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high gear. calls with foreign leaders, including volodymyr zelenskyy. billionaire elon musk on the phone, adding his two cents. back in the spotlight, princess kate set to make her first appearance at major ceremonies since finishing chemo therapy treatments. can we expect to see more of her at future events? a royal expert joins us this morning. high-stakes matchup. the busy weekend in college football. alabama and lsu looking to keep their playoff dreams alive. espn's desmond howard weighs in on the games to watch. giddy up her grammy nomination. ♪ this ain't texas ♪ >> beyonce doing what no artist has. will "cowboy carter" get more wins? ♪ they not like us ♪ >> a look at the competition and the artists in other categories looking for grammy glory. >> announcer: live from abc news

in new york, this is "good morning america." >> janai: good saturday morning. we have major news, including an effort by china to hack cell phones of high-profile americans. the latest on what abc news sources are telling us this morning, just ahead. >> gio: plus, racist text messages sent following the election. residents in a dozen states receiving them. new york's attorney general saying some of the messages were targeting children. >> whit: we begin with the wild weather across the country, including the early season snow form with blizzard conditions in colorado and new mexico, and the massive wildfire raging in southern california. abc's jacqueline lee is joining us from camarillo, california, with the latest. jacqueline, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. it is absolutely heartbreaking. many homeowners are returning to see there is nothing left. we have in front of what used to be a garage.

there is a melted refrigerator, showing how hot this thing burned. firefighters are working around the clock to get this fire under control. this morning, the ferocious mountain fire scorching ventura county. flames spreading across more than 20,000 acres. nearly 3,000 firefighters battling the blaze with 14% contained. >> i'm not built for this at all. i was crying. it was pathetic. >> reporter: 200 structures charred beyond recognition. >> i can't believe it's gone. like, i don't know what to say right now. this is surreal. i mean, i know we live in a fire danger area, but this is -- it came out of nowhere. it was so fast. >> reporter: more than 14,000 residents remain under evacuation orders, and at least six people injured. many homeowners discovering the majority of their camarillo heights neighborhood incinerated. >> that's like my childhood home. it's where we got married. >> reporter: officials say it only takes one ember and a wind gust for a fire to tear through and destroy one home, while

leaving another completely untouched. firefighter warning the threat is not over. >> make sure your car is full of gas and, you know, ready to go at a moment's notice, because fires are a fact of life here. >> reporter: the hurricane-force santa ana winds seen as further fuel for the wildfires, as extreme weather slams the west. in colorado, a state of emergency is in effect as two feet of snow has fallen, blanketing denver and colorado springs. in new mexico, up to 40 inches of snow causing widespread power outages, closing roads and shutting down schools as officials call a storm this early in the season unprecedented. firefighters are taking advantage of the light wind conditions to try to contain this fire. moderate santa ana winds are expected to pick up janai. >> janai: not good news to hear. somara, it is not just the west coast dealing with the

wildfires, it is dry as a bone out here, too. >> somara: listen, janai. look at this video, you guys. you can actually see the helicopter dumping water. this is something we're accustomed to seeing in california, but that's the new york city skyline. inglewood cliffs, new jersey, dealing with the wildfire. across the gw bridge, brooklyn, new york, prospect park had a brush fire. not only there but in reading, pennsylvania. you can see a line of fire behind the cemetery. i went to high school near there. that's a view from the pagoda of the actual wildfire. why is this happening in the coast? we have a drought in ohio, west virginia, pennsylvania. southern jersey hasn't seen the likes of an extreme drought in over 22 years. the fire danger persists as we head through this afternoon. low relative humid, down to 25%, with winds gusts upwards of 20 miles per hour. some areas seeing wind gusts as high as 35 miles per hour. keep in mind that today throughout the northeast, we have an elevated fire danger.

gio. >> gio: we can smell the snomok all over new york city. thank you very much. turning to the president-elect. we're learning about an alleged plot to assassinate president trump before the election. abc's senior investigative correspondent has the latest now. >> reporter: this morning, the iranian revenge plot to kill donald trump in the weeks before he was elected as the 47th president. the iran revolutionary guard corps were focusing on surveilling and ultimately assassinating former president of the eyes, donald j. trump. shakeri, operative, was to get a olympian in plan in seven days to kill trump. if he couldn't, he'd wait until after the election. they assessed he'd lose the election, and afterward, it'd be easier to assassinate him. iran has been determined to avenge the death of revolutionary guard general soleimani, killed in an american drone strike during trump's first term. the fbi learned of the plot from

the man asked to arrange it. the criminal complaint said shakeri spoke from iran. >> i receivered a phone call from the fbi. >> reporter: he was first instructed to target american writer and activist. he got two men in prison to assist. those men are under arrest and in custody. the complaint says iran told sh shakeri to kill two people in new york city because of their support for israel. then he was told to put aside his other efforts and focus on trump. abc news, new york. >> thank you for that. >> whit: the news of the s assassination plot comes as the election picked up speed. his administration now begins to take shape. white house correspondent maryalice parks joins us from washington with more. good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. we have new clues this morning about how much power and sway

the richest man on earth, elon musk, might have in a future trump administration. sources tells us he has been right there as trump talked to foreign leaders on the phone since his election win. >> elon musk! >> reporter: abc news learning tech mogul elon musk has been on phone calls trump made with foreign leaders in the recent days. trump took a high-profile call with ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy. musk speaking to him himself. on the campaign trail, trump suggesting he'd cut u.s. support for ukraine and bring an immediate end to the conflict. perhaps by pressuring ukraine to surrender territory under russian control. ukraine has relied on musk's starlink system for communications during its war with russia. zelenskyy thanking musk for that. according to our sources, musk also there while trump took another call from turkish president erdogan. >>character, special guy, a super genius.

>> reporter: musk pumped $175 million in trump's election bid. he proposed running a department of government efficiency. the fophone call with zelenskyy raising questions about this scope of his role in trump's white house. he receives billions of dollars in government contracts. this while harris' former running mate tim walz publicly addressed the results for the first time, urging the country to come together. >> 1 spn.5 million of our fello minnes minnesotans voted for the other side in this election. while there might not be a place in our state for the extreme elements of our agenda, there should be a place in our politics for everyone to be heard. >> reporter: democrats picking up the pieces and pointing fingers at each other. former speaker of the house nancy pelosi telling "the new york times" she thinks the party would have benefitted from president biden dropping out earlier and holding a primary, saying there might have been other candidates in the race. the anticipation was if the

president were to step aside, there would be an open nancy plon see gelosi saying sh harris would have done well, and it would have helped her, too, but, of course, there was not one. democrats just looking back, trying to figure out, whit, what went wrong. >> whit: there's a tight timeframe there, as well. while we have you, there's also a new development in one of the cases against trump. >> reporter: yeah, special counsel jack smith asked the d.c. judge to pause all upcoming deadlines in the case about trump's effort to subvert the 2020 election results, noting trump is the president-elect. saying the government needed time to assess this unprecedented circumstance. the judge in the case agreed to that >> whit: mary ellis, thank you. now, the urgest investigation spanning multiple states after text messages were sent to unsuspecting residents after the election. good morning. this was stunning to a lot of

people. >> it was. good morning. federal law enforcement officers say they have an idea about where the texts may have originated. exactly who sent them, that remains a mystery. >> reporter: this morning, federal investigators are saying some of the vile and racist spam messages on the phones of black and brown people across the country just one day after the results of the election can be traced back to a vpn in poland and may contain malware. >> we want to make sure we stop it as soon as possible, and we're going to continue to investigate it to see if we can identify the perp rater. >> reporter: the messages were reported in at least 20 states. children and adults from new york to california. in each text, the senders even have the right names. telling people they've been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation, to be ready at a certain time, and be prepared to be searched upon arrival. >> i received this text message about two hours ago. >> i felt like my heart drop into my stomach, and i have afraid. >> reporter: 35-year-old mom of

two, corin freeman, runs a nonprofit in ft. lauderdale, florida, and says she felt she was being targeted. >> knowing that someone took the time to put my phone number in something to send this type of message is just like, whoa. and in your dreams, it's literally the fight of my ancestors saying, you wish. like, it is not a joke. it is not funny. it is a remnant of some form of anti-blackness. >> reporter: investigators say the messages appear to be sent through the messaging service textnow. the company calling the incident a widespread coordinated attack. now, the company textnow says it's disabled the anonymous accounts linked to the messages. attorneys general across the country are condemning these racist messages. the naacp warning racist groups across the country now feel emboldened to spread hate and stoke the flames of fear that many are feeling after tuesday's election results. >> gio: let's hope they get to the bottom of that. thank you. in wisconsin, a 13-year-old

kenosha student has been charged with terroristic threats after being arrested on suspicion of plotting a school shooting. the teen tried to enter roosevelt elementary with a large black bag and left after questioned by security. he was arrested at his home where officers found several air soft replica handguns and a rifle. the suspect telling a social worker he went to the school with the intent to scare students. >> whit: in new york, lawyers for sean "diddy" combs trying to get the rap mogul released from jail ahead of his trial. they proposed an extremely substantial, comprehensive bail package, including a $50 million bond. previous attempts to get their client released on bond have been denied. the rapper has been in brooklyn metropolitan center since he was charged with racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage

>> janai: turning overseas to the new violence aimed at israeli soccer fans in the netherlands, and the reaction in israel. we go live to tel-aviv this morning with the very latest. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, janai. am amsterdam banning protests after what happened over the weekend. violent attacks on israeli soccer fans. police launching a major investigation after supporters of tel-aviv were ambushed and beaten in what amsterdam's mayor described as hit and run attacks. described by dutch officials as anti-sem anti-semitic. a video online shows a man being chased down. another video shows someone being attacked in the street, and what appears to be the person behind the camera shouting, "that's gaza," and throwing firecrackers as he attempts to run away. 60 people were arrested.

10 are still being held. dozens were ized with their injuries. >> it's a terrible anti-semitic attack, and we will not tolerate. we'll prosecute the perpetrators, and i'm ashamed this happened in 2024. >> reporter: it was sparked by earlier social media posts targeting jews. tension had been building for days. video showing a man tearing down a palestinian flag as a nearby crowd chants anti-arab remarks. despite a ban on pro-palestinian demonstrations near the area, protesters showing up anyway, expressing anger over the wars in gaza and lebanon. according to posts online, they were ready for violence. president biden condemning those attacks as despicable. there was already a rise in anti-semitism in europe, as since the war in gaza began, it's only gotten worse, gio. >> thank you so much for your reporting. >> gio: markets soaring on wall street after donald trump's win.

alexis chris is here to break i. >> wall street cheered donald trump's return to the white house. all stock indexes rallied to record highs. we had the dow and s&p gaining 4.5 4.5% for the week. nasdaq finished nearly 6% higher. money was piled into crypto-related stocks, industries believed to benefit the most from trump's policies, which include lower taxes and less regulation. stocks also got a boost this week from the fed's quarter point interest rate cut, its second of the year, as inflation continues to cool off. those lower rates making it slightly cheaper for americans to borrow money. perhaps the biggest winner of the week, tesla ceo and trump supporters elon musk. the post election rally lifting shares of the ev maker, valuing tesla at over $1 trillion. the market's momentum will be tested next week. we get more earnings reports and fresh numbers on retail sales

inflation. guys? >> alexis, thank you so much. >> whit: let's go back to somara and las vegas, but the other vegas here. big snowstorms happening. >> somara: this is new mexico, okay? they saw 31.7 inches of snow, beating their all-time record se set in 1957 of 27 inches of snow. old man winter with an early appearance. the heavy snow falling in parts of colorado. i will say, this storm system is going to continue to taper off as we head through the afternoon. denver, winter storm warnings in effect. the southern tier of the same storm system is bringing heavy rain to places like arkansas, missouri, louisiana, and that's tropical storm rafael. that's feeding into this. it's only enhancing and exacerbating the situation. as a result, high risk for flash flooding in central louisiana. we could see 2 to 4 inches. some spots

>> somara: that's a look at your local forecast. they're dealing with snow here. it was so warm this weekend, or this past week, right? >> janai: it was. you said old man winter. whit -- >> whit: she looked right at me. >> janai: you have a guilty conscious, but thank you, somara. we have a passing to note. hollywood is remembering actor tony todd. todd starred in more than 100 movies and television shows, including "the candy man" and "final destination" horror

franchises. newline cinema wrote on instagram, "the industry has lost a legend. we have lost a cherished friend. rest in peace, tony." todd's wife telling the "it would hollywood reporter" he died after a long illness at their home. tony todd was 69. i love "final destination." so talented. "san "candy man." >> whit: i couldn't sleep for weeks, it destroyed me. >> janai: same. who i happen what a talent. will be missed. >> janai: absolutely. >> whit: we have college gameday week 11. desmond howard joins us from baton rouge as lsu hosts alabama to size the teams up. >> janai: princess kate back in the public eye this weekend. the latest on the events she's scheduled to attend following her cancer battle. >> gio: plus, our grammy nominations round-up. who is in the running to take home music's biggest prize? you're watching "good morning

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good morning, i'm stephanie sierra. we're following breaking news overnight. a man is under arrest following an hours long standoff in antioch. residents were told to shelter in place while police tried to get the suspect out of a home on stonecrest drive. police initially responded to calls about a possible assault case. officers then said the suspect refused to come out and

cooperate with police for about 6.5 hours, from 430 to 11 last night. all right, let's get you outside and check in with lisa. good morning. >> good morning. it is partly cloudy and chilly out there. temperatures are quite cool. dew points are low 44 in oakland, 51 downtown from emeryville. pretty view. it's sunny now. 35 by the delta 60s 70s partly cloudy today and still a little cool. all right, lisa, thank you. >> and thank you all for joining us. gma is n

♪ your love's got me looking so crazy now ♪ ♪ your love's got me looking so crazy now ♪ ♪ got me looking so crazy right now your touch got me looking so crazy right now ♪ >> gio: just a timeless song. welcome back to gma, the nominations for the 67th annual grammy awards are in. beyonce receiving the most nods. >> janai: wait, wait. uh-oh, uh-oh. >> gio: she literally stops the broadcast. 11 nominations, making history. she's the most grammy nominated artist in history, surpassing her husband, jay-z. the two have been tied with 88 nominations each. will ganss is going to have more on who's looking forward to the big night and who got shut out. anything else you want to say? >> janai: no. >> whit: we know who you're rooting for and all that. >> janai: absolutely. >> whit: let's take a look at the other big stories we're

following on this saturday morning. growing concern over china's efforts to hack prominent americans, including president-elect trump. sources tell abc news that u.s. law enforcement officials think chinese hackers were likely spying on prominent americans for more than a year before they were discovered. authorities worry that the latest breach may signal a significant increase in china's ability to conduct surveillance on the american people. >> janai: also right now, an suv loaded with dangerous materials exploding and severely damaging five homes and several cars in a new york city neighborhood. the suv's owner is a plumber who says he had pressurized cylinders in the car, and one of them may have been leaking. luckily, though, no one was hurt. >> gio: thank goodness and for the first time after that devastating fire five years ago. listen to those bells. the bells of notre dame were heard through paris again. the landmark is set to reopen to the public next month with a weekend of ceremonies starting december 7th. it's good to see that. >> whit: inspiring work they're doing. we start this half hour with a

busy day in college football, and espn's college game day coming to you from baton rouge, louisiana, this morning, joining us from there, espn football analyst, desmond howard. desmond, good morning to you. we see the crowd's already fired up. we know we've got alabama visiting lsu tonight. both teams have two losses on the season. what's at stake in this game? >> yeah, both teams have two losses, and what's at stake is the cfp, the college football playoff. i mean, this game has all type of cfp implications because both teams with the loss. you're looking at an lsu team, they have two losses, one was against usc, an out of conference loss. now they only have one loss. they still have hopes of making the cfp. big game tonight against alabama, even besides that, though, guys, i suppose to heisman trophy winner, jayden daniels, the quarterback last year at lsu who said, desmond, this is the game by which you

are measured as an individual and as a team. and you always know that there are a bunch of eyes on you. not just regular eyes, we're talking about nfl scouts, coaches, and gms. so this is a big game as far as the cfp is concerned, but even beyond that. >> janai: what kind of eyes do nfl coaches and gms have if they don't have regular eyes, desmond? they have special eyes? >> hey, they got the eyes that can get you paid. >> janai: there you go. there you go. >> gio: money eyes. >> exactly. >> janai: cha-ching. number 3 georgia visits number 16 ole miss tomorrow. what's the biggest key in that one? >> i think the biggest key in this game is you're looking at georgia. this is a team that people have, you know, ranked very high at the beginning of the season because of the return of their quarterback, carson beck. but, guys, in the last five

games, he's turned the ball over 12 times. 11 interceptions, and one lost fumble. he's going up against an ole miss team that, you know, when you hear ole miss, you hear lane kiffin. jaxson dart. explosion offense. they're big on the front seven. they lead with 42 sacks and try this on for size. they recorded 18 sacks in the last two games. this is going to be an interesting match up when you watch georgia's front against the defensive front seven of ole miss. i have to say, guys, listen, i really missed you last week. you know, i'm glad that we're back in step this morning. >> gio: we are glad to have you back, des. the first edition of the college football playoff rankings just came out. anything surprise you? >> well, you know, i have to say that the first rankings, there were no big surprises, like

well, why is this team ranked above that team, but what you have to remember is when you look at the rankings right there, you look at where teams are. the rankings are going to be a little bit different than the actual seedings. that's what we have to drill into the heads of our fans. though this is where they are ranked that's not where they are seeded at the end of the year. there's a lot of football left. there's a lot of cfp implications this week, next week. the beautiful thing about it, there are so many teams, not just teams, but fan bases with hopes of making the cfp. >> gio: those fans behind you are way too quiet, tell them what show they're on. >> hey, you guys know this is gma, right? [ cheers and applause ] >> can we get gma, gma. [ chanting gma ] >> gio: oh, look at that crowd. oh, man, des, we love you, we

love espn. >> are you guys happy now? >> whit: we are happy now. >> gio: tune in for florida at texas at noon followed by georgia at ole miss at 3:30. then it's alabama at lsu at 7:30 eastern. all of it right here on abc and espn plus. >> janai: always a good time with des. >> whit: we learned a lot right there, the eyes that get you paid. >> janai: are those eyes watching us? >> gio: let's get another check of the weather. somara, save us over here. >> somara: that was hilarious. check out this video. this is 10,000 feet over the gulf of mexico. look how serene and beautiful it is. would you believe this is a hurricane hunter's plane flying, picking up data on what was brewing just underneath there, hurricane rafael now a tropical storm. this is a satellite imagery. winds, 65 miles per hour, gusts 75 miles per hour. here's the thing, we are not looking at a landfall here in the u.s. if you notice the track there,

it actually starts to decay and die down, and it moves back towards mexico. but we are picking up some impacts. we had the secondary impact of heavy rain leading to flooding in louisiana. there's also a significant threat for rip currents, life threatening rip currents with waves up to 7 feet from galveston to panama city. that's a look at the forecast >> somara: and that's a look at your local forecast. if the money eyes are watching, guys, hi. >> janai: hilarious. >> gio: i don't know what you get for those winks. >> whit: coming up on "good morning america," princess kate to appear in public at a major event this week, could signal the return of more engagements amid her cancer battle.

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>> gio: welcome back to gma, what may be another positive sign about the health of princess kate and her cancer battle. she's scheduled to make her

first appearance at a major ceremonial event since she announced in september that she finished chemotherapy in a video message. take a look. >> though i finished chemotherapy, my path to healing and full recovery is long. and i must continue to take each day as it comes. i am, however, looking forward to being back at work and undertaking a few more public engagements in the coming months when i can. >> to talk more about this is abc news royal contributor, victoria murphy joining us from london. victoria, good morning, thank you so much for being here. princess kate's appearances, they have been few and far between, including one last month. we heard from prince william saying this past year was just brutal. with the news that kate will be out and about this weekend, are things really turning a corner here? >> hello, good morning, guys. well, yes, i think they are. it has been an incredibly difficult time as prince william's very moving words this week showed, but it does now feel that things are looking a

lot more positive. i think the fact that william was happy to travel to south africa, the fact that he was very positive and upbeat on that visit, and the fact that he was even taking questions from journalists about how things are going, that is very different, the mood that we had just a few months ago. and also kensington palace always said that they hoped the princess of wales would be able to attend remembrance events this weekend, but it wasn't until yesterday that they confirmed that she will be at the cenotaph tomorrow and not only that, but she's going to be at the festival of remembrance this evening. that is not a short engagement. that's several hours in the public eye. i think it's a very positive sign that she's going to be there tonight, that she clearly feels well enough to do these two engagements. >> janai: a very positive sign. why the back-to-back remembrances, why, you know, come out so much so soon? >> well, guys, i really think that it is all about emphasizing the importance of remembrance, and the importance of the royal

family's role within remembrance. this is really the most important weekend of the year for them. this is when the royal family leads our nation in honoring and remembering our war dead, and this is something that they absolutely do not want to miss. it's so important symbolically. you may remember that the late queen elizabeth never missed remembrance, right until the end of her reign when she was really unable to. i think it's very much the same for kate. she absolutely was always going to be here, unless she really wasn't able to. >> whit: thank you so much. we also should point out that we've just learned from the palace that the queen will miss remembrance events this weekend to ensure that she makes a full recovery from a chest infection and to protect others from any potential risk. thank you, again, victoria. coming up here on "good morning america," the contenders for latest grammy awards, who's riding high? to view paradise ♪ ♪ simply look around and view it ♪

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>> janai: back now on >> janai: back now on gma, with the newly announced nominations for the grammy awards and will ganss who ran a marathon since we last saw him is here with the contenders looking for glory on music's biggest night. good morning, will. >> good morning, janai, keeping pretty good company over here. once again the grammy awards are shaping up to be ladies night with huge nominations for taylor swift, charli xcs and a new up-and-comer beyonce, she's also got recognitions in the country, pop, and overall categories and the most recognized artist ever at the grammys with 99 career nominations. ♪ this ain't texas ain't no hold'em ♪

>> reporter: make not texas, but beyonce is feeling at home at this year's grammys. ♪ so sweet i give you kisses in my backseat ♪ >> reporter: quethe queen is th most nominated artist of the year. with 11 nods, making "cowboy carter" the most nominated ever, a record previously held by michael jackson's "thriller." beyonce has never won the coveted album of the year trophy but could "cowboy carter" change that? ♪ honey honey i could be your bodyguard ♪ >> reporter: or will we be seeing green thanks to brat? charli xc x's "lean mean brat machine" picking up seven nominations, tied with others, including kendrick lamar. kendrick set to headline the super bowl one week after his disc track "not like us" could win song or record of the year. he has some highly caffeinated competition.

♪ espresso ♪ >> reporter: all that espresso p paying off for sabrina carpenter, nominated for six grammys, sharing the reaction to the news from her tour bus. but as a wise man once said. >> you guys, you have to start paying attention to chappell roan, the up and coming pop star is on a trajectory, unlike anything we have seen since early lady gaga. >> celebrating chappell roan also up for all four of the night's biggest categories. ♪ h-o-g-g-o-g-o ♪ >> reporter: no new nominees in the rock categories thanks to familiar favorites like the rolling stones, pearl gre greenday. the latin pop category, superstars like shakira, anita, will go head to head. ♪ for a fortnight, there we were forever running ♪ >> reporter: taylor swift currently tied for the most album of the year wins is now the most nominated woman in the category, thanks to her seventh nod for the "tortured poets

department." and 100-year-old president jimmy carter is up for his 10th grammy the best spoken word album, for last sunday in plains a centennial celebration. the grammys will air sunday, february 2nd. if you think a few names were absent from the piece, we'll have some of the snubs and surprises in our second hour. >> whit: did you call yourself a wise man? >> someone had to say it. and it might as well be me. >> whit: we'll agree with that. >> janai: amen, you take it, will. we're so proud of you. >> gio: and we'll see you in pop news coming up. and we'll be right back here with our play of the day. ou in "pop news" coming. we'll be right back here with our "play of the day." ...that stayed clear, even at 5 years. serious allergic reactions and increased risk of infections may occur. before treatment, your doctor should check you for infections and tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection, flu-like symptoms or if you need a vaccine. emerge with clear skin. ask your doctor about tremfya®. ♪

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>> whit: we are back with our play of the day and the big reveals from disney d 23, brazil, the crowds. yes. can get into it. the crowds couldn't wait to hear about what's in store as disney live action pixar shared exclusive footage, and the crowd caught a glimpse of the fan favorite fugitive alien, from

the much-anticipated "lee low "lilo and stitch," the live action re-managing. >> janai: which you're excited about. >> whit: live action roller coaster ride, and a new ice age film. >> janai: and that mufasa film. bob iger was telling us about notes he took? port of oakland is getting $322 million from the environmental protection agency. the grant will help decarbonize the port and help tenants switch to zero emission alternatives. congresswoman barbara lee says this will also help the climate and benefit people living near the port. >> not for too long. low income neighborhoods and communities of color near the port have had to

bear the brunt of pollution and health risks that come with it, so this investment is about reversing these inequities, reversing them by bringing cleaner air and better health outcomes. >> lee emphasized the urgent need, citing president elect trump's opposition to switching to renewable energy. happening tonight here in san francisco, caltrans is set to continue repairing emergency barriers on 101 and 80. the southbound 101 connector at i-80 will be close, as well as the southbound 101 on ramp from 10th and bryant street. the roads will reopen monday at 9 a.m. all right, let's get you outside. good morning. lisa. >> hey, stephanie. good morning to you. it is chilly out there with a mix of clouds and sun. from pier 39. you can see the sea lions there. it is 53, in san jose. not too bad, but you have that 41 on the peninsula. it was in the 30s at the coast right now, recovering into the mid 40s. and from our roof camera, very light winds. that

is another element that has allowed for the cooldown of the north bay mid 30s. there are some high clouds today. temperatures from the mid 60s downtown, low 70s inland. >> thank you. up next, a look at which east bay school could merge due to a looming million dollar budget deficit. abc seven news at 8 a.m. is next.