millions drawing is set for tonight, and the jackpot is worth $944 million. >> number six christmas day hoops returns to abc seven tomorrow. we have five games for you, including the warriors and lakers at chase center. tipoff is just around five tomorrow. >> and of course, number seven, the norad santa tracker is fired up this christmas eve. you can see santa is somewhere in china right now, so uh- better be good if you want those gifts delivered here in the san francisco bay area. >> thanks so much fun. yeah, yeah. >> thanks so much for joining us. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> gio: good morning america, and breaking news for the viewers in the west, travel chaos, millions head out for the holiday, american airlines ground the fleet, delays and cancellations right now. white christmas, a fast-moving

storm bringing ice and snow to the northeast this morning and huge waves turn deadly in the west. this pier fell into the ocean taken out by the surf. we are tracking the latest right now. >> rebecca: facing justice, the killing of the united healthcare ceo, the suspect has pled not guilty to charges of murder and terrorism. a crowding support for the suspect outside of the courthouse, why his lawyer says he may not get a fair trial. >> rachel: former president bill clinton hospitalized what we know about his condition this morning. >> gio: and a new twist in a separate home invasion case, and the idaho college murder case. >> i looked over, someone was wearing a ski mask and holding a knife. >> once a person of interest, what does this mean for the bryan kohlberger trial?

>> rebecca: deadly boat explosion. the heat so intense, the marine sign melted. what we know about this inferno this morning. >> rachel: growing fall-out, bombshell allegations, leveled by blake lively, against her co-star and director. justin baldoni. the stude joe behind -- studio behind the box office hit, and the pr-firm he hired, fights back. >> here we go. >> gio: the secret's out, celebrating with a new "queen of christmas" of -- and slam-dunk set of gifts. we track santa on the move around the world this morning! ♪ ♪ live in times square, this is good morning america! ♪ ♪ >> gio: love that song, good

morning america. so good to see you on this christmas eve, rachel and rebecca on the desk, good foob with you. >> rebecca: nice to see you gio, you have been singing that one all morning. >> gio: it is an ear worm, sant a is on the move, a big night ahead, his á deliveries are never late, we track the big guy, we go live to norad, later on. >> rebecca: minding the drones out there. and, by the way, not the only one on the move traveling. millions are heading out for the holidays with a dangerous combination of winter weather, snow and ice, that could build on the road no, sir part -- road, in parts of the mid west and east. >> the snow is making driving difficult in albany new york and dangerous throughout the northeast. erielle has the latest. this is a bitter cold start to the holidays. reville good morning >> reporter: good morning, it's not just weather wreaking havoc, there's breaking travel

nuse for the viewers in the west, american airlines grounding flights this morning, the airline blames a technical issue, apologizing for the inconvenience, and fortunately the ground stop was lifted after an hour, we will continue to track this ripple affect, the disruption came as a quick winter system moves east, bringing a white christmas eve for millions. this morning, a winter blast impacting millions traveling for the holidays. from massachusetts to wisconsin, to michigan, to new york. swaths of the country, blanketed by snow. >> conditions enough to snarl traffic on interstates and cause delay at the busiest flight. >> you just got a text message "flight cancelled". >> rachel: in southern california, 30 foot waves and flooding. >> reporter: a man was killed after a large wave pinned him

under the debris. knocking part of a pier into the ocean, with this powerful wave. breaking up and bobbing in the water, a man in a hard hat and another man nearly heavy equipment seen waving their arms and floating on the reckage, they were rescued by jet skis and another swam to shore. luckily winter weather has not had a dire impact on travel, if you are driving to the holiday destnition, triple a predicts the roads will see minimal traffic and the average price of gas is hovering around $3.04, for a gallon of regular. >> gio: get you inside, from that 26 degrees outdoors. wabc, you have the holiday forecast, will it be a white christmas? i know we want it so badly. >> i am hoping to deliver, looks like new york city, there's a chance for the first white christmas in 15 years,

boston, better look, a couple of inches possible. butler pennsylvania, beautiful 1-4" of snow falling for portions of pa, and that snow is approaching the i-95 corridor, and there's ice possible from dc, up through philly, slick roads. snow from philly up through boston, minor delays are expected, but this is outta here by mid-day and it quiets down tonight. a major storm pushing into the pacific northwest, rain and mountain snow, winter storm warnings in oregon, even up to northern california, flood alerts and rain falling for northern california south of redding this morning, a flash flood warning, it could mean mud slides and a high surf warn, we got talk about the waves guys, incredible on the west coast. that storm system is signi

>> rebecca: luigi mangione the suspect in the united healthcare ceo's murder. pleading not guilt to the charges. >> quickly this has one of the most high profile cases in recent memory, in the first appearance monday, luigi mangione displayed little emotion at the defense only saying he's not guilty. can >> do you plead guilty or not guilty? >> not guilty. >> luigi mangione has entered 11 not guilty pleas to state murder & terror charges in the fatal shooting of the united healthcare ceo brian thompson. luigi mangione made his first state court appearance dressed in a maroon sweater and white collared shirt, hands and feet in shackles. the 26-year-old at times cracked a smile in the courtroom, and the state charges include first degree

murder in furtherance of terrorism, and his lawyer says his rights are being violated. >> he was in the biggest staged perp walk i have seen in my career, it was unnecessary. the defense questions if luigi mangione can get a fair trial after arriving, with a perp walk heavily guarded. mayor adams responds to the claims, he says he wanted that appearance to send a strong message. >> i wanted to make sure new yorkers know we don't violence of this nature. >> the people outside had signs: deny, defend, depose, what was writ own the bullet casings found at the scene.

>> flying in the face of the officials called to condemn this suspect in some dark corne killer is haled as a hero. hailed as a hero. he's not hero. >> the manhaten district attorney office has jurisdiction and will be tried in state court first. >> former president bill clinton is in the hospital, the 78-year-old admitted due to a fever yesterday, elizabeth has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, rebecca, former president bill clinton is under routine observation at the hospital here in washington, he was admitted monday afternoon for testing after developing a fever, his spokesperson says he's awake, fine and alert and in good spirits. bill clinton, 78 years old, has been on a media schedule

proplote promoting his latest book. speaking as the 13th democratic national convention last sumener chicago. á since leaving office, in 2003, he's undergone quadruple heart surgery, 2004, and a stent in the coronary artery inserted in 2010. he's grateful for the excellent care, and hopeful that the former president will be home for christmas. >> many wishing him well. elizabeth reporting from washington for us, thank you. >> rachel: turn toth fall-out from the scathing house ethics bipartisan report on matt gaetz. substantial evidence shows he paid women for sex, including a 17-year-old girl, that he used illegal drugs, as well. and, selena is live in washington with the latest, selena, matt gaetz with a forceful denial of the allegations. >> reporter: that's right, rachel, matt gaetz is fighting back after the house ethics

committee released the report stating that he regularly paid women for sex and used illegal dreeldrugs. matt gaetz is á lashing out after the scathing bipartisan report alleging disturbing and potentially criminal behavior. the committee says there's substantial evidence matt gaetz had sex with an underaged girl in 2017, an allegation matt gaetz repeatedly denied. the woman now in her 20s said she had sex with matt gaetz when she was 17, finishing her junior year of high school, and never told matt gaetz she was under 18 and he did not ask, but claims the then-congressman, paid her $400 in cash which quote "she understood to be payment for sex", for years matt gaetz denied all-wrong-doing. previously under investigation bite department of judge, but the doj, declined to prosecute. >> what's happening is extortion of me and my family. >> the new report says he paid

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he received push-back, and the house ethics committee report was about to go public. >> selena, from washington. thank you. gio? >> gio: we turn to the deadly boast ex-- boat explosion at a dock in florida, perry? >> reporter: good morning, you have to see the video, people standing on a dock in florida, out of nowhere, it explodes. this morning, an urgency investigation into the deadly boat explosion at a florida marina, captured from the earth cam web cam. >> lauder dale marina, the boat is scene at the dock -- seen at the dock, people milling about, smoke and then a violent explosion, sending debris flying, one person listed missing later confirmed dead, and 5 others injured and three sustained traumatic injuries and were transported to the hospital. several on the scene tried to throw water on the boat, but

were no match for the inferno. firefighters rushed to the area, the boat was on fire, and drifting dangerously close to another, that caught fire too, twisted metal and fiberglass is all that remains of this boat. the coast guard called in to help as the investigators search for the cause of the blast. >> in the video it appears someone was thrown from the boat during the blast. investigators were on the scene for hours waiting for the name of the person who was killed. >> so sad. >> gio: and scary. no doubt about it, we will be watching that, and by the way, is we should say, this is the first time here for you during the week, a sad story but glad you are here. á >> rachel: another washington, d.c.-er with us. >> rebecca: now a possible christmas miracle, someone could win tonight's billion dollar mega-millions drawing and andrew is here with more on that, including someone

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>> reporter: good morning, rebecca, after being named a suspect in the student murders, kohlberger was a "person of interest" in a similar home invasion, he's no longer a "person of interest", but this could have a big impact on his murder trial. this morning, a new twist in the investigation into the university of idaho murder suspect, bryan kohlberger, body footage obtained shows the police responding to an alleged home invasion a year before the murders, less than 10 miles where four university of idaho students were stabbed to death. the woman tells police it was 3:30 a.m., a masked intruder came into her bedroom holding a knife. >> i heard the door open, i looked over, he had a ski mask and a knife, i kicked them in the stomach and screamed super loud and they flew back into my closet and then ran out my door, down the stairs.

>> according to the police report, the suspect was silent, and the offices found no suspect or evidence. months later, kohlberger was arrested for the stab of four students, where the killer also allegedly had a knife, wore a mask, entered the home in the early morning hours and was silent as he left. 13 days later, kohlberger was a "person of interest", in the pullman case. >> looking at the idaho murders what the detectives and agents did immediately, was ask: are there other cases in the area that have similarites. fingerprints, dna, hair samples, for instance. anything you could either biologically or gentically, or fingerprint-wise, link the suspect to that particularly burglary >> according to the report, the pullman suspect was 5' 3-5'.

kohlberger is six feet tall. and, he was not yet enrolled at the washington state university. nor was he visiting the campus as a prospective student. kohlberger is not a person of interest in the break in, adding we have no reason to believe he was part of this burglary at this time. the case is closed but remains unsolved. >> the august trial, looming. the defense team will try to raise reasonable doubt pointing to an alternative suspect in using this alleged burglary, the question becomes, why would a judge admit this evidence, where nothing about this case tends to prove that bryan kohlberger was not the murderer. >> the victim in the break-in is speaking exclusively to abc news, saying they are

frustrated that this was not resolved or looked into further. and kohlberger could face the death penalty if convicted. >> rebecca: the latest in the hollywood bombshell. blake lively accusing justin baldoni, in "it ends with us", saying they tried to smear her reputation hear from the movie studio and the pr-team. tracking this one is melissa. >> reporter: good morning, rachel. the feud is intensifying. the question justin baldoni's pr-team is raising how did the blake lively lawyers obtain text messages from the pr-team, bury anyone". >> this morning, the studio behind the box office hit ""it ends with us", breaks its silence, a legal feud between blake lively and justin baldoni escalates. >> it gets worse, yeah. >> no way. >> sony pictures throwing support behind the superstar actress, a spokesperson wrote

in a statement: we have previously expressed our support for blake in connection with her work, on and for the film. we fully and firmly reiterate that support today, adding: we strongly condemn any reputational attacks on her. lively filed an 80 page complaint against the co-star and director, accusing him of sexual harass ment, and smear campaign. >> melissa nathan, whom justin baldoni and the production studio hired for crisis pr... >> this is used in entertainment and sports and their job is to hold the line while others come up with a more long-term plan, to turn things around. they are trying to stop a scandal from metastisizing. >> the team hired by justin baldoni is fighting back, against accusations from lively that they damaged her reputation. attorneys for nathan say her firm didn't have to take

action, saying audiences found lively's own actions and interviews and marketing during the promotional tour, "distasteful", and responded organically, and the media picked up on it. >> there were private text messages between nathan and the publicist. we can't write "we will destroy her", we will go to this, we will do this, we will do this, and we can bury anyone". >> attorneys for nathan á who represent justin baldoni, say those messages were obtained improperly and are taken out of context. >> lawyers will argue about how the quotes were obtained and there will be differ it is opinions -- differing opinions as to whether or not that applies. >> in the court of public opinion, the damage is done. >> on-set, of "it ends with us", justin baldoni showed nude videos and images of women and provides intimate scenes without concent,

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macarthur maze. this accident that has been southbound, uh, headed to southbound 880. the transit ramp from westbound 80 is gone. and you can see traffic has cleared out, and it's a reasonable hour. 8:00 on christmas eve morning. so traffic is very, very light. that is the good news. there's your commute all the way from hercules through the corridor into the city. and drew's got your weather. >> hey, there. yeah, we're at a level two until 9 a.m. this morning, so you can see rain on live doppler seven. >> we are tracking those scattered downpours first thing this morning. we also have some standing water on our roads and dangerous surf along our coast. this rain clears out the afternoon sunshine is back like the sound of that. >> thank you drew. we'll have another abc seven news update in about 30 minutes. as always, you can find headlines at abc seven news.com. here's gma back back up. >> buy one get one for $1 at mcdonald's. bite into a sausage mcmuffin. sausage burrito. sausage mcgriddles or hash browns at any size. premium roast coffee for 169. any time

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>> rachel: sleep maxxxing, people trying to get the most out of rest and recovery, what helps and what doesn't? ♪ ♪ >> gio: christmas is here, this morning, we are tracking santa. giving you last-minute gift ideas you can get under the tree in the final hours without leaving home! plus, we have the scoop on holiday games that you will want to play with family and friends as we say good morning america! live in times square! this is gma >> rebecca: good morning america. happy holidays guys. merry christmas eve, you see it out there, the snow is coming down hard this morning. so beautiful. it's beautiful. and we are so happy to have with us the karaoke karolers, they are here in times square this morning. decking our halls with the favorite holiday songs, the students from the repertory company high school for the theatre of arts and, they are all here. the dance moves, dealing with

the snow, they are doing great. >> gio: i love they get to sing in the snow. how special is that? and santa is hard at work traveling around the globe, we check in live with norad, as they track st. nick's path around the world, where is he delivering gifts right now? >> rebecca: a look at top stories breaking news about a holiday travel headache. >> rachel: millions are heading out, erielle has the latest with that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, rachel, american airlines briefly grounding all of its flight this is morning, blaming a tech issue, apologizing to the customers for the inconvenience, after around an hour, the ground stop had been lifted and flights were beginning to board again, disruptions as a winter blast impacts millions for the holidays from wisconsin to michigan to massachusetts to here in new york, swaths of the country under 1-6 inches of snow,

conditions enough to snarl the interstates and cause delays at the airports, but there's good news amtrak's services are restored after they had signal issues along the northeast corridor, the southern california storm system brought 30 foot waves and flooding, and there's not been a dire impact on travel, this winter weather, but if you are driving to your hell day destination, be aware the roads could be slick, there's a bright spot, triple a predicts minimal traffic and the average price of gas is hovering around $3.04 for a gallon of regular. safe travels. >> rachel: stay warm out there, and now the holiday forecast, dani, we were like kids sitting at the desk. >> it's snowing, so many dreaming of the white christmas. new york city giving its best snow blobe impression this

christmas eve morning. snow globe. >> my little sister is standing in times square at this moment, and nine states a winter tri-state advisory, there's a potential for freezing rain dc, up through philly, philadelphia to boston, mid-day, they wrap up the showers as the clouds break. snow and a series of systems, a major winter storm, heavy rain and mountain snow, a white christmas we all hope for it, in my favorite spots seeing the white christmas, sun valley, park city, and already seeing a feet of snow for sure, with the additional 1-3 feet in the cascades today, some spots yes, are enjoying a white christmas, we here in new york city having a dusting of an inch. >> rebecca: turning to trouble for another top retailer, the container store filing for bankruptcy protection days before christmas. elizabeth is back with those

details. hello, elizabeth, nice to see you. >> reporter: hey, rebecca, this is the latest example of financial trouble for brick and mortar retailer that's a household name, the container store known for storage and organizing products, entering chapter 11 bankruptcy, they faced slow sales with competitors like target offering cheaper prices, all 100 container stores in the u.s. will stay open for now, but party city is also shuttering stories, it was a staple for party decorations and now is closing all 700 locations. big lots said it will liquidate 900 remaining stores and a factor is that the home goods brands are struggling because fewer people are buying new homes right now. looking at the big picture 7300 stories have closed so far this year, and that's up almost 60%, compared to one year ago, at the same time,

the holiday season is ushering in record sales on line, more of that shopping is happening on your phone, versus in stories, gio? >> gio: so many brick and mortar stores are suffering, overseas to the u.k., the annual christmas message á with king charles, wrapping up a year marked by medical challenges for the royal family. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, this hasn't happened in over 10 years, the buckingham palace, reveals that the king charles message for christmas will not come from inside the palace but from a former hospital chapel. ed in the or98 chapel, there's a large christmas tree, the recording will be donated to a hospice in london. ornate. >> since the 1930s the royal family makes these messages but it's been a tough year

with the king and princess kate undergoing cancer treatments. kate's treatments are completed and king charles will continue to undergo treatments, not revealing the stage of his cancer, but he has a busy schedule planned for next year, including overseas trips. the king's speech will be broadcast here on christmas day with the family gathered at the country residents and all of them expected to watch, guys? >> rachel: coming nupt gma morning menu, the tiktok trend known as sleep maxxxing, how can it help you get your sleep. coming up in lindsay lohan may be the new "queen of christmas". >> gio: fun games you can play for the holidays as you gather with family and friends and lori bergamotto is here with gifting 9-1-1. we need it. >> here to help, you have time to get the last-minute gifts, i have great ideas from subscriptions to experiences and fun ways to give them,

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♪ ♪ karaoke karolers ♪ ♪ >> rebecca: welcome back to gma, happy to have the karaoke karolers with us, singing everyone's favorite holiday songs. we have a special christmas edition of pop news with you gio. >> gio: special because of me? thank you, and santa is on the big worldwide mission to give

presents and joy, finding out more about what he's up to, we have a pop news live exclusive, the lieutenant, joins us, norad, is the organization that tracks santa, lieutenant general, good morning, thank you for being here, where's the big guy and what's his route? >> guest: good morning, it's an honor to be here today, santa's been moving now for just over 2 hours. he i think just cleared russia, just a while ago, and continuing this track west. >> gio: i know a lot of people watching are wondering "how do you track santa", how do you do it? >> guest: every day at norad, we use a combination of radars, satellites and fighter jets and today, obviously, we have a very special aviator in the sky, we are using those resources every day, and today we focus an additional aviator with santa. >> gio: i heard norad started tracking santa because of a

mistake? >> guest: back in 1955 a young man responded to a mis-print on a telephone number to talk to santa. and, the colonel here at norad answered the phone and we have been answering it now for 69 years. >> gio: i know you are busy, thank you for checking in with us here on gma, thank you very much, merry christmas sir. >> thank you all very much. merry christmas. >> gio: track santa on the norad site , or track him on the app. >> rebecca: a mistake. and still tracking santa. >> gio: the queen of christmas, mariah carey has 17 total weeks on the billboard charts, "all i want for christmas is you", but, lindsay lohan is part of the season's most popular christmas movie, thanks to "our little secret" her netflix hit, and research

re3.2 million have tuned in to this romcomsince november 1st and netflix is dominating the charts, "hot frosty""meet me next christmas", and "christmas gentlemen", a lot of fun, plenty to pick from when you spend time with the family for the next couple of days. >> how many times have you seen that lindsay lohan film? >> gio: i do love it, i loved it. listen , you gotta plan the trips, she knows where to go, she's the "queen of christmas", now, right? and the puppies picking out their favorite toys, here at the humane society in tennessee, rebecca bryant, said once they did this the first time, they needed to do it every year after that, while this video only features a few of the dogs, the shelter says all of their dogs get to pick out a christmas toy, donated by pet stores in the

area; that video racking up over 32 million views, on the shelters' tiktok right now. look, no question, they are cute. bryant revealing to gma says half of the dogs in the video have been adopted. 40 total found a forever home in the 4 days since that video dropped. that's so special. >> rachel: love that. christmas for the pups. >> rebecca: love it, excellent. >> rachel: man of the hour. let's go to dani, from the new york station. hey, howria -- how's it looking out there? >> check out chicagoland, low clouds and patchy fog, visibility in chicago, 3-7 miles but talking about christmas day across the country, showers and storms from texas up to tennessee, heavy rain and mountain snow out west, in the northeast we are calming down and going to turn milder as we move into tomorrow, talking about the christmas cities, christmas, florida, if you want to go someone warp u warm, 75

degrees there á north pole, alaska, high of 12, and idaho, next door to where i grew up, high of 44 >> rachel: all right now to the science of you series, looking at the importance of sleep, just in time for the holiday break, this mornings we look at the new viral trend on tiktok known as sleep maxxxing. morning and that's where people are trying to maximize their rest

and recovery, becky worley is check out the techniques, joining us now. >> good morning, i don't know about you, but this time of year my sleep goes "crazy", my schedule's disrupted and the nights are long, how's your sleep? >> rachel: not great these days. [ laughter ] >> guest: >> reporter: we wanted to talk about sleep maxx. start with light exposure, you heard about minimizing the blue light before bed, but the sleep maxers look at this, they want to maximize blue light or white light in the morning. they say, go outside, two to 10 minutes as soon as you can, and they mean outside, daylight through the window is less potent, if you can't do that sit next to a blue light lamp, like the one you have on the set there, it's something that is rated at 10,000 lux, that's how bright it is, it sound said whoo-whoo.

but there's science behind it. woo-woo we are hard wired to wake at daybreak, blue light penetrates into the cells and sets the circadian rhythm. sounds crazy but this is a big tenet of sleep maxxxing. >> rachel: we have supplements here, i see the trend all over tox to, people are making mock-tails using tart cherry juice, and magnesium. >> the sleepy girl mocktail is hot, but the real science behind it, studies suggest slight improvements in sleep if you add magnesium or gaba, or l-theanine or tart cherry juice. the four listed. but, you gotta know there are a lot of people trying to sell you a good night's sleep, and it just doesn't work that way. these supplements may make a little difference, but there are no silver butles for -- bullets for sleep. moderate and regular exercise

helps early in the day; it's free, it's good for you and in a lot of ways, you should probably think about avoiding vigorous exercise close to bedtime. rachel. >> rachel: holiday shopping, "free" is a good work to improve sleep. i have to ask about the white noise manslaughter, i am on the noise machines. i am on the fence about this. >> reporter: white noise machines mask sounds that could interrupt sleep, but it's important to keep the volume low as you can, louder is not better, when it comes to noise this is a little hack, the biggest change to my sleep was when i got silicone id-tags or dog tag silencers for my dogs so they don't wake me up at night, it seems nearby-- niche. but 46% of americans reportedly sleep with pets in their bed, and they still wake me up when their tags jingle

even though mine sleep on the floor. that silicone tag made a big difference in my sleep. >> pets in the bed, not in the bed, no judgment here, pro's and cons, of sleep trackers. if i get a good night's sleep, i am happy but if i don't, i am frustrated and upset. >> reporter: frustrated and upset is okay, because you may make changes. but the cons find that sleep problems are more common from those who suffer from anxiety disorders, if the devices in the data cause you stress, then that's not helpful for sleep. the pro's, for me, i am like you, a data person, when i look at my ring or the apple watch and see, my rem-sleep-num deep-sleep-numbers are good, even though i didn't have a long night sleep, the data gives me peace of mind, you and i may say, "use them if you like them but if they bring you stress ditch them". >> tracking it all for us.

>> rachel: happy holidays over to rebecca. >> rebecca: we are in the final countdown to holiday gifts and there are just hours left to shop. lori bergamotto is here with last-minute gifting 9-1-1. lori, we can still do this? >> lori: as you mentioned the clock is ticking rebecca. what we wanted to do is say to people, here's the answer if you are stressed out, subscriptions. get a high quality gift, you can avoid all of that last-minute shuffle, traffic, people, you know, getting stressed out in the stores and you can do ... a subscription. >> something for everyone. >> rebecca: you can make it personalized, say you have a foodie. >> we know people want to give a tangible gift, right? >> lori: a subscription, you are like "what do i give them"? >> you give them ... cookies. or anything that you are gifting them. so, for example, if it's a "cookie of the month club", i

will turn it around, you would gift cookies. this one is an example of our taste of new york, from goldbelly. they are expensive, for what they offer, we both love their offerings, and you get a cookie of the month, pie of the month, bacon of the month, barbecue of the month, chef of the month. so one month you get something from a chef and then from another one, and another one. lots of great options, starting at $50, it's regional, across the country. it's a great thing to give to someone who moved away from home, maybe; and the gift that keeps on giving. >> rebecca: it is a gift that keeps going. and, fitness fanatics. >> lori: or anyone who wants to get in shape, get them the cute handweights here, but what they will get ... whoo ... from p.volve. so, a lot of us may have heard or scene p.volve.

>> rebecca: isn't this jennifer aniston, always in my feed. >> lori: she said is changed her body, i can't think of a better spokesperson. you get access to over 1400 live workout classes, 1:1 training, incredible, all about strength and flexibility and building those core muscles, this is a fantastic gift for anyone who wants to get in shape and anyone who feels like 2025 is the year to build up, we hear about core strength. and this is what you need. stronger. p.volve. >> rebecca: stronger in 2025. >> lori: and you gift notebooks and pence, they want to take notes when they get a masterclass. [ audience oohs ] pens >> lori: this is high quality content, you are giving them the gift of learning from all of the masters, two of our own, george stephanopoulos and robin roberts offer classes here, in communicating. i will probably sign up for those. and you can also get classes

from gord gord ramsey. >> gordon ramsey, over 200 classes, and they are doing 50% off right now, it will have benefited you to wait until the last minute. >> rebecca: i think there should be a lori bergamotto master claddle. >> thank youmaster class. >> and, the ice cream lovers, you get jenny's ice cream pint club, you get 4, curated, they get to pick the flavors they like. >> ice cream delivery? >> ice cream delivery! i don't know if you tried the bramleberry crisp. >> we are big fans. get in on that, an come out yet, guys. if you have a really big ice cream fan in your life, this is the gift for them and the kids. what if you go to the party and you're like, oh no, i forgot a gift for the kid. how could you do that? how could you do that? but you can print out these cute little kiwico boxes. these. you can print these and just make them

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the back edge of the rain is crossing through the region right now. we're drying out in the north bay across the city. still some showers in the south bay, so we'll hold it at a level two until 9 a.m. the next 30 minutes as we track the remaining scattered downpours, standing water on roads and dangerous surf along our coast. a high surf warning still in effect. these showers get out of here by midday the afternoon we get sunshine appearing. we're drying out temperatures mainly in the 50s, so we're dry for the holidays tomorrow. but rain is back here on thursday. julian okay. >> looking good. thank you drew. we'll have another abc seven news update in about 30 minutes. you can always find headlights inside of te abc bc ♪ ♪ karaoke karolers ♪ ♪ >> announcer: welcome back to gma, live from times square! ♪ ♪ karaoke karolers ♪ ♪

>> gio: our karaoke karolers are having so much fun out there, the jolly holly countdown is on here, looking for ways to keep the family entertained while you are together for the holidays how about a friendly competition? we will show you how to plate holiday party -- play the hol district attorney party games holiday party games going on, on social media right now. let's start with this, you can play these games with things you have around the house. the first one, i am reading the instructions, it's a lot, all you need are bows and a bowl and a spatula and a blindfold. you see that, this is the viral video going craze on tiktok. crazy on tiktok you have to scoop the bows into the bowl while wearing a blindfold. whoever gets the most ... you were not supposed to lower the blindfold yet. but here we go. here we go. who can the get the most bows in the bowl in 20 seconds, okay? >> ready? >> she started already. >> oh, come on.

>>goer it, 20 seconds. go for t. 20 seconds we have the countdown going. >> i don't know if i am schooling anything. á feels like ... [ audience oohs ] >> gio: ninal seconds. >> nine seconds! 5, four, three, two, one. stop! [buzzer] >> gio: rebecca, you had a head start and got almost done, who won this one >> okay, so it's bean lori, i think you did it, lori. do we need a re-count? it's been a took scooping a lot of air for a while. >> gio: calling it a tie. and the next one, the extra holiday bows can be put to good use in this one, you need cups, string, and a roll of paper towels or toilet paper, you tie the strings to the

bows and each of these cups with the matching colors, get a gift under them, cash is good. and each person pulls a string, you get the gift under the cup with the matching colored bow. it's complicated. you want to go first? >> here we go. this is the string i am picking. >> hold the papertowel for me. >> gold, gio, do the honors of the chiney gold? -- shiny gold? what's underneath? >> kitles, candy. -- skittles, candy. >> the maroon one, the dark maroon one here. >> morgan. oh! [ applause ] >> great, i love this. >> cash. let's find the cash. >> yeah, exactly. >> silver? >> right there. >> oh! a frosted cookie ... >> a candle, perfect for re-gifting. >> and, here we go, what's

this one? this is a red one. >> oh! [ audience oohs ] another christmas candle. there you go. okay, so, let's go ahead and walk over to this one. >> i am bringing candy with me. >> this looks wild here. so, lori, this one requires teammate, you have candy canes, string and a bottle or a cup. i put this down here, this looks a little like tug-o-war, you hold the string between the two here. and you try to get that candy cane into the bottle. there you go. there you go. >> stand over here. >> so, let's see. >> teamwork >> here we go. can you get it in, let's go. bring it down. >> bring it down nice and easy. easy. [ audience oohs ] ahhhh! uh-oh. ahhhh insomuch a little bit more. >> i don't know, gio.

feels like an arcade game. >> ready, ready, set, go? >>, down, down. [ audience oohs ] [ cheers and applause ] >> gio: there you go. [ crowd cheering ] >> my hands were shaking a lot during that one, it was all me. you did great. >> those were a lot of fun, huh? >> rebecca: it was a lot of fun. >> gio: play these at home, rewind and watch it all over again, i liked this one. i will try this one. >> rebecca: post it all over social media so we know you did play, >> gio: we will be back here on gma. ♪ ♪ karaoke karolers ♪ ♪

a medical miracle in time for the holidays. erielle is back inside after braving the frosty temps. good morning. >> reporter: this is a story of recovery being grateful for your hathe, mckenna, was expecting her son. health and, she was feeling winded, thinking it was just the pregnancy but something felt off and her instincts helped save her life, she was diagnosed to melanoma that had spread to her lungs .... >> months into the first pregnancy, 26-year-old mckenna johnson developed a cough that wouldn't go away. the daily taskses on the small illinois farm got more challenging every day.

tasks we were working on putting up the new farm gates, i would have i coughing fit, i couldn't do anything to improve it. >> doctors were reluctant to perform an x-ray because she was pregnant, her breath became increasingly labored at 36 weeks and they revealed a grapefruit sized tumor compressing the heart and lungs. >> it can be catastrophic especially in a pregnant person. >> life-flighted to the hospital in chicago, doctors performed the emergency c-section, and the situation so precarious, mck■en was prepped for the machine to work on behalf of her heart and lungs. baby colter was born early but healthy march 31st. >> it was a very big sigh of relief, because going in you are like, will we both make it out? mckenna, was delt a second blow, the tumor was advanced melanoma, a deadly form of

skin cancer that made its way to her lungs. doctors recommend imp muno theoriapy to shrink it. immuno therapy to shrink it, removing the tumor entirely. >> we heard the news and i broke down >> she turned to me ... i want to live so hard right now, kinda tried to remain optimistic. >> more or lessly, today, doctors say there's no sign of cancer in her body. >> there was actually no cancer cells, left in this big tumor mass. it was just all dead tissue and scar tissue. mckenna, will continue the immunotherapy for another year, for now she's back to work and active on the farm, a busy mom and thankful for the precious time with her family! >> so hard, just hoping for the best to be as healthy as possible. >> her baby's healthy and we have them here together, so it's everything we could have hoped for.

>> precious time with the precious baby, and the johnsons say they sharing their story, to encourage people to be their own health advocate. when detected early, melanoma is highly treatable and the risk of spread is low typically but as the disease advances, treatment complexity increases, if you spot a molly, abcde, asymmetry irregular borders, color, diameter, and evolution, if the molly has changed in size, shape or color over time, notice the features and talk to the doctor. a blessing there, it's a powerful message to be your own advocate. >> gio: beautiful story. >> she's okay. >> rachel: over to becky. starting to feel like christmas, right? >> and jeem joom was there when the gma was there when our sponsor wells fargo broke ground for a

harlem affordable housing unit . they created a pop up foot pantry in brooklyn to provide residents with access to nutritious food during the holiday season, and the stars joined wells fargo to distribute food and holiday gifts to the residents. checki >> rebecca: going to the jolly holly countdown with christmas hours away, the day will be brighter for hundreds of thousands of families, thanks to the generosity of people like you. morgan norwood has the story of the disney ultimate toy drive. >> from mouse ears to big cheers. [ audience oohs ] [ cheers and applause ] >> holiday magic is taking

flight. with mickey mouse on a global adventure as part of disney's annual ultimate toy drive. and, our favorite mouse went on a worldwide journ tow personally deliver toys around the globe. journey to he began in new york, packing up toys with the volunteers for donation. >> my friends helped me pick out a bunch of great toys, so many to choose from. >> from there, he traveled to florida. teaming up with the disney cruise line to surprise students at this elementary school near the port canaveral. >> the kids smiles made me grin from ear to ear. ♪ ♪ >> and sailing aboard the "disney wish", bringing gifts to children in nasa, bahamas, and visited parents in paris, shanghai, tokyo, sidney and hawaii. >> boy was it a wish come true

for me á and a lot of fun, too. >> everywhere he went he partnered with disney volunteers to bring smiles to kids and families and mickey wrapped up the journey in the u.s., visiting the california boys and girls club, and teaming up with the u.s. marines for a special toys for tot's event. and celebrating with families of critically ill children, in orlando. holiday magic, he made it become to walt disney world just in time. where i met up with the director of external affairs at walt disneyworld resort. the ultimate toy drive, of disney. so special. >> it's the legacy of walt, himself. the employees and the imagineeers, they guests like to see us giving become during the holiday season especially. á that's why they joined the disney ultimate toy drive to

give back and deliver happiness. >> when a child opens a gift from ... this partnership, from the disney ultimate toy drive, what are they unwrapping >> something that helps them feel better, bringing them together, that's what we do at disney. >> this is morgan norwood, abc nuse, new york. news, new york. >> rebecca: thanks for the story, morgan, this is a lot of toys we with are talking about a grand total of 513,050,y incredible. [ applause ] >> rebecca: >> rebecca: makes you feel so proud to work for this company, and coming up, kate and charlie gibson share their first books of 2024. stay with us! ♪ ♪ karaoke karolers ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ karaoke karolers ♪ ♪ >> rachel: jamming on gma, book suggestions for your favorite readers, the bookcase podcast kate and charlie have the top picks for people on your list! ♪ ♪ >> guest: we are flattered that good morning america asked us to pick our favorite books as recommendations for christmas. each of the authors were interviewed on our podcast: bookcase podcast with kate and charlie. >> guest: numbers one and two were the same for us. >> #1, time of the child, by nile williams, the story of a foundling child in a fictional village of baja. >> the writing in the book lyrical. this is what happens in baja, over the christmas of 1962, in

what became known in the parish as "the time of the child" to those who lived there baja, was perhaps the last place on earth to expect a miracle. >> what is christmas but a miracle, we asked nile about the risks he took when he wrote the book, she said i think the biggest risk i took was writing about human goodness. he said a beautiful book you will love. ♪ ♪ >> guest: the other book both of us wanted to recommend, was different, this is a book, that kate describes as the perfect book for "book nerds" >> it's an annotated version of bel canto, in this edition she goes back page-by-page, and makes notes in the margin about what she thinks she got right and wrong. one day everything had the saturated quality of a book dropped into a bathtub, the margin note is "how can i day

be like a book dropped in a bathtub, a metaphor, needs to make sense" >> and the other books >> george stephanopoulos wrote a book, and the other book is table for two by a more tolls, this is to me, one of the best books and short stories i have ever read, every story in this book is a jewel. >> how about me? jod i piculi's other name", by two women writers, one contemporary one back with in shakespeare's time, her thesis is shakespeare had help writing his plays, read this as a really good tale, and then read it to see if you buy her thesis. >> and my other book tells me everything, by the wonderful elizabeth strout. the ending i think is "perfect

", and there are so many different relationships, and you wonder how they will resolve. that's what novels are, wonderful, wonderful stories! ♪ ♪ i want to thank you for including me ... this morning. that has made things ... "nice". >> we want to wish everybody, all of the blessings of this very special season! >> and happy reading to one and all! ahhhh! i love that turn of the hat, right? so good. >> thanks to kate and charlie. >> and i am adding those to the list, the bookcase podcast, airs every 3rd, add it to your podcast list. we will be right back! ♪ ♪ karaoke karolers ♪ ♪

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careful. we do have standing water and flooding. drew sue, we'll go to live doppler seven this morning, and the heaviest rain is now exiting the region. >> showers will be tapering over the next couple of hours and that actually leads to a dry and sunny afternoon. so look at the planner over the next couple of hours, you notice rain chances really drop off and by lunchtime we're done with the showers and we'll find increasing sunshine. so morning rain to sun. we're dry for the holidays tomorrow, but rain is back here on thursday. julia. >> all right. thank you so much drew. time now for live with kelly and mark. merry christmas kelly and mark. merry christmas and have a happy hanukkah deja vu: it's live with kelly and mark. ♪♪ today, the one and ly cher. and from the huge hit, shrinking, actor ted mcginley. plus, you'll flip out when we attempt the viral partner cartwheel challenge.