it was so surprising to get that news overnight. rhiannon, thanks so much. we turn now to the australian open and overnight, all eyes on some american tennis stars heating up the court. lara is here to break it down for us. good morning, lara. >> good morning, guys. yeah, yesterday we had mackenzie mcdonald taking out rafael nadal and it's been another day of

star-sta spangled surprises dow under with upstarts showing we'll start with jenson brooksby. the 22-year-old making his australian open debut in style taking out number two seed casper ruud in the four-set second round thriller, and he's not the only american with surprises up his sleeve or lack of sleep. 25-year-old michael mmoh got a last-minute reprieve and got to play and took out german alexander zverev and ben shelton in his second match outside the u.s., he made it to the third round with straight sets against chilean nicolas jarry. it's not just the guys. on the women's side 21-year-old qualifier appropriately named katie volynets ranked 113th in the world taking out veronika kudermetova.

she's now the fourth american woman qualifier to reach it in 30 years. big accomplishment. we have the most american players advancing to round three since 2004, so quite the showing there so far. and with team star phenom coco gauff, can i do another adjective, taking the court tonight. hopefully more to come. >> exciting down under. to be a qualifier and to get this far. >> unbelievable. >> it's unbelievable. >> not even be in it and get the nod and then do it. it's awesome. >> when your name is volynets, you got it. [ laughter ] >> it's destined. it's destiny. >> thank you, lara. coming up, the latest on the idaho university murder investigation. the court documents unsealed reveal what they found in the apartment. and the search for actor julian sands. he was reported missing after he didn't return from a hike in the mountains. the latest this morning. first back to sam. >> this was the winter season we learned what atmospheric storms were more than a dozen hitting the west coast and normally we only get two or three in a season. this is weather chaos, flooding,

getting the totals out of this is enormous. 240 inches of snow in mammoth mountain, california. how do i relate that to people who don't live there? i fall back on sports analogies as i always do. [ laughter ] if you took a basketball hoop and put two of them on top of each other -- am i good, robin? >> a little shaky. >> that still doesn't get 240 inches through that area. our big concern is how we do the meltdown. we have to be watching for spring because we've already seen mudslides and floods and likely will see more. local weather in 30 seconds with our amazing local stations.

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oh, do you believe in ghosts, ted? >> i do, but more importantly, i think they need to believe in themselves. >> okay. >> oh, come on now. of course, that is a scene from "ted lasso," and we got good news. the 11-time emmy winning series has announced a premiere date for season 3 and lara will be back with the details and what to expect coming up in "pop news." following a lot of headlines today as well, including the dangerous winter storm that's now headed for the northeast. the system brought more than a foot of snow to the northwest and sam will bring us the track.

president biden will visit parts of california impacted by the storms. they experienced severe floods and landslides. the president will assess how much aid the state needs to recover. actor ben savage from "boy meets world" is running for congress in the 30th congressional district. this isn't his first time running for public office. he lost his bid to be on the west hollywood city council last year. a lot more ahead, including the new reality for todd and julie chrisley. the latest details about their lives behind bars. that is coming up. michael? now to the latest developments in the idaho college murders case. officials releasing the affidavit for bryan kohberger's apartment where investigators seized more than a dozen items. mola lenghi has the details this morning. good morning, mola. >> reporter: well, good morning, michael. authorities had previously been reluctant in unsealing documents citing a potential threat to the investigation as well as public safety. but we're now getting a good look at what exactly investigators found inside kohberger's apartment. this morning, the items taken from idaho suspect bryan

kohberger's apartment now revealed. unsealed court documents showing on december 30th during their raid investigators seized stained bedding including a pillow with a reddish-brown mark, possible strands of hair, a dust container from a vacuum, a black glove, receipts from walmart and marshall's, a computer tower, fire tv stick and a possible animal hair strand, but no weapon. >> please be seated. >> reporter: kohberger charged with four counts of murder for the deaths of madison mogen, kaylee goncalves, xana kernodle and ethan chapin on november 13th. he has not entered a plea. in the affidavit for his arrest, police say they found dna that tied him to the crime scene and now in these newly unsealed warrants they say they were looking for any evidence of the victims or their dog in kohberger's belongings. kaylee goncalves' dog seen in these tiktok videos was found inside the home the day after the murders in a separate room

from the victims. our kayna whitworth previously asking detectives about it. >> how important is the behavior of the dog in your investigation? >> we don't believe that there was any appearance of forced entry into the home. what we do know is the dog was inside when officers arrived. the dog did not appear to have any evidence on it. >> reporter: kohberger is due back in court in idaho in june. he's currently being held without bail. michael? >> all right, mola, thank you. we'll bring in abc news contributor former fbi agent brad garrett. and, brad, thank you for joining us this morning. now we know what they seized from the suspect's apartment, what stands out to you? >> so primarily, michael, is the evidence of hairs, the dog hair, the brown-reddish substances they took off various items and took cuttings. if you find the dna of any of the victims, whether it's mixed with his or not, it's a real key to tying him directly to the scene. >> what about the receipts and

the computer? what are investigators looking for there? >> all right, so in the receipts you'll look for similar items, he was described with black clothing, et cetera, things they think he may have logically purchased to wear to the scene because they're obviously going to continue to look for those and see if they have any genetic material on them. as far as the computers, that may tell you maybe how he figured out who these kids were. you know, there's no indication they had a relationship according to the police. but he tracked them some way and what did he say after the murder, all of that could be key in tying him back in. >> we still don't know anything about a possible search of kohberger's car. do you think they've done that by now? >> oh, i would think so. i would guess that the pennsylvania state police, along with either the fbi or local investigators from idaho, looked at that car, searched the car, swabbed the car, because if he got in that car, which we believe he did, it's very possible there could be trace evidence despite the fact he probably cleaned it. >> brad garrett, thank you so much for your time this morning.

george? michael, the search now for actor julian sands known for roles in "warlock" and "room with a view." his family reported him missing when he didn't return from a hike in the mountains outside los angeles and erielle reshef has the details. good morning, erielle. >> reporter: good morning to you. the san bernardino sheriff's office is working with s.w.a.t. and aviation teams to search as high as 10,000 feet for sands. authorities and his family holding out hope for his safe return. this morning, the desperate search for british actor julian sands, missing since the weekend after hiking alone in the mount baldy area just outside los angeles. >> my father says there's only one perfect view and that's the view of the sky over our heads. >> reporter: the "room with a view" star's family sharing this photo of sands. police using it in hopes of locating him. authorities finding the 65-year-old's car deserted in the parking lot since his disappearance. volunteer search and rescue efforts under way, scanning the

entirety of the mountain. avalanche risks making it difficult to search the trails on the ground. helicopters circling above. >> normally another rescue where a helicopter can swoop in or ground crews are in there, but, again, with weather conditions it's just very difficult for us to get in there. >> reporter: sands who appeared in dozens of films and tv shows since the 1980s is best known for his work as the title character in "warlock." >> tout, tout, through and about, your callow life in dismay, rentum, osculum, tormentum. >> reporter: starring alongside nicolas cage and elisabeth shue in "leaving las vegas." >> is this a full night's work? >> reporter: authorities now working tirelessly to reunite him with his family. >> it sounds like he went up there prepared. he may be tucked in a hole somewhere just waiting it out but we are hoping for the best outcome. >> reporter: and this is tough terrain. search conditions most dangerous at night. it is icy and wet out there.

authorities warning everyone to stay out of the search area. guys? >> hopefully he is found safe soon. erielle, thank you, as always. we have the latest now on the death of the american lawyer in mexico. local authorities are sharing new details about what happened that night while his family insists he was a victim of a brutal crime. matt rivers has that story for us. good morning, matt. >> reporter: yeah, robin, two very different stories being told on both sides of the border about this case as mexican authorities say they will continue to investigate. this morning as authorities investigate the death of an american public defender in mexico, new photos showing the scene where elliot blair died in an apparent three-story fall saturday while celebrating his anniversary. now as his family demands answers, mexican authorities revealing new details about what they say unfolded that night. authorities say the couple was enjoying their time at a resort and spa which advertises itself

as the, quote, best choice south of the border before what officials called an unfortunate accident. the state attorney general of baja california saying the couple had drinks, then went to bed, but blair, quote, thought there was a lot of noise outside and told his wife that he was going out to try to scare away the pigeons. authorities say they received a call right after midnight about a, quote, lifeless body and initially believed blair was the victim of a crime. upon further investigation local officials said there were no signs of, quote, and/or struggle and that, quote, the amount of alcohol found in blair's body was considerable. but blair's family believes he was, quote, the victim of a brutal crime, and claimed he was not intoxicated at the time of the incident. the local attorney general said they immediately contacted the justice department and fbi after the incident but the fbi los angeles field office tells abc news they have, quote, no involvement. >> the fbi can go in and assist, but it has to be at the direction and request of the mexican authorities. >> reporter: meanwhile, the

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the pair reported to prison and will reeve joins us with the details. good morning, will. >> good morning, george. they've grown accustomed to a life of opulence and glamour and flaunted that for the world to see. now todd and julie chrisley's world looks a lot different and will for a long time. this morning, a new reality for the chrisleys as the stars of the hit show "chrisley knows best" wake up behind bars. >> yeah, i don't like the lie. >> no. >> i mean, if he's going to lie, i would prefer he lie about, you know -- >> not lie at all. how about that? >> yeah, what she's saying. >> reporter: the couple now serving their combined 19-year sentence for bank fraud and tax evasion. todd seen arriving tuesday at federal prison camp pensacola in florida. julie at the federal medical center in lexington, kentucky. >> what are you doing? >> i'm getting ready to change your life. >> reporter: the chrisleys often flaunted their wealth in their series showing off their luxury cars, large homes and flashy clothes. but now todd and julie facing a stark new reality. for todd wake-up is at 4:45 a.m.

breakfast at 5:00, then work until dinner is served between 4:30 and 5:30 with lights out at 10:30. he'll be required to be neatly groomed at all times with his shirt tucked in and have his bed made military style by no later than 6:30 in the morning. julie has a 6:00 a.m. wake-up call and goes right to her meals and work. she'll be provided with sufficient clothing to allow at least three changes of clothes weekly. both prisons offer recreational activities like sports and movies and wellness programs. just days before they began their sentences, todd and julie sharing their feelings on their podcast "chrisley confessions." >> we're going through a lot of heartache, a lot of hurt. but the valley that we're in, we won't stay in forever and what i do know is i'll keep standing. you're going to keep standing, julie. our family will keep standing and by the grace of god we will walk through this storm. >> anybody that has to face something like this will take it

hard, but they're ultimately optimistic about the chances to appeal and get out of prison much more soon than their sentences would suggest. ultimately they care about their family and faith and those are very genuine. >> after their sentences have concluded in 12 and 7 years, todd and julie chrisley will be on probation for nearly a year and a half longer than that. totally different world for them. >> really is. thank you so much, will. coming up, "real housewife" jen shah faces more than six years in prison for her telemarketing scheme. this morning some of her victims are sharing their stories for the first time. and coming up next, we have our "play of the day" on this friday eve. >> thankful thursday. >> thankful thursday. [snoring] meet with an expert who'll do them for you,

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the new instagram feature, how it is designed with your kids in mind. could it help them and you stop the scroll? as jen shah faces more than five years in prison for a telemarketing fraud scheme two of her victims break their silence. how the star's crime cost them thousands. their stories this morning. ♪ it's going to be a good day ♪ streamline your life. becky worley has secrets to getting time back and saving money. the small changes that could make a big difference. ♪ start me up ♪ start me up, the rolling stones taking on a new stage and giving their fans some satisfaction. how you can get in on the act. ♪ satisfaction ♪ ♪ i wish that i could be like the cool kids ♪ and this 10-year-old baker is making the world a sweeter place one cookie at a time. >> this month we are donating to an amazing charity. >> how she turned her favorite hobby into a booming business that's also giving back and she's saying -- >> good morning, america.

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>> hey, george. in a winter that has given us just rounds and rounds of dangerous winter storms, this one was pretty terrible. i'm showing you video right now that's come mostly out of colorado, also in nebraska where we had i-70 closed for awhile. imagine being wedged between 20 cars and trucks. now looking at the severe weather component. every one of these storms has had one. this was an ef-1 tornado that moved through there on the ground about five miles. so this is one of the times we count the most tornadoes in a season other than the spring season because even winter storms bring that cold air and that warm air collision. you've got more than 20 different advisories that are out for this storm and now we watch it move into the northeast but this time other than the rain that's in new york and washington and kind of into philadelphia area and maybe even into boston, that will be inconvenient for travel, this is necessary snow for the northeast, robin. >> okay there, sam, thank you are.

a new report that finds u.s. retail sales fell more than 1% in december. a low end to the holiday shopping season. rebecca is back with those details for us. good morning again. >> nice to see you again, robin and guys. we are seeing this impact of those rising interest rates coupled with prices that are starting to cool but they remain historically high. retail spending, as robin said, in december fell 1.1%. that is the sharpest decline of last year and consumers are now cutting back on a number of categories including things like electronics, furniture, >> announcer: this is an abc news special report. good morning. i'm diane macedo. the santa fe. district attorney has announced it is charging alec baldwin with two counts of involuntary manslaughter for killing halyna hutchins and injuring director joel souza during a rehearsal in october of 2021. the armorer, hannah gutierrez reed is also charged with involuntary manslaughter while

assistant director dave halls took a plea deal in the case. baldwin was rehearsing a scene when the gun went off. he's also a producer on the film and one big question in the case is how a live round was load is into that gun. i want to bring in linsey davis in santa fe for more on this. linsey, what are we learning? >> reporter: this is a major, really significant finding here. when you talk about hannah gutierrez reed for starters, she was just 24 years old. it was her second time serving as an armorer on a movie set, and she has said all along through her attorney that this was simply alec baldwin's point blank that he pulled the trigger. you know in that infamous interview he did with george stephanopoulos, he denied, disputed ever pulling. trigger. the fbi has now said that based on their findings that they have concluded that the gun otherwise would not have fired.

now in recent months, alec baldwin has filed cases against -- lawsuits against the crew including hannah gutierrez reed saying that it was their fault that a live round should never have made its way onto the set, and so he has said really that he has been a victim in all of this. hannah gutierrez reed is also filing a suit against the prop company saying that they have given live rounds in addition to the dummidummies. a lot of finger pointing here, but in the end, the district attorney's office saying that hannah gutierrez reed and alec baldwin should face criminal charges. all along they had said this could be an accident or it could be criminal, or it could be both, and now it seems that they're coming out rendering a decision that it's both. as for his part, david halls who's the associate director here who witnesses say there's some discrepancy here, but alec baldwin says he handed him the gun and said, it's a cold gun,

at the time, meaning that there were no live rounds in it, however, there are witnesses who dispute that, but in the end, just shocking news for alec baldwin and hannah gutierrez reed, diane. >> thank you. i want to bring in chief legal analyst, dan abrams. you say this is the worst case scenario for baldwin. >> no doubt about it. the prosecutors just threw the book at alec baldwin and hannah gutierrez reed. they threw everything they possibly could at both of them, in particular when you talk about these involuntary manslaughter charges, typically in the state of new mexico, the maximum punishment for involuntary manslaughter is up to 18 months. well, they have added an enhancement on one of the charges, a firearm enhancement which adds a potential mandatory penalty because a firearm was involved. the firearm enhancement makes

the crime punishable by a mandatory five years. this was discretionary, meaning prosecutors had to they wanted to do here, and they have gone all out in determining that alec baldwin and hannah gutierrez reed are criminally responsible. i'll give you one more quote from them. they say the evidence shows a pattern of disregard for safety on the "rust" film set. in new mexico, there's no room for sets that don't take our gun safety and public safety seriously. let me add one other point here, which is the next step in this proceeding will be a preliminary hearing, which will be a kind of mini trial where a judge will determine, is there enough evidence to go to trial? typically, this is pretty pro forma. in the vast majority of cases, judges allow the case to move forward. this is one where i think you

could see a pretty brutal fight by alec baldwin and hannah gutierrez reed saying they don't think it reaches as a matter of law, the criminality. still a long shot for them both, but that would be the next step in the proceeding. >> i want to bring in abc news senior investigative reporter aaron katersky. only one person died in in this case, but baldwin and gutierrez reed are both facing two counts. >> they're different forms of the same charge, involuntary manslaughter, and they reflect what prosecutors say is a disregard for safety on the film set of "rust," and the prosecutors say that had alec baldwin or the others done their job, halyna hutchins would be alive today, pure and simple. prosecutors at least in this announcement of the charges that will formally be filed by the end of the month do not answer the questions of what exactly

happened, how did a live round get into the gun, but they say had alec baldwin done his job, halyna hutchins would be alive today. i would expect in talking to baldwin's legal team they will have a forceful reaction and we expect a statement forthcoming, and a forceful fight in court. >> we continue to follow all that again. actor alec baldwin as well as "rust" film armorer are both facing involuntary manslaughter in the death of halyna hutchins. we'll follow this, and have a full report on "world news tonight." i'm diane macedo here in new york, and now you'll return to york, and now you'll return to your regular mom: let's go. narrator: ...you'll be ready to help keep your family safe.

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>> i like the confidence. [ laughter ] >> i was asking, charlie gibson did it. >> yes, he did. right off the bridge. >> so now you have to. >> challenge. >> george, i usually rely on you to be on my side. >> oh, thank you very much. >> got to be a weight limit. we'll switch over to our "gma" cover instagram is announcing quiet mode designed to help young users manage their time on the app. rebecca jarvis is back with that. >> this is a topic on so many parents' minds. how your child is developing with so much screen time and its impact on their brain. well today instagram is exclusively revealing to "gma" a new feature meant to help teens especially detach from their technology. this morning, instagram parent company meta announcing a new feature, quiet mode created with

teens in mind letting users alert friends and followers when they're taking a break from the app. once enabled notifications are silenced and your profile's status changes to in quiet mode plus an auto reply is sent to anyone who sends you a direct message and while anyone can use it, meta tells abc news they'll be prompting teens to turn it on when they spend a specific amount of time on instagram at night. >> many social media platforms are designed in a way that deliver adolescents with a constant stream of social feedback and in a way this sucks them into these social media accounts and they end up spending a lot more time than they had planned to. and so one way that we can start to help teens is to send notifications or reminders. >> reporter: last summer, tiktok rolled out new tools to limit screen time and schedule breaks while apple lets iphone users put limits on specific apps and android offers a digital well-being setting and while data is mixed on the effects of social media use on teenagers, in 2021 "the wall street

journal" published internal facebook research that concluded instagram harmed the well-being of some teenage girls and a recent study by unc chapel hill reports that habitual checking of social media is linked to changes in how adolescent brains respond to the world around them. meantime, a recent pew research study found that eight in ten teens say social media makes them feel more connected to their friends. now, so many of the experts i spoke to said the most important thing to be aware of is actually the type of content that your teen is consuming, even more than the amount of time that they're spending on an app. you want to talk about why your teen is using social media. if it's to connect with friends, okay, but if it's comparing themselves to other people or things that promote negative body imaging, even five to ten minutes of that time of content can have a negative impact. one thing the other thing the experts are saying set that phone somewhere else out of the

room, show your child that you are there and present with them and enjoying that time without the phone without the apps. >> be that example for them. hey, rebecca, thanks so much. you can take the rest of the morning off. [ laughter ] you have a had a full morning. >> thanks. now to jen shah as the "real housewife" star is preparing for her prison sentence hearing from her victims. erielle reshef spoke with them. good morning, erielle. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. simply put jen shah's massive telemarketing scheme ruined lives. the sweeping federal investigation leading to more than a dozen arrests and the government says shah was the mastermind. now two of her victims are speaking out hoping to warn others. this morning, for the first time two of the victims of "real housewives of salt lake city's" jen shah are speaking out. >> i'm telling the world i was stupid enough to get caught in

the scam and i'm not a stupid person but i did make a big mistake. do i want to tell the world that? no, i really don't. but i don't want other people to have to go through that shame that i went through. >> the only thing i'm guilty of is being shah-mazing. >> reporter: sentenced to 6 1/2 years in federal prison for orchestrating a scheme that targeted the elderly and vulnerable. this 75-year-old says after being duped out of half of her life savings she's been rocked by shame. she didn't want to share her last name. the sales pitch isconvcing she paid $47,000 on the false promise that shah's company would help her start an online

business. >> so it seemed legitimate in the beginning. >> it seemed very legitimate. >> what was your reaction from the ftc contacted you and say you may have fallen victim to a scam they were investigating? >> i mean, i was shellshocked but it turned out to be true. >> reporter: and 44-year-old molly says she was conned into forking over tens of thousands. >> i probably spent about $44,000 on six credit cards all, of course, went into bankruptcy because, of course, i couldn't afford to pay that. >> reporter: and prosecutors say there could be thousands more victims like them. >> i am just recovering from being in deep depression. and i'm going to cry. you get to the point where there is no way out. i don't have the money to take care of myself. >> reporter: prosecutors releasing troves of evidence including hundreds of text messages between shah and her employees mocking the very people they were stealing from encouraging employees to do whatever it takes to close a deal. and shah was ordered to pay more

than $6 million in restitution to her victims during her sentencing, she vowed to make good on that. she will begin serving her 6 1/2 years in prison on february 17th. robin? can't underscore enough how brave these victims were to come forward. >> that's true, erielle. thank you. you can see more of erielle's report on "impact x nightline." new episodes drop every thursday on hulu. hey, lara, how about a little "pop news"? >> let's do it. we begin with some really, really good news this morning. our favorite soccer coach is coming back to the small screen. apple announcing that "ted lasso" season 3 will begin streaming in just a few months. they also shared this first look image of ted and his former right-hand man nate facing off after nate's betrayal becoming a rival coach on the final episode of season 2. >> grrrr. >> you sound like that guy. the show's creator bill lawrence and writer/star brett goldstein says the upcoming season is

amazing, if they do say so themselves, and are proud of it. while no confirmation it will mark the end of the celebrated comedy we've heard so much, jason sudeikis and goldstein says it is written as a curtain call. that is not confirmed. sudeikis since said he would be open to more seasons in the future. sounds conflicted. let's not worry about that but enjoy "ted lasso," season 3, this string on apple tv plus. >> they keep it going. >> feel good show. please, guys. >> i still can't get over the betrayal. i'm not okay with it. i'm not okay. his betrayal, i'm not okay. >> ted gave him a big break. >> he gave him everything. >> i know. >> we'll talk about that later. anyway, also in "pop news" this morning, add the rolling stones to the ones who succumbed to tiktok. the band and mick have accounts so now fans can get what they want from the legendary rockers. here is mick delivering the good

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mid fifties by the afternoon, this dry pattern lasting at least a week. kamasi thank you drew. we'll have another abc seven is updated about 30 minutes. we can always find the latest in our news app. and at abc ♪ i wish that i could be like the cool kids ♪ all week long we've been introducing you to "gma" kid creators, from 6-year-old designer max to 15-year-old crocheter jonah, and now maddie french is, a 10-year-old baker who gives to charity. there she is right there. let's take a look at her story. >> hey, guys, it's maddie from maddie's sweet treats. >> reporter: meet 10-year-old madison french. her passion for baking began at the age of 4. she created delicious recipes in the kitchen with her mother. >> the cookies just came out of the oven so ooey and gooey and nice.

>> reporter: during the pandemic she turned her hobby into a business, selling cookies in her staten island community. >> today is my one-year anniversary. whoo! >> reporter: all for a great cause. madison wanted to make an impact in her community by donating proceeds from her sales to a different charity each month. >> this month we are donating to an amazing charity. >> reporter: she raised over $5,000 for ten charities and the new york native wants to make the world a much sweeter place. >> maddie french, welcome to "gma." >> yay. good to have you here. >> we're already loving all of your cookies. tell us how you're inspired to turn your passion for baking into a business. >> i started baking with my mom when i was about 4 years old, you know, nothing really special. chocolate cakes. [ laughter ] then i realized the world wasn't perfect. i wanted to do something about

it. so when -- at the age of 8 i started going onto online businesses and websites and started creating logos and then a year after, after doing that, i told my mom that this is something that i really wanted to do and that friday we had our first ever pop-up. >> oh, wow. >> you can see how proud your family. your mom is over there. is that your little brother? >> yeah. they were just glued -- oh, she just blew them a kiss. are you for real, maddie? you say these are homemade goods for a good cause and that you use some of the proceeds to go to various charities. why is that so important to you? >> well, for many reasons i've had many losses in my life but it's mainly to help the community by giving to different charities every single month and giving 45% of all of my sales to charity. >> wow. >> just as much as i help the community the community helps me. there's this woman who buys cookies and has us donate it to a local fire department or police department or hospital and this other woman for her

62nd birthday she placed an order for 62 $10 bags to be donated. >> how do people find your cookies? >> they can find me on instagram or facebook @maddiesweettreatshop. >> and you brought us something. >> they're delicious. >> so good. >> i'm almost done with mine >> the flavors that you specialize in? >> you have my famous chocolate chips. you have my funfetti cookies. >> that's my fave. >> those are good. >> my inside out cookies which is a chocolate base with white chocolate chips. that's a new cookie and another new one, a blossom peanut butter kiss. >> that's the one i like. >> salty, crunchy but delicious. >> salty, just right. >> with a big -- >> oh, yum. >> -- with a big hershey kiss in the middle. and then you guys have your own very own "good morning america" cookies which i made in the shape of a sun to show how bright you all are and how much you guys shine. >> what? >> oh! >> you know the cookies are good when somebody got --

[ laughter ] you brought some sweet treats but we got a little something for you. milk bar, award winning bakery in new york city, well, the owner christina tosi has a message for you. >> hi, maddie. it's christina tosi. i just want to say i heard about maddie's sweet treats and i am so impressed. so consider this an open invitation, any time you're in town and hang out in the milk bar kitchen or eat a bunch of cookies i got you. >> oh, is that amazing? >> i just want to say thank you to everyone who has invited me on here, all my friends supporting me, all my family, my school for educating me and everyone that is watching right now, i really appreciate you guys. >> oh, maddie. >> i want to wish you a happy 50th birthday because you are so smart. [ laughter ] and so prepared and so ready to take the world on. i'm joining whatever it is you

want to do. they've got a menu at milk bar and i like their stuff almost as much as i like yours. so we'll get you prepped for the menu. here is something so you can kind of get ready for what they do. but i will tell you right now with all due respect to milk bar, they don't do it as well as you do so you may want to give them a sneak peek at your menu. how do you feel today? >> i feel amazing. thank you so much for having me on the show. thank you so much for giving me this opportunity and thank you to the community for supporting me. i really love you guys. >> we love you. you are amazing. >> what a week this has been. this is just topping it off. thank you so much for coming in. thanks for all the good work you're doing and thanks to all our kid creator from this week. and coming up, a bone marrow and coming up, a bone marrow donor and recipient meet for the you've put your dreams on hold. remember this? but i spoke to our advisor, and our vanguard investments are on track. “we got this, babe.” so go do what you love.

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we are back we are back with the meeting pof two young men who share an incredible connection, joe b we are back with the meeting of two young men who share an incredible connection. joe burr needed a ben marrow donation and armando garcia a member of our team was registered with be the match and was able to make that lifesaving donation. they will meet face-to-face for the first time. he's here right now with his momma but they'll meet, the two, in just a moment but we got to take a look at their journey. >> hey, i'm armando garcia, an immigration reporter and producer for abc news. a few months ago i was contacted by be the match. they had a pointed question and they asked, are you ready to honor the commitment that you

made when you signed on to the registry? >> reporter: a commitment armando taking on. documenting his journey to donate his stem cells to help save the life of a stranger in need. >> so this is the swab. early on i was sent a cheek swab kit and i shipped it off to be the match and the scientists looked at hla markers. so it's possible recipients can share your same ethnic background. >> reporter: armando, born in mexico, learning out of 9 million u.s. donors on the be the match registry only 13% are hispanic making it more challenging for recipients to find their perfect match. armando determined to be part of that change. >> so i just went in for my final blood draw. i donate bone marrow in about a week. there it is. >> reporter: the majority of donors are able to donate stem

cells without surgery, but for approximately 10% of donors, like armando, a surgical procedure is required. >> i just woke up from the procedure. very, very groggy but overall feeling pretty good and hopeful for the recipient. so i'm feeling good. >> reporter: over 500 miles away, joe burr receiving armando's stem cells, a miracle delivery he hoped would help cure his cancer. >> the day i got the transplant, i made like a tiktok video. ♪ living in this new world ♪ saying this is the day i'm getting my transplant. thankful for the donor, modern medicine and my doctors. >> reporter: after a long road battling leukemia twice first at 15 and relapsing at 18, now thanks to armando's donation, joe is cancer-free and thriving. >> it's hard to put into words. i thank him from the bottom of my heart.

>> reporter: one year later, joe and armando ready to meet each other for the first time face-to-face. joe and his beautiful mother lee ann are with us. are you ready? okay. >> i'm ready. >> okay. armando, come on out. here he is. ♪ i'm living my best life wake up with the sunrise ♪ [ applause ] >> thank you, armando. there you go. >> there you are. >> good to see you. welcome to new york. >> thank you. >> sit on down. sit on down. oh. so you guys are meeting for the first time. >> yes, we are. >> first time. >> is there something you want to say? >> oh, first and foremost i would just like to say thank you for giving me a second chance at life. last year was probably one of the best years of my life. i finally got to go and live at michigan state and attend classes there.

>> oh, wow. >> i went to my first ever concert. i got to travel around the country with my mom and got to go back to living the happy, healthy life that i had before i relapsed. i'm just very grateful for your gift. >> you see the tears in your mama's eyes right now. you want to say something to joe -- i mean to armando. >> i mean, it's just -- i don't know how to put this in words. thank you so much for saving my son's life. and it's so hard to put into words and it's so warms my heart that people are out there that just are -- go above and beyond that and help total strangers and i feel like joe has a brother for life. >> absolutely. and i have to say thank you guys for the opportunity to donate to you and just to highlight some of the best of humanity and your guys' love, your relationship is the best of humanity and i'm just so happy to be a small part of that. thank you so much. >> armando, you were registered

with be the match for almost a decade. when you got the call that you were a match, how did you feel? >> i think the medical experts call it freaking out because i was really, really nervous. i was very, very nervous, but, you know, i knew that joe somewhere out there was feeling a lot worse than i was and i also felt compelled and just this responsibility to tell an important story about how ethnicity plays a crucial role in determining a donor compatibility. that means -- [ speaking non-english ] like myself are desperately needed on these registries to help people like joe. >> you both documented it because people want to help but then they get a little leery. you have shown us. after you have the donation and that and you google armando, right, and you wanted to find out more about him. you as well looking at the videos and stuff. what did you think and did anything surprise you? >> i think what surprised me

most was just that he worked for abc. like my mom told me, to google him and i did and i was like, well, it could be anyone in the world and it was him. and i got to watch his videos of him documenting his story and it was just cool to see like the other side being a donor and what he went through and it was just really impactful on me to see that and made me happy that this was my match. >> armando, piece of advice, never google yourself, okay? don't do it. >> i've never done that. [ laughter ] >> when joe needed the donation, thank goodness you were a match for him but you know there's another young man out there who is still searching. >> yes. alfredo, fifth grader and we featured him in our original piece. i just spoke to him yesterday. i asked him what his message for our viewers is. he said he wants people to know he loves going to school. he loves math and he's going to be a football player. so, you know, he's desperately looking for his match. so important to pull through for him and other people. i don't think it should be a 1 in 1 million chance to get a donor. it should be a million donors for every joe and alfredo.

out there so i know we'll work hard to make that happen. >> they think when you have a family member and i was very, very fortunate that my sister was a match, but that only happens 30% of the time. 70% of the time you need someone. you need an armando in your life to be on the registry and not just be on the registry but answer the call when you get it. so thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing. it really makes a big difference. you can help alfredo and everyone that is looking for a match. all you have to do is scan the qr code on your screen to go to be the match website. sam? >> i got nothing. that is so powerful, you guys, bethematch.org. let's look at what's been going on out there. we've been talking about how the 20 year plus drought, decades worth of drought in california in the west, that's what it was two weeks ago. after about three weeks of heavy rain, this is what we've got today. so all of the red zone is gone. we are still in drought. you don't fix a decades old problem in just three weeks, but this has been a huge step in the right direction and it will mean an awful lot more water for

california. now, melting some of that snow can be a problem in the spring and we'll talk about that as we get closer but look at the real rainfall that came. and if you check the percentages here this is 300 plus percent. three times the normal rainfall in the last three weeks, all of california, even into the reno area. so this has been really, really impactful in the drought. it's been difficult to get through but it's made a difference. that's the weather aro drew: i am abc7news meteorologist drew tuma. mostly sunny today. our dry pattern sets up and we find temperatures in the 50's. accuweather 7-day forecast dry pattern lasting seven days. the weekend is l l coming up, becky worley has secrets to streamlining your life. making even saving some money along the way. come on back. come on back. thank you again.

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