>> and number six, we're tracking a crash in mountain view. this is a multi-car crash on northbound 101 before moffitt boulevard. speeds are down to six miles per hour. this is causing some big delays in the area. >> number seven, taco bell is adding a new menu item. chicken nugget. gloria, you mentioned this yesterday. >> yeah. chicken nuggets. >> they'll be marinated in a zesty jalapeno buttermilk and coated in tortilla chips. the nuggets will be offered for a limited time starting today. >> oh, what? i said we'd do it. >> yeah. i'm curious about that. it sounds good. >> bill, unless it goes well and then it'll be permanent. >> watch it. jalapeno. buttermilk. >> good morning everyone. we'll see you tomorrow. >> george: good morning america for our viewers in the west. pay checks for millions of federal workers at risk, strike at amazon and tik tok's last ditch effort to save itself.

>> michael: breaking news. on strike. thousands of amazon warehouse workers walking off the job this morning. their demands and what it means for your gifts. >> george: showdown over shutdown. pressure from elon musk and president trump killed the bipartisan agreement that would have kept the government running. overnight lawmakers leave the capitol without a deal. what it means for federal employees including service members and pay checks as we head into the holidays. >> robin: deadly train crash. the moment a tractor trailer got stuck on the tracks, a train slamming into it then derailing into a building. >> michael: the startling new headline from the faa on lasers being pointed into pilots' eyes as they fly. >> george: tik tok and the supreme court. >> tik tok is getting banned. >> george: the justices to hear arguments on the law that could ban the app used by more than 170 million americans. dan abrams breaks it down. >> robin: the fbi investigating after a cruise ship passenger

dies after being detained following a violent outburst. >> george: petra nemcova one on one with diane sawyer. >> it's always difficult to go back in that moment when my life changed. >> george: on her incredible tsunami survival story. diane is here this morning. >> michael: paris hilton's big win on capitol hill. our juju chang spoke with her about the bill to help protect kids. ♪ it ain't no lie bye bye bye ♪ >> michael: gird your loin. let's go. >> robin: can you believe 2024 is almost over? >> this is crazy, actually crazy. >> robin: call everyone. >> george: i'm the one that's used to following things. >> robin: taking a wild trip down memory lane. i almost said a bad word. [ laughter ] 2024 was too hot to handle.

>> bang. >> robin: and that's all you need to see. >> announcer: live in times square, this is "good morning america." >> michael: good morning america. how many takes on that jumper? >> robin: it only takes one. only takes one. [ laughter ] >> michael: that's the only one we saw. that's all that matters. all right. we have just six days until the holidays. if you don't have a gift yet, there's always gift cards. becky and rebecca have all you need to know, from how to pay less than face value, to avoiding scams. >> george: also ahead there's troubling new headlines about bird flu. first severe case in a person in the u.s. was reported in louisiana. california declared a state of emergency. we'll have the latest on that. >> robin: we're gonna begin on amazon, the first ever strike against amazon. according to the teamsters union the strike will include about 10,000 workers at tfacilities san francisco, california and new york.

let's go to our station wabc on the scene for us. good morning, reagan. >> reporter: very active scene since 6 a.m. eastern time. we have these drivers, amazon drivers, some of the 10,000 who are striking today, saying they want better pay and better benefits. i'm stepping out of the way so you can see that part of these picketers are blocking the drive way, not allowing trucks to get out. every now and then a truck will slip on by and then there are calls for solidarity and, basically, they want everybody to be on the same page here at this facility. amazon is a nonunion company, but the teamsters union organized the strike, accusing amazon of o ignoring a deadline to negotiate a union contract for workers here. under amazon's business model, these drivers are not amazon business employees. they are demanding higher pay and better benefits. amazon says teamsters are not in

charge. they are. and if teamsters are organizing workers improperly. amazon said despite all of this striking, packages that people have ordered should arrive on time. the drivers say, we'll see. reporting for "good morning america" reagan meggi. >> michael: now to capitol hill, where lawmakers are racing to avert a government shutdown after president-elect trump and elon musk opposed a bipartisan deal to keep the government running. our chief white house correspondent mary bruce is tracking the latest for us. good morning to you, mary. >> reporter: good morning, michael. well, there is now a lot of uncertainty here. the house was set to vote on a bill to keep the government open, but then elon musk got involved launching a pressure campaign against the bill. and now, with the holidays just around the corner and paychecks for millions of federal workers hanging in the balance, this morning congress is scrambing for plan b. this morning republican house speaker mike johnson is back at square

one after elon musk and president-elect trump torpedoed a bill to keep the government up and running. overnight the speaker seen leaving the capitol after meeting with j.d. vance. >> i'm not gonna say anything more about it. we are in the middle of negotiations. >> reporter: president-elect trump now telling republicans to get smart and tough. saying johnson will easily remain speaker if he acts decisively and tough. but trump not telling republicans what he wants them to do next. he's criticizing the bipartisan bill for including too much spending. but also warning republicans not to pass a stripped down bill without also raising the debt limit. the original agreement would have kept the government open until march with in disaster aid and billions more for farmers. but musk, who trump tasked to lead a new government efficiency effort launched a last minute pressure campaign against it,

blasting the bill as a crime, bloated with wasteful spending saying anyone who supports it deserves to be voted out in two years. >> that's always going to be the case that the outside world, social media audience weigh in. >> reporter: if the government shuts down, millions of federal workers, including service members, would head into the holidays without pay checks. some would be asked to work anyway like long time library of congress cafeteria worker willie jo price. >> you got a whole lot of people that will disappoint their children because they gonna have to do a 360 to think about what they're going to do. is it worth me buying this for my child or should i pay my rent? >> reporter: with peak holiday travel, tsa agents and air traffic controllers would still have to work without pay. democratic leaders now blunt. >> house republicans will now own any harm that is visited

upon the american people that results from a government shutdown. >> reporter: so what comes next here? that's the big question. it is really unclear right now. the speaker could try to strip away all of that additional funding and spending and just pass a bill to keep the government up and running. but the fate of that is also in doubt. the clock is ticking with that deadline looming tomorrow night, robin. >> robin: mary, if they try to pass that stripped down bill, president-elect trump said he wants it to include raising the debt limit? >> reporter: yeah, robin. donald trump is upping the ante, insisting any bill to fund the government also raises the debt limit. that, of course, is the cap on how much the u.s. can borrow to pay off its bills. at the same time elon musk and donald trump are railing about spending too much, the president-elect trump is demanding the ability to borrow more. he knows the political reality, that it will be difficult to raise the debt limit once republicans take control of

congress next year. he's hoping to get this done under joe biden's watch. >> george: today is expected to be the busiest flying day of the season. let's start with ginger and how this winter storm could impact plans. >> ginger: this is what it looks like out your plane window at minneapolis st. paul airport. visibility down to half mile. roads also getting slick. they're looking for anywhere between 4 and 6 inches of snow. from there to green bay and back to north dakota. also very windy. gusts unto 60 miles an hour, nebraska, south dakota and iowa. tonight chicago, green bay still getting it. you could see delays there. by tomorrow morning chicago still getting that wrap around snow. friday night into saturday morning in new york city that we could see snow. >> robin: travellers keeping an

eye on the weather as they head to airports for their flights. trevor ault is here. >> reporter: we have all of these people heading to the airport kicking off a of travel. today is the single busiest day of the holiday stretch. 50,466 flights on the docket just for today. the tsa expecting to screen 40 million passengers. for the tsa tomorrow will be their single busiest day, up with some of the busiest days in the history of the tsa. with all these people flying, you can anticipate the crowds at the airport. especially in the morning hours. 8 a.m. to noon is when it will be the busiest. we should note the morning flights have the best chance of getting out of here on time. that's good to know. of course, as we're coming out of that thanksgiving stretch, we did see some flights related to shortages, some delays there.

faa is not yet warning about that, but it's good to keep it in the back of your mind. michael? >> michael: be patient when you show up there at the airport. thank you so much, trevor. now to the road, where more than 100 million people are expected to be driving over the holidays. stephanie ramos is in ft. lee, new jersey. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: michael, good morning. the surge in holiday travel is here. it's making its mark on the roads. this could be one of the busiest travel times we've seen. here's a live look at i 95 in philadelphia. aaa estimates more than 119 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home, with 90% choosing to drive. on the west coast, here are the cities where you'll see the most congestion tomorrow. in l.a. it will be in the evening on the i-5 heading north toward bakersfield. in houston the most congested will be midday on i-10 heading east. in seattle it will be the busiest i-90 heading west.

the national average for gas prices is $3.04 a gallon, with many areas seeing prices below $3. with a record number of people expected to it this roads this holiday season, stay safe, plan ahead, especially in those areas of winter weather. george? >> george: stephanie, thanks. now the deadly crash in texas. a train collided with a tractor trailer that got stuck on the tracks. the train jumped the tracks then slammed into a building. one person killed, four injured. chief national correspondent matt gutman has the latest. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, george. it was a chain reaction crash of sorts, a semi seems to have been stuck on the tracks. it was t-boned by that union pacific train which caused a pileup of derailed cars which slammed into the vacant chamber of commerce. as you just mentioned there was one fatality and others were injured. this morning video capturing the moment a union pacific train slammed into a tractor trailer that got stuck on the tracks. the deadly crash happening

during rush hour in west texas. you can see a line of cars waiting at the rail road crossing when the train t-bones into the truck. over a dozen cars derailing, some bent sideways and perpendicular to the tracks. some of those mangled cars carrying hazardous materials. >> two have lithium ion batteries. one was leaking diesel from one of the engines. all of those have been contained. there's no threat to the community. >> reporter: one person was killed, four others injured. one seriously. the driver of the truck got out before the collision, but derailed cars severely damaging the chamber of commerce building. >> had it been earlier, it could have been a bigger catastrophe. >> reporter: the area is still blocked off and it's gonna take sometime to remove all those rail cars. the texas department of public safety and union pacific still on site investigating. right now they're saying the hazmat cars remain sealed and pose no risk to the public. michael? >> michael: definitely an unnecessary tragedy.

matt, thank you for that. going to turn now united health care ceo murder. the accused killer will face a judge in that pennsylvania courthouse this morning before he's extradited to new york to face an 11 count indictment. senior investigative correspondent aaron katersky is outside the courthouse in manhattan for us. good morning, aaron. >> reporter: good morning. luigi mangione has just arrived in a pennsylvania court and in short order he could be moved here to this new york court for arraignment on murder charges. now we have learned he has federal charges against him, too. mangione is expected to waive extradition from new york where he was arrested for the murder of brian thompson. once here he will be booked and arraigned on charges including first degree murder in furtherance of terrorism. if convicted, he faces life in prison without parole. now sources tell abc news, mangione is expected to face federal charges that could make him eligible for the death penalty.

his lawyer called these anticipated federal charges a pile on and said mangione would fight the charges in whatever court they're brought. michael? >> michael: all right, aaron. thank you very much for that. aaron is part of the team for a new 20/20 special tonight 10 p.m. eastern right here on abc. robin? >> robin: now to the faa reporting a staggering increase in laser strikes on planes this month. erielle reshef is here with more on that. good morning to you, erielle. >> good morning, robin. the faa is reporting a 269% increase in laser strikes again planes in new jersey compared to the same period last year. authorities warning people not to use laser pointers at aircraft believed to be drones. all of this is happening as the northeast sees a rash of alleged drone sightings. pilots reporting 59 laser incidents in just the last 15 days. the faa calling this alarming and saying when pointed at a plane these lasers can cause pry lot temporary blindness. authorities stress this is illegal and could be deadly. dozens of agencies have been out

daily trying to track down any operators acting illegally or with nefarious intent when it comes to these drones. the faa banned drone operations in several areas of new jersey until january 17th. without special permission there the government, due to special security reasons. robin? >> robin: all right. thanks, erielle. george? >> george: now the battle over tik tok. it's headed to the supreme court. the justices agreed to hear the social media app's challenge to a law that could ban it in the u.s. starting next month. it's sparking outrage on line. chief legal analyst dan abrams is here. good morning. this is a complicated issue. congress has ordered the chinese company to sell tik tok. bite dance is challenging the law. whose got the better argument? who is likely to prevail? >> so the government probably has the stronger argument going into this. the argument from bite dance or tik tok is this is a first amendment issue. right? they're stopping us from engaging in free speech. the government saying this isn't about speech. this is about regulating a foreign government who is gathering data on americans.

remember, as a practical matter, foreign individuals aren't allowed to own broadcast licenses in this country already. so their position is, this really isn't significantly different than that. just depends on how you look at the case. remember there's also the tik tok users filed a separate lawsuit, also part of this. >> robin: the court will hear the case nine days before the deadline to sell. they have chosen not to pause the law. what do you read into that? what about the tik tok users, if the ban does go into effect? >> seems pretty clear is court is moving quickly. they expedited this. i'd expect something from them in the relatively near future. tik tok users accounts aren't going to get zapped, right? they aren't just going to just go away. tik tok still is going to be there. the question is going to be, who can see it? who can use it? how can they use it? those are the sorts of questions. >> michael: we know donald trump met with the tik tok ceo this week at mar-a-lago. he said he has a warm spot now for tik tok. is there anything he can do or is it out of his hands?

>> january 19th this goes into effect. he takes office january 20th. he still could have a big impact. number one, he could tell his attorney general, don't enforce it at all. that could be some level of reassurance. he could seek to get congress to repeal it. could try and delay it. he has some options. if he decides to be on tik tok's side. >> michael: he wanted it banned at one point. >> correct. in his first administration via executive order, he tried to ban it. seems he's changed his position. >> michael: dan, thanks so much. we have a mysterious death opb a cruise ship. will reeve is here with with the story. hey, will. >> will: this is shocking video. an out burst on a cruise ship ending in the passenger dying. we have details from an eyewitness coming up. >> robin: paris hilton on her victory on capitol hill, fighting to protect kids in the so called troubled teen industry. >> george: plus how to find deals on gift cards. first back to ginger. >> robin: wait a minute!

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>> i've seen things that no child should ever be or experience. the staff at these places are abusive in every single way. physically, emotionally, verbally, psychologically, sexually. i've seen kids be thrown against walls. i, myself, have been strangled, hit. >> reporter: paris has lobbied lawmakers for years to regulate those so called troubled teen programs. >> imagine it was your child suffering abuse, neglect or death in the name of treatment. >> reporter: this week a family affair. the mother of two bringing her young son to the nation's capitol. why was that important to you? >> i just really wanted him to see his mom making a difference and being the hero that she needed when she was a little girl. >> reporter: paris said she'll continue to fight against the shame and silence to reform the industry, sending a message to other survivors.

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we have your guide to gift cards. the national retail federation says $28 billion will be spent on them this holiday season. becky worley and rebecca jarvis are here. let's begin with becky. becky, talk about deals on gift cards. >> first tip i'm gonna give you, george. don't buy discounted gift cards from an individual on any online market place. they can be cesspools for fraud. instead use a retailer that guarantees the value of the card. i'm talking about apps like gcx and cash card which have a guarantee. right now gcx have a $100 ul ta gift card for $90 and cash card has a $100 starbucks card for that same $10 discount. i've purchased gift cards from both. you do have to tell your gift recipient to use these right away in the guarantee window. let's move over to big name retailers that have deals online. adidas has a $100 gift card at their website for just 75 bucks.

bj's.com they have a $50 barnes and noble gift card for just $40. a pro tip. you don't have to be a member. at kroger.com, a cool $100 gift card was just $85. costco has a $100 uber gift card just 74.99. 25% off. that's a good deal. >> george: that is a good deal. rebecca, you really got scammed? >> rebecca: i did get scammed. i'm gonna get to that in a minute, but i want to talk about how some people are getting scammed much more frequently. people are frequently seeing scams even at checkout. take heed of what becky's advice is there, but also note the national retail federation says there's a lot of these scams potentially happening at checkouts so you want to make sure you run your finger over the bar code when you're looking at that your gift card at checkout. run your finger over the bar code. make sure the original sticker

is intact because if it's not, it could mean either an employee or somebody else may have already used the gift card. if you are given the option to register your gift card once you get it, definitely take that option. it's a great one. the better business bureau is also out with a list of holiday scams that include thieves offering to send free gift cards. this can happen on social media. someone reaches out. they say, oh, buy my product and i'll give you some free gift cards. always be careful of that. make sure people aren't pretending to be legitimate retailers. you can do that. here's how i got scammed, okay. i was asked by a friend of a friend to send money via venmo to put it on a gift card for another friend. unfortunately, this individual pocketed that money. not just mine, but a lot of other people's money. so when you're doing group gift cards, and that's a great thing to do. the advice is put your money in

a group where you trust. this is somebody, it was a friend of a friend of a friend. unfortunately that can happen. and so it's a great idea to all go in on a gift for somebody. but make sure you know the people who you are involving yourself with. >> michael: are you all still friends? [ laughter ] >> rebecca: i love my friends. i absolutely adore my friends. unfortunately, the truth is i didn't really know this person very well. >> michael: could be friends, could be family. lot going on. >> rebecca: you never know. >> michael: well, you're healthy. you're here. we're happy you're here. and you're warning everybody else. that's all that matters. >> rebecca: with all of you, it's a gift. >> michael: no doubt. coming up later in the show, nicole kidman is getting oscar buzz for her new movie. she's gonna tell us all about it, and who convinced her not to quit acting 16 years ago. and next, the scholarship surprise. the emotional moment and our "play of the day" on this

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dream was not an easy one. he was the team manager, didn't get recruited, wasn't even on the squad. he did have a dream though. he worked his way up from being manager to walking on in his junior year. now in his senior year, he earned a huge surprise. i want you to check out this moment when the coach asked him to read a note of encouragement during the meeting. >> thank you for living out the core values of our basketball program at a level that challenges every coach and staff member. you are selfless, you are thankful, you are humble, you are driven, committed, responsible. and as of tonight -- you are offered a full scholarship. [ applause ] >> robin: wow. wow. >> lara: men's basketball coach writing on x, ever since 5th grade he has wanted to be a lipscomb basketball player. through hard work and dedication, he joined the team as a walk on. as of last night he is now on a

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and president-elect trump to kill a bipartisan agreement that would have kept the government running. overnight lawmakers leaving the capitol without a deal. what it means for federal employees, including service members and their pay checks as we head into the holiday. >> george: turning horror into hope. nearly 20 years after the devastating indian ocean tsunami, diane sawyer with supermodel petra nemcova, who survived by clinging to a tree for eight hours. her bones shattered. >> it's always difficult to go back in that moment when my life changed. >> george: how she's turned her pain into purpose. ♪ oh baby baby ♪ ♪ oh baby ♪ >> robin: and one on one with nicole kidman about her new movie "baby girl." getting her oscar buzz. why she almost quit hollywood. and she's saying --

>> good morning america! >> robin: whoo! nicole kidman already has a golden globe nomination for her new movie. we'll see if the oscars are in her future, too. she's also gonna tell us why none of it almost happened. >> george: i haven't seen you blush in a long time. [ laughter ] >> michael: george, it's tv, george. it wasn't that bad. lot of things i do out there. we're looking back. one thing i do know, we're going to look back at 2024. some of our favorite surprises, all the fun we had as well. cannot wait to share that with you. >> george: diane sawyer is here with the petra nemcova story. looking forward to that. first we start with the breaking news on amazon. they've launched the largest strike against amazon. the strike started here in new york. let's go to our station wabc. good morning, reagan. >> reporter: that's right.

i will show you exactly what's going on here. we are in queens, one of the fulfillment centers for amazon. the people you see behind me, they are drivers with amazon. we all know these drivers. they deliver goods, holiday gifts to you and me. take a look. right here in the drive way area. if we pan to the left, there are vans waiting to leave. nypd also on scene, trying to get these drivers to get loads in the truck to get through. but we have the other drivers who are striking. every now and again you'll hear honks and horns from driving vehicles, you know, residents in the area seem to support this strike. basically, each worker reports 10,000 striking workers across the country working for amazon which is a nonunion company. the teamsters union started setting up unions at fulfillment centers on staten island and queens. teamsters organized the strike, accusing amazon of ignoring a clear deadline of coming to the

bargaining table to negotiate a union contract with workers here at this facility, among others. the demands, higher pay. the amazon says teamsters are not in charge, that they are. the teamsters are organizing this illegally. so you can see right now we have this truck, an amazon prime truck, trying to get out. we have striking workers preventing that from happening. this is part of the story. we have even more workers. we're going to walk around here. there are more vans. look at all of these vans trying to get out of the fulfillment center here in queens. as the amazon workers strike to get a contract and a fair deal. they want higher pay. reporting for gma, reagan meggi, back to you. >> robin: thank you. we appreciate you. we've been watching your fine reporting on wabc. good to have you on gma with us. thank you. now capitol hill, where law

makers are racing to avert a government shutdown after president-elect trump and elon musk opposed a bipartisan deal to keep the government running. let's go back to our chief white house correspondent mary bruce. good morning again, mary. >> reporter: good morning again, robin. there is a lot of uncertainty on the hill right now. the house was set to vote on a bill to keep the government up and running but then elon musk got involved launching a frantic last minute pressure campaign against the bill, arguing that it was bloated with wasteful spending. and then donald trump got involved. followed suit, torpedoing the bipartisan bill, urging republicans to get smart and tough without telling them exactly what he wants them to do here next. so where do things stand now? with the holiday just around the corner, pay checks for millions of federal workers are hanging in the balance, including some service members and critical workers like tsa agents. congress is scrambling for a plan b. one option, the speaker could try to strip away that additional spending and pass a bill

just to fund the government. but that option is in doubt as well. it's not clear if that will get enough support. one thing we do know, the clock is ticking, the deadline looming, tomorrow night. >> michael: the clock is ticking. thank you so much. now the latest on the bird flu and two concerning new developments. a person in louisiana is in the hospital. and california declared a state of emergency. erielle reshef is back with this for us this morning. good morning. >> good morning, michael. health officials on alert. the louisiana health department saying the person who contracted the virus in that state is soefr 65 with an under lying medical condition. this was the first case of exposure from a so called back yard flock or group of birds on private property. it's important to note there are currently no reported cases of person to person bird flu infection. but california has declared a state of emergency as a precaution after cases were found in cows in the southern part of that state. bottom line, experts say the risk to the public is still low. as always, health officials say to seek medical attention if you experience symptoms and you

think you may have been exposed. the cdc says the best way to decrease the chance of exposure is to avoid any contact with dead or sick animals, especially wild birds. and anyone with animals on a farm should wear protective gear. health officials, of course, continuing to monitor the situation, guys. >> robin: erielle, thanks to you. coming up on our gma morning menu, petra nemcova one on one with diane sawyer, 20 years after survived the indian ocean tsunami. >> michael: also ahead, nicole kidman on her latest movie getting oscar buzz. >> george: and ike is at the philadelphia zoo, showing us how they're lighting up for the holidays. lara, what's going on upstairs? >> lara: very nice. this is the most wonderful time of the year. we have a gift for everybody looking back at our favorite moments of 2024. all the fun we have. the amazing stories. it's all coming up right here on "good morning america." t is alle on "good morning america."

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>> robin: back now on gma with a remarkable story of finding hope amidst the rubble. it's been nearly 20 years since a huge 9.2 magnitude earthquake created a deadly tsunami that struck countries throughout southeast asia with no warn. our very own and dear friend diane sawyer -- i do know her name. [ laughter ] >> george: whatever. >> robin: i'm fan drooling over here. this is a story i know that you, like many, will never forget. >> absolutely never. even though it's now been 20 years since i traveled to see the tsunami wreckage and the devastated area.

i kept hearing the whole time -- i remember when i first heard, that there was a young woman who impossibly managed to cling to the top of a palm tree for eight hours as the raging water and horrible debris tore off her clothes and broke her bones. it was seering agony. it stunned all of us when we learned who she was. she was someone whose face we had often seen before. it's the morning after christmas 2004. families wander on to a beach, no idea of the terror to come. they look up and see something on the horizon. almost like a towering white wall of water. then something, maybe someone, is swallowed up.

the wave doesn't stop. someone on shore seems frozen in place. it's too late to run. people begin to scream. all around merciless waves along hundreds of miles of shore line. 40, 50 miles per hour. this man sucked under. as you go into town, the waters grinding up steel beams, metal roofs, houses, trees, cars float away. a child clings to a tree. and also in this horror is a 25-year-old woman. i first met her right after the nightmare. >> i think sometimes things

happen, you know, and they can happen any second. it can be the most beautiful moment. >> her name is petra nemcova. one of those people who seemed to live a lucky life. a beautiful small town girl from communist czechoslovakia and becomes one of the most famous models in the world. on runways, covers of magazines. she also found the man of her dreams simon atley, a gifted photographer with piercing blue eyes. they were on vacation in thailand in their bungalow, packing to go home. >> there was just such a second. just pulled us out, out of the bungalow. we were outside. >> she is hurdling forward, trying to grab on to a floating roof, anything. >> when i grabbed it, i felt i

was able to stand up. but there was nothing under. it was empty. it sucked my legs. >> the crushing debris slammed into her body, breaking her bones. >> my pelvis was broken, so my legs didn't work. >> as she's carried away, the final thing she sees and hears is simon. >> he kept screaming, petra, petra. and the last time i saw him -- >> that was petra when i first met her. this is petra today. all the time that's traveled between us. >> 20 years. >> did you dread coming to talk again? >> no. i was so excited to see you. it's always difficult to go back

in that moment when my life changed. >> the deadly chaos, she grabs onto the top of a palm tree. around her desperate people fighting the water. children calling out to be saved. >> children trying to scream for help. i couldn't go and swim to them, try to help them 'cause i couldn't move my legs. i couldn't do anything. >> and just as searing as the sound of the screams, the silence when they stopped. >> after half an hour you didn't hear the children anymore. you didn't hear sounds of people anymore. >> a terrified young woman, holds on to the top of a tree for nearly eight hours. every bone in her pelvis is crushed. blood fills her stomach from

internal injuries. and she's completely naked. the water has torn off her clothes. >> i went into this stilless. almost like a meditative state. i knew if i start panicking, you use more energy. i needed all my energy to keep alive. >> 20 years ago i flew into that hell scape left by the tsunami. the suffering beyond despair. i remember a little boy standing in the wreckage with his sign. and a 2-year-old boy whose mother tossed him into a tree to save him. we stopped on the side of the road where a thai family pulled up. they told us they survived by floating in their car. they lost everything, except each other. in all, more than 230,000 people would die, including the man with the piercing blue eyes, swept away when an instant meets

an eternity. then for that agonized young woman holding onto the tree, the sudden miracle of kindness. strangers give her clothes and gently place her on a floating mattress to steer her through the debris toward medical help. >> it was so sweet. actually, the water took everything that i had on. she left me some clothes asking, can i get you a t-shirt? so i got a t-shirt. people were ready to risk their lives for strangers. that shows us the best of humanity. >> and tomorrow, you will hear the astonishing things this woman has been doing for 20 years to transform what happened

on that unbearable day. >> that day of the tsunami i didn't have a choice to help children. but today and every day after, i do. we all have a choice every day. >> tomorrow you are going to hear about the truly remarkable things she has been doing for the past 20 years. and transforming all the darkness into light. by the way, she's offering everybody a chance to come help and do it, too. the good news is there's now a warning system for tsunamis in the south asia area. there's a chance for people to get to higher ground. >> george: it all happened so fast, so devastating. >> coming in at sometimes 500 miles per hour in places in the south pacific. >> robin: you could have heard a pin drop as we were watching just now. my goodness. >> i think the doctors who looked at her bone scans and what she went through can't believe that she got through

that. >> robin: she has a purpose. a purpose to be here. you're going to share more of that tomorrow. we'll also tell you our friends at national geographic also recently released a series -- if i look at you, i can't -- [ laughter ] >> lara: take your time. >> robin: i know. great memories. national geographic has a series documenting the events of that day called tsunami, race against time. it is available on disney+. >> and they helped us with our footage so we thank them. >> robin: let's go now to ginger. >> ginger: i'm in awe, too. same over here. we don't love this, but there's a ground stop already. starting the morning at minneapolis st. paul airport. they've got that heavy snow. half mile visibility. having to de-ice. the wind chill 6. green bay, chicago later tonight watch for some inches to compound this heavy travel day. and then it will move through. by friday night into saturday

morning, new york city gets a hit of snow. all right. lot of cold behind that. let's get a check closer to home. all the >> michael: now to nicole kidman's very big year and the movie role that is getting her oscar buzz. chris connelly talked to her about "baby girl" and almost giving up hollywood when she became a mom. >> she's a good mother. she's a good wife. she's very successful in her job. >> i could make one call and you would lose everything.

>> this is her achilles heel. >> you're my baby girl. >> reporter: baby girl puts nicole kidman type a boss in the evil throws of delicious yet devastating self-discovery. >> she's like all the sensations that come towards me when i'm feeling the danger are the things i'm drawn to. >> reporter: what was exciting about this story? >> the honesty. i think it's deeply human. at times that disturbing, sort of uncomfortable. it makes you laugh. it can turn you on. >> i think you like to be told what to do. >> it's all told through the eyes of the woman. there comes the shifting of power and the way they'll find their way through that. >> reporter: the demands of the part placing kidman's character in intimate scenes with harris dickenson, 28 and as her husband antonio bandares, 64. what was it like to engage with as much risk as you have to to play this character? >> i didn't think the world

would be seeing it. i always say the way i approach my work is that we're doing it in a living room. and then i don't actually think beyond that. you feel like you're just in your living room, then it doesn't have that world wide where you go, oh my gosh, everyone is gonna see this. >> reporter: at 58 she's golden globe nominated for baby girl, one of six projects she started in 2024. the acclaim of her last 15 years on screen, nearly didn't happen. a trusted voice counseled her otherwise. i seem to recall when you had your baby, sunday, you thought, that's it. >> i was on my farm in nashville. >> reporter: you had an oscar. you had had an amazing career. you'd done it all. >> yes. >> reporter: who told you -- >> my mother said, no, no, no. keep your finger in the pie a little bit. don't give it up completely. i was sort of like, i'm done. i want my baby. this is it. she's like, i think i raised you

since you were little. i think you'll need a creative outlet and you might not want to throw it all away. >> reporter: nicole's mother passed in september of this year. do you keep your mother's voice in your head now the same way? >> i keep reaching for it. i hope -- yeah. yes. i would much prefer that it was right here. >> reporter: and now she shows no sign of leaving the path she began at age 14. i remember asking you almost 33 years ago when you were starting -- >> stop. >> reporter: i know, right. what did you like about it? i said, well, i get to meet boys and kiss boys on stage. >> i told you that? [ laughter ] >> reporter: for good morning america, chris connelly, abc news, los angeles. >> michael: we are happy she listened to her mama. "baby girl" will be in the mr. george, we are just six days away from christmas, and the philadelphia zoo is bringing a whole new meaning to the phrase merry and bright. josh is there for us. good morning ike. hey,

good morning george. let me tell you something right now. bright is an understatement. there are over 1 million lights covering this 42 acre campus, and it's all part of the philadelphia zoo's luminous tradition. there are alpacas, goats, so many different animals here. they get to see the over 1 million visitors who come here to see performers just like these guys. but listen, it's not all about these performers. there are interactive displays, photo ops, and of course, colorful displays like a 40 foot tall glowing penguin, a christmas tree made up of light up plastic flamingos. there are forests of jellyfish here, a shimmering waterfall vine wall with 20,000 lights. and listen, that's just the beginning. this entire exhibit takes place across 16 different parts of the zoo, and it highlights different parts of nature, like the jungle, the ocean, the savanna, and the arctic. but i got to say, the zoo animals are usually asleep during the light up displays, but it's okay. there's a whole bunch of hot chocolate and s'mores to keep your belly

happy. this entire expedition lasts until early january, so there's still time for everyone to come over here, even after the holidays to have some fun, guys. >> all right. thank you for that, ike. and everybody is always in these great places. they got this hot chocolate. all right. coming up we have a look back at 2020 for sharing some of our favorite moments with you. >> there are some doozies in there. >> there are some good ones. always. >> is that my gto? somebody stole it 15 years ago. hi, dad. there's the thief. >> you need a place to stay until i figure out what the rest of my life looks like. >> so a couple of days later. oh, yeah. >> please tell. >> now from abc seven mornings. >> good morning. i'm amanda delcastillo from abc seven mornings. let's get a look at traffic with gloria.

>> good morning amanda. good morning to everybody. so we've been tracking this over in mountain view. it has cleared, but there are still some delays in this area. this is northbound 101 before moffitt boulevard, and speeds are down to about 27mph. now, something else that's cleared is a situation that we were tracking in foster city. there was some debris in the lanes there, and some vehicles had reported flat tires because of that. so that's also cleared. now it's an easy drive into the east bay. this was on eastbound 92 after foster city boulevard. there still may be some minor delays there. amanda. all right. >> gloria. thank you. meteorologist drew tuma has your accuweather forecast after the break. >> 2222222222222. doo doo doo doo 22222. look what i made grandma. >> happy holidays. and if you

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new year in the all electric acura mdx with $0. >> first month's payment in $1 day. what signing? hey, bay area, live with kelley marcus. >> coming up, we'll chat with whitney cummings. plus anika noni rose from mufasa. the lion king is here. that's at nine on abc seven. >> take a look at the with weather forecast a live look at sfo this morning. nice visibility. in fact nowhere near as foggy as yesterday. some low clouds in the north bay. but that's about it. temperatures right now, mainly in the 40s. later today, expect sunny skies, very comfortable in the upper 50s to the upper 60s. amanda >> all right, dre, thank you. we will have another abc seven news update in about 30 minutes. and always on our news app and abc >> announcer: welcome back to gma live from times square. >> robin: we do welcome you back to gma. we are turning back the clock on

2024 taking a look at some favorite memories from this year. >> george: love this tradition. for everything you saw happen on the screen, there's a lot of work behind the scenes. news stories, heartfelt moments and surprises. >> michael: grab your cup of coffee and settle in, smile and reflect on a great year together. good morning america. i want to tell our audience, get ready to gird your loins. let's go. >> five, six, five, six, seven, eight! ♪ >> robin: good morning america. >> george: good morning america. >> michael: good morning america. >> robin: the new world series champions crowned. >> your dodgers have won the world series! >> michael: good morning to the boss himself. >> we did it! >> jack pot, kansas city! >> we're not done!

>> robin: it was an incredible title game. south carolina could not be stopped. >> unstoppable. >> all glory goes to god. >> oh my! >> whit: i don't think anybody slept last night. >> the new york liberty, wnba champions! >> michael: we are surrounded by liberty fans. >> usa! ♪ living in america ♪ >> michael: $10,000! >> thank you. this is absolutely crazy. >> michael: $50,000. >> $40,000. >> michael: players, can i have your attention? oh! >> robin: did y'all hear me? $1 million. the people of rolling fork, mississippi, still feeling the impacts after a destructive tornado tore through their small town one year ago.

>> y'all need help over there? >> robin: it's been a year. >> michael: coming together, all the gma viewers pitched in. >> george: good morning america. overnight hurricane milton rips through the state of florida. >> it's almost like having a bomb dropped. >> robin: helene now the deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland since katrina. >> my whole house is floating away. >> ginger: we know the storm and impact goes well beyond florida. georgia, even north carolina. >> robin: gma is in the heart of a storm zone, as communities come together to lend a hand. >> michael: $1.89 million has been raised. >> ginger: $10,000, $20,000. wait, there's more. $50,000. >> george: so many people are coming together and there is joy in helping so many of them. sandy hook survivors. i sat down with some of the students 12 years later. looking forward to graduation? >> yes. >> we had senior skip day. >> robin: michael and his

daughter isabella and the moment she found out she had brain cancer. >> you have to keep living. just because this is happening. >> michael: she's right. you are an inspiration to all of us every single day. >> lara: what would you say to that young man today? >> thank you. thanks. >> robin: hey. >> hey, auntie. >> robin: jer is all in. >> i am here for my first day of shots. >> robin: he'll need five days of injections to prepare for donation day. you're a super hero. i'm very proud of you. you know how much i love you. mwah. >> michael: george is outside buckingham palace. >> george: my daughter is studying over here. >> hi. >> george: michael, congratulations, grand dad. [ applause ] >> robin: 25 years of celebrating moms with our breakfast in bed spectacular. >> it feels good. >> happy mother's day to

everybody out there. >> robin: give your mom a big hug when you see her. >> robin: a look at the countdown. it's hard to express the emotions that you feel when you see something like this, knowing that your mom saw it first down in mexico. >> whit: my mother's dream finally realized. >> what i was looking at was all of you. >> ginger: it's earth day. earth is showing up and showing out. robin, you're going in the cave. >> robin: i'm going in. i'm going in. wow. oh my goodness. ♪ >> lara: what was the best thing you've seen today? >> meeting ray the mascot and meeting george. >> lara: have you ever saw him dance? >> george doesn't dance. [ laughter ]

>> ginger: can you imagine if we find out the only place george dances is when he gets coffee? [ laughter ] >> george: i sang karaoke a month ago. >> robin: please tell me there's video. >> george: if there is i'll buy it. great crowd in my hometown of cleveland. you didn't know i lived there? >> janai: i googled it a million times. >> george: still trying to ponder you googling me too much. >> janai: there's a lot to know. i know a lot about george stephanopoulos. >> michael: let's get to my guest. there you go. >> ginger zee, here's your philly pretzel. >> lara: pizza party. >> george: are you going to eat party at 7:49 in the morning? >> will: time is a construct. >> robin: you have a baby. >> bobby our technical director. gonna taste some now. two thumbs up? he loves it. >> michael: making me tap my right foot. >> lara: wow. big bite. >> robin: i almost said a bad word.

♪ >> gma! >> he may be replacing george stephanopoulos. >> ginger: one of our producers is showing it how it works. from the control room to the makeup room with the littlest members of our gma family to pitch in, to have fun and see what mom and dad do for a living. oh wow. >> george: our hr director and her husband just welcomed a baby boy. >> robin: congratulations to one of our production associates, patrick phillips. he got married. >> michael: happy 23rd wedding anniversary to george and ali. congratulations. >> george: best 23 years of my life. >> it's been an honor and privilege. >> ginger: thank you, phil. did you say bend and snap? [ laughter ] i've been practicing that for 24 years. >> keep the little gaps in the pasta. >> michael: talking about a gap.

>> george: you're crazy about the "people" magazine sexiest man of the year? >> michael: no, i'm upset because it's not you. >> rebecca: i'm just glad it's the two of you talking about this, not me. ♪ step by step ♪ ♪ ooh baby ♪ >> good morning america! >> good morning america. >> good morning america. >> good morning america. ♪ >> good to see you. >> i love you guys so much. i watch every morning. >> i'm so lucky to be with all four of you, like the avengers. >> robin: they've been together 45 years. they say they retired and have a cup of coffee and watch gma in the morning. >> lara: we wanted to make sure you had a day off. let good morning america take care of you and thank you all for your service. >> sam: this block is now under construction. get a chance to work with the hosts in the booth. >> michael: wearing that hat? >> sam: i don't know.

>> george: pop news time with sam. i'm a little disappointed. >> sam: this is friday pop news. ♪ tell you what i want what i really really want ♪ >> my youngest son cruz turned around to me said, dad, you were really good. i didn't know it. [ laughter ] >> i try to keep it tight. you know? >> michael: na na na. >> robin: we all got the green memo. ♪ born in the usa ♪ >> george: did you just finish the set list? >> yeah. that's what i spend my time doing before the show. set lists, set lists and more set lists. >> george: ryan reynolds, hugh jackman. >> i hope this is removable. i might put this on my bed. beautiful throw or shawl. >> robin: elmo! >> miss robin! >> george: how do you fine

collaborators? >> do you want to do it? >> george: let's do it. >> you're too slow. [ laughter ] >> michael: it makes me want to sign up for opera lessons. >> encourage producers to make sure that's part of the show. >> michael: you say that. they'll make me do it. >> george: we made it through six minutes and you haven't given away anything yet. >> can we end this now? >> george: that goes around your neck. >> michael: denzel washington joins us live. they gave my job up that quick? >> did y'all tell him? [ laughter ] go ahead and tell him. >> george: wish we could have had a camera on shaq during the commercial break. everything that you see on the show. it is a great show. >> robin: okay. there's something about the smell of a gym. >> right here. bang. >> robin: and that's all you need to see. dare i say, gio, how's it hanging? >> gio: just hanging out here. >> rebecca: we got friends in the house. >> michael: buddy move. >> robin: there you go, barbie. >> lara: do we have this? >> ginger: what's cookin good lookin?

>> michael: there's a lot going on here. >> robin: tomorrow we dance. ♪ bye bye bye ♪ finally, whit. >> ginger: do i remember, do i remember? i do. >> oh! let me see! >> ginger: polarized sunglasses, blue light glasses. they last. they look good. >> one, two, three. [ laughter ] ♪ bye bye bye ♪ ♪ bye bye bye ♪ >> good morning america. >> is it over? [ applause ] >> lara: it's over. >> michael: busy year. >> ginger: that was fun. >> lara: lot of fun.

>> robin: every time you see that you go, that actually happened. >> lara: on tv. hey, making that time capsule takes a lot of dedication and hard work. we want to thank our team that's spent all year long making notes, whether we like it or not, and putting it together. >> robin: we have a special shoutout to producer cameron, and graphics artist marcello and graphics artist and jeffrey shu. thank you. [ applause ] >> ginger: thank you for the hard work. this was really good. >> george: great. >> michael: very good. coming up, we got one of the hottest games this holiday season. >> lara: will's on the loose. >> michael: we have an exclusive discount. >> lara: you got this, will. yes yes yes.

>> ginger: we are back with our gma holiday jolly countdown. it's christmas and hannukah just less than a week away. we have a gift that you can get for the holidays. this segment sponsored by boxbolen. they are a number one seller on amazon. boxbollen is a fun fitness game for the whole family. everybody from grandparents to kids, even tom brady loving it. speaking of tom brady, will ganss feels like tom brady. >> this game is so much fun to play. you screen mirror the app from your phone to any device including your tv.

it hits the counts each player hits. let's do it. 3, 2, 1. >> go, will! not bad, right? >> ginger: you got 8. >> i got 8. with a trophy. we can do it again. i'm just so excited to bring this home and play with my nephews and stuff over the holidays. >> ginger: i am so impressed. i cannot wait because my boys are always needing the indoor games. this makes a ton of sense. >> very fun. >> ginger: if you order today it will arrive before the holidays. plus you get 10% off with code gma plus on boxbollen's website. keep it up. for families in the fight again alzheimer's. stay with us.

>> lara: we're back with advancements in the fight against alzheimer's. this segment is sponsored by eli lilly, who is bringing new hope to people struggling with the disease and their families. 79-year-old pat said she started having memory lapses which her family noticed about seven years ago. >> they noticed i had been forgetting some things. they asked if i had realized that i had that issue. >> lara: that led to a doctor's visit. the indiana grandmother was diagnosed with early alzheimer's disease. >> i started to cry. my first thought was that i'd forget my family, my daughters and my grand children. >> lara: pat's husband was also frightened for his wife of 56 years. >> it was one of the most difficult days of our lives. i'm worried about, would she

look at me and doesn't know who i am? >> lara: early symptomatic alzheimer's is when a person experiences mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia including memory difficulties, trouble organizing and misplacing items. pat is one of nearly 7 million people living with alzheimer's in the u.s. >> early detection is critically important. in part because if a patient or a loved one detects the symptoms, that can lead them down the path to an accurate diagnosis. >> lara: while there is no cure, approved treatments may slow the progression of the disease. these treatments target a type of protein amyloid which can be present in the majority of alzheimer's patients. >> it's a protein that occurs naturally in the human brain. when it starts to clump together, it forms plaque. these accumulate in between brain cells. that's what leads to the dysfunction.

>> lara: brandy matthews is vice president for our sponsor eli lilly and company. she says while these treatments do not reverse or stop alzheimer's, they are a real break through. >> more recent investigations into approved therapies are the first that have really demonstrated a benefit in slowing the cognitive and functional decline that are associated with the disease process. >> let's do toes again. >> lara: these approved treatments are only for those with early stage alzheimer's. >> it's critical for people to recognize the symptoms. it's highly variable what symptoms patients may have in the earliest stages of disease. what's most important is to recognize something has changed and that warrants further investigation. >> lara: it's been more than three years since pat first enrolled in a clinical trial for one of the approved therapies.

>> i do forget things. i noticed it's obviously not the same, but after seven years being diagnosed, i never expected i would be doing this well. you're cheating. >> there is hope. there are tools. there are tests. do the research. go to a doctor. >> alzheimer's is not contagious and it's not anything to be ashamed of. it's part of life. and i feel blessed. >> lara: aren't they cute? sponsor eli lilly and company, if anyone you cares about shows signs of alzheimer's talk to them and a health care

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clear. sunny we don't have the fog issues today. the way we did the last few days and looking at our bay bridge toll plaza camera traffic is pretty light here as well, so that's some good news. drew. hey gloria. >> all right, outside from san jose, this morning. it's looking very sunny. we do have some low clouds in the north bay and parts of the inland east bay. fog is not thick by any means. it's a lot brighter of a start for many of us today compared to yesterday. temperatures right now, upper 30s to the upper 40s. so increasing sunshine across the board today feels very nice. upper 50s to the upper 60s for daytime highs. amanda. all right drew thank you. >> time now for live with kelly and mark. we'll be back at 11 for midday live. have a great for midday live. have a great day deja vu: it's live with kelly and mark. ♪♪ [cheering]