>> whit: good morning, america. trump transition. >> whit: good morning, america. trump transition. the once and future president announcing more administration picks as opposition to some of

his choices builds. the growing number of republicans who want to see the report from the congressional investigation of matt gaetz. will it come down to a subpoena? plus, reaction from the medical community on robert f. kennedy jr. and his positions on public health. >> janai: panic on the plane. >> evacuate. >> evacuate. >> evacuate. >> janai: fire on an airliner. the rush for the exits. how it started, as another southwest plane is struck by gunfire overnight. >> gio: murder trial under way in a case that's been at the center of the national debate on immigration. an undocumented migrant charged with killing a 22-year-old georgia nursing student. the last images of laken riley and the new details on her death. >> whit: mother arrested, handcuffed, and charged after her 10-year-old son was found walking to a store by himself. >> any time i checked, it wasn't illegal for a kid to walk to the store. >> it is when they're 10 years old. >> whit: how she's fighting the charges. >> janai: making wishes come true.

a teenager in love with music gets the surprise of his life. the chance to record in a professional music studio, but that's not all. >> hey, somebody's here. >> oh! >> janai: collaborating with his musical idol. ♪ so you're a tough guy like it really rough guy ♪ >> gio: and fight night, mike tyson returns to the ring. the former heavyweight champ taking on social media star-turned-boxer jake paul. the unanimous decision. ♪ ♪ i'm the bad guy ♪ >> janai: good morning, america. happy saturday. thanks for starting your weekend with us. you guys didn't stay up late to watch that fight, right? >> whit: no, no. it was probably better for it. >> janai: yeah, all right. a lot going on. >> gio: we have all the highlights. >> janai: we certainly do. a lot to talk about including the wildfire threat in the northeast. 43 million people under red flag warnings this weekend as drought

conditions spark fires in a region that hasn't had a drought watch in decades. >> gio: and the countdown to turkey day is on, so get that shopping list ready. we have some hot tips on where to find the best savings for the makings of your big family meal. >> whit: but we begin here with the trump transition. the president-elect is rapidly filling positions for a second administration, but will some of his more controversial picks survive senate scrutiny? abc's maryalice parks leads us off from washington. maryalice, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, whit, good morning. there are real questions about whether some of trump's pick will be able to make it through the senate confirmation process. senators making it clear they want more information about matt gaetz in particular who was nominated to be trump's attorney general. this morning a growing number of republican senators making it clear they want to see the house ethics committee report into trump's pick for attorney general, matt gaetz. the bipartisan committee was investigating gaetz for allegations of illicit drug use and sexual misconduct. sources telling abc, a woman

testified he had sex with her when she was only 17, and a lawyer representing another woman telling us, his client testified she witnessed it. gaetz calling the allegations inventive and saying it would constitute false testimony to congress. >> i have not had a relationship with a 17-year-old. that is totally false. >> reporter: sources telling us the committee was preparing to vote to release that report as early as this week, but then gaetz resigned from congress after being nominated by trump abruptly ending their investigation. house speaker mike johnson on friday, after spending the night at mar-a-lago with president-elect trump, arguing now the report should be shelved. >> i believe it is very important to maintain the the house's tradition of not issuing ethics reports on people who are no longer members of congress. >> reporter: still, it is senators who have the constitutional power to consent or not to a president's picks, and several now saying they want to see what the house investigators found. texas senator john cornyn even suggesting he's ready to issue a subpoena for it.

trump also filling out his west wing team announcing this his campaign's communications director, steven cheung, will come to the white house in that same role. cheung is known for hurling insults at trump's critics and often uses offensive language and trump also choosing karoline leavitt to be his press secretary. she's only 27 years old. we are also seeing increased concern from the medical community about the nomination of robert f. kennedy jr. to lead the department of health and human services. the american academy of pediatrics writing that, the nomination was an opportunity to share the settled science on vaccines with government leaders as well as the american public. kennedy, of course, is a well-known vaccine skeptic. gio? >> gio: all right, maryalice, we know you'll keep following that. thank you so much. now to the wildfire threat in the east. 43 million people under red flag warnings. somara theodore is following that. good morning, somara. it's been a long week of

wildfires. >> somara: gio, good morning. you know what, while there is the threat still looming, there is some good news. this is sterling state forest in new york. the jennings creek fire that burned in new york and new jersey is now 90% contained. so, that's good news, but just to give you a visual of how dry it really is in ulster county, new york, reservoir in new reservoir only at 27% capacity looking so dry and arid out there. what we need is rain. we have a red flag warning in place from new england down to the mid-atlantic. extreme drought setting up in southern new jersey. that sticks around. you know we said earlier it's been 22 years since they've seen the likes of that for western pennsylvania and ohio, so where is this rain? when will it come? it's on its way. we have to wait longer. by wednesday into thursday our

next big rain chance in the northeast. janai? >> janai: we certainly need it, somara. thank you. the series of frightening scenes involving jetliners. the latest one, a bullet struck a plane in dallas. it comes after a cell phone battery caught fire in denver. abc's zohreen shah joins us now. zohreen, these are fright anything scenes. >> they really are. on the flight with the fire, one passenger said there were babies and young kids on the flight. she says everyone was screaming, go, but there was nowhere to go. that wasn't the only incident. in the last few days a series of terrifying issues in the air. >> they think that somebody from outside the airport shot a firearm at the aircraft. >> reporter: overnight a bullet striking a southwest airlines flight about to take off from dallas love field airport. >> we asked to return to the gate to have inspections. >> reporter: the plane getting ready to depart for indianapolis around 8:30 local time when officials say gunfire struck its right side near the cockpit. police and fire officials rushing to the scene. the boeing aircraft safely taxiing back to the gate where passengers deplaned. thankfully the airline saying,

no one was injured. >> evacuate. evacuate. >> reporter: it comes the same day as another terrifying moment aboard a southwest airlines flight. passengers at denver's airport forced to evacuate on slides after a cell phone battery caught fire. >> a lot of people were just so panicked. >> reporter: katherine rios was a few seats in front of the fire and saying everyone was inhaling a lot of smoke. >> pretty much just kind of trapped. couldn't do anything because i was surrounded by so many people. >> reporter: southwest saying the aircraft carrying 108 passengers was still at the gate when the battery caught fire friday morning, causing the seat to catch fire from the burning phone. crews quickly extinguishing the flames, but the passenger whose phone it was is being treated for burns, and another passenger suffered minor injuries while evacuating. and on that fire issue, there have been 59 incidents just this year leading to overheating on planes. you might have experienced this, a crew asking if you have lithium batteries in your luggage when you check them in. this could be a good example of why. those batteries can overheat. whit?

whitfield yeah, concerning scene. zohreen, thank you. we turn now to a case that's been thrust into the center of a political debate over immigration. an undocumented immigrant now on trial charged with the murder of 22-year-old nursing student laken riley in georgia. abc's morgan norwood has the latest. morgan, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, whit. as you just pointed out, it's the trial that's become a flash point in the national debate over immigration. both democrats and republicans seizing in on this case. jose ibarra, a venezuelan migrant, accused of thoughtfully planning his attack, and from laken's smartwatch surveillance video to dna, prosecutors say there's mounting evidence that ties him to the scene. this morning, chilling testimony from the officer who found the body of nursing student laken riley. >> oh, [ bleep ], i found her. ma'am, ma'am, ma'am. oh. i need ems immediately. she's not breathing. >> reporter: in the first day of the trial against jose ibarra,

the court also shown the final moments of riley as she headed out for a morning run she never returned from. ibarra, an undocumented migrant from venezuela, charged in her brutal killing in february along the university of georgia running trail. >> when laken riley refused to be his rape victim, he bashed her skull in with a rock repeatedly. >> reporter: a chilling 911 call seeming to capture the struggle. played in court as riley's grieving mother sobbed. >> hello, this is clarke county 911. can anyone hear me? >> reporter: prosecutors said ibarra's dna found under riley's fingernails also proves there was a struggle. and there's surveillance video showing an individual who prosecutors say is ibarra tossing a black jacket in a dumpster just 15 minutes after they say lakin's heart stopped. >> jose ibarra and laken riley's blood are on the jacket he dumped in the dumpster. >> reporter: the defense questioning the evidence and its validity early on.

>> the evidence that jose ibarra killed laken riley is circumstantial. >> reporter: ibarra pleading not guilty to murder, kidnapping and a slew of other charges. and ibarra did waive his right to a jury trial, which means the judge is the sole fact finder who will determine his fate, and prosecutors opted to not seek the death penalty. still ibarra could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted. gio? >> gio: all right, morgan, thank you. and the fbi is investigating a new round of offensive and racist text messages and emails targeting hispanic and lgbtq+ groups, as well as high school students. now, authorities say the messages told recipients to report to a re-education camp or that they were selected for deportation. this comes after another round of messages were sent to black college students nationwide last week with racist messages referencing slavery. janai? >> janai: all right, overseas now. president biden is on the world stage today meeting with china's xi jinping on the sidelines of the apex summit

in peru. abc's alex presha joins us now all the way from lima. good morning to you, alex. >> reporter: hey, good morning, janai. yes, this morning all eyes are on president biden and china's president xi jinping as the two leaders meet for what will likely be biden's last time in office. now, this apec summit has been a little bit of a swan song for biden. the white house laying out a chief goal of this trip is to reassure the rest of the world of a smooth transition. a white house official also tells abc news the two leaders are expected to discuss a.i. safety, climate change, and that china's alleged hacking of cell phones during the 2024 campaign would come up. now on friday biden met with south korea's president and spoke about the growing threat of north korea and its alliance with russia. the leaders now considering military signs of force and possible sanctions. tomorrow biden heads to brazil's amazon, which is a first for a u.s. president to highlight climate change, and he'll end in

rio de janeiro for the g20 summit. now, in his trilateral meeting yesterday, biden did not mention president-elect donald trump by name, but there is an awareness that u.s. foreign policy is about to shift with this new administration, especially with trump threatening to increase tariffs. whit? >> whit: all right, alex presha, thank you. now to the war in ukraine and why ukraine's president says it will end sooner with donald trump in the white house. abc's patrick reevell is in kyiv with more on what we're learning about new russian drone attacks, as well. patrick, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. yeah, there were widespread drone attacks across ukraine last night as there are almost every night now. we could hear loud anti-aircraft fire here in kyiv, and it's clear here that ukraine is preparing for possible negotiations to end the war once president-elect donald trump takes office. president zelenskyy overnight saying that he believes the war will end faster now under trump but in new comments published this morning, zelenskyy also warned that any negotiations where ukraine isn't kept in a strong position will fail.

zelenskyy also suggesting that real negotiations can only begin once trump is inaugurated. now, many ukrainians do hope that trump is at least a chance to end the war, but there is deep anxiety about what they may have to give up. on the battlefield ukraine is in a precarious position in at least two key points on the eastern front line. the russians are slowly advancing, and what we are hearing from ukraine officials, any cease-fire in order for it to be acceptable to ukraine must give long-term defensive guarantees from western countries. there's no doubt that any negotiations when they eventually come to try to end this terrible war will be extremely difficult. gio? >> gio: very difficult, indeed. all right. patrick, thank you so much for your reporting. and we're going to switch gears here. back here at home, the countdown to thanksgiving is on, and it is time to prep those shopping lists ahead of the family feast, and abc's alexis christoforous has been adding up the best places to find some savings. good morning. >> you bet. i hope you have your menu all set, because it is just 12

days to go before thanksgiving, and here's something to be thankful for, inflation-busting meal deals, whether it's a pre-prepared dinner or ingredients to make your own feast there is plenty of ways to save. let's start with target. it is offering a $20 meal that is going to feed four people, $5 per person. you get a turkey up to 10 pounds, plus six other items including gravy, potatoes, and string beans. amazon fresh -- i know, that's pretty good. >> gio: good deal. >> amazon fresh has a basket for six people under $30 when you buy its private label brands, and get this, prime members get 10% off. lidl has a kit that feeds ten for under $45, and at $4.50 per person, it is the cheapest that we found out there. besides the turkey, you get ingredients for the classics like stuffing and sweet potato casserole, and if you don't want to cook, you want to check out sam's club. its precooked thanksgiving meal for 10 is $100 delivered to your door.

you get a hickory smoked turkey and six sides, including my personal favorite, mac and cheese, and a little pumpkin pie. >> gio: i am so glad you're doing this segment, because those are some amazing deals there. let's talk about the star of the show, the turkey. how do you make sure you're getting the best deal? >> there are some ways. what you want to do first is check the unit price, so that means the price per pound. we did a little comparison shopping here. amazon fresh has one of the lowest at 49 cents a pound, compared with 79 cents at target and 88 cents at walmart. other ways to save, consider buying turkey parts like the breasts or legs instead of the whole bird. i know that doesn't have the presentation value. or you can buy a store brand turkey, or go frozen instead of fresh. just remember to defrost it. >> gio: with enough time. >> whit: i've done that turkey parts thing before, though. especially with a smaller group, you don't want the whole turkey, it's great and goes well with the canned cranberry sauce. >> gio: love that cranberry. >> janai: the jelly. thank you so much, alexis. it is time now for a check

of the weather, and somara theodore, you are watching some flooding down there in honduras. >> somara: yeah, you know, hurricane season is not over until november 30th, and the tropics are alive and well. this is the northern coast of honduras. you can just see how treacherous and catastrophic this rain has been for not only honduras, but places like belize. this is all due to tropical storm sara that could pick up 15 to 20 inches of rain before this is all done. the warning in place after it dies out over mexico and becomes disorganized region of tropical moisture, but that feeds into a cold front and florida gets that tropical rain left by sa

>> somara: and that's a look at your local forecast. i know i should say something weather related, but i just want to say i'm team canned cranberry sauce as well. >> whit: oh, yeah. >> gio: absolutely. >> janai: really? >> whit: we've been preaching the canned cranberry sauce for years. >> gio: i love it. >> somara: and oyster stuffing. try it. >> gio: nope. pass on that. >> whit: okay. well, that one we'll have to talk about later. thank you, somara. let's turn to the main event last night in texas where 58-year-old former heavyweight champ mike tyson slugged it out in the ring with 27-year-old youtuber turned boxer jake paul. abc's perry russom joins us with the highlights. perry, we didn't stay up late. we couldn't. turns out it wasn't such a bad thing after all. the highlights speak for themselves. >> i stayed up light. so don't worry about it.

there was a lot of hype around this, a lot of and a documentary, but in the end some fans were booing saying they wanted more from the fight. >> jake paul! >> reporter: overnight jake paul defeating mike tyson in one of the most highly anticipated fights in recent memory. the fight going all eight rounds. paul winning by unanimous decision. >> he's the g.o.a.t. i look up to him. i'm inspired by him. and we wouldn't be here today without him. >> reporter: it was iron mike's first sanctioned fight since 2005 when paul, the youtube personality turned boxer, was just 8 years old. >> what is your assessment of jake paul the boxer? >> very good fighter. >> reporter: paul is 27. tyson is 58. their 31-year age difference said to be the biggest age gap in professional boxing history. tyson showing his age, not moving as fluid as he did decades ago landing only 19% of his punches. >> time is unbeaten for a reason. >> reporter: originally scheduled as an exhibition, it became a sanctioned pro fight

with modifications, shorter rounds and heavier gloves lessening the power of the punches. dramatics before the bout from tyson's slap during weigh-in -- >> oh! >> reporter: -- to paul's ear covering mocking tyson's infamous ear biting of evander holyfield. >> i got my diamond-spiked ear covers right there. >> reporter: netflix apparently overwhelmed with viewers causing streaming issues. >> over 120 million people on netflix, we crashed the site. >> reporter: paul versus tyson now available to watch globally on netflix. >> do you feel like you proved the world wrong that you could at least go eight rounds with a younger man? >> i didn't prove nothing to anybody, only to myself. >> and then on the business side netflix is just getting started with live sporting events. they have two nfl games on christmas. there were buffering issues and streaming issues throughout the night with everybody watching, so it looks like issues have to be worked on in the next month. >> janai: two nfl games on christmas? >> gio: yeah. >> janai: that's big. >> gio: two of them.

you're going to stay up for those. >> janai: no, but, like, that's a big deal. >> whit: tyson at 58 still looks amazing, can i just say? it's tough to enter a boxing ring with a 27-year-old. he still looks good. >> gio: somara, you stayed up. >> somara: i did. i did. and, you know, i have so much respect for tyson, so like you said, he's 58 and still held it together and did the best he could in there but -- >> janai: that's really cute when you're talking about staying up late. i have so much respect for him. yeah, girl. >> gio: she was doing her research for this segment. >> janai: totally. >> gio: all right, perry. thank you so much for your report. coming up on "gma" we'll dive deeper into president-elect trump's choice of robert f. kennedy jr. to head the department of health and human services. >> whit: also, ahead, a georgia mom fighting charges, arrested after someone spotted her 10-year-old son walking to town all by himself. >> janai: and superstar jason derulo making one young music maker the surprise of his life. derulo making one young music

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scoring 1,000 points in her ncaa career. that makes her the fastest trojan ever to reach the milestone and the fourth fastest player in to achieve that feat. >> gio: take a look at this now. police in tacoma, washington, sharing body cam footage from a hot pursuit earlier this week. you can see the officers chasing a rogue pig through a residential neighborhood. >> whit: aw. >> gio: and in the end the officers say this, notorious p.i.g. was safely captured and escorted off the streets. >> janai: oh, my gosh. where bacon at? >> gio: no, don't be talking about bacon now. >> janai: from brooklyn. >> whit: piggy smalls. >> janai: ooh. that was a good one. >> whit: if you don't know, now you know. all right, why good a lot to get to this morning. we start this half hour with a closer look at robert f. kennedy jr., president-elect trump's choice to lead the department of health and human services. a number of groups on both sides of the political spectrum

raising concerns, and abc's jay o'brien is in washington with more. jay, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. president-elect donald trump has been clear, he wants his pick to run hhs, robert f. kennedy jr., to, quote, go wild on public health as kennedy prepares day one plans that could impact millions of americans. this morning, robert f. kennedy jr. promising massive changes and potentially significant turnover at federal public health agencies if he takes the helm of the department of health and human services. >> and august 23rd of this year god sent me donald j. trump. >> reporter: the environmental lawyer also known to spread debunked claims that vaccines cause autism telling fox news this in 2023 -- >> i do believe that autism does come from vaccines. >> reporter: the idea sparked by a decades-old study that was retracted years ago. multiple independent studies since have found no link between

vaccines and autism. kennedy pledging he doesn't want to take vaccines away and despite his skepticism has previously claimed he and his seven children were fully vaccinated. >> he's pushed misinformation on vaccines and saying that they're linked to autism. that's not a concern for you? >> we'll have oversight. i think it just pushes the move envelope, and that's what we need. >> reporter: the one-time long shot dropping out this the third-party presidential candidate dropping out this summer, endorsing trump and getting into trump's inner circle. >> he is so into health and all, he will take care of women's health and men's health and your children's health. >> reporter: now kennedy's top priorities include tackling processed foods including a proposed ban on additives like food dyes changing the fda's nutrition guidelines, pushing to end the practice of adding small amounts of fluoride to prevent tooth decay to americans' drinking water. kennedy claims fluoride recommended for u.s. drinking water since 1962 is linked to low i.q. and bone density issues, but the studies he references are preliminary and

only looked at high levels of fluoride exposure, not the low levels currently recommended. now, kennedy would still have to be confirmed by the senate, which could be a rocky process given the controversial nature of this nomination. that is unless senate republicans allow trump to appoint him and potentially other cabinet picks through what are called recess appointments and sidestep the usual confirmation hearings and confirmation votes. whit? >> whit: all right, jay o'brien for us, thank you very much. and joining us now with more on this is dr. ashish jha, dean of brown university's school of public health and former white house covid-19 response coordinator. dr. jha, good morning to you. it's good to have you back on the program. so, voters chose to send donald trump back to the white house knowing that rfk jr. would have a large role overseeing our nation's health. you've worked closely with prior hhs directors. what specifically concerns you about some of kennedy's positions?

>> yeah, good morning, whit. thanks for having me back. hey, look, presidents are afforded their leadership team, and president trump should obviously be afforded that as well. this is a very concerning pick, one that i think can potentially do a lot of harm to the american people. previous hhs secretaries have left the big decisions of treatments and medical coverage of medicare to experts. rfk jr. holds a whole set of conspiratorial views about vaccines, about hiv, about medicines that i really think if he tries to inundate or affect decision-making inside hhs with any of those ideas i think would be quite dangerous for the health of the american people. >> whit: so, another thing we discussed earlier, he pushed to remove fluoride from public drinking water even though it's been a practice for many years. many use toothpaste now with fluoride in it. is it still necessary to have it in our drinking water?

what's the guidance or debate on this issue? >> no, look, there's pretty good evidence here that at a basic level, i mean, you obviously can do too much or too little. if you get the level right, which most places in america have, there is clear benefit in terms of reducing tooth decay. we have good evidence from alaska recently. alaska got rid of fluoride in water, and they saw a drastic increase of dental decay, and i think that evidence is very good and compelling for why we should keeping fluoride in water. >> whit: you talked about some of the things that are more controversial, but some of his proposals are less controversial and have contributed to his popularity, things like improving nutrition standards, removing potentially harmful additives to food. is that something where we could see some consensus in the medical community? >> now, look, a lot of us have been arguing for better foods, right? we have too much processed

foods. obviously have an obesity epidemic that's a real problem. i think the question that i wonder about is how are we going to make those decisions, and who is going to make them? the way we should be making those decisions is looking at the scientific evidence, the data through analysis, and, unfortunately, rfk jr.'s track record on this is that he doesn't really adhere to those analysis. if he lets the career scientists at the fda make those decisions, great. that would be a good thing, and we would all benefit from it. i just think his track record raises concerns for us about how those decisions are going to get made. >> whit: dr. jha, there is a process here that he has to go through, the confirmation. we'll see how that plays out. dr. jha, thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you. >> gio: a fascinating conversation there. thanks to you both. time for another check of the weather, and somara theodore is here and, somara, ooh, it is looking like ski season in maine. >> somara: say it ain't snow, gio. sunday river, maine, this is homemade snow. we've got them -- it's been cold

enough on the east coast, at least in maine, that is, able to generate that snow. meanwhile, on the west coast, they're getting it from mother nature. take a look, a winter storm warnings in washington and oregon. winter weather advisories from park city right up to helena and winter storm warnings and wind advisories for rapid city. over the next five days the storm moves in bringing one to two feet of snow in some of the higher elevations. we could see anywhere from 6 to 12 inches of snow throughout the rockies, and we're keeping a close eye on the severe weather in the south. >> somara: that's a look at your local forecast. >> somara: and that's a look at your local forecast. i'm a little ready for winter season because i want to go to some of the ski resorts. i probably won't go skiing, but want to do the cute photos with the hot chocolate.

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>> gio: and we're back now on "gma" with a story that will have everyone talking. the mother arrested after police say they spotted her son walking to town by himself. she's now facing charges. and abc's jaclyn lee is following this story. good morning, jaclyn. an unbelievable story, what happened here. so many people, especially mothers, will be looking at this. >> good morning. this mom says her son went on a 15 to 20-minute walk to the store. as a result, she was arrested, fingerprints and mug shots taken and she faces potential jail time. she says she did nothing wrong. >> turn around for me. >> why? >> because you're under arrest. >> reporter: this morning, the shocking arrest of a georgia mother after her 10-year-old son walked to the store by himself. >> what am i under arrest for? >> for reckless endangerment. >> reporter: you can see the moment right here on police body camera. brittany patterson put into handcuffs by sheriff's deputies at the end of october in rural mineral bluff, georgia. >> i didn't really even know what i was being arrested for. i had to ask. >> reporter: according to a

fannin county sheriff office's report, her son soren who has since turned 11 walked less than a mile into town to go to the dollar general while patterson took one of her children to the doctor. authorities discovered him walking alone after getting a call from a concerned resident. officials then dropped him off at home according to the report. >> he knows how to get home. he knows how to get there, so, again, i wasn't concerned for his safety. >> reporter: but five hours later, patterson was arrested on suspicion of reckless conduct which carries up to a year in jail. >> any time i checked it wasn't illegal for a kid to walk to the store. >> it is when they're 10 years old. >> reporter: her arrest warrant claiming she willingly and knowingly did endanger the bodily safety of her juvenile son. her attorney disputes this. >> the criminal justice system is built on the fact that you did something criminally negligent. so, what is it she did? >> reporter: we spoke with the sheriff's office, as well as patterson and her attorney who say the charges are not dropped.

she's out on bail and waited to be indicted. a good rule of thumb for parents is check your state law for when a child can stay home alone. whit? >> whit: jaclyn lee, so many questions about this story. >> janai: yeah. >> whit: following this one closely. >> janai: so wild. >> whit: yeah. coming up here on "good morning america," we'll find out how one young man from illinois ended up in l.a. making music with the best in the business. >> hold on! only shingrix is proven over 90% effective. shingrix is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults 50 years and older. shingrix doesn't protect everyone and isn't for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients or to a previous dose. tell your healthcare provider if you're pregnant or breastfeeding. increased risk of guillain-barré syndrome was observed after getting shingrix. fainting can happen so take precautions. most common side effects are pain, redness, and swelling where injected, muscle pain, tiredness, headache, shivering, fever, and upset stomach. ask your doctor about shingrix today.

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>> it makes you feel heard and understood, because it's literally you. >> yeah. >> reporter: it's given him an outlet to express himself. a talent that's carried him through his lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis. >> sometimes everything looks normal. sometimes you spend a month in the hospital. >> reporter: music helping pass the time during this hospital stay when he was 11. listen how he uses the sound of his medical equipment to make a beat. ♪ so, it's no surprise his one wish, to go to a professional music studio. >> oh, my. >> reporter: and make music with the pros, a dream that the make-a-wish foundation was able to make come true. >> this is awesome. >> reporter: meeting some of his idols. >> no way. >> reporter: like d.a. got that dope who has produced for tyga and eminem, and judah showcasing some of his own work and the team helping him hone

his craft. >> i can already see it. ♪ >> reporter: but little did he know the real surprise would be from someone whose star power is known by just two words in his music. ♪ jason derulo ♪ >> uh-oh. hey, somebody is here. >> oh! hold on. >> how are you doing? >> good. you? >> so good, so good. nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you too. >> i was starstruck. i didn't really know what to feel. it didn't feel real. ♪ >> heard his music for the first time, and i was blown away by him just being 14 years of age. you know, there's a lot of people that kind of have a hobby, but judah really lives and breathes music. >> reporter: jason even collaborating with judah lending his voice and talent to this song. ♪ baby, i could never lose ♪ >> he just looks like he fits

right in there, and he looks truly happy. >> i believe that he's a fighter but not only a fighter, he's super creative. to me i think this can be the start of a new journey. >> feels like all my life i was waiting for something. this is the most surreal thing i've ever been a part of. ♪ >> what just happened? >> janai: there's no way you didn't smile watching that. sglv >> gio: that was amazing. >> janai: yes, derulo is releasing the song, "pick up the phone," partnering with make-a-wish for a performance on tiktok live, and you can watch it on jason's account this tuesday, november 19th at 7:00 p.m. eastern. incredible. you can see that kid and how joyful he was. >> whit: how talented too, by the way. >> gio: we'll see so much more of him for sure. go, judah. we'll be right back. er; doing w.

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>> whit: coming up in our second hour, the big matchups in college football. espn's jess sims from georgia. >> janai: and our "gma" cover

story, muscle mass and menopause. stick around. gma" cover story, muscle mass and menopause. stick around. good morning, i'm stephanie sierra. a vigil is happening today in bodega bay for the five people who died when their boat capsized a couple of weeks ago. a 13 year old boy from san jose is the only one who survived that crabbing trip. he told abc seven news last week it was cold and windy at the time, and he climbed into a cooler to survive. there's a gofundme set up to help the impacted families. you can find that link over on our website abc seven news.com. well, the bay area coastline will see some of its highest and lowest tides of the year this weekend. it's due to the king tide event. the king tide occurs when the sun, earth and moon are all aligned, and

when the moon is either full or new. this creates a stronger gravitational pull that makes tides more extreme. the event will last until tomorrow and will occur again next month. and it's pretty freezing out there. let's check in with lisa. >> yes, that's right, with the full moon yesterday and temperatures bottomed out to near freezing in our inland valleys, we've been stuck in the upper 40s. oakland, san francisco and san jose with 37 on the peninsula and nice sunny view here from emeryville. we are 36, in petaluma, just above freezing in danville with 40 in concord. winds are going to be light out there. it's going to take a while to warm up, though, and we will see some high clouds for the second half of the day. so below average with only upper 50s here, half moon bay with that high surf advisory and that coastal flood advisory as well, some low 60s into our inland valleys. stephanie. so thank you. >> up next. accusations over anti-semitism on the peninsula. why parents are pointing their finger at this school district.

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now at eight. more trouble at the san mateo county sheriff's office.