wonderland. one of the homes is now lit up with thousands of lights and glowing figures ringing in the holidays. really gets you in the holiday spirit for sure. >> yeah. love, stuff like that. driving through those neighborhoods. >> yeah. gorgeous. >> have you ever done one of those drive through things like they have in san jose today? >> i have, but not here either. that's true. it depends on how much i like that. >> yeah, you feel happy and warm? yes good morning america for our viewers in the west. the country bracing for a one-two punch, with tornados and arctic air. freeze. the coldest air of the season from florida to maine. freeze alerts along the gulf coast, as whiteout conditions wreak havoc, and winds toppling the national christmas tree. is more snow on the way?

plus the cross country storm on the move and a tornado threat in the south. another round of hostages freed. 12 more people released from gaza entering the final day of the cease fire deal. negotiators are working to extend it further. we hear from some families of those released. the u.s. warns israel about the next phase of the war. alex murdaugh sentenced. the convicted killer getting 27 years in state court for stealing millions from his clients, friends and family. some of those victims confronting him in court, and what he said about his crimes. why the new book about the royal family is being pulled from some shelves overseas amid lingering questions about racism. squid game secrets. behind the scenes of the hit game show with the biggest reality show prize ever and the potential lawsuit. nightmare before christmas? the viral tik tok showing what one family found on their tree.

so before you start trimming, check it twice for unwanted presents. cooking without gas? new height force a transatlantic flight on 100% sustainable fuel much of it made from used cooking oil. gio has more on the major milestone. ♪ baby love my baby love ♪ >> holiday homecoming. welcome baby leo. the gma family gets a little bigger as rebecca jarvis and her husband welcome a new baby and the incredible journey to leo's thanksgiving homecoming and wait until you hear what baby sister isabelle had to say. >> announcer: this is good morning america. >> good morning america. truly is baby love. we are looking forward to sharing rebecca and matt's journey later. >> such a great story. he is such a cute baby. we cannot wait for that. we're going to begin with the weather. this blast of winter for the east. a deep freeze has settled in from florida to maine. >> ginger is also standing by

with the latest track on the new cross country storm. but first rob marciano start us off in snowy upstate new york. good morning, rob. >> reporter: hi. good morning, michael. we got hit with another thumping of snow overnight about 10 inches on top of what we saw yesterday, shrouding much of town hall here in richmond. look at this. get into the deeper stuff, getting closer to 2 feet. the band did shift to syracuse, caused trouble down there during rush hour. came back through. hopefully, it's done. look at these towers. they are completely buried. it will take work to get these people back on their feet. nearly two feet of snow fell here. i-81 a mess. many highways around the great lakes a dicey drive this morning. overnight, snow blanketing the great lakes region. more than 13 inches falling in parts of ohio. >> coming off the lake. it's coming strong here. >> reporter: officials blaming

snow and icy conditions for a massive multicar pileup outside cleveland. wrecked cars and tractor trailers blocking off parts of the highway. >> it's just a mess. >> reporter: millions waking up to frigid temperatures, the coldest air of the season, felt from florida to maine. crews working around the clock to keep roads passable in upstate new york. near whiteout conditions at the airport in rochester. planes barely visible on the tarmac, roofs collapsing under the weight of the snow. nearly two feet falling in syracuse and it's not over yet. this time lapse shows the snow blowing in. at one point you can't see anything. in wisconsin, pancakes of ice sloshing against each other as temperatures plummet to zero overnight. and in the nation's capital, strong winds taking down the national christmas tree. crews eventually hoisting it back up, just days before the president was set to light it. no fatalities to report with this storm, thankfully. thankfully, this is done. but the cold air all the way down to the deep south.

freeze warnings are up again for much of the florida panhandle. crops in danger there. but there will be a good bounce back. look at these numbers. we'll get back into the 40s, 50s, 60s and florida into the 80s by friday moves in. we're not even close to winter. more cold air is coming. >> it sure feels like we're in winter. let's go to ginger. a new storm coming, ginger? >> yes. we've already got that started up in the bay area here in this state. we even had freeze warnings in the sierra nevada. we're all watching this new storm that's gonna come through, hit the southern rockies with a considerable amount. you'll want to watch for severe storms with pretty high potential of creating tornados. anyone from detroit to lake charles, even dallas ft. worth could see thunderstorm activity into southeast oklahoma. that rain on top of all the lake

effect snow you just saw rob standing in will start to come down as we kick off the weekend along that warm front, it will be a wet one. robin? >> you'll be watching it for us. thank you, ginger. breaking news overnight. a u.s. military aircraft crashed off the coast of southern japan. it was carrying six people. one person has been found so far. let's go to our chief global affairs anchor martha raddatz with more. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this morning japanese coast guard boats and helicopters are desperately searching for survivors of this crash. there were six on board. one, according to the japanese, has been confirmed deceased and reports that others have been pulled from the water. it was an osprey that went down, the aircraft that has a tilt rotor so it can fly like a fixed wing airplane or hand vertically like a helicopter. this osprey went down in broad daylight on a clear day near a

small japanese island in southwest japan. japan's defense minister saying there were reports of an engine on fire before the aircraft made what they call an emergency water landing. the osprey has a troubled past. in august, three marines were killed in an osprey crash during an exercise in australia. last year nine marines were killed in osprey, five in a training mission in california and four others in norway during nato exercises. clearly something the military will be taking a much closer look at after this overnight crash. guys? >> definitely should take a look at that, martha. thank you very much. we're going to turn to the latest on the israel/hamas war as they enter the final day of a cease fire deal, with negotiators working to extend it. matt gutman is on the scene in israel after a dozen more hostages were released. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, michael. there's a sixth batch of hostages expected to be released tonight, they may be the final hostages released unless negotiators in qatar working around the clock

can hammer out an extension to this deal. the big question, will any of the nine american citizens still believed held in gaza be on that list? we understand that two of them are women, who should be eligible. one in her 40s, one in her 70s. this morning a fifth batch of hostages walked by hamas gunmen to those red cross vans into freedom as israel and hamas prepare for what could be the final day of the cease fire. hamas releasing this footage showing the 12 hostages handed over. one woman seen in a wheelchair, 17-year-old mia leeburg clutching her dog bella. they've been together for nearly two months in captivity and she was still in her arms overnight in an israeli hospital. mia was kidnapped with her mother. the two seen together after the release, their heads pressed together. those red cross vans squeezing through crowds near gaza's border with egypt after crossing into israel. amidst jubilation of well wishers for dozens of hostages returned the past week, the realization by families that their loved ones may be back, but they're not the same.

diago telling me his nieces seen here pushed into a wheelchair by the red cross, each nearly lost 25 pounds living on a single piece of bread a day. thomas hamm thought his 9-year-old daughter had been killed only to learn weeks later she had been captured by hamas. the homecoming he told cnn not what he expected. >> all of a sudden the daughter, the door opened up and she just ran, just like i imagined it. running together. i squeezed. i probably squeezed too hard. she's lost a lot of body weight. >> reporter: overnight hamas sending israel the final list of releases. not on it the youngest hostage, 10-month-old qafir and ariel, along with their mother were kidnapped by hamas october 7th in tel aviv a rally demanding their release and the fear of family members it might never happen.

have any of them seen or heard anything? >> no. no one saw them. we hope for something, you know? something to hold on to. a proof of life. we don't know if they're alive. every day for us that we wait here and we anticipate, it's another day for them to be held captive. >> reporter: the family of dita released tuesday telling abc news the 84-year-old is under going medical evaluations but is in good spirits. >> our sense is that she's in good hands and they are being very careful. >> she is a strong lady. she will overcome it. >> reporter: ramon also among those taken. her husband is still in captivity. >> we were ecstatic but the joy only lasts a few minutes because then you realize she was

released without her husband. >> reporter: and the growing question, where are the nine americans still believed held in gaza, two women and seven men? the only american released since the truce began 4-year-old abigail, who was freed by the militant group over the weekend and was just released from israeli hospital following checkups. as part of the deal to bring that batch of 12 hostages home, israel agreed to release 30 palestinian prisoners all women and teens. with the possibility of the war resuming in gaza, the u.n. says 1.8 million remain displaced, more than the population of philadelphia. families forced to cook and clean in wintry outdoors amidst the bombed out ruins. now with the cease fire entering its sixth day, much needed humanitarian aid is pouring into the region, including 54,000 pounds of medical supplies and food from the u.s. but officials are warning it's not enough.

and the u.n. secretary-general just this morning warning about those dire conditions in gaza, soaring infectious diseases there, and saying in the coming months, it's possible more gazans will die from infectious diseases than from bombings there. robin? >> appreciate your reporting. we're going to the west bank. tom soufi-burridge is there the scene. we understand you spoke with some of the palestinians freed from israel. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, robin. that's right. the return of more palestinian prisoners who have been freed from israeli prisons as part of the agreement to release israeli hostages is being celebrated here across the west bank. most of those palestinians freed so far by israel are women and teenage boys. the expectation is that more will be released tonight. overnight crowds celebrating, welcoming more palestinians freed from israeli jails. israel releasing 30 women and teenage boys last night.

abc news on the scene as they were bussed into the west bank. >> you can see people here running to meet that bus carrying the new group of palestinian prisoners. this clearly feels like a giant celebration. >> reporter: in total, 180 palestinians now set freed since friday when that cease fire in gaza kicked in. israel expected to release more palestinian prisoners tonight, with hamas now pushing to extend the cease fire for a further four days according to israeli media. some of the palestinians released had been convicted by israeli courts for terrorism related offenses. others were being held without trial. one of those released last night calls herself a political activist, resisting israel's occupation. >> israel accuses you of supporting terrorism. how do you respond? palestinian people have the right to fight, she tells me. this is our land and i want to be free.

two palestinian teens were killed here in the west bank tuesday in an israeli raid, say palestinian officials. there has been a spike in violence since that hamas terror attack and israel's invasion of gaza. george? >> okay, tom. thanks. let's get the view from the white house. mary bruce is there. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. the white house is hoping more americans will be released today but they're also blunt. they don't know how these lists are being compiled. the white house doesn't know where the remaining americans are being held, what condition they are in or who is even holding them, whether they are with hamas or another terrorist group. the white house though does say that they don't believe the americans are being used for leverage. the president has been deeply involved in all of this. the white house touting the president's role in negotiating this truce. they say this is working. they want to see this continue until all of the hostages are released. that is still a big unknown. the question is what comes next? the white house in its strongest warning yet is urging israel to far more targeted in its

approach to do more to prevent widespread displacement of palestinians in the south, to prevent this humanitarian crisis from worsening even further. the white house ramping up the pressure for israel to be more surgical in their approach going forward and to really think through carefully what comes next, george. >> mary bruce, thanks. to politics now. a big endorsement for nikki haley as she battles for the republican nomination, hoping to topple donald trump. she is now backed by the billionaire koch brothers. rachel scott is tracking the race. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: good morning, george. this is a major endorsement for nikki haley. it comes at a critical time. we are just about 50 days from the first votes being cast in iowa. the political organization americans for prosperity action backed by the billionaire koch brothers throwing its support behind nikki haley saying it's time to turn away from donald trump and rally behind a candidate they believe can unite the party. the group has already raised $70 million, that could give haley even more momentum as she continues to rise in the polls and as other candidates

including ron desantis continue to slip. to be clear here, donald trump is still the far and away front runner, leading this pack by 40 points. he is also facing 91 charges so he could be spending more time in a courtroom than on the campaign trail, george. >> on capitol hill, they are closing in on that vote to expel george santos? >> reporter: yeah, that vote is expected to happen tomorrow. sources tell us the new house speaker mike johnson did speak to congressman george santos, urging him to consider all of his options including resigning. but santos is defiant. he says the only way that he is leaving congress is for his colleagues to vote him out, george. >> we'll see. robin? now to an aviation break through. for the first time ever, a transatlantic plane flew using only sustainable aviation fuel. you know our transportation correspondent gio benitez is all over this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, robin. and it worked. this was a major milestone in reducing green house gas emissions from airplanes. take a look at this.

virgin galactic was just able to fly a boeing 787 dreamliner, so a huge plane, from london to new york tuesday using 100% sustainable fuel. much of it made from used cooking oil. the founder of the virgin group, richard branson, was on board. it's the first time a commercial flight has flown across the atlantic on 100% sustainable fuel. what's even more incredible is that it is a drop in fuel which means none of the equipment had to be changed. they just used this fuel instead of fossil jet fuel. it was two years ago when we were very brave on board the first domestic flight with 100% sustainable fuel with united airlines. we flew from chicago to d.c. one of the engines had fuel made from sugar water and corn. clearly, we landed safely. all of the equipment was the same, so virgin makes the point that electric and hydrogen technology on planes is decades away, but this fuel can actually be used right now. >> they didn't have to change anything with the engines? >> nothing at all.

all the same plane. >> richard branson. >> pioneer. >> i love it. i love it. thank you so much, gio. take a look at this, everyone. the iconic paris sky line is looking more familiar. notre dame's famed cathedral has a new spire in place for the first type since the tragic 2019 fire. 1,000 people have been hard at work on the cathedral's restoration. president macron previously said the cathedral plans to open in december of 2024. that is good to see. >> sure is. >> it is. coming up alex murdaugh confronted by victims as the convicted killer is sentenced in state court for stealing millions. plus the christmas tree that came with an unexpected and unwanted present. how the hit show squid game has turned into a reality competition with millions of dollars at stake. but first back to ginger. >> huge pattern change for the pacific northwest into the northern rockies means a ton of

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waking up to a 27 year sentence in south carolina state court for financial crimes to be served at the same time as his double life sentence for killing his wife and son. the disgraced lawyer pleading guilty to 22 state charges for stealing more than $12 million from his client, friends and even his family's law firm coming face to face with some of his victim, some overcome with emotion. >> because of what you did to me, i thank god for giving me strength to get through what i went through. >> reporter: some of the victim, the family of his long time housekeeper gloria saterfield who died after an apparent trip and fall accident at the murdaugh home. saterfield's son said murdaugh told them to sue him for insurance money. >> how you were able to profit from her death and cause unimaginable hurt to our family. >> reporter: but they say murdaugh instead pocketed most

of the settlement money himself. her son tony turning to speak face to face with murdaugh in court. >> you lied. you cheated. you stole. you betrayed me and my family and everybody else. and you caused my mom's death. >> reporter: the judge, who also presided over his murder trial, sentencing the once well-respected lawyer. >> it's so disappointing to see you again in this setting, and after imposing this sentence, your life will continue. i will turn the page and leave you behind. >> reporter: newman now recusing himself from the double murder case going forward as murdaugh seeks a retrial, claiming the court clerk tampered with the jury. murdaugh still insisting he didn't kill his wife and son. >> i would never hurt maggie and i would never hurt paul.

>> reporter: this 27 year sentence murdaugh will serve time behind bars no matter what happens in his murder case, which he is currently appealing. he is also awaiting sentencing in his federal financial crimes case, george. >> thank you very much. let's bring in dan abrams. 27 years. that's a life sentence. >> effectively a life sentence for him. and a stiff sentence for these types of crimes. as eva points out, this is connected to the federal case, right? in the sense that he's plead guilty to similar-ish charges if federal court. part of the deal is the 27 years will be served concurrently, meaning together. but he has to serve at least 85% of it before he's eligible for parole. in the state of south carolina, typically it would be much less time but because you're including the federal charges, you're now applying the much higher 85% as part of this plea agreement. so he's not eligible for at least almost 23 years. >> wow. long time. what about the victims' impact statements? how impactful was that?

did you expect him to speak? >> incredibly emotional statements, right? they didn't really make a difference, in terms of the sentence. the sentence had basically been negotiated ahead of time. i think they were very important, to hear from these people. for him to hear exactly what they suffered and what they endured. the only reason i wasn't that surprised that he spoke is because he testified in his own murder trial. and so i figured, okay. he's already testified in his murder trial. he's admitted to these financial crimes anyway. i wouldn't be surprised if he speaks. >> what chance does he have at getting a new murder trial? >> a very long shot. there are a lot of people are saying, this is the important one, because the murder case may get overturned. the murder case is very unlikely to get overturned. it is likely he is serving a life sentence on the murder plus the 27 years. so yes there's a pending appeal. yes that's still working its way through the system. no, it's not likely it's going to get overturned.

>> dan, thank you, as always. we're going to turn to the christmas tree, or the christmas surprise no one wants under the tree or crawling around the tree. a viral tik tok video comes with a holiday season warning. demarco morgan is here to tell us all about it. good morning, demarco. >> reporter: good morning to you. it is enough to wake you up this morning, right? praying mantis aren't harmful. they can help by eating other insects around your home. but who wants to see them in the house and in their tree, of all places? here's the story that will have you checking your tree. >> i hear two. >> reporter: as we start decking the halls for the holidays, a friendly reminder. before you start trimming the tree, check it twice to make sure there aren't any pests. >> oh my goodness. >> if your freshly cut christmas tree came with this hidden ornament, you're getting bug for christmas. >> this is an egg case to a

praying mantis. >> reporter: andrea and her family cut down their own tree back in 2018 at a tree farm. two weeks later they got a surprise. >> there were all these little bugs everywhere. they were little baby praying mantises. >> the egg cases are tricked into believing they had already gone through winter because of the warm temperatures of the house. they don't hatch right away. they develop over the course of a few weeks and then, surprise. >> reporter: andrea posting this video just over a week ago, now going viral with more than 4.7 million views. >> just wanted to bring awareness to what could be in your tree. literally top of the tree, we have like 50 new friends. >> reporter: allison kuchman documenting her adventure on christmas eve in 2021 when baby praying mantises appeared on her tree. >> here's one. >> if you do find a bunch of these mantises, don't worry. they are not harmful. they are delicate fragile creatures. >> reporter: experts say although it's rare, before you bring your tree into the house,

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>> we're talking about it. back now with a behind the scenes look at squid games the challenge. the hit reality show based off a popular netflix series with the biggest game show prize ever $4.56 million. will reeve there is more to this. >> the original scripted squid game was a surprise smash hit. the show was fraught with drama and the highest stakes imaginable.

this reality show was a faithful recreation with big money on the line. it's back. >> let the games begin. >> reporter: squid games, the challenge, a new reality competition based on netflix most watched show of all time, 2021's global sensation squid games. the ultraviolent korean language thriller about a group of down on their luck contestants forced to compete in life or death versions of classic children's games in the hopes of walking away with a life chaining amount of money. but this time, with 456 real people competing for a staggering $4.56 million jack pot, it's the biggest reality show prize in history. big money for contestants facing economic uncertainty of their own. >> we wanted to represent people from different walks of life. it is not a small amount of money. that is life changing for 99% of the people in this world.

>> oh my god. >> reporter: painstakingly recreating the world of squid game. >> the noise went off, the doors opened and everyone was like, oh my god, i'm in squid games. >> reporter: the games posing unique challenges for producers like the dalgona game in which players have a limited amount of time to carve a shape out of a crispy cookie without breaking it. and spoil alert a massive quandary as a mother faces off against her son in a game of marbles. >> most mothers would let their kid win. >> what's going to happen there? i can't wait to watch it. >> reporter: the stakes in this show aren't quite as high as the original, where elimination is fatal. >> you have been eliminated. >> reporter: but a uk law firm recently announced it was preparing a lawsuit on behalf of some contestants who say they were injured while participating in the show. netflix telling "the new york times" all appropriate health and safety measures were taken

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i 271. i 81, the main thoroughfare between water town and syracuse, we've been using that all week. this is what we took yesterday. several cars spinning off the road, as state troopers are busy there. very cold morning, all the way down to the deep south. we've got freeze warnings into parts of tallahassee, where crops are probably seeing some damage there. very cold up and down the east coast. we will see a warm-up as we go towards friday. obviously, winter is not even here so we have a long road to go. robin? >> all right, rob. stay safe out there. thank you. gonna turn to the alarming cyber attack on a major healthcare provider. elizabeth schulze joins us with those details. good morning, elizabeth. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this cyber attack shows the growing threat against our nation's critical infrastructure. ardent health service, major provider that operates 30 hospitals across the country, says a ransom ware attack forced it to take its computer network off line and to divert

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it was one of the bombshell allegations that shook up the royal family. >> in those months when i was pregnant, all around this same time, so we had in tandem the conversation of, he won't be given security, not going to be given a title, and also concerns and conversation about how dark his skin might be when he's born. >> reporter: in a 2021 interview, prince harry and his wife meghan told oprah that when meghan was pregnant with archie, before they stepped down as senior members of the royal family, discussions were had behind palace doors about the potential color of archie's skin. >> that conversation i am never going to share. but at the time, it was awkward. i was a bit shocked. >> reporter: meghan and harry never said who made those alleged comments but this morning a dutch publisher of a royal reporter's new book "end game" is temporarily pulling the book from shelves after two passages in the dutch version

included two royal names who were allegedly involved in those conversations. the publisher telling abc news an error occurred in the dutch translation and is currently being rectified. he told abc news in the english language version, there were no names. >> it's being dealt with by the dutch publisher. i wrote this book in english. i edited it in english. it's being published in the u.s. and u.k. by harper collins. for us, there were no names. >> reporter: now there's been no comment from the palace on any of this. we should say libel laws in the u. k. are very strict. they prevent reporting of any specific names. meanwhile, we do know harry did speak to his father earlier this month. he wished him a happy birthday. that's the first time the two have been speaking since the coronation. >> all right, james. thanks so much. coming up in our gma morning menu, rebecca jarvis shares the story of newborn baby leo joining her beautiful family this thanksgiving.

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back now on gma with our favorite story of the morning. it's our cover story about a member of our gma family and her growing family. rebecca jarvis, her husband matt and big sister isabel just welcomed their son leo. i almost didn't recognize matt. rebecca is not letting him wear his trademark baseball cap this morning. [ laughter ] come on! it was not an easy journey for them. there they all are. we're gonna talk to them in a minute. but first rebecca and matt want to share their long road to bringing home baby leo. >> when i pictured our family, i always thought of my family, the family i grew up with, as one of two kids, my younger sister lauren and i are incredibly close. so as i thought about my future,

our future, i always envisioned that we would have two that we'd be a family of four. it has been a very long road for us for fertility, for pregnancy. i did ivf to get pregnant with isabel. before her, i had done seven rounds of ivf in order to have her. one of the hardest parts of our fertility journey is that there's never been a name. it's always been unexplained. i know now, having gone through this, that's the case for so many women. >> two years ago we had just experienced another miscarriage in the ivf journey and that catalyized the search for another round. >> i had just lost a pregnancy at five months. we looked at our doctors and said, what do we do?

it keeps happening. there's no telling whether we can be successful, whether i can maintain a successful pregnancy. our doctors said surrogacy is your best path forward. that was hard to hear, in a way. >> it was. >> at the time. >> we had never considered that. >> every time i got pregnant i would look at the world with rose colored glasses and i would imagine what life was gonna be like on the other side. and every time i lost a pregnancy, to have that taken away, was so tough.

so even in the surrogacy, i really did hold my breath for a very long time. i probably, in some ways to protect myself and my family, didn't want to feel that massive excitement and that massive joy until i really felt that it was truly a sure thing. but when i did allow myself to feel that way, it was truly the best feeling. to be able to look at matt and say, we are having a baby. we are having another baby. isabel is going to have a little brother. our family will be a family of four. >> as i was talking with a very good group of friends about our journey, i had mentioned one of the aspects of trepidation that my wife had was i won't be carrying the baby and how do i know i'll have a connection? somebody else is carrying our baby, i won't have that maternal connection.

one of my very good friends said, you just tell her now she knows how a dad feels. that perspective was very useful to you. >> it really was. >> and what it meant was, it doesn't diminish your love for the child. it doesn't diminish your love for the family you're building. it just means you have a different perspective. >> we've had a lot of swaddles. hopefully, he can't break out of these. when we left new york to witness the birth, i couldn't get over how surreal the whole thing was. and just feeling so happy, but also how strange it was that we were going to get on an airplane, fly across the country and, god willing, come home with a baby boy. we are about to get to the hospital. i am so excited.

also given everything that we've been through to get here. that first moment when we saw leo -- >> i yelled, he's perfect. [ laughter ] >> the moment isabel met leo. >> hi, buddy. >> to see her meet her little brother and to give him such care and such sweet kisses and hugs, she really is an incredible big sister. and also the feeling of gratitude towards our surrogate and her family. i just wanted to hug her and give her all of our love that we were all pouring over leo. there's no way this would have been possible without her. it was truly magical. >> yes, it was. >> then to have it be real now is the best. >> and we are joined now by rebecca, matt, isabel and leo. thank you all so much for sharing that story. thanks for coming on today.

i remember getting that text about a week ago, seeing that first picture of leo. he's been home about a week. what's it been like? >> george, michael and robin, it is so nice to be able to share all of this with all of you. it's been just magical. truly magical. a little exhausting, but we expected that. we know that. a little blurry, but so happy. isabel is waving and doing her job this morning. [ laughter ] >> matt, i have been there. you have that look of a first week dad. [ laughter ] little exhausting. >> i think that was a back handed compliment. [ laughter ] >> little exhausted? >> little bit. but overwhelmed with happiness. >> i just love during the piece, we were watching you.

you all are looking at each other. rebecca, you just kept rubbing, as you are now, matt's back. isabel, she is just the queen of the morning. little yawn there. took you sometime to tell her that she was going to be a big sister. but a trip to disney gave you the perfect opportunity. share that story with everyone. >> sure, robin. so we really wanted to do something special with isabel right before we shared with her the news that she was going to be a big sister. we took her to disney world. isabel, do you like princesses? do you like cinderella? okay. so we went to the cinderella palace. we had lunch at the cinderella palace. they gave us these wishing stars. everyone was supposed to make a wish. isabel, what did you wish for? baby brother? so isabel didn't tell us that day. she's doing her waving really well.

thank you, honey. when we told her she was going to have a baby brother she said, my disney wish came true. >> yeah. and she has the princess wave down pat. she's doing it. yes, you are. matt, how has she been as a big sis? >> do you like being a big sister? do you love giving leo kisses? [ laughter ] >> on cue. on cue. >> she's got it down. >> this is such a personal story. what made you two want to share it? >> we talked a lot about this on our journey. as you heard there in the piece, never wanted to jinx it along the way.

but we also really wanted to give other families hope and to make people feel like they're less alone on this path. like you heard, it was unexplained. we never really got a reason, and that is a very common thing. and we just really were hoping that other people going through this would be able to feel a little less alone and like they have the resources to think about their journey forward as well. >> that's so great. rebecca, it's lara. just wanted to let you know while you're home -- first of all, we're going to miss you, but we certainly understand you should enjoy every second with baby leo and big sis. we wanted to let you know how much we're thinking about you and how happy we are. we got you some gifts from our friends at monica and annie. don't you worry, miss isabel, there's a little treat or two for you as well, princess. things for both you and baby leo. >> that got her excited. [ laughter ]

>> we love you guys so much. we can't wait to meet baby leo in person. >> this is for baby brother. >> yes, it is. >> look at that. >> we love you guys so much. thank you. [ laughter ] >> thank you. >> thank you for being so supportive, all of you, on this journey. really, i know -- >> can this be for him? [ laughter ] >> you've been wonderful. >> at least she's sharing. >> we love you all. we cannot wait, as lara said, to meet baby leo. isabel's got to come along as well. great to see you all. congratulations. >> thank you for sharing. >> so great right there. now we're going to ginger in california. hey, ginger. >> i'm elated for them.

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it's air tight. >> looks like a great serving bowl. >> you get a set of four. these leak proof lids, all plastic free, which i love. an entire set of four is $80, 50% off. >> let's talk luxe. >> this is a really great skin care brand making its gma deals debut. couple highlights. moon dew eye cream. firsts of all, it looks beautiful. this color is beautiful. it smooths the puffs right under yo we've got their fan favorite. these are their body scrubs, but we've got their two fabulous holiday scents. everything from this line is great. it's plant based, made in america, clean ingredients starting at $11. really good stocking stuffers. >> this is a favorite. my kids loved it. your kids will, too. >> a favorite. one of the biggest sellers from shark tank ever. corduroys. this chair has inside of it. that bed. so if

you've got overnight guests or any sleepovers, holiday guests, dorm rooms just need an extra place for people to sleep. this is the product for you. today's the day to buy a big assortment, all 50% off and free shipping. free shipping from corduroys. >> this one is happening for i believe these are already in your cart. >> we've got these really great. i love that this it's a nice velvet material which you are loving too. >> yeah, it's got beautiful colors. >> the mirror, all of the compartments. this little one right here is a $12. the colors are fabulous. but then also, if you want to upgrade it and do some matching all of the cosmetic cases and the jewelry rolls, 12 to $20 on this. >> they're like velvet. >> they are so soft. then we've got the shoulder brand new. this is their crossover scarf. two secret pockets on the side to be able to stash all that important cash cards, stuff that you want to carry with you. we've got their nice new tweeds and plaid styles, half price, $25. >> guys, check out that qr code.

it's right on your screen. tory has even more deals coming up in our next half hour. but first, julianne moore is with us live. can't wait to see her haha >> i sing when i'm nervous. i like that note haha. >> whoa. >> we're going to turn this show into a musical celebrity wheel of fortune. >> new tonight on abc. >> the $100,000 pyramid. new tonight ten 9:00 central building a better bay area moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc seven news. good morning. >> i'm gloria rodriguez from abc seven mornings. let's get right to jobina with a look at your traffic. good morning. >> good morning, gloria. thank you. hi everyone. we are going back to the richmond san rafael bridge. this has been our problem spot all morning long due to this ongoing sigalert compounded with the slick conditions as well. so we have three lanes blocked in the westbound direction and also bart is running pretty slowly

right now is what i'm hearing from commuters. that is because they are running trains at slower speeds due to the wet weather. bart says expect about ten minute delays, give or take on that timeframe gloria. >> all right. thank you, jobina. and meteorologist drew tuma. we'll have your accuweather forecast coming up after the break. when health, you do you. >> you ping and pong that body. you plunge that body you green that body. you brain power, that body. you practice and practice that body. you make it rain that body you a flu shot that body and now you spikevax that body because even though the pandemic is over, covid 19 isn't spikevax by moderna is a vaccine to help protect you against covid 19. you shouldn't get spikevax if you've had an allergic reaction to spikevax or

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ago. still some light showers and parts of marin county, the east bay as well along the coast. but we're in the storm impact scale for the next 90 minutes until about 10 a.m. today for those scattered showers and isolated downpours, just creating some slower than normal travel outside from our sutro tower camera, it is gray after 10 a.m, the showers are out of here, leading to a brighter and drier afternoon later today. >> gloria. all right, drew, thank you so much. and the news continues right now with good morning america america >> little >> little red riding hood. crispy -- >> chicken. >> dunkin -- crispy, crispy. >> aw. >> krispy kreme. >> uh-oh. [ laughter ] >> man, i got to break you into

the world of fast food. man. [ laughter ] i love listening to you all over here. kreme! kreme! oh, boy. welcome back to gma. check out the $100,000 pyramid tonight. jason alexander takes on rosie donnell. great game. 10 p.m. eastern on abc. tomorrow on hulu. >> we want to welcome one of our favorite guests here on gma oscar winner julianne moore. she's out with a new movie. thank you for coming by. [ applause ] >> thanks for having me. >> loosely based on a story we were all familiar with many, many years ago. tell us about the movie. >> i would say it's inspired not based on that story. it's a story of a couple, a woman who was 36 at the time she had a sexual encounter with a 13-year-old boy and went to jail and subsequently got married and

had children with him. this is 20 years into the future. talking about the mary kay letourneau story. it really isn't that story but does use that as a template for it. our story is 20 years in the future. natalie portman plays an actress who is going to play me in a movie and comes to observe our family. there you go. >> what was it like to get into the head space for this movie? >> it was hard. it was really hard. you think, what is that? what is it that makes someone transgress in that way? she crosses a huge huge boundary and yet insists she's living a great love story. this relationship she has with this 13-year-old she has to kind of make him the adult and she stays forever a child. she's insistent on telling the story to this actress who's come to portray her. it's all about identity, performance, narrative and how we want the world to see us. >> many of us, when we hear a story like this, we always

wonder what's behind it. let's have a little bit of a clip right here. >> yeah. >> what were your expectations? >> that tonight would go well. that my children would love me. and my life would be perfect. >> that's naive. >> i am naive. i always have been. in a way it's been a gift. >> like a child. >> yeah. she's like a child. >> natalie portman said of you that you are a dream colleague. >> she is a dream colleague. i love her so much. we've known each other a little bit socially but really just to say hi. she just superceded all of my expectations. we were a terrific team. we could really lean into the relationship because we liked each other so much. it let us feel deeper and darker.

>> my girls are big riverdale fans. >> yes. >> now the third part of the team, younger actor, but what a break through performance. >> he's so wonderful. i can't imagine anybody else in this part. he is such an amazing screen presence. right from his audition, he was so receptive, i think, to my character in the movie. it's a lot to take on to be someone carrying the weight of this adult woman's life, right? he just does everything so beautifully and with such fine emotions. >> when you're working with a younger actor, do you ever take on aspects of a coach or not really? >> i wouldn't say that you are a coach, but i think you're a cheerleader for them. i think you want to make all the circumstances work for them, you know? if you see something that you think will help, you might be like -- you just have to be really supportive and encouraging. >> it would be pretty intimidating.

i can only imagine. before we let you go, we saw you earlier on our set with dennis quaid your "far from heaven" co-star. >> yes. i know. >> how was reuniting with him? >> what a wonderful coincidence that we are on the show on the same day. we haven't seen each other in years. i was absolutely thrilled to see him. that was a long time ago. i was pregnant in that movie and my daughter is 21. so that's -- >> wow. >> did you know he could sing like he can? >> i didn't know he recorded a gospel album. i'm going to buy it. >> thank you for coming in. >> thanks for having me, guys. >> coming up tory johnson will be here with more steals and deals. p, tory johnson will be back with

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>> i can't get it out of my head, and i don't think i'll ever get it out of my head. the look on her face oh, god >> welcome back to gma. what a twist on last night's "dancing with the stars." i'm not talking about a dancing move. [ laughter ] it's something that hasn't happened on the show before. here's a look at the unprecedented night in the ballroom. with the len goodman mirror ball trophy within reach, five remaining couples took to the dance floor. putting their best foot forward in the semifinals. ♪ which saw five perfect scores for the night. >> it's a 10! >> you killed it! 10!

10! >> all of the twists and turns on the dance floor were nothing compared to the biggest twist of all. >> which couple will compete in the finale? >> soxi and val scoring a 50 and arianna holding their breath. >> the couple dancing in the finale will be both of you! >> that's right. every couple making it through to next week's finale. >> this is incredible. i'm so grateful. i can't talk. i sound like a frog. life was flashing before my eyes. >> the stars stepping up for the ultimate episode. ♪ bachelorette charity lawson letting her emotions flow through. >> you don't just watch dance, you feel it. it is so important. we want you to have that break through. you had the break through. >> allison hannigan cutting loose.

♪ gotta cut loose footloose phoet >> jason mraz with his pasa doble. >> i'm looking for magic! that was magic! ♪ >> and actress sochi gomez giving the judges the feel with her waltz. >> len would have loved that dance. that was absolutely perfect. ♪ >> and arianna maddox. >> you have unleashed the fox in the fox trot! >> with all five couples moving on to the finale, they all have one goal. >> have fun! >> and point your toes. >> i mean, what a season. these guys are all so good. you don't want to miss "dancing with the stars." the finale the next tuesday night 8 p.m. eastern, 7:00 p.m. central, streaming on disney plus, of course. we will have the winners live. it's our big dance party

wednesday morning. right now though we want to go to ginger in california. >> yes. that's my call. let's check in on what happened st. joseph's michigan. that freezing lake water freezing on contact. wind chill dropped to single digits. we have our first flurries in new york city. that was something in bergen county, too. don't get used to it. we're going to see a warm-up and above average temperatures for much of >> part 2 of our deals and steals holiday extravaganza.

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>> we are back now with the multitalented movie star and musician, dennis quaid. over the years we've loved him in "day after tomorrow" and "the parent trap" and a lot more than that. now he joins us to perform a song off his latest album "fallen." a gospel record for sinners. >> i wanted the largest audience possible. >> well, you got it. you've been making great music for a long time.

you also have been making great movies for a long time. we have an exclusive first look at you in one of our upcoming roles in ronald reagan. when will we see this? >> that's coming out in may of 2024. we made it three years ago. it's been a journey but here it comes. >> we're ready for it. we want you in all our talents. now music. your album topping the charts, resonating with fans. how has music played a role in your career? >> music was always part of it. there was music before t it was acting because you can do it alone in your bedroom when you're a kid. it's been able to lace its way through. i played a killer jerry lee lewis. have done several music movies. had a chance to do a gospel record here. so here it is.

>> you crushed it for the sinners out there. let this sinner move out of your way. i want you to perform your song "fallen." here we go. dennis quaid, take it away. >> okay. ♪ i went for a joyride down the devil's highway my eternal soul hanging by a thread ♪ stphoet i was determined that the world was going my way, wound up beside the road left for dead ♪ ♪ now i'm fallen i'm fallen feeling so low ♪ ♪ all i wanna do is go back home ♪ ♪ i was raised on the blood of jesus, taught the difference

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doppler seven showing you the showers are dwindling this morning. this pocket of moisture you see off the coastline. this is actually about to move away from us as this area of low pressure moves south. so for the next 60 minutes, we'll keep the storm impact scale at a level one. after 10 a.m, we're done with the showers. it's a moody looking sky from sutro tower. showers are fading for drier skies this afternoon, gloria. >> all right. thank you, drew. time now for live with kelly and mark. we'll be back at 11 for midday live. wonderful have a wonderful day at the coho