>> janai: good morning, americ >> janai: good morning, america. breaking news. the syrian government collapses in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the assad family. the stunning images. celebrations in the streets of damascus after the rebels' lightning offensive taking over the palace and state tv to declare their victory, and what it means for the u.s. and american troops still in syria right now.

>> gio: closing in? the new clues in the nationwide manhunt for the man who gunned down the unitedhealthcare ceo. the new pictures of the suspect with dive teams searching the waters of central park for the murder weapon. plus, what was inside the recovered backpack that could contain the suspect's dna? >> whit: notre dame reborn. france's world famous cathedral reopens for its inaugural mass five years after it was nearly destroyed by fire. the great organ reawakened. world leaders gathering in its grandeur. >> janai: shipping deadlines coming up faster than you might think with the shorter holiday shopping season. what you need to know to get those gifts delivered on time. >> gio: wild championship weekend. >> here he goes again. >> gio: the winners of the conference games. the plays and the upsets. >> the buzzer. >> gio: plus, the final stretch in the nfl. the last five weeks.

>> he's in. touchdown. >> gio: espn's herm edwards previews the big games. ♪ ♪ long live the walls we crashed through ♪ ♪ the light shines for just me and you ♪ >> whit: and the end of the eras tour. taylor swift's final performances. ♪ it's a cruel summer ♪ the experiences that impacted her fans and local economies. swifties speculating about what she has in store tonight, and what's sure to be a bejewel of an evening. ♪ >> whit: good morning, america. so great to have you with us on a sunday. we have a lot to cover this morning including the new images out of paris. the newly reopened notre dame cathedral. >> janai: yes. lots to talk about. lots to see there, but this morning we begin with that stunning news overnight. the toppling of president bashar al assad's regime in syria. crowds gathering in damascus to

celebrate after opposition forces entered the capital. >> gio: assad's private residence ransacked with furniture overturned. items strewn everywhere, and opposition fighters sitting inside this office at the presidential palace. we have the reaction right here in the u.s. beginning with abc's james longman. james, good morning to you. >> reporter: yeah. good morning, gio. this is one of the most extraordinary moments in the history of the middle east. bashar al assad inherited power from his father nearly 25 years ago. he has clung onto that power through years of civil war, but now a new rebel movement has managed to topple his regime in less than two weeks. history made overnight as syrian dictator bashar al assad is overthrown in a lightning move by rebel fighters. they are this morning, inside the presidential palace, walking its huge halls, celebrating amid the abandoned luxury of the assad regime. as outside jubilation spreads on

the streets of the capital for a moment few saw coming. rebels declaring victory from tv studios saying the city of damascus has been liberated. the tyrant bashar al assad has been toppled. the rebels seizing damascus almost without a fight as the military appeared to evaporate. this syrian military checkpoint left abandoned overnight. military uniforms left behind, scattered on the floor. such scenes were unthinkable less than two weeks ago when the rebels launched a sudden offensive. that snowballed and day after day, they overran key cities. assad in power for 24 years, oversaw the brutal crushing of the revolution against his regime through nearly 14 years of civil war. he was propped up by allies, iran, russia, and hezbollah. but he never completely regained the north and turkey supported the islamist rebel groups vying for power. out of the carnage, this emerged, and with assad's allies distracted by wars in ukraine

gaza and lebanon, the group appears to have taken its chance. an offshoot of al qaeda now wants to project a more moderate image. the group solidifying its status as guardians of the revolution on saturday storming the city of homs, birth place of rebellion in 2011. they released prisoners from syria's jails where they languished for years for opposing the regime. protesters chanting long live syria. down with al assad, setting fire to a poster of the syrian president. the u.s. and president biden had been acting with caution with no plans to intervene. >> assad's backers, iran, russia, and hezbollah, have all been weakened and distracted and so he has not had the support from these three actors he has been expected to be able to count on and has been left basically naked. >> reporter: now i have been speaking to many of the syrians i've met over the last 13 years. they are overjoyed at what happened.

millions have been displaced, they're looking forward to going home now. the issue now is the future is far from certain. >> gio: so many questions, and i know you'll stay on top of it, james. thank you so much for your reporting. whit? >> whit: all right, gio. let's get more now on what this could mean for the hundreds of u.s. troops now in syria and how the biden administration is monitoring these fast-moving developments. abc's white house correspondent maryalice parks joins now with the latest. maryalice, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. the white house is closely monitoring these events. i pressed them overnight for details about the whereabouts of syria's dictator, bashar al assad, but they have not confirmed exactly what they know at this point. one defense official telling us though that the u.s. mission in syria remains unchanged. there are about 900 american troops in syria in the far eastern part of the country focused on fighting and containing isis. now national security jake sullivan said yesterday that isis will try to take advantage of this chaotic moment. stopping them is the u.s. priority. now just last week, the u.s. conducted air strikes in syria after u.s. troops were targeted

likely by another group. the situation on the ground with so many competing factions is just incredibly complicated. now as for this primary rebel group that took the capital, the white house saying they saw those preparations coming, but the speed of the takeover caught everyone by surprise. now jake sullivan said yes, iran, russia, hezbollah who had propped up assad had been weakened, but also for decades, the syrian people have been fed up by assad's brutal regime. now president-elect trump overnight posting on social media that the u.s. should not get involved, but there are big questions going forward about how the u.s. will interact with this new rebel group and how they will make sure there is not a humanitarian catastrophe. whit? >> whit: and as you noted, all the different factions with different interests in that country. maryalice parks for us, thank you so much. and tune into "this week" later on this morning. martha raddatz speaks with retired centcom commander frank mckenzie about this situation. >> janai: now to the manhunt for the suspected killer of the unitedhealthcare ceo brian

thompson, who was gunned down on a manhattan sidewalk. nypd investigators gathering more evidence every day since the killing and this weekend, searching a pond in central park. aaron katersky joins us live with the very latest. aaron, good morning. we just got new pictures from nypd also this morning. >> reporter: and those images are important because it's believed to be the image of the shooter just after the shooting getting into a taxi. we'll show you those in a second. this is now a nationwide manhunt. the nypd's fielding hundreds of tips. the suspected shooter has not been identified yet. though he left behind a tantalizing clue. this morning, the hunt for the killer of unitedhealthcare chief, brian thompson, enters a fifth day. >> the net is tightening, and we're going to bring this person to justice. >> reporter: overnight, the nypd releasing these new images of the suspect showing him getting into a taxi. nypd dive teams searching the boat pond in central park looking for evidence including the murder weapon and the

bicycle the suspect was seen pedaling. recovering what they think is the suspect's backpack. they took it directly to the nypd forensic lab for examination, and sources tell abc news it contained a jacket and monopoly money. >> it is important to have a backpack because you need to be able to pull off some genetic or forensic material like maybe dna. >> reporter: the suspect left the shooting scene on foot and then was seen entering central park on a bike. he exited the park eight minutes later and was seen here pedaling on west 85th street. by 7:00 a.m., police say the suspect had ditched a bike and hailed a taxi. by 7:30, 45 minutes after the shooting, the suspect was gone. police say they saw him on video near the bus station by the george washington bridge where they believe he boarded a bus and left the city. the fbi is now joining the search and offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of this man seen smiling at a hostel on manhattan's upper west side. police say he he entered on a bus that

originated in atlanta. they don't know where he boarded but say he arrived just after 10:00 p.m. november 24th, ten days before the shooting. boarded. wherever he went, police say he paid with cash and except for that one time, made sure a mask covered his face. investigators have not determined a motive. police say nothing so far indicates the shooting had anything to do with the personal life of brian thompson, a father of two going through a divorce. investigators are focused on clues that suggest a disgruntled employee or angry client of unitedhealthcare. the words deny, defend, and depose were written in sharpie on shell casings found at the scene echoing this book about the insurance industry's failure to pay certain claims. protesters have targeted unitedhealthcare at its headquarters in minnesota calling out thompson's $10 million pay package. his death has unleashed frustration on social media where the suspect has been venerated. >> brian thompson may not have

personally been the target, but he represented the system. >> reporter: nypd officials believe they have made significant progress now closing in on the suspect. still though, no official identification has been made, guys. >> janai: and aaron, that point you were making at the end of your piece about the reaction by many people, because of what brian thompson represented has been fascinating to see, scary at some points. what are we learning about the contents of the backpack? >> so the backpack contained a tommy hilfiger jacket and monopoly money. seems like he may have been toying with investigators or intended for police to find the backpack, but they handled it very carefully because never mind what's on the inside. they wanted to make sure there was -- they could get some dna perhaps off the outside. so they took it up with an excavator. human hands never touched it and it went straight to a lab for analysis. >> whit: any new information about the gun itself, and what do we know about why nypd detectives have gone to atlanta? >> yeah. whit, they have been getting a lot of tips coming in from

atlanta probably because the bus that the suspect was believed to have taken him into new york city originated there, and the nypd detectives wanted to be on the ground to help atlanta police follow up. the gun itself is a rather unique 9-millimeter pistol. they're investigating whether it's used on farms and ranches to put down an animal because it can fire quietly. but it is bolt action. the magazine is in the grip and you have to cycle it manually, and he did seem to have some proficiency with the gun. >> gio: still no i.d.? >> still no identification. they want to believe they're close. >> gio: that's unbelievable. aaron katersky, thank you so much. we go overseas to the great celebration in paris of the world famous notre dame cathedral, five years of a fire nearly destroyed it. the house of worship has once again opened its doors and abc's tom soufi burridge is in paris with more on this. tom, good morning. >> reporter: yeah. good morning, gio. the gray, damp weather here in

paris this morning doesn't reflect the mood because notre dame is well and truly back up and running. we had prince william and president-elect trump here for the opening ceremony last night, and this morning, the first mass inside notre dame, the first mass in more than five years. ♪ this morning, thousands gathering inside the hallowed halls of the notre dame cathedral for the first time in almost half a decade. an invitation mass five years in the making. notre dame's 8,000-pipe organ once again filling its walls with music. at the ceremony last night, the archbishop of paris knocking on the doors of the cathedral before they swung open and erupted in song symbolizing the reopening of one of the most sacred spaces in christiandom. president macron paying tribute to the firefighters who risked their lives to save the nearly 900-year-old landmark.

the firefighters getting a standing ovation. the reopening ceremony bringing in a who's who of celebrities and world leaders including prince william, first lady jill biden, president-elect donald trump, and trump supporter, elon musk. pharrell williams performing outside notre dame. this inspiring revival happening years after that tragic fire in 2019. the flames tearing through the church. the spire collapsing as onlookers watched helplessly below in what would become europe's biggest restoration project in a generation. more than 2,000 artisans banding together to help bring this parisian icon back to life in its traditional style. can you give us an idea of how much this has cost so far? >> we have invested 700 million euros. >> reporter: janai, i don't know whether you can hear, but you can hear the bells ringing out of notre dame. that's an incredible thing to hear because they haven't been

sounding for five years while it's been refurbished. the cathedral in a matter of hours will be letting the public back in. you have to be one of the lucky people to have a ticket to get inside the cathedral. they'll have ceremonies at notre dame for the next seven days marking this incredible moment. an incredible achievement after that very ambitious target was set of five years to get the cathedral ready in time. you can see the weather's not great here in paris today, but that doesn't reflect the mood. notre dame, janai, is well and truly back up and running. janai? >> janai: tom soufi burridge there at notre dame. as we saw it up there, merci. don't look now. oh, yep. christmas is just about two weeks away, so you better start thinking about shipping deadlines if you want those gifts under the tree on christmas morning. abc's alexis christoforous is here with what you need to know. alexis, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. so all that record-breaking shopping we did on black friday and cyber monday means a record number of packages now need to

be delivered in time for christmas, and this year, the holiday season we know is even shorter giving us even fewer days to get the packages to their destinations on time. here are the last days to ship a holiday package to ensure your gifts arrive in time for the holidays. december 13th is the deadline to ship using fedex ground economy. december 18th is the cutoff for usps ground advantage service, and usps first class mail. december 19th is the last day for usps priority mail, and u.p.s. three-day select. the last day for u.p.s. second day air is december 20th. the final day to use priority mail express, december 21st. got all that? listen, the longer you wait, the more it's going to cost you. waiting to ship just a few days before christmas could cost double or more what you would have paid just a week earlier, and this year national free shipping day, circle this on the calendar, december 14th. that's when thousands of retailers offer free shipping and guaranteed delivery by christmas eve, but whichever

carrier you choose, always remember, get a tracking number so you can follow your package. guys? >> gio: and alexis, i want to be clear. janai does have the date on her watch. that's why she looked at it. thank you. time for the weather and somara theodore. someone else who knows dates very, very well. look how pretty behind you. >> somara: isn't that gorgeous? this is a winter wonderland in new york. i hope the folks living there feel the same way. you guys are trapped. we saw 12 to 23 inches of snow in out utica because of lake-enhanced snow. winter weather advisories are in effect for parts of the northeast. here's the next setup. this is monday. you're coming home from work, 3:00 p.m. we got cold out in chicago, kansas city, minneapolis. rain down in the south, snow in the northeast. this is setup. the cold front makes its way to the east. as it does, rain lines the i-95 corridor. places possible like new orleans and all the way to middle georgia which could lead to flash flooding.

>> somara: and that's a look at your local forecast, my friends. back to you. >> whit: you're promising a warmup for us. >> somara: this is a lot of pressure. we talked about this privately. >> whit: we need confirmation. we'll take a couple of degrees. thank you, somara. now to college football's conference championship weekend. abc's perry russom is here with the highlights. some big games, perry. good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning to you. today we see who is in and who is out of the playoffs. yesterday we had upsets, a

shootout, and a comeback that melted away in the final seconds. >> at the buzzer, clemson wins the acc. >> reporter: overnight, a wild finish in the acc championship game. smu clawing back from 17 to clemson tying the game with seconds left. >> jennings, into the end zone. touchdown! robert daniels jr. >> reporter: after a 41-yard return from adam randall, three seconds left. >> it was caught. antonio williams dives down. >> reporter: setting up nolan hauser for a 56-yard game-winning field goal. >> snap and hold are good. that one is good. >> reporter: over in the big ten number one oregon leaping over penn state. >> got rid of it in a hurry. touchdown. >> reporter: the ducks' dylan gabriel throwing four touchdowns. >> heading to the end zone.

touchdown, oregon. >> reporter: oregon stays undefeated and with their first big ten championship in the first season in the conference. >> here he goes again. >> reporter: cam with three touchdowns for the sun devils and for the s.e.c. championship, the georgia bulldogs taking on the texas longhorns. >> outnumbered, but they do show up and show out. >> reporter: they lose their starting quarterback carson beck at the end of the first half. >> he got hit hard. >> he's down. >> yeah. >> stockton on the move. >> reporter: and turns to their backup quarterback, gunner stockton. >> barrels into the end zone. georgia's got the lead behind the backup quarterback. >> reporter: texas fights back sending the game into overtime with georgia down three. >> stockton knocked in the head. >> reporter: stockton gets leveled forcing georgia to go back to their starting quarterback who can barely raise his arm. >> they hand it to him. touchdown, georgia. s.e.c. champions. >> reporter: yeah, and that win for georgia was massive giving

them a first-round bye and an extra week to figure out what's happening at quarterback. the first round of the playoffs starts friday, december 20th right here on abc, guys. >> janai: well, perry, our biggest thanks to you and viewers at home, you might remember we introduced you to hunter, chris, and matthew. remember, the biggest georgia bulldog fans around? while we were talking to them they got a big surprise there a former georgia bulldog, two-time national championship winner and their favorite, ladd mcconkey who helped us surprise them with tickets to saturday's game. did you see hunter's double take? he could not believe it. >> gio: he was so shocked. >> janai: so shocked. there they are at last night's game watching the bulldogs pull off an amazing win against texas again in overtime. >> whit: yes. >> janai: they called it. a big thanks to our friends at espn for making that happen. it was fun watching them process yesterday. >> whit: hunter in the beginning was a little tired. why am i up so early? we're, like, you're going to the game and he was, like, what? boom.

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that she was launching her eras tour. well, almost two years later and many records shattered and more than a billion dollars that tour coming to an end tonight in vancouver. we're going to have more on taylor coming up. my daughters are still upset with me that i never did get them -- >> janai: no tickets? >> whit: i was late to the game. i thought they were too young, and then their friends started going. >> gio: how many times have you watched it on disney+? >> whit: we've seen it a number of times. plenty of times as i'm washing dishes. >> gio: really amazing. congratulations to taylor on that. let's take a look at some of the other big stories we're following on this sunday morning here. happening right now, syrian state tv announcing the regime of tyrant bashar al assad has been toppled. crowds celebrating on the streets of damascus as rebels declare the city to be free. the rebel military operations command now claiming that assad has fled the city. >> janai: also right now, back here at home, police releasing these new images of the suspect

wanted for questioning in the murder of unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. the nypd dive team searching the boat pont in central park looking for evidence including the murder weapon and the bike the suspects witus suspect was the fbi now joining the search and offering a $50,000 reward. >> whit: and a pair of ruby red slippers worn by judy garland if "the wizard of oz" has become the most valuable movie memorabilia ever sold at auction. the sparkly pumps are just one of four known remaining pairs of the movie. they sold for $28 million on saturday. they were expected to bring in about $3 million. >> gio: i'm sure the "wicked" fanfare is what drove that ticket price. >> janai: and yesterday on abc newslive, i happened to talk to the executive of the auction house. those shoes are mismatched with the pair in the smithsonian. if you switched them, you would have two complete pairs, but

someone paid $28 million. >> gio: good for them. we'll start this half hour here with an ending as taylor swift wraps up her record-breaking eras tour. a tour that's meant so much to her fans here, and our chief swiftie correspondent, will ganss is here with more. i've made the executive decision to give you that title. what do you think? >> reporter: that is a title i wear proudly, gio. taylor swift explains why she and her team have poured their hearts into this massive tour. she says, quote, we do this because we love having the rare opportunity to create happiness and wonder up on that stage. we do it because people need an escape from how brutal life can be, and it is the honor of a lifetime to do that for them. if only for a night. ♪ long live the walls we crashed through ♪ ♪ how the kingdom lights shine just for me and you ♪ >> reporter: long live the eras tour. ♪ it's a cruel summer ♪ >> reporter: two years, five continents, 152 shows, roughly 500 hours on stage, a 44-song set list and 299 surprise songs

later, it's time for taylor to take her final eras tour bow. ♪ >> reporter: taylor herself wore more than 80 different outfits on stage from body suits to ball gowns inspiring countless fans to dress up like 11-year-old henry hinson. his halloween costume going viral and catching the eye of taylor's team. >> they are giving us two tickets to one of their shows in indianapolis. you're going to the eras tour. it was amazing to see henry being celebrated for who he is, and he is a kid with a disability, but that is not all he is. >> reporter: henry even getting a visit from taylor's mom, andrea, during the show. >> she said taylor's thinking about me. >> reporter: for the estimated 11 million fans who have attended, there was one must-have accessory, friendship bracelets. ♪ so make the friendship bracelets ♪ ♪

♪ you got no reason to be afraid ♪ >> reporter: in cities where taylor had tour stops, michaels stores reported a 300% sales lift in beads and jewelry categories in the days leading up to the concert. 12-year-old ellie launched a quest to get one bracelet from each show, and swifties stepped up. she's now got more than 1,500 bracelets. >> how has your life changed from the beginning of the eras tour to today? >> i don't know how to explain it. i haven't really felt like i fit in, and taylor's really helped me push through all of that. >> it just was so beautiful for other people to see, like, her the way we saw her. it's all taylor when it really comes down to it, and the fans of taylor. >> it's been fun to kind of gather the swifties in the chiefs kingdom and open them up to the football world. >> reporter: the star of the eras tour and her boyfriend, helping to bring dads and daughters closer too. this swiftie dad carrying his daughter and swapping shoes with

mom whose dogs were barking after taylor's show in toronto, but now after grossing an estimated $2.6 billion, handing out $55 million in bonuses to her team last christmas, spawning a box office bust in concert film and celebrating a record-setting fourth album of the year grammy win, it's time for taylor swift's next era. ♪ long live the walls we crashed through ♪ ♪ i had the time of my life with you ♪ ♪ long, long live ♪ >> reporter: and there is one final eras tour concert in vancouver. and swifties across the country are going big with this show. organized livestream watch parties in los angeles, salt lake city, kansas city, and the event i'm going to here in new york tonight has 1,400 people rsvp-ing. >> whit: it's at your apartment, right? >> you're on the guest list. i don't know if you knew. >> gio: thank you for introducing us to ellie. what a moment for her to say she never fit in, and felt like she fit in until now. >> the element of community and swifties finding each other has

been a joy to be a part of. it's something special. >> janai: even the little boy, will, because we talk about these concerts and everything, and the money that it brings in, that impact, but you found the human impact and that's real, and that will -- they'll carry that with them for their lives. it's so special you brought that. >> thrilled for those young people. >> gio: we're thrilled for you. thank you. our friend rebecca jarvis will be taking her daughter to taylor's final concert tonight. she's going to take us all there tomorrow morning on ""gmgma." >> whit: don't tell my daughters that. leave that part out. >> janai: all right. time now for a check of the weather, and somara theodore, a temperature change she says. >> somara: look at this, whit. this is what you were ordering. i got you. take a look. the last 24 hours between yesterday morning and this morning we've seen a 15 to 25 degrees warmer for a lot of the country on the east coast and the central part of the country. now the cold blast is going to settle in though. it's short-lived. places like chicago, 30-degree. east coast, you'll keep it through around midweek.

wednesday, 62 degrees in new york city. that cold air impacting places like california, and bringing the santa ana winds into full effect. we have wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour, with humidity up to 2%. that's leading to a red flag warning. that's the look at the forecast >> somara: and that's a look at your local forecast. back to you guys. >> whit: thank you for providing the menu so we could choose the temperature that we wanted. >> somara: i got you. >> janai: choose your own adventure? weather? >> somara: i've got the plug. >> whit: yeah. somara bringing the heat. "good morning america" coming up here after this. herm edwards sizes up the major nfl matchups, always insightful and entertaining. >> janai: you guys are not cool. >> whit: we're warming up.

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a lot of big matchups today, and first let's get to -- so we got the lions, the vikings, the packers. they're all holding three of the top four records in the nfc. just how good is the nfc north right now? >> well, if you do the math, this division alone is 35-15. so they are the best division in football right now. three of those teams are obviously making the playoffs. you talked about them, the lions, the packers, you know, they're going to make the playoffs and, you know, this is a really competitive division. green bay lost to them last week. so all these teams are going to win ten or more games. we already know that. the bears are in that division as well. they're still trying to improve. they got a young quarterback that's going to be pretty good though. this is the best division in football. i think at the end, in the nfc championship game, i'm going to say it right now. i think it's detroit and the philadelphia eagles. >> janai: all right. called it here. >> whit: write that down, coach. hold you to it.

>> janai: coach, the chiefs and the chargers meet in the afc -- in an afc showdown tonight. how does l.a. stack up against the 11-1 chiefs? >> well, they stack up pretty good on the defensive side of it. the chargers have the best defense in football -- scoring defense only allowing 16 points a game. they can play really good defense. they did last week against atlanta, holding atlanta to 13 points. i think it's in arrowhead. very difficult to beat the chiefs in arrowhead. this is playoff time. kansas city knows that. they're running out of games. they're trying to get tuned up for the playoffs, and that guy right there that just threw the ball, patrick mahomes, i know this. if he has the ball at the end, bank on it. he's taking them down there for a score and they generally win. i'm going with the chiefs. >> whit: 49er fans definitely know that. we're well aware. thanks, coach. >> gio: i love when coach says bank on it. let's see how you banked on the previous games. this is our who's with herm scoreboard. whit's got 11. janai's got nine. i've got four.

you know, it is what it is. i'm on the board. i don't have zero anymore. coach, you've got eight. so tell us here, what do you think about monday night on espn? you've got the cincinnati bengals traveling to dallas to take on the cowboys. who's your pick? >> did you mention the cowboys? >> gio: yeah. >> now you know former philadelphia eagle can't root for the cowboys. just can't do that. that's against the rules. i wore philly green for ten years. you can't root for the cowboys. i'm going with cincinnati. >> gio: you told me not to choose with emotion. >> i'm not emotional. i'm not emotional. i'm wearing green today, okay? that's philly green, but understand this. i do like -- i do like joe burrow. >> gio: all right. >> whit: i do too. >> i think he's playing really good. >> whit: i'm going bengals too. >> janai: i want to say, gio cries a lot and he called you emotional. i'm going bengals too. >> gio: i'll join the bengals.

i have been getting a good score here. thank you, coach. we love you. you can catch the bengals versus the cowboys monday night at 8:15 on espn. plus check out the simpsons fun day football. bart joins the bengals and homer teams up with the cowboys. it's an animated game transformed in realtime into the iconic simpsons world. how cool is that? it streams on disney+ and espn+, and will reeve will have an inside look tomorrow morning on "gma." >> whit: cool your jets, man. >> janai: ay caramba. >> gio: we'll be right back. >> whit: we'll be back. whit: w. . ...a medication like humira or remicade? put them in check with rinvoq, a once-daily pill. when symptoms tried to take control, i got rapid relief with rinvoq. check. when flares tried to slow me down,... ...i got lasting remission with rinvoq. check. and many were in remission... ...even at nearly 2 years. and rinvoq... ...helped visibly reduce damage of the intestinal lining. check. rapid symptom relief.

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sierra. we may be paying more to cross bay area bridges. a decision will be made this week at a hearing on wednesday. the bay area toll authority is considering a toll increase to be phased out over five years. it would start at $8.50 and add $0.50 each year. it would also change the carpool lane policy, establishing a uniform three person requirement at all seven bridges that would be for half price tolls during weekday commute periods. if approved, the changes would take effect january first of 2026. all right, let's talk about your milk. the u.s. department of agriculture says it will start testing milk for bird flu beginning on december 16th. dairy farms and processors nationwide must provide unpasteurized milk for testing if the feds request it. the testing will begin in california. colorado, michigan, mississippi, oregon and pennsylvania. marin county is currently investigating a possible case of bird flu. the virus was first detected in dairy cows back in march and has

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